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Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood said yesterday there is no timetable to name a starter at quarterback, where junior Chas Dodd and sophomore Gary Nova return.
U. Mock Trial team advances to Nationals BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR
Stephanie Ashley delivered the closing argument in the cour troom, confident in her per formance but ner vous about her team’s standing. She knew the Rutgers University Mock Trial Association was up against tough competition. In the first par t of Open Round Championships in Washington, D.C., the team was still behind, securing only two wins out of the six needed in order to advance to the national competition on April 13-15 in Minneapolis, said Ashley, the team captain. “We went out there and tried our hear ts out,” Ashley, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said. “Our coach pulled
us aside and said, ‘Listen, pretend like this is the championship game between the Cowboys versus [the] Giants.’ Make it or go home. … We gave it our all.” Ashley said the competition was one of the team’s most dif ficult because all the teams par ticipating were well prepared and had competed in previous tournaments. The team ner vously waited as the winners were announced. Announcers read down the list and finally, the University’s team was announced, Ashley said. “I was so ner vous,” she said. “I thought I was going to black out. This is the first time in Rutgers histor y that we are going to Nationals.”
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The New Brunswick City Planning Board discusses plans for the new 16-story apartment building that would be on Somerset and Condict streets yesterday at city hall.
City zoning board approves new apartment complex BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR
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Rutgers University Mock Trial Association team member Zaniah Maynor, secretary Travis Nunziato, and team captain Stephanie Ashley review their case before a competition.
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The City of New Brunswick plans to build a new addition at the expense of eight homes on Somerset and Condict streets, despite the concerns of city residents. The city’s planning board approved a decision last night to demolish four homes on each street to make room for 238 apar tments, 237 parking spaces, a health club and 8,800 square feet of retail space. Construction is set to begin within the first three months of next year and will take 18 months to complete, said Sam Boraie, vice president of Boraie Development LLC. The eight homes that would be knocked down are owned by Osman and Magda Boraie of Milltown and would make space for
a 16-story apartment building with a secure parking garage. A large concern among residents that attended the meeting was that the additional 237-space parking garage would contribute to traffic in the community. Charles Olivo, a traffic engineer for the city of New Brunswick, said the city completed a traffic study to determine how the additional residents would affect the traffic flows in several intersections. The most important intersection studied was Easton Avenue and Condict Street, and based on the study, the additional traffic would not dramatically affect the traffic pattern, he said. Olivo said apartment tenants would also use local public transportation, decreasing
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A young man and woman in the 1960s talk on the Ravine Bridge on Douglass campus. A University myth exists in that male Cook students would meet Douglass students on the bridge and fall in love. The schools are now coed.
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Geolog y museum to restore specimen hidden for years BY YASHMIN PATEL UNIVERSITY EDITOR
An 8-foot-long spider crab exoskeleton that usually lives more than 1,000 feet undersea near Japan will make its return to the University’s Geology Museum after the exoskeleton undergoes restoration this summer. The University received the biological exoskeleton of the crab from the Japanese government in the 19th century as a gift, but it has remained out of sight for nearly 30 years because the crab was becoming fragile, said Patricia Irizarr y-Barreto, the associate director at the Geology Museum. “We took it out of the wall, and we had it for many years away, and now there’s interest. People have seen older pictures, and they are asking about it, so the community wants to see it back in its place,” she said. To fund the project, the museum has raised about $1,000 out of the $5,000 needed to cover the costs of the project, Irizarr yBarreto said. “Some people give donations. We have Boy Scout groups, we have schools, we have our membership program that families donate money to,” she said. Currently, the many pieces that make up the crab exoskeleton are detached from one another. Irizarr y-Barreto said the crab restoration is an extensive project that will take about a year to put back together and hopes to have it ready next spring for an exhibit.
The restoration project will be led by University laborator y operations coordinator Bruce Mohn, who will piece the crab back together at his home with the help of Mark Breen-Klein, Mohn’s undergraduate assistant. “I had done a reconstruction job for the museum on their mastodon skeleton and based on how that project came out they offered me the job of reconstructing crab,” Mohn said. Crab skeletons differ from human skeletons because they are on the outside, Mohn said. “Vertebrates — you, me, fish, bird — we have our skeletons on the inside,” he said. “Our muscles are attached to the skeleton. In the [invertebrates], they have their skeletons on the outside or exoskeleton.” Because the crab pieces are fragile, Mohn said he will apply glue to make the exoskeleton more solid. “We’ll apply very thin layers over the outside to harden it all up, and then we’ll run some on the inside to harden it some more … then we have to put the different pieces back together again,” he said. A framework will be built to piece the crab together, Mohn said. The framework will be made out of either polyvinyl chloride pipe or wood. The pieces of pipe or wood will be slid into pieces of the crab so the weight of the crab will hang on a frame. Breen-Klein, a School of Engineering junior, said they will have to figure out the best way to stabilize the exoskele-
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Mark Breen-Klein, an undergraduate assistant working on the Geology Museum’s restoration project, holds the carapace of an 8-foot crab exoskeleton that will be pieced together this summer. ton from the condition it is in right now. “It’s not an impossible job, but it’s going to take some time,” Breen-Klein said. Mohn said he will piece the crab back together through looking at past photographs and visiting the Smithsonian Institution to see where the individual pieces belong. The restoration project will be conducted outdoors because the glue is toxic and piecing the crab back together also requires warm temperatures, he said. Mohn said
he will account for the possibility of bad weather at the time of restoring the crab. “I’m going to obtain a screen tent and set up all the operations underneath there in case it does rain,” Mohn said. He said the specimen is unique because there are not many museums that hold exoskeletons of the spider crab other than the Smithsonian. “It’s something that [students are] never going to see anywhere else other than the Smithsonian,
so it’s an uncommon specimen, and if you wanted to see one alive you’d have to jump into a submarine,” Mohn said. Restoring the crab is part of a larger renovation project in which the Geology Museum hopes to bring historic pieces back into the exhibit area, Irizarry-Barreto said. “We actually are renovating some of the older exhibits to try to develop new educational programs for kids for schools, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,” she said.
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TEAM: University among top 48 colleges in competition continued from front The early competition season started with more than 675 college teams across the nation, and as the season progressed competition narrowed — 48 college teams remain — the University is one competition closer to a national title, said Dahoud Askar, RUMTA president. In the first competition of the semester against Swarthmore College, School of Ar ts and Sciences junior Rachel Holt, one of the team’s witnesses, stepped up to play the role of an attorney, and the team still succeeded in securing first place, Ashley said. In February, the team had secured a spot in the championships by making it to the winners’ circle at the Regional Tournament in Baltimore. “As we were waiting for the results of the case, I was more nervous than waiting for my first jur y trial verdict,” said Craig Aronow, RUMTA head coach and practicing civil attorney. Ashley said the hardest competition includes the well-known teams of New York University and the University of Virginia, which won the competition in Baltimore with a perfect score of 8-0. In the first month of the semester, the team was given a criminal case about three friends who go out for a friend’s 21st bir thday, Aronow said. Within the group, one is designated as the designated driver earlier in the night before the group goes out. On retur ning home, the designated driver — who did or did not drink too much, as the defense and state will argue — gets into an accident, killing one passenger and injuring the other, Aronow said. The prosecutor charges the driver, who had already been convicted of drunk driving earlier, with murder. After the team gets the case, the team practices twice a week
gathering information as well as learning the facts of the case and law, Ashley said. Once in the courtroom, the team is given three hours for the case, Aronow said. For the first 90 minutes, the state gets to call its witnesses and present its case, while the defense will present its case for the last hour-and-a-half. The juror then tries the case. The case is presented four times in front of the jury, where the University team gets to act as the defense and prosecutor twice, Aronow said. “At a real trial, things slow down. There are breaks and no one is scoring you … but with mock trial it has to be smooth, and it needs to flow and look good in a shor t period of time. … Because of the compressed [time], the mock trial is a more intense experience,” Aronow said. The mock trial team is divided based on experience and skill into three separate groups, which each consist of 7 or 8 members. While members of both the A and B teams participated in the early rounds of the competition, only the A team competed in the Washington, D.C. championships. The A team is advancing to the national tournament in Minneapolis. Although the competition is tough, Aronow said the team has the potential to win the national title. “They can win. When Rutgers mock trial [members are] focused and committed to excelling, they are better than any other mock trial team,” Aronow said. Askar, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, who plans to attend Harvard Law School next year, credits his success to RUMTA and head coach Aronow. “Without the mock trial team, I don’t think I would be able to be where I am today,” he said. Askar has been a part of the mock trial since his first year and is confident that this year will be the one that the University will win. “Every school we faced this year was well put-together, but we could do this,” he said.
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Academy Award-nominated documentary “If A Tree Falls” will show at the Cook Campus Center at 8 p.m. The screening will follow with pizza, popcorn and a Q-and-A with director Marshall Curry. For more information, contact Lauren Choinski at (848) 932-5273.
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The Thaakat Foundation presents “Live, Laugh and Learn,” an event featuring performances by University groups Dhol Effect, Bhangra Academy, SWARA and Focused Movement. The event is at the Cook Campus Center multipurpose room at 7 p.m. Shahnawaz will cater the event. Tickets are $10 in advance or with a student ID, and $15 at the door or without a student ID.
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The Rutgers University Leadership Empowerment Society presents “Dance Steps to Leadership” at 6 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center multipurpose room. The program includes performances by TWESE African Dance Troupe, Rutgers Belly Dance Troupe, Chaos Theor y, Team Technique, Official Re’Jectz, and more. Attendees can vote for their favorite performers to win a prize. Tickets are $5 and sold at the door. All proceeds go to the Computer Literacy Program to empower underprivileged youth in Bangladesh. For volunteer and other information, contact r.u.leadership@gmail.com.
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RUTGERS-CAMDEN, ROWAN UNIVERSITY MERGER WILL HAPPEN, GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE SAYS Despite the many students and faculty against Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed merger of RutgersCamden and Rowan University, the governor said the merger is definitely going to happen. However, in order for the proposed merger to go in effect, the Rutgers Board of Trustees and Board of Governors must approve it, according to Rutgers officials. At a news conference in Hamilton, N.J., Christie said he wants the takeover of the Rutgers-Camden campus to take ef fect by July 1, including his plan for the University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey and the University’s New Brunswick campus to merge, according to nj.com “They’re going to merge. I am not favoring any type of hybrid consortium that allows them to keep the name that they’ve become, for whatever reason, wed to,” he said at the conference. Senate President Stephen Sweeney, D-3, proposed a consor tium or par tnership
BOARD: Residents voice concerns about price, location continued from front vehicular traffic. The building will also be environmentally friendly with “green-roof technology,” he said. Olivo said the complex would also encourage bike riding as a way of transportation by offering bike storage, which will further decrease traffic. “Residents will be well-served by public transportation,” he said. “[And] the [vehicular] volume will increase minimally as a result of this project.” But Olivo does not expect any increased traf fic to be a large problem. Apartment pricing also concerned residents.
between Rowan and Rutgers-Camden instead of a merger at a hearing Monday night in Glassboro, N.J. Christie was not in favor of Sweeney’s idea, according to nj.com “We’re going to make this transformation happen. We’re going to create an energetic, bold new research university in South Jersey with a medical school and law school,” he said at the meeting. Proponents of the merger are confident the new research university would attract private endowments and research funding, according to nj.com But Rutgers-Camden suppor ters believe a degree from Rowan will be less prestigious than those from the University. Ali Houshman, Rowan’s interim president, will release today “a road map of sor ts that was written after months of consideration,” Christie said at the meeting.
John McDonough, a city land use planner, said the structure would be a luxury upscale building for young professionals. “It is catering to a high-end market considering all the amenities. This site will be selfsufficient in terms of parking,” he said. “It will be a private secure garage.” Charlie Kratovil, a community organizer, said a two-bedroom apartment would cost about $2,400 a month, while a one-bedroom apartment would cost about $1,800, and a month studio would cost about $1,400. “Every tenant is expected to be qualified to pay the rent,” said Thomas Kelso, lawyer for the building application. “It’s always a possibility that students can live there. ... You got to have the money to pay the rent.”
New Brunswick resident David Spevack said the apartments would not cater to families because of the lack of bedrooms and the size of the units. Jadwiga Karanievski, a New Brunswick resident, said the residents were poorly notified of the plans for the building and disapproves of the city’s plans. “It is a 16-story building next to three-story residential homes. … How does that make sense? It’s literally a wall that divides the entire block,” Karanievski said. “It is strictly for the benefit of the developers. How will this benefit residents?” Boraie Development LLC has developed in the city in the past. The company constructed One Spring Street, a 23-story apartment complex, in 2005 at the corner of Spring Street and Paterson Street.
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Quake shakes homes, strongest in decades THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY — A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City. One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday’s earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states, where Guerrero official confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged, with another 60 having collapsed. Hours after the shaking at noon local time (18:02 GMT), there were still no reports of death or serious injury, even after a less powerful, magnitude-5.1 aftershock was felt in the capital and several other aftershocks near the epicenter in a mountainous rural region. “It was very strong, very substantial,” said Campos Benitez, hospital director in Ometepec, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the epicenter. Guerrero Gov. Angel Aguirre, who is from Ometepec, was headed there to survey the damage and ordered emergency crews and civil protection to the area to help with the damage. The state did not say how many were displaced. In Mexico City, frightened workers and residents poured into the streets of the capital. Telephone service was down in the city and throughout the area where the quake was felt and some neighborhoods were without power, according to Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, who set up a hotline for people to report damage. About 40 passengers were stranded for a short time on the Mexico City airport air train, but later released. The airport closed for a time but officials said there
was no runway damage and they resumed operations. Samantha Rodriguez, a 37year old environmental consultant, was evacuated from the 11th floor on the Angel Tower office building. “I thought it was going to pass rapidly but the walls began to thunder and we decided to get out,” she said. Mexico City, built on a lakebed, was badly damaged in 1985 when an 8.1 earthquake killed at least 10,000 people. In past years, Guerrero has suffered several severe earthquakes, including a 7.9 in 1957 which killed an estimated 68 people, and a 7.4 in 1995 which left three dead. Tuesday’s quake was the strongest shaking felt in the capital since a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck also in Guerrero in December. Officials said at least three people died in Guerrero, but there were no reports of widespread damage. U.S. President Barack Obama’s oldest daughter, Malia, was reported and safe while on vacation with a school group in Oaxaca. The U.S. Geological Survey set the preliminary magnitude of the first quake at 7.4 and said the epicenter was 11 miles underground. The survey set the aftershock at 5.1. Seismologists and civil protection officials said there didn’t appear to be heavy damage or casualties because of where and how the earthquake hit. There were reports of damaged buildings but none collapsed on the Oaxaca side of the border, said civil protection spokeswoman Cynthia Tovar said. Authorities believed that the absence of tall buildings in the area is one reason. She added that they’ve had two strong aftershocks, and that in downtown Oaxaca most people are out on the street at this point.
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The coffins containing the bodies of the victims of the shooting at the ‘Ozar Hatorah’ Jewish school arrive from Toulouse yesterday in Paris. The victims are being transported to Paris before being flown to Israel.
Four Jews killed in France shooting THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TOULOUSE, France — Police searched southern France on Tuesday for an expert gunman suspected of fatally shooting seven people in the head at close range in attacks that may have been motivated by neo-Nazi ties or grudges against minorities. The shooter is suspected of carrying out three deadly attacks: leaving four people dead on Monday at a Jewish school in Toulouse, three of them young children; killing two French paratroopers and seriously wounding another last Thursday in nearby Montauban; and fatally shooting another paratrooper in Toulouse on March 11. All the victims in the school attack were Jewish with duel French-Israeli citizenship, and the paratroopers were of North African or French Caribbean origin. The shots were fired at such close range that the gunfire
burned the skin, prosecutor Francois Molins said Tuesday. “We are confronted with an individual extremely determined in his actions, an armed individual who acts always with the same modus operandi,” he said, “in cold blood ... with premeditated actions.” He added the crimes appear to be premeditated due to the killer’s “choices of victims and the choices of his targets” — the army, the foreign origin of the victims or their religion. The killer could “act again,” he said. Norway’s Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a rampage last year, had suggested in an online manifesto before the killings that a camera could be used to film such “operations.” There was no mention in his indictment that he used one. All three attacks — which also left a paratrooper and a teenage boy seriously wounded
— were carried out by a man on a powerful Yamaha motorcycle who was wearing a helmet and carrying a Colt 45, Molins told reporters in Paris. But he said other clues to the killer’s identify were scarce. Molins noted that the attacks had occurred every four days, but said he could not address security arrangements that might be in place Friday — the fourth day after the attack on the Jewish school. President Nicolas Sarkozy has raised the terror alert for the southwest region to scarlet, the highest level on the four-color scale that automatically added 14 new units of riot police and gendarmes to the region. A “monster” is on the loose in France, Sarkozy declared, vowing to track him down. The focus fell Tuesday on three paratroopers who had been expelled from their regiment near Toulouse in 2008 for neo-Nazi sympathies, a police official said.
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Raritan requires cleanup, not study H
ere on the banks of the Old Raritan, we at the University have the privilege to admire one of the region’s most iconic watersheds. From its brown, pregnant waters to the way it snakes itself through Central Jersey as it’s carried out to the Atlantic, the river holds a special place in the hearts of its surrounding communities. But we’re also reminded daily of just how dirty it is. Despite being a source of water and a recreational outlet for nearly 1 million people, the Raritan River remains one of the most polluted bodies of water in the country. The river, passing through 49 municipalities, also passes through thousands of the state’s contaminated industrial sites. Years of waste runoff by waterfront industry have taken a serious toll on the environmental quality of its surrounding areas. To investigate — and ultimately reverse — these effects, the federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced a $100,000 competitive grant to fund a major study of the toll this pollution has taken on the Raritan. The study, according to an article on nj.com, would help elucidate the true impact environmental pollution has had on the watershed by bringing together individual studies and reports carried out over the years. The study could result in the first comprehensive cleanup plan for the river and its surrounding communities, the article said. A grant like this would no doubt provide significant background information as to just how seriously pollution has affected the Raritan over the past several decades — and further studies may indeed be necessary to uncover just how deep the problem runs. But it seems at this point, a grant of this size — devoted solely to studying the effects of pollution along the river — maybe be less important than taking actual steps to reverse the problem altogether. Thanks to years of study and local environmental organizations’ research, we’ve acquired a clear sense of how dirty the body of water is, as well as how much it requires a major cleanup. Such a grant may be better spent on a solid plan of action to curb the effects of pollution along the river, rather than simply documenting them. But regardless of how the money is spent, we’re happy to see a focus being placed on a problem that faces so many throughout our community. The Raritan River has served as a landmark — providing transportation, water and recreation — to New Brunswick residents and University students alike.
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ne of our columnists protested earlier in the semester that New Brunswick needs more diners. “The diner is indisputably the quintessential New Jersey eating establishment,” the author argued in the Feb. 13 column in The Daily Targum, citing an apparent — and frankly, upsetting — lack of 24-hour diners within a reasonable distance to the University. Students, the author lamented, have been too long deprived of traditional Garden State eating, taking the form of “elaborate breakfasts, gigantic burgers and most importantly, very late hours.” We here at the Targum side wholeheartedly with the author’s concerns. Every university community needs its 24-hour spaces, and our own is often sorely lacking in this field. And, furthermore, if this space came in the form of an iconic New Jersey eatery — one with which we’ve surely all grown familiar over the years — like the diner, then our only question would be: What’s the holdup? Well, we’re happy that the New Brunswick community now has its very own 24-hour diner. Angelo Dimitrakopoulous, a veteran of the restaurant business, has recently opened up an all-night diner on Route 27 in Ferren Mall. Helen Dimitrakopoulous, who oversees the diner’s operations, said they saw a lot of potential for the diner in a busy college community, noting that the diner’s target demographics included students and workers looking for a late-night bite to eat. Although the location may not be ideal — in downtown New Brunswick, it’s a bit of a walk from most campuses — the opening of the diner should satisfy most who are seeking a place to eat after much of the rest of the city’s businesses have closed. We don’t foresee a problem with the restaurant attracting crime, but we do urge students to at least try to act civil when they stumble in at 3 a.m. after a night of heavy drinking. Regardless, such an establishment comes as a much-needed addition to the city, as well as the University community. The diner is representative of both college life and our own N.J. roots. As the author of the column put it, “Almost everyone who grew up in a suburb has fond memories of walking into their favorite diner at 2 a.m., ordering some eggs and home fries, and savoring that beautiful memory with their friends.” We can’t help but agree.
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s I rode the H bus terrorism, we enable a danback to my cozy litgerous precedent that also tle room on Busch dismantles the building campus Tuesday afternoon, blocks of freedom provided ADAM UZIALKO I came across a column in for in the Bill of Rights. The Daily Targum, titled Another nasty little bit of “Surveillance benefits U.” legislation to pop out of our horrible idea factory — The author’s argument was rather well-put, but I a Congress with a 13 percent approval rating, must contend that he is utterly wrong. I don’t mean according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll to slight him, but his argument is nothing short — is HR 347. This resolution was passed with lanof terrifying. guage that now makes political protest illegal whenHow, under the Constitution of the United States, ever an official with a U.S. Secret Service detail is can the New York Police Department’s spying on present in the area of the protest. But wait, there’s Muslim student organizations throughout the more: Even if the protesters are unaware of that offiNortheast be considered reasonable, let alone be cial’s presence, it remains a felony to protest. applauded or expanded? Interesting side note: Republican presidential Well, like the author believes these practices candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt should be expanded, I believe we Gingrich all picked up Secret must expand this argument to Service details the next day, which “What would our include our government’s recent was reported on CNN during one behavior to do just that. the GOP debates. There’s other exalted founding fathers of There are a slew of bills that have legislation, like the Stop Online been proposed, considered and even ... have to say about this Piracy Act or HR 3261. Some passed as of late that seek to underfailed, some are still churning sort of thing?” mine your constitutional rights. their way through Congress — I Take, for example, HR 1540 – better won’t include all of them here, but known as the National Defense I encourage you to look them up. Authorization Act. Signed into law by President Barack I now find myself in the position of relating all of Obama on New Year’s Day, the NDAA authorizes the this back to my original point of contention that the indefinite detention of American citizens without the author of Tuesday’s column is wrong. These surright to a lawyer and prosecution by military tribunal. veillance practices are but a drop in the bucket of our It’s hard to imagine that sort of bill passing in a coungovernment’s push against our rights, prescribed in try that supposedly values liberty, but the sad truth is the Constitution, to the liberty that America offers. that it’s only the tip of the iceberg. The Patriot Act, Benjamin Franklin once said, “Those who desire signed into law following the Sept. 11 attacks is anything to give up freedom in order to gain security will not but patriotic. The federal government was authorized to have, nor do they deserve, either one.” We are now carry out widespread wiretappings and “delayed notice” at that tipping point in this country, where the fedwarrants for federal searches of American homes. eral government tells us to give up our rights for With only these two bills under our belt, the system “our own safety” (I am reminded of the signs at camof checks and balances begins to erode. The executive pus bus stops) in the war on terrorism. To allow branch of government is now given widespread power these types of surveillances — whether it be targetto invade our privacy and imprison indefinitely. The ed to one group in particular or spread to any indilaughable part of it is that it’s all considered “for our safevidual who can be deemed a “radical,” as the author ty,” and speaking out against it is often called unpatriotic. puts it — is an affront to freedom and of blatant Opposing these measures, by no stretch of the ignorance to the Constitution. imagination, does not make someone unpatriotic. I believe the legislation I’ve discussed, along Allowing them to go completely unchecked and unnowith the author’s idea that we should expand these ticed is crippling to the American definition of freedom. criminal surveillance programs, illustrates very well So, what would our exalted founding fathers — the tentacles of big government that continually whom countless politicians claim to represent — seek to penetrate further into our private lives. have to say about this sort of thing? Don’t be afraid to stand up and say that these attacks Well, James Madison, my personal favorite, once on American civil rights are unacceptable. Dissent is said, “If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it patriotic — question everything, use your voice. will be under the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” Adam Uzialko is a School of Arts and Sciences sophWhile we allow our legislative and executive omore. He is a correspondent at The Daily Targum. branches to claim that these measures are to combat
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Intentions do not justify invasive actions Letter ROWAIDA ABDELAZIZ n the March 20 column in The Daily Targum, entitled “Sur veillance benefits U.,” the author attempted to justify and stand up with the recent New York Police Depar tment spying on the Muslim community across the Northeast. In fact, the author goes as far as to say that it is “both important and necessar y to continue such sur veillance programs” and the “NYPD’s largest mistake was their failure to monitor radical
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non-Muslims at the University as well.” Let’s take a moment and refresh our memories by picking up a dictionar y. According to dictionar y.com, “racial profiling” is defined as “government activity directed at a suspect or group of suspects based solely on race.” Now, as one of more than 1 billion Muslims in the world and a proud and active University Muslim, it seems according to the column’s standards that I should be monitored — as if I am not already.
However if the NYPD or those who agree with the author should want to follow me into my classes, my job, the ser vices I am involved in or super vise my participation in a state-wide university to further my education and values as an American, then so be it. It is key to realize that the amount of ignorance and racism against the Muslim community has skyrocketed since the aftermath of Sept. 11. The events that occurred 11 years ago were without a doubt a horrific and heartbreaking event against the American people — Muslim
Americans included. And because of the acts of a group of people, lives were lost, a war has begun and my life has become much more difficult to get through on a daily basis. In fact, it has become so difficult that Muslims like myself who choose to par ticipate in humanitarian-based organizations such as the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund are suspiciously targeted for the fundraising money for those in need. Somehow, improving the quality of medical care in the Middle East by sending medical equipment, supplies and other
various aid for women and children has become associated with “terrorism.” Freedom, liberty and the right to privacy all form the basic groundwork of American values. It is important to differentiate where the line is drawn between being protective and being invasive. The value of one life is in no way greater or more significant than another. Injustice should be condemned — no matter whom the target is. Rowaida Abdelaziz is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.
NYPD column misleads readers on facts Letter BILAL AHMED he author of the March 20 column in The Daily Targum, entitled “Surveillance benefits U,” has — typical to his writing style — written a blatantly offensive article. It seems like every time I read his column, I am greeted with another instance of moronic xenophobia which he attempts to gloss over with phrases such as “poses a threat to the Muslim and nonMuslim community alike.” First of all, let me assure the author that the “baseless accusations” shot at the New York Police Department over the last 11 years are based in its McCarthyist stigma against select minority groups. These happen to include Muslims,
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Arabs and Pakistanis — to name a few. One may argue that it has been successful, like in impeding the 14 terrorist attacks the author named, but one would be making a foolish argument, as it does not take into account how exactly these policies ferment terrorist sentiment. Indeed, I believe men and women, who are alienated by exactly the racist policies defended by the author, perpetrated many of the attacks that the NYPD has foiled. However, the most staggering part of the author’s piece was his statement that the “NYPD’s largest mistake was their failure to monitor radical non-Muslims at the University as well,” after which he names several campus organizations, which are apparently not favorable to his conservative worldview. It appears that
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the author would rather student activists with whom he disagrees suffer through unconstitutional harassment and humiliation at the hands of the NYPD. Pardon me if I find that to be slightly excessive. It is tiring to constantly reiterate these points, as he has personally heard them numerous times. The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund has never had links to terrorist organizations. BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice intended to fund a humanitarian flotilla, and not any terrorist group. The University Center for Middle Eastern Studies has been accused of being funded by clandestine Saudi princes in the past, which was a claim I also considered to be fear-driven and ludicrous. The entire incident is then used as an opportunity for the author to further martyr himself
and his political allies. Rather than the media “generally [ignoring]” these events, I recall University students pressing their racist sentiments until entire organizations were needlessly covered by media outlets for weeks. The Jerusalem Post had covered BAKA’s “United States to Gaza” fundraiser by the time it took place. The organizers for PCRF had to deal with being hounded about their supposed links to terrorist organizations for months after self-denying racists pursued the issue. The author himself has used his column as a soapbox numerous times to complain of his alleged mistreatment by University officials, and appears to be continuing to do so despite a statement by Gregory Blimling that these matters have been dealt with appropriately.
It appears that the author is not satisfied with how an open and tolerant University community has not seen fit to bend to his ever y racist whim and harass the people with whom he has policy disagreements. Ever y University organization he names in the ar ticle has already been through unfair scrutiny as a result of the views of him and his political allies on campus. I am quite frankly exhausted with this silliness, which is all right since I am graduating soon and no longer have to read his nonsense. Bilal Ahmed is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Middle Eastern studies with minors in political science and African, Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and literatures.
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Today's Birthday (03/21/12). Saturn transits Libra, your seventh house, until October 4, which affects relationships and partnerships. Solid ties become stronger. Get into financial management, and grow your nest egg. With Uranus and the Sun in your sign, you see what's really important and crave change. Look before you leap. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — You're lucky, powerful and looking good. The trick is to inspire action, rather than demand it. Celebrate results, and acknowledge partners. Your charm's magnetic. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Share what you've learned with someone who's providing assistance. Rely on loved ones at home. Listen up ... they're saying nice things about you. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Your career's taking off, and your cheering section approves. Take them out to celebrate with comfort food. Get organized, and keep your friends involved. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Give in to sweet indulgences with this New Moon, especially those that charm someone near to you (maybe very near). The conversation's illuminating. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — If you've been respectful, the commentary's complimentary. Go ahead and put down some roots. Make a commitment. Work smarter, not harder. New doors are open. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Beautify your space with simplicity. A hunch could be quite profitable. You're attracted to someone who's making a lot of sense. Share their message.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Sometimes the fun part is to work hard for what you want. If you're not sure, don't be afraid to ask for directions and learn new skills. Keep working at it. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — It's an excellent time for a journey with friends. Others appreciate your leadership and clever storytelling. Leave room for others to shine, too. Feel the love. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Find the solution in the usual place. Visualize beauty. Pamper yourself, and it doesn't have to cost you a penny. Stay close to home tonight. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Taking a walk outdoors helps clear your thoughts. Keep your eyes wide open. There's a lot to learn in unexpected places. Observe a caterpillar. Build a dynamic vision. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Fine-tuning actions and letting go of unnecessary steps leads to increased satisfaction. The less moving parts there are, the less chances there are of breaking down. Dream. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — You risk steamrolling your loved ones with your increased confidence. Listen to your partner for wisdom. The conversation can be significant in many ways.
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DECISION: RU returns deep group of wide receivers continued from back on the of fense,” Flood said. “Now obviously we lost a significant one in Mohamed Sanu. A good por tion of the of fense last year was shaped in terms of getting Mohamed Sanu the ball.” Dodd and Nova both often looked to Sanu, who caught 115 of the Knights’ 256 overall completions en route to setting the Big East and school single-season records. Sanu awaits results of the 2012 NFL Draft in April. But a number of receivers hope to replicate the production in his stead. KYLE Sophomore wideout Brandon Coleman rode a strong end to the 2011 season to a place atop the spring depth chart, along with senior Mark Harrison. Junior Jeremy Deering returns to the position after spending last season at running back, Flood announced. Deering averaged 21.1 yards per catch as a freshman while starting five times. “I don’t know if it’s a big switch for Jeremy,” Flood said, “but by putting him there, we give him an opportunity to impact the game more and hopefully get him more touches.” Both quarterbacks will work around a revamped offensive line. Three regular starters and another contributor graduate,
including All-Big East First and Second Team selections. But the unit does not lack experience. Junior David Osei began the 2011 season at center, but earned playing time sporadically at other positions. Junior college transfer Dallas Hendrikson originally vied for a starter’s role before suffering a season-ending knee injury last spring. And then there is tackle R.J. Dill, an offseason transfer from Maryland. “R.J. [has] star ted over 30 games in the ACC,” Flood said. “I think he’s a guy that brings a cer tain amount of experience that you would be surprised if he didn’t contribute for us.” The unit will work under Damian Wroblewski, one of more than 10 new FLOOD coaches on staff following Greg Schiano’s departure. Flood holds Wroblewski, who coached at Delaware along with Flood, in high regard. He will work around the absence of sophomore Kaleb Johnson, penciled in at left tackle, following of fseason shoulder surger y. “I think we’ve got more than enough talent in the people at those positions to play at a high level,” Flood said. “With the offensive players being in the system with their second year of the language, terminology and the plays, I would expect that every position should play with a little more efficiency and a little faster on the field.”
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Jeremy Deering carries the ball Nov. 26 during a loss at Connecticut in his sophomore season, when he played running back. Deering will return to wide receiver during the spring.
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Redshirt freshman goalie Steven Lusby replaced Rudy Butler, pictured, after six games. Lusby made 12 saves Saturday.
On the stat sheet for the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s matchup with St. John’s on MEN’S LACROSSE Saturday, it says redshir t freshman goalkeeper Steven Lusby did not pick up the win in only his second star t for the Scarlet Knights. But stat sheets can be deceiving. To the Rutgers sideline and anyone in attendance at the RU Tur f Field, it was clear Lusby was one of the largest factors in why it took St. John’s until the final two seconds of the game to win. “Steven Lusby played excellent [against St. John’s]. He stood in there and made some great stuf f,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “I’m ver y proud of Steven, and he is cer tainly not the reason we lost against St. John’s.” As for Lusby himself, the rookie goalkeeper par tially disagrees with his head coach. To Lusby, the burden of the last second loss lies par tially on his shoulders. “I think I did pretty well, but Coach always talks about how you have to play the last minute. It has to be your best minute,” Lusby said. “Our last
minute was definitely not my best minute, so I sor t of let myself down.” But that last minute came after 59 other minutes of St. John’s firing away at the Rutgers defense. The Johnnies outshot the Knights, 34-24. Only seven of those shots found their way past Lusby.
“Steven Lusby played excellent [against St. John’s]. He is certainly not the reason we lost against St. John’s.” BRIAN BRECHT Head Coach
“Most importantly, he stood in there completely under fire. They outshot us by 10 shots,” Brecht said. “I give Steven a lot of credit, and he showed a lot of courage.” The Severna Park, Md., native was a brick wall against the persistent St. John’s offense for the majority of the contest. Lusby picked up 12 saves in the cage. After his saves, Lusby’s outlet passes led to two goals for the Knights in transition. In the seven games before the St. John’s contest, the
Knights only picked up one goal in transition. “We had those two transition goals, and Steven was a huge par t of that because he outlets the ball so damn well,” Brecht said. The relationship that Lusby and Brecht established is a simple one. The first-year head coach chose Lusby to relieve starting goalkeeper Rudy Butler six games into the season. He gave Lusby a simple task: control the tempo of the defense. Lusby cites the relationship between him and his coach as a reason he is so comfortable in his first season. “All Coach is asking from me is to be a goalie,” Lusby said. “I just have to make my saves and control the defense.” The comfort for Lusby led him to pick up the win in his first start two weeks ago at home against Marist. Lusby recorded six saves in his collegiate debut. The first time Lusby saw an opposing team coming toward his goal was the moment everything became real for the goalkeeper. After ward, Lusby did exactly what Brecht asked of him: He acted like a college goalie. “I was a little bit ner vous, but after the first possession came down, that all went away,” Lusby said. “I just got into the flow of the game.”
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Junior catcher Jeff Melillo, the Knights’ likely No. 3 hitter today against Rider, batted last season near the botom of the order.
PITCHER: Rutgers faces new starter in home opener continued from back ly. Like the rest of the Knights lineup, adjustments are vital. “I knew that in cleanup, I’d have to hit a lot better than the eighth [spot],” Kivlehan said. “I just had to make sure I got my foot down earlier.” Rider freshman pitcher David Hafer makes the first start of his career against the Knights. In eight relief appearances, Hafer sports an 8.00 ERA with 11 hits and seven walks allowed. Fasano is the more proven pitcher on paper, but Hafer’s inexperience could spell an upset for the Knights if he
finds his legs in the star ting rotation. But after an eight-game road trip in which the Knights won five, Hill said Rutgers has momentum on its side. “We went against three quality teams, and to pull out five wins is great,” he said. “Playing against these caliber of teams will only help once we get back home and enter the Big East part of our schedule.” The Broncs are the Knights’ final test before Big East play begins Friday against Seton Hall. Despite the Broncs’ underwhelming season, that game is the final time for the Knights to experiment with their roster. Putting Fasano in the rotation has been a successful experiment. Now the Knights need their lineup changes to work out.
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Sidelined forward, recruiting class offer change BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
A Hall of Fame coach returns to the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s sidelines next year, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL and she brings in a highly touted recruiting class. Compared to this year’s Scarlet Knights, many of the similarities end there. But after the Knights were eliminated in their opening game of the NCAA Tournament, they hope for one difference: a better ending. “I don’t hang my head,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer after Saturday’s loss to Gonzaga. “I’m sad because I wish that they could play a little longer because they really deser ve to.” A year removed from retur ning four star ters, the task is steeper with the graduation of three star ters from the tournament loss. But the Knights’ future identity gives them reason to believe. The frontcour t will change from a weakness to a strength. Senior for ward Chelsey Lee will bring much of the newfound help as she returns from a year she sat out because of shoulder surger y. Lee ended her junior season in 2011 averaging 8.5 points and a team-leading 7.5 rebounds per game. Junior center Monique Oliver led the way on the boards this year with 7.3 rebounds per game, but without Lee by her side, it was easy for some teams to out-rebound the Knights. During Lee’s absence, senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan took more responsibility on the boards with 5.9 per game. Senior for ward April Sykes moved from small forward to power for ward and averaged 5.6 boards per game. Point guards finishing second in rebounding and position adjustments will likely be a thing of the past with Lee’s return. The No. 3 recruiting class in the nation, according to ESPN HoopGurlz, almost guarantees it. Rachel Hollivay, a 6-foot-4 center, highlights the class as the
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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer returns senior forward Chelsey Lee in 2012-2013 after Lee missed last season after shoulder surgery in the offseason. Lee averaged 8.5 pointers and a team-best 7.5 rebounds per game as a junior. No. 8 recruit in the nation from Columbus, Miss. Compared to the No. 1 recr uit in the nation, future Connecticut center Breanna Stewar t, Hollivay is faster, more explosive and quicker of f the floor, according to ESPN. No. 17 recr uit Kahleah Copper, a 6-foot-1 wing, and No. 75 recruit Ariel Butts, a 6foot-3 for ward, also aid a frontcour t that was thin this year. Freshman for ward Betnijah Laney has big shoes to fill as the
likely replacement for Sykes on the wing. She said her goal next year is to “get ready to come back [to the NCAA Tournament] and go farther.” The backcour t also looks dif ferent without Rushdan and senior guard Nikki Speed. The question of who next year’s star ting point guard will be is wide open. The position is a competition between freshman guards Briyona Canty, Syessence Davis and Shakena Richardson.
Canty and Davis played eight minutes apiece against Gonzaga while Richardson played one. In ever y game throughout the season, none were guaranteed to even play. If none immediately pan out, that could mean more playing time for No. 69 recruit Precious Person and even more responsibility on the shoulders of junior guard Erica Wheeler. Wheeler displayed the tenacity in the past two games
to prove she deser ved to be on the floor for a combined 77 minutes, which is promising for the Knights. “[I was] just mainly playing for another day, just mainly playing for the seniors,” Wheeler said. But instead of the seniors leading her, Wheeler will be the senior leader in the backcourt. With expected leadership from Lee, Oliver and Wheeler, the Knights can be a different team next year.
Unlikely path draws coach to decorated career at Rutgers BY BEN CAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Mike Mulqueen was never interested in track and field. Baseball was always his MEN’S TRACK f a v o r i t e spor t, but after being cut from the team at St. Joseph’s High School in Metuchen, N.J., Mulqueen looked to par ticipate in some kind of spor t. So as a freshman, he turned to track. Considering the way it started, he never imagined he would now be in his 33rd season as a coach for the Rutgers men’s track and field team. “I was horrible,” Mulqueen said. “When I first star ted, I was the worst guy on the team.” But he eventually found his way, becoming a county champion in the high hurdles, and was par t of a national champi-
onship team in his freshman year at Manhattan College in 1973. After graduating from Manhattan, Mulqueen latched on as a volunteer assistant coach with Rutgers under thenhead coach Les Wallack and then-assistant Frank Gagliano, who coached him at Manhattan. Mulqueen worked his way up to full-time assistant in 1982, and was of fered the job as head coach in 1983 after Wallack and Gagliano left. Mulqueen, 29 years old at the time, remembers his thoughts after inheriting a team with three future Rutgers Athletics Hall of Famers in Eugene Norman, Boris Pendergrass and Eliot Quow. “At 29 years old, I wanted to make sure I didn’t screw them up,” he said. Twenty-nine years, five NCAA district Coach of the Year
and five Big East Coach of the Year awards later, it is safe to say Mulqueen has succeeded. He led the Scarlet Knights to their first ever Big East championship in 2005, winning the indoor and outdoor IC4A Championships along the way, all without a single full-scholarship athlete. Seven of his athletes competed in the 2010 NCAA Championships, the most qualifiers for a national championship meet in school histor y. But his proudest moment arguably came when one of his athletes, Balazs Koranyi, reached the semifinals of the 800-meter dash in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. Mulqueen went to watch Koranyi compete in 1996 in Atlanta. “I remember sitting in the stands … and as he marched in, I star ted to cr y,” Mulqueen
said. “To see a kid who improved 8 seconds [in the 800 meters] from high school to when he graduated college … be in the Olympics — and you were with him ever y day for four years — it was emotional.” Mulqueen is grateful to his mentor Gagliano, now a volunteer assistant coach with the Knights, and the late Wallack. He also credits assistant coach Lou Tomlinson, a former sprinter under Mulqueen; associate head coach Kevin Kelly and the recently retired Tony Naclerio for the help they offered along the way. “It’s not just the head coach. We get the glory, we get the criticism, but it’s a combination of everybody,” he said. ”I’ve been very fortunate to be surrounded by terrific coaches.” But Mulqueen would like his athletes to remember him for more than only the coaching he gives them.
“When they graduate and someone asks them about their years at Rutgers … I would like them to come back and say, ‘He really cared about us as people and not just as [track athletes],’” he said. “That’s really impor tant to me.” Mulqueen received a contract extension last June through 2014, and as the longest-tenured coach at Rutgers, he plans on coaching beyond that if given the chance. “People have asked me how much longer I’ll go,” he said. “The day I don’t get nervous before a meet or … get excited before a meet or lose sleep the night before a meet is the time I should stop. I still get the butterflies. I still don’t sleep. I love nights before the Big East and IC4As. I love being in the hotel room, talking points with Coach Lou, Coach Kelly. … What else would I really do? I’m not really sure.”
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Knights take aim at early scoring runs
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Measuring a pitcher’s success by wins and losses is not as common as it used to be. The numbers could not be less applicable for pitcher BASEBALL R yan Fasano of the Rutgers RIDER AT baseball team. RUTGERS, The senior TODAY, 3 P.M. righthander has stepped up to take junior pitcher Tyler Gebler’s spot in the rotation and done so with a 4.50 ERA. But credit two losses in his 0-3 record to the Knights’ bats. Fasano has been on in his past two starts. The hitting has not. Fasano takes the mound today for the Scarlet Knights’ home opener against Rider at Bainton Field. Even a team with Rider’s 5-12 record can win on any given day, so the Knights need Fasano and their bats to be on their games. After a 17-hit game Sunday against No. 14 Stetson, the latter is more likely. “I am seeing some really positive at-bats,” said head coach Fred Hill, “but we still need to continue to develop and do the little things necessary to bring in runs, especially in close games.” Fasano was the victim of one of those close games Friday in the series opener. The Stony Point, N.Y., native allowed two runs in seven innings. Even then the Knights did not score a run in the 3-0 loss, but Fasano was used to the result after his previous start March 9 against Florida Atlantic. Fasano stayed on the mound for eight innings, striking out four and walking only one. He allowed five runs, but the Knights only recorded four hits in the 5-2 loss. A spot starter of Fasano’s caliber is a luxury for the Knights (8-9), who are building around their deep pitching staff. “You can never have too much pitching in baseball,” Hill said. But the Knights need the hitting to supplant that, and they have been a lineup in transition. Junior catcher Jeff Melillo hit toward the bottom of the order a season ago. Senior third baseman Pat Kivlehan was on the football team. Entering the Rider matchup, Melillo and Kivlehan will hit third and fourth, respective-
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Junior quarterback Chas Dodd releases a pass attempt Dec. 30 in the Knights’ bowl victory against Iowa State. Dodd and sophomore Gary Nova compete again for time.
Flood dismisses decision at QB as practice nears BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Kyle Flood took the podium yesterday at the Hale Center for only the third time as Rutgers head football coach, the first new face there in 11 years. FOOTBALL But not even Flood could give clarity to the most pressing issue
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Senior righthander Ryan Fasano pitched seven innings Friday in a loss to Stetson.
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova drops back in the Pinstripe Bowl in the Bronx.
facing the Scarlet Knights during spring practice: the quarterback position. Junior Chas Dodd and sophomore Gary Nova split time behind center during the Knights’ Pinstripe Bowl victory against Iowa State and again during the season. “I think what we have, as our strength at quarterback, is two really talented, quality young people who’ve won big games for us,” Flood said. “I’m anxious to watch them compete for the job this spring.” But Flood refused to put a timetable on naming a starter. In the long term, he expects to have a clear frontrunner in place two weeks before the Knights’ Sept. 1 season opener at Tulane. “Whether or not that will happen this spring is really up to the players to separate themselves from the other,” Flood said. Dodd entered spring practice a year ago as Rutgers’ only viable option at quarterback following Tom Savage’s transfer. Nova was still a senior at Don Bosco Prep (N.J.), where he reneged his commitment to Pittsburgh in favor of Rutgers. So Dodd took all of the reps under former offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti, who since accepted an offer to coach the St. Louis Rams’ quarterbacks. Former Boston College tight ends coach Dave Brock fills in for Cignetti, but Flood expects little to change schematically. “I think what you’ll see is an of fense that gets shaped to the best playmakers
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Saturday’s 13-7 win against Monmouth provided the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team with not only a satisfying secondhalf per formance, WOMEN’S LACROSSE but also a blueprint for today’s ST. JOSEPH’S AT game against St. RUTGERS, Joseph’s (4-4). TONIGHT, 7 P.M. Using Monmouth as a backdrop, head coach Laura Brand-Sias expects to follow a game plan similar to the one Monmouth used to edge St. Joe’s, 10-9, on Feb. 28 in Philadelphia. For Monmouth, its highlight came in its defense’s ability to limit the Atlantic 10 Conference’s leading scorer, Grace Dinn. Connecting on 48 percent of her shots, Dinn’s ability at the net becomes threatening for the opposition. But the Hawks held Dinn in check, limiting the senior to only three goals on 12 attempts. But for the Scarlet Knights (3-3), borrowing Monmouth’s formula is only the beginning. They need to prove first they can avoid another slow start. “The most impor tant thing for us is finding the remedy for that first-half slump we had in the last game,” BrandSias said. Plagued with a lack of execution, the Knights found themselves with their backs against the wall against the one-win Hawks. But the Knights escaped, earning their third win by putting together a 6-1 run in the second half. “We have to go in with the confidence we need, expecting to play our best, and get a good win,” said senior co-captain Ali Steinberg, an All-Region midfielder. Coming off of a five-goal performance, Steinberg said the momentum continues to build not only for her, but for the team, as well. With the components of a full squad coming together, Steinberg sees a difference in her team. “Each game, we’re starting to play a little better,” she said. “We’re starting to feel each other out, read cuts and work well together rather than just having a few players charge the goal each time.” But where there is confidence with the squad, there is also the modesty to take one game at a time. Junior attack Annie McGinley said the team must not look past the competition or its 15-0 all-time record against the Hawks. “We need to not think this is an easy game,” McGinley said. “Ever y time we seem to do that, it’s a much harder game for us.” To avoid making the game more dif ficult for themselves, the Knights must also avoid the fate that troubled their success early in the season. Surrendering a late lead to St. Joe’s cross-town rival Temple, the Knights found themselves on the wrong end of a 6-0 run. Falling to Cornell, 8-7, on a lategame winner three days later, the Knights could not find a way to close. They have since resolved their lategame struggles and reversed their state of play when they struggled out of the gate against Monmouth. Brand-Sias wants the team to figure out how to play the whole 60 minutes at the RU Turf Field.