MUSLIMS IN AMERICA Professors analyze racial and religious identities in the United States. UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
NO REPRESENTATION WITHOUT PRESERVATION Any proposal to downsize the University Senate should also preserve student representation. OPINIONS, PAGE 8
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After joining the Big Ten athletic conference, the University has also been admitted to the Committee on Institutional Cooperation — which means students can expect to see a difference in University academic and research programs. As a part of the CIC, the University will have the chance to collaborate with Big Ten schools along with the University of Chicago for research and academic programs, said Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard L. Edwards yesterday. Membership in the committee — an academic consortium of 13 top-tier research universities
including the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, the University of Michigan and Penn State University — is effective for the University July 1, 2013, he said. He said the University submitted an application last week to the committee. “We had to communicate what Rutgers has to offer and what we could contribute to the CIC,” Edwards said. Edwards received word Sunday that the CIC extended the University an invitation for membership. “I was absolutely delighted to get the word on Sunday afternoon that we had been unanimously approved,” Edwards said. SEE
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Dining Services base prices on average amount of food students consume BY ALEX MEIER CORRESPONDENT
As a new semester approaches, many students may add or change meal plans without knowing how the University’s Dining Services really works. When students pay for a specific meal plan, they pay for the average number of meals consumed according to that plan, making it impossible for meal swipes to roll over, said Joe Charette, executive director of Dining Services.
“We get weekly reports on all the usage on all the different meal places,” he said. “We know, before we sell you a meal plan for next semester, how many of those meals are going to be consumed on an average.” All of the meals Dining Services charge students for are consumed before the end of the semester, Charette said. “If you bought a 285 meal plan and you eat all 285 meals … you never SEE
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City children ask council for affordable soccer program BY MEGAN MORREALE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
About 30 children filled the seats at the New Brunswick City Council meeting last night to press the city to reduce the cost of their soccer program in an effort to make it more affordable for the residents of New Brunswick. “I’m not asking for a program for free,” said Roberto Solano, manager of the New Brunswick soccer program. “I’m asking for a reduction in the price. This is not a business. This is a city. All I want you to do is help us with the program.” The children, who showed up with Solano’s encouragement to show their dedication and need for the city, clapped after he spoke, Solano said. “These kids, I told them you’re the ones that manage and run the city, directly and indirectly,” Solano told the
council. “They know you’re the ones that can help.” He said council members have an obligation to the children, who are the future of New Brunswick. “Just remember these kids are growing and will be able to vote for you guys. In this city, if we have a problem that’s how we solve it, we vote,” he said. Solano said he has personally invested in the soccer program, pitching in to pay for most of the needs himself, along with the funding that comes out of the families’ pockets. “I sacrifice my time and effort,” Solano said. “Just give me a chance to run this program. I pay for the fields and I have no goals, no lines, no nothing. We pay for the complex and have no lights and no bathroom open. It’s not fair.” SEE
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS
Karen Lin, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, and Ashley Van Name, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, decorate an ornament at the “Live Vibes Winter Wonderland Coffee House” at the Livingston Student Center hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association. The event also included gingerbread decorating, hot chocolate refreshments, and a live Sinatra cover band. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, Dec. 6 The Rutgers Student Center “Atrium After Hours” continues from 1 to 4 a.m. through Dec. 12 as a late-night study space for students. This initiative is sponsored by the Rutgers University Student Assembly. Nayan Shah, professor at the University of Southern California, speaks at 2 p.m. on her book “Stranger Intimacy: Contesting Race, Sexuality and the Law in the American West” at the Institute for Research on Women on Douglass campus. The event is part of the IRW and Collective for Asian American Studies’ “Disorientations” lecture series. The Institute for Research on Women screens “Gun Hill Road,” a film about how a Puerto Rican-American family deals with a son who is exploring his sexuality. The event is at 4:30 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center lounge. Director Rashaad Ernesto Green will speak after the film. Oxfam Rutgers will hosts its annual “Fashion Beyond Borders” at 7:30 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. There will be food and performances from many University cultural organizations. Tickets are $7 before the event, $10 at the door.
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Saturday, Dec. 8 Verbal Mayhem hosts “Feed the Poets II” at 7:30 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center multipurpose room. Shane Romero and Hasan Malik are among featured performers. Tickets are $5 for students, $7 for non-students. There will be free food.
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METRO CALENDAR Wednesday, Dec. 5 The Todd Bashore Quartet performs at 7:30 p.m. at Makeda Restaurant at 338 George St. The event has a $5 cover charge and is part of the New Brunswick Jazz Project.
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IN BRIEF RUTGERS-CAMDEN RECIEVES GRANT TO IMPROVE PROJECT INITATIVE The Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities at Rutgers-Camden received an $81,040 grant from the William Penn Foundation, according to University Media Relations. The grant will enhance the online Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia with new text about Philadelphia’s history and expand its photo gallery. “The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia offers a unique opportunity for residents and visitors alike to customize how they experience the rich history of our region,” said Charlene Mires, director at MARCH. She said the project would lead to a print volume that will be published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
RUTGERS-NEWARK, UMDNJ TEAM UP TO HELP CHILDREN The Clinical Program at Rutgers School of Law-Newark and the Outpatient Department of Pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey are collaborating with one another to improve health outcomes for children with disabilities. The initiative will help children with disabilities and their families by identifying and correcting social problems before they become legal problems, according to University Media Relations.
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Professors examine perceptions of black Muslims Center for Race and Ethnicity tackles media’s portrayal of Islamic culture BY DOMENIC RUGGERI STAFF WRITER
A full-body cover photo from the short-lived hip-hop magazine, “One World,” showed rapper Lil’ Kim wearing nothing but a headscarf. The shot was shown as a part of a discussion yesterday at the Center for Race and Ethnicity on the College Avenue campus, where professors and graduate students discussed confusion surrounding black and Muslim identities in America. Sylvia Chan-Malik, assistant professor of American Studies, led the discussion that centered around her upcoming book tentatively titled “Race, Gender, and the Making of Muslim America, 1959-2010,” as a part of the center’s series “Race, Space, and Place in the Americas.” In the series, faculty members presented material they are working on to a small group of their peers for constructive discussion, said Donna Auston, a graduate fellow in the Department of Anthropology. Muslims, especially black Muslims, have been radically misrepresented in American media with negative consequences, Chan-Malik said. She said the Lil’ Kim photo caused a firestorm of controversy on the Internet, but most of the
racial imagination of America,” she said. The documentary, produced by 60 Minutes’ Mike Wallace, takes a critical look at the Nation of Islam, a radical AfricanAmerican separatist group. negative comments came from She said the documentary fosnon-Muslims. tered fear in white Americans “[The reaction] shows what because it gave people the idea happens when the body of [a] that all black Muslims, mostly black woman enters the clash of unknown at the time, were memcivilizations,” she said. bers of the Nation of Islam. Chan-Malik said the conser“This documentary spurred a vative Christian response to the huge conversation about what rumors of protests in the Middle seemed to be a challenge to East following the photo was [the] mainstream particularly surcivil rights moveprising because the rumors were “There have always ment … but many in the black comnot true. been American munity were “Conser vative opposed to sepawebsites, mainly Muslims, but the ratism,” she said. neoconservatives, idea of Muslim Chan-Malik were saying ‘if Lil said group, Kim is offending Americans is new.” which theis largely Muslims, she’s DONNA AUSTON political, grew doing a good job,’” Graduate Fellow in the out of a less radishe said. Department of Anthropology cal group called She said the the Ahmadiyya focus on Arab Muslim Community, founded Muslims in the Middle East has in India in 1889 by Mirza overshadowed the large black Ghulam Ahmad. Muslim community in the United Mufti Muhammad Sadiq States, which already revived its became the first Muslim missionary fair share of bad press. to live in the United States following Domestic Islam was introhis imprisonment for polygamy. duced to the popular consciousWhile in prison, Sadiq realized ness of America in 1959 with the African Americans would be pardocumentar y “The Hate that ticularly receptive to the religion Hate Produced,” but it was a part said Chan-Malik. of American culture for much But she said Muslims have longer, Chan-Malik said. been present in the United States “This is when black Muslims long before this. in America were introduced to the
“There were Syrian and Lebanese immigrants in small numbers even before the Civil War,” she said. Auston said after the United States became involved in crises in the Middle East in the 1980s, Islam became racialized in the country, especially since 9/11. Most people in the country associate the religion with terrorism, violence and Arabs, she said. “There have always been American Muslims,” she said. “But the idea of Muslim Americans is new. The tendency is to cast this group as outsiders.” Jahaira Arias, a graduate assistant at the Center for Race and Ethnicity, said the media is partially responsible for the negative portrayal of Muslims in America. She said the religion is seen as dangerous, especially to women, because of the way the conflicts in the Middle East are covered. But the members of the Center for Race and Ethnicity are working to educate people on this issue. “[The discussions] are resonating with people in a lot of different ways,” she said. “It’s great that they are creating that kind of discussion.” Chan-Malik said she encountered some difficulty in researching for her book, especially when trying to locate texts written from the perspective of American Muslim women. “I knew I had to engage the voices of Muslim women, but they were nowhere to be found due in large part to the crisis of archival recognition,” she said.
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT City Council Vice President Rebecca Escobar promised to look into the problem of high prices and the challenges kids face. Recognizing the children and their efforts in the community, Councilman Glenn Fleming spoke about their future. “I want to recognize all these kids for coming out tonight,” Fleming said. “As a coach for 17 years, it warms my heart to see you here. There are many people who are passionate about what they do. Be equally passionate about your studies and how you approach life.” Other residents also voiced their concerns on the appointment of the Board of Education and traffic in New Brunswick. Richard Stewart, a New Brunswick resident, brought up the New Brunswick Municipal Question 1, and wondered how the city would proceed with electing its school board for the first time. “I read in the Targum the vote went against the city, and I’m looking to find out exactly how this will be implemented,” Stewart said. Escobar responded by explaining that as the board members’ terms expire, the elections will take place in a rolling fashion. With this process, it will take until 2015 to have an entirely elected board. Diane and Pat Chiarello, New Brunswick residents, stood and
CONTINUED FROM FRONT spoke on concerns about the schools as well, but on a personal level. Diane Chiarello said her autistic son, Brian, is in danger because of heavy traffic after school that impacts their home across the street from Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. She said cars drive onto their lawn and buses are unable to drop their son off at the door because of a new circular driveway Woodrow Wilson Elementar y School built that prohibits left-hand turns. Diane Chiarello said New Brunswick residents do not follow traffic sign rules. “If I can’t park in front of my own home that I pay taxes on, then why can somebody coming from downtown, park there to pick up their child?” Diane Chiarello said. “My husband put up barricades on our proper ty and they just move the barricades.” She said buses turn and go six feet onto their property and have almost hit their child. “Is it going to take a child being killed for the city to step up and do something?” Diane Chiarello said. “The bus can’t drop him at the door because of the traffic problems on the streets. I’m almost to the point of putting my house up for sale.” Business Administrator Thomas Loughlin said he would see if he could get more crossing guards and police presence at the school in the afternoons.
Children, led by Roberto Solano, a New Brunswick resident and manager of the New Brunswick Soccer Program, ask the city council to look into poor facilities and high costs of the program last night at City Hall in downtown New Brunswick. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Allen said. “We will be working with the University administration so we can figure out how to Barbara McFadden Allen, organize that.” executive director of the CIC, Edwards said becoming a said collaboration among the unimember of the CIC opens up versities is important because it tremendous opportunities for saves on research funds, increasUniversity faculty and students. es opportunities for learning on “It enables us to interact on a each institution’s campus and much broader and deeper level solves problems. with the kinds of universities that “For more than 50 years, our are very similar to Rutgers — universities have worked togethones we inspire to be like,” er to save money, save assets and Edwards said. increase opportunities for acaRober t Pangborn, interim demic programs and for memexecutive vice president and bers of the institutions.” provost at Penn State Universities in the CIC coordiUniversity, values his school’s nate purchases for resources like membership with the CIC for paper, test tubes and residence many reasons, including the hall mattresses so they can collecprograms it has to offer. tively save money for academic “We welcome outstanding programs, McFadden Allen said. students to the university as The CIC also allows universipart of the Summer Research ties to pool resources so students Opportunities Program. Using can participate in programs distance learning technology, offered through other institutions we can offer shared academic in the organization, she said. courses, such as classes in less “We pool our study abroad procommonly taught foreign langrams so that students can particiguages,” Pangborn said. pate in programs from other instiThe CIC’s Academic tutions within the CIC,” McFadden Leadership Program brings repAllen said. “Sometimes we pool resentatives from CIC universithe language courses, our library ties together to collectively study resources and information technolleadership in higher education, ogy infrastructure.” he said. CIC universities collectively “Penn State is ver y active conduct $9.3 billion each year in in the Academic funded research, Leadership more than any “Rutgers was Program, and I other affiliated personally groups of universiabsolutely enjoyed meeting ties, including Ivy considered a and learning League schools along with coland the University peer at the leagues at other of California, said research level.” universities as an Kara McKinn, ALP Fellow in communications BARBARA 1993 and 1994,” coordinator for MCFADDEN ALLEN Pangborn said. the CIC. Executive Director The University “CIC universiCommitte on Institutional of Maryland will ties produce 15 Cooperation also begin receivpercent of the ing academic benPh.D.s awarded in efits from the CIC starting in July. the United States each year,” Crystal Brown, chief commuMcKinn said. nications officer for the CIC libraries own 98 million University of Maryland, said the book volumes, trumping the 71 school has already begun planmillion volumes Ivy League ning for its membership. schools own and the 39 million “It takes plenty of planning volumes in the University of and organizing, first by underCalifornia system’s libraries, standing the breadth of these she said. committees and programs and To become a CIC-recognized then which ones we are going to university, an application must join and align with our priorities,” be submitted to the organizaBrown said. tion’s chair that voices a request Brown said the University for membership, McFadden of Mar yland’s faculty and staff Allen said. are excited to become a part of Although there are not the CIC. mandatory criteria for applying “This is such an impressive schools, the committee places a group of universities and instistrong emphasis on research and tutions and we feel we are realgraduate programs. ly well-aligned to be a part of “Most of our universities have this group,” Brown said. “The very large graduate programs academic assets are going to and grant a very large number of yield incredible opportunities, Ph.D.s every year,” McFadden and we are proud to be joining Allen said. “Rutgers was this group.” absolutely considered a peer at McFadden Allen said in acceptthe research level.” ing Rutgers University into the McFadden Allen said the CIC, the committee recognizes it University will become an official as a fine research institution. member of the CIC July 1, but “We are really excited at the administrators are already workCIC headquarters,” she said. ing to logistically plan integration “This is an exciting opportunity into the committee. to increase our footprint. If we “For instance, we need to can speak together and act work on strategies such as how a together, we can be the greatest Rutgers student is going to enroll force for good in American highin a class offered by another unier education.” versity in the CIC,” McFadden
BY THE NUMBERS Member Schools of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation: University of Chicago University of Illinois, Urbana– Champaign Indiana University University of Iowa University of Michigan Michigan State University University of Minnesota University of Nebraska–Lincoln Northwestern University Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Purdue University University of Wisconsin–Madison +Rutgers University +University of Maryland source CIC.NET
9.3 billion Dollar amount of research collectively conducted by CIC universities each year 15 Percent of Ph.D.s in the United States from CIC member universities 98 million Book volumes collectively owned by CIC schools— more than all Ivy league libraries combined
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— they’re Cheerios. … Everything that we buy is a topquality product. Everything has a paid for 285 meals. You paid for USDA grade when it comes to the average, which means meats and produce and fishes,” somebody consumed less than he said. the average, and that student Students are able to swipe at has helped subsidize the stuvendors other than the dining dent who eats more than the halls, like Sbarro in the average,” he said. Livingston Student Center. Meal Smaller meal plans require swipes are accepted at cafes in that students pay more per meal the Livingston Student Center, because there is a greater chance Douglass Campus Center and that those meals will be conCook Campus Center because sumed, he said. the University owns them, Dining Ser vices does not Charette said. profit from unused meal The Rutgers Student Center swipes, Charette said. Students and the Busch Campus Center attending universities with payare independently operated, per-meal plans often pay twice he said. as much for meals as University “When you go to Sbarro, students, he said, since they Rutgers University is the franare operated by outside, forchisee … ‘Rutgers the State profit organizations. University of New Jersey’ is the About 17,400 students on the name on the franchise docuNew Brunswick campus purments. Those are their operachased a meal plan this year, tions. If you were to eat at an outsaid Danielle Niro, associate side vendor, that money leaves director of Business Affairs for the University,” he said. Dining Services. The University will own Of all the students living on Henr y’s Diner, Green Grocer campus, 9,300 are required to purand Starbucks that will be comchase plans because they live in ing soon in the residence halls Livingston Plaza, without kitchens, but Charette said she said. Students “If we had more he does not living in apartoptions for lower believe the new ments are not required to purmeal plans it would stores will accept meal swipes. chase a meal plan work out better.” “The diner only because they have has 125 seats,” he access to a kitchen. FRANCESCA LENARD said. “We think The dining School of Arts and Sciences the diner is going halls ser ve a First-Year Student to be very, very total of 4,728,591 popular. As you meals a year, know from places according to the that do take meal swipes, stuUniversity’s Housing and dents get in the area in very large Dining Services website. numbers … that would be nearly “We’re not a profit organizadetrimental to the operation of tion — we’re Rutgers, and we the next diner.” don’t get funded by the Francesca Lenard, a School University or state or anyone like of Arts and Sciences first-year that,” Charette said. “The prices student, said she does not that we charge are designed to agree that first-year students in break even at the end of the year residence halls should be and cover the actual expenses.” required to purchase at least Charette said costs for food 210 meals. only contribute to about one“No one I know, including me, third of Dining Services’ budghas used anywhere close to et. Labor costs account for [this]. It is a waste of money,” she another third of spending and said. “If we had more options for the rest of the budget pays for lower meal plans it would work other expenses, like utility out better.” costs, building maintenance and Mariah Eppes, a School of cleaning supplies. Arts and Sciences sophomore, He said students could take said she wants meal plans to be initiative to reduce meal plan more flexible. costs through avoiding takeout. “I wish there were other “[When] students like to go to places on campus like the Sbarro takeout, they’re spending an on Livingston that took meal additional $1 million a year, just swipes … because then I could for all those paper supplies … use it more,” she said. “I do end and the University has to pay to up with a lot of extra meal swipes have all that trash removed from and double swiping take out and the campus,” he said. that’s not very healthy.” Students wasting food also Lenard said she also wishes escalates the cost, Charette said. she had more dining options. “Students think they might “I want to eat other places but be able to drink 12 glasses of I feel bad, so I go to the dining milk, get them all at once, bring hall constantly.” them to the table and drink six But Theresa Hroncich, a and the others end up in the bus College of Nursing sophomore, tray,” he said. “Well, all the stusaid she enjoys the ability to dents in common paid for the swipe at places like the Rock milk that they decided they were Café, Douglass Café, and the too full to consume.” Cook Café and Market. Charette said Dining Services “I can just get hot food preprovides students with top qualipared and take it to go,” she ty products. said. “I think its good that they “All the cereals are name do that.” brands. They’re not ‘Happy-O’s’
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NJ committee debates over privatizing lottery Republicans favor plan, Democrats not convinced THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NATIVE NATIONS During the opening of the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Native American Women Warriors members and U.S. military veterans Mitchelene Big Man of Lodge Grass, Mont., left, and Julia Kelly of Billings, Mont., present the colors at the Department of Interior yesterday in Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama and cabinet secretaries from his administration later addressed the conference. GETTY IMAGES
IN BRIEF MISSING NJ STUDENT FOUND UNHARMED NUTLEY, N.J. — A college student from northern New Jersey reported missing by her family was found unharmed yesterday at the train station in Trenton with her exboyfriend. Police said she was not being held against her will, but he was arrested on a charge he had violated a restraining order she had earlier obtained against him. Shamyra Rojas, 20, of Nutley, had been reported missing since late Monday, having last been seen at the parking deck of the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, where her car was found with personal belongings inside.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARREST FORMER USD STUDENT NEWARK, N.J. — Federal officials have charged a New Jersey man with illegally transporting explosive materials, nearly a year after a separate search of his dorm room in South Dakota turned up similar substances. The U.S. Attorney for New Jersey said Anthony Nicholas Gallo of North Caldwell, N.J., was arrested yesterday morning and charged with transporting explosive materials without a license or permit.
TRENTON, N.J. — A state Assembly panel appeared divided yesterday on whether a private company should take over management of the New Jersey Lottery, with Democrats urging officials to move cautiously and Republicans viewing the idea as an innovative way to possibly improve operations and revenues. Under the plan being pushed by the Christie administration, the state would still own the lotter y, but a private company would be responsible for sales and marketing. The company would keep a portion of the profits and would be penalized if revenue falls below expectations. The winning bidder would have to pay the state $120 million up front and sign a 15-year contract. Several Democrats who sit on the Budget Committee questioned why the state was interested in making a switch, saying “more transparency” was needed on the proposal and possible ramifications. “Privatization should be reserved for when the government cannot perform that function well on its own,” said Chairman Vincent Prieto, D-Hudson. “In the case of our award-winning lottery system, we have one of the most efficient operations in the world ... It appears that the only one that stands to ben-
efit from this proposal is the company chosen to take over this asset.” Republicans, though, see the privatization plan as a way to help boost lotter y sales and raise more revenue. “It is incumbent upon government to look for new ways to do things better and this administration has done that time and time again,” said Assemblyman Anthony Bucco, R-Morris. “This proposal is strictly performance-based. If the winning bidder doesn’t put up increased revenues, the state will always have the ability to terminate the contract.” Small business owners who sell lottery tickets told committee members that the change could cost them money, since they use the sales to draw in customers who often buy other products. “We welcome any move by the state that’s going to help us promote our lottery products and increase sales, but we’re opposed to anyone taking the playing field and manipulating it to a competitors’ advantage,” said Satish Poondi, director of legislative affairs for Green Brook-based AsianAmerican Retailers Association. Some committee members and business owners also raised concerns that a private company could offer online sales, which could sharply reduce the number of people who buy tickets at convenience stores and gas stations. And lawmakers on both sides raised concerns about whether offering more lottery options, such as Internet sales, could be harmful for those with gambling problems. They also questioned how the age of online purchasers would be verified.
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tives currently make up the smaller of the two conhe University Senate is currently composed stituencies, and so any general reductions in the size of 236 seats, each representing a specific subof the body will invariably hit student representation set of the University population. On Friday, the hardest. the senate will vote on a proposal that would cut that Student members of the University Senate have number by 25 percent — effectively reining the body noted that, at its root, the proposed reduction reprein to roughly the size it was 10 years ago. While the sents a power-grab by current faculty members to reduction may seem insignificant, the potential effect disenfranchise deans of voting privileges. This in it may have on student representation and shared itself is a good thing — it makes little sense for affiligovernance at the University is cause for concern. ates of the University administration to be voting in a Students in particular ought to care about this probody that, according to its original purpose, is supposal. As an advisory body to the University, the posed to advise that administration. But regardless of University Senate has played an integral role this maneuver, steps must be taken to ensure that throughout the years in implementing changes that bystander parties — like students — are not also dishave improved the lives of both faculty and students enfranchised in the process. As on campus. Originally made it stands now, ridding deans of up of primarily faculty memtheir voting power would bers, the University Senate “Any general reductions increase the relative share of has grown to comprise conin the size of the body will faculty and student voting stituencies from across the power by a total of 9 percent — board, including students, invariably hit student but the overall reduction could staf f and alumni. In ef fect, representation the hardest.” also infringe on student reps these constituencies are able, and their ability to serve stuthrough the University Senate dent body interests. After the and its affairs, to promote and cuts, the ratio of student rep to students will decrease defend their interests. to 1:1,200, while the ratio of faculty rep to faculty But the body has also grown in size as the members will decrease to only 1:60. University expanded over the years. Today, senate For the years that they have held seats at the members point to this ad hoc growth as a threat to table, the University Senate has provided students its efficiency, as well as overall success. With such across the University’s many campuses and schools growth, meeting attendance has declined, meminvaluable opportunities for growth and development bers often fail to stay active and this has affected as up-and-coming leaders. Many of the University’s the body’s ability to conduct business. The proown student leaders have at one point or another posed downsizing then is necessar y to keep the been involved with the body, and through their senate functional. involvement have helped to defend student interests But the issue here is not the reduction, which in in the face of transgression. This type of shared govitself would undoubtedly accomplish the latter, and ernance is an essential part of the way a university probably more. The real issue — and major problem like our own should operate, and must be protected in our eyes — is how these cuts will affect the proat all costs. Student representation at the University portional representation of the University Senate as is already scarce enough. At tomorrow’s meeting, a body. With one student member for ever y 900 stuSenate members should take these facts into account dents and one faculty representative for ever y 45 facwhen considering the new proposal. ulty members at the University, student representaThe Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 144th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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American culture criticism misguided COMMENTARY RYAN RAGOZA
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am honored to have received a prompt response to my letter from the author of last week’s “Dose of Logos” column titled “Patriotism does not equal nationalism.” Let me first agree that it is good to know students here take an interest in what they read, and that ‘E Pluribus Unum’ is without question the better motto, though its scope of relevance may be confined to one’s pants pocket. I have sensed a dose of pathos in both columns, but of course it is not bad practice for one to demonstrate having a stake in what one writes. In fact there may be no better reason to write. I do have to wonder if the author returned to read his first column, to identify the statements that my letter was submitted in response to, before writing the second. It seems to me that he did not, and that I made a mistake in not quoting him directly, since he has seen fit to deny having made a statement (“But this is not what I wrote and certainly wouldn’t agree with”) that is documented both in The Daily Targum archive and in the newspaper here on my desk. The statement, of course, was his comment regarding “the new American
culture — a singular culture — is domi- am at a loss here, because in both nated by a lust for greed and the love of columns it admittedly has been difficult one nation.” After having read the to grasp his meaning. author’s second column I understand he In one breath he praises the diversity never meant to suggest that American of American tradition. In the next he culture by virtue of being culture is laments our societal descent into homodefined by greed and nationalism. He geneous nationalism. The author’s comwas always speaking about the politicians mentar y has been a longwinded exer(repeatedly unnamed as they are) who cise in cognitive dissonance. George grub money and preach unpalatable ide- Or well coined the similar and relevant ology, which, though unfortunate and phrase “doublethink.” Though it turns indicative of corout — and the ruption, does have proof is in the “In one breath he praises a longstanding hisauthor having torical precedent found support for the diversity of American and presents news his argument in my to few people. letter — that one tradition. In the next But perhaps he can establish an he laments our will understand that ef fective defense if we have been against criticism societal descent into “talking past each by making mutualhomogeneous nationalism.” ly contradictor y other” it is because I have treated the statements. word “culture” in The city of New his statement in its traditional sense, Orleans aside, what is most impor tant when in the first column it was used, in this conversation is that I took issue unknown to myself, in quite a different quite clearly in my first letter. The sense. That is, per the author, to refer to author, with his now-repeated use of the this handful of politicians as “dominated word “tyrant” to describe a greedy by a lust for greed and a love of one politician, subsequently ignored the nation.” Then again, it could be that in point. In the first place, he presupposes writing about the “new American culture” that anything can be said about all he actually was not speaking about these politicians in the United States — so politicians or the culture at all, and that I long as they remain unnamed — except
that they have been elected by a democratic process. But the real problem is that by calling these politicians “tyrants,” autocrats who use threat and violence to suppress dissent, he is abusing a word which has, like “patriot” (perhaps now he will understand my concern), ver y much historical significance and a definite meaning. The fantastic comparison has no place in a column that professes to be a “Dose of Logos” — that is, a well-reasoned argument — and it is actually beneath refutation. I wish to say in closing — and I mean to belabor this point because the author has demonstrated (and herein lies the irony, which remains to be placed properly) a sincere concern for the meaning of the word “patriot” while repeatedly using the word “tyrant” without apparent misgiving: The abuse or misuse of the meaning of words, which in the author’s columns might have been unintentional, is quite serious nonetheless. This is because, and here I am speaking not only to the author but also to all readers, in journalism and elsewhere it stands in place roughly halfway between dramatic enter tainment and the suppression of truth. Ryan Ragoza is a School of Engineering senior majoring in mechanical engineering.
Lawsuit required to uphold tenets of free speech LARRY ROMSTED AND MANIJEH SAB
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e greatly appreciate your editorial “A boat to free speech,” published Sept. 20 for its principled focus on the fundamental rights of freedom of speech and expression, including fundraising by students and student organizations. One of your staf f writers also wrote a ver y good ar ticle, titled “University receives class action lawsuit over fundraiser,” that appeared in the The Daily Targum on Sept. 17. In lieu of questions that have been asked since the Targum’s coverage of the suit, we need to clarify our reasons for filing the federal class action lawsuit against the University Administration. Participants at the BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice fundraiser on Nov. 4, 2010 contributed $3,445 to support the U.S. Boat to Gaza’s participation in the international flotilla to Gaza. A BAKA flyer for the event announced that “100 percent of proceeds go toward the USTOGAZA mission, which intends to christen THE AUDACITY OF HOPE as the first American ship sailing to the Gaza Strip to non-violently break the illegal Israeli siege.” The University administration took control of the donations at the
fundraiser, as they apparently routinely depicting nonviolent resistance of do at all student fundraisers. However, Gazans and their global support. what was not routine was that the We assisted BAKA’s efforts in various University then held the funds for almost ways, including suggesting the idea for two years. the event, invited two of the speakers We filed our civil lawsuit against the and provided both documentaries. We administration Sept. 7 for the following also supplied legal documents demonreasons: First, to uphold the rights of strating the legality of the participation freedom of speech and expression of of the U.S. Boat in the flotilla and that its those who donated in support of the U.S. supporting organization, the Institute for Boat to Gaza. Secondly, to highlight the Media Analysis, has been a federally recadministration’s violation of the constitu- ognized nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization tional rights of the organizers and donors since 1987. made under politiThe question cal pressure and remains, why has guidance of the the administration “The question remains, N.J. chapter of the held onto these why has the administration Anti-Defamation donations so tightLeague and ly and quietly for held onto these donations Rutgers Hillel. almost two years? so tightly and quietly Finally, because The University not holding the administration for almost two years?” administration refused to release accountable sets a the donations dangerous preceraised by BAKA dent by giving administrators at the for the U.S. Boat to Gaza despite the University and at other educational insti- fact that the Institute for Media tutions tacit permission to control the Analysis was the legal representative of rights of student groups and their sup- the U.S. Boat. Why? BAKA announced porters with impunity. in June 2011, seven months later, that The success of the fundraiser was the donations would go to WESPAC ensured by BAKA’s skillful organizing. Foundation, another 501(c)(3) peace The event was a combination of excel- and justice organization. WESPAC lent and informative speakers, questions received the check — however, on June and answers, as well as two documen- 22, 2011, WESPAC was informed by the taries: “Where Should The Birds Fly?” administration that the check was and a YouTube video “I’m On My Way,” stopped. Why?
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We do know that the N.J. ADL and Rutgers Hillel vigorously opposed BAKA’S fundraiser from the outset. Hillel contacted Rutgers University Student Assembly and the N.J. ADL contacted the former University President Richard L. McCormick, according to stories in the New Jersey Jewish News. The NJJN Sept. 20 stor y states that these activities prompted a letter from former University Vice President for Student Affairs Gregor y S. Blimling to Etzion Neuer, regional director of N.J. ADL. Blimling was quoted as saying: “the university takes your concerns ver y seriously and will continue to take the appropriate steps to address them.” Also, the Nov. 4, 2010 NJJN stated that RUSA — and we have learned that it was actually the RUSA Allocation Board — informed BAKA that the original fund recipient was unacceptable, but would conditionally approve the fundraising provided a new beneficiar y was found. We filed our lawsuit because we believe that the University administration has violated the First and Fourteenth amendments’ free speech rights of the donors and organizers of the Nov. 4, 2010 event, and because their action sets a bad precedent not only at the University, but at all other academic institutions as well. Larry Romsted is a University professor in the Depar tment of Chemistr y. Manijeh Sab is a former part-time lecturer at the University.
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If we can speak together and act together, we can be the greatest force for good in American higher education.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Naturally, you're in the middle of the controversy. A bonus boosts self-esteem. Devote yourself to the task. Private meetings are best. Don't fret a temporary setback. Win the prize. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Physical effort works today. Spend time outdoors. Make a new connection. Increase vigilance; you get through where others fail. Postpone travel and impulsiveness. Stick to work ... it's profitable. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Your logic spreads. Rise to the occasion. You may respectfully disagree with an opinionated person. Pay back a favor, after paying bills. Celebrate an attractive person's loyalty. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Someone has a great idea about renovating your home. Consider options privately. You have the skills required. Continue to check off the list. If traveling, consider comfort first. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Confer with your team. Postpone travel for now... stay with the group. You get more if you act quickly. Others find you fascinating. Get help with subtle bribes. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Simplify matters. A crazy scheme could work, but don't start a new project yet. Physical effort helps clarify your thinking. Love hits you like a feather. Disrupt the status quo.
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ouisville is working on a contract extension to keep Charlie Strong as its head football coach, according to a CBSSports.com report. Strong was linked to head coaching vacancies at Tennessee and Auburn, but Louisville Athletic Director Tom Jurich has been involved in talks with Strong on an extension to his five-year deal, according to the report. Strong led Louisville (10-2, 5-2) to its second straight share of the Big East title when it defeated Rutgers, 20-17, on Nov. 29. Louisville earned the conference’s BCS bid and faces Florida on Jan. 2 in the Sugar Bowl. The school also recently accepted a bid to join the ACC, becoming the second team to leave the Big East in the past month.
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coach Rex Ryan named Mark Sanchez the team’s starting quarterback yesterday, according to CBSSports.com. Sanchez will be the first quarterback on the field for the Jets’ next game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road. Sanchez was pulled from the Jets’ 7-6 win Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals after he threw 10-for-21 for 97 yards and three interceptions. Jets third-string quarterback Greg McElroy replaced Sanchez and threw one touchdown pass in the win. Sanchez has completed only 55 percent of his passes this season, with 12 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace was fined $5,000 by the league yesterday for flopping, according to CBSSports.com. The flop, Wallace’s second of the season, occurred Dec. 1 against the Miami Heat. Wallace threw his arms in the air against Heat forward LeBron James, prompting the call. Wallace earned his “warning” flop against the New York Knicks last week, and the next call will cost him $10,000. Wallace is the second Nets player to be fined by the league for flopping, as the league penalized forward Reggie Evans for the same offense.
Senior guard Erica Wheeler scored a season-high 19 points Sunday against Boston College. But the Knights still lost the game on Eagles guard Kerri Shields’ layup with five seconds remaining. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
STRUGGLES Wheeler cites lack of complete game as reason for recent loss CONTINUED FROM BACK left to take the final lead. Rutgers senior guard Erica Wheeler came back and heaved one up from half cour t, but was of f the mark. “I think the team is a little behind. We have to pick it up,” Wheeler said of the team’s struggles. “The season is getting tougher and tougher. It’s not getting easier. So we just have to pick it up as a team and pick it up as far as scoring, rebounding and on the defensive side.”
The Miami native has been the motor for the Knights, leading in the scoring column with 12 points per contest along with three assists and 2.7 steals early in the season. She put together a season-high 19-point per formance against the Eagles, but it was not enough to propel Rutgers to a victor y. Wheeler said that it’s “nothing in par ticular” the Knights have to do to get back on track. Collectively, they need to put together a complete game each time they take the floor. “It’s just we have to come together as a team,” she said. “You see that at cer tain points in the game we play hard and [put together] good defense and scoring, and then there are some when we’re not. So it’s just that we have to bring it all
together. We just can’t do it in the first half and not do it in the second half or not do it the first half but in the second half. Rutgers hosts LIU-Brooklyn (2-3) for the first time since Feb. 16, 1981 and only the third time in school histor y. The Knights won the first two meetings against the Blackbirds by an average of 55 points. Another blowout would do wonders for the team’s confidence. Maintaining control of the ball has been an issue for Rutgers thus far. The Knights cough up almost 19 turnovers per game. The squad is also allowing opponents to shoot 40.8 percent from the field. “The missed cues that are happening out there are incredible,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “We’re playing
as we are. We’re playing as freshmen and sophomores. It’s going to be a little while. I think that we will evolve because we’re getting serious minutes. The mistakes are happening so fast that we’re easily going down by 15, 16 points right at the beginning.” The growing pains are not allowing the Knights to check out mentally, with the young season allowing for more oppor tunities in the win column. “Definitely, we’ll get a turnaround,” Oliver said. “It’s the beginning of the season. We still have a little more time. So as we move for ward, I feel like we’re going to get better and we’ll recognize where our hits are and the strength of our of fense.”
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DECEMBER 6, 2012 GYMNASTICS SENIOR DEALS WITH LINGERING EFFECTS
WRESTLING
Concussions follow gymnast BY GREG JOHNSON STAFF WRITER
While gymnastics is an artistic sport for viewing pleasure, senior Danielle D’Elia serves as a reminder of how dangerous it can be for those participating. Since the second week of February last season, the Colts Neck, N.J., native has sporadically dealt with mild to severe concussion symptoms while competing for the Rutgers gymnastics team. Her first encounter with the injury snuck up on her after she hit her head awkwardly in practice. “I didn’t really know [I had one] for the first couple of days,” D’Elia said, “and then about the fourth or fifth day I started having really bad headaches and I was just like, ‘You know, something’s not right.’ I couldn’t focus and my head was killing me, and the light, the noise — pretty much every symptom. I just kind of wanted to sleep all the time.” D’Elia then started hearing abnormal noises in her ears, she said. That was when she knew it was time to search Google and consult a doctor. She realized her symptoms were concussion-based. “It’s like a migraine times 10,” D’Elia said. “You’re sensitive to light. I was wearing sunglasses inside, outside. If I was listening to anyone and it was too loud, it would kill my head. I was listening to things on such a low volume to the point where no one else could probably even hear it. And you’re just very tired because your brain is exhausted.” The recover y time for a severe level of injury is usually
up to about a week, hindering her daily life, she said. While other gymnasts move forward in their practice routines, D’Elia is forced to pause and temporarily remove herself, understanding rest is the only remedy. “It’s a hard one because you can’t do anything,” she said. “And when I say anything, I mean from gymnastics to school work, so it’s hard because you start to fall behind in school. Most of my professors have been pretty under-
“I was listening to things on such a low volume ... where no one else could probably even hear.” DANIELLE D’ELIA Senior All-Around
standing. They’re not too hard on me, but it’s a tough one.” After resting outside the gym, her rehabilitation in practice consists of light workouts like riding an exercise bike and doing sit-ups until she no longer has a headache, she said. It extends the complete recover y process through almost two weeks. Though she has suffered only one true concussion this preseason since her first in February, D’Elia says she periodically deals with mild headaches because of her head’s sensitivity and proneness to injury. It has been an especially frustrating recurring experience for her because she said a concussion is one of the worst injuries for a gymnast.
“If you hurt your foot, you could still swing on the bars or find ways to work around that,” D’Elia said. “But with a head injury you can’t find a way to work around it, because everything you do revolves around your head.” Head coach Louis Levine declined to comment on the injury, but D’Elia understands it is the nature of gymnastics. With performance routines virtually unchangeable, there are not many precautions she takes other than considering putting an extra mat under the bars, she said. “Honestly there are really not many ways to prevent it from happening,” D’Elia said. “If it happens, it happens, and there’s really nothing you can do about it. So you just have to be conscious and take it seriously.” Despite preventing D’Elia from progress in gymnastics and other phases of life, her concussion history has helped her learn perseverance. She never considered quitting the sport she has loved since early childhood, despite how trying it has been. “Does it scare me? Yes, it scares me a little because I mean, how many times can someone get a concussion before it’s going to really affect me in the long run with my memory and when I get older?” D’Elia said. “In that sense, it scares me a little, but does it scare me enough to make me not want to do gymnastics anymore? No, absolutely not.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GJohnsonTargum.
Head coach Scott Goodale will sit most of his freshman class this season, including 174-pounder Phillip Bakuckas. ALEX VAN DRIESEN
Rookies react to new surroundings Like McCabe, the 174pounder also had a successful high school career, as he collected a school-record 132 wins at Freshman 125-pounder Sean Hammonton (N.J.) High School. McCabe was adamant with what Bakuckas said assistant coach he felt was the biggest adjustJoe Pollard and the rest of the staff ment in his first year with the have been helpful in setting up Rutgers wrestling team. shots and moving wrestlers with “Come to practice on time,” whom he once had a problem. he said. It is a noticeable difference Head coach Scott Goodale valfrom where he was less than a idated McCabe’s statement. year ago. “We’re stickler for that,” “Goodale and the rest of the Goodale said. “They have to coaching staff know a lot more understand that they are held technique and a lot of things that accountable for ever ything will help me in they do.” matches,” The schedule of “[Wrestlers’] habits Bakuckas said. a Division-I wrestler is not the only thing have to be tweaked, “They push me a lot harder. It’s a Scarlet Knights because we have a big difference, freshmen have to get used to, which ... good idea of what but it’s great.” Unlike most includes waking up it takes to succeed.” of the freshmen at 6 a.m. to run staon the roster, dium stairs. SCOTT GOODALE Bakuckas could The rookies also Head Coach be plugged into have to deal with the lineup right the fact they may away without the team suffering, not be the best on the team at the Goodale said. moment. Bakuckas placed seventh “They were great in high Sunday at the Nittany Lion Open, school and the big man on camwhere he compiled a 5-2 record pus, and now they come here and as an unattached entree. they are the low man on the “He’s had a lot of success in totem pole,” Goodale said. these early tournaments,” McCabe is a prime example. Goodale said. He won a state title last year But talent can sometimes cover at Connetquot (N.Y.) High up the adjustment period Goodale’s School, where he compiled a 37younger wrestlers still face. 2 mark as a senior under head So while the rookie wrestlers coach Bill Santoro. deal with nuances of their young He now works with senior careers, like getting to practice 125-pounder Joey Langel, a twoon time, Goodale continues to time NCAA qualifier, and junior work with them no matter what 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave in their backgrounds are. practice as McCabe redshirts “We don’t stress a certain this season. style or change it, but we tinker The talent McCabe wrestles with it,” Goodale said. every day is something he could “Sometimes, guys come in and not have gotten at his former they have a certain way of school, and he has not had a drilling, wrestling, dieting and problem with taking on a making weight and all their reserved role. habits have to be tweaked, “My workout partners are because we have a pretty good awesome, and [their talent] pushidea of what it takes to succeed at es me a lot,” McCabe said. “I just this level.” keep working hard and trying to do the best I can.” For updates on the Rutgers Classmate Phillip Bakuckas wrestling team, follow Bradly also pointed to the increase in talDerechailo on Twitter ent and knowledge as something @BradlyDTargum. he has never seen before.
BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
DECEMBER 6, 2012
SPORTS PAGE 15 MEN’S BASKETBALL RICE COMMENDS TEAM’S DEPTH AT FORWARD
Junior forward Wally Judge leads his position with an average of 25 minutes played per game, and has led or tied for the team lead in rebounds in all but one of the Knights’ six games this season. Judge is also third on the team with 8.2 rebounds per game. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Imbalance on offense threatens Knights BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
It is no secret where most of the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s scoring will come from. Through the first six games of- the season, sophomore guards Eli Carter and Myles Mack top the Scarlet Knights in scoring with a combined 31.5 points per game. But head coach Mike Rice would prefer that not be the case. “We have to have balance,” Rice said. “We get the ball down to [junior for ward] Wally [Judge] and Wally has to produce, go strong to the basket and stop fading away. … When things don’t go right, our response can’t be, ‘OK Eli, you get to jack the first three,’ or ‘Myles, you have to do it all on your own.’” Of the five that started Saturday’s loss at Mississippi,
guards took 29 shots while forwards attempted only 11. That means when the team’s inside players get the ball, they have to convert. Senior forward Austin Johnson has taken the advantage, ranking fifth in the Big East with a 62.1 field goal percentage. “[Johnson] has become a lot more confident post player, whether it’s grabbing rebounds or scoring,” Judge said. “He’s playing great and he’s helping his team.” Johnson and Judge command the majority of minutes at the post, but sophomore Kadeem Jack has slowly earned more playing time. Averaging 13.3 minutes a game — a five-minute jump from last season — Jack leads the team in blocks with nine and is fourth with 3.8 rebounds per game. Judge knows the importance of the younger forwards as well as anyone.
“I think we all feed off each other,” he said. “With Kadeem and [sophomore forward] Derrick [Randall], they’re learning but they still bring a presence to the game that we need. They run the floor, the rebound and they help us out a lot.” Of the four post players, Randall sees the least amount of time on the court, averaging only 5.5 minutes per game. But that is not because Rice does not think Randall can contribute. It is more because of the other three. “I think it’s our strength,” Rice said of the team’s depth at for ward. “Derrick Randall is playing well in practice. I want to get him on the floor, but [Johnson] is shooting 66 percent … and Kadeem is a statsheet stuffer with his rebounds and blocked shots. That’s the deepest position we have right now.”
The Knights have been beat consistently on the boards, being out-rebounded by many teams and are aware it will not be any easier once they enter the conference portion of their schedule. Their for wards need to make more of an impact on both ends of the court for a team that ranks eighth in the Big East in scoring offense and 13th in scoring defense. That begins with rebounding. “It’s an emphasis for the whole team, whether it’s daily practice during the season, postseason, preseason, everything,” Judge said. “We always focus on rebounding and being aggressors instead of being the ones that react.” Rebounding has an impact on both sides of the ball. On defense, the rebounds end opposing possessions. That then translates to the offensive end. The Knights score many of their points in transition, and with
smaller guards, they rely on the forwards to pull down rebounds and kick the ball out. “Coach Rice has been emphasizing pushing the ball ahead, and it starts with me, [Johnson] and Kadeem grabbing the rebounds and sometimes even the guards getting rebounds,” Judge said. “They’ve been doing a great job looking up the floor and we’ve been running the floor to get the shooters open on the wings, and it’s been working for us so far.” Judge said he knows the guards are not going to make ever y shot — evidenced by Carter’s 1-for-12 performance Saturday against Ole Miss — and when they don’t-, the forwards need to be there to clean it up. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.
SWIMMING AND DIVING LEBERFINGER WINS BREASTROKE EVENTS IN LATEST OUTING
Transfer accepts coach’s culture in first season BY MIKE MORTON STAFF WRITER
Following a successful freshman season at Marist College, sophomore swimmer Greta Leberfinger made the decision to return to New Jersey and transfer to the Rutgers swimming and diving team. Leberfinger’s freshman campaign for Marist was not short on accolades. She earned MAAC Swimmer of the Week honors three times, set individual school records and won several events at the MAAC Conference Championships. The success has followed her to Piscataway, where she has had
an immediate impact for the Scarlet Knights. She ultimately decided to transfer to Rutgers because she wanted a larger program that is more competitive and closer to home. Through the first half of the season, Leberfinger is happy with her decision. The Chatham, N.J., native originally opted for Marist because she looked to get away, she said. “I guess I kind of went through my college process a little too fast, and I kind of overlooked Rutgers because it was close to home,” Leberfinger said. “I wasn’t really looking at such big, intense swimming schools
when I was looking at college the first time around.” She adjusted smoothly to the change of schools, said head coach Phil Spiniello. “She fits in very well with the team,” he said. “She buys into my philosophy as a head coach, the program’s philosophy, embraces the hard work and is just a competitor and is here to make herself better and the program better.” In the Knights’ most recent meet with Old Dominion and George Washington last weekend, Leberfinger won both the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events. She was also part of the first-place medley relay team,
swimming the breaststroke portion of the race for the Knights. “I’m very excited with how I’ve been competing so far,” Leberfinger said. “My midseason times are faster than they were last year at this time, so that can only be good.” Spiniello is also excited with the way Leberfinger has competed through the early part of the season. “She has come in and embraced the hard work that this program does,” he said. “The biggest thing about Greta is that she is a competitor. She gets herself ready to compete — not just in the meets but in practice — and that translates over into her performance at the meets.”
Spiniello was already familiar with Leberfinger’s abilities as a swimmer because of her success in high school. So he was not surprised by her immediate impact for the team this year, he said, and he expects her to continue to improve in her time with the Knights. “She transferred to Rutgers with a purpose,” Spiniello said “She’s a pretty driven woman, and we’re just following the plan that we have in place. If we keep doing that, she’ll be very successful here.” For updates on the Rutgers swimming and diving team, follow Mike Morton on Twitter @MortonTargum.
INVISIBLE ISSUE Senior all-around Danielle D’Elia
GREAT EXPECTATIONS Sophomore Greta Leberfinger of
FIRST TIME Freshmen Scott McCabe
of the Rutgers gymnastics team has dealt with recurring concussion symptoms since suffering her first one nearly a year ago. / PAGE 14
the Rutgers swimming and diving team has made an early impression in Piscataway after she transferred from Marist. / PAGE 15
and Phillip Bakuckas reflect on their rookie seasons with the Rutgers wrestling team. / PAGE 14
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Does it scare me enough to make me not want to do gymnastics anymore? No, absolutely not.” — Rutgers gymnastics senior Danielle D’Elia on concussion problems
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012
BIG EAST RUTGERS CITES PREMATURE DEFECTIONS OF OTHER FORMER CONFERENCE MEMBERS
Report: U. seeks damages from league BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers filed a lawsuit against the Big East Conference yesterday, seeking to avoid a $10 million exit fee to leave the league along with its 27-month timeline to join the Big Ten, according to The Star-Ledger. It also seeks approximately $1.3 million for the loss of a home game with TCU, which reneged a commitment to the Big East this year for an offer from the Big 12. The Rutgers football team, originally supposed to host TCU this season, instead visited Temple — the replacement for Big 12-bound West Virginia — on the road, losing out on revenue from a projected home game. Athletic Director Tim Pernetti hinted at the move earlier in the season.
The suit alleges the Big East did not hold other defecting members — Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse — to the same exitfee and timeline standards, in effect penalizing the University. Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse leave for the ACC for the 2013-2014 season. Pittsburgh and Syracuse announced their intentions in 2011, meaning they would have originally joined the ACC midway through the academic year. Notre Dame made a commitment to the ACC less than two months ago. The Big East’s exit lawsuits have become standard practice, beginning with West Virginia’s departure this year for the Big 12. The school cited losses of several schools to other conferences and failed leadership from then-Commissioner John Marinatto, setting into motion the Big East’s latest trend.
Athletic Director Tim Pernetti addresses the media and the Board of Governors on Nov. 20 during the school’s announcement of its move to the Big Ten. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR / NOVEMBER 2012
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LIU BROOKLYN-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M.
Rutgers returns home, attempts to hault recent struggles BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s basketball team looks to put an end to its two-game losing streak tonight on its home floor against LIU-Brooklyn. The Scarlet Knights (3-3) return to their own hardwood after falling to Boston College, 58-56, after a disappointing loss to in-state rival Princeton. The defeat was the latest sign of the team’s struggle to take control of games from the opening tip, an occurrence that has resulted in some early-season frustration. “I feel like we have good chemistr y on the floor,” said senior for ward Monique Oliver. “It’s just we have to come out with more energy in the beginning of the game. It’s like we bring all our energy in the second half, so we’re basically like a second-half team.” That was the case against the Eagles. The Knights erased an 11-point deficit to take their first lead with four minutes remaining. But Boston College guard Ker ri Shields answered after connecting on a lay-up down the lane with five seconds Senior forward Monique Oliver leads Rutgers’ frontcourt in scoring with 11.6 points per game, but the Rutgers offense has had a hard time clicking for a full 40 minutes in the Knights’ two-game losing streak. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER EXTRA POINT
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slipped to eighth in scoring for the Rutgers men’s basketball team as a sophomore and averages three minutes less per game after he started most of last year.
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WRESTLING
MEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S TRACK
vs. Rider
vs. Iona
at New Year’s Invite
Saturday, 5 p.m. College Ave Gym
Saturday, 9 p.m. Madison Square Garden
Sunday Princeton, N.J.
vs. LIU Brooklyn Tonight, 7:30 p.m. RAC