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ZERO TOLERANCE Tuesday columnist Mike Denis talks torture and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ in his debut column. OPINIONS, PAGE 8
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NJPIRG chapter to focus on global warming campaign Agenda also includes campaigns against corporations, hunger, homelessness BY ALEX MEIER CORRESPONDENT
The University’s chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group will promote three campaigns around campus this year that address political, social and environmental issues affecting people at a university, state and national level. One of the campaigns, End Citizens United, collected 350 petitions last semester opposing corporate spending in politics and hosted a panel discussion with four University professors, said Justin Habler, the campaign’s lead coordinator. Another campaign, Hunger and Homelessness, responded to the devastation of Superstorm Sandy by organizing ‘Dodgeball Knight,’ a Sandy relief
CIVIL PROGRESS Larry Greene, a history professor at Seton Hall University, discusses the negative role New Jersey played in the issue of slavery at the New Jersey African Americans and the Civil War lecture at Alexander Library. He spoke yesterday about Abraham Lincoln’s opinion on slavery as Lincoln began to conceive that slavery was coming to an end, and the possibility that blacks could be part of the nation. SMARANDA TOLOSANO
Updated wireless service enables faster Internet Several buildings are equipped with better RUWireless, RUWireless_Secure technology BY JUSTINA OTERO CORRESPONDENT
The University recently upgraded the technology that is used to run RUWireless and RUWireless_Secure in various buildings on campus in order to ensure effective operation. Within the past two months, the University updated the Internet system in Hickman Hall and Loree Hall on Douglass campus, Beck Hall and Kilmer Library on Livingston campus, the Library of Science and Medicine on Busch campus and Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus, said Brian Luper, associate director of Central Systems and Services. He said issues with connectivity in the past could be attributed to the need
for the update, especially in buildings such as Hickman Hall, which was running the oldest version of hardware the University has. “We expect that RUWireless will always need to adapt and improve as more devices rely on wireless technology. Our goal is to try to keep ahead of the demand and make the procedure to connect to RUWireless and RUWireless_Secure as simple as possible,” he said. Chris Bradshaw, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said upgrades will improve students’ educational experience and should be considered important and necessary. “Progression is always [welcome],” he said. “I think out-of-date hardware not SEE
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dodgeball tournament that raised almost $2,000 for the cause, said Marta Adamu, co-lead coordinator of the campaign. The Stop Global Warming Campaign is new to the University’s PIRG chapter, but will serve as its lead campaign, said Christi Capazzo, event coordinator for the campaign. STOP GLOBAL WARMING CAMPAIGN As officials in Washington, D.C. continue to dispute an array of environmental issues, NJPIRG’s newest campaign, Stop Global Warming, will be SEE
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University Chase agreement broke deal with credit union BY MATT MATILSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
At the beginning of the fall 2012 semester, the University began exclusively hosting six Chase Bank ATMs on the University’s New Brunswick campus, but violated a verbal agreement with the Rutgers Federal Credit Union in the process. The University had originally promised the credit union two ATMs on the College Avenue and Busch campuses, said Elizabeth O’ConnellGanges, executive director of Student Life. The
school had to rescind their offer upon discovering that the RFCU is not affiliated with the school, she said. The credit union, a separate entity from the school, must go through the same process as Chase did to rent ATM space, O’ConnellGanges said. The University eventually gave the spots originally reser ved for the RFCU to Chase, which gives the University $43,200 annually in rent from Chase, according to the contract. SEE
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Students can only use Chase ATMs following a University contract with the bank that went into effect last September. Colin Gross, a University graduate student, uses the ATM at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Marie Holowka, CEO of the Rutgers Federal Credit Union, said the University broke a verbal agreement with the union because it promised them two ATMs, but later opted to provide Chase both of them. SHIRLEY YU
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Tuesday, Jan. 29 Today is the last day to drop a class without a “W.” Christina Bilinski speaks at a workshop titled, “Who Are You? Discover Your True Colors Work and Communication” is at 9:30 a.m. at the Administrative Services Building on Cook campus. Attendees will learn to develop their leadership skills based on their personality traits. Holly Metz, author of “Killing the Poormaster: A Saga of Poverty, Corruption and Murder in the Great Depression” talks about her book at 6 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored by the Rutgers University Libraries and the New Jersey Historical Commission. Amy Goodman, host of radio show Democracy Now!, visits the University at 7 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. She will discuss her latest book, titled “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance and Hope.” There will be a book signing following the lecture. This free event is sponsored by the Rutgers Centers for Global Advancement and International Affairs.
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Thursday, Jan. 31 The 2013 Symposium on Microbiology takes place from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center in Trayes Hall. The keynote speaker is David Benson in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Connecticut. The event is sponsored by the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences. Judah Friedlander of NBC’s “30 Rock” performs a comedy routine at 8 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room on the College Avenue campus. Admission is free. The event is sponsored by the Rutgers University Programming Association.
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RUSA pushes for greater crime awareness, prevention Labor board brings forward bill to advocate for student employee rights CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers University Student Assembly is taking action to revamp the University crime reporting and prevention system, while also trying to advocate for student employees in two separate bills that are currently under review. The RUSA bill, termed the Campus Crime Prevention Awareness Bill, will start a campaign for collaboration between various student organizations and the Rutgers University Police Department to inform students of all the resources available to prevent crime, said Marilia Wyatt, a RUSA member. “RUSA [hopes] to maintain a safe and non-hostile environment for the Rutgers community and promote a positive change,” Wyatt said. She said she proposed the initiative after finding out through RUSA-conducted interviews that many students were unaware of any crime prevention resources other than emailed crime alerts. Every time there is a crime committed on campus, each student will receive an email regarding the crime, where it took place, and any information that is readily available to the University student body, she said.
Many of the students RUSA spoke to said they found the alerts to be alarming instead of helpful, she said. Megan Mastrobattista, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she often ignores the emailed alerts. “Crime alerts are nice to know, but we get so many that it becomes more of a nuisance,” she said. Wyatt said though statistics from 2009-2011 shows a decreasing number of violent crime, there are still too many crimes which could be prevented. According to the “Public Safety: Safety Matters” handbook, a 66-page manual published online by RUPD, there were three reported cases of rape by acquaintance in 2011, down from 11 in 2009. Wyatt said RUSA hopes to condense the manual, which includes guidelines and suggestions for safety, as well as statistics on crime, into a short booklet that is easy for students to read. Wyatt said she also hopes to include campus safety and crime prevention at every semester’s orientation program and develop a Facebook page to inform students. RUSA also recently tried and failed to create a labor board to monitor student workers, along with faculty and staff unions, said
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Nat Sowinski, a RUSA member, creator of the original bill. Sowinski, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she proposed the bill last Thursday at a RUSA general body meeting after receiving a number of complaints from students claiming mistreatment in their work environment. Sowinski said the bill was turned down because certain members expressed concern with the logistics of enacting the plan. The issue will be brought up in later meetings, she said. John Connelly, president of RUSA, said the bill focuses on students who are employed by the University and would give RUSA the ability to make sure student
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workers are being treated fairly. Sowinski said since students are not part of a union, RUSA has to stand up for them. Jackie McGuckin, a lifeguard for Rutgers College Recreational Services, said her experience working at the University for the past year has been frustrating. “[It is difficult] working early shifts when the buses hardly run. I can’t drive there for the fear of getting ticketed,” she said. “My name has been mysteriously taken off payroll twice, and I did not get paid when I should have.” This bill proposes forming permanent relationships between RUSA and the two largest unions on campus, the Association of
Federal State County and Municipal Employees and the Union of Rutgers Administrators, Sowinski said. “[The collaboration will be] a concrete way to find out how workers are treated and how RUSA can help those who aren’t being treated fairly and form an institution where the issues of student [workers] can be addressed,” she said. Sowinski said if the bill passes, RUSA hopes to conduct surveys of students in order to find out what issues students need addressed. The bill will be presented again on Thursday, Feb. 7, where RUSA will partake in a re-vote, after speaking directly with the unions, Connelly said.
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CAMPAIGN Chapter aims to raise $10,000 for Sandy victims CONTINUED FROM FRONT this year’s lead campaign in hopes of pushing politicians to focus on keeping the environment clean and safe, said Capazzo, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “I personally think that the Stop Global Warming campaign is a great lead campaign because it’s really diverse. It has a political aspect, environmental aspect and also allows ... anyone to get involved at any level,” she said. The campaign was voted into the University’s PIRG as a response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to track emissions and enforce better standards for coal plants, she said. Capazzo said NJPIRG wants to show the EPA that students support the agency’s efforts. The campaign hopes to collect 6,000 petitions this semester and will push to educate the public about environmental issues by tabling and informing students at resident halls. She said the campaign will host events but no events have been planned yet. She said students should know that global warming is a real issue. “There’s an entire coal industry that would not be very happy if students were actually thinking these issues,” she said. “EPA regulations are a federal issue but at the same time we really do feel like it relates to New Jersey because of New Jersey’s really poor air quality.” Capazzo said 18 out of 29 New Jersey counties have some of the worst air quality in the nation. In some counties, more than 1 in 10 children have asthma. “People in New Jersey really do need to have a healthy environment that they can feel safe breathing and living in,” she said. “It was really something that I thought would hit home with people. This is really in their neighborhoods and in their state and I hope that they remember that.” END CITIZENS UNITED As corporate America grows in power, NJPIRG’s End Citizens United campaign pushes to keep corporations out of politics, Habler said. The campaign is based off Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, a 2010 Supreme Court case ruling that corporations have the same First Amendment rights as individual citizens, he said. Corporations can therefore exercise the right to freedom of speech and translate that to their ability to donate money to individual political campaigns, said Habler, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “We feel like this is wrong. This is an attack on our democracy because people have such sway in the elections,” he said. “It could create a lot of corruption and also lowers the value of the average citizen’s vote.” Habler said before Citizens United, the McCain–Feingold Act regulated the financing of political campaigns. But since the 2010 ruling, the country saw a spike in corporate spending on politics
when $6 billion of corporate money mixed into the federal election cycle. Eleven states, including New Jersey, passed resolutions declaring their opposition to Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, he said. But despite New Jersey’s open opposition, Habler said the End Citizens United campaign would focus on passing local resolutions in New Brunswick and Piscataway this semester. “[State resolutions] … reflect the interest of the state, but they don’t reflect the interest of every single citizen as well as a local resolution does,” he said. “The point is to have thousands of local resolutions across the nation, then the Supreme Court knows a constitutional amendment needs to pass.” To date, 400 local resolutions have passed across the nation, he said. The End Citizens United campaign also aims to educate people about corporate spending on politics. Habler said they hope to gather 1,000 signed petitions from members of the University community and surrounding municipalities. THE HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS CAMPAIGN Since Hurricane Sandy stripped many New Jersey residents of important necessities, NJPIRG’s Hunger and Homelessness campaign focuses on providing aid for hurricane victims. “People are still suffering, the shore still isn’t fixed,” said Adamu, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “A lot of people still need food and supplies.” This semester the University chapter plans to join with chapters in Trenton and Newark for a service trip to the shore. She said the logistics of the service trip are still a work in progress. “It will be a great opportunity for us to be united and do something wonderful,” Adamu said. “This could be the most challenging thing that we’re doing but probably the most rewarding.” Adamu said the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy helped many understand the hardships of those living without food and shelter. “A lot of people have a lot of misconceptions about the homeless people that are hungry and I think with this hurricane it gives us an opportunity to really put into perspective people that are going through these challenges,” she said. “It can happen to any one at any time.” But Adamu said the campaign would continue to focus on working toward alleviating poverty in the local area as they have in previous years. “We do want to tend to the local community, but we do understand that a lot of people are still suffering from the hurricane and we have a lot of energy and I think we can really do it,” she said. The chapter aims to raise $10,000 this semester and cumulate 500 hours of service work in the surrounding areas, Adamu said. “The beauty of PIRG is that it’s student run, so we can already see what it’s like living in New Brunswick,” she said. The campaign also aims to focus on education, she said. NJPIRG plans to host fundraisers at local schools to give students the opportunity to do hands-on service work.
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Christie rejects minimum wage bill, offers alternate THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday vetoed a bill that would have raised New Jersey’s minimum wage by $1.25 per hour, while suggesting a scaled back $1 per hour wage increase if Democrats agree to phase it in over three years. Democrats, meanwhile, appeared ready to move ahead with an alternate plan to put the wage hike question to voters in November. Monday was the deadline for Christie to act on the Democrats’ proposal to raise the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour on March 1 and tie automatic yearly adjustments to the Consumer Price Index. Christie’s conditional veto returns the bill with the suggestion that lawmakers scale back the increase by 25 cents, to $1 per hour and phase it in over three years in increments of 25 cents the first year, 50 cents the second year and 25 cents the third year. Christie also rejected the idea of implementing automatic annual adjustments while encouraging the Democratic-led Legislature to restore a tax credit to the working poor. “The sudden, significant minimum-wage increase in this bill, coupled with automatic raises
each year tied to the Unites States Consumer Price Index, will jeopardize the economic recovery we all seek,” Christie said in his veto message. “We can only build our State’s earnings if we foster an environment that lifts up the working poor and struggling small businesses alike.” Christie’s message indicates that if the Legislature agrees to his changes, he’ll sign the bill. But that’s unlikely to happen. Senate President Stephen Sweeney has refused to consider any minimum wage bill that does not include automatic adjustments. Christie called the legislative approach “lopsided,” while Sen. Barbara Buono, a Democratic candidate for governor, described Christie’s action as “not shocking, it’s expected, but it’s a sad day for the middle class.” The governor also called for restoration of a tax credit for the working poor that he trimmed by 5 percent in 2011. If the Earned Income Tax Credit is returned to its pre-2011 level, the average annual benefit would be $550. New Jersey is one of 23 states whose minimum wage is $7.25, the same as the federal minimum. An increase to $8.50 would have put New Jersey third highest, behind Washington state and Oregon.
INTERNET Upgrades help during exam weeks, when facilities have more students CONTINUED FROM FRONT only becomes an inconvenience to students but [for] professors as well. Managing hardware effectively to keep up with updates … should definitely be a priority. I’m happy it is getting much needed attention and resolve.” Connectivity issues are also the result of the large amount of students using the network in the same place at the same time. Luper said the University hopes to resolve this problem by providing more hardware in spaces with high student volume. He said the upgrades installed in Alexander Library this past December have made noticeable improvements during exam weeks, when a higher influx of students try to access the network in one place. “We definitely see feedback from the libraries and the student centers [during finals week] and we’ve worked closely with the libraries over the semester to improve the coverage in those facilities,” he said. “We think the finals period worked better in those locations.” The department is also working on completing a project in the residence halls that would allow students to connect to the Internet anywhere in the dormitories, Luper said. “Between the last 12 and 18 months [housing has] asked us to extend the coverage to not only the lounges but to all the bedrooms and every other common space,” he said. “They want wall-to-wall coverage and we’ve
been working with them to make that happen.” Bradshaw said the extension would be convenient for students both academically and recreationally. “This enhances the college experience and capitalizes academic opportunity,” he said. “Students who are in housing with extended internet service have the privilege of studying more privately and effectively thus helping students gain better grades … it also serves as a social entertainment enhancement.” Salena Dioubate, a School of Arts And Sciences senior, said providing an alternative place for students to study will help students who have no other place to go, especially during times when designated study spaces are closed. “It makes all the difference to have it in your actual dorm room,” she said. “I think it’s a huge benefit with students, especially when the lounges are packed and you need somewhere to study late at night.” Luper said the department goes through multiple measures to get feedback from the students, faculty and staff regarding any issues with the network and works to resolve those issues accordingly. “We try to put ourselves out there as much as possible, it helps,” he said. “Any feedback we get goes to our administration with requests for resources to improve the network or just understand what the common user problems are.”
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University put out a “request for proposal” for the ATMs and Chase emerged as the best Holowka says RFCU option because it met the criteria on a confidential score sheet designed to meet designed by a committee. student needs Student Life set up the committee to review which bank CONTINUED FROM FRONT would provide ATMs on campus, CEO of the Rutgers Federal Savolskis said. Credit Union, Marie Holowka, Proposals must exceed said a smaller bank like the cred$40,000, Savolskis said. When it union could not possibly match requesting a proposal, he said a proposal for the University like there are more criteria than profthat of Chase Bank’s. it, but he has never seen the In September, the Chase paid highest monetary offer rejected. a monthly fee of $10,800 in rent “The best way to get [the and collected a total surcharge best] service was to offer it to amount of $17,022 for all one company,” Savolskis said. six ATMs, according to the Holowka said the University University’s contract with the is undermining the credit bank and the September union, a smaller organization transaction history report. The designed to specifically meet surcharge fee is the cost the banking needs of students, non-account holders pay to withstaff and faculty. draw money from He added he the machines. felt the University Aside from was monopolizing “I feel that is a allowing for the the campus. disservice to the construction of “I feel that is three more ATMs public body to only a disservice to the around the New public body to allow one vendor Brunswick camonly allow one pus, the contract vendor on camon campus.” also set terms pus,” Holowka MARIE HOLOWKA allowing the said. “By selecting CEO of the University to overonly one vendor, Rutgers Federal Credit Union see Chase’s profthe University is its and monitor forcing — or customer satisfaction among the strictly endorsing — Chase.” student population. Chase Bank declined on mulChase is obligated to submit tiple requests to comment. monthly transaction reports to The agreement between the University, according to the Chase and the University is one of contract. many that guarantee brands such The University has yet to ask as Pepsi and Wendy’s a competifor a periodic report on customer tive-free climate at the school. satisfaction, required of Chase, O’Connell-Ganges said Student according to the contract. Life could not survive without the Patrick Savolskis, business resulting generated revenue. manager for Student Life, said “The money [made from student satisfaction could be Chase] goes back into serving checked by looking at each students,” she said. “The only ATMs’ downtime, referring to way for us to not cut services is to the amount of time a machine increase revenue.” was out of service, which is postThis revenue allows Student ed in the transaction report. Life to employ more than 500 stuThe contract between the dents, support clubs, keep stuUniversity and Chase does not dent centers open until 1 a.m. necessarily exclude other venand host a laundry list of other dors, but other banks were not programs and ser vices, interested in partial access to stuO’Connell-Ganges said. dent centers, Savolskis said. “The reality is that you can If another bank wanted an want Wells Fargo, I might want ATM they would have to go Chase, someone else might want through the same process something else,” she said. “There Chase did, he said. The [are] a lot of different banks.”
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addition of RUcore, which can serve as a 24-hour private reading room. Bringing our documents and research into the neighborhood of our social networks, calendars and notes is a modern incentive. The way of the future blurs the boundary between school and home, and this software is yet another component to our generation’s eCollege motivation. Faculty members have already shown interest in sharing their personal research journals online and University President Robert L. Barchi has thrown his support behind the policy. One of the only foreseeable problems is the University’s size versus its reach. It is unlikely that every student will immediately pick up the system, nor use it to his or her ultimate benefit. This level of literature will not be light. Practice must make perfect. For more up-to-date, timely, reliable resources, students will undoubtedly praise the system when they don’t want to get up to go to the librar y, spend money on unnecessar y information to weed out the necessar y information, nor leave campus. Ever ything we want will be right at our fingertips, as usual.
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and the use of torture MIKE DENIS
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ith the advent of awards season upon us, one of the films gaining attention as the top movie of the year is Kathr yn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” the film about the hunting and killing of Osama Bin Laden. However, with its acclaim comes its controversy. Roughly the first hour of the movie details a torture sequence of an Al-Qaeda operative. Many have been asking whether this is a support or criticism of the tactics used to get Bin Laden, in addition to raising the usual moral and ethical questions that follow torture. The Geneva Conventions prohibit the use of cruel and inhumane treatment of enemy prisoners. While the use of torture and other forms of inhumane treatment constitute war crimes, the Bush Administration used torture tactics on enemy prisoners. In one of his first acts of office, President Barack Obama signed an executive order banning the use of torture as a form of interrogation in cases involving national security. Opposition to torture comes from a moral standpoint, while support comes from a standpoint of national
security and the safety of the American ture could have been used in various people. Bigelow cites that the depiction wars in American histor y. George of torture in the film is not an endorse- Washington could have used torture to ment of it, even though it may be partial- find the British during the Revolution ly responsible for helping track down and he didn’t. Dwight Eisenhower could and kill Osama Bin Laden. have used torture to find the Nazis in Over and over, we ask ourselves as a World War II and he didn’t. William countr y these questions: First, is it Tecumseh Sherman’s tactics in his morally right to use torture, and second, March to the Sea during the Civil War to does the use of torture actually work? demoralize the South are considered by While the film indicates it may be true some historians to be systematic torthat it worked, there are other instances ture. The point in these situations is not when it has not. For example, the cap- whether tor ture is morally right or ture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed led to whether it works — the point is the freehis being waterdom of choice to boarded 183 times use it. Ever y for terrorist infornation has the “The real question should be: mation, although right to choose the interrogations whether to use torEven if we have the right to involving him may ture, and some have ef fectively use torture ... are we willing to have and some delayed the accept [the] repercussions?” have not. process in finding And really, the Bin Laden. The use choice of tor ture of torture has also comes down to the bread false confessions and information, age-old idea that you get treated the way such as the case of one suspect who was you treat people. The United States has tied up with duct-tape and shipped to used torture against its enemies and its Cairo in a small wooden box and subse- enemies have used torture against the quently tortured into admitting there United States. Torture even becomes a was a connection between Saddam straight up propaganda tool for both Hussein and Bin Laden in planning and sides in order to justify its use. The real carr ying out the 9/11 attacks. question should be: Even if we have the The use of tor ture is inherently right to use torture, what are the reperflawed at best. Yes, it can help, and cussions from those actions and are we sometimes it does not. The use of tor- willing to accept them?
New semester, new diet WHAT THE HEALTH? CHELSEA GOHD
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ell here we are back in school, waiting spring. The winter holidays are over. No longer is it socially acceptable for cookies to be 85 percent of our daily consumption. Workloads have increased and resolutions have either already been broken or are shakily making their ways into ever yday habits. And so we’re here, ambitious and hopefully awaiting a smooth return to school and struggling with the temptation of pizza rolls. Or maybe that’s just me. Regardless, I would like to take this opportunity in time to discuss long distance running and health. In my junior year of high school I star ted to get back into running. Slow and awkward asthmatic motions soon became less slow and awkward asthmatic strides. My senior year I began running marathons and the way that I took care of my body changed quite dramatically. Marathon running, or really any distance that the runner considers “long distance,” requires a conscientiousness
to diet that can have a ver y serious impact on long-term health. Most students who I have talked with relatively consistently make sure that they do not eat only obscene amounts of pizza — or at least, occasionally migrate vegetables into their diets. But if you decide to start running, even just 3 to 5 miles regularly, taking care of yourself through what you eat is of quite a lot of importance.
“Give a little extra thought to what you eat ... It’s pretty important, sometimes even more important than pizza rolls. ” That’s where protein comes in. It’s one of those things that help keep us alive, which is kind of an impor tant thing. But how much do you need? And is it not just meat? Well as far as amounts, there should be a portion of protein with each full meal that you consume. But, I’m not a nutritionist. Ever yone is different and should shape their diet around their own specific needs and circumstances. And luckily, there’s a plethora of different sources of protein, and as a vege-
tarian, I have had to become my own little protein expert. Quinoa and whole grains, and leafy dark greens like spinach are a few popular vegetarian protein sources. While buf falo wings and awesome burgers have protein, there are a multitude of protein sources that are relatively easy to incorporate into meals. So, it’s back to the tug of war between school, temptation and aspiration. But once finals come, bodies are left to run on Monster and fear alone, your body will rely on its former health to keep going, so take care of it. If you feel the need to run, be sure to adapt your diet as well. Through endorphins and the infamous “r unner’s high,” r unning relieves stress and at the end of the day gives you a little extra boost of confidence and sense of accomplishment that can turn a defeated attitude into something a little more like ambition. Moral of the stor y goes, give a little extra thought to what you eat, especially if you make the decision to run or start running regularly. It’s pretty important, sometimes even more important than pizza rolls.
The United States likes to take pride in the idea of American exceptionalism, but is it exceptional to have committed unspeakable acts upon prisoners of war? Are we not better than that? When the Continental Army defeated the British Army at the battle of Saratoga during the Revolution, General Horatio Gates did not tor ture General John Burgoyne of the British Army or his surrendered troops to find out where the rest of the British Army was. Instead, the General invited him to dinner with his of ficers. Torture may have been used to find Bin Laden, but it doesn’t always work. Torture constitutes a war crime, but that doesn’t prevent torture from being used. The nations of the world have the freedom of choice to use it, but must be able to accept the repercussions from those actions. After the taking of hostages in Algeria, some wondered whether the hostages would be subject to torture. Torture itself has become a new form of foreign policy, and if anything, I hope that Bigelow’s statement that the movie did not endorse torture is true for the rest of the world in finding alternative ways to obtain information and to treat our enemies. Mike Denis is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student majoring in political science. His column “Straight Up and Down” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
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Today's Birthday (01/29/13). You can transform old habits now. You're in a six-month creative phase. Explore, invent, have fun and get involved with other partners in the same game. Home changes may prompt a remodel or move. Expect a profitable rise in career status. 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 a 7 -- When it comes to productivity, you're on fire. But don't push yourself so hard that you get ill. Rest is especially important now. Don't forget that a bird in the hand is worth two who are not. Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 9 -- If you discover you have more than enough, leave it where it is for now. Follow the rules to the letter. A conflict of interests knocks at your door. Discuss possible solutions privately. Gemini (May 21-June 20) -Today is a 9 -- Prioritize now. Delegate a difficult job to someone with experience. Visit a gallery for inspiration, but otherwise stay close to home for comfort. And discover something new about yourself. Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Get that gift for yourself that you've been thinking about. See where your ideas take you. Something doesn't add up, though. Trust your intuition on this one. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Make sure you're aligned. Compromise may be required, and you're good at it now. When you're at a loss for words, find a friend to support you. It helps to put all your ideas on a list. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You're more connected to your community than you think. Use your newly gained power to advance together through the challenges.
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CLASS New wrestling weight results in more concentration on mat for Dellefave CONTINUED FROM BACK
was sick and fragile and all my time was going into cutting weight instead of just worr ying a high school standpoint,” about wrestling.” Goodale said. “He is one of the While Goodale usually hanbest athletes on our team.” dles weight class decisions, While wrestling is more of Dellefave made the call an individual spor t, Dellefave to move up a weight class, a said the depth throughout decision that has worked for the lineup has allowed him both par ties. to be more comfor table on “[Goodale] asked me where the mat. I wanted to go,” Dellefave said, “I feel like last year it was “and I felt like I would be better more individual, and this year up a weight we have 10 guys class competing that are wrestling “I felt like I would with my natural for each other,” weight than just Dellefave said. be better up cutting weight.” “We are all putting a weight class With three it on the line for dual matches left the team instead competing with my before the EIWA of just worr y natural weight.” Tour nament, about ourselves.” coupled with the It also helps that VINCENT DELLEFAVE Knights coming the Toms River Junior 133-Pounder off a 19-15 loss to East High School Navy on product moved up Saturday, there a weight class from is a lot of work left. But having last year. Dellefave at the top of the lineDellefave competed at 125 up is one less thing for Goodale pounds last season as he helped to worr y about. fill the void of now-senior Joey Dellefave said the only goal Langel as Langel dealt with left for him is to become an Allinjuries. The two flipped weight American in March during the classes during the season as NCAA Tournament. Langel competed at both 125 and Goodale sees it as a realistic 133 pounds. possibility. Langel said he feels more “He’s good enough to do it,” comfor table at 125 pounds Goodale said. “He has been conbecause the quickness he has sistent … the thing is, and it’s a at a lighter weight benefits his dangerous weapon, is that he funky style of wrestling. believes in himself. He thinks he Dellefave’s move is more is going to win every time out.” for durability purposes — he feels stronger with the For updates on the Rutgers added weight. wrestling team, follow Bradly “I wasn’t really comfor table Derechailo on Twitter with myself at 125 pounds,” @BradlyDTargum. Dellefave said. “I felt like I
Senior 125-pounder Joey Langel flipped weight classes with Dellefave this season, resulting in success for both wrestlers. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Head coach Phil Spiniello said the team’s diving unit, winner of both the 1- and 3-meter dives this weekend, continues to improve. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
MEET Senior sets personal best in 1,000-meter on heels of relay win CONTINUED FROM BACK juniors Brittany Guinee and Mar y Moser finished at 1:46.00. The relay unit has been together all season and provides consistent results. Senior co-captain Taylor Zafir kept the momentum in the Knights’ favor in the next event, earning a first-place finish in the 1,000-meter freestyle at 10:26.59. “I’m incredibly happy, that’s my best time,” Zafir said. “I really didn’t expect to swim that event at all this year, but it kind of turned out to be that I’m swimming in it in a lot of meets and each time I swim it, I get better and better.” Zafir continues to break her own personal records in the event this season as
she competes in freestyle more prominently. “She’s filled the role for us with [junior] Chelsea Rolin recovering from a concussion, and she’s done a brilliant job of doing that.” Spiniello said. Zafir also finished the day by taking first in the 400-meter individual medley. “The 1,000 [freestyle] definitely gave me confidence going into the 400 [individual medley], so I was really happy with it,” she said. Moser earned a pair of firstplace finishes, winning the 50and 200-meter freestyles. Leber finger followed up her relay per formance by taking first in both the 100meter breaststroke and 200meter breaststroke. “Both of them put the times up that they did [Saturday] with the training they’ve done,” Spiniello said. “It just shows that they’re both setting themselves up for a great Big East Championship meet next month.” Coming of f a standout performance in the Knights’ last
meet, Wu placed second in the backstroke at 56.27 seconds. She also finished with a time of 5:00.36 in the 500meter freestyle. In diving, the Knights swept the 1-meter event as senior cocaptain Katie Kearney led with a score of 271.20 in six dives. The Knights have swept the event in three of the last five meets. “For the past meets, being able to stick to our dives and performance at a very consistent level is a very good indicator that we’ll do the same at Big East,” Kearney said. Rutgers captured the 3-meter event as junior Nicole Scott took first at 303.10. Sophomore Nicole Honey finished with a score of 300.65 and junior Olivia Harry at 217.50. “The diving has been phenomenal, and it’s only getting better throughout the year,” Spiniello said. “It’s exciting to see their hard work paying off.” Rutgers returns to action Feb. 8, when it hosts Georgetown, Seton Hall and Villanova.
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Rutgers seeks more focused mindset in practice BY GREG JOHNSON STAFF WRITER
Rutgers head gymnastics coach Louis Levine said Thursday that last Saturday’s meet at Penn State would ser ve as a good barometer of where the team stands nationally. If nothing else, defeat at the hands of three big-name schools ser ves as proof for the Scarlet Knights (4-5, 0-2) that more work is in order for complete performances. But the exact cause of the Knights’ fluctuations in events from week to week remains a question mark for Levine. Rutgers posted a score of 48.225 on balance beam Jan. 19, but regressed to a 47.825 on Saturday. During the same time period, the Knights performed a 47.825 overall on uneven bars and shot back up to a 48.350 the following week. “I don’t think there’s a magical answer to it,” Levine said of the inconsistencies. “We just have to keep pushing through — getting the numbers in during the week. There’s some shuffling going on with lineups and there’s constant competition. And that’s what it’s going to take is that competition — continuing to push each other forward.” With the recent loss of senior co-captain Jenna Zito and the addition of junior Luisa Leal on lineup cards, a lineup change has been a necessity and may explain some of the inconsistencies. But the Knights will continue shuffling their lineup to find
one that clicks for a desired result. Despite their latest performance, they are not hanging their heads on the outcome at Penn State. “I think it showed us that we can compete. Obviously there’s still work to be done. It was a good push. We went in there and we showed, ‘OK, we’re a step behind where they are,’” Levine said. “We had Pitt in our sights and didn’t close out the meet unfortunately. It would’ve been nice to take down the 22nd-ranked team in the country. We’ll have another shot at them this weekend.” But with the Knights’ expectations set high, time may not be in their favor. “I think that we’re lower in the standings than we had hoped by this point,” said junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman. “We want to be top 36 by the end of the season, so we have a lot to work for.” Gunzelman also said now is not the time to relax in the Livingston Recreation Center. “I think we really need to star t focusing in on [practice] so that we can build up in competitions,” she said. “We go into meets and we want to get these big scores, but we have to be confident to get those big scores and we have to be confident in our skills to hit those routines.” That star ts with treating practice routines the same as in meets. Effort in the gymnasium is not the problem for Rutgers. That distinction belongs to its mentality.
Junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman said the Knights need to practice with more purpose after the team’s meet at Penn State. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2012 “I really think that we do practice hard ever y day. I think that we have to go in with a different mind frame in practice,” Gunzelman said. “I think that we have to practice with a
purpose more than we are right now. Right now we’re just kind of doing assignments to get them done. We need to do assignments to hit the assignments, and hit it on the
first tr y and not the second or the third.”
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Rutgers had only two double figure scorers, and six total players scored. Senior wing Dane Miller, junior guard Mike Poole and sophomore for ward Der rick Randall failed to score in 39 combined minutes. Rutgers has posted more than two double-digit scorers in only three of its eight Big East games, a number Rice knows the team needs to improve. “You can’t have one or two players,” he said. “[We need] four or five players. Our balance has gone out the window because guys are too inconsistent. You need more for victor y in the Big East.” Sophomore guard Jerome Seagears can attest to that. He scored a career-high 21 points against the Huskies, but received little of fensive suppor t. The Knights are now living proof of the inconsistency the Big East can cause, sitting two games below .500 in conference play, on a threegame losing streak and in 11th place. The time when the Knights sat tied for sixth place likely feels like a long time ago to Rutgers fans. That was six days ago, and Rutgers’ road does not get any easier.
Knights lack multiple consistent scorers in conference action CONTINUED FROM BACK Of its 19 games this season, Rutgers has posted more assists than tur novers in only six games. Only one of those games resulted in a loss, a 68-58 defeat Jan. 12 to Cincinnati. Rutgers has also only tur ned the ball over less than its opponents in six games this season. Only Notre Dame beat the Knights when that happened. Both trends are steps in the wrong direction if they plan to compete late in the season and during the Big East Tournament. “We have to definitely buckle down on that,” said senior for ward Austin Johnson on Sunday. “If you do those things wrong in the Big East, you’re going to shoot yourself in the foot ever y game and you won’t win many games.” But Rutgers’ troubles extend beyond execution and turnovers. It also lacks steady individual production. The Huskies downed the Knights thanks to guards Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright and forward DeAndre Daniels, all of whom scored at least 13 points.
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JANUARY 29, 2013
SPORTS PAGE 15 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL LEE, OLIVER REMAIN INEFFECTIVE WHEN SHARING FLOOR
Head coach C. Vivian Stringer talks with the team during a timeout Sunday, when the Knights lost to Seton Hall for the first time in 12 games. Stringer said fault for the Knights defensive flaws fell on players’ lack of understanding of their triangle-and-two set. NISHA DATT
Decisions await Stringer following loss BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
Right when the Rutgers women’s basketball team looked to be on the verge of hitting its stride, it suffered a loss that left one question: Where does the team go from here? The Scarlet Knights fell to Seton Hall on Sunday in what appeared to be a mental lapse and a last-minute effort that came too late. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer was not hesitant in voicing her frustration of the team’s collapse in a game viewed by many as a definite win. Stringer said the Knights lost focus in an uncharacteristic per formance. Areas the Knights appeared to improve in were not evident against the Pirates.
“We knew that 55 [to] 60 percent of [Seton Hall’s] offense was coming from two players,” Stringer said Sunday. “That is why we went to a triangle-andtwo [defensive zone]. But then you have people on the floor that do not know their part of the triangle. I’m frustrated with that particular part. It is just a matter of remembering.” Seton Hall guards Brittany Morris and Ka-Deidre Simmons exposed the Knights’ defense in a failed plan to make the game difficult for them. The duo combined for 30 of the Pirates’ 45 points. “We worked on the press break,” Simmons said Sunday. “We knew how aggressive Rutgers could be. We were just prepared.” Seton Hall broke down Rutgers’ defensive schemes, of
note because of the Knights’ effort to contain the nation’s leading scorer, guard Sugar
“You have people on the floor that do not know their part of the triangle [defense].” C. VIVIAN STRINGER Head Coach
Rodgers, in a rugged win Jan. 22 against Georgetown. “The win felt great,” said Seton Hall head coach Anne Donovan. “I know how hard these guys work. I am not an easy coach. To see them have that kind of reward is a really good thing.”
The Pirates snapped a fourgame losing streak and beat Rutgers for the first time after losing 12 consecutive contests that date back farther than a decade. The Knights have some serious issues to evaluate as the season progresses. Senior forward Monique Oliver has not been the same player since returning from an Achilles’ injury that put her on the shelf for a few games. She managed to score seven points against the Pirates, and Rutgers sorely missed her presence in the final minutes. Oliver has also been battling a bad ankle that limits her ability to practice. She can only play in games but is also limited in the amount of minutes played. “We’re not healthy on the inside,” Stringer said. “I choose not to use that as an excuse except to say why Monique
wouldn’t have been in there in a crucial part of the game. If you look at it, she has not been playing much. She has not been playing anywhere near her sort.” The highly anticipated threat of Oliver and senior forward Chelsey Lee’s on the floor together is also losing steam. It has been difficult to see both players thriving in action simultaneously because of both players’ respective injuries. Sunday’s performance was the latest example of the duo’s inefficiency. Lee and Oliver combined for 5-for-14 from the floor, resulting in only 13 points. As the schedule gets anything but easier for the Knights, it is uncertain how they will respond. For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Aaron Farrar on Twitter @AFarrarTargum.
MEN’S TRACK RUTGERS PLACES SECOND AT METROPOLITAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
RU finishes high as several qualify for champs BY ERIC DIMETROSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track and field team competed in the Metropolitan Championships on Thursday and Friday in the Bronx, as the Scarlet Knights took second place overall at the Armor y Track and Field Center. Senior jumper Kevin Bostick won both the high jump and the triple jump competitions, recording Big East-qualifying jumps in both events. Bostick is one of the leaders in a jumping unit that is one of Rutgers’ strong suits at this point in the season.
Freshman jumper AJ Vance also scored points for the Knights in the high jump along with senior jumper Glenn Scheideler. Senior jumper Adam Bergo took second in the triple jump behind Bostick, with a Big Eastqualifying jump of 14.69 meters. Manhattan took first place with 134 points, 2.5 points ahead of the Knights who scored 131.5 points for second place. Fordham placed third with 110 points. Sophomore Kadeem Douse won the 60-meter with a finishing time of 6.98, good enough to qualify for the Big East Championships.
Senior thrower James Plummer carried his momentum from last week’s victory at the Great Dane Classic with another first-place performance. Plummer won the shot put, and took third in the weight throw, both Big East qualifiers. The field team improved in the early going of the season, and the results show for many of the throwers. Sophomore sprinter D’Andre Jordan won the 400-meter sprint with a time of 49.26, while freshman sprinter Rajee Dunbar finished second behind Jordan. Both posted times good enough to qualify for the Big East Championships.
Many freshmen and sophomores have made an instant impact for the Knights, and many young athletes are seeing a great deal of time in their events. Jordan took second in the 200-meter sprint as well with a time of 22.35. Freshman sprinter Emeka Eze came in third with a time of 22.45. In the 800-meter, senior sprinter Monroe Kearns finished four th with a time of 1:55:00. Junior sprinter Karon Purcell came in fifth with a time of 1:55:38. The Knights were successful in distance events as well, as junior runner Curtis Richburg took eighth place in the 1,000-meter.
Junior runner Steve Burkholder took sixth in the mile, while junior runner Chris Banafato claimed eighth in the 3,000-meter. The long distance team has been more productive of late and has been improving on its times and finishes. The Knights 4x800 relay team finished in third place overall. The 4x400 relay team came in at fifth place. Senior pole vaulter Pat Gray took four th in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.50 meters. The Knights retur n to action Feb. 1 in the New Balance Invitational.
BACK TO BASICS Junior Alexis Gunzelman said the Rutgers gymnastics team needs to re-think its practice mentality. PAGE 14
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HIGH MARKS The Rutgers men’s track and field team finished second at the Metropolitan Championships, as several recorded season highs. PAGE 15
CRITICAL QUESTIONS A loss Sunday to Seton Hall leaves the Rutgers women’s basketball team in flux. PAGE 15
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “He thinks he is going to win every time out.” — Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale on junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013
WRESTLING DELLEFAVE WINS TWICE AS MANY MATCHES WITH WEIGHT SWITCH
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Big East woes center around sloppy offense BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave captured his eighth-straight dual meet victory Saturday against Navy. Dellefave doubled his dual meet win total this season after collecting seven wins a year ago. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / DECEMBER 2012
Junior succeeds in new class BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale said earlier this season that this year’s team is the deepest he has had in the past couple of years. Four Scarlet Knights are currently ranked, while seniors Scott Winston and Dan Rinaldi both recently collected their 100th career victories.
Goodale expected depth from the senior class entering this season, but the emergence of junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave has allowed Goodale to claim his star ting lineup is one of his most talented. Dellefave has compiled a 14-3 dual meet record this season, doubling his win total from last year with three dual matches remaining. The Toms River, N.J., native went 7-10 last season in dual action.
His performance includes an eight-match winning streak dating back to the Knights’ Jan. 3 victory against CSU Bakersfield, when Dellefave dropped an 8-3 decision on thenNo. 14 Ian Nickell. His emergence has not been a surprise to Goodale. “I expected it. I think he is one of the best lightweights to come out of New Jersey from SEE
Certain words and phrases litter Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice’s postgame press conferences this season. They are probably not the ones he takes pride in saying. Rice often uses terms like “inconsistent” and posits that the team often beats itself. He often gives the impression that the only way the Scarlet Knights have been consistent this season is in the problems that have held them to a 3-5 record in Big East play. The numbers back him up. Rutgers is 13th out of 15 Big East teams in assist-to-turnover ratio and next to last in turnover margin. Its most recent contest, a 66-54 loss Sunday at Connecticut, did not help. “We’re getting in our own way,” Rice said Sunday. “Whether its execution, whether its carelessness as far as turnovers … we’re pressing right now and we’re not playing very well.” The Knights dished out 11 assists as opposed to 16 tur novers, but the per formance is only the latest in a developing trend. SEE
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SWIMMING, DIVING KNIGHTS TOPPLE STRONG ATLANTIC 10 FOE
RU rebounds from first loss, sweeps meet BY IAN ERHARD STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers swimming and diving team earned two victories Saturday at the RU Aquatic Center, defeating Fordham and Rider in a tri-meet. The Scarlet Knights beat Rider, 219-75, and Fordham, 162-132, a team head coach
indicator of our mental status and what we want to do at the end of Februar y at Big East.” The Knights started the day with a win in the 200-meter medley relay. A squad consisting of freshman Joanna Wu, sophomore Greta Leber finger and SEE
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Phil Spiniello said can win the Atlantic 10 Conference this season. The team bounced back quickly after suffering its first loss of the season Jan. 19 against James Madison. “To turn it around this week and come back winning the way we always have been is ver y impor tant,” said senior cocaptain Kate Kearney. “It’s a ver y good
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TYLIA GILLON won the 60-meter dash at 7.60 seconds and finished second in the 200-meter in 24.79 seconds last week at the indoor Metropolitan Championships in the Bronx.
Head coach Mike Rice said Sunday the team’s mistakes have been self-inflicted. JOVELLE TAMAYO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S TRACK
MEN’S TRACK
at Marquette
at New Balance Invitational
at New Balance Invitational
Tomorrow, 8 p.m. Milwaukee
Friday Bronx
Friday Bronx
at Cincinnati Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Cincinnati