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BEYOND THE BOOK A University professor discusses the multimedia impact of Anne Frank’s famous diary. UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3

Junior 197-pounder Dan Seidenburg enters back into the starting lineup this Friday for a Rutgers wrestling team that is struggling to find consistency at that weight. SPORTS, BACK

I’M PAYING FOR WHAT? New turmoil is brewing between Israel and Syria and our tax dollars are paying for it. OPINIONS, PAGE 10

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Activist rallies community on climate change BY ALEX MEIER CORRESPONDENT

Three-hundred-and-fifty-parts-per-million is the limit of carbon dioxide allowed in the atmosphere to sustain life. In New Jersey, the atmosphere has 395parts-per-million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This was the platform endorsed by the acclaimed journalist and activist, Bill McKibben, last night as a part of his nation-wide tour “Do the Math: Why Climate Change Matters and What You Can Do About It.” The event, held at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, was co-sponsored by the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society, the School of Ar ts and Sciences, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and other University organizations. McKibben said solving the climate change crisis is a matter of urgency. “Unless we understand the scale and the pace of the problem that we face then we can’t understand at what scale and at what pace we need to address it,” he said. McKibben said last year the U.S. broke the annual temperature record by a full degree. This change has resulted in wildfires in Colorado and New Mexico, decreases in SEE

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Richard L. Edwards (left), executive vice president for Academic Affairs, stands with Jane, Joe, James and Brian Clementi at the Rutgers University Visitor Center to announce the creation of the Tyler Clementi Center, a collective effort between the University and the Tyler Clementi Foundation. The center aims to combat bullying and help students in need. SKYLAR FREDERICK

U. names center after Clementi Tyler Clementi Center to help youth deal with difficult times through training, events while addressing LGBTQ issues BY JUSTINA OTERO CORRESPONDENT

The family of Tyler Clementi, along with elected officials, announced the creation of the Tyler Clementi Center yesterday — a collaboration that will be used to facilitate a change in dealing with youth, par ticularly within the LGBTQ community.

The center will serve as a collective between the University and the Tyler Clementi Foundation and will address LGBTQ issues through training sessions, lectures and events, said Susan Furrer, co-director of the Tyler Clementi Center. The announcement took place at the Rutgers University Visitor Center on the Busch campus. The center will be located in rented space on George Street in New

Brunswick, according to nj.com. “[The center] will forge the connection between theory and practice, to fill the gaps which our vulnerable youth … fall through in their most difficult times,” said Jeff Longhofer co-director of the center. Clementi committed suicide in September 2010 after his roommate SEE

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Maria Giuf frida has made omelets and ser ved takeout for students at Brower Commons for 13 years. Giuffrida, who lives in North Plainfield, works full time Monday through Thursday in the Knight Room serving takeout meals to students, she said. On the weekends, she arrives early to make omelets in the dining hall. “I like to prepare things, and to get them ready, and then when students come in, to welcome them,” she said. Giuffrida said her children have already graduated from college and she has enjoyed working in the environment provided by the University. She explained that her favorite par t of ser ving takeout is interacting with students on a daily basis. “That’s why I like it, because of the students coming in, it makes the day go by faster. That’s why I like it when it’s busy,” she said. She said students often work alongside her and the other permanent workers in the Knight Room. She said the only downside to her job is working on weekends, but she accepts it as a part of her job. SEE

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Local carpenter runs for governor in 2013 BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU STAFF WRITER

An Edison Township carpenter’s life was thrust into the public arena when he decided to run for mayor. Though he lost that mayoral race, the 42-year-old man’s life was going to get busier. William Araujo is a carpenter that WILLIAM works at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and is a candidate in the 2013 ARAUJO gubernatorial election. He said he was the Carpenter at the first to announce his candidacy against New Jersey Institute of Gov. Chris Christie. State Sen. Barbara Technology Buono, D-18, also announced her candidacy this past weekend. After he lost the election for mayor in Edison, Araujo said the new mayor then SEE

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SPONSORING CHANGE The Student Volunteer Council has designated the first week of February as “Changemakers Week,” to highlight organizations that try to make a difference in the world. Look for more photos on PAGE 5. TIFFANY LOU

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Thursday, Feb. 7 The Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities holds its monthly Q Café at 7 p.m. at Tillet Hall, Room 247 on Livingston campus. There will be free food and drink. Senses Fail, Hands on the Stereo, The Early November and Yes, Virginia perform at 8 p.m. the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room on the College Avenue campus. The concert is free and part of the Rutgers University Programming Association’s Changemakers Week.

METRO CALENDAR Tuesday, Feb. 5 The Abel Tabares Group performs at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George St. in downtown New Brunswick. The event takes place at 8 p.m. with a jam session at 9:30 p.m. There is a $4 soda charge for anyone under 21.

Wednesday, Feb. 6 Andrew Dice Clay performs at 7 p.m. at the Stress Factory Comedy Club at 90 Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. Tickets are $36. There will be a second show at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7.

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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT The location of the SEBS Governing Council tables for Worker Appreciation Day were misidentified in yesterday’s front page article. The tables will be on Cook campus. The article also published a statement by Anastasia Millicker as a direct quote, when it should have printed as a paraphrase. Millicker's title was also incorrect.

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Lecturer examines Mali conflict BY CODY BELTIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Jeffrey Shandler, professor in the department of Jewish Studies, addresses the crowd last night at the Douglass Campus Center about the far-reaching legacy of Anne Frank. NISHA DATT

Professor breaks down impact of Anne Frank BY TAYLOR LONDINO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The story of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who kept a diary while hiding from Nazi raids, has not been confined to her diary. Professor Jeffrey Shandler, a professor in the Department of Jewish Studies, demonstrated the expanse of the cultural phenomenon in society surrounding Anne Frank and her infamous diary since its original publication in 1947 last night at Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. Shandler said this “Anne Frank Phenomenon,” a term he coined, includes musical compositions, films, plays, YouTube videos, poetry, dance and much more. “There are few publications that have inspired engagements that are as extensive and diverse, ranging from dramatization to parody,” Shandler said. What makes this case exceptional is the fact that Frank never participated in her fame, he said. “To read the diary, or to see a play or film or exhibition about Anne Frank — to discuss the diary in a classroom or hear her name invoked in a poem is to encounter and to share in the Anne Frank Phenomenon,” Shandler said. Shandler said the diary has evolved over the past 65 years. Not only was the journal edited by Frank herself during her lifetime, but also by her father, Otto Frank. Numerous revisions and versions of the book have shown the full scope of the diary, he said. “[The diary has become] intellectual property to be regulated for copyright and moral reasons, and treated with appropriate respect,” Shandler said. He said discussion and argument about over-moralizing or revising the original diar y has persisted. The diary — now seen as a rite of passage for all students learning about the Holocaust — is particularly relatable and effective for young readers, he said. It is an essential primary source about the Holocaust and a cultural account especially for Jews, but he said other groups could strongly relate to her hardship. Shandler said many readers view her almost as a saint and her writings as sacred. She is at the center of monuments and a symbol of martyrdom for many. “At the heart of the Anne Frank Phenomenon is her status as a celebrity,” he said.

But with this reverence also comes irreverence from Holocaust deniers, he said, who aim to discredit the journal. Karen Small, the associate director of the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, said the center was very fortunate and excited to sponsor such an accomplished member of the University faculty as a speaker. “It was just a natural choice to have him present to the community about his recently published work, ‘Anne Frank: Unbound,’” Small said. She said the center ser ves as a bridge between the University and the community by running programs that look at a range of Jewish issues from a scholarly perspective. “Here’s an opportunity to hear new research, new perspectives about Anne Frank and what she means and has come to mean in the world, as a symbol, as an icon,” she said. Small said the Department of Jewish Studies and the Bildner Center work closely together. Shandler is the faculty advisor for the program involving workshops for schoolteachers on teaching the Holocaust. “It’s the kind of book that I feel that everyone has read at some point in their life. I’m looking forward to the lecture because I know that it will bring a different way to look at Anne Frank and her diary writing. It’s a closer examination of her writing and the diary,” she said. Andrew Getraer, executive director of the Rutgers Hillel Foundation, said Anne Frank is a subject which everyone in both the Hillel community and American society is somewhat familiar with. He said people should want to learn more about the story of Anne Frank and get a broader perspective. The diary is relatable to all kinds of people because it is such a universal story, he said. “It’s an adolescent girl confronted with terrible trauma and tragedy who perseveres and shares what’s going on in her heart and her mind,” Getraer said. Shandler said the influence of digital technology has made it possible to spread Anne Frank’s story universally. “Within this culture of open sharing of information and creative work, which has its own social practices and also its own efforts, Anne Frank and her diary are in effect, unbound,” Shandler said.

In Januar y 2012, Bruce Whitehouse witnessed the beginning of a violent uprising in Mali. “From my house in downtown Bamako, the capital of Mali, we could hear gunshots all over the city,” said Whitehouse, a Frank Hook assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Lehigh University. Whitehouse spoke about the problems Mali has encountered since the overthrow of President Amadou Toumani Touré yesterday at Lucy Stone Hall on the Livingston campus. “We woke up the next morning and saw on the TV that the constitution had been suspended, and President Touré had gone into hiding.” Whitehouse said he served as a volunteer for the Peace Corps about fifteen years ago, and said his wife is from Mali. “Mali is a country that is very close to my heart,” Whitehouse said. “It’s the part of Africa I know the best. We were all quite surprised when things went sour.” He said a separatist group called the Tuareg, who worked with Islamist groups to gain control of Azawad, the northern region of Mali, headed the coup d’état. Whitehouse said in the summer of 2012 the Tuareg were overthrown by their Islamist partners. These Islamist groups now control Azawad, which is a

serious threat to Malian citizens, he said. The conflict is a humanitarian emergency for the citizens of Mali, Whitehouse said. There are ungoverned spaces that weaken the nation-state system and present a national security threat to the region, he said. Over 400,000 Malians were displaced in the North, he said. The rebels have imposed a strict Muslim ideology on the people and instituted harsh punishments for disobedience, including executions for robbery. Jacob Briggs, a School of Arts and Sciences junior exchange student, said students have a part to play in solving the crisis. “I’m sure there will be vested interest within the Rutgers community on what is happening in Mali,” he said. “Students can communicate these types of problems here at home.” Charles Thomas, a professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, said the issue is bigger than Mali. “This involves transnational communities like the Tuareg, and international efforts,” he said. “The solution will probably be seen in French intervention and international aid that can accommodate the Tuareg and get Islamist groups out.” While Whitehouse said the countr y has long been touted as a model democracy in Africa, he disagrees. Whitehouse said Mali’s democracy was an empty shell and the

coup represents why the government was so easily overthrown. Whitehouse said the government has trended toward absolutism and that it was geared toward receiving more foreign aid, rather than enacting social and economic policy. Mali also had a weak rule of law, he said. People were removed from land they had full ownership of, and the courts were never on their side. Of the democratic countries in Africa, he said that Mali had the lowest voter turnout. In 2011, Capt. Amadou Sanogo, an army officer and popular candidate in Mali, took control at a time when citizens were discontent with their government, Whitehouse said. Now, Sanogo has ver y little power, if any, he said, since the Islamist groups have taken control. The United States has been pressing for elections to be held before the country can be unified, Whitehouse said. But the Obama administration is unable to negotiate diplomatically with the groups now in control. France began Operation Serval this month, which teams up 3,500 French and 5,000 African troops with the hope of capturing the Islamists, said Whitehouse. So far, there have been several unsuccessful airstrikes. He said the rebels often withdraw to areas they know best when French forces move in, similar to the groups the U.S. faces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Dr. Susan Furrer and Jeff Longhofer, co-directors of the new Tyler Clementi Center, said the center will focus on helping vulnerable youth though difficult times. SKYLAR FREDERICK

CENTER Edwards says initiative will close gaps between theory and knowledge CONTINUED FROM FRONT Dharun Ravi recorded his sexual encounters with another man in their shared room using a webcam and posted it online. Ravi was found guilty of 15 crimes, and sentenced to 30 days in jail, 3 years probation and a $10,000 fine. Richard L. Edwards, executive vice president for Academic Affairs, said the events Clementi experienced were tragic and unforgettable, provoking the University to respond by initiating preventative efforts. “Our University community and indeed the world know the name of Tyler Clementi … who in the threshold of his college career, when entering into a new life as an openly gay man, had his privacy violated and sexuality held up for derision and days later … took his own life,” Edwards said. Edwards said the center would serve as a place to go for young people in situations similar to Clementi’s. “The academic center … honors his life and will strive for the discovery of knowledge about young people making transitions … we seek to close gaps between theory and knowledge on the one hand and practice on the other,” he said. Tyler’s father, Joseph Clementi, who is also president and co-founder of the Tyler Clementi Foundation, expressed his thanks to the University and said they will be able continue their work in confronting the problems regarding bullying and even further, finding resolutions. “Today is a collaboration born out of compassionate conversation and collective vision for improving the lives of young people,” Joseph Clementi said. “These events aren’t just individual tragedies, they point to larger issues in our society and must be called to attention. [The center] is an answer to that call.” He said though the excitement of the center does bring back grief from the loss of his son, he is hopeful that the loss is not in vain and will bring about new efforts for those suffering from the same antagonism. “We can create a new legacy around Tyler’s pain — proof that people listen … and reach our youth and help them get through dark times. Through the [center] we have the chance to not only

impact young people here at Rutgers but young people across the nation,” he said. Joseph Clementi thanked the audience again for their support and collective vision for ceasing bullying and providing a system from those suffering to confide in. “My entire family and our foundation are [hopeful] that together we can make a difference in helping our young people realize their dreams and create the pathways of support for them to get there, we thank you,” he said. Rep. Rush Holt Jr., D-12, who was in attendance, said he is eager to help address the issues presented. “I wish it didn’t have to be such a painful lesson, but I think that a lot of good is coming out of this and will come out of this. For victims, for bullies, for bystanders there will be comfort found, wisdom imparted and action engendered,” Holt said. Holt said he admires the Clementi family for going through with their work and strength in dealing with the tragedy and believes this work will motivate others to act in the same way, who otherwise would not have done so. “We will confront problems head-on in a compassionate way … so that there are no schools, there are no institutions that harass their students … and that we won’t short-change society by forcing people not to express their differences, not to express their identities,” he said. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-6, said Sen. Lautenberg’s, D-N.J., “Tyler Clementi Higher Education AntiHarassment Act,” which Pallone co-sponsors with Holt, would provide money nationwide to colleges and universities to fund programs for LGBTQ students and is imperative to the effort. “This bill is very important. We want to require … that colleges have a policy and there will be money [provided], so it’s only not something we require universities to do but also provide them with the funding so they could moved ahead with it,” he said. Pallone promised his devotion and dedication to the matter of promoting equal rights and the freedom to express those rights. “We both represent Rutgers with great interest and enthusiasm because Rutgers does things right,” Holt said. “And this is one of those things that Rutgers is doing right.”

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SOLE SUPPORT About 450 people attended “TOMS Style Your Soles” to purchase and decorate shoes for about $20 a pair. The event was hosted by the Student Volunteer Council. The proceeds from the event will go to purchasing shoes for impoverished children. Attendees had access to paint supplies and glitter to decorate the shoes. The company’s history and vision were explained in a documentary shown at the beginning of the event yesterday at the Livingston Student Center. TIFFANY LOU

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Bullon says campaign team is filled with volunteers CONTINUED FROM FRONT appointed him to the Edison Township Planning Board. Araujo, a Democrat, said he originally ran for mayor after he received a letter on Christmas Eve indicating a tax increase in Edison Township. He said prior to that, school taxes had also risen. “I was sitting with my friends and I said, ‘When is it going to stop with these taxes,’ and my friend said, ‘Willie, there’s nothing you can do but pay.’ … Then my wife says, ‘Why don’t you do something about it? Why don’t you run for mayor?’” he said. Araujo said he represents the working class and a whole host of different nationalities. His father and wife are Portuguese, and his mother is Brazilian. He said his son is also in the U.S. Air Force and his daughter attends NJIT. He said over the years he has worked as a dishwasher, bus boy, gas attendant and as an assistant manager at a TV rental store. He said that after he met his wife at the age of 19, he got into construction, took a carpenter apprentice program and worked at NJIT. Eventually Araujo became a police officer for three-and-a-half years in Edison. He said he also owns a patent for an exercise apparatus he invented. Araujo said his platform aims at stopping the tax increase, fixing transportation and improving the education system in the state. “I work at NJIT and I see students living in cars because it’s too much to pay for kids who live on the shore because of the tolls,” he said. “I am also tired of driving on congested roads. We need a major overhaul.” He said the people are tired of the same politicians doing the same thing over and over again, which is why he decided to run for governor. “[Christie’s] bullying his way through the whole system,” Araujo said. “His people are afraid to ask questions. I was the first one to come out as candidate — not Buono

— and to show how serious I was, I wrote a pledge not to raise taxes and notarized it.” Iris Araujo, his wife, said her husband is for everyone and has reached out to so many people over the years and has always worked hard. She said he was waiting for his wife to say “you can do it.” “I look at Buono and career politicians, they get into office and they’re supposed to help people,” William Araujo said. “Someone in there for 20 to 30 years — it is no longer about being a public servant.” He said he has faced some criticism for not having a political background, but whenever someone like him wants to run, he is told that there are certain things he has to do to get there. “There’s that stigma that people say you need to have all these things to run for office,” he said. “But there are only two steps you need to do: You need to be a citizen — which I am, and have to be 30 years old [or over].” William Araujo’s campaign manager, Patricia Bullon, said his campaign is filled with volunteers and no one gets paid. Bullon said she is a reporter but decided to help William Araujo after listening to his story. “When I [get] involved in something, it’s because I believe in it. [William Araujo] is good for Spanish community and ever yone, and we don’t have much money for campaigning, but we go door-by-door … county-by-county to get people to vote,” Bullon said. Iris Araujo, who works as a secretary at a day-care learning center, said their lives have only gotten busier ever since her husband ran for mayor in 2009. “We’ve heard ver y aspiring stories and have been to different kinds of communities,” she said. “The only thing that has changed … is now we represent who [the people] are. We’re still living the same lives as they are.”

EMPLOYEE Siegel says student workers, full-time workers get along well CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“She’s a ver y nice person. She’s very good with the students, and I think the students Richard Siegel, a student like her ver y much,” said worker at Brower Commons, Dubose, who has worked for the said although there is not much University for 23 interaction years. between students “She’s always so Lindsey Roth, and permanent a School of Arts workers, he cute and nice and Sciences appreciates the to everyone.” first-year student, good work envisaid she often ronment at the LINDSEY ROTH School of Arts and Sciences sees Giuf frida dining hall. First-Year Student when she gets “Ever ybody takeout. gets treated “She’s always well, the student so sweet. She’s always so cute workers and the full-time and nice to everyone,” she said. workers get along well, and I Kristen Connolly, a School think ever yone is pretty happy of Environmental and here,” said Siegel, a School of Biological Sciences first-year Ar ts and Sciences senior. student, said Giuffrida is a wellRuby Dubose, a worker who appreciated staple of the staff at spends her day swiping students Brower Commons. into Brower Commons, said she “She is precious, Connolly and Maria often eat lunch togethsaid. “She is my favorite.” er and talk during their free time.

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COMMUNITY McKibben says global action for 350.org movement began in fall 2009 CONTINUED FROM FRONT grain production in Idaho, summer temperatures in South Dakota’s winter and Superstorm Sandy on the East Coast. “The image of the cold Atlantic pouring into the New York [City] subway system is as stark a reminder as one’s likely to get about the fragility of the civilization we had built at this point,” he said. Climate change will cause a drastic shift in hydrology, or the movement of water, since warm air holds more water than cool air, McKibben said. Arctic ice sheets lost 25 percent of its volume in the past 40 years, he said. “We had taken one of the largest physical features on Earth and we broke it,” he said. But McKibben said reason and logic are not strong enough forces to fight against this global issue. “There’s too much power on the other side,” he said. “The biggest, richest industr y in the histor y of the planet is the fossil fuel industr y and it has effectively, skillfully used that money

in order to buy enough influence to make sure that nothing ever changes.” To effectively stand against this power, McKibben said he, along with seven undergraduate students from Middlebur y College, created 350.org, a global grassroots movement to solve the climate crisis. He said the movement is named after the limit of carbon dioxide, 350 parts-per-million allowed in the atmosphere to sustain life. McKibben said although he originally doubted that 350.org could organize globally, the first day of action in fall 2009 proved that people from all parts of the world want to solve the climate crisis. He said CNN called that day the most widespread day of political activity in the planet’s history. “On one weekend we managed to coordinate 5,200 demonstrations in 181 countries,” he said in an email. “I’ll never forget watching the pictures roll in from around the world.” McKibben showed pictures of activists representing the movement with the number 350 from

all over the world. One picture displayed organizers at the Dead Sea forming the number 350 with their bodies. “There’s too many military barriers in the way to make it easy, so the Jordanians said we’ll make the big three on our beach, the Palestinians said we’ll take care of the five on our shore. The Israelis said we’ll do the zero close to home,” he said. “It was actually quite beautiful.” McKibben said he and other activists played a significant role in interrupting the initiative to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to transport oil from tar sands in Canada to the United States. But McKibben said the movement needs to figure out how to play the offense and take the power down to some degree. He said American college campuses would be the power house for this offensive movement by encouraging their universities to divest their holdings from fossil fuel companies. “Even though none of us can entirely avoid using fossil fuel at this point, we can sure as hell avoid profiting from it,” he said. “It is wrong to wreck the climate and it is wrong to profit from that wreckage.” So far, 234 college campuses in the United States have active divestment campaigns. McKibben said divestment is the systemic reform needed to slow climate change.

“You should definitely change the light bulbs, but we’re past the point where that will do the trick alone,” he said in an email. “So here’s a way for you to speak with one loud voice about the need for change.” Melanie McDermott, associate director of the University’s Initiative on Climate and Society, said student divestment campaigns have successfully initiated social and political change, such as the anti-Apartheid movement in the early ‘90s. “Student campuses, by urging their institutions to divest their holdings from South African … companies, put moral and political pressure on South Africa that Bishop Desmond Tutu and others have accredited with being an important part of the fall of Apartheid,” she said. Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society is a joint initiative of the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences that fosters collaboration about climate change research on campus and researches the social science of climate change, she said. The initiative also aims to educate University students and give outreach to the public, said McDermott, an assistant research professor in the Department of Human Ecology. McKibben said he advocates for student activism because

global warming puts young people the highest at stake. “I’ll be off this planet in another 20 or 25 years, you’ve got 60 or 70,” he said via email correspondence. “Which means you’re particularly well positioned to make the [most] case for action.” Sam Berman, a student organizer for the event, said as a response to the urgency of this problem, a coalition of students and student groups formed to promote campus action for the issue. Berman, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he hopes this event will initiate a campuswide student movement to combat climate change. “What would really make this event successful is if students don’t go home and forget about it. Students leave here fired up and ready to be a part of a movement and … take action,” he said. Berman said McKibben’s concrete goal of mitigating the power of industries lobbying against climate change would allow student movements to effectively evoke change. “It’s not just rallying in the streets with no goal,” he said. “There are specific things we can ask of specific people to help address this problem and once we have that I think we’ll be able to find enough motivated students to do something about it.”

Team leaders are extensions of the Referendum Coordinator. They will be responsible for: · Managing polls and employees on their assigned campus. · Assisting with the hiring process of poll workers/promoters. · Creating work schedules and recording employees’ hours. · Keeping track of traffic and supplies at all designated locations. · Transporting, sorting, and tabulating ballots. · Communicating with Referendum Coordinator daily to review completed tasks and duties. Individuals must be charismatic, great problem solvers, and able to manage people. Please request an application and submit resume to Jaime Brown, the Referendum Coordinator at: dtrefcoordinator@gmail.com by Monday, February 11, 2013.

Compensation (Planning Phase): $120/WEEK (3 days) Compensation (Implementation Phase/Polling): $225/WEEK (5 days) Employment Dates: February 25th – April 26th

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Eric Andresen, former Scout leader, Will Oliver, Eagle Scout, Jennifer Tyrrell, former Cub Scout Den Mother, and Greg Bourke, former Assistant Scoutmaster, deliver boxes containing 1.4 million signatures urging the Boy Scouts of America to reverse the organization's ban on LGBT Scouts yesterday in Irving, Texas. The BSA national council announced they were considering to leave the decision of inclusion of gays to the local unit level. President Barack Obama urged the organization to end a ban on gays. GETTY IMAGES

Catholic hospital fuels debate about fetal rights THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER — It was a startling assertion that seemed an aboutface from church doctrine: A Catholic hospital arguing in a Colorado court that twin fetuses that died in its care were not, under state law, human beings. When the two-year-old court filing surfaced last month, it triggered an avalanche of criticism — because the legal argument seemed to plainly clash with the church’s centuries-old stance that life begins at conception. But it is also now fueling an already raging debate in Colorado and beyond about whether fetuses should have legal rights and, if so, what kind. The hospital and the state’s bishops released a statement yesterday acknowledging it was “morally wrong” to make the legal argument. News of the wrongful death lawsuit came as Colorado lawmakers weigh how far they should go in penalizing acts that harm a fetus, and some worr y that the case could diminish the Catholic Church’s credibility in advocating more rights for the unborn.

Miguel De La Torre, a professor at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, noted that the church often argues for laws recognizing a fetus as a human being. “If that legislation was to come up again, how could the Catholic Church argue we should protect the rights of a fetus?” he said. Indeed, last week Colorado’s bishops met with executives at Catholic Healthcare Initiatives, a branch of the church that operates the hospital at the center of the case, to review how the lawsuit was handled. The two released separate statements yesterday saying CHI executives had been unaware of the legal arguments and pledging to “work for comprehensive change in Colorado’s law, so that the unborn may enjoy the same legal protections as other persons.” Spurred on by advancing medical technology that makes fetuses more viable and more visible, states have been expanding some rights to fetuses, sometimes in conjunction with anti-abortion groups and the Catholic Church. State laws vary widely. It’s difficult to quantify how many states allow wrongful death lawsuits on behalf of unborn chil-

dren because each state has different case law and judicial interpretation. A report from the antiabortion Americans United for Life estimates that 38 permit such lawsuits. According to The Guttmacher Institute, which tracks reproductive health issues, 37 states allow some form of prosecution for killing a fetus. A federal law also makes it a crime to harm a fetus while committing other federal crimes.

“How could the Catholic Chuch argue we should protect rights of a fetus?” MIGUEL DE LA TORRE Professor at the Iliff School of Theology

The debate over such measures has been especially heated in Colorado, which has long battled over the legal status of unborn children. For example, Colorado has been ground zero for the “personhood” movement, which pushes laws that give fertil-

ized eggs all the legal rights of human beings. Opponents warn that such laws would outlaw all forms of abortion and some types of birth control. Voters here so far have over whelmingly rejected such proposals. In 1986, a federal court ruled that fetuses are indeed people for purposes of wrongful death lawsuits in Colorado, but state courts have offered conflicting views. This latest case further calls the matter into question. The case centers on St. Thomas More Medical Center in Canon City, a few hours south of Denver, and a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a husband who lost his pregnant wife. Lori Stodghill was 28 weeks into her pregnancy when, on New Year’s Day 2006, she began vomiting and feeling short of breath, according to court papers. Her husband, Jeremy, took her to the emergency room of St. Thomas More, where Stodghill collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. Doctors and nurses tried to revive her, but she was declared dead from a pulmonar y embolism. No one tried to remove the fetuses via an emergency cesarean section, and they

perished, too, court papers said. Jeremy Stodghill sued the hospital, some doctors and Catholic Healthcare Initiatives, which owns the company that operates Thomas More. Attorneys for CHI in 2010 filed court papers asking a judge to dismiss the case because the plaintiffs couldn’t prove negligent care killed Lori Stodghill and her fetuses. They also argued that “under Colorado law, a fetus is not a ‘person,’ and Plaintiff’s claims for wrongful death must therefore be dismissed.” The trial judge agreed, finding that previous state cases required a fetus to be “born alive” to have a legal claim. An appellate court upheld the dismissal on other grounds. Stodghill’s attorneys are now asking the state Supreme Court to hear the case. The arguments were first repor ted on Jan. 23 by The Colorado Independent and Westword and set of f a firestorm because of Catholic health groups’ past stances on such issues. The trade group representing Catholic Hospitals opposed a provision of the federal health care law mandating that bir th control be covered by insurance.

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NYPD defends use of undercover agents THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The New York Police Depar tment is defending its use of undercover of ficers to prevent terrorism attacks, saying it follows the Constitution regardless of what civil rights lawyers say about its sur veillance of the Muslim community. Police spokesman Paul Browne commented in a statement yesterday. It came after civil rights lawyers claimed in cour t papers that the police

MARKED PARK The Rosa Parks commemorative stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks is unveiled Feb. 4 at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan. The stamp went on sale yesterday, what would have been Rosa Park's 100th birthday. GETTY IMAGES

Law covers more victims of abuse Senate Democrats work towards broadening abuse protections THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats worked toward picking up Republican allies yesterday as they launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, lesbians and Native Americans. The legislation to renew the Violence Against Women Act appeared on a smooth path toward passage in the Senate, possibly by the end of this week. Yesterday’s procedural vote to make the bill the next order of business was expected to easily clear the 60-vote threshold. Senate passage would send the bill to the House. Advocates hope that Republicans, smarting from election losses among women voters in November, will not repeat their resistance last year to the Senate approach. “Allowing partisan delays to put women’s lives at risk is simply shameful,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said before the vote. He said he hoped convincing support for the legislation in the Senate would “send a strong message to House Republican leaders that further partisan delay is unacceptable.” House Republicans, including Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, say reauthorizing the 1994 act, which expired in 2011, is a priority. But resolving partisan differences remains an obstacle: Last year both the House and Senate passed bills but the House would not go along with Senate provisions that single out gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders for protection, and give tribal authorities more power to prosecute non-Indians who attack Indian partners on tribal lands. Kim Gandy, president of the National Network to End

Domestic Violence, said that after last year’s election both parties are eager to demonstrate that they are behind a pro-woman agenda. She said her group, which supports the Senate bill, had received “ver y positive responses” from the offices of both Cantor and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the topranked Republican woman. The Senate bill, while making

“Allowing partisan delays to put women’s lives at risk is simply shameful.” HENRY REID Senate Majority Leader

minor concessions to meet GOP concerns, is essentially the same as the measure that passed that chamber last April on a 68-31 vote, with 15 Republicans voting yes. It focuses on ensuring that college students, immigrants, Native Americans and gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people have access to anti-abuse programs. The Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, “has been extraordinarily effective” in combating domestic violence, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said in a letter urging the support of his colleagues. He said that since VAWA was first passed the annual incidence of domestic violence has fallen by more than 50 percent. Leahy is the sponsor of the bill with Republican Mike Crapo of Idaho. Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican supporter from Maine, said helping victims of violence “should never be a partisan issue.” She said that in her state nearly half of homicides

were linked to occurrences of domestic violence and 13,000 Maine residents would experience some form of sexual violence this year alone. White House press secretary Jay Carney urged Congress to move rapidly on the legislation. “Three women a day are killed as a result of domestic violence and one in five have been raped in their lifetimes. We should be long past debate on the need for the Violence Against Women Act,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One yesterday. During election campaigns last year Democrats seized on the congressional stalemate over VAWA in claiming that Republicans did not represent the best interests of women. Getting a bill to the president’s desk this year could hinge on resolving the issue of tribal authority over domestic abuse cases. Last year House Republicans objected to the Senate provision increasing tribal authority. Currently, non-Indians who batter their spouses often go unpunished because federal authorities don’t have the resources to pursue misdemeanors committed on reservations. The National Congress of American Indians says violence against Native American women has reached “epidemic proportions,” citing findings that 39 percent of American Indian and Alaska native women will be subjected to violence by a partner in their lifetimes. It cited a 2010 government report finding that U.S. attorneys declined to prosecute half of violent crimes occurring in Indian country, and two-thirds of the declined cases involved sexual abuse. Two House Republicans, Darrell Issa of California and Tom Cole of Oklahoma, last year offered a compromise that would allow non-Indian defendants to request that their cases be moved to federal courts, but the session ended before a deal could be reached.

department had resumed nowbanned tactics it used against anti-war demonstrators in the 1960s and 1970s. Civil rights lawyers say the NYPD has subjected the Muslim community to “widespread and intense” sur veillance, including where they eat, shop and worship. They seek a court order against further surveillance of Muslims without evidence of crimes. Browne said terrorists have tried to attack the city at least 16 times since Sept. 11, 2001.

South Korea, US begin naval drills amid threat North Korea nuke tests spark action from Seoul, US THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean and U.S. troops began naval drills yesterday in a show of force partly directed at North Korea amid signs that Pyongyang will soon follow through on a threat to conduct its third atomic test. The region has also seen a boost in diplomatic activity since last month, when North Korea announced it would conduct a nuclear test to protest U.N. Security Council sanctions toughened after a satellite launch in December that the U.S. and others say was a disguised test of banned missile technology. Pyongyang’s two previous nuclear tests, in 2006 and 2009, both occurred after it was slapped with increased sanctions for similar rocket launches. As it issued its most recent punishment, the Security Council ordered North Korea to refrain from a nuclear test or face “significant action.” North Korea’s state media said Sunday that at a high-level Workers’ Party meeting, leader Kim Jong Un issued “important” guidelines meant to bolster the army and protect national sovereignty. North Korea didn’t elaborate, but Kim’s guidelines likely refer to a nuclear test and suggest that Pyongyang appears to have completed formal procedural steps and is preparing to conduct a nuclear test soon, according to South Korean analyst Hong Hyun-ik. “We assess that North Korea has almost finished preparations for conducting a nuclear test anytime and all that’s left is North Korea making a political decision” to do so, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Minseok told reporters yesterday. The spokesman said he couldn’t disclose further details because they would involve confidential intelligence affairs. Recent satellite photos showed

North Korea may have been sealing the tunnel into a mountainside where a nuclear device could be exploded. A North Korean nuclear test “seems to be imminent,” South Korea’s U.N. Ambassador Kim Sook said yesterday at a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York. He said there are “very busy activities” taking place at North Korea’s nuclear test site “and ever ybody’s watching.” The ambassador said he expects the Security Council to respond with “firm and strong measures” in the event of a nuclear test. The South Korean and U.S. militaries kicked off three days of exercises off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast yesterday that involve live-fire exercises, naval maneuvers and submarine detection drills. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the maneuvers are part of regular joint militar y training that the allies had scheduled before the latest nuclear tensions began. But the training, which involves a nuclear-powered American submarine, could still send a warning against possible Nor th Korean provocation, a South Korean militar y of ficial said, requesting anonymity because of department rules. Pyongyang’s state media said late yesterday the drills showed that the U.S. and South Korea have been plotting to attack Nor th Korea and increased the danger of a war on the divided peninsula. “The dark cloud of war is approaching to the Korean Peninsula,” North Korea’s official Uriminzokkiri website said in a commentary. “Our patience has the limit.” North Korea said similar things when South Korea and the U.S. conducted previous drills; the allies have repeatedly said they have no intention of attacking the North. North Korea says U.S. hostility and the threat of American troops in South Korea are important reasons behind its nuclear drive. The U.S. stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.

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ast week, outside missiles were shot into Syrian borders, and various sources speculated that Israel was behind the attack. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak made statements that seemingly affirmed Israel’s involvement, on top of Time’s shocking report from a Western intelligence official that the White House gave Israel “the green light” to commit further attacks on Syria the future. The justification behind the support of the airstrike, which hit a Syrian defense facility, is in the case of rebels trying to get their hands on weapons of mass destruction. Apparently, the term “WMDs” — that embarrassing reminder of United States’ failed foreign policy — still exists, and is now present in Syria. Even more pressing than whether American intervention should take place in this situation is the issue of University students not being more aware of the events taking place globally, and how they directly impact our lives right here in New Jersey. In this situation, the U.S. government’s exceptionally close ties with Israel are in question. Every year, we pay $3 billion of our tax dollars to what many people refer to as our strongest ally in the Middle East, which might actually be counterproductive. A report released by

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WHAT’S BUBBLIN’? LEE SELTZER

f you know me on any level beyond reading my bi-weekly columns, it probably comes as no surprise that I enjoy eating poorly. I have embraced many traditions around eating terribly, such as the Super Bowl. Perhaps the most shockingly wonderful may be the adoption of a tradition of fellow Rutgers student, Andrew Smith, of beginning and ending your semester with a fat sandwich. Recently though, I have been re-discovering more traditional unhealthy options: Fast food chain restaurants. These places are all very familiar to you, whether you like it or not: Wendy’s, McDonalds and Burger King. To be perfectly clear, I am not doing this unprovoked. Recently, there has been a flourishing of incredible deals at fast food places. The first of these was a “buy one Big Mac get one free” deal at McDonalds, which led to a pilgrimage of my housemates and I to McDonalds. I thought this was it, but then I heard about a “buy one chicken sandwich get one free” deal at Burger King. This left me with no choice but to go to Burger King, which as you could imagine, was a fantastic obligation. As I am writing this, I am actually about to

fulfill a “buy one hot dog, get one free” Groundhog’s Day deal at Sonic. I don’t know what hot dogs have to do with groundhogs, but I’m not one to question anything this rare and beautiful. Now, as you are reading this, I know what you’re thinking: “This guy is going to die young. Has he ever seen Super Size Me? What an idiot.” However, I am going to argue that there are implicit benefits to eating fast food. These do not have to do with health. Fast food is objectively terrible for you. Note: I admitted that I enjoy eating poorly, I’m not going to pretend that eating chicken nuggets will decrease your chances of getting cancer or something like that. The benefits are more personal. I love McDonalds and that is enough for me. I acknowledge it is a vice, however there are many worse vices around than McDonalds. Let’s take smoking cigarettes for example: Even if you would argue that McDonalds is as bad for you as smoking cigarettes, at least McDonalds is food. Another good example is alcohol. While drinking alcohol is bad for you, it also has no functional purpose. You do not get a meal out of drinking alcohol. Additionally, I know many people that would look down on someone that eats fast food, but also regularly go out and get trashed. Aside from that, it is cheap. This is a huge attraction for college students. If you go to McDonalds, you can get a “McGangBang” for two dollars. For those of you who don’t know, this is a $1 McDouble with a $1 McChicken inside of

it. That is an absurd amount of food for that amount of money. Given, it is certainly not for the weak of heart, this is a remarkable sandwich possibility. However, like I said earlier, the main reason is because I like it. I like it, and it occasionally serves unusual functions. For example, French fries are fantastic if you are hungover. It also has positive effects in areas I am less familiar with. A female friend of mine once told me that fast food is phenomenal for dealing with PMS. Furthermore, I know that when I have a long day, or have just taken an unusually difficult exam, there is nothing quite like a large meal from Wendy’s to satisfy and reward me for all my hard work. As I sat down yesterday for my annual Super Bowl feast, there was something on my mind besides the outcome of the game or which commercial is the funniest. Instead, I will be longing for the day where there will not be a stigma upon the food that I am enjoying. I just want people to know that those who eat poorly are not necessarily dumb and uneducated. Rather, they often know exactly what they are doing to their bodies. The catch is they believe that it is worth that extra bit of gratification. Lee Seltzer is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history and economics with a minor in mathematics. His column, “What’s Bubblin’,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. Follow Lee on Twitter @simplee_bubblin.

NFL power outage sheds light every five minutes. Brown might have been the most insightful out of all of them. I have no doubt that all of these people know a lot about football. They just work in a media system that makes fans complacent with terrible commentary in all NFL broadcast coverage. Four or five former players and coaches at a table is a terrible

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ey NFL fans — do you remember the last time Dan Marino said something insightful? If so, you’re a filthy liar. As if the half-hour power outage delay during Super Bowl XLVII was not painful enough, you got to spend it with CBS’s all-star cast of analysts. I’m just a sportswriter. I am way better at hearing people say stuff and articulating it than I am at football or any other sport. Marino and any other former NFL player or coach has surely played way more football and been around more great football minds than me. Therefore, Marino and ever y NFL analyst with actual NFL experience are way more knowledgeable about the game than I am. But you give them microphones, and on top of that, you get the power outage debacle in the Super Bowl. That gave us Bill Cowher telling us that this game will be won in the trenches. Then Shannon Sharpe reminded us viewers that whichever team wanted to win more would win. To top it off, James Brown reminded us that the power outage should be over soon,

“How come the media started caring that [Ray Lewis] allegedly killed someone for the first time in 12 years?” way to transmit information. Most will never recover from the post-traumatic stress of needing to be secretive about everything to the media from when they actually played. First off, there needs to be a host who asks good facilitating questions that require more than a cliché answer. Whenever a writer sends me an article with a cliché, I edit it out because clichés are dumb. Then, you need one or two analysts at most and someone who’s funny. A good pregame show or halftime show should be a combination of insightful and entertaining. Entertainment should be the priority, since you’re a super sports fan who doesn’t

need any insight. NBA’s TNT coverage, while not that insightful, is deservedly award-winning. The current set-up gives favor to repeated scenarios, such as Marino showing how to throw a football on CBS’s carpet gridiron or ESPN reminding you that Ray Lewis is a good leader. ESPN also did a story last week about how Lewis gets so much attention. Literally half of the Super Bowl coverage before the game is, “Hey football guy, how are you dealing with all this attention?” On the large media circuit, I was left wondering a few things about Lewis. What effect does human growth hormone have on repairing biceps compared to normal recovery? How will the Ravens make up for the fact that he is terrible in pass coverage? How come the media started caring that he allegedly killed two people for the first time in 12 years? In fact, now you know that Lewis is a player who tries really hard and loves God. That’s all ESPN wants you to know before he becomes an analyst for the channel. He joins a crowded table of millionaires who screw around for hours every NFL Sunday. Now, onto draft coverage. Josh Bakan is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies. He is an associate sports editor at The Daily Targum.

COMMENTARY MATTHEW JENSEN

s evidenced by your Friday Forum commentaries on gun control published last week, the shootings at Sandy Hook School last December have ripped open a national debate on guns and safety. Unfortunately, I have a unique perspective on this issue, as I am a Newtown resident. I attended Sandy Hook School for five years, and I still live just two minutes away from the school when I’m not at Rutgers. It’s very hard to put into words the trauma that my town has experienced since the shooting, especially that of families who lost someone that day. It is now the responsibility of our society to stop these mass shootings, in order to spare other towns the pain that exists in my town today. While I do not speak for everyone in my town, I do believe that we should consider every possible way to eliminate mass shootings. Some non-controversial options, such as offering more readily available mental health care or assigning armed guards to protect schools, would probably help prevent future shootings. A more controversial solution, however, is to greatly reduce the presence of guns in our society. Here, I gravely disagree with the column “Be fair about assault weapons ban,” as I see no reason why semi-automatic rifles or high capacity ammunition clips designed to kill large amounts of people should be in the hands of the general public. Conventional firearms can more than adequately serve the rights of self-protection and sport. Universal background checks, including mental health evaluations, would also help

“While I do not speak for everyone in my town, I do believe that we should consider every possible way to eliminate mass shootings.” keep guns away from felons and the mentally deranged. While these measures may limit some personal freedoms, a person’s right to own a certain firearm should never trump anyone else’s right to live. I am certain that the above actions would have prevented the tragedy that occurred in my town, but there is a far greater action that can combat senseless violence in our society. After the shooting, a multitude of signs appeared in my town that stated, “We are Sandy Hook. We choose love.” Choosing love can take many forms — holding the door open for a stranger, listening to a friend in need or thanking a professor after a lecture. If we can promise to be kind, respectful and caring to everyone, then those killed on Dec. 14 will not have died in vain. Matthew Jensen is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, majoring in genetics.

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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK

DIVERSIONS Pearls Before Swine

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Today's Birthday (02/05/13). Social fun and partnership thrive for the first half of 2013. Consider family when making career decisions with long-lasting implications. Keep delivering on your promises, especially around finances. An exciting career opportunity arises this summer, and the spotlight is yours. 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 9 — You'll get great insights from your dreams. Use them to plan your direction, and anticipate some resistance. Expand your creativity with wild practicality. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Friends offer good advice. Also, you may find a way to earn more without increasing work. Make sure you know what's required. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Intuition inspires your work. Check out new career options. Don't overlook anybody to avoid jealousies. Join a good team. Travel's good, too. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Allow others independence, as you free your own imagination. Your thoughts wander a lot these days. You may choose different tactics than planned. Take advantage of the moment. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Maintain your finances with savings. A task that strengthens your home strengthens you. Evaluate resources. You can borrow or barter for what's needed. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Go with a creative leader. Your partner has a lot to say. Don't believe everything you learn ... they're just "guidelines." Offer encouragement. Controversy arises.

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ISSUES Knights struggle on offense in nearly all conference matchups CONTINUED FROM BACK gone a combined 9-for-39 from the field in his last three games. Some of those made baskets came in a Jan. 27 contest at Connecticut, where the game was out of reach and the Husky defense went into cruise control. Even the emergence of sophomore guard Jerome Seagears could not push the

SPORTS PAGE 15 offense to where it needs to be to win games. But the Knights do not want to have to depend on one or two players. “We just have to have confidence in other guys,” Johnson said. “Each and every day, somebody shows something [in practice] that they’re capable of doing … on the offensive end. We can’t only rely on [the guards] even though they’re our best scorers.” And of late Rutgers has failed to protect any of its leads. It held eight- and 10-point leads against Cincinnati and St. John’s, respectively, but watched

as both advantages turned into second-half deficits. Perhaps the only explanation Rutgers can provide is its strength of schedule. Of their seven dif ferent Big East opponents this season, USF is the only school below the Knights in the standings and the only one of those seven teams with sub-.500 conference record. While the first two opponents in the second half of the Big East schedule — Louisville and Georgetown — are daunting, the level drops off for the remaining six games, at least according to the numbers.

Of those six games, only two of them, a rematch with the Hoyas and a game against Marquette, are against teams with winning Big East records. But that matters little to head coach Mike Rice in one of the best basketball conferences in the country. “This is the Big East,” Rice said. “If you [take any teams lightly], you’re not going to do ver y well. Ever y game is the most impor tant game on your schedule.” The question still remains as to how the Knights improve what have largely been lackluster performances.

Senior wing Dane Miller believes turnovers only tell half the story. “Turning the ball over [has been a problem], and defensive rebounding,” Miller said. Rutgers sits next-to-last in the conference in turnover margin, averaging nearly two turnovers per game more than its opponents. Unlike earlier in the season, the Knights do not have the luxury of time on their side. “There are only nine games left,” Miller said. “We have to put it together quick.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @JGregoryTargum.

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IN BRIEF

wo former Rutgers men’s soccer team players that have since made the professional leap to MLS are changing teams this season. Midfielder Nick LaBrocca, drafted 35th overall in 2007, recently signed with the Colorado Rapids. He was originally drafted by the Rapids before he was traded to Toronto FC in 2010. Labrocca has accumulated 15 goals in 152 career regular-season matches with 141 starts. Midfielder Dilly Duka, drafted 8th overall in 2010 by the Columbus Crew, has been traded to the Chicago Fire. He scored two goals and dished five assists in 45 career matches. At Rutgers, Duka led the Knights in scoring and was selected to the 2008 All-Big East team.

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spot in this week’s men’s basketball Associated Press poll, the first time it has been on top of the rankings since week six of the regular season. The Hoosiers took over the No. 1 position after their 81-73 victory Saturday against Michigan, last week’s No. 1 team in the poll. The Wolverines fell to No. 3 behind Florida, who jumped two positions in the rankings. Duke claimed the No. 4 spot while Kansas fell three positions to No. 5. Gonzaga, Arizona, Miami (Fla.), Syracuse and Ohio State rounded out the top 10. Along with the Orange, six other Big East teams were represented in the poll, with Louisville just missing the top-ten at No. 11. Cincinnati was voted No. 17, Georgetown No. 20, Pittsburgh No. 23, Marquette No. 24 and Notre Dame at No. 25.

BALTIMORE RAVENS quarterback Joe Flacco is “optimistic” about returning to the team next season, according to a CBSSports.com report. Flacco, who was named Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XLVII, will be a free agent this offseason after turning down a contract offer at the beginning of this season. The Ravens can either assign Flacco a franchise tag or resign the signal caller to a long- term deal. According to the Baltimore Sun, if the Ravens elect the franchise tag, Flacco would earn $14.6 million next season. Flacco threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns in the Super Bowl and tied an NFL Playoff record by completing 11 touchdowns without an interception. IN

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reports of performance-enhancing drug allegations by the Miami New Times surrounding New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, shortstop Derek Jeter refuses to comment until Rodriguez gets a chance to publicly address the controversy. “I don’t comment on anyone until they speak first,” Jeter told ESPN.com Monday. “Let him address his situation before I comment on it. Let him speak first and then we’ll talk about that.” Rodriguez already admitted once to using PEDs during the 2001-03 seasons.

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SPORTS PAGE 17 MEN’S LACROSSE FOUR CANDIDATES REMAIN OPTIONS FOR BRECHT

Coach prepares to declare starting goalkeeper provided little clarity, but Brecht said the two freshmen in particular impressed him. “It’s hard trying to bring your With less than a week left until its season opener against best every day and trying to comManhattan, there is still no pete with all four of the goalies,” word on who will start the sea- Lusby said. “It’s just about consisson as the Rutgers men’s tency and playing your hardest lacrosse team’s goalkeeper. The every day.” If Brecht were to make his competition has intensified throughout winter practice, and decision based on playing a decision is expected from experience, then Butler would head coach Brian Brecht tomor- be the ideal candidate. The Montgomer y (N.J.) High row as to who will start. The candidates are senior School product has 22 games of Rudy Butler, junior Steven Lusby collegiate experience, more and freshmen Kris Alleyne and than triple the other three canJake Andersen. Butler and Lusby didates combined. “I think that split time in goal I’ve had the most last season, with “It’s a competiton experience on this Butler starting team,” he said. the first five all the time. “I’ve played every games before getNo one has a single year — not ting injured, giving way to Lusby, starting spot until the entirety of the season, but I’ve who started the the first game.” gotten experience last seven. since my freshButler went 3-2 RUDY BUTLER man year.” as a starting goalSenior Goalkeeper Alleyne and tender last season, Andersen may not recording a .484 save percentage and a have played a collegiate game 9.6 goals-against average. Lusby yet, but each comes with a pediwent 2-5 with a .494 save gree of his own. Alleyne earned percentage and an 11.12 goals- U.S. Lacrosse All-American honors in 2012 and all-league recogagainst average. The Knights were in the nition three times at Clarkston bottom third of the conference South, N.Y. High School. Andersen compiled a .680 save last season in goals-against average, saves per game and percentage during his career at Hunterdon Central (N.J.) High save percentage. Brecht has kept his options School, earning all-state and allopen all winter, giving each goalie conference honors as a sophoas much time as possible to make more, junior and senior. Brecht hopes to stick with his case. Scrimmages against Penn and Drexel on Saturday one goalie once he makes his

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HOLE Goodale believes Seidenburg provides Knights best chance at lineup stability CONTINUED FROM BACK Seidenburg in the Knights’ last four matches. Freshman Hayden Hrymack filled in for Seidenburg, but his inexperience has shown. Rutgers went 3-1 in those matches, but Hrymack has a 0-4 record during that span, surrendering two pins and a major decision along the way. Goodale has been clear he likes to give his younger wrestlers time to develop, but Seidenburg’s injury has forced Hrymack into the lineup. With the EIWA Tournament fast approaching, Goodale understands the importance of a healthy Seidenburg in a starting role. “When he’s in there, he has been solid, but he hasn’t been in there enough,” Goodale said. “He has had periods where he has been out of the lineup and can really help us. For us to do well in that tournament and these next three meets, we need to do something at 197, and he understands that. If he can win up there, it would be huge for us.” Seidenburg has gone 4-6 in dual matches this season, but showed his value to the lineup during Rutgers’ winter break

West Coast trip. He went 2-1, with his only loss coming against Arizona State’s Jake Meredith, then the No. 7 wrestler in his weight class. “He needs to be healthy and wrestling well to have confidence,” Goodale said. “He has to do it, and time is running out. There has got to be a point where he has to wrestle through these injuries, and we need to get the most out of that weight.” Goodale said the short-term goal for the Knights is to win the EIWA Tournament, held on campus for the first time in program history. A factor in doing so lies with Seidenburg’s performance in the next three weeks of the regular season. “For an individual and team standpoint as well, it is really impor tant,” Seidenburg said. “It is ver y important for me to do well at that weight. That’s why I am really focused at tr ying to get healthy. If I go in there feeling healthy and feeling good, then I’m confident I can do really well and surprise a lot of people.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.

Senior goalkeeper Rudy Butler has the most collegiate expereience of the four candidates for the starting role, having played in 22 career games. An injury cut Butler’s junior season short. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2012

decision. But his several options leave open the possibility of a season-long revolving door at the position, which he has not ruled out. Whoever gets the starting nod will have the responsibility of

trying to lead the Knights to their first winning season since 2007. “I want it bad,” Butler said. “I didn’t realize until the summer ended that it was my last year playing here, and it kind of hits

you pretty hard. It’s a competition all the time. No one has a starting spot until the first game, first scrimmage. You’ve got to earn your time, and it’s made everyone work a lot harder.”

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE BRAND-SIAS APPROACHES 100TH CAREER WIN

Deep field tests RU in NY meet BY ERIC DIMETROSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s indoor track and field team returned to action last weekend in the New Balance Invitational in the Bronx. The course was familiar for the Scarlet Knights, as it was the third time this season they have competed in the Bronx. Ten ranked teams participated in the invitational, the Knights’ most difficult field of competition this season. Junior jumper Corey Crawford took third in the long jump at 7.61 meter, good enough to qualify for the Big East Championships. Crawford’s score was one of the more impressive feats of the season, as it was the best recorded score this season in the Big East. Crawford had the best showing for Rutgers in the Bronx, but was not the only Knight who competed well. Senior Kevin Bostick placed eighth in the triple jump with a distance of 14.83 meters, also a Big East Championship-qualifying mark. Bostick won the Big East Field Performer of the Week last week, and continues to record the best jumps this season for the Knights. Sophomore D’Andre Jordan came short of qualifying for the finals of the 400-meter with a time of 48.84. The top five from the preliminary round advanced, and Jordan placed seventh. But his time was good enough to qualify for the Big East Championships. Freshman Calvin Knox came in ninth place in the 500-meter with a time of 1:05.71, an encouraging finish given the field. Knox has performed well given that he is just a freshman, and continues to compete with veterans from top-ranked schools. The New Balance Invitational was part of the bigger Armory Collegiate Invitational, a ver y prestigious event. Mississippi State, South Carolina and LSU were among the highly ranked teams competing against the Knights. The Knights also faced off with several of their Big East rivals, including Syracuse, Georgetown and Connecticut. The meet was significant, as they will see these teams again in the Big East Championship. The Knights are more familiar with the league, which will help them a great deal toward the end of the season. The results may not look as impressive as some of the recent meets the Knights have participated in, but given the incredible field of teams, it was a respectable showing. The team continues to grow and times and distances improve across the board with every meet that passes. The Knights return to action this weekend in the Valentine’s Invitational in Boston.

Senior midfielder Stephanie Anderson paced the Knights last season with 41 goals, 27 of which came in conference matchups. The preseason All-Big East team member was named co-captain in the fall by a team vote. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2012

Experienced Knights seek final run BY IAN ERHARD STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team begins its season Saturday when it hosts Manhattan. The upcoming year features veteran players taking on new roles, with senior midfielder Stephanie Anderson and senior goalie Lily Kalata named as captains. Anderson was one of the Scarlet Knights’ top performers last season, leading the team with 41 goals to go along with five assists. The midfielder played even stronger in conference matchups, earning 27 points in Big East play. “I’ve put a lot of time in this fall, and I have a great group of girls going into this season with me, so I’m excited for the things we’re going to be able to accomplish this year,” Anderson said. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias named the two captains before the team’s fall competition with a team vote. “I’ll try to do my best to lead by example and show them that I’m willing to put in that extra effort for my teammates, and I hope they’re willing to do so, too,” Anderson said. In goal, Kalata hopes to build on her efforts from last season. Starting all 16 games last year, she ranked second in the Big East with a 9.74 goals-against average. She was fifth in save percentage at .446. Like Anderson, Kalata picked it up in Big East play, finishing first in the league in saves and second in save percentage. “I’m kind of stern, but that’s not the kind of leader I like to follow,” Kalata said. “There are different kinds of leadership. I think I’m trying to bring a more friendly [approach], kind of a shoulder they can lean on.” Kalata stressed team play and the importance of a defense that has stayed intact from last year.

Senior goalkeeper Lily Kalata started all 16 games in goal for the Knights. She finished second in the Big East with a 9.74 goals-against average. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2012 Brand-Sias enters her 11th season as head coach and looks to earn her 100th career victory this season. During the team’s fall scrimmages, Rutgers faced Maryland, a team that made it to last season’s NCAA Final Four. The Knights also took on USC, Penn State and James Madison to prepare for the spring. “I think the girls really got up for good competition [during the preseason], and it shows that we really have the potential and the ability to play at an elite level,” Brand-Sias said.

Rutgers was selected to finish fifth in its conference during the preseason, with Anderson earning preseason All-Big East Team honors. The Knights welcome eight freshmen to the team, including attack Halley Barnes from Garnet Valley (Pa.) High School. Barnes finished her high school career with 365 points, putting her in the top 25 in the nation. She scored 111 goals in 2012, the seventh most in the country. She was named the No. 5 attacker in the nation, according to ESPN. “I think she should have a nice freshman year,” Brand-Sias said.

“I think that with time her confidence is going to grow, and [so will] her ability to read defenses at this level.” The Knights finished last season with a 9-7 record, with five home wins. They only played two games at Yurcak Field, but won them against conference foes Louisville and Cincinnati. Rutgers will play five games at Yurcak Field this season, all in April against Big East schools. The team then travels to Louisville and Cincinnati to round out the regular season.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STRINGER TRUSTS SMALLER LINEUP AGAINST VILLANOVA

Sophomore wing Betnijah Laney played in the post during the closing minutes of Saturday’s win against Villanova. Laney scored 12 points against the Wildcats for her 10th double-figure game of the season. Laney averages 9.4 points per game this year. NISHA DATT / JANUARY 2013

Youth shows signs of grasping system BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT

From the start of the season, head coach C. Vivian Stringer has been preaching her philosophy to the Rutgers women’s basketball team of holding upperclassmen accountable for the progress of the younger teammates. After consecutive victories led by more inexperienced Scarlet Knights, it is likely they are starting to latch onto lessons from the team’s seniors. “What we were pleased about was that there was a lot of young people — freshmen, sophomores and one senior that were out there when the game counted,” Stringer said after Saturday’s win against Villanova. “The future looks bright, and it is good for us to begin to put it together. There is no time like the present.” In a tightly contested matchup, younger Knights stepped up and made big plays at crucial moments to give Rutgers the victory. Sophomore wing Betnijah Laney and sophomore point

guard Shakena Richardson led the offensive charge, and Stringer kept the ball in their hands down the stretch. In perhaps her best point guard display of the season, Richardson looked confident and earned trust with the ball in the closing minutes. She did not disappoint. “From seeing the game at the two-guard perspective, you gain a lot of perspective on the point guard,” Richardson said Saturday. “I am more comfortable with the system and making plays.” The Neptune, N.J., native recorded a career-high 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists to help the Knights improve to .500 in the Big East. She was aggressive and broke down Villanova’s defense to get to the free throw line. Richardson made one of two free throws with seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. Rutgers turned up its intensity in the extra minutes to extend its lead. “We really wanted this win, and something from deep down pushed me through,” Richardson said.

Laney was Richardson’s safety valve. The duo’s chemistry was obvious in the come-from-behind win. “That is something we focus on in practice,” Laney said Saturday. “[We talked about] everybody being able to play off of each other and with each other. That is what we did.” Laney was an offensive threat the entire way and showed off her versatility. She made Villanova pay if it left her open by draining uncontested shots within 10 feet of the basket. When the Wildcats put pressure on her from the outside, Laney backed her way into the post until she saw quality looks. “I was just really trying to focus on doing what we had to do to make sure we won, [which was] just executing plays,” she said. Laney finished with 12 points, including eight in overtime, for her 10th double-figure game of the season. The Knights’ growth was evident in their last two performances, but they do not want to give into complacency. Rutgers needed players to take the responsibility for providing necessary plays.

Sophomore Shakena Richardson played 41 minutes from the point against Villanova, recording several career highs. TIAN LI

When the flow of the game appeared stagnant on Saturday, Laney and Richardson pushed the flow. The ball found its way around the perimeter, and the duo involved its teammates.

Stringer was finally pleased to see the positive results of making smart decisions. For updates on the women’s basketball team, follow Aaron Farrar on Twitter @AFarrarTargum.

SWIMMING, DIVING WOODRUFF SUPPORTS CAPTAIN DURING OFFSEASON RECOVERY

Longtime coach grips for season-ending meets BY IAN ERHARD STAFF WRITER

Rutgers head diving coach Fred Woodr uf f continues to prepare his unit for the final stretch of the season, which includes the Big East and Zone Diving Championships. Although the two most crucial meets for the Scarlet Knights still lie ahead, Woodruff, the longesttenured coach on staff, brings experience that can help the team remain focused. Training at this point in the season consists of ironing out areas

that pose a threat to the team’s consistency, Woodruff said. He oversaw four Knights divers collect scores last season at the Big East Championships, including a finalist. He brings senior co-captain Kate Kearney, sophomore Nicole Honey and juniors Olivia Harry and Nicole Scott to this year’s meet. “This is a very strong team. The talent level is there and also the work ethic, and they really work hard and make changes,” Woodruff said. “They’re developing as divers, and it’s fun to watch. I think that

their coachability makes them become consistent divers.” Kearney expressed the support Woodruff has had for her during her four years at Rutgers, especially last spring during her shoulder rehabilitation. Woodruff also helped transition Harry, a former swimmer who is diving in her first season of college competition. The Knights compete on the platform this year for the first time in the Big East Championships. “That’s really exciting for us to have that platform event and have scoring in that,” Woodruff said.

“We’re really looking forward to being able to contribute that way.” Woodruff has qualified divers for the NCAA Zone Championships in all 20 of his seasons at Rutgers. The Knights have had 32 finalists and 25 consolation finalists in the Big East Championships under Woodruff since joining the conference in 1995. “He’s been here over 20 years. He’s had tremendous results on the boards for his whole career,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “Having a diving coach like that really allows the diving program

to move forward every year that he’s here.” Woodruff’s coaching career has spanned 35 years, including stints with his alma mater, Lehigh, as well as Seton Hall. He ser ved as Junior Olympic Chairman of the New Jersey Association for seven years and is now the treasurer. “I have a really good time coaching college athletes, and I enjoy the challenge of it all,” Woodruff said. “I’ve got a great facility to train in and a ver y supportive athletic department [at Rutgers].”

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PROGRAM MAINSTAY Rutgers head diving coach Fred

LOOKING FOR HELP Rutgers head

lacrosse coach Laura Brand-Sias returns senior midfielder Stephanie Anderson in 2013, as the coach seeks her 100th career win. PAGE 18

Woodruff, the team’s longest-tenured staff member, looks to prepare the team’s divers for a pair of season-ending championships. PAGE 19

men’s lacrosse coach Brian Brecht plans to name the team’s starting goalkeeper soon. PAGE 17

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I didn’t realize until the summer ended that it was my last year playing here, and it kind of hits you pretty hard.” — Rutgers men’s lacrosse senior goalie Rudy Butler

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Issues mount in midst of Big East play BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With the Rutgers men’s basketball team midway through the Big East season, there is still much to be desired. After winning three of their first five games, the Scarlet Knights dropped their next four, putting them in 11th place in the conference, five spots below where the current losing streak began. That is a dangerous trend to go through in the Big East. “We know that once you get into a rut, it’s hard to get yourself back up,” said senior forward Austin Johnson. “We dug ourselves a hole, so we have to do everything we can to get back on the right path, and it starts with a win.” Much of that falls of the strength — or lack thereof — of the offense, which has scored more than 68 points only once since a Dec. 28 win against Rider. That came in a 70-67 win Jan. 17 against South Florida, which sits at the bottom of the conference with a 1-8 Big East record. It is not difficult to figure out how hard it is to win without the team’s leading scorer. Sophomore guard Eli Carter paces the Knights with 15.2 points per game, but has SEE

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Junior 197-pounder Dan Seidenburg missed the Knights’ last four matches, but will return to the starting lineup Friday. He has gone 4-6 in dual meets this season after wrestling at 184 pounds the year before. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Hole at 197 remains unfilled BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

With three weeks to go before the start of the EIWA Tournament, Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale said the biggest thing he wants to see is consistency throughout the lineup. The emergence of junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave and redshirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith has provided for some, but injuries and spotty performances

have the Scarlet Knights facing questions late in the season. One position that needs to be addressed is at 197 pounds, where Dan Seidenburg has appeared with irregularity. The junior can credit most of that to what Goodale calls a “shoulder problem,” an injury that has been bothering Seidenburg all year. “Yeah, I’m not going to lie, it does get real frustrating,” Seidenburg said. “Going out there and getting hurt 30 seconds through the match and then having to battle

through it, but you kind of just have to deal with it.” The scenario was evident during the Knights’ 17-16 victory against Lehigh on Jan. 18, when Seidenburg fell to the Louis Brown Athletic Center floor in pain early in his match against the Mountain Hawks’ John Bolich. The Red Bank, N.J., native finished with only a 4-2 loss, but Goodale decided to rest SEE

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EXTRA POINT

NBA SCORES Orlando Philadelphia

61 78

Detroit New York

85 99

Los Angeles (C) Washington

90 98

Charlotte Miami

94 99

Chicago Indiana

101 111

Dallas 91 Oklahoma City 112

LOUIS LEVINE, head coach of the Rutgers gymnastics team, saw the Knights post season highs in vault, beam and floor exercise Saturday en route to a season-high team score of 195.000.

Senior wing Dane Miller is the Knights’ leading rebounder at 5.7 per game. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S BASKETBALL

TENNIS

WOMEN’S TRACK

MEN’S TRACK

vs. No. 11 Louisville

at Lehigh

at Valentine’s Invite

Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m. RAC

Thursday, 3 p.m. Bethlehem, Pa.

Friday Boston

Friday, Boston