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as a potential tool to replace dirty and dangerous fossil fuels, while affecting the environmental impact of hurricanes. UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3

DETERIORATING RIGHTS Maintaining national security is important to every American — but are we willing to give up our rights to do so? See today’s commentary for one possible answer. OPINIONS, PAGE 10

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Undocumented U. student shares financial struggles BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU NEWS EDITOR

Martin Yudkovitz, senior vice president at Walt Disney Co. and University alumnus spoke about five ways to be a good leader Saturday at the first Mark Conference, sponsored by Rutgers Student Life. Look for more photos on PAGE 6. SHAWN SMITH

Mark Conference speakers, students advocate leadership BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT

Dawn Fraser grew up with the aspirations of becoming an Olympic runner, but never achieved her goal. Her twin brother Dwayne, who has mild Down syndrome, made it to the Special Olympics. Fraser told this story as part of her speech at the first annual Mark Conference, Saturday, at the Busch Campus Center. She, along with numerous other speakers, came to talk about leadership, both in professional and personal life. While attending the University of California, Los Angeles, Fraser said she suffered a devastating hamstring tear, effectively ending her running career, she said. While talking to her

mother, she found out her twin brother had qualified for the Special Olympics, and the meet was going to be held at UCLA. “I was like ‘No Way!’ This is like psychedelic,” she said. “This was like the twin ninja move. One twin is down, and the other is going to come in and win the medal to save the day.” Courtney O’Connell, assistant director for leadership and training in Student Life, said this was the first Mark Conference hosted by Rutgers University Student Life. O’Connell said she helped coordinate the conference, which attracted around 300 attendees including speakers, to inspire students to become better leaders, and to give attendees the message that SEE

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When Giancarlo Tello had to write his Social Security number on a form to apply for his driver’s license, he had to go home and ask his mother what the nine-digit number was for. It was then, when he was a sophomore in high school, that he learned he was an undocumented immigrant. Tello, a Rutgers-Newark College of Arts and Sciences junior, said he came to the United States from Peru when he was 6 years old. His parents wanted to give him better opportunities at a time when the education system in Peru was less than average. “I’ve gone through [the] whole K-12 education system, participated in club activities, and then my mom told me that I’m undocumented,” Tello said. “We didn’t cross the border but overstayed our tourist visa, and we were hoping to adjust our immigration status.” He said he did not mind his status at first as he realized he did not need a car at that time. It was not until his senior year, when he noticed a Social Security box asking to be filled out when he was looking to apply to college, that he felt the true impact of that status. “Then I went to community college, but that’s when depression hits you,” he said. “I was thinking, ‘do I have a future in this country?’” He said the community college charged him at an international rate because he could not prove his residency. It took him three years to pay the bill, working jobs as a tennis coach, teaching computer classes and fixing computers. But after he graduated with an associate’s degree in applied sciences, Tello said he wanted to go further.

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After he was accepted into the University, he said he could only afford one three-credit class per semester. For that one class, Tello said he pays the out-of-state rate of more than $2,700, because he cannot provide the proper papers to prove his residency. “I wanted to go to university with my parents push, but they charge the out-of-state tuition at Rutgers,” Tello said. “I find it ridiculous because I’ve been in-state for 17 years.” At the rate he is going, Tello said he will not be able to graduate for some time. “I’m already 23, and at this age I only have 63 or so credits,” he said. “It’s going to take years if I only do three credits per semester, and because of our immigration background, my family could be taken away from me any moment.” In response, Tello joined New Jersey United Students and became a part of the New Jersey Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act Coalition. After he met other undocumented immigrants and watched them fight for their rights, he was motivated to tell his story, he said. “The fear is a process most people go through, I’m blessed to have my parents supporting me,” he said. “But at one point you reach a wall — a sort of feeling when you have to decide if you want to challenge this and move forward, or if you want to stay where you are.” He said the coalition was the first movement he joined that empowered him, because he saw other undocumented immigrants speaking out about their lives, and he began to speak about his life as well. SEE

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But at one point you reach a wall — a sort of feeling when you have to decide if you want to challenge this and move forward, or if you want to stay where you are. GIANCARLO TELLO Rutgers-Newark College of Arts and Sciences junior

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Fitness center intends to boost city’s public health BY ALEX MEIER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital held a ribbon cutting Friday for its new Fitness & Wellness Center. The 60,000 square-foot center includes weight and aerobic machines, three swimming pools and three studio rooms for a variety of fitness classes. TIAN LI

The new Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Fitness & Wellness Center is offering residents in New Brunswick half-price membership in an effort to improve urban public health. The new center attracted more than 100 people Friday for its official ribbon-cutting ceremony and held its grand opening celebration and health fair all weekend. The celebration featured autographs from the New York Giants,

magic shows, free health screenings for blood pressure, body fat and cholesterol, community health information desks and snacks provided by the Fresh Grocer. Mayor James Cahill said the center’s most important mission is to improve the quality of New Brunswick residents’ life and health. “I think we’re well on our way to that mission,” he said. “Notwithstanding its complexity, we’re very pleased with what we accomplished with it so far and SEE

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Monday, Feb. 18 Summer session registration begins. Dr. Christopher Bartlett, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine at Ohio State University, talks about autism at noon. The event takes place at the Life Sciences Building on Busch campus. The event is sponsored by the Department of Genetics.

Tuesday, Feb. 19 Pam Grossman of Stanford University lectures on the role of observation instruments in improving teacher practice and student achievement at 4 p.m. at the Graduate School of Education Building on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored by the Graduate School of Education. Matt Matsuda, a professor in the Department of History, holds a book discussion on “Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples and Cultures” at 4:30 p.m. at the Ruth Adams Building on Douglass campus. The event is sponsored by the Department of American Studies and the Collective for Asian American Studies. The Center for Social Justice and LGBT Communities screens “Queering South Africa” at 8 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center as part of the “Reel Queer Film Series.” The center’s assistant director Zaneta Rago will talk about her film, which is about the diverse LGBT experiences of South Africans.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 David Just of Cornell University discusses “Feeding Kids or Feeding the Garbage: Fruits and Vegetables in the School Lunch Program” at 12:30 p.m. at the Cook Office Building. The event is sponsored by the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics.

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Wednesday, Feb. 20 A group of panelists discuss the Kony 2012 campaign and the issues going on in the Congo at 1 p.m. at the Civic Square in downtown New Brunswick. Speakers include Bahati Jacques, Deepa Kumar, Barbara Cooper, Dillon Mahoney and Meredith Turshen. The even is sponsored by the Center for African Studies, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, and others. Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Michael Bolton performs at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. in downtown New Brunswick. Tickets start at $35. For more information, visit statetheatrenj.org.

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Professor educates on importance of wind energy BY CHELSEA PINEDA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Cristina L. Archer, an associate professor at the University of Delaware, spoke Friday on Cook campus about the need to abandon fossil fuels. SHAODI HUANG

In an environmentally-conscious age driven by what will be the next and best source of energy, Cristina L. Archer shows wind energy has the potential to replace dirty and dangerous fossil fuels. Archer, an associate professor at the University of Delaware, addressed the benefits and potential of wind energy at the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on Cook Campus last Friday for the “Why Wind Energy?” seminar. She discussed the negative af fects the carbon cycle and other methods of fossil fuel burning have on the environment each year. Shoveling coal from the ground releases carbon dioxide, and is a major reason why fossil fuels are emitted into the atmosphere, she said. Eight billion gigatons of carbon are sent into the atmosphere each year, she said. The ocean absorbs three gigatons of carbon per year and carbon dioxide fertilization takes away one gigaton of carbon, leaving four gigatons of carbon remaining to damage the Earth. Oceans also cannot uptake all of the carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide is predicted to remain in the oceans for at least 1,155 years, she said. Archer said people consume fossil fuel energy sources, such as coal, petroleum and natural gas, at a rapid rate. She said taking into account the amount of fossil fuel in reserves and the consumption rate per year, scientists have

approximated that petroleum will run out in 42 years and natural gas in 50 to 60 years. “Our economy is based on something that will run out,” Archer said. But wind energy is a renewable resource, she said. Wind is a constant flow, and does not need to be contained in reserves. Traditional wind energy turbines are ground-based, 100meter tall structures with very large blades, Archer said. The momentum and kinetic energy from the wind is transferred to the blade, which spins and causes the combination of magnets and gears inside a generator to wheel into one another, creating a rotation in the generator that results in the production of electricity, she said. Archer said the electricity eventually goes into the grid, which can be used by consumers. The energy and electricity is then dissipated into heat. “It’s impor tant to not just [think] that energy disappears into the atmosphere because of global warming,” Archer said. Professor Marc Jacobson from Stanford University researched how wind turbines can possibly diminish the intensity of hurricanes by harnessing energy from the outer parts of the hurricane while producing terawatts of power, she said. Keith Arnesen, a University meteorologist, said he is impressed by how wind turbines can level the amount of damage caused by natural disasters. “It was interesting to see the possible reduction in force a hurricane brings just from wind turbines,” he said. “Of course this is all theoretical building. It would be a ver y robust,

ver y strong wind turbine, but it was interesting.” An image model of Hurricane Katrina showed that having offshore farms of wind turbines would have potentially reduced the hurricane winds from 20 to 25 meters per second to five to ten meters per second, Archer said. Adding turbines even has the potential to slightly change the path of a hurricane, she said. Scientists also created airborne wind energy turbines which can reach higher altitudes that have higher wides, she said. These turbines are launched into the wind and make a figure 8 shape. As the turbine descends, it can absorb wind speeds that are eight times higher than ground wind turbines, resulting in the potential for very high power, she said. The airborne wind turbine connects to either a conductive or non-conductive tether that transfers the energy from the high speed winds to generators that create electricity, she said. Even though this newer turbine design is far along in its development, safety and legal regulations and processes still need to be worked through before they can be used regularly, she said. Kelly Francisco, a part-time lecturer at the University, said the seminar had some interesting points that may need to be looked into more before she could form her own opinions on wind energy. “She had some compelling arguments, but I think there are still some things that I would want to do my own research on and find more out about first,” Francisco said.

FRESH START The 12th Annual Pan Asian Lunar New Year celebration, hosted by the Asian American Cultural Center, took place yesterday in the Multipurpose Room in the Busch Campus Center. Decorations for the event reflected Asian culture. See more photos on PAGE 5. SHIRLEY YU, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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CENTER Traub says new Fitness & Wellness Center took eight years to complete CONTINUED FROM FRONT what it looks to do going forward in the future.” The 60,000 square-foot center includes a room for free weight and aerobic machines, three swimming pools, three studios for a variety of fitness classes, including Zumba, pilates and kickboxing, locker rooms and on-site childcare, said Christopher J. Paladino, president of the New Brunswick Development Corporation. He said the center, which has been open for two months and offers half-price membership to New Brunswick residents, is a great asset to the community. “It’s an opportunity to bring state-of-the-art fitness and wellness to our urban community, and we’ve really been without a state-of-the-art facility since our YMCAs, and YWCAs closed 20 years ago,” Paladino said. Paladino said the University’s students that live in New Brunswick, both on-campus or on rented properties, could also enjoy half-price membership. Bruce Traub, chief financial officer of the new fitness center, said the center took eight years to complete. “It’s both a private and a public facility, so it was done in cooperation with the government, the city of New Brunswick, [RWJUH], as well as DEVCO,” Traub said. “It took so many people involved to

STRUGGLES Rosario says RUTE Coalition to focus efforts in city CONTINUED FROM FRONT “I knew that what I was doing was right,” he said. “There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in America. Some of my heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi — they stood up to a lot worse than I am now, and I’m inspired by that.” Tello said he changed his major to political science so that in the future he can help more people in his community — to make a difference for struggling people and make them feel safer. “I’m lucky I found my passion … a lot of students don’t find their passion,” he said. “I want to finish my education, and I know I’ll be able to move forward, and no one [will be able to] take that away from me.” Spencer Klein, president of NJUS, said two bills — S2355, currently in the state senate, and A1659, in the assembly — focus on tuition equity. The first bill grants in-state tuition for college to undocumented immigrants who graduate high school or participate for three years at a N.J. high school if they meet certain criteria, such as having no criminal charges. The second bill gives state aid and grants to a broader base to the children of undocumented immigrants to help finance their education, Klein said. Both Klein and Tello are a part of the Rutgers University Tuition

get the planning and the zoning and to do a center.” He also said the center’s urban setting adds to its ambiance. “The fact that the train goes by the group exercise rooms, you get the feel of the whole fitness floor looking out of the building, it’s really a nice feature,” Traub said.

“Centers like this one can definitely help and encourage residents to be more active, to live healthier.” MARIAM MERCED Director of Community Health Promotions at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

To adjust to the urban environment, RWJUH will open a passageway that connects the train platform directly to the center, Traub said. Ever y night of the week, the center of fers wellness programs open to the entire New Br unswick community, Paladino said. “You don’t have to be a member,” he said. “[We offer a] living with diabetes [program], a demonstration kitchen on healthy cooking, how to care for elderly parents. They have daddy boot camp for fathers who

Equity Coalition, a group of University organizations that came together to raise awareness and help aid the passing of the two bills, said Margarita Rosario, an organizer in the coalition. “We seek to have all the organizations that wish to work on in-state tuition come to a meeting,” she said. “This includes the N.J. DREAM Act Coalition, Rutgers Student Union, and New Jersey United Students.” The coalition is trying to get University President Robert L. Barchi to sign a letter supporting the two pieces of legislation, and also to involve the New Brunswick community to pass the bills, said Rosario, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “John Connelly, president of RUSA, and Spencer Klein, the president of NJUS, tried to get a meeting with Barchi for about two months, but he has not wanted to, so they told The [Daily] Targum this and the Targum wrote an [editorial] about it and I guess Barchi saw it,” she said. Rosario said Barchi granted them a private meeting, which then saw the creation of a town hall set to occur Feb. 21 at 7:15 p.m. at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus to address the subject. Tello said he plans to contribute to the town hall and hopes that Barchi says yes to the letter, which was authored jointly by the N.J. DREAM Act Coalition and NJUS. Klein said if the University agrees to tuition equity for undocumented students, it has the potential to tip most other N.J. universities and colleges in favor of the bills.

are preparing to be fathers for the first time, so it’s a complete, across-the-board program.” Mariam Merced, director of community health promotions at RWJUH, said these programs, free for the residents of New Brunswick, help tackle urban America’s public health problem. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but centers like this one can definitely help and encourage residents to be more active — to live healthier and to come and listen to educational programs and sessions that they can get,” she said. The center’s physical therapy ser vices are flexible in helping people in all financial situations in the community, said Lillian Perez-Yeldell, the center’s physical therapy office coordinator. The center takes ever y insurance plan, and those without insurance can apply to RWJUH’s charity department, she said. When insurance only covers a part of the expenses, patients can apply for installment plans. Merced said the community reception to the center is wonderful, and more than half of the 5,000 registered members are citizens of New Brunswick. “People have been ver y happy,” Merced said. “I think the environment has been wonderful for this city.” Rosa Ortiz, a city resident and member of the center, said she comes to the center every day Monday through Friday. “I think it’s good for New Brunswick, [the city] needs it,” Ortiz said. “For our health, this place is amazing, the swimming pool is good, and the place is nice and clean.”

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The first Mark Conference, sponsored by Rutgers Student Life, took place Saturday at the Busch Campus Center. Clockwise from left: Students sign their names on the logo of the conference. Top right: Attendees partake in the free buffet provided. Bottom right: Bill Rosemann, an editor from Marvel Comics, speaks about the powerful effects of comics in the media and the different leadership qualities every Marvel superhero should have.

CONFERENCE Rosemann says idea for modern superhero came from Spiderman CONTINUED FROM FRONT they should strive for their dreams. “The speakers were phenomenal, and it was great that they were more than willing to connect with students after their sessions,” she said. “No dream is too big if you are ready to take it on.” One of the student hosts of the conference, Arabelle Luke, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the turnout for the conference was excellent, as it included people who were willing to learn and take away the ideas from the speakers. “It was great meeting so many interesting people,” she said. “It’s inspiring to see these people who have followed their dreams.” Luke said she felt the event was unique, in that it encouraged attendees to include #RUMARK in their tweets about their experiences and what they had learned throughout the day. “Unlike most conferences, we wanted this to be interactive,” she said. “We want you to be texting and tweeting what you learn, to see the marks these people are leaving.” Michael Parrish DuDell, former editor of the Domino Project, a publishing company, spoke at the conference and said the four principals of leadership are authenticity, adaptability, accountability and accessibility. Good leaders must embrace authenticity, he said, and must also learn to be adaptable, and create a system that is malleable. DuDell said without embracing all four principals, a person could be a leader, but not necessarily a good one. “Today’s leader must be accountable for both positive and negative actions. BP is a great example of a [public relations] nightmare,” he said. “While they blamed [the oil spill] on the company that owned the drilling rig, as a public we all saw it as BP’s mistake.” DuDell said accessibility is important in today’s working

environment. Instead of waiting for a six-month or year review, employees of today’s generation look for immediate feedback. “We have become so accustomed to immediate feedback, we demand it in the workplace,” he said. “We want access to the whole picture. Being an accessible leader is no longer an option, it is a requirement.” Bill Rosemann, editor for Marvel Comics and a speaker at the conference, said he could not disclose any details about the upcoming Marvel movies, Iron Man 3 and Thor 2, but he could talk about the powerful effects of comics in the media, as well as the leadership qualities ever y Marvel superhero must have. “I work with Captain America ever yday, so I know a leader,” he said. He said the idea of the modern

“I work with Captain America everyday, so I know a leader” BILL ROSEMANN Editor for Marvel Comics

superhero came from Stan Lee’s creation of Spiderman. “Stan Lee was initially told he couldn’t create a story about a teenage superhero who wears a mask on his face,” he said. “But Spiderman became the prototype for all Marvel characters. The idea was simple, if a person has an ability, they must use it to help others.” Rosemann said the purpose of comics is to inspire the reader. They promote the idea that one person can change the world, and anyone can be that person. “The idea was that you didn’t have to be rich [like Batman] or an alien [like Superman], but that you can be skinny, you can be any ethnicity,” he said. “You learned from your challenges. Because of your challenges, they made you stronger, not weaker.” Rosemann said leaders should ask themselves about their own abilities. “What do you bring to the table, and how can you use that?” he said. “How can you be the hero of your own story?”

Nick Kubian and Dominick Rodriguez, founders of the SouperVan, were also speakers at the conference and are focused on working to end hunger. For ever y meal they sell, one is donated to someone in need at Elijah’s Promise, the soup kitchen in New Brunswick. “Right now, the statistics say ever y ninth person you pass on the street is food insecure,” Kubian said. “We par tnered with Elijah’s Promise, and the cooks who work on the truck all come from Elijah’s Promise culinar y school.” He said heart disease was the largest killer of Americans last year, which makes eating healthy a priority. “You have to think about the long term consequences of not eating healthy,” he said. “More people died from heart disease last year than all who have died in all the American wars.” Kubian said the van makes healthy meals accessible to those who need it. There are people who live off of only $2 a day. “It’s not hard to eat healthy, it’s hard to eat healthy on a budget,” he said. “We are all on the same team, team Earth.” The Mark Conference also featured student speakers in a session called “Ignite Rutgers.” Seven students per formed speeches about their personal lives. Gwendolyn Baxley, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, spoke about her life growing up and the leadership role her mother took on after her father passed away. “Sacrifice just means you mean something to someone,” she said. “My mother sacrificed ever ything for my brothers and me.” Georges Richa, a Rutgers Business School junior, said his grandmother had a large influence on his life. She taught him five ways to lead a happy life. “She taught me to choose my own identity. She said you should only compare yourself positively to people,” he said. “Don’t let your environment control you … It’s never the end until it’s the end. Life is too short to be anything but happy.”

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Sunni, Shiite extremists unpunished THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST ANDREWS, SCOTLAND – Students enjoy themselves during the U.K.’s largest student-run fashion show held at the University of St Andrews on Feb. 16 in St Andrews, Scotland. More than 1,500 people attended the fashion show held in a purpose-built marquee on the Lower College Lawn at University of St Andrews. The University’s 600th Anniversary runway campaign benefited the Wardlaw Scholarship scheme, which provides financial assistance for academically gifted students who would otherwise struggle with the cost of studying. GETTY IMAGES

Khamenei regulates politics in Iran Mudslinging overshadows usual political tensions THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBAI — Iran’s supreme leader is supposed to be many things in the eyes of his followers: spiritual mentor, protector of the Islamic Revolution, a moral compass above the regular fray. Political referee is not among them. Yet that is the unfamiliar role Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has adopted as the political mudslinging gets heavier ahead of elections in June to pick a successor for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. “Bad, wrong, inappropriate,” scolded Khamenei on Saturday in his most stinging rebuke of Ahmadinejad for his mounting attacks on rivals — including an ambush earlier this month in parliament when he played a barely audible videotape that purported to show corruption inside the family of the chamber’s speaker. Khamenei then went on to chide the parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, for publicly humiliating Ahmadinejad in response to the tape. “When there is a common enemy and conspiracies are hatched from all sides, is there any way other than strengthening brotherhood and resisting the enemy?” Khamenei said in reference to widening Western sanctions and pressures over Iran’s nuclear program. Hardball politics are nothing new in Iran, whose elected parliament and government can make

even Washington’s bickering seem genteel. It also is unlikely to threaten the real power in Iran: the ruling clerics and their guardians led by the Revolutionary Guard. But the deepening nastiness inside Iran speaks volumes about the impor tance of the presidential election on June 14 and how it could reset Tehran’s political order. Khamenei seeks to tamp down the rising political spats that

Ahmadinejad made no immediate comment. “The presidential election has raised the stakes in the ongoing blame game,” said Abolghasem Bayyenat, a former Iranian trade official who runs the website irandiplomacywatch.com. Khamenei “certainly does not want the political wrangling ... to get out of control,” he said. But Ahmadinejad shows no signs of heading into a quiet retirement after his second and

“When there is a common enemy, and conspiracies are hatched from all sides, is there any way other than strengthening brotherhood and resisting the enemy?” AYATOLLAH ALI KHAMENEI SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN SINCE 1989

could signal weakness to the West in nuclear negotiations set to resume next week. He also wants to close off any openings for public complaints over the economic pain from the expanding sanctions. At the same time, however, Khamenei risks blows to his image if his unprecedented personal intervention fails to calm the growing tremors whose epicenter is Ahmadinejad. Parliament on yesterday showed obedience. More than 260 lawmakers — nearly the entire 290-seat chamber — expressed loyalty to Khamenei.

final term. This raises the possibility he could become something Iran has rarely seen: a political wild card able to muster allies and grass roots backers to complicate life for rivals such as Larijani. And one of those rivals could ver y well be sitting in Ahmadinejad’s old of fice in Tehran. Khamenei has pushed back hard against Ahmadinejad’s attempts to challenge his authority in the past two years. As payback, the ruling clerics are likely to block any key Ahmadinejad backer from the presidential ballot and bring in someone who has sided with

Khamenei as his relationship with Ahmadinejad drifted from cozy to cool to outright hostility. In the meantime, Ahmadinejad heads into his final months eager to land some punches on his opponents. “We are witnessing a new precariousness in Iran’s internal politics,” said Suzanne Maloney, an Iranian af fairs exper t at the Brookings Institution in Washington. There is no clearer evidence than Khamenei, whose hardcore followers believe is answerable only to God. Yet even he can’t seem to calm Iran’s political tempest with rare — and increasingly sharp — orders from on high. It suggests a diminishing regard for Khamenei and the ruling clerics to fully set the political tone inside Iran — which could be the ultimate political legacy of Ahmadinejad from his defiance while in office and his possible gadfly role after leaving later this year. Khamenei’s main worr y is not whether the opposition can regroup after being hammered following the post-election unrest in 2009. Its leaders are under house arrest and activists know they would face punishing reprisals if they return to the streets. Instead, it appears Khamenei senses that the internal political rulebook could be under threat.

QUETTA, Pakistan — Members of the Pakistani Shiite Hazara community yesterday threatened to hold widespread protests if the government did not arrest within 48 hours the people responsible for a massive bombing that killed 81 people in a southwestern city. Saturday’s blast at a produce market in Quetta underlined the precarious situation for Shiites living in a majority Sunni country where many extremist groups do not consider them real Muslims. Some 160 people were also wounded in the blast. Most of the dead and wounded were Hazaras, an ethnic group that migrated from Afghanistan more than a century ago. Shiite Muslims, including Hazaras, have often been targeted by Sunni extremists in Baluchistan province — of which Quetta is the capital — as well as in the southern city of Karachi and northwestern Pakistan. The vice chairman of the Hazara Democratic Party, a political group representing Hazaras, said Yesterday that the party was giving the government 48 hours to find those responsible for the attack and arrest them. “Otherwise, the Hazara community will start a protest in Pakistan and the world over,” said Azizullah Hazara. Graves had been dug but at least 60 of the dead from the Saturday evening blast still hadn’t been buried yesterday evening. Religious and community leaders were set to meet this morning to decide whether to bury their dead or to protest the bombing by refusing to bury the bodies as they did after a similar attack in January. After 86 people died in that bombing, which hit a billiards hall, Shiites camped out in the street for four days alongside the coffins of their loved ones. Eventually the country’s prime minister ordered a shake-up in the regional administration, putting the local governor in charge of the whole province. “So far, we are not going home. We are not burying the dead,” said Dawood Agha, a Shiite leader in Quetta. The violence touched a chord among Pakistanis elsewhere in the country, with small-scale protests being held in Islamabad, Karachi and at least 12 other cities. At the Islamabad rally, hundreds of Shiites and various civil rights groups demanded the government crackdown on the al-Qaida-linked militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which has claimed responsibility for the attack. “We all know it is LeJ,” said Hasan Raza, a Shiite activist. “We want the government to act now and take action against the terrorist group.”

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over water contamination. While the goal of the bill is great, we are mindful of the fact that our waterways are already polluted. The cleanup needed in Passaic County alone is estimated to need $4 billion. Plus, we’re still reeling from the water pollution caused by Hurricane Sandy and are already in the midst of major cleanup efforts in that regard. This bill comes at a bad timing and with lousy specifications. It would be better if the bill were revised to focus on its outcome. Instead of making it so broad and general, it should only affect the parties that are being unnecessarily held up by the Superior Court case, instead of making it no-holds-barred for other entities to go nuts and start dumping everything into our water. Otherwise, not only can this bill become a serious impediment to Sandy recovery efforts, but we would also be able to expect some serious manipulation and abuse of it later on.

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e’re growing a bit concerned with the haziness surrounding the future of the Rutgers Geology Museum. The Daily Targum reported last week on rumors circulating about the museum closing down. The article included a lot of back and forth regarding the details, the denial of its closing and a retraction of a statement confirming the rumor. There are a lot of discrepancies about whether the museum will be repurposed, shut down or remain as is — and because of the geology museum’s great importance to the University community, we really hope that it’s the former. The museum was founded in 1872 and has since become one of the most historic geological attractions in New Jersey. While we are staunchly against any possibility of closing the museum down, we are open to the idea of repurposing it to better suit the University’s needs. The museum takes up a lot of space and is not well-advertised — so many students are not aware of its existence, let alone the unique experience it offers. Repurposing the museum into an auditorium might make the facility more useful to the student body and allow for greater traffic. The primary thing we are concerned with, however, is the preservation of the relics

it does withhold. As long as all items of historic or educational value remain in the possession of the University and available to the public in the repurposed facility, there is no reason why we shouldn’t upgrade the museum to make it more relevant. We would hate for the museum to face a similar fate as that of Princeton University. After repurposing the museum and promising to preserve its relics, Princeton stalled redisplaying them and eventually announced that they were simply shutting down the facility, leaving a number of important items in storage to this day. The museum is a significant fixture to our school. As soon as rumors began circulating of its impending closure, a Facebook page popped up entitled “Save the Rutgers Geology Museum,” garnering more than 400 likes in less than a week. Clearly, the student body is not going to give up on the museum easily, with one of its most popular attractions being a mammoth display. While repurposing the museum might not be a bad idea, the relics are very valuable — not only to the University, but to the state as a whole — and therefore must be preserved in any future plans for the facility.

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Creationism has merit PHILOSOPHIES OF A PARTICULAR AMERICAN ED REEP

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hree years ago, me and two childhood buddies got the idea in our heads that a road trip across the country, spent living out of a beat-up, 1991 Dodge Ram van painted teal green, would be a productive way to spend our post-high school careers. And like all great road trips, we had little in the way of concrete plans when we began our venture — we knew we wanted to see the country, and that, at least at the time, was direction enough. After some cursory preparations, a few quick goodbyes and with the small sum of money we had each saved up in the months leading up to our departure, we headed west via I-80. We were gone for almost six glorious months. When I think back on those days, several things come to mind. One is how much fast food factored into our daily consumption of meals (you can only get so creative with your food choices when all you have on hand is a decade-old Coleman camping stove). The second is just how much a Wal-Mart or 24-hour grocery store parking lot can feel like home to a couple wayward travelers (it’s free lodging if you’ve got a comfortable back seat and safe, too, for the most part). The third — and most important in my mind — is just how much time we spent doing absolutely nothing. And I mean that. Outside of our time spent conversing with the local residents of the towns we temporarily inhabited, we really did absolutely nothing, in the tangible sense, at least. I’m almost amazed, then, given the unproductiveness of those months (months, it should be noted, when most kids were busy getting ahead, with internships or post-secondary coursework) to find myself sitting in my current capacity, as Editor-in-Chief of a 144 year-old paper. Naturally, in preparation for my new position, I spent a lot of time thinking about what exactly I was bringing to the table. This meant spending a lot of time thinking about how my experiences traveling during those months separating my high school and college career could motivate my contributions, or how doing a lot of nothing could possibly translate into the work of running a century-old newspaper. And ironically enough, it’s all of that time spent sitting around, in small towns across rural America, which has given me confidence to take on the challenges The Daily Targum faces today. That’s because part of our sitting around, the doing nothing — the part I left out — was actually spent doing something. It was spent reflecting — reflecting on ourselves, on our futures; on what we were doing at the time, or how we could do it better; on where we wanted to go next. Self-reflection involves thinking deeply about one’s place in the world — and whether that be a traveler’s relationship to him or herself, or a local newspaper’s relationship to the community of which it is a part, self-reflection is a prerequisite to self-betterment. It’s this sort of outlook — one that turns an eye inward, to see what we’re doing right, what we’re doing wrong, and how we can improve — that I hope to bring to our offices at this paper. Minus the doing nothing part, of course. You can be sure we’ll be busy. Chase Brush is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in economics and philosophy. He is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum, and welcomes all feedback at brushchase@gmail.com.

do not believe in the theory of evolution. I do not believe human beings or any other complex creatures on this earth were originally single-celled organisms that evolved into what they are because of billions of years of natural selection and genetic mutation. I believe that God created human beings and other complex creatures in a form not too dissimilar from how they are now, and I will show that my belief of old-earth creationism at least has merit. In order to show the merit of creationism, I must first show that belief in God has merit, which is a far easier task. God’s existence, after all, is the best explanation for any supernatural phenomenon that might exist, so in order to reasonably demonstrate the existence of God, all I would have to do is reasonably demonstrate the existence of supernatural phenomena. And supernatural phenomena are actually fairly commonplace. I’ve witnessed them numerous times and been a party to them numerous times. I’ve met people who have experienced supernatural phenomena far crazier than anything I’ve ever experienced, and read non-fictional accounts about many

others. I can spend hundreds of thousands of pages describing events that have unquestionably occurred that cannot be reasonably explained by anything other than the existence of God, but considering humans’ often skeptical nature, the best possible way to prove the existence of supernatural phenomena is, of course, to demonstrate such things. That’s not easy to do through a column. Please take my word for it. Now, starting with the assumption that God exists, it seems fairly reasonable to think that he created the living species on earth more or less as they are. Sure, there are some fossils that seem to represent intermediar y stages between some creatures, but these could easily be extinct unique creatures. We scarcely have fossils for all the supposed evolutionar y stages after all, and for many creatures, there are no “intermediaries.” Sure, there are genetic similarities between humans and other creatures, but why wouldn’t that also be the case if they were created? Sure, a lot of traits in humans and others creatures seem well-adapted to their environments, but that could equally be evidence for creation. Consider also negative adaptations like blindness. The fact of the matter is that all the evidence that exists for evolution is easily consistent with creation, and a decent amount of that evidence for evolution is also evidence for creation.

Many people say the theor y of evolution is the best explanation for life on earth, and it is, if you are willing to arbitrarily ignore God. I have implied above that God’s existence and the existence of evolution are mutually exclusive. That is my stance. Many fellow-believers in God believe the two are not exclusive and believe in some kind of divinely aided evolution. That is a perfectly reasonable point of view. Atheism is actually also a very reasonable point of view, especially if you’ve never ever seen a miracle before. For an atheist, evolution is doubtlessly the best explanation for life on earth. I just want to show the public how it is that a rational person who understands evolutionary science can believe in creationism. All I ask is that biologists stop acting like evolution is a fact of the universe. Evolution is a theory that has a lot of merit, but creationism also has merit because the facts fit just as well with it, especially considering the utter complexity of life. DNA has a powerful built-in error-checking mechanism, c’mon. You’re going to tell me it’s far more likely that was developed by chance? Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School senior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in business and technical writing and economics. His column, “Philosophies of a Particular American,” runs on alternate Mondays.

Don’t sacrifice liberty for security COMMENTARY ANTHONY ZELICH

ast week, the Justice Department released a memo that spelled out the legal precedent for the militar y to kill American citizens working within, or alongside, al-Qaida against the United States. According to the memo — which was actually written prior to the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen who preached anti-American rhetoric in Yemen — there are only three criteria that must be met. One, “a high-level official…has determined that the targeted individual poses an imminent threat of violent attack against the United States.” Second, the capture of such an individual is impossible. Lastly, the operation to kill the citizen must fall under “applicable law of war principles.” After reading the sixteen-page memo, I found it extremely disturbing how openendedly the Justice Department had designed its legal argument. What constitutes a “high-level official” that would have the authorization to determine whether an American citizen is put to death without as much as a formal accusation? Would it have to be a ranking member of the military? Or would it be someone in the State Department? Also, who would make the determination that capturing the suspected individual would be impossible? The legal argument the Justice Department makes stands on

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shaky ground and provides for zero accountability when it comes to the implementation of this policy. I remember the day that 9/11 happened. I was ten years old and had no idea how rapidly my world was changing or why it was at all. There is no question that the operatives of al-Qaida and its allies around the world are plotting night and day to kill American citizens. Our vigilance is the price for our safety today. However, the War on Terror is not an

“They have forced us to sacrifice much in the way of blood and treasure.” excuse for our elected officials to violate the Fourth Amendment or a citizen’s right to due process of law. A dangerous precedent is being set for subsequent administrations, and who knows what loose and fast rules they will develop in the future? But what if such an individual has forsaken his or her rights as a citizen by declaring war on the United States? And what if it really is an impossibility to capture said person and hold them accountable in a court of law? Isn’t the defense the Justice Department has laid out reasonable enough? The truth is, without a clear definition of who decides whether or not the memo’s three criteria are met, the Obama

administration, as well as future presidential administrations, have far too much power in deciding whether a United States citizen lives or dies. I would suggest the creation of a special commission that would oversee all cases of reported U.S. citizens who have raised arms against the United States, and based on the evidence, make a determination whether or not the said individual is guilty of the charges being levied against him or her. All pieces of evidence should be made available for the public record. After the commission finds the person guilty, he or she should be tried in absentia in a court. My idea isn’t perfect, and even if it were to be implemented, there is still plenty of room for abuse and executive overreach. But at the very least it would provide for some level of transparency. The government would make the case that a citizen has become an enemy combatant in a court of law and then execute an appropriate show of force to terminate that person. The War on Terror is complicated, especially since our enemies do not openly reveal themselves. They have forced us to sacrifice much in the way of blood and treasure, but it would be a tragedy if they forced us to sacrifice our constitution upon the altar of public safety. As Benjamin Franklin wisely said, “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporar y safety deserve neither safety nor liberty.”

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Anthony Zelich is a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

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Today's Birthday (02/18/13). Fix up your place to match your new possibilities this season, as friends, family and fun fill your schedule. Summer romance and social life prove to be charming. An addition to the family is possible. Finances require careful management. Express creativity through new doors. 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 — When others succeed, you succeed. Work together and make magic. You enter a one-month review period. Return to basics. Add humor to reduce stress. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — For the next four weeks, focus on your special bond with friends. Creative projects undergo revision while Saturn is in retrograde. Add love. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — You're hot and only getting hotter; resistance is futile. You're going to have to accomplish the wonderful things you've been wanting, even in the face of cynicism. Just do it. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Now is not the time to overextend. Slow and steady wins the race, but you don't even have to enter the competition. Take it easy and meditate. Watch out for travel surprises. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Stay home instead of going out. You don't have to explain it yet. For the next month, your partner can be a great leader. Support and follow. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — You'll be most effective working with and through others. Start finishing up old business, one piece at a time, and invent something new.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — You may want to back up your data, as Mercury goes retrograde soon (on Feb. 23). During this next phase, you're extremely creative. Spend time with a loved one. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — There's not quite enough for something you want. Make the best with what you have for now, which is plenty. You're lucky in love. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Use your common sense and gain respect. Focus on home and family. Going back to basics brings some freedom and relaxation, even more than imagined. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Take the time to study and practice. Avoid the temptation to spend; rely on your imagination instead. Review your budget. No gambling. Build a marketing plan. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Clear up misunderstandings as they happen to avoid making a mountain out of a dirt clod. For the next month, you'll do well financially, if you can keep from spending it all. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Confront old fears to make them disappear. Your natural genius flourishes. It's not a good time to travel, though. A fabulous opportunity appears. Bask in it.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Redshirt freshman Billy Smith earned bonus points thanks to a pin on Drexel’s Jon Max Wright. Smith was one of three Knights to earn bonus points. TIAN LI, FEBRUARY 2013

WIN Nittany Lions serve as Knights’ biggest challange as Winston returns to action CONTINUED FROM BACK Zannetti rolled over Kevin Matyas, 11-3, while Dellefave recorded his 10th straight win by a score of 12-4 against Clayton Lutzow. But those were expected outcomes, and the Knights could not stage upsets against Drexel’s two ranked wrestlers.

Senior 141-pounder Trevor Melde dropped his match against No. 20 Frank Cimato and junior 197-pounder Dan Seidenberg lost, 4-0, against No. 19 Brandon Palik. Still, Goodale was pleased for the most part. “We’re on target and got better,” Goodale said. “We wrestled hard and scored points for the most part. I thought we wrestled well.” While Rutgers was able to come through with the expected outcome and the milestone victory for Goodale, the focus is now about Penn State. The Nittany Lions have ranked wrestlers at every weight class other than 141 pounds,

many of which are ranked in the top five at their weight. Senior 157-pounder Scott Winston will return after sitting out the Knights’ last two matches, and the Knights will need his presence in the lineup when Penn State arrives Friday at the Louis Brown Athletic center. Though the win is nice for Goodale, he is not thinking about it. The Nittany Lions are the new focus. “It’s the biggest task we’ve been handed for sure,” Goodale said. “How we handle it, how we react to it and how we prepare for it are all going to be things we look at this week. It’s about the effort, and we need a lot of it.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @BradlyDTargum.

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

SPORTS PAGE 15 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK

Sophomore guard Shakena Richardson attempts to dribble past a UConn defender in Saturday’s 65-45 loss to the Huskies. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior forward Monique Oliver faces off against Connecticut center Kiah Stokes in the post. Oliver recorded seven points and six rebounds Saturday. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

SUPERIORITY Pair of guards get in foul trouble as RU slows down pace CONTINUED FROM BACK Davis committed her fourth foul with 15:21 to go in the second half. But Rutgers needed her in the game, evident by her 34 minutes of play despite the foul trouble. Richardson committed her third and fourth fouls in the closing minutes on guard Moriah Jefferson, who scored 10 of UConn’s 31 bench points. UConn’s size advantage spelled defensive disadvantages for Rutgers’ backcourt, which struggled to contain Jefferson and forward Morgan Tuck, who scored 15 points off the bench. “Not any disrespect to midgets, but we call our little people midgets. They’re only 5-[foot]-2, 5[foot]-3, 5-[foot]-4,” Stringer said. “Those girls are like 6-[foot]-3, 6[foot]-4, and what happened was I was fearful of that.” Richardson could not be her usual self on offense late in the second half as UConn held down the lanes to force her to pass instead of drive.

Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma gave Tuck and Jefferson heavy minutes to change the tempo in his team’s favor, and it forced Rutgers out of its element. “We proved it. You can go to a Final Four with only six players. You can probably go with just five if you’re lucky,” Auriemma said. “But if you can change up the game with a couple people coming off the bench like we were able to [Saturday], that’s what good teams do.” Rutgers is not so fortunate with depth, as it struggled in the paint without senior for ward Monique Oliver in the game. Oliver played 28 minutes, a heavy load for her as she recovers from a bone bruise on her right ankle. With senior forward Chelsey Lee out with a knee injury, it was difficult for the Knights to win one-on-one matchups with center Stefanie Dolson. Stringer said Friday she did not know how long Lee would be out. The 6-foot-5 Dolson scored 14 points off 5-for-8 shooting, but did not have her way early on. Oliver was potent on offense early on, sinking a midrange jumper, getting to the free throw line and helping force Dolson into foul trouble. Dolson played some of the first half with three personals.

That was the beginning of a crisp Rutgers game, when it generated as much as a 14-6 lead, beginning with a 3-pointer from Davis. Rutgers led, 10-4, with 15:34 remaining in the first half before Auriemma made four substitutions, including putting Tuck and Jefferson on the court. “I thought that all we did right those first four minutes was foul,” Auriemma said. “I don’t think we accomplished anything else. We didn’t run offense, we didn’t play defense, we didn’t do anything.” Then Connecticut forced six turnovers on an 18-5 run, giving it a 26-21 lead with 4:44 to go in the first half. Rutgers was back to being who it was when it entered the RAC against UConn — a team struggling through youth, injuries and inferior talent. “To be able to sustain [a high level of play] is going to be the key, and the value of the possessions are going to be key,” Stringer said. “The turnovers — we have to be able to do a better job [preventing them].” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JBakanTargum.

Underclassmen contribute in loss BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT

In its 65-45 loss to No. 3 Connecticut on Saturday, the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s younger players displayed their value and potential to a team that continues to develop talent. In front of a crowd of nearly 5,400, the Scarlet Knights challenged the Huskies early on, and head coach C. Vivian Stringer liked what she saw. “I am particularly encouraged because it was freshmen and sophomores,” Stringer said. “I am really proud of these two sitting here [sophomore guards Shakena Richardson and Syessence Davis] and the other freshmen.” Stringer has allotted many minutes to the underclassmen and they have responded well to the responsibility. In Saturday’s showdown, freshmen and sophomores accounted for 72.5 percent of the playing time. Richardson led the group with 10 points while Davis chipped in with eight points, six rebounds and three assists. The duo demonstrated its leadership on the floor by keeping Rutgers poised against one of the nation’s top teams. “UConn is a great team,” Richardson said. “Whenever you can go out there and compete against them and only be down by six going into halftime, that is a positive thing. We just want to keep that mindset going forward.” Richardson pushed the tempo in the opening minutes and facilitated the offense, getting everyone involved. Each player that saw action contributed in the scoring column. Freshman wing Kahleah Copper and freshman forward Rachel Hollivay pleased the crowd with their hustle and intensity. They scored four and two points, respectively, diving on the floor and going after loose balls to preserve critical possessions in the process. Although the Knights gave glimpses of their growth, their inexperience has been a downfall this season. Rutgers has struggled to close out games as it has now fallen to 14-10 overall and 56 in Big East play.

“I think anytime you are playing a lot of young players [it’s] going to be hard,” said Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma after the game. “I remember last year they came up to our place and I think they started three or four freshmen. That is going to take a lot of growing pains.”

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of senior forward Chelsey Lee because of injury, Rutgers needed to find production from its frontcourt to complement senior forward Monique Oliver’s play. Thanks to freshman for ward Ariel Butts and sophomore center Christa Evans, Oliver did not have to carry the load alone. The inside presence that Evans and Butts gave the Knights was huge as the lack of size was a disadvantage for the Knights. “I thought Ariel Butts did a nice job on [center Stefanie Dolson],” Stringer said. “Christa Evans did a very effective job. We are encouraged. Our future is bright.” Evans shot 2-for-3 from the floor and finished with four points in 17 minutes of action. A few possessions later, she knocked down a 10-footer along the left baseline.

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Athletic Director Tim Pernetti spoke of the controversial comments Stringer made Feb. 8. “Vivian and I had a good conversation about it, and that conversation is between Vivian and I,” he said. Stringer voiced her displeasure with the thoughts of her critics in a heated exchange with the media, calling them “crazies.” She pinned the team’s troubles this season on youth, injury and lack of talent. Stringer also challenged Pernetti to “step up” and address her expiring contract, which runs through June 2014. “I’m not going to get into that,” Pernetti said. “I had discussions with Vivian about the interview, and they were good, productive discussions.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Aaron Farrar on Twitter @AFarrarTargum.

WELCOME BACK The Rutgers wrestling team will

SECOND HAND The Connecticut women’s basketball

YOUTH MOVEMENT The Rutgers

return senior 157-pounder Scott Winston, who missed the Knights’ last two matches, for their meeting this weekend with Penn St. PAGE 14

team made a comeback against Rutgers through its second units’ play. UConn led the way in bench points, 31-12 in the Rutgers loss. PAGE 15

women’s basketball team’s young frontcourt made up for Monique Oliver’s limited minutes. PAGE 15

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I thought that all we did right those first four minutes was foul.” — Connecticut head women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma on Saturday’s game against Rutgers

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2013

WRESTLING

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NO. 3 CONNECTICUT 65, RUTGERS 45

Win sets up home match with Penn St.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Carter ends season with broken leg BY BRADLY DERECHAILO

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Regardless of whether the match was a milestone, Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale treats the team all the same as long as there is a victor y attached to it. So when the Scarlet Knights finished their 26-10 win Friday against Drexel, it did not even cross his mind that it was his 100th career victory for the Knights. He was just happy with the win. “Didn’t even think about it to be honest,” Goodale said. “I’m worried about Penn State.” That will be the focus now with Drexel in the rear view, as the Nittany Lions represent Rutgers’ biggest challenge of the dual meet season. The Nittany Lions are currently ranked No. 3 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. “It’s hard not to look for ward to the Penn State match when you wrestle a team like Drexel,” said senior 125pounder Joey Langel. “Not that [Drexel] is not good, but Penn State represents an oppor tunity to wrestle one of the best teams in the countr y.” As far as what the win against the Dragons does for the psyche of the team for that match, Goodale is not sure. “[The win] is important,” Goodale said. “As far as Penn State goes it doesn’t mean anything. When you put your foot on the line, you expect to win. You would rather come off of a win than a loss, but other than that I don’t look into it too much.” The biggest match of the night for Rutgers came in the opening bout, as it elected to lead off with redshirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith. Smith matched up with Jon Max Wright and took advantage of him early, pinning him in the second period to earn bonus points. The pin put the Knights up, 6-0, and they never relinquished the lead. “Billy Smith with a fall was a great start,” Goodale said. “That’s the kind of way you want to start a match.” In all, Rutgers collected three major decisions thanks to junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave and senior 174-pounder Greg Zannetti. SEE

WIN ON PAGE 14

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES No. 12 Louisville 59 South Florida 41

No. 9 Arizona Utah

68 64

Penn St. No. 4 Michigan

Milwaukee Cleveland St.

67 88

Green Bay Youngstown St.

71 54

71 79

No. 13 Ohio St. 49 No. 20 Wisconsin 71

Sophomore guard Syessence Davis defends Connecticut guard Moriah Jefferson on a fast break. Jefferson’s height advantage created mismatches for Rutgers’ backcourt. TIAN LI

UConn establishes superiority in win BY JOSH BAKAN SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers women’s basketball and Connecticut fans alike gave a standing ovation as time expired in No. 3 UConn’s 65-45 victory Saturday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Scarlet Knights (14-10, 5-6) had something to be proud of in the 20-point loss. For part of it, they were aggressive, pushed the ball inside, made outside shots and rarely turned the ball over. But eventually as the Huskies (24-1, 11-1) persisted on defending to create turnovers, it worked. Forward Breanna Stewart converted a jumper with 7:22 to go in the first half. That gave UConn a 19-18 lead, which only increased.

The lead allowed the Huskies to play the aggressor as sophomore guards Syessence Davis and Shakena Richardson had to play the second half with fouls and turnovers more consequential with a deficit. Davis tried to keep doing what allowed her to score eight first-half points, but Connecticut found a way to force her to shoot 0-for-5 in the final period and turn the ball over four times in the first half. “It didn’t affect my game at all,” Davis said of playing through her turnover troubles. “[Head coach C. Vivian Stringer] always tells me even though we’re going to make mistakes, it’s all about playing through it.” SEE

SUPERIORITY ON PAGE 15

EXTRA POINT

Though the Rutgers men’s basketball team dropped its game Saturday at DePaul, 75-69, the Scarlet Knights biggest loss came in the form of sophomore guard Eli Carter. Carter will miss the remainder of the season with a fractured right fibula after going down to the floor in the second half. Carter’s injury occurred with 15:39 left to play when he drove to the lane on an attempted layup and was fouled by DePaul forward Jamee Crockett. The collision forced Carter to land on his right leg, forcing the break. The team said orthopedic personnel will evaluate Carter later in the week, and no other information about the injury has been released. Carter is the Knights’ leading scorer this season, averaging 14.9 points per game. He had just four points before the injury, but sophomore guard Myles Mack picked up the scoring load and nearly brought Rutgers to a second straight win. Mack finished with a career-high 28 points, including 12 points late in the second half to bring Rutgers to only a 64-62 deficit with 4:19 to play. In that span, Mack drained two of his three 3-pointers in his career day. But the Knights will now have to find another scoring threat to go along with Mack now that they are without Carter.

Eli Carter’s season-ending injury leaves Rutgers without its leading scorer. NELSON MORALES, FEBRUARY 2013

RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR

LOREN WILLIAMS, a junior

MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S LACROSSE

outfielder, went 2-for-4 yesterday against Boise St., increasing her hitting streak to nine games. The streak dates back to last season.

at Villanova

vs. Wagner

Today, 9 p.m. Villanova, Pa.

Tomorrow, 3 p.m. RU Stadium Complex

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

at Syracuse

at Temple

Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Syracuse, N.Y.

Wednesday, 3 p.m. Philadelphia