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February 22, 2012

Cent gets lead in lottery

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Centennial residents now have a 70 percent chance of receiving a housing lottery time slot following a petition.

By Tom Ciccone News Editor Students of Centennial Hall just caught a lucky break.

Centennial residents will be receiving a 20 percent increase in the probability of receiving a housing lottery time slot, Residential Education and Housing

announced on Thursday, Feb. 16.

The decision follows a petition signed by students complaining about the living conditions in one of the College’s older dormitories (built in 1955).

An information session was held in the building’s main lounge, where students voiced complaints — the most common

ones pertaining to the neglected sanitation of the community bathrooms.

A community survey was emailed to Centennial residents on Feb. 2, and according to ResLife’s email, “The survey results suggested that the community was most interested in the first lottery enhancement suggestion.”

As a result, Centennial residents now have a 70 percent chance of receiving a housing lottery time slot, as compared to the 50 percent chance they were originally given, according to the email.

The email also stated that facilities is using “feasibility studies” to see if other proposed renovations can be utilized, such as improving the building’s wireless internet, installing extra electrical outlets and toilets in the community bathrooms, as well as adding the second floor library door as an alternative entrance to the dormitory.

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Talent announced College Union Board’s 2012 Spring Concert will feature American rapper Wiz Khalifa with British singer and rapper Jay Sean as his opener. Khalifa is well known for his No. 1 hit in 2011, “Black and Yellow,” referring to the Pittsburgh Steelers colors. Sean has released several songs and has collaborated with artists like Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne and Sean Paul.

The concert will be held Friday, March 23 in the Recreational Center and tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 14. The concert is SAF funded and CUB is encouraging students to look out for further details, and concert updates can be found at tcnjcub.com.

Virus unconfirmed Tyrese not 2 fast and furious for TCNJ Students reportedly sick

By Tom Ciccone News Editor and Kelly Johnson News Editor

Student Health Services sent out another campus-wide email on Friday, Feb. 17 addressing the recent norovirus outbreaks that have occurred on Rider and Princeton University campuses.

While no confirmed cases of norovirus have been reported at the College, some students have been experiencing noroviruslike symptoms, Matthew Golden, associate vice president for Communications and College Relations told The Signal.

A stool sample m u s t be tested in order to confirm the norovirus, but according to Golden, in the limited number of cases seen by Health Services all of the students declined to have the test performed.

Without a stool test, Health Services can only identify these students as having a gastrointestinal illness.

Health Services attached

a flyer from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to the email providing information on the background and how to reduce spreading and contracting the virus: Exposure: • Eating food or drinking liquids that are contaminated.

• Touching contaminated surfaces and then having contact with the mouth.

• Having direct contact with someone infected with the virus.

Prevention: • Wash hands with soap and water. Alcohol-based sanitizers are not effective against norovirus.

• Carefully wash foods and cook thoroughly b e f o r e eating.

• If AP Photo infected, do not prepare food.

• Carefully clean and disinfect surfaces with bleach-based cleaner or diluted bleach solution.

• Wash all soiled clothing and linens with detergent at the maximum cycle length and machine dry.

By Julia Corbett Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Gibson spoke to students about his life on Monday.

Months after he was originally slated to speak, and fashionably late the day of his event, Tyrese Gibson, a jack-of-all-trades in Hollywood, finally arrived at the College.

The singer, actor and model spoke to a sparse yet engrossed audience in Kendall Hall on Monday, Feb. 20, sponsored by the Student Government Senior Class Council, for about 45 minutes.

Topics ranged from motivational and personal anecdotes to his aesthetic judgment of the auditorium.

“It doesn’t matter if this auditorium is jam-packed,” he said

to the less than half-filled room.

Gibson said he felt the smaller audience allowed for a more conversational event as opposed to a strict lecture.

“It’s not a speech, we’re just having a conversation,” he said repeatedly.

To give an even more personal feel to the event, Gibson pulled his chair closer to the edge of the stage and spoke as if he were talking to friends in his living room.

Gibson began his speech discussing the impact of his childhood on who he is today. His mother was an alcoholic and his father used an assortment of drugs.

Insight given on off-campus life

By Tom Ciccone News Editor

Students considering moving off-campus were taught the do’s and don’ts of venturing beyond the borders of the College at an information session titled “Decoding Off-Campus Living” on Thursday, Feb. 16.

A panel took questions from students concerning finding fair rental leases, dealing with negligent landlords and spotting irresponsible housemates.

The panel consisted of Magda Manetas, dean of students; Dan Frieri, a 2011 alum of the College; Chris Lagoeiro, a student of the College who manages his own properties off-campus; John Zoppina, a student that has commuted to the College

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since his freshman year and Megan Coburn, a junior mathematics and secondary education double major, who currently lives in an off-campus house.

Frieri, who makes money renting off-campus properties to current students, stressed the importance of analyzing all the details in a lease to rent a house.

“It’s important that you read over your lease very well, maybe even with a lawyer,” Frieri said. “It has to be a one-set price for everyone.

You need to take consideration that when you are signing a contract. You need to be able to count on your roommates to make their payments because you are liable for that.”

Muslim student surveillance

The life of a lady Lion

The NYPD has been monitoring Muslim college students, some in N.J.

The Signal explores the life of women’s basketball captain Jess Imhof.

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SG updates website, announces new events

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The new addition to the Student Government’s website, ‘Speak at TCNJ,’ will allow students to post any concerns or complaints after the housing lottery time slots are all announced.

By Kelly Johnson News Editor Musical talent at the College will be showcased at upcoming event “Show-

time,” which was announced in this week’s Student Government meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

SG Committee for Equity and Diversity is co-sponsoring with Black Student

Union to hold this event at 8 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the Library Auditorium.

Junior marketing and Spanish double major and SG vice president for advancement Christina Kopka announced a new addition to SG’s website.

“Speak at TCNJ” will allow immediate online feedback from students starting on Feb. 23.

The addition to the website will be right after the results of the housing lottery are announced and people are going to want to complain, Kopka said.

Freshman president and chemistry and secondary education double major Brian Garsh also announced the event “Overcoming Obstacles” as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.

The event will feature motivational speaker Mike Donahue, who began speaking to students about bullying and mental health after his mother tried to kill him as a child.

The event is scheduled for March 19 and will tentatively be held in the Library Auditorium.

SG is also encouraging all students to be aware of the “21 Days of Answers” posted on the entrances of Eickhoff Atrium and the Library Café.

SG is making a series of numbered signs providing answers to common misconceptions and questions from students regarding various matters at the College.

SG is taking questions submitted through Twitter and Facebook and is encouraging all students with questions to contribute.

Kelly Kosch, senior English and secondary education double major, announced to SG that the official date for Relay for Life is April 13 and encouraged all students to attend. “We want to raise a lot of money,” Kosch said.

SG announced again this week that it is currently running a campus-wide clothing drive through March 14 and is seeking donations from all student organizations.

The truck will be arriving at the College on March 15 to pick up the clothes and take them to the Salvation Army.

SG will accept clothes in any condition.

SFB funds Nowruz, overcoming obstacles event

By Tom Ciccone News Editor The Student Finance Board granted the Central Eurasian and Middle Eastern Studies Society $3,587 to host their second annual Nowruz event, celebrating the Persian New Year at the College on Monday, March 19.

“We want to bring the holiday here to the College,” said sophomore international studies major Jessica Sparano. “It was very successful last year.”

The Amir Vahab Band is booked to perform at the event, where they will perform traditional Middle Eastern music.

Middle Eastern foods and deserts will be featured along with traditional Nowruz practices, such as the Haft-Sin ceremony of symbolically setting tables.

SFB requested quotes from the King’s Pita Palace and Cairo Cakes restaurants but CEMES’s representatives said the traditional restaurants did not offer financial quotes of their services for SFB to examine. The funding was granted regardless.

SFB awarded $2,500 to the Chabad club to have their “Purim Gone Wild” concert and dinner event in the Rathskeller on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Musical performer De Scribe is booked to perfom at the event, accounting for the $2,500 dollars that was requested from SFB. De Scribe had originally asked for $3,500, but later accepted a lesser fee.

SFB passed a resolution to give $1,500 to the Student Government’s class councils for an event focused on enhancing mental health and awareness among the College’s students. The event is called “Overcoming Obstacles,” and the class councils requested the $1,500 to have Mike Donahue of R25 Productions speak to students of the College.

When asked why they chose Donahue to speak at

the event, freshman chemistry and secondary education double major Brain Garsh said, “He was one of the more powerful speakers. He has a strong presence.”

The event is set to be held in the library auditorium, but representatives for the class councils said the location may be changed if attendance is higher than expected.

SFB granted $480 to fund the Art Student Association’s Silk Screening Workshop that will be held on March 14 in the Art and Multimedia Building’s Room 125. The workshop is meant to teach students how to print designs on T-shirts.

T-shirts were purposely included in the funding so that students wouldn’t have to pay for the shirts if they chose to try out the silk-screening process, senior graphic design major Lindsey Hardifer said.

SFB also awarded $396 to the College’s Deaf Hearing Connection organization to host “DHC Presents the movie: “Children of a Lesser God” on Wednesday, March 21 in the Brower Student Center food court.

The funds will be spent to have permission to show the film, though the DHC will not have permission to show the film again after the event. The Oscar-winning “Children of a Lesser God” is one of actress Marlee Matlin’s most popular films, and the showing is meant to promote the actress’s visit to the College on April 4.

SFB also passed a resolution to fund a collaborative mural project titled “Before I Die.” A chalkboard-like banner will be displayed, depending on weather, on Quimby’s Prairie (Green Hall lawn) or in the student center, for students of the College to write their own bucket-list goals.

“The project is meant to question the aims of art and will be very collaborative with students of the College,” Hardifer said.

SFB approved the creation of the Spanish Club, a

Ashley Long / Photo Editor

SFB approved more than $3,500 for the Nowruz celebration that will feature Central Eurasian and Middle Eastern food and music. group designed for students of the College to participate in cultural activities and get involved with the local Hispanic community.

Bloody and belligerent student, emails hacked

By Brendan MacGrath Features Editor With a laceration above his eye, a student greeted Campus Police in an extremely loud and argumentative manner on Wolfe Hall’s tenth floor at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 17.

A large amount of blood covered his face and hands, reports say. Upon being evaluated by Lions EMS he was uncooperative and belligerent. After Pennington Road EMS arrived he was transported to Capital Health Systems, and was issued a summons according to police. …

An unknown person hacked into the College email account of an assistant professor last week and sent an email to one of his students, according to police reports. The assistant professor realized this had happened when the student responded to the email on Monday, Feb. 13, and reported the incident to Campus Police at 7:45 p.m. that day. The professor responded to notify the student that the email was not from him. …

Campus Police were dispatched to Travers Hall at approximately 2:35 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18 on the report of an intoxicated student. Upon arrival the student’s friend said the student had consumed a small amount of alcohol, and that he might need some help. The accused was alert and conscious, and was issued an incident with the office of Student Affairs.

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Dean comments on Paterno, talks sex abuse

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Kiselica presented the complicated issues involved with the sexual abuse of underage boys.

By Chris Rightmire Correspondent In the wake of the recent Pennsylvania State University scandal and allegations of a similar

scandal at Syracuse University, a symposium on the sexual abuse of boys was given on Wednesday, Feb. 15 in the Social Sciences Building.

The symposium was presented

by Mark Kiselica, interim dean of the School of Education.

Kiselica is also a professor of counseling education and was the fellow and former president of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity.

On top of his leadership and teaching experience, Kiselica served as a Ph.D in counseling psychology at Penn State.

Throughout his career Kiselica said that he “has worked with the unfortunate victims of sexual abuse.”

Kiselica prefaced the symposium by warning that it would feature very upsetting material.

He went on to say that it is important to bring awareness to the subject matter, as well as recognize young boys who went through sexual abuse as survivors, not victims.

Addressing the intricacy of the subject matter, Kiselica said

that no one “ever knows how abuse will affect a boy in their childhood or when they become a man … People should leave the symposium thinking about the complexity of these issues.”

Kiselica’s presentation focused on the fact that many of these sexual assaults go unreported because of the perceived homosexual stigma against it, the tactics that abusers use and the effects on victims in the short term and the long term.

Kiselica said that he believed Joe Paterno when Paterno said he didn’t know the sexual assaults on multiple boys were happening.

According to Kiselica, Paterno was from the “era of not talking.”

Accompanying Kiselica’s power point presentation and lecture were two video clips.

One showed child molesters and pedophiles speak about what motivated them and the

methods they used.

The other video, “Four Men Speak Out,” showed four adult men who had been sexually assaulted in some way recount their stories and share how their experiences affected their lives.

After the presentation and videos, Kiselica showed the ending of “Antwone Fisher.”

The movie tells the story of a navy sailor, played by Derek Luke, who was sexually assaulted as a child, showing how the experience affected him through his adult life. Kiselica said he showed it to end the presentation on a “hopeful note.”

“Listening to (Kiselica) speak and watching the selected media was really eye opening to the hardships that children in these situations face and what they have to cope with for their entire lives,” said Kevin Reilly, junior exercise science major.

Salespeople give tips on succeeding in business

By Patrick Kelly Correspondent

Negative stereotypes associated with careers in sales was the topic of discussion when alumni of the College’s School of Business visited on Wednesday, Feb. 15. The presentation, entitled “Demystifying Sales,” featured four salespeople, including two alumni, who spoke about their experiences in the field and offered advice to students interested in sales positions.

David Gabauer, ’04, who graduated with a degree in management and currently serves as a risk management consultant for Rue Insurance, moderated the panel. The panel itself was comprised of Conrad Chan, Kellie Miller, ’01 and Steve Schumer. Chan is currently a Sales Manager for AT&T, Kellie Miller is a Key Accounts Manager for L’Oréal Paris and Steve Schumer serves as a global sales enablement leader for IBM. The event began with the panelists discussing the characteristics that they feel make up a good salesperson. “A salesperson needs to understand how to run a business,” Chan said. “They need to have a sense for what the business may need.”

Schumer built off Chan’s comments by saying, “You have to have a passion for what you do.” He continued by saying that he values a client-centric attitude and integrity as characteristics of good salespeople.

Miller had her own take on the ideal characteristics of a good salesperson by introducing what she calls the “four D’s.” “I look for drive, dignity, dedication and determination,” she said.

The discussion continued with the panelists talking about the pressure they sometimes feel from sales quotas. “If you work hard and put the time in, the results will come,” said Miller. AT&T Sales Manager Chan noted that he feels quotas are about setting personal goals. “You make your own quota,” said Chan, who mentioned that he often aims for sales figures above his set quota.

The presentation drew to a close with the panelists talking about their own approaches to sales and giving advice to students. All three panelists agreed that the relationship with the client is key.

“Relationship trumps everything else,” said moderator Gabauer. This idea was echoed by Chan, who said, “You need to want to help somebody.”

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Successful representatives from major corporations shared their tips for succeeding in the business world.

“What is the quality that you bring to the relationship?” asked Miller. She continued by saying that it is important for the salesperson to “fit the needs” of the client in the relationship.

Professor of management, marketing and interdisciplinary business Al Pelham concluded the event by reminding students of the resources available to them. He directed students to a free Behavior and Skills Assessment offered by the college, which is normally $700. Acknowledging the College’s wide variety of resources, Schumer said, “I wish I had the opportunity to take a sales course when I was an undergraduate.”

Living / Panel warns about missing lease payments

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A diverse panel of students in different living situations offered various tips for dealing with landlords, contracts, neighbors and housemates.

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Frieri warned of an incident where all of the housemates were relying on one person to handle all of their payments. The money was

mishandled, and the roommates were fined for not handing in their payments on time.

Some leases set fines for missing rent payments differently. One lease can have fines at 10 percent of the month’s

rent payment, while others can set their fines at 10 percent of the total lease.

The percentage of the fine can also vary greatly from lease to lease, Frieri said.

A lot of leases also set expectations for renters to take care of the property’s lawn as well as remove snow after inclement weather. However, lawn mowers and snow shovels often aren’t provided with the property being rented.

The panel also stressed the importance of maintaining healthy relationships with neighbors.

“I would say knock on your neighbors’ houses. Just try to be polite and friendly,” Coburn, a student who lives off campus, said.

Frieri added, “I highly advise you don’t park in front of your neighbor’s house. It is legal, but don’t do it. They’ll come after you.”

Manetas, dean of students, stressed the importance of recognizing that neighbors are likely to not be students, but employed commuters who operate on very different sleep schedules.

“I think the biggest conflict is that your lifestyle at this point is so different from your neighbors,” Manetas said.

“You’re there for a couple of years at

the most — they might have lived there their whole lives. Be cognizant of that.”

Coburn warned of the dangers of having serious safety issues in an imperfect house.

For example, Coburn talked about a shower stall in her house that was falling apart and leaving electrical wiring exposed to water.

“You should prioritize your complaints,” Manetas said. “Health and safety are important. Cosmetic issues with the house are less important.”

Frieri added that broken heaters in the winter should be an immediate priority for landlords to get fixed.

The College has multiple resources for students who are having problems communicating with their landlord and getting fixes made to their house. Students can send emails to student advocates who provide legal advice and can be reached at advocate@tcnj.edu. More information about student advocates is on the Student Government website.

A group called the Off-Campus Student Organization is also available to help students who have problems with their off-campus living. The group can be reached at ocso@tcnj.edu.

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NYPD monitored Muslim students in Northeast N.J. News NEW YORK (AP) — One autumn morning in Buffalo, N.Y., a college student named Adeela Khan logged into her email and found a message announcing an upcoming Islamic conference in Toronto.

Khan clicked “forward,” sent it to a group of fellow Muslims at the University at Buffalo, and promptly forgot about it.

But that simple act on Nov. 9, 2006, was enough to arouse the suspicion of an intelligence analyst at the New York Police Department, 300 miles away, who combed through her post and put her name in an official report. Marked “SECRET” in large red letters, the document went all the way to Commissioner Raymond Kelly’s office.

The report, along with other documents obtained by The Associated Press, reveals how the NYPD’s intelligence division focused far beyond New York City as part of a surveillance program targeting Muslims.

Police trawled daily through student websites run by Muslim student groups at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers and 13 other colleges in the Northeast. They talked with local authorities about professors in Buffalo and even sent an undercover agent on a whitewater rafting trip, where he recorded students’ names and noted in police intelligence files how many times they prayed.

Asked about the monitoring, police spokesman Paul Browne provided a list of 12 people arrested or convicted on terrorism charges in the U.S. and abroad who had once been members of Muslim student associations, which the NYPD referred to as MSAs. “As a result, the NYPD deemed it prudent to get a better handle on what was occurring at MSAs,” Browne said in an email.

“I see a violation of civil rights here,” said Tanweer Haq, chaplain of the Muslim Student Association at Syracuse University. “Muslim

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TCNJ MSA reacts to NYPD

“The TCNJ MSA (Muslim Student Association) is deeply disappointed and a bit saddened by the news of the NYPD, whose job is to to protect citizens, not infringe on their basic civil rights ...

I can tell you exactly what you’ll find at TCNJ MSA, and I can speak to some extent for the Rutgers MSA, as my cousin is the vice president there: You will find kids who love America, as many of their parents are the epitome of the American Dream. My father came here at the age of 13 with nothing but the backpack on his back from Pakistan, and now is a successful banker with two kids in college. You will also find a number of students taking their MCAT, LSAT and GRE’s as they aspire to pursue the career path they are passionate about, as well as MSA members who are active in the community through various clubs and community service ... As for what actions we are taking, we are signing the Rutgers petition and a few others, as well as setting up a meeting with the president of the school requesting her to release a statement on behalf of the College condemning this kind of behavior, which interferes with the privacy and safety of our students. We will also include this topic for discussion during our Islam Awareness week, which is in April. We hope to end Islamaphobia through methods of peace and education.”

— Dan Syed, TCNJ MSA president Note: the College was not on the NYPD’s list. students want to enjoy the same freedoms and opportunities that everybody else has.”

In recent months, AP has revealed secret programs the NYPD built with help from the CIA to monitor Muslims at the places where they eat, shop and worship. AP also published details about how police placed undercover officers at Muslim student associations in colleges within the city limits; this revelation has outraged faculty and student groups.

Kelly and New York City Mayor Michael

U.N. nuclear inspectors starting a two-day visit to Tehran on Monday sought to meet Iranian nuclear scientists. They tried to gauge allegations that Iran is pushing toward making an atomic weapon. The trip is the second in less than a month by the International Atomic Energy Agency team, reflecting growing concerns over alleged weapons experiments — something Iran has both denied and refused to discuss. ...

Whitney Houston was laid to rest in a private ceremony in N.J. on Feb. 18. Houston died Feb. 11 in California at age 48. No cause of death has been determined. ...

U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials plan to investigate whether inhalable caffeine sold in lipstick-sized (called Aeroshot) canisters is safe for consumers and if its manufacturer was right to brand it as a dietary supplement. ...

Chinese officials face a choice in Apple’s dispute with a local company over the iPad trademark — siding with a struggling entity that a court says owns the name or with a global brand that has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in China. Experts say that means Beijing’s political priorities rather than the courts will settle the dispute if it escalates.

Courtesy of the Associated Press

Bloomberg repeatedly have said that the police only follow legitimate leads about suspected criminal activity.

But the latest documents mention no wrongdoing by any students.

In one report, an undercover officer describes accompanying 18 Muslim students from the City College of New York on a whitewater rafting trip in upstate New York on April 21, 2008. The officer noted the names of attendees who were officers of the Muslim Student Association.

City College criticized the surveillance and said it was unaware the NYPD was watching students.

Student groups were of particular interest to the NYPD because they attract young Muslim men, a demographic that terrorist groups frequently draw from.

In addition to universities within New York City limits, police also were interested in the Muslim student group at Rutgers, in New Brunswick, N.J. In 2009, undercover NYPD officers had a safe house in an apartment not far from campus. The operation was blown when the building superintendent stumbled upon the safe house and, thinking it was some sort of a terrorist cell, called the police emerency dispatcher.

The Rutgers police chief at the time, Rhonda Harris, would not discuss the fallout.

In a written statement, university spokesman E.J. Miranda said: “The university was not aware of this at the time and we have nothing to add on this matter.”

The universities monitored included Yale; Columbia; the University of Pennsylvania; Syracuse; New York University; Clarkson University; the Newark and New Brunswick campuses of Rutgers; and the State University of New York campuses in Buffalo, Albany, Stony Brook and Potsdam; Queens College, Baruch College, Brooklyn College and La Guardia Community College.

Gay marriage bill vetoed TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie has followed through on his promise to reject a bill allowing same-sex marriage in N.J. by quickly vetoing the measure Friday and renewing his call for a ballot question to decide the issue.

The veto came a day after the state Assembly passed the bill. The state Senate had passed it on Monday. Christie, a Republican who opposes same-sex marriage, had vowed “very swift action” once the measure reached his desk.

In returning the bill to the Legislature, Christie reaffirmed his view that voters should decide whether to change the definition of marriage in N.J. His veto also proposed creating an ombudsman to oversee compliance with the state’s civil union law, which same-sex couples have said is flawed and promotes discrimination.

“I am adhering to what I’ve said since this bill was first introduced — an issue of this magnitude and importance, which requires a constitutional amendment, should be left to the people of N.J. to decide,” Christie said in a statement. “We should let our citizens vote on a question that represents a profoundly significant societal change.

This is the only path to amend our State Constitution and the best way to resolve the issue of same-sex marriage in our state.

Democrats were angry with Christie.

“He had a chance to do the right thing, and failed miserably,” Senate President Steve Sweeney said.

U.S., Britain urge Israel not to attack Iran JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. and Britain on Sunday urged Israel not to attack Iran’s nuclear program as the White House’s national security adviser arrived in the region, reflecting growing international jitters that the Israelis are poised to strike.

In their warnings, both the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and British Foreign Minister William Hague said an Israeli attack on Iran would have grave consequences for the entire region and urged Israel to give international sanctions against Iran more time to work.

The U.S. and the European Union have both imposed harsh new sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector, the lifeline of the Iranian economy. With the sanctions just beginning to bite, they have expressed optimism that Iran can be persuaded to curb its nuclear ambitions.

On Sunday, Iran’s Oil Ministry said it has halted oil shipments to Britain and France in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union. The semiofficial Mehr news agency said the National Iranian Oil Company has sent letters to some European refineries with an ultimatum to either sign longterm contracts of two to five years or be cut off. The 27-nation EU accounts for about 18 percent of Iran’s oil exports.

Israel has welcomed the sanctions.

But it has pointedly refused to rule out military action and in recent weeks sent signals that its patience is running thin.

Israel believes a nuclear-armed Iran would be a threat to its very existence, citing Iran’s support for Arab

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Iran threatens the EU with nuclear weapons and a halt in oil shipments.

militant groups, its sophisticated arsenal of missiles capable of reaching Israel and its leaders’ calls for the destruction of the Jewish state.

Experts, however, have questioned how much an Israeli operation would accomplish. With Iran’s nuclear installations scattered and buried deep underground, it is believed that an Iranian strike would set back, but not destroy, Iran’s nuclear program.

There are also concerns Iran could fire missiles at Israel, get its local proxies Hezbollah and Hamas to launch rockets into the Jewish state and cause global oil prices to spike by striking targets in the Gulf.

Demsey thought that an Israeli attack

could spark reprisals against U.S. targets in the Gulf or Afghanistan, where American forces are based.

Describing Iran as a “rational actor,” Dempsey said he believed that the international sanctions on Iran are beginning to have an effect.

Asked whether he believed Israel could be deterred from striking, Dempsey said: “I’m confident that they understand our concerns, that a strike at this time would be destabilizing and wouldn’t achieve their longterm objectives. But, I mean, I also understand that Israel has national interests that are unique to them.”

Hague delivered a similar message in Britain. Speaking to the BBC, he said Britain was focused on pressuring Iran through diplomatic means.

“I don’t think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran,” he said. “I think Israel like everyone else in the world should be giving a real chance to the approach we have adopted on very serious economic sanctions and economic pressure and the readiness to negotiate with Iran.”

In a sign that the diplomatic pressure might be working, Iran’s foreign minister said Sunday that a new round of talks with six world powers on the nuclear program will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. Ali Akbar Salehi didn’t give any timing for the talks.

The last round of talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany were held in Istanbul in January 2011 but ended in failure.

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Editorial

Voicing concerns can cause change

Living in Centennial Hall this semester was definitely worse than I thought it would be. The bathrooms are never cleaned, the internet always glitches and for months I was awoken three hours before my alarm by the sound of jack hammers at the construction zone where the new education building is being constructed.

So I wasn’t surprised when Residential Education and Housing decided to grant Centennial residents a 20 percent better probability of receiving a housing Jamie Primeau / Managing Editor lottery timeslot.

I’m sure there are students who live in New Resi- News Editor Tom Ciccone shares his less-than-pleasant experience living in Centennial Hall and his appreciation for the power of petitions. dence, Norsworthy, Decker and, hell, even Eickhoff who have their own words to rant about their living The Weekly Poll: conditions. Still, the truth is Centennial was a disaster this semester.

What is your opinion On top of the negligent nature that cleaning serabout Centennial Hall? vices has treated all the communal bathrooms with, multiple acts of vandalism have made the living con• I lived there. It’s really not that bad.

• I lived there. The rumors of hororrs are true. ditions of Centennial borderline health hazardous.

“Every level, there’s • It’s better than having nowhere to stay.

During one weekend a student, or students, left another devil.”

• Thank goodness I never had to reside there. fecal matter and vomit all over the floor of a shower — actor, model and stall in the men’s floor’s bathroom. It wasn’t unmusician Tyrese Gibson cast your vote @ tcnjsignal.net ! til Tuesday that the mess was cleaned up, so some people actual had to shower a couple of feet from Previous poll’s results festering human defecation.

“People should Every Tuesday morning, I walk back from The leave this How did you spend Valentine’s Day? Signal’s production office, after having worked symposium for about 20 hours straight. As I take a bitter, cold • Wallowing in self-pity. 27% thinking about shower, I often find myself reminiscing of the days • Eating tons of chocolate. 27% the complexity of • What is Valentine’s Day? 27% I lived in Cromwell. Oh, how luxurious those freshthese issues” • With that special someone. 19% man memories were.

— interim dean of the I can understand if everyone wants a better chance School of Education at housing like Centennial residents do, but then Mark Kiselica at his again, Centennial residents were the only students symposium on the on campus to formally petition ResLife about the abuse of boys tcnjsignal.net inhumane living conditions that Centennial obviously disintegrated into.

Mailing Address: Telephone: The Signal Production Rm - (609) 771-2424 If anything, you have to admit that when a lot of “Basketball is c/o Brower Student Center Business Office - (609) 771-2499 The College of New Jersey Fax: (609) 771-3433 people work together over a serious problem, the more than a P.O. Box 7718 Email: signal@tcnj.edu Ewing, NJ 08628-0718 bureaucracy sometimes listens. In this case, that’s Ad Email: signalad@tcnj.edu hobby … We exactly what happened. do what we do Editorial Staff There are plenty of problems with the other dormibecause we Brianna Gunter Ashley Long tory buildings on campus, but Centennial residents love it.”

Editor-in-Chief Photo Editor have been dealing with some seriously irresponsible gunter2@tcnj.edu longa1@tcnj.edu Jamie Primeau Sydnee Weinbaum — women’s building maitenance.

Managing Editor Production Manager basketball captain primeau2@tcnj.edu Andrew Miller And the whole reason why housing is so tight this Jessica Imhof Tom Ciccone Nation & World Editor year is because of Cromwell renovations. I say, it’s News Editor Melissa Easaw tomcasey@live.com Copy Editor about time. Next year they should fix Centennial Kelly Johnson Chris Molicki too. Or knock it down.

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Correction

In our Feb. 15 issue, The Signal incorrectly attributed a photo to Ashley Long for the Eickhoff Black History Month dinner. Seiichi Villalona took the photo.

We regret the error.

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HAVE A GREAT SPRING BREAK!

Spring Break Closing A Notice for TCNJ Residential Students

Dining Hours for Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 11 FRIDAY, 3/2: The Atrium @ Eickhoff– 7:30am-8pm TDubs – CLOSED BSC Food Court– 7:00am-5pm Library Café– 7:30am-5pm The C-Store– 10:00am-8pm The 1855 Room–11:30am-2pm The Rat– 11:00am– 4pm Fair Grounds– 7:30am-2:30pm Kineticart– 8:30am-1:30pm SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 3/3-3/4: All dining facilities closed

MONDAY-FRIDAY 3/5-3/9: BSC Food Court– 7:30am-3pm All other dining facilities are closed.

SATURDAY, 3/10 All dining facilities closed

SUNDAY, 3/11 The Atrium @ Eickhoff– 4:00pm-9:00pm TDubs – 6:00pm– 1:00am Library Café - 3:00pm-1:00am The C-Store– 2:00pm- Midnight All other dining facilities are closed.

February 2012

Dear Resident:

All residence halls will close for Spring Break at 8:00 PM on Friday, March 2, 2012. All residents must vacate the residence halls by this time and no exceptions can be made. In addition, no resident may remain in the residence halls during the Spring Break period.

The residence halls will re-open at 2:00 PM on Sunday, March 11, 2012.

Please view the dining hours for Friday, March 2 to Sunday, March 11 located in the left column.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE PLEASE BE CERTAIN TO COMPLETE THIS CHECK LIST: All blinds should be left open unless you live in a ground �loor room. Please close the blinds if you live on the ground �loor.

Close and lock all windows.

Remove all trash from your room and dispose of properly in the trash room or designated dumpster. Don’t forget to recycle!

All valuables such as jewelry, money, etc. should be taken home.

Approved pets are to be taken home as Residential Educational staff will not be responsible for the care of any pets.

Turn off all lights and lock your room door.

Review, complete, and sign the check-out slip that will be placed on your door by student staff.

Please check with a student staff member for more speci�ic closing expectations within your community.

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Opinions The Signal says ...

Stop: calling it porkroll, putting off that essay, forgetting to clean the bathroom, wanting it to be spring break already.

Caution: baseball coming back, lots of tests and papers due, pledge season just beginning.

Go: live your life to the fullest, do your laundry, try a new drink, smile a lot more, get a burrito.

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Mandate debate misses the point

By Frank Orlich

The new birth control mandate has caused uproar from both sides of the spectrum.

Church officials argue that employers should not be required to cover birth control products. The other side contends that women should be covered to promote maternal and child health.

I’m not going to comment on either side of this social debate. However, the economic debate seems to be fairly one-sided.

This isn’t an argument about spirituality, fairness or women’s rights. The debate should be focused on costs, and why anyone in this country should be forced to cover contraceptives as “insurance.”

Insurance at the heart is meant to cover large, unexpected expenses. In exchange for a premium, insurers agree to protect you if your house burns down or if you get into a car accident. Risk-averse consumers are happy to pay a premium on their home, even though they know the chances of it burning down are extremely small, because it’s worth it to ensure they have a home if that tragedy were to ever occur. Both the insurers and the consumer benefit from their arrangement.

However, there’s a good reason your health insurance company doesn’t charge an additional $50, and then agrees to cover Band-Aids. Small, regular and predictable expenses are never covered by insurers, and for good reason. The only result would be less competition in the market for band aids and thus higher prices for consumers.

Furthermore, you’d be required to fill out a ton of paperwork every time you wanted a Band-Aid. It’s better for insurers to cover

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan represents one side of the heated debate. unstable expenses and let the private market handle the predictable ones.

The government argues this mandate allows women to get access to birth control products. Was their some sort of ban on access to these products before? I can get birth control, just like I can get Band-Aids, now because I have a few bucks in my wallet and supplier willing to trade with me.

The focus of this discussion shouldn’t be about access, but insurance and costs. Free pills and condoms sound great, but somebody has to pay the tab. Perhaps it seems your

employer is picking up the check, but to cover his increased expenses, he may raise the price of his products or services, or pay you less in salary. Either way, the money has to come from somewhere, and if you follow it enough, you’ll see the consumer always ends up paying.

At a time of fiery debate about public policy and social welfare, let’s turn the focus from religious fanatics and feminists groups to sensible economists. All of these discussions start with money. Let’s make sure this debate ends with it, too.

Finding joy in helping a neighbor

By Katie Occhipinti

A hard, urgent knock on the door and two consecutive door bell rings may raise alarm for those of us living in an off campus house.

For my six housemates and me, it is merely a sign that my fifth grade neighbor and her third grade sister are home from school and want an ice pop.

They moved into the house next door just before the start of the fall semester and after only two short weeks, they were able to identify which of us was home by the color of cars in the driveway.

Whether we liked it or not, they wiggled their way into our busy schedules. For them, we were the cool college girls next door; for us, they were the chance to be kids again.

When Novel, the girls’ older brother and high school freshman, decided to shoot some hoops on our backyard court, Jess Imhof, senior captain of the varsity basketball team, didn’t hesitate to school him in a game of “horse.”

When fifth grader, Wilmaris, needed help with her homework, Michelle Kent, senior elementary education major, put her skills to the test and tutored her in math. Wilmaris returned the favor by tutoring Caitlyn Seamster, senior women’s & gender studies major, with her college level Spanish.

Becca Florczyk, senior journalism major, reluctantly parted with a box of her favorite childhood books so they could be re-loved by the girls next door.

Sara Owen, senior varsity softball player and health & exercise

science major, decided to put her throwing arm to the test by infiltrating Wilmaris’ birthday party with a barrage of water balloons.

As we all ran screaming from an angry mob of 10-year-olds, it was hard to determine who were the adults and who were the kids.

Time and time again, off campus students are encouraged to maintain good behavior and to not piss off the neighbors. And we know too well that many Ewing residents will look for any excuse to rat out disruptive, obnoxious student homes to campus police.

Less often do we hear about students from the College positively impacting their “hood,” but maybe that’s because the chance has never presented itself. For this small street off Green Lane, we now have the chance to do something big, and with the help of the student body, we can undoubtedly rise to the occasion.

A few weeks ago, Wilmaris was diagnosed with Leukemia and will be battling weeklong stays in the hospital to undergo chemotherapy treatment. This news was more than heartbreaking to us. She is no longer just the girl next door; she is a part of our lives, our daily routines, as if she is one of the housemates herself. As a result, we have to do something. My housemates and I will be running a series of fundraisers to assist Wilmaris’ family in paying off her medical bills.

The success of the fundraising depends upon the efforts of the College community alone. We ask that you keep your eyes out for bracelets and T-shirts with the slogan “Nobody Fights Alone,” as well as donation based yoga and Zumba classes that will be held on campus.

If you would like to contribute in any way or want to share fundraising ideas, please email me at occhipi2@tcnj.edu. Thank you!

“Any clod can have the facts; having opinions is an art.”

-Charles McCabe Go make art, and send your opinions to Orlichf1@tcnj.edu

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Features

British Invasion: Finding Jersey in an English place

Shaun Fitzpatrick and Emily Brill, two of last semester’s editors, have landed in England. Follow them and see where their travels can take you.

Dear Emily, Since last time we talked about traveling, maybe we should talk a little about what we’re doing when we’re actually staying in our areas. Before getting to Newcastle, I imagined that it would be full of tiny, dark little pubs — you know, a little run-down maybe, but with a lot of character, packed with people ordering pints and yelling over whatever football game was on TV. These exist, sure, but they aren’t as prominent a part of the Newcastle social scene as I thought they would be. That’s because, to my horror, I learned very quickly that anybody who’s anybody here goes clubbing.

You know how “Jersey Shore” is the plague of N.J.? Well, here they have a show called “Geordie Shore.” That’s right, Newcastle has its very own version of the guido culture, right down to the fake tans and ass-baring skirts.

Basically, it’s the Seaside Heights of England. How lucky, I traveled from one N.J. to another. I wasn’t going to let this reputation deter me, however.

I was going to master my fear of being surrounded by sweaty, drunken twenty-somethings. By God, I was going to go clubbing.

There’s a very specific going-out ritual here. First, everyone pregames at a bar called Victoria 22’s. They have a drink deal where, for just £5, you can get three trebles. A treble, I’ve learned, is a drink with three shots of vodka in it. Now, I’m a very little person. Two trebles get me what you might know as “white girl wasted;” three trebles would probably get me dead girl wasted. So, armed with enough alcohol to make me forget how much I really hate clubs, I went to a local club called Riverside. It was dark, it was packed and there was a smoke machine; needless to say, I was worried.

It was fun, sure. I like to dance as much as the next drunk person. However, after my ass was grabbed for the third time, I was done. I don’t know if this is a club thing, or a Geordie thing, but if I get touched one more time when I’m out I will burn the club to the ground. (Can I threaten arson in print? I’m going to do it anyway.) And so ended my English clubbing excursion. Hopefully your social experiences are a bit more grope-free.

Cheers, Shaun

Dear Shaun, I know where you’re coming from — I’ve been getting used to new routines (of a grope-free variety, thankfully!) as well.

Classes here are one­-on-one meetings with professors. Students write essays between sessions and discuss the essay with their professors (called tutors) during a weekly meeting (called a tutorial).

One of my tutorials follows a similar schedule each week. The class is contemporary British history, and the tutor is about 75 years old. He holds all his sessions with students in his flat.

Every week, it goes like this: I take the bus to his flat. I arrive and ring the doorbell at exactly 1 p.m. If I do this before 1 p.m., he always tells me to come back in a few minutes. Usually, even if it’s at exactly 1 p.m., he tells me to come back in a few minutes anyway.

When I get inside, he offers me tea. He fusses around in the kitchen for a little while, asks me how I am, and complains about something that needs to be fixed in his house. He has a lot of stereotypically British characteristics: the dry sense of humor, the use of “British understatement.”

After he’s fixed the tea, we sit at a table in his living room, and I read my essay out loud. We talk about the essay for about 40 minutes, and then he gives me my next topic.

That’s about it. The process sounded incredibly formal when I first heard about it, but I’m realizing it’s a lot more laid-back than I had thought it would be.

And my professor, for all his (admittedly charming) fussiness, has an unstuffy side, too: He’s writing a book about Bob Dylan and ’60s counterculture.

Cheers, Emily

Two Brothers — So cheap, but not so warm

By Alex Wolfe Sports Editor

You know what I really wanted this week?

A cheesesteak.

You know what I didn’t want? To spend a lot of money.

So, as usual, I took to campusfood.com, the mecca of ordering food if you don’t feel like leafing through paper menus and actually having to call places.

I came across Two Brothers, who I had ordered from before but had sworn off of for a little while because they messed up a pretty simple part of my order once. So I was a little skeptical.

I pulled up the whole menu, and lo and behold, what do I see? A student discount. Ten percent off! I stared at it quizzically for a minute or so before hitting the “add to my order” button. Go figure, it seemed to work.

Can’t beat 10 percent off.

I chose a cheesesteak. Not only that, but a bacon cheesesteak. Bacon makes everything better.

I scanned the appetizer menu but I couldn’t really find a “specialty” like I usually order. There were no garlic knot messes on this menu. So I went with mozzarella sticks.

I think all Italian places should take pride in their mozzarella sticks.

I then went to check out, and I had to do a double take. It was under $10. I can’t even remember the last time I got something off of Campus Food for under $10. I then proceeded to have a flashback to when I used to think that $3 for a double lunch in high school was highway robbery. Oh, how naïve I was then.

Anyway, because of the amazingly low price,

you’ll notice I gave them six out of five stars down below. They deserve it.

My order was placed at about 7:45 p.m., and I had my food by 8:10 p.m. Not the worst travel time I’ve ever had, but certainly not the best either.

I opened my food and I was starving (although, I of course, had to frame it right and take a pretty picture for the paper first). I decided to go for the mozzarella sticks to start. They were on their way down from hot; I would probably place them at lukewarm. They were breaded mozzarella sticks, as opposed to the type of mozzarella sticks that seem more like they’re battered. I’m generally more of a battered mozzarella sticks kind of guy, but as far as breaded mozzarella sticks go these were very good, minus the fact that they weren’t that hot.

The cheesesteak was also pretty good, although not nearly as bacony as I imagined, nor as hot as I had imagined. Luckily they included some ketchup packets, which saved me a trip to the fridge. Overall, the taste was good; I just really wish there was more bacon and that it was hotter.

It should be noted that when I used to order from these guys I would have my food right away. I have therefore accepted the possibility that they may have just forgotten where my house was, which is why it took longer and the food was kind of cold.

But for the purpose of this review, the food was quite “eh.” Not the best stuff I could’ve ordered (mostly because of temperature), but for the price it was certainly worth it. I would give them another shot, simply because I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I saw a sub$10 price staring back at me at checkout.

Two Brothers Pizza

Where: 1608 Pennington Road Hours: Mon. - Thurs. : 10:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Fri. & Sat. : 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Sun. : 11:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Number: (609) 643-4739 Web orders: Find them on campusfood.com

Ratings (out of 5): Specialties: Entrée: Speed: Cost:

Reheatability: I was too hungry, sorry.

Overall: 15/20

Alex Wolfe / Sports Editor

It may have been a little cold by the time I got there, but if you want a cheesesteak and mozzarella sticks for under $10, Two Brothers is the only one.

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5th Annual Student Leadership Awards The Vice President for Student Affairs invites students to apply for the 2012 Student Leadership Awards

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Tales of a Tuskegee Airman

By Brianna Gunter Editor-in-Chief

Many people may not know that “Red Tails,” the movie released Jan. 20 about the Tuskegee Airmen of WWII, has a link with the College, but Elwood “Woody” Thomas Driver ’42 became one of the famed African-American pilots after graduating from what was then New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton.

Driver’s years at the College were tumultuous ones for the world.

Tensions were already high in Europe by the time Driver enrolled, and war erupted at the start of his sophomore year. Meanwhile, Driver learned to fly at the nearby Mercer County Airport (now Trenton-Mercer airport). He was the first black man to do so, Driver’s sister Barbara O’Neal said during a Feb. 9 visit to Rider University. In December of Driver’s senior year, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, igniting the U.S. involvement. Driver studied general secondary education, according to the 1941 Seal (the College’s yearbook) but like so many of his fellow students, the war meant a change of plans.

Driver faced, nevertheless, limitations — even with his degree and flying abilities. The College was not then and had never been segregated (although yearbook photos show Driver was still just one of a handful of black students) but the military sure was. After being turned

away from the Naval Academy despite having the top entrance score, Driver joined the Army Air Corps in 1942 and was sent to Tuskegee Army Air Field. He graduated the same year as an officer.

Better known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the men that trained out of Tuskegee were the first AfricanAmerican military airmen, ground crews and mechanics. Overall they took down over 100 enemy aircraft between 1943 and 1945. According to the book “Black Knights: the story of the Tuskegee Airmen,” Driver himself destroyed shot down German aircraft on Feb. 5, 1944 over Italy.

Despite their wartime contributions, the Tuskegee Airmen received little national recognition until the 1990s, when books were published, a play called “Black Eagles” debuted and a TV documentary and feature film were projected.

Even so, certain problems got in the way. George Lucas had bought the

rights to “Red Tails” in 1988 with the intention of releasing the film in 1992, but as he told Jon Stewart in a recent interview, the production studios snubbed it because “its an all-black movie.” Nevertheless, surviving Airmen in the early ’90s expressed fears that Hollywood would just sensationalize their story. This was emphasized when, in 1991, Driver told Washington D.C.’s Daily Gazette that “Black Eagles” was “not the real story … There was too much romance and singing and dancing.”

Driver himself was retired by that point — after a long career in both the military and civilian sects. He retired from the military on Oct. 31, 1962 as a major, but in 1978 was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as the new vice chairman and board member of the National Transportation Safety Board. According to a Jet article from 1979, Driver directed the investigation of the deadly American Airlines crash in Chicago that killed 273 people. Later, in 1986 Driver was appointed director of aircraft management for NASA. Driver died on March 26, 1992 from liver cancer. Obituaries from the Washington Post and New York Times he was laid to rest with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetary. “(Driver) is a hero. He is a legend whose bravery and contributions to his country and his race should never be forgotten,” O’Neal said.

Campus Style I like to look cute and comfy. I wear jeans a lot, and I really like summer clothes. I love wearing rompers in the summer, dresses and skirts. So, girly. I like girly.

When you don’t know what to wear, where do you gain your inspiration?

I usually look online or in Cosmo. I read Cosmo a lot. They have cute ideas and outfits.

What is something that you can’t leave home with out?

I almost always wear earrings. I’m very rarely without earrings.

Victoria Moorhouse / Columnist

By Victoria Moorhouse Columnist

Batya Nugiel, senior elementary education and history double major What are you wearing and where is it from?

I’m wearing leggings that I think are from Forever 21, a dress from Express, my scarf was a gift, and my medium-brown leather boots with a zipper up the side are from DSW. My coat is from Nordstrom.

What’s your favorite piece of clothing you have on and why?

The boots. I really wanted leather boots for a while, so I searched so I knew what I wanted. I looked for a while to find the perfect pair.

How would you describe your personal style in general?

Have you ever had a trend that you tried that you regret?

I can think of a hair trend. In high school, I used to always do the little pouf in the front with the clip. I would pin my bangs back and make it a little poofy and I don’t know why I did that.

What is the biggest fashion “impulse buy” that you’ve made?

I once got a dress from Express that I really liked and it was expensive. I didn’t have a reason to buy a dress, but I just liked it so much that I just bought it.

When you’re having a bad day, what do you tend to buy for your retail therapy?

I like to buy earrings a lot or cute clothes.

It’s bad shopping on impulse.

If you could give someone a tip on dressing, what would you say?

Dress how you want because some people will like it and some people won’t. So, dress how you feel that you look cute.

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Lindsey Hardifer / Staff Photographer

Her Campus TCNJ celebrated its first anniversary with a birthday bash and fashion show event co-sponsored by Zeta Tau Alpha. The event featured members of various student organizations as models who walked the runway in their favorite pink outfits. Profits raised were donated to breast cancer research.

Eat this not that: Dining

healthy on your campus

By Brittany Schenke Columnist Let them eat cake. But with spring break around the corner and summer lurking in the shadows, that probably isn’t the best idea.

But who says you can’t enjoy food while also being health conscious?

To prove that you can, I went around campus and found some healthy alternatives to those greasy, fatty classics we all love to eat.

It’s cliché, but breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

If you’re looking to drop weight, a healthy breakfast is necessary to start up your metabolism. So don’t skip out, but watch what you’re choosing. High protein is important, so when you’re on the run choose a Chobani yogurt over your tasty key lime Yoplait. Chobani, although a few extra calories, has more protein in it and will keep you going longer. Also, stay away from those sugary cereals, like Apple Jacks and Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

Instead, go for Gorilla Munch or Special K (found at the C-Store).

If you’re at the café, you’re also probably going to get a drink. Plain coffee is always the best option. If you want something flavored, stick to a cappuccino rather than a latte; there is less sugar in a cappuccino. If you’re getting a latte, go skinny (sugar-free flavor and skim milk). But the best option is getting a tea (chai latte does not count!). Tea is not only delicious, but it offers the benefits of antioxidants and helps in weight loss.

If you choose to get lunch at the Stud, go grilled instead of fried. Pick up a pre-packaged salad with grilled chicken instead of making a salad with chopped-up chicken fingers. And if you’re getting a salad, be careful of how much cheese there is! Cheese is high calorie, so only

have a little. Also, be conscious of the dressing you choose. Most of the calories you’ll consume when eating a salad are in the dressing.

The best option is oil and vinegar. If you want to have your honey mustard or ranch, keep it on the side and drip frugally.

Other than salad, choose the deli line over the grill. Instead of chicken fingers, get a turkey sandwich with lettuce, tomato, and a little mustard. Or, instead of getting a PB&J, try peanut butter, whole wheat toast and a few banana slices.

Next, let’s tackle the Eick Atrium. There are plenty of healthy secrets hidden in Eickhoff that won’t change up your diet too drastically. One of my favorites is getting a grilled cheese at the deli instead of waiting on line at the grill. At the deli, ask for whole wheat bread and whatever type of cheese you like toasted. It is the perfect grilled cheese, minus the thick bread and butter. Another killer is the pasta station. Alfredo sauce is extremely high cal, so if you can’t live without it, cut it with red sauce. And always go for the whole wheat pasta option. If you’re over at the wok, pile on the veggies.

But instead of getting the fried rice, go for the brown rice instead.

But what if you’re at the Rat for dinner?

Getting one of their new specialty burgers once every so often as a treat is fine, but choose to get the veggie or the turkey burger instead.

To cut out carbs, you could even lose the top of the bun and use a piece of lettuce instead.

Also, try to stick with the grilled chicken instead of the fried. If you want the fried buffalo chicken wrap, try a grilled chicken sandwich instead and ask for buffalo sauce on the side.

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Tyrese / Gibson completely transforms his life continued from page 1

able to come,” Yadovalli said.

Throughout his speech, Gibson cited the importance of constantly moving forward and being fearless of rejection.

He discussed putting his visions in motion and “dreaming with (your) eyes

open.”

“He’s right,” said Belicia PerryGreen, junior health and exercise science and education double major. “Don’t just be a person who dreams and doesn’t do anything about it. Make your dreams become a reality.”

Gibson warned against self-sabotage and to always move forward in every aspect of life.

“Every level, there’s another devil,” he said.

Gibson only answered one audience question and then signed his book “How to Get Out Your Own Way” after the event.

Gibson’s tight schedule whisked him to the airport immediately after the event.

Gibson proved he is always on the move, never taking “no” for an answer.

He arrived in a furiously fast rush and left in one, too.

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As a result, Gibson gravitated toward people that reminded him of his mother, producing similar relationships to that of his parents.

Gibson said to the women in the audience, “Just maybe, you’re in a relationship with your father,” suggesting that people in the past influence future choices.

He pointed out that people either add to the cycle or break the chain.

“I’ve committed to be the opposite of my mother and father,” Gibson said in regard to substance abuse. The celebrity does not drink, smoke or take drugs.

“I broke the cycle,” he said.

Gibson acknowledged his shortcomings in regard to relationship and understood the significance of unconditional love. He recalled his childhood growing up in poverty-stricken Watts, located in south central Los Angeles, saying it shaped his character.

“I didn’t have a quarter,” he said.

Gibson remembered the stuggle to survive.

He discussed his experiences as a boy going to the social security offices upon his mother’s request. Gibson pretended to be mentally challenged in order to prove that he needed the extra money, though he actually did not have any disabilities.

“I was an actor before I knew I was an actor,” said Gibson jokingly.

The 33 year old related his time at these offices to incessantly fighting for the future.

From a young age, Gibson heard the word “no.”

Frequent refusal, however, caused Gibson to be fearless in his endeavors.

The actor then related this experience to motivation in its entirety. “Thirsty people are the ones who are never dehydrated,” he said.

Gibson noted that he plays a proactive role in getting what he wants and does not rely on managers and agents.

“I put me in ‘Transformers,’” he said.

Gibson frequently credited God for his accomplishments and for his purpose on earth. He even tugged on his own shirt to visualize the pull he feels from God. Gibson also said ambitions and many assignments led to scheduling conflicts for the event, which was supposed to occur last year during Senior Week.

“Last year for Senior Week, he was to be their keynote speaker,” said senior political science major Lindsay Gagliano, a member of the senior class council. “He wasn’t able to make it and he came back.”

“When one of his movies was released, his schedule just got swamped,” said Surita Yadovalli, senior international studies and political science double major.

Both admitted that the event was held at a “weird time,” scheduled to be from 12-1 pm, based on Gibson’s schedule, hence the smaller-than-desired audience.

The event ended up running behind schedule due to Gibson’s tardiness.

“We’re just glad he was

Academy Awards may awaken new nominations

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Signal film critic predicts ‘The Artist’ will win best picture and director, while ‘The Help’ will sweep other catergories at this year’s Academy Awards.

By Justin Mancini Film Critic

something tells me it will stick with Academy voters.

Well people, it that’s time of year again — Oscar Night. When I plunk down in front of the television and scold the Academy for rewarding pandering, crowdpleasing schlock instead of challenging, innovative art (forgive my snobbery). But hey, even if I don’t always agree with the Academy, I’ve decided to grit my teeth and predict whom I think the Academy will reward at this year’s award show. I’ve played favorites, but hear out my reasoning.

Hazanavicius is a comparatively new director compared to prolific heavyweights like Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen, but the Academy likes rewarding new directors.

Hazanavicius infused his film with just enough charm to warrant this award, not to mention that the past winners have also won Best Picture for their efforts.

Best Picture: The Artist This film has got everything the Academy loves — it’s a feel-good, non-offensive movie, with a love story of sorts to boot. Underneath its charming surface, “The Artist” even contains some moments of tragedy — the travails of an actor as the film industry moves from silent films to “talkies.” This is a good film, with moments that transcend the silent film genre in with real ingenuity. It hasn’t exactly stuck with me, but

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius

Best Actor: Jean Dujardin Dujardin has some competition from Oscar darling George Clooney, but remember — Clooney already has a Supporting Actor Oscar for Syriana. Consider also that Dujardin has been cleaning house in many of the other awards shows, with a performance that demands a mostly physical and facial performance.

The Academy will award him properly.

Best Actress: Viola Davis Another case of David against Goliath, with Davis

up against acting titaness Meryl Streep. But even if “The Help” did stir up some controversy for its alleged sugar-coating of the Civil Rights movement, the praise for Davis was universal — she was strong and confident in the role. What’s more, “The Help” received much stronger critical and audience reaction than Streep’s “The Iron Lady.”

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer Christopher Plummer has only been nominated once in his extensive film career — two years ago. Not only is he due, he took on a role that demanded him to step out of his comfort zone, playing an elderly man who comes out to his son. Academy like very much.

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer Spencer has received just as much acclaim for her performance as Davis, in her role as a maid in 1960s Mississippi. Spencer played her role with chutzpah, and her stiffest competition comes from Melissa McCarthy.

Something tells me the Academy will take spunk over toilet humor.

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Battling and hoping for a timeslot … on WTSR

Familiar beauty

By Matthew Jannetti WTSR Music Director

Sharon van Etten “Tramp”

Andrew Bak / Staff Photographer

Student bands and outside acts battled it out at the Rat on Saturday, Feb. 18 to win more airtime on WTSR.

By Lea Chin Correspondent

This week in photos

With a show full of trumpets, classic rock and rap, WTSR and CUB Rat executed a successful battle on Saturday, Feb. 18 in the Rathskeller.

Bands featured during Battle of the Bands included DRT, Wrong Answer, The Dundees and The Elwood James Band.

Student band The Dundees won a high rotation on WTSR, meaning they will be played six to seven times per day. Runner -up Wrong Answer won low rotation on the station and will be played three to four times per day.

Strutting around on stage with high energy, DRT started the event off with rap.

A member of DRT who calls himself iAMPunchline said, “When I’m onstage, I feel like I’m in my own world.”

The group performed “Pain,” a song

about hitting rock bottom when feeling down, and finished with “What’s Your Area,” which according to member MoneyVanGogh dealt with “where you’re from, where you rep and where you were brought up.”

The eight-man band Wrong Answer, consisting of a medley of brass, strings, keyboards and drums, induced the audience into a toe-tapping disposition with their distinctive and upbeat sound.

The band had a Streetlight Manifestoesque feel to them as they jammed out on stage and made the audience laugh as the sax player and baritone horn player pretended to play air guitar with their instruments.

They played songs: “Looking Fine,” “Buffalo,” “Don’t Say Baby” and “Best Night of My Life.”

Vocalist and guitarist, Brian Chesney, sophomore music education major said,

“The last song’s about the summer after we were freshmen in high school.”

The third band to play, The Dundees, had a rugged rock sound. Songs included “Ford Explorer,” which the band explained as “the opposite of a love song.”

Sophomore philosophy major Matt Howard and sophomore math major Matt Layton said, “we’ve been supporters of the band for around two years now.”

Sounding like they stepped out of the ’80s, The Elwood James Band had a classic rock vibe. They played songs such as “Nobody Rolls,” which according to members of the band, is a tribute song to Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke and Sunny Boy Williamson and “Silver and Gold,” a song about succeeding in the music industry.

Fan-based voting was key. Votes were a dollar each and anyone could vote up to 10 times.

Ashley Long / Staff Photographer

The Student Art exhibition in the Art & Interactive Multimedia Building opened for students, faculty and others to enjoy.

“Catalyst,” a performance about teachers and the impact they make on their students’ lives, took place in the Don Evans Black Box Theatre on Monday, Feb. 13.

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Sharon van Etten may not be a household name, but she’s been leaving her mark on music over her short career. Since the release of her debut album “Because I Was In Love,” she has made guest appearances on songs by indie powerhouses the Antlers and The National.

Now, she has something in her corner that she hasn’t had before, a big name indie record label, Jagjaguwar. However, aside from increased production values and a more populated sound, not much has changed. Her voice is still as beautiful as ever but there is a more pronounced presence of guitars and percussion — however sparse it may be.

Songs like “Warsaw” and “Serpents” are about as lively as Sharon van Etten gets and her talent holds up well, especially where you can hear her voice strain to be heard — though it comes through clear enough — through the spike in cymbal crashes and drum beats.

Still, most of the album will be familiar to fans. The slow, methodic “Give Out” sees Sharon van Etten at her best. If there is one thing that Tramp proves, it is the extent of her talent.

“Leonard” and “All I Can” make more effective use of builds and climaxes than any other Sharon van Etten songs. “Tramp” is an album that cannot be ignored. Everything, from the well managed stretches of silence to the moments of controlled, beautiful, multi-layered chaos demand attention.

Focus Tracks: “Serpents,” “Give Out,” “Leonard”

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Sustaining the world one Brown Bag Series at a time Matthew Mance / Photo Assistant

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Brown Bag Series dealt with the importance of a sustainable future.

By Amy Reynolds Staff Writer

The Brown Bag Series took a turn toward the scientific on Friday, Feb. 17, as Jaimie Cloud, president of the Cloud Institute, came to the College to discuss sustainability in education for the Brown

Bag event.

According to its website, the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education was founded in 1995 as a program of the American Forum for Global Education known as the Sustainability Education Center.

The website also noted that Education for Sustainability was formed out of the recognition that there is a distinct difference between education about sustainable development and education for sustainable development.

The Cloud Institute works with educators and their communities to prepare young people for the shift toward a sustainable future.

Cloud began the presentation with the question, “What kind of future do we want and what does education have to do with it?”

She described Education for Sustainability (EfS) as an innovative learning process that gives teachers,

students and school systems new ways of thinking and news ways in which they can achieve specific goals, all while restoring the health of the people in which they depend on.

EfS improves student learning and standards achievements, enhances attitudes towards learning, produces better behavior and attendance and encourages students to make connections between themselves and the system of which they are a part of.

“That is not what schools are producing at the moment,” Cloud said. “But they could, and some schools are.”

Cloud mentioned that there are many ways in which a person can view the world.

These mindsets, according to Cloud, “explain what happens in the brain when we’re trying to figure out the world around us.”

But in order for the future of education to change, mindsets need to change first.

“It all begins with a change in

thinking,” Cloud said. “Everything we do, and everything we don’t do, makes a difference.”

Cloud then stated that the most important thing in changing our way of thinking is to see and understand the feedback from our current ways of thinking.

“If we cannot hear or see feedback we cannot perceive relevant data for our brains to filter,” said Peter Senge, the director of the Center for Organizational Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

According to the website, Education for Sustainability has multiple, positive effects on student achievement, school culture, community vitality and ecological integrity.

As Cloud said, EfS “inspires young people to think about the world, their relationship to it, and their ability to influence it in an entirely new way.”

For more information about The Cloud Institute and Sustainability in Education, visit cloudinstitue.org.

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February 22, 2012 The Signal page 23 Women’s Basketball

Lions captain found basketball and never looked back

Jess Davis / Staff Photographer

Imhof averaged over 12 PPG on the season.

By Stefanie Vitale Staff Writer

It’s a good thing senior interdisciplinary business major and women’s basketball captain Jessica Imhof moved from Hillsborough to Flemington in the third grade, otherwise the team’s current leading scorer very well may have never started playing the sport in the first place.

“My mom wanted to get me started in something interactive, to help me meet new kids,” Imhof said. “I haven’t stopped playing since.”

And lucky she didn’t. The senior guard is now winding down her fourth and final season of Lions basketball with

some impressive stats. She’s racked up 293 points so far this season, averages over 12 points per game, makes over 80 percent of her free throws (83.3 percent), over 40 percent of her attempted shots (43.1 percent) and almost 40 percent of her three pointers (37.3 percent). Her previous seasons have been equally as stellar — she finished the 2011 season leading the team in 3-point field goal percentage, free throws made and steals. And she’s in a good position to repeat that accomplishment.

Though proud of her individual accomplishments, Imhof is quick to stress the importance of collective team goals.

“It’s important for everyone to set individual goals, but if the team doesn’t perform, your individual ones don’t matter,” she said.

The team unfortunately lost in the NJAC Tournament, in which they were billed as the “dark horse” of the competition, Imhof said.

“This means that we’ve been determined to have enough potential to surprise some people,” Imhof explained.

Of course, the NCAA Tournament was on the team’s mind, as it is “in every athlete’s mind,” Imhof said.

“Our goal is to reach different platforms and experience different playing fields. Teams and players want to challenge themselves. Being the best — playing the best.

That’s what we want to do.”

Head coach Dawn Henderson is feeling confident that the players accomplished many of their goals this season and that they had the potential to finish strong.

“There are probably a couple of games we would like to have back, but for the most part, I think we have done very well,” she said. “This has been a close group, a group of

fighters. I would like us to continue toward our goals together as a cohesive group. If we do that, the sky is the limit.”

Henderson also had high hopes for Imhof’s final weeks of the season.

“I’d love to see her finish out strong in all areas of the game,” she said. “If she is a presence at both ends of the floor, we are a better team.”

The team “family” mentality has been Imhof’s favorite aspect of playing basketball, especially at the College.

“You spend so much time together that you really start to lean on each other outside of the court,” she said. “Obviously there are specific things I love about the game itself, but the community of who you play the sport with … that’s what I love. You can have a bad game or an off-day, but at the end of it, you still have your teammates there with you.”

Finishing a last season is an emotional milestone for any athlete, and Imhof is no exception.

“I’m terrified and extremely sad,” she said. “I’ve been trying to embrace every moment. I’d like to say that I’m never going to stop playing. It’s not something I’m going to give up on easily.”

Overall, Lions basketball has greatly shaped Imhof’s experience at the College. “(Basketball) has been the majority of my college experience, from the hours it takes to maintain a position, to the amount of time in the gym, to the relationships I formed.”

In the future, Imhof isn’t entirely sure where she will take her business degree and sociology minor, but she hopes to somehow involve basketball.

“Basketball is more than a hobby,” she said. “It’s such an obsession. We do what we do because we love it.”

Swimming and Diving

Both swim teams prevail at Metropolitan Men and women dominate in three-day event

Both swim teams took on tough competition at the Metropolitan Conference Championships over the weekend, but as they have all season, both teams came out on top of their competition.

The men’s team finished with a total of 1,243 points for the meet, over 100 points better than the second-place University of Bridgeport team, who had 1,140. This title was the sixth straight for the Lions.

The men had swimmers in 12 of 13 of the individual finals, swimmers in all of the five relay races, and divers in both diving events. Senior diver T.J. Burns took the three-meter dive event with a score of 601.3 that annihilated his own school record.

The women had similar success, winning their fifth straight MET Championship in the event. Head coach Jennifer Harnett took the MET Coach of the Year award home, diving coach Candace Gottlieb won the Diving Coach of the Year award, and junior diver Danica Roskos was named MET Diver of the Week during the event.

Both teams will have a few weeks off before heading to the NCAA Championships on March 21.

—Alex Wolfe, Sports Editor

Lisa Nitzsche / Staff Photographer

Cheap Seats

The straw that broke the Mets’ fans’ hope: Reyes to MIA

By Brendan McGrath Features Editor

Jose Reyes debuted for the Mets in June of 2003 and brought hope to an organization that was in the middle of a three-year slump. He became the face of the Mets, the reason to go to the stadium and the main attraction of a team building toward what should have been a championship season in 2006.

In the injury–plagued, homerun–less and overall depressing years since the Mets moved to Citi Field, Reyes was the hope, the excitement and the draw of the team. The idea that he wasn’t worth six years and $106 million is a joke, because the Mets will lose that much in revenue.

The decision to let him go, in fact to barely pursue him, was an insult to everyone who roots for the team. The idea that the team will compete for anything this year, or in the near future, is ridiculous. There is no foreseeable way that they can finish in front of Philadelphia, Atlanta or Miami in the next few years without major acquisitions and very successful prospects.

Dropping Reyes was a mistake indicative of the worst ownership in baseball.

The Wilpons have proven their incompetence with their roles in two of the worst scams in modern history — the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme and the Jason Bay signing.

If they can’t afford to pay for a good team because of these two despicable deals, they should take mercy on the loyal fans out there and sell the team.

They’re bad enough when they’re willing to spend money on the team. Without that, they’re about as effective off the field as Oliver Perez was on the mound.

Maybe they’ll decide to sell, or maybe they’ll be forced to. Either way, the management needs to decide where they want this team to go.

They can either go for it now or give up and build for the future. The day the Marlins (yes the fucking Marlins) outbid them for their best player is the day that they gave up on the present. Start building.

With a solid crop of pitchers in the minors, the team has a chance to be good again before the next leap year — but why drag it out with Wright, Santana and some mid–range free agents they picked up to plug holes on a sinking ship?

The team needs to reset, and hopefully the Wilpons have to sell. And hopefully Mark Cuban is looking to buy.

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Reyes’ loss means loss of hope for Mets fans.

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LIONS

AROUND THE

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Mark Barroso “The Ref”

Brandon Gould Staff Writer

Bryan Bellanca Correspondent

Johnny Sisto Correspondent

In this week’s Around the Dorm, the “Ref,” Mark Barroso, challenges Staff Writer Brandon Gould, Correspondent Bryan Bellanca and Correspondent Johnny Sisto to answer questions about whether the Colts should hold onto franchise mainstay Peyton Manning, what team is the best fit for Dwight Howard and whether the drug dealing scandal at TCU will derail their recruiting future. is best for the team as well as for Manning.

For these reasons, you will not see Manning in a Colts jersey next season.

MB: Brandon gets 3 points for pointing out that the Colts’ management should not forget that Manning has provided great service to Indianapolis. Bryan gets 2 points for acknowledging how much Luck could learn from Manning if they were on the same team. Johnny gets 1 point for pointing out the excessive amount of money the Colts would have to pay a quarterback to potentially sit on the bench.

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1. According to SI.com and NFL sources, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning has had four neck procedures, not three as previously reported. Should the Colts pay upwards of $28 million to keep Manning for the 2012 season?

BG: Peyton Manning has paid his dues to the city of Indianapolis and should be able to return next season, but paying him $28 million seems to be out of the question. Manning’s injury is such an enigma and no one can determine whether or not he is progressing. Neck injuries are very serious and it’s hard to tell if Manning can come back from it. This makes Manning a boom or bust type of signing, whether he stays with the Colts or moves on to another team. Breaking up is always hard because you think about all the good times, but the Colts also need to keep their future in mind, and it looks like that is going to be with Andrew Luck. Manning had a great run with the Colts, but sometimes in professional sports you need to make a business decision — even if it may seem cold — and move on.

BB: I think even before it was announced that Manning had a fourth procedure, the best thing for the Colts to do was to release Manning instead of paying him the $28 million they owe him. The Colts have already said they will not trade Manning; they will either pay or cut him. With the Colts planning to take Luck with the first pick in April’s draft, who analysts are rating as the highest rated quarterback out of college since Manning was drafted, I do believe that Luck would benefit immensely from sitting for one year behind Manning and learning from the best.

But for the Colts to pay $28 million for a quarterback who may not be healthy enough to even play is too big a risk for a team who was the worst in football this past season. I believe the Colts should take that $28 million they would save and apply it to trying to rebuild the team around Andrew Luck so that they can be successful in the future.

JS: It is not practical for the Indianapolis Colts to keep Peyton Manning on the roster.

Since they are going to make Andrew Luck their starting quarterback, Manning would be nothing but a burden on their team salary. From a business perspective, Luck is the new story that will put fans in the seats.

Having Manning sit on the bench will not sell the team more tickets. Letting him go

2. The NBA trade deadline is coming up soon and the acquisition of Magic center Dwight Howard is a hot topic. Which NBA team is the best fit for Howard and why?

BG: I honestly think that Dwight Howard would look great with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Howard can score points, but his main function is as a rebounder. That would make his presence underneath the basket ideal for any time that Kevin Durant doesn’t get a shot to fall. However, the price that the Thunder or any other team would have to pay just wouldn’t be worth it. Would the Thunder really risk sending a package that would have to include either Russell Westbrook or James Harden as the headliner? I don’t think so. Howard becomes a free agent after the season and then any team can sign him on the open market. The only reward of getting Howard right now would have to be a championship to justify trading so much to get him and I just don’t see a team that should make that type of move right now.

BB: The best fit for Dwight Howard would have to be the Los Angeles Lakers. The Lakers already have the best player in the NBA in Kobe Bryant and have the tradable asset in Andrew Bynum. Howard has had his sights set on Los Angeles for a while and has always wanted to play there. The reason this would be such a good fit is if Howard is traded, the Magic plan to unload some contracts with the trade — Turkoglu and Nelson being the most likely candidates. That just so happens to be the two things the Lakers need the most; their point guard and small forward play have really set them back so far this year. This trade would make Howard very happy and give him the chance to compete for a championship year

in and year out, and a team led by Kobe and Howard would make them serious contenders to win this year.

JS: Dwight Howard is currently the best center in the NBA, and he has expressed interest in being traded from Orlando numerous times. Ultimately, Howard wants to go to a team where he can win an NBA championship. Any team that can give Dwight that opportunity would be a good fit (I’m sorry to all you Nets fans out there, but I don’t see it happening in this lifetime). This makes the Dallas Mavericks a strong possibility for Howard. However, I believe that the most enticing opportunity that is on the table for Howard is the opportunity to play with Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles. Having Howard in L.A. would be like the days of Shaq and Kobe all over again. It would be a winning combination that would get Howard a ton of media coverage. Finally Howard would be playing in a city that is big enough for a player of his greatness.

MB: Brandon gets 3 points because although being part of the Thunder would put him on a team with the league’s reigning scoring champion, no team (except for Orlando) should trade for Howard only for winning a championship. Bryan gets 2 points for pointing out Howard’s prolonged will to play for the Lakers. Johnny gets 1 point for pointing out that Howard really wants to go to a championship-caliber team and the Lakers could be one of those teams.

3. Four Texas Christian University football players were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly selling marijuana to undercover police officers. How much of an effect does this have on TCU’s recruitment process going forward?

BG: It’s hard to say this, but scandals happen all the time in college football, and after a few years, they go away and it’s like they never happened. This story is still in its early phases, but if recent history tells us anything, then the Horned Frogs shouldn’t worry too much. The University of Southern California got busted for paying players and so did the University of Miami, yet neither has seen a negative effect on their recruiting. TCU has typically had to be creative in their recruiting since they weren’t in a major conference, but now that they’re in the Big 12 they’re going to get better recruits. Gary Patterson runs one of the best defenses in the country year in and year out, and I highly doubt a few college kids getting busted for marijuana is going to stop TCU on the recruiting trail a year from now.

BB: I do not believe that this recent report will have that big of an impact on the recruitment process for TCU going forward. TCU is making their move from

the Mountain West Conference to the Big 12 conference this year and that move alone will help them in their recruiting process. While having four football players arrested for selling marijuana is a black mark for the university, I believe that TCU moving to a major conference will more than make up for this black mark. College football coaches are paid for more than just their ability to coach, they’re paid for their ability to recruit as well. Gary Patterson has been extremely successful in recruiting as the head coach at TCU in a mid-major conference, and I believe he will be able to play off that this is not what TCU is about, and therefore I believe TCU will be more successful in their future recruiting endeavors.

JS: The arrests that took place will have a HUGE negative effect on the school’s recruitment process. All high school athletes who consider TCU for their future will be made aware of drug trafficking that has taken place within the athletic program at the school. Additionally, and maybe even more significantly, the parents of these athletes will be aware of these arrests. These high school athletes will potentially have many options when deciding what school they want to play for. Why play football at TCU when there are other high quality football teams that don’t have drug problems? The school’s reputation has taken a hard hit for the time being. Their recruitment will be effected next year and maybe even the year after as well.

MB: Johnny gets 3 points for pointing out that the opinions of parents of high school football players in Texas and elsewhere will be affected. Bryan gets 2 point for acknowledging the taint the arrests puts on TCU and Coach Patterson’s success in recruitment.

Brandon gets 1 point for pointing out that their move to the Big 12 Conference can only help their recruitment process.

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Kayleigh Shangle, of the College’s swimming and diving team, had a huge win in the Metropolitan Conference championship meet in the 100-yard breast event. Shangle went head to head with Naomi Woodcock of St. Rose College and beat her by 0.1 seconds.

The win helped the College capture their fifth straight Metropolitan Conference Championship.

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Track teams toss aside the competition

Men and women take on all comers at D-III Challenge

By Chris Molicki Sports Assistant

It was a special day for the College’s men’s and women’s track and field teams as they both blew away the rest of the field and won the Division III Challenge at New York University this past Saturday.

The men finished with 84.5 points — nearly 20 points ahead of second place Oneonta State — while the women had 81.5 points — almost 30 points more than the University of Rochester, who finished in second place.

For the men, their strength was behind the relays. They won the 4x200 with the team of senior Robert Jiggetts, sophomore Scott Lisa, junior Kyle Magliaro and sophomore Michael Spekhardt running at the time of 1:30.29. They also received top honors in the Distance Medley Relay as the team of senior Shaun McGeever, sophomore Kevin Mulcahey, sophomore Dominic Tasco and senior Andy Herschman raced to a time of 10:05.66.

“I think relays are a great way for the team to come together and turn what some people may see as an individual sport into a true team effort,” Magliaro said. “This meet especially with the relays being the first events — they set the momentum for other events.”

Senior Christopher Medina won the 60meter dash with a personal best of 6.89 seconds, continuing his amazing season. The time tied a school record.

In the field, the Lions were able to win both the high jump and the triple jump.

Junior Steven D’Aiutolo, who is having a very impressive season, continued his winning ways by leaping 14.20 meters in the triple jump, while Lisa nabbed the high jump crown with a jump of 1.98 meters.

Other top performers included Spekhardt getting second in the 400-meters with a time of 50.15 seconds, sophomore James Seyffart placing second in the 1,000 meters at 2:34.40, junior Julio Alorro sailing 4.55 meters in the pole vault for second place and freshman Erik Moutenot running a 1:55.88 in the 800-meters, good for third place.

“My mindset was attempting to tell myself to stay calm and relaxed,” Seyffart said.

“But all I was thinking about was trying to get a few points for the team and trying to hit the ECAC qualifying standard.”

The women’s most dominating event was the 800-meters, in which they took first, second and third. Freshman Katelyn Ary won the event with a time of 2:19.02, sophomore Emily Kulcyk was second at 2:20.02 and freshman Liz Johnson was third at 2:20.85.

The top finishes didn’t stop there; sophomore Erica Roberts and freshman Katheryn Karovic were one-two in the triple jump at 10.95 and 10.82 meters respectively. Freshman Katie Johnston and senior Nicole Brown were second and third in 400-meters with times of 59.27 and 1:01.62 respectively. The Lions were also able to win the 4x200 relay as the team of Roberts, Brown, freshman Michelle Cascio and Johnston finished the race at 1:47.48. Jackie Chester was third in the pole vault at 3.20 meters.

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Medina tied a school record with his 6.89 second time in the 60-meter dash.

“Winning the relay is great because it really shows the depth of our team,” said Cascio.

“Any team can have one individual runner win an event, but to have four girls come together and perform their best to get the win is really special.”

After facing bigger schools all season, the College went into a Division III only meet and was by far the best in show.

“I think that taking on so many Division I

schools earlier in the season makes us more than ready to compete against other Division III teams,” Cascio said.

“This meet gave us a good chance to tune up and see similar competition that will be at NJACs and ECACs,” Magliaro said. “We are in a great spot and are all excited for the upcoming championship meets.”

The Lions will have the NJAC championship meet this Friday in New York.

Lions fall to Scarlet Raiders in the first round

By Brandon Gould Staff Writer

Lions 37 Scarlet Raiders 48

Sophomore forward/center Liz West got her hands on a missed shot, brought it in and then put it back up to push the Lions ahead 2-0 in the first minute of the Lions opening NJAC Tournament contest against Rutgers University-Newark on Saturday, Feb. 18.

That score would only hold up for a matter of six seconds and would be the Lions only lead in a game that would end in a 48-37 loss.

Rutgers-Newark’s defense was all over the Lions, recording 10 steals and blocking seven shots. The Scarlet Raiders also grabbed 33 of their 48 rebounds on the defensive side of the ball.

“Newark did what they wanted to do, better than we did what we wanted to do,” head coach Dawn Henderson said.

“It happens sometimes. Unfortunately for us it came at a time when you win and advance or go home.”

The Lions were held to a season-low 37 points in part because of the Scarlet Raiders swarming defense, but Henderson also believes that it was due to her team going “cold at the worst time.”

The Lions were only able to convert on 25 percent of their shots from behind the arc, while shooting for a percentage of 20.4 overall.

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cused defensive team,” Henderson said. “I don’t think that we performed very well on offense though. Those two in combination led to our final score.”

Senior guard Jessica Imhof was the only Lion to reach double figures in scoring, leading the team with 12 points. West was the Lions second-leading scorer on the day with six points, but made her biggest impact on the board, registering 12 rebounds.

While the Lions struggled on offense, their defense was able to hold the Scarlet Raptors in check and keep the game from getting out of hand. Similar to the Scarlet Raptors, the Lions defense only allowed one opposing player to reach double-digit points.

In the end, the game came down to execution, according to Henderson.

“I think that Newark was more disciplined than us sticking to their game plan,” Henderson said. “We played strong defense ourselves. Anytime you hold your opponent to 48 points, you should be able to win the game.”

Although she admits there were moments to forget on Saturday, Henderson took pride in the Lions’ seasonlong transformation.

“This team was a pleasure to coach from beginning to end,” Henderson said. “They had great chemistry from the start and that made everyday fun. I think that they worked every day to improve their game. Unfortunately, the final day was a struggle for us.”

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The team was held to a season-low 37 points Sat.

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