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Several Universityfaculty and guestchoreographersbrainstorm to createdance performancesthroughoutthe weekend.

Golf star TigerWoods is being questioned for hisrefusal to talk abouthis car accident. Ispleading the fifthmaking the cause ofthe accident more suspicious?

Executive Director of Residence Life Joan Carbone speaks at last night’s Residence Life town hall

meeting. The new policy will limit sign-backs and give priority to students in professional programs.

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Housing extends priorityto professional majors

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIOSTAFF WRITER

University students who want to live oncampus next year can expect to see analtered lottery process that aims to bemore fair and balanced for all studentsstarting in January.

The terms of the new housing lotterysystem, which attempts to address the manyproblems students had with the old process,were announced last night at the ResidenceLife town hall meeting in the McCormickresidence hall on Busch campus.

“[The previous process] created a systemof [figurative] ‘rich’ students and ‘poor’ stu-dents,” said Ryan Harrington, Residence HallAssociation vice president of advocacy. “Therewere students who happened to be in a certainschool who were able to easily get housing,and there were other students who have a dif-ferent major and just kind of were out of luck.”

The aspects revised in the new processinclude the sign-back system, the prioritygiven to certain professional schools andoff-campus students.

Under the new process, lottery num-bers will be incorporated into the sign-backprocess by allowing only the top 5 percentof lottery numbers to sign back to theircurrent living situation, Executive Directorof Residence Life Joan Carbone said.

Sign-backs will not be limited to apart-ments, but will also be extended to stu-dents living in suites and doubles, Carbonesaid. But students will not be able to signback to spaces reserved for first-year stu-dents and those in special programs.

Last year, 1,776 students signed backinto their apartments, said Harrington, aSchool of Environmental and BiologicalSciences sophomore.

“Those apartments that were signedback weren’t even put back into the lottery.They didn’t have to go through theprocess,” said RHA President Sam Firmin,a School of Environmental and BiologicalSciences sophomore.

Under the old process, School ofEnvironmental and Biological Sciences andMason Gross School of the Arts studentswere given a higher priority by being con-sidered first for Cook campus apartmentsign-ups, Associate Director of ResidenceLife Bill O’Brien said.

The new policy will distribute the priori-ty among students in all professionalschools by designating 20 percent of spaceon Cook for School of Environmental andBiological Sciences and Mason GrossSchool of the Arts students, while 20 per-cent of space on Busch will be reserved forSchool of Engineering and Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy students, Carbone said.

Like the old process, off-campus stu-dents are not allowed to participate in thelottery, but with the new system they can nolonger get into on-campus housing by livingwith residents who have a number, she said.

Off-campus students are required tosign up on a waiting list during the sum-mer, Carbone said.

More than 100 students attended the meeting.

For several years, the University has receivedlarge donations from the controversial AlaviFoundation, a not-for-profit organization underinvestigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigationfor being an illegal front for the Iranian regime.

According to the foundation’s tax returns, thegroup had donated about $350,000 to the Universityfrom 2005 to 2007.

The University had received donations from theAlavi Foundation for educational programs in theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies and for Persianlanguage instruction, said University spokespersonEJ Miranda in an e-mail correspondence.

“The Alavi Foundation’s mission is to promotecharitable and philanthropic causes through educa-

tional, religious and cultural programs,” accordingto the foundation’s Web site.

Miranda said the University is cooperating fullywith the investigation by federal authorities.

The United States attorney for the SouthernDistrict of New York announced in a press releasethe amending of a civil complaint in November seek-ing forfeiture of the foundation’s ownership in eightproperties and a number of bank accounts.

The complaint charges that the foundation,which has interest in a 36-story of fice buildingin New York City owned by 650 Fifth AvenueCompany, has been providing numerous servic-es to the Iranian government and transferringfunds from 650 Fifth Avenue Company to Bank

Melli, a bank owned and controlled by theIranian government.

“As today’s complaint alleges in great detail, theAlavi Foundation has effectively been a front for theGovernment of Iran. For two decades, the AlaviFoundation’s affairs have been directed by variousIranian officials, including Iranian ambassadors tothe United Nations, in violation of a series ofAmerican laws,” said Preet Bharara, United Statesattorney for the Southern District of New York inthe release.

John Winters, attorney for the foundation, said thefoundation is unable to comment on ongoing investi-gations, but they are confident they will succeed.

— Mary Diduch

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Cousins and contestants from NBC’s“The Biggest Loser,” Filipe and Sione Fa,visited Café Z at the Jane VoorheesZimmerli Ar t Museum on the CollegeAvenue campus yesterday to promote AdinaHolistics beverages. The duo is Adina’snewest brand ambassadors.

“I was the kind of person who really didn’tpay attention to nutritional facts,” Filipe Fa said.

Since the show ended last season, the duolost a combined total of 280 pounds, he said.

Before the café’s front entrance, a tablewas set up and free drink samples and mer-chandise were distributed while the formercontestants mingled with students andsigned autographs.

San Francisco-based Adina for Life, Inc., agrassroots company led by SoBe beverage linecreator John Bello and the creators of Odwallabeverages, launched the line of five herbal tea-infused juices in May, said Bruce Burke, the chiefmarketing officer at Adina for Life. The drinks areUSDA certified organic, fair-trade and gluten-free.

The flavors, “Pomegranate Acai,”“Blackberry Hibiscus,” “Grapefruit Goji,”“Peach Amalaki” and “Mango OrangeChamomile,” are available in the 14 oz. glassbottles for $2 at the café.

Other nearby carriers are WholeFoodsand ShopRite, said John Rarrick, who worksfor Adina for Life, Inc. public relations.

“It’s not overly sweet. I like that it’s nottoo bad for you like other drinks,” saidDipa Amin, a School of Environmental andBiological Sciences junior, after trying theMango Orange Chamomile, Filipe Fa’s favorite.

Burke is taking the product on a nationaltour. After the University, the team headed toWMGM, an NBC affiliate.

“If we can get people to develop healthiereating habits in their youth, that could have aprofound effect on the overall health of thecountry,” Burke said.

— Jessica Parrotta

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Committee exploresindependent optionfor student assembly

BY ARIEL NAGIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Members of the Rutgers University Student Assembly arein the process of investigating the pros and cons of becoming aspecial student organization.

RUSA Chair Werner Born created an ad-hoc committee toinvestigate incorporation. Eight members were also appointedto the committee.

The investigation will be conducted by looking into how torequest alternative funding through the University Senate’s spe-cial student organizations guidelines and how this would benefitor hinder student government and the student body as a whole.

The idea was put on the table last year by a number of stu-dents, said Born, a School of Engineering senior.

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“Commit, Act, Demand: WeCAN End Violence AgainstWomen” is one of the messagesthat the Center for Women’sGlobal Leadership is hoping tosend with their 16-day campaign,which kicks off today for WorldAIDS Day.

The center’s “16 Days ofActivism Against Gender ViolenceCampaign” will begin with severalevents and run through Dec. 9.

Campaign Coordinator KeelySwan said the idea for the cam-paign first came in 1991 from theWomen’s Global LeadershipInstitute at the CWGL.

“Women from all differentregions in the world came togeth-er to discuss ... everything fromviolence against women to issuesabout women’s human rights,”Swan said.

Students can donate $1 and dec-orate a piece of fabric that will bemade into a quilt today at VoorheesMall on the College Avenue campus

for the World AIDS Day Exhibit,according to a campaign flyer. Allproceeds will go to children withHIV/AIDS in Africa and India.

Students can participate in thecampaign tomorrow at theDouglass Campus Center at 9:30p.m., where Caroline Ilogienboh willdiscuss her experiences of genitalmutilation, according to the flyer.There will also be a “16 Days BenefitConcert” at the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue cam-pus, hosted by Radigals, the under-graduate women’s and gender studies association.

All proceeds will be donated toRape Crisis Cape Town, based inSouth Africa.

Douglass College seniorAlyssa Cocchiara, an active mem-ber of Radigals, said since theUniversity is so large, and the “16Days Campaign” was first startedhere, it is important to recognizeand raise awareness on the issueof violence against women.

“There are so many differentpeople across the world doingsomething for this campaign,”

Cocchiara said. “It is importantthat we make gender equality aknown issue.”

The Global Write-A-Thon willbe held from 8 to 11 p.m. onThursday at the DouglassCampus Center, according tothe flyer. There will be letterwriting and petitioning forhuman rights defenders andprisoners on conscience.

Students can enjoy music,performances and food at Tasteof Asia 2009, on Friday at theDouglass College Center from 7to 11 p.m. also as part of the 16-day campaign, according to theflyer. All proceeds from theevent will go to human traffick-ing campaigns.

The CWGL’s campaign willcontinue next week with letterwriting to the UN SecretaryGeneral Dec. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2p.m. in front of Brower Commonson the College Avenue campus,according to the flyer.

That night, from 8 to 11 p.m.,an event on domestic violenceand sexual assault in the lesbian,

gay, bisexual and transgendercommunity will be held at theCenter for Latino Arts andCulture on the College Avenuecampus, according to the flyer.

The “Justice and Java:Expressions Against GenderViolence” Coffeehouse event willbe held next Wednesday Dec. 9 inthe Douglass Campus Centerfrom 8 to 11 p.m., according tothe flyer. Proceeds will go to localdomestic violence sheltersWomen Aware and Manavi.

The “16 Days Campaign” willend Dec. 9 with a screening of thefilm “Provoked” at the DouglassCampus Center at 8 p.m. Therewill also be free HIV testing heldat the Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus from12 to 6 p.m.

Douglass College seniorAmani S. Abdellah decided tobecome involved in the campaignbecause she believes that vio-lence against women is a majorhuman rights issue.

“I like this campaign becauseit allows individuals and organiza-

tions to take personal stancesagainst abuse,” she said. “OtherRutgers students should becomeinvolved with this campaignbecause it is a global issue.”

Violence against women is notjust a women’s issue, Abdellah said.

“It is a human rights issue anduntil women have a sound andstable place within society, vio-lence against women will contin-ue,” she said.

The “16 Days Campaign” rais-es awareness about gender-based violence at local, national,regional and even internationallevels. The campaign also strivesto pressure governments toeliminate violence againstwomen and to provide a forum inwhich dif ferent organizationscan share strategies on how toend violence, according to theCWGL Web site.

More information aboutthese events can be found onthe “16 Days Events Rutgers2009” Facebook page, or athttp://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html.

Two-week long campaign fights back against violence

The idea that clean water may be the first step to asustainable community helped create the RutgersUniversity Environmental Policy, Institutions andBehaviors Water Project.

This student group’s goal is to raise funds for theWater Project, Inc., School of Environmental andBiological Sciences junior Dan Cirenza said.

“The Water Project, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofitorganization that’s bringing relief to communitiesaround the world who suffer needlessly from a lackof access to clean water,” according to the projectWeb site.

People can help their cause by supporting the EPIBWater Project and donating to the Web site, Cirenzasaid. The money donated goes directly to The WaterProject and their mission of constructing wells in Africaand India to provide clean water.

“All donations go 100 percent toward constructioncosts; there’s no middle man,” Cirenza said.

The EPIB Water Project’s goal is to raise $5,300. “I hope to break that goal,” Cirenza said.Missions like the Water Harvesting Project and the

Water Bridge Project do the actual hands-on construc-tion, he said.

Cirenza came up with the EPIB Water Project lastTuesday with Kathryn Gardella, a School ofEnvironmental and Biological Sciences junior, in orderoffer students a way to make a difference and give back.

“After a little research, we realized there’s so muchto do,” Cirenza said. “There are so many things yet theyall start with the basic need of water.”

To learn more about the EPIB Water Project, theirprogress with reaching their funding goal or to help anddonate, you can visit them at www.firstgiving.com/epib.

— Amber Mauriello

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Although School of Arts andSciences junior Jasmine Noor livesin a Busch campus apartment, shesaid the new policy is fair but thechange is far too sudden.

“I did bring up the idea [dur-ing the question and answer por-tion] of staggering the process[over time] so that people whocurrently have apartment hous-ing can consider other options …

because theyknow they’re notguaranteed itafter one year,”she said.

R e s i d e n c eLife’s goal wasto develop aprocess thatwould enablethem to giveaway housingspaces to all students in the fairest possible way,

Carbone said.“The process we’re trying to

develop here isn’t about helpingor hurting any particulargroups of students,” she said.“It’s about making the fairestpossible process to create a waythat we can give away housingspaces to all students in thefairest possible way.”

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Residence Life Assistant Director Bill O’Brien answers studentquestions at last night’s Residence Life town hall meeting. Thenew policy does not allow commuters to reside with on-campusstudents who sign-back their housing agreement.

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3 The Recreation Activities Crew will be holding a co-ed“Kickball Tournament” at the Livingston RecreationCenter. The entrance fee is $10, which will go to theAdopt-A-Family they adopted for the holidays. Teams offive to eight University students may register. Coed ratiois at least 5:2. The winning team will take home a freeoutdoor trip from the Recreation department as well asT-shirts. Call Mr. O’Connell (732) 445-2398 or emailkoconnel@rci.rutgers.edu with any questions.

2 Join the Zimmerli Student Advisory Board and the JaneVoorhees Zimmerli Art Museum as they celebrate theend of the fall semester but also as they begin enjoyingthe holiday season for the last “Art After Hours” of thesemester. Come to the art museum on the CollegeAvenue campus at 6 p.m. to enjoy delicious holidaytreats, hot chocolate, cider and participate in the fun andfestive activities that are planned.

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School of Environmental andBiological Sciences sophomoreDayna Bertola lives in an apart-ment on Cook campus and isafraid of being displaced toanother campuswith the new sign-back process.

“I pay over$2,000 more to goto that schoolbecause it’s a pro-fessional school,”Bertola said. “Idon’t want to wakeup at weird hours tobe going across acampus that I haveno affiliation with.”

But School ofArts and Sciencesjunior Diego Geswaldo said thenew policy is one of the fairest onesResidence Life has come up with.

“I admit [the new policy onsign-backs] puts apartment resi-dents at a disadvantage. I havefriends who are in apartmentsand I feel bad for them, but as awhole I feel it is more fair toeveryone,” he said.

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groups of students.” JOAN CARBONE

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H1N1 VACCINATION AVAILABLE TO AT-RISK GROUPS

BY JESSICA PARROTTASTAFF WRITER

Mason Gross School of the Artsdance students will take the stageThursday to present ballet and mod-ern works choreographed by distin-guished faculty members from theUniversity Department of Dance in“DancePlus Fall.”

The semi-annual series will fea-ture guest choreography fromStuart Loungway and Jawole WillaJo Zollar, artistic director of UrbanBush Women Dance Company,from Thursday to Sunday at NewTheater on Douglass campus.

“Loungway’s piece is a con-temporary ballet work, which ispart of a shift in the dance pro-gram [where] we are featuringmore and more ballet on our per-formances, as well as our modernworks,” said Randy James, artisticdirector of the student dance com-pany, University Danceworks.

Premiering works include“When You’re Not Looking,” cho-reographed by John Evans withan originial score by RobertBenford, with Terry King andChristopher White andLongway’s “Alcyone,” which fea-tures an ensemble cast about theemotional aspects of newromances and young love featur-ing music by 17th-century com-poser Marin Marais, according toa DancePlus press release.

DancePlus performances usu-ally feature the work of four to sixdistinguished faculty membersand a guest choreographer com-missioned for UniversityDanceWorks, according to therelease. This year, the UrbanBush Women dance is choreo-graphed by an all-women dancecompany based out of Brooklyn.

“In the 11 years that I havebeen here at Mason Gross Schoolof the Arts, this is a first,” Jamessaid of Zollar’s residency, whichwas also co-sponsored for the firsttime by the New JerseyPerforming Arts Center AlternateRoutes residency program.

The students have been learningthe dances for their debut atDancePlus Fall since they audi-tioned the first week of September,James said. Students receive creditsonce they complete the program.

Zollar choreographed “Walkingwith Pearl … Southern Diaries,” adance inspired by Pearl Primus,who researched the lives of blackpeople and the poor in the South inthe 1940s, according to aDancePlus program.

“‘Walking with Pearl’ is anincredible piece,” said Olivia Mode,a Mason Gross School of the Artsjunior. “Working with Urban BushWomen has been a life-changingexperience for many of us. It is adifficult dance to perform becauseit is physically demanding and thedancers have to really dig deep inorder to reveal the emotional truthof the piece.”

The work won the Bessie, aNew York Dance and PerformanceAward, in 2007, according to therelease. The work explores theanger and frustration of low-wageworkers, sharecroppers and thoseon the bottom of society’s rung,according to the release.

James choreographed“Closing the Glass Door,” whichexplores the relationship of twomen and features music byHandel, according to the release.

His other dance, “Moth,”which was originally commis-sioned by Nimbus Dance Worksand premiered in June, withmusic by Judd Greenstein, will beperformed by five Mason Grossfine arts students, according tothe release.

“I found the music hauntinglybeautiful, and it had a ‘fluttering’sound to it that made me think ofmoths,” James said. “When Ithink about moths, I imaginethem flying dangerously close tolight, often burning to theirdeaths. I don’t think that is so dif-ferent from human beings — theway we are often attracted tothings that we know are harmfulto us but we can’t stop ourselves.”

Performance times are 8 p.m.from Thursday to Saturday, and 2p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ticketsare $25 for the general public, $20for University employees, alumniand seniors, $15 for students withadvance purchase or at the latest twohours prior to the performance time.

For more information, visitwww.masongross.rutgers.edu.To reach the ticket of fice, call (732) 932-7511.

Famous choreographersdance into U. spotlight

University health officials are scheduled to administerthe injectable vaccine against swine flu to at-risk groupstomorrow from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the WerblinRecreation Center on Busch campus.

“According to the Centers for Disease Control, vacci-nation is the single best way to protect yourself againstinfluenza, a potentially serious and sometimes deadly dis-ease,” said Executive Director for Rutgers-NewBrunswick Health Services Melodee Lasky.

The injectable vaccine has been approved for mostchildren and adults, including pregnant women andthose with underlying medical conditions, but the par-ticular type the University received is not recommend-ed for children under age 4, Lasky said in an e-mail tothe community.

She said CDC guidelines require the University toonly administer the vaccine to members of the campuscommunity in the following at-risk groups: people underthe age of 25; health care and EMS personnel; childrenbetween the ages of 4 and 17 living in University housing;people who live with or care for infants under age 6months; and pregnant women.

It will also be administered to people ages 25 to 64with serious medical conditions such as neurological or

developmental problems, chronic lung disease, heart dis-ease, blood disorders, endocrine disorders, kidney orliver disorders, metabolic disorders or a weakenedimmune system due to disease or medication.

“The CDC is urging that those planning travel dur-ing the holiday season be vaccinated if they are in oneof the above at-risk groups,” Lasky said. “Studies showthat the H1N1 vaccine produces protective immunity in8 to 10 days.”

The vaccine is offered on a voluntary basis and is freeof charge.

University officials ask community members to showtheir University ID card.

Lasky encourages people with any questions or con-cerns to consult their private physician, who can alsoadminister the vaccine.

“Influenza activity continues across the UnitedStates,” Lasky said. “Rutgers’ goal is to vaccinate allinterested faculty, staf f and students who are in thepriority groups.”

More about H1N1 and University-specific informationis available at http://h1n1.rutgers.edu.

— John S. Clyde

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“It’s an idea students arereally interested in, and I don’tthink we should ignore it,”Born said.

The committee’s goal is tosubmit a list of the pros and consof becoming a special studentorganization to the student gov-ernment community during theirfirst or second meeting of thespring semester, or at least byFebruary, Committee ChairYonaton Yares said.

After the list is presented,members of RUSA would deter-mine whether becoming a spe-cial student organization issomething they want to consider,and if it is, they would follow thesteps necessary to request it,Born said.

“If it’s something the bodywants to do, we’ll put the blocksinto place,” he said.

While the committee is stillgetting ready to explore exactlywhat the advantages and disad-vantages are of becoming inde-pendent, RUSA LegislativeAffairs Chair John Aspray saidfrom looking at other organiza-tions that are student-run andfollow the University Senate’sguidelines, such as the NewJersey Public Research InterestGroup Student Chapters andThe Daily Targum, there aremany advantages that comealong with it.

Student government couldpossibly be able to receivefunding by adding a fee on stu-dent term bills, have theopportunity to hire a full-timestaf f member to assist theorganization with various tasksand the organization would beable to operate under its ownrules, he said.

“[The guidelines] give finan-cial ability to an organization,”said Aspray, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “Student govern-ment would not be legally boundby Rutgers’ rules but by its own.”

Born said if student govern-ment can become a special stu-dent organization under theSenate’s guidelines, theywould be able to do things likepar ticipate in lobbying forhigher education, somethingthey cannot do while beingunder the University guide-lines and without the opportu-nity for more funding.

He said he is not sure whatthe disadvantages are but hopesto uncover that informationwhen the committee presentsits findings.

The committee and RUSA arenew to this process, since the lasttime any student group wasgranted this opportunity wasmany years ago, and not manygroups follow these guidelines,Aspray said.

“These are all issues we areinvestigating because it’s possi-ble that this would really benefitstudent government,” he said.

Yares said having specialstudent organization statuswould open up more freedomfor student government, andRUSA members will not onlymake their decision based onwhat would work best for stu-dent government, but for theentire student body as well.

“We’re going to try to comeup with what would be best forthe Rutgers community, whetherit’s through [the special studentorganization status], some sort ofhybrid or the status quo,” saidYares, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

OPTION: RUSA may look

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team would be best, as wededicate every touchdownto the words “Up stream,red team.” In addition, crewwas once the pride and soulof the University, beforethis institution completelydisregarded the value of tra-dition — and we wonderwhy no one knows the alma

mater. These students are rowing simply becausethey love the sport. Of the 15 members whodeclared majors, four were in the School ofEngineering while one was in the Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy. These two programs requirethe utmost demand from its students, regardless oftheir extra-curricular activities. Furthermore, sixothers also majored in math or science-relatedfields, such as microbiology, biotechnology, marinesciences and ecology. The rest took the liberal artsroute, as they dedicated themselves to political sci-ence, history, pre-business, psychology and finance.Naturally, I gathered information from a muchsmaller pool of athletes, but it should not discount

the fact that crew members takethemselves very seriously insideand outside of the classroom.

Let it be clear: I am in no waydiscrediting the academic abilityof the football team, as I am also aliberal arts major myself. But it ishard to make the argument thatcriminal justice research methodsare more rigorous than organicchemistry. I support Universityfootball, and I am not saying it

should not exist, but these club sports constitute avery small percentage of the entire football budget.If we are going to give full scholarships to the foot-ball players then the least we can do is provide suf-ficient funding for these organizations.Furthermore, we should even go as far as to re-instituting the six Olympic sports. These individu-als have proven to be outstanding student-athletes,and they work just as hard, if not harder, than foot-ball players. It’s time the University started takingnotice. As seen by their dedication, members ofthese clubs, especially the crew team, also proba-bly have the most University pride. In the longterm, they are the ones who will actually respondto the incessant phone calls and letters about dona-

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“Club sports overdue forfunding change.” It report-ed that many students areprevented from joiningclub sports teams becauseof expensive dues. As aresult, the RutgersUniversity Student Assembly Allocations Boardhas considered the possibility of funding theseorganizations through student fees. In order tocompensate for the rise in cost, however, studentfees would ultimately be increased. While I think itis admirable that RUSA is finally doing somethinglegitimate, it should not be its responsibility to fundthese organizations. These clubs, especially the sixOlympic sports that were axed in 2007, should befunded through alternative means, even if it has tocome out of University President Richard L.McCormick’s $550,000 salary. Maybe the Rutgersfootball team can give some of its generated rev-enue from its last two stellar 8-5 seasons. I wasunder the impression that the sta-dium expansion was necessary tosolve our financial problems. Inorder to put this into perspective,it’s important to discuss the aca-demic priorities of the Universityin relation to athletics.

While some football players areplaying without any financialincentive, many are here underfull scholarships. So, I decided totake my time to research howthese students make use of this great opportunity.Through the University database, I was able to findthe academic majors of 59 players, as 47 of themwere listed as undecided. Of those 59 individuals,the majority were criminal justice majors, as 21chose this to be the core of their studies. Twenty-eight players were more or less evenly distributedin labor studies, pre-business, communications,economics and history. There was one studentmajoring in exercise science, as this constitutedthe only science-related major on the team. Therest were scattered among other liberal artsmajors, such as political science, sociology, jour-nalism and marketing.

With these statistics in mind, I found it appropri-ate to also research the academic majors of one ofthe cut Olympic sports teams. I thought the crew

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“I was under the impression that thestadium expansion wasnecessary to solve ourfinancial problems. ”

Speak up Tiger

D uring the past week, an athletic headline has taken thelight of f more important matters such as health care orconflicts around the world. Tiger Woods’ car crash has

been dissected by numerous news agencies as if it was a matterof national security. Should this address of golf ’s golden boy beas harsh as the media has made it out to be? While Woodsremains fairly quiet on the matter, he has issued a statement withregard to his pulling out of the tournament that he has hosted forthe past nine years. His written apologetic address, as reportedby Reuters, included a small explanation as to what happened,saying that the accident was his fault and that it was “obviouslyembarrassing to [his] family and [him].” As the incident isdescribed by the media, Woods drove away from his house andconsecutively hit a fire hydrant and a tree. While tabloids havebeen widely interested with the idea of an argument betweenWoods and his wife over an alleged af fair prior to the crash, thequestion remains: Should Woods’ personal matters be disclosedto police or even the public?

This spectacle of tabloid news has been questioned for severaldays now, and yet the public, or at least the media, has not beensatisfied with the mundane answers to their questions. If therewas a car accident, why does Woods remain relatively quiet withregard to the details? Should his business become national newssimply due to his name? These still unanswered issues appear inthe spotlight only to seemingly increase the tension of matters.

If Woods came clean and clarified matters, the entire debaclewould die down. After all, why should the world’s highest paid ath-lete not share with the police and the public the reason for hispulling out of his own tournament? Under Florida law, Woods hasthe right of keeping his medical records private, but if a warrantwere issued, this rule would not take priority. His position as oneof the most recognizable figures in the world serves Woods withgreatly appealing deals with Nike and AT&T. These companiesseem intent to stand by the athlete despite the rumors involved.But the question continues to concern legal methods in additionto public opinion. Woods’ weak admittance to fault simply servesto further many of the media’s assumptions.

While the situation has been dissected by media, they aremostly passive in their treatment of the athlete. This is in partbecause he is looked at as the sports world’s golden child. Woodshas been in the media since he was a toddler, showing of f his put-ting skills on national television shows like “The Mike DouglasShow.” Since being looked at as a child prodigy, he has workedhis way to be one of the most well known and most sponsoredgolf players in the world. His name is tied to many giant compa-nies, and people have a positive image of him in their heads. Theman single-handedly generates a lot of revenue for companieslike Gatorade and Nike, and it may be because of how muchmoney he is worth that the media is choosing to not pick himapart too quickly. The public is usually always up for a juicy scan-dal, especially when it comes to their favorite sports stars.Basketball player Kobe Bryant had all his business in the mediawhen he was accused of sexual assault and cheating on his wife.It was also made very public when it was apparent that the couplewas trying to work on their relationship, and pictures of a brandnew gigantic ring on Mrs. Bryant’s finger were all over tabloids,magazines and newspapers. People are asking questions, but itdoesn’t seem like they are in a rush to find out that Woods hasdone something wrong.

Perhaps if a statement had been released earlier and withgreater details, all questions of Woods’ personal life would havebeen forgotten. Plenty of people would resist a release of theirinformation in order to keep it from neighbors or friends. What isthe dif ference in this case? The danger of being in the limelightconstantly is shown here. Although Woods would like to keep hisprivate life out of the media spotlight, it will eventually come outif there is some scandal trying to be hidden. The fact of the mat-ter is the more he chooses not to say anything about the situa-tion, the more rumors will start to circulate. People will be moreprone to asking questions, and more assumptions will be madepertaining to an alleged af fair or some other sort of scandalousbehavior. The right to plead the fifth is available and he is notobligated to speak to anyone, but he is also choosing a dangerouspath in doing that. It is almost like truth is being omitted or avoid-ed to keep a secret from getting out. If there truly is no big deal,he should just come out with a statement explaining the 2 a.m.drive, the accident and why on earth his wife was outside with agolf club in the first place.

“Whenever anybody passes on, they’ll talk about your record and what you’ve done and

any crap like that. ... It’s more about the people youmeet and the relationships you have because that’s

what really counts in life.”

Bob Reasso, former men’s soccer coach, on his career at Rutgers

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not human. Therefore, they areallowed to have superhumanabilities and be a little creepy.Face it, vampires and were-wolves are not everyday run-ins. Young girls need to realizethat Edward and Bella’s rela-tionship is between a vampireand human, not a human and ahuman. Therefore their rela-tionship is completely differentthan any relationship we willever have.

Everyone out there who criti-cized “Twilight” needs to findsomething better to do with theirtime. It will not make “Twilight”

magically dis-appear. If any-thing, it givesthe story morepublicity. I donot care howshallow orsuperficial the“ T w i l i g h t ”saga is. It isromantic andappeals tomany people.

“Twilight” is a bestseller andshould not be treated as anythingother than such. If you have aproblem with it, don’t read it orsee the movie. No one is forcingyou to.

The next time someone wantsto single out a particular movie orbook, they should be mindful ofthe fact that there are plenty ofother works that are controver-sial. People love to jump on thebandwagon and immediately findfaults. Time will pass and therewill be another story that has asimilar problem. The critics willappear again, a new controversywill arise and the cycle willinevitably recommence.

Sherise Satterfield is a Schoolof Environmental and BiologicalSciences first-year student.

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tions. On the other hand, if theUniversity does not ensure theirhappiness, it will never see acent of the relatively high payingsalaries of these future doctors,pharmacists and engineers. Ourfocus should be on improvingstudent life now so future alumnileave with a very good impres-sion. As I see it, our pathetic

Treat fiction as such

E ver since “Twilight”became a national phe-nomenon, a growing

number of people have been crit-icizing it. Many of their pointsare valid; however, they fail tosee the bigger picture. Theyhave centered in on “Twilight”and forgotten about other moreimportant issues.

“Twilight” is not the onlybook/movie that gives younggirls a false sense of how a rela-t i o n s h i pshould be.Many moviesportray rela-tionships neg-atively. Take,for example,the populartheme of sex.P r o d u c e r sr e p e a t e d l yportray sex asa central keyto a relationship. They showwomen having sex, whichmakes men fall in love withthem. This gives young girls awrong view of what a relation-ship is. The media should not beinstilling in our youth’s mindsthis concept of sex. It is degrad-ing and demoralizing to womeneverywhere. Yet, people want totalk about what “Twilight” isdoing to young girls’ percep-tions. Why the double standard?

The “Twilight” saga is a fic-tional story. Fiction should notbe held to the same standardsas realism. Those girls whoread into “Twilight” so muchthat they think Edward Cullenis the perfect boyfriend havemisinterpreted the story.Edward Cullen and Jacob Black,two of the main characters, are

SHERISE SATTERFIELD

Letter

“Young girls need to realize that Edward and

Bella’s relationship isbetween a vampire and

human, not a human and a human.”

CANAREScontinued from page 8

$500 million endowment cannotget any worse, but I’ve beenwrong many times before.

It is imperative that theUniversity gets its prioritiesstraight with athletics and aca-demics. The financial statuses ofthese clubs are in limbo, in whichadequate funding for the six for-mer varsity sports will be gone in2010 and 2011. With exception ofthree-hour labs, these studentswill have nothing else to look for-ward to. I guess we can look onthe bright side. They can see the

University face-off in Decemberagainst some Conference USAteam in the worthless St.Petersburg Bowl. At that point,maybe we can use all $1 millionearned from our Bowl win to helppay for these club sports.Problem solved.

Brian Canares is a RutgersCollege senior majoring historyand political science. His column,“Pure Rubbish,” runs on alternateTuesdays. He welcomes feedbackat bcanares@eden.rutgers.edu.

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Hawkeyes (7-0). Five of Iowa’svictories came by way of majordecision or technical fall, putting the match out of reach early.

“We didn’t do a good job han-dling their pace,” Goodale said.“The one thing we can learn from

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Sophomore heavyweight Dominick Russo collected two more pinsover the weekend to improve his record to 9-0, but RU lost twice.

school history to go to five con-secutive Bowl games — are try-ing to push those thoughts to theback of their minds and focus onthe task at hand: West Virginia.

“I think it’s how Iapproached this season — verybusiness-like,” Munoz said.“This is my senior year; I wastrying to be a leader and tryingto be consistent. That was thebiggest thing; I had to be aleader this year.”

As part of the most decoratedsenior class ever to play inPiscataway, Munoz has come a long way since redshirting in 2005.

“I think you learn from theolder guys,” Munoz said. “Someof the older guys from the past— guys like E-Fost, Quinny andPop [former Rutgers defensivestandouts Eric Foster, QuinteroFrierson and William Beckford]— embraced having theyounger guy and taught me howto prepare.

“How to lift, how to eat right,how to watch film — you can’tjust watch film, you have to knowhow to watch it — how to be aman. How to take care of yourselfand make right decisions.”

Munoz learned quickly —and he learned a lot. A naturaloutside linebacker, Munoz filledin for the injured Ryan D’Imperioand started 10 games in 2007 inthe middle.

Over the course of his fourseasons of eligibility, the Miaminative started at all three line-

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backer positions and racked up182 tackles.

“I’ve never seen that,” saidSteve Beauharnais, one of themany freshman backers Munozpassed teachings onto over theprevious few seasons. “Thisdefense is hard, and to pick up onsomething that fast just showshow dedicated he is to learningthis defense.”

Munoz has been describedby teammates all season as amodel of consistency at the line-backing position.

But it’s nothing new. Munozranks among RU’s leaders innearly every defensive catego-ry with 63 tackles (7.5 for aloss), 3.5 sacks, two forcedfumbles, three recoveries andan interception.

“I think Damaso, over theyears, has meant a lot,” headcoach Greg Schiano said. “Youtalk about a versatile, smart foot-ball player — he’s brought a lotto our program.”

With just two games remain-ing in his collegiate career,Munoz is still forcing thoughtsabout life after Rutgers to theback of his mind.

Like so many other upper-classmen, Munoz is taking it allone step at a time.

“Nothing is guaranteed,”Munoz said. “This is all a bless-ing. You never know when yourlast play is and when is your nextplay. I’m going to approach it likethat and play my hardest.”

But before moving on, Munozalready pinpointed his replace-ment at the head of the tunnel.

“Maybe I’ll surprise him,coming out of the tunnel firstnext year,” Beauharnais said.“We’ll see.”

that match is how a team likeIowa just never stops.”

Against Bucknell (3-3), theKnights got on the board earlywhen junior Bill Ashnault earnedan 8-3 decision over David Marble,the No. 13 wrestler in the nation inthe 133-pound weight class.

After losing his match againstIowa, Ashnault did what the teamwas unable to do: bounce back.

“I knew that I had to comeback strong against Bucknell,”he said. “I just had to get back

to the game plan and stick with it.”

Sophomore Trevor Melde fol-lowed in Ashnault’s footsteps,winning the next match, butBucknell reeled off six consecu-tive victories, coasting to the win.

“I wish that we had a bettermindset going into the secondmatch,” Goodale said. “You can’tlose matches that you are supposedto win. We knew what we weregoing up against and we just gotout-hustled in most weight classes.”

Although both times hestepped into the circle theKnights were already guaranteeda loss, redshirt junior DominickRusso continued to dominate,pinning two more opponents toboost his individual record to 9-0.

Six of his victories have comecourtesy of pins.

“Before Friday, four of myseven matches were againstranked wrestlers, so this was anice break,” he said. “Eventhough the pressure was off, Istill wanted to send a message tothe other team. I’m going towrestle everyone hard no matterwhat the rankings or score say.”

Not only does the loss toBucknell even RU’s record at threewins and three losses, it also kicksoff its Eastern IntercollegiateWrestling Association inter-confer-ence play with a loss.

“Bucknell is one of the topthree teams in our division forsure,” Goodale said. “They arewhere we want to be. I thought[Ashnault’s] win would be aspark for us but we couldn’t keepthe momentum.”

The Knights’ next match comesSaturday when the team travels toPrinceton to take on the Tigers andthe Virginia Military Institute.

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A fter finishing 6-6 in hisfifth year with NotreDame, Charlie Weis is

out as head football coach of theFighting Irish.

Weis leaves South Bend,Ind., with a career record of 35-27 and two Bowl ChampionshipSeries Bowl games, but also ledthe Irish to their losingest sea-son in program history.

“We have great expectationsfor our football program, and wehave not been able to meetthose expectations,” NotreDame’s Athletic Director JackSwarbrick said in a statement.“As an alumnus, Charlie under-stands those goals and expecta-tions better than most, and he’sas disappointed as anyone thatwe have not achieved thedesired results.”

Weis will not coach NotreDame’s Bowl game if the schoolis selected.

THE RUTGERS FOOTBALLteam’s noon matchup with No.24 West Virginia Dec. 5 is set toair on ESPN.

DISGRUNTLED POINT GUARDAllen Iverson met with represen-tatives from the Philadelphia76ers, including former Rutgersguard and head coach EddieJordan and General Manager Ed Stefanski.

The Sixers are looking for afill in for injured point guard LouWilliams, who is out with a bro-ken jaw.

Iverson, who began his careerin Philadelphia, left the MemphisGrizzlies and subsequentlyretired earlier this season after adispute over playing time.

BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT

The coaches lied to KevinHaslam when he was a freshman.

They told the 6-foot-7, 295-pound offensive lineman hewould never play right tackle forthe Rutgers football team — andat first they were right.

The fifth-year senior playedevery position on the offensiveline except for center, but start-ed all but one of the last 20games at the spot he was told hewould never play.

“Coming in as a freshman, Ithought I was a right tackle, butcoach told me I’d never playright tackle here,” Haslam said.“He moved me to left tackle myfreshman year, then my redshirtfreshman year is when he start-ed mixing in guard and theother side’s tackle.”

For each of the last two sea-sons, Haslam started everygame, although at three differ-ent positions. He began his jun-ior year at left guard, beforemoving to right tackle.

He also started one game atleft tackle this season when jun-ior Anthony Davis did not startbecause he missed a team func-tion. As a sophomore, Haslamplayed mostly right guard withsome time at left tackle.

Put simply, Haslam did it all.“It’s a good thing,” the

Mahwah, N.J., native said.“Most linemen on our teamknow how to play multiple posi-tions, it’s just that I know how toplay multiple positions on eachside. It’s a little different switch-ing sides, but you deal with it.”

Although Haslam no longerhas to worry about which side ofthe ball he is lining up on, hedoes not spend the extra timeworrying about what Bowlgame he is headed to. Instead,he lets his mom keep track ofthe postseason plans.

“I have no idea [where we’regoing],” said Haslam, who will

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Kevin Haslam was told by coaches that he would never play right tackle, but now in hissenior season, he has made the majority of the starts in his career at that position.

In his final season, the team went9-10-0 and failed to make the NCAATournament for the third consecu-tive year, losing to St. John’s 3-0 inthe Big East quarterfinals.

After 29 seasons on the sametouchline, Reasso said he isn’t sureif his coaching career will continue.

“What I really want to do,because you don’t get a chance todo this very often in life after beingin the same place for 29 years, is Iwant to take a step back anddecide what I want to do,” he said.“Do I want to pursue collegeagain? Do I want to look at anotherlevel, maybe get involved there?

“I have a lot of friends in a lotof places and I’ve talked to a lot ofpeople already today, and I justwant to take some stock, and takesome time with my family anddecide what I want to do.”

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go to his fifth Bowl and start hissecond. “My mom asked me, butshe keeps up with that stuffmore than I do.”

EACH WEEK BRINGS A NEWfirst for freshman quarterbackTom Savage, but Saturday’smatchup with West Virginiamight be the toughest.

It will be the first time Savagefaces a team the Scarlet Knightshave not beaten in 14 years.

“[Savage] has plenty of expe-rience and I think he’s perfectlyfine,” Haslam said. “I don’t worryabout him playing like a fresh-man. When he took that first hithe wasn’t a freshman anymore.”

Head coach Greg Schianodoes not believe the history is

even in his player’s minds, espe-cially the newcomers.

“Would I be naïve to thinkpeople aren’t going to talk aboutit? Absolutely,” Schiano said.“But I don’t think [freshmanlinebacker] Steven Beauharnaishad any idea what the Rutgers-West Virginia series was beforehe got here.”

THE KNIGHTS CONTINUE tonurse a number of injuries.

Senior wideout Tim Brownremains day-to-day, along withjunior tight end Shamar Gravesand junior defensive end JustinFrancis. Freshman wideoutMark Harrison is still recoveringfrom a head injury sufferedagainst South Florida.

“He’s getting better and I’mhoping we can get him back,”Schiano said. “He needs topractice because he’s a truefreshman. It would be irrespon-sible to put him in a game with-out practice.”

Junior linebacker AntonioLowery is questionable, butSchiano is comfortable withBeauharnais, who started Fridayin his stead.

AFTER MISHANDLING TWOsnaps in the last three games,junior punter TeddyDellaganna’s abilities as a holderon field goals is under fire.

“He’s dropping snaps and I’mnot happy with it,” Schiano said.“We have to make a decision.”

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Beatty, Coburn share floor in Legends ClassicBY MATTHEW STEIN

SPORTS EDITOR

ATLANTIC CITY — Twopoint guards are better than one.

For the first time all season, theR u t g e r smen’s bas-

ketball team experimented withboth James Beatty and MikeCoburn on the floor at the sametime — and had pretty good suc-cess with sophomore MikeRosario on the bench in Friday’s83-75 victory over Massachusetts.

“I have great confidence in MikeCoburn, who has played the twobefore, to slide him over there,” saidRutgers head coach Fred Hill Jr.

Beatty, the junior transfer,became the primary ball handler

while Coburn shifted to his morenatural position at the two. Withtwo players capable of pushingthe ball up the court, the ScarletKnights were much less stagnantand pushed the tempo more toHill’s liking.

All three guards were on thecourt for the final few minutes of reg-ulation Friday, and the ball-handlingcame into play while evading defend-ers trying to run out the clock.

Coburn, Beatty and Rosariomoved the ball around the court,dribbling and passing, taking upnearly 20 seconds of game clockwith a slim lead in the finalminute before the Minutemencommitted a foul.

“I wanted experience on thefloor,” Hill said. “We were going

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Junior guard Mike Coburn started all five games for the Knightsthis season, averaging 8.8 points and 4.6 assists per game.

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Junior point guard James Beatty transferred to Rutgers during the summer from Miami-Dade Junior College.

Ray proving she can be relied on as primary scorerBY STEVEN WILLIAMSON

SENIOR WRITER

ST. THOMAS, U.S. VirginIslands — Maybe it was theisland air. Maybe it was the

R u t g e r sw o m e n ’ s

basketball team’s one-point lossto Georgia only days before.

Maybe Brittany Ray justanswered one of the most impor-tant questions for the ScarletKnights this season — whoRutgers could rely on as its lead-ing scorer.

The senior guard shone in theKnights’ three-game stretch atthe Paradise Jam Tournament,racking up 56 points, including acareer-high 27 againstMississippi State.

“Brittany just refuses to lose.Her mindset was that ‘Hey, it’stime for us to win,’ and she’sbeen saying that in all thegames we’ve played,” saidRutgers head coach C. VivianStringer. “Even with [theKnights’ one point loss toGeorgia] she looked like shewas ready to cry, but rather thancry she just played her tail off.”

Ray averaged 18.7 points pergame to go along with 2.7rebounds and two assists in thetournament, good enough toearn Reef Division MVP hon-ors in the Knights’ tournamentvictory. Her ef forts also gar-nered her Big East honors, asthe guard cracked yesterday’s

Big East weekly honor roll.Prior to the tournament, Raywas averaging 12.3 points pergame in RU’s first four gamesof the season.

In the Knights’ 62-54 upset ofNo. 19 Mississippi State, Raywas an unstoppable force, driv-ing to the basket and rainingshots from the perimeter. The

guard drew three defenders on adrive in the second half butsomehow found a hole on thebaseline, laying the ball in anddrawing the foul for a three-point play.

The senior shot 10-for-17 —nearly 55 percent — from thefloor that day and is shooting 42percent from the floor this season.

“In the beginning of the gameI felt good in the warm up. … Iwas getting a little enthusiasticand my teammates were pumpingme up,” Ray said after the victory.“My coaches just told me to keepshooting the ball and I would get

my shot back, and I think I didthat today.”

With No. 13 Texas up by 12midway through the second half aday later, Ray again was the cata-lyst on the court.

The Knights scored 13straight points with nine comingfrom Ray, who keyed the runwhen she broke into the paint ondefense for a steal and a quick lay-in. RU’s 48-47 lead was its firstsince the first half, as the Knightsforced consecutive turnovers bythe Longhorns.

Ray finished with 17 pointsagainst Texas, scoring in dou-ble figures for her thirdstraight game, despite a lastsecond loss.

“We take every game as alearning experience and thiswas a game we definitely couldhave won,” Ray said after theloss to Texas. “We were downmost by 12 and it was a greatthing that we came back so closeand we could have finished thegame out, but we’re just going tohave to bounce back.”

After facing two rankedteams and a Southern Californiasquad that may be destined forthe top-25 after securing twotournament upsets, the Knightstip off against Atlantic 10 foeTemple tomorrow night at theLouis Brown Athletic Center.The game marks RU’s firsthome contest since it embarkedon its four-game road trip priorto Thanksgiving.

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Senior guard Brittany Ray scored a career-high 27 points inRutgers’ upset over No. 19 Mississippi State in the Virgin Islands.

“Brittany just refuses to lose.

Her mindset wasthat ‘Hey, it’s time

for us to win.’”C. VIVIAN STRINGER

Head Coach

to spread the floor a little bit andgo motion. We needed defensivestops, and Mike, Mike and JB dida terrific job in the last four min-utes of the game.”

Coburn contributed eight pointsand three assists in the second halfand had seven assists on the night.Beatty added seven points and twohelpers in 23 minutes.

The duo’s playing time coin-cided also with a 15-1 first-halfrun that gave the Knights a com-fortable cushion over UMass.

“It really is two point guards outthere,” Coburn said. “We run theoffense, I start outside the positionto let James run the point, but I’mstill a point guard out there too.”

Yet in Saturday’s championshipgame against Florida, the Gatorsused a physical press all gamelong, and RU responded by shyingaway from the approach thatworked so well 24 hours earlier.

The Knights did not cave intothe pressure and only turned theball over 15 times, but the offensivepace was significantly slowed. Hillopted to use freshmen forwardsDane Miller and Austin Johnsonand junior Jonathan Mitchell asaides in the backcourt against amuch bigger Florida lineup.

“I don’t know if we’re going togo small very often,” Hill said. “Ithink it’s going to depend eachand every game on the matchups.We’re always going to do what’sbest for our team matchup-wise.It might not work out again forthe next 10 games, I don’t know.”

After a four-minute stretchearly in the first half, Beatty andCoburn combined to play lessthan four minutes together therest of the way. Coburn totaled 28minutes while Beatty saw just 15sporadic minutes on the court.

The absence of two pointguards on the floor was all themore surprising consideringFlorida never took its foot off the

pedal. Guards Kenny Boyntonand Erving Walker were constant-ly harassing RU’s point guards inthe backcourt.

“Whenever you can have ball-handlers on the floor, and guyswho can make free throws andmake good decisions — which isthe most important thing — itcertainly helps,” Hill said. “But onthe defensive end, you have mis-match problems.”

Hill’s up-tempo preaching fitsin well with his current roster. AsMiller gets worked in more andmore into the offense — he played18 more minutes than sophomorestarter Pat Jackson over the week-end — he can be used in a numberof roles in the offense.

Particularly, the fast break.Miller had a pair of easy buck-

ets in transition within minutes inthe first half.

“I think we can run. DaneMiller is just young,” Hill said.“He’s really talented and is goingto make some really good plays;he’s just a little bit young.”

As opposing coaches watchthe tape of RU’s adventures inAtlantic City, Coburn may findhimself pressed more and moreheavily in the coming weeks.

The two-point guard approachis one of many viable answers.

“I think it worked prettywell, so I think we may be see-ing a little bit more of it,”Coburn said.

BY KYLE FRANKOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After 29 seasons at the helm ofthe Rutgers men’s soccer program,

head coachBob Reasso

announced his resignation yester-day morning.

He is the first coach to leave hispost under new Athletic DirectorTim Pernetti.

“I’ve had great moments, greatfriends and I just felt like personal-ly it’s time for a change,” Reassosaid. “I’ve been thinking about thisfor a couple years, looking for anew challenge, something else todo. You get to a certain point inyour life where you wonder if this isall you’re going to get to do. It was-n’t just a job, it was an unbelievablejob, and I just felt like it was time tomove on.”

Reasso finishes his career atRutgers with a record of 351-183-71.He guided the Scarlet Knights to 13NCAA Tournament appearances,three Final Fours and one nationalchampionship game.

“Whenever anybody passes onthey’ll talk about your record andwhat you’ve done and any crap likethat,” Reasso said. “But really, thatstuff’s not important — peoplethink it is when you’re involved init. It’s more about the people youmeet and the relationships youhave because that’s what reallycounts in life.

“I had an unbelievable group thatare all dear friends and I’ve heardfrom many of them today already,and that’s what it’s all about.”

Reasso was the 1990 NCAACoach of the Year after compiling a20-3-2 record and guiding theKnights to the national champi-onship game.

RU lost to UCLA 4-3 on penaltykicks after playing out a 0-0 draw.

“We truly appreciate Bob’s com-mitment to our men’s soccer pro-

gram and I thank him for his yearsof service,” Pernetti said in a state-ment. “He elevated our programduring his tenure and was a key partof our past success in the sport.”

Pernetti said former Rutgersplayer and long-time assistantDave Boutilier will serve as inter-im coach while a national searchin conducted.

As of yesterday morning Reassosaid he did not get a chance tospeak with his team.

“I just decided to step backtoday and take some stock in every-thing first,” he said. “But I can’t sayenough about my time here, I had agreat time, had great players andthat’s what I’m going to miss themost because at the end of the daythat’s what you miss the most —you miss your players.”

Reasso coached 15 All-Americans, including formerUnited States National Team starsAlexi Lalas and Peter Vermes.

Lalas, known as “Big Red” forhis poofy red afro and beard, wasthe 1991 Hermann Trophy winner,awarded to the nation’s best player.

RU also rose to the No. 1 rank-ing in the college soccer polls dur-ing the 1991 season.

When he took over the program in1981 after spending two seasons at thenow-defunct Nasson College, Reassowas a full-time coach in a part-timeposition. The Knights had just onewinning season in their previous 12.

Reasso went 12-2-3 that first sea-son. Twenty-eight years and 339victories later he is the 17th win-ningest coach in Division I history;he has 365 career-wins, 14 of whichcame at Nasson.

“Everybody I’ve come in contactwith at Rutgers has been unbeliev-able,” Reasso said. “I’ll always root forRutgers, I’ll always have a soft spot inmy heart for Rutgers, but it’s time forme to do something different.”

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MEN’S SOCCER

RU falls toNo. 1 Iowa,Bucknell onBlack Friday

BY ALEX JANKOWSKICORRESPONDENT

It was a Black Friday to forget.Coming off of a week that almost led to an

upset of No. 17 Penn State, the Rutgers wrestlingteam failed to besthigher-ranked Iowaand Bucknell Fridaynight at the SojkaPavilion inLewisburg, Pa.

The Scarlet Knights (3-3) fell to No. 1Iowa 33-9 before coming up short againstconference foe Bucknell, 26-12.

“We were ready for Iowa but didn’t matchtheir intensity, and we basically got out-worked,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “Iwas disappointed we weren’t able to bounceback against a very good Bucknell team. Inwrestling, you have to be able to bounce back.”

RU only mustered two victories againstthe two-time defending national champion

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Versatile Munoz at head of senior charge

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Senior linebacker Damaso Munoz (17) leads the Scarlet Knights onto the field with theceremonial “chopping axe,” given to the player that best exemplifies the “chop.”

BY MATTHEW STEINSPORTS EDITOR

Smoke billows in front of thetunnel, “Down with theSickness” blares over the speak-

ers andfour Scarlet

Knights rock back and for th,arms interlocked.

Before every home game, theRutgers football team charges ontothe turf, trying to feed its energyinto the Rutgers Stadium crowd.

Damaso Munoz is always at thehead of the pack, and Saturday’sseason finale against West Virginiawill be no different.

“It’s going to be an emotionalgame,” the fifth-year linebackersaid. “It’s our last game as seniors,and we want to go out and win thegame. I think the young guysknow and understand that, and it’svery important.”

With a win over theMountaineers, RU locks up thirdplace in the Big East. With aloss, the Knights could fall as faras fifth. Regardless, theSaturday matinee has seriouspostseason implications.

As it has been all season,Munoz and the rest of the upper-classmen — the first group in

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