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SENIOR NIGHT SMACKDOWNToday: Partly sunny
High: 40 • Low: 26The wrestling team took down Drexel, 35-6, on Senior Night at the College Avenue Gym.
The victory extended the team’s unbeaten streak to 15 games with one match left.
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The Douglass Governing Councilproposes a resolution askingthe University tobetter maintain thesnow-covered roads.
A couple takes theirchild on a series ofburglaries. Policefind baby footprintsat the scene of the crime.
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Students peruse works by University alumnus Robert Mermet last night at his solo exhibition“God Bless” at the Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick. His works are on display until March 12and showcase a satirical range of brand names, cultural symbols and political figures.
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LIFE-SIZE FORTUNES Hazing scandal lingers in campus atmosphere
BY GREG FLYNNCORRESPONDENT
The death of James Callahan, an 18-year-old Lambda Chi Alpha pledgeforced to drink more than 20 ounces ofalcohol in 30 to 45 minutes at a frater-nity par ty on Feb. 12, 1988, led the University to begin reforming itsgreek system.
The fraternity house, located on theCollege Avenue campus, was closed andeventually shut down.
Since the incident, the University hasmade strides in combating hazing, but theproblem persists.
Fifty-five percent of college studentsinvolved in University clubs, teams andorganizations experience hazing, accord-ing to the 2008 report “Hazing In View:College Students at Risk.”
“Greek organizations should be heldto a higher standard,” UniversitySpokesman E.J. Miranda said. “Ourorganizations are values-based and themembership practices should reflectthose values.”
In situations where students consid-ered their experience hazing, 95 percentdid not report the events to campus offi-cials, the report found, and nine out of 10students who experienced hazing behav-ior in college did not consider them-selves hazed.
As with any school policy, theUniversity’s role in enforcing the anti-haz-ing policy is to educate and hold the chap-ters accountable, Miranda said.
“The University hazing policy is, in most cases, a mirror image of each
The father accused of throwinghis 3-month-old daughter off theGarden State Parkway’s DiscrollBridge into the Raritan River plead-ed not guilty yesterday to attemptedmurder and assault charges for analleged attack against the infant’sgrandmother, according to an articlein the Star-Ledger.
Shamshiddin Abdur-Raheem, 21,of Galloway Township made the pleaat the Superior Court in Newark.
A group of 17 divers, multipleboats and helicopters have notfound infant Zara Malani-lin Abduryet after their third day searching,but State Police Sgt. JulianCastellanos said the goal is still arescue attempt even though theodds of a baby surviving this longare slim, according to the article.
Police arrested Abdur-Raheemaround 8 p.m. Tuesday at hisfather’s home in Winslow Township,according to the article. He wasarrested in connection with throw-ing his daughter into the river afterkidnapping her from her grand-mother’s home in East Orange,punching the grandmother in theface, choking her and attempting torun her over with a minivan whenshe tried to follow him.
He has been held on $700,000 bailsince Wednesday in the EssexCounty Jail and is charged with kid-napping, attempted murder, aggravat-ed assault and child endangerment.
— Ariel Nagi
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Alumna traces global success to U. rootsLona Valmoro, a University alumna and special assistant to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talks about her success,career path and experience as a University student, Wednesday at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus.
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BY JEFF PRENTKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 100 people filled theEagleton Institute of PoliticsWednesday evening to hear guestspeaker Lona Valmoro, special assis-tant to U.S. Secretar y of StateHillar y Clinton, talk about hercareer and success.
Valmoro was this year’s speaker forthe Albert W. Lewitt Endowed Lecture,an annual event held at the EagletonInstitute that invites present or formermembers of Congress, congressional
staffers or experts on the legislativebody to the Douglass campus.
The Rutgers College alumnaspoke on a variety of issues, includ-ing her career in politics, the impor-tance of volunteering and campaign-ing and how students can start politi-cal careers.
“I firmly believe that if you have anyinterest in politics, go and do a cam-paign. Volunteer on a campaign andfind your niche there,” Valmoro said.
She told students it is importantto listen to the opinions of friendsand family and consider their feed-
back when it comes to career choic-es. She also said preparation is a keyto success.
Valmoro gained valuable experi-ence working on Robert Torricelli’s1996 United States Senate campaign,she said.
“Working on a statewide campaignwas a great experience,” she said. “Ilearned way more on the ground thanI ever would have in the classroom.”
Valmoro said regardless of one’scareer path, it is important to do
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Initiative lends stability to aspiring city entrepreneursBY COLLEEN ROACHE
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ACCION USA, New Brunswick’s UrbanEnterprise Zone, Catholic Charities andUnity Square Partnerships are cooperating toextend opportunities for financial stability toaspiring businesspeople in the NewBrunswick community.
The initiative gives individuals and busi-nesses that may not qualify for loans through
the traditional banking system the chance toobtain the necessary financial support,Mayor Jim Cahill said.
“One of the best ways to combat unem-ployment and underemployment is toempower our residents to utilize the knowl-edge and skills to create their own busi-nesses,” he said. “This program will be yetanother tool in our city’s arsenal of job cre-ation and putting New Brunswick residentsto work.”
With the right support and financial edu-cation, a resident with a dream could becomethe CEO of the next Fortune 500 company,Cahill said Wednesday at the opening cere-mony for ACCION’s Unity Square office onThroop Avenue.
“Consider for a moment that in 1885,there were three brothers that had an ideato capitalize on the theory of germs bystarting a sterilized bandage company inan empty wallpaper factor y with 14
employees,” Cahill said. “That dream frommore than a century ago has grown intoour city’s greatest small business successstory — Johnson & Johnson.”
Still, regardless of size, a business thathelps the proprietor earn money to feed andclothe his family and put his children throughcollege is one that can help improve the city,he said.
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BY JENNIFER LILONSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Seventeen School ofEngineering students will boastmore than their flawless Physicsexam scores as they participate in“Mr. Engineer” 2010.
The contestants will displaytheir charm, brawn and talent inan effort to raise money for theEmbrace Kids Foundation, dur-ing a mock beauty pageant onFeb. 26 at 7 p.m. in Trayes Hall ofthe Douglass Campus Center.
The second year of the event, co-hosted by Sigma Phi Delta and PhiSigma Ro, will feature competitionsin sportswear, talent, formalwearand “Enginerd-wear” — clothes
made entirely of duct tape, Mr.Engineer Chair Ariell Joiner said inan e-mail correspondence.
Contestants will be judged onenthusiasm, personality, ingenuity,knowledge and how much moneythey raise for the competition’s char-ity, which provides assistance to thefamilies of children diagnosed withdiseases such as cancer and sicklecell disease, according to the Mr.Engineer 2010 Web site.
A major focus of “Mr.Engineer” is to prove intelligenceand attractiveness can coexist,said Joiner, a School ofEngineering senior.
“The purpose of the event is tobreak negative stereotypes asso-ciated with engineers and help
raise money for the EmbraceKids Foundation,” she said.
Joiner expects this year’s “Mr.
Engineer” turnout to exceed lastyear’s, which was held in theBusch Campus Center, with asold out capacity of 300 guests.
“Not only engineering stu-dents, but friends from otherschools at Rutgers and family ofcontestants attended the eventlast year,” she said.
Adam Tailor, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, wasamong the 300 attendees lastyear. “It was a lot of fun towatch,” Tailor said in an e-mailcorrespondence. “It was a mix-ture of comedy, talents, enter-tainment and awesomeness.”
Because of the high turnoutlast year, a bigger room had to berequested this year to hold theevent, Joiner said.
University students areexpressing heightened anticipa-tion for “Mr. Engineer 2010.”
“The show last year was hys-terical and it was definitelymoney well spent, especiallybecause all the money went to agood cause,” said AshleyWilliams, a School ofEngineering senior, in an e-mailcorrespondence. “It’s engineer-ing heaven, and I’m totallygoing again this year.”
Members of the Universitycommunity can decide whothey think should be the 2010Mr. Engineer by voting at www.rumrengineer.tk, Joiner said.
Voting started on MondayFeb. 8 and will continue untilThursday, Feb. 25, the nightbefore the event, she said.
Student engineers to flaunt brains, brawn
“It was a mixture ofcomedy, talents,
entertainment andawesomeness.”
ADAM TAILORSchool of Arts and Sciences
junior
The University’s Board of Governors inductedJoseph J. Roberts Jr., a retired speaker of the state gen-eral assembly, as a new public member yesterday attheir meeting.
Former Gov. Jon S. Corzine nominated Roberts inJanuary, and the state assembly approved him for theboard, according to a University press release.
Roberts, a University alumnus, replaces formerboard member Gene O’Hara and will serve a two-yearterm on the 11-member board.
“We are pleased Speaker Roberts’ distinguishedrecord of public service will now include member-ship on his alma mater’s Board of Governors,”
University President Richard L. McCormick said inthe release. “His years in Trenton have given himsignificant expertise on the challenges faced by ourelected of ficials, business and education leaders, andall residents of New Jersey.”
After winning a special election to the assembly in 1987,Roberts was re-elected 11 times and served as majorityleader from 2002 to 2006, according to the release. Heretired in January from his 22-year legislative career.
During his time as the assembly’s presiding officer,Roberts wrote the CORE Reform law promoting the con-solidation of services between different municipalitiesand school districts.
He also penned a law aimed to help low and middle-income working families to purchase homes by redoingthe state’s affordable housing landscape, according tothe release.
Roberts supported efforts to revoke New Jersey’sdeath penalty, instead replacing it with life imprisonmentwithout parole.
He also worked to pass legislation that improveddetection, treatment and awareness of autism and legal-ized needle exchange programs to combat the growingnumber of HIV and AIDS in urban centers.
— Kristine Rosette Enerio
FORMER ASSEMBLY SPEAKER JOINS UNIVERSITY BOARD OF GOVERNORS
and indicate receipt of the rightsand responsibility packet andunderstanding of the information.
A fraternity brother, speakingon the condition of anonymity,discussed how often regulationsin the hazing policy are violated.
While few, if any, fraternitiesforce pledges to drink or violentlyabuse them, underage drinking isprevalent, and a number of greekorganizations engage in the saleand use of illegal drugs, thebrother said.
Physical abuse is extremelyrare, but mild psychologicalabuse is a key part of the pledg-ing process at many fraternities,he said.
Depriving pledges of sleep,yelling and demeaning them,excluding them from social con-tact by keeping them in restrictedspaces and unauthorized scav-enger hunts and road trips areprohibited, but many greekorganizations still practice them,the fraternity brother said.
“Minor offenses of the hazingpolicy, when left unchecked, will
almost always escalate with thenext class of new members,”Miranda said. “If stopped at theminor stage, the likelihood of the
activities escalating to the majorscale is diminished.”
The fraternity brother saidthere might be social pressures,but no one is forced to join agreek organization, and pledgesshould not allow themselves tobe mistreated.
“You don’t give up your rightsas a human being just because
you’re trying to join an organiza-tion,” he said.
Even with the regulations inplace, School of Arts andSciences sophomore KrystaloMelas said she dislikes fraterni-ties and sororities as a whole.
“I’m personally against greek[organizations] and the process,but I feel that if that’s somethingthat you want … then go ahead,but it kind of messes with yourhead,” she said.
Rutgers College senior JerryPalmer agreed.
“I have friends that were in[greek organizations], and I knowthe things that they do,” he said.“I’ve seen people with brokenlegs who were, basically, crippledfor the rest of their lives becauseof the processes that they had togo through.”
Palmer accepts the conceptbehind fraternities, but he saidmodern organizations — some ofthem here at the University —take things too far.
“You have different politicalfigures from the past that were
in [greek organizations], likeMartin Luther King … you justcan’t tell me anything to makeme believe that they wentthrough that kind of process forthem to be in a so-called broth-erhood,” he said. “Somebodythat was an advocate of peaceand non-violence, and you’re try-ing to tell me that he wentthrough all that hazing? I justdon’t believe it.”
Still, the organizations do con-tribute to the community.
The Office of Fraternity andSorority Affairs requires andencourages each fraternity andsorority member to perform atleast five hours of service eachsemester, and greek organizationsprovided 13,000 hours of serviceand $89,000 in financial support tovarious New Brunswick nonprofitagencies during the fall of 2009,Miranda said.
Students can report hazingto OFSA, the RutgersUniversity Police Departmentor the National Hazing Hotlineat 1-(888)-668-4293.
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chapter’s national policy,” he said.“Education and accountabilityregarding this topic is also pro-vided by the parent organization.”
Ultimately, the decision to joina greek organization is the stu-dent’s, and the office employsmethods to ensure students fullyunderstand the University’sstance on hazing, Miranda said.
During each pledge semester,students are assigned to an onlinehazing class, and each fraternityand sorority is also encouraged toconduct hazing programs fortheir chapters, he said.
When a student accepts mem-bership, he receives a rights andresponsibility packet, whichincludes a copy of the Universityhazing policy and the pledge’sbill of rights, Miranda said. Thestudent must also complete anew member registration form
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ACCION, New Brunswick’snonprofit small business loanprovider, is expected to issue atotal of $84,000 in loans, with theaverage loan in the amount of$7,000, Cahill said. Funds fromthe city’s Urban Enterprise Zonewill finance the program andACCION will assume all liabilityfor monies lent.
The city contributed morethan $51,000 to the program foraccommodations and operation,
CITY: Organization offers
up to $10K in personal loans
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“Minor offenses ofthe hazing policy,
when left unchecked,will almost always
escalate with the next class.”
E.J. MIRANDAUniversity Spokesman
Cahill said. If it is successful, he iswilling to support the continu-ance of the project once the initialfunds are depleted.
ACCION differs from bigbanks because it looks beyond acredit score and offers low inter-est rates to make getting startedeasier for those interested instarting a business, ACCIONDirector of BusinessDevelopment Laine Rolóng said.
Once businesses establishgood credit through ACCION,they can work toward pursuinghigher goals with traditionalbanks, she said.
Across the nation, those try-ing to start a business have met
challenges, especially with thestate of the economy.
“Prior to the crisis, an esti-mated 10 million micro-busi-nesses in the United Statesfaced dif ficulty in obtainingbusiness capital from traditionallending sources,” Rolóng said.“I’m sure New Brunswick’sbusinesses faced the same prob-lems, particularly in the currenteconomic climate.”
ACCION offers personal loansranging from $500 to $10,000 andloans for businesses up to $50,000as well as free financial educationservices, available both in-personand online in English, Spanishand Portuguese, she said.
“When we started organizingthe neighborhood and workingwith the residents, it became veryclear that many of them are aspir-ing entrepreneurs, and … thereare a lot that didn’t know anythingat all about the credit situation andhow to get loans, start businessand even open bank accounts,”said Marlene Sigman, director ofasset management for USP, aneighborhood revitalization proj-ect involving housing, economicdevelopment and social services.
As long as interested businessesmake enough to pay back loans,there are no other financial criteriathey need in order to get monetarysupport from ACCION, Rolóng said.
Loan consultants will help entrepre-neurs manage finances so that theymay meet this requirement.
“The population we serve isthe population that the banksdon’t,” she said.
Many in New Brunswickalready display such talents,Program Director for USP LorenaGaibor said.
“A lot of the women makethings in their homes and then sellthem on the street. … We want tohelp to legitimize that,” she said.
Though the program’s organiz-ers intend to achieve many goals,Gaibor brought up one in particular.
“In my mind, if you touch onelife, that’s a success,” she said.
“The pathway down to theRuth Adams Building is at leasttwo inches of complete ice … [andso is] the whole bus stop and path-way to the bus stop at Henderson[Apartments],” said McKinney, aDouglass College senior. “Youhave to go over the snow that wasplowed in to get to the bus.”
Internal Vice President EmilyRogalsky said some problemareas are consistently missed,and she almost skis down the hillfrom Nickel Road to theDouglass Campus Center.
“Everything just gets coveredin a thick layer of ice, and it’s def-initely not just an issue for thissnow storm,” said Rogalsky, aSchool of Environmental and
B i o l o g i c a lSciences senior.
External VicePresident KateBarbour suggestedadding a section tothe resolution dis-cussing liabilityissues theUniversity faceswhen pathways arenot maintained.
Rogalsky, aDouglass Collegesenior, noted that
in New Brunswick, citizens arerequired to shovel their portionof the sidewalk.
Ushakova said she would notmind shoveling or salting areasaround residence dorms if theUniversity provided the tools.
“If we were permitted to usethe salt and shovels that arearound [Jameson], we would usethem. That wouldn’t be an issue,”she said.
But Ushakova said she doesnot think students should beshoveling areas around mainroadways like George Street,where there is full traffic.
If the University encouragedstudents to pick up the shovelsand salt, liability would again be aproblem, Barbour said.
The resolution will beaddressed at the next councilmeeting on Feb. 23 at 7 p.m.
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Council acts againstdangerous walkways
BY GREG FLYNNCORRESPONDENT
The University’s snow daymay have been full of fun forsome, but for others, the afteref-fect was not.
The Douglass GoverningCouncil discussed a resolutionTuesday night aimed at cleaningup stairways and pathways stillcoated in snow and ice.
The stairways and path lead-ing down from Cooper Hall toGeorge Street and College Hallhave not been cleared for theduration of the Februaryrecord snowfall, according tothe resolution.
The resolution advises main-tenance facilities and crew toclear the stairway and give itincreased priority in the future.
Representative for transferand nontraditional students IrinaUshakova said she saw studentsslip and fall down the stairs.
“It presents adanger becausestudents are notgoing to stopusing it. Students… are in a hurryand suddenlythey’re unable tofind a safe waydown,” saidUshakova, aSchool of Arts andSciences junior.“You can’t getaround thatbecause it’s a steep hill and theonly other way to get to the busstop is a very long way around.”
Ushakova, who wrote the res-olution, said she is certain thestairway was not neglected will-fully and complimented themaintenance workers who han-dled the areas surroundingJameson Hall.
“They’re wonderful. I thinkthis one area just flew off theradar,” she said. “I understandthat maintenance has prioritieson campus, specifically the mainareas around campus, but thisspot should be cleared withintwo or three days of the storm.It’s very possible to do that.”
Council 2010 ClassRepresentative Sara McKinneywill assist in retooling the reso-lution so it includes other prob-lem areas.
DouglassGoverningCouncil
“Everything justgets covered in athick layer of ice,and it’s definitely
not just an issue forthis snow storm.”
EMILY ROGALSKYCouncil Internal Vice President
22 The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the CollegeAvenue campus is presenting its fourth annual“Celebration of Storytelling” for preschool audiences.Starting at 10 a.m., the Maia String Quartet will tell storiesand perform classical music. The celebration will continuethe next morning at 10 a.m. with a storytelling perform-ance by nationally acclaimed storyteller Beth Horner, whowill then hold a teacher workshop from 4 to 7 p.m. Earlyregistration for this free event is recommended. Anyoneinterested should call (732)-932-7237 ext. 615 to reserve aspace in any of the programs.
“All these events at Eagletonmake these political people seemreally approachable,” she said.“You can see how Jersey can getyou pretty far, especially awoman being so influential insuch a high setting.”
Valmoro attributes much of hersuccess to her time at the University.
“Rutgers kept my interest somuch so that it kept me goingthroughout my career,” shesaid. “Rutgers was the best dealI ever had.”
Valmoro joined Clinton’s staffin 2003 as senior advisor and
worked on herbook tour aswell as herSenate and pres-idential cam-paigns in 2006and 2008,r e s p e c t i v e l y,and served asacting chief ofstaff for Clintonduring the sum-mer of 2008.
After sixyears as her
senior advisor, Valmoro joinedthe State Department and nowworks as the special assistant toClinton, helping to craft theSecretary of State’s long-termcalendar by working closely withClinton and her senior staff toprioritize international traveland domestic responsibilities.
When asked if she would everconsider running for office,Valmoro said no.
“I would never want tofundraise,” she said.
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something additional that doesnot revolve around work in orderto have a balanced schedule.
Organizers and many atten-dees had positive reactions toValmoro’s words of advice.
“I thought it was terrificbecause I thought everyone herethought it was terrific,” said JohnWeingart, associate director ofthe EagletonInstitute of Politics.
Weingart saidthere was an inter-esting set of ques-tions and a greatmix of students,which showed theperspective of ayoung person in themiddle of politics.
One Eagleton’sgoals is to helpdemystify politicsand Washington,he said.
“I thought it was very inspi-rational for someone who comesfrom Rutgers and works in anational setting, accomplishingso much and working withsomeone so established,” saidJoel Martinez, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student.
School of Environmental andBiological Sciences first-year stu-dent Jane Rosenblatt was proudto know Valmoro is a product of aNew Jersey university.
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Clinton with planning, priorities
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“Rutgers kept myinterest so much so that it kept megoing throughout
my career.” LONA VALMOROSpecial Assistant
to the Secretary of State
fourth-year head coachcouldn’t have asked for amuch better situation goingdown the stretch.
RU had its toughest partof the Big East schedule atthe beginning. In the first sixgames the Knights faced thetop three teams in the con-ference in Nova, Cuse and
West Virginia, getting blown out by all three.Tomorrow’s game against Connecticut isn’t as
daunting as it has been in years past. UConn has hada down year and are sitting on a bubble that theyhope doesn’t burst come NCAA Tournament time.
After the Huskies, RU plays at Seton Hall onFeb. 23, DePaul on Feb. 27, Seton Hall on March 4and then closes out the regular season atPittsburgh on March 6 before the Big East tourna-ment on March 9. Unless they get a first round buywhich isn’t happening.
Hill has got to squeeze out at least one win outof that and based on the quality ofthe opponents, two wins is by nomeans out of the question.Realistically, the Knights could beatDePaul at home — because they’rejust awful — and split with inter-staterival Seton Hall. Winning just one ofthose games and then winning of BigEast tournament game — whichdoesn’t sound so farfetched any-more — would be enough.
Either way Hill would get to sixwins, which would be a four-game improvementfrom last year and two less Big East wins than hehad his first three years. That’s enough to keephis job.
For a program that’s been at rock bottom andstagnant since the beginning of the Hill era, youhave to crawl before you walk. So baby steps shoulddo. Especially when he’s brought in talent like theschool’s first ever McDonald’s All-American insophomore Mike Rosario, freshman Dane Millerwho is making a case for Big East Rookie of the Yearand redshirt junior Jonathan Mitchell after winninga national title at Florida.
Questions on Hill’s knowledge of the X’s and O’scome on a regular basis, but basketball has a lot todo with the players you put on the court. Greatcoaches typically have with great talent.
Bob Knight is an anomaly. The General had Armyas a National Invitational Tournament regular duringhis time there. To go along with his well-known disci-pline, he’s just that good at his X’s and O’s and teaching
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S ince the final stretchof last season,Rutgers men’s head
basketball coach Fred HillJr. has been on the hot-seat.Three and a half weeks agoafter his team got shel-lacked by 23 points atMarquette, Hill was doinghis infamous sideline squaton that seat because it was too hot to sit.
Then the Scarlet Knights got that illusive firstBig East victory of the season against a streakyNotre Dame team. RU followed up the win with asecond one defeating St. John’s. At that point Hillshould have been listening to the Bee Gee’s“Staying Alive” on his drive home from the LouisBrown Athletic Center.
The winning streak ended at Freedom Hall whenthe Knights fell to Louisville, but rebounded in a bigway and shocking the basketball world by defeatingthen No. 7 Georgetown at the RAC. RU then narrow-ly eluded a letdown game against BigEast bottom feeder DePaul rallyingfrom a 17 point deficit to win 68-64.
Going on a pair of two-game win-ning streaks within five games in theBig East is just what Hill needed tomake what appeared to be a lost sea-son at least somewhat salvageable.And have a chance to keep his job.
RU has won five of six, but a 70-62win over Division II Caldwell — whowas 3-18 at the time — is nothing togloat about. Especially when scheduled in the mid-dle of conference play.
Let me first say a few things about theGeorgetown game.
It seems it was just a fluky couple nights for thetop teams in the Big East. Then No. 3 Syracuse fellto Louisville at home the same night and No. 3Villanova lost to Connecticut — RU’s next opponenttomorrow — the next night.
Then there’s what happened when the Knightstraveled down to D.C. to play the Hoyas 22 days ear-lier. RU was embarrassed at the Verizon Center los-ing by 25 points. With such dominating perform-ance in the round one, it would be hard for the Hoyaplayers to think things wouldn’t go the same thesecond time around.
Take nothing away from RU though; beating atop-10 team is not an easy feat no matter the cir-cumstances. In the strongest conference in thecountry — sorry Big 12 — a team has to bring itevery night or they risk losing.
But with UConn on tap tomorrow and Hill’s jobstill not completely secured for next year the
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T his week has been a tough one when it came to “Laurelsand Darts” due to the many stories that deserve to beapplauded or frowned upon. One of these choices is the
case of a brand new Web site named “Please Rob Me,” which has avery clever and yet mischievous-seeming purpose. It puts on dis-play numerous Tweets from people who constantly announce theirdeparture from home. The Web site claims that these “annoying”Tweets could easily be used for a mal-cause by burglars, as theywould know the precise time when people leave their home.
The genius of the Web site is that it makes people aware of theinformation they project onto the millions of Internet users.Needless to say, if one does see his Tweet on the site, he wouldperhaps realize the annoyance of his constant status updates andwill equally become aware of his exposure on the Internet. Andwhile the Web site may be seen as one of bad intent, on the bottomof the page, it claims that “Our intention is not, and never has been,to have people burglarized.” This simply leaves us at a point atwhich we can only laurel “Please Rob Me,” as it is something thatcould possibly disassociate those who constantly update statusesfrom their annoying habits.
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Surely those of us who are burglars, or aspire to become burglarslater in life, would not take our kids to the job. In fact, we do notbelieve it is almost ever right to take one’s children to his workplace,except of course on “Bring Your Child to Work” day. Altogetherthough, it sounds like a bad idea. A couple of bad parents decided theseemingly obvious rule did not regard them, as they went on several“jobs” and brought along their child. According to the KennebecJournal, Bruce Tillson and his wife Jessica burglarized three homesin Lincoln County, Maine, and took their 3-year-old with them.
How does that sound like a good idea? Couldn’t the couple hirea baby-sitter or leave their toddler with a relative or neighbor whilestealing firearms? Questions aside, police found small footprints inthe burglarized homes, making it clear that the couple’s child waswith them, but what is more of a problem is the fact that theTillsons admitted to it. Honestly, when a mother admits to the factthat she took her child on criminal acts, she admits to subjectingher (hopefully loved) child to a world of impropriety. For that actof stupidity, the Tillsons obviously get a dart.
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A small plane crashed into the Internal Revenue Service building inNorthwest Austin, Texas. Although it may seem like a terrorist attack— as it resembles so many such crashes with terror intended —theF.B.I claimed that the pilot had other thoughts. According to The NewYork Times, the man identified as the pilot, Joseph A. Stack III, left along angry note posted on the Internet. The note spoke of a long his-tory of fiscal difficulties and frustrations with the nation’s tax laws,health care reform and 1990s unemployment in Southern California.
The intent is clear, as much of the U.S. population has somepoint blamed the IRS for their financial turmoil. The problem is inthe execution. Stack should have not gotten to a point where hestood capable of hurting innocent employees. But who is to blame?One could blame the sometimes-scheming ways in which the IRSacts, but the blame largely lies on the pilot himself. His act comesin addition to many other violent outbursts against the IRS, includ-ing one in April 1990, when a bomb packed with a tea bag wasaddressed to their office.
But the question remains, should we dart the pilot or the IRS?We leave it up to the reader.
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With the Winter Olympics running at full steam, TV networkshave been trying to retain their viewers — albeit with little result.Team USA managed to earn six medals, three of them gold, onWednesday and also helped keep NBC’s ratings higher than theTorino 2006 Games. Also for the first time after 222 victoriousepisodes, “American Idol” was beaten on its Wednesday night, byNBC’s coverage of the Games.
Not to say that “Idol” does not have its own qualities, but duringa time when the world focuses on an international gathering as bigas the Olympics, TV viewers — sports fans or not — were right totune in and watch Lindsey Vonn win her first Olympic gold. Theathleticism of Team USA and others was awe-inspiring, and some-thing that has the ability of keeping viewers glued to the screen forfour hours straight deserves the merit of surpassing Wednesdaynight “Idol.” Even Shaun White showed some of that talent, whichhe spoke of in an ESPN interview. Overall, athletes’ performances,curling or skiing, have successfully stood to their human potential.For an Olympiad filled with opening ceremony blunders, athleteshave made it all worthwhile, and for that The Daily Targum givesthem a laurel.
“I thought it was terrific because I thought everyone here thought it was terrific.”
John Weingart, associate director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, on Lona Valmoro’s speech at the University
STORY ON FRONT
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MATT SUGAM
Laurels and darts
SEE SUGAM ON PAGE 9
the referenced article, arebecoming common at theUniversity. This type of crowdingis cutting into the school’s qualityof service. As students becomedensely packed, clear issues likecomfort are affected.
Additionally, the other issues,such as time spent waiting forbuses with roomto board or timespent looking forand moving to thetwo in 450 emptyseats, is becomingworse. Thoseresulting condi-tions are not eventhe end of it.Packed lecture halls limit roomfor note-taking, causes distractionto the lecture itself and raisesimmense integrity questionswhen it comes to exams.
With regard to students havingto sit on floors and the perceivedovercrowding, Vice President forUndergraduate Education BarryV. Qualls said, “A lot of times stu-
dents don’t want to sit in the mid-dle of rows, because they eithercome late or want to get out early.”His statements are patronizingand out of touch, blaming studentsto neglect the true problem —more investment needs to bemade to increase class sections,hall sizes, etc. Students do not
have the luxury ofchoosing where tosit. In fact, themajority of thetime the seats Ifind most difficultto obtain are thoseclosest to profes-sor, the front and middle.
Unfortunately, when poisedwith the fact, administrators con-sistently reiterate that allocatedbudgets cannot afford expansion,a problem that the article alsotouched at. Having said that, thetruth is that one way or anotherthe University needs to addressthe crowding issue before it is toolate. The University’s population
is expected to continue to growand, without expanded servicesin faculty, rooms and infrastruc-ture, quality decline will begin toseverely affect the student popu-lation and the reputation of theUniversity. That in itself affectsthe likelihood of this institution’scontinuing to be a top choice forincoming freshmen.
Over the past few years, theUniversity has always foundmoney to invest in what it com-mits itself to, among them, thefootball stadium, certain asceticadditions to Livingston campus,a visitor center and potentialplans for the Louis BrownAthletic Center on Livingstoncampus. Maybe it is time to com-mit to building the core necessi-ties of the University so that itcan sustain its population and thequality of education rather thaninvest in frills.
Dzuylinh Do is a School ofEngineering junior majoring in electrical and computer engineering.
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A n investment of $40,000and a four-year commit-ment from students war-
rants a standard of quality; but,as the University’s tuition riseseach year, returning studentsmust endure class sizes andother accommodations that growdisproportionately to the popula-tion increase. As The DailyTargum article, “Congestedclassrooms prompt safety con-cerns,” from Monday suggeststhat as long as student numbersare within the amount of seats ina lecture hall or student passen-gers stand behind the yellowmarker on buses, the Universityis within legal bounds of opera-tion — yet legality does not thatguarantee the University con-ducts are best for its students.
Class sizes near the maxi-mum limit, like the 448 out of450 registration example from
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young men the game of basketball.Maryland head coach GaryWilliams does more with less thanmost coaches too. He just does notgo after highly touted players whenrecruiting. On the other hand, Hillhas shown the recruiting skills todo the complete opposite.
The backlash from the fans andmedia has been brutal toward Hill,but by showing improvement, evenif it is just a few more Big East wins,Hill should remain the head coach.Athletic director Tim Pernetti doesnot have the grounds to fire Hillbecause along with the improve-ment, Hill would get paid $1.8 mil-lion ($600,000 per year for threeyears) if fired based on the exten-sion given to him by Pernetti’spredecessor Bob Mulcahy.
So after staying alive, maybeHill should start playing BTO’s“Taking Care of Business” on hisrides home because that is exact-ly what the Knights are going toneed to do for Hill to be on thesidelines next season.
Matt Sugam is a School ofArts and Sciences junior major-ing in journalism and mediastudies and sociology.
U. funding necessary in classroom improvements
SUGAMcontinued from page 8
P resident Barack Obama ispromoting a new $300 bil-lion economic stimulus
program. When he took office inJanuary 2009, he said the $787billion stimulus program will cre-ate 3.5 million jobs by the end of2010 and unemployment willremain below 8 percent.Unemployment is hoveringaround 10 percent, and the jobspromised by Obama might hit 1.5million by the end of 2010, butduring the last 13 months wehave lost 5 million jobs.
The stimulus saved the jobsof municipal workers and provid-ed additional unemploymentbenefits, but it has not providedjobs in the private sector. Themoney went to governmentagencies, colleges, nonprofitorganizations and entitlementprograms. These programs willgenerate annual deficits of $1 tril-lion to $1.5 trillion for years tocome. Our government hassquandered our financialresources on failed economicprograms, and the Americanworkforce continues to suffer.
The domestic priorityshould be creating millions ofnew jobs and other domesticinitiatives, including healthcare reform, should wait untilthe economy improves.
The administration andCongress have to reduce the sizeof government, cut businesstaxes and give U.S. companiesincentives to operate in this coun-try and disincentives to moveoperations and jobs overseas.
Donald Moskowitz is a residentof Londonderry, N.H.
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“This type ofcrowding is cutting
into the school’squality of service.”
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UConn since both teams becamemembers of the Big East.
The Huskies are coming off an84-75 victory over No. 3 Villanovaand cannot afford another regularseason loss if they expect to make the NCAA Tournament.
That makes them desperate,but so too are the Knights.
“We’re just as desperate. Wefeel like we’re in the same situa-tion as them,” said junior forward
Jonathan Mitchell.“We’re going tocome out like awounded animal.We know they will,and we have tocome out the same way.”
The matchup isUConn head coachJim Calhoun'sthird game backon the bench afteran almost four-week leave ofabsence for med-
ical reasons. The Huskies were ranked as
high as No. 10 during the seasonand beat then-No. 1 Texas whileCalhoun was out, but fail to deliv-er consistently.
The game should create plen-ty of excitement in the paint asUConn leads the nation inblocked shots and the Knightsrank fifth. N'Diaye ranks third inthe nation in blocks, but theHuskies do not have anyoneranked higher than 29th.
UConn is led by senior guardJerome Dyson, who averages18.7 points per game and high-fly-ing senior forward StanleyRobinson, who averages 15.7points and 7.6 rebounds.
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the three-pointer that gave RUits first lead with just over fiveminutes remaining.
“He’s such a competitor and thatthis happens with very good play-ers — they still feel the need, whenwe need somethingto happen, to gomake a play,” saidhead coach FredHill Jr. “The hardestthing is to let thegame come to you.Normally, when wetake Mike out it isto tell him to let thegame come to him.”
N’Diaye saidthat’s a sign ofmaturity not onlyfor Rosario butthe entire team.
“We usually don’t come back[once down] like that,” the 7-footersaid. “We really came back andthat really shows a lot of maturityfrom everybody on the team.When we came back in the secondhalf we did all the right things.”
There are even some posi-tive vibes around campus.Rosario said people talk to himin class about basketball now.
The Knights (14-12, 4-9) hopethat translates to a filled LouisBrown Athletic Center Saturdayagainst Connecticut (15-11, 5-8).
“We always love when the RACis full and loud,” Hill said. “Guyslove playing in front of that.”
History does not bode well forRU. It is just 1-15 all-time against
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“We’re going tocome out like a
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T he 2010 PremierShowcase kicks off thisSaturday at the Rutgers
practice bubble and sports anumber of big name high schoolfootball recruits.
Many players with Rutgersscholarship of fers will alsoattend, most notably LongBranch, N.J., athlete Miles Shuler.
FORMER RUTGERS MEN’Sbasketball star Quincy Doubyis the leading scorer in theTurkish Basketball Leaguethis season.
THE UNITED STATESmen’s hockey team improvedto 2-0 in the preliminary roundof the XXI Olympic WinterGames. The team handilydefeated Norway 6-1 as itscored three goals in the lasthalf of the third period to icethe game.
Team USA will next be inaction Sunday, Feb. 21 in amuch anticipated game againstrival Canada.
AMERICAN SKIER LINDSEYVonn crashed on the slalom legof the super-combined downhillskiing event yesterday and didnot finish.
Vonn has been irked by ashin injury during the XXIOlympic games but led for muchof the event before the slalomrun. Germany’s Maria Rieschwent on to win the gold as Vonnonce again failed to complete atwo-run race in four of sevenWorld Cup events.
THE UNITED STATEScurling team lost a heartbreakeryesterday 7-6 to Denmark. Theloss drops The Americans to 0-4in the XXI Olympics — all lossescame by two points or less.
To stand any shot of makingthe semifinals the team mustwin each of it’s remaining fivematches, beginning today withFrance who comes off of a 6-5win against China.
HOUSTON ROCKETSsuperstar Tracy McGrady isnow a member of the New YorkKnicks following a three-teamdeal Thursday that also includedthe Sacramento Kings.
The Knicks also shipped guardNate Robinson in a four-playerdeal, helping the franchise dipbelow $30 million in preparationfor this summer’s free agentsplash. Miami Heat guard DwayneWade as well as Cleveland Cavalierstar LeBron James are the mosthighly sought after players head-ing into the summer.
VANDERBILT ENDURED Atragedy as running back RajaanBennett, one of the football pro-gram’s signees for the 2010recruiting class, had his lifetaken early Thursday morningin his Atlanta, Ga. home.
The Cobb County Police con-firmed the murder-suicide tookplace around 2:30 a.m. CliftonO’Neal Steger, 39, a formerboyfriend of Bennett’s mother,shot himself after the murder.Bennett was eighteen years old.
The Dragons fell to 11-14 withthe loss.
With a win all but sealed, twoof the RU seniors who are notnormally in the lineup got thegreen light and they did not failto disappoint. Bradley, whosubbed in for David Greenwald at149-pounds, stepped in and won atightly contested 4-2 victory.
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Outgoing seniors leave to thunderous applauseBY BILL DOMKE
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers wrestling teamhonored its four outgoing seniorswith more than just one of itsbest wins all season.
The Scarlet Knights paid trib-ute to1 9 7 -p o u n d e rL a m a rB r o w n ,1 6 5 -
pounder Matthew Rigoglioso,149-pounder Kellen Bradley and149-pounder Jack Barrett andtheir accompanying familieswith bouquets of flowers and aframed action shot of them-selves for Senior Night.
Bradley, who took the mat forDavid Greenwald, beat Drexel’sBrett McCurdy in a 4-2 decision.
“Kellen Bradley is one ofthose wilderness guys. He likesgoing fishing and hiking so he’sa really tough kid,” Brown said.“Kellen goes out there and he’sone of the toughest guys wehave. Tired or not tired he goesout there.”
Rigoglioso also got the startover Gregory Zannetti, but lost inan 11-9 overtime decision.
SENIOR JACK BARRETT WASin attendance for the team’s finalhome match after a hospitilizationfor an allergic reaction to medicaltreatment for a Staph infection.
“He doesn’t know it, but he’skind of brought this whole team
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Senior Kellen Bradley, top, won his 149-pound bout in a 4-2 decision on Senior Night at theBarn. The four seniors were honored before the game with their families at their sides.
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together,” said head coach ScottGoodale. “It’s unfortunate for some-thing that tragic to happen, but JackBarrett has brought this whole teamtogether. Whether it’s personalthoughts, or through prayer or any-thing he’s allowed us to reallyunderstand what’s important.
“To see what he’s done andhow hard he’s fought just to get
back and be back with us tonight,it’s been an inspiration.”
JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT D.J.Russo enjoyed an easy night of f.
Before the match even start-ed, Drexel forfeited the heavy-weight match to Rutgers due toan injury.
“I was upset, but I knew the[Drexel wrestler] was hurt,” Russosaid. “I understood, I just wouldhave liked to wrestle during thefinal home match.”
Despite the night off, Russo neverdoubted the team’s ability to win.
“We were better than them,”Russo said. “Simply put, we werebetter than them.”
“It was a good way to go outand share it with these guys,”Bradley said. “A lot of guys didn’tstick it out over the years, but usfour stuck with it. We have grownclose together over the past fiveyears. It was great.”
Matt Rigoglioso stepped ontothe mat for the last match of theevening but could not claim a vic-tory, falling 11-9 in overtime.
Edinboro transfer DarylCocozzo added to his argument ofbeing in the national rankingsafter a convincing 18-2 technicalfall over Charlie Aungst.
After a tough weekend duringwhich he dropped both of his match-es, redshirt freshman Jesse Boydengot back on the winning path, earn-ing a 3-1 decision in overtime.
The win improved the formerstate-champ’s record to 10-12.
“You need a win like that latein the year,” Goodale said. “It’s amental thing. It’s a confidencething. The more you lose, themore you start doubting yourselfso he needed that win to get backon track and hopefully he carriesit through the weekend and intothe EIWAs.”
For the Knights, it’s a quick turn-around with only one day of restuntil their next match. RU travels toNo. 7 Lehigh this weekend for aSaturday afternoon conferenceshowdown to close out the regularseason. A win for the Knights wouldput the exclamation point on anincredible second half to the season.
“This is a great opportunity forus against one of the best teamsin the country,” Goodale said.“People were saying it would takeus five years, well we have anopportunity to jump into the top-10 with a win.”
opposition’s game plan. “We havea lot of other big [midfielders]that help me out a lot. We have totake the opportunities that we getand capitalize on them.”
Those other midfielders —namely senior Gerhard Buehning— are going to be the guys thathave to help him out.
“Justin’s always going to scoregoals. He’s the big guy,” saidBuehning who finished secondon the team with 17 goals last sea-son. “I think it helps all the guysbecause he’ll draw double- and
triple-teams. Then when hemoves the ball, we have a guywide open and they’ll finish.”
Yet Pennington thinksBuehning is primed for a big year.
“Gerhard’s a great leader andthe guys really look up to him,”the Hunterdon Central productsaid. “He brings an energy not justto the team, but to the offense andhas really done a good job ofshouldering some of the load.”
Pennington and Buehning aretwo of 11 seniors on the Knights’roster. It’s a different level ofexperience that Stagnitta hopeswill translate into more wins.
“Our attackmen’s progress iswhat I have been the most pleasedwith because we haven’t beendynamic there in the last fewyears,” Stagnitta said. “We reliedheavily on our midfield to createoffense. From our scrimmages, ourattack has been consistent and ableto create a lot of opportunities.”
RU starts its season Sunday inStaten Island, N.Y., at WagnerCollege. The two teams met lastyear at Yurcak Field with RUearning an easy 17-1 victory.
The Seahawks seem to be theperfect opponent to start the sea-son with before facing four cru-cial home games.
“Everyone is kind of playingwith a chip on their shoulders,”Buehning said. “Everyone hassomething to prove. We don’twant to go out like the seniorsdid last year and we kind of wantto turn the program around. Alot of us feel like it’s on ourshoulders because we’ve beenplaying since we were freshmen.It’s time to get this program onthe right track.”
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Season begins on Miami diamond for second-straight yearBY ALEX JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Miles away from the cumulat-ing snow banks covering the streetcorners of Piscataway, the Rutgers
baseballt e a mb e g i n sits sea-son ins u n n yFlorida.
But the Scarlet Knights face com-petition that does not plan on justlofting snowballs.
RU opens its 2010 regular sea-son today in Coral Gables, Fla.,against No. 12 Miami.
“Obviously, our early schedule isdifficult and [this series] won’t bevery easy,” said head coach FredHill Sr, who enters his 27th season atthe helm of the Knights. “I thinkthey certainly have an edge on usbecause all of their training has beenoutside whereas many of our prac-tice sessions had to be indoors.”
Last season RU finished with a22-31 record and 10th in the BigEast. Similar to this year, the 2009campaign began against Miami,when the Knights were only ableto win once in three tries.
In the second game of theseries, RU held a 2-1 lead headinginto the sixth inning, but theHurricanes rallied to score threeruns in the bottom of the frame offthen-junior reliever Kevin Lillis.
“Last year we went down thereand should have taken two match-es,“ Lillis said. “We only got one —partially my fault — but we are excit-ed to face tough competition. We allenjoy heading down [to Florida]. Itgets us ready for the Big East.”
If the Knights hope to returnto conference glory, the pitchingstaff must improve upon their col-lective 6.24 ERA.
Aiding in lowering this num-ber is senior right-hander Matt
Giannini, who missed all of lastspring to recover from shoulder surgery.
“Having him come backmeans a lot to our staff,” Lillissaid about the veteran starter.“He just eats up innings. Healways has throughout his career.He’s one of the career leaders instarts for our team and we canalways rely on him.”
With a handful of experiencedpitchers at the front of the staff,Giannini will not pitch until hehas fully recovered, Hill said.
“He won’t play in the first orsecond series for us, but hopeful-ly after that he will be ready togo,” the veteran coach said. “Weare not going to rush him back.He has been in a rehab programand came out pretty good. Nowhe just has to work on buildinghis way back up to throwing aquality number of pitches.”
Giannini is slated to be oneof the starters behind senior-ace Casey Gaynor. The CapeCod League-All Star returns forhis final year on the mound andhis third-straight at the head ofthe rotation.
In his junior year, Gaynorhad a 2-9 record with a 5.57ERA. He led the team in inningspitched and his 59 strikeouts ledthe team.
Hill knows what he is gettingfrom his starting rotation, but it isafter that where he would like tosee improvements and growthfrom some of his younger pitchers.
“We have people in place butwe are just looking for someoneto replace [former closer] WillieBeard,” he said. “We have a[sophomore] transfer by thename of [Nathaniel] Roe who Ithink can fill that role and wehave a good group of freshmanwho I think can step up. If ourpitching holds together, then Ithink we will be in good shape.”
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Senior reliever Kevin Lillis finished last season with a 2-2 record and 5.35 ERA after giving upRutgers’ 2-1 lead over Miami in the sixth inning of the second game of the year.
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A Preseason All-Big Eastselection, Pennington is theKnights’ unquestioned focalpoint. Opposing defenses aregeared toward slowing down the5-foot-11, 200-pound midfielder.
“It’s pretty easy,” Penningtonsaid when asked how he dealswith being the focal point of the
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Senior midfielder Gerhard Buehning’s 17 goals last seasonwere good for second on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team.
Defeated 79-66 at the handsof Syracuse in January, theScarlet Knights get their sec-
o n dcrack
at the Orange Sunday at theLouis Brown Athletic Center.
The game is part of theonly home-and-away seriesfor the Knights this seasonand is rendered all the morecrucial in the wake of theRU’s narrow loss Tuesday toNo. 9 West Virginia.
After two straight gameswith a positiveassist-to-turnoverration, the Knightsreturned to theirold bad habitsagainst WestVirginia, commit-ting 24 turnoversthat resulted in 25M o u n t a i n e e rpoints, nearly halftheir total.
While such mis-takes were a hallmark of theteam early in the season —much to the chagrin of headcoach C. Vivian Stringer —Rutgers seemed to haveturned things around of late.
A potential step backwardin the turnover departmentspells certain doom forRutgers, which clings tohopes of an appearance inthe NCAA Tournament.Charlie Crème of ESPN hasRU as a No. 10 seed in theBig Dance.
The strong post play offorward Chelsey Lee madean impact for the Knights intheir past several contests.
Against theMountaineers, the sopho-more recorded her third dou-ble-double in her past fivegames. The post game is keyfor the Knights (15-11, 7-5)this weekend, as theOrange’s combo of forwardNicole Michael and centerKayla Alexander combinedfor 29 points and 14
rebounds in theteams’ earlier meet-ing this season.
But Syracuse(18-7, 5-7), asdemonstrated inJanuar y, is alsocapable of nailingthe three-pointshot, shooting justunder 50 percentfrom beyond the arc.
The Orange shut downsenior guard Brittany Ray,the team’s leading scorer, atthe Carrier Dome, limitingRay to only 12 points on 4-of-18 shooting.
Since their victorythough, the Orange spiraledin conference and founditself on the wrong side oflosses against two bottomfive Big East teams inVillanova and Cincinnati.
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Knights shine on Senior Night by dismantling Drexel 35-6 in four seniors’ memorable last match at the Barn to remain perfect at homeBY ALEX JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers wrestling team sentits seniors off in the right fashionfrom the moment it hit the mat.
T h eS c a r l e tK n i g h t sdomina t -ed Drexel35-6 last
night at the College Ave Gym intheir last home match on SeniorNight. The win extended their
team-record unbeaten streak to15 matches.
“For us it was the perfect night,”said head coach Scott Goodale.“From a coaching standpoint I wasproud of our [starting] guys,because they wanted to take care oftheir matchups so the seniors couldgo out there and compete.”
Senior captain Lamar Brownended his home-match career on ahigh note, and — like he often does— in dramatic style. Tied at one pointapiece and with time in the third peri-od winding down, Brown lunged at
opponent Shawn Fausey and connect-ed, taking Fausey down with five sec-onds left and earning the 3-1 decision.
“I knew that I was running short ontime, and I could hear him breathingheavy,” Brown said. “I was just lookingfor the perfect shot. I don’t know if itlooked perfect from the outside, but Ijust went for it and it felt good to me.”
Redshirt freshman Dan Rinaldigot the party started right off the batto the tune of a 12-3 major decision inthe night’s first match. The Lodi,N.J., native is ranked No. 28 in thecoaches’ poll and owns a 25-7 record.
“That win was big for us.[Rinaldi’s] a guy that can score inbunches,” Goodale said. “I don’tknow how much better he is goingto get from now until the [EasternIntercollegiate WrestlingAssociation tournament], but whathe needs to do is continue tobelieve that he is the best.”
The Knights (19-4-1) continued toroll, taking the next four matches tobuild a commanding 21-0 lead. A leadthey never came close to relinquishing.
RU continued to earn bonuspoints match after match, courtesy
of a technical fall from redshirt fresh-man Joe Langel and a pin from soph-omore Trevor Melde.
Langel’s victory extends hiswinning streak to 17-matches —the last time he lost was Dec. 12against Pittsburgh.
“I wanted to win this one for theseniors,” Langel said. “My partneron match days my practice partner isKellen Bradley and I wanted to goout there and win it to show myappreciation for him.”
Senior poisedto be Knights’go-to player
BY KYLE FRANKOCORRESPONDENT
Ever since he picked up a lacrosse stick,Justin Pennington was the guy.
That will not change this season for theRutgers men’slacrosse team.
“Justin’s had agreat fall and hasstepped into a leader-ship role this sea-son,” said head coach
Jim Stagnitta. “He has picked up what he doeson a daily basis. He is the guy that makes us go.”
Pennington finished the 2009 campaignwith 16 goals and 16 assists, but that was notgood enough to save the Scarlet Knightsfrom a disappointing 4-11 record.
For this team to be better, Penningtonmust be better.
“This is my fourth year as a starter,” themidfielder said. “I feel like I have a lot to bring.”
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Sophomore guard Mike Rosario averages 16.2 points pergame on the season, but 19.3 in RU’s last six games.
Desperate teams meet inBig East battle at RAC
BY KYLE FRANKOCORRESPONDENT
When the Rutgers men’s bas-ketball team was 0-8 in the BigEast it would have been easy to
pack it in.T h e
c o a c hwas onthe hotseat andthe nega-
tivity swirling around the pro-gram was at an all-time high. Itwas dif ficult not to hear it.
“It’s hard to finish a seasonwhen you’re 0-8, but you have tofinish out the season and I toldthe guys it’s about how you fin-ish,” said sophomore guard MikeRosario. “It doesn’t matter whatpeople say or what happensaround us. It doesn’t matter whatnobody says, and that’s what wedid. We blocked out everybodyand we went out there and juststraight had an assassin attitudeas a program and as a team.”
But to the Scarlet Knights’credit, they didn’t pack it in.They are winners of four of theirlast five league contests and fiveof six overall.
Heads are higher and smiles bigger.
“It is a lot of fun,” said seniorcenter Hamady N’Diaye who had15 points and 13 rebounds inTuesday’s victory over DePaul.“In my four years, this is the firsttime really winning this manygames in the Big East season. Ihave to keep the guys believingand knowing what we can do.The feeling we have after [awin], we want to have after everysingle game.”
Against DePaul, the Knightsfell behind by 17 in the first halfbut battled back for a four-point victory.
Rosario was a key cog in thatrally. He did not have the bestshooting game (3-of-12, 11 points),yet when it mattered most, he hit
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Redshirt freshman Joe Langel, left photo, came from behind to dominate Drexel’s Michael Gomez to the tune of a 10-3 technical fall. In his final home dual-match, senior captain Lamar Brown, right photo, earned a 3-1 decision in the waning seconds of his 197-pound bout. The Knights closed out their home schedule with a perfect record of 5-0.
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