on the numerous education andtraining opportunities available inthe state.

International students alonebring in hundreds of millions ofdollars every year to New Jersey,said Courtney McAnuff, vice pres-ident for Enrollment Managementat the University.

Foreign students usually paydouble the tuition of in-state stu-dents and do not qualify for finan-cial aid, thus generating a lot offunds for the University,McAnuff said.

Local students also benefit fromthe increasing number of interna-tional students, he said.

This increasing globalizationmeans students must learn howpeople from other parts of theworld think, and interaction withinternational students is the bestway to do that, McAnuff said.

University President Richard L.McCormick also believes increas-ing the number of international stu-dents could result in a better edu-cation for all students.

The best way for a student tolearn is to go to school with stu-dents unlike themselves, he said.

University students mayreceive more scholarships and

BY AMBIKA SUBRAMANYAMSTAFF WRITER

Twenty-seven colleges anduniversities in New Jersey havefound a way to increase funds andavoid budget cuts by promotinginternational students.

Study New Jersey, a programinitiated by the U.S. Departmentof Commerce, is designed toattract more international stu-dents to N.J. colleges.

The program, which celebratedits launch yesterday afternoon atthe Rutgers Visitor Center onBusch campus, uses a website andbrochures containing information

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FBI agents made a visit to downtown NewBrunswick early yesterday to seize documentsand electronic data from June’s democratic pri-mary election, in which Patricia Bombelyn chal-lenged long-time incumbent candidate MayorJim Cahill.

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University students andadministrators discussed a num-ber of topics, ranging fromhealthier takeout snack optionsto wireless Internet, during aResidence Hall Association townhall meeting Monday in theStudent Activities Center on theCollege Avenue campus.

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Members of RHA said theywere happy to see an easygoingatmosphere last throughout the event.

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U. debate team earnstop national ranking

BY PAIGE TATULLICONTRIBUTING WRITER

Just a few years ago theRutgers Debate Union was thebrunt of many jokes, saidDebate Team Vice PresidentFarhan Ali. But now, the joke ison the competition.

The debate team, which wasNo. 24 in the nation last year,earned a first-place finish at anintercollegiate tournamentSaturday at George WashingtonUniversity, said Ali, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.

This moves the team intothird place nationally, trailingbehind teams from YaleUniversity and HarvardUniversity, an accomplishmentAli said is the result of hard work.

“When the Debate Unionstarted in 2002, teams likePrinceton and Columbia oftenbeat us easily,” he said. “Wealways had one or two debaterswho were better than average,but would never make it far onthe debate circuit.”

The team accepted mediocrityas its standard, but when StoreyClayton took the head coachingposition last year, the team beganto see change, Ali said.

“He started to coach us, andwe immediately started to seeresults,” he said. “He changedthe attitude we had and made usfeel like we could compete withIvy League schools, and betteryet, actually beat them.”

Clayton, who was a debaterfor Brandeis University from1998 to 2002 and in 2001 won theNorth American DebatingChampionship, has an extensivebackground in the activity.

“I was living in Princeton atthe time [the University appealedto me,] but was much more excit-ed to coach an underdog stateschool like Rutgers,” he said.

Clayton does not regret themove and said it has been satisfy-ing to have the University’s teambeat Princeton’s, which is nowNo.11 in the national standings.

More than anything, Claytonsaid he is proud of how much theteam’s confidence increased insuch a short period of time.

“There was a lot of frustrationon the team and people were con-cerned they would never be ableto compete with top schools,” hesaid. “A lot of what’s changed hasjust been the ability to realizedebate is something that can belearned and, like anything,improves with more work.”

Clayton is not the only onerecognizing the debate team’shard work. Students on campus agree the ranking iswell deserved.

“I think this is a great accom-plishment. It has been a toughyear for Rutgers, so a win likethis could really give the schoola good name,” said ErinO’Brien, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.

Clayton said it would be diffi-cult for the team to beat its ownrecord, and he is satisfied withmaintaining the third-place rank-ing throughout the remainder ofthe year, rather than trying tosurpass it.

“Finishing the year in the topfive would be an incredibleaccomplishment, especiallysince our highest ranking everwas 24th, which was last year,”he said.

Clayton said as long as theteam stays humble, it should beable to maintain its ranking.

“Often success can lead tocomplacency, which is importantto avoid,” Clayton said.

Although he is proud of theteam, Ali said there are a fewthings it still needs to work on.

For example, he said increas-es in membership and fundingare key to the team’s success.

He hopes to see the team rep-resent the University well.

“We just need to start win-ning even more tournamentsand beat Harvard for the secondspot and hopefully challengeYale for the Club Of The Yeartrophy,” Ali said.

Leslie Kennedy, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers-Newark, spoke Monday at “Global Risk

Assessment: The Search for Common Methodology” in Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

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Speaker offers plan to assess global risksBY ELIZABETH ZWIRZ

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Leslie Kennedy believes noplace is completely safe from dan-ger, and potential risk lurksaround every corner.

That is why Kennedy, a pro-fessor in the School of CriminalJustice at Rutgers-Newark, hasworked on a plan to help reducethis risk. He searched for ways tomonitor and update current sys-tems to work more effectively inthe event of a disaster.

“[Risks] congregate in thesame way as certain types ofbehavior,” Kennedy said. “If wecan figure out what the risks arethat are connected to thosebehaviors, then you can go tothose locations and do some-thing about the problem orreduce the problem before theevents get worse.”

In his lecture, “Global RiskAssessment: The Search for aCommon Methodology,” onMonday at the Alexander Library,Kennedy narrowed down hisresearch to three different riskcategories: pandemic influenza inhealth, floods in natural disastersand terrorism in crimes.

To make a solution for thevarious risks, it is necessary toanalyze dif ferent approachesand look for common structure,he said.

Kennedy said it can be prob-lematic since some risks tend tobe more complicated than others,and require different levels ofattention or concern.

Every country deals with riskindependently, so trends aremore difficult to follow becausethey are slightly more chaotic,Kennedy said.

He added that terrorism ismore complicated than diseasebecause it requires a differentfocus of attention in terms of vul-nerability to threat.

Kennedy created a three-stepsystem to combat threat. Thefirst step, called risk assess-ment, is the time given to gath-ering information and evaluat-ing the situation.

The second step is decision-making, which allows for evalua-tion and monitoring of the situa-tion with the help of gatheredresearch agencies.

The last step is risk manage-ment, he said. It lets theagency preview and preparethe solution and adapt to itbased on its outcome.

Kennedy said he and his fel-low researchers are workingtoward building early warningsystems. These systems can helpeliminate the high warning factorattached to different threats.

He said the combination ofbetter warning systems and com-mon methodology will be veryuseful because it can provide bet-ter data and make it easier forindividual countries to deciphereach other’s data.

Even if a common methodol-ogy is discovered, it is subject tochange depending on the typeof risk.

“If you look at the differencein terms of the methodology, itmay change for something wherethe threat is more important thanthe vulnerability, so you may wantto shift your methodology toworking on the vulnerabilityanalysis compared to the threatanalysis,” he said.

Kennedy and his fellowresearchers first shared a com-mon goal in modeling crimeoccurrences in local neighbor-hoods. The goal eventuallygrew to a more global interestin risk assessment.

“Once we came up with aframework we could use to pre-dict crime in our countries, we

sort of explored using the sametechnique for looking at globalthreats and global risks,” he said.

Some people who attendedthe lecture felt Kennedy’sresearch on counter terrorismand natural disasters are preva-lent global issues.

“Academia is doing a lot ofwork to condense informationand give good data sets to deci-sion makers so they can makedecisions on these huge natural,national and international prob-lems,” said Kevin Hill, a Schoolof Arts and Science senior.

Joanna Regulska, dean ofInternational Programs, appreci-ated how the researchers gener-ated data while considering dif-ferent people’s perspectives.

“What I also felt was impor-tant was to introduce the ideaof culture, perceptions andsubjectivity,” Regulska said.“The fact that I might see riskin a dif ferent way that youmight see risk, and what doesthat mean.”

The lecture is the third of sixlectures, combined in a two-partseries, she said.

With the theme of “Ecologiesin the Balance” last year, thefocus was on looking through thecrisis. This year’s objective is tolook forward for solutions.

“The whole idea is really tobring different departments, dif-ferent groups of students, stu-dents who are working onpieces, students working ondoctoral or master’s work, butalso political science or geogra-phy [together],” Regulska said.“It kind of creates a space forthe interdisciplinary work.”

The value of Kennedy’sresearch is not guaranteed, andpeople might still remain skepti-cal, but he said the promise isthere and that is enough for himto keep researching.

“I don’t know if it will work inall instances,” Kennedy said. “Forus, it was the curiosity of if theseagencies really want to createthese early warning systems,shouldn’t they have some sort ofplatform to work with?”

A Rutgers-Camden senior received Photo Review’s Best of Showaward for her black and white photographs “When Times Die I” and“When Times Die II,” according to a University Media Relation’spress release.

Miranda Powell, an art history major in the Rutgers-CamdenCollege of Arts and Sciences, said although many people now use dig-ital cameras, she prefers to use the method of mordancage, an 1870sFrench technique, according to the press release.

“These images show a struggle with control and a lack of control,”Powell said in the press release. “I’m very strong-willed, so thismethod worked for me because it allowed the process to intervene.”

Powell learned to stray away from digital photography after anassignment from her professor, Ken Hohing, who said it is importantfor students to work with development processes in a darkroom asPowell did with her images.

“Miranda clearly has a developed eye for imagery, whether it’sphotographic or not,” Hohing said in the press release. “That alongwith an organized approach to complicated processes makes her workstand out.”

Martin Rosenberg, chair of the Department of Fine Arts, said thecombination of Hohing’s techniques and Powell’s artistic intelligenceis an example of the learning experience at Rutgers-Camden.

“Miranda has demonstrated a level of extraordinary achievementand recognition, which is a tribute to her creative abilities and to thequality of instruction she has received at Rutgers-Camden,” he said inthe press release.

— Devin Sikorski

STUDENT RECEIVES AWARDFOR PHOTOGRAPHY

“Shouldn’t [agencies]have some sort

of platform to work with?”

LESLIE KENNEDYProfessor at the School

of Criminal Justice at Rutgers-Newark

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State sees sluggish recovery, possible rise in unemploymentBY CHASE BRUSHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Following one of the mostcrippling recessions in thenation’s history, economists arestarting to see signs of econom-ic growth in New Jersey, albeitslow and modest.

Dean James Hughes of theEdward J. Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy —who along with Nancy Mantell,director of the RutgersEconomic Advisor y Ser vice,talked about his observationsat R/ECON’s annual publicconference at the BlousteinSchool — said economicgrowth in New Jersey has beenextremely slow.

“[The state is] hardly inchingalong, but we are seeing recov-ery, rather than meltdown,”Hughes said.

The conference is held year-ly to assess the economic cli-mate and provide the publicwith financial forecasts of theregion and state, Hughes said. Economists use econo-

metric models and data to make predictions.

After suf fering more than200,000 job cuts in 2008 and2009, New Jersey struggleswith rising unemployment ratesand a stagnant economy,Hughes said.

From May throughSeptember, the state saw 45,000jobs disappear. With an unem-ployment rate of about 9.2 per-cent in 2009, Mantell predictsNew Jersey’s number willincrease in 2010, moving moretoward the national average ofabout 9.7 percent.

“New Jersey’s economicprogress is tightly linked to thenation,” Hughes said.

The sluggishness of the state’seconomic recovery can partly beattributed to job losses in the pub-lic sector, which in the past yearswere frequently looked to as asource for employment growth,Mantell said.

Since May, 42,000 public sec-tor jobs were lost, which included26,000 jobs in local government,she said.

“[Municipalities have] finallybegun to cut jobs due to fiscaldif ficulties,” Mantell said.

When the 2010 Census con-cluded, around 15,000 temporaryfederal workers lost their jobs aswell, she said.

Mantell added that R/ECON’sforecast period, which ends in2020, shows little to no growth inthe public sector.

Gill Medina, executive man-aging director at Cushman &Wakefield Inc., believes mosteconomic activity will be in the

service and finance sectorsthrough job recovery in New York.

“[The economy] has had ahuge impact on the business cli-mate throughout the region,”Medina said. “New York is recov-ering jobs at three times the paceof the national average, and muchof that growth is bound to spillover into [New Jersey.]”

Medina joined Mantell andHughes at R/ECON’s semian-nual conference.

The R/ECON forecast notessome points of optimism, suchas an increase in personalincome — which is expected torise to 3.3 percent by the end of2010 and 4.2 percent in 2011 —and lower inflation, Mantell said.

The average income gainoverall is expected to reach 4.6percent by the end of the fore-cast period, she said. Low infla-tion will also benefit consumersand consumer prices, which willfall from a rising 1.9 percent to1.7 percent in 2011, she said.

The unemployment rate inNew Jersey is predicted to fall to

5.5 percent by 2020, Mantell said.

Although unemploymentrates and inflation are expectedto decrease, both Mantell andHughes believe New Jersey’srecovery still has a long way to go.

Job number averages in NewJersey would not exceed 2007levels until 2016, Hughes said.

Medina also agrees that theroad to recovery is a long one.

“[It will] take years until wesee levels return to what theywere before the recession,” hesaid. “We’re ending the decadewith less jobs than we startedwith, but [the economy] doesshow signs of a rebound.”

Nonagricultural employmentgrowth is expected to reach 0.7percent in 2011 after years ofnegative growth, -3.9 percent in2009 and -0.8 percent in 2010,Mantell said.

According to the forecast,growth rates should increaseby 1 percent in the followingyears, leveling of f at around 0.9 percent.

“New York is recovering jobs ...and much of thatgrowth is bound to spill over into [New Jersey].”

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financial aid with the increasedrevenue coming from interna-tional students, said James Cox,regional director of the U.S.Department of Commerce.

The education sector of theeconomy is extremely important,though many people may notrealize it, Cox said.

By increasing the number offoreign students with StudyNew Jersey, the program isindirectly creating more jobsand stimulating the economy,he said.

Every international studentwho graduates from anAmerican school returns toAmerica about 47 times in his orher lifetime. Each visit helps thenational tourism industry,according to Cox.

When an international stu-dent goes back to their homecountr y with an Americandegree, they are basicallyguaranteed employment,McAnuff said.

The United States of fersresearch opportunities, coursescovering a broad range of top-ics and accommodates a varietyof students.

Those accommodations are apart of why Karthik Rao attend-ed graduate school atMonmouth University in WestLong Branch, N.J.

Rao, raised in India, is almostcompletely blind.

There were no specialschools for him to attend in thesmall town he grew up in, and hisfamily could not afford to sendhim to a private school.

“For the first 18 years of mylife, I never once saw a black-board,” Rao said, “And worsethan that — no one seemed to care.”

Despite his disabilities, Raomanaged to excel in school andattended Monmouth Universityto study biomedical engineering.

“In America, they under-stand that being blind does notmean I am unintelligent,” Raosaid. “My university providesme with everything I need to succeed.”

New Jersey is a great placefor international students to getto know America since it is locat-

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global outreach can create jobs

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The University launches its Study New Jersey initiative yesterday at the Visitor Center on Busch campus. The University aims to increase thenumber of international students enrolled, noting that among other advantages, it can bring in significant revenue and alleviate budget cuts.

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ed close to New York City,Washington, D.C., andPhiladelphia, McCormick said.

Universities in New Jerseyboast world-renowned facultyand produce award-winning sci-entists, musicians, CEOs,lawyers and film directors, he said.

Increasing the number ofinternational students is essen-tial in shaping the future of international relations,said J. Michael Adams, FairleighDickinson University president.

Today’s students are thenext generation of leaders, he

said, and they should beexposed to as much diversity as possible.

“It is possible for two peopleto see the same exact thing intwo completely different waysand for them to both be right,”Adams said.

When students from dif fer-ent countries with completelydif ferent backgrounds worktogether, they realize it is nor-mal for there to be a dif ferenceof opinions, he said.

These skills will help thefuture be much more peaceful,Adams said.

Dahea You, a third-yearpharmacy student from SouthKorea, is amazed at how col-lege students expect and enjoy diversity.

The biggest obstacles mostinternational students face arethe language barrier andAmerican food, You said.

Most foreign students quick-ly adapt to the country and itsways, especially with the sup-port of the other internationalstudents and the faculty at theUniversity, she said.

More than 2,500 internationalstudents are enrolled at the

University, according toMcAnuff. About 900 are under-graduate students.

International students tend tobond with each other becausethey are all going through thesame things, You said.

Many American studentsreach out and ask to learnabout international students’cultures and to show themtheirs, she said.

“I always thought I wouldreturn to South Korea after Ifinish school,” You said. “Butnow, I think I like it here too much.”

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Former congressman encourages ethics in government

BY NATALIE FLYNNSTAFF WRITER

Trying to distinguish rightfrom wrong can be a dif ficult task.

David Skaggs, chairman ofthe board of the Of fice ofCongressional Ethics, saidpoliticians may face similarproblems when tackling nation-al problems at a lecture onMonday entitled, “Ethics inCongress: The Spirit vs. TheLetter” at the Eagleton Instituteof Politics.

“We know speed limits aredesigned for our own good, andwe know we’re supposed to payour fair share of taxes,” Skaggssaid. “Yet many of us do not fol-low those rules that aredesigned for our own benefit.”

Today’s society lives in aculture of rules and compli-ance, Skaggs said. The general rule seems to be if it is not impermissible, it is permissible.

Congressmen and womenare to be an example for therest of the country, he said.Public officials are held to ahigher standard than mere com-pliance of ethics.

“What the news rarely con-veys is that the vast majority ofcongressmen and womenbehave themselves respectfully,”Skaggs said.

Skaggs’ staff of nine people isresponsible for monitoring theethics in Congress, with a budgetof $1.5 million annually.

“We are probably leading theway internationally [in well-behaved politicians],” he said.

Retired from his position asU.S. representative toCongress for Colorado, Skaggshas been the head of the com-mittee since its founding inMarch of 2008.

The purpose of the of fice isto ensure that members ofCongress are being held to ahigh standard of ethics by peo-ple other than their congres-

sional peers, which is how it was done in the past, Skaggs said.

The timing of Skaggs’ talkwas ironic due to recentevents, noted both by himselfand John Weingart, the associ-ate director for the Eagleton

Institute of Politics.“There were two major polit-

ical events around ethics theday [Skaggs] was here, thatwas just chance,” Weingar tsaid. “One was the ethics inves-

tigation of CongressmanCharles B. Rangel [D-N.Y.], theother was [discussion of] theof fice that Skaggs heads,whether that will be continuedwhen the Republicans take over the House of Representatives.”

Some students felt Skaggs’topic of discussion was a refresh-ing perspective on politics.

“[It was] exclusive coverageon an aspect of government thatrarely isn’t covered much inpolitical science classes,” saidSteve Polhamus, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore.

Some students were disap-pointed with Skaggs’ responsesto some of the questions.

Tom Mulvaney, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidSkaggs raised two interestingconcepts of ethical actionsbased on principle and written law.

“The speaker said [principleof ethics] was lacking but gaveno practical solutions because

of its relative nature,” he said.“Upon asking the speaker whathe felt was the best way toinstill ethical principles in the upcoming Congress, hetip-toed around the question and gave no tangible solutions.”

Jason Brogna, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said hisexpectations were surpassed.

He said it was good to hearSkaggs address the issue thatthere is skepticism surround-ing politics.

“Politics should be seen as anhonorable call,” Skaggs said.

Weingart urged students toexplore a career in politics.

“The people who do it will besmart, creative people who canfind ways to advocate for thecommon good and not just forone partisan point of view, andnot just for one interest group,”Weingart said.

The Arthur J. HollandProgram on Ethics inGovernment hosted the event.

“Many of us do not follow

those rules that are designed for

our own benefit.” DAVID SKAGGS

Chairman of the Board of theOffice of Congressional Ethics

Chairman David Skaggs’ lecture at the Eagleton Institue of Politics Monday night discusses behavior in Congress

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Sciences sophomore. “Theadministrators are not asimpersonal as they might some-times feel. This is a chance forstudents to see that.”

Executive Director of DiningSer vices Charlie Sams gavestudents a preview of what toexpect of the new dining hall onLivingston campus, currentlyunder construction.

“When the new dining facili-ty is finished, you won’t evenremember Tillett [DiningHall],” Sams said.

Upon completion, the facilitywill have floor-to-ceiling win-dows, feature three dif ferentrooms — each with a uniquetheme and food selection —and television screens forwatching sports in one room,Sams said.

Harris informed students ofwhat the RUPD is doing toreduce campus crime.

“We have foot patrols andplain-clothed officers, and policeescorts are always available towalk students home from class orthe library,” Harris said.

Although the event was opento all students, the vast majori-ty of attendees were involvedwith RHA.

“We [expected] vice presi-dents and presidents of resi-dence halls to be the mainattendance, but all students[were] welcome to attend,” saidRHA Programming DirectorKunal Patel, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore.

Some members of RHA werepleased with the turnout of theevent — presidents and vicepresidents from all of the cam-puses and residence halls cametogether with heads of opera-tions at the University.

“In terms of executives thatcame, it was the largest town hallmeeting ever held by RHA,”Whelply said. “It exceeded myexpectations in terms of broad-ness of questions and ability toanswer by the administration.”

Some students saw the oppor-tunity to talk directly to Universityofficials as helpful and appreciat-

ed the consideration from theoften-busy officials.

“Besides the fact that every-one got answers to questions, itwas nice to see that the higherups took time to come out,meet and talk to answer seriousquestions,” said CollegeAvenue campus ResidentialVice Chair Danit Weiner, a

Mason Gross School of theArts sophomore.

Jack Molenaar, director ofthe Depar tment ofTransportation Ser vices, wasnot present to answer ques-tions regarding transportationon campus, but RHA represen-tatives said he would be present at future events.

Cahill, who ran uncontestedin the mayoral race, officiallywon his sixth term in office earli-er this month.

Bombelyn’s campaign workerGideon Weisberg observed aCahill campaign aide, KevinJones, allegedly handling stacksof unsealed, undelivered mail-inballots in Pine Street Park inJune, according to a June 9 arti-cle on nj.com.

Jones allegedly assaultedWeisberg when he and anattorney returned to obtainvisual documentation of himwith the ballots, according tothe article.

“When Mayor Cahill’s aideKevin Jones was found in thepark with messenger ballots,and then assaulted the personwho filmed him, the corruptionof New Brunswick’s electionswas exposed,” Bombelyn said.“If it takes the FBI to come hereto root out that corruption andrestore integrity to the electiveprocess in New Brunswick, wewelcome and applaud them.”

Bombelyn said she was notconcerned about how the out-come of the investigationwould af fect her, but ratherwhat it would mean for the way government in NewBrunswick operates.

“What I am interested in ishaving clean, transparent gov-ernment in New Brunswick,”she said. “I am interested in citybusiness being accessible to thepublic and maximizing trans-parency … so that [people] canbecome more engaged and moreknowledgeable about what isgoing on in the city.”

A representative for Cahillcould not be reached at press time.

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Executive Director of Dining Services Charlie Sams discusses the progress of the new Livingston Dining Hall,which is currently under construction. The facility will feature rooms catered to different food selections.

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Students take a salsa lesson during “Salsa Salsa Salsa,” last night at the Cove, located in theBusch Campus Center. Students had the opportunity to show off their moves, and participatein a completely salsa-themed event down to the chips and salsa dip.

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17 Join the Rutgers University Programming Association as ithosts “The J Spot — A Sex Lecturer Tells All,” a mind-blow-ing lecture performance by Jay Friedman, an award-winningwriter, speaker and sex educator who tackles the toughest oftopics in a refreshing and educational way. Doors open at 8p.m. in the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

The Daily Targum will be holding a writers meeting at 9:30p.m. in Suite 431 of the Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus. Wait outside the door untilKristine, the University editor, arrives. Assignments will begiven out, and other business will be discussed during themeeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no expe-rience necessary.

Rutgers Recreation will be hosting the 23rd Annual TriviaBowl from 8:30 to 11 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass RecreationCenter. Teams of three can register with Sue Beaudrow at(732)-932-9178 as space is limited. Event is free and prizeswill be awarded.

Native Tongue, the only Asian American newspaper at theUniversity, invites students to come and express theirthoughts or show off their talents in singing at their“Voices of Our Souls” open microphone event. The eventwill run from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Livingston Student CenterGathering Lounge.

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Written by Mason Gross School of the Arts graduate stu-dent Lisa Huber, Mason Gross production Egyptology tellsthe story of a gay parent who tries to reclaim her child whenher partner leaves her for a man. The play will run until Dec.11 in the Philip J. Levin Theater on the Cook/Douglass cam-pus. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $20 forUniversity alumni and employees and $15 for University stu-dents. For more information call (732)-932-7511 or visitmasongross.rutgers.edu.

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elected officials, andCongress turns into a scape-goat for the nation’s prob-lems. Thus the negative cam-paigns of elected officialsthemselves contribute to thedeclining trust in the veryinstitutions they are electedto serve in.

The media contributes tothe declining trust in elected officials by accentuatingthe negative and focusing on the extraordinary.Reporters search for scandal and sensationalismsince their readers and listeners wish to hear aboutexciting stories. Reporters are never going to win aPulitzer Prize for writing about how well Congress isdoing its job, rather they need hard-hitting, investiga-tive stories about corrupt politicians. This meansthere is an economic incentive to focus on those sto-ries that cast elected officials in a negative light.

Out of the 7,382 legislators in the United States,less than 1 percent have ever been convicted orindicted. Viewers tend to focus on the worst casesof public corruption they see in the media and gen-eralize that all elected officials are the same. These

feelings of cynicism and angertoward America’s elected officialsand political institutions threatenthe health of our democracy bycontributing to voter apathy.

In general, there are three waysto learn about the government: fromfamily and friends, experience andthe media. Anecdotal evidence sug-gests that those who buck this trend,and hold politics in relatively highregard, were either influenced bypersonal relationships with public

servants or served as interns with representatives.Those who know politicians the best tend to believethe vast majority of elected officials are genuinelyinterested in serving the public good. In contrast,those who solely listen to the media were generallymuch more cynical since they receive a view thatdoes not accurately represent politicians as a whole.

If you have the time or ability, you shouldintern in a legislator’s office to gain some first-hand experience of politics. I urge you to visityour New Jersey senator or representative to gaingreater familiarity with a legislator as both a per-son and public official. The vast majority of elect-ed officials and their staff members in districtoffices are “Mother Theresas” who genuinelycare about the common good and make it theirjob to help their constituents whenever possible.

Gordon Morrisette is a School of Arts and Sciencessophomore majoring in political science and history.His column, “Progressive Offensive,” runs on alter-nate Wednesdays.

T here has been a gen-eral increase in cyni-cism and anger

toward elected officials andgovernment institutions. Arecent survey on Americanattitudes toward democraticinstitutions found that approxi-mately 63 percent of respon-dents felt politics were cor-rupt, 55 percent believed politicians were lying and 94percent considered the government unresponsive.Voter knowledge is also woefully inadequate. Eighty-sixpercent of voters surveyed knew who Hannah Montanawas, but only 45 percent knew the Supreme Courtcould declare a law unconstitutional and exactly halfcould correctly identify the number of U.S. Senators.

The increase in cynicism toward democratic insti-tutions, like Congress and state legislatures, has beenbrought about by a rise in political partisanship overthe past two decades. Before the 1990s, the minorityparty, on both the national and state levels, wouldwork with the majority party to achieve political com-promise. Even when they were the minority party,Republicans would usually work with the Democratsto turn their ideas into bills and formthe best policies they could.

Former House Speaker NewtGingrich was critical of this strate-gy of cooperation since it precludedany chance of achieving aRepublican majority. He realizedwhile a minority party has power tosuggest alternatives or work toinfluence the majority, the mosteffective strategy for achievingvotes in the next election is to standas an opposition party.

Partisanship has become the norm on both thenational and state levels. When Gov. Chris Christie senthis budget to the New Jersey legislature, theDemocrats chose not to fight over it. Rather, they let thebudget pass and kept themselves as far from it as pos-sible so that in the coming election they can blameChristie for the drastic cuts in aid to local municipalitiesand education funding. This may be a great electoralstrategy, but it is a terrible governing strategy. Althoughthe entire representative system suffers from this parti-sanship and it turns many people off of voting, it unfor-tunately works. Thus Republicans and Democrats havetransformed from the loyal opposition that attempts tosolve the nation’s problems, to parties of nihilists thatdecry the majority’s attempts to pass legislation.

We have seen — in both national and local elec-tions — that it is easy to become elected by forcefullyrunning against the legislature and those in power.Rather than running for something, one has only torun against the status quo since the legislature makesan ideal whipping boy for the public. Especially intough times, people like to take out their frustration on

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A irport authorities searching passengers’ bags is one thing, butas the realities of the digital age arrive, we need laws protectingus from unreasonable invasions of privacy. Federal courts have

long upheld the law allowing federal agents to search a traveler’sbelongings without probable cause. We need to change this.

While the U.S. government holds the sovereign right to protect itsborders, there is a big difference between agents scanning a suitcaseand agents searching through a laptop’s hard drive, no matter what thecontent is. The number of such inspections are rare and yet passengersstill need the protection from unwarranted searches, especially whenthey may rummage through work papers, financial records and e-mailmessages — all non-threatening. There is a big difference betweensearching for hazardous materials and the electronic search for infor-mation. Congress, therefore, must act in defense of passengers in a waythat threatens neither their safety nor their rights.

According to government records released regarding theFreedom of Information Act, between October 2008 and June 2010,more than 6,600 travelers were subject to these unreasonable search-es. The first began during the George W. Bush administration whenauthorities received the right to view contents of laptops, smart-phones and other devices containing personal information.

This has been an unconfronted issue until a brief, failed oppositionto the act in 2008. The United States Court of Appeals for the NinthCircuit in San Francisco upheld the law saying that border agents donot need the slightest of reasons to justify a laptop search.

The American Civil Liberties Union, according to The NewYork Times, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of “press photographers,criminal defense attorneys and a doctoral student in Islamic stud-ies whose laptop was searched and confiscated this spring.”

Congress must resolve this case before it creates more problems.It must approve a law in defense of travelers and in opposition ofauthorities’ ability to impose on their rights in such a manner.

The Travelers’ Privacy Protection Act, proposed two years ago inthe Senate and continuously left unpassed, would be an ideal piece oflegislation. The act would have required agents to have reasonablesuspicion of illegal activity before searching a passenger’s personalbelongings. This measure would have also set limits on the sharingof information from devices seized at the border.

Congress must strike a balance between the safety of the passengersand their privacy. There must be sufficient room for travelers to exercisetheir rights without any threat to our borders.

Rangel must resignon his own accord

Keep travelers’ privacy top priority

R ep. Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., must step down on his ownaccord. According to The New York Times, a House committeefound the representative guilty of 11 counts of ethical violations.

It was ruled Rangel failed to pay taxes and file accurate personalincome reports. He was also found guilty of improperly solicitingfundraising donations. While his supporters and those who voted forhim might not agree with a voluntary departure from his seat, webelieve Rangel must act according to the ethics of law and step downbefore any more dishonor is brought to the House.

A public hearing on Monday brought on the decision after fourhours, and 11 out of the 13 counts being upheld. Rep. ZoeLofgren, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the panel, announced thedecision, calling the trial “dif ficult and time consuming.”

The committee has the power to recommend expulsion, and yetthat is unlikely to happen. Ethics experts have said that Rangel, whois 80 years old, will most likely receive a letter of reprimand. The onlyoption then is for the congressman to step down voluntarily.

Rangel has a large number of supporters for whom he hasworked — legally or illegally. He has represented Harlem for 40years and in his years of service, he has garnered a certain num-ber of supporters. And while he has made it a point to aid thosewho need help the most, his methods are shady.

Rangel’s damaged image has surely deprived the Democrats of afew votes in the House. His stepping down therefore is necessary ifthe party is to regain some of its reputation and potential voters. Inthe Republicans’ pre-election efforts, Rangel was used as theDemocrats’ symbol of uncertainty. If the Democrats are to pledgeany sort of improvement in Washington, they must first raise the baron themselves.

Continuous scandals and the recent decision on part of the ethicscommittee have weakened the congressman, but ultimately he mustdecide his own fate. Perhaps he is lucky to even do that. Just thismonth he was re-elected for a 21st time. This, however, must be hislast. Government accountability is of extreme importance, and whena senior member is at the center of conflict, the figure himself muststep down voluntarily.

their homeland. The desire toreturn home has been expressedduring Jewish festivals, in Jewishprayers three times daily and incountless other customs, manycenturies prior to the rise ofmodern Zionism.

Finkelstein would haveeveryone who listens to himbelieve the state of Israel is amodern colonial inventionfueled by Holocaust guilt,rather than the truth, which isthe exact reverse — that theHolocaust was a disaster fueledby a lack of an independentJewish homeland.

But no, that is not it either. Thenumber I want to discuss is “43334.”

“43334” is the tattoo on mygrandmother, courtesy of the real“Holocaust Industry” — that ofthe Nazi’s Final Solution for her.

Was she lying about how shegot that number? Did she fakethe anxiety she felt every timea dog barked because itreminded her of GermanShepherds the Nazis used? Wasshe in on some global conspira-cy when she was emotionallyunavailable for her children?

What about my grandfather?Did he invent stories about hisfirst wife, infant daughter,mother, father, three of his fourbrothers and countless othershe knew, who disappeared intothe flames of Birkenau? Was helying when he would talk aboutbeing nearly starved to deathand beaten within an inch of

his life? Was he plotting aZionist conspiracy when hewould often wake up in themiddle of the night and jumpout of bed in terror, forcedback in time during yet anotherHolocaust flashback?

Why should survivors have totolerate efforts to de-legitimizetheir memories by Finkelstein,

Irving and the rest of the Holocaustdenial/minimization industry?

This is what he is doingwhen he refers to Nobel PeacePrize winner and Holocaustsur vivor Elie Wiesel as a“clown” in the “Holocaust cir-cus.” There is a reason whywhite supremacist sites like“Stormfront” and neo-Nazi dar-ling David Duke citeFinkelstein regularly. His life’swork minimizes the suf feringof survivors and adds to it byforcing them to live throughthe spectacle of seeing roomsfull of college students cheer-ing for his attacks on them.

This is not an issue of ques-tioning his right to criticize Israel— although a rational personwould have to question why, inorder to criticize governmentalpolicy, someone would have toattack not the government butrather the historical, documentedpast itself.

Or maybe it is not so irra-tional. Orwell wrote, “He whocontrols the past, controls thefuture.” By “vaporizing” memo-ries, by converting the victims of

the Holocaust into “unpersons,”Finkelstein makes it easier forhis fans to not deal with reality.This frees them to practice thekind of cognitive dissonance nec-essary for an American universi-ty student to support the actionsof totalitarian movements likeHamas, Hezbollah and otherswho have sworn to erase a popu-lation of six million Jews.

The fact that students gleeful-ly welcome this distortion of his-tory as “scholarly” is a disgracenot only to the memories ofHolocaust victims, but also tolegitimate historians everywhere.This is not about Zionism. It isabout preserving the memoriesof those who perished in theHolocaust and respecting thosewho survived.

It is also about the starkrealization that had the Nazissucceeded, I would not be hereto write this letter. And in thisver y real way, Finkelsteinattacks us all.

Liran Kapoano is a LivingstonCollege senior majoring in politicalscience and history.

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I am not here to debateNorman Finkelstein’sstance on Israel and

Zionism. There is really only onething I want address in this let-ter. My issue with Finkelsteinand his supporters is nothingmore than a simple number.

No, it is not six million, asin six million murdered Jews,killed during the Holocaust —a fact that Finkelstein castsdoubt upon by referring to “sixmillion” in quotation marks.Finkelstein has also gone onrecord that Holocaust denierDavid Irving — who believesthere were no gas chambersand Auschwitz was a “touristattraction” — is an “indispens-able” historian. No, this is notsome unbelievable fiction fromGeorge Orwell’s “1984”; this isactually what this man thinks.

Nor is the number 2,000, asin the nearly 2,000 years sinceJerusalem was destroyed andthe Jews were forced to flee

Holocaust denial industry affects wide range of people

LIRAN KAPOANO

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Freshman forward Gilvydas Biruta struggled with foul trouble for the

second consecutive game, making Mitchell’s role more significant.

Like many Knights, Mitchelldid not expect the 2010-11 teamto have its current makeupwhen he transferred to Rutgersfollowing the 2007-08 season at Florida.

With the transfers of threeformer scholarship players andthe graduation of the Knights’most preeminent frontcourtpresence in Hamady N’Diaye,Mitchell finds himself as thefocal point of the Rutgers big men.

But the 6-foot-7, 225-pounderis far from being one of the bruis-ers of Big East’s past.

“I just look at it as a newopportunity — a second becom-ing,” said Mitchell, the Knights’top returning scorer. “I trans-ferred, so I know how change is.For me, it might be a blessing indisguise because coach Rice ispushing me every day and I lovehis style of play. I bought intowhatever he wants.”

Mitchell is now one of themain offensive weapons after play-ing a complementary role on the2006-07 Gator team that won theNCAA National Championship.

And for the Knights to man-age a successful 2010-11 season,Mitchell will need more halveslike his first against Fairfield, inwhich the former New York Mr.Basketball sunk four of his firstsix shots.

“[Mitchell] had to [have abounce-back game],” saidfreshman guard Mike Poole.“He’s our captain, he’s ourleader. We go of f of him. Hehas a bad game, we have a bad

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game. He has a great game, wehave a great team. He had todo that [Monday]. He had no choice.”

Mitchell quietly leads theKnights in rebounds through twocontests with 13, despite the pla-toon system between himself,Biruta and sophomore AustinJohnson in the frontcourt.

But the senior’s commitmentto rebounding on an undersizedRutgers team goes largely unno-ticed, according to Rice.

“He has a lot of toughness,”Rice said. “He had five rebounds,two blocks [Monday] — that’s aveteran game. He’ll get better onthe free throw line, too. He’s oneof our better free-throw shooters.It’s just kind of a mental blockright now.”

Mitchell’s 0-for-4 effort fromthe line magnified a larger prob-lem from the charity stripethrough two games for theKnights, who currently own a 52percent conversion percentage.

The problem is not a new onefor Rutgers, who shot only 66 per-cent from the line last seasonunder former head coach FredHill Jr.

“Those are free points,”said Mitchell, who shot a team-best 89 percent on free throwsa season ago. “At the end ofthe day, we are fighting,scratching [and] clawing tostay in games and we have tomake free throws to keep us inthe games. I definitely thinkcoach Rice is definitely goingto get on us and I know he’sgoing to get on me onWednesday about it.”

If the past is any indication,Mitchell can shrug of f hisstruggles from the line againstFairfield. After all, they maynot even exist.

to watch film with them, whichhas been a big help.”

But Larrow is not the onlyone who recognizes the bene-fits of his work, as heimpressed the fifth-year seniorcaptain Noonan.

“Mike’s a young guy, but he’svery eager to learn,” Noonansaid. “It’s really coming alongwith Mike. He started off slow,but it’s coming together for him.”

Larrow put the pieces togeth-er against Syracusewith four tackles —more than his totalthrough his first threegames combined —and a sack.

Larrow contributedto six Rutgers sacks,which nearly doubledthe season output, but the defensivepressure was led bysenior defensive endAlex Silvestro.

The Paulsboro High Schoolproduct increased his team-hightotal with 1.5 sacks, and likeLarrow, once moved from defen-sive end to tackle, although he isback at end.

“The kid is built with an ath-letic body — long arms andthings like that,” Silvestro said.“Playing down there is alwaysgoing to help him if he comesback to the outside. If they like him in there, having thespeed can only help you as adefensive tackle.”

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hardest part for the converteddefensive end was the mentalaspect, which he took the timeto improve upon during his red-shirt season.

“I came here with an openmind because I trusted thecoaching staff,” Larrowsaid. “If I did play, that’sgood, and if I didn’t, Iunderstand why I did-n’t. During camp, whenI was still at defensiveend, I looked at theplaybook and my headwas spinning. I knew itwas a lot tougher thanhigh school.”

For that reason,Larrow made sure totake in as much as he can.

He does so by sitting betweenstarters Charlie Noonan andScott Vallone in the film room,while also crediting defensiveline coach Randy Melvin withthis development from fringeplayer to useful backup.

“In the meeting room I stayclose to Chuck and Scott,”Larrow said. “I sit right betweenthem and they stay on top of meon everything and they makesure I know what I’m doing whenI get out there. They even ask me

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MICHAEL LARROW

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Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Michael Larrow played late minutes in the Knights’ season opener,

then returned to action for the past three games when he made six tackles and one sack.

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Program continues progress in Werneke’s third seasonBY BILL DOMKE

CORRESPONDENT

It is always strange to lookback knowing everything is over,

but that isthe only

thing the Rutgers volleyball teamcan do now.

Ending the season at 11-17overall with a 3-8 Big Eastrecord marks the secondstraight year the ScarletKnights came out of a seasonbetter than they did a yearbefore. For head coach CJWerneke, that speaks volumes.

“I think from start to finish,we’re better,” Werneke said.“Our expectations going in wereto be right around .500 to insureus a conference birth.

“Some things didn’t go ourway, but we definitely learnedand took some steps forward thisyear as a program and that’s themost important thing.”

The coaching staff likes toset goals for the Knights inorder to keep moving forward.Though the ultimate goal ismaking the Big EastTournament, smaller bench-marks are set in order to makethe move more attainable.

Last year, the goal was to wina preseason tournament, whichthe Knights accomplished.Knocking off Seton Hall was onthis season’s list.

If scarlet supporters managedto catch that game, they probablyhave a better understanding ofhow scary a focused Rutgersteam can be.

“We had some really greatmatches,” Werneke said. “One ofthe goals we had this year as aprogram was to beat Seton Halland we accomplished that. Andwe had the road victory againstSouth Florida, who made the

RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior outside hitter Emma Chrystal joined Rutgers from Kalamazoo, Mich., four years ago and finished

second on the team in assists this season despite a lingering back injury.

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“[The 157 weight class] isalways tough. Those middleweight classes are alwaysstacked,” the River Edge, N.J.,native said. “Obviously, the topguy is Fittery, who I only lost toby a point or two last year, andSaddoris is good too. I thinkthat if I keep working hard, Ican win it.”

An EIWA Championshipwould be the pinnacle of a col-legiate career that began forCocozzo outside the state lim-its of New Jersey, but will endwith the State University ofNew Jersey.

After a successful high schoolcampaign, Cocozzo wrestledthree years for Edinboro, buttransferred home to Rutgers sohe could compete in front of hisgreatest supporters.

“It’s great getting the oppor-tunity to finish out my career atRutgers rather than atEdinboro,” he said. “My familygets to see me wrestle, whichis very important to me. I’mpsyched to have a really goodseason both individually and asa team.”

In his first season on theBanks, Cocozzo amassed a 12-1record in dual meets, falling onlyto Harvard’s J.P. O’Conner, thethen-No. 1 wrestler in the coun-try at 157 pounds.

The coaching staff saw thestrides during the offseason byCocozzo, knowing this is hisfinal year.

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[Big East Tournament], so thosetwo wins are pretty significantgoing forward.”

Unfortunately, the Knightscould not maintain focus through-out the season.

Though partially because of aback injury suffered by senior

outside hitter Emma Chrystal,inconsistencies took close gamesand put them out of reach.

“It’s been a hard season,”Chrystal said. “I’ve been dealingwith this injury going in andcoming back and I’ve gonethrough a lot, but I wouldn’t take

anything away from the season.It was so fun.”

All the seniors share thesame feelings. The group offour expressed dif ficulty mov-ing on without the game thathad become such a big part oftheir lives.

“It’s bittersweet. It’s a proudmoment to make it four years andget to this point,” Chrystal said.“These girls are my family. I’mgoing to have so much free timeon my hands, I’m not going toknow what to do.”

The same can go for thecoaching staff, which loses asenior class that contributed toa little less than half the totalkills earned this season.

“It’s hard to replace peoplethat you’ve been with for threeyears, but there will be anopportunity for someone else inthe program to develop and fillin their shoes,” Werneke said.

Thankfully, the team still hassophomore and junior middleblockers Alex Jones and HannahCurtis, who also contributed alarge amount of offensive pro-duction. The staff has high hopesfor both — especially Jones, whohas two years left.

“There’s no doubt that Alexis going to continue to get bet-ter,” Werneke said. “To be asophomore, competing in theBig East, starting and perform-ing the way she has against jun-iors and seniors in her position,really bodes well for the futureof our program.”

As for moving forward, thecoaching staff will take a shorttime to unwind and then springpractice sessions need to be scheduled.

“All in all it was a good sea-son. We improved as a pro-gram,” Werneke said. “It’s thesecond straight year we have abetter overall record than theyear before. We’re better offen-sively. We’re one step closer.We’re a more competitive pro-gram and we’re getting closerstep by step each year to realiz-ing our potential and living upto it.”

“He’s done a great job,” saidhead coach Scott Goodale. “Ithink he knows that this is hislast time around. I like the wayhe’s bounced back, and he’scertainly going to be testedthis year.”

Cocozzo already has five winsin six tries this season, includinga major decision, a technical falland two pins. His only loss cameto Clarion’s James Fleming in thesemifinals of the Oklahoma GoldTournament.

“Overall, I was happy with myperformance [in the tourna-ment],” Cocozzo said. “Therewas one match that kind ofslipped away from me. I think Iwas better than that kid, but I justmade one mistake that I know Ican fix.”

With no more following sea-sons on the horizon, the two-time NCAA qualifier remindshimself constantly in the prac-tice room that there is littleroom for error.

“Everyday in practice I sitthere and tell myself that this ismy last year,” Cocozzo said. “I’vegot to make this one count.There are no more next years.This is it. No more excuses.”

Once the season is over,Cocozzo can take all the time inthe world to reflect. But fornow, he is not going to wastethe time.

“I want to go into this seasonnot holding anything back, notworried about whether I’m tiredor not,” Cocozzo said. “It’s mylast year. I’m just going to go outthere and have fun, do my best,leave everything on the table andhave no regrets when my careeris done.”

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T he Rutgers golf teamreceived a boost yes-terday, when Jacob

Stockl signed a National Letterof Intent to join the program.

Stockl placed second out of156 qualifiers at the NewJersey High School StateTournament of Championsand was a Star Ledger FirstTeam All-State selection in 2010.

The Arthur L. JohnsonHigh School product (Clark,N.J.) also placed second after aplayoff in the North JerseyGroup II Sectional.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIESpitcher Roy Halladay wonthe National League CyYoung Award yesterday —the second time in his careerhe accomplished the feat.There was no contest in thevoting, as Halladay earnedall 32 first-place votes tobecome the 13th pitcher inMLB histor y to win theaward unanimously.

The starter also became justthe fifth pitcher in history towin the award in both theAmerican and National League.

Halladay posted a 21-10record during the regular sea-son with a 2.44 ERA, 219strikeouts and a perfect game.

FORMER NBA ALL-STARAllen Iverson scored 15 pointsyesterday for Turkish Leagueteam Besiktas Cola Turka in a94-91 losing effort againstHemofarm Stada. The lossmarked the first career gamefor Iverson overseas, where heis under contract for the nexttwo years.

Throughout the game theTurkish fans chanted, “AllenIverson, the son of BesiktasCola Turka.”

AFTER STRUGGLING WITHconsistency this season for thePittsburgh Steelers, Jeff Reedfinally lost his job. The teamcut the 12th most accuratekicker in NFL history yester-day due to his recurring inac-curacy, as Reed made just 15 of22 field goals this season.

He also went 4-for-9 athome, nearly totaling his misstotal from the last two seasonscombined. FormerWashington Redskins kickerShaun Suisham, who holds acareer 79.1 kicking percent-age, will assume Reed’s duties.

WHILE THE NEW YORKYankees and Texas Rangersmay be the favorites to landfree-agent pitcher Cliff Lee,his agent, Darek Braunecker,said yesterday that Lee isgenerating interest all aroundthe league.

The Philadelphia Phillies,Boston Red Sox and ChicagoCubs are all believed to haveinterest in the lefty ace, andthe Washington Nationals havepublicly expressed their inter-ests in acquiring Lee.

Lee is expected to ask for acontract in the range of sevenyears and $161 million.

Upstarts shrink Panthers’ conference leadBY SAM HELLMAN

CORRESPONDENT

Pittsburgh is the cream of theBig East crop, right?

Not only did Dave Wannstedtpull a classic ‘Wannstache’ atRentschler Field on Thursday

night, butt h r e eteams inthe BigEast are

bowl eligi-ble after last weekend and noneof them are Pittsburgh.

Really?It seems like there is one

major upset a week betweenblunders by Pittsburgh, WestVirginia and Cincinnati, butmaybe they just are not thatgood. Maybe no one is. Maybethey are all good?

No, that cannot be it. The BigEast is just 14-15 against otherFBS teams this season and 2-9against other BCS foes.

Whatever the case, take theunderdog in pretty much everyconference game the rest of theway through.

1.) Pittsburgh (5-4, 3-1) —The 30-28 loss to Connecticutwas just another classic exampleof Big East football.

The Panthers held a 21-20lead Thursday night over theHuskies, but a Ray Graham fum-ble hurt them badly as UConnrallied off 10 points in 48 secondsto put the game out of reach.

Pitt suffered a tough loss afterlearning that 2009 Big EastDefensive Player of the YearGreg Romeus will be out for theseason after reinjuring his kneeagainst the Huskies.

Still, the Panthers can win outand be sole conference champions.

2.) Connecticut (5-4, 2-2) —Maybe the loss of quarterbackCody Endres is addition bysubtraction. Maybe head coachRandy Edsall has his swaggerback by drawing the X’s andO’s, but most likely runningback Jordan Todman is justthat good.

But despite Todman’s beastlyperformance, he only earned aBig East honorable mention thisweek with his 222 rushing yards.

Whatever it is, Connecticutjust beat the two most dangerous

Pair of teams close out fall campaignsBY MICHAEL KUPERSHTEYN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The men’s and women’scross country teams competedin the Mid-Atlantic RegionalChampionships last Friday and

f i n i s h e dw i t h i n

three places of one another. But due to a number of rea-

sons, the women’s team wasmuch less satisfied with theirresult than the men.

The Scarlet Knights menended their season without quali-fying for nationals, but the resultwas expected both by their rank-ings and previous achievements.They finished 19th at regionalsout of a total of 28 teams.

The top-three finishers for theKnights were seniors NickMiehe (64th), Kevin Cronin(89th) and junior Ben Forrest(107th), with times of 31:58,32:34 and 33:01, respectively.

Forrest ran one of the best races of his career

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Connecticut tailback Jordan Todman ran for 222 yards in the Huskies’ 30-28 victory Thursday night in

East Hartford, Conn. The Big East’s leading rusher has 1,176 yards and nine touchdowns this season.

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teams in the conference. Yes, thisis the same Connecticut that lost,26-0, to Louisville.

It looks like the Huskies andSyracuse may be in a battle forthe Pinstripe Bowl after Rutgerswas predestined to be there at thebeginning of the season.

No, Connecticut probably isn’tthe second-best team in the con-ference or even in the top half,but after back-to-back upsets,pundits have to give them a littlerespect for now.

3.) Syracuse (7-3, 4-2) — It issafe to say that Rutgers lost thegame Saturday more thanSyracuse won it. But nonethe-less, coach Doug Marroneshowed that he can rebound aftera bad loss.

Syracuse is bowl eligible forthe first time since 2004 andassured of its first winning sea-son since 2001, when the Orangewent 10-3. The only other teamsin the NCAA with five road wins

this season are Oregon andBoise State.

Kicker Ross Krautmanearned Big East Special TeamsPlayer of the Week after hisgame-winning field goal againstthe Scarlet Knights and a 48-yarder, while linebackerDerrell Smith cracked thehonor roll with 10 tackles and1.5 sacks.

4.) West Virginia (6-3, 2-2) —Head coach Bill Stewart alreadyembarrassed himself twice thisseason, but if he doesn’t make it atriumvirate of big-time blunders,the Mountaineers are going tothe BCS.

Pittsburgh showed that it washuman in Big East play last weekand with the Mountaineers con-trolling their own destiny, theBackyard Brawl could very welldecide the conference.

Quarterback Geno Smith isthe Big East Offensive Player ofthe Week with four touchdown

passes in the first half of ablowout over Cincinnati.

5.) South Florida (6-3, 3-2) — Uhoh. It looks like the Bulls learnedhow to win in the second half of theseason. South Florida also controlsits own destiny in the conference, butthe Bulls still have to beat Pittsburghand Connecticut, so it will be inter-esting to see how long that lasts.

6.) Louisville (5-5, 2-3) — TheCardinals have one more confer-ence win than Rutgers and theystomped UConn, 26-0, instead ofjust sneaking by the Huskies.

7.) Rutgers (4-5, 1-3) — The onlything keeping the Scarlet Knightsout of the cellar is how brutal Cincy’sdefense is in Big East play. But theKnights are 13-point underdogs thisweekend against the Bearcats.

8.) Cincinnati (3-6, 1-3) —Zach Collaros is back. Let’s see ifhe can be a spark.

and was content with the team’s performance.

“I feel we ran pretty well as ateam,” Forrest said. “We beatsome teams, such as Rider andMonmouth, who had beaten usearlier this year. Several guys hadtheir best race of the season sofar. We thought we could finish afew places better, but we still per-formed well. You obviously can’tcontrol how other teams run.”

The Rutgers women couldhave possibly qualified for nation-als as an at-large bid if they ranwell enough at the Mid-AtlanticRegionals, but they missed thecut. The Knights finished tied for16th place with Delaware — sixplaces worse than their regionalranking of 10th.

Rounding out the top three forRutgers were freshman BriannaDeming, as well as sophomoresJennifer Spitzer and VictoriaPontecorvo, finishing in 43rd,58th and 97th, respectively.

One of the reasons for Rutgers’disappointing performance was the

injuries to junior Kelly Flannigan.Flannigan, arguably the team’smost consistent runner, was bat-tling injuries and sickness forweeks, including having her kneedrained the day prior to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.

There is still discomfort forthe junior, according to herhead coach.

“Unfortunately, everyone ranwell. Kelly Flannigan didn’t runtoo well because she never reallyrecovered from her knee injury,”said head coach James Robinson.“The only disappointing finishwas her because she is usuallyour first or second runner andwas our sixth runner. I thoughteveryone else ran a pretty goodrace. Deming and Spitzer had fan-tastic races. I thought everyoneelse ran well. The only abnormal-ity was Kelly, but again becauseshe never recovered from theknee injury. Everything went toform except for that.”

The team has a lot to look for-ward to as it has a young core that

hopes to improve from year toyear. The coach’s vision is unfold-ing, and the Knights should con-tinue to prosper.

“Overall I thought the yearwas good,” Robinson said. “Wehad a very good improvementfrom last year, with the teambeing much closer in time toeach other one through seven.We will continue to grow as weget new runners next year. Theyear was definitely a success. Ifyou look at the times from lastyear to this year for the sopho-mores, there has been tremen-dous improvement and we’re amuch stronger team than wewere last year. Unfortunately, theregionals didn’t bear thoseresults, but we are definitelymuch better. Everyone is about aminute better than they were lastyear, which is huge.”

Both the Rutgers men andwomen have shown strongimprovement throughout the sea-son and should continue to makeprogress into next year.

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BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

The injury situation contin-ues to mount for the Rutgersfootball team as head coachGreg Schiano delivered dis-couraging updates for two keyplayers on the offensive side ofthe ball during his weeklypress conference.

Neither sophomore wideoutMohamed Sanu (leg) nor juniortailback Joe Martinek (ankle)are doing well at the momentand are doubtful for Saturday’sface-off with Cincinnati.

Sanu left the Syracusegame midway through the firsthalf with his injury and did notreturn after running five timesfor 24 yards and catching one pass.

“We are not going to knowuntil the end of the week withSanu,” Schiano said. “Hopefullyhe will be able to do some. I don’tthink there is any way he will befull go. Are there some things hecan do? Hopefully if we limit himand don’t fatigue him.”

Sanu leads the ScarletKnights in rushing with 309yards on 59 attempts, in receiv-ing with 41 catches and in totaltouchdowns with six.

Martinek continues to bat-tle through an ankle injury heinitially suffered in the sec-ond game of the seasonagainst Florida International.He took a turn for the worsein the week going intoSyracuse and missed the firstgame of his career.

“It was really tough,”Martinek said. “It’s up therewith the most frustrated I’veever been, but I’m moving for-ward. I’m doing the things Ineed to do to put myself in thebest situation possible.”

Martinek leads Rutgers run-ning backs with 277 rushingyards and four touchdowns,with senior Kordell Young andsophomore De’AntwanWilliams replacing him lastweek against the Orange.

“He is still not doing realwell,” Schiano said. “It is killing

The Rutgers softball teamadded four recruits to its squadyesterday for the 2012 seasonwith a quartet of athletes signingtheir National Letters of Intent.

The most important addition— after losing both Nicole Lindleyand Holly Johnson over the off-season — is most likelypitcher Alyssa Landrithfrom Vacaville, Calif.,who holds a lights-outearned run average of.85 going into her sen-ior season.

“Alyssa Landrith isa left-handed power hit-ter who pitches andplays first base,” saidScarlet Knights softballhead coach Jay Nelsonin a statement. “Alyssa is an expe-rienced pitcher who comes to usfrom Vacaville High School inNorthern California. She wastheir go-to pitcher and we arelooking to Alyssa to add somepop to our lineup while bolsteringour pitching staff.”

Nelson also adds a trio ofbig bats in first basemanAshley Alden, second baseman

Jaclyn Bates and outfielderChandler Howard.

“Ashley Alden was the last ath-lete to commit when she decidedto attend Rutgers late this sum-mer,” Nelson said. “I have seenher play and excel at a multitudeof positions. At 6-feet tall, she is an

excellent target at firstbase and her athleti-cism affords us the lux-ury of moving her tofill any needs we mighthave in the infield.”

Bates, fromLincroft, N.J., hit .406with 26 steals last sea-son. Howard, fromWilmington, Del.,r e p r e s e n t e dDelaware in the

Carpenter Cup this season.“This is an outstanding class

of student-athletes,” Nelson said.“They are a very special group ofsoftball players that could playany sport they set their minds toplaying. They are also great peo-ple with the desire and ability tosucceed both on the field and inthe classroom.”

— Sam Hellman

FOUR RECRUITS SIGN LETTERS OF INTENT

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True freshman Jeremy Deering saw an increased role due tothe Knights’ injuries and carried the ball 29 times for 166 yards.

ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Syracuse held tight end D.C. Jefferson without a catch Saturday, when the sophomoreplayed through an injury that he suffered Oct. 23 in a 41-21 loss to Pittsburgh.

PRACTICE NOTEBOOK INJURIES OFFER NO ENCOURAGEMENT FOR KNIGHTS

JAY NELSONHEAD COACH

him. He is a competitor. Anklescan be that way. I feel bad forhim. I feel bad for us as well.”

Schiano added that sopho-more tight end D.C. Jeffersonwill likely battle through pain forthe rest of the season.

“D.C. is in pain, but he prac-ticed,” Schiano said. “I thinkD.C. is going to be in pain therest of the year — it is just a mat-ter of to what degree and if itgets bad enough, does it prohib-it him from playing?”

Senior punter TeddyDellaganna is getting healthier,Schiano said. Dellagannamissed last week’s game, withredshirt freshman Kyle Sullivanstepping in for him.

The battle for the startingquarterback spot between soph-omore Tom Savage and fresh-man Chas Dodd remains ongo-ing after yesterday’s practice.

Dodd started the past fivegames for Rutgers, but went tothe bench in favor of Savage —

the starter at the beginning ofthe season and most of last sea-son — in the second half.

“I haven’t decided yet,”Schiano said. “We need to, as astaf f, evaluate the practicetapes and think about every-thing and then I will make adecision. I don’t know exactlywhen. We have had one prac-tice and I am not exactly surehow the reps were distributed,but they are both getting repsthat they need to get to be ableto be the guy.”

True freshman JeremyDeering was the go-to guy in theWildcat with Sanu injuredagainst Syracuse. Deering regis-tered a career-high 29 carriesand his toughness stuck out toSchiano as an impressive factorin his performance.

“I think he is very tough,”Schiano said. “He is a great com-petitor. He loves to have the ballin his hands. As he said to me, ‘Ilove this.’”

“I had never won that award before, so Iwas pretty pumped for that,” said Cocozzo,whose quick pin bested the nearest com-petitor by nine seconds for the fastest fall.“In college, that was definitely one of myfastest pins.”

The Rutgers wrestling team boasts pinning prowess throughout the entirelineup, although it is not something the Scarlet Knights stress in the practice room.

“We don’t really work on pinning toomuch — if it all — in practice,” said seniorheavyweight DJ Russo. “Some guys just have

a nose for it while others concentrate moreon just trying to score points.”

Wrestling in arguably the toughestweight class in the EIWA at 157 pounds, afast start is essential for Cocozzo as hebegins his final season.

The conference has wrestlers pep-pered up and down the national rankingsin the 157-pound weight class, withCocozzo at No. 18, Steve Fitter y ofAmerican at No. 2 and Bryce Saddoris ofNavy at No. 9.

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Mitchell embraces short-term memory for final year

JENNIFER KONG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior forward Jonathan Mitchell rebounded from a tough game against Princeton with 15 points at home against Fairfield, the Knights

leadeing scorer in their home opener. The Mt. Vernon, N.Y., native went 0-for-4 from the free throw line after sinking all four at Princeton.

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s basketball team didnot lose to Princeton by a final score of 78-73Friday night to open its 2010-11 season.

And senior forward Jonathan Mitchell didnot shoot 1-for-11 from the field — including

0-3 from beyond thearc — in the contest

to kick off his final campaign. Or so Mitchell will have onlookers believe.“[Monday night] was the first game of the

season for me,” said Mitchell, who led theScarlet Knights with 15 points in a 68-53 vic-tory over Fairfield. “I’m just going to try toblock Princeton out. It was a bad night, butcoach [Mike Rice] said I have to have ashort-term memory.”

Mitchell’s performance against the Stagsas part of the Philly Hoop Group Classicwas a welcome sight for the Knights, whoneed Mitchell’s scoring out of the front-court to be effective.

The Knights’ lack of depth, combinedwith freshman forward Gilvydas Biruta’s foultrouble, forced the Mt. Vernon, N.Y., nativeinto more than just a captain’s role.

Head coach Mike Rice’s team shot just33 percent from downtown in its season-opening loss to the Tigers.

The Knights responded with an 8-for-18effort on 3-point field goals Monday againstthe Stags, highlighted by Mitchell’s 75 per-cent shooting clip from beyond the arc.

“[Mitchell] made a shot,” Rice said. “NowI have to move him back to [the 3-point line]on his free throws. He’s one of our most con-sistent shooters and players in practice. Youneed him — you need J-Mitch to score buck-ets. You need him to be efficient scoringbuckets. When he hit that first one, it wassuch a sigh of relief.”

JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior 157-pounder Darryl Cocozzo (top) is 4-1 on the season with a major decision, technical fall and two pins. The River Edge, N.J.,

native spent his first three seasons of college wrestling at Edinboro before transferring last year to Rutgers.

Larrow takestime, rises toopportunity

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

It took some time for Michael Larrow tosee his first significant action on the Rutgersfootball team’s defensive line, but he knew it

was coming.While the red-

shirt freshman defensive tackle alwaysthought he would have a role in the secondhalf of the season, it became more apparentfour weeks ago, when Eric LeGrandbecame paralyzed after making a tackleagainst Army.

Head coach Greg Schiano spoke to thenotion in recent weeks, and although hehad conversations with Larrow as well, theUnion, N.J., native did not need a reminder.

“We spoke,” Larrow said, “but after theincident with Eric I kind of knew.”

Larrow played in the Scarlet Knights’ sea-son opener against Norfolk State, but thendid not appear again until after the defensiveline lost depth with LeGrand.

He played in each of the three gamessince, with his most time and biggest impactcoming last Saturday against Syracuse.

“I’m not saying it was a long time comingbecause I was working with the twos,”Larrow said. “I was told [Schiano] wouldneed me in the second half of the season.”

So the 6-foot-4, 252-pounder went to work.Larrow’s fellow defensive linemen speak

about his athleticism and length, but the

Senior kicks off season with quick pinBY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Darryl Cocozzo wastes no time getting tothe point.

Look no further than Saturday’sOklahoma Gold Tournament, where the sen-

ior pinnedMaryland’s Danny

Orem in a mere 34 seconds to realize that heisn’t going to wait around.

But after the tournament concluded andthe award for Fastest Pin was handed out, evenCocozzo took a moment to pause and reflect.

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