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RUSA is working toestablish a statewidestudent coalition for higher education.

The Camden PoliceDepartment losesabout half its officers to close a multimillion dollarbudget gap.

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The Rutgers gymnastics team took home first place in Saturday’s quad meet at the Livingston Recreation

Center. Sophomore Danielle D’Elia and freshman Lousia Leal-Restrepo tied for first place in floor exercises.

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Historical societyhonors notablelocal suffragist

BY LAURA TRANSUECONTRIBUTING WRITER

East Brunswick residents had the opportunity toattend an event Sunday in honor of New Jersey-nativesuffragist, Alice Paul.

The East Brunswick Historical Society event,second in a series called “‘Some’ RemarkableWomen of New Jersey,” centered on Paul’s achieve-ments to the country as a female activist and fea-tured three guest speakers who explored dif ferentareas of her life.

Paul, who died in 1977 at 92 years old, was born inSouth Jersey and became one of America’s most con-troversial activists for women’s suffrage in the early1900s, said Kristina Myers, director of Heritage andOutreach at the Alice Paul Institute.

“She was a woman who broke a lot of genderroles, and this made her very unpopular,” she said.

BY KRISTINE CHOICONTRIBUTING WRITER

Continuing a tradition of honoraryachievement, Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital received its fourthrecognition last week by the MagnetDesignation for nursing excellence.

RWJUH stands among a few other healthcare organizations to receive the nationaldistinction, which recognizes outstandingnursing talent and expertise.

“The Magnet Designation is the high-est distinction that any nursing divisioncan achieve, really, anywhere in the

world,” said Joyce Johnson, senior vicepresident of nursing and chief nursingofficer at RWJUH.

RWJUH underwent an exhaustivereview process in which they submittedqualitative and quantitative evidenceregarding patient care and outcomes, shesaid. Their scores qualified them for an on-site visit from a surveyor, whose report sug-gested the Commission on Magnet grantthe hospital the designation.

The nursing staff was recognized fortheir high patient satisfaction and availabili-ty of help, as well as lower 30-day mortalityrates, Johnson said.

Because of its rigorous criteria, the inter-nationally recognized designation is grantedto less than 6 percent of hospitals nation-wide, she said.

“It’s the brass ring in the nursing profes-sion and it’s one that many hospitals aspireto,” Johnson said. “We are one of six hospi-tals, internationally, that has receivedMagnet Designation for the fourth time.”

Johnson said this is a tremendousachievement, as the process of getting re-designated becomes more difficult witheach designation.

RWJUH nursing care earns national award

RHA revampsprocedures foryearly election

BY ANDREW SMITHSTAFF WRITER

In a move designed to promote strongercore leadership within the University’sResidence Hall Association, several changeshave been made to the organization’s electoralprocedure despite potential issues they maybreed in the upcoming February elections.

The Residence Hall Association (RHA)has traditionally held separate elections forresidence hall governments and for the exec-utive board, said RHA Coordinator of SpecialPrograms Matthew Zielinski. But membersof the organization voted in favor of restruc-turing elections.

“[The changes have] been discussed all fallsemester at our general assembly meetings,and all the general assembly voted and agreedupon it,” Zielinski said. “It was put into our con-stitution and our bylaws so it is permanent, butit’s the first time we’ve done this.”

The amendments aim to provide electedmembers of the organization greater experi-ence through extended training before tak-ing on their roles, RHA President RyanHarrington said.

“There are two major differences,”Harrington said. “The first one is that last yearour elections took place in April, so we didn’thave much of a transition process. The othermajor change is we’re now electing 50 positionsbefore next year starts.”

The amendments fulfill the twofoldprocess of establishing more primary leader-ship as early as February to allow greater andmore expansive training, said Zielinski, advi-sor to the RHA.

“The reason we’re doing this is so that once[the new executive board is] elected to theorganization, they actually have half a semesterto shadow and to learn from the current execu-tive,” he said. “That way, they won’t be steppingin blind at the end of the semester.”

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital earns the Magnet Designation for nursing excellence for the fourth time after submittingdata regarding patient care and outcomes. Less than 6 percent of hospitals across the nation earned the recognition.

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RUSA aims to create statewide group for higher educationBY MAXWELL BARNA

CORRESPONDENT

A group of University stu-dents is working to develop astatewide student coalition tohelp keep students and N.J. res-idents informed of develop-ments and resources regardinghigher education in lieu ofrecent changes proposed in thelatest report from the HigherEducation Task Force.

The coalition is being formedin conjunction with the statewidestudent association that theRutgers University StudentAssembly (RUSA) is workingtoward developing, said RUSAVice President Matt Cordiero.

“We want to try and buildenough power for students sothey have a seat at the tablewhen it comes to the budgetingprocess and when it comes tohow much money we can allo-cate toward higher education,”said Cordiero, a School of Artsand Sciences junior.

By setting up informationtables, holding meetings and

passing out flyers and other lit-erature, the coalition will beable to distribute their researchto a diverse student population,he said.

“We’ve done the research, andwe know what’s going on, so nowwe can tell students what’s hap-pening,” Cordiero said.

RUSA Internal Affairs ChairJohn Aspray explained it wouldbe in the best interests of bothstudents and the student governments to establish a uni-fied coalition.

“We need to build institu-tions that will build power,” hesaid. “Leaders of other schoolswill be able to innovate andshare with us solutions theyhave developed, and we couldput our tactics together and seewhat we can get out of this.”

The process of educating andengaging University studentsthroughout New Jersey wouldhave to come in two parts, saidAspray, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

“Part of this is to have someon-campus events,” he said.

“We’re going to distribute a lotof literature on the budget situ-ation and keeping Rutgers pub-lic. The other par t of it is having a legislative and lobby-ing strategy where we can getstudent leaders in the [meet-ing] room.”

Donggu Yoon, chair of theLegislative Af fairs Committeeat RUSA, explained the studentassociation was meant to bringthe four-year public institutionstogether to help proliferatechange and unite students andother student organizations.

“A statewide student associa-tion is best described as a coalitionof various student governments inNew Jersey,” said Yoon, a School ofArts and Sciences junior. “We’relooking to bring together the four-year public institutions.”

A unified student body is anecessity and there are numer-ous advantages to having such acoalition, Yoon said.

“We need more cohesiveactions with these other schools,”he said. “Other states have thisand we don’t.”

Other public four-year insti-tutions have shown an interestin developing a statewide stu-dent association.

Out of the 13 public four-year schools in N.J., Cordierosaid all but one — ThomasEdison State College — haveresponded to invitations toattend a summit at theUniversity on Feb. 5 to meetand discuss plans to move for ward with thestatewide association.

New Jersey City University(NJCU) Student GovernmentOrganization President FatimaFerry is optimistic about unify-ing the institutions under one coalition and attending the summit.

“I think it’s wonderful thatthey’ve really found the time toorganize themselves and gothrough with this,” she said.

Ferry said they have beeninterested in higher educationat NJCU for years. Althoughthey have never successfullyorganized a statewide effort toestablish common ground, they

have led several efforts to unifyorganizations throughoutNJCU, she said.

“Here at NJCU, we have beenfighting higher education increas-es for years,” she said. “This ismaybe our sixth year havingclubs and organizations basicallycreate ways where we can fighthigher tuition so that we can getour money’s worth.”

Yoon, as well as the other stu-dent leaders who are attemptingto organize the coalition, are hop-ing that the actions taken now willinfluence the state of higher edu-cation in N.J. for years to come.

“The [Statewide StudentAssociation] is meant to be a per-manent fixture in the state of NewJersey,” he said. “We want this tobe here long after we’re gone.”

Aspray feels as though theprimary responsibility of thecoalition will be to inform stu-dents of their rights and duties,and act in accordance to theirprimary benefits.

“We’re not partisan warriorshere,” he said. “We’re just fight-ing for the student interest.”

Cindy Dell Clark, a visiting associate professor ofanthropology at Rutgers-Camden, believes scholarsand parents should place more value in what theirchildren say.

Clark’s new book, “In a Younger Voice: DoingChild-Centered Qualitative Research,” hopes tochange the traditional standards of understandingchildren, according to a University press release.Instead of directly listening to children, most of whathealth care and educational professionals know aboutthem is through adults.

“There is so much at stake if we don’t start reallyunderstanding children, like our education system.Education hasn’t changed, but our kids’ world cer-tainly has,” she said in the release.

Clark spent 20 years as a qualitative research con-sultant, according to the press release. She said themost effective way to gain knowledge about childrenis by observing or playing with them.

“If you play with kids, it becomes obvious what impor tant feelings they have,” Clark said. “Play is a vacation from what a child can’t

change, so it gets you close to what matters to kids.”

By becoming more child-involved, parents can real-ize children communicate differently and find a way todevelop strong communication skills, she said in thepress release.

“Their voices are always there,” Clark said. “Weneed to open our ears and then be responsible for whatwe hear.”

— Reena Diamante

RESEARCHER’S BOOK INVESTIGATES HOW TO UNDERSTAND CHILDREN

RWJUH continues to prove itselffor having the highest quality ofnursing practice and patient care,and receiving this honor is noexception, she said.

“It certainly makes me, as wellas my staff, proud and honored towork in such an outstanding facil-ity,” Cheng said.

While the designation wasearned in nursing excellence, thedepartment could not have doneit alone, Johnson said.

“With the support and partic-ipation of all the departmentsand employees in RWJUH,every patient — regardless ofage — is ensured the highestquality of care with highernurse-to-patient ratios and lowerincidence of mortality rates andinjuries,” Cheng said.

Kari Mastro, assistant vicepresident of nursing at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’sHospital at RWJUH, said earn-ing the distinction was a reaffir-mation of the quality in nursingpractice that already existed atthe hospital.

“This designation exemplifiesthe outstanding care we alreadyprovide to our patients and theirfamilies,” Mastro said. “It’s anhonor for me to be part of thisoutstanding team.”

The Magnet Designation notonly reflects highly of RWJUH,

but it also has a significantimpact on University students,Cheng said.

“Hospitals with MagnetDesignation have higher levels ofpatient satisfaction than non-Magnet hospitals,” she said.“Therefore, the community, as

well as University students whoreside in the area, benefit greatlyfrom RWJUH in regards to med-ical attention.”

The distinction also presentsa considerable advantage forUniversity students in theCollege of Nursing.

“University students, especial-ly nursing students, have theopportunity to experience nurs-ing care at its finest and are ableto work side by side with nurses[who] are known for excellencein nursing care and patient out-come,” Mastro said.

Students completing their clin-ical rotations at the RWJUH canexpect to be in the presence ofsome of the brightest and mostdistinguished faculty nationwide,Johnson said.

“They are getting clinicalexperience with the best — andthat’s rare — because there areso few hospitals in the countrythat have magnet designation,”she said.

The distinction will alsoencourage student learning

and understanding, Johnsonsaid. Nursing students will beunder the guidance of compas-sionate nurses who treasuretheir patients.

“They’re coming into an envi-ronment that really values thoseattributes that drew them toselect nursing as a career andcourse of study,” she said.

Johnson also shared a three-year strategic plan that will continue to move the nursingdepartment forward.

“Our goal is to exceed andexcel whatever is common in theindustry,” she said. “We don’tsettle for being second best, nordo we settle for doing whateveryone else does.”

A preview of the three-yearplan suggests a broad-basedfocus, from helping hospitals indeveloping countries achievemagnet distinction to embarkingon research that will improvepatient outcome.

“Whatever we do, we want tomake certain that it’s a cut abovethe rest,” Johnson said.

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“It really underscores theexcellence in nursing practicehere,” she said. “It tells every-one within the hospital and out-side the facility that the clinicalcare here, in nursing, is reallysecond to none.”

The RWJUH staff and facultyagree that the designation meansa lot to the hospital as it solidifiesand re-establishes the institu-tion’s position as a nationalleader in health care.

“I’m extremely thrilled andpleased to hear RWJUH hasreceived their fourth MagnetDesignation for nursing excel-lence,” said Amy Cheng, a pedi-atric care technician on thePediatric Intensive Care Unit ofBristol-Myers Squibb Children’sHospital at RWJUH.

Recognized as a Level ITrauma Center in New Jersey,

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“Our goal is to exceed and excel

whatever is common in

the industry.” JOYCE JOHNSON

RWJUH Chief Nursing Officer

Arizona shooter pleads not guilty to chargesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOENIX — The suspect inthe shooting of Rep. GabrielleGiffords smiled and nodded butdid not speak as he appeared incourt yesterday and his lawyerprovided the 22-year-old’s firstresponse to the charges: a plea ofnot guilty.

Jared Loughner faces federalcharges of trying to assassinateGiffords and kill two of her aides.More charges are expected.

Investigators have saidLoughner was mentally dis-turbed and acting increasinglyerratic in the weeks leading upto the attack on Jan. 8 thatkilled six and wounded 13. IfLoughner’s attorney uses men-

tal competency questions as adefense and is successful,Loughner could be sent to amental health facility instead ofbeing sentenced to prison or death.

But his attorney, Judy Clarke,said she was not raising issues ofcompetency “at this time” afterU.S. District Judge Larry Burnsof San Diego asked whether therewas any question about herclient’s ability to understand thecase against him.

Giffords was shot in the fore-head and spent two weeks in aTucson hospital before she wasflown to Memorial HermannTexas Medical Center Hospitalon Friday. Shortly after herarrival, doctors said she had been

given a tube to drain a buildup ofbrain fluid that has kept her inintensive care.

Hospital spokesman JamesCampbell said Monday thenext update on the Democraticcongresswoman’s conditionwould come when they areready to move Gif fords to therehab hospital.

Loughner will likely facestate charges in the attack, andalso federal murder chargeslisted in an earlier criminal com-plaint for the deaths of Giffordsaide Gabe Zimmerman and U.S.District Judge John Roll.

Those are potential deathpenalty charges, which require amore painstaking process underJustice Department rules.

Prosecutor Wallace Kleindienstestimated that he would knowwithin the next 30 days whetheradditional federal charges wouldbe filed against Loughner.Kleindienst said prosecutors pro-vided defense lawyers withrecords taken from Loughner’scomputer and documents of about250 interviews made in the case.

The judge did not rule on pros-ecutors’ request to move the fed-eral case back to Tucson so thatvictims and witnesses do not haveto make the four-hour round tripdrive to Phoenix to attend courthearings. The case was movedbecause one of those killed, Roll,was a federal judge.

Clarke said she did notoppose the request at this

time, but questioned whereLoughner would be jailed in Tucson if the case were moved.

Clarke has not responded torequests seeking comment.She is one of the top lawyers in the country for defendantsfacing prominent death penaltycases, having representedclients such as “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski and Olympicbomber Eric Rudolph. She has a reputation for workingout plea deals that spare defen-dants the death penalty, as was the case for Rudolph and Kaczynski.

The judge set a March 9 hear-ing to consider motions inLoughner’s case.

Lee Seltzer, treasurer of BrettHall on the College Avenue cam-pus, is against the changes madeto the electoral procedure.

“It’s unnecessary to have thepresident elected the yearbefore,” Seltzer, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, said.“They’re getting the presidentelected so they can have some-one to help you transition, butwhat could stop the person fromthe year before from trying toseek help?”

The changes could potentiallyyield a residence hall governmentnot representative of current resi-dents’ interests, Seltzer said.

“The people living [in resi-dence halls] aren’t going to bethe ones choosing the presi-dent, it’s chosen by an outsideforce,” he said. “I’m not goingto be living in housing nextyear, but I’m choosing the president for my [hall] next

year. That’s not representative,that’s ridiculous.”

Seltzer recognized the merit insmoothing the transition fromone year to the next, but notedthat being elected for an upcom-

ing year as opposed to the cur-rent one may be a disincentive forstudents to run at all.

“If you’re a [first-year] living ina [residence hall] and you wantedto be president, there’s a lot less

of a chance that you’re going torun for president if it meansyou’re going to be the only soph-omore living in the building nextyear,” Seltzer said.

The end result could potential-ly exclude many people and limitthe amount of those who want toget involved, Seltzer said.

Maura Newell, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-dent, agreed with Seltzer’s views.

“The people who will be livingthere the year of the election willnot necessarily live there the nextyear,” she said. “Democracy issupposed to be representation ofthe people, but if the people areno longer there, it’s not really anaccurate representation.”

Rutgers Business Schoolsophomore Vinamra Sawhneysaid more training for residencehall government presidents wasbeneficial, but he still saw flawswith the system.

“I can’t exactly say moretraining for the president isgoing to be a bad thing — it’snot,” he said. “Then again, Idon’t think it’s worth the factthat they’re ignoring the incom-ing [first-year] population.”

With these complaints inmind, Harrington recognizedthe movement of hall govern-ment president elections wascontroversial, but felt it was anacceptable change.

“We understand that to a cer-tain extent it decreases some ofthe opportunities for first-yearstudents,” Harrington said.“However, at the same time,there’s a lot of other positions onhall government.”

To further spread awarenessof the changes, the RHA will beholding information sessionsregarding the upcoming elec-tions in the weeks ahead onevery campus.

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A suicide bomberattacked DomodedovoAirport in Moscow yester-day, killing at least 34 peo-ple and injuring 168 others.

The bomber remainsunidentified, and no ter-rorist group has claimedany responsibility for theexplosion, according to aNew York Times article.

“In the moments afterthe blast, the smoke wasso thick that it was dif fi-cult to count the dead,”eyewitnesses said in the article.

The explosion, whichoccurred at 4:32 p.m.local time, came momentsbefore Russian PresidentDmitri Medvedev wasscheduled for takeoff tothe World EconomicForum in Switzerland,according to the article.He immediately post-poned his trip to manage the aftermath ofthe attack.

Prime Minister VladimirPutin ordered the healthminister to provide aid toevery bombing victim evenif it meant traveling to clin-ics one by one, according tothe article.

Eyewitnesses report-ed seeing a short manwith a dark complexioncarrying a suitcase. Somebelieve he is responsiblefor the explosion.

Many witnesses report-ed seeing victims withextensive wounds to theirlimbs, faces and bodies,according to the article.

“One person came out and fell,” OlgaYaholnikova told RenTvtelevision. “And therewas a man with half ofhis body torn away.”

— Maxwell Barna

BOMBERATTACKS RUSSIAN AIRPORT

In ratifying these amend-ments, one change introduced isthat the vote for residence hallpresident has been divorced fromresidence hall government elec-tions and re-appropriated to theexecutive board elections,Zielinski said.

“This in turn will also help ourhall governments because thepresidents will have an entiresemester to shadow and workwith their current hall govern-ment, and will be able to helptransition to next year a littlemore smoothly,” Zielinski said.

Despite the hope harbored bymembers of the executive boardfor the amended changes, thesentiment is not universal.

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“I don’t think it’s worth the fact

that they’re ignoringthe incoming

first-year population.” VINAMRA SAWHNEY

Rutgers Business School Sophomore

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Police identified a local man who died ina house fire last Saturday as 74-year-oldRobert Whitehead.

Whitehead was found in his house on168 Commercial Ave. in New Brunswickand brought to Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital where he was pro-nounced dead, New Brunswick PoliceDepartment Lt. J.T. Miller said in annj.com article.

The fire started in the house’s base-ment but spread to the first floor, caus-ing the entire floor to collapse, fire of fi-cials said.

Investigators remain unsure of thecause, but they do not believe the fire wasan act of malice or ill intent, according tothe article.

Though the fire was reported at 6 a.m.on Saturday, firefighters took more than

three hours to stop the blaze because thehouse was scattered with many objects,making navigation a challenge.

Firefighters crawled through two-feet-wide passageways, officials said onSunday. Whitehead’s neighbors said hewas a hoarder known for collecting itemsand not letting anything go.

— Ankita Panda

AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY MAN KILLED IN LOCAL FIRE

“You don’t hear about herbecause she was so daring.”

Paul led the federal cam-paign for women’s suffrage andorganized the first suf frageparade in Washington, D.C. theday before former PresidentWoodrow Wilson’s inaugura-tion, Myers said.

Myers saidshe wass h o c k e d by how policetreated Paul and her sup-por ters whenthey held ahunger strikein jail afterthey werearrested.

“This is aside of thestor y youdon’t hearabout,” shesaid. “[The

forced feeding in jail] wassomething [Paul] feared, butsomething she knew wouldhappen again, three times a day.”

Following Myer’s speech,other members of the societygave short presentations onother remarkable women fromNew Jersey.

“When we did the World WarII program [on women], it waspacked,” East BrunswickHistorical Society memberKathryn Sullivan said.

The society has hostedevents focusing on New Jerseywomen in revolutionar y and civil wars, transportationhistor y and agriculture, East Brunswick HistoricalSociety President EstelleGoldsmith said.

“We are trying to help thecommunity develop open earsand open minds,” Goldsmithsaid. “People can understandwhat has been done before, onour behalf.”

Visitors expressed admirationfor the presentation and sympa-thized with Paul’s ordeals.

“I think this was one of themost informative programswe’ve had here,” memberRosalie Littlefield said.

Other historical society mem-bers said they would like to seemore women’s history includedin school curriculum.

“There’s been so little pub-lished on Alice Paul. Mosttexts only give her a brief con-sideration, but it would beessential in New Jersey in par-ticular to focus on her, especially given the drama inher life,” member BettyQuackenboss said.

Myers emphasized that theimportance of suffrage applies toeveryone, including men.

“It’s not a girls’ subject, it’s aboys’ and girls’ subject,” shesaid. “Our motto is ‘one personcan make a difference.’ We wantto help develop the new AlicePauls of our generations, bothboys and girls.”

The society plans to have onemore event in the RemarkableWomen series, focusing on out-standing women in the arts,Sullivan said.

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“We are trying to helpthe communitydevelop openears and open minds.”ESTELLE GOLDSMITHEast Brunswick Historical Society President

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27 “Get On the Bus: Can We Be Kinder Towards One Anotheron the Rutgers Buses?” is a discussion about campus civilbehavior on the University bus system, the second largestbus system in the state of New Jersey. Moderated by Deanof Students Michelle Jefferson and Graduate School ofEducation student Luis Levya, the discussion will begin witharticles from archives of The New York Times concerning a1920s “civility on the bus” initiative. The discussion will takeplace at 7 p.m. in the Fireplace, NJC Lounge on second floorof the Douglass Campus Center.

29 Rutgers Geology Museum will host its annual Open Housewith a mineral sale, lectures on geology and kids activitiesincluding identifying minerals and volcano exhibits.Lecturers will include Dr. Elisabeth Sikes, Dr. Brain Stump,Ph.D student Jason Schein and Ph.D candidate MorganSchaller. Admission to the event is free. Visit geologymuse-um.rutgers.edu for more information.

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were there for her. Whenminers in a collapsed shaft inChile came out of theirentrapment, God was praisedand it was reported as a mir-acle. When the same amountof miners died in a shaft afterbeing trapped in NewZealand, it was deemed partof a plan. There seems to be

some lack of continuity in miracles and divine plans.However, it does not stop the religious from falselyattributing them as divine miracles, and not to thebravery of rescue workers and the miracles of sci-ence, which allow for such life-saving interventions.

The truth is, religion is poisonous when itbecomes exclusive and expansive. BiblicalChristianity is homophobic, sexist and intolerant.The Catholic church continues to refuse endorse-ment of condom use in sub-Saharan Africa, causingcountless to become infected with HIV and die ofAIDS, and bringing children into the world that areinfected. Islam was spread by violence at first andradicals continue to justify terrorism through

Qur’anic quotes. The penalty forapostasy in many countries is death,and Pakistan endorses a death penal-ty for blasphemy and infanticide forchildren out of wedlock. Zionism hasdisplaced hundreds of thousands andIsraeli soldiers to this day commitatrocities on innocent Palestinians.

Do I condone hatred of religions? Absolutely not. Ibelieve all people have the right to believe just as Ihave the right to not believe. This extends only to thepoint until people are put in harm’s way in the nameof religion. You hardly hear of atheist extremistsopening fire on innocent civilians. Can hatred of reli-gion be justified? Absolutely yes. The history of reli-gions include the Crusades, the Inquisition, childrape protected by the Vatican, suicide bombing, geni-tal mutilation, warfare, in-group exclusion, discrimi-nation and the spreading of AIDS. However, it isworth saying that those who “hate” religion generallybelong to one, and are simply hating other religions.

Most importantly, this is not an attack on thosewho are religious, but simply on religion itself. As anatheist, I do not try to convert, I only try to enlightenand challenge the paradigms that large churches andreligions implant in people’s minds. In most cases,religion is not a force for good, but the constituentsof the religion are generally good people. But as thefamous saying goes, “Good people will do goodthings and bad people will do bad things. But forgood people to do bad things, that takes religion.”

Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciences jun-ior majoring in political science. His column, “TheTuning Fork,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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R eligion is and has beena polarizing force inAmerican and interna-

tional politics. It has served asa source of inspiration, a moralcompass and a guide of livingfor millions. It has also servedas a means of destruction,death, slaughter and discrimi-nation. Some of you mayremember that last semester I penned an article regard-ing the mistaken aspirations of atheists like myself. Thefollowing may seem hypocritical, but after a few eventsover break and reading the Jan. 20 column in “The DailyTargum” titled “Anti-Semitism Exists Today,” I feel itneeds to be said. Christopher Hitchens was right whenhe posited that religion poisons everything.

To start, the column on anti-Semitism was anaffront to religious intellectuals and an appeal to dim-witted zealots. In his article, the author makes enor-mous oversights about Shakespeare, Hitchens andanti-Semitism itself. He makes the claim thatShakespeare’s character Shylock in “The Merchant ofVenice” was a mockery of Judaism. While he is por-trayed as the villain, scholars believethat Shylock’s speech in Act III, SceneI was the first plea to protect therights of Jews and condemned theChristian trial of Shylock as unfair.

Hitchens is a virulent anti-theist,not a Jewish apologist. His explana-tion for the hatred of the Jews was fur-ther a condemnation in a three-chapter set of his book“God is not Great” of each of the Abrahamic religions.

While it is a true unfortunate fact that anti-Semitismstill exists in modernity, the author and other Jewishapologists mistakenly attribute many things critical ofthe religion of Israel to anti-Semitism, while anythingabout other religions can generally be considered a jus-tified criticism. This trait is universal to the majorAbrahamic religions, which claim to have a monopolyon divine truth. Israel has abused the rights ofPalestinians, Islamophobia is rampant in the U.S. andEurope, Egypt has been abusive to Coptic Christians,and Christians in Balkan Europe have been enduringsectarian violence for years. What do all of these thingshave in common, besides violence? The answer is sim-ple: A claim to absolute, exclusive, divine truth that canonly be channeled through one’s religion or holy book.While the author was right in his quote of Hitchens, hewas wrong in that it is not simply Jews who have tar-gets on their backs — it is every monotheistic religion.

My reason for outrage at religion in general is aresult of outlooks like this, as well as a few examplesof cognitive dissonance that occurred on recent occa-sions. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., upon openingher eyes after an attempted assassination was report-ed as a “miracle,” but a child who was also shot appar-ently had to be a part of “God’s plan” — no miracles

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“It’s not a girls’ subject, it’s a boys’ and girls’ subject. It’s not specialized history. It is just history.”

Kristina Myers, director of Heritage and Outreach at the Alice Paul Institute, on the history of women’s suffrage

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O f all of Gov. Chris Christie’s attempts at education reform, theOpportunity Scholarship Act is one of the best and most wellthought out ideas proposed to date. The New Jersey Education

Association (NJEA) may be upset about the bill, but the fact of the matteris that program is more than just a “bailout for struggling private schools.”Rather, it is exactly what students stuck in failing public schools need.

The bill, which has advanced to the full state Senate, seeks to cre-ate a program which would offer vouchers to students in failing publicschools. These vouchers would allow these students to attend privateor parochial schools instead. Lest any New Jersey taxpayers shouldcry foul about the use of taxpayer money, funds for these voucherswould not be drawn from the public. Instead, the money would comefrom corporate donors, who would receive tax credits for their gifts. Inthis way, there are no losers — only winners.

The students should not have to suffer the consequences of NewJersey’s damaged public education system. The OpportunityScholarship Act would give students a chance to escape from schoolswhich are not adequately educating them or preparing them for life inthe real world. Not only that, but in soliciting corporate donations, thegovernment is offering these businesses a chance to give back to theircommunities. Seeing as the program would entice said businesseswith tax credits, it seems likely that many corporations would con-tribute to this fund. It is about time that businesses start supportingthe people who have made them successful.

Given all the positive aspects of the proposed program, it seems theNJEA does not have much of a reason to oppose the OpportunityScholarship Act. That is, the NJEA should not have much of a reason ifthey keep in mind all of the good this program could do for New Jersey’sstudents. Despite this, the NJEA is pushing against Christie’s reformswith all their might. Maybe the NJEA needs to reconsider its priorities.

The state’s public school system has been in trouble for a long time.We’re glad that Christie has decided to tackle this serious issue, espe-cially considering how excellent of a plan the Opportunity ScholarshipAct is. Students deserve to have a say in where they go to school, andthat assertion rings even truer when those students are stuck in failinginstitutions. We hope this bill makes it through the Senate successfully.

Support Christie’seducation reforms

G iven the current economic climate, everything comes down tomoney these days. It is a total shame that Camden’s policeforce and fire department are not immune to the state’s finan-

cial woes, as evidenced by the fact that 168 police officers and 67 fire-fighters have been laid off. To put these figures in perspective, that’sclose to half of the city’s police force and a third of the city’s fire depart-ment. Camden, like much of America, may be struggling with its budg-et, but this is one area they should not have cut.

Camden has the second-highest crime rate in the United States. Assuch, keeping a strong police force in Camden should be a top priori-ty — if not the No. 1 priority. Likewise, a well-equipped and well-staffedfire department is indispensable in any city. That Camden’s govern-ment had to take such drastic measures is incredibly disheartening.

Granted, the Camden government was wrestling with a $26.5 mil-lion budget gap. In such a situation, drastic cuts are absolutely neces-sary. However, there had to be a better way to do it than axing almosthalf the police force. We may not be privy to all of the intricacies ofCamden’s budgetary concerns, but we are aware of Camden’s press-ing crime problems. The safety of Camden’s residents — of any city’sresidents, really — should always trump money-saving measures, nomatter how dire the situation.

Robert Corrales, a spokesman for Camden Mayor Dana Redd,made the claim, “We’re still going to protect our residents. We’ll shiftour resources to be more efficient with what we have.” We sincerelyquestion these claims. Just how will the Camden government protectcitizens without a large chunk of its police force and fire department?Even if they find a way to be more efficient with that they have, justhow efficient can they be? The whole situation does not bode well forCamden, and that is arguably an understatement.

David Brown, a business owner in Camden, put it best: “I don’t wantto be a pessimist, but I can’t be optimistic.” In the city with the second-highest crime rate in the nation, how can one be optimistic after suf-fering such blows? Camden’s government needs to figure out a way toreverse the loss of all of these invaluable men and women, and theyneed to do it soon. It is not fair to ask residents to continue feeling safeunder the city’s current conditions. Even if crime did not alreadyplague Camden, its citizens should not have to bear the heavy burdenplaced upon their backs.

Camden deservesfull police force

The TuningFork

CODY GORMAN

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O ne misconception I havefallen prey to is the ideathat the meat within the

Philadelphia cheese steak comesfrom any special part of the cow.According to Wikipedia, the firstcheese steak contained “choppedsteak” — chopped steak is madefrom ground beef, exactly whathamburgers are made from.

The “steak” in “cheese steak” issimply a term. The sandwich’s con-tents are no closer to a sirloin orrib-eye than a cheeseburger’s.Reality shows that a cheese steakshould be seen as a hoagie-inclinedversion of a cheeseburger. There isnothing esoteric about it. The rela-tionship between the two is no culi-nary negative though. It actuallyexplains why both share the dis-tinction of being my favorite food.

In years past, I was ignorant ofwhat truly constituted a cheesesteak and thought that slicing aconventional steak, putting it on aroll and putting cheese on itwould suffice. I had only tasted itin restaurants. I learned quickly,however, upon examining thecontents of a box of frozencheese steak, what the meat actu-ally was. The experience openedmy eyes and showed me thatstrong connections could existbetween seemingly distinct con-cepts in many walks of life.

EDWARD REEP

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Cheese steaks teachvaluable life lessons

I had the recent misfortune ofeating Brower Commons’ cook-to-order cheese steaks. On all occa-sions when I have had it, I noticedsomething off in the meat’s flavor. Itdid not taste like the cheese steak Iknow and love, and last week, as Iwatched the ladies sizzle it, I saw theexplanation. They were using non-ground beef. They did not put con-sistently-textured red rectangles onthe frying pan. The inadequate gas-tronomic experience made sense.

I write this article before thedebut of Monday’s cheese steaktake-out option on the CollegeAvenue campus. I write hopinganxiously that this takeout willprovide authentic Philadelphiacheese steaks. If it does, considerthese words praise to UniversityDining Services. If it does not,then consider this a criticism,begging for the use of a cheaperand superior ingredient.

There is also an important lifelesson to be had in the example ofthe cheese steak and the cheese-burger. Though individuals may becalled certain names or look cer-tain ways, they are still beneath thesurface the same as others wholook and are referred to differently.As everybody everywhere is madeof the same stuff, so are cheese-burgers and cheese steaks.

Edward Reep is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in pre-business with aminor in economics.

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Sophomore Jenna Zito had her best finish in the floor exercise witha score of 9.800, which was good for fifth place in the event.

After a 9.650 performancefrom sophomore Nicole Romanoto start floor exercise, the Knightsbuilt on their momentum.

The Knights managed tosecure the top-three places andfour of the top five in floor exercises. Senior KiahBanfield scored a 9.825, whichwas good for a third-place fin-ish behind Leal-Restrepo andD’Elia’s first-place score of9.850. Sophomore Jenna Zitofinished fifth with a 9.800.

Beyond the influx of newtalent, one of the dif ferencesbetween this year’s team andlast year’s is the beliefthat victory is possible againstany team.

Chollet-Norton often loweredher expectations last season forcertain meets, not necessarily

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expecting victory. This season,however, every meet possessesthe potential for victory.

“We are ready to surpriseteams this year,” Chollet-Norton said. “We believe wecan beat any team we aregoing to face this season.”

Chollet-Norton’s confidencehas begun to filter down toher athletes, instilling a new

level of enthusiasm.“This year we are really

star ting to believe we can go out there and beat anyone,”Zito said. “Last year we weren’treally sure how much talentwe had. This year we are start-

ing to buy in to what thecoaches have been telling us.”

The Knights will return toaction Saturday in Morgantown,W. Va. for a tri-meet withWest Virginia and Pittsburgh.

“[The win over UNC] was agreat win, but we are a teamthat can score in the 194s if weper form the way we knowwe can,” Chollet-Norton said.

was ranked as highly as No. 76in the country last season.

“We’re a great team becausewe communicate well, and wehave a lot of background play-ing together,” Zhang said. “Iknow how she moves and whatkind of shots she can hit.”

Zhang and Co. led theKnights to a Big East tourna-ment win over Pittsburgh inthe first round last seasonbefore they fell in the secondround to South Florida.

“South Floridawas a nationally-ranked team, andwe gave them ac o m p e t i t i v ematch,” Buccasaid. “The matchconfirmed that wecan hang with thebest, and we canplay with any teamin the conferencewith confidence.”

The Knightsget some reinforce-

ments this season, as they wel-come freshmen Stefania Balasaand Vanessa Petrini. The teamalso receives a boost from thereturn of junior Morgan Ivey, whowas lost to injury last season.

Rutgers opens the season onFriday at in-state rivalPrinceton. The Knights may nothave a court to call their ownfor a while, but they appearready to take their show on theroad and face all challenges.

“We are ready to play ourbest tennis,” Bucca said. “Thegirls have been working outvery hard and are showing ahigh level of play in practice.”

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lofty goals after finishing 7-3 inthe conference last year — goodfor fifth in the Big East.

“The team really has highexpectations this year,” Buccasaid. “The core nucleus of theteam is returning, and they haveset the goal to be even betterthan last year.”

The teamreturns two-timeAll-Big East seniorAmy Zhang, theteam’s most valu-able player for thepast two seasons.

Zhang entersthe season as theteam’s captainand only seniorafter posting a 16-4 singles recordlast year. Shealso won numerous academicaccolades in addition to hersuccesses on the court.

“I just want to finish [mycareer] on a strong note andnot let my teammates down,”Zhang said. “Right now thatmeans leading during practiceand setting a good example formy teammates. Once ourmatches begin, I hope toencourage and motivate myteam to be positive, competehard and strive to be better.”

Zhang was also proficient indoubles play, accumulating a 14-4 record with her partner, jun-ior Jennifer Holzberg. The pair

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where we’re at in the season. Minnesota, Harvard andToledo are all top-25-caliber teamsand competing well against themis good for the program.”

The freshman trio of TrishaAverill, Kara Millaci and MaryMoser turned in season-best times.

Averill swam the 200 breastin 2:19.07 to rank third, Millaciqualified for the Big EastChampionship in both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly andMoser posted a time of 1:53.87in the 200-yard freestyle.

Millaci made the Big Eastcut by finishing the 100 in59.69 seconds and the 200 witha time of 2:09.39 in her finaloppor tunity to qualify. Theentire team was visibly excitedfor Millaci when she qualifiedfor the postseason, includingSpiniello, who let out a

cheer that rang through theRU Aquatic Center.

Senior captain Jen Betzonce again paced the divers inher last home meet. She wonthe three-meter diving eventwith a score of 320.20 andplaced second in theone-meter dive with 266.40.

“I tried not to concentrateon the emotional part of com-peting at home for the last time,” Betz said. “Itwent through my head rightbefore I got on the board for the last time, but I just wanted to go out andhave fun.”

Betz ran through a tunnel ofteammates and was presented witha bouquet of roses as part of the Senior Day festivities. Theannouncer also read a list ofher accomplishments to the crowd.

“That par t was definitelyemotional,” Betz said. “The

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BRITTANY CARTER

Mary Moser was one of three Rutgers freshmen to impress this weekend at the Rutgers Invitational, as she delivered a season-high time of1:53.87 in the 200-yard freestyle. Fellow freshman Kara Millaci qualified for the Big East Championships in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly.

“I hope to encourage andmotivate my team

to be positive,compete hard andstrive to be better.”

AMY ZHANGSenior Captain

hardest par t was knowing that this is the lastswim meet thatI would be able to go to thisyear, because the swimming

and diving Big East[Championships] are not at thesame time.

“I love watching these girlscompete and I love being thereto support them, so realizing this would be the last time I could do that — that was thehardest thing.”

The Knights now shifttheir attention to the Big East

Championships in Louisville, Ky.They will slightly alter their training in preparation for the postseason, including a reductionin weight training and moreattention to their relays.

“We still have room forimprovement and our relays in

Louisville will be more indica-tive of what we’re capableof,” Spiniello said.

The Big East Championshipdiving action star ts on Feb. 11 and continue until Feb.13. The swimming events runfrom Feb. 16 to Feb. 19.

Also highlighted in the first-place finishes was junior sprint-er Aaron Younger. Youngerrecorded a Big East and IC4Achampionship qualifying timeof 1:02.73. Following justbehind in second place, fresh-man Corey Caidenhead alsoqualified for the championship

meets with a time of 1:04.95.“I think I ran well,”

Caidenhead said. “It was a per-sonal best and I gave it my all.But I feel like I can go faster. Ibreakdown at the end of the race because of my form,which slows me down. So I’llwork on it and improve.”

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J unior forward ChelseyLee of the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team

earned a spot in this week’s BigEast honor roll after registeringa double-double in each of herpast three contests.

Her most recent cameSaturday afternoon at the LouisBrown Athletic Center, whenthe Miami native scored 15points and snagged 12rebounds in the Scarlet Knights’60-39 win against Providence.

With the distinction, Leebecomes the second Rutgersplayer to attain the honor thisseason, after the conferencelast week selected sophomorecenter Monique Oliver.

CHICAGO BEARS quar-terback Jay Cutler sprained hisMCL Sunday afternoon duringthe NFC Championship game.Cutler left the game during thethird quarter.

Second-string quarterbackTodd Collins took over forCutler, but third-stringer CalebHanie finished the game.

Before coming out of thegame, Cutler completed 6 of13 passes for 80 yards.

NEW YORK JETScornerback Antonio Cromartieshared his views regarding thenegotiation of the new collec-tive bargaining agreement yes-terday while the team removedits personal items from thelocker room.

The CBA expires on March4, when the owners can opt tolock out the players.

Cromartie becomes a freeagent this of fseason and hasbeen frustrated by not beingable to ever negotiate anextension due to the uncer-tainty of the CBA.

“If you wanna say you’regonna get into a room andmeet and greet, and say you’regonna do what you need to do,then do it,” Cromartie said.“Don’t just talk about it.”

THE KANSAS CITYRoyals and first basemanBilly Butler agreed to a five-year contract extensionworth $30 million.

Over the past three seasons,Butler hit .309 and had a .375 on-base percentage. Only 28 playershave a higher OPS during thattime and only four players aboveButler, 24, are 25 years or younger.

The Royals finished last inthe American League Centralwith a record of 67-95.

THE NFL YESTERDAYreleased the 2010 All-Pro team.New England Patriots quarter-back Tom Brady was selectedunanimously, making it the sev-enth consecutive year a playerearned a unanimous selection.

Detroit Lions defensive tack-le Ndamukong Suh was theonly rookie selected.

The Patriots had the mostall-pro players, represented byBrady, guard Logan Mankinsand linebacker Jerod Mayo.

The Bears, Jets, Ravens,Steelers and Texans each hadtwo All-Pro players each.

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Rutgers boasts five winners at NavyBY LIZ SWERN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Led by many top perform-ances and newly set personalrecords, the Rutgers men’s

t r a c ka n df i e l dt e a mfinishedt h i r d

overall in its first scored meetof the indoor season at Navy’sWesley A. Brown Field House.

The Scarlet Knights leftAnnapolis, Md., with five first-place finishes. Two of the top-scoring per formancescame from junior KevinBostick in the high jump andtriple jump.

“I did very well even though Iwas running back and forthfrom high jump to triple jump,”

Bostick said. “I’m sure my markscould’ve been better if I was able to focus on each separately.”

Despite the distraction, theEnglewood, N.J., native postedBig East and IC4AChampionship qualifying timesin both events. Bostick wonwith 15.04 meters in the triple jump and 2.04 meters inthe high jump, respectively.

“I tied my lifetime personalrecord in the triple jump, whichis pretty exciting,” Bostick said.“The high jump was also excit-ing since it was the first time Iplaced first in college.”

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RUTGERS 129THIRD PLACE

Knights excel in long jump events, take thirdBY ADHAAR SHARMA

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s trackteam competed in the PrincetonRelays last weekend and took

t h i r dplace in

the meet, which featuredMonmouth, The College ofNew Jersey, Princeton, Rider,Loyola-Baltimore, Kutztown,Haverford and Stony Brook.

The Scarlet Knights sweptthe top-five places in thelong jump and senior captain

Nwamaka Okobi delivered awin with a distance of 5.79 meters, competing unat-tached from Rutgers.

Asha Ruth, Ekene Ugboaja,Emily Vargas and Shantal Athillplaced behind Okobi with dis-tances of 5.69, 5.68, 5.57 and 5.49 meters, respectively.Okobi and Ugboaja also placed

first and third in thetriple jump with distances of 12.08and 11.83 meters, respectively.

The Knights continued their strong per formance in the jumps with KristenBradley placing sec-ond in the high jump behind TCNJ’sBrigit Roemer.

In the sprints, juniorBrittni Rodriguez post-ed a first-placefinish in the 60-meter

dash with a time of 7.62seconds. FreshmanTylia Gillon took sec-ond place in the 300-meter dash with a timeof 40.74 seconds.

Rutgers also fared well inthe distance competitions, asfreshman Brianna Deming andsophomore Anjelica Brinkofskitook first place in the mile runin Section 2 and 3, respectively.

In the 800-meter race, soph-omores Victoria Pontecor voand Jennifer Spitzer took sec-ond and third place.

Other top per formers forRutgers included senior cap-

tain and shot putterNatalie Clickett, whoplaced second with athrow of 14.20 meters,behind a 14.59-meterthrow by Princeton’sThanithia Billings.

“No matter if I winor lose, I am never sat-isfied,” said Clickett, aformer Big East cham-pion. “I am gettingbetter at accepting my

placing, though.”The Knights have placed

well in their three competitionsthus far this season and look to continue to build upon their per formances in theupcoming events.

“Everyone is starting off reallywell so far andthere is definite sign of progressionamong the team,” Clickett said.

The Knights can expectsome growing pains with mostof the team consisting of fresh-men and sophomores — a situ-ation that means they will beinexperienced come time forthe Big East Championships.

“We are young,” Clickettacknowledged. “Our goal is to get asmany people qualified for the BigEast Championship. We want to bein the top 10 rather than get the title.”

The team travels to the Bronxto compete in the MetropolitanChampionships this weekendand hopes to build upon itsmost recent performance.

The Knights will continue toseek qualifying times for the Big East Championships,which take place in May at Villanova’s campus.

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Junior sprinter Aaron Younger earned qualifying times for boththe Big East and IC4A Championships in the 500-meter race.

WOMEN’S TRACK

Another top per former atthe meet included junior sprint-er Steve Werner, who placedsecond overall in the 200 meterwith a Big East and IC4A quali-fying time of 22.19 seconds.

“It wasn’t a personal record,but it’s a good starting pointfor my first 200 of the year,”Werner said. “The time is simi-lar to the times I was runningat this point last year.”

Werner and Caidenhead,along with teammates Youngerand junior Kevin Brown, werealso members of the winning4x400-meter relay. The relayqualified for the IC4A champi-onships with a time of 3:18.42.

“It felt good,” Caidenheadsaid. “I especially felt greatcatching up to the competitors in the relay to put Aaron [Younger] in a greatposition to win the race.”

The Knights’ 4x800 meterrelay, comprised of seniors JonKarlsson and Kevin Cronin,junior Benjamin Forrest andfreshman Hamer Farag, fin-ished second with a time of 7:53.70.

Rounding out the first-placefinishes from the meet wasKarlsson in the 1,000-meterrun with a time of 2:27.78.

The Knights return to thetrack this weekend at the New Balance Track and FieldCenter in New York City for theMetropolitan Championships.

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Knights exact revenge on UNC, win home quad meetBY JOSH GLATT

CORRESPONDENT

In front of a raucous crowd at theLivingston Recreation Center, the Rutgersgymnastics team earned its first big

upset of the year.In a quad meet

featuring Nor thCarolina, a teamthat defeated theScarlet Knights on

Jan. 16, Rutgers recorded a team score of 192.050 to take first place.

The victor y marked the first timeRutgers defeated UNC since 1976.

Despite coming of f a loss against the Tar Heels recently, head coachChr ystal Chollet-Norton was confidenther team would be able to compete.

“We knew we didn’t have a good startlast meet,” Chollet-Norton said. “We fin-ished the meet strong, but we only had two good events. We just had totrain beam harder and focus on floor alittle and we knew we could win.”

Newcomers Danielle D’Elia and LuisaLeal-Restrepo led the Knights both man-aged to turn in strong performances intheir first home meet.

D’Elia finished first in the three eventsshe competed in, tying Leal-Restrepo onfloor exercises with a 9.850. Leal-Restrepofinished second overall in all-around scoringwith a 38.575.

The Knights relied on a strong finishin floor exercises to clinch thevictory. Down 143.925-143.075 following

three events, the floor exercise teamneeded to perform at a high level to winthe meet.

Despite the late deficit, Chollet-Nortonremained confident.

“Floor is a real strength of ours,”Chollet-Norton said. “We do a lot of trainingon floor and we have finally got the depthwe need on floor. We are ten deep on floorand the competition is really pushing all the girls to get better.”

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Senior Kiah Banfield finished third place in the floor exercise with a score of 9.825. The Rutgers gymnastics team took four of the topfive places in the floor exercise, as Banfield trailed freshmen Danielle D’Elia and Luisa Leal-Restrepo and finished ahead of Jenna Zito.

Rutgers earnsBig East timesat Invitational

BY MATT CANVISSERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Part of the beauty of sports is thatsometimes even when a team does not putthe most points on the scoreboard, it can

still claim a senseof victory.

The Rutgersswimming and div-ing team experi-enced that phenom-

enon at last weekend’s Rutgers Invitational,where it placed third but saw

several swimmers give season-best per-formances and qualify for the Big EastChampionships.

No. 13 Minnesota won the RutgersInvitational for the second straight yearand finished with 274 points. Harvard fol-lowed the Golden Gophers with 250,while Rutgers and Toledo followedsuit with 170.5 and 111.5, respectively.

The Scarlet Knights faced the toughestcompetition they saw all season, asHarvard and Toledo also received votesin the latest NCAA coaches’ poll.

“I’m extremely happy with our performance this weekend,” said head coachPhil Spiniello. “Third is good for

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GYMNASTICS

RUTGERS 192.050FIRST PLACE

SWIMMING & DIVING

RUTGERS 170.5THIRD PLACE

RU readies foryear withouthome bubble

BY MATT CANVISSERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

An old adage says, “Home is where theheart is,” but the Rutgers tennis team

suddenly findsitself without itsindoor courts.

Such is thequandar y facinghead coach BenBucca and the

Scarlet Knights this season. Not only dothe Knights play 14 of 20 games on theroad, but their home for the wintermonths has also been destroyed.

The Busch Tennis Bubble suf fered sig-nificant snow damage, similar to theMetrodome in Minneapolis, and will notbe available for use this season.

The team will instead be forced to prac-tice at the East Brunswick Racquet Club andhost its six home matches almost 30 minutesaway at The Atlantic Club in Manasquan, N.J.

“We’re in a very dif ficult situationbecause we won’t have a home,” Buccasaid. “It’s disappointing because we had anoutstanding home record last season.”

The team looks to make the best of itstough situation and go into the season with

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ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior Amy Zhang finished her team-MVP season last year with a 16-4 record in singles playand went 14-4 paired with junior Jennifer Holzberg as the Knights’ top doubles tandem.

RUTGERS AT PRINCETON, TOMORROW, 10 A.M.

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