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Students respond to the Gateway Projectrail line and how it will affectthe University.

President BarackObama awarded15 people yesterdaythe Presidential Medalof Freedom.

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Sophomore Joe Langel will kick off the Rutgers wrestling team’s match Thursday againstLehigh at 125 pounds, where he is undefeated at home in his Rutgers career.

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Moody’s says task forcereport can help credit

BY NEIL P. KYPERSSENIOR STAFF WRITER

The New Jersey HigherEducation Task Force report maybenefit the credit ratings of thestate’s public colleges and universi-ties if its recommendations areadopted, according to a report byMoody’s Investors Services, arespected credit-rating agency.

A few of these recommenda-tions are increased capital financ-ing from the state, eliminating stateimposed tuition caps and increas-ing state governance while allow-ing universities to operate with ahigh level of autonomy, accordingto Moody’s report.

“These recommendations are instark contrast to the state’s low

level of support over the past twodecades, which has led New Jerseypublic universities to be among themost highly leveraged and tuitiondependent universities,” accordingto the report.

In the report, the Universityfares well in key credit rating indi-cators versus the state and nation-al average.

While New Jersey has an Aa2negative rating, the Universityhas an Aa2 stable rating in com-parison to the public universitymedians of A1 for national and A2for state,

If the criteria cited in the Moodyreport are followed out, VicePresident for Finance and

An alleged collaboration on a contract between the University and First Transit Bus Service, the new busservice operator, caused Academy Bus Company to sue the University for unfair bidding practices.

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Academy Bus files suit against U.

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BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Academy Bus Company,which ser ved the Universitycommunity for the last 10 years,filed a lawsuit against theUniversity and First Transit Bus Ser vice for negotiating acontract without first informingthe company.

The Hoboken-based bus com-pany as well as the state’s largestprivate bus carrier accusedNatalie Calleja, the University’sAssociate Purchasing Director, ofcollaborating through e-mail withUK-based First Transit represen-tative Rick Pulido to under-priceAcademy Bus.

“The University created anunequal and uneven playing field thatfavored First Transit and permittedthem to submit a substantially lowerbid,” said Joeseph Ferrara, an attor-ney representing Academy Bus.

In an e-mail to Pulido, Callejaallegedly discussed submittingFirst Transit’s bid “so we modify itin a way that we get to where weboth need to be.”

The e-mail exchanges “gaveFirst Transit every opportunityimaginable to improve all aspectsof its proposal to the prejudice ofall other potential vendors whowere not offered any similar oppor-tunity,” according to the lawsuit.

The University declined to com-ment on the lawsuit.

Before filing the suit, Academyasked the University to conduct abid protest hearing in which thecompany would present their evi-dence that the procurementprocess between the University andFirst Transit was unjust.

“The procurement processwas unfair, partial, non-transpar-ent, anti-competitive andinequitable,” Ferrara said.“Rutgers refused Academy’srequest for a bid protest hearing,and as a consequence, Academyhad no recourse other than tofile suit.”

The University also allegedlyignored the state’s requirementStudents buy carnations from members of Delta Epsilon Iota. Proceeds

benefitted Rutgers Against Hunger. For the full story see PAGE 3.

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CARNATION CRAZE

Competitioncollects $4K for cancer cure

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CORRESPONDENT

Residence halls set, spiked and volleyed at a Mondaynight volleyball competition in the College Avenue Gym,which raised $4,282 toward the Susan G. Komen BreastCancer Foundation

Matthew Zielinski, the coordinator of SpecialPrograms at the University, said the Big Pink competi-tion is more than a recreational volleyball game — it is acampus-wide fundraiser that is played with a 4-foot wide,bright pink volleyball.

Although the competition is held all over the nation tosupport a cure for breast cancer, Zielinski said thismarks the second year it took place at the University.

“This year the competition happened to land onValentine’s Day, and although unexpected, it added awonderful ambience to the night,” he said.

Players each contributed $5, participated in thegame and got a T-shirt, he said. Participants were also

Teams go head-to-head during the Big Pink volleyball competition Monday which raised funds for theSusan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The Mattia Hall team on Busch campus took first place.

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BY NATALIE FLYNNSTAFF WRITER

Members of the academichonor society Delta Epsilon Iota(DEI) hosted a fundraisingevent and its first “Free Hug”campaign on Monday at thesteps of Brower Commons onthe College Avenue campus.

About 30 members and theirfriends came together to offer freehugs to anyone passing by willingto accept, said Jessica Melo, DEI’svice president of marketing.Members also sold carnationswith the proceeds benefitingRutgers Against Hunger (RAH).

“The free hugs campaign issomething that was done to makesomeone’s day,” said Melo, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior. “I thought it would be a reallygreat way for people to get toknow DEI.”

Melo said, they purposelyschedule the event on Valentine’sDay. Members of DEI wanted togive out hugs on an appropriateholiday so that everyone on thecampus could feel loved.

Hugging different people drewtheir attention to the carnationsale and the society raised morethan $50 of proceeds for RAH, saidVijay Achrekar, the president ofDEI. Selling flowers seemed fit-ting since people usually buy themfor their significant other.

“We thought that might gen-erate enough interest for people

Society reaches outside of academic sphere through hugs, flowers

Members of Delta Epsilon Iota hold up signs for free hugs during Valentine’s Day on Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. Several hundred hugs were given throughout the day.

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to pull out their wallets anddonate some money,” said ScottRuzal, the corresponding secre-tary of DEI. “It goes along withthe type of extension of lovingattitude we try to promote withthe free hugs.”

Most people were receptive tohugging the members and werenot reserved as several hundredhugs were given through the day,said Ruzal, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

Many people said the free hugmade their day, Melo said.

“That sort of open expres-sion of love between strangerswas an enjoyable event to puton,” Ruzal said.

DEI identified RAH as alegitimate cause, he said.Members thought it would be agreat way to show people oncampus that the society caresabout the less fortunate.

“As an academic honor societyintegrated in the New Brunswickcommunity, we have a duty to dophilanthropic initiatives, to assistmembers in the community,” saidAchrekar, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

Ruzal said the honor societymembers try their best to getinvolved in any philanthropicopportunity pitched to them,and at least send out the infor-mation to fellow members who

may consider becominginvolved individually.

“If you’re going to be a schol-arly person you have to take aninvested interest in what’s hap-pening around you,” he said.“Helping out the less fortunate orinvolving yourself in doing goodfor others is an extension of youracademic life and what you valueas a person.”

Melo said the campaign was away for members of DEI to inter-act with other students and raiseawareness about the role of aca-demic societies on campus.

“Academic honor societies canhave a certain stigma to them,and I thought this would be a real-

ly great example that we’re notalways doing academic things,”she said.

After seeing a girl in NewYork City giving free hugs to ran-dom people, Melo thought of theidea for a free hugs campaign atthe University, she said.

A man in Australia, who want-ed to do something nice thatwould break people from theirroutine and establish a humanconnection, started the free hugcampaign, Melo said.

DEI is a national organizationprimarily involved in trying tohelp students connect with theiruniversity’s career services,Ruzal said. The society holdsgeneral meetings with represen-tatives speaking about any careerrelated subjects such as how todress for an interview and how tomanage personal budget.

“The values that we stand forare dedication, excellence andintegrity,” Ruzal said. “I wouldsay that would be the goal of anyacademic honor society on cam-pus to promote scholarly values.It’s a worthy cause.”

Everyone who participated inthe campaign seemed to reallyenjoy the event, Ruzal said. Hesaw plenty of happy faces.

“Anything that’s going tomake somebody have a morepleasant day is definitely worth-while,” Ruzal said. “We wanted tospread that kind of love through-out campus.”

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encouraged to sell as many T-shirts and wristbands as possi-ble to compete for the title offundraising champs.

“The process started in theresidence halls. They draftedteams and competed in prelim-inary rounds,” Zielinski said.“Tonight four teams, eachteam a campus champion, arecompeting to be University-wide champion.”

Winners included teamsfrom Stonier Hall on the CollegeAvenue campus, Nicholas Hallon Cook/Douglass campus,South Tower on Livingston cam-pus and Mattia Hall on Buschcampus, he said.

Each team consisted of 12players, and did not need to play-ers to be experts at volleyball, butsimply needed to show enthusi-asm for the sport and event.

Although all teams from eachof the residence halls had tocompete in one night last year,the Residence Hall Association(RHA) changed the rules a bitfor this year’s competition,Zielinski said.

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that all buses used in the servicemust be less than 10 years old,Ferrara said.

“Rutgers knowingly allowedFirst Transit to propose the use ofbuses Rutgers knows are notapproved for operation in NewJersey,” Ferrara said. “By doingso, it permitted First Transit tolower its costs for the service andhence offer a lower price than ifthose buses were not permitted.”

The University’s procurementregulations are intended to pro-mote competition, and theprocess can only be competitiveif each vendor is required to fur-nish its price on the same terms,Ferrara said.

“The procurement processconducted by Rutgers in connec-tion with the [First Transit] con-tract was not designed to securea price quotation on the samematerial terms and specificationoffered to vendors other thanFirst Transit,” he said.

The University notifiedAcademy on Oct. 21 about award-ing the contract to First Transit.

Other University officialsincluded in the suit besides Callejaare Executive Director of thePurchasing Department KevinLyons, Vice President for Financeand Administration Bruce C. Fehnand University President RichardL. McCormick.

As part of First Transit’s bid tothe University, the companyagreed to provide 50 buses, 38new and 12 used, according tothe lawsuit. The 15-year agree-ment will cost the University justunder $19 million.

Ferrara said he expects theUniversity to deny their allegations.

“I’m sure [the University] willtry to walk away from a lot ofthings indicated in those e-mails,”he said. “I don’t think they cansucceed in establishing what theysaid as appropriate.”

Losing out on the contractwith the University will have anoticeable affect on Academy,Ferrara said.

“The Academy employeespresently operating the buses atthe University will lose their jobs,”he said. “They’re also losing theprofit they’d make in the contract.”

While Academy filed suit inDecember, they have sent out dep-osition notices to both theUniversity and First Transitrequesting they produce certainindividuals to give testimonyunder oath in March, he said.

Maxwell Barna contributed tothis story.

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contract costs under $19 million

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Four-foot wide bright pink volleyballs are used in the Big Pink volleyball competition, which is held across the nation. The balls usedat the University’s games were not regulation size but the same rules still applied, including a three-person touch volley rule.

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“We had four nets up and itwas too busy, hectic and long sothis year, we split it up into threenights,” he said.

RHA held preliminary compe-titions last Monday and Tuesdayon two campuses with the win-ners from each campus compet-ing tonight for the title ofUniversity champion, whichZielinski believes made the com-petition more efficient.

“We started off with 32 teams.Each [team] played a single-round elimination game, [afterwhich] our top four [teams] laybest two out of three 10-minutegames, with the winner of thosegames going head-to-head in atwo out of three 10-minutegames,” he said.

Although the pink volleyballwas not regulation size, similarrules still applied to the competi-tion, including the three-personper touch volley rule, said JoshMalakoff, the game referee.

“I prefer [being referee for]regular volleyball gamesbecause it’s so much more fast-paced, but this is a good causeand all in good fun,” saidMalakoff, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

Mattia Hall took the volleyballgame as an opportunity to notonly support breast cancer, but to

also protect its reputation asbeing the winning residential hallof Busch campus, said Mattiateam captain Darrel Gordon.

“Mattia has taken this compe-tition seriously since the begin-ning, we had try-outs and traininggames,” said Gordon, a School ofEngineering first-year. “We beatour rival team, Bahr, 12-0 to[become the] Busch campuschampions, and we are expectingto win tonight.”

During the semi-final round,Stonier defeated Nicholas, win-ning two of the three gamesplayed, with the first game endingin a tie.

In the South Tower versusMattia match, Mattia came outvictorious with a two games in arow win.

“Knowing where the bound-aries were and [having] a lackof communication between theteam led to our loss,” saidSouth Tower player RiddhiPatel, a School of Ar ts andSciences first-year.

South Tower and Nicholaswere both given an opportunityto compete in a consolation sin-gle-round elimination game forthird place.

During an off-centeredattempt to set the ball, playersfrom Nicholas hit the ball too far

to the left — into the trophy —which broke the top of it. But theteam still managed to securethird place with a 7-4 win overSouth Tower.

The final game betweenMattia and Stonier started offwith a rock-paper-scissors shoot-off for volley with Mattia emerg-ing with an early lead. The com-petition ended with Mattia finish-ing off Stonier Hall 3-2 in the firstgame and 3-1 in the second.

“It was great to win. Notonly did we get the title, but wealso got to present the checkfor the Susan G. Komen,”Gordon said. “It was overall agreat experience.”

After beating breast cancertwice, Heidi Rogol said she washonored to speak at the volley-ball game.

“It’s a great opportunity tonot only raise awareness but toalso encourage early detection,”she said.

Rogol encouraged Universitystudents to educate themselvesand others on getting regularcheck-ups.

“The reason I’m standing heretoday because of early detection,”she said. “We need to educateothers about the importance ofgetting tested because detectionis the best method of prevention.”

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Volunteer Income TaxAssistance (VITA) program atthe Rutgers School of Law-Camden will provide volunteertax assistance tVolunteerIncome Tax Assistance (VITA)program at the Rutgers Schoolof Law-Camden will providevolunteer tax assistance tohundreds of low-income NewJersey citizens.

Fifty-five VITA members atRutgers-Camden are alltrained in the preparation offederal and New Jersey taxreturns, and help clients com-plete their tax returns on timeand seek clients as manydeductions as possible,according to a Universitypress release.

In the past, law studentsassisted 300 clients and helpedthem secure more than$300,000 in refunds abovetheir amounts owed, accord-ing to the release.

Through training, VITA tar-gets areas of tax returns thatwould most help its clients,enabling to get them a biggerreturn, VITA student coordi-nator Jeanette Kwon said inthe release. It is the surpriseand gratitude received fromclients that drew him back tothe program.

Clients are required tobring photo identification forthemselves, according to therelease. In addition, they mustalso bring social security cardsfor all taxpayers and depend-ents listed on their return,proof of income and paidtaxes, list of deductibleexpenses and a checkbook forthe direct deposit accounts.

The program is offered onthe Rutgers-Camden campuson Tuesdays and Wednesdaysfrom 4 to 7:30 p.m. throughApril 7, and Saturdays from 9a.m. to noon on Feb. 19, 26 andApril 2 at the West ConferenceRoom A on the lower level ofthe Campus Center.

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University students will have asecond opportunity to see “Heartof Now,” an independent moviefeatured at this year’s New JerseyFilm Festival, on Saturday at 7p.m. at Voorhees Hall on theCollege Avenue campus

“Heart of Now,” which wasfirst screened last Friday, is amovie based on a young man’sstruggle to accept his father’sdeath, said director Zak Forsman.

The movie, which centers onAmber, a pregnant young girlwho tries to overcome her loverand her father’s abandonment ofher, is heavily based onForsman’s own life in which hisfather died when Forsman was19-years-old, he said.

“[When he died], the two ofus had a great deal of unfin-ished business between us,”Forsman said. “This film grewout of unsettled emotions andthe distress I felt from being leftby someone who I hadn’t knownlife without.”

In the movie, Amber seekscomfort in Gabe, her mother’s ex-

boyfriend, for the first half of herchildhood, he said.

“Gabe’s character was aver y strong father-figure forAmber, our main character.When she was young, he wasdating her mother,” Forsmansaid. “[But] when her motherbecame terminally ill he split,leaving them both.”

Forsman said he wants thisfilm to serve as an apology fromhim to his father for his ownreluctance to free himself of hisfather’s abandonment.

He said the movie is supposedto push its viewers to sympathizewith and relate to the overall mes-sage of forgiveness.

“The film is noted for its cine-matography and editing, but donot come expecting a mastery ofthe language of film,” Forsmansaid. “It’s an emotional ride forpeople whose life experienceallows them to relate to it.”Audience reaction and interpreta-tion of the film varied largelybased on gender, he said.

Joseph Gessner, a housemanager at the New JerseyFilm Festival, said “Heart ofNow” is among his favorite

movies of all time and shouldbe considered a rare jewel inthe film industry.

“An independent film as goodas ‘Heart of Now’ is pretty rare, soit’s important to have it shown toexpose it to a wider audience,”said Gessner, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

“Heart of Now,” as Forsman’sfirst movie, has been noted for itsauthentic performances, he said.While many filmmakers obsessover gear and lighting and havinga narrow depth of field, Forsmanmade all of that secondary tolearning how to work with andguide actors through an impro-vised show.

“Our casting process was fair-ly unique,” Forsman said. “Wesaw about 50 actors for each role,but for the callback, instead ofgiving them dialogue to perform,we told them they would be doingan improv with another actor.”

Although Forsman said hisinitial intent was only to havehis characters come across asreal and genuine, he was star-tled by how the movie perfectlydepicted the core of realhuman relationships.

“‘Heart of Now’ was one of thebest feature films we receivedthis year for the 2011 New JerseyFilm Festival,” said Albert Nigrin,the executive director and curatorof the Rutgers Film Co-op/New

Jersey Media Arts Center. “I wastransfixed by this lovely filmwhich includes wonderful acting, smart direction, greatsoundtrack and stunningly beau-tiful cinematography.”

Feature film emphasizes message of forgiveness

“Heart of Now” centers around a young pregnant girl’s struggle withabandonment. The film is based on director Zak Forsman’s life.

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Council works toward DRC recognition on diplomaBY ANDREA GOYMA

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The Douglass GoverningCouncil (DGC) passed a reso-lution to include a DouglassResidential College (DRC) des-ignation on University diplo-mas among other issues pre-sented yesterday during theirgeneral meeting.

“DRC still wants Douglass tra-ditions to be incorporated, whichis why we want our own convoca-tion ceremony and for our diplo-ma to signify we are members ofDRC,” said Kyrie Graziosi, DGCinternal vice president.

The cost of adding the des-ignation to all of the diplomasis more than most wouldexpect, said Pamela Chin,DGC president.

“Just the way the diplomasare made and printed is, to myknowledge, separated byschool,” Chin said, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.“Because DRC is spread over allof the schools, [the people whodesign the diplomas] would haveto manually go through all thestudents who are part of DRC.”

It is such a long and compli-cated process that the adminis-tration responsible for diplomaswould need to hire additionalemployees to perform the task,she said.

“Right now there are sepa-rate certificates they give dur-ing graduation that signify astudent was part of DRC,” shesaid. “As far as this governingcouncil, no one has a big prob-lem with that, although I thinkeveryone is leaning moretoward the significance ofincluding DRC in the diploma.”

Chin said signifying one’s aca-demic career is important andwithout designation, DRC mem-bership seems disassociated.

Members of the Douglass Governing Council pass three resolutions during last night’s meeting,including an effort to place a Douglass Residential College designation on University diplomas.

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Graziosi said that DRC alum-nae are also galvanizing aroundthis issue.

“[Douglass College Alumnae]feel it’s also important that signi-fication of DRC membership bepresent on University diplomasbecause they donate money tous, and they want us to be part ofa physical, social and academicentity,” said Graziosi, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.

University administrationreleased the report“Transforming UndergraduateEducation: Report of the TaskForce on UndergraduateEducation at Rutgers NewBrunswick/Piscataway” propos-ing the elimination of the then-current undergraduate collegesystem including DouglassCollege, said Graziosi.

The Douglass College stu-dents and alumnae began the“Save the Douglass College”campaign in 2005 to maintainDouglass College as thewomen’s college of New Jersey,but were unsuccessful,Graziosi said.

What came out of that effortwas the idea the Universityshould still keep a Douglass com-munity, which is why the DRCwas created, she said.

Graziosi said their firstchoice would be for the signifi-cation to be present on thediploma, but they also under-stand it could be a financial bur-den to the University.

“We’re not going to ask theUniversity to do that under itscurrent financial situation — itwould be irresponsible for us butwe really would appreciate it if

the line was on the diploma,”Graziosi said.

The DGC passed all three oftheir resolutions, whichincludes opposing the new bus shelter models onDouglass campus, and

recognized March as NationalWomen’s History month.

Valerie Weiss, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, is the newestmember of the DGC after runninguncontested for the position ofunclassified class representative.

“I had been in the [DGC] forthe past two years but because Iwas studying abroad in Italy, I didnot have the opportunity to runthis past year,” Weiss said. “Beingable to come back to the [DGC]was like coming back home.”

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16 The Department of Religion is hosting a public forum called“Religion and Violence: South Asian Perspectives” from 7:30p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center MultipurposeRoom. Edwin Bryant, a professor from the Department ofReligion, will moderate the event. The event will featureMaya Chadda of William Paterson University and MichaelJerryson of Eckerd College. Chadda will discuss “TheChallenge of Designing Strategies for Preventing ReligiousViolence in South Asia,” while Jerryson will discuss“Buddhism and Violence: Discourses, Antecedents andManifestations.” For more information please contact SusanRosario at (732)-932-9641 or srosa@rci.rutgers.edu.

17 Rutgers University Programming Association’s Concertand Coffeehouse committee is hosting progressive rockband, Circa Survive at 8 p.m. at the Rutgers Student CenterMultipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus.Tickets are on sale at the Student Activities Center from 9a.m. to 4 p.m., or online with student tickets costing $10,and faculty, staff, alumni and guests costing $15. Only onestudent ticket is permited per RUID and all sales are final.Guests and students must be 18 years or older to attend.For more information please visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

18 Career Services will host New Jersey Career Diversity Dayfrom 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center. Theevent is open to the public and no pre-registration isrequired. Career services advises to a bring resumes anddress professionally for the career day. For more informa-tion visit careerservices.rutgers.edu or contact career serv-ices by phone at (732) 932-7278.

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20 Rutgers Student Life will host, “Your A to Z Guide toEverything Intimate - The 2011 Sex, Love & DatingConference,” a sex and dating conference that addresssexual issues of college students. Admission is free butpre-registration is required at sexlovedat-ing.eventbrite.com. The event will take place from 12 p.m.to 6 p.m. with check-in beginning at 11 a.m. at the BuschCampus Center. For more information visit get-involved.rutgers.edu/programs-and-events.

21 Rutgers University Programming Association will host afree yo-yo workshop from 1 p.m. to 3p.m. at the RutgersStudent Center atrium. Students will learn such tricks as“Around the World” and “Walk the Dog” with a yo-yoexpert. RUPA will provide yo-yos while supplies last.Visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu/programs-and-events formore information.

Administration Bruce Fehn saidthe credit rating could become aflat AA while the best rating possi-ble from Moody is an AAA rating.

Fehn said it is in theUniversity’s interest to preservea good credit rating.

“The higher credit rating youhave has a direct effect on the bor-rowing cost,” he said. “The strongerthe credit the lower the interestrates that you are charged.”

While the state’s outstandingdebt to total operating revenue isnearly three times the nationalaverage, the University is on parwith .5 despite being $888 millionin debt.

Other state institutions, likeRamapo College have a debt tooperating revenue of 1.9 whichmeans their debt is nearly twicetheir revenue.

The report also shows thatthe University only generates 42percent of its revenue from stu-dents, the second lowest in thestate after the New JerseyInstitute of Technology, and onlyreceives 26 percent of its rev-enue in state aid.

Fehn said this is explained bythe fact that the University is alarge research institution with alarge housing and dining operation.

“If you look at the pie, thetuition as a percentage of total rev-enue is smaller than institutionsthat don’t do a lot of research and

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don’t have a large housing anddining operation,” he said.Fehn said although the credit rat-ing hinges on the state adoptingthe policies put forth by the taskforce, the Moody report is posi-tive reinforcement for the sup-port of higher education.

Joseph Seneca, an Edward J.Bloustein School of Planningand Public Policy professor,agreed and said the Moodyreport reflects the task forcerecommendation of increasedsupport for capital improve-ment and increased ways togenerate revenue.

“This positions Rutgers andhigher education well to makethat priority come to fruition,”Seneca said.

Seneca said citizens musttake the Governor at his wordthat he will take the task forcereport seriously and renew sup-port to higher education whenthe state is fiscally capable,which is also reflected in theMoody report.

“The report’s overridingmessage to increase operationaland financial support for highereducation is a longer term planand recognizes the state’s cur-rent financial position, evi-denced by fiscal 2011 cuts tohigher education,” accordingthe Moody report.

The report also cites thatmerging with Robert WoodJohnson Medical School and theSchool of Public Health wouldenhance the University’s posi-tion as the state’s publicresearch university.

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“For commuters, it will be helpful because it’s close and convenient, but I don’t know if it will help all students.”

KELLY KRAUTHEIMSAS SOPHOMORE

“I think the Gateway Projectwould be great for studentsto get as well as parking,so it’s going to be greatfor people that wantto park and go on the trains.”

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“I think it will benefit studentsbecause of its locationand convenience. I don’t usethe train much but I think it will be helpful.”

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“I feel as though it will servea lot of students.Downtown New Brunswickdoes not have a lot of parkingso just the fact that there’sa lot of parking, more peoplewill be willing to visit.”

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Dalai Lama’s nephew killed while walking for independenceTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PALM COAST, Fla. — TheDalai Lama’s nephew was smil-ing, radiating energy as he tack-led the first leg of a 300-mile walkto promote Tibet’s independencefrom China. He insisted on finish-ing the last two miles on his own,even as darkness fell.

“For the cause,” Jigme K.Norbu said, as he had on so manysimilar journeys before.

Norbu was alone on a darkcoastal highway Monday when hewas struck and killed by an SUV.He was headed south in the samedirection as traffic, following awhite line along the side of theroad, according to the HighwayPatrol. The impact crumpled thevehicle’s hood and shattered thefront windshield.

Authorities said it appeared tobe an accident and the driver, 31-year-old Keith R. O’Dell of PalmCoast, swerved but couldn’t avoidNorbu. The Highway Patrol wasstill investigating, but didn’texpect any charges. O’Dell andhis 5-year-old son were not hurt.

Norbu, 45, had completed atleast 21 walks and bike rides, log-ging more than 7,800 miles in theU.S. and overseas to support free-dom for Tibet and highlight thesuffering of its people. He com-pleted his most recent 300-miletrek in December in Taiwan.

He lived in Bloomington, Ind.,where his father had been a

professor at Indiana University andhe owned a restaurant that servedTibetan and Indian cuisine.

He had set out Monday with agroup of friends, but insisted hewould continue on his own afterone of his companions tired andthey decided to take a van to arestaurant. Norbu planned tomeet them there.

About an hour before the acci-dent, Norbu met a Florida couple,Gary and Damian Drum Collins,who had heard about his jauntthrough town.

“He was smiling and happy. Hehad as much positive energy asyou could imagine,” Gary Collinstold The Associated Press.

His wife took a picture withNorbu, who was wearing runningshoes, a dark pullover and a whitesandwich board-like sign thatsaid, “Walk For Tibet Florida.”

The couple was troubled by thefading sunlight and urged Norbu tostay at their place for the night. Hewas already behind schedule, theysaid, and agreed to change his plans.

“It was becoming dusk. Wewere worried and we were con-cerned he wasn’t going to havedaylight,” Gary Collins said.

They suggested Norbu stayinside their condominium, aboutthree miles from their HammockWine & Cheese Shoppe, but hewanted to spend the night underthe stars.

So the Collinses made prepara-tions for Norbu and his group to

spend the night outside thecheese shop. They left a towel, barof soap, three bottles of coconutjuice, a can of stuffed grape leavesand crackers on a table outside.The back door was also unlockedso the travelers could shower anduse the restroom.

A note for the group read: “Hi!Please make yourselves at home.It is an honor to have you here.”

Norbu was killed just a quarterof a mile from the shop. OnTuesday, a vase with seven rosesmarked the accident site on theside of the two-lane State HighwayA1A, where the speed limit is 55mph and there are no traffic lights.

A woman who identified her-self as the mother of the SUVdriver said her son didn’t want totalk to the media.

“What more is there to say? Hewas wearing dark clothes. It was anunfortunate accident. He hasn’tbeen charged. That’s all we’regoing to say,” said the woman, whowould not give her name.

A dishwasher at a nearby restaurant was killed in September along the same stretch of road whereNorbu died.

“It is such a sad thing,”Damian Collins said. “I was hon-ored to see him. I said, ‘I’m sorryto stop you,’ but he said he didn’tmind because he wanted to raiseawareness for his cause.”

Norbu, the son of the DalaiLama’s late brother, Taktser

Rinpoche, had done several othersimilar walks, including a 900-mile trek in 2009 from Indiana toNew York.

After that four-week journey,his feet were full of painful blis-ters. He had lost nails and thefeeling in one toe.

“But I feel energized, becausethe cause itself energizes me,”Norbu told AP then, after emerg-ing from New Jersey through theLincoln Tunnel.

That walk marked the 50thanniversary of the failed Tibetanrebellion against Chinese rule thatresulted in the exile of his uncle,who is Tibet’s top spiritual leader.

Thupten Anyetsang, owner ofAnyetsang’s Little TibetRestaurant in Bloomington, Ind.,said he once joined Norbu’sfather on a 60-mile walk betweenIndianapolis and Bloomington topromote awareness of Tibet. Hesaid the hazards posed by passingcars were evident.

“There can be dangers, espe-cially when you’re walking on thehighway or rural roads,” he said.

Norbu’s late father was a highlama who was abbot of amonastery when the Chineseinvaded. The brothers fled intoexile following the 1959 uprising.

Rinpoche, who died inSeptember 2008 at 86, was a pro-fessor of Tibetan studies atIndiana University inBloomington while serving as theDalai Lama’s U.S. representative.

David Colman, whose son hasan arts store near Norbu’s restau-rant, said he had shown somewild behavior during his youthbut had come into his own inrecent years and embraced theTibetan political movement.

“He was maturing. Jigme wasgrowing into being a full-fledgedfigurehead for Tibet,” Colman said.“It’s really tragic that this happenedjust as he was hitting his prime asthe nephew of the Dalai Lama.”

In northern India, officials atthe Dalai Lama’s office inDharmsala could not immediatelybe reached and the Tibetan gov-ernment-in-exile had not com-mented as of late Tuesday.

China claims Tibet as part ofits territory, but many Tibetanssay Chinese rule deprives them ofreligious freedom. Beijing accus-es the Dalai Lama of pushing forTibetan autonomy and fomentinganti-Chinese protests.

Norbu talked about his rela-tionship with his uncle in an inter-view with the Chicago Tribunepublished in 1995.

“It’s hard sometimes,” Norbutold the newspaper. “I don’t getnext to him that often. I can’t justhug him or anything like that. Youdon’t do things like that. Sure Ihave an audience with him. Sure Isee him. I respect him to the pointwhere if I’m in India I don’t go seehim every day. He’s got moreimportant things to do. He’s got 6million Tibetans to worry about.”

The 10,000 Hour-Rule:“Ten thousand hours is themagic number of greatness,”said Malcolm Gladwell in hisbook “Outliers.” This is theamount of time that a personneeds to put in to become anexpert in his or her chosenfield — roughly equalingabout 10 years. Capt.

Sullenberger was a former air force pilot and had20,000 hours of flight experience before he landed inthe Hudson River, Gawande said.

The Beatles started off as a struggling rock bandbefore they were invited to play in a strip club calledIndra Club in Hamburg, Germany. They played non-stop for more than eight hours a day, seven days aweek. By the time they had their first burst of success,they had performed about 1,200 times, Gladwell said.

It is obvious, that if you want to be good at some-thing, you have to keep practicing to get better. Butmany students — including myself — think that theycan ace an exam by cramming the night before orwrite a Pulitzer Prize-winning essay under pressure,two hours before the deadline. It is impractical andnearly impossible to spend 10,000 hours in a semes-

ter studying for a class, but to do well,you should be devoting a reasonableamount of time each week to it.Focus on your goals and spend asmuch time as you can to perfectingyour skills in that area.

Be a People Person: The mostimportant lesson I have learned sofar is that to be successful in a worldfull of people, you have to be goodwith people. I truly enjoy studying

people and the interactions we have with one anoth-er. One of the most advanced skills you can have isto learn to quickly and accurately assess a person’spersonality and temperament. But to assess a personaccurately, you need to spend time with that personand see the world through their perspective.

Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone was an infamousgangster who engaged in a multitude of illegal activi-ties. But Capone thought he was a public benefactor,according to Dale Carnegie, author of “How to WinFriends and Influence People.” “I have spent the bestyears of my life giving people the lighter pleasures,helping them have a good time and all I get is abuse,the existence of a hunted man,” said Capone. Thisexample of Capone demonstrates that every singleperson has a different understanding of things thanyou do. To be successful, you must keep an open mindand have a diverse outlook on the world and its people.

Amit Jani is a School of Arts and Sciences juniormajoring in journalism and media studies and politi-cal science. His column, “The Fourth Estate,” runs onalternate Wednesdays.

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O n a relatively nor-mal day —W e d n e s d a y ,

January 15, 2009, to be spe-cific — with temperatureshovering at about 26-degreesFahrenheit, U.S. AirwaysFlight 1549 departed fromLa Guardia Airport in NewYork City en route toCharlotte, N.C. Three minutes into the flight, a largeflock of Canadian geese flew into the Airbus’engines, resulting in immediate loss of thrust fromboth engines. Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenbergerbecame a worldwide sensation after landing theAirbus A320 almost seamlessly into the HudsonRiver, saving all 155 passengers on board.

The iconic image of the “Miracle on the Hudson”flashed across several news programs and read in theheadlines of dozens of newspapers. President GeorgeW. Bush called to congratulate Capt. Sullenbergerpersonally, then President-elect Barack Obama invit-ed him to his inauguration, and Capt. Sullenbergerwas given a $3 million book deal. How were Capt.Sullenberger and his crew so successful in landing a46-ton aircraft in a river? For that matter, how did acrummy high school band playing inHamburg, Germany start the BritishInvasion and become The Beatles aswe know them today? Finally, did theinfamous gangster Al Capone reallythink he was serving the public goodby running a prostitution ring? Thisis an article meant to help you form asmall habit that can have tremendousresults and open your mind to whatcreates success. In short, this is asmall step forward in your quest for success.

Make a Checklist: “Why write things down?” riddledpart-time lecturer Kenneth Genco in my first-year“Introduction to Business.” “So you don’t have toremember them anymore, you can simply forget aboutit,” he said. Since then, my greatest investment in mycollege career has been yellow Post-It notes. I carrythem in my backpack, have dozens of packs in my roomand even a stash at home. The night before, I write a to-do list for the next day and revise the list throughout theday. I have a separate Post-It taped to my wall for eachday of the week, listing assignments one-by-one thatneed to be completed for each class that day. The pointis to start writing your priorities down and thus havesomewhat of an action plan for your future.

A checklist was one of the integral componentsCapt. Sullenberger used in saving the lives of his155 passengers and crew. Pilots turn to their check-lists because they are trained to do so, according toAtul Gawande, author of “The Checklist Manifesto.”“They learn from the beginning of flight school thattheir memory and judgment are unreliable and thatlives depend [on it],” he said.

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“That sort of open expression of love between strangers was an enjoyable event to put on.”

Scott Ruzal, the corresponding secretary of Delta Epsilon Iota, on the “Free Hugs” campaign

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“To be successful, you must keep an open mind

and have a diverse outlook.”

L et us pose a scenario: You are a public official in a city with afairly large stray dog population — estimated at about, say,10,000. Unfortunately, the said city — like almost every city —

is suffering from serious budget constraints, which are preventing thebuilding of a shelter for these dogs. What, then, do you do? Accordingto officials in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, who are actually facing this veryproblem, the answer is simple —shoot all 10,000 dogs. Bishkek is in anunfortunate position but couldn’t officials find a better way to deal withthe stray dog population than rounding all of them up and shootingthem? According to the Huffington Post, the Bishkek city hallspokesman Pavel Klimenko is asking the world to not perceive the actas barbaric. Really, though, is there any other way to see it?

It is a terrible fact of life that sometimes stray animals have to beeuthanized. Often there is no other way to deal with the animal popula-tion in a given area. But there are far more humane ways to euthanizeanimals than opening fire on them. Shooting the stray dog population isa violent, almost brutal solution to Bishkek’s conundrum. We refuse tobelieve that it is the only possible way to resolve the current situation.

Klimenko has stated that the dogs would be killed during morningsand evenings by a 10-person team appointed with the task of roundingup and shooting the animals. Even if the government has decided toschedule the killings so that they occur a little out of sight from thegeneral population, the fact remains that these killings are happening.It is almost as if the Bishkek officials have declared hunting season onstray dogs, which only adds to the gruesomeness of the situation.

The story in Bishkek also stands as yet another very bleakreminder of what budget constraints can drive governments to resortto. We are sure that the Bishkek government does not want to resortto shooting stray dogs, as evidenced by Klimenko’s avid protestationsagainst the negative light that this measure will cast on the city. Butbecause of an egregious lack of funding, the government in Bishkekhas found itself in a difficult position, one in which the only solutionsseem to be unpopular ones. We definitely commiserate with theBishkek officials who found themselves faced with the difficult deci-sion to euthanize 10,000 dogs — but we still firmly condemn their cho-sen method of execution.

Use humane animalcontrol methods

T he Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the highest awardsa civilian can receive in the United States. President BarackObama handed out fifteen of them yesterday, to an eclectic

mix of people, ranging from former President George W. Bush to base-ball legend Stan Musial. While we think it’s great that Obama saw it fitto publicly honor people who deserve praise, we cannot help but thinkthat this awards ceremony serves as little more than a feel-goodmoment — a publicity stunt meant to bolster American self-confidence.

Obama said that the winners of the medal this year are people who“reveal the best of who we are and who we aspire to be.” Rhetoric suchas this — even though it was most likely issued with the best of inten-tions — is reminiscent of the sort of speeches most people’s elemen-tary school teachers used to make in class about aiming high, shoot-ing for the stars, dreaming big and so forth. Of course, there is oftenroom for such encouragement, and people should always strive toachieve their grandest dreams, but when Obama stands in front of acrowd and talks about the aspirations of Americans to be like thesepeople, it can feel kind of empty and almost patronizing.

Let’s not forget that the United States is currently in turmoil — itmay not be turmoil similar to that which is spreading through theMiddle East, but it is turmoil nonetheless. The opposite sides of thepolitical spectrum are constantly warring with each other, sometimesover the most trivial of matters. The gap between the rich and the poorseems an unbridgeable chasm. Some are warning of a possible oncom-ing federal government shutdown because of fierce budget debates inCongress. The point is, the United States has a lot on its plate rightnow and watching a group of successful, talented and brave peoplelineup to receive medals is not doing anything to address the mess weare currently in.

Now is not the time for victory laps. Now is the time to face the chal-lenges plaguing the nation. Americans should be aspiring to repair theirnation. Once that’s all taken care of, there will be plenty of time to baskin the accomplishments of great Americans. It isn’t that we do notappreciate what the recipients of the Medal of Freedom have done —on the contrary, we thoroughly applaud them. Rather, we feel that thereare some very pressing matters that need be taken care of, and anawards ceremony such as this only serves to highlight those problems.

Solve all problemsbefore celebrating

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I n response to the letter pub-lished in The Daily Targumon Sunday entitled “Establish

peaceful, respectful discourse oncampus,” the author gave exam-ples of justice that BAKA: StudentsUnited for Middle Eastern Justicestands for put forth by the Charterof the United Nations,International Court of Justice andthe Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights. There are manyfacts omitted by the author, whichI think are important for readersto be fully informed about theissues in the Middle East.

For example, from the U.N.General Assembly Resolution 194after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, onlyone paragraph out of 15 dealt withrefugees created by the conflict.The Resolution’s “refugee clause”is not a stand-alone item, nor does itpertain specifically to PalestinianArab refugees. Paragraph 11 didnot guarantee a Right of Return,nor did it specifically mention Arabrefugees, thereby indicating thatthe resolution was aimed at allrefugees, both Jewish and Arab — hundreds of thousands ofArab Jews were forced to flee Arabcountries and were absorbed intothe State of Israel. Also, becauseseven Arab armies invaded Israel, itwas not responsible for creatingthe refugee problem. Instead,Resolution 194 recommended thatrefugees be allowed to return totheir homeland if they met twoimportant conditions: First, therefugees should be willing to live inpeace with their neighbors —which has yet to occur. Second, thereturn should take place “at the ear-liest practicable date.”

Secondly, the author was mis-taken in the meaning of U.N.Security Council Resolution 242and 338, which clearly reflects thatnone of the territories were occu-pied by force in an unjust war. Theresolution, which was adopted afterthe Six-Day War in which sevenArab Nations attacked Israel is thecornerstone for what it calls “a justand lasting peace” that recognizesIsrael’s need for “secure and recog-nized boundaries.” The resolution

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became the foundation for futurepeace negotiations between Egyptand Jordan. Because the Arabswere clearly the aggressors,nowhere in U.N. Security CouncilResolutions 242 is Israel brandedas an invader or unlawful occupierof the territories. Professor, JudgeStephen Schwebel, former presi-dent of the International Court ofJustice (ICJ) in the Hague,explains: “A state [Israel] acting inlawful exercise of its right of self-defense may seize and occupy for-eign territory as long as suchseizure and occupation are neces-sary to its self-defense.”

By relinquishing 90 percent ofthe territories conquered in theSix-Day War in a peace agreementwith Egypt in 1979, Israel has ful-filled Resolution 242. It is thePalestinian extremists who havenot fulfilled the Resolution by notterminating “all claims or states ofbelligerency and respect for andacknowledgment of the sovereign-ty, territorial integrity and politicalindependence of every State in thearea.” Israel has a right to exist asthe homeland of the Jewish peo-ple, and the Palestinian authoritieshave yet to acknowledge it. I cango on and on and correct theauthor’s facts about how the secu-rity fence is legal according toInternational Law — the UnitedStates has one with Mexico — andthat Israel is the only true democ-racy in the Middle East thataffirms in its Declaration ofIndependence freedoms and com-plete equality of social and politicalrights to all its inhabitants irre-spective of religion, race or sex.

The author mentioned compro-mise, which implies that both sidesmust work together to create mutu-al understanding, but only men-tioned issues on which Israel mustcompromise. If BAKA really caresabout normalizing the relationshipbetween Israel and the Palestiniansthen communication, trust andsecurity are of the utmost impor-tance to create an environmentsuitable for peace. I applaud thoseon campus who support peace andwant to open dialogue with peoplewho have differing opinions.

Avi Gilboa is a School ofEngineering alumnus.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — You may feeldivided between staying at homewith loved ones and getting yourwork done. Try to balance bothwhile enjoying the process.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 6 — There may besome tension in your social life.Channel that energy towardssomething positive. Learn fromchildren. They know the valueof friends.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 6 — All the thinkingyou've been doing finally paysoff. You may not be able to slowthe thoughts, but you can stillshare some time with siblingsand friends.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 9 — Now is a goodtime to complete business deals.Focus on sales, producingincome and sustainable growth.Don't worry, just stay in action.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Today you feelyour best. You'll accomplishwhatever you set your mind to.Why not celebrate Valentine'sDay all over again? It might befun to share a nice dinner.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 6 — Emotions runhigh today, but that doesn'tmean you can't direct them toyour advantage. Spend time inyour secret hiding spot. Use feel-ings to flavor your art.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 9 — Energy is up, andthe work's flowing! When it rainsit pours. Take care of yourclients (or teachers) with impec-cable service. Go get help if youneed it.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — Now it's timeto settle your wild side a bitand focus on career. You canstill have fun at work. Be sureto incorporate love into your moneymaking.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — Focus your ener-gy on inventing somethingamazing for you and your com-munity, from cooking lessons tovolunteering for a good cause.Follow your heart.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is an 8 — Take advantageof business opportunities. Youmay find new partnerships whereand when you least expect them.Try walking in new shoes.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — Too muchexcitement can tire you out. Tryto keep to one thing at a time.Get the paperwork done first.Collaborate with others for alighter workload.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — You're enteringtwo days of extreme creativity,and energy flows. Use the timewell. Open new communicationswith long-lost friends or family.

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C incinnati Bengals run-ning back and formerScarlet Knight Brian

Leonard will host the secondannual “Brian Leonard’s Rally atthe Alley” on March 1 at 300,which is located at Chelsea Piersin New York City.

The outing supports theEmbrace Kids Foundation, anon-profit organization in NewBrunswick, N.J., which bene-fits children with cancer andblood disorders.

The event runs from 7 to 10p.m. and features many big namesfrom the NFL and college football,including NFL players Ray Rice,Shaun O’Hara and Rutgers headfootball coach Greg Schiano.

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and you hear that crowd roar,you just want to keep wrestlingand keep winning.”

And Rutgers has kept winningbehind Langel.

The Knights ride a 16-matchwinning streak into tomorrow’sshowdown with Lehigh to goalong with a 20-1 record. Thematch is set to take place at theLouis Brown Athletic Centerand preliminary reports are thatRutgers and Lehigh fans alikeare going to pack the arena.

With the stakes as high asthey will get in a dual meet,

Langel’s teammates know theycan look to him to get the teamoff on the right foot.

“The biggest thing aboutwrestling at home is gettingmomentum and getting thecrowd into it,” said senior AlexCaruso. “What he’s been ableto do for us, I don’t think many’25 pounders in the countr ycould be able to do it — just set-ting the pace and the tone forthe match. It’s huge for us.”

Much of Langel’s success onthe mat can be attributed to hisfunky style. He does not havethe standard stand-up and take-down approach to the sport.Oftentimes, Langel is in a posi-tion of vulnerability but is ableto swing around and eitherescape or score a reversal.

“It’s his hips, his balance,his agility. Whatever it is, he’snot afraid to do it in any spot,”Goodale said. “Some of thethings he did against Garnettfrom Virginia Tech I neverwould have taught or encour-aged, but he did it. You have tolet those guys go.”

When the Mountain Hawkscome to town, the Knights notonly deal with a perennial pow-erhouse who owned Rutgers for60 years, but also the recentmemory of a 28-3 loss last yearin Bethlehem, Pa.

Langel was a part of thatsquad and fell, 5-4, to JohnMcDonald in the match’s firstbout. But that is not to say thathe did not take away anythingfrom the loss.

“Don’t let the pressure get toyou,” said Langel on what helearned from that match. “Youknow it’s a big match, but youstill have to just go out thereand have fun and wrestle yourown match. Don’t let the atmos-phere get to you.”

The atmosphere will certain-ly be at fever pitch comeThursday night at the RAC.With the home crowd behindthe funker from Howell, N.J.,the Knights know they standmore than a fighting chance.

“He’s probably one of thebiggest keys to our matcheswhen we go out and wrestle adual,” Caruso said. “Whetherhe’s favored to win or not, hegoes out there and puts on a show.”

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things on defense and everythingthat I can do.”

Carroll’s four-week-longabsence — initial projections werefor a maximum of six weeks —left a major hole in the Knights’rotation, leaving fellow freshmanMike Poole as the only viableguard off the bench under Rice.

The result was a larger work-load for not only senior guardsJames Beatty and Mike Coburn,but also for the rest of the Knights’starting five, which had to com-pensate for Carroll’s absence.

But despite the guards’renewed presence in the rota-tion, Rutgers still suf fered apainful loss against Seton Hall,which exacted revenge after the

Knights’ win Jan. 22 in Newark.

“Obviously that game hurtbecause it came off of an

emotional high after a victory ver-sus ’Nova,” said senior forwardJonathan Mitchell, who wasnamed on Monday to the Big EastWeekly Honor Roll. “We got inour own way. That would havebeen a huge win for us Saturdayto go to 2-0 for the week withthose games. But it didn’t happenso we just had to regroup, take aday off [Sunday].”

While Carroll makes his firstappearance at the Carrier Dome in aRutgers uniform Saturday againstNo. 17 Syracuse, he will notice somefamiliar faces in former BrewsterPrep teammate C.J. Fair and formerAAU partner Brandon Triche.

Fair and Triche help make upthe Orange’s deep backcourt,

which boasts former Neuman-Goretti (Pa.) star Scoop Jardineand Life Center Academy (N.J.)product Dion Waiters.

“It was a lot of fun playing withthose guys,” Carroll said. “The tal-ent was obviously unbelievable. Igot to play with those guys everyday. It helped a lot playing againstthose guys every day in practiceand to come here and not feel likeyou’re going a step down.”

And while Carroll figures tosee more playing time as aperimeter player against theOrange’s 2-3 zone, his greetingfor Fair still evades him.

“I don’t know,” Carroll said. “Imight just start joking aroundwith him. That’s my man.”

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Syracuse sophomore guard Brandon Triche (25) and Rutgers freshman guard Austin Carroll (2) played AAU basketball together as eighth and ninth graders. Carroll also faces

off on Saturday against Orange freshman C.J. Fair, who played with Carroll last season at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire.

a shot from center Herb Popefrom underneath the rim, leadingto a Rutgers rebound and fast-break opportunity.

Still, the rookie admits that hisadjustments on defense followingsurgery are still a work in progress.

“I feel like once I get my kneeback I can be a little bit better ondefense, obviously. I don’t feelbad,” Carroll said. “I just try to dowhat I can on defense. I try to bein the right spot, I try to rotate, Itry to be up the line, as coachRice says. I try to do all the little

“I try to do all the

little things on defense

and everythingthat I can do.”AUSTIN CARROLL

Freshman Guard

PRESENCE: Rookie

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4.87 ERA, but showed multiplebright spots including a completegame, six-strikeout win over St.John’s.

Prior to her time on theBanks, Houston dominated theNew Jersey high school softballcircuit, boasting a .90 ERA andmore than 800 strikeouts forNew Egypt High School.

Williams, from Richmond,Va., rounds out the pitching triofor the Knights going into thisweekend’s five-game UC-Riverside Tournament inRiverside, Calif.

After arriving at Rutgers inthe fall, Williams’ likelihood ofearly playing time skyrocketedwith Johnson’s departure andthe freshman will probablymake her debut in some capaci-ty within the first three gamesof the tournament.

“Megan is young and this isher first shot at it so we’ll see howshe takes it mentally, but she def-initely has the talent to pitch atthis level,” Nelson said. “Shethrows hard.”

The Knights return everyposition player from last sea-son including single-seasonhome run record breakerBrittney Lindley, putting thepressure on the of fense thisweekend to keep the pressureof f the trio of inexper-ienced pitchers.

“I feel like we’re as strong inpitching as we are in hitting,”said junior right fielder MikelynMessina, who was second onthe team in home runs (seven)and runs batted in (26) last sea-son. “They work just as hard asanybody else, if not harder.They’re here in their off-timeand when we have to be. I’mjust as confident in them as I amin our hitters.”

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Third baseman Brittney Lindley set the single-season home run record at Rutgers with nine last season, when she spent her final campaignwith sister Nicole, who graduated in May after leading the Knights in nearly every statistical category.

VOID: Houston, Williams

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BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Aside from No. 4 Pittsburgh,which proved to be one of thenation’s most consistent squadsthis year, the Big East lacked its

usual lus-ter mid-w a ythroughthe 2010-

11 collegebasketball season.

A pair of winning streaks later,both No. 7 Notre Dame and No. 9Georgetown find themselvesback atop the nation’s elite, help-ing restore a sense of normalcy toBig East basketball.

1.) Pittsburgh (23-2, 11-1) —The Panthers rebounded nicelyfrom their upset at the PetersenEvents Center nearly a monthago at the hands of visitingNotre Dame.

Head coach Jamie Dixon ral-lied the troops and in turn, Pittregistered a four-game winningstreak heading down the stretchof conference play, boasting roadvictories over No. 14 Villanovaand West Virginia.

South Florida is next on tap forthe Panthers, but do not expectany surprise upsets with BradWanamaker coming off a 21-pointshowing against the Wildcats.

2.) Notre Dame (21-4, 10-3)— Owners of seven straight wins,

the Irish placed themselves inthe national spotlight with winsagainst Pittsburgh and No. 16 Louisville.

Guard Ben Hansbrough con-tinues to put the team on hisback offensively, averaging 22.1points in the teams past six con-tests. The Irish hit the road tobattle West Virginia onSaturday, hoping to stick totheir winning ways.

And with Louisville, a peskySt. John’s team and Villanovaremaining on the schedule forPitt, do not be surprised if NotreDame wins out and finishes theseason atop the conference.

3.) Georgetown (20-5, 9-4) —If the Hoyas can get past No. 12Connecticut, they welcome apair of weaker conference oppo-nents in Cincinnati and lowlySouth Florida.

Senior guard Austin Freemanhas put his deadly scoring talentson display, leading the team witha 43.1 shooting percentage from3-point range.

Although UConn lost three offive contests, the Hoyas stillneed all the scoring they can getfrom Freeman to get past theHuskies and phenom Kemba Walker.

4.) Louisville (19-6, 8-4) —Almost every time head coachRick Pitino got his squad movingin the right direction this season,it suffered a setback.

The No. 16 Cardinals droppeda road matchup to Providenceearlier in the year, reboundedwith two road victories and thenfell to streaking Georgetown.

Although the squad droppedan overtime thriller on the roadagainst Notre Dame, it bouncedback with a victory over Syracusein its most recent contest.

The Cardinals next travel toCincinnati to square off with theBearcats, preparing to battleagainst another setback.

5.) Connecticut (19-5, 7-5) —The Huskies boast impressivenonconference victories overNo. 22 Kentucky and No. 3Texas, but struggled in Big Eastplay, which accounts for all fiveof UConn’s losses.

Head coach Jim Calhoun sawhis team storm out of the gates tokick off the year, but losses toLouisville, Syracuse and St.John’s raise doubts as to whetherthe Huskies are the real deal.

6.) Villanova (19-6, 7-5) —Head coach Jay Wright and Co.hit a bump in the road after animprobable upset loss againstRutgers in Piscataway.

The No. 15 Wildcats droppedtheir most recent contest to Pittand four of six Big East gamesoverall. Senior guard CoreyFisher did all he could against theScarlet Knights and chipped in 11points in 25 minutes of actionagainst the Panthers.

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WITH TIQUAN UNDERWOOD

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Question: You’ve been with Devin [McCourty] a lotin practice. Did you ever think he was going to bethis good?Tiquan Underwood: Man, the McCourty twins are aheck of a pair of athletes and not only that, [theyare] smart players. Going against them every day inpractice — me and Kenny [Britt] against the twins —it just helps.

Q: Did it make you a better player?TU: Yes. Just constantly battling like that got mewhere I got today.

Q: What do you need to improve on to make a biggerimpact next year?TU: For me personally, I would just say consistency.It’s just going out there each and every day and let-ting the coaches know what they’re going to get fromme. I was a little up and down through the course oflast season. I had some ups and had some downs,but they’re looking for consistency in that league,and that’s what I have to get better.

Q: What about the physical aspect? Do you feel likeyou need to get bigger?TU: No. At the end of the day, football is still foot-ball. It doesn’t matter how big you are or howsmall. If you’re going to be small, obviously youhave to be fast. Whatever assets you have, youhave to use them to your advantage. The thingsyou need to work on, you just need to work onthem, obviously.

Q: What’s your advice for this year’s class as they gothrough the draft process?TU: Just stay confident and remember all of the workthat you put into it. Don’t back down. There are a lotof guys trying to reach the same level that you are.You have to stay confident in yourself and rememberall of the hard work you put into it.

Q: Do you plan to go out to the Bubble and catchsome balls from Mike Teel anytime soon?TU: We’re definitely in the future going to be throw-ing. I just drove up today from Florida, and I figureI’m going to start lifting and getting ready for thenew season.

Q: What’s it like having other Rutgers guys onyour team and play against so many in the division.TU: It made it a lot easier to adjust to the league hav-ing other guys around me my first two years, but Ican’t say it’s always good to go against Kenny and[Jason McCourty] twice a year. It’s fun to see them onthe field, but they’re both great football players too— not the kind you want on the other team.

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Villanova senior point guard Corey Fisher and the Wildcats suffered a 77-76 loss last Wednesday toRutgers at the Louis Brown Athletic Center before falling on Saturday to Pittsburgh.

Media members caught up with the JacksonvilleJaguars wideout and former Scarlet Knight last

week at “the miracle of two minutes” at theLouis Brown Athletic Center, where he discussed

Knights in the NFL and his personal goals ...

Pitt continues conference reign

Boonton, N.J., native marked aleap of 50 feet 5.25 inches in thetriple jump.

“[Fifty feet] is a big milestonefor a triple jumper,” said freshmanteammate Corey Caidenhead.“He is doing this as a freshman,so we have plenty of years towatch him extend that jump.”

The school indoor record inthe triple jump is 50 feet 7 inch-es. Each weekend Jones jumps,he gets closer to breaking the record.

“It is an honor to be at thislevel, especially since I’m only afreshman,” Jones said.

Each meet, Jones does notcompete alone. He cites juniorteammate Kevin Bostick as amentor to him throughout the

season. The two athletes train andjump together every day.

“I like jumping with Bostick,”Jones said. “He has helped me ina lot of ways. He gives great tipsand he is great competition.”

Bostick is levelheaded, quietand an experienced competitor.

Jones looked to him when heneeded help adapting to compet-ing at a collegiate level.

“It’s tough and a lot differentfrom high school,” Jones said. “Inmy senior year of high school, Inever lost. But in college I haveto come ready because competi-tion is very tough.”

The two jumpers feed off ofeach other’s competitivenesseach meet.

“Kevin [Bostick] pushes meto do my best at every meet,”Jones said.

The pair not only performswell every meet, but also showsthat it is not just pure talent thatgot them there.

“They are both great ath-letes and competitors,” said

senior teammate AaronYounger. “But what reallystands them apart from otherpeople is their work ethic. Theyare both very talented to beginwith, but they work extremelyhard to get even better.”

The championship meet thisweekend will be a per fectshowing of Jones and Bostick’swork ethic.

“I won’t be surprised if theyare battling it out for the topspot at Big East[Championships],” Youngersaid. “Regardless of who doesbetter, they will both be back atpractice Monday doing every-thing they can to get even betterand push each other for the nextgo around.”

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Freshman sets tone through consistent work ethicBY LIZ SWERN

STAFF WRITER

He is ranked first in the BigEast Conference in the triplejump and fourth in the long jump.

He is alsom e r ei n c h e s

away from owning the schoolrecord in the triple jump.

All this, and Devin Jones isonly a freshman for the Rutgersmen’s track team.

In the midst of his first seasonat the collegiate level, Jonesproved he is a force to be reck-oned with when it comes to thelong jump and triple jump.

At the Metropolitan IndoorChampionships in January, the

MEN’S TRACK

DEVIN JONES

BY JOSH BAKANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Looking to make the NCAAtournament for the first time since1999, the Rutgers women’s

l a c r o s s eteam is

hoping for an automatic bid by win-ning the Big East Championship.

When the Scarlet Knights lastmade the tournament, headcoach Laura Brand was a seniorfor Rutgers, but Brand sees thetough Big East conference as away to break the streak of miss-ing the tournament.

“The advantage of being inone of the best conferences is thatthe first and second best teamshave a chance at making theNCAA tournament,” Brand said.

Four Big East teams areranked in the top 20 in the nation.Georgetown, Syracuse, NotreDame and Loyola Maryland areranked above Rutgers, which isranked at No. 23.

Rutgers is preparing for theBig East with a tough nonconfer-ence schedule, which beginswith Temple, Cornell andPrinceton. The Tigers are rankedjust below Rutgers at No. 29.

“Our schedule is competitiveacross the board,” Brand said. “Idon’t believe in not challengingourselves every day. It helpsprepare us for the Big East. Ifwe go into the Big East havingnot played very competitivegames, we certainly wouldn’t beprepared. Challenging our-selves out of conference is theway to go.”

With the loss of key seniors,including Brooke Cantwell,who made the All-Big East

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Senior Marlena Welsh leads a Knights attack that must replace the production of Brook Cantwell,who graduated a year ago after making the All-Big East team and leading Rutgers in goals.

KNIGHTS SUFFER SECOND ROAD LOSS

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Junior forward Chelsey Lee finished second on the team in scoring last night against DePaulwith a 13-point performance that helped the Scarlet Knights’ rally and cut into the lead.

The Rutgers women’s basket-ball team entered McGrath Arena

last nightlooking to

avoid a two-game skid. But too much Keisha Hampton

propelled No. 11 DePaul past theScarlet Knights (14-11, 7-5),defeating them, 66-62.

Rutgers rallied in the secondhalf behind a surge of offensefrom its starters, as four of thefive would go on to finish in dou-ble-figures.

After cutting the deficit to 55-53 with just under six minutes togo in regulation, the BlueDemons stormed back, buildingtheir lead back up to eight with1:17 left on the clock.

DePaul (24-3, 11-1) led by asmany as 19 in the first half, but a

15-point performance by juniorforward April Sykes to go with astrong game in the post by juniorforward Chelsey Lee revived theKnights in the second half.

But Keisha Hampton –– theBlue Demon’s leading scorer–– dropped 22 points and tal-lied seven assists, as the juniorforward shot 5-of-11 from 3-point range.

The loss puts the Knights ontheir fourth multi-game losingstreak of the season, and dropsthem to eighth place in the Big East.

Next on the agenda is a trip toMilwaukee to face Marquette ––the final leg of the team’s three-game Midwest road trip.

— Anthony Hernandez

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Knights build toward postseason in scrimmages

team last season, Rutgers isrelying on members of all class-es to win.

“We’re a very well-balancedteam from seniors all the waydown to freshmen,” Brand said.“We have some great talent inour freshman class, so we’d liketo bring that along and seethem contribute, especially latein the season.

“We certainly have players inour sophomore, junior and sen-ior classes who can make up forwhat we lost last year. Thedynamic of our team is going tobe different. Last year we were ateam that had that go-to player ina lot of situations and now thereare multiple go-to players.”

The leadership this year willcome from seniors Kristen

Anderson, Shawn Lopez, MaryMoran and Marlena Welsh.

“They all bring something dif-ferent to the table,” Brand said.“They all hit up the differentaspects of the leader and they’vebeen doing an outstanding job ofleading the team this year.

“They’re keeping everybodyfocused on our goals. They havethe ability to pull individual

players aside. They realize whatplayers do best and the dynamicof the team. They know whouses their leadership the best atdifferent moments.”

Welsh made the preseasonAll-Big East team and finishedlast season an All-American.

The balance is especiallyeffective on offense, accordingto Brand.

“There are so many optionson our offense and everybody’sgiven an opportunity to con-tribute,” Brand said.

The Knights are looking todevelop depth on the defensiveside of the ball, as well.

“The defense is lookinggood. We have some youngplayers,” Brand said. “We havesome good freshman defend-ers and a good sophomoredefender who got key minuteslast year — Rachel Welch.She’ll be looked into to getmixed in there.”

The Knights return “a prettykey core of defenders” in Moranand juniors Rebecca Alley andKaitlyn Curran.

Rutgers also returns two goal-keepers, sophomores Lily Kalataand Aimee Chotikul.

“Lily got a majority of the min-utes last year,” Brand said. “ThenAimee has been having a reallygood preseason, as well, so we’repretty set at that position.”

So far, the defense has givenup six goals in three scrim-mages against Drexel, Lafayetteand LaSalle on Saturday atYurcak Field.

“Now we’re looking towardTemple,” Brand said of theteam’s Feb. 23 opener in Philadelphia.

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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With less than eight minutes remainingand the Rutgers men’s basketball team trail-ing Seton Hall by nine points on Saturday,

freshman guardAustin Carroll took a

feed at the center of the 3-point arc at theLouis Brown Athletic Center.

The 6-foot-3 Carroll launched a shot fromwell beyond NBA 3-point range and prompt-ly shrunk the Scarlet Knights’ deficit to 49-43, pausing to keep his follow-through in theair as he back-pedaled on defense.

But the most surprising byproduct ofthe play was that no one in the crowd ofmore than 8,000 people at the RAC couldtell Carroll was still not 100 percent follow-ing surgery more than a month ago on hisleft knee.

“Everything kind of felt good,” saidCarroll, who averages 9.7 minutes per gamein his rookie campaign. “My knee felt good,my shot felt good, so I said, ‘I might as wellshoot it.’ I got an open look and knew I wasgoing to shoot it. So I just let it go.”

Carroll registered his most completeoffensive game in the Knights’ 69-64 loss tothe Pirates, scoring a career-high eightpoints in only 11 minutes of game action.

The Bedford, Mass., native sunk two-of-three shots from beyond the arc and con-verted both of his free throw attempts, eachtime keeping Rutgers within two possessionsof Seton Hall.

But more than his rehabilitation fromknee surgery, head coach Mike Rice noticeda quality from Carroll on Saturday night thatmost first-year players in the Big East lack.

“[Carroll’s] confidence, to be honest withyou,” Rice said of what stood out about hisperformance. “You’re looking at a freshman,especially one who plays sporadic minutes.He had a knee operation in the middle of theseason. He played with a lot of moxie, a lot ofconfidence [against Seton Hall].”

Carroll also made an impact on the defen-sive end against the Pirates when he altered

Carroll makespresence felt inloss to SHU

KEITH FREEMAN / ACTING PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORSophomore 125-pounder Joe Langel, top, took down three ranked opponents at three home meets throughout the season, including last

week’s 7-4 decision over Nick Arujau of American. The Howell, N.J., native lost his match last year against Lehigh.

Flexible style aids 125-pounder on matBY A.J. JANKOWSKI

CORRESPONDENT

If you were to look up conventionalwrestling technique, chances are you wouldnot see the name “Joe Langel.”

But what the Rutgers wrestling teamsophomore may lackin traditional form, he

more than makes up for with a funky styleand an infectious energy.

“Everywhere I go and the constant e-mails and telephone calls I get, they lovewatching the kid wrestle,” head coachScott Goodale said of his 125-pounder.“That’s one of the things when we first

stepped foot on campus, we had to changethe culture. Part of it was bringing anexciting style of wrestling and Joey does that.”

By wrestling at 125 pounds, Langel isoften the first wrestler on the mat in a dualmeet for the Scarlet Knights. With hisunconventional style and an undefeatedhome record in his two years starting on theBanks, Langel provides a spark that provedcrucial when knocking down schools suchas then-No. 3 Virginia Tech and an upstartAmerican program, then No. 18.

“Let’s be honest, he’s a huge reason forthe resurgence of this program,” Goodalesaid. “It’s just his excitement. He’s been a

huge spark. He did it last year and he’sdone it this year.”

The Howell High School product owns a16-7 record on the year with a majority ofhis wins coming at home, including upsetsover Garrett Frey of Princeton, JarrodGarnett of Virginia Tech and last week’s 7-4 decision over American’s Nick Arujau.

All three wins came at home and allthree wins came against ranked opponents.

“I like wrestling in front of a homecrowd because when you are doing good, itadds to it,” Langel said. “It just amplifieseverything. When you do something good

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WRESTLING

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Trio of hurlers fill void left from two departures

THE DAILY TARGUMSophomore pitcher Abbey Houston hurled a complete game a year ago as the team’s No. 4

starter against St. John’s and finished the season with a 4.87 ERA.

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

Pitching carried the Rutgers softball teamlast season to its first berth in the Big EastTournament under head coach Jay Nelson.

Now it’s all gone.Ace hurler Nicole Lindley led the team last

season in nearly allstatistical categories

with nine wins, a 3.48 earned run average, 109strike outs, 10 complete games and threeshutouts. But the Cicero, N.Y., native playedher final game last spring, graduating in May.

Behind Lindley, sophomore HollyJohnson carried the load last season, but shequit softball in the offseason.

The Scarlet Knights return just 29 percentof their innings pitched from last season inthe forms of junior Noelle Sisco and sopho-more Abbey Houston, but the pair feels readyto pick up where Lindley and Johnson left off.

“There’s always been a certain amount ofpressure that I put on myself and that I feelfrom the coaches to win games because Ireally want to win,” Sisco said. “But I thinkit’s shared between me, Abbey and [fresh-man pitcher Megan Williams]. We’re all put-ting ourselves in a No. 1 position so we’re allready to throw every single game.”

The Rutgers pitching staff is not com-pletely without Lindley this year either.

Lindley remained in New Brunswick forgraduate studies and continues helping outher former teammates whenever possible.

“It’s really nice having her around,” Siscosaid. “She’s been a really good leader for usand she’ll help us with anything, with ourpitches, personal stuff, anything. She’s thereas kind of a leader to just keep us going andreally follow on with where she got us startedlast year.”

Losing Johnson hurts the team in terms ofpure numbers, leaving late enough that therewas not time to add a fourth pitcher. But interms of talent, Nelson is confident that theremaining trio is up to the task of replacing15 wins from the previous two seasons.

That starts with Houston, Nelson said.“Abbey is our No. 1 and Abbey would

have been our No. 1 had Holly stayed,”Nelson said. “You really can’t tell because[Johnson] is not here, but Abbey throws hardand moves the ball around.”

Houston worked as the No. 4 pitcher lastseason, but received more pitching opportu-nities as the season went on. Houston finishedher freshman season with a 3-4 record and

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