Findings show that among those diag-nosed with alcoholism at the age of 25, therewas a 74 percent probability their RAPIscores as 18 year olds was higher than aver-age, he said.

White said the real power of the studycame in determining the value of RAPI as adiagnostic tool.

“If you’re going to diagnose someonewith a problem, you want something that’sbeen clinically proven to be a good diagnos-tic instrument. When we published theRAPI, we weren’t claiming that it was,”White said. “Now I see this paper says that ithas good predictive validity over time, sothat’s important.”

While the study offers a new dimension tothe RAPI as a clinical tool, White said the find-ings were not surprising, despite the studybeing the first of its kind.

“The clinical sample [we used] actuallyhad the DSM-III, [a manual that providesstandard criteria for classifying mental disor-ders], diagnosis for their adolescents andthey also had the RAPI and it correlated at a

those who tell him of the sense of commu-nity they feel when somebody else sharesa secret they also keep.

“Secrets unite people and build a hid-den community,” he said. “There’s somuch commonality between secrets youcouldn’t see otherwise.”

Warren said that reading so manysecrets also helps him cope with his own.

“I was struggling with secrets in mylife,” he said. “The courage of these peo-ple sharing their secrets with me mademe look at what I kept buried.”

The PostSecret founder said he isvery optimistic for the future of theInternet and hopes others will act ontheir ideas to start online conversa-tions, pointing to Ifoundyourcamera.netas an example.

“PostSecret is one simple, crazyidea,” he said. “There are 10,000 ideasas good as PostSecret or better. Theseideas need people to believe in them tomake them better.”

Warren, who updates the website withnew secrets every Sunday and publishedfive books filled with secrets, has seenmore than 500,000 secrets from all overthe world since beginning the project.

“The most common secret I get is, ‘Ipee in the shower,’ which I can relate to,”he said.

As part of his speech, Warren showedsome secrets his publishers said couldnot be included in his books, for reasonsfrom obscenity to copyright violations.

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Frank Warren, creator and curator of the PostSecret project, talks about his personal reasons for starting the website last night in the Busch Campus Center.

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Deaf hip hop dancer Christina Sarni performs Friday nightat “Dance to Eliminate,” a show that benefitted a UNICEFcampaign to wipe out Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus.

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Founder shares stories behind PostSecret projectBY AMY ROWE

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The “most trusted stranger inAmerica” visited Busch Campus Centerlast night to share his own secrets andhear some new ones.

Frank Warren, the founder and cura-tor of the PostSecret project — a websitethat shares anonymous secrets sent to hishome — was the closing speaker for thisyear’s “Sex, Love & Dating” conference.

“I think we all have secrets and wekeep them in a box,” Warren said. “Everyday, we decide to bury the box or open itand share secrets like gifts.”

Warren started asking people to writetheir secrets on postcards on the streetsof Washington, D.C., in November 2004as part of an art project, he said.

“I didn’t tell my neighbors or myfriends,” he said. “I told my wife. Shedidn’t get it, but she supported me.”

Warren said when he told his fatherabout the project, he called him voyeuristic.

“Maybe there’s some truth to that,” hesaid. “But it didn’t take me long to realizemy crazy idea wasn’t so crazy.”

On average, Warren receives 1,000secrets each week sent to hisGermantown, Md., home. He began scan-ning the homemade postcards hereceived and posted them to the website.

“When [the website] went viral, I real-ized I tapped into something full of mys-tery and wonder,” he said.

Warren spoke at length about theresponses he hears from people, especially SEE FOUNDER ON PAGE 5

New Jersey workers practice caution with financesBY KRISTINE CHOICONTRIBUTING WRITER

Employees re-entering the job market areequipped not only with their past work expe-riences but also with a better knowledge ofsavings and finances.

Unemployed New Jersey residents havebecome wiser by taking on a savings state of

mind and applying it to their newly attainedjobs, said James Kinney, a certified financialplanner at Financial Pathways inBridgewater, N.J.

“I believe people have learned that highlevels of personal debt can be very danger-ous,” he said. “Statistics show that Americansare using more of their earnings today tosave and pay down debts.”

Sudden unemployment and high debtlevels, especially among the unprepared,can be stressful and disastrous, but peoplecan avoid these disasters by takingresponsibility of their financial decisions,Kinney said.

“I hope people learned that just becausesomeone is willing and reckless enough tolend you enough money to buy a house the

size of an aircraft hanger doesn’t make it agood idea,” he said.

Thomas Duf fy, president of JerseyShore Financial Advisors in Middletown,said he is not sure if all workers havebegun to apply these lessons, only that heis hopeful.

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Study shows effectiveness ofalcoholism assessment tool

BY ANDREW SMITHSTAFF WRITER

Although the Rutgers Alcohol ProblemIndex (RAPI) has been used as a tool forassessing alcohol abuse or addiction amongteens, a recent study showed its effectivenessin predicting long-term alcohol abuse.

The study, published Tuesday in thejournal “Alcoholism: Clinical andExperimental Research,” sampled 597Finnish twins of both genders and usedRAPI as a way to assess problems like alco-hol abuse and dependence at age 18 andagain at age 25.

Results confirmed a number of intuitionsabout early drinking, such as those who havepalpable drinking problems in their youthoften remain alcoholics into adulthood, saidHelene White, a University professor of sociol-ogy at the Center of Alcohol Studies.

“The study is a pretty strong finding —especially since they picked twins, so they con-trolled for a lot of environmental factors,” saidWhite, one of RAPI’s creators. “What the studyis basically showing is that problem drinkingamong adolescents is a fairly stable behavior.” SEE STUDY ON PAGE 4

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Senior citizens learn tactile exercises with everyday objects from the Rutgers Activities Crew and studentsin the exercise science program at Rutgers Senior Day at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center.

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Students teach elderly ways to stay fitBY TABISH TALIB CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Scores of senior citizens exer-cised Friday night at theCook/Douglass Recreation Centeron Rutgers Senior Day, the lastevent of “RU Has Heart” week.

Different teaching stationshelped seniors understand theimportance of staying active andgave tips on how to perform physicalexercises with regular householdobjects such as brooms and rubberbands, said Susan Kaplowitz, direc-tor for the Center for Exercise and Aging.

“Hopefully, when [the seniors]go back to their centers they will gointo exercise classes and do theexercises,” said Kaplowitz, an assis-tant instructor at the Department ofExercise Science and SportsStudies. “We’re trying to encourageexercise for the senior citizens.”

In a joint venture, theRecreation Activities Crew(RAC) and students in the exer-cise science program sought topromote integrating physicalactivity to seniors from six dif-ferent centers located in PerthAmboy, Piscataway, South River,New Brunswick, SouthBrunswick and East Brunswick,said Paul Fischbach, associatedirector of Recreation.

The RAC and volunteers setup casual games such asZumba, poker, arts and crafts,swimming, Nintendo Wii andmini-putting.

Lydia Mazzeo, from the NorthBrunswick Senior Center,expressed the enjoyment of beingin the company of University

students and participating in theactivities. She was eager to danceZumba and had fun at the arts andcrafts station where she made a picture frame.

“I had a very nice girl talk tome, very helpful, very polite andvery friendly,” Mazzeo said. “Ifeel welcome.”

Senior Day of fered dualopportunities for the seniorsexercising and students gaininghands-on experiences educatingothers in health and fitness.

“The things I have taught inmy class are only really appreciat-ed when you work with this popu-lation,” Kaplowitz said.

More than 50 students,some enrolled in Kaplowitz’sexercise and aging course,helped seniors with fitnessassessments and tactile exer-cises, she said.

Katie Egan, a School of Arts andSciences junior, said it is importantfor students to interact with peoplein different age groups.

“We’re kind of in our own lit-tle world and dealing with kids

our age, and the senior citizensare still a part of the communi-ty, so [students] should beinvolved with our elders,” Egan said.

Michael Galley, RAC presi-dent said Senior Day was agreat opportunity to help stu-dents get involved and leave alocal impression.

“We wondered what else canwe do? How else can we impactthe community? And we thoughtSenior Citizen Day would be agreat idea,” said Galley, a Schoolof Environmental and BiologicalSciences junior. “It gives [them]the opportunity to interact withstudents and do something differ-ent than the norm.”

Senior Day was part of thethird annual “RU Has Heart”week, in which RAC membersteach about heart health andexercise to the local community,Fischbach said.

Other events included ablood drive for the “EricLeGrand Believe Fund” and a“Food for Feud” event in whichcontestants paid $20 to play afamily feud inspired game withproceeds going to theMiddlesex County Food Bank,he said.

Due to the high level ofturnout, Fischbach said he waspleased to add it as a new initia-tive of “RU Has Heart” weekand may make Senior Day anannual event.

“I think this is a start to bring-ing in a community of people thatcan enjoy a college setting andenjoy interacting with college stu-dents,” he said.

“It gives [them] the opportunity to interact withstudents and do

something differentthan the norm.”

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and Biological Sciences Junior

Conference shows fouraspects of medical career

BY KRISTINE CHOICONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University’s AmericanMedical Student Association(AMSA) hosted its third annualPre-Medical Conference at theLivingston Student Center,receiving its highest atten-dance rate since the confer-ence’s formation.

The theme of the conference,“Art of Medicine: Mastery.Individuality. Humanity. -Morality.,” was designed to pro-mote the balance of qualities onemust have to pursue a career inhealth, said Akanksha Karwar,co-director of the AMSA Pre-Medical Conference.

“The conference is about mas-tering the set of skills you need toachieve your dream, choosingyour own path to achieve yourdream, keeping in touch withyour human self and alwaysknowing what’s right and wrong,”said Karwar, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

Throughout the day, studentswere able to attend workshopsproviding information onHealthcare, Medical Ethics,Humanism in Medicine and avariety of other subjects includ-ing a lecture by Dr. RichardHeinzl, the founder of DoctorsWithout Borders Canada.

Heinzl spoke about his expe-riences abroad with DoctorsWithout Borders including histravels to remote Cambodia,which would not have been pos-sible without the opportunitiespresented at the medical schoolin McMaster University inHamilton.

“This connection that I hadto Doctors Without Borderswouldn’t have happened if Ididn’t have that educationalchance to have that elective —to get out there in the world —to travel,” Heinzl said.

With the support of his profes-sors, Heinzl was able to gobeyond the conventional path ofmedicine by taking an elective inUganda during his first year ofmedical school.

He said travel is essential tounderstanding how the worldis changing and is beneficial to everyone.

“[Even] if you can’t travel — trav-el here,” he said. “Go off the beatentrack. Go to a different part of town,go and talk to somebody who’s from

far away, try to connect yourself tosomething more international.”

Henzl encouraged audiencemembers to take risks and tryunconventional methods to cre-ate their own personalizedcareer paths.

“You might not do the thingeverybody expects you to do oryou might not do the thing mostfamiliar to you,” he said. “Butmaybe if you do that, maybe ifyou blazed your own trail, youcould wind up doing somethingthat you love.”

Nicole Heath, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,came to Heinzl’s speech with aninterest in the Doctors WithoutBorders initiative.

“I thought his speech was veryinformative,” Heath said. “His sto-ries were really fun and it was justinteresting to hear about it.”

Among the medical work-shops was a class called StreetMedicine, which focused ondelivering health care services tothose living on streets and aban-doned homes.

“I thought it was really coolthat they had a team of nurses,doctors and volunteers that goaround from homeless camp tohomeless camp trying to helpget the people back into societyfrom where they fell,” saidSinan Khor, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.

Kevin Santos, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidthis was his second time com-ing to an AMSA convention andfelt that the activities werereally informative.

“The workshop was cool,” hesaid. “It was just really good qual-ity speaking and I think welearned a lot.”

Karwar said the conference,which took over ten months toplan and organize, was a successfor AMSA.

“I think it’s phenomenal,”she said. “This conference hasbeen happening for three yearsand this year we’ve had themost turn out of all the three years.”

Karwar hopes the future ofAMSA will continue to grow andincorporate more fields of medi-cine into its organization.

“I want AMSA to work with allprofessions, not just medicine,because it’s important that allthese professions work together,”she said.

Patrick McGee, a certified HIV/AIDS regional trainer, speaks at theThird Annual Pre-Medical Conference on Livingston campus.

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start contributing to your compa-ny 401k or retirement plan.”

Edison resident JenniferAguilar felt the economic crisismade practical matters such asmoney management and financialplanning a more prominent rolein her life.

“I feel like there are a lot ofgood lessons that came with therecession,” Aguilar said. “Forme, saving money has becomemore of a priority.”

Unemployment also createdan opportunity for people toexplore other career and schooloptions, Aguilar said.

Going to graduate school isnot always the best option ifsomeone is unsure of their

career path and can be veryexpensive, said David Bills,University Career Ser vicesassistant director.

For recent graduates andgraduating seniors, it is espe-cially impor tant to considerwhat is their best option, Bills said.

“Don’t run to graduateschool to hide from the job mar-ket,” he said. “Students are get-ting jobs but they have to workvery hard at it.”

David Garcia, a NewBrunswick resident who wasemployed after two years with-out a job, said people becomediscouraged with the jobdeficit because their ef for tsseem futile.

“I know I couldn’t getthrough the past two years with-out the support of my family,”he said.

But Garcia said the mostimportant lesson learned fromthe economic crisis is having theright support group.

“It’s extremely helpful to knowthere is someone there for you —whether it’s your spouse, bestfriend or whoever it may be,” hesaid. “Someone who will be therewhen times are hard and say ‘It’sgoing to get better.’”

Capitol visitors for guns, knivesand other contraband.

Guns on campus bills havebeen rejected in 23 states since2007, but gun control activistsacknowledge it will be difficult tostop the Texas bill from passingthis year. “Things do look bleak,”said Colin Goddard, assistantdirector of federal legislation forthe Brady Campaign AgainstGun Violence, who was in Austinrecently to lobby against theTexas bills.

Goddard was a student atVirginia Tech when he was shotfour times in his French class.Student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32people, including 10 in Goddard’sclassroom, before shooting him-self. Goddard dismisses the ideathat another student with a guncould have stopped the killer.

“People tell me that if theywould have been there, theywould have shot that guy. Thatoffends me,” Goddard said.“People want to be the hero, Iunderstand that. They play videogames and they think they under-stand the reality. It’s nothing like

that.”But Derek

Titus, a senior atTexas A&M whohas a statelicense to carry aconcealed hand-gun, said some-one with a gunthat day couldhave improvedthe chances of survival.

“ G u n - f r e ezones are shootinggalleries for themass murderers,”

Titus said. “We do not feel that wemust rely on the police or securityforces to defend our lives.”

Texas enacted its concealedhandgun law in 1995, allowingpeople 21 or older to carryweapons if they pass a trainingcourse and a background check.The state had 461,724 licenseholders as of Dec. 31, accordingto the state Department ofPublic Safety.

Businesses, schools andchurches can set rules banningguns on their premises. On col-lege campuses, guns are prohib-ited in buildings, dorms and cer-tain grounds around them.

Opponents of campus gunrights say students and facultywould live in fear of their class-mates and colleagues, not know-ing who might pull a gun over apoor grade, a broken romance ora drunken fraternity argument.

Frankie Shulkin, a first-yearlaw student at the University ofTexas, said he doesn’t think he’dfeel safer if other students in hisclasses had guns.

“If I was taking an exam andknew the person next to me hadone, I don’t know how comfort-able I would feel,” Shulkin said. “Iam in favor of guns rights andyour typical conservative guy, butthe classroom thing bugs me.”

Wentworth said he heard the“blood on the streets” warningswhen Texas first passed the con-cealed handgun law. “They saidwe’d have shootouts at everyintersection,” he said. “None ofthat has happened.

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“[Workers] are paralyzedwith fear — fear about continuedemployment, fear of continuedeconomic turbulence and fear ofstock market volatility,” he said.“All these issues appear as stormclouds to the financially under-educated worker.”

Workers should recognizethe importance of minimizingone’s debt and adjust to the ideaof living below one’s means,Kinney said.

“Instead of spending all ofyour paycheck, use a portion tobuild an emergency reservefund,” he said. “Never put your-self in a position that missing afew paychecks will cause finan-cial ruin.”

People returning to theworkforce should also applythe lessons they learned whileunemployed to their daily life,Kinney said.

“Keep up the frugal lifestyle awhile longer,” he said. “Paydown any debt you incurred asaggressively as possible.Immediately sign up for and

0.7, which is a very high corre-lation,” White said. “We knewit was measuring somethingvery similar to more standard-ized diagnostic measures.”

Ryan Holland, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,said the fact that adolescentswith drinking problems tendto become adults with drink-ing problems is understand-able, but having a qualitymeasure of what constitutesalcoholism is remarkable.

“If you show signs of alco-holic tendencies or patterns

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Boniface Mwangi, an award winning Kenyan photojournalist, makes an appearance Thursday at his photo exhibit that shows the post-election violence in Kenya at the Paul Robeson CulturalCenter on Busch campus. The exhibit opened last Monday and will run until Feb. 28.

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FACES OF KENYA Texas House looks tolegalize guns on campus

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas ispreparing to give college stu-dents and professors the right tocarry guns on campus, addingmomentum to a national cam-paign to open this part of societyto firearms.

More than half the members ofthe Texas House have signed onas co-authors of a measure direct-ing universities to allow concealedhandguns. The Senate passed asimilar bill in 2009 and is expectedto do so again. Republican Gov.Rick Perry, who sometimes packsa pistol when he jogs, has said he’sin favor of the idea.

Texas has become a primebattleground for the issuebecause of its gun culture andits size, with 38 public universi-ties and more than 500,000 stu-dents. It would become the sec-ond state, following Utah, topass such a broad-based law.Colorado gives colleges theoption and several haveallowed handguns.

Supporters of the legislationargue that gun violence on cam-puses, such as the mass shoot-ings at Virginia Tech in 2007 andNorthern Illinois in 2008, showthat the best defense against agunman is students who canshoot back.

“It’s strictly amatter of self-defense,” saidSen. JeffWentworth, R-SanAntonio. “I don’tever want to seerepeated on aTexas collegecampus what hap-pened at VirginiaTech, where somederanged, suicidalmadman goes intoa building and isable to pick offtotally defenselesskids like sitting ducks.”

Until the Virginia Tech inci-dent, the worst college shootingin U.S. history occurred at theUniversity of Texas, whensniper Charles Whitman went tothe top of the administrationtower in 1966 and killed 16 peo-ple and wounded dozens. LastSeptember, a University ofTexas student fired severalshots from an assault riflebefore killing himself.

Similar firearms measureshave been proposed in about adozen other states, but all facestrong opposition, especiallyfrom college leaders. InOklahoma, all 25 public collegeand university presidentsdeclared their opposition to aconcealed carry proposal.

“There is no scenario whereallowing concealed weapons oncollege campuses will do any-thing other than create a moredangerous environment for stu-dents, faculty, staf f and visi-tors,” Oklahoma Chancellor ofHigher Education Glen Johnsonsaid in January.

University of TexasPresident William Powers hasopposed concealed handgunson campus, saying the mix ofstudents, guns and campus par-ties is too volatile.

Guns occupy a special placein Texas culture. Politiciansoften tout owning a gun asessential to being Texan.Concealed handgun licenseholders are allowed to skip themetal detectors that scan

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“Students are getting jobs

but they have to work very

hard at it.” DAVID BILLS

University Career ServicesAssistant Director

“If I ... knew the person next

to me had [a gun], I don’t know

how comfortable I would feel.” FRANKIE SHULKIN

University of Texas First-Year Law Student

that could statistically revealyou will become an alcoholic, Ithink it makes sense that atleast a significant percentage ofthose people will become alco-holics,” Holland said.

Lisa Latiman, director of theAlcohol and Other DrugAssistance Program, said theRAPI provides an ef fectivemeasure of drinking problemsand offers benefits as a supple-ment to already well-establishedcounseling measures.

“There are actually a num-ber of interventions a studentcan engage in,” Laitman said.“We looked at an interventioncalled the BASICS, which is abrief-intervention model, andit’s a method that is used tohelp young adults reduce theiralcohol use and the negative

consequences associated [with it].”

White said another advan-tage of the RAPI is it can beadministered to a large numberof individuals over a relativelyshort period of time, while tra-ditional diagnostic measuresrely on one-to-one, interview-based measure.

As it stands, the RAPI willneed to undergo further scruti-ny before any conclusions canbe made about its effectivenessas a diagnostic tool, but any evi-dence toward this end is useful,Laitman said.

“Every article that supportsthe same idea gives it more sup-port and gives more credibility tothe issue itself,” she said. “Youknow, one study is good, but obvi-ously several are a lot better.”

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Creator of PostSecret Frank Warren shares a few responses he receives from people all over theworld through his website. Warren said he uses others’ secrets to help cope with his own.

“With each book, I try to con-vey a different story,” he said. “Iinclude one of my own secrets inevery one.”

He also provided audiencemembers with postcards towrite down their secrets andshare them.

One student shared that whenhe was walking past his grand-mother’s room at his house, thedoor was ajar and he could seeher topless.

Another said his father passedaway because of a drug addictionand that he does not want to belike him.

One student told Warren thatreading PostSecret convinced

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21 Rutgers University Programming Association willhost a free yo-yo workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. at theRutgers Student Center atrium. Students willlearn such tricks as “Around the World” and“Walk the Dog” with a yo-yo expert. RUPA willprovide yo-yos while supplies last. Visit get-involved.rutgers.edu/programs-and-events formore information.

22 Chi Upsilon Sigma, Lambda Sigma Upsilon, Pi DeltaPsi and the Optic Orthodox Fellowship have teamedup to sponsor a blood drive, “Save a Life, DonateBlood.” It will take place in the RutgersStudent Center Multipurpose Room from noon to 6p.m. due to the emergency blood shortage. All donorswill receive a free T-shirt and snacks. For more info,please email Jared at JTamasco@nybloodcenter.org.

24 Rutgers University Programming Association willhost its second annual “Rutgers on the Runway” fash-ion show debuting new RU apparel. Fifteen namebrands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria’s Secret,Polo and Under Armour will début its finest seasonalwear. The event will begin at 8 p.m. at LivingstonStudent Center in Livingston Hall.

The Nutrition Club will host a student-networkingevent and dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in theDouglass Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center.Dinner will also be served. Seniors and juniors will begiving advice to first year students and sophomoresabout their experiences at the University, ways to getinvolved and tips on classes. Interested seniors andjuniors must respond via Facebook orRutgersnutritionclub@yahoo.com.

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1 Kurt Schock, assistant professor in the Departmentof Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice atRutgers–Newark, will present a lecture entitled, “CivilResistance and the Struggle for Land: Experiences inIndia and Brazil.” His research seeks to understandhow civil resistance movements challenge state dom-ination and economic exploitation. He is the author of“Unarmed Insurrections: People Power Movementsin Nondemocracies.” The lecture will take place at theAlexander Library on the College Avenue campus inthe 4th floor Teleconference Lecture Hall at 4:30 p.m.It will be followed by a reception.

6 Rosalie Winard, an award-winning photographerwill present an artist talk entitled, “A Spectacle ofWings.” Her presentation will include photographsfrom her award-winning book, “Wild Birds of theAmerican Wetlands,” as well as photos from her per-sonal archives. Winard’s photographs have beenpublished in Audubon, ArtForum, Time and TheNew York Times. Her work is also in the collectionsof the Library of Congress, The New YorkHistorical Society, Nelson Mandela, TempleGrandin and others. The exhibition and talk willtake place at 2 p.m. in the Zimmerli Art Museum onthe College Avenue campus.

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him not to take his life, andthanked him.

Warren, who experienced theloss of a friend to suicide, said hewas inspired to take part in a sui-cide prevention program.

“The most effective way tohelp someone thinking abouthurting themselves is to bedirect, ask them how they’re feel-ing,” he said. “Attack the means,make sure there are no loadedfirearms or strong medicationsaround them.”

Danielle Pace, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said sharingher secret in front of an audiencewas ultimately inspiring.

“It was hard, but it felt good,”she said. “I’ve had two peopleI’ve never met before and maynever see again come up to meand tell me it’ll be okay. It’sinspiring to see such randomacts of kindness.”

Pace said she has been wait-ing to hear Warren talk for afew years.

“I love him, he’s an inspirationof mine,” Pace said. “I checkPostSecret every Sunday, andwhen I heard he was speaking, Iknew I had to come.”

Lianne Ng, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, saidthe talk helped her cope with herrelationship issues.

“I really like his speech,” shesaid. “I was going through a hardtime, and I wasn’t sure who wasspeaking until recently, but com-ing here helped me.”

School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Kunal Patel saidshe was ver y moved byWarren’s speech.

“I’ve been wanting to see himfor a while,” Patel said. “[Hisspeech] was one of the greatestthings I’ve heard.”

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Hospital event celebrates black historyBY BRETT SIEGELCONTRIBUTING WRITER

With Black History Monthin full swing, Saint Peter’sUniversity Hospital hosted anAfrican-American cultural pres-entation last Friday at theSister Marie de PazziConference Center to give thepublic an overview on the histo-ry of black Americans.

The presentation featuredspeakers who discussed theimpact of black Americans in abroad range of fields inAmerica, said Ronald Rak, thepresident and chief executiveof ficer of the Saint Peter’sHealthcare System.

“What we should celebrate isnot Negro history, but the Negroin history,” said Rak, who quotedCarter Woodson, an African-American activist. “We should beproud of that history as we shareit with you today.”

Some speakers opened theirpresentation with a game ofGuess Who, where they pro-jected a famous African-American figure on an over-head projector and gave audi-ence members the opportunityto guess his or her identity.

Among the people discussedat the event were actor SidneyPoitier, dancer Ar thurMitchell, Oprah and PresidentBarack Obama.

Speakers at the event hailedfrom different departments atSaint Peter’s UniversityHospital and shared their per-sonal backgrounds as well asthe stories of other well-knownblack Americans.

“I want to say thank you tothe committee who truly recog-nizes the need to celebrate this month in the good faithand beliefs we all practice,”said Jay Jimenez, the vice president of GovernmentAf fairs at the Saint Peter’sHealthcare System.

Rak said Black Histor yMonth symbolizes more to himthan African-American accom-plishments, but also the hard-ships black people have facedin history.

“I realized then just howmuch worse it was for the blackAmerican immigrant becausethey were not coming here toescape prosecution [as manywhite ancestors were] but to beforced in it,” he said.

Rak said he was pleasedwith how the event promotedrespect toward black people,but realizes prejudice still exists.

“We have obviously come along way, and a lot of the indi-viduals alluded to here todayhave proved that,” he said.“But we still look forward tothat day when we can live in a

world where there is no preju-dice at all.”

In between speeches, a trioof musicians performed songslike “I Need You to Survive” byAfrican-American, Grammyaward-winning gospel singerHezekiah Walker.

Numerous pieces of artworkfrom the African Diaspora move-ment lined the perimeter of theConference Center, while tradi-tional African garment and litera-ture were displayed on tablesinside the center.

Following the conclusion ofall speeches, the crowd aterefreshments and interactedwith some of the speakers,which Jimenez said is a perfectway to end the event.

“These types of programsallow us to continue to cele-brate our community of broth-ers and sisters,” Jimenez said.“It is important to realize thatand I’m glad we did that here today.”

Rak said he wishes the eventwill motivate more respecttoward African-American cul-ture in the future and help peo-ple realize their influence overthe world.

“We honor and cherish therich histor y that has been put on display today and…I am ver y happy to share in that respect and admiration,”he said.

Singer Glen Burtnik and friends performed at 15 Livingston Ave lastSaturday to commemorate the legacy of The Beatle’s John Lennonat the “John Lennon-70th Birthday Celebration.”

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Agricultural museum loses state funding, closes to public BY LIZ ZWIRZ

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The New Jersey Museum ofAgriculture, a 26-year-old estab-lishment on Cook campus,closed to the public last week-end after Gov. Chris Christie’slatest budget cuts and after 55years its space will be returnedto the University.

Cooper Morris, head of themuseum’s board, said Christie’slast budget cut sucked themuseum’s funding dry.

The N.J. government appro-priated $300,000 of funding tothe museum each year, but lastyear, the funding was cut to$90,000, Morris said. This year,no funding is being supplied.

In order to attract morefunding, the museum sold sev-eral hundred items at an auc-tion last fall in LancasterCounty, Pa., but did not receivesuf ficient funding to stayafloat, Morris said.

“We have started the closingprocess but are keeping the door‘cracked open’ in the event fund-ing does come forward. However,that is extremely unlikely,”Morris said.

Morris predicts it will take the museum $100,000 tokeep it running.

Museum staff have beenpreparing for its official closingsince Feb. 14, Morris said.

“As part of the closingprocess, two full-time employeeswill lose their employment, sever-al part-time employees will also,”Morris said.

The 30,000 square-foot facili-ty, which displayed farm equip-ment, household implementsand trade tools, will bereturned to the University whoowned it from 1929 to 1984.Morris is not sure where all itsartifacts will go.

“For items that are ownedfree and clear by the museum,the trustees will have to

decide,” he said. “[There are]several options — give items toother museums or sell them atan auction.”

Morris believes the muse-um’s shutdown will leave alarge void in the public, whowill no longer be able to see itsartifacts and experience pro-grams such as the farm chorestour, “Dear Dairy Diary” andLenape Indians.

“Undoubtedly those in thepublic who have visited theMuseum will be upset,” hesaid. “Additionally those seg-ments of the population whoappreciate a diversity of cultural options and care forhistory will see the closing asa great loss.”

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Jordan Kaplan agreedwith Morris and disapproved ofChristie’s budget cut.

“Although I understand thebudget constraints of New Jerseyin recent years, Christie in mymind has his priorities out ofplace,” he said.

Kaplan said the museum’sclosing would af fect childrenthe most.

“Cutting funding that goes toeducational programs such asthe New Jersey AgriculturalMuseum may not seem like abig deal, but to the children whonow have the opportunity tovisually learn about New Jersey,

[this budget cut] takes awayfrom their overall educationalvalue,” he said.

Alexis Mariolis, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,said Christie’s decision to cut the museum’s fundingloose is premature and poorlythought out.

“I think there are otherthings that can be eliminated orcut out of the budget,” she said.“By cutting [the museum], peo-ple are definitely losing out on alearning experience and seeingold pictures and equipment thatthey wouldn’t normally get achance to see.”

Mariolis said she thinks teach-ers must find a new way to teachstudents about N.J. historybecause the museum used to beone of the best ways.

“I also think it is a lostoppor tunity for schools whowant to take their studentssomewhere fun and education-al,” she said.

About 80 firefighters fromseveral departments inMiddlesex County and twoother county fire depart-ments battled a mulch fireSaturday morning in SouthBrunswick near Route 130and Broadway Road.

The blaze began around5:30 a.m. and quickly spreadto more than one acre of land,said South Brunswick PoliceSgt. Jim Ryan in a mycentral-jersey.com article.

The fire burned for sever-al hours before it was extin-guished Saturday afternoonwith flames reportedlyshooting as high as 30 feetinto the air.

Although the source of thefire was apparently traced to alocal business on BroadwayRoad, the cause remainsunder investigation but is notconsidered suspicious.

Firefighters’ efforts werehampered in part by the 60mph wind gusts, according tothe article.

The fire was among manyNew Jersey wildfires thathappened Saturday involvingwoods, fields or marshes,said Forest Fires Service’sdivision warden Berth Plantein the article.

“A number of fires, butnothing really bad happened,”Plante said in the article,adding there were no injuriesor physical property damage.

The fires were attributed towinds up to 60 mph reportedby the Forest Fire Service’sfire lookout tower, snow-covermelting and open space areasdrying out, according to thefire service’s report.

“It’s drying out rapidlyfrom the south to the north,”Plante said in the article. “Anysnow you had hanging aroundblew [away] pretty fast.”

—Anastasia Millicker

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“I also thinkit is a lost opportunityfor schools who wantto take their students

somewhere fun and educational.”

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and Sciences Sophomore

determined that the majori-ty of Iraqis are not satisfiedwith their state, and manycite national security astheir primary concern.These security concerns areprecisely why Iraqi politicalprotests have centered onthe state’s inefficiency andcorruption rather than dem-

ocratic concerns. There are many commentatorswho will argue that Iraq’s protests have not con-fronted democracy issues because Iraq is a func-tional democratic state. But this ignores the factthat state corruption and inability to provide socialservices are democracy issues. They impede on astate’s ability to provide for its people, which isinherently the purpose of a democracy.

Additionally, many Iraqis have become disillu-sioned with their country simply because of itsbloody history, which greatly stifles demands forfundamental changes to the Iraqi political process.It is entirely understandable that a state which hassuffered through ruthless dictatorship, threemajor wars, debilitating sanctions and civil conflictin the past three decades would be more con-

cerned with public safety ratherthan democratic aspirations. Thisis not to imply that all Iraqis feelthis way, but it must be noted thatmost dictatorships are justified bythe majority’s safety rather thanunanimous consent.

The only factor preventingIraq’s fragile parliament from col-

lapsing into strongman rule is the imposing pres-ence of American troops, which have adoptedmore intelligent counter-insurgency strategiessince the ascent of Secretary of Defense Robert M.Gates and have therefore become integral in pre-venting existing violence from augmenting touncontrollable levels. The impending Dec. 31,2011 withdrawal will be essential in tracking thelength of time until Iraq’s next democratic col-lapse, which I predict will occur within 18 monthsof the American withdrawal in a gradual fashionseen before in Vietnam. Strongman rule will beessential in preventing Islamist aspirations in Iraq,which unlike many other Arab states are quite realand capitalize greatly on national chaos. It is ratherpoetic that a decade after Sept. 11, a democraticcollapse will occur in the only Arab state whereAmerican interference was physically applied,rather than other states where it was distant.

Bilal Ahmed is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in Middle Eastern studies. His column, “Gods Go Begging,” runs on alternate Mondays.

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M uch of the MiddleEast is in themidst of land-

mark revolutionary move-ments, which have been mis-characterized in many newsmedia outlets. The subtleuse of the word “anti-gov-ernment” rather than “pro-democracy” in reference tothe protestors has led to the widespread notion thatanarchy is descending on the Arab world. It is easyto be afraid of this narrative, as it states that chaoswould allow for an explosion of reactionary Islamistthought, which would rapidly replace the decayingpolitical order. However, as I have argued in a previ-ous article, this belief is unwarranted in many Arabstates. Frustration with autocracy rather than reli-gious fervor has been the inspiration for this politi-cal unrest, which, within 18 months, will radicallychange much of the Middle East.

Despite this overall trend toward secular democ-racy, there remains a large Arab state, which seemspoised for secular dictatorship instead. This is anArab state that faces large problems from religiousterrorism — it killed at least 4,043 of its people in2010 and 387 last month. This is alsoan Arab state that faces massiveshortages of basic social servicessuch as electricity, putting it in asimilar situation as other desperateArab states such as Yemen. And thishappens to be the only state world-wide that, despite massive Americanassistance, was unable to assemble acoalition parliamentary government until about ninemonths after national elections. Naturally, we arediscussing Iraq.

There has been an unconscious consensus amongnews commentators and analysts to either avoid dis-cussing Iraq or focus on its positive attributes.However, it would be irresponsible to ignore its grad-ual descent into strongman rule. The Iraqi govern-ment still relies massively on American assistance toenforce security outside of its main areas of control inBaghdad. And where it has direct oversight it is over-whelmed by continued terrorist attacks by factionsincluding al-Qaida. It is true that violence hasdropped by a large percentage since the most intensemonths of the Iraqi civil war, but attacks are stillbloody and numerous enough that Iraq can be con-sidered at continuous conflict. I consider it lazy math-ematics to pretend that a state is a peaceful, self-sus-taining democracy simply because it suffered 4,043deaths in 2010 rather than 27,850 in 2006.

Iraq’s security situation has led to popular con-cerns about public safety, which precisely lubricatethe rise of a dictator. Recent Pew polls have

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“I think this is a start to bringing in a community of people that canenjoy a college setting and enjoy interacting with college students.”

Associate Director of Recreation Paul Fischbach, on Rutgers Senior Day

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“Iraq’s security situation has led

to popular concernsabout public safety.”

I f people are allowed to drive after drinking — provided their blood-alcohol level is under the legal limit — then why shouldn’t peoplebe allowed to drive after smoking marijuana? That seems to be the

question raised by a bill in the Colorado state legislature, which wouldset a legal limit of under five nanograms per milimeter of THC in a per-son’s bloodstream. As long as a driver’s THC-blood level is under fivenanograms, he would legally be allowed to drive. While some are insupport of the current zero-tolerance policy, we agree with the idea ofestablishing a legal limit. If used responsibly, marijuana does not sig-nificantly impair a person’s ability to drive. A 2004 National HighwayTraffic Safety Administration study shows that marijuana, if usedresponsibly, does not significantly impair a person’s ability to drive.

Placing a legal limit on THC-blood level may help remove the stigmasome Americans have about pot. By treating marijuana in a similar man-ner to the way alcohol is treated, this bill may help to normalize potusage to the extent that people may being considering the actual effectsof marijuana, rather than dismissing it as illegal and therefore, highlydangerous. Like any mind-altering substance, marijuana can be danger-ous — but if alcohol is legal, then there is no reason marijuana shouldnot be as well. As long as pot is regulated in the same way alcohol is reg-ulated, responsible adults should be able to enjoy it. This bill has thepotential to expose this truth to people who have never taken the time toreally consider the facts. This bill also opens the door for medical mari-juana users to drive after using what is, in this case, medication. It is notfair to prevent them from driving because of outdated laws.

The Cannabis Therapy Institute has objected to the bill, stating that“chronic cannabis users, such as medical-marijuana patients, normallyaverage a much higher THC concentration in their bloodstream than 5ng/mL … and this does not necessarily cause impairment.” That maybe the case, but the Cannabis Therapy Institute is approaching the billfrom the wrong angle. Rather than complain that cannabis users canoften drive with higher THC levels in their blood, they need to recog-nize that — even though this bill is not perfect — it is a step in the rightdirection. This is the first time a state has decided to tackle the issueof driving high, so it is expected the bill will have some flaws. But whatis important here is that Colorado has recognized that regulation is farmore productive than outright condemnation.

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S tereotypically speaking, Texans love their guns. Perhaps theTexas House of Representatives loves guns too much — morethan half of the members have co-authored a measure, which

would essentially force universities to allow students and professors tocarry concealed handguns on campus. There is a sort of “fight firewith fire” mentality behind the bill, as Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-SanAntonio, expressed when said, “It’s strictly a matter of self-defense …I don’t ever want to see repeated on a Texas college campus what hap-pened at Virginia Tech, where some deranged, suicidal madman goesinto a building and is able to pick off totally defenseless kids like sit-ting ducks.” We understand that the Texas House wants to avoid sucha tragedy, but they have to realize that the cons definitely outweigh thepros in this scenario. College students are not exactly the ideal candi-dates for wielding concealed firearms.

For most students, college is a turbulent time. For many of them, itis the first time they have been away from home and on their own foran extended period of time. What usually follows is some pretty ridicu-lous debauchery. The average University student has probably been ina number of situations where they have witnessed — or maybe eventaken part in — a brawl between intoxicated students for seeminglyno reason. Now consider how differently that situation may play out ifone or more of the people involved were carrying a handgun. It is nothard to imagine a student making a serious mistake while overcomeby alcohol and passion. A good way to avoid such an awful possibilityis to not allow students to carry concealed weaponry.

Also, more armed students means more people capable of going on thesort of rampage that occurred at Virginia Tech. So while the bill may havebeen proposed as a means of combating school shootings, it may actuallyend up contributing to them in the end. Glen Johnson, Chancellor of theOklahoma State System of Higher Education, said it best: “There is no sce-nario where allowing concealed weapons on college campuses will do any-thing other than create a more dangerous environment for students, fac-ulty, staff and visitors.” If Texas really wants to promote the safety of theirstudents, they should take a different route. For example, they couldrequire that schools hire more armed security personnel — these are theonly sorts of people who should be carrying guns on university campus-es. Texas lawmakers need to remember that violence is never the answer.

Guns add dangersto college campuses

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BILAL AHMED

years before our existence.Obviously, if this situation con-tinues on a steady pace — evenwithout an increase in resourceuse because of the demand ofan ever-increasing world popu-lation — the Earth’s resourceswill be on track to an inevitabletotal depletion. Many coun-tries, such as the United Statesand China, which have enoughcapital to begin switching to analternative and renewable ener-gy solution, have been takinginitiative to find ways to con-vert our main energy sourcesto renewable ones. The mainsources that cannot be deplet-ed in the foreseeable future aregeothermal energy, solar ener-gy, wave energy and wind ener-gy. The problem is we are stilldependent on nonrenewableenergy sources.

This is a global problem. TheUnited States attempts to be thebiggest and best nation in theworld, which also makes us thelargest contributors to the possi-ble end of the world. That maysound pretty drastic. But giventhe fact that, according to theWorld Bank’s WorldDevelopment Indicators in 2007,

the United States used seventimes more energy — measuredin oil equivalent per capita — in2007 (7,759kg) than China(1,484kg), the most populatednation in the world, it becomes alittle less hard to believe. EvenIndia, the second most populat-ed location in the world, hasenergy use data that pales incomparison to the United

States, with a meager 529kg. The problem lies with thefact that our nation, the biggestuser of energy in the world, getsmost of its energy andresources from non-renewableenergy sources which arebecoming scarcer and creatingquantifiable harmful side effectson the planet. The nation’s econ-omy is reliant upon fossil fuelsand coal because their usages

have been historically ingrainedin our society and in the inven-tions of today. To reinvent andrenovate existing inventions tobe more energy efficient hasbeen put on the nation’s moralagenda, but the way to spark abigger initiative is to get thenation’s people involved. Morepeople need to voice their opin-ions about being more energyefficient to influence lawmakersand our federal government.

What the New Jersey PublicInterest Research Group’s(NJPIRG) Energy Ser viceCorps (ESC) is trying to accom-plish can help do just that. Byspreading awareness toUniversity students and thesurrounding New Brunswickcommunity, they are helping tocreate that spark. They havethus far educated hundreds ofK-12 students in the NewBrunswick community aboutthe energy issues facing theworld today and informed themof what they can do as individu-als and with their families tohelp save the planet. Reachingout to the younger generationsis one of — if not the best —ways of spreading awareness

and bringing about a changethat will persevere after oldergenerations move on. ESC alsohas a program to help save peo-ple of the New Brunswick com-munity up to 30 percent ontheir energy bills through freew e a t h e r i z a t i o n s .Weatherizations include tacticslike sealing up cracks in win-dows and helping householdsbe more energy ef ficientthrough actions as simple aschanging incandescent lightbulbs to compact fluorescentlamps. NJPIRG is made of vol-unteers and interns whobelieve promoting energy ef fi-ciency is worth the stigma theyreceived from the Universitycommunity because of the fallreferendum. This is our oneand only planet and we share itwith many more species. Weare not separate from our envi-ronment. Instead, we are a partof it as much as other organ-isms, so it is up to all of us touse energy and resources inmoderation and to share theplanet the way nature intended.

Jelan Coley is a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student.

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I t is absolutely impossibleto deny that our planet’secosystems are being

threatened by the global har-vesting of naturalresources. There have beenmovies made and countlessstatistics published in supportof the existence of this energycrisis. The natural world as weknow it is governed by thetransformation of energy. Weuse energy to heat and coolour homes, to run our vehi-cles, to light our buildings andto run factories that createproducts we have the luxury ofpurchasing. The root of thisenergy crisis is the usage ofnatural resources such as coal,petroleum, oil and timber tomeet our energy demandsfaster than these resourcescan be replaced bynature. Also, humans’ use ofsuch resources increases thegreenhouse ef fect on theEarth, heating the atmosphereand disrupting ecosystemsthat have been around for

Use natural resources in moderation to help planet

“This is our oneand only planet

and we share it with many

more species.”

JELAN COLEY

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Presence on offensive glass keeps RU in game at ’CuseBY A.J. JANKOWSKI

CORRESPONDENT

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Going upagainst the vaunted 2-3 zone ofNo. 17 Syracuse, the Rutgers

m e n ’ sb a s k e t -ball teamknew thata n ychance of

leaving the Carrier Dome witha victory meant crashing theboards on the of fensive glass.

And in the game’s earlygoing, that is exactly what theScarlet Knights did.

The Knights gathered sixoffensive rebounds in the firstsix minutes of play in their 84-80 overtime loss and finishedwith 15 total of fensive boards.

“In the first half especially,we did a good job getting sec-ond and third opportunities,”said head coach Mike Rice. “Soit’s just with our lack of physi-cality and depth … we’re justgoing to keep swinging.”

Freshman forward GilvydasBiruta and sophomore wingDane Miller led the way forRutgers on the glass, with eachgrabbing four of fensive andfour defensive rebounds.

“It’s tough to match up onthe defensive glass [againstSyracuse],” Biruta said. “But onoffensive [end] it has its advan-tages because they can’t reallybox you out [in the zone].”

Senior forward JonathanMitchell finished just behind theduo with seven total rebounds.

But the three did not receivemuch help, as the rest of the teamcombined for just eight rebounds.

“I ask [my guards] to doeverything, but they got onedefensive rebound,” Rice said.“So if you want to win, Mike

Coburn and James Beatty, yourebound. And it’s as simple as that.”

WHILE RICE WANTS TO SEEhis guards rebounding figuresincrease, one statistic he wouldlike to see diminish is theamount of times the opposingteam gets to the free throw line.

Rutgers committed a total of30 fouls, resulting in 47 freethrow attempts for Syracuse.The Orange turned that into 34points from the charity stripe.

The Knights only earned 14trips to the free throw line,converting on nine for a 64 per-cent clip.

The gap between theamounts of free throws forboth teams can largely beattributed to the dif ference indefensive styles. But Riceremained skeptical that thatwas the only factor.

“It’s going to be a disparitybecause of our formula,” Ricesaid. “But that one does seemawful high. But again, it’s BigEast referees and they are sup-posedly the best in the country.”

THE BIG EAST’SPreseason Freshman of the Year,Fab Melo, is of ficially inSyracuse head coach JimBoeheim’s doghouse.

The highly touted center sawhis playing time diminish as theseason progressed, going froma starter to a minor bench role.

Against Rutgers, Melo sawthe court for a mere four secondsof game time. In those four sec-onds midway through the firsthalf, the center hacked Biruta,who made the bucket and thesubsequent free throw for a 3-point play.

Boeheim sent Melo to thebench for good immediately after.

KNIGHTNOTEBOOK

cautious. I didn’t want to pick up acheap one early [in overtime].The ball didn’t go our way, and wejust have to try to get better.”

Rutgers had another opportu-nity to knock off a ranked oppo-nent in the game’s finalmoments, when Coburn broughtthe ball past half-court and calledtimeout with 7.5 seconds left andthe contest tied at 70.

Coburn took the inbounds fol-lowing the Knights’ deliberationand initially looked for Mitchell,who slipped his screen in themiddle of the floor into the paint.

But Jackson and the Orange’sinterior collapsed on Mitchell,leaving Coburn to explore otheroptions, passing the ball to back-court mate Beatty to the right ofthe 3-point arc with the clockwinding down.

Sophomore wing Dane Millerwaited in the right corner for aBeatty feed, but the 6-foot-2 guardreleased a deep 3-pointer thatnearly rattled in as time expired,leaving the crowd of more than28,000 with silent relief.

“We wanted two high ballscreens at Dane running shortcorner,” said head coach MikeRice, who picked up a technicalfoul earlier in the contest. “J.B.felt he had it — I wanted a shot.In hindsight, I liked that he wasstepping up, but he had a wide-open guy in the corner. Butagain, it’s neither here nor there.We wanted two ball screens.They took away the slip guy in

ORANGE: Beatty’s effort

rims out to force extra period

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NEIL P. KYPERS

Freshman forward Gilvydas Biruta contributed 12 points and eight rebounds before fouling outin the overtime period against the Orange, whose size proved to be too much in the loss.

NEIL P. KYPERS

Head coach Mike Rice earned a technical foul after a shot by senior forward Robert Lumpkins in the second half. The ensuing foul shots put the Orange up by six before Rutgers came back.

the middle and that kind of leftJ.B. and Dane wide open.”

Syracuse took a one-point leadwith 34 seconds left in regulationafter Jackson made one of twofree throws following a Mitchellfoul in the paint.

But following Rice’s timeouton the next possession, Coburnpump-faked a shot from beyondthe arc and an Orange defenderbit, jumping in the air and foulingthe Mt. Vernon, N.Y., native.

Referees called the foul on thefloor instead of in the act of shoot-ing, so Coburn went to the free-throw line for two shots andcalmly knocked both down togive Rutgers a 70-69 lead.

“[Coburn] is a 5-foot-11 kid, buthe has the heart of a 6-foot-8 powerforward,” Rice said. “He just hadsuch a toughness. We threw it toGilvydas, who just made simpleplays. It’s hard to attack Syracuse inthe paint, but these guys did it very,very well — enough to win a game.”

The Knights went up by twopoints with less than two minutesto go, when Miller found a hole inthe Syracuse zone en route to arebound and putback, earning afoul shot in the process.

But Biruta picked up an over-the-back foul on Miller’s miss,sending ’Cuse freshman C.J. Fairto the charity stripe, where heevened the score at 68.

“I see the fight, I see the heartand the toughness everyday withthe mentality of this team,” Ricesaid. “The building’s going nuts andyou can’t hear yourself think. Theyhad such poise and calmness aboutthem in their attack. We’re going towin games down the stretchbecause we’re a better team now.And we’re improving.”

“Even though we didn’t haveJenna we have the athleteswhere there isn’t a big drop of fwith the replacement,” Chollet-Norton said.

To add more versatility tothe talented roster, Chollet-Norton is working with special-ists in hopes of having the teamready to compete in otherevents at a high level. A teamleader and bar specialist, senior

Leigh Heinbaugh is prepared to potentially work on vault.

“I am hoping to get Leigh onvault at the next home meet,”Chollet-Nor ton said. “She has looked good in practice, and she could help us there.”

With the added depth and tal-ent, Rutgers no longer needs tohave a perfect meet to compete with top competition.The Knights suffered severaluncharacteristic mistakes during the meet but still managed

to put together a strong performance overall.

“We had a couple of out ofbounds on floor that we nor-mally don’t have and we didn’thave our best bar set,” Chollet-Norton said. “The program hasbeen on a steady climb with thesophomores and freshmen webrought in. Now we have ateam that is good enough thatwe don’t have the pressure on afew girls to be perfect.”

While it is a confidence-booster knowing that the teamis talented enough to competewith the top schools in thecountr y, it is frustrating forChollet-Norton to know that afew atypical mistakes meanttaking third place.

“We are as strong as PennState and Mar yland on floor, and we just didn’t have a per fect meet,” CholletNorton said.

With the Knights competingat home the next two meets,they have a golden opportunityto perfect their fundamentalsprior to the postseason.

“We have two meets to getour confidence to an even high-er level,” Chollet-Norton said. “The girls are excited to provethat this is our house.”

The Knights compete onSaturday at home againstBridgeport and Ursinus in theScarlet Knights alumni meet.

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this year,” said junior JenniferHolzberg. “Everyone is fight-ing to win their matches andnobody wants to give up at all.”

Rutgers started of f strongagainst Buf falo, earning thepivotal doubles point, whichwas the deciding factor thatcost it the Columbia match.The Bulls used an interestingstrategy to tr y and gain anadvantage in doubles by usingteams consisting of one topplayer and one lower-ranked player.

The tactic worked at first, asBuf falo’s Adi Petrova andShelby Bates, theteam’s respectiveNo. 2 and No. 4singles players,grabbed an 8-6victory over theKnights’ fresh-men, StefaniaBalasa andVanessa Petrini— No. 5 and 6, respectively.

Rutgers’ topteam, Holzbergand senior cap-tain Amy Zhang, then defeateda team comprised of Buffalo’sNo. 1 and No. 6 competitors, 9-7, in a close contest.

Despite the unusual lineups,Rutgers still came away withthe victory, as juniors MorganIvey and Leonora Slatnickadded an 8-4 win in the decisivethird match.

“The doubles point is veryimportant to win matches andstart of f strong, so we are allfocusing on doubles a lot,”Holzberg said. “We worked alot on doubles in practice thispast week and we’re trying tobecome more aggressive at thenet to win points faster.”

The Knights were onceagain dominant on the singles

YEAR: Knights neutralize

Buffalo’s doubles strategy in win

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Junior guard Khadijah Rushdan exploded offensively in the second half of the Knights’ 76-55 winat No. 22 Marquette, scoring 13 points in the period to end play with a game-high 20 points.

registering a forgettable 5-for-21 shooting clip.

The duo entered the contestaveraging nearly 30 combinedpoints per game, but the paircould not do enough to dig itsteam out of an early holeagainst the Knights’ 2-3 zone.

The Golden Eagles weredown by as many as 25 points inthe first half and that deficit con-tinued for the rest of the game,as a balanced Knights scoringattack proved to be too much forthe home squad to handle.

Aside from its previous gameagainst DePaul that almostended in upset fashion, Rutgersstruggled recently to maintainconsistency offensively, relying

UPSET: RU’s zone quiets

Golden Eagles’ go-to scorers

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BY JOSH GLATTCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers gymnasticsteam had a successful week-end, finishing with its second

highestscore ofthe sea-son in aq u a dmeet at

Maryland, but placing third.The Scarlet Knights finishedwith a score of 192.975 — justbehind the winner, No.18 PennState, and host Maryland.

With only three meets leftbefore the East AtlanticGymnastics League (EAGL)championship, head coachChrystal Chollet-Norton real-izes that every meet is essen-tial to her team’s confidence.

“We know who our top eightare, so we get to focus on work-ing with them,” Chollet-Nortonsaid. “We don’t want to be theteam that is in last place atEAGLs — we want to be on rolland show what we can do.”

The Knights were unexpected-ly without sophomore all-arounderJenna Zito due to foot pain duringwarm-ups. Unlike in previousyears, when the Knights did notpossess the depth required tomake up for an injury, the teamnow has enough top-level athletesto step in for any injury.

Knights post one of season’s best scores

JENNAZITO

JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO

Sophomore Danielle D’Elia finished second among Knights in thefloor exercise with a 9.825, which placed her fifth in the field.

GYMNASTICS

RUTGERS 192.975THIRD PLACE

on different players to emergeeach night to get the job done.

But that changed against theGolden Eagles, as the entire start-ing lineup did the job inMilwaukee, Wis.

Junior guard KhadijahRushdan followed up her 13-pointperformance against No. 11DePaul with a 20-point showing atthe Al McGuire Center to lead allscorers. The scoring burst wasthe largest this season for theWilmington, Del., native andmarked the second time this sea-son she led the Knights offen-sively in Big East play.

Sophomore guard EricaWheeler and junior for wardApril Sykes, who both had mir-roring statlines to finish thegame 4-for-11 from the field,adding 12 points apiece, fol-lowed Rushdan.

Post play did not slouch onebit either, as sophomore centerMonique Oliver and junior

forward Chelsey Lee tallied effi-cient 11-point and 13-pointefforts, respectively.

With the win, the Knights returnto the Banks with a 1-2 record aftertheir three-game Midwest road trip,during which they played threeranked opponents.

Although the victory onlymarked the team’s second victoryover a ranked opponent this season,it was a huge step for a team thatstruggled to win games on the road. With the win, the Knights improvedto just 3-9 in games away fromPiscataway, but after completelydominating one of the conference’stop squads on its own turf, Rutgersmade some noise in the Big Eastand just in the nick of time.

Stringer’s squad next playshost to a pair of conference oppo-nents this week in South Floridaand West Virginia before cappingthe regular season with a trip toSouth Orange to battle intrastatefoe Seton Hall.

side, with every match decidedin straight sets. Holzberg wasthe only member of the team tohave trouble after Petrovaforced an extra game in theirfirst set.

But Holzberg overcame theslight hurdle to win, 7-5, 6-3.Zhang, Ivey, and juniorMar yana Milchutskey allemerged from their matchesrelatively unscathed to clinchthe overall match for Rutgersby a 5-0 score.

Petrini and Balasa addedwins to the Knights’ strongperformance to give the sqaudthe sweep and extend theirpersonal winning streaks.Petrini won six straight match-es to open her Rutgers career,while Balasa sits at five con-secutive wins after suf fering

her only loss inthe season open-er at Princeton.

“It is ver yimpor tant tohave a stronglineup from No.1 to No. 6 in sin-gles,” Holzbergsaid. “[Petriniand Balasa] arestrong competi-tors that addgreat depth tothe lineup and

are showing how well they can play.”

That depth will be calledupon again next weekendwhen Rutgers faces its first BigEast competition of the season.The Knights travel toKentucky to square of f againstconference foe Louisville onSaturday afternoon in whatpromises to be a hard-fought match.

“We want to play with thesame confidence and strengththat we have been playing withagainst the non-conferenceteams,” Holzberg said. “We areanticipating a tough match ver-sus Louisville, but if we playthe way we have been it will bea good turnout.”

“We worked a lot on doubles

in practice this past week and we’re

trying to become more aggressive.”

JENNA HOLZBERGJunior

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Fouls cost RUin OT loss toNo. 17 Orange

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Freshman forwardGilvydas Biruta and senior point guard

James Beatty couldonly watch thefinal 45 seconds ofovertime againstNo. 17 Syracusefrom the bench

after fouling out of Saturday’s contest atthe Carrier Dome.

The feeling was not any easier for the restof the Scarlet Knights, who fell, 84-80, to theOrange in the extra period after controllingtheir destiny in the waning moments of thesecond half.

“We’re disappointed with the outcome,obviously,” said senior guard Mike Coburn,who led the Knights (13-13, 4-10) with 18points on 7-for-12 shooting. “Every time yougo out there, you try to get a win. We didn’twin [Saturday], so we’re disappointed in thatregard. We have to keep working.”

After going toe-to-toe with the Syracuse(22-6, 9-6) frontcourt for 40 minutes, Birutaentered overtime with four fouls. The 6-foot-8 freshman picked up his final foul with lessthan four minutes to go in overtime, when’Cuse wing Kris Joseph found teammate RickJackson uncontested in the paint.

Biruta’s absence left the Knights with asmaller frontcourt and gave the Orange —one of the Big East’s more physically impos-ing lineups — a sizeable advantage.

“Both [Jackson and Biruta] did damageon the interior,” said senior forward JonathanMitchell, who shot only 6-for-17 from the fieldagainst the Orange’s 2-3 zone. “I know I hadfour [fouls], so I was definitely trying to beNEIL P. KYPERS

Senior guard Mike Coburn was able to penetrate the Syracuse 2-3 zone at will on Saturday at the Carrier Dome, where the6-foot guard managed team-highs in both points and assists with 18 and six, respectively. SEE ORANGE ON PAGE 14

MEN’S BASKETBALL

RUTGERSSYRACUSE OT

Rutgers capstrip with upset in Milwaukee

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Just about everything that could goright for the Rutgers women’s basketballteam did on Saturday, when it took on No.

22 Marquette. Behind five

scorers in double-digits, strongrebounding andstellar defense, the

Scarlet Knights buried the Golden Eagles,76-55, and in the process snapped their two-game losing skid.

The only time the Knights (15-11, 8-5)were down on the scoreboard was just 1:11into the game, when Marquette guardAngel Robinson hit a jumper to give herteam a 2-0 lead.

After that, it was smooth sailing for Rutgers,as head coach C. Vivian Stringer watched herdefense completely stifle its opponent.

The Knights held Marquette to just27.7 percent shooting from the field in thegame and allowed a meager 14 points tothe Golden Eagles (20-6, 8-5) after onehalf of play.

The backcourt of Robinson andTatiyana McMorris –– Marquette’s lead-ing scorers this season — combined for alowly 17 points in the contest while

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BY MATT CANVISSERSTAFF WRITER

After having nearly a week to dwell on atough loss at Columbia, the Rutgers tennis

team returned to afamiliar place: thewin column. TheScarlet Knightsdefeated Buf falo,

7-0, on Friday in their second match at theAtlantic Club in Manasquan, N.J.

“We played extremely competitive doublesand finished with very strong singles,” saidhead coach Ben Bucca. “This was a good winover a strong, well-coached Buffalo team thatfinished higher than us in the [IntercollegiateTennis Association] rankings last year.”

Shutouts seem to be the only way theKnights (4-2) know how to win, as each of

their four wins came in the form of asweep. Rutgers went on a streak of threeconsecutive shutout victories earlier in themonth against Fairleigh Dickinson, Armyand Lehigh, and the Knights could bepoised to start a run like that once again.

“We were not expecting to sweepBuffalo, but we are just a determined team

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Junior Morgan Ivey won her No. 3 singles match in straight sets against Buffalo’s Tammy Markovic, 6-4, 6-3. The Mt. Pleasant, S.C.,native also paired with classmate Leonora Slatnick in No. 2 doubles action to take her match, 8-4.

Knights shut out fourth opponent of year

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