program in the budget — regardless ofthe fiscal climate … the economy … [and]the effectiveness of the program. Not any-more,” he said.

Christie said this stifle on spending,which began last year, brought about a“new normal” that takes a differentapproach to budget decisions than formerstate administrators.

“In the new normal, we can and willstop old commitments, so we can set newpriorities to meet New Jersey’s 21st cen-tury challenge,” he said.

One such priority includes promoting jobgrowth, which the proposed budget plans toaddress by giving $200 million in tax cutsand incentives for businesses in the state.

“The tone at the top has encouragedbusiness to stay in New Jersey, and ourunemployment rate is down nearly onefull point in a year,” he said. “Still too highbut moving in the right direction.”

Christie also aims to reform the healthbenefit and pension systems, two federalprograms he said are increasing deficitsin states across the nation.

The pension system has a deficit ofabout $54 billion and differences betweenassets and liabilities could amount to $183billion in 30 years, he said.

“All across the country, Democraticand Republican governors are grappling

A week after the first recall, J&Junit Centocor Ortho Biotech also fileda voluntary recall of the 50 mgSmartJect autoinjector form ofSimponi, according to the CentocorOrtho Biotech website.

The Simponi recalls impacts about230 pens in Germany and 165 pens inthe United States, according to the

website. While most of the affectedlots were detected, some slipped pastthe wholesale level.

Centocor Ortho Biotech repre-sentative Monica Neufang declinedto comment.

The recall, which was also donein consultation with the FDA, result-ed in a manufacturing issue with the

autoinjector device, which couldpotentially result in a less than fulldosage of the medication, accord-ing to Centocor Ortho Biotech’srecall statement.

Although the recalls have notaffected J&J stock prices drastically,Mahmud Hassan, the director of thepharmaceutical MBA program at theUniversity, believes the company’sreputation has been greatly tarnished.

“In terms of their image and repu-tation, I’d say it suffered becausethey’ve now had several recalls in thelast few days,” said Hassan, a profes-sor in the University’s Department ofFinance and Economics. “People willnotice and say, ‘Hey what happened tothis company? They’re having recallsalmost every week.’”

Hassan said both of the recallswere benign because there were nofatalities as a result of these recalls.

“In terms of impact, if you remem-ber the Tylenol recalls [on Jan. 14],that was a big impact because peopledied,” he said. “So relatively, theInvega and Simponi recalls are on alot lower scale.”

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BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Mason Gross School of the Arts is seeking toexpand rehearsal space for its music and dance stu-dents with an addition to the Nicholas Music Centeron Douglass campus.

The building will contain a large choral rehears-al hall, break out room, movement studio fordance and theatre students and 12 practice rooms,said Dean of Mason Gross School of the ArtsGeorge Stauf fer.

“The music and dance programs have expandedgreatly in the past few years,” Stauf fer said. “Thedance program has almost doubled in size since2007. The school is bursting at the seams, and thenew space will provide much-needed rehearsal spaces.”

Mason Gross music students agree that morerehearsal space is necessary.

“During most of the day, it’s a huge pain to geta decent practice room,” said Matt Cohen, aMason Gross School of the Ar ts sophomore.“There are way more students than rooms, so ifthey’re all taken you’re out of luck in terms of get-ting space to rehearse.”

Mason Gross School of the Arts sophomoreAdam Austerlitz said even when there are roomsavailable to practice in, the state of the facilities is poor.

“New rehearsal space is a perfect idea,” he said.“The facilities are somewhat disgusting with stainedcarpets, smelly bathrooms and no air conditioning.”

The project, which will cost an estimated $10 mil-lion between construction and equipment, will be com-pleted by January 2013, pending approval from theBoard of Trustees in April, Stauffer said.

Other features in the building include facultyoffices for the dance and music departments, a high-tech studio for the music technology program, as wellas an atrium for performing arts students to congre-gate in, he said.

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Gov. Chris Christie announced hisplan yesterday to continue reductions inNew Jersey government spending as wellas reform in certain programs for a sec-ond year during the state budget addressin Trenton.

With a proposed budget of $29.4 bil-lion Christie intends to cut total spend-ing by 2.6 percent from last year, forc-ing many state departments to receiveless funding.

“For too many years, our governmenthas operated under the belief that thebaseline … is to continue to fund every

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New Brunswick-based pharmaceu-tical company, Johnson & Johnson,issued a recall on 70,000 syringes ofInvega Sustenna, an injectable antipsy-chotic drug, and 395 syringes ofSimponi, a rheumatoid-arthritis drug,over the past week.

The J&J unit, Janssen, voluntarilyissued the Invega Sustenna recalls on Feb.11 after detecting a crack in the pre-filledsyringe barrel of the 234 mg strength.

Consumers may not detect thecrack because they are often coveredby the labels, said J&J spokespersonGreg Panico in the Wall StreetJournal. The cracks may have beencaused by stress during the labelapplication process.

“Our manufacturing team didresolve this issue and the productionline is up,” Panico told the WSJ.

The Invega Sustenna recall affectsnot only those in the United States butalso people who live in Australia,Canada and South Korea, according tothe WSJ.

Panico declined to comment fur-ther to The Daily Targum on the issue.

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“It was definitely worth it,”said Oza, a School of Engineeringjunior. “Students used to com-plain that the lines were too longand that there was nowhere tosit. This opened up 250 seats.”

New facilities on Livingstoncampus will change current din-ing trends, Sams said. He predict-ed that in fall 2011, students fromother campuses will be going tothe new dining hall.

“There are probably 300 stu-dent residents on Livingston[campus] that come every day to

eat at the Busch Dining Hall andnever eat at the Tillett [DiningHall],” he said.

Tillett Dining Hall will be con-verted back into classrooms, butit would take some time, as foodbuildings are very acidic and cor-rosive, Sams said.

William Pan, co-chair of theEngineering Af fairsCommittee, provided an updateon the committee’s push tomake studying abroad easierfor engineering students.

Unlike School of Arts andSciences students, School ofEngineering students do not havea department solely dedicated tostudy abroad initiatives, he said.

“For the School ofEngineering, we have one dean,”

said Pan, a School of Engineeringsophomore. “One of his tasks is tohandle study abroad programs forthe entire School of Engineeringcompared to the [School of Artsand Sciences] where you have awhole office dedicated to it.”

Fred Bernath, associatedean of the School ofEngineering, has worked withnewly appointed AssociateDean of International ProgramsYee Chiew to make a more stan-dardized system for engineer-ing students to study abroad,exchange and “two and two”programs, Pan said.

School of Engineering juniorVincent Luo, external vice presi-dent of the council, said the ad-hoc Open House committee is

planning a School of Engineeringopen house on Rutgers Day toshowcase the EngineeringDepartment and housing toursalong with interactive demonstra-tions and activities.

The council periodicallyinvites guest speakers from dif-ferent departments so studentscan raise any concerns theyhave, said David Park, presidentof the council.

“We try to circulate differentadministrators to come andspeak,” said Park, a School ofEngineering junior. “We had[Director of TransportationServices] Jack Molenaar and thedirector of Housing Services comeas well and answer any questionsstudents have.”

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Director responds to engineering students’ dining concernsBY TABISH TALIBCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Executive Director of DiningServices Charles Samsaddressed engineering students’dining concerns at theEngineering Governing Councilmeeting Monday at the BuschCampus Center.

Students discussed the priceof meal plans and the lack of tele-visions in dining halls, both ofwhich Sams said are not subjectto change.

“It would kind of be liketonight’s menu,” he said. “Noteverybody wants meatloaftonight, so you have to have everystation different or changing.”

The dining halls are toolarge to accommodate televi-sions, because no one is closeenough to hear the sound,Sams said. There would needto be clusters of multiple televi-sion sets on every wall, buteveryone would want to watcha dif ferent station.

Meal plan prices will mostlikely not be decreasedbecause of rising fuel and utili-ty costs in the University, Sams said.

“Instead what I could do isbuy cheaper food,” he said. “Icould buy three-day-old chickenor a week-old chicken, but this issomething in my career I havechosen not to do.”

Parth Oza, the council sena-tor, believes University depart-ments are doing their best forthe 3,000 engineering students,most of whom have classes onBusch campus, and said he wasglad the $2 million addition tothe Busch Campus Dining Hallwas constructed.

The addition to the dininghall last summer was imple-mented because of the expan-sion of housing on Busch cam-pus, Sams said.

The Engineering Governing Council plans to expand study abroad initiatives and hold an open house on Rutgers Day. The council invitedExecutive Director of Dining Services Charles Sams to reply to student suggestions about additions to Busch Campus Dining Hall.

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“One long term way to lowerproperty taxes is to have morecorporations move to NewJersey, particularly bio-tech andpharmaceuticals,” he said.“The only way a company isgoing to move to New Jersey isif there are good employees,and the only way to get goodemployees is through a goodhigher education system.”

In his speech, Christie men-tioned how states likeWisconsin, New York andCalifornia are establishingreforms he put into place bothlast and this year, turning NewJersey into a model of how todeal with national deficit.

“Democratic governors andRepublican governors now lookto New Jersey as a beacon ofhope for what can happen whenleaders lead and a people sacri-fice as one for the future of ourchildren,” he said.

But Ruth Mandel, director ofthe Eagleton Institute of Politics,believes this may be due in partto New Jersey’s election cycle,

which dif fersfrom otherstates. A newwave of gover-nors enteredoffice a yearafter Christietook office, giv-ing him a headstart in handlingfiscal problems.

Regardless,Mandel saidChristie is notjust referring to acalendar year but

to the attention he has earnedthrough his tough approach whendealing with the budget gap.

“He believes his resolve andhis example has given them amodel for how this can work ifthey hang tough,” she said.

Likewise, Glyn believesChristie’s leadership shows polit-ical courage.

“I think what Gov. Christiehas done is he’s shown that it ispossible to make hard decisions… and still remain popular,” hesaid. “As long as you’re willingto walk that line, I think heshows that voters are willing torespect you.”

While Pflaum agrees withGlyn and thinks New Jersey hasstood out as a state, he said it isnot just Christie’s reforms thathave brought attention.

“The New Jersey legislatureas well as Chris Christie havebeen doing some uniquethings,” he said. “As a state,we’re one of the highest statesin the nation in terms of debt,and we have to be unique andfind new ways to deal with our issues.”

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Plainsboro, N.J., resident, Syed Zaidi, has been sen-tenced to serve 26 months in federal prison for his involve-ment in a fraud immigration conspiracy.

The 54-year-old man was charged last Friday for submit-ting fraudulent documents to U.S. Citizenship andImmigration Services, according to an article on nj.com.

Zaidi and co-conspirators induced illegal immigrants tostay in the country by fabricating lies about their citizenshipin the documents and submitting them to immigration serv-ice authorities.

The Plainsboro man’s fraudulent documents have helpeddozens of illegal immigrants escape stringent immigration

laws, according to the article. The fabricated documents list-ed false information about the illegal immigrants’ job posi-tions and qualifications.

Zaidi and his co-conspirators charged their clients any-where from $5,000 to $30,000, according to U.S. AttorneyPaul Fishman’s statement.

The documents typically listed that Zaidi’s clients werepermanent U.S. citizens who qualified for employmentauthorization, according to the article.

Many of the applicants’ documents asserted Zaidi’s illegalimmigrant clients were religious workers, computer engi-neers from abroad or specialized graphic design workers.

Zaidi pleaded guilty last year for his role in submittingthe false documentations to the U.S. Citizenship andImmigration Services.

Following Zaidi’s 26 months in federal prison, U.S.District Court Judge William Martini also ordered that Zaidihas to be supervised for three years, according to Fishman’sstatement.

Martini said when sentencing Zaidi, he took into accountthe fact that Zaidi, on bail, tried to influence the testimoniesof two government witnesses.

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with inherited budget deficits,skyrocketing pension and benefitcosts and state government cul-tures which embrace the statusquo — no matter how destruc-tive,” Christie said.

To help improve the situa-tion, Christie proposed aseries of reforms in Septemberthat would raise the retirementage and eliminate the cost ofliving adjustments.

Despite restrictions inspending, not all state depart-ments will experience adecrease in funding.

After placing tough cuts to theeducation system last year,Christie increased a total of $250million to school aid for everydistrict in the state.

“I agonized over making cutsto education aid last year,” hesaid. “It was not a decision I tooklightly. It was notsomething Iwanted to do.”

In terms ofhigher educa-tion, Christieintends to keepthe same level ofsupport thisyear for collegesand universities,but he increasedstudent aid pro-grams by $20million and setaside $15 millionfor capital improvements atcommunity colleges.

Rutgers College RepublicansPresident Noah Glyn believesthis move shows Christie’s dedi-cation to education.

“I’ve heard so many peoplesay things like ‘Christie hateseducation. Christie hates teach-ers,’” said Glyn, a School of Artsand Sciences junior. “Hopefullythis puts the end to those kindsof statements.”

On the other hand, RutgersUniversity DemocratsPresident Christopher Pflaumstill has some doubts overthese increases.

“He may be increasing moneyfor grants and for opportunitiesfor spending, but he’s also cut-ting by some estimates 15 per-cent in terms of pay for teach-ers,” said Pflaum, a School ofArts and Sciences senior. “Andthat’s the worst thing you can dofor education.”

Pflaum believes there shouldbe more invested in higher edu-cation, since it cultivates betterworkers and will therefore attractmore businesses.

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terms of debt, and wehave to be unique andfind new ways to deal

with our issues.” CHRISTOPHER PFLAUM

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Boasting 8.9 million viewers inearly February, “Jersey Shore”has become one of the mostwatched shows on television,according to an article in TheNew York Times.

As the ratings suggest,Gillespie said there is somethingfascinating about the nature ofthe shows.

“We live in an age of massculture,” he said. “Nowadays,more people read the tabloidsthan broadsheets.”

There remain mixed senti-ments about reality shows’impact on society, be it positiveor negative, Gillespie said.While some find it entertaining,others contribute reality televi-sion shows to the abasement ofpopular taste.

“If we believe in freedomand free speech then we haveto accept reality television asan expression of popular anddemocratic preferences,” hesaid. “There’s nothing particu-larly wrong with giving peoplewhat they want and elitism isout of date.”

Elizabeth Gough-Gordon, apart-time lecturer in the

Department of Journalism andMedia Studies, also emphasizedthe distinction between the disap-proving aspects of reality televi-sion programs and their redeem-ing social value.

“It’s dif ficult to say every-one’s watching a show like‘Jersey Shore’ for the same rea-sons because people themselveswatch television differently,” shesaid. “Some people are watchingpurely for entertainment andsome are watching to re-informand emphasize their own notionsabout society.”

Both Gough-Gordon andGillespie acknowledge the situ-ations and images constructedby these programs are notclear mirrors of the averageindividual’s daily life, butGough-Gordon said sometimesthe audience looks for ele-ments that could be reflectionsof reality.

“In New Jersey the reality isthat not ever yone is ItalianAmerican, that not ever yonehas what many people think ofas a stereotypical New Jerseyaccent, that not everyone livesright of f of the turnpike and

that the turnpike smells,” she said.

Reality television shows exposestereotypes in today’s popular cul-ture, Gough-Gordon said.

Still, the diamond-encrustedveneer of Botox and Prada bagsin a show like “The RealHousewives of New Jersey”masks a deeper sociologicalmotif, she said. Reality televi-sion is many-layered and shouldbe analyzed on cultural andmoral grounds.

Every reality show has somesort of social construction to it,Gough-Gordon said.

“In a show like ‘The RealHousewives’ there are characteri-zations about class, gender andrace. Even a show like ‘Jeopardy’reflects an importance placed ongeneral knowledge in our socie-ty,” she said.

Watching television is a cultur-al practice, Gough-Gordon said.Shows challenge what viewersknow, what they do not know andhow they see the world.

Claude Taylor, a facultymember and lecturer in appliedcommunications at MonmouthUniversity, said these pro-

grams strike a chord with theaverage citizen, and reality pro-gramming makes visible thelives of people who have beenprimarily invisible.

“This is where people whogo through the daily grind ofeveryday life get to see depic-tions of themselves on televi-sion, whether it be employeesin a hair salon on ‘Jerseylicious’or The Situation working at theT-shirt shop on ‘Jersey Shore,’”Taylor said.

By catering to the averageviewer, reality shows are forcingpeople to question their sur-roundings while simultaneouslyre-defining traditional Americanvalues, Taylor said.

“Students and young people allrecognize that we’re all beingasked to invest in ourselves,” hesaid. “Reality TV represents asort of new gateway to theAmerican dream.”

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Professor finds social relevance in reality programmingBY CHASE BRUSHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

While the popularity ofMTV’s hit reality televisionseries “Jersey Shore” has pro-pelled its fist-pumping cast fromhumble middle-class begin-nings to celebrity stardom,some academics believe thevoyeurism of these club-hop-ping shore rats may be worthmore than their money.

Angus Kress Gillespie, aUniversity professor in theDepartment of American Studies,said reality television shows like“Jersey Shore” and the geograph-ically varied series “The RealHousewives” became a landmarkfeature of contemporary societyand a focal point for much of pop-ular culture.

“It’s like a human chemistryexperiment,” he said. “Pick a com-bustible mixture of characters andput them in a confined environ-ment and let the cameras roll.”

Gillespie said by watching howpeople react and behave in unusualsituations, reality television teachessomething about human natureand broadens understanding.

Campus MovieFest, the world’s largest student film festival, will visit the University in March to give students the opportunity to make their own five minute films during theirweek-long stay.

The festival, which travels to 50 campusesacross the United States, of fers students interestedin film production a chance to compete for prizesand national exposure, said Kyle Ward, CampusMovieFest assistant tour manager.

“We’re really excited to be at Rutgers again thisyear,” he said. “We’re looking for ways to give studentsa chance to tell their stories.”

Students receive an Apple laptop and a PanasonicHD camera to shoot and edit their movies during theweek, he said. The filming week begins on March 23rdthrough the 29th, and students have until March 23rdto sign up.

During this year’s tour, 75,000 students will par ticipate in more than 50 events, earning$400,000 in prizes and the chance to see their movies on the silver screen at red carpet finales, according to a press release on campusmoviefest.com

The events culminate in June 2011 at the CampusMovieFest International Grand Finale.

The festival began 10 years ago when four EmoryUniversity students gave their classmates everythingthey needed, including camcorders and laptops, tomake movies in one week.

Since then, 350,000 students have told their sto-ries using Campus MovieFest as an outlet, as it pro-vides them with the necessary technology and train-ing free of charge because of corporate sponsorshipand some University funds.

Students interested in signing up for the filmingweek can visit campusmoviefest.com.

— Amy Rowe

CAMPUS MOVIEFEST TO PROVIDE STUDENTS FILM OUTLET

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Question: What do you like to do in yourspare time?Antonio Calcado: I often go to studentperformances, like those put on byMason Gross [School of the Arts] and theLivingston Theatre Company. I boughttickets for “Into the Woods” next week,which I’m really excited for. I like to seeall those performances.

Q: What is your favorite place on campus?AC: I like to get out to all the differentparts of the University. I try to get to asmany different buildings on all the cam-puses as possible. I enjoy interacting withstudents — I’ll go around to classroomsand ask them what they like and don’tlike, see what’s going on.

Q: Which campus do you find most aes-thetically pleasing in terms of facilities?AC: I like all five campuses because Iwork on all of them. I try to make surethey all have the same resources sothat they don’t get left behind. I feellike Livingston [campus] has sort ofbeen left behind, that’s why there’s a lotof construction there.

Associate News Editor Amy Rowe caught up with the Vice President of UniversityFacilities and Capital Planning while inquiring

about the status of a building expansion on Cook/Douglass campus. Calcado’s office

handles the construction of all Universitiy buildings.

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TRENTON, N.J. — A state appeals court hasupheld a New Jersey law that requires new driversunder 21 years old to display red decals on their vehi-cle license plates.

The three-judge appeals court panel court ruled yes-terday that the law is constitutional and is not pre-empt-ed by a federal driver’s privacy protection act.

The measure, known as “Kyleigh’s Law,” is namedfor a New Jersey teenager killed in a 2006 crash. Thelaw intends to aid police in enforcing the state’s systemof restricted privileges for young drivers.

Parents of two Morris County teenagers filed a law-suit challenging the 2010 law. They claim it allowspolice to unfairly target young drivers and leaves themvulnerable to criminals and sexual predators.

The court said the law is a reasonable safety enforce-ment measure.

— The Associated Press

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“The atrium will be used as acommunity space by the dance,music and theater departments,”Stauffer said. “We envision manycollaborations springing forthfrom conversations held in theatrium. It will include a breakfastand lunch bar.”

The project is still in the plan-ning stage, said KevinViscariello, the music depart-ment’s administrator.

“We’re getting faculty andstudent input, gauging whatthey see in it and what theyneed in it,” he said. “We’regoing to have our first in depthmeeting with the architecturalfirm this Friday, and we’ll goover designing each space,seeing what we need in each room.”

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Mason Gross School of the Arts plans to expand student buildings,including the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus.

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Centocor Ortho Biotech notifiedconsumers of a temporary supplyshortage of the 50 mg autoinjectorform of Simponi, according to theCentocor Ortho Biotech website.They anticipate there will be moreavailable by the end of March.

“Simponi is a very expensivedrug, it’s a once-a-month injectionand I believe the cost is about$30,000 a year,” Hassan said.“Because it was a tiny infraction andbecause it is so expensive, there is atime lag for when they can makenew batches and I think there wassome concern there would be someshortages in the market.”

Hassan said there are two waysa company can handle recalls —either mandated by the FDA ordone voluntarily. In both cases, J&Jvoluntarily recalled the products.

“Every time a recall happens,the FDA takes note even if it’svoluntary, and they must identifythe plant where it came from andinspect that plant,” he said.

If the FDA finds negligence ofthe plant and the workers, thereis a penalty, Hassan said.

“In terms of a manufacturingdefect versus human error, humanerror is obviously a lot more seriousin the sense that if someone wasnegligent, the penalty will be a lotmore severe in terms of the personinvolved and the company,” he said.

Something like cracks in thesyringes of an injectable drugcan be a huge problem, saidAndrew Zullo, president of thePharmacy Governing Council.

“When pharmacists and otherprofessionals are treating patients,we can’t afford to use faulty prod-ucts because patients can’t afford tosacrifice the quality of their care,”said Zullo, an Ernest Mario Schoolof Pharmacy graduate student.

“Overall, J&J is a great compa-ny that employs many studentsfrom Rutgers, but I think that mosthealth care professionals and stu-dents would agree J&J needs toalter their quality control proce-dures to prevent mistakes ratherthan catch them after the productshave been distributed,” he said.

Simponi is the fourth in the latestof J&J recalls, which have includedbatches of Tylenol, Benadryl,Sinutab and Sudafed products inJanuary after past productionrecords found instances wherecompany equipment may not havebeen properly cleaned, according toa statement issued by J&J unitMcNeil Consumer Healthcare.

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Farewell Mills GatschArchitects of Princeton, N.J., willcarry out the architectural workfor the project, Stauffer said.

“They’ve done elegant artspaces in New Jersey,Connecticut and Colorado,”Stauffer said. “We were verypleased with their proposal, andwe are confident that FarewellMills Gatsch will provide a splen-did result.”

University Facilities andCapital Planning will handle theconstruction once the Board ofTrustees approves the project,said Vice President for UniversityFacilities and Capital PlanningTony Calcado.

“We’re actively moving alongand preparing construction docu-ments to show the board,” he said.“We’ll take it for approval once wehave all our ducks in line.”

Calcado said Mason GrossSchool of the Arts must showthe board of the building’s linkto the University’s strategicplan, he said.

“They also have the responsi-bility of seeing how it gets fund-ed,” he said. “When it’sapproved, we manage the proj-ect and make sure it’s up to theproper codes by the time thedepartment moves in.”

Stauffer said the new additionwould enhance performing artsstudents’ lives on campus.

“It will give them more of anopportunity to master their arts,”he said. “It is an exciting, embrac-ing building that will transformthe Mason Gross PerformingArts Center.”

Mason Gross School of theArts sophomore CarleeElghossain said the expansionwould help accommodate stu-dents in terms of efficiency.

“I think a new building is amuch-needed addition,” shesaid. “Any number of roomsadded is going to make it moreefficient to practice, so we won’thave to wait an hour for rooms.With five or six classes a day, weneed efficiency.”

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Author establishes fund to assist low-income RWJUH patientsBY NATALIE FLYNN

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Author Harris Haith, whowrote “Growing Up Laughingwith Eddie Murphy” in 2003,announced plans last Thursday toestablish a fund by the end of2011 that would assist low-income patients in affording safekidney transplants.

Haith, a New Jersey residentwhose book chronicles his child-hood with actor Eddie Murphy,said the fund was inspired by hislife story in which he waitedseven years on dialysis beforereceiving a kidney transplantthree years ago.

“I feel honored, and that’s oneof the reasons why I’m doingwhat I’m doing,” said Haith, whoalso serves as representative ofthe New Jersey Sharing Network,

a nonprofit fund responsible forrecovering and placing donatedorgans in the hands of N.J. resi-dents who most need them.

Haith does not know who gavehim his kidney but remains grate-ful and indebted to the donor.

“He donated his organ so thatI could live,” he said. “It’s onlyright that I put myself in the posi-tion to help people as he and hisfamily have helped me.”

The fund will provide financialrelief to anyone who can nolonger afford kidney transplants,said Whitney Downer, the devel-opment assistant for the NewJersey Sharing Network.

“When you’re low income,and you get your transplantthrough Medicare, they pay forthe first three years, then theystop and a lot of patients cannotafford the medications,” Haith

said. “These medications cancost anywhere from $1,000 to$3,000 a month.”

When treatment stops, thepatient loses their spot on theorgan donor waiting list andgoes back on dialysis, whichHaith said is ironically costlier for Medicare than transplant medication.

“I just felt as though it was myresponsibility in the position thatI’m in and what I’ve gonethrough to try to address it asI’m being blessed by this ven-ture,” Haith said.

More than 110,000 people inthe United States are currentlywaiting for an organ donation,and more than 5,000 of themcome from New Jersey, Downersaid. Of that number, 255 peoplein the state are between the agesof 18 and 34.

“Organ donation is such ahuge thing, we have this hugegoal [to] really help youthbecome aware of organ tissuedonation,” she said.

Downer believes that thoughcollege students might not havesufficient funds to help, they canstill find plenty of ways to con-tribute to Haith’s fund.

“With only six percent of 18 to21 year olds registered as donorsin New Jersey, [student] involve-ment will make a life-saving dif-ference,” she said.

Adena Osband, a transplantsurgeon at Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital, said that stu-dent awareness of organ donationis very important.

“For people who mightpotentially want to be donors inthe future, there is all kinds of information available

though our depar tment,” Osband said.

Haith, who used 10 percent ofthe net proceeds from his noveland a movie deal to establish thefund, plans to by the end of theyear have the fund ready.

“I don’t want to put a time-frame on it. That would be prema-ture, but I want people to knowwe are aggressively facilitatingwhen the fund money will beused,” he said.

Although the exact date of thefund’s opening remains uncer-tain, Haith anticipates it will besuccessful and life-altering.

“[When we die] we’re nolonger in need of our body parts.We can donate them to peoplethat would be able to benefit fromthem and lead productive lives,”he said. “That’s something we canbe proud of while we’re living.”

East Brunswick police officials chargedPiscataway resident Jeffrey Teal Jr., 31, yesterdaywith stealing a cash box last month from Girl Scoutsselling cookies outside a Walgreens.

The thief had been standing near the scouts beforewalking up to them, grabbing the cash box and flee-ing down Ryders Lane with an undisclosed amount ofcash on Jan. 29, said police in an nj.com article.

Police released a photograph last week of the GirlsScouts posing outside the store, with a then-unidenti-fied man at the edge of the frame.

Neighbors described the man as a thin,Caucasian male with dark, wavy hair, sideburnsand a goatee.

Milltown Officer James Mioduszewski identi-fied the man in the photo as Teal, said East

Brunswick Police Detective Sgt. Kevin Zebro,according to the article.

Township police detectives, John Breen and Eric Raps,interviewed Teal who admitted to the robbery, Zebro said.

News reports of the theft brought calls from peo-ple giving tips about the theft and offering donationsto the Girl Scouts.

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25 Circa, a physical theater group from Australia, will per-form at the State Theatre at 8 p.m. with tickets rangingfrom $13 to $42 with student discounts available. Circa isan all ages performance funded by a grant from the MidAtlantic Arts Foundation with support from the NationalEndowment for the Arts. For more information, pleasevisit statetheatrenj.org.

Actor Keith Robinson, from the film “Dreamgirls,”will per form his comedy routine at the StressFactory with shows at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Tickets areavailable through stressfactory.com with date-nightspecials available.

The New Providence Amateur Radio will host thelargest state annual radio, electronic, audio and com-puter items auction at the Municipal Complex in NewProvidence, N.J. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for sellersand 6:30 p.m. for buyers. Auction starts at 7 p.m.Admission cost is $5 with free parking. For more infor-mation, please call (908)-244-6202.

Members of the Beta Alpha Psi fraternity, the Universityaccounting and finance honor society, will instruct resi-dents on how to file standard tax returns. The event willtake place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Teen Room of theNew Brunswick Free Public Library. Anyone interestedin attending must schedule a one-hour appointment bycalling the library at (732)-745-5108, ext. 25 or by stop-ping by the library’s main desk. For more information,please contact Joye Crowe-Logan at joye@lmxac.org.

26 The 18th Annual Polar Bear Plunge will take place at 1p.m. in the ocean in front of the Plunge headquarters,the Aztec Ocean Resort. Registration begins at 9 a.m.until 12:30 p.m. with a minimum donation of $100required. Spectators can enter the beach for free. ThePlunge funds the training and competition for the SpecialOlympics of New Jersey. For more information, pleasevisit seasideheightstourism.com.

27 New Jersey Symphony Orchestra conducted byJacques Lacombe will perform “Arabian Nights” at theState Theatre. Tickets for this event are only availablethrough 1-800-255-3476 and range from $20 to $82 withgroup discounts available. For more information,please visit statetheatrenj.org.

Thin Lizzy, Scott Gorham, Brian Downey, DarrenWharton, Def Leppard’s Vivian Campbell, MarcoMendoza and Ricky Warwick will perform at theStarland Ballroom in Sayreville, N.J. The show is allages with tickets ranging from $25 in advance and $30the day of the show. For more information, pleasevisit starlandballroom.com.

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28 Friends’ Book Club will discuss their Book of the Month“Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann 1:30 p.m. inthe Carl T. Valenti Community Room of the New BrunswickFree Public Library. The event is free and open to everyonewith the only requirement being that attendees have readthe book and are willing to discuss. For more information,please visit nbfpl.org.

3 Comedian Ron “Tater Salad” White will perform at 8 p.m.in the State Theatre on 15 Livingston Ave. White is bestknown for his cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnymanimpression. Tickets for White’s show range from $35 to$59. Groups of 12 or more may purchase discount ticketsranging from $32 to $56. To buy tickets online, pleasevisit statetheatrenj.org/ron_white or drop by the StateTheatre box office.

8 The New Brunswick Free Public Library is hosting“Kids at Saint Patrick’s Craft” where everyone is invitedto participate in arts and crafts decorations for St.Patrick’s Day. The event is from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Carl T.Valenti Community Room. For more information, pleasecontact the Children’s Room at 732-745-5108 ext. 15 or e-mail Ms. Sara at swarrick@lmxac.org.

MARCH

industry and Wall Streetcreated this crisis. Are theCEOs bearing any of theburdens of the cuts? Notat all. Not only did theyget a bailout, which res-cued the companies they

had driven into the ground, but they also getmassive tax cuts while they horde corporateprofits. Where is the bailout for the working andmiddle class? Who is going to rescue the long-suf fering majority? Not the Republican Party,I’ll tell you that.

The GOP solution is to put more pressure onthe working and middle classes, who aresqueezed by the cuts and squeezed by taxes. Asyou read this, half the public schools in Detroitare being shut down and class sizes in theremaining ones are being increased to 60 kidsper class. In Virginia, no school lunches for kidswho cannot af ford to pay because it is better forpoor kids to starve than for the financial elite topay their fair share. We can af ford to buildschools for kids in Afghanistan or Iraq, but wecannot af ford to even feed children in our

own country? If the battle in Wisconsin is

lost, it will be the death of theAmerican Dream and upwardsocial mobility. Wages will plum-met, and the already vast inequali-ty in wealth and income will sky-rocket. Our children and grand-children will be made poorer if thelabor unions are destroyed. Welike to talk about equality ofopportunity — well, the GOP isdestroying that opportunity and

destroying the future of this country. So thequestion is, what sort of America do you want tolive in? Do you want to live in the impoverishedand destitute America where the top 20 percentcontrols 93 percent of the wealth, while theremaining 80 percent control seven percent?Because guess what? You already do.

It’s not too late though. If we have learnedanything from Tunisia or Egypt, it is that thecommon people can make a dif ference. We standon the brink of the abyss, but if we mobilize, wecan change things. Support the protesters inWisconsin and in other states, support theDemocrats who have made the courageousstand against Republican gluttony and — mostimportantly — organize and take to the streets.

Ajay Kumar is a School of Arts and Sciences jun-ior majoring in political science and history.

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T he RepublicanParty has launcheda full-scale assault

on the working and middleclass in the United States.What is happening inWisconsin and now inIndiana, Idaho and Ohio is nothing less than thelargest attack on workers’ rights in decades andthe very survival of not just the unions or theDemocratic Party, but the working and middleclass is at stake.

Do not be deluded into thinking this is aboutbudget deficits. Wisconsin had a surplus untilRepublican Gov. Scott Walker came in and start-ed giving tax cuts to big businesses, banks andthe wealthy, which put Wisconsin in the redagain. This entire af fair is manufactured so thatthe GOP can orchestrate a rollback of workers’rights and the unions, thereby crippling thefundraising and organizational capacity of theDemocratic Party — the only party that defendsthe working and middle class. The unions haveexpressed that they were willing to accept cutsand compromise, but Walker has refused any-thing shor t of the wholesaledestruction of collective bargain-ing, stripping the only defenseworkers have against abuse.Since the Citizens United ruling,there has been a flood of corpo-rate money entering politics, withthe vast majority of it going to theGOP — which really has becomea “wholly owned subsidiary of theinsurance industr y” as Rep.Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., so accu-rately put it. Apparently, accord-ing to the GOP it is all right for Wall Street topool their resources and voices to get what theywant, but if workers do it, they must be crushed.

The only challenge left for the Republicansare the unions, who are the only institution withany meaningful fundraising or organizationalcapacity. If the unions are destroyed, then bigbusiness will own this country to a greaterdegree than even the time of the robber barons.It was big business that was responsible for thefinancial crisis that has created this recessionand the budget deficits across the country, andnow it is workers, the middle class and the poorwho are being made to bear the burden. Our ele-mentary school teachers did not create this cri-sis — they are already overworked and under-paid. Our garbage men did not create this crisis.Our of fice secretaries and snowplow drivers didnot create this crisis. The banks, the insurance

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“There’s nothing particularly wrong with giving people what they want and elitism is out of date.”

Angus Kress Gillespie, a University professor in the American Studies Department, on reality television

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“Who is going to rescue

the long-sufferingmajority? Not

the Republican Party,I’ll tell you that.”

A University professor approached “Jersey Shore” from a scholarlyangle — something we thought was impossible to do. AngusKress Gillespie, a professor of American studies at the University,

argues, “It’s intrinsically fascinating for people to see how some speak andbehave in unusual situations. … They are gripped by these glimpses ofhuman nature, and find in some ways it broadens their perspective on it.”Is that really what is going on when people watch Snooki and TheSituation’s drunken antics? Well, it can be — as long as the people watch-ing are smart enough to hold these characters at arm’s length and recog-nize the inherent differences between reality television and real life.

It must first be noted that, despite the tag “reality television,” showslike “Jersey Shore” do not actually convey reality and, in many ways, theyaren’t aiming to. These shows are cast. The people who make themactively seek out the most incredible, over-the-top personalities and placethem into situations designed to heighten tensions — and America tunesin to see what sort of explosions will follow suit. There’s nothing wrongwith the thrills of voyeurism and vicarious living — human beings, atleast in today’s day and age, seem to be innately attracted to these things.

The danger comes when viewers do not approach these shows from adistance or recognize that, for the most part, the best these programs offeris a plan for how not to live. While not everyone who watches reality televi-sion is easily influenced by the often decadent and debauched escapades ofthe stars of these shows, there do exist people who are. Certainly, manyUniversity students can say they know someone who has adopted “GTL” asa legitimate mantra, and not in an ironic sort of way. At the very least, theaverage student has probably happily attended at least one “Jersey Shore”themed house party. For the most part, these are admittedly harmless influ-ences, but some people go overboard and decide to start emulating the bor-derline barbaric attitudes of the “Jersey Shore” stars. When someone likeRonnie becomes a personal hero, you need to reconsider your life decisions.

At this point, reality television is deeply ingrained in U.S. culture. It seemsto be our nation’s favorite pastime, and the term “reality show” carries near-universal connotations of absurdity and ridiculousness. But these shows areanything but real, and treating them as such can lead people to glean somedramatically inaccurate insights about how Americans live and act. Yes, thepeople in these shows are plucked from the streets, so to speak, but they arefar from accurate representations of the general population — at least, theyshould be. As more people start looking up to reality stars as heroic figures,the lines between reality shows and real life become blurred, and the lastthing anyone needs is more than one Snooki.

Reality TV does not represent real life

A n 11-year-old child draws a violent picture of stick figures shoot-ing each other, and the police haul him away in handcuffs. Youmay think such a blatantly wrongful arrest could not happen in

the United States, but the sad truth is this very scenario did occur inArvada, Colorado. The boy in question was following his therapist’sinstructions to draw pictures in situations where he felt angry or upsetinstead of disrupting the class when his teacher saw the drawing and senthim to the principal’s office. Later that night, once the boy was home, thepolice arrived and arrested him. The school is pressing charges, and theboy’s parents and therapist are both understandably upset. Both theschool and the police officers involved greatly overreacted. There is noreason to punish an 11-year-old child for a drawing, especially not whenthe child was only trying to follow his therapist’s advice.

This whole scenario reflects a disturbing trend in recent times — thecrackdown on violence in schools has lead to a significant number ofharmless youngsters being severely punished, and sometimes jailed, forwhat amounts to nothing more than being a kid. Have the adults incharge forgotten that, when they were young, they probably did the samekinds of things and yet, they grew into arguably well-adjusted membersof society. Who didn’t play cops and robbers as a child, complete with theobligatory finger guns?

The insistence on treating every case of childhood pseudo-violence asa legitimate threat to the safety of those around the child is detrimental. Itdoes nothing except create a world where a kid can’t be a kid for fear thathe or she will face unduly harsh consequences. Consider especially thenegative effects this arrest might have in this particular case. The boy’sdrawing was only his attempt to calm himself down and not disturb theclassroom environment — he was being a rather responsible 11-year-old.In exchange for what amounts to thoughtfulness, this poor boy was takento jail. The school claims it is doing what is best for the boy by pressingcharges, but they’re really doing the exact opposite. They should leavedecisions regarding the child’s well being to his therapist because appar-ently the school’s administration is inept when it comes to this.

What authority figures dealing with young children need to rememberis that kids are kids — they are imaginative and fascinated by the worldaround them. Young boys tend to have a predilection for guns and explo-sions but, for the most part, it is nothing more than a harmless infatuation.

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of our University’s Code ofConduct. If there is consider-able pressure built up byworkers and responsible con-sumers, the FLA simply putsthe company in questionunder a “special review,”which does not actuallyrequire the company to makeany real changes. Even here atthe University, the FLA hasacted contrary to the interestsof workers. When theUniversity was consideringcutting its contract withRussell Athletic, the FLA gave

Russell’s treatment of itsworkers a favorable review.But this turned out to be false.The University acknowledgedthis and cut its contract withthe company, as did more than100 other universities acrossthe countr y. Even Spor tsAuthority removed RussellAthletic from its shelves.Eventually, Russell Athleticitself acknowledged its unjusttreatment of workers. Thisleads one to wonder: Whatexactly are the FLA’s motives?

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W e at RutgersUniversity StudentsAgainst Sweatshops

are calling on everybody oncampus to stop their tuitionfrom supporting sweatshops.How can you do this? You canhelp by joining our campaignto get the University to disaf fil-iate from the Fair LaborAssociation (FLA). This mayseem counter-intuitive at firstblush, but read on.

Since the FLA was formedabout a decade ago, it has con-sistently proven that it is notan ef fective anti-sweatshopmonitor. This organization wasformed in 1997 in response torising awareness in the UnitedStates about unsuitable work-er conditions in the factorieswhere many products aremade. When workers in thesefactories attempt to unionize,or other wise address theseissues, they are either fired orface violent harassment. Thisis where organizations like theFLA are supposed to interveneto correct these problems.But the FLA has repeatedlyshown it is actually an impedi-ment to workers’ rights. Itsapproach has either been to donothing or release reports thatundermine workers’ com-plaints. Usually the FLA stallson releasing a definitive reportabout a company’s violations

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Letter One does not have to wonderver y long: One-third of theFLA’s Board of Directors iscomposed of corporate repre-sentatives who representorganizations like Nike,Adidas Group and Gildan. Allof these companies have infa-mous records of violating therights of workers. To us, thisseems like a massive conflictof interest. This flawed gov-erning structure results inpoor investigator y methodsand weak “wrist-slaps” forcompanies who violate worker-s’ rights. We take issue withthe fact that our tuition goes topay the FLA for its “services,” and we feel ever y student should too.

We have presented this issueto the administration, and someprogress has been made. A meet-ing has been arranged with FLACEO Auret van Heerden to dis-cuss the aforementioned issueswith us and with the University’sadministration. We call on stu-dents around campus to come tothis meeting to listen to what hehas to say for the FLA’s failure toproperly protect the rights ofworkers. Come to Winants Hallon the College Avenue campuson Feb. 25 at 2 p.m., and tell youradministration that you don’twant to support a smokescreenfor sweatshops.

Richard Garzon is a Schoolof Ar ts and Sciences juniormajoring in political scienceand philosophy.

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NEIL P. KYPERS

Senior guard Mike Coburn tied for a season-high 18 points on Saturday in the Scarlet Knights’ overtime loss to Syracuse.

up from there,” said Coburn, whostarted 70 games in a Rutgersuniform to date.

Before the end of his career atMt. Vernon, Coburn became theprogram’s all-time leader in wins,more than former Connecticutstar Ben Gordon and three-yearteammate Jonathan Mitchell, whowas a year older and whose col-lege path then appeared differentthan Coburn’s.

And Coburn played an impor-tant role in Mt. Vernon’s two statechampionship teams during hisfive-year career, leaving a lastingimpression at the school,Cimmino said.

“Mike didn’t get yelled at byme so often here,” Cimmino said.“He was just anincredible pleas-ure to have onyour team. He wasjust an amazingcaptain and afterJonathan left,Mike still had oneyear to run theshow. His tough-ness is not surpris-ing to me.”

Coburn’s highschool successtranslated into afew of fers fromlocal Big East schools, he said,and Coburn committed toRutgers on Nov. 7, 2006, as partof Hill’s first full recruiting cam-paign after taking over for former head coach Gary Waters.

But Coburn ultimately spent alittle more than two years in totalwith the other members of theclass, as Earl Pettis transferredto LaSalle and Justin Sofman leftfor Monmouth.

When former NewarkEastside star Corey Chandlerwas dismissed from the pro-gram before the 2009-10 sea-son, Coburn quickly found him-self as the lone member fromthe class with which he becameso attached.

“It’s tough,” Coburn said. “Ireally miss those guys when wecame in together. I have [othersenior teammates now], but theoriginal guys I came here witharen’t here. I stuck with it andtried to stay positive.”

The adversity did not stopthere for Coburn, who found outafter the 2009-10 campaign thatHill — the man who recruitedhim for years out of Mt. Vernon— would be replaced followinga tirade at a Rutgers baseballgame against Pittsburgh.

And even after Hill’s entirerecruiting class of 2008 trans-ferred following the debacle,Coburn maintained a steadfastcommitment to the school thatoffered him the best chance toplay in the Big East.

“[Coburn] and I grew uptogether,” said Mitchell, wholikewise faced adversity at hisown school, Florida. “We wentto the same elementary schooland on through, so he and I hada real good relationship.”

Then Athletic Director TimPernetti announced in May thehiring of former Robert Morrishead coach Mike Rice, a bas-

ketball junkiewith a penchantfor passionate on-court antics.

Rice’s arrivalcapped off a whirl-wind three seasonsat Rutgers forCoburn, who expe-rienced moreupheaval with theKnights than hedid in a career inMt. Vernon-areabasketball.

“I’ve definitelybeen through a lot with thisbeing my four th year,” saidCoburn, who now ranks fifthall-time in assists at Rutgers.“There were a lot of experi-ences, lots of ups and downs, alot of good things and a lot ofbad things. The main thing is totry to be positive — try to getas many wins as possible. I’mhere and I enjoyed my timehere. I’m thankful and just try-ing to continue.”

But prior to Rutgers’ internalcoup, which resulted in sevenplayer departures, Coburn ledthe team in minutes played dur-ing his rookie year with theKnights, who began to catch theattention of a Metropolitan-areaplayer discontent with his futurein Gainesville, Fla.

Part 2 of a 3-part series on theRutgers men’s basketball seniorscontinues in tomorrow’s edition ofThe Daily Targum and will pro-file Jonathan Mitchell.

“It’s tough. ... The original guys I came here with

aren’t here. I stuck with it and tried to stay positive.”

MIKE COBURNSenior Guard

TURMOIL: Coburn sets

school record for career wins

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The NCAA smackedConnecticut head basket-ball coach Jim Calhoun

with a three-game Big East sus-pension and three years’ proba-tion, both effective next season.

The NCAA’s Committee ofInfractions found that the schoolviolated rules concerning phonecalls, texts and improper benefitsto a recruit.

The NCAA also reducedUConn’s available scholar-ships from 13 to 12 for the nextthree seasons.

The committee based thesanctions on its discovery thatCalhoun failed to monitor theprogram and failed to create anatmosphere promoting rulescompliance, according to ESPN.

SETON HALL HIRED for-mer Iona athletic director PatLyons as the school’s new athlet-ic director.

The 38-year-old has beenIona’s athletic director since 2004and will take over his new job onMarch 28 in South Orange, N.J.

Lyons takes over for JoeQuinlan, who departed after fiveyears in October.

Head men’s basketball coachKevin Willard also came from Ionabefore coaching for the Pirates.

IN A BLOCKBUSTER three-team deal, the New York Knicksacquired all-star forwardCarmelo Anthony from theDenver Nuggets.

The deal sends Anthony,Chauncey Billups, AnthonyCarter, Shelden Williams andRenaldo Balkman to the Knicks.

The Knicks parted ways withWilson Chandler, RaymondFelton, Danilo Gallinari, TimofeyMozgov and a 2014 first-rounddraft pick.

Anthony and Amar’eStoudemire are now the league’shighest scoring duo in the NBA,ranking sixth and second in theleague, respectively.

TORONTO RAPTORSguard DeMar DeRozan statedthat he’s done with the NBAslam-dunk contest unless propsare eliminated.

DeRozan’s opponents all tookadvantage of props — BlakeGriffin used a car, Javale McGeeused an extra basket and SergeIbaka used a teddy bear.

The USC product was elimi-nated after two prop-less dunks inthe first round.

DeRozan will only reconsiderif props are eliminated or the All-Star game is held in Toronto,according to ESPN.

MINNESOTA TWINS FIRSTbaseman Justin Morneau tookthe field with the Twins for thefirst time since sustaining a con-cussion in July.

Morneau is wearing sunglass-es throughout spring training inorder to limit the harmful effectsthe sun can have on him sincesuffering the concussion.

The four-time all-star onlyplayed 81 games last seasonbefore injury. In that time, theCanadian hit .345 with a 1.055OPS, both of which are career highs.

Athletic Center, a smotheringdefense isn’t all the Bulls should beworried about.

“When we play as a team andwe get going early, we play welltogether,” said sophomore guardErica Wheeler, who went 4-of-7from 3-point range last game. “Itdefinitely was a wakeup call and itdefinitely showed Coach Stringerand the coaching staff that we arereally trying to buy into what[Stringer] is teaching us and try-ing to really get it together beforeBig East play.”

Wheeler stepped in nicely in theabsence of junior guard NikkiSpeed and has since worked herway to fourth on the team’s scoringlist, averaging nine points per game.

Junior guard Khadijah Rushdanhas also settled into her new role asthe point guard since Speed’s injury,upping her assist average to 5.1 pergame and reviving her scoringthreat from the floor after notching20 points against Marquette.

Getting all starters to show upthe same night, however, is wherethe challenge arises.

“You’ve got Khadijah that justdealt with a triple-double, you’vegot [junior forward] April[Sykes] who dropped 20 pointson Tennessee in the first half,and you’ve got Erica who hasthree or four games where sheled the team [in scoring],”Stringer said. “If you really thinkabout it — player-for-player —each person is capable of havingoutstanding performances …what we need to focus on is beingthe best team.”

The Bulls are the next teamstanding in the way of Rutgers— a team hoping for itsmomentum to flourish in thecoming games and into the con-ference tournament.

Despite South Florida beingranked 14th in the Big East and thepossible trap the Bulls create, don’texpect the Knights to play a secondless than a full 40 minutes tonight atthe RAC.

“We’re going to approach thisgame like it’s a top 10 game,” Leesaid. “These games are just asimportant as if we were playingrecreation ball or something likethat. We can’t just think becauseit’s a lower ranked team doesn’tmean we’re not going to approachit the same way. We definitely needthese wins.”

MIDWEST: RU returns

clicking on all phases of game

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CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore guard Erica Wheeler looks to build off her Saturdayshowing at Marquette, where she scored 12 points.

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Early RU turnovers, UofL 3-pointers seal fate

Rutgers even kept Louisvillesenior guard Preston Knowles,who had a hot hand during thefirst half, in check with low per-centage shots.

But the Knights were equal-ly inef ficient onthe of fensiveend, where theyshot 29.5 percentfrom the field forthe night.

“It was veryfrustrating,” saidsenior guardMike Coburn.“I’m not reallylooking back atthe game, justlooking forward.We basically didn’t play the waywe normally play. It was very disappointing.”

The Knights attempted to sal-vage their poor first half with abrief 5-0 run capped off by a 3-pointer from senior guard JamesBeatty that cut the Rutgers deficitto 14.

Rutgers had a shot to close thegap further, but sophomore wingDane Miller threw a long passthat was intercepted by Louisvilleat midcourt to run out the clockin the first period.

Miller contributed eightrebounds in the first half, but hislong heave gave the Knights their10th turnover in 20 minutes.

“When do you see us do that?”said Rice of the team’s multiplefull-court heaves. “You don’t dothat. Dane Miller did it with 13seconds. Of all places to do it, youhave one shot. It was such a lackof purpose to our game tonight.”

The Cardinals started the con-test on a 26-12run, spurred bythe sharpshoot-ing of Knowlesand sophomoreMike Marra, whoshot a combined6-for-10 frombeyond the 3-point arc in thefirst half.

Louisville sankseven 3-pointers inthe first half as

Rutgers failed to pick up its assign-ments on defensive switches, lead-ing to open looks for the Cardinals,who rank first in the Big East in 3-point field goal percentage.

“[Associate head coach] David[Cox] said it time and time againin the huddle, ‘Who is thisteam?’” Rice said. “Let’s get backto being who we are, figuring outand understanding we can’t beatourselves and a good Louisvilleteam — any Big East team, to behonest with you. That took thewind out of our sails.”

EFFORT: Knights’ defense

improves in second half of game

continued from back

BY A.J. JANKOWSKICORRESPONDENT

While Louisville shot thelights out of the Louis BrownAthletic Center from 3-point

range enroute to a55-37 win,t h eR u t g e r sbasketball

team struggled early just to get ashot off.

The Scarlet Knights’ firstthree possessions resulted in atrio of turnovers, and it was notuntil the 14:49 mark that Rutgersmade its first shot from the floor.

“The first four minutes of thegame, we’d have a play, andthey’d just run around and notexecute,” said head coach MikeRice. “That’s on me. I have to fig-ure out how to get my messageacross better.”

Rutgers spent much of theshot clock trying to get to halfcourt while being pestered by thespeed and tenacity of theCardinals’ full-court press.

By the time the Knights wereable to go into their offensivesets, the clock was workingagainst them.

“Ball movement and offense[were lacking],” said seniorguard Mike Coburn. “The ballreally just stuck on one side. Wedidn’t get that much movement.”

The Knights turned the ballover 10 times in the first half to goalong with just eight field goalsfrom the floor. While on the otherend, Louisville’s sultry seven 3-pointers in the opening stanzacovered up its eight turnovers.

“It’s basketball. People aregoing to make shots, and youhave to play,” Coburn said. “Ifyou’re not going to play youroffense because the other team isknocking down shots, then youare never going to win.”

THE LOSS MARKS THEseventh time in the past eighttries that the Knights found them-selves on the wrong end of thescoreboard. While Rutgersdropped the past two by just acombined nine points, the 18-

point defeat at the hands of theCardinals marks the largestdefeat the Knights suffered onthe year.

“I know we’ve been close somany times and this and that, buttonight we just fell down a hillinstead of trying to climb over,”Rice said. “The climb was toohard tonight.”

WITH ONLY THREE GAMESleft in the season, Rice admitsthat his team is starting to showwear and tear.

“No question [this team is outof gas],” he said. “And I neverthought that possible, but whatam I going to do, lie to you?”

Every member of the rostersaw at least one minute of action,and only Coburn surpassed 30minutes of playing time.

The senior guard believes theteam is not worn down, but justdid not come to play tonight.

“I just think we didn’t play theway we normally play,” Coburnsaid. “It showed out there. Itreally, really hurt us and theresults show.”

“Let’s get back tobeing who we are,figuring out and

understanding wecan’t beat ourselves.”

MIKE RICEHead Coach

CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Louisville’s Chris Smith makes one of the Cardinals’ 11 3-pointerslast night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

KNIGHTNOTEBOOK

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BY ADHAAR SHARMACONTRIBUTING WRITER

Every team, every institu-tion and ever y organization

needs aleader to

guide it through rough timesand turmoil. The leader needsto be a proven champion andsomeone who can inspire others to unlock their true potential.

Seniors Natalie Clickett andNwamaka Okobi and juniorKelly Flannigan, the three cap-tains of the Rutgers women’strack team, have been guidingforces this season despiteFlannigan and Okobi redshirt-ing in the firsthalf of the 2010-11 school year.

Flannigan hadan injury duringthe cross countryseason and is nowrehabbing toreturn in full forcefor next season.

“She has start-ed running andtraining,” saidhead coachJames Robinson.“Now we are justseeing how recovery turns outbecause we do not want to rushanything.”

Flannigan leads a distancesquad that showed promise thisseason, but still has to gainexperience since the entire dis-tance team consists of fresh-men and sophomores with theexception of Flannigan.

“It’s an immense loss for theteam, but now everyone just hasto raise their level and score,”Robinson said.

Her loss affected the team sig-nificantly since the ScarletKnights were only able to qualifyone distance runner for the BigEast Championships.

Flannigan still takes a veryactive role in the team andhelps with organization,stretching and recording timesin meets.

Okobi posted high finishesin jumps the past two seasons,

which included a fifth-place fin-ish in the Big EastChampionships for the 2008and 2009 seasons in triple jumpand long jump, respectively.

She also posted victories inthe Fordham Invitational in thetriple jump in the 2008 season,as well as both triple and longjumps in the Princeton NewYear’s Invitational in 2009.

Okobi plans to build on hersuccess in 2011, even though sheacademically redshirted.

But this did not diminish herrole on the team and her own per-sonal goals.

“[Okobi] competes and trainseveryday,” Robinson said. “Shealso comes to meets when possi-

ble and helps out.”She proved her-

self in Januarywhen she finishedfirst in both thetriple and longjumps in thePrinceton Relays,jumping unat-tached fromRutgers.

Clickett is aproven winnerwith a Big EastC h a m p i o n s h i ptitle in 2007 for

the discus with a throw of 50.52meters. She also wonFreshman of the Year honorsin 2007 and has since been thecornerstone of throws for the team.

In the 2011 season, theUnion City, Pa., native securedsecond-place finishes in boththe Princeton Quad Meet heldon Jan. 7 and the PrincetonRelays held last weekend. Shemissed first place by less than ameter on both occasions.

Recently Clickett earned theBig East Female Field Athleteof the Week for the best per-formance of her career at theValentine’s Invitational, but fin-ished 10th last weekend in theBig East Championships.

“Natalie is a tough competi-tor,” Robinson said. “I knowshe gets angry about her loss-es, but she has been gettingconsistent progressively.”

Trio of captains leadon, off track for RU

WOMEN’S TRACK

BY JOSH GLATTCORRESPONDENT

For the Rutgers gymnasticsteam, the story of the seasonhas been the overall depth on

the roster.Much of

that is a result of a strong fresh-man class that has been able toperform at a high level since thestart of its career.

But sophomore transferDanielle D’Elia is making a pro-found impact of her own.

The Freehold, N.J., native is a17-year veteran of GalaxyGymnastics, finishing as a region-al qualifier five times. Following acareer in which she finished thirdin the state in 2007 and earned aspot on the high school nationalteam, D’Elia elected to attendCentral Michigan.

While she admits her careerat Central Michigan did notwork out, she does not regrether time there.

“It was a spontaneous deci-sion [going to CentralMichigan]. I just wanted to trysomething new.” D’Elia said. “Irealized it wasn’t the best

place for me, but I learned a lot there.”

After her year at CentralMichigan, which was highlight-ed by a 9.800 performance onfloor exercises at the NCAANortheast Regionals, D’Eliarealized the best place for herwould be Rutgers.

Rutgers afforded her the lux-ury of being close to her family,and while it was not her initialcollege destination, she knowsnow it is was the right one.

“Going to Rutgers has beenthe best decision,” D’Elia said.“Rutgers is great because it is close to home and the pro-gram has been building overthe years.”

D’Elia proved herself to beevery bit important as the highly-touted freshman class that headcoach Chrystal Chollet-Nortonrecruited this season.

D’Elia also proved she is capa-ble of consistently performingwell in three events this season.On the season, D’Elia averages9.564 in bars, 9.336 in beam and9.771 in floor exercises.

“She has done a great jobfor us from Day 1,” Chollet-

Norton said. “She works reallyhard in the gym, has a greatattitude and is a great competi-tor. We are happy to have heron the team.”

In the Knights’ most recentmeet at Maryland, D’Elia contin-ued her strong season.

D’Elia took a top-five finish infloor exercises with a score of9.825. On balance beam, an eventthe team struggled with previous-ly, D’Elia tied for first on the team.

Her score of 9.725 helped theKnights post a team-high score inthe event.

Despite being a newcomer,D’Elia already bought into theteam concept that Chollet-Nortonand her team stressed over theyears. D’Elia recognizes that any-one on the team is capable of con-tributing beyond typical perform-ances in meets, regardless of ageor experience.

“I feel anyone can provideleadership. It doesn’t matter whatgrade you are in,” D’Elia said.“Leadership isn’t just about howyou compete on the floor — it’sabout how you practice, it’s howyour present yourself, it’s howyou get the team going.”

GYMNASTICS

JEFFREY LAZARO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore Danielle D’Elia recorded a season-high 9.875 in the floor exercise in the Knights’Feb. 12 meet against SUNY Cortland, which resulted in the highest team score since 2004.

“It’s an immenseloss for the team

[without Kelly Flannigan], but now

everyone just has to raise their level.”

JAMES ROBINSONHead Coach

Transfer complements recruiting class

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Rutgers relies on early experience heading to TexasBY SAM HELLMAN

CORRESPONDENT

After a 0-4 start on the WestCoast, the Rutgers softballteam acknowledges that it has to make changes. Heading

t oC o r p u sChristi,T e x a s ,t o m o r -row fora five-

game tournament, the ScarletKnights are ready to make them.

“We’re comfortable now thatwe have our first game out ofthe way,” said junior right field-er Mikelyn Messina, who leadsthe Knights with two homeruns and five RBI. “We kind ofhave our legs back. We’re readyto get at it again this weekend.Last weekend was just the first-game jitters, and we’re ready toput it out of our minds andmove forward.”

Teams outscored theKnights, 31-16, in Riverside,Calif., with new Nos. 1 and 2pitchers Abbey Houston andNoelle Sisco struggling.

With experience on an actualfield and not the turf inside theBubble or the floor of the LouisBrown Athletic Center, the

pitching staff expects better per-formances in Corpus Christi.

“It was a rough star t forme,” said Houston, who standsat 0-1 with a 12.19 ERA. “It wasa little dif ferent pitching out-side, not in the Bubble. I thinkthat this weekend will be betterfor me.”

Adding freshman MeganWilliams to the mix helps evenmore, Houston said.

Williams, a freshman fromRichmond, Va., was unavailablelast weekend because of ill-ness, but head coach JayNelson hopes she will be readyfor the second tournament ofthe season.

Without Williams, the Knightshave just two pitchers for the five-game weekend tournament.

“We need her,” Houstonsaid. “She’s ready. The onlything she has to work on is herconfidence. She throws hard.She works the inside of theplate really well. She has a pret-ty nice drop-cur ve. She’s agood pitcher that will do wellfor us.”

Behind Houston and Sisco,Rutgers has room for improve-ment on the defensive side of the diamond, according to Nelson.

“We aren’t there yet defen-sively,” he said. “Part of that is

getting used to playing outsideagain, but we let some peopleget on base that shouldn’t havegotten on.”

Rutgers (0-4) committed sixerrors and allowed two unearnedruns in the first weekend.

“We had our ups and downs.Considering we were practicingin the Bubble for a month now,we haven’t seen many balls out-side,” Messina said of thedefensive performance. “It’s adif ferent perspective. Our per-formance was a star t. Someimprovements definitely needto be made, but we’re ready tomake them.”

In the Lone Star State,Rutgers begins Thursday againstArkansas (5-5) before taking onTexas Southern (2-6) and TexasA&M Corpus Christi (5-5)Friday. The semifinals and finalstake place Saturday before theteam returns to Piscataway for aweek. The team’s first homegame does not come until March26 against Syracuse.

“These trips made me realizethat we’re living a dream,”Messina said. “This is a privilege,and we’re very lucky to be wherewe are, so we’re really excitedabout it. I’m excited to see ourimprovement. If our confidence isthere, our improvement is goingto be huge.”

RUTGERS AT ARKANSAS, THURSDAY, 2 P.M.

SOFTBALL

THE DAILY TARGUM

Sophomore righthander Abbey Houston got roughed up in theKnights season-opening tourney, going 0-1 with a 12.19 ERA.

BY JOSH BAKANCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Attempting to overcome theloss of leading scorer Brooke

Cantwelland Co.to gradu-ation, theRutgerswomen’slacrosse

team is taking on a new dynamic.“We’re a well-balanced team

this year,” said senior defense-man Mary Moran. “We have a lotof people we can rely on at theend of a game. We don’t justdepend on that one person.”

With that said, in a critical sit-uation where goals are necessary,there is a good chance the ballwill go to senior midfielderMarley Welsh, the Scarlet

Knights’ leading returning scorerwith 27 goals last season.

“If there’s a situation where weneed to get the ball in the back ofthe net, we’d definitely give it toMarley,” Moran said. “She’sunstoppable. I’ve never met some-one else who can beat a wholedefense in practice or in a game.It doesn’t matter who’s trying todefend her or how many people,she’ll get through them and she’llstill get a good shot.”

But part of being a midfieldermeans that the game does notstop on the offensive end.

“When she’s not dominatingon the offensive side of the fieldor working hard in the midfield,she’s back working hard on theother side on defense, which isn’teasy to do,” Moran said.“Defenders have a lot they needto remember and have a lot that

they need to be on top of all thetime and she always is.”

Over the past three seasons, theKnights relied on Cantwell, a 2010All-American who led Rutgers inscoring. That loss alone changedthe Knights’ style of play.

“We’re a dif ferent type ofteam this year,” said head coachLaura Brand. “We don’t neces-sarily have that go-to player. Ithink certainly Marley’s goingto give teams a lot of issues andshe’s going to be very difficultto defend, but if teams do shuther down we have other peoplewho are going to be able to cre-ate things.

“I don’t even want to thinkabout [the team without Welsh].Whether she’s on the field or noton the field, she’s always going tobring a positive aspect to the teamand really pump people up.”

As a captain, Welsh is a defin-ing presence for the midfield andthe entire team, Brand said.

“She’s a huge factor in ourmidfield. Her speed really helpsour transition,” Brand said. “Ifwe’re playing a team that’s put-ting a lot of pressure on us, she’ssomeone that we can rely on get-ting the ball to and being able totransition really well.

“She’s always first in every runthat we do. She never allows her-self to be lazy in anything thatshe’s doing. She consistentlycomes back prepared.”

Welsh’s first game as captainand as the Knights’ leadingreturning scorer takes placetoday at Temple.

“[Replacing Cantwell] is defi-nitely going to be a hard thing todo,” said the preseason All-BigEast midfielder. “I think that we

looked to her last year as that per-son who we could count on to getthe ball and we knew that shecould score, but we know thatshe’s not here now.”

Welsh not only has to replaceCantwell’s scoring but her leader-ship as well.

“Being a leader is very differ-ent for me,” Welsh said. “Being acaptain, you need to make surethat when other people are slack-ing off, you’re there to pick themup. This being my last year, I’mdefinitely motivated to do some-thing great out there.”

For Welsh, all her efforts go toward making the Big East Tournament.

“The last time we made post-season play was my freshmanyear, so I don’t want my seniorseason to just end with our 16 reg-ular season games,” Welsh said.

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Senior midfielder Marley Welsh returns to the Banks this season as the Knights’ leading scorer from a season ago, when she notched 27 goals. The captainestablished herself as the team’s go-to offensive threat last year and helped lead the team to an 11-5 record.

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No. 16 Cardsdominate RU’slistless effort

BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

As the fans started to file out last nightwith less than four minutes left in the

Rutgers men’s bas-ketball team’s con-test against No. 16Louisville at theLouis BrownAthletic Center, one

thing was certain: The Scarlet Knights finallymet their match.

After matching wits with four teams in theTop 25 for 40 minutes over five games, thephysicality took its toll, as the Knights fell tothe Cardinals, 55-37.

“I should be out there in the parking lotright now apologizing,” said head coachMike Rice. “It’s as simple as that. We havesad individuals on this team. It was the firsttime all year that guys were sad that some-thing was going wrong.”

A pair of Gilvydas Biruta free throws gotthe Knights (13-14, 4-11) within 39-30 withless than 10 minutes to go, but the Cardinalspromptly went on an 11-2 run over the nextsix-plus minutes to widen their margin.

Louisville (21-7, 10-5) maintained atleast a three-possession cushion for nearly32 minutes, as Rutgers never legitimatelychallenged head coach Rick Pitino’s teamin the defeat.

“They scored more points than ustonight,” said senior forward JonathanMitchell. “We couldn’t get into a rhythm. Wehad no flow — we had 37 points. That justsums it up.”

Both Rutgers and Louisville cooled offmidway through the second half, whenboth teams failed to score for more thanthree minutes.

The Cardinals could not convert fromthe perimeter during the span despite earn-ing open looks after penetrating theKnights’ man-to-man defense, keepingRutgers within 12.

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Senior Louisville guard Preston Knowles led the Cardinals’ dynamic backcourtwith 14 points, while dishing a pair of assists and recording five steals.

Midwest ‘wakeup call’ leadsKnights back to Piscataway

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Ask Rutgers head women’s basketballcoach C. Vivian Stringer and she will be thefirst to tell you that her squad took 10 minutes

off in the team’sblowout loss to No.7 Notre Dame twogames ago.

Ask the playersand they will tellyou all about the

wakeup call they received after leaving theJoyce Center, marking their second consecu-tive defeat.

But no questions asked, the ScarletKnights put it all together in imposing fash-ion against No. 22 Marquette their last timeout, and finally enmeshed all phases of thegame — this time for 40 minutes.

“I thought that we finally just put it alltogether,” Stringer said of the team’s 76-55victory in Milwaukee. “It was a beautifulthing to see, because they executed so welloffensively, they were very focused defen-sively. In fact, one of the coaches was saying,‘You were very calm this week,’ which causedthem [the players] to be relaxed.”

Now, as the Knights (15-11, 8-5) return to theBanks for a two-game home stand, they look to

tap into another offensively dominant showingagainst lowly South Florida (10-17, 1-12).

Fresh off a 13-point, nine-rebound effortagainst the Golden Eagles, junior forwardChelsey Lee hopes to maintain her recent form.

After a quiet stretch around the middle ofthe conference schedule, the ParkwayAcademy (Fla.) product re-emerged as aforce in the post during the Knights’ Midwesttrip, averaging 13 points in all three contests.

A rekindled sense of urgency could be to blame.

“We definitely knew that the Marquettegame was a win or go home,” Lee said. “We def-initely needed this. It would have been tough todo three road games all losses, so we knew wehad to get one out of the three.”

The Knights displayed that do-or-die men-tality to kick off the road battle, building a 25-point lead in the first half and holding thehome steam to a mere 14.7 percent shootingclip from the field.

That defense does not go without notice, anddown the stretch of Big East play a strong ‘D’ issomething Stringer’s squad has prided itself onand something that has turned in victories.

But with the offense clicking heading intotomorrow night’s matchup at the Louis Brown

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Junior forward Chelsey Lee registered three straight 13-point efforts in the Knights’Midwest roadtrip last week, a stretch that featured three ranked opponents.

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BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Mike Coburn stood alone in front of themedia Saturday following the Rutgers men’sbasketball team’s loss at Syracuse, fielding

questions he likelyheard throughouthis career.

The oldestholdover and onlyremaining memberfrom former headcoach Fred Hill Jr.’s2007 recruitingclass, Coburn sawfirsthand the manydevelopments that

took place with the Scarlet Knights over histhree-plus years in Piscataway.

But before the questions, before the pro-gram’s internal controversies and before theinstallation of a new regime, Coburn made aname for himself just a short trip outsideNew York City under famed high school bas-ketball coach Bob Cimmino.

“I got to meet Mike with the local CYOprogram and he was rock-solid from thestart,” said Cimmino, who will coach the Eastteam on March 30 in the McDonald’s HighSchool All-American game. “He enjoyedcoming up for our camp the season before hewas a high school student, so he was thor-oughly versed in Mt. Vernon basketballbefore he walked in the building.”

The 6-foot guard initially garnered atten-tion during his middle school AAU yearsplaying in the ultra-competitive Metropolitanarea and made the varsity team at Mt.Vernon High School as an eighth grader.

“Coach [Cimmino] gave me the opportu-nity to try out for [Mt. Vernon] and I did pret-ty well at tryouts — enough to make theteam, obviously, and then everything went

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