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visible in cer tain social spheres,Nepomnyaschy said.
Those with an abnormally high BodyMass Index often belong to a low-incomeminority and live in single-parent families, according to studiesNepomnyaschy presented.
“Kids who are poor are more likely tobe obese,” she said. “I think that’s anupsetting thing. Your socioeconomic sta-tus should not determine your health.”
Gaining access to some of the morehelpful government programs alsobecomes more dif ficult for families when fathers are involved,Nepomnyaschy said.
“The notion of ‘let’s get money fromfathers to help children in single-parentfamilies and that will make everythingbetter’ doesn’t really work in a situationlike this,” she said.
But the arguments made during thedemonstration did not sit well with
BY MATTHEW MATILSKY CORRESPONDENT
New Brunswick residents clashed withcity officials at a city council meeting lastnight, after council members passed an ordi-nance prohibiting cyclists 12 years or olderfrom riding on the sidewalk and requiringbikes to have bells.
Under the ordinance, cyclists chargedwith riding on the sidewalk will be fined $25for the first offense occurring in a year, and$50 to $100 for the second, third and furtherviolations within the year.
The initial bicycle ordinance — first pro-posed last September — stated that the finewould be no less than $50 for the first offense.
Council members claimed the ordi-nance would prevent bicycle collisionswith both cars and pedestrians. But resi-dents who spoke at the meeting allegedthe ruling was unsafe and unfair, particu-larly for minority residents.
Glenn Patterson, director of theDepartment of Planning, Community andEconomic Development, cited a Universityof California study, the New JerseyDepartment of Transportation guidelinesand the American Association of StateHighway and Transportation Officials manu-als to indicate that bicycles are safer on road-ways than on sidewalks.
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Christie’s Tuesdayaddress was wroughtwith optimism, but histax cut plans may provedetrimental to state.
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Charles Renda, a New Brunswick resident, argues against the bicycle ordinance last nightat a city council meeting in downtown New Brunswick.
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney takes the early lead in the GOP race for candidacy,with wins in both Iowa and New Hamsphire Republican caucuses.
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Presidential hopeful andMassachusetts Gov. MittRomney’s early wins at the Iowaand New Hampshire Republicancaucuses show that most votersconsider a candidate’s electabilityover their principles.
His lead has extended to 20delegates, leaving candidatesSen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., andRep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, behindat 12 and three, respectively.Newt Gingrich, former speakerof the House of Representatives,has none.
“In politics, anything can hap-pen,” said John Weingart, associ-ate director of the EagletonInstitute of Politics. “But unless some information isrevealed about Romney that isnew and very damning, I don’tsee how anyone else could winthe nomination.”
Weingart said electability is themajor driving force behind Romneyas Republican constituents look forsomeone to face President BarackObama in November.
“For a large part of Republicans,it is most important that Obama bedefeated. That is more importantthan preference for one candidateor another,” he said.
Weingart said if Romney winsthe GOP candidacy this summer, itwould be because of his electabili-ty and the fact that his oppositiondivided the voters — never form-ing a unified front.
Romney won the Iowa caucustaking 24.6 percent of the vote, leav-ing Santorum a mere 0.1 percentbehind. The following week in NewHampshire, Romney again led thestate, but Paul came in second, andJon Huntsman — a recent candida-cy dropout — came in third, accord-ing to The Associated Press.
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Professor considers factors behind childhood obesityBY LISA BERKMAN
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Researchers have found a link betweenchildhood obesity and father involvementamong children with unmarried parents —a growing epidemic that is on the rise in theUnited States.
Lenna Nepomnyaschy, a School of SocialWork assistant professor, explained the sig-nificant role fathers play in the rising obesi-ty epidemic yesterday in Davison Hall onDouglass campus.
“More frequent contact with fathersand more child support through the for-mal system are associated with higherinstances of obesity among children,” shesaid to a crowd of about 40 people.
Circumstances like these are deemedcommon since about 40 percent of all birthsin the United States belong to unmarriedmothers, Nepomnyaschy said.
Obesity is a dangerous condition forchildren to live with, as it could lead tomortality, said Paul Breslin, a professor in
Lenna Nepomnyaschy, a School of Social Work assistant professor, connects low-incomewith childhood obesity yesterday in Davison Hall on Douglass campus.
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the Department of Nutritional Sciences.“You can die from all kinds of things
like cancer, heart attack, stroke and soon,” Breslin said. “That’s all correlated
with obesity, so we want to try and con-trol that.”
Though obesity is a problem throughout the countr y, it is more
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May Chiu, Rutgers BusinessGoverning Association secre-tary, will lead the organization ofthe event alongside a group of10 students.
A portion of the event includesa pageant fashion show, which isdesigned to help students learnthe kinds of attire to wear and
how to stay professional in theworkplace, said BryanNachwalter, sophomore classrepresentative for the association.
Other activities include a coor-dinated dance, a talent portionand question and answer sessionwith a panel of judges, Chiu said.
The panel will consist of a profes-sor, a member of the school’s dean’soffice and a member of the associa-tion, said Nachwalter, a RutgersBusiness School sophomore.
He said the committee doesnot know exactly what questionsthey would ask, but that they havea variety of categories in mind.
“We’re thinking of asking a fewriddles and some questions aboutbehavior during interviews,”Nachwalter said. “There will alsobe some questions where we givethe contestant a random objectand they have to try to market it.”
After the contestants perform,the audience will pick their fourfavorites. From these, the judgeswill choose a winner, Chiu said.They will be scored on an 80-pointscale on which judges will look tosee whether or not the person metthe requirements to win the contest.
Chiu said Mr. or MissBusiness School should embodythe characteristics of creativity,humor and intelligence.
Although set questions havenot been made for the event, shesaid the association plans to askunconventional questions thatwill make students think.
“[For example,] if you werethe size a nickel and if you wereput into a blender, how would getout?” she said.
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20 The New Jersey Film Festival Spring 2012 Film Screening,sponsored by the Rutgers Co-op/New Jersey Media ArtsCenter and the Rutgers University Program in CinemaStudies, starts today with three films. The festival will takeplace at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum from 7 to10 p.m. on the College Avenue campus. General admissionfee will be $10 to $9 for students and seniors. The screeningof “Calendar Girl” will host in-person director DerekLindeman and lead actor Jensen Bucher.
23 Colleges Against Cancer will kick off Relay for Life at theRutgers Student Center from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on theCollege Avenue campus, where there will be free food anddrinks for participants. Students can get into the relay spirit,and join the fight against cancer with the chance to playgames and win prizes.
25 Rutgers University Programming Association is hosting aJust For Fun indoor ice skating rink at the Douglass CampusCenter from 2 to 11 p.m. Students can attend the WinterWonderland event where there will be ice skating, a hotcocoa bar and winter-themed crafts, while supplies last.
26 The Rutgers Energy Institute is sponsoring a morning CaféHour for conversation on energy-related topics. Students,faculty and staff will be attending and are welcome to learnand share ideas. The event will take place from 8:30 to 9:30a.m. in The Cove of the Busch Campus Center where therewill be coffee, tea, refreshments and a light breakfast avail-able. There is no fee or reservations needed.
28 There will be dancing on the 4,500 square-foot woodendance floor to Brian Nash at the main gym from 8 to 11:30p.m. on the College Avenue campus. Music includes cha-cha, foxtrot, hustle, jive, merengue, polka, quickstep,rumba, samba, salsa/mambo, swing, tango and waltz.
31 TA Project & Center for Teaching Advancement &Assessment Research will sponsor a podcasting event from9:45 to 11:15 a.m. where students can create and do editingof audio content using the free “Audacity” software and howto distribute the files to students as a “podcast” using RSSor iTunes. OOMEGAMEGA D DINERINEROMEGA DINER
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In response to studentrequests for a pageant, theRutgers Business GoverningAssociation is working on a showthat will judge contestants notonly on their beauty but on theirtalents and smarts as well.
The association plans to holda “Mr. and Miss BusinessSchool” pageant on March 27, anevent that aims to include a coor-dinated dance, a talent show anda chance for students to learn tobe professional in the work place.
The organization adopted theidea for the event after a number ofRutgers Business School studentssaid they wanted an event similarto the School of Engineering andErnest Mario School ofPharmacy’s pageant show, saidLouis Catizone, marketing repre-sentative for the association.
Catizone, a Rutgers BusinessSchool junior, said the group isworking to find 16 potential con-testants for the event — eightmen and eight women. Only jun-iors and seniors are eligible tocompete for the 16 spots.
“We’re obviously looking forsomeone who has an entertain-ment factor,” he said. “But wealso want someone who can be
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cer tain attendees, such asAlison Brown, senior programcoordinator for social market-ing of Supplemental NutritionAssistance Program-Ed.
Brown, who expressed herconcerns to her peers, saidNepomnyaschy failed to con-sider cultural factors in her studies.
“A lot of [the subjects] wereHispanic, and in that culture,chubby babies are a goodsign,” Brown said. “Eventhough the father was thereand was providing the extraincome, it was [because of] the compounding factor that babies should be chubby, because that’s whatthey believe.”
Breslin said the panic overobesity may be blown out of pro-portion, and it may actually be afavorable reality when seen froma global viewpoint.
Looking at the matter froma biological perspective, mil-lions of children die every year— generally from malnutrition,he said.
“I think what we’re seeinghere is the more care fathersprovide their kids, the more‘robust’ kids become, and that might be a good thing,”Breslin said.
Breslin said obesity is a prob-lem only the rich can afford, andpeople should recognize largertragedies occurring in third-world countries.
“They will go to sleep nakedon the street and not wake up,”he said. “They’ll be dead in thestreet and people walking towork will step over them on theirway. That’s poverty this countrydoes not know.”
Sheetal Bhatia, also SNAP-Edsenior program coordinator forsocial marketing, said despitethe growing hunger among thepoor, the wealthy class is begin-ning to develop an obesity prob-lem as well.
“In India and other develop-ing countries, childhood obesi-ty is really in high-incomegroups,” said Bhatia, who wroteher dissertation on childhoodobesity. “These are people whowere cooking before and mak-ing healthy choices and arenow taking their kids to fastfood, which is becoming thesocial norm.”
Nepomnyaschy said the gov-ernment should allocate funds toimprove children’s health as obe-sity continues to be aggressivelyon the rise.
“I believe we should bespending more on children,” shesaid. “All the research showsthat the more money you spendon kids in terms of health, edu-cation and opportunity develop-ment, there are huge benefitsdown the road.”
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The Court Tavern’s owner Bobby Albert toldmycentraljersey.com yesterday that the landmarkmusical venue is closed indefinitely.
Albert refused to comment further when press con-tacted him at his North Brunswick home.
Both the club’s website and the Facebook pageshow no notice of the announcement. NewBrunswick has not taken action to close the busi-ness, and there was no state action against its liquorlicense as far as city officials are aware, accordingto mycentraljersey.com.
Andy “Diamond” De Nicolo, a music promoter, saidhe did not know of the club’s closing and was unsureof how it would affect future shows scheduled at theclub, located at 124 Church St. in New Brunswick.
The tavern has hosted a number of local perform-ers over the years — like the Smithereens, CrossfireChoir and The Gaslight Anthem — including manywho started there before gaining national and inter-national popularity.
“The Court Tavern is really the last stand,” musi-cian Gary Kaplan of Highland Park told mycentraljer-
sey.com. “There is nowhere else where you can seenational, indie or new rock bands in this area or thesurrounding area. There’s no place where bands canshowcase their music.”
The club owed $26,000 in property taxes, as wellas water and sewer payments to the city in 2009,Alber t said to mycentraljersey.com. About 20 friends and customers came for ward with loans, which have been repaid. A concert in spring 2010 at the city’s State Theatre also helpeddefray costs.
COURT TAVERN TO CLOSE AFTER 26 YEARS OF ROCKING
“The reason they do this isbecause pedestrians are walk-ing on the sidewalk at a muchslower rate,” Patterson said.“Pedestrians often make jerkymovements, which are unpre-dictable, and cyclists will havedif ficulty avoiding them.”
Poor visibility puts cyclistsat a higher risk of cars hittingthem at intersections whenthey ride on the sidewalk, he said.
New Brunswick residentCharles Renda said city roads are unfit for cyclistsbecause riders must bike inthe same flow of traf fic, whichposes problems to some onone-way streets.
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Somerset resident Noble Aaron El Shabazz expresses his concern of whether the ordinance was constitutional last night during theNew Brunswick city council meeting. He said the rule could target the minority population living in New Brunswick.
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“I think it’s horrendous. Ithink it’s outrageous that theywould do this,” Renda said.“There are many areas of the citywhere it’s unsafe to ride on theroadway for bicyclists.”
Patterson said other townshave similar ordinances that ban riding bicycles on sidewalks.
Somerset resident NobleAaron El Shabazz said the rulecould negatively affect the minor-ity population in New Brunswick,he said.
Shabazz, whose son policedetained for violating the ordi-nance, said he worried city policeofficers would use the rule as anexcuse to detain members of theblack community.
“They harass people wholook like us,” he said. “That’swhy we always file internalaf fairs complaints [with the NBPD].”
After his son was detained,Shabazz said he filed a series of complaints with internalaf fairs, which they promised to address but continued to ignore.
Shabazz faced other criminalcharges at the time of his initialcomplaint. NBPD internal affairsagreed to consider his complaintsafter his charges were taken careof, he said.
Once his son was acquitted ofthese charges, he said internalaffairs continued to disregard hiscomplaint.
Other people in the meetingmade similar allegations towardthe internal affairs department ofthe NBPD.
These complaints follow thesuspension of Sgt. RichardRowe, an internal affairs officercharged with mishandling 81internal affairs complaints dur-ing 2003 to 2007.
Rowe was suspended with-out pay on March 21 after the New Brunswick PoliceDepartment’s Office of InternalAffairs discovered that files heassigned were missing.
Assistant City Attorney CharlyGayden said she has establishedan office for residents who feelinternal affairs ignored him dur-ing this eight-year period. Theoffice is open every Thursdayfrom 1 to 4 p.m. in city hall on 78Bayard St.
“I feel like that could be use-ful but I can’t be sure,” Shabazzsaid. “It could just be a dog-and-pony show.”
The council promised to takefurther measures to conveniencecity residents. Among their sug-gestions was the potential tobuild bike paths and create abicycle safety awareness cam-paign to encourage residents notto abandon riding.
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The Rutgers University Alumni Association revealed its fiveinductees yesterday for the Rutgers Hall of DistinguishedAlumni. The alumni will be inducted on May 5 at The Heldrichin New Brunswick.
This May marks the 25th anniversary of the Hall ofDistinguished Alumni, where more than 200 Universitygraduates have been inducted, according to an RUAA press release.
Honorees for 2012 include Dennis Bone, Rutgers BusinessSchool Class of 1984 and president of Verizon New Jersey, andDavid Schuller, an oncologist from the Rutgers College Class of1966, according to the release.
The RUAA will recognize two Rutgers Camden College ofArts Sciences graduates: George Hill, Class of 1961, who is a bio-medical scientist, and Kathryn Holloway, Class of 1980, who is aneurosurgery pioneer.
One honoree, Flora Darpino, School of Law-Camden Class of1986, is the commander of the United States Army LegalServices Agency and the chief judge in the U.S. Army Court ofCriminal Appeals.
James Cusumano, Rutgers College Class of 1964 andGraduate School of New Brunswick Class of 1968, will be mas-ter of ceremonies at the event.
Cusumano was also a 2011 inductee to the Hall ofDistinguished Alumni, according to the release.
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Weingart compared the upcom-ing election between Obama andthe Republican Party’s choice tothe one in 2004 when Sen. JohnKerry, D-Mass., faced formerPresident George W. Bush.
“It wasn’t as much antagonismagainst Kerry in the DemocraticParty as there is against Romneyin the Republican Party,” he said.“The Democrats united behindKerry because he was the mostelectable even though he lost.”
Rutgers University CollegeRepublicans President ConnorMontferrat said he believedRomney would win the candidacybut that Paul had a chance atswiping the nomination.
“In the end though, it’s aboutparty unity,” said Montferrat, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior. “No matter who the candidateis, it’s going to come down to uscoming together to beat Obama.”
Montferrat said Paul was over-looked because most voters do notconsider him a true Republican, butrather a Libertarian.
Weingart said Paul is in hiscurrent position in the pollsbecause there was not a largeenough group to support hispolicies, although a great part of younger voters havebacked him.
In Iowa, Paul won the majorityof under-30 voters’ support andmore than a third of thosebetween 30 and 45 years of age,according to a New YorkTimes/CBS News poll.
“[The youth vote] just isn’tnearly enough to propel to him tothe nomination of the RepublicanParty,” Weingart said. “Thereisn’t a large enough segment ofthe electorate who subscribes tothe mix of his set of views. Thereis an intellectual consistency tothem, but it’s a real mixture.”
Rutgers University DemocratsPresident Matt Kohut said he saw Romney as the strongest candidate, but there could be aclose match-up between him andanother Republican vying for the nomination.
“Romney has an aura of fightingstrongly for the rich and powerful
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and continuing tax breaks for fellowhigh-income earners,” said Kohut, aSchool of Engineering senior.
Although Romney seems tobe the strongest opponent toObama, the president still leadsall the GOP candidates in recentpolls, he said.
“The youth of this school andacross America tend to favorthose issues and continued fund-ing for the agencies protectingtheir world,” he said.
Kohut said he is hopeful inregard to Obama’s chances inNovember when he faces eitherone of the candidates.
“When November comes andthey look at what the candidateswere saying today, they will over-whelmingly see that Obama gen-erally supports the issues theycare about and return him to theWhite House for another term,”Kohut said.
Opinions ranged across theUniversity campus. Some said Paulhad their support in the Republicancandidacy race, but they did notthink he would stand a chanceagainst Romney or possibly Obama.
Hadiya Abdelrahman, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences sophomore,said she liked Paul best of all theGOP candidates, but would stillvote for President Obama.
“[Paul] seems so far the onlyone whose policies I would sup-port, but I guess it’s like pickingthe best of the worst,” she said.“But it would be very hard forhim to catch up to Romney.”
She said the Republican Partyhad a chance against Obama astheir influence has grown inCongress and especially in theHouse of Representatives.
“I think we are underestimat-ing the growth of the power ofthe Republican Party,”Abdelrahman said. “It’s going tobe a real standoff betweenObama and Romney.”
Alex Tsouristakis, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidRomney seemed to be the onlycandidate to stand above the rest.
“I think he is one of the onlycandidates that doesn’t have seri-ous baggage, even though he isone of the least interesting candi-dates,” he said. “For the mostpart, I think people are going withwhoever says the right thing atthe right time and what the peoplewant to hear.”
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Students face lease restrictions at Gateway apartmentsBY SNEHA SHAHCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Gateway TransitVillage apar tment complex“The Vue” is opening its doorsto future renters, but highcosts and a co-signer law areturning away students.
The building, headed byresidential development com-pany Pennrose, will place 20percent of the 150 rental apart-ments under a category knownas af fordable housing target-ing those in the $20,000 to$30,000 salary bracket, whichis out of most student’s salaryrange, said ChristopherPaladino, president of NewBrunswick DevelopmentCorporation (DEVCO).
In addition to the pricing,Pennrose implemented a rulepreventing potential apartmentrenters from co-signing withsomeone who will not be livingin the apar tment, Paladinosaid. This includes parents co-signing for a student.
“We did not conceive thisproject, nor finance it, with students in mind as the pri-mary market,” he said. “[‘TheVue’] is not designed to be stu-dent housing.”
Kristin Corrigan, aGraduate School of Educationstudent, said considering the
The newly constructed housing complex “The Vue,” a part of the Gateway Transit Village, presentsobstacles for potential student residents because of a co-signing rule and high prices.
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amount of students in the near-by area, it is confusing that thebuilding would make it dif ficultfor students to live there.
“It seems strange that theywould build an apar tmentbuilding so close to theRutgers community and makethe rent so expensive,” shesaid. “There are only a limitednumber of dorms and apart-ments on the Rutgers-NewBrunswick campus as it is.”
Christina DeLeon, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said shehas no problem with high pricesat “The Vue,” even if it may be anobstacle for students who, likeher, rely on their parents for rent.
“Probably no Rutgers students will live there,” she said.“But if that’s what the city of NewBrunswick wants, there is reallynothing wrong with that.”
Megha Kamra, an Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning and
Public Policy junior, said thebuilding appears to be an appeal-ing place for students to live, butthe annual income restrictionsand co-sign rule would make itdifficult for students to becomerealistic renters.
“I think that it would be aplace where many college stu-dents would enjoy living becauseof the convenience,” Kamra said.“However, they would not beable to afford the costs.”
“The Vue” may not be the solu-tion for University students lookingfor reasonably priced housing, butit could be a great location foryoung professionals and com-muters living in New Brunswick,Paladino said.
“Most of the people who haverented out apartments so far aregraduates from Rutgers-NewBrunswick, many who are lawyersand doctors,” he said.
Michael Beltranena, cityspokesman, said despite someopposition from students, heexpects “The Vue” will provide ben-efits for the community.
“‘The Vue’ will definitelyimpact the city in a better way,”said Beltranena. “It’s a beautifulnew building.”
Kasi Arunodayam, a NewBrunswick resident, said thebuilding is attractive and appealsto many non-students because ofits location near town and thetrain station.
“I would consider living in thisnew building,” Arunodayam said.“There are also a lot of good eater-ies and shops around.”
Although “The Vue” was notintended for students, Paladino said DEVCO has notforgotten student requests foraf fordable housing.
“We are planning to build addi-tional student housing,” he said.“We believe there is a need for it.”
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WASHINGTON — In a politi-cally explosive decision, PresidentBarack Obama yesterday rejectedplans for a massive oil pipelinethrough the heart of the UnitedStates, ruling there was notenough time for a fair reviewbefore a looming deadline forcedon him by Republicans. His movedid not kill the project but couldagain delay a tough choice for himuntil after the November elections.
Right away, the implications rip-pled across the political spectrum,stirred up the presidential cam-paign and even hardened feelingswith Canada, a trusted U.S. allyand neighbor. For a U.S. electorateeager for work, the pipeline hasbecome the very symbol of job cre-ation for Republicans, but Obamasays the environment and publicsafety must still be weighed too.
The plan by Calgary-basedTransCanada Corp. would carrytar sands oil from western Canadaacross a 1,700-mile pipeline acrosssix U.S. states to Texas refineries.
Obama was already on recordas saying no, for now, until his gov-ernment could review an alterna-tive route that avoided environmen-tally sensitive areas of Nebraska —a route that still has not been pro-posed, as the White House empha-sizes. But Obama had to take astand again by Feb. 21 at the latestas part of an unrelated tax deal hecut with Republicans.
This time, the project wouldgo forward unless Obama himselfdeclared it was not in the nationalinterest. The president did justthat, reviving intense reaction.
President Barack Obama postpones the plan to allow an oil pipeline to be built through the countryyesterday. Obama may consider approval for the pipeline after the upcoming November election.
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“This announcement is not ajudgment on the merits of thepipeline, but the arbitrary natureof a deadline that prevented theState Department from gatheringthe information necessary toapprove the project and protectthe American people,” Obamasaid in a written statement. “I’mdisappointed that Republicans inCongress forced this decision.”
Republicans respondedunsparingly.
“President Obama is destroy-ing tens of thousands ofAmerican jobs and shippingAmerican energy security to theChinese. There’s really just noother way to put it. The presidentis selling out American jobs forpolitics,” House Speaker JohnBoehner, R-Ohio, said. Insistingthat the pipeline would help theeconomy, he declared: “This isnot the end of the fight,” signalingthat Republicans might try againto force a decision.
The State Department said thedecision was made “without preju-dice,” meaning TransCanada cansubmit a new application once anew route is established. RussGirling, TransCanada’s presidentand chief executive officer, saidthe company plans to do exactlythat. If approved, the pipelinecould begin operation as soon as2014, Girling said.
It did not take long for theRepublicans seeking Obama’sjob to slam him.
Newt Gingrich, campaigningfor the GOP presidential nomina-tion in South Carolina, calledObama’s decision “stunninglystupid,” adding: “What Obama
has done is kill jobs, weakenAmerican security and driveCanada into the arms of China outof just sheer stupidity.”
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney said thedecision was “as shocking as it isrevealing. It shows a presidentwho once again has put politicsahead of sound policy.”
Project supporters say U.S.rejection of the pipeline would notstop it from being built. CanadianPrime Minister Stephen Harperhas said Canada is serious aboutbuilding a pipeline to its West
Coast, where oil could be shippedto China and other Asian markets.
Harper yesterday told Obamahe was profoundly disappointedthat Obama turned down thepipeline, Harper’s office said.
Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada’spresident for energy and oilpipelines, said last week the com-pany soon will have a new routethrough Nebraska “that everyoneagrees on.”
The proposed $7 billion pipelinewould run through Montana,South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansasand Oklahoma en route to Texas.
The pipeline is a dicey proposi-tion for Obama, who enjoyed strongsupport from both organized laborand environmentalists in his winning2008 campaign for the White House.
Environmental advocates havemade it clear that approval of thepipeline would dampen their enthu-siasm for Obama in the upcomingNovember election. Some liberaldonors even threatened to cut offfunds to Obama’s re-election cam-paign to protest the project, whichopponents say would transport“dirty oil” that requires hugeamounts of energy to extract.
offensive, rude and sarcas-tic. I wasn’t shocked thatthey had nailed my modusoperandi. What was shock-ing, though, was the hostilitywith which Rutgers Unitedmembers greeted Mr. X’scriticisms. He was ridiculed,and his points were dis-missed offhand. The sitting
RUSA vice president even said on Facebook that if Mr.X turned out to be a Rutgers United member, he wouldbe removed from his position and made to apologizepublicly. This is the polar opposite of the kind of envi-ronment that should prevail in any government, stu-dent or otherwise. The debate floor ought to be a placewhere ideas, including minority opinions, can bevoiced and then succeed or fail based on their ownmerits. If a senior RUSA official is unable to voice hisconcerns because of the chilling environment for dis-course that Rutgers United has established, it’s evi-dence of a larger systemic problem with how the pow-
ers-that-be are running the show.Enter Mr. Y. Almost immediately
after the column ran, I received con-tact from yet another RUSA officialwho, speaking under the conditionof anonymity, disclosed startlingdetails about the inner workings ofour student government. Accordingto Mr. Y, “[Rutgers United] neverwants to address issues they don’t
agree with. They say, ‘dissent is fantastic,’ but theynever actually want to hear dissent.” By way of anexample, Mr. Y pointed to the controversial resolu-tion passed in October that condemned the actionsof the New Brunswick Police Department duringthe fatal shooting of city resident Barry Deloatch.“The bill was very strongly worded and very anti-police, and it was written at a time when new infor-mation was coming to light about the situation.When the bill was proposed, several people tried tospeak out against it because it made several out-landish claims. [Rutgers United members] keptcutting them off, smirking and laughing at thethings they were saying,” Mr. Y said. “It came offas very unprofessional, and you can’t take a bodyseriously if they’re not going to allow regulardebate of the issue.”
Mr. Y also told me about how one particular com-mittee, Academic Affairs, was unable to get significantattention from the general RUSA body about an issueof actual student importance, simply because many ofthe members on that committee are not RutgersUnited. “Right now, psychology majors have to takethree prerequisite courses before they can declaretheir major. The problem is, there are so many psychmajors that the prereqs fill up, and students that want
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H ome to about four dozen wineries, New Jersey is no strangerto that bittersweet elixir of fermented grapes we so affection-ately call wine. In fact, the Garden State is the seventh largest
wine producer in the country. No, we didn’t know that either.Wine aficionados around campus and throughout the state will be
happy to hear that come April 1, those wineries producing 250,000 gal-lons or less a year of the tasty brew will be allowed to ship their prod-uct directly to the doors of their customers. Yes, you will now be ableto have your own Jersey-grown Pinot noir brought to your door along-side your morning milk, as well as that new pair of shoes you orderedon eBay last week.
We cannot find anything wrong with this idea. Whenever conven-ience is paired with comfort (read: an alcoholic beverage), we cannothelp but get excited. And with 38 other states delivering their bottledwine to their customers’ doors, we find it hard to understand why ourlocal vineyards weren’t already able to do this.
The news comes with the recent passing of a law, sponsored by Sen.President Stephen Sweeney and signed yesterday by Gov. ChrisChristie, that allows small N.J. wineries to ship to their customersbeyond the state’s borders and door to door. Out-of-state producerswill be able to do the same for residents within the state’s borders.
From an economic perspective, allowing these wineries — most ofwhich are small operations and boutique vineyards — promotes smallbusinesses and spurs economic growth. The new law enables these busi-nesses to get their brand name out there and in the process, reach a widercustomer base. And in the economic slump we’re in, every little bit counts.
For those who think this will turn the state’s population into stum-bling winos and alcoholics, there’s probably an unlikely chance of thathappening. If that were our aim, we’d have much more easily made useof that new drive through liquor store down the street.
I magine, for a moment,what “Rutgers Nation”would look like if all its
residents suddenly droppedtheir pretenses. So much ofour everyday behavior isprescribed by the image wewant to maintain among ourfellow University citizens.But imagine if, instead ofplaying pretend, we all started saying what we trulymeant. Things would look a lot different here on theBanks, wouldn’t they?
Professor So-and-So, with his throbbing inferior-ity complex and repressed hatred of bratty collegekids, would tell you right in his syllabus that heplans to fail any students who disagree with him.Creepers would waltz into random parties and yell,“Hey yo, where all the girls with the daddy issuesat?” The residents of Tinsley Hall would finallyadmit they have a problem and go to an AA meeting.
It’s safe to say the University would be a starkly dif-ferent place if we all just said what wemeant. As I’m quickly learning thisyear, the Rutgers University StudentAssembly would be way different, too.
I wrote a column last semester inwhich I interviewed a senior RUSAofficial who disclosed serious con-cerns about the representativeness ofour supposed-student government.Mr. X noted that instead of a body ofour peers fulfilling their constitutional obligation to“provide campus-wide advocacy on behalf of studentconcerns,” we have an idealistic clique who seized themechanism of student government to work on causesthey deem crucial to the school or to the world at large.The problem is, the causes that seem to receive thelion’s share of RUSA’s time and energy rarely match upwith actual student concerns. And their advocacy defi-nitely isn’t campus-wide — a very small number of stu-dents actually voted for those currently in power.
Mr. X noted the problem isn’t that the things RUSA,under the leadership of the Rutgers United Party,which holds a vast majority of the seats including thepresidency and vice presidency, focus on are badthings. In fact, the few big-ticket items that have madeheadway in student government this year are com-mendable. RUSA passed a resolution in November tooppose the process of fracking in the Delaware RiverBasin. They also began a postcard-writing campaign tothe congressional “super committee” to oppose cuts infederal Pell Grants for students. I generally like it whencollege is affordable, and I generally dislike it when Ican ignite my drinking water, so I’m a big fan of both ofthese measures. The problem comes in when one real-izes that these concerns are taking precedence overissues closer to our University home.
The reaction to the column from Rutgers UnitedParty members was swift and angry. They said I was
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Tax cuts may provedetrimental to state
D uring his annual “State of the State” address Wednesday atthe State House in Trenton, Republican Gov. Chris Christieoffered an optimistic vision for the future of the Garden State:
“Today, I am proud to report that the New Jersey comeback hasbegun.” From tenure reform to the mandatory treatment of non-violentdrug offenders, the governor introduced a number of aggressive pro-posals, each in hopes to strengthen the economy and continue thestate’s upward momentum.
Christie’s words are laudable. New Jersey is truly a place to planfutures, raise families, grow businesses and someday retire — and Christiehimself has made huge strides in making this so. As a politician, Christiestands above most others as a man of conviction and true character.
The destination that Christie has set — where the grass is greenand the tarmac far off — is one that all can agree with. His route to takethe state there, though, may not be.
Among the proposals, and perhaps most aggressive, was the call torestore earned income tax credits and slash income taxes by 10 per-cent for all N.J. residents. In theory, such a steep tax cut sounds fairlybeneficial, but in reality, we’re not so sure.
In an economic environment riddled with uncertainty and instability,it’s easy for politicians to reach for this familiar anti-tax rhetoric when thepublic needs a little coaxing. But the reality is that in such an environment,cutting taxes so drastically could quickly and easily make matters worse.
Proposing tax cuts for N.J. residents assumes that, with less in taxobligations to draw on their bank accounts and more money in theirwallets, individual’s and families will be more willing to spend freely,resulting in greater levels of economic prosperity. Yet, if the last fivemonths have been any indication of the liberty with which people arewilling to spend their savings, more hard cash in the hands of resi-dents may not necessarily equal greater spending.
On top of that, the state’s own budget must be considered. Withnew figures indicating a weak recovery for the state and revenue col-lections falling short by $325 million, the N.J. economy may not be inthe strongest position to take on further tax cuts.
So far, Christie’s enthusiastic plan does not extend beyond a hand-ful of promising words. If Christie is serious about taking such meas-ures, which will inevitably have a huge impact on both the economyand household, he must be sure he’s doing his homework — and thismeans making sure a 10 percent tax cut does not put the state’s econ-omy in a deeper hole.
“Imagine if, insteadof playing pretend,we all [said] what we truly meant.”
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to major in psych can’t declare it bytheir sophomore year. So theyhave to declare something else inthe meantime. But, if the school islooking for accurate data on whichdepartments have a lot of studentsso they can allocate moreresources there, the data would beskewed since there are all thosefuture-psych majors declared inrandom majors.”
Mr. Y said the Academic Affairscommittee tried to make this issuea central focus on RUSA’s agenda,but received only cursory lip-serv-ice from the Rutgers United major-ity. I asked why I didn’t get to hearabout issues like this.
“The cause itself is probablysomething United memberswould get behind,” he said, “if itwasn’t proposed by someonefrom another political party. Ourvoices aren’t heard very much.When we’re five of 60 people, it’skind of tough.”
You can tune into C-SPAN anyday of the week and observethese same kind of political gamesin Congress. The difference isthat in Congress, people who tryto keep legitimate issues off of thedebate floor just to keep theiropponents from a political victoryare swiftly labeled as “the badguys.” Rutgers United has beengetting away with it, scott free.
To his credit, Rutgers Unitedleader and RUSA President MattCordeiro isn’t one who squelchesdissent just to gain politicalpoints. “I don’t think someonewho speaks out should be called
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to resign. That’s not the appropri-ate way to handle it,” Cordeirosaid. “I think we can reach acrossthe aisle even to people who ranagainst us and be a productivebody. I’ve put forth a good faitheffort to receive feedback.”
This is positive news. Also pos-itive are some of the reforms thatRUSA, under the Rutgers UnitedParty, is undertaking in responseto recent concerns. An overhaul ofthe RUSA website, which lackedmeeting minutes, passed legisla-tion or a working calendar, is cur-rently underway, Cordeiro said.
While these are great steps totake, RUSA will never run proper-ly until the people who hold thereigns increase transparency andactively tailor their agendas to pri-oritize issues on the Universityhome front. It’s not surprising thatRutgers United is single-minded.Like Cordeiro said, they won theelection by reaching out through“informal networks,” as well as“special populations” like the cul-tural organizations and profes-sional schools on campus. This isanother way of saying that theirfriends did most of the voting. ButI like to think that true democracyprovides a forum for all voices tobe heard. I like to think that plu-rality is a necessary condition forprogress. I like to think that RUSAwill take these concerns to heart,and change how they do business.
But now I’m just being pretentious.
Alex Lewis is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring injournalism and media studies andpolitical science with a minor inArabic. His column, “La Nausée,”runs on alternate Thursdays.
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Stringer has not utilized thebench in Big East play as muchas she did earlier in the season,and she utilized it less so againstthe highest-ranked Big East teamthey faced.
In a double-overtime winSaturday against then-No. 15Louisville, only Speed left thebench for more than six totalminutes. Rushdan, Sykes,Wheeler and junior centerMonique Oliver each played 39
minutes or more.Despite the
lengthy playingtime, Rutgerspulled out the 71-68 victory at theLouis BrownAthletic Center.Bench playersscored only threeof those points.
Stringer exper-imented withbench players innon-conferenceplay, but also inblowout minutes.
The loss to St. John’s (12-7, 4-2) was the first conference lossfor Rutgers and also the first timeStringer used the bench liberallyin a competitive matchup.
The Knights face a team ofsimilar record Saturday whenthey travel to South Florida(11-8, 3-2).
In order to avoid déjà vu,Rutgers needs to avoid foulingas frequently, both to keep its starters on the floor and to keep the Bulls of f the chari-ty stripe.
And once again, Stringer mustgamble with decisions as to howto utilize her bench.
Freshman forward Betnijah Laney replaced senior April Sykesbut played limited minutes because of her high foul total.
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The St. John’s backcourtdrove to the basket and earned acombined 23 free throw shots offof late fouls or lay-ups.
“We knew they weren’t per-sistent shooting from the out-side, and they weren’t [onT u e s d a y ] , ”Stringer said.“Instead of mov-ing our feet,according to theof ficials, wefouled.”
The problemsdid not end in thebackcourt. Infact, the prob-lems began in thefrontcourt whensenior for wardApril Sykeslimped to thebench two min-utes into the game after divingfor a loose ball.
Laney subbed in, but sheonly contributed to the Knights’foul trouble, notching herfourth foul six minutes into thesecond half.
Sykes watched from thebench until Laney’s fouls forcedSykes back into the game. Still,she did not appear to be fullyhealthy, converting only one fieldgoal in the second half.
“We always lose when theopposing team shoots more freethrows than we do,” Sykes said.“We know who we are — we justweren’t smooth.”
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“We knew [St. John’swasn’t] persistent
shooting from the outside,
and they weren’t [on Tuesday].”C. VIVIAN STRINGER
Head Coach
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Sophomore 184-pounder Dan Seidenberg wrestles Brown’s Ophir Bernstein in a Jan. 6 dual meet.Seidenberg lost a 2-1 decision but won each of his seven matches since.
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es by a combined score of 22-1.“Lately I’ve been going out
there and forgetting about win-ning and losing, just scoring points,” Seidenbergsaid. “The wins have beenfalling into place.”
He will need that mentalityFriday at Lehigh, where he willface last year’s runner-up at 184pounds in the NCAATournament, Robert Hamlin.
Hamlin started this season asthe top-ranked wrestler in theweight class, but sits at No. 4 nowafter dropping a 2-1 decision toNo. 3 Steve Bosak of Cornell.
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Association Diver of the Weekhonor after last weekend’s per-formance. She won the 1-meterdive and took second in the 3-meter event. Her award was thefifth such recognition for theDukes’ divers.
The Knights have experiencewith their first opponent. Theydefeated the Dukes at the Big AlInvite at Princeton in December.But Spiniello knows facing themhead-to-head presents a differentchallenge than when they facedthem in an invitational format.
“We were fortunate enough tobeat James Madison inPrinceton, but we know they aregoing to be strong head-to-head,” Spiniello said.
The Knights face off withRichmond on Saturday to com-
plete their Virginia trip.Richmond enters competitionwith losses to Villanova,Maryland and Pittsburgh at thePanthers’ quad meet.
The Spiders feature someimpressive athletes, includingsophomore Mali Kobelja. Kobeljatook home four top-three finishesat Pitt’s invitational which earnedthe young swimmer her thirdAtlantic-10 Performer of theWeek award.
Spiniello knows Richmondpresents a roadblock for his program, which he calls the most successful team heever coached.
“Richmond was the Atlantic-10champion for women’s swimmingand diving last year,” Spiniellosaid. “A good meet’s a good meet— [it] doesn’t matter who thecompetitor is.”
The Knights enter this week-end’s slate after taking downBucknell, 155-83, last Sunday.Senior swimmer Jacquelyn
Ward took home two individualvictories in the 400-yard individ-ual medley and the 200-yardbutter fly, while sophomoreMar y Moser also took goldtwice in the 100- and 200-yardfreestyle events.
The divers look to capitalizefrom the momentum generatedfrom their recent success.Sophomore Nicole Scott ledthe group by sweeping the 1-and 3-meter dive events againstthe Bison.
While James Madison andRichmond present two of thebiggest challenges of the season,Spiniello believes his teamworked hard this week in prepa-ration for their trip to the OldDominion state.
“They realize that this week-end is going to be a challenge,and I can see that they’re ready for it,” Spiniello said.“They’re embracing the chal-lenge these two teams bringthis weekend.”
SEASON: Knights grip
for pair of opponents in Virginia
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ENRICO CABREDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“We’re a little undermanned,but you can’t think that way,”Goodale said of Rutgers’ matchesat 184 pounds and heavyweight.“I’ve seen crazier things happen,you just have to give yourself anopportunity. That’s the focus withthose guys: Give themselves anopportunity, keep themselves inthe match and you never know.”
Seidenberg shares the senti-ment, saying he will take the matat Stabler Arena embracing theexperience and unconcernedabout the result.
That is the same mindset hetook into each of his past fewmatches, though.
“[Goodale] doesn’t want usgoing out there to win or lose, hejust wants us constantly going,never letting up at any point ofthe match,” Seidenberg said. “If
you’re constantly on top, con-stantly pushing the pace, youhave nothing to worry about.”
Seidenberg’s best wrestling oflate has been on top.
Goodale believes it isSeidenberg’s best position andtold him to stress it, refusing toallow any opponents to escape.None did in Virginia, whereGoodale says Seidenberg alsoturned every opponent onto theirback, picking up near-fall points.
“He’s wrestling really good,”Goodale said. “He’ll probablyhave the nothing-to-lose mentali-ty, which can be good. He canwrestle free with no anxiety, nopressure, just wrestle hard. Thatcan be dangerous. But he can’t goout there in survival mode. Hehas to take it to him and wrestlethe way he’s been wrestling.”
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Knights place second, head coach earns extensionBY PATRICK LANNI
STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track andfield team emerged from the Nightat the Armory meet Saturday as aleader among 14 local schools.
T h eS c a r l e tKnightsfinisheds e c o n db e h i n d
Princeton, earning115 points withlimited competitors.
“We scored a lot of points,”said head coach MikeMulqueen. “To be honest, wedidn’t compete to compete.”
Although the Knights didnot focus on their score, theyfound success in multipleevents, including the “brightspot” of the meet, according toMulqueen — the triple jump.
“The triple jump was terrificwith [Adam] Bergo and[Tyrone] Putman,” he said.
Finishing first and second,they were the only competitors
to surpass the 15-meter mark.Jumping career bests, Bergoand Putman reached 15.26 and15.22 meters, respectively.
“It was another good competi-tion between me and my team-mate, Tyrone Putman,” saidBergo, who redshirted theindoor season last year after win-ning a Big East Championship asa sophomore. “We went at itagain trying to one-up each other,and by doing that we ended upcompeting and getting first andsecond in the competition.”
Sophomore Corey Crawfordadded another victory with afirst-place finish in the longjump. A leap of 7.21 meterspositioned the Oakland, N.J.,native a tenth of a meter aheadof Lafayette’s Jerome Rudolph.
On the track, sophomoreCorey Caidenhead led a trio ofKnights to three top-six finish-es in the 800-meter run with awinning time of 1:54.23.Classmates Karon Purcell andHamer Farag finished third andfifth, respectively.
Freshman D’Andre Jordanpicked up his first collegiatetop-three finish in the 500-meter dash. A time of 1:04.58placed the Brooklyn nativethird overall.
Similarly, veteran JamesPlummer added a third-place
finish in the shot put with athrow of 15.24 meters. Afour th-place finish in theweight throw added anotherthree points to the senior’stotal, rounding out the SouthToms River, N.J., native’s total
to nine for the day. Pole vaulters Chris Wyckoff
and Pat Gray continued theirearly season success with sec-ond- and sixth-place finishes,respectively. Wyckof f cleared4.85 meters.
An encouraging outing at the last meet satisfiedMulqueen, who recently signed a three-year contractextension.
“Mike has helped establisha winning culture with both the athletic and academic suc-cesses his teams haveachieved,” said RutgersAthletic Director Tim Pernettiin a press release.
Hosting Fordham andMonmouth on Jan. 7, the teamfound success across theboard.
Seven first-place finisheshighlighted the competition, asthe Knights out-placed theirNor theast and Atlantic-10Conference foes.
Senior sprinter SteveWerner led a one-through-four
finish for Rutgers in the 400-meter dash with a time of48.11.
“It was great to compete athome in the Bubble and to feedoff that,” Mulqueen said. “Wehad some good marks and 18 BigEast [Championship] qualifiers.”
The Knights hope to contin-ue to build on their successfulstar t Saturday in Annapolis,Md., in a quad meet against host Navy, RhodeIsland and Temple.
The meet provides the teamthe opportunity to earn neces-sary Big East and IC4A qualify-ing marks.
Rutgers follows up the quadmeet with a trip to theMetropolitan Championships aweek later in the Bronx andthen the Notre DameInvitational in South Bend, Ind.
The Big EastChampionships follow twoweeks later from Feb. 18 to 19in the Bronx, the Knights’home away from home duringthe indoor season.
MEN’S TRACK
RUTGERS 115SECOND PLACE
“[Tyrone Putmanand I] went at it
again trying to one-up each other ... getting first andsecond [place].”
ADAM BERGOJunior Jumper
BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZCONTRIBUTING WRITER
While students enjoyed theirlast weekend off before having to
r e t u r nfor thes p r i n gs e m e s -ter, theRutgers
women’s track and field teamcompeted. The Scarlet Knightstook part in a quad meet Saturdayheld at the Jadwin Gym inPrinceton, N.J.
The Knights finished third,totaling 108 points, behind cham-pion Princeton (195 points) andSt. John’s (119). Saint Joseph’splaced fourth with 100 points.
“We look to continue toimprove,” said head coach JamesRobinson. “This past weekendwas much better than the previ-ous weekend. I think that wasmostly due to our athletes not tak-ing care of their workouts duringthe break.”
The Knights received severalimpressive performances fromtheir athletes. Senior NwamakaOkobi returned to action after notcompeting in the Rutgers
Invitational and turned in a solidperformance, breaking her ownschool record and winning thetriple jump with a mark of 41 feet1 inch, as well as also winning thelong jump with a mark of 19 feet2.5 inches.
Other standout performancesincluded sophomore KristenBradley, who won the high jump,clearing a height of 5 feet 5 inch-es, and freshman MeaganRobinson, who placed first in the60- meter hurdles, clocking a timeof 9.09 seconds.
Juniors Ekene Ugboaja andJennifer Spitzer also ran well.Ugboaja placed third in the triplejump with a Big East qualifyingmark of 38’10.75”. Spitzer quali-fied for the Big EastChampionships with a time of5:05.68 in the mile.
“Regarding my individual per-formance — personally, I thoughtit was an improvement,” Ugboajasaid. “As a team, I think we areprogressing nicely, but I still thinkthere is room for improvement.”
Spitzer’s performance provid-ed optimism for the Knights. Aftermissing most of the cross countryseason in the fall due to a stressfracture, Spitzer’s performance
showed that she is healthy andready to compete.
“I felt very strong,” Spitzersaid. “This was the first race Ifelt strong in since the injury.This season has been a goodstart for everyone.”
The Knights saw several per-sonal bests posted this pastweekend. Sophomore BriannaDeming posted a personal besttime of 10:08.73 in her respectiveevent. Barrie Cohen, a mid-yeartransfer, also posted a personalbest time of 10:19:09 in her firstcollegiate race.
“Overall, we had at least sevenor eight personal best perform-ances,” Robinson said. “We con-tinue to look for fast times.”
The Knights return to actionFriday, when they compete inthe Great Dane Classic at theNew York Armory in the Bronx.The opportunity to compete atthe facility has the coachingstaff excited.
“It’s a great venue for us torace on,” Robinson said. “It willbe the fastest track we will com-pete on all year, and the Big EastChampionships will be heldthere. We are looking for realgood performances.”
WOMEN’S TRACK
RUTGERS 108THIRD PLACE
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore Brianna Deming finished with a personal-best time of 10:19:09 Saturday in Princeton,where the Scarlet Knights took third place, 11 points behind Big East rival St. John’s.
Jumpers shine at Princeton
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R utgers head baseballcoach Fred Hillannounced yesterday
the hiring of new assistantcoach Joe Litterio.
Litterio returns to his almamater after 12 seasons asWagner’s head coach.
He played infield for theScarlet Knights from 1990-1993.The 1990 Rutgers team camewithin one win of advancing tothe College World Series.
The former head coach guid-ed eight Wagner players to theMajor Leagues, including MLBAll-Star Andrew Bailey of theBoston Red Sox.
Litterio leaves Wagner as thewinningest coach in school histo-ry, with 240 victories and sevenpostseason appearances after theprogram only qualified once inschool history.
NEW YORK GIANTSquarterback Eli Manning didnot finish practice yesterdaydue to illness.
Manning went through prac-tice with what head coach TomCoughlin called “a stomach bug.”
Backup quarterback DavidCarr estimated that he took 75percent of the snaps withManning limited.
The Giants have no doubt thatManning will compete in theNFC Championship on Sundayagainst the San Francisco 49ers,according to ESPN.
Manning owns the longestconsecutive games started streakby an active quarterback with 119straight regular-season starts,third all-time behind Brett Favreand Peyton Manning.
ANOTHER QUARTERBACKcompeting on ChampionshipSunday also missed somepractice.
New England Patriot TomBrady was inactive yesterday dueto a left shoulder injury.
Brady injured his non-throw-ing shoulder on Dec. 24 againstthe Miami Dolphins. The injurydid not result in him missingany action.
But after Aaron Hernandezleft the Patriots’ 45-10 thrashingof the Denver Broncos with ahead injury, the tight end pro-claimed himself “ready to play”this Sunday in the AFCChampionship against theBaltimore Ravens.
Ravens safety Ed Reed wasthe only player on Baltimore’sinjury report. His practice partic-ipation was limited yesterday byan ankle injury.
YU DARVISH AND THETexas Rangers agreed on a six-year deal worth $60 million forthe Japanese pitcher.
The Rangers previously paida $51.7 million posting fee to theHokkaido Nippon Ham Fightersfor the rights to negotiate toDarvish.
The deal came at the end of a30-day negotiating window,which began on Dec. 19 whenthe Rangers’ winning bid to nego-tiate was accepted.
WORD ON THE STREET
BY VINNIE MANCUSOCORRESPONDENT
Even with their 0-2 start tothe season, the Rutgers gym-nastics team’s positive attitude
did notw a v e r .F i r s t -y e a rh e a dc o a c hL o u i s
Levine preaches a motto ofimprovement week in and week out.
When the Scarlet Knightstravel to Pennsylvania tomor-row, they look to keep theirsteady improvement alive.
“We put on a lot more of aclean performance [last week-end] at West Virginia than wedid in our opener [against NewHampshire],” Levine said.“That is our main goal, toimprove and take positive
steps for ward from week-to-week and meet-to-meet as theseason progresses.”
The Knights head toPennsylvania with their confi-dence in the beam event higherthan ever. Despite a slow startagainst the Mountaineers lastweekend, the Knights eventual-ly landed all six of their rou-tines on the beam.
The team feels execution isthe most important thing tocarry with it on the road tomor-row in Philadelphia.
“We definitely need to bringthe attitude on beam we hadagainst West Virginia to thismeet at Penn,” said sophomoreLuisa Leal. “We need to do thesame exact thing and be thesame exact way.”
Leal and her teammates alsohope to continue their domi-nance on the uneven bars. Fortwo straight meets Leal, juniorDanielle D’Elia and sophomore
Alexis Gunzelman took the topthree spots on the podium inthe event. The Knights know ifthey can bring up the rest oftheir scores on the bars, theevent could become one oftheir strongest.
“It’s the same with bars, weneed to bring that same per-formance to Penn,” Leal said.“We had a couple falls, but thepeople that hit did a great job.”
In the floor events, theKnights feel they are not livingup to their potential.
Fixing the inconsistenciesthat plagued them on the floorthis year is the key to comingaway with their first victory ofthe season, Leal said.
“We definitely need to do abetter job on floor because thatis our strongest event, and wehad a weak day [at WestVirginia],” she said. “We knowwhat we need to do to get bet-ter, and we are going to do it.”
Pennsylvania enters themeet tomorrow without muchcompetitive experience thisyear. The Quakers have onlyone meet under their belt sofar, placing third in the LindseyFerris Invitational with an over-all score of 189.025. Of the 10gymnasts who competed forthe Quakers at the Invitational,five of them were freshmenmaking their collegiate debuts.
But Levine is sure the firstvictor y for the Knights onFriday depends not on whatPennsylvania brings to thetable, but rather his team’sability to perform up to its fullpotential.
“After our first two meets wedefinitely need to keep workingon our consistency and ourexecution,” he said. “When youenter into a sport that’s judged,we have to make it so there isno doubt in anyone’s mind as tohow great we are.”
RUTGERS AT UPENNTOMORROW, 7 P.M.
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Sophomore Luisa Leal was part of the Scarlet Knights’ trio of gymnasts that placed in the top-three spots on the uneven barsin Rutgers’ first two meets. The Colombia native leads the Knights tomorrow against UPenn.
RU works to bounce back at UPenn
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Sophomorestreaks intomatch withtop-five foe
BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
Dan Seidenberg says it tookhim some time to readjust towrestling every weekend. Workout
p a r t n e rS c o t t
Winston believes it tookSeidenberg some time to figure outwhat works at the college level.
Rutgers head wrestling coachScott Goodale has another theory.
“Honestly, I think he proba-bly got tired of getting beat on alittle bit,” Goodale said. “Lastyear he got beat on a little bit,early this year he got beat on alittle bit. Now he’s the man [at184 pounds] so there’s expecta-tions of being in the lineup, sohe has to step up his game a lit-tle bit.”
Seidenberg has in recent weeks.He redshirted last season,
meaning the beatings Goodale sayshe took came in the practice roomwith partners Winston, MarioMason and Dan Rinaldi, each ofwhom spent significant time asranked wrestlers.
Then Seidenberg took over asthe Scarlet Knights’ 184-pounder tostart the season. He won his firsttwo matches, then lost five in a row.
The final loss came in a dualmeet against Old Dominion’sBilly Curling.
“He wasn’t competitive,”Goodale said of the match. “Hecouldn’t get off the bottom, could-n’t breathe out there.”
Seidenberg faced Curling againlast weekend at the Virginia Duals.
“He totally dominated in everyposition,” Goodale said.
The redshirt sophomore turneda 5-1 loss Dec. 3 into a 5-1 decisionthat is part of a six-match winningstreak. Curling’s point was the onlyone scored against Seidenberg inVirginia, where he won four match-
PAIR ENROLLSEARLY FOR
SPRING PRACTICE
WRESTLING
The first two members of apotentially historic recruitingclass enrolled for the spring
semes-ter and
joined the Rutgers football team.Offensive tackle R.J. Dill
joins the Scarlet Knights as atransfer from Maryland, butwill not have to sit out a seasonper transfer regulationsbecause he will pursue a post-graduate degree not offered inCollege Park, Md.
Kicker Kyle Federicoarrives in Piscataway fromPonte Vedra High School (Fla.).
Dill has one year of eligi-bility remaining after red-
s h i r t -ing andplayingt h r e es e a -sons —a n ds t a r t -ing 33g a m e sat rightt a c k l e
— with the Terrapins.The 6-foot-7, 310-pounder
figures to compete immedi-ately at right tackle, allowingfreshman Kaleb Johnson tomove to guard, where heplayed in high school.
Dill joins junior center DallasHendrikson, who redshirtedthis season with a torn ACL, asone of two transfers expected tovie for major playing time alongthe offensive line.
Federico is in line toreplace San San Te as theScarlet Knights kicker, afterTe held the same role for theprevious four seasons.
Federico’s career began asa soccer player — he scored13 goals as a junior — but heshifted his focus to field goalkicking and ESPN.comranked him as the nation’s10th best kicking recruit. Heconnected on a 50-yard fieldgoal as a junior.
— Staff Report
BY JOSH BAKANCORRESPONDENT
The good news for Rutgershead women’s basketball coachC. Vivian Stringer is she has one
of the deep-est benches
in the program’s recent history.The bad news: Sometimes uti-
lizing that bench is a fatality.Stringer gave heavy minutes
to the bench in Tuesday’s 62-57
loss to St. John’s, especially tosenior guard Nikki Speed andfreshman for ward BetnijahLaney. But the Hall of Fame head coach exercised that depth because of foul troubleand injury.
When Speed does not start,she is often one of the main staples of f the bench. But shehad to play little extra because ofjunior guard Erica Wheeler’sfour fouls.
The foul trouble did not stopthere for the No. 7 ScarletKnights (15-3, 4-1) backcourt.
Stringer did not even takefifth-year senior KhadijahRushdan out of the game atCarnesecca Arena. But the of fi-cials sent Rushdan to the benchafter the Wilmington, Del.,native fouled out following 38consecutive minutes on the floor.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SEE DEPTH ON PAGE 15
NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan was on the court for 38 minutes in Rutgers’ 62-57 loss to St. John’s.Head coach C. Vivian Stringer never took out Rushdan, who fouled out with two minutes remaining.
Loss raises questions of depth
SEE FOE ON PAGE 17
CONNOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior Jacquelyn Ward leads the Scarlet Knights into their meet at James Madison after winning a pairof individual races Jan. 15 against Bucknell. Rutgers faces Richmond following its JMU matchup.
Knights look to keepperfect season alive
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOSTAFF WRITER
With an undefeated seasonhanging in the balance, Rutgershead swimming and diving coach
P h i lSpiniel loknows thenext twom e e t sa g a i n s tJ a m e s
Madison and Richmond will be thetoughest stretch for his team.
“[This weekend] is a big chal-lenge,” Spiniello said. “Both ofthese teams are strong competitorsand are very well-coached teams. Ifwe swim and dive just well against
these teams, we are going to lose,so we’re going to have to be closeto perfect.”
The Scarlet Knights begin theirquest to sweep the weekend meetstomorrow, when they take onJames Madison. The Dukes enterthe meet with a 12-2 record andboast victories againstGeorgetown, American andVirginia Military Institute fromSaturday’s meet held on their cam-pus.
One of the main threats to theKnights unblemished record willbe James Madison’s Nicole Jotso.The senior diver collected herthird Colonial Athletic
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R.J. DILL
