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The creator of the“Rutgers Memes”Facebook page hopeshumor will build a sense of communitybetween students.

Community protestorsand city officials mustwork together to reconcile relations.

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The Rutgers swimming and diving team finished eighth this weekend in Pittsburgh at the Big East Championships despite head coach Phil Spiniello’s goals.

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Governing councilre-examines budget,graduation concerns

BY ZACHARY BREGMAN STAFF WRITER

The School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Counciltouched on recent student concerns yesterday, including their current effortsto keep the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences graduation cer-emony at Passion Puddle and fate of the grease trucks on College Avenue.

Nancy Winterbauer, the vice president for University budgeting, pre-sented the breakdown of the University’s budget to a group of 20 studentsat the Cook Campus Center.

Winterbauer said the University’s mission was to make the budgetmore transparent to students and their parents.

“She did it last year, and it was helpful to see where our money was going.… She broke it down and explained where everything’s being allocated,” saidDayna Bertola, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.

The University’s budget and spending can now be viewed onlinethrough budgetfacts.rutgers.edu.

Direct state appropriations and benefit payments constitute 19.5 per-cent of the University’s $2.1 billion annual budget. The state supportremains essential to the University’s educational mission as the Universityuses the funding for research and other classroom activities, according tothe budgetfacts.rutgers.edu.

In addition to the budget, students addressed issues affecting bothSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences students and Universitystudents in general.

Bertola said she joined the council because she wanted to make it eas-ier for the student voices to be heard on campus, something she feels theorganization has accomplished in recent years.

“[For example] we were working on … getting allotted housing forSEBS students on Cook. We just recently got that passed and that was likea three semester long battle,” said Bertola, a member of the GoverningCouncil’s University Fairness Committee.

Another issue on campus she and the council are attempting to solve iskeeping the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences graduationceremony at Passion Puddle on Douglass campus, Bertola said.

“When Rutgers became a whole they kind of wanted to eliminate [thegraduation at passion puddle],” Bertola said.

Zaid Abuhouran, the council president, said another issue affectingUniversity students is the merger between Rutgers-Camden and RowanUniversity. The council has been addressing the issues behind the scenesthrough the University Fairness Committee.

“Some members of ours attended the last Board of Governors’ meeting,and we’ve been in contact with representatives from Camden because we

Students speak against campus biasBY AMY ROWE

STAFF WRITER

Amani Al-Khatahtbeh waswalking through the RutgersStudent Center on the CollegeAvenue campus when she heardsomeone shout “dirty Muslim” inher direction.

“It was very unprovoked anduncalled for, and shocking toeveryone around me,” said Al-Khatahtbeh, the president ofMuslimGirl, a group for Muslimfemales at the University.

“To have that type of racism inthe Rutgers community is verymind-boggling.”

At “Who Are You Calling A … ”— an event sponsored by theRutgers Union Estudiantil

Puertorriqueña — student pan-elists from the RUEP organization,along with co-sponsors MuslimGirland the Black Student Union,addressed stereotypes that maketheir way into everyday language atthe University.

At the presentation last night atthe Student Activities Center on theCollege Avenue campus, panelistsexpressed their opinions on termsused to refer to blacks, women,Muslims and gays on campus.

Ciarra Martin, a panelist andBSU treasurer, said she does notuse the term “n——-” colloquially,like some do in the black communi-ty at the University.

“I don’t use the n-word. I don’tallow anyone to call me that,” saidMartin, a School of Arts and

Sciences sophomore. “Somethingthat was used against people in thepast shouldn’t be taken as a compli-ment now.”

Alyssa Sanclemente, a panelistand public relations chair of RUEP,said she does not tolerate beingcalled a “bitch.”

“That word implies that womengrowl and whimper like dogs,” saidSanclemente, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

Al-Khatahtbeh, a panelist and aSchool of Arts and Sciences sopho-more, said the word “terrorist” wasembedded in her upbringing andbecame a hate word after Sept. 11.

“It’s inherently racist becausepeople use the term terrorist to

U. reports fewer noroviruscases than other NJ colleges

BY JUSTIN VINTONCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Reports from University HealthServices indicate below average rates ofnorovirus, a strain of stomach flu, amongstudents during this year’s flu season — acontrast to the recent outbreaks of theviral illness at Rider University andPrinceton University.

Rider University reported that 186 oftheir students were infected this monthwith the norovirus — the most commonform of the stomach flu. PrincetonUniversity also announced 230 of their stu-dents were affected by the illness since theoutbreak began in early February, accord-ing to an article on nj.com.

The latest campus to experience thegrowing norovirus trend is The College ofNew Jersey, where at least seven studentsreported having norovirus-like symptomsin the past two weeks, although none of

the cases have been confirmed, accordingto an nj.com article.

Dr. Melodee Lasky, the executive direc-tor of Health Services, said the Universityhas received only a small group of stu-dents at the health centers in recent weekswith positive flu tests. When comparedwith previous years, the number is lowerthan expected.

“The peak months for this infection oncampus are February, March and April,”Lasky said. “While stomach flu is on cam-pus, so far this year, we have not seen a sig-nificant increase in [the illness] for themonth of February over previous years.”

The highest number of gastroenteritiscases at the University occurred inFebruary 2010, she said.

Lasky said the University is experienc-ing a late start to the flu season, a trend thatwill hopefully result in a decrease in the

The School of Environmental and Biological Governing Council recapsongoing issues affecting students yesterday at the Cook Campus Center.

ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Bianca Cordero, the Rutgers Union Estudiantil Puertorriqueña president, moderates a panel on stereotypes atthe University during a presentation in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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‘Rutgers Memes’ allow students to express U. culture, connectBY RENE POLANCO

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The “Rutgers Memes”Facebook page is connectingUniversity students throughnotable photos and accompany-ing texts to highlight memorableaspects on campus. Althoughthe page has been online foronly two weeks, it has fosteredmore than 10,500 likes and 100memes.

Kevin Peng, the creator of“Rutgers Memes,” said memesallow students to form a commu-nity within the University throughexpressing campus culture.

“I see people communicat-ing on the page, and it is coolthat it is becoming this largeRutgers community where peo-ple can talk to each other,bounce ideas of f of one anoth-er, and create new things,” saidPeng, a School of Engineeringfirst-year student.

Students can create memesby finding an image, adding textto it and submitting it to the“Rutgers Memes” Facebookpage, Peng said.

“You can usually find [an image]that suits your idea on a site called‘Meme Generator’ or ‘QuickMeme’ — then you add the textabove the image, and it becomesyour own idea,” Peng said.

Peng said creating theUniversity meme page gives stu-dents a chance to share an insidejoke between students at theUniversity.

“A lot of times I think peoplewalk around campus and think of

something funny but have no wayof telling others, so this is an easyand fun way to do it,” Peng said.“A meme is a part of culture thatcan be transmitted.”

“Rutgers Memes” aims tobuild a connection between stu-dents at the University, he said.

“It is fun to laugh at some-thing you think is funny, but it ismore fun to have someone toshare the laugh with. Our goal isto get more people to getinvolved to create a better com-munity,” Peng said.

Peng said when the page wasfirst created, there were con-cerns involving the content ofthe memes.

“At first some people weresubmitting some really of fen-sive and distasteful things.While we promote free speech,we definitely don’t promotehatred,” he said.

Peng said he made changes tothe page to prevent the spread ofoffensive memes.

“The way we fixed the prob-lem is that we added more admin-istrators to the page, so it couldbe monitored 24 hours,” he said.“If something bad is submitted,we try to delete it quickly, but ifsomeone keeps submitting dis-tasteful things, we can ban themfrom the page.”

If a meme offends students,Peng said they can also let thepage’s creator and administra-tors know.

“On the information sectionof the Facebook page, we havean email that people can contactto let us know if there is some-

thing they want us to takedown,” he said.

An instance in which a memewas removed from the page per-tained to one alluding to TylerClementi that read “I used to liveon Busch until it got a little gay,”Peng said.

He said the user that postedthe meme through the page wallis banned from submitting fur-ther content to the page.

Complaints made in regardsto disliking a specific meme donot constitute grounds for remov-

ing content, Peng said. Content isremoved when complaints aremade in regards to discriminato-ry or sexual offenses.

“We’ve been working on awebsite that we will publicizenext week,” Peng said. “On thatwebsite, people submit theircontent to us, so we have toapprove it before it gets shared.This way it is easier than to surfthrough and search for offen-sive memes.”

Angus Gillespie, a professor inthe Department of AmericanStudies, said humor is a part ofAmerican culture.

“For humor to be successful,it almost has to have a bite to it,”Gillespie said. “It is hard to havehumor where someone is not thebutt of the joke. Americans aresocialized to laugh and not takeoffense when we are the butt ofa joke.”

Jack Bratich, an associate professor in the School of Communication andInformation, said “RutgersMemes” allows students to relateto one another.

“This is a way that students,especially now, can communi-cate about similar things atRutgers through humorousways in this type of socialmedia,” Bratich said.

Bratich said the memes on thepage could also create controver-sy between students.

“In the beginning, peoplewould post the meme rightonto the page, and that created all kinds of interestingand even volatile issues,”Bratich said. “For instance,there was a controversy when someone posted a meme about Tyler Clementi,and it generated all types of negative commentary.”

Mor Naaman, also an assistant professor in theSchool of Communication andInformation, said “RutgersMemes” would continue togrow among students becausethey are able to relate to it.

“I think the reason why it issuccessful is that a lot of peo-ple feel it is relevant to them,and they identify with thememes,” Naaman said. “It’shard to tell so far whether itwill be good or bad, or right orwrong, but it will grow more,I’m guessing.”

Some students said through“Rutgers Memes,” students areconnected throughout campus,but some of the memes can bedistasteful or unfunny.

“I love the memes. It is aninteresting way for Rutgers students to unite over some-thing funny like this becauseusually we tend to unite oversomething we’re not happyabout,” said Kevin Calkins, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior.

Sophie Chen, an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy senior, saidthe memes can be funny andserve as entertainment, but shethinks they can be annoyingwhen they clutter her Facebooknews feed.

“I know some people thinksome memes are offensive, somaybe students should be consid-erate and think about whatthey’re posting,” Chen said.

School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Roy Bhame said he isnot a fan of the University memes.

“People who aren’t familiarwith them might find thatthey’re homophobic or racist, orsomething else,” he said. “If youaren’t use to that dark, dr yhumor, you probably shouldn’tread them.”

“It is fun to laugh at something you

think is funny, but itis more fun to havesomeone to share the laugh with.”

KEVIN PENG“Rutgers Memes”

Facebook Page Creator

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21 Rutgers Study Abroad will host a “Summer Study AbroadFair” at the Red Lion Café on the College Avenue campusfrom 6 to 9 p.m. to introduce students to the 100+ studyabroad opportunities offered through the University. Formore information, visit studyabroad.rutgers.edu.

SHADES and SCREAM Theater peer educators will teachstudents how to respond effectively to racist, sexist orhomophobic behaviors in “STAND UP. STOP HATE.REPORT BIAS: Bystander Intervention Workshop forStudent Leaders.” The event takes place at 9 a.m. at theBusch Campus Center multipurpose room. For more infor-mation, contact Mary Conroy at mkconroy@rci.rutgers.edu or(848)445-4088.

23 Patricia Strach, an associate professor in the Departments ofPolitical Science and Public Administration and Policy atSUNY Albany, will give a talk on “Selling Health: ConsumerMarketing, Political Participation and the Breast CancerCampaign in the United States” in the first-floor conferenceroom at 112 Paterson St. in downtown New Brunswick. TheInstitute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Researchwill run from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The Center for Teaching Advancement & AssessmentResearch will host a workshop teaching students how toincorporate media with PowerPoint presentations. Studentswill learn how to integrate audio and video in presentationson the PC. Different audio and video format compatible withPowerPoint and available Web resources for downloadingfree content will also be covered. The free workshop will runfrom 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. in room 172A of Davidson Hall onBusch campus.

Rutgers Student Life and the University Bookstore will haveits third annual runway show at 8 p.m. at the LivingstonStudent Center. Students will model University apparel fromname-brand designers. Tickets to the show are $7, and allproceeds go to Dance Marathon.

The Rutgers Historical Society will have a meeting at 8 p.m.at the Red Lion Café in the Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus. Students can learn how Queen’sCollege got its start with the Old Dutch Parsonage and theFirst Reformed Church. Other highlights include free food,trivia and prizes.

1 The Rutgers Astronomical Society is hosting Professor TadPryor for a lecture on “Observing Satellite Galaxies of theMilky Way with the Hubble Space Telescope.” The lecture,part of a series hosted by the society, is free and open to thepublic, and is accessible for non-astronomy majors. Pryorwill give his lecture at the Physics Lecture Hall from 8 to9:15 p.m. on Busch campus.

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2 Comedian Aziz Ansari will perform his routine at the StateTheatre in downtown New Brunswick. This event is hostedby the Rutgers University Programming Association.Tickets can be purchased over the phone, online at stateth-eatrenj.org or at the State Theatre box office. For more infor-mation, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

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28 The Rutgers University Programming Association will pres-ent Hard Rock Concert featuring Destroy Rebuild Until GodShows (D.R.U.G.S.). Opening acts are the Stars andWeighed in the Balance. Tickets will be $15 for students and$20 for guests. Tickets will be available online and a sched-ule for physical ticket sales will be announced on the RUPAFacebook page.

29 The Rutgers University Student Philanthropy Council willhave its general interest meeting at 6 p.m. in room 410 at theRutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Formore information, go to the RU Student PhilanthropyFacebook page.

22The Daily Targum is now holding its weekly writers’ meet-ing at 9:30 p.m. in our editorial office on 26 Mine St. on theCollege Avenue campus. No experience is needed. For moreinformation, email university@dailytargum.com.

Sciences sophomore, said it isobvious that the flu is present atthe University, even if there doesnot seem to be an increase com-pared to the past.

“It is visible that there are peoplewho are sick,” he said. “I know 11people who live in one house rightoff campus and seven of them aresick, so it definitely is out there.”

Erin Smith, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, saidshe is worried that if students donot take preventative measures,

the virus couldspread across the University.

“People thatare sick need tocover theirmouths when theysneeze and cough,so we all don’t getinfections andviruses,” she said.

Lasky said stu-dents shouldwash their handsfrequently andstay home whenthey feel sick in

order to curb an outbreak of thenorovirus at the University.

There are a variety of prob-lems with bringing students tothe health centers, but severalspecific issues are recognized asthe most prevalent at theUniversity, Lasky said. The sameissues tend to be the most com-mon every year, and any type ofvariations are deemed rare.

Lasky said students mostcommonly go to health centersfor upper respiratory tract infec-tions, allergies, contraception,STD testing and back pains,among other issues.

Martin said it is importantfor students to interact with dif-ferent cultural groups on cam-pus to prepare for their profes-sional lives.

“When we go into ourcareers, we’re not going to be inrooms filled with one race,” shesaid. “We need to learn how tointeract with people from differ-ent cultures … to develop adeeper understanding of what itis to be an American and aRutgers student.”

Al-Khatahtbeh said she wassurprised to face issues of stereo-typing at the University, whichhas a large Muslim community.

“It shocked me. I know[Rutgers has] a diverse campus,

and I didn’t thinkwe’d face theseproblems,” shesaid. “You’ll seeMuslim studentson every campus.”

Sanclementesaid her organi-zation decided tohold the event tohear the opin-ions of studentswho face stereo-types in theirdaily lives.

“There’s somany stereotypes that goaround on campus, it’s hardsince we have a variety of stu-dents,” she said. “We all comefrom different cultures and dif-ferent backgrounds, and weneed to know how to under-stand each other and communi-cate [without bias].”

Al-Khatahtbeh was happy topartner with the other spon-sors because it shows theUniversity has a forum for dis-cussions like this.

“I think it’s great that thereare so many different back-grounds [involved],” she said. “Ihope it starts an endless dialogueon this issue.”

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haven’t taken an official stanceyet, but many of us feel stronglyagainst it,” said Abuhouran, aSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences senior.

Abuhouran said the councilalso hopes to resolve the recenttroubles concerning theUniversity’s relationship with theCollege Avenue grease trucks.The conflict may result in thetrucks being removed from the lot

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number of students visiting healthcenters compared to recent years.

Referring to those who havecome into the health centers withthe flu, Lasky said there has notbeen a noticeable pattern amongthe different types of patients.

“We have not identified clus-ters of infection inany specific set-tings or groups ofpeople,” she said.

Donna Leusner,the stateDepartment ofHealth and SeniorServices spokes-woman, told nj.comthat norovirus out-breaks are com-mon across thestate with an aver-age of 100 reportedcases each year.

“The outbreakson college campuses this weekare not unusual,” she said in thearticle. “Norovirus is a highlycontagious viral illness, whichbegins suddenly and spreadsquickly from person to person incrowded places.”

Symptoms of the norovirusinclude diarrhea, vomiting andstomach pains and typically lastone to three days. Preventingdehydration through fluidreplacement, according to aRutgers-Newark health report,can treat symptoms.

Henry Gajda, a School ofEnvironmental and Biological

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label someone the way the mediaportrays them,” she said. “Peoplewho are victimized by this wordfeel the need to reassert their loy-alty to this country.”

Matthew Ferran, a panelistand social culture chair ofRUEP, said he has been openlygay his entire life and is person-ally offended when people say,“that’s so gay.”

“What are you implyingwhen you say, ‘that’s so gay?’ [Isit] because it’s stupid, it’sridiculous?” saidFerran, a Schoolof Arts andSciences junior.“It really agitatesme. I’m prettysure you can thinkof another term tosay that instead.”

Al-Khatahtbehsaid students usederogatory termsto refer to peoplefrom cultures dif-ferent from theirown without know-ing where these words originated.

“If we teach them how stereo-typical they are, it can change theway our society thinks and the waywe all interact with each other,” shesaid. “[It can] reshape our associa-tions with each other as a country,community and as a university.”

Students at the University tendto use stereotypes as joke withoutknowing how they can offend peo-ple around them, Martin said.

“I haven’t met many peoplewho use [stereotypes] to hurtpeople,” she said. “Personally, Itry not to be hypersensitive tothe fact that I’m black and I’m awoman. I try to look at things[with] the whole scope.”

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“Norovirus is a highly contagious

viral illness, which begins suddenly and

spreads quickly.”DONNA LEUSNER

State Department of Health and Senior Service Spokeswoman

“We need … to develop a deeper

understanding of what it is to be an American and a Rutgers student

CIARRA MARTINBlack Student Union Treasurer

they currently reside in to openspace for other vendors.

“Many of us do not approve [ofthem being removed], and we arehoping to come to a resolutionwith the University that wouldprotect some of the rights of thegrease trucks,” he said.

Abuhouran said members ofthe council view the grease trucksas a cultural icon and hope theyare allowed to stay in their currentlocation for nostalgic purposes.

“They’re [a] University tradi-tion,” he said. “People go [to thegrease trucks] to eat somethingthat reminds them of when theywere an undergraduate [student].

It brings alumni back, and wewould like to see that traditioncarry on and not be killed off.”

Abuhouran said the council isbased on a representative systemthat looks into issues raised fromstudents in the School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences. The council plays a cru-cial role in bridging the gapbetween the students and the fac-ulty on campus.

“We represent a very broadbase of students here at SEBS,and [representatives of the differ-ent majors] usually bring theissues of their constituents to thetable,” he said.

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U.N., Iranto measurenuclear plot

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TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. nuclearinspectors starting a two-day visitto Tehran yesterday sought tomeet Iranian nuclear scientistsand visit a key military facility asthey try to gauge allegations thatIran is pushing toward making anatomic weapon.

The trip is the second in lessthan a month by the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency team,reflecting growing concerns overalleged weapons experiments —something Iran has so far bothdenied and refused to discuss.

Herman Nackaerts, a seniorU.N. nuclear official, said in Viennabefore the team departed onSunday that he hoped for progressin the talks but his careful choice ofwords suggested little expectationthe meeting will be successful.

The trip came as Iranannounced air defense wargamesto practice protecting nuclear andother sensitive sites, the latest in aseries of military maneuversviewed as a message to the Westthat Iran is prepared both todefend itself against an armedstrike and to retaliate.

The U.S. and Israel have notruled out military action againstIran’s nuclear program, which theysay is geared toward makingweapons. Iran denies the chargesand insists the program is forpeaceful purposes only, such aspower generation.

Iran’s state radio said yesterdaythe IAEA inspectors hope to meetIranian nuclear scientists and visitthe Parchin military complex. Thereport said the IAEA had request-ed to visit Parchin, an Iranian mili-tary base and conventionalweapons development facility out-side of Tehran. The site has alsobeen suspected of housing a secretunderground facility used for Iran’snuclear program, a claim denied byIranian authorities.

IAEA inspectors visited the sitein 2005, but went to only one offour areas of potential interestwithin the grounds. At the time,the nuclear watchdog did notreport any unusual activities butthe Parchin site was prominentlymentioned in the agency’s reportlast year.

The report asserted that Iranconstructed “a large explosivescontainment vessel” in which toconduct experiments on trigger-ing a nuclear explosion, apparent-ly 11 years ago, adding that it hadsatellite images “consistent withthis information.”

“Whatever the reasoning of theagency is, it proves the IAEA is notloyal to its previous commitments,”the Iranian radio said. The tone ofthe commentary suggested thevisit to the military complex wouldlikely be denied.

The IAEA visit comes as Iranannounced last week what itdescribed as key advancementsin its nuclear program, insertingthe first domestically made fuelrod into a research reactor inTehran and installing a new gen-eration of Iranian-made cen-trifuges at the country’s main ura-nium enrichment facility in thecentral town of Natanz.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos joins several other finance ministers in Brussels yesterday to discuss options regarding Greece’sdebt load. The senior officials want to institute a tighter contol over the country’s spending to prevent declaring bankruptcy next month.

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Eurozonegovernments hoped to sign off onMonday a long-awaited rescuepackage for Greece, saving itfrom a potentially calamitousbankruptcy next month, but sev-eral key points of divisionremained, senior officials said.

Finance ministers meeting inBrussels were still wranglingover how to further reduceGreece’s debt load and imposeeven tighter control over thecountry’s spending. Rich coun-tries like Germany and theNetherlands and theInternational Monetary Fundwant to be sure that Athens caneventually survive without aid.

But after months of delays,time for Greece is running out.The country needs to secure theeuro130 billion ($170 billion)bailout so it can move ahead witha related euro100 billion ($130billion) debt relief deal with pri-vate investors. That deal needs tobe in place quickly if Athens is toavoid a disorderly default on abond repayment on March 20.

“I am of the opinion thattoday we have to deliver,because we don’t have any moretime,” Jean-Claude Juncker, theprime minister of Luxembourgwho also chairs the meetings ofeurozone finance ministers, saidas he arrived in Brussels.

An uncontrolled bankruptcywould likely force Greece to leavethe 17-country currency unionand return to its old currency, thedrachma, further shaking itsalready beaten economy and cre-ating uncertainty across Europe.

Spain said yesterday it will soon send hulking military transportplanes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that U.S. underseaexplorers found but ultimately lost in American courts, a find expertshave speculated could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history.

The Civil Guard said agents would leave within hours to take pos-session of the booty, worth an estimated euro380 million ($504 million),and two Spanish Hercules transport planes will bring it back. But it wasnot exactly clear when — yesterday or today — the planes and theagents would leave Spain.

Last week, a federal judge ordered Tampa-based Odyssey MarineExploration to give Spanish officials access to the silver coins and otherartifacts beginning today.

Odyssey found them in a Spanish galleon, the Nuestra Senora de lasMercedes, in 2007 off Portugal. Spain argued successfully in court that

it never relinquished ownership of the ship or its contents.The Spanish Culture Ministry said Monday the coins are classified

as national heritage and as such must stay inside the country and will bedisplayed in one or more Spanish museums. It ruled out the idea of thetreasure being sold to ease Spain’s national debt.

Besides its debt woes, Spain is saddled with a nearly dormant econ-omy and a 23 percent jobless rate.

Odyssey made an international splash in 2007 when it recovered the594,000 coins and other artifacts from the Atlantic Ocean near the Straitsof Gilbraltar. At the time, experts said the coins could be worth as muchas $500 million to collectors, which would have made it the richest ship-wreck treasure in history.

The company said in earnings statements that it has spent $2.6 mil-lion salvaging, transporting, storing and conserving the treasure.

SPAIN TO SEND PLANES TO RETRIEVE TREASURE FROM RICHEST SHIPWRECK

Heading into the meeting, min-isters were optimistic that a dealcould be reached.

“We now have all of the ele-ments to achieve an agreement,”said French Finance MinisterFrancois Baroin. “Greece knowswhat it has to do, and we’ll watchover it continually. We also knowwhat we have to do.”

But the finance ministers werealso preparing for negotiations onseveral fronts, trying to moveGreece’s other creditors toincrease their commitments.Greek Prime Minister LucasPapademos rushed to Brussels toback up his finance chief,Evangelos Venizelos, in talks withthe IMF, the European CentralBank and representatives of pri-vate holders of Greek debt.

The goal is to bring Greece’sdebt down to around 120 percentof gross domestic product by2020 — the maximum the IMFsees as sustainable. At themoment, the country’s debt loadstands at more than 160 percent.

Last week, a new report pre-pared by the EuropeanCommission, the ECB and theIMF concluded that the newbailout, Greek spending cuts, anda planned euro100 billion debtrelief from private investorswould still leave Greece’s debt atalmost 129 percent of economicoutput by the end of the decade.

Ministers were exploring sev-eral options to close that gap, butas talks dragged on Monday, nofinal solution appeared imminent.

A Greek official said Mondaymorning that there seemed to beagreement on further reducing theinterest rate on Greece’s first,

euro110 billion bailout as well ashaving national central banks in theeurozone, which also hold someGreek bonds, participate in the debtrelief. The official was speaking oncondition of anonymity because thetalks were confidential.

However, other officials ques-tioned the participation of nationalcentral banks, as well as whetherthe ECB would be willing to trans-fer profits from its Greek bondholdings back to Athens.

On the sidelines of the financeministers’ meeting, Venizelosheaded into a new round of talkswith representatives of Greece’sprivate bondholders — mostlybanks and other investmentfunds — to explore whether theywould be willing to accept fur-ther losses.

A current plan foresees pri-vate creditors to swap their oldGreek bonds for new ones withhalf the face value, lower interestrates and much longer repay-ment periods.

But now some countries arepushing for bondholders to alsogive up on an accrued interestpayment of around euro5.5 billionon their old bonds, a demand thatcould further discourageinvestors from signing up to thedebt swap.

Amid the ever-changing moodover the country’s rescue, somefrustration was setting amongthe Greeks.

“Greece comes into today’sEurogroup meeting having ful-filled all the requirements for theapproval of the new program,”Venizelos said. “For Greeks, thisis a matter of national dignity anda national strategic choice and no

other integrated and responsiblechoice can be opposed to it.”

The Greek parliament hasfaced down violent protests toapprove the austerity measuresdemanded by the eurozone. Itsmain political leaders have com-mitted in writing to uphold thebailout terms even after generalelections in April. And laterMonday, the government inAthens is expected to introduce inParliament another two pieces ofemergency legislation, includingwage and pension cuts.

Despite Athens’ efforts, how-ever, some countries have indicat-ed their patience with Greece wasgrowing short.

“We’ve seen that Greece timeand time again fails to satisfy theconditions that the internationalcommunity makes. ... In theNetherlands, it really is an issuethat you have to lend money to acountry that for the umpteenthtime hasn’t held itself to its agree-ments,” said Jan Kees de Jager,the finance minister from theNetherlands, which has beenespecially hard on Greece. “So it’sindeed essential to me, and alsothe Dutch government, that wehave control over the money thatwe’re going to lend.”

To that end, Greece is expect-ed to be forced to set up a sepa-rate account that would ensure itservices its debt. This escrowaccount would give legal priorityto debt and interest paymentsover paying for government serv-ices. That would maintain pres-sure on Greece to stick to prom-ised austerity and reform meas-ures and spare the eurozone therisk of a destabilizing default.

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The Kodak moment of the ’90sis reinventing itself in today’syoung artists. Photographer BradWestcott brings us timely photosof his everyday life. Despite theirunique, slightly evocative content,ranging from debauchery to out-landish incidents, he still gives thepublic complete freedom to inter-pret his photographs as they will.

“Looking back on all my photosresults in instant nostalgia of dayspast, and I want others who mayhave no connection with myself orthose in the photographs to be re-minded of their younger days,”Westcott said. “Even in the mostsimple sense of adventure.”

Westcott sees images in the in-tricacies of a moment. One of hismore serene images depicts hisfriends standing on the Arizonacliffs overlooking the waterswhere they’d swim. The shadowsand gradation of light behind thecliffs and the barebacked figuresserve to give a certain ambiance tothe photo. The distance between

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Artists and fashionistas alikeare swooning over an up-and-coming trend taking the world bystorm: nail art. Nail art refers notto a French manicure from asalon down the street, but rather

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to the crazy and unique nail creations, complete with glitter,rhinestones, lace, bows andmaybe even a little tuxedo. Thinkof Zooey Deschanel’s fancy fin-gers at the Golden Globes.

It’s really no surprise that thistrend is becoming such a hit. Nailart is a unique and inexpensive

way for women to express theirindividuality without any majorcommitment, not to mention thefact that the possibilities are end-less! Most women create mini-masterpieces themselves or enlistthe help of a friend. Nail art issomething any girl can sport withsome creativity and patience.

As this craze gets more popu-lar, renowned fashion designersare paying more attention to theirmodels’ extremities. In futurefashion shows, models that struton the catwalk won't just be show-ing off designer clothes. Morelikely than not, these girls’ nailswill be stylized as well.

Fashion and art have alwaysgone hand in hand and nail art isno exception. Both are forms ofexpression that showcase the cre-ator’s originality and talent. Fash-ion is often inspired by art, so thefact that our ten little nails can dou-ble as our own personal canvasesis truly a match made in heaven.

the viewer and the central figurealso helps put you in the scene —something Westcott’s photogra-phy is designed to do.

A photograph taken on the roadinto the Northwest captures alively, patriotic woman runningalong the side of the road with anAmerican flag. While the reflectionof the photographer in the mirroris something that is more akin toMyspace photos than artistic pho-tography, it doesn’t detract fromthe subject of the photo. OnWescott’s Flickr page there aremore artfully rendered momentsfrom pranks and parties, that cap-ture wild laughter and smiles thatviewers can’t help but to rememberfeeling at some point in their lives.

There are the more controver-sial elements to his photography,but the controversy elicits notfrom the photo itself, but fromwhat area of restless youth it is de-picting — the zone of impulsivity.A photo he calls “a classic case ofgetting too carried away” displaysa bright, lucid stream of bloodrunning from his friend’s nose,while the girl who punched him

cries from laughter in the back-ground. It’s raw and it’s visceral,and to many older viewers it maynot bring back fond memories oftheir youth as much as it maybring up their lunch. But Westcottdoesn’t care.

“I believe whatever feeling aphotograph elicits in a person issimply the correct interpretation,”Westcott said.

The only point of contention inWestcott’s work is the definition ofhis photos as art. Any averagephotographer can take a camera toa party, and snap witty shots of en-dearing moments, but to render itas art is another story. Westcott’swork stands a part from contem-porary, hipster youth photogra-phers because he has a clear,consistent theme: chance. They’reproducts of his camera just hap-pening to be there at a momentwhen he felt something needed tobe caught, and his handiwork isskillful enough to capture it. Likeany post-modern artist, Westcott’sevocative action photography isdefined more by the process thanby the product.

but — ever true to his form— he passed the buck toCongress. The Dodd-FrankWall Street Reform andConsumer Protection Act isnamed for former Sen. ChrisDodd and CongressmanBarney Frank, the twoauthors of the bill. Obamachose yet again to defer to

his friends in Congress.Past presidents were less willing to yield their

prerogative to write legislation. President BillClinton and his administration helped shape theNorth American Free Trade Agreement and welfarereform, among other legislative accomplishments.Former president George W. Bush and his adminis-tration were major drivers of the 2001 and 2003 taxcuts, No Child Left Behind and Medicare Part D.

Obama has simply been absentin this regard. Instead of writinglaws and proposing specific bills,the president hides behindCongress. While the bills are beingchopped to pieces in a subcommit-tee, the president is out practicinghis swing on the golf course.

This is not “leading frombehind.” The true Obama Doctrine

is the abdication of leadership. The presidentthrew away the keys of government long ago. Hecreated a vacuum of power that was filled withdemocratic congressmen hoping to taste a slice ofthe big government pie. The president shouldhave done more to restrict the self-indulgence ofCongress, but he didn’t.

“Leading from behind” implies that the presidentis working the phones and meeting withCongressmen and other important people. By allindications, the president isn’t doing that. MSNBChost Chris Matthews reported that members ofCongress do not remember the last time thePresident called them. Matthews said, “He doesn’tlike their company.”

Maybe Obama doesn’t like spending time withmembers of Congress, or maybe he’s disinterested.Either way, the results have been disastrous — theeconomy is improving in spite of stimulus bill, notbecause of it. Obamacare has caused insurance pre-miums to skyrocket, and it is strangling religiousliberty and slowing the economic recovery. Dodd-Frank does nothing to stop financial institutionsfrom becoming “too big to fail.” These policy fail-ures are a direct result of absent leadership.

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences seniormajoring in economics and history.

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“For humor to be successful, it almost has to have a bite to it. It is hard to have humor where someone

is not the butt of the joke.”

Angus Kress Gillespie, a University professor in the Department of American Studies,on Rutgers memes and the nature of American humor

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A mong the perks ofbeing the presidentof the United States,

having a doctrine named afteryou has to be near the top ofthe list. A doctrine is a coreset of principles that guidesAmerican policy. Sometimes,doctrines change as soon as anew president is sworn in, butmany remain long after. Although the most famousexamples — the Monroe Doctrine, the ReaganDoctrine and the Bush Doctrine — focus on foreignpolicy, there is no law saying they must.

The New Yorker ran a piece last May thatdescribed the evolution of President Barack Obama’sforeign policy thinking throughout his career.Towards the end, the author wrote, “Obama may bemoving toward something resembling a doctrine.One of his advisers described thepresident’s actions in Libya as ‘lead-ing from behind.’” That is, Obamaexerts American influence moresubtly than previous presidents. Ifthe last administration was an ele-phant smashing a piano, this presi-dent is a nimble violinist, attemptingto pull all the right strings.

“Leading from behind” has beenan important aspect of the Obama playbook sinceDay 1. Except it was not simply related to foreignpolicy. Obama’s entire agenda has been marked byhis unwillingness to take the center stage of thepolitical arena.

Remember two days after his inauguration —Obama signed an order to close the GuantanamoBay prison facilities within a year. He then delegat-ed to Congress the task of replacing it with a domes-tic prison. Obama did little else other than sign hisname to a piece of paper, promising to do some-thing. Gitmo is still open.

Perhaps the toughest challenge of the presi-dent’s first term was the revival of the economy. Sodid he grab hold of the reigns of government todesign a bill to create jobs? No, he tasked Congress— namely, Nancy Pelosi and David Obey — withdrafting the legislation.

Certainly then, the president’s signatureachievement — the passage of health care reform— must have been his brainchild. Again, not at all.Then-Senator Obama campaigned against the indi-vidual mandate, which later became the centerpieceof the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,also known as Obamacare. In addition, Max Baucus(D-Mont.), not Obama, is the law’s main author.

In the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama prom-ised to issue new regulations of Wall Street firms,

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C ommunity members protesting the shootings of local resi-dents Victor Rodriguez and Barry Deloatch by NewBrunswick police officers flooded a council meeting at City

Hall Wednesday, demanding what they see as a problem of police bru-tality in New Brunswick be rectified by city officials.

Tormel Pittman, a city activist, gave voice to the crowded room fullof protesters.

“We come here looking for answers,” Pittman said. They left the room chanting “no justice, no peace,” and felt they did

not get those answers. But justice cannot be served nor peace createdwhen neither party is willing to cooperate.

Confrontations like these seem to have become a defining featureof the relationship between community protesters and New Brunswickpolice officers and city officials following the Sept. 22 shooting ofDeloatch, who was fatally shot by two city police officers after beingchased down an alley. Ongoing demonstrations by students and resi-dents have taken place throughout New Brunswick’s downtown dis-trict and elsewhere in protest of the city’s mishandling of affairs andthe New Brunswick Police Department’s alleged police brutality.

But the issue has become somewhat of a vicious circle. Communityprotesters say the city’s handling of the situation frustrates them. Outof their frustration, the protestors, we feel, have done little to utilize theresources at their disposal — outside of grandstanding and finger-pointing. The city, on the other hand, seems hesitant to help a group ofprotesters who they see as reluctant to help themselves.

It is clear that neither side has handled the situation in the mostideal way. Earlier in the month, Mayor James Cahill attributed thecity’s recent spike in violent crime to Pittman’s agenda as an anti-policebrutality activist, claiming that the upward trend “corresponds direct-ly with the inflammatory and anti-police rhetoric of Pittman and hiscohorts.” While it is true that the city has seen an increase in violentacts — specifically shootings — in recent weeks, it remains to be saidwhether Pittman’s campaign against police brutality has had anythingto do with it.

As mayor, Cahill should be working to reconcile relations withthose who feel slighted by the city — and this does not include mak-ing a villain out of a man who is trying to give a voice to communityconcerns. Pittman and others feel that they have been made victims ofincidents like Deloatch’s, and — despite whether or not this is true —Cahill has an obligation as mayor to remain impartial until further evi-dence is uncovered.

Of course, this does not put Cahill — or officials — at fault. The cityhas made earnest attempts to appease the swell of frustration and hearthe concerns of these protesters. The city’s police department recent-ly reinstated — much to our own chagrin — its old volunteer auxiliarypolice unit, which is representative of the department’s commitment toimproving relations between officers and city residents. Additionally, acommunity liaison to the city’s police department was appointed byMayor Cahill late last year — a position installed specifically to hearthe concerns of community members regarding the shootings.

Pittman and others have criticized officers and officials alike for fail-ing to appropriately address the issue, but have shown little willing-ness to cooperate themselves. According to Assistant City AttorneyCharly Gayden, who serves as the liaison to the department, no onehas scheduled a hearing for Deloatch’s or Rodriguez’s case since herposition was installed in October.

If community protesters are genuine in their demand for peace andjustice, they too have an obligation to work with city officials on theissue. It is up to them to make use of the resources that have been laidat their disposal.

It seems, then, that both parties are partly at fault in this case. Littlesolace has been brought to friends and family of the deceased, accord-ing to the protestors, while ongoing investigations have yet to providedetails of either shooting. On top of that, an appeal by a MiddlesexCounty prosecutor to have the case heard by a special grand jury wasrecently denied by a Superior Court judge.

But, at the same time, efforts by community members to uncoveranswers as to what exactly happened have surmounted in little morethan elaborate public demonstrations and accusations hurled at theNBPD and city officials.

A vicious circle leads nowhere. If they continue in this way, neitherparty will end up satisfied. Community members and city officials mustrealize that it will take equal effort on both sides of the aisle to findanswers and — in the process — repair relations between the two.

“The true Obama Doctrine is the abdication

of leadership.”

Reparations willneed equal effort

IrreconcilableDifferences

NOAH GLYN

Community protesters, city officials must cooperatein order to resolve New Brunswick police shootings

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T he Associated Pressrecently uncovered thatthe New York Police

Department was conductingunwarranted surveillance onMuslim university studentsthroughout the Northeast,including the students of theUniversity Muslim StudentAssociation. Aside from theappalling discovery that NYPDofficers had a safe house in NewBrunswick for “intelligence gath-ering” in 2009, Muslim studentswere being profiled daily throughwebsites, blogs, emails and meet-ing attendances. The profilinghad no basis, save for the factthat the students were of Muslimfaith and the MSA members.

As the executive board of theMSA serving a constituency ofnearly 1,000 members, we are out-raged at this violation of civil andlegal rights. There is absolutely nojustification in religiously profilingUniversity students who attendthis institution to attain intellectualliberation and positively contributeto American society. The MSA isan organization officially recog-nized by the University that main-tains positive relationships withthe administration, academicdepartments and a diverse num-ber of groups on campus. We are adynamic group that providessocial, humanitarian, profession-al, educational and spiritual assis-tance to students on campus. Tohave past and possibly currentmembers be treated in such a prej-udiced manner is insulting to ourintegrity and our mission.

We urge the University com-munity to stand up and speak out

Police monitoringsviolate civil rightsMSA EXECUTIVE BOARDLetter

W ith all due respect,the author of yester-day’s column,

“Finding a common ground,”needs to be a little more carefulwhen he writes about religion.Sure, there’s freedom ofspeech, but there’s also civility.His column may purport toclear up misconceptions andrelieve some tension, but itactually introduces some per-sonal convictions that end upmisrepresenting the religion toother people. Specifically hedenies the existence of hell, thedeity of Jesus, the separatenessbetween Judaism andChristianity and even thenecessity of belief in Jesus.Thus he deviates from what themajority of Christians believe,especially regarding the deityof Jesus. He does this whiledeclaring to The DailyTargum’s entire readership

Column misleadson religous beliefs

GABRIEL YEUNGLetter that this is what Christianity is.

Now, in case the reader doesn’tknow, Christians care a lotabout how their God is repre-sented. The author quotesscripture — words inspired byGod — that superficially seemto support his opinions, buttotally ignores the big picturecreated by all of scripture.

This is not the first time theTargum has allowed statementsabout religion in the opinionssection. Sure, there is freedomof speech, but there is also theneed for reverence, serious-ness and integrity when itcomes to talking about touchyor serious topics, and this hasbeen sorely lacking at times.I’ve read the Targum oftenthese three-plus years in col-lege, and I want to be proud ofthis newspaper, but this issomething in the way.

Gabriel Yeung is a School ofArts and Sciences senior majoringin physics.

against this incontrovertibleinjustice. We ask the Universityadministration to address thisissue in the most respectable andethical manner, as no studentdeserves to be treated like a crim-inal. The University populaceshould openly condemn the clearviolations of the NYPD, who con-ducted illegitimate profiling out-side of their jurisdiction andbreached the constitutional rightsof individuals. The University isrecognized for its rich diversityand tolerance, and this breach ofhonor on our institution shouldbring together the entire commu-nity regardless of religion, ethnicity or social class. This caseis a threat to the civil liberties of all students irrespective ofone’s background. As MartinLuther King Jr. once said,“Injustice anywhere is a threat tojustice everywhere.”

Ibaad Sadiq is a School ofEngineering sophomore major-ing in chemical engineering. Heis the MSA president. Yusra Syedis a School of Arts and Sciencesjunior. She is an MSA vice presi-dent. Shan Ali is an ErnestMario School of Pharmacy jun-ior. He is an MSA vice president.Maaz Khan is a Camden Collegeof Arts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in engineering. He isthe MSA secretary general. SaadZafar is a School of Arts andSciences junior. He is the MSAtreasurer. Azka Mohyuddin is aSchool of Arts and Sciences soph-omore. She is the MSA publicrelations of ficer. Aisha Faruqi isa School of Engineering juniormajoring in civil engineering.She is the MSA educational outreach of ficer.

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Kevin Brown, and sophomoreCorey Caidenhead, was amongthe highs for the Knights.Rutgers finished the relay in ameet-record time of 3:10.33 forits fourth consecutive event title,including outdoors.

“We had a set goal to come outhere to break the school record andalso get the Big East record,”Caidenhead said. “This is our event,and we didn’t want anybody comingin here and taking our event.”

Junior thrower JamesPlummer not registering a pointin any of his events and Werner

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not qualifying for the 200-meterdash final were among the lows.

Head coach Mike Mulqueensaid the Knights left more to be desired.

“I think we’re better thansixth,” he said. “I think we left alot of points on the board that wecould’ve gotten. We were only 14points out of third, and I think wehad enough manpower to findthose 14 points somewhere with-in our team. And unfortunatelywe didn’t do it. … We had hopedto be better.”

No player epitomized the bit-tersweet day more than redshirtjunior Adam Bergo. Bergo fin-ished third in the long jump witha personal-best mark of 7.26meters and won the triple jumpwith a mark of 15.18 meters.

But after finishing with a no-height in the high jump, Bergocame back to the bench andslammed it in frustration as hecut the tape off his left ankle andput an icepack around it.

“When I run the curve in thehigh jump and try to plant with it,it just puts a lot of stress on theinside [of the ankle], and it just re-aggravates it every time I try tojump,” he said. “The tape tries tokeep my ankle in place as I run soI don’t put as much stress on it, butsometimes it’s just not enough.”

The Knights’ jumpers scoredmore points, 41, than those of anyother team. Redshirt freshmanCorey Crawford finished secondin the long jump with a distance of7.39 meters. Second place in thetriple jump went to senior Tyrone

Putman, who recorded a distanceof 15.06 meters.

Junior Glenn Scheidelerpicked up the slack for theKnights in the high jump, fin-ishing fourth with a mark of2.08 meters.

The 500-meter dash was one ofthe most entertaining events ofthe day, as Younger attempted todefend his title for the third yearin a row.

He finished fourth, despitethe fact that he ran his second-best time ever at 1:01.44.Pittsburgh sophomore BrycenSpratling ran a highlight-reelrace, finishing with an Americanrecord of 1:00.63.

Spratling also won the 200-meter dash with a time of21.16, taking home Most

Outstanding Male TrackAthlete of the Meet honor.

To put the race in perspective,Olympic gold medalist LaShawnMerritt won the 500-meter dashat The Armory the week beforewith a time of 1:01.39. The timewould have placed him third atthe Big East Championships.

Younger came away from theevent feeling good about his timeand praised the level of competition.

“I decided that anybody elsethat is on 500 heat, if they wantedit, it was going to hurt,” he said.“They were going to have tocome out, they were going tohave to take it from me. … I feelpretty good about that time I ran.The competition this year wasjust unbelievable — it was thebest it’s ever been.”

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“Our goal was to finish in thetop 10, and we didn’t accom-plish that goal. But we wantedthe kids to perform at theirbest at the biggest meet, andthey did that. We had a lot of personal-best times, butunfor tunately some of thosetimes just weren’t goodenough to score points at the competition.”

Even though the Knightsfell shor t of their goal, the13th-place finish is an improve-ment from the last indoor sea-son, when the Knights finished16th out of 16 schools.

The Knights cannot focuson the Big EastChampionships for long, asmost of the team already looksfor ward to the ECACChampionships from March 3-4 in Boston.

“We have to continue tomove forward and continue toimprove,” Robinson said. “Butthis weekend is done and you can’t dwell on it. We just want to continue toimprove and make our per-formance impactful every timewe compete.”

The Knights may have onlyfinished 13th collectively, butsome athletes still turned inhighlight performances.

Senior Nwamaka Okobi ledthe Knights in points by plac-ing third in the long jump witha mark of 5.89 meters andsixth in the triple jump with amark of 12.38 meters.

“I think I did alright,” Okobisaid. “I wanted more out of thetriple jump.”

Sprinters coach LouTomlinson was also pleasedwith the way the sprinters per-formed. Junior Asha Ruth

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relay was their best perform-ance during the three-daychampionships. Their time of1:42.82 tied with Villanova forsixth in the race, whileLouisville took first.

Rutgers placed eighth on Day1 of the championships in thefinals of the 800-yard freestylemedley. Senior Jacquelyn Wardand sophomores EmilieKaufman, Mary Moser andChelsea Rolin finished the race in7:30.92. West Virginia won therace with a time of 7:06.87.

Rutgers only dropped tofourth place with 101 points fol-lowing the first day of competi-tion. The individual events

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But Lindley was not the onlyKnight to break out at the plate.

Senior outfielder LindseyCurran went 4-for-5 in the firsttwo games, but her biggest con-tribution was in Game 3.

Rutgers split the openinggames entering the tournamentfinale, a rematch with TexasState. The Bobcats handed theKnights a loss, 11-6, earlier inthe tournament.

Curran saw to it that historydid not repeat itself.

The Monroe, N.J., nativeblasted a two-run home run inthe third inning to break a 0-0 tie.The effort proved to be the decid-ing factor in a game that ended, 2-1, in Rutgers’ favor.

Lindley said the first gameagainst Texas State left the

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throughout the weekend failedthe Knights, which fell to seventhafter the second day’s races.

Rutgers’ only two top-eightindividual finishers of the champi-onships swam in Thursday’sevents. Ward placed sixth in the400-yard individual medley with atime of 4:22.81, while junior team-mate Taylor Zafir finished eighth.

Senior Trisha Averill deliv-ered strong performancesthroughout the weekend, but shedid not qualify for any of her finalheats in three individual events.Her highest finish was 13th inthe 200-yard breaststroke.

“My performance I was reallyhappy with,” Averill said. “We per-formed a lot better, so it was justhigher and heightened [becauseof the competition level].”

West Virginia’s RachaelBurnett earned the 2012 Big EastWomen’s Most Outstanding

Swimmer award after she regis-tered first-place finishes in threeindividual events, including the1,650-yard freestyle.

Rutgers’ swimmers will par-ticipate in the Princeton InviteMarch 4 before their seasonconcludes. Junior KatieKearney, sophomores NicoleScott and Valentina Gordon, andfreshman Nicole Honey will alsocompete March 9-11 in the ZoneDiving Championships.

The eighth-place perform-ance was not the finish Spiniellowanted for a team that finished9-2 in regular season action. Henow shifts his team’s aims tonext season.

“The focus now,” Spiniellosaid, “is to get back into theweight room and really regroup,refocus and come up with a planon how we are going to move upat this meet next year.”

placed eighth in the 200 meterwith a time of 24.72. In trials for the 200 meter, Ruthset a personal-best time of24.52 seconds.

Ruth also helped the 4x400-meter relay team break theschool record set last weekdespite a mishap, which mayhave cost the Knights’ relay a tripto the podium.

During the second leg ofthe 4x400-meter relay, a NotreDame athlete went in thewrong direction and ran intosophomore Tylia Gillon as shereceived the baton. The colli-sion forced Gillon to rerouteherself and get started again.The blunder cost the Knightscrucial time.

“I thought the sprinters didver y well,” Tomlinson said.“We wanted to get on the podi-um, but we missed it by oneplace. It was a bittersweet fin-ish because we per formedwell, but felt that if it weren’tfor the mishap we would havehad a top-three finish. We lostvery critical tenths of a sec-ond. We wound up finishingthree or four tenths behind thethird-place school.”

But it was not the only badluck the Knights faced. Also inthe 4x400-meter relay, sopho-more Corr yn Hurringtonsprained her ankle. She willvisit the trainers this week.

Despite the adverse circum-stances, the 4x400 team stillfound a way to finish fourthand set a new school record.

“If everyone is healthy, welook to continue to improve ourtimes,” Tomlinson said.

As for Okobi, she wants tomake the most out of theremainder of her senior season.

“I look for fearlessness inever y competition,” Okobisaid. “I don’t want to be scaredof failure. I just want to go outthere, do my best and have no regrets.”

Knights with a chip on their shoulder.

“We really wanted to get afterthem because we knew they werea team we could beat,” she said.“We were definitely disappointed,losing to them the first day. Thescore could have been a lot morethan what it was.”

Although the offensive out-burst was the prevailing story forthe Knights’ tournament run,pitching played as big of a role inthe two wins.

Freshman Alyssa Landrithprovided the most impressiveinnings of her young collegecareer, picking up both ofRutgers’ wins to improve herrecord to 3-1.

“She pitched at a good pace,kept our defense on their toes,got ahead of hitters, mixedpitches well,” Nelson said. “Iwas really pleased with her performance.”

Landrith threw five scorelessinnings against Dayton, picked

up five strikeouts and allowedonly three hits.

The Vacaville, Calif., nativethrew a complete game in theTexas State rematch, giving upone run on two hits.

The only issue for Rutgerswas base running, according to Nelson.

“We got caught going thewrong direction on a pop-up anda deep fly ball,” he said. “Weshould have scored on a groundball [in Game 3], and we didn’t.There were a couple things[that need to be fixed].”

The Knights have more than aweek to address the concerns.The next tournament beginsMarch 2 in Athens, Ga.

Overall, Lindley is happy withhow the team looks at this pointin the season.

“I feel like we’re right wherewe want to be and we know whatwe have to work on,” she said.“As long as we can find some con-sistency in our play, we’ll do well.”

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BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head baseball coachFred Hill was ambitious in want-

ing theScar le tKnightsto winthe BigE a s t .T h e

Knights received a test immedi-ately against No. 13 Miami toopen the season.

A three-game Hurricanessweep showed the Knights arestill a work in progress.

A 9-7 Rutgers loss Sundayclinched the Miami sweep atAlex Rodriguez Park, but it wasalso the first solid showing forthe Knights offense. Rutgers out-hit Miami, 12-11.

Hill was encouraged by cer-tain parts of the order, but he saidothers need improvement.

“We have three and four inthe order,” Hill said. “We proba-bly need to find somebody in thefive hole who’s a little more con-sistent than what we have. Andthe bottom of the order needssome work.”

Sophomore second basemanNick Favatella reached basethree times on one hit and twowalks, and batted in two runs.After his best game in the shortseason, Favatella felt morecomfortable with his role as theNo. 3 hitter.

“It didn’t feel much different,”he said. “After the last game, itwon’t take much to get comfort-able again.”

Junior starting pitcher RobCorsi is another player with anew role. The lefthander madehis first collegiate start Sundayafter transitioning from hisreliever duties.

Like many of Rutgers’ playersthroughout the weekend, Corsihit rough patches. TheOceanport, N.J., native finishedhis outing with seven earnedruns in 3 2/3 innings.

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Sophomore second baseman Nick Pavatella notched four RBI outof the three hole last weekend against No. 13 Miami (Fla.).

‘Canes sweep Rutgersin competitive series

BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers tennis team trav-eled more than four hours this

w e e k -end tostart itsBig Eastseason.

I treturned to Piscataway with a lossSunday, as Syracuse dropped theScarlet Knights, 4-3.

The Orange entered the con-ference opener with a four-matchwinning streak before defeatingthe Knights — a stat head coachBen Bucca was well aware ofupon arrival.

Syracuse’s four-match stretch,including a victory against aranked Harvard club, served asanother test for the Knights inthe early part of the season.

“It was a hard-fought, wellplayed match by both teams,”Bucca said. “Syracuse just cameout slightly ahead. Syracuse,they’re a good team.”

Syracuse, ranked the 73rd-best team in the country by theIntercollegiate TennisAssociation, gave Rutgers all itcould handle in doubles play.

Senior Jennifer Holzbergteamed up with sophomoreVanessa Petrini to deliver a vic-tory in the first doubles posi-tion. The duo defeated theOrange’s Emily Harman andBreanna Bachini, 8-6.

But their performance wasnot enough.

Sophomore Stefania Balasaand freshman Noor Judehdropped their doubles match,9-7, while senior Morgan Iveyand freshman Lindsay Balsamocould not win in the third doubles position. The latter’s 8-3 loss against AlessondraParra and Komal Safdar gaveSyracuse the first point of the match.

“Doubles really reflected thematch,” Bucca said. “We had tobe satisfied that we played well,but we were so close to winningthe doubles point that to lose itwas disappointing.”

The doubles point proved tobe the deciding factor inSyracuse’s victory. Both teamssplit singles match play, 3-3.

Harman exacted revengeagainst Holzberg in the first sin-gles position. The Syracuse sen-ior won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3.

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Sophomore Vanessa Petrini was the only Knight to win Sundayin both singles and doubles in Rutgers’ loss to Syracuse.

“He was throwing from 86-89[aMPH], got his curveball overa couple times,” Hill said. “Hejust didn’t locate as well as heshould have.”

The Knights nearly knockedoff the Hurricanes a first time inSaturday’s 12-inning 4-1 loss.

Rutgers’ pitching staff is itsmost experienced corps, and itplayed like it.

The experience showed fromstart to finish, when junior left-hander Dan O’Neill bolstered theKnights with 3 2/3 innings out ofthe bullpen.

“He’s resilient,” Hill said. “Hecan pitch back-to-back days. Hehas a good fastball, he has a goodchangeup. It makes him a verygood candidate for [long relief].”

O’Neill allowed only twoMiami hits and struck out fourthrough three innings.

But then the Hurricanes camethrough in the clutch, especiallycleanup hitter Rony Rodriguez.

The senior left fielder steppedup to the plate with runners onfirst and second and cleared themboth with a walk-off home run.

Rodriguez’s hit was not ananomaly. Miami produced morehits throughout the day, leading,10-4, in the category.

But the Knights showed anability to keep up with Miami,unlike Friday’s season opener.

Rutgers played catch-up afterreceiving only four innings fromjunior lefthander Rob Smorol.

He allowed two runs, but hewas not the only perpetrator inRutgers’ 6-2 loss. Rodriguez gavethe Hurricanes a 5-0 advantageafter he reached base on an errorin the fifth inning.

But Hill already feels like theKnights (0-3) are a long way fromthat loss to Miami (3-0) in terms ofboth pitching and hitting.

“We’re encouraged,” he said.“The second game we got beat in12 innings, and the third gamegoes either way.”

The encouragement wasenough to give Hill and the Knightsfaith in winning the Big East.

While Holzberg could not cap-italize in first singles, Petrinifound success in the third posi-tion. Her 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 decisionagainst Bachini highlighted thesophomore’s impressive day.Petrini was the only Knight to winin both singles and doubles play.

“I felt like I played really, real-ly well [Sunday],” Petrini said. “Ithink because I won in my dou-bles, that momentum went overto my singles. I was really deter-mined to win.”

While Petrini survived in sin-gles, Syracuse handled the rest ofRutgers’ (4-2, 0-1) singles lineup.Balasa and Balsamo won in theirmatches, but Syracuse’s MaddieKobelt defeated Ivey, 6-1, 6-2, inthe second singles matchup.Judeh suffered a shutout in hermatch, 6-0, 6-0, to cap the Knights’second loss of the season.

The Orange served asRutgers’ second ranked oppo-nent of the season. The Knightsdropped a 7-0 match the previousweek against No. 43 Princeton.

While Bucca was disappointedwith the outcome, he felt pleasedwith the way the team performed.

“They got a couple of quickpoints in the singles, but on thewhole we really battled hard,” hesaid. “The whole match reflectedtwo teams that were relativelyeven matched.”

The Knights’ loss comesafter their victor y Fridayagainst Army. Rutgers defeatedthe ser vice academy at theAtlantic Club, 5-2, which haltedthe Black Knights’ six-matchwinning streak.

Rutgers has three days beforeits next match Friday againstGeorgetown. The Hoyas enterthe match with a 4-2 record afterdefeating Old Dominion onSaturday, 5-2.

“We just have to work hard,”Bucca said. “In discussing withthe team, we seem to be con-tent to focus on what we didthis past week, and that wasreally to look to play aggres-sive, disciplined tennis.”

BY VINNIE MANCUSOCORRESPONDENT

Even when the Rutgers men’slacrosse team enjoyed a

t h r e e -g o a ll e a dw i t hl e s sthan twominutes

left in its matchup with Air Force,it knew it could not rest easyquite yet.

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Junior goalie Rudy Butler recorded 10 saves Sunday against Air Force in Syracuse, N.Y., including two during the final two minutesto stop the Falcons. Butler split time last season with classmate Joseph Donnelly in net for the Knights.

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Sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak (29) scored three goals Sunday against Air Force, two of which gave the Knights a three-goal cushion. But the Falcons returnedthe favor, scoring the final two until Rutgers closed out the contest for its first win of the season and first under head coach Brian Brecht.

RU captures first win despite late Air Force runAir Force battled back the

entire game, and in the finalstretch it once again did notdisappoint. The Scarlet Knightswithstood the Falcons’ laterally, which culminated in an11-10 Rutgers victory.

The win gave the Knights(1-1) and Brian Brecht their first in 2012 and as headcoach, respectively.

“Obviously Air Force wasnever going to be a team wherewe could sit back and rest onour laurels, and they proved

that,” Brecht said. “They werea good team — incredibly well-coached — and their kidsfought hard.”

With only 10 minutesremaining in the final frame,Rutgers and Air Force (0-1)faced an 8-8 stalemate. But theKnights tallied three unan-swered goals in the next eightminutes to gain an 11-8 advan-tage. Sophomore ScottKlimchak notched two of histhree goals during the Knights’final rally, while sophomore

Nick DePaolera added anothergoal in his career-high five-point game.

The Rutgers defense, mostnotably junior goalkeeper Rudy Butler, stymied AirForce’s last-minute rally todraw within a point. Butlerrecorded two saves in as manyminutes to close the contest inSyracuse, N.Y.

“We gave up a couple easyones early on, but it could havebeen a lot worse if we did notget some big saves from Rudy,”

Brecht said. “He was underfire there in those last two min-utes, and he made some greatsaves that allowed us to get agreat one-goal win.”

The Rutgers midfield con-tinued its productivity from theKnights’ season-opening lossagainst No.2 Duke. Senior WillMangan contributed threegoals to the win.

“Some credit should go toWill Mangan — he has beenunbelievable,” Brecht said.“He has been our unsung herofor the last two games. Withthe things we ask him to do forus, he comes ready to performevery day.”

Mangan, along with eightother seniors, is a member of aclass that has yet to see a win-ning season. The Knights hopethe matchup with Air Force isthe first step to changing therecent trend.

“We have a great seniorclass. This senior class wantsto make their mark and puttheir stamp on something,”Brecht said. “The last threeyears they have had a losingrecord, and I give a lot of credit to them. They havebeen outstanding.”

After Air Force, the Knightsface a quick turnaround, hittingthe road once again today to faceWagner. They return toPiscataway on Sunday to take onMaryland-Baltimore County.

While the Air Force matchuptested the Knights physically,Brecht sees the short prepara-tion period this week as the firsttest of his team’s focus.

“We do not have a lot of time.We have three games in sevendays. These are student athletes,and they have to balancemidterms with practice,” Brechtsaid. “We have a long trip on theroad again, then the home open-er on Sunday. We are going tofind out just how mentally toughwe are.”

BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head women’s bas-ketball coach C. Vivian Stringeris not afraid to experiment with

lineups.T h e

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benched her cornerstone play-ers this year and started inexpe-rienced freshmen. She does notregret any of her decisions.

As a result, 10 of 12 ScarletKnights have started at leastonce. Stringer switched up thestar ters even during a five-game losing streak.

In the past two games,Stringer returned to basics bysending out three of her usualstarters for the first time sinceJan. 29 at Georgetown. Theyclicked in a 61-52 win Saturdayat Villanova.

Senior point guard KhadijahRushdan, senior forward AprilSykes and junior guard EricaWheeler began the game onthe court. They scored a com-bined 49 points.

“When Khadijah goesinside, it allows April to befreer on the outside and Erica,[too],” Stringer said Saturday.“With them struggling, Iattempted to make a lot ofadjustments during the year.”

That did not stop Stringerfrom testing out lineups, andjunior forward Monique Oliverwas the experiment.

She started 25 of 26 gamesand averages close to a double-double. But Oliver onlyplayed five minutes against theWildcats.

Stringer has another opportu-nity to alter minutes tonightagainst Seton Hall.

The Pirates (7-20, 0-13) sit atthe bottom of the Big East. No.24 Rutgers’ (18-8, 7-6) only loss-es this season have come to top-five teams in the conference,

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FORMER RUTGERSrunning back Ray Rice wantsa new contract from theBaltimore Ravens, request-ing “Adrian Peterson-typemoney,” according to Sports Illustrated.

The Ravens are expectedto hand Rice a franchise tagto keep him from becomingan unrestricted free agentthis of fseason. The fourth-year running back is expect-ed to accept the tag if itleads to a contract similar toPeterson’s seven-year, $100million deal.

Rice ran for 1,364 yardswith 12 touchdowns last sea-son and was selected to hissecond Pro Bowl.

TWO VETERAN FREEagents signed with new teamsyesterday, each inking one-year deals.

The New York Yankeescame to terms with free agentoutfielder Raul Ibanez. The 39-year-old signed a $1.1 milliondeal. Ibanez is expected toserve as a designated hitternext season.

The Athletics signed out-fielder Manny Ramirez to aminor-league contract worth$500,000. Ramirez, 39, mustserve a 50-game suspensionafter his second positive drugtest before he is able to suit upfor the Athletics.

THE NBA SUSPENDEDBoston Celtics point guardRajon Rondo yesterday fortwo games.

Rondo was ejected in thethird quarter of Sunday’s 96-81 loss to the Detroit Pistons.The guard tossed the basket-ball at referee Sean Wright inresponse to a non-call. Theball struck the official in thechest and the action promptedback-to-back technical foulsand an ejection.

Rondo missed yesterday’sgame against the DallasMavericks and will not play intomorrow’s matchup againstthe Oklahoma City thunder.

CHICAGO BULLS POINTguard Derrick Rose returnedto the starting lineup yester-day after missing five gamesdue to injury.

He totaled 23 points and sixassists in nearly 35 minutes ofplay in a 90-79 victory againstthe Atlanta Hawks.

Last season’s MVP sus-tained lower back spasms.Rose was averaging 22 pointand 7.8 assists before hisinjury. The Bulls went 3-2 dur-ing his absence.

SAN ANTONIO SPURSguard Manu Ginobili will misstwo weeks due to a leg injury.

The team announced yes-terday that the guard wouldmiss time after straining hisleft oblique in Saturday’swin over the Los AngelesClippers. The 34-year-oldwill miss six games duringthat span.

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SETON HALL AT RUTGERS,TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M.

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Senior April Sykes searches for openings Saturday out of a Villanova double team. Sykes scored 20 points for her first gamein double figures since Jan. 29 at Georgetown. The forward faces a Seton Hall defense tonight that ranks 13th in the Big East.

Lowly foe offers chance to mix lineup

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Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan drives into a Villanova defender Saturday, when she scored13 points. Rushdan has reached double figures in all three games since returning from injury.

No. 5 Miami (Fla.) and No. 10Tennessee, so the Knights arelikely not on upset alert.

Rutgers possesses the depthto utilize several dif ferent line-ups and end the game with thesame result. But with onlythree games until the Big EastTournament, questions remain.

One comes from the back-cour t. Freshman guardsBriyona Canty and ShakenaRichardson obser ved theentire win against Villanovafrom the Rutgers bench.Syessence Davis was the lonefreshman guard to play. Cantyand Richardson only missedone and two games all year, respectively.

A porous Seton Hall defensethat ranks 13th in the Big Eastshould instill confidence.

The same confidence appliesto Sykes, who scored 20 pointsagainst the Wildcats.

“I’ve been at my worst,” Sykessaid. “I just knew hard work,extra shooting and listening tocoach would help me — and myteammates believed in me.”

Now that the team’s most fre-quent shooter is back on track,Stringer can re-build the offensearound her.

But the offense ran throughOliver during their five-game los-ing streak. The Las Vegas nativescored in double figures fourtimes in the stretch.

Sykes played the five posi-tion for most of Villanova game,bringing quickness to the defen-sive end but sacrificing the inte-rior on offense and rebounding.

Stringer may try out some-thing similar against Seton Hallwithout fear of liability. NoPirate averages more than 4.7rebounds per game.

Rutgers has yet to play a BigEast team with a record as pooras Seton Hall’s in the conference,so Stringer may not be apprehen-sive about trial and error withlineups again.

But if Rushdan, Sykes andWheeler click again, puttingaway the Pirates becomes allthe easier.

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Tyrone Putman, shown as a sprinter in2011, finished second in the triple jump.

BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Before the season began for the Rutgers softball team, head

coach Jay Nelsonsaid the ScarletKnights’ of fensewould be their strongestcomponent.

After the opening tournament inLafayette, La., it was dif ficult to see why.

While the Knights scored runs againsta weak Mississippi Valley State team, theystruggled to come up with big hits againsttougher opponents.

But last weekend in San Marcos,Texas, was a dif ferent stor y. Of fensecame in bunches, which helped lift the Knights to a 2-1 record in the tournament.

Nelson admitted there was room for improve-ment, but Rutgers showed a good team effort.

“I was pleased. We’re swinging the batpretty well,” Nelson said. “There’s still a cou-ple [players] we need to get on track. It’s justa matter of timing. The more they see livepitching, the better they’re going to get.”

The biggest step up came from seniorthird baseman Brittney Lindley.

After a relatively quiet opening tourna-ment, the Cicero, N.Y., native slugged three

home runs —including a grand slam — enroute to earning Big East Player of theWeek honors.

Lindley credits her offensive outburst toNelson’s hitting philosophy.

“I was just focusing on seeing the ball andattacking good pitches, and it worked out well,”she said. “Coach Nelson always talks about get-ting the best pitch of the at-bat and attacking.”

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Knights utilize long ball, young pitching in victories

Despite record-setting relay, RUfinishes sixth in field as Bergofails to capture high jump title

BY BEN CAINCONTRIBUTING WRITER

BRONX, N.Y. — As senior Aaron Youngercrossed the finish line Sunday to give theRutgers men’s track and field team a victory

in the 4x400-meterrelay and end theindoor Big EastC o n f e r e n c eC h a m p i o n s h i p s ,there was only one

problem: It was not the victory lap.Notre Dame ran that lap for the fifth

time in the last 10 years. The Fighting Irishled the meet with a score of 131 points, fol-lowed by Connecticut with 103 andPittsburgh with 84.5.

The Scarlet Knights had an inconsistentweekend and finished sixth in the champi-onships with a score of 70 points.

The 4x400-meter relay victory, run byYounger, seniors Steve Werner and

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Sophomore Tylia Gillon collided with aNotre Dame sprinter in the 4x400 meter.

Rutgers settles for low finish afterfailing to meet self-imposed goalof 10th-place standing at Armory

BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

All the work had been put in, and theweekend the Rutgers women’s track andfield team waited for came and went.

The ScarletKnights competedin the Big EastChampionship lastweekend at thelegendar y New

York Armory in the Bronx. The Knights’ goal since preseason train-

ing began was to finish in the Big East’s top10. But they fell short of the goal, placing13th at the competition with 18 total points.

Georgetown took the top spot at with102 total points. Cincinnati placed secondwith 90 and Villanova rounded out the topthree with 89.50.

“It was disappointing as a team finish,”said head coach James Robinson.

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Senior Jacquelyn Ward was part of a Rutgers 800-yard freestyle medley that placedeighth on the first day of the Big East Championships.

Knights place only two swimmers in final individual heats after diversearn third-place finish only days earlier in Pittsburgh

BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers swimming and diving teamreceived exactly what it needed to succeedwhen its divers placed third at the Big East

Championships. Butits swimmers couldnot take advantageof the position theyreceived from theirteammates.

The Scarlet Knights placed eighth out of11 teams at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh thisweekend, failing to improve on last year’sseventh-place finish at the championships.

Head coach Phil Spiniello witnessed theKnights’ fight, but he was disappointed inwhere the team sat in the final standings.

“We had a solid performance. I think wewould have liked to have finished a little bithigher,” Spiniello said. “We had some goodthings, a lot of life-time best, it just wasn’tenough to push us up on the standings.”

Louisville capitalized on its second-placediving performance last weekend and

turned in a first-place finish. Its winningscore of 785.5 was well ahead of second-place Notre Dame, which posted a 593.5mark in the pool. West Virginia placedthird with 524 points.

Pittsburgh, Villanova, Connecticut andCincinnati all placed ahead of the Knights.Georgetown finished ninth and Seton Hallcaptured 10th, with Providence taking last inthe championships.

While the Knights went 4-0 against BigEast teams during the regular season, theydid not face either Louisville or Notre Dame.The two schools placed a total of 38 swim-mers in final individual heats.

Rutgers placed two.“When you have the whole league

together, there is a lot of depth,” Spiniellosaid. “So making it back into the finalsbecomes a matter of tenths and hundredsof a second, and they just weren’t fallingour way this weekend.”

Spiniello said last week the team’sstrength would lie in its relay events. TheKnights’ finish in the 200-yard medley

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