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Rutgers University Student Assemblyvoted to approve a proposal last night thataims to bring University President RobertL. Barchi’s attention to University employ-ees’ pay during Superstorm Sandy.
STUDY HOUR OR PARTY HOUR? RUSA’s “Atrium AfterHours”was intended to provide students with aquiet place to study before finals, but floppedupon its debut. / OPINIONS, PAGE 8
71st ANNIVERSARY Army ROTC and veteransremember Pearl Harbor. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
The Rutgers men’s basketball team travels toMadison Square Garden tomorrow to take on itssecond MAAC foe this year in Iona as part of theGarden’s Holiday Festival event. / SPORTS, BACK
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Danielle Denisenko, left, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, and Allison Halioltis, a School of Arts and Sciences senior,announce to Rutgers University Student Assembly members the theme of the Rutgers University Dance Marathon,“Kids at Heart.” They encouraged attendees to get involved with the event on April 6, which benefits theEmbrace Kids Foundation. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RUSA looks at workers’ pay after Sandy
Professor talkssupply, demandof energy in US
DANCE IN STYLE Jhoom Dynamix, a newly formed dance group, perform at Fashion Beyond Borders, hosted by the University’schapter of Oxfam. The annual multicultural event celebrates diversity within the University community and this year raised money forHurricane Sandy victims as well as victims in Haiti. The event took place in the multipurpose room at the Busch Campus Center lastnight. The show included groups of many different cultures and traditions. ENRICO CABREDO, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY EINZEN LESPINASSECONTRIBUTING WRITER
This month’s Energy Café quickly turned to thedebate on how to approach solving the world’s pollu-tion problems.
Gal Hochman, associate professor in theDepartment of Agriculture, gave a presentation onenergy economics, a science that explains energy sup-ply and demand yesterday morning in the BuschCampus Center.
Hochman said coal, oil and gas have been pollutingthe world since the beginning of the 20th century dur-ing the monthly discussion hosted by the RutgersEnergy Institute.
“We are trying to promote [and] introduce energysecurity because we care about balancing the environ-ment, and we don’t want to be constantly taking fromother countries,” he said.
Hochman said the world must change its viewson climate change because it is becoming more andmore polluted every day. Ultimately, it is up to sci-entists to keep researching for a possible solution,he said.
“Our appetite for energy is and has [been] grow-ing at a fast pace,” Hochman said. “We need to create
Contaminationcauses U. toclose centertemporarily
Presentation sparks dialogueon national energy law
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The Rutgers Student Centeralong with café and bakery AuBon Pain closed last night from 7to 8:30 p.m. because of a sewagesystem back-up that affected theestablishment’s water supplies,said Michelle Smith, manager ofthe Rutgers Student Center. Theemergency closing was primarilyimplemented to keep students, fac-ulty and other guests from usingthe bathrooms or running thewater, which would have slowedthe repairs, she said. Techniciansfrom Roto-Rooter Drain Cleaning& Plumbing Service, under con-tract with the University, clearedthe backup. —Jovelle Tamayo
Members want overtime compensation,vacation days for employees
Gov. Chris Christie declared a state ofemergency on Oct. 29 because of the storm,yet staff members were required to comeinto work, said Darlene Smith, vice presi-dent of the Union of Rutgers Administrators-American Federation of Teachers.
Both essential and nonessential person-nel were required to report to work, she said.
“Some of them stayed homebecause they couldn’t get of f theroads. We were told to stay of f theroads. Some ... can’t af ford to lose anydays of work. Maybe they’re the solebreadwinner in their household,”Smith said.
Some staff members came into work,but others were turned away from thecity of New Brunswick by police offi-cers, she said. At noon, the University
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Friday, Dec. 7The Rutgers Student Center “Atrium After Hours” continues from1 to 4 a.m. through Dec. 12 as a late-night study space for stu-dents. This initiative is sponsored by the Rutgers University Stu-dent Assembly.
Persian Club hosts Shabe Yalda to celebrate the Winter Solstice at 5p.m. at The Cove of the Busch Campus Center. There will be food,games, poetry and dancing. Admission is free.
Saturday, Dec. 8Verbal Mayhem hosts “Feed the Poets II” at 7:30 p.m. at the CookCampus Center multipurpose room. Shane Romero and HasanMalik are among featured performers. Tickets are $5 for students,$7 for non-students. There will be free food.
Monday, Dec. 10The Women’s Center Coalition hosts “SCREAM Against GenderViolence” at 5 p.m. at Brower Commons on the College Avenuecampus as part of the 16 Days of Action Against Gender Vio-lence campaign.
MuslimGirl hosts a charity event for Gaza relief at 7 p.m. at the CookCampus Center. Performances include Palestinian rapper ShadiaMansour. Tickets are $5.
The Department of American Studies and the Collective for AsianAmerican Studies holds an event to remember the Cambodian geno-cide at 7:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Roomon the College Avenue campus. There will be a screening of the film“Enemies of the People,” a lecture from Professor Cathy J. Schlund-Vials and a performance from rapper Prach Ly.
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Friday, Dec. 7Free horse-drawn carriage rides start today and continue everyFriday and Saturday in December from 6 to 9 p.m. at the HyattRegency Hotel at 2 Albany St. and Heldrich Hotel at 10 Liv-ingston Ave.
The fifth annual Chili Cook-Off takes place from 5 to 6:30 p.m. atMonument Square in downtown New Brunswick. Participants canbuy a tasting kit and ticket to vote for the best restaurant-made chilifor $1. Proceeds go toward Elijah’s Promise.
The 20th annual New Brunswick tree-lighting celebration is from 5to 7 p.m. at Monument Square at the corner of George Street andLivingston Avenue in downtown New Brunswick. There will be liveentertainment, a scavenger hunt, exhibitors, children’s activities, aSanta Claus and more. Admission is free.
Abel said Pearl Harborbecame more relevant after Sept.11, since it forced civilian govern-ment agencies to cooperate toprevent similar attacks from hap-pening in the future.
“In each case, we learnedsome serious lessons,” he said.
Welch said the Pearl Harborattacks are similar to the Sept. 11attacks, where both eventscaught the country off-guard.
“It is critical that the U.S. gov-ernment and military move for-ward to ensure that America isnot again surprised by anotherattack against its people,” he said.
Frank Greco, who joined theNavy during World War II at age 17,said he and his neighbors fromStaten Island joined the
military because they felt like it wasthe right thing to do at the time.
Greco, a nontraditionalUniversity student who is 86years old, said that while in theNavy as a gun crew member onships carrying supplies for troopsduring the war, he gained a newappreciation for America.
“We do have problems in thiscountry, and you can criticize itall you want, but compared to therest of the world, we are still num-ber one by far,” he said.
Robert Eckert, an ArmyROTC cadet in his third year,said he would remember PearlHarbor Day as he continues hismilitary training.
“The best way to rememberPearl Harbor and the men whodied there is to keep training hardto defend the country,” saidEckert, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
Eckert said there would be amoment of silence to rememberthose who died in Pearl Harborduring the Army ROTC’s annualdining social.
The Pearl Harbor attacks influ-enced American thought by over-coming the country’s reluctancethat existed prior to the war saidRoss Baker, professor in theDepartment of Political Science.
“The thinking was that sinceAmerica was protected by twooceans, neither the Japanese northe Germans had the ability tostrike the American mainland,”Baker said.
He said the attack continues toaffect American policy-making.
“The type of fear and reluc-tance to get involved in the affairsof the world that existed in the1920s and 1930s is no longer com-mon today, although there willalways be some elements of thisin society,” he said.
Ray Santana, an Army ROTCalumnus and military scienceinstructor at the Army ROTC, saidthe flag would be flown at half-stafftoday to remember Pearl Harbor.
“It wasn’t until I went to thePearl Harbor memorial in Hawaiiduring my junior college year thatthe significance of Pearl Harborreally set in for me,” Santana said.
Abel said it is not just aboutPearl Harbor, but instead aboutthe broader idea of rememberingthat America is free because menand women stepped up to theplate and sacrificed their lives.
“There are many calendar daysin the year, besides Pearl Harbor,that Americans should stop for amoment and think about the sacri-fices they made,” he said.
UNIVERSITYDECEMBER 7, 2012 PAGE 3
Veterans mark significance of Pearl Harbor attacks 71 years later
BY WILSON CONDECONTRIBUTING WRITER
Even though the Japaneseattacked Pearl Harbor 71 yearsago today with fighter planes andsubmarines, its impact is still feltwithin the University community.
Lt. Col. Samuel Welch, theUniversity Army ROTCBattalion’s Commander, saidPearl Harbor affects him per-sonally because after the attack,his grandfather served as anofficer in the Navy, where heinstalled radar systems on shipsand eventually became a lieu-tenant commander.
“My grandfather was a man ofgreat integrity who believed inservice,” he said.
Welch said this attack, whichkilled 2,300 Americans andwounded an additional 1,100Americans, led to the UnitedStates’ involvement in WorldWar II.
During the attacks, theJapanese military bombarded theU.S. Pacific Fleet by air and sea inmultiple waves, Welch said.
Army ROTC highlights similaritiesbetween historic attack, 9/11
“It wasn’t until I went to the Pearl
Harbor memorial ...that the significance
of [it] really set in for me.”
RAY SANTANA Army ROTC Alumnus
Eighteen ships, including fivebattleships, were either sunk ordamaged, and among them wasthe USS Arizona.
Col. Stephen Abel, directorfor Veteran Services who alsoretired from the military, saidJapan’s attacks on Pearl Harboron Dec. 7, 1941, exposed exten-sive rivalries and a lack ofcooperation between the Armyand Navy.
Abel said General Dwight D.Eisenhower forced the differentmilitary branches to cooperate tobe more effective in defendingthe country.
“That was a great step fromwhere we were at Pearl Harbor,”he said.
In addition, Abel said the les-son learned from Pearl Harbor isthat the country should alwaysbe ready for an attack becausenot doing so would lead to cata-strophic results.
“It’s nice to say that we are atpeace, but that is only good if therest of the world also wants toremain at peace,” he said.
U. Recreation sets upfor Big Chill 5k run
Barchi seeks input forstrategic plan at U.
BY EZEKIEL AHNCONTRIBUTING WRITER
University students and facul-ty can run in the 10th annual BigChill tomorrow, a 5K race forcharity in New Brunswick that isopen to the public.
Instead of charging an entrancefee, the race collects toys and dona-tions that will be distributed to localcharities, specifically those that ben-efit children in need this holidayseason, said Kevin O’Connell, assis-tant director of Marketing andSocial Media at Rutgers Recreation.
“Families come, faculty mem-bers come, alumni come backand a number of toys are donat-ed. This year weare working withabout 14 charitiesthat these toys areall going to,”O’Connell said.
The Big Chill israising money topurchase wintercoats for childrenthis year throughselling “yards,”said Megan Donnelly, clericalassistant at Rutgers Recreation.
Anyone can buy a “yard,”which are yard-long cutouts thedonor can write his or her nameon. Yards will be displayed in theCollege Avenue Gym, she said.So far this semester, Universitysports clubs sold enough yards topurchase more than 400 coats.
“We were told that the kids getthe presents and the toys and lovethem, but some families have kidsthat need coats,” O’Connell said.
Diane Bonanno, executivedirector of Rutgers Recreation, saidmore than 8,000 toys were collectedlast year, and this year the turnoutand donations are steadily rising.
“What’s done with the toys isthat we pack them all up and put
them in a big trailer, and onMonday morning we wrap them allup at [the Sonny WerblinRecreation Center on Busch cam-pus]. From there, we ship a majori-ty of the toys to the New BrunswickHousing Authority,” O’Connell said.
Bonanno said around 7,000runners are registered, and sheexpects about 1,000 more to reg-ister before the event.
“It’s just a positive event,” shesaid. “There’s holiday music play-ing and even when it’s early andfreezing outside, everyone’s in agood mood.”
Donnelly said students can par-ticipate even if they do not run.They can volunteer to help withregistration management, roadmarshaling and toy wrapping.
Stores and businesses in NewBrunswick are also contributingto the race. Owners help sponsorthe race by donating funds, giftcards and prizes for the runnersand manpower, O’Connell said.Local restaurants will be providing
food for runners.Bonanno said
she came up withthe idea for therace in 2003 whenRutgers Recreationwas looking for aspecial event tohold at the end ofthe semester.
“I thought arace would be fun,
but I didn’t want a race aroundThanksgiving where the prizewould be a turkey,” Bonanno said.“So I thought, ‘OK, no entrance fee.Instead, bring a toy for a child.’”
Bonanno said students partici-pate purely for the satisfaction ofknowing they helped someoneless fortunate.
“They’re never going to meetthis child. They’re never going [to]see their toy put a smile on any-one’s face,” she said. “But they’redoing it because they want to makesure that a child is happy. For me,that makes all the work that it takesto put on the Big Chill worth it.”
Registration will be held from 7 to 8 a.m. at the CollegeAvenue Gym, and the race willbegin at 9 a.m.
For the first time in more than15 years, a strategic planning ini-tiative has been carved out for theUniversity, courtesy of PresidentRobert L. Barchi.
After administrators gatherinformation from the Universitycommunity, Barchi will formulatea vision to enhance the Universityfor the future.
“The time is right to begin thatprocess,” Barchi said in a state-ment. “In the past month, wehave achieved several major mile-stones: approval of Rutgers’ inte-gration with UMDNJ by our gov-erning boards, voter approval of along-awaited bond act for highereducation construction [and] theRutgers Scarlet Knights’ entryinto the Big Ten Conference.”
The strategic planning processwill include gathering input
through interviews, surveys andfocus groups in the Universitycommunity; looking at strengthsand weaknesses; following exam-ples of other schools; and deter-mining which academic programsto prioritize.
By June, Barchi will report tothe Board of Governors and Boardof Trustees on the interim plan,with a finalized plan set for fall 2013.
The Boston Consulting Groupwill partner with the Universityto develop the plan.
“The firm will help us ensurethat different voices and perspec-tives within the broader Rutgerscommunity are heard in our plan-ning process,” Barchi said. “Overthe coming months, BCG will bereaching out to various stakehold-er groups to solicit their ideas andopinions on the future of Rutgers.”
Organizers addnew feature toprovide coats forchildren in need
DECEMBER 7, 2012 UNIVERSITY PAGE 5
“So I thought, ‘OK, no entrance
fee. Instead, bring a toy for a child.’”
DIANE BONANNOExecutive Director
of Rutgers Recreation
Weather Emergency System] hasposted, it contrasts sharply withwhat Rutgers required us to do,”she said. “So we want to makesure that they are all on the samepage with the national systemand the state system.”
An official proclamation thatRUSA members passed in themeeting calls for the Universityto recognize the value and impor-tance of its staff.
“University staff are not sec-ond-class citizens, but a vital com-ponent of the Rutgers communi-ty,” reads the proclamation.
RUSA also approved a meas-ure to propose a $3.50 persemester opt-out fee on stu-dents’ term bills that would
support theUnited StatesS t u d e n tAssociation andthe New JerseyUnited Students,said SamBerman, a stu-dent representa-tive for theSenate ExecutiveCommittee.
He said theo r g a n i z a t i o n sprovide anavenue for stu-
dent leaders, including mem-bers of RUSA, to lobby for leg-islation that benefits theUniversity in Washington, D.C.and Trenton, he said.
“I don’t think there’s absolute-ly any downside because if a stu-dent does [not] want to pay theycan just opt out and that’s that,”Berman said.
RUSA currently uses fundsfrom student fees to pay duesfor USSA and NJUS, he said.Having this opt-out fee allowsRUSA to use this moneytoward helping other studentrelated costs.
RUSA plans to take the pro-posal to the University Senate.If the senate determines the ref-erendum has an educationalvalue, Barchi would then haveto sign off on the proposal. Theproposal would then be votedon through a referendum inwhich students decide whetherit should appear on their termbills, he said.
natural resources,” he said. “[They]realize [that] by conserving energyit helps keep the cost of tuitiondown and helps the environment.”
Witkowski said the Universitypurchases power and other utili-
ties at the lowest possible rate. Buthe said he has to consider the mar-ket and availability when doing so.
Just one example of energysaving at the University is thesolar canopy on Livingston
Campus, which produces ninemillion kilowatt hours per year,and saves the University $1 mil-lion in energy costs.
“Opportunities for utilities sav-ings through technologicalimprovements are developed andimplemented,” he said.
Witkowski said UniversityFacilities and Capital Planningplans to replace all lights on theCamden, Newark and NewBrunswick campuses with moreenergy efficient products by 2014.These changes are expected toreduce the University’s energyconsumption by 42.5 million kilo-watt hours annually, and reducecarbon emissions by 23,333 tons.
Started in the spring term of2012, the Energy Café is a month-ly one-hour event that focuses onenergy topics and student-to-pro-fessor communication, saidBeatrice Birrer, program coordi-nator of REI.
“The Energy Café was con-ceived to nourish our undergrad-uate and graduate students andthe larger Rutgers communitywith multi-disciplinary discus-sions in an informal manner withan emphasis on time for open dia-logue, multiple insights, and shar-ing of ideas,” she said.
She said its mission is to inte-grate the University’s expertise inscience, engineering, economicsand policy.
“We strive to provide energysolutions to the transition from20th century technologies tothose that sustain economicgrowth and preserve the integrityof our environment,” Birrer said.
Corie Hlavaty, a School ofEnvironmental Biological Sciencessenior who has an interest in ener-gy conservation, said the cafés aregreat learning opportunities.
“It was interesting to get a dif-ferent perspective,” she said.
told employees that they couldgo home.
“That meant people weredriving home when the stormwas building up and eventhough it wasn’t as bad as it gotlater that evening, it was notgreat conditions to be on theroadways,” she said.
In the event of a school clo-sure, essential employees areusually compensated for theirovertime with time and a half.Nonessential employees arecompensated as they usually are.
Despite the University’s clos-ing at noon, records show theUniversity remained open, Smithsaid. Employeeswere not compen-sated for the hoursthey workedbefore noon.
RUSA wantsBarchi to recog-nize that theUniversity wasclosed the entireday and to retroac-tively compensateall employees, saidAnna Barcy, aRUSA senator atlarge.
Barcy said Oct. 29 was consid-ered a vacation day.
“In the event that they didn’ttechnically show up for workthey did not receive the pay thatthey would otherwise receive,”Barcy said.
RUSA also wants Barchi toallow the transfer of formeremployee’s accumulated vacationdays to those working for theUniversity now.
“When an employee retires,they have the option to donatesome of their vacation days, so itaccumulates in a bank,” she said.“Many employees had to give uptheir vacation days to make upfor Oct. 29.”
The Union of RutgersA d m i n i s t r a t o r s - A m e r i c a nFederation of Teachers wouldalso like to create a task forcethat would assess theUniversity’s emergency pre-paredness, Smith said.
“When you look at the infor-mation that [the National
DECEMBER 7, 2012UNIVERSITY PAGE 6
a paradigm shift, we need toshift from fossil fuels to green,sustainable energy.”
Energy Café regular SidMadison, a green energy activist,insisted the country needs to usealternative energy or the futurewill not be bright. He said theonly way to achieve this is by gov-ernment mandate.
“If we don’t get natural cli-mate legislation, none of thiswill matter,” he said. “If youdon’t understand the carbonbudget you don’t understandanything about pollution. It hasto be the public that forces the
CROSSING BORDERS In an attempt to get students to discuss their feelings on categorization in everyday life, Erica Buckley, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, left, directsstudents to cross a line to see if certain statements applied to them. RU Love hosted the event,based on the MTV show “If You Really Knew Me,” last night at the Livingston Student Center. ENRICO CABREDO, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
U. plans to retrofit lights on all threecampuses to save money, energy
ENERGY
CONTINUED FROM FRONT“I believe most
students do careabout conservation
of our naturalresources.”
JOHN WITKOWSKIDirector of Utilities
and Operations
Proposal to add $3.50 per semester opt-out fee for USSA and NJUS passes
RUSA
CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“We want to makesure that they are all
on the same pagewith the nationalsystem and the state system.” DARLENE SMITHVice President of the
Union of Rutgers Administrators
politicians to do somethingabout it.”
Tony Vangi, a Rutgers BusinessSchool junior who regularly attendsREI events, said Madison was veryoutspoken about this issue.
“It shows how a lot of peopleare very passionate about thesethings,” he said.
Though pollution will contin-ue to be a root concern for peoplenow and in the future, JosephWitkowski, director of UtilitiesOperations at the University, saidwhen it comes to energy conser-vation, his department tries itsbest to do its part.
“I believe most students do care about conservation of our
space race to the moon that trans-fixed the world. But once therace ended, there has been onlysporadic interest in the moon.
President Barack Obamacancelled NASA’s plannedreturn to the moon, sayingAmerica had already beenthere. A National Academy ofSciences said Wednesday thenation’s space agency has noclear goal or direction for future
human explo-ration.
But the ex-NASA officialsbehind GoldenSpike do. It’s thatold moon again.
The firm hastalked to othercountries, which
are showing interest, said formerNASA associate administratorAlan Stern, Golden Spike’s presi-dent. Stern said he’s looking atcountries like South Africa, SouthKorea and Japan. One very richindividual — he won’t give aname — has also been talkingwith them, but the company’smain market is foreign nations,he said.
“It’s not about being first. It’sabout joining the club,” Sternsaid. “We’re kind of cleaning upwhat NASA did in the 1960s.We’re going to make a commodi-ty of it in the 2020s.”
The selling point: “the sexappeal of flying your own astro-nauts,” Stern said.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Sen. JimDeMint, patron saint of the teaparty and a would-beRepublican kingmaker,announced suddenly yesterdayhe would resign his SouthCarolina seat to headWashington’s conservativeHeritage Foundation think tank,a shift that reverberatedthrough a soul-searching GOP.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Attentionwealthy nations and billionaires: Ateam of former NASA executiveswill fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venturecombining the wizardry of Apolloand the marketing of Apple.
For a mere $1.5 billion, thebusiness is offering countries thechance to send two people to themoon and back,either for researchor national pres-tige. And if you arean individual withthat kind of moneyto spare, you toocan go the moonfor a couple days.
Some spaceexperts, though, are skeptical ofthe firm’s financial ability to getto the moon. The venture, calledGolden Spike Co., wasannounced yesterday.
Dozens of private spacecompanies have star ted uprecently, but few if any willmake it — just like in otherfields — said Har vardastronomer JonathanMcDowell, who tracks launch-es worldwide.
“This is unlikely to be the onethat will pan out,” McDowell said.
NASA’s last trip to the moonlaunched 40 years ago today. TheUnited States is the only countrythat has landed people there,beating the Soviet Union in a
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLARKSBORO, N.J. —Federal regulations require inspec-tions of rail bridges and other infra-structure and reports on accidents,but leave it to freight railroad own-ers to do the work themselves.
After a derailment thatreleased thousands of gallons ofa hazardous chemical into the airlast week in New Jersey, forcingdozens of households to be evac-uated, a congressman saidWednesday that it is time to endwhat he called “a culture of self-regulation” for the industry.
“We’ve got to come up with asensible set of regulations,” U.S.Rep. Rob Andrews, D-N.J. — whosedistrict includes Paulsboro, the siteof the derailment — told TheAssociated Press on Wednesday.
Andrews, and RepublicanReps. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., andFrank LoBiondo, R-N.J., metyesterday at a command centerin nearby Clarksboro with offi-cials working on the accident
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NJ congressmanwants to end ‘culture of self-regulation’
DeMint to head conservative thinktank Heritage Foundation
GOP leader resigns Senate seat
Firm offers trips tomoon, charges $1.5B
US representatives toexamine NJ derailment
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC, talks on the phone in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Heannounced yesterday he will resign from the Senate to become the president of the HeritageFoundation, a conservative think tank. GETTY IMAGES
“This is unlikely to be the [company]
that will pan out.” JONATHAN MCDOWELL
Harvard Astronomer
response. The congressmensaid they expect to hold hear-ings looking at both the causesof the derailment and theresponse to it.
An industry spokeswomansaid the rail companies have spe-cific requirements from theFederal Railroad Administrationand other regulators, and that itmakes sense for companies toconduct their own inspections andreport on their own accidents.
“We are the only mode oftransportation that owns, main-tains and repairs its own infra-structure,” said Holly Arthur, aspokeswoman for the Associationof American Railroads. “It is inthe railroad’s interest to ensurethat infrastructure is world-class.”
Many standards for rail opera-tion, she said, are laid out in fed-eral regulations and the FRA hasthe power to go after noncompli-ant railroads with civil penalties.She said that the industry isrequired by law to haul hazardouschemicals and that leaks are rare.
Seven cars on an 84-car trainlast Friday derailed on or near aswivel-style bridge over MantuaCreek in Paulsboro. A tanker carcarrying vinyl chloride, a gasused to make PVC plastic, wasruptured, sending thousands ofgallons of the chemical into theatmosphere.
Just two years into a second,six-year term, DeMint said hewould step down on Jan. 1 tohelm Heritage while continu-ing the conservative fight. The61-year-old lawmaker, knownto hurr y home to SouthCarolina nearly ever y week-end, had signaled that thisterm would be his last, but his abrupt announcement shocked even his closest Republican colleagues.
“When he told me thismorning, I about fell of f mycouch,” said South Carolina’sother senator, RepublicanLindsey Graham. “I didn’t seethis coming.”
Prizing ideology over elec-tability, DeMint sometimesinfuriated fellow Republicans,picking sides in GOP primarieswith decidedly mixed results.He had no patience for centristRepublicans, pushing the partyto the right while bankrollingcandidates with millions from his political action committee, the Senate Conservatives Fund.
We gained a little insight into thetrue value of student meal plansthis week here at the University.The 105 meal plan offers studentsthe least bang for their buck,clocking in at nearly $18 per meal.Perhaps in the future students will
be able to swipe in at Henry’s Diner or Starbucks, thuswinning back some money and peace of mind lost tothis scam. But that seems unlikely as places thataccept meal swipes tend to have long lines whichleads to overcrowding, said Joe Charette, executivedirector of Dining Services. For now, food simplyshould not be so expensive. Hungry, smart stomachsdart the 105 meal plan.
Boot up WebReg, click Winter2013, and lament the losses.Winter Session is not available tofirst-year students. If this strikesyou as odd, unnecessary or unfair,congratulations. Students agreethat first-years who feel capable of
taking the extra credits should be permitted to do so.If they can handle a full course load, navigate the busesand feel comfortable on campus during the fall, theyare prepared to learn in the snowy season. They arealso prepared to dart the University’s shortsightedsign-up decision.
Black Marble — sounds like aswanky bar or a weird Crayola color,right? In reality, it’s NASA’s latestawesome project — a super high-res-olution photograph of the Earth atnighttime, taken with satellite tech-nology. The Americas glitter in the
surrounding pitch-blackness of outer space. Go searchfor the entire album of photos, and realize why NASA’sefforts will always have a special laurel in our hearts.
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While the regular season may beover, praise for the Scarlet Knightsfootball team continues to stream in.Senior linebacker Khaseem Greenejoins Corey Moore of Virginia Techas the second player in Big East his-tory to be named Big East Defensive
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“Atrium After Hours,” a late-night event sponsored by RutgersUniversity Student Assembly,flopped upon its debut. Eager stu-dents showed up to the RutgersStudent Center Atrium, which willremain open from the hours of 1 to
4 a.m. until Dec. 12. The wee hours of the morninghave proven too exciting for students to handle — theAtrium has been more of a study party than a quietsanctuary. Perhaps RUSA should implement a set ofrules, or otherwise shut off the lights for good. Eitherway, a dart warns this slumber-less party to get its acttogether. We have finals to finish.
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and even attacks on his personal characterfrom those that didn’t know him such as, “Heis a wife beater who deserves to rot in hell”and “We should stop mourning this killerand recognize him as the coward he is”.
There are some plausible explanationsfor this tragedy. Belcher had been arguingwith Perkins for a few weeks. They were infinancial trouble. They were undergoingcounseling with team doctors. There werethe pressures ofcaring for their 3month-old child,Zoey. I do notdefend Belcher forwhat he did, but ifwe are going toanalyze a case likethis, we must look at all of the facts, notjust the facts of the day he committed thecrime. We have no way of knowing whatwas going on in Belcher’s head when hemade his fateful decisions, therefore it isridiculous to attack his personal character.Kansas City teammates saw a differentBelcher, far from what this story hasbrought. We cannot comprehend what wasgoing on in his mind, and it is simply unfairto characterize him as a monster.
What Belcher did is wrong. He took thelife of the mother of his child, and then hetook his own life in front of his head coachand general manager. By no means do I findhis actions acceptable. Two people are deadand a child will never know her parents. Butthe name-calling and knee-jerk reactions toBelcher’s actions are too childish.
There has been speculation that ifBelcher is being mourned, it is just
because he was afootball player. Iagree that we holdathletes to higherstandards just likeother celebrities,because they are inthe public eye. But
Belcher was relatively unknown outside ofKansas City and Maine, where he playedcollege football. His entire life has nowbeen marred by these actions — he willforever be remembered as the footballplayer who killed his girlfriend and thenkilled himself. If he is being mourned, it isnot because he was a football player, it isbecause of how he defined himself to histeammates and the Kansas City communi-ty. He was loved and well respected, and
was the epitome of hard work and deter-mination to reach the dream of playing inthe NFL.
Sometimes, people just snap. There isno explanation or understandable cause.Perhaps this was the case for Belcher. Ionce read a story where a principal froman Idaho high school went home and shotand killed his wife for no reason. He was areverend and a respected communityleader. He just snapped.
In closing, I will just state that suicideis never the answer to any problem in aperson’s life. If anything, suicide leaves uswith more questions than answers. InJovan Belcher’s case, this is true. We willnever know what he was thinking or if hewas in his right mind. We should not bedemonizing of what he did because we didnot know him, nor characterize him asjust being a cold-hearted killer. Instead,we need to look at the causes of this terri-ble tragedy and learn how to prevent it inthe future. And finally, we need pray fortheir daughter.
Mike Denis is a School of Arts andSciences first-year student majoring in polit-ical science.
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There are many calendar days in the year, besides Pearl Harbor, that Americansshould stop for a moment and think about the sacrifices they made.
Col. Stephen Abel, director for Veteran Services at the University, on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor. See the story in UNIVERSITY.
Words cannot describe thethoughts that went through myhead when I learned the news of
the tragedy in Kansas City on Dec. 1. Theutter shock of the murder-suicide of KansasCity Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher andhis girlfriend Kasandra Perkins has rockedthe sports landscape and has heightenednew issues and concerns.
This country’s reaction to the news hasbeen mixed. Shock and sadness is mixedwith hate and anger over what Belcher did. Ihave read numerous articles from ESPN,CNN and other sources on the matter. I havealso ventured into the comments sections ofthese articles. What I have found is border-line appalling. Thousands of commentsappear in these online comment sections,and many of them are downright offensivefor such a sensitive subject. For examplesome posts have been, “This is what losingwill do to you”, “Maybe the Chiefs can getcrisis management tips from Penn State,”
COMMENTARYMIKE DENIS
Kansas City Chiefs suicide prompts questions
“Sometimes, people just snap.There is no explanation
or understandable cause.”
A lthough smoking amongyoung people has gonedown, I swear the student
body at Rutgers hasn’t gotten themessage or they weren’t includedin the survey. Everywhere I’vegone on College Avenue, there arestudents smoking cigarettes (andother things). I know it’s people’sprerogative to smoke, but theyseem to ignore the designatedsmoking areas and smoke wherev-er the mood strikes them. Just theother day, I saw a girl on the side ofthe School of Communication andInformation building smoking hercancer stick, meanwhile not 20feet away there’s a designatedsmoking sign outside AlexanderLibrary. I just don’t get it. Is it real-ly that hard to walk over to an areathat’s close to you for a cigarettebreak? Maybe I’m the crazy onebecause it seems practical to me.
I’m surprised that there arestill young people who even startsmoking cigarettes at all. Beforeour parents were born, I couldunderstand this because thereweren’t so many studies doneabout the dangers, but by thetime the 1980s came around,there were so many studies doneabout the dangers of smokingand also second-hand smoke.With all this knowledge, why dopeople continue to begin thishabit? Is it peer pressure? Is it
The stench of nicotine
F or all those who want tobicker about keeping Christin Christmas, or Christmas
off the lawns of town halls and whatnot — I have several questions. Inwhose gospel do we hear about atop hat that allows golems built ofsnow to become animate? Is it inthe Gospel of Mark or Luke thatcaribou are given the means of aer-ial locomotion? Is this because asleigh, having snow runners, isinefficient in the desert and thuswould not have, on its own, allowedMary, Joseph, and the infant Christto escape King Herod and seekrefuge in Egypt? Is it in the Book ofJohn, or in the Epistles of Paul, thatwe hear of the sainted red-suitedfellow that dwells in a land of eter-nal cold and almost constant nightand who decides to honor the birthof the Savior by giving out demon-made toys from hell on Saturnalia,which was probably severalmonths before the actual birth ofChrist? Or was that in the Epistle tothe Hebrews?
If your answer — whicheverside you fall on — is some variationof the negative, then what exactlyare you protesting? Christmas isnot a traditionally sacred or reli-gious holiday — it is, historically atime of drunkenness, irreverence,bullying, carousing, gift giving,rioting, as well as a time for mock-
Christmas is a secular holiday
COMMENTARYJUSTIN ROD
WEIGHINGIN
COURTNEYAVERETTE
the idea of trying it out? Or is itjust something to do? I’m notsure. I can’t really say becauseI’ve never tried it. I enjoy mylungs. I’m sure I will offend somepeople, but everyone is entitled totheir opinions and mine just hap-pens to stray away from smoking.
Earlier this semester I evensaw two students setting up ahookah right on the side of ScottHall where everyone walks to getto the buses. The hookah wasn’tthe problem, it’s the fact that theywere located where a lot of thestudents in that area have to passand don’t want to smell it. Hello.That’s what hookah bars aremade for. Maybe I’m just beingnitpicky about all of this, but Ifind it disgusting and annoying.
I’ve lived with smokers most ofmy life. My mother, my grandfa-ther and a whole host of other fam-ily members smoke and I was mis-erable from inhaling that stuff. Iknow the students are only smok-ing outside (as far as I know) andthe cigarette smoke isn’t clutteredin one spot, but there are still peo-ple around you, who (unless theyare standing in the smoking area)shouldn’t have to deal with this.Some people even have seriousreactions to cigarette smoke andare affected worse than others.
Some may want to blametobacco companies for young peo-ple even considering smoking, butis it truly their fault? No. Everycompany wants to sell their prod-uct and has a right to advertisethat product. There are ads aboutprinters, but I don’t see everyonerunning out to get those. Evenwith all the smoking patches and
gum ads, people aren’t alwaysgoing out to buy those either. Weeven have these commercialsshowing the effects of smoking inthe most gruesome ways imagina-ble and yet, there are college stu-dents who aren’t willing to try andquit. I do mean “try” because Iknow, like any other drug, tobaccois addictive and hard to stop, buteven trying to stop is a step in thehealthy direction. Everyone hasthe right to make their own deci-sions and even as a teenager, youknow what’s good for you andwhat isn’t, so there really isn’tmuch of an excuse to start up.
As I said before, I know I’mprobably going to offend somepeople although I’m not trying to.I know I made my whole speechabout the unhealthy aspect ofsmoking, but I think the biggestproblem I have is the smoking inplaces that aren’t designated assmoking areas, especially whenit’s done in front of the door to thebuildings (which I’ve seen a lot ofat Scott Hall) and people arecoughing just to get past thecloud of smoke. Nothing irks memore than trying to avoid thatstench of nicotine while smokewafts info my face from the per-son walking in front of me.Meanwhile I’m doing everythingI can to dodge the smoke to noavail. If you’re going to smoke,please just be considerate ofthose around you and smokewhere the designated areas are.
Courtney Averette is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore. Hercolumn, “Weighing In,” runs onalternate Fridays.
ing the oppressive authorities.About the only thing that is tradi-tionally sacred on “Christmas” isthe service of the Mass itself. So,really, again — what are youprotesting? Is it the secularizationof a mostly secular holiday? Or is itthat the government is promoting asecular, commercial festival thatgenerates incredible business rev-enues most years? On both sides,your argument is ridiculous.
As for me, I see no problemwith letting the government putup nativity scenes and menorahsand Kwanzaa candles and evendecorations bearing Arabicscript celebrating Ramadan andMohammed. Go on and do it. Ifit generates revenue for theeconomy, that’s reason enough.Why? Because the governmentisn’t promoting religion, it’s pro-moting economic growth in acommercial festival. Nowhere inany religious gospel does it tellus to give gifts to one another,nor does it tell us to put up treesand take pictures with Santa.The bible doesn’t even ask us toobserve Christmas, so howagain is it a sacred holiday? Imean, hey, if you can find me theHoly Scripture that mentionshow Santa Claus gave babyJesus a Tickle Me Elmo andBaby-Einstein DVD set — I’ll eatmy words.
Justin Rod is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring inhistory with a minor in art history.
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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine STEPHAN PASTIS
Happy Hour JIM AND PHIL
Today's Birthday (12/07/12). Carve out alone time this year. Reviewdiet, exercise and balance practices, and prioritize vitality. Familyand loved ones have your attention and care; put your oxygen maskon first. Romance and partnerships advance before June. After that,career and finances heat up. To get the advantage, check the day'srating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — A great idearegarding money comes fromafar. Review instructions. Friendsconnect you to a new associatewho could become a valuablepartner. It's getting romantic.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Todayis a 6 — Focus on work today andtomorrow, including paperwork.It's getting busy, so stick to practicalbasics. Express your thoughts freelyat home. Friends speak well of you.Gemini (May 21-June 20) —Today is a 9 — Romance blos-soms for a while, with a few hur-dles. Set long-term goals withyour sweetheart. Be sure youhave all the information. Takenotes. You're gaining support.Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Todayis a 9 — Get the opinions of closefamily before proceeding. You'reentering a more domestic phase.Gather information. Keep yourfinancial situation confidential.Invest in success and gain respect.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis an 8 — Use the secret sauce.Put in the extra effort, study andask questions. Believe you can.Accept the coaching. Don't pushyourself too hard. Any forwardmomentum counts.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 7 — Work hard andmake lots of money. Talk overideas with co-workers. Provideleadership. Finish an old task andprofit. Gather resources together.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Todayis an 8 — Prepare mentally, andthen adapt as needed. Use yourpower responsibly. They've beenwaiting for you to say the word.Check your course with friends,then full speed ahead.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 5 — Deadlines arelooming; better get back towork. Slow down and think itover. It's getting introspective.Friends help you go farther. Useyour imagination. Repay a favor.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 9 — Use your powersof observation. Work with closeassociates today and tomorrow.A loved one offers excellentadvice. Listen closely, and holdyour comments until asked.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 7 — Begin to developthe necessary resources. Get cur-rent accounting data. Ask for strat-egy updates from your teammates.Advance your career while you'reat it. Angels guide your actions.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — You're making agood impression. Don't get pre-sumptuous. Concentrate on stud-ies, and conditions are better fortravel now, too. Ask questions.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Attend to finan-cial matters for the next twodays, and turn your plan into theperfect thing. A co-worker and aloved one are your best allies.
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Sean Armand both average morethan 20 points per game, whilejunior Tre Bowman averagesmore than 12 points per game.
Size will be an issue, as well.Although the Gaels run a guard-heavy offense, Armand andBowman — who have startedevery game — stand at 6-foot-4and 6-foot-5, respectively, tallerthan any Rutgers guard asidefrom junior Mike Poole.
That means the Knightsneed to play bigger, especiallyon defense.
“Every team doesn’t have ascorer, but everyteam canbecome a gooddefensive teamwhen put togeth-er,” Judge said.“That’s alwaysbeen our goal: todefend. We havescorers, but wehave to bring iton both ends.”
Iona has scor-ers, too. While it has two playersaverage more than 20 points pergame, Rutgers has none.Sophomore guard Eli Carterleads the team with 16.7 pointsper contest.
Sophomore guard MylesMack said the Gaels’ dribble-drive offense does not makethings any easier.
To defend it, the Knightsneed to be disciplined on thedefensive end.
“We have to get our switch-ing down,” Mack said, “andknow when to switch and whennot to switch.”
For updates on the Rutgersmen’s basketball team, follow JoeyGregory on Twitter@JGregoryTargum.
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One of those lies at 165pounds, where sophomoresNick Visicaro and AnthonyVolpe have failed to secure thestarting role.
Both have split time, butwhoever gets the nod tomorrow earns an immediatetest thanks to Rider’s Ramon Santiago.
Santiago is 11-1 this seasonand ranks No. 15 in his weightclass, according to AmatureWrestling News.
“It’s important to see somelight at 165,” Goodale said. “Weneed somebody to step up andwiden the gap there.”
Goodale also wants to seemore consistency from 197pounds, the other contestedlineup spot.
Goodale anticipatesreturn of Siedenbergfollowing injury woes
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Senior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave eyes Drexel’s Franco Ferraina during a 24-9 Knights winlast year at the College Avenue Gym. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FEBRUARY 2012
While the Knights fell by fourpoints to St. Peter’s at home, theGaels fell by only two points tothe Peacocks on the road.
But records and numbers arenot the only reasons Rutgers can-not afford to overlook Iona.
“It’s difficult because theyplay with four guards,” Rice said.“You have to defend with disci-pline, and you can’t stop. Therehas to be a resolve there. [Theguards] put so much pressure onyour defense every second of theshot clock.”
Defense hasbeen the Knights’weakness inrecent games. Intheir last threecontests, theyhave allowedopponents at least79 points.
The four-guardoffense can keepthat number highif Rutgers loses focus, as it didagainst Mississippi, againstwhom it allowed a 14-2 run in thesecond half in an 80-67 loss.
Speed is a big worry forRice. He said earlier in the yearthe players added size in theof fseason, but it has slowedthem down.
Rice is well aware of how anopposing coach can take advan-tage of a team’s lack of speed.
“I used to do it at RobertMorris and my first year here,”he said. “We out-quicked teams.We were tenacious but alwaysquicker. Now that we’re bigger,we just can’t lose our focus awayfrom the ball and we’ll be fine.”
Like Rutgers, Iona sees mostof its scoring from its guards.Senior Lamont Jones and junior
Rutgers keys on disciplined defense asbest way to control speedy Iona lineup
OFFENSE
CONTINUED FROM BACK
“Now that we’re bigger, we just can’t lose our
focus away from the ball.”
MIKE RICEHead Coach
Sophomore point guard Myles Mack ranks second on the teamin scoring, averaging 14.8 points per game in six contests. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior Dan Siedenburg willstart tomorrow after being side-lined with an injury.
With Siedenburg out,Goodale threw freshmanHayden Hrymack into the line-up Nov. 24 at the NortheastDuals, where he went 0-3against Columbia, Binghamtonand Army.
Siedenburg gives Rutgers itsbest chance at 197 pounds.
“We have to start winning at197,” Goodale said.“[Siedenburg has] been bangedup, but we need to win there.We need to start winning at thatweight to have a very success-ful year.”
One position in question ear-lier in the season because ofinjury was at 133 pounds, butthe emergence of junior VincentDellefave impressed Goodale.
After moving up a weightclass this season from 125pounds, the Toms River, N.J.,native has quietly been consis-tent thus far.
Dellefave went 4-2 at theNittany Lion Open on Sunday
and captured three wins at theNortheast Duals.
Dellefave feels more com-fortable with his new compet-ing weight.
“I don’t miss too manymeals anymore,” Dellefavesaid. “I’m not worried aboutthe scale, and I can just worryabout my technique andwrestling hard. I can just trainright through the week.”
Dellefave and Winston bothagreed that if everyone wres-tles to their full potential, thereshould be no problems againsttheir New Jersey foes.
But Goodale does not want themto treat the match any differently.
After all, state braggingrights are on the line.
“Anytime you wrestle and takethe mat, there is an importance towin the dual meet,” Goodale said.“It’s an in-state thing and that’swhat fires us up about it.”
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two steals as the Knights headedto the locker room.
“[The win] was importantbecause we had been starting
slow,” said head coach C. VivianStringer. “We would get so fardown that it was hard to recover.
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MEN’S TRACK
RU plans for smalllineup at Princeton
BY ERIC DIMETROSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s indoortrack and field season beginsSunday with the New Year’sInvitational at Princeton’sJadwin Gymnasium.
The Scarlet Knights haveprepared all of fseason for therace and feel they are poisedfor a strong showing.
The Knights had arespectable season last year,evidenced by a sixth-place fin-ish in the Big EastChampionships, and look toimprove on that performance.
Head coach Mike Mulqueenhas high expectations for theteam this season and hopes tostart productively in its open-ing meet.
“In the first meet, we onlycompete half the team, andwe’re going to see what shapewe’re in,” Mulqueen said. “It’san interesting meet and wewant to mix it up and see whateveryone can do.”
The day consists of shot put,long jump, triple jump, highjump and pole vault, beforemoving to the track.
Senior jumper Adam Bergo,who had a strong season last
year, is excited to find out whatthe team is capable of early inthe season.
“We want to see what theyoung freshmen can do,”Bergo said. “They’ve beenworking very hard in practice,and we want to know what theyhave in meets.”
The freshmen have an oppor-tunity to prove themselves withmany regular competitors sit-ting the first meet out.
The young group will be key in how the Knights perform this season and needsto adjust to college track andfield quickly.
Mulqueen hopes the youngteam will learn during the meetand wants to see progressionright away.
The field features 14 col-leges, including fellow stateschools TCNJ, Stevens Instituteand the host, Princeton.
Health is crucial for theKnights, who had to deal withseveral tough losses to theteam last year.
“This meet is a big sign ofwhat will happen in the sea-son,” Mulqueen said. “This isthe first race for a lot of guys,so we just need to do our bestand stay healthy.”
“It’s definitely been a chal-lenge,” she said. “But my team-mates support [me]. It’s justbeen a challenge just trying toget back to playing as myself.”
Rutgers ran the Blackbirdsout of the gym, forcing turnoverafter turnover. With 2:30 leftbefore intermission, severalKnights dove for a loose ball withOliver in the middle of the pack.
Rutgers takes advantage of fast starton offense, 18-point lead at half
WIN
CONTINUED FROM BACK“We’re still ... ‘trying
to find out whatspecial thing we know that we can do’.”
C. VIVIAN STRINGERHead Coach
Freshman guard Precious Person leads a drive last night against LIU-Brooklyn. Person led the backcourt with a career-high 12 points off 6-for-7 shooting. She playedonly 15 minutes in the 58-32 win against the Blackbirds. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
She came away with a steal and alayup after an assist from Lee.
The sequence brought thecrowd to its feet as the Knightsput forth a complete effort on thedefensive end from the openingpossession of the game.
Rutgers closed out the firsthalf with an 18-point advantage,37-19, as it continued to shoot wellfrom the floor at 56.7 percent.Oliver led across the score sheetwith 11 points, four rebounds and
I think what we need to do andwill is continuing trying to pushtempo on the offensive side. Ithink we made a conscienceeffort to do that.”
Rutgers also received produc-tivity from the first year playersthroughout the outing. Freshmanguard Kahleah Copper came offthe bench and scored eight of hernine points in the first half.Teammate Precious Personpicked up in the second half toscore 11 of her 12.
The Knights opened the gamewith a 9-1 run. Oliver nettedseven of those points. Rutgers gotoff to an early lead and neverlooked back in a game theKnights never trailed.
Blackbirds center TamikaGuz was the only player that hadthe touch for LIU-Brooklyn, lead-ing the team with 10 points andfive rebounds.
Rutgers prepares to play atthe Madison Square Garden onSunday when it competes in theannual Maggie Dixon Classicfor the fifth time againstLouisiana Tech. The Knightslook to build off the strides inthis victory.
“It’s a work in progress,”Stringer said. “We’re still tryingto put our transition part of thegame together and still looking atwhat Chelsey said, ‘trying to findout what special thing do weknow that we can do.’”
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BY IAN ERHARDCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s trackand field team finishes its presea-son training this weekend for itsfirst meet of the indoor season.The New Year’s Invitationaltomorrow further prepares theteam for competition in the com-ing months.
“It’s strictly about preparationand seeing where the training hasgotten you to this point,” said headcoach James Robinson. “We’vebeen training for three months.”
The event, held in Princeton,takes place at Jadwin Gymnasiumand begins at 11 a.m. with fieldevents, followed by track eventsand final relays.
Robinson has not seen theteam in competition, making the
meet the only opportunity to doso before winter break. Themeet provides experience forathletes that cannot be replicat-ed during training.
“For sprinters and hurdlers,we haven’t done a lot of speedwork, and for jumpers, wehaven’t done a lot of jumping,”Robinson said. “Those are twothings we lack, but that’s a lack by design. It’s too early toget into heavy jumping, and it’stoo early to do a lot ofturnovers. You don’t want thempeaking now and January, youwant them peaking in Februaryand March.”
The meet creates competitionfor the Scarlet Knights internallyand sets the tone for athletescompeting in the same event laterin the season.
“At the 4x400 relays, you getan early shot to see a lot ofcompetitiveness,” Robinsonsaid. “We’re going to place fourrelay teams out there, so we’regoing to see pretty mucheverybody running.”
The weekend is a chance forathletes to return to competi-tion and transition from thetraining period.
Sophomore Allison Payenski,who runs the mile, figures to beone of the stronger athletes forthe Knights.
“It’s the season opener, so I’mjust going to try and do my bestand have a good open to the sea-son,” Payenski said. “I racecross country, and it’s my firstrace back.”
Sophomore GabrielFarquharson competes in the
long jump, runs the 300 meterand joins the 4x400 relays to fin-ish out a busy weekend.
Robinson also points to soph-omore Christina Dibernardo andjunior Tylia Gillon, who both runthe 4x400 relays, as athletes thisweekend to focus on.Dibernardo runs the 600-meterand Gillion prepares for the 300-meter, only her third time com-peting in the event.
“The 300 is a new event tome,” Gillon said. “This is definite-ly going to be a challenge to seewhere I am at, but I think it will bea good experience. The first meetwill basically set the tone.”
Gillion’s experience helps herprepare entering the new season.
“It’s definitely different frommy freshman year, when you real-ly don’t know what to expect,”
Payenski said. “As a junior, I’vedone this before, and I know howto handle it. It’s just a matter ofperforming from there.”
For the Knights, competinghard better serves their prepara-tions for the rest of the month.
“What will help us is if every-one steps up to the plate andeveryone does well,” Gillon. “Ifwe can all leave everything onthe track, then that will definite-ly help motivate the team to wantto do better.”
Payenski sees the upcomingmeet as a measuring stick.
“I think it’s mostly aboutpreparation because we’d just liketo see where we’re at,” she said.“We don’t have to race for a whileafter this, so I guess it’s just to getus mentally prepared for what theseason will bring.”
First indoor event offers Rutgers first real look at team
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
While the Rutgers footballteam had to settle for a share ofthe Big East title this season, oneScarlet Knight got rid of the pre-fix “co-” in his award.
Senior linebacker KhaseemGreene earned Big EastDefensive Player of the Year hon-ors yesterday, a season removedfrom having to the share the titlewith Cincinnati’s Derek Wolfe.
Greene has the title all to him-self now, becoming only the secondplayer in conference history to winthe award in consecutive seasons.
Virginia Tech’s Corey Mooredid so, taking home the title inthe 1998 and 1999 seasons.
Greene once again led the BigEast with 125 tackles and sixforced fumbles. The Elizabeth,N.J., native also paced theKnights in sacks with 5.5.
Greene led all Rutgers line-backers with two interceptionsand 10.5 tackles for loss.
His 376 career tackles put himin fifth place in Rutgers history,and his 22 tackles Nov. 10 againstArmy marked his single-gamecareer high.
But Greene was not the onlymember of the Knights to winconference honors.
Head coach Kyle Flood, inonly his first season at the helm,won Co-Big East Coach of theYear, sharing the title withLouisville’s Charlie Strong.
Flood led Rutgers to its firstever share of the Big East title —the Knights finished with a 5-2conference mark — and set arecord for most wins by a first-year coach in program historywith nine.
Including Greene, a total offive Knights earned Big East FirstTeam honors, while three otherswere named to the Big EastSecond Team.
Junior guard Antwan Lowery,senior defensive tackle ScottVallone, junior cornerback LoganRyan and senior safety Duron
Harmon joined Greene on thefirst team.
Lowery was part of an offen-sive line that paved the way foronly the third 1,000-yard rusher atRutgers since 1976, Vallone set anew career high with 12.5 tacklesfor loss, Ryan led the Big East with14 pass break-ups and Harmon seta new career high with six passbreakups and also recovered afumble for a touchdown.
Three sophomores earnedspots on the All Big EastSecond Team.
Running back Jawan Jamisonrushed for more than 1,000yards, of fensive tackle KalebJohnson made a smooth transi-tion to the left side and widereceiver Brandon Coleman tiedformer Rutgers tight end MarcoBattaglia for the most touch-down catches in a single seasonwith 10.
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Kyle Flood became only the third Rutgers coach yesterday toearn Big East Coach of the Year honors.NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Greene, Flood earn Big East honorsSenior linebacker Khaseem Greene bears down on Louisville running back Corvin Lamb during the Knights’ 20-17 loss Nov. 29. Greene became the first Knight towin the Big East’s Defensive Player of the Year award two years in a row after sharing the honor as a junior. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
FOOTBALL FIVE KNIGHTS MAKE CONFERENCE’S FIRST TEAM
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TURNOVER BATTLE Rutgers caused 27 turnoverslast night against LIU-Brooklyn, which helpedthe Knights break their losing streak and createan 18-point halftime lead. / PAGE 14
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FEEDING FRENZY Rutgers head women’s track and fieldcoach James Robinson expects tough competition fromthe team’s relay events during the Knights’ seasonopener this weekend in Princeton. / PAGE 15
DOUBLE TAKE Khaseem Greene of theRutgers football team won the BigEast Defensive Player of the Yearaward for the second time. / PAGE 15
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Every team doesn’t have a scorer, but every team can become a good defensive team.”
— Rutgers men’s basketball junior forward Wally Judge
VINCENT DELLEFAVE of theRutgers wrestling teamalready has nine victoriesthis season, four off histotal from last year as a125-pounder under headcoach Scott Goodale.
Less than a day after he earned Defensive Playerof the Year honors in the Big East, KhaseemGreene of the Rutgers football team became aWalter Camp All-American Second Teamselection.
Greene was the only Big East player nominatedto the first or second teams.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS 58, LIU-BROOKLYN 32
WRESTLING
vs. Rider
Tomorrow, 5 p.m.College Ave Gym
MEN’S BASKETBALL
vs. Iona
Tomorrow, 9 p.m.Madison Square Garden
WOMEN’S TRACK
at New Year’s Invite
SundayPrinceton, N.J.
Oliver sparks bounce-back win
Senior forward Monique Oliver attempts a shot against LIU-Brooklyn’s Tamika Guzlast night in Rutgers’ 58-32 win en route to her thousandth-career point.MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
WRESTLING
Senior Scott Winston matches up withLehigh’s Brandon Hatchett at EIWAs.ALEX VAN DRIESEN / MARCH 2012
Open spotsremain oneve of meets
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head wrestling coach ScottGoodale knows what the momentum boostfacing the Scarlet Knights gives to Princetonand Rider.
“It’s a heated rivalry [for both schools].They think they can win every year and chal-lenge our guys every year,” Goodale said.“We’ve been fortunate since I’ve been here towin other than my first year. We’re going tohave to wrestle really, really hard.”
Senior 157-pounder Scott Winston was alittle more confident in his predictions forhim and his teammates.
“Our expectations are to dominate bothteams at every weight class,” Winston said.“They’re both New Jersey teams, and wewant to be the best team in New Jersey forsure.”
Rutgers hosts Princeton and Rider tomor-row night at the College Avenue Gym in onlyits second home dual meet of the season.
While the Knights will be favored againstboth teams, there are still lineup questionsGoodale wants to answer before Rutgersenters the bulk of its schedule.
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MEN’S BASKETBALL RUTGERS-IONA, TOMORROW
Gaels’ four-guard offense worries Rice, RUBY JOEY GREGORY
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The last time Wally Judge played atMadison Square Garden, he had yet to puton a uniform for the Rutgers men’s basket-ball team.
He had not even arrived at Kansas State,the school he called home before transfer-ring to Piscataway.
Judge was in his final year at ArlingtonCounty Day (Fla.) school and participating inthe 2009 Jordan Brand Classic game.
“It was an all-star game, so I don’t knowhow much defense was being played, but it
was a great experience,” he said. “I gotrobbed of MVP a little bit, but it’s all good.”
Judge scored a team-high 18 points in thecontest, topping players like former NBA No.1 overall selection John Wall and No. 3 pickDerrick Favors, who earned Co-MVP honorsin the game.
He played in front of several celebrities like Michael Jordan, Spike Leeand Kevin Durant.
Those faces will likely not be in the standswhen Judge returns to the Garden, this timein a Scarlet Knights uniform.
Rutgers takes on Iona tomorrow as part ofthe Garden’s Holiday Festival event.
The Gaels (3-3) may not appear the mostdaunting opponent, but the Knights (4-2) donot plan on taking them lightly.
“It’s exciting because they’re a quality pro-gram,” said head coach Mike Rice. “[Head]coach [Tim] Cluess is tremendous in what hehas accomplished there.”
Rutgers is not in a position to take aMAAC opponent lightly after dropping itsNov. 9 season opener to St. Peter’s.
Iona figures to be as difficult should itsrecent history of strong conference playprove to be an accurate representation.
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WOMEN’SBASKETBALL
vs. Louisiana Tech
Sunday, 11 a.m.Madison Square Garden
BY AARON FARRARCORRESPONDENT
History was not only made, but alsorepeated itself as the Rutgers women’s bas-ketball team cruised past LIU-Brooklyn, 58-32, to remain perfect at home and end itstwo-game skid.
“We had to come out stronger than whatwe had been doing,” said senior forwardMonique Oliver, who led the way with 18points. “I felt like everybody came out withenergy and getting in the flow of things.”
The Las Vegas native moved into the his-tory books as the 32nd player to collect onethousand points in her career. She receivedthe ball in the paint with 8:22 left to play andconnected on a layup to achieve the accom-plishment, followed by a standing ovation asshe trotted off the court.
“I wasn’t even aware that I hit my onethousandth point,” she said. “I just thought ofit as another basket and it’s exciting.”
Several Knights contributed in the lop-sided victory. Players got into the passinglane, forcing LIU-Brooklyn to give up theball, which led to points on the other end.Senior forward Chelsey Lee came off thebench and provided another spark for theScarlet Knights, finishing with nine pointsand five boards.
After watching from the sidelines last sea-son, Lee is steadily working her way back toher old form, showing a glimpse of thatthroughout the night.
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