the opportunity to advance to thecompetition’s world level, said JohnLongo, the team’s faculty adviser.

“I was very happy for the studentsdue to all the hard work they put in.The team was able to bring greatpride to Rutgers Business School,”said Longo, clinical associate profes-sor of finance and economics.

Schools that participated in thechallenge wrote an anonymous reportanalyzing New Jersey Resources, anenergy services firm picked byNYSSA, Longo said. Following all sub-missions, a select NYSSA group grad-ed the written stock reports and thefour highest scorers were invited tocompete in the regional finals.

The four schools that participatedin the regional finals were theUniversity, Pace University, FordhamUniversity and Seton Hall University,he said. Each school had to make apresentation in front of a panel of WallStreet professionals.

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A state court rules that the Board of Governors did not specify informationat a 2008 meeting in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.

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University Boardof Governorsviolates state law

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIONEWS EDITOR

The University’s Board of Governors committedmultiple violations to state law when they discussedpublic matters during a private session at a 2008 meet-ing concerning the athletic department, according to aFriday state appellate court ruling.

Under the Open Public Meetings Act, also knownas the “Sunshine Law,” decision-making public bodiesare required to open their meetings to the generalpublic except when the public interest or individualrights are jeopardized.

But in a unanimous three-panel decision, the courtdetermined that the current sequence of the board’smeetings undermined the law’s purpose of enablingcitizens to hold governing bodies accountable fortheir decisions.

“The board’s regular practice of scheduling an opensession, followed by a closed session of indeterminateduration, followed by another open session has thecapacity to deter the very public participation the act isdesigned to promote,” according to the case brief.

The University is reviewing the decision’s detailsand considering all options, said Greg Trevor,

A Highland Park resident wasarrested for stabbing twoUniversity students Saturday morn-ing soon after midnight.

The Rutgers University PoliceDepar tment arrested suspectTyrell Brown, 21, for allegedlystabbing two males between 18and 24 College Ave. during whatof ficials determined an alterca-

tion, New Brunswick PoliceDepar tment Lt. J.T. Miller said.

The students sustained nonlife-threatening injuries, but onemale required surger y at St.Peter’s University Hospital,Miller said.

Brown, who is not af filiatedwith the University, was charged

with two counts of aggravatedassault, one count of unlawfulpossession of a weapon and onecount of possession of marijuana.He is being held on $35,000 bailat the Middlesex County AdultCorrection Center.

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Business team places first,advances to world level

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In the annual nationwide NewYork Society of Security Analysts(NYSSA) Global InvestmentChallenge, the Rutgers BusinessSchool outper formed 15 otherbusiness schools in the tri-statearea to land first place and theopportunity to compete this Aprilfor the title of world champion inOmaha, Neb.

The challenge, which began thelast week of November, ended withfirst place last Friday for the team,which included Russell Miller, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior,Dimitry Malinsky, a graduate stu-dent at Rutgers-Newark, AnilBhatia, a graduate student atRutgers-Newark, Joshua Cohen, aRutgers Business School-NewBrunswick junior and AndreMendoza, a Rutgers-Newark senior.

The Rutgers Business Schoolreceived $5,000 for its win and has

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Student to show magical talent atNY performance

BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

University student and magician Eric Wilzig stud-ies business by day and per-forms illusions by night.

The 19-year-old RutgersBusiness School first-yearstudent handles promotionalmaterials and the marketingend of his traveling magicshow, “Extreme Magic ofEric,” while also demonstrat-ing a diverse mix of stage illusions.

“My high-energy personali-ty as a performer, along with a diverse mix of never-before-seen-or-performed large stage illusions, dar-ing escapes and mind-blowing stunts, makes myaward-winning show a truly unique experience,”Wilzig said.

The illusions and stunts he performs usuallyinclude an element of danger, he said.

“The illusions I like the best are ones I considerextreme,” Wilzig said. “I actually risk my life for theaudience’s entertainment.”

“The Diamond-Plated Steel Box Escape … ofDeath” is one act Wilzig borrows from his inspira-tion, Harry Houdini.

“I’m handcuffed and stuffed inside a small steelbox, locked and strapped by volunteers, [and] Iattempt to escape from [it] in full view of the entireaudience,” he said.

The act won Wilzig the title of “State MagicChampion” from Tannen’s Magic, he said.

Wilzig said his audiences react in amazement toone trick in which he catches a paintball in hismouth signed by a random volunteer in the audi-ence who shoots it from a paintball gun.

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New exhibition integrates student art, poetryBY REENA DIAMANTE

UNIVERSITY EDITOR

The School of Arts andSciences Artists’ Collective unit-ed two forms of expressionthrough its spring semester exhi-bition of “Art Inspired by Poetry.”

In the Honors House on theCollege Avenue campus, theexhibit features 12 students’ pho-tographs, drawings, paintingsand computer-generated imagesof their personal response to apoem of their choice, said JulioNazario, assistant dean of theSchool of Arts and SciencesHonors Program.

“Poetry generally conveyssomething about the humanexperience, as does ar t,” hesaid. “They are actually twoways of getting to the sameplace that is providing the audi-ence an aesthetic experience.Some call it beauty.”

The collective collaborated ona list of different possible themesin November for the exhibition,Nazario said. They felt “ArtworkInspired by Poetry” was similar totheir fall exhibition “Elements,”which featured various worksrelated to landscapes, water, windand fire.

One reason the collectivechose the theme was because itwas an interesting chance to visu-ally represent a piece of literature,said Sunpreet Singh, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore inthe collective.

Poetry relies on imagery andemotion invoked by words, saidKateryn Zorych, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore in thecollective. Poetry and art are sim-ilar in their purpose.

“It simply uses languageinstead of a paintbrush,” Zorychsaid. “It is a natural step to unitethe two by painting your impres-sion of a poem.”

Singh chose to paint a scenefrom a legendary Indian epic,“Mahabharata,” he said. Singhsaid he frequently heard refer-ences to the epic and it represents many memories ofhis childhood.

Through symbolism, Singhused a quote from“Mahabharata” and figures torepresent his individual interpre-tation of the epic and create hispiece, “Yada Yada.”

“The quote represents thepivotal moment when the maincharacter balances the notionof the family ties and duty,”

Singh said. “I represent the pro-file of Krishna, just before hereveals his true form of thewarrior Arjun. This is arguablythe most important scene in theentire epic.”

Art has the power to inspirenew art — a written work suchas a poem can inspire a paintingand vice versa, Zorych said. Sheproved it through the journey ofproducing her piece, “Dream.”

A rainstorm in Johnson Parkin New Brunswick left theground drenched and the treesappeared to be rising straightout of the pools of water, Zorych

said. She began painting a pic-ture based on a photograph shetook from the moment.

After initially struggling withthe painting, Zorych picked itup again and inspiration for apoem followed.

“As soon as I started paint-ing, the first line of the poemcame to me ‘I’ll paint for you adream within a dream,’”Zorych said. “So that immedi-ately took my painting awayfrom pure realism and into therealm of fantasy.”

The honors program facultylaunched the program in spring

2009 to offer students interested inthe visual arts, but who are not visu-al arts majors, an opportunity to dis-cuss art and create exhibitionsbased on themes, Nazario said.

Students in the collective,like Singh and Korych, havemajors in biological sciences,humanities and social sciences,Nazario said.

Although Singh is a cell biol-ogy and neuroscience major, hebelieves creativity plays a majorrole in his life and joined the col-lective to further explore it.

“We are providing an opportu-nity for students to practice artmaking and to build communitywithin the honors programbecause they are each from vari-ous disciplines that come togeth-er to create art,” Nazario said.

Joining the collective also gavestudents a way to interact with fel-low artists, learn about differentmedia and techniques and a placeto showcase their artwork,Zorych said.

“[Finding] an exhibition wasthe hardest part to fulfill becauseI didn’t know about any opportu-nities for non-Mason Gross stu-dents to practice art or make theirwork available to the Rutgers stu-dent body,” she said.

Nazario came up with the ideato create an artist collective afterattending the National CollegiateHonors Council in 2009 in SanAntonio, Texas, he said.

Apart from the semester exhi-bitions, the collective also sched-ules monthly coffee house events,live drawing every other weekand trips into the city to placeslike the Frick Collection and theInternational Center forPhotography, Nazario said.

“Art Inspired by Poetry” willbe on display until mid-April inthe School of Arts and SciencesHonors House reception livingroom, Nazario said.

“Art Inspired by Poety” presents the artwork of 12 students in the School of Arts and Sciences ArtistsCollective on 35 College Ave., in New Brunswick. The art exhibition will be on display until mid-April.

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believes the board conducts toomuch business behind doors thatshould be discussed in public.

“The only people that knowwhat’s going on are members of theBoard of Governors, which I feelgoes against the spirit of the OpenPublic Meetings Act,” said Nycz, aSchool of Engineering senior.

New Jersey Foundation forOpen Government PresidentRonald Miskoff said the rulingplays a significant role in furtherdefining the law.

“It indicates that the trend isturning in favor of the publicamong the New Jersey judiciary,which has opened up a lot of itsown record just in the last year, andreducing the cost of copy recordsis continuing on its march to indi-cate that the public has a right tohave access to these meetings,”

said Miskoff, also aUniversity journal-ism and mediastudies professor.

At the moment,activists and legis-lators like Sen.Loretta Weinberg,D-37, are workingto add a “fee shiftprovision” to theOpen PublicMeetings Act.

If the court sideswith a private citizen

seeking legal action to obtain a doc-ument, the provision will require thepublic entity on the opposing side topay the citizen’s legal fees.

“The Rutgers alumnus who tookRutgers to court still has to pay hisown legal fees,” Miskoff said. “Youcan imagine there are very fewattempts to enforce the law underthe Open Public Meetings Act.”

As a rower during his collegecareer, McGovern first beganattending meetings when helearned the University cut cer-tain varsity teams, including thecrew team, from the program.

Although he was unable tohelp reinstate those programs,McGovern learned more aboutthe Board of Governors, govern-ment transparency and theimportance of public participa-tion in University affairs.

“Whether it’s a tax payer, stu-dent, parent or an alum, they shouldhave the ability to state their posi-tion of various University issuesbecause the public … winds up foot-ing the bill for all these things in thelong run,” McGovern said.

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senior director of UniversityMedia Relations.

University alumnus FrancisMcGovern, who brought theissue to court, regularly attendedBoard of Governors meetingssince July 2006 and found thatholding closed sessions for anindefinite amount of time beforeholding open sessions discour-aged public attendance.

“[During the closed session]people can’t hang out, people don’twant to hang out and a lot of peopledon’t even know what’s going on.So they leave or they don’t comeback,” said McGovern, an attorneypracticing in NorthBrunswick.

McGovern saidthe meeting prac-tices even prevent-ed him fromattending meetingsas of late since it isdifficult to take aday off from work.

“[The board]should really justhave their opensession and thenif they want to dis-cuss topics allowed in closed ses-sion, just go to closed session,”McGovern said. “And I’m hopingthat’s what change happens.”

Other than criticizing meetingprocedures, the court also foundthe Board of Governors failed toprovide the public with accurateinformation on the topics thatwould be discussed during theirclosed portion at a Sept. 10, 2008meeting in Winants Hall on theCollege Avenue Campus.

“Merely stating, as the boarddid in its notice, that it would meetin closed session ‘to discuss mattersfalling within contract negotiationand attorney-client privilege’ gavethe public no idea of the topics to bediscussed,” according to the brief.

The court also ruled that theboard violated the law duringthe same meeting whenUniversity President Richard L.McCormick and then boardchairman M. William HowardJr., discussed issues overUniversity policy in private.

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Popular HIV speaker Scott Fried connected with students yesterday in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Fried discussed how AIDS affectshis life and encouraged the ideas of responsibility, self-confidence and self-respect. The KO Team sponsored the event.

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LENDING WORDS OF ADVICE

“Rutgers was selected as thewinner, due to a combination ofits written report, presentationand question and answer [ses-sion],” Longo said.

Team members were assigneddifferent tasks and responsibilitiesfor the challenge and the skillseverybody acquired as a resultwere different, Bhatia said.

“I was in charge withresearching and writing theindustry analysis, company-spe-cific competitive positioning, aswell as identifying and mitigatingrisks to our investment recom-mendation,” Bhatia said. “For mysections, an understanding of theU.S. macro economy, as wellas how the subject companybehaves given monetary and fis-cal policy was important.”

Bhatia said the key to successin the competition was teameffort and cooperation amonggroup members.

“We all researched, co-wroteand edited the report andPowerPoint,” he said. “Also, we pre-pared for questions as a team so,while we planned to field the ques-tions that dealt with the sections ofthe report that we wrote and knewmost intimately, we all could supple-ment each other’s answers [too].”

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“Whether it’s a tax payer, student,parent or an alum,they should have

the ability to statetheir position.

FRANCIS MCGOVERNAttorney

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Team leader Malinsky agreedthat the competition relied ongroup effort but admitted theteam had a few arguments alongthe way.

Malinsky said the competitionwas also stressful because a bulkof the preparations was done dur-ing winter break.

“It was a lot of gatheringresearch, so I was in the libraryworking on it most of winterbreak,” he said. “At one point, wehad a 7 a.m. deadline and wereworking until 6 in the morning toreach it.”

Despite the disagreements,Malinsky was pleased with histeam’s efforts.

“I sat through the presenta-tions for Pace and Fordham, andthey did a good job, but no onedid the work we did,” he said.

Longo said the team musthone its question-and-answerskills before they are ready for Omaha.

“During the Q&A you do notknow what the questions aregoing to be, so you are often notas prepared as you would like,”he said. “The only strategy is toanticipate what questions will beasked and then plan responsesin advance.”

Longo, Bhatia, Malinski andMendoza agreed they do notwant to change their game planfor the next level but will look toincorporate judges’ critiques intothe world round.

“We plan to refine our pres-entation [in terms ofPowerPoint] and continue topractice on the question andanswer [session],” he said. “Iwill have the group meet someWall Street professionals tosimulate the [questions] theymight get in Omaha.”

Malinski said he wants tofocus on other schools’strengths and help his teamlearn accordingly.

“If there’s one item Fordhamdid a good job with is that [they]looked at the company from dif-ferent perspectives, so we’reprobably going to work that in,”he said.

With this early win, theRutgers Business School teammembers are excited theymight have an opportunity tomeet investor Warren Buffettand ring the closing bell ateither the New York StockExchange or NASDAQ.

“I’ve never been to Omaha,and hopefully we will get achance to meet Warren Buffett,as that is his home base,”Bhatia said.

Bhatia said he did not expectthe results of the competition butremains hopeful the team will notdisappoint in the future.

“I went into this withno expectation to win,” he said.“It was our ability to answer theirquestions and our field researchthat set us apart.”

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“It’s traveling at a speed of 250m.p.h.,” he said.

By training directly fromexperienced illusionists likeCriss Angel and DavidCopperfield, Wilzig said he hashoned his magical talents.

Wilzig, who became interest-ed in magic as a child, won firstprize in a talent show onboardRoyal Caribbean International’sExplorer of the Sea cruise shipat age 10.

“Everyone else competingwas an adult who had been per-forming their act from before Iwas born,” he said. “I got astanding ovation, and I real-ized doing magic on stagecould get such a great reac-tion, it made me pursue it big-ger and better.”

Wilzig has performed hismagic show at a range of ven-ues, from NBC’s “America’s GotTalent” to the Tropicana Casinoand Resort in Atlantic City tothe Coney Island SeashoreTheater, he said.

The Woodmere, N.Y., nativewas also featured at severalUniversity events includingsome hosted by Rutgers Hilleland the Latino Student Council,he said.

“I love Rutgers so far,” hesaid. “I go to the Businessschool, as ‘show business’ doeshave two words, one of thembeing business. An ultimategoal is to get a show in LasVegas and continue to be happydoing what I love to do.”

Wilzig’s father and show man-ager David Wilzig helps himbook shows and create market-ing materials, he said.

“He’s done everything him-self, his own lighting and

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The Rutgers University Programming Association willhost its second annual “Rutgers on the Runway” fashionshow debuting new RU apparel. Fifteen name brandssuch as Tommy Hilfiger, Victoria’s Secret, Polo andUnder Armour will debut its finest seasonal wear. Theevent will begin at 8 p.m. at Livingston Student Centerin Livingston Hall.

The Nutrition Club will host a student networking eventand dinner from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the DouglassLounge of the Douglass Campus Center. Dinner willalso be served. Seniors and juniors will be giving adviceto first-year students and sophomores about their expe-riences at the University, ways to get involved and tipson classes. Interested seniors and juniors must respondvia Facebook or rutgersnutritionclub@yahoo.com.

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music,” David Wilzig said. “Idrive him and book him. Hehas a license now, so he candrive himself. That’s the moststunning thing — he does it all himself.”

The “Extreme Magic of Eric”travels to summer camps whileWilzig is away from school.

“I’ve received credit for per-forming hundreds of children’sshows, where danger is not ineffect,” he said. “I include a lot ofanimals, which appear and disap-pear from balloons, fire and somuch more. Children love myshows because I’m a teen myself,so it makes it personable.”

Geoff Alswanger, director ofLong Ridge Camp in Stamford,Conn., said Eric’s performancelast summer had people talkingfor days.

“His engaging, energeticand mystifying per formancereally wowed the camp,”Alswanger said. “Not only didhis skills surpass performersmany times his age, but hisyouthfulness provided a niceconnection with the campersand staf f. “

Wilzig’s dream of perform-ing at Times Square will cometrue this Friday, as he is headlining his own show, he said.

“I’ve per formed in LasVegas before, but my dream isto have a show in Vegas likeCriss Angel or Penn andTeller,” he said.

For this upcoming summer,Wilzig is attempting an escapereminiscent of Houdini’sChinese water-tor ture cell, he said.

“[With a builder in Canada,]I started designing a clear-view,under water box locked withfour locks within another boxwith four locks,” Wilzig said.“Nothing is more dangerousthan that because things canalways go wrong.”

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Director shares potential transportation changes at meetingBY JONATHAN SHAO

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Jack Molenaar, director of theUniversity’s Department ofTransportation Services, sat withstudents yesterday in theMcCormick Hall main lounge onBusch Campus to discussupcoming changes to bus routesand parking at a Residence HallAssociation (RHA) meeting.

The Beck Hall and Lot 100bus stops of Livingston campuswill be eliminated as construc-tion of a new Rutgers BusinessSchool building that spansacross Rockafeller Road com-mences, he said.

To accommodate, a temporaryroad will run through the ScarletLot for the duration of the two-year construction project and abus stop will be added to theLivingston loop, Molenaar said.Meanwhile, Rockafeller Road andthe segment of Joyce Kilmer Ave.between Rockafeller and theErnest Lynton B. Towers willbecome one-way.

“Half of our transportationbudget comes from state funds,while half is from transportationfees,” said Molenaar. “We antici-pate a state budget cut this yearso we’re trying to think of waysto manage that while giving theRutgers transportation systemthe service it needs.”

The University’s new contractwith First Transit Bus comeswith a lower hourly rate, as wellas 38 new and 12 refurbishedbuses equipped with automaticstop announcements. The buseswill run on B20 biodiesel fuel,

Members of the Residence Hall Association convene to discuss pending alterations to University bus routes and parking at last night’s meeting in the main lounge of McCormick Hall on Busch campus. Changes could include renaming the bus routes.

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which is more environmentallyfriendly and reduces pollution.

Molenaar declined to com-ment on the ongoing lawsuit withAcademy Bus Company.

Additionally, College Avenuecampus residents who park onLivingston campus will have theirparking spots moved next year toBusch campus.

“Now that construction onBusch nears completion and con-struction on Livingston begins, Ifelt these changes would be thebest way to accommodate,”Molenaar said.

Parking fees may alsoincrease next year, as is tradition-ally customary, he said. The

University may contract a newcollection service for unpaid tick-ets accumulated by drivers notaffiliated with the University.

“We’re also looking at arenaming of the bus routes. Forinstance, what does the H busstand for? We can look at a con-test for renaming the busesbeginning next fall,” he said.

RHA members were given theopportunity to address their con-cerns with the University’s bus andparking systems at the meeting.

“A lot of students haverequested windbreaks for busstop shelters, especially for thecolder days,” said RyanHarrington, RHA president. “We

don’t want to have to stand freez-ing outside for an hour just wait-ing for a bus.”

But Molenaar said the changeis unlikely since the old woodenshelters have many postings andrequire maintenance to keep inproper condition, while posing asecurity issue because their wallsare not transparent.

On the other hand, glass isbreakable while other types ofshelters require large mainte-nance fees, Molenaar said.

Parking lot signs will also havetheir hours of use removed toavoid confusion.

“Some people might interpreta sign that says 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. as

granting permission for anyoneto park after 6 p.m., even withouta permit, which is not at all true,”Molenaar said. “We will try toredesign the signs and make thewording much clearer.”

Other RHA members’ con-cerns included more efficientweekend bus routes and anincreased EE bus frequency.

“Most people were able toexpress a majority of their andtheir peers’ concerns,” saidGrant Whelply, AdvocacyDirector of the RHA. “By com-municating them and lettingTransportation Services knowthey exist, hopefully we can havethem all addressed.”

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MADISON, Wis. — No resolu-tion appeared imminent Mondayto the stalemate over union rightsin Wisconsin, leaving SenateRepublicans resigned to forgeahead with less-controversialbusiness.

As the standoff entered its sec-ond week, none of the major play-ers offered any signs of backingdown in a high-stakes game of polit-ical chicken that has riveted thenation and led to ongoing publicprotests that on Saturday drew ahigh of 68,000 people. Thousandsmore braved cold winds and tem-peratures in the 20s to march againon Monday, waving signs that said,“Stop the attack on Wisconsin fami-lies” and “solidarity.”

The 14 Senate Democrats whoskipped town Thursday to indefi-nitely delay a vote on RepublicanGov. Scott Walker’s bill strippingmost collective bargaining rightsfrom nearly all public employeesremained missing in action for afifth day.

“You have shut down the peo-ple’s government, and that is notacceptable,” Republican SenateMajority Leader Scott Fitzgeraldsaid during a brief meetingMonday setting the agenda forTuesday’s Senate session.

Two of the missing Democratsparticipated by phone from anundisclosed location.

“You’re not in negotiations.There is no negotiation,”Fitzgerald said, cutting off one ofthe Democrats on the phone.“You need to get back to the floorof the Senate and offer any ideasyou may have on final passage.That’s where we’re at. There is nonegotiation.”

Both the Senate and Assemblyplanned to be in session onTuesday to take up the bill, but atleast one of the missingDemocrats needed to show up fora vote to be taken in the Senate.Assembly Democrats planned tooffer dozens of amendments thatcould push a vote intoWednesday or later.

Although Tuesday’s list ofitems, including the resolutionhonoring the Packers, is largelybipar tisan, Fitzgerald hinted

that he might try to push somemore controversial ones later,even if the Democrats are notback. Among the possibilities isa vote on the question ofwhether voters should berequired to show identificationat the polls.

The Democratic senators tak-ing part in the scheduling meet-ing urged Republicans to acceptthe offer made by the unionsunder which they would acceptpaying more for benefits asWalker wants but still retain theircollective bargaining rights.

Another compromise offeredby Republican Sen. Dale Schultzwould remove collective bargain-ing rights just for two years.

“It’s time for all of us to moveforward,” said Democratic Sen.Dave Hansen of Green Bay overthe phone to the Republicans.

Walker has rejected bothoffers, saying local governmentsand school districts cannot behamstrung by the often lengthycollective bargaining process andneed to have more flexibility todeal with up to $1 billion in cutshe will propose in his budget nextweek and into the future.

“It will never get to mebecause other than that one statesenator, all the rest of theRepublicans are firmly behindour proposal,” Walker said in anMSNBC interview on Monday,calling it an unacceptable short-term fix.

The emergency plan he wantsthe Legislature to pass wouldaddress this year’s $137 millionshortfall and start dealing withthe $3.6 billion hole expected bymid-2013. The benefits conces-sions would amount to $30 mil-lion this year, but the largest sav-ings Walker proposed comesfrom refinancing debt to save$165 million.

That portion must be done byFriday for bonds to be refi-nanced in time to realize the sav-ings by June 30, the end of thisfiscal year.

For The Daily Targum’sopinion on this issue,read the editorialon PAGE 10.

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The Rutgers University ProgrammingAssociation brought the popular alterna-tive band Circa Survive to New Brunswicklast Thursday. The Rutgers Student Centeron the College Avenue campus was filledwith anxious fans in attendance for thesold-out event. Starting at 8 p.m. two localbands, Timeout Jimmy and They HadFaces Then, built up the atmosphere for avibrant and energetic evening. As Circatook the stage, frontman Anthony Greenefervently addressed the crowd in prepara-tion for an unforgettable set. Sporting aPhillies shirt, he projected his unique voiceinto the ears of all in attendance openingwith a track off of the group’s most recentalbum, Blue Sky Noise.

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As the show began with a frantically en-ergetic rendition of “The Captain,” theopener from last year’s Only Revolutions, itwas clear that he wasn’t lying. As the Scot-tish three-piece thundered their waythrough their 23-track set, which featuredmaterial from all five of their albums, therewas no doubting that years on the road

have turned them into a tight and efficientunit. A brief respite came halfway throughas lead singer Simon Neil performed both“Folding Stars” and “Machines” acousti-cally, backed only by the singing of thesold-out crowd.

But just as the inhabitants of the freneticmosh pit had gotten their energy back, theywere called upon again as the noise kickedin full force, with songs coming thick andfast. Their only chance of rest came in thetwo minutes before Biffy’s encore, as the

band themselves were desperately search-ing for energy.

The closing fan-favorite “Mountains”consisted of Neil and Johnston throwingthemselves around the stage with theirusual confidence, which resulted in a boom-ing crowd reception. As they left the stage,the level of noise coming from the crowdclearly showed that their energy had beenmuch appreciated. Proof then that it does-n’t matter how many people you’re per-forming to, it just matters how you perform.

forward. With only a few songs left, massiveballoons containing confetti were releasedinto the crowd — only to be bouncedaround and popped overhead. Greene’svocal performance remained immaculate asthe show reared toward its conclusion. Asthe band left the stage, the crowd becameuneasy — they knew that something wasmissing — Circa Survive had yet to playtheir most recent lively hit, “Get Out.”

A demanding chant emerged as fansshouted “One more song! One moresong!” After about a minute of imploring,Circa Survive reclaimed their space on thestage. Greene kindly thanked the crowdfor being so supportive and involved in theshow. His quirky personality was prevalentas he belted out the lyrics to WhitneyHouston’s “I Will Always Love You” as agesture of gratitude. With that, Circaripped the beginning chords to “Get Out”into the Multipurpose Room. The encoreperformance had enough fervor andcrowd participation to resonate for the restof the night. As for Circa Survive’s futureplans, the details are uncertain, but they’vesurely left an everlasting impression onfans with their live performance.

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clothing. The region is one inwhich insurgent groupsoperate freely and interactwith other insurgents alongthe border of Pakistan,where the province lies.NATO disagrees, claimingthat the aircraft attack andpredator drone missile usedin the attack killed 36 insur-

gents and no civilians. While this is a possibility, it isimpossible to deny the impact that the wars inAfghanistan and Iraq have had on Arab civilians.

On Sept. 20, 2001, Bush said in a speech to thenation, “They hate our freedoms — they hate ourfreedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our free-dom to vote and assemble and disagree with eachother.” Actual information shows that this is not thecase — nor, arguably, has it ever been. If anything,the recent uprisings against autocratic governmentsin Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Bahrain have shown thatmost Arabs want a government that runs democrati-cally, not one that is tied up in Islamism, oppressionand strangulation of free speech. Freedom is clearlynot an ideal that draws contempt and scorn in theArab world — rather it is respected, yearned for and

demanded as of late. Perhaps the reason this notion

exists is the inanity of right wingevangelists and demagogues thatmanage to attain seats in Congress.While crying foul of theocracies aris-ing in the Middle East in the wake ofthe revolutions, they assert thatdemocracy is the only true way togovern for the people of a nation, and

a government run by religious rule is dangerous, butthese Republicans — notably Bush and Sarah Palin,among many others — have no problem proclaimingthat the United States is a Christian nation and assuch its actions are guided by God and beyondreproach. Seems a bit hypocritical, doesn’t it?

The individuals in the armed forces are not at allthe reason for contempt for the U.S. in the MiddleEast. Rather, it is the will of the commanders of thearmed forces and the elected officials who orderthem to take actions that kill innocent civilians andwidespread disorganization. Arabs do not hate ourfreedom of speech, religion or our way of life. Mostof them are simply angry with the way that our mil-itary takes actions with no regard for human lifewhile affirming to U.S. citizens that we are doingthe right thing. As comedian David Cross said, “Ifthe terrorists hated freedom, the Netherlandswould be f——— dust.”

Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciencejunior majoring in political science. His column,“The Tuning Fork,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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T he United States hasbeen engaged in amulti-front war in

Afghanistan and Iraq sinceSept. 11, 2001, mainly to huntdown Osama bin Laden andexact retaliation for the ter-rorist attacks that killed over3,000 people in the WorldTrade Center, Pentagon andthe downed plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. Then-president George W. Bush further explained theaffront by affirming that Iraq had weapons of massdestruction and that our military presence wouldensure a rapid influx of democracy. Actual back-ground research into Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi —fittingly codenamed “Curveball” — brought to lightthat the intelligence he presented to Bush’s cabinetconcerning weapons of mass destruction in Iraq wasentirely fabricated, and that al-Janabi himself wasnothing more than a con artist and habitual liar. But atleast we were spreading freedom, right?

To summate, not really. As we draw maddening-ly close to the 10-year anniversary of the attacks, binLaden still has not been found, thousands of civil-ians have been killed, Iraq is in a quagmire and fac-ing the possibility of dictatorship —as yesterday’s column has shown —and most Arabs still do not have anytrust in the United States. How canwe blame them? Let’s start with a lit-tle history of Iraq.

In the sanctions on Iraq enforcedby Resolution 687 following the inva-sion of Kuwait, all international tradewith Iraq was barred, except forthings deemed as “humanitarian” in nature. Theimpact on Iraqis was enormous — lack of tradecaused immense inflation, a near complete devalua-tion of currency, large-scale malnourishment andhunger, fewer modern luxuries like electricity and alack of security in the country. In the years followingthe onset of the sanctions, the infant mortality ratemore than doubled from 4.7 percent to 10.8 percent,and the child death rate for children under the age offive jumped from 5.6 percent to 13.1 percent.International charity UNICEF estimates that in thetwelve years that the sanctions were in effect, over500,000 children died, almost entirely in non-conflictsituations. Former U.S. Attorney General RamseyClark estimates that 1.5 million people died as a resultof the sanctions from 1991 to 2003. That, on average,is over 100,000 dead civilians per year. However, therewas little outrage — and still little today.

In a mission in the Kunar Province of Afghanistanon Feb. 20, 2011, the U.S. military killed 65 civilians.Of the 65 civilians, 52 were women and children.According to Fazlullah Wahidi, governor of theKunar Province, all of the civilians were in civilian

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“Arabs do not hateour freedom

of speech, religion or our way of life.”

W hen 14 Senate Democrats fled the state of Wisconsin last weekin an effort to block Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to deal a seriousblow to public unions by stripping them of their collective bar-

gaining rights, the decision to run seemed like a powerful symbol ofstanding up to perceived injustice. Now that a few days have elapsed andboth sides of the stalemate are refusing to negotiate — and the Democratsannouncing that they will not return from Illinois until Walker is willing tocompromise — the whole situation is getting old. The romantic notion ofthe Democratic senators as heroes on the run seems more like a scenefrom a poorly made political thriller movie. Walker and his camp seem lesslike imposing villains and more like bratty children. To put it bluntly, bothsides of this stalemate need to grow up, meet face to face and talk thingsout. After all, that is how adults are supposed to solve their problems.

As of now, with the Democrats and Republicans fighting across statelines and each side refusing to move until the other gives in — not to men-tion thousands of people protesting in the streets of Madison — the scenarioserves as a depressingly telling example of the political climate in America.The factions are so polarized that Senate meetings seem more like battle-fields than places of meaningful discourse. When the people in chargerefuse to recognize the legitimacy of the opposition’s claims, the peopleunder them begin to do the same — and the entire nation ends up losing.

In order for democracy to work, every part of the country has to worktogether — the people and the politicians. Compromise is a key aspect of agovernment “for the people, by the people” — or so it should be. Nowadays,no one wants to recognize that fact. Perhaps everyone has forgotten that.The truth of democracy, though, is that it is a political system based entire-ly on compromise. Under President Barack Obama, “bipartisanship” hasbecome a sort of political buzzword or mantra — an idea invoked often, butcarried out never. This needs to stop. The people in charge need to grow up.Both the Democrats and the Republicans — not only in Wisconsin, buteverywhere — need to sit down with each other, talk and actually listen.

As the situation in Wisconsin demonstrates, the country seems to benowhere near that point. Instead, parties wage war and resort to drasticmeasures before even taking the time to attempt the more moderate solu-tions. If America wants to ensure the continued existence of the glory it isso afraid of losing, everyone needs to recognize that there is a happy medi-an — considering that median is actually a pretty viable course of action.

End polarized political practices

I s apologizing “un-American?” That seems to be former Secretary ofDefense Donald Rumsfeld’s opinion, as he has expressed his disdainfor what he perceives as President Barack Obama’s tendency to apol-

ogize for America’s actions. In an interview with CNN, Rumsfeld stated, “Ithink he has made a practice of trying to apologize for America. I person-ally am proud of America.” There are two problems with Rumsfeld’s state-ment. First, Obama’s “practice of trying to apologize for America,” whichRumsfeld complains about, may in reality be Rumsfeld’s misperceptionsabout Obama’s willingness to engage in considerate diplomatic discus-sion. Second, even if Rumsfeld is correct in saying Obama often apolo-gizes for America, does that mean a person who is proud of America can-not — or should not — admit the nation has made mistakes?

President George W. Bush, who Rumsfeld served under, was fond of amuch different style of leadership than President Obama. Bush alwayswalked a far more headstrong and seemingly infallible path. It seemedthat, every time Bush made a speech or met with foreign leaders, he wasconfident that America never erred. Perhaps this is why Rumsfeld viewsObama’s style of leadership — one that is much more diplomatic and opento the opinions of the opposing side — as a tendency to apologize. It is notnecessarily that Obama has made a habit of apologizing for America.Rather, it is that Obama rarely, if ever, purports to walk the same “right-eous path” that Bush was so fond of. If Rumsfeld were to consider this, hemay change his mind about characterizing Obama as eternally contrite.

But let’s assume that Rumsfeld is right, and that Obama really hasmade a habit of apologizing for the country. Does that necessarily meanObama is acting in an “un-American” way, or that Obama is not proud ofthis country? It is absurd for Rumsfeld to insinuate that, because he isproud of America, he does not want anyone to apologize for it. HasRumsfeld forgotten that the bigger person is the one who admits when hehas done wrong? Maybe he never learned it in the first place. Being proudof one’s country does not mean that one cannot point out the country’smistakes and attempt to make them right. In fact, in some ways, the per-son who does this is even more proud of his home, because he is the oneaiming to make it the best that it can be.

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To the people in our lives whohave put up with our absence,thanks for understanding thatTargum is a social-life-killing job.

To the photo desk — Wehave worked so closely togetherthis past year that it will be hardnot to see you every day.Thanks for posting our lives onramonandjovelle.tumblr.com.You win — you’re definitelycloser than us.

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once through-out this wholeyear have weseen any posi-tive changecome from yourattacks on each other.Regardless ofwhere our own opinions lie, wehave come to believe thatactions speak louder thanwords. If we have learned any-thing from our favorite televi-sion show, the best way toresolve any controversy is to“get it in.” So, try looking at itfrom a different position.

But none of this takes awayfrom the positive experiencesTargum has given us. We willnever have a job where workand friendship are so inter-twined. It is evidence in itselfsince we are writing a joint col-umn because we love each otherso much. Where else would wehave been able to find eachother: Two people from thesame town who love MouseTraps from Hansel, fist-pump-ing, tequila and cannolis.Crammed in our one-windowoffice, this past year has givenus much to be thankful for.

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One horribly disappointingfact we have learned about ourcampus is that there are a lot ofpeople filled with anger and hatewho feel the best way to take itout is in the Targum pages. Theracism embedded in the wordsof some of the submissions fromcolumnists and letter writers indaily doses is disgusting. Everyother week, we would dreadseeing specific columns waitingto be copy-edited. So to you —those who blindly attack otherswhile hiding behind the newspa-per print — start listening andstop ranting, which leads us toour next point.

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too anxious out there, but itdefinitely has us looking for-ward to next weekend as awhole team.”

Despite the valiant effort inGebler’s first start, the Knightscould not do enough to seal thevictory after jumping ahead inthe first inning of play.

The Hurricanes got on theboard the following inning off anerror in the infield and took thegame into extra innings, wherethey came out on top.

Sophomore Jerr y Elsingtook the loss in the contestafter a Miami triple and subse-

quent sacrifice flyin foul territoryplated the walk-of f run in the11th inning, giv-ing the ’Canes a2-1 win.

Both Nyisztorand senior out-fielder MichaelLang carried theKnights of fen-sively, combiningfor five RBI andsix hits.

And in their first career out-ings a pair of sophomores rose tothe occasion, flickering a glimpsewhat may be in store for Rutgersthis season.

“I think we’re in greatshape,” Smorol said. “Our firsttime we were outside was ourfirst day there Friday morning.So the fact that we were able toput together a really competi-tive series with them reallysays something about how ourteam should be this year. Ithink were going to be contenders — one of the BigEast finalists.”

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scoring position. Momentslater, a wild pitch by Sargentallowed Hopkins to trot homeand set up the Knights for a 6-5victor y after a 1-2-3 inningbehind the left arm of sopho-more reliever Rob Corsi.

“He threw a weird sidearmangle which I haven’t seen in awhile,” Hoermann said. “Thepitch had a lot of movement onit and I was justlooking for a fast-ball. I knew hisfastball was downand I was lookingfor somewhere Ican drive it andhe came insidewith a fastballand I got myhands throughquick enough.”

S o p h o m o r elefthander RobSmorol went fivestrong innings for the Knightsin his first collegiate start, strik-ing out eight and allowing justthree earned runs to keep histeam in contention.

In the first contest of theseries, Hill put the ball in thehands of a sophomore makinghis first career start, asrighthander Tyler Gebler wentsix innings without allowing anearned run.

“I kind of just wanted to getthis first start out of the way,”Gebler said. “I knew it wouldbe rough with the walks andcontrol and just being a little

SERIES: Rutgers takes

second game, 6-5, in 10 frames

continued from back

“The fact that we were able to put

together a reallycompetitive serieswith them reallysays something.”

ROB SMOROLSophomore Reliever

FILE PHOTO

Sophomore righthander Tyler Gebler turned in a gem in his first career start, as the Toms River N.J.,native went six innings without allowing an earned run in the Knights’ season opening 2-1 loss.

the practice room you have to bealmost at the level that ourstarters are at.”

Langel got the ball rolling forRutgers against Drexel with a 9-1major decision over Michael Gomez.The Howell, N.J., native finishes theyear 11-4 in dual meet action and isready to step up as Rutgers’ go-to-guy at 125 pounds in two weeks atthe EIWA Tournament.

“I’ve been wrestling well andstarting to peak when I need to,” hesaid. “I’ve just got to keep wrestlinghard and doing the things that Ineed to do. Don’t really changeanything, it’s been working.”

The triumph over the Dragonssets the Rutgers school record for

victories in a season with 21 to goalong with just two losses on the

year. The previous record wasalso set during Goodale’s tenure

when the 2008-09 Knights puttogether a 20-win campaign.

While he recognizes theachievements the squad madethis season, the fourth-year coachwill still lose sleep over the mostrecent lost to Lehigh.

“I probably still have a bitter-sweet taste with Lehigh,” Goodalesaid. “I’m sure if I get time downthe line and I can look back, thenI’m sure I’d be excited with how far we’ve come.”

But the win over Drexel getsthe Knights back on the win-ning track as they head into themost impor tant par t of the season in the EIWA and NCAA Tournaments.

“It was a good bounce back,”Langel said. “Even though wehad one bad match, it was goodfor everybody to go back outthere and realize we are stillwrestling to our capabilities.”

And while a school record putsan exclamation point on a suc-cessful dual meet schedule, thepostseason tournaments dwarfthe regular season.

“[Our guys] aren’t stupid.They know it’s about this nexttournament coming up,” Goodalesaid. “We’ve had some good dualmeet wins, but the reality is thatnobody is going to care aboutthat. They are going to care aboutwhat happens in the next month.”

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Sophomore 125-pounder Joe Langel finished the dual meet season with an 11-4 record after Sunday’s 9-1 major decision over Drexel’s Michael Gomez. Langel split timeearly in the season at 125 pounds with classmate Matt Fusco, but started at the weight class in every match after upsetting Virginia Tech’s 13th-ranked Jarrod Garnett.

The dominance from two back-ups solidified a notion that theKnights harp on constantly — thepractice room is just as demand-ing as the rest of the schedule.

And against the Dragons (7-16), that depth shone through.

“[Depth] is one thing that wehave that a lot of people may nothave realized yet,” sophomoreJoe Langel said. “A lot of it isbecause of how hard we work inthe practice room. Just to be in

REGULARS: Langel, RU

roll from outset in Philadelphia

continued from back “We’ve had somegood dual meet

wins, but the realityis that nobody is going to care

about that.”SCOTT GOODALE

Head Coach

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Championship in the event, edgingout Villanova with a time of 3:13.08.

“I knew that if we put Aaron[Younger] in a good position,he’d make it happen,” Wernersaid. “He got the baton in thirdplace and was about eight to 10meters out of first place. Heended up passing Villanova atthe very end to win.”

Caidenhead enjoyed being amember of the relay for the Knightsas a freshman after not doing aswell as he hoped in his individualevent — the 500-meter dash.

“It was a learning experi-ence,” the Bergenfield, N.J.,native said. “But I was extremelyhappy to come back and run agreat leg on the relay to help ourmen pick up points and keep upthe tradition of winning the BigEast 4x400 Championship.”

CHAMPS: Freshman wins

relay after individual letdown

continued from back

RUTGERS’2010-11

INDOOR TRACKBIG EAST

CHAMPIONS

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers softball teamneeded immediate ef fective-ness from its young and out-

n u m -b e r e dpitchingstaf f toc o m ea w a y

with wins in the first of five preseason tournamentsthis season.

Playing against three teamsthat already had a week of gameexperience under their belts, itdid not happen.

The Scarlet Knights droppedall four games over the weekendat the aTen ConstructionTournament in Riverside, Calif.,by a combined score of 31-16.

Sophomore Abbey Houstonand junior Noelle Sisco were theonly two pitchers to stand in thecircle for Rutgers, with headcoach Jay Nelson withholdingfreshman Megan Williams from

action due to strep throat. Thenewly crowned ace and No. 2pitcher both struggled.

“They were a little of f,”Nelson said of the pitchingstaf f. “There were definitelysome bright spots, but Abbeyand Noelle were both of f. It’shard the first time you’re outplaying on dir t, especiallywhen other teams have alreadybeen there, but that can’t be an excuse.”

Houston gave up 18 runs in10 innings of action, and Siscopicked up three of the four loss-es in the tournament with anearned run average of 5.25.

“This tournament is not a mat-ter of a learning experiencebecause we know what we needto do,” Nelson said. “The teamwas there offensively, but wewere a step off defensively and inour pitching.”

For the Rutgers bats, the tour-nament marked a major improve-ment from last year’s nonconfer-ence games in terms of consisten-cy. The Knights averaged four

runs per game over the four-game tournament with the heartof the order doing the majority ofthe damage.

Junior slugger BrittneyLindley picked up where she leftoff in last year’s Big EastTournament with a .615 batting

average, a home run and four RBIto start the year.

Junior Mikelyn Messinabegan last year on a torrid paceand did so again this season,leading the Knights with two

home runs and five RBI over thefirst weekend.

“If you do the small things,the bigger things will come,”Messina said prior to the trip toCalifornia. “We’re working withthe same infield and the sameoutfield from last year, so wehave all been there. We knowthat we can put up runs, and wethink teams are going to bescared of our bats this time around.”

Lindley, Messina and No. 5hitter Mandy Craig paced theof fense just like last season,but Nelson said he liked theway the rest of the lineup hitfor the most part, as well, evenif it did not translate to gettingon base.

“It doesn’t show in the boxscore, but we hit a lot of balls tothe fence that were caught,”Nelson said. “There were someoutstanding plays made to takeaway some base hits.”

Freshman Loren Williams,battling a hand injury that pre-vents her from hitting for at

least two more weeks, madeher college debut as a pinchrunner in her home state ofCalifornia. The Los Angelesnative played in two games andstole a base.

“She was a fan favorite, that’sfor sure,” Nelson said. “She hadfamily and coaches. It was prettygood for her.”

The Knights (0-4) do nothave much time to recoverbefore the second tournamentof the season, beginningThursday in Corpus Christi,Texas, against Arkansas.

With four games worth ofexperience on an actual fieldinstead of practices at the Bubbleand inside the Louis BrownAthletic Center, Rutgers expectsan improved performance.

“It’s about knowing what todo — which we do — and hav-ing the experience to execute,”Nelson said. “Now that we haveplayed on dirt, not just in theBubble or the [RAC], we expecta more consistent performancein Texas.”

SOFTBALL

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RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERRAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO

Juniors Mikelyn Messina, left, and Brittney Lindley carried the Scarlet Knights from the plate this weekend in the aTen Construction Tournament in Riverside, Calif.Lindley finished the four-game stretch with four RBI and a home run, while Messina cranked two homers and led the team with five RBI.

Knights drop four in opening tourney in Cali

“It doesn’t show in the box score, but we hit a lot of balls to the

fence that were caught.”

JAY NELSONHead Coach

AARONYOUNGER

4X400 RELAY500-METER DASH

STEVEWERNER

4X400 RELAY

KEVINBROWN

4X400 RELAY

COREYCAIDENHEAD4X400 RELAY

DEVIN JONES

TRIPLE JUMP

Other top performancesinclude Werner in the 200-meterdash, in which he placed fourthwith a time of 21.90.

“I was feeling good all weekend,”Werner said. “I ran my best time inthe 200 this year in the finals. I want-ed top three, but it was still a goodperformance so I’m happy.”

Junior jumper Kevin Bostickscored in both the triple and highjumps this weekend, taking fifth inthe high jump with a mark of 6 feet9 inches, and sixth in the triplejump with a leap of 48 feet 8 inches.

“Doing both jumps back andforth doesn’t help me,” Bosticksaid. “But sometimes it’s just theway the meet is scheduled, andwe can’t do anything about it.”

The Knights have off thisweekend from competition, butreturn in two weeks for the IC4AChampionships in Boston.

“The team overall could’vedone better,” Caidenhead said.“But we look at this as anotherstepping stone for IC4As, or evenindoor nationals.”

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R utgers men’s lacrosseredshirt freshman ScottKlimchak made the Big

East Weekly Honor Roll yester-day, the league announced.

Klimchak earned the distinc-tion after scoring 10 points in vic-tories over Wagner andManhattan last weekend.

Against Wagner, the Clark,N.J., native racked up sevenpoints on four goals and three assists.

Klimchak had anotherimpressive performance againstManhattan, tallying a goal andtwo assists.

KANSAS SUSPENDEDjunior guard Tyshawn Taylorindefinitely for violating team rules.

Taylor has started all but onegame for the 25-2 Jayhawks.The suspension comes at a cru-cial time for the Jayhawks, whoare a game behind Texas in theBig 12 race.

The St. Anthony (N.J.) productaverages 8.8 points and 4.7 assistsper game, putting him at third inthe Big 12 in the category.

Earlier this season, Kansassenior Mario Little was suspendedfor six games due to his arrest fora domestic disturbance.

BOTH THE MEN ANDwomen’s basketball polls wereshaken up this week with Dukeand UConn taking the topspots, respectively.

Duke ranked fifth in last week’spoll, but all four teams above theBlue Devils suffered a loss.

UConn held the top spot inthe women’s rankings for arecord 51-straight weeks andnow the Huskies are back in thetop spot after a Baylor loss.

Duke and UConn were bothranked No. 1 in their presea-son polls.

JUSTINE SIEGAL,the first woman to coach inmen’s professional baseball andcollege baseball, set anothermilestone.

The Cleveland native becamethe first woman to pitch battingpractice in a major league springtraining camp when she threw tothe Cleveland Indians.

Siegal wore a patch honoringChristina Taylor, the nine-year-oldvictim of last month’s shootings inTuscon, Az., and the granddaugh-ter of former major league man-ager Dallas Green.

The 36-year-old coached firstbase for the IndependentLeague Brockton Rox. She alsospent three years as an assistantcoach at Springfield Collegefrom 2007-2010.

ONLY A WEEK REMOVEDfrom an ankle injury in a loss to theBoston Celtics, Miami Heat guardDwyane Wade injured his ankleagain in the NBA All-Star Game.

Wade was pulled off thecourt in the third quarter afterthe Marquette product devel-oped a sudden limp.

But Wade only left the gamefor precautionary reasons andthe injury is not serious, accord-ing to the Sun-Sentinal.

BY MATT CANVISSERSTAFF WRITER

The Big East Championshipswere the light at the end of thetunnel for the Rutgers swim-

m i n gteam allseasonl o n g .T h eScarlet

Knights finally reached the four-day-long Championships lastweek and came away with a sev-enth place finish out of 11 teamsin its first attempt under headcoach Phil Spiniello.

“It was a lot of fun. I reallyenjoyed coaching this team atthis meet,” Spiniello said. “Itwas a great experience and I’mhappy with the meet overall.The finish will improve in thecoming years.”

But the season is not over yetfor some Knights, as there wereNCAA “B” cuts made by juniorJacquelyn Ward, as well as fresh-men Trisha Averill and ChelseaRolin. Swimmers who make theNCAA “A” cut automatically qual-ify for the NCAA Championshipsin Austin, Texas, while those whomake the “B” cut fill the rest ofthe spots based on time.

The Rutgers swimmers whoqualified are not guaranteed a spot in the Championshipswith the “B” cut, but they willanxiously await the results tofind out if they can go to the NCAAs.

Ward qualified for her cut inthe 400-yard individual medleywith a time of4:36.92, which alsogot her fourth inthe race.

In her firstappearance at theBig EastChampionships,Averill made theNCAA cut in the200-yard breast-stroke with2:16.83. Fellowrookie Rolinqualified for a“B” cut in the mile where sheplaced fourth with a time of16:34.17, and in the 500-yardfreestyle with a time of 4:54.05—good for ninth.

“I was extremely excited tohear that I got my NCAA ‘B’cuts. I wasn’t expecting to getthem so when I did it was apleasant surprise,” Rolin said.“There’s a slim chance I’ll actu-ally get to go but it was nice get-

ting the cut and realizing that Ican do it.”

The Knights occupied fourthplace after the first day of themeet, which was devoted torelays — an area that the teamneeds to continue to work on,according to Spiniello.

The Knights showed markedimprovement inthat phase of themeet as the 800-yard freestylerelay team of jun-ior JacquelynWard, sophomoreTaylor Zafir, aswell as freshmenMary Moser andChelsea Rolindropped 29 sec-onds off its quali-fying time. Theteam finished in

7:27.85, which put it in seventh place.

The Knights also droppedtime in the 200-yard medleyrelay with the team of Moser,junior Brianne Lindblad, soph-omore Taylor Curado andfreshman Emilie Kaufmann.The unit finished sixth with atime of 1:43.36 — three seconds better than its seeded time.

“It was a great experiencecompeting against all these greatschools in one place,” Rolin said.“There was so much talent and somuch speed. At first it was a littleintimidating, but competingagainst all these fast schools onlymakes you faster.”

The Knights dropped to sixthplace overall on Day 2 and main-tained that spot throughout thethird day of competition. Thetwo days were highlighted bythe NCAA qualifying times ofWard and Rolin and strong indi-vidual performances fromCurado and Zafir.

Rolin’s performance in themile highlighted the final day ofthe Championships, but theKnights dropped down to the sev-enth spot as a team. Despite notfinishing where they might haveliked, the impressive perform-ances by some of the youngermembers of the team has theKnights’ momentum pointingupward for next season.

“At Big East we really cametogether as a team. We cheered,supported and tried as hard as wecould to stay positive the wholetime,” Rolin said. “We’re onlygoing to get stronger. I’m positivethat we’re going to be a contenderfor years to come.”

SWIMMING

SEVENTH PLACE

JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior Jacquelyn Ward made NCAA “B” cuts after registering a time of 4:36.92 over the weekend in the 400-yard individual medleyat the Big East Championships. Ward now has a shot to compete in the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas.

Three ‘B’ cuts lead Knights at Champs

KNIGHTS HOST NO. 16 LOUISVILLEThe Rutgers men’s basket-

ball team hosts No. 16 Louisvilletonightat 9p.m. att h eL o u i sBrown

Athletic Center. The Cardinals travel to

Piscataway on the heels of a71-58 victory against now-No.14 Connecticut at the KFCYum! Center.

Sophomore guard PeytonSiva and senior Preston Knowleslead the Cardinals’ up-tempooffense against the ScarletKnights’ half-court attack.

The Knights fell, 76-60, last season at Louisville, but the Cardinals lost point guard Edgar Sosa tograduation and former St.Benedict’s (N.J.) productSamardo Samuels to the NBA Draft.

Rutgers faces its four th-ranked opponent in fivegames after losing onSaturday to No. 17 Syracuseat the Carrier Dome.

Senior guard Mike Coburnenters tonight’s contest freshoff of an 18-point, six-assist per-fomance on Saturday againstthe Orange.

— Tyler Barto

RUTGERS 282 PTS.

“There was so muchtalent and so muchspeed. At first it wasa little intimidating,

but [it] ... onlymakes you faster.”

CHELSEA ROLINFreshman

LOUISVILLEAT RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 9 P.M.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

NEIL P. KYPERS

Senior guard Mike Coburn and the Knights’ backcourt have to contend with Louisville’s Preston Knowles and Peyton Siva.

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M F E B R U A R Y 2 2 , 2 0 1 1 1 9S PORTS

BY VINNIE MANCUSOSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s lacrosseteam came into its season-openingweekend with two very different

sides ofthe field— a vet-e r a ndefenseand a

young offense with something to prove.

The scrappy offensive unitshowed it has what it takes as theScarlet Knights steamrolled pastopponents Wagner and Manhattan.

“Having six guys on the fieldthat can be considered legitimateoffensive threats is somethingthat really we haven’t had atRutgers while I’ve been here,”said four-year starting defense-man Brian Shemesh. “Defensesreally have to respect everyoneout there as opposed to just oneor two guys like it has been in thepast. It’s a lot of fun to watch fromthe defensive side.”

The Knights (2-0) welcomedManhattan to the RU Turf Fieldjust two days after first contestof the season against Wagner.Head coach Jim Stagnittastressed the dif ficulties inrebounding from a game insuch a short time.

“It’s always a challenge play-ing twice in three days in oursport,” Stagnitta said. “It’s a phys-ical contact sport. In some ways itwas a test if we could get back upand play again, and play well.”

Rutgers rose to the challenge,defeating the Jaspers, 11-3. Theoffense got out to an early startonce again, as junior Will Manganscored twice in the first quarter,both times assisted by sopho-more Duncan Clancy.

Clancy would go on to put agoal of his own up on the boardwith seconds left in the first.

With Rutgers only leading, 5-2, going into halftime, thedefense dominated the secondhalf of regulation. After a quickgoal by Manhattan early in thethird, the defense held theJaspers scoreless for the remain-der of the game. Manhattanended the contest with only 12shots taken.

“Defensively, we really stuckto the game plan,” Shemesh said.“We communicated well andworked as a unit, which is prettyessential for team defense inlacrosse. [I am] really happy withthe way we played.”

The offense was especially busyagainst Wagner on Friday, whennine different players scored.

The Knights got off to a quickstart when junior Mike Diehl

found the back of the net in lessthan a minute and Rutgers neverlooked back.

Redshirt freshman ScottKlimchak led the team with sevenpoints on four goals and threeassists, while Mangan and fellowjuniors Kevin Hover, Diehl andNicholas Zerrillo all posted multi-ple-goal efforts.

Zerrillo’s second goal, whichcame just over a minute into thesecond quarter, provided thespark needed for the Knights toput four straight goals on theboard en route to a 17-5 victoryover the Seahawks.

“[The offense] played verywell in every aspect of the game,”Stagnitta said. “We started outquickly and ended strong whichwere two things we really wantedto do. It was a little bit inconsis-tent at times but when we neededbig goals … the guys we neededto step up certainly did.”

The Knights only get a weekto savor the feeling of starting theseason with two wins before theyclash on Saturday with Maryland-Baltimore County. Until then,Stagnitta is hopeful about histeam’s future.

“Overall I was really impressedwith the energy and the effortthroughout from top to bottom,”Stagnitta said. “I think the kidsshowed a lot of toughness.”

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CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior midfielder Will Mangan scored two first-quarter goals to jumpstart the Knights’ attack in a win Sunday over Manhattan.

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Redshirt freshman Scott Klimchak began his Rutgers career with a seven-point weekend in wins over Wagner and Manhattan. The Clark, N.J., native, whosetwin brother is also an attackman for the Scarlet Knights, scored four goals and tallied three assists to lead the team.

Rutgers opens season with pair of dominant outings

LEGRAND RETURNS TO CAMPUS SATURDAY FOR COMEDY FUNDRAISER AT RAC

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Junior defensive tackle Eric LeGrand receives a standing ovationSaturday at the “Laugh to Heal Comedy Fest Fundraiser.”

Eric LeGrand returned toPiscataway for the second timesince injuring his spinal cord making a tackle Oct. 16against Army.

The 20-year-old junior was at the “Laugh to Heal ComedyFest Fundraiser,” which tookplace Saturday in his honor at theLouis Brown Athletic Center.

“I just want to thank every-body for coming out here today,and I’m just going to keep chop-ping during my rehab,”LeGrand told the crowd ofalmost 3,000 people.

LeGrand also joined theRutgers football team at the Hale

Center for its first meeting of thespring semester.

He since resumed course-work at Rutgers, and he isenrolled in “Blacks andEconomic Structures.”

LeGrand participates in theclass on Monday nights via video-conference from the KesslerInstitute from Rehabilitation inWest Orange, N.J.

The Avenel, N.J., nativeregained sensation throughouthis body since suf fering theinjur y at New MeadowlandsStadium and undergoing emer-gency surgery at HackensackUniversity Medical Center.

Proceeds from the fundraiserSaturday went to the “EricLeGrand Believe Fund,” whichAthletic Director Tim Pernettiannounced less than a week afterthe injury.

Those interested in contribut-ing to the fund can send dona-tions to:

“Eric LeGrand Believe Fund”PNC Wealth ManagementAttn: Kimberly G. Kingsland,

Senior Trust AdvisorOne Palmer Square Suite 201Princeton, NJ 08542

— Steven Miller

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Knights bounceback withoutpair of regulars

BY A.J. JANKOWSKICORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers wrestling team finishedoff the dual match portion of its scheduleon Sunday, when the team traveled

to Philadelphia for a tussle with Drexel.

The seventh-ranked ScarletKnights won, 39-6,

to get back on the winning track after last week’s roadblock against No. 10 Lehigh.

“That’s the great thing about wrestling— it can change the very next day,” saidhead coach Scott Goodale. “Now they feelgood about a win and they are ready to go.These guys didn’t get down [after the loss].After 24 hours, it was about moving ontothe next match.”

Sophomores Mario Mason and ScottWinston — mainstays in the starting lineup— did not appear in the match three daysafter both dropped their individual matchupsagainst the Mountain Hawks.

But Goodale stated that keeping theirnames exempt from the lineup was not aresponse to their uncharacteristic losses.

“We didn’t need them for the dual meetand we knew that going in,” he said. “Nosense wrestling them at that spot.”

Senior David Greenwald and freshmanNick Visicaro stepped in admirably in theirstead at 149 and 165 pounds, and bothsecured bonus points.

Greenwald pinned Garth Mahosky in 5:23and Visicaro recorded a 21-5 technical fallover T.J. Laky at the 5:56 mark.

“It was a great way for [Greenwald] toend his career at Rutgers,” Goodale said.“And Nick Visicaro is the absolute future ofour program. Anytime he gets the chance towrestle, we like watching him compete. Hejust wrestles hard.”

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Freshman Devin Jones won a Big East Championship in the triple jump with a Rutgers school record leap of 50 feet 9.25 inches.The Scarlet Knights also took titles on the track in the 500-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay.

Freshman sets record, leads three RU champsBY LIZ SWERN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track and field team claimedthree Big EastChampionship titlesthis weekend at StileAthletics Field Housein Akron, Ohio.

The Scarlet Knights finished the meeteighth overall with 45 points.

Most notably, freshman Devin Jones wonthe triple jump with a leap of 50 feet 9.25 inch-es. The jump secured the indoor schoolrecord for the Boonton, N.J., native.

“I’m so happy,” Jones said. “It feels sogood to be Big East Champion and the schoolrecord holder as a freshman. I couldn’t askfor much more.”

Senior sprinter Aaron Younger defendedhis title as Big East Champion on Sunday inthe 500-meter dash. Younger won the eventwith a time of 1:01.89.

The third title came in the 4x400-meter relay,comprised of Younger, juniors Kevin Brown andSteve Werner and freshman Corey Caidenhead.The Knights took home the Big East

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Rutgers takes one in tight series with No. 18 MiamiBY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In terms of wins and losses, the Rutgersbaseball team’s 2011 trip to Coral Gables,Fla., read similar to past visits to theSunshine State.

The ScarletKnights fell, 5-3, inthe series finale onSunday to No. 18Miami –– a teamthat historically hasRutgers’ number ––

and returned to New Jersey with just one win.But that win is one more than the Knights

had against Miami over the past two seasons,and in terms of the team’s competitivenessagainst the Hurricanes, this year’s chapterread quite differently.

“We’re very pleased at this stage,” saidhead coach Fred Hill. “We obviously stillneed to get better because we’re going tobe playing some good teams as the seasongoes along. But at this stage we’re verypleased so far. Our kids work hard,they’re playing hard for us and that’s whatit’s all about.”

The Hurricanes (2-1) exploded in thefourth inning of Sunday’s rubber match,scoring all five of their runs in the stanza thatwas sparked by a hit batter.

The Knights (1-2) showed life in thesixth inning, when sophomore shortstop SEE SERIES ON PAGE 15

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Sophomore lefthander Rob Smorol went five innings in his first collegiate start Saturday,striking out eight and allowing three earned runs in the Knights 6-5 win in extra innings.

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Steve Nyisztor stepped to the plate withrunners on the corners and two outs. TheToms River, N.J., native showed once againwhy he is the team’s most dangerous slug-ger, blasting a three-run bomb over the leftfield wall to account for one of his threehits in the series.

But the rally fell short as the Knightsfailed to notch a pair of runs across homeplate in the eighth inning, ultimately leadingto the two-run loss.

“We always just point out the things thatare positive and point out the things thataren’t,” Hill said. “Our kids played very well,our pitchers did a very good job and we werevery pleased. We didn’t do as well as weliked, but in general, we thought everythingwent really well.”

One night earlier in the second game ofthe series, Hill’s squad earned its first win ofthe season in a highly contested, 10-inningbattle at Alex Rodriguez Park.

With senior Russ Hopkins occupyingfirst base and one out in the 10th inning ofa 5-5 ballgame, sophomore first basemenBill Hoermann came up to face Miamireliever Adam Sargent, whose awkwardsidearm release kept the Rutgers bats quietan inning earlier.

But Sargent’s antics did not fazeHoermann, who cranked a double to cen-ter to put both himself and Hopkins in