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Students give theiropinions about various Universityfacilities includingcampus buildings.

Music piracy is at anall-time high, but isit right to convictthose who continueto download illegally?

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For more than six hours, PresidentBarack Obama and Congressional del-egates debated Thursday at a healthcare summit about the health care bill,hoping to come to a bipartisan agree-ment but instead ending in the partyaffiliated disagreement.

The president said there werekey points of agreement on billsbeing considered, while RepublicanParty members said it was time tostart over.

“We have to start by taking thecurrent bill and putting it on the shelfand starting from a clean sheet ofpaper,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander,

R-Tenn. “Our view, with all respect, isthat this is a car that can’t be recalledand fixed, and that we ought to startover. But we’d like to start over.”

Obama extended the debate,which was originally scheduled to lastonly 4 hours. The major topics dis-cussed include health care costs,insurance reforms, deficit reductionand extending coverage.

While the intention of the debatewas to be completely bipartisan andto focus on coming to an agreement,the speakers grew contentious, con-stantly cutting off other speakersand calling some of each other’sremarks contradicting.

BY GREG FLYNNCORRESPONDENT

In a year since the enactment ofthe American Recover y andReinvestment Act, the Universityclaimed more than $28 million in federal stimulus funds for research projects that government

of ficials hope will help jumpstar t the economy.

A majority of the funds go to hiringgraduate students, undergraduate stu-dents and technicians, which will helpsecure the short and long-term futureof the economy, said Michael Pazzani,vice president for Research andGraduate and Professional Education.

“Each of the grants have a short-termeffect of hiring an extra graduate studentor lab technician and a long-term effectof enhancing science which will hopeful-ly stimulate the economy for generationsto come,” Pazzani said. “One of thingswe’ve been pushing particularly hard ismaking sure our faculty is hiring under-grads particularly over the summer.”

The federal funding, providedthrough such agencies as the NationalScience Foundation and the NationalInstitutes of Health, awarded the funds,which were also used for purchasingmaterials and other approved purpos-es, he said.

U. aims to invest in economic reform with research

Republicans urge toscrap health care bill

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Eli Cantu, left, and Scott Liang make sand bags on Waikiki Beach inHonolulu, Hawaii, after a tsunami threat is posed. See PAGE 6 for full story.

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TSUNAMI RIPPLESMiddlesex County officials are still in the planning phases of implementing bike routes that would connect theUniversity campuses. Officials are sorting out some environmental issues before construction can begin.

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Bike path project pedals forwardBY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI

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Consultants, county officials andthe North Jersey TransportationPlanning Authority continue toreview plans for the proposed bikepath connecting the College Avenuecampus to the Cook campus.

“Right now, we are still at thevery preliminary stage, and we mayhave to respond to some environ-mental issues that arise in theprocess,” said Middlesex CountyPlanner George Ververides. “We willhave to look at those very carefully,and then we can get into the designand then, finally, final construction.”

Developed through a federalgrant provided by the NJTPA, thebike path would start on Cookcampus and come up towardCollege Avenue along NeilsonStreet, Ververides said.

The path would then connectwith Albany Street, with an exten-sion to the New Brunswick trainstation, and finally follow upGeorge Street and end atAlexander Library on the CollegeAvenue campus, he said.

The county hoped to extendthe path even further, but the prin-cipal parties involved in the plan-ning decided to end the path atthat point, Ververides said.

The county looked at variousalternatives to the proposed route,including considerations to bringthe path through downtown NewBrunswick via George Street, butbecause of the narrowness ofGeorge Street and parking situa-tions along the road, this route wasdeemed impractical, he said.

“George Street is not exactly wideenough in order to accommodate abicycle path per se,” Ververides said.“There are standards we have toestablish for the width of those bicy-cle paths, and sometimes, we justcan’t meet those standards because

BY COLLEEN ROACHECORRESPONDENT

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the University’sAfricana studies department, best-selling author, philosopherand Princeton University Professor Cornel West spokeWednesday evening in the Multipurpose Room of the RutgersStudent Center in the College Avenue campus.

University President Richard L. McCormick, Board ofGovernors Chairman M. William Howard, Jr. and ProfessorHoward McGary expressed words of welcome and admiration forWest prior to the event, which was sponsored by the Africanastudies department and hosted by the University’s chapter of theNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Princeton University Professor Cornel West engages hundreds in a discussion about raceand democracy Wednesday to celebrate the Africana studies department’s 40th anniversary.

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Pageant aims to demolish stereotypesBY JEFF PRENTKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

School of Engineering juniorShandon Campbell took thecrown from the hands of 16 othercontestants Friday night afterraising money and displaying histalent at the second annual “Mr.Engineer” pageant.

Campbell said without thefinancial and emotional sup-port of all those around him,his victor y would not havebeen possible.

“I feel really blessed,”Campbell said. “I feel reallythankful and grateful for all thesupport that all my friends andfamily have blessed me with.”

Prior to the show, Campbellspent weeks preparing and creat-ing ideas for the event.

“Halfway through, most of myoutfits, most of my ideaschanged,” Campbell said.

Campbell and his fellow con-testants were scored on five dif-ferent criteria, said SeniorStudent Programs CoordinatorMatthew Ferguson, one of thefive judges at the show.

The “Enginerd” wear por-tion was one of the more creative categories and fea-tured the contestants wearingoutfits they constructed out ofduct tape.

One contestant created anIron Man suit using red and yel-low duct tape and planted anLED light in his chest.

“I spent about a week creatingmy duct tape outfit Static Shock, aJamaican superhero from a DC comic book who controls

Cellist Ella Toovy solos in “Cello Concerto in A Minor” by Robert

Schuman during a Saturday performance by the Rutgers Symphony

Orchestra titled “2001 and Beyond” under Conductor Kynan Johns.


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1 Donate a meal swipe at any University dining hall todayand help sick and injured children receive medical care.The RUSA-sponsored meal swipe donation program willhelp raise money for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund,a non-profit non-political organization dedicated to provid-ing free medical care for children from all over the MiddleEast who cannot receive care locally.

3 How do you fondue? Find out at 7:30 p.m. at The Cove in theBusch Campus Center. Test your taste buds this season withFresh Frites and their wide array of sauces and dips. Learnsome of the dos and don’ts of fondue in this educational pro-gram. Dip your favorite treat in chocolate, cheese or evencaramel sauces. Supplies limited.

The Zimmerli Student Advisory Board and The Center forMiddle Eastern Studies are hosting Dance Within The Art.This event begins at 7 p.m. and will allow the public to expe-rience how dance responds directly to art in the museum.Meagan Woods & Company will become part of the artthrough movement and sound. Preceding her performance,there will be a Whirling Dervish with a spectacular continu-ous meditation spinning performance. Admission is free tostudents, staff and faculty and $3 for general public.Refreshments will be provided.

4 Rutgers CARE is having its first Swimsuit/Spring ApparelFashion Show. It will be at the Multipurpose Room in theBusch Campus Center from 7 to 9 p.m. Refreshments willbe provided. Ticket pricing is $5 for students (must haveRUID on hand as proof) and $7 for all non-University atten-dees. All proceeds will be donated to the American RedCross for Haiti.

The Rutgers Protestant Campus Ministry and WesleyFellowship is holding a women’s bible study focusing onwhere biblical women got their faith and strength. Thestudy will start at 5 p.m. at Canterbury House on 5 Mine St.For more information call (908)-240-1219.

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Contestants of this year’s ‘Mr. Engineer’ unveil their creative sides for charityelectricity, and I happen to be an electrical engineer,”Campbell said.

A formal wear and special tal-ent portion were also two othercategories that contributed to thefinal scores.

The last four contestantsremaining participated in aquestion-and-answer portionwhere they were grilled on sub-jects such as ideal jobs, sunrisesand girls.

“I love sunrises. It’s the truth.I love walking on the beach withmy female companion, watchingthe sunrise, just having a goodtime,” said School of Engineeringjunior Carl Barreau, the second-place winner.

Participants also earnedpoints depending on the amountof money they raised for theEmbrace Kids Foundation, a non-profit New Brunswick organiza-tion that provides services to chil-dren with cancer and their fami-lies, Ferguson said.

In addition to the five cate-gories, audience members couldvote for their favorite contestantvia text message, which addedbonus points to their final score,he said.

The event raised about $5,500for the Embrace Kids Foundationand gathered more than 300 peo-ple in Trayes Hall in the DouglassCampus Center.

Mr. Engineer, hosted by thefraternity Sigma Phi Delta andthe sorority Phi Sigma Rho,sought to prove that being nerdy,unattractive and socially awkwardis not a prerequisite for an engi-neering major, said Ariell Joiner,

the Mr. Engineering chair for PhiSigma Rho.

“We’re friends with maleengineers and you know, they’renot all geeky and nerdy, alwaysstudying,” said Joiner, a Schoolof Engineering senior. “Theylike to have fun. They’re creative, and you can see theirdif ferent sides in something like this.”

Joiner said the event was alsoa great way to raise money for a cause.

“I hope that this eventbecomes a running tradition atRutgers and in the School ofEngineering,” said School ofEngineering senior Josh Tan, oneof two emcees for the evening.

At the end of the show, audi-ence members had a chance towin a date with a contestant bypurchasing raf fle tickets anddepositing them in a picturedbox corresponding with theperson of their choice.

There was also an auction inthe fourth round of the show for adate with last year’s Mr.Engineer, School of Engineeringsenior Dave Meck.

The winning bid was $41 afterMeck slowly stripped off his shirtand practiced his push-ups to around of applause.

Despite coming in secondplace, Barreau said the pageant isjust a game and everybody wins.

“I grew a great bond with[other contestants] over the cou-ple of months that we’ve beenpracticing,” Barreau said. “I feelthat everybody should do itbecause at the end of the day, it’sa fun experience.”

to a bus line where the buses onlyrun half the time,” he said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosisaid health care reform could notbe delayed any longer.

“As we sit around this table, Ithink we should be mindful of what[families] do when they sit aroundtheir kitchen table,” she said.“What we do here must be relevantto their lives. And for them, theydon’t have time for us to start over.”

Pelosi said the bill would notonly secure health care forAmericans, but it would createabout four million jobs and400,000 jobs almost immediately.

“Imagine an economy wherepeople could change jobs, startbusinesses, become self-employed— whether to pursue their artisticaspirations or be entrepreneurial —and start new businesses if theywere not job-locked, because theyhave a child who’s bipolar or a fam-ily member who’s diabetic, with apre-existing condition, and all of theother constraints that having healthcare [could prevent],” she said.

One of the most controversialdebates regarded the cost of feder-al regulation for setting detailedstandards for insurance nationwide.

Representative Dave Camp, R-Mich., and Senator Jon Kyl, R- Ariz.,

said that according to a report bythe Congressional Budget Office,under the Senate bill, the averagepremium in the individual insur-ance market would be 10 to 13 per-cent higher by 2016 than it wouldbe under current law.

Obama said these standards areneeded to form a baseline level ofprotection, and while some policiesmay cost more, they will cover morethan the cheaper policies would.

“Yes, I am paying 10 to 13 percentmore because instead of buying anapple, I’m getting an orange,” hesaid. “They’re two different things.”

Senator Majority Leader HarryReid said in 2008, more than700,000 bankruptcies were filed, 70percent of which were due to healthcare costs. He said 80 percent of the

people who filed bankruptcybecause of these costs actually hadhealth insurance.

“America is the only country inthe world where if you get sick orhurt, you’re going to have to filebankruptcy,” Reid said.

One of the most contentiousparts of the debate was whenObama clashed with his formerpresidential election opponent —Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz.

McCain argued that Obamapromised to change Washingtonduring the election campaign but isdoing things behind closed doorsinstead despite promising to televisehis previous negotiating sessions,which he did not do.

“John, we’re not campaigninganymore — the election is over,”Obama said, cutting McCain off.

McCain responded, laughing,and said, “I’m reminded of thatevery day.”

Obama highlighted some ofthe key positive factors of the bill.

“The basic concept is that wewould set up an exchange,meaning a place where individu-als and small businesses couldgo and get choice and competi-tion for private health care plans,the same way that members ofCongress get choice and compe-

tition for their health careplans,” he said.

The government will providesubsidies for people who cannotafford private plans, Obama said.The overall costs would be lower,because people would be in astronger position to negotiate.

“We think it is a plan that workswith the existing system, theemployer-based system, the pri-vate health care system, but allowsa lot of people who currently don’thave health care to get healthcare, and more importantly, forthe vast majority of people who dohave some health care, it allowsthem to get a better deal,” he said.

Obama said premiums for fami-lies with health insurance wouldmore than likely double over thenext decade.

“This is an issue that is affect-ing everybody. It’s affecting notonly those without insurance,but it’s af fecting those withinsurance,” he said. “And …everybody understands that theproblem is not getting better, it’sgetting worse.”

Obama also plans to come upwith ways to make the Medicaresystem more effective and toprovide better quality care tothose with Medicare.

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But audience members in theroom, along with the 400 whowatched on a screen outside,seemed more interested in histalk entitled “Race andDemocracy in the Age of Obama.”

West’s jokes prompted audi-ence members’ laughter, and atone point, he even pulled out acomb and asked if his afrolooked alright. But seriousthoughts about black history andgovernment in America — pastand present — made up a major-ity of his speech.

“[We need] massive voice-lifting, organizing, mobilizing… to protect [President BarackObama] against so many of ourconservative brothers and sis-ters engaging in attacks andassaults and misrepresenta-tions and, sometimes, outrightlies,” the bespectacledPrinceton alumnus said. “Heneeds to be protected. Heneeds to be respected. … I lovethe brother.”

West campaigned for then-candidate Obama at more than60 events during the election sea-son, and said he would do soagain if given the chance.

But never theless, heexpressed criticism of thepresident’s administration andsaid there is still much to bedone in many areas, includingpoverty, health care, childcareand housing.

“When [big corporations] getin trouble, they call for welfare,because [they are] too big tofail,” West said. “But everydaypeople are too little to rescue?”

The organization of modernpolitics often gets in the way ofadvancement, and the Americanpeople need politicians who careabout taking stands, not just win-ning elections, West said.

“[People suffer from] moralconstipation,” he said. “You knowwhat’s good and right, but youjust can’t get it out. What’s get-ting in the way? Greed, status,selfishness. All of us have thischallenge.”

Although Obama is an impor-tant black figure in America’s his-tory, his election does not signifythe end of the race’s struggle,West said.

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Cornel West highlights President Barack Obama as a black figure inAmerica’s history, but says his time in office will not ease racial tension.


“Part of the goal … is to figureout what are the areas that we doagree on, what are the areaswhere we don’t agree, and at theend of that process then make anhonest assessment as to whetherwe can bridge these differences,”Obama said. “I don’t know yetwhether we can. My hope is thatwe can.”

Alexander said Obama’s pro-posal could potentially spend about$2.5 trillion a year.

“It has more taxes, more subsi-dies, more spending,” he said. “Itmeans it will cut Medicare byabout half a trillion dollars, andspend most of that on new pro-grams, not on Medicare and mak-ing it stronger. It means that formillions of Americans, premiumswill go up.”

Alexander said it would force 15to 18 million low-income Americansinto a Medicaid program that mostpeople would not want to be a partof because 50 percent of doctors donot accept it.

“It’s like giving someone a ticket

BILL: Average premium to

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of the narrowness of the GeorgeStreet corridor.”

The county also considered aroute along Suydam Street, whichparallels George Street, butbecause of traffic concerns andvarious traffic lights on the street,this route also posed too manyproblems, he said.

“We had to go elsewhere wherethere is a sufficient right of way toallow for a bicycle path to be incor-porated in with the present road-way,” Ververides said. “The presentcorridor has been selected, and weare pursuing that in the process.”

Jennifer Lane, manager ofUniversity transportation planning,said although the University was aproponent of incorporating GeorgeStreet for the route, it wholeheart-edly supports the creation of theproposed path.

“By having alternatives thatpeople can choose from, it helpsthe whole [transportation] net-work out,” Lane said.

There is a path from Busch toCollege Avenue, she said.

BIKE: Proposed paths to

reduce traffic, air pollution


“Everybody understands that

the problem is notgetting better, it’sgetting worse.”

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The bike paths would alsohave ancillary benefits like reduc-ing traffic on roadways and helping alleviate air pollution,Ververides said.

Welf Ludwig, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore and avidbiker who frequently commutesbetween the Cook and CollegeAvenue campuses, thinks the bikepaths are a great idea, consideringhow dangerous it could be ridingon some city streets.

“I think it is an awesome idea,”he said. “I ride on the roads, [and]I have almost been hit a few times.”

Ludwig said he would have pre-ferred the path travel alongGeorge Street but is grateful thecounty is considering building theroute at all.

“It’s better than not having abike path,” he said.

Though he does not go to theCook campus often, Ravi Nehra,an Ernesto Mario School ofPharmacy fourth-year student,said the bike path could alleviatetraffic along George Street andhelp improve bus transportationbetween the campuses.

“I know the EE can be veryslow in the evening, and this bikepath could definitely benefit stu-dents,” Nehra said.

“They introduce him [saying]he is the fulfillment of MartinLuther King, Jr.’s dream. … No,that’s not true,” he said. “He’s afulfillment, not the fulfillment.”

Having the nation’s first blackpresident in office does not sud-denly improve life for lower classblacks suffering in America ordestroy racial tensions, West said.

“People don’t even like to talkabout institutional hatred ...” hesaid. “And yet we know we needto talk about it, because theserealities are still at work.”

Yet West said the ability ofsociety to analyze the state of lifein America can yield progress. Heurged young people to engage insuch thought.

“America is free and demo-cratic to the degree to which peo-ple muster the courage to thinkcritically, to bear witness, to lovejustice and keep it free and demo-cratic,” he said.

Department of Africana stud-ies Chair Gayle Tate said West’smessage, during which heemphasized the history of blackpeople in America and youngpeople’s duty to remember thathistory, highlighted the broaderimplications of the black free-dom struggle.

“That struggle — while itstarts with black people — isworldwide and it impacts andinfluences people from aroundthe world … ” she said. “[If youlook at] those issues which havealways challenged blackAmericans and you do somethingabout them, in that way, you

influence a larger struggle of allpeople who want to be free.”

West’s call for young people tobe involved in the workings ofsociety was an important one,Tate said.

“That new generation has tocome into the struggle and raiseits voices,” she said. “That voicemay be very, very different fromit was in my time — and certainlyin his time — but it is still a voicethat must be raised and we muststill fight for change.”

Charney Robinson, presidentof the University’s chapter ofthe NAACP, was inspired byWest’s words.

“[West is a] phenomenal indi-vidual,” said Robinson, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior. “He’sjust prolific, and he’s so down-to-earth. … Walking out of here, Iwant to change the world.”

The University chapter ofthe NAACP, which is the largestin the state, invited the organi-zation’s national PresidentBenjamin Todd Jealous to theUniversity last semester, whichled to their collaboration withthe Africana studies depar t-ment for Wednesday’s event,Robinson said.

Jessica Moise, vice presidentof the NAACP, also enjoyed hear-ing West speak.

“The reason why I can relateto him so much is because he cantalk to the youth,” said Moise, aLivingston College senior. “Weunderstand where he’s comingfrom. He doesn’t just try to speakto people of his generation.”

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Tournament bumps, sets for cancer awarenessBY CASSANDRA SPERBER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Big Pink VolleyballTournament held Wednesday inthe College Avenue Gym provedto be a smashing success.

Forty-eight teams fromacross New Brunswick came outto play in the competitivefundraiser, which substituted thenormal, white volleyball with alarge, neon-pink ball to raiseawareness for breast cancer.Participants were charged a $5entry fee, which was donateddirectly to the cause.

The tournament was a jointeffort between UniversityResidence Life and RecreationalServices, said Matthew Zielinski,coordinator of Special Programs.

The original date for the tour-nament was Feb. 10, but theevent was rescheduled to Feb. 24due to inclement weather.

Altogether, 318 students reg-istered to play and received pinkT-shirts for participating,Zielinski said.

“This is the first year, and wewant to make it annual,” he said.“If it goes well enough this year,we will open it up to off-campusstudents next year.”

Students from different resi-dence halls formed teams tocompete, he said.

“There are five people on myteam, and it is a bonding experi-ence for our dorm and our resi-dent assistant as well,” said KellyFarren, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences first-year student. “Welike participating in events thatraise money for a good cause likebreast cancer.”

Zielinski said the tradition ofspreading breast cancer aware-ness through volleyball beganwhen he participated in a similarevent on a prior campus.

Students spike and rally with a large, neon-pink ball at a breast cancer awareness volleyball tournament and fundraiser Wednesday night inthe College Avenue Gym. A total of 318 students from throughout the campus donated and registered to participate in the tournament.

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School of Arts and Sciences junior Jacob Kogan, front, and ErnestMario School of Pharmacy junior Scott Toepter decompress withfree massages Wednesday from The Somerset School of Massage.

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“I think it’s a really goodcause, and I donated an extra$10 to help breast cancer aware-ness,” said Haroon Malik, aSchool of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student.

Many students also have per-sonal connections to breast can-cer, which attracted more peopleto the event.

“My great aunt died of breastcancer a few years ago, so I think

it’s really important to raise asmuch money as possible forawareness,” said Kelly Meany, aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “I think it’s greatthat Rutgers put this event togeth-er for such a good cause.”

According to the NationalCancer Institute, the risk of beingdiagnosed with breast cancer in alifetime 40 years ago was one in10. This has increased — today

one in eight women will be diag-nosed within their lifetime.

Although it is not as commonfor college students to be diag-nosed with breast cancer, it doeshappen. The National CancerInstitute estimates that breastcancer is the second leadingcause of death in women, startingat the young age of 15 up until 54.

This overwhelming statisticshows the importance of spread-

ing awareness, especially inyoung people.

“I think that students support-ing a cause such as breast cancerthrough the volleyball tourna-ment was a great way to raisemoney,” said Nicole Lengyel, aSchool of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “The fact that stu-dents can come together for anycharity shows how much heart aschool like Rutgers has.”

federal funding and theUniversity’s federal funding,Pazzani said.

But the University is aware ofthe instable nature of the fundsand has planned accordingly, he said.

“If these funds go away, wemay have to hire less in 2011and 2012, but for tunatelyRutgers federal funding hasbeen increasing substantially,”Pazzani said.

University professors acrossseveral disciplines have receivedfederal stimulus funding to helpcomplete their research.

Molecular biology and bio-chemistry Professor EileenWhite received a $500,000 grantto examine the “Role of Tumorand Stromal Cell Metabolism inStress Adaptation andProgression,” according to aUniversity Web site on the

American Recovery andReinvestment Act.

Assistant Professor of psy-chology Danielle McCarthyreceived $369,404 to study“Phenotypic Markers forSmoking Cessation: ImpulsiveChoice and Impulsive Action.”

Environmental sciencesProfessor Alan Robock receiveda $342,401 three-year grantfrom the National ScienceFoundation for his project enti-tled “Regional ClimateModeling of Volcanic Eruptionsand the Arctic Climate System.”

With the funds, Robock hireda graduate student who will helphim study how volcanic erup-tions have blacked out the sunand cooled the planet in the past.

“In order to understand cli-mate change today, we have tounderstand what’s caused it tochange in the past and howstrong each of these causes is sowe can add up the total,” he said.

Robock said the grant is verysimilar to most research grants,and he is required to file reportsabout his progress every threemonths or so.

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Aver y Foote said students learn the most whenthey are working with profes-sors on research and believesfederal funding like this willhelp provide students with theopportunity.

“You want to have as muchfunding as you can have towardsthat,” Foote said.

Pazzani said concerns thatGov. Chris Christie’s midyearhigher education budget cutwould place the state belowbenchmarks required by the actfor funding are almost resolved.

About $15 million of the statefinancial support being given tothe University is providedthrough the recovery act’s StateFiscal Stabilization Fund.

“We’ve explored makingsure that the governor has ful-filled the terms of that particu-lar allocation,” Pazzani said.“We do not believe the statewill lose stimulus funds due tothe governor’s recent cut tohigher education.”

States can get exceptions,and there are a variety of rea-sons that make it look like thecut, although very muchunwanted, will not affect stimu-lus funds, he said.

Although the applicationprocess for stimulus funds iswinding down, new grants arestill being awarded over the nextsix months, Pazzani said.

He said the University wouldlikely receive a fairly large grantfor buildings and infrastructurein the next few months.

Stimulus funds constituteabout 10 to 15 percent of total

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The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Chile Saturday poses tsunami

threats in Hawaii after the it sent waves through the Pacific Ocean.

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CONCEPCION, Chile —Heroism and banditry mingledon Chile’s shattered streets yes-terday as rescuers braved after-shocks digging for survivors andthe government sent soldiers toquell looting. The death tollclimbed to 708 in one of thebiggest earthquakes in centuries.

In the hard-hit city ofConcepcion, firefighters pullingsurvivors from a toppled apart-ment block were forced to pausebecause of tear gas fired to stoplooters, who were wheeling offeverything from microwave ovensto canned milk at a damagedsupermarket across the street.

Efforts to determine the fullscope of destruction were under-mined by an endless string of ter-rifying aftershocks that continuedto turn buildings into rubble.Officials said 500,000 houses weredestroyed or badly damaged, andPresident Michele Bachelet said“a growing number” of peoplewere listed as missing.

“We are facing a catastrophe ofsuch unthinkable magnitude thatit will require a giant effort” torecover, Bachelet said after meet-ing for six hours with ministersand generals in La MonedaPalace, itself chipped and cracked.

She signed a decree givingthe military control over securityin the province of Concepcion,where looters were pillagingsupermarkets, gas stations, phar-macies and banks.

The president, who leavesoffice on March 11, also saidthe country would accept someof the offers of aid that havepoured in from around the world.

She said the country needsfield hospitals and temporarybridges, water purificationplants and damage assessmentexperts — as well as rescuers tohelp relieve workers who havebeen laboring frantically sincethe magnitude-8.8 quake struckbefore dawn Saturday.

To strip away any need forlooting, Bachelet announced thatessentials on the shelves ofmajor supermarkets would begiven away for free, under thesupervision of authorities.Troops and police will also dis-tribute food and water, she said.

“We do not believethe state will lose

stimulus funds dueto the governor’s

recent cut to higher education.”

MICHAEL PAZZANIVice President for Research

and Graduate and ProfessionalEducation

Although houses, bridges andhighways in Santiago were dam-aged, a few flights managed toland at the airport and subwayservice resumed.

More chaotic was the region tothe south, where the shaking wasthe strongest and where thequake generated waves thatlashed coastal settlements, leavingbehind sticks, scraps of metal andmasonry houses ripped in two.

In the village of Lloca, a beach-side carnival was caught in thetsunami. A carousel was twistedon its side and a ferris wheel roseabove the muddy wreckage.

In Concepcion, the largestcity in the disaster zone, a new,15-story apartment building top-pled onto its side. Many of thosewho lived on the side that woundup facing the sky could clamberout; those on the other weretrapped. An estimated 60 peopleremained trapped in the 70-unitapartment building.

Police officer Jorge Guerratook names of the missing froma stream of tearful relatives andfriends. He urged them to beoptimistic because about twodozen people had been rescued.

“There are people alive. Thereare several people who are goingto be rescued,” he said — thoughthe next people pulled from thewreckage were dead.

Rescuers worked carefully forfear of aftershocks. Ninety jolts ofmagnitude 5 or greater shud-dered across the region in thefirst 24 hours after the quake,including one nearly as large asthe earthquake that devastatedHaiti on Jan. 12.

Firefighters in Concepcionwere about to lower a rescuerdeep into the rubble when thescent of tear gas fired at lootersacross the street forced them tointerrupt their efforts.

“It’s sad, but because of thesituation you have to confrontthe robberies and at the sametime continue the search,”Guerra said.

The sound of chain saws,power drills and sledgeham-mers breaking through con-crete competed with thewhoosh of a water cannon firedat looters and the shouts ofcrowds that found new waysinto a four-story supermarketeach time police retreated.

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Psychologists fight to break mental illness stereotypesBY HILLARY GOLDSMITH

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For Rochelly-Ann Ramirez,mental illness is something that hits close to home. She lost her grandfather toAlzheimer’s disease.

“One time, I remember hethought I was actually his wife,”the Rutgers College senior said.“It’s a disease that kills so slowlyand puts so much pain in every-one’s heart. I wouldn’t want any-one else to go through what myfamily went through.”

Ramirez enjoys going to walksto support the search for a curefor the disease, but as is the casewith many mental illnesses, thephysical and mental effects ofAlzheimer’s are lasting and oftencome with a stigma.

Violet Franks, a psychologist,is dedicated to changing this.

At the Graduate School ofApplied and ProfessionalPsychology, Franks and her hus-band Cyril started the Cyril andViolet Franks Fund for the Study

and Prevention of Stigma andMental Illness in 2005 to studythe nature and consequences ofthe stigma associated with mental disorders.

For Franks, who hid the factthat her mother had manicdepression for many years, theissue hit close to home at anearly age.

Such stigma can take manyforms and ranges from psycho-logical, cultural, social and institu-tional factors that diminish a per-son’s ability to occupy valuedsocial roles and access neededcare and resources, according tothe fund’s prospective.

Beth Angell, an associateprofessor in the School of SocialWork, is working toward eras-ing the stigma associated withmental illness by explaining it toher students.

“There are a lot of differentdefinitions of stigma,” she said.“But mostly, it’s an attribute of aperson that is discredited by others. It is associated by negative characteristics.”

Franks and Angell agree thatthe most stigmatized mental ill-ness is schizophrenia.

“We actually have a friendwho introduced himself as a‘schizo’ patient. He wants people

to know so he can get it out ofthe way,” Franks said. “I thinkthe fact that he’s so open aboutit is fantastic.”

There are many ways to stopstigmas, and education is thefirst step, Angell said. Thenational alliance of mental healthlinks for family advocates — with

one chapter here in NewBrunswick — can help.

“[These mental health links]help people eliminate the stigmaby having them talk to profes-sionals, friends and family mem-bers of people with a mental ill-ness so they can get the facts,”she said. “The more we educateand expose to people that youcan live well with a mental ill-ness, the better the attitudetowards the illness gets.”

Franks recalled a specificinstance when a well-liked manwith a mental illness had an influ-ence on her.

“He was probably a manicdepressive. Ever ybody lovedhim. … No one really knewthere was anything wrong withhim, but his family wasn’t veryaccepting. … They had onlyever heard bad things aboutmental illness and were veryclosed-minded to options,” she said.

Donations to organizationsthat conduct research on mentalillnesses are vital, Franks said.

“The American PsychologyAssociation didn’t know thismuch about mental illness 20years ago and they’re stilllearning,” she said. “Withever yone’s help, we can actually turn a bad thing likestigmas into a good thing likebetter research.”

Angell agreed. There havebeen many improvements in men-tal illness research, but there isstill a long way to go.

“At this point, eradication ofmental illness is even in thehorizon,” she said. “With helpfrom ever yone, hopefully inthis generation of students’ lifetimes, we will see just that.”

Franks is excited for thefuture of the foundation.

“I’ve learned to just shut upabout what’s happened in mypast,” she said. “My goal now is tomake things better for people inthe present. I have so manyfriends with my problem but theyare still smart responsible adults.I don’t think they should be pun-ished for what they can’t help.”

As part of The Rutgers Distinguished Faculty TalkSeries, painting Professor Thomas Nozkowski isscheduled to speak today on his work and life as anoted abstract artist.

Nozkowski’s free lecture, scheduled for 3:30 p.m.in the Fiber Optics Auditorium on Busch campus,will focus on the connection between solitude andcollaboration in art making, according to a MasonGross School of the Arts press release.

He said artists could collaborate in many ways forinspiration: with themselves, other artists or evenancient art objects.

“I love looking for things that are impossible topaint,” Nozkowski said in the release. “What’s theshape of an emotion? What’s the color of an idea?”

The 65-year-old professor has been working for 48years, and since 1979 has had 70 one-person showsaround the world. He was also elected to theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters.

Nozkowski recently rediscovered his older paint-ings from the 1970s, providing his newest form ofartistic inspiration.

Despite his age, Nozkowski intends on preservinga youthful outlook on art.

“My ideal audience is myself when I was 17,” hesaid. “I was liberated. When I saw another’s art, itopened up a world of great pleasure and richness for me.”

Nozkowski said it is dif ficult becoming an older artist.

“[When I was young,] everything was risky — youeither crash and burn or do something beautiful.That [uncertainty] ratcheted up the excitement,” he said.

— Mary Diduch

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Group advocates for health care reformBY CASSANDRA SPERBER

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Though Washington D.C. ismore than 200 miles away, theeffects of the U.S. House ofRepresentative, U.S. Senate andpresidential health care proposalsare already being felt in theGarden State.

New Jersey Policy Perspective,a nonpartisan, nonprofit organiza-tion that conducts research on pub-lic policy issues in New Jersey,released a new report last weektitled “Estimated Impact of HealthReform Bills Passed by the Houseand Senate on New Jersey,” whichhighlights the presidential and con-gressional health care proposals.

“[The report] takes a look at thethree proposals from the House,Senate and president and explainsthe impact they would have on thestate,” said Eve Weissman, healthcare campaign coordinator for theNJ Citizen Action Education Fund.

National heath care reformwould bring additional money toNew Jersey through federal sub-sidies to help all New Jersey resi-dents afford health insurance,she said. Federal subsidies wouldrange from $23 to $29 billion overthe next 10 years depending onthe plan enacted.

The report also states thethree proposals would insurebetween 867,000 and one millionuninsured New Jersey residents,she said. According to estimates

from the report, 1.5 million NewJersey citizens will be withouthealth care insurance by 2019.

“Not only is [health care reform]the right thing to do, it’s good for theeconomy,” Weissman said.

Each of the three proposalsalso include consumer protectionmeasures that would prohibitinsurance companies from deny-ing a person coverage because ofpre-existing conditions or drop-

ping a person’s coverage due tosickness, according to the report.

The three health care proposalswill help keep insurance companieshonest through measures like thecreation of a new Health InsuranceRate Authority to protect customersfrom predatory rate hikes and torequire transparency and accounta-bility, according to the report.

The Health Insurance RateAuthority would be particularlyimportant to small businessesseverely affected by unaffordable

health care and high premiums,according to a University pressrelease on the report.

The much-publicized healthcare summit on Thursday repre-sented an important step towardcompromise in bringing bothsides together to discuss the vari-ous health care proposals,Weissman said.

“This was an important stepfor [President Barack] Obama totry and move forward with a grid-locked Congress,” she said. “Thepresident and leaders ofCongress are working to movethis forward for the economy andfor people’s health.”

School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student James Marionsaid he was encouraged by thesummit and dialogue betweenDomocrats and Republicans.

“Even though it was occasional-ly bogged down by the same sortof political rhetoric that comeswith any meeting of the two politi-cal parties, it was nice and excitingto see that there was actual, pro-ductive discussion,” Marion said.

Jinal Kansara, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,believes health care should beaffordable to everyone in theUnited States and hopes to seeimprovements with the currentsystem sometime soon.

“There definitely needs to be animprovement, and I hopeCongress and President Obamacan make it happen,” Kansara said.

It’s official — February 2010 was the snowiest month inNew Brunswick history.

State Climatologist David Robinson reported more than 37inches of snow last month, topping the previous one-monthrecord of 29 inches set in February 1899, according to aHome News Tribune article.

Only 21 inches were recorded all of last winter, Robinsonsaid in the article.

“It’s been quite a memorable winter and memorablemonth,” he said.

But for those hoping for more sun and less snow thismonth, Robinson warns that March snow is always possible.

With the average March snowfall at about 4.5 inches inNew Brunswick, he said more flakes are likely on the way.

“Have we seen our last measurable snow of the season?Likely not,” Robinson said. “But no one can tell you if whatremains will be measured in tenths of or a few inches, orsomething that might be plowable.”

Robinson said that since 1894, New Jersey has only had asnow-free March 26 times but has also seen a 1916 stormdump more than 23.5 inches on the Garden State.

The average snowfall throughout the state as of Friday fellbetween 4 and 26 inches, forcing many local schools to shutdown and the University to cancel classes.

New Jersey Transit suspended bus service Friday morn-ing as well, according to an article in The Star-Ledger.

The storm also leaves about 2,600 people in Northern NewJersey without power, now marking four days, according tothe article. While some had power restored last night, manywill remain without it until Tuesday, officials say.

March snow may be coming sooner than later. TheWeather Channel anticipates snow flurries Wednesday night,though accumulation totals have not been predicted.

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In about three months, Iwill be passing through the

gates of Old Queens as a part of the last class ofRutgers College, and if there’s any word of adviceI can pass on to underclassmen it is this — getinvolved in anything! Whether you decide to joina fraternity or sorority, get an internship, becomea research assistant or start up a new club, excelat whatever you choose. We’re only doled a cer-tain amount of time here and before you know it,it will be over. Make sure by the time you’re asenior you’ll have something to show for it otherthan the freshman 15.

I never would have thought I would wind upgetting as involved as I did, and looking back, ithas been an incredible learning experience. I’m

proud to say that the people whostarted out as acquaintances thenbecame my coworkers and now aremy friends.

To all of the 141st, it’s been apleasure. The Targum has a way ofproducing some journalistic greatsand I know all of you will go on tofuture success. I truly appreciatehaving the opportunity to be yourcolleague and your friend. Thankyou for making me laugh until Icried and pushing me far beyond

what I ever thought I was capable of. To John, thank you for standing in as my mentor

when my predecessor left, for answering all of myquestions, for standing behind me when I neededyou and for being the best Editor-in-Chief you couldhave been.

To the ladies of Targum — Ange, Cait,Adrienne, Amanda, Lauren and Megan: I loveyou all! Let’s finally spend time together outsideof 26 Mine.

To sports, you closed the pizza better thananyone ever could have. To Andrew and Dan,thanks for teaching me a thing or two about tak-ing photos. “There’s no such thing as bad photos,only bad photographers.” To Matt Steele, thankyou for providing hilarious Twitter and wallquote material. To online, thank you for postingfor me when I forgot (sorry!) and to Amos, soglad I got the chance to get to know you morelast semester!

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T he first time Iopened the pagesof The Daily

Targum, I was standing out-side the Livingston StudentCenter on the very first dayof my college career tryingto figure out what exactly a“REXL” was — a dinosauror a form of transportation?As a lowly first-year student leafing through thepages of the Targum I have to say — I wasimpressed. Coming in as the Editor-in-Chief of myhigh school newspaper that had barely enoughcontent or staff to squeeze out an issue every cou-ple of months, let alone every day, the thought of adaily newspaper was as they say in “The PrincessBride,” inconceivable!

Hungry to learn more, I ventured to the Targumoffice. Who were the students who put together thepaper? Did they see the light of day? Did they evengo to class? Do they have friends? For God’s sake,do they have superhuman powers?

When I walked into the editorial office for thefirst time I quickly became over-whelmed at the sight of studentspacked into a tiny room with theirMac computers seemingly piledright on top of one another, wolfingdown takeout food and screaminginside jokes across the room.Needless to say, I was intimidatedand frightened. Since joining theTargum this sentiment has beenechoed back to me by staff thatjoined both before and after me.

As an outgoing editor, I can nowanswer all of the above and I can tell you this —we’re just regular students like everyone else. No,we don’t really see the light of day because there isonly one window in our office and it’s blocked bysome cage-like material. Yes, many of us come fromevery major imaginable and are exceptional stu-dents. Yes, we do have time for a social life andmany of your colleagues quickly become yourfriends. No, we don’t have special powers other thanthe ability to consume massive amounts of foodfrom Hansel ’n Griddle and to put together a paperfor the next day when half the writers don’t turn intheir articles.

Needless to say, I eventually got over my fearof the Targumites and over the years worked myway up from contributing writer to staff writer tocorrespondent to metro editor. I encourage anystudent with even a minute interest in writing forthe Targum, regardless of your major, to come inand start writing. The Targum does not belong tosolely the editors or the student organizationsthat we write about — it’s yours too. Everyone

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HEATHER BROOKHART

P resident Barack Obama said a lot while he was campaigningfor the 2008 presidential election. He made a whole list ofpromises, some of which have been kept, but others he left

behind on the campaign trail. Maybe that is why so many of us havebeen left hanging when it comes to our hopes for change. Perhapspeople put too much trust on his shoulders and dreamed too big.With his signing of the extension to the Patriot Act Saturday, hemade the decision to somewhat continue some of the politicsemployed by former President George W. Bush. But really, could hevote against being a patriot?

Privacy advocates disagree with Obama’s decision to extend cer-tain parts of the Patriot Act, but will surely leave out the fact thatsecurity remains a top priority and simply allowing certain wiretap-ping procedures continue — with court’s permission — does notequate him to his predecessor. Of course the case of a violation ofhuman or natural rights could be made. Yet Obama’s actions aresomewhat justified as continuing an act that has been part of our livesfor close to a decade and does not drastically change our rights orfreedoms. No less or no more are we allowed to live our lives freely.Safety, though, is a concern of all Americans, and as we elected andentrusted Obama with our votes, he must take appropriate actions topermit the citizens of the United States to continue their liberties.

Obama’s failure to secure additional concessions for privacyadvocates is disappointing, but it is encouraging to see an efforttoward bipartisanship. Obama’s attempts to reach across the aisleon other issues have fallen short. Health care reform, opposed bythe GOP, stands as another talking point that riles up Republicanfeathers, but the president has given his everything in order to actbipartisan. So is the case of this continuation of the Patriot Act —Obama is simply continuing an agenda that is meant to further thesecurity of our nation. After all, in the case of this Patriot Act, court-approval for wiretaps are required, therefore not obstructing civilliberties as much as the Bush doctrines did.

One final point left to make is the situation of the United States asa whole. After Sept. 11, America was easily united against “evil.” Thereactions we felt in the weeks after 9/11 are perhaps less vivid. Itwas much easier for Bush to pass a controversial act, than it is nowfor Obama to continue a weakened version of a security measure.Still, freedoms may have been more restricted by the original act,but under new management and revision, the Patriot Act neededchanges. It was not a change Obama could deliver.

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W ith the millions of illegal downloads a day, we hardly thinkof the worst happening. There are of course the unfortu-nate cases, and mostly random, nabs of teenagers for get-

ting music or movies illegally. Those of us who do not admit to doingit are either saints or really do not speak a gram of truth. In the caseof 22-year-old Whitney Harper, the court just recently found her guiltyof downloading 37 songs when she was only 14 to 16 years old. Theamount she was ordered by an appeals court to pay is $27,750. Whodecides who gets targeted or what amounts they pay? Maybe our legalsystem, when it comes to intellectual property at least, is a bit shoddy.

Intellectual property, while admittedly something of great valueto the artist and those who appreciate it, is an idea that has beenmarketed almost too well, in order to make more money from CD orDVD sales. Sure, the artists make money from their artistic, orsometimes not so artistic creations, but with contracts, small printand a dozen of corporate suits standing behind a song, one begins todoubt where the money goes. Paying royalties to a recording com-pany certainly does not seem to benefit an artist who has overdosedon cocaine or has decided that suicide is the path less-traveled.

Not only does it not make sense to convict Harper, who was only14 years old at the time, but the figure that she was ordered to payseems to stray from numbers found in other copyright infringementcases. The numbers seem too random to make a case of putting aprice of artistic product. The claimed $750 per song is only a series ofdigits that seem to fit the crime. The law becomes quite unclear actu-ally as torrent carriers and other bases for illegal trading leave it up tothe user, or “peer,” to download at their own discretion. How do thehosts disassociate themselves from any type of criminal activity? Howdoes an individual who “steals” 37 intellectual properties get caughtwhile the rest leave unscathed?

The problem is that the supposedly fair law leaves questionsunanswered through its randomly chosen convicts — teens whoseem to know less about the law than the money that they could beordered to pay if caught. While words of moral will not fill corporatehearts or judicial tribunes, we must once again stand for what isacceptable in our generation and figure out for ourselves, as small ofa decision as it is, to download or not. It seems like we have alreadymade that decision as Generation Y members.

Teens will pirate on

“He needs to be protected. He needs tobe respected. … I love the brother.”

Princeton Professor Cornel West on President Barack Obama

STORY ON FRONT

Free markets: A free market isthe economic consequence ofpersonal liberty. The foundersbelieved that personal and eco-nomic freedom were indivisible,as do we. Our current govern-ment’s interference distorts thefree market and inhibits the pur-suit of individual and economicliberty. Therefore, we support areturn to the free market princi-ples on which this nation wasfounded and oppose governmentintervention into the operationsof private business.

For the record, we have a repre-sentative republic not a democracy.The founders of our great nationfrowned upon the rule of the major-ity. We are a nation of laws not anation of men.These laws arethere to protect theliberty and freedomthat we haveenjoyed and pros-pered under formore than 200years. There shouldbe no selectiveenforcement forspecial interests.The law for one should be the lawfor all. We are not “trying to subvertour government to protect the spe-cial interests of some,” but rather weare fighting to return to the found-ing principals that have made ournation the greatest bastion of free-dom and liberty in the world.

The reality of the situation is thatgovernment cannot give us anythingwithout first taking from us.Government by definition cannotcreate wealth or growth. These arethe byproducts of hard work andproduction from the private sector.We fundamentally believe thatAmerica is good and that limitedgovernment is what made Americagreat. History gives testimony to thefact that anything the governmentmandates or decides for its citizens

takes away a portion of their libertyand freedom. In the current healthcare legislation under consideration,there is a mandate that everyAmerican buy health insurance.

In what part of the Constitutiondoes it specify that governmentcan mandate the purchase of any-thing? If one uses the argumentthat the “general welfare” clauseof the Constitution justifies it, thenI ask him to define what limita-tions the government does have.Should we believe that if the gov-ernment declares there to be atransportation crisis, they havethe right to mandate its citizens topurchase a car? Believing the gov-ernment has the ability to success-fully run health care is ludicrous.

G o v e r n m e n tdoes nothing effi-ciently. Take forexample the U.S.Postal Service,which is now 234years old andbroke, or SocialSecurity, which is74 years old andbroke. Need moreexamples? Fannie

Mae is 71 years old and broke,Medicaid and Medicare are now44 years old and broke, andFreddie Mac is 39 years old andbroke. The Department ofEnergy was created in 1977 tolessen our dependence on foreignoil. It has ballooned to 16,000employees with a budget of $24billion a year and today we importmore oil than ever before. Thewar on poverty has been going onsince 1964 and costs us $1 trilliondollars a year, yet the povertylevel has remained the same. Atwhat point do we say it is time totry something different?

As for some of the column’smore bizarre accusations suchas: “local Tea Party [organiza-tions] … rationalize violence”

and ‘have established partner-ships with militia groups,’ as aproud member of NJ Tea PartiesUnited and one of the leaders ofour own group, I have spent hun-dreds of hours with our membersand have never once heard any-one advocating violence of anykind. Our protests are calm andrespectful. We even clean up after— we leave our parks and meet-ing places litter-free. The TeaParty movement was born out offrustration with both former andcurrent policies coming forthfrom Washington, D.C., and localgovernments throughout thisglorious nation. Our mission iscarried out through the hardwork of its members whosedesks are located at their kitchenor dining room tables not ornate-ly adorned conference rooms.We meet in libraries, homes andparking lots. We stand in the coldand heat to gather and share ourconcerns. Our actions are notorchestrated by some politicalparty but rather by the necessityof our nation’s citizens to hold itsgovernment accountable for thecourse of financial ruin we findourselves embarked upon.

I invite the author of the col-umn to come to one of our meet-ings, to truly hear with his own ears and witness with his owneyes what the Tea Party is allabout. I will provide you with trans-portation to any of our meetingsand give you ample opportunity tospeak to any and all of our mem-bers. After all, education is one ofthe mandates of the Tea Party.

Ronald Reagan said it best,“Government is not the solutionto our problem; government isthe problem.”

Ralph Franzese is a Cook CollegeClass of 1986 alumnus and theDirector of Operations of TheMorristown TEA Party.

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M M A R C H 1 , 2 0 1 0 1 5OP I N I O N S

R egarding a recent columnentitled “Strong not smallgovernment,” I was

astounded by the characterizationof today’s Tea Party movement.Unfortunately, I did not have theprivilege of reading the columnthat the author rebutted, howeverI still feel compelled to reply to thecriticisms that the writer levies.

As one of the founders of thelargest Tea Party group in NewJersey, The Morristown Tea Partyand a proud member of NewJersey Tea Parties United, it isinteresting how the author por-trayed our movement in the edito-rial. Hand picking quotes from theInternet and reading The NewYork Times can hardly be countedas sufficient research to makesuch brash characterizations.

As a movement we believe in:Fiscal responsibility, constitutionallylimited government and free marketeconomy. Fiscal responsibility:Government must honor andrespect the individual’s right tospend the money that they earnthrough their labors. Our govern-ment must be fiscally responsible orit will subject its citizens to high lev-els of taxation, which unjustlyrestrict the liberty of its citizens. Therunaway deficit spending we nowsee in Washington, D.C., is a gravethreat to our national sovereignty aswell as the personal and economicliberty of future generations.

Constitutionally limited gov-ernment: We believe theConstitution to be the supremelaw of the land. We believe it isimperative to return to the veryfoundations this country wasbuilt upon. Like the founders, wesupport States’ rights for thosepowers not expressly stated inthe Constitution.

Tea Party extends invitation to critics

RALPH FRANZESE

LetterTo Charlie, even though youleft early, some of the best timesI had in the office were withyou. Thanks for keeping meentertained with the “news leadof the week” and our nerdy ban-ter. I was saddened this semes-ter and last to look over at thedesk next to me and see anempty chair. Cheers to all thegood times. See you in class.

To Mary and Ariel, I’m soproud of both of you. I feel likeI raised you two from theMetro desk and now you’veboth surpassed me! I’vewatched both of you progressso much in only a year. I knowyou will both do great and willset the foundation of the paperfor years to come.

To the 142nd, after spending14-plus hours with you inCaucus, I’m disappointed that Iwon’t get a chance to get toknow all of you better. You’re allextremely talented at what youdo and I wish you the best ofluck. While the Targum can bean animal of its own, never for-get why you are there. I knowall of you truly care about theintegrity and the legacy of thepaper or you wouldn’t havemade it to the masthead.

Heather Brookhar t is aRutgers College senior majoringin journalism and media stud-ies with a minor in Spanish.She is the outgoing metro edi-tor. Her love for pickles maynever be explained, but she willalways be remembered as the“irresponsible journalist” whowouldn’t be bullied by AdamRichman. She was, after all, theone who broke the epic story ofhis failure to conquer theRutgers fat sandwich. No wor-ries, Heather, we got your back,and so does Miley.

“The Tea Partymovement was

born out of frustration withboth former and

current policies ...”

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Marandola, one of the Big East’stop scorers, to just 11 points.

The Knights grabbed a 48-47lead with less than eight minutes toplay. Moments later, Ray sunk heronly three-pointer of the contest.

Sophomore guard KadijahRushdan relentlessly drove to thebasket and frequently was fouledhard. She converted on 10-of-12free throw attempts.

The Knights shot an impressive82.6 percent from the charity stripe,where the team attempted 23 freethrows after getting to the line justseven times in last Wednesday’sgame versus St. John’s.

The team’s improved efficien-cy on offense pleased Stringer, asit is something she has harped onall season.

“[We tried] to make a con-scious effort andeverything wedid was quickhits,” Stringersaid. “Whoevergot the ball, theyjust got it andnothing was des-ignated. Theyknew if they gotinto trouble — forexample, a cer-tain pattern, 5-2 isa guarantee it willbe to the inside.

“With that inmind, it allowed them to play freeand people worked harder to befree and be alert because you didn’tknow when you might get the ball.”

RU seemed to wake up athalftime and snapped out of itsrecent funk just in time tomake a late run for the tourney.With her team’s losing streaknow squarely in the rear-viewmirror, Stringer says theKnights can loosen up a bit andprepare for today’s home gameagainst Louisville.

“For the most part, we havebeen having silent bus rideshome and it is not comfortable.Now we can at least put a movieon,” Stringer said. “I evenbrought some UNO cards so ifsomeone wants to play UNO,they can do that with me. Let’stry and relax and we should havebeen able to do this.”

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The win ends a three gamelosing streak, which threatenedto kill the team’s quest for aneighth consecutive bid to theNCAA tournament.

Improved ball security pro-pelled RU, something it lackedwhile averaging a shade over 22turnovers during its losing streak.

“We’ve been killing ourselveson the turnovers and it’s been veryfrustrating. We’ve been halfwaydecent on the offensive side ofthings but the turnovers havebeen horrible,” Stringer said.

Her team cleaned up its act onSaturday, losingthe ball just 13times. Providencejumped out to anearly 8-2 advantageand led by as muchas nine points, butRU refused to letthe game slip away.

Senior guardBrittany Ray ledthe way during theKnights comebackwin, scoring 23points. ThoughRay was quiet onoffense recently, her coach knewshe’d be there to produce when itmattered most.

“We act like we forgot [aboutRay]. We have to make a realeffort to find her,” Stringer said.“She promises not to force it.They promise to try to find her.”

Ray attributes her success toteammates’ abilities to locate herin good spots.

“My teammates found mewhen I was open today. Mycoaches and teammates continueto tell me to shoot the ball and Ifelt good out there,” Ray said.

RU began the second half byincorporating it’s patented 55-press to create a sense of panicfor the Friars. The Knightsplayed with inspired defensivefervor, forcing 18 turnovers.They were also able to limitProvidence senior Chelsea

COMEBACK: Rutgers

kicks turnover bug in victory

continued from back

“For the most part,we have been

having silent busrides home ...

Now we can at leastput a movie on.”C. VIVIAN STRINGER

Head Coach

“Our goal is to hold [oppo-nents] to six or seven goals,” saidsenior defender and co-captainEmily Penn. “Everyone is doingtheir job back there includingLily. Everybody’s doing it togeth-er. That’s why things are workingso well.”

Despite several scoringchances in the final minute,

Kalata and thedefense held theirground, keepingthe Big Red off theboard for the finalsix minutes.

Yet the biggeststatement, asidefrom the upsetitself, is that theKnights are finallyable to push them-selves over thehump and winclose games —something they

struggled to do last season.“It is big,” Brand-Sias said. “I

don’t want to necessarily rest onthe history of anything but it’snice to get past that hurdle, hav-ing only beat them once. Thisyear we’re about turning around alot of those one-goal games wehad last year and this is certainly agood step in the right direction.”

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The Knights swarmed theloose ball and limited the Big Redto only 16 shots. RU scooped up25 ground balls while Cornell fin-ished with 19.

“Our defensetoday, I give them aton of creditbecause we certain-ly weren’t doingthem any favors bykeeping the ball inthe defensive end,”said head coachLaura Brand-Sias.“They workedextremely hard andLily had a goodgame in cage.Everyone that wentin really stepped it up. They had to.”

Though the teams tradedpunches throughout the secondhalf as Cornell knotted the gametwice, the Knights never allowedthe Big Red to take the lead. Theteam’s two low-scoring affairs —six goals against yesterday andthree from Temple — are all partof the plan.

UPSET: RU bests Big Red

for second time in history

continued from back

ISIAH STEWART

The Scarlet Knights used a stifling defensive effort to trump Cornell,grabbing 25 ground balls and causing 17 Big Red turnovers.

“This year we’reabout turningaround a lot ofthose one-goalgames we had

last year.”LAURA BRAND-SIAS

Head Coach

Defensecontainsranked foe

BY AUDRA LEIMBERGCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’slacrosse team’s defense looked

strong inits wina g a i n s tCornell.

I nt h e i r

zone defense strategy, theScarlet Knights kept a tighthold on double-teamingCornell’s ball-holder. Towardthe end of the first half, theteam switched to man-to-mandefense, even traveling behindthe cage with Cornell’s offen-sive ball carrier.

This man-to-man defense pre-vented Cornell tight passes with-in the arc and rolling in frombehind the crease to get shotson goal.

All defenders were tight ontheir marks around the arc andbeyond, prohibiting any offensiveforce toward the goal cage.

Upon entering the game,junior attack KristenAnderson’s lone assist camefrom her sudden appearanceoff the sideline. Calling back anoffensive player in order to beonsides, Anderson immediatelygained possession of the balland forced a three-second viola-tion on Cornell’s defense,which helped the Knightsbreak a 4-4 tie.

This proved to also influencedefensive force, when juniorMarlena Welsh was substitutedin the game and directly raninto a double team on a Cornellball carrier.

In the upset, Rutgers seizedcontrol and the lead from thebeginning, converting theirdefensive effort into an offen-sive victory.

STEMMING FROM REPEATEDsuccessful draw controls fromsenior attack and co-captainBrooke Cantwell in the begin-ning of the game, the Knightsdefense frequently denied BigRed ball possession throughoutthe first half.

Cantwell finished the contestwith a game-high five draw controls.

“If you don’t win [thedraws], the other team has thechance to score so they are abig part of the game,” Cantwellsaid. “I feel like when we getthe draws from the beginning,we do well during the rest ofthe game.”

Midfielders Ali Steinberg,Jennifer Schmitt andStephanie Anderson picked upthe other three draw controlsfor the Knights.

ONE OF CORNELL’Sbiggest threats to Rutgers’defense came in the form ofattack Kate Dewey. Standing at 6feet, Dewey towered over therest of the field, scoring once,using her height to shoot over acrowd of defenders.

Aside from her lone goal, theKnights were able to shut downthe Big Red’s big threat.

“As tall as she was, she wasn’ttoo quick,” said senior defenderEmily Penn. “So we just had tokeep moving our feet to staywith her.”

KNIGHTNOTEBOOK

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BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

It was déjà vu or it was a tale oftwo halves, choose the cliché.

The Rutgers men’s basketballt e a me n t e r e dh a l f t i m ea g a i n s tD e P a u ltrailing by

11 — the same deficit it sufferedbefore storming back to beat theBlue Demons on Feb. 16, inChicago. And for the umpteenthtime, the Scarlet Knights provedunable to put together a full gameof solid basketball.

“We just refuse to play 40 min-utes of basketball,” said junior

guard James Beatty, whose pairof second-half three-pointershelped RU to a 71-62 victory. “Alot of times we start out well andthen they come back in the sec-ond half, but we’re working onthat — we really are. We have tonot dig ourselves into holes.”

At DePaul, the Knightsoutscored the Blue Demons 44-29 in the second half en route toa four-point victory. At the LouisBrown Athletic Center Saturday,the second-half score was 45-25in favor of RU.

“We were fortunate in a way,being down 11 at half,” said headcoach Fred Hill Jr. “We could atleast go into our memory banks.We knew we had the capability ofcoming back.”

DAVE PAL

Senior center Hamady N’Diaye dunks for two of his six pointsagainst DePaul Saturday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

RU overcomes faulty first half

KNIGHTNOTEBOOK

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZSTAFF WRITER

Momentum killers were in fullforce Sunday in the Rutgersmen’s lacrosse team’s home open-

er againstNo. 19Maryland-BaltimoreC o u n t y .H e a d

coach Jim Stagnitta watched indisbelief all game, as the ScarletKnights’ parade to the penalty boxseemed never-ending.

The head coach did not knockthe aggressiveness of his teamafter the game, but admitted thatthe team never got into a groovedue to the penalty disadvantage.

“We didn’t flow on offense theway we have been,” Stagnittasaid. “There was never really aflow to the game because of allthe man-downs we had.”

Not only did the Knightsspend a combined seven minuteswith a man-down, many of thenine total penalties came at cru-cial points in the game.

After senior midfielderJustin Pennington scored at the9:33 mark of the third quarterto tie the game at two, themomentum swung back ontothe Knights sideline.

However, all the momentumwas wiped away by back-to-backKnight penalties with 9:23 and9:02 left on the clock. Just nineseconds after the second penalty,UMBC sophomore attack Rob

Grimm ripped a shot past thestick of freshman goalie RudyButler, taking back the momen-tum as well as the lead.

That wouldn’t be the only timethe Retrievers capitalized on theKnights’ mistakes, as theyscored after another penalty laterin the game.

“It seemed a little bit lopsidedhonestly,” said Stagnitta on thepenalty calls made throughoutthe game.

THOUGH A BALANCEbetween aggressiveness anddiscipline is somethingStagnitta is sure to address, theplay of his freshman goalieremained consistent.

Butler recorded nine saves offof 23 UMBC shots and allowedonly six goals in the defeat. Whilehe did allow two more goals thanlast week, he did so in what hiscoach felt to be a greater test forthe young goalie.

“I thought he had a good day,and he held-up and played well,”said a satisfied Stagnitta. “Weshould be able to score morethan five goals.”

THE RETRIEVERS MARKEDthe first of five ranked oppo-nents on the Knights’ schedulethis season.

The team still faces the likes ofNo. 13 Georgetown, No. 9 NotreDame and No. 8 Princeton on theroad later this year, and welcomedefending champion and No. 1Syracuse to the Banks.

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Sophomore guard MikeRosario was an integral part ofthat, scoring 19 of his 24 points inthe second period.

“I guess they thought I didn’tshoot well in the first half,” Rosariosaid. “I was surprised [to be openin the second half]. I don’t knowhow those guys were leaving meopen and I was just making shots.”

THE KNIGHTS LIMITEDsenior guard Will Walker,DePaul’s leading scorer, to eightpoints after he dropped 19 in thelast meeting.

“We did an awesome job onWill Walker,” Hill said. “He didn’treally score. To hold him to singledigits — eight points on 3-of-14shooting — was an outstandingjob of identifying where he is.”

Although junior center MacKoshwal had another big game,RU kept him from his fifth con-secutive double-double.

The 6-foot-10, 255-poundKoshwal finished with 20 points andnine rebounds in a tough matchupfor RU’s senior center HamadyN’Diaye, who finished with sixpoints and seven rebounds.

WITH THE DEPAULmatchup sandwiched betweentwo clashes with in-state rivalSeton Hall, the Knights have twodays off following the game.

“We’re giving them two daysoff,” Hill said. “It’s getting downto that time of year and you canlook at our numbers, guys areplaying a lot of minutes.”

RU has off Sunday and Monday,before returning to practice twodays before Seton Hall’s trip southfor Senior Night at the RAC.

THE RUTGERS FOOTBALLteam’s Knights in the NFL seg-ment were well-represented, withformer players Mike Teel, BrianLeonard and Jeremy Zuttah sit-ting courtside for the contest.

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T he final wrestling NCAACoaches PanelRankings, released

Saturday, featured nine Rutgersstudent-athletes and boasted theScarlet Knights as having thesecond highest RatingsPercentage Index for the season.

Junior heavyweightDominick Russo ends the sea-son as the No. 9-rankedwrestler in the country afterlast week’s 4-2 loss to No. 6Zach Rey, which ended his 14-match win streak.

THE RUTGERS BASEBALLteam clinched its first win of theseason Sunday against Purdueat the team’s final game of theBig Ten/Big East Challenge.

Junior outfielder PatBiserta went 3-for-5 with ahome run and three RBI,which accounted for three ofthe team’s total runs en routeto a 6-5 victory. Earning thesave for the Scarlet Knightswas freshman Tyler Gebler,who came into the game inthe ninth inning to steam pastthe Boilermakers.

For full coverage, see tomor-row’s edition.

AFTER AN EIGHT-GAMElosing streak to open up theseason, the Rutgers softballteam captured its first taste ofvictory Saturday 6-1 againstAustin Peay.

The Scarlet Knights wereshutout earlier in the day 5-0 byEast Tennessee StateUniversity but were willed tovictory in the second game by agrand slam by sophomoreMikelyn Messina. Sophomorepitcher Noelle Sisco went astrong seven innings in the con-test and allowed the lone run ofthe game on just three hitswhile tallying three strikeouts.


ONLY .125 POINTS KEPTthe Rutgers gymnastics teamfrom victory Sunday in theteam’s first nighttime homemeet of the season. The quad-meet featured SouthernConnecticut State, William andMary and winner Bridgeportwho scored 190.995 points dur-ing RU’s alumni day.


THE VANCOUVEROlympics came to a close lastnight with the Americanmen’s ice hockey team earn-ing a silver medal in the finalday of competition. Team USAfell 3-2 to Canada in overtimewhen Canadian SidneyCrosby beat American goal-keeper Ryan Miller with awrist shot.

The United States finishedfirst in the medal count with 37total medals. Canada’s 14 goldmedals broke the world recordfor gold medals in a WinterOlympics. Team USA finishedwith nine golds, 15 silver and 13bronze medals.

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER

As freshmen, Rashidat Junaidand Myia McCurdy played on the

b i g g e s tstage in

their sport — the NCAAChampionship game. While theRutgers women’s basketball teamlost that game, it was not out ofthe realm of possibility to thinkthe Scarlet Knights would bethere again.

Flash forward three years, andthe Knights are in the midst ofone of their toughest seasons inrecent memory. In that span, theteam advanced as far as the EliteEight, but not back to the hal-lowed company of the Final Four.Questions continue to dog theKnights of whether they will evenmake the NCAA Tournament —let alone win it all.

Junaid still has hope, whileMcCurdy sees shadows of thepast cast upon the Knights’ cur-rent situation.

“When I look back on myfreshman year, I think aboutperseverance, because we had

about the same number of loss-es that we do now,” McCurdysaid. “People were saying weweren’t going to make it, justlike people are saying now thatwe can’t make it to the NCAATournament. But we believedin ourselves.”

The pair of seniors will be hon-ored tonight, along with class-mate Brittany Ray, at the Knights’final home match of the seasonagainst Louisville.

For Junaid, the four-year jour-ney that begins its final chaptertomorrow did not begin on thecourt, rather on the bench. The 6-foot-4 center was a year behindstandout Kia Vaughn, meaningher time was limited. WhenVaughn graduated last year, it wasfinally Junaid’s turn.

From a player who entered theseason with only 17 career startsunder her belt, Junaid was readyfor the next challenge, but shenever forgets that freshman yearwhen she and her teammatespulled off the unthinkable.

“I think [the national champi-onship game] was a great experi-ence at the time,” Junaid said. “I

don’t think I appreciated it asmuch as I should have because Iwas young and in my mind I wasthinking ‘Oh, I have three moreyears to get there.’ But it’s notthat easy.”

A long and athletic defensivespecialist, McCurdy’s playingcareer came to a temporary haltduring her sophomore seasonwhen she suffered a knee injury.

Back on the court a seasonlater, McCurdy became the focalpoint of head coach C. VivianStringer’s 55-press. The forwardput her athleticism and intensityto use, stifling opponents with herrelentless pressure.

“I’m always going to remem-ber the 55,” McCurdy said.“Everybody labeled me as ‘The55 Girl.’ I’ll remember alwaysworking hard, not just on offensebut on defense. Getting stops.Shutting people down. Beingintense and being the hardestworker on the court every singletime, and that’s something thatwill carry over in life. Whateveryou want to do you always want tobe the best and never settle forsecond in anything.”

With their final regular seasongame looming, Stringer hadnothing but glowing words forher seniors.

“[The seniors have] alwaysbeen one that has wrappedthemselves around the traditionand tried to uphold it with agreat deal of hard work,”Stringer said. “Whatever paththey choose, I think the [the sen-iors] will be very successful,especially because I know thatthey will transfer their workethic from the basketball courtto their profession.”

Both McCurdy and Junaidhope to play basketball after grad-uation, potentially overseas. Butthere’s still tonight’s game andthe Big East Tournament.

And maybe even the NCAATournament, where the seniorswill have their last chance to stepback in time, to bring theircareers full circle.

Just ask McCurdy, who willtell you it isn’t over. Not yet.

“The same thing can apply tous, this team, right now,” she said.“All we have to do is refocus andbelieve, and things can happen.”

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Seniors Rashidat Junaid, left, and Myia McCurdy, right, will be honored tonight along with classmate Brittany Ray in their final home game.

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WITH MIKE TEEL

Targum’s correspondent Matthew Stein chatswith the former Rutgers quarterback about his

NFL Draft experience, welcome to the NFLmoment and his time with the Knights ...

Matt Stein: What was going through your mind on Draft Sunday?Mike Teel: I went out with my cousins and played golf. We hadjust finished a round and we were in the car on the way homewhen I got the call. I got back to my house and a bunch of fam-ily came over and had a little celebration, which was nice.

MS: Did you get a call from a few different teams saying, “We’rethinking about taking you?”MT: No, and I had spoke to my agent at the beginning of thesixth round, and he said, “Give it a couple of more picks andwe’re going to start talking if you don’t get drafted who the bestteams would be in free agency.” When you get to that point,you want to go to a team that fits you, and the first team wetalked about was Seattle. I got off the phone with him, and 10minutes later Seattle called me and said they were going totake me with its pick in the sixth round.

MS: Say Seattle didn’t take you, would you rather be undraftedat that point?MT: There gets to a point, a little bit later on, where sometimesit’s not always the best situation. Obviously, you don’t have asay in the matter when a team drafts you, and that’s everyone’sdream to be drafted in the NFL Draft, but in some circum-stances it’s sometimes better off to fit in a system and a teamwhere you will get the chance to succeed.

MS: Did that run through your mind then, were you looking for-ward to going undrafted yet?MT: I had taken a visit out there and sat down with the offensivecoordinator and coaching staff, and the stuff they were doingwas so similar to the stuff we were doing at Rutgers, and I wasecstatic about that. Now I get to go out and learn a whole newsystem this year, so I’m looking forward to that.

MS: Was it a difficult learning curve at first?MT: It’s a job. That’s what you do. From the time you wake upfrom the time you go to sleep, you’re getting yourself bettermentally and physically. Obviously, they are going to throwmore information at you because you don’t have to worry aboutmaking it to your 8:10 class or anything like that. You have tomake sure you’re at a 7 o’clock meeting instead of class.

MS: I was talking to Kenny Britt a couple of weeks ago and hewas talking about how down in Tennessee, they would fine play-ers for every little thing, every dropped ball, and there’s exces-sive film study. What has it been like for you in Seattle?MT: In college, if you do something wrong they make you run. Inthe NFL, if you do something wrong they take money out ofyour pocket. I’ve tried to do as much as I can to get myself in abetter position and a lot of work has been done, but there isstill a lot of work left to do.

MS: What was your welcome to the NFL moment?MT: It was during a two-minute drill, and I’m in the green jerseyso the quarterbacks don’t get hit. I’m going against our [start-ing] defense and I threw an interception, and I’m running tochase the ball and our starting linebacker, Lofa Tatupu, kind ofroughs me up and says, ‘You’re lucky you got the green on.’Whew. I said, ‘It’s a good thing I got the green on today.’

MS: Was there ever a point over the season where you figuredyou were going to go into the game here, or were you primarilythe third guy, the learning quarterback, and Seneca Wallacewas always going to come in and back up?MT: I was pretty much the learning guy, and I had the opportu-nity to sit behind Matt Hasselbeck who is an exceptional quar-terback and he’s helped me along the way the whole time. Tosit back and watch and learn, for a young guy, there’s nothingmore valuable than to watch a guy that has done it for 10 to 11years at the highest level — Pro Bowl, Super Bowl — and tosee how he does it.

MS: By the end of your fifth year, were you ready to leave Rut-gers or do you still kind of miss being here?MT: It doesn’t get better than this, of course I miss being here.But after a certain amount of time, you don’t want to overextendyour welcome. I’m happy to move on, but I definitely miss mytime here. I talk to a bunch of guys on the team, both the olderguys that I’ve played with and the younger guys. I’ve gotten toknow Tom [Savage] pretty well. He’s a great kid, he’s been ask-ing me all sorts of questions. You can tell he wants to learn, andthat’s the most important thing as a young guy.

THE DAILY TARGUM’SBY KYLE FRANKO

CORRESPONDENT

It might only be week two ofthe season, but the Rutgers

m e n ’ slacrosseteam letone getaway.

T h eScarlet Knights had a chance toupset No. 19 Maryland-BaltimoreCounty but came up short falling6-5 yesterday afternoon at the RUTurf Field.

“I think the guys are upsetand this is one they let slip away,”said head coach Jim Stagnitta. “Ithought we dominated someaspects of the game physically,but we just have to clean somethings up.”

Trailing by one, the Knightshad chances in the final minute toforce overtime, but couldn’tbreech the UMBC goal.

Senior midfielder GerhardBuehning found room in front ofthe goal with 59 secondsremaining, but his shot wasstraight at Retrievers’ goalkeep-er Adam Cohen.

A holding call on UMBCallowed RU to regain possessionfor a frantic finale that came to anend when Justin Penningtonblazed a shot over the crossbaras time expired.

“We’re looking for a shot and Igot a hands free shot,” the seniormidfielder said. “It’s a shot I haveto hit. We got a good look thereand I have to stick it.”

UMBC (1-1) took the leadwith 6:26 to play in the fourthquarter on a goal by Matt Lathamand extended it to two whenBobby Stockton skipped his shotpast RU goalkeeper Rudy Butler.

Stockton finished an impres-sive afternoon with three goals.

Butler, a freshman makinghis second career start, madenine saves.

Pennington pulled the Knights(1-1) back to 6-5 with 2:07 remaining

Late barrage not enough for upset

MARIELLE BALISALISA

Senior midfielder Justin Pennington (20) fired a long-distance shot thatgot past UMBC’s goalkeeper just seconds after RU called a timeout.

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‘Miller Time’ highlights US runT he puck shot like a laser

through the five-hole ofTeam USA goaltender

Ryan Miller and in an instant thegame was over. Canada avengedthe preliminary round loss at thehands of the upstart Americansand won the gold medal inthrilling fashion — a 3-2 overtimewin off of the stick of “wun-derkind” Sidney Crosby.

Although Team USA fell shortof its ultimate goal, its run to thegold medal game is still nothingto scoff at. In an age where theteams are stacked with NHL tal-ent, it is amazing to see a teamcome together and — althoughtheir silver medal performancedid not unite the nation — repre-sent the red, white and blue onthe world stage.

From coast to coast,Americans were glued to theirtelevision sets and, New JerseyDevils fan or not, could not helpbut feel pride for their nationwhen Zach Parise’s put-back goaltied the game with 24 secondsremaining in regulation. Thepulse of our country was evidentin the back-and-forth Facebookstatuses that clogged newsfeeds,first with jubilation and then theagony of defeat.

Miller earned MVP honors forthe tournament, backstoppingTeam USA for all of its games andonly exiting against Finland, whenthe game was well in hand. As anavid Buffalo Sabres fan, I tell you

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when he outmuscled his defenderand beat Cohen.

But RU could not find an equalizer.

Some thought Penningtonfound the elusive equalizer with along-distance shot, but Stagnittacalled for a timeout, just momentsbefore he released the ball.

“It was a good timeout,” saidPennington who scored twice. “It’sa heads up play because obviouslyhe didn’t know I was going to takethat shot. We wanted to slow thingsdown and set something up.”

The game was physical fromthe opening faceoff as the teamscombined for 12 penalties — nineagainst the Knights. UMBC con-verted two of those into goals.

The Retrievers took a 1-0 leadless than three minutes into thegame but RU answered afterBuehning and senior midfielder

Eric Stilley worked a slick combina-tion that put Buehning in on goal.

There was no scoring in thesecond quarter and UMBC wentinto intermission leading 2-1. Thepace picked up after halftimewhen Pennington tied it five-and-a-half minutes into the third quarter.

The teams traded scores beforethe back-to-back goals by Lathamand Stockton gave the Retrieverstheir first two-goal lead of the game.

But the Knights could onlyfind one of the two goals theyneeded in the final minutes.

“I thought we played our bestlacrosse down the stretch,”Stagnitta said. “We just didn’t flowon offense the way we have been.Some of that has to do with UMBCand the way they play defense, butthe way we played the last coupleof minutes is what I’ve come toexpect of these guys.”

that there is no single player thatembodies the essence of the sportin both his preparation and hisperformance. “Miller Time” cameup big when the team needed himmost and even though he let inthe goal that sealed their fate, theAmericans would not havereached the gold medal game ifthe Michigan State product wasnot at the top of his game.

The pressure on theCanadians to win this tournamentwas monumental. The closestcomparison in American sportswas the basketball team that wongold in Beijing in 2008. InVancouver, experts predicted thatTeam USA would finish in themiddle of the pack, a bronzemedal if they were lucky. The ros-ter is young and inexperiencedagainst the likes of the power-house Canadians and defendinggold medalists Sweden. But theAmericans showed their poiseand maturity throughout theOlympics, highlighted by their 5-3victory over Canada a week prior.Full credit should be given toTeam Canada. When it mattered

most they pulled together and inthe end they lived up to the steepexpectations that were thrustupon them.

The NHL hopes to see anincreased viewer rating followingthe Olympics, and if you watchedyesterday’s game and do notwant to see more, you must be aNASCAR fan or not have a pulse.

Thirty years after the “Miracleon Ice,” the ice hockey team withUSA emblazed on their jerseyscaptivated the nation once againand whether or not there ishonor in losing, they certainlytook us on one hell of a ride.

After the game had ended,Miller bowed his head, collaps-ing in the goalmouth. His team-mates picked him up and acted ashis supports, skating him towardthe team bench — the emotionaltoll of the tournament evident onhis face and the faces of all ofTeam USA.

But there was also a look ofdetermination — this youngteam proved the doubterswrong this year and in fouryears they will be back to onceagain unite on the ice. You canbet that fans and opposingteams alike are not going to takethis team for granted.

Alex Jankowski is an associatesports editor for The DailyTargum. He accepts commentsand criticism [email protected].

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Second-half rally leads RU past DePaul again

DAVID PAL

Sophomore guard Mike Rosario, left, drives against DePaul’s Jeremiah Kelly, right, in the Scarlet Knights’ 71-62 victory over the Blue Demons. Rosario led all scorers with 24 points, 19 of which came in the second half.

BY KYLE FRANKOCORRESPONDENT

Rutgers men’s basketball headcoach Fred Hill Jr. said on manyoccasions it’s difficult to press

because ofhis team’slack ofdepth.

B u tHill had to

do something to shake the cob-webs off his Scarlet Knights teamthat fell behind by double digits inthe first half against DePaul.

“I pressed for energy to try andget us going,” Hill said after histeam came from behind for a 71-62victory Saturday afternoon at theLouis Brown Athletic Center. “I justwanted to get us going and get usrunning. You can see the differencewhen we get out and run and Mike[Rosario] gets out on the wingbecause he’s terrific in transition.”

The pressure worked just as Hilldrew it up. It forced nine BlueDemon turnovers, flustering theminto 36 percent shooting after inter-mission. The Knights scored thefirst 12 points of the second halfand never looked back.

When junior guard JamesBeatty canned a three with 9:04remaining the Knights found them-selves up by 12 after outscoringDePaul 30-7 in the half.

RU outscored the Blue Demons45-25 after halftime.

“I think that we did a great jobwith our press in the second half,”Rosario said. “We were able to buildup our momentum and we got themplaying fast. That helped usbecause we were able to createturnovers and runouts. I think [thepressure] helped get my shot goingin the second half.”

Rosario had one of his most effi-cient games of the season. His game-high 24 points came on 8-of-13 shoot-ing (5-of-8 from three). The sopho-more guard connected on seven ofhis eight attempts in the second half.

Junior forward Jonathan Mitchellhad 18 points and freshman forward

Dane Miller added 10 for RU (15-14,5-11), which snapped a two-game los-ing skid.

DePaul (8-20, 1-15) got off to aquick start, building a lead as largeas 14 in the first half. The BlueDemons, who led 37-26 at halftime,capitalized on RU’s sluggish play,turning 10 turnovers into 17 points.

Mac Koshwal led DePaul with20 points and nine rebounds, break-ing his streak of four consecutivegames with a double-double.Koshwal didn’t get much help,DePaul’s leading scorer WillWalker finished with just eightpoints on 3-of-14 shooting.

“This always happens to us,”said senior center HamadyN’Diaye trying to figure out whyRU gets off to slow starts. “We did-n’t come out ready for whateverreason. The energy wasn’t thereand we were all low. But in the sec-ond half we came out and did whatwe had to do.”

N’Diaye’s five blocked shotsleave him nine shy of formerKnight Roy Hinson’s career-markof 355.

He has at least three morechances to break the record, withgames against Seton Hall,Pittsburgh and an opponent in theBig East Tournament.

The Knights, who shot 57.7percent after halftime, rode thehot-shooting of Rosario to a 12-point lead midway through thesecond half.

DePaul which opened the halfshooting 1-of-10 climbed back intothe game and closed within four atthe 2:11 mark after Koshwal’s fast-break dunk and a three-pointer byJeremiah Kelly.

But Rosario came off a curl onthe Knights’ ensuing possessionand hit a foul line jumper, extend-ing the lead back to six.

Mitchell, Rosario and Millerclosed the game out by going 8-of-8from the free throw line.

“It was a little bit of déjà vu off thelast game,” Rosario said. “Weweren’t trying to let that happen, butit is what it is and things happen.”

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Scarlet trumps Red inupset of No. 20 Cornell

NCAA chancesintact aftercomeback win

BY TYLER DONOHUESTAFF WRITER

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — There were timesduring Saturday’s Big East matchup atProvidence when the Rutgers women’s bas-

ketball teamseemed destinedfor a devastatingloss. The ScarletKnights enteredhalftime down six

points in a game the team had to win in orderto keep postseason hopes realistic.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer and soph-omore April Sykes each picked up earlytechnical fouls and the team’s composurewas teetering.

But RU emerged from the locker roomfor the second half as a team refocused on amission to play deep into March. TheKnights (16-13, 8-7) rallied to score 40 sec-ond half points in a vital 67-56 victory overthe Friars.

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Junior attack Kristen Anderson notched a hat trick againstCornell, scoring twice in the second half to secure the win.

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER

The Rutgers women’s lacrosseteam did not forget last year’s four-

over timeloss toC o r n e l l .This timea r o u n d ,they gave

the No. 20 Big Red a game they willremember too.

The Scarlet Knights rode a lock-down defensive effort to an 8-6 vic-tory yesterday, knocking offCornell for only the second time inprogram history.

“Last year we lost a lot of games byone and that was our goal this year —not lose those types of games,” saidsenior attack and co-captain BrookeCantwell. “This was one of them. Thiswas definitely a big motivator.”

Junior attack Kristen Andersonscored her first goal of the seasonin the first half, but her two biggestgoals came in the second.

With the game tied 5-5,Anderson scored twice to put the

Knights back on top. The juniorbounced a shot off the crossbar butcollected her own rebound androcketed the ball back into the cagefor her first hat trick of the year.

Sophomore attack LindseyWatts added two goals, whileCantwell, sophomore attack AnnieMcGinley and freshman midfielderStephanie Anderson all added one.

“I think this year we move theball a lot better,” Kristen Andersonsaid. “We were really confidentcoming in and we feel confidenton attack. We’ve been playingtogether and I think we’re goingto come out one-up on everybodywith that.”

But all scoring aside, the gamewas won with defense.

Freshman goalkeeper LilyKalata dominated in the crease forthe second straight game. Kalataposted 10 saves and denied Cornellon all three free position shots. Thefreshman has not allowed a singlefree position goal this seasondespite 11 opportunities.

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