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Junior point guard Khadijah Rushdan registered the first triple-double for Rutgers in 10 years last night, when the Knights defeated visiting Pittsburgh, 54-42, in Piscataway.

Amtrak CEO announces northern NJ rail line expansion

BY MAXWELL BARNA CORRESPONDENT

Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman discussed the future of the Nor theast Corridor line last night and its role in the new state Gateway Project, which is meant to replace the Access to the Region’s Core Project (ARC) canceled in October by Gov. Chris Christie.

“We’ve been depending and standing on the shoulders of decision-makers long ago,” said Boardman, who spoke last night at the Civic Square Building on Livingston Avenue. “Probably the most critical area for us … is Nor thern New Jersey. It’s the biggest challenge we have right now for the Nor theast Corridor.”

The new project includes expansions to New York Penn

Station, 11 more N.J. Transit trains per hour and an additional eight Amtrak trains, following the original ARC plans to build a trans-Hudson River tunnel.

Boardman said the Nor theast Cor ridor line is a central component to the railway system in the Nor theast and it should be repaired and maintained.

“The Nor theast Cor ridor is something we know is the jewel in what we do and we know what it’s about in Amtrak,” he said.

“This is a densely populated area of the United States, and the Hudson River is still the barrier to New England that it was 300 years ago.”

Boardman said an issue that must be addressed is fluidity, because often N.J. Transit and

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Joseph Boardman, Amtrak President and CEO, talked about the Gateway Project last night, a plan that would pick up from the cancelled Access to the Region’s Core Project.

SENIOR WITNESSES INCIDENT BETWEEN UNDERGRADUATE, NBPD The School of Ar ts and Sciences senior who posted YouTube videos of a New Brunswick police of ficer punching a University student never expected them to become a par t of headline news.

“When I first put it on, there were about 100 views. It was basically just lying low for a while,” he said. “It wasn’t until ever yone star ted putting it on their Facebook and Tweeting it to news sites that it got picked up.”

The videographer was alone in his Stone Street house Saturday when around 12:45 a.m. he noticed a ruckus outside. He ran outside to take a look, but returned back inside to lock his doors and forget about the situation.

“Next thing I know I see a Rutgers police spotlight,” he said. “I look

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through my window and I see a couple of kids in a tussle on a snow bank.”

He immediately grabbed his camera when five police cars arrived at the scene on the corner of Sicard Street and Stone Street.

With his Canon EOS 5D, he filmed four of ficers on top of a student telling him to stop resisting ar rest, and then saw one of ficer throw four punches.

“Whether or not he hit him in the face, I can’t make that call, but he was punching right in the vicinity of it,” he said.

Under the username Jerz15, he titled it “Rutgers Student Brutally Beaten by NBPD” and uploaded it online 10 minutes after recording.

It now has more than 37,000 views.

“I was just tr ying to videotape something that was going on,” he

said. “It wasn’t like I thought anything was going to happen.”

The videographer could not comfor tably label the of ficer’s act as excessive force, but he said he wanted to gauge the response of others’ through YouTube.

“It’s a little gruesome to watch.

Ever yone who I’ve seen watch it, they kind of turned back. They don’t even want to see that,” he said.

He believes the authorities are taking serious measures to address the issue.

Internal Affairs investigators are interviewing witnesses and examining footage from a police cruiser video camera, New Brunswick Police Director Peter Mangarella said in a mycentraljersey.com article.

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Students move into renovated off-campus homes

BY MARY DIDUCH MANAGING EDITOR

Many of the city’s classic single and two-family homes — along with some on the University’s “Frat Row” on Union Street — are being renovated to fit students’ changing needs.

Mitchell Broder, president of Construction Management Associates, Inc., has been in the business of deconstructing, rebuilding or in some cases completely renovating these vintage, 1950s wood-frame homes for almost 15 years.

“I know first-hand,” said Broder, a 1987 Rutgers College alumnus who lived in a two-family home during his time on the Banks. “I understand what the need is for modern, clean, safe housing, which there is a lack of in New Brunswick.”

His company has done a lot of work on Union Street, including renovating buildings at 50 Union St., 32 Union St. and 11 Union St. These are now smaller apartment complexes with

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PERSON OF THE WEEK

BY POOJA CHAUDHARY

“My high school’s music director heard me sing and came up to me and told me, ‘We’re going to enter this School of Ar ts and Sciences contest and we’re going to win’ and junior and singer-songwriter that’s exactly what ended up Alexandra Kelly is using her happening,” she said. experience at the University to After winning the contest, Kelly break into the music industr y wrote and recorded two albums. She after graduation. plans to shoot a music video this spring.

“Five years from now, I would Universal Music Group invited love and hope to see my life ALEXANDRA Kelly this year to come to Nashville, progress into the music industry.

Tenn., and co-write songs with KELLY And although it is a little bit scary, some of their current house writers.

I don’t feel like it has completely hit me yet,” “I write all my music. All my said Kelly, who is majoring in inspiration basically comes from life,” communications with a minor in music.

Kelly said. “I write a lot about my own Kelly was first recognized as a 15-year-old relationships, relationships my friends competing in the WOR 710 Radio Shining have and the problems as well as the Star Talent Search. The contest, designed for good things that come from those.” kids in the tri-state area, asked contestants to write and sing a patriotic song, she said.

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Some houses like 32 Union, above, a former fraternity house, have been renovated into small apartment complexes that hold one or two people in each unit.

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Alumni inspires strategies for corporate achievement

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University alumnus Jeffrey Robinson visited the University Monday night at the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on Busch campus to talk about his book “Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness,” which provides minority races advice on how to break into corporate America.

Robinson said his book, which University alumnus Randell Pinkett co-authored, is good for anyone who feels racially disadvantaged to learn how to become successful in corporate America and how to succeed in a predominately white workplace.

“Readers will learn some practical strategies for achieving success for themselves, like doing community service [to] make a difference in the world,” he said.

His presentation was sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Delta Iota Chapter and the Minority Engineering Educational Task.

By inviting him to speak, the Minority Engineering Education Task wanted current University students to connect with alumni like Robinson who can give real-world knowledge on how to succeed in the workplace, said Abiola Eisape, the president of the Minority Engineering Education Task.

“Not only will [students] learn how to transition from college into corporate America [but] they will learn successful tips on leadership, how to stand out and how to utilize their [college] skills to become successful,” said Eisape, a School of Engineering senior.

The presentation was not only aimed at black students in engineering, said Ramone Barnes, the vice president of the

Minority Engineering Education Task. All students who attended had the chance to receive advice on professional career decisions.

“A friend and I wanted to go into a business and we definitely took some of the points that [Robinson] pointed out in the presentation to move in for ward progress,” said Bar nes, a school of Engineering junior.

School of Engineering junior Chris Pr yce, who attended the event, said students were able to lear n how to apply themselves post undergraduate school.

“It’s not all about going into the corporate world but also about star ting your own business and giving back to the community,” he said.

Islam Elalem, a School of Engineering junior, said ever y college student should read Robinson’s book if he or she is ever unsure of how to proceed with a difficult career-related question.

“It will be a refuge for college students,” Elalem said.

“It’s a great book for college students to buy, regardless of their race, color or ethnicity.”

Wadner Brizeus, a School of Engineering senior, said Robinson’s book taught him how to keep his identity despite being a minority in a white-dominated corporate workplace.

“The main thing I learned from the presentation is … not having to completely lose yourself or conform to society in order to diversify yourself,” Brizeus said.

Aisha Huggins, a University alumna, said Robinson’s book inspired her to strive for greater feats.

“I learned that there is no way that we could feel like we

are being held back by the color of our skin or any kind of prejudices that people might have about us,” she said. “What we need to do is … strive for success in the various ways that Jef fer y Robinson tried to teach us tonight.”

Elalem said the presentation helped him realize the importance of giving back to the community and allowed him to dismiss race as a barrier.

“Like Robinson said, ‘success is measured by how much you know, greatness is measured by how much you give back to the community,’” he said.

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University alumnus Jeffrey Robinson signs a book he co-authored with alumnus Randell Pinkett, “Black Faces in White Places.”

Robinson explained to students how they can succesfully transition from college to the workplace Monday night on Busch campus.

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Pianist, conductor and Hanyang University Professor Dae Uk Lee plays selections of Mozart, Beethoven and Liszt yesterday afternoon in the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. A master class with Mason Gross School of the Arts pianists followed Lee’s performance.

HOMES: Easton Avenue complex to have retail stores continued from front one or two people living in each of the building’s 18 to 34 units.

The company converted 32 Union St. from an abandoned fraternity house, Broder said.

“It’s the reality of the times,” he said, noting that many fraternity homes often fall into disarray and are sold to renovators.

One reason for this is some of those original houses were not built for students and are unsafe according to today’s standards, city spokesman Bill Bray said.

“Most of these projects replace single-family, wood-frame construction that has seen a lot of action, and these new buildings are sturdier and safer,” he said, adding that they also have updated infrastructures, including new heating, plumbing and electricity.

Many of these renovated buildings have other modern amenities such as granite countertops, maplewood cabinetry and improved security and fire sprinkler systems, Broder said.

Santhosh Varadarajan, a pharmaceutical engineering graduate student, lives in a double at 11 Union St., the former residence of Alpha Chi Rho fraternity that now houses about 25 students.

“Now it’s a house, but each of our rooms is technically an

apartment,” said Varadarajan, a graduate of Purdue University in Indiana who did not live in New Brunswick before this year.

He said the developers renovated and replaced everything, including the kitchen, bathrooms and carpets.

“It’s really nice,” Varadarajan said. “And it’s in a prime location.”

One of the company’s newest city-approved projects not yet under construction is at 15 Union St., which will have 18 units of studentoriented, one-bedroom units.

Another, which is under construction and set to open June 1, is at 130 Easton Ave. It will have 34 units of student-oriented housing and retail stores on the ground level.

According to the project’s proposal, the new residence to be built at 15 Union St. will not have kitchens, as it will be marketed to people who may utilize on campus meal plans, Bray said.

Another building set to be built is at 62 Sicard St. — with 32, two-bedroom units of student-oriented housing with underground parking.

Bray said the landlords of these buildings, though marketed to students, do not discriminate who they rent to solely based on age. According to the Fair Housing Act, the only exception for age-restricted housing is for those of 55 years of age and older.

“You can’t build a project and say you can only rent for students,” he said.

Since the buildings are close to a noisy college campus, they are small for the typical family or do not have kitchens, they also appeal more to students looking to be close to class and utilize University meal plans, Bray said.

“It’s how you market it,” he said.

They also may attract students ready to live independently off campus. “[Some students] want to have an experience of living on their own without [resident assistants] and without preceptors, but they also want to have all the comforts, amenities, that you find in some of the University’s residences,” Bray said.

Since these homes are also newer and often safer than the single-family, turn-of-the-century homes, it may provide the same comforts some students are used to growing up with at home, he said.

Broder said their projects satisfy a growing market for students looking to live of f campus in smaller apar tments.

“For freshmen and sophomores, the natural inclination is to live on campus in schoolprovided dorms,” Broder said.

But upperclassmen and graduate students may have a greater interest in living of f campus. Broder estimated that University students rent about 90 percent of homes in the area sur rounding the College Avenue campus.

He said though the rent prices are comparable to University housing, despite running on 12-month leases. Room and board for one academic year at the University is about $11,000.

Varadarajan considers his rent reasonable. He pays $475 for his double, which is $5,700 a year. The landlord pays for their utilities.

These homes also take into consideration what modern students need in terms of parking demands. All have either underground or surface parking for their residents.

Bray said underground parking also helps the city.

Residents who live in buildings with underground parking are restricted from purchasing on-street parking.

“This will open up more space for people living in the neighborhood who still rely on on-street parking,” he said.

Broder said his company, and the many others like his, plan on continuing to construct these residences for — but not limited to — University students.

“We don’t see any downside,” he said.

Bray said students want to live in New Brunswick.

“This is the market responding to market demand,” he said. “The students who live in New Br unswick add energy, vitality and diversity to the city, and it’s palpable when school is in session.”

The singer also plans to go on tour this summer, aiming to share her music with the general public around the countr y, she said.

Kelly’s first album, “Love and Lies,” was self-produced and released when she was 16-years-old.

Her sophomore album, which she just finished, consists of 11 tracks and was produced by Kenny Lamb, a Nashville producer and songwriter.

“I’ve been singing ever since I can speak really, ever since I can remember,” Kelly said.

Other than winning the radio contest, Kelly shared the stage with singer-songwriter Deborah Gibson in front of 3,000 people and has been invited to the Grammy Camp teen program, run by the Grammy Foundation in Los Angeles, several times.

“I feel as if there’s more that I could be and should be doing and appreciate all that I get to be a part of,” Kelly said. “I’ve been working my butt off since I was 15, and [my advice for] those pursuing the same career is to push through and be your biggest fan, because if you don’t believe in yourself, who will?”

B u t Kelly said “I’ve been she has singing ever many others believsince I can ing in her speak really, including ever since her family, I can remember.” who has provided ALEXANDRA KELLY her with School of Arts the suppor t and Sciences junior any up-andc o m i n g s i n g e r needs, in the form of piano lessons and encouragement.

“We’re all really proud of her. She puts her hear t and soul into her music, and it’s a universal language that she’s speaking,” said her mother Eileen Erlich Hausner.

“We all look for ward to seeing her be the star of her dreams and succeed in the future.”

Aside from her music career, Kelly appreciates that she can be a normal student at the University, and said she has the best of both worlds because she enjoys campus life.

Kelly also participates in a number of on-campus groups at the University, including Rutgers Hillel, and takes part in the Livingston Theatre Company.

“She has a bright future ahead of her, and she’s a great asset to Hillel and the University,” said Andrew Getraer, executive director of Hillel. “She’s very committed to her dreams and she’s something that the University should be proud of and support.”

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AMTRAK: Project needs $50M for research, planning continued from front Amtrak trains enter the tunnels at the same time.

“The capacity problem in New York Penn Station is not related. To those tunnels, it’s what we do with [the incoming trains] once they get through them,” he said.

“Amtrak and NJ Transit are operating into those two tubes and tunnels ever y two minutes.”

Jon Car negie, executive director of the Voorhees Transpor tation Center, said the Gateway Project would spur more interest in infrastructural modification to the Nor theast Corridor.

He also said it would cover many of the holes ARC — canceled due to budget concerns — left open.

While the Gateway Project is in the fact-finding stages, Amtrak is tr ying to acquire $50 million to conduct research and develop it fur ther.

Boardman said this plan of action is absolutely critical for New Jersey, New York and the Nor theast.

“We see an opportunity here with the Gateway Project … and we could make the improvements and take advantage of the thinking that took place here in the past,” he said. “We have to figure out a solution for those who [need one]. NJ Transit has to have a solution if they want this to work.”

Dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy James Hughes believes this plan will be revolutionar y.

“It’s really the future of the Nor theast Cor ridor because the Gateway [Project] is just one small par t of the whole thing,” he said.

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Amtrak President and CEO Joseph Boardman, left, discusses the company’s relationship with the Northeast Corridor line and future plans for improvement last night at the Civic Square Building on Livingston Avenue.

The potential benefits of the Gateway project could last for centuries, Carnegie said.

“He brought up a lot of issues related to short-term costs and things of that nature,” he said. “If there were ever a project to go in long-term debt for, it would be an infrastructure project of this magnitude.”

Carnegie said one of the biggest challenges for the ARC project was that it was developed as a statefunded initiative. “[Boardman] expressed the national interest in the infrastructure investment that needs to be made here in the Northeast

Corridor, and I think he expressed it well,” Carnegie said.

Boardman was unsure of the new Gateway Project’s cost and explained the $50 million would be used to hire people to create a plan and crunch numbers.

Rober t Noland, director of the Voorhees Transpor tation Center, said taxpayers should not be too wor ried about the financial burden of the Gateway Project yet, as it is only in the research phase.

“My understanding. … was that all they’re looking to do is get money to do the plan,” Noland said. “Amtrak has

experienced a lot of growth over the last 10 years and they see the need for more capacity and doing something about their ancient infrastructure and upgrading it.”

Boardman said Amtrak was enthusiastic about foreign interest but said it should be monitored carefully.

“The idea of having someone that doesn’t have the same national interests we have that owns a critical asset is a ver y dif ficult barrier to get over,” he said. “I think people like myself and others have to have an honest debate and

not fudge anything and have a discussion with Congress and the administration and others to make something work.”

Regardless of which way these plans are carried out, Boardman said it is Amtrak who should be responsible for them.

“I strongly believe as the Amtrak CEO that Amtrak is not just about the Northeast Corridor, but is about … the coast to coast ser vice that gets provided to the United States,” Boardman said. “We have 547 stations across the United States and we’re providing critical resources for people across the world.”

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The TJC Campus Ministry is holding a Bible study on 1 Timothy 3 in Scott Hall Room 202 on the College Avenue campus from 9:10 to 10:45 p.m. All are welcome. For more information, please e-mail tjc.campusministry@gmail.com.

Ananya Roy, a leading scholar in comparative urban studies and international development, will present a lecture entitled, “The Urban Centur y: Ecologies and Epistemologies of Dwelling in the Global South.” Roy will present an analysis of global urbanism, paying particular attention to cities of the global south. Roy is a professor of city and regional planning at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley. The lecture will take place at the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus in the fourth floor lecture hall at 4:30 p.m. It will be followed by a reception.

Spike Lee is a notable writer, director, producer, actor and author who revolutionized both the landscape of independent cinema and the role of black talent in film. Widely regarded as a premiere African-American filmmaker, Lee is a forerunner in the “do it yourself” school of filmmaking. He will speak at 8 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center Multipurpose Room. Writers House and Rutgers University Programming Association are sponsoring the event. It is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Rhea Ramey at (732)-932-7380 or rhea.ramey@rutgers.edu.

Those interested on taking part in a research project are welcome to attend the Spring Undergraduate Research Mixer from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room. The Undergraduate Research Mixer provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to experience research programs and specific research projects. Some of these programs require research assistants and are sometimes paid positions. Undergraduates can be recruited for independent research projects or senior honors program for the spring or fall semesters. To confirm attendance, please e-mail joanba@echo.rutgers.edu.

Daniel Taub, principal deputy legal adviser for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will speak at an event called “Israel, the Palestinians and International Human Rights Law.” It will take place in the Loree Classroom-Office Building, Room 020 on Douglass campus. Taub’s main areas of responsibility include counterterrorism, international organizations and humanitarian law. He has served as a member of Israel’s negotiating teams with both Syria and the Palestinians and serves as head of the Israeli side of the Israeli Palestinian Culture of Peace negotiations.

Rutgers Health Ser vices is having free rapid result Oral HIV testing from 2 to 6 p.m. at Rutgers Health Services Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (HOPE) on 8 Lafayette St. in New Brunswick. For more information call (732)-932-1965.

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An executive dean’s lecture featuring Susan Solomon titled, “A World of Change: Climate Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room. Solomon, a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an internationally recognized leader in atmospheric science, particularly for her insights on explaining the cause of the Antarctic ozone “hole.”

Solomon’s current research focuses on issues relating to both atmospheric chemistry and climate change. Come see this dynamic presentation, which is part of the “Ecologies in the Balance” yearlong seminar to examine possible solutions to global environmental challenges.

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The Department of Religion is hosting a public forum called “Religion and Violence: South Asian Perspectives” from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

Edwin Bryant, a professor from the department of religion, will moderate the event. The event will feature Maya Chadda of William Paterson University and Michael Jerryson of Eckerd College. Chadda will discuss “The Challenge of Designing Strategies for Preventing Religious Violence in South Asia,” while Jerryson will discuss “Buddhism and Violence: Discourses, Antecedents and Manifestations.” For more information please contact Susan Rosario at (732)-932-9641 or srosa@rci.rutgers.edu.

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Melting city snow reveals trash, bodies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — The mountains of snow that have covered the Northeastern landscape for the past month and a half are finally melting, revealing oozing lumps of garbage, gaping potholes, bicycles, rat-infested sofas, discarded Christmas trees — even bodies.

More than 57 inches of snow fell thus far on New York City this winter, its snowiest Januar y ever, and the stor y is similar elsewhere around the Nor theast. Residents welcomed warmer weather this week before an expected plunge back into the freezer, but they weren’t so thrilled about the side effects.

“This is disgusting. I can’t tell if it’s snow or garbage or some sick other thing,” said Karen James, 34, finding discarded bills, paper cups and sludge in the shrinking mound of snow and ice covering her car. “This stinks.”

Since a post-Christmas blizzard dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of the city, the snow piles have become as familiar as taxis to New Yorkers, forcing pedestrians to weave single-file through snowpacked sidewalks.

Two bodies were found in vehicles last week. In both cases, a passer-by spotted someone slumped over the wheel after snow melted away from the windows. One man was found dead Feb. 1 of an apparent gunshot wound; he had been reported missing a week earlier. And on Friday, a day after he was reported missing, Argent Dyr yzi’s body was found in the driver’s seat of a BMW. Authorities believe he may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

At least one other body was discovered in the New York area in late Januar y, in a parking lot in West Nyack. The man had been dead of hypothermia for several days before anyone noticed, police said.

The city Sanitation Department is responsible for plowing streets and crosswalks, while residents and businesses are expected to clear sidewalks. After grousing for weeks about the city’s failure to plow enough snow, many New Yorkers are now griping about the garbage piles and big pieces of furniture, some crawling with rats.

During the many snowstorms to hit the city, the Sanitation Depar tment suspended garbage collection for days at a time in order to use tr ucks for snow removal, which meant about 11,000 tons of trash per day didn’t get collected. Some of it got buried by the succeeding storms.

Garbage collection has since resumed, but it’s not proceeding fast enough for some New Yorkers.

“It’s like we’ve replaced the snow walls with garbage walls,” said Brooklyn resident Jill Coniglario, 38. “Even the parks are covered in mud and filthy snow. My kids are not playing in this stuf f, that’s for sure.”

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BANQUET TO RECOGNIZE DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUALS The Rutgers University-Camden Black Law Students Association will honor a Philadelphia district attorney, a state senator and a Camden educator on Feb. 28 at the 15th annual Reverend Dr. Mar tin Luther King Jr. Champions of Social Justice and Equality Awards Banquet.

The evening’s honorees are Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, N.J. Sen. Nia Gill, D-Montclair, and Camden Woodrow Wilson High School teacher Frederick Ober, according to a University Media Relations press release.

“The Rutgers-Camden Black Law Students’ Association is proud to honor these three individuals, who in unique ways … carry out the dream of Dr. King in their personal and professional lives,” said Wali Rushdan, association president and second-year Rutgers School of LawCamden student, in the release.

The banquet is held to recognize contributions of Delaware Valley residents whose commitment to social justice invokes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideals.

Williams became the first black district court attorney in Pennsylvania when he was elected last November in Philadelphia,

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Gill was elected to the state senate in 2001 after four terms as a state assemblywoman. She is a graduate of the Rutgers School of Law-Newark and represents the 34th legal district legislative district.

Ober teaches U.S. history, urban studies, government and civics education at Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden. He is the coach of the school’s award-winning New Jersey Model Congress team and serves as student government adviser.

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Analyze Patriot Act before renewing T

he U.S. House of Representatives will soon be voting on whether three of the most controversial provisions of the Patriot Act should be extended, as they are set to expire on Feb. 28. This includes provisions that allow for wiretapping and government access to major portions of any terrorism suspect’s personal information. While the Patriot Act was instituted to combat terrorism, there does not seem to be much evidence — at least, not publicly available evidence — that the act has been integral to fighting threats to national security. What there is evidence of, though, is the extensive invasions of privacy this act allows the government to commit. If the Patriot Act is to be considered for extension, there needs to be serious discussion of the act’s merits and in-depth reanalysis of what aspects of the act — if any — are necessary. The government must carefully consider just how repugnant and outdated the act is as it stands.

The Patriot Act was largely contested in the wake of its passing in 2001. Now, 10 years later, it seems to have fallen by the wayside in public discourse. Have the citizens of America forgotten about it? If so, that must end. As a probable reauthorization looms on the horizon, public discussion is crucial — by politicians, by media outlets and by the people. It is unclear whether the country still needs the Patriot Act, especially the more invasive aspects of it. In fact, it is unclear whether the country ever needed the act in the first place.

If the Patriot Act has done any good, the public needs to know about it. After all, the law is continually renewed under the pretense of protecting the nation — a pretense thoroughly lacking conclusive proof. If the Patriot Act has not done enough to justify its existence, then it is time to finally let it die. Then again, such a damaging act would have to do a massive amount of good to make it worth all the ways in which it endangers the average person.

The point is that the Patriot Act is a powerful measure that has been able to skate by relatively under the radar for years now. That can longer be the case. If the government truly feels the Patriot Act is necessary, then it needs to prove that beyond the shadow of a doubt. The members of the House of Representatives need to mull over the consequences of renewing the act. Perhaps if they do, they will find that they themselves do not agree with it.

RUSA must address members’ problems A

s participants in a governing body of the University, the various members of the Rutgers University Student Assembly have a lot on their respective plates. RUSA’s answer to this conundrum is to hire a graduate student whose job would be to essentially act as a foreman, overseeing the members and making sure they do all the work they should be doing. The problem with this is RUSA should not need a taskmaster. The fact it does suggests there are deeprooted problems with the way the assembly operates — problems that hiring a graduate student is not going to fix.

RUSA should be composed of students who care deeply and passionately about their commitment to the University. With 90 members, RUSA should be able to handle all of the work it needs to — regardless of any outside commitments they might have. Besides, if RUSA members feel they cannot handle their RUSA duties along with, say, their schoolwork, then they should not be RUSA members in the first place. Students should only be involved with RUSA if they have the ability to do what needs to be done. There are plenty of student organizations on campus that require a significant amount of dedication, and their members seem to be able to do their jobs properly. For example, look at all the work the members of the Rutgers University Dance Marathon put in. They have created the largest student-run philanthropic event in the state.

The problem, then, is that there seems to be many RUSA members who are not pulling the required weight. If these members cannot do the job, they should be replaced with people who can — not baby-sat by a graduate student. Do the various governing bodies of the United States hire people to ensure they are doing their work? Hardly. RUSA needs to be composed of students who want to be there — students who want to actively take part in the assembly. Instead, RUSA is full of people who are only there to make up voting blocks, pass a resolution or two then give up. Understandably, University students find it difficult to be happy with RUSA as it stands.

Thankfully, many of the University’s other councils are staunchly opposed to RUSA’s plan. Both the Mason Gross Student Government Association and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council are working on resolutions against the plan. These councils have the right idea: RUSA’s current plan will solve nothing and ultimately end up wasting University money. RUSA needs to address and fix the real problems, rather than attempt to sweep them under the rug with the proposed measure.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I learned that there is no way that we could feel like we are being held back by the color of our skin or any kind of prejudices that people might have about us.”

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Let’s not forget our e were recently best friend, rest, either. hit with someYes, rest is even more of a what of a brutal best friend than any fellow snowstorm, which put human being, in many some of us into a bit of a ANDRE PEREIRA ways. If it were not for miser y due to the rest, we would all be doing inevitable events that folthings we would later regret — such as not low such storms. Although we may like to think doing a par ticular homework assignment on there is not much to do on such days other than time or forgetting to take that person out on a grab our shovels to help clear the snow, the date, because we will give in far too easily to truth of the matter is we tend to do strange sloth, rather than take the time to per form such things when kept in isolation. I know I tend to tasks. Be that as it may, there are many people ponder on past events, reflect on bad decisions, who are still not getting enough hours of sleep write, sing, dance, spend an endless amount of per night because of distractions like late night time on the Internet or simply just lay in bed TV, clubbing, barhopping, cramming for that because I somehow feel as though I deser ve it. really hard exam, talking to that person you When it comes to isolation, we all tend to do have had your eyes on for so long, and so on. what we would not normally do in the presence This is where our other friend, isolation, comes of others. It is as if we have another personality in. With isolation, we get the option to spend that becomes alive once we are given the chance time giving our body the amount of rest it has to act on our own. We are given the privilege to been so longing for. After a good recover y, we goof off, which no one can reprimand you for can star t doing things such as household doing because it is accepted among our social chores or homework assigngroups. When was the last time ments that need completion. It you were told off by one of your has been proven that college stufriends for simply being yourself?

“Rest is even more dents do not receive the proper After the episodes of rain, of a best friend amount of sleep per night. When snow, sleet, ice and thunder with the time comes for exams or freezing rain, I think it can be than any fellow papers, those who put it of f for said that those who spent most of human being.” too long do not generally do well their time indoors can agree with because of the cramming as well me when I say this bipolar weathas the lack of sleep. In shor t, er helped some of us in our times when the oppor tunity for rest strikes, take it, of isolation. By this, I mean it has helped us and you will be rewarded with better mental and both become isolated as well as gain a better physical health. understanding of ourselves when we do star t to We had harsh weather come our way, and ponder in our isolation. Being isolated is not although this weather brought with it some necessarily a bad thing. Yes, we all need social inconvenient aspects we were, nonetheless, connections with other human beings in order able to persevere. When the going gets tough, to fully function in this world, but some alone we put our feet on top of the tough and tell them time might do us some good ever y once in a who’s boss. In the long run, when it comes to while. In practical terms, let’s say you went being shut in by inclement weather, we can have through a bad breakup with someone you have fun with our friends or our significant others, been seeing for quite a while and you were but isolation may not seem like such a bad thing upset about it. Would you have a better time at all. Remember, when unexpected matters reflecting on your relationship alone or with come about, if we put our minds to the test, we someone else there influencing your past memwill be able to think up ways to make what ories — whether they be happy or sad — and seems like nothing wor th doing into something possibly clouding your judgment? In a case like that actually holds value. that, I think it would first be best for a person to reflect on their past alone, and then find someAndre Pereira is a School of Arts and Sciences one to talk to for comfor t. Then there is less of junior majoring in English with a minor in psychology. a chance for a corrupted truth.

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The Knights coughed the ball up five times during the run –– and nine total times in the period –– to jumpstart the Pitt offense while matching their total continued from back turnover output on Sunday just doing anything possible to against Syracuse. make sure the team is success“[It’s] just based off the matuful,” said the Wilmington, Del., rity of the team,” Sykes said. native, who earned a triple-dou- “We’ve developed a growth durble with 13 points, 10 assists and ing the span of these games. If we 10 boards. lose composure at home, we’re On a night when points were definitely going to lose it on the hard to come by for both road and I think it has a lot to do squads, it became apparent that with our point guard. It’s just the team with fewer miscues growth for us.” would leave the Louis Brown But like the defense, Athletic Center victorious.

Wheeler’s scoring burst carried And even though both Pitt and over from the team’s last time out.

Rutgers finished the contest The Miami native scored five almost identical in the turnover straight points for the Knights column, 12 in a matter of 30 Rutgers steals seconds to build gave the Knights the Rutgers lead “We can’t an advantage on to 12 with as worry about the offensive side. many minutes left Stringer’s in the half. focusing on squad capitalized R u s h d a n on those miscues m a t c h e d [No. 13] DePaul to notch 11 points Wheeler’s eight when we have off turnovers in first half points to the contest. tie for the scoring Notre Dame.”

Four Knights lead, and also starters went on APRIL SYKES added four assists to finish in double and seven boards Junior forward figures, as sophofor good measure. more center The backMonique Oliver and junior for- court’s offensive spark enabled ward April Sykes finished with 12 the Knights to jump out to a 19and 13 points, respectively, to go 6 lead. along with the efforts of Rushdan But the duo made just as and Wheeler. much noise with its defense, Despite the balanced scoring, combining for six steals in the Rutgers finished the game shoot- game while each logged ing 35.3 percent from the field.

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But the defensive end was But a game-by-game approach where the team made the is a must with a pair of top-15 most noise. opponents approaching.

Rutgers held Pitt to 18 first“To be honest about these half points while forcing nine three games here, I’m only turnovers to enter the locker focused on [No. 8] Notre Dame,” room with a seven-point lead. said Sykes of the team’s impendRushdan and Co. led by as ing three-game road trip. “We many as 14 points in the opening can’t worry about focusing on stanza, but miscues in the clos- [No. 13] DePaul when we have ing minutes of the period Notre Dame. They always have a allowed for a 12-6 Panthers run packed house there. We take it before intermission. one game at a time.”

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SHOT: Shorthanded RU has services of Lumpkins, Carroll continued from back The Knights’ (12-11, 3-8) conference-opening loss to the Wildcats first displayed Rice’s ability to trade jabs with the Big East’s elite, but Stokes and Co. proved too imposing over the course of 40 minutes.

Playing without the services of senior forward Robert Lumpkins and freshman guard Austin Carroll, who injured his knee in the contest, Rutgers’ lack of depth became too costly against the Wildcats’ (19-4, 7-3) talented roster.

“When teams don’t have the size or depth as other ones, it’s going to be a small margin of error,” Rice said. “At one point in time, they put their head down when they went down by 10 points instead of coming back. The freshmen did it, too. Hopefully that helps us in the future.”

Senior forward Jonathan Mitchell continues to mask the Knights’ thin rotation with his efficient play on the offensive end.

Mitchell scored at least 20 points in four of Rutgers’ past six games and never shot under 44 percent from the field during that stretch.

But the Florida transfer’s most valuable role under Rice has been that of the mentor, especially during

the Knights’ recent four-game losing streak in the Big East.

“For me, there’s still seven games left so there’s no time for me to be down or think about anything else,” Mitchell said. “I’m just trying to keep everybody positive and saying how close we are — little things like that to keep everybody’s spirits up, especially the younger guys.”

Mitchell entered last season — his first with Rutgers — as a relatively unknown commodity after spending two seasons in Gainesville, Fla., under Billy Donovan.

The 6-foot-8 for ward now ranks 15th in the Big East in scoring with 14 points per game after finishing second on the Knights a year ago in the same category.

Mitchell’s conference heroics have even garnered the Mt. Vernon, N.Y., native a fan base among his teammates.

“At the beginning of the [Notre Dame] game and the whole warmup, I was focused on being aggressive [by] attacking the rim or just being aggressive, period,” said sophomore wing Dane Miller. “In the second half, I just really stepped back.

[Mitchell] was on fire, so … at a point I just became a fan watching Mitch because he wasn’t missing any shots.”

While Mitchell will be responsible for containing the Wildcats’ frontcourt, Miller and the

Rutgers guards have the unenviable task of restraining Stokes and the ’Nova backcourt.

Stokes, fellow senior guard Corey Fisher and sophomore guard Maalik Wayns all rank in the top 14 in the conference’s scoring list, making the Villanova trio the Big East’s most productive group.

“I think [Villanova] saw how focused we were last year when we played them,” said Miller, who will most likely take the chore of defending Stokes. “At the same time, they really gave it to us.

Coach Jay Wright knew coach Rice … so he definitely knows what he’s prepared for.”

While Rice’s recent battles at both Rutgers and Robert Morris against Wright are well-documented, the Wildcats ultimately came out of both contests as the victors.

For the Knights to reverse the trend, Rice knows his players need to maximize their output over the length of the game — a difficult task given the program’s circumstances.

And defending Stokes would not hurt.

“I didn’t think — and hopefully the fans didn’t think — that this was going to change overnight because there was a lot to do,” Rice said. “But as far as building the foundation of having that mentality … they’re starting to get that. We’re going to do something. We’re going to pull off one of these upsets against the top-20 teams.”

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Sophomore 165-pounder Scott Winston is 16-2 in his first season back from a redshirt and is ranked No. 6 in the nation.

next week’s clash with Lehigh and focus on the task at hand.

“The coaches would never allow something like that to happen,” said sophomore Scott Winston on whether the team is looking past American. “We know how good American is and we know what they are capable of.”

American boasts five grapplers in the top 20 of their respective weight classes, two of which do not feature a ranked Rutgers wrestler at that weight.

More importantly, several matches pit one ranked wrestler against another, including the heavyweight bout featuring No. 3 DJ Russo and No. 5 Ryan Flores.

“They are a team loaded with talent,” Russo said. “They have quality guys at almost ever y weight class. It just so happens that they lineup with our quality guys, too.”

Russo has never beaten Flores and when the two met just over a month ago at the Midlands Championships, the

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Head coach Mike Rice’s teams outscored the Wildcats by a combined 10 points in the first halves of two career contests.

senior from Netcong, N.J., fell by a 12-5 decision.

The loss came as a shock to most given the score and the rankings, but Russo will be the first to tell you that he was far from top form at the Midlands.

“I can’t really take too much from that match because I was not wrestling like myself at that tournament,” Russo said. “I was in a different mental place than I am now.”

But there are still nine bouts that have to take place in the match before Russo and Flores square off, leaving plenty of chances for either squad to pull ahead.

The middleweights, who have been the strength of Rutgers all year long, will surely have a say in what team gets the upper hand.

Sophomore Mario Mason — No. 4 in the country at 149 pounds — faces off against No. 10 Ganbayar Sanjaa, followed by a marquee matchup at 157 pounds.

Senior Daryl Cocozzo wrestles a top-10 grappler for the fifth time this year when he steps into the circle opposite undefeated Steve Fittery — the consensus No. 1 wrestler in the country at 157 pounds.

“Anytime you get the opportunity to wrestle the No. 1 kid in the countr y, I know Dar yl is excited about it,” Goodale said. “[Cocozzo] has nothing to lose.

There is no pressure on him. He just has to go out and wrestle hard.”

As the tension builds and the matches come down to the wire, one thing working in the Knights’ favor is the surroundings.

Rutgers has not lost since Dec. 20, 2008, going 21-0 at either the College Ave Gym or the RAC since a 27-6 loss to Lehigh.

“I guess [the advantage] depends on the crowd,” Russo said. “If there is a big crowd then, yeah, it helps. It also helps because crowds tend to influence the refs. It shouldn’t be like that, but you see it all the time.”

But a rambunctious crowd can only carry a squad so far. In the end it comes down to will, a determination to win the day. And that is a momentum that Rutgers certainly believes rides on its side.

“I think that even if we were away, we’d have the advantage,” Winston said. “We’re just wrestling that good right now.

We’re coming off of a couple big wins and we have been tested.”

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Rushdan returns from hard fall to record triple-double

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

Khadijah Rushdan crashed down hard on the floor last night fighting for a loose ball — again.

T h i s time, the j u n i o r KNIGHT guard and NOTEBOOK team captain of the Rutgers women’s basketball team took a hard knee to the chest while trying to draw a charge.

And yet again, after missing less than a minute of action, Rushdan hobbled back onto the court and played her best basketball, recording the first Rutgers triple-double in 10 years.

“Getting the win obviously is a great thing and to do something historic like that really means a lot,” Rushdan said.

Rushdan finished with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and is the second player in school history to record a tripledouble after Tasha Pointer did so four times. She played the entire game except for the final 37 seconds of the first half, immediately following her injury.

The junior missed two games this season with a knee injury.

She also separated her shoulder two weeks ago against Providence, but remains a doubledigit scorer on the season despite her series of nagging injuries.

With guard Nikki Speed and forward Julie Paunovic already sidelined with injuries, Rushdan can illafford any more hard collisions with the floor during the upcoming three-game road stretch.

Sophomore Erica Wheeler added a little insult to injury for

Pittsburgh when she drained a 3-pointer from five feet behind the line as time expired. Though the points were meaningless, the field goal made the difference in Rushdan’s triple-double.

“I never like to add on,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

“We were just going to run it out. Sometimes players know before you do [when they are close to a milestone]. I don’t believe in running up the score, period. I was caught in a heck of a predicament. If it’s the end of the world, then it’s the end of the world.”

The Scarlet Knights donned their pink uniforms last night as a part of the annual Pink Zone game.

Pink Zone is a product of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, which began as an initiative in 2007 and since raised more than $3.3 million toward breast cancer research.

Former North Carolina State head coach Kay Yow, who passed away in 2009 after a long battle with cancer, spearheaded the initiative’s beginning in 2006.

Charlie Crème, ESPN women’s basketball bracketologist, has the Knights as a 12-seed in his early bracket. Rutgers would be the ninth Big East team in the tournament, going through Charlottesville, Va., and Dallas en route to the Final Four at Conseco Field House in Indianapolis.

Rutgers women’s lacrosse senior Marlena Welsh helped kick of f last night’s victor y when she sang the national anthem prior to tipoff.

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Junior point guard Khadijah Rushdan recorded a triple-double against the Panthers with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists — the first Rutgers player to do so in 10 years.

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Defensive effort carries Knights against Panthers

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT

Hall of Fame head coach C. Vivian Stringer gave the Rutgers women’s basketball team the option of what defense it wantWOMEN’S BASKETBALL ed to play in the Scarlet Knights’ PITTSBURGH 42 previous contest.

Just a game RUTGERS 54 removed from that win, the Knights again turned to their 2-3 zone last night against Pittsburgh, and once again stifled the opposition to the tune of a 54-42 victory.

“I think it’s great that we went to the zone because it doesn’t expose us,” Stringer said.

“We don’t have any substitutes, so that was good for us to do that.”

For the second straight game, sophomore guard Erica Wheeler knocked down a dagger to put the game out of reach, as a 3-pointer by the Parkway Academy (Fla.) product with 1:30 left in regulation lifted the Knights (14-9, 7-3) to a 48-40 advantage.

Wheeler then got to the charity stripe with 35.2 seconds left to shoot a 1-and-1, and after knocking down both attempts, the guard sprinted down court to swat a Pitt (1112, 3-7) outlet pass out of bounds.

It is that kind of energy that rubs off on the rest of her team, said junior guard Khadijah Rushdan.

“Her energy is amazing,” Rushdan said.

“She’s always talking and always playing hard and she continues to do that. If she continues to do that, this team is going to have success.”

The Knights held a slim four-point lead with over two minutes remaining in regulation, as the squad tried to hold off a resurgent Pitt comeback.

The Panthers, who finished the game shooting 32.1 percent from the field, inched their way back into the game courtesy of an 11-2 run earlier in the stanza.

But Rushdan wanted no part of it, and following a Pitt basket, drove the length of the court for a layup, foul and three-point play. “[I’m] just being a floor general and making sure I’m getting everybody involved and

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Junior forward April Sykes (24) and the Knights defense held Pittsburgh to just 32.1 percent from the field and 16 turnovers last night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Knights also forced the Panthers into 2-for-19 shooting from beyond the arc.

Rutgers gets second shot at Stokes, Nova

Eagles provide midweek test for top 10 RU

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI

BY TYLER BARTO

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It may not come with the prestige of a dual at the Louis Brown Athletic Center or the recognition a wrestling powerhouse might bring, but WRESTLING tonight’s matchup between the AMERICAN AT Rutgers wrestling RUTGERS team and American TONIGHT, 6:30 P.M. is going to be a test.

And it is a test that head coach Scott Goodale is not going to take lightly.

“Really on paper they are probably favored at six weights against us,” said Goodale, whose team jumped to No. 7 in the most recent coaches’ poll. “We are really going to have to wrestle well, but it’s a great test. We better bring our best effort.”

The No. 18 Eagles (14-5) bring a lineup to the College Ave. Gym that is solid from top to bottom, a balance that may have eluded American teams in the past.

But not this year, and for the Scarlet Knights (19-1) to keep its 15-match winning streak intact they must not fast forward to

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Senior heavyweight DJ Russo owns a 20-3 record on the year with one of his losses coming at the Midlands Championships to American’s Ryan Flores.

Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice has a simple message for his Scarlet Knights when they take on No. 9 Villanova tonight: Do not leave Corey Stokes open.

The 6-foot-5 senMEN’S BASKETBALL ior torched the VILLANOVA AT Knights for 11 points in a span of RUTGERS three minutes in the TONIGHT, 8 P.M. Wildcats’ 81-65 victory in the teams’ Big East season-opener.

A former St. Benedict’s Prep (N.J.) standout, Stokes was held to just two points in the first half before propelling ‘Nova out of its halftime deficit with a game-high 23 points.

“You have to limit their runs because they can throw a haymaker and really put you out,” Rice said. “In turn, your decisions become so gray because they can hit a 6- or 8- or 9-0 run on you so quickly because they’re so talented and so explosive. Every one of your decisions is important during that run and during the game.”

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