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Committee updates code of conduct

Cultural groups cross borders to co-host event

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Revisions to the privacy policy as well as clearer definitions to certain terms are some of the changes the Student Code of Conduct committee made during the past school year in an effort to update the code.

Co-chaired by Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling and Director of the Office of Student Conduct Anne Newman, the committee consists of faculty, staff and unidentified students who have met throughout the year to make the code easier for students to read, Newman said.

“We have made minor changes,” she said.

“We didn’t really change much [of the] larger regulations, but rather we clarified rules and regulations.”

Newman said the older code used a lot of legal terminology, and because a person with no law experience might have trouble grasping the concepts, the committee rewrote it so students, faculty and staff could understand it.

“As a campus adviser, I prep students and parents when they go into the court and clarify the regulations, so at least now students and parents will be able to understand them,” said Paula Henry, a Student Code of Conduct adviser.

According to the old code, recording in residence rooms and private places were a violation, but it did not mention broadcasting. The committee added broadcasting and the attempt to transmit as a violation, Newman said.

“I think this change was good, especially after the Tyler Clementi tragedy,” said Matt Cordiero, vice president of Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA). “He should have been told he was going to be the face of the public rather than him finding out the way he did.”

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The Pakistani Student Association and the Association of Indians at Rutgers begin plans for their “Salaam Namaste,” a full-day South Asian cultural event scheduled for April.

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From an applicant pool of about 75, the search committee in charge of replacing Executive Director of Dining Ser vices Charles Sams, who plans to leave next semester, selected four hopefuls.

The committee, headed by Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Patrick Love, chose two external candidates to seek a larger and more significant challenge as well as two internal potentials for the position.

“We’ve got some great candidates, which in essence is what you aspire to have,” Love said. “You want to have a number of candidates feeling like they can’t lose.”

Potential directors include Shawn LaPean, director of Cal Dining at University of California-Berkeley; Kris Colt, assistant director of Dining Services at Rutgers UniversityCamden; Richard Berlin, director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campus Dining; and Joseph Charette, associate director of University Dining Services.

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Love said choosing the ultimate selection may be the most dif ficult choice for the final decision-maker, Vice President of Student Af fairs Gregor y S. Blimling.

The committee of members from Housing and Residence Life, Student Life, Dining Ser vices, Rutgers-Camden Dining Ser vices and student leaders, prepared a document evaluating the four finalists, Love said.

“I received feedback about each of the candidates, and I may ask one or two candidates

to return to Rutgers for additional inter views,” Blimling said. “Based on those interviews and other information I have about each candidate, I will select the most qualified person and offer that person the position.”

The office’s goal is to have the new executive director hired in time for that individual to begin work at the University this summer, he said.

Sams was asked to tour the external applicants around the

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Sixty years of strife mark the relationship between India and Pakistan, but two student groups at the University want to make that history just that — history.

Members of the Pakistani Student Association (PSA) and the Association of Indians at Rutgers (AIR) are organizing “Salaam Namaste,” a full-day cultural event, with the hopes of highlighting what the South Asian countries have in common.

This is the first collaborative event for the two organizations, said PSA Secretary Zain Ahmad.

“If you want to advance the South Asian community — whether that’s here at Rutgers, in New Jersey or in America — you need to get together and unite on that front,” said Ahmad, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

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Rock band Circa Survive plays for a crowd of University students in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The Rutgers University Programming Association sponsored the event.

Amtrak’s proposal to create a $13.5 million rail line expansion may not only increase ser vice along the Northeast Corridor rail line — it may also boost the local economy.

The Gateway Tunnel Project — announced at a press conference at the University about a week and a half ago — looks to improve the New York City metro area’s capacity issue with commuters between New Jersey and Manhattan, Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole said.

About 900,000 commuters utilize Amtrak or NJ Transit rail along the Northeast Corridor line — the busiest for both services — to get into New York Penn Station daily, and the number could increase within the next 20 years, he said.

“It’s vitally impor tant for the nation to have a vastly enhanced and modernized travel between those endpoints,” Cole said.

The plan is in its early stages, seeking federal approval for the $50 million needed

to conduct a four-year design and environmental impact study to scope out the plan, he said.

James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said the Gateway project looks to have many long-term benefits for the economy — particularly in the New York City metro area.

“It’s going to really tie New Jersey into Manhattan, easing access into Manhattan, so it gives New Jerseyans an opportunity to secure Manhattan jobs, New York City jobs, so that’s sort of a key benefit for it,” Hughes said.

He also said the project could help expand towns the trains pass through.

More riders would be utilizing the expanded line, so the areas around the stations could develop more and see increases in home values, Hughes said.

It will also put more construction workers in demand, Cole said.

“It will certainly create jobs … to help us build this project if it were to come to fruition,” he said.

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Foundation praises U. for service programs

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Lydia Park, a School of Business sophomore, looks at the different decorated wooden hearts made by abuse survivors and their family and friends at “Healing the Wounded Heart” on Busch campus.

Art gives violence survivors new voice

BY CLIFF WANG STAFF WRITER

The Of fice for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance and Phi Sigma Sigma opened an art exhibit this week at the Cove in the Busch Campus Center which gave survivors of sexual, domestic and other forms of abuse an opportunity to express their feelings and raise awareness.

“Healing the Wounded Heart” consisted of about 30 decorated wooden hearts created by survivors, family members and friends of abuse victims. Each heart was accompanied by a description of the victim along with a personal message or poem.

“The exhibit was designed to provide sur vivors of sexual violence, domestic violence and stalking, as well as their loved ones, an outlet to express themselves,” said Laura Luciano, Of fice of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance assistant director.

University students and alumni along with their family and friends created all the hearts at the exhibit, she said.

“Each individual creates and designs their own heart,” Luciano said. “Then they compose a message to accompany the heart that sometimes varies from sadness and hurt to resiliency, hope and healing.”

Phi Sigma Sigma, which ran a heart-shaped cookie decorating station at the exhibit, wanted to tie the event in with Valentine’s Day.

“We wanted to promote healthy relationships and get couples to come out together and look at the exhibit,” said Ellen Straus, Phi Sigma Sigma house manager and School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“We also wanted ever yone, especially greek life, to become more aware about the issues around sexual abuse.”

A hear t called “Phoenix Rising” featured an image of a

“I think this is a powerful event that will really help people understand the dynamics of sexual abuse and assault.”

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girl engulfed in flames. It included the message, “I have just risen about the flames — the tor ture you both brought me, thank you for making me stronger.”

Another hear t, “Day by Day,” said, “Love can hurt, but would heal. Just take it a day at a time.”

“I Will Sur vive,” a simple pink hear t, said, “I never thought I’d be the same person.

He controlled me for a year. But I am a survivor.”

One heart called “Still Alive” showed a blue sky with the sun

rising behind a cloud. It said, “When I was little, he would put his hands on me when no one was around and I thought I would die. But I’m still here now. Alive.

And I refuse to be silenced.”

School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore Grace Adegbola thought the exhibit promoted awareness of sexual abuse on campus.

“I think this is a power ful event that will really help people understand the dynamics of sexual abuse and assault,” she said. “I am glad that the exhibit is somewhere out in the open and that people have access to it.”

Keilicia James, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, felt touched by the stories of abuse from female peers.

“I can really see where the people are coming from and it’s interesting to hear everything from the female perspective,” James said.

The exhibit will run until Feb. 25, and on Monday, Feb. 21, sur vivors and their loved ones are invited to the Busch Campus Center room 174 from 6 to 8 p.m. to create their own hear t and add to the exhibit.

Inspired by an annual exhibit of the same name that began in 2001, “Healing the Wounded Heart” was originally created by Arte Sana, a Texas-based advocacy organization, Luciano said.

“In addition to providing help to those victims who need it, we also put emphasis on educational awareness campaigns,” Luciano said.

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which recognizes institutions involved with improving its educational facilities, honored the University last Monday for its efforts to improve its ser vice learning.

Every five years the Carnegie Foundation distinguishes institutions, and the University is one of 115 schools around the country selected for its efforts at community engagement, said Isabel Nazario, the head of the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnerships.

For schools to be selected for this honor, they must answer 90 questions for the foundation and discuss involvement with the local community and ser vice learning, said Nazario, whose of fice was involved with the process.

Nazario said students are instrumental to this recognition because they work around the University community to teach public school children how to read and to clean up the Raritan River.

“When [students] do this kind of work, you see them as more than just the people you see running around to class or to the Grease Trucks,” she said. “They do a lot more than just run around campus.”

Maurice Elias, director of the Civil Engagement & Ser vice Education Partnership Program (CESEP), said students who participate in such community services conduct gratifying work that gives back to those who do not have the same privileges.

“Learning at Rutgers is and must be connected to doing good in the world,” Elias said. “When students learn this while at Rutgers, they are more competitive when they leave because that is what most employers are looking for.”

Volunteer students spend as many as 10 hours a week, totaling more than 40 hours of service a semester assisting in community development, Nazario said.

“The fact that some students are balancing their schoolwork, a job, along with multiple hours of community service shows that these are deeply committed individuals,” she said.

Elias believes the Carnegie Foundation’s honor will help improve the University’s reputation worldwide as an increasingly academic-oriented institute.

“For prospective students, it means that Rutgers is a place to go where their learning will be connected to what is happening in the wider world,” he said.

Jonathan Ramos, a 25-yearold New Brunswick resident, said the University has grown into an entity that fosters growth and development in the people who live in its neighboring communities.

“When I see kids from Rutgers come into our community, it gives me hope that we are not forgotten about. After all, we are a sort of neighbor to the school,” he said.

Nazario said the University, following its recent honor, plans to take its community service to the next level and shoot for other prestigious awards.

Despite the recognition, the Carnegie Foundation also critiqued the University on areas to improve, which Elias believes will help the University become more effective in helping New Brunswick grow.

Among its suggestions, the foundation advised University officials speak to students oneon-one in classroom settings in order to provide them personalized attention and feedback on their individual work, Elias said.

“Rutgers operates with an ethos of respectful collaboration in the sprit of continuous improvement,” he said.

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CONDUCT: Committee clarifies support person definition continued from front Other than the privacy policy, the committee also refined the meaning of a support person, who can be a family member, friend or attorney that accompanies a student in court, Newman said. But the role has stayed the same.

“Before, a support person was not clearly defined, and the major thing with having a parent as a support person was that parents could not be a witness if they were a support person,” Henry said.

The possibility of eliminating outside lawyers from the hearings was also addressed at a recent RUSA meeting, said Cordiero, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

“I think they [would] rather have advisers from the University advise students rather than lawyers because the advisers are more familiar with the Student Code of Conduct than outside lawyers,” he said.

But RUSA President Yousef Saleh questioned the basis of eliminating lawyers.

“Students want someone unbiased when they are being tried, so wouldn’t it make sense if they had someone from the outside representing them?” said Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “With the University being both the accuser and the defender, the outside use of lawyer would bring in an unbiased party.”

Changes to the court process for Newark and Camden students also marks another major change, Newman said.

“If a student has a sanction, the vice president of student conduct in New Brunswick would make the decisions, but we gave that power back to Camden and

Newark,” Newman said.

She said it is a good idea to update codes every few years.

“With a new director of student conduct, we did research to find out how things were working, and based on the information we collected we made minor changes. Regulations may not change, but the way it is presented [will],” Newman said.

The identity of the students involved with the committee and how they were appointed sparked controversy, Cordiero said.

“I’m sure there was an application process and they were approved by Blimling, but the qualifications of the students on the board are unknown, and who the students themselves are is also unknown,” he said.

RUSA did not know there were students on the board until its recent meeting, Cordiero said.

“I would’ve like to have seen more adver tising that there were applications for the committee, as well as having representatives that were student appointed so they could truly represent the student perspective,” he said.

Blimling assembled the committee early in September after he looked through the code and thought it was a good idea to rewrite it, Newman said.

The committee met with New Brunswick student council groups, fraternity and sorority leadership councils and the Residence Hall Association to look at open forums and ways to become more available to the students, like a Facebook group, she said.

There is no expected deadline of when the final revisions will take place, Newman said.

“Information is being collected over this academic year, and we are having a retreat over the summer where we will talk about what needs to be done, then we will rewrite it over the summer,” she said.

Blimling could not be reached for comment at press time.

U NIVERSITY BORDERS: U. groups meet to organize April event continued from front The Council of South Asian Ambassadors, made up of leaders from the two groups, met Wednesday evening to discuss potential speakers, cultural workshops and entertainment for “Salaam Namaste,” which is a combination of the Pakistani and Indian greetings of “peace” and “hello again,” respectively.

During the meeting, the groups discussed how different cultural elements like dances, yoga and music could help advance the common goal of spreading awareness of South Asian culture, a concept with which PSA President Haroon Mian, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, agreed.

“We’re tr ying to do something new,” he said. “They’re two unique countries, but they have a lot of similarities.”

The two-part event, scheduled for April 9, will consist of a conference in the Busch Campus Center during the day and a concert at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus at night.

Vrunda Dalal, AIR president, said although the two groups have never had animosity toward one another on campus, they usually were content with working separately.

“I’m so glad this has come together,” said Dalal, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Even

DINING: Committee aims to hire replacement by summer continued from front various dining facilities over a two-day period, he said.

Although Sams was not a part of the search committee, he was asked to send his comments and impressions about each of the hopefuls.

“Sams has been an incredible leader in developing dining ser vices, in meeting student needs, ensuring quality and tr ying to manage the costs while continually renovating and updating facilities,” Love said. “He’s going to leave incredible shoes to fill for whoever follows him.”

University Dining Ser vices is one of the largest collegiate dining ser vices in the United States, Love said. Student dining, catering, athletics, facilities suppor ting dining and the expansion of the dining halls on different campuses are some of the impor tant pieces to the large operation.

“It’s a growing, vibrant organization that contributes greatly to quality to the experience of students not just in the residence halls — any student who chooses to take advantage of their ser vices,” Love said.

“About 8,500 students are required to be on a meal plan, yet 17,000 students choose to be.”

Entrants must have experience in collegiate dining even if their career star ted elsewhere, Love said. They must also understand the finances and culinar y side to the operation and have experience as a

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M though it’s such a small-scale feat, to us it’s a big deal.”

Ahmad, who last academic year became the first Pakistani student to serve on the AIR executive board, said his familiarity with both groups enabled him to facilitate communication about a cooperative project.

“The majority of us that are here are first-generation [and] American-born, so our perspective of the world is a lot different than our parents’,” he said.

“But the thought processes they

“I think it’s imperative we extend that olive branch and welcome people.”

ZAIN AHMAD Pakistani Student Association Secretary

have still kind of influence us to this day.”

Ahmad is personally familiar with how older generations’ mode of thought impacts young people of South Asian descent.

Although some of his closest friends are Indian-American, visiting them at home can be unpredictable.

“You can still feel that tension there, at least with the parents,” he said.

Ahmad said young people from both backgrounds have the power to make change if they work together. leader and a manager who is student-centered.

Sams said the applicant must have a good understanding of the mathematics aspect to the operations, something he has developed over time.

Out of the dining services of Pennsylvania State University, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts and University of Mar yland, the University is still the least expensive, he said.

“We’re looking for one person to come into an organization that’s well run, ever-evolving and yet continues to lead and look for

“It’s a growing vibrant organization that contributes greatly to quality to the experience of students.”

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creative ways to address the needs of the greater community and address students’ desires,” Love said.

Being relaxed and easygoing is one quality the new candidate may need to speak with students and people, Sams said.

During his 28-year career, Sams said he did not mind laughing at himself or with others.

“They asked me, ‘Why do I always have to go to the bathroom after I eat at Brower?’”

Sams said. “How do you answer that? You have to answer it with a smile.”

“Being that we are probably one of the most South Asian-populated universities in the area, I think it’s imperative we extend that olive branch and welcome people if they want to learn about our culture,” Ahmad said.

AIR Vice President Akanksha Kar war said she hopes other student groups whose members come from historically clashing backgrounds can learn from the example of PSA and AIR, a sentiment reflected in Ahmad’s comments.

“It’s not necessar y that we have hostile relationships between Indians and Pakistanis. It seems like we do right now with the IsraelPalestinian [conflict],” said Kar war, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s a ver y polarizing thing.”

The University’s “Jersey Roots, Global Reach” motto is a great place to initiate change that could affect many across the globe, he said.

“If we can show that Indians and Pakistanis can get along here at Rutgers, think about how many shockwaves that will send around the world,” he said.

Kar war stressed the importance of communication between the two groups in making the event a success and achieving the broader goal of promoting cultural understanding for all on campus.

“When AIR and PSA come together, they’re meant for great things,” he said. “As Rutgers students, we should be about diversity and unity.”

Sams joined the University team in 1983 and his last formal day will be the last day of this year. He said he wants to think of himself as moving on, and he still feels young enough and in good health.

“I have given the University an appropriate amount of life, time and energy because when you’re the dining guy at R.U., it’s pretty consuming.

Ever ybody wants to talk to you,” he said. “It’s probably the most subjective job here.”

Sams said he made a career and used the resources to bring a better quality of life to the dining operation.

One of the projects he plans to complete by the end of his stay is the new dining hall on Livingston campus. He said the University would see a building that grew from understanding what students value and also helps students understand their wants should be met.

“If [colleges] can afford it like we can at Rutgers, particularly dining, we should give back to the students more than they expect and that’s what you’re going to see at Livingston,” he said. “You’re going to say, ‘I would never dreamed it would be this nice.’”

Sams said the individual selected as the new director will not face critical problems since a strong group of managers and staff, a strong fiscal situation and new buildings all the way to Camden remain.

“I’m leaving it polished and ready to go,” Sams said.

“The real pressure on the new person to maintain the standards we’ve set which are ver y high if not maintain, elevate them.”

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Panel discusses recent Middle Eastern, African revolutions

BY NATALIE FLYNN STAFF WRITER

The University Center for Middle Eastern Studies hosted a panel discussion Tuesday evening, titled “Jasmine Revolution and its Green Branches,” to discuss the current upheaval spreading through the Middle East.

The panel, held in the Art Histor y building on Douglass campus, featured professors from the University and Columbia University and explored the interconnectedness of the revolutions that have been developing in several Middle Eastern and African nations.

Although the event was named after the Green Revolution that took place in Iran, the panel focused on revolution as a global phenomenon, said Golbarg Bashi, a University professor of Middle Eastern studies. “[These events] are interrelated because citizens across the world are related,” Bashi said. “Issues today are poverty and labor relations, and people are better able to communicate with one another, so they are inspired by one another’s uprisings. But what ignites the initial rites to protest are those domestic problems.”

Bashi, who organized the panel, said he was inspired to create the event after revolutions across the world began to unfold.

“People are after dignity not because they are Arabs or Iranians but because they are human beings,” Bashi said.

“How war y should we be of Pan-Arabism? It’s a global moment — we can learn something from it, and we can celebrate it.”

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Four panelists from Rutgers University and Columbia University speak Tuesday night at an event called, “Jasmine Revolution and its Green Branches,” at the Art History building on Douglass campus. They said revolutions have become a global phenomenon.

Taoufik Ben-Amor, a Columbia Arab language and linguistics professor, dispelled several myths surrounding the revolutions taking place abroad, emphasizing that the uprising was not about Islam, nor should it be viewed in that way.

“The Tunisians raised flags.

[They were] mixed in age, gender and their views, and none of the symbols used had anything to do with religion,” said Ben-Amor, speaking about the myth of the Islamic threat.

Ben-Amor also wanted to dispel the myth of a clash of civilizations.

“The myth that Muslims are subservient by culture and not capable of a revolution is a very

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dangerous discourse,” he said.

Samah Selim, a University assistant professor of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian language and literature, spoke about the culture of the people in Egypt and expressed her excitement to see what sort of work will be produced from the revolution.

“This revolution is about culture being born, all about the people being alive and awake to their own creativity,” Selim said.

Hamid Dabashi, the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, spoke about the

ways in which ever y revolution is interconnected.

“We have to look for the underlying factors and forces that unite us all,” Dabashi said.

“We need to abandon colonial boundaries. The world is changing. With what imaginative geography are we going to face the world?”

Ousseina Alidou, University associate professor of Africana Studies, discussed Niger and how countries in Africa have a stor y that is tied to Middle Eastern countries.

Alidou expressed her views on the human cost of mining ore in the Congo to be comparable to the events that happened at Hiroshima.

Najia Tameez, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she attended the event because she knew Dabashi and she was really interested to hear him speak.

“I have family in the Middle East, and the topic of social reform is something I am really interested in,” she said.

Farzad Ramin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he saw the event on Facebook and was interested in what is happening in the Middle East.

“The most important thing I learned was from Dabashi, when he said democracy cannot be given by the barrel of a gun,” Ramin said.

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TUNNEL: Amtrak waits for federal funds to study plans continued from front Hughes said the construction phase — which would not begin for several years — could potentially last until the end of the decade, securing jobs in a market the recession hit hard.

“Construction workers really need the types of jobs that are going to be generated by the new tunnel gateway,” he said.

Though the construction stages are far away, Cole said construction should not affect commuters.

“It’s not like a road would be closed. … What we have now will cer tainly be used,” he said.

The Gateway proposal would constr uct two new Hudson River tunnels to be used by the Nor theast Corridor — the line that runs from Washington, D.C., and Boston — commuters of both ser vices, Cole said.

Amtrak is also looking to expand New York Penn Station with a new wing south of the existing station, Cole said. It also plans to add seven more tracks and platform areas, mostly to be used by NJ Transit.

Although NJ Transit trains utilize the New Br unswick stop, Amtrak trains do not.

Cole does not expect this would change.

Robert Noland, director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, also does not expect more Amtrak service to the Hub City, as the line stops at Metropark and Trenton, two stations close to New Brunswick.

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Amtrak spearheads the effort toward creating the Gateway Tunnel Project, a $13.5 million rail line expansion that would construct two new Hudson River tunnels. The company is seeking $50 million in federal funding to design and study the project for four years.

But Noland, also a professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said it could be possible that NJ Transit rail ser vice be increased.

“NJ Transit is saying they could run 13 more trains at peak times through the [Gateway] tunnel, so based on that you could see some additional peak hours ser vice

through New Br unswick,” he said.

Throughout the years, NJ Transit cut several express trains from New Brunswick to New York Penn Station because of a lack of funding. With the new project, the company may consider adding more express trains as more people would utilize the ser vice than before, Noland said.

But Noland said it is too early and there are too many factors to determine if this benefit — as well as the overall project — would be possible.

“I think it’s a question of the details. … There’s engineering feasibility, and there’s political feasibility,” he said.

Engineering-wise, Noland thinks the project can be designed to be feasible, but politically it is up in the air.

“Who knows?” he said.

Hughes also thinks there is a chance the project may not move forward in Congress.

“The main stumbling block is Congress would have to authorize the funding for it, so it’s tied up in all the battles in terms of budget cuts,” he said. “There’s a long way to go before it becomes an operational project,” he said.

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Week in review: laurels and darts Facebook has been praised for its role in the massive revolution in Egypt, and now the website itself is taking steps to effect more social change. Users will now be able to choose from two previously unavailable relationship statuses: “in a civil union” and “in a domestic partnership.” Given that Facebook is becoming more integrated into the normal operations of ever yday life, it is conceivable that this move will help open people’s eyes to the acceptability of alternative relationships. Hopefully, a day will come when ever yone, regardless of their gender or sexuality, will be allowed to claim marriage as their relationship status. But even though that day unfortunately has not arrived yet, this is certainly a step in the right direction. For proving that they are indeed open to ever yone, the men and women of Facebook receive a laurel. *

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Sometimes it feels like the Republican Party does not care about the poor and the unemployed. Need proof? Consider that, once again, Republicans in the House of Representatives have decided to ignore the plight of the jobless and vote down legislation proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., which would extend unemployment benefits and give an extra 14 weeks of aid to those who have been unemployed for six months or longer. Despite Lee’s command that the House not “resort to parliamentar y maneuvers to block help to the unemployed,” Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., did just that. How does the GOP expect the United States to ever right itself if they refuse to lend a helping hand to those who are most in need? We are tired of the GOP’s constant “pull yourself up by your own boot straps” rhetoric. Sometimes people need help — and there is nothing wrong with that. For essentially ignoring the hardships many people are facing in the United States today, the GOP receives a dart. *

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It may be cliché, but the saying rings true — desperate times call for desperate measures. Just ask the estimated 30,000 people who rallied in front of the Wisconsin Capitol building in response to Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed bill that would deal a great blow to public unions in the state. If that is not enough to prove the aphorism’s truth, consider the Democrats who literally fled the state in order to prevent the passing of the bill. That is dedication. It is great to see people taking to the streets and fighting for their rights. Perhaps they were inspired by what the Egyptians achieved? Whatever the case, both the protestors and the Democrats who fled receive laurels for standing up — albeit dramatically, in the case of the politicians on the lam — for what they believe in. *

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What happens when American literature is turned into a Super Nintendo-style video game? In the case of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” it ends up being a lot more fun than you would think. Of course, it will never replace actually reading the book, but we are confident that Fitzgerald would have been proud of this rollicking, action-packed adaptation of his powerhouse novel. It is a great way to kill time and seem cultured. Although, there is significantly less laser shooting in the source material, so keep that in mind if you decide to use the game as a substitute for the real thing. If “Gatsby” is not enough, there is a “Waiting for Godot” video game available for free on the Internet, as well. Both of these games receive laurels for translating classic works of art into funny and highly enjoyable video games. *

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Because of a rather impressive budget-related impasse between the House of Represenatives and the Senate, it looks like the United States is headed for a federal government showdown. This is a pretty significant example of how little progress the nation has made toward bipartisanship. It seems to be a buzzword in the political realm on the tip of every politician’s tongue, and yet, no one seems to actually be working toward it. Instead, the people get to watch two fiercely divided sides yell at each other and talk a lot of nonsense.

The fact of the matter is, bipartisanship would be a great thing, but we will only arrive there once both sides begin taking steps to meet each other. For butting heads instead of taking steps to solve budget problems together, the House and the Senate receive darts.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “People are after dignity not because they are Arabs or Iranians but because they are human beings.”

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right next to you or speak to s I sit in my room you in Spanish. I’m so proud and write this colof you, and I think with all of umn, I am realizing your experience you will be some pretty amazing the best editor-in-chief. One things: I am in my room, my more thing — you will rap phone is not vibrating out of one day because everything control, I am not part of a will send on time. Make BBM chat between three ARIEL NAGI sure you call Nancy to intereditors anymore and I am pretive dance. not harassing writers for To Taylere, I am so impressed with how much their stories or making out the story list in my you have grown from the “your mom” jokes to a head. Instead, I am in my room writing this, I am ver y take-charge managing editor. I hope you still actually thinking about the work I need to do for keep some of the jokes alive, though, because class and searching for blog ideas to bring to my they were always pretty funny. I will miss having editor at my internship tomorrow. What can I say? class with you and I will miss your silly headlines.

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hrough this esteemed newspaper, The Daily Targum, we are honored to express our concerns about the increasing number of people affected by hunger and homelessness. We are the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) Student Chapters, the

on-campus nonprofit organization. We have partnered with Feeding America to provide emergency food assistance throughout the country.

One out of three households is experiencing very low food security and that is a staggering 54 percent increase in the last four years. While one of our team members was working in a soup kitchen last year, the member came across Marci, an immigrant

from Mexico. Her husband, a cancer patient, died three years earlier. She has to support a family of three. She was a housewife, but after her husband’s death she managed to get a job as a waitress in a local restaurant. When asked about her future plans, she gave a wry laugh and replied, “I spent sleepless nights thinking and then one fine day, I was like, ‘And you know what? If I worry too much, my children will be

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Feeding America’s numerous food banks throughout the country helped 5.7 million people in 2009 each week. NJPIRG Student Chapters have undertaken the Hunger Cleanup project in order to raise funds to help such organizations fight hunger. By donating

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meant to sit down to write about President Barack Obama’s budget plan — and its accompanying $100 billion cut to Pell Grant funding. Instead, I can’t help but muse on the nature of hope.

“La esperanza muere última,” the members of the United Farm Workers were once fond of saying – “hope dies last.” As a leftist, a proud child of the working class and a member of the generation that came of political consciousness during the disastrous tenure of former President George W. Bush, I empathize with the bittersweet clarity of these words. Clinging to a seemingly powerless hope in the face of economic hardship and political alienation is a process that will wrench one’s ventricles apart.

If you do not believe me, ask any of my brothers and sisters

who campaigned against Educational Opportunity Fund budget cuts last year. Ask any of us who watched with hushed breath as the DREAM Act came closer to fruition than it ever had before, only to watch it shatter into hundreds of sad, unjust realities. Ask dozens of local student activists who have taken to heart something that civil libertarian Clarence Darrow once said, “Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.” These people are not hard to find. They are your classmates, your friends and your neighbors, taking on the revolutionary act of keeping their heads up in a cruel world.

This need to keep our heads up, to refuse to let hope die, is what drew many young people in 2008 to Obama’s campaign. I don’t think any of us honestly expected the second coming of Franklin D. Roosevelt when we put holes in the soles of our shoes for the senator from

Illinois. I personally was happy to settle for a slightly left-of-center, youngish politician who I could actually take seriously after eight long years of presidential malpractice. I know many former Obama supporters who are outraged whenever the president lets us down. I am not one of

“We cannot look toward Washington to save us.” them and this is not that kind of letter. I understand why Obama feels the need to compromise with an increasingly hostile GOP, and I am sympathetic to his plight, having to balancing the ideals he ran on with the demands of special interests in his own party. After all, I cannot argue the fact that Obama has accomplished a great deal as

president and I remain hopeful that his biggest accomplishments are still before him.

This is what is particularly troubling to me about the $100 billion he is willing to cut from Pell Grants. Granted, these cuts will take place over the course of 10 years. However, one of the areas in which Obama has achieved great progress in the past has been in the area of funding for higher education. Indeed, the very week Obama released the budget plan that included these cuts, he took to the airwaves to repeat campaign rhetoric about the importance of restoring the value of an American education.

Doublespeak aside, his new take on Pell Grants is a clear surrender of the high ground to the cult of the deficit. There is a concerted, bipartisan group in this country which takes an almost worshipful approach to anything dealing with the U.S. budget deficit. Instead of finding pragmatic solutions to the

problem, they sacrifice social programs many Americans rely on.

Cuts in Pell Grant funding represent one less thread in the fraying rope keeping America’s working class from falling toward the lava below. Obama hasn’t handed the cult of the deficit the scissors quite yet, but he is doing a poor job of keeping them out of reach.

It is clear that help for working class college students will not come from above. We cannot look toward Washington to save us.

The same is doubly true for Trenton. During the campaign season, Obama was fond of asking audiences, “If not us, who? If not now, when?” To New Jersey’s students, the answers to both of those questions should seem clear.

“La esperanza muere última” — but only if you choose to act upon it.

John Connelly is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in history and political science.

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Sophomore 125-pounder Joe Langel took the Knights’ opening bout over Lehigh’s Mitch Berger last night at the RAC.

FAMILIARITY: Fusco gains confidence from summer continued from back Fusco approached Goodale with the same idea the fourth-year head coach already had, and usual 133pound grappler Mike DeMarco was scratched from the lineup.

Goodale called it a “big brother” mentality, as Fusco and Cagnina are close family friends who wrestled together at Queen of Peace.

The pair train together during the summer, and that familiarity gave Fusco the confidence that not only could he avoid a major decision but he could also take Cagnina down.

“I knew I could take him down from wrestling him in practice all the time,” Fusco said. “I knew if I just stopped his shots with movement, then I would be fine. That’s what I did. I think I broke him a little bit by fighting him off in space.”

After Fusco put the momentum securely in Rutgers’ favor, Trevor Melde and No. 9 Mario Mason lost their bouts at 141 and 149 pounds, respectively.

Goodale told his team any improvements from the 21-9 loss will not come with technical changes from coaches, but from within — exactly what he saw in Fusco.

“That’s what I’m talking about, that’s something deep down within,” Goodale said.

“That’s a kid bumping up, beating a nationally-ranked guy. That doesn’t happen at this level, but it happened tonight, so you’d think we’d carry that momentum.”

After Mason’s unexpected 7-2 loss to unranked Joey Napoli, 15thranked Daryl Cocozzo brought momentum right back to Rutgers.

The 157-pounder won his bout in a 5-3 decision over Sean Bilodeau, sandwiched in the strength of the Knights’ lineup.

Rutgers boasts a ranked wrestler at 149, 157 and 165 pounds, but only Cocozzo earned three points for the Knights.

“I feel it did [grab momentum] a little bit,” Cocozzo said. “But then it went right back down.”

Coaches and grapplers alike tabbed Mason’s loss as the turning point of the match, but it could easily have been Cocozzo’s win if fifth-ranked Scott Winston followed up with a decision at 165 pounds.

Instead, 19th-ranked Brandon Hatchett earned the subsequent decision for Lehigh, which won each of the final five bouts.

“Losing ’49 I think was a huge shift,” Fusco said. “Mason is ranked very high in the country, and they weren’t expecting to win that, I’m sure. That match and then Scottie losing started turning it for them.”

haters now. But I think we are going to be fine.”

After two early Rutgers victories, Lehigh pulled even behind a pair of upsets and 141 and 149 pounds.

Sophomore 149-pounder Mario Mason had a rough two weeks after battling the flu and suffering a fall in the rankings following a loss to American’s Ganbayar Sanjaa.

The tough slide continued for the Minnesota transfer as Lehigh’s Joey Napoli controlled the pace and earned the 7-2 decision.

“Not everything is going to go your way in the match and you have

F E B RUA RY 1 8 , 2 0 1 1 to be able to face adversity in the match and we didn’t do that,” Goodale said. “There were no injuries or health issues those are just excuses. We are healthy and everybody is fine.”

Junior Trevor Melde entered the circle for Rutgers at 141 pounds opposite Stephen Dutton. A takedown late in the first period gave Dutton a 2-0 lead and the Mountain Hawk thwarted every effort from Melde to try and score a takedown of his own.

Dutton earned the 5-1 decision to get Lehigh on the board.

Goodale opted to wrestle junior Matt Fusco — normally a 125pounder — at 133 pounds against his former high school teammate in Lehigh’s Frank Cagnina. The Mountain Hawk freshman entered

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the match ranked No. 17 in the nation, but an early Fusco takedown set the pace for what proved to be a huge upset, as the Belleville, N.J., native took home a 5-2 decision.

Sophomore Joe Langel got the RAC rocking early and is still undefeated at home after his 7-2 decision over Mitch Berger. But as the match wore on, Lehigh’s attacking style smothered the Knights, who were unable to counter.

“I leaned over to coach [John] Leonardis halfway through and said, ‘These guys are all over us,’” Goodale said. “And they were.

They were all over us. They wanted it and they finished matches.

“The reality of it is that we are going to wrestle them in two weeks at the EIWA Tournament, and we have to do a better job.”

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Sophomore Duncan Clancy leads the Knights into a season-opening clash with visiting Wagner, a team Rutgers defeated, 24-4, in Staten Island, N.Y., last season. Clancy registered 11 points in his rookie campaign, including a goal against then-No. 11 Notre Dame.

Season opens with visit from Wagner

BY VINNIE MANCUSO STAFF WRITER

Rutgers men’s lacrosse head coach Jim Stagnitta preaches a philosoMEN’S LACROSSE phy of taking WAGNER AT t h e RUTGERS, team’s TODAY, 3 P.M. schedule day by day and facing each obstacle one at a time.

The Scarlet Knights collide head-to-head with their first obstacle today, when they open their season by hosting Wagner.

“We’re focused on one day at a time, one week at a time and Wagner’s the next challenge,” Stagnitta said. “We don’t know a whole lot about them and certainly they are in the same boat with us.”

What is known about the Seahawks is that they posted an unimpressive 1-14 record last season. Despite this, the Knights are not taking their 3 p.m. game at the RU Turf Field lightly.

“Even though on paper they may not be as good as we are, we have to approach this game like every other game, like it’s the biggest game of the season,” said senior defenseman Brian Shemesh. “That’s what we always do — just take it one game at a time.”

And no matter who stands across the field from him, Shemesh still feels the excitement that only a season opener can provide.

“It’s great. Ever yone’s real excited to strap up and play a game that means something,” the captain said. “After a long preseason we’re ready to get out there and get this season underway.”

Shemesh holds down the defense along with junior Jacob Fradkin, while Rutgers looks to utilize its young attack unit, which includes two redshir t freshmen to put points up on the board.

Stagnitta heralded the attack group as one of the best in years but still hopes it can remedy the r ushed shots and missed opportunities he saw in the Knights’ preseason matchup with No. 9 Hofstra.

“Right now we’re focused on fixing and bettering some of the things we saw [in the scrimmage at Hofstra],” Stagnitta said. “We want to get out fast and finish strong — that’s kind of been our motto.”

And a game against a team like Wagner right out of the gate could prove to be more beneficial to the team’s young offense than just a possible victory.

“Obviously we’re going in there and hoping to come out with a win,” Shemesh said. “But in the big scheme of things, I think it’s more important that we go in and get the confidence up from some of the young guys — get them some game experience before we get into a Big East schedule” Not knowing what to expect from Wagner, the team not only sees the opener as a chance to get a young squad some muchneeded experience but also to tweak any and all fundamental problems the team may have.

“I think that not knowing a lot about them, we’re really focused on us,” Stagnitta said. “We’re making sure we execute, that we do the little things right and we do the little things well. That’s one of the keys early in the year, to minimize your mistakes and minimize your turnovers.”

Rutgers re-establishes home court advantage

BY MATT CANVISSER STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team takes on Buffalo today, hoping to bounce back from last weekend’s tough loss at Columbia.

It may be just the Scarlet Knights’ TENNIS second match BUFFALO AT at the RUTGERS, Atlantic TODAY, 1 P.M. Club in Manasquan, N.J., but a sense of comfor t with the temporar y home’s playing sur face settled in.

“The courts at the Atlantic Club have a different bounce than the courts we have been practicing on,” said senior captain Amy Zhang. “Now that we have gotten used to them, we will begin to become more comfortable with them.”

The reviews of the Atlantic Buffalo. A win against the Bulls Club’s facilities are positive thus would go a long way for a team far, but its considerable distance with goals as lofty as Rutgers’. from campus is an obstacle stand“The Buffalo match is very ing in the way of a home advan- significant. They were ranked No. tage. The on-court performance 10 in the region last year and we has not changed for Rutgers as it were behind them,” Bucca said. swept rival Fairleigh Dickinson “Beating them would be a big in their Atlantic Club debut, but step toward a regional and eventhere is a still a sense of tually national ranking longing among the for us.” team for a true home.

Rutgers appeared to “Cer tainly we’ve be headed toward become a little bit those rankings for the more comfor table, but past two weeks as it it’s still not like when went on a three-match we were on campus,” shutout streak, not said head coach Ben allowing a point against Bucca. “Each time we Lehigh, Army and play there we gain a Fairleigh Dickinson.

STEFANIA higher level of confi“Sweeping three BALASA dence, but we’re defimatches in a row was a nitely looking for ward to great feeling, especially the 7-0 returning home next year.” win against a tough team like The Knights (3-2) cannot Army,” said freshman Stefania afford to look that far ahead with Balasa. “Winning a match like the tough matchup against that helped build our confidence

and showed us the potential of what we could do by the end of the season.”

The streak ended in the Knights’ closest match of the year against Columbia when they fell, 4-3. Each of the singles matches were closely contested, but Rutgers’ inability to come away with a victory in doubles play sealed the loss.

“We have to improve our doubles if we want to be competitive,” Zhang said. “If we had won the doubles point against Columbia we would be in a completely different place after that match.”

The Knights focused heavily on doubles in the week of practice following the Columbia match, according to Bucca. The team’s main objectives for the week were to work on hitting a good first ser ve, moving quickly with conviction and executing in crucial moments.

ormer Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage officially transferred to Arizona yesterday, according to Tusconcitizen.com.

Initial projections figured Savage would transfer to Miami, but former Michigan signal caller Tate Forcier complicated matters when he cemented his transfer to the Hurricanes nearly two weeks ago.

Savage was the No. 8 quarterback recruit in 2008, according to Rivals.com, and committed to head coach Greg Schiano on April 18 of the same year.

But after he suffered a rib injur y in a loss to North Carolina on Sept. 25 and freshman Chas Dodd took over the starting role, Savage earned only mop-up duty in a loss to Pittsburgh the rest of the way.

The 6-foot-5 Savage threw for just 532 yards during his sophomore campaign.

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heated debate, the NFL and players’ union have finally agreed to enter mediation regarding their labor disputes.

The biggest disagreement between the two sides is how to divide about $9 billion in average revenue. The players’ union is looking to increase its share to $2 billion as opposed to the $1 billion it received under the old deal.

The owners’ union is also pushing to expand the regular season from 16 to 18 games.

The NFL and the players’ union went several months before holding negotiations on Feb. 10, when meetings ended early and were followed by cancellations the following day.

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school wrestler Joel Northrup was favored to win the 112pound weight class in the state tournament — until he opted to default his first round match rather than wrestle a girl.

Cassy Herkelman, who was 20-13 during the season, was one of the first girls in history to qualify for the state tournament.

“As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner,” Northrup said.

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pitcher Mark Buehrle has no regrets about the comments he made by saying he wished Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick would get injured during the season.

Buehrle made the comments earlier this month to MLB.com, stating that as he watched Vick, who was convicted of dogfighting, he would sometimes wish injury upon him.

Buehrle, a devoted animal rights activist, is also an avid hunter in his spare time.

“Hunting is a sport,” said Buehrle concerning the difference between dogfighting and hunting. “The last time I knew dogfighting was a sport was never.”

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Syracuse zone ‘D’ presents matchup challenge

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers men’s basketball team has to contend with Syracuse point guard Scoop Jardine MEN’S BASKETBALL a n d dynamic RUTGERS AT w i n g SYRACUSE, K r i s SATURDAY, 4 P.M. Joseph — a preseason all-conference second team selection — when it travels tomorrow to upstate New York.

But the Scarlet Knights’ (1312, 4-9) biggest obstacle will not wear a uniform on the Carrier Dome hardwood, but rather five — in the form of head coach Jim Boeheim’s patented 2-3 zone.

“We know they’re going to play zone for 40 minutes,” said senior for ward Jonathan Mitchell. “And they have wrinkles in their zone this year because they’re making a transition with their program. We just have to watch film and execute our zone sets and find each other and make the extra pass.

Hopefully we’re knocking shots down that day.”

While Syracuse’s (21-6, 8-6) 23 zone affords the Orange the No. 3 scoring defense in the Big East, Boeheim’s concoction has its sore points.

The Orange graduated longtime middleman Arinze Onuaku and arguably the league’s most athletic wing defender, Wesley Johnson, to the NBA Draft a year ago after Syracuse advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

But as is the case with the Big East’s upper-tier programs, ’Cuse reloaded with a host of

rangy defensive specialists, led by 6-foot-10 freshman Baye Moussa Keita, an Oak Hill Academy (Va.) product.

The Orange’s sheer size on the defensive end allows them to create matchup problems for an opposing offense, said head coach Mike Rice.

“Just finding a good shot,” Rice said of the biggest difficulty in playing against the zone. “They have such length and athleticism that … you’re surprised when someone is there contesting your shot — a 6-foot-9 kid. We have to do a tremendous job of moving the ball and moving ourselves and being disciplined and finding a great shot.”

The Knights faced the 2-3 zone at var ying points throughout the season and even incorporated a piece into their own defensive scheme, as most programs do to keep offenses honest.

But few schools face the 2-3 on a regular basis, while Boeheim and Syracuse embraced the defensive tool consistently for the past 34 years.

“You don’t see it on a consistent basis and they’re known for the zone,” Mitchell said. “They know all the cuts, they’ve seen all the plays you can possibly run.

Coach Boeheim did a great job over the years perfecting that zone. Their forwards are so far up, it’s almost like four out and one in. You just have to do a good job of moving the ball and finding that sweet spot in the middle or in the short corner.”

Mitchell will most likely take on the task of entrenching himself in the space between the front two and back three defenders on the cour t, providing

options on the baseline for cuts.

But a much less heralded Knight may prove to make more of an impact against the 2-3 zone than traditional man-to-man defense in Syracuse, N.Y. Freshman guard Austin Carroll came off the bench to score eight points on 2-for-3 shooting from the 3-point line in Rutgers’ last contest and Rice plans to utilize the 6-foot-3 guard more against the Orange, Rice said.

“I’m willing and ready to play as many minutes as coach Rice puts me out there,” said Carroll, who logged 11 minutes last Saturday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center against Seton Hall. “I’m ready to hopefully knock down some shots and do well on the defensive end, as well.”

Sophomore wing Dane Miller may also play a bigger role in penetrating the Orange’s 2-3 zone, collapsing the guards into the paint in the process.

A Rochester, N.Y., native, Miller returns to the area for the first time in a Rutgers uniform after playing Syracuse at the RAC last season.

Miller also has ties to the Orange, as the 6-foot-7 sophomore, Carroll and ’Cuse guard Brandon Triche played AAU basketball together as youths.

“I think [Miller] will get a boost because he’s competitive,” Rice said. “That zero points, one rebound [stat line against Seton Hall] is not indicative of what he’s done on the season or indicative of what kind of player he is. That it’s close to home, I’d imagine he’d be very energized to go and have a better performance.”

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Senior forward Jonathan Mitchell figures to be the Knights’ go-to facilitator on Saturday in the middle gap of Syracuse’s 2-3 zone.

Knights seek rebound against No. 21 Golden Eagles

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For the third consecutive game, the Rutgers women’s basketball team finds itself maneuvering through the Midwest to battle a WOMEN’S BASKETBALL confere n c e RUTGERS AT oppoMARQUETTE, nent.

SATURDAY, 3 P.M. And in their third and final contest of a weeklong road trip, the Scarlet Knights (14-11, 7-5) pay a visit to No. 21 Marquette, capping their string of games against ranked opponents at three.

Now the Knights look to do something they failed to do in their first two attempts –– win.

Rutgers gave No. 11 DePaul a run for its money earlier in the week, thanks to second half scoring bursts by junior forward Chelsey Lee and April Sykes, as well as junior guard Khadijah Rushdan.

The Blue Demons held on to win by four after blowing a 19point lead, but even in defeat the Knights displayed more fight than at any other point this season.

Playing ranked opponents is nothing new to this year’s edition of the Knights, as head coach C. Vivian Stringer led her team into battle against eight other ranked programs.

The Knights also faced their fair share of deficits in those contests, including a 16-point defeat against No. 3 Stanford, a 31-point

deficit against No. 5 Texas A&M and an uphill climb from 39 down against No. 4 Tennessee.

While a four-point loss to DePaul is just as much as a blemish on its record as a 36point defeat to Tennessee, Rutgers never seemed able to narrow the gap in games against ranked opponents earlier in the season.

But in overcoming a 19-point Blue Demon lead and inching within two points of the No. 11 team in the nation, the Knights — for the first time this season — rallied with a collective team effort to battle back.

Along with Sykes, Rushdan and Lee, sophomore guard Erica Wheeler also scored in double figures against DePaul, easily boasting one of the most balanced offensive attacks Stringer witnessed this season.

That balance is something the Knights will need more of when they head to the Al McGuire Center tomorrow afternoon to face off against the Golden Eagles (20-5, 8-4), a team averaging 67.4 points per game.

Marquette owns just two losses when playing in Milwaukee — the same amount of wins the Knights have this year when playing on the road.

Both squads boast doubledigit scorers, with Sykes and 5foot-8 guard Angel Robinson leading the way for their teams, averaging 13.3 and 13.6 points per game, respectively.

Along with shooting an impressive 44 percent from the

field, Robinson also proved to be a pesky defender this season, averaging 2.5 steals per game.

Sykes does not trail very far behind Robinson, boasting a 41 percent shooting clip from the field to go with a 37 percent clip from beyond the arc.

Though she hit a bit of an of fensive rut of late, Sykes rebounded with 15 points against the Blue Demons to lead the Knights.

The Starkville, Miss., native finished the game 3-for-6 from 3-point range and added 10 of those points in the second half to help fuel a Rutgers comeback attempt.

The last time she finished with five first half points against a ranked opponent was against the then-No. 11 Georgetown Hoyas, who the Knights went on to beat, 70-53, in Piscataway.

And in that game Sykes went on to finish with a 50 percent shooting clip from beyond the arc, adding 12 points in the second half of play to help coordinate a victor y at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

So while the Knights did not come anywhere near the adversity they faced in their games against the likes of Tennessee, Texas A&M and Stanford in beating the Hoyas, they snagged their first and only win against a ranked foe.

But with a seemingly newborn resiliency, the Knights could be primed to take down the Golden Eagles in their final regular season game away from New Jersey.

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Junior forward April Sykes scored 15 points in 28 minutes in the Knights’ loss against No. 11 DePaul Tuesday night in Chicago.

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SAME OLD STORY Scarlet Knights fall to No. 10 Lehigh at RAC for 40th series loss behind five straight decisions for Mountain Hawks

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Sophomore Scott Wintson, ranked No. 5 nationally in the 165-pound bracket, lost his second dual-match bout this season after falling to No. 19 Brandon Hatchett of Lehigh last night at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Knights then dropped the match’s final four bouts, failing to earn the program’s first victory over the Mountain Hawks in over half a century.

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI CORRESPONDENT

The match could not have started out any better for the Rutgers wrestling team against conference powerhouse Lehigh.

The No. 7 Scarlet Knights sprung out to an early 6-0 lead last night in front of a New Jersey wrestling record crowd of 5,011 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center, but the No. 10 Mountain Hawks hung around early and won late, taking the dual, 21-9.

The loss snaps Rutgers’ (20-2) win streak at 16 and extends Lehigh’s (146) winning streak over the Knights to 37 matches.

“It’s disappointing,” said head coach Scott Goodale, whose team dropped the last five bouts. “But sometimes I have to take a step back because … the reality of it is that it’s just one match. I know it was big for the people at Rutgers and it was big for us.”

The heavyweight bout between senior DJ Russo and No. 1 Zach

Rey did not matter mathematically, as Rutgers already trailed 18-9, but the matchup still featured two topfive grapplers.

It was the same old story for Russo, as the Netcong, N.J., native could not solve Rey’s game plan on top. Rey scored one escape and then rode Russo out for a majority of the third period to earn the 2-1 win.

“Not everybody is going to be able to wrestle at their level every match,” Russo said. “Guys have great matches and guys have bad matches. In the

MATCH RESULTS 125: Langel (RU) dec. Berger 6-2 ... RU leads, 3-0 133: Fusco (RU) dec. No. 17 Cagnina 5-3 ... RU leads, 6-0 141: Dutton (LU) dec. Melde 6-1... RU leads, 6-3 149: Napoli (LU) dec. No. 9 Mason 7-2 ... tied, 6-6 157: No. 15 Cocozzo (RU) dec. Bilodeau 5-3 ... RU leads, 9-6 165: No. 19 Hatchett (LU) dec. No. 5 Winston 7-2 ... tied, 9-9 174: No. 10 Meys (LU) dec. Caruso 4-1 ... LU leads, 12-9 184: No. 4 Hamlin (LU) dec. Rinaldi 5-2 ... LU leads, 15-9 197: No. 19 Kennedy (LU) dec. Wagner 3-2 ... LU leads, 18-9 HVY: No. 1 Rey (LU) dec. No. 4 Russo 2-1 ... LU wins, 21-9

past, we’ve been able to equal it out … but we didn’t have anyone to equal it out tonight, myself included.”

Going against his former team, senior Alex Caruso headed into his 174-pound bout against redshirt freshman Austin Meys. The two spent a year together in Bethlehem, Pa., and Meys earned the 4-1 decision to up Lehigh’s lead to 12-9.

Senior Daryl Cocozzo gave Rutgers the 9-6 lead with a 5-3 decision over Sean Bilodeau. The win gives the River Edge, N.J., native 98 wins on his

career spanning between Edinboro and Rutgers.

“I’ve beaten him twice already, 51 and 5-0, so I was really looking to get bonus points,” Cocozzo said. “He had a good strategy against me to keep it close.”

The win also marked the last time Rutgers lead in the dual.

“It definitely hurts a little bit,” Cocozzo said. “We were doing so well, and we are going to have a lot of

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Familiarity propels Fusco over former teammate

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

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Matt Fusco wrestles his former high school teammate.

When Matt Fusco approached Scott Goodale two days before the Rutgers wrestling team’s match KNIGHT against NOTEBOOK Lehigh, it confirmed what the head coach already knew.

The sophomore 125-pounder gave the Scarlet Knights their best chance against the nation’s 17th-ranked

wrestler at 133 pounds — a weight class above his usual spot.

But Goodale did not know Fusco would spring a 5-2 upset over Frank Cagnina and give Rutgers a surprise 6-0 advantage after the match’s first two bouts.

“Nobody saw that coming, right?” Goodale said. “That was shocking to me, too,” Goodale said.

“I was hoping maybe just don’t give up a major decision, but he turns around and wins the match.”

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