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Bill to stop ‘bath salt’ drug sales

Campus reflects six months after Clementi death

BY COLLEEN ROACHE AND DEVIN SIKORSKI

BY AMY ROWE

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In the six months since the death of Tyler Clementi, students at the University experienced the effects of tragedy firsthand. Still, some students find that coping also means moving forward.

Clementi committed suicide in September by jumping from the George Washington Bridge days after his roommate allegedly used a webcam to view his involvement in an intimate encounter with another male.

Enrico Cabredo, a classmate of Clementi’s who resides in Davidson C on Busch campus, where Clementi also lived, said dealing with the tragedy alongside other students in the residence hall created a bond between them.

“As tragic as Tyler’s suicide was, it made us really close, and I’ve made some of the best friends of my entire life,” said Cabredo, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. “[Prior to Clementi’s death,] nobody had [regarded] that hall as sort of a family. [We were] a group of young people who had never had this happen before.”

endowed chair moves the school’s prestige a step forward.

“Endowed chairs are the mark of a toptier research university of international fame,” he said. “To an increasing extent, Rutgers is now entering that top-tier group, thanks to President [Richard L.] McCormick’s vision and leadership in the present capital campaign.”

The donation comes as the latest contribution to “Our Rutgers, Our Future,” a $1 billion fundraising campaign hosted by the Rutgers University Foundation, one of the

State legislators will soon introduce a bill that if passed would ban the sale and distribution of “bath salts,” a legal stimulant powder with a high similar to methamphetamine.

The bill, currently in draft form, was announced following news of the murder of School of Arts and Sciences senior Pamela Schmidt by her long-time boyfriend William Parisio, a former School of Arts and Sciences junior, who was abusing the drug in the months leading to her homicide.

Police found Schmidt unresponsive in a basement on Greaves Place in Cranford, N.J., and pronounced her dead at the scene, said Theodore Romankow, Union County prosecutor.

After an investigation by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Task Force and Cranford Police Department, Parisio was arrested, Romankow said.

Parisio is being held at the Union County jail on $400,000 bail, he said.

Assemblywoman Linda Stender, DUnion, Assembly Deputy Speaker John McKeon, D-Essex, and Sen. John Girgenti, D-Passaic, will sponsor the bill, which would make possession, distribution and intent to distribute bath salts illegal under state law. “[The murder] highlights how dangerous the substance can be,” Stender said. “It sounds so innocuous, and then people think it’s actually the kind of stuff you put in your bathtub, which it’s not. It’s a serious substance that has some serious consequences we

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Members of the campus community held events in Tyler Clementi’s honor after news of his death broke, like Phi Delta Theta fraternity’s Oct. 3 half-day memorial.

Couple donates large fund to Mason Gross

BY POOJA CHAUDHARY CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Mason Gross School of the Arts alumni Marlene Tepper and her husband David Tepper donated $3.4 million to the school’s visual arts department in an effort to add more faculty and scholarship opportunities.

The total amount will be split, with $3 million going toward the hiring of the school’s first endowed faculty chair for the visual arts department and the remaining $400,000 set to fund scholarships within the painting program.

“The Tepper gift will bring an additional faculty member to the visual ar ts

department — an eminent artist of national and international distinction,” said George Stauffer, Dean of the Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Extra funding will increase the instructional resources of the visual arts program and allow students to study with an experienced teacher who will be well connected with the modern art world, Stauffer said.

Scholarships will aid numerous incoming undergraduate and graduate students who wish to study at Mason Gross School of the Arts, he said.

Stauffer said the donation is a very important gift for the University, since hiring an

Panelists share efforts toward sustainability

BY ANKITA PANDA METRO EDITOR

The University’s chapter of New Jersey Public Interest Research Group (NJPIRG) held a panel discussion last night to shed light on their recent efforts at weatherizing old University buildings and promoting sustainability in New Jersey.

A panel of three environmentalists — Mike Kornitas, Energy Conser vation manager at the University, Nicholas SmithSebasto, executive director of the Center for Sustainability Studies at Kean University and Christine Guhl, a Sierra Club Field organizer — discussed environmental and infrastructural sustainability. “[We asked] three professionals about the environment [to] speak on behalf of Rutgers about the weatherization of buildings, also proper food recycling as well as proper recycling in general,” said Mariel Quintana, an NJPIRG

intern who works with the sustainable youth campaign.

Kornitas specifically discussed some of the University’s renewable resources, from its new energy-efficient light bulbs to its recyclable ceiling tiles and carpets in buildings.

“In the past year, we have a plan to change the light bulbs to [something] more energy-efficient,” he said. “[We also considered] new sensors so we could shut the lights off the building.”

University is considering installing five to seven megawatts of solar panel on Livingston campus within the next few years, he said.

Guhl, who discussed solar energy more in depth, touched on off-campus housing and utility bills many University students have to pay.

“Sometimes when you have 10 people living together, the lights are always on and always off, the air conditioner is on,” Guhl said. “[Utility bills] can be really small or really big.”

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Council proposes resolutions to stop removal of tuition caps

BY SUKANYA RIA DUTTA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In an effort to tackle the financial future of University students, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) Governing Council met Monday evening to introduce resolutions addressing rising tuition concerns.

SEBS Governing Council University Senator Peter Canavan introduced the Resolution Against Removal of Tuition Caps and a resolution to endorse the Save the Education campaign during the meeting, which took place in the Cook Campus Center.

“There’s already been a 4 percent increase in Rutgers tuition under the current caps,” said Canavan, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student. “It is important that SEBS make it a point to have their stance against the removal of the caps recognized by the University.”

The Save the Education campaign, an effort led by the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) and coordinated by their Vice President Matthew Cordeiro, aims to prevent financial cuts to the University and urges students to engage their legislators on matters of higher education, he said.

“April 13 is going to be a Day of Action, which is being held through Tent State at Trenton,” Canavan said. “Students are going to be encouraged to lobby for the stability and improvement of higher education. There’s going to be an associated music festival at the event.”

As part of the New Jersey Higher Education task force, the Kean Commission on Higher Education Report led by former New Jersey governor

SEBS Governing Council Thomas Kean inspired the resolutions, he said.

The report recommends an immediate end to tuition caps, a decision both Gov. Chris Christie and University President Richard L. McCormick support, Canavan said.

Another one of Canavan’s proposals was to set up a Sakai tab for the SEBS Governing Council to better connect with School of Environmental and Biological Sciences students and the campus community.

“That way, other Rutgers students may become interested in what the SEBS Governing Council is doing,” Canavan said.

“SEBS members would also become more aware of our meetings and events.”

SEBS Governing Council Vice President Nate Girer announced in the meeting a bill to amend the SEBS Governing Council’s Constitution and Bylaws.

“Instead of several amendments to change the constitution, I’ve made this a ver y large amendment that essentially forms a new constitution,” said Girer, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.

One change was to hold fall elections as well as spring ones so first-year students and upperclassmen who missed the spring election would have a chance to run for a representative position, he said.

Some members also suggested changes to the SEBS Governing Council’s voting procedures, but those will be debated and passed along with the new constitution within the next two weeks.

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Attendees at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council meeting on Monday night discuss two resolutions regarding the future costs of tuition for University students.

The SEBS Governing Council finalized the terms of their cosponsorship with the Rutgers Veterinar y Science Club, said Lauren Barron, president of the club. Every year, more than 10 members of the veterinary club attend the American PreVeterinary Medical Association (APVMA) Symposium.

The club sought the sponsorship because of financial difficulties RUSA was unable to fully accommodate, she said.

“It’s an important conference where we learn about new

advances in our field and can network,” said Barron, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. “We were only able to take six members this year and had to pay out of pocket for airfare.”

Barron sought funding for the symposium on March 11 and filled out the necessary forms before the trip, he said. Since the trip already occurred, the SEBS Governing Council, as per guidelines, could not allocate funds for that trip.

Zaid Abuhouran, president of the council, reached a compromise.

He asked the veterinary club use their funds intended for upcoming events to reimburse their airfare costs. The SEBS Governing Council treasur y would then give money to the club to compensate for the financing of the other events.

“The SEBS Gover ning Council usually covers transpor tation and lodging,” said Abuhouran, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “So helping with the air fare costs is something we should do.”

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by that particular circumstance don’t go away,” he said.

“Harassment even now is higher honors memory of Clementi and their concerns about how they’ll be treated is higher.” continued from front In his research, D’Augelli Classmate Dan Conroy also found gay or lesbian individuals said Clementi’s death, although who “come out” either to their tragic, helped launch a needed friends or family face rejection conversation about accepting and can lead to an increased others’ differences. chance of a suicide attempt. He “It was a tragedy, but from added this is only furthered by that was a crucial reminder that the use of social networks. tolerance is an important thing,” “It can go much quicker these Conroy said, a School of Arts and days with all the technologies Sciences first-year student. that allow people to spread Ellie Mageros, also a School of rumors or tell stories,” he said.

Arts and Sciences first-year stu“Once it starts moving beyond dent, said talking with her mother your immediate, ver y close about the tragedy helped her cope. friends, it spreads rapidly and is “I felt for him and for his famvery difficult to control.” ily,” she said.

D’Augelli said the decision to Anthony D’Augelli, professor “come out” develops over time and and associate dean for undergradonly happens because a person uate studies and outfeels they are at a point reach at Penn State in life where they can.

University — an institu“For people who tion comparable in size end up coming out, it is to the University — ultimately very hard to began researching lesgo back. Once you’re bian, gay, bisexual and out of this closet, transgender (LGBT) you’re out,” he said. issues in the mid-1980s.

Ridgewood resiHe said these issues dents Joe and Jane are becoming more signifClementi, Tyler TYLER icant following an event Clementi’s parents, are CLEMENTI like Clementi’s death. in the process of creat“It sometimes takes instances ing a charitable foundation, The like this and Matthew Shepard to Tyler Clementi Foundation, in get people’s attention,” he said. honor of their son.

“But that doesn’t mean if you were “We would like to help make to pay attention, you wouldn’t find something positive from that these things have been going Tyler’s tragedy and ours,” they on for some time.” said in a statement.

People tend to mobilize soon With coverage of Clementi’s after and voice their concerns suicide spreading across the over society’s lack of acceptance nation and overseas, many outof the LGBT community, side the University shared D’Augelli said.

Mageros’ sentiment, including “Once that dissipates, people those at Point Foundation, an may forget that the issues raised organization that provides

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Students of Davidson C residence hall on Busch campus, where Clementi roomed, said coping with the aftermath helped foster closer relationships. support for students who identify with the LGBT community.

Jorge Valencia, Point Foundation executive director and CEO, said a desire to keep Clementi’s memory alive motivated the organization to establish the Tyler Clementi Point Scholarship.

“You want to make sure that [he] is not forgotten,” Valencia said.

“When we heard of Tyler’s death, we were very proud and supportive of organizations that stepped up to raise even more awareness about what many of us in the community have known for many years.”

The four-year award, which amounts to $25,000 per year, encompasses scholastic support, leadership training and mentorship in an effort to perpetuate its mission of educating a generation of leaders who can impact the LGBT community and society as a whole, Valencia said.

“What we wanted to do at the Point Foundation is see how we can keep that conversation of bullying and its consequences out

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there, and more importantly, to memorialize a young person whose potential none of us will ever really know,” he said.

Although some criticized the University for its handling of the tragedy, Valencia said it moved in the right direction in the period thereafter.

“I commend institutions, including [Rutgers], for taking the steps necessary to make sure that … we avoid things like this in the future,” he said.

Campus Pride, a nonprofit organization advocating the creation of an LGBT-friendly environment, assessed the environment at hundreds of colleges and universities in 2009 with its Campus Climate Index.

“Nearly a quarter of gay and lesbian students experience harassment on their campus,” Executive Director Shane Windmeyer said. “The Campus Climate Index looks at policies, programs and practices a campus has that is LGBT inclusive.”

Campus Pride awarded the University with a four out of five in the Campus Climate Index, releasing their findings a week before Clementi’s death.

“Rutgers has for a long time had a histor y of LGBT programs,” Windmeyer said.

“Rutgers should have worked on these issues instead of waiting for a tragedy to happen.”

University spokesman E.J. Miranda said the administration’s intent is to create a more open atmosphere for students of all sexual orientations on campus.

“We are encouraging greater discussion and implementation of living-learning environments in which LGBT students can feel more accepted, including the creation of new special interest gender-neutral housing,” Miranda said via email.

Although planning for such housing arrangements — available next semester in the Demarest, Rockoff and New Gibbons residence halls — were in place prior

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University community reactions, like the die-in rally in front of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus Sept. 29 (left) and the campus-wide candlelight vigil on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus Oct. 3, are examples of how students came together to honor Clementi.

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At the Open Round Tournament, Rutgers Mock Trial team President Adam Weaver wins an Outstanding Attorney Award.

Team keeps morale after tournament loss

BY SAMIRA FARID CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Not qualifying for the National Championship Tournament in Iowa did not stop the Rutgers Mock Trial team from feeling proud of reaching a high point of competition in only a few years.

The team lost the Open Round Tournament over spring break in Washington, D.C. by only three to four points out of 140, said Adam Weaver, president of the team.

“We came really close to taking the biggest honor RU has ever seen and the fact that we were in D.C. reaching that level only the second time in this school’s history is something I’m immensely proud of,” said Dahoud Askar, treasurer of the team.

Weaver, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, won an Outstanding Attorney Award and was one of a handful of attorneys to win the award out of 144 competing students, team member Jennifer Przybylski said.

“Adam Weaver, winning the Outstanding Attorney Award, basically defined how wonderful it was and absolutely incredible,” said Przybylski, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Team member Travis Nunziato said competing in the Open Round Tournament was an exciting venture for the team since the level of competition was very high, proving to be more challenging and immense for the students.

“The atmosphere was the real big thing though,” Przybylski said.

Schools from New York down to Virginia and the established Ivy League universities were present, Weaver said.

“We competed against Drexel, UPenn and Princeton,” said Travis Nunziato, School of Arts and Sciences junior. “All of them have been to regionals before and their teams are much more established.”

The trials were cleaner cut, more realistic and tenser, Przybylski said.

“Ever yone there knew they deser ved to be there and they

worked all year to prove it,” she said.

There were a few case changes that were made between the regional competition and the Open Round Tournament, including the addition of new witnesses during the trials and changes to affidavits, Przybylski said.

“So many people knew that we were in the District Court we had crowds of 20 to 30, jury boxes full, giving it a very intense feel,” Weaver said.

Askar, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said one of the most challenging aspects for the team was the subjectivity of the judges.

Some team members became frustrated during the trial but remembering the time spent with fellow dedicated individuals appeased their tension, Askar said.

One of the strategies the team used was to predict all the possible defenses the other teams could use.

“We assumed that what we do for defense, the other teams are going to use,” Weaver said.

There were 10 witnesses and the court called three, he said.

The team never knew which ones they would call, and they only found out 10 to 15 minutes before the trial.

Nunziato said what set the team apart from other schools was their normality.

“We had a personality that more people can relate to and not an Ivy,” he said.

Przybylski said a success for the team was its unique personality and ability to complement one another.

The team spent on average eight to nine hours per week practicing as a team plus working individually, Askar said.

During trials, the team worked with and for one another, having affidavits prepared for impeachments, getting evidence ready as it was needed and connecting with the jury in a professional way while still being personable, she said.

“Many other teams come off as stiff and overly formal,” Przybylski said. “We simply work well together as a team.”

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DRUGS: New Jersey has 10 reported cases of bath salt use continued from front need to criminalize to prevent further tragedies.”

Stender first learned about bath salts from a television special that showed the active drug, Methylenedioxypyrovalerone, had no legitimate medical purpose.

“It’s supposed to be used as insect repellent,” she said. “It seemed to me that we needed to take steps and prevent people from using this substance here in New Jersey.”

Stender said the drug is dangerous in that it produces different effects for different people.

“It has such a range,” she said.

“One person can apparently use it and feel minimal effects, but it can be very dramatic on others. It’s Russian roulette in a powder.”

Steven Marcus, medical director at the New Jersey Poison Control Center, said there has been very little research on the drug.

“It’s a stimulant, quite an upper, that has some effects like ecstasy only a lot worse,” he said.

“The patients that have called the center experience very serious

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hyper activity and require huge doses of medications to calm them down.”

Marcus said little research has been conducted on the drug, which has caused more problems in other states compared to the 10 reported cases of the drug’s use in New Jersey.

Stender said bath salts are a substance of concern for the Drug Enforcement Administration, which is currently gathering data for further research.

So far three other states KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR have banned bath salts, and Legislators hope to pass a bill to Stender said she believes illegalize the sale of bath salt drugs. outlawing it at state level is effects makes it a safer drug to the best defense at the moment.

John Falco, a School of have legalized.

Bath salts originated in the Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, thinks outlawing United Kingdom about a year ago the drug based on Parisio’s use of and came to the United States, where problems arose with the it may not be the best idea.

“To think that bath salts could drug particularly in Louisiana be banned for being part of that and Oregon, Marcus said.

Marcus has doubts about the situation is a little ridiculous to me,” he said. “You have alcohol way legislators combat drug that leads to more deaths than abuse.

“The way we deal with drug anything else, legal or on the streets, and you want to take abuse by putting out little fires as down bath salts? It’s messed up.” they crop up doesn’t seem to be Stender said alcohol is a con- working,” he said. “It is certainly trolled substance and knowing its keeping people busy.”

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UNIVERSITY OUTSOURCES SOME ATHLETIC TICKET SALES The University Athletic Department outsourced its ticket sales program yesterday, when it announced a partnership with the Aspire Group, a firm based in Atlanta, Ga. The Aspire Group will handle ticket sales for football and men’s and women’s basketball, with the intention of adding Olympic sports in the near future, according to Rutgers Athletic Communications press release.

The University sold season ticket packages for wrestling this season for the first time.

Georgia Institute of Technology first employed the Aspire Group to handle its ticket sales, and Colorado is its other collegiate client, according to the release. The Aspire Group aims to enhance revenue by reaching wider audiences through service calls.

Athletic Director Tim Pernetti said in a statement that the group’s model allows the department to serve a broader reach of fans in a deeper way than in the past.

“As we continue to build our fan base and create more lifetime members of our Scarlet Nation, this partnership significantly enhances our ability to grow essential ticket revenues and increase attendance,” Pernetti said in the statement.

The Aspire Group plans to open a Fan Relationship Management Center by May 1 on campus.

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CAMPUS: U. programs to promote civility among students continued from front to Clementi’s death, some students on campus feel they could go a long way toward fostering a more positive community.

“In the end, it will prevail,” said Conroy, a Demarest Hall resident. “Hopefully, it will spread to other dorms.”

In addition to changes to housing arrangements, the University worked to enhance suicide prevention training for mental health staff members, Miranda said.

The measures a university takes to accommodate the LGBT community to help solve these issues are significant, because many gay or lesbian students see college as an accepting place to express their sexual identity and “come out,” D’Augelli said.

“For what you might consider non-traditional sexual identity, it’s a much more important transition because many of them have been keeping this inside,” he said.

D’Augelli said there are many classes here at the University for a student to learn about the LGBT community, commending the University’s introduction of a minor about gay and lesbian studies.

“People should take the minor and learn about these things while having more things available on campus for people to attend,” he said. “The answer is in front and everybody should be involved.”

By providing educational programs and LGBT-centered events, students could personally interact with their gay or lesbian peers in order to break socially constructed barriers — an area D’Augelli said still requires much more work. “[Students] should go to events and be around people who are either gay or lesbian and see they are just like them,” D’Augelli said. “It’s the personal contact that really breaks down the barriers and makes you realize how silly some are.”

The University looks to facilitate such interaction and understanding through the implementation of new student orientation programs that re-emphasize information, scenarios and discussions

about diversity, bullying and civility, Miranda said.

But while these programs may help foster a more open environment in the period after Clementi’s death, University officials stress that the tragedy was not necessarily the cause for its focus on courtesy on campus, Miranda said.

“It’s important to note that some of the most exciting recent collaborations had been in the making since early last year,” he said.

The University in November hosted the annual statewide conference of the New Jersey chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, where several hundred LGBT high school students spent the day interacting with LGBT students at the University, he said.

The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities is working with University departments to explore new steps to meet the evolving needs of LGBT students on campus, Miranda said.

Various groups across the University also expressed support of such efforts.

In the last three years, the University has seen a more than fourfold increase in LGBT programs it offers annually, he said.

Program attendance has also risen from a few hundred in 2008 to more than 2,400 in the fall of 2010.

“There have also been a steadily growing number of requests from depar tments and students to receive additional training on LGBT issues,” he said.

The University also spearheaded programs on campus, including a workshop for Residence Life staff and a discussion on the proper use of new technologies, he said. The University also held a town hall meeting on how the institution can foster respect for the individual while protecting diversity and free expression.

Although the University seeks to make improvements, a spirit of tolerance has long been a priority on campus, Miranda said.

“Rutgers has a long and rich history of supporting LGBT students on campus, dating back to the founding of the Homophile League in 1969, the second oldest gay student group in the country,” he said.

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Panelists Nicholas Smith-Sebasto, Christine Guhl and Mike Kornitas discuss sustainability at participating universities.

COUPLE: Funds may help students who cannot afford U. continued from front most ambitious campaigns in the University’s histor y, according to a Mason Gross School of the Arts press release.

Mason Gross visual arts program aspires to not only expand but also better its program by raising money for the “Our Rutgers, Our Future” campaign, Stauffer said.

“The Mason Gross School of the Arts is New Jersey’s flagship arts conser vator y,” Stauffer said. “Our mission is to train highly skilled, nimble artists who are well equipped to enter the rapidly changing world of arts in the 21st century.”

Stauffer said the donation is a wonder ful, thoughtful and generous gesture on the part of the Teppers.

Dillon Fernando, a Mason Gross School of the Arts firstyear student majoring in visual arts, thinks it is great that the Teppers are donating such a large sum to the school.

“The scholarship money will definitely help out those who can’t really af ford to go to Rutgers University but have the potential to,” Fernando said.

Fernando not only interacts with professional ar tists at the school but also aspires to become a professional ar tist.

“Mason Gross is an actively growing community that will not only put this money to good use, but will also use it to branch out by adding members to the community,” Fernando said.

Kevin LeBoeuf, a Mason Gross School of the Arts first-year student, is also grateful for the donation.

To LeBoeuf, the school is an entity that always strives to expand, never settles for less and constantly looks to raise the bar.

“I think that Marlene and David Tepper are two great alumni that look back to this school with the best interest in mind for the University,” he said.

To promote energy efficiency, Guhl discussed her plan to reduce the state’s energy demand by 20 percent as well as her work to ensure that 30 percent of the state’s energy is coming from renewable resources by 2020.

Smith-Sebasto focused solely on his composting efforts at Kean and encouraged all college campuses across the country to get on board.

“My goal is to see this kind of technology on ever y college campus in the country because college campuses should lead the way to greater sustainability,” Smith-Sebasto said.

Composting, which uses plain household resources to create fuel, helped Kean process more than 100,000 pounds of food scraps, he said.

But Kornitas disagreed with the role of composting being central for the University.

“We’re also working on composting, but it’s dif ficult,” Kor nitas said. “On a small

MARCH 23, 2011 scale, it’s great, but on a large scale, what are you going to do?”

The University does not have a compost program anymore as a result of a number of complaints it received a few years ago, he said.

Following the three speakers was a question and answer session, during which members of the audience asked the panelists questions regarding sustainability and points brought up in each of the speeches.

The University’s NJPIRG Chair Annabel Pollioni, said she hopes the event, which took place at the Douglass Campus Center, helped illuminate important resources available to students at the University.

“I’m hoping [it] highlighted the practices that Rutgers does with sustainability,” said Pollioni, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

The organization was largely motivated to hold the panel in order to inform students about the importance of recycling, as well as to bring forth some of the University’s recycling ser vices that many students are unaware of, Quintana said.

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“I think probably all the students have a basic understanding on the importance of being sustainable but not a lot of them have the background knowledge, so hopefully this can give them a reason to be sustainable,” she said.

Quintana said she wished NJPIRG put more effort in publicizing the event, which attracted about 20 students.

Despite the turnout, Kornitas hoped everyone left with a newfound awareness.

“I found out what the students are thinking, what their ideas are, what they think should be done in the University,” he said. “But it’s hard to get the word out. We try to put things out in Rutgers Today, the newspaper, but we need to get more students on board.”

Kornitas said the key to getting more students involved with sustainability efforts is to constantly remind the University community of what is going on.

But Guhl said she was pleased with the overall outcome and hopes to see more audience discussion in the future.

“I think it was good to see so many students out on a Tuesday night,” she said. “I saw what I expected.”

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Sharyle Patton, director of the Health and Environment Program at Commonweal in Bolinas, Calif., will present a lecture entitled, “Space of Democracy Lecture Series: Our Body Burden of Toxic Chemicals: Implications for Chemical Policy Reform” at 4:30 p.m. at the fourth floor lecture hall of Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Patton will provide an overview of the relevance of biomonitoring results as a public health tool, discuss why people should be concerned about concentrations of environmental chemicals in their bodies and present case studies using data from NHANES and other biomonitoring studies to illustrate data use and results communication. For more information, visit ecologies.rutgers.edu. For more information about the Space of Democracy network, visit w w w . s p a c e o f d e m o c r a c y . o r g .

The Botanical Society will be hosting Joan Bennett in honor of Women's History Month. Bennett will speak about her work on molds, including the production of mycotoxins in Aspergillus and potential health problems of indoor molds. She is also vice president for Academic Affairs and is in charge of overseeing the welfare of women in science, engineering and mathematics fields at the University. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Foran Hall 138A on Cook campus.

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Sharyle Patton, director of the Health and Environment Program, Commonweal in Bolinas, Calif., will present a lecture called “You Are What You Eat: And Some of it Isn’t Pretty,” at 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the George H. Cook Room in the Cook Campus Center. The event is a conversation about the toxic chemicals people carry in their bodies, how they got there and what people can do about them.

Phi Delta Theta is sponsoring a blood drive on from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. All donors will receive a free Tshirt and snacks. For more info, please email Jared at JTamasco@nybloodcenter.org or Sagar at sagarru@eden.rutgers.edu.

Slow Food Rutgers will host an “Eatin’ Meetin’” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Davison Hall Food Lab on Douglass campus.

Students will cook and eat locally made food items.

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Department of Transportation Service will be holding its annual Transportation Forum from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 407 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus and is open to any interested members of the University community. Individuals can drop in at any time during the forum to discuss their questions about the existing transportation system or to receive an overview of the proposed changes for the 2011-2012 academic year. For questions regarding the forum, please contact Jenn Stuart, Manager of Transportation Planning at jstuart@aps.rutgers.edu.

RU Liquid Water will be having a coffeehouse and open-mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Douglass Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center. There will be live music and performances as well as coffee and desserts to enjoy. Admission is free but all donations will go toward the construction of clean water wells in Haiti and El Salvador. For more information, visit the organization’s Facebook page or email ruliquidwater@gmail.com.

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Rutgers Empowering Disabilities will hold a Wheelchair Relay Race from 6 to 10:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Gym. There will be a live deejay, raffles, prizes and free pizza. The event is open to all, no disability required. There is a $25 registration fee for a team of six and a $2 donation for single person races. Prizes will go to the top two teams. Portions of proceeds will benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association. For more information, contact rutgers4disability@gmail.com.

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Back by popular demand, acclaimed violinist Yen Yu and pianist Iris Chen will perform sonatas for violin and piano

by Beethoven and Erich Korngold. Korngold is renowned for his late-romantic classical compositions as well as the lush Hollywood film scores that he created in the 1930s and 1940s. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for museum members and $5 for students with valid identification. Children under 18 are free. Tickets are sold on the day of the concert on a first-come, firstser ve basis, beginning at 12:30 p.m. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus.

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The SPIN Program will host a Speed Networking event at 6 p.m. in the Cook Campus Center. Interested students will attend a brief networking boot camp before joining University alumni and other industry professionals in a friendly round of speed networking. The purpose of the event is to give students the opportunity to polish social skills and build new relationships by interacting with employers and alumni willing to offer career advice and insight. Interest people must contact the SPIN office at (732)-932-3000 ext. 522 or email Kristen Lester at lester@aesop.rutgers.edu.

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Plaza to house first large city grocery store in years

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CORRESPONDENT

The New Brunswick Wellness Plaza project is in the demolition process and will be completed in September 2012 along with the opening of the University’s Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Gateway Project.

The Wellness Plaza will house Fresh Grocer shopping market along with a 1,200space parking garage, which will of fer two hour parking for customers, near the New Brunswick Train Station platform and the Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital Fitness & Wellness Center, said Jean Holtz, vice president for Devco Communications and Operations.

“It was difficult to convince large scale grocer y stores to come into an urban area,” Holtz said. “Most like to be in suburbia where there is a lot of parking and access from a main road and we have been working on this for several years.”

Fresh Grocer is the first large grocery store to open in New Brunswick for several years, the other being Valdez, which opened several years ago, said city spokesman Bill Bray.

“Residents will be able to meet with registered nurses who will be able to establish

exercise regiments and healthy diets,” he said. “They can only go so far when there’s no grocer y store around but with Fresh Grocer, residents are offered a wide selection of varieties of healthy foods.”

Bray said Fresh Grocer would be more convenient for residents, as around 75 percent of residents live in a 10 to 15 mile radius to its location and is near three routes that public shuttles in New Brunswick take.

Fresh Grocer was established in 1996 as an independently owned perishable oriented grocery store offering food for urban and suburban settings with seven stores — five of which are located in Philadelphia, one in Wilmington, Del., and another in a suburban area in Pennsylvania, Fresh Grocer’s marketing director Carly Spross said.

“Come into a typical Fresh Grocer and [you’ll see] a huge store where we have a coffee and gelato bar, where you smell the coffee as you walk in,” Spross said. “Then we have a large section dedicated to beautiful produce, prepared foods and a full service food bar with a grill.”

The store also features a Chinese food section, fresh meat and seafood section, burrito station, salad bar, hoagie shop, catering service and a full service deli and bakery, Spross said.

“The store offers a nice atmosphere where food is made fresh everyday and people can watch their food being prepared,” she said.

Spross said the store is more community oriented than stores like Pathmark and Shoprite.

“What sets us apart from the others is our focus on community and becoming part of the community is what appeals to the customers,” she said. “We create local jobs, hire local and create different programs for the community.”

Fresh Grocer on Temple University’s campus in Philadelphia recently held a nutrition program that offered students tours where they were given samples and gift cards with instructions on how to shop and eat healthy, Spross said.

“Fresh Grocer also provides local farmers’ markets to nearby organizations and reaches out to the community,” Spross said.

With the current size of Fresh Grocer inside the Wellness Plaza, Spross estimates 250 to 275 new jobs will be created at the location with wages more competitive than ones at other local supermarkets.

The new supermarket will offer more affordable options for residents, as they will receive 50 percent on regular membership to the Wellness Center, Bray said.

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By the time of its completion in September 2012, the New Brunswick Wellness Plaza will have the Fresh Grocer shopping market.

Residents with limited funds will pay on a sliding scale, but the price of the membership is yet to be determined, he said.

The Wellness Center will also offer an aquatic center with a junior Olympic-sized pool, that will give practice space to a new New Brunswick High School swim team and allow the Red Cross to offer swimming courses to elementary school students.

In conjunction with the Wellness Center Plaza’s construction there

will also be some street closures and road remodeling, Bray said.

“Jelin Street will no longer exist, Kirkpatrick Street that dead ends at Paterson Street will be extended to French Street and Church Street,” he said.

A ver y important aspect of the Wellness Center Plaza will be the 300 new construction jobs and more than 300 permanent full-time jobs it will create for New Brunswick residents, Bray said.

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Workshop teaches ways to grow homemade fertilizer

BY JADE MCCLAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Middlesex County is hosting free composting workshops this month to help residents turn useless household materials into homemade fertilizing tools.

The purpose of the workshops is to teach residents cost-saving ways to produce soil, said Richard Hills, the division head for the Division of Solid Waste Management in Middlesex County.

“We think it’s very important for the public to be aware of what is available to them to help them out at home with their various gardening and lawn care programs,” he said. “There are other alternatives, rather than going out and buying fertilizer and things like that.”

The composting workshops allow people to make their own landscape dressing and soil nutrients from waste they have around the house, Hills said.

These workshops, sponsored by the Division of Solid Waste Management in Middlesex County and Rutgers Cooperative Extension will be held at the

EARTH Center at 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick for approximately two hours, he said. The backyard composting workshop will be held on March 26 at 10 a.m. and the vermicomposting workshop is on March 30 at 6:30 p.m.

“What makes these workshops very popular and very informative is that it’s hands-on,” Hills said. “You give the people background, you give them history, you tell them the benefits and then you actually do the hands-on set up of the project.”

Vermicomposting, which uses earthworms and other microorganisms to fertilize waste into useful soil, is another area in which residents are uncertain, he said.

“I bring in completely empty bins, I bring in a pound of red worms, I bring in all the organic waste and we start building a vermicomposting bin from scratch,” Hills said. “I let people put their hands in and get dirty and they love it, they really get involved in it.”

Hills believes some of the disadvantages to composting include the time commitment and effort necessary to compost properly, as well as an occasional lack of space, depending upon where an individual lives.

Peter Strom, a University professor who specializes in biological waste treatment, agreed with Hills and added that composting can pose other problems too.

“If it’s not done properly, it can cause environmental problems,” Strom said. “My research over the years has looked at proper ways to run large-scale composting so they don’t cause problems.”

Hills said another problem with composting is the strong odor it brings and he hopes the workshop addresses ways to curb the stench.

“One of the problems can be odor, so that’s one of the things I’m sure the county program will talk about, how to prevent odors by not including certain materials, by using the right mix of materials and by turning piles,” he said.

Another issue that can occur on both large and small-scale composting projects is the attraction of vermin, such as rats or flies, grabbing food scraps from open piles and breeding, Strom said. Despite the possibilities, these problems can both be easily managed and prevented through proper care of a compost pile.

Strom believes the workshops are a good opportunity for people to learn about composting and practicing it at home.

“Even for communities that have municipal-scale composting operations for yard waste, it’s still beneficial if citizens can compost some of their own material on their own property,” he said.

“They just have to be careful to follow the recommendations.”

Hills said that as long as residents are careful to follow the instructions they receive at the workshop, they can successfully compost useless materials into useful soil.

“Composting is tied directly to recycling, the more organic materials we can take out of the waste stream, the more space we are saving at the landfill,” Hills said.

People who compost save space at the landfill and for every ton of garbage they keep out, they help the town save $66, he said.

For citizens who want to begin composting but lack the space, the workshops offer bins for purchase ranging from $20 to $50, Hills said.

Hills finds the obstacles of composting minimal and encourages

college students to try it as well, saying that students interested in gardening and landscaping will find it to be an alternative to chemicals and a cheap way to get fertilizer.

“Seeing my dad do it when I was young used to annoy me but now knowing the science behind it, it makes me think that maybe he had the right idea to make sure we could grow some food in our backyard garden,” said Alison Antisz, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.

While Antisz appreciates the county’s effort at holding workshops, she hopes organizers of them also take other steps to promote composting.

“I would do it at home but probably wouldn’t have time to do a workshop. It would be better if they made a how-to video for those who don’t know how to start,” she said.

The workshops have the capacity to hold up to 40 participants at a time, but as popularity increases, the county is prepared to accommodate demand by having more workshops in the future if necessary, Hills said.

SEVEN MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES FACE LAY-OFFS Seven South Brunswick Township municipal employees will be laid off in about two weeks in an attempt to maintain an 8-cent tax rate increase in the Township Council’s proposed budget.

Of the anticipated eliminated positions, three will come from the Finance Office and one each from the Tax Assessor’s Office, the Social Services Department, the Clerk’s Office and legal administration, according to an article on mycentraljersey.com.

The employee reduction will account for a $300,000 cut in this year’s spending, allowing the township to trim its proposed budget of $46.5 million by $1 million.

Six of the seven employees dismissed, whose last day will be April 8, were chosen based on their seniority, meaning municipal employees will need more training when transferred to different departments.

“We’re still going to tr y to be as efficient as we’ve been in the past,” said Ron Schmalz, township public affairs coordinator in the article. “But in some cases, it may slow us down because we have less people to support the ser vice.”

Jobs were lost to attrition as a result of a fiveyear hiring freeze, but the township’s most recent layoffs have trimmed the number of municipal employees from 295 five years ago to 232.

The council continues to examine its proposed budget further, with more layoffs or furlough days a remaining option.

— Amy Rowe

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Rapper, actor Ja Rule arrested for tax evasion THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Gov. Chris Christie’s $1 billion in cuts to school aid last year are under scrutiny since Superior Court Judge Peter Doyne declared them unable to meet obligations to provide children with efficent education.

Judge rules Christie’s cuts unconstitutional THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie’s $1 billion in cuts to school aid last year left the state unable to meet its obligation to provide all children with a “thorough and efficient” education, a judge ruled Tuesday.

In looking at the issue for the state Supreme Court, Superior Court Judge Peter Doyne concluded that the Republican governor’s cuts hit high-risk districts the hardest. The high court will now consider responses to Doyne’s report and whether to do anything about it. Each side is required to respond by April 14.

Christie said he wasn’t surprised by the ruling.

“The Supreme Court gave him a very limited question to answer and didn’t allow him to take into effect all the different fiscal crises that we faced when we got here,” Christie said Tuesday in response to a question on Millennium Radio’s “Ask the Governor” program.

Doyne, a Bergen County judge, was appointed by the Supreme Court to help sort out whether Christie was within his constitutional rights in making the cuts. His report is the latest chapter in a decades-long legal saga about a high-income state’s obligations to children and schools in its poorest cities.

In a series of decisions over the last two decades in a case known as Abbott v. Burke, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that New Jersey needed to do more to improve schools in the poor districts.

As a result of the Abbott decisions, school districts in places like Camden, Newark and Asbury Park are among those with the highest costs per student, though their students’ test

scores lag far behind those in the suburbs.

The high court’s last ruling in the case came in 2009, when it found that a new school funding formula designed by the administration of former Gov. Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat, was allowable — but only if it was fully funded.

In Corzine’s last budget, schools did not get all the increases called for by the formula. And last year, Christie’s first in office, the governor cut aid to schools by about $1 billion to help fill an $11 billion state budget gap.

The Education Law Center, a Newark-based group that represents children in poor cities, took the state back to court over the cuts, arguing that even a one-time cut could put the state’s public education system back on the path to budget disparity.

Doyne found that, despite the state’s best efforts, the cuts fell more heavily upon highrisk districts.

His report found that 36 percent, or 205 districts out of 560, were not adequately funded in the fiscal year that ends in June and that those districts accounted for 72 percent of “at-risk” students. Doyne wrote that “it is clear the state has failed to carry its burden.”

In order to fully fund the approved formula, the state would have needed to come up with an additional $1.6 billion in the fiscal year that ends in June.

Although Doyne’s decision is not binding, it is important. In 2009, Doyne was tasked with recommending whether the Supreme Court should approve the Corzine administration’s school funding formula. Doyne recommended it be approved and ultimately the court followed the recommendation.

“The difficulty in addressing New Jersey’s fiscal crisis and its constitutionally mandated obligation to educate our children requires an exquisite balance not easily attained,” Doyne wrote.

“Despite spending levels that meet or exceed virtually every state in the country, and that saw a significant increase in spending levels from 2000 to 2008, our ‘atrisk’ children are now moving further from proficiency.”

Christie believes that his cuts to school aid were done equitably and should be upheld.

He thinks broader changes to education — such as eliminating lifetime tenure for teachers and making it easier for children in struggling schools to transfer to better-performing public or private schools — are needed to solve education problems that an infusion of state money has not been able to fix.

His spokesman, Michael Drewniak, said Tuesday that legal mandates over the years had contributed to the current fiscal crisis without improving education and should be reconsidered.

“The Supreme Court should at last abandon the failed assumption of the last three decades that more money equals better education, and stop treating our state’s fiscal condition as an inconvenient afterthought,” Drewniak said.

David Sciarra, the executive director of the Education Law Center, said that while the Supreme Court has yet to make a final ruling, he expected that Doyne’s report would be given “great weight.”

“His fact-finding was critical,” Sciarra said. “Students have been deprived of the programs and resources they need to reach the state’s academic standards.”

NEWARK, N.J. — Rapper and actor Ja Rule admitted Tuesday that he failed to pay taxes on more than $3 million in income, and he faces up to three years in prison.

The platinum-selling rapper, whose given name is Jeffrey Atkins, earned the money between 2004 and 2006 while he lived in Saddle River, an upscale community in northern New Jersey.

If the plea conditions are met, the government will dismiss two counts against him for unpaid taxes on about $1 million he earned in 2007 and 2008.

Atkins is scheduled to be sentenced June 13 on the three tax evasion charges. He faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 in fines on each count.

Five days before that, he is scheduled to report to prison in New York to serve a two-year sentence after pleading guilty in December to attempted criminal possession of a weapon.

Atkins’ attorney, Stacy Richman, is expected to file to have the tax evasion sentence served concurrently with the weapons sentence.

Atkins appeared in U.S. District Court in Newark dressed in a brown leather jacket, pullover and blue jeans. He answered a series of questions from U.S. Magistrate

Patty Shwartz and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Mack about his income from 2004 to 2008, which reached $1.59 million in 2005 and gradually fell to $490,000 in 2008.

The government estimated the unpaid taxes from those years totaled more than $1.1 million.

According to a court filing by the U.S. Attorney’s office, Atkins earned the money from music royalties paid to ASJA Inc. and live performance-related income paid to Rule Tours Inc. Atkins was the sole shareholder of both companies, the government alleged.

Atkins didn’t comment outside the courtroom. Asked how he felt about the charges as he stepped into a waiting car he said, “I feel great.”

Richman noted that her client surrendered voluntarily and will pay the delinquent taxes.

“He’s been working on addressing these issues for some time, and he’s taking full responsibility,” she said.

The weapons charge stems from a traffic stop after a July 2007 concert at New York’s Beacon Theater.

Police say they found a loaded gun in a rear door of his luxury sports car.

The rapper was nominated for a 2002 best rap album Grammy Award for “Pain is Love.” His movie credits include 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious” and 2003’s “Scary Movie 3.”

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After admitting to not paying more than $3 million in income taxes, Jeffrey “Ja Rule” Atkins will face up to three years in prison.

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Obama fails to live up to Peace Prize P

eople have been at President Barack Obama’s throat since he made the decision to intervene in the Libyan revolution. The most recent attack comes from Bolivian President Evo Morales, who called for stripping Obama of the Nobel Peace Prize. Morales asked, “Is he defending peace in the world now, or isn’t he instead fomenting violence?” That is a salient question at this point, and it needs to be addressed. We don’t believe the Nobel committee should revoke Obama’s prize. Doing so would merely be petty because Obama has not done anything that can be considered directly opposed to promoting world peace. But we do believe that, if Obama wishes to prove to people he ever truly deserved the prize, he’s going to have to step it up.

We’re not the only people who feel disillusioned at this point with Obama’s tenure as commander in chief. When he came into office, he promised a better future for all of us. Yet, he does not seem to have made too much progress in that direction. He talks openly and often about his commitment to peace and bipartisanship, but it seems he never does more than just talk about it. When he introduced his health care reform bill, it seemed that he finally turned his rhetoric into action. Unfortunately for Obama — and for our nation — his reform bill has been languishing in the legislature ever since, with opponents doing all they can to tear it to shreds.

Which brings us to the United States’ present entanglement in Libya. In a strange way, one could argue that Obama’s decision to intervene was an attempt to promote peace. He is, after all, trying to defend the rebels from Col. Muammar Gaddafi. Even if we grant Obama these good intentions, Libya merely stands as another failed attempt at bringing, “Change we can believe in.” Now our nation is caught up in three wars — not a very peaceful scenario. Not to mention that Libya is going to cost the United States some serious money, at a time when we are headed for insolvency, according to Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher.

All in all, we’re pretty disappointed with Obama’s performance to date, especially with respect to his Nobel Peace Prize. We’d love nothing more than to see Obama prove his critics wrong, but unfortunately, that doesn’t seem very likely.

Successful society requires religion

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an you conceive of a world without religion? It may sound strange, but the American Physical Society can. In fact, they are predicting that nine countries — Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Austria, Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and New Zealand — will experience a religious extinction sometime in the future. The society gathered census data from these countries and calculated that the trends suggest a rather rapid decline in religious affiliation. If it continues, these countries will be pretty much religion free. However, we feel that there’s no way that will ever come to be the case — and, even if a religious extinction did occur, that would be a turn for the worse.

Whereas many people in these countries are identifying themselves as nonreligious, that does not necessarily mean that the people are areligious. There have been trends in many nations — the United States included — where people are turning toward semi-secular forms of religion. It’s the oft-heard cliché of, “I’m not religious, but I am spiritual.” Perhaps the flaw in the American Physical Society’s prediction is that it does not account for this movement. As much as people claim that spirituality and religion can be separated, they really can’t. If we define religion as a faith-based belief, then these spiritual people are themselves members of a religion — just not an institutionalized one.

Also, religions, as with any cultural artifact, evolve over time and across space. Just look at the movement from, say, Greek mythology to modern-day Christianity. In fact, Christianity itself has changed a lot since its inception. The point is that, even if traditional religions die out in these countries, we are certain new ones will develop in their place.

That’s how human society has operated all throughout recorded history — what’s to say this practice will end now? There is little to no evidence to suggest that will be the case.

Questions of truth or legitimacy aside, religions are incredibly useful things. They give many people purpose in life, and they help create moral codes that facilitate more loving relationships between people. Sure, it’s easy to dwell on the negative aspects of religion. The media loves giving the fundamentalists coverage because they’re the most engaging. But the fact remains that the majority of religious people aren’t the Westboro Baptist Church. The extinction of religion, then, would deal a serious blow to how the world works now — and probably not for the better. When you remove purpose and moral codes from people’s lives, you’re just asking for trouble.

It doesn’t seem like a religious extinction is actually possible anytime in the future. We applaud the American Physical Society for taking the time to conduct this interesting research but, ultimately, the world probably isn’t going to lose its faith completely. At least, not any time soon.

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remain strong. And I was, e experience simuntil I walked back outside ple acts of kindand saw what was waiting. ness from There was a stout man strangers in our everyday with a baseball cap that had a lives. Someone holding a red and white logo that read, door open for you, or return“Red Cross.” As I neared him, ing a $10 bill that you might AMIT JANI I heard what he was saying to have dropped while paying my father and the rest of my for that Fat Indian sandwich family that had arrived since. He said he was sorry for at the Grease Trucks. what happened. He went back to his truck and However, this feeling of kindness and generosity brought out some paperwork. He handed my mother from strangers is exponentially magnified during a a credit card and told her that there was $500 on it. He catastrophe — a feeling that you can imagine but also gave us kits with some candy bars, hand sanitizdon’t truly understand until you experience it. er and napkins. This man even offered us a hotel to It’s a feeling I experienced close to the end of my stay in until we could find a temporary home. freshmen year of college. I was shopping with my Hearing this, I was heartbroken. Not from all that mother at Sam’s Club when she unexpectedly we had lost or the distress I saw on my parents’ faces received a call. She said it was my father and that we but from the pure generosity that I never expected. I had to rush home. As I pulled up to my blocked onefought off tears that were building up and felt the way street, I could see five large fire trucks placed intense pain in the back of my throat. I couldn’t believe strategically around my four-story apartment buildthat this organization that came on its own free will ing. There were two ambulances towards the end of was willing to give so much to us. the block and a few police officers It’s still hard for me to explain in close to where the street was “I lost most of detail how I felt at the time, but it was a blocked off. feeling that I had never felt before — an I saw the dismayed look on my the material overwhelming sense of surprise, gratigrandmother’s face as she sat on the possessions I owned, tude, confusion and lovingness all porch of my neighbor’s home. My mixed into an intense cocktail filled father was close to the perimeter the but I was still strong.” with various hormones. firefighters set up, prohibiting any I’ll never forget this experience, for person from entering. His exterior it gave me a new trust for mankind. It defeated the seemed unshaken and he gave me a faint smile, but cliché that this was a dog-eat-dog world. Although we I knew he was broken inside. all competed against each other for internships, placeThe firefighter controlling the perimeter and the ment into graduate programs or prestigious honors, large crowd that gathered asked if we were resipeople really care for one another. dents of the apartment on fire — Apartment 3. It As the recent catastrophe hit Japan, I thought was my apartment. The fire marshal instructed us back to my own experience and how much the genthat the fire had started in the first room closest to erosity and kindness of strangers really helped me the entrance, which was my room. to continue living my life after such a tragic incident.

After an hour passed, I was allowed to enter the These were people that contributed, knowing that scorched apartment. The smell I encountered upon they were doing some good for the world, gaining entering the apartment was one of the worst I ever nothing more in return than a fuzzy warm feeling. experienced, and one that I’ll never forget. The once Although I’ll never be able to know who conoff-white walls were charred black. My room was tributed the valuable aid to my family, I remain eterbare — the beige carpet had vanished and I could nally grateful for what they’ve done. It’s often hard see the wood structures behind the walls that once giving blindly, not knowing who will receive it and held my baseball cards. what they’ll do with it. But we should continue to give.

I saw the baseball mitt that I won my first Little You can help give basic aid to the people of Japan League championship with was destroyed, wet from by going to www.redcross.org. You can also text the fire hose’s streaming water. The 15 or so pairs of “REDCROSS” to 90999 or “JAPAN” to 80888, and Air Jordan sneakers that I spent hard summer $10 will automatically be donated and added to your hours working in fast food restaurants were burnt. next cell phone bill.

And my yearbooks, ranging from first grade through high school, were reduced to ash.

Amit Jani is a School of Arts and Sciences junior I lost most of the material possessions I owned, majoring in journalism and media studies with a but I was still strong. I had to be for my parents, minor in political science. His column, “The Fourth whose inner wills seemed so torn, even though they Estate,” runs on alternate Wednesdays. tried not to expose it. I promised myself I would Due to space limitations, submissions cannot exceed 750 words. If a commentary exceeds 750 words, it will not be considered for publication. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication.

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resident Barack Obama signed the Af fordable Care Act a year ago this week, which enacts significant health insurance reforms that will take effect over the next several years. But one ver y important piece of that law is already in place and it may directly benefit you.

The Affordable Care Act ensures that college students and young adults can stay on their parents’ employer-provided health care plans until age 26.

Prior to the enactment of the law, many health plans and issuers dropped young adults from their parents’ policies because of their age. That left countless college students, recent college graduates and other young people with little recourse and worse — no health insurance. Historically, 30 percent of young adults have been uninsured, a rate far higher than that of any other age group.

But young people don’t need health insurance, right? The statistics say other wise: one in six young adults today are faced with a chronic illness such as cancer, diabetes or asthma. And nearly

half of uninsured young adults report problems paying medical bills.

The new law ensures you have an option when it comes to your health care. This is important as you continue through school — and as you transition into the job market — since you may find that health care coverage is not immediately available through your employer. Or you may work part time. You may choose to continue your education and go to graduate school or take time off to travel and pursue volunteer opportunities.

It allows you to remain on your parents’ plan or rejoin it

until age 26, even if do not live with your parents, are not a dependent on their tax return or are no longer a student. The new flexibility even applies if you are married. You are guaranteed the same benefits and at the same price that is available to other dependents.

More health care improvements are on the way and many may also directly benefit you.

Already, coverage cannot be denied for those under age 19 because of a pre-existing condition. Denying coverage to anyone based on a pre-existing condition, by 2014, will be banned. Annual dollar caps

on care, which are already limited, will be prohibited. Statebased health insurance exchanges will create a new marketplace, giving more employers and millions of Americans the ability to purchase af fordable coverage.

The Affordable Care Act is based on the simple belief that ever y American — and that includes college students — deserves access to high-quality, affordable health care. A year after it has become law, that belief is becoming reality.

Hilda Solis is the United States secretary of labor.

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t’s time for President Barack Obama to defend his own war, Operation Odyssey Dawn. First, U.S. military operations in Libya could wipe out a significant chunk of the budget cuts costing between $400 million and $800 million, according to a report released by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Most importantly, Obama failed to gain approval from Congress before launching military action. Not only is he the first president in the history of the United States to attack a foreign country while visiting a foreign country, but he is continuing the legacy of disregarding the Constitution in regarding matters of war.

The Arab League and Russia also have criticized the U.S.-led airstrikes. Obama says he wants Libya’s Col. Muammar Gaddafi out, but he wants to emphasize

that it will be nothing like former President George W. Bush’s “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” which rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein.

For those who haven’t heard of the Libyan uprising of the North African state against the dictator, the protesters are calling for new leadership and democratic elections, much like Egypt’s recent dissent. Gaddafi’s power for the last 42 years has turned for the worse from a dictatorship to a crushing response and attempted obliteration of the opposition of the population at large.

While Obama just recently supported the no-fly zone, he needs to notify the American people of a strategy rather than mixed signals or orders given from the United Nations read off of a teleprompter. The no-fly zone has not fully been a no-fly zone, because citizens are still being attacked within the state by Gaddafi’s forces.

Augustine said in St. Thomas Aquinas’ “Summa Theologica” :

“We do not seek peace in order to be at war, but we go to war that we may have peace.” The American strategy has the just cause and right intention, but no authority to have militar y intervention. Obama could have surely thought of another path of foreign policy after being anti-

“How can we stabilize Libya?

Who is the opposition?” war for so long. International cooperation is not present. It seems that just the United States is playing a big hand.

Diplomacy seemed out of the question when usually the President seems to shake hands and have a drink with other countries’ leaders.

Economic sanctions could have been imposed along with earlier criticism of Gaddafi’s rule

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before these protests occurred.

We need to stop the slaughter in Libya, but it should be the world’s fight, not just America’s. It is justifiable to use military intervention in Libya, but the intervention should not take place just to save a President’s reputation or legacy.

Bombing won’t get Gaddafi out, and we cannot rely on Gaddafi’s own inner circle to turn on him.

We are told by the administration that we don’t want Gaddafi dead as we aim at military targets where Gaddafi was formerly located. The rule of the double effect articulates that we should never consciously do harm to an innocent person. Yet, because a good act may have bad effects, it is allowable to harm innocents indirectly and unintentionally when directly and intentionally aiming at a legitimate target. He believed counter-value and counter-city targeting violate the principle of discrimination, because those targets aimed at non-combatants. Forces should be aiming at Gaddafi before he

flees if that will eventually be the strategy.

Obama cannot truly believe that the United States won’t lead the way or that he will be able to take a step back after we were blessed by the United Nations and Arab League for our liberal internationalist intervention. The mission of humanitarian inter vention and strategy in Libya is not clear to the American people, and it is not our fight. It is with good intent to rid the countr y of the 42 year reign of a tyrant, but we have no constitutional authority, nor the right nor clear strategy present.

How can we stabilize Libya?

Who is the opposition? Will the British or the French take over?

Can we afford this war if it continues? Who is really is in charge here? Where is the strategy? How will the Libyan “War” end?

Connor Montferrat is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, majoring in political science and criminal justice.

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Junior forward April Sykes led the Scarlet Knights in scoring with 21 points on 9-of-20 shooting from the field.

DEFEAT: Aggies’ speed forces sloppy offense from RU continued from back get anything going, with the team finishing with a 35.8 shooting percentage from the field.

Rutgers often bodied Adams with two and sometimes three defenders in the lane, but she stayed true to her role, burying tough shot after tough shot and finishing a perfect 8-for-8 from the charity stripe.

When the final buzzer sounded, Rutgers owned 20 turnovers versus 14 for the Aggies (29-5), as the Knights struggled to adjust to A&M’s quickness.

One of the few differences from the first time the Aggies dominated Rutgers was the play of Sykes, who assumed her familiar go-to role from the first round of the Tournament.

But other than the increased production from Sykes, last night’s loss shaped up to be a lot like the Knights’ 29-point loss to the Aggies in Madison Square Garden earlier this season.

And just like last time, A&M finished play with three doubledigit scorers — Adams, Carter (14) and Tyre White (11) — while once again taking advantage of the Knights’ turnover tendencies.

“The immaturity of us was exposed once again, this time on national television,” Sykes said.

Stringer kept to her gameplan of pounding the ball inside, as junior forward Chelsey Lee

and Khadijah Rushdan both maneuvered in the paint to find open space.

But neither could capitalize on shot opportunities, finishing the contest a combined 3-for-13 from the field after scoring 27 total points two days earlier in a win over Louisiana Tech.

The two themes that dominated the final half of play yesterday — strong defense and huge plays from each team’s respective star — remained consistent in the first half of action.

But Blair’s prediction of a defensive battle between both teams only existed in the first half.

But Stringer admitted her coaching adversar y had the advantage entering the contest, and while the Knights faced just an eight-point deficit entering the locker room for intermission, the offense still looked sloppy.

Twelve of Rutgers’ total turnovers occurred in the opening period, as the speed of A&M surpassed Knights’ for the second time this season.

The Knights entered the contest on one of their biggest highs of the season, but just as quickly as Carter drove coast to coast, Rutgers was knocked out of the Big Dance, failing to return to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years.

“You feel the hurt when everybody’s here, it’s the same team, it’s the same people,” Sykes said. “For us, it’s not good enough, so we’ve got to take it, we’ve got to learn from it. So I’m sure we’ll get right to it as soon as we get back.”

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Texas A&M center Danielle Adams led all scorers with 28 points and added 11 rebounds for a double-double effort.

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Stringer looked to point guard Nikki Speed for ball control on offense, as the junior had her most prominent role in a game since returning from a foot injury.

Speed logged 21 minutes and only contributed three of the team’s turnovers.

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center Danielle Adams, reclaimed the ball and rattled it home.

SOPHOMORE

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Oliver was not a factor in either of her two NCAA Tournament games this season.

The second-team All-Big East forward did not start either game at the CenturyTel Center, fouling out in 22 minutes during the first round. She recorded two points and no rebounds last night against the Aggies.

TEXAS A&M, RANKED seventh in the country, advances to the Sweet 16 after failing to do so last season. The Aggies get No. 6-seed Georgia and put themselves in position for a rubber match with conference rival Baylor in the Elite Eight.

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Junior guard Nikki Speed dished four assists in 21 minutes.

ormer New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor was sentenced in New York to six years on probation after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct.

Taylor pleaded guilty in January to having sex with an underage prostitute.

Taylor’s attorney, Gloria Allred, said the girl waned to read a victim-impact statement.

But the judge said victims are entitled to speak on felony sentencing only, and Taylor pleaded guilty to misdemeanors.

Taylor also must abide by the conditions of a sex offender.

The judge postponed the hearing until April 12 to determine Taylor’s sex-offender level.

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owner Mark Cuban nixed the possibility of buying the New York Mets.

The Wilpon family is still trying to find someone to buy 25 percent of the team.

Cuban said in an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live that the Mets’ situation is too shaky for him to write an $800 million check.

Cuban also explored ownership of the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Texas Rangers in recent years. The billionaire came closest to purchasing the Rangers.

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Phillies manager Charlie Manuel was not disappointed, but he was confused, according to a report from ESPN. Castillo’s no-show occurred due to a miscommunication about traveling. The Phillies expected Castillo in Clearwater, Fla., by Monday night, but Castillo arrived yesterday morning and planned to begin practicing with the team today.

IN THE CRIMINAL CASE of Bonds vs. United States, Barry Bonds’ lawyer said the home run king admits to using steroids, but his personal trainer led him to believe he was taking flaxseed oil and arthritis cream.

Bonds pleaded not guilty to four charges of lying to a grand jury in 2003, when he denied knowingly taking steroids, and one count of obstruction.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Parrella called Bonds a liar during his first chance to present the government’s position.

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alter rules for kickoffs and instant replay next season.

They also brought up a proposal that would expand language changes in the rule involving penalties against defenseless players.

The kickoff rule moves the ball from the 30-yard line to the 35 at the start of kickoffs.

The replay rule allows the booth of ficial to review all scoring plays.

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RU returns to track after short layoff

BY ADHAAR SHARMA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s track and field team kicked off its outdoor seaWOMEN’S TRACK son this past weekend at the Bulls Invitational in Tampa, Fla. “This first meet went very well overall,” said head coach James Robinson. “I was very pleased with the performance of our athletes.”

The Scarlet Knights ended their indoor season two weeks earlier and only had a week’s rest before beginning a new race to the Big East Championships.

The Knights failed to finish in first place in any event, but junior Alex Kelly did secure second place in the javelin with a throw of 41.78 meters. Kelly qualified for the Big East Championships with her performance.

The 4x100-meter relay team, comprised of freshman Tylia Gillon, juniors Brittni Rodriguez and Zainab Bisiolu and senior Jamie Walker, also captured second place with a time of 46.55 seconds.

The time qualified them for the Big East and ECAC Championships.

“The 4x100 team ran the fastest time this year, even though the stick pass to Gillon was a little shabby,” Robinson said.

Gillon, Rodriguez and Walker also placed third, fifth and tenth, respectively, in the 100-meter dash and secured Big East qualifiers with their times of 12.07, 12.11 and 12.27 seconds.

Gillon also qualified for the ECAC Championships with her time in the 100-meter dash and for the Big East and ECAC in the 200-meter dash.

The 4x400-meter relay team of juniors Courtney Sample, Danai Lendor and Bisiolu and freshman Rachel Leeke finished in third, five seconds behind first-place Kentucky.

“I was pleased to see the 4x400 team come in third place and qualify for the ECAC and the Big East, especially because Bisiolu and Leeke ran the 200-meter dash 30 minutes before the relay race,” Robinson said.

Junior Danai Lendor ran the 400-meter hurdles in 1:02.08 in her first race since 2009 and secured a Big East qualifier with her sixth place finish.

“For [Lendor] to come back after two years and qualify for the Big East was just a great occurrence,” Robinson said.

Senior captain Natalie Clickett secured eighth place in the shot put and sixth place in the discus throw.

Clickett qualified for the Big East and the ECAC Championships with her discus throw of 46.54 meters.

“It is good to qualify for the championships as early in the season as possible, so later on in the season we can just train to get even better without having to worr y about qualifying,” Robinson said.

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St. Anthony guard Myles Mack scored 17 points in a win over Plainfield. Mack joined St. Anthony after Paterson Catholic closed and committed to the Rutgers men’s basketball team.

RUTGERS COMMIT COMPLETES UNDEFEATED SEASON WITH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Led by Rutgers men’s basketball commitment Myles Mack, MEN’S BASKETBALL S t .

Anthony won the New Jersey Tournament of Champions on Monday night against Plainfield.

Mack scored 17 points in the Friars’ 61-49 win at the Izod

Center in East Rutherford, N.J. The victory gave St. Anthony its 11th Tournament of Champions title and fourth mythical national championship under Hall of Fame head coach Bob Hurley.

The victory caps an undefeated season for the Friars, securing the No. 1 national rank-

ing from USA Today and a national title.

St. Anthony appeared destined for the title on March 9, when it beat St. Patrick at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. St. Patrick held the No. 1 ranking at that time, while St. Anthony ranked second.

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RU takes three titles at Bulls Invitational

BY LIZ SWERN

wanted to set the tone for the rest of the guys.”

Pennino won the javelin with The Rutgers men’s track and a throw of 62.67 meters. Senior field team kicked off the out- Christopher Bradley finished door season over the weekend fourth in the event with a mark with a trip of 53.56 meters. The two throwMEN’S TRACK south to ers competed together each outthe Bulls Invitational in door season throughout their Tampa, Fla. careers at Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights sent most “It felt good to be back comof the throwers and field event peting again,” Pennino said. competitors from the team. For “However, I did feel out of sync many of those that go to the Bulls since I hadn’t thrown since Invitational, it is their first time last June.” competing this year.

Pennino trained during the The Knights left South Florida offseason with head throwing with three first-place finishes coach Tony Naclerio, fine-tunfrom the meet. ing his throws “The meet and techniques went well,” junior “It felt good to be down the runway. thrower James He hopes to back competing Plummer said. progress as the “It’s exciting to again. ... I did feel season goes on. go to Florida and “Fortunately, I out of sync since compete in feel that once I good weather get these skills I hadn’t thrown so early.” integrated into P l u m m e r since last June.” my technique I earned one of will have much JEREMY PENNINO those first-place more success on Senior Javelin Thrower finishes on the runway,” Saturday in the Pennino said. discus. The Toms The final firstRiver, N.J., native secured the place finish was courtesy of junwin as well as Big East and ior jumper Adam Bergo in the IC4A Championship-qualifying triple jump, in which he regismarks with a throw of 58.81 tered a leap of 15.02 meters. meters.

Bergo redshir ted during the “It was a good first meet indoor season, making this back,” Plummer said. “I opened meet his first this year competup close to my personal record.” ing for the Knights.

The meet, held at the beginThe Plainfield, N.J., native ning of each season over spring also placed second in the high break, was the perfect opportu- jump with a mark of 2.10 nity for throwers on the team to meters. Bergo competed in the get back into competition again long jump, as well, finishing in after taking the indoor sixth place with a jump of season off.

6.89 meters.

“The javelin was the first “It feels good to be back,” event to start off at 9 a.m. on Plummer said. “It feels good to Friday,” senior javelin thrower be back competing again with all Jeremy Pennino said. “So we my teammates.”

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Trio of Knights extend season with NCAA berth

BY JOSH GLATT CORRESPONDENT

While the schedule for the Rutgers gymnastics team concluded with a school-record finish at the GYMNASTICS E a s t Atlantic Gymnastics League Championships, three gymnasts continued their seasons.

Freshman Luisa LealRestrepo, along with sophomores Jenna Zito and Danielle D’Elia qualified for NCAA Regionals after impressive seasons.

While disappointed that the Scarlet Knights did not qualify for regionals as a team, head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton is excited to see three of her gymnasts compete on a larger stage.

“We are all really looking forward to seeing Luisa, Danielle and Jenna compete at regionals,” Chollet-Norton said. “They are going to do a great job representing the team and the University.”

Leal-Restrepo and Zito both qualified for the all-around despite suffering small injuries this year that prevented either of them from regularly competing in four events.

“It is outstanding that they have managed to stay healthy all year,” Chollet-Norton said. “They just work hard and do the right things in the gym.”

Leal-Restrepo’s all-around average of 38.680 not only earned her a spot in regionals, but also recently led to her being awarded the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Rookie of the Year.

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Sophomore Danielle D’Elia qualified for the NCAA Regionals in her first season at Rutgers after transferring from Central Michigan. D’Elia’s 9.796 average qualified her for the floor exercise.

Her 39.025 regional qualifying score ranked sixth in the Nor theast region.

LealRestrepo averages a score of

9.832 in floor exercise, a 9.798 on vault, a 9.586 on bars and a 9.404 on balance beam this season.

Zito, a returning leader of the team, earned her first berth in NCAA Regionals with an average score of 38.228 while competing

in all-around in nine meets this season. The sophomore averaged a score of 9.731 in floor exercise, a 9.628 on vault, a 9.469 on bars and a 9.397 on balance beam.

D’Elia, a transfer from Central Michigan, qualified for floor exercises — an event she excelled in since she arrived on the Banks.

Chollet-Norton frequently praised D’Elia for being a consistent performer capable of dealing with pressure.

“Danielle is an outstanding athlete and performer. She sells herself and she has a great floor routine,” Chollet-Norton said.

“She comes from a very good club and that really helps make an outstanding gymnast. We lucked out getting her. … I am going to miss her.”

D’Elia’s regional qualifying score of 9.840 was top 10 in the Northeast region. In her first season with the Knights, D’Elia competed in floor exercises in every meet. She averaged 9.796 in floor exercise with a career-high mark of 9.875 that she accomplished in two separate meets.

While the majority of the team does not have competition left this season, the team can help the trio prepare. CholletNorton allowed her team to relax on Monday, but will begin preparing Leal-Restrepo, Zito, and D’Elia for regionals.

“We gave the girls an easy day [on Monday] and they just played around and worked out on their own,” Chollet-Norton said. “We’ll start working harder with them for the rest of the week.”

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Small, speedy sophomore creates plays for Knights

BY VINNIE MANCUSO

Stagnitta sees that as one of the Scarlet Knights’ strong points.

“Our attack group — with Weighing in at only 190 Duncan being our main playmakpounds and competing in his sec- er right now — they have such a ond season on the Banks, sopho- huge upside and such great potenMEN’S LACROSSE m o r e tial,” Stagnitta said. “They’re so D u n c a n young and in a lot of ways, they Clancy is one of the smallest and are learning and improving even youngest members of the as they’re out there.”

Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s One of Clancy’s main targets attack corps. for his many assists is team goal But what the Princeton, N.J., leader and redshirt freshman native lacks in size and experi- Scott Klimchak. The one-two ence, he more than makes up for punch of Clancy and Klimchak in resiliency. on attack is essential to the “He works awfully hard out Knights’ 5-2 record so far, which there,” head coach Jim Stagnitta saw an attack productivity that is said. “He’s one of incomparable in those kids that recent years. takes a beating “It’s been “Duncan [Clancy] every day to try great especially gives us a lot of and get to the playing with cage. He’s not the Scott at attack,” lacrosse IQ and biggest guy we Clancy said. “I have, but he has swiftness — ... things feel like we have the ability to get to great chemistr y.” that are going to the goal and a real But with uncanny feel for Klimchak playmake us better.” the game.” ing with a leg JIM STAGNITTA C l a n c y ’ s injur y he sufresilient style of fered in a game Head Coach play give him a against Penn team-high 23 State, the scorpoints on 16 assists — also a ing onus almost primarily shiftteam-high — and seven goals to ed to Clancy. start the season.

“With Scott being a little bit The Lawrenceville School hobbled, we’ve certainly leaned (N.J.) product acknowledges on Duncan a great deal,” that without his teammates on Stagnitta said. “He’s just a real talthe other end of the assists, his ented kid, and he knows we rely stats would not be what on him to do a lot of things.” they are.

And although the attackman is “Obviously I wouldn’t be only a sophomore, the talent he doing well if the guys at the brings to the table is not going other end of the pass didn’t fin- away any time soon. ish well,” Clancy said. “Our mid“Duncan gives us a lot of dies — they’ve really been shoot- lacrosse IQ and swiftness — a lot ing lights out, so the assists are of the things that are going to pretty easy to do.” make us better,” Stagnitta said.

Clancy is a main component in “Its exciting to know we have an offensive machine that guys like Duncan and Scott for includes a lot of youth, but the next three years.”

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Sophomore attackman Duncan Clancy leads the Scarlet Knights with 23 points this season on seven goals and 16 assists, already surpassing his total in each category from last season.

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Head coach Scott Goodale pushed for season ticket sales for the Rutgers wrestling team, which held five dual meets at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

Financial success marks program’s emergence Buffalo Soldier A.J. JANKOWSKI

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Sophomores Scott Winston, above, and Mario Mason are favorites to reach the podium at the NCAA Championships next season after falling short last week in Philadelphia.

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n paper, the Rutgers wrestling team had one of its best regular seasons in history, winning a schoolrecord 21 dual matches compared to just two losses.

On paper, the Scarlet Knights had one of the most disappointing showings at the NCAA Championships, sending eight wrestlers to Philadelphia but failing to land any of them on the podium.

But on the most important paper in this day and age — the financial balance sheet — the Knights may have excelled the most.

For the first time in the program’s history, the team offered a ticket plan for fans to reserve seats for all 13 home matches, including five at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The plan was a basic one: $60 for season tickets and $200 for floor seats at the College Ave Gym and front row seats for matches at the RAC. And despite having to pay, the fans came in droves.

“For our first year doing it, it was awesome,” said head coach Scott Goodale, the frontrunner of the initiative. “We made money. We made a lot of money. I just think it’s something that we probably should have been doing all along.”

No matter the venue or the event, fans showed their support all season long. The year began with the wrestle-offs — an intrasquad match where spectators literally cannot cheer for one wrestler over another — and still over 1,200 packed the Barn to see the team.

The season ended with the largest crowd ever to attend a Rutgers wrestling match, when

5,011 fans filed into the RAC for the Scarlet Knights’ home finale against Lehigh. That number is more than any attendance figure the men’s basketball team recorded in its non-conference home schedule.

What makes this all the more remarkable is that it occurred at a time when collegiate wrestling is in crisis mode all over the countr y.

The University of Nor th Carolina-Greensboro announced less than a week prior to the NCAA Championships that it will eliminate its wrestling program, citing budget cuts as its reasoning.

And it is not that the Spartans were a bad program. In fact, UNCG sent four wrestlers to the national tournament.

The school also hosts one of the premier wrestling tournaments during the year: the Southern Scuffle. The Scuffle falls during winter break and rivals the Midlands Championships in Chicago, where Rutgers spends its break.

The top-two programs in the countr y — Penn State and Cornell — actually chose to head to Greensboro rather than Chicago.

It is safe to say that nobody is in the clear. But despite this harsh climate, New Jersey wrestling fans showed their support for the state university’s team. It does not hurt that the Knights finished in the top 10, either.

“I think it was important for us to get some success first,” Goodale said. “People are now excited with what’s going on.

There is less of the coaching staf f marketing. We used to text and email all of our contacts and we don’t really need to do that anymore.”

The vision of the program moving forward is to not only remain in the top 10 in the country in terms of wrestling, but to

stay there in terms of attendance, too. Goodale knows for that to come true there needs to be constant support from one area in particular.

“The next step is making sure our student body at Rutgers comes out,” Goodale said.

There are two ways to ensure the program creates a buzz not only on campus, but also in the whole state.

First, remove the dead weight from the schedule. The Knights opened the season against Sacred Heart and East Stroudsburg, which Rutgers beat by a combined 88-6 score. The team also went on to breeze past the likes of George Mason, Cleveland State and the United States Merchant Marines.

Second, move the rest of the matches to the RAC. The program proved it is capable of attracting crowds when hosting other upper-level programs in Lehigh and Virginia Tech. With schools like these being the only ones on the schedule, it will garner more interest based on the caliber of opponent and the location.

Penn State only hosted seven home matches this season, but they all featured programs that sent wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. The same holds true for the other top-tier programs, such as Cornell and Iowa.

While the All-American conundrum is keeping Rutgers from being in the conversation with these programs in March, the Knights stand their ground when it comes to attracting big crowds.

And with the way things are going for college wrestling, on paper, selling the product is almost as important as the wins and the losses.

— A.J. Jankowski accepts comments, criticisms and witticisms at jankowskialex@gmail.com.

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70-48 Khadijah Rushdan, left, and April Sykes look on in the final minutes last night, when Texas A&M eliminated Rutgers from the NCAA Tournament.

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SCORING LEADER: D. ADAMS, 28 RU SCORING LEADER: A. SYKES, 21 REBOUNDING LEADER: C. LEE, 11

AGGIE-NIZING DEFEAT Texas A&M breaks away in second half to end Rutgers’ season in second round of NCAA Tourney

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

BOSSIER CITY, La. — After earning a fresh shot clock off a miss by junior forward April Sykes with more than 15 minutes left to play, the Rutgers women’s basketball team still stood within striking distance.

But just as quickly as the Scarlet Knights had the chance to sway the momentum back, Texas A&M’s Sydney Carter sprinted down the court on a fast break following a miss, passing up a

chance to drive to the lane to calmly sink an elbow jumper, extending the Aggie lead to 13.

Those two points added to an 18-6 Aggie run to start the second half, and in what seemed like a blink of an eye, the Knights’ Sweet 16 hopes drew to a close in the form of a 70-48 loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

“We’ve had those games where we’ve been right there with other teams,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “It’s not like this is the first time that’s happened. We basically broke, they got a couple baskets

early, they came out on fire, and it took too long to get our backs straight.”

A&M head coach Gary Blair predicted the game would turn into a defensive battle just a day earlier, but his vision did not come completely to fruition.

By game’s end, Aggies star forward Danielle Adams boasted a game-high 28 points, and though Sykes added 21 points of her own, the rest of the Knights (20-13) offense struggled to

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Rutgers repeats December performance against A&M

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

BOSSIER CITY, La. — Three months of improvements went out the window when the Rutgers women’s basketball team ran back into Texas A&M. The Scarlet Knights, winners of seven out of the past eight, reverted back to the 27-turnover disaster version of their offense that they showed the Aggies in KNIGHT December at Madison Square Garden.

NOTEBOOK Rutgers played a slightly improved statistical game this time, but was not precise enough to achieve any sort of vengeance from the Maggie Dixon Classic’s 29-point blowout. Losing, 70-48, the Knights committed 20 turnovers in a mirror image of their preseason selves.

But Rutgers executed its gameplan early on before crumbling against the suffocating A&M man-to-man defense.

The Knights sought the code breaker to A&M’s defensive look throughout the game and found early success with some tight interior passing.

Ten of junior April Sykes’ 14 first-half points came on open layups after back-door cuts, with the Knights scoring 75 percent of their points in the paint in the first half.

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Junior guard Khadijah Rushdan turned the ball over seven times last night in the Scarlet Knights’ second-round loss to Texas A&M. Rushdan and the rest of the offense struggled to support April Sykes offensively, as only Erica Wheeler joined her in double figures.