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To Write Love On HerArms founder talksabout his inspirationbehind starting the organization.

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John Dean, former counsel of President Richard Nixon, discusses yesterday how the Watergate scandalincreased criticism on presidential actions at the Douglass Campus Center.

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Almost four decades after theWatergate scandal, which broughtan end to President Richard Nixon’sadministration and marked theheight of investigative journalism,John Dean thinks there are still les-sons to be learned.

Dean, a former counsel of Nixon and a central figure in theWatergate case, lectured last nightat the Douglass Campus Center onethics, law and government, con-necting the scandal to contempo-rary issues.

“It really was much more than abreak-in,” Dean said. “It came to

define a whole mode of behavior. Itwas an abuse of power.”

“Five Held in Plot to BugDemocratic Offices Here,” read TheWashington Post headline onSunday, June 18, 1972. Dean com-pared that day’s importance to theattacks on Sept. 11 as a time stamppeople refer to.

Dean said a number of lessonscould be taken from the Watergatescandal. Post-Watergate, the peo-ple’s attitude toward the presidentwas completely different, he said.

“Presidents before Watergatewere given the benefit of thedoubt,” he said, referring to for-mer President Dwight D.Eisenhower’s claims that a shot-

down U2 fighter was nothing morethan a weather balloon.

But for former President JimmyCarter, the situation changed,Dean said.

“Jimmy Carter was assumed tobe doing something wrong untilproving otherwise,” he said.

Dean turned to the present dayand said public attitudes and gov-ernment secrecy have reverted topre-Watergate times.

“It is back to the president large-ly being given the benefit of thedoubt,” he said. “[FormerPresident George W.] Bush andparticularly [former Vice

U. merger takes shapewith integration teams

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The University is moving for-ward with plans for a mergerwith the Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School, the Universityof Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey School of PublicHealth and the Cancer Instituteof New Jersey.

Integration teams of variousUniversity and UMDNJ facultywere formed to discuss the keyprocesses necessary to com-plete the integration, saidChristopher Molloy, interimprovost for Biomedical andHealth Sciences. But a UMDNJadvisory group Gov. ChrisChristie appointed will give afinal recommendation about themerger in December.

Molloy said he is correspon-ding with administrators atUMDNJ to discuss plans for the merger.

“I’ve already had relationshipswith the dean of the medicalschool and the head of the CancerInstitute of New Jersey,” he said.“I know the dean of the School ofPublic Health. I already know theimportant members of UMDNJthat would likely become part of Rutgers.”

Molloy said he would alsocommunicate plans betweenUniversity officials and the inte-gration teams.

“It’s a very exciting opportu-nity for Rutgers in that it willreally allow us to have a seam-less integration of scientific edu-cation that spans from Rutgers’undergraduate curricula all theway through to health care,wellness and clinical training atthe highest levels of the medicalschool,” he said.

He said the merger wouldalso allow students to

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Shereen Dahab, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was able to combine her passion for volunteering with her interest in bio-logical sciences while spending her Tuesday afternoons at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick.

While Dahab was a senior in highschool, her grandmother suffered astroke and spent her recovery periodat Overlook Medical Center inSummit, N.J. During this period,Dahab said her grandmother’s living conditions at the hos-pital were disappointing.

“I noticed some things that should have been taken care ofwith my grandmother, like certain housekeeping things inher room which I was upset about,” she said. “So I wanted tosee for myself how it was done, and there is a lot of work thatgoes into running a hospital.”

Dahab said she always wanted to become a doctor andpractice family medicine, but she wanted to volunteer toimmediately help the hospital.

Since she started working at Saint Peter’s in July 2009,Dahab spent 230 hours volunteering, said Stacy Siegelaub,manager of Volunteer Services for the hospital.

Siegelaub said Dahab went beyond what was needed andmade an effort to help in any way she could.

Dahab’s schedule conflicted with normal volunteerhours last semester, but to accommodate her hours,Siegelaub gave her a position supervising high school vol-unteers on weekends.

Student volunteermakes difference atSt. Peter’s hospital

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To Write Love on Her Arms founder shares stories of hopeBY SYJIL ASHRAF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Jamie Tworkowski, thefounder of To Write Love on HerArms, spread his message ofmotivation against depressionand offered encouragement tostudents suffering with the dis-ease Tuesday night at theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus.

TWLOHA is a non-profitorganization that supports peo-ple with severe depression andaddiction, an issue many stu-dents struggle with, said AlanaMilich, vice president of the arts and culture committeefor the Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association.

“There are a lot of collegekids that are dealing with depres-sion or suicidal thoughts oraddiction,” said Milich, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior.

She said RUPA invitedTworkowski to speak becauseTWLOHA has a following atthe University.

In the United States, 20 mil-lion people suffer from depres-sion and it is the leading cause of suicide, which itself is the third leading cause of death,Tworkowski said.

Tworkowski said he person-ally witnessed depression whenhis friend Renee carved a self-deprecating expletive onto herforearm after he and his friendshad urged her to get help forher condition.

“I think if you had the chanceto meet my friend Renee, it wouldn’t be a conversationabout profanity,” he said. “Ithink instead maybe it would be

Jamie Tworkowski, To Write Love on Her Arms founder, discusses his decision to create an organizationto help people dealing with depression and addiction Tuesday night on the College Avenue campus.

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Jennifer Warren, an assistant professor at the School of Communication andInformation, is working to reduce the numbers of children diagnosed with asthma by starting a clean air community program inNew Jersey.

The program works to educate parents in daycareprograms about the ways to decrease risks of envi-ronmental tobacco smoke (ETS), according to aRutgers Today article.

Warren created a similar program in Minnesotabut hopes to bring it to her home state.

“I would be interested in launching the programin Trenton, where I was born and raised,” Warrensaid in the press release. “There are so manyimpoverished families in the city who I feel manycould benefit from education about ETS.”

Her workshop focuses on teaching parents thehealth dangers children could acquire throughsecond and thirdhand smoking, such as ammonia

or carbon monoxide with housing units, accord-ing to the article.

During the educational process, Warren’sworkshops encourage parents to restrict smok-ing in the home or near the area, according tothe article.

She is currently working on two grants, togeth-er more than $200,000, to address smoking educa-tion within the African-American community,according to the article.

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issue worldwide reflects howpoignant it is.

“What that tells is thatmaybe this is not an Americanconversation,” he said. “Maybethis is about being alive on thisplanet instead.”

Tworkowski said helpingpeople with depression is not aneasy task. Sometimes it feelsineffective, but helping can leadto inspiration.

“Sometimes people saythey’re still alive because ofwhat you’re doing,” he said.

“That’s the kind of thing thatkeeps you going.”

Guitarist and singer of the LastRoyals Eric James, who isTworkowski’s friend and a sup-porter of TWLOHA, played anacoustic set of five songs.

Tworkowski said music has asignificant place in the movement.

“Music has this unique abili-ty to remind us that we’re aliveand that it’s okay to feel things.It’s okay to ask questions,” hesaid. “Songs have this … kind ofhall pass where they’re allowed

to be honest … about stuf fthat’s dif ficult.”

Cristina Fontana, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said herwork with the Scarlet Listeners,the University’s peer counselinghotline, reflects some of the top-ics Tworkowski spoke about dur-ing the lecture.

“I think it’s really awesome,”said Cristina Fontana, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.“[Tworkowski] is spreading themessage that you don’t have to gothrough something alone.”

a conversation about identity. Ithink she would say, ‘This is howstuck I am.’”

Renee under went treat-ment, and as she did, she toldhim about coping with depres-sion — a story that inspiredhim to star t TWLOHA,Tworkowski said.

“It was the idea of believingthat a better life was possible forher and believing that shedeserved that better life,” hesaid. “Our hope was that shecould arrive at that place, at thisnew identity despite what shehad marked on her body.

Tworkowski said TWLOHAbegan in 2006 to help others suf-fering with depression and so farhas donated more than $850,000to fund treatment worldwide.

TWLOHA came together rap-idly, he said. A key moment waswhen Jon Foreman, a friend ofhis and lead singer of Christianrock band Switchfoot, wore aTWLOHA shirt at a concert inSouth Florida.

Tworkowski said TWLOHA isnot specific to one group of peo-ple who listen to music, but hewants the organization’s out-reach to be global.

“Not everyone would love allthe bands we work with or theway the t-shirts are designed.But when you get down to theheart of it, the issues, the ideasare things that are … universal,”he said.

TWLOHA has a staff of 12 inMelbourne, Fla., and internsrespond to messages, hold inter-ventions and promote the cause,Tworkowski said.

He believes the fact that people have responded to this

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have hands-on experience with patients.

“It will really facilitateresearch and the ability ofundergraduates to research inclinical areas,” he said. “It willallow Rutgers to become a true academic medical centerattached to a great undergradu-ate university.”

The University will gain 5,000employees merging with theUMDNJ entities, but littlechange in faculty will take place,Molloy said.

“We don’t anticipate signifi-cant job changes during themerger process,” he said. “Wedon’t know. With respect to fac-ulty, they’re all doing importantteaching responsibilities. Someof them have tenure, so weexpect to honor all thosetenured positions.”

Challenges in the mergerprocess come from consolidatingfaculty and getting all of theUMDNJ employees access toUniversity buildings and onto thepayroll, Molloy said.

It will take significant com-puter input to integrate all ofthe medical students and gradu-ate students from UMDNJ’sunits into the University’s sys-tem, he said.

Molloy said the Universitywould also need to acquire theability to bill patients and manageclinical medicine.

“It’s a very positive thingthat’s happening, but it’s only inthe planning stages,” he said.“It’s a tremendous opportunityfor Rutgers to grow in a verypositive way that allows our uni-versity to become a really greatinstitution.”

University President RichardL. McCormick and UMDNJPresident William Owen wrote aletter last week about the begin-ning stages, both expressingtheir institutions’ cooperationmoving forward.

In the letter, McCormick andOwen announced that UMDNJand the University are workingtogether to accomplish the merg-er in a way that will enhance eachinstitution’s strengths.

“It is our hope that the result ofthis cooperative effort is a mergedmedical education campus in NewBrunswick and Piscataway thatreaches new heights and an invig-orated UMDNJ that continues tomeet its current and ever-criticalfuture missions,” according to the letter.

UMDNJ refused to commentfurther than the letter, said JeffreyTolvin, a UMDNJ spokesman.

Gov. Chris Christie said helooks forward to the UMDNJadvisory committee’s report bythe end of the year in aSeptember press conference.

“This is a critically importantissue for the future of healthcare in our state and makingsure we have enough highlytrained physicians and nurses tocare for the people of our state,”he said.

Once the final recommenda-tions are out, Christie said imple-mentation would begin immedi-ately because of the University’spresidential search.

“Giving certainty to candi-dates that there will be a medicalschool [and] cancer instituteincluded as part of the responsi-bilities of a new president ofRutgers I believe will attract aneven more strong and diversegroup of candidates for the leaderof Rutgers University,” he said.

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President] Dick Cheney havepushed secrecy way beyondanything Richard Nixon wouldhave ever considered.”

The Presidential RecordsAct, which was created in theaftermath of Watergate, actedas a lens the president wouldcome under, but Dean saidBush diluted that law to unrec-ognizable proportions.

“[President Barack] Obamahowever has brought it backhalfway,” he said.

After the scandal, Dean saidpeople saw some revival of whatCongress could do — exercisingits own constitutional powers.

“It didn’t trim the executivebranch,” he said. “That has changed.”

Dean, who has written sever-al books on the matter and con-tinues to listen to new materialfrom the scandal, said anotherbyproduct of the events 39 yearsago was the creation of inves-tigative journalism.

“The Washington Post wasthe only paper covering it,” hesaid. “The journalists uncoveredit, but didn’t crack the case.”

Dean said investigative jour-nalism allowed for additionaltransparency and for the FBI andother units to bring forward thepeople involved.

One result of the Watergatescandal, which has survivedmodern-day developments, hasbeen the American BarAssociation, he said.

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John Dean, who came to speak to the University yesterday about his experience working for PresidentRichard Nixon, wrote several books on the effects of the Watergate scandal.

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“The only thing which has sur-vived, believe it or not, has beenthe organized Bar,” Dean said.“This directly relates to my testi-monial following the events.”

He said 40 years ago as well astoday, a lawyer has certain ethicalrules that he should follow.

“One of the powers lawyershave is the power their clientshave over them,” Dean said. “Butthey don’t represent the man him-self — they represent the officehe is serving and you are there toprotect the office sometimes fromthe president himself.”

He said he found Nixon to holda different attitude with each mem-

ber of his staff. When he talked toNixon — attempting to intervene— the president had answers forevery single question posed.

“He managed to have an answerto everything,” Dean said. “I toldhim this would cost $1 million. Hesaid, ‘I know where to get that.’”

He was nonetheless surprisedat how little Nixon was told of theoperations in the weeks leadingup to June 17, 1972.

Kirsten Nuber, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said she foundthe lecture completely honest.

“I think a lot of people say, ‘Heis the one who sold out,’” shesaid. “But there was much more

going on there and many peoplewho didn’t agree with what wasgoing on didn’t say anything.”

Dean’s decision to attempt tointervene and talk to Nixon waswhat made him such a figure,Nuber said.

Christina Louis, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, said shethinks ethics in government havedeteriorated along with govern-ment transparency.

“It’s hard to evaluate consider-ing I didn’t live back then, but Ithink ethics in government havedeteriorated,” she said. “We cansee that in city government and instate and federal government.”

that made me feel good,” she said.

Joseph Caravaglio, a Schoolof Ar ts and Sciences juniorwho has volunteered at SaintPeter’s for six months, said his favorite part of volun-teering there is being a patient companion.

“One of my favorite timeswas as a patient companion. Isat and talked with this 85-year-old woman and she wasso happy to [have] anybodyand it made her day while Iwas there,” he said.

Caravaglio said although his time for v o l u n t e e r i n g is limited, heenjoys every hourhe volunteers.

“Every singleperson is the nicest personyou could ever meet. It’s a good environ-ment to be in —everyone is sohappy. If you goin with a bad

mood, they will brighten youup,” he said.

Dahab said her Egyptianbackground and her study of Arabic might lead her to a dif ferent career path, such as Doctors WithoutBorders, a nonprofit organiza-tion that sends doctors to ser ve in disaster or war-torn areas.

“If the oppor tunity evercomes, I haven’t [been] think-ing that far, but I would definitely do that. Why not?”she said.

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“She really goes above andbeyond the call of duty. She has a go-get-’em attitude,”Siegelaub said.

More than 30 University stu-dents volunteer at Saint Peter’sperforming a variety of tasks,Siegelaub said.

Volunteers run variouserrands, like moving medicalequipment, delivering newspa-pers to patientsor samples tolabs, filing docu-ments in humanresources, feed-ing patients andjust spendingtime with them,she said.

“They’re a keyspot we like tofill,” she said.“They’re helpingout the staf f by helping thepatients or visiting with themand the patients love them.”

Dahab said it is the littlethings volunteers can do tomake patients happier.

She recalled one of herencounters with a patient shehelped feed who was upsetwith the hospital slippers shewas given. Dahab took it uponherself to buy her patient new, softer slippers.

“There was a deal for two [slippers] for $5, so Ibrought a pair to her and she was really happy and

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The University played against Princeton in the first intercollegiate football game. TheUniversity won the game, 6-4, on a field where

the College Avenue Gym now stands.

Nov. 6, 1869

William Franklin, provincial governor of NewJersey and the illegitimate son of BenjaminFranklin, granted a charter for Queen's

College, making this the University's official “birthday.”

Nov. 10, 1776

Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitzdied. Queen Charlotte was the Queen con-sort of the United Kingdom as wife of King

George the III. The University was named after Queen Charlotte whenit was chartered as Queen’s College in 1766.

Nov. 17, 1818

John Carpenter, a Class of 1990 economicsmajor, became the first champion of the hitTV game show, “Who Wants to be a

Millionaire?” Carpenter made it all the way to the final questionwithout using any lifelines.

Nov. 19, 1999

Courtesy of Cesar Rainho, president of the Rutgers University Historical Society

“They’re a key spotwe like to fill.

They’re helping outthe staff by helping

the patients.” STACY SIEGELAUB

St. Peter's University HospitalVolunteer Service Manager

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17 Join the Associate Curator of European Art of the JaneVoorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Christine Giviskos on abus trip to the Neue Galerie and Morgan Library andMuseum in New York City for two exhibitions of rarely seenEuropean masterworks. The bus departs at 8:30 a.m. fromthe Sears parking lot on Route 1 in New Brunswick andreturns by 5 p.m. The cost of the trip, which includes trans-portation, lunch and guided tours, is $115 for Zimmerlimembers and $125 for nonmembers. Please call (732) 932-7237, ext. 611, or email membership@zimmerli.rutgers.eduto register.

“How To Network Etiquette” will take place at 9 p.m. atRutgers Zone on Livingston campus. Students can learn thebasics of networking with business and alumni contacts.Visit rutgersalumni.org/ to register.

Not Just Yoga Club’s meeting will last from 7:30 to 9 p.m. inthe Cook Campus Center Room 202 BC. Students will havethe chance to de-stress, learn yoga and mediation methodswhile meeting new people. Though some yoga mats are pro-vided, the club encourages students to bring one, as well asa water bottle and comfortable clothing. Please RSVP byemailing notjustyogarutgers@gmail.com.

The Student Volunteer Council invites students to the“Winter Wishes Wrapping Day” to volunteer to wrap gifts forNew Brunswick pre-school children from 5 to 9 p.m. at theStudent Activities Center Raritan River Lounge.

Rutgers Recreation is hosting the 23rd Annual Trivia Bowl at8:30 p.m. at the Cook/Douglass Recreation Center Annex.Check-in begins at 8 p.m. There must be three people to ateam. The bowl is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni andfamily, but one member must be affiliated with theUniversity. The event is free and participants must registeronline at rutgers.edu/registration/trivia/ before Nov. 16 togain 500 bonus points. More than 100 teams will participateand raffle prizes will be awarded. For more information, con-tact Paul Fischbach at (732) 445-0462 or email fis-chbach@aesop.rutgers.edu.

Palestine Children Relief Fund is hosting the MiddleEastern Cultural Festival from noon to 8 p.m. at theRutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room. PalestineChildren Relief Fund is an organization dedicated tofighting the medical and humanitarian crisis for childrenin the Middle East. There will be free admission, freeMiddle Eastern food, movie screenings, exhibits, enter-tainment, speakers and a Middle Eastern souk, or market. For more information, visit the Facebook eventpage, facebook.com/event.php?eid=137601566341251.

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like to see there?Q:ANAHITA GHAVAMISAS SENIOR

“Honestly, I wouldn’t really-care if they changed itaround. There’s a lot ofunhealthy food around here.So if something else were to open there, I would justwant it to be healthy.”

ERNESTO DASETSAS SENIOR

“I want to see somethinghealthier. I started eating therefreshman year, but after a whileyou just can’t do it anymore.”

JESSICA GONZALEZSAS JUNIOR

“If the grease trucks weregone, I would want a healthier option. I mean look at the stuff in the student center.”

KAREN ANDRIANOASYSAS SENIOR

“I personally like the greasetrucks. I’ve been here for a couple of years, and I kind of knew the guys for a while, so it’s kind of dishearteningthat they’re probably notgoing to be there like they usually are.”

ROHIT PRASADSCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SENIOR

“It’s a great spot to sell foodbecause it’s right next to a bus stop, and you don’thave to walk all the way to Easton Avenue.”

“I wouldn’t want the grease trucks to go. I think it’s a staple for College Avenue.

When I think of that lot I just think of the grease trucks, so I can’t think

of other vendors coming in.”

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SECAUCUS, N.J. — Gov.Chris Christie said Wednesdayhis administration has devel-oped a new system for review-ing and rating school perform-ance for the state’s annualschools report card.

The state’s nearly 600school districts will be classi-fied in to one of three cate-gories; “focus schools,” theworst, followed by “priorityschools,” and the best will becalled “reward” schools. It’sunclear whether the best per-forming schools would receiveany additional perks for achiev-ing “reward” status.

Acting EducationCommissioner Chris Cerf saidthe new system will betterallow education of ficials tofocus on the bottom 5 percentof failing schools and will allowfor a “more sensible andnuanced way of talking aboutschools” which would lead to“more sophisticated and target-ed intervention” by educationofficials for the worst-perform-ing schools.

The reviews will compareschools to others with similardemographics, take intoaccount performance on statetests over time, look at howwell-prepared for college stu-dents are and at the achieve-

The new system will allow education officials to pay attention to the N.J. schools that are rated amongthe lowest five percentile. Ratings will be based on many factors, including state test scores.

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ment gaps between high- andlow-income students.

It replaces a system whereschools were listed as underper-forming if too many students didpoorly on standardized tests.The new method will measureprogress — not just how manystudents passed or failed.

“The approach in whatthey’re looking for in theaccountability reporting is muchbetter,” said Frank Belluscio,spokesman for the New JerseySchool Boards Association,which represents boards of edu-cation across the state.

The new system was out-lined in the state’s applicationfor a waiver from some require-ments in No Child Left Behindlaw, which critics say is toorigid and sets unrealistic stan-dards. New Jersey was one of11 states to apply for the waiverthis week.

President Barack Obama saidin September that states that docertain things such as developbetter teacher evaluation sys-tems can apply for waivers.

Making changes to the edu-cation system is now one of theRepublican governor’s mostpressing policy plans. Christiewants to use public money tofund scholarships to send chil-dren in underperforming pub-lic schools to private schools,eliminate lifetime job protec-

tions that come with tenure forteachers, and paying teachersbased partly on how much theirstudents improve on standard-ized tests.

But those proposals have lan-guished in the Legislature sincehe rolled them out a year ago.

“I’d like to get them movingmuch more quickly on it. Theymove at the pace they move on

— I can only do so much,”Christie said Tuesday while vis-iting Secaucus High School.“This work doesn’t happenovernight. It takes months toforge compromise.”

At the same time Christiewas saying that he didn’t expectthings to happen immediately,his of fice was sending out newsreleases titled, “Recess is Over:

Time to End the Year ofInaction By the Legislature,”chastising lawmakers forstalling on his proposals.

State Senate PresidentStephen Sweeney has said he iswilling to talk about movingtenure reform, but he won’t getrid of seniority rules. He sup-ports merit pay, but for schools,not individual teachers.

“Here it is,” I thought.“The one cause that literallyeveryone at the Universitycan get behind. They wantto take our grease trucksaway? Well, we’ll showthem. Don’t they know theOccupy movement is here?Get ready for the protest ofyour life, you fascists.”

I made sure all of my protest gear was in place:Tattered denim vest? Check. Hastily hand-paintedsigns? Check. Neil Young songs on my iPod?Check. I was ready to go. I marched down to Lot 8to join the angry mob that was surely brewing —and I got halfway through the first verse of “Ohio”before I realized that I was alone.

The “Occupy Grease Trucks” protest never was. “How could this be?” I wondered. “Where is the

bloodthirsty mob? Where’s our sense of civil dis-obedience? Most importantly — where is RUSA?”Then, I recalled what “Walk into Action” had

already taught us: RUSA doesn’t rep-resent the majority student voice atthe University.

This revelation led me to refinemy thesis: RUSA doesn’t “providecampus-wide advocacy on behalf ofstudent concerns,” nor does itendeavor to do so, despite what itsconstitution promises. Instead, it has

been co-opted by an even mix of social activists andrésumé-padders that care more about advancingtheir fringe social agendas and personal ambitions,respectively, than they do about doing right byUniversity students.

But this thesis needed independent, insider veri-fication. So I secured an interview with a high-rank-ing and powerful RUSA official who disclosed can-did details about the character of the organization.This official, who agreed to speak to me on condi-tion of anonymity due to his position — I’ll call him“Mr. X” — confirmed my suspicions.

“What you need to understand about the RutgersUnited party [which gained most of the governmentseats in last year’s elections] is that they are a man-ifestation of a larger progressive liberal movement,the Rutgers Student Union and the Rutgers Onecoalition. They have issues like labor and wereactive in the Barry Deloatch situation.” Mr. X said.“They are there to advance their personal, socialgoals. Yes, the progressive movement on campus islarge. Yes, they are vocal. Yes, they are an importantpart of the population. But this party doesn’t takewhat’s best for students in general. They have a sep-arate social agenda.”

But, I interrupted, a large part of their platform hasto do with school issues — tuition freezes and cage-free eggs in the dining halls, for instance. We all knoweggs must be free to graze in the open pastures inorder to taste good. Isn’t that what’s best for students?

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T he Internet is great in large part because it is essentiallythe 21st century’s wild west — an infinite expanse ofunchartered territory wherein a person can be whoever

they want and do whatever they want with very little restriction.That’s why the Internet is such a hot spot of cultural growth andgeneral innovation — it af fords users the sort of unbridled free-dom that allows them to do the sorts of incredible things that theycannot do so readily in the outside world. But this freedom couldbe drastically curtailed if the House‘s Stop Online Piracy Act andthe Senate’s Protect IP Act are passed. These acts are designedwith major media corporations in mind, and they give those corpo-rations far too much power. Under SOPA, copyright holders —think The Motion Picture Association of America and theRecording Industry Association of America — would have the abil-ity to team up with law authorities in order to block websites thatsupposedly infringe upon copyright.

The major problem with SOPA is that — while it may have goodintentions of protecting copyrights — it goes too far in pursuing itsgoal. Because of the power it grants copyright holders and lawenforcement officials, all sorts of websites are in trouble — blogs,search engines and web stores are all at risk. It isn’t only the littleguys on the Internet who would suffer under the censorship ofSOPA and Protect IP. Even major web companies are opposed tothe acts on the grounds that they would fundamentally damagehow the Internet works, thus interfering with innovation and secu-rity. Google and Facebook have both spoken out against the acts.When two such online giants decry the negative aspects of a poten-tial Internet reform, we should all take note. Here’s hoping thatCongress and the Senate pay attention.

These acts prove that, yet again, the governing bodies of ournation are looking out for major corporations instead of the people.Opposition to SOPA and Protect IP is widespread and highly vocal.Major websites, such as Tumblr, are running links on their pagesencouraging users to sign petitions and call their representatives.It should be clear, then, that these acts would bring nothing butharm to the Internet. We cannot give major media corporations anearly totalitarian power to censor web pages. If we do, we lose thefreedom that makes the Internet great in the first place.

F or variety’s sake, Itry to keep “LaNausèe” politics-free.

You get plenty of engaging,coherent political discoursefrom The Daily Targum’sother fine columnists.

But there are times I can-not help but disclose myfeelings, and the advent ofthe various “Occupy (insert city here)” movementsis one such instance. Like many of you, I maintainmixed and somewhat conflicted opinions on thewhole thing. On one hand, a massive, nonviolentpopulist uprising that manages to unify the margin-alized communities of America to voice their con-cerns on the largest of societal stages is nothingshort of inspiring. On the other hand, the fluidnature of the movement leaves a concerningamount of ideological wiggle room. How can I signon to something that, by definition, refuses to adopta steady policy platform? Couldn’t anyone hijack theOccupy movement and substitutetheir own questionable message?

So when I heard that Occupyplanned to cruise on down the inter-state and set up shop in NewBrunswick this week — as wasinevitable — I grew hesitant. Thereare plenty of good reasons whyUniversity students would want tojoin up with Occupy. But in the recent past, theactivist government in the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly has done a terrible job of actual-ly representing the majority of the undergraduatepopulation. We all remember the “Walk into Action”debacle from April, when RUSA members cloggedbus lanes, interrupted classes and occupiedUniversity President Richard L. McCormick’s officeto protest tuition hikes and salary freezes. Most stu-dents agreed with the rally’s core message of egali-tarian access to education but had the wherewithalto know that it was Trenton, not Old Queens, cut-ting state aid to the University.

In RUSA’s defense, though, it’s difficult to findcauses for which the majority of University stu-dents feel the same. We are a diverse group, witheven more diverse ideals and beliefs. Would thereever really be a cause worthy of “Occupying” hereat the University?

Then, last week, the bombshell dropped: thegrease trucks were under assault by the Universityadministration. They were looking to remove thatcadre of food vendors who, for the last two decades,have made Lot 8 on the edge of College Avenue theirhome, in order to open their spaces to more lucrativepublic bidding. They cited some rubbish abouthealth code violations or something. Whatever. Thegrease trucks are icons of the University communi-ty. Fraternity brothers, honors kids, athletes, hip-sters and even those alcoholic degenerates inTinsley Hall on the College Avenue campus all rallyaround the institution of the fat sandwich.

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I n the wake of the apprehension of a man accused of firing asemi-automatic rifle at the White House, a student at theUniversity of Texas decided to lighten the mood by tweeting a

joke about the ordeal. Lauren Pierce, president of the CollegeRepublicans at UT Austin, wrote, “Y’all as tempting as it may be,don’t shoot Obama. We need him to go down in history as theWORST president we’ve EVER had! #2012.” Needless to say, thisremark did raise some eyebrows, as any statement about assassi-nating the president will do. Pierce has defended herself on thegrounds that her tweet was just a joke, and while that may be thecase, she would do well to watch what she says about PresidentBarack Obama — or any president, to be honest — especially in apublic forum such as Twitter.

We believe that Pierce was legitimately telling the truth whenshe said that she was joking. The wording of the tweet makes itpretty clear that she was only expressing her distaste for the manas a president, not advocating violence against him. The factremains, though, that even if it is a joke, it is an incredibly dis-tasteful one to make. Humor is a tricky beast, and perhaps Pierce’sjoke would have been okay if she had only shared it with a groupof likeminded friends who understood the point she was trying toget at. But as it stands, Pierce put the joke up on Twitter, and thatsort of thing may come back to bite her. It’s something that shehopefully — for her own sake — thought about before she sharedher quip with the Internet.

See, when you publicly criticize people — especially public offi-cials — you have to think seriously about the ramifications of whatyou want to say before you say it. The Constitution grantsAmerican citizens freedom of speech, but some speech crosses aline. We can probably all agree that jokes about shooting the pres-ident can easily cross that line. In this specific instance, we do nothave much to worry about, but Pierce’s tweet should stand as alesson to all of us. Some jokes are better left unsaid.

“‘[Rutgers United is]a manifestation of

a larger progressiveliberal movement.’”

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“Is the average student moreconcerned about that or aboutparking spaces near campus?What’s more tangible for stu-dents to be affected by? If RUSAwasn’t as heavily influenced bythese outside social concernsfrom the United party, students’concerns might get more time,”Mr. X said.

But how could this have hap-pened? How did a vocal minorityseize the reigns of what is in the-ory a representative democracy?

“The last few years of elec-tions have seen abysmal voterturnouts. Only 7.5 percent of allundergraduates voted in the lastelection. So that’s about 2,100students picking president, vicepresident and treasurer — thethree positions that represent thewhole campus.”

It really wasn’t about the issues.It’s not about topics, or what youwant to see done. It’s more aboutwho can mobilize the most peopleto vote, period — whether it’s who

T uesday’s column, “Payrespect to PresidentReagan,” attempts to por-

tray Ronald Reagan as the champi-on of a decade of economic growth.The author does this simply byquoting statistics in 1980 and 1988and attributing all of the nation’seconomic growth and its ability tocut inflation to Reagan. But theauthor clearly has not done hishomework — for if he had, hewould have seen that Reagan mighthave done more harm than good.

I want to first look at the nation’seconomic growth. The author saysReagan presided over “a spike ingross domestic product from $2.76trillion in 1980 to $5.04 trillion in1988.” As all economics studentslearn in basic “Introduction toMacroeconomics,” nominal GDP isnot a good measure across time. Ifthe author had bothered to readeven a few chapters of economics,he would have known to look atreal GDP, which attempts to nor-

Do not exaggerate Reagan’s featsTODD MESSERLetter

I would first like to thank theauthor of yesterday’s letterto The Daily Targum,

“Student government needs toestablish real purpose.”Although the information is notfound in our mission statement,the Rutgers University StudentAssembly always wants to hearstudent concerns, by any meansand in any form, to betterimprove our standing with thestudent body. This is one reasonwhy we have a public sectorportion of our open meetingsevery other Thursday at 7:30p.m. in the Student ActivitiesCenter on the College Avenuecampus. That being said, Iwould like to personally inviteevery student to come out to aRUSA meeting to voice their

RUSA successfully serves student communityJOSEPH CASHINLetter

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concerns about the University.Tonight’s meeting will be aTown Hall with PresidentRichard L. McCormick. RUSA isgiving students a rare opportu-nity to address their presidentdirectly and ask questions aboutany issue they have on campus.I personally feel this meetingwill be time well spent and ben-eficial to every student thatcomes out, even if they do notwant to ask a question.

Aside from the author’srecounting of a fellow representa-tive calling the meetings “a wasteof time,” he says that RUSA is a“useless body because it has nopurpose to fill.” I understand themission statement was not easilyaccessible on our website, andthat is something we will improveupon. But when one looks at thisstatement, one sees that RUSA isfulfilling its purpose.

Representation by the govern-ing councils of the University onRUSA allows a full range ofdiverse opinion to better serve theUniversity student body. In addi-tion, the two bills just passed andbrought up in the piece are alsoexamples of how RUSA repre-sents the student body. A bill waspassed to eliminate plastic bags inthe dining halls. This bill passedunanimously and will now betaken up by the University,Student and Legislative Affairscommittees to reach out toDinning Services and resolve theissue of plastic bags in the dininghalls. The bill condemning actionby the New Brunswick PoliceDepartment shows RUSA’s sup-port for the New Brunswick com-munity and was covered by theTargum for its overall student sup-port. These are just two examplesof the bills RUSA passed this year.

Not only does RUSA serveUniversity students, but we alsoempower students through majorevents like tonight’s McCormickTown Hall and last year’s “Walkinto Action.” Hundreds of peopleattended the “Walk into Action”rally on Voorhees Mall on theCollege Avenue campus wherespeakers talked about risingtuition at a public university.Speakers included former RUSAPresident Yousef Saleh, currentRUSA President Matt Cordeiroand Vice President-Elect ThomasNicholas. This event — alongwith the subsequent talks withadministrative heads likeMcCormick, former ExecutiveVice President for AcademicAffairs Philip J. Furmanski andVice President for Student AffairsGregory S. Blimling — allowedstudents to have a summer mem-orandum on transcript fees. I

submit this event was in theminds of the Board of Governorswhen they decided to enact thelowest tuition increase in 20years: 1.8 percent.

As you can see, RUSA fulfillsits mission. It is disheartening tosee any student, such as theauthor of yesterday’s letter, whohas gotten the wrong impres-sion. We always look to improveour operations and welcome stu-dents to come out to meetings,especially tonight’s Town Hallwith McCormick. For any ques-tions you may have, please con-tact rusa.assembly@gmail.comand follow us on Twitter@RUAssembly.

Joseph Cashin is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in English with minors inhistory and political science. He isthe RUSA corresponding secretary.

has the most friends or who’sinvolved in the most organizations.The voting turnout is so low that itallows for that.

The conclusions to draw hereis two-fold. First, it is antitheticalto the purpose of a student gov-ernment to have it run exclu-sively by activists filling theagenda with fringe — albeitadmirable — missions.

Second, and perhaps moreimportantly, the real culprit is theapathy of the undergraduate pop-ulation who perennially fail to getout the vote when it comes timeto pick our student leaders. Sure,RUSA cannot do all that much,but we owe it to ourselves tostock it with people who repre-sent what the majority of studentsthink and keep holier-than-thouactivists from telling us what’sbest for us. That, after all, is thetrue meaning of democracy.

Alex Lewis is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring injournalism and media studies andpolitical science with a minor inAfrican, Middle Eastern andSouth Asian languages and litera-tures. His column “La Nausèe”runs on alternate Thursdays.

malize changes in the price levelover time. We all know a dollar 100years ago is worth a lot more than adollar today due to inflation, whichmakes it difficult to compare GDPin terms of dollars. So what causesincreases in real GDP? By defini-tion, increases in real GDP comefrom real increases in production.Thus, nominal GDP overstatesgrowth in the economy, sometimesby a significant amount.

According to the FederalReserve Economic Database, realGDP in chained 2005 dollars was 5.8trillion in 1980 and 7.6 trillion in1988. This amounts to a year onyear percentage growth of around3.5 percent — hardly an economicboom by any means. For perspec-tive, the economy is currently grow-ing around 2 percent, and we’re inthe middle of a deep recession.

I would like to add one pieceto this analysis in that the choiceof 1980 and 1988 by the author isvery suspect. Because 1980 wassmack dab in the middle of arecession, the author is overstat-ing the growth in the level GDP.

But anyway, what about infla-tion? Did Reagan actually cutinflation? No, not even close.Remember, correlation does notimply causation. Inflation wasactually fought by the FederalReserve. In particular, PaulVolcker, chairman of the FederalReserve at the time, led this bat-tle. Volcker’s raising rates slashedinflation by targeting the moneysupply and slowing its growth.Even better —Jimmy Carter, aDemocrat, appointed Volcker.

Finally, let’s talk about the fed-eral debt. Reagan increased thefederal deficit by more than 10 per-cent each year. For perspective, thelast quarter, Q2 2011, saw a year onyear increase of 8.6 percent.

I honestly feel like the columnis purposefully wrong. I sincerelyhope that the author takes both aneconomics course and a historycourse at some point in his writingtenure. We could all benefit from it.

Todd Messer is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring ineconomics and mathematics.

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Freshman forward JP Correa and the Knights face a Colgate team that punched its berth to the NCAA Tournament after winning the Patriot League’s automatic qualifying bid.

The Raiders hold a 6-2 seriesadvantage against Rutgers datingback to 1963.

Donigan does not focus on theaccomplishments of Colgate, butthat of his own team entering thegame. He is aware any team itfaces in the tournament poses achallenge. It is how his team meetsthe challenges that matter to him.

“We are going to try andlearn an awful lot in a veryshort period of time,” Donigansaid. “Quite honestly, [in the]postseason everyone you runinto is going to be competitiveand aggressive on both sides ofthe ball. If we are able to driveand advance, it is only going toget harder in this tournament.We are really going to focus on ourselves.”

The one true advantageRutgers can say it has with theRaiders is the home tur f ofYurcak Field. The Knights hold

a 6-3-1 record at home this year,and it is where they did a bulkof the regular season work thatgot them into the position theynow hold.

They hope some of the pro-ductivity carries over into the postseason.

“Being able to play at home isa huge advantage for us. It iswhere we have been practicingand it is where we know how toplay,” Correa said. “It is a hugegame and we are expecting a bigcrowd. We are just a better teamat home and it is going to show.”

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Safety Pat Kivlehan (47) suits up for his final home game beforethe senior tries to extend his college career on the baseball team.

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Head baseball coach Fred Hill plans to talk to Greg Schianoabout Pat Kivlehan walking on following the football season.

The Knights face theirbiggest test of the seasonSaturday, when Cincinnati visitsPiscataway holding on to firstplace in the Big East. If Rutgerswins, it will earn a share of firstplace in the conference, as wellas its first victory againstCincinnati in six years.

For Kivlehan, the Knights’Senior Day script could notwrite itself better, even if it ishis final game at High PointSolutions Stadium.

Kivlehan’s role in theRutgers secondary was limitedthroughout his time on theKnights, as safeties like ZaireKitchen, Joe Lefeged and jun-ior Khaseem Greene operatedin front of him.

But his experience on thedefense will only help Kivlehanwhen he makes the jump to base-ball, Hill said.

“Just the competitive aspect,”Hill said. “You’re always lookingfor guys that will compete — I

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don’t care what sport it is.Obviously playing football hashelped him in that matter so Iwould think that would be amajor plus for him.”

Kivlehan’s ability to run isanother positive, Hill said. Aninfielder during his time at St.Joe’s, Hill says third base is theposition Kivlehan is most inter-ested in.

Whether he fits into the lineupremains to be seen as third base-man Russ Hopkins returns forhis final season under Hill.

And whether Kivlehan’s batcan keep up with Big Eastpitching is another questionafter going four years withoutan at-bat.

“If we can get back to hittinggood pitching — that’s the dif-ference,” Hill said. “It’s not thesame as high school pitching,so you never really knowwhat’s going to happen.”

But Kivlehan embraces thechallenge. After all, baseball isalways the spor t he wanted to play.

“It’s definitely tough, definite-ly going to be a challenge,” hesaid. “I think I still have it, sowe’ll see.”

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Freshman guard Briyona Canty scored nine points last night without attempting a single jumper.Canty’s easy scoring opportunities came as a result of Rutgers’ relentless pressure.

On a night when the Knightsstruggled to shoot from outsidethe paint, turning defense intooffense was more than welcome.

“It’s an exciting brand of bas-ketball,” Stringer said. “It’s a stylethat I prefer.”

Junior center Monique Oliveragain shouldered the load in thepost with 15 point and 10 boards,but saw more time on the benchto rest, courtesy of freshmanChrista Evans.

Evans gave Stringer 11 solidminutes after playing only threein a win against California, scor-ing her first points of the seasonon a pair of free throws to end thefirst half.

The Jackson, N.J., nativescored four points and broughtdown two boards.

“I was proud of her,” Oliversaid. “I really just want to makesure I show a great example forher on the floor. For her to hit herfirst shot and those free throws, itmade me really proud.”

But more often than not, theKnights stymied the Eagles withtheir unrelenting speed.

Freshmen Briyona Canty andShakena Richardson each hadtheir own highlight reel drives to

the basket early in the first half, andCanty eventually went off for ninepoints without a single jumpshot.

Laney, who tied Oliver with agame-high 18 points againstCalifornia, made her second con-secutive start and scored all nineof her points slashing to the hoopor at the foul line.

And fifth-year seniorKhadijah Rushdan impressedwith her dribble-drive ability, aswell, scoring 15 points and dish-ing four assists.

“It’s very exciting,” saidSykes, who scored all of her ninepoints with less than eight min-utes remaining in the second half.“You could understand if youcame out to one of our practices.Every day we get in each other’sface. It carries over into thegame. Practice is hard, and not tosay anything against our oppo-

nent, but the game is where we’remore relaxed.”

Though they shot 44.3 percentfrom the field, the Knights madevery few jump shots in the con-test and shot a miserable 3-for-19from beyond the arc.

But Stringer saw the mosteven offensive distribution inrecent memory, as everyone butsenior guard Nikki Speed scoredat least four points in the victory.

The Knights also scored 46 oftheir 74 points in the paint.

“We don’t have one or two peo-ple that can score,” Stringer said.“I think what you recognize is wehave four or five people who canscore in double figures.”

Despite the Knights’ struggleto shoot, they still rattled off 13-2and 14-2 runs in the first half andconverted 9-for-15 from the chari-ty stripe.

And though the Eagles boast alineup very similar in size toRutgers, BC head coach SylviaCrawley did not have an answerfor the 55.

With all the speed the Knightsput on the floor, Stringer wouldnot have it any other way.

“They’re long, they anticipatewell, they’re athletic, and weworked at that this week,”Crawley said. “At times we han-dled the pressure well, and attimes we made the lazy cut, thelazy pass. A team like Rutgers willexploit you.”

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Stringer to rest center Oliver

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“At times we handled the

pressure well, and at times we made

the lazy cut. Rutgerswill exploit you.”

SYLVIA CRAWLEYBoston College Head Coach

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The Rutgers women’s volley-ball team tallied its sixth con-secutive Big East and 21st over-

all lossNov. 6 at

Notre Dame. A .060 hitting per-centage epitomized the ScarletKnights’ struggles on thecourt, but their six-game losingstreak painted a bigger picture.

Dropping a match the daybefore at DePaul, the Knights’weekend proved to be theworst of the season in headcoach CJ Werneke’s eyes.

“[It was a] hear tbreakingfive-game loss [at DePaul],” thefour th-year coach said. “[It]gave a lot of character inGames 2 and 3 to take a 2-1 leadand then let it slip away and letthe momentum go. Then, afterthat loss, having the characterto respond at Notre Dame, Iwould say across the board thatwas the low point.”

The loss to Notre Dameoccurred six days before theKnights put together their bestweekend of play.

A 3-0 sweep of Connecticutand a 3-2 win against St. John’slast weekend brought theteam’s final record to 10-21 and3-11 in conference play.

The final two collegiategames for senior co-captainsHannah Cur tis and KalliePence resulted in wins. Theduo would not have it any other way.

“This was the first 2-0 week-end we’ve had since Hannahand I got here, and I thinkthat’s a huge accomplishmentin itself,” Pence said. “Thatshould never be taken lightly.”

The final two weekends ofthe season reflect the roller-coaster season the team experienced.

Injuries and a lack of execu-tion on the road inhibited theKnights from showing theirtrue colors, Werneke said.

“There’s no question in mymind that some of the inconsis-tency was a direct result of

unforeseen injuries,” Wernekesaid. “Shifting the lineupalmost on a two- to three-weekbasis, our team couldn’t getcomfortable, and there was nocontinuity. We couldn’t sustaina high level of play with themusical chairs that was goingon with our lineup.”

Junior Allie Jones missed amajority of the season, and theteam’s production immediatelysuf fered without the middleblocker’s presence.

Other week-to-week injurieskept the lineup shuffling, andthroughout the rotationsWerneke and his staf f foundways to get their younger play-ers experience.

Sophomores SheridanTaylor, Tif fany Regmund andBrittany Bozzini all gained valu-able playing time, exhibiting versatility at dif ferent positions.

“Getting younger playersgame-time experience and get-ting them battle tested in theearly stages of their careersonly bodes well for the future,”Werneke said. “Not a lot offreshmen out there in the BigEast had as many big swings orbig moments as [freshman]Sofi [Cucuz] did this year.”

Throughout the season’sunpredictability, junior setterStephanie Zielinski proved aconsistent veteran command-ing the team’s of fense.

The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.,native put together a streak of16 matches with a double-dou-ble and moved into fourth alltime in Rutgers histor y in assists.

Zielinski returns next seasonas a key component in theKnights’ now battle-tested lineup.

“Obviously wins and lossesis an aspect of coaching and ameasuring stick all coaches areheld accountable for,” Wernekesaid. “From year to year, we’vemade a lot of progress in dif fer-ent ways other than wins andlosses. That’s always been thefocus and my philosophy tobuild the program around great experiences.”

VOLLEYBALL

Rutgers faces ups, downs during 10-win season

NOAH WHITTENBURG / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior setter Stephanie Zielinski made it into the Rutgers record books by placing fourth all timein assists. Zielinski notched a double-double in 16 straight matches this season.

D uke head coach MikeKrzyzewski becamethe winningest coach

in Division I men’s basketballhistory Tuesday night with a 74-69 win against Michigan State.

Krzyzewski passed his for-mer coach at Army, Bob Knight,for first place on the all-time list.

Now in his 37th season ascoach, he has 903 wins and fournational titles.

Several of Krzyzewski’s for-mer players were at MadisonSquare Garden to witness therecord-setting night.

MAJOR LEAGUEBASEBALL announced thewinners of the Manager of theYear award yesterday, as cho-

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sen by the Baseball Writer’sAssociation of America.

Tampa Bay Rays skipper JoeMaddon and ArizonaDiamondbacks manager KirkGibson won this year’s honors bysignificant margins.

Gibson made an immediateimpact in his first full season asmanager, helping the squad to aworst-to-first finish.

Maddon won his secondaward, taking the Rays to a playoffappearance after overcoming anine-game deficit in September.

The Rays also lost some oftheir star players to free agencythe previous off-season.

PITTSBURGH STEELERSquarterback Ben Roethlisbergerplans to play through a fracturedthumb on his throwing hand.

Roethlisberger injured histhumb during the first half of lastweek’s 24-17 win against theCincinnati Bengals.

The Steelers approach a byeweek, giving Roethlisberger timeto rest the thumb before the teamtravels to Kansas City on Nov. 27to take on the Chiefs.

Roethlisberger is not foreignto playing with an injured thumb,as he played through a similarinjury in 2005.

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BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football team dis-played a commitment to the runin its first season with FrankCignetti as offensive coordinator,but not much efficiency.

Expect little to change thisweek against Cincinnati, whichboasts the top-ranked rundefense in the Big East and facesthe Scarlet Knights’ league-worstground game.

Head coach Greg Schianowas not at a loss for words whenasked what the Bearcats’ do wellin run defense.

“They play incredibly hard.They slant and angle. Theyzone blitz. They’re very pre-cise in their zone blitz. Theytackle well,” he said. “Otherthan that, nothing.”

Schiano turned to sophomoreJeremy Deering to boost the rungame last week against Armyafter it lost seven yards againstSouth Florida.

Deering carried the ball ateam-high 14 times for 64 yardsagainst Army, but redshirt fresh-man Jawan Jamison broke a 56-yard run for a touchdown.

Schiano remains impressedby Deering’s big-play ability —he ran a kickoff back 98 yards

for a touchdown against USF— and quick decision making,but had to come to terms withthe fact that Deering’s upright running style might not change.

“I told you the things I wanthim to improve on — runningwith his pads down a littlemore,” Schiano said. “I don’tknow if that’s going to happen.That just might be his runningstyle. But if he gets into theopen, nobody’s catching him.”

CINCINNATI WIDEreceiver D.J. Woods is off pace torepeat the numbers he postedlast season, but he remains athreat to Schiano and theRutgers defense.

The senior has 14 catchesfor 235 yards and a touchdownin his career against Rutgersand ran the ball four times for50 yards and a touchdown last season.

He caught 57 passes for 898yards and eight scores lastyear, but has only 33 catchesfor 397 yards and two touch-downs this season.

“I think he still looks good,”Schiano said. “I think whatthey’re doing is they’re doing agood job of spreading the ballaround, so you can’t lock in on

him. He’s been a nemesis ofours, as we all know. He probablyfeels pretty good about cominginto our game.”

Three Knights broke uppasses last week against Army,including sophomore LoganRyan, who increased his sea-son total to a team-high nine,and Schiano said he is happywith the development of hiscornerback unit.

“At cornerback, you’re oneplay away from not being com-fortable — that’s the nature ofthe position,” Schiano said. “Ithink they’ve grown and gottenbetter all year. They’re work-ing awfully hard — that’s whatI ask for. All I want is their bestand I think they give it to us.”

JUNIOR WIDE RECEIVERMark Harrison was full-go inpractice each of the past twodays after missing significanttime last week with lingeringeffects of a head injury.

Sophomore Quron Prattstarted each of the past twoweeks in place of Harrison,who did not play against USFand briefly appeared againstArmy, but Harrison shouldreturn to his regular role as astarter and Rutgers’ primarydeep threat.

PRACTICE NOTEBOOK SCHIANO REMAINS COMMITTED TO RUNNING GAME

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Cincinnati wide receiver D.J. Woods has 14 receptions for235 yards and a score in his career against Rutgers.

Knights capitalize on size advantage against BCBY JOEY GREGORY

STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s basket-ball team saw a smaller lineup lastnight against Boston College than

it didS u n d a ya g a i n s tCalifornia.T h eE a g l e s

have only one starter taller than 6-foot, while the Scarlet Knightssport three starters who breakthe 6-foot mark.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringerexploited that size difference onboth the offensive and defensiveends of the court.

To open the game, the Knightspredominately tried to score fromthe outside, taking nine 3-pointfield goals in the first half.

As the game drew on, theKnights worked the ball inside onmore possessions, trading in out-side looks for lay-ups, where theysaw greater success.

“The majority of their pointswere right inside the paint,” saidBoston College head coach SylviaCrawley. “We have to do a betterjob protecting the paint.”

Junior forward MoniqueOliver picked up where she leftoff Sunday, thriving on the post.

Oliver notched her first dou-ble-double of the season, finish-ing with 15 points to go alongwith 10 rebounds and four blocks.

On the defensive end, theKnights limited Boston College toonly 26 points in the paint, animprovement from the 38 points inthe paint they allowed against Cal.

In addition to allowing fewerpoints, Rutgers used its size to

improve on its block total. TheKnights finished with 10 blocks,doubling Sunday’s total.

Rutgers also allowed 12 fewertotal points than it did against Cal.

The Knights forced 21turnovers, generating 27 pointswhile committing only 10turnovers of their own.

ONE LUXURY STRINGERhas this season is she can substi-tute players consistently through-out the game.

Against Boston College, herplan to do so was immediate-ly apparent.

She sent in her first wave ofreinforcements a little more thantwo minutes into the game, whenshe brought in junior guard EricaWheeler and freshman guardSyessence Davis.

“One of the reasons we’vebeen as effective as we have isbecause our positions are inter-changeable,” Stringer said.“Positions 1, 2 and 3 can inter-change. It doesn’t really matter.”

That trend continuedthroughout the game with sev-eral Knights switching in andout constantly.

The Knights had a lineup mid-way through the first half, con-sisting of all five freshmen.

“They’re still trying to figure itout. I do want to experiment withthat,” Stringer said. “I don’t wantthem to be thinking of themselvesas babies. In order for us to besuccessful, all 12 of our playershave to play.”

The freshman quintetremained on the floor for threeminutes before Stringer broughtin a more experienced group.

Stringer did not wait long tosubstitute in the second half,either. She brought in freshmanwing Betnijah Laney after only17 seconds.

“I just want to get everybodyin there and play,” she said.

SENIOR APRIL SYKES, WHOled the team in scoring last sea-

son, was relatively absent fromRutgers’ offensive attack.

The Starkville, Miss., nativedid not hit a shot until 15 minutesinto the second half.

Sykes found her stroke follow-ing that basket. She finished withnine points, all in the final fiveminutes of the game.

The total for Sykes was notwhat she is used to. She averagesonly 10.5 points per gamethrough two games, which trailsher average last season of 14.1points per game.

But despite the of fensivestruggles, Sykes knows there ismore to her role than only scoring.

“I was just frustratedbecause nothing was falling.Everybody knows I enjoy scor-ing the ball. It’s no secret,” she

said. “I still did what I had to do with the 55[-press] and rebounding.”

OUTSIDE SHOTS FORBoston College came at a premi-um. The Eagles shot only 20-for-57, a 35.1-percent mark.

A 3-pointer did not find thebottom of the net for BC until fiveminutes into the second half.

Nearly half of the Eagles’ 23first-half points came from thefoul line.

The Eagles began to makemore shots in the second half,knocking down all five of their3-pointers, but finished only 5-for-16 from long range.

A bright spot for the Eagleswas their foul shooting. Theywere a perfect 13-for-13 from thecharity stripe.

KNIGHTNOTEBOOK

CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior center Monique Oliver recorded her first double-doubleof the season last night with 15 points and 10 rebounds.

CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior forward April Sykes had a slow start to the game, butfinished with nine points, all in the final five minutes of play.

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Knights welcome Colgate in first round of NCAAsBY VINNIE MANCUSO

CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers men’s soccer teamknew after Connecticut eliminatedit from the Big East Tournamentthat an NCAA Tournament berth

was notg u a r a n -teed. Butthere wasone mes-sage headc o a c h

Dan Donigan wanted to drill intohis players’ heads: their seasonwas not over.

As the Scarlet Knights take onColgate tonight in the first roundof the tournament, they enter thematchup like the Connecticutgame never happened.

“The whole time since we goteliminated from the tournament,Coach told us to prepare like wehave another game. That helpedeveryone to be in the right placementally,” said freshman forwardJP Correa. “We feel pretty good.We haven’t played a game since UConn, but we’ve been working hard in practice.”

While Rutgers rolls into thecontest with the benefit of know-ing it is prepared, it does nothave the advantage of knowingmuch about its opponent. Thenature of postseason play forcedthe Knights to prepare for thebiggest game of their season inonly a three-day span.

But the short preparation timedoes not worry Correa.

“Soccer is soccer and onceyou are on the field, whatever thescouting report is, it does notmatter because you are going tofigure that out by yourself,” hesaid. “Not knowing about them isnot that big of a deal because atthe same time, they don’t knowthat much about us.”

What Rutgers does know aboutColgate is it will not be an easyopponent for the first round of thetournament. The Raiders earnedone of 22 automatic bids into thetournament after they defeatedAmerican, 2-0, on Sunday to winthe Patriot League Championship.They ended their regular season10-4-4, good enough for second inthe conference.ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Head coach Dan Donigan and the Knights earned a berth in theNCAA Tournament in only Donigan’s second year at the helm.

Safety optsfor last shotat baseball

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Pat Kivlehan’s love for base-ball never wavered. The Rutgersfootball team’s senior safety

a l w a y swanted to

play baseball at the next level,but a scholarship offer to playfootball with the Scarlet Knightsaltered his path.

Now four years removed fromhis last competitive baseball game,Kivlehan is not giving up on play-ing the sport he loves.

The 6-foot-2 safety recentlynotified Rutgers head baseballcoach Fred Hill he wishes to tryout for his team. As soon as foot-ball season ends, Kivlehan willget that chance.

“I wanted to play [baseball] eversince high school. I always missedit,” Kivlehan said. “I never wantedto stop playing.”

The West Nyack, N.Y., nativemade plenty of noise with the batduring his senior season at St.Joseph’s (Montvale, N.J.), cranking13 homeruns to go with 42 RBI.

Playing collegiately was alwayson Kivlehan’s radar, but before thebaseball recruiting process devel-oped, Rutgers head football coachGreg Schiano offered Kivlehan aspot on the roster.

He accepted the football schol-arship in the fall of his senior year,well before baseball season began.

But Kivlehan “still has the itchto play,” he said, and Hill is eager tosee what the senior has to offer.

“He hit 13 homeruns in his sen-ior year in high school, so obvious-ly he had some ability at that stage,but that’s been … four years now,”said Hill, who plans on talking toSchiano after the season ends.“We’re hoping that we can get himback to close to where he was.Once the season’s over he’s goingto try to work out.”

Although playing baseball is onKivlehan’s agenda when the foot-ball team’s season ends, he is notquite ready to let football go.

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SENIOR WEEK

SEE ROUND ON PAGE 15

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

There are a number of reasonsthe No. 15 Rutgers women’s bas-ketball is off to its fastest start since

the 2008-09 season.

But theS c a r l e tK n i g h t s ’s p e e d

again proved their biggest asset last

night at the Louis Brown AthleticCenter, where they beat BostonCollege, 74-58.

“This group is a quick group —there’s no question about that,”said head coach C. VivianStringer. “They’re quick enough,long enough and generally there’sa big person on the front end ofthat. [Senior forward] April[Sykes] is doing a great job ... and[freshman wing] Betnijah [Laney]is picking it up.”

The Knights (2-0) led by asmany as 19 in the first half, but theEagles charged back to bring thegame within 6 with less than eightminutes left in regulation.

But the 55-press quickly dif-fused any Boston College run.

Stringer had the Knights oper-ate in the 55-press for the entire-ty of the game for the secondconsecutive contest, somethingthe Hall of Fame coach could notdo last season. With freshmen

Laney and Syessence Davis con-tinuing to impress with theirquickness out of the 55, the trendwill likely continue.

The Knights forced BC (1-1)into 21 turnovers and recorded 11steals in the victory, converting 27points off the Eagles’ turnovers.

That also gave the Knights plen-ty of opportunities on the fastbreak, where they scored 20 points.

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CONNOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan contributed 15 points and four assists last night in the Scarlet Knights’ 74-58 win against visitingBoston College. Rutgers forced 21 turnovers in the contest, converting 27 points off the Eagles’ giveaways.

RU stymies Boston College with speed