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Under the section titled, “Grants and other assistances togovernments and organizations in the United States,” NJPIRGStudent Chapters gave $120,234 to the Arizona PIRG EducationFund in Phoenix, Ariz.

“Thanks in part to NJPIRG, we have been able to train hun-dreds of students to be more effective citizens through workhere, and we continue to work with students to engage them inissues ranging from higher education to public transportation,”said Diane Brown, executive director of Arizona PIRG.

NJPIRG awarded a grant for Arizona PIRG to establish cam-pus chapters at Arizona universities, Brown said.

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A VISION REALIZED The Center for Latino Arts and Culturehonors its late founder’s successes at its 20th anniversaryawards gala. UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3

REGULATING TUITION RUSA continues to climb anuphill battle for legislation on undocumented students. OPINIONS, PAGE 8

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The University will send its largest dele-gation of students to attend the upcomingNational Grassroots Legislative Conferenceand National Student Lobby Day inWashington, D.C. in March.

It will also be the largest delegation in rela-tion to other universities, which members ofthe Rutgers University Student Assembly feelis necessary because of the valuable informa-tion learned from previous years, said SherifIbrahim, vice president of RUSA.

RUSA will send 35 student delegates tothe conference, which runs from March 15to March 18, and is run by the United StatesStudent Association, said John Connelly,president of RUSA.

“This gives students a lot to take back to theuniversities,” said Ibrahim, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “It ties everything togetherwhether it be at a national, state or local level.”

The conference consists of about 150 to200 delegates from schools all over the coun-try, Ibrahim said.

RUSA members expect to learn informa-tion that is important for legislative advocacy,said Spencer Klein, a RUSA member whoplans to attend the conference.

The University pays membership fees toUSSA, which enables RUSA and the studentgovernment to exist, said Connelly, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior.

Ibrahim said the conference also helpsgive RUSA a close line of communicationwith USSA.

RUSA has about five student representa-tives on USSA’s Board of Directors, he said.

The majority of the conference features aseries of workshops and discussions inwhich delegates learn effective leadershipskills and discuss important issues that willbe advocated for in the summer, said Klein, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior.

On the final day, members will speak torepresentatives in Congress, he said.

This year, the delegates will meet withN.J. Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez andFrank Lautenberg to discuss student debtissues, and the Development, Relief, andEducation for Alien Minors Act.

The DREAM Act provides undocumentedworkers permanent residency if they came tothe country as minors and graduated from aU.S. high school, Klein said.

Shared governance, the ability for students tovote for the University’s Board of Governors, willbe a topic of discussion as well. Currently, theBoard of Governors has one

PIRG FEE: A BREAKDOWN

Every University student’s term bill includes an $11.20 feefrom the New Jersey Public Interest Research GroupStudent Chapters. What most students do not know is

that in many cases, that funding does not go directly to lobbyNew Jersey student interests as it was originally intended.

Instead, the University’s NJPIRG student chapter in 2010allotted $120,234 to help a non-existent PIRG student chapterin Arizona.

The NJPIRG Student Chapters allotted more than $401,000in grants, according to the Form 990 filed in 2010.

A Form 990 provides the IRS and public with financialinformation to evaluate nonprofit organizations and howthey operate.

Student assemblyhopes to reinforceleadership skills

NJ PIRG implements a $11.20 fee on all student term bills.

About 51percent of 57,773 undergraduate and graduate students, or about 29,464 students, pay the semesterly fee.

The student accounting website gives the option to opt out of paying the $11.20 fee.

$11.20 NJ PIRG FEE

$401KThis raises about

$300,000for various PIRG

operations, including sending $401,000

to in and out of state PIRG organizations.

RED CARPET Independent films “Olivia” and “Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey” attract a large crowd on the third night of theNew Jersey Film Festival’s opening weekend. Turn to PAGE 6 for more photos. SHIRLEY YU

RUSA plans to sendmore delegates to USSAconference in March

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group funds reach far outside U.

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There will be a panel on African-Americans during the Civil War in NewJersey at 3 p.m. at the Alexander Library on the College Avenue cam-pus. It will be in the Remigio University Pane Room on the first floor.Speakers include Clement Price, Joseph Bilby and Larry Greene. Thisevent is co-sponsored by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.

Career Services hosts an information session on internships in thehealth professions at 5 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center. Pre-registra-tion is required. For more information, visit careerservices.rutgers.edu.

Tuesday, Jan. 29Christina Bilinski speaks at a workshop titled, “Who Are You? DiscoverYour True Colors Work and Communication” is 9:30 a.m. at the Admin-istrative Services Building on Cook campus. Attendees will learn todevelop their leadership skills based on their personality traits.

Holly Metz, author of “Killing the Poormaster: A Saga of Poverty,Corruption and Murder in the Great Depression” talks about herbook at 6 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.The event is sponsored by the Rutgers University Libraries and theNew Jersey Historical Commission.

Amy Goodman, host of radio show Democracy Now!, visits the Uni-versity at 7 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the CollegeAvenue campus. She will discuss her latest book, titled “TheSilenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance andHope.” There will be a book signing following the lecture. This freeevent is sponsored by the Rutgers Centers for Global Advancementand International Affairs.

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Thursday, Jan. 31Rich Vos performs at the Stress Factory Comedy Club at 90Church St. in downtown New Brunswick. The show starts at 7p.m. (doors at 5 p.m.) and tickets are $20. For more information,visit stress factory.com.

Friday, Feb. 1Country singer/songwriter Lee Brice performs at 8 p.m. at theState Theatre. Tickets are $25 and $35.

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BY ERIN PETENKOSTAFF WRITER

Edward Ortiz fought for 18years to establish a home whereLatino students could connectand promote their issues at theUniversity. But he had little toshow for his efforts other than ahandwritten manifesto.

His vision was finally real-ized in 1992 with the foundingof the Center for Latino Artsand Culture.

The CLAC celebrated its 20thanniversary Saturday at theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus with a galahonoring notable members’ contri-butions while reflecting on itsprogress over the years, said CarlosFernández, director of the CLAC.

“The center was established tohighlight the contributions ofLatinos to the United States andalso research and promote ourunderstanding of Latin Americantraditions throughout the world,”he said.

The CLAC plans conferencesand designs curricula in Latinodepartments, which CLAC staffsometimes teach, said SandraRocío Castro, Acting Dean ofStudents on Busch campus. Itincludes study abroad programsin Puerto Rico, DominicanRepublic, and Costa Rica.

Center celebrates founder’s contributions to Latino community

Ceremony fundraises for at-riskyouth programs, research grant

Sandra Rocio-Castro, co-founder of the Rutgers Latino AlumniAssociation, speaks Saturday about her experiences with theCenter for Latino Arts and Culture at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. SHIRLEY YU

“The [CLAC] helps us put ourname out there and gives us greatinvolvement with the Latino com-munity. We get to meet manyother people as well at the center,”said Torres, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.

Luis Rojas, the political chairof the Latino Student Council,said his group hosts all meetingsat the CLAC, so the entire boardwas invited to the event for free.

“We all try to give a voice to theLatino student population at theUniversity,” said Rojas, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year student.

After the ceremony, the cen-ter auctioned off art by Latinoartists from New Jersey and NewYork, Fernández said.

“The art is all excellent andaffordable, though hopefully not tooaffordable,” said LisMery Ramirez,the mistress of the ceremony.

Fernández said the moneyraised would go toward leadership,mentoring and outreach for at-riskyouth programs in New Brunswick,as well as an undergraduateresearch grant.

Karen Stubaus, vice presidentfor Academic Affairs andAdministration, said she has visit-ed the center and sees it as a gemin the University community.

“It has an informal, friendlyenvironment,” she said. “It’s ahome away from home and anentry point for Latino students.”

She said she often hears aboutstudents sleeping over at the cen-ter, with Vilma Perez, the specialevents coordinator, cooking din-

ner for the entire community.Brenda Lopez, who founded

the Latino Student Council andhelped found CLAC, addressednot only the contributions of theCLAC but the students whoworked for Latino advocacy.

“When you as a student thinkyou don’t have power, you’vebeen brainwashed,” she said.

“You have the power.”Lopez, director of Student

Support Services at the Newarkcampus, reminded the 60 under-graduates there to continue tofight disadvantageous circum-stances to get their degree.

“The only thing no one will beable to take from you is your educa-tion,” she said.

The center thanked Ortiz for hiseffort on starting the center, begin-ning with his tenure in the 1970s,said Susan Schrepfer, his wife.

Schrepfer, a professor in thehistory department, said thoughthe need for the center nowseems obvious, it was difficult toget it established.

“There was a struggle for thesite, the staff and what theresponsibilities of everyonewould be,” she said.

Castro said she was anotherhonoree, and was recognized forher 12 years at the CLAC, first asassistant director and later asassociate director.

Castro said she met artists andworked with the New Brunswickcommunity and began the AlternateSpring Break program, which givesstudents the opportunity to spendtime in the Dominican Republic.

She said she plans to continuehelping with CLAC programs andadvising the board.

“The CLAC is small, but itdoes so much work,” she said.

Over the years, the center hashosted art exhibits, music, danceand theater events, Fernández said.

The center also coordinateswith Latino student organiza-tions, said Karla Torres, chap-ter representative forHermandad de Sigma IotaAlpha Incoporada.

“The idea was that we wouldbe able to establish campus chap-ters and be able to work with stu-dents in N.J. and across the coun-try on issues of concern to stu-dents,” she said.

But according to Brown,Arizona PIRG still has no stu-dent chapters.

“Student engagement in politics issomething we want to maximize givenhow much impact it can make on people’s everyday lives.”— DAN XIE, Organizing Director of NJPIRG Student Chapters

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Students pose with reasons why they are voting during a photo campaign run by the Student Voter Coalition, which includesNJPIRG. Members of NJPIRG worked during the fall 2012 semester to register students to vote. More than 4,000 people registeredto vote after groups, including NJPIRG, tabled on campus. EMILY NESI, FILE PHOTO / OCTOBER 2012

“Just more than half — 51 percent —chose to pay the NJPIRG fee.” — E. J. MIRANDA, University Spokesman Media Relations

Miranda says about $300,000 was collected from fee in fall 2012

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Senate setsterm datesfor fall 2015

BY ALEX MEIERCORRESPONDENT

At the first UniversitySenate meeting of the semes-ter, Executive Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs RichardL. Edwards reviewed theprogress that the Universitymade in 2012.

He applauded the integrationwith the University of Medicineand Dentistry of New Jersey, theAthletic Department’s invitationto the Big Ten AthleticConference, and the University’snew contract with PearsoneCollege that expands the possi-bilities for online learning.

“Although any university isconstantly changing, improv-ing, evolving, 2012 was nodoubt an especially active timeof transition,” Edwards saidFriday during the meeting,which took place in the RutgersStudent Center.

He also said the Universitymust acknowledge its struggles,including the complexity of theUMDNJ integration and the num-ber of endowed chairs it employs.

“We cannot rest on our lau-rels,” he said.

Also at the meeting, theAcademic Standards, Regulationsand Admissions Committeeannounced official dates for thefall 2015 semester, which willbegin Sept. 1. On Tuesday, Sept.8, Monday classes will insteadmeet, as Labor Day falls onMonday, Sept. 7.

The change enables Mondayclasses to meet sooner, as thosesections would not meet until theend of the second week of class-es, said Martha Cotter, co-chairof the committee.

The schedule was ammend-ed to include two reading dayson Friday, Dec. 11 and Monday,Dec 14.

Joe Cashin, student represen-tative to the Board of Governors,said adding another reading daywould benefit students who workon weekends.

“[For] students that need towork on weekends, those twoweekend days aren’t true readingdays,” the School of Arts andSciences junior said. “They are notfree weekends because I’veworked at a grocery store. They’regoing to want you there all daySaturday and Sunday.”

Members of the UniversitySenate vote to approvechanges to the fall 2015 academic calendar. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

“While ultimately we hadmade an ef fort to have fundedstudent chapters, that hasn’tyet proved successful,” she said.

THE FEE

NJPIRG Student Chapters isa nonprofit, nonpartisan publicinterest organization with goalsof addressing student concernsranging from rising studentloan interest rates to pollution,said Jen Kim, executive directorof NJPIRG.

“For fall 2012, approximately$300,000 was collected forthe NJPIRG fee,” said Universityspokesman E.J. Miranda.

In 1972, the University’sBoard of Governors voted toinclude the NJPIRG fee on thestudent term bill, he said.

The NJPIRG StudentChapters proposed the opt-outfee of $11.20 per semester toappear on the term bill in 2007,according to the “NJPIRGStudent Chapters conceptplan: 2007.”

A student can opt out of thefee by checking the box next to

the statement, “I do not wish tocontribute to NJPIRG, and mypayment has been reduced bythe NJPIRG fee in the adjustmentbox, below.”

This check box option wasadded to the term bill in 2007after a campus-wide referendumwas proposed and passed.

According to the UniversitySenate’s guidelines, 25 percent +

1 of the eligible students had tovote ‘yes,’ — indicating theapproval of the opt-out fee of$11.20 per semester to appear asa check box on the term bill.

“For fall 2012, 57,773 stu-dents — undergraduate andgraduate — on all three Rutgerscampuses had the option to paythe NJPIRG fee. Of those, just more than half — 51 percent — chose to paythe NJPIRG fee,” Miranda said.

While the fee on the bill is notmandatory, it remains a contro-versial topic.

In the early 1970s, politicalactivist Ralph Nader and otheractivists helped bring the fee tocampuses when they startedPublic Interest ResearchGroups, according to theFoundation for Individual Rightsin Education’s website.

Nader’s activists convincedmany universities and collegesto use a referendum for stu-dents to vote whether they wantto pay the fee, according to theFIRE site.

Since then, there has beensome disagreement regardingthe existence of the fee.

Former student JosephGalda sued the University infederal court in 1985 to havethe right not to pay the fee toNJPIRG. Students expressedtheir disagreement through awritten form even though it wasrefundable, according to theFIRE site.

He argued that Universityadministrators were violating theplaintiff’s rights under the FirstAmendment by placing a $2.50term bill fee to support a nonprof-it organization, according to theAtlantic Legal Foundation.

The court dismissed Galda’sargument while declaring therewere educational benefits asso-ciated with NJPIRG, accordingto FIRE. Similar cases havebeen brought to court in NewYork and California.

More recently, a chancellorat the University of Wisconsinrejected the 2012 budget of theWisconsin Public InterestGroup for a professional staff,according to The BadgerHerald, the University ofWisconsin-Madison’s student

newspaper. The WisconsinPublic Interest Group is aUniversity-affiliated group.

The Badger Herald report-ed that the Chancellor’s of ficebelieves the university shouldnot fund a non-student profes-sional, whose job in part is of f campus.

The University’s NJPIRGStudent Chapter has a profes-sional staff, in addition to a stu-dent board.

The NJPIRG board — com-posed of 30 students from theNew Brunswick, Camden andNewark campuses — directs the

funding received from the termbill, according to UniversitySenate guidelines.

Justin Habler, chapter chairfor NJPIRG Student Chapters,said each school was allowed tonominate members to the board,so anyone can nominate anyonethey like as long as they are amember of PIRG and a memberof the University’s chapter.

“We want to make sure it is asfair as possible when we are mak-ing decisions that do apply andpertain to the entire student pop-ulation who does pay our fee,”Habler said.

THE MISSION

Edward Lee Rosenthall, a jun-ior at the University at the time,formed NJPIRG StudentChapters in 1972 because he feltlocal and national governmentswere not adequately addressingstudent issues, said Dan Xie,organizing director of NJPIRGStudent Chapters.

“He started a public interestgroup with the idea that our air

is being polluted right now ortextbook companies are takingadvantage of students or someone is tr ying to cut a Pell Grant on a national level,”Xie said.

She said Rosenthall thoughtaverage students do not reallyhave the resources to go andlobby, write a bill or run a cam-paign to inform a district inSouth Jersey.

She said NJPIRG StudentChapters formed to help stu-dents gain professional backupand resources to inform legisla-tion on a national level and

address student concerns on amore local level.

“Student engagement in poli-tics is something we want to max-imize given how much impact itcan make on people’s everydaylives,” Xie said.

The student chapters focusefforts and funds on either localor federal level work, becausethe student fee cannot con-tribute to lobbying for stateissues, she said.

NJPIRG Student Chaptersdoes not lobby the state legis-lature and is in compliancewith Public Law 1995 Chapter63, according to the “NJPIRGStudent Chapters conceptplan: 2007.”

This law states that student-funded groups at statecolleges and universities areprohibited from lobbying thelegislature or employing legislative agendas.

Instead, the NJPIRG StudentChapters state board is responsi-ble for distributing a portion ofthe student fee to hire national

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$111K

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$120KNational Funding

NJPIRG has provided funding to organizations across the country. One of these, Arizona PIRG, is a statewide organization that has yet to use the money to start university student chapters.

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An NJPIRG member speaks to interested students at a meetingin Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, FILE PHOTO / FEBRUARY 2012

Larry Leung, School of Environmental and Biological Sciencesjunior, teaches members of greek life how to weatherize houses at an NJPIRG Energy Service Corps event. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2012

“That is how thePIRGs work: It iscollectively funding staff tohelp students ...run a bigger andbetter campaign.”— JEN KIM, Executive Director of NJPIRG

SOURCE: FORM 990 FORM FILED IN 2010 GRAPHIC BY SHAODI HUANG, ASSOCIATE DESIGN EDITOR

lobbyists and lawyers to be onstaff, Xie said.

Money collected from the stu-dent fee is also used to hire a pro-fessional staff to train the stu-dents on the New Brunswickcampuses, Habler said.

“We have so many students,which is a great thing, but ifwe don’t know where we aregoing, it’s not really useful. Sobasically we have these threecampus organizers. They help organize us [and] train usin what we need to know,”Habler said.

The student chapters arebased at the University campusesin Camden, New Brunswick andNewark, Kim said.

The University is the only col-lege or university in New Jerseyfunding NJPIRG student chap-ters, Kim said.

“We have had chapters atdifferent schools along the wayand then one program that wehave run in other schools iscalled the NJPIRG EnergyService Corps program and

also, the NJPIRG water watchprogram,” she said.

Both of these service typeprograms include studentsgoing out to monitor waterwaysand water pollution problems,she said. These programs havebeen held at MonmouthUniversity in West LongBranch and Richard StocktonCollege of New Jersey, inGalloway Township.

“We definitely work withother campuses besides theRutgers campuses but right now,it’s correct that only [students]on the three Rutgers campuseshave a NJPIRG fee [on their termbill],” Kim said.

CRUNCHING NUMBERS

In addition to the grant givento Arizona PIRG in 2010,$111,000 was given to USPIRG inWashington, D.C., $63,518 wasgiven to PIRG in Trenton and$106,282 was given to the Centerfor Public Interest Research inBoston, according to the Form990 form.

NJPIRG Student Chaptersaims to support student activismnot just at the University, butacross the country, Xie said.

“The public interest wouldbe way better served if we hadstudents at the University ofHawaii and University of Idahoand it just brings up an entirestudent movement in the waywe are participating with theworld,” she said.

In addition to funding otherPIRGs to help start StudentChapters, the State Board ofNJPIRG Student Chapters havethe option to fund the USPIRGoffice, located in Washington,D.C., Kim said.

“The funding is all studentcontrolled so if the NJPIRGStudent Chapters want to helpfund our federal program, whichthey are a part of, there is an

amount of money they can chipin,” Kim said.

She said in the past, theseadvocates have helped addressissues regarding federal studentsloans, like the Pell Grant.

“That is how the PIRGs work:It is kind of [a] collectively fund-ing staff to help students try to

run a bigger and better cam-paign,” Kim said.

NJPIRG was able to pass sev-eral laws to increase the amountof Pell Grant funding studentsreceive, she said, and helpeddecrease the interest rate onStafford Loans, she said.

The representatives fromCamden, Newark and NewBrunswick campuses get togeth-er to approve future programs,initiate litigation and direct stu-dent fees, Xie said. There are 13board seats in New Brunswick,she said.

“We had board elections inNew Brunswick [mid-November]and at the meeting they decidedwhat campaign they want to lead

on,” she said. “They decided thatNew Brunswick should make astate-wide recommendation aboutthe national clean air quality.”

Xie said another initiative ofNJPIRG Student Chapters includ-ed the Student Voter Coalition,which helped register more than100,000 people.

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student representative who doesnot have voting power, Ibrahim said.

“This would give studentsmore of a sense of control overtheir universities, allowing themto have more of a say,” he said.

Ibrahim says RUSAwill attack at state level

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A NEW SEASON The New Jersey Film Festival kicked off this weekend and will continue through March. All screenings are held in Voorhees Hall, Room 105, onthe College Avenue campus. Laci Kay, top left, star of “Olivia,” came from Los Angeles to introduce the film. Rugved Deshpande, bottom left, a School of Arts andSciences senior, handed out programs to audience members. Festival attendees, right, purchase tickets at the door on Sunday night. SHIRLEY YU

RUSA also plans to discussbills inspired by the DREAMAct — Assembly Bill A1659 andState Senate Bill S2355 — whichseek to provide in-state tuitionfor undocumented students,Ibrahim said.

“RUSA is in favor of deferredaction for eligible [N.J.] students andis working with New Jersey UnitedStudents to endorse this,” he said.

Ibrahim said RUSA supports theDREAM Act and has also receivedstudent union endorsements.

“We believe there will besome light of change in the near

future,” he said. “We are reallytrying to focus it and maketuition equitable in New Jersey.”

RUSA will also fight to halttuition increases for students atthe University and other publicinstitutions in New Jersey,Ibrahim said.

“Students used to pay fortuition on an incremental basis,meaning that tuition was based onenrollment,” he said. “Now theyscrapped that system, allowingthem to consistently raise tuition.”

Previously, RUSA put pressureon the University administration

to change this, but this year mem-bers hope to make change byattacking this problem at the statelevel during the upcoming confer-ence, Ibrahim said.

“We want to make an actualdifference,” he said. “In order todo that, we need to attack on thestate level.”

Klein said the leadership skillsdelegates gather from this confer-ence would bring positive changesto RUSA.

“It has been very effective interms of training successfulleaders who now have many

more of the essential skillsneeded to organize,” he said.“This is important because wereally need student organizersin these times of financial hard-ship for students.”

The conference will yieldmore ef fective campaigns aswell as create a better relationship with the USSA and the state legislation, Klein said.

“We want to move forwards interms of advocating for studentsand issues that are important tothem,” he said.

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Awoman who is married to a femaleArmy officer at Fort Bragg and whowas recently denied membership inits officers’ spouses club said lateFriday that she has been invited tobecome a full member.

Ashley Broadway told theAssociated Press that she receivedthe invitation from the club’s boardin an email Friday.

The invitation came on the sameday that Broadway also learnedshe’d been named Fort Bragg’s2013 “Military Spouse of the Year”by Military Spouse magazine. She ismarried to Lt. Col. Heather Mack,


NEW YORK — The legal chal-lenges over religious freedom andthe birth control coveragerequirement in President BarackObama’s health care overhaulappear to be moving toward theU.S. Supreme Court.

Faith-affiliated charities, hospi-tals and universities have fileddozens of lawsuits against the man-date, which requires employers toprovide insurance that covers con-traception for free. However, manyfor-profit business owners are alsosuing, claiming a violation of theirreligious beliefs.

The religious lawsuits havelargely stalled, as the Departmentof Health and Human Services triesto develop an accommodation for

faith groups. However, no suchoffer will be made to individual busi-ness owners. And their lawsuits areyielding conflicting rulings inappeals courts around the country.

“The circuits have split. You’regetting different, conflicting inter-pretations of law, so the line of caseswill have to go to the SupremeCourt,” said Carl Esbeck, a profes-sor at the University of MissouriLaw School who specializes in reli-gious liberty issues.

Last year, the Supreme Courtruled that Obama’s fiercely con-tested health care overhaul,known as the Affordable Care Act,was constitutional. But differencesover the birth control provision inthe law have yet to be resolved.

Under the requirement, mostemployers, including faith-affili-

ated hospitals and nonprofits,have to provide health insurancethat includes artificial contracep-tion, including sterilization, as afree preventive service. Thegoal, in part, is to help womenspace pregnancies as a way topromote health.

Religious groups who employand serve people of their own faith— such as churches — are exempt.But other religiously affiliatedgroups, such as Catholic Charities,must comply.

Roman Catholic bishops, evan-gelicals and some religious leaderswho have generally been support-ive of Obama’s policies have lob-bied fiercely for a broader exemp-tion. The Catholic Church pro-hibits the use of artificial contra-ception. Evangelicals generallypermit the use of birth control, butthey object to specific methodssuch as the morning-after contra-ceptive pill, which they argue istantamount to abortion.

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WASHINGTON — PresidentBarack Obama is a big footballfan with two daughters, but if hehad a son, he says he’d “have tothink long and hard” before let-ting him play because of thephysical toll the game takes.

“I think that those of us wholove the sport are going to haveto wrestle with the fact that it willprobably change gradually to tryto reduce some of the violence,”Obama tells The New Republic.

“In some cases, that maymake it a little bit less exciting,but it will be a whole lot betterfor the players, and those of uswho are fans maybe won’t haveto examine our consciencesquite as much.”

In an interview in the maga-zine’s Feb. 11 issue, Obama saidhe worries more about collegeplayers than he does about thosein the NFL.

“The NFL players have aunion, they’re grown men, theycan make some of these deci-sions on their own, and most ofthem are well-compensated forthe violence they do to theirbodies,” Obama said. “You readsome of these stories about col-lege players who undergosome of these same problemswith concussions and so forthand then have nothing to fallback on. That’s something thatI’d like to see the NCAA think about.”

NFL spokesman Greg Aielloresponded Sunday, “We have nohigher priority than playerhealth and safety at all levels ofthe game.”

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Birth control coverage under fireLawsuits over health care overhaullikely to go to Supreme Court

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who gave birth this week to the cou-ple’s second child, a baby girl.

“I’m pleased, I’m happy,”Broadway said by phone Fridaynight. “As soon as things calmdown with the baby, I want to getinvolved. I hate that it took so longfor them to come to this conclusion.But I think things happen for a rea-son. I’m a very devout Christian.I’ve had faith in God this wholetime. I think if anything it’s broughtup a larger issue: We have twoclasses of service members andhow they’re ... not treated equally.”

“Looking back, it’s been a bless-ing in disguise because people are

talking ... in Washington, this isbeing talked about,” she added.

Last month, Fort Bragg receivednational attention when Broadwaywas denied membership in the offi-cers’ spouses club at the NorthCarolina Army post because shedoes not have a spouse identifica-tion badge issued by the military.

Though she and Mack havebeen together for 15 years, the onlypass post officials would provide toBroadway named her as a caregiverto their 2 1/2-year-old son — thesame credential given to nannies.

The club announced it wouldallow Broadway admittance as a

“guest member,” but Broadway saidanything less than full membershipwasn’t acceptable.

In an email Friday, a copy ofwhich was provided by Broadway toAP, the board of the Association ofBragg Officers Spouses writes that“in order to immediately support allmilitary Officer spouses who are eli-gible for ABOS membership a moreinclusive definition of spouse isneeded. Therefore, any Spouse ofan active duty commissioned or war-rant Officer with a valid marriagecertificate from any state or districtin the United States is eligible forABOS membership.”

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W ith recent developments regarding theNew Jersey bills on tuition for undocu-mented students, it has become clear that

the Rutgers University Student Assembly has moreto do regarding campus awareness on the issues.Illegal immigrant students continue to face an uphillbattle when it comes to equal access to higher edu-cation. The case of in-state tuition for undocumentedstudents remains in a limbo, as RUSA continues tomake its case for the two bills that can change thefutures of numerousUniversity students.

In the midst of RUSA’sprogress toward increasingUniversity and state aware-ness about immigrationreform, university studentsand members of New JerseyUnited Student and the N.J.DREAM Act Coalition par-ticipated in a rally that washosted on Jan. 8.Undocumented students from many universitiesgathered to speak about the struggles they face inpaying their rising tuition costs. In the presence oflarge media coverage, advocates congregated tomake their voices known to the state Senate that itis time for immigration reform to be readdressed inNew Jersey.

RUSA is focused on drawing UniversityPresident Robert L. Barchi’s support toward thetwo bills, as they hope that endorsement from theState University of New Jersey would of fer greaterweight towards the bills’ success. The assemblyalso hopes to raise awareness among Universitystudents about the developments. The studentassembly also hopes to raise awareness amongUniversity students about what’s going on and whatneeds to be done. The assembly’s support for the

Uphill struggle for undocumented students

cause remains unwavering and continues to collab-orate with New Jersey United Students in theirmutual ef forts.

While one of the primary concerns of passing thebills is the University’s need to increase their budg-et to satisfy more in-state students, this is anabsolutely worthy cause to do so. The bills wouldassist students that not only struggle to afford high-er education, but that also clearly want to be at theUniversity if they are fighting to pay an increased

tuition to attend. Further,doing so would facilitateundocumented students’acquiring health care atlower costs that they other-wise would not have accessto. The entire conversationis worth the strain becauseit ultimately provides educa-tion to more people, whichis what the conversationshould really be all about.

It is necessary for increased energy to be attrib-uted toward educated University students on the sit-uation, the bills being presented, and ultimately,what impact the passage of those bills would haveon their own tuition and ability to afford higher edu-cation. This situation warrants an entire studentcampaign on the issue that raises awareness aboutthe bills and their benefits and implications on thestudent body. The bills raise questions such as howwe can expand our University’s budget, if doing sowould impact the tuitions of documented in-statestudents, and whether undocumented N.J. studentsare legally entitled to in-state tuition. RUSA does notalways have a clear message in its intentions, andthis would be a necessary opportunity to showcasethe power that a united and cohesive student bodycan have in effecting change in our state.

“This would be a necessary opportunity to showcase the

power that a united and cohesivestudent body can have

in effecting change.”

RUSA must increase efforts on NJ tuition bills

other Environmental Protection Agencyregulations — while impressive in theirown right, are simply not up to the task ofaltering our deadly trajectory. Hopefully,the President will continue to take such aregulatory approach in the absence ofcongressional action. Though the simpletruth is that in the end, the only thingthat can stave off the calamity of globalclimate change is sweeping legislation,and it is by no means certain that thepresident will be able to accomplish that— at least not without help. That’s wherewe come in.

The dizzyingspeed with whichour addiction todirty energy is driv-ing us toward ourown demise mayseem dif ficult forus to comprehend.It is not. In an arti-cle published lastJuly in RollingStone magazine,celebrated journal-ist and environmental activist BillMcKibben sums up the reality in threenumbers. The first number is 2 degreesCelsius. As of 2009, the signatories of theshamefully toothless CopenhagenAccord recognize that the global temper-ature rise must be kept below 2 degreesCelsius in order to avoid the worst of theenvironmental reckoning. So far, globaltemperatures have risen by about 0.8degrees Celsius, and the damage this haswrought has been greater than most sci-entists anticipated. Thus, even 2 degreesCelsius might be too high. There are now

predictions that the rise in sea levels thatwould accompany even such a smallincrease might cause some small islandnations to go the way of Atlantis.

The second number McKibben putsforward is 565 gigatons. This is theamount of carbon scientists say we canrelease into the atmosphere and stillhave a shot at staying below the 2degrees Celsius limit. This may seemlike a large budget — after all, a gigatonseems like an incomprehensively largeunit of measurement. The third and final

number ought todispel such falseconfidence: thetotal amount of car-bon contained in allthe coal, oil and gasreserves of the top200 fossil fuel com-panies is 2,795 giga-tons. In otherwords, the amountof carbon thatwould be releasedinto the atmos-

phere, if business is allowed to proceedas usual, is five times greater than ourbudget.

In light of these numbers, the urgencyof action has never been clearer.McKibben has begun a campaign to raiseawareness and spark movements at col-lege campuses all across the country. OnFeb. 4, at 7:30 p.m., he will bring thatcampaign to the University. Named “Dothe Math,” his campaign uses these threenumbers to galvanize college students,who will bear the costs of inaction whenregular draughts result in persistent food

shortages, rising sea levels displacewhole populations and changing weatherpatterns result in superstorms like Sandybecoming a common occurrence. Morethan 180 campuses across the countryhave signed on. Our University, whosemission is to educate students to makethe future a brighter place, must not befinancially invested in those who wouldprofit off the destruction of that future.Our political leaders, so quick to act forshort-term benefit, must be forced to con-sider long-term costs — even if the mostprofitable industry in all of human historywould rather they not.

Disaster looms, but there is still timeto act — for the moment. I urge everystudent to come to McKibben’s event onFeb. 4 to find out how we as a Universitycommunity can do our part to fight for afuture in which our planet is still inhabit-able. At the end of the day, politicalaction on climate change will requiregrassroots mobilization. While the fossilfuel industry and those who profit off theslow but inevitable destruction of ourplanet may have a financial advantage,the history of the 20th century showsthat despite the cynicism which so oftenplagues our politics, people power is stillthe most effective force for change inthis Republic. It is not an easy force toharness, but once mobilized, it canaccomplish anything. Even, we mustbelieve, saving the world.

Sam Berman is a School of Arts andSciences junior majoring in political sci-ence with a minor in economics. His col-umn, “Community Matters,” runs onalternate Mondays.

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W e will respond to the threat ofclimate change, knowing thatthe failure to do so would betray

our children and future generations.” This was one of the most discussed

lines in President Barack Obama’s sec-ond inaugural address. The speech itself,of course, has generated enthusiasmacross the left for its full-throateddefense of progressive values. While theright has condemned the speech for itslack of policy specifics — usually left outof inaugural addresses and saved for theState of the Union address in February— the president’s second-term agenda isalready starting to take shape. And cli-mate change appears to hold a positionof prominence.

Of course, the president’s first-termagenda started out ambitious as well, butafter burning so much of his politicalcapital in his fight to expand access tohealth care in this country, his attempt toaddress climate change with a cap-and-trade proposal stalled in the Senate. Thishappened despite the market-orientedapproach of the reform, which wasdesigned to provide incentives for indus-tries to switch to cleaner sources of ener-gy as efficiently as possible. In the end,the president was forced to turn to uni-lateral action — such as increasing fuelefficiency standards for automobiles and

Climate change policy shifts to priority

“Our political leaders ... mustbe forced to consider

long-term costs — even if themost profitable industry in all

of human history would rather they not.”

COMMUNITYMATTERSSAM BERMAN

glows at nighttime. The sands below,however, groan consistently with theweight of a real, engrained phenome-non: slavery.

What makes this a phenomenon is itspersistence. Mauritania’s national govern-ment tried, unsuccessfully, to abolish thepractice in 1905, 1981 and 2007. Failing,descendants of black Africans (“haratin”)still serve the Arabs (“bidhan”) as slaves. Itis estimated that 600,000 men, women andchildren are illegallyforced into slavery.

But only oneslave owner hasever been success-fully prosecuted.

Imagine: Youwake up. You’retied up so that youcannot move. Only once, throughout theentire day, you are untied to do yourchores. In the end, you are left withoutmuscle, barely able to move your limbs.You make no money, even though youwork for years. You do not know yourname. You do not know how you becamea slave. You were born one.

What amazes me, after watchingCNN’s feature documentary on the sub-ject, are the interactions between mas-ters and slaves. The amount of docilecomplacency is disgusting. The coun-try’s minister, Brahim Ould M’BareckOuld Med El Moctar, declared his coun-try among the freest on earth.

I wanted to grab each side of my com-puter and shake some sense into thesepeople who don’t make sense to me at all.

But that’s not whatI’m doing.

Instead, I’m writ-ing this becauseMauritania’s slavesdon’t know whothey are, but youdo. You can makeprogress that they

cannot even recognize. You can do morethan simply exist.

According to Mary Pipher, clinical psy-chologist and author, “Young men need tobe socialized in such a way that rape is asunthinkable to them as cannibalism.”Education is the gateway to change, but itcannot stop at “young men”. It must

extend to Arabs and blacks, men andwomen and children alike.

What the world is begging us to do issimple: look, listen, and feel.

Living reminders of slavery exist. Proofof rape exists. It exists in other humans, innewborn slaves, in people who are unfair-ly doomed, in those who are about to growup as domesticated animals.

This is not the chained slavery of ourown Civil War. These people live likedogs, unchained because they won’t run away.

What twists my heart up is the factthat I’ll be in Morocco over spring break.While I’m excited for my trip, I won’t beable to forget the brainwashed, enslavedpeople who live in such close proximity. Iwant to save them all from their daily $2,their racist masters, their anonymity, tor-ture, rape, and their government, whichdeclares them free.

I want my government to declarethem free.

Alexa Wybraniec is a first-year Schoolof Arts and Sciences student. She is a deskassistant at The Daily Targum.

I t’s 2013 and slavery still exists.What are your personal require-ments of slavery? What do you need

to make it real? Do you need proof? Doyou really want proof?

There is no way to describe slavery,modern or past, but we must try. Wemust raise awareness just as we must setup green highway signs and replacetheir white letters when they’reobscured by rust. We can’t lose sight ofwhat’s important, especially when thereare no exciting commercials, nor flash-ing lights, nor highway signs to remind us.

Here is what’s important: Mauritaniais an Arab country in West Africa, justsouth of Morocco. Now, Morocco isbeautiful. Rabat, the capital city, boastsa thriving tourism industr y, which

Slavery: Mauritania’s blatantly kept secret

“It is estimated that 600,000men, women and children areillegally forced into slavery.”

COMMENTARYALEXA WYBRANIEC

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Oscar Huntly against Hrymack at 4:20.

Inserting freshmen into thelineup is not Goodale’s prefer-ence, but performance andinjuries have forced both intostarting rolls, something that isout of Goodale’s hands.

“We are giving up bonuspoints where our two freshmanare wrestling,” Goodale said.“Those are two kids who aregoing to be good as the yearsgo on but right now they areprobably not ready for that typeof match yet. But they have tobe and are growing up quickly.”

The loss overshadowed theKnights’ dominating perform-ance against a young WestVirginia team (1-7) the night

before, which included sevenwins individually.

But Rutgers’ effort in its firstmatch may have been a factor —along with its four-hour bus trip —for why it struggled against Navy.

Goodale said the factors areno excuse, as back-to-backmatches will happen in the nearfuture at both EIWA and theNational Tournament.

For Goodale, Navy served as awake-up call for the team, onethat the Knights need to respondto before their next competitionFeb. 8 against Bloomsburg.

“When you go to the nation-al tournament and the EIWAtournament, it’s back-to-back,”Goodale said. “Is the travel partof it? Yeah, but everyone has todo that with dual meets …There’s no excuses — put yourfoot on the line and find a wayto get it done. We just came upa little shor t against a real good team.”

For updates on the Rutgerswrestling team, follow BradlyDerechailo on Twitter@BradlyDTargum.

Senior 154-pounder Scott Winston dropped his match Saturdayagainst Navy after previously picking up his 100th-career win. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2013

Freshmen falter afterreceiving rare chancein Knights lineup

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highest-scoring team in Big Eastplay, for more than 30 minutes.

But guards on arguably themost guard-dependent team inthe conference suddenly hadtheir way.

“Take your pick,” Rice said,rattling off a bevy of the BigEast’s top two-guard lineups. “It’swhat you face when you’re inespecially the best guard confer-ence in the country. It’s not close— the guards in this conferenceare unbelievable.”

The Knights, meanwhile, man-aged only 20 first-half points.They are averaging slightly morethan 25 points per first half in BigEast play and led at halftime onlyonce — Jan. 5 against Pittsburgh.

A missed transition layup bysophomore guard Eli Carter —turned into a Connecticut alleyoop — highlighted Rutgers’of fensive concerns, most ofwhich have been present for a while.

“We thought we could definite-ly climb back into it,” said seniorforward Austin Johnson. “It’s a lit-tle frustrating that we feel like webeat ourselves. We have to con-trol the things we can do to besuccessful on the court, and wedidn’t do that.”

Senior wing Dane Miller’sabsence did not help.

The Knights’ best facilitatorpicked up his fourth foul less thantwo minutes into the second half.He landed his second foul at the17:22 mark of the first half, andRice said he compensated byplaying guards like Seagears —with a team-high 34 minutes —for two long.

Miller played only 16 minutes,with just five in the first half.

“That could’ve af fectedsome of the ways we defended

those guards in the end,” Rice said.

While Miller is outwardly pas-sive — he would prefer to set upteammates for open looks — hehas not scored in double figuressince Jan. 9 at St. John’s. He hasattempted more than eight shotsonly twice in the Big East.

Miller is part of a supportingcast that has yet to materializebehind Carter and sophomorepoint guard Myles Mack, theKnight’ leading scorers.

Seagears did his part, as Olliemade sure to congratulateSeagears — who had yet to scorein double figures this season —but it was hollow praise for anoth-er hollow loss.

“[There is] a little bit of asnowball ef fect,” Rice said.“You just have to get yourselfout of this rut, and right nowwe’re in it.”

For updates on the Rutgersmen’s basketball team, follow TylerBarto on Twitter@TBartoTargum.

Sophomore guard Jerome Seagears looks to pass while Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier defends.Seagears scored a career-high 21 points in the loss. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

First-half woes appearagain with 20 pointsin as many minutes

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JANUARY 28, 2013SPORTS PAGE 14

BY GREG JOHNSONSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers gymnasticsteam traveled to UniversityPark, Pa., Saturday knowing itwould have to be at its best tocompete with the most chal-lenging field it has faced.

The Scarlet Knights put forththeir second-best team score ofthe season — a 193.225 — but themark was not enough to capture avictory, as the Knights finishedbehind No. 22 Pittsburgh(193.575), Iowa (195.325) andhost Penn State (195.500).

Junior Luisa Leal returned tothe Knights’ vault lineup afterbeing out with an injury sustainedJan. 20 of last year and showed nosigns of rust. The Cali, Columbia,native immediately made animpact, as she led Rutgers tyingfor fifth overall in the event with ascore of 9.775.

“I thought as a team we all didmuch better [Saturday]. I saw alot of improvement from every-body,” said head coach LouisLevine said of the team’s perform-ance on vault. “I thought the judg-ing was really tight yesterday.Both [sophomore Sara Skammer]and [freshman Nicolette Wilson]stepped up their vaults to a differ-ent level. I thought on vault we dida good job. It’s going in the direc-tion we want.”

Despite the loss, Rutgers (4-5,0-2) delivered individual perform-ances that would lead them to beoptimistic moving forward.

“I think we started off reallystrong, and unfortunately we didn’tfinish strong on beam,” Levinesaid. “I thought we had a chance tobring in a really nice score, andunfortunately it just didn’t happen.”

For the third consecutivemeet, the Knights improvedtheir score on floor exercise,earning a 48.850.

Senior Danielle D’Elia andfreshman Katie Stebick finished

at the top of the team’s floor line-up for a second straight week,both scoring 9.825, while fresh-man Danielle Verdon assistedwith a score of 9.775.

The scores were career-highsfor both rookies, who continue toprove vital for the Knights.

“[Verdon] and Katie havedone a great job on floor andreally helped solidify the eventfor us this year,” Levine said.“We star ted out on floor[Saturday] and it was a greatstart for us. They gave us somemomentum moving forward.”

The Knights also took a stepforward on uneven bars, regain-ing some of the consistency lack-ing the previous weekend.

Freshman Jenna Williams pro-duced a team-high 9.825 and fin-ished third overall.

For a program that has his-torically been inconsistent inthe event, Williams posted atleast a 9.825 on bars in all fourmeets this season and contin-ues to make a case for EAGLRookie of the Year.

Levine is impressed with theteam’s performance on the bars.

“Really the expectation thisyear is that they’re going to getup and they’re going to hit theirroutines. It’s about how wellthey’re going to hit their rou-tines,” Levine said. “WithJenna, her routine is the sameevery time. She can just carboncopy her routine over and overagain and it’s a great thing to have.”

Junior Alyssa Straub recordeda season-high score of 38.400 onthe all-around as Rutgers’ loneplacing competitor, good for sixthplace overall.

The Knights return to theLivingston Recreation Centerto prepare for a home quadmeet Saturday against Brown,Southern Connecticut and Pittsburgh.

For updates on the Rutgersgymnastics team, follow GregJohnson on Twitter@GJohnsonTargum.

“Both [Sara Skammer] and

[Nicolette Wilson]stepped up their

vaults to a different level.”

LOUIS LEVINEHead Coach

RU drops event at Penn State

Junior Luisa Leal participated in her first meet since Jan. 20, 2012 after sustaining an undisclosedinjury. Head coach Louis Levine put Leal on the vault. THE DAILY TARGUM / JANUARY 2012

The Pirates (8-12, 3-4) were astep quicker and had more gritto snap their four-game skid.

Sophomore forward BetnijahLaney carried Rutgers offensively,finishing the game with 11 points.Senior guard Erica Wheeler helpedwith 10 points and pulled downfour rebounds in the contest.

The Knights had their handsfull trying to contain the Pirates,but to no avail. It was a tough lossto swallow after watching SetonHall’s effort pay off.

“I thought that Seton Hallplayed tough,” said head coach C.Vivian Stringer. “I think theyplayed gritty. The kids played hard,and it does not surprise me. Welooked like we were sleepwalkingand that continues to speak to theimmaturity of our team.

The Knights gained some lifein the second half of action, asthey forced the Pirates to find analternative way to win the game.

With nine minutes to play,Laney hit a tough layup in trafficto give Rutgers its first lead of theafternoon, 38-36. On the ensuingpossession, Oliver knocked downan open jumper from the wing toextend the Knights’ lead, 40-36,forcing a Seton Hall timeout.

The unexpected turn of playcautioned the Pirates to take careof the basketball and play undercontrol for the rest of the stretch.Simmons felt the team reacted well

to Rutgers’ unforeseen intensityand “was determined to give up.”

Seton Hall’s win was monu-mental for Morris, as the Knightshave usually faired well againsttheir cross-state rival.

“It is showing us that we cando more than we thought wecould going into the season,” shesiad. “It was just exciting.”

The game remained close inthe opening stanza after bothteams were careless with the ball.Both had 10 turnovers each andwere not crisp in play.

Rutgers managed to cut SetonHall’s lead to one, 19-18, afterLaney connected on a difficultlayup and completed the three-point play at the free throw line.

The Pirates did not takelong to respond as Morris hitone of her three baskets frombehind the arc the next tripdown the floor with 43 secondsleft to play.

The Knights came out flat tostart the game. Seton Hall tookadvantage of the pace and brokeout with a 9-2 run from the open-ing tip to grab an early lead.

Rutgers never led in the firsthalf, although there weremoments when it seemed to beon the verge of a run. But thePirates never let the Knightsbuild momentum.

“We just tried to stay in themoment,” said Seton Hall headcoach Anne Donovan. “Wethought we could have a win likethis and it is nice now that wehave a win like this. We are look-ing to move forward.”

For updates on the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team, followAaron Farrar on Twitter@AFarrarTargum.

GYMNASTICS RUTGERS PLACES FOURTH AT QUAD MEET

Seton Hall puts awaylosing streak throughsuperior tenacity

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KNIGHT NOTEBOOK CARTER SHOOTS 5-FOR-14

RU clocks weak shooting performanceBY JOEY GREGORY


HARTFORD, Conn. — Forthe second consecutive game,sophomore guard Eli Carter didnot look like the player Rutgersmen’s basketball fans expect totake the court, but it was notbecause for lack of effort.

He took 14 shots, five ofwhich went in, ending with 13points, in yesterday’s 66-54 lossto Connecticut.

And most of the shots he didmake can be awarded to defen-sive indifference in the closingminutes, when the game was outof reach.

Even a fast break layup fell tothe ground without touching net— accurately summing upCarter’s last two games.

“I don’t worry about Eli, hejust has to play better,” said headcoach Mike Rice. “Eli is good. I’mnot going to get down on any ofmy players. I’ve seen Eli playtremendous this year for me. He… is pressing right now. He justhad to breathe and let it come.”

Even his normally steadyclassmate and fellow guard MylesMack did not put up the numbershis team is used to.

Both of their point totals werelimited by their lack of appear-ances on the free throw line.

Carter hit his only two freethrows while UConn (13-5, 3-3) didnot send Mack to the line at all.

Luckily for the Scarlet Knights(12-7, 3-5) their third sophomoreguard, Jerome Seagears, decidedto have his best game of the sea-son, as he kept them in the game.

The Silver Spring, Md., nativefinished the game with a

career-high 21 points on 8-for-15shooting. He went 4-for-7 frombeyond the arc.

“Jerome played excellenttonight,” said senior forwardAustin Johnson. “I haven’t seenhim that aggressive this season.At least we got one good thingout of this game, to see that wegot Jerome back.”

It only took Seagears onehalf of play to match his seasonhigh in points, and he did notstop there.

But even Seagears’ best gameof the season was not enough tocounter the Knights’ mistakesand walk away with the win.

Rutgers entered the gameaveraging 14.3 turnovers per con-test. That number rose thanks toyesterday’s contest.

The Knights committed 16total turnovers, a majority ofthem committed by Carter andMack. They finished with five andthree, respectively, while combin-ing for only seven assists.

“Even though we want tospeed the pace [of the game] up,the game can’t be fast to us,” Ricesaid. “We’re playing fast.”

That helped contribute notonly to the 16 total turnovers,but also to the limited numberof points the Knights generatedoff of the giveaways it caused— nine points of f of 11 UConn turnovers.

THE UCONN OFFENSEshowed up to the XL Center asadvertised. Thanks mostly to itslack of size, it relied heavily on itstalented backcourt.

Also to nobody’s surprise,junior Shabazz Napier — theteam’s top scorer — headlined

Sophomore guard Eli Carter put up another shaky performance in Rutgers’ loss to Connecticut.Most of his 13 points came with the game out of reach. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Poor shooting highlights offensive woes

the group finishing the gamewith 19 points.

Napier was not the only guard toleave his mark on the game. TheHuskies’ second leading scorer,sophomore Ryan Boatright endedwith 15 points.

But their contribution extend-ed beyond the scoring column.

Napier and Boatright

combined for nine assists andchipped in eight rebounds.

SEAGEARS WAS NOT THEonly player to take a step up onthe stat sheet in yesterday’s game.

Sophomore forward KadeemJack had one of his most produc-tive games of the season.

In a season-high 32 minutes,Jack totaled eight points andnine rebounds.

It marked the only game thisseason in which he reached at leasteight in both categories.

For updates on the Rutgers men’sbasketball team, follow Joey Gregoryon Twitter @JGregoryTargum.

not cash in to the same extent, scor-ing only nine points off turnovers.

Seton Hall head coach AnneDonovan stressed how the Piratesforced Rutgers — a poor jump-shooting team — to beat themfrom the outside early in the gameto build instant momentum.

“Our plan was to be in a zonepress, try to slow them down,give them less clock to workwith,” she said. “And I think thatboded pretty well for us.”

Rutgers had difficulty establish-ing any sort of balanced offensiveattack — let alone a dominant scor-er. Senior guard Erica Wheeler wasthe only Knight to crack double fig-ures with 10 points.

Head coach C. Vivian Stringergave the Pirates credit and saidthey played tough and gritty, butinsists the seniors must step upand help the team stay more com-posed and aggressive.

“I’m not trying to say anythingother than they played well, butI’m tired of giving that story,”Stringer said. “We were sleep-walking, which is unfortunate,because it continues to speak tothe immaturity of our team.”

With the teams deadlocked atthe 2:55 mark, the Knights neverscored again, and their field goal

percentage plummeted back toless than 40 percent.

“We stressed before the game —always keep your composureagainst them, because they are veryaggressive,” said senior Seton Hallguard Brittany Morris. “We just kindof came back together and regainedour focus. We took it play by playand made sure we executed.”

Rutgers did not executedown the stretch and Stringerbelieves the Knights were oftentoo lackadaisical.

“We walk out of there stunnedand upset. I’m more upset than I’mpretending,” Stringer said. “But Ilook at this and I think we’ll be fine.That’s good for us if that’s the wake-up call. But sometimes you can callsomebody and it’s too late.”

A REASON FOR THE KNIGHTSstruggles this season can be attest-ed to their performance on the road.

Rutgers has only captured twovictories away from the LouisBrown Athletic Center, resulting ina 2-7 record in away contests.

Even a contest less than an hourfrom campus could not get theKnights a road win.

The last time Rutgers found awin in an away game was Nov. 21against Temple.

BY GREG JOHNSONSTAFF WRITER

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Inattempting to collect its third con-secutive victory and reach .500 inBig East play, the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team failed toend persisting trends, even withfavorable conditions in its 45-42loss to Seton Hall.

The Scarlet Knights (11-8, 2-4)have not won a road game sinceNov. 21 at Temple largely becauseof inefficient shooting from thefield and turnover problems.

Their contest with Seton Hallyesterday was hardly different.

Despite the Pirates (8-12, 3-4) allowing 60.5 points pergame before the game, theygranted the Knights only 42,

well below their season averageof 57.6.

The offensive woes were par-ticularly apparent in the first half,when Rutgers shot only 33 per-cent from the field and committed10 turnovers.

While the Pirates were equallysloppy with the ball, they scored 14points off Rutgers turnovers in theperiod. The Knights offense could

Senior forward Chelsey Lee works through a Seton Hall double team. Lee scored only six pointsand turned the ball over four times in 37 minutes in the loss against Seton Hall. NISHA DATT

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LEFT BEHIND Despite junior Luisa Leal’s returnfrom injury, the Rutgers gymnastics team placedlast in a quad meet at Penn State. PAGE 14

COLLEGE BASKETBALL SCORES EXTRA POINT RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR

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SCORING SLUMP The Rutgers women’s basketball teamscored only 42 points and recorded 10 turnovers in itsloss yesterday to Seton Hall. PAGE 14

FORWARD PROGRESS Seton Hall gives theKnights a chance for another blowout,which helps in future matches. PAGE 15

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“I’m not trying to say anything other than they played well,but I’m tired of giving that story.”

— Rutgers women’s basketball head coach C. VivianStringer on her seniors’ struggles

KEVIN BOSTICKwon the high jump andtriple jump during theMetropolitan Indoor Trackand Field Championships.The senior jumper led theKnights to a second-placefinish overall in the meet.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

at Cincinnati

Wednesday, 7 p.m.Cincinnati

MEN’S TRACK

at New Balance Invitational

FridayBronx

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

at Marquette

Wednesday, 8 p.m.Milwaukee

WOMEN’S TRACK

at New Balance Invitational

FridayBronx

Seton Hall 67St. John’s 71

No. 13 Mich. St. 70No. 7 Indiana 75

No. 2 Michigan 74 Illinois 60

Florida St. 47No. 25 Miami 71

Richmond 65Massachusetts 70

Virginia Tech 70Clemson 77

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL CONNECTICUT 66, RUTGERS 54

Connecticut guard Ryan Boatright drives in between Rutgers guards Eli Carter andMyles Mack in yesterday’s 66-54 UConn win. Boatright finished with 15 points. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

UConn outlasts RUwith timely spurts

BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR

HARTFORD, Conn. — After 40 minutes inwhich each Connecticut defender struggledto contain him, the man that stopped JeromeSeagears in his tracks yesterday had barelystepped on the XL Center hardwood.

Connecticut head coach Kevin Ollie watchedas Seagears, a sophomore guard for the Rutgersmen’s basketball team, scored a game- andcareer-high 21 points on 8-for-15 shooting.

“He just said, ‘Good game, way to shoot itout there,’” Seagears said.

But Ollie’s praise came at a cost.Despite arguably Seagears’ best game of

the season, the Scarlet Knights lost, 66-54,as Seagears was not even the top player onthe court.

The distinction belongs to Huskiesguard Shabazz Napier, who nailed two 3-pointers in a row, as Connecticut

(13-5, 3-3) scored on four consecutive pos-sessions late in the second half. Seagearshad his day, but no one impacted the gamelike Napier, who dealt with a lingering leftshoulder contusion.

Napier appeared in complete control in hisgame-high 36 minutes. The junior, arguably thebest point guard in the Big East, showed exact-ly why the conference places such a premiumon experienced ball handlers.

“The game is slow to him,” said head coachMike Rice of Napier, who finished with 19points and six assists. “When he wants to gofast, he goes fast. When he wants to get hisshot, he gets his shot.”

The Knights (12-7, 3-5) took an early second-half lead thanks to a 10-1 run, but Napier andsophomore guard Ryan Boatright ledConnecticut on a decisive late-game run.Rutgers had stifled Connecticut, the

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Rutgers fallson road withsloppy play

Guard Erica Wheeler evades Seton Hallguard Alexandra Maseco.NISHA DATT

BY AARON FARRARCORRESPONDENT

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — A costly foulsealed the fate for the Rutgers women’s basket-ball team yesterday, as it fell to Seton Hall, 45-42.After senior forward Chelsey Lee deflected theball at half court with 30 seconds to play, shecommitted a reach-in foul that sent Pirates guardBrittany Morris to the free throw line.

The Scarlet Knights (11-8, 2-4) had one lastopportunity to force overtime, but senior guardErica Wheeler came up short after a contestedthree-pointer from the left corner.

Rutgers walked off the floor frustratedand disappointed in a failed attempt tosteal a road game against its in-state rival.The Knights players were not available forcomment after losing to Seton Hall for thefirst time since a 61-51 loss back on Feb.13, 2002.

Morris led all scorers with 19, while back-court mate Ka-Deidre Simmons contributed 11in the upset.

“I always have to go hard againstRutgers,” Simmons said after the victory. “Itis a rivalry in-state, and I know Seton Hall hasnot beat Rutgers in a long time. So it was agood win for us.”

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WRESTLING

Loss to Navyovershadowsmilestone

BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT

The last time the Rutgers wrestling team’sfate in a dual match came in the final bout, red-shirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith deliv-ered a victory for the Scarlet Knights.

With Nick Visicaro the last one to goSaturday afternoon against Navy, the sopho-more 165-pounder dropped a decisionagainst Peyton Walsh, completing a three-match swing for the Midshipmen that result-ed in a 19-15 Knights loss.

The loss — Rutgers’ first defeat since los-ing Iowa State on Jan. 11 by the same score— was not a surprise for head coach ScottGoodale considering the Knights’ recenttrack record with Navy along with its hotstreak, as Navy defeated then-No. 23Maryland last week.

Rutgers (14-3) escaped with a 20-19 win lastseason against the Midshipmen, but could notmake it five straight wins against them.

“Navy has really become a huge rival for usfor the most part,” Goodale said. “The last fivematches we wrestled have come down to thelast match. We’ve been fortunate against them,but we lost … It was a really good match, butwe were just on the wrong end of it.”

After Rutgers went up 15-9 on a 2-0 deci-sion by senior Trevor Melde at 141, theKnights lost their last three matches.

That included a loss to Navy’s (4-1) BobbyBerg by 154-pounder Scott Winston, who col-lected his 100th career victory in theKnights’ 26-10 victory the night beforeagainst West Virginia.

But the loss to Berg left a bittersweet tastefor both Winston and Goodale, who has seenWinston grow as a wrestler ever since hishigh school days at Jackson (N.J.) Memorial.

“It’s a milestone,” Goodale said of Winston.“It’s a hard thing to do in college wrestling …But Scott has bigger goals and he’s got tosomehow find a way to put it all together thismonth and get his confidence back and wres-tle like he is capable of wrestling.”

Rutgers also suffered two losses at 149and 197-pounds, as freshman Ken Theoboldcontinued to take over for senior MarioMason. Then Theobold’s classmate, HaydenHrymack, filled in for senior DanSeidenberg, who Goodale decided to rest.

Both surrendered bonus points againstNavy, including a pin by

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