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BY RIDA AHMEDCONTRIBUTING WRITER

An Eagleton Institute of Politics poll releasedSaturday found that New Jerseyans support importantelements of Gov.Chris Christie’s plansto reform teachertenure and pay.

Fifty-eight per-cent of registeredvoters disapprove ofthe current tenurepolicies, while 40percent approve,according to theinstitute’s poll of 912New Jersey adults.

“In some areas,there is frustrationthat students aren’tdoing better,” saidDavid Redlawsk,Eagleton Institute ofPolitics poll director. “This causes concern that itmight be linked with the idea of bad teachers.”

Families both with and without school-age childrensupport the reforms that would eliminate lifetimetenure, revamp teacher evaluation procedures and tieteacher pay to performance, according to the poll takenbetween Feb. 24 and 26 through telephone.

The survey also found varied opinions dependingupon a person’s party affiliation, their views on Christieand whether they belong to a labor union, saidRedlawsk, a University professor of political science.

Public employee union households proved to bestronger supporters of the current K-12 teacher tenuresystem, according to the poll.

Meanwhile, 55 percent of private union members dis-approved, and 64 percent of non-union households donot favor it.

Redlawsk said New Jersey public union workers nat-urally support the current policies because the majorityof them are teachers.

“It’s simply that a teacher’s union has negotiated thisissue over the years, and labor households tend to sup-port what labor unions do,” he said.

By a 2 to 1 margin over the Republicans, Democratssupport current tenure policies, according to the poll.

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Toms River, N.J., resident Jim Miller speaks in front of Department of Health and Senior Services hearingofficers yesterday morning for his late wife who relied on marijuana for multiple sclerosis relief.

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Advocates testify at medical marijuana hearingBY JOSHUA ROSENEAU

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TRENTON — Patients, health careworkers and advocates of the New JerseyCompassionate Use Medical Marijuana Actconfronted officials from the Department ofHealth and Senior Services (DHSS) yester-day at a public hearing that addressed thelaw’s new regulations regarding the med-ical distribution of marijuana.

“These regulations are unconstitution-al; they are arbitrary and capricious,” saidattorney Justin Escher Alpert, a patientfrom Livingston, N.J., who supports thelegalization of medical marijuana. “Theyare against the spirit of the law.”

The New Jersey Compassionate UseMedical Marijuana Act, passed inJanuary 2010, has not been implementedyet, according to a press release from thegovernor’s office.

Gov. Chris Christie and assembly-man Reed Gusciora, D-Princeton, who

sponsored the bill, announced a com-promise agreement in December thatadded more rules and restrictions tothe measure.

The public hearing, held at theTrenton War Memorial, is part of alonger process of adoption required afterchanges to the original bill, signed by for-mer Gov. Jon S. Corzine, became law.

The new rules put a limit on theamount of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC),the psychoactive chemical present inmarijuana that gives it its hallucinogenicand therapeutic effects, at a maximum of10 percent, according to the N.J. statute.

Unlike California, New Jersey’s systemdoes not allow patients to procure marijua-na by growing it at home or buying it at alocal dispensary, according to the gover-nor’s press release. Instead, there will bejust six Alternative Treatment Centers(ATC) divided evenly throughout New

CEO of DiversityInc Luke Visconti discusses diversity and its connectionto success last night at the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

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BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

University alumnus and CEO of DiversityInc magazineLuke Visconti visited the Cook Campus CenterMultipurpose Room last night to explain the importance ofdiversity and how former Vice President of Rutgers CollegeGeorge H. Cook influenced both himself and the University.

Visconti, who graduated in 1982 with a bachelor’sdegree in biology, said Cook changed higher educationduring the Civil War era by introducing science andtechnology to the University.

“Cook ended up causing a revolution that changed theway things are done,” he said. “You take people, teach themthings so they can create a gross domestic product.”

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Buddies create bonds at Special Friends DayBY JADE MCCLAINCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Special-needs youths came tothe University last Sunday towatch movies, play games andbond with students in the 20thannual Special Friends Day.

The event, which was hostedby Rutgers Recreation and theRecreation Activities Crew(RAC), took place from 11 a.m. to4 p.m. at the Cook/DouglassRecreation Center.

University students from fra-ternities, sororities and organiza-tions such as Seeing Eye Puppypresented arts and crafts tablesfor the special needs childrenand their buddies.

All the children and theirassigned student buddies had theopportunity to pet dogs, play bas-ketball and swim in the swim-ming pool, said Rita Mockute, afirst-time buddy at the event.

“It’s been a lot of fun. … Thekids are really awesome — they’rereally cute,” said Mockute, aSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences sophomore.“Brittany, my friend, just giveskisses and hugs all the time and Imet all her friends.”

Mockute said she hopes herspecial friend, 22-year-oldBrittany Sessa, had a good timepainting her face.

“I was a lion, right?” said Sessa,describing her face decorations.

Organizers situated a moonbounce at one corner of thegym across from a deejaybooth and basketball hoops.Additional rooms in the recre-ation center were used as play-rooms for children and fea-tured movies such as “Tarzan”and “The Jungle Book”.

In order to ensure every-one’s safety, general volunteersand professional recreationstaf f members guarded allexits, said Michael Doughtie,

Student buddies and their special friends fly a parachute in the air Sunday at the University’s 20th annual Special Friends Day in theCook/Douglass Recreation Center. Other activities included arts and crafts tables, swimming and basketball.

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RAC chair. People were also sta-tioned in the locker rooms toprevent participants from slip-ping on wet floors.

RAC chairs had to stay in com-munication with each otherthrough two-way radios to pre-vent problems and respond to sit-uations, said Doughtie, a CookCollege senior.

Before the day concludedwith parents picking up theirchildren, all 94 children and188 buddies had the chance tocompete in a parachute gamewhere children and buddies

held onto the edge of the para-chute and launched balls intothe air, he said.

Doughtie said he consideredthe event an overall success, butstill sees areas in which it couldhave improved.

“We had a few more obstaclesto get around this year in terms ofa couple kids who didn’t show up[and] a couple kids who showedup really late,” Doughtie said.“That starts a process of us hav-ing to scramble and get generalvolunteers to become buddies forthe kids.”

Matthew Derocker, whose 19-year-old autistic son Joe hasattended Special Friends Day forthe past 13 years, said he is grate-ful for the event and hopes it willcontinue in the future.

“[Joe] likes swimming, heswims all the time. He loveswater — more of a texturething,” Derocker said.

To gain publicity for the event,the RAC notified surroundingschools, such as the DouglassDevelopmental DisabilitiesCenter, about Special FriendsDay so that school officials could

inform parents to bring their kids,Doughtie said.

At the end of the day,Doughtie said the most reward-ing feeling for him is to see every-one satisfied.

“What’s the most fun for meright now is walking around andseeing the smiles on everybody’sfaces, and just the satisfaction oflooking around knowing that weput this together,” he said. “Then atthe end of the day when all the par-ents are coming in, you can see howexhausted some of the kids are andyou know that we did our job.”

Sixty percent of respondentsagreed with connecting pay toevaluations, while 35 percent dis-agreed, according to the poll.

“The public doesn’t think thatstudent test scores should be theonly thing that teachers shouldbe evaluated on, but when weinclude test scores with other fac-tors like classroom observations,people see that as a valid part of abigger evaluation process,”Redlawsk said.

Michael Slott, Universitylabor studies part-time lectur-er, said he believes tenureneeds to be reformed, butteachers have a right to dueprocess first.

“Tenure was established inthe first place to provide a meas-ure of job security for teacherswho faced discrimination,

favoritism, nepo-tism and thepressure toadhere to ortho-dox viewpoints,”Slott said.

He also saida l t h o u g hteacher per-formance iscrucial, provid-ing adequateresources for

schools and understanding theimpact of students’ social andfamily environments is equally important.

Valerie Albano, an Americanliterature teacher at WatchungHills High School, said she isopposed to tenure being basedon student test scores.

“It is okay to fire teachersfor being lazy at their job, butlinking tenure to student testscores is not right,” she said.“Sometimes the student mustnot be trying hard enough. It’sjust not a fair assessment forthe teacher’s capability.”

Katherine Mosquera, aRutgers Business School senior,said the tenure reform wouldprove to be efficient only if prop-er types of controls and regula-tions were taken.

“Controls such as score per-formance comparisons should bedone by external sources,” shesaid. “This will control teachers’deliberate curves in grades andinaccurate scoring.”

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Students dine in formal wear Sunday night at Kappa Phi Lambda’s “Las Vegas Nights.” The event featuredcasino games, live music and donated proceeds to the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.

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Jersey where patients can pick uptheir medication.

Christie’s compromise meas-ure restricted access even moreby denying ATC operators theability to transport marijuana fromthe center to a patient’s home,according to a press release fromthe governor’s office.

“Many of the patients we’regoing to be working with arethose in the home care settingwho have already exhausted theneed and utilization of acute carecenters,” said Nora Giurici of theNew Jersey Hospice andPalliative Care Organization.

Giurici feels this unnecessarilyrestricts patients’ access and canonly burden the ATC.

“More than a year later, nota single patient has been able

to legally access medical mari-juana,” said Roseanne Scotti,N.J. director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

A.J. Ballinger, an unemployedveteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder,expressed his disapproval ofmarijuana legalization.

“I am done,” Ballinger said.“I cannot sit here and wait foryou guys to figure out the mostlucrative system to be put inplace when you’re talkingabout my mental health, myfamily name.”

When N.J. resident JackO’Brien was called to speak, hewalked to the microphone andtook off his shoes.

“Everybody’s got 10 fingers and10 toes, right? Not me. It’s extreme-ly painful,” said O’Brien, who dis-played his knotted hands and feet tothe panel.

Jim Miller of Toms River, N.J.,also came to testify on behalf ofhis late wife who died of multiple

sclerosis and relied on marijuanafor relief.

“There’s a big differencebetween ensuring that only quali-fied patients have access andensuring that qualified patientsdo have access,” Miller said.

Contenders for ATC licenseswere similarly nervous.

“You cannot go into businesswith this much uncertainty,”said Flakewood Tucker, whoapplied for the credentials tooperate an ATC.

Tucker said there is no way toensure a company can give plants ata 10 percent THC level, causing anyATC to risk going out of business,unless they have deep pockets.

DHSS will announce the sixwinners of the ATC licenses onMarch 21, said Donna Leusner, theDHSS Communications director.

Eighty physicians from 19 ofthe 21 counties in New Jerseyhave applied to gain the legalability to prescribe marijuana topatients, Leusner said.

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Independents favor the policywith 36 percent approval.

Redlask said people’s sup-port of Christie and his pro-posals was a major factor forvoters — with 21 percent ofthose who support the gover-nor versus 56 percent of thosewho disapprove of Christie.

“What we are really findingin the data is how liking or dis-liking Christie plays a big rolein voter decisions as he hasbeen extremely outspoken onthis issue,” he said. “So I thinkpeople who find Christie appeal-ing are more likely to supportthe things he tendsto address.”

The proposedchanges to tenureinclude evaluatingteachers on stan-dardized testscores, classroomobser vations andschool-wide stu-dent performance,he said.

“The idea is totie tenure and teacher evaluationtogether so that the systemwouldn’t be automatic anymore,”he said. “Low-performing teach-ers would be let off if their evalu-ations are poor, which is not thecase now.”

Nearly two-thirds of votersshowed that they support theadministration’s proposal,according to the sur vey.Christie’s supporters favoredwith an 81 percent. Those whodo not favor Christie were splitbetween 48 percent approvingand 50 percent disapproving.

In an Eagleton Institute ofPolitics poll conducted lastOctober about the specific issueof teacher’s pay being directlytied to student test scores, 28percent approved of tenure.

Voters believe that teacher’spay should not only be tied toscores but to other factors, suchas the town in which they teachand the subjects or areas of spe-cialization that should also becovered, Redlawsk said.

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“Linking tenure to student test scores

is not right.” VALERIE ALBANO

Watchung Hills High School Teacher

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Assembly Health and Senior Services Chairman Herb Conaway, D-Burlington, refused to vote on a bill that would give school childrenthe option to skip mandatory vaccines if their parents claim a “consci-entious exemption.”

Conaway said in an nj.com article the bill would lead to a higherprevalence of preventable diseases.

“We as a world are free from polio because we have mandatory vac-cinations,” Conaway, who is a medical doctor, said in the article.

But Deborah Ginsburg, a supporter of the bill, said offering analternative would increase vaccination rates.

“[I am] very concerned about the trends that point towards areduction of parental rights when it comes to mandatory vaccination,”Ginsburg said in the article.

If passed, parents or guardians can submit a form to the localhealth department to claim the exemption, according to the article. Atthe moment, children can only be excluded from mandatory vaccina-tions for medical or religious reason.

Those who claim the “conscientious exemption” will not beallowed to attend school during a disease outbreak or threat, accord-ing to the article. The state commissioner of health could suspend theexemption in an emergency situation.

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COMMITTEE CHAIR REJECTS VOTE ON VACCINE EXEMPTION BILL

Visconti credits the UnitedStates’ high gross domestic prod-uct to the country’s superior inno-vation in human and civil rights.

“Businesses must be inclu-sive,” he said. “If we’re all creat-ed equally then it is more inclu-sive and you’ll have better talentin the end.”

Visconti said Cook’s quest toeducate the United States tech-nologically and his tendency tonever stop thinking is what led tosuch innovation.

“Diversity is lucrative to suc-cess,” he said. “By 2044, lessthan 40 percent of the workforcewill be white.”

Visconti, whose publicationfeatures information on the busi-ness benefits of diversity, firstbecame involved with diversity inthe Navy where he eventuallyserved as an N.J.-based minorityofficer recruiter.

“My parents didn’t toleratebigoted talk growing up,” hesaid. “My fraternity here hadblack and Latino brothers, whichI was very proud of. So I thoughtI could do the job.”

With help from a fellow blackNaval pilot, Visconti got a handleon recruiting minorities. Hisfriend also made him realizediversity’s value.

“My friend told me he liked tolisten to cassette tapes of MartinLuther King Jr.’s speeches dur-ing long car rides,” he said. “Itmade me think about what myconnection was to him.”

This reminded Visconti ofhow people often do not realizethe presence of their predeces-sors, pointing to his fellow class-mates’ ignorance to who W.Braddock Hickman was while sit-ting in Hickman Hall onDouglass Campus.

Visconti, a member of theUniversity’s Hall ofDistinguished Alumni and Boardof Trustees, is focused on givingback to the University for givinghim so many chances.

“I would never have thought Iwould be here speaking to youtoday,” he said. “I was a horriblestudent because I had a reallygood time in college.”

His way of giving back isthrough co-chairing the RutgersFuture Scholars program.

Students from New Jersey’sinner cities are given a mentor toguide them through high school,and upon graduation they have agood chance of attending theUniversity, Visconti said.

“These eighth graders had nohope left of going to college, butnow they have a path there,” he

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said. “I would have never thought,‘I could never go to college.’”

Visconti said the Universityevolved a lot since Cook left hismark with respect to providingfinancial aid.

“We’ve evolved into a big55,000 student University, butwe’re ranked 48 out of 50 schoolsin terms of funding for highereducation,” he said.

Through his work for RutgersFuture Scholars, Visconti metsomeone interested in starting aNavy ROTC unit on campus. Hisconnection to the Universityallowed him to book a meeting withUniversity President Richard L.McCormick to discuss it further.

“I’ve got the Navy and Rutgersin one room,” he said. “It was adream come true.”

Visconti said a Navy ROTCunit should be coming here inthe fall.

“It means a lot of money for thisschool,” he said. “My belief is thatthe United States is powerful infeeding and educating people ratherthan [the amount of] weapons.”

Visconti encouraged thealumni and students in atten-dance to donate to the University,he said.

“Ask your friends and family todonate,” he said. “It’s a differentplace now, before they could dis-play ‘RU Screw’ in neon lights.”

Steven Le, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior, said he foundinspiration in Visconti’s speech.

“It posed a question of valueand what you can get out of fouryears at Rutgers,” he said. “Itmakes you think about what theydo to contribute to you as a per-son and makes you want to giveback to a school that has givenyou so much.”

Ehsanur Meah, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences first-year student, wasinterested to hear a Cook Collegealumnus speak.

“His success made me realizethat coming to college was theright decision and that there isso much knowledge out there,”he said.

Visconti was invited to speakafter the President of the CookCommunity Alumni AssociationDavid Singer saw him emcee lastyear’s Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

“He’s an excellent speaker andI had no idea he was a Cook grad-uate,” Singer said. “He’s such asuccess story out of the manyalumni who started here at Cook.”

Lesleyann Atherly, a 2005 CookCollege graduate, learned helpfulbusiness insights from Visconti.

“What I took away from hisspeech was to invest in humancapital and the need to investearly,” she said. “It translates to abetter economy and ultimately abetter country.”

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8 The Humanist Chaplaincy at Rutgers University will host anevent titled, “Can Science Determine What is Right andWrong?” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Student ActivitiesCenter lounge on the College Avenue campus. Gary Brill, aninstructor in the Department of Psychology, will lead a dis-cussion on author Sam Harris’ new book “The MoralLandscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values.”For more information, e-mail [email protected].

As part of the Scarlet Series: The Student ProfessionalDevelopment Workshop Series, Rutgers Student Life willhold a session to address the fear of public speaking andgive advice on how to address nerves. The workshop willtake place from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 120A of the BuschCampus Center. Participants must register for the workshopat www.surveymonkey.com/s/6B7FMQ7. This is just oneof the eight-part series that aims to develop personalizedleadership skills so students can gain a competitive edge.

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting inAmerica will be hosting “An Evening With Jerusalem Post-Defense Analyst Yaakov Katz” at 8 p.m. at Rutgers Hillel on93 College Ave. Katz is a defense analyst for The JerusalemPost. He has covered settlements, the Gaza disengagementand the Second Lebanon War. He is an expert on thePalestinian-Israeli conflict and the possible nuclear threatfrom Iran. Talk will be followed by a question-and-answersession. Food will be served. For more information, e-mailNoah Glyn at [email protected].

9 Join the Rutgers University Programming Association in theLivingston Student Center lobby from 1 to 4 p.m. for “Totesfor Hope.” Participants will get a chance to decorate totebags and give donations for the Orphan Foundation ofAmerica. For more information, visit get-involved.rutgers.edu.

10 School got you in a knot? Unwind with celebrity yogainstructor, Yogi Charu at “Pure Yoga!” a free event spon-sored by the Bhakti Club at Rutgers University from 8:30 to11:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center MultipurposeRoom on the College Avenue campus. Born in theCaribbean and trained in the Himalayas, Charu brings arefreshing new style to yoga and travels the globe sharinghis mystic adventures. Everyone, from beginners to sea-soned experts, is welcome. For more information and toRSVP, visit www.bhakticlub.org.

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11 Anna Chave, professor of art history at Queens College andthe graduate center at the City University of New York willgive a lecture at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museumon College Avenue campus at 4:30 p.m. called “High Tide:Deploying Fluids in Women’s Art Practice.” Chave is widelyknown for her scholarship on feminist art, gender and iden-tity mainly with respect to 20th century art. Chave’s lectureis offered as a feminist context for the special exhibition“Dancing with the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints 1963-2010.”Chave’s lecture is free to museum members, University stu-dents and staff with identification and children under 18.

13 A concert called “Sima Trio: Music of Serge Rachmaninov”will take place at 3 p.m. the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli ArtMuseum on College Avenue campus. One of the mostdynamic young trios in contemporary classical music, theSima Trio performs Rachmaninov’s Trio No. 1, as well asworks by Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn and LeraAuerbach. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 formuseum members and $5 for students with valid identifica-tion. Children under 18 are free. Tickets are sold on the dayof the concert beginning at 12:30 p.m. on a first-come, first-serve basis, beginning.

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UNITED NATIONS — Britainand France are drafting a UnitedNations resolution that wouldestablish a no-fly zone over Libyato prevent Muammar Gadhafi’sair force from bombing civiliansand rebels fighting to oust himfrom power.

A British diplomat at theU.N. stressed Monday that theresolution is being prepared asa contingency in case it is need-ed, but no decision has beenmade to introduce it at the U.N.Security Council.

Pressure for the no-fly zoneappears to be intensifying afterGadhafi’s regime unleashed itsair power on the poorlyequipped and poorly organizedrebel force trying to oust theirruler of 41 years.

The heavy use of air poweron Sunday — and again onMonday — signaled theregime’s concern that it neededto check the advance of therebel force toward the city ofSirte, Gadhafi’s hometown andstronghold which lies on themain road to the capital, Tripoli.

Libya’s U.N. ambassador andhis deputy have urged the coun-cil to impose a no-fly zone to pre-vent Gadhafi’s forces from bomb-ing civilians. Rebel fighters havealso urged its establishment, say-ing they can take on Gadhafi’s

elite ground forces but are out-gunned if he uses his air power.

British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague told the House ofCommons Monday, “NATO hasbeen tasked to work on a range ofoptions, including the possibleestablishment of a no-fly zone.”

“At the U.N. Security Council,we are working closely with part-ners on a contingency basis on ele-ments of a resolution on a no-flyzone, making clear the need forregional support, a clear triggerfor such a resolution and an appro-priate legal basis,” Hague said.

French Foreign Minister AlainJuppe said Saturday before leav-ing for Cairo that “we are cur-rently working in New York withthe British to achieve a resolutionof the U.N. Security Council cre-ating a no-fly zone in order to pre-vent bombings.”

A French diplomat at the U.N.said ideas for a resolution mustbe discussed with the entire 15-member Security Council beforea proposal is drafted. The Frenchand British diplomats spoke oncondition of anonymity becausethe discussions are taking placein private.

We are evaluating all theoptions to be able to face the evo-lution of the situation on theground,” French ForeignMinistry spokesman BernardValero said. “We are conductingthis work in close coordination

with all our partners, the coun-tries concerned and all the inter-national and regional (forums).”

Valero said Monday that ArabLeague Secretary General AmrMoussa told Juppe at their meet-ing in Cairo on Sunday that the22-member Arab group supportsa no-fly zone.

But Arab League spokesmanHesham Youssef told AP onMonday that the organization didoffer not blanket support.

He said a no-fly zone “issomething we do not object to,”but he stressed that any suchmeasures must have SecurityCouncil authorization.

“So we will not be supportingany unilateral action, and we donot tolerate foreign interferencein the internal affairs of Libya,”Youssef said.

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, whoheads the interim NationalCouncil set up by the oppositionin Benghazi, has met with dele-gations from European countriesand discussed possibilities for ano-fly zone or Western air strikeson bases from which attacks arelaunched, an opposition officialclose to the council said Monday.He did not say where the discus-sions stood and would not speci-fy which European countriessent delegations.

Security Council authorizationis not required to impose a no-flyzone, but many countries say it is

essential to give the militaryaction legal authorization fromthe U.N.’s most powerful body.

A no-fly resolution is likely toface opposition from Russia andpossibly China.

Last week, Russian ForeignMinister Sergey Lavrovdescribed the idea of imposinglimits on Libyan air space as“superfluous” and said worldpowers must instead focus onfully using the arms embargo,travel ban and asset freezeapproved on Feb. 26 by theSecurity Council.

Russia’s NATO ambassadorDmitry Rogozin also warned that“a ban on the national air force orcivil aviation to fly over their ownterritory is still a serious interfer-ence into the domestic affairs ofanother country, and at any rate,it requires a resolution of theU.N. Security Council.”

President Barack Obama hasmade clear that all options are onthe table, including a no-fly zone,but U.S. officials have alsostressed that any military actionmust be an international effort.Several U.S. senators, includingJohn McCain, have called on theObama administration to supporta no-fly zone.

But U.S. Defense SecretaryRobert Gates warned last weekthat imposing a no-fly zone wouldamount to an act of war because“a no-fly zone begins with an

attack on Libya” to destroy its airdefenses. He also cautioned thatan attack on Libya could drag theU.S. military into another conflict,even as nearly 150,000 troopscontinue to battle in Afghanistanand Iraq.

Western diplomats have alsocited difficulties in having enoughaircraft and bases to police a no-fly zone effectively.

As Libya appeared to be slid-ing toward civil war and a human-itarian crisis continued along itsborders with Egypt and Tunisia,European leaders appeared to berenouncing previous policies andstruggling to come up with newones — fast.

Chief among the unresolvedquestions are whether Europemight use force to try to stop theviolence, and whether it wouldgive diplomatic recognition — oreven money or other aid — to theLibyan rebels.

“There is no fixed position,really,” a European Union officialsaid late Monday, speaking oncondition of anonymity becauseconsultations have been private.

NATO defense ministers willmeet in Brussels on Thursdayand Friday. European Union for-eign ministers will meet for twodays in Budapest Friday andSaturday. And EU heads of gov-ernment have been called to aspecial session in Brussels onFriday to discuss Libya.

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NEW YORK — A cab driverfurious he was being forced todrive his fares from Midtowninto the Bronx rammed two ofthem with his taxi, critically injur-ing one, seriously wounding theother and knocking a third to theground before fleeing, authori-ties said Monday.

Mohammed Azam, 27, wascharged with assault and leavingthe scene of an accident and wasbeing held on $100,000 bail. Hedid not enter a plea at hisarraignment Monday. His attor-ney Joshua Benjamin said Azamdenies committing any crime.

Police said four men hailedAzam’s cab at about 4 a.m.Sunday in Midtown Manhattanand asked to be taken to theBronx after they got inside.Azam refused, according toprosecutors, saying it was toofar away, the trip would makehim late to turn in his taxi at itsdepot and he would have to paya $30 fee. It is a typical but ille-gal complaint by yellow cab driv-ers who often do not want to

Mohammed Azam, angry that he was forced by law to drive his faresfrom Midtown to the Bronx, hit three of them before speeding away.

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head into the outer boroughsbecause it is not worth themoney to make the lengthy trip.But the men knew that once theywere in the cab, the driver wasrequired by law to take them totheir destination — and they gotinto an argument that culminat-ed with the driver stopping at theMidtown police precinct, author-ities said.

The four passengers and Azamwent inside, where officers toldthe taxi driver he was required totake the fares where they wantedto go. As they left the precinct,one of the men decided to takeanother taxi, prosecutors said.

Azam told the other three toget into his car, but when one ofthem had his hand on a passen-ger door handle, the driverabruptly backed up, yanking thepassenger and throwing him tothe ground, prosecutors said.

Then he drove forward, ram-ming the other two, who were car-ried along on the car’s hood for 30yards before the car turned and theyfell to the ground, prosecutors said.

Anthony Loreto, 22, was critical-ly injured and was in a medically

induced coma. ManhattanAssistant District AttorneyGregory SanGermano said doctorsare not sure if he is going to live.Frank Lembo, who also wasstruck, was in stable condition. Thethird man suffered bruises but wasnot seriously injured.

Azam, who is married andoriginally from Bangladesh, hasbeen in the United States for 17years and is a U.S. citizen, hisattorney said. He is studyingmedicine while also driving a taxi.

“He’s chasing the Americandream. He’s doing everythinghe can, as a hardworking immi-grant ... to make a better life forhimself,” Benjamin said in court.“He is a person who does thingsby the book.”

Azam’s brother MohammedNobi told local media that hisbrother relayed a different ver-sion of the incident to him, tellinghim the men were driving inanother car and got into an acci-dent with Azam’s cab.

Nobi told the Daily News ofNew York that his brother saidthey had reached an agreementto sort out damages among

themselves but then the menwent to the police.

“He has clean record. Neveran accident. This is first timesomething like this,” his brothertold the newspaper.

Authorities had the cab’slicense plate number and con-tacted the taxi company andlocated Azam at his home inQueens. He was picked out of alineup and arrested.

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Ever since French brand Christian Dior gave designer John Galliano the boot for his anti-Se-mitic comments, including the now-infamous “I love Hitler,” the fashion world has been specu-lating on his replacement. The punkish provocateur, hired in 1996, revamped the brand andcarried it into the new millennium while still remaining true to its origins. Artistically, Gallianodramatized and romanticized the Dior woman: Today she is a global icon, selling the brand’s per-fumes, cosmetics and handbags. We wonder, will Dior’s next designer retain Galliano’s flair forimagination and theatricality, recover the fashion house’s elegant simplicity or take it all in anentirely new direction? More importantly, whom will Dior choose? While we wait with batedbreath, Inside Beat muses upon three talented visionaries as Galliano’s potential successors.

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around 10 p.m., which isunderstandable becausethat is when mostUniversity classes will beover. Be that as it may, it isnot entirely fair to thosewho cannot make the time

because they have obligations that they need tofulfill, which can only be performed by beinghome as early as possible. Should something bedone with the clubs to better help commutersmake the meeting times? I certainly think so, andfrom what I can see, some really significantimprovements are being made at the University.For example, there is the Gateway Project, which,when finished, will definitely help make commut-ing more enjoyable, but it does not necessarilyhelp commuters meet with their fellow club mem-bers. But it does undeniably serve as an impetus

for club leaders to start thinkingabout the commuters.

If the clubs at the Universitytruly started taking commutersinto account, then it could verywell be said we will be seeingmore commuters joining clubs.This is not a definite fact, but itcan certainly be noted that thereis a direct correlation betweenclub meeting times and theamount of commuters a club hasin their roster. If, let’s say, all the

clubs had more than one meeting time on sepa-rate days, or even the same day, then that willcertainly help the commuter’s schedule, ulti-mately resulting in having more commuters onattend these meetings and become more activein school activities. It is true that there are clubsfor commuters, but these clubs are mainly forcommuters to meet with one another, not neces-sarily for extracurricular activities. The com-muter lounge and the Gateway Project mayserve as an excuse for those who commute tostick around campus for a longer period of time,but, generally speaking, most would either gohome or go to work. The University is gettingmore commuter-friendly, but there are still manyimprovements to be made.

Andre Pereira is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English with a minor in psychology.

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I t has come to myattention that the livesof those who com-

mute to school, when com-pared to those who live inresidence halls, haveslightly more irritable fac-tors. This irritability is largely due to early class-es as well as late-night club meetings.

First of all, it truly depends on what time aparticular event or obligation is set for as well asthe amount of time it takes for a commuter to getthere on time. Let’s face it — when it comes tocommuters, New Jersey Transit has the ability toeither make your day run very smoothly or turnit into a nightmare, all because of unforeseenconsequences. Sometimes the train is too earlyor too late, or you miss it by a few seconds. Nowthis question comes into play: Should there belate-waivers for those who com-mute by train? It all really dependson the factors, and they are notalways definable.

When it comes to missing adeadline for something incrediblyimportant, such as an exam or apaper’s due date, the conse-quences for that can be potential-ly horrifying to your grade, and ifsaid occasion does occur, thenyou will need some sort of notethat will prove your statementtrue. But you cannot conjure up some note justbecause you decided to hit the snooze button onyour alarm clock to sleep for a few more min-utes — which inevitably turn into hours. Hey,when these things happen, we have no one toblame but ourselves, and we eventually start tolearn from these scenarios to do things such aswaking up an hour earlier or getting more thanone alarm clock. Also, let’s not forget what hap-pens when the roads aren’t too friendly due toinclement weather. Those who commute willeither simply not go to class at all because it isclose to impossible, or they will try with all theirmight to make it to school on time because theyhave a professor who expects punctuality fromall their students.

When it comes to the matter of being a part ofa club, this is where we commuters generally donot have much control. Most clubs will meet at

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many improvementsto be made.”

T he practice of male circumcision has pretty much become thestandard in American culture. Of course, someone alwayscomes along to challenge societal norms, no matter how

unmentionable they may be. In the case of circumcision, that someoneis Lloyd Schofield, a San Francisco resident who is leading an effort toban the practice in the city. According to Schofield, “This is a humanrights issue. What you’re doing is you’re taking an infant and removingthe most sensitive part of their body.” While circumcision tends to golargely unchallenged, Schofield’s movement suggests that maybe weshould take another look at the practice. Is it comparable to, say, femalecircumcision, which has been decried by people the world over?

The short answer is, well, no. There is a tremendous differencebetween the act of female circumcision and its male counterpart. Inmost cases, female circumcision is an act of denial, in the sense that itseeks to restrict the amount of pleasure a woman can receive throughsex. In this way, it is a complete and total human rights violation, for itforces a woman to forgo sexual pleasure against her will. Male circum-cision, on the other hand, does not deny the male pleasure. Some arguethat the removal of the foreskin makes a man less sensitive — but, evenif that is true, the effects on male sexual pleasure are far less extremethan the effects of female circumcision on female sexual pleasure.

This is to say nothing of the religious repercussions of banning cir-cumcision. The act plays a major role in Judaism, so banning it would beakin to France’s decision to ban the burqa. It would be an act of the gov-ernment infringing on the religious freedoms of the people. To ban cir-cumcision would be unconstitutional. As much as we have to worryabout the church infiltrating the state, we also have to worry about thestate seizing control of the churches. They need to be kept separate inall situations.

Plus, there are benefits to male circumcision. We won’t go into toomuch detail here (Who wants to read a long list regarding the pros ofan absent foreskin?). But we will say that many medical officials agreethat circumcision is good for hygiene and can also help to prevent thetransmission of sexually transmitted diseases. All in all, it turns out thatbanning male circumcision is not a move the government should make.

Male circumcisionviolates no rights

T he Global Network Initiative (GNI) is a movement comprisedof a batch of technology groups, including big names likeGoogle, Microsoft and Yahoo, dedicated to defending free

speech on the Internet. It is kind of odd, then, that both Twitter andFacebook have declined to sign on to the initiative, even though theyare two of the biggest social networking websites in the world. Afterall, Twitter and Facebook are veritable soapboxes for public voices onthe web. It is discomforting that neither one of these sites have signedonto the GNI, leaving users to ponder over their commitment to pro-tecting free speech. This situation serves as an important reminderthat Twitter and Facebook are not government entities, even thoughthey are every bit as ingrained in the daily operations of American soci-ety as the government. In fact, what people often forget is that thesewebsites are both companies. They are not necessarily beholden to thepeople in any meaningful way — other than ways which serve theirprofit margins.

We are not suggesting that these companies do not care at all abouttheir users and their rights to free speech. That would be a dramaticconclusion to draw from their decisions not to sign onto the GNI. But itis undeniable that this refusal is highly symbolic. The Internet is a sortof modern-age Wild West, one of the last places on earth where any-thing goes. This is both a good and a bad thing. It is good because peo-ple can get away with and have access to a lot of things that they can’tinside the confines of physical society. It is bad because some of thesethings people can get away with are things which they cannot do inphysical society for very good reasons — for example, the FBI’sattempts to secure information from the Internet without legal backing.

As an unregulated space, the Internet leaves web surfers vulner-able to a lot of threats, including threats to their free speech.Internet users need some sort of help when it comes to defendingtheir rights on the web, and it would be great if Facebook andTwitter would pledge in some meaningful way to provide suchdefense. Unfortunately, they have not, which means web surfershave only themselves to rely on when it comes to Facebook andTwitter. Remember: Keep yourself educated and understand howyou are protected on these sites because, apparently, they are notgoing to do that for you.

Exercise caution in online speech

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damage. That’s the frustratingpart because I know we’re a lot better team than our record says.”

It is not just the record, butalso the manner of the losses thathas Rutgers limping into NewYork. After blowing a 13-pointadvantage in the regular seasonfinale at Providence on Saturday,Rice gave his team a day offbefore turning to Seton Hall.

The close defeats and nearupsets of the early Big East sea-son gave way to thrashings andblown leads the past four games.

“I gave them a day to get pastit, because it was the toughestloss I’ve had in a while,” Rice said.“As [assistant coach] JimmyMartelli says, we have 2,400 sec-onds left in the season — that’show many seconds are in a game.Every second counts now, so youhave to put it past you. Hopefullywe take this taste out of ourmouth with a ‘W.’”

While Rutgers struggles, thePirates enter as the conference’s12th seed after a pair of wins overNo. 17 St. John’s and NCAATournament hopeful Marquette.

The New Jersey schools splittheir regular-season series, witheach road team returning homewith victories.

But the rubber match takesplace on neutral ground in an arenathat represents New York City bas-ketball and the recruiting hotbedeach program wants to conquer.

“It’s definitely bigger,” Mitchellsaid. “It’s our in-state rival and wesplit with them during the season,

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they set just a week earlier. Thewin also improved the team’srecord to 18-7 — the highestwin total in school history.

Pride and emotion over-whelmed Chollet-Norton by theend of the meet, after her teamdelivered an exemplary perform-ance and a post-meet ceremonyhonored her and the seniors.

“The girls believe that theycan do it. Everyone is gettingcomfortable with their routinesat the right time,” Chollet-Nortonsaid. “It’s great for the seniorsthat they get to go out and dosomething memorable. It was areally emotional day and it wasspecial seeing all the alumnithere to support the team.”

Beyond the emotionalaspects of the meet, Rutgersneeded to post a high score toboost its case for qualifying forregionals. By setting a new sea-son-high, the Knights are able tocount their second-highest scoreof 194.150, dropping a signifi-cantly lower score.

“I told the girls before themeet that we can’t have a 192this meet. We need to have a194 or higher,” Chollet-Nortonsaid. “They really rose to theoccasion and got the score weneeded to get.”

Senior Leigh Heinbaughknew all that was on the lineSaturday, but said the teamapproached the meet as normallyas possible. With all that was atstake, Heinbaugh acknowledgedthat the performance they put onwas even sweeter.

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Senior forward Jonathan Mitchell and the Knights lost toNorth Carolina in their last visit to Madison Square Garden.

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“We had our best score ofthe year,” Heinbaugh said. “Allthe seniors did really well andwe just had our best meet ofthe year at the perfect time. Wejust had a great time and wewere so happy that we could doit for Chrystal.”

There was a retirement cer-emony for Chollet-Norton anda Senior Day presentation following the meet. While the scope of the performanceitself was dif ficult to get past, Chollet-Norton and the seniors appreciated the honorsbestowed upon them.

“I was so proud of all the sen-iors and happy to see them goout on a great meet and be hon-ored for what they have meantto the program,” Chollet-Norton said. “I really couldn’thave asked for a better meet toend my career on.”

While the story of the daywas the results the teamachieved, it was not the mainfocus of the ceremony in Chollet-Norton’s honor.

“I’ve never had kids andthey all joked that my cats aremy kids, but it’s really nice toknow that I have made animpact and helped build theircharacter and see that they arefine young women,” Chollet-Norton said.

It was a testament to her repu-tation as a person and a coach thatAthletic Director Tim Pernettiplayed an integral role in the post-meet festivities, personallyacknowledging Chollet-Norton’scontributions to Rutgers.

“Tim has been so great in sup-porting our program,” Chollet-Norton said. “It was really nice ofhim to come here for the seniorsand for my retirement.”

so those bragging rights will bethere and we can knock them out ofthe tournament. It’s a privilege andan honor to be able to play on thatfloor, because not too many peoplehave an opportunity to do that.”

Mitchell played at MSG withsenior guard Mike Coburn in highschool, but fond memories of thebuilding have since disappeared.

In his sophomore year atFlorida, Mitchell lost in the semi-final game of the NationalInvitation Tournament. Coburncannot even remember his lastwin at MSG.

For Rutgers, it came in 2006against Seton Hall in the BigEast Tournament.

Now, Coburn, Mitchell and classmate James Beatty

take the court hoping to breakthat run and extend their col-lege careers.

“I don’t want to take the jerseyoff for the last time [today],”Mitchell said. “I want to stretchthis thing out as long as I can.”

For that to happen, theKnights must conquer theirrecent demons.

It just so happens they have todo it on one of the biggest stagesin the country.

“To get a win in my home state,Madison Square Garden — it’s thebest arena in the whole country,”Coburn said. “But it’s beyond justthe arena, it’s wanting the seasonto continue. We want to keep fight-ing, keep winning and ride it aslong as we can.”

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“We didn’t get back up,” Sykessaid. “Any time you’re playing ateam like UConn you have to scorepoints. It was us –– the whole gamewas our fault. We didn’t do what wewere supposed to do.”

The Knights stuck to theirmantra of slowing down thepace of the game and turned tohead coach C. Vivian Stringer’s55-press at times in the secondhalf in an attempt to sway the momentum.

But Auriemma had an answerfor all Stringer threw at him,holding Rutgers to a 36.4 shoot-ing percentage and forcing 13turnovers in the contest.

And due to a lack of visits to thecharity stripe, Stringer was neverable to get her press in a groove.

“We didn’t show up. We didn’t deserve to be out there on the same floor as Connecticut,”Stringer said. “Quite frankly,Geno did us a big favor by bring-ing in players whose names I did-n’t even know, and they stillscored. ... It was like somebodyhad blown smoke on our face.”

R utgers men’s lacrossesenior Chris Mattesearned recognition yes-

terday as a member of the BigEast Weekly Honor Roll.

Mattes is the third ScarletKnight named to the honor rollin three weeks.

The Westfield, N.J., nativeearned his first Big East acco-lade after winning 13 of 14 face-offs in an 11-1 win Saturday atSt. Joe’s. The midfielder won 51of 65 faceoffs this season.

NEW YORK JETS WIDEreceiver Braylon Edwards’ driv-ing while intoxicated case hasbeen adjourned until May 16.

Edwards’ attorney request-ed additional time to filemotions in hopes to eliminateevidence, including breath teststaken at the scene of the arrest.

A judge adjourned the casein November so the defensecould file a first round of writtenmotions, and in January whilethe Jets were in a playoff run.

THE SUPREME COURTannounced it would not reviewa decision throwing out a law-suit stemming from the New England Patriots’ 2007Spygate scandal.

The court refused to revive aNew York Jets fan’s class-actionlawsuit against the Patriots andhead coach Bill Belichick.

Carl Mayer, a lawyer inPrinceton, N.J., sought $185million for Jets fans alone.

NFL commissioner RogerGoodell punished the Patriotsby stripping the team of theirfirst-round draft choice and fin-ing the team and Belichick.

TEXAS TECH FIRED HEADmen’s basketball coach PatKnight three years after takingover for his legendary father,Bob Knight.

Pat Knight was 50-60 withthe Red Raiders, failing to makea single NCAA tournament.

Knight remains with TexasTech for the Big 12Tournament before steppingdown from his first NCAA headcoaching job.

In the past three seasons,the Red Raiders are 12-36 in theBig 12 — the second worstrecord in the span, only beatingout Iowa State.

THE NBA HANDEDOrlando Magic center DwightHoward a one-game suspen-sion after he picked up his 16thtechnical foul for the season.

Howard sat out yesterdayagainst the Portland TrailBlazers. It was only the fifthgame missed for the Atlantahigh school product and thefirst game he missed in two years.

For every technical foulHoward now receives duringthe regular season, Howardor Magic head coach StanVan Gundy will be automati-cally suspended for an addi-tional game.

The 16th technical camewhen Howard swung his elbowat Kyle Korver on Fridayagainst the Chicago Bulls.

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Sophomore center Monique Oliver and the Knights’ lineup shotonly 36.4 percent from the field in their loss to No. 1 UConn.

With Sykes struggling andnothing doing for the Knightsfrom sophomore centerMonique Oliver and junior for-ward Chelsey Lee, who fouledout with eight minutes to go inregulation, the backcourtremained the lone scoringoption for Rutgers.

Sophomore guard EricaWheeler did her part, notchingfour second-half 3-pointers tolead the team with 15 points.

The Miami native scored allnine of the Knights’ points duringan eight-minute stretch in thesecond half.

After an anemic half offensive-ly and Wheeler’s final 3-pointerwith 34 seconds left in regulation,Stringer and Co. looked up at a24-point deficit and eyed an immi-nent semifinal elimination.

While some may point toyouth, Stringer was reluctant tomake any excuses following the defeat.

“We didn’t show up. We didnot show the mindset,” she said.“We’ve got four juniors — that’senough. We only have two fresh-men. We can’t say that [UConn]had more players than we had.I’m not trying to make anexcuse. You’re not going to getthat from me.”

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BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

HARTFORD, Conn. — Eventhough the Rutgers women’s bas-ketball team lost last night toConnecticut, the Scarlet Knights

go intoSelectionMondaywith ah e a d of steam.

Rutgers has five wins in its pastsix games after losing to No. 1Connecticut — three of which cameagainst ranked opponents, as well.

No matter where the Knightsend up, they have momentum ontheir side.

“We have to pay a lot moreattention to the details that wethink we know,” said headcoach C. Vivian Stringer onwhat needs to change movingfor ward. “The great teamsknow how to win. All we need todo is do what we do, but do it alittle bit better. Take care of theball and execute.”

The loss to the top-rankedteam in the country does nothurt Rutgers’ NCAATournament stock. The Knightswere safely in the Tournamentafter they beat No. 25 Marquettefor the second time.

In terms of seeding, theKnights (19-12, 11-5) are likelyan eight- or nine-seed onSelection Monday.

With Connecticut locked up asa top overall seed, the other threeNo. 1 slots are a battle between Baylor, Duke,Tennessee and Stanford.

“Ever yone has to cometogether and play as a team,”said junior for ward AprilSykes. “If we can’t [do that],then we’re never going to com-pete with teams like theTennessees, the Baylors andthe UConns.”

THE UCONN FRONTCOURTproved too dangerous forChelsey Lee. The junior forwardfouled out with seven minutes leftin the game.

Lee played just 25 minutesbefore fouling out and did notscore a point.

“It definitely hurts us a lotbecause she’s a great rebound-er,” Khadijan Rushdan said.“When we lost [her], we lose alot of our inside presence, espe-cially with [UConn] being sucha good team.”

Immediately following Lee’sfifth foul, Julie Paunovic enteredthe game at the five with Sykeshandling the four for the majorityof the game.

In her second career BigEast Tournament game,Paunovic scored five points inthe final six minutes.

RUTGERS STAYEDcompetitive with UConn via thelong-range shot. After initially try-ing — and failing — to score inthe post, the Knights reverted tothe 3-pointer against the Huskies’zone defense.

The Knights shot 8-for-19 from3-point range with Erica Wheelerleading the way. The sophomoreguard shot 5-for-9 from beyondthe arc.

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NEIL P. KYPERS

C. Vivian Stringer’s team will likely enter the NCAA Tournamentas a No. 8 or 9 seed after winning five of the past six games.

UConn defeat doesnot affect standing

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Pair of field athletesbreak record twice

BY LIZ SWERNSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track andfield team’s weekend in Bostonfor the IC4A Championships fea-tured a record broken twice.

Junior jumper Kevin Bostickb r o k et h es c h o o lr e c o r din thet r i p l e

jump with a leap of 15.58 meters,just more than 51 feet 1 inch.

But freshman teammateDevin Jones, the previousrecord-holder, broke the recordagain minutes later. Jones fin-ished in first place, edgingBostick by just a centimeter witha jump of 15.59 meters.

“The meet was great,” Jonessaid. “I was so nervous. Up untilmy last jump, Kevin had therecord. I couldn’t believe I beathim by only a centimeter.”

Jones and Bostick finished infirst and second place, respective-ly, to score a total of 18 points inthe event. The Scarlet Knights leftBoston University’s Track andTennis Center with 46 points over-all and tied with Liberty for secondplace at the championship meet.

Bostick shocked himself atthe meet by recording a personalrecord in the triple jump.

“IC4A’s was definitely fun,”Bostick said. “It ended the indoorseason the way I wanted with apersonal best. I just didn’t know itwould be by two feet. It was agreat surprise.”

Also in the field events, sopho-more Chris Wyckoff finished

third in the pole vault with a markof 4.90 meters, or a little morethan 16 feet.

“I’m happy finally breaking16 feet,” Wyckoff said. “I washappy placing third — there wasa lot of good competition. I wantto carry this momentum into theoutdoor season.”

On the track, senior sprinterAaron Younger placed secondin the 400-meter dash with atime of 47.54.

The Knights also scored inthe 4x400-meter relay at IC4A’s. Composed of Younger,juniors Kevin Brown and Steve Werner and freshman CoreyCaidenhead, the relay earned athird-place finish with a time of3:10.70. The time is three sec-onds faster than the relay team’sbest this season.

“We didn’t get the time wewanted, but we always have tolook at the positives,”Caidenhead said. “Everybody’ssplits decreased and it’s thefastest we’ve ran.”

The relay team hoped to usethe weekend as a chance to quali-fy for NCAA IndoorChampionships next weekend.

“The 4x400 ran really well,but we didn’t come close toqualifying,” Younger said. “Thetime was the fastest we’ve runall year and according to coach[Mike Mulqueen], it’s the sec-ond fastest time indoors inschool history. So we didn’t dotoo badly.”

After the weekend at theIC4A Championships, theKnights look forward to the out-door track season, which beginsin a few weeks.

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Knights drop third match by one-point marginBY MATT CANVISSER

STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team suf-fered the latest in a string of heart-breaking defeats Sunday, when itfell to Marquette, 4-3, in the final

match atits tem-p o r a r yw i n t e rh o m e ,t h e

Atlantic Club in Manasquan, N.J.It was the Scarlet Knights’

third loss of the season — eachby one point.

“The match was extremelyclose, and I thought we playedwell as a team. It even literallycame down to the last point,” sen-ior captain Amy Zhang said. “Wehave a lot of close matches underour belts that will be very usefulfor the rest of the season.”

The recurring theme for thesquad is its inconsistency indoubles play, which popped upagain against Marquette. TheKnights (5-4, 0-2) failed torecord a victor y in doubles,which gave the Golden Eaglesan early 1-0 lead.

“The matches were so closeand we had opportunities to win,but the breaks just didn’t go ourway,” head coach Ben Bucca said.“We may make some changes asfar as lineups go, but it’s really amatter of execution and trulybelieving in ourselves.”

The Knights’ top team ofZhang and junior JenniferHolzberg kept it close againsttheir nationally ranked

opponents, No. 79 Christina Ruizand Rachael Hush but wereunable to come away with the win.

Juniors Morgan Ivey andLeonora Slatnick also suffered anarrow defeat in the second slot,while the freshmen team ofStefania Balasa and VanessaPetrini fell in the third slot.

“I think we played well, butjust fell short,” Zhang said. “Jenand I definitely could have won

our match, and [Ivey andSlatnick] were also close to win-ning, so we almost had it.”

The Knights mounted a come-back in singles and picked upthree key victories. But just as intheir earlier contests againstLouisville and Columbia, theynever picked up the fourth win toseal the match.

Zhang returned to the win col-umn with a 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 victoryafter suffering two singlesdefeats last weekend againstLouisville and Xavier. Shedropped the first set toMarquette’s Kelly Barry but bat-

tled back and took the next twosets in a match that needed extratennis before it was decided.

“I’m glad to have gotten thiswin because it meant that I wasmentally and physically toughenough to battle through theimportant points,” Zhang said.“I knew from the start that Icould win this match and that itwas just a matter of playing theway I knew how and not lettingner ves or fatigue get the better of me.”

Balasa and Petrina recordedthe Knights’ two other singleswins. The rookies are tied forthe team’s best individualrecord at 8-1, and Balasa sportsan eight-match win streak in theNo. 5 slot.

Holzberg was on a long winstreak of her own in No. 2 singlesbefore Olga Fischer of Marquettesnapped it. The two combatantstraded blows through the firsttwo sets as Holzberg took thefirst, 7-5, and Fischer respondedin the second at 7-6, beforeFischer finished off her opponent, 6-1.

“It was a heartbreaking loss.Jen was up for most of thematch and just came up short,”Bucca said. “She’s such a fiercecompetitor. She’ll bounce backand continue to win a lot ofmatches for us.”

Next up for the Knights isthe annual spring break trip,when they play three matches infour days. Rutgers heads toLouisiana this year to face New Orleans, SoutheasternLouisiana and Xavier.

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“The matches wereso close and we

had opportunitiesto win, but the

breaks just didn’tgo our way.”

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Senior No. 1 singles player Amy Zhang defeated her Marqetteopponent in three sets after last weekend’s two-loss effort.

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Rutgers suffers sweep athands of Yellow Jackets

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

A victory over once-rankedMiami and a sweep of Michigangave the impression that theRutgers baseball team was ready to

get overt h eh u m pheadinginto itsweekend

series against No. 23 Georgia Tech. But the Yellow Jackets abruptly

halted the Scarlet Knights’ momen-tum with a series sweep of Rutgers,capped with a 14-3 victory Sundayafternoon in Atlanta, Ga.

“It’s definitely not easy, espe-cially after the weekend we had atMichigan [last week],” said juniorrighthander Nathaniel Roe, whotook the loss in the series finale.“It kind of feels like we took a stepback as a team, but the best wecan do now is practice and try andfill in the missing pieces and tryand figure it out.”

The Knights (4-5) found them-selves in each contest early on, butthe host team rallied late in games.In the sixth inning onward of thethree contests, Georgia Tech (8-4)outscored Rutgers, 17-2, as theKnights could not lineup match thefirepower of their tough opposing.

Other than senior right fielderMichael Lang — owner of a multi-hit performance in four of theteam’s past six contests — much ofthe Rutgers lineup struggledagainst the Yellow Jackets’ startingrotation, which surrendered 18hits to the Knights in the series.

“I think we need to just bemore patient and swing at betterpitches,” Lang said. “I’m sureevery coach can tell their teamthat. We tend to swing at somepitches out of the zone — curve-balls in the dirt or changeups inthe dirt. I would just say pitchselection, that’s the main thing.”

After facing a 4-3 deficitthrough three innings in Game 2of Friday’s doubleheader, GeorgiaTech answered by notching fiveruns between the fifth and sixthinnings to put the game out ofreach. The first half of the scoringburst ended sophomore starterRob Smorol’s day after 4 1/3innings of work, giving the leftyhis first loss of the season.

Just hours earlier in Game 1 ofthe series, sophomore righthanderTyler Gebler suffered a similar fateafter allowing 12 hits and threeearned runs in 5 2/3 innings onthe mound.

“What we can do now is justwork on the things that we didn’tdo well, especially 1-2 counts and0-2 counts,” Roe said. “Finishingoff the hitters is something thatwe really have to work on, espe-cially falling behind hitters. It’ssomething that’s going to cost usin the long run.”

The Knights were outscored,33-8, in the series, eerily similarto the 33-9 run disparity from ayear ago.

But no matter how deflatingthe sweep may be, all the teamcan do is move forward, start-ing Wednesday afternoon withthe Knights’ home opener atBainton Field.

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BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers softball teamcalled for across-the-board

improve-m e n tprior tol a s tw e e k -e n d ’ spre-con-

ference tournament in Hampton, Va.

Five games and three days later,the results spoke for themselves.

The Scarlet Knights won fourof five games, with the offenseputting up video-game numbersin all four wins.

Through the five games, theheart of Rutgers’ order, juniorsBrittney Lindley and MikelynMessina and senior Mandy Craig,batted a combined 23-for-42. Thetrio scored 16 runs, drove in 21and belted five of Rutgers’ sixhome runs of the weekend.

“You expect your upperclass-men to do well, but they definite-ly exceeded my expectations,”head coach Jay Nelson said. “Allthree of them were locked in. Wewere all hitting the ball hard, butthose three especially were inthe zone.”

Playing in front of a strongfamily contingent in her homestate, Craig had 10 hits and 10RBI in 15 at-bats and smackedtwo home runs over the fence.The performance earned her BigEast Player of the Week honors.

“I had a big following,” theManassas, Va., native said. “It wasa really nice weekend for me. Itfelt good to put up numbers likethat in front of my family. It wasthe first time my aunt saw me hita home run and my whole familywas there cheering me on.”

Batting in front of Craig,Lindley continued her torrid startto the season with six hits in 13 at-bats, seven runs and six RBI.Right fielder Mikelyn Messinabelted her fourth and fifth homeruns of the season.

“It’s good that we were all onat the same time,” Craig said.“When that happens, it’s hard notto score sometimes. We’re seeing

the ball well and feeling reallyconfident right now. It’s veryexciting to be at .500 this far intothe season.”

Rutgers’ four wins included a15-3 clubbing of Brown onSaturday and yesterday’s 13-3 winover Maryland Eastern Shore.

The lone loss came Saturdayin a 7-1 affair against CentralConnecticut State.

“We didn’t exceed our expec-tations,” Nelson said. “Finishingwith a win was a positive and I’mhappy going 4-1, but I reallythink we could have gone 5-0.Central Connecticut played areally good game and we made acouple of mistakes. We couldhave won, but they pitched usreally well.”

Building a big lead overMaryland Eastern Shore on thefinal day allowed Nelson to

empty his bench and provide aseries of season-firsts for lessexperienced players.

Outfielder Danielle Procopiosaw her first real action of theseason and delivered four hits.Sophomore Katie Berman andfreshman Alexis Durando eachgot their first at-bats and firstruns of the season and juniorKelsey Peretti had her first at-bat of the year.

“I was glad that we got every-one some time,” Nelson said. “Wewanted to get some more in dur-ing the Brown game, but that onewasn’t in hand until the lastinning when we couldn’t makeany more subs.”

As a pitching staf f, AbbeyHouston, Noelle Sisco andMegan Williams each won a game over the weekend.Williams, whose family was in attendance from nearbyRichmond, Va., won her secondand third career games.

“We still have a ways to go,”Nelson said of the staff. “Thereare too many walks. I’m happythat they all got wins and thatwe got Megan going strong. Allthree of them have done reallywell at times, but they have allstruggled too.”

A 4-1 showing in Hamptonbrings the Knights to a .500record for the first time since2008. Their 7-7 record throughthree preseason tournamentsmarks the best start underNelson and best overall since2003 through 14 games.

Winning seven of their past10, the Knights have a sunnyspring break in store for them.Rutgers plays its penultimatepreseason tournament in BocaRaton, Fla., this weekend andits final one the next weekendin Tampa, Fla.

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Senior first baseman Mandy Craig contributed 10 hits and 10 RBI in 15 at-bats in front of severalfamily members over the weekend, when the Knights won four of five contests.

Heart of order carries RU in Va.

“Finishing with a win was a

positive ... but I really think

we should have gone 5-0.”JAY NELSON

Head Coach

BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER

From the starting whistle to thefinal minute, the lead for Rutgerswomen’s lacrosse over Delaware onSaturday only seemed to increase in

its mostdominantwin of theseason.

T h eS c a r l e t

Knights (3-1) scored more andallowed fewer goals than they hadall season in their 13-5 win over theBlue Hens at the RU Turf Field.

Part of the reason for the mile-stones was that Delaware played adifferent style than any otherKnights opponent, but one to whichthe Knights could adjust.

“They hug the eight [meter arc],they don’t really like to pressure usand we controlled the tempo of thegame,” head coach Laura Brandsaid. “We were moving a lot more,keeping our heads up, setting picks,just looking to find our cutters. Wewere working hard off the ball.”

Four of those 13 goals camefrom senior attack KristenAnderson, who scored more thanhalf of her seven goals this sea-son against Delaware.

“I’ve been trying to find my bal-ance all season,” Anderson said.“You have to bounce back from thethings you mess up on and todaywas a redo for me. We had moremovement on attack. We didn’t wantthe defense to play too much of thegame, so we took the balance back.”

Anderson led the attack, butfour Knights finished with multiple

goals, including junior Ali Steinbergwith three. Senior Marlena Welsh,junior Lindsay Watts and sopho-more Stephanie Anderson eachcontributed a pair of goals.

“We were more cohesive. Wewere getting more open options,”Welsh said. “Even our dodgesand our one-versus-one playswere better.”

But when the defense tookcontrol of the game, it took advan-tage of its opportunities.

Delaware beat Rutgers ondraw controls, 13-7, but Rutgerscapitalized on its defensive oppor-tunities despite a stat it did notlose all season to date.

“Today, we were prepared tostay on our cutters tighter and wewere ready to send our doublesearly,” Welsh said.

Delaware did not put a pointon the scoreboard until there was13:52 left in the first half, but itsscoring troubles did not endthere, either. The Knights beganthe second period with a 4-0 run,not allowing a goal until 14:07remained in the game.

“We forced a lot of turnovers,which we weren’t doing lastgame,” Brand said. “We con-trolled the pace on the offense, sowe weren’t playing as muchdefense.”

The last time Rutgers allowedfive goals or less was nearly ayear ago in a 17-5 win on March10, 2010 over St. Joe’s.

“They did a much better job oftaking chances, sending fasterdoubles, hedging out on the balland looking for interceptions,”Brand said.

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P A G E 2 0

BY JOSH GLATTCORRSPONDENT

The question heading into every gym-nastics meet over the past month was notwhether the Rutgers gymnastics team

would win, butwhat records itwould break in theprocess. TheScarlet Knights’Senior Day meet

Saturday was no exception.During an intensely emotional competi-

tion that served as the last home meet forthe senior class and head coach ChrystalChollet-Norton’s career, the Knights puton yet another historic performance. TheKnights scored a season-best total of194.350 to earn first place in front of aschool-record crowd of 1,231.

In addition to the attendance record, theKnights set the third-highest score inschool history, besting the mark of 194.150

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RUTGERS 194.350FIRST PLACE

Rice, Knightssearch for firstwin at MSG

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

Mike Rice sat in front of his television about30 years ago, skipping school to watch the firstround games of the Big East Tournament.

Jonathan Mitchellwent to class at Mt.Vernon High School(N.Y.), but he snuckonto the Internet tocheck scores.

The Rutgersmen’s basketball team takes on Seton Halltoday in the first round of the tournament atMadison Square Garden.

Maybe Mitchell saw the Scarlet Knightsbeat the Pirates in 2006, but his squad wantsto accomplish something Rutgers could notdo since: win.

“We want to leave a mark in theTournament,” the senior forward said.“Everybody gets invited to the Big EastTournament, but we want to do some

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Head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton capped off the final home meet of her careeron Saturday, when the Knights posted a season-high score of 194.350.

Rutgers fallsto top-ratedConnecticut

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

HARTFORD, Conn. — Believe it or not,drawing a rematch with No. 1 Connecticut

should havebeen the least ofthe Rutgerswomen’s basket-ball team’s wor-ries yesterday

heading into its semifinal Big EastTournament matchup.

But one look at UConn forward MayaMoore’s stat line from a day prior — a 2-for-11 shooting clip to go with six points — andthe Scarlet Knights should have known whatto expect.

If they did not, the UConn star sure did. “It’s not just the stats, it’s the way I played

yesterday [that bothered me],” said Moore,whose 22 points against the Knights pro-pelled the Huskies to a 75-51 victory. “That’show we determine if it’s a good game or abad game, [but] we took advantage of it[tonight]. I tried not to make that game yes-terday for nothing.”

Heading into the locker room with a 19-point advantage following a 3-pointer byUConn freshman Bria Hartley, the Huskiesdid not come close to relinquishing theirdouble-digit lead in the second half.

Much of that rests on Moore’s produc-tion and Kelly Faris’s 19-point explosion,but UConn’s defensive ef for t cannot be overlooked.

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma hadhis squad set up shop with a variation of man-to-man and a 2-3 zone on the defensive end,and from there the Huskies took the Knightsout of their comfort zone.

Rutgers sharpshooting forward, juniorApril Sykes, struggled to get her shotgoing at the XL Center and finished thecontest with just nine points on 4-for-10 shooting after an 18-point showingin the Knights’ quarter final matchup with Marquette.

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Connecticut senior Maya Moore, the Big East’s Player of the Year, scored 22 points last night against the Knights in theBig East Tournament semifinals in Hartford, Conn., propelling No. 1 UConn to yet another finals appearance.

Home finaleends with highscore for season

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