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Activists shed light on women’s history, future By Sabrina Restivo Staff Writer
The words “fear fully and wonder fully made” resonated through the auditorium of the Rutgers Labor Education Center on Saturday, evoking a shared belief of women’s empowerment. Community activists and political directors of the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, a local union of the Ser vice Employees International Union in the United States, celebrated International Women’s Day by remembering the obstacles women faced in the past while reminding them of those yet to come. Anita Hicks, associate minister of the Mount Calvar y Missionar y Church, who was a victim of domestic violence and verbal abuse, shared her feelings of oppression and introversion that characterized the darkest period of her life. “You don’t need bruises on the face to be considered victim of violence,” Hicks said. “Psychological abuse can be as destructive as physical violence.” Her experience inspired the lyrics of a song entitled, “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” which she performed a cappella to en-
courage women to fight back and respond to abuse. Hicks assured all women that the storm will pass and their suffering will end. Milly Silva, executive vice president of 1199SEIU, summarized their agenda to gratify women’s ef for ts in the community while creating a diverse and inclusive coalition. Silva addressed the organization’s movement, which advocates minimum wage increase, equal rights for workers, equal representation and af fordable health insurance. “Looking at each other, you are so beautiful and dif ferent, but we are sitting side by side as brothers and sisters,” she said. “Yet we all share the belief that the people we love deser ve better than what we had.” Mar y Cruz, political director of 1199SEIU, provided a general over view of income inequality in America, supporting it with statistical facts. “If members of a random sample receive one candy each, then a few of them tr y to split three candies among the remaining members, equal distribution seems almost impossible to achieve,” Cruz said. See activists on Page 5
Finalists of the “Supporting Emerging Entrepreneurs Development” from 2010, contributed business or business ideas for the contest. COURTESY OF BARBARA FULLER
Contest invites women entrepreneurs By Sabrina Szteinbaum Associate News Editor
Christopher Pflaum, was curious to find out why there were not many women entrepreneurs in the world. To see this potential become a reality, he decided to spearhead the collaboration between Rutgers University and the Central New Jersey chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners to hold an entrepreneurship contest for women. The contest, which will offer approximately $15,000 in prizes to the winner, invites any New Jersey based woman entrepreneur with a business
or business idea less than two years old to apply. Pflaum, who works in the Office of New Ventures & Entrepreneurship, said although he is not a Wall Street analyst, it seems obvious that the potential of women in entrepreneurship can benefit everyone. “[It’s] in light of the fact that 50 percent or more of many business school classes nationwide are comprised of women, and nearly 50 percent of college students studying in innovative [Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics] fields nationwide are women,” Pflaum said in an email.
Experts talk human trafficking Associate News Editor
By Erin Walsh Correspondent
It is a common misconception that human trafficking, also dubbed modern day slavery, does not happen close to home, in New Jersey or throughout the United States. The Rutgers University Campus Coalition Against Trafficking hosted panelists who work in various fields dealing with human trafficking at the Busch Campus Center on Friday. The panelists discussed the severity of this issue and its prevalence in New Jersey and throughout the country.
The coalition consists of undergraduate students who meet once a week to work toward spreading awareness about human trafficking and to raise money for organizations with the aim to help eliminate this issue. Panelists included Tracy Thompson, assistant attorney general of the NJ Division of Criminal Justice, Patricia Devine Harms of the NJ Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Victim Specialist of the FBI Newark Division Keyla Munoz and Tina Kelley of Covenant House, a national charity organization that provides services to homeless youth.
The panelists shared their experiences working with victims of human trafficking, which Thompson said exploits people with no regard to race, gender or age. The panelists agreed that victims come from all walks of life. The panelists shared their experiences with victims who were nurses, high school students, transgender adults and a Rutgers student who was trafficked right out of New Brunswick. “We recently recovered a Rutgers student who was working to pay for her books,” Munoz said. “She needed See TRAFFICKING on Page 4
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IN BRIEF By Sabrina Szteinbaum
Tracy Thompson, assistant attorney general of the NJ Division of Criminal Justice, speaks about the severity of human trafficking at the Busch Campus Center. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The contest is called “Supporting Emerging Entrepreneurs’ Development,” or SEED, business plan, and it aims to support emerging women and help them kick start their businesses, said Helen Hogan, the 2014 SEED chair. The contest is a few years old, Hogan said, but this is the first year NAWBO is collaborating with Rutgers. The collaboration happened by chance when Rutgers held an entrepreneurial event in October 2013 and someone from NAWBO talked to Pflaum about SEED. Pflaum had just
University President Robert L. Barchi provided an email response on Friday defending Rutgers’ decision to invite former Secretar y of State Condoleezza Rice to speak at this year’s commencement as commencement speaker. Ever since the University announced on Feb. 4 that Rice would be delivering this year’s commencement speech for $35,000, faculty, staff, students, alumni and those around the nation have been engaged in spirited discussion either in favor or opposition to Rice being the commencement speaker. “We have even heard from high school students who have written to say that they would withdraw their Rutgers applications if we rescind — or fail to rescind — our invitation to her,” Barchi said in the email. He said the University welcomes this “free exchange of ideas” and affirmed that Rice will be speaking regardless of the public’s personal feelings or political opinions. Many have expressed that politics can be polarizing, and therefore inviting politicians as speakers is inappropriate. Barchi said although everyone has a personal bias, this should not mean that certain people should be excluded from sharing their beliefs because there are those who may not agree.
“Free speech and academic freedom cannot be determined by any group,” he said. “They cannot insist on consensus or popularity.” The Rutgers University New Brunswick Faculty Council approved a resolution on Feb. 28 that asked the University to rescind Rice’s invitation, according to myCentralJersey.com. Robert Boikess, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology introduced the resolution, which said Rice was very involved in the Bush administration’s effort to mislead America about weapons of mass destruction, according to the article. “A Commencement speaker ... should embody moral authority and exemplary citizenship (and) an honorary doctor of laws degree should not honor someone who participated in a political effort to circumvent the law,” the resolution said. Barchi hopes that this controversy represents that the University is committed to open conversations and civil debate. “I will continue to work with you to guarantee the University remains a space where ideas can be considered, discussed and debated, a space that embraces and defends civil discourse, free speech, and academic freedom,” he said. A previous version of this article appeared online on Friday, March 7.
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Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Rutgers Jazz Ensemble II” at the Nicholas Music Center at 7:30 p.m. on Douglass campus. Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for Rutgers alumni, employees and senior citizens and $15 for the general public.
Tuesday, March 11
The School of Communication and Information presents “Push and Pull, Old and New: Notes From the Journalism Profession Today,” a lecture by journalist Todd Brewster at 4 Huntington St. at 10:30 a.m. on the College Avenue campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. The Eagleton Institute of Politics presents “The Governors of New Jersey: Book Talk with Dr. Michael Birkner” at 191 Ryders Lane at 6 p.m. on Douglass campus. Admission is free for everyone. Counseling, ADAP & Psychiatry holds their weekly “Mindfulness Meditation” workshop at the Busch Campus Center at 12 p.m. Participation is free and open to current students, faculty and staff.
Thursday, March 13
Douglass Residential College presents a film screening of “Girl Rising” at 100 George St. at 6 p.m. The screening is free and open to everyone. The Rutgers Tech Store holds “Appy Hour” at 55 Rockafeller Road at 6:30 p.m. on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to current students.
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Gabriella Aron Band will perform at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George St. at 8 p.m. There is a $4 soda charge for patrons under 21.
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Aedan Hill, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, holds a sign to advocate for racial and social justice at the “Stand your Ground” rally on Friday, March 7. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Students gather for rally against racial, social injustice By Carley Ens Contributing Writer
Our country has a black president, yet, the United States is not rid of social injustice, said Lundon Wilson, secretary of the Black Student Union at Rutgers. The Black Student Union, along with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Students for Justice in Palestine, the Rutgers chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Liberty Gospel Choir and the Latin American Women’s Organization all gathered in front of Brower Commons on Friday for the ‘Stand Your Ground’ rally against racial and social injustice.
Bypassing cars honked their horns in support of the activists’ signs, which said things like “Turn down for what? Injustice” and “We are all Trayvon Martin.” Lawrence Hamm, state chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress, an independent association for racial, social and economic justice, was scheduled to speak at the event. According to a message posted on the NJPOP website Saturday, Hamm sustained serious injuries from a car accident that day and was taken to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. “We are trying to bring awareness to the Rutgers community and let everyone know that the U.S.
has not changed as much as people think,” said Wilson, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Elia Jefferson-Gonzalez, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the stand-yourground law and the zero-tolerance laws are obvious forms of the existence of racism, classism and sexism within the criminal justice system. Jefferson-Gonzalez, president of the Latin American Womyn’s Organization, said the stand-your-ground law gives people the right to use deadly force in self-defense and the zero-tolerance laws impose direct, automatic punishment for infractions of a stated rule.
Michelle Locke, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said these laws disproportionately target minority citizens and perpetuate the school-to-prison path. “We want children to have better experiences and opportunities,” Locke said. Wilson said it is unfortunate that young minorities have to lose their lives because the law does not protect them. John Lisowski, a member of SJP, sees racial injustice as a serious issue that needs to be acknowledged. “People need to recognize that racism is still a problem today,” said Lisowski, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “They
need to wake up [to the issue] and stop complaining about things like reverse racism, which doesn’t exist.” One hundred and fifty people signed the social injustice pledge, agreeing to actively confront social injustice in the community while acknowledging social privileges and using them to combat social inequality and promote social justice. Gonzalez said the goal of the pledge is to engage students about the issue of social inequality. “The goal is to inspire more students to become activists,” she said. “We are trying to show that social movements can deconstruct these forms of injustice.”
U. professors discuss potential, challenges of sustainability BY Jessica Herring Staff Writer
Carl Pray, a professor in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, said the real challenge of sustainability research is making it into something usable instead of it being a general issue. Students, professors and engineers met at the Cook Office Building on Friday to discuss the assumptions and uncertainties of sustainable development. Pray invited Anthony Artuso to speak because he knew he was still interested in sustainability, Pray said. Artuso used to be a Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics professor at the University. “Agriculture is one of the biggest contributors to greenhouse gas and climate change and decreasing biodiversity,” Pray said. Pray said he has done agricultural technology research that includes investigations on the trade-offs between crop returns and greenhouse gases.
“People should reduce the amount of fertilizer and pesticides used when making food. It has potential and is worthwhile to meet some of the sustainability goals,” he said. Artuso is currently doing research in China, India and Kenya where they are debating whether they should use genetic engineering on food reproduction, Pray said. China imports massive amounts of genetically engineered food and their government believes its safe, but they are not allowing their farmers to produce genetically engineered food, he said. Pray said he teaches undergraduate level bioscience policy and a course in international agricultural development at the graduate level. He has been a professor at Rutgers University for 28 years. After one of his graduate students finished her master’s degree, she worked with the organization Appropriate Technology
International in Washington, he said. She started a branch of that organization in India. ATI works with impoverished people and helps them develop new ways to earn income, he said. “This makes teaching fun because you have good students and contribute to their understanding of the world. You can see what fun and interesting things they are doing,” Pray said. During the event, there were a lot of different opinions and interactions between faculty, students and people, which was fun, he said. Artuso said he also has a blog centralized on sustainable development. “Natural biodiversity and genetic material is important in a rapidly changing environment and can become increasingly valuable,” Artuso said. If you eliminate those species and have a loss of biodiversity, genetic possibilities disappear, he said.
Recently, he has been doing some consulting and advising to teach start-ups and companies coming up with clean energy technologies, Artuso said. He has worked with a company in Boston to use organic photovoltaic technology for high-resolution printing. “The organic photovoltaic technology is inexpensive and can be used in developing countries, developing worlds, mobile devices and applications. It is very interesting and exciting,” he said. He is seeing the start of a shift toward green energy technology because it is becoming less expensive than fossil fuels, he said. It is still an open question whether the shift will be fast enough to deal with some of the climate problems, he said. He said he was involved in the Boston Harbor clean up and worked with the recent Lake Champlain restoration. “I have had a life long interest in environmental issues. I have always enjoyed being in nature and
have a natural joy for learning,” he said.“I also enjoy collaborating with ecologists and biologists.” He recalled being at a professional conference with a company from San Diego, Calif. Their approach was to scavenge the globe for exotic microorganisms, he said. The presenters at the conference went to different parts of the world to see what kind of microorganisms sur vived in different environments, he said. These venues included Yellowstone hot springs, deep-sea ocean vents, Antarctica and the Andes Mountains. Two Rutgers graduate research associates funded the project for a couple of years to help work and collaborate on the project, he said. Jaclyn Liccone, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said she appreciated hearing opinions from different people at the event. “I learned what sustainable means,” she said.
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CONTEST Prize package of approxiamately $15,000 offers services to help winner grow business continued from front
come from a meeting where Rutgers had been planning a similar venture. “We thought it would be wonderful to have the strength of the new ventures and entrepreneurial group that Chris [Pflaum] represents,” Hogan said. One past winner is Olive Lynch, founder of Green Waste Technologies, a company that makes use of the black solider fly, an insect used to consume waste and turn garbage into energy. “We’re really excited to have Rutgers’ support and to have it on their location. I think it’s just the beginning of a great relationship,” she said. The $15,000 prize package offers services to help the winning entrepreneur grow her business. “It’s a variety of things … For instance, I’m a financial planner, so I offer a financial analysis package which helps new business owners figure out where their profit and losses are,” Hogan said. Pflaum said SEED 2014 has already produced the positive result of many members of the Rutgers community rallying behind the idea and expressing passion about the advancement of entrepreneurial culture at the University. “An even more powerful outcome is the potential synergy emerging from those at Rutgers who are getting involved with this project by
giving their time to support the competition and its underling goal of promoting women entrepreneurship at the University and New Jersey at large,” he said. Faculty and staff from the Rutgers EcoComplex, the nation’s first research, technology development, teaching and outreach center, Rut-
“We’re really, really trying to listen to students, ... and then work with them on doing everything we can to serve those needs.” LORI DARS Officer at the Office of New Ventures & Enterpreneurship
gers Business School and the Rutgers Food Innovation Center have gotten involved. Although the contest will produce one winner, everyone in the Rutgers community could benefit from encouraging and supporting women in entrepreneurship. Lori Dars, who works in the Office of New Ventures & Entrepreneurship, said the office focuses on commercializing Rutgers intellectual property, helping startup companies with patents and copyrights.
“We’re really, really trying to listen to students, find out what they need and then work with them on doing everything we can to serve those needs,” she said. The office also promotes entrepreneurial activities within Rutgers to get the word out about Rutgers’ products and research. Dars said after the entrepreneurship day in October, the office realized they wanted to do a better job of serving women entrepreneurs at Rutgers, which led them to collaborate on this competition. “What’s especially great about this competition is it’s an excellent event for students because teams with an idea can enter the competition, you don’t need to have an existing business,” Dars said. The office hopes to continue empowering women by holding events specifically for women and including more women speakers and panelists at their events, she said. The office will also continue to work with NAWBO. Applicants must submit their business or business idea by March 15. Hogan said on May 1, the finalists will be notified and they will meet at Trayes Hall on Douglass campus to deliver a three-minute pitch to an audience, who will then get to vote on the winter. Pflaum said the Rutgers community should stay tuned as to what the Office of New Ventures & Entrepreneurship is doing because they are trying to create a culture of entrepreneurship. “If ever so slightly, one day women entrepreneurship will eventually achieve its potential,” he said. “The more support that is given, the sooner that day will dawn.”
TRAFFICKING Predators lure victims with promises of lavish fantasy life in exchange for services continued from front
everything that you need, and one thing led to another, and she was lured into the sex trade.” Harms said human trafficking is usually hidden in plain sight. “Gangs in northern Virginia are recruiting girls and trafficking them right out of their bedrooms after school,” Harms said. “Those girls are going to school, going home and doing their homework when they’ll get a text message or call saying they need to sneak out right away to work.” Priscilla Etienne, a member of the coalition, said she is very aware of the current issues regarding human trafficking, but still found information like this astounding. “The fact that a girl was trafficked right out of her room means that this is really big — it’s happening right under our noses, and it’s crazy,” said Etienne, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. Kelly said many victims come from broken homes, and a predator will usually approach them within 48 hours of them being out on the street, promising them lavish places to live and expensive clothes in exchange for their services. For these victims, these offers may be better choices than their current situations. “Some of these kids are from
houses where they’ve been repeatedly abused or mistreated, so when someone comes along and tells them that they’re beautiful, that’s the best thing that’s ever happened to them,” Kelley said. One of the biggest issues with human trafficking is the lack of awareness. Harms said the NJ Coalition Against Trafficking has hosted more than 30 awareness events and utilized social networks like Twitter to help spread awareness. Thompson has been a part of the state’s media campaign where a number of colleges created billboards, reinstated hotlines and held lectures to teach students about human trafficking. Thompson feels men and boys need to be educated about respecting women as individuals. “We need to help them understand that exploitation is victimization,” she said. In writing her book, “Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope,” Kelley found that the victims are almost always overwhelmed with shame, but the people who caused this shame feel no remorse. The panelists concluded that increasing citizen awareness, holding businesses that facilitate sex trading, such as hotels and Craigslist, accountable and increasing laws to prevent trafficking are only the beginning in putting an end to the human trafficking industry.
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ACTIVISTS Nearly 300,000 women die from pregnancy complications every year Kate Clark, public af fairs coordinator at Planned Parenthood, said the organizaPeople perceive society as tion provides sexual educadivided into lower, middle and tion and health assistance in upper class, she said. In real- developing countries. According to data, nearly ity, the middle class is barely distinguishable from the poor. 300,000 women die each year Therefore, an America without from pregnancy complications, organized labor is an America while more than 20 million women experience unsafe aborwithout a middle class. “We do not have to rely on tions annually, she said. “The impact of sexual educasocialism or idealism to achieve equality,” Cruz said. “Just wake tion and access to contraceptive up, because reality is not al- supplies exists, but we need greater investments for reproways what we think it is.” Furthermore, she described ductive health and family planning to make how policy it palpable,” changes since she said. the 1970s re“We do not have to rely on Neal Gorfininforced an socialism or idealism to kle, a politianti-union affiliation, di- achieve equality. Just wake cal organizer 1199SEIU, minishing the up, because reality is not for said the organiopportunity for workers to let always what we think it is.” zation’s duty is to protect the their voices be MARY KRUZ human rights heard. As taxes Political Director of 1199SEIU often underincreased, minmined by poimum wage litical parties. did not. As the memShe said the economy must benefit all citi- bers denounce economic and zens without any displacement political injustice, they also encounter the positive facets of of wealth. “Participation and education our system. “If we consider other states are the basic requirements to address such an issue,” such as Texas, which is currentCruz said. “We have to be ly implementing anti-abortion proud Union members while laws, we must admit that we making sure that our message are lucky to live in New Jersey,” Gorfinkle said. is understandable.” continued from front
FASHION FUNDRAISER Isabella Ward walks the runway for “Strut for Kids” fashion show hosted by Phi Sigma Sigma at the Busch Campus Center. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Experts investigate reasons for missing airline
MALAYSIAN MADNESS A U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter lands aboard Destroyer USS Pinckney during a crew swap before returning on task in the search and rescue for the missing Malaysian airlines flight MH370 on March 9. GETTY IMAGES
NEW YORK — The most dangerous parts of a flight are takeoff and landing. Rarely do incidents happen when a plane is cruising seven miles above the earth. So the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jet well into its flight Saturday morning over the South China Sea has led aviation exper ts to assume that whatever happened was quick and left the pilots no time to place a distress call. It could take investigators months, if not years, to determine what happened to the Boeing 777 flying from Malaysia’s largest city of Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. “At this early stage, we’re focusing on the facts that we don’t know,” said Todd Curtis, a former safety engineer with Boeing who worked on its 777 wide-body jets and is now director of the Airsafe. com Foundation. Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back before vanishing, Malaysia’s air force chief said yesterday as authorities were investigating up to four passengers with suspicious identifications. The revelations add to the mystery surrounding the final minutes of the flight. Air force chief Rodzali Daud didn’t say which direction the plane veered when it apparently went off course, or how long it flew in that direction, Some of the information it had was also corroborated by civilian radar, he said. If the information about the U-turn is accurate, that lessens the probability that the plane suffered a catastrophic explosion but raises further questions about why the pilots didn’t signal for help. If there was a minor mechanical failure — or even something more serious
like the shutdown of both of the plane’s engines — the pilots likely would have had time to radio for help. The lack of a call “suggests something very sudden and very violent happened,” said William Waldock, who teaches accident investigation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. It’s possible that there was either an abrupt breakup of the plane or something that led it into a quick, steep dive. Some experts even suggested an act of terrorism or a pilot purposely crashing the jet. “Either you had a catastrophic event that tore the airplane apart, or you had a criminal act,” said Scott Hamilton, managing director of aviation consultancy Leeham Co. “It was so quick and they didn’t radio.” No matter how unlikely a scenario, it’s too early to rule out any possibilities, experts warn. The best clues will come with the recovery of the flight data and voice recorders and an examination of the wreckage. U.S. investigators from the FBI, the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration and experts from Boeing were heading to Asia to assist in the investigation. A massive international sea search has so far turned up no confirmed trace of the jet, though Vietnamese authorities said late yesterday that a low-flying plane had spotted a rectangular object in waters about 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of Tho Chu island, in the same area where oil slicks were spotted Saturday. The staterun Thanh Nien newspaper said, citing the deputy chief of staff of Vietnam’s army that searchers had spotted what appeared to be one of the plane’s doors.
Airplane crashes typically occur during takeoff and the climb away from an airport, or while coming in for a landing, as in last year’s fatal crash of an Asiana Airlines jet in San Francisco. Just 9 percent of fatal accidents happen when a plane is at cruising altitude, according to a statistical summary of commercial jet airplane accidents done by Boeing. Capt. John M. Cox, who spent 25 years flying for US Airways and is now CEO of Safety Operating Systems, said that whatever happened to the Malaysia Airlines jet, it occurred quickly. The problem had to be big enough, he said, to stop the plane’s transponder from broadcasting its location, although the transponder can be purposely shut off from the cockpit. One of the first indicators of what happened will be the size of the debris field. If it is large and spread out over tens of miles, then the plane likely broke apart at a high elevation. That could signal a bomb or a massive airframe failure. If it is a smaller field, the plane probably fell from 35,000 feet intact, breaking up upon contact with the water. “We know the airplane is down. Beyond that, we don’t know a whole lot,” Cox said. The Boeing 777 has one of the best safety records in aviation history. It first carried passengers in June 1995 and went 18 years without a fatal accident. That streak came to an end with the July 2013 Asiana crash. Three of the 307 people aboard that flight died. Saturday’s Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 239 passengers and crew would only be the second fatal incident for the aircraft type. –The Associated Press
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Science
Researchers discover anti-cancer treatment to protect heart cells By Andrew Rodriguez Staff Writer
Elsayed A. Elsayed, a distinguished professor at Rutgers, is a key member of the research team. COURTESY OF ELSAYED A. ELSAYED
U. recieves contract for expanding use of drones By Nikhilesh De Contributing Writer
Drones could one day expand to allow a single farmer to monitor an entire farm without leaving his or her house. Rutgers University plans to begin developing and testing these unmanned aerial systems. The Federal Aviation Administration awarded Rutgers a contract to develop UAS, currently used by the military, for civilian use. UAS are expected to see increased use in civilian fields in the coming years, said Elsayed A. Elsayed, a key member of the research team. They will be tasked to fill a variety of roles. “At the moment, you cannot rely on a UAS in the national airspace, so the government mandated the FAA to find out what’s needed to be able to fly [in a civilian airspace],” said Elsayed, a distinguished professor and interim chairman of the Depar tment of Industrial and Systems Engineering. The research will be ongoing over the next several years, he said. The FAA plans to take the results from the first phase of the project and present them to Congress in order to create more concrete parameters for the system designs. Currently a UAS can fly for 12 to 16 hours on a gallon of fuel, Elsayed said, but in the future half a gallon may be sufficient for at least 16 hours of flight time. The units themselves are smaller than a typical aircraft, he said. The wingspan is about 13 meters, or a little above the width of a tennis court, and a unit can weigh anywhere from 400 to 800 pounds. The Rutgers chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics said the research into improving UAS technology would be beneficial to both the University and society. Today, UAS are used for land surveying, pesticide dispersal, weather monitoring and emergency situations such as search and rescue missions, members of the Rutgers AIAA said. The main goal for the project is to create reliable machines that can easily be integrated into
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civilian airspace, Elsayed said. Their communication capabilities and airworthiness would be important factors in answering those questions. The important part of this project will be combining the individual features of UAS into a single working aircraft that can perform a wide array of tasks, such as atmospheric monitoring, GPS tracking and wireless communication, the members of the Rutgers AIAA said. The UAS would have to fly at specific altitudes to precise coordinates, Elsayed said. To do this, the researchers would need to ensure that on-board computers could handle any potential inflight issues. He said fail-safes would be built in to deal with these issues, such as propellers failing in flight and the unit losing contact with the pilot. Ensuring that the pilot-less aircraft could operate autonomously is a chief concern, he said. Increasing demand for civilian UAS will reveal their limitations, Elsayed said, which will bring more research opportunities for the University. New algorithms would be designed to control the units, he said. These algorithms would analyze the data gathered by the UAS and provide information for the University, the FAA and eventually, the users. Different departments within the School of Engineering plan to contribute to UAS research, he said. Students studying mechanical engineering may be able to design and build UAS as part of their senior design projects. Matthew Makmur, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said programming students would benefit from projects similar to the algorithms the UAS would use. Members of the Rutgers AIAA said University students already had experience with various aspects of unmanned flight. “[Students] within the School of Engineering and senior design groups work every day with image recognition systems, data analysis, flight control [and] system integration,” they said.
Anti-cancer treatments kill body cells and weaken patients. So, Rutgers researchers have developed a way to strengthen these cells to tolerate the toxicity of such treatments. A team of researchers in Alexey Ryazanov’s lab in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School has discovered a way to strengthen the body’s cells to withstand current cancer treatments such as anti-cancer drugs and chemotherapy. In high doses, treatments become toxic to the body, said Ryanzanov, a professor in the medical school. Using widely trusted drugs such as Doxorubicin can treat various cancers, but in high doses they also kill heart cells. “Increasing the efficiency of that treatment would be to find something that protects heart cells from these toxic effects — and that’s what we found,” Ryazanov said. “It can protect heart cells, but at the same time it doesn’t protect tumor cells.” The vulnerability comes from an enzyme named eukaryote Elongation Factor 2 Kinase, or eEF2K, he said. This enzyme is essential for selecting the sexual cells required for reproduction, such as eggs and semen. Body cells deteriorate, accumulate damage and eventually die, but reproductive cells are essentially immortal — they transmit their genes from generation to generation, he said.
The resiliency of reproductive cells has always been a question, he said. The secret behind their resiliency is the eEF2K — it is involved in a mechanism that suppresses protein synthesis, he said. Inhibiting this enzyme is necessary to weed out the weaker reproductive cells, making the next generation more reliable. The human body is always prepared for mistakes, he said. An example of this is the sheer number of eggs that a woman goes through in her life — a woman is born with about two million eggs, and only one is needed to birth a child. “If you give a person chemotherapy, it kills all of their [reproductive] cells,” Ryazanov said. “If we eliminate this enzyme, the [eggs] can be kept alive during chemotherapy.” The research team tried eliminating the enzyme in mice, and they noticed the mice became healthier and more resistant to stress and radiation. “It turned out that the enzyme is not important for the individual, it is important for the species to propagate. For any individual person, it’s barely detrimental,” he said. “Either way, this makes it an ideal drug target. If we inhibit it, the person will feel nothing and they will become stronger.” Michelle Chu, one of the main authors of the study, noted that the mice they were testing showed much more bodily strength af-
ter researchers removed eEF2K from their cells. Chu, a Rutgers alumna, said getting rid of eEF2K shows a resistance to cell death, or apoptosis. “In the radiation treatment, mice hair usually turns gray,” she said. “The mice without the eEF2K did not have gray hair. It is essentially aging-combating.” Right now, there are very efficient anti-cancer drugs, Ryazanov said. The current method in developing these drugs is to target cells that regularly divide, he said. The real problem is that eliminating all cancer cells would have to occur in such a high dosage that normal cells would be killed as well. To maximize the opportunity of this new method, Ryazanov started a company in Princeton named Longevica Pharmaceuticals. They developed a small molecule for this enzyme so it can be given together with chemotherapy, he said. Marie Makhlina, a researcher at Longevica Pharmaceuticals, said the drug would most likely be administered through IV or direct injection. This would be done before or during the treatment to optimize its effectiveness. If ingested orally, the stomach might digest it too quickly for it to be effective, she said. “We’re not inventing new treatment, we’re enhancing the effects of the old treatment,” Ryazanov said. “We will protect normal cells, allowing increasing dosages of treatments.”
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Mainstream porn promotes subservience, not feminism MEDIA MATTERS RASHMEE KUMAR Trigger warning: This column contains references to adult content. few weeks ago, a Duke University freshman wrote a piece for XOJane.com defending her decision to become a pornographic actress to pay for her tuition after a classmate discovered her alter ego online and exposed her to the school’s greek community. In her article, the woman denounced those who were harassing her on campus and over the Internet, emphasizing that she feels sexually empowered doing porn and asked her readers to respect sex work as a legitimate profession. A week later, she decided to reveal her porn name, Belle Knox, along with a selfie to show that she is unashamed of her work and that choosing to be in porn allows her to challenge how people perceive female sexuality. The Internet responded with a flurry of support and criticism, and sex-positive feminists and pornography advocates found in Knox their latest poster child. I find this whole thing very intriguing and complicated, as Knox symbolizes a labyrinth of contention around pornography, female sexuality, sex work and agency. While her openness about her pornographic endeavors brings much-needed exposure to society’s disavowal of sex workers’ rights, I’m dubious of her assertion that her
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willing participation in mainstream pornography inherently subverts the patriarchal and sexist messages people absorb when consuming pornographic images. I’m going to assume that many college-aged people were first exposed to sexual images through Internet porn. In her book, “Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality,” feminist academic Gail Dines writes that the average heterosexual male encounters his first porn image at 11 years old. Before most boys begin having sex with real girls, they are getting off to constructed fantasies of compliant women who unequivocally enjoy body-punishing
woman’s throat as she gags, cries and sometimes vomits until the man ejaculates on her face. The caption next to Knox’s video states that she is a women’s studies major, but “she says she enjoys watching our videos and what turns her on the most is ‘seeing the misery in the girl’s eyes.’ Those are her own words.” The website mocks Knox’s feminism and makes her complicit in the brutal and dehumanizing treatment of other women on the site. Promoting respect and appreciation for female sexuality is important, but we must be critical when these desires are represented in a way that rearticulates male sexuality and misogyny.
“Pornography itself isn’t inherently negative, but the messages mainstream porn disseminates are.” sex and verbal abuse. The porn star is reduced to her orifices and only allotted subjectivity insofar as her eager readiness to sexually gratify men. With porn narratives embedded in impressionable minds and a lack of titillating counter-narratives revolving around respect for bodies, dialogue about sexual proclivities and kinks, and emotional intimacy, it is no wonder that hookup culture came to prominence during our generation’s college years. While Knox feels empowered through being a porn actress, many of her videos do not portray her as a sexual agent and recirculate porn narratives that pigeonhole women into subservience to dominant forms of male heterosexuality. She is featured on a website called “Facial Abuse,” in which a man forces his penis down a
Pornography itself isn’t inherently negative, but the messages mainstream porn disseminates are. Subversive porn, according to Dines, would need to disrupt these messages and “be as powerful and as pleasurable as porn, telling men that porn’s images of women is a lie, fabricated to sell a particular vision of sex. This alternative ideology would also need to present a different vision of heterosexual sex, one built on gender equality and justice.” The message received from Knox’s videos is that she is just another runof-the-mill porn starlet who submits to men’s sexual fantasies, which contributes inadvertently to pressuring women to conform to pornified standards of female sexuality rather than exploring on their own. Knox’s decision to appear in porn is
Political differences do not merit censorship COMMENTARY FOTIOS TSAROUHIS
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s an American college student, I am often appalled at the attacks on higher education by our country’s hard-right minority. Arguments that our universities are places of elitist snobbery hit close to home for many of us, and the caricature of top schools as intolerant ivory towers guarded by ideological brownshirts fly in the face of what many of us know universities to be: places of respect for dissent, diverse thought and tolerance of all opinions. In the past several weeks, however, Rutgers has shown American universities’ fiercest critics that we are all too capable of being exactly who they say we are. The controversy over Condoleezza Rice as this year’s commencement speaker has now reached the national media. Our beloved Old Queens is being forced to recognize that we have become exactly whom we purport to fight when we extol our own virtues as open-minded, fair and representative. We fail to live up to our reputation as a historic college of ideas and disgrace the status of our University, and all others as places for free speech and open discourse when we openly and proudly assault a commencement speaker largely based on ideology. Despite what is now broadly viewed as a questionable entry into the Iraq War, we fail to view the decisions of 2002 and 2003 with any sort of historical perspective when we declare that the sins of the past can be tried on the knowledge of the present. Should Iraq War proponents Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden have been invited to speak at Rutgers
this spring, I imagine the outrage would be nearly nonexistent. The fact remains that Rice, for many who know little about her, remains a reminder of an unpopular president. In all the attacks on her character in the past few weeks, little has been brought up about her own views or accomplishments. It would surprise me if many of her detractors knew that she holds relatively liberal positions on issues like abortion, education, affirmative action and immigration, or if they had an understanding of the way in which she steered our foreign policy away from the Cheney-Rumsfeld neoconservative aggression and back towards diplomacy during her tenure at Foggy Bottom.
“As a Democrat and as a student of the political sciences, I find it objectionable that anyone would advocate the censorship of political leaders.” The problem is that the news doesn’t report on the planes that land safely, but if they did, we would find that she tempered influences that would have sought more military action and less diplomatic goodwill, especially in the case of Iran. For a student body that frequently debates the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it should be considered an honor to host the Secretary of State who hosted the first peace summit that resulted in joint-agreement on a two-state solution. Perhaps most heartening in her story is the background that her detractors most frequently overlook. A little black girl from Bir-
mingham, Ala., grew up in the ground zero of the civil rights movement only to reach heights that society told her were impossible to climb to. That the party of Lincoln produced such a woman should inspire us all. I, however, am registered with another party — that of a president who presided over the coming of age of American society and the pivotal years of the civil rights movement. John F. Kennedy was right to believe that politics could be and should be an honorable profession. As a Democrat and as a student of the political sciences, I find it objectionable that anyone would advocate the censorship of political leaders. The suggestion of some that all politicians be turned away from commencement day is a victory for the forces that have tried to convince us for far too long that politics are broken beyond repair and that our generation, with all its talents and insight, should give up hope. Politics aside, many of our aspirations for our world stand on the shoulders of people like her. That such lives have been lived are the reason we can be proud of our country’s diversity today. When I met Rice as a college freshman, I knew I wouldn’t agree with her on every policy position, but I was overcome by a sense of history in her presence. Moved by her story, I gained an appreciation for the difficult, nuanced life-and-death decisions that too many of us often take for black and white. If you feel you must be an inquisitor, at least hear her out in person. We owe it not only to her, but also to ourselves. Fotios Tsarouhis is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies and political science with minors in history and economics.
further coercion for men to maintain narrow conceptions of female sexuality and for women to believe that being petite, hairless and exhibitionistic is the way to feel free, happy and empowered. Despite the flaws in Knox’s rationale for being a porn maverick, she does succeed in bringing visibility to issues around discrimination against sex workers. She stresses that sex workers should not be ostracized from the labor force and should be given the opportunity to share their experiences directly without mediation from reporters or documentarians. Ideally, sex work should have the regulations and oversight of any other kind of service, but because sex work is deeply intertwined with societal qualms over female sexuality, it continues to be a highly stigmatized and marginalized form of labor. Porn actors and actresses are also very susceptible to exploitation and mistreatment within the industry. Knox certainly does not deserve to be bullied and threatened because she identifies as a sex worker (especially since the majority of her harassers are probably avid porn enthusiasts), and her move to confront her tormentors was bold and admirable. But it is important to keep in mind that Knox’s positive experiences in the industry are an exception, and her personal story and sex positivity should not be considered representative how pornography could empower women as a whole. Rashmee Kumar is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with minors in women’s and gender studies and South Asian studies. Her column, “Media Matters,” runs alternate Mondays.
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Honoring Rice question of morals, not freedom of speech Quite predictably, University President Robert L. Barchi has tried to turn the choice of Condoleezza Rice as the Rutgers commencement speaker and recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree into an issue of free speech and academic freedom — which, obviously, is not. I believe I speak for all those opposed to this choice in stating that we would be delighted to have Rice speak on any Rutgers campus in a forum that allows an open and free discussion of her views, her career or any topic of her choosing. The real issue is framed quite succinctly by the Rutgers official Guidelines on Honorary Degrees, which stipulates that the accomplishments of every awardee of a Rutgers honorary degree “Must … support the ideals of Rutgers and serve as an example to our students, our alumni, and society.” Awarding an honorary degree to Rice, not to mention having her as the Rutgers commencement speaker, would mean that Rutgers is officially proclaiming that her accomplishments do indeed “support the ideals of Rutgers and serve as an example to our students, our alumni, and society.” Are we thus prepared, for example, to honor her for deliberately lying to the American people to lead us into the invasion of Iraq, with all its disastrous consequences for the past, present and future? H. Bruce Franklin is the John Cotton Dana professor of English and American studies at Rutgers University-Newark.
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Today’s Birthday (03/10/14). Follow happiness this year. Capture your overflowing creativity between now and August. Play like a child. Reorganize and revise home and family routines. Release old limitations. Summer romance gets hot. After August, career lunges forward and finances thrive. Balance home and work for health. Devote yourself to what (and who) you love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Discover a way to be more efficient at home. Beautify your surroundings. It’s a lucky moment for love; you might as well pop the question. Get creative in your approach. Friends are there for you. Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Talk about your dreams. Develop a particular aspect. Dress the part. Imagine yourself in the role. You can get whatever you need, although it may not show up as expected. Take small steps forward. Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Increase efficiency and save money and resources. Stand up for yourself. Don’t make assumptions. Abundance can lead to overload. Listen to your partner’s concerns. Discuss your future visions. Let your imagination soar. The impossible just takes longer. Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — A dream shows you the way. You have what’s necessary. There’s more work than you can do. Prioritize urgencies, and reschedule or delegate the rest. Postpone travel and shipping for later. Watch and learn. Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Put out fires and handle urgencies by delegating to experts where possible. Get a technical coach. Dispel confusion, which drains resources. Ignore detractors. Family comes first... give your partner the glamorous role. Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — New responsibilities cause changes at home. Creativity is required. Stay confident and patient, one step ahead of the eight ball. Allow some flexibility. Let others solve their own problems. Friends help out when you ask.
Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Track details, and don’t apply new work skills yet. Get the ball rolling by reminding others of the game. Reassure someone who’s concerned. Review your routine to drop time-sucks. Dress for power. Take a risk. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Work your magic on the home front. Begin a new friendship. Create something exotic. Think about all the angles before launching into action. Research the best deal when shopping. Study the possibilities around a dream. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You see solutions for all the world’s problems. Keep to the philosophical high road. Gather and share information. Beware of an offer that seems too good. Listen to your partner. Compromise, including their preferences. Evening suits you. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — A problem develops. Friends are there for you. Some fixing up is required. The allies you depend on keep a secret. Handle it together and soak in victory. Take a break to savor spiritual rewards. Everything seems possible. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Imagine yourself in the future, and how you’d like it to be. Ask for more and get it. Stay in rather than go out. Give in to sweet temptation, without spending much. The financial situation’s unstable. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Dream big dreams with your friends. An abrupt change in attitude is possible; conditions are unsettled. Keep your objective in mind. Intuition nudges you in the right direction. Get set for some serious competition. Think fast.
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SEMIFINAL Copper struggles with poor shooting, no assists, three turnovers against No. 1 foe continued from back ship so to speak, and we clearly did that.” The Huskies’ length and size inside forced off-balanced, timid jumpers, once again shutting down Rutgers’ half-court offense predicated on attacking the basket and making foul shots. Copper, who shot free throws 8-for-9 against Southern Methodist, could not get to the line until 12:21 remained in the first half. She finished with no assists, three turnovers and just 4-for-15 field goal shooting for 12 points. The sophomore wing bricked shots from all around the perimeter before finally converting a jumper from the elbow with 5:05 left in the first half to make it a 4215 UConn lead. Arguably the Knights’ most important offensive player, a visibly frustrated Copper often tried to force her way through the Hus-
Page 13 kies’ interior with frenetic dribbling along the baseline. “I knew that once I attacked, my guard had to slide up and we had to attack the gaps and kick it out,” Copper said. “[The Huskies are] really long, and as long as we kept getting deeper into the paint, they were all closing on us like a cup. That was expected, the coaches prepared us for all that. It was difficult.” Scaife scooped in the Knights’ first bucket on a left-handed layup 3:19 in, but like Copper, stroked an inconsistent jumper and totaled just 12 points. Even the times Rutgers had a chance to open up its trademark transition game usually backfired. After UConn’s quick burst exploded into a 30-9 cushion 10 minutes in, junior wing Betnijah Laney grabbed a bad pass from guard Moriah Jef ferson with a wide-open floor ahead of her. Using long strides, 6-foot-4 forward Breanna Stewart somehow raced back and swatted Laney’s layup attempt at the last moment. Stewart promptly came back down the floor and nailed a 3-pointer to make it 33-9 and all
momentum with UConn. She led all scorers with 22 points. “Geno does a masterful job of encouraging his players to be as intense on the offensive side as they are on the defensive side,” Stringer said. “That’s clearly what makes a great team.” UConn was so dominant defensively that Rutgers failed to hit two straight buckets in the game until 19:16 remained in the second half. As 6-foot-5 center Stefanie Dolson and Stewart clogged the lane with five blocks, the Huskies dared Rutgers to beat them from the outside. The Knights, who made only 43 3-pointers all season, refused to attempt a single deep ball. “If you can’t hit 3-point shots, why would you take them?” Stringer said. “Sometimes we do, sometimes we don’t, but 99 percent of the time, we don’t. When I get some 3-point shooters next year, we will do that.” The Huskies, meanwhile, made 13-for-22 in that department, leaving few answers for Rutgers’ 2-3 zone. For the third straight time this season, UConn completely dominated in every facet against Rut-
Sophomore wing Kahleah Copper loses control of the ball as the Huskies swarm her. She finished with 12 points and no assists. TIAN LI / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
gers. All of its starters finished in double figures. “That entire first 20 minutes was probably as good of basketball as I can hope for, especially in the postseason,” Auriemma said. “Sometimes the other team has something to do with it. Today, I don’t think there
was anything Rutgers could do about it.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For general Rutgers spor ts updates, follow @TargumSpor ts.
Freshman Charly Santagado scored 9.300 on bars in a meet that head coach Louis Levine said reflected the team’s progress. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Knights aim for more broken records by end of season in pursuit of perfection continued from back out there and had fun, that’s the main thing. I had fun and they gave me a good score for it. So if I get scored like that for having fun, I guess I’ll start doing that a little bit more often.” Senior Alexis Gunzelman took an uncharacteristic fall on the balance beam and said that it was important to put it out of her mind with one event remaining. “You have to control it. You can’t control what you’ve done in the past,” Gunzelman said. “You know you’ve done the routine a million times. It sucks falling, but you still have another event, and your team is still counting on you.” Gunzelman recovered to tie her career best with a 9.900 on floor as the final Rutgers gymnast to compete on an emotional day. The meet marked the final time that seniors Alyssa Straub, Allie Ivol, Jenna Zito and Gunzelman competed at the Livingston Gym. “What it comes down to is that without them, we’re not who we are. We’re not where we are,”
Levine said. “I had a conversation with one of the seniors’ parents, and their freshman year, we probably would have been happy with a 193. Now that’s a bad meet, and that’s how far we’ve come. I’m going to miss the heck out of them, but it’s not over. We still have three or four meets left, and with that we’ll get back in and see how much more history we can make.” Jones was emphatic that despite the records, her and Rutgers are not satisfied. Rutgers still has a quad meet Saturday against North Carolina, Brown and William & Mary. “This [was] a record-breaking week, and I hope next week is a record-breaking meet,” Jones said. “We’re not just going to stop here. We want to get better. [Saturday there were] things that could’ve been better. … This is not the top. This is not the peak at all. We could get a perfect score and wouldn’t be happy with it. [We’re] always hungry.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior wing J.J. Moore speeds into a heavily guarded paint for a layup against Cincinnati guards Kevin Johnson (25) and Troy Caupain (10). DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Rutgers outrebound AAC’s second-best rebounding-margin team, 39-34 continued from back Once senior forward Wally Judge fouled out with 1:08 remaining, Jordan inserted Seagears. The rest of the small lineup was Jack at center, Moore at the four and guards Myles Mack and Kerwin Okoro. But Rutgers, especially Jack, competitively scraped the boards against Cincinnati. The Bearcats entered the game second in the AAC with a plus-five rebounding margin. But the Knights outrebounded Cincinnati, 39-34. Jack ended with 15 points and 12 rebounds, often teething his way through double teams. “I don’t really think about the second guy coming,” Jack said. “I just get into my move, and I kind of adjust late and get the ball up.”
Kilpatrick scored Cincinnati’s final 5 points, but for ward Justin Jackson’s previous basket was arguably the Bearcats’ turning point. Jack forced Jackson’s layup attempt to rim out with 1:46 left, as Rutgers led, 64-63. Jackson rebounded and made his layup, giving Cincinnati a permanent lead. But Rutgers played mostly mistake-free against one of the conference’s and nation’s top teams. The Knights and Cincinnati exchanged second-half leads once Mack made a jumper with 3:18 left, giving Rutgers a 64-63 advantage. Rutgers’ only gaping error came when Moore launched a half-cour t shot with six seconds remaining in the first half. Another bucket would have been useful for the
Knights, who trailed, 35-28, at halftime. Moore cringed and buried his head in his palm, later admitting he lost track of time in his 19point performance. “As soon as I saw the ball go up, I looked at the time,” Moore said. “It was [six seconds]. I knew that was a dumb shot. I told the team I apologize for it.” But Jordan instead viewed this game as the perfect tune-up for Rutgers’ opening AAC Tournament game Wednesday against 10th-seeded South Florida. Although Rutgers’ record is poor, Jordan has the Knights right where he wants them. “The process has been successful so far, doesn’t matter what the record is,” he said. “We learned how to compete with integrity. We learned how to compete with composure.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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March 10, 2014 MEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS 20, MONMOUTH 4
Offense, strong start lead Knights to big victory By Sean Stewart Correspondent
With the lights of High Point Solutions Stadium shining brightly over the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team Saturday night, the stage was set for the Scarlet Knights to leave a lasting impression on their new home field. Senior attacker Scott Klimchak set himself up for a big game following his four-goal heroics against No. 20 Army last Tuesday. But freshman attacker Connor Murphy’s offensive display stole the spotlight.
Behind Murphy’s four goals and three assists, the Knights defeated Monmouth, 20-4, decimating any hopes the Hawks had in less than a quarter. It was Murphy’s first-career start, setting career highs in goals, assists and ground balls in the game. The Clifton, Va., native’s seven points were also the most for a Rutgers (4-2) player since Klimchak posted seven Feb. 18, 2011 against Wagner. “It’s so cool coming here playing in the stadium,” Murphy said. “… I was looking forward
to [starting]. I was really excited and a little nervous, but all the older guys, the regular starters, just helped me out and got my confidence up. I got a few good shots right at the beginning and just tried to make a difference in the game.” While Murphy showcased career numbers, the Knights’ attack as a whole put up big stats in a dominating performance. Leading 17-2, three Knights added goals, outscoring the Hawks, 3-2, in the fourth quarter with mostly reserve players out on the field.
Rutgers led, 11-1, at halftime before six different Knights added their own goals to stretch the lead to 15. Murphy said patience on offense was important in breaking down Monmouth’s defense. “We didn’t really tr y to force anything,” Murphy said. “The midfielders did a great job dodging and drawing slides. And once they got it to us behind, we just took it over and made the right looks.” Rutgers dominated the first half, outshooting the Hawks, 36-9, which included an eight-goal run to start the game.
Freshman attacker Connor Murphy made his first-career start with the Knights against Monmouth on Saturday, scoring four goals and adding three assists. His total led the team with seven points. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore goalkeeper Kris Alleyne played in the first quarter before sophomore Jake Anderson replaced him. Alleyne did not record a save during his 15 minutes of action but did keep a shutout with a little help from his posts. Sixteen different Knights scored at least one goal in the game, including senior defender Nicolas Contino’s first of his career. Remarkably, Rutgers’ leading goal scorer in Klimchak was not one of them, despite taking a team-high seven shots. While the statistics are impressive, head coach Brian Brecht remains cautious about the road ahead. “It’s a tough time of year because right now we go into league play and we need to start thinking about the Big East,” Brecht said. “… So hopefully we’ve had the reps and the experience against a lot of different colored jerseys that is hopefully going to help us.” The return of junior face-off specialist Joe Nardella should be an added bonus for the Knights entering conference play. Without Nardella, the Knights were 16-for-46 in face-offs in their previous two games against Army and Stony Brook, compared to 46for-54 with him. Any concerns about Nardella’s performance during his time on the sidelines vanished about a half-second into the opening face-off, with Nardella already in possession charging at Monmouth’s defenders. He finished 11-for-12 in faceoffs for the game. “I started practicing earlier this week, so I kind of got back in the swing of things,” Nardella said. “I didn’t really feel like I missed a beat. Kind of just went back out there and felt like I was in a groove again.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
TENNIS RUTGERS 6, BINGHAMTON 1
Doubles pairings prove key to team’s winning streak By Nick Jannarone Contributing Writer
Senior Vanessa Petrini credited the Knights’ aggressive strategy in doubles matches for the team’s three-game winning streak. NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Rutgers tennis team earned a decisive 6-1 victory against Binghamton (2-6) on Friday at the East Brunswick Racquet Club. A three-game winning streak gives the Scarlet Knights an impressive 6-3 record as they begin the stretch run of the season. Rutgers started off hot by dominating the doubles matches. Head coach Ben Bucca said he made some adjustments after its 6-1 loss Feb. 21 to Louisville, and it has made a big difference considering the Knights have not lost since that match. “After our last loss [at Louisville], I changed up the doubles pairings and the girls worked very well together,” Bucca said. “The girls came out and played very strategic and sound tennis.” The new pairings were senior Vanessa Petrini with sophomore Lindsey Kayati, junior Lindsay Balsamo with sophomore Mariam
Zein and senior Stefania Balasa with sophomore Gina Li. Balsamo felt that it was important to win the doubles matches to give them the edge they needed. “Our strong doubles play really set the tone for the rest of the match,” Balsamo said. “I feel like we’ve just continued to gain so much confidence in our last two matches.” The team stresses the importance of gaining the doubles point in every match, and it often pays dividends. The Knights are now 5-0 this season when they win the doubles point. Rutgers is peaking at just the right time with one more home match against Delaware, before a trip to New Orleans during spring break where they play three more matches. Petrini, who has played extremely well of late, felt there were specific reasons that her team won so easily. “We stayed focused and aggressive during doubles and played extremely strategically,”
Petrini said. “I think our strategy helped us win so decisively.” Kayati won her singles match and improved her record to 7-2 on the season, which leads the team. Petrini, Li, Balasa and Balsamo also won singles matches for Rutgers. The team’s confidence has it looking forward to making a run during the conference championships, even this early into the season. “I have high hopes and expectations for us to do well in conference play and in the conference tournament,” Petrini said. “I expect us to perform very well because we’ve been practicing and playing very well lately.” With a 6-3 record, Bucca would not exactly say this team is the best team he’s ever coached, but he sees limitless potential. “It’s still very early in the season, but I love how disciplined this team is,” Bucca said. “I tell them all the time that if they continue to put in the hard work that they’ve been doing so far, then this will be a very rewarding season for us in the end.”
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March 10, 2014 WRESTLING SMITH LOSES TIGHT MATCH IN EIWA FINALS
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Coach seeks answers in home loss By Conor Nordland Staff Writer
Sophomore 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti taunts the large Cornell crowd in attendance at the EIWA Championships yesterday after finishing third. After finishing the season 13-11, Perrotti placed in the top five to ink his NCAA Championships spot. ENRICO CABREDO
Trio qualifies for NCAA Tournament By Tyler Karalewich Associate Sports Editor
PHILADELPHIA — After a successful first day of competition at the EIWA Championships, it was supposed to go better for the Rutgers wrestling team when it wrapped up competition yesterday. Three Scarlet Knights were slated for the semi-finals after Day 1, and another three were alive in the consolation bracket. The main season goal for Rutgers was to advance as many wrestlers to the podium at the NCAA Tournament as possible. The ticket to Oklahoma City was easier for some than others. After being the top seed in the whole open competition, sophomore Billy Smith made it to the finals as the favorite against Bucknell’s Joe Stolfi. Smith gained a win by fall and a major decision Saturday, followed by an uncomfortable 2-1 decision over American’s Blake Herrin earlier in the day. Smith and Stolfi exchanged takedowns and escapes to trade the match lead six times before they parted ways. A back-and-forth matchup at heavyweight ended the EIWA Championships, but left a bitter taste in Smith’s mouth. He was drenched with sweat and consoled by his family after the 9-7 decision did not go his way. “It was everything we knew the kid was going to do. The game plan was there, I just didn’t execute it,” Smith said. “I think my conditioning could’ve been a little bit better, but I pushed pace, and I think we wrestled a really good
match. He came out ahead on a couple of scrambles and he rode me. That’s how you win the big matches. He did a good job today.” Smith would finish as the runner up at heavyweight, already ensuring that he will qualify for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year. But qualifying, in the short run, is only touching the surface of what Smith wanted the Knights to accomplish. “Anytime you can get half your team to the NCAAs is awesome,” Smith said. “But, we kind of wanted to be conference champs too. It starts here and then builds there. We’ll see what happens in two weeks.” While the end result disappointed Smith, other wrestlers ended up achieving their goals. Senior Vinnie Dellefave and freshman Tyson Dippery have to wait to see if they receive atlarge bids at 133 pounds and 141 pounds, respectively. Two additional wrestlers knew their fate. Sophomore 157-pounder Anthony Perrotti knew he would not receive an at-large selection to qualify for NCAAs after an average season finishing 13-11. The eighth seed needed to place at least fifth for a chance to continue his season. After finishing 2-1 on the Day 1, Perrotti needed two victories to keep his postseason alive yesterday during the second day of competition. A win by fall in his first bout, followed by an injury default, sealed his fate, giving him at least a bid to the NCAAs. But Perrotti wanted more.
A third-place finish was on Perrotti’s mind entering his bout with Cornell’s second-seeded Brian Realbuto. Entering the third period, Perrotti led 7-6 following an escape reversal from Realbuto. After Perrotti chose down, Realbuto rode him until there were less than 10 seconds left. Perrotti scored a reversal and gained a near fall with three seconds remaining in the bout to avoid extra time and sudden victory. The win provided redemption for the Roseland, N.J., native. “I lost to that dude twice this year, so getting that last win over him was obviously important,” Perrotti said. For sophomore Ken Theobold, the EIWA Championships seemed easy on the first day. Theobold would win both his bouts at 149 pounds by fall in the first period. “I’m feeling good,” Theobold said after the first day at the EIWA Championships. “I’m just really positive about today.” The second day would not be as easy for Theobold. The Toms River, N.J., native drew the top-seeded Christopher Villalonga of Cornell. Villalonga recorded a takedown in the third after a neutral start. Theobold escaped late, but it was not early enough, as he dropped the decision, 3-1. Theobold then needed one win to have his shot at the NCAAs. Three takedowns and a nearfall would guarantee Theobold of the NCAAs, taking a 9-1 decision, while injury default would ensure that Theobold placed third in the tournament. The qualification and thirdplace finish gives Theobold con-
fidence entering the tournament. “I just had a really good performance this weekend. I am peaking at the right time,” Theobold said. “Being a sophomore, it was a little rough at first. But now, when you win, it’s all very exciting. The crowd, the atmosphere — I’m ready to go.” With three automatic bids on the way, and possibly two atlarge qualifiers, head coach Scott Goodale is satisfied. Goodale was also satisfied with Rutgers third place overall finish for the weekend. The Knights scored 91 points overall, finishing behind tournament winner Cornell (165.5) and second-place Lehigh (101). “We may be sending five guys to the tournament who won a trophy here in the hardest conference other than the Big Ten,” Goodale said. “We really battled all the way through. We wrestled really well this weekend. But I’m really proud of our guys and staff doing a good job preparing more importantly.” Qualifying is not enough for the confident Perrotti. His NCAA expectations are high. “I seeded eight in the tournament in a weight class loaded with ranked guys, so I felt I had to prove myself,” Perrotti said. “I had an up and down season losing to all these good kids. But it’s my time now. I want to get on top and carry this momentum. Most importantly, bring back an All-American to Rutgers — that’s the goal.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Tyler Karalewich on Twitter @TylerKaralewich. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
In the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s inaugural game at High Point Solutions Stadium on Saturday, No. 18 Stony Brook routed the Scarlet Knights, 14-4. The Seawolves (4-2) got off to a quick start and never looked back against the Knights (3-3), leading 6-1 by halftime. Senior attacker Katrina Martinelli’s lone goal was Rutgers’ only score until 22:44 left in the second half. Junior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli scored off the assist from sophomore attacker Kim Kolodny. The Knights found a little momentum, cutting the score to 9-4 before the Seawolves closed the last 10 minutes in strong fashion. Rutgers’ pace was not up to par with Stony Brook’s. The Seawolves dictated the tempo for most of the game. Stony Brook edged the Knights in shots — 24-17 — ground balls — 18-14 — and stood even with the Knights with 10 draw controls each. “We just were not prepared to match their speed,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “They were going 100 miles per hour at ever ything.” Stony Brook never trailed in the game. The closest the Knights got was at 24:20 in the first half, when Martinelli tied the game at one. Seawolves midfielder Dorrien Van Dyke played forcible offense, scoring a hat trick to go along with two ground balls and a draw control. She now has 19 goals, leading an offensive unit averaging 11.5 goals per game. Rutgers’ offense, meanwhile, stood stagnant for most of the contest. The Knights’ highest scorer was Kolodny, who scored two goals and added one assist. Rutgers had trouble adjusting to the Seawolves’ zone defense. Senior midfielder Amanda Trendell said the different alignment gave the Knights some offensive issues. “We prepared for the zone, but it took us longer to get in our groove mainly because of it,” Trendell said. The Knights defense, which the team relied on to keep them in games, was substandard at best. They allowed a season high 14 goals — the most since last year against Louisville. “We just sat back too much and waited to see what was going to happen,” Brand-Sias said of her defense. In a game in which Rutgers fell short in all aspects, Brand-Sias said that her team’s effort lacked throughout. Brand-Sias specifically pointed out the Knights’ failure to fight for loose balls. Trendall also mentioned that because the offense carried out several turnovers, the Knights’ intensity diminished. “I think the competitiveness was there, but sometimes it falls short when we’re just not meshing as a team,” Trendell said. Despite dropping two consecutive games, the Knights are staying positive for the year. They believe the problems plaguing the team are correctable and something that will take time to fix. “We have a lot of work to do, but we have a lot of season ahead of us,” Brand-Sias said.
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Quote of the Day “If you can’t hit 3-point shots, why would you take them? ... When I get some 3-point shooters next year, we will do that.” — Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer on why the Knights attempted no 3-pointers against UConn
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RU breaks record on senior night
Knights near upset in final home match By Josh Bakan
By Lauren Green
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The Louis Brown Athletic Center shook at seismic levels. as the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s chances of upsetting No. 15 Cincinnati hinged on the AAC’s leading scorer’s fingertips. Senior wing J.J. Moore, playing his final home and regular-season game, decently defended guard Sean Kilpatrick throughout the Scarlet Knights’ 70-66 loss. Kilpatrick heated up for 22 points before Cincinnati’s final possession Saturday, but he missed his first six field goal attempts. Even though Moore’s defense was respectable, the Knights (11-20, 5-13) desperately needed a stop when Cincinnati (26-5, 15-3) owned possession with 30 seconds left and a 68-66 lead. Head coach Eddie Jordan, preparing for Kirkpatrick to get the ball, put junior guard Jerome Seagears on him. “I didn’t want J.J. on him,” Jordan said postgame. “I think Jerome can do better from that distance where he started [around half court]. If you don’t put a real major, major stop on a kid like that, he’s just going to have an advantage.” Seagears, who played nine minutes all game, was not enough for Rutgers to potentially upset a team with a 15-game winning streak this season. Kilpatrick acted as the calm amid the RAC’s chaos, with 6,650 in attendance. The Yonkers, N.Y., native anticipated his lane, darted past Seagears and raced to a layup with 17 seconds remaining. Junior forward Kadeem Jack shifted from the right too late to help in the paint, but he was Rutgers’ lone interior presence.
As the Rutgers gymnastics team entered its final rotation Saturday, the noise level at the Livingston Gym heightened. Freshman Charly Santagado took the floor exercise and scored a career-high 9.875 to start the Scarlet Knights off on the right foot. They never looked back. Rutgers (17-3) finished atop the standings with a school-record score of 196.225 in the five-team meet that included No. 17 Central Michigan, Southern Connecticut State, Yale and Towson. Despite the program-high score, head coach Louis Levine recognizes that the Knights can still improve. “We’ve talked about how we can put up scores like this and we can be one of the best teams Rutgers has ever had,” Levine said. “Today, they went out and they showed it. This isn’t the penultimate score we can get. We can do better than this, and that’s an exciting thing to know that you break your all-time record and can still do better.” But Rutgers shattered more records than the program’s overall score. The Knights scored 49.325 on floor exercise, which topped the previous best of 49.250 from last March. Freshman Claire Jones contributed to that total with a career high of 9.900 as the secondto-last gymnast in the lineup. “I told [assistant coach] Kera [Bolen] this week, I wanted to get a 9.900. That [was] my goal,” Jones said. “On some event this week, I’m going to get a 9.900. I went
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UConn forward Breanna Stewart blocks junior wing Betnijah Laney on a fastbreak in the first half yesterday at Mohegan Sun Arena to punctuate RU’s bitter tourney exit. TIAN LI / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Huskies obliterate Rutgers in semifinal By Greg Johnson Sports Editor
UNCASVILLE, Conn. — A day before the AAC Tournament semis, Geno Auriemma gave high praise to the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s dynamic backcourt. Connecticut’s Hall of Fame head coach admitted this year’s Scarlet Knights are difficult to guard and “really good” in transition. All-AAC First-Team selection Kahleah Copper and AAC Freshman of the Year winner Tyler Scaife supported it with 40 points in Rutgers’ quarterfinals win Saturday against Southern Methodist. But when the teams met for a third time this season at Mohegan Sun Arena, none of it mattered.
Cincinnati guard Sean Kilpatrick, left, drives to a game-sealing layup. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Three minutes into yesterday’s semifinal, it was 13-0, Huskies, courtesy of two layups and three consecutive 3-pointers. Less than four minutes later, every Connecticut starter was on the board. No. 1 UConn (33-0) made 51 percent of its shots and blitzed No. 24 Rutgers (22-9) off the floor for a third time, 83-57, to remain undefeated entering tonight’s conference title game. “You get into the boxing ring, and they look to knock you out the first 10 minutes,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “I think probably the secret is to be in the eye of the storm and still maintain composure, still be calm and not abandon See SEMIFINAL on Page 13
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No. 9 Wisconsin Nebraska
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COREY CRAWFORD, junior jumper, earned Outstanding Male Field Athlete at the AAC Indoor Championshps. Crawford currently has the nation’s longest jump this men’s track indoor season at 8.22 meters.
Alexis Gunzelman helped Rutgers break its record for overall score in a meet. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
knights schedule
SWIMMING & DIVING
SWIMMING & DIVING
at Zone Diving Championships
at Zone Diving Championships
Today, Blacksburg, Va.
Today, Blacksburg, Va.
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vs. Deleware
vs. Hampton (Double header)
Wednesday, 1 p.m. East Brusnwick Racquet Club
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m., RU Softball Complex