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U. professors map crime hot spots in city SHAZIA MANSURI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers professors have recently joined forces with the New York Police Department in order to better understand crime patterns. With a $137,044 grant obtained from the U.S. Department of Justice and three years to complete the study, criminal justice professors will analyze why certain locations, such as the Rutgers-Newark, have become crime hot spots through the newly-developed mobile app, RU@Risk. Joel Caplan and Leslie Kennedy, professors at Rutgers-Newark’s School of Criminal Justice who have developed extensive research on risk assessment and crime mapping, will draw on their experience for this venture. The NYPD approached the professors directly to collaborate in developing a new methodology for studying crime, Caplan said. “Our goal to try to understand what we call behavior settings –– locations on a small scale that attract certain types of behavior,” he said. “If violent behaviors are attracted to certain locations, it allows us to anticipate where crime is going to occur in the future and where it might migrate to.” Caplan said that by understanding the underlying factors of crime, SEE CITY ON PAGE 4
The students of the 2015-2016 Rutgers Business Plan Competition won funding for their entrepreneurial ventures. COURTESY OF RAY ROSSI
Entrepreneurial RBS students awarded $20,000 AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The winners of the 2015-2016 Rutgers Business Plan Competition went to great lengths to transform their passions into viable ventures, from journeying to remote villages in Turkey for towels to traveling to South America in search of “super fruits.”
After a panel of judges reviewed 32 executive summar y submissions and hopeful Rutgers entrepreneurs pitched their businesses, three winners were announced last Friday. Abby Taylor, Rober t Goldman and Desi Saran, three Rutgers MBA graduates, won the $20,000 prize for their tasty treat,
Playa Bowls. The second-place $15,000 prize was awarded to an app called InteractWith, the brainchild of Rutgers MBA graduates Amanda Fuchs and Angelo Stracquatanio. Third-place winners Asif Hilal, Dimitry Apollonsky, Zion Kim and Melissa Diep made a splash as the first undergraduate team to receive the $10,000
cash prize in recent years. The team showcased PSTL, their top-of-the-line Turkish towel business. Rutgers is encouraging entrepreneurship, said Ray Rossi, director of the competition. “Students have to create an executive summary that describes their SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 4
Women step toward progress with gender equalizing project NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
With Hillar y Clinton, the early frontrunner in the 2016 Democratic primar y, the Clinton Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation collected data about the social and political condition of women around the world. Released on March 9, “No Ceilings: Full Participation Project” seeks to advance women’s rights in accordance with gender equality around the world in 2015, showing a million data points on women’s growth in areas such as education and health, according to TIME magazine. Clinton has focused a large part of her political career on women’s rights – she famously said in 1995 that “women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights.” According to “No Ceilings: Full Participation Project’s” website, progress in the acquisition of more women’s rights is possible and the data gives people the change to clearly see and understand the “unfinished business that remains.”
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s “No Ceilings: Full Participation Project” seeks to advance women’s access to education and health around the world. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR “We’re not there yet, ” Clinton said in New York City on Monday. According to the project, there has been a great deal of success when it comes to maternal mortal-
ity and contraceptive use. The project repor ted that the rate of women who die during childbir th has decreased by more than 40 percent in 76 coun-
tries, and the rate of adolescent labor has declined by a third since 1995. In 2012, literacy rates for females reached 80 percent and the global
gender gap for primary education has closed everywhere except Sub-Saharan Africa, according to the project.
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U. to teach special education students transportation basics
Rutgers is partnering up with the New Jersey Travel Independence Program to teach special education students how to use public transportation. REUTERS
DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
While many University students can become frustrated by the campus-wide bus system, special education students are using them to learn about mass transit both inside and outside the Garden State. The New Jersey Travel Independence Program (NJTIP) at Rutgers is par tnering with Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) to train special education students to feel more comfor table using public transpor tation to get from place to place. Students are travel-trained through sessions in class and out of class, said Louis Hof fman, program manager and travel instructor at the New Jersey Travel Independence Program at the University. “Two of the methods that we use are classroom and experiential sessions with students,” he said. “We do real-time training in many dif ferent aspects of (transpor tation).” It is impor tant for students to learn how to use mass transit at their own pace before being expected to understand it as adults, Hof fman said.
“As students who (might not) be used to traveling with the general public, it’s impor tant for them to learn while they are on campus, before they are thrown out into a new environment,” he said. Travel training allows students to learn the safest, most direct way of getting to a workplace or leisure activity site, said Tracey Maccia, director of Special Ser vices at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools. Working in collaboration with Hof fman allows the special education students to learn in real time with NJ Transit buses and trains, as well as Rutgers buses, Maccia said. “He’s customized two programs for us,” she said. “We’re using some of the Rutgers buses to get around … New Brunswick, which is the hub of all the transpor tation. Once you’re in New Brunswick, you can get anywhere in New Jersey.” Along with educating students about how to actually use mass transit, Hof fman is also teaching them practical habits with time management, such as getting to the bus stop or train station 15 minutes early, Maccia said.
The program also teaches students social practices such as bus etiquette, not talking loudly on the phone or playing loud music, she said. “I think we’re really opening up the kids’ worlds a little bit,” she said. “It’s not just within their world … we’re reaching
“(We’re) giving ... a sense of independence and self-determination for our students with disabilities.” TRACEY MACCIA Director of Special Services at Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools
out to their communities, to the state of New Jersey and also how to travel internationally.” Travel training targets students entering a transitional period to adolescence, which normally occurs at age 14, she said. Having a greater knowledge of mass transit might encourage the students to engage in “healthier” activities, limiting the likelihood of them using drugs and alcohol, Maccia said.
NJTIP and MCVTS hope this experience will empower special education students to go about their day, and use public transpor tation with a sound familiarity of the basics to ride the bus or train without fear, she said. Among other features, the Americans With Disabilities Act allows these students request special seating arrangements and stop announcements once they board a bus or train, Hof fman said. “Some students aren’t going to be able to af ford a car, car insurance — some kids can’t even pass the driver’s test,” Maccia said. “This is really opening up avenues for them to expand their accessibility (and) mobility within the community.” NJTIP trained more than 1,000 individuals to safely and ef fectively use public buses, trains and other forms of transpor tation, said Andrea Lubin, senior research specialist at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Past research showed that knowledge of mass transit can help individuals assimilate into a community, Lubin said. “Our research here has really demonstrated time and time
again that transpor tation really (is) a lynchpin in terms of connecting folks to many opportunities,” she said. “Transportation really plays a par t … in being a par t of the community.” Travel training is beneficial because it can be applicable to many situations beyond the use of public transportation, such as interviewing for jobs, Hoffman said. Hoffman said he hopes his trainees will take away a newfound feeling of confidence in their ability to approach public transportation. “It’ll help them feel more connected so they can reach out to the appropriate facilities,” he said. Training special education students to feel more at ease with public transportation might allow them to gain a feeling of personal freedom, Maccia said. “(We’re) giving ... a sense of independence and self-determination for our students with disabilities,” she said. Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow him on Twitter @_dancorey for more stories.
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Two Rutgers-Newark professors developed mobile application RU@Risk to locate criminal hot spots in Newark, as well as other metropolitan areas. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2014
CITY Tall shrubbery, poor lighting can contribute to locations becoming crime hotspots, Caplan says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
professors can use experimental design to reduce risk long term by making hot spot locations no longer attractive to illegal activity. Aside from experimental design, Caplan cited risk modeling as an imperative tool in identifying factors that can gauge the landscape and predict where crime is likely to happen, even if it has not happened there before. “As a potential victim, we would want to avoid the cliché alleyway,” he said. “Risk modeling allows us to look at locations that are less cliché but attract the same time of criminal behavior.” As reported by The Daily News, Caplan says that landscape factors such as tall shrubbery or poor lightning can contribute to certain street corners becoming crime hot spots, especially in bustling cities such as New York.
His research on Rutgers is narrowed to the Newark campus and although that is related, he says each campus has a unique culture and therefore unique crime patterns, dependent on the way in which the campus is utilized. “For example, because of the increased population of commut-
“It’s a lot like wine. The older it gets, the better it gets.” ZION KIM Rutgers Business School Graduate
er students, crime on the Newark campus tends to cluster in the parking lots,” he said. Caplan also said that researchers are looking at three
key components during the course of the study. “We’re looking at where crime is actually happening based on data records and where crime is most likely to occur based on established crime patterns,” Caplan said. He said another important component is public perception, which they explored using a mobile app. With the application, students gauged places they felt most safe or most fearful of crime on campus. Caplan explained that although Rutgers, in terms of crime history and statistics, would be regarded as safe, students might have a different perspective. “Within the context of the community where Rutgers is located, the campus is actually quite safe due to the overlap of campus police and town law enforcement,” he said. “But sometimes the public’s perception can be different from the raw numbers.” When asked about whether she considers Rutgers to be safe, Amanda Peraino, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, found that the community plays a larger role in crime than the campus itself. “I think Rutgers as a university is fairly safe but just located in a bad area,” she said. Caplan explained that although the surrounding community is an important part in dealing with crime, the underlying conflict is with the locations themselves, not the people located there. Adesuwa Onaghinor, a Mason Gross School of the Arts first-year student, said she believes College Avenue and Easton Avenue are popular locations for crime, especially based on the campus-wide crime alerts she receives. “I think College Ave is the most unsafe, especially because certain areas that are off-campus have less security and patrol,” she said. Both Peraion and Onaghinor find that carrying pepper spray is a precaution that is necessary on campus because crime can occur even in commonly shared locations such as libraries and laundromats. Caplan hopes this new way of approaching crime data will create a change in police activities and reduce crime on both the University campus and streets of New York. “It’s important that we have a more holistic approach to crime, rather than just putting more cops on the street,” he said.
business in two pages and then present a comprehensive business plan,” he said. “New businesses are the engine of the economy.” First-Place Winners: A Berr y Viable Business Plan Rober t Giuliani and Abby Taylor visited South America last year for a sur f trip, but returned to New Jersey with the idea for a healthy boardwalk snack called Playa Bowl. Playa Bowl is a healthy food stand that of fers exotic fruits, such as acai, lulu and pitaya in the form of bowls and smoothies, Giuliani said. The team delivers tropical fruits to the Jersey shore from all over the world, from the jungles of Nicaragua to the rainforests of Brazil. “When Abby and I went on these trips, we saw acai and lulu berries all over the place,” Giuliani said. “There were shops selling smoothies that had these fruit toppings on them, so we had an idea to bring this to the Jersey shore.” Desi Saran, a Rutgers MBA graduate and past competition winner, joined Giuliani and Taylor in the summer of 2014 to help with the business strategy, financial operations, marketing and expansion. Playa Bowl is in the process of raising an additional $20,000 to fund and open two additional stands for summer 2015, in addition to their current stands in Belmar and Long Beach Island, Giuliani said. Playa Bowl faces challenges including sourcing fruit from a number of dif ferent vendors and dealing with a seasonal business, Rossi said. “Playa Bowls has a really good product,” Rossi said. “(Playa Bowls) wanted to expand, and we felt as though their product had a high probability of becoming successful.” Second-Place Winners: “Easy A,” Not So Easy Anymore There were 781 nationally repor ted cases of inappropriate student-teacher relationships last year as a result of unsuper vised texting, said Amanda Fuchs, co-founder of InteractWith. New Jersey is ranked seventh in the U.S. for these cases. InteractWith, which launched in December of this year, provides schools with an app that allows teachers to safely message students through mobile without sharing personal phone numbers, she said. The app gives administrators access to message archives and allows them to repor t any inappropriate incidents, which Fuchs said separates the app from others. The app currently has a pool of more than 1,000 users and is growing rapidly. “Rutgers has a lot of connections with New Jersey educators,” Fuchs said. “By winning the competition, we are getting a lot of awareness to the Rutgers community about this issue.” Fuchs came up with the idea for InteractWith when speaking with her friend who taught at a school that spent a large sum
of money on providing teachers with smar tphones. Smar tphones owned by the school are costly, but were the only way to ensure transparency, Fuchs said. InteractWith provides a simpler and cheaper solution to this problem, she said. Fuchs and her par tner plan to use the $15,000 prize to market their app and get the app in the hands of as many educators and students as possible. “We want to make global communications safer,” she said. Fuchs described the competition as ner ve-racking and comparable to the TV show Shark Tank but learned business lessons in the process. “(You need to) think about the problem you’re solving,” she said. “Before you go into a business, you need to think ‘Is this a problem?’ and ‘Is there a need for it?” Third-Place Winners: Income from Istanbul After spending Thanksgiving in a remote village in Turkey, the undergraduate entrepreneurs of a towel company called PSTL won $10,000 in seed money to grow their business. Asif Hilal, Dimitr y Apollonsky, Zion Kim and Melissa Diep began their towel business last year, and are recognized as the first team composed of mainly undergraduates to win the competition in recent years. The group researched Turkish towels and found out they have a lot of cultural, traditional and historical significance behind them, said Kim, a Rutgers Business School graduate. Turkish towels are thinner and more lightweight than your usual towel, Kim said. Turkish cotton strands are shor ter and the more the towels are washed, the better the material becomes. “It’s a lot like wine,” he said. “The older it gets, the better it gets.” The team ran a Kickstar ter campaign in August to raise money for their product and amassed a total of $22,000. Four months later, the team traveled to Turkey to meet with the manufacturers of their towels. Journeying to Turkey gave the team a chance to inter view the towel ar tisans who make the product that they sell in America, Kim said. Some of the ar tisans have been making Turkish towels for more than 40 years and began at age seven, he said. “We went to Turkey and took some pictures for social media, so it was a good marketing platform too,” said Diep, a Rutgers Business School junior. The team has overcome many obstacles over the past year, from searching for an English translator in Turkey, storing towels in Apollonsky’s garage and juggling schoolwork with business responsibilities. “Sometimes we’ll be in class and have to pick up phone calls,” Kim said. “There’s just no way around it. If a customer or par tner calls you, you just have to run out of class.”
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PROJECT America ranks 98th in world for percentage of women in its national legislature America ranks 98th in the world for percentage of women in its But in leadership roles, national legislature, just behind the data shows women are Kenya and Indonesia, and barely ahead of the United Arab Emirstill underrepresented. Global legislatures remain ates, according to The Nation. Arend Lijphart, a former only 22 percent female, while the number of countries led by president of the American Politwomen has risen by merely four ical Science Association, found many strong correlations beladies from 1995 to 2015. “Still, there are glimmers of tween an increase in women hope,” according to TIME mag- legislators and fast progressing azine. “In Rwanda, Bolivia, and social policy in his report, PatAndorra, around 50 percent of ters of Democracy. Lijphart saw that when it the lower parliamentar y seats comes to areas of civil rights are held by women.” As an additional part of the and liberties, education, health project, Clinton also used a sym- and labor, women legislators bolic act of dissolving women on introduce more bills than men. A c public signs cording and magato TIME zine covers m a g a beginning on “We cannot mistake progress z i n e ’ s the morning for success.” analysis of March 8, of Clinalso InternaCHELSEA CLINTON t o n ’ s tional WomDaughter of Bill and Hillary Clinton project, en’s Day. women Accordhave taking to TIME en two magazine, steps forthe act was meant to reflect that the analysis ward, one step back. “We cannot mistake progfrom the project of women and girls’ progress says females are ress for success,” Chelsea not yet 100 percent successful in Clinton, daughter of Bill and Hillar y Clinton, said at the “No attaining gender equality. According to the Eagleton Ceilings” event. Institute for Politics Center for Natahsa Tripathi is a School of American Women and Politics Firsts for Women in U.S. Politics’ Arts and Sciences junior majoring online fact sheet, Mia Love (UT- in journalism and media studies 4) became the first black Repub- and painting and minoring in lican woman in Congress in 2015. political science. She is an AssoEven still, compared to oth- ciate News Editor at The Daily er nations, the United States is Targum. Follow her on Twitter @natashatripathi for more stories. losing ground. CONTINUED FROM FRONT
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Q : What music festival would you want to attend most? A. Coachella B. Bonnaroo C. Firefly D. Tomorrowland
Alexandra Monfort, SSW ‘16 “Bonnaroo - I enjoy different types of music and this festival seems to offer that diversity.”
Manny Rubiano, SAS ‘15 “Coachella - the line up this year is pretty cool. Looking forward to seeing panda bear and Mac Demaro.”
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Allen Amorim, SAS ‘18 “Tomorrowland - I live next to NYC and a lot of my friends party in brooklyn and it’s the same type of vibe / music.”
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Cool Runnin’s brings island state of mind to Easton Avenue NISHIKA SEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Cool Runnin’s Caribbean restaurant is located on Easton Avenue in New Brunswick. A bright yellow awning greets you as you step into a room with just a counter, two chairs and posters on the wall. Most people in line had already ordered ahead and were just waiting at the restaurant to pick up their orders. There is a large selection of dishes that are only available on certain days of the week, so I looked through the meals available on the day I chose to dine somewhere new: Sunday. There are four types of dishes available on both Saturday and Sunday: Finger Foods, Side Orders, Rotis and Entrées. I chose the Chicken Patty and Chicken Roti as my appetizers and the Spicy Jerk Chicken for my entrée. The woman behind the counter was extremely friendly and swiftly took my order once the line inside began to clear out. My entire order took about 10 minutes to prepare and was still hot by the time I
reached my residence hall and began eating. As there is no formal seating at this restaurant, pick-up is recommended. I started with the Chicken Patty, which was a dense puff pastry stuffed with spicy rubbed chicken. This appetizer was very well seasoned, making each bite a perfect combination of the smooth pastry outer layer and the rich meaty stuffing. Next I tried the Chicken Roti, which resembled a thick burrito. Instead of rice and beans, it was stuffed with bone-in chicken and drizzled with a thin chicken gravy. Although it was a little difficult to navigate through the bones in the chicken due to the outer wrap layer, the bones contributed to a more flavorful stuffing inside. This is a messy dish but definitely worth it! The Spicy Jerk Chicken that I ordered as my entrée was my favorite. The dish was served in a foil container containing three hunks of tender, marinated chicken that were smothered in a very spicy jerk sauce. The chicken was placed on a bed of rice and a side of onions.
Complemented by heaping sides of rice and onions, and doused in a flavorful sauce, the Spicy Jerk Chicken heartily satisfies taste buds and cravings alike. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR Once again and, not surprisingly, the bone-in chicken was extremely flavorful and the thick, sweet and spicy sauce complemented the rice and onions. This dish was filling but not overwhelmingly so each bite was as good as the one before.
Cool Runnin’s Caribbean should definitely be on your list of restaurants to visit in New Brunswick. They have a wide variety of appetizers and entrées, with both meat and vegetarian options for all of their dishes.
Although there is not much of a dining-in option, this is a great stop for picking up authentic, flavorful and affordable Caribbean cuisine. Next time, skip deliver y, venture outdoors and tr y one of New Brunswick’s obscure hidden gems.
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American flag speaks to versatility Students at UC Irvine call flag symbol of imperialism, colonialism
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niversity student governments exist at the that’s just how it works. But that being said, doesn’t crux of bureaucracy. On the one hand, they flying the flag represent the ideals of the majority are charged with representing student ideals at the possible expense of a few? The American flag and values. Alternatively, they are a part of a larg- and national flags in general hold different meaning er institution, one whose morals they are forced to for every individual. But the nation’s flag is majorly uphold. Members of the Associated Students at the representative of freedom. The history of the flag University of California, Irvine have been confront- details an enticing narrative of the nation’s founding ed with this reality. A small branch within the stu- values and subsequent versatility. Within the coundent government, known as the Legislative Council, try’s found freedom, there was an initial quest to passed a resolution with a 6-4 majority that banned achieve such a status and presently, there is a quest the American flag from display in the lobby areas to preserve it through preservation. However, the of student government offices. The resolution also nation’s citizens and government have committed banned the flags of all other nations from being dis- missteps. Some of these transgressions are forgivplayed in the area. Four days later the resolution was able and a few of them are not. America is not pervetoed by the Executive Cabinet of the student gov- fect and the American flag epitomizes imperfection in its truest sense. ernment and the point was At its inception, the flag rendered moot. had 13 stripes and 13 stars In passing the resolution, “America is not perfect and the to represent the number of the students of the legislacolonies. As the nation has tive council reasoned the American flag epitomizes American’s flag is a symbol imperfection in its truest sense” expanded and adapted, the number of stars has grown of “colonialism and impeto 50. The number of stripes rialism,” and they’re right. has remained the same, as a America has long been a colonial power, but not in the traditional connotation. means of paying homage to the nation’s founding Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands and the principles. The evolution of the flag shows AmeriMarshall Islands are some of the nation’s current col- ca’s adaptability and strength. It shows that as a naonies, even though they are not subject to exploita- tion, we have the power to evolve while keeping our tion and referred to as territories. Similarly, Amer- ideals intact. As we saw a few weeks ago with the Rutgers Uniica’s status as an imperial nation is questionable. Imperialism implies running an empire, being a na- versity Student Assembly’s failed attempt to pass a tion that strictly controls the actions of others nations bill that would pay forthcoming executive boards, and punishes them for noncompliance. Contrasting- not all student government actions represent the ly, the nation is inadvertently culturally imperial. ideals of the student body at large. The same can American style, music and mannerisms are among be said for the American flag. Not all citizens of the some of the cultural trends that other nations have nation agree with what it stands for. But just as a stuadopted and begun to adhere to. Therefore, depend- dent government represents the student body and ing on which way you cut it, America can be viewed the administration, the American flag represents its as a colonial and imperial nation as the students at citizens and the nation as an institution. We do not always have to agree with our symbols and the icons UC Irvine concluded. America lives by a social contract. In most instanc- that represent us as a majority. Such controversies es, the rights and liberties of the few can be subject make for good debate and serve as an appropriate to change in order to fit the values of the many. And cause to reinforce or reevaluate ideals. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Enthusiastic consent is not just semantics, yes means yes CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF CONTROVERSY
KENYA O’NEILL
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n Feb. 28, the Office of Leadership and Training put on the third ever Mark Conference. More than 400 people were in attendance, complete with over fifteen speakers. One of these speakers was Jaclyn Friedman. Jaclyn Friedman is a feminist who is best known as the co-writer of “Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape.” Her activism includes speaking at college campuses about rape culture and how to promote healthy sexual culture focused around enthusiastic consent (hence, yes means yes). Although I may not agree with all of her work (I’m looking at you, Unsolicited Advice for Blue Ivy Carter), I fully appreciate her contributions to dismantling of rape culture. At the Mark Conference, Jaclyn Friedman was interviewed by Ruth Anne Koenick, the director of the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA). VPVA is known all around the country for having one of the strongest prevention models, even the White House recognized the organization for its work. Given VPVA’s reputation, it was quite shocking when the interview between Jacklyn Friedman and Ruth Anne Koenick got a little awkward, to say the least. Ruth Anne Koenick made the bold statement that
the difference between “no means no” and “yes means yes” is “just semantics.” Yes, those were her exact words. For a long time, “no means no” was the phrase that was used to promote consent. If someone says no to someone else’s sexual advances, that statement should be respected — to continue said sexual advances would be a clear violation of that person’s body. Now, the more popular phrase is “yes means yes.” Many times, a person may not say no to sexual advances, but this does not mean that they consent either. Sometimes, people do not have
cannot fight back because of a disability, this is a lack of consent, and it should be classified as sexual assault. Given the stark difference between the implications of these two phrases, for the director of VPVA to argue that there is no real difference was shocking. Sadly, the problematic statements did not stop there. Ruth Anne Koenick continued to say that VPVA focuses primarily on bystander intervention. Bystander intervention is when someone witnessing the act of violence steps up and intervenes. Of course, this is an extremely important prevention mod-
“The current idea that many people have of sexual assault is that it is extremely violent, and the person being assaulted is screaming and physically resisting. This is, many times, not the case.” the ability to say “no” for a variety of reasons, or they do not feel comfortable saying no because resisting sexual advances can lead to more violence. “No means no” allows rapists to claim that they did not actually rape because they were never told to stop. The current idea that many people have of sexual assault is that it is extremely violent, and the person being assaulted is screaming and physically resisting. This is, many times, not the case. “Yes means yes” fills in those gaps — if someone is too drunk to say no, if someone is too scared to fight back or if someone simply
el. The fact that a person can commit such atrocious acts of violence against another person without intervention by bystanders is disgusting. But to say that this is their primary focus of the organization not only ignores all of the people who were assaulted without a bystander present, but places the responsibility on bystanders rather than on the person actually committing the violence. If we were to have a primary focus (and I am not saying we should because all focuses are equally important), shouldn’t we be teaching “yes means yes,” which means people have
On hailing Western culture as superior status has been black tailored suits and expensive wine? Even more importantly, how do you decide who you want to be when you have grown up in a world where LIN LAN the ideal ethnicity is something you will never have? If you think I’m exaggerating, you are n America, they say, ‘Eighth floor, right. It’s not that people bow down to please,’ and ever yone gets on the elthe West (I have also heard all the usuevator one by one,” the professor exal negative stereotypes here) but that no plained. “In Hong Kong, ever ybody tries matter how much Western governments to push the button themselves and all get are hated throughout the world for their in each other’s way.” bloody histories, they have also left an I couldn’t help but snicker at my proindelible mark of power and superiority. fessor’s attempt to illustrate the benefits Even when my professors were making of collective action — it was the casual points, they were at once first time I’ve heard such glowapologetically critical of their own ing reviews of American culture. culture while distancing them“For China, Hong Kong or any other group Usually, it was the opposite. His selves from it. China is like your struggling to make sense of a marred past, cultural caricature was certainly nerdy friend whom you tr y to not an interesting start to my law be seen with in public. And Regiwe first have to admit that the damage was and economics class at The Unina George, the popular kid who done and that it was wrong.” versity Hong Kong. puts ever yone down and whom The stereotypes of Americans ever yone hates but secretly also I have heard abroad are typicalwants to be — that is the West. ly harmless and in good humor. There eral continents and reached immediately The envy has to stop and the honeswas, however, an instance that I found for America? Why was it that a Chinese ty has to begin. For China, Hong Kong troubling. It happened in my marketing businessman’s rudeness made him that or any other group struggling to make class when we were learning about cus- much more Chinese? sense of a marred past, we first have to tomer ser vice. To me, it is because China and Hong admit that the damage was done and that My professor told his stor y about a Kong have an identity crisis. Centuries of it was wrong. That is not easy when most horrible hotel experience when he woke colonization and wars have cultivated a people have forgotten or never learned up in the middle of the night smelling reverence for the West and, as industrial- the histor y of Asian countries, but that smoke. There was a no-smoking policy, ization is now bringing some Asian coun- makes it even more important to tr y. It but apparently a ver y wealthy Chinese tries (and one in particular) the same is the only way to separate who we are businessman in a nearby room did not wealth that had always been offered to from what other people have told us to care. My professor luckily got an apol- other cultures, they now have the re- be. As for the rest of it — wearing a suit, ogy and a nice gift package for his next sources to design a lifestyle. There is a eating with the right fork, pushing elevastay from the hotel manager, who said common stereotype that the “new mon- tor buttons for people — those are just that this businessman frequently stayed ey” of the rising Chinese middle class is arbitrar y habits that never really matat the hotel and he was always loud making it hungr y for those luxuries that tered anyways. and rude. were always the privilege of others. Yet the man was always welcomed back The only question is, where do you start Lin Lan is a School of Arts and Sciencbecause he had money. I thought we were when everything you have ever associat- es sophomore majoring in Economics. Her learning about marketing, but there was ed with wealth has been Nike and Coach, column “Laissez Fair: The Invisible Backanother moral to the stor y. when everything you’ve associated with hand,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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“Even though I am from mainland, I know that there are people like this who do not yet know how to behave themselves properly,” my professor said. “Some places won’t do this, they won’t care if you have money.” After two months in Hong Kong, I have heard more discussion on civilized behavior than I have in my entire life — and that is saying a lot for someone who only recently graduated from the chaotic stampedes of high school and the subsequent barking of hall monitors. Why was it that, when fishing for a paragon of politeness, my professor skipped over sev-
agency over their own bodies and sexual assault is as deplorable as murder? I brought this interview up with my co-workers, and we agreed that this disagreement stems from a difference in methodology. One professional believes that the focus should be on bystander intervention, while the other focuses on enthusiastic consent. That being said, Jaclyn Friedman seemed to understand the importance of bystander intervention, while Ruth Anne Koenick declared that there is no difference in “no means no” and “yes means yes.” Mind you, she said this in front of an audience of more than 400 people. Of those 400 people, many of us have experienced sexual assault ourselves. Many of us, like other survivors, found refuge in “yes means yes,” because it has allowed so many of us to finally admit to being sexually assaulted. So, for someone to claim that it is just semantics is, quite honestly, a slap to the face, not only to Jaclyn Friedman but also to survivors who never said “no.” The fact that someone was the director of VPVA, our main office dealing with sexual violence, is disheartening, and I would strongly encourage her to reevaluate her beliefs and word choices. Kenya O’Neill is a School of Arts and Sciences senior double majoring in planning and public policy and Latin and Hispanic Caribbean studies with a minor in Spanish. Her column “Cloudy with a Chance of Controversy,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Hillary, her e-mails, Benghazi, 2016 election Hillary Clinton’s role in the Benghazi attack has been fuel for Republican vitriol for more than two years. During the congressional hearing, Republicans and their right friends were trying to keep the in the public’s mind the Benghazi attack and the role Hillary Clinton played, stemming from their fear that Clinton will be the Democratic nominee and will go onto defeat a Republican challenger. After two years, the right-wingers have come up with nothing that suggests that Clinton was at fault. However, that doesn’t matter — just keep the word Benghazi in the news cycle and by association Clinton will be tarred. Now they are going after her emails. Clinton had a private email server during the time she was Secretary of State. This is not the problem, the real issue is whether she will give the entire server to the United States Department of State for preservation of records and history. I strongly believe that Clinton needs to give the server with ALL of the emails on it during her time she served as Secretary of State. Sending selected emails, even thousands of pages is not good enough. Remember the Watergate scandal — the country demanded all of the tapes, not selected transcripts. I implore Clinton and her followers to remember the constitutional crisis of holding back the tapes and the erased 16 minutes, which directly led to Nixon’s resignation. Clinton will never be able to satisfy the right-wingers, but holding back selected emails gives many moderates reason to question her. Clinton needs to get past this email crisis and change the conversation to things of real meaning: wealth inequity, healthcare, social security and affordable education. Steven E. Keller, Ph.D. is the Research Director of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the New Jersey Medical School.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (03/11/15). Rely on your team this year. Work together for mutual benefit. Wear your power suit after the Vernal Equinox in your sign (3/20). Choose your direction carefully over spring, as summer gets busy. Follow the route set earlier. Harvest the fruits of your shared labors after autumn eclipses (10/13 & 10/27). Savor sweet moments together. 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 — Sudden changes disrupt the situation. Confront your own confusion. Breathe deeply, and keep moving. Make an escape, if necessary. Adapt to shifting sands. Balance frantic energy or chaos with peaceful solitude. Savor your quiet time. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Handle finances and administrative responsibilities today and tomorrow. Unexpected changes require immediate attention. Friends have resources and good ideas. Calm a nervous perfectionist. Avoid arguments (especially over money). Talk about solutions. Do the paperwork. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — A surprising opportunity arises with a partnership. Work out negotiations later. Focus on short-term objectives. Take care with sharp edges. Conditions seem unstable, and breakage is possible. Let others solve their own problems. Don’t make expensive promises. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — A business trip may require your attention. Can you meet virtually? A change of scenery can be nice. Be gracious to a jerk and ignore asinine comments. Get into your work. Don’t talk about money yet. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Balance fun with responsibility today. You can have it all. There’s money coming in, but maybe less than expected. Don’t spend on romance just yet. Enjoy the game, without expensive risks. Wait to see what develops. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Navigate unexpected changes at home. Family matters need attention. Be tactful with your partner. Postpone a big decision. Focus on immediate priorities, and ignore snarky remarks. You can get what you need. It all comes down to love.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Stick to practical basics, especially when dealing with unexpected news. Phone home. Keep in communication. Manage any immediate breakdowns. Research solutions and take notes. Connect with your network for ideas and support. Relax somewhere peaceful later. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Unexpected circumstances throw a monkey wrench in the works. Think quickly, and stifle automatic reaction. An accident would really slow you down. Don’t show unfinished work yet. Check for errors. Advance more rapidly by going slow. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re strong and getting stronger today and tomorrow. A breakdown at home requires your attention. Don’t take anything for granted. Clean up messes, especially in communication. Focus on practical priorities and leave the rest for later. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Peaceful solitude suits your mood. Focus on health and well-being. Exercise and eat well. Review plans and measures. Avoid misunderstandings that could snowball. Postpone travel or meetings. Quiet productivity satisfies. Be compassionate, especially with yourself. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Your team gets inspirational over the next two days. Don’t assume you have plenty. Act to avoid an unpleasant financial surprise. Plan it out. Mend the holes in your pockets. Slow and easy does it. Work together. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — The customer is always right, even if they’re a jerk. Postpone a financial discussion that could get heated. Avoid impetuosity. Travel another day. Let your partner do the talking. Consider what’s best for your career.
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Rutgers begins Big Ten Tournament play looking to end 14-game losing streak
Knights finish 13th at Colleton River with course designed by golfer Jack Nicklaus
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That gives Rutgers’ opponent a chip on its shoulder — even goAfter limiting opponents to ing up against the Big Ten’s botfewer than 70 points in four of tom feeder. their first seven Big Ten games, “I don’t think there’s a sense the Knights allowed more than 70 of entitlement like, ‘Who are we in eight of their final 11 confer- to be playing the 14-seed?’” Minence contests. nesota head coach Richard Pitino Michigan broke down Rutgers’ said Monday in his weekly teleman-to-man schemes in Saturday’s conference. “To lose in the fashregular season finale with fluid ball ion that we did on Senior Day ... movement and dribble penetration. we can’t let all these close losses That led to 50.9 percent shooting kind of take away from getting from the field and 14 three-pointers, them to play with that competiincluding eight from 6-foot-6 wing tive spirit like we need to continAubrey Dawkins, who finished with ue to do. Hopefully, we can learn a game-high 31 points. from (Sunday) night ... and just Jordan admitted postgame to continue to grow and get them reporters that the Knights simply ready for Wednesday.” weren’t grasping the structure of Rutgers is likely to find itself the team’s help in another defense — a red high-scoring “We have new life. We just affair flag this late in with the season. the Big Ten’s hope that everybody plays “We didn’t third-worst well because we don’t contain the basscoring defense score ... but we ketball. They (69.4 points just started drivper game), work our butts off.” making a strong ing it, kicking defensive it, swinging it, EDDIE JORDAN showing all the swinging it, drivHead Coach more critical. ing it again,” But in the Jordan said. “We didn’t get a hold of that sort of pat- end, dominant efforts from Mack tern that they were in. It starts on and senior forward Kadeem Jack the ball. We had some miscues in might be the Knights’ only realistic chance of snapping their two-month our switching defenses.” Similar issues were prev- winless steak. “If we can get Mack and Jack alent in Rutgers’ first outing against Minnesota back on Jan. 17 to really be good scoring for us and we find a third scorer, whethin Minneapolis. The Knights surrendered 89 er it’s Bishop Daniels or Junior points and 10 three-pointers, with Etou, or even Greg Lewis has the Gophers’ leading scorer in had some career nights scoring guard Andre Hollins (14.3 points the last two out of three games per game) dropping a season-high ... we’ll have new life,” Jordan said Monday. “We’ll get the juice 31 points. That game marked Minneso- going. We need some juice at the ta’s first conference win. But af- offensive end.” ter proceeding to win four of six, For live coverage of the Rutgers the Gophers lost five of seven, most recently Sunday at home on men’s basketball team’s appearance a buzzer-beating three-pointer by in the Big Ten Tournament, follow @gregp_j, @SeanStewartRU and @ Penn State.
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CONTINUED FROM BACK to 161. Rose (78) and Panagos (82) concluded the round with individual scores of 164 and tied for 82nd in the standings. Tennessee (575) was in first place after Monday’s competition followed by Miami of Ohio (583). Michigan State rounded out the top three with a 585. Rutgers played in nearly perfect conditions during round three yesterday on the Dye Course. The weather touched 80 degrees with winds flowing west-northwest at two miles per hour. The Knights had their best score of the tournament in the final round. The team shot a 305 and finished the championship in 11th place with a total score of 924. “We played on a dif ferent golf course in the third round,” said Shutte. “We got of f to a good star t again today. We were low round of the day probably 60 percent of the time. We just ran into a patch of holes which is kind of indicative of where we are at the beginning of the year where we don’t keep the momentum going. … We played a lot of good golf
but, we weren’t able to kind of right the ship.” Stockl and Toks outperformed their teammates in the third round. Stockl shot a plus-two on the front and a plus-one on the back nine to finish three over at 75 on the day. Toks also had a 75 in the round with a plus-two on the front and just one over on the backside. Rose shot four over par on the
“We just ran into a patch of holes which is kind of indicative of where we are at the beginning of the year.” ROB SHUTTE Head Coach
front but did not do so well on the back nine. He had a plus-10 in the final nine holes and finished the round with a plus-14, 86. Holuta hit a plus-five, 77 with a plus-three on the front and a plustwo on the back nine. Howe shot four over par on the front and a plus-two on the final nine to finish at six over par on the day. Panagos had a plus-10 on
the first nine holes and a plus-four on the back nine to conclude the round at 14 over par. Wheatly was two under on the front, but notched a plus-eight on the back nine. He shot six over par on the round. Tennessee won the Colleton River Collegiate with a total score of 872. The Volunteers shot a 297 as a team in the third round to clinch the victor y. Miami of Ohio finished in second, raising its team score to 880 after shooting a 297 in the third round. Michigan State compiled a team score of 883 to finish third in the final standings, shooting a 298 in the third round. Charleston, Boston College, UConn, DePaul, Xavier, Detroit, Oakland, Rutgers, South Dakota State, Drake and Creighton rounded out the standings in that order. Rutgers played well at times, but was unable to earn a top-10 finish at the Colleton River Collegiate. The play of Toks and Howe, were tremendous positives for the Knights during the competition. Stockl had to play through an ankle injur y suffered during the tournament and his toughness made an impression on Shutte, “He was limping pretty badly the whole time,” Shutte said. “He toughed it out and I was impressed with him toughing it out.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s golf team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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March 11, 2015 WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEMPLE-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 6 P.M.
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RU looks to edge familiar rival BRIAN FONSECA STAFF WRITER
The year 2015 marks Rutgers’ first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. Adjusting to the different competition is a challenge faced by almost every athletic program at the school. Luckily for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, it encounters many familiar faces in its non-conference schedule to ease the transition. The Scarlet Knights (1-5) will host Temple (6-1) Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at High Point Solutions Stadium. The Owls are the third opponent the Knights will face from their former conference, the Big East. The first two contests against Big East teams could not have been more different. Rutgers opened its season by hosting Villanova and earning its only win of the season thus far by defeating the Wildcats, 10-7. The second match was the Knights’ most recent battle, an 18-7 blowout loss against UConn on the road. According to the players, recognizing the styles of these teams after years of competing against them relieves Rutgers of the anxiety and anticipation that comes with an unknown foe. “We faced (Temple) a lot in the past because we were both Big East teams, so they’re nothing new to us,” said senior attacker Melissa Arthur. The Knights hope being in separate conferences will assist
them in changing the history of this rivalry. Even after last year’s tight 11-10 victory last season in Piscataway, Rutgers continues to play the role of the second fiddle in the matchup. The Knights are 7-18 all-time against the Owls. Temple arrives on the banks riding the momentum of a threegame win-streak. The Owls boast a perfect 4-0 record away from their home in Philadelphia. The near perfect start for Temple is indicative of the play of junior
“We’re putting together a good 30 minutes ... we need to figure out why we can’t put together a full 60 minutes (in every game).” LAURA BRAND-SIAS Head Coach
midfielder Nicole Tiernan. The Washington Township, New Jersey, native possesses the vital ability to produce on both sides of the ball. Tiernan is ranked No. 40 nationally in caused turnovers per game, forcing 1.86 changes of possession per 60 minutes while contributing 17 goals on the season, good for No. 18 in the country. Rutgers’ season has been trending in the opposite direction. The Knights are on a five-game losing streak where they have been outscored, 71-43, and consistently
disappear from matches for long stretches of time. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias believes the key to ending the negative run is the complete game they’ve sought all season. “It’s a matter of us identifying where our major breakdowns are taking place,” she said. “We’re putting together a good 30 minutes in every game, and we need to figure out why we can’t put together a full 60 minutes.” There is a glimpse of hope that Rutgers can grab onto entering the match. The past four contests between the teams have all been decided by a single goal with each side emerging victorious twice. Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that five of the Owls’ six wins this season have been by a narrow margin of two goals or less, setting up a potential wireto-wire encounter. Despite the odds being far from their favor in the midst of the losing skid, the Knights remain confident in their skills and optimistic that they will turn the tides of their season. “I think we get a little nervous sometimes. We do really well in practice, but when it comes to the games, sometimes it’s not there. We need to focus our energy for the game,” senior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli said. “Hopefully, we can bring our best game and get the win.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Reeling on a five-game losing skid, senior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli said Rutgers needs to focus its energy on execution against Temple tonight. NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR
Senior swimmer Greta Leberfinger is the lone Knight to qualify for the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championship. THE DAILY TARGUM / NOVEMBER 2013
Senior swims solo in upcoming NCAA meet RYAN MORAN
one of the faster swimmers in the countr y. “I knew she had the capabilWhen the phone rang, her ity of doing it and that it was a stomach flipped. She rushed possibility,” Spiniello said. “I to answer it anxiously, eagerly was extremely happy to see her awaiting the news. qualify. She was able to lower “When I got the call from her best time by a tenth (of a (head coach) Phil (Spiniello), second), which ended up being I screamed in excitement and the difference in getting in to called my family,” senior swim- the NCAAs.” mer Greta Leberfinger said. “I Leberfinger is the only Rutstill have butterflies.” gers swimmer to qualify for She found out she quali- NCAAs this year and will now fied for the NCAA Division I have to practice by her lonesome Women’s Swimming and Diving to train for the NCAA meet. Championship. Although her teammates Leberfinger has been busy won’t be in the pool, Spiniello in the pool the past few weeks, isn’t phased. breaking a total of four school re“She’s a ver y hard worker, cords, two individually in the 100 and she is dedicated,” Spiniello and 200 breaststroke and two as said. “She understands the task part of a medley in the 200-meter at hand which is to compete at and 400-meter the highest relay. level in the In the “There is no pressure. ... NCAA and NCAA qualithat’s pretty All I want to do is have fication meet motivating to fun and soak in the at Princeton her as an athon March 1, a lete.” experience and day presentLeber finnot regret anything.” ing swimmers ger says it the opportunifeels weird to GRETA LEBERFINGER ty to improve be the only Senior swimmer their times, one training Leber finger after being took advantage. with teammates year-round, but She went on to set the school she knows the daunting task at record in the 100 breaststroke hand and is prepared for it. with a time of 1:00.83, breaking “I’m the only one focusing on the record held by Shayna Lon- a meet and swimming ever yday gacre in 2008 by just less than a with the championship mentalihalf second. ty, still,” Leberfinger said. But no record is more importThis won’t be Leberfinger’s ant than her time in the 200-me- only go-round in a high-levter breaststroke, 2:11.38, which el meet. She competed in the she set at the Big Ten Champi- Olympic trials back in 2012, as onship meet and proved to be well as Nationals. the deciding factor in qualifying Heading into the meet with for the NCAAs. an open mind, Leberfinger is At the time, she did not know hoping to leave it all out there in if the time was good enough to the pool. get her in to the NCAAs. “There is no pressure,” Leb“Yes and no,” Leberfinger erfinger said. “I got my two resaid if she thought of first her cords on my list of goals for this time was good enough. “I want- year (100 and 200 breaststroke). I ed to (qualify) really bad. I went qualified for NCAAs, which was a into the meet with an open mind career-long goal of mine. I went all that whatever happens, happens best times this year. All I want to and I can’t control what the oth- do is have fun and soak in the exer girls ahead of me were going perience and not regret anything.” to do ... I was hoping to make it in, but wasn’t counting on it.” For updates on the Rutgers Luckily for Leber finger, she swimming and diving team, foldid qualify and proved to be low @TargumSports on Twitter. STAFF WRITER
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March 11, 2015 BASEBALL IONA-RUTGERS, TODAY, 3 P.M.
Knights aim to end skid, protect home winning streak TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT
It’s no secret that the Rutgers baseball team is enduring struggles to start the season. Beginning 2015 losing nine out of the first 10 games was not exactly the plan for the Scarlet Knights. Head coach Joe Litterio said he felt the team should have collected a few more wins, but Rutgers let those chances slip away with a lack of timely hitting and pitching that has performed below expectation. Coming off a weekend where the Knights lost by a combined score of 40-12 against No. 24 Florida Atlantic, Litterio knows Rutgers can improve in all aspects. The chance starts with the Knight’s first midweek game of the year Wednesday 3 p.m. against Iona. “The midweek games are great because they keep your momentum going,” Litterio said. “You play for a weekend, then you come home to practice in a bubble for three days and when you go back to play, it’s tough to do. Iona is a good team and they are scrappy — they don’t quit. It’s a team we can’t take lightly. We’re down right now, we can’t walk 21 batters and we can’t strike out 19 times at the plate.” Mid-week games are unique for collegiate baseball teams in — they
allow an opportunity to get more innings for young pitchers and more at-bats for hitters. To Litterio, the chance at a Wednesday game shows him who deserves more playing time on the weekend and who needs more work. For senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio, mid-week games take on a slightly dif ferent meaning. “It’s a chance to see more live pitching for us,” D’Annunzio said. “Between seeing a guy on a Sunday and Friday, it’s a big difference to get more at-bats. It’s always better to play games then practice — and what better place to do it than on our home field.” Making his first-career start Wednesday for Rutgers is freshman right-hander John O’Reilly, who will also be making only his second appearance this season. The Northvale, New Jersey, native made his first-career appearance in relief this past weekend against Florida Atlantic and was one of the few bright spots in the Knights’ 18-5 loss on Friday. O’Reilly entered during the bottom of the fourth inning to relieve sophomore right-hander Kevin Baxter. O’Reilly allowed no earned runs in his four innings pitched. He also struck out one batter and limited the Owls to two hits. Litterio jumped at the chance to start the rookie in a midweek
Second-year head coach Joe Litterio believes Rutgers can improve in all aspects, saying that the midweek games help continue momentum built over the weekend. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2012 game — and O’Reilly is ready to make the most of it. “I’m really excited to get my first start. I’ve been looking forward to it for a long time,” O’Reilly said. “I got my first debut in relief the other day and thought it did pretty well, so I feel pretty good going into it. Hopefully, I can perform similarly and we can get a win out of it.”
While this season has not started well for the Knights, they do return in their first home game on one positive note. Rutgers currently sits second in the nation with its current home win streak at 13 games. D’Annunzio said he doesn’t intend to let that streak end. “It’s a lot better to play a game home at Bainton Field,” D’Annunzio said. “We have to protect the
Banks (of the Raritan). We got one of the longest streaks at home in the nation still going. We want to extend that and obviously playing at home in front of your fans is always what you want.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We have to protect the Banks (of the Raritan). We got one of the longest (winning) streaks at home in the nation still going. We want to extend that.” - Senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio
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Rutgers seeks fresh start with tournament GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
The clock continues to tick on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, which lost 14-straight games spanning 55 days to end the regular season. One last chance remains for the Scarlet Knights to make an impression Wednesday night in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament, where the No. 14-seed Knights (1021, 2-16) draw No. 11-seed Minnesota (17-14, 6-12). Tip is set for 7 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network at the United Center in Chicago. The winner advances to face No. 6-seed Ohio State (22-9, 11-7) Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2. Two losses away from matching a program record 16-straight defeats, Rutgers can only look forward to a clean slate now. “It’s a new season for us. We have new life,” head coach Eddie Jordan said Monday in his weekly teleconference. “We just hope that everybody plays well because we don’t score the ball, but we work our butts off and do everything else right.” The second-year boss is beating a dead horse. Rutgers ends the regular season tied for 338th among 351 Division I teams in scoring at 59 points per game — the lowest among power conference teams. The Knights are also the only non-mid major program shooting less than 40 percent from the field on the year, ranking 335th in that department. Senior guard Myles Mack has been the team’s most consistent performer with averages of 13.4 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, but even he is suffering from Rutgers’ mammouth slide with efforts of eight points or fewer in four of the last seven contests. Sporadic defense over the last several weeks has not helped. With the regular season complete, senior guard Myles Mack and the Knights have put their 14-game losing skid behind them. The clean slate begins tonight in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
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MEN’S GOLF TOKS PEDRO SHOOTS SEVEN-OVER ON DAY ONE OF COLLETON RIVER COLLEGIATE
Knights bungle backside in Bluffton, SC EVAN BRUNO
the Par-threes, plus-34 in the Par fours and Par fives. Senior Jacob Stockl shot a 75 in the first round, just three over par to finish just seven strokes out of first. He finished the round in a tie for 32nd. Freshman Michael Howe ended the first round with a plus-five, 77 tied in 54th. Freshman Pedro Toks shot a 78 for a tie in 59th place, while sophomore Chase Wheatly hit a 79, tied for 66th. Freshmen Matt Holuta (81), Jack Panagos (82) and sophomore Ryan Rose (86) concluded the round in ties for 78th, 81st and 86th, respectively. Head coach Rob Shutte was unhappy with the way his team played in the first round.
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Good enough does not cut it. The Rutgers men’s golf team traveled to sunny Bluf fton, South Carolina to compete in the Colleton River Collegiate at the Colleton River Plantation Club. Big Ten foe Michigan State hosted the tournament. The first two rounds of the tournament were played on Monday at the Jack Nicklaus Course, where golfers must shoot a 72 to make par. Rutgers was in a tie for 13th place with a team score of 311 at the conclusion of the first round. The Knights had 47 pars and 10 birdies as a team, finishing at plus-three in
“Not our best,” Shutte said. “We’re a little banged up with injuries. We got off to a good start the first four holes but we had a little struggle there in the first 90 minutes. We were in third place and we dropped down the leader boards, so it’s a little bit of ever ything at this point.” In the second round, Rutgers shot a 308 total as a team to increase its score to 619. The Knights were in sole possession of 13th place at the end of the round. The squad compiled 53 pars and eight birdies while finishing at plus-10 in the Par threes, plus 23 in the Par fours, and two under in the Par fives. Toks led his team in the round by shooting a one-over 73 and increased his
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Brooklyn New Orleans
91 111
New York Utah
82 87
Cleveland Dallas
127 94
Toronto San Antonio
107 117
Indiana Orlando
86 118
JOE NARDELLA,
senior face-off specialist, now ranks third in the nation in face-off winning percentage, converting over 70 percent of the time at the face-off X. Nardella is just 1.1 percent behind the nation’s leader.
individual total to 151. The freshman was in 36th place in the standings at the end of the round. Howe shot a plus-five, 78 and concluded the day in 52nd place after boosting his score to 155. Stockl collapsed a little bit in the second round with a plus 11, 83 and a total mark of 158, falling all the way down to 66th in the standings. Holuta raised his score to 160 after shooting a plus seven, 79 on the round while finishing in 73rd place. Wheatly ended the day in 77th place after hitting a plus-10, 82, increasing his total SEE BACKSIDE ON PAGE 13
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