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Athletic Department hosts town hall event for Rutgers community BRIAN FONSECA SPORTS EDITOR
A new drug entering clinical trials may be able to treat malaria by forcing the parasite to absorb excessive water, causing it to blow apart. GRAPHIC BY RAMYA CHITIBOMMA / STAFF DESIGNER
School develops new malaria treatment drug NICK HUBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A new malaria drug created at Rutgers will soon undergo clinical trials for the chance to one day be used in treating the disease in poverty stricken areas of the world. The drug candidate will be tested on humans, according to FDA normal procedures. The drug is currently a candidate and is qualified to be tested on humans where it will be tested for safety, said Spencer Knapp, a professor in the Department of
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, who helped prepare the drug. “Every drug in the U.S. goes through a procedure to check for safety, efficacy and side reactions,” Knapp said. Roughly 3.2 billion people throughout the world live in areas where they can be infected with malaria, according to the World Health Organization. Over the last 15 years, there were 37 percent fewer cases, and 60 percent fewer of infected patients died from the illness. SEE DRUG ON PAGE 4
Rutgers Athletic Director Patrick Hobbs and head football coach Chris Ash have been asked hard-hitting questions since the day they were chosen to succeed Julie Hermann and Kyle Flood as Rutgers’ athletic director and head football coach. But for the first time, they were questioned directly by those filling the seats at High Point Solution Stadium on Busch campus on Saturdays in the fall. Rutgers Athletics hosted a town hall meeting between Hobbs, Ash and the student body
at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus on Wednesday. The town hall addressed multiple concerns among the student body, ranging from keeping top New Jersey recruits at home to what uniforms the Scarlet Knights will don on Saturdays. The questions were answered with enthusiasm as both men urged the student body to become more involved with the University’s athletic programs. “What I know (the students in the room) are going to bring, along with your fellow students, is an incredible student experience at the game. That’s what
Head football coach Chris Ash, left, and Athletic Director Pat Hobbs spoke to the University community on Wednesday night as part of a town hall. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Student begins bi-weekly snack delivery program
Underwater basket weaving class newly offered to school
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SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT
Weaving a basket may seem like a straightforward task, but doing so while scuba diving underwater is another story. Underwater basket making is a non-credit course under the Department of Recreation Services offered by Student Affairs at Rutgers, said scuba coordinator Debby Miller. Participants have the opportunity to get in the water and practice their basket making skills. “In order to make baskets, the reeds and the basket weaving materials have to be wet,” Miller said. “And so we figured what better way to do that, rather than sitting on a pool deck or on a lawn with a bucket of water at your feet. It gives people a chance to share a fun activity with their friends, to get into the water and work on their coordination and their creativity, give them a fun break from studying and an opportunity to try something new, she said.
we’re missing,” Hobbs said in his opening statement. “We need that to come back because whether it’s in football and you’re the 12th man, or in basketball where you’re the sixth man, you’re an incredibly important part of our success.” The event began with Rutgers University Student Assembly President Matt Panconi introducing the men. Panconi, a Rutgers Business School senior, was followed by Hobbs and Ash leading both sides of the room into an “R-U” chant. Following the chant, Hobbs addressed the crowd with his ambitions for the program. Hobbs said the errors that tarnished the Rutgers name in the national eye are a thing of the past, and from this point on, attending the University will be a source of pride for its students rather than one of embarrassment. “All the negative stories that were out there, you go home and someone says, ‘Hey, don’t you go to Rutgers University? … aren’t you embarrassed,’” Hobbs said. “We’re going to eliminate all that. You’re going to go home and you’re going to say, ‘that was incredible, I
Underwater basket weaving was offered more than a decade ago but was not widely taken. It is being offered again this semester as a non-credited course. FACEBOOK The class had initially been offered about 12 years ago, she said, but it took a break before University officials began plans last fall to offer the class this spring. More than 60 people have participated throughout the semester so far. Micah Lebowitz, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said he learned about the class through his friend and was determined to get involved from the get-go. “It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I could not pass up,” Lebowitz said, “I loved the class — it was the perfect combination of underwater recreation and arts and crafts.” He did not experience any downsides or difficulties with the
class. While some students would say the same, others had difficulties managing basket making under water when first starting out, he said. “Some catch on very quickly and have more elaborate baskets, (while) others do tend to struggle a little bit, and that’s where we have our instructors and our aquatic staff both in the water and on the deck helping people,” Miller said. “It takes a little bit of hand-eye coordination to be able to work with the weaving processes.” People have made all different shapes of baskets and decorated them with different patterns, Miller SEE CLASS ON PAGE 4
If a trip to the local convenience store is not feasible, students can now have their snacks delivered. A group of first-year entrepreneurs have started a snack subscriptions service called The Plug Box. Kwaku Agyemang, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, Haris Memon, a student at Brown University and Mubarak Olukotun, a student at Yale University, run the business at their respective universities. The ser vice is a bi-weekly snack-deliver y ser vice. Through The Plug Box website, students create a “plug” where they select three snacks out of an array of several snacks to be delivered to their dorms for a fee of $10, Agyemang said. This service differs from traditional vending, because snacks come in bulk as opposed to single packages. For example, if a student chooses fruit snacks as one of their three options, they will receive a box with 10 fruit-snack packages.
All three students attended Piscataway High School. The idea for a snack subscription service emerged after discovering a service that delivered groceries to people’s homes. We thought this type of service could be useful on a college campus and we wanted Rutgers to be the test launch for the service, Agyemang said. Agyemang receives the snacks from a wholesale food service and stores them in his dorm room. When he receives an order he puts the snacks together and delivers them personally. We are looking to expand in many ways, he said. “We are trying to have this at every college, not just at Rutgers, Brown and Yale,” he said. Looking forward, Agyemang hopes to hire a staff to deliver boxes, to move from a bi-weekly delivery to providing snacks on a weekly basis and promoting this service to athletic teams specifically. Currently, Agyemang is limited by the amount of space he can use, SEE PROGRAM ON PAGE 4
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Campus Calendar THURSDAY 3/24 University Career Services presents “Highlighting Extracurriculars on a Resume” from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village on the College Avenue Campus. The event is free and open to the public. The Eagleton Institute of Politics and the School of Communication and Information presents “Election 2016: The Media, the Messages and the Madness with Nicolle Wallace, Former Communications Chief for President George W. Bush” at 12:45 p.m. at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program presents “Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program Seminar: Dr. Jason Kolbe — “City slickers: ecological and behavioral responses of Anolis lizards to urban environments” at 4 p.m. at the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public. Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Visiting Filmmaker Series: Lav Diaz, “From What is Before” at 6 p.m. at Civic Square
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U. officials discuss National Poison Prevention Week SANJANA CHANDRASEKHARAN
be safe, which involves keeping poison out of the reach of STAFF WRITER children, animals and senior citizens or people that have Poison Prevention Week is Alzheimer’s disease. The secsix days dedicated to raising ond purpose is to make people awareness about preventing and aware of the Poison Prevention Center itself. treating poisoning. Burke said the most important Poisoning is anything that involves taking in or being exposed reason to have Poison Prevention to something that could poten- Week was to prevent the accidentially be harmful to an individual, tal poisoning of children under said Richard Burke, the managing age 5. One of the major goals is to predirector and director of drug information and professional educa- vent children from being harmed, he said. tion of the New “We want Jersey Poison to prevent Information anyone from and Education “We really encourage being harmed, System. people to seek whether it’s Poisoning children, your is ver y comprofessional help.” pet or an elmon, he said. derly person It involves RICHARD BURKE someone anything from Managing Director of the New Jersey Poison or suffering from ingesting a Information and Education System dementia,” he drug, chemisaid. “We hope cal or food that that if an emeran individual gency arises, gets sick from, people will call us.” intentionally or unintentionally. If a Rutgers student had a “If somebody was trying to kill themselves or harm themselves, headache and needed to take medication they may take an overdose of a over-the-counter medication,” Burke said. “And an for it, Burke said he hopes they overdose situation is also called a would call the center to make poisoning. If somebody acciden- sure there was no interaction tally did it they’re still poisoned, with other medicines the student but it was accidental. If they abuse was taking. Not ever y exposure case rea drug and end up in the hospital, quires a hospital visit, he said. that’s technically a poisoning.” “Yesterday I had a mom call Poison Prevention Week has us on the phone freaking out betwo purposes, he said. One is to make people aware cause her kid ate a pack of silica to poison proof their homes and gel. Well the gel for the kid was
The week of March 21 is Poison Prevention Week. Officials at the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System are dedicated to helping state residents avoid accidental poisoning, and assisting victims as well. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE KLEJMONT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER non-toxic, but the mother was frantic,” he said. “So my job was to calm the mother down, (and) let her know it was non-toxic and tell her she does not have to rush her child to the emergency room.” The center was currently involved in the two major lead exposure issues in the state at Morristown Medical Center and the City of Newark, where more than 30 schools have lead poisoning in the
water systems. He said the center providse hotline services where people can seek information on lead poisoning. Allergy season is approaching, he said. Some students may take multiple medicines with the same ingredient and accidentally overdose on it, Burke said. One of the best steps people can take is going to the center’s
website and looking at poison prevention tips. “We make it very easy to find out how to protect yourselves,” he said. People should stay away from the Internet and information on it, as a lot of the details that are easily found are not true, Burke said. “We really encourage people to seek professional help,” he said.
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More than 60 people have taken class in spring semester already, Miller says
Teams will no longer be ‘embarrassment’ to school, Ash says
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said. So far this semester, there have been no problems, and the program will likely be offered again in the fall. “It’s purely a recreational class just like any of the yoga or fitness classes that recreation services offers,” she said. “Our fun advertising is that if you get in the water and you attempt to make a basket, at the end of the night we give you a free t-shirt.” Lebowitz said he would recommend this class to other students, and the class “took ‘underwater basket weaving’ as a fictional collegiate course, and made it a reality.” The class is a single session course and is offered for about three hours from 7 to 10 p.m. in the evenings, Miller said. So far, it has been offered on a variety of
weeknights on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Students do not need any prior scuba diving, basket weaving or swimming skills to participate, but rather just the skills of being able to come in and have fun and share with others, Miller said. The class participates in shallow waters of about four feet, so even those who do not swim can still participate, she said. Miller said it has been really surprising and fun how the class has been attracting undergraduate students and graduate students at all levels at Rutgers and even faculty members. “You could imagine taking your underwater basket class alongside someone who also helped you do some personal training or taught you biology that morning,” she said.
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The Plug Box allows students to order snacks and have them delivered every other week. It currently exists at Rutgers, Yale and Brown Universities. COURTESY OF KWAKU AGYEMANG
PROGRAM Students select 3 snacks, which are delivered for $10, Agyemang says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
he said. He hopes to expand into perishable offerings in the future. Their primary forms of marketing have been word-of-mouth and social media like Twitter and Facebook, he said. Jessica Amoako, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student and a subscriber to The Plug Box, said it is a great idea because the subscriber receives a mixture of snacks. “When I only get one type of snack, it is easy to become
bored with it. I can eat something different ever yday,” Amoako said. The service makes grocery shopping easy and less expensive for students. But adding more vegan and gluten-free options for those who abide by specific dietary standards would expand the number of subscribers to The Plug Box, she said. “The fact he delivers it by hand (also) gives (the service) a personal kind of feel,” Amoaka said.
DRUG Nearly 440,000 people died from malaria in 2015, out of 214 million infected, according to CDC CONTINUED FROM FRONT
In 2015, there were 214 million cases. A little under 440,000 of these patients succumbed to the disease. The various modifications and improvements were mostly conceived at Rutgers, Knapp said. Scientist in the lab would modify the molecules and try to improve it with the hopes that the properties would be more stable and soluble. “The molecule they ended up with, SJ-733, was first made in quantity at Rutgers,” Knapp said. “About 80 grams of the drug was made at Rutgers.” Most of the early compounds were active, but too insoluble to use, he said. It is essential for malaria drugs to be water soluble in order to offer it to individuals in the form of a pill. Artemisinin Combination Therapies had been the previous go-to drug for malaria treatment, Knapp said, but recently resistance to Artemisinin has been discovered. Better than something new is something with a new mechanism of action, he said. “How it works is the drug candidate interferes with the sodium pump in the parasite and eventually results in the parasite exploding from taking in too much water,” Knapp said. In essence, the malaria drug blows up the parasite. It is also a new protein target, therefore the organism has not
developed any resistance to it, he said. If the drug passes clinical trials it is most likely to be used in African countries where the disease is widespread among poor countries. “There’s an interesting aspect of malaria that is different from other diseases, and that is primarily the people who get malaria are poor people in poor countries,” Knapp said. The project to create this new drug was founded between a friendship Knapp had with one of the originators of the study, David Floyd, who had developed a collaboration with Kip Guy from St. Jude Hospital. When Floyd retired he helped set up the project at Rutgers. The initial funding for this project came from the Gates Foundation, but once it came to Rutgers, it received funding from the National Institute of Health, Knapp said. “It took more than five years to develop this drug and was tested with hundreds of compounds,” Knapp said. “Sometimes drugs take thousands of compounds, but a five year period is not unusual.” The drug has gone through animal trials and has been tested on rats, mice and dogs. “That is perfectly standard,” Knapp said. “You want to test it on three different species to see if there is any obvious problem with it before it goes to humans.” The drug’s patent is owned by
watched your game. What an incredible finish.’” Ash followed Hobbs before the event shifted to a question and answer section. The biggest concern surrounding the football program entering the fall is the multiple issues it faced in 2015. Ash was asked about the tumultuous season the program went through last year, in which the Knights went 4-8 on the field — including a 1-7 in Big Ten play — and had seven players arrested off it, and how he looked to improve on the culture of the program. The former Ohio State co-defensive coordinator vehemently defended his new team. Ash acknowledged last year was a bad year for the program, but he pointed to the success it has seen in the past 10 to 15 years to show the positive side of the program. “There have been a lot of tremendous things accomplished here at Rutgers with this football team. I don’t want one bad year to change the perception of Rutgers football,” he said. “We’re going to have accountability in our program, we’re going to have discipline in our program.”
Rutgers, St. Jude Hospital and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). “The only thing we do at Rutgers really is the medicinal chemistry,” Knapp said. “So we design the compounds, we make the compounds, but for biological evaluation we send them to St. Jude.” The clinical trials, which are considered phase two for the drug candidate, may take up to two years and could be longer. Phase three of the drug is phased out and comes up if the drug has questionable side effects that need to be further evaluated. If people develop unusual side reactions to the drug candidate during phase three it may result in a longer wait time. “Suppose one in 100 people have an allergic reaction to the drug, well you don’t want to just test 100 people, you want to test a larger group,” Knapp said. There are many malaria drugs being tested around the world and a list can be found at the MMV website, he said. If the drug passes the clinical trials Knapp said he hopes a company like Eisai will pick it up to be marketed. Eisai is a Japanese pharmaceutical company that funded part of the clinical trials, he said. If it passes the trials, Knapp hopes that they will get the rights to market the drug. If the drug ever turns a profit, Rutgers would get some return on the patent. “It’s part of our academic mission to do good around the world and it is part of my academic ambition as a teacher to use chemistry as a way of educating young people, and part of that is by doing cutting edge research and making important contributions,” Knapp said.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Musical relates to audience with personal concepts
“A Chorus Line” had a persona that audience members could relate to, since the cast showed emotions that people experience in every day life. TRISTEN WALLACE
ANDY BITTLE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Cabaret Theatre’s production of “A Chorus Line” provided an extremely relatable and honest image of life as an individual, attempting to succeed in their endeavors. The opening song, “I Hope I Get It,” allowed audience members to project their personal struggles onto characters that are able to, through their own stories, leave us with an enduringly, optimistic view of the future. The cast is initially only referred to by their assigned casting
number, diminishing the individuality of each person auditioning for the chorus line. Being assigned a number removes a key element of humanity from a person. This easily resonates with members of a large university, where students are constantly barraged with numbers that ultimately form their identity. The musical told the stories of dancers trying to figure out their current situation, as well as navigate their future. Choosing to have a cast that is mostly new to Cabaret was a widely appropriate decision. The play emphasized the different
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levels of experience in regards to acting, dancing and singing that the performers possessed. When one considers the work that goes into the production behind the scenes, we can see that each member brought a particular skill set to the group that was emphasized during the performance. The idea of each performer having their own strengths translates well on stage during the performance of the show. “A Chorus Line” exists as a compilation of stories about dancers seeking their break. They are looking to get that one
The chemistry between acgig that will make them a star, pay the rent, lead to self-dis- tors allows us to feel as if we are cover y or allow them to dance viewing private moments. When one last time before their body asked about the relationship between mood and creative output, wears out. In more traditional perfor- Merhov said that he and Ambrimances of the play, every cast ano had created a playlist filled member must be a dancer, sing- with songs that their characters er or actor. When the cast con- would listen to in order to put the sists of individuals who are not actors into the correct mindset of as experienced in dance as oth- their roles. He explained that the music er members, we become forced to analyze our use of space and helped get them into character, become hyper-aware of how each and allowed them to overcome individual’s strengths can be the initial disconnection they best utilized during the perfor- felt between the acting and emotions. We see mance. This this display of poses more of emotions esa challenge, but as the cast “The chemistry between pecially during demonstrated, actors allows us to feel as C a s s i e ’ s dance, which working with if we are viewing follows a paseach other private moments.” sionate converproved to be sation between an excellent the two. way to showThe lights case the stochange color, covering the room ries told on stage. The dynamic between Zach in a red glow that matches that and Cassie allowed the audience of her dress. The usage of red is to renew their faith, which can a subtle promotion of agitation, sometimes appear to be a trou- which allows her to use her pobling future. While there was no sition of power to revolt against definitive lead role, Zach, who is a current that keeps pushing played by Orem Merhov, and Cas- her away from the reality she sie, who is played by Allie Ambri- seeks. We must be grateful that ano, present the most character she uses this chance to establish development on stage. Their re- her position in a part of the world lationship, which displays former that would rather give her false lovers experiencing heartbreak hope and daydreams, instead and given a chance to reconnect, of providing the reality she purresonates well with the audiences. sues. Dance on, Cassie.
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ead to head polls show Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) would beat Republic frontJEREMY ATIE runner Donald Trump in November by a wider margin than Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton would. A narrative that basically insinuates that Sanders is a better candidate against the GOP than Clinton is has recently followed these polls. And at this point in the cycle, these polls are probably accurate. Given the facts beneath the surface, however, they’re meaningless. Let’s start with the fact that Sanders barely gets any media attention — his own supporters complain about that. Most of the media is focused, or rather obsessed, with Trump. On top of that, and more importantly, the Republican Party and its extensive network of connected and deep-pocketed donors has not begun campaigning against Sanders. You can easily understand this by just looking at who Republican candidates are talking about during their debates. At the GOP debate on Jan. 14, Clinton was mentioned 35 times. Sanders was mentioned once. Look at the transcripts of the GOP debates before that and you’ll see that the pattern continues. The GOP is not talking about Sanders, let alone attacking him. They are talking about Hillary Clinton. The Republican candidates, along with their network of donors, party officials, politicians, think tanks and media outlets are running an expensive and organized campaign against Clinton. Their allies in Congress, like Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), have launched very public and unsuccessful investigations into Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, specifically her handling of Benghazi. They’ve obsessively questioned the way she communicated with her staff via email. They attack her for voting for Iraq, even though they pretty much all did. She is too close to Wall Street, even though they are the ones truly connected to Wall Street. She is too “out of touch” with the American people. She’s a robot. She’s power-hungry and too ambitious. She’s inconsistent and flip-flops. They are spending millions, maybe billions, spreading these messages through various forms to hurt her and her campaign. They have even successfully managed to get some of the Democratic Party’s base, those who support Sanders, to adopt these low and false narratives against Clinton. This agenda has actually sort of worked, and before there was speculation that she would run, she had a staggering 56 percent approval rating in 2013. Republicans are on a full-fledged campaign against Clinton, not Sanders. They are already launching general-election-like attacks against her. She is therefore not only currently receiving assaults from Sanders in the primaries, but the entire GOP as well. She is the focus of both sides. Yet she is still able to stay ahead in her party and also beat the Republican frontrunner in a hypothetical general election poll. I loved playing Mario Kart when I was younger, and I still do. Let’s look at it this way: Mario, Princess Peach and Bowser are racing. You are Peach. Bananas keep getting placed in front of you every couple of seconds, slowing you down. Yet you are still ahead of Mario and Bowser. You’re kickass. Even with all the attacks being thrown against her on both sides, she is still able to win. Clinton is leading in the polls. She has accrued almost 2 million more total votes than Sanders has in the primaries so far, and over 500,000 more votes than Trump has in his primary contests. She remains strong and resilient. That is the real test — how successfully a candidate gets through hardship. Clinton continues to survive the endless attacks against her. She continues to rise from the ashes. Bernie hasn’t faced those tests and based on the simple fact that he is losing to Clinton whilst receiving zero obstacles from the GOP. It doesn’t seem like he’d be able to pass.
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Prestigious and wealthy schools shouldn’t be utgers isn’t a wealthy school — in fact, it took almost 250 years to break the $1 billion criticized or penalized solely because they’re presmark in our endowment, and it was after tigious and wealthy, however, what they do with University President Robert L. Barchi aggressively billions of untaxed money deserves some scrutiny. fundraised by regularly coaxing alumni and other Growing suspicion notably began when writer Malcom Gladwell tweeted, “I was going to donate monwealthy benefactors. While $1 billion is quite a high number, it still ey to Yale. But maybe it makes more sense to mail a doesn’t mean much when that amount is spread thin check directly to the hedge fund of my choice.” And among Rutgers’ 18 schools and 66,013 students. We’re according to an article from The Nation that calls still a poor institution — we were just much poorer out universities for being billion-dollar hedge funds before the $1 billion. And to put it into perspective, with colleges attached, Yale made hedge fund manother public universities that haven’t stood as long as agers $480 million in 2014, but only $170 million Rutgers are swimming in multibillion-dollar endow- was spent on things like tuition assistance or fellowments, like University of Michigan—Ann Arbor or ships for students. A number of institutions have University of California, Berkeley, which have $10.26 been increasingly for-profit, despite their de-facto billion and $4.045 billion, respectively. And these categorization of being non-profit. What private instituschools also have about tions do with their money 20,000 fewer students than Rutgers. But although our “Rutgers isn’t one of these schools is up to the up to them, but protests and wideUniversity is a financially that could be likened to hedge spread indignation would modest institution, all in all funds, but it’s still guilty of erupt if this display of it has done an excellent job imprudently allocating money.” disproportionate funding over two centuries, turning and demonstration of discoals into diamonds as it torted priorities happened gave students a high qualwithin the context of a public university like Rutity education with its limited resources. But something is wrong when a state university, gers. Universities were made to educate students, which is supposed to be affordable, is less affordable not to cater to private interests or accumulate than private institutions, namely elite private institu- wealth with no meaningful purpose. Rutgers isn’t one of these schools that could be tions. Some may say that’s fine, because high-achieving, low-income students deserve to go to school for likened to hedge funds, but it’s still guilty of imfree. It’s unarguably true that brilliant students who prudently allocating money. The University doesn’t make under a certain amount of money should go have as much money as the aforementioned, to school for free, but when Ivy League schools like well-endowed institutions, but that only means Harvard and Yale sit on $38 billion and $26 billion, there is less leeway for mistakes. Money has to be they can afford to send all their students to school spent wisely by reflecting the value and purpose for free. They can send all their students to school for of a university, and that’s to educate its students. Instead, funds have been siphoned to constructing free, and then the rest of us. Realistically, it won’t happen. Growing sums of new buildings and Rutgers Athletics while money money is positively correlated with growing pres- for libraries have been cut. Rutgers is a research tige and bragging rights, which makes the Univer- university, and it’s shameful to have less money set sity more exclusive. Universities are considered aside for our academic programs because we apparently prioritize athletics more. non-profit and can’t be taxed, after all. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Critical conversations occur during collaborative teach-ins COMMENTARY BECKY RATERO
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he group of students, Reclaim Revolution has been organizing to put together a teach-in to talk about issues pertaining to the University. But why do we need this? What is a teach-in? A teach-in aims to create an environment in which engaged students, faculty, staff and members of the community can come together and learn from each other. Usually people discuss topics that media, classes and administration leave unaddressed or inappropriately addressed. Rutgers is our home, and for many of us the pride runs deep. For many of us those feelings of pride and belonging are sullied with mixed emotions of hurt, guilt, anger, disappointment and impotence. As part of the “revolutionary” Rutgers 250 anniversary celebrations, the mainstream administration is deliberately leaving out many narratives. Chancellor Richard L. Edwards has informed the Rutgers community about the formation of The Committee on Enslaved and Disenfranchised Populations, and the Task Force on Inclusion and Community Values. At the moment, four months into this “special” year it has been up to departments, different centers and organizations
on campus to talk about histories that have been swept under the rug for far too long. Rutgers University is named after Henry Rutgers. Rutgers was a slaveowner and member of the American Colonization Society. Old Queens was built on Lenni-Lenape land, currently one of three tribes in New Jersey who still cannot get federal recognition. The building that used to be Queens College was built with slave labor.
first year students attend New Student Orientation debrief about sexual violence, the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities’ Language Matters Campaign, SCREAM Theater, and Health Outreach, Promotion and Education (H.O.P.E.). Unfortunately, this does not seem to have a lasting impact on much of the student body. No Africana Studies courses fulfill the School of Arts and Sciences’ core curriculum
“Teach-ins pose the opportunity to acquire knowledge outside of the curriculum, often times knowledge that administration or powers-that-be would rather weren’t discussed.” Many of the changes for the better over the past 50 years have slowly started to transform Rutgers into the inclusive institution for self-exploration, research and knowledge it should be — thanks to students. Students who have protested and made their voices heard much to the chagrin of University administrators. I think back to Dr. Felicia McGinty, followed by President Robert L. Barchi, chiding student activists during the #NoRice movement in Spring 2014. Today, the core curriculum makes it possible for people to drift through their undergraduate experience without taking a single ethnic studies, language or gender or sexualities studies course. Yes, the budget for the cultural centers has increased. Yes, incoming
requirements. For many students this means that when it comes to choosing a major, minor or simply exploring other material, they are more likely to choose an easy elective that will allow them to graduate on time than well, not. How can people graduate learning exclusively about white men? How can people continue to refute the solid statistics about sexual assault on campus? Why do my friends continue to explain to me that I exaggerate sexual harassment everywhere I go? How is it possible for people to get through college and continue to ignore world injustice and inequality? Teach-ins pose the opportunity to acquire knowledge outside of the curriculum, often times knowledge that administration or powers-that-be would rather weren’t discussed.
Lesley-Ann Contreras, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore from Reclaim Revolution said, “I believe that teach-ins are super important in educating people who are curious about certain movements but don’t know the ins and outs about what’s going on. They serve as a platform for organizations and groups to explain their point of views on issues they’re fighting in a peaceful and open space to an audience that is willing to listen — which is key to educating.” These are all conversation well worth having: Conversations we will not find in the traditional classroom. The truth of the matter is that we will not protect what we do not care about, we will not care about what we do not understand and we will not understand what we never learn or never feel. We are a coalition of different individuals and groups working on activism on campus because we understand that we need to have conversations about these issues. We need to strategize on ways to hold our university accountable and provide the inclusive and diverse environment they love to advertise on flyers but that we don’t see enough of. We will talk about colonialism, neoliberalism and past and present activism — these are all conversations you don’t want to miss. Becky Ratero is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in women’s and gender studies and history. Her column, “Mangoes and Revolution,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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Today’s Birthday (03/24/16). What work would you love? Study and travel to explore it this year. Accept big challenges. Take your relationship to the next level after 3/23, launching a two-year partnership phase on 9/9. A turning point in work and health arises after 9/1. Adapt to changes after 9/16. Together, you’re unstoppable. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Look before leaping. Don’t get stopped by past failures, but don’t start projects either. New information becomes available, with Mercury trine Mars. The puzzle starts coming together. Reality bursts a fantasy bubble. Guard against breakage. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Watch your mouth! Oversharing comes too easily. Listen more than you speak ... it’s about timing. Rewrite the copy, if not the concept. Consider consequences of your words. Finalize and sign documents after thorough review. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Discuss changes you want, with Mercury trine Mars. Collect suggestions and criticism. List negatives and make corrections. Anticipate confusion with accurate data. The potential for error is high. Avoid an awkward stall. Messages travel far. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — An interesting development sends the grapevine buzzing. Get the word out, after scrubbing for public consumption. Keep family confidences. Ask irreverent questions and get surprising answers. Hitch your wagon to a breaking story. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Listen for the perfect timing. Friends follow wherever you lead, as word spreads like wildfire today. Don’t tell all you know yet. Keep the conversation respectful. Do a good job; important people are watching. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Don’t be hasty. Choose your own path. Follow a dreamer with an enchanting vision. Present arguments tactfully. Surprising reactions can erupt. Relax, and wait for the punch line. Write your own conclusion.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Choose your words carefully. Clear up misunderstandings before they ferment. Things don’t necessarily go by the book. Speak now, or forever hold your peace. Write, record and film. Deliver your heart-felt message. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Sort facts from gossip. The flow of information could seem like a deluge. A possible gain or loss depends on recent actions. Writing projects go further than expected. Post, publish and broadcast. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Expand your view. Allocate funds for communications. Invest in business promotions. Participate in an intellectual conversation at a higher level. A conflict of interests gets exposed. Truth leads to healing. List limitations and barriers. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Back up intuition with research. Confer with partners on professional opportunities. The truth is revealed, and it might not be pretty. Make the case for a new direction. Ask great questions. Share what you learn. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Finalize advertising or other public communications. Your income rises as your communications go viral, with Mercury trine Mars. Take the lead. Keep cool as angry rhetoric can backfire. Speak out. Don’t be bashful. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Express your views in writing. Discuss the financial implications of your plan. Use facts to back up your position. Expect criticism, and deflect with a thoughtful response. Persuade, motivate and incite action.
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SEASON Charalambides earned Freshman of Week honors from Big Ten in 5 of first 6 weeks CONTINUED FROM BACK
Playing on the C-level team while he was a junior, the attacker scored 58 goals and tallied 77 assists over 28 games, leading his team to a championship season. Moving up to the B-level team for his senior season, he compiled 71 goals and 80 assists in 29 games. What makes his staggering statistics from his junior box lacrosse career even more impressive was the net he was shooting was at a mere 4 feet tall and 4 feet wide. The goal size in the National League of Lacrosse is 9 inches wider than that and the goals in field lacrosse are 2 feet wider and taller than box lacrosse goals. Although box lacrosse is a different game from field lacrosse, he said playing in the close quarters of box lacrosse helped improve his reaction time. After scoring at will on a tight goal in box lacrosse, Charalambides is continuing to have success on a much bigger target in field lacrosse for Rutgers. Since leading the Knights in his debut, Charalambides has remained Rutgers top goal scorer, finding the back of the cage a total of 22 times through eight games. In half of his games played, he has scored at least three goals and has put together an effort of at least four points a total of five times. His stellar play on the offensive end has earned him Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors five times in six weeks. Brecht said when Rutgers recruited Charalambides, it knew he was going to constantly light up the scoreboard, so the redshirt
freshman’s success hasn’t come as a surprise. “I’ve been pleased that he’s been able to stay consistent. We’re halfway through the year, obviously our competition is getting better and better,” he said. “I’m excited for the challenges that he has in front of him individually and for us as a program. If he can stay consistent through the next five, six weeks, we’re gonna be right where we want to be at the end of the season going into postseason play. I’ve been pleased, I’ve been not surprised and excited with his play.” In a short amount of time, he’s shown his ability to score in a number of different fashions, whether it be unassisted after a variety of moves, from deep in the attack area or from right in front of the net as well. Just eight games into his collegiate playing career, Charalambides is turning into a force on the offensive end, but the pace to which he has adjusted hasn’t come to a surprise to him either. He said sitting out last year allowed him to understand the game more, better preparing him for this season. “Just being around the program for another year really helped me understand the game, just being around it,” Charalambides said. “I am a freshman, but I don’t consider myself a freshman.” So far, Charalambides has been the third and final piece to what is now a dangerously talented starting attack unit. The front line already featured senior Scott Bieda, who finished with
50 points and landed on the First Team All-Big Ten last year, and sophomore Jules Heningburg, who scored 21 goals. With Charalambides now in the mix, that starting trio has combined for 57 goals. Additionally that trio has combined for 35 assists, usually setting up one another for goals. “Honestly, it all goes out to them,” Charalambides said of playing alongside Heningburg and Bieda. “Probably all of my goals are assisted from either one of them or the rope unit. So I gotta thank everyone of my teammates that move the ball and stuff like that.” Last year, a deep and young attack unit helped Rutgers finish at No. 26 in the nation in scoring offense at 10.33 goals per game. With that exceptional starting unit, along with the young depth that has another year of experience, the Knights have scored an average of 12.50 goals, good for No. 13. Originally voted to finish last in the Big Ten in the preseason polls, Rutgers has broken out as one of the surprise teams this season, getting off to its best start since 2003 and cracking the national rankings for the first time in Brecht’s tenure as coach. But regardless of how the rest of this season plays out for Rutgers, one thing’s for sure — Adam Charalambides will be a force to be reckoned with on the attack over the next four years. “He’s a great player,” Bieda said. “I’m so happy for him to come off that first game being positive scoring six goals, I mean that’s huge. But he’s gonna continue to do that, he’s a great player and I’m excited for him.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @EricMullin_ and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
RIDER Broncs rally for 2 runs in final turn at bat to walk-off, steal win from Knights CONTINUED FROM BACK
Freshman pitcher Serafino Brito earned the star t for the Knights, and delivered with five innings of work and just one earned run, while striking out three. It was his team-leading ninth appearance of the season, as he has made three starts and come out of the bullpen six times. Junior pitcher Christian Campbell came on in relief of Brito, and threw three impressive shutout innings and struck out seven. Offensively, the Knights got on the board in the third inning when freshman outfielder Luke Bowerbank scored on a groundout by junior outfielder Tom Marcinczyk. That gave Rutgers a 1-0 lead, but the Broncs tied it in the bottom of the fourth inning when Tyler Kaiser hit a solo home run off Brito to make it a 1-1 game. The teams remained tied until the eighth inning, when Marcinczyk again came through for the Knights with a solo home run to give them a 2-1 lead. It was his team-leading fourth homer of the year, and it seemed to give the Knights the decisive run they were looking for. But things fell apart for Rutgers in the bottom of the ninth, as the Broncs scored twice in their final turn at-bat to win the game in walk-off fashion, 3-2. Junior pitcher Kevin Baxter entered the game for the Knights in the ninth but was unable to record an out and was replaced by junior Max Herrmann. After Rider got the first two runners on base in the inning off Baxter, third baseman Mike
Volaski hit a sacrifice-fly that scored both runners from second and third base, giving the Broncs a 3-2 win. Paul Sparano recorded the win for Rider with allowing one run in two innings of relief. The Knights had their chances in this one to tr y to grab an earlier lead, but were 0-for-7 at the plate with runners in scoring position. They were also active on the bases, as Marcinczyk recorded a stolen base and freshman outfielder Jawuan Harris also swiped a pair to increase his Big Ten-leading total to 13. A problem stemmed from the outfield alignment of Rider, as they were playing deep in the outfield to prevent extra base hits, and it led to the Knights flying out 11 times. It was still disappointing for Rutgers to have just five hits in the game, and they hope to see that turned around quickly as they get ready for their first Big Ten series over the weekend against Michigan State. “They were playing ‘no-doubles,’ defense and we just kept hitting fly balls,” Litterio said. “We hit the ball well but they were back pretty deep and we were hitting it right at them. We didn’t do a ver y good job making an adjustment at the plate today … We didn’t have as many productive at-bats where we worked the count as we wanted to see.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior outfielder Tom Marcinczyk drove in both of Rutgers runs, including a late go-ahead solo home run, in its loss Wednesday. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2016
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Page 11 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BRIYONA CANTY FOUGHT THROUGH MULTIPLE INJURIES IN HER CAREER
Senior overcomes injuries, leaves RU with life lessons KEVIN XAVIER CORRESPONDENT
Briyona Canty arrived on campus as a prized recruit in the summer of 2011, poised to restore promise in Rutgers women’s basketball after the memory of the Scarlet Knights’ Final Four run in 2006 had long since faded. Fresh off capturing the New Jersey Non-Public B crown her senior year at Trenton Catholic Academy, Canty emerged as the No. 1 guard and No. 6 overall player in the nation, according to ESPNU HoopGurlz 100, scoring 17.9 points per game. It appeared Rutgers was destined to return to prominence, with Canty serving as a catalyst to a recruiting class that included 2015 WNBA Draft pick Betnijah Laney. Canty had the world at her fingertips, but the world had other plans. Three months before she had an opportunity to play a collegiate game, a preseason physical conducted by team doctors revealed an irregularity in Canty’s heartbeat, sending her family into a puzzled spin. “I just was shocked,” Canty said. “I didn’t understand. Why now? You go to the doctors when you’re younger and you get checkups. Now it’s like, I get to college, and they actually find something serious that’s wrong with my heart.” The problem, a small hole between the chambers of Canty’s heart, had gone unnoticed prior to July 2011. Standard screenings for school, the various AAU teams she played with in her youth and her four preseason physicals at TCA had failed to uncover any healthy issue. Even the medical staff for the U.S. Youth National Team, which Canty played with as a 16year old, had issued her a clean bill of health. The open-heart surgery was scheduled to follow the 2011-2012 season, affording the 5-foot-9 point guard more time to recover. With the medical staff’s permission, Canty played out her freshman year under the lights, before going under the knife in the offseason. Although she knew it was necessary, the prospect of open-heart surgery made Canty cringe. “It was stressful,” she recalled after practice on Feb 24. “I think you start to — you have negative thoughts and I think that’s where a lot of people mess up. In the beginning I was like, ‘Man I don’t know what I’m going to do. This could happen, this could happen, that could happen.’” Briyona’s mother Jesse was still tr ying to lift herself from the floor after learning of the diagnosis. Eighteen years of perfect physicals and now heart surgery was a necessity for her daughter to live a healthy life. “No one picked it up all those years,” Jessie Canty told NJ.com in 2013. “It’s scary. It’s still scary.” Fortunately for the Canty family, the surgery was successful. The next challenge for the rising sophomore was the rehab, a debilitating prospect for an athlete of such ilk.
“With the heart surgery,” Canty said. “You can’t use your arms, you can’t move. You really are stuck.” Just two years prior, she was flying around the court, touted the best guard in the country, but now she’s “stuck” in a bed at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, wondering what was next. Then it clicked. In the midst of coping, Canty saw the smiles on the faces of the children on her floor, many of whom were dealt a more dif ficult hand. “You know, they don’t have what I have,” she remembered thinking. “They come in the hospital, maybe missing an arm or missing a leg, but they’re still happy, and they’re tr ying and that made my heart melt. Now I understand.” With her newly imparted wisdom in-tow, Canty spent over a year recovering, until finally making it back out on the floor. After taking a medical redshirt, Canty returned to the court healthy in 2013. Or so it seemed. Canty had played her freshman season with chronic knee pain along with the heart irregularity. “It became so painful that I couldn’t make it through a practice without crying,” she said. Early in the 2013-2014 season, Canty’s knee began to bark again. And just like that, after 15 months working to recover from open-heart surgery, she would be sidelined again, this time for microfracture surgery on her right knee. “The recovery from my heart surgery — it was ok. But my knee? No. That was painful.” Still, Canty was determined to will herself back onto the court. The grueling days of rehab consisted of waking up in the early morning hours for treatment, before going to practice, followed by weight training and more treatment, and then she would head to class. She would repeat the daily routine until returning to the team for her junior season. With her once-blazing speed now diminished, Canty knew she had to change the way she played the game. “I think the knee surgery actually did me good because it slowed me down,” she said. “That was honestly probably my problem, I was going too fast.” Canty made the transition from scorer to facilitator, eventually going on to finish her senior season at Rutgers ranked sixth in the Big Ten in assists. But in her junior year, when it finally looked like all was well in the world of Briyona Canty, a scare during a team scrimmage sent her back to the hospital. “I couldn’t breathe really,” she recalled. “I ended up going to the hospital and they were just like ‘(your) iron is low.’” After some alterations to her diet, Canty’s iron count stabilized, allowing her return to the team. Now nearly two years later, the Knights season is complete after a 71-55 loss to Virginia in the second round of the WNIT March 20. The once a prolific scorer finished the season averaging 5.8 points per game.
Her ability may no longer be that of a McDonald’s All-American, but she has adjusted, finding other ways to help her team. And on occasion, Canty demonstrates that remnants of greatness remain. Trailing Northwestern by three with the clock running under 11 seconds Feb. 10, Canty fed teammate Tyler Scaife with a chance to tie the game. Scaife missed the mark, but Canty collected the rebound at the foul line with eight seconds left on the clock, scooted back beyond the arc and buried a 3-pointer to tie it. Rutgers would go on to win on a last second layup by Scaife. In a five-second span, Rutgers’ Hall of Fame head coach C. Vivian Stringer saw five-years worth of Canty’s growth. “I think that she’s become much more comfortable,” Stringer said of Canty, “I just look at where she was as a freshman and where she is now and it’s outstanding.” You won’t hear her name called at the WNBA Draft in April, and there is a strong possibility she won’t play professionally overseas. But Briyona Canty will depart Piscataway with a pair of Bachelor’s degrees, and a doctorate in perseverance. Although there were no banners raised during her tenure at Rutgers, Canty will leave the Banks with the hear t of a champion. And if given the chance to rewrite history, the Knights’ point guard said she wouldn’t change a thing.
“I think both of those injuries really helped me grow, on and of f the cour t. Especially hear t surger y helped me understand other people’s weaknesses and what they go through. Now I really
understand, like full-circle, about other people.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Senior guard Briyona Canty said both injuries she endured in her time on the Banks aided in her growth on and off the court. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2016
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I just was shocked ... You go to the doctors when you’re younger and you get checkups. Now it’s like, I get to college, and they actually find something serious that’s wrong with my heart.” — Senior guard Briyona Canty
THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016
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BASEBALL RIDER 3, RUTGERS 2
Rutgers squanders late lead in loss to Rider MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers baseball team (8-11) tried to carry its momentum from a Saturday victory over NJIT into its game on Wednesday against in-state foe Rider (3-14), but blew a late lead and fell, 3-2. The Scarlet Knights have played in many close games of late, as this marked the fifth game decided by one run in their last eight games. For the Knights, it was the last nonconference game before Big Ten play, along with their eighth straight game away from home. They saw a strong pitching performance throughout the game, but were unable to capitalize offensively with runners in scoring position. Brett Kosciolek started for Rider and threw seven innings and struck out five while allowing four hits. He seemed to keep the Knights off balance at the plate, leading to some frustrating at-bats. “I was disappointed with our approach today,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “We had a lot of first pitch pop-ups, and their starter did a nice job of attacking the zone and not getting us into deep counts. He did a nice job.” SEE RIDER ON PAGE 10
Freshman pitcher Serafino Brito got the start and threw five innings of one-run ball, while striking out three in the Knights 3-2 loss to Rider. Brito leads Rutgers pitching staff in appearances this season with nine. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2016
MEN’S LACROSSE ADAM CHARALAMBIDES LEADS RUTGERS WITH 22 GOALS
Attacker leads RU offense in debut season ERIC MULLIN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Redshirt freshman attacker Adam Charalambides said sitting out in 2015 gave him time to better understand the game. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / FEBRUARY 2016 EXTRA POINT
NBA SCORES
New York Chicago
115 107
Toronto Boston
79 91
Atlanta Washington
122 101 102 118
Milwaukee Cleveland
104 113
Utah Houston
89 87
Orlando Detroit
It didn’t take long for head coach Brian Brecht to ponder what could have been had Adam Charalambides been in the lineup last season. In reality, it took just one game. In 2015, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team finished 5-10 in its inaugural season in the Big Ten, going 1-4 in conference play. But the Scarlet Knights’ record wasn’t indicative of their play on the field, as they lost 6 of their 10 games by two goals or less. Those tough defeats included one-goal losses to thenNo. 3 Maryland and then-No. 10 Princeton along with a 2-point loss to then-No. 19 Army. While the Knights were finishing on the short side of close games one after another, Charalambides was spending his full true freshman season on the sideline nursing a knee injury that he had surgery on. In the 2016 opener against St. John’s, Charalambides was finally able to make his collegiate debut as a redshirt freshman, and he seemed to do everything he could to make up for lost time. On the same day he turned 20 years old, Charalambides scored a game-high six goals
MICHAEL REXRODE,
TENNIS sophomore defender, was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after a career-high vs Illinois four caused turnovers and five ground balls Friday against NJIT. Rutgers held the Highlanders Tomorrow, 12:30 p.m., to just three goals in a 16-3 Piscataway, N.J. shellacking.
and added an assist in the Knights’ 19-11 rout of St. John’s at High Point Solutions Stadium. His six goals were the most a Rutgers freshman has scored in a game in over 30 years and placed him in a tie for the fifthmost scores in a game by any player in program histor y. After the game, his head coach said it would have been nice to have that kind of offensive weapon in the lineup during those close losses from the prior year. “Having an injury last year, it stinks, but he worked his butt off. He rehabbed and he’s on a mission,” said Brian Brecht after Charalambides’ dazzling debut. “You have a guy like him who’s a redshirt freshman, you know, we had a couple one-goal games last year, would’ve been nice to have him healthy last year. But give him a lot of credit for having the edge and working so hard to be in this position.” Charalambides’ lethal goal-scoring abilities can be traced back to his days of box lacrosse in Canada. As a native of Ontario, he played box lacrosse for a junior team — the Halton Hill Bulldogs — in his final two years of high school. SEE SEASON ON PAGE 10
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
WOMEN’S LACROSSE SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
at Hofstra
at Michigan State
vs. Penn State
Tomorrow, 3:05 p.m., Tomorrow, 7:00 p.m., Tomorrow, 3 p.m., Hemstead, N.Y. RU Softball Complex East Lancing, Mich.