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Off-campus office opens facility on Union Street NIKHILESH DE NEWS EDITOR

A new office off the College Avenue campus is dedicated to helping off-campus students secure housing while staying protected from predatory practices.

The Off-Campus Living & Community Partnerships, which was started last fall, just opened its new office at 39 Union St., New Brunswick. The office will ser ve as a hub for students interested in living, or who already live off-campus, said Kerri Wilson, director of the office.

“The office has three main areas of focus: The main is to assist students who live off campus or are looking to live off campus,” she said. “The two other areas include working with our faith-based student organizations on campus and the multifaith council, and also … facilitating opportunities for all students to get involved in community service.”

The facility was formally opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Monday afternoon rain.

New Brunswick and Rutgers have an excellent working relationship, SEE FACILITY ON PAGE 5

The New Brunswick Free Public Library hosts an “English as a Second Language” program where Rutgers students and other members of the city community teach immigrants the English langauge several times a week. CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ / CORRESPONDENT

Students, residents teach members of New Brunswick English lessons CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CORRESPONDENT

University officials formally dedicated the new Off-Campus Living & Community Partnerships office on April 4. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

In addition to housing a large repertoire of books, the New Brunswick Free Public Library has committed to assisting the area’s immigrant community.

One of the library’s initiatives, the ESL Conversation Cafés, welcomes

adult residents of the city and of surrounding towns who wish to improve their conversational English. Each week, three sessions are held where volunteer Rutgers students and community members facilitate small group activities and conversations.

Kavita Pandey, the coordinator of the library’s ESL program, believes the institution — as a public center of

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Campus Calendar TUESDAY 4/5 The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers presents “Art After Hours: First Tuesdays” from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Rutgers Graduate School of Education presents “Graduate School of Information Session for Rutgers Employees” from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Graduate School of Education Building on the College Avenue campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities presents “GAYpril Opening Ceremonies with The PRANCING ELITES!” at 7:30 p.m. at the Douglass Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.

WEDNESDAY 4/6 The Department of Economics presents “From College Avenue to Wall Street: A Somewhat Random Walk” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the New Brunswick Theological Seminar y, Chapel on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to ever yone.

The Center for European Studies presents “David Ohannessian

and the Armenian Ceramics of Jerusalem” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenue campus.

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University Career Ser vices presents “Amazon Networking Night: Insights from Women Leaders on Achieving Success” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Douglass Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.

University Career Ser vices presents “LinkedIn101: Your Professional Network” from 3 to 4 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Voices of September 11 presents “Voices of September 11th Symposium: ‘Promoting Resilience in Communities Impacted by Trauma” from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. The fee is $25 for students and $75 for all other guests.

The Department of Neurology presents “Neurology Grand Rounds” from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Clinical Academic Building on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Club trains furry friends to aid those with disabilities

Claressa Lopez, left, Carrie Ruge and Erica Reichert pose with Teddy Bear, Dexter and Siri, their dogs-in-training. These future companion animals are being trained by their handlers to someday provide assistance to those who suffer from various disabilities. NIKHILESH DE / NEWS EDITOR / MARCH 2016

CHRISTOPHER BOHORQUEZ STAFF WRITER

While many people are familiar with seeing-eye dogs, fewer know about other companion animals, a fact that the Companion Animal Club is working to change as they train furry assistants to aid people with disabilities.

The club brings together students to educate people interested in learning more about companion animals and the services they provide, according to the group’s website.

Carrie Ruge, president of the Companion Animal Club and a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said when she joined it was originally just for students who had general interest in companion animals. At that time, the club’s only activities were shelter visits.

All of that changed when she met Janice Wolfe, founder of Merlin’s Kids, an organization that rescues and rehabilitates shelter dogs to become service animals for people in need. Since then, the club has partnered with Merlin’s Kids.

“I started working with her, Lopez said. “I kind of take care of trains the aspiring fosters and and we were able to integrate the him 24/7 for the most part ... If I supplies the dogs and their food, Merlin’s Kids service dog train- have a class he can’t go to, he’s sat Lopez said.

During the training, students ing program on the campus to the by another club member.”

Nicole Sadori, a School of En- attend weekly lectures and study club,” Ruge said.

Ruge has been training a Rho- vironmental and Biological Sci- from a book, Lopez said. They desian ridgeback named Siri to be ences sophomore, studies com- learn the basics of training a a post-traumatic stress disorder panion animal science and is one dog— learning how to make a (PTSD) service dog for more than of the members that takes care of dog sit, lie down and be calm one year now. Siri was also the dogs when others cannot, includ- in public.

One of club’s main goals is to ing Teddy Bear and a Mastiff mix first dog the club got on campus. have the dogs to think for themClaressa Lopez, a School of named Samuel. selves and Environmental know when and Biologithey have to do cal Sciences “There are so many different people with plenty of certain things. sophomore The dogs are and activities disabilities that service dogs can all help.” trained to coordinator for know when to the club, said CLARESSA LOPEZ sit, lie down she became inSchool of Environmental and Biological Sciences Sophomore and stay calm, terested in the she said. club because This orshe shared “Me and Samuel bonded very ganization is meant for people common interests and goals with much,” Sadori said. “It was so who want a dog for their specific the club’s members. needs, Ruge said.

Lopez is training a 1-year-old hard having to give him back.”

Dogs are assigned to all types Members start off as sitters golden retriever/poodle mix named Teddy Bear. The foster and take care of dogs when of people in need, Lopez said.

“The dogs are ... trained for dog lives with Lopez on campus their owner is not available. In and travels with her to public plac- order to be a foster for a dog calming people down,” she said. in the club, members have go “We have dogs for PTSD specifies, including Lopez’s classes.

“He is my foster, he lives with into the foster program through cally, if the person is having night me on campus in my apartment,” Merlin’s Kids. The organization terrors their, cortisol levels will

increase, so a dog will smell it and wake the person up before they have the attack.”

The dogs help treat illnesses other than PTSD, including autism, she said. There are also dogs being trained to sniff out cancer cells.

The difficulty of training a companion is making sure their personalities fit for the specialty they are assigned to, she said. Aggressive dogs can be a problem, but they can be rehabilitated by the Merlin’s Kids organization.

Service dogs have had an impact on people’s lives, Ruge said.

A lot of people can benefit from service dogs but they are not aware of them.

The dogs are still up and coming and are not used as much as they should be, she said.

“You can have other types of ser vice dogs. People are used to seeing the seeing-eye dogs on campus and ever yone just assumes that’s only type of ser vice dog you can have,” she said. “There are so many different people with plenty of disabilities that ser vice dogs can all help.”

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April 5, 2016

Researcher explains physics concepts at lecture series HARSHEL PATEL

This high level of accuracy comes with a high cost, as quartz crystal clocks can be purchased for less than $100, whereas On Saturday, April 2, William cesium-133 clocks cost about Phillips, a physicist at the Na$100,000, he said. tional Institute for Standards and In Boulder, Colorado, NIST Technology (NIST) and winner maintains an atomic clock that of the 1997 Nobel Prize in physuses microwaves to change the ics, gave the annual Henry R. and phase of the excited cesium-133 Gladys V. Irons Lecture in Physatoms are moving in a long ics and Astronomy on time and tube, and deother physics termined the concepts. time based The Irons “(Einstein) asked himself the question ... ‘what is on whether or Lecture is an time?’ For me, a clock is something (that) ticks, not the phase annual lecture something that gives you a set of reproducible changed, held due to a he said. donation by periodic results that allow you to tick off time.”

“The reaRutgers alumson you (use nus Henr y R. WILLIAM PHILLIPS a long tube) Irons, a former Physicist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology is you want a researcher for long time to the U.S. Navy Pendulums and quartz crys- measure it,” he said. “One of who helped invent a machine to measure the Earth’s magnetic tals are inaccurate for timekeep- the problems is that these atfield, according to the Rutgers ing due to their imperfections, oms are moving at over 100 mewhich makes them unreliable, ters per second, and the apparaOral Histor y Archives website. tus is only about 1-meter long, Phillips began by describing he said.

Atoms are used for extremely so you don’t have ver y long to some of Albert Einstein’s theories and predictions, such as the accurate timekeeping, as they measure it.”

Phillips then went on to explain general theory of relativity and are all identical to one another, so the photoelectric effect to the measuring time with one sample methods of cooling down atoms audience. The audience was com- of atoms would yield the same re- to slow them down. He demonposed of a wide range of people, sults when measuring time with strated these ideas through liquid from elementary school students another sample of the same type nitrogen, the liquid form of the most abundant atom in the air, of atoms, he said. to the elderly.

“Every quartz crystal is dif- which is at about 77 Kelvin. “(Einstein) asked himself the Phillips compressed many balquestion ... ‘what is time?,’” he ferent from every other one,” he said. “For me, a clock is (that) said. “Every cesium-133 atom is loons into a bucket of liquid nitrosomething ticks, something that the same. I don’t mean almost gen, showing how their final volgives you a set of reproducible the same, I mean exactly, indistin- ume was lower than their initial volume due to the low amount of periodic results that allows you to guishably the same.”

With quartz crystals, the time energy in the air molecules. tick off time.

He also soaked a racquetball Clocks using a pendulum were will need to be adjusted by about initially conceived by Galileo in 30 seconds every year, whereas and a rose in the liquid nitrogen, the mid-17th century when he a cesium-133 atomic clock would then crushed the frozen rose in noticed the amount of time it took need to be adjust 30 seconds ev- his hand and shattered the racquetball as though it was made of for a pendulum to move from one ery million years, he said.

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side to the other was constant, Phillips said.

Clocks, such as grandfather clocks, were designed using this mechanism. Eventually, mechanisms resembling a tuning fork were made with quartz cr ystals, giving extremely reliable results, he said. These mechanisms are used commonly for wristwatches.

LESSONS 38.6 percent of New Brunswick population comes from other countries, according to census CONTINUED FROM FRONT

is why there is a high demand for these kind of services,” Pandey said. “It is very difficult for people who can’t communicate well in English. After attending these events, they have more confidence.”

About 38.6 percent of New Brunswick’s population is foreign-born, according to the United States Census Bureau.

The library’s ESL programs have hosted participants from more than 41 different countries, and the café’s attendees have ranged from Ph.D holders to stayat-home mothers, Pandey said.

One of the usual participants and a resident of Highland Park, Marketa Slavikova, arrived in the United States last August from the Czech Republic, where she will return with her family this summer.

“I come here because I would like to practice my English. I want to learn something new and make some friends,” she said.

Slavikova is especially grateful for the help she has received from Jennie Fisher, a New Brunswick resident who volunteers as a facilitator for the cafés. Fisher, whose husband was from Hungary, is accustomed to interacting with individuals whose first language is not English, she said.

The committed volunteer proudly highlighted that she does not refrain from correcting any of the participants when she notices that they are misusing or mispronouncing a word. They really appreciate when their mistakes are rectified, she said.

“It’s a lot of fun to just get to talk to people and find out where they come from,” Fisher said. “To

talk about why they are here and to discuss my own life with them.”

Pooja Patel, a fellow facilitator and a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she was motivated to become part of the cafés because she could relate to the difficulties of adapting to a different culture and grasping a new language.

“My grandparents and my parents came over from India …

“This all speaks to what I’ve seen my family go through.”

POOJA PATEL School of Arts and Sciences Senior

I’ve seen them kind of struggle with learning English,” she said.

“I wish my grandparents went to programs like these. This all speaks to what I’ve seen my family go through.”

William Phillips, a Nobel laureate with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, discussed physics concepts at Rutgers last week. PHYSICS.RUTGERS.EDU porcelain. This showed how the atoms did not have the energy to adjust as they were moved, resulting in them shattering.

These cooled atoms would, over time, stick together or to the tube, so scientists had to devise a way to get them to remain in the same energy state without interacting with the tube. The answer was to use magnets so the atoms would repel from the container walls, he said.

Phillips demonstrated this by spinning a magnetic top over a plastic surface on a strong magnetic, pulling the surface up to the perfect height and finally removing the surface to show the top almost floating in mid-air.

By the end of the lecture, Phillips had described the concepts of time, energy, temperature, the process of laser-cooling and magnetism in an understandable way to a large public audience.

Luke Heyer, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said his volunteer work in the library will provide him with the tools to become an ESL teacher after graduation.

Student facilitators like Patel and Heyer are trained through the Community-Based Language Learning course offered by the Rutgers Graduate School of Education. The partnership between the library and the University is coordinated by the Conversation Tree Initiative.

The distinct conversation topics and activities for each session are modeled to the participants’ respective needs, Pandey said.

This is especially true when it comes to the sessions on Wednesday mornings, where participants are allowed to bring their small children, who also get the chance to partake in learning activities in the library. This special café is a collaboration with PRAB, the New Brunswick Family Success Center.

“We didn’t want mothers to sit at home because they don’t have anybody to take her of their children,” she said.

For Alina Rusina, a native of Ukraine and a resident of Edison,

the cafés grant her what the English classes she was taking in her homeland lacked — one-toone communication.

“We have smalls groups here.

We can interact with each other,” she said. “Sometimes I know words and I know grammar, but people can’t understand me because I pronounce (them) wrong.”

Rusina, who just recently moved to the United States after completing her graduate studies in Ukraine, treasures the conversational practices that the cafés have offered her. Even seemingly trivial aspects like ordering pizza delivery, an act she said is harder than it appears, help her pronunciation.

For Patel, the cafés are forums of mutual learning. Every time she has a conversation with someone like Rusina or Slavikova, she learns a lot from their life experiences.

“Speaking as a student that is involved in this, it’s incredibly maturing and humbling to learn about people in New Brunswick,” she said. “You can walk by these people on George Street or anywhere on any given day, and they have some many different stories.”

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Student founds non-profit group for children

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Global Allies helps underprivileged children receive an education. The non-profit was founded by a Rutgers student after she took a trip to refugee camps in Afghanistan in 2011. COURTESY OF NAINIKA PAUL

APRIL 4 NEW BRUNSWICK — Ronald Scott, 63, of Edison, was sentenced to five years of prison after he was caught with sharing child pornography on his computer. Members of the State Police Digital Technology Investigations Unit and the New Jersey Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested the former-Elizabeth public school music teacher after investigators found his computer address was offering pornographic computer files of children. Detectives successfully downloaded three videos from Scott. The Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory in Hamilton found 64 total videos on his computer.

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Global Allies, a non-profit organization, serves to provide educational resources to underprivileged children, specifically refugees, in the most impoverished areas of the world.

The organization provides adequate educational resources in order for the children to have a free and lasting education.

Sahar Akbarzai, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, started Global Allies after visiting refugee camps in Afghanistan in 2011. Akbarzai was 16-year-old at the time and interviewed families and students living in refugee camps in the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital.

“It was a very eye-opening experience,” Akbarzai said.

She was exposed to a situation in a country where refugees were treated in a second-class manner.

The people lived well below the poverty line, Akbarzai said. She was also interested in the children who lived in these camps.

The children allowed her to interview them and gave her a tour of their school, she said. Their school was a tent, with stones holding it down in place and multiple lamps lit up the room.

“It was a very depressing sight, but what astounded me was how determined and resolute these children were to go to school and attain an education,” she said.

Akbarzai is the daughter of Afghan refugees who immigrated to America in the late 1980s. Growing up, she felt a sense of unfairness, she said. She was born and raised in the United States and had the ability to go to school with the resources to move forward in life, but these children did not.

“Education has always been something important to me, I

Sameen Jafri, a School of grew up learning of its values, and how it can fundamentally Arts and Sciences sophomore, change and or improve one’s life,” is a Rutgers University campus representative for Global Allies. she said.

Akbarzai wanted to be able to She is responsible for running give that same opportunity to the organization’s social media refugee children. But when she accounts on Facebook, Twitter first created the organization, it and Instagram.

“Growing up, I had the value of was a huge responsibility and very daunting, she said. She had helping those in need instilled in doubts people would not be inter- me,” she said.“I always wanted to do something that would make a ested in her organization.

But she was surrounded by difference in the world, whether people who supported her and that be by assisting Pakistani stubelieved in her mission, so the dents adapt to their new environprocess became incredibly moti- ment after moving to America or volunteering in hospitals to help vating, she said. those with med“I feel lucky ical needs.” and blessed She was to have the “What astounded me was interested in support of my this organizaparents and an how determined and tion because amazing team resolute these children it enabled her of campus repwere to go to school and to provide othresentatives attain an education.” er ambitious, in universities young minds across the SAHAR AKBARZAI with the recountry,” AkSchool of Arts and Sciences Sophomore sources they barzai said. need to make The ability to their dreams take on the crebecome a realativity aspect of this organization and be able ity, she said.

Global Allies hosts an event to put forth your own ideas and goals is new but exciting at the called The Refugee Justice Initiasame time, she said. The process tive from April 11 to 15, Jafri said. has been an amazing and very The organization will be putting donation boxes in the Douglass, humbling learning experience.

Global Allies is different from Busch and College Avenue Stuother organizations because their dent Centers. They will also be goal is to create a global solidarity having tabling sessions for people movement with refugee children, to take pictures with their hashtag and sign a petition, she said.

Akbarzai said.

Global Allies is trying to pass a “I think many Americans, especially in the millennial genera- resolution, which recognizes the tion are tired of the hate and fear human worth of refugee children mongering some politicians have and their educational rights to used against refugees,” she said. Congress, she said.

“This resolution is important “Universities have always been the hotbeds of political and social because with the current political movements (and) change, and we climate surrounding the issue of are hoping Global Allies can ac- refugees, (and) we must never forget that refugees are human complish this at a national level.”

and members of the international community,” Jafri said.

Nainika Paul, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, joined Global Allies in attempt to make an impact, after she heard the experiences of Akbarzai’s grandparents.

“It was such a heartbreaking story, and I thought this was a good way to make my mark by joining together for a global cause but doing it through the strength of local resources and student ideas,” Paul said.

Children’s education in refugee camps should be a long-term goal and should have a specific budget within aid to refugee camps, especially in places like Afghanistan and Syria, she said. Global Allies is working in these areas of the world currently but would like to expand to other parts of the world, she said.

“Not many people actually realize that once we put refugees in camps it is not over,” she said.

Global Allies can only supply children with books, pencils and pens, but Congress can do so much more by starting to acknowledge the specificity of these issues and the need to create a program to deal with the issue of childhood education within camps, Paul said.

Rutgers students understand the importance of education and where it takes us in life, she said.

“If we have the ability to then help someone else who can not access the right to education then we must do it,” she said.

She said people never know if the next world famous artist, engineer, doctor, speaker or businessman is sitting in those camps, and they are not harnessing the amount of talent within themselves due to political, terrorist or abiotic factors.

“They are children, and it is not fair to them,” she said.

APRIL 4 SOMERVILLE — Janet Fooshee, 63, pleaded guilty to second-degree identity theft, second-degree conspiracy, second -degree securities fraud, second-degree theft by unlawful taking, second-degree misapplication of entrusted property, third-degree identity theft, fourth-degree forgery and fourth-degree falsifying or tampering with records when organizing a Securities and Annuities fraud scheme that stole $1.178 million. She was sentenced to seven years in prison in front of a courtroom of victims. Fooshee must also pay $450,000 in restitution to the victims. Her husband was also pleaded guilty to second-degree charges of conspiracy, money laundering and securities fraud.

of people a house is zoned for and there’s a threshold for how high the rent can be,” she said. “So (part of our job) is having them understand how much the rent control is, what the number of people who can live in the house is … having the landlord provide that information.”

Students may not be aware of something as simple as knowing whether the landlord or the lessee is responsible for shoveling snow, she said.

They can also let students know about their public responsibilities, Wilson said.

All off-campus students can visit the office for assistance, she said.

The program caters to all members of Rutgers—New Brunswick.

“If there’s a concern that (the students) have, we’ll help unpack that concern and find out who best

Students can contact the office via email, through their Facebook page or by visiting when the building is open, Wilson said. There are facilities for students who just want to work on assignments or study as well.

Beyond assisting students find housing, the office is working with New Brunswick and the Rutgers University Police Department on security initiatives, including the Knight’s Watch, which was announced in February.

“We’re really friendly,” Wilson said. “We’re here to help, we’re here to make sure (students are) okay and we’re going to help them do (well).”

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said Chancellor Richard L. Edwards during his public remarks.

He thanked Mayor James Cahill for his help with this relationship during his speech.

Creating the office has been a work-in-progress for a while, he said.

The city can provide the government assistance that the office can use to fulfill its mission, Cahill said.

It can also help the students directly by letting them know when public utilities will arrive to pick up garbage and other related information.

Part of the office’s mission would include helping students understand their leases and making sure they do not violate any ordinances, Wilson said.

“Just as an example, in New Brunswick there’s a rent control law, so there’s a certain number

“We’re here to help, we’re here to make sure (students are) okay.”

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can help them,” she said. “So sometimes we’ll refer people to legal services, sometimes it’ll be based on the municipality of where they live.”

APRIL 4 FORKED RIVER — Philip M. Caputo, 60, was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault, one count of sexual assault and two counts of attempted sexual assault.

He was accused of sexually assaulting three boys of ages from 11 to 17.

Saputo was taken to Ocean County Jail and his bail was set at $200,000 cash. He was also ordered not to have contact with any of the victims.

APRIL 4 NEWARK — Anthony Graves, 47, was arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer twice in November 2014. He is being charged with two counts of fourth-degree impersonation. The Fire Captain allegedly stopped two vehicles in Hillside and Newark that day by activating the emergency lights in his official vehicle and speaking to the motorists. He did not go further than verbally questioning them. If he is convicted, he could be sentenced to as much as 18 months in state prison. To avoid a potential conflict of interest, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office took over from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office at the direction of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General.

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hen we walk around the Rutgers campus RYAN DUNLEAVY today, we can’t help but be a little bitter. With its own CAITLIN RAUCH DUNLEAVY Jersey-style diner and winning sports teams, Rutgers is a much cooler place now than in 2005, the year we graduated.

Even without those things, the college experience was easily the best four years of our lives. The laundry list of what we love about Rutgers goes beyond the beer pong tournaments, Olive Branch happy hours and 2 a.m. grease truck sandwiches. Well, that was a huge part of it, but for us, it was also because of The Daily Targum, our own version of greek life, of Frelinghuysen 2 or of some club that uses “RU” in its name.

We both spent our four years working for The Daily Targum to gain work experience more valuable than getting coffee at some New York City internship. We learned something at a 9:50 a.m. SCILS class, and put it to use at a 5 p.m. newspaper planning meeting. But inside those walls, we also met our closest friends — the kind of friends who are like family — and we met each other. We have been married for almost a year and it’s hard to believe that our relationship started after working long hours together at the Targum office more than 12 years ago.

But we aren’t so vain as to think you care what Targum means to us, our lives and our careers. We want to tell you why Targum is important to you. Whether you like it or not, the media is ingrained in your life.

College students spend between 8 and 10 hours per day on their smart phones, and much of that time is on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. Mainly, it’s about staying connected to your community of friends and finding out what’s going on in the world.

When you attend a college with more than 37,000 students, it’s easy to feel like, well, 1 in 37,000. Rutgers becomes a truly special place when you join the clubs, sports or groups that allow you to find those other students with whom you share common interests. That is your world.

The way you survive in the sea of thousands and miles of five campuses is to find your place in the community. And the way these various niche places feel connected to the school is through the Targum.

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“It defies the trend of most newspapers because it’s how your projects and passions are shared with others who just might just be looking for that exact information.”

The Daily Targum is your platform to know and be known. From the hundreds of events happening every month to the on-campus politics, the Targum is really the only way to stay connected with the rest of Rutgers. It defies the trend of most newspapers because it’s how your projects and passions are shared with others who just might just be looking for that exact information.

You might not feel like dancing all night during the annual Dance Marathon, but you might like to know how much money was raised. You may not be able to name the Rutgers student body president, but you want to know if there are changes happening that could affect you. Even if it’s something serviceable to read during a 100-level class at Scott Hall, or something you pick up just for the crossword or you never make it past the sports on the back page like one of us, it probably means more to you than you realize.

Rutgers can’t be squeezed into a 140-character tweet or a photo with a hashtag no one will remember 10 minutes from now. Being more than 10 years out of college, it’s nice to feel connected to your alma matter. If you are anything like us, Rutgers truly defines four years of your life that are unlike any other.

But Rutgers won’t be the same without the Targum, and right now that important part of your college experience needs you to simply take a few minutes to vote yes in the Referendum. We ran a referendum 12 years ago, and the responsible action of our classmates is the reason you are reading this newspaper today. Vote yes, not for us, but for you and the future Rutgers community.

Ryan Dunleavy covered Rutgers football and men’s lacrosse and held the positions of Sports Desk Assistant and Associate Sports Editor for The Daily Targum from 2001-2005. He is currently the Rutgers University football beat reporter for the Asbury Park Press, APP.com, MyCentralJersey.com.

He is also a Heisman Trophy voter.

Caitlin Rauch Dunleavy held the positions of Associate Design Editor, Design Editor and Managing Editor for The Daily Targum from 2001-2005.

She currently works at Conde Nast as the Marketing Director for WIRED.

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N.C. legislation excretes discrimination Bill requires transgender people to use assigned gender restrooms

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ost of us, presumably, will never know the gender on their birth certificate changed only if what it’s like to have a gender identity that the person completed a gender reassignment surdoesn’t match the biological sex we were gery, which is expensive and not always feasible. born with. When what you feel and who you think But the law appears to be a waste of time, because you are doesn’t match the sex organs you were born how can it even be enforceable in the first place? Will with, and you try to correct this dissonance, there’s a there be someone at every bathroom checking birth nefarious portion of society that will want to regulate certificates? Nonetheless, the law makes using the your body for you. This portion of society will not bathroom unnecessarily complicated and will allow accept you and will find ways to prevent you from someone who looks like a man (but the person’s birth certificate indicates a biological sex of being accepting yourself.

North Carolina passed a bill that reeks of bigot- female) into a women’s bathroom. The law also pegs ry, devoid of humanity and pragmatism. State law- the idea that people who are transgendered are inmakers passed a bill that bars transgender people herently dangerous. Controversy over restrooms from using public restrooms that match their gen- shows a call for a new of more unisex bathrooms, der identity, and, rightfully so, it’s eliciting a slew which any gender can use.

But transgender individuals of criticism that risks business have more to fear from everyin the state as well as its federal one else than everyone else do funds. Large companies in North of them. Transgender homicides Carolina, from American Airlines “The law also pegs the hit a historic high in 2015 with 21 to Apple and Google, expressed idea that people who homicides, and none were prosetheir indignation over this bill. cuted as hate crimes. People react And although its drastic measures are transgendered are to knowing that a person make it an unlikely possibility, inherently dangerous.” violently is transgender, psychologically the Obama Administration faces attacking a person and injuring whether North Carolina, despite them with malicious words or the discriminatory and unconphysically attacking them in ways stitutional of the law it passed, is still eligible to receive federal aid. North Carolina that have lead to murder. Currently, James Dixon, a passed a law that targets certain people for qualities Brooklyn man, is being charged for manslaughter in they cannot help but have, so accepting this law also a high-profile case for the death of Islan Nettles, a means the implicit acceptance of discrimination. You transgender woman. Dixon admitted to detectives don’t agree with designating minorities like black that he flirted with her before the attack, unaware people, as during the Jim Crow era, Hispanics, Ar- she was transgender. He attacked her with a group of ab-Americans or Asian-Americans with specific bath- friends afterward, and beat her to the extent in which she had severe brain damage. Violence against transrooms, do you?

The inane reason that buttresses the law is that gender individuals are explicitly committed, but vioallowing a transgender person to use the bathroom lence can also come in inconspicuous and insidious they identify with would easily allow “men to use ways that reject a person for their identity and prewomen’s bathrooms/lockers,” in the words of Gov. vent a person from simple privileges, such as allowPat McCrory (R-N.C.), and peeping toms or rapists ing the person to use a bathroom they identity with.

Overall, this discriminatory law must be rejected could use women’s bathroom. So the law states that a person that must use public restrooms that match and repealed. North Carolina’s lawmakers need to the gender on their birth certificate. And in North realize that the smell of their feces is more offensive Carolina, a transgender person can request to have than having a transgender person in the bathroom.

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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Federal government should take over Port Authority OH, THE PLACES YOU’LL GO NICK HANSEN

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century ago, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued an order to the states of New York and New Jersey that would prove enormously consequential. It mandated that the two states, in order to deal with disputes over trans-Hudson shipping, create a public authority that would subordinate each states’ needs to the public interest. The child of a Progressive Era mission to reduce public corruption and increase government efficiency, the Port of New York Authority came to be in 1921, and later changed its name to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Responsible for managing much of the region’s transportation needs, it oversees the Port Authority Bus Terminal, several bridges, the PATH train, John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International Airports, among other critical transit facilities.

When it was founded, the Port Authority was visionary. Clashes between New York and New Jersey over logistical issues necessitated some sort of agreement, and the Port Authority was the first interstate compact authorized by Article 1, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution. It oversees the largest

volume of shipping on the Eastern Seaboard. It is, in other words, critically important and has provided a great public service.

Unfortunately, it often fails to serve the interests of the bi-state public, with politicians opting to serve their narrow, parochial interests. The Port Authority has a Board of Commissioners, appointed by the governors of New York and New Jersey. The governor of New York chooses the executive director, the governor of New Jersey chooses a chairman and other appointment

Take Bill Baroni, an appointee of Gov. Christie (R-N.J.), who was indicted on nine counts of conspiracy, fraud and other charges related to “Bridgegate.”

The other problem lies in incentives. Governors exercise enormous power, and their incentives are narrow — they both want to serve their own states. Take, for example, the much-needed LaGuardia renovation.

This is a key part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-N.Y.) transportation initiative, and rightfully so — LaGuardia is a disaster. New

“With decision makers free of political pressures by their respective governors, technocrats in the administration could make decisions that reflected the best interests of both states.”

rights switch between the states. After the “Bridgegate” scandal, the Authority agreed to switch to a system where the board elects a CEO, and the chairmanship rotates between the two states. One problem: They haven’t found anyone qualified (or foolish) enough to take the CEO job.

One might think this would lead to an equitable distribution of power and intelligent decisions on public infrastructure. It hasn’t.

One obvious problem is that governors can stack the commission with political allies.

Jersey, of course, wants a slice of the pie — a $2.3 billion Newark Liberty project. This isn’t as needed. Newark operates at 5 percent over capacity. LaGuardia is more than 75 percent above capacity. But New Jersey wants its slice of the pie. It’s just like when I was a toddler and thought that if my brother got a cookie, I should get one too, even if I wasn’t hungry. Except it’s adults instead of small children, critical infrastructure projects instead of cookies and billions of dollars in public money instead of $1 of my parents’.

Of course, politicians’ interests also depend on time. The Port Authority Bus Terminal, built in 1950, reached operating capacity in 1966. The planners of new facilities, like a new Port Authority Bus Terminal, need to look a half-century or more ahead. Politicians with term limits (and life spans, for that matter) don’t have the incentive to look that far.

Some have called for the dissolution of the Port Authority. But as Second Avenue Sagas’ Benjamin Kabak notes, we can’t just eliminate it: We need to replace it with something better. A better version would be one administered by the federal government. Someone in the administration — either the President or the Secretary of Transportation — could appoint a director.

States could have some influence, but the primary administrators would be federal.

With decision makers free of political pressures by their respective governors, technocrats in the administration could make decisions that reflected the best interests of both states.

Just like we entrust sensitive issues of monetary policy to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, we should entrust sensitive issues of public transportation policy to an apolitical board.

Nick Hansen is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in history. His column, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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CRISPR advances research for genetic disorder victims HARSHEL PATEL

The method gaining immense attention over the last few years is Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats With increasing amounts of Short research into various diseases (CRISPR) technology, which can and disorders stemming from edit gene function and expresgenetic mutations, scientists sion, according to the website have begun to investigate ways for Addgene, a non-profit organito directly change the genetic zation that helps scientists share genetic information. makeup of cells.

Genes are the information Genetic disorders occur in about 2 to 3 percent of newborns, carried by DNA. DNA is a dou5 percent of the adult population ble stranded helix, with a single below the age of 25 and 60 per- stranded counterpart called RNA. cent in later life, according to the Both DNA and RNA are made through combinations of 5 nucleoGenetic Alliance UK website.

The lives of individuals af- tides, according to the Boise State flicted with genetic disorders University website.

A long process must take such as muscular dystrophy can place to exbe ver y dif fipress a gene. cult, developFirst, the ing problems DNA correwith mobility, sponding to diet and sleep, the desired according to “Changing the target gene gene is tranthe Parent sequence allows the scribed into Project Musscientist to find and RNA, which cular Dystroinfluence any gene they is processed phy website. so areas that These dislike, and gives great do not code orders arise power to researching for ever ything from the new things.” is removed.

DNA, where That product any kind of is transported mutation or outside the defective gene cell nucleus can lead to and translated immense issues for the person it is in. Ge- into proteins, according to the netic mutations can be passed on Nobel Prize website.

Before CRISPR, scientists had for generations, leading to the spread of the disorder, according to create a new nuclease-pair to the National Human Genome for ever y target on the genome.

The nuclease-pair would be diResearch Institute website.

Disorders such as sickle-cell rected to the desired spot on the anemia, cystic fibrosis, hemophil- gene, but was created in a meticia and muscular dystrophy are all ulous process, according to the genetic disorders, according to Addgene site.

CRISPR is made of two par ts, the website.

Rather than research drugs a “guide RNA” (gRNA) and an to treat these disorders, some endonuclease related to CRISscientists are working to direct- PR (Cas9). The gRNA is a shor t ly change the genetic makeup RNA strand with a sequence of a cell to one day remove the of nucleotides that allows consequences of genetic disor- Cas9 to to bind to it, as well ders, according to the Nature as a sequence that describes Publishing Group website, a the target gene, according to the site. scientific publication.

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While less than 5 percent of people under the age of 25 suffer from genetic disorders, as much as 60 percent of people in the later stages of life may be a victim of sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, muscular dystrophy and others. GRAPHIC BY SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR Changing the target gene sequence allows the scientist to find and influence any gene they like, and gives great power to researching new things, according to the site.

CRISPR was initially designed to strictly knockout, or remove from activity, specific genes. Over time, modifications have made it possible to activate or repress the activity of genes and even take

images of live cell DNA using fluorescence, according to the site.

Despite CRISPR’s massive potential, it has sparked debate regarding the ethics and safety of some of the experiments it is used in, according to the Nature Publishing Group website.

Some issues include whether or not it should be used to make changes to the human genome and what some of the potential ecological con-

sequences of genomically editing organisms, according to the site.

Nonetheless, CRISPR has had an explosive increase in research usage over the last three years, and it is only expected to get higher, according to the site. Especially considering the significantly cheaper price and simple methods of CRISPR, research should be expected to expand and gain more attention in the future.

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Review options carefully, planning action for after 5/9 and larger investments after 8/13. A two-year collaboration phase sparks on 9/9. Professional developments after 9/1 lead to spiritual renewal after 9/16. Reconsider dreams, ideals and beliefs. Look for hidden answers. Listen to your heart. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Savor peaceful introspection today and tomorrow. For four weeks with Venus in Aries, fantasies and dreams abound. You’re especially clever for the next few weeks, with Mercury in your sign.

Your creativity seems boundless.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — Collaborate with friends today and tomorrow. Profit from socializing over the next month (with Venus in Aries), despite a pull toward introspection over the next few weeks (with Mercury in Taurus).

Share your dreams.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Assume more professional authority today, tomorrow, and over the next month, with the Moon and Venus in Aries.

Communication and team collaboration come easily for the next few weeks. Hold meetings, parties and gatherings.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Expand your territory over the next month, with Venus in Aries. Study and travels flow, especially today and tomorrow. Your communications skills advance your career, with Mercury in Taurus for the next few weeks.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — You’re especially brilliant with finances and negotiations over the next month.

Earn more and save more. Plan a trip to study a fascinating subject over the next few weeks. Broaden your horizons.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Have fun with your

partner over the next month, with Venus in Aries, especially today and tomorrow. With Mercury in Taurus for about three weeks, you’re clever with bookkeeping and budgets. Determine shared priorities.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You’re especially creative and productive over this next month. Your work is in demand, especially today and tomorrow. Make agreements, promises and sign contracts over the next three weeks. Collaborate and compromise.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — You’re lucky in love and games this month, with Venus in Aries, especially today and tomorrow. Creativity inspires your work over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Taurus.

Follow passion.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Your heart is at home over the next month. Beautify your family’s spaces. Nurture your garden. Creative inspiration colors your writing and communications over the next three weeks.

Play with words.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Learn voraciously over the next month, with Venus in Aries. Study what you love, especially today and tomorrow. Beautify your home over the next three weeks, with Mercury in Taurus.

Read and write.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — This next month (especially today and tomorrow) can be especially lucrative. You have a special gift with words over the next three weeks. Write your novel.

Share what you’re learning. Promote good causes.

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LEHIGH Knights aim to piece together complete game in final nonconference matchup CONTINUED FROM BACK

mental preparation, as Rutgers has struggled against the Mountain Hawks in the past.

Holding a 3-20 all-time record against Lehigh, the Knights’ last win against the Mountain Hawks dates back to the 1990 season.

With only four days between their back-to-back road trips to the Keystone State, senior attacker Kristin Kocher thinks the game will be a great opportunity to avenge their most recent loss and get their season back on track.

“I think just how we felt after Penn State, we have to bring to Lehigh and take it out on them,” Kocher said. “We need to put a full Rutgers women’s lacrosse game together, we can’t just do half. We need to play a full game and getting a win against Lehigh can really give us that motivation we need for the rest of our Big Ten games.”

The Knights fell short against the Mountain Hawks last year despite winning a majority of draw controls and outshooting their opponent throughout the game.

Senior attacker Kim Kolodny, who is tied for second on Rutgers with 30 points this season, netted 3 goals against the Mountain Hawks in last year’s contest.

With 94 career points on the Banks, the game against Lehigh gives the Farmingdale, New York, native another chance to close in on the 100-point milestone.

Even though Rutgers had a strong showing in the loss, head coach Laura Brand-Sias noted that her team is not focused on last year’s results

and will continue to have their mind’s set on preparing for Tuesday’s opponent.

“They have some really key players that they utilize a great bit,” Bran-Sias said. “The biggest thing about Lehigh traditionally and what I’ve always noticed is that they like to control the clock, so 50-50 balls are going to be a huge aspect of the game for us.”

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Senior attacker Kristin Kocher said the Knights have to play well for a full 60 minutes to get a win over the Mountain Hawks on Tuesday afternoon. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2016

Rutgers continues success outdoors with 5 top-3 finishes in Williamsburg

Mulqueen was impressed with how well Velez was

as a speed bump in terms of difficulty in Rutgers schedule.

According to Brand-Sias, each game serves as its own opportunity, regardless of whether that opponent is in or out of the Big Ten conference.

“We only have sixteen opportunities in the regular season to compete and show what we can do, so tomorrow (Tuesday) is another opportunity to do that,” BrandSias said. “It really has nothing to do with about whether its conference or out of conference.”

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uke freshman Brandon Ingram announced Monday that he will enter the 2016 NBA draft.

The for ward, who averaged 17.3 points per game in his only season for the Blue Devils, made the announcement in a goodbye letter posted on The Players’ Tribune.

“My time is almost over here in Durham. Today as I declare for the NBA draft, I’m both excited and sad about this moment,” he wrote.

The Players Tribune, a website created by former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter that gives athletes a channel to post news articles in their own voice, has continued to grow in influence since it’s inception in October of 2014.

Ingram’s announcement through the website as opposed to a more traditional platform such as a press release or press conference shows athletes prefer to tell their news and its story through their own means.

The most famous news dropped on the Tribune was NBA legend Kobe Bryant announcing he’d be retiring at the end of the 2015 season in a letter titles “Goodbye, Basketball.”

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The Mountain Hawks are coming of f an 8-7 win against Boston University on Saturday, in a game where junior attacker Allison LaBeau led her team to victor y with 3 goals and an assist.

LaBeau played a part in Rutgers’ loss to the Mountain Hawks last year, recording a goal and an assist in that game.

In 10 games this season, Labeau leads Lehigh with 26 goals and 46 points. In 2015 she ranked eighth in Patriot League scoring with 34 goals and 48 points.

While the Knights have a quick break from their Big Ten opponents, Lehigh will not serve

performing despite the outdoor recently beginning.

Elsewhere, junior Jermaine

Freshman sprinter Chais Hill’s time of 14.40 in the 110-meter hurdles event was good for first place at the Colonial Relays.

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Senior Kyle Holder finished Grif fith finished second in the 200-meter dash, but was fifth in the 400-meter hurdles with the top collegiate finisher in a time of 53.10.

If Rutgers continues the strong the field. The winner, Sean Holston, was not af filiated with start that it’s put together, it can catch some Big Ten teams by surany school.

Chais Hill continued his im- prise come the championships.

The Knights are back in action pressive freshman season, winning the 110-meter hurdles with a next weekend at the Metropolitan Championships, which will be a time of 14.40.

Senior Rajee Dunbar finished home meet for Rutgers.

“We’re exthird in the cited,” Mul400-meter queen said dash with a “I think it’s a testament of the team’s time of 47.25. to how hard we work as chance to play It was his first a team and how much at home. “We time running the event all we’ve improved as a team are having an alumni event season, as coming from indoor to along with the some athletes outdoor.” meet, so the deviated from team is lookthe normal RAJEE DUNBAR ing forward to events they Senior Sprinter that.” usually ran in.

D u n b a r “I was hopes the ver y happy with my time,” Dunbar said. home-field advantage will give “The last time I ran a 400, I ran the Knights the edge, and spoke 48.06 (seconds). I don’t run the about how excited he is to have a 400 either. I was actually sur- home crowd to support him.

“It’s going to be a great atmoprised. My coaches were happy. I’m definitely excited about sphere to have fellow students, family, and friends all here cheermy time.”

Dunbar also spoke about the ing us on,” he said. We don’t really Knights’ strong start to the season. have a lot of home meets, so this “I think it’s a testament to how gives us the opportunity to have hard we work as a team and how everyone around to see us run much we’ve improved as a team, and have support, so it’s going to coming from indoor to outdoor, be a fun time.” keeping the ball moving in a posiFor updates on the Rutgers tive way,” he said. “It’s a testament to how hard we worked during men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter. the week.”

efensive end Greg Hardy, who remains unsigned in free agency, denied Monday during a one-on-one interview with ESPN’s Adam Schefter that he has ever hit a woman.

Hardy was discussing the 2014 incident involving former girlfriend Nicole Holder in Charlotte, North Carolina, when he was a member of the Carolina Panthers, and denied he had ever hit her.

“I’ve never put my hand on any woman,” Hardy said. “In my whole entire life, no sir.”

Hardy, 27, was accused by Holder of throwing her against a bathroom wall, throwing her on a bed covered with assault rifles, choking her and threatening her life during an altercation at his apartment.

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eSean McCoy will not be charged for his alleged role in a Feb. 7 nightclub fight with off-duty Philadelphia police officers, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced Monday.

Williams said there was “insufficient evidence” to charge McCoy, his friends or the off-duty officers involved in the incident.

He said he can’t prove who initiated the fight and that it’s legal to act in self-defense or the defense of others.

Although McCoy won’t be charged, the NFL will conduct its own investigation into the incident and still could discipline the Buffalo Bills running back. The league said Monday that “the matter remains under review of the Personal Conduct Policy.”

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he Oakland Raiders re-signed suspended pass-rusher Aldon Smith on Monday, the team announced.

The Raiders didn’t disclose terms, but The Associated Press repor ted that Smith, who is currently ser ving a yearlong suspension that was handed down in November when he violated the NFL’s substance-abuse policy, received a two-year contract.

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April 5, 2016 TENNIS PENN STATE 4, RUTGERS 3

RU drops 2 home matches as Big Ten woes persist ALEX GOLD STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team dropped two home matches this weekend, the first being a loss to Ohio State, 7-0, Saturday afternoon at the East Brunswick Racquet Club.

Currently ranked No. 2 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), the Buckeyes represented the highest-ranked opponent to visit New Jersey’s state school in the tennis program’s history.

“They’re very talented and they play with a lot of confidence,” said head coach Benjamin Bucca of the Buckeyes. “Ultimately, consistency was the name of the game today, and that always wins out in tennis.”

On the bright side, seniors Gina Li and Mariam Zein captured a win in the No. 1 position in doubles play, which was the first doubles victor y for the Scarlet Knights in Big Ten play this season.

In doubles action, Li and Zein downed Francesca Di Lorenzo and Olivia Sneed, who entered the match ranked as the No. 54-best doubles team in the country.

The 6-4 win that prevented Ohio State from sweeping the doubles point was the first doubles win for Li and Zein since March 15 at Prairie View A&M. Li also battled in the No. 1 singles position against Di Lorenzo, eventually suffering a 6-3, 6-2 defeat.

Di Lorenzo, a freshman and a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week this season, is currently ranked as the third-best player in the country.

“We rarely get to play an opponent on that level, but we came out and fought hard,” said junior Farris Cunningham. “The final score wasn’t indicative of the flow of the match because you couldn’t really tell that much of a difference between the two teams just by watching.”

Rutgers returned to action the following afternoon, when the Knights hosted Penn State at the

Senior Gina Li fell to Ohio State’s No. 3 Francesca Di Lorenzo in two sets in singles, but rebounded for a win against Penn State in her last home match. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2016 East Brunswick Racquet Club be- of the team, as well as framed ac- hit me that this was my last home tion photos to commemorate their stand until after singles.” ginning at 12:30 p.m.

Penn State came into the match excellent careers.

Despite having that laser sharp “Honestly, I viewed it as a special focus as well as clinching the douwith five wins compared to nine losses on the bles point season and 2-3 and seeing Big Ten record. singles victoSunday’s ries from Li match against “(A Big Ten win) would truly be the icing on the cake and Kayati, the Nittany Lifell in what has been a great ride for me here at Rutgers.” Rutgers ons served as to Penn State, the Knights’ Se4-3. nior Day, as the With the LINDSEY KAYATI program recoghelp of a thunSenior nized the accomderous crowd plishments of Li, at the EBRC, Zein and Lindthe Knights sey Kayati. j u m p e d The ceremony took place ap- day, but I was pleasantly surprised out to a fast start in douproximately 10 minutes prior to that my competitiveness took over bles play. the match and each senior was so I could focus on the match at In the No. 2 position, sophpresented with gifts from the rest hand,” Kayati said. “It didn’t quite omore Chloe Lee and junior

Ksenija Tihomirova downed Katia Blik and Samantha Tutelman, 6-2.

Kayati and Cunningham also won by a 6-2 margin in the No. 3 position to secure the point leading to the first time Rutgers has won the doubles point in Big Ten play this year.

In singles action, Kayati delivered her first conference victor y of the season with a straight-set triumph over PSU’s Katherine Whiteaway.

After Kayati jumped ahead with a 6-4 win in the first set, both Kayati and Whiteaway battled neck and neck in the second stanza.

Down the majority of the set, Whiteaway brought the score to five all, but Kayati settled down for the 7-5 win.

Li also had an intense match in the No. 1 position against Penn State’s Kimberly-Ann Surin.

The ace of the Knights’ lineup managed a 7-5 win in the first frame before Surin came back with a 7-5 result of her own in the second set.

In the third-set tiebreaker, the two went back and forth before Li pulled away with a 10-4 win.

The match served as the final home event of the Rutgers 2016 spring season as the Knights fell to 6-11 overall and 0-7 in conference play.

Rutgers begins its final road trip next weekend, traveling to the Great Lakes State for its next two matches to compete against Michigan and Michigan State.

The Knights are still chasing that elusive first conference triumph, but have made a lot of progress throughout the season.

“Last year, we barely won any individual matches and were losing to teams 7-0, whereas this year we we’ve gotten our feet wet and are making bigger strides toward knocking someone off,” Kayati said. “To do that would truly be the icing on the cake in what has been a great ride for me here at Rutgers.”

For updates on the Rutgers tennis team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

Senior Lindsey Kayati said the fact that she was playing in her final home match at Rutgers didn’t set in until after she had won her singles match. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2016

April 5, 2016

Page 15 BASEBALL HOWIE BREY IS AMONG PROGRAM LEADERS IN INNINGS PITCHED, STRIKEOUTS

Senior provides strong presence at front of Knights’ rotation MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT

Leaders are vital in any sport, but especially so in baseball.

With the grind of a long season featuring early nonconference games followed by a loaded conference schedule, there are many opportunities to lose focus and see confidence dwindle if losing occurs.

Teams look for an ace at the top of their pitching staff to keep up the momentum when things are going well, but also to be a stopper and put an end to bad times.

For the Rutgers baseball team (11-16, 2-4), senior pitcher Howie Brey fills that role at the front of the pitching staff.

The southpaw from Middletown, New Jersey, is 2-3 on the season with a 3.17 ERA, leading the team in innings pitched (48.1) and strikeouts (41).

He is coming off his best outing of the season, where he threw a complete game with eight strikeouts over Big Ten foe Indiana, leading the Scarlet Knights to a 7-1 victor y and their first conference win of the season.

But even more than the numbers show, his presence as a reliable and stabilizing force at the forefront of the rotation gives the Knights someone they know they can count on to set the tone for how they want to play in each series.

“Howie is Howie, and that is usually ver y good,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “He always gives us a chance to win and knows how to pitch when we’re ahead and has been getting better with keeping his pitch count down.”

Brey’s win over Indiana marked the fifth complete game of his career and improved Rutgers’ record to 4-0 at its home Bainton Field this season.

It was his first complete game since beating No. 13 Iowa at home last season, as he has

been a big contributor for the Knights in Big Ten play.

Rutgers went on to win 2 of the 3 games in the series against Indiana, with the tone for the series victor y being set by the longevity he provided in the opening game.

As someone who usually starts the opening games of series, he knows how pivotal it is to do his best to get the team off to a good start.

“Playing well in the first game of a series is big because it gives us confidence,” Brey said.

“We know that things change quickly in baseball and that you have to forget about what happened the day before, but it’s always good to start off by playing some good baseball.”

This kind of mentality is something that has been instilled into the Knights from the coaches since the beginning of the season.

They have struggled at times with jumping out to leads in games only to see the other team comeback, which shows the need for an ability to stay focused throughout each game and for subsequent games.

It is placed on team leaders to execute this mentality on the field, and Brey has been entrusted to do this by being named a captain for two straight seasons.

“It’s important to always stay positive because there are also more games to play,” he said.

“We’ve been in many of these close games, and we can’t look past anybody, so we know that we all have to stay focused on the task at hand.”

His presence as a trusted veteran has resulted in plenty of success on the field, as he is eighth on the school’s all-time list for innings pitched (239.1) and strikeouts (163).

The mindset he brings to his outings has not gone unnoticed by his teammates, who are quick to point out how confident they feel when he is on the mound.

Sophomore third baseman Milo Freeman said Howie Brey gives the Knights a pitcher that competes hard throughout his starts.

DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2016

With more games against tough Big Ten opponents ahead, the Knights will continue to rely on Brey for big performances.

“Howie is awesome and pitches

great for us,” said sophomore third baseman Milo Freeman.

“He’s a tough kid and always goes out there and competes. He really does a great job from the

first pitch to the last pitch.”

For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSports on Twitter.

Senior pitcher Howie Brey is off to a 2-3 start to the season, posting a 3.17 ERA and striking out a team-high 41 hitters over 48 innings of work thus far in 2016. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2015

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Howie is Howie, and that is usually very good.

He always gives us a chance to win and knows how to pitch when we’re ahead and has been getting better with keeping his pitch count down.”

— Head Baseball Coach Joe Littero

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS-LEHIGH, TODAY, 7 P.M.

Rutgers closes road swing with Lehigh THOMAS CRINCOLI STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team will not be getting much rest after losing its first conference game against Penn State on Saturday.

The Scarlet Knights (3-8, 0-1) will hop over the Pennsylvania border once again to play their final out of conference game against Lehigh (8-2, 3-1) on Tuesday, hoping to regain momentum before closing the season with the rest of their Big Ten opponents.

According to senior midfielder Taylor Pennell, her team’s first half struggle against the Nittany Lions ultimately defined the game’s outcome after playing up to pace with Penn State in the second half.

The Knights’ captain noted that playing the way they did in the second half shows how competitive her team can be, and the need to bring that compete level for a full 60 minutes.

“The vibes, the energy, the contagious kind of like, win attitude is something that is developed off the field,” Pennell said.

“That’s something we need to carry from the moment we leave the Hale Center to go on these trips.”

The New Egypt, New Jersey, native believes her team has done a great job throughout the season maintaining the right attitude, and thinks that nerves may have gotten the best of them on Saturday.

For their last out of conference game against Lehigh, the Knights will need full Senior midfielder Taylor Pennell said the Knights have to carry over their second half performance against Penn State into a full game effort. The Knights outscored the Nittany Lions 7-5 in the second half Saturday. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2016

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MEN’S TRACK & FIELD MULTIPLE KNIGHTS FINISH EVENTS IN TOP 3

RU places second at Colonial Relays JORDAN FARBOWITZ STAFF WRITER

Freshman Izaiah Brown finished first in the 400-meter dash as well as in the 4x100 and 200 relays at the Colonial Relays. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2016 MLB SCORES

When a team star ts a season of f well, there’s always pressure to continue the hot streak.

Other teams put a target on your back, the pressure to do well rises and succumbing to said pressure might impede your per formance.

Apparently, no one told the Rutgers men’s track and field team.

After a strong start to their outdoor season in Tampa, the Scarlet Knights continued their dominance at the Colonial Relays in Williamsburg, Virginia. They finished second overall with 76 team points.

Multiple athletes produced event wins, personal bests and school records.

“It was a good team effort,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen. “We held out some of our top performers to keep them healthy for bigger meets later in the season, but I thought we put forth tremendous performances this weekend.”

12 3

Philadelphia Cincinnati

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Minnesota Baltimore

2 3

Seattle Texas

2 3

Washington Atlanta

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LA Dodgers San Diego

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HOWIE BREY,

senior pitcher, was awarded Big Ten Pitcher of the Week. In his outing against Indiana on Friday Brey threw a complete game, allowing just 1 run, striking out eight and walking none. He is the first Rutgers pitcher to recieve the honor.

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Rutgers’ runners took center stage at the competition.

While there were high marks all around, there wasn’t a performance more important than Izaiah Brown’s. The freshman, who had a stellar indoor season, was coming off an injury that caused him to miss the NCAA Indoor Championship, as well as the first meet of the outdoor season in Tampa.

Brown’s outdoor debut saw him win the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.46, and was also a key contributor to the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays, both of which the Knights won.

“He looked fantastic,” Mulqueen said of Brown.

Joseph Velez was Rutgers’ other big star in Williamsburg.

He finished second in the hammer throw event, where his top distance of 64.99 meters was a Rutgers record.

“The whole competition I was trying to put something together,” he said. “I was a little off, so I was happy that I did something good.”

WOMEN’S LACROSSE BASEBALL

SOFTBALL

TENNIS

at Lehigh

vs. Fordham

vs. Seton Hall

at Michigan

Today, 7:00 p.m., Bethlehem, Pa.

Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m., Bainton Field

Tomorrow, 4:00 p.m., Saturday, 12 p.m.

RU Softball Complex Ann Arbor, Mich.