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Rutgers looks at merits of greek life on campus AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Greek life has taken a hit in recent months, from national stories surrounding the now-defunct University of Oklahoma’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity’s racist chant, to local news surrounding Rutgers chapters.

Rutgers’ chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was shut down in March due to an underage drinking incident, according to a previous article in The Daily Targum. There are currently six fraternities and one sorority at Rutgers under disciplinary review.

But media coverage of a few bad eggs are affecting the reputation of an entire group of organizations, said Laura Luciano, assistant director of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance.

Drinking, sexual assault and derogatory language occurs everywhere on campus, Luciano said.

“We know there are things happening in fraternity-owned homes, but those things are also happening on-campus and with off-campus students,” Luciano said. “While some (fraternities) may contribute negatively to our community, others provide positive contributions to our community.”

Alex Peterson, a member of Theta Delta Chi (TDX), said joining a

fraternity was one of the best decisions of his life and has sparked his social and professional network.

The media portrayal of greek life has been fair considering all of the incidents occurring, but not reflective of the entire greek community, he said.

“Many onlookers to greek life do not understand the diverse network greek life institutes,” said Peterson, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

Greek life traditionally aims to build character and leadership for the betterment of our society’s future, Peterson said. TDX’s average grade point average is a 3.2, with a diverse ranxge of majors from engineering to marine biology.

Social fraternities, medical fraternities, business fraternities and academic fraternities all aim to positively impact the community, Peterson said. Rutgers has a number of greek organizations that raise money for charities and non-profits.

As just one example, TDX raises $15,000 annually for autism awareness and participates in a mentoring program for teens with autism called “BrosUnited,” Peterson said.

Greek life is philanthropic at its core, Luciano said, noting Dance Marathon as an example. Dance MarSEE MERITS ON PAGE 4

Rutgers received a grant expected to total $174,248 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a system of “automatic detection” when it comes to identifying cyberbullying on the Internet.

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National Science Foundation gifts U. with grant to fight cyberbullying NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Rutgers University received a grant expected to total $174,248 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a system that automatically detects cyber-bullying, said principal investigator Vivek Singh.

The project, entitled “CRII: CHS: Cyber-bullying Detection Using Content & Social Network Analysis,” aims to define newer approaches

for automatic detection of cyber-bullying by integrating the relevant research in social sciences and computer science, said Singh, an assistant professor in the School of Communication and Information.

According to the research’s abstract on the NSF’s website, experts in social science have focused on personality, social relationships and psychological factors, involving both the bully and the victim, to better understand cyberbullying.

Computer science researchers have also developed automated methods to identify cyberbullying within messages by “text mining cyber conversations,” according to their website.

“The main aim of the research is to come up with newer models and algorithms for automated detection of cyber-bullying,” Singh said.

“A sample computer program that tests out the concepts will be made SEE CYBERBULLYING ON PAGE 5

Faculty predict growth of pollen for this spring NOA HALFF CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For perpetual allergy sufferers, this spring is expected to bring an increased amount of pollen due to to the long cold season, which has delayed the growth of grass and weeds and the incoming allergy season. When the weather stays warm, the pollen count will be increasing, bringing allergy sufferers a slew of symptoms, including congestion, coughing and hives. NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR

No one can seem to wait for spring to arrive after this chilly winter, but there is no anticipation for the pollen that comes with the seasons changing.

Because this winter was a colder and longer season, pollination is expected to occur later and be much more intense, said Leonard Bielory, past director of UMDNJ-Asthma and Allergy Research Center.

Bielory told CBS News that he has never seen a late release like this in the many years he has been studying climate.

The pollination will be so intense, one may see clouds of pollen, which look like yellow-green mists in the air, Bielory said. There will also be an overlapping of pollen being released, where cedar and maple will mix with oak and birch.

Weather plays a direct role in the release of pollen and severity of allergy season, according to an article in Consumer Affairs. The longer winter lasts, the stronger allergy season will be expected.

A long, cold and wet winter causes pollination to start later and end earlier but also be much more powerful, according to the Consumer Affairs article. Plants produce more

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flowers and fewer leaves, resulting in an increase of pollen.

Steve Decker, a teaching instructor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, said the weather this spring has been cold so far and is expected to continue.

“This has delayed the growth of grass and weeds and leaf-out of trees, so you could certainly say allergy season has been delayed this year,” he said. “Eventually, we will start to have warmer weather more consistently, so those pollen counts will be increasing.”

It is not expected to be a walk in the park this spring for those who experience allergies. Worse symptoms can be expected, and it is recommended to prepare in advance, according to Consumer Affairs.

This year has the potential to become the worst allergy season ever.

Physicians have already been seeing an increase in patients suffering from allergies, according to Consumer Affairs.

Symptoms such as sneezing, watery eyes and fatigue are increasing even among those who do not usually suffer from allergies. A stuffy nose, congestion, a cough, a sore throat, hives and irritability are also common symptoms, according to WebMD. SEE POLLEN ON PAGE 5

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U. moves to further gender inclusivity in campus housing SOPHIE NIETO-MUÑOZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

While many University students know gender-inclusive housing exists on campus, not many understand its significance to the LGBTQ community.

Students learned about the impor tance of gender-neutral residence halls and advancements in University housing during the “Dorms & Norms: College Spaces & The Search For Identity” panel discussion last Thursday in Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus.

The event, which was sponsored by The Tyler Clementi Center, Division of Student Affairs, Center for Social Justice and LGBTQ Communities (SJE), Office of Residence Life and more, included three Rutgers-affiliated individuals, who discussed the implications of gender-inclusiveness in housing initiatives.

The meaning of “sexile” has changed over time and continues to have disparate meanings in dif ferent cultures, said Yolanda Mar tinez-San Miguel, a professor in the Depar tment of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies.

In some cases, the term “sexile” refers to people being forced to leave their countr y due to their sexual orientation, Martinez-San Miguel said.

She said she recently learned of the college student’s definition of the term, which refers to temporarily kicking a person out of a shared room to allow a roommate to have sex with someone else.

The admissions policy should be changed to not only accept individuals legally identified as women, but also transgender men and self-identifying women, said Jenny Kurtz, area coordinator of Smith College housing and former University Residence Life employee.

Since the fall 2011 semester, Rutgers incorporated three housing initiatives, including the LGBTQ living learning community, “Rainbow Perspectives,” three gender-neutral housing options and roommate-matching options for students interested in gender-inclusive options, Kurtz said.

Rutgers was originally one of 50 schools nationally recognized with gender-neutral options, but the number throughout the nation has since expanded to 159, she said.

“Those initiatives solidified Rutgers’ position as a national leader working for LGBTQ students who are living in residence halls,” Kurtz said. “They were really well-received on campus and (at) the national level, but (there was) a real mix of media attention.”

Rutgers received praise from The New York Times, but also endured a sensationalized headline from a Fox New affiliate’s article, “Rutgers Okays Steamy Co-ed Showers,” Kurtz said.

“I feel like this really shows how people want to spin something,” she said.

Kurtz said there were many changes regarding gender-neutral housing since she first joined SJE in 2008.

Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus was the only dorm that offered a LGBTQ special interest section, she said.

Demarest is sometimes regarded as the “gay dorm,” but the residence hall is the safest housing for LGBTQ community members, Kurtz said. The hall also unofficially features gender-inclusive bathrooms.

Rutgers is doing well nationally for LGBTQ students, but not as much for transgender students, Kurtz said.

Transgender students are given roommates according to their legal sex, Kurtz said. Residence Life liaisons would tr y to give these students a single if Rutgers was aware of such preferences, as the bathroom situation remains a challenge.

The motto, “Whose stor y are we hearing and how can we get their voice?” brought about gender-neutral housing at the University, Kurtz said.

Kur tz said she had a meeting with former University president Richard L. McCormick and 15 students in the LGBTQ community.

When asked if they were scared of telling their roommate that they were members of the LGBTQ community, all 15 hands went up, Kurtz said.

“I was really surprised because a lot of these students hadn’t come out to their parents, but they were president of GSA or had been accepted, but ever y student felt scared or anxious,” she said.

Students now have the option to click a box on the housing application indicating a choice to live with a member of the LGBTQ community, said Sean Dowd, assistant director of Residence Life.

Eighty incoming firstyear students and 40 transfer students par ticipated in the roommate-matching initiative, Dowd said.

Students requesting to live in gender-neutral housing would be best supported by Residence Life, he said.

“We will take the time to connect to that student and figure out how to best help them,” he said.

There are some challenges that are being faced, including how individuals will be placed with a roommate of the same legal gender if one person in the roommate-matching system leaves, and other roommate is unable to find a replacement, Dowd said.

Rutgers is now also offering more gender-neutral housing options, Dowd said. These include the Demarest and New Gibbons residence halls, the Livingston Apartments and Rockoff Apartments on George Street.

“We’re making steady progress,” Dowd said. “I can’t tell anyone ‘Sorr y, that’s not an option for you.’ I can say at a bare minimum, ‘Let’s do anything we can to support you and help your transition.’”

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MERITS Figures in media, such as Bill Maher, have been advocating for complete ban of greek life CONTINUED FROM FRONT

athon raised more than $600,000 for cancer research last year.

But greek organizations still need to actively work toward eliminating violent activities, such as hazing and sexual assault, and many fraternities on campus are doing just that, Luciano said.

Every year, all of the newly elected fraternity presidents at Rutgers must attend a 45-minute introductory violence prevention workshop, she said. Fraternity presidents are given the option to sign up for a more extensive, follow-up program afterwards.

“We really encourage fraternities to be involved in the anti-sexual violence movement,” Luciano said.

“Right now, they don’t want to be associated with sexual assault one way or another, good or bad, so they’ve historically stayed out of it.”

Luciano said multiple fraternities have chosen to partake in this multi-session bystander intervention program, called “SCREAMING To Prevent Violence,” which totals eight hours. The program uses acting and skits to teach intervention skills.

Fraternity members who participate learn how to become active bystanders when they see an inappropriate situation, whether that be sexual assault at a party or derogatory language within the chapter, she said.

A fraternity that participated last year proved the success of the program, Luciano said. While on spring break in Daytona Beach, the fraternity brothers told Luciano they intervened in a situation using the skills they learned from the program. “(The Rutgers fraternity members) saw another group of men targeting a group of women and trying to force the women to dance with them,” Luciano said. “(The Rutgers fraternity brothers) were really proud of themselves for intervening.”

Before the sessions, they may not have intervened, Luciano said.

It is the group mentality of fraternities and sororities that encourages negative behaviors, Luciano said.

“If I’m with a group of friends and no one challenges me on my bad behavior, and they actually encourage bad behavior, that is when group mentality sets in,” Luciano said. “Some groups encourage attitudes and beliefs that ultimately support rape culture.”

But Peterson said one of the best aspects of greek life is having group mentality.

“The group mentality does not promote abusive activities,” Peterson said. “It promotes a team mentality where we all can work together to benefit ourselves as individuals and as a whole.”

Many figures in the media, such as Bill Maher, have been arguing for the ban of greek life everywhere. In 2013, the University of Central Florida did take a stance and halted all greek activities on campus.

But Luciano said this is a kneejerk reaction to the situation, and eliminating greek life will not solve any problems.

“I’d rather take the approach of working with fraternities — teaching them bystander intervention, deconstructing masculinity and how to create a culture where all people are respected,” she said.

Natalie Mahoney, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, has never been involved with the group mentality of a sorority. She said she sees greek organizations evolving in the near future.

“It’s foolish to think things like underage drinking and sexual violence don’t happen at fraternity parties,” she said. “But I think because of the watchful eye everyone now has on greek life now, these behaviors won’t happen as much.”

There are ways to change the negative aspects of greek culture, Luciano said. Rutgers is an educational institution and needs to educate students inside and outside of the classroom.

“Those specific fraternities that are doing what their commitment says and treating other students with respect will hopefully be the ones that continue to be vocal, work on these issues and work collaboratively with programs like mine,” Luciano said.

CRIME APRIL 5 MENDHAM TOWNSHIP — Alton Pridgen was charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute and possession of crack cocaine. The 29-year old man was pulled over by an officer after for a cell phone violation. While speaking to Pridgen, the officer detected a marijuana odor and called for a K-9 unit. After the K-9 sniffed the vehicle and indicated the presence of narcotics, the officer executed a consented full search of the car and found the drugs.

APRIL 4 JERSEY CITY — Police responded to a report of shots fired and found a 35-year-old man lying on the street bleeding profusely from his lower back area. The man told the police he was talking to a woman when he heard gunfire and realized he

had been shot but did not see who shot him. On their way to the scene, the cops spotted a man walking one block from where the victim was found, holding something on his waist.

Police exited the vehicle and pursued the man, but lost trail of him.

APRIL 4 PATERSON — A drug bust targeting marijuana sales resulted in the arrest of two 16-year-olds on drug dealing charges. Police did not release the names of the 16-year-olds due to their ages. One of them already faces 14 different criminal charges involving alleged marijuana sales, and the other was already accused of three drug dealing offenses. Eight people were arrested in total, including five buyers from Clifton and three dealers from Paterson.

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CYBERBULLYING Cyberbullying can be just as destructive as in-person bullying, Wilder says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

publicly available for free at the end of the project.”

The research will run for two years beginning July 2015, according the NSF’s official website. During this time, Singh said a graduate student researcher and he will be testing different approaches and algorithms to identify the most suitable methods for cyber-bullying detection.

Singh said he expects the audience would be other researchers, programmers and enthusiasts who may want to integrate the idea into products that may have a broader audience.

“For example, a specific school district may want to create a safer Twitter app that employs the algorithm developed by this project to (automatically) flag cyber-bullying messages,” he said.

According to a recent report by the National Crime Prevention Council, more than 40 percent of teenagers in the United States have reported being cyberbullied.

David Wilder, a professor in the Department of Psychology, said cyberbullying is more frequent and more easily accomplished than in-person bullying.

“Cyberbullying offers the cloak of anonymity, which frees bullies from fear of retaliation from victims or authorities, such as parents,” he said.

“Furthermore, it’s easy since anyone who is online can cyberbully.”

Compared to cyberbullying, Wilder said the traditional in-person bullying is “limited to direct physical or verbal intimidation,” while cyberbullying opens up various avenues of harm, such as photoshopping pictures of the victim or inundating the victim with messages.

He said cyberbullying is “psychologically easier” for participants to engage in because its consequences are less immediately apparent.

“One doesn’t see the negative impact immediately, so any empathy for the victim is not present that might moderate in-person bullying,” Wilder said.

He said this allows the cyberbully to frame and rationalize his or her

behavior as “just having fun.”

While Wilder said cyberbullying can be as destructive as in-person bullying as it contributes to anxiety, depression and unhappiness, in some respects it may be worse than in-person bullying.

Since acts on the Internet can be viewed by more people, Wilder said cyberbullying is more difficult to “erase” or forget than an instance of in-person bullying.

“Once in cyberspace, acts of bullying can be difficult to remove, so it can become a long-term source of humiliation,” he said.

Brian Chu, the director of the Youth Anxiety and Depression Clinic and associate professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology, said the particularly devastating nature of cyberbullying is that the attacks are permanently online.

“The incident continues to re-traumatize the victim because it is permanently stored online and can be shared amongst countless others, beyond the original circle of people the attack was intended for,” Chu said. “There is literally no way for an individual to ‘live it down.’”

Lauren Hoffman, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology, said the bulk of efforts currently being conducted against cyberbullying involve working with school systems to improve culture and climate inside the school community itself.

“I like the sound of Dr. Singh’s research, which will improve our understanding of the social atmosphere in which cyberbullying takes place and allow for enhanced supervision of online behavior,” she said.

Hoffman said she also thinks it is important to educate parents and teachers about the social media sites, apps and blogs that teens are participating in, so they may be better suited to appropriately monitor and intervene if an issue arises.

“Ultimately, this may help improve the lives of thousands of victims who are cyberbullied each year,” he said.

“The generated data set will be made available to the larger research community, thus again enabling new findings that can help counter the social problem of cyberbullying.”

POLLEN Campus health centers provide multiple brands of allergy medication to all students for lower cost CONTINUED FROM FRONT

There are mawny ways to either prevent or reduce suffering from allergies, according to WebMD. Checking the pollen counts forecast before going out, avoiding the outdoors as the sun rises and sets, showering and washing your clothes after being outdoors and acquiring the correct medication all help reduce symptoms, according to Consumer Affairs.

Rutgers Health Centers provide multiple brands of allergy medication available to all students, according to the Rutgers Health Center website. Those include, Claritan, Allegra, Zertec and Benedril and generic brands for cheaper prices.

Nasal sprays and eye drops are also available.

There are three pharmacies on campus where students can purchase these medications, according

to the Rutgers Health Center website. These include, Hurtado Health Center on the College Avenue Campus, Willets Telepharmacy on the Douglass campus and Busch-Livingston Telepharmacy on the Livingston campus.

Rutgers Health Ser vices do not cover allergy medication, but the pharmacy accepts many insurance plans and out-ofpocket payment, according to the website.

Shahar Platt, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said she has been experiencing symptoms of allergies that she has never had before.

At first, she said she thought her constant sneezing and watery eyes were signs of a cold.

“I couldn’t wait for spring — the nice weather, the flowers blooming, school ending,” she said.

“Now I am dreading it and all the allergies I am expecting.”

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U. Aresty project seeks to restore steadily dwindling bee population HARSHEL PATEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With bee populations diminishing in size, researchers across the country are trying to find ways to save bees from disappearing altogether.

Daniel Cariveau, a post-doctoral associate with the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, leads an Aresty project with two undergraduate students to determine if there are correlations between flower size and its pollinating bee’s size, said Kurtis Himmler, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

Himmler said the group collects bees from a field and measures both them and the flowers they pollinate.

Bees have a diverse range of sizes and tongue lengths, while flowers have diverse sizes and depths, Himmler said. Finding a correlation between those factors might help researchers better understand their relationship.

“The goal of our project is to determine whether size matching between bees and flowers can predict which bees visit which flowers,” he said. “We might expect that a bee with a longer tongue would visit a flower with a longer nectar tube.”

The ultimate goal of this research is to help increase the size of bee populations by finding which bees work best for pollinating specific crops, enabling farmers to maximize the production of that crop, Cariveau said.

This project was created after Cariveau became interested in the interactions and influences that plants and animals have on each other’s ecology and evolution, he said.

“Flowers are just a fantastic thing to look at because they have been shaped by bees and pollination,” he said. “(Bees) have fascinating and complex life cycles that led me to a lifetime of work on these really interesting critters.”

Rosemary Tucker, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said that after spending time last semester collecting data, the group is now running analyses to understand the information.

To obtain the data, the group collected bees and measured them using a dissecting microscope, Tucker said.

They also measured over 70 species of flowers to observe variations in flower size, Cariveau said.

“Recently, we’ve been working more on analyzing the data that we have, so we’re doing a lot of work in

RStudio doing coding and running analyses,” Tucker said.

In addition to collecting samples in the fields, the team writes their own computer code and calculates statistics on their data, Tucker said.

“Learning how to use RStudio, in general, has been a cool experience. Programming can be addicting at times, you just want to keep working on the code until you get a breakthrough and it finally works. It’s pretty satisfying,” Himmler said.

So far, the group has found data that supports their hypotheses on bee tongues’ relation to flower stems, Tucker said. This data would help further the field of pollination ecology.

Different steps can be taken with this analysis, Cariveau said.

A large focus of the work is to aid the conservation of bees. The team’s goal is to benefit the roughly 400 native bee species that live in New Jersey.

“New Jersey is a big producer of cranberries and blueberries –– both of those crops are dependent on bees to set fruit. These wild bees do a lot of work. They’re not brought in like honey bees are, and they’re really important for a lot of these different crops,” he said.

Daniel Cariveau, a researcher in Rutgers’ Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, is working with undergraduate students Kurtis Himmler and Rosy Tucker to determine if there are correlations between flower size and its pollinating bee’s size. COURTESY OF FAYE BENJAMIN The team’s work is also focused on understanding how native bees might benefit crops and increase human food supply, he said. Determining the best bee species to pollinate a given crop would help farmers maximize the growth of certain crops to best support both their harvests and the bee population, he said.

Bees, like flowers, are variable in many ways –– they can be as large as a bumblebee or as small as a few millimeters,

Cariveau said. They may also have different colors and different tongue lengths, among other unique traits.

“Something that we really hope to show from our presentation at the Aresty Symposium is the diversity of bees,” Tucker said. “Most people only think about the honey bee or the bumblebee, but in New Jersey there are (many more) native bee species, and I don’t that’s something people realize.”

Rutgers opens doors to annual Aresty program NIKHILESH DE CORRESPONDENT

Introducing undergraduate students to research expands their knowledge differently from a classroom experience, said Brian Ballentine, executive director of the Aresty Undergraduate Research Program.

The Aresty Program connects students with research projects throughout the University, Ballentine said. The Summer Science Program grants opportunities for those on break, while the larger Research Assistant Program runs through the academic year.

“The general mission of the (Aresty) Research Program is to facilitate research and the research process,” he said. “It’s primarily for undergraduates … the focus (is) on providing the entryway into the research experience and supporting them as they go forward.”

Students initially applying to the Aresty Program will become a research assistant, Ballentine said.

These positions are open to all students, including rising seniors.

Those who are accepted may stay on with their professors after their first year separately from the Aresty program, he said.

“It’s very common for students to have that experience through Aresty and then to remain in the lab for the next couple of years,” he said. “They can only do the Research Assistant Program once, but professors are usually using the program to find students they can keep for a long time.”

Professors will describe their research and what they need in a candidate, Ballentine said. Ideally,

students will have already taken certain courses and demonstrated an ability to handle the responsibilities of the position.

These professors will then look at the applicants to their program and select the most appropriate fit, Ballentine said.

“Last year we received 1,200 individual applicants, and there were 350 students who were selected,” he said.

“The number of projects is smaller than the number of students selected … this year we have 255 projects.”

Students are able to apply to more than one project, he said. Students applying for the Research Assistant Program are able to apply for three projects, while students interested in the Summer Science Program can apply for two.

This year, about 150 of the projects are in a STEM field, Ballentine said. The rest are divided into the humanities and social sciences.

Almost 80 departments from every school within the University are represented in the Aresty Program, he said.

Despite this, many of the projects are interdisciplinary, Ballentine said.

“From a research perspective, things are increasingly cross-disciplinary (and) professors are cross-listed,” he said. “(Projects) do span multiple disciplines.”

Though research at the University might be trying to answer different questions from those a corporation might ask, the work involved is comparable, he said.

The deadline to apply to the program is April 7, Ballentine said.

Further information can be found at aresty.rutgers.edu.

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EDITORIAL

Lucero platform, history proves merit Rutgers Student Alliance candidate deserves RUSA presidency

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lection season is upon us once again, and the increasingly fixed on mixing alcohol and new substancRutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) es to create more potent cocktails, and the risk for bodihas begun campaigning for their next executive ly harm has increased astronomically. As the pressure board. All undergraduate students are invited to take mounts for college students, the desire to “let loose” part in the voting process that began on April 4 and will directly correlates, leading to reckless decision making. continue until midnight on Wednesday, April 8. Both Recent events involving a stabbing near campus prove presidential candidates, Matt Panconi and Justin Luce- that substance abuse is an issue that can no longer be ro, have taken stances on the issues that pertain most brushed under the rug. No one is saying that college to Rutgers students, deciding to focus on a specific set students cannot partake in a bit of legal fun. However, of prominent issues, respectively. As an editorial board, when threats to safety are viable, the culture needs to The Daily Targum has made the decision to endorse reflect upon itself and change accordingly.

Lucero’s platform presents the most realistic agenda, candidate Justin Lucero. with goals that appear attainable for any group of stuWhile both candidates and their respective tickets began campaigning late in the game, at this point it is dents. Additionally, his track record speaks for itself. clear what both tickets bring to the table. Lucero is run- Lucero played a role in establishing the preferred-name ning on the Rutgers Student Alliance ticket, while Pan- policy that has placed Rutgers among an elite group of coni is associated with Rutgers Students United. Some colleges and universities that understand the imporof the key points that Lucero has presented involve tance of acknowledging and respecting every student expanding Counseling and Psychological Services across the gender spectrum. Similarly, he has worked to increase cooperation amongst (CAPS) and addressing issues RUSA and other student orgaof substance abuse. nizations, and campaigned for Expanding CAPS is one of the “Lucero’s platform presents teachers to maintain consciousmore appealing components to ness in assigning textbooks that the most realistic agenda.”

Lucero’s platform. As it stands, are particularly expensive. When CAPS is often treated as a gea candidate for any office can neric part of the University, most offer up concrete examples of addressed in times of need or cripositive efforts that have come to fruition in the past, sis. However, the services they offer can be not only life it makes it that much easier for voters to make an inchanging, but life saving. Mental health issues are serious issues that many students might not think pertain to formed decision.

For the rest of the campaign, the editorial board wishthem. The pressures placed on today’s college students es Lucero, his running mates and all of the other stuare more astounding than ever –– We are expected to dents who have made the bold choice to run for office, achieve top marks, take part in extensive internships, collect leadership roles on campus and graduate with the best of luck. As college students, it is never an easy the perfect job or post-baccalaureate plan. This con- task to balance schoolwork on top of extra curricular acfluence of expectations can perpetuate an increasingly tivities and other responsibilities. A student body comvolatile situation for any individual. Paying proper atten- prised of thousands upon thousands of students needs a tion to mental health issues and expanding the services cohesive voice, and RUSA serves as our collective voice. available to students will most assuredly have a positive Students who choose to participate in RUSA bear the heavy burden of speaking on behalf of the many. The impact on the student body at large.

It was never a secret that college students, espe- editorial board feels that Lucero and his running mates cially those at Rutgers, are partial to drinking and are equipped to bear that burden and represent the best drug-related activities. But college culture has become interests of the students at this University.

The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.

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Scandals put greek culture on defensive FRONTLINE DAN COREY

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ince the April 2 online publication of a news article titled, “Man becomes trapped in ditch after cutting through between fraternity homes,” it has become more than clear that a considerable portion of University students do not read past the headlines of our stories. Headlines are meant to grab a reader’s attention while maintaining factual accuracy and a general summary of the story itself — that’s exactly what was done. A man became trapped in a ditch after cutting through the space between two fraternity homes, specifically the Delta Kappa Epsilon (DKE) and Theta Delta Chi (TDX) houses.

While many interpreted our first Facebook post about emergency vehicles in front of the DKE house as sensational click-bait, the post merely spoke the truth. Reporters from The Daily Targum spoke with patrol officers and paramedics who were standing on the sidewalk directly in front of the house, and that brief discourse was made known in the article with the mention of their lack of commentary. The intention of the vehicles was later made clear, once the information was verified, in both the print and online versions of the article, which factually reported the assistance two fraternity brothers provided to the man in need.

After our article was described as “sensational,” along with contradictory parallels to both Fox News and “a liberal circlejerk,” it has become obvious that most people calling our credibility into question have no idea what “sensationalism” is. This became especially visible when a merely speculative and

inflammatory article by 10worthy.com’s Steve Gazibara circulated inaccurate information online. His “story” is a prime example of sensationalism itself, especially considering how Gazibara didn’t bother to reach out to The Daily Targum for a comment on the situation before publishing.

As a result of recent scandals plaguing fraternities and sororities since the beginning of the Fall 2014 semester, it has become apparent that the University’s greek culture has become so thin-skinned and hypersensitive that any mention of greek letters puts them on the defensive. It has become such an issue that if you are not part of a fraternity or sorority,

“The Daily Targum is a newspaper, not a PR agency.” or explicitly stating something positive about one, then nobody has the right to say something with any reference to greek life, even for location accuracy.

The Daily Targum is a newspaper, not a PR agency. Even if we were, there’s no conceivable way we could write about every greek service event. We have an obligation to specify location accuracy to serve public interest, particularly when physical safety is of concern — that’s exactly what was done. In this case, a man literally became entrapped in a construction sinkhole between two fraternity houses. Most students know where the DKE and TDX houses are, not many know that Rutgers Hillel is constructing a new building between them at a site with unstable ground movement.

If you want The Daily Targum to omit the fact that the accident occurred

between two fraternity houses, would you also ask us to omit what we printed about the two DKE fraternity brothers finding the man and contacting emergency services? Or perhaps, should we present an à la carte menu of facts from which one can decide which ones should be included and omitted?

The accusations of sensational reporting on social media reflect an effort by a select few to inflict an Orwellian worldview on the press, in which the mere printing of a word or phrase, such as “fraternity” or “greek life,” has become a dog-whistle to call out the troops, who attempt to create manufactured controversy where it doesn’t exist.

If the reporting of emergency vehicles outside a fraternity house is viewed as sensationalistic, I can think of no other explanation aside from paranoia and hypersensitivity that doesn’t serve the University community in any constructive manner. If the students making accusations took the time out their day to actually read past the headline, perhaps they would notice The Daily Targum wrote about the DKE brothers in a way that any reasonable person would consider to be a positive light.

If you are willing to make the effort to denounce The Daily Targum’s reporting on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and anonymously on Yik Yak, perhaps you might want to consider voicing your concerns in a more formal format by writing a letter to the Opinions Editor at oped@dailytargum.com, or by commenting on the online version of the article.

Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School firstyear student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum.

Networking opportunities available online ASK THE CAREER SPECIALIST TAMARA PETERS

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mma, a senior asked, “I hear a lot about networking, and that getting a job is more about whom you know versus what you know ... But what if I don’t know that many people?”

The word “networking” can be intimidating and overwhelming. Your mind might flash to images of business professionals in fancy attire, shaking hands, with somewhat fake smiles on their faces. They’re conversing about industry trends, the news, their accomplishments and what they do. It might seem like everyone is trying to prove that they’re more exceptional than everyone else.

If even the thought of this makes you sweat, rest assured –– you’re not alone.

Let’s take a step back and break down what networking really is: “the exchange of information or services among individuals, groups or institutions, specifically, the cultivation of productive relationships for employment or business.” You can get started by networking from the comfort of your dorm room through LinkedIn or email, and with the assistance of resources, including University Career Services Student Alumni Career Connection and CareerShift.

Start with something familiar, like LinkedIn. University Career Services offers a LinkedIn 101 workshop that teaches you LinkedIn basics, such as how to market yourself by leveraging the platform. There’s a wealth of information available through LinkedIn’s “LinkedIn for Students” section.

Once you’re up and running with a basic profile, there’s no better place to do online networking. Begin connecting with former and

current supervisors and colleagues, friends, family members and neighbors. LinkedIn gives you an easy and simple way to access your professional network. Through LinkedIn, you can keep up with career milestones and congratulate your connections on a promotion, job anniversary or move to a different organization. If you’re interested in the financial industry and you see that your friend’s parent works in the financial industry, you can connect with her using LinkedIn as a gateway to an in-person conversation.

Mention that you’re interested in the financial sector and are wondering if she might have a few minutes to talk with you about her experience and any advice she can offer. Suddenly you’ve gone from online to in-person!

LinkedIn also has a feature that allows you to get introduced. Let’s say you have an interview with an organization and you’re curious what their culture is like from the perspective of an actual employee. You don’t know anyone that works for this organization, but through LinkedIn you can see that your college roommate is connected to someone that works there. You can ask your roommate to connect you, or send a request through LinkedIn with an explanation of introduction to the individual that works at the organization. From there you can correspond with this person through LinkedIn, ask your burning questions and relay your interest in the organization.

Having a commonality is always helpful when trying to connect with someone on and offline. This can be anything from a person you both know, an organization you both worked for, a cause you’re both committed to or even a school you both attended.

University Career Services helps students network online through a database of accessible Rutgers alumni willing to serve as mentors, called Student-Alumni Career

Connections (SACC). This database can be accessed via the virtual career center, CareerKnight. Right away, you have something in common with all of the potential mentors: Rutgers. Through this application, you can see a potential mentor’s undergraduate major, current position and place of employment. If you’re interested in a career and want to learn about it from someone who’s actually doing it, or if you’re preparing for a career and want to be sure you’re covering all the bases, check out SACC. The tool includes a Student Information Guide resource with helpful tips on how to conduct informational interviews and strategies for putting your best self forward in communications.

Once you’ve networked with individuals through LinkedIn and individuals from Rutgers, try taking online networking a step further. As a Rutgers student, you have access to the CareerShift job-hunting web service that provides job search results from thousands of career sites and job boards. CareerShift also has a “My Contacts” feature with contact information, including LinkedIn profile information, for thousands of contacts. This gives you the capability to reach out and network directly through email with individuals at organizations you’re targeting for an internship or job search.

Networking doesn’t have to be nerve wracking. It’s more manageable if you take small steps toward the larger goal of formal and professional in-person networking. Get your feet wet first through online interactions, then through in-person networking.

Start small, dream big and get to work!

“Ask the Career Specialist” is a column

by Rutgers University Career Services that runs alternate Mondays. Submit career questions for future columns by emailing careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

U. servers not at risk for information breach during DDoS attacks Last week, University servers were hit by a Distributed Denial of Service attack that led to the shutdown of Sakai and the Central Authentication system, rendering RUWireless inoperable for several days, as reported by The Daily Targum on Tuesday.

During a DDoS, servers are flooded by requests from an external source. Bots, or hijacked computers, were programmed to inundate the University’s secure servers with requests for information. Many of these hijacked computers appeared to originate from outside of the United States. It is likely no University computers were co-opted into contributing to the attacks.

A DDoS attack differs from a break-in in one key way –– a DDoS forces servers to shutdown, while a data breach is performed to steal or delete information. Notably, Sony has been broken into multiple times in the past few years, leading to theft of credit card and other private information. While some services, such as the Playstation Network in 2011, were disrupted, this was more of a byproduct caused by the hack. Stealing or deleting information was not a goal of the Rutgers attack.

Hacking can be done by installing malware onto a server or by hunting down and exploiting weaknesses. The methods of breaking into a system are different enough from those of a DDoS that they can be identified and dealt with. While both exploit vulnerabilities, the former does so subtly to gain access and control.

A DDoS is less refined, and because of the nature of the Rutgers attacks, at no time was any private information vulnerable to theft.

A series of emails sent by the Office of Information Technology and the Telecommunications Division explained that Sakai and CAS were taken offline to protect them and the University servers from the DDoS attacks, which continued through Sunday. These services were made available again to those using an on-campus network late Sunday, and to off-campus students again on Monday.

Rutgers employs “DDoS mitigation” software that is designed to help detect and end attacks by noting how traffic patterns –– what computers request information –– change, including where traffic originates from. This

“Deleting this information would be difficult.” notifies system administrators when an abnormally large number of atypical requests are being made.

The Internet in general is structured so that information cannot easily be lost. Every tweet, picture, forum message, video and private piece of information remains online even if a user ostensibly deletes it. Rutgers has a vast, complicated network of servers, many different wireless networks and storage for all the information the University holds, both onsite and offsite, and backups for this data do exist in the unlikely event it is rendered unusable on one platform. The way the data is held also prevents changes being made to it once it is stored.

Deleting this information would be difficult for a hacker and stealing it more so. Denying students the opportunity to study for exams, access their grades or contact their professors is much easier in comparison. While this denial caused, and can cause, a lot of harm in terms of productivity and even just keeping up with what’s happening at the University, it has less of an effect on any of the actual data stored here.

Nikhilesh De is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering. He is a correspondent at The Daily Targum.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

April 6, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (04/06/15). Play your game full out this year. Practice.

Involve family. Romantic passion and partnership blossom over springtime.

Plan an educational journey for launch after 6/14. A shift in your work after 10/13 opens new directions. Late autumn planning leads to winter changes, forged from new clarity on your mission. Ask for your heart’s desire. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5 — Talk gets further than action today. Travel virtually instead of actually. Search for what you need online. Intuition provides a new vision of the future. Follow a hunch.

Put on the brakes. Make do with less.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Talk with your partner over the next two days. Optimism runs high. Tempers could flare, though.

Domestic responsibilities take precedence. Stay in communication. An amazing development changes your options. Glimpse the future. Publish your view.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Others vie for your attention. Talk is cheap, but action could get thwarted. Conflicting orders require clarification. Change at the top reveals new opportunities. Don’t goof off. Friends help you make an important connection.

Make an agreement.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Things may not go as planned, especially romantically. Go back to a place you enjoyed. Play a game you used to excel at. Postpone cleaning house. Notice details as you walk. Others want your attention.

Share it.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Unexpected circumstances at home hold your attention. New information changes the picture. Put in the correction. Consider all the facts.

You can talk your way out of anything today. Impress someone important with a positive presentation.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Work out the plan before taking action. Consult an expert.

Discover problems before they cost money. Resolve discrepancies to align on priorities. Communications flow, which is especially useful to manage breakdowns. Use something you’ve been saving.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Get organized and set priorities. A temporary setback interrupts work. Payments could be delayed.

Conserve emotional and physical energy. Think from many perspectives and plan your next steps. Make a useful discovery. Brilliant ideas arise in the shower.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — A new understanding illuminates a personal matter today and tomorrow. Resist being impulsive, especially if friends are. Anticipate some resistance. Sparks could fly. Talk it over, but more importantly listen generously. Prioritize love in family.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Discover a new mess and clean it. Unexpected visitors could arrive. Costs are higher than expected.

Ask your social circles for ideas and support. It’s more fun to collaborate, and others have crazy ideas that may work. Count your blessings.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Work out plans with a group project. A shared vision leads to abundance. Insist on getting what you need. A surprise at home requires coordinated efforts. Keep travel plans practical. Call a distant friend. Assess the situation together.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Complications arise. A scheduling conflict puts a kink in a professional aspiration. Communication resolves a barrier. Ask for what you want. Take an idea and run with it. Be polite. Create a dialogue. The conversation has broad appeal.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Heed a warning and make long-range plans. Unexpected expenses could change your options.

Listen to your intuition now. Figure out how to fatten your savings. Talk over dreams and schemes with your traveling companions. Ask your networks for suggestions.

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Longa, defensive tackles, line play pivotal role for Knights in 2015 campaign

Rutgers tallies 22 runs on 22 hits in two games on Saturday against Minnesota

CONTINUED FROM BACK got a good feel for what they are and who they’re gonna be.”

Flood admitted he is enjoying the competition taking place at nose tackle. While he acknowledges Joseph has the inside track at the moment, he was unwilling to commit to any individual as redshirt-freshman Kevin Wilkins will continue to push Joseph.

But there is one thing Flood is certain of — Wilkins and Joseph both have the size needed to play in the Big Ten. “(They’re) big, athletic bodies,” Flood said. “Sebastian’s ahead of Kevin right now, for sure. Kevin spent most of the year on scout team. … Sebastian had the advantage of practicing with the defense, playing a little bit in games — it’s a big advantage, but both of those guys are 290-pound-plus athletic bodies and they’re doing a good job in there.”

Defensive backs were flying around in the secondary for the first portion of 7-on-7 drills, challenging receivers to hang on to the ball when making catches in tight quarters.

A few skirmishes could be seen as a result of the excitement of the first day in full pads.

Junior linebacker Steve Longa was all over the field, making tackles and swiping at receivers and running backs carrying the ball his way.

Longa was the defensive leader for Rutgers in 2014, starting all 13 games for the Knights along with a team-best 102 tackles. Longa made a handful of tackles during 11-on-11 action, including a few big hits that drew awed reactions from the onlooking crowd of recruits and special guests.

On the opposite side with the offense, Chris Muller had been waiting while to slap the pads back on. The junior, who started all 13 games at right guard last season, was invigorated by the intensity of the practice and noted that the handful of scuffles were just indicative of the players’ hunger to improve.

“It’s just the passion for the game,” Muller said, referring to the scraps that occurred Saturday. “If there weren’t chippy things going on, you should be worried because everyone on this team is really passionate about the game which shows the desire that they want to win.”

Muller highlighted the areas in which he must improve for both himself and the team, stressing the significance of the effect the other players will have on his progression.

“I think I need to become a little bit more of a leader on the offensive line and be able to help everyone else more,” Muller said, adding, “I feel like once I help everyone else more, that’ll help me out. And I feel I need to be able to have everything mentally so down that I don’t even have to think about it — it’ll just be second nature.”

With just over two and a half weeks before the annual Scarlet and White intersquad scrimmage on April 24 at High Point Solutions Stadium, Flood is encouraged with what he has seen so far.

“I think we’re off to a good start.

It’s certainly not as clean as we’d like it to be in the spring, but there’s a lot of great effort out here right now and it’s probably the most important thing,” Flood said.

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CONTINUED FROM BACK disappointed with the way they competed in their comeback.

After a 13-6 win in the opening game of the series, the Knights came down to the last out in the second-straight game of the afternoon on Saturday.

“That’s what we were talking about after that game, ‘Sometimes when you lose, you can do good things,’” Litterio said. “Even though it’s a loss and you are disappointed, I was happy that they kept battling.”

The main issue that has plagued Rutgers all season has been the lack of production offensively, but the Knights experienced no such hitting slumps Saturday.

In the first game, Rutgers forwarded 13 runs on 11 hits while also

stranding only seven runners. The Knights also followed up that performance with 11 more hits in the second game with another nine runs.

Rutgers started to feel more comfortable offensively, Zarrillo said, but drew the short end of the stick.

“We definitely showed some fight after we got down early, so we just had to chip away,” Zarrillo said.

“Playing two games is always tough, it’s a long day and you are on the field for hours. I think our hitting is contagious and we got a couple guys going. Then everybody else seems to catch on and get hot. It was great to put up 13 runs and then nine again after that. We just have to keep rolling.”

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Senior left fielder Vinny Zarrillo awaits a pitch Saturday at Bainton Field. He went 6-for-10 with four RBI in the doubleheader.

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April 6, 2015 FOOTBALL JULIAN PINNIX-ODRICK EXPECTS TO REACH 275 POUNDS FOR MOVE TO DEFENSIVE TACKLE

Junior embraces position change, full health at spring camp GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

No one needs to emphasize the importance of off-season preparation to Julian Pinnix-Odrick.

After redshirting his freshman year and suffering a torn ACL during spring camp in 2013, Pinnix-Odrick did everything he could to get back on the field and play the game he loved.

When the 2014 season rolled around, the two-year hiatus ended. Pinnix-Odrick became a regular in the Rutgers football team’s defensive line rotation,

recording 15 tackles and two sacks in 12 games.

Returning for his fourth year as a Scarlet Knight, the junior defensive lineman faces a new task: sliding over from defensive end to defensive tackle.

It’s the same move his current roommate, senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton, made when he arrived at Rutgers.

“It’s definitely a change. Playing in the Big Ten, you’ve gotta be able to be firm inside, be assertive inside and be a tough guy, but I’m learning the position now,” Pinnix-Odrick said. “It’s definitely not

an easy thing to do when you’re in there with all of those big guys and it’s a lot more technical, but standing behind and being best friends with someone like Darius Hamilton being my roommate and just learning from him and trying to learn as much as I can, it’s definitely a positive.”

The readiness delves deeper than just the on-field tactics. Entering this spring and measuring up at 6-foot-5 and 260 pounds, Pinnix-Odrick says he’s been focusing on tweaking his diet and revamping his training to bulk up 10-15 pounds by the end of the summer.

In his first season back at full health last year, Julian Pinnix-Odrick impressed on the defensive.

Now a junior, he moves to defensive tackle. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / DECEMBER 2014

The Montclair, New Jersey, native still has a way to go before he reaches that goal, but says he’s never felt better heading into spring ball “That’s exactly what it is.

You’re happy because you’re on a new terrain — it’s like you’ve never been here,” he said. “We’ll, I’ve never been this healthy coming into spring ball before. I have, but then I got hurt, so it’s like you never know what’s gonna come next, so you keep it positive. …

It’s a new thing everyday, but you just gotta keep improving.”

With six defensive linemen returning to the rotation from last year, head coach Kyle Flood said the move adds versatility for the Knights in the trenches.

“It’s really just a matter of building depth on the line, making sure we can get the right people in the game when we need them to,” Flood said. “(Pinnix-Odrick’s) got experience at defensive end, he can go out there when we want him to. … It gives us a little bit of experience there, so when Darius (Hamilton) is in there, we’re not going to a guy who’s immediately a freshman, we’re going to a guy who’s got some battle experience for us.”

Now in his fourth year and surrounded by four freshmen with him on the line, that experience at Rutgers places Pinnix-Odrick in a unique position.

As he continues to adjust and pick the brains of his coaches and teammates, he also makes an effort to lead.

“I’ve played a bit more than a lot of the young guys we have, so I try to give a little bit of insight, but at the same time, we let it be known that we’re all here together,” Pinnix-Odrick. “I’m not here to be anybody’s dad or anything like that, but also, our young guys especially on the defensive line do a good job of listening to direction and listening to the guys who have been there a little bit longer than they have and I think that’s why we’re having a good spring so far and we just gotta keep it up.” *** Perhaps the most underrated question mark going into the spring remains at starting center.

Betim Bujari and his 46 starts on the offensive line won’t be walking onto the field in the fall.

Losing its former starting center from the past three years,

Rutgers begins its search for Bujari’s replacement.

After the first day of spring practice last Monday, Flood said he would give multiple players looks on the line starting with center.

Four practices in, he admitted there has been a bit of a learning cur ve.

“We were doing well. Today we probably took a bit of a step back,” Flood said. “With third down going into today, some of the guys that didn’t have experience going in there didn’t operate as well as the first couple of days, but now they have a chance to look at it and come back on Monday a little bit better.”

While junior Derrick Nelson is listed as the starter on the spring depth chart, Flood mentioned others such as junior Chris Muller will receive serious consideration.

Despite playing in every game and boasting 25 starts at right guard in his first two years at Rutgers, Muller said he feels just as comfortable sliding over on the line.

“As of right now, (the rotation is) fine. We’re rotating every three plays,” Muller said. “You’re playing next to a different guy, so it’s a lot different from last year playing next to the same guy all season and it’s nice because you get to see everyone’s weaks and you get to see everyone’s strengths. And with the rotation, I’ll be fine. I’m just as comfortable at center as I am at guard.”

Nelson, on the other hand, has played in just four games — all of which came during last year.

But despite the lack of experience, the Capitol Heights, Mar yland, native wants to continue the trend of leading the way the upperclassmen did for him in the past.

“I definitely tr y and work with the guys, especially like Tariq (Cole) and Jacquis (Webb), you know,” Nelson said, referring to the two redshirt-freshmen offensive linemen. “I tr y to help them out whenever they need me, but at the same time, I look for ward to Lump, so it’s not just me taking a leadership role — it’s ever ybody taking a leadership role.

The key word is accountability.”

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Junior offensive lineman Chris Muller (right) participates in a position drill Saturday morning at the Indoor Practice Bubble.

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April 6, 2015 WOMEN’S GOLF JACQUELYN MULLENS LEADS RUTGERS WITH 22ND PLACE FINISH

Knights notch mixed results at Seton Hall Invitational EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team took a shor t road trip up Interstate-287 to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, for the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational last week on Thursday and Friday.

Although there were no Big Ten Conference members who took par t in the match, the Scarlet Knights were competing for something almost as impor tant as a conference victor y.

The Knights were playing for bragging rights against in-state foes Seton Hall and Princeton.

Before of ficial play began, the Knights took a trip to Trump National last Wednesday afternoon for a practice round.

“It was one of our warmer days here back up at home,” head coach Kari Williams said on her team’s practice round.

“But the wind was blowing about 20 miles per hour, so we definitely worked on obviously playing in the wind and just tr ying to get a feel for the golf course.”

The Seton Hall Pirate Invitational was played on the New Course at Trump National. Renown for its quality and beauty, the Club as a whole is rated in the top-100 Golf Courses in the world.

Heading into the Pirate Invitational, Williams thought the par fours might be challenging with the high winds.

“There are a couple of par fours that are a little bit longer and into the wind and it makes them pretty dif ficult,” she said. “The course in general is playing ver y long. There’s not a lot of roll. It’s a ver y hilly course. … In this kind of wind where you’re hitting hybrids and longer irons into the greens and then add wind on top of that, it’s really dif ficult to hold the greens.”

As a unit, Rutgers compiled a 322 score on Thursday after playing 18 holes on the 7,511yard, par 72 New Course.

Junior Jacquelyn Mullens had one of the top scorecards of any golfer at the conclusion of the first round. She shot a 77 to turn in a round five over par.

“Jackie Mullens had a first round 77 which was a great score and one of her best for the year in probably some of the toughest conditions we’ve played in for the year,” Williams said.

Junior Christina Paulsen played a solid round by posting a plus-eight, 80. Freshman Emily Mills shot a plus-nine, 81, while fellow freshman Tatum Jackson had a plus-12, 84.

“The conditions on the first day were very difficult,” she said.

“I don’t know what the wind was steady for the day. I would guess 15 to 20 miles an hour and then gusts probably around 30 miles an hour. The course is very open so you just take the brunt of it.

I thought our play the first day,

although our score was higher than the second day, was really good except for a few holes where some people made some big numbers was pretty good.”

Georgia led the field at the conclusion of Thursday’s play with a 297, followed by Princeton (300) and Columbia (315).

On day two, Mullens had another good round by shooting a plus-nine, 80 and raised her total score to 157. She had the highest finish of any Knight, ending the tournament at 22nd in the standings.

Mills shot a plus-seven, 79 and finished just three strokes behind Mullens with a final mark of 160 for 35th place.

“Emily played steady again,” said Williams. “It was ver y hard with distance, I don’t think she’s hitting the ball as far as she normally does on the second day. As a freshman, she’s been you know, a good player for us, ver y consistent, and I’m happy with where her game is.”

Jackson finished in a tie for 39th in the standings with a 162. She shot a plus six, 78 in Friday’s play.

“Obviously, we would have liked our team outcome to be a

little bit higher,” Williams said.

“We were sitting in, I think, seventh at the star t of the first day. In our game, it’s just a shot here or there and all of a sudden we drop four spots. I saw some really good things from some players. Our goal is to compete for the Big Ten Cham-

pionship and to keep preparing our games. …We just need to tighten up a few things, sure up a few things and I think we’ll be in good shape.”

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Junior Jacquelyn Mullens follows through on a swing Saturday at the Seton Hall Pirate Invitational in Bedminster, New Jersey.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’m not here to be anybody’s dad or anything like that, but ... our young guys, especially on the defensive line, do a good job of listening to direction and listening to the guys who have been there.”

- Junior defensive lineman Julian Pinnix-Odrick

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FOOTBALL KNIGHTS’ DEFENSE RETURNS PRODUCTIVE, EXPERIENCENCED PLAYERS TO FRONT SEVEN

Defense shows depth, experience for RU KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football team went to work at the Indoor Practice Bubble on Saturday as a chorus of popping pads provided the soundtrack. Day four of spring practice gave the players their first opportunity to work in full equipment after donning only helmets in the first three days.

When the final whistle horn sounded and the Scarlet Knights gathered to take a knee at midfield, it was obvious that the defense had won the day.

Rutgers’ defensive unit penetrated often, pushing the overall pace of the practice for most the day. Several running plays were either stuffed at the line or ball carriers were pushed backward by the likes of sophomore defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph and standout senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton.

Joseph is one of many underclassmen expected to take a big step for the Knights this season. Quality tackle play will be essential in a Big Ten chock full of pro-style running backs and big offensive lines looking to force the ball downhill.

Head coach Kyle Flood knows the importance of this position and the defensive line as a whole to compete in a conference that loves to run the ball.

“I think today was the first time Sebastian (Joseph) had an extended period of time to go out there and play football and I thought he showed up,” Flood said. “It’s tough to see before you look at the film, but I thought he showed up a little bit. Guys like Darius (Hamilton) and Dewany (Mera), they’re known commodities.

They’re working and they’re gonna be better football players than they were but I’ve already Redshirt junior linebacker Steve Longa leads all Knights in tackles in 2014 with 102, including 60 takedowns against the run. In a run-happy Big Ten, the Knights will count on Longa to make key stops. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2014

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BASEBALL RUTGERS 2, MINNESOTA 1 (SATURDAY RESULTS)

Rutgers splits series opener on Saturday TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT

Up until the last inning of the second game of a double-header Saturday, junior left-hander Howie Brey was up on the railing of the Rutgers baseball team’s dugout trying to rally the Scarlet Knights.

When Brey left the game in the fifth inning, Rutgers was down, 9-3, with the two runners on base his own responsibility. After freshman right-hander Ryan Wares ate up the innings, the Knights had an 11-3 hole to climb itself out of.

And they did just that.

With a pair of runs scored in the fifth and sixth innings, the Knights exploded in the bottom of the seventh inning for three runs on two hits to bring the score to 11-8.

Rutgers balked at the opportunity to put more on the board in the eighth, but came back

ready to rally in the ninth with Brey still looking on from the front of the dugout and cheering the loudest.

After a groundout from senior left fielder Vinny Zarrillo, junior second baseman Chris Suseck reached on a throwing error. After a fielder’s choice by sophomore catcher Chris Folinusz, freshman designated hitter Kyle Walker extended the two-out rally with a single to left field.

Sophomore Christian Campbell belted a double with two strikeS and two outs to come within two runs of a tie-game, with the tying run at the plate. Junior shortstop John Jennings came to bat with the opportunity to win the game.

But Jennings went down looking on a fullcount to end it as the Gophers beat Rutgers, 11-9, after 3 hours and 35 minutes of baseball.

Brey fell to 1-4 on the season, and by the time the game was over he was charged with nine earned runs and 11 hits in four and onethird innings. Brey commented on the importance of staying focused on the game as a spectator after not having his best stuff in his outing.

“I was getting behind a lot of batters,” Brey said. “Once I got behind, they knew I was coming with the fastball and none of my off-speed stuff was fooling them. They hit me up pretty well today, but coming back in the 7th and 9th was huge — especially after a start like I had today. It’s important for me to stay with the team and be positive. We stayed positive throughout the game and we came back because of it. We came up on the short end, but we still fought.”

Head coach Joe Litterio said postgame in the team huddle that the Knights should not be SEE SERIES ON PAGE 13

EXTRA POINT

NBA SCORES

Houston Oklahoma City

115 112

Oakland San Antonio

92 107

Chicago Cleveland

94 99

Philadelphia New York

91 101

Miami Indiana

89 112

Utah Sacramento

101 95

BRIAN GOSS,

senior midfielder, men’s lacrosse, scored his 16th goal in the 10-8 loss to Michigan in Ann Arbor yesterday to set a new career mark for goals in a season. Goss now has 18 points on the year for the Knights.

Freshman right-hander Ryan Wares fires a pitch in Game Two against Minnesota.

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KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

MEN’S GOLF

SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL

Red Hawk Invitational Today, All Day, University Place, Wash.

at St. John’s Tomorrow, 4 p.m., Jamaica, N.Y.

vs. Princeton at Fordham Wednesday, 4 p.m., Wednesday, 6 p.m., RU Softball Complex Bronx, N.Y.

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