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Senior hurler Nicole Lindley fanned eight Connecticut batters Sunday afternoon en route to a 3-0 victory. The win prevented a series sweep by the Huskies.
New system expands housing availability BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO UNIVERSITY EDITOR
The alterations to the housing lottery process announced last semester were put into practice for the first time this year and reaped noticeable results when compared to last year’s process. One of the most contentious revisions to the process included the limits placed on the signback policy where only the lowest 5 percent of lottery numbers were permitted to sign-back to their current housing situation, said Residence Hall Association President Sam Firmin. This new policy placed 796 apartments available through the lottery system as opposed to the 242 apartments that were open last year, said Residence Life Assistant Director Bill O’Brien.
Although more apartments were made free for the taking, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Matthew Ramos believes the new system is unfair to upperclassmen still prone to getting a high lottery number. “If you’ve been getting terrible numbers [in past years], you’re still just as likely to get a terrible number,” Ramos said. “It doesn’t change based on what you’ve been having to deal with in the past.” Aside from sign-backs, the transition to a complete online system is another entity on the list of changes made to the process. “The online process this year was extremely successful,” O’Brien said. “We had no issues of the system flow.”
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New Brunswick City Spokesman Bill Bray and Vice President for Facilities and Capital Planning Antonio Calcado aim to fill potholes around the city and University this spring, such as the the potholes on Mine Street, above.
City to place lid on potholes BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER
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The new lottery system allows about 8,000 on-campus housing spaces this year, compared to last year’s 7,800.
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The bumpy ride on College Avenue and other city streets will soon get a little bit smoother for Hub City motorists. City Spokesman Bill Bray said the New Brunswick Department of Public Works began its annual spring cleaning two weeks ago with street paving and pothole repair, and it will continue as the weather heats up. The city this year will pave 13 streets and street segments, including all of Commercial Avenue, Halstead Road and Union and Sicard Streets, Bray said.
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ment to permanently seal the potholes, he said. The city has already begun “hot patching” potholes on College Avenue and around New Brunswick, and more areas are expected to be repaired soon, Bray said. Antonio Calcado, vice president for Facilities and Capital Planning, said the University is preparing the section of College Avenue near the Rutgers Student Center and Brower Commons to be paved. As part of the initial infrastructure work for the postponed College Avenue
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“Where potholes have developed over the winter, you don’t have the materials or weather conditions to fix the pothole,” he said. “Now that spring has arrived, we can undertake permanent pothole repairs.” During the winter months, potholes can only be temporarily repaired with a “cold patch” asphalt compound that comes up as traffic passes over it, Bray said. But once temperatures rise, the Department of Public Works can start “hot patching,” which uses hot asphalt only produced by factories during the warm weather months, steamrollers and other heavy equip-
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Engineers Without Borders participate in “Walk for Water” Saturday on Busch campus to raise money for PlayPumps International, which installs playpump systems in places with limited access to water.
With two speeches down and one to go, Douglass campus is getting closer to having a new woman lead the way into its future. The second candidate under consideration for dean of Douglass — Jacquelyn S. Litt — gave her vision talk outlining her ideas for the future of the campus Thursday at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library. One idea Litt said she has for the future of Douglass campus is to develop synergies with other areas of the University, such as the School of Arts and Sciences and Mason Gross School of the Arts. “Students have the opportunity to live in an environment that’s very rich educationally,” she said. “It’s really a liberal arts community embedded within an amazing university. I believe strongly that they should be inextricably and constantly linked.”
If selected, Litt said she has several ideas to link Douglass campus students with other students at the University. “The first set of ideas is designed to enhance linkages either within Douglass or between Douglass and the University,” she said. “I also would love to enhance the core curriculum for students.” Litt also emphasized the importance of students being immersed in every aspect of the University at the same time. She mentioned requiring first-year Douglass students to co-enroll in courses that would give them a better grasp on the diversity of courses the University has to offer. “It is important for Douglass campus to develop new pedagogical partners within the University,” she said. “It’s all about exporting the feminist perspectives.” Litt has several ideas about networking projects for Douglass students and others throughout the University.
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Undergraduate students with 15 or greater degree credits can register for Fall 2010 classes tonight from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
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Longboarders roll toward grand prize in race BY DENNIS COMELLA STAFF WRITER
More than 100 longboarders shredded across the pavement of Buccleuch Park Saturday in a competition to win top-of-the-line longboard equipment. While many of the racers were members of the Rutgers Longboarding Club, many from outside the University and the state participated, some even professional longboarders. Longboarding is a sport similar to skateboarding, but with longer, specialized boards designed to mimic the feel of surfing or snowboarding, said Adrian Zareba, Rutgers Longboarding Club financial affairs president. The sport, invented by surfers, is less trickoriented and more speed-oriented than skateboarding. “Longboarding is more about the groove. It’s like street surfing,” said Zareba, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Some aspects of longboarding focus on going downhill at high speeds, but this event was a “push race,” where riders had to push off on the ground to pick up speed. The race consisted of three laps around Buccleuch Park, totaling about 2.7 miles, with an Original Skateboards longboard gear prize for the winners. Giveaways included six longboards and equipment. Solomon Lang, a Bustin Boards and the Concrete Kings longboarder from Brooklyn, took home the first-place prize. The secret to winning is to keep pushing, Lang said. He also
agreed boarding in high-paced New York City might have given him an advantage. “You have to skate fast every day because New York moves fast,” said Lang, who is training to compete in an 8-mile race in October. Some of the boarders who did not win were still high in spirits and otherwise had a good time. “It was competitive but everyone was cool with it,” said Alec Arbelo, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. One race participant, School of Engineering sophomore Greg Mastroianni, lost a wheel on his board on the second lap of the race but was determined to finish on foot. “I didn’t come here to not finish the race,” he said. “If I had a broken leg, I’d hobble on the other one. It wasn’t easy, but I came here to race.”
Zareba and three friends who saw a growing longboarder population at the University started the Rutgers Longboarding Club in fall 2009. “Every time you go out to eat or go out to the dining hall, you see a lot of longboarders around,” he said. Compared to just a few years ago, the longboarding population at the University has expanded significantly, said Joe Steinfeld, the club’s president of outreach and promotion. “I only knew two or three other longboarders on campus [my freshman year], and it’s exploded ever since,” said Steinfeld, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. More than 10 companies, including Original Skateboards, Bustin Boards, Central Jersey Skate Shop and Gravity, sponsored the race.
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Longboarders from the Rutgers Longboarding Club and outside the University and state compete in a race to win upscale longboarding equipment from Original Skateboards Saturday at Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick.
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POLISH ELITE DIE IN PLANE CRASH SMOLENSK, Russia — The crash of an aging Russian airliner ravaged the top levels of Poland’s military, political and church elite Saturday, killing the Polish president and dozens of other dignitaries as they traveled to a ceremony commemorating a slaughter that has divided the two nations for seven decades. Poles wept before their televisions, lowered flags to half-staff and taped black ribbons in their windows after hearing that President Lech Kaczynski and the upper echelons of the establishment lay dead in woods a short drive from the site of the Katyn forest massacre, where 22,000 Polish officers were killed by Soviet secret police in one of Poland’s greatest national traumas. Early indications pointed to pilot error in heavy fog as a factor in the crash, officials said. On board were the national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the National Security Office, deputy parliament speaker, Olympic Committee head, civil rights commissioner and at least two presidential aides and three lawmak-
POTHOLES: U. to fill College Avenue utility lines continued from front Greening Project, the University buried power and utility lines under the street, temporarily patching these areas before full construction began, Calcado said. Now that the project was suspended, he said the University would permanently seal the entrenched utility lines along the street. “We are in the process of getting the paving of that [area] set up,” Calcado said. Though no definite timeframe has been set, he said paving should begin within about six weeks. The cost of the repaving will be funded through money already committed to the College Avenue Greening Project with the burying of the utility lines, Calcado said. Potholes are created thanks to the freeze-thaw cycle of the winter months and stem from road salt seeping into cracks on the surface
ers, the Polish foreign ministry said. Kaczynski’s wife, Maria, also died. “This is unbelievable — this tragic, cursed Katyn,” Kaczynski’s predecessor, Aleksander Kwasniewski, said on TVN24 television. The Polish military suffered the deepest losses. Among the dead were the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, and heads of the air and land forces, who were all making the emotional trip to honor the Polish officers slain by the NKVD, the acronym for the Soviet secret police at the time of the killings in 1940. Some on board were relatives of the officers slain in the Katyn massacre. Also among the victims was Anna Walentynowicz, whose firing in August 1980 from the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk sparked a workers’ strike that spurred the eventual creation of the Solidarity freedom movement. Russia’s Emergency Ministry said there were 97 dead, 88 in the Polish state delegation.
of the road, said Tracy Noble, a spokeswoman for AAA MidAtlantic, via e-mail correspondence. Combined with daily vehicle traffic, higher spring temperatures warming the pavement, and melting and evaporating any frozen water in the weakened road, air pockets form under the roadway’s surface, Noble said. This causes the road surface to completely fail and potholes to form. This year’s record-breaking, snow-filled winter led to an early start to pothole season, which can prove to be more than just a simple nuisance to drivers, she said. “Potholes are not only vexing and nerve-rattling to motorists — they are also a significant threat to the safety of motorists and pedestrians,” she said. “Hitting a pothole can cause drivers to lose control of their vehicles, possibly resulting in a crash, and swerving to avoid a pothole can be just as dangerous.” Potholes can cause motorists a bevy of problems, ranging from lost hubcaps and tire damage to
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warped wheel alignment and bent axles, Noble said. A recent Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America study found more than 500,000 potholes and other dangerous road-related auto insurance claims are filed each year, resulting in nearly $4.8 billion in damage. Noble warns that with the state budget slashes, potholes could become a major problem for Garden State drivers. “With the Transportation Trust Fund in the shape it is in, there is limited funding for repairs, and the situation has the potential to get much worse in the near future if proper funding is not found,” she said. To avoid pothole damage, Noble said drivers should always keep their eyes on traffic patterns, keep their tires properly inflated and roll through rather than brake rapidly or swer ve around a pothole. To report a pothole, the city of New Brunswick encourages motorists to call the Department of Public Works at (732)-745-5104.
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placed by Hurricane Katrina, which is a feminist movement. She also is heading an advance to bring together all campuses grant — a grant to support women faculty in science, techcontinued from front nology and math in the women’s “I think teamwork is the 21stand gender studies department. centur y model for the work“From the outside, Douglass place,” she said. “I think if we’re seems to be a national leader in grooming students for leaderwomen’s education, mentoring, ship, being able to work in teams leadership development and is essential.” scholarship,” she said. “I would At the end of her speech, Litt also like to mention that after said one of her major goals is to meeting with the faculty today, it incorporate everyis clear that one in order to make Douglass is a positive changes. “After meeting with national leader “It is important in advising.” the faculty ... it is for Douglass to Lisa Hetfield, focus on things the interim direcclear that Douglass that matter to tor at the is a national leader Institute women and to for involve all who W o m e n ’ s in advising.” have a stake in Leadership change, and most thought the JACQUELYN S. LITT importantly, have speech provided Douglass campus dean fun,” she said. a new and intercandidate Litt, current esting take on chair of the several issues. Department of Women’s and “Jacquelyn’s talk today Gender Studies at the University showed what an outsider sees,” of Missouri, has collaborated she said. “She helps us see with with University faculty for many new eyes the potential Douglass years, and Rutgers University campus has. I really found her Press published her first book. focus on leadership as a team and “I’m drawn to leadership collaborative endeavor to be an because more than anything. I interesting view on things.” love bringing teams together, Class of 1965 alumna Irene building new ideas with new peoGoldman thought the speech ple and having interesting and was insightful. exciting collaborations, learning “She is very intelligent and from every setting I’m in,” she has several new and exciting said. “I think leadership can be ideas,” Goldman said. “She considered life research. I truly seems to be very excited and has enjoy being able to reach out to a lot of fresh new ideas to bring the students.” to the table. The new ideas Litt served as co-chair for the brought forth by all the new canSocial Science Research Council didates seem to be very promisNetwork for the victims dising thus far.”
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University students perform “Wise Words of David Richo,” top, and “Na Zdoari” Saturday at the Student Dance Concert B in the Loree Dance Theater on Douglass campus.
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Julliard alumnus and University Professor Scott Whitener conducts his last concert with the Rutgers Brass and Horn Ensemble Friday at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus.
Dozens of children from across the state stood alongside University scientists to experiment geological sciences Saturday at the Geology Museum on the College Avenue campus. Sponsored by the 4-H Youth Development Program of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the Rutgerscience Saturdays event featured interactive lessons and demonstrations led by University scientists to teach children the fundamentals of science. The three educational sessions held throughout the day explored anthropology, geology and oil drilling. “I think it was very educational for the kids,” said museum employee Laurent Reyes, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. “They learned about drilling for oil, identifying minerals and paleontology.” The 4-H Youth Development Program is designed with a hands-on approach to the fields of science, technology, engineering and math to expose and develop interest. 4-H’s motto, “One million new scientists. One million new ideas,” describes the organization’s goal to make the sciences more engaging for kids, said 4-H agent Janice McDonnell. “The whole idea was to get kids interested in science,” McDonnell said. Thirteen-year-old Jeffrey Gordon’s favorite part was the oil drilling activity, where he used a replica oil map to try to find oil.
“I thought it was very fun and exciting,” said Jeffrey, a student at the Foundation Academy Charter School in Trenton. In the paleontology activity, Professor Rob Scott explained the ancient ancestors hominins and their differences from humans, including their diets and anatomical structure. While humans have small jaws ideal for eating cooked or processed foods, early hominins had larger jaws suited for eating hard or uncooked foods, he said.
“The whole idea was to get kids interested in science.” JANICE MCDONNELL 4-H Youth Development Program Agent
“Chimpanzees spend six hours a day chewing their food,” Scott said. Through his explanation on how hominins may have used simple tools to crack nuts or cut meat, Scott allowed students to sample some examples, such as bananas, asparagus and beef jerky. In another activity, the children learned to identify and compare different types of rocks. Iya Keturah, executive director of O.U.R. Science Enrichment Program, a nonprofit education resource organization for public schools, thought these activities would help prepare the students for an upcoming camping trip.
“It’s a really important experience for us,” she said. “I would definitely want to come back with another group of kids.” Keturah, who works with children from the greater Trenton area, said these activities helped expose the children to a science they would not normally learn. “I think it was really planned well,” she said. “It’s a lot of different lessons at once. I would really strongly encourage other organizations to get involved.” Associate Director of the Geology Museum Alyson Busse thought the event attracted a good mix of University affiliates and local community members to the museum. “We’ve been trying to expand our programming and get locals in the museum,” she said. “We’re trying to get more students involved and more community people up here.” The museum is planning changes to create more interactive activities young students can enjoy in addition to the current museum layout, which features various rocks and fossils from around the world, Busse said. She said the museum is a great resource for students and hopes more local community members will hear about and visit the museum. The Rutgerscience Saturdays program will hold two more events on May 15 and June 5. The first event will teach students about microbiology by extracting DNA from a strawberry and examining deep-sea bacteria, McDonnell said. The final event will focus on entomology — the study of insects — where the children will go to Rutgers Gardens and trap bugs, a student favorite.
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the general and consistent complaint Residence Life has is that there is not students remain on waiting list received enough housing. “As of right now, the way continued from front we’re addressing the issue is There were concerns that the through the waiting list and conprocess of choosing rooms sistently over the years we’ve online was going to resemble the been able to get through the waithectic process of class registraing list,” he said. tion, he said. But the transition There are currently about 600 was seamless because of the students on the waiting list for large amount of preparation housing, and the number may behind the switch. continue to grow, O’Brien said. With the online system, O’Brien is unsure if Residence O’Brien said Residence Life was Life will need hotel spaces to able to process and get the inforaccommodate the waiting list. mation out to the students faster. “If it becomes a point where “In the past, when the stuwe need the hotel, it will only be dents selected at [a] facility there temporary,” he said. “We will not wasn’t an immediate confirmado a permanent hotel.” tion,” he said. “Now, there’s Overall, those responsible for immediate confirmation where revising the lottery feel they met they can see their roommate.” their goal of creating a fairer lotFirmin, a School of tery system. Environmental and Biological Firmin, a member on the Sciences sophomore, used the committee who came up with system personally the changes, felt and found it the new system uncomplicated. “It was convenient was exponential“The accessibilly fairer because because ... I just ity factor was very of the limits on high,” he said. sign-backs. go online from “That was one of “[Last year’s somewhere and the things some process] wasn’t a students told me true lotter y syschoose a room.” that they liked.” tem,” he said. School of Arts “[This year], it’s OLGA ROMANIV and Sciences based on your School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Olga lotter y number. sophomore Romaniv woke up If you have a early in the morngood lotter y ing last year to pick a room with number, you can sign back. It’s her roommate but was glad she all ver y random.” did not have to do the same this Like Firmin, O’Brien also time around. believes the objectives were met “It was convenient because if I considering the decreased have class or something to do I just amount of complaints on certain go online from somewhere and aspects of the system. choose a room,” Romaniv said. After the process ended last Not including incoming firstyear, O’Brien received a number year students, the University of complaints from students who filled all 8,000 available on-camfelt the sign-back process was pus spaces dedicated to continunot fair. ing students, O’Brien said. He said gathering feedback is Last year’s wave of incomthe next step, and Residence Life ing students left only 7,800 will probably reach out to the spaces available on campus and RHA in order to do so. displaced 500 students into But both Firmin and O’Brien permanent hotel rooms and said changes to the system will 300 into temporar y hotel slots, not stop and that it will need to be O’Brien said. fine-tuned as the years pass. He explained the number of Firmin said he would want to available housing increased this see changes to the policy that year because the number of incommakes it difficult for off-campus ing first-year students was lower students from rejoining the lotthan the University anticipated. tery system. A total of about 10,300 lottery “[The system] will change for numbers were given out this the following year and over the year, which is about 350 less than next couple years because more last year, O’Brien said. spaces will be on campus,” Now that the housing process O’Brien said. “It’s kind of a has come to a close, O’Brien said changing dynamic.”
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All are invited to Rutgers Chemistry Society’s meeting “Oil From Anything” beginning at 8:30 p.m. in Room 260 of the Wright-Rieman Labs on Busch campus. Alan Goldman, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, will discuss how Fischer-Tropsch chemistry can convert virtually any carbon source to liquid fuel and may therefore play an important role in solving the shortage of fuel. The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will be paying tribute to Duke Ellington at 8 p.m. in the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The ensemble will feature Walter White, lead trumpet with Jazz at Lincoln Center, Maynard Ferguson and the Mingus Big Band.
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Businesses serve up city flavor during inaugural ‘Restaurant Week’ BY GEOFF MCKENZIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In an ef for t to promote the city’s wide ar ray of restaurants, the New Brunswick City Market teamed up with the city’s hot spots to create its first-ever “Restaurant Week.” With 31 restaurants in the area par ticipating, “Restaurant Week” kicked of f the promotion Saturday, of fering various deals at many of the city’s long-lived eateries as well as new restaurants. Maoz Vegetarian Manager David Brous said the week is an attempt to bring attention to the growing number of restaurants in the New Brunswick area and to promote the entire business community of the city. The restaurant, located on George Street, is one of the city’s newest additions. “Because we’re new, we’re par ticipating to get the word out and let ever yone know that we’re here,” Brous said. “We’re the only vegetarian and kosher restaurant in New Brunswick.” Par ticipating eateries will of fer breakfast, lunch and dinner specials and will continue to of fer their regular menu selections. Businesses are teaming up in order to jointly promote their restaurants, with hopes of bringing in new customers and keeping regulars by of fering special fixed-price menu options, he said. Richard Cheung, assistant manager of Noodle Gourmet on Easton Avenue, said Restaurant
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Harvest Moon Brewery, above, is one of the many city restaurants participating in the first-ever “Restaurant Week.” Various New Brunswick restaurants will offer promotional discounts until Saturday, and many will include breakfast, lunch and dinner specials.
Week goes beyond promoting an individual business. “We want to promote New Brunswick, rather than just promote our own restaurant,” Cheung said. By promoting many restaurants in a single event, all businesses in the community could potentially benefit, he said. Brous described the week as a way to encourage people to experience New Brunswick culture. “Restaurant Week is a celebration of the town and all the restaurants here and all the different
types of cuisine,” he said. “It’s a chance to let ever ybody taste what’s going on in downtown New Brunswick.” Lauren Covas, owner of The Chef’s Place on George Street, said she hopes the event can show how many of the restaurants downtown are affordable. “We’re a recession-proof idea. We’re really reasonably priced,” she said. Campbell VanPlantinga, a sophomore at Middlesex County College, said he actively seeks the best deals in town.
“Restaurant Week” is a way to help customers find good deals. “I’m always looking for a great deal on a meal,” VanPlantinga said. “I think ‘Restaurant Week’ is a good way to promote the places here, because if people know that a lot of the restaurants in New Brunswick have special prices during this time, they are going to come out and take advantage of the deals.” Other restaurants participating include Café Z at the Zimmerli Ar t Museum,
Catherine Lombardi, Hansel ‘N Griddle, Har vest Moon Brewer y, Sliders Bar & Grill, Tumulty’s Pub and more. Since this is the first year “Restaurant Week” has taken place in New Brunswick, it is unclear what effect the promotion will have on the businesses involved, Cheung said. But he has high hopes for the future of the event. “Hopefully, we’ll have more people coming in, and do it again next year, and every year have more people,” Cheung said.
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Students gave a meal swipe at the annual spring Busch B’Que on the Engineering Lawn yesterday for burgers and hot dogs, a 26-foot rock wall and inflatable attractions. Sponsored by University Recreation, guests also participated in obstacle courses and signed up with their residence halls to play inter-hall capture the flag. BRYAN BEZERRA
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ov. Chris Christie’s budget reforms may bring more than just funding cuts to the University. The sad truth is that we as students may soon be associated with an institution only definable as an “adult college.” Christie’s budget address on March 16 included a proposed merger between the University and Thomas Edison State College, a school geared toward giving adults a chance for higher education. The merger would also bring the state library system to fall under the University. Yet as tempting as this sounds for TESC students, this possible move could bring the University’s image down and increase costs for us. At first glance, the two schools are completely incompatible. The second time around, they still seem significantly different. With their predominantly adult population and classes geared toward those who decided to continue their education later in life, TESC remains at a completely different standpoint from the University. The two schools are simply incongruent when it comes to classes, students and even libraries. That was the problem that arose early in the talks of the merger. “The state library is not your typical academic library,” Norma Blake, N.J. State Librarian said of the effects of the planned merger. “The state library’s function is to serve state government and Thomas Edison students who are at the age of 40. We are not used to serving 18 to 24-year-olds.” It is obvious that the only benefit that would come out of this state-planned move would go in TESC’s favor, as University students have sufficient resources at the main campus libraries. Not only would the benefit for us be almost inexistent, but also financially we could be burdened by several state-mandated services — such as the New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center, a library for the blind and handicapped. The proposed $10.4 million cut in funding for the state library could bring extra costs to the students at our university, Blake said. Somebody will have to pay for those services, and we, as students, should be the last to cover a sum that funds an institution completely different and useless to us. University campuses at Camden and Newark are different enough from our New Brunswick home. A consolidation between TESC and us is simply a more extreme version of that. With no benefits for New Brunswick students, this move could only be categorized as a mistake. Surely no one wants to be associated with a school for adults while they attend a so-far respected institution of higher learning — as is the case with the University. While the plans are still in their early stages and nothing has been settled, we can only protest this potential merger. The eighth oldest university in the United States should not be subjected to fiscal, safe for the state, consolidation — rather it must be preserved as an established institution for higher learning.
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he words Charles O. Prince III, former chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup, rang the true nature of CEOs. “I’m sorry that the financial crisis has had such a devastating impact on our country. I’m sorry for the millions of people, average Americans, who have lost their homes. And I’m sorry that our management team, starting with me, like so many others, could not see the unprecedented market collapse that lay before us.” Prince made that statement at the April 8th public hearings of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Comparatively smug remarks were made last year by Lloyd Blankfein, the chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. We did not believe it then — we are not buying it now. Blankfein never explained what he was apologizing for or to whom the statements were made. And it is an increasing trend in stubbornness on part of many CEOs and chairmen of top Wall Street companies. Prince claimed that he “could not” foresee the hindering dangers of the financial collapse. Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Treasury secretary and former director of Citigroup claimed that under his employment agreement, he holds no responsibility when it came to the bank’s operations. Both men though, could have and should have seen it coming. They should have claimed responsibility, regardless of what their contracts said. Both men excused themselves with an air of debauchery — a manipulation with taxpayers’ patience and money. But they were not powerless. Citi, under the rule of Prince and Rubin, is the model for the financial recklessness that came to signify the economy of recent years. The “apologies” are diversions. The appropriate measure would have been to take care of the situation — determine the cause and introduce the truth. Yet neither man did that. Instead, they seeped over us a series of empty apologies and then robbed us of our money. The Robin Hoods of our generation they were not. The commission last week unearthed some compelling factors of the guilt of Citigroup’s main guys. According to The New York Times, the hearings introduced evidence of how the mortgage-investment partnership became oversaturated with irresponsible loans. It is a shame, but not a surprise that leading CEOs or ex-chief executives become the main figures of lying corporate America. This is one “sorry” that we cannot take.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I didn’t come here to not finish the race. If I had a broken leg, I’d hobble on the other one.” Greg Mastroianni, a School of Engineering sophomore, on Saturday’s longboard race in Buccleuch Park STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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The first study found no ne of the key critidifference in mortality rate cisms of increased between its two study government groups, but the second study involvement in health care found a 20 percent relative is that it will seek to cut decrease in mortality in its costs by denying access to testing group. Although the routine procedures that results of the latter study Americans have relied on BO WANG may appear to vindicate supfor many years to diagnose porters of this procedure, it harmful conditions ranging also showed that for every life saved from prostate from heart abnormalities to colon cancer. Denial of cancer in the decade following a positive PSA test, 48 access would indeed help to curb the explosive rise men undergo needless treatment for non-aggressive in national healthcare expenditure, but a judicious cancer. That means only two percent of those treated rationing of procedures can do much more than that actually benefit from the testing. — it will cut down greatly on unnecessary pain and I can already hear the rhetorical question invoked suffering from overtreatment. by this last statement: “What if it was your relative or Let’s use the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test friend who fell within this two percent?” Well, if the for illustrative purposes. This particular diagnostic other 98 percent suffered no ill harm from the unnecprocedure screens for prostate cancer in men by essary diagnosis, then I would concur that a two permeasuring the level of PSA in the blood. PSA is a cent efficacy, while small, is still worth it. But that is not protein that is produced in the prostate, and an elethe case. Besides suffering from increased stress and vation of its level above a certain threshold raises anxiety due to the diagnosis, this other 98 percent are suspicion of prostate cancer and commonly leads to put through rounds of unnecessary follow-up tests and procedures. surgeries and radiation treatments that Introduced in the late 1980s, PSA “... ‘death panel’ often lead to severe and permanent testing is currently recommended disciples have side effects such as impotence, incontiannually in men over 50 years of age nence, and chronic diarrhea. That is to as well as those who are younger but ensured that say nothing of the billions of dollars have certain risk factors for developassociated with these overtreatments. ing the disease. the status quo With the facts being so clear For all its benefits in detecting of overdiagnosis ... against such widespread use of PSA aggressive prostate cancer early in testing, it is a wonder why no official certain individuals, the current is maintained.” change in testing guidelines has sledgehammer approach to prescribbeen adopted yet on a national level. ing PSA tests for the entire above-50 Such a change would promote rational rationing by population is not without costs. For one thing, the moving away from the sledgehammer, age-based test has a 75 percent error rate. That’s right: Only approach to more of a scalpel approach, thereby one in four men who have a positive (abnormal) limiting the diagnostic function of PSA tests to those PSA test actually have prostate cancer. who are at high risk for developing aggressive How can this be? The reason is that PSA levels prostate cancer, as determined by their physicians. can be elevated by conditions other than cancer, These groups — including blacks and those with including infections and benign prostate enlargefamily histories and certain genetic mutations — ments. In addition, the most aggressive prostate are the ones that truly benefit from this procedure. cancers may not cause an elevation in PSA levels at Sadly, the PSA testing industry, the current all, leading to crucial missed detections. reimbursement system, and “death panel” disciples Also, most prostate cancers are slow growing have ensured that the status quo of overdiagnosis and never affect an individual during his lifetime. In and overtreatment is maintained. As Richard J. fact, 80 percent of men aged 80 years or older have Ablin, the discoverer of PSA, lamented recently in prostate cancer. Simply put — a person is much an opinions piece in The New York Times, “I never more likely to die of old age with prostate cancer dreamed that my discovery four decades ago would than as a result of the disease. lead to such a profit-driven public health disaster.” Two landmark studies published in the New Judicious rationing can be extended well England Journal of Medicine last year support the beyond PSA tests. For instance, with mammogranotion that PSA tests are of limited use at best. phy, which is used to detect breast cancer, the Both studies randomly assigned men to either the same sledgehammer approach is currently being PSA testing group or the non-testing group and recorded prostate cancer-associated mortality for SEE WANG ON PAGE 11 the next decade.
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Politics become series of movements characterization of the tea party should be apparent. It is nothing more than a gross generalization MATTHEW SIMCHA based upon a small and intentionally biased sample. In fact, ith the recent rise of thinking in generalizations the tea party moveforms the basis for racism, of ment, a very disturbwhich liberals claim to be the ing trend has emerged on the greatest enemies. political left. All across liberal TV We are moving toward an era programs and Web sites, anti-tea where people see politics as a party activists have pointed out series of movements, rather than misspellings on tea partiers’ as a series of issues. Political protest signs or inappropriate views should be shaped by a comments shouted by tea partiers, cost-benefit analysis on an issueand used them as ammunition to by-issue basis. Instead, many declare the entire movement stuseem to have just chosen pid and racist. Such inferences are whichever faction they thought illogical and downright offensive. would give them the image they Ultimately, the only thing that want, with little regard to the all tea partiers have in common is issues themthe fairly temperate selves. When peobelief that govern“Conservatives ple just join a team ment spending is too high. This as well as Liberals like this, it creates an irrational mob leaves a rather are guilty of this mentality where large subset of the population — some group thinking ...” members feel the need to trash the of whom are more other side at all intelligent and levcosts. Admittedly, many elheaded than others. If one just Conservatives as well as Liberals cherry picks the worst members of are guilty of this group thinking, a group to display to the public, that as the tea party itself is a sort of group can be made to look pretty mob-like “movement.” However, bad, as is precisely the case with the absurd generalizations made the liberal representation of the tea about the tea party by its opposiparty movement. tion represent the quintessential Here are a few questions to example of illogical “us versus ponder for anyone with views anythem” politics. where on the political compass: As a disclaimer, so as not to Can you honestly say that you are appear hypocritical, I would proud to associate with every perlike to point out that not all son with beliefs similar to yours? Liberals have made unfair genDoes everyone with your political eralizations about the tea party, views speak for you? Would you and to those who have not, that like to be labeled a racist because is commendable. someone who shares your views says something racist? Matthew Simcha is a School of After pondering these quesArts and Sciences junior. tions, the injustices in the liberal
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WANG continued from page 10 employed — all women are encouraged to begin annual testing at 40 years of age, with those who are at high risk beginning much earlier. While breast cancers are often more aggressive than prostate cancers, 10 women still receive unnecessary toxic treatments for every life saved due to mammograms. During the heat of the health care reform debates last November, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force came out with the evidence-based recommendation that annual mammograms for those without risk factors begin 10 years later and occur at half the frequency. Adopting this guidance would have moved us in the right direction, but the irrational firestorm that it created was so great that the President Barack Obama administration was forced to quickly distance itself from the Task Force to prevent the likely fabrication of “cancer panels” and the further stalling of health care reform. In order for any judicious rationing of health procedures to be effectively implemented, the White House has to shift the physician reimbursement system
away from the piecemeal, fee-forservice system that rewards doctors for over-prescription of diagnostic procedures to a base salary system that offers bonuses contingent on patient well-being criteria. This will encourage more physicians to start a dialogue with their patients about why more medicine does not necessarily equal better medicine. The administration will then have to take the crucial step of actually enforcing the rationing by revising the insurance companies’ required baseline coverage, starting with Medicare and Medicaid and gradually expanding outward. This will be an ongoing process that will allow for more optimal use of procedures and tests as more and more research data streams in. When asked at a press conference last July about the sacrifices that Americans will have to make for health care reform to be a true cost cutting measure, the president responded, “They are going to have to give up paying for things that don’t make them healthier. And I — speaking as an American, I think that’s the kind of change you want.” Agreed. Now it’s time to walk the walk. Bo Wang is an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy fifth-year student and president of the Pharmacy Governing Council.
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Today's birthday (4/12/10). Financial matters continue to challenge your creativity this year. Your success grows out of an increased capacity to use both sides of your brain when making decisions and plans. In addition, artistic talents provide an income stream to supplement other resources. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — If you can take the day off with your significant other, you'll discover romance at your fingertips. If you can't, plan one as soon as you can. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Take extra care when working on creative projects. Make refinements in small increments, evaluate as you go. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Every time you meet a deadline, you turn an obstacle into opportunity. Delivering ahead of time eliminates pressure for everyone and frees you for the next great idea. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 5 — You find yourself in the spotlight without part of your costume. Oops! Grab an associate or two and ask them to fix it, now! They'll jump to help. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — You may be tempted to tiptoe around a problem today. A better strategy would be to face obstacles head-on while pulling strings in the background. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Be aware of your partner's unusual needs. The challenge is to meet demands even when neither of you enjoys the process. Add empathy, and then just take care of it.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — A solid strategy for work would be to challenge all participants. Inspire enthusiasm by focusing on practical outcomes that everyone can appreciate. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Spread your charm as far as you like. There's plenty to go around. Meanwhile, keep your opinions to yourself. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — You'll get more done today if you work around everyone else. They have their own challenges, unrelated to yours. Leave them to their own devices. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Everything will work out the way you want if you pay attention to your partner's requests. If you don't, you'll face major obstacles. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — You surprise even yourself with your careful management. You recognize the challenge in stretching dollars to cover it all. Reward yourself, too. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — What a difference it makes to be aware of your partner's foibles, and vice versa. Both of you feel a bit compulsive today. Creative teasing is in order.
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Senior Nii-Amon Robertson was a part of the 4x100-meter relay that placed third at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 40.78 seconds.
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For the first time during the 2010 outdoor season, the Rutgers m e n ’ s MEN’S TRACK track and field team headed in opposite directions — in terms of location, that is. One group of Scarlet Knights made a trip west to compete in the 31st annual Sun Angel Track Classic, while another stayed instate to compete in the Princeton 4-Way Invite. “The big thing about us coming out [to Arizona] is that we wanted to run some good relays,” sophomore jumper Adam Bergo said. “So we wanted to come out here just so that we could get some fast times in good weather.”Last weekend’s meets came on the heels of the first U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll of the outdoor campaign, in which it ranked the Knights first in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Princeton and Big East foe Georgetown placed second and third behind Rutgers in the poll. “It’s good, I mean we’re a good team,” senior Kyle Grady said. “It made us feel good because we know we’re the number one team in the Mid-Atlantic Conference. When we found out, nobody was surprised.” The field performers stood out Saturday at Princeton, as sophomore James Plummer and junior Chris Bradley won their respective events. Plummer, who owns the sixthbest discus throw in the country, captured the title with an IC4A throw of 52.19 meters, continuing his impressive streak in quad meets this season. The Toms River native also posted a throw of 14.92 meters in the shot put, good for a Big East qualifier in the event. Bradley took first in the javelin with a Big East qualifying mark of 58.3 meters. At Arizona State for the Sun Classic, meanwhile, the 4x100-
meter relay — comprised of seniors Mike Demko, Grady, Bruce Owens, and Nii-Amon Robertson — placed third with an IC4A time of 40.78 seconds. Grady again showed his versatility by taking fourth in the 110meter hurdles and qualifying for the Big East Championships in the 100-meter dash in 10.88 seconds. Earlier in the season, he also competed in the 200-meter. “We have good coaches here,” Grady said. “It’s my senior year, so we just decided to see what we could do. If I can help the team out, I think that motivates me to try different things.” Owens and Robertson finished seventh and eighth, respectively, in the 200-meter dash, while Owens also tied for ninth in the 100-meter dash, good for a Big East qualifying time. Fifth-year senior Steve Swern capped off a busy day by posting IC4A qualifiers in the 400-meter hurdles and 400-meters, placing fifth and sixth, respectively. Junior Aaron Younger also posted postseason qualifiers in the 400-meters. In the field, sophomore Bergo — owner of the 22nd-best high jump nationally — improved on last weekend’s efforts by clearing 2.11 meters in the event, an IC4A qualifying height. The Plainfield, N.J., native also qualified for the Big East Championships with a triple jump leap of 14.22 meters. Fellow sophomore Kevin Bostick, who recorded a triple jump of 14.51 meters last weekend in Williamsburg, Va., settled for a 14.10-meter effort at ASU. “That’s definitely helped,” said Bostick of working with Bergo. “We’re able to collaborate with some of the things I do differently, like with his strength and his speed and my overall strength. We really complement each other.” The Knights hit the track again in a week’s time when the team stays in-state for the Larry Ellis Invitational in Princeton, followed by the much-anticipated Penn Relays in two weeks.
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Sophomore Leonora Slatnick maintained her 10-match winning streak through the Wisconsin trip because of a quad strain.
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streak, was sidelined with a quad strain. The Knights missed Rutgers’ three-game win streak their No. 5 singles player during the losses and believes there are some positives to take from continued from back the weekend. it would be. A few points here “DePaul was really good and and there made the difference. they outplayed us,” Slatnick The team played hard, spirited said. “We were competitive and tennis but just came up short.” never stopped tr ying but they Marquette put a halt to two beat us pretty soundly. Some of trends with its win — ending its us may have been a little beat run of four consecutive losses up from the Marquette along with Rutgers’ three-match match but that didn’t make unbeaten streak. Despite sinthe difference. gles wins from junior Amy “You tr y to look at ever y Zhang and sophomore Mar yana match individually. Hopefully Milchutskey, the Knights could going against Marquette and not keep up with the DePaul raised our level of play Golden Eagles. despite the results. “We fought We’ve got two “We were playing more Big East really hard and we came close in matches coming up a highly ranked a lot of matches,” this week and we said freshman still know that we team, which is Michelle Green. can win them.” a new territory “It’s a matter of With home confinding those tests Big for our program.” East against extra shots and rivals St. staying out there John’s and West BEN BUCCA for one more ball. Virginia on the Head Coach We weren’t able horizon, Rutgers to do that enough does not have time but we’ll keep working on it.” to feel sorry for itself. Things only got tougher for “We have two very challengthe Knights on Sunday, when it ing matches ahead of us,” Bucca took on No. 21 DePaul. said. “The girls have to find it The Blue Demons (15-3, 5-1) within themselves to play inspilived up to their billing by domirational tennis and continue to nating the Knights en route to a maintain great camaraderie.” shutout victory. Green feels it is important “We were playing a highly that her teammates do not let ranked team, which is new terriany negative affects from the tory for our program,” Bucca weekend linger into the said. “Our girls are very close to upcoming matches. being able to compete with the “I think we need to keep best teams in the country and I doing what we’ve been doing in think the DePaul match will order to continue moving in a serve us well moving forward.” positive direction,” Green said. Sophomore Leonora “We can’t let these losses bring Slatnick’s personal win streak us down and we have to focus remained intact despite her on the mental aspect of the team’s two defeats. Slatnick, game and keep fighting for who is riding a 10-match win ever y point.”
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he Rutgers baseball team defeated Notre Dame 8-6 in 11 innings yesterday, to win its series with the Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. Freshman second baseman Steve Nyisztor provided the game-winning RBI single in the extra-inning victory. The Scarlet Knights took two of the three games with the Irish after losing the first matchup 9-8. The second game of the series, a 25-5 Rutgers win, featured junior outfielder Michael Lang’s 7 RBI in a record for most runs scored against a Big East opponent. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition.
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golf team currently sits in 14th place after Saturday’s opening day of the Princeton Invitational at Springdale Golf Club. Senior James Arbes and junior Chris Frame led the Scarlet Knights Saturday with scores of 148 and 153, respectively. Arbes was tied for 20th and Frame was tied for 49th place in the 78-player field. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition.
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former home of the Dallas Cowboys — now stands in a pile of rubble. More than 20,000 Cowboy faithful packed into the designated viewing locations to watch as set explosives brought the playing arena to the ground. The 38-year-old stadium served as the team’s home since the 1971 season, as it went on to win five Super Bowls, tied for second most all-time among National Football League franchises.
THE DENVER NUGGETS added guard Coby Karl to the team yesterday, but still await the return his father, George Karl, who currently is battling for his life. Coby Karl, son of head joined the Nuggets after a 10-day contract with the Golden State Warriors. The squad has been without George Karl since March 16, as he continues to fight throat and neck cancer.
STEPHEN STRASBURG, THE No. 1 overall pick in last year’s Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, earned a win in his minor league debut. The highly touted pitcher went five innings in the start, while allowing four hits and striking out eight. Strasburg consistently threw in the 97 to 98 mph range, a positive sign for the team’s $15.1 million man.
THE 2010 MASTER’S Golf Tournament is in the books, and after four hard-fought rounds with all eyes on deck, the left-handed Phil Mickelson took home the green jacket. ‘Lefty’ finished his outing with a 16-under and in the process won his third Master’s title, edging out runnerup Lee Westwood by 3 strokes. Returning for his first golf competition since last season was Tiger Woods, who tied for fourth-place and finished 11 strokes under par.
Rutgers head men’s lacrosse coach Jim Stagnitta said he was wary of Jacksonville because it is not the MEN’S LACROSSE typical 10 first-year RUTGERS JACKSONVILLE 17 lacrosse p r o gram. The Scarlet Knights found out why. Jacksonville jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 17-10 victory Saturday afternoon at the Ashley Sports Complex. “We just couldn’t get possession of the ball early on,” Stagnitta said. “We put the ball on the ground, we missed ground balls or made a defensive mistake. There are times when we are great and then there are others when we are not focused. We made mistakes early and never could get that goal to get us even.” After the teams traded the first four goals of the game, the Dolphins surged in front with a 30 run and never trailed again. Rutgers twice got within one, but Jacksonville pulled away with a 5-0 spurt beginning at the 3:17 mark of the third quarter. That goal extended a threepoint margin to four and by the time the Dolphins finished their push with 9:25 left in the fourth quarter, the advantage was 16-8. Jacksonville (5-6) held at least a three-goal cushion for the final 14:35 of the game. “I knew they were good of fensively,” Stagnitta said. “They play fast, take chances and have been ver y good at home this year. During that run we were just chasing it all around. We have to work harder and get better.” Six different Jacksonville players scored multiple goals led by TJ Kenary who finished with five. Senior Justin Pennington paced Rutgers (5-4, 1-1) with three goals, bringing his season total to 17. Pennington recorded multiple points in each of the
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Justin Pennington led the Scarlet Knights with three goals in their 17-10 loss against Jacksonville. The senior midfielder contributed at least one point in 18-straight contests. Knights’ nine games and contributed at least one point in 18 straight contests. The hat-trick was Pennington’s third of the season and the eighth of his career. Senior Adam Goldberg also scored twice. Rutgers’ goalkeepers continued to struggle. Senior Billy Olin started for the third consecutive game but allowed eight goals in the first half and was pulled in favor of freshman Rudy Butler.
Butler did not fair much better, allowing eight goals in just over 21 minutes before being replaced by classmate Joseph Donnelly, who conceded the final goal. The trio of goalkeepers combined to make just five saves and did not record a stop in the first or third quarter. Stagnitta said goalkeeping is a major issue and the job is still up in the air. The ninth-year head coach also said there are not many changes he
can make other than for his team to simply play better. “The changes that need to be made are that we have to do a better job,” Stagnitta said. “There aren’t a lot of different people to throw out there on defense. If you look at the games we’ve lost, it’s no one’s fault but our own. We have made some glaring mistakes and we have to be better.” Rutgers makes the short trip south on Route 1 Tuesday to face No. 5 Princeton.
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This season has been a struggle for a single goal for the Rutgers gymnastics team. From the star t GYMNASTICS of the season, head coach Chr ystal Chollet-Norton and her team had their sights set on one objective, getting to nationals as a team. On Wednesday, that goal will be realized. After an impressive year that has seen several veteran athletes make striking recoveries from injuries and several freshmen emerge as top performers, the Scarlet Knights earned the right to travel to Denton, Texas, to compete in USA Nationals as
a team for the first time since 2007. “We haven’t gone as a team for a little while,” CholletNor ton said. “The girls that went last year knew that we deserved to go as a team and we did it.” After a full season of striving to earn a place at nationals, CholletNorton wanted to ensure that her team did not think that its work was done after qualifying. “I just told them that we made it, but it’s a whole new season so we have to keep it up,” CholletNorton said. Last year the Knights sent five athletes to nationals, but being able to send the entire team is a significant accomplishment for the program. Chollet-Norton is
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Head coach Chrystal Chollet-Norton’s team heads to nationals for the first time since 2007, fulfilling the team’s largest goal.
not only pleased that her team made nationals but that they are going in ranked fourth. “This is big because it’s hard to make it as a team,” CholletNorton said. “It’s even bigger that we are going in fourth place.” While Rutgers must go up against higher ranked teams and other teams that they have already lost to, including Bridgeport, Chollet-Norton believes that her team is the strongest it has been all year. “We have Prishani [Seebadri] back stronger and Sonny [Gerlach] getting more consistent,” Chollet-Norton said. “After EAGL championships, the freshmen will be ready for the pressure.” After being unable to compete in the last meet of the year against North Carolina due to a foot injury, team MVP Jenna Zito is fully prepared to compete at nationals. At the EAGL championships, Zito was still working to round back into form, but at nationals the freshman should be fully capable. “Jenna is now back into competition mode,” Chollet-Norton said. “We are taking it light on her to keep her healthy but she is ready to go.” Not only does CholletNorton feel that her team is at its best right now, she believes that USA Nationals has a component of March Madness in it. She knows that the unexpected can happen and that any team has a chance. “[Nationals is] like the NCAAs in basketball. Look at what Butler did,” CholletNorton said. “We are a good team and we know that it’s anybody’s game.“ As the first day of competition gets under way on Wednesday, Chollet-Norton set her team both a goal for the first round and the competition as a whole. “For the first round we need to be in the top two,” CholletNorton said. “We’d really like to make the finals.”
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Freshman second basemen Jennifer Harabedian hauled in her first Big East RBI and her first Big East win yesterday against Connecticut.
SHUTOUT: Connecticut takes weekend double-header continued from back said. “I’ve never been a part of something like this or playing teams this big before.” Harabedian struck out and grounded out in her first two at-bats and went 1-for-3 for the day against UConn starter Kiki Saveriano, so she knew what was coming. “I figured she was going to give me a good pitch on my first pitch because that’s what happened my first two at-bats,” said the Flemington, N.J., native. “The first pitches were the best ones so I looked to hit them on my next at-bat.” Rutgers (13-21, 1-4) dropped both games of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Huskies (16-19, 4-5). Lindley dropped the first game, 4-2, giving up two hits and two runs in the top of the seventh inning. Sophomore Holly Johnson lost the second game, 8-6, after giving up four earned runs in six innings.
The constant in the two losses, however, was sophomore third baseman Brittney Lindley, who belted a trio of home runs through the powerful wind swirling around the RU Softball Complex. Lindley upped her batting average to .326 on the season and has seven home runs so far. “I struck out my first at-bat and I really thought about what I did and I didn’t see the ball,” she said. “I really focused on watching it from the release point and swinging at big pitches.” Junior left fielder Mickenzie Alden also blasted a three-run homer, her first of the season, but it came in a losing effort. After two losses to Notre Dame and another two to Connecticut, the win to salvage the weekend series yesterday was crucial in the scheme of the Big East tournament, where only the top eight teams qualify. “It’s big psychologically,” said head coach Jay Nelson on the win. “We played a really crisp game where we were solid on defense and we strung offense together and we pitched well.”
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Rutgers’ 3-0 win yesterday against Connecticut snapped a four-game losing streak, including both losses in Saturday’s double-header.
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Offense sputters in first spring scrimmage BY SAM HELLMAN
year special teams expert Andrew DePaola, ran the ball eight times for 24 yards as well.
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After redshirt freshman safety Darrell Givens dropped the opening kickoff for a touchdown the other way FOOTBALL to open the Rutgers football team’s first scrimmage of the year, things could only go up right? Wrong. Whether it was the swirling winds, the lack of two starters on the offensive line, general incompetence, a stingy defense or some mixture of all factors, the Scarlet Knights’ of fense was immobile for the majority of the day. “They played hard, they hit each other,” Schiano said on Saturday’s approximately 150play scrimmage. “We were inefficient on offense. I didn’t think we protected the quarterback very well on offense. I didn’t think we ran the ball very well on offense. But some of that has to do with I think the defense played very well.” Quar terback Tom Savage, battling through a minor thigh bruise, completed 7-of-14 passes for 57 yards, hitting sophomore wideouts Mohamed Sanu and Tim Wright and freshman tight end Paul Carrezola on routes. The sophomore, however, did not engineer a touchdown drive until the situational drills where junior tailback Joe Martinek punched it in with a quick run. “That defense is unbelievable out there,” Savage said. “I’m glad I don’t have to play against them during the season.” Givens, who moved from cornerback to safety earlier in the week, redeemed his kick return blunder with the only other touchdown of the scrimmage — a second team 49-yard interception for a touchdown. “Coach preaches us a lot, ‘that play’s in the past,’” Givens said. “If it’s a good play or a bad
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SENIORS EDMOND LARYEA and Brandon Bing worked with the first team as fullback and cornerback respectively, with redshirt freshman Logan Ryan joining in for reps at the latter on passing downs.
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After botching the opening kickoff of the football team’s opening scrimmage, redshirt freshman safety Darrell Givens rebounded with a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown off of Steve Shimko.
play, we move on to the next play. [The interception] was just a great coverage call and I just jumped the route.” Martinek touched the ball eight times with the first team offense and totaled just two yards. “All in all, encouraging, but we have a long way to go,” Schiano said.
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running game, however, experienced mild success with junior Tyrone Putman standing out in spring practice yet again.
Putman, who impressed last spring with 160 yards in a scrimmage before breaking his arm, touched the ball 12 times and totaled 60 yards to lead all offensive players. “The line was blocking great so I just felt like I needed to do,” Putman said. “Sometimes the play was a little bit broken and I just tried to use what I could and make positive yards. It worked out [on Saturday].” A Gonzaga High School product in Ft. Washington, Md., Putman walked on to the foot-
ball team after coming to Rutgers as a triple-jumper with the track team. Those moves, and the injur y absences of r unning backs Kordell Young, Mason Robinson and De’Antwan Williams, make for a good spring for Putman. “Joe and I, we’re definitely excited about the reps we’re going to get,” he said. “But it’s just working hard each play — finishing and focusing.” Redshirt freshman Nick DePaola, younger brother of two-
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Rutgers twice during the weekend. Walk-on wide receiver Phil Lewis broke his arm Friday and left the field in an ambulance to go to the hospital. Junior tight end Evan Lampert left the scrimmage immediately after a 23-yard reception with a hip injury.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS head coach Bill Belichick, wearing his beloved cut-of f hoodie, attended Friday’s practice to speak to the team and coaches after wards as a part of the Knights’ coaching clinic. “He’s one of the smartest football coaches that I’ve ever been around,” Schiano said. “I read some things getting ready to introduce him and it’s incredible. I know he’s good, but I don’t get a chance to watch pro football much. You watch the Super Bowl, but I read some of his stats — incredible.”
Home runs become routine for sophomore swinger BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT
When third baseman Brittney Lindley knocked her third roundtripper of the season against KNIGHT Princeton NOTEBOOK two weeks ago, she called it an anomaly. Lindley, now a sophomore who has yet to miss a start in two seasons, considers herself a line-drive hitter that got lucky a few times. All that mattered to her was making contact. She was the first to say she had no shot at catching sophomore Mikelyn Messina for the home run lead. Flash-for ward to Saturday where Lindley belted her fifth, sixth and seventh home runs of the season and it’s a new story. Lindley, tied with Messina, is one dinger shy of second place on the Rutgers softball team’s single-season list, despite dropping two of three against the Huskies. “It was a good day for me, but Mikelyn is going to get right back on track,” said a modest Lindley. “I thought the wind helped. I got
the ball out there but the wind definitely helped. There were a lot of home runs [on Saturday].” Unfortunately for her, however, all three home runs came with no runners on base. Her weekend was still enough to bump her up to 20 RBI in a season where runs are scarce for the Scarlet Knights. Junior left fielder Mickenzie Alden also smacked a three-run bomb off the left field foul pole in game two. “It’s encouraging to know that there are other people to back you up if you aren’t going to have your best game,” Lindley said.
She played both games of Saturday’s double-header there and only struggled on one hit that the wind got a hold of. “She’s played right field before. She’s fine,” Nelson said. “[Sophomore Lindsey Curran] is a little stronger in right field, but Mikelyn is good at it. “It’s so I can hit both of the catchers. When Kylee [Bishop] is the designated player, if she gets on base, I’ll put Lindsey in and leave her there to let her get a couple of at bats. And actually switch her into right field and move Mikelyn to DP.”
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stretch, however, Messina cooled off from a hot start. She went 1-for-9 against Connecticut, but her hit in her final at-bat is the type that becomes a slump-buster, said head coach Jay Nelson. “Mikelyn, with her base hit up the middle, her fake bunt kept her eye on the ball and she saw it and hit it rather than swinging late,” Nelson said. Messina also played two of the three games in right field instead of her usual designated hitter position.
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player to get the ball to jump off her bat. With powerful winds blowing straight out Saturday, a total of nine balls left the yard for both teams. Senior pitcher Nicole Lindley said the wind dictated the way she pitched. “I was big on ground balls because they swing at a lot of first pitches,” she said. “When I was keeping it low, they were just hitting little ground balls and bloop hits. On the strikeouts I was just trying to keep it outside and they were swinging for it so I was like ‘OK I’ll keep it there.’”
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Sophomore third baseman Brittney Lindley is one home run shy of second place on the Rutgers softball team’s single season list.
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Senior salvages Big East hope with shutout victory BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers softball team faced its seventh consecutive loss yesterday after a Saturday sweep by Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights faced a 0-5 record in the Big SOFTBALL East and a long climb RUTGERS 3 back into postseason CONNECTICUT 0 tournament hopes. Then Nicole Lindley put her foot in the door and went a long way in reversing the Knights’ fortunes. The senior ace hurler learned from a subpar Saturday outing with a dominant performance yesterday that gave Rutgers a 3-0 win over the Huskies. “I feel like it was all about making adjustments,” said Lindley, who struck out eight batters and allowed just seven base runners in a complete game effort. “I knew they were struggling with the outside pitches so that’s where I had to throw my best pitch. It was all about making adjustments and obviously they were struggling at making their own adjustments to hit that pitch.” The Huskies never seriously threatened Lindley in her second start of the three-game series, but put up four runs on two home runs in her first outing. Sophomore right fielder Lindsey Curran got Rutgers on the board with crafty base running to break a scoreless tie in the fifth inning. She ripped a sharp single to left field and took second after a poor throw to the infield by the Huskies. Curran then took third on a groundout by junior Jen Meinheit against a shift and scored on a wild pitch. “I got up trying to help string some hits together,” Curran said. “We were getting people on but we weren’t getting them in so I guess I helped start it all. We practice our base running a lot in the fall because that’s an important part of our game.” Freshman second baseman Jennifer Harabedian delivered some insurance with a two-run single in the next inning for her first Big East RBI and her first Big East win ever. “It was very exciting because I’ve never felt something like this before,” Harabedian
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Senior pitcher Nicole Lindley pitched a shutout for Rutgers yesterday en route to a 3-0 win against Connecticut. The strong showing followed a weak first-outing where the Huskies scored four runs on two home runs.
Rough weekend curbs lofty goals BY TYLER DONOHUE CORRESPONDENT
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Not even junior Amy Zhang garnered a win against DePaul over the weekend, as Rutgers took its second shutout of the season.
The Rutgers tennis team departed for Milwaukee, Wis., Friday with lofty goals and tremendous momentum on its side. The Scarlet Knights TENNIS returned to the RUTGERS 0 Garden State with their five-match conDEPAUL 7 ference winning streak snapped with two consecutive Big East losses. Rutgers (11-7, 5-3) competed in two matches over the weekend at Helfaer Tennis Stadium. Conference foes Marquette and DePaul did not hold back any punches, as they knocked down the Knights 5-2 and 7-0, respectively. Despite entering the weekend as winners of eight of its past 10 contests, Rutgers was fully aware their conference opponents would present a considerable challenge. Marquette was first up on the docket for the Knights. The Golden Eagles entered the showdown with an impressive 8-1 home record and continued their dominance in Milwaukee by staying a step ahead of Rutgers throughout Saturday’s match. Head tennis coach Ben Bucca knew to expect a highly contested battle with the Golden Eagles (12-11, 3-0). “We have a great rivalr y going with Marquette,” Bucca said. “This match was extremely close throughout like we thought
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KNIGHTS COMPETE AT ASICS NATIONALS Several members of the Also placing in the tournaRutgers wrestling team took to ment was junior David the mats in the Asics University Greenwald, who finished eighth Nationals, with three grapplers in the 66-kilogram bracket. advanc- Greenwald pinned two oppoWRESTLING ing to nents before falling to Dylan the last day of competition. Carew in the seventh-place Newcomer Danny White match. The Union, N.J., native wrestled unattached and fin- looks to get his upcoming senished first in the 63 kilograms ior year off on the right note bracket, defeating after a disappointing Mark Ballweg with a 2010 campaign. The 1-0, 1-0 decision. The 149-pounder finished Dayton, N.J., native 19-12 this past year is set to begin his with only 12 pins, first year on the something that he speBanks in the upcomcialized in over previing season. ous years. In the 79-kilogram The Scarlet Knights bracket, redshirt sophfinished 19-5-1 last seaSCOTT omore Scott Winston son and 5-2 within the WINSTON came in sixth. Chase Eastern Intercollegiate Nelson pinned the Wrestling Association Jackson, N.J., native in 1:50 to conference. The Knights kicked claim fifth place. off 2010 with a 15-match unbeatWinston spoke earlier in the en streak that ended when they year on the importance of get- fell to No. 7 Lehigh at ting off on the right foot Stabler Arena. between regular seasons, havSeven grapplers represented ing redshirted the entire year. the scarlet and white at the The former Freshman All- national tournament — the American is back in the lineup most since they sent eight this upcoming season and will in 1960. likely fall in either the 165 or 174-pound slot. — A.J. Jankowski