The Daily Targum 2010-04-13

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The Rutgers baseball team played the role of comeback kids once again in its 8-6 victory Sunday over Big East foe Notre Dame. The Knights took the series 2-1.

Candidate steps into mayoral race

BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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Construction of the Gateway building, located on the corner of Albany Street and Easton Avenue, continues to move forward. The building will house a new location for the Rutgers University Press.

Like many elections, the June democratic primary for the mayor of New Brunswick may be unpredictable, but one thing is for sure — incumbent Jim Cahill is going to face some competition.

Democratic mayoral candidate Patricia Bombelyn, along with city council candidates Martin Arocho and Rhaman Johnson, filed petitions to run in the June 8 primary election yesterday at City Hall.

“This team has come together in the belief that New Brunswick has quite a few neglected neighborhoods,” Bombelyn said in a press conference at her office at 75 Paterson St. “When you look at how services are provided, you know that there are folks that get good services, and there are folks that don’t.”

Among the several areas she hopes to target if elected, Bombelyn, a partner in the law firm of Perez & Bombelyn Attorneys At Law and a New Brunswick resident, spoke of the increase in violent crime in the city, frustration with tax policies and education, and the revitalization of more than just the city’s downtown area.

Arocho agreed the entire city should be revitalized.

“We have a lot of dedicated and hardworking people in New Brunswick,” he said. “I think the administration needs to change.

The administration has forgotten about the city — Walter Street, Throop Avenue, the South Ward.”

Bombelyn wants to target crime trends by training police more effectively and having officers

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Gateway moves toward completion

BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The New Brunswick Development Corporation, more commonly known as DEVCO, is moving toward completion of the new Gateway project.

The building, to be located at the corner of Albany Street and Easton Avenue, will include a new parking deck scheduled to open next summer as well as a Barnes & Noble bookstore and a new site for the Rutgers University Press.

The redevelopment project will bring more than 600 new hourly park-

ing spaces to New Brunswick, which will help make it easier to get around for those who shop in or commute to and from the city, said Mitch Karon, executive director of the New Brunswick Parking Authority.

“On that side of Albany Street, there’s very little parking,” he said.

“This will help alleviate the need of people having to drive around looking for a parking space.”

City Spokesman Bill Bray agreed, saying the project will help decrease traffic around the city.

Bray also said the Gateway project will bring additional revenue and jobs to the city, as new retail

space and accommodations for shoppers will increase business and help the many merchants already on Easton Avenue.

“With all of that additional economic activity, there’s a multiplier effect in that if the businesses in New Brunswick have more customers, they’re generating more money, they’re generating more jobs,” he said. “Those jobs are filled by New Brunswick residents.”

The additional jobs could benefit students at the University who may need employment, Bray said.

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RAMON DOMPOR/ ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Democratic mayoral candidate Patricia Bombelyn says revitalizing the entire New Brunswick community is one idea that tops her agenda.

Former Nike workers protest unfair conditions

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Two former Nike factory workers spoke to students Sunday night in an effort to push the University to cut ties with the corporation.

Gina Cano and Lowlee Uriquia, who both worked in the Honduras New Holland factories producing Nike apparel, spoke to about 100 people on the College Avenue campus about the exploitation they experienced after creating a workers’ union. They also touched upon how Nike denied responsibility and refused to pay workers severance.

Two Honduran clothing factories closed for unclear reasons on Jan. 19, 2009, leaving about 1,700 workers without a job, health insurance and severance pay, said Zachary Lerner, president of the Rutgers Chapter of the United Students Against Sweatshops, the sponsor of the event.

“Our whole point is that everyone wants to wear Nike clothes, you just want it so that they’re not made on the backs of people,” said Lerner, a School

The Chinese Student Organization explores a range of myths through fashion.

OPINIONS U.S. Congress may fail to meet its April 15 budget deadline which would be the first incident since the 1974 Budget Act. BRIAN BEZERRA

Students listen as two former Nike Factory workers from Honduras describe their experiences working in unfair conditions Sunday on the College Avenue campus. Students are urging the University to cancel its contract with Nike apparel.

of Arts and Sciences junior. “[Nike] owes the workers between $2.2 million and $2.6 million, and in revenue Nike makes $2.2 million in one hour.”

The USAS is pushing the University to cut its ties with Nike, who produces the University’s apparel.

Lerner said the situation violates both

the University and Nike codes of business conduct.

The women spoke of exploitative practices, like being docked fees for health insurance and never receiving the benefits of those services.

As the situation worsened, the workers created a union. In a day, man-

agement fired many top positions in the union, including the president and vice president, Uriquia said.

The workers said they were given no reason as to why the factor y closed. But with the help of the

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‘China Nite’ dresses up cultural superstitions

BY VANDAN UPADHYAYA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Performances by Tahitian dancers and a fashion and cultural show highlighted the 15th annual “China Nite,” held Sunday night at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Hosted by the Chinese Student Organization, Caspar Wang, copresident of the group, said the long-standing event tries to connect Asian students with their heritage and encourage them to learn about different cultures.

“The aim for CSO is to get people in touch with their culture,” said Wang, a School of Engineering senior. “Here in CSO, we try to incorporate culture and diversity as much as possible into our different shows.”

The night consisted of seven different acts involving 40 models, who wore clothes linked to a variety of commonly held superstitions to tell a story without words.

For example, the first of the seven acts displayed the superstition of lady luck by utilizing a wide variety of women’s clothing, mostly casual wear, from Gap. The second used black dresses and Halloween costumes to show the superstition of the black cat crossing an individual’s path, leading to misfortune.

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Models walk the stage wearing superstitious-themed attire Sunday night as part of the 15th annual “China Nite” held by the Chinese Student Organization in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

The planners used out-ofthe-box thinking to design the show with its superstitious theme, said Crisanto Jorda, head coordinator for “China Nite.”

“This year’s theme is ver y playful and is a step up from last year’s theme which was death,” said Jorda, a Rutgers College senior. “With superstitions being pre-

cise, we really were required to be creative.”

Emily Ho, co-president for CSO, said “China Nite” is the biggest event for the organization and takes a lot of planning to put together.

“We essentially start from the end of last year’s show,” said Ho, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “It’s a non-stop process.”

But the superstitions were not just from Chinese culture, many in the performance explained.

Many are common throughout the world, such as the Friday the 13th theme of the sixth act.

To close out the show and “China Nite,” the models and staff thanked the sponsors and everyone who participated in the night’s event.

“As our organization moves forward, we would like to see our eboard do different things other than fashion and cultural shows,” Ho said. “The goal we are pursuing is to have a greater involvement of students here at Rutgers University.”

Many attendees said they enjoyed the nearly sold-out show. “‘China Nite’ XV was an excellent production,” said Michael Steen, a Livingston College senior.

“They put a lot of hard work into it.

The show was perfect.”

Inara Omuso, a Livingston College senior, said she enjoyed the show and would love to come back next year.

“The hard work they put into this show really showed,” Omuso said. “It paid off.”

Ho said she was excited with the diverse group of people that came to this year’s “China Nite.”

“I am very happy that this year we see we have diverse audience,” she said. “You don’t have to be Chinese to be a part of China Nite.”

Wang said college students should attend more events like “China Nite” to try something new and learn more about a culture other than their own.

“College is really about broadening your horizons [and] saying yes to certain things that you might not have in the past,” Wang said. “I think coming out to an event like this really gets a person to broaden their horizon.”

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RACE: Bombelyn cites U. students as important resource continued from front patrol neighborhoods. Safer streets could be, fundamentally, a result of residents and police officers being more familiar with one another, she said.

Education is also a major priority for Bombelyn, who echoed the frustration of some who say money goes to administrators and not toward financial rewards for teachers. Further cooperation with students at the University could help improve city schools, she said.

“I see the students at Rutgers as a great untapped resource,” she said. “The Rutgers students are role models that our children can benefit from getting to know.”

Johnson, a graduate student at the University, agreed.

“We definitely want to give our children a chance, not only to grow up with all the services that they need to flourish, but we want them to have enough success in their lives so that they can continue to live in New Brunswick,” he said.

Bombelyn also stressed the need for better tax policies that do not allocate unfair abatements to luxury housing, which senior citizens and longtime homeowners are left to subsidize.

She intends to address areas other than the downtown section of New Brunswick and said funds for the Gateway project, just one of the many redevelopment projects, could be directed elsewhere.

“I happened to like the old architecture of the buildings that were on that corner,” she said. “I would have rather seen development in a different way. I would have rather

“In order to bring people back into New Brunswick, you have to have a good school system.”

MARGE KERBER New Brunswick resident

seen those kinds of resources devoted to other neighborhoods throughout New Brunswick.”

Lydia Rodriguez, a resident of Puerto Rican descent who has lived in the city for more than 20 years, is hoping to see Bombelyn and her team win a spot on the June ballot.

“I support Patty and her team because I think she speaks for many of us who have been unable to speak up for ourselves here in New Brunswick,” she said.

In particular, Rodriguez mentioned members of the Latino com-

munity, those who do not speak English and those who may not have legal documentation needed to be able to vote in elections, as groups that are underrepresented in the city.

Education should be a top priority for Bombelyn’s administration if elected, Rodriguez said.

“As an educator and as a longtime employee of Rutgers University, I think that the University needs to partner more with our New Brunswick schools to get them up to par,” she said.

Rodriguez also said the administration should, as Bombelyn mentioned, revise tax policies and focus on all of New Brunswick, not just downtown. Overall, she wants to see residents be proud to live in the city.

“I think that it is time for a positive change in New Brunswick,” she said.

Marge Kerber, who has also lived in the city for more than 20 years, said she will be going doorto-door to campaign for Bombelyn.

“It’s time for some new blood,” she said. “I’m really happy that these guys have decided to run.

They’ll make some good changes here. They’re looking out for all of us, not just downtown.”

Although she goes downtown occasionally to watch shows at the theater, Kerber said the area’s revitalization has not helped her living conditions.

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Bombelyn says the city has relied on revitalizing downtown too often. She plans to focus more on other neighborhoods in the city.

“I think the downtown looks great, but I don’t go to the downtown,” she said. “I live in another neighborhood. The rest of the neighborhoods in New Brunswick don’t look so good. Go down Suydam Street, and all you see is litter. It’s horrible.”

She, like Rodriguez, said the quality of education in New Brunswick has been detrimental

to the quality of the city as a whole.

“In order to bring people back into New Brunswick, you have to have a good school system,” she said. “If you don’t have that, you’re never going to get people to buy property here and raise their children here. If you’re a child growing up in New Brunswick, you deserve a good education.”

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The Gateway project will bring in an estimated $1 million in new revenue for the city, a figure 10 times what the building generated prior to redevelopment, he said.

Such funds will help cover the cost of public services, like police and fire protection, garbage collection and pothole repair, he said.

The project will benefit the people of New Brunswick without costing them, as DEVCO used $12.3 million in state and federal funds — not tax dollars — to support it, Bray said.

Otherwise, property taxes in the city would increase 50 percent.

“We’re able to generate more revenue to cover costs without having to dip into the pockets of taxpayers,” he said.

New housing units in the building will also bring a set of permanent residents to the community, Bray said.

In the long term, the building will accrue traditional property taxes, which also spurs economic development in the city, he said.

“It’s just going to be a really dynamic place,” Bray said.

Marlie Wasserman, director of the Rutgers University Press, now in its 76th year of existence, said the move from its current location on Livingston campus would benefit the company.

“It will give us increased visibility at the University,” she said.

“It will also allow us to participate fully in the cultural life of the University and the community. … We’re looking forward to it.”

The location will give authors a public space for book readings at Barnes and Noble and in the company’s conference room, Wasserman said. She hopes both faculty and community members will attend the events.

The more modern, larger facility for Barnes & Noble bookstores will house a café and include a wider array of selections for purchase.

John Cusick, general manager of Barnes & Noble bookstores, could not be reached for comment.

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Club team faces off nationally in Arizona REENA DIAMANTE STAFF WRITER

After more than a month of preparation, the Rutgers Tennis Club will bring its rackets and “Our goal is to remain comtheir game to a national level with posed and ready to compete and hopes of finishing its year stronger just to play as well as we are capathan it has in previous years. ble,” Chang said. “If we run into a Despite finishing second to better team, then that’s just the Cornell University in the United luck of the draw.”

States Tennis Association While playing a better team Eastern Sectionals Division will be a challenge, he said the back in Februar y, the team team is full of veteran players earned an automatic bid to comwith the ability to come through pete in the USTA National at a big moment.

Campus Championship.

“We have been able to pull off The team will make its way numerous upsets in the past,” down to Surprise, Ariz., from Chang said. “We feel as though April 15 to 17 where it will face 64 we have a shot against any top university club tennis teams team in the country.” from across the nation.

Although winning a national But the team is no stranger to tournament would be a great national tournaments, considerachievement for the team, some ing this trip will mark its third members are also looking at have appearance. an exciting experience.

At the University of Delaware, “A strong finish would be they won the Blue Hen nice, but I’m hoping to just have a Invitational over memorable trip,” Spring Break and Singh said. participated in the “There are a lot “If we run Badger Classic of good teams into a better Invitational in going, and it’s a Madison, Wis., great way to meet team, then that’s which featured 32 new people from just the luck teams, said team other schools.” member Gaurav Singh, who of the draw.”

Singh, a School has only one year DANIEL CHANG of Arts and left at the Science junior.

University, said Rutgers Tennis Club President Team member he wants to enjoy Renee Lee said the trip and the the team hopes to win the rest of his college career as much national title, after last year’s as possible. eighth place finish Lee said winning is ever y“It will be very difficult, but we thing to the team because of do have a small chance,” said the friendships that are cultiLee, a Rutgers College junior. vated during the process of “Especially, since this is, preparation. Through shared arguably, the best team we’ve had hotel rooms, frequent drives to since the formation of the club.” matches and practices three The 64 participating club times a week, the teams will be placed randomly members spend a lot of their into 16 pools of four in the prelimtime together. inary rounds at the Surprise “The best part about playing Tennis and Racquet Complex, in the club tennis team is the said Daniel Chang, club presicamaraderie among the teamdent. The top finisher of each pool mates,” Chang said. “Tennis is advances to the “gold bracket,” what bonds us all together, but the second to the “silver bracket,” we spend a good amount of and the others to the “bronze time together away from the bracket” and “copper bracket.” court. I’ve been able to expand Single elimination is then my social network because of played out in each of those brackthis club.” ets, said Chang, a School of Arts Chang also expanded his and Sciences junior. social network with members of One competitor the team will teams from other schools. face is five-time champion Texas “Win or lose, you meet great A&M University. Beating them people from around colleges all will be a difficult feat, but the over the country who share the team will do their best to advance same common love for tennis,” as far as possible, Lee said. he said.

ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES FIVE NOTABLE ALUMNI The Rutgers University Alumni Association has selected five members to induct into its Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

Douglas P. Boyd, Graduate School-New Brunswick Class of 1968; Greg Brown, Livingston College Class of 1982; Junot Diaz, Rutgers College Class of 1992; Alfred A. Edmond Jr., Rutgers College Class of 1983; and Margaret Marsh, Camden College of Arts and Sciences Class of 1967 will be inducted at a gala to be held May 1 at the Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries on Douglass campus and The Heldrich Hotel on George Street, according to a University Media Relations press release.

The gala will feature entertainment by Tribeca Rhythm with multimedia presentations and dinner. Tickets are $105 per person.

The Hall of Distinguished Alumni recognizes alumni who have brought honor to the University through their hard work and achievement, according to the release.

Boyd is the CEO of TeleSecurity Sciences Inc., Brown is co-chief executive of Motorola Inc., Diaz is a 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner, Edmond is senior vice president and editor-in-chief of BlackEnterprise.com and Marsh is dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and at the Graduate School of Rutgers-Camden, according to the release.

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POLL CHARTS LOWER APPROVAL RATINGS FOR CHRISTIE Gov. Chris Christie and his budget cuts are not mixing well with his approval or popularity ratings, leaving many N.J. residents unhappy with the job he is doing.

Christie’s approval ratings dropped nine points after his March 16 budget proposal to 43 percent from 52 percent, according to a poll conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind.

The poll also showed Christie’s popularity slumped after the proposal. Before the announcement, 47 percent of N.J. voters had a good impression of the governor, with 25 percent having a bad impression. After his budget proposal, 38 percent had a good impression of the governor, while 39 percent had an unfavorable view.

PublicMind Poll Director Peter Woolley said in a March 30 article on nj.com, the budget proposal hurt the governor because there are no good results from cutting money.

“It’s a bad time to be governor of any state,” he said in the article. “You’re damned if you cut the budget and damned if you raise taxes.”

Republicans and Democrats also have contrasting views on how the governor is doing, with 53 percent of Republicans saying the state is moving in the right direction and 68 percent of Democrats saying the state is on the wrong track, according to the poll.

Christie’s Spokesman Micheal Drewniak said the poll would not affect how the governor deals with the current situation in New Jersey “We can’t and won’t govern by poll numbers,” he said in the article. “It’s the governor’s intention to continue doing what he’s doing because the state needs strong leadership now more than ever.”

— Devin Sikorski

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Students participate in Sunday’s protest against Nike work conditions as two former factory workers share their stories.

NIKE: Two workers speak

The fundamental reason USAS says sweatshops exist is because companies like Nike, in various places nationwide Adidas and Reebok abuse the power that they have in a global continued from front economy, said International Campaign Coordinator for USAS Confederation of Honduran Rod Palmquist.

Unions and the Workers Sixteen supporters of the Rights Consortium, they presmovement to end University ties sured management to speak with Nike approached University up, she said.

President Richard L. McCormick Uriquia said the workers earlier in the semester, demandwere told the factories closed ing he cut the contract due to labor because they were no longer getrights violations. McCormick sent ting orders due to the economic a letter to Nike and said he would crisis in the United States. look into it again at the end of Cano, a union organizer, was the semester. hired at New Holland after Lerner noted the University Hugger de Honduras closed. of Wisconsin cut their contract She was fired two weeks into the with Nike last Friday and said job once management looked the University should follow in into her organizing background, their steps. she said.

“We need to “The probationdo something ary period at any “We need to do right now. It factor y is two can’t just be months, and they something right something we gave me no kind of wait on,” he said. explanation as to now. It can’t just The two why they were firbe something women have ing me,” Cano said. been speaking as “Because we are we wait on.” part of a national part of this fight, ZACHARY LERNER tour. They previbecause we’re in United Students Against ously spoke at this struggle, both Sweatshops President universities such of us have been as Duke, discriminated Cornell, Brown against. We’ve both and the Universities of Florida been blacklisted.” and Maryland.

She said factories tend to The night ended with an outprioritize individuals for hiring, door candlelight ceremony with mostly women between the tea candles spelling out the ages of 18 and 25 who have words “Just Pay It,” though they never worked in these kinds of were never lit due to weather and factories and do not know police enforcement restrictions. their rights.

School of Arts and Sciences According to an April 8 artifirst-year student Brett Kozinn cle in the Cornell Daily Sun, said he would still wear Nike Nike said they already did even after attending the event. things they were not required “[By] me not wearing Nike, [it] to do regarding sub-contract isn’t going to have a huge effect on workers, like providing trainthis kind of thing,” he said. “I’m ing programs. more inclined to get involved in “It is not [our] responsibility something like this now, but not to take care of sub-contract workwearing Nike isn’t going to give ers,” a Nike official said in those people their severance.” the article.

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All are invited to the 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.

The Center for Race and Ethnicity will play a film about the last all-black, publicly funded, co-educational boarding school north of the Mason-Dixon Line, in Bordentown, N.J. A discussion, featuring Mark Krasovic of Rutgers-Newark’s Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, will take place after the screening. The event will begin at 7 pm in Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

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The Public Relations Student Society of America will be hosting its annual “Meet the Media” event that will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event will have a breakfast buffet provided for everyone and it is free to students. Students will get the chance to meet reporters, editors and producers from many media outlets like Fox News and also, Ken Hunter, the president of the New Jersey Chapter of PRSAS. Do you think you know the lyrics to the most popular songs past and present? Rutgers Recreation will host its first-ever “Singing Bee” from 9 to 11p.m in the Gym Annex on Cook campus. Whether you can sing or not, this is your chance to participate. Doors will open at 8:30 p.m. As always, great prizes will be awarded.

Neilson Dining Hall on Douglass campus is looking for this year’s Iron Chef winner. Use ingredients and appliances in Neilson Main Dining Area to create an original recipe in 20 minutes or less. Prizes include a camera for first place, an iPod for second place and a RU Express Gift Card for third place. The contest is limited to 10 participants with current meal plans and begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. E-mail Peggy Policastro, from your eden account, at peggyp@rci.rutgers.edu to sign up and for a list of competition guidelines.

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Coffee-mate will be handing out free samples including stick-packs, post-its and dry erase boards from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center. In addition to this event, Coffee-mate will be on campus over the next few weeks giving out free product samples, coffee, travel mugs and much more.

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here are few set dates in our calendars every year and April 15, the last day to file taxes is one of them. And while the rest of us are legally bound to file before this set date, the U.S. Congress is poised to miss its deadline for completing next year’s budget. In fact, members have not even begun considering a draft in either chamber.

It is nothing but a shame that after spending countless hours on a much-disputed health care legislation, Congress chose to excuse itself from a deadline on which the budget depends. And unlike citizens’ taxfiling mid-April deadline, Congress’s target is non-binding. It seems that they will be in no rush to complete their goal.

This showing of negligence could only serve to be an example for the most impressionable of us, because after all, why can’t we have extensions on our term papers? If students are able to get through four gruesome years of professors both bad and good, Congress, an elite group of officials — supposedly — must take care of their homework. Those 535 Congress members should think about getting back from their eternal vacations and do something for the rest of us. Yet we somehow doubt that this will happen.

These Harvard-educated men and women seem to operate on their own schedules. With no bosses peering over their shoulders, they make us doubt their ability to get anything done. If a University student can take 18 credits a semester over several years and graduate with honors, the jobs of most congressmen are comparatively easy.

Over the past 35 years, our legislators failed to adopt a final budget four times — in the fiscal years of 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007 — according to a Congressional Research Service report. And if that is not serious enough, if the House of Representatives fails to pass a first draft of the budget, it will be the first time since the 1974 Budget Act. The consequences seem dire, as a failure to produce a federal budget will mimic those of a family not filing taxes — while Congress does not need a budget, planned actions and financial predictions will be hard to make, to say the least. But there are political effects of not passing a budget too — for Democrats, it may seem as though they have not done their jobs. Republicans would be sure to criticize their counterparts before the upcoming elections.

It is somewhat comical that millions of Americans manage their taxes on time every year while the U.S. government seems to be on the path to failure. We may be able to finish our essays albeit the night before, yet the 300 or so elite officials cannot finish the federal budget.

The “my dog ate my homework excuse” could not possibly work in this case of a late term paper and rightfully so.

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ost of us have gone through four years of high school, attending five days a week for about seven hours a day. But in Klamath Falls, Ore., a motion was put in to cut the school week to four days in order to save the district $6.3 million annually, according to The Seattle Times. And while cuts have swept our state in recent weeks, education should have been the last to go — the same goes for this particular county.

We simply cannot agree with cuts to the school week. Teenagers would undoubtedly be happy, but since when do they know better?

The plan to take Fridays off the school calendar can only result in a cascade of problems. Students would be deprived of an education that had been offered to their ancestors and has so far worked. And while the district’s plan includes a lengthening of the regular four days, an increase in the school day will not be able to help anyone. Students’ parents will have to concern themselves with later pickups or earlier drop-offs — both possibly damaging to their daily routines. Teachers would also have to be convinced to work extra hours per day in accordance with the new plan. Teaching assistants, cooks, custodians, secretaries and bus drivers would also have to change their schedules in order to accommodate the ridiculous situation.

Cuts are absolutely necessary. That comes without a doubt. But the seriousness of cutting a day of the school week is more than we think. We cannot risk depriving students of their K-12 education. Instead of implementing this rash change, cuts to top district officials should go into effect.

The already overpaid superintendents of many schools seem to inappropriately raise their salaries while students and their schools suffer.

There are many amenities that could be cut from many schools across the nation. In the case of New Jersey, after Gov. Chris Christie’s budget, many schools lost some funding, yet we partly agree with that decision as many district institutions had pointless extras. Automatic doors, million-dollar football fields and constant building renovations are only several of the unneeded facilities.

A five-day school week has been in place for decades, and any motion to shorten it will only turn students off to school. An extra day of free time because of money problems could cause much more than financial changes. After all, what happened to “kids, stay in school?”

QUOTE OF THE DAY “This year’s theme is very playful and is a step up from last year’s theme which was death.”

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can use every penny they axes have always earn. However, 48 percent of been a part of civithe country does not pay a lized life. In early dime in income tax. To be America, there was never tactless and insensitive, they any consideration of a proare like parasites. A country gressive income tax until cannot run efficiently or 1861, when the U.S. governequitably when one-half of ment needed more funds to JAMES WINTERS the population financially finance the Civil War. Rates supports the other half — started at 5 percent and especially when it is unwilling. And since most peowere raised numerous times until in the mid-1940’s ple benefit from progressive taxes, in the form of when they reached an astonishing 94 percent. In lower rates and more social programs, the Robin addition to the income tax, the government has Hoods — both Republicans and Democrats alike — imposed a capital gains tax, payroll taxes to fund are re-elected.

Social Security and Medicare, an estate tax, gift Obviously, government needs financial capital to taxes and many excise taxes. As with everything provide certain public goods and services like that involves government policy, there are two main national defense and infrastructure, so it needs to sides to the debate on progressive taxes — and I tax its citizens. However, it is illogical to say that one should say that there probably always will be. demographic — based solely on income — needs There has always been the battle between equity these goods and ser vices more than another. and efficiency, and there is no end in sight. The case Everyone drives on the freeway to get to work. for favoring equity, and consequently, a progressive Everyone needs protection from foreign threats. tax system, is quite simple and is based on goodwill And since these goods are used relatoward the poor. Most Liberals — is tively equally, one person should not that a fair assumption? — believe the “Whether you like it have to pay more for them than his or wealthy population has a glaringly or not, this country her neighbor does. disproportionate aggregate income, One cannot possibly make the and hardly needs all of it to live a comruns on a capitalist argument that tax hikes on the rich fortable, if not luxurious, lifestyle. On are incentives that will inspire innothe other hand, the poor have very market. This vation, investment and ultimately meager incomes, and thus have a means hard work, grow the GDP. Clearly that is not the substantially lower standard of living.

Accordingly, the government must [and] risk-taking ...” goal of President Barack Obama’s administration anyway. Historically, intercede to limit this inequity. The Congress has raised taxes to raise preferred course of action is to revenue so they could spend more, and that is what exclude a group of people deemed “poor” from paythey are doing now. The current policies of redistriing any kind of income tax and, since the wealthy bution are counterproductive, though. A poor man have so much money and can afford it, tax them cannot reach a rich man’s standard of living in the even more to make up for the difference. This ideolshort term, but a capitalist market still allows him to ogy has led to more progressive taxes like the estate improve his life. By providing for him and excluding tax, which collects a portion of a deceased person’s him from taxes, the government acts like a parent assets passed along in his or her will. who will not let his child grow up. It has the best Here’s my take: Whether you like it or not, this intentions, but the poor man will never learn how to country runs on a capitalist market. This means work exhaustingly hard in order to better his cirhard work, innovation, entrepreneurship and riskcumstances and those of his own children. taking are rewarded with a better quality of life.

Ideological arguments are endless and unreTaxes, like a progressive income tax, that try to lenting — most people understand that. I know restrict those key elements do nothing but stifle the that I will never succeed in converting anyone to gross domestic product and subsequently lower my way of thinking because most of those who disincomes of everyone. When the incentive to be proagree with me do not seem to genuinely listen to a ductive and work hard is taken away, the effect is — differing perspective. That is why compromising you guessed it — people stop working hard and is such a powerful tool in problem solving. There stop being productive. Economically, this results in is one potential taxation system that finds a middle a slower growth of GDP, and that affects everyone. ground between the two seemingly polar-opposite Yes, wealthy people can “afford” to pay more in taxes without sacrificing their quality of life. Yes, SEE WINTERS ON PAGE 9 poor people can hardly pay their bills on time and

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s University commencement draws near, members of the Class of 2010 will soon begin to step down from leadership positions on campus, leaving younger generations of Scarlet Knights to step up and continue the work of student organizations. These organizations not only provide students with invaluable leadership experiences, but more importantly, they also make a substantive and sustainable impact on the world around them.

This transition will occur internally in every student organization, as members of each organization elect their new executive boards. The leadership transition that will be made by the Rutgers University Student Assembly will be particularly important this year. All undergraduates will — for the first time in University history — have a say this year in who serves as student body president, vice president and treasurer. Instead of having an internal election in which only its members can vote, RUSA will hold an external election that allows all students to vote.

Why is this significant? The answer is quite simple. RUSA is not just a frivolous debate union that merely argues but never actually does anything about real-world issues. Instead, RUSA has an increasingly strong track record of actually impacting policies on the campus and even the federal levels. RUSA’s work was crucial this year in securing parking pass privileges to student organizations and increasing library hours for all students. On the state

WINTERS continued from page 8 ideologies, and it’s called a flat tax. The flat tax would eliminate every federal tax and every federal tax deduction and loophole by replacing the current, ninemillion-word tax code with a simple proportional tax rate of about 17 to 20 percent on gross income. There are so many benefits to instituting a proportional tax system, primarily because it simplifies taxation to an elementary level. With no deductions, people will not be able to hide income in tax shelters. With a simplified code, taxpayers would save almost $10 billion because the Internal Revenue Ser vice would come close to obsolescence. This extra revenue could be used to reduce the enormous national debt.

Most importantly, though, the quintessential American values would truly be rewarded with parity. People who invent or innovate or plainly work hard can collect a bigger paycheck without giving the government an even bigger chunk of it.

I am going to take a leap of faith here and suggest that Liberals do not actually hate the rich — they are mostly concerned with the plight of the poor man. If this is true, they need not worry about him. The flat tax would still identify an arbitrary income level, below which income taxes are not collected. In that sense, the status quo for lower-class citizens is maintained. Also, wealthier people

level, members of leaders to particiRUSA worked pate in the govertirelessly to nance of our camenhance the stupus. That is why I dent body’s voice have decided to within the New serve as the chief Brunswick city organizer of government and RUSA’s election BEN WEST lobby in Trenton this year. I have to ensure that sons made it my intenand daughters of illegal immigrants who tion to work tirelessly to ensure that are born in New Jersey would have the University undergraduates in New opportunity to attend their state institution Brunswick have the most accessible, the of higher education. On the federal level, most fair, and above all, the most engaging RUSA’s work resulted in New Jersey’s sen- and fun election for its student governing ators writing a letter to the U.S. Food and association in University history.

Drug Administration, expressing their disYesterday marked the launch of the agreement with a discriminatory ban on RUSA Committee on Elections’ Web site. It blood donations by gay men. More recent- can be found at ly, its resolution in support of Teach for http://rusaelections.webs.com. Here, you America helped convince will be able to find the elecSen. Frank Lautenberg, Dtion guidelines, which gov“... it is absolutely N.J., to oppose any cuts to erns this year’s elections, as essential that all the budget of Teach for well as the timeline that this America, which has recruitwill follow. Although students make it a election ed many Scarlet Knights to these guidelines are still subbecome leaders in the point to participate ject to approval by RUSA, movement to close the and may experience minor in this year’s racial-educational achieverevisions up until this ment gap.

Thursday, you may want to RUSA elections ... ” Having been an active save a few important dates member of RUSA for two now: The election informayears, having seen the great strides it has tion session will be held on April 19 at 7 p.m. made and realizing the even greater poten- in Room 410 of the Rutgers Student Center tial that it may have should strong leaders on the College Avenue campus. All students come to fill its ranks, I realize that it is who are interested in running for a position more crucial than ever to recruit the within RUSA are required to come to this University’s best and brightest student session to be eligible for a seat within RUSA.

would still be paying more than the middle-class. Twenty percent of $1 million is a lot more than 20 percent of $50,000.

The fair tax levels the playing field and reflects the true priorities of Americans. The current tax code needs to be radically changed if we want a more productive future and a better quality of life for ever yone. If the countr y stays on its current path forged by the most progressive president in histor y, it will become a mirror of most European nations: Upwards of 50 percent income tax on an individual, 35-hour work weeks, almost no technological progress and a stagnant GDP — essentially a generation waiting to die. And for some people, that is fine. But they should move to France where that system is already in place.

This is America, the greatest nation on the planet — not because its citizens are nannied by the government, but because of the unlimited opportunity for anyone, regardless of circumstance, to achieve a better life. Take it from former President Ronald Reagan, “We need true tax reform that will at least make a star t toward restoring for our children the American dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each individual has the right to fly as high as his strength and ability will take him.”

James Winters is a School of Engineering sophomore majoring in biomedical engineering. His column runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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After the info session, all candidates will begin active campaigning on every campus.

The University’s first-ever student body presidential debate will be held on April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Eagleton Institute of Politics. It is open to all, but for those who cannot make it, live coverage will be accessible on RU-tv and WRSU. It will also be covered by The Daily Targum.

The University’s first-ever election day will occur on April 28. Students will have the opportunity to vote online at any computer, and polling locations will be accessible to all students in ever y campus center.

Given the many forces that are affecting our state University — especially in the area of funding from our state government in Trenton — it is absolutely essential that all students make it a point to participate in this year’s RUSA elections either by running for office or by voting. Unless we get the most organized, enthusiastic and driven candidates to serve as leaders of our undergraduate student body, we will continue to face unsustainable losses in the realms of state funding, campus ser vices and academic opportunities.

Please feel free to visit http://rusaelections.webs.com to stay up to date with news on the upcoming election for your student government!

Ben West is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science and the chairman of RUSA’s Committee on Elections. He can be reached rusaelections@gmail.com.

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Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Co-workers think today's all about them. That's funny ... you thought it was for you! Don't try to change their direction. That would be futile.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Emotional inspiration gives a push to a creative project that had stalled out. Bring associates into the mix to add flavor and spice.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — You may have a problem getting all of your homework done on time. A close friend boosts your motivation by providing a reward.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Your persuasive talents work beautifully now.

Others may respond negatively at first, but a short conversation achieves near-total agreement.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — There's a big difference between duty and capitulation to the demands of others. Your mission is to handle the situation with grace and firmness.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Transformation is a good thing. You find that you've been wanting something new, and now you feel creative enough to take on the challenge.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Guard your own time and space in order to maximize accomplishments today.

Respond to a creative question, then go back to your own work.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — You don't have the power to make an executive decision today. You do have the energy to carry out orders from above. Do this cheerfully. A bonus is possible.

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After a seven-RBI performance in Saturday’s win, Baseball America named outfielder Michael Lang as National Hitter of the Day.

KIDS: Knights erase late game loss with 25-run outburst continued from back Rutgers ahead for the first time since the fifth inning — this time for good.

“With Lang at second, I didn’t want to waste it on a weak grounder or something like that,” Nyisztor said. “I had two strikes on me so I just wanted to put it into play. Mike’s so fast that he scored easily.”

Freshman closer Tyler Gebler, who kept the Irish off the board in the eighth, ninth and 10th innings, stayed in to put away Notre Dame in the final inning for his first collegiate victor y. Gebler did not surrender a hit in his 3 1/3 innings of work.

“I wasn’t worried [about fatigue],” Hill said of his closer, who usually only pitches a maximum of two innings. “He’s a big strong kid and a starter in high school. He welcomes it.”

For the Knights, it is their first series win in South Bend since 1996. But that was not the only history made this past weekend.

After dropping the series opener in 9-8 heartbreaking fashion on Friday, the Rutgers bats came back with vengeance on Saturday, erupting for 25 runs in an improbable 25-5 melee.

It is the most runs that the Knights ever scored against a Big East opponent and the most runs scored overall since 2004, when Rutgers dropped Farleigh Dickinson by a 27-0 score.

“I don’t know if I have ever been a part of a game like that,” said Hill of the second game against the Irish. “It was a very windy day and we just got the ball in the air. We had some shots.”

Lang led the charge in Saturday’s blowout, going 4-for-6 at the plate with two home runs and seven RBI in the leadoff spot, out-producing the entire Irish batting order by two runs.

“That’s definitely the most runs I’ve batted in during my college career,” said Lang, who earned National Hitter of the Day honors

by Baseball America and was

named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll for his efforts. “I thought [our hitting] would slow down after a while but their pitchers kept throwing them right down the middle and we didn’t miss.”

Fellow outfielder Pat Biserta, who stands right behind Lang in the batting order, also hit two long balls in the win. The junior upped his home run count to 12, still tops on the team.

“With Lang and Biserta ahead of me and Matthews behind me, I hit between some of the top hitters in the Big East,” said Nyisztor, who hits behind Biserta in the three spot. “Our lineup has no weak spots and we do a great job of getting people on base and getting runs every inning.”

Senior ace Casey Gaynor (43) earned the win on Saturday after seven solid innings on the mound in his 45th career start, a school record.

The starting pitcher’s six strikeouts put him over the 200strikeout mark for his career. “[200 strikeouts] is nice, but its not important right now,” said Gaynor, who sits second on the alltime strike out list. “I’m sure it’s something I’ll look at later down the road. Right now it’s about the team and going out and getting wins. The strike outs will come.”

The 25-run outburst came just one day after the Knights saw an 8-7 lead slip away and become a 9-8 loss after giving up two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning.

In the ninth, Rutgers threatened with runners on first and second with one out. However, Rutgers’ junior third baseman D.J. Anderson struck out and Nyisztor was caught trying to steal third for a game-ending double play.

“D.J. had two strikes, so we were just tr ying to make something happen,” Nyisztor said.

“I got a bit of a late jump and the catcher made a per fect throw. After that, we just wanted to keep our streak going and win the next two games to take the series.”

The Knights return to the field today with a home game against Fordham at Bainton Field in Piscataway.

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Senior leads Knights in Princeton Tourney

BY JOE MALONEY

Gibbs tied for 44th on his hometown course, while Jimmy Hilaire (230) shot par in Senior James Arbes finished the final round to finish 58th with a five-over par 218 and cap- while teammates Chris Frame tain Jordan Gibbs scored a 287 (229) and Ben Bershad to lead (237) finished 53rd and MEN’S GOLF t h e 71st, respectively.

Tournament leaders Yale RUTGERS 900 Rutgers m e n ’ s and Har vard, who tied for first 11TH PLACE g o l f place after the final round with team to a three-day total of 874, an 11th place finish out of 14 markedly outplayed the teams Sunday afternoon at the Knights. The victor y went to Springdale Golf Club in Yale due to a tiebreaker procePrinceton, N.J. dure, which compares the Rutgers men’s golf coach score of each team’s fifth Jason Bataille was golfer.

Yale’s pleased with his Carson Weinand team’s mentality was three “The course ... is entering the tourstrokes better one of the toughest than Har vard’s nament despite the finish.

Danny Mayer. courses they play “I think the Heading into on the PGA tour. per formance we the 2010 Big East put on during the Championship in We are going first day was still Pearl Harbor, a step in the right Fla., Bataille to have to battle.” d i r e c maintains the JASON BATAILLE tion,”Bataille same advice for Men’s Golf Coach said. “You have to his players that believe you are he held all year, the best team though he going into the tournament.” acknowledged the upcoming The Scarlet Knights battled course presents a challenge. through the 6,390-yard, par 71 “I tr y to beat course managecourse. Arbes found his rhythm ment and playing smar t golf in the final round, finishing into my players,” he said. “The with a one-under 70, good for course that we are playing eighth place. down there is the Copperhead “I feel like Jimmy Arbes course, which is one of the could’ve shot a couple under par toughest courses they play on yesterday and he is definitely the PGA tour. ready to enter his last event,” “We are going to have to Bataille said. “He had a rough battle, but if we keep our cool second round but still hung with and play smar t golf, we will it and played very strong on the make up a few strokes on last round.” the field.”

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

SAM HELLMAN

Sophomore linebacker Ka’Lial Glaud, right, works closely with senior weakside linebacker Antonio Lowery as well as outside linebackers coach Tem Lukabu during his first full spring practice season.

TAILS: Experience with special teams benefits Glaud continued from back Greg Schiano wasted no time singing high praises for the defensive units, which controlled the line of scrimmage.

“I think overall the first-string defense played well,” said Schiano, who admittedly paid more attention to the offensive side of the ball. “There were a lot of [tackles for loss] and pressure on the quarterback.”

Last Saturday’s scrimmage showed a side of Glaud that the coaching staf f was not able to see from the 6-foot-2 line-

backer during his freshman campaign — experience.

Unlike other members of the Knights’ heralded 2009 recruiting class, Glaud did not redshirt. The difference between the then-18-yearold linebacker and the one with a full offseason under his belt is evident to Glaud, who learned the ins and outs of Rutgers’ defensive game plan.

“It’s a very big difference,” he said, “Especially because I didn’t redshirt last year. The defense is my second time going around, so that’s a big one for me.”

Besides his familiarity with the defensive system, Glaud also has his confidante Lowery, who grooms him for the weakside linebacker position that Glaud will most likely inherit.

The first spring scrimmage gave Schiano his first clear oppor tunity to form a solid two-deep. There are positions up for grabs and while the battle at linebacker may not be as inconclusive as other positions, Schiano knows nothing is set in stone.

“I think in spring and training camp, you have to evaluate which we spend a lot of time on,” said the 10th year head coach. “You’ve got to make some decisions.”

While the starting battle at linebacker for Glaud may not be 50/50, he will likely see on-field action in 2010 in a number of different roles. And when he finally gets the opportunity to start, you’ve got to like Glaud’s chances.

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Ranked Tigers await slumping team

BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT

EMILY BORSETTI

Midfielder Marlena Welsh is second on the Knights with 19 goals this season, shattering her previous career-high of 13.

Junior making strides at crucial point in year

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

Marlena Welsh commands attention before ever y home game for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse WOMEN’S LACROSSE team.

The RUTGERS AT junior VILLANOVA, m i d TONIGHT, 7:30 P.M. fielder is a fixture on the sidelines, turning heads with her rendition of the National Anthem, which she performs at every contest.

With the way she is scoring this season, however, Welsh is quickly garnering attention on the field too. The junior is second on the team in goals and already shattered her career-high with five games to play.

“I definitely get ner vous [about singing] beforehand but once I get through the first few home games, I get more used to it,” Welsh said. “I’m definitely more ner vous about the game.”

If the nerves are there, they have not been showing.

The Jar retsville, Md., native’s 19 goals sit only behind team leader Brooke Cantwell’s 27 tallies. After scoring 13 goals her freshman year and 12 during her sophomore season, the junior’s breakout campaign could not have come at a better time for the Scarlet Knights.

Welsh’s 19 points are good for fourth on the squad and her 81.1 shot-on-goal percentage is the second highest on the team.

“We knew she could always be that player. She does that in practice every day, it was just the next step of putting it on to the field,” said Cantwell, the team’s co-captain. “She’s stepped up great this year and it’s great to have that go-to person. We know she can beat anyone, she’s just that type of player.”

As far as goals go, Welsh scored in some of the biggest pressure situations this year.

It was Welsh whose goal snapped a tie in the closing minutes and led to the upset of then-No. 9 Princeton, and Welsh who provided late game heroics in the team’s next game with a score against Delaware.

Through her play and conditioning, Welsh earned the privilege of being only one of five Knights who star ted in all 11 games so far this season.

“You could tell she worked really hard in the offseason and over the summer, and I think that gave her confidence coming in,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “She’s been a really confident player this year — she’s kept it simple, she’s worked on the things she’s really good at and she’s hard to stop. Between her physical ability and her confidence, that’s a good combination.”

Welsh and the Knights (8-3, 1-2) take their show on the road tonight against Big East foe Villanova (7-3, 0-2). Rutgers needs more help than ever on offense with the loss of sophomore attack Annie McGinley for the season.

The Moorestown, N.J., native, who is fourth on the team in goals and tied for second in points, suffered a season-ending knee injur y last Wednesday against Monmouth.

With one fewer of fensive option on the roster, someone is going to have to help fill the void on the field. Welsh is no stranger to stepping up. She has been doing it all year.

“I think just being a junior and an upperclassman this year, I know I have to step up and be a leader,” Welsh said. “I have to be a model for the freshmen and knowing that someone has to step up …

I’m tr ying the best that I can.”

If you look beyond the scores of the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s four losses, head coach Jim Stagnitta will tell you it is no one’s MEN’S LACROSSE fault but t h e i r RUTGERS AT own.

PRINCETON, The TONIGHT, 7 P.M. Scarlet Knights lost two straight, the latest being a 17-10 decision to first-year program Jacksonville. Stagnitta said it was defensive breakdowns and simple mistakes that cost his team yet again.

With the loss, the season is at a crossroads. The Knights have to change something or they are looking at another year spinning out of control.

“The changes we have to make is to do a better job,” Stagnitta said. “There aren’t a lot of whole different people we can throw out there. We have to focus better and cut out some of the mistakes.”

If Rutgers (5-4, 1-1 Big East) is going to save its season — and there’s still time and opportunity — it has to start with a victor y tonight against No. 5 Princeton (7-2, 3-0 Ivy) at the Class of 1952 Stadium.

“It’s good [to have a short turnaround] because it takes your mind off it right away,” Stagnitta said. “This is a big week for us and we have two good oppor tunities star ting Tuesday night.”

The Tigers are also coming in on shor t rest. They faced No. 3 Syracuse Saturday at the New Meadowlands Stadium and fell 13-4 in front of a crowd of 25,710.

Rutgers faces Syracuse April 18 at Yurcak Field.

A Knight defense that has been shaky the past two weeks, allowing 30 goals its last two contests, faces an explosive Princeton offense led by the McBride cousins.

Jack McBride paces the Tiger attack with 18 goals, while his cousin Chris has 14.

“It’s a different type of offense than they’ve had in years past,” Stagnitta said.

Princeton is operating under first-year head coach Chris Bates after longtime coach Bill Tierney left for Denver in the summer.

“They are not easy to adjust to,” Stagnitta said. “They have some real talented kids and are well coached and patient on offense. What worries me is getting better at what we do wrong.

If you look at three of the games we’ve lost, it all falls on us.”

Rutgers goalkeepers continue to struggle — all three played against Jacksonville — combining to make just five saves.

Stagnitta said after that game that the position battle is still very up in the air. Freshman Rudy Butler started the first six games but senior Billy Olin got the nod in the last three.

Senior Justin Pennington is the trigger man for Rutgers, leading the team with 28 points (17 goals, 11 assists). Junior Kory Kelly is the top scorer for the Knights with 18 goals while senior Gerhard Buehning has 17 tallies.

Rutgers and Princeton have met 88 times with the Tigers winning 21 of the previous 22 matchups, including last season’s 13-6 victory at Yurcak Field.

The Scarlet Knights’ last win came in 2005, with an 8-5 victory.

Princeton leads the all-time series 55-29-3.

ISIAH STEWART/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior midfielder Justin Pennington and the Scarlet Knights travel to Princeton tonight for a date with the No. 5 Tigers.

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Comeback kids strike in series win over Irish

HILL YET TO ACCEPT BUYOUT, ROSARIO’S OPTIONS THIN

BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Just call them the comeback kids.

The Rutgers baseball team erased another late-inning deficit against Notre Dame on Sunday to win 8-6 in BASEBALL 11 innings and take RUTGERS 8 the series 2-1 — its third straight Big NOTRE DAME 6 East series win.

“That’s the great thing about baseball, there is no time limit on the game,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr., whose squad came back from a ninth-inning deficit to win for the third time this season. “You can just keep going and going. We have learned to play all nine innings.”

Heading into the eighth inning, the Scarlet Knights (17-13, 7-2) were down 6-3 before cutting the deficit to one behind an RBI double from junior first baseman Jaren Matthews and an infield single from outfielder Ryan Kapp.

The Knights then pulled even with the Fighting Irish (11-19, 2-7) in the final frame of regulation when freshman second baseman Steve Nyisztor beat out a would-be double play ball that would have ended the game. While the throw came to first base, junior outfielder Michael Lang scored from third to send the game into extra innings.

“The kid’s great. He’s a freak,” said Lang of the freshman Nyisztor. “He just has this mentality that nobody is going to get him out, and nobody has been able to. We love his attitude.”

After a scoreless 10th inning, Nyisztor proved to be the hero again in the 11th, when he brought Lang home with a RBI single into shallow center field, putting

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MARIELLE BALISALISA/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/ FILE PHOTO

Freshman second baseman Steve Nyisztor’s bloop RBI single to center in the 11th inning of Sunday’s game against Notre Dame proved to be the game winner in the 8-6 victory.

Rutgers’ soon to be former men’s basketball coach Fred Hill Jr. made little progress in MEN’S BASKETBALL negotiations of a buyout in the past few days.

First reported by Gannett New Jersey, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti offered Hill a buyout of approximately $600,000 and Hill neither accepted nor declined the offer yet. The process could go on for weeks because of a contract clause that allows Hill to issue a written appeal to University President Richard L. McCormick within 14 days of his termination.

During the meeting in which Pernetti offered the buyout, he also presented Hill with a list of alleged contract violations, according to MIKE The Star-Ledger.

ROSARIO On the Mike Rosario front, an anonymous source indicated to The Daily Targum that the guard is not coming back to the Scarlet Knights.

The source requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak for Rutgers or Rosario, but indicated as well that the players “don’t necessarily want him here.”

The source indicated that Rosario was considering transfer to Southern California and North Carolina, but the former is now out of the question.

Rosario’s high school teammate Jio Fontan joined the Trojans after playing a year at Fordham, but the St. Anthony duo will not be able to reunite.

Gannett New Jersey reports that the Knights plan to file tampering charges against USC regarding Rosario’s potential transfer. Rosario’s release, if granted, will likely bar him from transferring to USC, Kansas or Florida, the report said.

— Sam Hellman

Tails never fails for linebacker earning more playing time

BY TYLER BARTO STAFF WRITER

Over a year ago, Ka’Lial Glaud flipped a coin to decide his football future. The Winslow Township High School product narrowed down his FOOTBALL selection to between the Rutgers football team and Big East rival West Virginia.

A result of tails and two semesters later, Glaud is not leaving his spot on the Scarlet Knights’ depth chart to chance.

“Basically pretty much as a first teamer I just meet with the [linebackers] coaches every free chance that I get,” said Glaud, who was all over the field in Saturday’s first intrasquad scrimmage. “Then just getting with Antonio Lowery with everything helped me.”

Lowery, penciled in at the starting weakside linebacker spot, mentored Glaud — considered his eventual replacement — throughout the sophomore’s first season at Rutgers.

During the team’s spring practice season, Glaud remains at the senior’s hip.

“When I’m on the field, [Lowery is] on the sideline yelling to me,” Glaud said. “On the side he comes up to me and asks, ‘What are you going to look at here?’ and, ‘What are you going to look at there?’ He’s been a big help for me.”

The duo competes almost daily, whether on the practice field or through film study, but Glaud would not have it any other way.

“Of course I compete with him,” Glaud said of Lowery. “But through that competi-

tion when I mess up he’s there to help me and pick me up when I’m down on myself. He shows me the ropes and shows me how to deal with everything.”

The 220-pound linebacker — who saw action on special teams last season — figures to fill a bigger role for a linebacking unit that lost two starters to graduation following the 2009-10 campaign. Glaud recorded seven tackles with the second-team linebacker corps during Saturday’s scrimmage, but worked to prove he is more than just a first and second down player.

“I think I’m probably balanced,” he said.

“But as far as dropping back inside zone, that’s what I like to do most. My overall skill set is probably balanced.”

Glaud’s mentor fared just as well on Saturday. Lowery continually plugged running lanes and also recorded a sack when his free shot at sophomore quarterback Tom Savage resulted in blown whistles.

“It feels real good,” said Lowery, who battled now-middle linebacker Steve Beauharnais for playing time during last season’s stretch run. “Any time I can run past my little brother [offensive guard Antwan Lowery] and get a sack, it means 100 percent to me.”

The back and forth affair between Glaud and Lowery was part of a larger dominating performance Saturday put forth by the first and second-string defenses. Head coach

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SAM HELLMAN

Sophomore linebacker Ka’Lial Glaud, right, recorded seven tackles Saturday in the team’s first intrasquad scrimmage of the season, working with the second team unit.