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RUDM kicks off 30 hours of non-stop dance with ceremony AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) team members were dancing to a medley of different tunes for 30 hours, but for the same cause. The long-anticipated event took place at the Louis Brown Athletic Center from April 11 to April 12 on the Livingston campus. The opening ceremonies set the tone for the rest of the twoday event, said Ema Poni, assistant director of Corporate Relations. Children from the Embrace Kids Foundation walked down the red carpet to the main stage along with their families and student representatives. “Opening ceremonies (are) meant to motivate people,” Poni said. “It’s 30 hours. It’s a big pledge and commitment, so starting off strong is really important.” Putting the kids on stage shows the impor tance of what SEE CEREMONY ON PAGE 3
Rutgers University Dance Marathon staff hold up the total amount of money raised for the 17th annual Dance Marathon at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on the Livingston campus the evening of April 12. The amount of money raised this year exceeded last year’s total by approximately $70,000. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Dance Marathon raises $692,046.67 in 30 hours AVALON ZOPPO AND DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITORS
Dancing for 30 hours is likely to make any person want to sit down, but the participants at Rut-
gers University Dance Marathon quickly stood up after discovering that this year’s record-breaking total surpassed last year’s by nearly $70,000. Event organizers announced that RUDM 2015 raised a final total of
$692,046.67 during the spectacle’s concluding reveal at 6 p.m. on April 12 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center (RAC) on the Livingston campus. RUDM is the largest student-run fundraiser for the Embrace Kids Foundation in the state of New Jer-
sey, with more than 800 dancers, including 110 morale captains and excluding volunteer staff, said Monica Marrone, director of University Relations for RUDM 2015. SEE HOURS ON PAGE 3
DM Family Hour brings students, kids together DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Dan Altana, guitarist and vocalist for the band Country Comfort, performs at Rutgers University Dance Marathon during the Country-themed hour of the non-stop 30-hour charity event. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR
Musicians share background, history to music, performing at RUDM 2015 NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) 2015 would have been a silent fest of neon light and swaying students without the various, talented musical stage performers hired to keep the event lively.
To keep dancers hyped throughout the 30 hours of RUDM, an entertainment team was responsible for keeping dancers’ energy and excitement levels soaring. Kirsten Boisvert, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior and a sister of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, said she thinks
vibrant musical selections keep the dancers going and makes RUDM a lot more interesting. “(The music) usually kind of goes along with the theme hours … I think they get a good mix of genres,” she said. “You kind of meet SEE MUSICIANS ON PAGE 4
During conventional running marathons, participants inevitably face “The Wall” as they inch nearer to the finish line. After 27 hours of non-stop dancing, RUDM dancers found motivation to finish what they started in reminder as to why they were participating. Following more than a full day without sleep or sitting down, dancers enjoyed an hour with kids, along with their parents, to stress the importance of fundraising toward the non-medical needs of cancer sur vivors and patients, in the midst of the weekend’s festivities at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus. After an introduction from Glenn Jenkins, executive director of Embrace Kids Foundation, children and parents alike danced in a procession across the RAC’s floor. The hour-long celebration’s highlights included dancers, patients and parents dancing in a conga line to popular hits like Icona Pop’s “I Love It” and Rihanna’s “We Found Love,” as well as the entire floor flooding with dancers sharing in a collective “Cupid Shuf fle.”
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Student dancers have a greater appreciation for the time they spend at Dance Marathon because Family Hour allows them to see their time and effort directly benefiting a local child’s life, said Ema Poni, assistant director of Corporate Relations for RUDM 2015. Dancers are more likely to put in the extra effort to raise as much money as possible for the Embrace Kids Foundation if they establish personal connections with childhood cancer survivors and patients, something that cannot be matched when recipients of donations are unidentified, Poni said. “I think it’s kind of meaningless if you’re just fundraising and it goes into space … there’s no face value to it,” she said. “That’s what matters –– (that) the money’s going to someone I have a connection with, as (opposed) to some anonymous child somewhere else.” Family Hour is the largest and most important event within the 30-hour event because it shows that dancers are meeting the goal of bringing children joy, said Jason Baluarte, assistant director of Fundraising Operations for RUDM 2015. A School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, Baluarte SEE KIDS ON PAGE 4
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The Scarlet Knight performs on stage on Saturday morning to kick off the 30-hour Rutgers University Dance Marathon. NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR
CEREMONY Watching kids walk up on stage helps boost morale, DiFiore says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
the dancers are doing and the cause they are dancing for, Poni said. Dif ferent colored teams represented each child, which was a new aspect to this year’s opening ceremonies. Nico McLaughlin was the Embrace Kids Foundation Orange Team honorary member who walked the red carpet. The 3-yearold was described as “adorable and fun-loving” as he walked with his family past a crowd of cheering Rutgers students.
“The color teams cheer on the kids,” Poni said. “This is a marathon for the kids, so we tr y to be suppor tive of them.” Embrace Kids Foundation Green Team member and baseball lover Tommy Clear y, 17, also walked on stage to the sound of booming music and a resounding crowd. Richard L. Edwards, chancellor of Rutgers-New Brunswick, also made an appearance during the opening ceremonies to deliver motivational words for the dancers.
HOURS In color wars competition, Blue Team came in first, Neon Team in second, Reynolds says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Now in its 17th year, Dance Marathon is the largest student-run philanthropic event held at the University annually, and was held at the RAC for the second time this year after operating within the College Avenue Gymnasium for 15 years. Before announcing the grand total, Kinan Tadmori, director of Communications, asked dancers to “do something a little different this year” and put their phones down. “We’re asking you to put your phones away so you can fully share the moment with all of us when we do the reveal,” she said. “This is your total, and we want you to enjoy it.” Darcy Reynolds, director of Finance, said Dance Marathon raised $65,967.17 when it first began in 1999 with 99 dancers. Last year, the event raised $622,533.98 for the Embrace Kids Foundation. The Embrace Kids Foundation uses the money raised by Dance Marathon to alleviate the non-medical needs of cancer survivors and patients, as well as other illnesses, including cystic fibrosis and various blood disorders, said Glenn
Jenkins, executive director of Embrace Kids Foundation. The Embrace Kids Foundation has incredible appreciation for the efforts Rutgers students put into Dance Marathon every spring, Jenkins said. The money raised by past Dance Marathons enabled the Embrace Kids Foundation to expand their mission toward helping children with illnesses such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia and other blood disorders, as well as cancer, Jenkins said. Reynolds, a Rutgers Business School senior, announced all of the top fundraising groups and individuals. Among the recognized fundraisers were Alpha Zeta Omega, the first place professional fraternity that raised $20,210.37, and the first place sorority Phi Sigma Sigma that raised $56,988.89. Chi Psi fraternity was the top fundraising fraternity, raising $41,250.96. Nathan Weiss, executive director of Rutgers University Dance Marathon Alumni Association, said current Rutgers students weren’t the only ones enduring 30 straight hours on their feet for a cause. In the begin-
“I know in New Jersey, the media sometimes seeks out the negative par ts of Rutgers,” Edwards said. “But all you have to do is look around today at all the Rutgers students who are here and ever yone who puts this together.” Edwards said he looked for ward to returning the next day for the reveal of how much money was raised and wished the dancers a successful marathon. Felicia McGinty, vice chancellor for Student Af fairs, offered her own enthusiastic speech to onlookers. “Over 600 students volunteered to bring Dance Marathon together and over 800 dancers ... I thank you,” she said. “… To bring together the needs of children with cancer
ning of the year, the association had a fundraising goal of $15,000, but ended up surpassing that goal by $3,000. “We have 15 brave alumni dancers who stood on their feet the entire time to raise money,” said Weiss, who has participated in RUDM for the past seven years. In the color wars competition, the Blue Team won first place, the Neon Team won second place and the Green Team came in third, Reynolds said. Before the event organizers announced the top fundraisers on stage, student dancers collectively performed their final line dance –– a medley of pop hits beginning with Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk,” and concluding with Alesso and Tove Lo’s electronic smash hit, “Heroes.” “What I see is so beautiful and spectacular,” Jenkins said. “I see student leaders who have given so much … I see (patients’ families) that are dealing with so much, and yet carry themselves in such a great way. What I see is a community.” Dan Corey and Avalon Zoppo are Rutgers Business School first-year students majoring in pre-business. They are Associate News Editors at The Daily Targum. Follow them on Twitter @_dancorey and @avalonzoppo for more stories. View more of The Daily Targum’s coverage of Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015 at dailytargum.com/rudm2015.
and blood disorders, ever ything you do today and tomorrow has meaning.” Dancers also expressed gratification for the opening ceremonies. Brian DiFiore, a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said watching the Embrace Kids Foundation children walk on stage helped boost morale. “Beforehand, you’re thinking about 30 hours of dancing and you’re like, ‘Oh no, this is going to be really hard,’” he said. “But then the kids come out on stage and you realize it’ll be wor th it in the end.” Phi Delta Theta fraternity sponsored Christina Stevenson, a fraternity member’s cousin who was diagnosed with
cancer, DiFiore said. Out of 99 fraternity members, 89 of them signed up for the event. The entire fraternity raised more than $15,000 in total, and DiFiore said he personally raised $830 since he began fundraising in Februar y. Christina Stevenson, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, would not be attending Dance Marathon because she is in the hospital for chemotherapy, but DiFiore said his fraternity is excited to be dancing in her honor for 30 hours. DiFiore said he is looking for ward to the reveal and is hoping RUDM can raise at least $700,000. “Seeing the kids go on stage was really nice and brought us together as a community,” he said.
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MUSICIANS Country Comfort assembled four years ago when country music was getting popular, Altana says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Country Comfort has performed at The Sussex County Fairgrounds everyone’s certain styles and each summer since, and last sumtastes. So, I think it’s really neat mer, the band entered a “Battle of that they do that.” the Bands” contest hosted by New Boisvert, who said she also par- York City-based country radio staticipated as a dancer in last year’s tion, Nash FM, and won. Dance Marathon, said she found One of their prizes for winning the band Nine Deez Nite to be the “Battle of the Bands” was the most memorable band of the previ- opportunity to open for two big ous year, and is not surprised that country artists, Craig Morgan they are performing again this year. and Sara Evans, at a Six Flags “Of course we have Nine Deez Great Adventure concert. Nite, and we have Jimmy and the Even though the now six-person Parrots –– those are two favorites band has had many opportunities that kind of always make Dance to play at similar venues, Altana said Marathon every year,” said Dan- they are usually squeezed into small iel Toth, a Mason Gross School corners where he sometimes canof the Arts junior and director of not even move his guitar around. Major Entertainment at RUDM. Having a large stage to play on Toth said both Nine Deez Nite during RUDM was enjoyable for and Jimmy and the Parrots are the band, he said. go-to bands for RUDM and are alToth, who took the lead in ways invited back because people booking bands, securing student really enjoy the energy those two group sponsorships, working bands emit. with emcees and training emcees For the “Country Theme” hour, in preparation for the marathon, where all the said selecting dancers donned bands for RUDM plaid shirts and greatly “It’s not your father’s depends cowboy hats, on the individual old country playing. It’s hourly themes, Toth said he a lot more mainstream as well as simply discovered country band Counscoping out talthan that.” try Comfort ented people. through a mutu“One of the DAN ALTANA al friend. bands, Royal Guitarist and Vocalist for Country “We had roChaos, played Comfort deo-themed during our Beach hours, so I went Luau (themed out and got a hour),” Toth country band,” he said. said. “They are a reggae band we Dan Altana, guitarist and vocal- saw at the opening for the Livingist for Country Comfort, said he ston Plaza. When I saw them, I hoped that the student audience just thought they would be a great at RUDM realized that country (band) for Dance Marathon. And music came about through a sure enough, we ended up having crossover and offers good beats a theme that worked well with the to dance to. band, so everything worked out.” “Its not your father’s old counDuring non-themed hours, try playing,” Altana said. “It’s a lot bands do not necessarily have to more mainstream than that.” coincide with certain genres, but The band assembled four years it happened to work out that way ago when country music was be- this year, Toth said. ginning to pick up in popularity, “Royal Chaos performed at 2 Altana said. (p.m.) today,” he said. “Everyone He had posted an ad on Craig- really responded well to them and slist, at which point Michelle, the they really captivated everyone’s lead singer, Dan, the drummer, attention, and that’s a tough thing and the band’s bassist, replied, Al- to do with Rutgers students.” tana said. Country Comfort then A concern people have had in the started as a four-person band. past is the “dull hour” following Club “At one point, we were think- DM, a rave that thumps from 11 ing of calling ourselves the Craig- p.m. to 1 a.m., Toth said. In order to slist Cowboys, but then we ended excite that portion of the night, Toth up with Country Comfort, Altana said band Rule 35 will be playing. said. “That’s an Elton John song,” “I wanted to bring good music he said. to DM this year,” Toth said.
Michelle Theobold, the lead singer of Country Comfort, sings at RUDM 2015 for the “country” theme the evening of April 11. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR
Gabriella Flores, Gamma Phi Beta sorority’s “Adopt-a-Child” for RUDM 2015, plays on the floor on the evening of April 12 during “Family Hour.” EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
KIDS Aside talking about cats, princesses and princess cats, fine dining is best part of DM, Flores says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
said seeing the smiles on the faces of all the children reinvigorates the dancers’ charitable drive toward the end of Dance Marathon every year. “What we do for these 30 hours has a great impact on their lives,” he said. “At the end, we’re getting tired as we get (closer) to the numbers. During Family Hour, this is the time we see (that) what we do is paying off … We’re making them happy.” Along with the opportunity to talk about cats, princesses and princess cats, the best part of Dance Marathon is the fine dining, said Gabriella Flores, Gamma Phi Beta sorority’s 4-year-old Adopt-a-Child. “I ate ice cream outside,” she said. “I like Candyland here, this (place) is called Candyland … I like dancing and all of the songs, (and) I like all of you.” Marea Pena, Flores’ mother and a Keasbey, New Jersey resident, said both she and her daughter enjoyed dancing and playing with the dancers during Dance Marathon, as well as being present for Family Hour. Even though Flores can be a diva, she and the other children are all bundles of sunshine, said Jenna Serritella, a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and a School of Arts and Sciences junior.
“I love it (and) it’s been fun,” Pena said. “(Gabriela) had so much fun. She’s dancing and (the event) really is so important … She hasn’t (stopped) playing and having fun.” In addition to the dancing and the music, Family Hour was fun because of the easy access to beach balls and food,
“… What we go through doesn’t compare to what (the kids) go through … it’s a reminder of why we do this, and it’s motivating.” EMA PONI Assistant Director of Corporate Relations
par ticularly cookies, for the families after ward, said Nico McLaughlin, the Student Athletic Advisor y Committee’s 3-year-old adopt-a-child. Karen McLaughlin, Nico’s mother and a Robbinsville, New Jersey resident, said Dance Marathon was a lot to handle as a firsttime attendee, but was definitely fun to be a part of.
“It was a little overwhelming at first, because you can’t believe all of these people are doing (this) for your family,” she said. “(Family Hour) was very fun ... You could feel the energy coming from (the dancers).” Family Hour provides motivation to push through the final two hours of Dance Marathon with a similar sense of pride the dancers came in with at 12 p.m. on Saturday when it all started, Baluarte said. “I personally feel like it’s the best part,” he said. “It’s getting a bit harder (toward) the end and we’re all tired, but when Family Hour comes, everyone gets excited again. It has the same energy from the beginning … We can make that final stretch.” While many Rutgers students look for ward to Dance Marathon to enjoy 30 hours of charitable grooving, it is important that participants remember what their money is going toward and whom their efforts are benefiting, Poni said. “If you looked at (the dancers), everyone’s looking like a zombie … it’s really hard,” she said. “We’re surrendering ourselves –– but what we go through doesn’t compare to what (the kids) go through … it’s a reminder of why we do this, and it’s motivating.” Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow him on Twitter @_dancorey for more stories. View more of The Daily Targum’s coverage of Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015 at dailytargum.com/rudm2015.
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Students face ‘Grand Challenges’ to test engineering skills HARSHEL PATEL AND SHIVANG PANDYA CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
A new breed of skilled engineers will soon be trained to handle evolving global problems at the Rutgers School of Engineering. The national “Grand Challenges” program adopted by more than 120 engineering institutions focuses on developing skilled engineers that will be able to tackle some of the most difficult problems facing the world, according to a press release by the National Academy of Engineering. These challenges were recently proposed by President Barack Obama and include providing clean water and better access to education in impoverished communities around the globe, along with ending malnutrition, according to an open acceptance letter signed by deans from every participating school. Helen Buettner, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, said this program is a way for students to gain more hands-on experience. By introducing this program, the School of Engineering plans to utilize its multiple partnerships to tackle these “Grand Challenges,” she said. “I think they are going to develop skills that not every engineer has,” Buettner said. “They will have skills that will make them very valuable in their careers.” Having these abilities will better prepare them for 21st century challenges and help them succeed in the future, she said.
These skills will be developed through ser vice projects, Buettner said. By teaming up with local chapters of organizations such as Engineering Without Borders, students will learn about the methods used to tackle real world problems. Engineers Without Borders works with communities around the world to meet engineering-based needs, said Shivangi Ganatra, president of the Rutgers Chapter of EWB. The group primarily works with other chapters of the organization in these global communities. “A lot of the projects are water supply projects for communities, while others are bridge projects or energy related projects,” said Ganatra, a School of Engineering senior. “(Being involved with this program) will help us better our projects, because we’ll get more researchers and support in many different ways.” EWB meets many of the criteria for the “Grand Challenges” program, Buettner said. “It provides hands on experience, has them create innovative designs and helps them gain global awareness,” she said. Students involved with the program would deal with real world problems, Ganatra said. They would gain the ability to think about projects with respect to aspects like local and cultural obstacles, in addition to technical needs. Phani Paladugu, a School of Engineering first-year student, said she believes setting a new
The “Grand Challenges” program, recently proposed by President Obama, aims to educate young engineers on how to address evolving global problems such as lack of water, limited access to education and malnutrition. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR standard for engineering schools would detract from the individualized approach the school has. It is important to maintain consistency in education to create an equally strong workforce, but setting standards would decrease the value of the unique traits of a school, she said. “Our engineering school is top-notch and we don’t need this unnecessary distraction,” she said. “Rutgers can take the good from this project to make sure we are ready for the real world, but I don’t think it is something that should be formally recognized.” Further service projects will come about as this program evolves, Buettner said. The “Grand Challenges” program at Rutgers will integrate experience that can
relate to any of the nine engineering majors offered at Rutgers. As the program expands, so will support of engineering-related service projects, Ganatra said. When that happens, the end results will have a better overall quality as a result of assistance from more specialized students, she said. “Something we do right now is working with the Bloustein School,” she said. “They have a group called the International Development Interest Group, and they help us with the more public planning related aspects of the project.” The program is not just going to help the students involved, but also the surrounding communities they work in, Buettner said. One local partnership is concerned with maintaining and improving the
quality of water resources in the lower Raritan watershed. The BME Department’s plan is to introduce the criteria for this program in engineering core classes starting in the fall of this year. It is open to students from every year and its goal is to train a cadre of engineers in a unique way, Buettner said. The “universal goal” is to have at least 20 students graduate from this program each year, she said. Implementing this curriculum would help students better develop professionally and personally, and make them better leaders, Ganatra said. Ultimately, the program would give engineering students different ways to engage with what they are learning, Buettner said.
Aresty project focuses on creating ‘Videowall’ learning tool ANANTH RAO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Creating a surround sound videowall could revolutionize the way people learn. That is the concept behind a research project by the Aresty Undergraduate Research Program run by Richard Martin, an
associate professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University. “The idea behind the videowall is to make it look like you’re looking (through) a window into another classroom,” Martin said. The walls have multiple panels, which are large video feed monitors, he said. There are also
An individual observes the surround sound videowall, which Richard Martin, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Scienece, describes as “looking through a window into another classroom.” COURTESY OF RICHARD MARTIN
cameras for each panel with microphones and a large omni-directional microphone on the top. Several cameras would transmit to the panel feeds, he said. Students can also see information projected in the remote room using a projector in the local room, he said. “There’s another camera that’s not on the panels, that’s actually in the ceiling,” Martin said. “That’s focused on the wall, (where the local projector) projects. (Its purpose) is to give the students the same experience as being in the room, so it will be on a big projector.” The idea for videowalls had its origin in a research collaboration with researchers at MIT who wanted a better way to communicate for collaboration, he said. A mockup was built by the University research team that the MIT team liked, he said. The videowalls are already being used for teaching an advanced Portuguese class with an instructor based at RutgersNewark, he said. “Other classes that we want to use these for are … for instance, teaching music,” Martin said. Teaching languages through a videowall would help due to the lack of advanced Portuguese teachers, he said. Creating alternative means of sharing information allows
educators to change the core of what teaching should be, said David Awad, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Education in its present state has a high potential for failing at its purpose, he said. What Aresty was looking for in terms of research and what the project is tr ying to accomplish is keeping the video wall more of a directional audio experience than a video one, Mar tin said. Shmuel Lotsvin, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said he has been conducting experiments on sound detection. “Right now, what we’re doing is seeing if people can tell where a sound is coming from without any interference, and then if the person can tell where it’s coming from after we alter the sound a little bit,” said Lotsvin, a research assistant with the Aresty project. Listeners would hopefully be unable to detect the sound’s point of origin after it is altered, he said. With the videowall, audio would come from the specific part of a panel that showed people talking, Martin said. The bigger picture is creating surround sound technology shared in real-time, he said. “We already have surround sound systems out there, but
most of those have a prerecorded sound that they’re going to be playing back,” Lotsvin said. Video games have pretty good surround sound technology already, Lotsvin said. Games such as League of Legends use headsets to provide real-time surround sound for events happening on the game map, he said. Players do not necessarily need to see the relevant part of a map to know what is happening there, he said. That is much easier to do in a headset, Lotsvin said. But he wants this with speakers in a classroom, which makes the job “a lot more difficult.” “The goal is to replicate the classroom experience as closely as possible,” Martin said. “So in the video wall, we want surround sound that’s happening right now.” One of the dif ficulties is reducing latency, or the lag between a sound and video, he said. “I think video sharing (in) classrooms like this is an awesome new way to make someone feel like they’re really learning, and not just like they’re watching a video,” Awad said. “It looks like yet another example of breakthrough technology that will undoubtedly shape the future of us, humanity, the future of sharing.”
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Transportation issues derail experience Immersion classrooms, stationary students quick fix to big issue The Rutgers bus system is often a foremost student the unique traits each campus possesses, students can complaint when it comes to the University. From be- feel like they attend five different schools while only ing packed like sardines on the F bus or waiting up to attending one. The College Avenue campus provides half an hour for an H bus to arrive, it’s blatantly obvious students with a quintessential college experience, that the current system is flawed. During a meeting while traversing the Douglass campus feels like walkwith The Daily Targum’s editorial board, President ing through a park and the Livingston campus evokes a Robert L. Barchi noted that the administration is aware modern, upscale feel. The grandeur of scientific sculpof these issues. Their overarching solution is to “mini- tures on the Busch campus and the barnyard animals mize moving anybody,” a plan that will be implemented and agriculture on the Cook campus offer localized viin at least two ways, one of which involves immersion suals that no other campus can offer. At one point, each campus was a separate school before classroom technology. Instead of generating an abundance of online or hy- uniting to form the School of Arts and Sciences in 2007. brid classes, the University will make use of technology Each campus already has its own culture and feel, but that allows lectures to take place in more than one lo- isolating students to their respective campuses opens the cation at the same time. Akin to an Imax theater, these door for separation once again. Of course, students travel classrooms will have groups of students numbered between campuses for more than just classes. Through anywhere from 40 to 400 seated in a semi-circle with a extra curricular activities and employment, students see large screen in front of them. The same arrangement the many sides of Rutgers. But once tiny seeds of motivawould then be mimicked with another group, or mul- tion to stay in one location are planted, immoveable roots will most assuredly grow in place tiple groups, on other campusof footsteps. es. The professor would be at In terms of transportation, the center of one of said rooms. “Students can feel like they there is a clear social contract Therefore, immersion classgo to five different schools that comes with being a memroom technology lets students while only attending one.” ber of such a large university. share the same in-class experiAnd as the University grows to ence without having to travel to capacity, moving students exfaraway campuses. Such technology is being used to merge the law schools at Rut- pediently and effectively will be more of a myth and gers-Newark and Rutgers-Camden, meaning its emer- less of a reality. But fixing the intrinsically flawed bus system should be that first step. Barchi did point out gence in an undergraduate setting is eminent. Barchi’s other solution to transportation-related that new bus routes are being explored, specifically issues would involve tailoring students’ course sched- to alleviate rush hour bus traffic. One-way bus routes ules to the campuses they live on — except, that often down George Street and a new connection between already happens. There are students at the University the Livingston and Busch campuses are likely changthat already refuse to leave College Avenue campus, es. And 50 years down the line, it’s entirely possible that will take classes they aren’t necessarily as interest- that the University will boast a high-speed rail to transed in just to avoid riding the buses. As a comprehensive port students and faculty between campuses. There are a variety of concerns to take into account University with five distinct campuses, it’s troubling that the answer to transportation issues would be to when making lasting structural changes to the Univerkeep students from seeing what other campuses have sity’s transportation system, and it would be impossible to offer. Plans to keep students in one area will only to fully address all of them. But minimizing travel inincentivize them to remain in a bubble without experi- stead of making reparations toward the bus system and encing what Rutgers really is in its entirety. Because of its routes, may not be the most viable response. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Greek life mentality stems from need to form associations UNVEILING SOCIETY CHRIS SHA What is the appeal of greek life? Forty-three of the 50 largest corporations are headed by former members of fraternities or sororities, and 85 percent of Fortune 500 lead executives were part of the greek system in college. Statistically speaking, joining a greek organization is the key to success. The time and energy put into a fraternity or sorority thus seems like a great investment for the future. With that being said, the appeal of greek life does not come from this investment opportunity mindset. Rather, the appeal is ingrained into our brains from generations of evolution. Charles Darwin came up with this theory of group dynamics, our primitive ancestors grouped together as a vital strategy to stay alive. Individuals who went off alone, died alone, therefore the theory makes sense. These instinctual desires, which associate groups with power, protection and attraction, still prevail in our subconscious minds to this day. Needless to say, we humans have a psychological need to belong and greek life allows this desire to be fulfilled. For a lot of us college students, this is the first time living away from family. Homesickness results from this emotional insecurity of being separated from the biological herd. It is
only natural to seek out solace by conforming to a group. And what better group to join than a “brotherhood” or “sisterhood?” For most members, greek life is more than just raging until the break of dawn. It is about the social connections, the establishment of self-identity and the facilitation of goal achievement. The big headline in University news is that fun has officially been banned for the rest of the semester — the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs has issued a suspension to all greek social events. With the risk of beating this story into the ground, I could not stand
leads to generalizations and assumptions about individuals that are just not true. Every major societal problem, from concerns of wealth and status to race and gender discrimination, is a channel that flows from this source methodology. For example, there is an irrational fear surrounding the mentally ill, caused by the distorted images from horror movies and overabundance of media coverage. This makes the struggles of people suffering from mental disorders even harder. Instead of seeking treatment, many sick people remain undiagnosed in
“The main takeaway of movements like this one is that groups do not accurately represent the individual member. Policemen are not all corrupt, mentally ill people are not all dangerous and greek life is not all about coma-inducing alcohol consumption.” idly by while the media drowns in grammatically incorrect, Buzzfeed-esk articles depicting one-sided arguments. However, I will give the benefit of the doubt to these writers, for their sensational articles do generate awareness to this situation. But I digress. The underlying issue, which captivates the root of controversy in society, is stigmatization. As social creatures with a compulsion for structure, we are constantly wrapping groups of people into mental packages and labeling the box. This classification system
fear of being out casted. Now, over 10,000 members in the Mad Pride movement are embracing the term of madness and encouraging others to come out, rather than feeling shameful of having a mental disorder. To be clear, I am not advising to eliminate prejudice completely. Even if that were possible, it would create more harm than good. The ability to judge people at face value is an essential skill to have. The main takeaway of movements like this one is that groups do not accurately repre-
sent the individual member. Policemen are not all corrupt, mentally ill people are not all dangerous and greek life is not all about coma-inducing alcohol consumption. With that being said, I understand the reasoning behind the decision to punish all greek organizations. Grave mistakes were made on greek soil, resulting in the University to assume full responsibility. The spotlight fell upon the institution itself, and so they made the conservative choice to cut off the problem from the head, that is to temporarily suspend all greek social events. The stigma of greek organizations and assessment of risk to the University concluded this extreme decision as the best strategy. As a third party member, I view this solution as unfair and ineffective. For all 86 fraternities and sororities to be punished because of the actions of the minority, does more harm than good. The only reaction that will come of this is a rebellious initiative to stick it to the man. In an ideal world, the solution would be to punish individuals and hold groups to higher standards. However, I would be a hypocrite if I were to say that this is realistic. We all act in the same way as the University. We stigmatize and behave according to our cluster-based preconceptions, and twist the boundaries of what is right, only when it is convenient. Chris Sha is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. His column, “Unveiling Society,” runs on alternate Mondays.
U. handling of sexual assault case disheartening, curt COMMENTARY JENNIFER POLANCO-MARMOLEJO In social environments such as university settings, sexual assaults are committed by intimate partners 61 percent of the time. As a student, sister, friend and military member, I am wary of my safety on campus, and due to recent incidents, I doubt my University’s ability to properly protect its students. Rutgers University is a prestigious institution that is well known for its extensive research facilities and diversified student body. However, with every buzz comes a kill. On March 20, 2015, a Targum article revealed that a female student came forward with evidence in the form of text messages from her boyfriend, admitting that he had raped her. Rutgers has not expelled the male student. I want to express the disappointment I have in donning scarlet red and being associated with Rutgers University after hearing of this decision. I also want to bring light to Rutgers’ failure to care for its students. This spring semester, Rutgers has been caught up with drama concerning its students and their conduct. Fraternities and sororities have been banned from throwing parties due to alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations. Rutgers was quick to rule this ban on parties, but was lackadaisical in handling this issue of sexual assault. Sexual assault incidents have occurred twice already with the same victim, in October 2014 and February 2014. The victims’ decision not to come forward sooner is known as fro-
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zen fright — the female victim was afraid to come forward. Even with two violations of sexual assault, the male ex-boyfriend only received a three-semester suspension, instead of the expulsion he deserved. For this reason, many sexual assault victims are not incentivized to come forward, especially in collegiate settings. As a student, it’s frustrating to watch our school be so discouraging to victims. The victim and her ex-boyfriend were in a relationship, but that in no way should excuse him from raping her. In the screenshots attached to the Targum article,
E.J. Miranda. Rutgers’ police department repeatedly offered excuses as to why the investigation was not finished, calling it a “long process.” These negative and unsupportive behaviors from officers were more than disheartening to the victim. There should not have even been an investigation, because the victims’ ex-boyfriend had confessed to raping his victim indisputably through his text messages. If the RUPD really valued student safety, they would have expelled him from the University. The University probably thought it mindful to allow
“Rutgers University needs to treat us, the students, as people, and not as pieces of their puzzle.” her attacker says, “I just destroyed you, I raped you.” The assailant expressed these exact words, and Rutgers still asserts there is no case here. Where is the University’s loyalty to the students that wear those big R’s on their chest every day? The Daily Targum published an article, encouraging students to seek assistance in issues of sexual abuse. This is very contradictory and confusing to me, because this victim sought help and did not receive protection from her own University. The article reads, “RUPD treats victims with respect, courtesy and dignity, believing that a victim’s safety and privacy are of major importance,” according to Rutgers spokesperson
the assailant to return after the victim had graduated, however, that is ignorant considering there are many other Rutgers women that could end up possibly falling victim to the same assailant. Rutgers University needs to treat us, the students, as people, and not as pieces of their puzzle. Many people would say that a well-known university like Rutgers is similar to a large company –– a business that either benefits or loses through its students. But why? Like in any situation, with positive happenings come good publicity, and with bad situations comes bad publicity. Universities like Rutgers cannot afford the bad press, because their prestige comes from admission
numbers, and if they have bad publicity, for rape allegations especially, their reputation would suffer, and therein, donations as well. With the recent banning of fraternity and sorority social events, Rutgers has already drawn negative publicity. Although not as serious as the death of a young student, sexual assault is a reoccurring violent crime that demands to be addressed. How can we as students feel safe at school when our own school officials brush these attacks under the rug? There will never be a true end to sexual assault. As much as consent is advocated for, they still continue to occur in some capacity. Women and men alike both are victims of sexual assault, and there need to be spokespeople that are not Rutgers-affiliated, since Rutgers is not reliable. As a result of inaction in this incident, other victims will now be less likely to come forward and expose their assailants, and that is a major problem. Sexual assaults usually occur at the hands of people known by victims, and are by nature, unexpected. The only person who can report a crime of this nature is the victim themselves. In this case, the rapist clearly expressed his actions to the victim with the words, “I raped you,” and I really do not know how much more of a confession is constituted to expel the student. Please help shed light on this incident, for the sake of college students and victims worldwide. Jennifer Polanco-Marmolejo is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore double majoring in criminal justice and information technology and informatics.
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Seeing the kids go on stage was really nice and brought us together as a group community. - Brian DiFiore, a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and a School of Arts and Sciences junior on Dance Marathon. See story on FRONT.
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Horoscopes
DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (04/13/15). Discover happiness this year by pursuing fun with people you love. Find ways to transform work into play. Creativity abounds in fertile collaboration. Profit through communications and networking. Drop old routines for new spontaneous possibilities. Launch a venture after 6/14. Embrace a new career phase after 10/13. Resolve personal issues after 10/27. Practice your game. 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 6 — Get organized. Talk with friends gets further than action today. Support someone with a hardship. Don’t react blindly. Check the big picture. Use something you’ve been saving. Resist temptation to spend. Connect people together. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Professional obstacles arise. Persistent efforts eventually get through. Read the manual. Take frequent nature breaks to recharge your spirit. Advise an impetuous person to keep at it. Listen and learn. An older person sends love. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Take a break in your travels. More study is required. Obstacles and delays abound. Slow down and avoid an accident. Play by the book. Do the homework. You have what you need. Carelessness could get expensive. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Take one step at a time. Keep on, despite financial setbacks or obstacles. Don’t hurry, but don’t stop either. Take time to research the road ahead. Make sure your intentions are known. Count your blessings, and your assets. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take it easy ... slow and steady wins the race. Consider potential problems before acting. Plan, and then revise to include forgotten resources. Logistical problems can be solved. Avoid provoking jealousy. Keep your word and gain respect. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Sidestep obstacles at work. Slow to avoid breakage. Take time to finish an old job before beginning the next. Reassure someone who’s anxious. Your partner’s full of good ideas. Don’t take on new debt. Take responsible action.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Keep practicing. Get to breakthroughs by having breakdowns. Fail! And then show up. Loved ones are there for you. Follow through, even if you don’t feel like it. Get expert assistance and coaching. Memorize the rules. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Delays could stall a home project. Something you’re trying doesn’t work. Get feedback from family. Hunt for bargains with the extra time. Clean drawers, closets and attics. Sort, file and organize. Compromise to fit the budget. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Romance tickles your fancy. The plot thickens. Plan your next move. Know who said what to whom. List all the reasons why not. Forward progress is possible. Write intimate secrets and consider sharing them. Expand your heart. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Persistence and determination can unlock doors. Patience is required ... or you could try again later. In a disagreement about priorities, fulfill financial obligations. Do what you said, without losing your temper. Indulge in a treat at home. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Self-discipline with personal ritual enriches the experience. Abandon procrastination. Make a decision you can live with. Don’t buy gadgets. Gain strength with repetition. The feeling of success ebbs and flows. Anticipate resistance. Get a coach from your network. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Practice healthy diet and exercise routines. Engage in an open inquiry. Consider your core values and motivations. Accept assistance. Don’t give up. Apply elbow grease to deep cleaning. Release some baggage. Lighten up, physically, mentally and spiritually.
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Rutgers suffers first series sweep since 2013 as Michigan tallies 39 runs
Knights battle Maryland until Terps tally in waning moments ends upset bid
CONTINUED FROM BACK lead by shortstop Abby Ramirez who had four. “They have very good pitchers,” Nelson said. “(Michigan) had a really good plan of attack with our power hitters getting them to chase and with our other pitchers, they would throw strike one and we would take it and not attack.” In the first game of the series, the Knights suffered an 18-0 shutout in five innings. Betsa tossed a three-hitter on nine strikeouts in the mercy-rule shortened complete game. Sierra Romero knocked in six runs on the strength of three hits for
the Wolverines, while Kelly Christner and Aiden Falk each had four RBI. Landrith was able to hold off the floodgates until the fourth inning when a seven-run rally broke the game wide open. She was pulled after giving up six earned. “Moving forward, it will teach us to be a little more patient at the plate,” said junior third baseman Jordan Whitley. “Any pitcher that we see moving forward will be a little less challenging for us and the offense should be on fire.” For updates on Rutgers softball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Junior third baseman Jordan Whitley loads up for a pitch in the loss yesterday to Michigan, 5-0. The Wolverines swept the series over RU. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
CONTINUED FROM BACK goals per game according to ncaa. com, the Terps boast the nation’s top-ranked defense. But Rutgers was up for the challenge. “I think our defense played the best game they’ve ever played,” Bieda said. “Credit to them. They’ve grown so much as a defense and I can’t say anymore about that.” Maryland first drew blood on stike with 4:43 remaining in the first quarter, and the teams remained scoreless for the remainder of the period. Just 51 seconds into the second quarter, freshman midfielder Chad Toliver converted on a score to spur a three-goal run for Rutgers. Sophomores Jeff George and Christian Trasolini followed Toliver with tallies to give the Knights a 3-1 lead. Rutgers rode a 4-2 lead into the break at the half and scored two of the first three goals in the third, Trasolini and George’s second of the contest. Down 8-6, with just over 7 minutes to play, it appeared all hope was lost for Rutgers. Senior midfielder Brian Goss scratched his name on the scoresheet to make it 8-7. “That man-up (goal) was huge,” Bieda said. “We knew that opportunity was gonna be a goal the whole time. Goss probably could’ve shot it twice before, but he was waiting for that right time, and finally the third
time he stuck that near corner that definitely rallied the troops.” A little under three minutes later, Bieda bullied a strike past Maryland goalkeeper Kyle Bernlohr to tie the game at eight apiece. “The ability that Scott (Bieda) has shown all year to be the quarterback or take things upon himself, whether it’s the Princeton game or this one, it was a great job by him to find the back of the cage and tie us up,” said head coach Brian Brecht. In the end, Rambo’s revenge quelled Rutgers’ realistic chance for an upset win. Although the chance is slim, Rutgers still has an outside shot at a postseason berth.
In order to make the postseason a possibility, the Knights will need to win out and get some help. Those conditions stack the odds against them, but both Brecht and Bieda know one thing for certain –– this team will not quit. Brecht expressed gratitude for his team’s effort and encouraged them to keep their focus, because it’s not over yet. “The first thing I said to them was that I was proud of them, proud of the way they carried themselves on the field, but also proud of the way they prepared this week,” Brecht said. “I think we’ve got a resilient group. I have no doubt that it will continue into this week against Penn State as we continue the Big Ten schedule.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior Brian Goss handles in the midfield for the Knights during the 9-8 loss to No. 3 Maryland last night at High Point Solutions Stadium. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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April 13, 2015 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Junior claims gold in hurdles MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
In its first local competition of the outdoor season, the Rutgers men’s track and field team saw six athletes score in their respective events at the Princeton Invitational. Junior hurdler Kyle Holder led the charge for the Scarlet Knights on Saturday, picking up five points in his 400-meter hurdles victory. He set a personal record and earned an IC4A qualifying time in the process, beating the rest of the field with a time of 52.75 seconds. His time was far and away the best in the field, evidenced by his 1.44-second margin of victory compared to the next-closest finisher. Head coach Mike Mulqueen was thrilled to see Holder perform the way he did, believing his improved technique in practices allowed him to start the race in a quick and efficient manner. “Kyle Holder had a really outstanding performance in the 400-meter hurdles,” he said. “He was able to get off to a good start and carry it through the rest of the way.” The other scorer for the Knights on the track was sophomore middle distance runner Brendan Jaeger, who posted a season-best time in the 800-meter race to finish third with a time of 1:55.08. Rutgers also did some damage in the field events, continuing a positive trend that has been gaining steam in recent weeks.
Even without standout junior throwers Joseph Velez and Thomas Carr competing over the weekend, the Knights managed to produce some scoring from four different athletes in the field. Sophomore jumper Michael Stafford was the runner-up in the high jump, clearing the bar at 1.91 meters (6 feet and 3.25 inches) in his season debut. Also scoring in the high jump was freshman Dylan Altland, who leapt to a mark of 1.86 meters (6 feet and 1.25 inches), placing fourth overall in the event. The pole vault has also been a key event for Rutgers in recent weeks. They received scoring again from sophomore Nicholas Patterson, who took third place with a mark of 4.55 meters (14 feet and 11 inches). Rounding out the scoring for the Knights was sophomore jumper Tyrell Judson, who landed in third place in the long jump with a measurement of 13.38 meters (43 feet and 10.75 inches). Mulqueen was pleased with the way his team competed but is still hoping to get other athletes back in the coming weeks to put Rutgers at full strength for championship season. “Our outing was pretty good, but we should hopefully start to see even better things in the coming weeks,” he said. “We only competed 15 athletes at Princeton, but we’re hoping to have more guys competing towards the end of the season.”
Also competing in the invitational was freshman distance runner Luke Wiley, who finished in seventh place in the 800-meter race with a time of 1:56.50. He thought the smaller number of teams in the competition compared to what the Knights have been facing helped the team to hone in on their own marks. “I thought it was a good performance,” he said. “It was a really small meet, so it gave us a lot more room to progress during the season. It’s easier to run when there are less people there and it was a good learning experience for us to get even better from.” Senior sprinter Kadeem Douse returned from injury at last weekend’s Colonial Relays to compete at Princeton. Making an appearance in the 100-meter dash, Douse just cracked the top-10 by sliding into the final spot with an 11.29-second finish. As he begins to get acclimated in the outdoor season, Douse said he was glad to see some action and the impressive performances of other teammates at Princeton. “Kyle Holder did a lot of great things,” Douse said. “He’s been working really hard and to see his hard work pay off with a personal best and such a great time was amazing to see. As a team, we really tried to gain some confidence at this meet and I think it’ll make us better as we go forward.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
TENNIS INDIANA 6, RUTGERS 1
Inaugural season ends in struggle LAUREN FORSMAN STAFF WRITER
The regular season is over. In its final weekend set, the Rutgers tennis team dropped both matches on the road to Purdue and Indiana, ending the season without a team conference win. The Scarlet Knights (6-14, 0-11) headed west after a week of practice, hoping to regroup after their trip to Illinois last weekend. But instead of improvements, this weekend yielded familiar results. In what has seemed to be a constant throughout the season, Rutgers demonstrated that it has the ability to compete at a high level with ranked opponents but again they struggled in closing it out. Although the Boilermakers (126, 5-4) eventually swept doubles action, the No. 2 duo of junior Gina Li and senior Lindsay Balsamo threatened Andjela Djokovic and Daniela Vidal before falling, 8-5. Purdue’s dominance and subsequent victory at the No. 3 spot left freshman Chloe Lee and junior Mariam Zein’s battle at the No. 1 spot unfinished at 7-4. The disappointment of another failure to capture the team doubles point led to Purdue taking all six singles matches. Lee had another standout performance at the three spot, pushing for her fourth conference victory in singles but she fell to Lynda Xepoleas in a second set tiebreak, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).
“It was a really long and very competitive and hard-fought match,” said head coach Ben Bucca. “With matches like that, it’s a shame that there has to be a loser. But Chloe played her heart out.” Bucca was also impressed with Li’s singles performance at the No. 1 spot. After dropping the first set, 6-0, in fewer than 20 minutes, she battled back before ultimately falling, 7-5, in the second set. “Purdue was very mature in their competitiveness,” he said. “They just stayed very focused and they handled the highs and lows of playing a competitive tennis match very well. They seemed to always be composed and were always forcing us to play good tennis.” Rutgers can find solace in the fact that consistency can be developed with the expectance that experience can make that In its last match of the regular season on Sunday, Rutgers suffered its 11th conference loss. A day after they dominated Maryland, the No. 52 Indiana Hoosiers (14-7, 5-4) crushed the Knights’ hopes of ending the season on a positive note. In doubles action, the Hoosiers quickly took the team point, defeating Rutgers’ duos of Zein and Lee, 8-2, and Li and Balsamo, 8-1. Indiana’s dominance continued in singles play where it took five out of six. Zein erased the chance of a shutout in her victory over Carolyn Chupa at the No. 5 spot. The Sugarland, Texas, native grabbed the Knights’
only point on the day, topping Chupa in a straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. With multiple weekends on the road consisting of back-to-back matches, Bucca’s squad has acknowledged the period of adjustment that comes with joining its elite conference. But with the regular season behind them, the Knights can reflect on their experience with excitement at the chance to utilize it next season. “I think definitely in general, we have never traveled as much as we have this semester and we’ve never been to any of these places,” said sophomore Farris Cunningham. “… We love this conference and we are getting excited about next season now that we kind of have a grasp on what the competition is going to be like.” Although their record may say otherwise, the Knights have not been a team to take lightly. Rutgers remains unwavering in its belief that the Big Ten is where it belongs. “What will be this team’s legacy is, clearly while we have to acknowledge that in terms of our wins and losses we’ve struggled in the Big Ten, in terms of our competitive spirit, we’ve been fantastic,” Bucca said. “… (The team) hasn’t let the disappointment of losing matches really get in the way of how they handle themselves.” For updates on the Rutgers tennis team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli was one of six seniors honored Friday evening prior to the 18-6 loss at the hands of the Wildcats. NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR
RU continues skid in final home match up BRIAN FONSECA STAFF WRITER
The career of the seniors on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team at High Point Solutions Stadium ended not with a bang, but with a whimper. The Scarlet Knights (1-13, 0-3) suffered their 13th consecutive loss at the hands of No. 5 Northwestern (9-3, 2-1) in an 18-6 defeat last Friday on Senior Night. Despite a strong start by the Knights, the Wildcats went on to outscore their hosts, 10-4. The opening 15 minutes were promising for the Rutgers. The hosts were able to maintain the same level of intensity as the Wildcats, a team that known for its uptempo brand of lacrosse. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias had her team mimic Northwestern’s traditionally high-pressure defense throughout the week in preparation for the matchup — and the measure of caution paid dividends early. Northwestern found the back of the cage two minutes into the contest, but was held scoreless for the 13 minutes that followed, thanks to an efficient defensive display from Rutgers. Senior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli equalized for the Knights 10 minutes later on a man-up situation and gave hope to the season-high 661 fans in attendance. After the Wildcats retook the lead two minutes later, junior attacker Halley Barnes scored her first goal of the contest to re-establish equal footing. For the first 15 minutes of the first half, Rutgers held its own against the fifth-ranked team in the nation. However, the effort that the Knights exerted to keep up with their visitors began to take a toll. “I think we did a really nice job in the beginning of the game,” Brand-Sias said. “We brought a level of intensity and pressure that we’ve been hoping for all season … but we just couldn’t sustain it for the full 60 minutes. The level of pressure defensively can only be done so long and we were on defense for a majority of the game.”
The final 15 minutes of the opening period were dominated by Northwestern. The Wildcats outscored Rutgers, 6-0, to close out the half. In the second period, the Wildcats worked the Knights in a 10-4 advantage, killing any hopes of a comeback for Rutgers. While Northwestern made it difficult for the Knights often, Rutgers did hurt itself on occasion. “We got ourselves pinned in the corners, which is something we talked about not doing. Also, a lot of our turnovers were happening in transition, just not popping back to the ball, things like that,” Brand-Sias said. “It’s an experience thing and playing a team that’s playing full-speed all the time. You have to play full speed all the time as well, which is difficult.” After witnessing four classes participate in the annual ceremony before her, Sbrilli was taken aback by the emotions she felt in the moment. “I never knew how special this was going to feel,” Sbrilli said. “I always said that I’m never going to cr y (on my senior night), but I cried the second I came in. It was definitely ver y emotional.” In the meantime, the Knights still have three games remaining on the schedule. They travel to Ohio State, Johns Hopkins and Michigan before seeing where the cards fall for postseason play in the Big Ten Tournament. After suffering loss No. 13 on a night where the veterans on the team reflected on their achievements from over the years, the fifth-year senior knows her time in scarlet on the banks is dwindling. “I’m going to miss playing with my team,” Sbrilli said. “It’s going to be weird not coming here ever yday and having something to do. I’m going to miss the constant commitment.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @ briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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April 13, 2015 BASEBALL INDIANA 5, RUTGERS 4
Hoosiers hold off Knights, complete three-game series sweep TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT
Head coach Joe Litterio doesn’t think any atmosphere he’s experienced quite matches up to the one the Rutgers baseball team had to endure throughout its weekend series in Bloomington, Indiana. With a max capacity surpassing Bainton Field, the Scarlet Knights were truly at the mercy of one of the best home field advantages in college baseball –– and they failed to respond. “Overall, I’m disappointed because we want to win baseball games. But looking back at the series, we played in front of 10,000 people this weekend,” Litterio said. “It was a great college baseball atmosphere –– the best I’ve seen since I started coaching. That’s something that we are going to have to get adjusted to. We aren’t used to playing in front of 3,500 people. When the momentum goes their way, the crowd gets going and you feel it a little more than if you were playing in front of 300 people.” A pair of back-to-back losses to start the series this weekend left the Knights (11-23, 5-7) with a bad taste in their mouths heading into the third game against Indiana. One of the top teams in the country for the past few seasons, the Hoosiers (21-11, 5-6) balked early this season sitting in the bottom half of the Big Ten Conference standings.
Rutgers went on to drop the final game 5-4, despite a comeback effort in the fifth inning of Sunday’s matchup. Sophomore right-hander Gaby Rosa struggled in his outing and earned his third loss of the season. The Perth Amboy High School (N.J.) product falls to 1-3 on the season after letting up eight hits and two earned runs –– five total –– in five innings on the bump. But Litterio doesn’t think the second-year pitcher had all that bad of a game. Litterio admitted Rosa didn’t show his best stuff, but said the defense provided little support with three errors and some misplayed balls. “With Gaby (Rosa) today, the defense let him down,” Litterio said. “He gave up three runs in the first inning with two errors –– so that’s tough for him. Other than that, he pitched okay. He didn’t have his best stuff –– they were hitting him pretty good. But he still did a good enough job to keep us in the game.” Despite the less than stellar outing from Rosa and the Rutgers defense, the Knights kept it close throughout the game. The tight margin was largely thanks to effective relief pitching by sophomore lefthander Max Herrmann and senior right-hander Jon Young –– who pitched the last three innings and allowed no runs –– and an explosion of offense in the fifth inning.
Down 4-0, the rally started off the bat of sophomore right fielder Tom Marcincyzk, who led off the inning with a single. A walk to senior left fielder Vinny Zarrillo and a hit by pitch to junior infielder Chris Suseck then loaded the bases. Sophomore pinch hitter Chris Folinusz singled to left field to score one and catcher R.J. Devish followed it up with a two-run single of his own. Junior infielder John Jennings grounded out to second base, but Folinusz scored on the play to end the scoring for Rutgers. The one frame may have been an outlier, but Zarrillo admitted that the Knights hit the ball well all game — they just failed to score in every other inning. “We were swinging the bats well all day, but we connected for some runs in the fifth,” Zarrillo said. “That was great, but obviously we left a ton of runners on base and we are going to have to do a better job with that in these next couple of games. We definitely had our opportunities (Sunday), but we just didn’t cash in the runners like we wanted to. ... We had double-digit hits and the guys were swinging it well.” Despite a rally in the fifth inning, the Knights did not add any more to the offensive tally. By the time the game wasover, Rutgers left 14 runners on base and only put together one inning with more than two hits.
Sophomore right-hander Gaby Rosa allowed five earned runs during his five innings of work in a tough-luck road loss. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2015
The problem for the Knights remains to be their inability to collect timely hitting with runners in scoring position. The lack of timely hitting is what haunts senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio after the final game of the Indiana series sweep. “We had runners on almost every inning,” D’Annunzio said. “But we couldn’t score them –– we left 14 or 15 runners on base. I left five runners on base myself,
but we couldn’t cash in the rest of the game. We hit a bunch of line drives that got through, but we just couldn’t do it when it counted –– that’s what really hurt us. We should’ve been up early, but we just couldn’t get it done.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 3 MARYLAND 9, RUTGERS 8
No. 3 Terps hand RU heartbreaking defeat KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team might as well ban the number 13 from the program. After a back-and-forth battle with No. 3 Maryland on Sunday at High Point Solutions Stadium, the Scarlet Knights(4-9, 0-3) fought back from two goals down to tie the Big Ten’s top dog in an 8-8 deadlock. But with 13 seconds to play, the clock struck midnight on Cinderella and the Knights’ upset bid was forced into retraction at the hands of Maryland’s Matt Rambo. Junior goalkeeper Kris Alleyne dazzled with nine saves to hold the third-best offensive team in the nation to eight goals through 58:47. But a goaltender can’t stop what he can’t see. Rambo, younger brother to Rutgers senior midfielder Rich Rambo, raced from behind the cage and flung a shot top shelf. The shot sneaked by Alleyne, who was screened by two Knights on defense, preventing him from reacting. “Kris is a great goalie -- I think the best in the country,” said junior attacker Scott Bieda. Bieda expanded on his view of the game’s deciding goal. “A great player made a great play,” Bieda said, “(Alleyne) was screened a little bit and couldn’t really see, but great players make great plays and that was just a great shot. Sometimes you can’t really do anything about that.” The game began as a defensive struggle, which was expected from the Terrapins (11-1, 3-0). Allowing just four goals per game according to ncaa.com, the Terps boast the nation’s top-ranked defense. Junior attacker Scott Bieda (right) jockeys for position over Maryland’s Isaiah Davis-Allen (left) in last night’s 9-8 loss at High Point Solutions Stadium. Bieda knotted the game up at 8-8 with 3:34 remaining in the contest. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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SOFTBALL NO. 4 MICHIGAN 5, RUTGERS 0
No. 4 Michigan halts Rutgers’ win streak RYAN MORAN
ers that good the rest of the way and hopefully it will help us get ready for the rest of the season.” In the series finale, Betsa dominated the Knights (20-12, 7-5), striking out 14 and only surrendering two hits to earn the win. Rutgers was able to play the whole length of the game this time thanks to a strong performance behind senior left-hander Alyssa Landrith, who fanned seven batters in a complete game loss. “This team hits the ball where it’s pitched so it was important that I keep them off-balance and disrupt them as hitters, and I think it worked out better today than last game,” Landrith said. Nelson was not satisfied with some of the illegal pitches called on Landrith, alluding to the negative impact it could have had on her rhythm in the circle. Despite the southpaw’s bulldog effort to keep the game manageable, Rutgers did not provide any support at the plate.
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Entering the weekend, the Rutgers softball team was cruising. Hosting No. 4 Michigan in a three-game series at the RU Softball Complex, the Scarlet Knights put their seven-game winning streak to the test against one of the nation’s elite. But they never got going. Megan Betsa and Haylie Wagner combined for 17 innings pitched, three earned runs and 26 strikeouts to lead the Wolverines to a threegame sweep over the Knights. Michigan (37-6) put the exclamation point on its dominant weekend with a 5-0 shutout Sunday afternoon to cap a weekend where its lineup outscored Rutgers, 39-3. “I think we got better as the weekend went on,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “We are getting better at it and I don’t know if we will see pitch-
“(What) we want to take out of this series is making adjustments at the plate,” Nelson said. “We talked about hitting strikes in the strike zone and hitting the first good catch that we see and being able to hit both inside and outside.” Michigan mercy-ruled Rutgers in the second game of the series, with a 16-3 shellacking in five innings. The Knights were able to ignite some offense before Wagner put the fire out, scoring three runs. Most notably, freshman first baseman Rebecca Hall notched her third home run on the season in the loss. Wagner took the ball and got her 16th win of the season, which is one less than Betsa. She lowered her earned runs average (ERA) down to 2.08. Five players in the Wolverines lineup had at least two runs batted in (RBI), SEE STREAK ON PAGE 13
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NY Yankees Red Sox
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Phillies Nationals
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NY Mets Braves
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Giants Padres
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KYLE HOLDER,
junior hurdler, captured the 400-meter hurdles title at the Princeton Invitational this past weekend. Clocking in a personal best along with an IC4A qualifying time, Holder notched a 1.44-second victory margin.
Head coach Jay Nelson said Rutgers saw improvements as the weekend went on. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
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Tuesday, 4 p.m., Tuesday, 3:35 p.m., Wednesday, 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., South Orange, N.J. Easton, Pa. RU Softball Complex Bainton Field