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More than 2,500 students could be impacted by the cuts proposed by Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) to the Educational Opportunity Fund budget. GRAPHIC BY SUSMITA PARUCHURI / DESIGN EDITOR
Adminstrators explain proposed cuts to EOF CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ CORRESPONDENT
More than 2,600 students across the three Rutgers University campuses could be affected by proposed cuts to New Jersey’s Educational Opportunity Fund. On Feb. 16, Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) announced his administration’s state budget proposal for the 2017 fiscal year. Included in the governor’s budget summary is a suggested $2.57 million reduction
to the funding of “EOF grants and scholarships” state-wide. Since its establishment in 1968, the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund has offered financial support and academic services to economically disadvantaged students who attend institutions of higher education – both public and private – in the state. “We would still have a commitment to those students (in the SEE CUTS ON PAGE 4
Bill Moyers was announced as the 2016 commencement speaker by the University on April 6, but immediately received backlash from students hoping for another figure. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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On April 6, the University announced Bill Moyers as this
year’s commencement speaker, disappointing students who believed President Barack Obama would be the 250th anniversar y speaker.
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More than 30 students rallied on the Old Queens lawn Wednesday morning to support Jennifer Warren, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication. Warren was denied tenure in April 2015, which prompted the Rutgers chapter of Black Lives Matter to organize “Challenging Institutionalized Racism,” a rally to support tenure for Warren. The rally began at 10:30 a.m., with Warren speaking of her past and her roots from Trenton, New Jersey, as well as her experience at Rutgers, an institution she said she loves teaching at. The group then chanted outside of University President Robert L. Barchi’s office and
Following the announcement, students took to Facebook with complaints, and a petition began circulating online. The petition, “The Class of 2016 Demands a new commencement speaker,” garnered 100 supporters in one day. “I spent nearly $100,000 on my education here and I would like my sendoff to be memorable,” wrote School of Arts and Sciences senior Carly Grossman on the change.org petition. Moyers was chosen due to the Senate Committee’s late start with the commencement process this year, President Robert L. Barchi told The Daily Targum in an interview on Tuesday. “You can’t start this process two months before graduation and expect that you’re going to get the result you would like to have if you did it two years before graduation,” Barchi said. “That is not in any way to denigrate Mr. Moyers. We were lucky he was there at such short notice.” Commencement speakers should normally be invited two years before graduation, Barchi said. First, the Senate Committee must gather, discuss, evaluate and rank nominees in a list that is sent to the Board of Trustees, who then begin inviting speakers in the ranked order. But this year, the Senate Committee presented the list to the Board of Trustees in January. By then,
Students protested in support of Jennifer Warren, an assistant professor who was denied tenure in April 2015. Some say this was racially motivated. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR proceeded to walk down the College Avenue campus. “Tenure for Jennifer,” was shouted amongst the protesters in unison, as they walked to the School of Communication and Information, where the school’s dean, Jonathan Potter, spoke to the crowd. The goal of the rally was to show the administration and encourage them to make a change regarding Jennifer Warren, the 4 percent
rate of tenure for black professors and institutionalized racism, said Taqwa Brookins, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and a member of Black Lives Matter. Students found the reasons Jennifer Warren did not get tenure were extremely biased, she said. Rutgers prides itself in being diverse, but when Brookins walks SEE HEARING ON PAGE 4
Nearly 50 students across ever y school presented independent research performed while taking different classes in the Department of English Tuesday morning at the Undergraduate Research Writing Conference. Only students who earned an A grade in one of four different writing courses were invited to submit papers to the conference, said Lynda Dexheimer, who organized the event. Dexheimer is an assistant director of the Writing Program. “It’s a good opportunity for students to share their exceptional work with the University community,” she said. “I want students to show off their accomplishments, I want them to show off their incredible projects, and it’s a great venue for them to highlight their work.” More than 200 students submitted papers for consideration, of
which 48 were selected to make presentations during the panels hosted over the course of the day. Eight were awarded for their efforts during lunch as well, she said. The eight awards, which included cash prizes and are granted by Rutgers libraries and several deans, only recognized some of the work presented at the conference. But just being a part of it is momentous for students, Dexheimer said. “For students on the practical level, it’s a way to distinguish themselves on a graduate school application. It’s quite a marker of success,” she said. “Just to be able to say ‘I was selected from this competitive pool of candidates’ … there’s thousands and thousands of students who take these courses.” To qualify, a student must have taken either “Research in the Disciplines,” “College Writing and Research,” “Scientific and Technical
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Students battle opponents in ‘Canoe Battleship’ event ABIGAIL LYON
For their victory, the “Aft Stokers” received Rutgers Recreation intramural championship mugs, in In teams of four, students, alum- addition to gift cards for each memni and faculty piled into the pool at ber of the team. The second place the Werblin Recreation Center on team received a gift card for dinner Busch campus to sink enemy ca- at a local restaurant and everyone who participated in “Canoe Battlenoes battleship-style Tuesday. The event, “Canoe Battleship,” ship” received a t-shirt upon exiting was a joint venture between the the pool. Since participants were urged intramural sports program and outdoor recreation within Rutgers to wear costumes to the event, a Recreation. It was organized by gift card to a restaurant was also Paul Fischbach, associate director awarded to the team with the best of sports, in collaboration with Jes- costume, Fischbach said. “We had two teams that came se Stratowski, the outdoor recrereally spirited where they all kind ation coordinator. The aim of the game, Fischbach of wore matching outfits,” he said. Fischbach urges all those who said, was to allow participants to play a real live version of a child- did not know about the one-night event this year to come out next hood game. “(The participants’) objective year, as it happens around the same (was) to engage with all of the oth- time every year and everyone has a er opponents in the water. We do lot of safe fun, he said. “You don’t even need to know heats of four, so we get four boats at a time, and the whole objective is to how to swim because everyone get as much water as possible into has a (personal flotation device) the other boats to get them to sink,” on … it’s incredibly safe, we have staff surrounding the entire pool,” Fischbach said. Each team was provided with a he said. Laura Whiteley, a School of Encanoe, two buckets to fill with pool water and two rafts for protection. vironmental and Biological SciencParticipants were not allowed to es senior and “Canoe Battleship” empty their boats of water to stay staff member, has been involved with the event afloat, nor were before. She said they allowed to touch other “The whole objective is itsheis something looks forboats with anyfor the boats to engage. ward to all year. thing but water, “(The envihe said. (So) if you try to hide (in ronment) was In addition the corner) then my staff electric, everyto dodging around the pool are going body was really the splashes to keep getting you wet.” excited at the of their oppobeginning … nents, canoers and they got had to be wary PAUL FISCHBACH to see that first of the Rutgers Associate Director of Sports at group go, and Recreation staff Rutgers Recreation they were really on the sidelines, excited to get who were making sure participants did not stray into the pool and try it out for themselves, and obviously, when it got too close to the edge of the pool. “The whole objective is for the down to the last heat there it was boats to engage,” Fischbach said. definitely kind of tense and really “(So) if you try to hide (in the cor- exciting,” Whiteley said. She said she thinks that the ner) then my staff around the pool great thing about the event was that are going to keep getting you wet.” The 32-team bracket consisted the people getting out of the pool, of eight preliminary rounds, with even when they lost, whether it one final battle at the end consist- was the first heat or the third place ing of the winners from each round. team, all had fun, and that is what The two remaining teams con- it’s all about, she said. She encourages students to besisted of a group of graduate students and a team of alumni. The win- come more involved in intramural ning team, the graduate students, sports at the University and to come called themselves the “Aft Stokers.” out to “Canoe Battleship” next year. “It’s a great one-night (opportuRachel Paseka, a Graduate School of New Brunswick student nity) to just have fun and relax, and and a member of the winning team, to just do something you’re never said their motivation for partici- going to get to do again, and (it is) pating in “Canoe Battleship” was, something that kind of takes away from your classes and your regular above all, a desire for glory. She said though it was painful at type of day … come play on a team, times, participating was great and come bring your friends and have fun,” Whiteley said. she enjoyed herself. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Students competed in teams of four during the Canoe Battleship contest on Tuesday night, trying to be the first to sink their foes. The ‘Aft Stokers’ won the overall first place during the night. GEORGETTE STILLMAN
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into a classroom, she said the professors and the students are all white. Brookins said Rutgers claims to be revolutionary, but wonders if its commitment to diversity is real or just on paper. “(Warren) was revolutionary, her research was revolutionary, she is the image of everything Rutgers is talking about for its 250th anniversary and she got denied tenure,” Brookins said. Warren participated by serving as an object to motivate the need for the rally and protest, she said. The rally was intended to bring visibility to this issue, she said. “The particulars of the case were so egregious and wrong that Black Lives Matter was contacted by the union to see if they wanted to take this up to bring visibility to the case,” Warren said. In doing so, the case became more than about Warren, it became about institutionalized racism and the need to push for more change in regard to the diversity of Rutgers faculty, she said. Rutgers said they have initiatives they are working on but they are resistant to diversity, if it does not fit in their box, she said. “If you’re not in that box, if you’re on the edge or the outside of it, you just don’t fit in,” she said. “There is a clash between practice and policy.” Warren said the protest made a difference. “When you have two high-level professionals and administration come out and address the rally and want to know what going on, that’s successful,” she said. “When you have the dean come out of his office to address the students, that’s power.” It may wind up going nowhere, she said, but the conversation will continue and Rutgers will hopefully begin to represent diversity at the faculty level like it does at the student level. “I’m shocked at my school, I’m shamed at my department and I love Rutgers, I came here
to do the work that matters, the work that Rutgers supports,” she said. “I don’t know what more I could have done to prepare myself for tenure.” Rutgers cannot have “cosmetic diversity” — it has to be real, said Lesley-Ann Contreras, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and a Black Lives Matter member. “It’s my job, my duty to come out and protest these injustices, especially as a person of color,” Contreras said. “Representation matters.” Sixteen out of 17 black professors evaluated for tenure were granted it since the 2012-2013 academic year. Six of these professors were granted tenure this year alone, said University Spokesperson E.J. Miranda. “Building and expanding upon our faculty’s diversity is an institutional priority at Rutgers University,” he said in a statement. “The University is proud of its track record for awarding tenure to African-American faculty candidates.” Barchi said he put $20 million out of the school’s discretionar y budget into a five-year program to increase diversity within the faculty. Fighting the perception that there is racial bias in the tenure process is important, Barchi said. “One of the things that we will do is to make public the promotions data in aggregate, and you can see the numbers and it’s pretty plain there isn’t any selective bias by ethnicity in the promotions process in terms of the overall numbers. So we will actually release that,” Barchi said. Warren’s hearing is set for April 15, Brookins said. “As a union member, professor Warren has the opportunity to appeal a negative tenure evaluation, through a process negotiated with the faculty union. She has availed herself of that process, which is going on this semester,” Miranda said. “We respect our union contracts, and intend to follow that process and the confidentiality it requires.”
academic journey in his three years at Rutgers. “The EOF program has kept me well-rounded,” the School of Securing funding for program is among school’s Arts and Sciences junior said. highest priorities, Barchi says “It has given me a good sense of direction because ever since I started, I’ve always had a counCONTINUED FROM FRONT the financial assistance she selor to look after me and keep receives from the EOF program me on track.” Cajuste would advise state legprogram), but depending on is indispensable. Her single mothhow the cuts come, potentially er has three other children and islators not to proceed with the it might mean that the number would be unable to pay the high proposed reduction of funds because he is certain that it would of students that could receive costs of her college tuition alone. “Honestly, if there are cuts to only hurt students who are “less the EOF grants would be impacted,” said Michelle Shostack, the program, I wouldn’t be able to fortunate and who come from communities that don’t have the assistant dean and director of return,” she said Garcia is especially grateful best resources.” the School of Arts and Sciences “I don’t know if I would have for the five-week academic sesEOF program. At Rutgers, there are various sion that the EOF program hosts been able to attend Rutgers if it EOF programs, including ones for incoming first-year students wasn’t for this program, and to in the School of Environmental every summer. She said the in- know that other students would and Biological Sciences, Rut- troductory classes she took after miss out if they have to cut back gers—Camden and Rutgers— graduating high school helped just makes it hard to imagine Newark. The largest program her transition and adapt to the col- where those students would go,” he said. — boasting about 1,300 stu- lege environment. University President Robert The state-wide EOF program dents — is in the School of Arts L. Barchi said and Sciences, school adminwhich ser ves istrators are undergradulobbying the ates from oth“Honestly, if there are cuts to the program, I wouldn’t state legislaer schools in be able to return.” ture to ensure the University, the funds are Shostack said. KATHERINE GARCIA a part of the fiTwo sets of School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore nal budget that criteria — by is passed. the state and “There is an the respecannual game tive school — are used to judge eligibility for is participating in an advocacy of ping pong that goes between campaign this semester, Shostack the Senate and the Assembly and the program. In New Jersey, students must said. By writing letters and mak- they put the money in, and when demonstrate a financially disad- ing phone calls, they hope to urge it comes to the governor, he takes vantaged background based on members of the New Jersey leg- it out and then eventually it goes family household size and in- islature to resist the governor’s back in,” he said. Senior Vice President for Excome. Those looking to be part of proposed cuts. Wally Torian, director of ad- ternal Affairs Peter McDonough a Rutgers EOF program are also required to be first-generation missions and recruitment for the said the different campus chancollege students, according to Un- School of Arts and Sciences EOF cellors have arranged for stuprogram, emphasized that the dents to attend the public heardergraduate Admissions. There is a common miscon- initiative is more than simply an ings held by the state legislature ception that students in the EOF avenue for economic relief. Sup- on the budget. He said Barchi would testify in program are given a full-ride. portive academic counseling is In reality, students at Rutgers another essential part of program, front of the budget committee on Thursday to lobby for the funding. are provided with a semesterly he said. “(The EOF program) is one “Each student has a designatgrant of $700 if they reside on campus or $575 if they commute, ed counselor,” Torian said. “They of our highest priorities so we serve as mentors and role mod- would do whatever we needed Shostack said. “These students are also taking els for a number of students who to do to make sure that students out loans … and they have federal don’t have the support systems who would normally have to avail themselves of those funds would at home.” work-study jobs,” she said. It is this guidance and support not be denied access to Rutgers,” For Katherine Garcia, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, that has facilitated Eric Cajuste’s Barchi said.
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Barchi said most big names on the list were either unavailable or too expensive. Bill Moyers was invited in February. He cost the University $35,000 to speak, the same price the University paid for Bill Nye to speak last May. “Remember that the administration didn’t suggest (Bill Moyers). We didn’t get that list until
the beginning of the new year this year,” Barchi said. “So late went from being late to really late in my mind and I think in the mind of most people considering the invitation.” Barchi said he is excited to hear Moyers speak at commencement. “I think you’ll find him very insightful. He’s a man who’s won numerous numerous awards and honorary degrees … and has seen an incredible amount in this
country and around the world,” he said. The process of the Senate Committee choosing the commencement speaker was created after the No Rice protests in 2014 and a push for reform from students, faculty and staff. Barchi said the Senate Committee tries to gather a broad range of speakers to cater to a younger audience. The senate’s willingness to invite a range of varying speakers has not been deterred by the No Rice Campaign, he said. “The list didn’t look conservative to me. (But) it wasn’t terribly polarizing in the names that were there. It was a very reasonable list,” he said. “I would’ve liked to have that list two years ago.”
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Writing” or “Writing for Business and Professions,” she said. These courses require students to create their own papers based on research that they also perform. “They are majoring in everything — pharmacy, engineering, (the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences), nursing,
Mason Gross — we have students representing all of those schools,” she said. The students are able to decide what they want to write about as well, she said. They create their own proposals which they then follow through on with their research. “I think our courses are an excellent opportunity for students to complete writing projects in
subjects that are of interest to them or to advance in their majors,” she said. “It’s an apprenticeship to graduate school or an apprenticeship to a professional career … that’s what I like about it.” The planning process began in January, when students who took one of the required classes in the fall or spring of 2015 and received an A were asked to submit their papers. Student interns then read through the papers, editing them while also planning the event, said Kimberly Bosco, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and one of the interns with the Writing Program. The internship with the program helped them improve their
skills as well as the writers, she said. The interns also moderated the panels, where students presented their research topics using slideshows, Dexheimer said. Four students presented their work at each panel, having had the opportunity to practice in class and during optional training sessions hosted by the program. “The skills of being able to order your thoughts in a logical way, being able to synthesize complex ideas from a variety of sources and be able to make sense of them in a coherent written form is a skill set I think would serve anyone,” Dexheimer said.
APRIL 13 HILLSBOROUGH — Craig Ocleppo, 40, of Zion Road, was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, second-degree possession of an assault weapon, second-degree possession of a firearm while committing cer tain drug of fenses and four th-degree possession of a large capacity ammunition magazine after police found 10 firearms, including an assault rifle, ammunition and 25 pounds of marijuana. He was hid the items in two steamer trunks in the back of his car, along with more than $69,000 in cash. He was arrested and was being held in Somerset County Jail in lieu of $150,000 cash-only bail. APRIL 13 JERSEY CITY — A 13-year-old was suspected to be the culprit in a series of burglaries this past week. The boy was arrested first on Monday night after being apprehended for entering a home on Liber ty Avenue and stealing two cellphones out of the bedroom. He was charged with theft by unlawful taking and burglar alarm. After violating the 10 p.m. cur few last night the same boy was apprehended by officers, who subsequently patted him down and discovered a knife and $488 in cash. The teenager was then placed under arrest again.
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he Daily Targum received the gamut of criticisms that led some students to vote “no” for referendum JOSH BAKAN when I worked there. “The Daily Targum is too liberal. The Daily Targum is too conservative. The Daily Targum hates Jewish people. The Daily Targum hates Muslim people. The Daily Targum is too harsh on administrators. The Daily Targum lets administrators get away with everything.” We heard you loud and clear, and they probably still do. The Daily Targum’s staff has so much annual turnover that any living, breathing agenda you perceive can only last a year. Generally only one to three editors continue onto the next editorial board, which gives The Daily Targum a new identity each year. Have a problem with The Daily Targum? It won’t persist for long. But if you’re fed up with journalism, here’s an industry issue showing no signs of disappearing: Newsrooms lack diversity. Minorities represent 38 percent of our nation but accounted for only 22.4 percent of television journalists, 13 percent of radio journalists and 13.34 percent of daily-newspaper journalists in 2014, according to the Columbia Journalism Review. Newspapers with a circulation of less than 50,000 typically have zero minority journalists, reported the American Society of News Editors. A majority of Rutgers students are minorities, according to The College Board. Diversity made The Daily Targum greater when I worked there, and those diverse voices now benefit the world. Here’s a glance at Board 145: Shirley Yu (associate photo editor) took TIME Magazine’s cover photo — you read that right — for March 7’s issue. Amani Al-Khatahtbeh (opinions editor) made Forbes’ 30 Under 30 for successfully managing and growing MuslimGirl.net. Julian Chokkattu (news editor) writes for Digital Trends. There are too many to mention from that board and others. S. Mitra Kalita, The Daily Targum’s first minority editor-in-chief, is the Los Angeles Times’ managing editor, but I digress. Anyone still subscribing to the belief that diversifying workplaces means holding minorities to a lower standard will love that The Daily Targum offers no handouts. Joining The Daily Targum’s editorial board means working fulltime during college, spending most of your lectures writing articles and finally getting to two months of schoolwork a day before the midterm. Job interviewers have never asked me about my grades or classes. They asked about firsthand experience. Journalism professors emphasize the importance of internships. They’re vital for landing a job, but also contribute to newsrooms’ lack of diversity — especially economic diversity. Students who must work to afford college often don’t have time for unpaid internships. The Daily Targum offers opportunities for paid positions while helping students land internships. I’m not a minority. But working in a diverse newsroom increased my awareness of injustices and made me less afraid to discuss them in my sports reporting. University administrators and professors who stand by Rutgers’ diversity should do ever ything in their power to embolden The Daily Targum. But they don’t vote for referendum. Voting “yes” on referendum isn’t an endorsement for The Daily Targum. If you don’t like the paper, many of the students running it will have graduated by 2019’s referendum vote. But think longterm, and support an institution diversifying and ultimately benefitting the media.
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Josh Bakan is a Rutgers University Class of 2014 alumnus. He is a former associate sports editor and currently a sports reporter for The Times Herald-Record in Middletown, New York.
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veryone thinks journalism is easy. The first and gender studies major and help take photographs thing that children are taught when they and videos. There are a number of positions available come to school are the basic skills of reading for all types of people. Moreover, a diversity of maand writing. Since almost every educated individual jors is encouraged, because that’ll just add credibility knows how to do this, including some people who and expertise on an obscure topic that the newspaweren’t even formally educated, then it naturally per might want to cover. In that sense, anyone can follows that almost anyone who can recount a story, be a journalist, and we welcome anyone who might be interested. read and write can be a journalist. But then again, not everyone makes the cut. Social Journalism majors and journalists aren’t in an esteemed position. When assessing various career paths skills, intuition and common are essential to being and areas of study, implicit bias persists in which most a journalist, and many people still lack those basic people think that the STEM (science, technology, en- skills. Lysiak should be commended for efforts to gineering and math) is superior to the social sciences spread awareness to her community by reporting the news and encouraged to and humanities. Those groups are nurture her precociousness, further broken down into a hierhowever, someone that young archy of what occupation or study “You could probably has yet to fully develop her menhas the most prestige. In this hierscribble some nonsense tal faculties. Nominally, she’s a archy, journalism is relegated to and still call yourself a journalist, but whether she’s a the bottom. There’s an image of a journalism and media studies majournalist, but it wouldn’t good journalist or a proper journalist is contentious. Lysiak is jor who coasts through life with a be good journalism.” incredibly young, and therefore light workload (probably partying has plenty of time to harness her a lot, because of all that free time). skills and hone into the profesAdditionally, there’s the idea of the journalism major who graduated — unemployed sion. Ethics pervade the work of journalism everyday, and not everyone knows how to properly handle or, best case scenario, employed but paid very little. Consider recently famous, 9-year-old journalist delicate topics like murder. On the surface, journalism looks easy. But conHilde Kate Lysiak. She started a monthly local newspaper, The Orange Street News, which has a circu- trary to that idea, there are underlying dynamics that lation of 200. She’s a precocious girl who has a pas- have to be accounted for. As a journalist, one must sion for writing and updating her community about be immensely aware of what to say and how to say it, current events. And in the case that her ambition is what to leave out and what to describe in great detail not yet apparent, you can plainly see it by how she and what stories to cover and what not to cover. And expressed commitment to her profession by being also while it’s true that most people can write, not undeterred about breaking news on a murder in her everyone can write well. You could probably scribble some nonsense and neighborhood. The headline: “Exclusive: Murder on Ninth Street!” So if a 9-year-old can report on a big still call yourself a journalist, but it wouldn’t be good journalism. A number of under-paid and over-worked murder story, then anyone can be a journalist. Yes and no. The Targum, for example, is a stu- individuals persistently strive to present worthy condent newspaper and accepts students from all types tent and journalists around the world risk their lives of backgrounds. You can be a mechanical engineer to explain the truth. Good journalism is hard, and and randomly show up on our front door to write for when done right it has the power to acquit innocent Inside Beat or the news desk. You can be a women’s people or shed light on corruption. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 148th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Question on refugee admission has apparant answers SONAM SAYS SONAM SHETH
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ince the November terrorist attacks in Paris and the March bombings in Brussels, the question of admitting refugees into the United States — particularly Syrian refugees, most of whom are Muslim and Christian — has been a hot-button issue for those in the political and public spheres. While many believe that it is our duty as Americans to provide shelter and safe haven to those coming from war-torn countries and whose homes have been destroyed, others believe that admitting refugees makes us significantly more vulnerable to “radical jihadist” attacks, because refugees, especially Muslim ones, pose “terror threats.” So let’s break down the numbers and look at whether this is something that should be of any concern to the rational American citizen. First off, simply looking at the United States’ history of welcoming refugees from nations ripped apart by war, makes it difficult to argue that we should not do the same for Syrian refugees. Other than that, since 2001, the United States has admitted close to 860,000 refugees. Of those 860,000, a grand total of three have been convicted of conspiring to commit terror attacks on targets outside of the United States. None of those convicted were planning to
execute a terrorist attack on American soil. Yet, out of nothing more than fear and, frankly, bigoted prejudice, a significant number of federal officials and the public are paralyzed by the notion that terrorists could slip into the United States by posing as refugees. As a result, in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, Congress put an abrupt halt to the president’s initiative to resettle 10,000 refugees within our borders. More than that, opponents of refugee resettlement continue to ignore the fact that there has been no recorded instance of a terrorist slipping into the United States under the guise of a refugee in
Greece. Refugees who apply for resettlement in the U.S. are also subject to the highest level of security clearance of any other travelers. To put it in context, of the roughly 4 million Syrian refugees who have fled their country, around 2,000 — less than 1 percent — have been resettled in the United States since 2011, when the civil war broke out. A brief summary of the process: Refugees first have to register in a United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) camp outside of Syria, and the UNHCR conducts the primary round of security clearance. It then refers some refugees who pass the first round
“Congress put an abrupt halt to the president’s initiative to resettle 10,000 refugees ...” — not when the U.S. accepted thousands of Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s, not when it took in 125,000 Cuban “Marielitos” in 1980 and not when it opened its doors to refugees from Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda. More importantly, the United States vetting process for refugee admission remains one of the toughest and most thorough tests in the world. For many refugees, it can take up to two years before they’re cleared for approval. This is vastly different from what occurs in Europe, where asylum-seekers are either at or already over the border, having migrated to neighboring countries like Turkey and
to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Then, applicants are interviewed by a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer. Each refugee must fall under a number of criteria — be of humanitarian concern to the government, demonstrate persecution due to racial, religious, ethnic or political reasons, and be in a camp, among others — before clearing the first round. Those who pass the first stage of vetting are referred to the National Counterterrorism Center, the Terrorist Screening Center, the Department of Defense, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department, all of whom use
information obtained from refugees, their families and all potential acquaintances to verify that a refugee’s identity and motives. During the vetting process, applicants have to wait in the camp, usually for around three years, since that’s how long it takes for Syrian refugees to clear the process if they are approved. So, to put it bluntly, for an Islamic State (ISIS) operative to wait around for three years to get into the United States is ridiculously short-sighted, when they could enter much more easily using a student, business or tourist visa. Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of this entire debate is that despite having countless numbers and statistical evidence presented to them, opponents of refugee resettlement continue to cite “security concerns” as a reason to shut our doors to people fleeing war and terrorism. They continue to paint refugees as purposefully destroying their homes and livelihoods in order to infiltrate our borders. But Warsan Shire put it best when she said, “You only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well … You only leave home when home won’t let you stay.” I know reading through the extensive details of the refugee vetting process in this column may have been exhausting for some of you. To that, I’ll say this: If you’re tired of reading about it, imagine how exhausting it is living it. Sonam Sheth is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics and statistics. Her column, “Sonam Says,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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“Urinetown” musical will make you pee your pants
The combination of comedy and political satire makes this Livingston Theatre Company’s production a must-see for any musical enthusiast, just make sure you go to the bathroom beforehand. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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This Monday, I had the pleasure of being given the opportunity to witness the Livingston Theatre Company’s production of “Urinetown” before their opening show next Thursday. The cast and crew more than impressed me with their pre-show enthusiasm on their late night rehearsal of the upcoming performance. Livingston Theatre Company is an on-campus, student-run and managed theatre production company that puts on three different plays over the course of each academic year, generally one during the fall semester and two during the spring. “Urinetown” is the third and final production of the 2015-2016 academic school year for LTC. “The biggest thing that we were missing for this season is a funny, comical musical and this one is modern.” Brenna Knight, a School of the Arts and Sciences junior and artistic director of the Livingston Theatre Company said. “It hits on a lot of really important issues
that are going on today with police brutality, social class with capitalism and concentration of power and wealth.” To give some background on “Urinetown,” the play is about a large megacorporation known as the Urine Good Company that has control over all of the toilet usage in the city the play is based
environment for all of those who choose to come out to the show, but they also are seeking to help other organizations on campus and encourage the student body to support them. “There is a lot of poor versus rich contrast in the show, so we reached out to Rutgers Against Hunger, and we thought that it
every non-perishable food item that you bring.” The LTC cast and crew invests a lot of their personal time on a weekly basis on the production of their shows. The cast generally meets five days a week up to the showing of their plays, and it fosters a friendly, family-like environment for the students of
“There is a lot of poor versus rich contrast in the show, so we reached out to Rutgers Against Hunger and we thought that it would be a great opportunity to use the huge audiences we receive at our shows to, you know, help them in a certain way,” JULIA MENDES Managing Director of the Livingston Theatre Company
in. Through various different comically-portrayed characters, the play sheds light on how large companies can cause some structural, humanitarian issues and how such a large presence of a company can affect the governance of a municipality. LTC does not only seek to create a healthy, humorous
would be a great opportunity to use the huge audiences we receive at our shows to, you know, help them in a certain way,” Julia Mendes, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior and managing director of the Livingston Theatre Company, said. “So, what we’re doing at the show is taking a dollar off per ticket for
different age groups involved in the productions. “(‘Urinetown’) is really heavy with ensemble songs and I think that contributes a lot to the bond we have as cast members.” Anna Espinoza, a Mason Gross School of the Arts junior and first time LTC performer, said. “You can see it on stage like I see it in rehearsals
all the time — you can see the relationship we have with each other having just met each other what, like two months ago?” LTC also puts a conscious effort into recruiting younger members of the student body to participate as part of their effort to be an inclusive student organization. The leading male role in the play, Bobby Strong, is impressively portrayed by School of the Arts and Sciences first-year student Dan Robertson. “Well, we love having new people in our casts,” Mendes said. “Just seeing new people in our plays that are so interested in carrying the company further is nice to know, since that once were gone they’ll be here.” Livingston Theatre Company’s production of “Urinetown” is full of comedy and tasteful, political satire and will be playing April 21 through April 24. Tickets are selling at $8 for students and seniors and $12 for general admission, with a dollar discount per ticket for each non-perishable food item you bring with you in support of their partnership with Rutgers Against Hunger.
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Today’s Birthday (04/14/16). Envision and plan bold adventures this year. What to learn? Launch creative projects after 5/9, and an educational journey after 8/13. Begin a new two-year phase in your relationship. Breakthroughs in work and health (after 9/1) lead to an inner shift (after 9/16). Support each other. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Enjoy sports, hobbies and diversions over the next few days. Practice your moves. Hang out with family and friends. Someone attractive is drawing you into their orbit ... kindle a spark. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Domestic projects satisfy over the next two days. Use brains over brawn to resolve a household problem that will only grow more expensive with neglect. Manage structural issues.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Team projects go well over the next two days. Develop your strategies to win. Creativity swirls throughout the conversation. Write down what gets invented. Encourage each other. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Take on greater responsibility over the next two days to surpass a hurdle or challenge. Express your feelings aloud. Let people know what you need. Come to a new understanding.
Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Speak out, and your message goes further today and tomorrow. Stand up for what’s right. Support comes from unexpected directions. Actions and words get a power boost.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Travel conditions look excellent today and tomorrow. Make sure the bills are paid first, and then pack your bags. Plan the itinerary in detail and reserve in advance. Get out with an interesting companion.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Your communications get profitable. There’s money to be made over the next few days. Write marketing copy. Get involved with promotions or social media. Make your pitch.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Consider an investment in your own education. Focus on finances for the next two days. Confer with your team. Apply for scholarships or grants. Work all the angles.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy the spotlight over the next two days. Take advantage of the microphone and ask for the change you want to see. Share convincing data. Others are listening.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Get expert assistance with a tricky job today and tomorrow. Long-distance support comes through. Think of clever ways to repay the favor. Use something you’ve been saving.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Look back for insight on the road ahead. Pay attention to your dreams over the next few days. Conclude arrangements and complete old projects. Note new plans, goals and deadlines.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Jump into a busy phase over the next two days. Make a shrewd move. Find what you need far away. Talk with your networks to find solutions and resources. Love energizes you.
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WIN Knights escape 2nd straight ninth-inning rally from Pirates, split two-game set CONTINUED FROM BACK
an important game, and we came out swinging, battling, playing defense. It was a good win.” The Rutgers lineup got a spark early in the game from freshman outfielder Jawuan Harris, who ripped a base hit in the bottom of the second inning and came around to score on an RBI groundout from sophomore third baseman Milo Freeman to give the Knights a 1-0 lead. The Pirates got on the board to tie the game at 1 in the top of the fourth inning, but Harris and Freeman again came through for Rutgers. Harris led off with a single for his second hit of the game and stole a base. It was followed by a line drive double off the bat of Freeman, giving him his second RBI of the game and a 2-1 lead for the Knights. The underclassmen duo got things going on offense for Rutgers at a much-needed time after they went cold towards the end of the previous game against the Pirates. “We wanted to come out and put a pounding on them by playing well,” Harris said. “We’re always trying to be aggressive and it worked for us.” The Pirates threatened in the top of the seventh inning, getting their first two hitters aboard first and second base to start their turn. After a failed bunt from Brett Fontenelli resulted in a pop-out to first baseman Chris Suseck, Brito induced a groundball double play to end the inning that kept the
lead at 2-1 and drew a roar from the 247 fans in attendance. Junior left-hander Ryan Fleming replaced Brito on the mound in the top of the eighth inning with Rutgers holding a 2-1 lead, With the Knights looking to add insurance in the top of the ninth, Harris struck again. He reached after being hit by a pitch and then stole both second and third base to put pressure on Pirates pitcher Zach Schellenger. Harris took a big lead down the third base line and distracted Schellenger, causing him to balk and allowing Harris to score to increase the lead to 3-1. For the day, the freshman finished 2-for-3 and scored all 3 runs for Rutgers, along with adding three stolen bases. Seton Hall staged a ninth inning rally again in this game, loading the bases with nobody out and forcing the Knights to bring in senior Reed Shuttle to try to close it out. He retired the first two batters quickly, but threw a wild pitch that allowed a run to score and cut the lead to 3-2. But just like the rest of the staff, he quickly recovered and struck out Sebastiano Santorelli to hold on for a 3-2 win for Rutgers. “Reed Shuttle was excellent getting us out of that jam,” Litterio said. “To have the bases loaded with nobody out and to still win shows how outstanding he was, and we needed that.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @Mike_OSully2 and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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SENIORS 5 seniors put together career years as Knights climb up Big Ten, NCAA ranks CONTINUED FROM BACK
of 15-31 their first three seasons on the Banks and made it a mission to turn things around in their final season. “The senior group that we have, we’ve had a rough four years honestly if you look our record throughout,” Bieda said. “But we stuck together, we changed the culture here and the environment, and the hard work and the hustle. ... Since the start of the fall, since we got together and made a stance that that was going to be a Rutgers standard this year. I knew that this was going to be the season we had. With all the kids that bought into that system there was no way that this wasn’t gonna happen.” What makes the Knights’ current senior class unique is two-fold. The first reason the seniors have had such an effective influence is that there is at least one senior in every unit. Senior long-stick midfielder Zack Sikora, who has since been named the other captain alongside Scott Bieda, is the lone upperclassmen in the rope unit. Senior defender Brandford Rogers is joined by junior Chris Groel and are the only upperclassmen on the backline. In goal, Kris Alleyne, who had 36 career starts prior to this
season, competed with Edelmann for the starting spot in camp. Scott Bieda plays alongside two young attackers — Charalambides and sophomore Jules Heningburg. On a team filled with freshmen and sophomores, that senior leadership is invaluable as Rutgers moves through a season. “We lean on our seniors all week long,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “We have two great captains in Bieda and Sikora. We’re certainly getting a lot out of our seniors in practice everyday during the week. We gotta continue to do that cause our senior class is gonna lead us to the games in May that we wanna play in.” As strong as leaders as the seniors have been off the field, they’ve been just as good during games as well with each other, arguably having the best seasons of their respective careers. Bieda is on pace to surpass 60 points in a season for the first time, as he currently sits with 22 goals and 27 assists. Sikora has already tied a career high in points at 8 and is on track to have 40-plus groundballs for the second consecutive year. On the back end, Rodgers tied a career-high with 10 caused turnovers and scooped 16 ground
balls while helping the Knights climb to the No. 15 scoring defense in the nation. In net, Alleyne is 6-2 with a career-best 8.17 goals against per game and a 57.1 save percentage since relieving Edelmann. Even senior attacker Ryan Hollingsworth has embraced his role as a man-up specialist, scoring 5 of his 7 goals on the powerplay. The combination of seniors having career years, sophomores and juniors having another year of experience under their belts and first-year players being added into the mix has been the formula for success this season for Rutgers. It also helps that the team chemistry is equally as strong. “Honestly, (these) guys are my friends. So I’m just hanging out with my buddies, and we all want the same thing. We all want to score goals, but ultimately, we all want to win,” Sikora said. “I think we’ve definitely gotten closer this year than we have been in the past and I think that’s helping out and showing on the field.” As the season winds down with only three guaranteed games remaining on the schedule, reality is beginning to set in for the seniors that their collegiate lacrosse careers are coming to a close. While Bieda and Sikora will go on to play Major League Lacrosse, as each was drafted in the 2016 collegiate draft, they aren’t ready to close this chapter of their careers just yet. “I don’t really want to talk about not playing,” Sikora said with a smile. “But I know it’s coming.”
The end may be coming for Bieda, Sikora and the rest of the seniors, but the more the Knights win, the longer they can push off the conclusion to their careers on the Banks. If Rutgers continues its strong play, that final game could come May 7 in the Big Ten Championship, or maybe even sometime between May 28-30 at the NCAA Lacrosse Championships. “It definitely helps winning and you don’t see the end of the tunnel cause you keep winning
like that,” Bieda said. “I’ve tried to enjoy these last few moments, not only in games but in practice. I love these guys, it’s a sad moment, it’s been a great four years at Rutgers. I can’t thank everyone enough, they’ve made it a great environment for me and I’m sad it’s coming to an end. I’m just gonna try to make the most of it and keep it rolling.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @EricMullin_ and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior long-stick midfielder Zack Sikora has already tied a career high in points with 8 and leads Rutgers with 37 ground balls. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2016
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April 14, 2016 FOOTBALL HENRY, ASH WORKED TOGETHER AT WISCONSIN, ARKANSAS BEFORE RUTGERS
Ash, assistant have long history prior to reaching RU BRIAN FONSECA
working odd jobs in order to sustain himself. “I went from the NFL to a middle school lunchroom professor Not many ears perked up telling kids to be quiet and settle when Aaron Henry was officially down,” Henry said. “I was also announced as the assistant defencoaching high school football in sive backs coach for the Rutgers the evenings.” football team Dec. 28 to become Henry bounced from those the sixth assistant named to Chris jobs in Gold Ash’s staff. Lake, MichiWhen fans gan, after the researched football seahis name, they “If I could take half of what coach Ash is trying to son to become found a former teach — just half — then the sky is the limit. a real estate Wisconsin safeagent in Wisty who was cut AARON HENRY consin. After by the Oakland Assistant Defensive Backs Coach realizing he Raiders after wasn’t a “real training camp estate guy,” he turned gradbegan working uate assistant young man who knows how I want at a homeless shelter in Milwauat Arkansas. kee, where he led a ministry. But Ash knows the Im- the secondary to be developed.” He finished his life as a nomad After getting cut from the Raidmokalee, Florida, native better ers, Henry continued to train to by returning home to Florida, than most. Henry played under Ash when achieve his dream of playing in where he said he found himself he was the defensive backs at the National Football League, doing nothing. So he reached out to Ash, who was the defensive backs coach at Arkansas at the time, in hopes of returning to a career in football. Ash went above and beyond for his former player. “Ash reached out to (Arkansas head coach Bret) Bielema and they ended up keeping me up there, long story short,” Henry said. “In my first two months there, I lived with coach Ash for a little bit.” Having known the Ash family from their time together in Madison, the transition was seamless. “His family is incredible. Obviously I’ve known his whole family from the time he was at Wisconsin,” Henry said. “That dude is like a father to me. Blood couldn’t make us any closer. It’s special. I don’t even feel like I’m coming to work. It’s a family-like atmosphere.” Ash has a reputation for his diligent work ethic. Henry observed it up close in his short stay at his home, yet it continues to amaze him. “I don’t know how he packages some of that stuff into his mind,” Head coach Chris Ash allowed Aaron Henry to live in his house Henry said. for a few of months when they worked together at Arkansas. Henry spent two years at ArMICHELLE KLEJMONT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2016 kansas as a graduate assistant under Bielema, the second of which was without Ash, who was hired as a co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach under Urban Meyer at Ohio State in 2014. When Ash was hired to replace former head coach Kyle Flood on the Banks this winter, he chose Henry to come along with him. Appreciative of what his former position coach has been able to do for him, Henry is repaying him by absorbing whatever he can and putting forth his best effort to mold a young cornerbacks room at Rutgers. “I’m working for, some would argue, the best defensive backs coach in the country,” Henry said. “I’m on a job interview every day with coach Ash … He put me in this position and I’m trying to learn from him and be a sponge. I can take the criticism. I can take what he’s trying to tell me and just try to grow from it … I told one of my buddies, if I can take half of what coach Ash is trying to teach — just half — then the sky is the limit.” SPORTS EDITOR
Assistant defensive backs coach Aaron Henry played under Ash at Wisconsin before working with him at Arkansas and Rutgers. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / JANUARY 2016
Wisconsin in 2010 and 2011, earning All-Big Ten honors at safety in his senior year. “As a player, I knew Aaron had all the characteristics to be a talented assistant coach one day,” Ash said in a statement released when Henry was officially introduced. “He is a smart, energetic
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Page 15 FOOTBALL ARCIDIACONO, FLANAGAN, SCARFF FIGHT FOR STARTING SPOT
Knights fight for top of competitive tight end depth chart BRIAN FONSECA SPORTS EDITOR
The tight ends on the Rutgers football team wouldn’t be blamed for breaking a sweat when they heard head coach Chris Ash make it clear he wanted to bring a spread offense to the Banks after more than a decade of pro-style offense. The spread is a fast-paced offense that often indicates a heavier emphasis on the passing game, an area of the game where tight ends aren’t as important as the run game. But their worries, if they had any, are now gone halfway through the spring. In fact, they’re relishing the new offense after adjusting to it. “Obviously, at the beginning of spring, it won’t be as sharp as you want it to be, but now, practice eight, it’s coming along real nice,” said senior tight end Nick Arcidiacono following practice Saturday. “I think we’re picking it up pretty easily and like I said, we love the fast-paced, high energy of practice and we all feed off it, so that’s helped us as well.” The Holland, Pennsylvania, native is currently at the head of the depth chart in his position, according to special teams coordinator and tight ends coach Vince Okruch, with juniors Matt Flanagan and Charles Scarff trailing shortly behind. The order isn’t set in stone, however, as Okruch said it changes daily.
Flanagan suffered an injury in his left pointer that required surgery, forcing him to miss a pair of practices. Okruch, who has been coaching football for more than 35 years, said he’d never seen an injury like it before. “I won’t show you guys a picture of it,” Flanagan said. “From where the nail starts off, it was just detached. They sewed it back on and here I am … It’s gotten better … now that it’s healed a little more, I’m pretty much as comfortable as I am. I’ve been pretty much full go since then.” The Knights are still working out the kinks of learning the new offense in which they’re asked to do a multitude of things in addition to blocking at the line of scrimmage, including playing fullback and lining up in the slot and in motion. “In this offense (tight ends) do a lot of different things,” Okruch said. “They line up a lot of different places. So far, so good with learning the system. I think right now we need to get back into being fundamentally sound. There was a lot of mental stuff we had to go through early on, and they’ve done a nice job with it.” Both Arcidiacono and Flanagan expressed their comfort in performing the many tasks asked of them, citing the experience they picked up from last season. “You have to be a more versatile tight end. A lot of times last year, that was me,” Arcidiacono
said. “I was that guy, I was going in motion a lot, I was playing fullback, tight end, I was playing in the slot so the versatility is something that I was excited coming in because I felt I had that versatility and I’ve shown that, so that also adds to the excitement coming into the spring this year.”
Barring a medical redshirt, this fall will be Arcidiacono’s last in a Rutgers jersey. While he always put forward a full effort in practice in his career in Piscataway, knowing this is his last go adds an extra incentive. “It’s my last spring and also, I just know I gotta go as hard as I
can,” he said. “I just gotta treat every practice like it’s my last practice. I’ve tried to do it my whole career, but I think now especially it’s in the front of my mind.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.
Senior tight end Nick Arcidiacano tops the depth chart at his position midway through the spring. He had 12 catches for 92 yards last season. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / NOVEMBER 2016
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“I’m working for, some would argue, the best defensive backs coach in the country ... I’m on a job interview every day with (head football) coach (Chris) Ash.” — Assistant defensive backs coach Aaron Henry
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BASEBALL RUTGERS 3, SETON HALL 2
Knights avoid repeat collapse, escape with win MIKE O’SULLIVAN CORRESPONDENT
After suffering an excruciating extra-inning loss the day before, the Rutgers baseball team bounced back on Wednesday afternoon to beat Seton Hall (23-11, 1-2) in another close game by a score of 3-2. On a crisp and sunny day at Bainton Field in Piscataway, the Scarlet Knights (15-17, 2-4) avenged the previous day’s defeat by winning another close game against their in-state rivals, doing so with a pair of early runs and great pitching throughout. “Finishing it with a win today was extremely important,” said head coach Joe Litterio. “Coming out today was big, and you couldn’t ask for a better game. We needed to win a tight game like this.” Youth was an integral part of the victory for Rutgers, as it saw major contributions from some of the younger players on the team lead them to the win. Freshman pitcher Serafino Brito (4-2) was very effective in his sixth start of the season, finishing with five strikeouts and allowing just one earned run in seven innings of work. He left with a lead and came through by delivering a clutch performance in the biggest game thus far in his young career with the Knights. “It was huge to win this one,” Brito said. “We had to put yesterday behind us and it was Freshman outfielder Jawuan Harris awaits a pitch in the batter’s box in the Knights’ 3-2 win over Seton Hall Wednesday. Harris recorded two hits, swiped three bags and scored all 3 of Rutgers runs in the win over the Pirates. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
SEE WIN ON PAGE 12
MEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS IS HAVING BEST SEASON SINCE 2003
Seniors lead RU to turnaround season ERIC MULLIN
not usually heard from a team expected to finish in the basement of the standings. “Our end goal is to win that Big Ten Championship,” senior attacker Scott Bieda told the Daily Targum Feb. 11. What appeared like a bold statement at the time, relative to where the Knights were picked to finish the year, has turned into a real possibility through the first nine weeks of lacrosse. Rutgers (9-2, 2-0) has distinguished itself as the No. 18 in the nation with elusive wins over Army and then-No. 9 Johns Hopkins. The Knights currently sit atop the Big Ten standings — although there are three conference teams ranked ahead of them — and probably need just one win out of their final three games to punch their tickets to Baltimore for the Big Ten Tournament at the end of the season. So what gave Bieda and the rest of the program the confidence to turn things around and make a run at a Big Ten title? Look no further than the elder statesmen on the team who endured a combined finish
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When the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team took the field for the first time in the 2016 season, there wasn’t much change in the roster compared to the prior year. The Scarlet Knights added a couple of notable first-year players to its lineup, including redshirt freshman Adam Charalambides on the attack, true freshman long-stick midfielder Kyle Pless to the rope unit and community college transfer sophomore Max Edelmann in net. Although they lost faceoff savant Joe Nardella to graduation, the core of the team remained the same from the 5-10 overall and 1-4 Big Ten finish from 2015. The Knights were picked to finish last in the Big Ten this season after a less than impressive entrance into the conference. They nearly pulled out multiple signature wins last season — losing three of its conference games by 2 goals or less — and lost Nardella, which further explains their low ranking. But in the days leading up to the season, Rutgers’ lone captain at the time said something
SEE SENIORS ON PAGE 13
Senior attacker Scott Bieda is on pace to break 60 points in a season for the first time in his career. He currently has 27 points. DIMITRI RODRIGUEZ / PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2016 KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
EXTRA POINT
MLB SCORES
Miami NY Mets
1 2
NY Yankees Toronto
2 7
San Diego Philadelphia
1 2
LA Angels Oakland
5 1
Texas Seattle
2 4
Atlanta Washington
0 3
MICHAEL REXRODE,
sophomore defender, was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season after his performance in Rutgers’ win over Michigan. He had five ground balls and forced three turnovers in the win.
TRACK & FIELD
SOFTBALL
Seminole Invitational vs. Minnesota Friday, All Day, Tallahassee, Fla.
BASEBALL
MEN’S LACROSSE
at Ohio State
at Maryland
Friday, 3:00 p.m., Friday, 6:35 p.m., RU Softball Complex Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, 4:00 p.m. College Park, Md.