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Greek life members march to combat sexual assault MARY ELLEN CAGNASSOLA CORRESPONDENT

Students part of Rutgers’ greek life family marched in honor of sexual assault sur vivors last night –– not only to combat sexual violence, but to also battle the growing public perception of greek life as a facilitator of rape culture and binge drinking.

Co-hosted by Delta Sigma Iota fraternity and Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, the greek community invited marchers to gather at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to unify against sexual assault on campus, an issue so systemic that the White House organized a task force in 2014 to ensure justice for survivors and ramp up prevention efforts at universities across the country.

As part of the task force, the United States Justice Department partnered with Rutgers University’s Center on Violence Against Women and Children to pilot, evaluate and further refine the campus climate sur vey, which the White House hopes to use to determine the extent of the problem on individual campuses.

Rutgers, in response to negative publicity surrounding greek life that resulted from the death of Caitlyn Kovacs in October and a

recent hazing incident that resulted in a Rutgers student being treated for alcohol poisoning, banned house parties for all 86 greek organizations until the end of the current spring semester.

The Star-Ledger published an editorial, titled “Rutgers would be better off without frats. Period.” on April 11 lauding the University for “cracking down” on fraternity and sorority parties.

“Let’s face it: The entire Greek system needs to be yanked out by its roots –– not just at Rutgers, but ever ywhere,” the editorial reads. “The real problem is that the benefits of the Greek system are vastly outweighed by its downsides; not just binge drinking and sex assaults –– deadly falls out of windows and hazing.”

But the University’s greek community demonstrated that it is no exception to Rutgers’ approach to abolishing campus sexual assault, rallying supporters for the silent procession down College Avenue.

Vidhaath Sripathi, social chair of Delta Sigma Iota, said that in light of all the negative perception of greek organizations both at Rutgers and in national media, fraternities and sororities at Rutgers wanted to come together to SEE ASSAULT ON PAGE 5

Tim Olaloye, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, performs a spoken word poem at #BlackLivesMatter, an event that hosted the three founders of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag at the College Avenue Student Center. ANKITA VETA

Founders behind #BlackLivesMatter hashtag discuss racism at Rutgers NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

When he was 19, Patrisse Cullors’s brother was brutally beaten by Los Angeles sheriffs until he blacked out and woke up in a pool of his own blood.

“I start with (this) story because I actually think it’s important to understanding the frame of #BlackLivesMatter and the frame of how I come into this work,” Cullors said.

“I come into this work because ... it’s an honorable fight to fight for the lives of your people.”

Cullors, one of three founders of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, said yesterday night at the College Avenue Student Center that she has seen a shift of power from the state to the people after the growing presence of social media.

The three women behind the hashtag, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi

and Cullors, took leadership into the digital sphere and pushed forward a movement that has vibrated into the Internet and throughout the world as a powerful hashtag.

A revolution on social media has a better chance of succeeding than waiting for large corporations to sponsor the #BlackLivesMatter, said Tim Olaloye a School of Environmental SEE HASHTAG ON PAGE 5

Rutgers College of Nursing ranks nationally among top 25 programs DAVID TADROS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A brother of Rutgers’ Sigma Chi fraternity walks on the College Avenue campus while holding a sign reading “No Means No” as part of a march held by Delta Sigma Iota fraternity and Phi Sigma Sigma sorority meant to battle the nationwide campus sexual assault epidemic. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

Four years ago, the Rutgers College of Nursing ranked 79th in the country according to the U.S. News and World Report ranking of graduate nursing programs. But now, the University is considered one of the top 25 graduate nursing programs in 2015.

Ranking at No. 25, the Rutgers School of Nursing advanced more than 50 places, beating out No. 72 Seton Hall and No. 161 Monmouth University as the top graduate nursing program in New Jersey, according to the U.S. News and World Report.

“We’re clearly one of the larger schools in the nation now,” said William Holzemer, dean of Nursing at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. “It’s very powerful for us.”

More than 500 nursing schools that offered master’s or doctoral programs accredited by either the

Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing were surveyed. Only 246 were eligible for ranking, according to the U.S. News Best Nursing Schools rankings website.

Following the recent merger of the Rutgers College of Nursing and the School of Nursing at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers School of Nursing became one of the largest nursing programs in the country, with more than 1,800 students and 130 faculty members, Holzemer said.

Holzemer praised his faculty in response to the ranking and said it would not have been possible without their ability to raise awareness for the program.

“I think our faculty and administration (have) been out educating the community about who we are and what we are doing,” Holze-

mer said. “This merger has been watched across the country, because it’s quite a large event for higher education.”

Holzemer, a distinguished professor and dean of the Rutgers College of Nursing for more than six years, commended his faculty and staff for ensuring the college’s standards were kept high throughout the merger.

“I think we have made great strides in sustaining the quality of all our programs throughout this merger,” Holzemer said.

While the ranking may have its greatest affect on the School of Nursing’s graduate program, the demand for the undergraduate program is competitive and expects competition to rise due to the ranking, Holzemer said.

“Being a state school we have a very high priority to serve the

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Stanford raises question of reviewing Rutgers applications AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The school year is coming to a close and incoming first-year students seem to be popping up for campus tours every weekend. Once students are accepted, many forget about the college admissions process.

But for those who are interested, this year, a group of students at Stanford publicized a federal act that requires universities to release educational records within 45 days of the student’s request, including teacher recommendation letters and admissions notes.

After the Stanford students publicized the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) in their anonymous newsletter The Fountain Hopper, colleges such as the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University saw a spike in the number of file requests.

Rutgers University has received five requests this year to view admissions records under FERPA, said Deborah Epting, associate vice president of Enrollment Management. This is compared to last year, when the admissions office received zero requests.

FERPA states that a school must provide accepted students with the “opportunity to inspect and review” their education records, which includes teacher recommendations and admission officer’s notes.

But the undergraduate admission records at the University do not contain letters of recommendation, since they are not solicited or required for admission, Epting said. The University also does not write notes about admission candidates in their files.

The FERPA records requests reveal little though, Epting said.

When a student here requests their file, it will contain different parts, such as SAT scores, official high school transcripts, a copy of their Self-Reported Academic Record and the actual application, Epting said.

“There is nothing revelator y in our files in any case,” Epting said. “A lot of the interest in this has really started in the Ivy League schools. They have ver y different admissions processes.”

The act applies to students who were admitted to the university and who are currently or formerly enrolled, she said. The university does have a records retention policy, so in some cases the admission records may no longer be available if many years have passed.

“The Office of University Undergraduate Admissions will make a student’s admission records available for inspection and review in the Admissions office on an appointment basis,” Epting said.

In order to protect the privacy of the records, the Office of University Undergraduate Admissions asks for two forms of photo identification to verify the student’s identity, she said.

Education records are not sent via mail to students, but rather can only be viewed in person at the Office of Admissions.

Taylor Davis, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said she is not interested in seeking out her education records.

“My acceptance speaks for itself,” she said. “I know who I am and what my capabilities are … viewing my record would not tell me anything about myself that I do not already know.”

FERPA could negatively impact the admission process at Rutgers, said Priyanka Tadepalli, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. She believes that if students can see why they were accepted, it will change the way people pursue their education.

“More students will learn the tricks of admissions and instead of whole-heartedly tr ying, they will change their actions to meet the minimum to gain admission,” she said.

FERPA will have an effect on the admissions process at Ivy League universities, Epting said, but will not

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An academic privacy act, the Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is taking an upturn in popularity after Stanford students discovered they could utilize the law to reopen their college applications after applying. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY YVANNA SAINT-FORT / OPINIONS EDITOR affect how students are admitted to public institutions like Rutgers. “(The University is) pretty straight forward in our admissions process,” Epting said. “We believe that admissions applications should be considered on factors that all students are able to submit, such as high school transcripts, SAT scores and essays.”

A lot of the interest in FERPA has been with the Ivy Leagues, where admissions measures beyond numbers and academic factors, Epting said.

“When you get into the area of parent legacy and parent alumni status, that is not a fair process for a public university,” Epting said. “As the State University, we must be

able to fairly select our class based on academic factors through which all applicants may compete.”

Avalon Zoppo is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business. She is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow her on Twitter @avalonzoppo for more stories.

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people of New Jersey,” he said.

“Unlike many schools at the University, we have very few out of state undergraduate students, partially because we have such a very strong competitive qualified pool of applicants.”

The recent ranking will garner more recognition for the program, Holzemer said. He said he hopes to gain access to the resources needed to expand upon the school and meet demand, mentioning the need for dedicated buildings on both the Newark and New Brunswick campuses.

“It’s extremely competitive to get into our undergraduate program,” he said. “I think, with some luck, this may let us expand our program by getting some new resources and taking more people into our undergraduate program.”

Acknowledging the range of studies offered at the University,

Holzemer said nursing is a rewarding field that he hopes more students will be attracted to.

“Rutgers has lots of choices, and nursing is an extremely competitive, viable career now and people might take notice,” Holzemer said. “Most of our graduates, within three months

“I think it makes what we do more relevant. I think it brings more importance to what we do.”

SAKURA ANDO

Rutgers School of Nursing Senior and President-at-Large of the School of Nursing Student Senate

of passing their licensing exams, all have jobs.”

Holzemer was not the only faculty member that feels the

ranking would benefit the School of Nursing.

Sarah Kelly, program director of the Generic Baccalaureate Program, said the ranking and additional specializations will assist New Jersey students looking to stay and help their communities.

“It just opens up people’s opportunities for more areas to specialize in,” Kelly said. “You want to be able to specialize in the areas you want to and the more schools that offer different types of programs is only beneficial to the nurse and the community.”

As an undergraduate professor, Kelly said she feels nursing students will find an expanded array of areas to study in the Rutgers School of Nursing targeted toward all students, undergraduates and graduates.

The recent ranking will act as an incentive to entice undergraduates to continue their education at Rutgers, Kelly said.

“I think Rutgers has a wide variety of specialized tracks,” she said.

“There’s different avenues when you get into nursing that you can specialize in. You have an opportunity to explore and see what fits your needs.”

Sakura Ando, a School of Nursing senior, was happy to

In the last four years, Rutgers’ School of Nursing rose from 79th place to 25th place for graduate programs in the United States.

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hear of the recent ranking and said she feels students will benefit from the ranking when searching for work.

The president at large of the Rutgers School of Nursing Student Senate, Ando said the school has come a long way since the merger, and she hopes the ranking will assist in creating a context for nursing to become more prevalent and respected.

“I think it makes what we do more relevant,” Ando said. “I think it brings more importance to what we do.”

As a student approaching graduation, Ando said she believes the ranking will increase student interest in the school and might create an opportunity for Rutgers to become more involved in statewide healthcare topics.

“It’s definitely gong to be a magnet for advanced degrees because we have a lot of specializations that other schools don’t provide,” Ando said. “I look for ward to RBHS and the School of Nursing becoming more active in New Jersey and healthcare politics.”

CRIME APRIL 14 PISCATAWAY Ronald L. Wilcox, a former assistant youth minister, was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual contact and endangering the welfare of the child. The 60-year-old was arrested for his encounter with a 13-year-old girl nearly 20 years ago while he served at a church in the township. The investigation began after the victim, now an adult, told a relative, who contacted authorities.

APRIL 14 FLEMINGTON — Catherine L. Brady was arrested and charged with one count of third degree theft. Brady was an officer of the Horseman’s Association of Delaware Valley and allegedly stole more than $68,000 from the group. The arrest came as a result of an investigation conducted by the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit.

APRIL 14 BAYONNE — Earlier this year, a man ran his hands down a woman’s exposed back and punched her in the face as she was trying to get away. The Jersey Journal asked about recent crimes, but the groping incident was not disclosed, even though police provided information about other incidents.

APRIL 14 BERGEN COUNTY — Donald DeWitt, a teacher at the Bergen County Academies, is accused of having sexual contact with a 16-yearold female student at the school and sending her sexually explicit emails.

The 65-year-old man was arrested and charged with attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal sexual contact.

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ASSAULT

HASHTAG

Ramos, sister of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority, says she Cullors says one goal for social media use, digital was approached, groped by strange man world is to educate information for Rutgers Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance demonstrate the positive impact (VPVA), brothers and sisters led marchers down College Avenue they have on the University.

“The epidemic of campus sexu- and back around Easton Aveal assault pervades all aspects of nue to Brower Commons, where college life, and we think this is School of Engineering junior Jaca great way to break the silence queline Ramos shared her experion the issue and gives survivors ence with sexual violence in front the confidence to speak out,” the of the crowd.

While walking to her home on School of Engineering sophoDouglass campus one evening, more said.

Prior to the march, Phi Sigma Ramos, a sister of Phi Sigma SigSigma Vice President Julia Palaz- ma, said she was approached by a strange older zo said the colman, who prolaboration beceeded to forctween Rutgers’ ibly kiss and fraternities and “It was time people heard grope her. sororities was Ramos was about more my story, and hopefully it able to fight than just atinspires others.” off her attacktempting to be JACQUELINE RAMOS er and escape more likable in Sister of Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority the situation, the public eye, but kept silent emphasizing about her asthat sexual sault, brushing violence is a it off as insigproblem that nificant and putting the responsiRutgers greek life cares about.

“It’s not new that we’re doing bility on herself to “be more caresomething good for the commu- ful walking home at night.”

She said she later realized that nity, that’s what we’re all about,” she said. “We don’t focus all our she should not have to fear walkattention on being social ... We ing on her campus alone, and that do care about the community, we by sharing her experience, she care about giving back and having could be an agent to break the sia (positive) presence on campus.” lence on sexual violence.

“I feel empowered,” she said Handing out flyers that provided statistics such as “One in five following her speech. “It was time college women are at risk of being people heard my story, and hopesexually assaulted” and contact fully it inspires others.”

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and Biological Sciences senior, in his spoken word poem when opening the stage for Cullors.

Hosted by Rutgers University Student life, “#BlackLivesMatter” was part of Digital Leadership Week, said Robyn Ginese, interim director of Leadership and Experiential Learning.

Ginese said both spoken word openers, Olaloye and Chris Etienne, a School Of Arts And Sciences senior, have a strong passion for social justice and the art of spoken word as an incredibly powerful form of communication.

In his poem, Olaloye said millennials are the children of technology and can create a movement with just a few terabytes.

“Our revolution started with three powerful words,” he said.

“So as you sit there, please ask yourself, what will start your movement?”

Cullors said one of her goals for using social media and the digital world as a tool is to educate.

The creation of #BlackLivesMatter lined up with an attempt to change the national, and in turn, international dialogue around racism.

Social media as a tool is powerful because it has provided people, black people in particular, she said, with a solid platform to change the narrative of various news reports regarding the arrest or death of minorities.

“As a team on social media, we start picking up on the lies and shifting the narratives,” Cullors said. “I don’t think people realized that black people were going to take over the world.”

With the example of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Miss. last August, Cullors said that social media allowed for agency and power at the hands of civilians so they may alter Brown’s image in the media.

“As a team on social media, we start picking up on the lies and shifting the narratives.”

PATRISSE CULLORS Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter Hashtag

Asking the audience to discuss and analyze the treatment of other races, in addition to black lives, who are suffering under police brutality at the hands of the state, Cullors said that #BlackLivesMatter includes all lives.

In the case of South Carolina’s Walter Scott, whose body was shot and then accessorized with false evidence by a white officer, she said the role of the cellphone camera became vital and even

made the person recording an event become the hero. “(They) become empowered to tell the story about the people who are disempowered,” Cullors said.

“If we would rely on traditional media, none of this would happen.”

Cullors said the way people try to utilize social media as a tool the most is through the world of Twitter chats.

“Right after Mike Brown’s murder, when we brought a bunch of folks down to St. Louis, we started doing this thing called Ferguson Fridays,” she said. “And so we worked with folks across the country where we hosted a Twitter account every Friday based off of an issue.”

One Friday, Cullors said the conversation surrounded different businesses in Ferguson owned by black people that others could support. Another conversation was what are the ways that black lives do, in fact, matter.

Cullors said that while she does not believe social media is the tool to change the world, it is a tool to change the world.

Former Black Panther member Hank Jones, who Cullors once sat with, had told her that his generation was trying to secure a world where black people could live, and this generation’s duty is to save the entire world.

“We’re not just up against state violence, we’re up against climate change, we’re up against the highest unemployment rate and homeless rate,” Cullors said. “We’re up against great odds and I think that this digital world is providing a new space to have all those conversations, but also a new space to develop a new strategy around how we’re going to save the planet.”

Pendulum Poll: RU Responds / Photos by Colin Pieters

Q : What is your favorite campus in the spring?

A. College Avenue B. Cook/Douglass C. Livingston D. Busch

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Josh Blackman, RBS ‘18 “College Avenue because everyone is outside and you can’t beat it.”

Jake Wasserman, SAS ‘18 “Douglass because the flowers are blooming and the pretty colors.”

Tyler Hunt, SAS ‘17 “College Avenue is always bumping.”

B. 53 %

C.

Camille Handy, SAS ‘15 “Livingston because of the Livi Circle, music and people always hanging out.”

Jessica Lewis, SCI ‘15

“Douglass because it’s peaceful.”

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FOOD & DRINK

Picture perfect picnic, fast hacks for al fresco dining success RACHEL NAROZNIAK FEATURES EDITOR

Temperatures rise, limbs kept idle by the frosty gusts of winter are shaken out to participate in Frisbee games on college quads, and all around, eyes are shrouded by sunglasses. Tis the season of spring, and naturally, the season of spring flings.

Inside Beat guides you through the transition from in-dorms to outdoors, and in doing so, tells you just how to ace your first spring picnic date without really trying.

PICNIC MESS? SKEW THAT

#Tbt to the childhood days when a glance at a single slice of watermelon inspired full-body fear. Surely, even the smallest bite could result in a watermelon growing in your stomach if a seed just happened to dot the juicy triangle. Fortunately, as we all came to realize, watermelon births don’t exactly lie within the realm of possibility. Now that this odd paranoia has been replaced with a fascination to expertly pair fruit with alcohol (we’ve all seen the Pinterest pins), you can enjoy one of these major picnic musthaves, fruit, without the jitters. Just as fruit is popular among gentlepeo-

ple, it is also popular among the various winged insects dwelling in your outdoor picnic location. Bowls of sliced or clustered fruits are defenseless to these invaders, and create a messy landing and feeding spot for bugs. To avoid insects, cut fruit into small triangular or circular pieces, skewer them, and wrap the skewers in plastic wrap. As an added bonus, skewers make the perfect swords for picnic duels –– because we still haven’t outgrown those.

ROOM TEMPERATURE IS THE NEW HOT

No, we’re not talking about those summer bods. Given their outdoor locale and subsequent distance from a working stove (for the record, showing up with an Easy Bake oven is not a good idea), it’s best to choose food options that will taste just as good at room temperature, or even chilled, as they would taste piping hot. Sides like pasta and soup that can be prepared and served in a variety of ways are just a few options that don’t belong to any specific season, or temperature. To avoid spillage, pack soups in tall thermos bottles.

Now that the picnic food will be a sure hit, we can only hope “you’re

room temperature” doesn’t become the next big pickup line.

IT’S REALLY ONLY COOL IF IT’S IN A JAR

Months ago, Mason jars were finally recognized and plucked from the depths of musty basements, and made to be the newest must-have item. That was, of course, when hipsters worldwide abandoned them, and people all around began to shove whatever they could into the chic glass jars. While we’re still waiting on the hipsters to make the next big container move for us all to copy (bets are currently on vases), we can offer yet another suggestion concerning what Mason jar enthusiasts should pack into their glass containers next: picnic dishes. Mason jars, in their many sizes, are ideal for portion control and layering. Those packing salads or veggie assortments can layer ingredients like lettuce and dressing in tiered levels. Picnic-goers can simply eat from the jar with a fork, or use it for storage, serving the mixed food on a plate upon arrival.

BROWN BAG IT

When it comes to packing sandwiches or wraps for a picnic, make

Presentation is key to planning a picnic. Include pops of color where you can. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR like a soccer mom and opt for the brown paper bag made iconic for its appearance in middle school lunches. While plastic bags may seem like a better choice, they’re not.

The plastic allows for condensation to form in warm, outdoor temperatures, leaving your food soggy and unappetizing. Paper, alternatively, will absorb any dampness before it can get to your sandwich, acting as a protective barrier.

Hosting the perfect picnic has never been easier thanks to our foolproof set of al fresco hacks. If food is indeed the way to the heart, then consider Inside Beat your modern-day Romeo. Here’s to hoping you’ll use these tips to find your Juliet to sit beside on your checkered picnic blanket, reader. After all, that’s a lot more romantic than dramatic, play-imposed martyrdom anyway.

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Drawbacks of heightening standards Higher threshold will inhibit disadvantaged student admission

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ollege is a business. For current and prospec- specific program that Barchi did mention is Future tive students, faculty and staff, as well as ad- Scholars Program. This program works with students ministration, managing the University and its starting in eighth grade and fosters academic growth image is a gargantuan balancing act. In recent weeks, until high school graduation, when they can attend the discussions have sparked on campus concerning the University. While Future Scholars is an amazing profuture of Rutgers and the evolution of its academic gram that has offered countless students the chance of a standards. While raising admissions thresholds and im- lifetime, this program only operates in Rutgers towns — proving the overall academic integrity of the University New Brunswick, Camden and Newark. So, then, what is commendable (at least in theory), in practice there happens to students from other disadvantaged towns are a number of drawbacks. It goes without saying that in New Jersey? The ones who might not have the best grades because they haven’t had the best opportunities Rutgers has a diverse student body.

As a place where myriad cultures come to collide and can’t measure up to the University’s standards.

The idea of raising academic standards at Rutgers there is not only ethnic diversity here, but diversity in opinions and viewpoints. Each student that comes to stems from a statewide initiative aimed at targeting the the University has unique and personal experiences thousands of students who leave New Jersey each year that help shape their interactions. Similarly, the experi- to attend schools out of state. Therefore, it is not Rutences of others help shape the experiences of the great- gers’ job to make sure that students stay in-state, specifer whole. Rutgers is a place where a student from a high ically when there are over ten other state colleges and socioeconomic class and a student with a disadvantaged universities in New Jersey. The issue at heart is inherently concerned with improving background can sit side by side the University’s perception. To in a classroom and receive the students, Rutgers is identical standard of education.

“The University is using the out-of-state an amazing school that offers In that sense, increasing admissame model for academics a bounty of opportunities to sion thresholds or heightening that it used for athletics.” students across the nation and academic standards would inadinternationally. To some people, vertently decrease the diversity the University might as well be this University holds dear, makan Ivy League school. Yet, to many students who apply ing for a more homogenous student body.

In his meeting with the Daily Targum’s editorial from in-state, Rutgers is regarded as a safety school or board, President Barchi acknowledged that the adverse a back-up option. Therefore, the real problem lies with effects that would likely plague students who are not changing mentalities, not changing curricula.

It appears that the University is using the same modsocioeconomically secure with the installment of said changes, “(are) something that could potentially hap- el for academics that it used for athletics. In joining the pen if you weren’t paying attention.” He mentioned the Big Ten, Rutgers became a shiny new toy for athletes various programs that the University has put in place who might not have considered the school beforehand. in order to protect marginalized students as methods Increased visibility in athletics brings augmented name of “paying attention.” For example, Barchi mentioned recognition to the University. Similarly, making Rutgers the Education Opportunity Fund (EOF) as one such more academically appealing to perspective in-state stuprogram that offers students who might not otherwise dents is a noble quest, but in practice could prove detribe able to attend college, the change to do so. However, mental. Raising University standards is a double-edged EOF is a state-funded program and not Rutgers specif- sword. It benefits those who are already here or who ic, meaning it’s effects would be in place regardless of have already graduated, but inhibits chances for those the University raising its standards. Another Rutgers who are not.

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Creating social justice spaces in high schools

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I’ve spent my whole life wondering what I wanted to do as a career. I knew that I wanted to work in a field related to social justice, but I did not know which avenue to take. In the KENYA O’NEIL past few months, I have felt an overwhelming need to make what I have learned here at the University more accessible to the coms a first year, I came into the Univermunities who would benefit from it the most. sity knowing I was passionate about There is no reason for racially marginalized social justice, but I did not necesgroups to face microaggressions on a daily sarily have the vocabulary and resources to basis from their “friends,” or for trans folk to articulate my beliefs. I knew that there were receive visibility but not support or the countpractices in place that exploit marginalized less other ways in which marginalized people people economically, but I did not know that need to navigate their identities, at a young the driving force behind this was called unage with no guidance, in a society not meant regulated capitalism. I knew that there was for them. a difference between the way half of my famToo many times, high schools do not have ily lived versus the other half, but I did not the resources available for their marknow the driving force behind these ginalized students to learn about themdifferences was due to institutionalized and their environment. There is racism. I knew that there were more “In order to have access to these selves a strong need for social justice spaces than two genders, but I had never de-colonial spaces, one must have some in high schools as these spaces play a heard of the term gender binary until halfway through college. Being a very sort of privilege to get them into these major role in the formation of students.

Bringing a social justice center to a high reflective student during college couspaces in the first place.” school would allow students to learn, pled with doing research on Tumblr, unlearn and relearn at a much younger has helped me to learn, unlearn and age. Furthermore, this would have the relearn all things social justice. I feel confident in my ability to understand iden- centers do for the people who have access to potential to reach a much larger population, tities, power, privilege, space, race, oppres- them, but it proves these resources are not many of whom may not make it to college to sion and how these concepts all relate to and accessible. In order to have access to these be able to receive these same services. This complicate each other. I can have meaningful de-colonial spaces, one must have some sort could aid in a decrease in suicides in marginconversations about these issues with my of privilege to get them into these spaces in alized communities, as well as an increase in friends, and we can bounce ideas back and the first place. This is directly upholding the confidence and understanding. Accessible hierarchies that have already been put into social justice would be revolutionary because forth over wine.

As a graduating senior, I feel as if I have place by the white supremacist, heteronor- it would work to deconstruct established turned into this little creature that passion- mative, patriarchal system that we are try- hierarchies by reaching the students who ately spits out academic terms in everyday ing to deconstruct and transcend. We can- would normally fall through the cracks. language, sometimes without even realizing not fight to overcome these systems while Kenya O’Neill is a School of Arts and Scithat younger people, people from back home simultaneously perpetuating oppression in or simply people who have not had access to the form of maintaining systems that remain ences senior double majoring in planning and the academic side of social justice, do not un- inaccessible to the majority of marginalized public policy and Latin and Hispanic Caribbederstand what I am saying. Somehow, social people. In short, inaccessible social justice an studies with a minor in Spanish. Her coljustice has turned into an elitist and inacces- is a contradiction that we need to be highly umn “Cloudy with a Chance of Controversy,” runs on alternate Wednesdays. sible thing. Universities all over the country critical of and avoid at all costs.

Daoud’s critique of Christian relations in Israeli-Palestinian conflict unfounded

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have de-colonial majors, safe spaces and cultural centers in order to challenge the white supremacist, heteronormative, patriarchal society we live in. All of these programs and centers came about in an effort to empower marginalized people but also to provide them with the spaces and resources that they may need to heal.

Despite this, these spaces are not readily available to the people who need them most, because they are typically underrepresented at universities. This is not even to mention the marginalized people who have the opportunity to go to college, but attend universities that do not have de-colonial resources. That does take away from the amazing things that these programs and

Hong Kong, flavors of social responsibility LAISSEZ FAIR: THE INVISIBLE BACKHAND LIN LAN

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ever in my life have I imagined that people washed sidewalks the way they washed dishes. When I arrived in Hong Kong, the first thing I noticed was how well-kept public spaces were, from the subway system to the shopping malls. Someone was always mopping, even when the floors already gleamed. I was in awe.

“Yes, Hong Kong people are very loyal,” my friend said.

That word surprised me. “Loyal” seemed a bit heavy-handed for what I saw as a hygiene issue. The phrase I had in mind was closer to “socially responsible,” but I brushed it off as a translation confusion. I soon learned, however, that “loyal” wasn’t so much a misinterpretation as it was a cultural attitude that I didn’t fully grasp at the time.

From mandatory hall activities that closely tracked attendance, to signs beseeching citizens to keep their subway clean, I felt a strong sense of social duty in Hong Kong.

Whereas I was always scouting out the best waiting spot in the New York subway, Hong Kong had arrows directing people into lines, one for people exiting the train and two for entering. Some trains were only accessible by elevator, so it was normal for attendants to shepherd one group after another in and out, trying to expedite the process.

Yet, these conventions weren’t a suggestion — they were mandatory. Those who

broke the rules, particularly mainland tourists unfamiliar with the city, were at risk of finding a picture of themselves posted online misbehaving, a type of public shaming which some see as good bystander behavior.

In Hong Kong, people see themselves not as polite but devotedly law-abiding. Those who circumvent the laws are not just a nuisance but a disturbance of the social norm, usurping the collective good. That’s a lot more judgment than most of us are used to from the average stranger.

Despite its strict sense of collectivity, Hong Kong wants to be a free and open market. Yet just a few weeks into the semester, I learned about a debate held in a previous year where locals complained of too many mainland students at the university. This semester, in the election for the university’s student council, the school saw its first mainland Chinese candidate, a woman named Eugenia Yip. Though she changed the spelling of her last name to the Cantonese version, it did not protect her from suspicions that she was scheming with the Chinese government to infiltrate Hong Kong with communist ideas.

“They think that we are brainwashed, but we are just trying to make our lives better,” a student from mainland China told me. “They are the ones who think that they are fighting for everyone.”

To her, young adults in China have a far greater sense of independence and personal space — a “do your own thing” culture. A student from Singapore, however, said he preferred working with students from mainland because of the stronger sense of camaraderie, noting that Hong Kong students tended

to divide up the work on day one and turn in their own part at the end. He didn’t see Chinese teamwork as coerced, unhappy or inefficient, as Hong Kong expects of communist culture, but as friendly cooperation driven by mutual benefit, which is actually the heart of free market philosophy. On the other hand, Hong Kong, the self-proclaimed British democracy, is the one that has shaped people into contributing their minimal obligation.

It’s easy for us to look at those we don’t understand and think that they must be so oppressed and ignorant. I once watched a YouTube video of a Chinese girl playing violin and one of the comments suggested that she looked woefully unhappy and that someone should stop forcing her to play. The following comment said, “She played beautifully — what do you expect her to do, dance?”

We often look at a Chinese child studying and see a victim being starved to get A’s rather than a bright student working toward a better future. We look at the one child policy and see a scandalous violation of reproductive rights rather than a nation realizing that everyone would starve if it didn’t mitigate overpopulation. We should worry more about ourselves, because it is when we are most convinced of our own freedom and superiority that we in the most danger of losing it. Without self-criticism and doubt, we might soon find that it is other people who are looking at us with pity.

Lin Lan is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in Economics. Her column “Laissez Fair: The Invisible Backhand,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

The letter by Elizabeth Daoud both criticizes the Israeli government for its treatment of Palestinian Christians and chides Christians United for Israel for its suppor t of this key democratic stronghold surrounded by autocratic governments. Her letter is filled with misstatements, and her ire seems misguided.

Most importantly, there is complete freedom of religion in Israel, including in the areas disputed under international law. She writes that Christians “are routinely prohibited from visiting one of the most holy sites . . . the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The Church remains in the control of various Christian denominations and never are any Christian pilgrims prevented from entering and worshipping there. Ironically, there have been some inner-Christian conflicts at the site (most recently: Coptic vs.

Ethiopic; Orthodox vs. Catholic; Greek vs. Armenian), but none of this has to do with Israeli authorities preventing Christian visitation, attendance, and worship in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. I myself have visited the Church on a number of occasions in recent years, and thus I personally can testify to the guarantees of religious freedom present at this ver y special place.

Daoud’s comment that Palestinian Christians “were almost unable to celebrate Christmas in 2014 due to riots and

“While I myself have expressed concern over Israel’s treatment of its Arab minority, none of the government’s actions have anything to do with the suppression of religious freedom.” street fights caused by the Israeli Police” is totally unfounded. From the news reports which I read this past winter, tens of thousands of local Christian Arabs and Christians from abroad visited both Nazareth (within Israel proper) and Bethlehem (in the West Bank), during both Christmas dates (Western and Eastern), without incident.

While I myself have expressed concern over Israel’s treatment of its Arab minority, none of the government’s actions have anything to do with the suppression of religious freedom. Contrast this with the horrors which Christians are facing in the general region wrought by their Muslim nteighbors. I refer to the mass killings of Christians by the Islamic State of in northern Syria and Iraq, by the Boko Haram in Nigeria, and most recently by al-Shabab in Kenya. It is on these issues where Christian voices should be raised and heard – and yet the world (Christian and other wise) remains largely silent.

Gary Rendsburg is Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies and History at Rutgers University.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

April 15, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (04/15/15). Passion, romance and fun shine this year.

Play with people you love. Practice your arts and skills to raise your pay scale. Write, record and publish. Launch a big project or adventure after 6/14. Breakthroughs at work arise after 10/13. New personal perspectives and priorities unfold after 10/27. Instill playfulness into your work. Fortune favors love. 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 an 8 — Handle urgent deadlines today. It may not be fun, but has long-lasting benefits. A controversy arises. Somebody’s testing your determination, and the strength of what you’ve built. Stick to the basics.

Relax after you hit “send”.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Get friends to help.

You can rise to a challenge. There are plenty of obstacles, including a lack of funding. Don’t get rushed into making errors. Expect the unrealistic. Listen to all considerations.

Everything seems possible together.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 9 — Stick to simple plans.

Curtail spending on frivolities.

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. Imagine a brilliant future. Play by the rules and exceed expectations. Be gentle with a quiet person. Trust your own experience.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Wade through more controversy before you reach an agreement. Old ideas die hard. Re-assess your assets. Sell what you don’t need. Stick to your budget. Balance study with exercise. Get outside.

Sample a new cuisine.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Postpone chores. A financial roadblock requires adaptation. It could seem chaotic or confusing.

Encourage your partner to prioritize expenses. Drop everything until it’s resolved. Ignore rude comments or irritability. Avoid stupid arguments. Lateness could get expensive.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Avoid a misunderstanding with your partner. It takes all your concentration to follow the rules and finish work. It’s time well spent. You get tested. Teasing could cause jealousies. In a heroic act, complete paperwork without losing composure.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Take care of business today.

Don’t get cocky. Follow instructions closely. Collaborate with your partner.

This may require stifling complaints and bickering. Postpone entertainment spending. It’s all for home and family.

Reward yourselves when work is done.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Family comes first. Teach a lesson about waiting and deferred gratification. Don’t squander your savings.

Devise a practical records file. Tried and true methods work best. Finetune your wish list. Reward teamwork with fun and delicious treats.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Home expenses add up. Tally the cost of a renovation, and adjust the budget to suit.

Stick to practical actions. Don’t try something new. Find what you need nearby. Let your partner handle the details. Romance sparks creativity.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Discuss your home situation. Keep shifting things for different options. Disagreement threatens harmony. It could get awkward. Chaos reigns. Flesh out the details. List differences as well as your agreements.

Don’t be persuaded to splurge. Keep a secret.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Consider the consequences of your declarations. Handle financial communications with minimal fuss. It may take patience and a thick hide.

There’s more work involved than you thought there would be. Fantasies abound. Imagine a growing account.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Avoid distractions.

Postpone chores until deadlines are met. Work takes precedence. Check and re-check your procedures. Increase your meditation to reduce stress. Completion provides confidence, ease and relief. Keep at it until you’re done, and then celebrate.

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BATS

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Knights tally 12 runs to take convincing rebound win on road over in-state rivals

Darkness dampens Rutgers rally for win, game ends in tie after 12 innings

CONTINUED FROM BACK In the third inning, Bates smashed her 11th home run of the season to score two, extending the lead to 5-0. She later tacked on another after an RBI single.

On the day, Bates compiled a line of 2-for-3 with three RBI to extend her hitting streak to 15 games.

“I tried to take it one pitch at a time,” she said. “Against Michigan, I was getting in my head too much and probably worrying about things that I shouldn’t have.”

Rutgers went on to dominate the rest of the game scoring seven more runs to end the game after six innings.

Senior left fielder Chandler Howard added a two-run homerun in the winning effort. She led all Knights at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with four runs and two RBI. Nelson was pretty pleased with the effort of his defense especially carrying over from the series this past weekend.

On the pitching end of things, Nelson called on senior left-hander Alyssa Landrith (13-7) to take the ball on short rest. Landrith had thrown all seven innings of the Knights’ series finale, a 5-0 loss to the Wolverines.

Originally, the plan was to start junior right-hander Dresden Maddox but that all changed on Monday when assistant coach Misty Beaver came to Nelson and said Landrith could go after a great recovery day on Monday.

“Yesterday, I really made sure that I recovered,” Landrith said. “I went out in with my trainer and I made sure that I would be ready for today.”

She didn’t show any wear and tear and was able to go five innings, striking out seven batters and reestablishing her dominance on the season.

While Nelson tries to keep his past at Seton Hall separate, he admitted getting the win today was bittersweet especially when it comes to recruiting in New Jersey.

“I try to separate myself from my days there (at Seton Hall),” he said. “It’s a game and you try to play the game the way it’s supposed to be played, especially with in-state recruiting on the line. Hopefully, if they were watching this game, they pick us.”

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CONTINUED FROM BACK and that cost us an extra run. We took it too lightly and I think early on we had a chance to put the team away and it didn’t happen. We let them stay in the game.”

Litterio went on to say that the outings from senior closer Jon Young and Fleming were the lone positives to take from the game.

Young and Fleming combined for five shutout innings of relief to close out the game. Young allowed three hits over three innings pitched, while Fleming put up nothing but zeroes in his appearance.

For Fleming, it was his best outing of the season and he hopes he can build on the performance. Litterio said Young and Fleming impressed, but the Churchville, Pennsylvania, native felt he had more in him if the game kept going.

“I’m just happy I was able to extend the game,” Fleming said. “I was happy the coaches had faith in me to put me into that spot and gave me the

opportunity to do that. It worked out for me, but it kind of sucks we didn’t get the win. It feels good to have a good outing because lately I’ve been struggling and I’m starting to do better now, but for a few weeks I wasn’t pitching my best. I knew I had more pitches in me, but I’m more bummed we didn’t get the win.”

When the Knights face off against Columbia, the feeling will be different.

Rutgers planned to pick up the offense against Lafayette and ride the momentum, but that didn’t happen.

Zarrillo said the Knights now have a chip on their shoulder while they finish out the midweek games.

“I think this game fires us up a little more,” Zarrillo said. “It’s very frustrating to get a tie knowing that we should’ve won. I think (Wednesday) we are going to come out swinging from the get-go and try and get the win.”

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Sophomore left-hander Ryan Fleming held Lafayette at bay in his relief outing, but couldn’t earn his first win of the season in a tie.

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April 15, 2015 WOMEN’S LACROSSE

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

Seniors reflect on Big Ten shift BRIAN FONSECA STAFF WRITER

When the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team made the transition to the Big Ten, it knew there were going to be some growing pains along the way.

The talent of the opposition in the Scarlet Knights’ schedule — eight teams in the top 30 according to the NCAA women’s lacrosse RPI, with two more teams in that range remaining — has made the change difficult on the banks.

Hollie DiMuro, a fifthyear defender who has played her fair share of Big East games before Rutgers moved to its new conference, believes the consistency in which the Knights face great teams is the major dif ference between the conferences.

“These girls in the Big Ten have better stick skills and more speed,” DiMuro said. “We’ve played talent like this before, but the difference is we’re playing them more often.”

The West Babylon, New York, native has used her five years of collegiate lacrosse experience to assist the underclassmen, adjusting to the team in order to prepare the program for the years of Big Ten action ahead.

“I try to encourage them and motivate them,” she said. “I try pulling them aside all the time and explaining what happened in that situation –– what they did wrong, what I have done in the past, to show them this is how you do it, this is not how you do it.”

Rutgers (1-13, 0-3) is currently on a 13-game losing streak, breaking the old program record of seven consecutive losses in the 1988 season. The squad has suffered defensively, giving up 192 goals this season, eight goals shy of equaling the most goals allowed in a campaign (200) also set in 1988.

Despite the defensive woes displayed by the Knights this season, there have been bright spots.

While permiting a historic amount of goals, senior goalkeeper Candice Dandridge also ranks first in the Big Ten and 14th in

Senior defender Hollie DiMuro sits one caused-turnover shy of third all-time in school history, behind Robin Erthal with 80.

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the nation in saves per game, deflecting 8.71 shots at her goal in 14 games in the cage.

Playing in a position where substitutions are rare, Dandridge didn’t see much action until her junior year. The inexperience heading into this season made the transition difficult in the beginning.

“In order to keep up with the pace of the game, you have to play in a game,” Dandridge said. “Practice is not enough. Playing and seeing those types of shots every game definitely helps. I think I started a bit behind because I missed my first two years, but I got time my junior year, so I think that helped. But I did start a little behind so I had to catch up.”

DiMuro is approaching the all-time caused turnover record in program history. The fifth-year senior has 80 career caused turnovers, one away from tying Robin Erthal for third all-time and 29 from equalling Kristin Checksfield for the top spot.

Lauren Sbrilli joined the elusive 100-goal club in a 10-8 loss against Lehigh.

While milestones are being approached and exceeded, the individuals on the team do not put themselves before the collective goal.

Dandridge was unaware of her place among the elite netminders in Division I until she was told in a pregame interview.

“I didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool,” Dandridge said with a laugh. “But I guess all the handwork is paying off. Staying before and after practice and getting extra shots and making sure I see the shots I see in games if I didn’t see them in practice.”

Head coach Laura BrandSias sees the selflessness of the team as a positive and believes it made the move to the countr y’s elite women’s lacrosse conference smooth.

“We’re very team-oriented.

Particularly with us transitioning to the Big Ten, it’s important to understand that we don’t have a lot of kids that will rival the talent of the other teams,” the 13thyear coach said. “Someone might score and reach a benchmark, but when you leave with a loss, they understand they’re going to have those moments. But they have that understanding that it’s great but it didn’t help us win the game.

We collect the balls — be it scoring Lauren’s 100th goal or Halley Barnes scores the first goal in the Big Ten — but we push the celebration off to the side.”

Along with the selflessness, the Knights have been a resilient group unwilling to give up the fight regardless of how many times they’ve fallen — a dangerous quality to have when facing the gauntlet that is the Big Ten. “Our record doesn’t reflect what a good group this is,” BrandSias said. “Like I’ve always said, how much fight they have and the ability to rebound on a daily basis says a lot about their character and the kind of people that they are. We’re able to have the record that we have and be able to fight every single day.”

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Senior sprinter Kadeem Douse commended sophomore sprinter Jermaine Griffith’s potential following his return from injury.

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Sprinter battles back from injury for RU MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

Given the toll the everyday grind of training and practices has on the body, the road to optimal health can be a long one for a track and field athlete.

There is not much time off between the indoor and outdoor seasons, as training for the outdoor season begins immediately after indoor ends.

The Rutgers men’s track and field team has wrestled with a serious bout of injuries to key athletes during this outdoor season, but have recently seen the return of a prime performer in sophomore sprinter Jermaine Griffith.

Griffith competed in the Colonial Relays at William & Mary two weeks ago, making a splash in his season debut in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.92 seconds.

It was gratifying for him to get back on the track with his fellow Scarlet Knights, especially after how hard he has rehabbed to get back after dealing with nagging injuries.

“I have very high expectations for myself, but after coming back from injury at the Colonial Relays, I think I did pretty well there,” Griffith said. “It was good to get back into a live race for the first time in a while.”

The Hamilton, New Jersey, native was a big signing for the track and field program at Rutgers. A third place finish overall in the 400-meter dash at the New Jersey Meet of Champions highlighted what was an illustrious four-year career at Nottingham High School.

Griffith had some success during his debut season as a Knight by finishing third place in the 400-meter at the American Athletic Conference Championships. He even became an NCAA Regional qualifier in the same event, along with the 4x400-meter relay race.

This year, however, has been riddled with struggles.

Griffith missed the entire indoor season after suffering setbacks in his rehab, forcing him to sit out the first few meets of the outdoor season.

While it has been a trying time for him, he feels fortunate to have a strong support system to help him through the pain.

“It has been pretty hard to come back, but I have all the support of my friends, family and teammates — and they’ve helped to make the process easier,” he said. “After dealing with some injuries last year, I knew what to expect when I ran into some trouble again this year.”

The coaching staff is certainly pleased with the progress Griffith has made in his efforts to return to the track, hoping he can build from his outings as a freshman.

He adds another talented athlete to an already decorated sprint unit.

“Jermaine (Griffith) is a very important part of our sprint group,” said head coach Mike Mulqueen.

“He was an NCAA qualifier last year as a freshman, which is very impressive. Him coming back healthy adds more depth to a very strong sprint team.”

As Griffith noted, he has not felt alone during his struggles.

He has become very close with veterans on the team, such as senior sprinter Kadeem Douse, who has also dealt with many injuries in his career that forced him to miss his entire junior season.

Douse understands what Griffith has been going through, but is thrilled to see him competing for Rutgers once again.

“Jermaine has great potential as an athlete,” Douse said. “The number he had at Colonials was a great showing, given the circumstances of him working his way back. …

Everyone on the sprint unit is key, and Jermaine is a great piece for the unit. When you see the times he put up in high school and (at Rutgers), the sky is the limit for him.”

But being healthy is not the only thing Griffith is striving for.

While he is excited to compete once again and looks forward to a shot in the Big Ten Championships, he has one clear goal in mind — to break his personal record of 47.20 seconds in the 400-meter dash that he set in high school.

“I really hope to get back to where I was when I started training and to hopefully surpass my personal best of 47.20,” he said. “If I can do that, I’d have a chance to go back to Regionals, and maybe the national championships.”

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April 15, 2015 TENNIS RUTGERS REMAINS POSITIVE AFTER WINLESS SEASON IN BIG TEN

Experience breeds improvement for Knights in 2015 LAUREN FORSMAN STAFF WRITER

The last point has been played and the final scores have been recorded.

For the Rutgers tennis team, the first season in the Big Ten has officially come to an end.

After its road trip to Indiana this weekend ended in two losses, head coach Ben Bucca’s squad is not one of the 10 teams that qualify for the Big Ten Tournament.

“The team set as a goal to qualify for the Big Ten Tournament,” Bucca said.

Looking only at their win-loss record, it could be assumed that the Scarlet Knights struggled consistently and experienced mostly disappointment.

While it is true that the Knights finished 6-14 and 0-11 in conference play, the story doesn’t end there.

The early portion of the season was promising.

Although they dropped matches to Temple, No. 60 Princeton and Charleston, the Knights finished non-conference play with an optimistic 6-3 record.

On March 13, the Knights faced then-No. 73 Michigan State at home. From the first point to the last, it was a battle.

Freshman Chloe Lee won an impressive straight-set match in the No. 3 singles spot, representing her first individual Big Ten win. Senior

captain Lindsay Balsamo was also victorious at the No. 4 spot, defeating Michigan State’s Catherine Parenteau decisively, 6-0, 6-3.

Junior Mariam Zein lost a heartbreaking match in the No. 5 spot against Athena Trouillot, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-4.

In a match where a few points did not go the Knight’s way, the fierce competition ended in a disappointing 5-2 loss.

“I feel like we had a lot of opportunities in that match and it was a couple games, a couple points from going our way so that’s probably the one that sticks out the most,” Balsamo said.

Rutgers’ match against then-No. 69 Minnesota at home on March 27 was painfully reminiscent of its narrow defeat to the Spartans.

“Tennis is a difficult sport because it is an individual sport. I mean, we’ve all grown up playing it individually, and now it’s a team sport,” Bucca said. “... It was tough to be on all cylinders all the time.”

Bucca noted that the consistency that results in every member of the team performing at a high-level in every match is something that the Knights will work on in the future.

“I think there just has to be a recognition that historically, Rutgers tennis specifically and tennis in the Northeast generally consists of teams ... that are on the national platform,” he said. “So, in sports, you always want to promote consistency

and it would have been wonderful if everyone could have been playing their best every match but that’s just not realistic, especially in a sport like tennis.”

While it was difficult for Balsamo to see her team struggle this season , she pointed to the individual successes the Knights achieved this season as proof of the team’s potential in its new conference.

“You have to realize that this is a transition year and the best is still yet to come for this program,” Balsamo said. “We really competed well against some of the best teams in the country and while we didn’t pull out team wins, we pulled out a lot of individual wins and it’s just encouraging for the girls coming back next season to know that they can pair those together and pull out some team wins.”

Junior Gina Li recalled her first Big Ten win in the No. 1 singles spot against Katia Blik. “(The match) was at home and we had a lot of people come out, and it was such a close match,” Li said. “With just the intensity level and all the energy, it was probably one of my favorite moments.”

Balsamo maintains that adjusting to travel is equally important to adjusting to the high level of competition in the Big Ten. But she believes that, as the weeks went on, the team made the necessary changes to its routine.

“Obviously those (weekends) are really tough because you’re

really hurting and feeling sore on Sunday,” Balsamo said. “So that takes a little adjusting, but I think we handled that really well.

And we all prepared and took care of ourselves.”

In what may seem paradoxical, Bucca maintains that as the season progressed and his team continued to lose to their Big Ten opponents, the Knights actually began to expect to perform better each time out.

“Our level of expectation improved,” Bucca said, “We transformed from a team that, in the beginning, really wasn’t sure about themselves and how they would compete against nationally ranked teams, to a team that, by the end of the season, went into matches fully expecting to compete effectively with nationally ranked teams. And that’s what familiarity does and that’s why, over the years, we are going to become more competitive in the Big Ten.” Perhaps equally striking was the season-long commitment.

“It would have been very easy for them to go negative, to start finger-pointing, to lose confidence, to lose their joy of playing because you’re losing,” Bucca said. “The team showed that they’re a very unique group and one that is very supportive of one another.”

Only days removed from its last match, Rutgers has not yet reflected on their season as a team and they plan to do so in a few days, when they can access objectively.

According to her own personal assessment, however, Balsamo, who had played in both the Big East and the AAC during her Rutgers career before the move to the Big Ten, remains impressed with how the team fared in its first season. “(Going into the season) I knew the teams were going to be tough,” she said. “I didn’t really know what to expect, but I think I was surprised by how close we are to being there. I wasn’t sure if we really belonged in this conference, but I think any of the teams you ask would say that we pushed them and that we shouldn’t be taken lightly.”

Although Rutgers fell short in its ultimate goal of qualifying for the Big Ten tournament, its achievement this year lies in the Knights ability to compete and the team’s competitive spirit remained unwavering.

“What really sticks out and what I think will be the legacy of this team is really how they practiced and competed the right way,” Bucca said. “And even though that didn’t result in wins, it really resulted in setting a strong foundation of doing things the right way and over time that’s going to lead to us having wins.”

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FOOTBALL KNIGHTS SIX UNDERCLASSMEN ON DEFENSIVE LINE

Defensive linemen build intensity, experience in practices GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

Pinned on the one-yard line with the end zone at his back, sophomore quarterback Hayden Rettig trotted to the line of scrimmage with the first team offense.

As artificial crowd noise bounced throughout the Indoor Practice Bubble, the Rutgers football team ran through its unique 11on-11 drill near the end of practice.

With spring camp more than halfway over now, the implementation of situational practicing like this are exactly what senior defensive lineman Djwany Mera expects as position battles continue to heat up.

“It’s more intense,” he said.

“These guys are fighting for positions and we’re just bringing it, competition all over the place.”

Stacking up as arguably the strongest unit for the Scarlet Knights heading into the 2015 season, the defensive line returns six regulars to the rotation.

Two of those are Mera and Quanzell Lambert.

Lining up opposite of each other at the two starting defensive end positions on the spring depth chart, the combination of Mera and Lambert alone ensures strength and speed to anchor a deep group in the trenches.

But past the production they provide on Saturdays in the fall, Mera and Lambert bring two entirely separate aspects of leadership on the front four of the Rutgers defense.

After entering as a four-star linebacker out of high school, Lambert’s transition to Piscataway wasn’t without a couple of twists and turns.

Electing to switch him to defensive end, the coaching staf f chose to redshir t Lamber t’s freshman season. He then gradually received more time

on the field, playing sparingly after his year out before cracking the rotation in 2014 to play all 13 games.

Despite just 28 tackles and 2.5 sacks in his first two seasons back on the gridiron, Lambert’s track record earned him the starting spot at defensive end on the spring depth chart.

Head coach Kyle Flood said most of that originates from the 6-foot-1, 250-pounder’s versatility.

“Quanzell’s another really smart football player who is a powerful athlete,” Flood said. “… There’s a lot of things he can do, much like a guy like David Milewski did for us at different points in his career, so he’s a valuable guy.”

After compiling 28 tackles and 2.5 sacks in his first two years on the gridiron, junior defensive end Quanzell Lambert strategizes his next step. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2014

But even if he does maintain his position by the end of camp, Lambert just wants what’s best for the team.

“You know, just going out and competing and doing what’s best for the team. It didn’t matter if I was the starter or the second,” Lambert said. “We all need each other at the end of the day, so I took that role as in moving from starting (right end) to the nose and if that’s what’s best for the team, then that’s what I’m gonna do. I’m not gonna complain about it and pout and do all those things.”

Mera takes an identical approach.

Noting the remaining upperclassmen waiting in the wings, Mera likes to keep the bigger picture involved. Past his individual development, Mera has already seen the talent in the younger Knights on the line.

Lambert agreed, calling the potential of the six underclassmen on the defensive line scary.

“I reminisce those days when I used to go and there and just look like a chicken without a head, so the way to see them with the way they react to it is actually great because, you know, back when I was there, I didn’t react the same,” Lambert said. “I probably put my head down, but the way these guys come out here and react to, you know, mistakes and everything, they just go out and give 100 percent. It’s actually really exciting.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It would have been very easy for them to go negative, to start finger-pointing, to lose their joy of playing. ... The team showed they’re a very unique group and one that is very supportive of each other.”

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SOFTBALL RUTGERS 12, SETON HALL 2

Rutgers’ bats club Pirates in South Orange RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER

In order to have a rivalry with another school, competition is expected to be present.

But the rivalry between the Rutgers softball team and Seton Hall has been an exclusively one-sided series in recent years.

On Tuesday, the Scarlet Knights charged up the Parkway to South Orange to take a 12-2 win in six innings for their 10th straight win over the Pirates.

After being swept and dominated this past weekend by then-No. 4 Michigan, Rutgers (21-12, 7-5) turned the page fast in a quick turnaround victor y over Seton Hall (17-21).

The combination of the past weekend’s disappointing performance and the prospects of an in-state rivalry evidently fueled the Knights.

“I think the fact that we just got swept by Michigan, we just wanted to come out and win the next couple of games,” said senior centerfielder Jackie Bates.

The team that took the field on Tuesday was a complete opposite from the one that took the RU Softball Complex in the past three games.

This was the team that resonated the prior seven-game winning streak.

“It was really good. We were hitting the ball pretty hard,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “It’s good to get back on track. We still have some work to do. It’s good to see us hitting today.”

The Knights got off to a fast start, putting three runs on the board in the first inning on runs batted in by junior third baseman Jordan Whitley and shortstop Melanie Slowinski.

After struggling this past weekend, failing to get on base once and going 0-9 against the Wolverines, Bates looked to get off the schneid against Seton Hall and she delivered.

Senior left fielder Chandler Howard went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate in a 12-2 win for Rutgers over Seton Hall yesterday. She drove in two RBI and scored four times with a two-run home run in the sixth. RUOXUAN YANG / APRIL 2015

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BASEBALL RUTGERS 3, LAFAYETTE 3 (12 INN.)

Knights fight Lafayette into extra frames TYLER KARALEWICH

Against Lafayette (7-18-1), the Knights sought to gain some momentum in the midweek before the weekend series against Michigan State, but they didn’t quite accomplish that goal.

With the score tied 3-3 in the bottom of the 12th inning, Fleming entered his second inning of relief. After seven straight Leopards were retired by Rutgers’ pitchers — including three batters being struck out in order by Fleming in the final frame — the game was over.

The Knights (11-23-1, 5-7) did not win or lose — they tied Lafayette 3-3 Tuesday in the first game of a midweek back-to-back. The game ended with an even score in the 12th due to darkness because Karmine Stadium, Lafayette’s home field, does not boast lights.

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Sophomore left-hander Ryan Fleming ended the game Tuesday against Lafayette with four strikeouts in a row after retiring sixstraight Leopard batters. But when the game ended, there was no losing pitcher and Fleming didn’t have the chance to earn his first win of the season.

The Rutgers baseball team desperately needed offense going into the two midweek games this week against Lafayette and Columbia. And for a team that has struggled all season to score runs and support the starting pitchers, the Scarlet Knights wanted to pick it up before the weekend.

A tie is rare in college baseball, especially for Rutgers. The last time the Knights ended a game tied was against Fordham in a home matchup way back in 2008. It’s a downer for the Knights that they didn’t have the opportunity to finish out the game, senior left fielder Vinny Zarrillo said.

“It’s definitely frustrating. You never want to tie and you always want to win the game,” Zarrillo said. “We were ready to go in that last inning to take our at-bats, but they called it and we were all frustrated. But they don’t have any lights, so what are you going to do.”

Not being able to finish out the game upset Rutgers, but even more troubling for head coach Joe Litterio was the opportunities the Knights

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senior centerfielder, extended her hitting streak to 15 games in yesterday’s 12-2 win at SHU. Bates went 2-for3 at the plate with three RBI and a two-run blast in the third inning to lead Rutgers.

left on the field. Litterio said he thought that Rutgers should not have even been in that situation late in the game.

With nine hits stretched out over the 12 innings, the Knights are still searching for momentum offensively entering their second midweek Wednesday against Columbia.

“We’re trying to win that game and at the same time we are fighting the clouds and the darkness,” Litterio said. “It feels like every inning is almost the last inning. When you don’t win a ballgame, it’s not really a good thing. I was disappointed — we had our opportunities early in the game, we didn’t really run the bases well SEE FRAMES ON PAGE 13

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

SOFTBALL

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vs. Villanova (DH)

vs. Columbia

at Ohio State

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Today, 2:30 p.m., RU Softball Complex

Today, 3:30 p.m., Bainton Field

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Columbus, Ohio

Friday, All Day, Princeton, N.J.