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The Rutgers baseball team swept South Florida to move into first place in the Big East. In doing so, head coach Fred Hill Sr. earned his 1,000th victory in his 27th year at the helm of the Scarlet Knights.
U. implements more guest meal swipes BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
With many students using up their 10 given guest meals at University dining halls ever y semester, a new system will allow those who need access for family and friends to purchase more. The Rutgers University Student Assembly and Dining Ser vices developed a new mini-block meal plan that allows students to purchase five extra guest swipes for $35 at any point during the semester. The previous
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Various organizations around the New Brunswick area as well as solo runners participate in the Unite Half Marathon yesterday beginning on Busch campus and ending on the College Avenue campus, a stretch of nearly 13.1 miles.
Volunteers go the distance for charity BY VANDAN UPADHYAYA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 4,000 runners, 300 volunteers and close to 25 local bands took to the University’s streets yesterday to participate in the inaugural Unite Half Marathon. The marathon is a fitness and fundraising event organized and owned by CGI Racing, one of the premiere race management companies in the region, said Julie Delaney, a CGI Racing representative. “We created this Unite series because we wanted to combine that university atmosphere and camaraderie with the lifestyle healthiness of runners,” said Michelle Redrow, cofounder of CGI Racing.
INDEX UNIVERSITY Two students win a prestigious award to advocate for minority rights internationally.
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Although produced by CGI Racing, the marathon was co-sponsored by the Rutgers Recreation Department. “The reason why we held the event at Rutgers is because we were really interested in the University audience,” Delany said. “Rutgers is a beautiful place with lots of space.” Marathon planners aimed to make a bigger impact through the event by allowing people to use the unite theme, Redrow said. “Ten charities have raised over $40,000 for their efforts, and each of them become a Unite partner, and they use the race as a platform to raise money,” she said. CGI Racing also wanted to raise money for the University’s recreation
department which is self-funded, Redrow said. The race commenced at 8 a.m. with New Egypt, N.J. resident Ted Kucowski and his disabled son, Brandon, leading the way. “He starts every one of our races,” Redrow said. “He pushes his son the whole 13 miles in a wheelchair.” The runners, who were of all ages, ran a course that stretched for 13.1 miles, starting at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus and ending at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. Many participants concluded their race after about 2 to 3 hours of tracking through the course.
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The Rutgers Percussion Ensemble, a mix of undergraduate and graduate musicians at the Mason Gross School of the Arts, brings a variety of sounds to the University each semester with a free show in the Nicholas Music Center on the Douglass campus. Joseph Tompkins, director of the Rutgers Percussion Ensemble and chair of the percussion program at the University, has led the musicians for two years. “I thought it was great,” he said of the groups’ second and final performance of the academic year, held yesterday. “Ever ybody worked really hard.” The percussion ensemble gives students the opportunity to play a wide range of literature written just for percussion instruments, Tompkins said. Recently incorporated into this range is the AfroCuban style.
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HOUSING PREDICTS HOTELS WILL NOT BE NEEDED The University has projected that students may not have to live in hotels for the 2010-2011 academic year. Vice President for Student Affairs Gregor y S. Blimling said compared to last year, fewer students requested housing this year. “We may not have as many students choose to live on campus because of financial reasons,” Blimling said. There are still some vacancies in some of the first-year residence halls and in Rockoff Hall, he said. There are about 600 students on the waiting list for 2010-2011 housing, but some of these students might be requesting specific housing arrangements, Blimling said. “Often we’ll have students on the waiting list for very specific kinds of rooms,” he said. There are about 500 students this year who live in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Somerset, N.J., he said. Blimling said while the University will not make any final decisions until May 1, when all of the application numbers are finalized, the University has already made arrangements with the Crowne Plaza Hotel in case additional housing is needed. — Ariel Nagi
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Musicians trace back to Afro-Cuban roots BY COLLEEN ROACHE
mini-block meal system gave the opportunity for students to purchase extra meal swipes — but only for individual use. Executive Director of Dining Ser vices Charlie Sams said the new system gives the opportunity for students to bring more guests into the dining halls. “When a student purchases a mini-block to add additional meals to their existing meal plan, those new meals will be available for both the
Instructor Javier Diaz has taught Mason Gross students about AfroCuban music this academic year. The style of music adds a new dimension to the curriculum, which oftentimes is limited to traditional Western works, composed by musicians like Mozart, Bach and Beethoven, he said. “When they incorporate that into their classical training, it just makes them even better musicians than they already are,” Diaz said. Afro-Cuban music is unique in that it is based on aural traditions kept alive by slaves, making the genre’s music less dependent on visual components and more focused on a musician’s intuition, he said. Diaz, who was born in Cuba, lived in Venezuela and immigrated to the United States in his late teens. He studied at Julliard but said he never lost his Afro-Cuban roots. “It’s just part of my life,” he said. “I incorporate all these things — classical, Afro-Cuban, Latin.”
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CROWNING VIETNAMESE CULTURE
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Previous winners Jennifer Tran, left, and Jackie Nghiem crown winner Michelle Phan at the Vietnamese Student Association’s Fourth Annual Pageant Saturday at the Busch Campus Center. The pageant aims to honor tri-state Vietnamese women.
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Students earn human rights fellowship Scholarship grants two U. students chance to fight for minority rights
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Think you run fast? Compete in the first-ever Rutgers Recreation “RU the Fastest?” event. It is a 50-yard dash for both men and women. Preliminaries will be held at University Park on Busch campus from 5 to 7 p.m. Prizes and giveaways will be up for grabs. Every year Student Life recognizes those organizations and individuals who have shown dedication of service and leadership to the University and community. Rutgers Outstanding Students Celebration and Recognition winners receive a certificate of recognition for their achievement along with an award at the rOSCARs Awards Ceremony. Nominations are due April 20. For more information and nomination form links, visit: http://www.getinvolved.rutgers.edu/roscars. Feel free to send any questions to osi@echo.rutgers.edu.
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Think you run fast? Compete in the first-ever Rutgers Recreation “RU the Fastest?” event. It’s a 50-yard dash for both men and women. Preliminaries will be held at University Park on Busch campus from 7 to 9 p.m. Prizes and giveaways will be up for grabs. Come find out more about the book journalists so furiously flip through trying to make a deadline, a journalist’s bible — The Associated Press Stylebook. Meet the man behind the AP Stylebook from 7 to 9 p.m. in Center Hall of the Busch Campus Center. David Minthorn, deputy standards editor of AP, will reveal what goes into the production of the beloved book. Pizza and beverages will be provided.
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Editors from The Daily Targum will hold a writers meeting for current and prospective writers at 9:30 p.m. in the SLounge on the fourth floor of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. They will assign stories and answer questions about writing articles. No previous writing experience is required, and anyone interested is welcome to attend. Join Rutgers United For the Welfare of Animals’ First Annual Dog Walkathon to help make a difference in the lives of animals. Event registration will be from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Douglass and Cook Campus Centers. Registration is only $5 for students and $10 for everyone else. The walkathon is open to all students, staff and members of the community and those with or without dogs. Rescue organization and staff from local shelters will be there with adoptable dogs as well. The walkathon will be on Sunday, May 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Buccleuch Park.
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Delta Phi is hosting its first annual “Sausagefest” from 7 to 11p.m. at the Delta Phi house located at 6 Union St., behind the Grease Trucks. The event includes all you can eat hot dogs and lemonade and will cost $5. All proceeds benefit the local charity Elijah's Promise. For any questions email deltaphirtugers@gmail.com.
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The Rutgers Performing Dance Company is hosting its Spring Showcase at 8 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass Campus. The show features student choreography and showcases the talents of dancers of all different levels. This semester the show incorporates a variety of styles — hip-hop, contemporary, tap, lyrical and jazz. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 general admission.
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The Rutgers Performing Dance Company is hosting its Spring Showcase at 1 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass Campus. The show features student choreography and showcases the talents of dancers of all different levels. This semester the show incorporates a variety of styles — hip-hop, contemporary, tap, lyrical and jazz. Tickets are $5 for students and $10 general admission.
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For the first time in University histor y, two students, Amber Henry and Paul Chiariello, were awarded the Humanity in Action Fellowship in the same year, giving them the opportunity to advocate for minority rights around the world. “In my opinion, there are two HIA winners largely due to the work of Dr. [Arthur] Casciato and his ability to identify the students most fitting for the award,” Henry said. The HIA Fellowship is an international education organization that engages, inspires and develops a network for students and young professionals to commit to protecting minorities while promoting human rights around the world, said Ar thur Casciato, director of External Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance. The organization believes a way to see if a democracy is genuine is to observe how it treats its minorities, according to the HIA website. Commitment to democratic values and the protection of minorities cannot be taken for granted in the United State and Europe. “Humanity in Action proves that students from our university can do a wonderful job for the future,” Casciato said. “The fellowship is a wonderful way to start a career in minority and human rights study.” He said the award is an example of how the University can help students exercise their global reach. Henry, a Rutgers College senior, first heard about the fellowship after she was referred to Casciato. Through his guidance,
she became a finalist for not only the fellowship but also the Marshall scholarship and the Fulbright grant. “Amber is a wonderful student and is committed to human rights, especially in South America,” Casciato said. Like Henr y, University senior Chiariello also heard about the fellowship after meeting with Casciato. He is currently abroad in Indonesia through a Fulbright English teaching assistant grant.
“The fellowship is a wonderful way to start a career in minority and human rights study.” ARTHUR CASCIATO External Fellowships and Postgraduate Guidance Director
“Paul is a hard-working and committed student,” Casciato said. “He has not only done work in Indonesia, but also in Africa and India.” To qualify for the fellowship, Henr y and Chiariello went through a competitive online application process that required an official transcript, personal statement and résumé. They also had to provide recommendation letters, undergo interview processes and select the best location for a summer site project. Henr y is set to travel to Amsterdam while Chiariello will do his work in Berlin. HIA received 634 applications and chose 57 fellows last year, according to the organization’s website.
“Selections are made on the basis of demonstrated commitment to minority rights and social justice, evidence of leadership potential, significant academic achievement and social maturity,” according to the site. Although details of their activities have not been outlined yet, both students are required to conduct a competitive project in one of five countries where they will meet with politicians and diplomats and discuss human rights. Over the summer, they will be required to produce an individual report on a specific area of minority and educational rights study. Along with work for the HIA fellowship, Henr y will also focus on her Fulbright award that will help her prepare for her Ph.D. coursework. “Fellowships like the Humanity in Action fellowship demonstrate the diversity of Rutgers’ student body and project them on an international stage where we are able to compete and achieve honors,” she said. Henr y encourages undergraduates to travel abroad as a way to increase one’s sensitivity toward other people. She said if students discover their unique talents and find a way to nurture them, then the results will be positive. “I would also encourage them to take advantage of the multitude of scholarships, fellowships and grants the University provides them,” Henry said. On the other hand, Chiariello said via e-mail correspondence that the world is an enormous place, and students should find their niche. “Pursuing your dream is a process, so don’t worry about the product,” Chiariello said.
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SWIPES: Students can purchase up to 25 guest meals continued from front student plan holder or a guest — their choice,” he said via email correspondence. With the previous mini-block meal plan, students would have only 10 guest swipes for the semester and could not purchase anymore, said Ross Kleiman, RUSA chair of the University Affairs Committee. “I’ve been talking to Charlie about the possibility of increasing guest swipes,” he said. “When we looked at the numbers, it showed that across the board, no matter what the plan was, students were using about five to seven of their guest swipes.” Kleiman, a School of Engineering sophomore, said the previous system was a problem for many students who used all of their guest swipes too quickly. “We looked at a mechanism through which people could purchase extra swipes if they wanted them,” he said. “So now, we have the ability to purchase five guest swipes for $35 and up to 25 extra guest swipes.” Kleiman added the use of the new mini-block system allows the University to provide students with the option to purchase more guest swipes without increasing the number each student receives per semester. RUSA Chair Werner Born said Kleiman’s idea for the new mini-block system would allow better access for visitors to University dining halls. “I think the new changes that Ross worked on are very good for students,” said Born, a School of Engineering senior. “For a while, students have wanted the ability to get more guest swipes, and this now enables them to do that.” School of Arts and Sciences junior Adam Petrosh said the new mini-block system is better because he can increase the
chances for bringing friends to a dining hall. “I happen to have the most meals left out my roommates. I used all my guest swipes on them,” he said. “With this option, I’d be able to be able to buy some more and [we would be able] to help each other out.” Kleiman said there are many benefits from the guest swipe increase, including allowing more funding toward various initiatives. “You can fund programs with them, there are donations, and there is the ability to bring students into the dining hall,” he said. “Without a mechanism to get more guest swipes if you are out of them, students are basically at a loss when they use the 10 guest swipes.” School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Christine Jose
“Students have wanted the ability to get more guest swipes, and this now enables them to do that.” WERNER BORN RUSA Chair
said the new system is a great idea because her guest swipes usually run out quickly. “Usually, when I run out, it’s kind of hard if friends come [to the dining hall] and you have to pay,” she said. “So, it’s a good idea.” The new mini-block meal plan is not the only focus of Kleiman and Sams. Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Delia Pitts is chairing a committee that is looking over the meal plan system, Kleiman said. “We’re going to make a recommendation to [Vice President for Student Affairs] Gregor y S. Blimling about what we believe our meal plan should look like,” he said. “It’s basical-
ly just reviewing our current meal plan structure and seeing what it is that we want.” Kleiman said by working with Sams, he was able to view the finances of Dining Ser vices and better understand how it works. Through this partnership, he found the current system to be effective in the way it ser ves University students. “It gives students a lot of options. They can use their meals at the dining halls, the stadiums and at any of the vendors associated with dining services,” he said. “You have guest swipes and you don’t have to worry about using a certain amount of meals in a week.” But he said there is a situation that creates confusion for many students at the University, which the committee hopes to address. Meal swipe prices are based on the average used by students at the University. For example, if students use 70 percent of their meal swipes on average, then each student would only be charged for 70 percent of their meal plan, Kleiman said. “It gets confusing because many students will have 30 or 40 meals left at the end of that semester and they’ll say ‘Where are all my meals going?’ The reality of it is that no one ever paid for it to begin with,” he said. “Since Dining Services is not-for-profit … there’s not a need for excess money.” The committee aims to help students become more informed on how the meal plan process works, Kleiman said. “That’s where a lot of confusion arises for people and that’s one of the things we’ve looked at as well — more transparency and a better understanding of meal plans,” he said. Born said the committee may be moving at a slower pace while examining the system, but there is a reason for it. “I think it is something where they are taking a slower route, but it’s the steady route,” he said. “It’s one of the main things students deal with every day, and it’s not something they’re going to take lightly.”
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U. TO AWARD SIX HONORARY DEGREES The University’s Board of Governors decided Thursday to confer six honorary degrees at this year’s 244th Commencement ceremony May 16, according to a University Media Relations press release. Gov. Chris Christie will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, as the University traditionally recognizes new state governors, according to the release. Along with Christie, the first female African head of state and the Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Eleanor Smeal, president of the Feminist Majority Foundation and this year’s commencement speaker, along with the Rev. M. William Howard Jr., chair of Rutgers’ Board of Governors, will receive honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees. Judy Blume, a popular fiction writer, will receive one as well. Dr. Carl Djerassi, emeritus professor of chemistry at Stanford University, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree May 17 at the joint Rutgers-Newark College of Arts and Sciences and University College convocation, where he will deliver the keynote address. University President Richard L. McCormick will present these six honorary degrees alongside a record 12,500 academic degrees during the festivities at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus, according to the release. — Neil P. Kypers
CULTURAL RHYTHM
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The Rutgers Chinese Dance Troupe performs at its second annual social Friday night along with another group, Verse|One at the Asian American Cultural Center on Livingston campus.
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CHARITY: CGI Racing considers more marathons at U. continued from front “The campus is very beautiful and very scenic. [The environment] made the marathon very easy and possible,” said Beth Jarvie, who ran on behalf of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The Unite brand and the production of the half-marathon by CGI Racing is new, Delany said. CGI Racing organized triathlons in the past, such as the New Jersey State Triathlon and the Philadelphia Women’s Triathlon. Redrow and her husband Larry, University alumni, founded CGI Racing together and are both serious runners who love to organize races and promote fitness. Volunteers helped throughout the event with everything from handing out water to joining in applause near the finish line. Jennifer Buccigrossi, a participant in the event on behalf of the “We’re Inspired to Stay Healthy” team, noticed the gravity of the volunteer’s help. “It takes a lot more work than what people realize to get an event like this to come together,”
Buccigrossi said. “Without the help of the volunteers, it would not be possible.” Volunteers consisted of Unviersity students and participants from organizations and high schools around the New Brunswick area. Dean Granot, an East Brunswick High School junior, volunteered at the event alongside a fellow member of the East Brunswick Rescue Squad. “We have over 40 people working this event today from the East Brunswick Rescue Squad,” Granot said. “After volunteering at the marathon this year, I will want to run the marathon next year.” Julio Barrientos, a participant of the race and other races throughout New Jersey, enjoyed his run through the marathon and found the race more scenic than the Jersey City Marathon. “I am not part of any organization, so I ran this just for me,” Barrientos said, who also participated in New York City Marathon. The marathon concluded around noon, when the last of the runners walked past the finish line and collected their medals. “I would love to come here again next year,” Buccigrossi said.
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More than 4,000 runners participate to help support various charities yesterday in the first-ever Unite Half Marathon from Busch campus to the College Avenue campus.
ROOTS: Band hopes to have higher turn out next time continued from front The Rutgers Percussion Ensemble performed works by Lou Harrison and Carl Orff Saturday evening with the Kirkpatrick Choir at Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Also, the Rutgers Percussion Ensemble, the Rutgers AfroCuban Ensemble and the Rutgers Afro-Cuban Dance Ensemble collaborated yesterday to perform. Mika Godbole, a doctoral student at the University, has been a member of the ensemble for three years and said she enjoys playing with musicians from all levels in the group. “In all music, you come from different places, but then you try to meet somewhere in the middle and make music together,” she said. Godbole said the ensemble was more traditional during her first year, but it has since branched out and now incorporates more unusual percussion instruments, like coconuts and pebbles, into its pieces. “It really pushes your limits and understanding as to what music is,” she said. “You start hearing the world differently. It’s really cool.” Mike Singer, also a doctoral student, said he enjoyed his year with the ensemble. “We’ve been focusing on so many different kinds of music,” he said. “It’s a mind-opener. It has introduced certain pieces to me that I hadn’t heard of before.” Being in the ensemble has given Singer opportunities, like playing in Tully Hall, that may not have been available otherwise. In terms of acoustics, Tully was the perfect match for Harrison’s “Violin Concerto,” he said. “That was just a wonderful experience, to be able to play in the hall,” Singer said. “It’s got an aura of greatness. It’s a prestigious place to perform.” Tompkins would like to see even more audience members at future performances. “I would love to have people come from other parts of the campus and other disciplines outside music,” he said.
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Volunteers clean local shores to launch Earth Day initiatives BY JEFF PRENTKY STAFF WRITER
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day this Thursday, volunteers are coming together throughout the week to clean and beautify many businesses, schools and residential neighborhoods in New Brunswick. The city of New Brunswick’s “Stop, Think, Go Green” campaign worked with New Jersey Community Water Watch, a joint program with the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group, to organize “Urban Clean Up Week,” the first event of its kind, said Campus Coordinator for Water Watch Eric Struble. Cleanup events will occur every day this week at different locations around New Brunswick. The week will end with a celebration this upcoming Saturday with Mayor Jim Cahill, a recycled robot named MC Blue, a basketball tournament, music and food, according to the city of New Brunswick’s website. About 175 volunteers, composed mostly of University students, gathered Saturday to kick off the week by removing litter along the Raritan River, Weston’s Mill Pond and Mile Run Stream. “The Raritan River is the 13th most polluted river in the country,” said Struble, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.
The biggest issues lie upstream where industries pollute directly into the river and development disrupts the river’s natural cycle, he said. “These are big problems with the Raritan River,” he said. “And we see the end result of it right here.” Struble said the number of people that come out and volunteer their time to the cause is
more important than the amount of trash collected. “To us, the issue isn’t so much the trash, but it’s the fact that [people] care enough about the river to come out and do something to help clean it up,” he said. Thomas Taylor, a Union County College sophomore, said he found mostly Styrofoam and plastic bottles with caps.
“I found an area about the size of a car where I could be working for about an hour just collecting little pieces of Styrofoam,” Taylor said. “The pieces of Styrofoam would just break up so that it would take time to pick up every little piece.” School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Sade Grandberr y said she had trouble collecting
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Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore Gabrielle Yeung joins the effort to clean up the city Saturday as the New Jersey Community Water Watch program launches its “Urban Clean Up Week.”
the many pieces of Styrofoam she found. “It’s awful. There’s Styrofoam everywhere,” she said. “It was impossible to get it all up.” Many students at the University are not aware of the recycling problem, said Livingston College senior Rich McCann. “It’s more of a factor of whether [students] care,” McCann said. “Usually you don’t find a lot of people caring about the environment.” The event provided free food, popcorn and iced tea for the volunteers, but was free of bottled water. “We wanted to show that it doesn’t make much sense to have an environmental clean up and then provide more of what is causing the problem to begin with,” Struble said. With New Brunswick’s highquality tap water and the increase in stainless steel water bottles, reducing bottled water use is a way for students to limit their litter, he said. The Water Watch campaign aims to make the University bottled-water free. “There are all kinds of ways that you can cut down on your pollution factor just by changing little aspects of your day-today life,” Struble said. “These are things that would not only help the river — it helps ever y one of us.”
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3-D television makes us sick
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he world’s biggest electronic companies have finally released the newest in television products — 3-D TVs. And while those who like to keep up with the fads might take the trip to the electronics store and spend up to $9,000, 3-D TVs do more bad than good. According to The Daily Mail, Samsung has issued “an extraordinary health warning about the dangers of watching 3-D television.” Watching “Alice in Wonderland” or “Avatar” in 3-D easily proved that horrible headaches are very much a part of going to see these new movies. We do not need this in our living rooms. The release also said that pregnant women, the elderly, children and those suffering from serious medical conditions are among a very wide range of people at risk. The alerts warn against confusion, nausea, convulsions, altered vision, light-headedness, dizziness and muscle twitching. This impressively inclusive warning simply is not for us. Watching — now regular — HDTV is probably where we should want to stop. In addition to the health concerns, there are many practical issues facing electronic companies. In reality, there are few people who would wear 3-D glasses all day, and they would hardly choose to sport them while watching their favorite sitcoms. Not only do people look foolish when wearing the glasses, but they are simply unneeded. Watching “Seinfeld” does not really warrant extra dimensions and the jokes hardly need any more enunciation. The purpose of 3-D showings, at home or on the big screen, is to show off all the glossy, spectacular special effects that have come to promote most films. But what should we make of watching a game show or a soap opera in three dimensions? Perhaps the lack of acting ability needs to be brought out for the buyers of these televisions. The last problem that comes out of these new sales of 3-D televisions is the fact that Samsung put up the warning in order to protect itself from any legal suits — reminiscent of many pharmaceutical companies. It turns out then, quite unsurprisingly, that the company is once again driving at making a simple profit. Health risks and worries are far behind on the company’s list of priorities. We are not going against the progress of technology, yet when a new product comes out — having once failed at the movie theaters from the 1950s until recently — people must see its detriments. The warning reads, “Viewing in 3-D may cause disorientation for some viewers. Accordingly, DO NOT place your TV television near open stairwells, cables, balconies or other objects that can be tripped over, run into, knocked down, broken or fallen over.” Maybe then we should stay away from 3-D TVs.
New gun law endangers everyone
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fter its passing of a bill unfairly targeting immigrants as criminals, Arizona legislation has once again stepped off the deep end. Arizona has become the third state to allow people to carry a concealed weapon without requiring a permit or background check. Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill into law on Friday, favoring the constitutional right to bear arms. The measure takes effect in July and could not be a bigger mistake in this day and age. With everyone worried about health care and costs of the federal program, the state of Arizona has gone in the completely opposite direction. The dangers of the new law, which allows anyone over 21 to simply walk into a store and buy a gun, are immense. The passing of the law will only increase the number of accidents due to untrained “adults” owning firearms. Police are also rightfully concerned with shooters in stressful situations, who accidentally strike innocent bystanders with stray bullets. Letting a recently legally-allowed-to-drink 21-year-old to buy a firearm could lead to dire consequences. The individual wakes up on his milestone birthday and goes out to a bar — following a binge-drinking rampage with his friends, he goes out to buy a weapon and while the salesman sees the inexperience of the birthday-boy, he has the right to purchase the gun. With no classes required or permits needed to be seen, there is sadly nothing stopping him from appearing on the late news as the guy who went on a birthday killing rampage. Those who argue that the law is just another step in protecting our civil rights seem to be stuck in a different century. The law is archaic and was meant to protect our freedoms from an oppressive government rather than give us uncontrolled use of firearms. It was a compromise back in the 1700s, and it is a mistake today. It simply does not apply to today’s world. Those who fear another suppressive government fear the wrong thing — rather than “protecting” our freedoms, we must face the economic blunders to which our government exposes us. Taking trillions of dollars of taxpayers’ money is only one example. Firearms are simply not the right method of fighting back. There are lots of 21-year-olds who lack the maturity to sit through a high school health class on “safe-sex,” let alone handle a firearm. In these cases — as they are predominant — people should know how to operate a gun and the laws regarding it. Without a law or any required courses, the case for safe gun handling can hardly be made.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s awful. There’s Styrofoam everywhere. It was impossible to get it all up.” School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Sade Grandberry on cleaning local shores during the start of “Urban Clean Up Week” STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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According to The New ith April waning York Times, Pearl River and final exam High School in Rockland season approachCounty has moved its juning, those who worked hard ior prom to a Wednesday all semester are getting evening and senior prom burnt-out and those who to a Sunday, enforcing procrastinated all semester attendance requirements are becoming frantic. It is LARISSA KLEIN for the following school easy to look back with envy day. Other schools simply to high school when this attempt to offer students an after-prom alternawas prom season, and your biggest worries were tive that rivals renting a shore house. In Derby, coordinating looks with your date and snagging a Conn., prom will be followed by an evening of deal on a beach house. laser-tag, and Albertus Magnus High School in Prom, for the ladies, is a day of hair, nails and New York has scheduled a Disney World trip to unforgivable betrayal, which usually takes the form coincide with prom. of a violent dispute regarding dates or limo payIt seems as if having the “Jersey Shore” cast ments. And if we choose to accept “American Pie” as to set the example for after-prom conduct has an accurate representation of what prom is like for gotten schools particularly on edge. Yet, at what the guys, then it is safe to say that the actual event point does beefing up prom and after-prom rules is the last thing on their minds. infringe on more than simply students’ fun? But when it is all said and done, your high school Some feel as if these new school prom is never more than a distant policies are stepping on parents’ memory — kept alive only by the “Instead of a toes, allowing schools to have too cache of photos your parents, grandparents and neighbors snapped of fairytale evening, large a say in what is appropriate for their children. you and of a dozen of your best, and schools are My 18-year-old brother actually now most estranged, friends on the stairs and on the front lawn. When providing students had the nerve to ask my parents to supply him with $120 worth of alcoyou reminisce about the day, it is with radical hol because he had missed the cutprobably over the wildly mischievous to pay for a spot in his friends’ deeds you committed in the wee policy changes ...” off shore house and that is what he hours of the following morning and, demanded to serve as a substitute. more likely than not, those recollecNeedless to say, they were shocked at the request, tions are pretty fuzzy. said no and are still locked in a battle with him over I wouldn’t say that I am jealous of this year’s his after-prom plans. He may be a stupid high lucky prom goers, but even with the obligatory catschool senior, but it is their responsibility, and not fights, I would trade any one of my finals for the drahis school’s, to guide and to punish him. mas of prom night. And it seems as if some schools With school administrators taking these matters are finally figuring out how to make the event as into their own hands, it can become degrading to memorable for students as it is portrayed to be in parents. Almost suggesting that parents will not the movies. Except, instead of a fairytale evening, enforce the proper standards on their “Snooki” and schools are providing students with radical policy “The Situation”-inspired prom goers. Mr. Bill changes that make the prom an affair to remember Furdon, principal of Pearl River High School con— especially because they will no longer have the tends that his school’s policies prevent kids from opportunity to make the prom weekend memories being able to say to their parents, “‘You’re ruining that overshadow the party itself. my life.’” He seems to see the school as doing famiAt my former high school, stringent attendance lies a favor, by forcing students to resent their requirements are enforced the entire week after school instead of their parents. prom. Seniors are banned from their graduation cerBut is it really appropriate for an educational emonies if they miss one day of classes without a institution to be taking such preemptive measdoctor’s note, and sophomores and juniors lose an ures against after-prom shenanigans? Not only entire semester of parking privileges for the infraction. However, other tri-state area schools are SEE KLEIN ON PAGE 9 reported to be taking even harsher measures.
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oday is the day that you can get involved as a member of the Rutgers University Student Assembly. A mandatory information session will be held for all students who are interested in running for a position on RUSA at 7 p.m. today in Room 410 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The Elections Committee will discuss and answer questions about the timeline of the RUSA election. Students will also be provided with RUSA’s election’s guidelines, which discuss the rules that govern the election, and they will be asked to submit their Declaration of Intent to Run, which is a document that allows the student to declare their interest in participating as a candidate. Attendance is mandatory for all students who seek candidacy. Students who are unable to make it may send a proxy. A proxy is simply an individual who does something on behalf of someone else. The proxy must come with a copy of the Declaration of Intent to Run that is signed by the candidate. The document is available online at http://rusaelections.webs.com. Once candidates have submitted their declarations at the end of the elections information session, they may begin to actively campaign. It is my hope that many students, including you, will get involved with RUSA this year. RUSA is the undergraduate student governing association of Rutgers University-New Brunswick. It works to address students concerns about academ-
ic and university kind of impact on services, as well as the university, broader legislative state and issues on both the federal levels. BEN WEST state and the federRUSA not only al level that affect provides students higher education. with an opportunity to make a meaningAn organization with such a broad ful and substantial impact on their comand important mission needs rising stu- munity, but it also gives students many dent leaders to steer it in the right direc- leadership experiences that future tion. Only through the involvement of employers will value. Having gone on committed University students can inter views and secured a job, I can honRUSA’s potential be realized. This year, estly say that employers were ver y students, using their positions of influ- impressed with my experiences in RUSA, ence in RUSA, were able to influence where I worked on a team to make a tanUniversity administrators gible dif ference in the to eliminate a ban on bake of others. Employers “It is my hope that lives sales in academic buildvalue job candidates who ings and secure parking now how to work on a many students, passes for student leadteam, who are organized, including you, will who now how to convince ers. They took action to challenge cuts made to and engage others and get involved with the funding of state prowho have experience RUSA this year. ” grams that provide stuattaining measurable dents with much needed results. These qualities are financial aid, and they impor tant in the workpressured federal lawmakers to oppose place, and RUSA of fers students the discriminator y blood bans and cuts to opportunity to gain these qualities. an impor tant program that allow In addition to performing meaningful University graduates to close the educa- work and gaining invaluable work expetional achievement gap. Far from simply rience, students will also walk away with meeting to organize a bake sale or friendships that will last them a lifetime. debating about irrelevant topics in Throughout my own time in RUSA, I Hardenbergh Residence Hall, students have met several ver y good friends. I who were a part of RUSA made a real realize that were it not for us having the impact on campus. By joining student oppor tunity to meet each other and government, any student can make this work together in RUSA, I would not
Referendum passes thanks to readers
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fter months of advertising and reaching out to as many organizations and students on campus as possible, The Daily Targum Referendum has finally reached its conclusion. The process, which provides the Targum with a mandate from the students to remain independently funded through student fees, ended successfully, passing in all polling divisions. First and foremost, thanks to all of the students who went out and voted yes. Also thanks to those who voted no for voicing their opinion, reminding us that we can always improve and keeping us humble before the student body. The process requires a number of yes votes equal to 25 percent plus one of the number of students in a division. Overall, we were able to poll 37 percent of the enrolled undergraduate student body, just 3 percent shy of our goal. So again, to all those who voted — especially those who voted yes — thank you. Thanks to all the councils that passed resolutions to support the Referendum and urged students to vote yes. It is this kind of mobilization and support that really allows this process to succeed, and thanks to the Rutgers University Student Assembly for its support as well. A big thank you is due to the University for ensuring the process went as smoothly and according to guidelines. It is necessar y to single out Don Heilman, assistant director for Student Affairs, who was extremely helpful during the process and always available for help when we needed it. Finally, thank you to all of the students who help spread the message, staffed the polling locations and were responsible for organizing the campaign in each division. A big thanks to the Referendum Coordinator, Fotini Halkias, and her assis-
tants who ran the entire Referendum successfully. This year set a new standard for leadership that the Targum hopes to see in years to come. To all the staff of the Targum — your support and aid in getting out the message to vote yes is greatly appreciated. I would like to reflect for a moment on what this successful vote means. Many students do not realize that the Targum prints 17,000 copies of the paper Monday through Thursday and on Friday 15,000 copies. A daily paper with this type of circulation is no easy feat and it is a studentrun publication responsible for being the historical documentation of the University. This paper will exist as a primary source far into the future of the University, and its continued independent existence will provide unbiased insight into the our University’s past in years to come. The Targum is also a learning institution offering experiences you cannot get in a classroom. It is the most available resource for students who want to go into journalism, as it allows them to get their foot in the door. It is also great for people who want their name published, want to interview and meet people all over the area and people who have an interest in photo or video looking to improve their skills, all anyone has to do is visit the editorial office at 26 Mine St. There are countless leadership opportunities for anyone who wants to dedicate themselves to the publication as well. The Targum will diligently ser ve the University community for years to come, now without fear of interruption, thanks to the successful passing of the referendum. Neil P. Kypers is editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum and a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science.
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KLEIN continued from page 8 does it feel like they are parenting, but it also seems as if they are policing their students. The rest of the nation is given civil liber ties and af forded the opportunity to break the law and then face the consequences; yet, these high school students are being denied their right to screw up. Even more
know many of these individuals as well as I do today. This year’s election will be the most exciting election yet. For the first time in University histor y, students will be able to have a say in who represents them in this important organization. As candidates begin to campaign this week, students will see their faces and hear their voices as they attempt to get out the vote. Students will be able to see the candidates for the office of president face off in a debate at the Eagleton Institute of Politics and speak with them during a reception following the debate. And on election day, students who enter each and ever y campus center will be enthusiastically encouraged to vote by outgoing members of RUSA. By coming to today’s mandator y information session at 7 p.m., you can become a par t of this exciting election. By joining student government, you can make a measurable impact, gain invaluable work experience and make good friends along the way as a member of RUSA. By making the decision to run for a position on student today, you can take your future into your own hands. Ben West is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science. He is chairperson of RUSA’s Elections Committee and encourages you to visit http://rusaelections.webs.com for more information.
bothersome is that schools are choosing to apply different policies during prom week than they do the rest of the year. As a college student, no one is checking up on you to ensure you do not have a late night that will cost you a passing grade on your finals. Less than a year from now, many of these high school students will be at a university without overprotective school administrations or parents to watch their ever y move. Ultimately, at 18, they
should know their boundaries, and have the ability to exercise personal judgment. I wouldn’t say that it is too tea party-esque to assert that schools should not be taking something away from students as basic as the right to make decisions and, likewise, mistakes. Larissa Klein is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English and art history. Her column “Definition of Insanity” runs on alternate Mondays.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Create dynamic flow in household tasks by clearing a comfortable workspace and gathering tools and materials before starting. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Instead of beating yourself up or missing the point in an important discussion, why not ask questions and see if you gain clarity? Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — You can carry creative activities forward if you keep your imagination engaged while also discussing practical requirements. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Use all your wiles to communicate a desire that others may not share. You need this, so choose words thoughtfully. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — No matter how hard you try today, stress creeps in. If you must say what's on your mind, choose words that have no sharp edges. You don't want to cut anyone. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Almost everything falls into place when you wish for it. Enjoy this fleeting moment. Persuade others to think big and ask for the moon.
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Knights sweep Bulls, regain lead in Big East BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
In Spain, they run with the bulls. In Piscataway, they run over them. Following in the footsteps of the footBASEBALL b a l l SOUTH FLORIDA 1 t e a m ’ s b e a t RUTGERS 13 down of South Florida at home earlier in the year, the Rutgers baseball team inflicted the same pain at Bainton Field. The Scarlet Knights swept the three-game series from the Bulls, winning the last game yesterday in dominating fashion by a 13-1 score. USF (16-19, 8-4) came into the series in first place in the Big East. Now, that honor belongs to Rutgers (21-13, 10-2). “They didn’t seem like they came to play today,” said junior outfielder Michael Lang of a South Florida team that committed three errors. “Honestly, I don’t know who they played, but I didn’t think they were a firstplace caliber team, no offense to them. But, we are the first-place team now.” One thing that’s never been in question is the Knights’ ability to produce runs. Counting the most recent game, the team scored five or more runs in its past 18straight games.
“We are just doing the little things,” said junior first baseman Jaren Matthews of the streak. “We are moving guys over. When we have runners on second and third we make sure we get at least one run across. Earlier in the season we didn’t get those guys in but now we are.” Not to be outdone by the streaking bats, the Rutgers pitching staff put together another stellar performance. Lefty Dan O’Neill toed the rubber and put together seven innings of five-hit baseball, striking out four and not giving up an earned run. “He wasn’t super sharp, but I think he did a good job,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr. The true freshman earned his second win of the season to improve his record to 2-0. “I thought I did pretty well,” said O’Neill. “The last few starts I was a little shaky so earlier in the week I gave myself an evaluation check to settle down. I wanted to get ahead and stay ahead, that’s been the theme between myself and our catcher Jayson Hernandez.” The Knights did a majority of their damage in the fourth inning, putting seven runs on the board while forcing USF to use three pitchers in the frame. Designated hitter Brandon Boykin got the rally going in the fourth with a two-RBI single with runners on the corners. His fellow Don Bosco Prep compatriot,
Matthews, came up later in the inning and launched a 0-2 pitch into the gap in left-center field for an RBI. “We just wanted to finish the job,” said Matthews of game three. “We talked about it earlier. We wanted to come out early and get on top. It took us three innings to put up a run, but then we put up seven in the fourth and the game was over.” Pat Biserta capped off the evening by launching a home run over the left field wall in the seventh inning. The long ball is the 15th of the junior outfielder’s season and it moves him into sole possession of second on the single season list. Biserta trails only the renowned Todd Frazier who, in 2007, set the record with 22 dingers. The sweep over the Bulls is the sixth-straight series win for the Knights and their sixth-consecutive win overall, giving the team momentum heading into a road trip with crucial series against Connecticut and Louisville. “Our confidence is up and we believe we can win,” said Hill. “Our pitching has done well and our hitting has done well. [The sweep] feels good, but we better be ready to play Connecticut.” In the second game of the series Saturday afternoon, senior pitcher Casey Gaynor pitched eight innings of one-run baseball in a 6-1 victory. The win gave Hill
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Freshman pitcher Dan O’Neill earned his second victory of the year, striking out four in seven innings against Big East foe South Florida.
his 1,000th victory of the year and served as the series clincher. “It’s just magical,” said senior co-captain Jarred Jimenez. “It’s so great to get Moose his 1,000th win here at home with all of the fans here. Words can’t even describe how much he deserves it.”
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The series began with Rutgers erasing an early, five-run deficit to win 8-7. A pinch-hit, two-run homer by Ryan Kapp pulled the Knights even and two batters later, Biserta hit a solo shot to right field for the win. Freshman closer Tyler Gebler shut the door on the Bulls in the ninth.
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Head baseball coach Fred Hill Sr. talks with freshman closer Tyler Gebler, left photo, in the ninth inning of Friday’s 8-7 comeback victory over South Florida. Gebler also recorded the final out in Saturday’s 6-1 victory to give Hill his 1,000th win, after which senior co-captain Jarred Jimenez, right photo, presented Hill with a case for the game ball.
HILL: Frazier cites coach as reason for joining Rutgers continued from back “He’s a fundamentals guy and I loved that,” Frazier said. “He’s a well-known guy with a background that’s through the roof. When I talk to him now, our conversations are short and to the point. ‘How are you? Good? Good.’ He’s just an old-school guy.”
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It’s hard to imagine Rutgers baseball without No. 24 at the helm. Hill credits others around him for all of his success, but if it weren’t for him, some of the best players would never have donned the Scarlet and White. “I wouldn’t have went there if he wasn’t there,” said Frazier, the player who single-handedly scored more runs (12) in the 2007 Big East Tournament than five teams did. “I would have went
somewhere else. He’s a wellrespected guy. Now when I go different places people always say, ‘Oh you played for Freddie.’ They always have stories about him. They are always good stories.” Questions of when he will hang up the jersey and retire seem to creep into conversations year after year, but the 75-year-old keeps chugging along. “Never,” Fenster said about when Hill will retire. “As long as he is healthy and feeling well then he is going to do it as long as he can. He is in great shape and probably in better shape than half of our players. I see him just going and going and going. We’ll probably retire before he will.” Hill’s ability to connect on a personal level with players draws the top talent from New Jersey and its bordering states. “He’s honest with all of the kids out there,” Baxter said. “He puts it up front and tells them what he believes they should be
doing. Kids aren’t stupid. They can see everything that goes on. “He’s about never giving in and being prepared. The one thing I can tell you [is] that all the kids that have come and bought into that have been better.” And with former players and coaches and family members looking on under a dreary April sky, the 1,000th win for Moose finally came.
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The game had enough implications as is — game two against thenBig East leading South Florida. The Knights took game one with lateinning heroics, but the team needed none of that next time around with ace Casey Gaynor on the mound. The senior drew up an eight-inning, one run performance in a 6-1 victory. “[Fred Hill Sr.] deserves it. If there is anyone that deserves it, it is him,” Gaynor said. “On the verge of 1,000, I didn’t want to screw it up.” When closer Tyler Gebler forced USF’s Todd Brazeal to ground out in the ninth inning, the
entire coaching staff wrapped its arms around Hill and embraced its leader. Always praising his staff and players for his successes, Hill hugged them back. The celebration began — started by first baseman Jaren Matthews dousing Hill with the water bucket — and the team presented Hill with a plaque, the game ball, an engraved bat and a banner that will hang on the left field wall until the end of the season. After that, Hill was asked if he wanted to say anything. Once again, he wouldn’t budge. But behind the love from his friends and family, Moose walked over to an outstretched microphone behind home plate and in front of a record crowd of 1,124, he spoke. “This really belongs to the players I have had an opportunity to coach and the coaches I have worked with throughout the years,” Hill said. “I am blessed to have the support of my family through all these years I have
spent on a baseball field. Today was a great moment, which I will cherish forever.” His march to 2,000 began Sunday with a 13-1 win over USF to sweep the series. Rutgers did the things that Hill cared about far more than any milestone — tried hard and won. “He is just about winning today and winning tomorrow and the next day. And anything that gets him away from that is a wasted breath in his mind,” said Fenster in an interview last week. “It is a big deal and I hope that when it does happen he is able to reflect on it and enjoy it with the rest of the staff and the rest of the team.” Before the ceremony finished, Hill posed for a photograph surrounding the banner with his family, his coaching staff and the team. At that moment a grin swept over Moose — a smile that could only have meant that his team succeeded, the only thing that ever mattered to him in the first place.
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Familiar track sparks last-chance qualifiers BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ STAFF WRITER
For the second-straight meet, the Rutgers women’s track and WOMEN’S TRACK field team took to Route 1 for a trip to intrastate foe Princeton. Weaver Track and Field Stadium is the closest the Scarlet Knights have been to home all season and, for the second time in three weeks, they took advantage of that familiarity. Rutgers head coach James Robinson can attest to that close-to-home mentality but acknowledged that the last two trips to Tiger countr y came at two ver y different points of the outdoor season. “Although there is familiarity with it [the Larr y Ellis Invitational], it is a different meet,” Robinson said. “They know it’s the last opportunity they have to kind of put things together and qualify for the Big East Championship.” The team boasted six top three finishers, including two
event winners and 12 conference“She was able to make adjustqualifying marks. ments really in the finals,” said Leading the charge for the Robinson. “She was able to exeKnights was freshman Asha cute her jumps better [in the Ruth, who secured a win in the finals] than she was in trials.” long jump with a 5.66-meter leap. As expected senior captain The victory marked the first one Michelle Gomes put together this year for the freshman and another strong performance of qualifies her for the Big East her own this past weekend. Championships, Gomes clocked but it did not in at 11.95 seconds come easily. in the 100-meter “We need Ruth suffered dash, giving her to perform at the an injury midway first place and both through her same time on the Big East and indoor campaign, Eastern Collegiate same day in order A t h l e t i c making this weekend only the qualito really maximize Conference fourth competifiers. Just behind tion of her colleher in second place our chances.” giate career. was junior Jamie JAMES ROBINSON But the adverWalker, with a 12.18 Head Coach sity did not end second Big East there. qualifying mark. After watchThe captain ing seven others snag the first also ran her way into third place of eight qualifying spots for the in the 200-meter event, with a finals in her event, winning time of 24.42 seconds. the event seemed a bit of However, the string of topa long shot for Ruth, but it three finishes translated to the isn’t where you star t, it’s where field events as well, as juniors you finish. Nwamaka Okobi and Natalie
Clickett each finished runner-up. Okobi’s 12.07-meter leap and Clickett’s 44.25 throw each earned Big East and ECAC qualifying marks, respectively. The last of the Knights to place was junior Pavielli Vega, who turned in a 24.90 second time in the 200-meter event, giving her eighth place. The mark gave Rutgers another much needed Big East qualifier and in good time, as the meet marks the last one this outdoor season in which teams can earn qualifiers. The Knights hop right back into action Thursday for the storied Penn Relays hosted by Pennsylvania. The meet will serve as the final tune-up for the team before championship time, as the Big East Championship takes place the following week in Cincinnati. To have success in the conference meet, Robinson knows his team needs to come together. “We need to perform at the same time on the same day in order to really maximize our chances of doing well in the Big East,” Robinson said.
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alks of expanding the Big Ten Conference continue to surface, but many reports indicated yesterday the talks will soon be set into motion. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany confirmed that he will be attending the Association of American University meetings but did state that he is still in a “silent phase” concerning the expansion. The conference said in December that it would mull expanding for 12 to 18 months.
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won Game One of their first round NBA playoff series against the Miami Heat, but that is not what has made noise around the league. Celtics for ward Kevin Garnett’s conduct earned him a suspension for Game 2 after he threw an elbow to the head of Quentin Richardson, resulting in a flagrant-2 foul. Richardson received a $25,000 fine for his instigating role in the altercation.
THE UNITED STATES TOOK down Canada Friday in the Under-18 Hockey World Championships, blanking the Canadians 5-0 in Belarus. American goalie Jack Campbell saved 30 shots in the shutout, helping his team improve to 2-1 in its group play. The squad next takes on host country Belarus.
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on making a deep run in this year’s NBA playoffs, it will have to do it without the likes of its starting center. Mehmet Okur tore his left Achilles tendon on a drive to the basket Saturday during the team’s opening round playoff game against the Denver Nuggets. Okur averaged 13.5 points per game and 7.1 rebounds per game during the regular season.
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Flyers and the New Jersey Devils squared off last night for game three of the opening round playoff series and Philadelphia took the victory 32 in overtime. Devils goalie Martin Brodeur recorded 31 saves in the contest, but could not defend Daniel Carcillo’s put back goal 3:35 into the extra period. The Flyers now hold a 2-1 series lead in the turnpike series battle.
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Orange storm out of halftime to top Knights BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT
You can only defend a team like Syracuse for so long. For 30 minutes, the Rutgers men’s MEN’S LACROSSE lacrosse SYRACUSE 11 team did t h a t , RUTGERS 5 keeping itself in the game against the two-time defending champions. But like an impending storm, the Orange could not be stopped, scoring the first four goals of the third quarter and rolling to an 11-5 victory over the Scarlet Knights last night at
Yurcak Field in front of a seasonhigh crowd of 3,253. “I thought we were a little nervous and a little tight,” said Rutgers head coach Jim Stagnitta. “I thought if we were going to get at them, it was going to be early because they weren’t that sharp either.” While Syracuse’s offense took a while to get going, its defense did not allow Rutgers to take advantage. The Orange forced the Knights into a season-high 26 turnovers while holding them scoreless for the first 40:42 of the game. By the time Rutgers broke through on a goal from sophomore defender Andrew
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Syracuse attack Tim Desko (21) hits RU midfielder Steven Watson during the Orange’s 11-5 victory at Yurcak Field.
D’Agostino it was 6-1 and any road back looked bleak. “We were slow in the first half and they push out a little more than most teams and that changes up what we want to do,” said senior Justin Pennington. “It takes a lot more energy for us to create shots against them and I think we got worn down a little bit toward the end.” Syracuse senior Chris Daniello finished with four goals and two assists to set a career high for points in a game. Daniello broke a scoreless tie with a pair of goals midway through the second period as the Orange took a 2-0 lead into intermission. He added two more in the fourth quarter to cap off his career-night. “I thought Chris played ver y well,” said Syracuse head coach John Desko. “Bumping him into the midfield really made a big difference for us and he got us the goals in the first half and then a few more in the second half. At times, it looked like he was doing whatever he wanted to.” Syracuse (10-1, 3-0) took control of the game with a 4-0 spurt to start the third quarter. Midfielder Jeremy Thompson laced a powerful shot from distance past Rutgers goalkeeper Billy Olin less than two minutes into the half to get the Orange off and running. Tim Desko made it 5-0 three minutes later and Cody Jamieson scored twice to cap off the run. “We had too many costly turnovers,” D’Agostino said. “You can’t have that against a team like that.” Syracuse, which came into last night’s game ranked second, will likely move to No. 1 in the polls when they are released today. Top-ranked Virginia lost 13-9 to Duke Saturday.
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Sophomore defender Andrew D’Agostino scored the first goal of his career in the third quarter of the Knights’ 11-5 loss to Syracuse.
The Orange won for the sixth straight time against the Scarlet Knights and lead the all-time series 38-8. Pennington and senior Adam Goldberg each scored twice for Rutgers (5-6, 1-2), which lost its fourth consecutive game. “We still have three Big East games left and we still have a chance to finish second in the Big East,” said Pennington, who extended his point streak to 20 straight games. “We have that to look for ward to and that’s what we’ll focus on when
we come to practice Tuesday.”
KNIGHT NOTES: Stagnitta coached his 300th career game last night. Prior to Rutgers, he spent 12 seasons at Washington & Lee and is in his ninth year with the Scarlet Knights. Stagnitta is 187-113 in his career but just 51-70 at Rutgers.
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Early lead not enough to take down ranked Hoyas BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER
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Senior attack Brooke Cantwell scored three goals and added an assist before leaving the game after a blow to the head in the first half.
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team couldn’t have asked for a better start Saturday against No. 14 Georgetown. The Scarlet Knights raced out to a 4-0 WOMEN’S LACROSSE l e a d RUTGERS 12 w i t h i n the first GEORGETOWN 19 f o u r minutes, but as the saying goes, it’s all about how you finish. The Hoyas battled back and never looked back, downing the Knights 19-12 in the nation’s capital. “We started out strong, we were getting the draw control and we had a lot of intensity,” said Rutgers head coach Laura BrandSias. “Really the ball never crossed into our defensive 30 at the start of the game … but they got some quick goals and we wavered a bit. We let them go on a run and score.” Seniors Mar y Cr yan and Brooke Cantwell and junior Marlena Welsh all picked up hat tricks for Rutgers, but the Hoyas relentless attack proved
too much. The Hoyas used an 8-0 run in the second half to seal the game, and Rutgers never recovered. With the goal, Cantwell moves into sole possession of fourth all-time on the career list for the Knights. But Cantwell’s impressive showing was halted in the first half after the attack took a blow to the head from a Hoya defender. The senior did not return in the game, but should be ready to play next weekend against No. 21 Notre Dame, Brand-Sias said. On paper, Rutgers held serve with Georgetown, winning the draw control battle 19-14 and falling just short with 31 shots to the Hoyas’ 33. But Georgetown (8-5, 6-0) went a perfect 4-4 on free position shots — all in the first half — while the Knights (9-4, 2-3) did not score a goal on seven attempts. “We outdrew them and we did a good job on the draw we just didn’t transition the ball with confidence,” Brand-Sias said. “The few times they did get the draw we gave up fast break goals against them, which we almost never do.”
The up and down nature of the game was captured perfectly at the end of the first half. A score by freshman midfielder Stephanie Anderson with 23 seconds left on the clock in the first half cut the game to two and give the Knights hope heading into intermission, but the Hoyas took the ensuing draw control and scored only 11 seconds later, pushing the advantage back to three. With the loss, the Knights fall to 2-3 in conference and are currently on the outside looking in at the Big East Tournament. While the Knights still have a legitimate shot to make the tournament, their fate is no longer entirely in their own hands. One thing is for certain, though — Rutgers needs to win out their final three games to stay alive. “We have to go 3-0 and we have to hope that some upsets happen,” Brand-Sias said. “We unfortunately don’t have control over our own destiny. Certainly the upsets we need to happen can happen, but we didn’t have to be in this position. It is what it is and what we have to focus on now is winning.”
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BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT
There were a few ugly moments in the Rutgers football team’s second scrimmage of the spring, but in comparison to the first scrimmage, just seven days prior, the difference was comparable to beauty and the beast. The Scarlet Knights’ offense improved in both first and second team reps, despite losing two more first team of fensive linemen in Devon
Watkis and Antwan Lower y earlier in the week. Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage completed 6-of-14 passes for 106 yards during the scrimmage and helped orchestrate a 99-yard touchdown drive. Starting on the half-yard line, junior tailback Joe Martinek gave more than a little breathing room and busted out a 44-yard yard. He totaled just two yards on his eight other rushing attempts, but his big run set up a 21-yard touchdown run for sophomore Mohamed Sanu out of the Wild Knight.
“When you’re playing against yourself, it’s a positive when it goes back and forth,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “Last Saturday it didn’t go back and forth. It was one-sided. Today it went back and forth so that’s a good thing. They brought a great attitude in every one of the practices, and if you can continue to do that you’re going to get better.” Sanu also hauled in a 23-yard pass from Savage, but the long play of the day came on a 48-yard bomb from Savage to sophomore Mark Harrison on the team’s fifth drive. “I think we fixed a lot of things we needed to,” Savage said. “We still have a lot of stuff we need to improve on, but we did really well.” The defense still made a few big plays, recovering two of the offense’s five botched snaps, but did not make an interception until senior Joe Lefeged stepped in front of one of Savage’s passes during situationals.
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Sophomore wideout Mohamed Sanu led the offensive performance Saturday, running for a 21-yard score and catching a 21-yard pass.
week. I think he’s back to his old self now.”
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improvement came on the second team where sophomore Steve Shimko showed a different side of himself than he did in the first scrimmage. Shimko connected on 11-of-18 passes for 97 yards behind a young, makeshift second team offensive line — from left to right: Richard Muldrow, Jamal Wilson, David Osei, Frank Quartucci and Matt McBride. “I thought he was much more efficient,” Schiano said. “Last week I don’t think was his. I thought he played about as poorly as he’s played last
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for the second team proved to be sophomore tight end Tony Trahan, who played minimally last season after walking on to the team from Coppell, Texas. “The coaches are putting me in more and I’m feeling more comfortable with it,” Trahan said. “Shimko just made some great throws and I had to capitalize on it.” Trahan hauled in three passes for 29 yards during the first drive and put the second team in the position to score for the first time this spring until two consec-
Senior Day dominance primes RU for Tourney BY TYLER DONOHUE CORRESPONDENT
With a dominant 6-1 victory over West Virginia on Saturday, the Rutgers tennis team put an emphatTENNIS ic exclaWEST VIRGINIA 1 m a t i o n point at RUTGERS 6 the end of its 2010 regular season. The Scarlet Knights upended its Big East rival on Senior Day in Piscataway. Rutgers’ performance against the Mountaineers capped of an unbeaten season of play on the Banks, as the team finishes spring with a 7-0 record at home. The Knights (13-7, 7-3) now await the Big East Tournament. Rounding out the regular season with consecutive conference wins this week should guarantee the team a top-six seed in the 12team tournament. Rutgers won two matches in the 2009 tournament while advancing to the semi-finals. Sophomore Jen Holzberg — the Knights’ No. 2 singles player — said improvement this year is the team’s goal. “Obviously we want to do better than last year,” Holzberg said. “All we can do is play well against the teams we face and keep trying to advance to the next round. These past two matches really helped us prepare for the tournament. We know we can beat tough opponents and we did that decisively against West Virginia.” Over the past five days, the Knights knocked off both St. John’s and West Virginia in home
matches. The wins returned wind to the team’s sails after it dropped its previous two Big East contests against DePaul and Marquette. “After a tough weekend out in Milwaukee we’ve rebounded,” Holzberg said. “It’s helped us get back on track in time for some more Big East matchups.” Following a 3-3 start to 2010, Rutgers claimed victory in 10 of its final 14 contests. More importantly, the Knights wrapped up the season with a ver y respectable record in the Big East — despite dropping the season opener 7-0 at conference powerhouse Syracuse. Senior captain Caitlin Baker believes the team is primed for success in the tournament, which kicks off on April 22. “We’re feeling really confident after back-to-back wins against strong conference teams,” Baker said. “I think we’re entering the tournament with a good attitude. We did start off a little shaky but we’ve regrouped and we’re playing hard. This team has come a long way and finished the regular season off strong.” The Knights spearheaded its attack against the Mountaineers by balanced and sharp play. Team ace junior Amy Zhang earned her team-leading sixteenth win of 2010 by sweeping her opponent 61, 6-2. Hozberg cruised to a 6-1, 60 decision. Sophomore Mar yana Milchutskey continued her consistent play en route to picking up her 13th victory of the season in the fourth slot. Seniors Baker and Katherine Arlak also claimed vic-
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Sophomore Jen Holzberg swept her singles match 6-1, 6-0 and paired with junior Amy Zhang to win her doubles match 8-4. tory in singles play in their final regular season matches in scarlet. Senior Christine Tran also contributed to the cause, as she teamed up with Arlak to pick up a win in doubles play. Saturday’s contest was the Knights’ final dress rehearsal for their foray in to the Big East tourney. Rutgers used 20 matches as stepping stones to arrive at this
juncture in their season and the team is optimistic its ready for the next step. “We’d love to at least repeat last year’s performance,” Baker said. “We set the bar pretty high. None of us really expected to make such a great run in the tournament last season and we want to prove ourselves and do it again.”
utive snaps flew over Shimko’s head, resulting in 23 lost yards. “Tony has been consistent,” Schiano said. “He’s getting better slowly. Tony has to work to get stronger at the point of attack. He’s always been a good ball skills receiver so that part of it comes easy to him — to become the complete tight end, that’s what I think his challenge is.”
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freshman Isaac Holmes and Paul Carrezola suffered minor injuries during the second scrimmage, but returned to play from them, Schiano said. Sanu left after getting dinged as a precautionary measure.
ROSARIO TRANSFERS TO FLORIDA In comparison to the grueling weeks before his official transfer, Mike Rosario’s decis i o n MEN’S BASKETBALL c a m e swiftly and easily. He’s going to Florida. Reached yesterday via text message, the former Rutgers guard, who officially received the right to transfer Wednesday, decided to move south to the Swamp in Gainesville, Fla., to play his final two seasons of college basketball. “Yeah it’s done,” Rosario said in his text message to The Daily Targum. Rosario and the Gators already have some histor y together, meeting in the final round of the Legends Classic at the beginning of last season. Florida and head coach Billy Donovan defeated the Scarlet Knights, 73-58, in Atlantic City. Rosario scored 14 points and had six rebounds. “I was just tr ying to do things other than shoot the ball — and as you can see I had six rebounds,” Rosario said after the game. “I try to be an allaround player, other than shooting the ball, and get my teammates involved.” Rutgers senior for ward Jonathan Mitchell transferred from Florida two years ago. — Sam Hellman
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Fred Hill Sr. tips his cap to fans, family, former players and current Knights applauding him after the head baseball coach won his 1,000th game in 34 years with Montclair State and Rutgers.
TOP OF THE HILL Former players and coaches reflect on hard work and competitive spirit that drove Hill Sr. to millennium mark in weekend’s series sweep BY A.J. JANKOWSKI ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
You can ask him about it, but Fred Hill Sr. won’t budge. The Rutgers head baseball coach is the 16th active coach in Division I baseball — 45th overall — to eclipse the 1,000-win mark. But the one they call “Moose,” who roams the home dugout at Bainton Field, refused to speak about the accolade all year long. “No, no that’s not something I give any thought to,” Hill said in an interview before the season when he was 20 wins away. “I think it’s nice. It just means we have had a lot of good players and the coach is old.” And his a n s w e r remained the same from the beginning of the season all the way u n t i l S a t u r d a y, when the S c a r l e t Knights defeated South Florida 6-1 to improve Hill’s record to 1,000-651-9. The explanation for his nonchalance toward this accomplishment may confuse some, but to those who grew and
learned under Moose’s tutelage, it comes as no surprise. “I’m sure he wants absolutely nothing to do with his 1,000th win,” said assistant coach Darren Fenster, who won two Big East Championships in 1998 and 2000 while playing under Hill. “It’s always about the players with him. He’s always been like that and that’s probably just another quality that makes him such an enjoyable person to be around and a person that people want to play for and probably even more guys respect.” From record-setting players such as Fenster to assistants who studied under Moose on the Banks, a multitude of talents have Hill to thank for their success. “I owe him a lot,” said Mark Garlatti, who was an assistant with the Knights and is now a scout with the Colorado Rockies. “A lot of the things he preaches are in professional baseball. He preaches the fundamentals and those who get drafted after playing for him are always prepared for the pros.” This milestone for Hill highlights a man whose journey stayed within the state limits of New Jersey, but whose reach extended all around the country. * * * Rutgers hired Fred Hill in 1984 after the Knights completed a 13-
22 season under former head coach Matt Bolger. At the time, Hill served as both the baseball and the football coach at Montclair State, earning career records of 148-91-2 and 55-13-4, respectively, with the Red Hawks. But it was time for a change of scenery and the relationship between Rutgers and Hill began. “I don’t know why I came to tell you the truth,” Hill said. “Yes I do know. Somebody said that [Rutgers] can’t win. I had a couple of interviews that didn’t work out. Somebody said they can’t win here and the next day I was hired.” The Knights hit the ground running under Hill, going 25-15 in just his second year at the helm. As a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1984 to 1995, Moose led his squad to eightstraight conference championships and five A-10 Tournament championships. Hill brought national relevance back to Northeast baseball. “He really put baseball in the Northeast on the map,” Garlatti said. “Back in those days, players were grabbed by the North Carolina’s of the world. When we did that, we did it with only a few players that went on to get drafted.” Fellow assistant coach Tom Baxter attributes the success to Hill’s coaching philosophy and his refusal to veer from it. “College baseball has changed, but his philosophy hasn’t changed at all,” said Baxter, who was an assistant under Hill from 1989 to 2004. “As an assistant coach, you might not agree with him. But he is the boss and that’s how it goes. During my time there, he didn’t change. He was successful, so why change?” The Knights moved to the Big East conference in 1996 and while the opponents changed, the result didn’t.
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The end of the millennium defined Hill’s legacy when the Knights won the Big East
regular season and tournament titles in 1998 and 2000. Dynamic players, such as outfielder David DeJesus — now the starting right fielder for the Kansas City Royals — and Fenster, led the team to Big East supremacy in just its second year in the conference. “When you win a championship like that it’s a culmination of a lot of hard work,” Fenster said. “[Hill] is all about winning. He’s just one of the guys when you win. He’ll be dancing on the bus. “One of the things that really makes him unique is that he’ll coach to win the same exact way against Princeton on a Tuesday afternoon as he would against Notre Dame in the finals of the Big East [Tournament]. I think that speaks volumes because as a player it’s easy to sink down to the level of the opponent and he is never like that.” North Carolina and Penn State eliminated the Knights in the Regional bracket in 2000 to end the magical season. “I have a picture of me and [Hill] hugging after winning the Big East [Tournament] in 2000 that still gives me chills when I look at it. It was such a great moment,” Fenster said. “Then one week later our season ended at Regionals in Montclair and I’m bawling my eyes out and he was right there just like he had always been.” Rutgers continued rolling in the Big East after Y2K, winning the regular season championship in 2003 and winning both the conference championship and tournament in 2007 thanks to a 42-21 record. Shortstop Todd Frazier led the Knights on the field, setting single-season records in runs scored (87), doubles (24), home runs (22), walks (62) and total bases (187). Frazier, now in the Cincinnati Reds’ farm system, still holds high praises for his old ’ball coach.
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