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Law schools at Camden, Newark poise to merge KESHAV PANDYA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University’s law schools, located in Newark and Camden and separated by almost 100 miles, will merge into a single school in the coming year. The University board and administrators promise a boost in the national rankings, new course offerings and better alumni networking opportunities, according to njspotlight.com. Rutgers Law School will have one set of graduation standards and a common curriculum that will span all areas of law and include a variety of the skills-based courses and experiences that the market increasingly demands, said Cathy Donovan, director of Law School Communications at Rutgers-Camden. “Journals at both locations will be open to all Rutgers Law students. Libraries will have a single catalogue, becoming one of the most comprehensive in legal education,” Dovovan said. “All students
can participate in on-campus interviewing for opportunities in both the New York and Philadelphia metro areas.” The new law school will function under one curriculum and faculty, but will be administered by two separate deans. The two co-deans, Ronald Chen, currently the acting dean of Newark Law School, and John Oberdiek, currently the acting dean of Camden Law School, will co-lead the shared institution and report to their respective chancellors, according to njspotlight.com The value of the University degree will be enhanced through an integrated Rutgers Law School, Donovan said. “The Rutgers Law School alumni network will be doubled to be more than 20,000, strengthening reach in two major metropolitan areas,” Donovan said. While the Camden Law School has specialties in intellectual property, the faculty of the Newark Law School specializes in SEE SCHOOLS ON PAGE 4
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Rutgers’ athletic spending increasing DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers Athletics lost more than $36 million in the 2013-2014 fiscal
year, a deficit more substantial than losing $1 every second of a typical calendar year, according to a March 2015 report by the University Senate’s Budget and Finance Committee.
After spending $76.7 million on Athletics, Rutgers lost nearly 50 percent of its expenses during the SEE SPENDING ON PAGE 6
Department of Transportation answers issues about parking AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
If you commute to the University, chances are you can relate to finding a parking ticket beneath the windshield of your car. Whether you parked on the wrong campus or your meter ran out, you will end up fishing at least $20 from your pockets. The University collects about $1.2 million from parking citations and distributes 90,000 to 100,000 tickets each year, said Jack Molenaar, director of the Department of Transportation Services (DOTS), who himself even received a ticket 20 years ago. The University has a parking zone system in place in which a student purchases a permit that is designated for a specific campus. After 6 p.m., students with a permit can park on any campus. Amilia Marie, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she purchased a Livingston parking pass in the beginning of the year. Marie said commuters should be permitted to park on any campus during the day, excluding faculty lots. She said she finds the current zoning parking system both convenient and inconvenient at times. SEE PARKING ON PAGE 5
About 1,800 students playfully emptied packets of powdered flower petals on themselves, their friends and strangers Friday afternoon for Rutgers’ “Holi Moli,” on the Livingston campus to celebrate the Hindu tradition of Holi. Holi, also known as the “Festival of Colors” or the “Festival of Love,” is a spring celebration meant to welcome the arrival of spring and the end of winter. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR
Students color Livingston with dust for ‘Holi Moli’ NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
In the spirit of welcoming the arrival of spring by throwing colorful powdered flower petals, Nupur Joshi, event coordinator of the Hindu Students Council, said “Holi Moli” annually uses the Hindu tradition to bring everyone together to have fun. “Holi is the Hindu festival of colors,” said Joshi, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “One of the main reasons behind Holi is when
you’re covered in color, you can’t differentiate between race, class, religion or anything.” As students of many demographics were beginning to gather on the grass lawn next to Livingston Student Center dressed in white t-shirts last Friday, Joshi said after everyone is covered in color, it is easy to see that they are “all one and the same.” “It really helps to bring everyone together and strengthens the community,” she said.
Darshna Modi, president of Hindu Students Council and a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the council, which also brought Diwali Mela in partnership with Desi Intercultural Youth Association (DIYA) to campus last fall, is proud to present the biggest Holi event to the University, expecting 1,800 attendees. Along with receiving free packets of colors, Joshi said students also looked forward to celebrating to Bollywood and Western music
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provided by DJ Bliss and Amplifier Entertainment. According to the Facebook event page, there were singing and dancing performances by Nuttin’ But V.O.C.A.L.S., RU Swara, Laleta Teajman and Kevin Persaud, RU Bhangra, Nehriyan Bhangra and Jhoom Dynamix. Food included samosas, a traditional Indian filled and fried or baked pastr y, spring rolls and SEE HOLI ON PAGE 5
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Event encourages physical, mental health with finals in tow JESSICA HERRING CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With final exams approaching and a perceived pressure to succeed, many college students neglect mental and physical health in order to prioritize grades. The Douglass Residential College (DRC) and Rutgers Health Services hosted “Douglass Wellness 360” to inform students about ways to have a healthy lifestyle and a positive attitude at the Douglass Student Center on April 10. Ankita Gupta, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, stays fit and unwinds by walking to her classes. She also spends time with her dog Max at Passion Puddle on Douglass campus. “We want Rutgers students to have the opportunity to learn to take better care of themselves and have fun at this annual detox event,” Gupta said. The event activities included a networking lunch, interactive activities, wellness panel featuring three guest speakers, fitness classes and a health fair. Gupta said her favorite par ts of the event were the gift raffles and various speakers, who discussed the impor tance of good health. Rutgers students should make sure to eat healthy and stay healthy, she said. This year is the inaugural year for “Douglass Wellness 360,” said Beth Bors, advisor of the Health
Science Research Symposium Committee (HSRS). DRC offered two separate events last year: the Douglass Health Science Research Symposium hosted by the HSRS and the Douglass Stress Release Detox implemented by Douglass Peer Academic Leaders (PALs), Bors said. These two student groups thought it would be exciting to combine the two events, Bors said. DRC decided to host the event, since they wanted to help students lower stress levels, Bors
sharing research on wellness as well as providing opportunities and resources, she said. “The entire day was spectacular and we were all very proud of the job that the students did to put it together,” Bors said. “The panel of researchers was an absolute highlight,” she said. Matina Clapsis, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, helped plan the symposium for “Douglass Wellness 360.” In November 2014, Clapsis and other members of the committee helped pick the theme and discussed details to evaluate last
“It is important that we are healthy enough to be successful, not just academically but in all aspects of our lives,” she said. The research panel was a powerful part of the symposium because the three panelists were happy to be there and share knowledge with the students, Clapsis said. Brittney Twyman, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she was drawn to “Douglass Wellness 360” because of its Zumba class. “It is so engaging and is a great workout,” Twyman said. “It does not feel like a tough exercise because you are dancing to
“It is important that we are healthy enough to be successful, not just academically but in all aspects of our lives.” MATINA CLAPSIS School of Arts and Sciences Senior and “Douglass Wellness 360” Planner
said. The event was aimed at helping students have a healthy lifestyle and informing them of resources at the University that can assist in reducing stress. Women tend to take on the caregiver role and forget that they need to take care of themselves, Bors said. Members of HSRS hope students will continue to place overall wellness as a priority by empowering students through
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year’s symposium, she said. “The speakers energized the audience and got everyone excited about health and wellness,” she said. “Being healthy while maintaining a busy schedule is definitely possible and just requires some active planning and creative thinking. Collaborating with Douglass PALs helped make the event grow larger and better than years past, Clapsis said.
music, but it is.” In her free time, Twyman tries to go to fitness classes, frequents the gym and watches the food she eats in an attempt to stay healthy, she said. “I feel that physical health is important because if you are too tired, you will not do well in classes,” she said. “Mental health is important as well because if you are mentally fatigued you will
have trouble concentrating and can engage in bad habits.” It is easy to overeat, especially in dining halls, Twyman said. People need to be more aware of the importance of eating healthy and maintaining good health. Linda Garcia, a Mason Gross School of the Arts first-year student, said she had a great time learning about mental and physical health. “This event helps students be healthier and more positive in life, and that’s something everyone needs,” she said. “Life is too short to be upset so try your best to be happy, and do whatever you can to be healthy by exercising and eating the right foods.” Garcia said she does cross-fit aerobics and Zumba to stay active and healthy, and looks at everything in a positive light too to stay mentally sharp. Kaajal Kheny, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she hopes the event allowed students to love themselves and understand the importance of heath and wellness. “As impossible as it seems, it is important to get a good amount of sleep, especially for exhausted college students,” Kheny said. “Drinking water seems like a silly reminder, but it is very important.” Kheny said she does yoga or sees friends to distress, and yoga and swimming are her favorite forms of physical fitness. “’Douglass Wellness 360’ is an easy and fun way to remind students of how they can take care of themselves while still at school,” Kheny said.
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SCHOOLS Recently, Camden Law faced drop in applications, fell to 102 in national rankings for top schools CONTINUED FROM FRONT
criminal and corporate laws, Chen said. “We tend to focus on big case-impact litigation that addresses systemic societal changes like affordable housing and constitutional law, and they tend toward client service,” Chen said. Along with combining the specialties and the course offerings of each school, the merger also hopes to minimize tuition and other extra costs in its establishment, Donovan said. The merger will also increase efficiency in the school as a whole, with more than 1,000 students drawn from all over the world and 100 full-time faculty members, according to njspotlight.com. “A merged Rutgers Law School will be greater than the sum of its parts,” said John Oberdiek, dean of Rutgers Law-Camden. “This is all due to an enhanced curriculum, supported through cutting-edge immersive distance education technology and a combined alumni network centered in two of the five largest legal markets in the country, which will improve the job opportunities available to our students.” The catalogs in the libraries will also be fully integrated and coordinated under a unified library staff, while the new law school promis-
es a more integrated administration as many older administrators will be retiring, Donovan said. “With a merged faculty, certain courses that would have required an adjunct can now be staffed inhouse by tenured faculty using the immersive learning classroom and certain others that may have required two adjuncts can now be staffed by one,” Donovan said. Skeptics have questioned some aspects of the new and improved Rutgers Law School, but the administrators promise that those problems will surely find their solutions under the new system, according to njspotlight.com. Until a few years ago, the two law schools were considered equals and comparable overall. But recently, the Camden school faced a drop in applications, and fell to No. 102 in the national rankings of the U.S. News and World Report of the top law schools. The rankings were not all that bad and should not hurt the new law school in any way, Oberdiek said in a njspotlight.com article. “Even having graduated our largest ever class in 2015, our employment rate at graduation is better than peer institutions, except Seton Hall, and our nine-month employment rate is in the top half of the group,” Oberdiek said. “We are tied with Rutgers–Newark for the second-highest academic peer
Rutgers’s law schools, separated by almost 100 miles with locations at Newark and Camden, will merge into a single school in the coming year. The University board and administrators promise a boost in national rankings, new course offerings and better alumni networking opportunities. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR
assessment score, our acceptance rate is lower than every school but one and our bar passage rate remains comparatively strong.” The Camden Law School’s parttime program and legal writing program were both ranked in the top 25 nationally, Oberdiek said. Oberdiek also explained that the merger will help both schools boost their respective needs and help in enrollment, which is in fact “identical in size to Newark’s.”
The concerns about how the two campuses will function together by two co-deans have also been tackled simply and with ease. “On all matters that affect the school as a whole we’ll make the decisions together,” Oberdiek said. “If they’re local we’ll make local decisions. It’s not likely you would ever hire someone for this position who isn’t collaborative.” The new Rutgers Law School promises better course selections,
state-of-the-art faculty members and improvements. A unified Rutgers Law School will remain integral to the mission and growth of Rutgers University–Camden and Rutgers University–Newark, Donovan said. “Because of an immersive distance education classroom that connects the two locations, the merged Rutgers Law School will have one of the most comprehensive curriculums in the nation,” Donovan said.
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Jack Molenaar, director of Rutgers’ Department of Transportation, addresses the concerns surrounding transportation and the parking tickets that appear to effect nearly every student with a vehicle on campus. YINGJIE HU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
PARKING Of $1.2 million in parking revenues, portion goes toward paying RUPD officers, Molenaar says CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“It is convenient for all my Livingston classes,” she said. “But when I end up having classes on other campuses, I have to give myself about an hour and a half
extra time to make sure I’m not late to class.” Although Molenaar said the system can be inconvenient sometimes, it is in place for two reasons, which is to reduce traffic and ensure every student will find a parking spot.
HOLI Modi says she found it ‘humbling’ that everyone wants to join, celebrate Holi at Rutgers CONTINUED FROM FRONT
kulfi, a special South Asian ice cream. This year, Modi said the council tried hard to prepare and organize the event, especially when it came to buying the colored powder. At last year’s Holi event, the colors ran out quickly and the group had concern of the same thing happening this year. “This year, we got as many colors as we could to accommodate about 1,800 people and we have a color distribution going on,” she said. Two of the eight tables under a tent were assigned to give colors to the attendees. After double checking the number of students who R.S.V.P’d on Facebook, Modi said they were able to think of a system of distribution according to that number. The first thousand people who came received two packets of color each, where they received either red and green, blue and pink or violet and yellow. The next 800 people got one packet but were allowed to pick a color. “When (students) get the packet of color, which is going to be open for them, they can grab (the color) from the packet and just throw it on someone else or smear it on someone’s face or on their arms,” Modi said. Another concern for Modi was the forecast, which predicted that it would rain on Friday afternoon, also the time of the event. “I was a little concerned because of the weather, but I’m so glad it decided to be sunny today,” she said. “I was super hyped when I saw that it stopped raining, but I was excited regardless because we were going to have the event rain or shine.”
Modi said she was thrilled to see a large body of students attending the event and is happy to know that the event either spread around campus through both word of mouth or social media. “I find it humbling that (everyone) wants to join our event, enjoy it with us and celebrate it with us,” she said. “I am super excited for them to experience Holi.” The experience of Holi is something completely new and different to people who may not be familiar with Hindu culture, Modi said. She thinks that students will learn a lot just by
Back in 2005 when Molenaar became director of DOTS, he said there was a situation where too many permits were issued for the College Avenue student lot. As a result, many students would drive around the lot in search of parking and end up driving to the Busch lot, Molenaar said. Not only were students unable to find parking in a timely manner, but traffic between the Busch and College Avenue campuses increased. When Molenaar reduced the number of permits sold for the
having fun and letting loose at “Holi Moli.” Angela Choi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, and her friend, Bindi Parish, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said they both came to the event in hopes of grabbing a taste of culture. “I’m graduating in about a month, and I feel like these are my last few chances to actually participate in cultural events,” Choi said. “I just want to see different cultural aspects — how they do it, what’s the meaning behind it.” Parish said she is also interested in exploring the religious meanings of Holi and be able to share her culture with her friends and peers. “Hopefully after the students are all messy with color, I hope they do realize that everyone is the same or different in a good way because that is one of the meanings behind Holi,” Modi said.
College Avenue student lot, he said congestion was reduced by 30 percent. Molenaar said he has read reports from 20 years ago about the traffic on campus before the zoning system was formed. “I wouldn’t want students driving to every class,” he said. Nisa Muhammed, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student, has received two parking tickets this year, but thinks the tickets are moderately priced to allow easy payments and discourage “illegal” parking. Parking tickets, such as the $50 citation for parking an unauthorized campus, are set at specific prices for exactly that reason, Molenaar said — to discourage “illegal” parking. “If parking tickets were only $5, students wouldn’t mind getting a ticket,” Molenaar said. Of the $1.2 million in parking revenues, a portion goes toward paying the RUPD officers that issue the tickets, Molenaar said. The other portion is put toward maintaining the parking lots, which includes fixing potholes and paving. There are currently about 20,000 parking spaces on campus, and the University has no need to spend money on new parking decks, Molenaar said. Molenaar offered a few suggestions for students who struggle to get to class on time. Students can
leave their house earlier and factor in possible traffic, he said. Muhammed said she has learned to coordinate her time better since she began commuting to the University. “I wasn’t sure of the times the roads are very congested,” she said. “But with time, I became aware of the best times to leave my house to either beat the traffic or to get to class on time with the traffic.” But Marie said the University could still make a few transportation changes in order to make life simpler for commuters. She said students would benefit from additional shuttle buses or commuter buses that take commuter students back to parking lots, similar to the C-commuter bus on Busch campus or the Knight shuttle on Douglass campus. “If you have class in Tillett Hall (on Livingston campus), the walk back to the lot is exhausting, especially if you had to park far,” she said. President Robert L. Barchi weighed in on campus parking during an interview with The Daily Targum on April 8. The University is working on creating a situation where students do not have to travel great distances to arrive to class. “If you look at the facilities master plan, you’ll find that there is a lot of proposed parking in there,” Barchi said. “... Why? Because it affects your experience.”
CRIME APRIL 19 PATERSON — Armoni Sexton, a freshman at Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology and a star varsity basketball player who dreamed of using his talents as a way out of the city’s violent ward, was killed during a shooting. Sexton was one of four people who were struck by bullets shot from a car that was passing by, and the three others were wounded. APRIL 19 JERSEY CITY — A woman was shot in the area of the Martin Luther King Drive and Union Street. The 19-yearold and her friend were in front of a private residence, when there was a spontaneous shooting and the crowd around the
area scattered. The victim and her friend told the police they did not see who fired the shots, and the victim was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. APRIL 17 NEW BRUNSWICK — The trial against Christopher Desa began on March 23, 2015 in which he is being tried on counts of armed robber y, theft, eluding police, resisting arrest and aggravated assault. Desa has since recovered after being shot multiple times during the incident in which he robbed a Piscataway delicatessen, fled from the police and injured two motorists in a crash before he was arrested.
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the athletic program toward mar- likely to continue because Rutketing the University’s rich colo- gers Athletics will do whatever it takes to improve in athletic rank, nial heritage, Vedder said. “When people think of Rutgers, Vedder said. University’s academic reputation suffered from The perceived need to conthey think of the state university prioritizing athletic program, Vedder says of New Jersey, not the cousin of stantly climb the ranks of interPrinceton,” he said. “There’s a collegiate athletics will probably certain prestige associated with translate to greater spending for CONTINUED FROM FRONT being old and being around a long high-salary coaches, new indoor have a monumental financial dipractice facilities and other institime, and having a rich history.” saster on our hands. So we’re In the wake of the athletic pro- tutional upgrades of that nature, last fiscal year, a figure reflecting very conscious of that.” gram’s multi-million-dollar loss, he said. Rutgers’ increased global preslost money initially supplied enIt would not be far-fetched to University administrators develtirely by allocations of University ence from Big Ten membership oped a long-term plan spanning suggest Rutgers Athletics will bediscretionary funds and student increases revenue to do what the 2013-2014 to 2021-2022 fiscal come a beast that can never be fed is necessary to prevent tuition fees, according to the report. years, according to the University enough money, and it is likely that When compared to other uni- hikes, Barchi said. Administrators every improvement in athletic Senate report. versities in the United States, also feel the need to satisfy the Throughout the plan’s imple- rank will encourage more spendRutgers’ academic program bears University’s alumni base, commentation, Rutgers Athletics is ing to keep climbing the ladder, the highest cost to the rest of the posed of many who are interested expected to run deficits each Vedder said. University for an intercollegiate in intercollegiate sports. “The needs of the athletic diyear up to and including the “We raised a record number of athletic program, said Thomas 2021-2022 fiscal year, with a cu- rector are seemingly insatiable,” Prusa, chair of the Department dollars last year for athletics,” he mulative financial loss of more he said. “They will claim that they said. “Athletics, over the course of of Economics. than $183 million, an additional should have a claim on some of “To try to do any sugarcoating our campaign, is close to 10 per$150 million lost when compared that incremental money ... The of the magnitude of (this) finan- cent of the total revenue that we to last fiscal year’s loss, accord- arms race will continue.” cial loss is just not being honest,” raised — ($100) million — and we Diverting a considerable ing to the report. he said. “We’re No. 1 in financial expect to see that go up.” The cumulative deficit will be amount of financial resources Institutional support was the losses ... by a mile, we lose more funded by University discretion- from “Job One” –– teaching, remoney than any other university greatest contributor to athletary funds and si- search and infrastructure –– goes ics revenue in on athletics.” phoned student completely against the moral readding Rutgers Athletics is engaging in 2014, fee allocations sponsibility of universities to exmillion, a financial arms race against other $19 channeled into pand minds and stimulate learntransBig Ten schools, making import- which Athletics, with ing, Vedder said. ant decisions with the assumption lates to about 30 “Why is throwing balls even at the slightest the latter exthat spending more money trans- percent of reve“(Higher education) is more pected to grow about expanding minds than lates to winning more games, nue, according relevance to expanding the mind?” 2 percent each throwing balls,” he said. “ThrowPrusa said. To say the University to the Univeryear up to and ing balls is something that’s done is operating at a net loss would be sity Senate reRICHARD VEDDER including the at recess during elementary port. The proan understatement. Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity 2021-2022 fiscal school ... why is throwing balls The only spillover benefit from jection for 2015 year, according even at the slightest relevance to the University’s athletic spending is a decrease to to the report. million, would be a perceived sense of $17.5 expanding the mind?” The plan is pride in going to Rutgers because translating to a Without some form of external heavily reliant force, it is unlikely that Rutgers of the wins made by revenue-gen- slight drop to Rutgers also fell to No. 177 on on projected increases in Athlet- officials will reallocate University 25.2 percent. erating teams, Prusa said. The report indicates that most Forbes magazine’s Best Colleges ics revenues from ticket sales, funds to more appropriate uses, “There’s a direct cost imposed on students, that students don’t Big Ten schools do not subsidize list, a collection of 650 liberal marketing revenues, donations such as improving academics, or understand is (there),” he said. their athletic program through arts colleges and universities, and distributions from the Big even reducing the athletic spend“We’re now in this better confer- student fees at all, and Rutgers a spot that gives the College of Ten and NCAA for tournament ing deficit, Vedder said. ence, and the reality is, we’re in a subsidized $10.323 million last New Jersey a nine-rank advan- revenues and media rights –– “At some point, enough is set of schools that have so much year, a figure that only the Univer- tage over the Garden State’s flag- with a contract due for renewal in enough,” he said. “There’s a ten2016, according to the report. of a giant financial advantage sity of Maryland challenged with ship state university. dency (that) once you get into “That’s what we have to do, and something big and you start spendThere are less than 10 schools (over Rutgers). It’s just a financial $11.315 million. Dollars generated by the stu- in the United States that date to then we’ll have dollars from our ing lots of money on it, you don’t spending race.” The decision to go into Divi- dent fee on the term bill benefit the 18th century, and Rutgers is operating budget that might have want to admit defeat ... that’s husion I athletics was made 15 to every Olympic sport Rutgers has one of two public universities that gone on to be providing some man nature, that’s how things go.” 20 years ago, and the University to offer, apart from football and has a historical relationship with (support) to athletics that can be made considerable investments basketball, because those two are many Ivy League schools, the oth- put back into operations,” Barchi Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business toward athletic facilities to do the only D1 sports at the Univer- er being the College of William said. “This is not a process you School first-year student majoring can magically speed up.” that, University President Robert sity that are revenue-neutral or and Mary, Vedder said. in pre-business and journalism and Even though University ini- media studies. He is an Associate It is likely that Rutgers would generating revenue, Barchi said. L. Barchi said. “You can’t ignore the fact that have a better academic reputation tiatives might be successful in News Editor at The Daily Targum. In an April 8 interview with The Daily Targum, Barchi said the dollars are coming in and if the administration reallocated gradually reducing the athletic Follow him on Twitter @_dancorey the University’s athletic spend- focus only on the mathematical the same resources for promoting spending deficit, the spending is for more stories. ing deficit is likely to return to a deficit that’s there,” he said. “Not neutral position by the first year a dime of the student fee goes to Rutgers becomes a full member support football and basketball.” Even though he believes Barof the Big Ten conference. “My commitment when I came chi’s comments were sincere, here was to get us back into a Prusa said waiting for future imcost-neutral situation in athletics, provement ignores the economic and that’s what I intend to do,” he reality of the situation and will said. “The key ingredient there likely exacerbate the athletic was getting us into the Big Ten spending deficit. If it somehow … we are probationary members improves, it will not be a signififor a period of years and then we cant change in the right direction, he said. become full members.” Big Ten membership is benRutgers’ athletic spending concerns more than simple dollars eficial for the University, but it and cents, Barchi said. Neutral- became a problem because the izing the deficit is a long process Board of Governors adopted a mental “one-way spigot,” Pruthat cannot be catalyzed. The University’s 40 percent in- sa said. They will always justicrease in admissions applications fy spending more on Rutgers from international students can Athletics during times of failure be attributed to greater name rec- and success. “When I arrived here in 1994 ognition from Rutgers’ presence shortly after we joined the Big in the Big Ten, Barchi said. Admissions applications in- East, that was being said,” he creased by about 14 percent said. “Here we are more than 20 during the last application cycle, years later being told the same Barchi said. About 15 or 16 per- thing, and it’s just gone in the cent of applications were from stu- wrong direction.” Rutgers ended up on the wrong dents living outside of the Garden State, and much of that figure rep- side of history nearly 250 years after it was founded because of a resents a Midwest demographic. “Rutgers is getting a huge col- decision that was made about one lateral value out of the advertising decade ago to channel financial CYCLING COMMUNITY A woman and child coast down the College Avenue campus Sunday and the buzz of being in the Big allocations to the athletic pro- afternoon for “Ciclovia,” an event that closes off streets in high-traffic areas of New Brunswick at Ten,” he said. “If we were to not gram instead of academics, said least twice a year to allow residents to walk, run, cycle, rollerblade, skateboard and interact with remain in the Big Ten, we would Richard Vedder, director of the their neighbors. NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR
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Center for College Affordability and Productivity. Few schools have been successful in monetizing the development of a competitive athletics program, and Rutgers’ academic program suffered from the University’s attempts to do so, Vedder said. “It’s really hard to (measure) success, but one way to look at it is to look at reputations,” he said. “You look at things like rankings ... Rutgers (did) not hit a home-run with the last decade (because) of a moving of resources away from standard academic areas.” The University’s academic reputation has suffered dramatically as a result of prioritizing the athletic program while making executive financial decisions, Vedder said. After investing about $250 million across the last decade, the University fell down 12 spots in college rank, declining from No. 58 to No. 70, according to U.S. News and World Report.
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Professor studies ties between Greenland, global warming TIFFANY ZHU CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Climate change’s effects have been far-reaching, going so far as to cause Greenland’s ice sheet to begin melting, said Asa Rennermalm, an associate professor in the Department of Geography. The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest body of glacial ice in the world, with an area of 1.71 million square kilometers and a volume of 2.85 million cubic kilometers, according to the Arctic Report Card written by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The research project is based on how climate change in the Arctic relates to the Greenland ice sheet, she said. “Greenland has been a part of my interest since I was an (undergraduate, and) I went to Greenland and did a research project there” she said. Although Greenland is an isolated area with a small populace, its ice sheet’s activity can
have a global impact, she said. Part of the global sea level rising can be attributed to this sheet melting. Rennermalm said she advertised with the Aresty Research Center to look for students who were interested in researching more about this sheet’s impact. Vincent Quinton, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he took Rennermalm’s Spatial Data Analysis class, where Greenland was an important topic. With the Aresty project, he analyzes rates of melting in Greenland. “My project is generally about the trend of Greenland melting going up,” he said. As the rate of melting increases, sediment content in the water is affected, he said. One focus of the project is determining where meltwater gathers and where sediment is picked up. In northern Greenland, an area mostly dominated by sedimentary rock, there exists a lot of potential for changes in meltwater and sediment composition, he said.
Rennermalm said the relationship between meltwater losses and the underlying bedrock is lacking in research, despite being an important topic. By looking at the entire ice sheet and then at the bedrock, one can see where runoff is currently and where it may be tomorrow.
“If we could be a bagel, we would be the everything bagel.” AMA RENNERMALM Associate Professor in the Department of Geography
This is the basis for water chemistry, she said. More research can lead to an understanding of the effects on nutrient composition of the oceans surrounding Greenland.This in turn leads to an understanding of its effects on the whole ecosystem. Yunpeng Lyu, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he also took a class with
Rennermalm and became interested in working under her guidance. “My project is more focused on analyzing the correlation between the ice sheet in Greenland and the sea cover in the Northern Greenland sea,” he said. When sea ice melts, local winds bring cold dry air to the ice sheet, which prevents the sheet from melting, he said. If sea ice continues to deplete, it could be harmful for the ice sheet because the wind will bring warm wet air instead. This in turn will melt the ice sheet faster, he said. If the correlation can be figured out, then a better understanding can be reached. Overall, there does not seem to be a strong correlation, Rennermalm said. A specific site in Northeastern Greenland is showing interesting data during the summer and from shorter time series studies. There seems to be more warm rain from the sea, Lyu said. The sea ice coverage is facilitating the melting of the ice sheet. Based on this data, more analyzing of
sea winds can be done to reach a conclusion. Quinton said he used a tool known as ArcGIS, which digitizes geographic information that can then be queried to solve a wide array of problems. Datasets of bedrock can even be multiplied with the amount of meltwater discharge to determine where the sediment travels. MATLAB, Microsoft Excel and Rose Maps helped organize sea wind data from three stations on the coast of Northeastern Greenland and display them efficiently with figures, graphs and datasets, Lyu said. Major preparation is under way for the Association of American Geographers’ annual meeting in Chicago later this week, Rennermalm said. Quinton and Lyu will be among the only undergraduates to attend the event. “They are both doing very important research and I think their work is worthy of being published,” she said. “I am very proud of both of them. If we could be a bagel, we would be the everything bagel.”
New telescope captures high-resolution images of universe WEINI ZHANG STAFF WRITER
A new telescope built by an international team of scientists will soon take high-resolution images of the universe. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will scan the universe with unprecedented width, depth and speed, said Charles Keeton, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, who is helping design and construct the device. Once finished, the telescope will assist enormously in astronomical researches such as his cosmic telescope research through Aresty Research program, he said. The LSST is under construction in Chile, where it has been in design for about 15 years, and is expected to start its operations within the next decade. “It’s a new approach to astronomy,” he said. “Over the course of 10 years, starting (in) 2022, it will send us the movie of the sky.” Chile is an ideal site for the telescope set up because of its climate conditions, infrastructure and government support, Keeton said. The country is located at a higher altitude and is relatively dry, which are important traits for astronomers, he said. They look for higher altitudes because getting above some of the atmosphere limits the blur it causes on images. Chile has attracted a number of astronomers together with the construction of observatories over the past decades, Keeton said. The Chilean government also recognizes the importance of astronomy. “They see astronomy as a way for this nation to contribute to international science,” Keeton said.
Keeton said historically astronomers have proceeded largely by studying individual objects. In the past decades their focus shifted to survey science, where astronomers look at a large area of the sky. The digital sky survey pioneers this approach, but for most of the digital catalogs of the sky, they only observe an object once, he said. “If you want to look at how things change over time, you’ll need to look over and over again,” Keeton said. The LSST observes objects repeatedly, thus yielding a movie of the sky and showing the variability of the objects it observes, he said. This method of observation will gather far more data than previous ones, “revolutionizing” how astronomers work, he said. According to the LSST website, with a 3200 Megapixel camera as the centerpiece, the telescope will be able to image faint astronomical objects across the sky. “Instruments such as the Hubble space telescope have been incredibly valuable for looking at individual objects, since it only looks at a small area of the sky,” Keeton said. According to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, another partner leading the LSST construction, the digital camera will be the largest ever built, allowing the LSST to create an unprecedented archive of astronomical data. The University joins the LSST project as an institutional partner, Keeton said. “(The University’s participation) gives us the ability to participate in this design and development phase of the project. There are details of the observation that are still being ironed out,” Keeton said.
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) is a new telescope built by an international team of scientists that will scan the universe with unprecedent width, depth and speed. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR
The telescope will facilitate answering science questions, from distant galaxies to stars in our own galaxy, and even asteroids that might actually pose a threat to Earth, Keeton said. That is just one potential use for the LSST, he said. The goal is to create a versatile machine that can fulfill different purposes. The data generated by LSST will also be of enormous help to Keeton’s research on gravitational lensing: the bending of light by gravity, he said. Gravitational lensing can be used to help understand how dark matter interacts with the universe, said Jaclyn Champagne-Bradli, a School of Arts and Sciences junior in an email. Finding cosmic telescopes — for clusters of galaxies whose gravitational influence bends light — is one goal for Keeton’s research, he said. “Objects that are behind those clusters of galaxies (have) their light ... distorted and magnified,” he said. “In the same way, we use
a telescope to peer out into space as natural light and bend light even further.” The goal of the gravitational lensing project is to understand how these galaxy clusters actually bend light, Keeton said. If the light has been distorted and magnified by the intervening clusters, Keeton’s team seeks to counter that effect in order to know what the source really looks like. Gravitational lensing is used to help see objects that would otherwise be invisible, but its effects must be removed to properly see the source, he said. The team first did a theoretical study in order to figure out what would be the best combination of galaxy clusters — the most powerful cosmic telescopes — for magnifying distant galaxies, he said. It is likely dark matter is responsible for bending light, Champagne-Bradli said. By analyzing how the light is bent, researchers can determine what dark matter looks like and how mass near and between galaxies is distributed.
Students from the Aresty program help the project by calibrating or focusing, these cosmic telescopes. Christine Ray, a junior in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said she was looking for the most powerful gravitational lenses. “We can have individual galaxies joining together forming a galaxy cluster, and even then you can have even larger structures such as multiple galaxy clusters along the single line,” she said. Ray builds models to understand the mass distribution within the clusters, she said. Understanding mass distribution makes it possible to calculate how light bends. From there the team uses it to understand how these cosmic telescopes are distorting the view of the background, she said. “We already identified two systems that have multiple galaxy clusters. What we are doing is modeling them,” she said. “What I’m doing is (testing) those models and (trying) to figure out which one is creating the images that we are seeing.”
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Trade in your seatbelts for helmets Civlovia, free outdoor event encourages healthy living, community
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ersey culture takes it slow on Sundays, specifi- and outdoor food truck events are hosted during the cally when the weather gets nice. People bring spring and summer months, similarly encouraging inout their drop tops and convertibles. They go for dividuals to get outside and walk to their destinations. Ciclovia is a communal approach to getting everya spin around the block or cruise down to the shore. But what if that wasn’t common perception? What if one outside and moving. Now that spring has officialeveryone decided to keep their cars inside, opted for ly sprung, students and people from the New Brunsa thinner set of wheels and set out on a bike ride? Ci- wick community alike are more inclined to get outside clovia, an outdoor event that encourages movement, and get moving. Yesterday’s Ciclovia event was the first in New Brunswick for this year and drew crowds challenges that perception. Translated from Spanish to English, Ciclovia means not only from the surrounding community but from “cycleway.” Started in Colombia, the idea behind Ci- Rutgers students as well. Ciclovia is the one event clovia is to shut down main roads and streets in an ef- on-campus that bridges the largest gaps between fort to encourage people to get outside and enjoy the students and the people of New Brunswick. A vast fresh air. During Ciclovia events, which traditionally majority of the Rutgers population spends its time on take place on Sundays, streets are closed to vehicular the College Avenue campus but never ventures out traffic in an effort to boost everyone’s desire to walk, on to the streets behind the student center or past bike, skateboard and run. The event has now spread off-campus housing on Easton Avenue. But the culture that exists around the to at least fourteen countries University is as rich and including the United States. diverse as the students that Along with major cities in the “Ciclovia is a vital communal attend school here. Yet out nation, New Brunswick beevent that bridges gaps, meshes of fear or disinterest, stugan hosting Ciclovia in 2013. cultures and encourages dents often choose to forgo Held three times a year, the getting to know the commulocal Ciclovia event shuts movement.” nity around them. down parts of College AveSimilarly the outdoor nue, George Street and Joyce Kilmer Avenue. Between the hours of 11 a.m. and 4 cycle event also combines the importance of urban p.m. people are invited out to bike, jump around in planning with exercise and the need for fresh air. As bounce houses, take part in Zumba classes and more. Rutgers continues to grow and expand both outward Guillermo Penalosa, who organized the first event and upward, encroaching on the surrounding neighin Colombia, challenges the notion of public spaces borhoods quickly becomes a concern. With all the and their purposes. He said, “No one said that streets modern day technological advances, staying inside were built for cars. They’re for people.” Specifically becomes incredibly enticing. However, getting fresh in America, cars dominate the streets. People who air every now and then, especially on foot, is incredchose to bike or skateboard are squeezed into bike ibly important. Ciclovia is a vital community event that bridges lanes and foot traffic gets crowded onto sidewalks. But it doesn’t have to be that way, people and cars gaps, meshes cultures and encourages movement. can share the streets and common spaces. There is a In New Brunswick, the small traffic jams created by trend towards making public areas more pedestrian the event pale in comparison to the health benefits and biker friendly, as towns and cities begin to pay and creation of community relationships. The next more attention to health standards and the impor- Ciclovia will be held in June but until then, get out tance of getting outside, expansions to bike lanes into the surrounding neighborhoods, drive a little are being created. Similarly more farmers markets less, cycle away. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 147th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Fossil fuel divestment cannot last any longer status as a research university with its long held commitment to the ideal of social justice. The University was on the right side of history SHANE PATEL when it was among the first universities to divest its endowment from companies conductfter months of navigating our Uniing business in South Africa during apartheid, versity’s administration, Rutgers a movement which Nelson Mandela touted as pivotal in changing the social climate surFossil Fuel Divestment has at last rounding the issue. Climate change is the secured a place on the agenda of the Board social justice issue of our time. Our adminof Governors and Board of Trustees Joint istration has endorsed this perspective with Committee on Investments. its three-part “Experience Rutgers: Climate We have chosen to run our campaign Change” events, where the alumni, students outside of the traditional means of conand faculty had the opportunity to learn about frontational student activism, but rather by our University’s world-class climate research. following the procedures laid out for us by In addition, as a part of our strategic plan, the University administration. We firmly bethe administration funded the lieved that divestment is not only 100 Days Symposium “Climate the morally correct and fiscally prudent move in the long term, “The University holds a unique position in Change and Inequality,” held on but that the argument behind it is the academic community in that it marries its April 10. At last year’s Mid-Atlantic intuitive and one that the Universtatus as a research university with its long held Regional Climate Symposium, sity administration would agree commitment to the ideal of social justice.” hosted by the Rutgers Climate with if we were given a fair hearInstitute, Dr. Richard Edwards, ing. However it has become clear the chancellor of the New that this is not the case. The University will not divest because of a well de- gitimize the fossil fuel industry, which has in- Brunswick campus, poignantly closed his livered presentation by a handful of suited fluenced Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to tell opening address by challenging the academstudents. They will divest if the entire com- every governor to ignore the Environmental ic community to not only publish significant Protection Agency’s coal plant emission reg- climate research, but to fight for the social munity supports fossil fuel divestment. We need your help to show the administra- ulations as well as Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) changes needed to avoid the worst effects of tion that climate change is the defining chal- to bring a snowball to the Capitol in February climate change. Fossil fuel divestment is the lenge of our society and it is impermissible to in order to refute the overwhelming evidence most effective way for our community to wresco-profit with an industry with a business plan that supports the theory of climate change. tle political power held in the coffers of the that necessitates the exploitation of as much We can work to delegitimize the industry that fossil fuel industry and return it to its rightful of our fossil fuel resources as possible, doom- promises to turn Super Storm Sandy from a place: the hands of the people. ing the students who attend and will attend once-in-a-millennia phenomenon to a once-adecade phenomenon and promises to graveWe’ll see you in the streets. our University. On Earth Day, April 22, at 4 p.m. we will ly widen global inequality. We can work to Shane Patel is a School of Engineering senior begin a march from College Hall on Douglass delegitimize the industry that grossly puts its campus to Voorhees Mall on the College Ave- profits over the well-being of our entire planet. double majoring in materials science and engiThe University holds a unique position in neering planning and public policy. He is the nue campus, where a post-march rally will be held. We hope to channel the spirit of last Sep- the academic community in that it marries its president of Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment.
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tember’s People’s Climate March, when an incredibly diverse group of 450,000 people, including over 150 Rutgers students, marched through the streets of New York City to show our political leaders that climate action is direly needed. We hope the march and rally will exemplify the impacts climate injustice will have on the diverse communities represented at our University. Our international and local societies are at a pivotal crossroad. We can continue along the path that we are on now and allow our climate to warm past the internationally agreed upon 2 degrees Celsius upper-limit, projected to unlock the worst effects of climate change. Alternatively, we can work to politically dele-
LETTER TO THE EDITOR U. treatment of staff employees unjust, promotes inequality
in their power to carry on with their business as usual, with extravagant spending. And the most convenient way they have found to do this is to take advantage of their staff, to pressurize us with mounting workloads and deny us equal rights at the barRutgers management is trying to discrimigaining table. nate against its staff employees. If you want to History teaches us that when people are beunderstand income inequality, how it works ing treated poorly, that treatment will continue and how the seeds of it are planted, look no until people say “no.” Rutgers will be holding further than contract negotiations going on a hearing on the University budget on Thursat Rutgers. Management just signed a conday, April 23, and staff intend to testify. We will tract with the faculty union granting it special say “no” to being treated like second-class protections in the areas of health insurance citizens, “no” to being bullied and financially and raises. They are trying to deny used and “no” to our managethese same protections to staff. ment’s frivolous spending. The money has to come from someA coalition between students, “Management is attempting to force their where, so management is attempting faculty and staff has shown that lower-paid employees to subsidize their to force their lower-paid employees to Rutgers works because we do. subsidize their health insurance and We will feel the presence of Marhealth insurance and future raises at the future raises at the benefit of their tin Luther King, Jr. in that hearbenefit of their highest-paid employees.” highest-paid employees. ing. History is, and has always There is a reason they are doing been, on our side. this. Most executives at Rutgers come out of the faculty. And when they finish they are, in actuality, increasing department Kathryn Neal is an administrative coordinatheir term of office and step down from their budgets. This means that department spend- tor in the Classics Department of the School of role as area dean, vice-president and so on, ing is increasing, so staff workloads are fol- Arts and Sciences. She has been with the Unithey return to faculty positions in their orig- lowing the same trend. versity for 13 years. She is the Steward for the inal departments. So, it is in their best finanThis is part of a deliberate strategy to tar- Union of Rutgers Administrators, URA-AFT, cial interest to give as many perks and special get staff. Management is doing everything Local 1766.
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deals to the faculty as they can, because when they step down from management, they will reap those benefits. It is a revolving door that rewards both faculty and management. It is important to note that the faculty union is part of the National American Federation of Teachers, and they just released a statement of solidarity with the staff. So, the decision to discriminate against staff employees is management’s decision alone. To add to this picture, Rutgers is beginning a series of re-organizations. They are cutting staff lines and doubling people’s workloads. They wave big numbers about deficits, when
4 steps to acing your interviews, landing jobs ASK THE CAREER SPECIALIST SUE PYE
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uestion: “I understand there are resources to help you practice interviewing for a job, but what are they? Do I need to make an appointment at University Career Services to go over interviewing? Are there other things that I can do without having to come into the office?” asked Marc, a sophomore. May is right around the corner and whether you are scheduled to begin an internship right after finals or are still scrambling to find a summer opportunity, interviewing is an essential skill for securing an internship. While a strong resume is required to inspire a potential employer to learn more about you through an interview, it’s the interview that will get you the job. Here are the top four tips to prepare for an interview: 1. Research Yourself: Review your resume and reflect on your experiences, especially those that are not recent. Be able to discuss your experiences, and most importantly, the skills you gained while working. Being prepared to talk about what you learned from each example is necessary to selling yourself to a potential employer. 2. Research the Organization: Make sure to do your homework and find out as much as you can about the organization and the position for which you will be interviewing. Employers want a candidate that is well informed about their organization and understands how he or she will be a good fit. There’s nothing more off-putting to an employer than to have a candidate who knows nothing about the organization or the field. 3. Practice Inter viewing: University Career Services offers Virtual Mock Interview (VMI), a web-based resource in CareerKnight, which allows you to practice interviewing from the comfort of your own home. Through VMI, you can select interview questions, watch your interview and store it for future viewing and/or scheduled coaching with a Career Development Specialist at University Career Services. 4. Apply Behavioral Inter viewing: Behavioral interviewing focuses on past behavior to predict future behavior. There’s no more compelling evidence than providing past examples of how you demonstrated a specific skill or ability in the past. Prepare some talking points about these examples and practice them before going to an interview. To learn more about interviewing and how to be successful in selling yourself to your next dream internship, review the Career and Internship Planning Guide available at the University Career Services website or meet with a Career Development Specialist at UCS to discuss interviewing strategies. “Ask the Career Specialist” is a column by Rutgers University Career Services that runs alternate Mondays. Submit career questions for future columns by emailing careerserices@echo.rutgers.edu.
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I am very proud of both of them. If we could be a bagel, we would be the everything bagel.” - Asa Rennermalm, an associate professor in the Department of Geography on Aresty student researchers. See story on SCIENCE.
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Today’s Birthday (04/20/15). Home and family take priority this year. Budget for renovation after 6/14. Profit from new work opportunities. Slow, patient efforts avoid errors. Humanitarian and community projects satisfy. Study subjects that benefit your career. Release unhealthy habits. Savor a romantic breakthrough after 10/13. Schedule time for peaceful introspection after 10/27. Settle into your love nest. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 9 — You’re more focused on creating income over the next month, with the Sun in Taurus. Use your creative and communicative arts today and tomorrow. You’re entering a stable phase. Follow the money. Talk about your discoveries. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Your confidence increases for the next month, with the Sun in your sign. Your ideas are attracting attention. A new assignment brings in more revenue today and tomorrow. Watch accounts and maintain a positive balance. You’re in control. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is an 8 — Allow more time for quiet contemplation this next month, with the Sun in Taurus. You have extra confidence today and tomorrow with the Moon in your sign. Complete old projects. Take charge of your destiny. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Team projects go well over the next month, with the Sun in Taurus. Slow down and contemplate your direction today and tomorrow. Balance emotion with reason. Consider mental, physical and spiritual health. Rest and recharge. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — For the next four weeks, advance your professional agenda. Climb a rung on the career ladder. Friends help, especially today and tomorrow. Consider organizing a team to help you do it all. Your community is your goldmine. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Your fame travels far and wide. Consider new career opportunities over the next few days. You’ve got itchy feet this month. Plan and schedule business priorities. A trip may be in order. Mix work and pleasure.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Sort, count and file money this month. Inventory your assets to maximize growth. Make financial plans to support your family’s goals, with the Taurus Sun. Travel conditions improve today and tomorrow. Learn directly from the source. Explore your subject. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — It pays to have a good partner. The Sun in Taurus favors long-term relationships this month. Deal with financial obligations today and tomorrow. Handle paperwork. Collaborate to fund your shared vision. Reward your accomplishment with a sunset walk. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Collaboration sizzles today and tomorrow. You and a partner heat things up. This month gets especially busy under the Taurus Sun. Work takes precedence, and there’s plenty. Share the load and the profits for mutual benefit. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — You’re especially lucky in love this month. As long as you follow your heart, your endeavors thrive. Today and tomorrow get busy at work. Speed up the pace, and get help if necessary. Practice your passion. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Fix up your place this month. Invest in a practical upgrade. Home renovation projects go well. Increase your family’s comfort. Plant flowers and beautiful vegetables. Today and tomorrow are all about fun. Schedule a romantic rendezvous. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Get into home projects today and tomorrow. Get family involved. Study, write and record over the next month, with the Sun in Taurus. You’re on creative fire. Capture the magic. Hold meetings. Get the word out.
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Throwing unit thrives, hammer throw record reset for third time this season CONTINUED FROM BACK the school record for a third time and moving up the regional and national lists. Mirabelli broke his personal record by about 14 feet in the javelin and graduate student Josh Suttmeier had a really good outing by throwing for his season-best.” While the throwers were able to have success for Rutgers, they were also joined by their teammates on the track in having good days. Sophomore sprinter Jermaine Griffith, who recently returned from bouts with injuries, won the 400-meter dash with a personal best time of 47.15 seconds. Griffith was followed by teammate D’Andre Jordan, as the senior sprinter took second place in a season-best time of 47.37 seconds. Both sprinters qualified for the IC4A’s with their times. Griffith and Jordan were also a part of the third place finishing 4x100-meter relay team. The pair was joined by teammates junior sprinter Rajee Dunbar and freshman sprinter Jordan Jimerson to finish in 42.01 seconds. Their improvement as a unit has been evident over the last few weeks, leading the coaching staff to believe the best is still to come from the quartet. “Our 4x100 unit is getting better and better,” Mulqueen said. “Jermaine (Griffith) and D’Andre (Jordan) taking the top two spots in the 400-meter dash was great to see…Not only were
they the top two, but they did it with really good times.” Griffith had one of the most active days for the sprinting unit, as he also took part in the third place finishing 4x400-meter relay team with the same quartet. He was especially proud of his winning performance in the 400-meter dash, knowing how hard he has worked to return to action. “It felt great to win (the 400-meter dash),” he said. “That was my goal coming into the day. It feels great coming off an injury and in only my second meet back to set a personal best is just a really good feeling … Things should get even better from here.” Mulqueen and assistant coach Robert Farrell roamed around the track to give last-minute tips to their team, making sure their guys were keyed in and took advantage of the fast track at Princeton. They were happy with the results and the focused intensity the team showed, especially by not overlooking this weekend in favor of future meets like the Big Ten Championships. “Overall, it was a very sound meet,” Farrell said. “We’re starting to gel everything together and take it one week at a time. Joe Velez has become a model of consistency each week, giving all his effort even when he keeps breaking his record. The exciting part is that we all know that he still has more to give in the coming weeks and can break his record by 10 to 15 more feet.”
SPARKS Despite struggles with execution, Rutgers captures scattered success this weekend CONTINUED FROM BACK 100-meter dash, coming in at 12.09. The Rutgers relay teams were able to earn top finishes as well. The 4x100-meter relay team of junior Alayna Famble, Saunders, junior Kaprice James, and freshman Oksana Sokolova took third place racing an ECAC time of 46.90. Additionally, sophomores Kaitlyn Bedard and Ellen Miller paired with freshmen Deanna DiLandro and Celine Mazzi in the 4x400-meter relay clocked in at 3:54.55 for a fourth place finish. DiLandro also took third in the 800-meter race with a time of 2:12.59, while sophomore teammate Sarah Robbie followed closely behind for a fifth place finish at 2:15.17. In field events for Saturday, sophomore Bryanna Grant placed fifth in the triple jump, leaping a distance of 11.87 meters (38’ 11 ½’’). Although the performances came in a mixed bag, the experience gained from the Larry Ellis Invitation will help prepare the Knights for the future competition they’ll face as the outdoor season continues. The team is positive in their outlook on the sunny weekend they spent in the Garden State. “I think it was overall just a great experience to be competing with so many good schools, and being able to just go out there and give it my all,” McDonald said. There is still a long road of improvement ahead. Head coach James Robinson has expectations for his team that have not yet been met this season. He
emphasizes the need for the Knights to collectively come out strong and post top individual marks to reach overall team success. “I thought we could’ve been a lot better. I think we still need a lot of improvement as a team across the board,” Robinson said. “We have a couple of sparks here and there in different event areas, but overall they just need to perform their best together. That’s a challenge of a young team.” Being a team that has twice the amount of freshman and sophomores (22) than juniors and seniors (11) with several injured and redshirted athletes, Rutgers has been struggling to rally as a team at their meets throughout the season. The Knights are sturdy in their capabilities –– but the execution is shaky. Building the bridge between these two key components within their events will be crucial in paving the way to both individual and team success. “There were definitely some bright spots, so the kids know they’re in shape. They just need to execute races better and their technique better in their different events, but they’re definitely in good condition,” Robinson said. “We have to go back to our form and see where we can improve from a technical standpoint … so they can come back to their next opportunity and do better.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s track and field team, follow @ TargumSports on Twitter.
Sophomore Michael Howe says that after a tough start to the season, he has recently been able to shake off his previous performances and make strides in his game. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU stays strong in Happy Valley EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s golf team embarked to University Park, Pennsylvania for the Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State this weekend. The event marked the final test for the Scarlet Knights before its most important event of the year next weekend, the Big Ten Championships. The Rutherford Intercollegiate was competed on the Blue Course at Penn State’s university golf course. The Blue Course is one of the more daunting Big Ten courses, so the event provided the golfers with ample opportunity to evaluate themselves before heading into their final tournament of the year. Rutgers began play on Saturday morning on the par-71, 7,202 yard course with a long day ahead, since the first two rounds or 36 holes would be completed that day. Head coach Rob Shutte decided to use a lineup consisting of senior Jacob Stockl, sophomore Ryan Rose, sophomore Michael Howe, freshman Matt Holuta and freshman Toks Pedro. Freshman Jack Panagos and junior Louis Bodine par ticipated in the event as well, but as individuals. Through 36 holes, Stockl was in a five way tie for 25th place in the 75 player field. He shot a plus-three 74 in the first round followed by a five over par 76 in round two. He concluded day one at eight over par with a total score of 150. “He’s hard on himself,” said head coach Rob Shutte. “He goes into these tournaments thinking he has a good chance to be in contention down the stretch. He didn’t give himself a chance to do that with the play in the first two rounds. He certainly continued to compete hard.” Bodine sat in a tie for 34th place after Saturday’s competition. The junior put up a 152 total mark with a plus-four, 75 and a plus-6, 77. Overall, he shot a 10 over par on day one. Howe hit a first round, 70 and a second round, 71 for a 141 combined total. He had the top scorecard for the Knights on Saturday. Howe was one-under in round one and even in the second round. The
sophomore was in the top three at the conclusion of play on Saturday. Holuta finished day one at five over par. He shot a plus-five 76 on the first 18 holes and an even, 71 on the second 18. Holuta hit a total mark of 147 — good enough for a tie for 13th. Pedro ended day one tied with Holuta for 13th place after shooting a five over par, 147. He had a four over par, 75 in round one and a plusone, 72 in the second round. Panagos posted a 77 in rounds one and two. He hit a plus-12 on Saturday and finished the day in a tie for 50th place in the standings. As a unit, Rutgers shot a plus-17, 585 thru 36 holes and was in the top-three. The Knights had a 295 in the first round followed by a 290 in round two. The team sat six strokes behind second place Eastern Michigan and 13 strokes in back of the leader, Penn State. The team continued play on Sunday morning and needed to keep its feet on the gas pedal to maintain its high position in the standings. Rutgers did just that. Howe shot a plus-four, 75 to boost his score to 216. He finished in a tie for fifth place with a plusthree for the tournament. “Yeah, it was great,” Shutte said. “He’s been kinda really hot and cold at times. …I’m very excited for him to not just play a couple good rounds but, actually finish off a tournament in tough conditions today. He got off to a slow start and battled and played a tough round the rest of the way. I was excited for him.” Howe was happy to be in a position to win the event on the last day. “Yeah, I played pretty well yesterday, and I put myself in a chance to win a tournament finally,” Howe said on his play. “I kind of struggled a little bit this year and I’m finally getting to play the way I know I can.” Stockl ended the Rutherford Intercollegiate in sole possession of 20th place. The veteran golfer rose five spots in the standings after hitting a two over par 73 on Sunday. Stockl had a 223 final total and shot a plus-10 for the event. “He had a good round today in the toughest conditions so, it kind of showed his ability to control the golf ball,” Shutte said. “He’s one of our best at keeping the ball down out of the wind.”
Although his wasn’t in contention to win the event, Stockl bolstered his team and helped to give it a chance for a victory. “This week, I mean, I played okay,” he said. “I really wanted a chance to win the tournament, but I was still in a really good position that I could help the team in big ways. I think that’s what I did.” Pedro had a plus-six 77 in the third round and raised his score to 224. He finished the tournament with an 11 over par in 21st place. After three rounds, Holuta ended up with a plus-17 for the event and a mark of 230 to tie for 40th in the standings. He shot an 83 on Sunday. Panagos put up another 77 in the third round and finished at 18 over par for the event. He had a 231 total good enough for a tie for 46th place. Bodine also hit a plus18 on the weekend and joined Panagos in a tie for 46th after posting a 79 on Sunday. Rose shot a plus-22 at the Rutherford Intercollegiate and earned a tie for 56th place in the standings. He had an 80 in round one followed by a round two, 79, and a 76 in the final round. Rutgers kept the pedal to the medal and picked up a top-five finish in consecutive weeks. The team ended the tournament in third place with a total mark of 886. The golfers put up a plus-17, 301 in the third round and shot a plus-34 overall. Penn State won on its home course with a plus-16, 868 total. Eastern Michigan finished in second with an 876. “The goal entering all of these tournaments is to have a chance come the final round, and we did,” Shutte said. “It wasn’t as close as we would like ... We had a shot so, overall, when you have a shot to win that’s good. Certainly, we didn’t play our best... The conditions were tougher, all of the scores were a touch higher so, it was an opportunity to make up some ground. We didn’t, so from that perspective it was disappointing ... (but) overall in the tournament, we were in contention going into the final round, so (we’ll) just keep doing that.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s golf team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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April 20, 2015 BASEBALL MICHIGAN STATE 6, RUTGERS 2
Rutgers offense struggles, swept in series at Bainton TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers baseball team sat in ninth place in the Big Ten Conference standings heading into this past weekend. With only eight teams eligible to make the Big Ten Tournament, Michigan State was the team sitting in the last spot of the conference keeping the Scarlet Knights on the bubble. The Spartans also were the team coming to Piscataway this weekend to take on Rutgers in the weekend series. On Friday, the Knights sat a half game out of the final playof f spot held by Michigan State and went into the weekend needing a series win or a sweep of the Spar tans. But showing inability to score and keep home runs from flying over the wall, Rutgers (12-26-1, 5-10) was swept by Michigan State (22-16, 7-5) over the weekend. After dropping the first two games by scores of 10-4 and 157, the Knights went into the final game looking to rebound. After the third straight game allowing at least one home run, Rutgers dropped Sunday’s series finale, 6-2. Head coach Joe Litterio acknowledged how the Knights faced a streaking Michigan State team that ended up plating nine home runs on the weekend, going with three Friday, five Saturday and one Sunday. “We have to get back to work — that’s the bottom line,” Litterio
said. “The best thing about baseball is you get a chance to play again on Tuesday — we don’t have to wait a whole week. We just need to improve. We ran into a very hot team, and with the wind blowing out the first two days, they hit it out of the yard. That was a ballgame that we just lost today.” After lacking some of his best stuff in previous appearances, sophomore right-hander Gaby Rosa flashed some improvements with five earned runs on seven hits in six innings pitched. He added two strikeouts but also walked four batters. Rosa struggled in the first inning, allowing three runs on two hits, but managed to improve with each inning pitched. After scattering two runs over the next five innings pitched, Rosa figured out what worked and what didn’t. “I started to change it up a bit after the first inning,” Rosa said. “In the beginning, I was trying to get them off-balanced with my off-speed stuff. Afterwards, I just started attacking with my fastball — my best pitch. I was struggling with two strikes. Every time I got someone to two strikes, I tried to put them away with fastballs, but they took it the other way and one kid hit a home run. I just wasn’t hitting my spots.” What remains the large issue for Rutgers is the inability to plate runners in scoring position and take advantage of runners on base. In four innings, the Knights had runners reach at least second base and were unable to plate them.
Sophomore pitcher Gaby Rosa saw progress in later innings as he adjusted his throws to keep the Michigan State batters off-balance. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2015 When Rutgers did score their two runs in the bottom of the fourth, senior left fielder Vinny Zarrillo grounded out to end the inning with the bases loaded. “We just couldn’t get the key hit in the big situation,” Zarrillo said. “We had bases loaded, runners on second and third a couple times, and we just didn’t do much to cash those runners in.”
Litterio echoed what Zarrillo said, noting how the Knights had the chances to score but couldn’t do it. That’s what he points to as the reason why Rutgers is dropping close games. “We had bases loaded, a runner on third with one out and other opportunities with runners in scoring position,” Litterio said. “We had the big oppor-
tunities in the big parts of the game where we needed a clutch hit and we weren’t able to do that this game. That’s part of the game — you aren’t always going to come through, but we need to start coming through.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter.
SOFTBALL OHIO STATE 8, RUTGERS 4
Knights slip further behind in Big Ten with loss to Buckeyes RYAN MORAN STAFF WRITER
In a series, Rutgers women’s softball (24-13, 8-7 B1G) really needed to re-establish itself in the Big Ten after being swept last weekend by No. 4 Michigan. The Scarlet Knights fell just short to Ohio State (24-19, 8-9 B1G) losing the series, 2-1. “These are teams we haven’t played before,” said head coach Jay Nelson after the series. “We are figuring out how to play them, so we can then get into the tournament and be competitive in the tournament and win a couple of games.” Due to inclement weather in the forecast for Sunday, the third game of the series was rescheduled to Saturday for a doubleheader. While sometimes an unexpected change like this may affect a team, the Knights were used to it, having played doubleheaders on Saturday’s the last two seasons in the Big East and AAC. The Buckeyes took the rubber game of the series, 8-4. Rutgers got out to the early lead thanks to senior centerfielder Jackie Bates launching a two-run home run in the top of the first. Bates had another hot series, hitting three home runs to give her 16 on the year which put her in the Knights’ record books for having the most home runs in a single season. Bates also tied the
school record for career home runs with 34. “It’s pretty special,” Bates said on breaking the record. “I’m excited to have it. It’s something I’ve been working for all season, but you can’t let it get to your head too much and keep playing the games like you know how, and treat every at bat like a normal at bat and wait for your pitches.” However, the Buckeyes were able to overcome the early attack and answer with three of their own in the bottom half of the first, and
they didn’t look back from there securing the win. Bates added her second homerun of the game in the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore pitcher Shayla Sweeney didn’t have her best stuff on the day, putting the team in a hole early and while junior pitcher Dresden Maddox was able to stop the bleeding, it was too late. The team struggled at the plate leaving a lot of runners on base and was not able to hit the outside pitch effectively.
Rutgers would not go quietly in the series, winning a hard fought victory in game two, 3-2. Maddox was on the mound and had a gritty outing for the Knights, tossing six and onethird innings surrendering just two runs. Senior pitcher Alyssa Landrith came in to close, getting the last two outs of the game for the win. “I went out there and tried to stay within myself and pitched to my strength and the batters weaknesses, so that I can give the team
Despite senior centerfielder Jackie Bates’ three home runs this weekend, Rutgers lost their second Big Ten series in a row against Ohio State. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2014
the best shot I could to get that win,” Maddox said. The Knights regained the lead in the top of the sixth after a fielding mishap on Ohio State’s part, allowing junior catcher Elizabeth Adams to score. Bates added her first of the three home runs this weekend in the win. In the first game of the series, Rutgers suffered a heartbreaker falling 4-3 to the Buckeyes thanks in part to a three run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning after going into the inning leading 3-1. The rally came in the form of a misplayed line drive and two walks on close pitches and all three players would be driven in to put the Buckeyes in the lead. Landrith went six innings surrendering the four runs on six hits while striking out four batters. In order to further the team’s success, the team really needs to have pitchers establish themselves as No. 2, and Maddox might have done that Saturday and from her previous outings. “Dresden pitched great,” Nelson said. “She kept us inland battled by only giving up the two runs. She did a tremendous job. I think she’s gaining confidence, and it’s a very good thing. She started the year in a slump, but the more she’s pitched, the better she has got.” For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We had the big opportunities in the big parts of the game where we needed a clutch hit and we weren’t able to do that this game. That’s part of the game — you aren’t always going to come through. But we need to start coming through. ” - Baseball head coach Joe Litterio
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RU throwing unit lights up Larry Ellis meet
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PRINCETON — As the New Jersey weather begins to heat up, the Rutgers men’s track and field team followed suit by putting together one of the better overall team performances in the Larry Ellis Invitational held at Princeton. In an outdoor season littered with injuries and shaky weather that has forced many practices to be held indoors, the Scarlet Knights took advantage of the sunshine at Weaver Stadium by having more time to train and cheer on all their teammates. The throwing unit was once again on display for the Knights, putting together one of their best performances despite the absence of junior javelin thrower standout Thomas Carr. Junior thrower Joseph Velez reset the school hammer throw record for the third time this season, finishing in third place with a toss of 64.14 meters (210 feet and 5 inches). In the javelin, freshman Christopher Mirabelli captured first place with a new personal best of 69.84 meters (229 feet and 2 inches) in his final flight and was followed by senior Josh Suttmeier in second place, who finished with a distance of 67.22 meters (220 feet and 6 inches). All three throwers earned IC4A qualifying marks with their performances. Head coach Mike Mulqueen was thrilled to see his throwers come through for the Knights yet again, realizing how dependable they have become each week. “This weekend, we had a lot of standout performers and the throwers kept performing well,” he said. “Joe Velez was really good, breaking
PRINCETON — The Rutgers women’s track and field team made its best effort to gain momentum while rounding out into the middle of the outdoor season in venturing to Princeton for the Larry Ellis Invitational. During a sunny weekend at Weaver Stadium, the Scarlet Knights were able to post several top performances across the board. Rutgers kicked off the weekend on Friday with a successful display of prowess in the javelin from Kelsey McDonald, who set a new personal record and took a second place finish. With an ECAC qualifying distance of 42.55 meters (139’ 7’’), the freshman surpassed her previous record of 40.32 meters from her debut performance as a Knight at the University of Southern Florida Bulls Invitational in March. “I’m really happy with my performance,” McDonald said. “It’s actually my first PR [personal record] as a college athlete, so I was really happy.” Rutgers kept the ball rolling on Saturday, putting up several top marks in track events. Drew Andrews finished in the top eight out of 35 competitors in the preliminary round of the 100-meter hurdles. Advancing to the finals, the sophomore took a seventh place finish, clocking in at 14.57 seconds. Freshman Bria Saunders saw success in the 200-meter dash, setting a new personal best with her ECAC qualifying time of 24.14. The sprinter also finished seventh in the
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Freshman forward Jules Heningburg recorded a hat trick for Rutgers, marking his sixth multi-goal game of the season. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2015
Turnovers thwart Rutgers against PSU KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
STATE COLLEGE –– The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team entered Happy Valley for Sunday’s game with Penn State, needing a victory to keep postseason prospects alive and more importantly, according to the players –– demonstrate pride. The Scarlet Knights (4-10, 0-4) hoped to paint State College red, but instead, in a fitting tribute to “Blue and White” weekend, the Nittany Lions (4-8, 1-3) dispatched of the Knights 11-6. Rutgers will return to the banks winless in the inaugural season of the Big Ten and without the possibility of a postseason in 2015. After playing mistake-free lacrosse in the 8-7 nail biting loss to No.3 Maryland April 12, last night in the shadows of historic Beaver Stadium, the Knights beat themselves. Rutgers turned the ball over 19 times, many of which seemed to be at crucial points in the game where the Knights were either in need of a goal to take a lead or desperate just to stay in the game. “We certainly had a lot of turnovers,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “19 turnovers is probably too many to win a game on the road in this conference.” Junior attacker Scott Bieda pinpointed the problems for Rutgers. “We turned the ball over too many times and we couldn’t capitalize on our opportunities when we had them,” Bieda said, and the Penn State goaltender didn’t help matters much either. The Nittany Lions netminder, Connor Darcey, came into the contest averaging over 12 saves per game. Last night Darcey made 11 saves, at least three of which came from pointblank range, and the more shots he turned aside, the more his confidence grew and the Knights’ swagger shrunk. “He was an exceptional goaltender. Definitely a big strong kid, had an eye for the ball
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Freshman Christopher Mirabelli captures the Larry Ellis Invitational javelin title. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
and knew where it was going,” said sophomore attacker Christian Trasolini. Darcey was a factor before the game began as the players and coaching staff had seen film on the Wellesley, MA, native. Trasolini also felt the turnovers took a toll on the team, and when coupled with a stone wall in the cage, it made for a tough night for Rutgers. “I think the turnovers that we had really came back and hurt us at the end,” Trasolini said. “Throughout the game, we would make up for a turnover or a bad shot, but it really came down to the end when it caused us to fall behind so many goals.” It all started well for Rutgers. Scarlet and white staked themselves to a 3-1 lead late into the first quarter after Scott Bieda struck first, followed by senior midfielder Brian Goss and freshman attacker Jules Heningburg. But the lead was short-lived. The Nittany Lions pounced, making a fourgoal run to take a 5-3 lead and scoring six of the games final nine goals to salt away the win. Rutgers’ bright spots included Heningburg, who notched a hat trick for the Knights, Bieda, who contributed two goals and two assists, and junior goaltender Kris Alleyne, who set a new season-high with 13 saves. The highlight of the game came when Christian Scarpiello fed Bieda on the move in front of the cage. Bieda, all in one motion, caught the pass and flipped it behind his head for a goal. “It’s not flashy, it’s just the right play,” Bieda said. “I don’t even think I thought about it.” Rutgers will look to right the ship in the season finale against No. 11 Ohio State on Sunday for Senior Night at High Point Solutions Stadium, the last chance for Rutgers to capture a Big Ten win in 2015. For updates on the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, follow @kevinPXavier and @ TargumSpor ts on twitter.
EXTRA POINT
NBA SCORES (PLAYOFFS)
Brooklyn Atlanta
92 99
Boston Cleveland
100 113
Portland Memphis
86 10
San Antonio LA Clippers
49 55
JACKIE BATES,
senior centerfielder, now holds the Rutgers single-season home run record and is tied for the record of career home runs. Her three homers against Ohio State this weekend put her at 16 this season and 34 overall.
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Freshman Kelsey McDonald takes second place in the javelin this past weekend. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
BASEBALL
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
vs. Maryland (DH)
vs. Wagner
vs. Saint Peter’s
at Johns Hopkins
Tomorrow, 2 p.m., RU Softball Complex
Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, 6 p.m., Bainton Field Bainton Field Baltimore, Md.