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Department chair fights sexual assault charges Sabrina Szteinbaum Associate News Editor
The chairwoman of the Department of Philosophy at Rutgers-Newark is expected to appear in court on Thursday for charges of aggravated sexual assault after she allegedly molested a man with cerebral palsy in 2011. The alleged victim, D.J., is said to have the mental capacity of an 18 month old. Anna Stubblefield, 44, who is on administrative leave without pay, allegedly told the school that she and 33-year-old D.J. were in “love” and had consensual sexual relations, according to courthousenews.com. D.J.’s mother and brother claim that Stubblefield told them about the alleged incidents in May 2011. Stubblefield advocated “facilitated communication,” a technique she thinks can help the disabled communicate with the help of a facilitator running their fingers across a keyboard, according to nj.com. Stubblefield’s lawyer, James Patton, said the issue is whether D.J. was capable of giving consent through Stubblefield’s facilitated communication. Patton claims that D.J. was capable of giving consent.
Stubblefield met D.J. in 2008 and acted as his facilitator for two years, according to nj.com. She met with D.J. at his home, Rutgers and the Cerebral Palsy Center of North Jersey, according to courthousenews.com She brought him to conferences in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, where D.J. communicated in front of audience members with Stubblefield as his facilitator, according to nj.com. According to the complaint filed by D.J.’s mother and brother, Stubblefield sexually exploited D.J. at a pool party the same summer she claimed she would help him present his research at the 2010 Autism National Committee. In August 2011, D.J.’s family brought their allegations to University police officers, according to nj.com. Stubblefield was indicted on aggravated sexual assault charges in January 2013. Both sides are expected to appear in court on Thursday before state Superior Court Judge Siobhan Teare. According to nj.com, the judge will make the decision regarding whether or not more tests need to be done to determine D.J.’s ability to communicate.
Bishop Quad, located at 115 College Ave. on the College Avenue Campus, is expected to undergo renovation to its archways, which date back to 1926. RONNIE MENDOZA
Quad renovation draws objection Erin Walsh Correspondent
Rutgers plans to reconstruct the archways of the Bishop Quads on the College Avenue campus in light of wider changes to the buildings. The proposal has already received some objections. John Giganti, a graduate student and vice president of the Rutgers University Historical Society, was alarmed to see the plan and has created a petition to halt the project. Giganti, a reference assistant at Mabel Smith Douglass Library, saw a flyer about the reconstruction while walking to the bus stop on campus.
He noticed the original arches connecting the buildings would be completely removed and replaced with glass connectors. “That’s where the objection comes in,” Giganti said. He soon responded with his petition, which currently has more than 80 signatures and growing. The current archways that connect the four Bishop Quad residence halls — Wessels, Leupp, Pell and Hegemen — date back to 1926. Giganti, who worked as an architect on educational projects before pursuing a master’s degree at Rutgers, felt very passionately about the project because of the buildings’ history.
“There’s always other ways to fix a problem than wholesale destruction,” he said. Because of Giganti’s passion for architectural history, he sees the Bishop Quads arches as pieces that should be preserved. Giganti said around the time of the buildings’ construction, America was experiencing a phase in architecture where people wanted to beautify cities and college campuses across the countr y. He believes these buildings were a part of a time during See RENOVATION on Page 4
U. graduate gears up for triathlon Sabrina Szteinbaum Associate News Editor
Relay for Life had 639 participants gather at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Friday. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Relay for Life raises more than $51,000 for cancer Sabrina Restivo Correspondent
After 14 hours of standing and walking around a track, participants at last weekend’s Relay for Life did not sit down. Rather, they placed glow sticks in a paper lantern to commemorate those who have died in the battle against cancer. The 14th annual Relay For Life at Rutgers included 58 teams and 639 participants who gathered together to raise funds for the American Cancer Society, a nonprofit organization that advocates for cancer awareness and research. The marathon that took place at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Cen-
ter on Busch campus raised about $51,141.73 during Friday evening and Saturday morning, according to the Relay for Life website. Relay For Life has raised nearly $5 billion to combat cancer, according to the website. It has involved 20 countries and more than 5,200 communities. Gianna Delizza, the Rutgers Colleges Against Cancer relay event chair, said the event encourages the participation of the entire Rutgers community, including families affected by cancer who are willing to support the cause. The loss of her father prompted her to join Rutgers Colleges Against Cancer. See CANCER on Page 5
In the 14 to 15 hours per week of training for a 140.6 mile Ironman-distance triathlon, David Hersh said anything from the “Rocky” soundtrack to Imagine Dragons motivates him to keep on going. Hersh is co-founder of The Endeleo Project, which aims to support organizations providing education services to vulnerable populations around the world. He believes triathlons are a great way to raise awareness, interest and money for a cause. After practicing law for a little more than four years and finding the career limiting, Hersh is now a graduate student going for his Ph.D. in public policy from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Hersh has completed several half marathons and marathons, along with two Ironman-distance triathlons in the past. In 2009, he raised $2,700 for the project, and this time, he hopes to raise much more. Hersh’s minimum goal is to raise $40,000, which will fund three projects. His actual goal is to raise $70,000 and use the extra money to start hiring staff.
He needs to put together a team of people to do the triathlon with him. If he can get up to 10 runners and each can raise $5,000, he can figure out the difference. “It’s a big goal,” Hersh said. “There’s obviously always a chance when you set a very high goal that
you won’t reach it, but I see no harm in striving for it.” He said training can get discouraging, and one obstacle he faces in particular is dealing with a herniated disk he injured a few years ago. See TRIATHLON on Page 5
David Hersh, a graduate student, plays with kids in an orphanage in Kenya, where he studied abroad. COURTESY OF DAVID HERSH
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The Rutgers University Student Employment Office and Office of Financial Aid present “National Student Employment Month KickOff Event” at 10 a.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “Rutgers Jazz Ensemble II” at 7:30 p.m. at The Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for Rutgers alumni, employees and seniors, and $5 for students.
Tuesday, April 22
Rutgers Department of Transportation Services hosts “Pop-Up DOTS” at 1 p.m. This is a Cook campus-wide event. At the Biel Road bus stop, there will be free basic bicycle repair demos, prizes and much more.
Wednesday, April 23
The Rutgers Office of Research and Economic Development and Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute host “Partnerships in Big Data: Pathways to Transformative Innovation in New Jersey” at 8:15 a.m. at the Livingtson Student Center.
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Scholars explore early history of English protest songs
Using 15th to 17th century instruments such as English recorders, musicians attempt to replicate the sound of an early English protest song. YINGJIE HU
Lidia De Los Santos Contributing Writer
Using English recorders, bagpipes, a guitar and the lute, musicians produce a sound that would resemble English music from the 17th century. At an event, entitled “The Early Histor y of the Protest Song: Libels, Ballads and Politics in Seventeenth Centur y En-
gland,” a mixture of historians and musicians spoke about and recreated early English political songs to recapture the political meanings and the musical sounds of the early modern English protest song. The Rutgers British Studies Center hosted the event at Van Dyck Hall on the College Avenue campus on Friday, which featured musicians who work
on 15th, 16th and 17th centur y European music to figure out if adding melody and performance changes the meaning of written ballads. The RBSC is an interdisciplinar y collaboration among scholars at the University who work on “British things,” said Alastair Bellany, executive board member of the center. They work on British litera-
ture, histor y, culture, political thought and philosophy. He said their main goal is to bring scholars who work in different disciplines into conversation with each other. The RBSC was started in 2007 as the Rutgers British Studies Project, and after receiving a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the project became the British Studies Center. For the last 25 years, the historians, led by Bellany, an associate professor in the Department of History, have uncovered underground rude ballads, songs and poems and have noticed that a number of them are set to music, said Thomas Cogswell, a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside. These scholars have figured out which songs work with the political ballads and set them to music. This was the first time in 400 years these songs were heard. Bellany said the center tries to reach out to as big of an audience as possible by having a mix of strictly academic events as well as events that would bring academic work to a broader audience, like this one. “Hopefully it will be fun because it will be 60 to 70 percent music, and many of the songs
we’re going to do are outrageous,” he said. “Some of them are rude, so there’s sort of an entertainment factor, but it also allows people to think about the multiple ways in which politics can take place.” Angela McShane, a course tutor at the Victoria and Albert Museum, spoke about the production of the ballads printed on single sheets, known as the broadside ballads. “Unlike weekly sermons in church, people from all classes spent their hard-earned cash — often a penny or less — on the broadside sheets willingly,” McShane said. “We must assume they were also interested in the message, [not just the music] and wanted to share it with others.” McShane presented a number of facts about these ballads to uncover the question of how to study the 17th century political ballad as a song. She said that not many people are interested in doing this because early modern scholars tend to avoid political ballads. “The great guru of the ballad, Francis Child, referred to these sheets as veritable dunghills,” McShane said. “So rarely sung, this performance today is a really exciting and important event for historians of popular politics.”
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RENOVATION Giganti says Bishop Quad’s architecture style has been long abandoned, making it more valuable continued from front
SPRING SPECIALITIES As spring approaches, a tulip (top) blossoms and trees (bottom) bloom at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / PHOTO EDITOR
architectural histor y, known as the City Beautiful movement. “They’re almost 90 years old,” he said. “It’s a quality of craft you don’t see anymore. It’d be a serious detriment to the campus if we lost them.” Antonio Calcado, vice president of University Facilities and Capital Planning, said via email that the 85-year-old building has been in constant use and needs to be upgraded in order to be compliant with the respective statutes and regulations. The proposal also intends to provide creature comforts for the student residents. “We are not taking the buildings down, but they now have a number of deficiencies that need to be corrected,” he said in the email. Calcado told the Rutgers University Student Assembly that the buildings stand empty due to fire code issues, according to a 2013 article in The Daily Targum. Calcado said the archway renovation is planned to address these issues by creating a connection via the archways at the corners of the buildings and by adding stair towers. A number of issues go hand in hand with the quad’s age, including their compliance with the law. Some of these issues are the number of fire exits, accessibility for students with disabilities and roof leaks. The buildings are not in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, preventing students with disabilities from living at the quad, he said. The renovation is expected to correct this issue. They also hope to address problems with heating systems, waters services, restrooms and emergency power during the project. Along with these maintenance issues, Rutgers would upgrade electrical ser vices to keep up with the many electronic devices students
need today, such as phones and computers. “These are necessary infrastructure improvements that enhance the buildings, and by no means detract from them,” he said in the email. Calcado emailed Giganti with a request for discussion between them, and said Giganti rebuffed the request. Carla Yanni, professor in the Department of Art History, is aware of the necessity to make changes to the Bishop Quads, but believes changes could be made to preserve their aesthetic. “[They] have a collegiate feel that is rare in New Brunswick,” Yanni said in an email. “There are probably better ways to meet the needs of the fire code than to insert those glass boxes, which look very corporate to me.” This “corporate feel” Yanni mentions is another important role in Giganti’s objection to the project. The flyer Giganti saw displayed an image of what the archways would look like after the project. He thinks the glass archways, which go above the roofline, connect in a visually unappealing way. The current archways create space and air, whereas glass completely closes it off, he said. He said the architectural style of the buildings has been abandoned, making them of even more value. “It’s hard to find people completely satisfied with modern architecture, especially the modern architecture on our campus,” he said. “To alter what we have affects the quality of campus space and the historical importance.” According to Calcado, the project has been staffed to be sensitive to the buildings’ age, but the buildings are not meant for preservation. “While these buildings are of older vintage, they are not on any designated preservation list,” he said in his email.
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TRIATHLON Hersh hopes to hire up to 10 runners, each of whom can raise $5,000 for June’s triathlon continued from front
At the luminaria ceremony, participants at Friday’s Relay for Life lit glow sticks in a paper lantern to remember those who have been affected by cancer. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
CANCEr Gould says his team donated $2,000, determined to finance advanced cancer research continued from front
Delizza, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said people who have witnessed a loved one slowly succumbing to cancer would be inspired to participate as well. “The event will bring back memories of those we have lost,” she said. Delizza hopes to reach their fundraising goal of $80,000 by August. Roshni Patel, president of the Rutgers CAC, described the symbolic associations with each stage of the event. The main theme of the event is remembering the tragic truth of a cancer patient’s experience. “Cancer never sleeps, so neither shall we,” said Patel, a School of Nursing senior. According to the Relay For Life website, each team must have at least one member walking on the track all the time to embody the event’s theme. After the opening ceremony, the participants performed a survivor lap to celebrate victory over cancer. They follow the survivor lap with a caregiver lap to honor those who offered their care to cancer patients, and performed the lantern lighting, called a luminaria ceremony, and a “fight back” ceremony to convey remembrance and the need for action. “The luminaria ceremony is a touching moment which allows people to personalize their own luminaria to remember those they have lost and also those who are still suffering from cancer,” Patel said. Alongside the marathon, the event included various activities and family games to celebrate the memory of lost loved ones and the cancer survivors.
Chris Jones, member of the Rutgers University Seeing Eye Puppy Raising Club, said his club has been recognized as the firstplace fundraising team for five years. Jones has witnessed many cancer-related deaths that have influenced his involvement. Jones, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said his favorite part of the event is a hypnotist performance that invokes people’s senses, arousing a positive vibe in the atmosphere. Also, the moment of silence during the luminaria ceremony brings painful memories to the surface. He was considering buying his third luminaria. Molly O’Connor, a member of RUSEPRC, expressed her feelings of excitement and determination to walk on the track until the end in honor of her mother, who passed away from cancer five years ago. “My mother fought until her last moment, so I will walk until the end,” O’Connor said. Wyatt Gould, a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, said his team donated $2,000, determined to finance advanced cancer research. Gould, a School of Engineering first-year student, said it was time to destroy cancer forever. Laura Figueroa, a member of the team from the Ernest A. Lynton North Tower on Livingston campus, said her mother, who has been affected by breast cancer, is a survivor who walked on the track during last year’s event. Her mother’s involvement inspired her to continue a legacy. “The survivor lap reminds me of when my mother also walked on that track,” said Figueroa, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore.
“It’s not like I’d be the first person to have a herniated disk and finish an Ironman,” Hersh said. When Hersh was in law school is 2006, he studied abroad in Kenya and explored various orphanages while exploring the countr y. He came across orphanages run by altruistic women who ran schools attached to the orphanages. These women realized that if these orphans had a chance at a better future, they needed to be educated. Inspired by the altruism he experience abroad, Hersh wanted to help support the education of this vulnerable population. The easiest way to do that, he concluded, would be to start a nonprofit through which he could fundraise and offer financial support to those trying to educate “the neediest group of people.” The Endeleo Project launched in 2008. The word “endeleo” means progress in Swahili, a name he came to after searching for a fun acronym but finding that they all sounded cheesy. “We are absolutely about trying to make progress for these vulnerable populations … the downside is no one knows how to pronounce it,” Hersh said. The Endeleo Project currently supports three partners. It first partnered with The Vision Passion Fellowship and Children’s Home, or VISPA, an orphanage-based school in rural southwestern Kenya that also serves as a school to over 500 students.
Initially, the project was raising money for VISPA and sending it on an as-needed basis. Eventually, its director mentioned it could use science and technology equipment, so the project graduated from sending money to financing projects. “From that point on, we realized that this kind of project financing made a lot of sense,” Hersh said. The subsequent two partners were the Barrio Planta Project, which seeks to empower low-income children and adults living in Nicaragua and Face to Face
“It’s not like I’d be the first person to have a herniated disk and finish an Ironman.” DAVID HERSH Graduate Student
Germantown, which serves the struggling Germantown population in Philadelphia. The Endeleo Project has about a dozen pending requests for par tnerships from organizations all over the globe, but Hersh does not currently have the financial resources or staf f to par tner with so many organizations. Maureen Holland, co-founder of The Endeleo Project, said Hersh and she were classmates in law school, and she has been involved with the organization since day one.
“We bonded over our shared belief in the inherent goodness of people and our interest in education as a tool for global change,” she said in an email. “Plus we both liked to eat wings and drink beer.” In addition to fundraising, the project has begun to offer other services like grant reporting and program evaluation. Holland said kids living in poverty have an especially difficult road, and The Endeleo Project wants to provide their partners with the support they need to keep doing what they are already doing so well. On running the Ironman-distance triathlon, she jokingly noted that Hersh is insane. “If you saw his workout spreadsheet, you’d think someone was keeping track of the stock market or something,” she said. “It’s color coded, broken down into subtypes of workouts, and then made to be analyzed and tweaked.” The most important thing about The Endeleo Project is its goal to identify and support exceptional schools or educational programs operating in impoverished communities. In five years, the goal is to have nine more partners, making a total of 12 — six in the United States and six in other countries. Hersh also wants a staff of dedicated people. In 10 years, his goal is to have a big, full-time staff and over 20 partners. Through those partners, he wants to change the way education is viewed and make it available in the many underserved areas. “It should be an absolute, unqualified human right that’s delivered as a service in the same way we see water or basic shelter as necessary rights that everybody is entitled to,” Hersh said.
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Icon of racial injustice dies from cancer at 78
RECOVER AND REBUILD People continue to rebuild their lives five months after Typhoon Haiyan struck the coast of the Philippines on November 8, 2013, leaving more than 6,000 dead and many more homeless. This week marks Holy Week and will see many people attending religious activities. GETTY IMAGES
Study shows biofuels’ harmful effects WASHINGTON — Biofuels made from the leftovers of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for global warming in the short term, a study shows, challenging the Obama administration’s conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat climate change. A $500,000 study paid for by the federal government and released yesterday in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change concludes that biofuels made with corn residue release 7 percent more greenhouse gases in the early years compared with conventional gasoline. While biofuels are better in the long run, the study says they won’t meet a standard set in a 2007 energy law to qualify as renewable fuel. The conclusions deal a blow to what are known as cellulosic biofuels, which have received more than a billion dollars in federal support but have struggled to meet volume targets mandated by law. About half of the initial market in cellulosics is expected to be derived from corn residue. The biofuel industry and administration officials immediately criticized the research as flawed. They said it was too simplistic in its analysis of carbon loss from soil, which can vary over a single field, and vastly overestimated how much residue farmers actual-
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ly would remove once the market gets underway. “The core analysis depicts an extreme scenario that no responsible farmer or business would ever employ because it would ruin both the land and the long-term supply of feedstock. It makes no agronomic or business sense,” said Jan Koninckx, global business director for biorefineries at DuPont. Later this year the company is scheduled to finish a $200 million-plus facility in Nevada, Iowa, that will produce 30 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol using corn residue from nearby farms. An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 percent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The research is among the first to attempt to quantify, over 12 Corn Belt states, how much carbon is lost to the atmosphere when the stalks, leaves and cobs that make up residue are removed and used to make biofuel, instead of left to naturally replenish the soil with carbon. The study found that regardless of how much corn residue is taken off the field, the process contributes to global warming. “I knew this research would be contentious,” said Adam Liska, the lead author and an assistant
professor of biological systems engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “I’m amazed it has not come out more solidly until now.” The Environmental Protection Agency’s own analysis, which assumed about half of corn residue would be removed from fields, found that fuel made from corn residue, also known as stover, would meet the standard in the energy law. That standard requires cellulosic biofuels to release 60 percent less carbon pollution than gasoline. Cellulosic biofuels that don’t meet that threshold could be almost impossible to make and sell. Producers wouldn’t earn the $1 per gallon subsidy they need to make these expensive fuels and still make a profit. Refiners would shun the fuels because they wouldn’t meet their legal obligation to use minimum amounts of next-generation biofuels. EPA spokeswoman Liz Purchia said in a statement that the study “does not provide useful information relevant to the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from corn stover ethanol.” But an AP investigation last year found that the EPA’s analysis of corn-based ethanol failed to predict the environmental consequences accurately. – The Associated Press
Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the boxer whose wrongful murder conviction became an international symbol of racial injustice, died yesterday. He was 76. He had been stricken with prostate cancer in Toronto, the New Jersey native’s adopted home. John Artis, a longtime friend and caregiver, told The Canadian Press that Carter died in his sleep. Carter spent 19 years in prison for three murders at a tavern in Paterson, N.J., in 1966. He was convicted alongside Artis in 1967 and again in a new trial in 1976. Carter was freed in November 1985 when his convictions were set aside after years of appeals and public advocacy. His ordeal and the alleged racial motivations behind it were publicized in Bob Dylan’s 1975 song “Hurricane,” several books and a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington, who received an Academy Award nomination for playing the boxer turned prisoner. Carter’s murder convictions abruptly ended the boxing career of a former petty criminal who became an undersized middleweight contender largely on ferocity and punching power. Although never a world champion, Carter went 27-12-1 with 19 knockouts, memorably stopping two-division champ Emile Griffith in the first round in 1963. He also fought for a middleweight title in 1964, losing a unanimous decision to Joey Giardello. In June 1966, three white people were shot by two black men at the Lafayette Bar and Grill in Paterson. Carter and Artis were convicted by an all-white jury largely on the testimony of two thieves who later recanted their stories. Carter was granted a new trial and briefly freed in 1976, but sent back for nine more years after being convicted in a second trial.
Thom Kidrin, who became friends with Carter after visiting him several times in prison, told The Associated Press the boxer “didn’t have any bitterness or anger — he kind of got above it all. That was his great strength.” “I wouldn’t give up,” Carter said in an interview on PBS in 2011. “No matter that they sentenced me to three life terms in prison. I wouldn’t give up. Just because a jury of 12 misinformed people ... found me guilty did not make me guilty. And because I was not guilty, I refused to act like a guilty person.” Dylan became aware of Carter’s plight after reading the boxer’s autobiography. He met Carter and co-wrote “Hurricane,” which he performed on his Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1975. The song concludes: “That’s the story of the Hurricane/But it won’t be over till they clear his name/And give him back the time he’s done/Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been/The champion of the world.” Muhammad Ali spoke out on Carter’s behalf. Advertising art director George Lois and other celebrities also worked toward Carter’s release. With a network of friends and volunteers also advocating for him, Carter eventually won his release from U.S. District Judge H. Lee Sarokin, who wrote that Carter’s prosecution had been “predicated upon an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure.” Born on May 6, 1937, into a family of seven children, Carter struggled with a hereditary speech impediment and was sent to a juvenile reform center at 12 after an assault. He escaped and joined the Army in 1954, experiencing racial segregation and learning to box while in West Germany. – The Associated Press
Rubin Carter talks with a reporter during the Justice WA Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter Gala Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel on February 20, 2010 in Perth, Australia. Carter died after a battle with prostate cancer on Sunday. GETTY IMAGES
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homes, especially those who live near waterways, will be impacted the most strongly. Eventually, everyone on Climate change is no longer an environmentalist issue in the Earth will see the results of clieyes of Shane Patel, a junior in the mate change. “We’re not just protecting the School of Engineering. Scientific consensus has determined that it environment,” Patel said. “When will impact everyone, and steps there’s seven billion of us, there must be made to combat the dam- is no environment outside of us.” The most strongly affected age of Earth. On Earth Day, an occasion areas are expected to be coastal that is celebrated on April 22 ev- cities, he said. Well-used trade ery year, Patel is spearheading routes lead to the construction events at Rutgers this Tuesday in of the world’s most densely pophopes of raising awareness of cli- ulated areas, which are invariably close to bodies of water. mate change. Climate change is also expectThe events include a Climate Justice Rally in front of the ed to affect dwindling natural and Brower Commons on the Col- agricultural resources, he said. “It’s something anyone who’s lege Avenue campus, and a film festival organized by the Stu- serious about doing something dents for Environmental Aware- professionally should be worried ness in the Douglass Campus about,” he said. Patel said climate change is Center, among others. All of the events are organized and difficult to understand given all supported by the Rutgers Fossil of the science, and that is the reason people have not gotten Fuel Divestment Campaign. The RFFDC’s goal is to encour- too involved in it. Rutgers as age the commua community is nity to change relatively friendly how they approach climate “We’re not just protecting to the environhe said. issues, he said. the environment. When ment, The solar farm Natalie PaLivingston bon, a School of there’s seven billion of us, on Engineering sethere is no environment Campus and the Dining Services’ nior, said these outside of us.” policy on food events also aim recycling are to educate the SHANE PATEL both friendly to public about enschool of Engineering Junior the environment. vironmental isThe chief sues that do not concern with normally come Rutgers is ensuring it does not up in everyday life. “We want to inspire and mo- invest in fossil fuel companies, tivate people to take steps to re- he said. Another goal of the RFFDC duce their [negative] impact on the environment, which ultimate- is to have the University adminly affects the progress of climate istration pledge to not support the fossil fuel industr y with the change,” she said. A number of factors influence funds invested in various finanthe amount of energy — and thus cial institutions, said Richard temperature — the Earth retains, Trent, a School of Arts and Sciences senior he said. On a worldwide scale, the Melting ice caps release methane gas, which contributes to the University’s impact is negligigreenhouse effect, a factor in ble, Patel said. The amount of climate change, he said. Other carbon emission that can be harmful contributions are from reduced does not matter in the large-scale deforestation and in- grand scheme. “What does matter is doing creasing fossil fuel use. “It’s not all about carbon di- those programs and having oxide,” he said. “It all adds to an that change how people see climate change,” he said. “It’s increase in temperature.” Initially, it can affect people who more about showing people cannot afford to adapt due to low that you can make change in economic status, Patel said. People your community, and that’s rewho cannot afford to leave their ally power ful.” Staff Writer
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vironment, all organisms are interconnected and af fect each other, he said. Ayeni said proper eduPhotography’s utility excation about the ef fects of tends beyond that of capturing humans’ actions on biodiversitimeless moments — it can also ty gives people the knowledge ser ve science by capturing the they need to maintain the plansincere beauty of biodiversity et’s balance. and multi-ethnicity. Raskin intends to use his Ilya Raskin, a distinguished photography to showcase the professor in the Depar tment beauty of biodiversity and use of Plant Biology and Patholothis to teach humans about the gy, has traveled the world to conser vation of nature. capture the science of nature Ian MacCloud, a junior in through photography. the School of Environmental A photo of a polar bear clingand Biological Sciences, noting to melting ice makes people ed that images have always more emotionally connected had a power ful impact on peothan an ar ticle on the ef fects of ple, and that impact is much global warming. Conser vationmore ef fective than speaking ists use photography as a tool and writing. to make an abstract issue tangi“Humans experience the ble and personal. world through their eyes more Raskin’s travels to the than anything, so I think it habitats of the organisms he makes perfect sense to draw studies connected him more on that,” to nature MacCloud said. than any R a s k i n work done in “I feel much safer with the lions in Africa than I do in said nature his lab. New York City. It’s the most primordial instinct we have, m a g a z i n e s “I feel this affiliation with nature.” such as Namuch safer tional Geowith the lions graphic are in Africa than I ILYA RASKIN aware that do in New York Professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology many of their City,” he said. readers fo“It’s the most cus most of primordial instinct we have, this affiliation to suf fer the consequences of their attention on the photos disrupting the balance of the they display. Publishers and with nature.” photographers use that to When people are so focused ecosystem, Ayeni said. He used the example of their advantage. on their work and their individRaskin has written severual research, they lose sight of obesity in the United States to how their work fits into the big- show how a lack of awareness al essays about the importance of conser vation, but his ger picture of the planet, said of conser vation af fects society. The issue of people treating photography still has the greatAlber t Ayeni, an instructor in the Depar tment of Plant Biolo- food as a luxur y instead of a er impact and captures the atnecessity means they are being tention of a global audience, gy and Pathology. “Many of us are so absorbed wasteful by eating more than Ayeni said. “The power of pictures, of in what we do that we don’t re- they need, he said. They also ally think so much about how place burdens on the health those iconic images — that is something we can all use to the rest of the world af fects us care field, and society suf fers. In the same way that human help the mission of conser vaand how we af fect the rest of actions impact their own en- tion,” Raskin said. the world,” Ayeni said. Contributing Writer
He praised Raskin for having the talent to take his academic work and relate it to his passion of photography by showing the wider impact of biological research. “What sets Dr. Raskin apar t is that what is so valuable and impor tant to him — diversity and conser vation — he brings to all of us through photography,” Ayeni said. Raskin is the president of the Global Institute for BioExploration at Rutgers, which focuses on bioexploration in developing countries for natural pharmacological discoveries. GIBEX commits to conservation of the natural environment and ethical development of society. Conser vation is an ef for t to which all humans must contribute, and those who do not recognize its impor tance are going
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A disturbing pattern is being created here, one ince Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup just four years ago, 1,200 workers that continues to glorify a sporting event while glossfrom India and Nepal have died working on ing over the sharply increasing number of lives it construction projects for the event. Qatar is known destroys in the process. For most cultures, soccer for its appalling treatment of migrant workers — who is so much more than just a sport. It’s a source of make up 90 percent of the workforce — and as its pride, honor, respect and passion that binds commuconstruction business continues to expand with the nities together across the world. But there are times momentum of the country’s economic growth, the that this passion turns violent, and no matter how issue is only worsening. A report by the Internation- seriously the sport is taken, we cannot continue to al Trade Union Confederation estimates that more ignore that part of it. The profitable world of profesthan 4,000 additional workers will die by the time the sional soccer is now becoming responsible for causing people distress in a culture that has previously 2022 World Cup begins. These are immigrants from surrounding poor and used the sport as a means of coming together. As an internationally recognized and respected developing nations who are desperately in need of organization, FIFA is rework, and Gulf countries sponsible for ensuring that such as Qatar are known makes itself clear about for taking advantage of the “As an internationally recognized itwhere it stands on human opportunity for cheap labor. and respected organization, FIFA rights. Until FIFA holds The exploitation of these migrant workers is absolutely is responsible for ensuring that it itself accountable for these rights violations, appalling. Low wages, danmakes itself clear about where it human it will set a dangerous gerous working conditions, stands on human rights.” precedent for future host a lack of healthcare and countries that will only laws that restrict workers continue to disregard the from protesting or striking chains them to what can only be called modern-day importance of respecting human life and dignity. The slavery. Their passports and wages are often held by culture surrounding soccer is beautiful, but this ugliemployers as a form of punishment to prevent work- ness now ruins so much of what it means to people. FIFA has the power to pressure host countries into ers from leaving the country. All this happens while abiding by at least the basic international standards of the government continues to turn a blind eye. This is not the first time that people have lost their human rights, but it appear to be failing colossally. The death rate in Qatar is clearly unacceptable, and yet the lives in the name of sport. The upcoming 2015 FIFA World Cup in Brazil also country faces no apparent repercussions. FIFA must comes at the expense of human lives and human be responsible for ensuring that laborer’s rights and rights. There have already been seven deaths direct- working conditions are part of the agreement when ly related to construction for the event, and hundreds host countries are chosen, and punitive measures of families were forcibly evicted from their homes to should be taken for countries like Qatar that ignore it. make room for the last-minute completion of stadi- This is the first step that can be taken to work on an um infrastructure — in some cases, entire slums international issue that has been ignored for too long have been demolished to make room for parking lots already. The message FIFA is sending by remaining and other event buildings. Those displaced have not silent on the issue is that it is willing to look the other way, as long as the World Cup itself is a success. been adequately compensated for their losses.
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Student initiatives can create inclusive U. community COMMUNITY MATTERS SAM BERMAN
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ast year, when Hurricane Sandy took out power in New Brunswick, students in the residence halls were organized efficiently and effectively to ensure their safety during what proved to be a week-long disastrous event. Off-campus students, on the other hand, were much harder to organize. With power out across the city, text messages, emails and information posted online proved to be unreliable modes of communication. On-campus students were kept abreast of ongoing changes by their residential assistant or other staff members in their residence hall. But the University had to scramble to get urgent messages to the off-campus student population — and in the end, there was no way for the University to even verify that those messages had been received. No doubt there were some off-campus students who were totally in the dark about many important issues until campus operation had normalized somewhat. This is not to condemn Rutgers’ response to Hurricane Sandy. In my opinion, Rutgers generally handled itself rather well — all things considered. What the University was not prepared for, however, was the need to quickly communicate with and organize our off-campus student population. Thanks to hard work and good luck, further disaster was avoided during that week. However, we should not leave such things to chance. It is
worth examining just why Rutgers lacked a method of communicating effectively to its off-campus students. Simply speaking, the University is not prepared to mobilize the off-campus student population because it doesn’t know who or even where they are. As far as the University is concerned (in terms of institutional data-gathering), there are two groups of students: those who live in residence halls and those who don’t. The former group, of course, can be broken down further — Which campus do they live on? Which hall? What room number?
The question, of course, is where that distinction ought to be made. In order to target its resources effectively, Rutgers shouldn’t include all of New Brunswick, or even all of Wards 5 and 6. Instead, Rutgers could identify areas of New Brunswick that are predominantly housed by students. This shouldn’t prove too difficult — in theory, it is no doubt possible to draw a line on a map of New Brunswick such that some percentage (say 80 percent or more) of the residents inside the line are students. That line would then constitute the boundary of what might be called a “Scarlet Zone.” That
“Simply speaking, the University is not prepared to mobilize the off-campus student population because it doesn’t know who — or even where — they are.” — to get granular data on each student’s living conditions and to communicate that information as needed. The latter group, strangely enough, cannot. Thus, students who live in Edison, N.J. are treated the same as students who live in Marlton, N.J., as are students who live on Richardson Street in New Brunswick. For those who are unfamiliar with the off-campus area, that’s around the corner from the Rutgers Student Center. There is no good reason for this lack of distinction. Students such as myself, who live within walking distance from Rutgers University, can reasonably be assumed to have vastly different needs than students who live significant distances away from campus.
zone could justifiably be recognized as Rutgers University Police Department’s jurisdiction. Properties in the area could be held to a higher standard in terms of safety features. The University could provide support to students (especially first-time renters) in understanding their rights and obligations as tenants or in dealing with problems that may arise with landlords or the city. Rutgers could devote resources to community building (an explicit goal of the Strategic Plan developed over the past year). The University should utilize that to develop procedures for getting relevant information to students in the zone in a timely, efficient manner — whether that message is as innocuous as reminders about city services or as urgent
as a boil-water advisory in the wake of another extreme weather event. Public safety, community development and informational resources would all contribute to a significant increase in quality of life for students who live off-campus. And what’s more, a lot of what the University could do would be relatively low-cost: putting information online, setting up email listservs and maintaining up-to-date records would alone go a long way. The marginal cost of these actions would be negligible. But it all begins with data. To demonstrate the viability of the project, Rutgers students are planning to be one step ahead of the administration on this front. A group of students and student organizations that represent a wide cross-section of student life on campus will be administering a survey in the off-campus area, from Huntington Street to Somerset Street and at least as far back as Easton Avenue. The survey will go on for the next few weeks, and with it, we seek to demonstrate that a Scarlet Zone program is justifiable, scalable and easy to develop. There are clear and proven models at other Big Ten Universities (most notably, Ohio State University has some very effective programs to engage its off-campus student body) that can be implemented here at Rutgers. The off-campus student population, along with Rutgers’ undergraduate student body as a whole, would benefit from such an innovative approach to student life in New Brunswick. Samuel Berman is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in economics. His column, “Community Matters,” runs on alternate Mondays.
Honoring Rice as speaker is a dishonor to University COMMENTARY FAHIM FERDOUS PROMI
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s we head down the road toward this year’s commencement ceremony, the focal point of the event so far has been the debate surrounding Condoleezza Rice, namely, whether or not Rutgers should allow Rice to speak at the 2014 Commencement Ceremony. Not only will Rice be the commencement speaker, but she will also be awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the institution. A great number of students, myself included, believe that Rice should not be our commencement speaker. Why? First and foremost, the person in question is a war criminal, responsible for one of the greatest travesties of justice in recent history: leading a charge against Iraq by inciting the emotions and sentiments of the American people to oppose an entire population of a country, their race and their religion on the basis of lies and deception. The Iraq War was unjust and against the principles of America, regardless of what the Bush administration would have us believe. The rationale for the war provided to the world was the elimination of weapons of mass destruction assumed to be illegally in the possession of the Iraqi government,
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and the independence of the Iraqi people. A decade after the war, we now know that no such weapons were found. In January of 2005, the United States effectively terminated the search efforts for unconventional weaponry in Iraq, and the Iraq Intelligence Commission concluded that the judgments of the U.S. intelligence community about the continued existence of weapons of mass destruction and an associated military program were incorrect. If the aftermath of the Iraq War has taught us anything, it is that
absolutely no doubt that Rice and the Bush administration do not stand for these important values. Soon-to-be graduates of this University, who will go on to become future leaders of this country, should not be made to believe that someone of Rice’s standpoint is by any means worthy of honor. In honoring Rice as the commencement speaker of this year’s ceremony, Rutgers University does not only condone her actions and decisions that have cost the lives of half a million people — lives that Rice
“In honoring Rice as the commencement speaker of this year’s ceremony, Rutgers University does not only condone her actions and decisions that have cost the lives of half a million people …but it also glorifies them.” the Iraqi people have not been liberated — they are not free — and their lives have been wrongly disrupted and destroyed. The country of Iraq is now in shambles. Women and girls forced into prostitution to feed their families, the men of the house, dead, children orphaned and mothers widowed. The Iraq War has been nothing more than outright carnage and slaughter of innocent civilians in the name of America, a country that is founded on the values of justice, freedom and liberty. There should be
coined as “collateral damage” — but it also glorifies them. What exactly are we honoring here? Are we honoring the meaningless deaths of half a million people? Are we honoring the decision to waterboard and torture people like Abu Zubaydah? Are we honoring the rape of Iraqi women, the murder of Iraqi children, the pillage of a nation based on false suppositions? And let us think of the war veterans and the soldiers who died in battle. Why were they sent to the gallows
for no reason? What was really the end goal, and has it been met? No, unfortunately — it hasn’t. The effects of the Iraq War are not only the literal deaths of the people involved but also the metaphorical deaths of two nations, not just Iraq but the United States as well. The United States is no longer seen as the beacon of justice and hope. Rather, it is now a country deeply entrenched in Islamophobia, responsible for the demonization of Arabs, South Asians and Muslims. Rice has been at best a complying bystander — and at worst, an active participant in this tragedy. One of the greatest tragedies, if Rice is allowed to speak at this year’s commencement ceremony, is that there will be students of Iraqi heritage graduating and they will have to bear the fact that the murderer of their fellow country-folk will be speaking at their graduation. As a student of Rutgers and a proud Bangladeshi-American Muslim, I say that it is not too late for us to fall back on our values of justice and do the right thing. I urge each and every one of you to stand up against the decision to invite Condoleezza Rice to our great university. Please say no to this injustice. Fahim Ferdous Promi is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in religion, political science and Middle Eastern studies.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
They’re almost 90 years old. … It’s a quality of craft you don’t see anymore. It’d be a serious detriment to the campus if we lost them.
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- John Giganti, a graduate student and vice president of the Rutgers University Historical Society, on proposed reconstruction of the archways of the Bishop Quads. See story on FRONT.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (04/21/14). Career and finances boom this year. Enjoy extra birthday relaxation this week. Communications, travel and intellectual studies increase profit during spring and summer. After August, home and family take priority. Harvest your garden. Real estate transactions and renovations go well. Creativity sparks beauty all around. Grow partnerships with steady, reliable attention. Treat yourself and others with love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — Find what you need nearby. Challenges at work require your full attention. Watch for hidden dangers. Be very careful, and do the basic work. Review, regroup, stay grounded. Focus on deep breathing to counter stress. Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 5 — Setting priorities becomes newly important with unexpected circumstances. Hold onto your valuables, and plan your next move. Tardiness will be noticed. Face to face works best. Enjoy the social buzz. Friends are dealing with changes. Balance physical work with social demands. Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 5 — You have more to manage at home than you may realize. It’s not a good time to travel. Circumstances have changed, and it works out for the better. There may be temporary confusion. Don’t throw your money around. Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 5 — You may discover breakdowns with a partnership. Postpone expansion and travel for now. Others vie for your attention. Travel to an alternative work environment. Accept support from your team. Take it slow, and speak clearly. Simple misunderstandings can be worked out with patience. Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Don’t try a new idea yet. Lay low and keep your head down. Breakdowns in an alliance distract. Stay close to home and handle deadlines and urgencies. Avoid expensive suggestions. Make repairs, clarify miscommunications, or mollify someone’s hurt feelings. Do it for love, not money. Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Stand up for your commitments. Add spice. It could get fun, if you view it as a game. Avoid an intense argument by refusing to get hooked. Others rely on you. Huddle with family and make sure everyone’s cared for, fed and tucked into bed.
Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — Things don’t go according to plan, but having a plan sure helps. Maintain objectivity, and adapt to changing circumstances. Slow down, to avoid mistakes or accidents. Clarify communications, and correct misunderstandings as they occur. Obstacles arise. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Watch your stinger... someone could get hurt. Practice restraint. Listen to a loved one’s considerations. Hold onto your money. Don’t make promises you won’t keep. Respectfully decline. Take it slow and easy, tackling urgencies and otherwise recharging batteries at home. Be especially forgiving today. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — The momentum short-circuits, and you discover a dead end. Curtail your enthusiasm. Don’t fall for an expensive trick. An uncomfortable situation spurs you to action. Postpone a long-distance conversation. Declare breakdowns, stay in communication. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Friends help you advance. Exceptional patience is required. A theory doesn’t pan out. Go beyond the minimum required. Consider the consequences of the words you speak. You get to choose your own perspective, your own self-image. Ignore that mean voice in your head. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Don’t over-extend or push yourself too hard. Support (and be supported by) your friends. Collaborate with responsibilities. Make your place more comfortable, instead of traveling. Don’t repeat a mistake... it would get expensive. Stick to your budget. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — With the support of your friends, you can get through anything. Stash valuables in a safe place. Keep a positive view, and move forward one step at a time. Progress could seem stopped, blocked or impeded.
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Senior shortstop Pat Sweeney swings at a pitch Saturday. He said he was trying to be more aggressive at the plate. Sweeney went 2-for-4 after going hitless on Friday. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Sophomore goalkeeper Jake Andersen earned the second start of his career against Duke and made a career-high 11 saves. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2014
MISTAKES
Rutgers has lost five of its last six games following its defeat to No. 2 Duke continued from back
three minutes into the game. The Blue Devils controlled possession Rutgers took a leap of faith start- despite being 3-of-9 in faceoffs in the ing sophomore goalkeeper Jake An- quarter and outshot Rutgers, 16-6, dersen — his second career start — to take a 6-2 lead. who beat out struggling sophomore While Duke looked superior in Kris Alleyne for the starting spot. nearly all aspects, a season-high 10 Though Andersen conceded 17 turnovers in the first quarter did not goals, the Flemington, N.J., native help the Knights’ cause. was one of Rutgers’ top performThe Blue Devils outshot Ruters, making a career-high 11 saves gers, 51-30, for the game and won 43 including a point-blank kick save to ground balls to the Knights’ 30 while deny Duke in the second quarter. forcing 20 turnovers. “[Andersen] certainly earned But the most surprising statistic the opportunity after his second-half came from the center circle, where performance against Villanova and Duke’s Brendan Fowler edged Narin the week of practice he gave us,” della 15-13 in faceoffs — the first Brecht said. “… And I thought Jake time the Inside Lacrosse Mid-Seadid a good job. It wasn’t his fault son All-American has been beaten that Duke’s this season. pretty good.” Senior attack“Every opportunity you er Scott Klimchak Even with Andersen’s and freshman athave a chance to strong play, tacker Christian play, you’re going to Duke’s offense Trasolini led the was unrelenting. Knights with two learn from Led by six goals each. those experiences. goals from atAlthough a tacker Jordan defeat to Duke BRIAN BRECHT Wolf, who is fifth holds little signifiHead Coach in the nation in cance on Rutgers’ goals per game, postseason aspithe Blue Devrations, it’s hard ils’ balanced attack picked apart a to ignore the team’s struggles down disconnected Knights defense that the stretch. The Knights have lost struggled with Duke’s athleticism five of their last six games and are and wet field conditions. conceding over 15 goals per game Rutgers’ best moments came during the slump. from Nardella, who helped the With one crucial game remainKnights twice score two goals within ing against Georgetown this Satquick succession, with his lone goal urday, Rutgers knows it must impulling them within four with 9:43 prove quickly. left in the third quarter. “I think every opportunity you That was the closest Rutgers have a chance to play, you’re gocame to a comeback, conceding six ing to learn from those experiencunanswered goals to fall behind, 16- es, whatever the score might be,” 6, before trading goals late to end Brecht said on moving forward. the game. “And I think everyone is well aware The Knights were outscored, that this league game with George10-4, in the first half, marking the town to finish off the season is evsecond straight game Rutgers has erything we’ve been working for.” conceded double-digit goals in the opening half. For updates on the RutDuke dominated the opening gers men’s lacrosse team follow quarter, taking a 3-0 lead not even @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Sweep
RU improves from seventh to third in AAC following series sweep of Bearcats continued from back surprised. “But, his pitch count was up and that’s why we took him out. He’s the type of pitcher where if he has command, he can have a lot of strikeouts. He did a great job getting ahead and putting hitters away.” After going 0-for-3 at the plate the day before, senior shor tstop Pat Sweeney aimed to
rebound and help the Knights earn the sweep. The Spar ta, N.J., native was able to produce of fensively, going 2-for-4 with a double, recording an RBI and scoring a run. “Yesterday, I felt like I missed a lot of pitches,” Sweeney said Saturday after bringing his batting average to .340. “I was just tr ying to be aggressive today and luckily I got a few pitches to hit and I got some base knocks.” Before the weekend star ted, Rutgers sat in seventh place in the AAC, while the Bearcats were not far behind in ninth. After the sweep, the Knights propelled themselves into third in the conference with a series
against AAC-leading Central Florida looming next weekend. Sweeney said the sweep was vital. “[To sweep an in-conference game] is huge. Cincinnati was right behind us at the time,” Sweeney said. “Winning three games going into next weekend against the current leader is huge. You have to get that momentum — we have two games this week — so we have to have a good week and bring it into conference play next weekend.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Tyler Karalewich on Twitter @TylerKaralewich. For general Rutgers spor ts updates, follow @TargumSpor ts.
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April 21, 2014 SOFTBALL MEMPHIS 4, RUTGERS 3
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Offense shines in home series Garrett Stepien Staff Writer
As the Rutgers softball team was on the cusp of completing a three-game sweep over Memphis Saturday, the brooms were left in the closet. The Scarlet Knights strung together a pair of hits and runs to close the gap to 4-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning, with sophomore shor tstop Melanie Slowinski’s tworun double threatening to tie the game up. But the rally fell just shor t as sophomore third baseman Jordan Whitley flew out to left field to seal the game at the RU Softball Complex. Despite the inability to capitalize with runners in scoring position throughout Game 3 — the Knights (2116, 5-7) left 11 runners on base and tallied 12 hits — it was obvious they had picked up the overall slack against the Tigers (20-26, 4-10). After a walk-of f two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth by sophomore left fielder Chandler Howard gave Rutgers a 3-1 win in Game 1, the hits spread like wildfire throughout the lineup in Game 2. Rutgers took a tight 3-2 ballgame in the bottom of the four th and turned it into a blowout. The Knights capitalized on seven hits and three errors by Memphis’ defense and suddenly had posted 11 runs on the board in the inning to end the game on a 10-run mercy rule after five innings.
Senior left fielder Chandler Howard swings during RU’s home series with Memphis this weekend, where she collected five RBI. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Howard and junior center fielder Jackie Bates combined for seven RBI in the game. Howard owned Memphis’ pitching all weekend long with six hits, leading the way for the Knights at the plate along with senior right fielder Loren Williams. What also helped was the ability to hit 1 through 9. In its three games with Memphis, Rutgers had nine separate multi-hit per formances at the plate. Despite the loss in Game 3, senior first baseman Alexis Durando, sophomore second baseman Stephanie Huang and freshman designated player Danielle Demarco — batting 4 through 6 in the order — all had two hits apiece. The hitting made it all that much easier for the pitchers. Junior lefthander Alyssa Landrith composed two valiant
ef for ts, star ting Games 1 and 3 and logging a total of 14 and one-thirds innings in the circle. The ace of the staf f went the distance and then some in Game 1, striking out 13 Memphis batters and scattering four hits in eight innings. But by her second star t, the Tigers seemed to have figured Landrith out, tagging her for 10 hits in six and onethirds innings When Rutgers did not throw its No. 1 star ter, it went with its No. 2. Backed behind the 14 runs of cushion by the of fense in Game 2, freshman righthander Shayla Sweeney limited Memphis to two runs on four hits in the shor tened contest with effective location of her pitches. For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
Freshman Brennan Crowle clears a hurdle Saturday in Princeton at the Larry Ellis Invite. He finished 15th in the 110m hurdles. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU earns six top-15 results in Princeton Lou Petrella Correspondent
Some members of the Rutgers men’s track and field team took the half-hour trip south to Princeton’s campus Friday for the Larry Ellis Invitational. Aside from the group of Scarlet Knights, more than 120 college teams and over 1,125 athletes made the trip to Princeton’s Weaver Stadium to compete. With most of the sprinters and shor t distance runners resting this weekend, Rutgers finished the day with six top-15 finishes. Assistant coach Robert Farrell took the crew to Princeton and said the purpose of the meet was for the athletes to work on their techniques and get accustomed to high-level competition. “At this stage of the season, we’re just trying to fine-tune some things,” Farrell said. “Most of the sprinters will stay home and train through the weekend and get two last weeks of training before the championships.” Three of the six top-15 finishes came in the high jump, with junior jumper Corey Crawford leading the pack with a sixthplace finish. Crawford, who normally competes in the long jump, used this invitational as an opportunity to work on his technique in the high jump. The Oakland, N.J., native seems to be hitting his stride in his jumps and knows he and the rest of his team must be ready to go for the end of the season. “I have to do what I have to do,” Crawford said. “I don’t have to pass a ball or do anything like that, so I know what I have to get done. If we handle our business I think we’ll be in good shape.” Sophomores Ryan Nor th and Mike Staf ford both tied for
13th place, clearing a height of 1.94 meters. Fellow sophomore Emeka Eze competed in both the 200m and long jump, placing 15th in the latter event with a jump of 6.50m. The Knights split their team in half two weekends ago, with some competing in Georgia and others competing at the same site in Princeton. Freshmen Kofi Yamoah and Brennan Crowle were two athletes who competed in both Princeton meets. Yamoah threw a distance of 15.13 meters in the shot-put at the Princeton Quad Meet two weekends ago, and then followed that up with a 11th place finish this week. Crowle, who is preparing to compete in the decathlon at the AAC Championships, ran the 110m hurdles both weekends, finishing 15th at Saturday’s competition. The freshman said he was pleased with some of the tweaks he made in his mechanics and is ready to take the next step. “I made some form adjustments [in the 110 meter hurdles] that I needed to make,” Crowle said. “Now I just need to put it all together to get the time I want.” Farrell explained that resting will be key for the next couple weeks as there is no need for anyone to be fatigued entering early May. “Not everyone on the team will be competing over the next few weeks,” Farrell said. “Basically, they will either be competing on one weekend and then resting the other because we don’t want them competing three weekends in a row heading into AACs.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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April 21, 2014 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK NOVA BUILDS RAPPORT WITH AGUDOSI, PATTON
Nova shows signs of improved decision-making in scrimmage Greg Johnson Sports Editor
At this point in the year, there is little Gary Nova can do to ease concerns about his ability to play at a consistently high level for the Rutgers football team. Until the senior quarterback puts together a more complete season, doubts about the mental aspect of his game will likely continue to linger. Head coach Kyle Flood insisted Saturday he is not ready to name a starter for next season anytime soon, despite Nova’s impressive spring. Still, after Nova outshined his quarterback competition in the Scarlet Knights’ second scrimmage featuring more play action and shotgun than a run-oriented first session April 5, Flood notices improvement in his decision-making. “It’ s never been an issue of whether or not Gar y can make the throws,” Flood said. “We knew he could do that. He’s got a lot of arm talent. I thought he’s done an excellent job this spring as a whole of really making good decisions and putting the ball in great locations.” With junior Leonte Carroo limited and sophomore Ruhann Peele out for the spring, Nova has mostly worked with a less experienced receiving corps. But it is showing benefits. The senior is building a rapport with sophomores Carlton Agudosi and Andre Patton, who figure to play more significant roles next season. Both possess wir y frames, and Nova especially sees the 6-foot-6 Aguodosi as a viable red zone threat. “He has all the ability, so once he gets the reps and the mental part of the game down, I think he can be a huge weapon for us down in the red zone,” Nova said. “Last-minute situations where you put it up there for him, he can go get it.” From a decision-making standpoint, Nova is shying away
Senior quarterback Gary Nova had an impressive second spring scrimmage Saturday, developing habits of throwing the ball out of bounds instead of forcing passes into tight coverage. Nova said he must now carry over those habits into games. NOAH WHITTENBURG from forcing passes into tight coverage, instead making a habit this spring of spiking the ball or throwing it away if an opening isn’t there. But most of Rutgers’ scrimmage consisted of situational plays and not game-like drives, and with much of the offensive playbook still under development, Nova isn’t satisfied. His key remains sustaining composure. “You create the habits in practice, but at the end of the day, you’ve got to do it in the game,” Nova said. “I’ve got to have better carryover from what I do in practice to the game.”
With only one season left with Rutgers, Nova says his urgency is at an all-time high. Going into the Big Ten, he has extra help in graduate assistant and former Knight Mike Teel, the Knights’ career leader in touchdowns and passing yards. “I couldn’t ask for anyone better to be on the sideline with me, a guy who’s basically been through the same journey as me,” Nova said. “Every time I come off [the field], I’m talking to him. He’s helping me, talking me through it. We meet afterwards. It’s just great.”
With sophomore outside linebacker Quentin Gause ruled out for
the remainder of spring last week with a shoulder injury, sophomore L.J. Liston and redshirt freshman Myles Nash received significant firstteam reps in Saturday’s scrimmage. Flood, who said he needs to take a closer look on film, had mixed impressions from the naked eye. Rutgers is looking for both to provide depth at a premium position in the Big Ten. “I thought L.J. had a pretty good day,” Flood said. “I think Myles is still learning about the way we play defense. He’s flashed some spectacular stuff this spring, but I’m not sure he’s ready just yet.” Liston, who recorded 16 tackles in limited action in 12 games last season,
flashed a fierce tackle for loss on sophomore running back Desmon Peoples. He said coaches pointed out minor corrections in his assignments, but overall reaped benefits of working with the starting unit. “I look at it like this: Going up against [offensive linemen] Kaleb [Johnson] and Betim [Bujari — people like that, those guys are like the other guys on the other teams,” Liston said. “Getting reps with the 1s is a big thing for me.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE LOUISVILLE 18, RUTGERS 6
Split road trip ends Knights’ Big East tourney chances Conor Nordland Staff Writer
In its final two road games of the season, the Rutgers wom-
en’s lacrosse team went 1-1 against Big East rivals Cincinnati and Louisville. The Scarlet Knights (8-8, 2-4) needed wins in both games to keep
their playoff hopes alive, but the loss to the Louisville on Saturday ended their chances of securing the No. 4 seed and last spot for the conference tournament.
Senior attacker Megan Clements scored a career-high six goals against Cincinnati. Clements is second on the team in goals and points. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2014
The No. 18 Cardinals (12-3, 6-0) presented a number of problems for Rutgers, winning by a final score of 18-6. The Knights battled early, but the Cardinals’ talent was too much to handle as the game went on. Louisville has the sixth-ranked scoring offense in the nation with 15.08 goals per game, and it showed. The Knights had no answer for attackers Nikki Boltja and Faye Brust, who combined to score nine of the Cardinals’ 18 goals. Boltja is second in the nation with 52 goals, while Brust is currently eighth with 45. Junior midfielder Lauren Sbrilli and sophomore Chrissy Schreiber led the Knights with two goals each in Saturday’s contest. The Knights came out strong on Thursday night against the Bearcats (6-10, 0-6), defeating them 15-6. Rutgers got out to a slow start in the contest, and Cincinnati cut
the score to 9-5 at 15:28 in the second half. But the Knights answered with six-straight goals and overwhelmed the Bearcats for the remainder of the game. Senior attacker Megan Clements scored a career-high six goals in the contest for the Knights, while senior attacker Katrina Martinelli, sophomore attacker Halley Barnes and junior midfielder Jenny Vlahos all added two goals for Rutgers. It was a complete game for the Knights, as the defense locked down the Bearcats’ attack line and had a 16-7 advantage on draw controls — a key area the Knights said they needed to improve upon prior to the game. The Knights will look to finish the season strong Friday against Temple in their final conference game. For updates on the women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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BASEBALL RUTGERS 4, CINCINNATI 1
Freshman righthander Kyle Driscoll throws a pitch to a Cincinnati batter in Rutgers’ victory on Saturday at Bainton Field. Driscoll worked an effective combination of fastballs, off-speed pitches and breaking balls en route to 11 strikeouts in six innings for his third win of the season. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Freshman’s career day seals series sweep Tyler Karalewich
to the mound for a chance to earn the sweep against the Bearcats. Driscoll was in control for the majority of the game, pitching efficiently and winning his third game of the season in Rutgers’ (18-18, 6-5) 4-1 win against Cincinnati (15-23, 3-12). When Driscoll left the game following the sixth inning, the Toms River, N.J., native had struck out a career-high 11 batters — a feat he cannot remember duplicating in his life — and allowed only two hits and one earned run.
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There was not much the Cincinnati hitters could do Saturday when they played the Rutgers baseball team at Bainton field for the third game of the weekend series. The Scarlet Knights clinched the series with wins in the first two games and sent redshirt freshman righthander Kyle Driscoll
The pitching combo that worked for Driscoll was getting ahead early with his fastball and then relying on his slider away to righthanders. “I just tried to work down today and my fastball seemed to be working, so I could get ahead with that,” Driscoll said. “I could also finish with that and I could throw them of f with my of f-speed in between there and it worked out today.”
The standout performance was something head coach Joe Litterio did not realize after the game. Driscoll recorded strikeouts for each of the first six outs in the game. “The two freshmen did a great job today. Max [Herrmann] did a good job of coming in after Kyle had left it. But he had 11 strikeouts, I didn’t know that,” Litterio said See SWEEP on Page 13
MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 2 DUKE 17, RUTGERS 8
First-half mistakes prove costly as Duke overpowers RU Sean Stewart Correspondent
Struggling on defense and facing the second-best attack in the nation, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team knew its Saturday matchup at No. 2 Duke could be a high-scoring affair.
Despite the dominant early faceoff play from junior specialist Joe Nardella, sloppy turnovers and empty offensive possessions put the Scarlet Knights in an early deficit they could not recover from, losing, 17-8, on a rainy day in Durham, N.C. “Generally I thought it was a little sloppy for us,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “I
thought we had a couple opportunities we probably didn’t capitalize on and Duke’s a very good team, and certainly it was a challenge for us when we didn’t play as well as hopefully we would have liked.” The defeat was the first time in eight games that the Knights’ attack was held to single-digit goals.
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sophomore, finished the year with 16 singles wins to lead the Rutgers tennis team. Her final record for the season was 16-5. Kayati was also undefeated in conference singles play at 4-0.
The loss also gives the Knights (7-7, 2-3) their longest losing streak of the season, dropping their third straight game. Duke (12-2, 4-1) extended its winning streak to eight to finish unbeaten at home for the season. See MISTAKES on Page 13
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