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State support falls back as U. tuition increases Julian Chokkattu Correspondent
It was not too long ago when hundreds of demonstrators stormed the office of former Rutgers President Richard L. McCormick’s in Old Queens in light of increasing tuition costs. The April 2011 “Walk into Action,” hosted by New Jersey United Students, did little to stop tuition hikes for the next two years. In 2012, the Board of Governors approved a 2.5 percent increase for tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students, according to another article from The Daily Targum. In July of 2013, the Board of Governors approved a 2.4 percent in-
crease, bringing the cost of tuition up to $13,499 for in-state full-time undergraduate students. A 2.1 percent increase to the campus fee for Rutgers-New Brunswick campus has been proposed for undergraduate students. The increase that was propositioned as of April 16, 2014 would charge students an additional $49.25, bringing the campus fee to $2,402.25 from the current $2,353, according to a preliminary requests document. At this year’s tuition hearing on April 8, Nancy Winterbauer, vice president of University Budgeting, said the state has been facing financial struggles, which affects See SUPPORT on Page 4
Members from different fraternities and sororities are advocating for the accommodation of small, diverse campus organizations that do not meet the 10-member requirement. RONNIE MENDOZA
Petition fights 10-member policy Erin Walsh Correspondent
Students protest at the Rutgers Student Center on April 8 to demand a tuition freeze. TIAN LI / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2013
A regulation expected to see implementation in the fall of 2015 would prevent campus organizations from having fewer than 10 members. In reaction to the possibility of the 10-member requirement, Susana Rivera, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, decided to petition Rutgers University Student Life to accommodate smaller, more diverse organizations on campus that do not meet the proposed minimum.
Rivera belongs to the Latina-based, multicultural sorority Omega Phi Beta. Many members of the sorority feel the need to taking action on the issue. “It’s more difficult for us to recruit compared to the sororities that belong to the majority,” she said. “There is a smaller percentage of those who identify with our culture, so the pool of people to choose from gets a bit smaller.” According to the petition, Rivera is demanding a suspension of the consequences of having less than
10 members in an organization until the need for such a rule and other policies hindering diversity are re-evaluated. School of Arts and Sciences senior Priscilla Coffie-Owusu, also a sister of Omega Phi Beta, agreed that the needs of smaller organizations on campus are not being met, including those apart from greek life. “Multicultural greek organizations just function differently than the mainstream greek See policy on Page 5
Rally breaks silence on sexual assault Katie Park Correspondent
Dressed in a strapless black bustier and toting a sign challenging the notion that a woman’s clothes invite sexual assault, Lauren Mateo rallied alongside likeminded peers in last night’s “Take
Back The Night” march from Douglass campus to the College Avenue campus. Mateo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, attended the walk to send a message that women who walk late at night in “provocative” clothing are not asking for sex or harassment.
Student protesters approach Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus for “Take Back The Night,” held yesterday to raise awareness for sexual assault and gender violence. YANGYENG LIN
Mateo is a member of Speak Out: Exploring Womanhood, an on-campus literary magazine that examines the intersectionality of gender perspectives and activism. “In Spanish we say ‘mezclar,’ [or] ‘mix,’ of all things toward the cause,” she said. Margot Baruch, an organizer for TBTN, said the event was established in the 1970s. It has been present at Rutgers for the last three decades. The march and rally are meant to raise awareness about sexual assault and gender-based violence. “Women do feel insecure walking at night, so they go out into the streets and call attention to this and publicly note that they’re taking the back the night,” said Baruch, senior student programs coordinator for Douglass Residential College. According to TBTN’s website, the organization got its name from Anne Pride, an activist and an organizer for the National Organization for Women. One of TBTN’s first marches occurred in October of 1975 when Susan Alexander Speeth, a microbiologist, was murdered when walking home alone, according to the website. See RALLY on Page 7
Congresswoman Donna Edwards talks women’s role in politics at Trayes Hall on Douglass campus. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Congresswoman discusses political change for women Lin Lan Staff Writer
When Congresswoman Donna Edwards (D-Md) rushed her feverish son to an emergency room, she realized that he had contracted meningitis at his daycare. The daycare was affordable, but not licensed. Reflecting on her struggles as a single mother raising a child, Edwards elicited laughs when she joked about constantly checking
her watch before picking up her son at daycare because every minute meant paying overtime. “I can chuckle about this now but it wasn’t funny then,” Edwards said. “And for many women in this country, it isn’t funny.” Edwards, the first black woman to represent Maryland in Congress, was featured in the lecture, “Making a Difference: Women in
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The Rutgers Graduate School of Education hosts “Teaching the World Forum” at 9 a.m. at the Cook Campus Center. The Rutgers University Student Employment Office and Office of Financial Aid present “Part-Time and Summer Job Fair” at 11 a.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. University Career Services presents “How to Get Credit for an Internship” at 1 p.m. at the Gateway Transit Village located at 100 Somerset St. on the fourth floor above Barnes & Noble on the College Avenue campus. The Center for African Studies; and the Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures host a talk by Carol Sterling entitled, “Bringing Puppetry to Education Majors in Uganda as a U.S. Fulbright Specialist” at 1:30 p.m. at Beck Hall on Livingston campus.
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The Orrin Evans Quartet performs at 8 p.m. at Makeda Restaurant. There is a $5 music charge.
Saturday, April 26
The Stress Factory Comedy Club presents the stand up of “Steve-O” with showings at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. at The Stress Factory. You must be 16 or older to attend the show, and there is a two-item minimum for each person. Tickets are $30.
Sunday, April 27
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The N.J. State Theatre presents “The Wizard of OZ with the NJSO” at 3 p.m. at 15 Livingston Ave. Ticket prices range from $20 to $88.
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Professor examines representations of black sexuality Carley Ens Correspondent
Black women have been por trayed as both marginalized and empowered, excluded and included, said Erica Edwards, an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside. Edwards presented her ideas at a talk titled “Living Text for a Dying Nation: Black Sexuality and Textuality after Empire” yesterday in the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett building on Douglass campus. Edwards specializes in African-American literature, gender, sexuality and black political culture. Her work, published in journals such as American Quarterly and Black Camera, demonstrates how people have been rethinking modern African-American literature and its relationship to popular culture and histor y, said Nicole Fleetwood, director of the Institute for Research on Women. The discussion was based on Edward’s studies of African-American literature and the war on terror, which she is currently writing about for a novel. Edwards said Michelle Obama, Condoleezza Rice and other black women in politics and the media are featured as both foreign threats and as par t of American democratic promise in today’s political culture. Black women’s sexuality has profound implications for “blackness” and power within critical studies of gender and sexuality, Edwards said. “[It] has lubricated transformations in the political economy and discourses,” she said. The main question is how society should interpret African-American cultural production amidst post-9/11 political transformations. Black women have filled an essential position in the framework of social security through an era defined by the war on terror, she said. In the post9/11 era, the diversity of black feminism was lost in the political landscape. In the decades after World War II, representations of black women’s sexuality sur faced to announce the incorporation of black subjects into the
government of an increasingly global state. Edwards said scenes of fantasy in films allow the placement of contemporary narratives of freedom into the context of black women’s sexuality. As an example, Edwards displayed a screenshot from the 2012 film “Lincoln.” In the scene, Lincoln’s housekeeper is introduced as his lover as he hands her a Senate emancipation bill. The scene demonstrates the scandal of interracial sex, but in a broader sense, Lincoln’s black lover ser ves to connect emancipation to democracy, Edwards said. The film sets a dif ferent kind of imager y around black women’s sex into motion. “The tying of [blackness] to freedom positions the woman as a political sexual subject,” she said. These representations hint at the possibility of a new kind of being in which the black female is the very force of economic and political survival or preservation, Edwards said. “Depictions of sexuality may reveal how the black woman functions as a living text for a dying nation,” she said. The Institute for Research on Women, the Depar tment of English and the Depar tment of African Studies sponsored the seminar. Fleetwood said the institute brings together interdisciplinar y scholars who conduct work on women’s sexuality. The overarching theme of IRW’s seminars this year was “decolonizing gender,” said Fleetwood, an associate professor in the Department of American Studies. She said the co-sponsors asked Edwards to speak because of her exciting and timely research. Edwards offers a surprising approach to current affairs that are also grounded in cultural history, Fleetwood said. Yasmina Madeira, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, attended the seminar to receive extra credit in one of her classes and was excited about the topic of discussion. “I like to learn more about anything that pertains to minorities,” said Madeira, a Latin American studies major.
Erica Edwards, an associate professor at the University of California, Riverside, discussed the depictions of black women’s sexuality yesterday at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass campus. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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SUPPORT According to Rutgers Budget in Brief report, 38.3 percent of money comes from tuition, fees continued from front
Rutgers as the University relies on state appropriation for its operations, according to a previous article in The Daily Targum. According to the 2012-2013 Budget In Brief report, 19.5 percent of money comes through state appropriations and 0.3 percent comes from federal appropriations. About 38.3 percent comes from tuition and fees. College tuition is on the rise because higher education costs outpace general inflation. State support has declined, and New Jersey does not provide for regular capital funding for its colleges, meaning new construction and capital renewal has to be funded by the University, according to the budget report. Rutgers University Student Assembly President Kristine Baffo said in an email that she has seen students and administration working to combat declining state aid. University President Robert L. Barchi advocated in Trenton on behalf of students for greater aid, said Baffo, who was elected last week. “New Jersey is one of the most expensive states to get a public education,” she said. “Rutgers, as the state University of New Jersey, becomes increasingly inaccessible to students as tuition rises.” A 2013 Public Policy Practicum from the Edward J. Bloust-
ein School of Planning and Public Policy, titled “Higher Education: Costs, the Workforce and Equality,” shows that Rutgers-New Brunswick is a bargain for New Jersey residents when compared to other states’ largest schools. The report stated that New Jersey’s institutions are still more expensive than other states. New Jersey’s support for higher education is about average among
“Rutgers, as the state University of New Jersey, becomes increasingly inaccessible to students as tuition rises.” KRISTINE BAFFO Rutgers University Student Assembly President
competitor states, but there is a downward trend. Baffo said the problem is both internal and external. “As the state continues to pay less, students are forced to pick up this tab,” she said. “The timing of the tuition hike almost makes it very difficult to for students and parents to work toward paying the difference caused by the tuition increase.” Baffo said NJUS is tracking and supporting several bills in the
New Jersey legislature, most notably bill A2807, which supports a tuition freeze for nine semesters at four-year schools. Assemblywoman Celeste Riley (D-3), a primary sponsor of the bill, could not be reached for comment at press time. Greg Trevor, senior director of Media Relations at Rutgers, said in an email statement that Rutgers is working closely with Gov. Chris Christie, legislators and executive branch agencies to increase state support as it does every year. “The reality, however, is that state finances for nearly 15 years have been constricted across all areas of the state budget,” he said. Trevor said an example of acquiring more funding for the University is in Rutgers’ success in promoting investment for capital projects. The proceeds from the Building Our Future Bond Act, a referendum passed in 2012 to fund capital projects at public and research schools in the state, enables Rutgers to undertake construction projects to improve academic spaces in a cost effective way. Board of Governors Student Representative Joseph Cashin wishes Rutgers would tell students about tuition hikes earlier, rather than in July when it is announced. Cashin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said when he discusses tuition with members of the Board of Governors, they seem concerned and genuine. He assumes the tuition will increase regardless, given the lack of opportunity for student input.
HUNGRY FOR HOT DOGS Top: Nicole Chen, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, hands out hot dogs at Rutgers University Programming Association’s “Hot Dog Day” held yesterday on the College Avenue campus. Bottom: Students could select from a variety of toppings for their hot dogs. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Congress.” The lecture, sponsored by the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, was held yesterday at Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus Center. Edwards is currently part of the advocacy group “When Women Succeed, America Succeeds: An Economic Agenda for Women and Families.” The agenda focuses on direct influences on women’s daily lives, such as equal pay and increased funding for childcare. Despite being a high-profile politician now, Edwards has had her fair share of struggles.
At one of her previous jobs, Edwards was required to sign a form preventing her from asking colleagues about their salaries. She believes the limitation was to prevent her from negotiating for a salar y equal to her male colleagues. Edwards told students not to be discouraged by these injustices because politics is a positive force for change, even if the media doesn’t always celebrate those parts. “It’s not enough for ordinary citizens to back out of the process because it’s a little messy,” Edwards said. When Edwards voiced her intention to run for Congress, she
POLICY Rivera’s goal is to accumulate 4,000 signatures for her petition, which currently has more than 1,300 well poised to do well on that if they’ve been planning and payorganizations,” she said. “If the ing attention.” The 10-member minimum is University calls itself diverse, diversity of these groups needs to meant to increase funding for groups and also allows more peobe understood and catered to.” Coffie-Owusu said if this rule ple to hold office positions, Arnis implemented, groups under 10 holt said. Because sororities and people will no longer be recog- fraternities are independent from nized by the University and will University funding, the students be forced to become inactive for pay a steep price in order to be two years until the group reaches members. The more people, the lower the prices. 10 members. Arnholt does not know if 10 is A rule such as this is hypocritical for the University to enforce, the be-all, end-all number, but beand she fears it will cause a great lieves it is fair. There is currently an number of multicultural groups eight-member minimum requireon campus to disappear. “If an organization is no longer ment for groups on campus, but recognized because of having less Arnholt feels two more members than 10 members, how could they added to the minimum will beneget more members if they aren’t fit organizations. “It’s two more people paying allowed to recruit any,” she said. Coffie-Owusu’s sorority cur- dues, two more people able to fill rently has more than 10 mem- officer positions,” she said. “With more people, bers, but she members arstill feels this en’t struggling rule is unjust to smaller groups. “We take pride in a having paying all this a tight-knit community money, trying JoAnn Arnholt, dean of where we understand and to fulfill these work intensive Fraternity and know each other. ” office positions, Sorority Afall the while tryfairs, said this SUSANA RIVERA ing to succeed policy is one School of Arts and Sciences Senior academically.” that has been Although discussed for Arnholt sees some time, but adding two its implementation has been extended for an- more members to the minother year to make more students imum as beneficial, Rivera sees the positives of having a aware of the requirement. “The idea is not to get rid of smaller group. “We take pride in a having a anyone — the idea is to grow the tight-knit community where we chapters,” she said. Arnholt said falling under the understand and know each oth10-member minimum does not er. We don’t want to have to conmean the immediate removal of form,” she said. Rivera’s current goal is to a certain sorority or fraternity, but it is something that happens reach 4,000 signatures for her petition. She currently has more over time. In the course of a year, she has than 1,300. Rivera said this project in havhad many meetings with students. They have to fill out an annual re- ing multicultural voices heard on port and membership updates. campus is one she hopes to carry Depending on the results of the re- on after she graduates. “Not ever y one is working on port, the updates and the group’s academic standing, students may this project with me, but there be given the opportunity to appeal are a lot of conversations happening,” she said. “I feel I’ve the removal of their group. “The ball is in their court,” created an outlet for people to Arnholt said. “We talk about express themselves, and now the reports all the time and in there’s a platform for people to all of our meetings. They’re speak out.” continued from front
was met by discouragement from all sides, pleading that she aim lower for a school board or council position. “No one wanted to me run,” Edwards admitted. “But if I had done everything that everyone wanted me to do beforehand, I would have been 80 years old before I got into Congress.” When it comes to women in Congress, Edwards said the way things are done is different. Women contribute in a way that often creates more impact for people who have real struggles in their communities, she said. Reaching across party lines, Edwards worked with a bipartisan group of women to improve the lives of women in Afghanistan after returning from a trip where they witnessed the harsh conditions many women faced. “Let’s just say we do it better, we get more done and we bring
more money back to our districts,” Edwards joked, attributing such cooperation to the fact that the women found solidarity in their shared experiences. Reminiscing memories of her mother — whom she admitted
“It’s not enough for ordinary citizens to back out of the process because it’s a little messy.” Donna edwards Rep. for Maryland’s 4th Congressional District
was one person she was glad she never had to run against in an election — Edwards said her own experiences as a mother have motivated her to achieve seemingly impossible tasks.
“Without women in Congress, I believe that these issues would not be central,” Edwards said. The lecture was a part of the annual “Senator Wynona Lipman Chair in Women’s Political Leadership” series. Debbie Walsh, director of the CAWP, celebrated Edwards’ appearance as an extension of the values of former Senator Lipman. Kathy Kleeman, senior communications officer of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said Edwards was chosen to speak because her political work embodied Senator Lipman’s values, which included aiding women, children and families. She also supports community colleges, small businesses and people with HIV and AIDS. “[Lipman] was always speaking up for those with the least access to the political process, and we are pleased that we have been able to keep her legacy alive through this program,” she said.
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RALLY ‘Take Back The Night’ began in 1975 following the murder of a woman walking home alone three women will experience some form of violence during Almost four decades later, Rut- their lives. “This [violence] needs to stop, gers’ TBTN began near Jameson Residence Hall on Douglass cam- this needs to end — and this pus and continued down George [march] is one way of doing that,” Street to Voorhees Mall on the Baruch said. The walk featured muCollege Avenue campus, where sicians, speakers and varithe march ended. Throughout the march, par- ous student groups, such as ticipants chanted “take back the greek organizations. The event is a student-led night” to bring attention to theminitiative and needs the driving selves and the cause. “As you’re walking and chant- force of the student body to ing down George Street ‘take be successful. “When there are students back the night,’ people turn and stare at you and then realize what that are motivated and see inyou’re doing … then they join,” equalities and per vasiveness of social justice issues, they can she said. make someAt the end of thing profound the walk, parand meanticipants voiced their opinions “We want ... to create this ingful, and I that’s and experiences type of activism not only think what has haprelated to gennow ... but also pened here,” der violence. throughout the year to Baruch said. Baruch said continue raising Baruch said several smallKaila Bouler goals exist awareness.” ware, a School under the overof Arts and arching idea of MARGOT BARUCH Sciences juraising awareTake Back The Night organizer nior, was inness about strumental in gender-based or chestrating violence. Woman Organizing Against the entire march. Boulware realized the seriousHarassment is an on-campus group that seeks to bring the ness of the issue and organized community together and draw the event with assistance from attention to the issue of sexual WOAH, as well as other organizaand gender-based violence. The tions on campus. Nancy Olszewski, a resident of group also wants to galvanize the New Brunswick, said she attendstudent body. “We want to create momen- ed the event for the first time after tum to create this type of activ- reading June Jordan’s “Poem to ism not only now, not only in Take Back the Night.” Baruch said no one can or April, but also throughout the year to continue raising aware- should accept any type of violence against women. ness,” Baruch said. “Once you start sharing that Ultimately, the walk aims to highlight the unfortunate per- message — it’s not a nice mesvasiveness of violence inflicted sage — you will see people stand on women because one out of up and react,” she said. continued from front
Participants in “Take Back the Night” displayed banners with messages about female empowerment yesterday outside Jameson Residence Hall on Doulgass campus. YANGENG LIN
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City raises awareness for environmental issues
New Brunswick elementary school students picked up over one ton of litter on Tuesday as a part of the city’s “Urban Cleanup Week.” COURTESY OF DONNA CAPUTO
Erin Petenko Associate News Editor
Fifth graders from New Brunswick elementary schools found a toy skeleton hand among the litter they collected for Earth Day. Their efforts were part of a weeklong series of events centered around environmental issues, called “Urban Cleanup Week,” throughout the city. Donna Caputo, the clean communities coordinator for New Brunswick, said they hoped to spread awareness of environmental issues and create a cleaner New Brunswick. “If every resident just picks up litter in their own lawn, it would make a big difference,” she said. Between four elementary schools, students picked up more than one ton of litter on Tuesday.
Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street passed out awards for the most litter collected as well as a green dustpan for the students who picked up the skeleton hand, considered the most unusual find. The kids watched a recycling and litter-themed magician, Caputo said, and held a “Slam Dunk the Junk” basketball game where students played with balls made from litter. In an environmental trivia game, kids competed for small prizes, she said. They could also interact with a recycle robot. Caputo said New Brunswick hoped to teach children that litter goes into storm drains that connect to streams, rivers and oceans. “We teach them not to litter and to pick up what they see, and
that they can make a positive impact, even in fifth grade,” she said. The events were coordinated with a potluck focused on food policy, held Tuesday at the New Brunswick Free Public Library on Livingston Avenue. Keith Jones, chair of the New Brunswick Community Food Alliance, said the organization paired with Food and Water Watch and the New Brunswick Environmental Commission to provide an in-
formation session on composting for residents. “A healthy Earth and healthy food definitely go hand in hand,” he said. “You can’t have access to food without a strong and healthy Earth.” The NBCFA is also participating in garden cleanups on Rutgers Day and later at the Shiloh Gardens on Tabernacle Way. New Brunswick also allowed residents to drop off materials such as paints and CDs at the Department of Public Works yesterday and gave out biodegradable bags and compost. Today, they are opening up the initiative to nonprofits and houses of worship, which will be invited to clean up their property, Caputo said, although it was not always necessary. “Houses of worship have some of the best-kept properties in New Brunswick,” she said. The city plans to end the week with a flower giveaway at the Livingston Park Nursery at 1036 How Lane. The nursery plans to give a 20 percent discount on their entire stock. All of the events are part of the lead up to next week, when inspectors expect to go around the entire city and issue warnings to residents with unkempt properties. According to an article in The Daily Targum, the city would look for quality of life issues such as litter, debris, graffiti and inappropriate furniture on porches and balconies. If residents did not comply, they would be issued a summons. Caputo said while New Brunswick provides plenty of resources for cleaning streets and sidewalks, they want to prevent littering before it occurs.
“We want to teach people they need not litter at all, and they need to pick up what they see,” she said. Caputo said studies have shown that when litter is on the ground, people are more likely to litter. Students should be a part of the initiative, even if they are renters rather than property owners. Caputo invited Rutgers to participate in the Red Cup challenge, where students pledge to never let a Solo Cup drop on the ground and to pick up any they see. Jim Walsh, director for Food and Water Watch, said Earth Day is a good opportunity to reflect on the environmental challenges facing the community today. Besides providing residents with the training to make their own compost, the organization hosted a Tent State discussion on labeling food. He said they hoped to raise awareness about increased herbicide use on genetically modified food. “Studies show [that] genetically modified food affect herbicide use and public health,” he said. They also held a rally in South Jersey yesterday to protest a power plant that plans to build a natural gas pipeline through the Pine Barrens. This Saturday, they are hosting a film screening in Toms River, N.J. of “Groundswell Rising,” which depicts the effects of fracking in Pennsylvania. “We want to lead the discussion about the impact of the global food system on our environment,” Walsh said. “We’re glad to be part of a larger [initiative] in the interest of the community.”
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Bionic eye helps man regain vision ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks to a high-tech procedure that involved the surgical implantation of a “bionic eye,” he has regained enough of his eyesight to catch small glimpses of his wife, grandson and cat. “It’s awesome. It’s exciting — seeing something new every day,” Pontz said during a recent appointment at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The 55-yearold former competitive weightlifter and factory worker is one of four people in the U.S. to receive an artificial retina since the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its use last year. The facility in Ann Arbor has been the site of all four such surgeries since FDA approval. A fifth is scheduled for next month. Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited disease that causes slow but progressive vision loss due to a gradual loss of the light-sensitive retinal cells called rods and cones. Patients experience loss of side vision and night vision, then central vision, which can result in near blindness. Not all of the 100,000 or so people in the U.S. with retinitis pigmentosa can benefit from the
bionic eye. An estimated 10,000 have vision low enough, said Dr. Brian Mech, an executive with Second Sight Medical Products Inc., the Sylmar, Calif.-based company that makes the device. Of those, about 7,500 are eligible for the surgery. The artificial implant in Pontz’s left eye is part of a system developed by Second Sight that includes a small video camera and transmitter housed in a pair of glasses. Images from the camera are converted into a series of electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array of electrodes on the surface of the retina. The pulses stimulate the retina’s remaining healthy cells, causing them to relay the signal to the optic nerve. The visual information then moves to the brain, where it is translated into patterns of light that can be recognized and interpreted, allowing the patient to regain some visual function. When wearing the glasses, which Pontz refers to as his “eyes,” he can identify and grab his cat and figure out that a flash of light is his grandson hightailing it to the kitchen. The visual improvement is sometimes startling for Pontz and his wife, Terri, who is just as amazed at her husband’s progress as he is.
“I said something I never thought I’d say: ‘Stop staring at me while I’m eating,’“ Terri Pontz said. She drives her husband the nearly 200 miles from tiny Reed City, Mich., to Ann Arbor for check-ups and visits with occupational therapist Ashley Howson, who helps Roger Pontz reawaken his visual memor y and learn techniques needed to make the most of his new vision. At the recent visit, Howson handed Pontz white and black plates, instructed him to move them back and forth in front of light and dark backgrounds and asked that he determine their color. Back home, Terri Pontz helps her husband practice the techniques he learns in Ann Arbor. For them, the long hours on the road and the homework assignments are a blessing. “What’s it worth to see again? It’s worth ever ything,” Terri Pontz said. The artificial retina procedure has been performed several-dozen times over the past few years in Europe, and the expectation is that it will find similar success in the U.S., where the University of Michigan is one of 12 centers accepting consultations for patients. – The Associated Press
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MEDICAL MANNEQUIN Human anatomy mannequins on
display yesterday in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. The mannequins are made from fiberglass and will be used in schools, hospitals and laboratories. GETTY IMAGES
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Affirmative action ruled a state decision WASHINGTON — A state’s voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the justices about a continuing need for programs that address racial inequality in America. The 6-2 decision upheld a voter-approved change to the Michigan Constitution that forbids the state’s public colleges to take race into account. That change was indeed up to the voters, the ruling said, over one justice’s impassioned dissent that accused the court of simply wanting to wish away inequality. The ruling bolsters similar voter-approved initiatives banning affirmative action in education in California and Washington state. A few other states have adopted laws or issued executive orders to bar race-conscious admissions policies. Justice Anthony Kennedy said voters in Michigan chose to eliminate racial preferences, presumably because such a system could give rise to racebased resentment. Kennedy said nothing in the Constitution or the court’s prior cases gives judges the authority to undermine the election results. “This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved. It is about who may resolve it,” Kennedy said. He stressed that the court was not disturbing the holding of a 2003 case from Michigan —which gave rise to the 2006 Constitution change — permitting the consideration of race in admissions. A Texas affirmative action case decided in June also did nothing to undermine that principle, Kennedy said. In a separate opinion siding with Kennedy, Justice Antonin Scalia said Michigan residents favored a colorblind constitution and “it would be shameful for us to stand in their way.” Strongly dissenting from the majority, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the decision trampled on the rights of minorities, even though the Michigan amendment was adopted democratically. “But without checks, democratically approved legislation can oppress minority groups,” said Sotomayor, who read her dissent aloud in the courtroom Tuesday. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sided with Sotomayor. Michigan voters “changed the basic rules of the political process in that state in a manner that uniquely disadvantaged racial minorities,” Sotomayor said. Judges “ought not sit back and wish away, rather than confront, the racial inequality that exists in our society,” she said. She is one of two justices, along with Clarence Thomas, who have acknowledged that affirmative action was a factor in their college and law school admissions. Sotomayor attended Princeton University and Thomas is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross. They both attended law school at Yale University. Thomas is a staunch opponent of racial preferences. At 58 pages, Sotomayor’s dissent was longer than the com-
bined length of the four opinions in support of the outcome. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Scalia and Thomas agreed with Kennedy. Responding to Sotomayor, Roberts said it “does more harm than good to question the openness and candor of those on either side of the debate.” Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the case, presumably because she worked on it at an earlier stage while serving in the Justice Department. University of Notre Dame law professor Jennifer Mason McAward said the opinions by five justices point “to a much more nuanced and heated debate among the justices regarding the permissibility and wisdom of racial preferences in general.” In 2003, the Supreme Court upheld the consideration of race among many factors in college admissions in a case from Michigan. Three years later, affirmative action opponents persuaded Michigan voters to change the state constitution to outlaw any consideration of race. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the issue was not affirmative action, but the way in which its opponents went about trying to bar it. In its 8-7 decision, the appeals court said the provision ran afoul of the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment because it presented an extraordinary burden to affirmative action supporters who would have to mount their own campaign to repeal the constitutional provision. The Supreme Court said the appeals court judges were wrong to set aside the change as discriminatory. But Sotomayor took up their line of reasoning in her dissent. She said University of Michigan alumni are free to lobby the state Board of Regents to admit more alumni children, but that the regents now are powerless to do anything about race-sensitive admissions. Breyer parted company with other liberal justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg, voting to uphold the Michigan ban because it effectively took power from faculty members at the state colleges and gave it to the voters, “from an unelected administrative body to a politically responsive one.” Unlike the conservative justices whom he joined Tuesday, Breyer said he continues to favor “race-conscious programs” in education. Black and Latino enrollment at the University of Michigan has dropped since the ban took effect. At California’s top public universities, African-Americans are a smaller share of incoming freshmen, while Latino enrollment is up slightly, but far below the state’s growth in the percentage of Latino high school graduates. The case was the court’s second involving affirmative action in as many years. Last June, the justices ordered lower courts to take another look at the University of Texas admissions plan in a ruling that could make it harder for public colleges to justify any use of race in admissions. — The Associated Press
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he New Jersey budget process and hearing an increase in the minimum wage for student workers timeline stretches from October to July for and program funding for cultural centers. The “Unthe next fiscal year, which will become ef- dergraduate Education” increase is for things such fective on July 1. As a state school, Rutgers receives as new, adaptive technology for class use and funding federal funding and is a part of this process, and the for the Office of Disability Services. The health cenBoard of Governors is currently finalizing the Univer- ters will use the proposed extra funding to focus on treatment and support for students recovering from sity budget for the upcoming year. Rutgers’ overall budget increased drastically from substance abuse, among other programs. These are $2.2 billion in the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year to $3.6 billion all improvements that we feel are important for our from 2013 to 2014. The increase was expected because student experience and the University as a whole. We are skeptical about some of proposed uses for of recent transitions for the University such as the merger with University of Medicine and Dentistry of the funding, though. The plan suggests creating new New Jersey and the highly anticipated move into the job positions to oversee certain programs. Of course Big Ten conference. This budget comes from a variety it’s important to make sure all programs being fundof sources, including research funding and state appro- ed are managed appropriately, but the costs of hiring new people to take on priations. But of course, a the responsibility might part of it is money that we’re going to have to “We commend the efforts of those in- be better used elseshell out ourselves in the volved in the process of budgeting … where. Those responsibilities could instead form of tuition and stuBut we wish that the entire process be spread out among dent fees — a part that were more transparent and easily faculty members we alunfortunately increases ready have who might more and more as the accessible to the general public.” be willing and interested state continues to prove in taking them on. that it’s unwilling to work We commend the efforts of those involved in the with Rutgers to provide us with much-needed funding. While any potential tuition increases for next year process of budgeting because we know how much have yet to be heard, the University has already draft- time and effort is put into assessing the University ed a proposal for increased student fees. Every stu- community’s needs, determining what needs funding dent at Rutgers pays student fees, which are separate and then making sure everything is allocated approfrom tuition. Student fees cover student services and priately. But we wish that the entire process were programs separate from academic programs, such as more transparent and easily accessible to the gentransportation, facilities, health services and general eral public. We had difficulty finding the appropriate student affairs. For the current year, these fees for documents online, and we’re sure it’s just as difficult full-time undergraduate students come to a total of for most other students to find, too. The administra$2,353, and there is an overall proposed increase of tion needs more student input to assess where they should be spending more money and where they can about $50 for next year. Given the transitional period the entire University afford to make cuts, but that won’t be possible if it’s is going through, we can understand why there will so difficult for most of us to get any information. With be this increase. If anything, we’d rather see more of more open communication between the state and the an increase in these fees that go directly toward stu- administration to get better funding, and between the dent services and programs than in our tuition, much administration and students for input on budgeting, of which goes to professors’ and faculty members’ sal- we should be able to know exactly where our money aries. For example, some of the proposed increases is going and how we can make sure it improves Rutfor student affairs will go toward covering the cost of gers for us.
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Youth movement leading the resurgence of baseball STUMPER’S SPORTS JAMES STUMPER
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he Rutgers Scarlet Knights baseball team got off to a rough start this season, to the surprise of no one. The Knights field a roster filled with 19 freshmen being led by first-year Head Coach Joe Litterio replacing Rutgers legend Fred Hill. In the preseason poll, the Knights were picked to finish seventh in the nine-team conference, so expectations coming into 2014 weren’t exactly monumental. However, in recent weeks, Rutgers has really come into its own on the diamond. Its young roster has catapulted the Knights into third place in the American Athletic Conference, trailing only Louisville and UCF. The Scarlet Knights currently (prior to their afternoon game at Wagner today) sit above .500 for the first time this season, with an overall record of 19-18, and a conference record of 6-5. With their 6-4 victory at Bainton Field over Rider Tuesday afternoon, the Knights extended their season-high winning streak to five games. So, what has been the key for the Scarlet Knights in recent weeks? For me, it’s a matter of those young players — especially pitchers — coming into their own and feeling more comfortable at the collegiate lev-
el. Through 37 games, a freshman pitcher started 28 — an extremely large number at the Division I level. Early on, there were certainly some growing pains with these young hurlers, but recently they have shown why they were given the opportunity to perform on the big stage right away. Freshman Gaby Rosa from Perth Amboy has thrown backto-back gems in his last two outings. Two weeks back, against Hartford, Rosa went eight innings and allowed no earned runs, striking out six Hawks in the process.
Another freshman that has shown some promise on the mound in recent weeks is Ryan Fleming. Fleming’s overall stats for 2014 are not great, but he has shown flashes of brilliance. A few weeks back on April 8 in Lakewood, N.J., Fleming tossed six innings, allowing just three runs and scattering eight hits against the Fordham Rams. The lefthander showed that he has excellent stuff, and with some more experience under his belt, could be a real asset to this Rutgers pitching staff.
“The Scarlet Knights have a good mix of experience and youth on their squad this year, but right now it’s the underclassmen leading the charge.” Last Friday against Cincinnati, Rosa was just as impressive. He went 8.1 innings, becoming the first Scarlet Knight to pitch into the 9th all season, and he showed maturity beyond his years. He was not dominant, having allowed a few leadoff extra base hits, but he showed great poise to work out of every jam he got himself in. It was his second-straight start going eight innings without allowing an earned run. Rosa’s efforts earned him a spot on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll, as he currently boasts a 4-2 record with a 2.74 ERA striking out 22 in 46 innings.
The freshman dominance doesn’t end on the mound, though. Starting centerfielder Mike Carter has shown explosive ability through the first 36 games of his Rutgers career, mainly as the leadoff hitter. Through 36 games, the young speedster is batting .328, has driven in 19 runs and scored 19 of his own. He has also been effective on the base paths, having stolen seven bases on 11 attempts, a 63.6 percent success rate. Carter, heading into today’s game at Wagner, is riding an eight-game hitting streak. His recent hot stretch (9-17 in four
games last week) has landed him alongside fellow Scarlet Knight Gaby Rosa on the American Athletic Conference’s weekly Honor Roll. Of course, the Knights wouldn’t be where they are with just young talent alone. Upperclassmen on the team are doing extremely well this season to complement the success of the freshmen. Senior first baseman Brian O’Grady is having one heck of a season, with his average currently sitting at .346 with three home runs on the season. Another senior leading his young teammates by example is shortstop Pat Sweeney. After a tough year with the bat last season as a junior, Sweeney is currently batting .351 in his senior campaign. Left fielder Vinny Zarillo, last year’s Big East batting champion, is also providing some veteran leadership in the middle of the lineup. Zarillo is currently sitting at .299, and has knocked in 23 runs for the Knights. The Scarlet Knights have a good mix of experience and youth on their squad this year but right now, it’s the underclassmen leading the charge. Rutgers looks to continue its ascent up the standings this weekend when they visit first-place UCF for a three-game series. James Stumper Jr. is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and history. His column, “Stumper’s Sports,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
Cultural exchanges reveal shared, varied experiences RU THROUGH INTERNATIONAL EYES EMILIE BROEK
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few weeks ago, someone gave me the idea to write about international students’ impressions of America. At first I was a bit cautious of how this column would be received, but I realized that if foreign students came to my home country, I would be interested in hearing the different responses they had to the idiosyncrasies of my culture. When you travel to a completely different place, experiencing culture shock is expected. While having Easter brunch, Tiphaine Duprat from France, Nicole Camacho from Ecuador and I shared our experiences so far in America. What we found most surprising was that although we come from completely different places, many of the experiences and opinions we share overlap. We started our conversation talking about the social scene we have experienced here in America compared to that of our home countries.
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Duprat: Especially at [fraternity] parties, I feel like we go primarily to show off how much fun we can have. Another thing about these parties that took a while to get used to was the whole idea of beer pong or drinking games. In France, we would just drink and socialize, but here, everyone needs to play these games in order to have fun. I guess it is just a culture difference.
write long essay responses where you use reflection and analysis, but here you have scantron exams where all you need to do is bubble in the right answer. A lack of respect for the teacher is also something that surprised me. It is so rude when students begin zipping up their bags and rolling up their tables five minutes before class ends. If the professor feels like talking more,
“I realized that if foreign students came to my home country, I would be interested in hearing the different responses they had to the idiosyncrasies of my culture. When you travel to a completely different place, experiencing culture shock is expected.” The girls also had a few opinions regarding the education at Rutgers. In general, both were highly appreciative of the education system and how it gave students a greater space to explore and discover themselves before settling on a specific branch of study. Camacho: I really like the education program here, and the professors are all really good and helpful. One thing that took some time to get used to was test taking. Back in Ecuador, we would have to
then let them do so, but don’t just leave without being dismissed. Duprat: I really would have liked to spend my undergraduate years here in America. I especially like the social part of American universities because back in France, the universities don’t organize any student events. I also really like the interaction you can have with professors here at Rutgers and office hours are extremely helpful. In general, coming to the U.S. has helped me become more autonomous and
stronger. Since I am here for only a year, my friends and I have done a good deal of traveling. My favorite trip by far was going to New Orleans during Spring Break. Even during the weekends, we try to go away to New York City as much as possible. Camacho: I mostly just study and relax during the weekends, but I wish Rutgers would plan more recreational activities for students, especially international [students] who always stay here during those days. Like I mentioned earlier, these are impressions due to cultural differences and have not made either of their experiences in the United States any less valuable. When I told my friends the Dutch clean their dishes by plugging the sink and soaking dishes in the accumulated water (sort of like a small bath tub), they laughed at me and expressed their shock, but I understood that it must have seemed strange to them coming from cultures that used dishwashing machines instead. The great thing about cultural exchanges is that you get to learn from each other in the end. Emilie Broek is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Her column, “RU Through International Eyes,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
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- School of Arts and Sciences senior Priscilla Coffie-Owusu, a sister of Omega Phi Beta, on problems with new University regulations on campus organizations. See story on FRONT.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (04/24/14). Plan multiple routes to adventure this year. Revise writing, make repairs, and reconsider feelings before presenting. Grow collaboration, partnership and community with communication (benefiting career and finances), especially over spring. August shifts focus homeward. Organize, and clear clutter (especially budgetary). After October, peaceful retreats or practices focus you to better support partnerships. Consider your heart’s desire. 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 5 — Your dreams seem prophetic today and tomorrow. Something’s coming due. Clarify your direction with friends and dispel confusion. It’s emotion versus reason. Slow down and contemplate. Review and adjust. You either have results or excuses. Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — Plan parties and get together with groups today and tomorrow. Creative collaboration builds a dream. Play, but remember your budget. Provide common sense where lacking. Set your goals high. Study to comply with a new request. Remind an idealist about the facts. Step onstage. Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 6 — A dream seems newly achievable. Take on new responsibilities today and tomorrow, and prepare for inspection. Give yourself time alone to think. Explain an abstract concept carefully. Investigate the outer limits, and advance your agenda. Push your luck and explore new territory. Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 5 — You’d rather play than work today and tomorrow. Do your homework. Travel conditions improve, with caution. Keep it realistic, with alternative routes and backup plans. Visualize future fun, and share possibilities with the ideal partners. Something you’re expecting may not be available. Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Financial planning is more fun with another today and tomorrow. Your partner’s vision inspires. Figure the costs to make it happen. Be on time. Have faith. Consider the previously impossible. Resolve illusive details. Separate speculation from fact. Get expert assistance to navigate uncharted waters. Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Fantasize about your perfect job today and tomorrow. Consult with a partner who can see your blind spots. Negotiations and compromise arise with greater ease. Balance work and family responsibilities with rigorous scheduling. Creativity at work provides solutions. You don’t have to do it all... delegate!
Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — The impossible looks easy. Dive into some intensity at work today and tomorrow. It’s an excellent moment for romantic dreaming. Share your fantasies. Be a good listener. Renew your vision for the future. Go for substance over nebulous or vague ideas. Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Time for fun and games today and tomorrow. The best results come from playful experimentation. Dreams of domestic bliss can come true. Add aesthetic and harmonic touches. Try new flavors, combinations, and experiences. Figure out what you want to accomplish. Family comes first. Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — Your spiritual practices clear your mind. Dreams and visions make sense. Allow yourself some poetic license. You don’t have to be able to explain everything. Investigate a fascinating subject, and get inspired. Home holds your focus today and tomorrow. Handle chores and plan a luxurious evening. Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Gather information today and tomorrow. Catch up on studies. Write, record and make plans. Get a contract in writing. Study and practice. An old dream comes true. Don’t squander savings on a splurge. Some of your rewards are intangible, but still valuable. Count your blessings. Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — Watch for a new source of income. Make sure you’ll earn enough to pay expenses. Show your team how much you believe in them. Have faith in your abilities. Get creative with solutions. Pay attention to emotional undercurrents. Restate your intentions to keep the dream alive. Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Life seems easier for the next few days. Consider the consequences before taking actions. Assert your desires (once you’ve figured them out). An answer comes in a dream. Ponder and plan. It could include travel or discovery. Keep your objective in mind, and meditate for clarity.
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April 24, 2014
BLOWOUT
SLUGFEST
Knights score eight runs in bottom of fourth inning to pull away from St. John’s
Four pitchers for Rutgers combine to forfeit total of 10 earned runs, 18 hits
continued from back
In the eight-hole, Slowinski proved that the lineup can be diffiThe Knights began play- cult to stop if it is receiving producing small ball, with Williams tion from top to bottom. leading of f the inning with a “Well, I feel like any part of bunt single. the lineup’s really important,” They then opened it up by Slowinski said. “If you get the top spraying hits all over the field of the lineup on in a 0-0 game, on St. John’s star ting pitcher it’s up to the bottom to be able to Francessa Carrullo. do that and gives everyone confiSenior first baseman Alexis dence that they can do it.” Durando struck first with a two-run Sweeney’s performance double, followed by an RBI-single in the circle was impressive, by sophomore second baseman Nelson said. Stephanie Huang and another twoThe freshman, who has been run double by freshman designated up and down all season long, player Carly Todd to give Rutgers a won her second decision in a 5-1 lead. row after a two-hitter and two Then things really opened up. strikeouts to one walk in four After freshman righthander Shay- innings of work. la Sweeney went 1-2-3 in the top of The lone run she surrendered the fourth, Rutwas unearned. gers exploded for “I think the eight runs in the defense and “I was really hoping she bottom frame on the offense that would throw it [up in the I had behind a pair of three-run home runs by zone] because I had some me to start the Huang and sophgame [was really good swing on omore shortstop great]. Even if Melanie Slowinski. we don’t score those other ones.” As Rutgers until the third began to get to or the fourth Stephanie huang Carrullo more [inning], I know Sophomore second baseman in the four th, that we’re gonna scattering hardget runs on the hit balls all over the field and ad- board,” Sweeney said. vancing on wild pitches, Huang Having won three of their struck a deadly blow. last four games entering a threeThe AAC Weekly Honor Roll game series this weekend against selection continued her hot AAC cellar dweller UConn (12streak, mashing a three-run shot 31, 3-10), Williams thinks that over the right field wall to extend the Knights can really continue Rutgers’ lead to 9-1. to heat up as they approach the Huang, who went 6-for-10 in AAC Tournament. three games against Memphis, “I think ever ything’s starthad two hits and four RBI against ing to come together,” Williams the Red Storm. said. “I feel like throughout “That was up in the zone,” Huang the season some people were said of the home run pitch. “I was real- having their moments, but evly hoping she would throw it [up in the er ybody’s kind of coming tozone] because I had some re- gether. The pitching’s comally good swings on those ing together, the hitting’s other ones.” coming together and I really After freshman third baseman Dan- think that it’s all starting to click.” ielle Demarco and Todd got on base, Slowinski bashed a three-run home For updates on the Rutgers softrun of her own on a low and inside ball team, follow @TargumSpor ts pitch to extend the blowout to 12-1. on Twitter.
Sophomore shortstop Melanie Slowinski hit a three-run home run in yesterday’s 13-3 win over St. John’s. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / ONLINE EDITOR / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2014
continued from back But the Knights (19-19, 6-5) started off hot. Rutgers exploded for five runs in the top half of the first inning and batted around the lineup for a
22-minute frame. What seemed like plenty of runs to suppor t freshman lefthander Ryan Fleming turned out not to be enough. Fleming gave up 10 hits and five earned runs in only two-and-one third innings. Fleming was not the only one guilty of for feiting runs while on the mound. Four pitchers for the Knights combined to allow 10 earned runs. “We came out and scored five runs [in the first inning]
Head coach Joe Litterio coaches third base while the Knights hit. He said that Rutgers is the team to beat in midweek games. TIAN LI / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
and went up 6-0 in the second,” Litterio said. “But, then we gave up a three spot. The pitching really wasn’t great today. It was shaky at best.” The gusts of wind blowing throughout the game seemed to play a factor as balls hit to left center ended up traveling all the way to right field. Countless balls hit in the gap found a fielder’s glove and other hits took unconventional hops. Junior closer Jon Young came in during the bottom of the eighth to work a scoreless inning after allowing the first three runners on base. A timely double play after a line drive stopped any more runs from coming in. The conditions should not have played a factor, Young said. “I think if you let [the wind] get in your head, then the conditions are going to bother you,” Young said. “If you can block it out, you’ll be fine. The fly balls are blowing all over the place, but for the most part I don’t think we let it get to us too much.” But a loss to a lesser-known team such as Wagner proves something about both ball clubs, Litterio said. A win by the Seahawks just shows not only how bad they wanted the win, but also how much this game really meant to them. “What we have to realize, and what we don’t realize, is when we go and play these teams on midweek, it’s a big deal for those guys,” Litterio said. “To beat a team like Rutgers is something you can get momentum off of. … If you can beat a team like Rutgers, it can make your season.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Tyler Karalewich on Twitter @TylerKaralewich. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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April 24, 2014 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Junior jumper Corey Crawford expects to compete at this weekend’s Penn Relays on the UPenn campus. TIAN LI / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Throwers prepare to compete at relays Lou Petrella Correspondent
A few members of the Rutgers men’s track and field team will be heading to University of Pennsylvania to compete tomorrow and Saturday in the 120th running of the Penn Relays. Comparable to the Boston Marathon, the Penn Relays are one of the most popular sporting events in the Philadelphia area, averaging more than 100,000 people in attendance over the course of the threeday competition. The longest uninterrupted track and field event in the countr y will feature high school, college and some Olympic athletes from around the world. At last season’s competition, former Scarlet Knight James Plummer won the discus event for the third straight year. Head coach Mike Mulqueen said what Plummer was able to accomplish gave some of the younger athletes a reason to train harder. “It’s interesting because James came in from high school as a state champion, but he was not considered a national force,” Mulqueen said. “So most of our players develop a lot when they get here. It then becomes a domino effect. It shows them that if you work real hard and go after it, anything can happen.” At the Penn Relays last season, the 4x200 meter relay squad took home fourth place in the IC4A final. The relay team of juniors Corey Crawford, D’Andre Jordan, sophomore Rajee Dunbar and freshman Jermaine Griffith have raced well so far this season and will look to improve upon last season’s time. After not participating in last weekend’s Larr y Ellis Invitational at Princeton in order to train, some of the throwers on the
squad are ready to come back and compete this weekend. Two of the top throwers this spring season have been freshmen Br yan Pearson and Matt Krezmer. The two have collected their IC4A qualifying marks in the discus and javelin, respectively, making them both eligible to compete the IC4A Regional Championships in May. Assistant coach Robert Farrell said that both freshmen throwers have been exceeding expectations and will be good assets for the AAC Championships in two weeks. “All of the throwers are doing great,” Farrell said. “Both Br yan and Matt will be competing at the Penn Relays, and they’ll do ver y in the conference championships scoring us some points that we need.” Farrell adds that at ever y competition, the goal for ever y athlete should be picking up a qualifying mark in order to extend his season. “Some guys will have two weeks left in the season, some guys will have a month, some will maybe have two months,” Farrell said. “So the goal is always to extend your season for as long as you can.” Sophomore Thomas Carr will be throwing the javelin alongside Krezmer at the relays this weekend. Carr believes that the atmosphere at the Penn Relays will allow him to prepare for the bigger championship meets next month. “Well it’s definitely a big deal to be throwing at such a huge meet,” Carr said. “But when it comes down to it, it’s just another opportunity to perfect the technique for the big meets like Regionals and hopefully Nationals where the competition and atmosphere will be similar [to Penn Relays].” For updates on the Rutgers men’s track and field team, follow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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April 24, 2014 MEN’S GOLF CHANG FINISHED IN THE TOP 15 AT PAST TWO TOURNAMENTS
Sophomore looks to continue impressive play Daniel LoGiudice Staff Writer
As this weekend’s AAC Championship approaches, one member of the Rutgers men’s golf team looks to cap off what has been an impressive season. Sophomore Jonathan Chang has arguably been one of the best Scarlet Knights this season. His consistent play and leadership has led to many impressive outings by the team. Chang’s best and most recent performance came last weekend at the Rutherford Intercollegiate at Penn State. He finished third out of 78 and two under par with a score of 211 (68-72-71). The sophomore also had an impressive performance two weeks ago at the Princeton Invitational at Princeton. Chang carded 213 (73-66-74) and finished 13th out of the 78-player field. He finished three under par and recorded a tournament-best 40 pars. His second-round score of 66 was tied for a tournament best. Rutgers respectively tied for third and placed sixth in each of these tournaments. The Valencia, Calif., native attributes his success to the communication he has with head coach Rob Shutte and his coach back home, Mel Blasberg. “I expect a lot from myself, and it’s good that both my coaches are on the same page with me on what I want to accomplish,” Chang said. “They’ve helped me improve my mindset and it’s so exciting to see those improvements.” Chang believes this improved mindset and confidence he has
Sophomore Jonathan Chang had his best performance of the season at Penn State last weekend. He finished third out of 78 golfers, shooting two under par. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER from his coaches has helped his play greatly. “I lost the aspect of the game of going to the tournament to win it,” Chang said. “Now I enjoy feeling the pressure. The great players embrace it and I’ve started to embrace it.” Despite losing the mental edge during the fall season, Chang still produced solid results. In the five events he participated in, he finished in the top 20 four times. In Rutgers wins at the Hartford Invitational and the Lehigh Invitational, he tied for 11th and 17th, respectively. With the spring season coming to an end, Chang wants to finish strong and show that he can compete with top golfers.
“I look forward to competing with some of the best,” Chang said. “I want to see where my game matches up with them and it would be good if I did.” Chang’s leadership role has also increased this season and will continue to increase as seniors Jonathan Renza and Doug Walters graduate this May. Renza believes his teammate is up for the task. “Over the last couple of weeks he has really stepped up and showed his leadership,” Renza said. “He knows what the team needs and works a lot with the underclassmen. He’s a good person to fill the shoes of Doug and I.”
Chang has recently started to get the hang of guiding some of the younger players and become the leader he needs to be next fall. “I’ve talked with Renza and Doug and I’ve learned a lot about being a leader from them,” Chang said. “I test some of the guys on the team and ask them if they want to work out or head to the range to see who’s ready. I want to keep them on their toes and make sure no one gets too comfor table with their game.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s golf team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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wo Penn State alumni have received permission to install a second Joe Paterno statue downtown in State College, Pa., according to ESPN. The new statue location is two miles away from where the original statue was torn down in July 2012 following the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. Organizers say that the new statue is not retaliatory toward Penn State officials who removed the original statue from just outside Beaver Stadium. “It’s clear the university isn’t ready to do anything; they’re certainly not ready to put the statue back,” said Ted Sebastianelli, one of the project’s organizers. “That’s their call. Everybody has their own views on the statue and when it should be back up, where it should be and so forth.” The new statue will feature Paterno reading “Aeneid” on a bench and should be finished by the fall of 2015. It will be located near the entrance of The Tavern Restaurant.
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linebacker Daryl Washington was sentenced yesterday to one year of supervised probation following an assault of his former girlfriend last May. The argument stemmed from Washington taking the couple’s daughter to a restaurant and not answering calls from his cell phone. Washington returned the child to the apartment and took the mother’s cell phone, according to police. The woman struck his car with a hand-woven basket before he pushed her and she hit the ground and suffered a broken collarbone. The NFL has yet to issue its own punishments under the personal conduct policy. Washington missed the first four games of last season after a violation of the substance abuse policy.
Men’s basketball national champion Connecticut will face off against Duke at the Izod Center in the Meadowlands next season, according to ESPN. The two schools plan to meet in New Jersey on a date that will be announced later, but are planning on it being just prior to Christmas. Both teams figure to be in the NCAA pre-season top-25 poll, assuming guard Ryan Boatright and forward DeAndre Daniels do not declare for the NBA draft this summer. Although former Duke forward Jabari Parker already declared for the draft, Duke was able to secure three of the 15 recruits on the ESPN Top 100 list for next season. The Blue Devils have played a game in the New York Metro area every year since 2002. Along with this matchup, Duke will also play at the Barclays Center in November. New
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President Phil Jackson ruled out the possibility of naming himself head coach of the team next season, according to ESPN. After growing speculation of who would coach the team next year, Jackson took himself out of the race on Wednesday. “I’ve made up my mind on that,” Jackson said in a press conference. “That’s something I don’t think physically that I can do.” Former head coach Mike Woodson was fired Monday after leading the team to a 37-45 record this season.
April 24, 2014
Page 23 WOMEN’S LACROSSE KNIGHTS BOAST SIX ATHLETES FROM TOP N.J. HIGH SCHOOL
Senior attacker Katrina Martinelli has made 12 appearances for the Knights this season. Martinelli has scored seven times and added four assists. She was a part of three state championship teams for Moorestown High School and is one of six former Quakers to take the field for Rutgers. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Knights bring strong bond from high school competition Conor Nordland Staff Writer
In the state of New Jersey, Rutgers stands as the flagship public University in terms of academics and athletics. At the high school level, there are many schools that compete for recognition as the top athletic program in the state. Some are powerhouses in football or basketball, but when it comes to girl’s lacrosse, there is no school in New Jersey that can match the résumé put together by Moorestown High School. Winners of 20 state championships in girl’s lacrosse — with 13 won since 2,000 — the Quakers have set the standard all other high school lacrosse programs look to emulate. Moorestown has also produced some of the best players in the state.
Last year’s team alone saw seven players commit to Division I lacrosse programs, with nine commits in total. A number of them have made their way to Rutgers in recent years. Currently, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team has six players from Moorestown, including redshirt freshman goalkeeper Amanda Currell, freshman attacker Margaret Nissen, sophomore attacker Nikki McMonagle, senior attackers Kelsey Miller and Katrina Martinelli and senior defender Claire MacDougall. The three seniors, who won three state championships at the varsity level for Moorestown, were named to the All-South Jersey team during their high school career, with Martinelli earning All-American status her junior and senior years. The trio
was part of the Scarlet Knights’ 2010 recruiting class. For those three, going from high school to college together gave them an advantage that
“We are good friends on and off the field, so I think going through these four years has definitely given us a special connection.” KELSEY MILLER Senior Attacker
many other recruits did not have. “It was nice to know that we were going to have automatic connections with our teammates,” Mar tinelli said. “We grew up together, played soc-
cer and lacrosse together all at Moorestown, so it was nice having that connection and having a strong bond coming into Rutgers.” All three have seen action on the field this year for Rutgers. Martinelli has played in 12 games while starting six this year, recording seven goals and four assists. MacDougall has started all 16 games on the veteran-led defensive line, picking up 15 ground balls while also controlling five draws. Miller has played in five games on attack, but has not recorded any points this season. They have provided valuable leadership for Rutgers, and they have become even closer now after four years of collegiate experience. “We really do have a bond because we have that past his-
tor y together,” Miller said. “We have played with each other since we were little, so we know the tendencies of one another. We are good friends on and of f the field, so I think going through these four years together has definitely given us a special connection.” For all six Knights that come from the small town in South Jersey, the bond they share is unique to them. “We are definitely more comfor table with each other,” Mar tinelli said. “If I’m having a bad day or bad practice, I know I can look to my teammates but especially to the people I’ve grown up with. It’s definitely a more comfor table feeling.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
WOMEN’S GOLF KNIGHTS RETURN ALL EIGHT GOLFERS NEXT SEASON
Rutgers takes lessons, prepares to go into Big Ten Ryan Moran Staff Writer
The Rutgers women’s golf team’s season came to a disappointing end Tuesday at the AAC Championship. But the team has many things to look for ward to next season, as ever y golfer on the team will be eligible to return for as the Scarlet Knights prepare to enter the Big Ten. “We’ve learned a lot this year because [the golfers] are so young,” said head coach Maura Ballard. “We’ve had lots of learning experiences going into next fall. I saw a lot of good things from these young girls, and they absorbed a lot of information.” The Knights struggled early on in the season with lackluster per formances, finishing toward the back of the pack in the majority of their tournaments.
It was apparent that the Knights learned from those per formances, improving vastly in the second half of the season throughout their last four tournaments, while placing mostly in the top half of the field. Although Rutgers didn’t end the season on the positive note it had hoped, plenty of flashes were seen throughout the year, which only enthuses Ballard for next season. “I am ver y excited to have ever yone on this team back next year,” Ballard said. “We have all grown so much this year and the experience we’ve gained on the course will help us move to the next level.” Freshmen Taylor Clark and Maddy Gedeon look to improve on their impressive rookie seasons, in which they competed for Rutgers in the majority of the tournaments. Clark competed in ever y tournament this
season, while Gedeon competed in all but one. That can only help the two prosper entering next season, as they have a full year of experience under their belt. “I have worked really hard this season and although I had some rounds that were not my best, I have learned much about my game,” Clark said. “The experience that I have gained as a freshman was invaluable.” Sophomore Samantha Moyal returns for her third season to keep building up her play and lead her fellow teammates, as do sophomores Christina Paulsen and Gabrielle Sacheli. Sacheli competed in all tournaments this season, while Paulsen competed in two of the four tournaments in the spring, as she came in this semester as a transfer student.
Things won’t get easier for the Knights as they enter the competitive Big Ten. Ballard thinks that the team will need to make a major adjustment upon entrance into the league. “It’s a ver y competitive conference,” Ballard said. “It’s going to take the program a few years to get ourselves prepared for.” Moyal and Clark both look for ward to the transition and increased competition. “I am definitely looking forward to the [Big Ten] conference,” Clark said. “It is a strong conference both athletically and academically and is an amazing opportunity for our team.” Moyal is hoping to piece together top-tier individual performances in Rutgers’ tournaments next season. She plans to take what she has learned from this past sea-
son and tr y to transition it into next year. “Next season, my number one goal is to have two topfive tournament finishes,” Moyal said. Each player, for the most par t, plans on competing individually in golfing events this summer to keep getting play and stay in form for the upcoming season. Ballard expressed how proud of she was of the Knights’ per formance this season. “Each of these golfers is ver y dedicated — all work hard day in and day out, and give 100 percent,” Ballard said. “This season was a great experience. It could have been challenging because of their youth, but they were able to overcome it.” For updates on the Rutgers women’s golf team, folow @TargumSpor ts on Twitter.
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Quote of the Day “To beat a team like Rutgers is something you can get momentum off of. ... If you can beat a team like Rutgers, it can make your season.” — Rutgers head baseball coach Joe Litterio on the mindset of the Knights’ midweek opponents
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SOFTBALL RUTGERS 13, ST. JOHN’S 3
Knights use flurry of hits to fuel blowout Garrett Stepien Staff Writer
Two innings into the game and the score locked at 0-0, senior right fielder Loren Williams noticed one thing that the Rutgers softball team was lacking. “I think in the first two innings our energy was kind of low,” Williams said. “Once we picked up our energy, the hits just started coming in. We were more focused, we were more into what we were doing and that’s the result.” The result was a 13-3 thrashing of St. John’s. The Scarlet Knights (22-16, 5-7) broke out to score all 13 of their runs in the third and four th innings with timely batting to defeat the Red Storm yesterday at the RU Softball Complex. All nine of the star ters in the lineup for Rutgers recorded a hit, with four of those nine tallying two. To head coach Jay Nelson, it was a simple tweak of getting the right hits at the right time. “We scored a lot of runs there, but the other day we had 10 hits and scored three runs,” Nelson said, referring to Sunday’s 4-3 loss to Memphis. “So it depends on how you string [hits] together, and we did a nice job today of stringing them together.” After the Red Storm (22-21) struck first by scratching one run across in the top of the third, Rutgers answered loudly. Sophomore second baseman Stephanie Huang swings at a pitch from St. John’s yesterday at the RU Softball Complex. Huang belted a three-run home run in an eight-run fourth inning as Rutgers routed the Red Storm. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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BASEBALL WAGNER 10, RUTGERS 7
Wagner outlasts Rutgers in slugfest Tyler Karalewich
The game did end up being interesting. Taking over three hours, the teams recorded 23 total hits with upwards of 25 mile per hour gusts of wind blowing from left field off the Hudson River. In the top of the ninth inning, after two straight walks to lead of f the inning, senior Lou Clemente stepped in with a chance to erase a 10-7 deficit. Clemente struck out, and pinch hitter Mike Zavalla followed it up with another strikeout before freshman outfielder Mike Car ter grounded out to end the game, 107, in favor of the Seahawks (12-23). It was a game of who wanted it more, said junior outfielder Joe D’Annunzio. “They outplayed us today, they outhit us and they outpitched us, “ D’Annunzio said. “We just got to do a better job and there’s not much else we can do.”
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Tasked with playing its second game at a minor league stadium this season, the Rutgers baseball team also had another obstacle hanging over its head going into its matchup against Wagner at the Richmond County Savings Bank Field, also home of the Staten Island Yankees. The Scarlet Knights were facing the team head coach Joe Litterio managed for 12 seasons prior to coming to Rutgers. Litterio traveled back to Staten Island for the first time since he left Wagner, and it offered a unique experience. “Tomorrow will be fun,” Litterio said Tuesday following the Knights’ 6-4 win against Rider. “Getting a chance to go back to the old place that I coached for a while and see the guys and all the people ... it will be interesting.”
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Junior outfielder Joe D’Annunzio swings at a pitch in yesterday’s 10-7 loss at Wagner. He went 1-for-5 as Rutgers struggled, scoring one run after the second inning. TIAN LI / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
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NY Yankees Boston
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Miami Atlanta
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Arizona Chicago (NL)
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San Francisco Colorado
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Texas Oakland
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MYLES MACK, junior
guard, was named to the 2013-14 All-Met Third Team, along with junior forward Kadeem Jack. Mack averaged 14.9 points and 2.7 rebounds for the Rutgers men’s basketball team this season.
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