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The Rutgers football team played its annual Scarlet-White game Saturday at Rutgers Stadium, drawing a record crowd as the Scarlet team topped the White squad 16-7.

Rutgers Day brings in thousands to campus-wide event STAFF REPORT In just its second year, Rutgers Day kicked off Saturday with everything from educational activities to cultural performances and all types of festivities for children and adults. Rutgers Day launched last year to promote the University’s five dynamic campuses and also bring together people from around the area. The day drew about 75,000 people into the more than 100 programs that looked into the University’s past, present and future. The program was free and open to the public. While only in its second year, this year’s Rutgers Day was different from last year. Not only did it include Livingston campus, which was closed down for Rutgers Day last year due to construction, but it also gave visitors a sneak peek at the University’s future plans for the campus. Rutgers Day served as a day for not only prospective students to explore the campus, but for New Jersey residents to explore what their state university has to offer. From cultural cuisine and dances to career expos and student-grown plant sales, writers from The Daily Targum take a look at what each campus had to offer this weekend.

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Anahid Kaprielian, a volunteer for the Rutgers Armenian Club, writes visitors’ names in Armenian calligraphy Saturday during Rutgers Day on the College Avenue campus. Other activities on campus included historical tours, face painting and barbecues.

U. sums up plans to tackle cuts BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER

With massive cuts in state funding looming, University officials are looking to alternative revenue sources to help alleviate the pain. University President Richard L. McCormick said the school is working on ever ything from enhancing its online and hybrid class program to concerts at Rutgers Stadium to make up for Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed

$46.6 million cut in state funding for the school. “The future of the University critically depends upon nonstate appropriated revenues,” McCormick said. Online education, off-campus education, hybrid courses, executive education and continuing education are among the academic areas McCormick said the University hopes to continue to expand its revenue. McCormick said his administration is also looking to

enlarge the enrollment of outof-state and international students from 10 to 18 percent, a move that will improve students’ educational experience while also generating more revenue for the University. “Students from out of state and from out of the country pay more money, and they help subsidize the education of New Jersey students,” he said. “They increase the diversity

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Dancers from Ballet Folklorico Peru, a local, traditional Peruvian dance troupe, performed Saturday for visitors at the 36th annual New Jersey Folk Festival.

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Folk festival exhibits Andean, local culture BY MARY DIDUCH MANAGING EDITOR

Andean and local cultures merged Saturday on the Wood Lawn of the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus for the 36th annual NJ Folk Festival, themed “The Andes.” About 10,000 people of all ages came out to hear sounds from Peruvian musicians, learn to make traditional crafts and watch the colorful costumes and dancing of traditional Peru, as well as take part in the culture of local New Jersey. For one local couple, the theme had a special significance. Paula and Adam Padavano come to the festival often but found the Andean theme especially touching, as Paula Padavano, born to American parents,

lived in Bolivia until she was 13. She said Bolivian and Peruvian cultures are very similar. When one local Peruvian traditional dance troupe, Ballet Folklorico Peru, performed their first stomp and twistheavy dance in festive, maroon and silver-ruffled costumes, it reminded Paula Padavano of her time in Bolivia. “I heard [that song in Bolivia] on the bus all the time, and I hated it. But now it’s really emotional,” Paula Padavano said. NJ Folk Festival Media Coordinator Kurt Utenwoldt said New Jersey is a very diverse state. The festival’s board typically chooses a theme to represent a large population in the state, such as indigenous South Americans.

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INDEX RUSA presidential candidates get ready for a debate today just days before the election.

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Volunteer Danielle Tarino serves student Jeff Sun, left, and Nick Kubian, a University alumnus and creator of SouperVan, a new van that provides fast food for a low price, yesterday at the Second Reformed Church in the city.

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Students showcase research at annual symposium BY ANDREW SMITH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students from various academic disciplines presented their original research and studies Friday at the Sixth Annual University-wide Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium, hosted by the Aresty Research Center for Undergraduates, showcased more than 400 posters and 50 individual panel discussions on the students’ findings. The panel discussions, held in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, featured students involved in field-specific research, including ethnicity, politics, sexuality, art, education, cognitive science, literature, war and biomedical engineering. Hundreds of students stood by their posters on the main floor waiting to present their research to the symposium’s 30 judges or interested passersby. Among the 400 students waiting to present were Eitan Kagedan and Kimberly Johnson, both School of Arts and Sciences sophomores and researchers in the laborator y of Holly Smith, a professor of philosophy at the University. Their project focuses on the study of ethics and how it can be related to the general population. “Most ethical theories assume a fortunate agent that has the full capacities to deliberate and reach moral decisions, when in reality, there’s only a small portion of the population

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University student Nancy Musinguzi, left, listens as School of Arts and Sciences junior Simone Carvalho presents her research proposal Friday at the Sixth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

that actually exhibits all those capabilities,” Kagedan said. In discussing their methods, Kagedan and Johnson said their research consisted of two stages. “The first stage of our research was to develop this [moral] framework,” Johnson said. “The second stage was doing psychological research on developmental psychology and various disorders to see how those different agents fit into this framework.” In the social sciences, School of Engineering junior Kajal Patel and School of Ar ts and Sciences senior David Lam presented their research into the plausibility of green com-

NEW PROGRAM INTEGRATES I-PAD INTO CLASSROOM A new cer tificate program at the University will provide Apple’s latest technological development for professionals, bringing the growing online marketing world into the classroom. The Mini-MBA: Digital Marketing Executive Certificate Program, being offered this summer, will give a new iPad to professionals so they can become familiar with the online aspect of marketing, according to a University Media Relations press release. The 12-session program, created by the Rutgers Center for Management Development, was originally meant to be online. But the CMD found the incorporation of the iPad, with the direct interaction of professionals in a classroom setting, to be a better method, according to the release. CMD faculty member Eric Greenberg said the mini-MBA program is a great way to introduce the professionals to the newest marketing technology. “The Digital Marketing Mini-MBA is a perfect course to pilot since it is designed for marketers who have an interest in learning and exploring the latest digital technologies,” Greenberg said in the release. The mini-MBA program will provide lecturers from both University faculty and practitioners from around the world. The program looks to increase professionals’ knowledge on such topics as understanding the new digital customer and social media marketing, according to the release. The base-version iPads will come with all required reading materials and will be customized for professionals in the program. “We are hoping that both faculty and students will discover new ways to use the iPad during the program,” Greenberg said in the release. — Devin Sikorski

munity centers through the local non-profit organization Who is My Neighbor, Inc., headed by Executive Director Jean Stockdale. “We found that combining sustainable technology with community centers increases the environmental, economic and social impact of the center within the community,” Patel said. “We focused on a community center because of its important role in serving local people.” Lam elaborated further on the conceptual design of the center, which would include solar panels over a pool and other techniques to maximize its environmental accommodations.

Aresty Research Center Administrative Director Justine Hernandez Levine said Friday’s symposium went very well. “The students who present here really get a feeling of accomplishment because they’ve been working on this thing all year, and now they see themselves as the experts,” she said. Levine said this year’s symposium was the largest yet and has grown every year since its debut in 2004, in conjunction with the founding of the center. She said prior to the existence of the Aresty Research Center such opportunities existed but were sporadic and limited to the natural and physical sciences.

With the existence of the research center, investigation into humanities became available and the overall ease of research involvement increased, she said. “We made undergraduate research a little bit more accessible and transparent,” Levine said. Students were pleased with the Aresty Research Center’s programs and with the opportunity to get involved. “Aresty is a great opportunity for you to gain research skills as well as experience for the future,” Lam said. “It really opens doors for you from a selfimprovement standpoint and allows you to connect with a lot of different people.”

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FESTIVAL: U. students organize festival for credit continued from front “We want to represent New Jersey and the world. It’s not just about picking a group that’s interesting — they have to represent the state,” said Utenwoldt, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. The Peruvian theme pervaded under the Heritage Tent, where the Abya Yala, an Andean cultural group representing that Peruvian tribe, demonstrated the making of ocarinas, or clay whistles. Patricia Aranibar, wearing a traditional, pre-Colombian Incan princess outfit, taught young children the art, which requires coaxing the sound of the clay using the elements of fire, water, air, earth and the human hand, she said. “They are wind instruments. They have ancient sounds,” said Aranibar, who lived in Peru when she was very young but now lives in New York as a potter. She said everyone could enjoy the art of whistle-making, as it is fairly easy to do. “Whistle-making is true to most cultures because of the simplicity of it,” Aranibar said. The group also displayed traditional, handmade Peruvian retablos, or small altar pieces that resemble colorful, miniature armoires. Inside are carved, intricate, three-dimensional depictions of everyday life. The retablos, made of gesso, a form of clay, used to be religious in meaning, said group

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Livingston campus The campus celebrated its first-ever Rutgers Day featuring two main activity areas showcasing the Asian Cultural Center and the World of Work expo, while also celebrating its progress and the future plans to expand and become more accessible for students. One of the main activities was a virtual tour of the future of the campus through “Second Life,” a virtual world where people connected and created their own avatars, students and parents. Participants virtually walked through and toured the University’s vision for the campus. The virtual tour allowed people to see the new dining hall, which is still being built. It also showcased plans for three new residence halls, a new business school building and a continuing education building. Rick Anderson, a Continuing Studies’ Information project manager on the team that helped design “Second Life,” said one of the best features of this virtual tour was it allowed people to interact and socialize. “By using ‘Second Life,’ we are able to allow any individual to go walking around with groups of people and talk about it with their friends or business partners,” Anderson said. “You can actually have a social gathering in the new campus years before it’s actually built.” This virtual tour also drew University President Richard L. McCormick’s attention. “Livingston campus is so important to the future of Rutgers, but until today, I was never really able to fully envi-

member Teresa Castro. Now, they feature musicians, food, flowers and masks. “Masks are something that are used in all the communities around the world,” Castro said. But the festival did not only feature South American traditions. School of Management and Labor Relations graduate student Li Zhao found a special attachment in the festival, as she is graduating this May and moving to Florida. “It’s not like [the festival is] every day, so we cherish our time here,” said Zhao, an international student from China. The festival also showcased musicians and crafters from neighboring states. Rebecca Pronsky, a Brooklynbased singer-songwriter performing with guitarist Rich Bennet, came to the festival to perform her indie/alternative country music from her album “The Best Game in Town,” on the Shore stage, set up specifically for jam sessions and upand-coming artists. Pronsky, who started writing music in college and has been touring for the past five years, said especially with the day’s beautiful, sunny, cloud-free weather, the festival is underrated. “It seems like a really neat event with a lot of diverse people,” she said, while wearing green, cat-eyed bespeckled eyeglasses. Sister jewelr y-making duo Sumaiya and Jameelia Abdullah of M&M Links traveled from Amherst, Mass. to display their African-inspired jewelry, which

contained wood, silver, bone and enamel pieces. “We took a trip to Zimbabwe in 2004 and we got inspired by how the women do their beadwork,” Sumaiya Abdullah said. She said the sisters make all their jewelry by hand with their mother, and the pieces can take as little as a few minutes and up to several hours to create. The sisters were just one of 75 vendors who brought their creative, handmade creations to the festival. “All the craft vendors are traditional. It has some heart and soul put into it,” Utenwoldt said.

sion what it looked like,” McCormick said. There were also several cultural acts, and attendees visited tables presenting different career options.

All New Jersey 4-H dog clubs came together on Skelley Field to par ticipate in a statewide competition. Although only 4-H club members could participate in the competition, people were welcome to watch as about 75 dogs showed off their talents, both off the leash and on. “This is our first year that our club has been asked to run this,” said Jonathan Clemmons, leader of the K-9 Frenzy Club out of Sussex County. “We were

Cook/Douglass campuses Graced with good weather, the Cook/Douglass campus gave the community an opportunity to experience the outdoors Saturday in honor of Rutgers Day. Hundreds crowded the open fields of the campus where they could climb trees, play catch or simply relax in the nice weather. The big stage, set up in the field next to Passion Puddle, featured a diverse number of acts throughout the day. The Middle Eastern Belly Dance Troupe kicked per formances off in the morning, while New Brunswick band Sara Live winded down the day. Vendors and tents lined Red Oak Lane, where visitors grabbed a bite to eat, took a close look at sea creatures or brought home a plant grown by University students. Like a few other organizations, the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology sold plants tended in the Floriculture Greenhouse in order to support the teaching at the greenhouses. “Since January and February, we started getting plants together and clearing out space to keep them,” said Emily Cordes, a worker in the greenhouse. People arrived as early as 9 a.m. to get their hands on the plants they wanted, said Cordes, a Cook College senior. “I think its much more fun this year. I’m seeing a lot more people than I’m used to. It’s a beautiful day out,” she said. As people drifted down toward College Farm Road, past the Food Science building, they met with more animal-related activities.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M The festival this year also showed off the work of the 14 students in Professor Angus Gillespies’ American Studies class that organizes the festival every year. “But the class is so much more of an organization to set up this event,” Utenwoldt said. It is half a business internship, where each student acts as a specialized coordinator, he said. The advisers, which include festival director Erin Clarke, an alumnus who has worked with the festival for about 10 years, provide the students with their

expertise and emotional support, he said. “I can’t even explain how many times and how many ways they’ve helped me,” Utenwoldt said. While this is Utenwoldt’s first time in the class, he said students can not retake it for credit. But they are encouraged to sign up for it again to learn a different coordinator position. Utenwoldt said his experience planning the festival was hectic but worth it. “Favorite thing about the event?” Utenwoldt said. “Seeing the smiles on people’s faces.”

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Patricia Aranibar, a member of the Andean cultural group Abya Yala, demonstrates to 9-year-old Abraan Rubio the ancient art of making ocarinas, which are Peruvian clay whistles.

“I think its much more fun this year. I’m seeing a lot more people than I’m used to.” EMILY CORDES Cook College senior

here last year just as competitors … but they asked our club to actually organize the event and run it.” The Veterinar y Science Club also opened their doors to the community by hosting a petting zoo that allowed children to feed cheerios to young goats and lambs. “I like the excitement of the kids. A lot of them have a lot of fun when they’re here,” said Nathalie Sanchez, a Cook College senior and club member. “Their parents especially like it.”

College Avenue campus The College Avenue campus hosted a wide array of activities, including historical tours, an open house at Kirkpatrick Chapel, face painting and barbecues. Mason Gross School of the Arts alumni dressed up as historical figures that attended the

University and stood in front of the Old Queens Building. These characters included Paul Robeson, Mabel Smith Douglass, Julia Baxter Bates, the first African American Douglass student, Kusakabe Taro, one of the first Japanese college students in the United States and Col. Henry Rutgers. “Ever yone’s ver y excited to be here,” said James Chen, who acted the role of Kusakabe Taro. “The guests seem to be excited about the format of learning about historical character stor ytelling.” The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum held a children’s art workshop with face painting, caricatures and storytelling. Murray Hall held a creative writing workshop for adults, a tour of the Writers House Collaboratory, a poetry reading featuring authors from the University and a marathon reading of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The Big R Stage, located in Voorhees Mall, featured performances by the Rutgers Children’s Choir, Deep Treble, the Rutgers Youth Percussion Ensemble and The N Result. Fromage Frenzy, hosted by the Department of French and located across from Murray Hall, featured a cheese-tasting contest with more than 200 participants and about 15 winners who were awarded Rutgers Day T-shirts for correctly matching up six different French cheeses with their correct names. “The goal is to share some of French culture, but also to alert the people to the fact that we have a great, huge, big French department here that does a lot of things,” said Carole Allamand, undergraduate director for the department.

Busch campus Busch campus hosted a variety of science and technology-

themed events as well as a look into fitness and athletics. Visitors climbed a 20-foot rock wall at the Werblin Recreation Center and learned about the advances University scientists are making in the field of alternative energy infrastructure. At the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, concept cars being designed to operate on new alternative energy sources were on display. Rutgers Day also coincided with the Rutgers School of Engineering Open House, where visitors took rides on Segways, viewed glass blowing and saw student design projects. “All the engineering societies that are a part of [Engineering Governing Council] had tables set up and it was like a science fair theme,” said Werner Born, a School of Engineering senior. “Some groups were making ice cream with nitrogen.” The First Robotics team also visited the campus and showcased a robot built by high school students and members of Sigma Phi Delta, the University’s engineering fraternity. Visitors had the opportunity to tour the new visitor center that opened this year on the campus. The National Guard offered guests the opportunity to get up close and personal with a helicopter on the lawn of Werblin Recreation Center. Athletics were also a large part of the campus’ Rutgers Day focus. The Scarlet-White intrasquad game took place at the Rutgers Stadium, and the women’s lacrosse and softball teams had Big East games. A number of artistic performances could also be found across the campus. Unity Day 2k10, hosted by the Black Student Union offered a multicultural show with a performance by Pittsburgh Pennsylvania rapper Wiz Khalifa, behind the Paul Robeson Center.

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New Brunswick resident Justin Pataki, top, and School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Benjamin Levin participate in green competitions at Saturday’s New Brunswick Clean City Celebration.

RUSA debate to open new platform BY DEVIN SIKORSKI

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The Rutgers University Student Assembly will hold its presidential debate tonight at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, allowing each candidate to voice his platforms to both the student body and the public. Elections Committee Chair Ben West said he is anticipating a successful debate that will provide an opportunity for each candidate to show what he has to offer for student government. “It’s going to cover a wide range of topics, including the organizational str ucture of RUSA, issues in the Rutgers community and individual pieces of each candidate’s platform,” said West, a Rutgers College senior. He said the debate will be split into five-minute segments where both the moderator and the public will ask the candidates questions. “Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to direct questions and after that, there will be two, one-minute rebuttals for the other two candidates,” he said. “Finally, there will be a 30-second follow-up for the first candidate to respond.” The presidential candidates for the 2010 RUSA election include Yousef Saleh, Sam Firmin and John Aspray. Each candidate voiced their excitement for the debate and provided reasons for why they would make the most effective leader in student government. Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he is confident in his platform and will show students he will listen to their opinions and issues.

“I want to fight on behalf of the students … [and] I will do whatever is right on the behalf of the student body, whether it agrees or disagrees with the administration,” he said. “I am someone who will go down to Trenton to fight for students.” Saleh said he is the most experienced candidate and will make RUSA more transparent and ef ficient under his presidency. “We need a strong and experienced student leader who can tread carefully into this new constitution and new reorganization of RUSA,” he said. “I feel as though I can carefully and efficiently lead RUSA into the next decade.”

“The debate provides a time where we can speak directly to our audience ...” SAM FIRMIN RUSA Presidential Candidate

Firmin, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said he is also confident with his campaign, which he will show at the debate. “My competition seems pretty tough but at the same time, I know I’m going to be able to hold my own,” he said. “I’m going to be able to express my ideas in a way that the Rutgers students are really going to accept and like.” Firmin said his platform looks to increase the voice of the student body and bring those issues to the attention of University administrators.

“Right now, Rutgers is in a tumultuous situation when it comes to budgeting, traditions and other things,” he said. “My platform is to increase awareness on these issues for students and help them voice their opinions on what they would like.” Aspray, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he feels his campaign has broad support, something he said will help to win the election. “We have a pretty good operation going on with the campaigning,” he said. “You can do well at the debate, but you still need the votes to win it. So the debate is just part of it.” Aspray’s ticket includes 31 students campaigning for different positions on RUSA, but all with the same mission. “Our platform is to bring a united theme for the student assembly. The other candidates talk about their grand plans, but no man is an island,” he said. “To say you are going to do something and be only one person isn’t enough to actually accomplish it.” Campaigning, which kicked off at the mandator y election information session, includes social networking sites, blogs, advertisement in campus media and flyering. With each candidate campaigning feverously through flyers over the past week, Firmin said the debate gives a different medium through which the presidential candidates can reach the student body. “The debate provides a time where we can speak directly to our audience instead of having information floating through the Web or circulating on flyers throughout campus,” he said. “The debate is really going to put a face to the name.”

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Rutgers Day hit all five University campuses Saturday, drawing in a crowd of about 75,000 people of all ages to enjoy more than 100 programs and festivities such as musical and dance performances, petting zoos, barbecues, as well as historical and virtual tours. Through the event, the University shows off its numerous diverse departments, its accomplishments, in addition to its plans for the future. A free event and open to the public, Rutgers Day celebrated the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dynamic campus atmosphere and showed N.J. residents what their state university is all about. SKYLA POJEDNIC

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PLANS: Stadium to hold concerts to generate revenue continued from front and quality of our student body, and they increase the bottom line too.” The University will also work to support its faculty in raising more money to support their research, McCormick said. Faculty last year brought in nearly $400 million in research grants. The president hopes this year’s figure will jump to $450 million. “Of course, those grants are targeted … but it is really important to our best faculty to be doing that research,” he said. In addition, the Rutgers Foundation will be embarking on the public phase of a $1 billion fundraising campaign on October 13 with a party at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, McCormick said. Projects like the Livingston solar panels, which provide 10 percent of the electrical needs of Livingston campus, can also be used to increase University revenue by cutting back on energy costs, said Antonio Calcado, vice president of Facilities and Capital Planning. “It does return a good amount of money to the University’s [budget],” Calcado said. Through the state’s clean air initiative, New Jersey power companies are required to produce a certain amount of green power, he said. Because many of these companies are not able to do so, they buy credits from the University. “Those credits and the energy we save will pay off that solar farm within five years,” Calcado said. On the athletics side, McCormick said the University is continuing to look into hosting non-athletics events like concerts at Rutgers Stadium and the Louis Brown Athletic Center, as well as selling naming rights to Rutgers Stadium. “We are always looking at utilizing our athletics facilities as a way to create more community events and to drive new revenue to athletics,” Athletic Director Tim Pernetti said in a statement. Jason Baum, assistant athletic director for communications, said via e-mail correspondence that no specific dates or artists have been discussed for potential concerts, but the department has met with various concert consultants on an informal basis. Concerts and non-athletic events would not be new to the University’s sports venues. Rutgers Stadium has hosted band competitions, New Jersey high school football games and a visit from the Dalai Lama in 2005, while the RAC has hosted concerts ranging from a performance by the Grateful Dead in 1981 and a more recent Christian rock concert in 2008 featuring Switchfoot. Other than scheduling conflicts, Baum said the Athletics Department has no immediate concerns regarding concerts at Rutgers Stadium, and potential profit figures from concerts have not yet been determined. “We put $102 million into expanding the stadium, it really ought to be used more than six times a year or seven times a year,” McCormick said of possible stadium concerts. “It would be great for the students and the morale and camaraderie of the community, and it would bring in some money.”

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Dirty politicians deserve no spotlight

t may be a little too late to address the situation in which former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich stands, yet with his recent subpoena of President Barack Obama, he is back in the spotlight. The two-term Democrat who rose from the ranks of Chicago ward politics through family connections was charged on April 2, 2009, with 16 felonies, including racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy and making false statements. The embarrassing part of this debacle is that Blagojevich, following this wide spectrum of charges, made an even bigger name for himself through TV shows and even his own radio program. The man whose impeachment trial only lasted a week used this negative image and publicity to appear on “The Celebrity Apprentice.” On the fourth episode of the season, he even took the reigns and became “project manager” on Donald Trump’s reality TV show. Since when is Blagojevich a celebrity? Most would consider impeachment and a federal trial negative publicity, yet in his case, the former governor has made a joke of those paying attention. On “The Apprentice,” he even joked about hearing “you’re fired” — in a commercial, before being eliminated, Blagojevich said, “What, you’re fired? Yeah, I’ve heard that before.” It is simple — we have become accustomed to being made fools of. Blagojevich is one of many negatively recognized TV or radio characters who became popular after a public embarrassment, perhaps in this case, he was not embarrassed enough, as he stayed to entertain America. It is important to take a real look at the man who has so often appeared on TV not to apologize for betraying the people that elected him, but to pocket some more of their money. According to prosecution documents, one of Blagojevich’s main wishes was to leave the governorship and be appointed secretary of health and human services, in exchange for picking Valerie Jarrett, an Obama adviser whom Blagojevich believed the president wished to see appointed to the post. Blagojevich vehemently denied the charges and arrogantly continued to defend his stance. According to The New York Times, on Jan. 9, 2009, the Illinois House of Representatives voted 114-1 to impeach Blagojevich, after a House panel laid out what they called a rampant pattern of abuse of power. So the man who has so radically taken advantage of his political position, has continued, to his benefit, to remain in the spotlight. Blagojevich ironically campaigned as a “reformer” in 2002, yet his appearance on TV and his own radio show lead us to put him in a category of favoritism, cronyism and corruption with so many of past political figures. Perhaps we deserve this, as we continue to watch tasteless television and pay attention to the worst of politics.

Keep promises, call it as it is

hen President Barack Obama was a candidate he promised multiple times he would call the 95-year-old massacre of Armenians in Turkey genocide. Obama has already twice refused or avoided doing that. He ran his campaign so fervently under the motto of “change” and with the underlying promise of honesty, yet we have seen none of that when it comes to the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians during World War I. We wish he would stand behind what he promised whatever the issue may be. According to The Associated Press, Obama called the killing “one of the worst atrocities” of the 20th century and “a devastating chapter” in history, yet never genocide. The problem is that Obama has been attacked from all corners. The Turkish foreign minister called his remarks “unacceptable,” and some activists took issue even with the president’s tone in marking the 95th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks. Obama’s failure to satisfy every single point of view and criticism is not an excuse for a two-sided take on things. He must stand up and — just as the Rwandan genocide and the Holocaust were admitted to be mass ethnic cleansings — should take a stance. It is pathetic that our head-of-state must turn his back on his words and change his opinion on something that is this historically factual. His attempts to please all sides, although widely inexistent in the recent health care reform, should not be factors in this moral decision. It is “a devastating chapter in the history of the Armenian people, and we must keep its memory alive in honor of those who were murdered and so that we do not repeat the grave mistakes of the past,” Obama said in a recent statement. Yet for a second year as president, he has intentionally avoided calling it genocide. Instead, Obama used an Armenian word — Meds Yeghern — to describe the first mass killing of the 20th century. Despite criticisms from all sides, we want to see a decision based on an upstanding, moral commitment to international history, rather than any political influences. Turkey’s ever-developing integration in world politics and friendship with the United States may falter. Yet Obama must take a stand without politicizing an issue that affected millions of refugees from the Balkans, Eastern Turkey and the Caucasus. Turkey may deny that the massacres were genocide, yet the U.S. needs to stand for the morals that it has so widely kept in years past.

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Tonight’s debate will give here will you be you an additional opportuniat 7 p.m? A better ty to learn more about each question is candidate. The debate will where should you be, and I cover a wide range of topics, believe that I may have the including the organizational answer. The candidates who structure of RUSA, issues in are vying for the position of the University community Rutgers University Student BEN WEST and pieces of each candiAssembly president will face date’s platform. The specific off today, at 7 p.m. in the subjects and questions were formulated by me and Eagleton Institute of Politics on the Douglass camhave not been shared with or cleared with anybody pus in the University’s first-ever presidential debate. on the campaign or in the media. This means that This event will be broadcasted live on RU-TV chaneach question will give you an uninhibited view of the nel 60 and by WRSU. At stake for School of Arts and beliefs, experiences and plans of each candidate. Sciences junior Yousef Saleh, School of As final exams, papers and projects draw near, the Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore future of student government at RUSA may simply not Sam Firmin and School of Arts and Science junior be on your mind. The opportunity to watch an invigorJohn Aspray is the office of president. In the balance ating debate against three exceptional student leaders lies the future of the University community during a may seem completely unimportant, and the chance for most troubling time. you to ask your own questions may not be your first priWe stand in the midst of annual budget cuts from ority. While I could attempt to bribe you with the deliTrenton, reduced access to services from Old cious cake and coffee that will be served immediately Queens, difficulty securing fair housing off-campus, after the debate, I will refrain from doing so. difficulty securing any housing on-campus and the Instead, let me remind you that for loss of sacred traditions everywhere. year after year over the course of over It goes without saying that your “... you must make a decade, state aid to the University choice for president matters during has gone down while our term bill has this critical point in University histoan informed gone up. While I love the University r y. Your decision will influence with all of my heart and appreciate the whether the University continues to decision in this unimaginable opportunities that she experience the RU Screw year after decisive election.” has given me, I must remind you that year as our government in Trenton stadiums have undergone multimilcontinues to cut millions of dollars lion-dollar Renaissances while acafrom higher education. Your decision demic and residential buildings — still home to will determine whether student government can asbestos from the 1950s — have rotted and deterioinfluence the priorities of the University administrarated to the point that visitors would be well-justified tion that embarks on multimillion-dollar expansions in thinking that the River Dorms on the College of football and basketball stadiums, while leaving Avenue campus were housing projects and Hickman hundreds of its students without housing year after Hall on Douglass campus is an abandoned asylum for year. 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Israel has enough support from United States Letter NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI

n response to Thursday’s column, “Stand with Israel for peace” I would like to make it known that I wholeheartedly disagree with the columnist. The United States and Israel are currently at a crossroads, but maybe President Barack Obama’s administration should be looking for new allies in the Middle East. Israel is given an average $3 billion of U.S. taxpayer money a year, making them the single most expensive ally in history. Now many would argue that all of that money, that could be helpful to our weak economy right now,

WEST continued from page 10 If you are happy with the direction that the University is going in — if you are content — I encourage you to go about your usual routine. As you return from take-out to your residence hall with your with your soggy sub and Hostess dessert, and as you walk through a hallway that most likely reeks of bathroom and cheap beer, realize that you are letting the University become the way that it is becoming. Your apathy and lack of interest in participating in the governance of this University is your decision, and the consequences are yours to own. Should you have a different future in mind for the University and more importantly, yourself,

is going to a good cause, aiding the Israelis in defending their home turf. But having traveled to Israel, Palestine and the West Bank, I have a slightly different perspective. In 1948, a Jewish state was created from 56 percent of Palestine with Jerusalem being an international zone. The United Nations was smart enough to understand that Jerusalem is not just the capital of the Jewish faith, but the capital of the Christian and Muslim faiths as well and could never peaceably be controlled by one group. As the borders stand today, Israel has control of more than 78 percent of what was once considered Palestine, and Jerusalem is divid-

there is no reason, besides class, that I should not see you today at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at 7 p.m. You can also check out RU-TV channel 60 and WRSU, which will broadcast the event live. Tonight is your opportunity to make sure that you have a strong body president who can mobilize the others to attain measurable results. Tonight is your opportunity to better understand and participate in the decisions that are made by the undergraduate community. Tonight is your opportunity to chart the future course of the University. Seize it! Ben West is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science and chief organizer of RUSA’s 2010 elections. He can be reached at rusaelections@gmail.com with questions about the elections.

ed by quarters but overrun with Israeli Police. Unfortunately for the author of this column, the Jewish communities that are being developed in Israel are mostly located in the Palestinian

“Israel is given an average $3 billion of U.S. taxpayer money a year.” section of the 1948 map, areas that are now under Israeli control, in spite of the Palestinian people. And as far as having Israel dismantle communities in the West Bank — the act would

be more similar to the United States giving back land stolen from the Native American peoples, if there were enough of them left to give it back to. My point here is that while there have been many times throughout history that a single people has come close to or been wiped out entirely — the native Americans, the Tibetans, the Jews during the Holocaust — there has been someone to stand up and at least try to put an end to the atrocities. So why are we Americans funding a nation whose $1.5 billion wall is being constructed as far as 20 kilometers into Palestinian territor y, separating villages from crucial power and clean water sources?

Richard Goldstone, a member of the Jewish community, wrote an entire report on the atrocities committed by the Israeli military. This report was initially accepted by the U.N. as valid but no results came of it. Now, I would like to know, had the author been in my shoes and searched by Israeli militar y forces touting machines guns in his face just for being in Palestine, would he maybe have done a little bit more research before blindly shouting about Israel’s innocence and need of support? I think we support them enough. Nicholas Brasowski is a School of Engineering junior majoring in mechanical engineering.

Know your rights as tenants Letter NELS LAURITZEN

t is around this time of year that many off-campus studenttenants ask me if and how they can use their security deposit money to pay their rent. Typically, it is a violation of the lease for a tenant to use their security deposit to pay their rent. However, a tenant may use their security deposit to pay their rent if the landlord has violated certain provisions of the New Jersey Security Deposit Act. N.J.S.A. 46:8-19. The act states that the landlord must do the following within 30 days of receiving the tenant’s security deposit: Put the tenant’s security deposit in a separate interest-

bearing New Jersey bank account; Inform the tenant in writing of the amount of the deposit; Inform the tenant in writing of the type of the account; Provide the tenant with written notification of the name and address of the bank that your deposit is being held; and provide the tenant with the current interest rate of that account. Often, the landlord complies with these requirements by providing this information in the tenant’s lease. If the landlord has not provided the tenant with this information or has not placed the tenant’s security deposit in a separate account as required by the act, then the tenant may use their security deposit money to pay their rent. If the tenant wishes to pursue this option, then the tenant must send a letter

to the landlord via certified mail informing the landlord that the landlord has violated the act and the security deposit money is being used toward the rent. A form letter is available on the Rutgers Off-Campus Housing Service website. Tenants should remember to keep a copy of their signed letter receipt for their records. Tenants should always be mindful, however, that the landlord may sue the tenancy if the tenancy has done excessive damage to the premises and there is not enough security deposit money to cover the cost of those damages. Nels Lauritzen is a New Brunswick tenant lawyer and can be contacted at nels.lauritzen@alumni.rutgers.edu

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Everything goes like clockwork today. You set household goals and someone else takes care of them. Meanwhile, you cheerfully handle whatever arises at work. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — Let your significant other take the lead. You're perfectly happy to go along with any plan, reasonable or not. Maintain a playful attitude. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Use your persuasive powers to move others as early as possible. The weather could shift, and you need to be on the road before that happens. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — It really is all about you and your most intimate friend. Get together early to make the most of the short time you have. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — You wake up today knowing that you have the power. Now you need to decide what to do with it. Try making everyone around you happier. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Ask your group leader to work some magic and make obstacles disappear. Everyone needs to see the opportunity and enthusiastically embrace it.

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Former Knights’ fullback Jack Corcoran signed a free agent contract with the Houston Texans at the conclusion of the NFL Draft.

NFL: Haslam joins Greene,

teams to choose from, but I weighed it down to what teams took tackles, what positions are Underwood with Jacksonville available, who needed guards and tackles and Jacksonville seemed continued from back like the best fit.” Haslam received a number of Brian Leonard’s depar ture phone calls throughout the final three years ago, Corcoran is few rounds, but went undrafted. excited to go to a team that He joins former Rutgers players plans to use the position. Tiquan Under wood, Courtney “That’s all I was looking for,” Greene and Cam Stephenson Corcoran said. “Houston was a with the Jacksonville good situation for me. I Jaguars, which Rutgers had a great career at head coach Greg Rutgers. I can’t say anySchiano jokingly called thing bad about it. A lot Rutgers of the South of people say it wasn’t a during last season. good situation at “I was sitting in my Rutgers, but I had a room, kind of nervousgreat experience and ly anticipating getting it’s thanks to Rutgers picked,” Haslam said. for putting me in “You kind of get to a this situation.” KEVIN point where you accept Although Corcoran HASLAM that you might not get made a quick decision picked, but I was getto join the Texans when ting calls since the fifth round. he received the call, tackle Kevin Your phone rings and you think Haslam weighed a number of facthey’ll tell you something nice. tors before deciding to sign with “Getting into the seventh the Jacksonville Jaguars. round, more teams kept call“I liked their staff and their ing, but I didn’t get drafted [offensive] line coach when I went obviously. There were a lot of there on a visit,” Haslam said. “It teams in the race, but I decided was a good fit and a good situation to pick Jacksonville.” for me. There was a whole list of

TOURNEY: RU keeps unblemished record at home continued from back While Notre Dame wound up outshooting Rutgers 39-25, the Knights limited the amount of quality shots, forcing the Irish to settle for bad-angle opportunities. When the shots did get through, goalkeeper Lily Kalata was there to stop them. The freshman finished with a careerhigh 17 saves, with nine coming in the first half alone. Kalata played one of her most aggressive games this season in the cage, venturing out to snare ground balls or to try and cut off passes. The freshman finished with six ground balls on the day and a caused turnover and improves to 10-4 on the year with the victory. Even when the game went into extra time, Kalata remained solid, snaring a key save and stopping the Irish offense dead in its tracks before Cantwell scored shortly after to ice the game. “This is who we have been all year and we haven’t really shown it so it’s great to finally show people,” Kalata said. “We went into overtime with Hofstra

in the beginning of the year and we lost that, so all I was thinking was ‘We’re not going 0-2 in overtime.’ You’ve got to take every single opportunity.” The win over the Irish marks the third time Rutgers knocked off a ranked opponent this season. The Knights are a perfect 6-0 at home this season, with two matches remaining at Yurcak Field. If the Knights win their two remaining games and the Irish lose their season finale against Connecticut, Rutgers is in the Tournament. With Loyola narrowly beating Villanova 17-15 over the weekend, having the Huskies take down Notre Dame is the only remaining scenario. “We definitely needed to win this to keep the team in the hunt for the Big East Tournament,” said Rutgers head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “We talked ever y game about going 1-0 and we’re undefeated at home this year so we wanted to keep that streak going. “The first game at Yurcak Field is always exciting and I think we did a good job from top to bottom. There was that lull in the middle but we didn’t break down. A lot of times this season we have broken down and we’ve given up a little bit.”

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Wright, Noonan, Greene take home spring awards BY TYLER BARTO STAFF WRITER

During halftime of the Rutgers football team’s ScarletWhite scrimmage Saturday, the team announced its spring season award recipients. Sophomore wide receiver Tim Wright received the Mark KNIGHT M i l l s NOTEBOOK Second Ef for t Award, which honors the Scarlet Knights’ Most Improved Offensive Player. Wright worked primarily as

a slot receiver with the first-team offense during spring practice but saw a majority of the snaps Saturday with the Scarlet team. “Basically I’ve been putting extra time in the offseason in the weight room, film study and the playbook,” said Wright, who hauled in four passes for 40 yards in the team’s final spring scrimmage. “I’m trying to be a leader to the wide receiver corps and trying to be a leader to the team and different things like that. It’s all paying off for me now.” Senior defensive tackle Charlie Noonan took home the Frank R. Burns Award, given to the player who displays top physical and men-

tal toughness during the spring. Noonan practiced the entire spring, but had surgery Wednesday, forcing him to miss the Scarlet-White game. Noonan will be ready for preseason practice in the summer, said head coach Greg Schiano. “There’s none better on our football team than Charlie,” Schiano said. “Charlie is our tough guy … he went through the whole spring. He wanted to work with coach [Randy] Melvin, his new defensive line coach. Any techniques he wanted to make sure he could master them.” The Douglas A. Smith Award for the defense’s Most Improved Player went to sophomore safety Khaseem Greene. “I think [Khaseem] has really played well for us,” Schiano said. “I think he really played like a starter this spring. Certainly there will be competition come next fall, but I think he carried himself like a first-teamer and he performed like a first-teamer. That’s great to see.”

SOPHOMORE QUAR TER BACK Tom Savage and senior safety Joe Lefeged took to midfield as captains of the Scarlet and White teams, respectively. Lefeged was limited to noncontact participation during the final team scrimmage, fielding punts without any coverage. The coaching staff decided to sit out the Germantown, Md., native as it does with many established seniors in the ScarletWhite game. Sophomore wideout Mohamed Sanu also did not participate in the scrimmage, after getting dinged last weekend in the team’s second scrimmage. MARIELLE BALISALISA/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore wideout Tim Wright received the Most Improved award for the offense at halftime of Saturday’s Scarlet-White game.

DEFENSE: Tailback falls short of endzone on long run continued from back impress as he did throughout the spring. Pratt pulled in eight catches for 55 yards for the Scarlet team, but fumbled once as junior cornerback David Rowe pulled the Palmyra, N.J., native down. Sophomore Tim Wright grabbed four passes for 40 yards, sophomore Mark Harrison made three catches for 46 yards and sophomore tight end D.C. Jefferson caught two passes for 40 yards, all from Savage. “Obviously, Mohamed is Mohamed, and you love to have him, but we didn’t and that just shows the depth that we have on the team,” Savage said. “Me and the receivers need to work on our timing, but we have time to work on that. I think execution was the big thing. I think we played well and the offense did a really good job.” Junior tailback Joe Martinek had 18 carries and accounted for 116 yards, 52 of which came on a long run that began at the team’s own 4-yard line. Martinek broke free, but sophomore safety Khaseem Greene caught up and pulled him down. “I like my per formance today, but I’m still a little disappointed with myself and think I could have done a lot of things better,” Martinek said. “On the long run I should have scored.

I think I have the ability to break away and score on that play.” Martinek accounted for the lone touchdown for the first-team offense, finally breaking through the defense on a series of three short runs that began at the 6yard line. The other touchdown on the day came on a 37-yard hookup between sophomores Steve Shimko and Keith Stroud for the White team. Stroud made a leaping catch over sophomore cornerback Brandon Jones, to pull in the score, but Jones was responsible for one Shimko’s two interceptions. Shimko finished the day 9-of-17 for 111 yards and two picks — one by Jones and another by sophomore safety Wayne Warren. “Our defense has a philosophy that if something happens during the week in practice, it’s going to happen during the game, whether it’s good or bad,” said Greene, who recovered a fumble for the White defense. “We drive on getting turnovers and tr ying to score.” The defense made the plays that people came to expect of it and the offense had young wideouts step up in the absence of the group’s biggest playmaker. “This team has a lot of identities,” Greene said. “We have a defense with a lot of talent, we just have to come in and work it out together. Same thing goes for our offense. Once we put it together, things will be special around here.”

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the spring season brought back numerous former Knights,

MARIELLE BALISLISA/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore safety Khaseem Greene, left, earned the Most Improved award for the defense as he stepped into a starter’s role this spring.

including Seattle Seahawks quarterback Mike Teel. “I think it makes us real,” said Schiano of former Rutgers players’ success in the NFL. “There’s still stuff we have to do well. We’re building a program here, but I am not as much timeline-conscious as others. As long as we do it the right way, I’m certain we’re going to get there.” New York Jets linebacker Jamaal Westerman and Indianapolis Colts linebacker

Brandon Renkart in attendance.

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Steve Shimko threw his first touchdown pass with the Knights Saturday when sophomore wide receiver Keith Stroud caught his 37-yard throw in the endzone. The Ewing, N.J., native tallied 111 yards through the air on 17 attempts, but also threw two costly interceptions for the White team.

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Loss to ’Nova epitomizes Knights’ disappointing season BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT

Rutgers men’s lacrosse coach Jim Stagnitta hates to admit it but yesterday’s game against Villanova summed up his team’s season. MEN’S LACROSSE The S c a rlet 8 VILLANOVA Knights 4 strugRUTGERS gled on the offensive end, shooting only 15 percent and turning the ball over 22 times. It all added up to a frustrating 8-4 loss to No. 9 Villanova at Yurcak Field. “I think there is a little bit of frustration right now,” Stagnitta said. “We’re just not getting it done the way that people think we’re capable of getting it done.” Trailing 4-3 in the second quarter after a goal by senior Gerhard Buehning, the Knights went scoreless for a 32:04 stretch where Villanova seized control of the game. Matt Bell beat Rutgers goalkeeper Billy Olin three minutes into the third quarter and Will Casertano gave the Wildcats (9-5, 3-1) a 6-3 advantage with 28 seconds left in the frame. Sophomore Kevin Hover pulled the Knights (5-7, 1-3) within two, breaking the scoring drought, with

his second goal of the game at the 4:44 mark in the final quarter. But Villanova had an immediate answer. A Rutgers turnover in midfield led to a fast-break goal for Jack Rice that ended any hopes of a comeback. Paul Webber, the Wildcats’ leading scorer, added a late insurance goal to put the finishing touches on an important victory for ’Nova that keeps it in the thick of the NCAA Tournament hunt. For Rutgers, which lost for the fifth straight time and finishes April 0-5, it was another missed oppotunity to get over the proverbial hump. “We’ve had a lot of battles this season and a lot of the battles we’ve lost, we feel like we could’ve won,” said Buehning, who finished with two goals to bring his season total to 21. “It’s tough because that’s the way our whole season’s kind of been.” The Knights outshot the Wildcats 27-25, but struggled to beat Villanova goalkeeper Billy Hurley who stopped 10 shots. The ’Cats were able to keep possession of the ball in the offensive third, Rutgers’ 27 shots were eight below its season average. When the Knights did get into their offensive sets, Villanova harassed Justin Pennington, taking Rutgers’ leading scorer out of rhythm.

Pennington managed just two shots on goal and failed to record multiple points for the first time this season. The senior did assist on the Knights’ second goal early in the first quarter to extend his point streak to 21 straight. “We were trying to do some different things because their [long] pole is a good player,” Pennington said. “I just never really got it going offensively.” Olin made 11 saves for the Knights including a highlight reel stop midway through the third quarter when he denied Webber on a nifty no-look shot. This was the second straight game that the senior goalie recorded double-digit saves after posting 14 against Syracuse. Frustration started to boil over at the end when the Knights picked up three penalties in the final 2:36. “We have an athletically talented group, but we turned the ball over in situations where it hurt us,” Stagnitta said. “We had good play on the defensive end against what I consider a very good offensive team. … This is a snapshot of the season. We can step out on the field every single day and play competitively with anybody. The question is we haven’t been able to get over the hump and outscore people.”

DAN BRACAGLIA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior goalkeeper Billy Olin and the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team fell to No. 9 Villanova yesterday, dropping to 1-3 in the Big East.

Big-bodied senior plays defensive role in midfield BY KYLE FRANKO CORRESPONDENT

It is hard to miss Brendan Porter on the field. The senior midfielder stands 6-foot-4 MEN’S LACROSSE a n d weighs 215 pounds — a build more likely to be found in head football coach Greg Schiano’s secondar y.

But Por ter does one of the more thankless jobs in lacrosse. “Ever ybody has a role and a job to do,” said Por ter, who ser ves as the Scarlet Knights’ top short-stick defensive midfielder. “My job is a ver y humbling job and I’m not going to be in the paper or the headlines ever y week, but my job is to stop the other team from

DAN BRACAGLIA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Midfielder Brendan Porter and nine other seniors celebrated Senior Day yesterday but fell to No. 9 Villanova at Yurcak Field.

scoring and help our offense get going. “At the end of the day if I’ve completed my job, I don’t need the accolades that ever ybody else gets.” Por ter is par t of a senior class that head coach Jim Stagnitta brought in to make Rutgers competitive with the lacrosse heavyweights. While the Scarlet Knights seniors did not quite get the results they hoped for — they are 22-32 since 2007 — Stagnitta said they succeeded in getting the team close to where it needs to be. “I feel for all of them because they are working hard and tr ying hard,” said Stagnitta, after his team fell, 84, to Villanova in all-too-familiar fashion yesterday at Yurcak Field. “The problem is we are really close and that’s the most frustrating thing for ever yone. We are close to ever ybody we play, and it’s a matter of us consistently doing the right things and we haven’t been able to do that.” Porter senses the frustration too. Yesterday’s loss made the Knights winless for the month of April dropping them to 5-7 after starting the season 5-2. “It’s kind of hard when we come out strong and for some

reason or another we can’t execute the game plan,” Por ter said. “It’s kind of been like that all season. The coaches put us in the right spot, but it’s up to us to execute the plays on the field and we haven’t been doing it. That’s what makes the losses demoralizing.” It’s not just Porter that cannot seem to figure it out. Ask any Rutgers senior and the answer is the same. “It was tough today and we couldn’t get things going offensively,” said senior Justin Pennington. “We’ve been having some problems [offensively] all season and today it showed.” After getting an early lead the Scarlet Knights went scoreless for just over 32 minutes. When they finally did break through, cutting the Wildcat lead to two with 4:44 left in the game, they gave up a goal that pushed the lead back to three 28 seconds later. “It was tough,” said senior Gerhard Buehning when asked if he felt for his classmates. “We went through this last year too seeing ever ybody upset in the locker room and I now know how that feels. It sucks.” Buehning was one of the few bright spots yesterday, finishing

with two goals to bring his season total to 21. After scoring just once as a freshman, Buehning reached double-digits in goals the past three seasons. His 21 this year are a career-high. “I feel like I’ve improved each year,” Buehning said. “I’ve been able to come out and play every day and that’s really the only way to get better and it has just kind of happened for me.” The Knights have two opportunities left to send their seniors off with a couple victories, but they still couldn’t help but rue another missed opportunity yesterday. “All the losses we’ve had, we’ve been in ever y game,” Porter said. “I whole-heartedly believe we could have beat ever y single one of those teams. The problem is that when it comes down to the final parts of the games, we’re not executing what we need to do. We haven’t played a complete 60 minutes all season long and that’s been hard for us.”

KNIGHT NOTE: The Scarlet Knights also honored seniors Hunter Burnard, Drew Engelhardt, Adam Goldberg, Sean Hover, Billy Olin, Tad Stanwick, Erik Stilley and Taylor Vickers-Annis.

BIG EAST’S BEST UCONN SWEEPS RU The Rutgers baseball team dropped a three-game series this weekend against No. 19 Connecticut BASEBALL in Storrs, Conn. The Huskies earned the Big East series win against the Scarlet Knights winning the first game 7-2 and the second game 6-3. In the third game, Rutgers took a 7-6 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning, but a solo home run against freshman closer Tyler Gebler took the game into extra innings. The Knights eventually lost, 8-7, in the 12th inning.

The weekend series snapped the Knights’ (21-16, 10-5) series winning streak at six and also broke their sixgame winning streak. The Huskies (33-7, 13-2) extended their win streak to 21 games. Rutgers entered the weekend tied with UConn atop the Big East standings, but with the sweep fall into a tie for fourth with St. John’s and South Florida. Connecticut remains at the top of the table with a one-game lead over second place Pittsburgh. — A.J. Jankowski

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Rutgers earns first Big East series win BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

iami Heat guard Dwayne Wade put his team on his back yesterday en route to a 46-point performance and a 101-92 win. Wade tallied 30 points in the second half and went 16of-24 from the field for the entire game, outscoring the Boston Celtics by 12 in the fourth quarter. The win prevented the opening round sweep at the brooms of the Celtics as the series continues Tuesday in Boston.

LONGTIME PENN STATE head football coach Joe Paterno said Saturday he is in favor of the Big Ten expanding by three teams. He admitted that the Pac10 Conference may expand first, in which case the coach said his conference would need to grow in response. The news comes days after Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney announced that the conference’s expansion plans remain unchanged.

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pitcher Chris Jakubauskas will be placed on the 15-day DL following a scary moment occurring in the team’s Saturday game against the Houston Astros. The pitcher took a line drive off the side of the head from the Astros’ Lance Berkman and immediately fell to the ground slightly in front of the pitcher’s mound. Luckily, Jakubauskas only suffered a concussion and was released from a Houston-area hospital yesterday.

THE NATIONAL HOCKEY League held a hearing yesterday to determine whether to suspend Chicago Blackhawks’ Marian Hossa for his violent hit on Nashville Predators’ Dan Hamhuis in game 5 of the opening series. Hossa served a 5minite major penalty for his check to the back of Hamhuis and later scored the game-winning goal in overtime. The league has yet to announce a decision but any discipline would have to come before the next game.

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Backs against the wall and in last place in the Big East, the Rutgers SOFTBALL softball PROVIDENCE 2 t e a m stood its RUTGERS 4 gr ound against Providence this weekend, winning the series, 2-1, behind two powerful pitching performances. The Scarlet Knights won yesterday’s game to clinch the series, 4-2, behind the resurgence of sophomore pitcher Holly Johnson. Johnson struck out a careerhigh 11 batters in a complete game effort, allowing a total of six baserunners. “Getting Holly going again today was huge,” said head coach Jay Nelson, who won his first Big East series in 13 months. “She hit her spots almost ever y time and that’s why we kept hitters off balance. That’s what she’s capable of.” Johnson surrendered her only two runs of the game in the third inning on a double to the gap, but first baseman Mandy Craig won them right back in the bottom half of the frame. Craig broke the 2-2 tie when she belted a two-run home run over the right field wall. “I came in a little more focused than my first at-bat,” Craig said. “Things really weren’t going our way and I

really needed to settle down and focus. I was just looking to hit a line drive.” The Knights (18-27, 4-9) split the opening double-header with the Friars (18-24. 7-9), winning the first game, 3-0, and losing the second game, 6-1. Senior pitcher Nicole Lindley was lights-out in the first game, shutting out the Friars behind nine strikeouts and just two hits allowed. “We came out pretty intense and ready to play,” Lindley said. “We were ready to turn this season around and I think we did just that.” Lindley carried a no-hitter through the fifth inning, but lost it with a base hit to left field. “Nicole was outstanding,” Nelson said. “She missed one spot all game. She was just outstanding and that’s the kind of start we need.” Junior centerfielder Jen Meinheit scored two of Rutgers’ three runs in the win and freshman shortstop Ashley Bragg drove in two runs with a single in the sixth inning. “I wasn’t really happy with my first two at-bats so I was just looking to make an adjustment,” said Bragg, who is second on the team in hitting. “I hit a line drive and it went through.” Bragg said beating Monmouth Thursday helped her and the rest of the Knights get their confidence up for the Big East series. “It was good to be able to come back and win a game like

that and know that we can do it,” Bragg said. “I think we were all ver y excited and pumped up going into the weekend.” The Knights lost the second double-header with all four pitchers toeing the circle and starter Abbey Houston picking up the loss. The next stop for Rutgers is Washington, where it takes on

the Georgetown Hoyas (16-29, 5-9) in a Wednesday doubleheader. Rutgers broke out of last place with yesterday’s win and could climb as high as ninth place with a sweep. “We need to focus on staying together as a team,” Craig said. “We need to talk to each other about what pitches we see coming in and seeing the ball and driving the ball.”

Season ends with USF sweep in second round BY TYLER DONOHUE CORRESPONDENT

A 4-0 loss to South Florida in the Big East tournament closed the curtain on the Rutgers tennis team’s 2010 seaTENNIS son. The RUTGERS 0 Scarlet SOUTH FLORIDA 4 Knights w e r e bulled over on Friday in the second round of the tourney in South Bend, Ind., as a predominately successful spring reached a disappointing conclusion.

The Knights finish the year with a 14-8 record. But unlike last season, the team failed to advance beyond the second day of the tournament and must settle for a one-win postseason. That victor y came on Thursday, when Rutgers pounded Pittsburgh 4-0 in round one. Less than a month removed from a 7-0 defeat in Piscataway, the Panthers were once again dismantled at the hands of the Knights. But the thrill of yet another pummeling of Pittsburgh was short-lived. Just 24 hours after

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quarterback Ben Roethlisberger already earned a 6-game suspension for his conduct at a Georgia nightclub and now one of his bodyguards may receive discipline as well. Anthony Barravecchio, the bodyguard in danger of losing his job, will have his status determined by the Coraopolis City Council. To expel him of his position the council would need to make a majority decision — a source disclosed that if a vote were taken today, it would be 8-0 in favor of dismissing Barravecchio.

THE DETROIT RED WINGS and the Phoenix Coyotes will need the full seven-game opening round playoff series to decide who advances deeper into the postseason. Phoenix faced elimination heading into its game 6 match up with Detroit, but scored the games first two goals on the way to a 5-2 victory.

SAM HELLMAN/ FILE PHOTO

Sophomore pitcher Holly Johnson threw a complete game yesterday and struck out 11 batters in the Knights’ 4-2 victory over Providence.

BRYAN BEZERRA/ FILE PHOTO

Katherine Arlak lost in the Knights’ Big East Tournament exit-loss to South Florida, marking her final collegiate contest.

the win, Rutgers was again involved in a shutout match — though this time, it was on the wrong end of the equation. The talented No. 24 South Florida squad was able to stay ahead of the Knights throughout the contest and cruised to a conference win. Rutgers assistant coach Alex Arlak feels her team had a shot at earning a victor y before USF shifted into high gear. “We competed well against South Florida,” Arlak said. “They were definitely vulnerable in some places and we came close to using that to our advantage. But they are a very talented team and were able to take it to us in the end.” Friday’s defeat is the latest in a series of losses against ranked opponents. Rutgers has never beaten a nationally ranked team and the Bulls made sure that trend continued. “It was a disappointment to lose in the second round,” Arlak said. “We have trouble getting over that hump and beating teams that are highly ranked. It’s something that this program needs to work on and it’s important if we want to keep moving for ward.” Sophomore singles player Jen Holzberg echoed her coach’s sentiments when looking back on the match. “Part of it is frustrating because you always want to finally beat a top ranked team,” Holzberg said. “But it also motivates us to work hard so that we can do it next year. “I feel like we did have a ver y good chance of beating South Florida. I know they were ranked ver y highly but we were neck and neck with them most of the way. The match was a lot

closer than the score shows and we can take some positives out of it.” Despite the lopsided decision, Rutgers saw some highly contentious matches against USF. Holzberg took USF’s Melissa Koning to a first-set tiebreaker before losing in the No. 2 singles slot, while junior ace Amy Zhang and senior Katherine Arlak each fought hard through tough defeats. Arlak, a team captain who played her final match in scarlet on Friday, said her last Big East tournament was bittersweet. “I think we did play pretty well,” she said. “We beat Pitt the way we expected to and we were definitely happy about that. Unfortunately, we lost to a good USF team and that was frustrating. We would have liked to move on to the next round but it didn’t happen.” The Bulls’ win would be the last of their season. DePaul beat USF 4-0 on Saturday, who also squared off with tournament host No.5 Notre Dame yesterday in the conference championship. The Irish pummeled the Blue Demons 4-0 to win the Big East crown in front of their home crowd. Though Rutgers did not duplicate its 2009 postseason run, when it advanced to the tourney’s semifinals, Holzberg said there’s no reason to sulk. “It’s disappointing that we didn’t make it to the semis because we had the opportunity in front of us,” she said. “But I do think we came into the tournament playing really strong. We beat Pittsburgh even worse than we did a month ago and before that we ended the season with a few great Big East wins. It’s definitely something to build off.”

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Weekend gives five Knights shots in NFL BY SAM HELLMAN AND STEVEN MILLER STAFF WRITERS

turnout for a Big East spring game was Pittsburgh’s 6,532. “It’s always amazing whenever we get a lot of fans for something that’s not a game,” said redshir t freshman Darrell Givens, who forced a fumble for the Knights’ second-team defense in scarlet. “That was kind of cool to have so many people at a scrimmage.” Savage completed 17-of-30 passes for 181 yards, but was without his No. 1 wideout and classmate Mohamed Sanu. Redshir t freshman Quron Pratt stepped up in his stead, continuing to

NEW YORK — As exciting as the first day of the NFL Draft proved to be for the Rutgers football team, the second and third days ended in slight disapFOOTBALL pointment with only one other player hearing his name called at Radio City Music Hall. With one of the final picks in the last round of the draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected former Scarlet Knights linebacker Ryan D’Imperio, but he will not even play there. “As far as defense goes, I’m going to be a fullback,” D’Imperio said on a conference call after the selection. “I talked to the running backs coach, and that’s what I’m going to come there to be. “Most coaches were talking to me about free agency. My agent and I were going over all possible choices concerning free agency and where to go, what would give me the best opportunity. Now, I don’t have to go there, and that was the greatest feeling I’ve ever had.” D’Imperio, who played fullback at Washington Township High School, said that he’s ready to play and he doesn’t care where. “It’s all about collision, blocking,” he said. “It’s the same whether you’re on offense or defense, you just don’t have the ball in your hands. That’s all that matters, to just go out there. Whatever they tell me to do, I’m going to do it the best I can.” If D’Imperio needs any pointers, he can ask another former Scarlet Knight who joined the NFL ranks Saturday as an undrafted free agent. Within 10 minutes of the final pick, fullback Jack Corcoran received a call from his agent and instantly agreed to a deal with the Houston Texans. “He told me to make a decision right away because that’s how we have to do it,” he said. “I barely even thought about it. I pulled the trigger and now I can say I’m a Houston Texan.” After seeing the fullback position slowly fazed out of the Rutgers offense with

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ANDREW HOWARD/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore safety Wayne Warren intercepted sophomore quarterback Steve Shimko late in Saturday’s Scarlet-White game, accounting for one of the five takeaways the defense had in the scrimmage. Sophomores Steve Beauharnais and Brandon Jones added interceptions.

Defense dominates historic spring game BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Steve Beauharnais could have told anyone years ago the basics about how the ScarletWhite game would FOOTBALL play out. From the time SCARLET 16 the Rutgers football WHITE 7 team began recruiting the sophomore middle linebacker, Beauharnais knew the Scarlet Knights’ strength is defense. “Year in and year out, Rutgers is known for defense,” said Beauharnais, who had 13 tackles for the White team in its 16-7

loss to the Scarlet squad. “I think we’re on the verge of being a great defense. Obviously, it’s only the spring and it’s still early, but we’re on our way.” The first-team of fense donned the home Scarlet and took down the first-team defense in White, but only managed one touchdown on a 12-play, 65-yard opening drive. Both defenses combined for five takeaways on three interceptions and two fumbles. Beauharnais picked of f sophomore quar terback Tom Savage, who played his first Scarlet-White game in front of a record crowd of 20,114 at Rutgers Stadium. The next highest

Rutgers tops No. 12 Irish to remain in Tourney talk BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

After letting an early lead disappear in last week’s loss to Georgetown, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team knew it could not afford to make the same mistake twice against No. 12 Notre Dame. WOMEN’S LACROSSE The Scarlet NOTRE DAME 11 Knights used lockRUTGERS 12 down defense to race out to a six-goal advantage in the first half, and though the Irish rallied to tie the game in the second, Rutgers never quit. Overtime heroics from senior attack Brooke Cantwell were just enough to propel the Knights to the 12-11 victory and, most importantly, keep the team’s Big East Tournament hopes alive. “I think we knew that we had a job to do after losing to Georgetown,” said senior cocaptain Faith Richards. “We lost to Georgetown after going on the same exact run and we knew that we were going to have to come out, get on a run and stay up to win

the game. I think that’s the reason that we’re most proud of ourselves because even though they caught up a little bit we didn’t let them get up on us.” Cantwell’s trio of goals led the team, while five other Knights scored on the afternoon. The senior’s third goal was the biggest. After the two teams slugged it out through the opening over time period, Cantwell found space and flicked a shot past the Irish goalkeeper for her teamleading 37th goal of the season — a new career-high. “I hadn’t touched the ball much in the second half because they were face-guarding me, which is fine, as long as we’re scoring I don’t care,” Cantwell said. “But I had the ball in my hands at that point and I knew I had the opportunity and I was able to get around her and shoot.” But the Knights’ stifling defense was the story for much of the game. Rutgers held the Irish to only a single goal in a half — the third time this season the Knights’ defense accomplished that feat.

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Senior attack Brooke Cantwell scored the Knights’ game-winning goal in overtime Saturday against No. 12 Notre Dame, keeping Rutgers in the Big East Tournament race.