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NJ students unite against tuition cuts

BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CORRESPONDENT

in abject poverty. Their houses had dirt floors and lacked many of the aspects Americans take for granted.

What startled him the most was the repetitive sight of women and girls traveling miles for clean water every day. In the developing world, women spend three to

Members of the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) collaborated with other public four-year Universities throughout the state to form the New Jersey United Students (NJUS) organization to combat the New Jersey higher education system-funding crisis.

NJUS was created to make a stronger voice for past, present and future students of New Jersey and adjust the higher education system of New Jersey, said NJUS co-chair Daniela Jorge.

“New Jersey does not have a set school system for public university funding,” said Jorge, a William Patterson University senior. “They could decide to transfer money from Rutgers to Montclair, and we want to change that.”

RUSA established NJUS last fall when they conducted outreach for in-state, four-year public universities. Nine of the 11 universities attended a

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Peter Thum, founder of Ethos Water, explains how a visit to a small town in South Africa inspired him to start his bottled water company last night in Trayes Hall of the Douglass Campus Center.

Ethos Water founder spills success secrets

BY MARY DIDUCH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

His mission was simple — to help children get clean water.

But for founder of Ethos Water Peter Thum, establishing his socially conscious business proved harder than expected.

Thum, who spoke last night in Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus Center, said the idea for the bottled water brand, which donates a portion of its proceeds to aiding the world’s water crisis, hit him in 2001, when a business project brought him to a developing town in South Africa.

In the small town he was visiting, Thum saw for the first time people living

Sheriff’s office faces more charges

BY ANDREW SMITH STAFF WRITER

In an alleged case of corruption against former Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo, one of his officers, Paul Lucarelli, is implicated a week after Spicuzzo’s surrender in the scandal.

Spicuzzo, who surrendered to police on March 7, faces allegations of second-degree patterns of official misconduct and seconddegree bribery for accepting a minimum total of $50,000, he said.

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The specific charges against Lucarelli, a South River resident, include conspiracy to commit official misconduct and briber y, said Peter Aseltine, spokesman for New Jersey’s Attorney General’s office.

As sherif f, Spicuzzo was responsible for appointing officers within the sheriff’s office since these positions are not civil ser vice duties, Aseltine said. He allegedly accepted individual bribes of up to $25,000 for those appointments.

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“In connection with one of the bribes that Sheriff Spicuzzo allegedly accepted from someone seeking to be hired as a sheriff’s investigator, Lucarelli acted as the middle-man,” Aseltine said. “He went to this individual, received the cash and allegedly delivered that to Sheriff Spicuzzo in his county office.”

Although he has yet to be indicted, if the charges against Spicuzzo go through, corruption

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Researchers improve search for better device materials

BY MITAL GAJJAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

University researchers collaborated with University of Maryland Professor Manfred Wuttig to discover more efficient manufacturing methods for highfunctioning devices including sensors, security systems and medical equipment.

Armen Khachaturyan, a professor in the Department of Ceramic and Materials Engineering and postdoctoral associate Weifeng Rao teamed with Wuttig to find new ways of searching for super-responsive materials that have the potential of being used in high-performance devices.

“This type of nanostructured materials system with excellent mechanical properties named ‘dispersion hardened alloys’ have been used in numerous conventional applications for a long time,” Rao said. “However, as we demonstrated in our study, under certain conditions they become advanced functional materials whose properties far exceed the properties of those currently available.”

Khachatur yan, Rao and Wuttig expected that the nanostructured materials systems can form a new class of advanced functional materials and can be used in some high-performance devices with superior properties.

“By supreme properties, the new alloys can solve the common problems of the traditional materials at the same time,” Khachaturyan said.

He explained the major limitations posed by applications from traditional functional materials could only receive small responses, such as shape change or voltage, to applying a force like mechanical or electrical and magnetic fields force.

“The second problem is after the force is removed, the material may not return to its original state, and the third problem is there is energy loss during cycles of applying and removing force,” Khachaturyan said.

The supreme properties actually refer to a combination of large field-induced

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Club falls short of title, gains competition experience

BY ANDREA GOYMA CORRESPONDENT

Despite placing fourth in a group of eight in the American College Cricket’s 32-team Spring Break Tournament in Lauderhill, Fla., last week, the Rutgers Cricket Club gained experience at the tournament and will know what to expect next year.

“Players who previously didn’t have much experience playing in this level now have really good experience because of this tour,” said Nisarg Chokshi, team captain. “Since we’re going to have mostly the same team next year, the [new] players will know what to expect and should be coming [to next year’s] tournament really strong.”

Cricket player Mital Patel said even though the team did not finish high enough to rank in the semifinals, the tournament was a learning experience for the entire team.

“It was a good tour overall and it was ver y productive for all of us,” said Patel, a Rutgers University-Newark first-year student. “A lot of our players were newcomers in terms of [playing in] tournaments, so the pressure got to them a little bit, but we have a young team who are all eligible to play again next year, so I think we’ll do better next year.”

Chokshi, a School of Engineering sophomore, said the team must improve on catching and fielding.

“We dropped catches in impor tant situations which

cost our fielding,” he said. “As they say in cricket, ‘catches win matches.’”

Chokshi said the team had strong bowling and batting attacks, but because of pressures and conditions, at some points the team could not live up to his expectations.

“I was confident about my fielding and the team’s fielding, but we had some trouble adjusting to the pressure and the conditions,” he said. “The conditions here are completely different from the conditions back in Jersey.”

The ground in Florida was unlike the ground the team practiced on at home, Chokshi said.

“Back in New Jersey, if you dive to stop the ball, you’ll probably get injured, but [in Florida] you could easily slide on the ground,” he said.

Chokshi advised some of the players on the team to join cricket leagues so they can practice and play cricket every week.

“There will be some playing during the summer ever y day, so they’ll get a chance to practice their fielding, their catches, their bowling and their batting,” he said.

Patel said the tournament gave the team the ability to obser ve each other and where each player is suited best in the lineup.

He also said Chokshi gained more knowledge as a captain about how each player played under certain conditions.

Because the format of the tournament eliminated teams after one loss, Chokshi said after

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School of Engineering junior Parth Shah bats at the American College Cricket’s 32-team Spring Break Tournament in Lauderhill, Fla. The Rutgers Cricket Club did not make it to the semifinals but placed fourth.

losing the second game the team knew the upcoming games would be for fun.

“I told them there isn’t any pressure anymore and they just played, which really helped,” Chokshi said.

Patel agreed with Chokshi and said he observed once they lost the game, everyone shifted so the team performed better.

“You could see that change because everyone became a lot more enthusiastic in the field and there was a lot of fight from the players to maintain our position and ranking,” Patel said.

The Cricket Club is looking for ward to defending their title

in the fall as Nor theast Regional champions in the American College Cricket’s Regional Championships, Chokshi said.

“We’re going to be defending our title so for that, I told our players to focus more on league games and improving on their weaknesses,” he said.

Patel said his experience in the tournament helped him adapt to Twenty20 cricket, a form of the game with 20 overs — a set of six consecutive balls bowled in succession — that originated in England, as well as more fastpaced situations.

“I’m actually ver y impressed with the team, and I’m glad that I came to Rutgers because this is one of the most fun and exciting tours that I’ve been on in a while,” he said. “The fact that the team gelled as well as we did really helped.”

Hardik Jogani, club president said one of the best parts of the tournament was the team’s strong unity.

“We played as a team when we were out there. Sometimes you see there are cliques and divisions within a team, but we played as a unit, which was very positive,” said Jogani, a School of Engineering junior.

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FOUNDER: Starbucks donates 5 cents per bottle sold continued from front six hours per day collecting water — about 25 percent of their lives, Thum said.

“I saw this repeat itself over and over again, this same image. I realized there wasn’t anyone doing anything about this,” he said.

That trip opened his eyes to water issues, invisible to many from developed nations, Thum said.

“Water was sort of this lost issue, and I didn’t understand why,” he said.

About 1.2 billion people do not have access to safe water, and 2.4 billion do not have sanitation ser vices, Thum said.

This can cause bacteria from waste to comingle with the water, brewing diseases that can kill about 2.4 million children annually.

“To me, this was a really visceral, dif ficult problem,” he said.

Thum then began researching how he could help alleviate the problem without just starting another charity, identical to the many already advocating for the cause.

He soon realized his biggest hurdle — people in the developed world were unaware of the water crisis, as bottled water, tap water and clean toilets are the norm. If they were unaware, they would not care, Thum said.

The entrepreneur decided he needed to create a level of awareness that matched other causes people were passionate about, like hunger, AIDS and homelessness.

While working in England for a soda company, Thum soon discovered the solution to his dilemma — create a communications platform that would connect those who had water to those who did not to raise awareness. If people felt better about the product, they would pay more, and this money could help those who needed it.

For Thum, bottled water seemed like the natural solution, despite the market’s intense competition. At the time, there were about 700 bottled water companies in the United States, compared to about 1,500 today.

Thum left his job to dedicate his time to launching the Ethos water business. After a year of failed attempts at securing investors, Thum and his partner pulled together $10,000 to start the company themselves and peddled their product around Los Angeles.

Soon, through a series of high-profile business connects, the small, six-person company landed a meeting with Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz.

Starbucks eventually acquired the company in 2005, exclusively selling Ethos Water in their 5,000 stores.

This meant the product was reaching about 40 million customers a week.

U NIVERSITY For ever y bottle of Ethos Water Starbucks sells in the United States and Canada, the coffee chain donates 5 U.S. cents or 10 Canadian cents to the Ethos Water Fund, said Thum, who later became the vice president of Starbucks.

The result was more than Thum and the company expected. They soon had about $6 million in grants, more than 420,000 people were given safe water, people were educated on hygiene and sanitation, and millions were made aware of the cause.

One woman af fected by Ethos’ work was Marta, who lives in Honduras, Thum said.

She traveled miles a day over rolling hills to retrieve water for her children, who were often sick from the poor quality of the water. The money from Ethos was used to install a sink next to her house. Her children are no longer ill and attend school.

“These are some of the poorest people in the world, yet these are some of the happiest people I’ve met,” Thum said.

But Thum emphasized that the students and alumni in the audience do not need to go to a developing nation to make a difference.

“There are people all around who can use your help and who you can learn amazing things from if you allow yourself to,” he said.

Thum advised college students looking to make a change through social ventures to start early.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M “Start doing it while you’re a student in small steps,” he said.

This advice resonated with audience members Ray Li and John Vitug, students who this year launched Heart Juice, a beverage that aims to promote a healthy heart while raising awareness for heart disease.

Li, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, and Vitug, a Kean University graduate student, said the lecture inspired them, as their business also has a social mission.

“His was a social mission [also]. He didn’t sell out to accomplish what he wanted to,” Vitug said.

The pair hopes they can one day accomplish what Thum has and raise awareness for heart disease, the No. 1 cause of death in the United States.

“Like he said, a lot of people can [gain] awareness with a product,” Vitug said.

The lecture, a part of the L’Hommedieu Visiting Lecturer Series, was sponsored by the Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, which works to promote the innovative education of Douglass women, said Valerie Anderson Cabbell, executive director of the association.

Cabbell said Thum is proof of how social change can open up leadership opportunities in the global world, something she hopes Douglass women aspire to.

“You can take a concern and care dear to your heart and make it a career that is rewarding and prosperous,” she said.

OFFICE: Spicuzzo enters

UNDERCOVER POLICE BUST LOCAL MAN FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION After intercepting a pound of marijuana being shipped to a township home and posing as deliver y men, South Brunswick police arrested Braham Romkey, 32, at his home Friday when he accepted the package.

Romkey, of Nor th Umberland Way, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, according to an nj.com article.

Police officers received a tip that drugs were to be shipped in a safe through an Edison facility, Sgt. James Ryan said in the article. The officers, accompanied by Edison police, confiscated the safe on Friday.

Ryan said undercover of ficers proceeded to the house, where Romkey accepted the package and was arrested.

Detective Jeff Russo led an investigation of the house to find another two ounces of marijuana and $645 in cash, Ryan said in the article.

Romkey was later released on $10,000 bail.

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it is unknown as to whether Lucarelli has hired a lawyer yet, Aseltine said. plea of not guilty at hearing Spicuzzo’s political career began in 1976 when he was electcontinued from front ed mayor of Spotswood, N.J., according to an nj.com article. charges may augment the senHe then became the tence further, Aseltine said.

Middlesex County sherif f “Under-sentencing enhancefor a record high of 30 ments for public corruption, years, never losing an election, each could carr y — again, this and was chairman of the would be if he is convicted — a Middlesex County Democratic mandator y minimum sentence Organization for the past of five years in prison,” he 16 years, according to said. “They could potentially the article. run consecutively.”

Middlesex County Undersheriff Despite working in Middlesex Kevin Harris, appointed by County and having his charges Spicuzzo’s replacement Mildred centered on actions that took place Scott, declined to comment. there, Spicuzzo had his first hear“There have ing on March 15 in been, unfortuMonmouth County in order to prevent “If he is convicted, nately, a number of municipal any real or perceived I think Republicans and county officonflicts of interest, Aseltine said. would try to argue cials who’ve been indicted in During this inithat Democratic recent years tial appearance, and many of Spicuzzo entered a candidates are ... them have been plea of not guilty, he convicted,” said said. The Office less trustworthy.”

John Weingart, of the Attorney JOHN WEINGART associate direcGeneral requested Eagleton Institute of Politics tor of the to set bail at $50,000 Associate Director E a g l e t o n and the surrender Institute of of his passport.

Politics.

“It As Spicuzzo is a still understandably makes peolongtime resident of Middlesex ple more cynical about politics County, the judge did not considevery time it happens.” er him a flight risk and conseIf Spicuzzo and Lucarelli are quently declined the request to convicted for the allegations set bail, Aseltine said. With against them, Weingart said regard to the Office of the Republicans would potentially Attorney General’s request for use this as an arguing point in his passport, Spicuzzo admitted upcoming elections because of to not having one.

Spicuzzo’s former position as Lucarelli was originally schedchairman of the Middlesex uled to appear on Monday at the County Democratic Organization.

Middlesex County Superior “If he is convicted, I think Court, but will have his initial Republicans would try to argue appearance moved to Monmouth that Democratic candidates are County for the same reasons as perhaps less trustworthy Spicuzzo, Aseltine said. because of their connection with Spicuzzo enlisted the legal him,” he said. assistance of Steven Altman, but

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The Department of Jewish Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences will now offer a Master of Arts degree in Jewish studies, with Associate Professor of Jewish Studies and History Nancy Sinkoff serving as a recently appointed chair of the department.

“The creation of the master’s program is a natural progression from the success we’ve experienced on the undergraduate level,” Sinkoff said in a University news release. “Last year approximately 2,000 students were enrolled in the courses offered by the Jewish studies undergraduate program.”

The M.A. in Jewish studies gives students the opportunity to study multiple aspects of Jewish faith from ancient times to present, according to the release.

The new master’s degree program was funded in part by an award from the School of Arts and Sciences Entrepreneurial Program.

The department will also receive funding and administrative support for the next two days to help with the initiation of the degree, according to the release.

Sinkoff is slated to teach courses in the master’s programs such as “Europe and Its Jews: Problems and Directed Readings in Modern Jewish Historiography” and “Jewish History II: The Early Modern and Modern Experience.”

“The Jewish studies department has received many inquiries about a master’s program over the years,” she said in the release.

Undergraduates and alumni are not the only ones interested in the program, but professionals are also interested as well, Sinkoff said in the release.

The master’s degree can be pursued part time with a certificate in Jewish studies available for students enrolled in master’s level and doctoral level programs including those in library and information science education and social work, as well as those seeking master’s and doctorate degrees in the humanities and social sciences programs at the University.

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MATERIALS: Findings can improve everyday devices continued from front responses, weak or non-hysteresis, large output forces and good mechanical properties, Rao said.

The giant response means the devices will be sensitive and responsive, and reducing hysteresis means reducing energy dissipation associated with hysteresis, which means converting energies of different types more effectively, Rao said.

“In some applications, especially in high frequency, the energy dissipations raise the temperature of devices, thus limiting the situations that can be used,” he said. “Also, nonhysteresis means the material will return to its original shape after cycles of ser vices, which indicates no need to recalibrate, or reuseful soon after the ser vices.”

Rao said good mechanical properties refer to high strength, large deformability and no plasticity in materials.

“If we think of human beings as devices, to be super-men — better devices — first, several things should be replacing the muscles with some super-responsive materials that are stronger, tougher, etc. and replacing the core parts in the eyes/ears with materials that are more sensitive to the environment,” he said.

“Our research just provides a blueprint for searching for a new class of ... materials.”

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Traditional materials usually have some problems that cannot be easily overcome, Rao said.

“Traditional functional materials may get small responses to applied force and after the force is removed, the material may not return to its original state,” he said.

Energy loss during cycles of applying and removing force, the force exerted to the environment is small or the mechanical properties of materials are not good enough, are all plausible results, Rao said.

“We use computer simulations to reveal that under certain conditions, two-phase decomposing nanostructured alloys, which are well-known for their good mechanical properties, can be functionalized to have supreme proper ties,” Khachatur yan said.

Rao said if the predicted way of searching for a new class of functional materials depicting supreme properties turns out to be true, the important component of the widely used devices will lead to improvements, which will be essential to people who heavily rely on those devices.

“Our future will surely rely more on the high-performance devices, and our research just provides a blueprint for searching for a new class of superresponsive functional materials that may be used in such devices,” he said.

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BILL TO REQUIRE GAS STATIONS TO NOTIFY CUSTOMERS OF PRICE CHANGES A bill passed in the state Senate yesterday would require gas stations that charge dif ferent prices for fuel based on how a customer pays to clearly indicate so on signs if it becomes law.

Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, one of the bill’s sponsors, said she came up with the idea after she pulled into a Ewing gas station to find out she was being charged a higher rate than the one posted for using a credit card after the gas was already being pumped, according to an ar ticle on nj.com.

“The pain is excruciating now at the pump, so if someone is going to be charged 10 cents more a gallon because they’re paying with a credit card, they should at least be informed of that,” Turner said in the article.

The bill passed in the Senate 34-1, with the only no vote from State Sen. Michael Doherty, R-Warren.

Gas stations that violate the state’s signage requirements would face initial fines of $1,500 and $3,000 for subsequent offenses.

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funding but is the second wealthiest state, he said.

“We are the richest yet least campuses to take part in rally funded higher education system,” Aspray said. “People continued from front are ready to fight for Feb. 5 summit, said NJUS cotheir education.” chair John Aspray.

The NJUS has not met since “Forming an organization Gov. Christie passed the state for just student voices isn’t a budget but will meet for its next new idea. There are strong stusummit to discuss the budget dent unions in Wisconsin and and try to keep an open dialogue two strong ones in California, among individual universities one for the U.C.s and the other by sharing progress reports, for the Califor nia techs,” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts said RUSA Vice President and Sciences junior.

Matt Cordeiro. “They’ve done The organization has not incredible things for lobbying faced any major hardships in a voice.” development because of the Campus representatives of committee’s newness, but the student councils and organizabarrier between the higher tions met together and elected education system and their willleaders democratically, said ingness to listen is an obstacle Aspray, a School the organizaof Arts and tion has yet Sciences senior. to overcome, “From East Coast “We decided Jorge said. to West Coast ... nine to have two NJUS is representatives holding a Day N.J. universities from each of Action on and universities school, one as a April 13th student governwhere 10 out of in California will rally ment representhe 12 par ticitative and the for higher education.” pating colleges other from a will bring attenstudent organition to issues in DANIELA JORGE zation,” Aspray the higher eduNew Jersey United Students Co-Chair said. “Members cation system, examined the Aspray said. situation of higher education Funding for the Day of and [were] moved to Action is coming from the take action.”

RUSA campaign, external The NJUS will act as a fundraising from student govunified student voice for the ernment and Rutgers Student University’s three campuses, the Union, he said.

College of New Jersey, Ramapo “Since this is involving eduCollege of New Jersey, New cation we are shooting for at Jersey City University Richard least 1,000 people, maybe Stockton College of New more or less, for suppor t,” Jersey, Rowan University, Kean Aspray said.

University and William Paterson Jorge is preparing the Day University as well as a student of Action at William Patterson group from Montclair University, where organizations will come Cordeiro said. together to set up tents, disAspray said New Jersey has a tribute flyers and provide tremulous relationship within its enter tainment with the theme higher education system. being focused on higher “Legislators have yet to education in the state of meet the demands of the highNew Jersey. er education system,” Aspray “From East Coast to West said. “[We have] given them Coast, on April 13 nine N.J. unipolicy proposals but they refer versities and universities in back to the budget crisis; the California will rally for higher budget crisis is more of a leadeducation and bring together a ership crisis.” strong, unified student voice lobNew Jersey is ranked 50th in bying the current higher educathe nation for higher education tion system,” Jorge said.

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Sharyle Patton, director of the Health and Environment Program at Commonweal in Bolinas, California, will present a lecture entitled, “Space of Democracy Lecture Series: Our Body Burden of Toxic Chemicals: Implications for Chemical Policy Reform” at 4:30 p.m. at the fourth floor lecture hall of Alexander Library on College Avenue campus. Patton will provide an overview of the relevance of biomonitoring results as a public health tool, discuss why people should be concerned about concentrations of environmental chemicals in their bodies and present case studies using data from NHANES and other biomonitoring studies to illustrate data use and results communication.

For more information, visit http://ecologies.rutgers.edu. For more information about the Space of Democracy network, visit www.spaceofdemocracy.org The Botanical Society will be hosting Joan Bennett in honor of Women's History Month. Bennett will speak about her work on molds, including the production of mycotoxins in Aspergillus and potential health problems of indoor molds. She is also vice president for Academic Affairs and is in charge of overseeing the welfare of women in science, engineering and mathematics fields at the University. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Foran Hall 138A on Cook campus.

How do people make crucial moral decisions? What criteria do they use? What factors do they consider? What reasoning do they apply? During the Rutgers Humanist Chaplaincy meeting from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Student Activities Center Lounge on College Avenue campus will discuss some big choices some people need to make. Members and attendees will share tough moral decisions they are facing right now, discuss the question of what child to give up to Nazis in William Styron’s book “Sophie’s Choice” and whether or not to have children.

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Sharyle Patton, director of the Health and Environment Program, Commonweal in Bolinas, California will present a lecture called “You Are What You Eat: And Some of it Isn’t Pretty,” at 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the George H. Cook Room in the Cook Campus Center. The event is a conversation about the toxic chemicals people carry in their bodies, how they got there and what people can do about them.

Phi Delta Theta is sponsoring a blood drive on from 10:30 to 3 p.m., at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room.

All donors will receive a free t-shirt and snacks. For more info, please email Jared at JTamasco@nybloodcenter.org or Sagar at sagarru@eden.rutgers.edu.

Slow Food Rutgers will host an “Eatin’ Meetin’” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Davison Hall Food Lab on Douglass campus.

Students will cook and eat locally made food items. They will also discuss the upcoming events. For more details visit the Facebook page, Slow Food Rutgers.

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Department of Transportation Service will be holding its annual Transportation Forum from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 407 of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus and is open to any interested members of the University community. Individuals can drop in at any time during the forum to discuss their questions about the existing transportation system or to receive an overview of the proposed changes for the 2011-2012 academic year. For questions regarding the forum, please contact Jenn Stuart, manager of Transportation Planning at jstuart@aps.rutgers.edu.

RU Liquid Water will be having a coffeehouse and open-mic night from 8 to 11 p.m. in the Douglass Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center. There will be live music and performances as well as coffee and desserts to enjoy. Admission is free but all donations will go toward the construction of clean water wells in Haiti and El Salvador. For more information visit the organization’s Facebook page or email ruliquidwater@gmail.com.

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Rutgers Empowering Disabilities will hold a Wheelchair Relay Race from 6 to 10:30 p.m. in the College Avenue Gymnasium.

There will be a live DJ, raffles, prizes and free pizza. The event is open to all, no disability required. There is a $25 registration fee for a team of six and a $2 donation for single person races.

Prizes will go to the top two teams. Portions of proceeds will benefit Muscular Dystrophy Association. For more information, contact rutgers4disability@gmail.com.

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Back by popular demand, acclaimed violinist Yen Yu and pianist Iris Chen will perform sonatas for violin and piano

by Beethoven and Erich Korngold. Korngold is renowned for his late-romantic classical compositions as well as the lush Hollywood film scores that he created in the 1930s and 1940s. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for museum members and $5 for students with valid identification. Children under 18 are free. Tickets are sold on the day of the concert on a first-come, firstser ve basis, beginning at 12:30 p.m. The concert will begin at 3 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on College Avenue campus.

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New radio talk show focuses on Central Jersey

BY JADE MCCLAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With the launch of its show two weeks ago, “The Voice of Central Jersey,” WCTC 1450 AM radio station introduced an opportunity for University students and residents of counties like Middlesex to lend input on a range of issues that affect central New Jersey.

Bert Baron, the program director of WCTC said “The Voice of Central Jersey” centers on issues which pertain to Central Jersey, but allows all New Jersey residents to voice their opinions.

“After a couple years of being a music station, these are interesting times and we wanted to give people, not only in Central Jersey but Jersey as a whole, another outlet, another chance to be heard and voice their opinion,” Baron said.

“Lately everyone’s got an opinion on something … It was a good time to bring spoken word back to this area.”

Baron, who also hosts one of the station’s shows, “New Jersey Today” from 1 to 3 p.m., has several talk show veterans in his lineup for “Voice of Central Jersey,” including Laura Ingraham, Matthew “Mancow” Muller, Alan Colmes and Jack Eller y, who had previously been on the station and in 2002, had returned to WCTC. The station, located in Somerset, N.J., had been a talk radio station beginning in the early ‘90s before offering music for the past few years.

“It had such an impact and had developed such a brand over the years as being a talk station that we wanted to recapture a little bit of our past glor y,

without totally repeating what we had done before,” he said.

“It’s a similar approach with a ver y modern slant to it.”

The station incorporates entertainment talk in addition to the strictly news programs and political forums that once characterized talk radio, Baron said.

It also caters to current times through the use of social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook where listeners can find sports updates, quotes from the hosts and information about upcoming programs and contests in Central New Jersey, he said.

“An older woman just called to chastise me for my publicity photo. Seems my tie is crooked (so are my congressmen),” said Ellery in a Facebook post.

The station’s website offers news and weather updates, a listener poll, links to its social media

sites and an opportunity to contact the station and listen online, according to the WCTC website.

Sports coverage is also part of the line-up, including coverage of University athletics.

“The only time I listen to the station is if they happen to be airing a sports team,” said 33-yearold Thomas Vella, a musician from Westfield, N.J. At the end of the day, Vella said he would much rather listen to music stations such as WMTR as he finds WCTC’s talk radio to be drab and unentertaining.

The transition to talk radio involved an expected shift in the number of people who stayed tuned, but Baron believes the new talk format has enjoyed a positive reception in Central Jersey.

The current demographic of listeners is primarily 45-years-olds

from Central Jersey and Baron hopes to expand the audience to 35-years and older.

“I think any programmer would have concerns and we expect that we’re going to get people that like it and people that don’t like it,” he said. “But at the end of the day, if you believe in what it is, people that are supportive will drown out the people who aren’t.”

School of Arts and Sciences junior Br yan-Jon Mar tin said he was initially unsure of the talk show when he discovered it at work, but has since grown more supportive.

“Upon first listen it seemed to be pretty unbalanced and rightwing, then the program shifted to education so I continued to listen,” Martin said. “I would listen to it again though to see what other programs it offered.”

WOODBRIDGE SENIORS CHARGED FOR SLIPPING LIVE CHICKENS THROUGH SCHOOL’S WINDOWS Four Woodbridge High School students were suspended for five days for releasing live chickens in their school last Thursday as a senior prank.

Each student was charged with a disorderly persons of fense and trespassing, Woodbridge police Lt. Carl Lizzano said in a mycentraljersey.com ar ticle.

“We realize it’s a prank, and we don’t want to charge people with crimes they shouldn’t be charged with, but you don’t want to make light of the incident.

What’s next, you bring a cow into school?” Lizzano said in the article.

Tyler Bruno and Anthony Cesareo, both 17, and Br yan Pater, 18, were originally banned from their prom and graduation but have reclaimed their senior privileges as long as they behave the rest of the school year, according to an ar ticle on woodbridge.injersey.com.

The students slid red and black chickens through an unlocked and open window on the first

floor of the building, according to the mycentraljersey.com ar ticle.

Principal Arthur Lee Warren has barred other students from wearing cartoon chicken T-shirts in solidarity with the accused.

“I don’t call it a prank, I call it an incident that should not have happened,” Warren said in the article. “We are not looking for a disruption of the school day or year.”

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court services, with one judge, the Hon. Vincent McMann, holding court on alternate weeks in Four Morris County munici- the two towns. But McMann has palities agreed to share a court in since lost the job as a result of the Madison’s newly renovated move to Madison.

Hartley Dodge Memorial Madison Council member and Building, an arrangement that, public safety liaison Jeannie over the next few years, is expect- Tsukamoto said the move would ed to save millions. save Madison about $150,000 and The joint court agreement, displace no municipal employees. which includes Chatham, “It’s wonderful,” she said.

Chatham Township, Harding and “Madison has a long-standing Madison, took effect Feb. 1 and is record [of sharing services] with expected to save the towns a com- towns and this is another milebined $500,000 per year, Madison stone of sharing ser vices to Mayor Mary-Anna Holden said. reduce costs for our taxpayers.”

Gary Troxell, who has resided The communities joining in Madison since 1998, will be the Madison will not have to pay addicourt’s judge. tional construction costs to comThe towns will split the cost of ply with the latest Administrative staff rather than each paying their Office of the Courts requireown judge, prosecutor and court ments, Holden said. They will administrators, Chatham Borough also be provided with a high-qualMayor Nelson Vaughan said. ity court administration.

“It’s really early to know defin“In the case of our joint itively how it’s going to work, but court in Madison, from ever yI have faith that it’s going to be thing I can see, Gov. [Chris] just fine,” Vaughan said.

Christie was ver y helpful, you This is the second shared might say, or ver y anxious to court in Morris County — in work along with ever yone else,” 2009, Dover, Mount Arlington, Vaughan said. “He’s agreed Mine Hill, Rockaway and with our decision.”

Wharton began Although sharing a court.

New Brunswick “I’m very glad does not share a “The city they did this,” court with other of New Brunswick Freeholder Middlesex Director and County municidoes share services Wharton Mayor palities, it does when it makes sense.” have money-savBill Chegwidden said. “It makes all ing initiatives in BILL BRAY the sense in the place involving City Spokesman world. If someone other towns. commits a crime, The city of who cares where they go?”

New Brunswick has a sharedThe costs are split based on ser vices agreement for animal the number of cases each town control with Highland Park, and brings, Holden said. In 2011, on a countywide level, there’s a Madison will be responsible for shared-ser vices agreement for 49 percent of costs. Chatham the collection of recyclables, Borough will contribute 21 per- New Brunswick spokesman Bill cent, Harding 17 percent and Bray said.

Chatham Township 13 percent.

New Brunswick is also a memThe impending 2 percent ber of different buying cooperaproperty tax cap and reductions tives in which multiple municipalin revenue have forced many ities will combine their buying municipalities to consider merg- power to get better prices when ing courts or sharing court serv- they bid for certain commodities, ices to cut costs, Spokeswoman such as road salt and paving for the state’s Administrative materials, he said.

Office of the Courts Tamara “Whether or not a court Kendig said. shared-services would necessariBefore the merge, Chatham’s ly work for the city of New court only held morning ses- Brunswick, I don’t know,” Bray sions, which was an inconven- said. “Those four towns together ience to residents, Vaughan said. probably don’t equal the Madison’s court holds sessions population of New Brunswick in the evening, in an effort to nor the court volume of avoid more morning traffic. New Brunswick.”

Residents can call the court By combining the court staff directly to pay for tickets at no in smaller, rural communities, extra charge, instead of mailing there can be fewer employees in their payments to the state and the aggregate doing the same paying credit card fees. amount of work, Bray said.

“The final advantage to taxpay“You take 55,000 people in ers of Chatham is we save a hell New Brunswick and combine it of a lot off of what we pay in with 65,000 people in Franklin taxes,” he said.

Township, both of those municiThere are two types of courts, pal courts are probably working Vaughan said. While multiple very diligently,” Bray said. towns run a shared court together, Additionally, New Brunswick only one town runs a joint court. has reduced its municipal staff The governance of Madison’s by 10 percent, he said. Seventyjoint court is set up with two five positions have been elected officials from each of the eliminated through attrition, or four towns, he said. They will retirements. work together to decide how the “The city of New Brunswick court will be administered. does share ser vices when it “As a set up, it’s going to be makes sense,” Bray said. “But much like a shared court and we are of a significant size that ver y egalitarian, you might say,” common agreements in other Vaughan said. “I think Madison places aren’t necessarily agreewas ver y foresighted to do it ments that would work in New that way.”

Br unswick because we have Chatham and Chatham a much larger population Township previously shared to ser ve.”

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Prolific poet leaves behind house, serves as memory

BY RIDA AHMED CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Despite construction throughout New Brunswick, the house of poet and war hero Alfred Joyce Kilmer still stands, leaving University students and city residents with a window into the past.

Kilmer’s birthplace on Codwise Avenue, later renamed Kilmer Avenue, was originally a Dutch farmhouse built in 1780, with Greek revival additions dating from the 1830s, said George Dawson, the city historian.

“It is considered one of the oldest remaining structures in New Brunswick,” Dawson said.

Kilmer, who went to Rutgers Preparator y School before attending Rutgers College from 1904 to 1906, served as the associate editor of The Daily Targum, he said. A large part of his life from his birthplace to schooling was influenced by New Brunswick.

After Kilmer died in World War I in 1918 and was buried in France, his house was in the care of the US militar y as a meeting place until they sold it to the state of New Jersey and it became a historic site in 1969, he said. The city of New Brunswick acquired the property about two decades later.

“In 1994, it was turned over to the city of New Brunswick,” Dawson said. “Now, it is used for city offices on the condition that they maintain the upstairs room as a memorial to Joyce Kilmer.”

Dawson gives tours of the house on an appointment-only basis, but has an open house on Kilmer’s birthday on December 6 for anybody who might want to visit the poet’s childhood home.

James Masschaele, the chair of the University’s histor y department, said although

redevelopment in downtown New Brunswick has destroyed much of the city’s historical heritage, the Joyce Kilmer House still stands today.

“The Joyce Kilmer house is one of the few links to the city’s earlier history,” he said.

Masschaele, who also teaches medieval history, is grateful that the house still remains today because it gives students the chance to revisit a vital part of American history.

“Kilmer was both a successful poet and a war hero. Such a combination of talent is rare. Kilmer’s

death in trench warfare during World War I is a reminder of how awful that war was,” he said.

Masschaele said Kilmer is a link between local life and great events of history for residents in New Brunswick and the surrounding area.

The house consists of two floors, each of which serves a different purpose, Dawson said.

“Today, the ground floor of the building houses city dial-aride services [for mostly the elderly], but the second floor is preserved with writings and memorabilia of the poet,” he said.

The second floor is filled with collections of his works, his son’s books, his wife’s poetry books and some furniture, Dawson said.

“And there’s also a memorial scrapbook about him, which has been done by volunteers over the years,” he said.

Tom Glynn, a history librarian of British and American History, American Studies and the Histor y of Science at Alexander Librar y, said the house served as a local pride for New Brunswick residents.

“Local residents should be aware of how his internationally

popular work has fostered an appreciation of poetr y among ordinary people,” Glynn said.

Virginia Yans, a Board of Governors Distinguished Service University professor, said Kilmer left a legacy that goes beyond his poems and Purple Heart Medal.

“His devotion to family and his children are stories worth telling,” she said. “That we have a house in which he lived with his family and raised his children is wonderful. It is a treasure, a place that allows us to tell the story of how a poet and an ordinary man lived his life.”

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American poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer was born and raised in New Brunswick in the Joyce Kilmer House, named after him, located on 17 Joyce Kilmer Ave. The city now owns the house and provides tours to people who wish to see remnants of Kilmer’s life.

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“Gay and lesbian students have more freedom and they’re more open, it’ll make everybody else more open. First you come into a new room with new people and you don’t know how they’re going to feel about your sexuality. “

“It’s kind of modern because it’s 2011 and things are changing. It’s not segregated where you have to stay at all-girls dormitories or all-boys dormitories. We’re being more open to different things and I think that’s what our school is about.”

DIANA YANG ERNEST MARIO SCHOOL OF PHARMACY SOPHOMORE “I would advise against it if they were couples.

In case they ever did get into a fight, it would be blown out of proportion because they wouldn’t have their own places.”

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“Off campus I know a couple of people that do that.

I believe that you’re paying for your tuition and your housing, if both sides agree to it, then by all means.”

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Former Making the Band star Aubrey O’Day returns to reality TV, this time looking to make it in the music industr y as a solo artist. The series follows her journey as she strives to fulfill the second chance that she has been granted.

After Diddy fired O’Day from Danity Kane, fans thought they had seen the last of O’Day as a singer. The only way she has kept a name for herself is through scandalous behavior that has made the tabloids. But O’Day is no longer settling for being just a celebrity — she wants to be a true artist.

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Like any good reality series, the drama is never-ending. Between her battle with weight loss and added tension from others, previews predict the claws coming out between her two best friends who both think they know what is best for O’Day. Even through the tears, O’Day’s true colors continue to show. Fans are reminded of her fiery and fun personality, as well as her determination to make it big. The audience just can’t help but root for the success of underdog Aubrey O’Day.

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Food industr y competitions have been popping up all over network and cable television for the past few years. Home audiences have recently started to become food experts with the abundant success of cooking and baking shows. However, America’s Next Great Restaurant succeeds in bringing something fresh to the table.

America’s Next Great Restaurant aims to find the next billiondollar “fast casual” restaurant chain to join the ranks of Chipotle Mexican Grill. After a nationwide search, the people with the top 21 restaurant concepts were chosen to pitch their ideas in person to the four judges. The twist?

The judges are also the investors.

Host Bobby Flay along with Chipotle founder Steve Ells, chef Lorena Garcia and chef Curtis Stone, will guide the contestants

throughout the competition and ser ve as the investors for the eventual winner’s restaurants.

Those with the winning concept will open a chain of restaurants: one in Los Angeles, one in New York City and one in Minneapolis as soon as May 1.

The judges are harsh. Within the first episode they eliminate 10 contestants on the spot. As investors, they will be tough, which is extremely refreshing in a world where those tr ying to

“make it” by way of reality shows are often coddled by the judges and the challenges.

The contestants are likeable, relatable people. Their passion for their ideas is contagious, which really draws in the viewer. Whether it is the out-of-work automotive employee or the working lawyer, the contestants all have an evident drive to make their dream come true. As is the norm with similar shows, the series promises plenty of aggressive competition.

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Instead of tuning in to find out who will be the host of the next mid-afternoon weekend cooking show, the winner of the show will actually be creating a restaurant chain that will likely be of interest to the viewers. While an audience voting component would make the show even better, it is still a very entertaining hour of television.

Time will tell if the challenges will remain creative and if the judges will remain satisfyingly firm, but it’s definitely worth tuning into.

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Just when you thought reality shows were becoming pointless, ABC’s Secret Millionaire makes you think again. The reality show is based on the popular UK series of the same name and concept. Every week, one of America’s successful millionaires leaves the comfort of his own home to go undercover in some of the country’s poorest neighborhoods. The millionaires live in low-income homes as regular citizens of the area. Once disguised, they team up with charity workers to find those who have made an impact in the community.

These “secret millionaires” are not just searching for people who volunteer, but for people who go above and beyond. These are the people who continually sacrifice the little they have to help anyone in need as well as encourage others to follow their example.

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ith these simple words, Assemblywoman Pamela Lampitt, D-Camden, basically says it all, with respect to the issue of underage sexting: “Kids make mistakes.” Up to this point, juveniles in possession of nude photos via sexing have been tried as child pornographers. The problem with this is that it makes no distinction between the threats of real sex offenders and the relative innocuousness of teenagers in possession of naked pictures of other teenagers. There is a huge difference between a 16-year-old boy who receives dirty text messages from his 16-year-old girlfriend and a 37year-old man in possession of pictures of that same 16-year-old girl.

That’s why Lampitt’s bill is such a great idea.

The bill, which is currently waiting to go up before the Senate, passed the state assembly last week with a 78-0 approval. Instead of seeking prosecution for first-time underage offenders, the bill would make it so that these offenders would have to go through an educational program. The fact of the matter is that an educational program will serve these offenders — we even hesitate to call them offenders in the first place — much better than a jail sentence and registered sex offender status would. Teenagers who engage in the practice of sexing aren’t exactly doing anything perverse. In fact, they are doing exactly what teenagers generally do. As long as these messages stay private, there is very little harm. The real problem is when the messages are spread around to people they weren’t meant for. An educational course would help to alert teenagers to the possible dangers of sexting and encourage them to really think it through before they go ahead and send dirty text messages to anybody.

Without this sort of program, many teenagers end up being treated unfairly by the law. Some of them end up with their lives in shambles, and there’s truly no reason that should be the case — unless, of course, the “sext” messages in question were obtained coercively or spread around against the sender’s will. Child pornography laws are in place to protect minors, not unfairly make criminals out of them.

“Younger generations are ones filled with people more comfortable with their sexuality and that’s okay,” Lampitt said. We couldn’t agree more. It is time to adjust the laws to this up-and-coming generation’s practices. People engaging in sexting need to be educated about their actions, not thrown in jail.

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lot of people — especially University students — were pretty upset last fall when Four Loko was forced to change its original recipe. Perhaps Michael Mustica of Warren, N.J., was one of the few twenty-somethings who was happy to see it go. He is taking Phusion Projects, the makers of the drink, to court for what he claims are heart problems he developed after drinking Four Loko. We don’t quite buy Mustica’s claim that his heart arrhythmia is Four Loko’s fault. We are not going to speculate about whether Mustica sincerely believes that Four Loko should be held accountable for his infliction because there is really no way to reach a conclusion regarding that point. But we do want to say that we believe it would be unfair to pin this on Phusion Projects. Sure, Four Loko was dangerous — but all alcoholic beverages are. Blaming Four Loko for causing heart problems would be like blaming Camel cigarettes for lung cancer. As an adult in the United States, a person’s choice to use these legal products means that they must suffer the consequences. It is common knowledge that cigarettes and alcohol are bad for you.

Anyone who purchased Four Loko should have been aware of the ingredients in the beverage and the possible repercussions consuming it could have — especially someone like Mustica, who drank two and a half cans before he began suffering from heart problems.

Irresponsibility is no excuse.

Also, Mustica’s claims raise the question of whether his heart problems can really be directly traced back to drinking Four Loko. Can we be sure that Mustica is not mistaking correlation for causation in this case?

As far as we know, the doctor who diagnosed Mustica did not come to the conclusion that drinking Four Loko directly caused the arrhythmia.

It is understandable that Mustica would want to scapegoat Four Loko for causing harm to his body, but the fact of the matter is that it is his fault for choosing to abuse the drink in the first place. Honestly, could anyone believe that drinking two and a half cans of Four Loko wouldn’t result in some negative side effects? People have to remember that, when it comes to dangerous substances like alcohol, it is their responsibility to use them safely. It is not Phusion Project’s fault if people choose to drink Four Loko to excess, in much of the same way that it is not Burger King’s fault if people overeat their food and develop health problems.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “As they say in cricket, ‘catches win matches.’”

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“The killing of an infant and t the beginning of the slaughtering of people in the Jewish Sabbath, this way was never carried on March 11, out by any Palestinians for Palestinian terrorists national motives or entered the home of the revenge,” he said. If only Fogel family in the Israeli there were a morsel of truth city of Itamar. Moments AARON MARCUS to his statement. Not only is later they locked the door this claim false, but there and exited the house leaving was a very similar attack nine years ago in the tiny two parents and three of their children dead, in a city of Itamar, which has less than 1,200 residents. bath of their own blood. First, the terrorists A Palestinian gunman opened fire on another entered the bedroom of the father, Udi, who was house in Itamar in June 2002, killing five people, sleeping peacefully next to his three-month-old including a mother and three of her children. But daughter, Hadas. The terrorists stabbed Udi and this animalistic method of warfare has permeated then slit the throat of his baby girl. Then they conIsraeli communities for quite some time. fronted the mother, Ruth, as she exited the bathPalestinian gunmen murdered four Israelis driving room and stabbed her to death as she attempted to in a car in August 2010. One of the passengers was fight back. Seconds later, 11-year-old Yoav had his pregnant. Eight students were murdered — seven throat cut by the butchers and four-year-old Elad of them teenagers — in March 2008, by a was stabbed twice in the heart. Making this savage Palestinian gunman who entered the Mercaz scene worse was the 12-year-old daughter who Harav Yeshiva in Israel. A gunman entered the returned home to find her murdered siblings and Israeli Kibbutz Metzer in parents while her two-year-old November 2002, leaving five civilbrother cried by their side begging “It is common ians dead — including a mother and them to wake up.

What was the response to this in Palestinian schools her two boys.

Of course these are not the only horrific act of violence? As word to teach the joy terror attacks that have been carspread throughout Gaza that the ried out by Palestinian terrorists attack had taken place and was of killing against Israeli civilians. In order to successful, the town of Rafah erupted in joy. Men handed out Zionists and Jews.” address each attack, one would need hundreds of pages to write. candies and sweets and justified Yet the similarity between the the attack due to the establishment attacks mentioned and the recent murder of the of Israeli cities in the Samaria region of the West Fogel family has become an image too familiar for Bank. The Palestinian Authority’s initial statement civilized man. This is the primar y difference condemned all acts of violence directed at civilbetween Israeli and Palestinian actions in the conians, only to sarcastically add that violence proflict over the region. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is duces more violence in a subtle attempt to blame the militar y wing of Fatah, the “moderate” party Israel for the attack. The New York Times ran an in control of the West Bank. An attack by Al-Aqsa ar ticle titled “Suspecting Palestinians, Israeli is similar to an attack from any viable militar y in Militar y Hunts for Killers of 5 West Bank the sense that the government sanctions the Settlers.” This dehumanizes the victims of the attack. When Israel carries out an attack, it is attack to mere “settlers,” espousing support from never aimed at civilians, but always at terror cells. those who believe settlers are inherently violent This leads me to ask — how can there ever be and evil. Israel wasn’t just suspecting that peace between a civilized democratic government Palestinians carried out this atrocious attack. in Israel and governments in Ramallah and Gaza Rather, a spokesperson for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs that instigate violence against innocent men, Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack. The women and children? rest of the world media remained unequivocally Condemnation of the attacks by Palestinian silent until Israel released a statement that 500 President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister new homes would be built in Samaria.

Salam Fayyad fall on deaf ears because it is common Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Riad al-Malki questioned SEE MARCUS ON PAGE 15 whether Palestinians had fulfilled the attack at all.

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MARCUS continued from page 14 in Palestinian schools to teach the joy of killing Zionists and Jews. If violence begets violence, then peace must beget peace. After the Oslo Agreement in 1993, the Israeli government institutionalized “Peace Education,” which encourages acceptance of Arabs, deploring discrimination and promoting peaceful relations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Yet, the Palestinian Authority, along with Hamas, is relentless in their attempt to treat all Israelis as villains. They allow for children’s television to promote violence and martyrdom, and have recently swayed the United Nations Relief and Work Agency from instituting Holocaust education in Palestinian school curricula.

The irony and tragedy of what has become the IsraeliPalestinian conflict came on March 13, two days after the

attack. As 20,000 Israelis attended the funeral of the Fogel family, a different type of ceremony was underway nine miles away in the Palestinian city of Al-Bireh. It was a celebration of the Palestinian terrorist Dalal Mughrabi at a public square named in her honor. Mughrabi was responsible for a terror attack 33 years earlier that killed 37 innocent Israelis, 13 of them children.

As I sit contemplating in tears how any human could butcher young children in their sleep, I wonder, will I ever — god forbid — get the phone call that it has been my brother, my cousins, my friends or their children that have been murdered in their sleep? Will Israel live in perpetual conflict or will peace one day beget peace? The ball is in the Palestinian court.

Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and history.

His column, “Marcus My Words,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Support ‘World Water Day’ Letter KAITLIN D’AGOSTINO

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ottled water: a trend that began a decade ago and that, a decade later, we cannot seem to live without. Is it the convenience of water on the go? The allure of “purified spring water?” The picturesque mountains on the label that make you want to buy the bottle of water? Whatever the appeal of bottled water that brought the product to great popularity, here are the real facts.

A lot of people say that bottled water tastes better. But did you know that more than half of bottled water comes from municipal water sources — a.k.a. public water that you already pay for in your taxes?

This is a fact discretely hidden by the multinational bottled

water corporations, a small detail that makes a big difference.

Because, why would you ever want to pay even more for the water that you technically already paid for? You should not.

Also, to produce one bottle of water, it takes three amounts of bottled water to do so. While water is a renewable resource, it is certainly not to be frivolously wasted. One glass of water should only take one glass of water to make. With all that extra water wasted — that could be used toward something else in the environment — our world is becoming increasingly more wasteful. Not to mention that the making of bottled water takes 17 billion gallons of oil a year.

Most impor tantly, water should be free. It is a basic resource necessar y to all human beings and should be available to ever yone. If we start

bottling up water and selling for a profit, we might as well start bottling up air for people to breathe. It is a resource that should be valued for its versatility and vitality but certainly not privatized by industr y.

If you agree with this letter and want to help today, Take Back the Tap will be hosting World Water Day, started in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly. All that we ask is that for one day, you give up bottled water and instead, give your money to the recent disaster in Japan — a most worthy cause.

One step at a time, we, as a University, can move forward to a better, more environmentally friendly future.

Kaitlin D’Agostino is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring environmental sciences and Arabic.

Students must develop smart spending habits Letter MICHAEL PENA

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decided after my sophomore year to commute to the University after sitting down and taking a look at my term bill. By doing so, I cut of f roughly $5,500 from my loans.

I keep account of my budget and do many things to save up money, including driving to school only when needed and bringing meals from home. As I sit at the Douglass Campus Center, eating my turkey sandwich, I realize I’m one of the few who are watching what they spend, and in the

times we live in, that is not acceptable.

A study by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2009 showed that college students spent 40 percent of their money on discretionar y things.

These things are items such as the newest phones, music and other things college students don’t really need. Seeing that this study was done during our recession, I shudder to think what the statistics are now.

Ever y time I go to the Douglass Café to eat my meal, I watch the same students each day spending their money, talking about the new phone they want to get or their trip to

Europe in the summer. Does anyone in college realize we’re still in a recession and things

“I realize I’m one of the few who are watching what they spend, and ... that is not acceptable.” have not improved? I remember the days when our dollar was worth so much more than our Canadian counterparts and now

they are on the road to faring better than us in the future. The dollar is in trouble and it is not a good sign for our economy.

College students are living in a bubble and need to realize that money cannot be spent so carelessly. Food prices and basic commodities needed for living are rising up each year at an alarming rate which screams inflation, and yet I still see reckless spending each day I’m at the University by the people who will be hit most once they graduate.

Students need to come to terms with their bad spending habits. They need to look at the specifics of their loans and plan

a way to pay them back. They should also begin looking into how to build their credit because the sooner you do that the better for when your credit histor y is needed.

Being in college is a time for fun but it is also a time to grow up. Students need to realize that after college there are going to be bills that cannot be avoided. If you don’t like how much you got in your bank account, then it is time to put your wallet away.

Michael Pena is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with a minor in Spanish.

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mericans are saturated with information about how to live a healthy lifestyle, but continue to engage in unhealthy habits anyway. There is obvious evidence that the countr y is progressively becoming more obese. Not only is this leading to more health issues, but it is also leading to astronomical economic losses from medical costs.

Some people think there is nothing wrong with the way they live because they cannot foresee the consequences of their life choices. Eating a healthy diet and exercising regularly is essential for

ever yone. A balanced life can reduce the risk of getting a number of dif ferent diseases and can prevent bone loss. A lot of people do not care enough or do not have the motivation to work hard and stay healthy.

The fact is that the unhealthier a person’s lifestyle becomes, the more relatively inefficient they become at per forming daily tasks. Being obese does not just mean being heavier — it creates increased laziness and a lack of the physical ability to do anything. As a person becomes more and more physically incapable at a younger age, they are going to have an extremely hard time staying active in their later years.

This can even be detrimental to a person’s career. The United States has the highest percent-

age of obese people, and I see it as a weakness for our countr y. It is embarrassing to say that my countr y has the most people that don’t care enough to take

“A balanced life can reduce the risk of getting a number of different diseases and can prevent bone loss.” care of themselves. The rates are still increasing and something needs to be done.

People say that part of the problem is that advances in technology make it easier for

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humans to accomplish their daily tasks. Therefore, humans are a lot less active. This is true, but it has also never been more convenient to attend a quality fitness facility at an affordable cost. It is also true that there are minimal healthy food options available when you are in a hurr y to get somewhere. Most Americans depend on fast food as a major part of their diets. This problem can easily be fixed if people were to plan their meals. A lot of people do not realize they need to eat until they start to feel hungr y, which leaves them no choice but to grab something fast and cheap. The excessive consumption of these poor quality and nutrient-deficient foods is a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.

If people were to just place a little more impor tance on healthy habits, they would find themselves feeling a lot better.

The facts about nutrition and exercise are clear, but taking this information seriously seems to be an issue for our countr y. The health trend needs to start kicking in so that people catch on and eventually draw in more and more people. Obesity has become the majority or norm in the United States. If more people start to counteract that by living healthier lives, then obese people may begin to feel the need to follow along.

Gregory Bruzzone is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in exercise science and sport studies with a minor in nutrition.

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Today's Birthday (03/22/11). Money wants to play an important role in the movie of your life. Are you going to make a big, expensive blockbuster production or an independent film true to your passion? Trust your instinct. The money will follow. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — You're inspired, Today is an 8 — Shifting and business flows well today. Take finances up the ante of the one step at a time, as the next few game. Weigh the risks and benedays could bring challenges. You'll fits of each decision, and choose want to be well rested. after careful consideration. Go Taurus (April 20-May 20) — with your heart.

Today is a 7 — You have a gift Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — for words today, and your distant Today is a 7 — You're discoverfriends want to hear from you. ing something new about yourThere's some change going on, self. While you may have strong and your shrewd deductions sup- opinions, judgments or emotions port the new direction. about that, this self-knowledge Gemini (May 21-June 21) — increases your business ability.

Today is an 8 — Use your Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — astute business ability to manToday is a 6 — Something hidage career and work changes, den becomes revealed. This may which seem abundant. Naviprovoke surprise or strong emogate strong emotion to discovtion. Long repressed, it's smaller er hidden opportunity. and easier to deal with in the Cancer (June 22-July 22) — light of day.

Today is a 6 — Social changes Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — around you provide obstacles to Today is an 8 — An old dream skip around. Use your abilities to may get new life today. Work with navigate any tricky terrain, and let your team, for best results. Explore any emotions out for freedom. uncharted territory to discover Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — treasure hidden in plain sight.

Today is an 8 — Something is Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — revealed that has you question Today is a 9 — Your business long-assumed truths. While sense is on fire. Just be careful not this may shock or surprise to burn any bridges on the way to you, you have the business the tallest tower. You never know acumen to take advantage of when you need an escape route. the new opportunity.

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TRIP: Knights struggle to score in six losses on road continued from back junior righthander Nathaniel Roe, who took a loss in the closing game against ECU. “But at the end of the day, that’s why they call it baseball. We just got to come back strong.”

In the six Rutgers (7-11) losses last week, the team averaged just 1.5 runs per contest and continued to struggle from the plate.

East Carolina gave head coach Fred Hill’s lineup the most trouble during the week, holding Rutgers to five runs in four games played.

The Pirates also defeated Rutgers, 5-0, in its second game at the Keith LeClair Classic a week prior to the sweep, following a 5-2 loss last Friday to Liberty to kick off the Knights’ road action.

Intrastate foe Monmouth made it three losses in a row in hear tbreaking fashion for the Knights in their final game of the LeClair Classic, as the Hawks broke a 2-2 tie with a r un in the ninth to ear n a 3-2 victor y.

But the Knights turned it around when they paid a visit to Old Dominion in the middle of last week for a two-game set, and senior right fielder Michael Lang was a catalyst.

Lang hit 4-for-4 in the series opener and recorded three RBI and a home run to complete a 14-hit team performance in the 7-3 victor y.

Lang added another four hits the ver y next day, as senior third baseman D.J. Anderson and junior first baseman Russ Hopkins — who batted four th and fifth, respectively — also tacked on four hits each en route to a season-high 14 runs.

Lang, who walked on his freshman year for coach Hill after playing at St. Peter’s Prep (N.J.), now leads the team with a .356 batting average — the lone batter with an average above the .300 mark.

“I feel really comfortable [at the plate],” Lang said. “I’m seeing the ball well and fortunately I’m getting good pitches to hit and fortunately they’re falling in for hits.”

But in the team’s other six games, production was hard to come by, and the defense was not up to par, either.

The Knights committed at least one error in every game over break, excluding the squad’s series-clinching 14-8 win over Old Dominion.

Pitching and defense are the two most essential components of Hill’s winning formula, but the defense played uncharacteristically sloppy for the greater part of the road trip, capped by two errors in the final loss on Sunday to ECU. “It’s definitely tough to deal with, especially when you’re trying to make a good pitch,” Roe said of the Knights’ 11 errors in eight games. “It’s frustrating, but at the same time you’ve got to get over it. You’ve got to make the next pitch and face the next hitter.”

With the tough week behind them, the Knights aim to get back to their winning ways Wednesday, when they take on Fairleigh Dickinson prior to a huge series against Louisville, which could say a lot about where the team stands in the Big East.

“The best we can do is just get back to practice,” Roe said.

“Once [today] comes, keep ever ybody focused and keep ever yone’s eye on the prize because not only is it a big series opener, but a series home opener [against Louisville] and it kind of sets the tone for the rest of the conference.”

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CAREER: Betz competes in one-meter, three-meter dives continued from back “All of the best swimmers and divers in the country are there, so it was by far the most competitive meet I’ve ever been to,” Betz said. “It’s a huge meet, but a very high energy and exciting meet to experience.

Betz placed 31st in the threemeter with a score of 266.25 and 34th in the one-meter with 236.30.

The scores may not be what she hoped for, but no diver ending her career with an NCAA Championship appearance is going to complain.

“It has been such a long season and one that I never imagined would have ended up the way it did,” Betz said. “I think it will take me a while to realize that it’s all over, but I couldn’t have JEN hoped for a better way to end my career.”

The pressure of the NCAA Championships was daunting even for a veteran captain and leader like Betz, but it was something she had worked toward all her life.

With emotions running high, Betz did her best to maintain the signature composure that put her in the Championships in the first place.

“I was definitely a little ner vous,” Betz said. “There is no way to not be ner vous in a meet like this. But I did my best to not let it over whelm me and stay focused on just doing my dives. It was an honor for me to be there and represent

our team, so I just tried to take in ever ything and enjoy being there.”

Betz dominated on the boards throughout the season, especially in the three-meter dive, and made it to the Big East Championships with relative ease. She took bronze in the three-meter with a score of 316.40 and qualified for the NCAA Zone A Diving Championships in Annapolis, Md. Betz faced of f against some of the toughest competition in the region at the Zone Championships, but was still improved upon her scores.

She previously qualified for the zone meet during her sophomore year in the one-meter dive and placed 17th. This time, Betz took second place in the three-meter with a total score of 565.25 and third in the one-meter with 495.35 — a combined BETZ score of 12 dives.

“I had a really consistent meet,” Betz said. “All 12 dives were pretty consistent.

Some were just OK, but some of them I hit really well. To come back and get second this year was amazing. I was shocked but so excited.”

Betz’s strong scores at the Zone Championships were enough for her to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships in Austin.

“After the last diver went on three meter, I looked at the results and realized I had made it to NCAAs,” Betz said. “I didn’t know what to think — it was hard to believe. But I just felt so excited.”

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Senior captain Jen Betz ended her Rutgers career with an appearance at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas, where she placed 31st in the three-meter dive and 34th in the one-meter.

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Junior forward Jae Crowder (32) scored 16 points off the bench to help Marquette advance past Syracuse to the Sweet Sixteen.

UConn, Marquette survive for Big East

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Only two Big East teams remain in the NCAA Tournament after the MEN’S BASKETBALL f i r s t t h r e e rounds.

One — MID-WEEK REPORT No. 3s e e d Connecticut — played its way into the Sweet 16 on the heels of a strong showing at the Big East Tournament, where the Huskies won five games in as many days.

Another — No. 11-seed Marquette — barely made the Tournament after finishing the regular season at 19-14 and winning a pair of games at the Big East Tournament.

The Golden Eagles upset Big East foe and No. 3-seed Syracuse in the East Region’s third round Sunday, when the Orange’s Scoop Jardine purposely missed a free throw in the waning moments and Marquette drained out the clock.

UConn phenom Kemba Walker outlasted Big East opponent and No. 6-seed Cincinnati in Washington, D.C., on Saturday for the Huskies’ seventh consecutive win, dating back to Day 1 at Madison Square Garden.

The Big East earned an alltime-high 11 berths for the NCAA Tournament, but four programs lost in the first round and another five fell in Round 2, including No. 1-seed Pittsburgh and No. 2-seed Notre Dame.

Marquette takes on North Carolina, a No. 2 seed, at the Prudential Center in Newark in the Sweet 16, while UConn matches wits against San Diego State in Anaheim, Calif., in the West Region semifinals.

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to No. 10 seed Florida State on Sunday in Chicago, which lies less than 200 miles from South Bend, Ind. Although they boast the conference’s Player of the Year in senior guard Ben Hansbrough and three-time Big East Coach of the Year Mike Brey, the Irish could not outlast a Seminoles team that earned a win over Texas A&M in the second round.

Florida State’s win ensured that five teams that are an eightseed or higher advanced to the Sweet 16, including two other teams in the Seminoles’ Southwest Region.

Notre Dame finished the regular season No. 2 in the Big East and lost to Louisville in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament.

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No. 8-seed Butler in Washington, D.C., on Saturday dropped head coach Jamie Dixon to 11-8 in the NCAA Tournament and ensured the Panthers would be the first No. 1 seed eliminated.

Senior for ward Nasir Robinson fouled Butler senior Matt Howard on a rebound with less than 1.5 seconds remaining in the Southeast Region matchup, sending Howard to the free throw line with the game tied.

Pittsburgh wing Gilbert Brown missed the free throw that led to Howard’s board, which would have given Pitt a one-point lead in the waning moments.

But Howard made one of two free throws and the Panthers left the Verizon Center with yet another abrupt exit from the NCAA Tournament after winning the Big East’s regular season title.

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BATTLE: Sykes targets improvement against Aggies continued from back At the Maggie Dixon Classic, Rutgers had no answer for Adams, who scored 24 points and pulled in 12 boards. In Texas A&M’s 87-47 win over McNeese State on Sunday in the first round, she scored 18 points in just 28 minutes.

“Most people, you’re just worried about having to defend them on the inside,” said junior forward Chelsey Lee, who is likely tasked with defending Adams. “But she can step out and hit the shot. She’s basically a guard that can go in and out.”

For the Knights to keep pace with a well-balanced Texas A&M offense, they need another strong performance out of junior April Sykes, who scored 22 on Sunday in a rout of Louisiana Tech.

Sykes admits an abysmal performance, shooting 4-of-13 from the floor and committing five

turnovers, last time out against the Aggies.

But Sykes, like the Knights, is different in March.

“I’ve decided that [Sykes] is that go-to player, so she has the green light,” Stringer said. “I

“It’s going to be a defensive ballgame, folks. So wear your tennis shoes and there’s going to be blood flowing.”

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don’t give that to her, or anyone else, just because she’s a junior or because she can shoot. I’ve given her that role because I know she can accept it in a mature way.”

Sophomore forward Monique Oliver represents the other key

NEIL P. KYPERS

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer believes her team needs to control the tempo tonight against speedy Texas A&M.

COACH QUOTABLE Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer and Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair met with the media yesterday to discuss tonight’s nationally televised NCAA Tournament second-round matchup.

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“It’s like throwing kerosene on a fire. The faster you go, the better Texas A&M likes it and they just take you completely out of control.”

“As [Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma] said once, ‘It’s like playing a football game [against us].’ You just have to grind it out. But we don’t care as long as we take care of things at the end.”

“I don’t think we really found ourselves until about two weeks ago. We’d been lost in the wilderness for a long time. I think we had an epiphany if you will. And that epiphany probably came when we were playing Notre Dame. There was like 10 minutes to go in the game and we look up and we’re like, ‘Dang, we’re tied with them and they’re one of the top-10 teams in the country. I guess we can play a little bit.’”

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“Supposedly we’ve been the dominant conference in the last five to six years in women’s basketball. The Big East is knocking on that door right now and today they have a leg over us because they’ve got Connecticut with two national championships and a 9-0 first round. But remember, the Big East men were supposed to have that, too. Charles Barkley pointed out that it wasn’t going to happen and Charles Barkley was right.” “[This region] is the Big East vs. the Big 12. West Virginia will play Baylor and Rutgers will play ourselves. That’s what we see every day and that’s why we look so tired in March. It’s because of what we’ve gone through in January and February.”

player for Rutgers tonight at the CenturyTel Center.

Oliver, who did not start against Louisiana Tech, played poorly against the Lady Techsters. She scored eight points off the bench but also fouled out after just 22 minutes on the court.

Oliver is a crucial component in defending Adams, Stringer said.

“We need her to be aggressive and to block out,” Stringer said.

“She’s getting rebounds, but she’s getting rebounds against smaller people, and Danielle [Adams] really just moves people around. I need her to be tougher.”

After a grueling Big East schedule for the Knights and six wins in their last seven games, neither squad expects a 29-point blowout this time.

“This is a toss-up game,” Blair said. “This will be the best game on TV. It’s going to be a defensive ballgame, folks. So wear your tennis shoes and there’s going to be blood flowing out there. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

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Junior Chelsey Lee has to defend Aggies star Danielle Adams, who is an undersized, athletic center in the second round.

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Senior outfielder Mickenzie Alden had a productive 11-game trip to Florida, where she raised her average by 50 points.

Florida trip turns south with six straight losses

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

Any momentum the Rutgers softball team had entering Spring Break perished in Clearwater, Fla., where the Scarlet Knights lost six SOFTBALL consecu t i v e 10 OKLAHOMA ST. games.

2 RUTGERS The Knights (10-15) were as many as two games over .500 during the 11game stand in Florida last weekend before things fell apart.

“I don’t really know yet what the difference [between tournaments] was,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “The competition was similar. We just ran into a little slump and we need to practice well to dig out of it.”

The Knights dropped consecutive games to Long Island, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Florida Atlantic, Kent State, North Florida and Oklahoma State by a combined score of 54-26.

Pitchers Abbey Houston, Noelle Sisco and Megan Williams struggled across the board in Clearwater, giving up nine runs per game after averaging just 4.3 runs through the first 19 games of the season.

“Our pitching was not as fine,” Nelson said. “I think they may be a little tired from being on the road for so long. It’s something we’re going to have to fix. Our pitchers need to hit their spots better.”

The offense, though inconsistent in the latter stages of Spring Break, continued to put up significant numbers in comparison to the mere 3.5 runs per game it averaged last year.

Senior left fielder Mickenzie Alden upped her batting average by 50 points through the 10 games and the heart of the order continued its hot start to the season.

“We’re definitely hitting better,” Alden said. “That comes with experience. People feel more comfortable and relaxed and we are all counting on each other to hit well.

It’s definitely an improvement from last season on offense.”

Juniors Mikelyn Messina and Brittney Lindley are both hitting more than .400 with a combined 10 home runs and 43 RBI. Senior first baseman Mandy Craig is not far behind with her .370 average and three long balls.

But Spring Break did not start off poorly for the Knights.

Arriving in Boca Raton, Fla., at .500, the Knights won three of their five games. At one point they held a 10-8 record, which marked the strongest star t for Rutgers softball in more than a decade.

“Overall, I’m pleased with the improvement we’ve made as a team,” Nelson said after the tournament in Boca Raton.

“Last year, we got blown out occasionally. This year, we’re in ever y game and putting things together.”

The Knights won games against Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Middle Tennessee State.

Their losses to Purdue and Michigan State came by a combined score of three runs.

But the highlight of the trip came in the time off between games, when the entire team made a trip to see the Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals play.

Rutgers was on the field during the Cardinals’ batting practice, met both teams and talked shop with a former MVP. “Our hitters definitely could give some pointers to Alber t Pujols,” joked freshman pitcher Megan Williams. “Getting to be on the field and watch those teams close up was such an awesome experience.

I’m going to remember that for a long time.”

Rutgers has a double-header at Army scheduled for tomorrow before the team finally has a home game on the schedule. The Knights kick off Big East play at the RU Softball Complex on Saturday, hosting Syracuse for a three-game series.

“Practice is what we really need,” Nelson said. “It’s so many small things that we can address in practices. It will be nice to get in a few on our home field finally.”

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The Rutgers wrestling team capped a dominant dual-meet season with disappointing individual results at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.

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Last-second goal gives Rutgers win in Big East opener

BY JOSH BAKAN STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team became familiar with close games during non-conference p l a y, WOMEN’S LACROSSE w h e n 10 t h e RUTGERS Scarlet CONNECTICUT 9 Knights won two of their three one-point matchups.

It seemed only fitting the Knights start Big East play with another onepoint win, and they Connecticut, 109, on Saturday in Storrs, Conn.

The Knights (6-2, 1-0) had possession with 45 seconds remaining in the game following a foul on UConn with the game tied, 9-9.

With only six seconds remaining, junior midfielder Ali Steinberg scored her third goal of the day to put the Knights ahead and earn the victory.

Rutgers attempted the same play twice to get an open shot for Steinberg.

Senior midfielder Marlena Welsh took a dodge to the cage and drew a double-team from the Huskies.

Steinberg was not open on her first attempt, but found a clearing on Welsh’s second try and put the ball in the back of the net to clinch another close win for the Knights.

“It’s definitely stressful but I think that we handle the pressure well,” Welsh said. “I think we’re usually able to get that game-winning goal. It’s not always good that we have to come down to that, but a win’s a win and if we can come out on top, that’s all that matters.”

The Huskies made a late push to tie the game for the first time in

the period with 3:20 remaining after scoring consecutive goals in three minutes.

The Huskies outscored the Knights, 6-4, in the second half.

Part of UConn’s success had to do with its 12-6 advantage in groundball pickups.

“They’re a very scrappy team,” Welsh said. “They have some fast players. Groundballs are an important part of the game, but we didn’t capitalize when the ball hit the ground.”

The first half ended with a 63 Rutgers lead, as the Knights scored the final four goals of the period, including two of junior attack Lindsay Watts’ three tallies.

The game against UConn started a new chapter in the Knights’ season, when Big East matchups dominate most of their remaining schedule.

“We look at this as a separate season because the Big East is our chance to get into postseason play,” Welsh said. “When we were getting down [against UConn], we were like, ‘Come on guys, this is a Big East game.’”

Even though Rutgers has a 122 record all-time against the Huskies, the importance of a conference matchup may have motivated UConn, as well, Welsh said. “[Conference play] makes those teams play harder, like UConn — they stepped it up because it was a Big East game,” she said.

Close wins like Rutgers’ against UConn have not been unusual for the Knights, but the mentality is different now that conference play is underway.

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Junior midfielder Ali Steinberg’s third goal of the season came at the perfect time on Saturday, when she found the back of the net with six seconds remaining to break a tie and win the game.

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Freshman Luisa Leal-Restrepo, left, and sophomore Jenna Zito are two of three Scarlet Knights who extended their season by qualifying for the NCAA Regionals.

Both will participate in the all-around competition after averaging a score of 38.68 and 38.228 this season, respectively.

Knights turn in record performance at EAGLs

BY JOSH GLATT CORRESPONDENT

Following a regular season that saw the Rutgers gymnastics team break several school records, GYMNASTICS includRUTGERS 193.625 ing the season FIFTH PLACE w i n s total, the Scarlet Knights decided to add one more record to the list.

At the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championships, the Knights finished with their highest score ever at the Tournament.

The Knights finished fifth overall in a field of eight with a

score of 193.625, besting the previous school record of 192.600 and sixth place. Head coach Chr ystal Chollet-Norton was proud of her team’s performance in the last EAGL Championships of her lengthy Rutgers career.

“It was outstanding. It was truly a team effort,” CholletNorton said. “We nailed the floor routines and everyone had great vaults. Nicole Romano had the most beautiful floor routine of her life. We had a few mistakes here and there, but we all did a great job. We didn’t count a fall at all on any event.”

While fifth place out of eight might not seem terribly impressive based on the level of competition, the Philadelphia Phillies signed second baseman Luis Castillo.

Castillo received his walking papers from the New York Mets, which ate the remaining $6 million on his contract. Castillo is essentially trying out for the Phillies, who only have to pay him if he makes the Opening Day roster.

Utley is battling patellar tendonitis and is not expected to be ready for Opening Day, according to Sporting News.

Word on the Street TENNESSEE

DISMISSED

men’s basketball head coach Bruce Pearl yesterday after the Volunteers lost to Michigan in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The NCAA charged Pearl with unethical conduct for misleading NCAA investigators, and Tennessee is set to appear in June before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions.

Pearl led the Volunteers to six straight NCAA Tournament appearances and their first ever No. 1 ranking in 2008.

Pearl is not the only Volunteer who the NCAA investigated, as the NCAA charged the Tennessee men’s basketball and football teams with 12 violations.

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Utley’s knee problem, yesterday

THE NEW YORK METS released lefthander Oliver Perez.

The Mets owe Perez $12 million for the final year of his contract. Perez went 3-9 with a 6.81 ERA last year in 31 appearances, including 21 starts.

The 29-year-old’s contract is the second-highest contract eaten in Mets history, next to the $29.8 million owed to former Met Bobby Bonilla.

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selecting a jury began yesterday for the criminal case of USA vs.

Barry Bonds.

The all-time home run leader faces charges of lying to a grand jury when he denied knowingly using performanceenhancing drugs.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston excused a juror because of allegiance to the San Francisco Giants.

the Knights were not only satisfied with their performance, but they exceeded their own expectations.

“We knew we were going to beat George Washington and Pittsburgh, but we had no idea we would beat NC State and we were only about one-tenth behind West Virginia,” Chollet-Norton said.

Chollet-Norton talked all year about how she recognized how much better her team became this year compared to the past. At the EAGLs, it was her opposing coaches that took notice of her team’s talent.

“NC State was following us and their coach [Mark Stevenson] was really funny,” Chollet-Norton said. “He kept talking about how we were a com-

pletely different team. He noticed how much we have improved.”

The Knights’ score at the EAGL Championships was even more impressive considering their season-closing performance at Towson. The Knights finished second with a score of 190.350 at Towson — significantly lower than what they regularly achieved.

While Chollet-Norton acknowledged that a flat performance late in the season is typical for a gymnastics team, she did not want to use it as an excuse.

“The girls came off of two great meets and some of the girls were tired,” Chollet-Norton said. “[Freshman] Luisa [RealRestrepo] had to be pulled

because she pinched a nerve, but we just didn’t do it that day.”

While the meet was a disappointing end to a strong season, Chollet-Norton was more proud of the fact that her team was able to rebound at the EAGLs after ending the season on a sour note.

“We walked into EAGLs and showed everyone who we are,” Chollet-Norton said. “I was really proud of all the girls.”

While the team’s season is over, several Knights will attend NCAA Regionals to compete as individuals. Sophomore Jenna Zito and Leal-Restrepo will compete in all-around, while sophomore Danielle D’Elia qualified in floor exercises.

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Coaches expect defensive battle after Aggie rout

BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

BOSSIER CITY, La. — Texas A&M head coach Gary Blair suggests that everyone bet the under tonight against Rutgers women’s basketball WOMEN’S BASKETBALL team in the second round of the NCAA RUTGERS AT Tournament.

TEXAS A&M, It is going to TONIGHT, 9:30 P.M. get ugly.

“I wouldn’t bet the over in this game,” Blair said. “There will be defense being played and hopefully the of ficials will be able to award good defense.”

After the 79-50 drubbing the Aggies gave the Scarlet Knights three months ago, that is probably a good thing for the Knights.

“I hope that it’s like that,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

Instead of star player versus star player or shot versus shot, tonight’s key matchup — in Stringer’s eyes — is the best man-to-man defense in the country against her patented full-court press.

“They have a great defense and we do as well,” junior guard Khadijah Rushdan said. “We pride ourselves on defense, so you have two teams that really get after it defensively.”

Texas A&M boasts a legitimate player of the year candidate in center Danielle Adams. The 6-foot-1 Adams does not have the size of a typical center, but does not play like one, either.

Despite her bulky frame, Adams frequently runs the floor for the Aggies and has a smooth jumper to go along with power and finesse inside. She averages 22.7 points per game this season and 8.6 boards, but is most dangerous because of her ability to hit from longer range.

Adams, a lock for All-American status, makes about a 3-pointer a game and has an 83 percent clip from the free-throw line, where she has twice as many attempts as any other member of the team.

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Texas A&M senior center Danielle Adams (23) is a lock for All-American and Player of the Year contender after averaging 22.7 points and 8.6 rebounds per game this season for the Aggies. She scored 24 points with 12 rebounds in December against Rutgers.

Losing streaks sour trips to NC, Virginia

NCAAs cap career for senior diver

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

BY MATT CANVISSER

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

STAFF WRITER

At the beginning of the Rutgers swimming and diving team’s season, senior captain Jen Betz just DIVING wanted to have a good year and to do well at the Big East Championships.

There was no talk of the NCAA Championships — it was not even a thought in the back of her mind. But sometimes a good year can turn into a dream season for a diver.

“Jen’s success this year was a huge step for the program,” said head coach Phil Spiniello. “It meant a lot to me and all of our swimmers, divers and coaches.”

Any spring break plans that Betz had were cancelled as she traveled to Austin, Texas, for her events last Thursday and Friday. Betz did not have experience at such an elite level, even as the swimming and diving team’s lone senior.

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Senior outfielder Michael Lang hit .382 on the Scarlet Knights’ eight game road trip through North Carolina and Virginia while driving in four runs and scoring six.

Spring Break is a time most college students do not want to end. But the Rutgers baseball team is just glad that break is finally over.

The Scarlet BASEBALL Knights completRUTGERS 0 ed their eightgame road trip EAST CAROLINA 6 Sunday with a 6-0 loss to East Carolina. The Pirates swept Rutgers with the defeat, giving the Knights their second three-game losing streak of the break.

After entering their final stretch before Big East play at .500, the Knights now find themselves licking their wounds as they head back to the Banks for an eightgame homestand — one that includes six conference matchups.

“It’s very frustrating, especially when we didn’t do what we came here to do,” said

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