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CBS producer visits campus to talk news

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Rick Kaplan, executive producer of CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, disclosed his personal experiences of working with multiple television outlets during his Wednesday night question and answer session. The event, held at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus, provided a platform for University students to network and learn from Kaplan, said Benjamin Davis, a professor in the journalism and media studies department. Topics of the night included recent developments in the Middle East and the direction of the news industry in the upcoming years. In the past, networks would hang onto news until 6:30 p.m. and would display it across the three networks for the 6:30 p.m. news. But now the news network is much faster paced, Kaplan said. “So until [the news anchors] would announce ‘Good evening, here is the news,’ you did not know it,” he said. “Today, when the news is presented, you’ve already seen it — it’s been on CNN, it’s been

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and an end point, and the app will tell you what bus to take.” Sherman said phone applications dealing with the University were lacking and as a result, he and School of Engineering seniors David Buchman, Joe Morreale, Dan Carew and Ryan Hennessy created the application for their software engineering capstone senior design project. “There are only six applications for Rutgers in the iPhone app store and one of

Although some students expect to see an increase in their tuition for next school year — what they may not be expecting is an increase to a cost of their University-provided health insurance. The new federal health care legislation, coupled with a N.J. state law that requires full-time students at colleges or universities have health insurance to cover basic hospitalization, will increase the cost of the minimum coverage provided by the University. “Effective this coming year, we are going to have a hard waiver program that has a minimum limit of $100,000,” said James Breeding, director of Risk Management and Insurance at the University. This will be an increase of between $600 and $800 from the mandatory coverage provided currently with a limit of $5,000 at about $170 per student, which anyone without insurance must pay, Breeding said. “If [students] don’t have health insurance, they will have to buy into this program, but the cost they are getting it at is very competitive,” he said. If students do have insurance, they will be able to avoid paying for the coverage through the hard waiver program, which allows students to opt out of the coverage if they can provide proof of insurance through another means, Breeding said. This is a change from the former policy of a mandatory fee on students’ term bills for what the University considered necessary coverage, he said. Breeding said on average about 39 percent of the approximate 100,000 students in the state colleges had to buy into coverage,

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Rick Kaplan, CBS Evening News executive producer, shares his 35 years of experience with students last night in the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

U. utilizes new media to reach students BY TABISH TALIB CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Various University departments are trying to communicate with students on popular forms of technology by creating smart phone applications and using social media websites like Twitter. An electrical and computer engineering senior project team created “RULost,” an iPhone application that provides University students with information and data about the University, project leader Kyle Sherman said.

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“The app brings everything together — Nextbus, dining hall menus, links for lots of the University departments and all the services within My Rutgers,” said Sherman, a School of Engineering junior. The application has five main features — links for the various departments, dining hall menus, numbers and contacts for University resources, a link to The Daily Targum mobile website and the Nextbus application, Sherman said. “For the Nextbus part of the application, we took away the hassle of picking a route and a direction,” he said. “You just pick a start point

Dancers warm up for 32-hour charity event

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METRO A Highland Park business this weekend will host a three-day festival for Earth Day.

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OPINIONS The University’s new commencement ceremony stirs up conflicting emotions.

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Douglass Governing Council members listen to Dean Marjorie Munson speak Tuesday night about Douglass College history. The council also decided to support the Save the Education Campaign. For the full story, see PAGE 3.

Students will dance the weekend away during the 13th annual Dance Marathon, the largest student-run philanthropic event in New Jersey. Dance Marathon is a 32-hour event that benefits the Embrace Kids Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps the nonmedical needs of families of children with blood disorders, said Danielle Bechta, Director of Community Outreach. Mark Inverso, director of Finance, said Dance Marathon’s goals have not changed, but the staff aims to improve efficiency this year with the hopes of raising more than last year’s total of $378,001.75. “We’re still trying to help the organization as much as possible financially and morally, have as many dancers as possible, and have as strong an event as ever,” said

Inverso, a Rutgers Business School junior. “Over the past 12 years, we have raised $2.3 million, so we have ambitious goals for this year.” Although Dean of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs JoAnn Arnholt offers support and guidance for the event, student volunteers make all decisions and plans, said Bechta, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The organization’s Board of Directors and Central Planning Team was hired in May 2010 and has been holding weekly meetings and various promotional events all year, she said. “So that tells you how much work we actually have to put into an event of this magnitude,” Bechta said. The board began planning for Dance Marathon 2011 over the summer and was broken down into seven main teams to manage the event — Community Outreach,

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Council supports maintaining access to higher education BY ELI AUSLENDER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

By endorsing the Save the Education Campaign in a unanimously passed resolution Tuesday night, the Douglass Governing Council (DGC) aims to recognize the importance of higher education. The Save the Education Campaign entails a congregation of students on April 13 to raise awareness throughout New Jersey to the legislature and the governor in Trenton that higher public education matters to the students and the University, class Rep. Valerie Weiss said. “To continually cut funds from higher education is detrimental to the students and the university,” said Weiss, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Weiss believes the Save the Education Campaign will send a clear message to Christie and to the state legislature the University stands behind students in the call to stop cutting aid to public schools across New Jersey. “What we are doing with this campaign is promoting accessible education,” she said. “The largest benefit to this campaign is that there is student involvement and to show that students do care about the cuts in their education.” The campaign, led by the New Jersey United Students and supported by the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA), aims to mobilize students to lobby members of the state legislature to reconsider the current tuition caps

Douglass Governing Council placed on state institutions by Gov. Chris Christie, said Erika Remache, Class of 2011 representative. Remache, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said DGC’s unanimous vote for the resolution supporting the campaign shows support for and solidarity with RUSA’s efforts and all those concerned with this issue as a whole. “Having a state university means getting access to quality and affordable higher education,” she said. “We feel students should have a right to maintain that access. The event is headed in the right direction to try to unify student voices, not only for the school but New Jersey state.” The meeting also featured former Assistant Dean Marjorie Munson, Douglass College’s unofficial historian and primary facilities liaison. Though retired, Munson still works part time with the University and can still be found on-campus in her office in College Hall on Douglass campus, Remache said. She works with administering scholarships for Douglass students and mentioned upcoming ones for students. Munson discussed the history of Douglass College, including the suicide of Mabel Smith Douglass and the school’s survival through calamities like the 1918 flu pandemic. On the agenda at the meeting members proposed resolutions for

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Marjorie Munson, former assistant dean of Douglass College, recommends different scholarships for students and gives some history of the school Tuesday night in the Douglass Campus Center. timely DGC meetings and the resolution to promote Woodbury and Bunting-Cobb residence halls’ Lengthy Locks event, to occur on April 10 on Douglass campus. Lengthy Locks raises money for the Teen Cancer Foundation and the hair cut at the event will go to Pantene’s Beautiful Lengths, which distributes wigs for free through select American

Cancer Society wig banks, Remache said. The two resolutions will be voted on next week, she said. Since the speaking time for Munson was lengthy, the council chose to bypass reports, Remache said. Reports involve news from RUSA’s general body meetings that greatly affect the study body, but the committee meetings took

place last week centered on individual projects. Remache said for this week the council meetings will be quicker and straightforward. “The meeting was quite productive,” DGC Internal Vice President Kyrie Graziosi said. Reena Diamante contributed to this article.

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TUITION: Students to pay more money for coverage continued from front since the other universities have operated on a hard waiver policy prior to the University. “Seventeen thousand to 19,000 students might have to pay an additional $600 to $800 more on their term bill,” he said. “The utilization by our students of what we consider to be a necessary coverage showed there was a need for student health insurance.” The New Jersey Presidents’ Council commissioned a task force, which Breeding chairs, to examine student health care. The task force sent out a request for a proposal to determine a rough idea about the cost for the new requirements of the insurance. “When Rutgers goes to a hard waiver, we know we have done everything we could to make it as

cost effective as we can by competitively leveraging a large purchasing pool to get the best deal possible,” Breeding said. According to a statement from Aetna, the insurance company is committed to providing the best plans in order to meet the needs of universities they work with at an affordable rate. “The premiums for student health plans — like all other health plans — are impacted by the rising cost of health care services that are covered under these plans,” according to the statement. There are some concerns about affordability, especially on other campuses like Newark, where at least 70 percent of the student body is on financial aid, said Gerald Massenburg, associate chancellor for Student Life at Rutgers-Newark. “With students juggling so many different economic challenges we felt this one would be an added burden to them,” Massenburg said.

U NIVERSITY Massenburg, also a member of New Jersey Presidents’ Council’s task force, said those involved know that any cost increase will create a financial burden, which could affect a student’s future education. “It could have an adverse effect where students will switch from full time to part time, but it is hard for me to say that for certain,” he said. The reason the University, and other schools around the state, have not had large coverage policies before is because the state law mandating insurance never detailed what the coverage had to be, Breeding said. But the new federal law spells it out. “We made affordability a higher priority than adequacy of coverage,” he said. Increases will not stop after this year, and the cost will continue to rise since this is the first step of a three-year phase-in program that will be fully implemented by 2014, Breeding said.

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BUS CRASH PROMPTS SENATOR TO INCREASE SAFETY MEASURES At a transportation hearing yesterday, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., offered recommendations for new safety precautions on tour buses. Suggestions included seat belts on buses, stronger roofs and windows, onboard devices to monitor drivers’ hours and fatigue and better government oversight of operators, according to an nj.com article. But these additional safety precautions are nothing new, rather suggestions have been around for years, according to the article. The hearing was prompted by a recent N.J. Turnpike tour bus accident and the Bronx bus crash that killed 15 people earlier in the month. “Older travelers who take motor coaches to casinos plan on gambling, but they do not expect to play Russian roulette with their safety en route,” said Joan Claybrook, co-chair of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety advocacy group, in the article. The bus company involved in the recent Turnpike crash in East Brunswick had one of the poorest rankings in the United States for unsafe driving, according to the article. Drivers of Super Luxury Tours of Pennsylvania have been written up several times for failing to understand or answer basic English commands and having insufficient medical certificates showing they are physically able to handle the bus. Super Luxury Tours of Pennsylvania also violated regulations that prohibit drivers from being behind the wheel for more than 60 hours a week or 70 hours in eight days, according to Department of Transportation records. The company is suspended for violating insurance requirements and has been placed out of ser vice, Lautenberg said in the article. President of the American Bus Association, Peter Pantuso spoke with Claybrook about the costs of equipping buses with seat belts and other safety measures. Claybrook estimates the cost would range from “a nickel to 10 cents” per passenger, which would be about $7,000 per bus, according to the article. While Pantuso anticipates the cost for seat belts to range between $13,000 and $15,000 and cost around $75,000 per bus. — Anastasia Millicker

MEDIA: DOTS launches Twitter account two years ago continued from front them is a Nextbus application that crashes all the time,” he said. Sherman thinks there are many advantages for students to have smart phones. “I see a huge number of students with smar t phones and it’s mostly because of Sakai and email,” he said. “Someone who has to wait for a computer to check his email might not know that class has been canceled.” Other depar tments, such as the University’s Depar tment of Transpor tation Ser vices, are also engaged in new media with active Facebook and Twitter accounts which are used to update the student population with changes in ser vices, said Jack Molenaar, director of the University’s Depar tment of Transpor tation Ser vices. “We star ted around two years ago and it star ted of f when I saw the [Center for Disease Control] using Twitter,” he said. Molenaar said the advantages to these social media sites are that ever ything is faster and the sites keep the system flexible. “If I update on Facebook which then automatically tweets it that we need to plow a certain lot, within an hour the lot will be empty,” he said. Most students follow the Twitter or Facebook feed for emergencies and information, Molenaar said. “People use it when there are snow issues, and it’s great because

RU-info retweets it as well,” he said. Molenaar also liked the mobility of the ser vices and said he could change any Nextbus changes, tweets and Facebook updates from his phone. “Also, all the tweets to @RUDOTS come directly to me,” he said. The reason these apps and new media are so popular is because of the amount and the way in which people use it, said John Pavlik, chair of the Department of Journalism and Media Studies. “The No. 1 reason is the popularity and ubiquity of mobile media,” he said. If University depar tments and faculty do not use this new media, Pavlik said they would be foolish. “Students are using these new technologies,” he said. “If you don’t use these tools, it would be like not using books when students are reading books.” There are also dangers for students who engage in new media but do not understand the risks, Pavlik said. “Students need to use new media wisely and understand the effect on others and their digital footprint,” he said, citing the recent story of the University of California at Los Angeles student who posted a racist rant on YouTube. Pavlik also believes that new media should be taught in classrooms but said the course should be augmented. “In my class I use a hybrid approach. There is face-to-face time along with online supplements in media to watch [and] discussion boards, which provide a 24-hour access to learning,” he said.

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DANCERS: Planning for event takes about 10 months continued from front Recruitment, Operations, Catering, Volunteer Management, Entertainment and Finance, she said. “This year, we really wanted to reach for bigger sponsors, get more dedicated dancers, recruit more first-year students to volunteer and just try to one-up the amazing job that the board did last year,” Bechta said. “Every year we want to improve upon what was done previously.” Teams work year-round to raise money through bake sales and burrito nights — not just through recruiting dancers, Inverso said. “Another way is through our finance team, which goes out to street corners in Edison, New Brunswick, Milltown and Princeton asking people to support the cause,” he said. With about 400 dancers and more than 1,000 students involved overall, the planning process for this event takes about 10 months, said Julia Crimi, director of Volunteer Management. “The people that are most involved do [Dance Marathon] because they love being here,” she said. “We throw an insane event that takes so much time and effort, but we do it together and have a great time and of course, we do it for the kids.” The organization’s proximity to campus allows students involved in Dance Marathon to actually see their work pay off, Crimi said. “Since [the Embrace Kids Foundation] is located in New Brunswick, we are able to meet the kids and see directly where our efforts are going,” she said. “Students offer emotional relief for parents and relieve the stress of the daily life of these kids. We

offer companionship, hope and a shoulder to lean on.” While Dance Marathon requires commitment and raises money for a cause, it is also a recreational event for the University community with musical per formances from five live bands and per formers from local dance troupes, said Elizabeth Apper t, director of Enter tainment. “We plan theme hours, tournaments, arts and crafts and other things to entertain the dancers,” said Appert, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “This may seem obvious, but we want the students to have fun — they have given up a weekend to help kids who need it.” This year, the entertainment team created a morale team to get more students involved, she said. “We had a couple competitions throughout the year to get dancers involved before the actual event so that they would feel more involved with the marathon,” Appert said. Inverso said students can only get the true experience of Dance Marathon by attending and seeing the children’s smiles. “All the families and the children there — when you meet them and see them smiling, and they thank you for all your hard work and dedication, and you’re tired, but you’re doing it for them — it’s an incredible feeling that you can’t experience anywhere else, ” he said. This year’s Dance Marathon will star t at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, and finish at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 3 at the College Avenue Gymnasium, Crimi said. “Dance Marathon is the greatest, most unique event on campus and one that students will never forget,” Crimi said. “It’s not every day that 1,000 RU students gather in one place over one cause, all for the kids.”

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Students rally against tuition hikes BY MORGAN MURRELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Jersey United Students (NJUS) members along with supporters and protestors rallied yesterday afternoon against recent University tuition increases during “The Tuition Monologues.” NJUS chapter organizer Matt Cordeiro felt the event, which took place outside Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, was necessar y to give students an outlet to express their feelings on tuition increases. “Seventy percent of students here receive financial aid and about 30 percent receive Pell Grants,” said Cordeiro, who is also vice president of Rutgers University Student Assembly. “People have problems paying tuition but they rarely have a place to talk about it, so I wanted to set up a space where they could talk about their tuition problems.” NJUS formed the event to facilitate students with educational expenses. The recent statewide budget cuts are disapproving not only to the attendees of “The Tuition Monologues,” but also to students across New Jersey, Cordeiro said. NJUS member Donggu Yoon said the main purpose of the event was to give students a sense of collectiveness and show financial problems are not solitar y. “The event encouraged me because I wanted to help put a face to this problem,” said Yoon, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. “We hope that a lot of people will come out and share their stories and realize that real students, maybe

even someone right next to you, is going through similar financial problems.” Despite the low attendance, those present stepped up to the microphone one by one, to express their views on tuition. “In a way I feel my years here have been more of a robber y of my and my parents’ bank account than an actual education,” said Kur t Kugel,

“I’m going to be up to my armpits in debt … there’s no way not to get angry.” JOHN CONNELLY School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore

a Mason Gross School of Ar ts senior. Dan Herber t, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, used poetr y to express his own financial struggle. “I’m bleeding Benjamins, I’m hemorrhaging Hamiltons, I’m dripping Jacksons, because for ever y teacher tr ying to teach me something truly fantastic, there is a guy in an of fice somewhere asking me how … paper or plastic,” Herber t said. Gov. Chris Christie also reduced funding statewide for Educational Oppor tunity Funding (EOF) by 8.7 percent, which decreases the opportunity and access to equal learning, according to the EOF website. “Like most University students I have to work and take out a bunch of student loans,”

said John Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and EOF student. “I’m going to be up to my armpits in debt … there’s no way not to get angr y.” Cordeiro said the financial debt would not only af fect present students but also negatively af fect future students’ oppor tunities. “Instead of being able to go out and do the next cool thing or invent the next Facebook, I’m going to have to work some lame job somewhere,” he said. “It’s almost like a loss opportunity and we’re mortgaging our futures for something that isn’t even our fault.” NJUS member Beth Breslaw thought the forum allowed students to share their opinions without feeling isolated. “This is not a private struggle … we’re all going through it,” said Breslaw, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The recent budget cuts not only affect University students but all students in New Jersey and needs to be addressed by students, Cordeiro said. “The Tuition Monologues” was a preview for another NJUS event happening at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue on April 13 called “Walk into Action,” which will encourage students to address the recent budget cuts, he said. “Walk into Action,” funded in par t by the Rutgers University Student Assembly and external organizations, is scheduled to occur on nine other par ticipating NJUS college campuses. The organization will set up tents, distribute flyers and provide enter tainment with the theme being focused on higher education in the state.

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U NIVERSITY PRODUCER: Kaplan describes past news practices continued from front on Fox, it’s been on MSNBC.” During the question and answer portion, School of Arts and Sciences junior Brittany Alston asked what point the networks and media outlets are willing to sacrifice expediency for accuracy or good quality of news. Kaplan said in an around-theclock environment of news reporting, it may be extremely difficult to ensure complete accuracy. “The executives of the cable networks will tell you that they demand accuracy, but the sheer challenge of [fast-paced reporting] means that the mistakes in omission are made,” he said.

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M In regard to a question raised about the influence of the Western media on the demonstrations in the Middle East, Kaplan said the news channels have a responsibility to report such situations accurately. “You do not a have a responsibility to rally the people of Egypt into a revolution, whether it is right or wrong,” he said. “Your responsibility is to report what is going on.” Davis said the goal of the event was for Kaplan to share 35 years of professional experience with University students. “This session is all about where the news business is and where it is going,” said Davis, the event’s organizer. Kaplan, a veteran of network television, previously worked for CNN, MSNBC and ABC, he said. He is a recipient of numerous

awards and honors, including a total of 44 Emmy Awards. “This man is an information genius,” Davis said. “Rick is a type of artist that can, in a matter of minutes, put together information that will relate to a huge mass of people.” Mickey Hennessey, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, thought the question and answer session was a great opportunity to network and gain important information about the industry. “It is extremely important to not only learn while in the class, but also to learn from successful people,” Hennessey said. Alexander Price, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he obtained important career tips and insights. “I plan on going into television production,” Price said. “To get experience from a national executive producer, I think is amazing.”

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Faculty and students interact last night with CBS Evening News executive producer Rick Kaplan, who answered their questions about the broadcast news industry.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. — Attorneys painted sharply contrasting pictures Wednesday of a man on trial for the slayings of three college students in a crime that shocked the violence-plagued city of Newark in 2007 and galvanized suppor t for a host of anti-crime measures. Defense attorney Raymond Morasse’s summation painted Alexander Alfaro as a “scared kid” threatened into action by a violent older brother and, following his arrest two weeks later, urged to lie about his involvement by a detective who told him he could help himself by making his stor y synch up with those given by other defendants. Hardly, Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Thomas McTigue argued. The then 16year-old Alfaro had been a member of the MS-13 street gang for several months and knew what he was doing when he responded to half-brother Rodolfo Godinez’s order to bring a machete to the Mount Vernon School playground on the night of Aug. 4, 2007. “Just because he looks young, that’s not a defense,” McTigue said. “Maybe he’s not the devil incarnate, but he’s not an ingénue either. “He’s a 16-yearold kid in the city of Newark who’s been an MS-13 member for several months. He’s no shrinking violet.” Alfaro and five others were charged in the execution-style murders of college-bound friends Iofemi Hightower and Dashon Har vey, 20, and 18year-old Terrance Aeriel. A fourth victim, who isn’t being identified by The Associated Press because of sexual assault charges against two other defendants, was slashed and shot but sur vived her injuries and testified against Alfaro. The shocking crime jumpstarted anti-crime measures such as the installation of surveillance cameras that were credited with decreasing violent crime in the city. Wednesday’s dueling twohour-plus closing arguments focused on the central questions the jur y must take up when it begins deliberations Thursday: Was Alfaro under duress before, during and after the murders due to threats by Godinez; was he a bystander or par ticipant in the robber y and subsequent attacks and was he the victim of police chicaner y? Morasse characterized the investigation as “sloppy” and assailed the police for not videotaping Alfaro’s statement to them after his capture in Virginia. “It would be the most important piece of evidence but you don’t have it,” he told jurors. “Why? Because they didn’t want you to have it.” A detective testified that investigators were led to believe a video system was working at a juvenile facility in Virginia, but later discovered it was undergoing maintenance. Alfaro’s statement was recorded by two audio recorders.

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Mason Gross School of the Arts senior Amanda Donner captures a Millburn, N.J., firefighter showing how to extinguish a car fire during a controlled demonstration. Submit photos for publication to targumfotw@gmail.com.

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Rutgers University Programming Association will be hosting “Inside the Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Studio” with two shows in Livingston Hall at the Livingston Student Center. The show stars “Jersey Shore” star Snooki with her comedian side-kick Adam Ace. Doors for the first show open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m., while the second show starts at 10 p.m. with wristbands required for entry. University students get a wristband between 4 and 7 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. Students must bring their RUID. Seats are available for non-University students and will be admitted on a first-come, first-ser ve basis. Wristbands will be distributed in the order of the show times, with the 8 p.m. wristbands being handed out first. For more information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

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RU Wanawake, a student organization that unites college women for the interests of Africa, will host its 2nd Annual “Honoring the African Woman” banquet at 7:30 p.m. in the Douglass Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center. The club will be presenting awards to three women who improved Africa through philanthropic work and dedication. Entertainment of the night includes a performance by R&B singer Rotimi. The event is free. For more information, visit the organization’s Facebook page or email ruwanawake@yahoo.com.

To support the Embrace Kids Foundation Rutgers University Dance Marathon will take place in the College Avenue Gym this weekend. Dance marathon is a 32-hour student-run event to raise money for the Embrace Kids Foundation, a non-profit organization that aids the non-medical needs of the children with cancer and blood disorders. Dance Marathon is now closed to dancer registration but applications are still available for alumni dancers, set up and clean up crew and fundraisers. For more information, please visit marathon.rutgers.edu/home.

The Off-Campus Students’ Association will hold a car maintenance workshop and meeting starting at 8 p.m. in Room 407 of the Rutgers Student Center. Participants will learn how to change a tire and more car tips. For more information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

Rutgers University Programming Association will hold a trip to see “American Idiot” on Broadway with discounted student tickets. The bus departs from the Rutgers Student Center at noon and will return at 9 p.m. after the show. Ticket cost includes the discounted student tickets and travel expenses, and costs $35 for students and $45 for faculty, staff, alumni and guests. Tickets are on sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Student Activities Center. For more information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

Ginormous Games featuring Hot Air Balloon Rides will take place at the Douglass Woodlawn from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. depending on the weather. Crafts and games will be available while in line. Space and time is limited so rides will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Rain date is slated for Monday, April 25. For more information visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

Rutgers University Programming Association will host Rutgersfest beginning at 1 p.m. at Yurcak Field on Busch campus located at Frelinghuysen Road and Scarlet Knight Way, off of the traffic circle. Inflatable games/rides, free photo booths and a free musical performance are all part of the day’s activities. Musical guests include The Battle of the Bands winner, Yelawolf, 3Oh!3 and Pitbull. For more information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

Unite Half Marathon, a 13.1 mile run to support more than nine charities, will start at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus and continue through Johnson Park and end on College Avenue. Racers must be able to complete the half marathon in four hours or less and race numbers are required to participate. Participants must be at least 12 years old to participate, be in good health and physically prepared to take on the challenge and must show photo ID to receive a race number and timing tag. Coaches, baby-joggers, bikes, dogs, in-line skates, skateboards or dogs will not be allowed on the course. Racers must pay an entry fee, which includes registration and a T-shirt. For students race entry will cost $45 and $85 for individuals with no University affiliation. Teams of two may enter for a reduced rate of $120 for the team. Entertainment, as well as health expos, will be provided throughout the race course. For more information, please visit unite.cgiracing.com.

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Central Jersey manufacturers find success in small numbers BY AMANDA DOWNS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With a steady decline in the economy and an increasingly diverse workforce, Middlesex County residents can see many large-scale manufacturers are downsizing into smaller-scale businesses to speed up production. While many citizens blame the economy solely for this change in manufacturing, Carl Spataro, director of the Middlesex County Office of Economic and Business Development believes the country’s diversity is the main reason for the change. “Small companies provide more opportunities by offering not only white but now blue collar jobs,” Spataro said. “Also, the medical industr y can now accommodate all skill levels and positions.” Manufacturing companies are making their decisions based on suppliers, research and the overall development of the industry, he said. “Think of Rutgers, it is in the middle of two major hospitals and another one being built in Plainsboro,” Spataro said. “Manufacturing is coming from pharmaceuticals and logistics.” This concentration in pharmaceuticals and logistics is a result of employment automation

and the use of computers, which causes industries like manufacturing to downsize, he said. “Casinos in Atlantic City many years [ago] had employers, but now it is all automated,” Spataro said. “People can cash in chips by themselves.” Spataro believes the United States is becoming a technologybased countr y and although there are positives and negatives involved with this change, Middlesex County has used technology to create diversity and help N.J. residents overcome economic downturns. “Solar panels are now hot in the market place because of technology relations to the industry,” he said. “That’s why we don’t see them employ 2,000 people.” Middlesex County shows an unemployment rate lower than the national and state average, he said. Even in the economic downturn, Middlesex continues to lead in-state construction projects. Technology, pharmaceuticals and logistics replaced the heavy industrial demand and proved more prosperous now that New Jersey is on the perimeter of major airports, Spataro said. Compared to the national averages, the size of surrounding employers also changed, he said. “We have been able to replace those losses in other industries,”

he said. “If an industr y goes down, another comes in and remakes it. No building remains vacant for long.” Although larger-scale manufacturers are not as prominent today as they were before, they still depend on manufacturing, he said. The progression of the economy as well as diversity has directed Middlesex County into the direction of small-scale businesses. In response to this progression of business, Michael Kerwin, president of Somerset County Business Partnership, said he believes the quality of life, education and workforce are responsible for the success. Kerwin said Somerset County has seen similar changes. “Days of the large manufacturing companies coming in are over for now,” he said. “There is a niche for smaller manufacturers in emerging industry areas.” Even though the Somerset County Business Par tnership does not directly work with Middlesex County, both counties often collaborate, he said. In Central Jersey the basis of manufacturing is progression and whatever the state itself can do to make New Jersey more attractive for business. “It is just a natural economic cycle,” Ker win said. “New Jersey in the last couple of years has started to turn the

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Big manufacturing companies like Super Stud Building Products in Edison are moving from big cities to small towns to adjust to the economy and workplace diversity. corner and become a little more business friendly.” Overall, both Spataro and Ker win agree that large-scale manufacturing is no longer the trend as job opportunities have decreased in Middlesex County. At the moment, manufacturing employment and a number of manufacturing establishments in New Jersey have declined, said John Maddocks, vice president of Economic Development at Somerset County Business Partnership. “At the same time there are other measures of manufacturing,

including gross receipts and quarterly/annual payroll that are equally as important to measure,” Maddocks said. Spataro said he thinks manufacturing in Middlesex County, the state and nationwide, declined due to numerous factors, including production efficiencies and automation. “We center around diversity,” he said. For the future Spataro hopes manufacturers will learn to benefit even more from diversity and the resources available in Central Jersey.

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House to host weekend of earth friendliness BY RIDA AHMED CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The White Lotus Home, an eco-friendly establishment in Highland Park, will host a series of Earth festivals from April 8 to 10 in order to highlight environmental awareness for Earth Day. The Earth Weekend festival is celebrated to inspire awareness and appreciation for the earth’s natural environment, said Marlon Pando, president and owner of the White Lotus Home. “The purpose of this celebration would be to go ahead and reestablish ourselves as the leaders of the industry,” he said. The White Lotus Home, a domestic manufacturer of natural and organic bedding products, will provide high-quality, handmade and environmentally friendly products to its clients, retailers and wholesalers, Pando said. “We are a green company,” he said. “We make products from scratch to finish and bring them from the farm to the factory and then straight to the retail floor.” Gayle Brill Mittler, owner of GEEBEE Marketing, Inc., said the White Lotus Home is dedicated to creating a safer earth by providing organic products made in the country. “It is a very exciting event for our community and the greater New Brunswick area,” she said. Different events are scheduled to run each day at the White Lotus Home’s main facility, Pando said. Festivities plan to kick-off with “Hands Across Highland Park” on the first day from 4 to 6 p.m., Pando said. “Participants will join hands, forming a human chain of hands to help the earth, from the White Lotus Home storefront heading toward New Brunswick,” he said. The event is scheduled to take place during rush hour along Raritan Avenue in Highland Park since thousand of cars drive through on the way to New Brunswick or Edison, Mittler said. “We are hoping to form a human chain of people from the White Lotus store towards the bridge linking Highland Park and New Brunswick during rush hour,” she said. The first 200 registered participants will receive a T-shirt, Pando said. Following the first event,

people may attend an expo in which vendors can showcase their homemade organic products. “[There are] arts and crafts from soaps and dog biscuits, all the way up to people who provide services on how to make your homes and business a creative place.” Following the expo will be a beer-tasting event, Mittler said. “The Organic Wine and Beer tasting is designed to educate consumers about fine organic wines and great tasting beers,” she said. Consumer advocate Debra Lynn Dadd will talk about living an organic life at the event, Mittler said. The day’s activities will conclude with organic wines and finger foods for adults, she said. The Green Art Exhibit will close the event on Sunday, Pando said. Organic-themed artwork will be on display and available for purchase from local artists and artisans. Some of the people who organize the event are University students, he said. “In my experience, the students that work for me are very concerned about their future,” he said. “They decide to work for White Lotus Home, a company the helps save the Earth with each mattress it handcrafts.” Arnold Weinberg, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, said more University students should get involved and participate in the White Lotus House event. “I think this event is important for the University, but more specifically, for young people to get involved because the whole thing is a learning experience,” said Weinberg, who also helped raise money for White Lotus Home studios “Jazz on the Banks” for inner city schools scarce in musical instruments. Weinberg said learning about viable and more sustainable lifestyle options is important to the growth of society. “I hope to attend the organic expo and the food and wine tasting session to learn more about environmentally sound products,” he said. Weinberg said the White Lotus Home also of fers students a place to entice their creativity and grow their love for being green.

POLICE CATCH MAN SUSPECTED OF SEVERAL NY, NJ ROBBERIES Police arrested a man early Tuesday who they believe robbed nine New York City banks and one Edison bank. The man, Mara Mikhaylich, was arrested in Queens, N.Y. around 9:30 a.m., according to an article in nj.com. Police found Mikhaylich after they saw him enter a car he had stolen after robbing an Edison bank, said Special Agent James Margolin of the Brooklyn FBI office in the nj.com article. Mikhaylich arranged a car ride Monday to the Edison Cathay Bank at 1175 Route 27. He pulled his gun out, pointed it at one of the bank tellers and demanded the teller to hand him money. The teller gave him an undisclosed amount of money and a pack of cash that contained red dye set to explode and notify police of Mikhaylich’s location, Margolin said in the article. The dye soon exploded after Mikhaylich left the bank and caused the bank robber to drop the bag of cash. Mikhaylich fled in a car after the original driver ran away but was arrested Tuesday morning while carrying a 9 mm. Police believe Mikhaylich is nicknamed the Holiday Bandit after stealing from three banks in December, according to the article. In addition to these robberies, he is suspected in six other New York bank crimes and possibly two in New Jersey. Photographs of Mikhaylich have been recorded on security cameras in various banks, showing his involvement with the robberies, Margolin said in the nj.com article. —Ankita Panda

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U. commencement upsets traditions A

lot of students are upset about the changes made to the University’s commencement ceremonies. We can’t blame them. The University is an old school, rich with traditions and its own colorful mythology. The traditional ceremonies were a part of that tapestry. However, this is not the first move the University has made away from its traditions, and it certainly will not be the last. In fact, this stage of the University’s existence really began back in 1982, before many of us were born. That was the beginning of the union of the various residential colleges — e.g., Rutgers College, Livingston College, etc., into one. This merger was completed in 2007, with the creation of the School of Arts and Sciences. Many of us were not even students at the University when the School of Arts and Sciences was formed, so it is odd we have such nostalgic yearnings for something we never had in the first place. Still, we cannot help our feelings. As students at the University, we want to feel connected to the tradition. We want to be embedded in the school’s history. Unfortunately for us, we never really had a shot at that. Traditions like breaking the clay pipes at graduation may seem small, but we do not believe we’re making mountains out of molehills. Little details like this are important because of their symbolic weight. It’s difficult to be saddled with the weight of starting new traditions. Grudgingly, we admit it makes sense for the University to change the commencement ceremonies. Whether we prefer the old structure to the School of Arts and Sciences, this is what exists now and accommodations must be made. In terms of efficiency, this new commencement ceremony is the way to go. In time, this will become the new tradition and years down the line, students will be upset when it, too, changes. Everyone has felt it before — the longing for something we’ve never even had. It’s never pleasant watching old traditions die in favor of new ones. If there were some way to make commencement more personalized, and to keep the old traditions alive, that would be great. We’d throw all of our support behind it. But, as it stands now, this is what we get. That doesn’t mean we can’t be dissatisfied with it, though.

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t seems that, these days, the American labor force is under siege by the Republican Party. The entire nation watched while Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) fought against collective bargaining rights — and eventually won. Now the fight has shifted to Ohio, where the GOP is once again looking to throw away years of progress for labor rights. This time it isn’t unions who Republicans are putting the pressure on. Instead, it’s child labor laws. Let that one sink in for a moment. We’re certain you’ll be scratching your head as much as we are right now. Bill LD 1346, currently being considered by the Ohio House of Representatives, seeks to make a lot of changes to the existing child labor laws. It would allow employers to pay employees under 20 less than minimum wage — $5.25 an hour, to be exact — during the first 180 days of employment. It also would remove the cap on the amount of hours a worker 16 or older is allowed to work on school days and allow minors under 16 to work four hours on school days. We see no reason for this bill to be approved, much less introduced in the first place. Child labor laws are there for a reason, as minors are among the most exploitable sections of the labor force. Deregulating child labor is a mistake, plain and simple. By removing caps on hours, the bill could allow employers to cut into the time high school students need to do their schoolwork. Anyone who argues that employers would be sensitive to a student’s school needs has probably never actually worked a job while in high school. Also, paying people under the age of 20 less than minimum wage is just not fair. As laborers, they deserve to be paid at least the minimum wage, just like everyone else. Many minors have jobs because they need to either support themselves or their families. Very few high school students are getting jobs just for kicks. Ohio Rep. Paul Gilbert (D) brings up a good point regarding Maine’s unemployment rate. Currently, the state is more than 8 percent. With that many people looking for jobs, why would the GOP be looking to create a cheap, unprotected labor force? In the words of Gilbert himself, “If we had a shortage of job applicants or potential workers, then you could look at other populations to ease that strain on the workforce.” However, that is not the case. Despite what many members of the GOP would have you believe, laborers have rights and protections for reasons. Stripping them is not an option, especially when it comes to children.

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Snooki appeals to some, not all

behind our television merica’s preeminent screens, it’s all good fun. It is poof-sporting superinstitutionalized ridicule. But star will appear on bringing her to campus finalcampus tonight for an event ly makes this real. She can called “Inside the Nicole hear our sneers up close. ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Studio.” The Sure, she doesn’t mind, but show is modeled after JOE HERNANDEZ we probably should. Bravo’s “Inside the Actors For one, our morals are at Studio,” so comedian Adam stake. I’m no poster boy for morality, but tonight’s Ace will presumably interview the “Jersey Shore” event will be taking the premise of “Jersey Shore” star about her life and misadventures. The Rutgers too far. Watching the show at home includes some University Programming Association (RUPA) consemblance of fiction — even if what we’re seeing tracted Snooki but won’t disclose how much they might be real, it is appearing on our TV screen. paid for the pleasure. I cannot make this stuff up. With the show there is some remove, but tonight’s Full disclosure: I have watched “Jersey Shore.” event destroys that space. “Inside the Nicole We all have. I’ve been ensnared by the endearing ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Studio” will have audience members guido romance between Sammi Giancola and actually laughing in Snooki’s face. It is based on Ronnie Ortiz-Magro — how cavalierly they broke “Inside the Actors Studio,” but her interviewer is a the rule to never fall in love at the Jersey shore! I comedian and the show is listed as comedy. Snooki have fond and vivid memories of Jenni “JWoww” is the butt of the joke and she seems to be proud of Farley urinating on the uninhabited top floor of a it. But just because almost every action on “Jersey club. I listen to anything Paul “Pauly D” Shore” is at best morally dubious, that doesn’t mean DelVecchio says. But my affinity for the show is we should follow suit. directly proportional to how easy it Sure, Snooki is complicit in all is for me to watch it. I won’t go out of my way for “Jersey Shore.” And I “Bringing [Snooki] of this. But why not? After all, she is cashing in. RUPA has not and don’t think anyone else should to campus will not disclose how much it paid either, tonight especially. to book Snooki, apparently Because it’s called reality televifinally makes because a clause in her contract sion, it’s easy to forget that “Jersey this real.” demands it. That’s probably Shore” is a television show and — at because the price is higher than it its root — fictional. The elaborate should be — maybe enough for a situations and absurd antics of the lifetime supply of Vlasic Kosher Dills. But any characters — if you can call them that — are all guess at her price is pure speculation, and that’s done mere feet from a camera crew. Sometimes we what’s scary. RUPA ought to invite entertainers, even see a producer or a bodyguard rush the frame, but what is Snooki without her bronze band of adding to the show’s “reality” but detracting from its hooligans? How interesting can she be outside of characters’ “reality.” So, to a degree, each character the televised snafus that characterize her? It isn’t on “Jersey Shore” is playing some altered version of easy to justify spending lots of money to hear themselves. What’s bizarre about this show is that Snooki talk about Snooki. the space between the real characters and their ficBut I recognize that some people honestly enjoy tional selves appears to be exceptionally small. Snooki. RUPA recognizes this too, and that’s why Snooki, especially, is too comfortable and too offthey invited her. What I don’t believe is that RUPA the-wall to be making it all up. They’re the real deal. is appealing to the entire student body with this That’s what makes tonight’s event so strange. show. There are some holdouts, like me, who don’t “Inside the Actors Studio” was initially created so find it appropriate, funny or worth our time to host acting students could learn the trade from the pros. the reality TV star. I do not look forward to the day Host James Lipton takes his time to dissect the — if it hasn’t come already — when Snooki methods and personalities of his interviewees, who becomes a legitimate public speaker, so ubiquitous drop the act for an hour or two of candor. The whole and relevant that it’s worth buying four hours of her aim is to learn. But tonight, even though Snooki is time so she can publicly narrate her life story. That going as herself, the whole aim is to laugh — at her, would be a situation. more specifically. After all, that’s why we watch the show. From the safety of our couches, we can gufJoe Hernandez is a School of Arts and Sciences faw at all the sinewy bros we want without recourse. senior majoring in English and Spanish. His column We can make fun of Snooki’s Bumpit-induced “The Soapbox,” runs on alternate Thursdays. reverse pompadour and not feel bad about it. From

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Liberal economic policies lead to problems Letter LARRY BLATTERFEIN

read the diatribe-like March 24 column in The Daily Targum titled “Republicans divide nation in time of need,” with bemusement. I was certain I had stumbled upon the latest Mugrat issue. It is based on so many distortions, falsehoods and misconceptions that deconstructing it is near impossible. Instead, I will offer the alternative viewpoint born of adherence to the founding principles established by our Constitution’s framers. The tragic events in Japan have nothing to do with the current global economic meltdown. Our economic woes are a result of too much government, and that is the result of 75 years of liberal policies. Too many government services that cost far too much are burdening our producers, resulting in economic drag. Government handouts do not come without costs. Those costs accrue to the taxpayers then to the consumers, and ultimately

they may result in a meltdown of the economy. Start with the premise that investors have a right to expect a return on their investment. This return is called profits. Profits are the federally taxable part of a business’s revenue stream, and they represent one component of the price consumers pay when they purchase a product or service. Profits are as important as any other cost. Without profits, investors will abandon the enterprise. In this manner, consumers pay corporate taxes. Corporations only serve as collection agents for the government. In a competitive environment — which the private sector provides and the government does not — corporations are restrained in the prices they can charge. Corporations must price their products at the lesser of these two — the cost to bring to market or whatever the market has been established at by the competition. The result is that when taxes are increased, other expense areas must be cut. The first cost areas to be limited are usually research and development and employee

costs. This hurts economic regrowth and further burdens the social programs offered by government. The liberal, knee-jerk reaction is to raise taxes more. In recent years, we have witnessed an unprecedented growth of government that has far surpassed the growth of our countr y’s gross domestic product.

“Our economic woes are a result of too much government.” Clearly, this is unsustainable and has placed a burden on our progeny for as far into the future as we can project. For individuals and for businesses, the result is bankruptcy. For feckless politicians, printing more money is the answer. This results in the devaluation of ever ything we own and an increase in the prices of everything we buy.

Finally, a significant group of Americans have joined together to say enough is enough. Their goal is to restore fiscal sanity by reigning in government spending. Richard Fink, a noted economist, has completed a study of the relationship between freedom and prosperity. It should not be surprising to learn that the freest nations are also the most prosperous. Frankly, anyone with the slightest sense of geo-political perspective would have come to the same conclusion without such an exhaustive study as the one compiled by Fink. The tea party patriots are fighting for your future freedoms. The long-term power brokers of both parties are working overtime to paint the tea party movement as extreme. Contrary to the author of the column’s assertion that we are waking up with a post-election hangover, the only regret we have is that we ever bought into the liberal bilge in the first place. We will continue working tirelessly to

elect candidates who represent America’s founding principles. What has happened to the Democratic Party since former President John F. Kennedy challenged us with his inaugural address, “Ask not what your country can do for you —ask what you can do for your countr y?” Those words have long since been lost to the current generation. Instead, the left in United States devolved into a consortium of hyphenated Americans each asking the government for continually increasing benefits as though in a selfentitled state of frenzy. Is this morally acceptable? What is the difference between keeping the product of another’s work — slavery — and confiscating the product of another’s work — taxation? In the words of former President Gerald Ford, “A government big enough to give you ever ything you want is strong enough to take ever ything you have.” Larry Blatterfein is a Rutgers College alumnus.

See Iraq, College rankings do not truly matter Libya Letter variances O DAVENDRA GOSWAMI

Letter EDDIE KONCZAL

he author of the column “Separate Libya from Iraq,” published in The Daily Targum on March 28, thoughtfully draws distinctions between Iraq and Libya. Yet it is surprising that his analysis of the run-up to the Iraq war is sketchy. The author claims “[former President George W.] Bush at least attempted to maintain a semblance of democracy by lubricating the months leading up to the beginning of the conflict with a public relations campaign concerning the necessity of the conflict.” Unfortunately, this publicrelations campaign relied on fabricated or inaccurate evidence indicating the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as well as false suggestions that Iraq supported the 9/11 terrorists. Bush therefore committed our troops to war without proper justification and alienated many American allies such as France and Germany in the process. By contrast, no dubious publicrelations campaign was necessary to demonstrate the need for intervention in Libya. The revolt against Col. Muammar Gaddafi has played out in full view and clearly demonstrates the willingness of the Libyan people to overthrow their leader — another crucial distinction between Iraq and Libya. President Barack Obama’s administration quickly and effectively assembled an international coalition to support the antiGaddafi forces with air strikes. One may legitimately question the necessity of our involvement in Libya, but the basis for our involvement is clearly based on facts on the ground — not on the type of misinformation propagated by the Bush administration. Eddie Konczal is a Rutgers College Class of 1992 alumnus.

ur individual education is not based on memorization of facts but learning a logical and analytical process of solving problems. Each major, whether it be physics, biology, history, philosophy, etc., has its own school of thought that makes their alumni solve problems differently when they actually go out into the real world. Engineers think differently when solving a thermodynamics problem than physics majors do. Philosophers think differently about our universe than astronomers do. These are just a couple examples. But no one should use inductive reasoning with subjective information and try to use it to make a rational argument. You can’t use opinionated ideas to justify that you are better than somebody else, because it makes you look like an ignorant person in a world full of suffering. During my senior year, a friend of

mine told me that because his col- undergraduate or what your major lege is ranked higher than mine is. Learning becomes important on and his major is the hardest within the individual basis. A person his university (based on the opin- going to Camden County College ion of his adviser), his courses are majoring in business might be harder than mine. So let me get working their behind off to learn this straight: My college isn’t more than someone going to the ranked as high as his and my major University of Pennsylvania’s isn’t deemed the hardest, so I must Wharton School of Business. not face the same Some of the greatlevel of difficulty est entrepreneurs “It is our job as him? and thinkers in our First of all, for as future leaders ... current age — anyone who uses Steve Jobs, Mark to solve many rankings to justify Zuckerberg and their undergraduHotz — of the world’s issues.” George ate studies, you dropped out of look very foolish. school because Those subjective rankings are academic life just wasn’t for them. based on graduate schools. Very As potential educated students, few rankings give stress to under- does that make us better than graduate learning quality. All rank- them? Absolutely not. ings are very subjective. A univerAs we see in our current econosity is ranked according to the fac- my, individual skills outweigh a ulty, research publications, expan- university degree. College stusion of faculties and how much dents from Ivy League schools and grant money they are bringing in, public schools are having a hard not the difficulty of the courses. time finding jobs. College is a time In my opinion, it does not mat- — now more than ever — to grow ter where you’re doing your while concentrating on our

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interests and discovering our skills, so we can use them for the benefit of mankind. Thus, people who think they are making “rational” inductive reasoning with subjective information should rethink what they learned in school. Those individuals need to get a broader picture of the world around us. In a world of great suffering and ignorance, it is our job as future leaders in the global market to collaborate with one another to solve many of the world’s issues. Countries, corporations and individuals from all walks of life have to start working with one another to solve the vast issues our world faces today and will face in the future. As society progresses, old models of how we run things need restructuring. It won’t be a piece of paper that will be making these changes. It will be the passion that burns within our hearts and minds.

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Junior outfielder Mikelyn Messina returns to her home state of Connecticuit this weekend, when Rutgers takes on Uconn.

SKID: Lindley’s home run gives Rutgers early advantage continued from back Galati boasts a 1.44 ERA and shutout innings against some of the best offenses in the country. As a freshman last season, she held Rutgers to one run in a win for Hofstra (18-9). This season’s offense put up four earned runs against Galati, but the pitching did not hold on the other side. “We came out not swinging the bat, but the second time around we made some adjustments and started hitting her and getting on base,” Lindley said. “She’s a good pitcher and she moves the ball around a lot and it was good that we were able to get on her.” Rutgers took a 2-0 lead when Lindley hit a two-run shot that could have been three runs if not for miscommunication on a stealcall. Lindley’s home run not only gave the team its only lead of the game, but put her into a tie for second all-time in school history with 20 home runs. But starting pitcher Noelle Sisco gave back the lead, allowing two runs in each of the next two innings. Only two were earned runs. Alden, batting eighth in the order, provided the biggest offensive spark for the Knights. The senior starting left fielder had three hits in the game, including her first home run in more than two years.

“Mickenzie really had a great day,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “She hit the ball hard and had the first hit of the game on a bunt. We struck out six straight times [against Galati] before Mickenzie got us started.” Things fell apart for the ailing Knights in the bottom of the sixth inning. Trailing, 4-3, after Alden’s home run, momentum was on their side until the Pride pieced together six runs off reliever Megan Williams. Rutgers loaded the bases in the top of the seventh and scored a fourth run, but the lead proved insurmountable. “We’re discouraged because we’re losing, but we’re not disheartened,” Nelson said. “We’re continuing to fight and not worrying about a losing streak. We just go out and try to win games and that’s what we’re going to do this weekend.” A road series with the Connecticut Huskies (11-13, 1-1) is the next stop for the struggling Knights. Rutgers and Connecticut are evenly matched statistically, but the Huskies are seven spots ahead of the Knights in the conference standings. “We just have to keep going. Between now and our last game we’re already so much better and if we keep building moment, we’ll be ready for UConn,” Alden said. “We have to cut down on the little mistakes. Our defense wasn’t good today and neither was the baserunning.”

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Rutgers attempts to rebound in Va. BY ADHAAR SHARMA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s track and field team travels to Williamsburg, Va., this weekend to WOMEN’S TRACK compete in the RUTGERS AT Colonial COLONIAL RELAYS, Relays. FRIDAY A l l r unning events will be held indoors in Zable Stadium at College of William and Mary. Conditions for this meet are drastically dif ferent from the Bulls Invitational last weekend, in which the Scarlet Knights ran in the blistering heat of Tampa, Fla. The cooler weather and indoor running will be optimal for distance runners to get their season started on a high note. “The Colonial Relays have more distance events than the Bulls Invitational,” head coach James Robinson said. “It will be a great place for the distance runners to start the season.”

Distance runners did not ready for the outdoor season,” travel with the team last Robinson said. week and this meet will be the Points in track and field are first action they see in the out- awarded to the top eight places, door season. and during the Big East The distance squad, which Championships the Knights consists of athletes competing failed to accumulate even in the 800-meter one point. and above, strugSophomore gled during the “The distance squad Ekene Ugboaja indoor season. also looks to bolworked hard ... The loss of junster the Knights’ ior captain Kelly point total in the with very little Flannigan and the triple, high and rest, and they sqaud’s lack of long jump. experience of the After starting are ready for the during the winter the indoor seacontributed to the son explosively, outdoor season.” low number of wins Ugboaja’s perJAMES ROBINSON it garnered. formance tapered Head Coach The Knights through the look to bounce meets indoors. back from those U g b o a j a obstacles, especially since placed sixth in the long jump last the Colonial Relays are a week but did not compete in the team championship and ever y triple jump. point will be cr ucial to a The cornerstone for the Rutgers victor y. Knights are their sprinters, and “The distance squad worked they showed that during last hard since the end of the Big East weekend’s performance. Championships last weekend Freshman Tylia Gillon, junior with very little rest, and they are Brittni Rodriguez and senior

Jamie Walker all qualified for the Big East Championship in the Bulls Invitational. Junior Danai Lendor also qualified for the Big East Tournament last weekend in the 400-meter hurdles in her first meet after four years. The 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams also qualified for the Championships with their times in last weekend’s performance. The relay teams performed ver y well during the winter and now look toward finishing the outdoor season with victories in the Big East and ECAC championships. Senior captain Natalie Clickett did not qualify for the shot put but did qualify for the ECAC and the Big East with her discus throw. The athletes and relay teams that qualified can now use the rest of the season to improve their per formance and shave as much time of f their runs as possible. Rutgers will also compete the 100-meter hurdles, distance medley and sprint medley relays.

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urdue head men’s basketball coach Matt Painter agreed on a contract extension that keeps him in Indianapolis through the 2018-2019 season. The extension came after Painter engaged in talks with his alma mater, Missouri. Painter earned the Big Ten Coach of the Year award three times with the Boilermakers and led them to the Sweet 16 in 2009 and 2010. Missouri is still looking to fill its head coaching void, as former head coach Mike Anderson left last week for Arkansas.

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Cavaliers, who earlier in the year went on the longest losing streak in sports’ history, got the one victory they wanted the most. The Cavs toppled LeBron James and the Miami Heat last night, 102-90. The game marked James’ second homecoming after turning his back on the Cavaliers in favor of joining Dwayne Wade and the Heat during the offseason. Cleveland gained the win Tuesday night despite blowing a 23-point lead and James posting a triple-double. Anthony Parker dropped 20 points for the Cavs, including a 3-pointer that capped a 12-0 run by Cleveland to the end of the game.

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Von Miller earned an invite to the NFL Draft, despite being a plaintiff in a high-profile lawsuit against the league. Miller joined the likes of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and seven other NFL players in an injunction seeking to block the current player lockout. The senior linebacker received the Butkus Award last season and is projected as a high first-round selection. Miller has yet to respond to the league’s invitation.

FORMER NBA ALL-STAR Jalen Rose admitted that his blood alcohol level was over the legal limit on March 11 when he was pulled over by police. Rose got into a single-vehicle car accident that day and voluntarily submitted to a blood alcohol screening. The former Michigan standout apologized in a statement yesterday but did not specify his blood alcohol level. Rose will appear in court on April 20.

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Senior Shawn Lopez started each of the Knights’ first nine games in the midfield, where she totaled 20 draw controls.

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“They have a lot of scoring threats,” Brand said. “When you history of contested matchups try to shut down one or two of their players, someone else is going to step up.” continued from back Notre Dame also returns all The similarities between the but one defensive starter from Knights and Fighting Irish aided last season, including All-Big Rutgers in practice. East defender Jackie Doherty When the Rutgers offense and and sophomore goalie Ellie defense scrimmage, they know Hilling, who faces the Knights they will face similar opponents with a year of experience under in South Bend. her belt. “A lot of times we’re practicRutgers and Notre Dame ing for a certain team — we also both share experience in make a lot of adjustments,” close games. Lopez said. “When we have to The Knights won three games make adjustments by one goal while like that, it’s not the Irish were on necessarily help“Hopefully we’re not the losing end of ing because that’s the same number in that situation not the way we of games, includnormally play.” ing their last two. where we have to When Rutgers The Knights’ win at the end, goes up against only one-point loss Notre Dame, the of the year came but ... the players games traditionally against Princeton go down to the feel comfortable.” on March 2, wire because of the when the Tigers LAURA BRAND parallels in skill won, 11-10. Head Coach and playing style. “We learned Most recently, a lesson from Rutgers beat Notre [Princeton] so Dame, 12-11, last season that when we’re in close games in overtime. we can come out on the winIn the overtime period, nowning end,” Brand said. graduated attack Brooke “Hopefully we’re not in that sitCantwell scored her third goal of uation where we have to win at the day on an isolation shot to cap the end, but if we are, the playthe Rutgers lead. ers feel comfortable being in Cantwell was the Knights’ that position.” most dominant scorer last seaRutgers also enters the son, when the Knights relied on matchup off an 11-7 loss last fewer options to score. Saturday against Syracuse. The Irish were in a similar sit“We played passively in the uation when they relied on midbeginning of the [Syracuse] fielder Shaylyn Blaney, who game,” Brand said. “That’s scored 40 goals last season, and why we had to play a game attack Gina Scioscia (39) for the of catch-up.” bulk of the scoring. The Orange handed the Rutgers and Notre Dame run Knights their first Big East much more balanced attacks this loss of the year, but against season. Blaney is back for her Notre Dame the Knights hope senior season, but she is just one to rebound in their goals of six Irish goal scorers between to make the Big East and 10 and 15 goals. NCAA Tournaments.

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Senior third baseman D.J. Anderson went 2-for-2 at the plate for the Scarlet Knights yesterday, when he scored two runs against Wagner and drove in another in the loss.

After beating Louisville on Sunday and allowing just four runs, pitching struggled from the outset against their Northeast Conference opponent. And when freshman reliever Charlie Lasky allowed three runs in the top of the ninth, it meant Rutgers’ final two runs were all for naught. Senior third basemen D.J. Anderson drove in Lang and scored in the ninth, but with two men on and one out, the last two batters struck out to end the game. It was a familiar sight for Rutgers, which stranded 13 runners on base. “It comes with the season,” said Anderson, who went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored. “Sometimes you don’t get big hits when you need him. I feel confident that as the year goes on, as we get more experience under our belt, we’ll play better. You saw it against Louisville — we played well then.” But a win against the perennial Big East power seemed forever ago yesterday, when any thought of momentum carrying over quickly disappeared. Junior star ter Willie Beard allowed six runs before leaving with two outs in the first inning, and the situation only worsened for the Knights. Senior Sean Campbell, who relieved Beard and escaped the

inning, left the field in an ambulance after taking an errant throw in the head. Sophomore shor tstop Pat Sweeney left an inning later after injuring his ankle, fur ther weakening the Knights’ middle infield. It does not appear as if they will receive a boost any time soon, with sophomore shortstop Steve Nyisztor still battling an illness doctors have yet to identify. “Of fensively, he’s a pretty big cog for us. The loss of his bat is hurting us big,” Hill said of last season’s leader in batting average. “He’s still ver y, ver y weak. One day he’s OK and the next day he feels lousy. He’s lost some strength and he’s lethargic.” So the Knights were left scratching through the middle innings, when any effort at a rally lacked conviction. Junior reliever Ryan Fasano was left on the mound to hold off the damage that only worsened after his four innings of one-run ball. “My job was to keep us in the ballgame and not let their lead get any larger,” Fasano said. “I was just trying to throw strikes and keep it to a six-run game.” But a six-run deficit was not what Rutgers expected against Wagner (6-14), and neither was a stop-and-go offense. “The midweek games are really, really important at the end of the year,” Hill said. “Those are the games where you see second-line pitching. You need to play better than we did today.”

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Senior pitcher appears OK after injury to head On Favatella’s first play at the new position, he capitalized on a mistake by Wagner’s Gaby Ramirez, catching Ramirez trying to run back to third base after overrunning the bag. But an inning later, Favatella recorded an error when he missed a ground ball. Infielder Dan Perrine took over for Favatella at second base. Perrine, who started 15 times for the Knights this season, ended the game 0-for-2 with a walk.

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The Rutgers baseball team suf fered two crucial injuries during yesterday’s 11-5 loss against Wa g n e r. The first KNIGHT occur red NOTEBOOK between the first and second innings, when senior pitcher Sean Campbell was struck in the head by a wild ball thrown by freshman catcher Michael Zavala. Campbell remained down on the field for close to 15 minutes while head coach Fred Hill and the team’s trainer checked on him. An ambulance arrived at the field soon afterwards. Campbell eventually got to his feet and was able to walk to the ambulance, where he was checked for any serious injuries. According to Hill, the prognosis is somewhat promising. “He was coherent out there on the field when I was with him,” Hill said. “Ever ything’s precautionary as of right now just to make sure that everything’s OK.” As for the team’s morale after the injur y, Hill understands the struggle his team had to cope with. “It is dif ficult,” Hill said. “But they know there’s nothing they can do about it, so they have to get back out there and play. I’m sure they were aware out there of how bad it could have been though.” Junior pitcher Ryan Fasano, who relieved Campbell, pitched a solid four innings while giving up one run, three hits and two walks.

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Sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney left yesterday’s game against Wagner in the third inning after spraining his ankle and being cleated on a collision at second base. Campbell was taken to Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital to undergo further testing.

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Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun has his team in the Final Four for the fourth time, and faces an old foe in John Calipari.

FINAL FOUR — HOUSTON No. 4 Kentucky (29-8)

No. 11 VCU (28-11)

No. 3 Connecticut (30-9)

No. 8 Butler (27-9)

The Final Four kicks off this weekend in Houston with two of the more surprising matchups in recent history. Virginia Commonwealth plays Butler at 6 p.m. in

a meeting of the highest seeds ever. Kentucky tips of f against Connecticut afterward in a battle of storied programs.

Rice slid hard into second on a sacrifice bunt. Sweeney went down clutching what appeared to be his ankle and was quickly helped off the field. It remains unclear whether Sweeney will return for the Knights’ upcoming series with Seton Hall. “It doesn’t seem serious,” Hill said. “But a sprained ankle could be two hours or it could be three days. Hopefully he’s OK tomorrow.”

Freshman second baseman Nick Favatella moved to shortstop after the injury, a position he knows quite well, and the midgame transition did not throw him off guard. “I played shortstop for three years in high school,” Favatella said. “In midgame, switching positions is a little bit different, but in the end you’re still catching the ball and throwing it to first.”

next for the Knights this weekend in an important three-game conference series in Piscataway. The Knights won two against the Pirates last May and aim for the clean sweep this time around. A series win against their instate rivals may be the catalyst the Knights need to boost their lowly 8-14 record. “We just need to play our game,” Favatella said. “Because when we do, not many teams can beat us.” For Hill, it is all about continuing to put the pieces together both offensively and defensively in order to develop a winning team, especially with all the growing injuries. “We’re trying to put things together,” Hill said. “And for the Seton Hall series, we’ll probably play a couple kids who look pretty good with a bat because we certainly need some hits at the right time.” The series opens on Friday at 3 p.m. at Bainton Field. “It’s a big rivalry for us,” said senior third baseman D.J. Anderson. “We always look forward to playing them. It’s also big for us. We’re 1-2 in the conference and we want to win two of three and possibly sweep them to get things back on track.”

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Junior linebacker Steve Beauharnais broke into the Scarlet Knights’ defense as a freshman playing weakside, and he will return to the position after starting last year at middle linebacker.

Junior moves back to aggressive ways BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When Rutgers head football coach Greg Schiano approached junior Steve Beauharnais about switching FOOTBALL to strongside linebacker in the offseason, Beauharnais met the decision with enthusiasm. The 6-foot-2 Beauharnais started three games at SAM during his freshman season, when he made a name for himself on special teams before wracking up five sacks. “I think coach made a ver y good switch,” Beauharnais said. “I talked to a couple coaches and I’m so aggressive — my style of play is so, so aggressive that they put me at the most aggressive position that we have — SAM linebacker. I’m able to do what I did my freshman year.” But Beauharnais’ work last season at middle linebacker, where he started all 12 games for the Scarlet Knights, helped the 230-pounder just as much as his time at SAM. “I have experience at the actual position,” Beauharnais said. “But I also have experience from playing MIKE linebacker. When I was at that position, I knew what everybody was doing all the time. So I already know the SAM job.” Beauharnais’ ability to play multiple positions is all the more important for Schiano, who admitted the linebacking corps does not have the same depth as the secondary.

Junior Khaseem Greene started all 12 games a year ago for the Knights, but now slides into the box as a weak-side linebacker. Classmate Ka’Lial Glaud figures to be the voice of the Rutgers defense at MIKE but owns only two starts over two seasons in Piscataway. Add in a thin crop of rookies and seldom-used special teams players, and Beauharnais’ reunion at SAM not only

“My style of play is so, so aggressive that they put me at the most aggressive position that we have.” STEVE BEAUHARNAIS Junior Linebacker

became a luxur y for the Saddle Brook, N.J., native, but a necessity, as well. “We’re deep and inexperienced at a lot of positions,” Schiano said. “We have some front-line guys that have played and then we got a lot of young kids that are really talented but need reps. I don’t know if you noticed, but we don’t have that much depth at linebacker and D-line is kind of two and a half.” Senior Manny Abreu moved to the defensive line as a product of Greene’s transition, bringing to the trenches a player with a linebacker’s mentality.

Abreu, the Knights’ previous starter at SAM, and Beauharnais shared some of the same experiences on the strong side, and Abreu will play virtually the same position as Beauharnais as an edge rusher. “It’s going to be very, very helpful,” Beauharnais said of Abreu’s position change. “His position that he is basically like my position, his old position. It’s just that he’s going to be in a three-point stance all the time.” After a 4-8 campaign, one of Schiano’s chief goals was to improve the overall speed of his defensive unit, which included setting Beauharnais free to make plays behind the backfield. Beauharnais stood out during his rookie season for his ability to make plays in space but faced the daunting task of transitioning to MIKE during his sophomore season. Now free of making defensive calls and being responsible for the defense’s positioning, Beauharnais has the liberty to “cause havoc ever ywhere,” he said. Still, what Beauharnais noticed most after one day of spring practice was not his change in scener y but Schiano’s renewed energy as a defensive play caller. “He’s doing a lot now,” Beauharnais said. “He’s calling the signals, he’s running around, running the drills. Practice-wise, I’m seeing another side of coach Schiano. I never thought he was a run-around guy. He’s pretty fast, to tell you the truth. I like him this way.”

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SAME FACES,

KA’LIAL GLAUD Position: MLB Height: 6’2” Weight: 223 lbs.

MANNY ABREU Position: DE Height: 6’3” Weight: 255 lbs.

DIFFERENT PLACES BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After nearly four months off between the end of the Rutgers football team’s 2010 season and its first spring practice, the Scarlet Knights’ coaching staff could not blame junior Ka’Lial Glaud if he displayed some rust. But despite just one day at middle linebacker on his résumé, Glaud showed no ill effects after transitioning from the weak side, barking out the defense’s calls above the rest of the field noise. And in the process, Glaud earned the attention of an especially important onlooker. “What I saw today — I have no idea if [Glaud] did his job very well — but what he did is he took control of…getting the signal, making the front call,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “[He was] very loud, very in control. That’s something he brings to the table.” The 6-foot-2, 223-pound Glaud earned a pair of starts at strong-side linebacker last season after regular starter Manny Abreu suffered a knee injur y against Army at the New Meadowlands Stadium. But after Schiano re-tooled the defensive side of the ball with a variety of position changes, Glaud’s move to MIKE appears to be more permanent. For Glaud, the move to the center of the defense could not be more instinctive. “It actually kind of feels natural,” he said. “I like the chance to get out there and the chance to be a leader and kind of be in command of the defense. I want the responsibility to take on that challenge. So it feels good.” Glaud approached classmate Steve Beauharnais, the Knights’ starter at MIKE for all 12 games last year, about the nuances of the position in the offseason, and Beauharnais provided Glaud with a direct response. “The first thing I started off is that when I passed the torch to him, that you have to be a leader at all times,” Beauharnais said. “You have to be the commander-in-chief out there. You’re the commander-in-chief out there and that’s what he has to be.” Glaud now finds himself as the face of a completely revamped linebacker corps,

one that features converted safety Khaseem Greene at WILL and Beauharnais’ return to SAM, where he started three games as a true freshman. But after appearing in 12 games as a freshman to go along with 19 tackles a year ago, the Winslow Township High School (N.J.) product is hardly new to the demands of the position. “It helps me a whole lot,” Glaud said of his playing experience at Rutgers. “When you come inside you wonder, ‘How strong is everybody? How fast is everybody?’ Then you get to go out there and…see that everyone’s just like you. There’s a reason that everybody’s here. And after that you get a competitiveness and the insights just take over. And I think I have that right now.” Not counting the daunting vocal aspect of MIKE, which he said comes naturally, Glaud needs to improve his pad level while filling the hole left in offensive linemen’s wake, he said. “The real big thing I think I have to work on is just staying lower,” Glaud said. “If I stay lower and I get all the film work in and the whole mental thing, I think everything else will take its course.” While many pegged Glaud to earn more significant playing time earlier in his Rutgers career, the newly anointed MIKE feels no sense of urgency to salvage his final two seasons with the Knights. The Atco, N.J., native finds himself in the film room more often than he did as an underclassman and now regularly picks the minds of his linebackers coaches and Beauharnais. “First, [Beauharnais] told me all the bad things about the mistakes that he made to help me get better,” Glaud said. “When we sit inside film, if I ever have a question about the position he lets me know what not to do. Then he tells me what to do after that — after the coaches teach me and everything. He basically tries to make sure I’m good.” Glaud now has no problems asking questions or bringing up points in position meetings, where the coaching staff likely hears Glaud above the rest. “That’s just something that’s a part of my game, part of my personality,” Glaud said. “I guess I’m just a loud speaker.”

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Junior linebacker Ka’Lial Glaud started two games last season on the strong side, but begins spring practice as the Scarlet Knights’ starting middle linebacker.

JEFFREY LAZARO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior Manny Abreu started 15 games at linebacker through his first three seasons, but is a first-team defensive end at the outset of spring practice.

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Ask Manny Abreu about the last time he began a play with his hand in the dirt, and the senior can give you a precise answer: He was a freshman tight end at Union Hill High School (N.J.). But ask the recently converted linebacker what it feels like, and the answer eludes him. As the senior begins his first set of spring practices at defensive end, the biggest adjustment is growing accustomed to playing with his hand down. “I’ve never had my hand down. I’ve always been on my feet,” Abreu said. “I’m struggling a little bit because I’m not used to … exploding from the position. The beginning of practice was a little tough, but it got better and I got used to it. I can only imagine in a few weeks how much more comfortable I will be.” Abreu is one of a handful of Scarlet Knights using the spring to learn a new position. Some, like junior Khaseem Greene and sophomore Jordan Thomas, played the position in high school. But not Abreu. He never even thought about leaving his spot at linebacker, where he started seven games as a true freshman and eight last season. Then head coach Greg Schiano sat down with Abreu and proposed the switch. “I was a little bit surprised, but coach only did it for my best interest,” Abreu said. “I was a little shocked, but I thought it over, talked to my parents and my fiancée, and we gave it a shot trusting the head man.” Schiano pitched the idea to Abreu on the grounds that it was not only a better fit for Rutgers but for Abreu’s career after college. After the Knights lost six straight games to end last season, Schiano wanted to infuse speed into his defense by moving starters down a level. And with Abreu’s 6-foot-3 frame, he believes he is a better fit for the NFL at defensive end. “Being such a big guy and it being so similar to the linebacker spot, I’ve

been playing for a while, he said it would be a better spot for me,” Abreu said. “I took his advice — I trust the man — so I said, ‘Hey, why not give it a shot?’ It’s a little hard right now. I’m not used to it, but I like it. It’ll eventually come smoothly.” One thing that does come smoothly to Abreu is the playbook. He spent his first three seasons and redshirt year learning the role of a linebacker and that included knowing what the defensive line did in front of him. Now he keys in on a single target on a given play, and he still appreciates the importance of what is happening with the linebackers behind him. “He knows how important his job is out in the front,” junior middle linebacker Ka’Lial Glaud said. “He knows we back up the D-line. If the D-line messes up with something, then we have to back it up. Manny knows how important that is now.” With simplified responsibilities, Abreu’s main focus is on adjusting to the style. But he showed something at linebacker, where he made 99 tackles and 1.5 sacks, that convinced Schiano he has a future on the defensive line. “We think he can do that,” Schiano said. “We’ve seen him do some things with his hands when he’s at linebacker so we think he can do that, but I’m anxious to see. I hope so, because that can really help us.” Schiano’s belief is so strong that Abreu began camp on the first-team defense. Rutgers replaces last year’s starting defensive ends, so there are obvious question marks. But Abreu and Schiano believe he will soon be able to answer the most difficult one — what it feels like with his hand down — and grow accustomed to defensive end. “Like coach says, you have to build equity in a program. I have throughout the past years,” Abreu said. “Just by him putting me in the first-team defense, it shows that he has confidence and he believes that although it is new, I can adjust to it.”

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LEGRAND LEAVES REHAB CENTER FOR AUNT’S HOME Rutgers junior Eric LeGrand was released from the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation yesterday after spending more than six FOOTBALL months at the West Orange, N.J., center. LeGrand, who suffered a paralyzing injur y making a tackle against Army on special teams, will reside at his aunt’s home in Jackson, N.J., for the time being. LeGrand will return to Kessler’s West Orange facility once a week for rehab as an outpatient. He will also rehab twice a week at the Kessler Rehabilitation Center in Ocean Township. D o c t o r s r e m o v e d LeGrand’s tracheotomy last week, as the 20year-old continues ERIC to make progress. LEGRAND He is enrolled in a Monday night class, “Blacks and Economic Structures,” which he joins via videoconference. The Avenel, N.J., native last appeared on campus at the Scarlet Knights’ annual Pro Day, and also made two other documented appearances. LeGrand was present at a Februar y fundraiser at the Louis Brown Athletic Center and also joined his teammates for their first meeting of the spring semester. Donations to the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund can be mailed to: “Eric LeGrand Believe Fund” PNC Wealth Management Attn: Kimberly G. Kingsland, Senior Trust Advisor One Palmer Square Suite 201 Princeton, NJ 08542 — Staff Report

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Junior reliever Ryan Fasano threw four innings for the Scarlet Knights and allowed one run after starter Willie Beard left in the first inning and reliever Sean Campbell left Bainton Field in an ambulance with a head injury.

Rutgers plays sloppy in loss to weaker Wagner BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

After Michael Lang scored a seventh-inning run yesterday to cut the Rutgers baseball BASEBALL team’s deficit to four WAGNER 11 runs, the Scarlet Knights tried anyRUTGERS 5 thing to rally. Five players pinch-hit through the final two innings

against Wagner in an attempt to cut into the Seahawks’ advantage, but first they had to keep Wagner off the board. So when three-hole hitter Kevin McDonnell responded to Lang’s run with a double to lead of f the next inning, Rutgers head coach Fred Hill told his pitcher to appeal. Freshman reliever Joe Esposito aimed for first base, which he did not believe McDonnell touched, and sent his throw wide, bounding into foul territory.

McDonnell advanced on the error, scored on the next at-bat, and Rutgers’ last-ditch rally fell short in an 11-5 loss at Bainton Field. “What can I say? That’s ridiculous,” Hill said. “It was just a very, very poor play. I thought our performance was very poor. We didn’t play very well at all. We did things we’ve never done before.” And the Knights (8-14) did it against weaker competition.

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RU prepares for team with similar style

Skid hits 11 with loss to Hofstra ace

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The Big East contains a variety of adversaries for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team with many different WOMEN’S LACROSSE styles of play. But the Scarlet RUTGERS AT Knights face an NOTRE DAME, opponent tomorrow TOMORROW, 7 P.M. in South Bend, Ind., with a style of play that nearly mirrors their own in Notre Dame. “They have a pretty strong defense. We have a pretty strong defense,” said senior midfielder Shawn Lopez. “They rely on a lot of one [on] ones on attack and so do we.” But the similarities are no coincidence. Notre Dame head coach Tracy Coyne coached Rutgers head coach Laura Brand on Team Canada’s women’s lacrosse team. “They work closely together. They do a lot of talking,” Lopez said. “They like to recruit the same kind of players. My coach has learned some things from her and maybe even vice-versa.”

Home runs by captains Brittney Lindley and Mickenzie Alden gave the Rutgers softball team a chance to end a 10-game losing skid. SOFTBALL But the lead, supRUTGERS 4 plied by Lindley’s HOFSTRA 10 two-run blast, did not hold against one of the toughest pitchers on the East Coast. Losing 10-4 yesterday against Hofstra and Colonial Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year Olivia Galati, the Scarlet Knights (10-19, 0-3) now carr y an 11-game losing streak into this weekend’s three-game road series with Connecticut. “It’s frustrating,” said Lindley, a junior third baseman. “We want to get that win and we keep getting close and letting it get away. We know we have the fight in us, but we have to take that next step.”

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Senior outfielder Mickenzie Alden went 3-for-3 yesterday, scored two runs and belted her first home run in two years in a 10-4 loss on the road to Hofstra.

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