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The Rutgers football team’s defense dominated the offense in its first scrimmage of the spring, as quarterback Chas Dodd had to battle high winds.

Student safety concerns grow after festival ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The masses that flooded the College Avenue campus and New Brunswick after this year’s Rutgersfest have left some students shaken and questioning the day’s security.

School of Engineering sophomore Radhika Agrawal said she felt security for Rutgersfest was lacking and created an unsafe environment.

“Every year, [Rutgersfest] has gotten progressively worse, and now the administration has to take action,” Agrawal said. “The whole situation was pretty much just pure chaos.”

Joseph Cifelli, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said security was insufficient for an event of this magnitude and that security was unable to accommodate the large number of attendees.

“I live on Easton Avenue, and we were supposed to go out and we stayed in because of what happened,” he said. “I think we needed more help from the New Brunswick Police Department — they were straight out out-numbered.”

More than 100 extra officers were assigned that night to manage the crowds in the streets, according to My 9 News.

Cifelli said in the future, they should limit Rutgersfest to only University students and increase security.

Gaby Ghobrial, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore, said she was more concerned with off-campus safety since she heard one of the four shootings take place.

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Pitbull, one of three headlining musical acts at this year’s Rutgersfest, performs for a crowd of more than 30,000 people Friday in Yurcak Field on Busch campus. Attendees also had the chance to play in moonbounces and buy boardwalk-style food.

Four shootings follow Rutgersfest activities

BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

More than 30,000 people flocked to Yurcak Field on Busch campus Friday afternoon for the Rutgers University Programming Association’s (RUPA) annual end-of-the-year concer t and carnival, Rutgersfest.

But the out-of-town crowd the festival attracted that night led to four shootings and 11 arrests in New Brunswick.

“We’re investigating why [the shootings] happened,” said Lt. J.T. Miller of the New Br unswick Police Depar tment (NBPD).

“The crowd Rutgersfest brings is not normal, and the amount of shootings and altercations are not normal.”

None of the victims were University students and the injuries they sustained were nonlife threatening, he said.

The first shooting occurred around midnight near Easton Avenue and Albany Street in front of Marita’s Cantina, where an 18-year-old was shot once in each leg, Miller said.

Another dispute ended in the shooting of two brothers near 32 College Ave. and Hamilton Street, where one, a 19-year-old, was shot in the buttocks and the other was grazed in the thigh, Miller said.

A 17-year-old, who was shot in the hip on a side street off Easton Avenue, showed up at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, but the NBPD is still investigating the location, he said.

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Ana Castillo, president of RUPA, hopes the shootings reported by the NBPD and Rutgers Police after Rutgersfest will not impact the festival.

“I hope it doesn’t reflect badly on the people at Rutgersfest,” Castillo said, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “People who are against us having the festival have more fuel now because of this. However much of it is a tradition, it is a privilege.”

Most of the incidents Friday night involved non-University students, so Castillo is disappointed it reflects poorly on behalf of the University.

“These incidents are not reflective of the

Students pitch more than a dozen tents Sunday for this year’s Tent State University, a weeklong movement against tuition hikes run by the Rutgers Student Union.

Students pitched their tents at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus yesterday to start off a weeklong protest against University tuition hikes.

In its ninth year, Tent State University will give students a chance to camp out and call their legislators every day to encourage them to support higher education, said Sonia Szczesna, a Rutgers Student Union member.

“The set up is like a pseudo-university, where we have our own workshops throughout the day and it’s sort of like an expression — being able to freely express who you are as a student seeking higher education,” said Patrick Ree, a Rutgers Student Union member.

The Rutgers Student Union, which coordinated the event, rents a tent to any willing participant for $5 per night with goals of building a united coalition, a community and a space for all, said Ree, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Tent State, which is affiliated with the same campaign as last Wednesday’s “Walk into Action,” will feature three active tents on Voorhees Mall — the town hall tent, the legislative tent and the art city tent, said Szczesna, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“It’s kind of like a main street, these are kind of like the little houses,” said Ree, as he pointed to about 15 existing tents.

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CALENDAR Congressmen share views on national issues APRIL The Social Justice House is hosting a screening of the documentary “Food, Inc.” in the Bunting-Cobb Main Lounge of the Woodbury-Bunting Cobb residence hall 7 p.m. on Douglass campus. The film presents an inside look at the food system in the United States and issues related to food justice and sustainability. A panel discussion will follow on April 25.

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Stuck at school for Passover?

Want something besides matzah pizza for dinner? Then come to a Passover Seder from 8 to 11 p.m. at Rutgers Hillel. Students who have never been to a seder or do not know how it works can still attend. These seders will be a free and open place to ask questions and get answers. For more information contact Matt Nover at mnover@scarletmail.rutgers.edu.

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South Asian Students in Sciences is holding Research Panel in the Busch Campus Center Room 115 at 9 p.m.

Professors from various fields are coming in to talk to us about their research at the University and how to approach research as an undergraduate. Food will be provided. For students who are planning to run for a South Asian Students in Sciences executive board position for next year, this event is mandatory to attend. For more information email ru.sass@yahoo.com.

The New Humanist Alumni Group and Humanist Chaplaincy will listen to a lecture, “Humanism: A Life of Meaning” by humanist activist Margaret Downey, in a combined meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Activity Center Lounge on the College Avenue campus.

Downey is a widely know activist for women’s rights and humanist causes. In her talk, Downey will describe some of the causes she has suppor ted for about 40 years. Her address will be directed to the different generations who are expected to be present at the meeting in order for them to see how fulfilling it can be when those with varied experience and exper tise can contribute toward common goals.

Ever yone who attends is invited to bring donations of canned tuna, chicken, salmon and sardines to suppor t the Rutgers Against Hunger Campaign.

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How did a Jewish boy from Chicago become one of India’s most renowned spiritual leaders and activists? Find out at Bhakti’s finale event with returning Sacred Sounds guest Radhanath Swami at Hardenberg Hall Room A7 on the College Avenue campus.

At the age of 19, Swami embarked on a spiritual quest, hitchhiking from the caves of the Mediterranean to the peaks of the Himalayas, studying under many prominent gurus along the way.

Students can join the Bhakti Club for a free night of mystical stories, musical meditations and vegan feasting. Please RSVP at and for more information visit bhakticlub.org.

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BY DMITRY ZHDANKIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., and Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., shared their opinions on the federal budget deficit and their political ideologies on Friday during a discussion at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.

The event, part of Eagleton’s Lewitt Lecture series, engaged the congressmen in discussing their personal views on national political issues.

Lance and Holt held different perspectives regarding the federal budget deficit and the possibility of a government shutdown, which would stop non-essential government functions if an agreement on the budget could not be met.

Lance said he welcomes a constitutional amendment that would impose a debt ceiling, which would limit the total debt to an agreed fraction of gross domestic product.

“Tying the debt ceiling could [lead] to a meaningful debate on a constitutional amendment to limit fur ther debt,” he said. “It might not necessarily be purely a balanced budget amendment, it could be something related to gross domestic product.”

But Holt said imposing a stricter debt ceiling at this point would negatively impact the country’s credit record, as they would be unable to take out loans to pay off previous debt. “[Extending the debt ceiling] is a matter of preserving the credit-worthiness of the United States,” he said.

He said the immediate consequences of the loss of creditwor thiness would throw the government into crisis.

Holt also said it is crucial to remember the importance of investment in the current budget deficit debate.

“Whether it is education, research or infrastructure, investment is absolutely essential for our future survival, let alone prosperity,” he said.

Lance, who previously ser ved in the New Jersey Legislature, commented on the University’s student protests against tuition hikes, even though he no longer has jurisdiction over the state budget.

“I would hope that students at Rutgers would lobby your state legislators to say not simply ‘we want more funding,’ but also to recognize there have to be cuts due to the nature of the state budgetary situation,” he said.

Holt, who earned his doctorate in physics from New York University, said his background in science is valuable in his political career.

“I’ve been interested, from my earliest memories, in how the world works and how people get along,” he said. “[It is] science and politics.”

Holt said scientists are important in Congress because they have a better grasp on the issues with technological components like voting.

“It became apparent to me and to other scientists that I talked with, that having purely electronic voting machines is dangerous,” he said. “You don’t have any verifiable way of testing their reliability.”

Lance, who has a doctorate in law from Vanderbilt University and a master’s degree in public administration from Princeton University, said it is important for members of Congress to have a background in American history.

“The day one enters Congress, one does not reinvent the wheel,” he said.

He said as people engage in great debates about the future of this country, they ought to be well informed about its history to make sound judgments.

But Holt and Lance agreed there is much less bipartisanship at the state and federal levels than there used to be.

“It is important to note that partisanship does not have to be nastiness,” Holt said. “But we certainly had a very nasty political climate over the last few years all across the country.”

Holt said he sees an ideological split between the two parties that is stronger today than it was before.

Lance also said factors like ideological polarization on cable news television the residences that contribute to the lack of bipartisanship.

John Weingart, associate director at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said it is a rare opportunity to see a Democrat and a

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Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., visited the University Friday to discuss how a stricter debt ceiling will cause negative effects for the government.

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Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., spoke at the Eagleton Institute of Politics about adding a constitutional amendment to limit future federal debt.

Republican calmly discuss their political views.

“It is impor tant that no one person or one par ty has a monopoly on truth,” he said. “I think that this discussion was the embodiment of this belief.”

School of Arts and Sciences junior Harini Kidambi, who attended

the talk, said because politics affect so many aspects of society, events like this are important.

“Having a baseline knowledge of local government and the federal government allows us to be a lot more aware of what is happening,” she said. “It helps me to form my own opinions and beliefs.”

RUTGERS DAY TO FEATURE PHILANTHROPIC GROUPS A host of student philanthropic organizations will shed light on world issues and present their work to improve them on Rutgers Day, April 30, on the College Avenue, Busch and Cook/Douglass campuses.

The Ileret Education Association will help raise money and awareness on the College Avenue campus for the Dassanach children living in Ileret, a village in Northern Kenya, according to the Rutgers Day schedule of events.

Children of the Dassanach tribe usually do not go to high school and college, so funds will go toward sponsoring children to further their education.

On the College Avenue campus, RU Liquid Water will teach participants about the negative impacts of the worldwide

unsanitary water crisis and their efforts in raising awareness to the New Brunswick and University communities.

RU Liquid Water will also show a video of children traveling long distances to gather dirty water.

A table on the College Avenue campus with the Alternative Breaks programs will allow attendees to experience the life of someone who lives below the poverty line. Participants will learn how poverty affects the community, particularly in New Jersey.

Peer Awareness, Compassion and Tolerance (PACT) for Autism will show Rutgers Day attendees on the College Avenue campus how to better understand the one in 110 Americans who express autism.

The Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) will host a table on Busch campus with posters, flyers and presentations about their work abroad.

Children who attend Rutgers Day can join FIMRC in a bean sack tossing game for a chance to win a prize. Other participants can learn how to take blood pressure with a stethoscope.

The Rutgers Global Brigades, which aims to create sustainable development in third world nations by providing medical aid, improvements to infrastructure and better business planning, will host a table on the College Avenue campus.

Their table will discuss their efforts and feature their water purifiers.

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Students run in a four-legged race yesterday in Johnson Park as part of the Rutgers Association of Philippine Students’ “Barrio Fiesta.”

Participants enjoyed food and other outdoor competitive activities.

CONCERNS: Students say crowds swarmed College Ave. continued from front “I feel safe on campus but take a step off campus, I don’t feel as safe,” she said. “I live on Easton and Prosper. I actually heard the gunshots. I walked out and the streets were filled with people.”

Ghobrial said the University should have hired more security for the College Avenue campus following the concert.

“I’m not sure exactly how to prevent non-University people from coming on campus, but there could have been a little more security,” she said. “They have to be a little smarter too [about] what crowds they attract and the nature of the performers.”

Karen Santana, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said that part of the problem is that Rutgersfest is used as an excuse for dangerous behavior.

“I don’t think the concert was the source of the mayhem itself,” she said. “I think it’s just the nature of Rutgersfest and what people associate with it. I think there definitely should have been more cops out.”

David Toradze, a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student, said that although he did not attend the concert, the event seemed to continue into the evening on the College Avenue campus.

“There was a swarm of people. It was kind of terrifying and I didn’t like it,” he said.

“There was a lot of fights that broke out, but I couldn’t really

do anything about it because there were so many people.”

John Azzinaro, a School of Engineering junior, said the overall mood of this year’s festival seemed much more unhappy in comparison to last year.

“Last year ever ything seemed fine, but I’ve never seen New Brunswick like this.

There was no control on or off campus,” he said. “Last year, getting back from Busch [campus] to the College Avenue [campus] at 11:30 p.m. was easy, but there was nothing this serious before.”

Azzinaro was involved in an altercation of assault and robber y that resulted in injuries during a party at his house, when at 2 a.m., his housemates began to kick people out. “[People] got angry at me because I wouldn’t give them their [admission] money back and one guy hit me in the face,” he said.

Azzinaro said the incident was unprovoked and unlike anything he has witnessed in New Brunswick.

“I haven’t gotten in a fight since middle school. I’ve never seen New Brunswick like this before,” he said. “My friends were threatened with a knife to give back $5 [the admission fee to the party]. Our house windows were broken, and a car window was broken, too.”

Despite this incident, Azzinaro felt that more security would not have made a difference.

“Rutgersfest always has a lot of people, but this year, there was just more,” he said. “I don’t think that more security would have helped. There was a lot of people and security wouldn’t be able to keep track of them.”

students who actually come here,” she said. “It’s such an anxiety-ridden day for people who run Rutgersfest and the city of New Brunswick, but the incidents are unrelated to the festival itself. It’s just because people don’t know how to control their actions.”

Castillo said Rutgersfest is a difficult and risky event to run because of the tradition of drinking throughout the day.

“Bars around New Brunswick exacerbate the situation by opening at 8 in the morning. When they let students have access to that kind of thing, it’s terrible for us,” she said.

This year’s Rutgersfest lineup included YelaWolf, 3OH!3 and Pitbull, along with this year’s Battle of the Band’s winner Dirty Mac. “I think despite the weather — it was so freezing — we had an amazing turn out,” Castillo said.

“Students who showed up at 2:30 stayed until 7 p.m. and had a great reaction to the artists, like we expected.”

Traditionally, Rutgersfest occurs at the end of April and stands as a celebration of the end of classes, but because of the way the calendar fell, Rutgersfest was moved to an

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People will ask students what town they are from and encourage them to call their legislators in the legislative tent, Szczesna said. Students write letters and lobby to their congressman and to University President Richard L. McCormick to express student involvement in higher education.

“We get them to call them and say ‘Hey, I want you to support higher education. I’m a voter,’” she said. “This is all about showing that we vote and that we care.”

At the town hall tent, people par ticipating will discuss democracy and practice revolutionar y democracy, and the Rutgers Student Union staf f will have their nightly meetings to vote on how the next day will r un, she said.

Professors will also teach lectures and classes.

“On Thursday, I will be taking a class called ‘Organizing for Social Change,’ and there’s going to be a lecture about fundraising, which is really important when it comes to Tent State,” Szczesna said.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-6, will participate at the opening ceremony today at 11 a.m. and Rep. Rush Holt, D-12, is scheduled to speak at the town hall tent at Tent State today at 11:30 a.m. about Pell Grants, she said.

As a creative outlet, the art city tent will host workshops ranging from poetr y workshops to recycled instrument making and jamming, Ree said.

People will work with recycled material collected throughout the Middlesex County area and unused material will be taken to a nearby recycling facility.

“We’re taking the platform of up-cycling — putting a consciousness into crafting by

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earlier date in the month and will likely stay at that date for next year, Castillo said.

“Because of the weather, it was a little muddier on the field,” she said. “It was really cold, but not as wet. Nothing hurt us on the field. The tents we got for the ar tists had heaters in them.”

For some, it was their first time attending Rutgersfest.

“It was exciting, I guess,” said Andrew Yuskaitis, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore. “Concerts aren’t really my thing, but I had a good time.

I would definitely go again next year.”

Chih-Ting Tung, a School of Engineering sophomore, was also new to Rutgersfest.

“I just came to check it out,” Tung said. “YelaWolf was OK, better than the first performer [Dirty Mac]. I’m most excited for Pitbull.”

Renee Coppola, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, found it hard to get into the music because of the environment.

“I was surrounded by like 50 people pushing me in all directions,” she said. “My friends really enjoyed 3OH!3 though and thought they sounded very good live compared to other artists.”

But Coppola left Rutgersfest before Pitbull took the stage.

“It was very exhausting and hard to pay attention to so many things at once,” she said. “I couldn’t stand there for another hour,

the crowd was too rowdy and it was so cold.”

Despite the concert conditions, Abby Weingarten, a Middlesex County College first-year student, stuck it out until the end.

“This was my second time coming to Rutgersfest and even though it’s colder than last year, I’m glad I stuck around for Pitbull,” she said. “It was a lot of fun dancing.”

Castillo said the event connects students with artists they already listen to as well as new ones.

“Whether Rutgersfest introduced people to new music or people came to see their favorites, they responded really well,” she said. “I could tell just by hearing the crowd singing along.”

Ninety individuals of the 30,000 people who attended Rutgersfest last year were taken out of the crowd, Castillo said.

“The numbers are probably the same as last year,” she said.

“That’s really not a large number of people getting out of hand. It’s pretty good, but we wish it could be zero. The festival is a very controlled space.”

In the end, Castillo said RUPA believes the concert went well.

“The artists were really easy to work with this year,” she said.

“We hope everyone had fun. If we have any backlash about the shootings, I know we can deal with it, and we’re excited to see if people defend the event or not. It should be interesting.”

using materials that would other wise be garbage and recreating it into something that people can actually use and admire,” he said.

Tent State also features shows every night starting at 9 p.m., Ree said.

Local rapper Early Grey and Beatles cover band Hey Bulldog per formed on the steps of Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus last night, Szczesna said.

Based on the Facebook event listing, about 600 people are expected to attend Tent State activities throughout the week, Szczesna said.

“The event in the past has

The tents on campus symbolize students’ homes when they seek higher education, but resort to cost-effective housing options, Szczesna said.

“If we keep cutting our education, we’re not going to have anywhere to live. Education is not going to have a home,” she said.

“We’re not going to have enough money to pay these increases in tuition fees.”

Szczesna said in the past the event has been effective since state legislators decided to cut less money for University funding because a large number of people called.

“We’re hoping to get our voices heard because if you do action and there isn’t a follow up its shows that students don’t care,” she said. “This proves that apathy doesn’t exist among the student population.”

Ree said University students are unfamiliar with Tent State and there are particular ideas about the event deterring people from attending. He said some believe it is an exclusive club.

“It’s really for everybody,” he said. “Some people here are alumni and they just keep on coming back because they love it so much because it is a lot of fun.”

One alumnus returning to this year’s Tent State is Erik Straub, who said he returned to the event last night because it is something legislators know happen ever y year.

“It’s the only real public display that’s been put on ever y year done by students where we call our legislators and say we’re students and we care about our higher education,” Straub said.

He also said Tent State is where students garner more student activism within the community.

“It’s a way that we meet new people ever y year,” Straub said.

“If you find five or six people that want to get involved, who wouldn’t get involved otherwise, those people can do things all throughout the year and they can make a big difference.”

“It’s the only real public display that’s been put on every year done by students.”

ERIK STRAUB University Alumnus

been huge,” she said. “It grows toward the end of the week — Wednesday and Thursday. It starts slowly and a lot of people do come out and we encourage people to come out.”

Established in 2003 to oppose the war in the Middle East and cuts to University funding, Szczesna said Tent State is about student rights and building student power.

Tent State is historically related to the Hoover villes during the Great Depression, where Americans who did not have money camped out in makeshift homes after going to work, Ree said. “[Tent State] is also visually striking because you’ll see these people who will wake up in the morning with their backpacks and their books and they’ll go straight to Murray or Scott Hall,” Ree said.

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YelaWolf, 3OH!3 and Pitbull entertain about 30,000 attendees Friday at the University’s annual Rutgersfest.

The concert and carnival this year moved to Busch campus from Livingston campus.

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NJAWBO expo draws in 300 businesses to talk, connect

BY ZACH BREGMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In an ef for t to promote women in business and offer networking oppor tunities, the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) hosted the 13th Annual Business and Procurement Expo Thursday, where about 300 businesses were present.

The purpose of the expo, held at Pines Manor in Edison, was to introduce businesses, both small and large, to each other in order to cultivate future relationships, said Paula Gould, NJAWBO executive director.

“Part of our goal from the getgo was to make sure women have economic independence through business ownership, and we have encouraged them for [more than] 30 years,” she said.

Organizers set up an expo hall in which some business leaders held presentations for others, while experts gave advice to the attendees on how to run a business in a difficult economy.

Some of the small businesses were optimistic about how the event could help expand their business.

“We have a good customer base, but you can always have more customers,” said Jonathan Bober, an employee at Total Communication and Management Solutions. “It’s how you grow as a business — you have to get out there and you have to talk to people.”

Bober said he hoped to partner with another business or expand his own customer base at the end of the conference.

Also in attendance were a few college representatives from schools like Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Susan Brooman, director of Graduate Recruitment and Marketing at Fairleigh Dickinson University, said she thought the event would be a good way to get her school’s name out to companies and businesses.

“It would be a wonder ful oppor tunity to be here and offer some exposure to our university, which is the largest private university in the state of New Jersey,” Brooman said.

The program encouraged small-business owners seeking to expand their businesses to return to school, either at the University or elsewhere, to seek postgraduate degrees to boost their professional skills and résumé.

Bober said the most important thing for small business owners is to be clear and outspoken about their intentions in order to bridge the best relationships.

“You have to get out there and you have to talk to people.

You have to get your name out there and see what ever yone else is doing,” he said. “That’s what we’re here to do.”

Gould said NJAWBO represents women who do not necessarily want to work in corporate America but still wish to pursue some form of business, often by opening up their own companies.

“Many women get tired of the corporate world and still want to do something, so they create a business,” she said.

“Many times it’s because they’ve found what they think is a better way to provide better ser vices and products for clients that they couldn’t provide in the corporate world.”

Gould pointed out NJAWBO services offered to many women and minority-owned businesses, among which include networking.

“We’ve par tnered with [more than] 20 different organizations that come together and the businesses can meet people they never would have met anywhere else,” she said.

“Today’s goal is about building your business.”

Gould said it is useful to have a network of contacts from the beginning, when women or minorities are first star ting their businesses.

There are nearly 1,000 members of NJAWBO, Gould said.

Women who want to reach out to other members can search the organization’s online database.

“Some of our members are women who are in the corporate world, and they support the idea of women who own businesses and so many of them, when they leave the corporate world, will join NJAWBO as a member,” she said.

Freeholders discuss Middlesex County programs

BY BRETT SIEGEL STAFF WRITER

The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders met Thursday at 75 Bayard St. to look at the effectiveness of program initiatives, county funding and county accomplishments.

Freeholder Blanquita Valenti said programs that help citizens through government funding, like soup kitchens and homeless shelters, do a good job but need to expand.

“The loss of jobs and suffering economy has caused a need to expand the size of the places where accommodating programs for those in need are held,” she said. “Senior citizens are suffering now too, and we need to make sure we can continue the ser vices that benefit them.”

But freeholders noted and promoted programs that have

successfully helped the countr y since their enactment, Freeholder Carol Bellante said.

One such program included “Be Safe with Chemicals,” which teaches elementar y school students how to properly dispose of chemicals.

Ronald Rios, Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders deputy director, also mentioned other implemented programs that were succeeding so far, including a program aimed to keep juvenile delinquents away from crime. “‘Brute Camp’ had 30 graduates this year, and it has helped them to avoid any further criminal activity,” he said.

Rios also brought up numerous issues with funding and budget information. For example, he requested money for a hazardous materials truck and further training for government employees that focuses on what to do in emergency situations.

With the discussion of

spending on various programs and materials, New Brunswick resident Cedric Goodman was worried about the county keeping the budget balanced.

“There are a lot of good revenue generating items that I would like the board to consider to offset some of the budget cuts,” Goodman said.

Goodman suggested numerous methods to help raise money for the county, including a tax for people visiting the municipality and using its resources and fees for people utilizing online government data.

But Russell Hendrickson, Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Ser vices manager, believes the money being used is put to good use.

“The funding that we received is going toward a great cause that can be seen and appreciated directly by the individuals in Middlesex and surrounding counties,” he said. “It is good to see

government in action and truly benefitting the people.”

Hendrickson thanked the board for funding the Salvation Army with the money needed to purchase an emergency meal-providing vehicle.

“I want to take the time to appreciate the ef for t and thought for an asset that will directly aid the county in times of need,” he said. “It can feed those in need and those helping during a flood or fire.”

The board also discussed a proclamation that would set certain days or months as official calendar events recognized by the county government.

Specifically, the freeholders suggested April be designated “Child Abuse Prevention Month” to represent young abuse victims.

“I want to thank the freeholders for representing the youngest and most vulnerable members of our society,” said Denise Welkens, an East Brunswick resident.

Valenti said this proclamation is the first step toward helping children locally. “[More than] 3 million children report abuse each year, and it is important that we realize the immediate need to end that,” she said.

Bellante informed residents that vocational school Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies would appear on the Discover y Channel in a special about the best American vocational schools. The freeholders previewed a segment of the show in which the N.J. school was featured.

Bellante also highlighted the events at a college information day at Middlesex County College to bring in prospective students.

“It was a great day that informed many people of the benefits and privileges of county college,” she said.

ELEMENTARY STUDENT PRICKS PEERS’ FINGERS IN SCIENCE PROJECT A student from Campbell Elementar y School in Metuchen caused a health scare Friday when she pricked the fingers of 20 to 25 classmates with the same needle to demonstrate how to check blood sugar as par t of her science project.

The girl, who is diabetic, pricked her classmates’ fingers with a diabetes lancet at the school’s science fair, said Metuchen Superintendent Terri Sinatra in an nj.com article.

Sinatra said the girl was giving her peers an idea of what she does ever y day.

“It was totally innocent. It was absolutely not a malicious situation,” she said in the article. “It was just a young girl who probably just wanted to take her project a little further.”

Once teachers were aware of the situation, the school nurse examined each child who pricked their finger for the science project. The school physician

immediately called the Middlesex County Public Health Department as well as the parents of those pupils who had been pricked.

“What was most important for me was to make sure we got safety protocols in place,” Sinatra said in the article.

“We also wanted to make sure that parents are aware to reassure them that there isn’t any problem.”

The girl did not inform her teacher of her plans to use the diabetes lancet in her science project, Sinatra said.

“That obviously wouldn’t have been allowed under standard protocol,” she said.

A letter was sent home to parents explaining the situation and the school physician will meet with parents on April 25 to answer any questions and address any lingering concerns parents may have.

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Deadliest tornadoes in two decades hit multiple states THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. — Rescue crews searched for survivors in wind-blasted landscapes Sunday in North Carolina, the state hardest hit by a storm system that spawned dozens of tornadoes from Oklahoma to Virginia and left dozens dead.

The spring storm, North Carolina’s deadliest in two decades, spun off 62 tornadoes in that state alone Saturday night. Eleven people were confirmed dead in rural Bertie County, county manager Zee Lamb said.

Another four were confirmed dead in Bladen County, bringing the state’s death toll to at least 21. Deaths reported by officials in five other states brought the U.S. toll to 45.

In the capital city of Raleigh, three family members died in a mobile home park, said Wake County spokeswoman Sarah Williamson-Baker. At that trailer park, residents lined up outside Sunday and asked police guarding the area when they might get back in.

Peggy Mosley, 54, who has lived in the park for 25 years, said she was prepared when the storm bore down on the trailer park. She gathered small pillows and other material and hunkered down in her small bathroom.

“I went and got into my small bathroom and just sat in there and cried and prayed until it was over,” Mosley said.

Farther up the street, Angelina McCaizie was also among those hoping to get back to their homes. She said she had been cooking when she saw the winds and rain pick up. She grabbed her children, nephew and brother and brought them into the kitchen, where everyone ducked until the storm passed.

When the storm was over, McCaizie, her husband and her brother went outside to check on neighbors. She said she saw several people bleeding and others with broken bones. McCaizie also said one resident ran up to her shouting, “Please help me! Please help me! I need 911.”

“It was horrible,” McCaizie said.

Gov. Beverly Perdue said Sunday that state emergency management officials told her more than 20 were killed by the storms in Nor th Carolina.

However, the far-flung damage made it difficult to confirm the total number of deaths. The emergency management agency said it had reports of 22 fatalities, and media outlets and government agency tallies did not all match.

The National Weather Service said 23 died in the state, including one in Johnston County, but an

emergency management chief there told The Associated Press nobody died in that area.

The storm claimed its first lives Thursday night in Oklahoma, then roared through Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Authorities have said seven died in Arkansas; seven in Alabama; two in Oklahoma; and one in Mississippi. In Virginia, local emergency officials reported seven storm-related deaths, said Virginia Department of Emergency Management spokesman Bob Spieldenner.

Spieldenner said the state medical examiner’s office confirmed one person died in Gloucester, where a tornado hit; two died in flash flooding in Waynesboro; and one person died in Wythe County when a tree fell on a mobile home. Officials were still investigating another two deaths reported in Gloucester and one in Page County.

In Nor th Carolina, the governor declared a state of emergency and said the 62 tornadoes repor ted were the most since March 1984, when a storm system spawned 22 twisters in the Carolinas that killed 57 people — 42 in Nor th Carolina — and injured hundreds.

Daybreak brought news of a horrific death toll in Bertie

County, a place of about 21,000 people about 130 miles east of Raleigh. The tornado moved through about 7 p.m. Saturday, sweeping homes from their foundations, demolishing others, and flipping cars on tiny rural roads between Askewville and Colerain, Lamb said. At least three of those who died were from the same family, he said.

One of the volunteers who scoured the rubble was an Iraq war veteran who told Lamb he was stunned by what he saw.

“He did two tours of duty in Iraq and the scene was worse than he ever saw in Iraq — that’s pretty devastating,” Lamb said.

As dawn broke, dozens of firefighters, volunteers and other officials were meeting in a makeshift command center to form search teams to fan out to the hardest-hit areas.

“There were several cases of houses being totally demolished except for one room, and that’s where the people were,” he said.

“They survived. Pretty devastating.”

The aftermath of the storm left the county commission chairman unable to recognize areas from the county where he grew up, graduated high school and lived most of his life.

L.C. Hoggard said the storms were another terrible blow to the county that was devastated by flooding last October. The

water submerged the county seat of Windsor, damaging 200 homes and businesses. No one lost their lives in the flooding.

But Hoggard said the tornado was going to have a staggering emotional impact.

“You might not recognize a name. But you recognize faces and families,” Hoggard said. “That’s how it is in rural communities.”

Scenes of destruction across the South looked eerily similar in many areas.

Police and rescue crews began conducting house-tohouse searches later Saturday at a mobile home park in nor th Raleigh, where the storm snapped some trees in half, ripped others out of the ground and tossed some trailers from one side of a street to the other.

At the Cedar Creek Mobile Home Park in Dunn, one woman died while another man was critically hur t when a car was blown atop him outside his home, said Police Chief B.P. Jones.

More than half the 40 homes in the park were unrecognizable piles of debris Sunday morning. A bulldozer was scooping up wood beams and piling them up in a dif ferent par t of the park. In one home, all that was left was the seat of a recliner — the back gone — and a bathtub.

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Higher enrollment creates problems A

s of right now, the University is on the path to seeing an increased enrollment for the upcoming academic year. While there is still time for this to change in either direction, the fact remains that the University has been steadily experiencing increased enrollment for the past few years. On the one hand, this seems like a good thing. More students means more tuition money, which could help combat the budget cuts the University has been suffering from. The unfortunate flip side of this equation is the side that often gets glossed over: More students also means the University will have to spend more to provide the necessary resources to these students. The University is essentially engaged in a vicious cycle — as more students come in with tuition dollars to make up for lost funds and budget cuts, the University has to cut more budgets in order to provide for these students, because it does not have enough money in the first place.

It may be that the University’s enrollment keeps on increasing year after year because more and more qualified applicants are applying to the school. If that’s the case, it’s a great thing that the University is attracting such an academically apt student body. Regardless of why more students are coming, however, there are logistical problems that must be solved. Recall the housing crisis of 2008, in which the University had to rent out a hotel just to put roofs above all of their students’ heads. Some unfortunate people even ended up living in lounges.

With more students comes more crises like the aforementioned lack of living spaces. Departments at the University are already suffering because of budget cuts. What will happen to these departments when they find themselves with limited funds and even more students than before? We can foresee overcrowded classrooms, which will act to the detriment of both the students in the classes and the professors teaching those classes. Buses are already a nightmare. Imagine how bad they could be with a double-digit increase in enrollment and not enough money to increase the bus fleet.

In short, there are some serious concerns we have regarding how the University will provide for all of these incoming students. Class sizes cannot keep increasing forever, unless the University starts building the structures to house them and the classrooms to teach them in, as well as hiring a staff large enough to provide the sort of quality education they deserve.

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ll of a sudden, it seems it has become a crime for schools to provide their students with entertainment. Following the public outrage over Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, many people — students, alumni and people completely unaffiliated with the school — have been decrying the University’s use of student fees to fund events that are not strictly academic in nature. The latest blow comes from Sen. Joseph Kyrillos Jr., R-Monmouth/Middlesex, who is proposing a bill that would make it so that students must opt in to paying student fees. Kyrillos’ sweeping legislature would fundamentally alter the way student organizations and events operate on campus for the worse. We fear that, in proposing this legislature, Kyrillos failed to take the proper steps to fully understand just what student fees are used for. Contrary to his belief, they don’t all go to booking “degenerate reality television star[s].”

The problem with implementing an opt-in system is that it will inevitably lead to a large amount of students choosing to decline to pay these fees. We understand the desire to save money, especially given today’s economic climate and the high cost of college tuition, but the act of saving this money would have some serious negative repercussions on student life. People who opt out may not be aware that these student fees go to giving students the opportunity to participate in a rich, enjoyable college experience.

Without student fees, the school would not be able to provide all of the events, activities and clubs it currently provides to students. This would obviously make for a far less fulfilling college experience. We believe that no student really wants that to happen — the problem is they may not know this could be the outcome of optional student fees.

The other problem, as Ana Castillo, the president of the Rutgers University Programming Association (RUPA), points out is “What happens if [students] didn’t pay their student fees and wanted to attend the event? What do we do then?” Of course this will happen. Students will think they beat the system by opting out of student fees but then attending events and joining clubs funded by other students’ fees anyway. This is unfair to all of the students who do decide to fund student life with their hard-earned tuition money. There seems to be no logical or practical way to keep students who didn’t pay from taking advantage of what other students did pay for.

We believe that RUPA and the University have been unfairly painted as villains throughout this entire process. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to provide students with clubs, events and activities that don’t serve a purely academic purpose. Students who come to the University usually spend four years of their lives living on the Banks of the Raritan — those years should be enjoyable.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It was exciting, I guess.”

Andrew Yuskaitis, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, on Rutgersfest STORY ON FRONT

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‘Women’s issues’ affect world Commentary D

o you know what a But there are success stofistula is? It’s a ries. For example, there are hole in the tissues schools in Pakistan built by that occurs when a woman, Mukhtar Mai, herself the usually poor, uneducated victim of a public gang CHRISTINE ALICE HANNIGAN rape. There are networks of and living in rural India, Africa or Asia, does not women in Iran who provide receive adequate health care during pregnancy each other with loans and meet weekly to discuss or deliver y. She develops a hole in her uterine or human rights issues. vaginal walls that causes urine and feces to leak So-called “women’s issues” often fall secondinto the vagina. Her tissues begin to rot. It can ar y to international priorities such as terrorism. also occur when a girl or woman is brutally However, “women’s issues” are not isolated raped, either with a penis, sharpened stick or cases of obstetric fistulas, sex slaves or girls some other weapon. Either way, the woman is unable to read. They are public health issues, constantly leaking feces and urine, suffers excruwar issues, education issues, population issues ciatingly and is either killed or left to die by famand economic issues. Not addressing these ily or neighbors. problems leaves half of the world’s Do you know what an honor killing is? It often human resources untapped. It cuts potential happens after a young woman is forced to underinnovation, reduces the skilled labor pool and go a “virginity test,” an unreliable stifles competition. way to see if she has engaged in Once “women’s issues” are not sexual intercourse by examining “There are a plethora isolated from the rest of the polither hymen. Should an unfortuical agenda, seen only as af fecting of ... organizations nate female “fail,” her family the most under valued, systematiwould rather see her dead than that need monetary cally repressed members of socieruin her family’s honor. Others ty, then individuals and nations and moral support.” will see the incentive to helping tr y to prevent supposed promiscuous behavior by forcing young solve these issues. They must be girls to undergo genital cutting, regarded as serious humanitarian without anesthesia or sanitar y conditions. The issues that exacerbate uncontrolled population most extreme forms entail shearing off the cligrowth, stifle the local and global economy, contoris and labia, with the vaginal opening sewn tribute to the rampant spread of AIDS and inhibshut in a process called infibulation. it innovation and education. Such a change in Did you know that there are more young political and moral mindset, and subsequent women and girls enslaved in the sex trade today actions, will enable the emancipation of women than there were individuals trafficked during the and all the underutilized benefits this segment trans-Atlantic slave trade of the 18th and 19th of the population has to of fer. centuries? They are uneducated, often infected What can you do now? Make a loan to an with AIDS by customers, and subjected to no pay, entrepreneur at kiva.org, or sponsor a war victim brutal beatings, unwanted pregnancies, regular at womenfor women.org. Educate yourself on the rape and torture — such as having their eyes breadth of these issues on websites such as gauged out — if they attempt to escape. halftheskymovement.org. Take advantage of the Women who are educated and employed posfreedom and opportunities we enjoy in the United sess more freedom and have fewer children at a States to help others. There are a plethora of later age. Women who are trained and start their grassroots and international organizations that own businesses not only uplift their families but need monetar y and moral support that we can often their whole village, setting precedents for easily provide. The answer lies not in wars, how women can excel and employing other bureaucratic United Nations declarations or passwomen for their businesses. They also gain a ing ineffective laws. It lies in helping the organilevel of autonomy from their husbands and famizations that foster cultural and economic change lies that gives them the freedom to leave abusive in the places that need it most. relationships and educate their own children.

Christine Alice Hannigan is a School of Such grave problems may seem futile to even Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. attempt to fix, given their scope and complexity.

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U. must take precautions, make Rutgersfest safer Letter ADAM HELFGOTT am someone who does not believe in sugarcoating.

When I was a first-year student, I was told that Rutgersfest was a day for University students to let loose, to be entertained by some half-decent music and of course wake up early and start drinking until you can’t stand anymore — and that’s what it was.

But it has evolved into something bigger and much worse. It has become an event for outsiders to crash, a day for non-University students to destroy and impose fear on those students who call the New Brunswick area home.

I am part of a fraternity, I am extremely social, and I had some of the craziest moments of my life in

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college, so this is not a message from someone cooped up in a residence hall. There is no time when a student should fear for his or her life on campus. Unfortunately, that’s what Rutgersfest did this year.

Four shootings reported, a kid knocked unconscious with a bottle and numerous other videos posted online of women fighting men while other young adults watch in amusement, usually egging the perpetrators on.

The issue I have isn’t the idea of Rutgersfest. University students should have a day to themselves to let loose, but only to themselves.

The day activities full of drinking and going to the concerts can be harmless, and I saw few disturbances during the daylight hours this year. But once the sun went down and night came this past

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Friday, New Brunswick truly earned the name New “Gunswick.”

To get a 911 text alert at 3:30 a.m. saying “avoid College Avenue” because someone was shot is simply unfathomable. These shootings and senseless beatings are preventable, and the University must act swiftly and smartly to prevent these horrific acts from ever happening again.

The response from the University should not be to cancel Rutgersfest but to instead take a more active approach, perhaps something similar to what the University of Connecticut has done with their Spring Weekend coming up.

It’s simple. UConn plans to bar guests from residence halls and dining halls and stop visitors at roadblocks. It’s genius. An article in the Hartford Courant noted

laurels and darts

he bane of many a first-year student’s existence is undoubtedly “Expository Writing”. It was this dark reputation that spurred Michael Goeller, associate director of the Rutgers Writing Program, to direct “The Expos Five,” a short film which follows five students’ journeys through “Expository Writing.” It’s great to see someone take a creative approach to this universally maligned class. We think this film should be required viewing for any incoming students who are staring down the barrel of “Expository Writing.” It’s a great way for them to prepare themselves for both the highs and lows of learning how to write a college-level paper. We give Goeller and all the others involved in the making of a film laurels for approaching this legendary class from a new angle and making something truly enjoyable out of it. *

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The debate over the so-called millionaire tax has been raging for a while in New Jersey, playing out exactly as one would expect it to. The Republicans cry foul, while the Democrats assert the need for it. But according to a study coming from Princeton and Stanford Universities, there is no basis to the Republican claims that such a tax would drive out members of the upper tax brackets. The study in question looked at a similar tax increase in 2004 and found that a “negligible” number of millionaires fled New Jersey following the increase. However, this does not mean victory for the Democrats — the state Treasury asserts that records show that tax increases like the proposed millionaire’s tax do nothing more than goad the millionaires in question into finding as many loopholes as possible, thus avoiding having to pay anyway. Our question is, given this information, why is this debate even happening? We give Republicans and Democrats both darts for wasting time on what amounts to a meaningless argument.

that approximately 80 percent of the arrests at Spring Weekend were due to outsiders and non-students. If I had to put money down, I’d safely say those numbers are probably similar with Rutgersfest.

Outsiders are the main issue, not University students. The administration needs to make it clear that outsiders are not welcome. The New Brunswick police need to make it clear that punishment will be harsher for outsiders and that a heavier police presence will be around to clear up the Rutgersfest mess. Stop worrying about ticketing and towing cars and start protecting the students from the violence many outsiders are causing.

University students can do their part as well by having more of their activities during the day to avoid going out at night to party.

It is unfortunate that the scene I will remember from my last Rutgersfest as a student is hearing six gun shots followed by a stampede of young people running down College Avenue. Something needs to change before a University student gets killed.

It will take a large effort from the University as well as local police to keep everything in control. But for all the flack UConn received from people this year for “stopping the fun,” they may save someone’s life. The University is lucky someone didn’t die. It’s a reprieve we should all be thankful for. But now, something must change.

Adam Helfgott is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies and minoring in sociology.

COMMENT OF THE DAY “If the University was set on giving [Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi] compensation to the tune of $32,000, I think they should have given her a tuition waiver so she could get an education.”

User “charman” in response to the April 14th letter, “Snooki’s appearance embarrasses University”

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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK

Pearls Before Swine

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Sophomore lefty Rob Smorol gave the Knights the series win over Cincinnati in Game 2, when the starter struck out 12.

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A colossal fifth inning gave the Knights all the runs they 12 runners in finale loss to UC needed to make it two straight over the Bearcats, as Hill’s lineup tacked on just three hits in continued from back the seven-run frame. Much of Head coach Fred Hill’s linethe scoring occurred as a result up had plenty of oppor tunities of four Cincy errors — six total to score in the contest, but in the game — which the stranded 12 runners on base, Knights took full advantage of in and their biggest oppor tunity the 17-2 victory. came in the eighth.

“We haven’t been hitting as The inning star ted with a well as we should, but lately pair of walks, with the Knights we’ve been more aggressive plating their first run of f an swinging the bats,” Boykin said.

RBI single by senior Brandon “When you swing at good pitchBoykin, who went 2-for-5 in the es, good things happen.” game, and cutting the deficit Unlike Game 2, both squads to 6-4. needed extra frames to decide Two batters later with still the series opener, but thanks nobody out, freshman outfieldto two key per formances by a er Joe D’Annunzio sent a fly pair of Knights, Rutgers rallied ball to right field, appearing to topple the Bearcats, 3-2, in deep enough to score Boykin 11 innings. from third. But Cincy rightSophomore righthander fielder Justin Riddell had other Tyler Gebler once again proplans, and sent a one-hop vided a spark from the No. 1 laser to home slot in the rotaand barely beat tion, going a full Boykin at nine innings “We haven’t been the plate. while allowing hitting as well “I was sent and eight hits and I was looking to striking out as we should, but go myself,” three. It was the lately we’ve been Boykin said. “It’s third time this one of those season that the more aggressive things where Toms River, N.J., you’re kind of swinging the bats.” native went at banking that he’s least nine BRANDON BOYKIN not going to make innings in a a perfect throw. If star t, as the Senior Designated Hitter the throw’s not Knights’ ace perfect he’s not kept it close getting me out, so you’ve got to after Cincinnati tied the game take the risk.” at 2 in the sixth.

Smorol earned his second But when it came time for a consecutive win in a complete clutch hit, a senior took hold of dismantling of the Bearcats in the reins, as Boykin stepped Game 2, when the Clark, N.J., to the plate in the 11th native struck out a career-high with one out and two men in 12 in seven innings of work. scoring position.

The lefty allowed just two The Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) runs and four hits in the outing, product took the first of fering which gave the Knights plenty of from Bearcats reliever Brian room to let the bats loose on each Sand and sent it deep to right of Cincinnati’s four pitchers in field, plenty deep enough to the game. plate Hopkins and walk of f “[Saturday] was the first with the win. game of the year where ever y The Knights now stand tied single pitch was working for for sixth in the conference me,” said Smorol, who allowed with Louisville after the series one earned run. “When ever ywin, but can gain some serious thing is going good, it’s tough ground and make a huge stateto beat that.” ment by toppling second-place Due to heavy rain at Bainton Pittsburgh next weekend in Field on Saturday afternoon, the their three-game set. contest was suspended until But for Hill, it has to happen noon yesterday, when the squads one series at a time. completed the final three innings “We’re in the middle of the of play. pack, so if we can win ever y But with a 15-2 lead following series and keep going like this the delay, it was more than clear I think we’re going to be the Knights were headed toward alright,” Hill said. “It was ver y a Big East series victory. important to win this series.”

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Redshirt freshman running back Jawan Jamison was one of three Rutgers running backs to earn first-team carries Saturday in the Scarlet Knights’ first spring scrimmage. The Stark, Fla., native led all rushers with 15 carries and 62 yards.

all day, recording five sacks on Dodd in first-team action.

“We just did what we do,” Schiano said. “The defensive kids got it handed to them pretty good on Thursday. They got their rear ends kicked. They probably had a little something to prove. There is such a fine line when they’re very equal units. So this is good — competition will keep going back and forth.”

Running back is turning into a strong competition for Rutgers, and it will feature another body when four-star recruit Savon Huggins arrives in the summer.

For now, it is junior De’Antwan Williams, sophomore Jeremy Deering and redshirt freshman Jawan Jamison, who led the way on the ground.

The 5-foot-8, Stark, Fla., native carried the ball 15 times for 62 yards.

“Once I started hitting my groove and doing good, coach said, ‘I’m going to give you a shot with the ones,’” Jamison said. “Once I knew that, I really turned it on.”

Williams carried the ball seven times for 15 yards, and Deering had the same number of rush attempts, but lost three yards.

Junior receiver Keith Stroud, junior tight end D.C. Jefferson and redshirt freshman fullback Michael Burton accounted for the three receptions.

“I don’t want to blame it on the wind, but that was a lot of it,” Dodd said. “It’s tough to move the ball. I think it’s more repetitions. We need more repetitions of what we’re doing to really master it.”

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Schiano initially said it could be serious, but his prognosis improved before Saturday’s scrimmage.

“Desmond’s going to be OK, but that was a real scare,” Schiano said. “We thought that it was going to be surger y, but it’s going to be … probably six to eight weeks [out], and he’ll be ready for the summer program.”

After surviving the first half of spring practices, injuries began to pile up recently for the Rutgers football team.

Two players went down Saturday in the Scarlet Knights’ first scrimmage, but the prognosis was not serious for either Scott Vallone or Jordan Thomas.

REDSHIR T FRESHMAN Thomas, a sophomore cornerback, laid motionless on fullback Michael Burton made a the Rutgers Stadium turf on catch in Saturday’s scrimmage, Busch campus with head but this spring, sophomore coach Greg Schiano and a Marcus Thompson caught medical staff surrounding him Schiano’s eye.

But at 6-foot-2, 225 pounds, for about 15 minutes.

It was a scene familiar to the former defensive end and linebacker is the Knights. ahead in the Medical personnel secured “[Jordan Thomas] blocking aspect of the position Thomas to a moved everything, compared to his body board before he left in squeezed my hands, pass“I catching. think an ambulance with a concuseverything. ... He’s Thompson has a chance to be a sion, much a little looped, really good fulllike they did with Eric but that’s about it.” back if he could learn it all,” LeGrand at New GREG SCHIANO Schiano said. “He Meadowlands needs to be able Stadium in East Head Coach to make those Rutherford, N.J. catches — he “Eric’s who we are — this program’s been dropped one in the flat today. It through a lot,” Schiano said. wasn’t an easy catch, but those “It’s part of playing the game. are the catches you have to I told them that [Thomas] was make. But he’s an explosive guy fine. He moved ever ything, that when he knows who he’s squeezed my hands, ever y- going after, he’s a devastating thing. We have to take him for blocker. When he runs the ball, tests, precautionar y meas- he’s pretty impressive, too.” ures. He’s a little looped, but WITH VALLONE INJURED, that’s about it.”

Vallone’s injur y occurred defensive tackle has even more on the first play of the scrim- question marks.

One player who has all the mage, when he was in on a tackle of junior running back physical tools is true freshman Kenneth Kirksey, who De’Antwan Williams.

The junior defensive tackle enrolled in Januar y after left the field on a cart with a spending a semester at Fork Union Militar y Academy. lower leg injury.

“Kirksey is a young, talent“We thought maybe he broke it, but it’s not broken,” ed guy who has to learn to Schiano said. “We’ll figure out play college football,” Schiano what it is. He’s probably got a said. “He’s explosive, but he really bad ‘whatever you call has to learn to play with his hands consistently. He has to it’, but it’s not broken.”

Senior left guard Desmond learn to have a gap responsiWynn left Thursday’s practice bility. When he does, I think he can be ver y good.” on a cart, as well.

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Defensive tackle Scott Vallone, above, and corner Jordan Thomas each left Saturday’s scrimmage with injuries.

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TRIP: RU limits Cardinal offense, still falls in Louisville continued from back that involves success on both sides of transition, Brand said.

Rutgers succeeded on the defensive end by allowing Louisville’s lowest point total of the season.

“They have some strong dodgers, and we were playing good one-on-one defense and not letting them do what they wanted,” Brand said.

But even though the Knights did not allow much to the Big East’s leading of fense, they did not put the ball in the back of the net enough to get the win.

Louisville returned to its scoring ways with a 7-3 second half advantage. Louisville attack Liz Lovejoy capped off the Cardinals’ lead with her 41st goal of the season in the final minutes.

The Cardinals (10-3, 3-2) also began the second half by tallying four goals in 11 minutes after trailing, 5-3, heading into the third period.

“We star ted to let down and we star ted playing a defensive game rather than the way we had in the beginning of the game, and they took ever y oppor tunity that was presented to them,” Brand said.

Rutgers sometimes was not even able to star t its of fensive transition, as it succeeded on only 13 of 19 clear attempts.

It looked like results would be different at the beginning of the game, when Rutgers came out with four uncontested goals.

Louisville did not even score until 12 minutes remained in the first half.

Rutgers received points from four dif ferent goal scorers in the opening minutes, a common occurrence for its balanced attack.

But Rutgers will have to put it all together in its final three games of the regular season against Big East opponents if it has aspirations for the NCAA Tournament.

The Knights welcome the likes of Loyola, Villanova and Georgetown to the friendly confines of Yurcak Field to close their regular season, respectively.

As southeasterly winds gusted the three flags above the Bauer Track and F i e l d WOMEN’S TRACK Complex on Saturday, dedicated athletes challenged the grueling winds, pouring rain and chilly temperatures.

The two-day Metropolitan Outdoor Championship began on Friday on Rutgers’ campus.

“It was disappointing, but overall we were pretty happy with the way the kids competed through it because it was tough — really tough — and dif ficult circumstances,” said head coach James Robinson.

“But they were troopers and wanted to compete through it and score the points for their school.”

Robinson explained the disadvantages of being a Northeast team in the early part of the outdoor season.

“Unfor tunately, this is early spring track and field in the Nor theast,” Robinson said.

“This is what goes on and this is what athletes, especially sprinters, have to deal with.

We’re in one of two Division I conferences that has qualifying standards, and it’s hard to obtain these standards in these conditions. We’re praying that we get some nice weather next Friday and Saturday because it will be their last chance to qualify.”

A cold and windy evening of competition slowed competitors’ times and performances, but a focus on competing drove the Knights.

“It was not about the times this weekend — it was totally about the places and the scoring,” Robinson said.

Sticking to Robinson’s words, competing for places was exactly what the Knights did.

But conditions delayed the release of the of ficial meet results, which required authentication first. Rutgers entered the meet hoping to surpass St. John’s which won the indoor Metropolitaton Championships one spot ahead of Rutgers.

After a five-point loss to the Red Storm indoors, the Knights should have been successful enough this weekend to top the Johnnies by more than 25 points.

The addition of the discus, 400-meter hurdles and javelin gave the Knights a huge advantage as senior leaders Natalie Clickett and Cour tney Sample and junior Alex Kelly led the team in their respective events.

Although impressed with the dedication and amount of ef for t, Robinson can sense the pressure that his athletes will experience next weekend in a last-chance ef for t to obtain Big East qualifying times and distances.

The Larr y Ellis Invitational provided the Knights with good competition and good results in the past. This year’s installment should do the same, barring poor weather.

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he Rutgers softball team lost its series finale yesterday, 14-11, to Providence despite a pair of home runs by senior Mandy Craig and junior Brittney Lindley, who combined for five RBI. Freshman Megan Williams started the game on the mound for head coach Jay Nelson and lasted just three innings while suffering the loss.

The loss dropped the Scarlet Knights to 18-22 and .500 in conference play after they defeated the Friars by a combined 18-2 in the team’s Saturday doubleheader.

For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition.

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the Rutgers women’s basketball team earned an invitation to the 2011 National Trials for the World University Games after leading the Knights to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Big East Conference named Sykes to its all-league second team after she led the Knights with 14.1 points per game in her junior season.

The World University games take place in Shenzhen, China, in August, and if Sykes makes the first roster cut, she will return to the team in late July before team officials announce the final 12-person roster.

THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES registered the club’s first-ever playoff victory yesterday, when it defeated No. 1-seed San Antonio Spurs, 101-98.

For ward Shane Battier hit the game-winning shot for the Grizzlies from beyond the arc with 23.9 seconds left, while for ward Zach Randolph registered 25 points in 14 rebounds.

Spur Richard Jefferson missed a 3-pointer as time expired, and San Antonio now faces a one-game deficit in the best-of-seven series, which returns on Tuesday to San Antonio.

Guard Manu Ginobili missed the series opener after suffering an injury just a game prior to the playoffs, and Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich did not know whether the Argentinean would be able to go in Game 2.

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Dwayne Wade missed the team’s practice yesterday after suffering migraine symptoms, which hampered the Marquette product at various points throughout his career.

Wade notched 17 points in the Heat’s series-opening victor y on Saturday over the No. 7-seed Philadelphia 76ers in Miami.

Headaches began to bother Wade during the victory over the 76ers. Head coach Erik Spoelstra said the team will try to be proactive while dealing with Wade’s migraines.

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Senior defensive end Justin Francis provided one of the defensive highlights of the Rutgers football team’s scrimmage Saturday, when he recovered a botched snap and returned the fumble for a touchdown. Francis recorded 21 tackles and two sacks last season.

Experienced lineman capitalizes on opportunities

BY TYLER BARTO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Senior Justin Francis does not want to settle for anything, which is why the defensive end pounced FOOTBALL on the opportunity for a loose ball Saturday during the Rutgers football team’s first scrimmage at Rutgers Stadium.

And he never looked back.

The Scarlet Knights’ defense largely dictated the pace of the first full-team scrimmage, and Francis’ scoop and score on a botched snap embodied the white jerseys’ dominance.

“That was pretty fun,” Francis said. “When I saw the ball, I was just like, ‘I have to get it.’ Actually, my other defensive end, Manny [Abreu], tried to fall on it. I was like, ‘No, let me get it.’ So I did.”

Francis was all over the field for the Knights on Saturday, which helped ease the pain of losing junior defensive tackle Scott Vallone on the first play of scrimmage with what head coach Greg Schiano called a “lower leg injur y.”

When the Opa-Locka, Fla., native saw Vallone, the only returning starter on the defensive line, on the ground, he tried to help him up. But after medical personnel car ted

Vallone of f the field minutes solid outing in his first scrimlater, Francis was the only mem- mage appearance, but the ber of the front four with signif- defense contained any runner icant playing experience. not wearing No. 23.

“Ah, Scott. That’s my boy,” “Me and [of fensive lineman Francis said. “When I saw him, Antwan Lower y] — we were I told him, ‘Scott, get up.’ And actually talking about that. He he looked at me and said, ‘I was like, ‘Yeah, you got us can’t.’ So I just knew I had to today.’ And that’s how it should hold it down for him. Ever yone be,” Francis said. “We’re at a has to hold it down.” level where competing, it has Behind now-depar ted Alex to be done ever y day. So the Silvestro and Jonathan Freeny, competition is definitely raisFrancis played a ing ever y single largely reser ve day. That’s the “When I saw the role last season, best thing I get compiling 21 out of it.” ball, I was just like, tackles, two sacks While the ‘I have to get it.’ ... defensive unit and his first career intercepquelled the Manny [Abreu] tion against of fense’s first South Florida. tried ... I was like, showing under F r a n c i s new of fensive ‘No, let me get it.’” c o o r d i n a t o r played in 30 games to Frank Cignetti, JUSTIN FRANCIS date with the Schiano believed Senior Defensive End Knights — the there were still most for any areas for improveRutgers defensive end on the ment — namely minor secondroster and the most among the ar y blunders. front four, although Vallone “They played hard, and I’m has star ting experience. sure ver y inexact when we The senior picked up his play watch it on tape,” Schiano said. on Saturday after Vallone, a team- “There was a couple guys runmate and friend, left the scrim- ning free in the secondar y — mage permanently, and the front that’s never a good thing to see. seven shut down the running But they played hard. At this game in its tracks. time of year, we played hard Redshirt freshman running and tackled decently. Those are back Jawan Jamison enjoyed a two things — you have to be

able to run it and have to be able to tackle.”

Francis racked up three tackles of his own while contributing to several others, as the front four — without Vallone’s services — controlled the line of scrimmage, giving way to blitzes off the edge.

With sophomore Isaac Holmes and freshman Kenneth Kirksey joining Michael Larrow at defensive tackle, the production inside the defensive line did not suffer, either.

“I think we went out there and played hard, did our jobs,” Larrow said. “It’s the first scrimmage, so we made some mistakes. We’re just going to have to work together. Can’t complain about anything else.”

While Francis, the remaining lone veteran from the front four, will likely take on a larger leadership role in Vallone’s stead, he still believes Vallone will maintain a vocal role off the field for the rest of spring practice.

“He’s still going to be around.

He’s still going to be coaching, still going to be in the young guys’ ears as well as I am,” Francis said. “We’re still going to be watching film and getting everything done and competing and getting better. It’s going to be bad missing him out there on the field, but he’s still going to be in everybody’s ear.”

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Defense holds upper hand in first scrimmage

BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

Whether it was the Rutgers football team’s new pro-style offense, winds that made it near impossible to throw or a motivated defense, the FOOTBALL Scarlet Knights had limited success offensively in Saturday’s scrimmage, most entirely on the ground.

“It’s awfully hard to throw. On a day like [Saturday] if you’re playing a game, you take the air out of the ball,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “We’ve run it well all spring. We didn’t run it as well as we have, so we’ll figure it out, look at that and see the reasons. Some of it is human nature.”

The offense had the upper hand in practice Thursday, which featured warm, calm weather.

Rutgers Stadium could not be any more different Saturday during the two-and-a-half hour session.

Offensive coordinator Frank Cignetti was committed to running the ball in the early going, and when he allowed Chas Dodd to throw, the sophomore quarterback completed just three of his 19 passes.

“I don’t think I’ve ever thrown in harder winds, but it’s OK,” Dodd said. “We got some good work in and in the run game we saw a lot of stuff. Once we see this film, I’m excited to see what we have.”

The offense ran the ball against a defense that lost arguably its best player on the first play of the day.

Praised all spring as the only defensive tackle playing well, junior Scott Vallone left the field in a cart with a lower leg injury. It was not broken, Schiano said.

Sophomore cornerback Jordan Thomas also spent some time on the turf, as Rutgers’ medical staff stabilized his body before he left on an ambulance.

But Thomas had feeling throughout his body, squeezed Schiano’s hand and was “a little looped” with a concussion, the head coach said.

The situational portion of the scrimmage ended shortly after, but the defense dominated

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Senior designated hitter Brandon Boykin sent a weak groundball to second base in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday to tie the game at six following an error. The Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) product went 2-for-5 in the eventual 7-6 loss to Cincinnati.

RU takes Cincy series to recover from losses

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Following a Big East series loss to South Florida, rainouts of two midweek games delayed the Rutgers BASEBALL baseball team’s best opportunity to right CINCINNATI 6 the ship until this RUTGERS 7 weekend’s matchup with Cincinnati.

But despite any possible rust that collected in five days without playing, the Scarlet Knights flipped their record from last weekend to take two of three from the Bearcats in Piscataway.

“Anytime you win a series, even though you don’t win all three, at least it’s an accomplishment,” said sophomore southpaw Rob Smorol, who improved to 3-4 after winning his Saturday start. “It’s nice to win three, but it’s not always going to happen and we know that.”

With victories in the series’ first two contests, the Knights (14-19, 6-6) entered yesterday looking for their first Big East series sweep of the season.

But a solo shot by Cincinnati’s Braden Kline off sophomore reliever Rob Corsi’s second offering in the top of the 10th allowed the Bearcats to finally suppress a resurgent Knights squad.

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Rutgers rallies to split trip, end Big East losing streak

BY JOSH BAKAN STAFF WRITER

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Junior attack Danielle Mascera scored a career-high two goals Sunday in Rutgers’ 12-9 win over Cincinnati. Her second goal capped a four-goal Rutgers outburst.

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team ended its weekend on a high note with a 12-9 win yesterday against Cincinnati to end a Big East WOMEN’S LACROSSE slump, which most recently showed RUTGERS 12 up in Friday’s 10-8 CINCINNATI 9 loss to Louisville.

The Scarlet Knights (8-5, 2-3) finished the game with four consecutive goals against the Bearcats in the final 10 minutes.

“At that moment we played a lot harder on 50/50 balls, and that’s what we needed to pull the win out,” said head coach Laura Brand.

Junior Danielle Mascera ended the game with her second goal of the matchup, a career-high for the attack.

But Cincinnati (2-11, 0-5) did not go down easily. The Bearcats led, 9-8, by capitalizing on two Rutgers turnovers for as many goals before the Knights’ scoring run.

Those goals were the final Cincinnati goals of the day, as Rutgers did not

allow a point in the final 12 minutes of play.

The Bearcats generated a few scoring runs throughout the day, such as their threegoal run to start the second half which created a 7-6 lead.

Rutgers had a 27-19 shot advantage to end the game, but the Cincinnati defense made it difficult for the Knights to put together scoring drives, especially with Bearcats goalie Jen Walsh’s 12 saves.

“In the first half we shot right at her. We just had some really poor shots when we were shooting the ball right at her feet,” Brand said. “As a result we gave her some confidence, and then she made some really nice saves.”

The Knights ended the first half with a 6-4 lead. To end the half, junior Ali Steinberg scored one of her two goals off of a Lauren Sbrilli groundball pickup.

It was a role reversal from earlier in the game, as Sbrilli scored her second goal of the day off a Steinberg groundball pickup.

But Rutgers did not have such luck in its loss to Louisville.

The Knights’ goal against all their opponents is to stick to their game, and

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