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Despite his success as the star of HBO’s “Entourage,” Adrian Grenier told a crowd of about 300 people on Friday that he was never comfortable with his celebrity status. The actor reflected on the media’s obsession with Hollywood royalty through the Rutgers University Programming Association screening of his documentary “Teenage Paparazzo” at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. “I was given this rare opportunity [through this documentary] to be in the position of a celebrity, playing a celebrity on a show about celebrities and have the willingness and desire to deconstruct it from the inside,” he said.
In the 2010 documentary, Grenier examines celebrities through the camera lens of then-14-year-old paparazzi Austin Visschedyk, providing commentary from the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Alec Baldwin and Whoopi Goldberg. Grenier said he chose Visschedyk as the documentary’s subject after learning that the boy’s first celebrity photograph was of the “Entourage” star. “He grew up in Hollywood, so it wasn’t about the money. He didn’t need the money,” Grenier said. “It was about the fame.” Despite their closeness during filming, Grenier said he no longer spends time with Visschedyk, who is now in his late teens. “It’s difficult because we entered into this ‘big brother/little brother’ mentor relationship, so I can’t
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President Barack Obama says religion should not infringe on women’s health care rights during an address Friday from the White House.
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Actor Adrian Grenier presents his documentary “Teenage Paparazzo” at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus Friday as a way to open dialogue on the media and consumer culture.
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President Barack Obama announced Friday he would include preventive care measures, like the coverage of contraceptives for women, as part of his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Under Obama’s health care decision, any woman will have access to free preventative care, including contraceptive services despite her workplace’s stance on the subject. If a woman’s employer is a charity or a hospital with religious objections to providing contraceptive services, the insurance company — not the workplace — will be required to reach out and offer the woman contraceptive care free of charge without co-pays or hassles, Obama said. “Religious liberty will be protected, and a law that requires free preventive care will not discriminate against women,” he said. “We live in a pluralistic society where we’re not going to agree on every single issue. … That doesn’t mean that we have to choose between individual liberty and basic fairness for all Americans.” Obama said he received recommendations from experts at the Institute of Medicine advising him that preventive care services such as birth control should be included in the health care plan. In addition to family planning methods, contraceptives can be used as a way to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer and other diseases, he said. About 99 percent of all women have relied on contraception at some point in their lives but more than half of all women between the ages of 18 and 34 have struggled to afford it, Obama said. “Every woman should be in control of the decisions that affect her own health,” he said. “As we move to implement this rule, however, we’ve been mindful that there’s another principle at stake here — and that’s the principle of religious liberty, an inalienable right that is enshrined in our Constitution.” Obama said his first job in Chicago was working with Catholic parishes in poor neighborhoods and his pay was funded though a grant from the Catholic Church. “I saw that local churches often did more good for a community than a government program ever could,” he said. “… I also know that some religious institutions — particularly those affiliated with the Catholic Church — have a religious objection to directly providing insurance that covers contraceptive services for their employees.” There are 28 states that already enforce coverage, though 20 of those states currently have a type of exemption for religious employers. But in his initial plan, Obama required all churches to provide insurance for contraceptive services. “I spoke directly to various Catholic officials, and I promised that before finalizing the rule … we would spend the next year working with institutions like Catholic hospitals and Catholic universities to find an equitable solution that protects religious liberty and ensures that every woman has access to the care that she needs,” he said. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., said Obama’s policy ensures women would be able to receive the proper health care and allows women to obtain contraceptive coverage if they wish to.
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U. SUPPORTS ELECTRIC CAR CHARGER ON BUSCH CAMPUS Students and faculty who drive electric cars can charge up at stations on Busch campus. The School of Engineering and University Facilities partnered to install two ChargePoint Electronic Vehicle chargers outside of the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, according to Media Relations. Monica Mazurek, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, helped bring the chargers to the University to collect data on electric vehicle usage and environmental benefits. “We have great plans for the electric vehicle program at the university,” Mazurek, a CAIT member, told Media Relations. “This is where the legacy begins for Rutgers as a global cuttingedge institution using and supporting electrical vehicles and renewable power sources.” The chargers are available for free use until 2013 for those with University parking permits, but temporary tags are also available, according to Media Relations. A free ChargePoint card is required to use the stations, which lets researchers at the University collect information about vehicle type, charge-time length, how many kilowatt hours were used and the amount of greenhouse gases saved. All of the power from the chargers comes from a solar farm on Livingston campus.
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Deans to compete in dance fundraiser for students BY RENE POLANCO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
University deans and students will compete in the first “Dancing with the Deans” fundraiser today at the College Avenue Gym to assist students on campus that do not have enough money to purchase nutritional foods. University Recreation, Project Civility and Rutgers Against Hunger are hosting the dance-of f. Some students are having a difficult time balancing a job, keeping up with schoolwork and eating, said Mark Schuster, senior dean of students. The deans of students will verify if a student has a real hardship for no money for food, Schuster said via email. “If a student’s parents make $100,000, and they spent it all on drinking that money and have no money for food, these are not the students we are talking about,” he said in the email. “[We mean] students that have to make a choice between working, grades and eating, and they have been without food.” Diane Bonanno, executive director of University Recreation, said there has been an increase in the amount of students who lack a suf ficient amount of money for food and college in general. Along with raising funds for students who are unable to afford food, students and deans will dance in the categories of swing, waltz, salsa or tango for a $100 prize, Schuster said.
A selection process was put “The winning couples will in place to pair up the couples give the money toward the to make the competition fair funds for this cause or to a and balanced, said Nancy charity of their choice,” Cintron, assistant dean of the he said. Er nest Mario School of Cintron said she feels the Pharmacy. The less advanced event’s theme of having adminindividuals were paired up with istrators and students dance par tners that could teach them together can attract students to and create a level playing come see the per formances. ground for the competition. “I think this shows students “When they paired us up, that the deans are willing to let they identified skill level, and our guard down and put ourwe also had the oppor tunity to selves out there — even if it select the categor y that we means embarrassing ourselves wanted to dance a little — for this in, so they c a u s e , ” assigned us “Helping your fellow she said. par tners based As the compepeers is important, tition draws closon our feedback,” er, Bonanno said and nothing Cintron said. some of the is more important deans’ ner ves Schuster said the majority of have been than giving.” the couples will kicking in. be composed of “Whenever NANCY CINTRON students and you go out in Assistant Dean of the deans, while the front of an audiErnest Mario School of Pharmacy remaining couence, you’re ples will consist always ner vous, of students and full-time pro- and you’re always excited,” fessional dancers or Bonanno said. “I think the faculty members. administrators and the stuThe winning couples will dents are excited about doing compete against one another this, but they’re also anxious for the $500 grand prize, which that they [will] put on a was donated by University good per formance.” Recreation. There will also be Cintron said she would like an open dance at the end of the students to understand the event where audience mem- message behind the event. She bers can donate and dance with said the deans expect the comthe deans, students or the pro- petition to be fun but fessionals, he said. also rewarding. Although the winning cou“[This shows] that commuples will not keep the money, it nity ser vice and helping your will go toward a cause to help fellow peers is impor tant, and others, Schuster said. nothing is more impor tant than
giving. We shouldn’t lose sight of the humanitarian side and that ever yone is not always going to be in a situation where they can succeed as easily as others,” Cintron said. Schuster said he believes this event can star t a tradition that could grow annually. “It’s to have fun and to star t a tradition. It may not be a big deal this year, but we’re hoping to keep doing it and get it even more organized and attract more students,” Schuster said. Bonanno said she expects the event to have positive feedback from the University, in which it can allow the event to grow in years to come. “We’re hoping that there is a good response to this fueled by the wor thwhile cause, and since the activity is fun, maybe the cause could change each year depending on what is impor tant to the University at the time,” Bonanno said. Students who are interested in attending the event are encouraged to donate money to help raise funds for University students who do not have enough money for food, Schuster said. “It’s free for students, but we encourage $5 donations from students who can af ford it. If they don’t carr y money, we also accept RU Express,” he said. Par ticipating deans include Schuster, Cintron, Julio Nazario, Matt Matsuda and Michelle Jef ferson, among others, according to the Project Civility website.
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Career boot camp encourages orginality in interviews BY KARMA ALLEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Career Ser vices gave students the run-down on résumé writing, job searching and inter views Saturday during a career exploration boot camp. Toi Tyson and Sue Pye, assistant directors of Career Ser vices, said the annual boot camp workshop is dif ferent from other workshops held throughout the semester. “Sitting here for five hours on a Saturday is crazy talk. No one will remember what we said,” Pye said. “It forces us to hone down into those top key things that we want students to go away with.” The workshop made students aware of the many resources available to them through Career Services. Pye said the Career Services website can be a bit over whelming, as having so much information makes it hard for students to find the resources.
OBAMA: Senator issues political attack over reform plan continued from front “At the same time it makes clear that a religious institution that objects to contraception will not have to pay for it,” Lautenberg said on Friday in a statement. “The bottom line is that the health and well-being of women in America are not going to be undermined by ideology.” State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos, R13, said Obama’s action is “a shocking assault” on religious freedom and criticized Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., who Kyrillos is running against in November for the U.S. Senate. “Bob Menendez’s silence is deafening. He loudly supported Obama Care and has remained silent in the face of this attack on religious liberty,” Kyrillos said. “The Obama/Menendez mandate is an affront not just to one particular faith, but to all Americans who seek to practice their faiths free from government intrusion.” Kyrillos, a Presbyterian, said while many Democrats have voiced opposition to the provision, Menendez has stood by Obama’s side. Menendez is Catholic, as is 41 percent of New Jersey’s population, according to the N.J. Provincial Directory.
“Think of today as the Clif f’s Notes version of our career guide and career ser vices website,” she said. “We want students to get star ted today and lear n about our general resources, but we also want them to know that we of fer additional resources for just about ever y major and field.” Although the depar tment of fers individual workshops on inter views, résumé writing and job searches, Pye and Tyson hold the boot camp annually for students who do not have time to attend each workshop. “Boot camp [provides] readiness and fitness in advance for opportunities as they come,” Tyson said. Tyson said self-exploration is impor tant for students in their job searches. “The No. 1 thing that I want students to know is, you can’t market yourself if you don’t understand who you are and what you can do to benefit your potential employer,” he said.
Pye said there is no right answer to a question such as “What is your weakness?” She said a popular answer to this question is, “I’m a per fectionist, and I get obsessed with my work,” but this is a generic answer.
“It is sad and unfortunate that, even as many Democrats have spoken out against this provision, Sen. Menendez has stood by Obama’s side while the religious freedom of the people of New Jersey is under siege,” he said. Menendez strategist Brad Lawrence told nj.com that the senator believes all women’s rights can be respected without infringing on religious rights. “Menendez believes this debate is fundamentally about equal access to health care for all women,” Lawrence said. “He strongly believes that ever y woman has the right to be able to access affordable contraceptive ser vices as par t of her overall health care ser vices if she chooses.” Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement that compliance with Obama’s plan is important but does not compromise a woman’s ability to access critical birth control benefits. “As a trusted health care provider to one in five women, Planned Parenthood’s priority is increasing access to preventive health care. This birth control coverage benefit does just that,” Richards said. “That’s why women have consistently applauded the Obama administration for one of the greatest expansions for women’s health in decades.”
Richards said there are significant threats to women’s health and access to birth control present in the House of Representatives and Senate. “The Rubio-Manchin bill would allow any business or corporation, on the basis of personal religious belief or moral conviction, to take away birth control coverage from their employees,” she said. “Employers should not
“It forces us to hone down into those top key things that we want students to go away with.” SUE PYE Career Services Assistant Director
“The key is to sit down and ask yourself, ‘What am I really good at? What do I not like to do?’ … Typically that will help
“The bottom line is that the health of ... women in America [is] not going to be undermined by ideology.” FRANK LAUTENBERG N.J. State Senator
be allowed to impose their personal beliefs on employees regarding birth control coverage or basic health care.” Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., sponsored another bill in opposition to the contraceptive portion of the Affordable Care Act that would allow any employer or health plan to refuse coverage to any health care service they object to on religious or moral grounds. “That’s why Planned Parenthood and women across
you understand what your weakness is so that you will have an honest answer to give,” Pye said. She also said job applicants should tell their potential employer what they will do to develop their weakness into a strength. Tyson and Pye referred to this explanation as the “Problem, Action and Result” method. “Employers want to know how you approach challenges, and the best way to show them is by giving them an example of a problem you’ve had, showing the action you took to change it and the positive result that you got from it,” she said. Pye said it is never too late or early to get a job search star ted. “You must take your own individual timeline into account. You are all individuals, and you have a full-time job as a student,” she said.
Dana McGraw, a Rutgers Business School graduate student, said when she was an undergraduate at the University, she did not take advantage of the resources available to her. “That’s a mistake that many students make,” she said. “Boot camp was a ver y good experience for me. It was ver y thorough and concise. It allowed me to target where my deficiencies are and reminded me that there are resources to get the help that I need.” Jorge Quevedo, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, came to the workshop to learn how to address questions he is asked during job inter views. “Sometimes I get frustrated when I feel that I didn’t answer a question properly,” he said. “I like that Sue and Toi encouraged us to remain positive because it’s easy to get discouraged.”
the country won’t let up for one minute in our fight to protect the birth control benefit and women’s health,” Richards said. Newark Rev. John Myers addressed his opposition in a Sept. 28 letter, which he still supports. “Pregnancy is not a disease,” Myers said. “Abortions to end a pregnancy, and drugs and surgeries to prevent pregnancy are not basic health care that the government should require all Americans to purchase or provide coverage for under health insurance plans,” Myers said. Myers said it is important to remove all forms of early abortion out of respect for the religious freedoms of the Catholic faith. “No other federal law or order has entertained such a complete disregard for or prohibition to the freedom of any faith group to practice its teachings,” he said. “Allow all organizations and individuals to offer, sponsor and obtain health coverage that does not violate their moral and religious convictions.” This is the second decision in the past few months to spark some disagreement between religious leaders and legislators in New Jersey on whether government should be a deciding factor in moral and religious decisions. Gov. Chris Christie made a public statement Feb. 8 that he would veto the Marriage Equality and Religious Exemption Act
when it arrives on his desk. The N.J. Senate will debate the bill Monday, and the Assembly will do the same on Thursday. The New Jersey Catholic Conference issued a statement Jan. 24 advising its Catholic followers around the state to keep marriage as a union between man and woman. “The fundamental human rights of homosexuals must be defended and we must strive to eliminate any forms of injustice against homosexual persons,” said Patrick Brannigan, the executive director of the New Jersey Catholic Conference. “Same-sex unions are not the same thing as the union of one man and one woman.” Steven Goldstein, the president of Garden State Equality, the state’s largest gay-rights group, told The Republic that although the bill may be vetoed, gay marriage will eventually be a reality. “Civil rights is incremental, civil rights is long range, and you take one achievement at a time,” Goldstein said. “What an achievement this will be.” Legislators will hear speeches from supporters in the Senate on Monday, according to an nj.com article. If passed in the state Senate, Christie said he would veto the bill on Tuesday. The N.J. Assembly plans to debate the bill on Thursday, according to the article.
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GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE ENDORSES SCHIANO AS KEY TO FOOTBALL TEAM’S IMPROVED GRADUATION RATE Gov. Chris Christie said Greg Schiano, former University head football coach, changed the football program into a more academically competitive team, according to politifact.com. He said players who did not have a future in the NFL were able to attain a college degree under Schiano’s leadership, according to the article. “Rutgers had the best graduation rate of any Division I football program in America,” Christie said in the ar ticle.
“Now, when all you see is scandal all over college football, in 11 years you never saw it touch Rutgers. Not once.” According to the NCAA, the University football team places at the top of its conference but not the division, according to the ar ticle. Although the University did not top its division, it did increase its NCAA graduate rate from 55 percent to 89 percent, according to the article.
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About 300 people swarmed to meet Adrian Grenier, best known for his role as Vincent Chase on “Entourage.” The event was hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association.
STAR: Grenier says media outlets only interpret the truth continued from front with a conscience indulge his youthful mischievousness, so he avoids me,” he said. Karen Tzeiler, a member of RUPA’s Comedy and Movies committee, said the documentary gave the audience a behind-the-scenes look at the life of paparazzi. “The audience was really able to grasp the unique relationship between celebrities and the paparazzi,” said Tzeiler, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Alana Milich, the vice president of RUPA’s Arts and Culture committee, said the subject of Grenier’s documentary is relevant to University students. “Because of paparazzi, we feel very connected to celebrities, and it’s just something that college students don’t realize their world revolves around so much,” she said. “It’s something we haven’t really talked about in a RUPA lecture, and we’re always looking for unique subjects for our lectures.” Grenier admitted that celebrities should not complain when the paparazzi catch them in unbecoming acts since celebrities use that same exposure to rise to fame. “That’s what you sign up for — you’re a performer,” he said. “Celebrities want to control the media, so they can get it when they want it, when it’s all good for them … but suddenly when it’s not in their control, they start getting upset.” Grenier said though he accepts the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and the paparazzi, he wants consumers to recognize the power of an image. “On the one hand, I want to draw attention to the pitfalls of picture-taking and the distractions of media, but at the same time, I don’t want you to stop,” he said. “[But] we all have responsibilities to the pictures we take and the pictures we put out.”
Celebrities like Paris Hilton have established an understanding with the paparazzi that is mutually beneficial, Grenier said. “[Hilton] gets this modern play with media. She understands how to manipulate and create these stories,” he said. “She’s found a character everybody responds to — the classic vixen. … On some level, maybe she doesn’t even know the difference between the character she projects for the media and who she really is.” Grenier said the vertical integration of the media allows a few companies to distribute media and dictate the consumer culture. “A lot of the time, a monopoly creates products for us to consume to numb us and just entertain us, and that could be very dangerous,” he said. “We need a balance.” Grenier said the media, from celebrity blogs to the news, are only interpretations of the truth, and it is up to the consumer to verify the information. “There’s nothing that’s a pure representation of reality,” he said. “You take it with a grain of salt because it is storytelling.” The actor said people should take to the Internet to express what is culturally significant to them. “The Internet is so important because it democratizes media and takes the power away from the monopoly,” he said. “We want media to be a communication between people, so we can share ideas and reflect on our experiences.” Milich, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said those who attended the event found Grenier to be very knowledgeable about the media. “He seemed well-versed, and he seemed like a credible source, and I think people enjoyed that,” she said. Grenier said his colleagues in Hollywood were reluctant at first to support his project because he wanted to critique the very consumer culture that gave him his notoriety. “I was holding up a mirror to this celebrity-industrial complex, and it really requires fans to participate in the show we put on,” he said. “If we start holding up a mir-
ror to how dangerous it can be, we might lose our jobs. And notice I am out of a job now.” The eighth and final season of “Entourage” concluded in 2011, though some of the show’s members have hinted at a feature film, Grenier said. Grenier said he enjoys posing questions and getting answers through making documentary films. “This was the most educational experience of my life,” he said. “[If] you point the cameras out to the world and ask questions, the answers will invariably come back to you. You just have to get a gem to sift through it and edit it and voila.” Jim Curtis Mol, the editor of “Teenage Paparazzo,” was also at the event. Attendees were not only able to experience the message of “Teenage Paparazzo” from the screening itself, but were encouraged to partake in a Q&A with Grenier and look through an art exhibit, Milich said. “The exhibit was a supplement to the documentary, with pictures of media and pop culture-related things,” she said. “The point was to watch the movie and see the art in a different way through the lens that the documentary provided.” Jill Weiss, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, attended the event because she knew Grenier from his big-screen roles in “Drive Me Crazy” and “The Devil Wears Prada.” “I think the event was fantastic and really allowed him to show off his own work in a way that he would not have been able to have done otherwise,” she said. “I think that if we could get more celebrities like this to come to Rutgers, it would be great for students.” Milich said she felt University students could relate to Grenier as a celebrity and possibly gain a clearer insight into the media after attending the event. “It was good to have him here on top of the fact that he is a celebrity,” she said. “He had a new take on an old subject, and the media is fascinating to young people who are plugged into Facebook and Twitter. We’re all about the media.”
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North Brunswick bowling alley to host pro tournament BY KYLE SWEET CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Some of the world’s best bowlers will travel to Br unswick Zone in Nor th Brunswick for the Professional Bowlers Association’s 69th U.S. Open from Feb. 20-26, ending in a finale that will be broadcast on ESPN. Scott Frangione, an employee at the Woodbridge Bowling Center, said the U.S. Open is a prestigious event that marks the beginning of a series of PBA tournaments. “It’s the first stop in the PBA tour, and it’s a pretty challenging event,” said Frangione, a past competitor of the tournament. Brunswick Zone will host the event for a record seventh time. Frangione said one of the reasons the Nor th Br unswickbased bowling alley is continuously chosen for the event is because of its size. “Brunswick Zone is one of the biggest bowling centers in the area,” he said. “It has a lot of lanes, and it is probably the only place that could accommodate an event of this size.” Past tournaments have drawn in some of the best bowlers in the world, with players arriving from
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countries such as Finland and Canada, he said. Frangione said the owners of Brunswick Zone also benefit from the tournament because of the crowds that come to watch the bowlers. “It is great for business for them too [because] this event attracts a great amount of people from all over,” he said.
Aside from competing for the winning title, Frangione said players are tempted by the incentives given to the tournament’s winner — including a $60,000 first prize and an exemption from the preliminar y rounds for any future tournaments in the PBA tour. Norm Duke, who won the last two times the tournament
was held at the Br unswick Zone, is a probable winner for this year’s competition, Lauren Williams, a local bowler at Brunswick Zone said. “You can’t really speculate on a winner with these types of things because anyone can enter the tournament,” said Williams, who attended the event in the past. “But if you
want to go off of past experience, I would say Norm Duke would be the guy to watch out for.” Anyone from the public is allowed to sign up for the tournament, but they should be warned that the competition will include many world-class players, making it unlikely for any amateur bowlers to realistically challenge for the top prize, Williams said. “Anyone can compete in the event, but I would not recommend doing so,” Williams said. ”It is really challenging and is one of the hardest events in the PBA tour. I’ve been bowling for most of my life, and I don’t even compete.” Malcolm White, another amateur bowler at Brunswick Zone, said he was unaware that the U.S. Open was going to be held in North Brunswick, but he is excited to get a chance to see some of the best players come together in the same location. “[I] never really knew there was a U.S. Open for bowling, but it definitely sounds cool and something to check out,” White said. “It’s not ever y day you have a worldwide tournament being held here, so [it’s] definitely something to look into.”
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ife’s not fair — or so the saying goes. The old adage is used often as justification for the many injustices, inequalities and hardships we may face throughout our lives. But there are certain instances where its application falls a little short — like using it to justify the income gap between families who can and cannot afford to send their children to private schools. During an interview on NJTV’s “New Jersey Capital Report,” Vincent Giordano, executive director of the New Jersey Education Association, did just this. “Life’s not always fair, and I’m sorry about that,” Giordano said when commenting about how low-income families cannot always afford to send their children to private school. In response, Gov. Chris Christie went as far as to call for Giordano’s resignation. As the executive director of the state’s largest teacher’s union, Giordano should have thought twice before making such a rash statement about a subject so delicate. But with New Jersey’s education debate raging on, Christie’s theatrical reaction to the comment is indication that his involvement is more of a political ruse than a personal one. In the state’s education debate, these two individuals stand on opposite ends of the spectrum. Christie, as part of his education reform agenda, proposed the Opportunity Scholarship Act — a voucher program which would provide scholarships to students in failing public schools so that they could attend private and parochial schools. The NJEA, on the other hand, views the program as “a government bailout for struggling private schools,” and would instead work more closely with these public schools to improve the quality of education for students. Clearly, the comment left Giordano vulnerable — and Christie acted on it. But rather than attempting to gain political points, these two individuals should be working together to come to an agreement on the state’s education agenda. We see no value in quarreling over whose plan of action should win out over the other, but we do see value in compromise. It seems both plans — a voucher program focusing on individual students, as well as one that would focus on the state’s failing public schools as a whole — would greatly improve the quality of education in New Jersey. It’s important that we do our best to focus on providing equal opportunities for families of all economic positions, and Christie’s voucher program would undoubtedly help us to do that. Yet it’s equally important that we do not forget about our public schools, failing or not. Giordano may be right: Life’s not always fair. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our best to level the playing field.
Plan B should not become Plan A V
alentine’s Day is Tuesday, and for couples on campus that means lots of candy, lots of flowers — and, hopefully, lots of sex. Even now, many of us may be taking the appropriate preventive measures, which means scrambling at the last minute to find a supply of contraceptives large enough to last us through the day. And just in case the condom breaks, we’re making sure we know Plan B – or at least the nearest pharmacy where we can get it. But for students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, this last part is easy. A short walk over to the vending machine at the campus health center is all it takes to get the “morning-after” pill, the morning after. It’s as simple as buying a Coke — students at Shippensburg can slide $25 into the machine and receive Plan B at the touch of the keypad. Condoms, decongestants and pregnancy tests can be bought just as easily. But the idea also forces us to wonder — how accessible should emergency contraceptives really be? The convenience of such a system is something all could appreciate. If only it was that easy for students here at the University to hop on over to Hurtado Health Center on the College Avenue campus, slip $25 into a vending machine and walk away with what some call an “instant abortion” in pill form. But this is exactly why such accessibility should concern us. It shouldn’t be that easy. Having access to condoms or dental dams via a vending process is one thing. Even having access to a bottle of aspirin in this way seems inherently harmless. But having access to a synthetic hormone that women ingest to prevent pregnancy as easily as we do a bag of Utz Pretzels is something else altogether. As of now, University students can only obtain Plan B from a pharmacist. Yet even this interaction is important, as it gives women additional resources and the option to seek an expert’s advice. Removing this interface between consumer and expert makes taking the drug that much more dangerous. Individuals should be able to access emergency contraceptives when in need, but they should do so knowing well the impact it has on their bodies and the significance of taking such measures to prevent pregnancy. Making “morning-after” pills available at vending machines effectively removes the seriousness with which the drug should be viewed. Plan B should not become our Plan A.
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Nonetheless, as much as ormally, I like to I love and frequent the discuss controverpizza places on Easton, they sial and far-reachdon’t quite scratch the ing political issues. same itch that a late-night However, as much as I diner can. The most obvienjoyed the excitement surous difference is the comrounding my previous colfor ting and welcoming umn, it left me with a desire LEE SELTZER nature that any diner offers. to talk about a lighter issue I Most pizza places in New am equally passionate Brunswick have limited seating. This leads to about. This issue is the presence of traditional many people being forced to take their food to go. New Jersey food on the University campus. Moreover, it forbids you from enjoying your eatIn the column titled “New Brunswick needs ing experience late at night. This is because the better bagels,” published in The Daily Targum on limited space forces you into close proximity with Nov. 28, one of my fellow columnists expressed a strange, loud, drunk fraternity bros who you have desire to bring North Jersey bagels to New never met before. Diners have a more intimate Brunswick. While I applauded his effort and seating arrangement, with closed off areas for you appreciated his extremely well-written column, I to bond with your friends over such favorites as a would go further in arguing that New Brunswick tuna melt, pancakes, and corned beef and hash. residents need to work to bring even more New A local 24-hour diner can serve additional nonJersey-themed cuisine to Easton Avenue in the traditional purposes. If a diner was to have Wi-Fi form of the diner. access, it could serve as a potential 24-hour study The diner is indisputably the quintessential space throughout the week. This New Jersey eating establishment. of course would be contingent on There were 525 diners in New “The diner the diner not being terribly loud Jersey in 2007, according to on a given night. On those occanj.com, seven of which were feais indisputably sions though, students can come tured on a special episode of Food the quintessential in, order ridiculous amounts of Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins and cof fee and just read for hours Dives.” Each diner — in its own New Jersey eating on end. special way — is beautiful. Each Diners also have a relatively one holds a special place in the establishment.” universal menu. As stated above, hear t of their most loyal custhere are many staple diner foods tomers (for me it’s Land and Sea that are identical across various different diners. Restaurant in Fair Lawn). The diner’s trademarks Indeed, just as almost every pizza place on Easton include elaborate breakfasts, gigantic burgers and has a “Fat Darrell,” almost every diner will probamost importantly, very late hours. bly have your favorite food there. Many would argue this is unnecessary because Although I have listed many reasons to behind there is a 24-hour diner in Edison, only a short car the need for a 24-hour diner within walking disride away from the College Avenue campus. This tance of College Avenue, there is one reason far is not sufficient, as not every student on campus greater that supersedes this. As stated earlier, the owns a car. Besides, let’s be honest — many potenlate-night diner is an N.J. pastime. Almost everytial 2 a.m. diner customers should definitely not be one who grew up in a suburb has fond memories driving a car, regardless of whether they own one. of walking into their favorite diner at 2 a.m., orderTherefore, there must be a diner located withing some eggs and home fries, and savoring that in walking distance of campus. beautiful memory with their friends. As “the State Now many of you are probably thinking, what University of New Jersey,” it is practically a crime right does this glutton have to demand yet anoththat our University does not take part in this traer late-night eating establishment? We’re practidition. Indeed, the University will not truly be able cally spoiled by the amount of pizza places that to live out their slogan of “Jersey Roots, Global exist within 10 minutes of each other. It is true, I Reach” unless there is a diner in its vicinity. am extremely grateful for the variety of pizza at our disposal ever y day at as late as 4 a.m. Lee Seltzer is a School of Arts and Sciences junMoreover, many of these places do have some traior majoring in history and economics. His column, ditional diner cuisine, such as disco fries, as “‘Simplee’ Put,” runs on alternate Mondays. options on their menus.
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Oppose intern exploitation Letter LORIN SCHNEIDER he recent class-action lawsuits brought by unpaid interns suing for wages, such as those filed by interns on the “Black Swan” movie and those working at the magazine Harper’s Bazaar, have brought a spotlight to an area of rampant labor violations in our country — the exploitative, and often illegal, use of unpaid interns as a source of free labor in the for-profit sector. While unpaid internships may have begun as a tool used by young people to gain the “real world” training that they couldn’t receive from a formal education, they are now often used as something else entirely. Many unpaid internships today are nothing more than an employer’s ticket to a pool of free labor, enabling many businesses to increase profits by capitalizing on a fiercely competitive job market and a desperate work force. Tellingly, while the labor market shed millions of jobs during the recession, the number of advertisements for unpaid internships increased. Although there are internship programs that are serious about training, mentoring and educating their interns — and not about reducing cost or increasing profits — those are comparatively few. A quick scan of Craigslist postings for interns or a review of books and ser vices aimed at employers touting the value of internship programs reveals
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what we already know: The focus of many internships revolves around what interns can do for a business and not vice versa — save, perhaps, the ever-present promise of “great experience.” Consider the following advertisement for a “how-to” book on utilizing interns in private business: “Build Your [Internet Marketing] Empire On the Backs Of FREE Labor.” The message speaks for itself, and it’s certainly not talking about helping interns establish themselves. It is estimated that the use of interns, rather than paid employees, saves businesses approximately $2 billion annually — a cost borne directly by interns themselves, who are often already strapped for cash. Interns are generally young college students and recent graduates at the start of their careers, and debt from student loans in recent years has overcome credit card debt as the No. 1 source of debt in the United States. What this means is that corporations are asking the poorest, most in-debt members of our society and those in the most precarious financial positions to volunteer their labor to boost profits. And what real choice do they have? In many industries now, there are simply no paid, entrylevel jobs. It often appears that there is no way to “break in” to an industry if one isn’t willing to work for free for awhile. Employers hold all the cards, the epitome of unequal bargaining, which is why they can demand — and receive — something so outrageous as free labor.
Taking advantage of an individual’s desperate situation and lack of viable options by paying little or nothing for their work — simply because market conditions allow for it — is exploitative, whether it happens in a third world countr y or on American soil. Fortunately, in our country, we have laws to protect workers from such exploitation. Unfortunately, awareness among would-be interns as to their legal rights is extremely low. Contrary to what is widely believed, interns are not excluded from the legal requirement imposed on employers to pay their workers, simply because they are labeled “interns.” There are strict legal guidelines that dictate when interns may not be paid — and conversely, when they must be paid — and violations of these laws entitle illegally unpaid interns to demand back wages, damages and other costs, among other things. It is my hope, as an attorney actively fighting against the misuse of unpaid interns in the forprofit sector, that increased public discussion about this issue will educate and empower illegally unpaid interns to assert their rights, and that it will bring an end to this widespread and exploitative practice. Lorin Schneider, Esq., is a Rutgers College Class of 2005 alumnus and co-founder of the law firm Schneider & Rubin, LLC.
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Today's Birthday (02/13/12). Rely on your team to go all the way; aren't networks amazing? Grow yours this year. Your friends are your most valuable wealth, gifting you with laughter and love, fabulous ideas and surprises. Pay it forward, even in advance. Plant seeds of kindness. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Mercury is in Pisces from today until March 2nd, shifting to a flowing, live-in-the-moment perspective on communications. Relax. Talk about it as it comes. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Take time for mind, body and spirit. You may find yourself tempted to a more "laissezfaire" point of view. Let it be. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 9 — Utilize your best administrative and management skills to handle the workload today. Find support from an expert and generate even better results than you expected. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Invent a fun, new game at work, a new vision for the future. Release cynicism or fear. Imagine the world you'd like to see for your children and contribute to that. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Spend time with friends, and figure out how you can work together. Networking benefits your career for the next few weeks. Let people know what you're up to, what you want, what you can offer. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Your partner seems more perceptive, and you have an easier time expressing yourself through the end of the month. How about writing a book? Find your voice.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 9 — Organization increases income. Explore the great human mysteries of life, death and love. Keep listening and gain insight. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — You're in charge, and you know it. How do you define "success"? It's more powerful if it includes laughing at yourself. It doesn't last forever, so enjoy. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Indulge your social yearnings. It's in your interest to talk to a person of higher position. What could you create together? Let go of a preconception. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Get in touch with special friends you haven't seen in a long time. Make a phone call, write an email or even send an old-fashioned love letter. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — Today you're especially attuned to creating new business. Launch a marketing campaign, and contact clients you appreciate. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — There's so much to do today, and you have the power to make it happen. Do the research, but don't let it slow you down. You're a steam locomotive.
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he Rutgers softball team experienced a schedule change after rain pushed Friday’s games in Lafayette, La., back one day. The Scarlet Knights opened their season with a 7-2 victor y against Mississippi Valley State before dropping their second game to No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette, 15-1. After splitting Day 1’s games, the Knights (2-2) did the same on Day 2. They beat Mississippi Valley State for the second time in the tournament and lost to No. 24 Tulsa, 12-1. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum.
T HE R UTGERS SWIM MING and diving team placed three of its divers in the conference’s top 15 on Saturday at the Big East Diving Championships in Pittsburgh. Freshman Nicole Honey finished eighth in the 3 meter, while sophomore Nicole Scott placed ninth and sophomore Valentina Gordon placed 13th. Honey earned a spot in the Big East finals, coming in fifth overall in the preliminaries with a score of 247.25. Scott missed out on the finals, placing ninth with 230.66 points. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum.
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team shut out another opponent in its 7-0 win Friday against Quinnipiac. The Scarlet Knights (3-0) won two doubles matches and six in singles, including one tiebreaker when sophomore Stefania Balasa defeated opponent Ariana Laurie, 10-3. Senior Morgan Ivey and freshman Lindsay Balsamo paired in an 8-0 doubles win to clinch doubles play. Balsamo also played third singles, completing a 6-0, 6-0 shutout. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum.
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pile up for the Rutgers wresting team. Junior 165-pounder Scott Winston sat out of the National Duals on Saturday with a pinched ner ve in his neck that he suf fered Wednesday in practice. Freshman Douglas Hamann filled in for Winston at 165 pounds. Hamann lost both of his matches, including a 9-3 decision to Kent State’s Ross Tice. Cal Poly’s Dominic Kastl pinned Hamann.
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Senior attackman Kevin Hover aided the Knights’ efforts with a goal Saturday against No. 2 Duke in Durham, N.C.
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son,” Brecht said. “I thought Scott did a nice job for the 60 he gave. Duncan was with nagging Rutgers injuries minutes sprinkled in, and we are looking for ward to him continued from back getting better.” The Knights showed flashes Brecht said. “If you can take their best guy out or make it of promise throughout the conhard for him, you can count it test. Brecht chalked up the loss to inexperience as a success. But you against an opponent have to be able to take that requires constant out ever yone.” execution to overOn the attack, the come. Knights played with a “It comes down to squad banged up from experience and time,” the preseason. Brecht said. “To expeSophomore Nick rience being in big DePaolera notched two games and obviously goals, while senior Kevin Hover added one BRIAN BRECHT winning big games, we need to do the litof his own. “We have been banged up a tle things right. We competed little bit in the preseason. and had a great effort collec[Sophomore Scott] Klimchak tively as a whole and a bunch of and [junior Duncan] Clancy, different individuals. At the end two of our top point-getters of the day, you just have to do from last year — they were ever ything ver y well against both banged up in the presea- big-time opponents.
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Senior 141-pounder Billy Ashnault sizes up Cal Poly’s No. 2 Boris Novachkov on Saturday at the National Duals. Novachkov, the nation’s runner-up last season, earned a 1-0 overtime win.
LOSSES: Dellefave sits against Cal Poly, forfeits bout continued from back “I didn’t think it was going to be that hard [to escape],” Ashnault said. “Once I was out there, he was really strong on top. But at some point I have to get off bottom. There’s no excuse for that.” Neither Ashnault nor Goodale were happy with the results, though both recognized the positives of wrestling with nationally ranked foes. But there was no hiding Goodale’s feelings about sophomore 125-pounder Vincent Dellefave’s decision to forfeit his bout against Cal Poly. Goodale wants Dellefave to wrestle the EIWA Tournament
and NCAA Championships at 125 pounds, despite the experience of junior Joey Langel, because of his stronger résumé. Dellefave lost an 11-0 major decision to Kent State’s fourthranked Nic Bedelyon and sat against Cal Poly afterward. “It’s his decision. He didn’t want to wrestle,” Goodale said. “He says he was hurt. He was medically cleared to wrestle. He didn’t wrestle. He said he was hurt. Never in all my years of coaching wrestling has an athlete not taken the mat.” “We just lack toughness. That’s what it is.” It led Goodale to make a lineup change in hopes of finding a dual-meet spark. Freshman Anthony Perrotti, who star ted the year at 141 pounds and now weighs
149, wrestled Cal Poly at 157 pounds. “We haven’t done anything at 157 — not one thing all year long,” Goodale said. “I was just looking for something different.” But the results were the same all day. Perrotti lost, 6-5, following up Rutgers’ only win in the consolation match courtesy of junior Mario Mason’s 24-11 major decision at 149 pounds. They were the only four points Rutgers earned, as Cal Poly forfeited the rest, but still left with a win. “It’s been frustrating the whole second half of the year,” Ashnault said. “But as everybody knows, teams go 1-15 and at the end of the year have three AllAmericans, and that’s a whole different story. That’s what we’re hoping for.”
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Junior 149-pounder Mario Mason looks for position Saturday against Cal Poly’s Adam Aslam. Mason won, 24-11, for a major decision, recording the only points Rutgers earned without forfeit.
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Freshman forward Betnjiah Laney puts up a shot Sunday in the Knights’ loss to St. John’s. Laney scored 9 points in the first half.
RETURN: Senior puts up 17 points after injury hiatus continued from back But soon after, she picked up her fourth foul and ended up on the bench, returning Rutgers (17-7, 6-5) to the pushover it had been for the past three games. After four minutes, head coach C. Vivian Stringer saw enough, and she subbed her offensive catalyst back in. And as she often does, Rushdan attempted to erase a substantial lead, but to no avail. With four fouls, she had to play conser vative and could not attack with her usual aggressiveness. She ended the game with a team-leading 17 points and added three rebounds.
Judging by Sunday’s loss, the book is officially out: Teams do not need to defend the Knights beyond the 3-point line. The Johnnies were no different. From the opening tip, St. John’s (17-8, 9-3) crowded the paint and contested ever y close-range shot, limiting the Knights’ scoring inside the paint. “Ever y time [junior center Monique] Oliver touched the ball, we wanted to double-team her,” said St. John’s head coach Kim Barnes Arico. “We knew they were going to tr y to beat us off the bounce. Our gameplan was to tr y to make them beat us from the outside.” The Red Storm gave Rutgers open shots from long range. The strategy paid off.
It did not matter where fifthyear senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan placed the ball in her retur n from a KNIGHT two-game NOTEBOOK absence. S h o t s simply did not fall for the Rutgers women’s basketball team. April Sykes was one of the players who suf fered from Rushdan’s absence. The senior for ward scored a combined 6 points in the No. 17 Scarlet Knights’ two losses. But whether Rushdan or a more experienced point guard distributed to Sykes, she shot inef ficiently again in the Knights’ 61-52 loss to St. John’s on Sunday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. “When you’ve got April … an outside threat that we have, 2for-13, [the rest] doesn’t even matter,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer. “And that’s been going on for the last five or six games.” Sykes scored only 7 points on 2-for-13 shooting and has not surpassed her 13-point-pergame average since Jan. 21 against South Florida. The Starkville, Miss., native’s problems stem not only from her recent slump, but also from a histor y of the Red Storm shutting her down. From the floor, the Knights finished 17-for-61. Rushdan and Oliver, who finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds, were the only Rutgers players to finish in double figures. “If you don’t have the outside shot, it makes it extremely dif ficult for Oliver,” Stringer said. “It’s pretty incredible that she has scored as well as she has in light of the fact that she’s getting doubled and tripled.” And for the third time in as many games, senior for ward April Sykes, the team’s leading scorer, was largely absent from the offensive attack. She ended up with only 7 points on 2-for-13 shooting from the floor. It was not simply the missed shots that plagued Rutgers. The Knights missed an uncharacteristic amount of layups.
Sykes scored only 6 points in a 62-57 loss to St. John’s on Jan. 17, and the Johnnies held Sykes scoreless last year in a 51-48 victor y.
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also put 11 points on the board — her third straight game in double figures. Oliver also shot more efficiently than most of the Knights with a 4-for-7 output from the field. But foul trouble limited the Las Vegas native. She earned her fourth foul with nine minutes left to play and fouled out with 1:40 remaining.
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extra possessions with 20 offensive rebounds, but lost many oppor tunities because of turnovers. The Knights turned the ball over 15 times while causing 12 Johnnies turnovers. Unlike the Knights with their offensive rebounds, St. John’s capitalized off of its opportunities, scoring 13 points off turnovers. But St. John’s (17-8, 9-3) was not exempt from the category, allowing 12 Rutgers points off of its double-figure turnovers.
Neither missed a beat against St. John’s until the second half began. Laney put together 9 points in the opening period while escaping her usual foul trouble, but she did not score a single point in the second half. Stringer likes the progress she saw out of Laney. “One, we need to make layups. Two, we need for Betnijah to continue to be positive and not be afraid,” she said. “We like that. We need her to take more of a role stepping out there.” Oliver once again led the way in rebounds with 14, and
straight loss to St. John’s this season was more than simply déjà vu. The last time Rutgers won the matchup was Feb. 28, 2009 — the win before the Knights’ four-game skid against the Red Storm. The only active Knights from the win were Rushdan, Sykes and senior guard Nikki Speed. WNBA players Kia Vaughn and Epiphanny Prince led the way in the victory, which included nine blocks from Vaughn.
“We have to finish. We have to make layups,” Rushdan said. “There were a lot of instances where we were 2 feet in front of the basket and just could not finish. We missed like 12 layups.” St. John’s did not have the same problem. Senior for ward Da’Shena Stevens and junior guards Nadirah McKenith and Shenneika Smith all cracked 10 points, scoring 16, 14 and 11, respectively. The trio’s shooting success became the obvious reason for the team’s fifth consecutive Big East road win. But Barnes Arico credits the team’s health, something it battled for most of the season. Six of the 12 players for the Red Storm have missed at least three games. “When we’ve had all of our players out on the court, we’ve
had two losses,” Barnes Arico said. “One was a close one to Notre Dame and one was to Marquette, and that’s it when we’ve had our entire team.” Whatever the cause of Rutgers’ loss may be, it has fallen from the top of the conference, a place it feels it belongs. Still, that does not mean they do not have to earn it. And they are far from being in the right mindset, Stringer said. “We me have been a victim of our own perceived success,” Stringer said. “We thought we were a lot better than what we were.” Now her focus has switched from making a run at the top to stopping the slide. The Knights get their first chance Wednesday, when they visit West Virginia, a team fresh off a 65-63 upset of No. 2 Notre Dame.
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Junior lefthander Rob Smorol struck out a team-high 66 batters last season, his first as a starter under head coach Fred Hill. Smorol and classmate Tyler Gebler spent their freshman seasons in the bullpen, where junior lefthander Rob Corsi called home a season ago. All three are starters this season for the Knights.
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A pitching staff is bound to encounter its ups and downs when a head coach puts three former relief BASEBALL pitchers at the top of its starting rotation. Luckily for the Rutgers baseball team, that problem is a thing of the past. Starting pitchers Tyler Gebler and Rob Smorol begin their junior seasons in the same way they did as sophomores — asked by head coach Fred Hill to lead the rotation. But this season, they do so with rotational experience. “If you can’t pitch, you’re going to have a hard time winning,” Hill said. “Our top … pitchers have had experience and we’re very excited about them. We’re very high on them.” Smorol exceeded expectations as a starter with a 4.10 earned run average and a team-leading 66 strikeouts. Gebler did the same with a 3.22 ERA in his team-leading 103.1 innings. “It was a whole different playing field being a starter in the college game than being in the bullpen,” Smorol said. “It took me
four or five games to get adjusted to that. This year, I’m all set and I know what I’m doing.” Junior Nathaniel Roe needed to make the same transition last year out of the bullpen. Roe started 11 times for the Scarlet Knights a season ago, but is already out for the season because of injury. The Knights return the rest of their pitchers from last year, so Roe’s absence does not compare to a year ago when Rutgers purged its rotation. “Everybody’s a year older. We return everybody besides Nate Roe,” Smorol said. “Our starters are juniors now. Two of our starters — me and Gebler — have been starting already.” Rutgers’ answer for Roe’s absence is junior lefthander Rob Corsi, who makes the same transition as Gebler, Smorol and Roe. Corsi was a leader in the Knights’ bullpen last season with a 1.58 ERA in 23 appearances and a team-low .233 opposing batting average. Despite previous success, an easy transition to the rotation is not a corollary. Gebler finished his bullpen year with a steady 1.75 ERA, but Smorol did not have it so easy.
The righthander completed his freshman year with a 4.05 ERA and 28 walks compared to 25 strikeouts. But he still earned his way into this year’s rotation because of starting success. Junior closer Jerry Elsing is not worried about the state of the pitching staff with one of his fellow relievers on the verge of starting. “We’re an older group, a bunch of juniors, a couple seniors,” the 6foot-4 Elsing said. “Our bullpen is really strong.” The Knights begin the season Friday with a road trip south that starts at Miami (Fla.). Rutgers already knows its lineup will be without its two leading hitters from last season. It lost outfielder Michael Lang and third baseman/designated hitter D.J. Anderson to graduation. Smorol is confident in his run support this season, but he also knows the Knights could be a pitching-centric team. “I think our hitting has improved a lot, but of course our pitching will be great,” Smorol said. The Knights’ hitting lineup will likely experience instant change like the starting rotation did last season. But with their pitching in 2011, they know it is not a problem.
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Junior lefthander Rob Corsi recorded a 1.58 ERA last season as a reliever. He takes on a starter’s role in 2012 for the Knights.
Rutgers breaks pair of records in weekend split-up BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s track and field team split it up Friday, sending athletes to two different events. WOMEN’S TRACK The distance team traveled to Boston to compete in the Valentine’s Invitational. The rest of the Scarlet Knights paid a visit to the legendary New York Armory in the Bronx to compete in the Lafayette/Rider Invitational. “We had an awesome weekend,” said head coach James Robinson via email correspondence. “We competed only 20 ladies and split the team in order to maximize the best competitive environment for each event group. The athletes responded with two more new school
records, which makes four total new school records in consecutive weekends and many ECAC and Big East Qualifying marks.” Many Knights stood out during the weekend. At the Valentine’s Invitational, sophomore Ashley Deckert broke a school record in the 1,000 meter, running a Big East- and ECACqualifying time of 2:51.89. The old record, set in 1987, was 2:53.85. “It was an absolute great performance by her,” said distance coach Jan Merrill-Morin. “She broke her personal-best time by about six seconds.” Freshmen Christina Dibernardo and Allison Payenski and junior Victoria Pontecorvo also contributed to the standout performances at the Valentine’s Invitational. Dibernardo ran a Big Eastand ECAC-qualifying time of
1:15.69, which earned her sixth place. Pontecorvo recorded a Big East-qualifying time of 2:56.45 in the 1,000 meter, and Payenski
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qualified for the Big East in the mile with a time of 5:01.51. “We stepped on the track and came up to bat,” Merrill-Morin
said. “I was pleased with the team overall. Obviously it was an extremely good meet.” At the Lafayette/Rider Invitational, junior Asha Ruth qualified for the Big East and ECAC with a mark of 5.96 meters in the long jump. Sophomore Emily Vargas also had a Big Eastand ECAC- qualifying mark in the long jump, jumping 5.70 meters. The highlight of the weekend for the Knights came Saturday at the prestigious Millrose Games, where the Knights competed in the 4x400-meter relay. There, the Knights won the Gotham Cup Metropolitan College Women’s 4x400 Relay, outrunning St John’s, St. Peter’s and Fordham, breaking a school record in the process. The team of Ruth, sophomores Corr yn Hurrington and
Tylia Gillon and freshman Gabrielle Farquharson set the new school record of 3:42.83, breaking the old record set in 1982 of 3:45.40. “The team ran much more aggressively,” said sprinters coach Lou Tomlinson. “They hadn’t done that all year, but this weekend they did that collectively.” The Knights’ performances throughout the three different competitions, along with the hard work they put in during the indoor season, gives reason for optimism entering the Big East Championships. “At this point, what we want to do is show some improvement and run as fast as we can,” Tomlinson said. “I’m excited. There is good reason to be excited.”
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Senior midfielder Will Mangan scored twice Saturday against No. 2 Duke.
As far as first games go for a new head coach, Brian Brecht’s first outing as the leader of the Rutgers men’s lacrosse game was a daunting one. MEN’S LACROSSE The Scarlet Knights traveled to RUTGERS 16 Duke on Saturday to DUKE 8 take on the No. 2 team in the nation on its home turf. While the Knights stuck with the Blue Devils throughout the game, the end result was a 16-8 win for the home team. “Anytime you can see a different colored jersey and especially a talent like Duke, it’s certainly exciting. It helps you focus,” Brecht said. “I’ll give credit to Duke — they are the
No. 2 team in the country for a reason. Maybe we didn’t execute as much as we could to get a big-time win on the road, but we competed.” The positive story for the Knights was the performance of their well-tested midfielders. Seniors Mike Diehl and Will Mangan contributed two goals apiece. Blake Burkhart supported the two team captains. The freshman midfielder battled to win nine of 16 faceoffs. “I was very pleased and very impressed with our first midfield,” Brecht said. “Mangan and Diehl, and the freshman sprinkled in there — not only individually but as a group — kept us in the game.” Behind the midfielders, the Knights defense endured an onslaught from the relentless Duke offense, which outshot
Rutgers, 51-28. Junior goalkeeper Rudy Butler started all 60 minutes and recorded 16 saves on the day. “I was very pleased with Rudy,” Brecht said. “With 16 saves and 51 shots, he was certainly under a lot of pressure. You sometimes wish you could get some of those shots back, but all in all he had a great day for us.” Senior defenseman and captain Jacob Fradkin matched up all day with Duke’s most proficient attackman, Jordan Wolf. Together with the goaltending of Butler, Fradkin held Wolf without a goal on the day. But eight other Blue Devils picked up Wolf’s slack to contribute in the win. “Jacob Fradkin, he matched up really well against their No. 1 attackman,”
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Losses mount with weekend falls at RAC BY STEVEN MILLER SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale understands this season is about the end of the year, not Saturday’s National Duals WRESTLING regional bracket. That did little to CAL POLY 24 make it any easier. RUTGERS 22 Cal Poly forfeited the matchups he wanted to test his All-American candidates, and his 125-pounder for feited a match of his own. The Scarlet Knights fell, 24-22, to Cal Poly, receiving 18 of those points after Cal Poly wrestlers opted not to take the mat at 174, 184 and 197 pounds. It gave Rutgers a 1point lead entering the heavyweight bout. Then Cal Poly won it and the match. “We won one match. It was awful,” Goodale said. “The matchups we wanted — [Greg] Zannetti and [Dan] Rinaldi against nationally ranked guys — they didn’t wrestle. We have guys now that just get a little injured, and in their mind it’s all about the end of the year, so they don’t want to wrestle. That’s where we’re at.” It left Zannetti and Rinaldi, both juniors, 1-0 on the day after winning their firstround bouts in a 19-13 loss to 14th-ranked Kent State. Zannetti picked up an 8-0 major decision and then had Cal Poly’s fourth-ranked 174pounder Ryan DesRoches in his sights. Rinaldi earned a 5-3 decision and then missed an opportunity against Cal Poly’s 18th-ranked Ryan Smith at 197 pounds. “It would have been a good opportunity, but there will be plenty of those guys at the end of the season,” said Zannetti, who improved to 25-3 on the season and had Rinaldi join him with 20-plus wins. “I think it would have been good, definitely. It would have a national tournament type of feel to it.” Senior 141-pounder Billy Ashnault’s entire day was like that, as he faced the second- and 10th-ranked wrestlers nationally in his weight class. He fell to No. 10 Tyler Small of Kent State, 2-0, and then took Cal Poly’s second-ranked Boris Novachkov to overtime and lost, 1-0. Ashnault battled to ride Novachkov for the entire second period and then struggled to escape from the bottom as last year’s national runner-up returned the favor in the third. Once it reached overtime, Novachkov rode Ashnault and escaped.
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Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan scored a team-high 17 points Sunday following a two-game absence with a head injury. But the results remained the same against St. John’s, which last lost to the Knights on Feb. 28, 2009.
Rutgers falls again in Rushdan’s return BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Head coach C. Vivian Stringer looks on Sunday during the Knights’ loss.
Fortunately for the Rutgers women’s basketball team, Khadijah Rushdan returned to action Sunday night in time for a rematch with St. John’s. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL But even with ST. JOHN’S 61 their starting point guard back, the No. RUTGERS 52 17 Scarlet Knights were still onedimensional on offense. St. John’s was not.
Thanks to a shooting percentage of 45.2, the Red Storm downed the Knights, 61-52, for the second time this season. For the first 25 minutes of the game, Rushdan did not have much of an impact on the game. With 14:30 remaining and the team down by 17 points, she tried to ignite a comeback like she did against DePaul. In only a minute and a half, Rushdan racked up 7 points and brought the Knights within 12 points.
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