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Director of student conduct revises decade-old system BY MARY DIDUCH SENIOR STAFF WRITER
The set of regulations that govern student behavior is undergoing several key changes — like becoming more simplified and clear — since it was last updated more than a decade ago. The Rutgers University Student Assembly was one of the first student groups to publicly hear the changes to the Student Code of Conduct from Director of Student Conduct Anne Newman at its meeting last night in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. After conducting sur veys in 2010 to examine the opinion of the old code among various sectors of the University community, Newman and her committee
decided that the legal language and presentation of the code — in addition to some of its outdated or unclear policies — needed to change. “It’s more simplistic, so people can understand what it’s about and what to expect,” said Newman of the code, which defines violating behaviors and lays out the processes used to discipline them. The committee that proposed these changes is defined in the new code as including six Student Af fairs representatives, four Academic Af fairs representatives, three faculty representatives, three student representatives and three student conduct representatives. “Students also said they wanted to understand the process, who to talk to if there was
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The University’s Board of Trustees review the proposed merger but do not make a decision on it yesterday in the multipurpose room at the Rutgers Student Center.
U. faculty protest merger at Board of Trustees meeting BY AMY ROWE STAFF WRITER
Members of the University community argued against the proposed RutgersCamden merger with Rowan University last night at a special Board of Trustees meeting in the multipurpose room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Advisory Committee, chaired by Sol Barer, recommended in January that Rutgers-Camden join Rowan University to create a public research university in South
Jersey in the best interest of students and New Jersey’s economy. “There’s not much of a critical mass in [South Jersey],” he said. “We went through a number of discussions. We arrived at these conclusions after looking at many alternatives. Many of the benefits that are going to arise out of this are going to take a bit of time.” But Martha Cotter, the board faculty representative, said going through with the merger would end up hurting the new research university in South Jersey.
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Anne Newman, the director of Student Conduct, discusses the changes to the University’s Student Code of Conduct yesterday at the River Lounge of the Student Activities Center.
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INDEX UNIVERSITY Have you seen William the Silent standing in Voorhees Mall? Faculty members unveil the figure’s historical post.
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Frank Felder, the director of the Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy, speaks about the “smart grid” and its future plans yesterday at the Busch Campus Center.
The topic of energy conservation took center stage at yesterday’s “Energy Café” at the Busch Campus Center. The seminar, the third in the series, hosted a panel of energy leaders from around the University, including the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group’s Energy Service Corps. Energy Service Corps members delivered a presentation on energy efficiency and spoke about the group’s programs that aim to increase energy conservation in the immediate area. The group condemned the widespread use of fossil fuels, claiming it is inefficient and environmentally harmful. “Coal is a huge issue when it comes to environmental policy because the way we get coal releases high amounts of mercury and sulfuric acid, which travels into our waterways and creates acid rain,” said Kaitlin Chaves, an Energy Service Corps member.
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Faculty members signify spirit of William the Silent BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT
Students who walk through Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus might notice a tall man in 16th century dress encapsulated in bronze standing in the middle of the square. This man is William the Silent, a prince of Orange in the Netherlands. He led a revolt against Spain, establishing independence for the countr y through the Eighty Years’ War, said Angus Gillespie, a professor in the Depar tment of American Studies. The monument was donated to the University in 1928 on behalf of Fenton B. Turck, a physician who acquired the statue in the Netherlands after World War I. William the Silent stands as a reminder of New Jersey’s Dutch culture, which was a prominent part of New Brunswick when the University was established as Queen’s College in 1766, Gillespie said. “Basically, he can be regarded as the George Washington of the Netherlands,” he said. “One of the reasons why he got the nickname of William the Silent was that he refused to testify against the queen.” Elizabeth Reeves, the assistant facilities planner at the University, said the Dutch culture around the area set the scene for the University’s diversity. “They were an open culture. They believed in freedom of religion and the ideology that you
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William the Silent stands in Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus and represents the Dutch culture of New Brunswick in 1766 when the University was established as Queen’s College.
can choose to believe or not to believe,” she said. “They were accepting of ever ybody, and that’s why Rutgers is such a diverse community. We tend to forget that.” Reeves said many students are unaware of the statue’s significance and should become more acquainted with University history. “A lot of people walk by him and don’t even know who he is,” Reeves said. “I still get telephone calls — ‘What’s the statue in the middle of the hall?’ — if they even notice it. It’s kind of a shame.”
Thomas Frusciano, a University librarian, said the statue is important for the University’s identity. “I think having statues and monuments kind of reminds people of the long histor y of Rutgers,” he said. “That’s significant. I think it’s important to have those things.” More students ventured into Voorhees Mall and were acquainted with the statue when Rutgers College held its graduation there, Frusciano said. But the ceremony was moved to the stadium back in
2007, when the School of Arts and Sciences was established. Gillespie said it could be difficult to feel the connection with the University’s roots after years of restructuring. “We’re talking about more than 200 years of evolution,” he said. “Rutgers has changed drastically. It’s no longer just about theology. Rutgers is a major research university, touching almost all aspects of the arts and sciences.” Despite the drastic changes the University went through over
the past 200 years, its origins should never be forgotten, Frusciano said. “Rutgers was a small liberal ar ts college. It wasn’t really a state college, as it later became, but an institution should never forget its histor y,” he said. Gillespie said the University administration should help incoming students become more aware of their new school’s beginnings. “If, during freshman orientation, there was a little bit more — not just about the opportunities that Rutgers offers, but about the rich history that this institution has — that would be a nice thing,” he said. Reeves said graduates should not only take away a degree with them when they graduate, but a piece of the University’s history, too. “When you walk away with a Rutgers degree, you’re walking away with much more than that,” she said. “You’re walking away with being a par t of the histor y and traditions of a fantastic school, and people don’t realize that.” The statue has become more than a reminder of the University’s Dutch foundation. A playful r umor has spread throughout campus over the years about “Willy the Silent,” Gillespie said. “Legend says if a Rutgers co-ed who’s a virgin would pass by, William the Silent would whistle,” Gillespie said. “But over the last 200 years, he hasn’t yet whistled.”
Religious group encourages diversity through carnival BY TALIA FRIEDMAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 60 students explored cultures of the world Wednesday at the University Chapter of the Jain Association at the “Cultural Carnival.” Rosani Bhavsar, the president of the Jain Association, said the group hopes to spread cultural knowledge among students by increasing intercultural interaction at the Busch Campus Center. “With such a large university, people like their own little niches and it’s nice to get all [cultures] together on campus,” said Bhavsar, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. The Nichiren Buddhist Association, a cultural group on campus, participated in the carnival to bring awareness to the Buddhist faith, said Erica Restrepo, primary officer of the Nichiren Buddhist Association. Despite the Jain Association’s multiple invitations to cultural groups on campus, only the Nichiren Buddhist Association participated, said Nikunj Shah, a Jain Association class representative. Restrepo, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said the group set up a booth displaying Buddhism as a culture of peace. “We believe in peace, that’s what we strive for and tell other people about it. I find this makes me happy, so I share it,” Restrepo said.
Abigail Howard, a member of the Nichiren Buddhist Association, said the group promotes peace through chanting and letting others know they have the ability to attain Buddhahood, which is the full potential of happiness. “Buddhism is a state of life. Everything you need to be happy you already have, and that’s Buddhism,” said Howard, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. Cultural music played while students participated in basketball and pingpong games that involved answering questions about Jainism, a non-theistic religion founded in India, to earn candy as a prize, Bhavsar said. She said food was also provided from restaurants such as Moe’s Southwest Grill, Schezwan Ichiban and King Pita Palace to represent backgrounds of different ethnicities. “This event is about bringing different cultures and ideas together in one place and spreading knowledge and education and bringing different faiths together,” Bhavsar said. Mosum Parikh, a Rutgers Business School junior, said the Jain Association is a religious organization that aims to spread Jain values of nonviolence, nonpossessiveness and a multiplicity of views. Parikh said nonviolence addresses discrimination toward other cultural groups and non-pos-
sessiveness involves living a simple life without becoming greedy with materialistic objects. This event also represented a diversity of views — a principle that aims to raise awareness about the different opinions people have. “We are having this carnival to bring together a multiplicity of views into connection, to show people all the different religions and how they are somewhat connected … to be open-minded and not be narrow-minded,” Parikh said.
Sonika Shah, the social chair of the Jain Association, said the social setting of the car nival gave students the oppor tunity for students to learn about dif ferent par ts of the world while remaining in New Brunswick. “These events are important because being so absorbed in studies closes our eyes to others around us. Learning about them teaches us what is out there in the countries where we cannot go,”
said Shah, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Shah said although the University is known for its diversity, not ever yone is knowledgeable about the different kinds of cultures. “It is so interesting to learn about the different cultures around the world,” she said. “Rutgers has a tremendous diversity component, and that gives us a lot of exposure and opportunities to learn about others on campus.”
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Darshana Darikh, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, shoots at a target as part of the Jain Association’s “Cultural Carnival” Wednesday at the Busch Campus Center.
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INSTITUTE: Volunteers to weatherize homes, churches continued from front Chaves, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said that the burning of coal is not only damaging to the environment, but its lack of efficiency also means it must be burned in mass quantities. “It takes one pound of coal to power your TV for 4.5 hours, which is ridiculous. It’s not as efficient as it should be,” she said. Beatrice Birrer, a Rutgers Energy Institute program coordinator, expressed her excitement for the success of “Energy Café.” “In the United States, more than half of our electricity comes from coal, which is way too much,” Birrer said. She brought up an idea that surfaced at an earlier “Energy Café” that is now being supported at a higher level in the University community. “At the last meeting we had an idea for a zero-waste Rutgers day,” she said. “Now Dave Dehart with [University] Facilities is sponsoring a zero-waste ambassador program for students who want to volunteer and train to represent and educate other students.” Frank Felder, director of the Center for Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy at the University, gave a presentation on the smart-grid — a system that displays consumed energy levels — and long-term goals for energy efficiency. Felder explained that the current system was not operating as resourcefully as a true smart grid would. “The current electric power system is really a kind of a ‘dumb grid’ in the sense that we push power from a large centralized power system like a power plant to buildings like [the Busch Campus Center],” he said. “It’s really a one-way system because the grid was developed before the Internet the information technology just wasn’t there.” Felder said there were a few steps that could bring the grid up to date and make it smarter and more efficient. “The advancement of technology and reduction of costs we’re thinking how can we attach this
SYSTEM: Clear level of proof needed for punishment continued from front a problem and what the consequences should be for their actions,” Newman said. Students sur veyed also said they would like to see the r ules and regulations be intended to maintain order at the University and believed that all students should be better informed of the new code and its changes. One major change to the code — which does not determine whether a student committed a crime — was to change the level of proof needed to determine a student’s responsibility for violating the code. Under the old code, the of fice needed “clear and convincing” evidence of a students’ responsibility of a violation — in other words, be about 70 to 75 percent sure, Newman said. Under the new code, the of fice needs a “preponderance” of evidence to be sure of a student’s responsibility — or about 51 percent sure.
one-way grid to a two-way grid both in terms of power flow and information,” Felder said. Felder said a smart meter would make conserving energy easier for the average consumer. “You could find out your usage of electricity from a smartphone. It would provide you that type of information through an app, so you can conserve and use energy in a more efficient way,” he said. Felder also advocated for a system that had what he called “real-time manufacturing,” which would change the costs of storing electricity. “There’s no more real-time manufacturing system when it comes to the electric grid. Storing electricity at a grid level, the size of a city, is way too expensive,” he said. “That’s one area in smart grid where we need more technological advancement.” Felder said the storing and distribution of electricity is essential to the process of implementing a smart grid. “We need to be able to store resources and use them later,” he said. “The storage of electricity and having the control system to use that storage and manage supply and demand is a huge part of the smart grid.” Felder said there were some security issues with implementing the smart grid. “If someone can break into that system … they can have control over every appliance within the grid,” he said. The Energy Service Corps also made it a point to educate the public, not only through their workshops on energy efficiency, but through the weatherization of New Brunswick homes. The weatherization process begins with an Energy Service Corps assessment of where the home saves energy, wastes energy and where energy conservation problems may occur, Chaves said. Thomas Clark, the weatherization coordinator for the group, said the group attempts to make buildings more energy efficient using methods like window caulking. “We’ve weatherized about 20 homes this semester. We mainly do college homes, but we’re trying to get more low income homes,” said Clark, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore.
Preponderance, which Newman said is essentially what a reasonable person would conclude to be the case, is used in civil cour t processes and in 88 percent of institutions around the nation. Pavel Sokolov, the chair of RUSA Internal Affairs committee, said he is upset with this change in the level of doubt. Sokolov, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, said this could make it more difficult for students to prove they did not violate the code. Newman said this decrease in the amount of doubt needed to determine a violation has made board members and her of fice uncomfor table, but it is the standard being used around the countr y. If it were not adopted, it could present an issue with the U.S. Of fice for Civil Rights. “We made the decision to use it but duly noted that there is a concern,” she said. To combat this concern, the committee altered the punishments associated with cer tain violations and added more levels of disciplinar y sanctions. Specifically, in the new code, the first sanction may be a war ning, then a reprimand,
U NIVERSITY MEETING: Decision to integrate University due in July continued from front “Nobody in Camden really wants this. All of the strong programs, [no matter how] small, will be denigrated,” said Cotter, a professor in the Department of Chemistr y. “If Rutgers-Camden is forced kicking and screaming to become par t of Rowan, many faculty will leave.” Faculty from RutgersCamden pleaded with the board to vote against the merger in the public comment section of the meeting. John Wall, a Rutgers-Camden professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion, said if Rutgers-Camden leaves the University, research in South Jersey would be destroyed. “Rutgers would be divesting itself of its foothold in South Jersey, including millions of dollars in revenue,” he said. “Rutgers would suffer an injuring loss of staffers. It would no longer be ‘the State University of New Jersey,’ but a state university in New Jersey.” Ira Roseman, a psychology professor at Rutgers-Camden, said the plan is deeply unpopular among students and faculty in Camden. “It will leave them feeling sold out and betrayed, and mar Rutgers’ reputation and brand,” he said. “Sacrificing Camden will result in significant financial cost for Rutgers. It would create a rival state university that now and in the future … would compete with Rutgers for limited state funding.” He said that Gov. Chris Christie is tr ying to force the University into a devil’s bargain — Rutgers-Camden for a medical school. “It would mark you forever as the board that broke up Rutgers,” he told the board. Julie Ruth, an associate professor at the Rutgers-Camden School of Business, said her research in brand marketing shows that severing the Camden campus would make outsiders view the University negatively.
probation, suspension and then finally expulsion. For example, in cases where suspension might have been the normal disciplinar y action, under the new code, it may now be probation. “We’ve lowered our consequences knowing that we lowered the standard [and] that people would be uncomfor table,” Newman said. “We
“It’s better than what we have. But it’s definitely not perfect.” ANNE NEWMAN Director of Student Conduct
made a conscious decision to do that.” John Connelly, the RUSA vice president, said this decision to combine a lower evidence of responsibility with a decrease in punitive actions could be hopeful for students. “But whether or not this will be a good thing remains to be seen,” said Connelly, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior.
T H E DA I LY TA R G U M “Cutting Rutgers-Camden off from and out of Rutgers could have ver y long-term consequences,” she said. “Rutgers is many things, but it is a brand. … Rutgers will be perceived as breaking relationships with everyone at Rutgers-Camden. … This is breaking a relationship with one’s own family.” Jeanne Fox, a board member, asked Barer if the committee considered expanding RutgersCamden rather than integrating it into Rowan University, as many South Jersey residents are against the merger. “It would be more cost-effective to make Rutgers-Camden bigger,” said Fox, a University alumna. “It makes more sense, it would be less time, take less money, and make South Jersey happy. All of the faculty members at [the University] are
against throwing RutgersCamden away.” Barer said it is dif ficult for the University to nourish three branches in a state like New Jersey. “We should have a new university in the south as opposed to Rutgers University having two branches in the nor th and south,” he said. While Board of Trustees was in session, Rutgers University Student Assembly passed a resolution condemning the proposed merger between RutgersCamden and Rowan University at the River Lounge at the Student Activities Center. After the passing, Joe Cashin, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, attempted to present the resolution to the Board of Trustees but was
unable to speak because he was not on the speaker’s list because he did not sign up prior to the meeting. Cashin said he for warded the resolution to President Richard L McCormick. While no decisions were made at the meeting in regards to the merger, the board unanimously voted to approve a resolution that would allow all students enrolled at RutgersCamden by the beginning of the academic year 2012-2013 to complete and receive their degrees from the University. Carol Herring, the president of the Rutgers University Foundation, said in her address to the board that seeking donations for Rutgers-Camden has been paused. “We’re trying to answer questions about the gifts [donors] have given in the past,” she said. “We’re trying to be informationgivers and [stopped] the campaigning in Camden.” Regarding the “Our Rutgers, Our Future” campaign, which aims to raise $1 billion to benefit all three campuses of the University, Herring said it has not hit a wall, with the exception of Rutgers-Camden. She said currently, UMDNJ raises about $20 million each year. “We think that is minimal compared to what we can raise,” she said, “The amount of money we can raise with the addition of the medical school is really quite great. We’re ver y eager to take that on.” President Richard L. McCormick said a preliminary plan to integrate the University with UMDNJ would be due in July 2012 to the governor’s office. At this time, a decision would also be reached about the fate of Rutgers-Camden. But final approval is needed from the University’s Board of Governors and Board of Trustees. “Any recommendations I make to both of the boards about [the merger] will be in the best interest of the University,” McCormick said. “The decisions that lie ahead will not be easy, and they will have substantial, long-term consequences. But they are decisions we must make.”
But Newman said for academic integrity issues, a clear and convincing level of evidence is required to convict a student. One completely new addition to the code is a student rights section toward the beginning of the document that spells out all students’ rights in the student conduct process. It also explains the process on both sides if a student brings for th a complaint, she said. The new code also moves the information per taining to the University’s academic integrity policy — involving cases like plagiarism — under its own section, as the University Senate has jurisdiction over academic integrity cases, to help inform students of the policy and its disciplinar y process, Newman said. Before these changes were made, Newman said students felt the code was too dif ficult to understand, too adversarial and punitive. “We really don’t think we can help if all we focus on is suspension,” she said. But with this new version, Newman said the code turns more back to its goal of fostering personal education
and social development, and deter ring cer tain behaviors to enhance the safety of the community. “This is really impor tant and af fects students’ lives for the next 10, 15, 20 years. [The Of fice of Student Conduct] is redoing it right now, making it more concise and more clearly spelling out what isn’t an of fence at Rutgers and what are the consequences of these of fences,” said RUSA President Matt Cordeiro, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. Newman has been working on the changes with the Office of Student Conduct since 2010 and has condensed the code into 18 pages — from around 40. The committee authoring the changes first will present the final version to Vice President for Student Affairs Gregor y S. Blimling, who will then present it to the Board of Governors — the administrative body that must give its final approval by the summer for the code’s application by this fall, Newman said. Newman encourages students to look at the new code and provide feedback. “It’s better than what we have,” she said. “But it’s definitely not perfect.”
“If Rutgers-Camden is forced kicking and screaming to become part of Rowan, many faculty will leave.” MARTHA COTTER Board of Trustees Faculty Representative
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New cancer treatment center offers alternative to X-rays BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR
After two years of construction and $160 million in financing, a new cancer therapy center in Somerset will open its doors to patients on March 20, offering an innovative treatment in combating tumors. The ProCure Proton Therapy Center aims to fighting cancer with the use of energy drawn from isolated protons. The center is the first of its kind in the New Jersey area and is only the 10th in the country, said James Jarrett, the president of the center. “Our mission is to improve the lives of patients with cancer by increasing access to proton therapy,” Jarrett said. “In this country, roughly 80 percent of the patients with cancer get treated in the community, which is why we are here today.” Health care company ProCure Treatment Center heads the therapy center, Jarrett said. John Cameron, a longtime researcher in using particle physics for therapeutic purposes, started the organization in 2005 to offer a new option for patients. Proton therapy offers a solution to the many problems associated with the X-ray treatment of cancer, which is the most typical remedy offered in today’s medical world, said Brian Chon, the medical director at the center. “[X-rays] are like bullets being fired out of a shotgun. On
the path to the tumor, it hits a lot of the normal brain tissue. It does hit the tumor, but … it continues to leave this wake of collateral damage to the normal tissues behind it,” Chon said. He said in contrast to X-rays, protons are able to enter the body much more ef ficiently, and once they hit the tumor, they are able to release all of their energy and stop from damaging further tissue. “We are able to minimize the dose [of radiation] to healthy tissues on average at least 50 percent less compared to standard X-rays,” he said. “To me, this is a quantum leap.” Chon said proton therapy has shown to be a safe and effective therapy in fighting tumors. The new treatment has achieved success in cases of brain, prostate, lung and even breast cancer. “Over 50,000 patients throughout the world have been treated in the last 50 years [through proton therapy],” he said. Proton therapy is possible through the use of a cyclotron, a unit of technological equipment weighing 220 tons, said Dennis Mah, the director of Physics at the center. The cyclotron, which took two years to install at the center, works by isolating protons to be used during treatment. “We take some hydrogen gas in a tank and then apply an electric field to it. We are able to sep-
BOARD OF EDUCATION TAKES STEP TOWARD REDSHAW SCHOOL RENNOVATION The New Br unswick Board of Education approved a plan for the district to begin sending schematic drawings for A.C Redshaw School’s possible new building on Tuesday, according to a Patch.com ar ticle. Drawings of the new school will be sent to the School Development Authority, the entity responsible for heading the uncompleted Redshaw school project, according to the ar ticle. Redshaw School was knocked down in 2005. Since then, all of the students have been studying in a conver ted warehouse on Jersey Avenue, according to the ar ticle. Construction for a new location still has not star ted, as the project stalled on the state level. The approved process does not mean construction of the project is imminent. Instead, the submission of the drawings should be seen as the first step for ward for the school, board of ficials said in the ar ticle. Richard Kaplan, the New Br unswick Public Schools superintendent, told Patch.com construction for the Redshaw School is slated to begin in March 2013, with an August 2015 completion date. The board passed the resolution with a near unanimous vote, although John Krenos, a board member, was absent during the vote, according to the ar ticle. Edwin Gutierrez, the vice president of the board, said he voted in favor of the motion, but remains skeptical that it will come into fruition, according to the ar ticle. “When I see it approved, I’ll believe it,” he told Patch.com The students will continue to study in the warehouse until the construction is completed, according to the ar ticle.
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The ProCure Proton Therapy Center, located at 103 Cedar Grove Lane in Somerset, will open on March 20. It will be the first center to offer proton therapy to cancer patients in New Jersey.
arate the protons from the hydrogen and then [send them] into a transport line,” Mah said. The protons are transported into one of four different patient rooms, where they are beamed into the specific region of the patient’s tumor, effectively targeting the cancer with minimal radioactive damage to healthy tissue, he said. Mitch McGuire, a patient who successfully combated his prostate cancer through proton therapy, said the therapy was painless and effective.
“After 29 treatments, I wondered if I had even received a treatment, because I never felt a thing,” McGuire said. McGuire said it is important that patients know proton therapy is available as a feasible option because it can be hard to make a decision after hearing about the disease’s presence. “That was the worst day in my life when I heard the word ‘cancer’,” he said. “You don’t know at that time whether it’s a death sentence. You just know it’s bad.”
Sherr y Sperring, who successfully warded off her spinal tumor after undergoing proton therapy, said the center would provide huge benefits to the local areas, as it will provide easy access for patients in the region who need the treatment. “[I saw that] people were traveling and uprooting their lives to get this desired treatment,” Sperring said. “This center is so important to this area because families will not have to be torn apar t to travel and receive this treatment.”
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US, Europe, Arab nations devise ultimatum for Syrian president THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — The United States, Europe and Arab nations yesterday crafted a stern warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad: Agree to an immediate cease-fire and allow humanitarian aid into areas hardest hit by his regime’s brutal crackdown on opponents, or face as-yet unspecified punishments. The United States, European and Arab officials met in London to work out details of an ultimatum to Assad. Diplomats said it would demand immediate compliance or result in additional punitive measures, likely to include toughened sanctions. The ultimatum is to be presented at a major international conference on Syria set for Friday in Tunisia. A draft of the document obtained by The Associated Press calls on “the Syrian government to implement an immediate cease-fire and to allow free and unimpeded access by the United Nations and humanitarian agencies to carr y out a full assessment of needs in Homs and other areas.” Homs has been under a fierce government attack for nearly three weeks. The draft, which is still subject to change, also demands “that humanitarian agencies be permitted to deliver vital relief goods and services to civilians affected
by the violence.” More than 5,400 people have been killed in the nearly year-old uprising. Meanwhile, Tunisia’s presidential spokesman, Adnan Mancer, told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of Friday’s meeting that the North African country will propose a political solution to the Syrian crisis that includes the deployment of a peacekeeping force and Assad stepping down from power. The political transition would be akin to what happened in Yemen, where president Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down in favor of his deputy after widespread protests. The Arab League already has made similar calls on Assad. American officials accompanying U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Tunis meeting of the “Friends of Syria” said the group hoped to make clear to Assad that his regime has a moral obligation to end the shelling of civilian areas and allow assistance into the country. The burden is on Assad to respond to the demands of the international community, they said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the ongoing discussions over how the ultimatum will be presented at the Tunis conference. Several nations have proposed creating protected corridors
Bombs, shootings kill 55 in Iraq THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD — Bombs and deadly shootings relentlessly pounded Iraqis yesterday, killing at least 55 people and wounding more than 225 in a widespread wave of violence the government called a “frantic attempt” by insurgents to prove the country will never be stable. Cars burned, school desks were bloodied, bandaged victims lay in hospitals and pools of blood were left with the wounded on floors of bombed businesses after the daylong series of attacks in 12 cities across Iraq. The assault demonstrated how vulnerable the countr y remains two months after the American military left and put the onus for protecting the public solely in the hands of Iraqi forces. “There was no reason for this bomb. A primary school is here, students came to study and people came to work,” Karim Abbas woefully said in the town of Musayyib, where he saw a car bomb parked near an elementary school kill three people and wound 73. Most of the injured in the town, located about 40 miles (60 kilometers) south of Baghdad, were schoolchildren. Other Iraqis, fed up with the continued violence, furiously blamed security forces for letting it happen. “We want to know: What were the thousands of policemen and soldiers in Baghdad doing today while the terrorists were roaming the city and spreading violence?” said Ahmed al-Tamimi, who was working at an Education Ministry office a block away from a restaurant
bombed in the Shiite neighborhood of Kazimiyah in northern Baghdad. He described a hellish scene of human flesh and pools of blood at the restaurant, where another car bomb killed nine people and wounded 19. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, but car bombs are a hallmark of al-Qaida. The Iraqi Interior Ministr y blamed al-Qaida insurgents for the violence. “These attacks are part of frantic attempts by the terrorist groups to show that the security situation in Iraq will not ever be stable,” the ministr y said in a statement. “These attacks are part of al-Qaida efforts to deliver a message to its supporters that al-Qaida is still operating inside Iraq, and it has the ability to launch strikes inside the capital or other cities and towns.” Fifteen of the day’s 26 attacks targeted security forces on patrols, at checkpoints and around government and political of fices. Six policemen were killed at their checkpoint in northern Baghdad in a pre-dawn drive-by shooting. A suicide bomber blew up his car in front of a police station in Baqouba, 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, killing two and wounding eight. Such violence undermines the public’s confidence in the ability of their policemen and soldiers to protect ever yday citizens, and discourages people from joining or helping the security forces.
through which humanitarian relief could flow but it was not clear whether a consensus could be reached on the matter, as such a step almost certainly would require a military component. More workable, officials said, would be a cease-fire such as the one proposed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is calling for a daily two-hour break in fighting to provide aid. “Our priority is to facilitate the deliver y of the humanitarian assistance, and we have some proposals on the table to prepare the best way to deliver this assistance as quickly as possible — if the regime would accept to open the country to (outside groups) or to the Red Cross,” French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said after the discussions. Clinton met Thursday in London with foreign ministers and senior officials from about a dozen countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Jordan, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. More than 70 nations and international organizations are expected at the Tunis meeting. “The efforts that we are undertaking with the international community ... are intended to demonstrate the Assad regime’s deepening isolation,” Clinton told
reporters. “Our immediate focus is on increasing the pressure. We have got to find ways of getting food, medicine and other humanitarian assistance into affected areas. This takes time and it takes a lot of diplomacy.” If Assad doesn’t comply, “We think that the pressure will continue to build. ... I think that the strategy followed by the Syrians and their allies is one that can’t stand the test of legitimacy ... for any length of time,” Clinton said. “There will be increasingly capable opposition forces. They will from somewhere, somehow find the means to defend themselves as well as begin offensive measures.” White House spokesman Jay Carney, traveling to Florida with President Barack Obama on Air Force One, told reporters the administration still opposes military intervention but “obviously we’ll have to evaluate this as time goes on.” Other nations agreed that a military solution would be a last resort. “There is no military option at the moment on the table, and as I have said before, France could not envisage such an option without an international mandate. It’s a clear and constant guideline,” Juppe said. “It is a deeply frustrating situation,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague told BBC radio ahead of the talks. He said the
Assad regime “has continued to act seemingly with impunity.” However, Hague said military intervention was very unlikely, as “the consequences of any outside intervention are much harder to foresee.” Russia and China, the two nations that blocked an earlier attempt at a U.N. Security Council resolution against Assad, reiterated their continued opposition Thursday to any foreign intervention in Syria. Russia and China have vetoed two Security Council resolutions backing Arab League plans aimed at ending the conflict in Syria and condemning Assad’s crackdown. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s office said he called his Chinese counterpart on Thursday and they “reaffirmed the joint position of Russia and China.” Both countries support “a speedy end to any violence in Syria and the launch of inclusive dialogue between the authorities and the opposition without preconditions for a peaceful settlement that excludes foreign interference in Syrian affairs,” the ministry said. Tunisian spokesman Mancer also said his country was ready to take part in the peacekeeping force to back “a political solution because we totally oppose a foreign military intervention.”
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rotesters affiliated with movements like Occupy Wall Street are characterized far too often as the token “dirty hippies” — unemployed, degenerative and more concerned with loafing around with a picket sign than leading a productive lifestyle. The reason for this kind of mischaracterization is partly because of generalizations of the group’s demographics — which consist of more than just a bunch of “20somethings” in unwashed cargo pants — and partly because of the movement’s apparent lack of direction. Indeed, little has been accomplished in the months since the conception of OWS. What these movements need to gain serious credibility is an accomplishment worthy of the public’s praise, like the newly founded 99 Percent Declaration Working Group’s planned “General Assembly,” set to take place on July 4 in Philadelphia. The group plans to elect delegates and draft a “petition for a redress of grievances,” and for this they deserve a laurel. Organized undertakings like this assembly may be just what movements like OWS and others need to foster the change they’re looking for. *
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Harassment in the workplace, household and public space is a problem. This is especially true at the University — though, it often comes masked behind a guise of “good fun.” We’ve all spent a night or two walking tipsily down Easton Avenue, and who hasn’t heard the borderline offensive attempts of a stumbling group of guys to hit on an equally intoxicated group of girls? But what we often don’t realize is that this type of conduct can be more serious than we think. That’s why Emily May has founded “Hollaback,” a website and movement aimed at stopping street harassment against women. The philosophy behind “Hollaback” is that people should stand against the abusive, distasteful treatment of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals, specifically in public spaces. We agree with May: No one should be subjected to such treatment. For this, May and the “Hollaback” movement deserve a laurel. Because let’s be real: Gwen Stefani was right. We know you ain’t no “hollaback” girl, girl. *
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If you haven’t heard the news yet, pop singers Chris Brown and Rihanna have recently reunited to collaborate on two new remixes. For those who don’t know the history behind these two individuals, this may seem fairly trivial. But for those who do, we share your astonishment, your bewilderment and your utter confusion. Brown brutally assaulted Rihanna in 2009 after a dispute the now ex-couple had that stemmed from a text message. While we still can’t believe the man’s career hasn’t since imploded, we’re at a loss for words as to why Rihanna would agree to such a thing. The Twitter messages from fans following the assault, saying things like “He can beat me anytime,” were frustrating enough. Not only is this news ridiculous, but it sets a bad example. How can someone charged with such an act still be viewed in a light that’s anything besides than plain repugnance? Forget it: They both deserve darts. Darts all around. *
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The stream of developments uncovering the depth and breadth of police corruption seems endless in recent months. Most recently is the discovery of a 22-year veteran of the Piscataway Police Department and his act of stealing cocaine from the department’s evidence office. Albert Annuzzi, the ex-evidence officer, pleaded guilty to third-degree official misconduct after he admitted stealing the cocaine for “personal use.” And this wasn’t a one-time deal: Annuzzi was found taking cocaine from the vault periodically over a 16-month period. On top of his two-year prison sentence, Annuzzi deserves a dart for his actions. Our adolescent fantasies have finally found some ground on which to stand: Police officers do indeed spend their time getting high off of the illegal substances they confiscate from the criminals they arrest. *
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Most Garden State winters tend to be quite brutal right on through February and into March. But this year has been kind to us all. The last two days gave University students across campus a chance to get out, bask in some sun and generally enjoy a little warmer weather. Now we don’t know about the rest of you, but we’re a fan of these kinds of days, and they came as a much-needed break from the more bitter temperatures. So we’re getting a bit metaphysical, and giving Mother Nature a laurel for granting us such pleasant weather. Everyone needs relief from the cold, as well as the default winter attire worn by what seems like every damn girl on campus — Ugg boots and a black North Face jacket.
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was removed from the data he philosophy of sent back to the ser vice liberalism lies at the providers. heart of this counGoogle and Facebook tr y. The language of have both been in trouble “inalienable rights” used by recently for similar pracThomas Jefferson to justify tices — the collection of the colonies’ assertion of user data such as what we independence; the emphaSAM BERMAN search, what blogs we visit, sis and focus on the individwhat videos we watch, and ual that lies at the very core which ads we respond to — also in the name of proof the idealized American Dream; the inborn suspividing better service. In each case, the sheer volcion of a powerful central government Americans ume of information collected was shocking and disseem to be incapable of ignoring — these are all funturbing, and the salient fact was not why this infordamentally a part of the United States’ liberal tradimation was being collected, or what the providers tion. For those unfamiliar with “small-l” liberalism intended to do with this information, but that the (the philosophical ideology, not the Democratic information was collected at all, without the knowlParty), it can be summed up briefly in two words: edge of the consumer. The lack of transparency and negative liberty (or freedom from the state, other consent was what made this data mining such a dispeople, etc.). In other words, liberalism ensures the turbing invasion of privacy. creation (and protection) of a Though the fact that Google and robust private sphere, in which Facebook sold the information people can go about their lives, “How can a robust they collected — and continue to free from outside interference. private sphere exist collect and sell detailed informaNow, it is certainly open to debate whether the liberal tradition has in a country in which tion of users’ online activities — to advertisers certainly doesn’t help. been dominant throughout privacy has no But the ways in which technolAmerican history, or whether it ogy erodes privacy are admittedly has been intertwined with other substantive meaning?” abstract and, while disturbing, relideologies (such as classical atively innocuous. I will now turn republicanism). And there certainto an example that, hopefully, may ly are good and valid criticisms of hit a little closer to home: In case you haven’t heard, liberalism. Nonetheless, I think it’s fair to say that in recent days The Associated Press has released most people would agree that liberalism is at the documents showing that the New York Police very least one of the dominant ideologies in the Department has engaged in surveillance of Muslim United States. A robust private life is one of the student associations at colleges all over the highest values of the American public. Northeast — including at the Newark and New This makes Americans’ apparent acceptance of Brunswick campuses of the University. This sur— or complacency toward — a nation in which veillance took several forms — undercover officers there is no privacy all the more confusing. Indeed, infiltrated the student groups and intelligence offiprivacy in this country is swiftly becoming a shell of cers kept track of what websites Muslim students its former self, an anachronism — and nobody were going to. Ultimately, the goal was to compile a seems to be reacting with the urgency one would detailed dossier on Muslim student groups and expect of a people who value liberal freedom. How their constituents, not based on evidence of any can a robust private sphere exist in a country in wrongdoing, but based on their association with the which privacy has no substantive meaning? Islamic faith. Think about your technology. Last year, there Take a minute to think about that. What the was a brief but explosive scandal revolving around a NYPD did constitutes nothing less than a fundapiece of software that was found installed on virtualmental betrayal of our deepest held notions of freely every smartphone in America, without our knowldom and liberty, informed as they are by the liberedge or consent. The software was called Carrier al tradition. The singling out of a religious group is IQ, and it was capable of recording literally every dangerous and wrong — such a statement, of keystroke a user made on their phone and sending course, should hardly need to be made in a country the information back to the service provider for that prides itself on its religious freedom. But when analysis. The legitimate (and ostensibly sole) puryou violate the privacy of the individual members of pose of this software was to allow those providers to that group — or any group, for that matter — you improve the quality of their services over time and to help fine tune features and fix bugs. Additionally, SEE BERMAN ON PAGE 9 they insisted that any user identification collected
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Legend says if a Rutgers co-ed who’s a virgin would pass by, William the Silent would whistle. But over the last 200 years, he hasn’t yet whistled.” Angus Gillespie, a professor in the Department of American Studies, on the bronze statue dedicated to William the Silent located on Voorhees Mall STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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BERMAN continued from page 8 fundamentally exclude them from enjoying the freedom guaranteed under American liberalism. I ask again, how can a robust private sphere exist for an individual who has no privacy? Make whatever weak and ill-considered argument you will about the importance of the need to protect the public from some vaguely defined threat over the importance of traditional notions of privacy, but the simple fact is, an invasion of privacy is an invasion of liberal freedom. The systematic invasion of the privacy of our fellow students at the hands of the NYPD should have us all outraged. The erosion of privacy, both through the advancement of technology and through the disturbing trend of post-Sept. 11 America toward a police state, has the potential to fundamentally undermine one of the defining characteristics of American freedom. This may sound like something abstract, something that will not affect you as an individual. But next time you have that thought, remind yourself: The NYPD, a police force that is not accountable to you in any way, may have physically watched you go about your business as a student at an institution of higher learning, observed your daily routine, what classes you take, who your friends were and compiled a dossier on you in the name of security. Google may have a server somewhere that has a complete list of every website you’ve ever visited, every video you’ve ever watched, every email you’ve ever sent.
The common argument, “If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to hide,” is irrelevant. There can be no private sphere — no liberty — in a world without privacy. And as privacy disappears, so too does our freedom, whether we commit any wrongdoing or not. The Obama Administration has recently released a policy paper arguing that new legislation is required to address the growing problems of privacy in a technology age. The revelations of the NYPD’s activity has sparked outcry and a backlash, and there may be an investigation. Last night, your student government unanimously passed a resolution last night condemning the actions of the NYPD and calling for the University administration to join administrations from other universities in condemning those actions as well. At the meeting of the University Senate on the Camden campus today, I am personally going to ask the administration to take a stand. But that will not be enough. We must all actively understand that the end of privacy is, in no uncertain terms, the end of liberal freedom. We are all stakeholders in the outcome of this struggle — and make no mistake, this is now an urgent issue that needs to be addressed. We must not accept the end of privacy as inevitable — we cannot afford to be complacent while liberty is undermined. If we don’t act now, it may not be very long before we look up and find ourselves staring into the “black mustachioed” face of Big Brother. Sam Berman is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. His column runs on alternate Fridays.
Stand up against NYPD’s actions Letter JHR UNIVERSITY CHAPTER ith the recent outburst about the New York Police Department monitoring MuslimAmerican students around campus, it is safe to frankly and openly agree that Muslim-American college students are being violated. Muslim-Americans who have worked with us, studied with us, lived with us and even partied with us are not being treated like us. And by “us,” we speak as true Americans. The Central Intelligence Agency and other forms of government are prohibited from spying or monitoring the lives of American citizens, yet the NYPD has been discovered doing just that. Simply put, spying on American students simply because of their religion or Islamic lifestyle is unfair, unjust and should not be tolerated in a countr y that prides itself on being equal and being free. What are these students but our fellow classmates, future doctors, lawyers and critical thinkers? Most of them are American-born, and they all seek to fulfill goals and dreams within their own lifestyle. Since the Bill of Rights was enacted, the Constitution has not excluded those of other faiths. Rather, it extends to every American — Muslim-Americans included. Yes, it is understandable that the American government wants to be aware and able to prevent
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attacks as devastating as Sept. 11. However, there is a line that needs to be drawn — that is, where the government protects American citizens rather than questioning them, and where the government’s paranoia is limited to those who actively present a threat rather than to those who may look like one. The monitoring of these individuals, Muslim or otherwise, is not protecting Americans. It is discriminating and insulting to Americans. And all of “us” should be appalled at the gesture. As members of the University Chapter of Journalists for Human Rights, together we condemn the measures taken, and we call for the need to educate and to raise awareness. The rights of Muslims across the nation and here at home were violated, and we are standing against it together. JHR’s goal is to create rights awareness, which is the first and most necessary step to ending rights abuse. JHR promotes rights media, which is the process of writing, collecting, editing, producing and distributing media that creates societal dialogue on human rights. Talissa Patrick is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies with minors in cinema studies and sociology. She is the president of the University Chapter of JHR.
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it also doesn’t make any he People for the sense. Because I’m so sure Ethical Treatment of when people see a nude Animals is the aniKhloe Kardashian in an “I’d mal-rights group we love to rather go naked than wear hate. When they’re not fur” ad, they think about what revealing disturbing footage a champion she is for rabbits of sickly, mutilated chickens and chinchillas everywhere. and pigs in factory farms, RASHMEE KUMAR PETA’s campaigns are they’re revealing women’s notorious for pushing the bodies to tempt you to “go boundaries of what’s appropriate in advertising and veg.” In their latest advertisement campaign, a skinnot for anti-animal cruelty messages. What’s worse ny girl in a neck brace struggles to walk home, is that PETA acknowledges and flaunts the clutching a bag of vegetables in one hand while keepvoyeuristic, exploitative nature of their ads, going so ing her jacket from showing that she’s only wearing far as to put all their banned Super Bowl ads on one a bra and underwear. The voiceover explains that convenient webpage. Now you can watch a lingerie“Jessica” suffers from “BWVAKTBOOM” or clad woman getting intimate with a pumpkin when“Boyfriend Went Vegan and Knocked the Bottom ever you like. And you’ll probably be eating a juicy Out of Me,” a condition she developed after her steak while you’re ogling. boyfriend adopted a vegan diet and is suddenly able Interestingly enough, PETA claims on its webto have sex with her like never before. The ad cuts to site that their sexually explicit ad the woman’s face as she’s being campaigns are “hugely successful” thrust up against a wall. When she “If you go vegan, because of the media attention they finally gets home, we see that her have received — and not because “tantric porn star” of a boyfriend is you can have hot the ads have persuaded corporate plastering a hole in the wall — and neck-brace sex giants to stop factory farming or he’s a scrawny, bespectacled white testing, or because they guy. When he asks if she’s feeling with your girlfriend animal helped to increase the number of better, Jessica responds by removvegetarians in the world. It’s a ing her jacket and throwing the bag all you want.” shame that the organization that of vegetables to him while getting once bravely infiltrated the Institute ready for Round 2. of Behavioral Research to rescue vivisected monAs someone who has been a vegetarian for almost keys in Silver Springs, Md., are now asking sofive years, I am totally supportive of anyone’s choice called animal lovers to sign up for their upcoming to remove meat from their plate. But PETA’s use of soft-core pornography site. sex as a means to convince people to eat only their For people who are genuinely interested in learnvegetables totally confuses me. I get that the ad is ing about animal welfare issues or vegetariantrying to say that if men go vegan, they’ll have ism/veganism, I encourage you to explore some greater stamina in the bedroom, but I’d like to see alternative sources. The Humane Society of the how many men actually do become vegan just for United States advocates for animal protection, and that reason. And why is the woman a victim of her they are actually making changes in the animal boyfriend’s sexual prowess? Notice that Jessica is the industry — including recently teaming up with one who “suffers” from a “condition” and succumbs McDonald’s to phase out sow gestation crates to an abusive sexual relationship. And regardless of among their pork suppliers. I’m a big fan of Jonathan the fact that her boyfriend was too rough and put her Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals,” and of course, there in a neck brace, she still wants more. That’s right, is Peter Singer’s classic “Animal Liberation.” gentlemen. If you go vegan, you can have hot neckEducation and awareness are key to creating an brace sex with your girlfriend all you want. informed opinion, especially when it comes to aniTo add insult to injury (literally), PETA accompamal welfare and eating ethics. PETA should realize nies this ad with a tongue-in-cheek support site for that they are not educating the public on animal women who now have the privilege of sleeping with a rights. They are simply generating sexy images that vegan man. Among the helpful suggestions of how to — because of the media’s obsession with sex — are handle your man’s newfound aggressiveness is to buy meaningless. Sex may be able to sell underwear and industrial-strength condoms, wear a “sex helmet” and perfume, but it cannot sell an animal-free lifestyle. put on goggles. Now PETA is just being crass. I don’t understand why PETA, an organization that Rashmee Kumar is a School of Arts and Sciences prides itself on protecting animals from unspeakable sophomore majoring in journalism and media studies cruelties, prefers to address people’s libidos rather with minors in history and social justice. She is the than their heads and their hearts. It’s not only an inefcopy editor at The Daily Targum. fective way to change people’s views on animals, but
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FLA must be abandoned Letter AMISH PATEL he Fair Labor Association is an organization that was created to uphold moral justice, but has unfortunately taken a turn toward corruption. The group was founded in 1999 in response to a boom of the awareness of sweatshops and the conditions they placed their workers in. This included low wages, sexual harassment, working long hours and unpaid forced overtime. Worst of all, though, was the fact that these sweatshop operations were created in order to manufacture the University apparel that adorns the fans in our stadium on game days and the students who occupy the libraries during exam week. Workers made efforts to attain unions that would help their cause — when they did, however, they were met with violent harassment and firings. The FLA was the answer to the heinous crimes committed toward these people — they were supposed to be the voice for those who were unable to speak for themselves. One would think that since the FLA was created, changes have
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been made for the better, but that would be mistaken. The FLA has reacted to flagrant worker violations by either doing nothing, reacting slowly or releasing reports undermining worker complaints. When it comes to releasing reports on how companies have violated the rights of their workers, they simply stall. When pressure starts to rise from the outcries of the workers and unhappy consumers, the FLA stamps a folder with the word “special review” — a meaningless claim that doesn’t differ from putting scratch-andsniff stickers on it. It is clear that the FLA has lost sight of what it was created to be. It was supposed to be an organization that would help oppressed people to escape a system which places profit before human compassion. But what should one expect when the FLA’s board of directors is composed of Nike Inc., adidas-Group and Gildan — three corporations infamous for their use of sweatshops? Because of the corrupt nature of the FLA, several other groups have started up in hopes of accomplishing what the FLA was meant to. One such group is the Worker Rights Consortium, which actively
works toward exposing companies in their use of sweatshops. They respond directly to worker complaints, and they promptly and continually release reports to universities. With an organization such as the WRC — a clear proponent of avoiding the abuse of workers — why does our University continue to use an organization as corrupt as the FLA? We are paying the FLA to waste not only our time, but also the money of many hardworking individuals here at the University. We are a university that is proud of its diversity, and yet we continue to support greedy corporations that constantly exploit foreign workers. How does this make us look? President Richard L. McCormick is supposed to be the leader of our University and is supposed to be an example of what our University represents. Yet he continues to tolerate the FLA. Isn’t it about time that we moved to an organization such as the WRC that upholds the views of our students and faculty, the view that the lives and wellbeing of the workers are more important than a few dollars? Amish Patel is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.
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Senior guard Khadijah Rushdan looks to the basket Tuesday against Seton Hall at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.
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Seton Hall senior point guard Jordan Theodore drives against a Rutgers defender Feb. 8 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Pirates won at home Tuesday against No. 9 Georgetown.
STEPS: Six freshmen play at least 11 minutes Wednesday continued from back Rice said Seagears had his best game as a Scarlet Knight on Wednesday, when Seagears scored 11 of the Knights’ first 25 points at No. 10 Marquette. But there is no surprise it occurred 28 games into the season. Rice hates the word, but his second year in Piscataway has been a process. As wing Malick Kone rebounded from a nagging knee injury Wednesday, six freshmen saw at least 11 minutes. His three rookie guards, Seagears included, turned the ball over a combined 11 times. And all the while, Rice watched as Marquette — the type of team he says Rutgers aspires to be one day — ran up and down the court. “You go into the Big East, you tr y to tell them over the summer, ‘Lift more, get stronger, take more shots, be stronger with the basketball.’ Now,” Rice said, “my freshmen understand what it takes to be successful in this league.” Jordan Theodore likely grasps the difference now. Seton Hall’s senior point guard is on the verge of making the NCAA Tournament for the first time. The Pirates
almost did when he was a freshman, but instead they settled for the NIT. Theodore has a chance to strengthen Seton Hall’s (19-9, 88) case tomorrow, when the Knights travel to the Prudential Center in Newark to close the instate rivalry.
“I don’t think I need any extra motivation to turn this program around. It’s ... what I came here to do.” MIKE RICE Head Coach
Rice’s players likely will not need extra incentive. Rice calls it a “Rutgers-Seton Hall thing.” But he insists watching two other Metropolitan programs seal NCAA berths does not add extra juice. “I don’t think I need any extra motivation to turn this program around,” Rice said. “It’s just what I came here to do with seven scholarship players — changing the mentality last year. You had to almost completely do it again the following year. We look at St. John’s last year and
maybe Seton Hall this year with a little bit of envy.” Rice said Rutgers (12-16, 4-11) will stamp its first NCAA selection since 1991 one day. He had to scrap through heaps last season to fill his freshman class. He dealt with little winning tradition to draw upon. And Rice inherited three upperclassmen short on physical tools but with Big East experience. “I handled my point guards last year completely different than I handle these two,” Rice said. “You can get after senior point guards. You call them soft, and they’re going to rip your head off and rip your opponent’s head off. You don’t do that with freshmen point guards.” So Rice changed his approach. He explains and motivates now. It is a different way of teaching, Rice said, but one that forced his hand. He re-evaluated his methods about two and a half months ago, he said, stressing patience and positivity. So the process continues, with moving parts and several re-toolings. “Patience isn’t one of my strong suits, as you know,” Rice said. “I see improvement. As long as I see improvement, I’m going to stay the course and do what I think is best for the program.”
just been really running at one speed and just having a willingness to win. “ Playing against Seton Hall on Tuesday was no different. She jumped to challenge a Pirates defender for a rebound and hit her back on the floor. The fans looked on eagerly as Rushdan remained on the ground for a few seconds, but Sykes waved the medical staff to the sideline as the guard rose from the floor. Unfortunately for the Knights, the scene has not been uncommon since her injury. Rushdan’s frequent drives, defensive plays and rebounding attempts culminate in her hitting the deck. And with Rutgers vying to continue its solid streak of play — it won its past two games with a much-improved offense — she needs to bring the same intensity the rest of the way, especially when postseason tournaments arrive. The road begins tomorrow with a matchup against Providence (13-14, 5-9).
Much like the Pirates, the Friars do not have much to boast about in terms of their record. But they do own a home win against West Virginia, the last team to beat the Knights. Senior forward Teya Wright leads the attack for the Friars. She tops the team in both points per game (12.5) and rebounds per game (8.9). But the scoring disparity is not between the top scorers from each team — it is between the scorers that follow. Behind Sykes, Rushdan is next with 13 points per game followed by junior center Monique Oliver, who averages 11.5 points per game. The Friars, on the other hand, do not have the same support behind Wright. Senior guard Rachel Barnes is second with 10.7 points and sophomore guard Alicia Cropper is third with 8.2 points per game. Between the top-three scorers, Rutgers has more than a 6point advantage. Factor in the Knights’ young but more experienced bench, as well as their current hot streak, and this game — on paper — should not be much closer than the 62-39 blowout of the Pirates.
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name on the scoreboard of the Trees Pool in Pittsburgh. “I went into the Big East with The 1,650-yard freestyle was a single goal, and I surpassed that one of the most physically gruel- goal,” Berman said. “So for me, I ing events for the Rutgers swim- was able to finish my career SWIMMING & DIVING ming and exactly the way that I was hoping d i v i n g that I would be able to.” team this year. The first-place finSpiniello witnessed the hard isher’s time in the race at the Big work Berman demonstrated East Championships was every day since the coach arrived 16:13.94. two years ago. When she tapped Nicknamed by head coach the wall at the championships, it Phil Spiniello as “the mile,” the brought Berman’s hard work full race takes patience, determina- circle. tion and endurance, he said. “It’s incredible,” he said. “It’s So it was not a surprise when great to see an athlete succeed when Spiniello chose senior Michelle their hard work pays off for a numBerman to complete the chal- ber of years. It was a great feeling.” lenge for the Scarlet Knights. How she approached the pool “She’s a go-getter. She attacks during races and practices has ever y set that I defined her give her and doescareer on the “It’s great to n’t back down in Banks. While races,” he said. Berman has been see an athlete “She’s a leader by one of the more succeed when example on how to consistent swimswim day in and mers for Spiniello their hard work day out.” in his second seaThat attitude son, it is fellow pays off for aided Berman to Trisha a number of years” seniors complete last Averill and weekend’s race. Jacquelyn Ward’s PHIL SPINIELLO The veteran finnames that Head Coach ished in 13th place appeared in the for the Knights headlines for the with a time of 17:10.59. Knights during their 9-2 regular “It is one of the most mentally season. hard things ever,” Berman said. Averill broke the school “You could be so ready and so record in the 200-yard breastprepared but on that very day ... if stroke, while Ward has been the your body’s not willing to do [it], most successful Rutgers freestyle it’s not going to happen.” swimmer this season. While the most difficult race “I think that my entire life I’ve for any swimmer is the 1,650-yard never been the best, and I’m OK freestyle, Berman’s goal this year with that,” Berman said. “It was was not in that particular event. hard, but at the same time, I just The LaMirada, Calif., native’s used it as motivation. I used it as mission was in the 500-yard motivation, and the motivation freestyle, which she competed in paid off.” all four years for Rutgers. Spiniello knows Berman’s attiBerman wanted to break five min- tude to compete in any event was utes at the championships. She invaluable this season in the pool. set that finish as her goal the “Michelle is irreplaceable,” minute she arrived for training in Spiniello said. “But hopefully her senior season. what she has brought to this proHer seed time in the champi- gram over her last four years is onships for the freestyle was going to last with some of the 5:05.58, so when Berman looked women currently on the team.” up at her final result, she realized One of those swimmers faces she accomplished her mark. A the task of taking up the 1,650time of 4:59.60 flashed next to her yard freestyle event next season. CORRESPONDENT
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Junior Nicole Romano performes on the beam Feb. 11 against SUNY Cortland and Brown. Romano and the Knights return to the Livingston Recreation Center tomorrow to face three teams.
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After a third-place finish behind EAGL opponents West Virginia and Mar yland last Saturday, the Rutgers gymnastics team returns this weekend to the Livingston Recreation Center. And if the Scarlet GYMNASTICS Knights can AIR FORCE AT use their RUTGERS previous TOMORROW, 7 P.M. home meets as a benchm a r k , Saturday’s quad meet against Air Force, Bridgeport and Eastern Michigan will likely be anything but a disappointment. The Knights’ greatest successes took place on their own equipment. Junior Nicole Romano said the attitude of the team changes significantly when it gets the chance to prepare for home meets. “We have had a really good week at practice. The energy has definitely been up,” Romano said. “We always love competing at home.” But for the team, the home gym advantage extends past using the same equipment they are used to in practice. At
DUO: Hill supports lefty in No. 3 role, considers changes continued from back have my off-speed stuff ready and throw some strikes,” Corsi said. “I got the jitters out of the way.” Corsi’s other reason for confidence derives from his head coach. When the Knights ruled junior Nathaniel Roe out for the season, Hill gave Corsi the nod in the three-hole. “It makes me feel like everything’s OK. I’m not just going to get yanked,” Corsi said. “Pitching’s hard enough, but knowing they’re going to be behind you even if you have a bad start, you don’t have to worry about anything.” Corsi turned in his 2011 team MVP performance with a 1.58
Maryland, the Knights competed in front of 1,278 fans at the Comcast Center. For Rutgers, the feelings that come with competing in front of a large crowd are nothing compared to the one that packs the Livingston Recreation Center. Romano knows Rutgers’ home crowd is important. “I think the crowd is the biggest part of it,” she said. “I mean it is our own equipment, but we have all of our fans and our family and our friends here. The crowd definitely helps a lot.” The Knights hope for productivity similar to what they already saw at previous home meets. Rutgers took a quad meet at home almost a month ago to give itself not only the first wins of the season, but the first wins of first-year head coach Louis Levine’s career. The Knights did not take a first-place finish until they again returned two weeks later to edge both SUNY Cortland and Brown with their second-highest score of the season. Five different members of the Knights either tied or broke their personal-best scores that day in at least one event. Sophomores Alexis Gunzelman
and Alyssa Straub also finished first and second in the all-around competition, respectively. But the Knights have a lot of smoothing-out to do this weekend following the Maryland meet if they want to find success at home. Recorded falls on bars, along with inconsistency, led to Rutgers ending its day third on the podium. The biggest problem that needs fixing, according to Romano, is not that the Knights do not have the right routines to win. Rather, they need to land the routines consistently as a team. “We have a lot of great routines, but we do not all hit at the same time,” Romano said. “Once everyone can get together and hit at the same time at the same meet, then we will really score well, and that’s when we will start seeing more first-place finishes.” To remedy the issue, Levine made his team practice in a meet environment, making sure the Knights land their routines as a unit. “We have been doing more practice competitions, more like a full lineup during practice,” Romano said. “We will go and keep going until ever yone hits. We have done a lot better with that.”
ERA and 31 strikeouts in 40 innings in relief. Fasano often watched from the bullpen, but the Stony Point, N.Y., native also made six starts last year. His outing was a good argument to keep doing so, and Hill took notice. “He’s not down the middle of the plate very often,” Hill said. “He changes speeds. That’s always tough on the hitter.” Fasano exploited an impatient Miami lineup for six strikeouts while allowing only one walk in six 2/3 innings. The 6foot-1 pitcher wants to start, but he will do what he can to help the Knights. “I would like to, but if they want me in the bullpen for now, I’m completely fine with that,” he said. Hill already needed to switch up roles this season because of injury and is adamant he is not afraid to continue.
That means the same for Gebler and Smorol. Gebler makes his season debut as the Knights’ No. 1 starter, coming off a season in which he led all Rutgers starters with five wins and a 3.22 ERA. Smorol (0-1) is working off a four-inning outing in the Knights’ season opener last Friday, when he allowed two runs in short work but also struck out six. Corsi is in Gebler’s and Smorol’s position from a year ago as a relief pitcher turned starter. He knows the difficulty of the transition and trusts his fellow pitchers no matter his fate. “It’s good competition, but no matter who you run out there, whether it’s Tyler or Rob or Ryan, it doesn’t really matter,” Corsi said. “If I stay in the rotation, that’s great. But if they want me in the bullpen, that’s fine. We’re a unit.”
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Senior faces sister in Cornell matchup BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER
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Senior midfielder Ali Steinberg drives against a Temple defender Wednesday in a season-opening loss. Steinberg had three goals.
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team welcomes Ivy League foe Cornell for tomorrow’s matchup at the RU Turf Field. The Big Red visit Piscataway with a WOMEN’S LACROSSE blank record, CORNELL AT but they RUTGERS, also do TOMORROW, NOON so with a firstteam All-Ivy and second-team AllRegion attack. Cornell’s heralded senior captain led her squad in goals and points a season ago, and returns as the Big Red’s go-to scorer. But the Scarlet Knights (0-1) also have an All-Big East and AllRegion player in senior midfielder Ali Steinberg. Steinberg tallied five points Wednesday, notching three goals and two assists in the Knights’ season opener against Temple. But her five points were not enough as the Owls’ 5-0 second-half run erased Rutgers’ strong start. The Suffern, N.Y., native and the Knights must lock in for the full 60 minutes to slow down Cornell. Steinberg also faces an even bigger task against the Big Red, as she will not only combat Cornell’s all-region attack, but also the emotional burden of competing against her twin sister, Jessi Steinberg. For the final time, the senior captains of their respected squads take the field against each other. “It’s already been three years we’ve played each other,” Ali Steinberg said. “To be honest with you, I get so hyped and everything that I forget about the game. I couldn’t tell you one thing that happened last year.”
Although Ali Steinberg could not draw the specifics of last season’s 11-7 win from memory, the win was all that mattered. The Knights received three goals from then-sophomore Stephanie Anderson, as Ali Steinberg picked up two assists in the process. Anderson scored the first goal of the second half against the Owls, but after scoring her second goal of the half with 25 minutes remaining, she witnessed a surge. It positioned the Owls and left the Knights guessing, as a dip in the team’s energy level opened the door for Temple. “We need to control the ball [against Cornell],” Anderson said. “If we get down by two goals, we need to step up and get our intensity level back up.” Cornell features a well-rounded offense with multiple scoring threats. “It’s awesome for our defense to play against their attack,” Ali Steinberg said. “Not just focusing on one player, but all seven players on the attack.” Ali Steinberg was quick to not reference her sister’s potential, but the Cornell captain enters Saturday’s match as a formidable threat. She scored two of the Big Red’s seven goals in last season’s loss and represents the biggest challenge to the Knights defense. Senior back Rebecca Alley and the Knights defensive unit held Jaymie Tabor and Temple’s offense in check, until Rutgers could not get control of the ball. The squad looks to stymie the balanced Cornell offense and stick to the team’s theme of staying focused the entire game. With Ali Steinberg’s sister coming to town and a late collapse against Temple, the Knights want to stay focused and motivated in their second home game of the season.
RU welcomes tough Georgetown team BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
While Manasquan lies nearly 50 miles from Piscataway, it is the closest the Rutgers tennis team w i l l TENNIS come to playing GEORGETOWN AT at home RUTGERS, for three TODAY, NOON weeks. The Scarlet Knights take on Georgetown today before competing in five matches away from New Jersey. The Knights travel to Milwaukee next weekend and then to Charleston, S.C., the following week for three matches. Before worrying about travel plans, head coach Ben Bucca wants his team’s focus on the matchup with the Hoyas. “This match is a very important match for how we fare in the Big East,” Bucca said. “Georgetown is definitely one of the upper-tier programs in the Big East this year, so we really need to focus on winning this match and not looking beyond.” The Hoyas are currently 4-2 after their victor y Saturday against Old Dominion. Rutgers serves as Georgetown’s second Big East opponent of the season. They defeated Pittsburgh on Feb. 11, 6-1.
For Rutgers to beat Georgetown, it needs a strong star t in doubles play. The Knights’ two losses this season star ted with tentative play in doubles. Sophomore Stefania Balasa said the team worked on doubles all week in practice for the match. “If you go out and start up in doubles and win the first point, it brings momentum that you want to carr y over to singles,” she said. “That’s usually the deciding factor in a lot of matches.” In last weekend’s 4-3 loss to Syracuse, Balasa and freshman Noor Judeh were unable to win a doubles match for Rutgers. Their 9-7 loss to the Orange paired with a defeat in doubles play from senior Morgan Ivey and freshman Lindsay Balsamo. It is up to the duo of senior Jennifer Holzberg and sophomore Vanessa Petrini to kick-start doubles play for the Knights. The pair won their doubles match at Syracuse, 8-6, and experienced success in the No. 1 doubles position all season. “We have the right combinations, and everyone is moving very well on the court,” Bucca said. “We just came up a little short against Syracuse, but we are feeling pretty confident about our doubles.”
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he Eastern Intercollegiate W r e s t l i n g Association, the Rutgers wrestling team’s conference, earned 46 qualifier spots for the 2012 Division-I Wrestling Championship. The number is second best in the nation to the Big Ten’s 74 spots. The tournament takes place March 15-17 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. Each qualifying tournament earned spots per weight class based on current data. Each wrestler was measured by the following: Division-I winning percentage, RPI and coaches ranking. The Scarlet Knights begin the postseason and the qualification process at the 2012 EIWA Championships on March 3-4 at Princeton. After all of the qualifying events, the Division-I Wrestling Committee will meet in-person to select the remaining 40 at-large qualifiers. Thirty-three qualify for each weight class.
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Brunswick restaurants will participate in a special charity event Sunday to raise money for the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund. All restaurants involved have a variety of special menus and offers for the fundraiser. There are many different priced ticket options available, which can be purchased in advance at the participating restaurants. Participating restaurants include Steakhouse 85, Stage Left and Catherine Lombardi. A minimum of 50 percent of the ticket price will be donated to the Eric LeGrand Believe Fund at each restaurant.
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Sophomore Stefania Balasa, above, and teammate Noor Judeh fell, 9-7, last week in doubles against Syracuse. Rutgers split singles play with Syracuse. It needs Holzberg and Ivey to perform well in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, for the Knights to leave the Atlantic Club with a win. Both lost in the same positions last weekend to their Syracuse counterparts. Georgetown’s first two singles players in Lauren Greco and Tina Tehrani also suffered losses against Old Dominion, so
it is important for the senior cocaptains to deliver victories in those positions. Bucca emphasized in practice this week not only to start strong in doubles, but in singles, as well. “Well, we have really been focused on two things — promoting very disciplined tennis and at the same time being aggressive,” he said. “We know that when we play with that style, it brings out the best in our games.”
THE MOUNTAIN WEST finally knows which league it will play in next season, but it may have to wait seven months before knowing if it will be an automatic-qualifying BCS league in the next two seasons. The conference applied for BCS exemption in December, which would allow it to receive an automatic bid to one of the BCS bowls. A 12-member Presidential Oversight Committee must vote on the exemption, with nine votes needed for approval.
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Freshman point guard Jerome Seagears lets go of a pass Wednesday in the Knights’ 82-65 loss at No. 10 Marquette. Seagears is fourth on the team with 7.4 points per game and leads Rutgers with 62 assists this season.
Rice takes extra steps with freshmen BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
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Freshman point guard Myles Mack drives to the basket Wednesday at Marquette.
Jerome Seagears entered Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice’s office two and a half weeks ago, seeking answers to his lingering MEN’S BASKETBALL questions “What am I RUTGERS AT doing wrong?” SETON HALL, Seagears said to SATURDAY, 5 P.M. Rice. “I thought I was going to be better. I thought I was going to be good here.”
So Rice took the freshmen point guard through the Big East’s top 15 ball handlers in the last decade, dissecting their first seasons in arguably the nation’s top conference. Some of the results, Rice said, were surprising. “You’d be shocked at some of the numbers they had — the shooting percentages and the turnovers,” he said yesterday on the Big East conference call. “Some were better and some were worse. And [Seagears] was like, ‘Wow.’”
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Rutgers head women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer praises senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan nearly ever y chance she gets. As shown during WOMEN’S BASKETBALL her absence while recovering from a RUTGERS AT concussion, PROVIDENCE, Rushdan makes the TOMORROW, 2 P.M. offense flow. While she was gone, the Scarlet Knights (19-8, 8-6) failed to crack 41 points. In every game since she returned, they have not scored less than 50. Teams have begun to take notice. “Everybody knows she’s going to hurt them with dribble penetrations or getting to the hole,” Stringer said. “She will go aggressively to the rebound.” She credits the guard’s passing ability, which opens up the offense and delivers the ball to the forwards in a good scoring position. Senior forward April Sykes’ increased point total is proof of that. She cleared her season average of 13.3 points per game in two consecutive contests. Rushdan’s will to win often propels Rutgers back from large deficits, such as the 16-point hole she dug the team out of Jan. 24 against DePaul. But Stringer is keen to point out the Wilmington, Del., native’s greatest asset may also be her biggest weakness. “[Rushdan is] always the steadying factor for us,” she said. “But I do get alarmed if she seems like she’s trying to do way too much.” That one speed has put her in trouble on more than one occasion. Rushdan often finds herself in foul trouble caused by her aggressive, high-speed style of play. But even more dangerous is the physical danger the style puts her in. After returning from the concussion, she resumed her usual role — taking charges and jumping up for contested rebounds. Most of the time it ends up with her hitting the floor hard and — if at home — the crowd collectively gasping. Rushdan said aversion to losing fuels her drive. “For me, it’s a matter of knowing when to take over a game,” Rushdan said. “I think I’ve
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Pitching duo competes for final position in rotation BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rob Corsi stepped onto the rubber for his rotational debut Sunday against Miami (Fla.), ready to show the play that earned him MVP last year of the Rutgers BASEBALL baseball team. The junior leftRUTGERS AT hander left the OLD DOMINION, mound in the middle TODAY, 3 P.M. of the fourth inning with a 17.18 ERA. Another Scarlet Knight reacted differently to the prospect of facing the No. 14 Hurricanes. Senior righty Ryan Fasano pitched one-run ball in six innings. Corsi (0-1) makes his next start Sunday in a three-game series at Old Dominion. Junior
Tyler Gebler opens the series today, junior Rob Smorol starts the second game tomorrow and Fasano is not in the rotation. But according to head coach Fred Hill, nothing is set in stone. “I don’t make decisions based upon one time out,” he said. “You have to be out there a couple times before we say, ‘OK, we have to change your role.’” Hill stuck to his word by maintaining Corsi’s placement in the No. 3 spot in the Knights (0-3) rotation. Corsi has a chance to secure that position against the Monarchs (2-2). The Shore Regional High School product is confident enough this time around. “Next time I go out there, I’m going to
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Junior pitcher Rob Corsi gets his second straight start as the Knights’ No. 3 pitcher Sunday against Old Dominion. The lefty allowed seven runs in his first start.