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The Rutgers softball team capped a 10-day trip to Florida last week with a 1-0 win against No. 21 Florida State without the Scarlet Knights recording a strikeout.

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24-hour diner opens inside Ferren Mall BY AMY ROWE FEATURES EDITOR

After working with his brother and sister-in-law in the restaurant business for more than 26 years, Angelo Dimitrakopoulous opened the 24-hour New Brunswick Diner on Route 27 in downtown New Brunswick as a fixture in a college town. “College towns are quaint and he saw a lot of potential, so he decided [to] keep it open 24 hours [for] college kids and local workers who are out there at 2 a.m. looking for a place local in their area,” said Helen Dimitrakopoulous, who is overseeing the diner’s operations. New Jersey is sometimes referred to as the “diner capital of the world” because it is home to more than 500 diners, but Angelo Dimitrakopoulous’

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The New Brunswick Diner in Ferren Mall on Route 27 in downtown New Brunswick is open 24-hours a day and offers homemade Greek food, as well as American food. The family-owned business opened on March 12.

ROWAN UNIVERSITY HOLDS JOINT MEETING ABOUT PROPOSED MERGER WITH RUTGERS-CAMDEN At a joint hearing at Rowan University last night, those who support and oppose the proposed merger of RutgersCamden with Rowan University testified to the New Jersey Senate Higher Education Committee and the Assembly Higher Education Committee in Glassboro. Fifty testimonies from students, faculty, alumni, residents and politicians were heard at the four-hour meeting, according to nj.com. More people spoke against the merger, which the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey’s Advisory Board devised. Senate President Steven Sweeney said the merger would improve jobs and the economy in South Jersey, according to nj.com. “We have the least amount of higher education degrees in the state, and this could give us the opportunity to see what education could be like in southern New Jersey,” he said at the meeting. “We lose far too many young people to other states, and I’m hoping the people of this region find ways to work together to create a partnership.” Rowan’s interim President Ali Houshmand said the merger would be transformative for Rowan, according to nj.com.

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“Both Rutgers-Camden and Rowan have remarkable strengths and would build upon each other in a merger,” he said at the meeting. But some Rutgers-Camden faculty said the Rowan name is not as prestigious as the University’s name, and losing the brand could hurt faculty, according to nj.com “I came to Rutgers-Camden in 2007 to help start a new, innovative program in childhood studies,” said Dan Cook, director of graduate studies at Rutgers-Camden at the meeting. “Had I seen a similar advertisement for a program at Rowan, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought.” Kate Epstein, an assistant professor at Rutgers-Camden, described the proposed merger as a hostile takeover, according to nj.com. “You cannot have a research university without research faculty,” she said at the meeting. “South Jersey already has a research university, and it is Rutgers-Camden. I’m sick and tired of being classified as self-interested, emotional and just concerned about a name.”

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UNIVERSITY Cricket team sets score record at the Championship Tournament during spring break.

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The Scarlet Cross: Rutgers Medieval Reenactment Society recreate a battle last night of two knights on the Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus.

University shares mixed views on Ravi trial verdict BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR

Dharun Ravi, a former University student, spied on his former roommate Tyler Clementi’s sexual encounter with another male in September 2010. Ravi could now face 10 years in prison and deportation. Some University students debated whether Ravi’s actions deserve jail time. Jurors on Friday unanimously agreed on 24 charges in 15 counts against Ravi, including two counts of invasion of privacy, two counts of attempted invasion of privacy, tampering with evidence and with a witness and hindering the apprehension or prosecution. Alternate juror James Downey, who did not deliberate in the 15 counts, told The Record on Saturday that he would not have convicted Ravi on any of the charges, stating Ravi’s actions were motivated but were not out of bias or hate against gays. Brandon Thurman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he thought the jury’s verdict was harsh. “I saw this as a cruel prank that turned into something worse,” Thurman said. “After Clementi’s suicide, it made the trial turn into what it turned into.” Defense attorney Steve Altman said Ravi’s actions were just a “boyish prank.” But Julia McClure, first assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County, said Ravi’s actions intended to damage Clementi’s dignity and were planned with intent to invade Clementi’s privacy because of his sexuality. Thurman said if Clementi were viewed with a female instead of a male, circumstances would have been different. “Because it was homosexual, it made it into a hate crime,” he said. “It was an incredibly cruel joke that turned into more.” Thurman said he thinks if Ravi is given the maximum sentence, it would be too harsh of a punishment. “He had no ill intent,” Thurman said of Ravi. “He didn’t know his roommate would commit suicide. Ten years in prison would be too harsh.” Satya Adusumilli, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and Ravi’s Davidson Hall C neighbor, said he thought the verdict was too harsh and Ravi did not

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Cricket team breaks scoring record in tournament history BY YASHMIN PATEL UNIVERSITY EDITOR

Despite breaking a tournament record of 256 runs in a single tournament game, the Rutgers University Cricket Club was knocked out of the Championship Tournament that ended Sunday, after competing in four games. About 29 colleges and institutions from across the United States, including University of South Florida, Iowa State University and Ohio State University, along with three schools from Canada, competed in the tournament at Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill, Fla., said Hardik Jogani, president of the cricket team. “The format that we were playing was 20 overs — basically one over is six balls or six pitches, so it’s 120 balls,” said Jogani, a School of Engineering senior. “Each person at bat they keep playing until they get out, so you don’t have a limited amount of balls per bat.” In the game, one team bats first, then after the 20 overs, the other team gets to bat, Jogani said. In order to win the game the second team batting has to score higher amount of r uns than the first team, he said. “One pitcher will pitch six balls, which is one over, and then the other pitcher will come in after one over, and you keep alternating between pitchers,” he said. “You have to have multiple pitchers in cricket.”

The first game was played against the College of Wooster on the first day of the tournament on March 14, where the team batted first and scored 256 runs, Jogani said. “[Wooster] was only able to make 56 runs so we won by 199 runs,” he said. Following the win, the team competed the next morning against Montgomery College in a rainy match, which shortened the match to 12 overs instead of 20, Jogani said. Montgomer y was up to bat and scored 90 runs before the rain came, Jogani said. The University cricket team had to score more than 101 runs in 12 overs because the rain delay affected the scoring process. Jogani said the rain was not a concern for the team and did not affect the team’s ability to play because the outfield dried quickly when the sun came out. “We eventually chased down the score where one of our players hit a boundary, like a homerun where you get six runs automatically or four runs if you hit it on a bounce,” he said. Hitting the boundary allowed the team to win the game with a score of 104, Jogani said. Later that day, the team versed Cleveland State University in another rainy match shortened to only 14 overs, Jogani said. “It’s just a matter of who was best able to execute their plans in the end,” he said. Jogani said the team was able to restrict the other team to a low amount of runs, in which the

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The University cricket team beat Cleveland State University at the Central Broward Regional Stadium in Lauderhill, Fla., on March 15 with a score of 113-70. University team won with a 11370 score. “We had a situation where one of our bowlers wasn’t wearing spikes and slipped a couple of times so that was a problem, and sometimes it’s harder to grip the ball when it’s wet, but we were able to manage it,” he said. Three wins in, the team moved on to the quarter final game of the tournament on Saturday where they lost against Texas A&M University and were no longer able to compete, Jogani said. Texas A&M scored 134 runs in 20 overs after batting first. The University team was five runs short for the win, he said.

Udit Patel, vice captain of the team, said there was a moment in the Texas A&M game that he had hope the team would win. But his hope was lost later in the game. “When I was batting and I got out and we still needed 20 runs and the batter after me wasn’t able to get more runs I thought we might lose this game,” said Patel, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. Despite losing the tournament, Patel said he was happy with the team’s per formance because they had a strong turnout. “Ever yone performed really well, especially in the bowling

department in the first game, which was a pretty huge win,” Patel said. Sapan Sharma, the cricket team coach, said the tournament was a way for the team to exercise their skills. “I think the team was ver y strong compared to the last three years — it wasn’t a oneman show,” said Sharma, a University alumnus. Jogani said the team looks for ward to improving for next year’s competitions. “Just play over the summer because the experience really helps,” he said.

MARCH 20, 2012

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The New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health and the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research are hosting “Frontiers in Lipodomics: The Food, Nutrition and Health Connection” at the Cook Campus Center’s multipurpose room from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The symposium will discuss the use of mass spectrometry-based lipodomics while answering nutrition and health-related questions. It is free and open to the public.

Academy Award-nominated documentary “If A Tree Falls” will show at the Cook Campus Center at 8 p.m. The screening will follow pizza, popcorn and a Q-and-A with director Marshall Curry. For more information, contact Lauren Choinski at (848) 932-5273.

The Thaakat Foundation presents “Live, Laugh and Learn,” an event featuring performances by University groups Dhol Effect, Bhangra Academy, SWARA and Focused Movement. The event is at the Cook Campus Center multipurpose room at 7 p.m. Shahnawaz will cater the event. Tickets are $10 in advance or with a student ID, and $15 at the door or without a student ID.

The Rutgers University Leadership Empowerment Society presents “Dance Steps to Leadership” at 6 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center multipurpose room. The program includes performances by TWESE African Dance Troupe, Rutgers Belly Dance Troupe, Chaos Theory, Team Technique, Official Re’Jectz and more. Attendees can vote for their favorite performers to win a prize. Tickets are $5 and sold at the door. All proceeds go to the Computer Literacy Program to empower underprivileged youth in Bangladesh. For volunteer and other information, contact r.u.leadership@gmail.com. The Rutgers Theater Company presents “Homemade”, a performance about a young gay couple that decides to start a family. The opening show takes place at 8 p.m. at the Phillip J. Levin Theater on Douglass campus. Tickets are $15 for students.

University Professor Charles Keeton will give a special presentation about the University’s astronomical research at the state capital’s planetarium. The Rutgers University Alumni Association is hosting the event at the planetarium in Trenton, N.J. Attendees can also see the popular exhibit “Stars” from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Rutgers Student Life and Rutgers Health Services sponsor the “Sex, Love and Dating” Conference at 11 a.m. at the Busch Campus Center. Students will learn about intimacyrelated topics that affect everyday college students. Email sexlovedating2012@evenbrite.com to pre-register.

Artist Ellen Levy and University psychology professor Maggie Shiffrar discuss cognitive processes in relation to art and science at the Busch Campus Center’s Center Hall Auditorium from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. For more information, contact Nicole Ianuzelli at nik12a@rci.rutgers.edu or (932) 732-3726.

Career Ser vices will host a panel of professionals from the entertainment industr y including film, music and television who will talk about their work and path to their careers. Students who attend can learn how to break into entertainment, find internships, network and other experience. The panel will be held in the Raritan River Lounge of Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus from 6 to 8 p.m. To pre-register, email careerser vices@echo.rutgers.edu.

Denis Johnson, winner of the 2007 National Book Award for his novel “Tree of Smoke,” will be at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room on the College Avenue campus as part of the “Writers at Rutgers Reading Series.” Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Leandra Cain at (732) 932-7633 or email Rhea Ramey at rhea.ramey@rutgers.edu.

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Despite no advertising and an opening over spring break when University students were mostly will not cause safety issues out of town, business is strong, she said. continued from front “We’re getting a lot of people [in] who haven’t realized we’re restaurant is the only 24-hour here. Lunches are definitely the diner within walking distance of strongest right now,” Helen the University campus. Dimitrakopoulous said. “We The diner’s menu ranges from opened when the college was on homemade Greek food to classic spring break, which was deliberAmerican staples, like cheeseate. We’re trying to get off to a burgers, which cost $4.95. slower start.” “A little spin is our Greek The diner, which is targetcorner. We have the real gyros ing students and locals, will and Greek specialties,” Helen soon accept RU Express, Dimitrakopoulous said. “We she said. have everything from your typiWhile the owner and his cal moussaka to roasted lamb, a family — who originally come signature dish for Greeks.” from Greece but have lived All of the food served at the in Highland Park for New Brunswick Diner is homemore than 30 years — are conmade and fresh, she said. tent with business, they recog“The chicken salad is made nize there is always room from fresh chicken. There’s for improvement. nothing frozen that [we] put “There isn’t anything on your plate,” Helen [Angelo] wouldn’t do for anyDimitrakopoulous said. body,” Helen Dimitrakopoulous The small diner, which said. “If someone came in and opened March 12, includes wanted something special tables and booths, which made from come equipped scratch, he would with Wifi and “This is officially make it.” electrical outlets She noted that to plug in cellour first week, the restaurant phones and comand we’ve had is always open puters, she said. suggestions Two flatrepeat customers. to and will oblige any screen televidietar y restricsions along with To me, that’s tions that come up old pictures of a compliment.” with customers. New Br unswick E l e n i line the walls HELEN DIMITRAKOPOULOUS Koukourdelis, a of the restaurant, Diner Overseer ser ver who has which were the experience workowner’s touch, ing in her father’s diner, enjoys she said. working in the diner. “We wanted to get old pic“It’s a friendly diner, I like it. tures of New Brunswick to capI like the atmosphere,” said ture the integrity of the city,” Koukourdelis, a senior at South Helen Dimitrakopoulous said. River High School. “There’s quite a lot of history.” Sasha Safir, a New Brunswick While late-night hours have resident, came to check out the caused problems for the Easton diner with her friends yesterday. Avenue pizzeria Giovanelli’s — She lives down the street and with several shootings occurwas happy to see a diner open ring outside after bars and in town. restaurants have closed — the “I think it’s a great idea,” diner is proactive about safety, she said. “It’s nice because it’s she said. open 24 hours and it’s within “We do have alarms and camwalking distance.” eras that would deter any potenHelen Dimitrakopoulous said tial criminals anyway because she is very excited with the way there he is, candid camera,” the diner has taken off. Helen Dimitrakopoulous said. “It’s been a good week, it just “There’s a lot of police officers really has,” she said. “This is officoming here after-hours. cially our first week, and we’ve [Angelo] doesn’t feel had repeat customers. To me, threatened, I guess — he’s that’s a compliment.” an optimist.” Adver tising for the diner She said there have been no has not begun because the safety issues in the diner’s first owner wanted employees to week, but the late-night staff, become comfor table in their which includes a host, two environment. servers, a cook and a dishwasher, “You just got to get the is staying alert. cranks out of ever ything,” “I’d hate to think that we’d Helen Dimitrakopoulous said. change our mind not to “We’re happy. Happy makes be open because of good, really.” criminal activity,” Helen Dimitrakopoulous said.

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Adam Milner, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, was auctioned off last night at “Are You Feeling Lucky?” during Operation Smile’s ninth annual date auction in the Rutgers Student Center. During the St. Patrick’s Day-themed auction, contestants answered questions about what makes them a good date.

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for his webcam viewing, but should have let Clementi know sentence should be decreased there was a camera in the room. “I feel as though people who kill or rape others should be in continued from front prison,” Khansari said. “People think Ravi killed Tyler, but he deserve all the counts he was didn’t. I personally don’t think he convicted with. knew what was going to happen. Adusumilli said he was surI think he was trying to humiliate prised Ravi turned down two him. … He shouldn’t go to jail for plea deals. 10 years.” Ravi turned down a plea barJason Freeman, a School of gain in October 2011 that would Arts and Sciences have given him said he only three to five “I think he learned senior, agrees with the years in prison, jur y’s verdict and with a chance his lesson said it was just. that prison time in this trial. ... “I think he could be waived turned the plea altogether. It’s definitely deal because he Ravi also a cautionary tale.” thought because he turned down thought he was getanother plea deal YUMI OSHIMA ting off with a in December Mason Gross School of the Arts lighter sentence,” 2011, which Graduate Student Freeman said. would have Yumi Oshima, a required Ravi to Mason Gross complete 600 School of the Arts graduate stuhours of community service and dent, said justice was served in receive counseling on cyberbulthis case, but agreed Ravi probalying and alternative lifestyles, bly will not serve the potential 10according to a nj.com article. year sentence. Farshad Khansari, a School of “I think he learned his lesson Arts and Sciences first-year stuin this trial,” she said. “It’s defident, said he did not think that nitely a cautionary tale.” Ravi should get a prison sentence

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Dharun Ravi and his attorneys Steve Altman and Phillip Nettl enter the Middlesex County Courthouse on Wednesday before the judge explains the 15 counts and 35 charges held against Ravi.

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Mitt Romney speaks in Chicago on Tuesday in hopes of declaring victory in the Illinois primary. He won Sunday in Puerto Rico.

Romney focuses on Obama as rival in race THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — His confidence surging, Mitt Romney pointedly ignored his Republican rivals on the eve of Tuesday’s high-stakes primary election in Illinois and turned his fire instead on the Democrat he hopes to oust in the fall. Romney pushed into President Barack Obama’s home territory, assailing Obama’s economic credentials on the Chicago campus where the president taught for more than a decade. “Freedom is on the ballot this year,” Romney told students and supporters, contending that the nation’s recovery from recession was being limited by an “assault on our economic freedom” by Obama. “I am offering a real choice and a very different beginning,” he said. While Republican rival Rick Santorum courted anti-Romney conservatives across Illinois, the front-runner was trying to show he was more than ready to rise above the grinding GOP primary battle and move toward a general election matchup against Obama. Romney has secured more delegates than his opponents combined, and his nomination seems more assured each week as Santorum’s shoestring campaign struggles under the weight of continued disorganization. But a victor y in Illinois’ Tuesday primary is by no means assured. Romney has spent big on advertising here, and he will have devoted more than three straight days to the state — an eternity by some standards in this constantly shifting campaign — by the time votes are counted Tuesday night. After embarrassing Santorum with a one-sided victor y in Puerto Rico Sunday, the Romney campaign sees in Illinois a potential breaking point for stubborn rivals who have defiantly vowed to stay in the race until the GOP’s national convention in August. Should Santorum and Newt Gingrich stay politically alive until then and follow through on their threat, it could turn the convention into an intra-party fight for the first time since 1976. Illinois is expected to be far closer than Puerto Rico’s

blowout, although recent polls suggest Romney may be pulling away. Even if he should lose the popular vote, Romney is poised to win the delegate battle. Santorum cannot win at least 10 of the state’s 54 delegates available Tuesday because his campaign didn’t file the necessar y paper work Still, Santorum campaigned hard across the state Sunday and Monday in light of the stakes in Illinois, one of the last premier battlegrounds before the Republican race enters an extended lull after Saturday’s contest in Louisiana. “If we’re able to come out of Illinois with a huge or surprise win, I guarantee you, I guarantee you that we will win this nomination,” he said. He rallied conservatives on Monday in Dixon, Ill., the hometown of President Ronald Reagan, saying, “I might add, just parenthetically, that if we just happen to win Illinois, that will be the 11th state that I’ve won.” He invoked the former president’s insurgent campaign in 1976 against President Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. Reagan lost, but it set the foundation for his return in 1980 when he won the nomination and defeated Democratic President Jimmy Carter. As Romney focused on the economy in Chicago, Santorum said that the president’s health care overhaul, not the economy, is the election’s “most salient issue.” And he continued to emphasize conservative cultural values: “Ronald Reagan understood that faith plus family equals freedom in America,” Santorum said. In remarks in Rockford, Ill., Santorum said an oppressive government rather than the economy is the real issue of the presidential campaign. “At every single speech that I give I talk about Obamacare,” he said. “Every single speech I say that the issue in this race is not the economy. The reason the economy is an issue in this race is because we have a government that is oppressing its people and taking away their freedom and the economy is suffering as a result of it.”

ORLANDO, Fla. — College students around Florida rallied Monday to demand the arrest of a white neighborhood watch captain who shot an unarmed black teen last month, though authorities may be hamstrung by a state law that allows people to defend themselves with deadly force. Students held rallies on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and outside the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, where prosecutors are reviewing the case to determine if charges should be filed. The students demanded the arrest of 28-yearold George Zimmerman, who authorities say shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month during a confrontation in a gated community in Sanford. Zimmerman spotted Martin as he was patrolling his neighborhood on a rainy evening last month and called 911 to report a suspicious person. Against the advice of the 911 dispatcher, Zimmerman then followed Martin, who was walking home from a convenience store with a bag of Skittles in his pocket. Zimmerman’s father has said his son is Hispanic and is not racist. Zimmerman has claimed self-defense. “I don’t think a man who exited his vehicle after the 911 dispatcher told him to stay inside the car can claim selfdefense,” Carl McPhail, a 28year-old Barr y University law

school student, said at the Sanford rally. The 70 protesters at the Sanford rally chanted, “What if it was your son?” and held posters saying, “This is not a race issue.” Many carried Skittles. Martin’s parents and other advocates have said the shooter would have been arrested had he been black. “You would think that Sanford is still in the 1800s claiming that this man can call self-defense for shooting an unarmed boy,” said restaurant owner Linda Tillman, who also was at the Sanford rally. The case has garnered national attention, and civil rights activist Al Sharpton and radio host Michael Baisden planned to lead another rally Thursday in Sanford. U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, DFla., has asked that the U.S. Department of Justice to review the case, and White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday during a briefing that officials there were aware of what happened. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to Trayvon Martin’s family,” Carney said. “But obviously we’re not going to wade into a local law enforcement matter.” But prosecutors may not be able to charge Zimmerman because of changes to state law in 2005. Under the old law, people could use deadly force in self-defense only if they had tried to run away or otherwise avoid the danger. The changes removed that duty to retreat and gave

Floridians, as the law is written, the right “to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force,” if they felt threatened. The changes also meant people could not be prosecuted in such instances. Prosecutors can have a hard time making a case if there is no one else around to contradict a person who claims self-defense, said David Hill, a criminal defense attorney in Orlando. Thus far, Sanford police have said there is no evidence to contradict Zimmerman’s claims. “If there is nobody around and you pull a gun, you just say, ‘Hey, I reasonably believed I was under imminent attack. Hey, sorr y. Too bad. But you can’t prosecute me,’” Hill said, somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Gun control advocates said the case is emblematic of permissive gun laws in Florida, which was among the first states to allow residents to carr y concealed weapons. Florida was the first state to pass a “Stand Your Ground” law, which has been dubbed a “Shoot First” law by gun control advocates. About half of all U.S. states currently have similar laws, said Brian Malte, legislative director of the Brady Campaign, which describes itself as the nation’s largest organization dedicated to the prevention of gun violence. “It’s coming to dangerous fruition,” Malte said. “There are more states like Florida.”

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Police arrest Occupiers, clear out origin of protests THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Dozens of police officers cleared the park where the Occupy movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of protesters returned in an anniversar y obser vance and defiantly resisted calls to clear out. Some demonstrators locked arms and sat down in the middle of Zuccotti Park near Wall Street after police announced on a bullhorn at around 11:30 p.m. Saturday that the park was closed. Officers then poured into the park, forcing most of the crowd out and surrounding a small group that stayed behind. Police formed a human ring around the park to keep protesters out. Several people were arrested, police said. An unused public transit bus was brought in to cart away about a dozen demonstrators in plastic handcuf fs. One female under arrest had dif ficulty breathing and was taken away in an ambulance to be treated. For hours, the demonstrators had been chanting and holding impromptu meetings in the park to celebrate the anniversar y of the movement that has brought attention to economic inequality, as police mainly kept their distance. But New York Police Det. Brian Sessa said the tipping point came when the protesters started breaking the park rules. “They set up tents. They had sleeping bags,” he said. Electrical boxes also were tampered with and there was evidence of graffiti. Sessa said Brookfield Proper ties, the park owner, sent in security to advise the protesters to stop pitching tents and to leave the park. The protesters, in turn, became agitated with them. The company then asked the police to help them clear out the park, the detective said. “Most of the people, they left the park,” Sessa said. “People who refused to leave and were staying were arrested.” Many protesters shouted and of ficers took out their batons after a demonstrator threw a glass bottle at the bus that police were using to detain protesters. Sandra Nurse, a member of Occupy’s direct action working group, said police treated demonstrators roughly and made arbitrar y arrests. She disputed the police assertion that demonstrators had broken park rules by putting up tents or getting out sleeping bags. “I didn’t see any sleeping bags,” she said. “There was a banner hung between two trees and a tarp thrown over it. ... It wasn’t a tent. It was an erect thing, if that’s what you want to call it.” She said they had reports of about 25 demonstrators arrested in the police sweep.

Earlier in the day, with the city’s attention focused on the huge St. Patrick’s Day parade many blocks uptown, the Occupy rally at Zuccotti drew hundreds of people. Documentar y filmmaker Michael Moore, who had given a speech at a nearby university, also made an appearance at the park, milling around with protesters. With the barricades that once blocked them from Wall Street now removed, the protesters streamed down the sidewalk and covered the steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial. There, steps from the New York Stock Exchange and standing at the feet of a statue of George Washington, they danced and chanted, “We are unstoppable.” Police say arrests were made, but they didn’t have a full count yet. As always, the protesters focused on a variety of concerns, but for Tom Hagan, his sights were on the giants of finance. “Wall Street did some terrible things, especially Goldman Sachs, but all of them. Everyone from the banks to the rating agencies, they all knew they were doing wrong. ... But they did it anyway because the money was too big,” he said. Dressed in an outfit that might have been more appropriate for the St. Patrick’s Day parade, the 61-year-old salesman wore a green shamrock cap and carried a sign asking for saintly inter vention: “St. Patrick: Drive the snakes out of Wall Street.” Stacy Hessler held up a cardboard sign that read, “Spring is coming,” a reference, she said, both to the Arab Spring and to the warm weather that is returning to New York City. She said she believes the nicer weather will bring the crowds back to Occupy protests, where numbers have dwindled in recent months since the group’s encampment was ousted from Zuccotti Park by authorities in November. But now, “more and more people are coming out,” said the 39-year-old, who left her home in Florida in October to join the Manhattan protesters and stayed through much of the winter. “The next couple of months, things are going to start to grow, like the flowers.” Some have questioned whether the group can regain its momentum. This month, the finance accounting group in New York City reported that just about $119,000 remained in Occupy’s bank account — the equivalent of about two weeks’ worth of expenses. But Hessler said the group has remained strong, and she pronounced herself satisfied with what the Occupy protesters have accomplished over the last half year. “It’s changed the language,” she said. “It’s brought out a lot of issues that people are talking about. ... And that’s the start of change.”

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nformation about Robert Bales, a U.S. military sergeant accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province a week ago, continues to pour out of media reports and coverage of the incident. We know he is from a small town in Ohio. We know he is a father and devoted husband. We know he is a 10-year U.S. military veteran. But when weighed next to the killing of 16 innocent Afghan civilians, little of Bales’ background should matter. Bales is being held in Fort Leavenworth, Kan., military prison in the United States, despite the protests of Afghan officials who would see him tried in the country in which his crimes took place. Charges against the soldier should be filed within a week. But despite being a clear atrocity, Bales’ case has been met with surprising levels of sympathy from the public, with many questioning whether the United States demands too much from its militar y personnel, and how much of a factor the strain of war played into Bales’ actions. Both are valid questions — but neither do anything to justify Bales’ crimes. Actually, we’re hard-pressed to find anything that would justify such violent actions. The way in which Bales’ actions have been received with such sympathy and by so many highlights the hypocrisy of American public opinion — as well as our own hubris when it comes to our presence overseas. Imagine, for a moment, if the victims of these crimes were our own citizens. Imagine if Bales was a soldier of another country. Imagine if the killings took place on our own soil. Our reaction would become drastically different. But Bales has received special treatment thus far from the public precisely because of the unique position he holds as a U.S. military soldier. Many have argued that Bales may be a victim of the stresses that accompany day-to-day war life. Yet we have only to look to the thousands of other soldiers who have managed to carry out their duties, just like that of Bale, without feeling the need to massacre any number of civilians. We can dig into Bales’ personal background as deep as we’d like, but the bottom line is that no number of anecdotes or details about his life would be enough to justify the killing of 16 innocent civilians. Bales must be tried, and, if convicted, receive the appropriate punishment for his actions.

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recent report has ranked New Jersey first for its anti-corruption policies, according to the State Integrity Investigation, a collaboration of the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity, and Public Radio International. The ranking places the Garden State atop a long list of all 50 states that were surveyed for transparency and accountability in their state governments. For many, this may come as a surprise. New Jersey, after all, has had somewhat of a history with corruption in the state and local politics — ranging from elected officials accepting bribes to undercover FBI agents to Motor Vehicle Commission employees selling fraudulent licenses. In all, the state boasts a total of 150 officials who were either convicted or pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges over a 10-year period. But the state’s position in the ranking quickly becomes less surprising when one considers the way in which the assessment was carried out. The investigation — rather than weighing the total number of cases or regularity of instances of corruption and scandal — looked only at the number of laws in place aimed at curbing corruption. States, then, with relatively quiet traditions of political improprieties, but with little emphasis placed on reigning in corruption, have fallen in ranking next to states like New Jersey and California. Both states have strong tendencies toward corruption and because of those tendencies, powerful campaigns to keep them in check. Much of New Jersey’s success in the area of combating this corruption is owed to Gov. Chris Christie, along with other state legislators who have helped to provide the state with some of the toughest ethics and anti-corruption laws in the country. When he was a U.S. attorney for the state, Christie charged more than 100 N.J. public officials for misconduct. And New Jersey consistently ranks high for ethics enforcement, executive branch accountability and procurement practices. Yet there still seems to be a strong correlation between instances of corruption and instances of anti-corruption lawmaking. In a sense, the state’s ranking — with a grade of a B-plus — says more about its history of, and tendencies toward, corruption than it does about any absence of such corruption. New Jersey may be ahead of the pack when it comes to taking the necessary measures in preventing corruption, but we’re left to wonder how the state actually fares in practice.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “You just got to get the cranks out of everything. We’re happy. Happy makes good, really.” Helen Dimitrakopoulous, overseer of the New Brunswick Diner’s operations, on the opening of the 24-hour diner in downtown New Brunswick STORY ON FRONT

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was discovered that the here has been much University’s Center for debate over the past Middle Eastern Studies few weeks surroundreceived more than ing the University and a New $350,000 from the Alavi York Police Department Foundation, an Iranian counter-terrorism sur veilorganization whose assets lance program that targeted Muslim student groups and AARON MARCUS were seized after it was discovered they had direct ties organizations across the to the Iranian government. Northeast. Unsurprisingly, University officials told BAKA: Students United much of the debate has been critical of the program for Middle Eastern Justice in 2010 that they could with the typical baseless accusations flung at the not use funds raised from an event to support a NYPD that they acted in a racist manner. People flotilla to the Gaza Strip. have called for an investigation of the NYPD and for While these events over the past few years may Commissioner Ray Kelly to resign. I, on the other seem startling and the media generally ignores hand, stand with the 58 percent of New Yorkers, them, they are only a few that have taken place at according to a Quinnipiac University survey, who the University. Part of that history is the unfortuagree that the NYPD acts appropriately when dealnate fact that one of the orchestrators of the first ing with the Muslim community and the 82 percent World Trade Center bombing, who believe they have been effecNidal Ayyad, is a University alumtive at combating terrorism. I “It takes a lot for nus who studied chemical exploapplaud their efforts to keep University students and the police officers to put sives as part of his instruction in the engineering program. Northeast safe from radical Islam, their lives on the line This is not an attempt to justify which poses a threat to the Muslim the NYPD’s actions. I am merely and non-Muslim community alike. to protect people they stating why it is both important While facts about the NYPD surand necessar y to continue such veillance program still trickle out, have never met.” sur veillance programs and extend there is little debate that the prothem beyond the realm of Islam. gram saved lives and protected milThe NYPD and all law enforcement have an oblilions. What is surprising to me is the fact that any gation to protect the lives of the general populaperson criticizes the NYPD’s techniques that helped tion. Have they made mistakes? Sure, ever yone thwart 14 known terrorist attacks in New York City makes mistakes. But a sur veillance program looksince 9/11. At the University in particular, a proing to stop acts of terrorism is not an attack on gram like this is not only necessary but should be Islam — it’s the exact opposite. The NYPD takes welcomed with open arms. If the University took part in programs like this to protect entire comaction on its own to stop violent rhetoric and quesmunities, including the Muslim community. This tionable associations from school employees and wasn’t an attempt to label all Muslims terrorists, various students, the NYPD could have steered but to find terrorists hiding under the mask of clear of New Brunswick. The NYPD’s largest misIslam and bring them to justice. This program did take was their failure to monitor radical nonjust that — it uncovered terrorism and protected Muslims at the University as well. people regardless of faith. It takes a lot for police Think about the last three years at the University officers to put their lives on the line to protect for a moment. The Rutgers University Student people they have never met and they should be Assembly voted in 2009 to grant the charity meal applauded for their courage, not condemned. swipe program to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. This organization has financial affiliations to Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences the Holy Land Foundation, the largest Islamic charsenior majoring in political science with a minor in ity in the United States, which was shut down and history. His column, “Marcus My Words,” runs its leaders charged with funneling millions of dolalternate Tuesdays. lars to terrorist organizations. In the same year it

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Incarceration may not be appropriate punishment Letter MICHAEL CARR was involved in a “Justice Not Vengeance” campaign in fall 2010 for Dharun Ravi. A now defunct New Brunswick community direct action group I was involved in called “Queering the Air” organized the campaign to present a different narrative than the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning community, as well as what had been circulating in the press and among mainstream LGBTQ organizations. I’m not attempting to speak for the organization, but I feel that the idea of “Justice Not

Vengeance” ought to be reintroduced, and I feel compelled to share why I decided to join this campaign. The guilt felt in association with the death of Tyler Clementi is being placed on a scapegoat. A young immigrant college student has become the victim of a liberal activist mindset that seeks to treat this suicide as an isolated incident, and not as an epidemic. But, this epidemic is symptomatic of a culture that is not as queer-friendly as it would like to be in a time when it has become fashionable to advocate for LGBTQ rights. Those straight allies and uncritical LGBTQ activists who seek

vengeance for the LGBTQ community ought to examine how heterosexual privilege is reproduced tacitly and explicitly in our culture and day-to-day interactions. I think we ought to be honest in that we all know people who behave like Ravi, and that he was not necessarily acting outside the norm by getting away with disrespecting LGBTQ people in our society. Sure, Ravi is guilty of invading Clementi’s privacy, but the sad irony is that Clementi’s privacy has been invaded over and over again in the media and by the politicization of this issue by certain LGBTQ groups. To charge Ravi for bias

intimidation is to naively presume that Ravi deviates from a norm of tolerance. Homophobia is not his sin — it is a sin carried by our culture and our society. As somebody critical of the prison-industrial complex and the assumption that the corrections industry is an adequate means by which societal ills are “fixed” — and considering that it is an institution in which LGBTQ people as well as people of color and immigrants like Ravi fare particularly worse than others — I question whether incarceration ought to be seen as an appropriate way to remedy homophobia. I really hope that Ravi has a

chance to reintegrate into society and I do not think he is an evil homophobe. If we were to actually put people away for hatred and bias intimidation of LGBTQ people, the corrections system would be overwhelmed. In this scenario, the demographics of the prison population would be similar to those of Congress, Wall Street or fraternities — not like the current situation in which there is a disproportionate amount of poor folks and people of color occupying the prison cells. Michael Carr is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history and women’s and gender studies.

Merger would hurt University outreach programs Letter CHARLOTTE HAINES n the almost two months since Gov. Chris Christie first announced his support of a proposal to merge the Rutgers-Camden campus with Rowan University, more questions than answers have been raised about the impact this merger will have on not just the South Jersey region, but also on the state as a whole. There have already been numerous articles and opinion pieces written about the pros and cons of this merger, with very few answers coming from Trenton and the other power players involved. My issue with the merger pertains to issues that Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.,

actually raised in a letter to Christie in mid-February. According to an article in The Courier-Post titled “Lautenberg concerned over school merger plan” on Feb. 23, the senator brought into question what would happen to all of the University facilities in South Jersey besides the Rutgers-Camden campus. The University and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (formerly Cook College) run a Cooperative Extension in every county in New Jersey that provides local residents with agriculture resources, 4-H programs and resource management, among other invaluable resources. The University also runs a food innovation program in Bridgeton, the Pine Lands Field Station in New Lisbon, and the University’s

Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences administers the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve. All of these centers and outreach programs are invaluable resources not just to South Jersey residents, but also to all residents of New Jersey. Lautenberg asked Christie and the other supporters of the merger in February what would happen to these programs, as well as outreach posts in South Jersey if Rowan and RutgersCamden were to merge. I find the lack of answers to these valid questions deplorable. Most of these programs are run by the University’s New Brunswick campus — will New Brunswick be forced to pull completely out of South Jersey? The University is the land-grant university of New

Jersey, and Rowan does not have the academic programs or the resources to support these muchneeded centers in southern New Jersey. Lautenberg called upon the governor to provide a clear list of all the University facilities that Rowan would take over, and as a University alumnus and former resident of the South Jersey agriculture community, I would also like to know what will happen to all of the programs that the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences provides for South Jersey. From what I have read of the plan, the governor wants to make two distinct research universities in New Jersey — does that mean he plans on giving Rowan control of not just Rutgers-Camden, but also of the Cooperative Extensions that the New

Brunswick campus runs? Rowan does not even offer the academic programs to support these outreach programs. Does the governor plan on providing more state funding to this new university, so that they can start their own School of Environmental and Biological Sciences? Unless the new comprehensive research university includes agriculture, marine science and food science programs, I feel the merger will do more harm than good in the region. RutgersCamden sits in a prime location to develop and extend programs in New Brunswick, including, but not limited to, marine sciences and agriculture. Charlotte Haines is a Douglass College Class of 2006 alumna.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You're getting busier by the minute. Organization and optimism work together to bring you what you want. What if success is doing what you love? No complaining. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Your creative wild side is an asset. Adding structure will give you the strength you need to move to the next level. Your intuition's excellent. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is an 8 -- You move the idea outside the box, and it has room to grow. Avoid a conflict in scheduling by checking it twice. Prepare more than you think necessary. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- Passions are running hot, so communicate clearly to avoid misunderstandings. Your family helps you to move forward. Keep questioning, and you'll get an answer. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is an 8 -- Use the attention you're attracting to gather supporters for your goals. Work together to improve the economy. Not everything goes according to plan. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 9 -- Everything looks more promising now. You have new opportunities for income for the next four weeks, but don't fall asleep on your laurels. Keep pedaling.

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unior pitcher Rob Corsi of the Rutgers baseball team earned Big East Pitcher of the Week honors yesterday by the conference. The lefthander earned the recognition after his performance in Sunday’s 70 victor y against No. 14 Stetson. Corsi pitched a complete-game shutout for the Scarlet Knights, recording four strikeouts. The honor was the second award for Corsi, named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll earlier in the season. The Knights return to action tomorrow in their home opener against Rider.

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Will Mangan of the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team was named yesterday the Big East of fensive Player of the Week. The co-captain registered two hat tricks with seven points in the Scarlet Knights’ past two matches against Marist and St. John’s. Against Marist, Mangan scored three goals and added an assist in the Knights’ 10-9 win against the Red Foxes. Against St. John’s, he netted three more goals. The team’s next game is Sunday, when the Knights travel to face Notre Dame.

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basemen Brittney Lindley of the Rutgers softball team earned Big East Weekly Honor Roll recognition yesterday, the league announced. Lindley batted .500 with eight hits in the Scarlet Knights’ 5-1 week. She also chipped in four RBI and three steals, and collected at least one hit in each of the Knights’ six games. Rutgers’ next game is Saturday, when the Knights travel to Florida for a three-game series against South Florida in their Big East opener.

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soccer team announced its schedule yesterday for the 2012 spring season. The Scarlet Knights face off against Army on Sunday in their home opener before training with Oxford on March 30 in a seven-onseven tournament format. The Knights then host instate opponents Seton Hall and William Patterson to close out their home campaign. Rutgers squares off in two away matches against Rider and Princeton before ending its season April 28 against Fairleigh Dickinson.

ranking of the season. During other games, it could not hit shots and teetered toward the wrong end of the top 25. When the season ended, the Knights stood at No. 24 in the rankings, eight places below their initial preseason spot. Although, as is her style, Stringer did not call the season disappointing in her final postgame press conference Saturday, she was visibly frustrated with how it ended. “I don’t hang my head,” she said. “I’m sad because I wish [the seniors] could have played a little bit longer because they really deserve to.” Despite the losses, Stringer applauded the team’s effort during every game. The season’s final two games against Big East champion Connecticut and Gonzaga were no different. “I really admire, appreciate and respect that kind of effort,” she said. “A coach couldn’t be more proud of her players than I was of the effort and the way our team played.”

With the Big East Tournament ending in the quarterfinals and the NCAA Tournament run halted in the first round, this season went down as simply another year Rutgers fell short of its own expectations. But that does not mean it was a sub-par season. There were the highs — the winning 17 of the first 19 games — and the lows — Rushdan suffering a concussion and missing two games against the highest-ranked conference foes. This season has been, if nothing else, eventful. “That’s what [junior guard] Erica [Wheeler] was saying about the seniors having gone through the things that they have this year,” Stringer said. “I’m sure they could tell you a stor y.” Like it or not, this season’s story is over, and the Knights have to settle for a 22-10 record. Four seniors leave, and two of those seniors, Rushdan and Sykes, led the team in scoring. In addition, two seniors, Rushdan and Speed, paced the team in assists, with 102 and 52, respectively. It only means one thing: Next year’s team has a lot of gaps to fill in the lineup.

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Senior guard Nikki Speed finished the season second on the team with 52 assists, trailing only senior Khadijah Rushdan.

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Senior third baseman Brittney Lindley hit .500 in the Knights’ last six games, the last of which resulted in a win against Florida State, No. 21 in the nation. Lindley’s recent efforts landed her on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll.

In the last five games, the Knights averaged less than one error per game, committing only three during the span. The defense especially shined against Florida State. Landrith did not record a single strikeout, which meant the fielders had to make every play. “Florida State is a really good hitting team, so [it] wasn’t really to strike everyone out,” she said. “It was to do exactly what we did: get them to ground out, pop up and make the outs easy and simple for us.” After Rutgers got off to a good start to the season — it went 4-3 during its first two tournaments — it dropped its next six games. But thanks to the most recent tournament, the Knights are now only one game below .500. And according to Landrith, wins are not the only thing the Knights can take away from the tournament. “[This tournament] has really shown how well we’ve developed as a team,” she said. “We really proved to ourselves what we’re really capable of, and I think it’s all uphill from here.”

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Junior pitcher Rob Smorol pitched seven scoreless innings Saturday in the Knights’ 4-3 loss to Stetson.

SERIES: Stetson roughs up closer in comeback victory continued from back junior closer Jerry Elsing (0-1), the pillar of consistency in the Rutgers pitching staff. Elsing allowed zero earned runs in his previous six appearances, but the Hatters scored four runs off the reliever in his 1/3 innings of work to erase the Knights’ 3-0 lead in the bottom of the ninth. But Hill was happy with how the dominance of Corsi and Smorol clinched one victor y and nearly another. “I feel like our starters are coming around, and we are getting consistent outings from them each time,” Hill said. “Smorol and Corsi give us two solid lefties.” The Rutgers lineup also steadily improved throughout

the weekend. It recorded 11 hits Saturday and 17 on Sunday. But in Friday’s 3-0 loss, the Knights notched only six hits and only advanced past second base twice. Junior catcher Jeff Melillo did so in the eighth inning on Kivlehan’s fielder’s choice, and Kivlehan made it in the sixth on a passed ball. Rutgers displayed flashes in its hitting, especially from March 10-14 in four consecutive victories. The Knights scored six runs or more in two games apiece against Florida Atlantic and Florida Gulf Coast. It gives the Knights reason to believe they can put it together at Bainton Field and in Big East play. “I am seeing some really positive at-bats,” Hill said, “but we still need to continue to develop and do the little things necessar y to bring in r uns, especially in close games.”

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New, familiar faces emerge in first outdoor meet BY BEN CAIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track and field team opened up its 2012 outdoor season Friday at the USF Bulls Invitational in Tampa. The MEN’S TRACK meet feat u r e d strong competition, as it included Big East rivals Louisville, Marquette and the host Bulls, along with national powerhouses Alabama and Florida State. The meet was not scored, as its purpose was mainly to give athletes a chance to ease into the outdoor season. It also afforded them an early shot at achieving individual qualifying marks for their respective conference championships and NCAA Regionals. Redshirt freshman and newly crowned IC4A champion Corey Crawford followed up his big indoor season by taking the long

jump with a mark of 7.61 meters, achieving the automatic qualifying mark for NCAA Regionals. In the process, Crawford exacted revenge on Kamal Fuller of Alabama, who narrowly beat him by .08 meters in qualifying for the NCAA championships during the indoor season. “It definitely feels good to get that out of the way, because that can put a little pressure on me if I didn’t qualify in these next couple of meets,” said Crawford, who will sit out next week’s Monmouth Invitational to rest. “I was definitely a little psyched out to beat Alabama, Florida State.” The Indian Hills High School product also ran the anchor leg of the team’s 4x100-meter relay, which finished third behind Alabama and Florida State. Seniors Kevin Brown and Steve Werner along with freshman D’Andre Jordan ran the first three legs

respectively. Each one ran the race for the first time together. “Running the 4x100 for the first time ever and finishing where we did in a meet like that shows that our 4x100 is going to have an impact,” Crawford said. The Knights did not compete in t h e

COREY CRAWFORD 4x400-meter relay. Head coach Mike Mulqueen did not deem it necessary because of the fact that there was no scoring at the meet. The team proved its worth in the

event during the indoor season in Mulqueen’s eyes. Werner kicked off his outdoor season by running a career-best time of 10.69 in the 100-meter dash, placing him seventh. He also took third in the 200-meter dash, running his second-best time ever at 21.55. Brown also established a personal best with his fifth-place finish time of 21.73 in the 200-meter dash, giving the Knights two topfive finishers in the event. “Being that it was the first [outdoor] meet of the year, I’m feeling really confident,” Werner said. “I kind of surprised myself a little bit in the 100 meters, to be honest.” Senior Kevin Bostick came of f of his redshir t season indoors to capture second place in the triple jump at 15.49 meters. Bostick takes the spot as the Knights’ triple-threat jumper

as Adam Bergo redshirts the outdoor season. Fellow senior Tyrone Putman finished fifth in the triple jump at 14.58 meters. Sophomore Corey Caidenhead, coming off of his performance at the IC4A Championships, placed fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 48.32. Rutgers is without a full-time thrower in the outdoor season as senior James Plummer redshirts. Plummer, a Big East and IC4A champion in the discus, will train for the Olympic trials in June. Senior Aaron Younger, recovering from an Achilles injury he suffered at the IC4A Championships, also missed the invitational. Tests on Younger’s Achilles revealed no tear, and he trained during spring break. The All-American hopes to return in time to compete in the Big East Championships in May.

Knights’ early trip results in postseason qualifiers BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

After a much needed break when it earned some rest, the Rutgers women’s track and field team WOMEN’S TRACK r e t u r n e d to action Friday, competing in the Bulls Invitational at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The Scarlet Knights kicked of f the outdoor season in the process. Traveling to South Florida has become a routine for the Knights, as the last several outdoor seasons all began in the Sunshine State.

“We like to go down there to capitalize on the weather, because normally the weather isn’t as nice as it has been up here,” said head coach James Robinson. “The weather down there allows for us to kick off the season with some fast times.” The Knights begin with momentum. After placing fifth as a team in the ECAC indoor championship, they saw 13 athletes qualify for the Big East Championships and six qualify for the ECAC championship at the Bulls Invitational. “I thought the ladies did a ver y good job,” Robinson said. “Our goal was to go down there and get some early qualifying

marks out the way, and it was mission accomplished.” Rutgers had a lot of its’ athletes tur n in standout per formances. Senior Nwamaka Okobi posted a Big East and ECAC qualifying mark in the triple jump with a leap of 40 feet, 5 inches, good enough for a third-place finish. Sophomore Ashley Deckert placed third in the 1,500 meter with a time of 4:33.10, also a Big East qualifying mark. Junior Asha Ruth earned second in the 100-meter dash, posting a Big East and ECAC qualifying mark of 11.73 seconds. She finished only behind

her teammate, sophomore Tylia Gillon, who won the event with a Big East and ECAC qualifying time of 11.65 seconds. “I was excited,” Gillon said of the win. “My coaches said the point of this meet was to get qualifications out of the way so it can be a stress-free season. I was just hoping to qualify and wound up over qualifying and winning the event, which made me really happy.” The times ran by Ruth and Gillon in the 100-meter dash were the secondand third-fastest times in school histor y. Gillon also finished third in the 200-meter dash with a time

of 24.43, a Big East and ECACqualifying mark. She contributed along with Ruth, freshmen Gabrielle Farquharson and sophomore Corr yn Hurrington to a thirdplace finish in the 4x100-meter relay. The 4x100-meter relay team ran a time of 46.31 seconds in the event, qualifying for the Big East and ECAC. The Knights get this weekend off before traveling to Richmond, Va., from March 30-31 to compete in the Richmond Invitational. “I am excited for this season with our team,” Gillon said. “Since we have a young team we have a lot to offer. We are coming hard.”

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Pair of S.C. schools prove too much for Rutgers in defeats BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

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Senior Morgan Ivey serves Feb. 17 against Army at the Atlantic Club in Manasquan. Ivey returned to her home state of South Carolina last week before the Knights left with a 1-2 record.

While senior captain Morgan Ivey was returned to her hometown to compete last week during spring TENNIS break, RUTGERS 0 t h e Rutgers CHARLESTON S. 7 t e n n i s team did not feel the same welcome, going 1-2 in its three-game road trip to South Carolina. The Scarlet Knights sandwiched a 5-2 victor y against Boston University between losses to the College of Charleston and Charleston Southern. One of the main factors that played into the Knights’ performance was the fact that they competed on outside court in warm conditions. Rutgers usually plays its matches indoors because of the cold weather, but had to adjust to the way the ball traveled outside. “Outdoor tennis is much more physical,” Ivey said. “You have longer points and can’t hit the ball as easily. It’s much more about footwork because you have sun and wind that affects the bounce of the ball and everything.” The Knights struggled the most during their third match of the week. Rutgers did not score a single victor y, resulting in a 7-0 defeat against Charleston Southern. The Bucs (8-2) took all three wins in doubles and did not drop a single set in singles competition. The Knights’ (6-6) first match against the College of Charleston came in a different format. With the Cougars participating in two separate matches that day and Rutgers playing Boston the following morning, both teams played one doubles match and four singles matches. The change resulted in a 4-1 loss for the Knights, who only secured a singles match victory from sophomore Vanessa Petrini. Petrini took her match

against Caroline Newman, 6-4, 16, 7-6 (7-5). Senior Jennifer Holzberg did not find success in her No. 1 singles match, losing, 6-2, 6-0, against Christin Newman. Sophomore Stephanie Balasa and freshman Noor Judeh also suffered straight-set defeats. The lone doubles match did not favor Rutgers, either. Ivey and freshman Lindsay Balsamo lost to the duo of Irene Viana and Samantha Maddox, 6-1, 6-2. “I’m not really sure [the alternate format] benefited us against them because they didn’t have to alternate their lineup against us,” Ivey said. “We sacrificed a few singles positions and didn’t have our top doubles team playing.” With the Knights returning to their regular three doubles, six singles match format, their next matchup, doubles play came up strong against the Terriers. All three Rutgers doubles squads won. “I think we definitely had another breakthrough with doubles,” Ivey said. “Against BU, we played some of our best doubles yet.” Rutgers fared well against Boston (4-6) in singles, as well, dropping only two games in the match. Balasa, Balsamo, Ivey and Petrini all came away with straight set victories. While the results of last week’s spring break trip were not what the team looked for in Ivey’s hometown return, the captain knows it was important for her and the rest of the team to get used to outdoor play. The Knights play outside from now on, beginning Thursday against Big East opponent Villanova. “When we transition from indoor to outdoor tennis, it’s an entirely different game,” Ivey said. “What better way to get acclimated than to start off with three very solid teams, two of which have been playing outdoors all year round? So it definitely forced us to play at that level of tennis.”

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Junior Jenna Zito performs in the floor exercise Feb. 25 in a quad meet at the Livingston Recreation Center. Zito led the Knights on Friday with a score of 48.750 in a tri-meet at William & Mary, where Rutgers finished in second overall. The Knights compete next in the EAGL Championships this weekend in Pittsburgh.

Trials on bars continue prior to EAGL Champs BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers gymnastics team came to its last two stops on the road to the EAGL Championships during spring break. GYMNASTICS I t s latest, a RUTGERS 192.600 tri-meet SECOND PLACE inside Kaplan Arena at the College of William & Mary, yielded a second-place finish for the Scarlet Knights against the host team. The Knights’ rotation of uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and vault provided them with a look into the future for the same rotation they will have at the EAGL’s. If the William & Mary meet is any indication, the most glaring problem for Rutgers entering this weekend’s championships is the event it will begin with. “Unfortunately, we struggled on bars again. We have to fix it. This is the last week for us to fix it,” said head coach Louis Levine. “We have to take advantage of the three days we have this week, and the one day out at Pittsburgh. Hopefully we can come through — we have the potential to be great on bars.” The Knights’ total score of 47.375 on bars suffered with falls and missed routines. Junior Danielle D’Elia, who scored highest on bars with a score of 9.700,

was well aware of the start Rutgers endured on the uneven bars. “We started off the meet slow. We started off on bars and it was a little rough,” D’Elia said. “We had a few people who fell or did not do the best routines they could do.” If the bars in the first rotation gave the Knights something to work on entering the conference championships, their next three events gave them confidence. For D’Elia, competing at William & Mary in the all-around for the fourth time this season, Rutgers’ recovery from the shaky bar performance began with its 47.925 effort on balance beam. “All the first five girls hit and it was really good, and that is when we started to really pick up our pace,” she said. After the beam event, the Knights moved on to the event that has been their strongest all season: the floor exercise. Junior Jenna Zito led the team to a meet-best 48.750 score. “We finished really strong, which I was very happy about,” D’Elia said. “It is always good to end on a stronger note — especially when you start off slow.” One week before the William & Mary tri-meet, Rutgers went through the emotions of the last home meet of the year and the last of its seniors’ careers. For Levine, who started on the Banks as an assistant coach the same year the seniors arrived as rookies, watching the

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Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman competes on the bars Feb. 25 at the Livingston Recreation Center. Gunzelman finished second on the team Friday with a score of 9.575 in the event. team compete was also parting with a sense of familiarity. “These girls came in the same time that I came in as an assistant coach. They have been here throughout my entire career here,” Levine said. “It was emotional saying goodbye to them, but exciting to see them compete and enjoy their last home meet.”

Emotions aside, the Knights once again str uggled on the uneven bars in their last home meet of the season. Bars was the only event in which Rutgers failed to score at least 48.000. The event is the biggest detriment to Levine’s team operating at full capacity enter-

ing its’ pivotal championship weekend, he said. “We just have to put it all together. We have been getting better and better in practice,” Levine said. “For some it has been showing through in practice and for others it has not been, so we just have to keep pushing.”

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Pitching, ‘D’ stand tall for RU in Tampa BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

For the first nine games of its 10-day Florida road trip, the Rutgers softball team alternated wins and losses, going 4-5 during the stretch. SOFTBALL In the five losses, the Scarlet RUTGERS 1 Knights scored a FLORIDA STATE 0 combined five runs, but averaged only four runs allowed per game. The stat points to the pitching and defense emerging as clear strengths for the Knights while the offense lags behind, the opposite of what head coach Jay Nelson expected before the season. The final three games confirmed the pitching strength to the Knights (11-12), who ended in style with a 1-0 win against No. 21 Florida State. Freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith led the charge from the mound with two completegame shutouts in the stretch, bringing her season total to four. The lefty picked up the final victory against the Seminoles to improve her record to 7-3 and hand Florida State only its fourth loss on the season. “It felt great,” Landrith said. “My pitches were working great, the team was doing great. Me and [catcher Kaci Madden] had a lot of good communication going on. She called a great game.” But while the pitching remained consistent during the trip, the offense picked up the pace as the tournament drew on. Two Knights recorded hits in all three games of the winning streak in freshman Chandler Howard and senior Brittney Lindley. Howard totaled four hits in the three games while Lindley managed five hits and two RBIs. Lindley’s performance during the week — an 8-for-16 clip at the plate with a .688 slugging percentage in six games — earned her a spot on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. She now leads the team in both categories. The Cicero, N.Y., native has 22 hits and has driven in 16 runs so far this season. Junior Jennifer Harabedian also played an important role in the win streak. She drove in the only run in the win against the Seminoles and picked up two hits and an RBI in a 3-0 win against Colgate. “We’re a great group of hitters and solid, one through nine,” Landrith said. “I’m confident in every single one of them and I think that we’re really coming together.” Errors plagued Rutgers in its last tournament in Athens, Ga., but not when it arrived in Florida.

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Senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan looks to secure the ball against a Gonzaga defender Saturday in the Knights’ loss in the NCAA Tournament’s first round. Rushdan led Rutgers in scoring and assists in her final season, which spanned five years.

Knights endure inconsistent campaign BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The 2011-2012 season was set up well for the Rutgers women’s basketball team. Head coach C. Vivian Stringer put togethWOMEN’S BASKETBALL er five freshmen, including No. 6 overall prospect Briyona Canty, a Trenton Catholic product, in a class that ranked third in the nation. The Scarlet Knights began the season 17-2, and Rutgers’ senior class looked like it

was on its way to redemption after falling short of expectations. Stringer’s 2008 recruiting class — which contained injured Chelsey Lee, April Sykes and Nikki Speed — also ranked third in the nation. Fifth-year senior point guard Khadijah Rushdan bolstered the young group that year, as well. But that class failed to push the team past the Sweet 16 in its first three seasons. Rushdan was the only member of the team to see the Elite Eight — during her redshirt season. With the incoming freshman class, Rushdan returning for her final season and

the hot start, it looked like all of that was about to change. Then the Knights hit the meat of their schedule. They dropped six of their next eight contests, all to teams seeded better than them in the Big East Tournament. A four-game winning streak concluded the season. The season of three runs characterized the year for Rutgers. Some nights it came out and played like the No. 7 team in the nation, its highest

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Rutgers salvages series with Hatters with shutout win BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Head coach Fred Hill’s team nearly took two of three games from Stetson.

By scheduling tough teams, Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill tested the Scarlet Knights. Now the Knights leave spring break a revitalized squad with five wins in BASEBALL eight games. RUTGERS 7 Rutgers’ toughest STETSON 0 test was against No. 14 Stetson. The team entered DeLand, Fla., without a victory against a ranked team. The Knights left with Sunday’s 7-0 victory on Stetson’s home field. Rutgers (8-9) won after dropping its first two games against the Hatters. The bounce-

back victory was exactly what the Knights needed before tomorrow’s home opener against Rider. “Playing against these caliber of teams will only help once we get back home,” Hill said. Out-of-conference play has allowed Rutgers to make adjustments without consequence to its goal of winning the Big East. No player entered the season with more unpredictable expectations than senior third baseman Pat Kivlehan. The West Nyack, N.Y., native began his first season of college baseball after four years on the Rutgers football team. He started the year as a No. 7 hitter. After a month in the lineup, Kivlehan now hits cleanup. The third baseman is as surprised as anyone.

“I have no idea,” Kivlehan said on why he moved to No. 4 in the order. “I don’t ask questions. I just go ahead and do what Coach [Hill] says.” In the final game of the Stetson series, the lineup change worked. Kivlehan went 3-for-5 and crossed the plate twice. Junior pitcher Rob Corsi is another Knight in transition as he continues his first year as a starter. In Sunday’s start, Corsi (3-2) pitched like he had been starting his whole career, ending with a shutout. Corsi carried the momentum of Rutgers rotation, a day removed from junior lefty Rob Smorol’s seven shutout innings. But the Knights’ 4-3 loss was credited to

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