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Members of the N.J. Youth United Against War and Imperialism sing about antiwar and community concerns at Civic Square in downtown New Brunswick during an Occupy New Brunswick protest.

Activists use music to strengthen protests

BY MANUELA JIMENEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The N.J. Youth United Against War and Imperialism hosted “Occupy and Audify New Brunswick” Saturday to give a musical voice to the Occupy New Brunswick protests.

Musical groups Solidarity Singers and RAW Machine along with the Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War par ticipated in the protest in front of the fountain at George Street and Livingston Avenue, which included collaborative per formances among local musicians, group members and community activists.

The group protested various issues that affect the New Brunswick community, like deportation raids, to issues that impact the entire world, like war.

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Robert Colby-Witanek, a Montgomery High School senior who founded the N.J. Youth United Against War and Imperialism with his father, Bob Witanek, said they encouraged the public to bring instruments like guitars, flutes and tambourines, but hand clapping and feet stomping were enough to participate.

Rehearsals for the songs performed at the event, which included “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan and “WAR” by Edwin Starr, were held every Sunday in March at the Douglass Campus Center, Witanek said.

“We’re going to start having a regular presence of music [and] inject a [musical] element into the people’s struggle in New Brunswick … around police issues that are going on around town, tuition hikes and the endless war — they’re all connected,” he said.

Witanek said music could help propel the Occupy movement forward and unite people through the emotions they experience while engaging with music.

“When people sing together, they may agree with the words of the song [or] they may not agree with every little angle, but they’re unifying,” Witanek said. “Ideas will be exchanged and information will be shared, and out of this we’ll grow a more unified movement.”

Jasmine LaSalle, an Occupy New Br unswick member, said music introduced another aspect to the group’s protests.

“Our marches don’t really have music, this event is to be the music for Occupy New Brunswick,” LaSalle said.

Although this was the first “Occupy and Audify New Brunswick” there are

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Tyler Clementi’s parents thanked the court Friday for finding Dharun Ravi guilty for bias intimidation, in their first direct statement after the March 16 verdict.

Ravi, a former University student who used a webcam to spy on his roommate and male guest, M.B., in a sexual encounter, was found guilty on 15 charges, including bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and tampering with evidence.

Sentencing is scheduled to begin May 21.

“Our family believes that the jury reached the correct verdict,” Joseph Clementi, Tyler’s father, said in a statement. “They reached their decision based on the facts shown by the evidence.

At the conclusion of the trial, the defense’s explanation of what happened was simply not believable.”

Joseph Clementi said the trial and subsequent jury verdict answered questions for the family and confirmed their faith in the justice system.

“I have said all along that we were looking for justice and accountability. I trusted the Courts and the State of New Jersey to get this right … and they did,” he said.

Ravi said in an interview with ABC that he was very self-absorbed during the incident but does not believe he was biased in his actions.

“Even though I wasn’t the one who caused him to jump off the bridge, I did do things wrong and I was stupid about a lot of stuff,” Ravi said in the interview.

Ravi said the last time he saw Tyler Clementi, everything seemed normal between them even though the two did not speak much.

“I’m very sorry about Tyler. I have parents and a little brother, and I can only try to imagine how they feel,” Ravi told ABC. “I didn’t hate Tyler and I knew he was OK with me. I wanted to talk to his parents. … I didn’t know what to say.”

The Clementi family feels there are many lessons to be learned from this tragedy, said Paul Mainardi, the family’s lawyer, in the statement.

“We have become all too aware of the consequences suffered by people who are singled out because for being different,” said Jane Clementi, Tyler’s mother, in the statement. “We have learned that the LGBT teens, especially, suffer pain, embarrassment and ridicule which is made worse by improper use of electronic media.”

This misuse is not limited to the LGBT community. Boston College football player Jaryd Rudolph, 19, allegedly used his cellphone to record audio of his roommate having sex with a female student on Feb. 15 and shared it with others, according to CBS News.

Mitchell Garabedian, the female student’s attorney, said that his client had no knowledge of the recordings and did not give consent for them to be distributed.

“She found out about it by people making fun of her while she was working,” Garabedian said.

Boston College released a statement about the incident last week stating the Boston College student will appear in April for a pre-trial conference.

“In adjudicating the matter, the dean’s office determined that the conduct of the student and the alleged victim was inappropriate,” according to the statement. “The student was issued a summar y suspension at the time of the allegation and remains on University probation. He was also suspended from the football team and must undergo educational training and counseling.”

Boston College said suspension would remain in place pending the outcome of the court proceedings.

“In this digital world, we need to teach our youngsters that their actions have consequences, that their words have real power to hurt or to help,” Jane Clementi said. “They must be encouraged to choose to build people up and not tear them down.”

Jane Clementi said this is the ideology that is behind the mission of the Tyler Clementi Foundation.

The family launched the foundation earlier this year to honor their son and promote responsible use of electronic media, according to the family statement.

Superior Court Judge Glenn Berman has discretion over Ravi’s sentencing. Ravi faces up to 10 years in prison and possible deportation.

Richard Pompelio, the lawyer of Tyler Clementi’s older guest M.B., told The Record on Thursday that M.B. agreed with the verdict and that he believes Ravi should serve some jail time because of his actions.

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MARCH 26, 2012

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Group presents on AIDS prevention using personal perspectives

BY MARGARET MORRIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Twenty-three years ago, the University’s Lambda Sigma Upsilon fraternity lost one of its founding members, Alberto Rivera, to AIDS. Since then, the fraternity has aimed to raise awareness of the disease that is surrounded by social stigma.

The group held a banquet dinner on Saturday to raise awareness for HIV and AIDS at Trayes Hall on Douglass campus. The event was held to stress to students, through presentations and personal perspectives, to be more cautious when having sex, said Diagoroh Abreu, intake coordinator for Lambda Sigma Upsilon.

“We’re trying to start a movement on campus, just to get it out there, just to get the message out there that AIDS is not a joke, it’s not a game,” Abreu said. “People live with it, people are dying because of it.”

Even though AIDS diagnoses have been decreasing in the United States for many years, diagnoses amongst minorities remain largely stagnant, said Sandra Palleja, vice president of the Antiviral Program at Shionogi USA, Inc. Although Latin Americans make up 16 percent of the U.S. population, they account for at least 20 percent of all AIDS diagnoses in the United States, Palleja said.

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Sandra Palleja, vice president of the Antiviral Program at Shionogi USA Inc., explains to students the impact AIDS has on the Latin American community Saturday in Trayes Hall at the Douglass Campus Center.

tions, while the same is true for 17 percent of males, she said.

There are also gender discrepancies with respect to the sexual transmission of AIDS, Palleja said. Male-to-male sexual contact accounts for 71 percent of male cases of AIDS while male-to-female sexual contact causes 83 percent of AIDS cases in females.

Blanca Jackson, a nurse at Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital, said it is important for the youth to be educated about HIV and AIDS and should get tested when becoming sexually active.

The hospital has a testing initiative that provides free HIV

U.S. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW HEALTH CARE LAW’S CONSTITUTIONALITY The U.S. Supreme Court will begin reviewing arguments against the Affordable Health Care Act this week to see if the law is constitutional.

The health care law includes an individual mandate that would require all Americans to buy health insurance, a provision that will take effect in 2014, said Joel Cantor, director of the Rutgers’ Center for State Health Policy, in a Rutgers Today article.

“Most health insurance analysts believe that without the mandate the law would be ineffective [because] it would not cover nearly as many people and it would cause harm to the stability of the health insurance market,” said Cantor, a professor of public policy.

Cantor said the question becomes whether the Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of the entire law or parts of the law.

“Legal scholars suggest that it’s the tendency of the court to make its decision as narrow as possible, so the likelihood that the whole thing will be struck down is small,” Cantor told Rutgers Today.

Cantor said there are many individuals who are not covered with health insurance and would receive high costs that they would not be able to pay if the individual became sick.

“Some estimates say that for the average family health insurance plan, about $1,000 a year goes to subsidize the uninsured, so that drives up premiums,” Cantor said in the article.

Cantor said if the entire law was struck down then employers and health insurers would no longer be required to allow 26-year-olds to stay under their parent’s health insurance plan.

testing with results in 15 minutes, she said.

“You see the risk factors that are out there,” Jackson said.

“It’s so impor tant that you get tested.”

Jackson said there are currently less AIDS cases among adolescents compared to the past, but there are still about 52,000 HIV infections ever y year.

Manny Castaneda, family case manager for the AIDS program at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said it is difficult for some individuals to gain access to health care, especially in a time of economic downturn.

“HIV is affecting the disenfranchised more than anybody else,” he said. “This hur ts African Americans and Latinos, minorities who are of a lower socioeconomic status.”

Castaneda said although there is information available to the public about the disease, people continue to place social stigma on those with HIV and AIDS. “Although we have cousins, aunts, uncles who have passed away from this disease, we still say ‘they died of cancer,’” Castaneda said.

Castaneda said students should educate their friends about the disease

and inform them to have safe sex.

“The one person that you at least made think about having safe sex is the one transmission that you just prevented.

So remember, little steps also count,” Castaneda said.

Barbara Cepeda, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said hearing the personal stories of individuals affected by HIV and AIDS informed her of the stigmas that exist.

“It’s true, it’s such taboo, where you have people saying ‘oh, they died of something else,’ when it was really AIDS,” Cepeda said.

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he second annual Sex, Love and Dating Conference, “Your A to Z Guide on Ever ything Intimate,” gave students the chance to learn more about healthy sex and relationships.

Keynote speaker Megan Andelloux, founder and director of the Center for Sexual Pleasure and Health, spoke about the “Universality of Sexuality: Discovering the Language of Getting …?” sharing her exper tise on sexuality, including the aspect of good sex revolving around feeling positive and happy about yourself. Other workshops included “The Fabulous Ar t of Fellatio,” “Intimacy within Celibacy” and “Religion and Sexuality.”

University Student Life, Health Ser vices, the Of fice of Violence Prevention & Victim Assistance, the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities, and other University organizations sponsored the event.

BY THE NUMBERS 20 The percentage of women in college who reported attempted or actual rape in college.

86.6 The percentage of individuals between ages 20 to 24 that have had sexual intercourse.

75 The percentage of Americans under 25 years old that account for all new sexually transmitted infections.

12.5 The percentage of females ages 15-44 in 2006-2008 who have had a sexual experience with another female.

17.4 Mean age of first intercourse after first period for women ages 15-44 in 2002.

17 Mean age of first intercourse for men ages 15-44 in 2002.

$2.95 The cost of 12 condoms at the University Pharmacy.

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120 The maximum number of hours a woman can wait before taking an emergency contraception pill after unprotected sex.

Sources: cdc.gov, rhshealth.rutgers.edu

MUSIC: Songs could unite

nected to music regardless of who they are — young [or] old, Occupy movement, student says rich [or] poor,” she said.

Rodriguez said music has a unifying quality that suits continued from front Occupy New Br unswick talks that it could become a regu- protests well.

“The music is here to try and lar feature every Sunday in New bring the people Brunswick, and together.

No LaSalle said more movement is withstudents should “No movement out music — it’s join in. is without music — something that “We want to work with the stuit’s something that people feel, it brings people dents, we want all people feel, it brings together … on a of us to be on the level,” same page,” she people together … different she said. said. “It would be To continue our dream to have on a different level.”

“Occupy and 100 students playISABEL RODRIGUEZ Audify New ing with us.”

But some stu- School of Arts and Sciences Junior Brunswick,” the N.J. Youth United dents are already Against War and involved, like Isabel Rodriguez, a School of Arts Imperialism will hold rehearsals led

by Colby-Witanek, a pianist, which and Sciences junior.

Rodriguez feels the different Occupy New Brunswick members type of actions highlighting fully support, Rodriguez said.

“We will be holding more music and protest songs are just as effective as a political rehearsals to learn these songs protest with marching [and] to teach them to volunteers and the community,” she said. and chanting.

“Music has the ability to cross boundaries, people can feel con- — Amy Rowe contributed to this story.

OBAMA NOMINATES JIM YOUNG KIM FOR WORLD BANK PRESIDENT President Barack Obama announced Friday that Jim Yong Kim is the U.S. nominee to lead the World Bank.

Kim, a Korean-American health expert, is an expert in the health care field, with his two major causes being fighting HIV/AIDS and bringing health care to the poor, Obama said in his speech.

“Jim has truly global experience. He has worked from Asia to Africa to the Americas,” Obama said. “His personal stor y exemplifies the great diversity of our countr y and the fact that anyone can make it as far as he has, as long as they’re willing to work hard and look out for others.”

At age 5, Kim migrated from Korea to the United States and later went on to become president of his high school class, the quarterback of the football team and point guard of his high school basketball team, Obama said.

Kim was also the chair of the Department of Global Health and Social

Medicine at Har vard Medical School and earned a MacAr thur “Genius” Fellowship.

As director of the World Health Organization’s Department of HIV/AIDS, Kim launched the “3 by 5” initiative, which aimed to treat 3 million patients living with HIV. “Jim has spent more than two decades working to improve conditions in developing countries around the world,” Obama said.

“The World Bank is one of the most powerful tools we have to reduce pover ty … and Jim’s personal experience and years of ser vice make him an ideal candidate for this job.”

Kim has ser ved as the president of Dar tmouth College for the last three years, Obama said.

Two other nominees include Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and former Colombian finance minister Jose Antonio Ocampo.

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Library offers inside look at Indian spring festivities

BY KARMA ALLEN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The East Brunswick Public Library and the India Association of Garden State collaborated Saturday to produce the second installment in a three-part series on Indian culture.

“Glimpses of India – Par t II” showcased how people in India commemorate the spring season, with a focus on how the season is celebrated dif ferently throughout the countr y. About 50 local residents attended.

“Spring represents the passing of the gray day, the star t of new life and the celebration of new beginning,” said Shirish Patel, president of the India Association of Garden State.

Patel said his organization promotes awareness of Indian heritage and culture throughout communities in the state

and hopes the event succeeds in showing others how diverse India is.

Thir teen year-old Zinab Trivedi, a member of the organization’s teen committee, said people in India celebrate the coming of spring with festivities on a scale similar to how Americans celebrate Christmas.

“For me, spring represents a time when life comes back,” said Trivedi, a student at Churchill Junior High School. “In spring, you feel more joyful. You don’t have to sit inside to stay away from the cold anymore. The sun comes out, and the butterflies and birds fly back.”

In addition to PowerPoint presentations on how different regions in India welcome spring and various celebratory dance performances, there were two exhibits representing both the Holi festival and the kite festival.

“The kite-flying festival is used to celebrate and represent the change in the wind,” Trivedi said. “Sometimes we compete to see who can fly

“Spring represents the passing of the gray day, the start of new life and the celebration of new beginning.”

SHIRISH PATEL India Association of Garden State President

their kite the best. At night, people attach lights to them. …

It’s all about having fun and enjoying the wind.”

Four teen-year old Manasi Parikh, another member of the organization’s teen committee, hosted the exhibit on Holi, a celebration that focuses on the victor y of good over evil.

“During the Holi celebration, we dance and sing around the fire,” Parikh said. “We throw pieces of coconuts and Indian popcorn into the fire to represent the release of bitterness.

It’s given to the fire to show forgiveness and a new start.”

In addition to the dance, food and music, Holi is also celebrated by throwing bright colored powder to signify vitality, Parikh said.

Neal Shah, an East Br unswick resident, said although he enjoyed the exhibits, he thought the cultural dances were the highlight of the event.

“Seeing the teens dance like that made me proud,” he said.

”These kids were bor n and raised in America, and they still have ties to a countr y that’s over 7,000 miles away.

That’s impressive.”

Shah said events like “Glimpses of India” should be appreciated for their ability to bridge gaps between two dif ferent cultures.

“My son is a third generation of American-born Indians … but attending events like this ensure that he still has strong ties to his heritage,” Shah said. “The organizers of this event did a great job of offering a glimpse of the whole experience.”

The third par t in the “Glimpses of India” series will feature University professor emeritus Shanti Tangri, who will present a talk on the “Indian Diaspora in the Garden State” on May 3 at the East Brunswick Public Librar y.

LOCAL RESTAURANT JOINS LGBT CAMPAIGN WITH ADDED COCKTAIL New Brunswick restaurant Stage Left will of fer a new cocktail Wednesday as par t of a nationwide campaign to raise money for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, according to an ar ticle on Patch.com Van Gogh Vodka, a flavored vodka distributor, invented the “Give a Damn Mar tini” for their “Cocktails without Prejudice” campaign, according to the ar ticle. The project will aid the singer Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund.

“The Give a Damn Campaign is excited to be a par t of Van Gogh Vodka ‘s Cocktails without Prejudice,” Lauper said on Van Gogh Vodka’s of ficial website. “The company’s commitment to

raising awareness and funds for our shared mission is truly inspiring.”

Stage Left, located on 5 Livingston Ave., will join more than 60 other restaurants on March 28 for the nationwide campaign, according to Patch.com.

Par ticipating restaurants will donate $1 to the True Colors Fund for ever y mar tini that is sold at their location.

Van Gogh Vodka star ted the Give a Damn Campaign in 2010 with the aim to inspire people to become more involved in suppor ting LGBT equality, according to the Van Gogh Vodka website. Mixologist Jonathan Pogash,

known as the “Cocktail Guru,” created the recipe for the company.

“We are excited to share the ‘Give a Damn Mar tini’ with consumers and hope the cocktail spurs conversations regarding the Give a Damn Campaign’s impor tant message,” said Norman Bonchick, Chairman and CEO of Van Gogh Impor ts, according to the Van Gogh Vodka website.

The four other par ticipating restaurants in the state are Loft 47 in Newark, Paradise Bar in Asbur y Park, Switch Bar in Boonton and H20 Beach Club @ Sahara Sam’s in West Berlin, according to the Van Gogh Vodka website.

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MARCH 26, 2012

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Republican presidential nominee Rick Santorum wins Louisiana primary Saturday, but still trails behind his rival, Mitt Romney. Romney remains ahead with 568 delegates, while Santorum has 273.

Santorum takes victory in Louisiana THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREEN BAY, Wis. — Another victory in hand but still badly trailing rival Mitt Romney, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum vowed to continue his campaign despite an increasingly steep climb to the nomination.

Santorum, buoyed by Saturday’s win in Louisiana’s primary that boosted his spirit but did little to narrow the delegate gap, urged his supporters to stick with him even as much of the GOP establishment has coalesced around Romney’s increasingly inevitable coronation. Even in the face of the political headwinds, the former Pennsylvania senator seemed unwilling to acknowledge it would take a dramatic change in momentum to deny Romney his turn as the GOP nominee.

“Even though a lot of folks are saying this race is over, the people in Louisiana said, ‘No, it’s not.’ They still want to see someone who they can trust, someone who’s not running an Etch a Sketch campaign, but one who has their principals written on their heart, not on an erasable tablet,” Santorum said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “And I think that’s what helped us deliver the win in Louisiana, and I think we’re going to do very well up here in Wisconsin, too.”

But it’s going to be a tough fight, for sure.

Romney remains far ahead with 568 delegates to Santorum’s 273, according to an Associated Press tally. Newt Gingrich follows with 135 and Ron Paul has 50.

Short the 1,144 delegates it will take to clinch the nomination ahead of the convention

this summer in Tampa, Fla., Romney enjoys an organizational and fundraising advantage over his closest rival. For instance, Santorum isn’t even on the ballot for the primar y in the District of Columbia, for its April 3 primar y — the latest illustration of how the underfunded underdog struggles to keep pace with Romney’s yearsin-the-making campaign.

Santorum said earlier Saturday that he wanted to debate Romney without trailing competitors former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas on stage.

“This race has clearly gotten down to two candidates that can win the nomination,” Santorum told reporters in Milwaukee. “I’d love to have a one-on-one debate.”

Romney’s team, increasingly confident, dismissed the idea and the win.

“Rick Santorum is like a football team celebrating a field goal when they are losing by seven touchdowns with less than a minute left in the game,” said Romney spokesman Ryan Williams, who crashed Santorum’s victory party here.

Santorum shot back on Sunday, saying the comments came from “a desperate campaign that has no message.”

Santorum said voters are “looking for someone who’s going to win the election because they have better ideas, not because they’ve been able to pound their opponent into the ground with overwhelming negative ads. That’s why we won Louisiana last night, and that’s why we’re going to do well in Wisconsin.”

Neither Santorum nor Romney, who took a day off from

campaigning, was in the state as Louisiana Republicans weighed in. Both men were looking ahead at the upcoming contests, although the topsy-turvy race has proved unpredictable.

“This race is long and far from over, and to the people of Wisconsin, I just say to you: On, Wisconsin. Let’s get it done,” Santor um told a sparsely attended victor y celebration, his 11th win.

Santor um badly needed a rebound after a decisive Illinois loss to Romney earlier in the week that moved par ty stalwar ts to rally around the front-r unner. Many urged Santorum and Gingrich to drop out of the race.

Both refused, and campaigned aggressively in Louisiana in hopes that a victory there would justify them staying in despite Republican worries that the long nomination fight could hurt the party’s chances against President Barack Obama. The Democratic incumbent faces no serious primary challenge and his re-election campaign already is well under way.

Santorum’s improbable campaign was continuing Sunday, with a busy day of campaigning in Wisconsin. Aides are looking ahead at the state as a bright spot, as well as Pennsylvania, the delegate-rich state Santorum represented in Congress.

But Romney’s campaign is airing TV ads in the state, and his super PAC allies have plowed more than $2 million into TV advertising here. A crush of advertising — mostly negative — eroded Santorum’s strength in states such as Michigan, Ohio and Illinois as he simply couldn’t keep pace.

MIAMI — The U.S. Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing of black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin if there is sufficient evidence the slaying was motivated by racial bias and not simply a fight that spiraled out of control, legal experts and former prosecutors say.

So far, only one such clue has surfaced publicly against 28-yearold George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who fatally shot the 17-year-old Martin on Feb. 26 in the central Florida town of Sanford. On one of his 911 calls to police that night, Zimmerman muttered something under his breath that some listeners say sounds like a racial slur.

Zimmerman’s father is white, and his mother is Hispanic.

“It sounds pretty obvious to me,” said Donald Tibbs, a Drexel University law professor who has closely studied race, civil rights and criminal procedure. “If that was a racial epithet that preceded the attack on Trayvon Martin, we definitely have a hate crime.”

Others, however, say the recording is not clear enough to determine what Zimmerman actually said. And many experts say more evidence would be needed that he harbored racial prejudice against black people and went after Martin for that reason alone.

There had previously been burglaries in the complex committed by young black males, possibly heightening Zimmerman’s suspicions when he spotted Martin.

“They are going to have to show he was specifically targeting this individual based on his race, creed, color, et cetera,” said David Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor in Miami. “Not that he was chasing somebody down and got in a confrontation that may or may not have been based on that.”

Zimmerman’s parents, in a letter to a local newspaper, insisted their son is not a racist, and several black residents of the neighborhood where Martin was shot have only good things to say about Zimmerman. Zimmerman has not been charged with any crime and is claiming self-defense under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which eliminated a person’s duty to retreat when threatened with serious bodily harm or death.

He claims Martin attacked him as he was walking back to his truck, according to police.

“He’s not a racist,” attorney Craig Sonner said about his client.

“The incident that transpired is not racially motivated or a hate crime in any way.”

Those “Stand Your Ground” laws, in place in about two-dozen states, have come under increasing scrutiny. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., on Sunday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking for a federal investigation into whether killings are not going to be prosecuted because the laws put too much of a burden on local authorities.

Martin’s parents and hundreds of supporters say Zimmerman should have been immediately arrested and charged with the youth’s killing,

but local police say they have little evidence to disprove his selfdefense claim. A grand jury will be convened April 10 to consider whether to bring state charges, which could include seconddegree murder or manslaughter.

After receiving a no-confidence vote from the city commission, Police Chief Bill Lee announced last week he was temporarily stepping aside from his post. The city manager, Norton Bonaparte Jr., said officials want the case to be resolved fairly.

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, who has been appearing at rallies with Martin’s parents to call for an arrest, said the Justice Department should investigate the case as a hate crime.

“Any time you have a pattern of engagement based on someone’s having a particular group in mind, that qualifies for hate crime inquiry,” Sharpton told The Associated Press.

The Justice Department’s civil rights division and the FBI are conducting their own probe in the case, and a federal hate crimes charge could come out of that no matter what state authorities do.

The hate crimes law carries a potential life prison sentence when a death is involved.

Tibbs said one key is determining whether Martin’s race alone was the reason Zimmerman decided to follow him in his vehicle. Martin, who was from Miami, was staying in the neighborhood with his father and father’s fiancée and was returning from a convenience store with Skittles and a can of iced tea when the confrontation took place. He was not armed.

“He was not suspicious. What makes him suspicious in the moment is the fact that he was black. If Trayvon Martin was white, would any of this have happened?” Tibbs said.

If Zimmerman were a police officer or a government official, he could be prosecuted by the Justice Depar tment for using his official authority to violate Mar tin’s civil rights.

That was the case made against Los Angeles police of ficers who had been acquitted in state court of beating Rodney King, which sparked huge riots. Two of the four officers were eventually convicted of federal civil rights violations.

But Zimmerman was a volunteer watch captain, and even though he had a permit to carry his Kel Tek 9mm semiautomatic handgun, he did not have any official law enforcement or government authority.

Another possibility is an investigation of the Sanford Police Department itself, including questions about whether any evidence was destroyed or covered up, or whether there has been a pattern of problems involving black people. City officials insist they did an appropriate and thorough investigation, but if such violations occurred federal prosecutors could bring civil rights conspiracy charges against anyone responsible.

Bonaparte did acknowledge last week that the police department has had issues with the city’s African-American residents.

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Merging support with opposition Gov. Chris Christie’s attitude toward a University merger ignores valid concerns from opposing side

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epresentatives of groups throughout the University and abroad — including students, faculty members and state officials — have sounded off on the proposal of a merger between four South Jersey institutions of higher education into one conglomerate school. And while many have come out in support of the merger, which was outlined by Gov. Chris Christie’s Task force on Higher Education, dissenting opinion has not gone without proper public display.

Nor should it have gone unheard, considering the breadth and depth of the dissent. But Christie has overlooked the evident opposition.

The merger between the University’s Camden campus and nearby Rowan University has become all but inevitable, it would seem, now that Christie has firmly planted himself in favor of their conglomeration. Objections to the merger — which include viability, cost and the inevitable loss of the “Rutgers” name for the Camden campus — have fallen on deaf ears upon arriving at Christie’s desk.

As important and valid as these concerns are, they have received little attention from the governor, who has vowed to make the reorganization a reality.

“It happens, or none of it happens,” Christie said regarding the merger. “This is not a divisible plan. So if there is anybody … who thinks for a moment, that some of this plan can be approved, and some of it not approved, let them please be disabused.”

As we, along with so many others have already argued, such a merger would do more to harm higher education in New Jersey than it would improve it. The fusion of Rutgers-Camden and Rowan along with the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford and Cooper Medical School — though perhaps desirable from a purely pragmatic standpoint — would force the Camden campus to forfeit its cherished name for that of Rowan’s. It would potentially be accompanied with a $40 million price tag. South Jersey residents could have to wait another eight years to witness a fully integrated Rowan and RutgersCamden. This much is clear.

These problems aside, what we find doubly concerning is Christie’s standoffish attitude in considering the divergence of voices of those in support and in strong opposition to the merger.

That is, Christie has shown through comments and actions, a total indifference to the wholly valid concerns of those who disapprove of the plan. For an issue that would seem to require consent from both sides of the aisle, Christie has almost entirely discounted one side’s opinion in favor of his, and others, own self-interest. Student concern has been ignored, and the input of the University community, like some opinions expressed during Board of Trustees and Board of Governors meetings, has been scorned and neglected. It remains unclear as to whether the governor can push a merger through legislation via executive order independent of the approval of these boards.

Here on the University’s New Brunswick campus, this attitude has left students with an ultimatum. Apart from the RutgersCamden/Rowan reorganization, an often-overlooked section of the merger plan includes the New Brunswick campus acquiring Robert Wood Johnson Medical School — an addition University student and officials have long-desired for its obvious benefits. Yet with his “all or nothing” mentality, Christie has forced many to choose between a Rutgers-without-Camden and a New Brunswick campus with a medical school.

We see, of course, little advantages in utilizing this kind of logic.

Christie should not have to deal in ultimatums to get what he wants, and neither should the University community. We all should not rush into getting a merger of this nature accomplished — if indeed it must be accomplished — and we see no reason why it cannot be taken in pieces and carried out over an extended period of time.

Instead, Christie should be uniting individuals on these issues — given the considerable levels of disagreement regarding it — rather than alienating them.

As previously noted, it remains to be seen whether Christie will be able to carr y out such a plan legally, without the support of the University’s governing bodies. Legal experts have already begun to evaluate this controversy. But we do know that Christie must hear concerns from both sides of the aisle if such a merger is to be truly successful, if at all possible.

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to this social reality that the believe that men and sexism in question occurs. women are spiritually Firms realize they can make of the same substance the most money by undereven if their bodies are difpaying workers they can get ferent. Though a man may away with underpaying and have anatomy and horby promoting the employees mones suited for one purwho will put in the most pose in reproduction and a ED REEP hours. The way to stop the woman may have anatomy sexism is to change the and hormones suited for social reality, inspiring a change in our culture that another, men and women are both equally human will change the general behavior of women such that with minds that are not necessarily different from it will no longer be rational for firms to discriminate each other. Yet sexism is extremely common in our against them in pay and promotions. My discussion society and extremely problematic. will use the framework of the traditional, asymmetriWhether it is in everyday interactions or in the cal heterosexual relationship and the associated employment practices of organizations, women are family structure. I fully acknowledge the existence frequently treated differently than men — and often and validity of other types of relationships and famitreated worse. On a daily basis, men often objectify ly structures — I just don’t think women in their language and atticulturally influenced behaviors tude, and women are often paid less associated with those things have than men in similar job positions “The way to stop impact on this type of sexism. and passed up for promotions. I do the sexism is to change an Traditional family values still domnot know how our society can stop inate more or less in our country. the sexism that exists in everyday the social reality, To get more women CEOs, we interactions since so much of it inspiring a change must begin highly encouraging two stems from extremely ingrained things in the traditional heterosexcultural traditions pertaining to our in our culture.” ual relationship. One, we need to mating rituals, but I think I know encourage men to feel more comhow we can stop the sexism that fortable working less and live off occurs in corporate America with the fruit their wife’s labor. Men often feel shame with women not getting as fair a shake as men when it this idea, wanting to provide for their family and fulcomes to their career prospects and compensation. fill some cosmic goal of worthiness, but if men and To alleviate this sexism in pay and promotions women are truly of the same spiritual substance, and to get more highly paid female CEOs, we first then women should have every right to pursue this must understand the reasoning behind it. Why do goal, too. I think many men would actually enjoy the people with decision-making power frequently pay idea of being more of a homemaker, living an easier women less and pass them up for promotions? For life and getting to better know their kids. If women the most part, their reasoning does not stem from are generally seen as just as likely to be their family’s the idea that women are not as smart or competent main breadwinners as men, lower pay for women on as men. Women have no doubt demonstrated in the assumption that their pay isn’t as important to recent decades that they can rival men in academic their family should stop. Two, we need to encourage and professional settings, with colleges now containwomen to feel more comfortable neglecting their ing scores of successful female students and compafamilies and engage in workaholic behaviors. The nies containing scores of successful female workers. fact is that no matter how much flex time, day care or Rather, the reasoning behind this sexism in pay whatever companies provide mothers, women will and promotion stems from the somewhat accurate still have a disadvantage compared to men in being perceptions of the female role in the family. able to work long hours because it is more socially Employers tend to imagine two things. One, women acceptable for men to sacrifice their family for work are not the main breadwinners in their families, and than women. The busy, distant father always away on two, a woman will not be able to devote herself to her trips is much more familiar and understandable to us job as much as a man because a woman will want to than the woman who similarly shirks her maternal spend more time with her family. Both of these ideas obligations. The thought of a mother who will work are more or less true when generalized, and it is day in and day out while her loved ones pay the price because of profit-maximizing behavior in response

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REEP continued from page 8 shocks us more than a man who does the same — but if women and men are really of the same spiritual substance, then it shouldn’t. The workaholic behavior and familial neglect required to reach high ranks in many organizations — regardless of whether you approve of it — should not be viewed any differently whether men or women engage in it. If women then generally are just as willing as men to perform the extra work required to climb organizational ladders, we should see more equity in promotions for women.

As you can see, what I am arguing for in order to get the United States more female CEOs is a change in our view of the tradition-

al heterosexual relationship. Note that I am not arguing that we fundamentally alter the traditional heterosexual relationship — rather, I just want us to allow it flexibility.

There should still be a “male” role and a “female” role in this relationship, but whether a literal male or literal female fulfills the role associated with their gender should be irrelevant. When that flexibility is in place, sexism in pay and promotions should generally end.

Ladies, if you’re ever going to feel guilty about being strangers to your kids or letting your spouse freeload, don’t just because you’re female.

Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in economics and business and technical writing. His column, “Philosophies of a Particular American,” runs alternate Mondays.

Brace for political unrest this spring Letter ROWAIDA ABDELAZIZ hat happens when a society creates a huge, growing underclass of unemployed or underemployed, powerless people who believe — and correctly so — that the powers in government and big business don’t care enough about them to act in their interests or even hear their voices?

History suggests the answer: Out of prolonged desperation, the situation will explode in frustration and people may resort to violence to be heard. If legitimate means of voicing dissatisfaction are cut off, people are prone to act out. This, I fear, will increasingly happen with the expanding populist protests, most notably the Occupy movement. Actions to remedy the present social and economic injustices happen slowly at best, particularly at a time of unprecedented congressional paralysis.

People tend to become impatient when they cannot find work, pay bills or put a roof over their heads.

Let’s remember that these young people have been promised a democracy when they grow up, so they’re now expecting one — nay, demanding one.

Are they getting one? We can’t

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begin here to go into all the ways that the present power structure favors the privileged and the powerful at the expense of the majority. With corporations now officially declared people, they have fully supplanted people as the prime objects of government policy.

Comments such as Newt Gingrich’s “Get a job” and “Take a bath” or Mitt Romney’s “I’m not concerned about the very poor that have a safety net” only reinforce the sense that no one is listening, adding yet more fuel to the fire. Where are those jobs Mr. Speaker? How many jobs were destroyed by Wall Street greed and lax regulation by politicians in the pockets of their corporate donors?

It’s ver y doubtful that the unrest will subside until significant change occurs. After all, this is democracy — and as we’ve been told, democracy is not only desirable, it’s inevitable. I hope our elected representatives act swiftly to begin restoring some semblance of populist democracy or I fear the situation will deteriorate as the frustrations explode this spring.

Tony Giordano is a part-time research consultant at the Heldrich Center and an adjunct instructor in social science at Brookdale Community College.

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Today's Birthday (03/26/12). Love prevails. This year reveals what's most important, and compassion takes the cake. You begin to see your priorities in a new way and crave a change. Consider the impact of your actions on those who love you. Momentary freedom may not be worth long-term consequences. Above all, to thine own self be true. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Call a favorite friend or sibling just to say you care. Push for a raise, or promote your project ... the listening's favorable. Sell it.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Think over what you want. Talk a little. Define your terms. Review the logical steps. Sell it privately. Your fortunes increase and you make it look easy.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — You're strong and creative for the next two days, comfortable in your own skin. Try again at something you've failed at before. You have new talents now.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Choose for comfort and beauty. Elders are in a good mood so stay connected. Talk to a partner tonight, and discover what they want.

Write up your thoughts.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — The job's more fun than you expected. A long distance communication brings great news. Write it all down, and edit to the juicy goodness.

Send your message out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Get more than you asked for in a particularly tender moment. Review your plan, write it down and prepare in private. Let go of expectations. Follow logic.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Today's good to go over finances and to work on projects that require concentration. Make time to feed your creative soul. Poetry, anyone?

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Write down your financial goals with the help of an expert. Dig around and find more value. The answer is right in front of you. Listen to suggestions.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — There's plenty of work, and that's the fun part. Prepare well and go through the tasks with ease and confidence. Accept a well-earned acknowledgment.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — You're exceptionally artistic and cute now.

What will you create with your vision? Don't get lazy; you have so much to express. Share happiness and inspire.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Explore new territories with your partner. You never know what you're going to get, but you can adapt to the changes. Leave investments in a safe place.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Projects may pile up quickly unless you bring organization. Delegate what others can do better or those things you don't enjoy. No need to be overwhelmed.

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MARCH 26, 2012

FINISHES: Sophomore earns school-best performance continued from back

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Junior Danielle D’Elia competes in the floor exercise Feb. 25 at the Livingston Recreation Center.

D’Elia finished second on the team in the event Saturday at the EAGL Championships.

SERIES: Offense utilizes aggressive approach in swings continued from back O’Grady hit a triple with the bases loaded, and Kivlehan hit his second home r un of the season.

Seton Hall freshman pitcher Jose Lopez left the mound after that inning, and the Knights took advantage by changing their approach.

“You definitely don’t want to chase pitches,” Kivlehan said, “but that’s what we did given our matchup.”

The Knights’ 10-2 victory in Game 2 was a bounce-back win,

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Junior Jeff Melillo served as designated hitter during Friday’s second game of the series, starting the other two at catcher.

the type of win they have focused on this season after tough losses.

“We had to move forward knowing we had to win the next two games to win this series,” Hill said.

“I think our guys have that mentality to quickly forget what happened and go to the next game.”

The Knights’ bats heated up for 13 hits despite lineup changes.

Sophomore Michael Zavala played catcher for junior Jeff Melillo, who shifted to designated hitter.

But Zavala maintained the offensive production at the position, going 2-for-5 with a walk and three RBI. Junior righty Rob Smorol maintained the Rutgers lead with one run allowed in six innings to earn the first Knights win in Big East play.

“You lose the first game, and obviously you don’t want to lose the series, so the middle game is the most important game in the series,” Smorol said.

The final game of the doubleheader was the first game in which a Seton Hall (10-12, 1-2) pitcher left early. Junior lefty Rick Mangione departed after 1 2/3 innings after allowing four runs and putting seven on the base paths.

That was not the case for junior righty Jon Prosinski, who shut out the Knights in their Big East opener. Prosinski struck out five and did not walk a single batter.

“He was hitting his spots. He could locate his pitches,” Kivlehan said. “We were just a little nervous the first game.”

Hill said the improvement throughout the series was promising for the rest of Big East play, but the Knights are still a work in progress.

“All the teams in this conference are tough,” he said. “I am pleased with this weekend, but we have to put it behind us and keep working to get better.”

the Rutgers record books. Their final score was the highest in program histor y at the EAGL Championships, eclipsing the previous record of 193.625 set last year.

Even in his first year as head coach of the Knights, Levine was confident his squad would make history eventually.

“We knew coming into the season that we had a great team that was capable of doing great things,” Levine said. “We were able to weather the storm of a few injuries and really fight through and grow as a team as the season went along.”

Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman led the Knights throughout, living up to her billing as First-Team All-EAGL All-Around. The Tabernacle, N.J., native found her own place in Rutgers history with a careerhigh all-around score of 39.125, good enough to tie for fifth place overall.

Gunzelman’s finish was the best in program history.

“I’m very happy with myself. I started off a little shaky, but I was able to pull through,” she said. “It was all about getting the scores for my team. When I perform for my team and not for myself, I tend to do a lot better.”

Gunzelman’s career-high 9.900 on the floor exercise placed her in second out of 49 competitors.

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“I went after two of the best floor workers we have and just went for my landings,” she said.

“I performed for judges and crowd, and the score was just there. There is not really a feeling to describe it — it was just pure excitement.”

But Levine strives for his team to perform as a single unit. On the floor event, Gunzelman was not the only member of the Knights to impress.

All six members of the floor lineup scored at least a 9.750, with D’Elia and junior Jenna Zito finishing behind Gunzelman with scores of 9.850 and 9.825, respectively.

Although it is an event they lost throughout the season because of injury, the floor exercise emerged as the Knights’ favorite, D’Elia said.

“Floor is definitely our strongest event, and we didn’t even have all our strongest per formers in. It goes to show that we do have backups, and we do have people fighting to get into the lineup,” D’Elia said. “We all love floor. We love to per form. When your teammates are doing your routine with you on the sidelines, you feel like you have so many people behind you.”

The Knights peaked at the per fect time, D’Elia said, and more impor tantly, they did it as a team.

“You strive to be perfect all the time,” D’Elia said.

“Sometimes it doesn’t happen but I think EAGLs was a great example of us coming together and getting close to being perfect.”

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

Outdoor conditions affect Big East qualifiers

BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.— It was a tough day of competition for the Rutgers track and MEN’S TRACK field team Saturday at the Monmouth Outdoor Season Opener, as inclement weather limited performances.

The Scarlet Knights achieved only one Big East qualifying mark on the day with senior Kevin Bostick’s first-place height in the high jump of 2.01 meters.

The event, which was not scored, took place in low 50degree weather that felt colder as moderate breezes, cloudy skies and light rain beset the afternoon.

Despite their lack of qualifying marks, several Knights put up

respectable performances considering the conditions.

Bostick, who is coming off of two consecutive redshirt seasons, regained his form in the high jump after recording a no-height last week.

“I feel pretty good about the meet today. It did get a lot colder as the meet went on, which was just inoppor tune,” Bostick said. “I definitely don’t feel like I’ve lost any step. Coming back, I thought that I was going to have to build up a lot more, but it’s like I never even had that redshir t year. I feel like I’ve been jumping this whole time.”

Freshman Kadeem Douse, who has not competed since early Februar y and missed the Big East Championships with a number of injuries, finished

second in the 100-meter dash — and first among collegians — with a time of 11.18 seconds.

The race took place against

KEVIN BOSTICK strong headwinds that inflated running times.

The Ewing, N.J., native said he is now ready to prove to his coaches that he can be one of the sprinters the Knights can rely on for the rest of the season.

“That’s what I intend to show them this whole season,” Douse said. “That’s why I’m just tr ying to get after it, run some hot times. The wind and the temperature kind of got in the way of me running the time I wanted to, but [sprint] coach Lou [Tomlinson] understands.”

Sophomore Curtis Richburg started his outdoor season off on the right foot, winning the 800-meter dash in 1:56.05.

Junior Pat Gray finished in a three-way tie for first in the pole vault with a height of 4.40 meters. Gray, used to competing in the rain throughout high school, was satisfied with his start to the outdoor season.

“It’s good to start the season off with that,” he said. “I think it’s funny when it drizzles a bit, as long as it’s not in my eyes

because it messes up everybody else. But I’m just so used to bad weather that it just doesn’t mess with me.”

Head coach Mike Mulqueen understood the effect the conditions had on his team, but insisted the team needs to pick up its performance as the season wears on.

“It’s an early season, New Jersey March meet,” he said. “So you never know what you’re going to get. Windy, cold, I’ve been here [at Monmouth] when there were snow flurries. Come April and May, we’ve just got to get a whole lot better.”

The Knights will skip next weekend’s Arizona State Invitational to train through for the Colonial Relays on April 6-7 in Williamsburg, Va. They are expected to return the regulars who sat out this week’s meet.

Season opener features heavy gust, encouraging attempts

BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

A strong headwind, which cuts down strokes per minute, threatened the Rutgers rowing team’s ROWING season opener Saturday along the Cooper River, said head coach Max Borghard.

But the conditions did not prevent one of the Scarlet Knights’ boats, the varsity eight, from placing second at the Murphy Cup. “The wind kind of knocks you down, makes the water rough, makes it pretty challenging when it’s blowing as hard as it was,” Borghard said.

The unit finished nearly four seconds behind Temple’s varsity eight, highlighting the Knights’ performance in Pennsauken, N.J. Rutgers nearly enjoyed another taste of success when its varsity four began its heat.

“The wind was howling pretty good at that point,” Borghard said.

The Knights’ four freshmen led the first 500 meters of the race, Borghard said, before succumbing to more experienced boats. But first and foremost, Borghard looked for effort out of the youthful team.

He said he found it.

“When it’s not the nicest conditions outside, it has to

remind you that ever ybody has the same conditions and just put your work helmet on and go to work,” Borghard said.

“We did a really good job of just tr ying to row hard. It’s got to star t there, and the technique will come along.”

The Knights used to begin their season with races against Navy, Borghard said, but the Murphy Cup became a tradition during the last few seasons. The cup features the varsity four, the varsity eight and a novice race, among others.

Borghard used it as a barometer for the team’s work during training, which began in early Januar y.

“It gives you [the chance] to see where you fit within that spectrum of schools,” Borghard said.

“It’s not just … racing a super-fast school or super-slow school. You have the margin that gives you a wider range of who’s out there.”

Borghard credits his seniors and coxswains for poise during the early stages of the season.

They dictate the pace of the boats when Borghard can only watch during races, he said.

“They bring so much experience,” Borghard said. “Senior rowers can help a little bit here and there, but in the middle of the race, they’re hammering on a little bit. Most of the leadership … in the boat is going to come from

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coxswains. They’ve already done a lot for us this year.”

The Knights travel to Syracuse, N.Y., next weekend for a meeting with the host Cornell; the Orange, who they beat last year in the Big East Championships; and Boston University, which they bested in the Eastern Sprints a year ago.

Borghard hopes the early results follow them, this time with the wind at their backs.

“With a young squad, we keep talking about making progress from week to week,” he said. “I thought that pretty much across the board, all the boats fought through pretty challenging conditions.”

going pitch by pitch,” Bragg said.

“I wasn’t always hitting from progress in first league games ahead in the count, which would be favorable. I was sometimes behind in the count. When I was, continued from back I tried to battle and foul off the hit the way we planned to go after pitches until I got something I her, inside, and the kid kind of could handle.” just turned into the pitch and Nelson’s goal moving fortook it on the shoulder.” ward is to improve the mindset The problem for the of the team. He wants the playKnights came at the plate in all ers to go into ever y game, no three games. matter the Despite a better opponent, like “We did have showing in Game 3, it did in its Rutgers had no last outing. a rough first day, answer for the highAnd he est-ranked pitching thinks the team but we definitely staff in the country. on its way to made adjustments isgetting The Bulls held there. the Knights to only “We’re tr y[yesterday] ... and seven hits in the ing to … mainchanged a lot.” series while blanktain a high ing them in intensity level,” ASHLEY BRAGG each game. he said. “We Junior Shortstop “I think we did still have our have a rough first challenges, but day, but we defiI think our vetnitely made adjustments erans are there and some of [Sunday] and changed a lot of our freshmen are, as well. We things that are going to help us still have a few challenges, and in the future,” said junior shortthat’s with ever y team.” stop Ashley Bragg. “At the The next test of that mindplate, we had a much better set comes Wednesday in approach mentally and we’re Rutgers’ first game of the seaattacking good pitches, making son in New Jersey. It takes on the pitcher work and throw a Seton Hall, and Nelson thinks lot of pitches, working counts.” the benefits to facing the conBragg saw her own four-game ference’s best pitching staf f hitting streak snapped in the will begin to come through. final matchup.

“At this point in the season, She was one of three what we’re looking for is to get Knights to get hits in two of better and just keep getting the three games, joining senior better,” he said. “Hopefully Brittney Lindley and sophowhen we get to pitchers that more Loren Williams. aren’t quite as tough, we’ll put “I really was just trying to together more hits and score a focus on having good at-bats and few more runs.”

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MARCH 26, 2012

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he Rutgers men’s lacrosse team lost to Notre Dame yesterday, 12-9, in South Bend, Ind. The Scarlet Knights (4-5, 02) shrunk their deficit to 9-8 with a goal from sophomore attackman Nicholas DePaolera with 16 seconds left in the third period.

But three unanswered goals in the four th quar ter clinched the victor y for the Fighting Irish. Two of Notre Dame’s Sean Rogers’ teamleading four goals came in the period.

Notre Dame’s Big Eastopening win improved its conference-leading overall record to 6-1.

For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum.

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Sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli handles the ball Wednesday in a win against St. Joseph’s. Sbrilli scored the game-winning goal Saturday at Fairfield, where the Knights overcame an early four-goal deficit for their fourth win in a row.

RU outlasts host Fairfield in overtime

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

It took two overtime periods, but the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team captured its fourth straight victory Saturday, defeating Fairfield, 11-10.

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Sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli scored the winning goal 44 seconds into the second overtime period, securing the Scarlet Knights’ fifth victory of the season.

Head coach Laura Brand-Sias was happy to simply leave Connecticut on the winning end.

“We star ted the game extremely flat with our ef for t and per formance in the first half,” Brand-Sias said. “I would have loved to have a complete game so we wouldn’t have go into over time, but obviously I’ll take the win.”

The matchup was not without suspense, as the Knights (5-3) trailed the Stags (5-3) in the first half before coming back to force overtime. Rutgers trailed, 7-3, entering the second period.

But then it took a 9-8 advantage, thanks to junior attack Annie McGinley’s score with little more than 11 minutes left in the game.

Still, Fair field’s Kate McKinley scored with less than three minutes of play, forcing over time.

In the first extra period, senior attack Danielle Mascera dished an assist to junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson. The goal put the Knights up, 10-9, and gave Anderson her fourth goal of the game.

The Stags responded to Anderson’s strike, finding the back of the net with 1:06 left in

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men’s basketball point guard Kendall Marshall did not play yesterday against Kansas in the Elite Eight.

Marshall fractured a bone in his right wrist against Creighton in the Round of 32.

He sat Friday in the Sweet 16 victory against Ohio.

The point guard had surger y March 19 to inser t a screw in his non-shooting wrist. He practiced Saturday on a limited basis.

Marshall was bothered by his injur y yesterday during shootaround, which eliminated the optimism that he would play.

He averages 8.1 points and 9.8 assists per game this season.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES

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Junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson looks to pass Wednesday against St. Joseph’s. Anderson’s overtime goal put the Knights ahead before Fairfield forces a second overtime.

second baseman Chase Utley will miss the rest of spring training and will not be in the team’s opening-day lineup because of his injured knees.

Utley misses opening day for the second straight year.

He played 103 games in 2011 and made his season debut May 23.

He said he feels better than he did at this point last year, according to Yahoo! Sports.

Utley also said he will not consider surgery because he has not been informed of one that comes with a 100 percent success rate.

NEW the first overtime on an Amanda Best goal.

The second over time provided the game-winner, as Sbrilli struck with 2:16 left to lift Rutgers past Fair field Anderson was happy with the Knights’ performance after their first-half deficit.

“We kind of were coming off slow in the first half and we were down by a few goals,” Anderson said. “It was good to see our team being able to turn that around and come back and fight until the end and come up with the win.”

The slow start began when Rutgers let up Fairfield’s first goal four minutes into the game.

Anderson responded with a goal to tie the game, 1-1, but the Knights’ deficit quickly snowballed into a four-goal hole entering into the second half.

Anderson pointed to the time during the locker room as the reason why the Knights staged their comeback victory. “[Brand-Sias] commented on where our heart was and where are intensity was,” Anderson said.

“She challenged us to come out with that win.”

Anderson took that challenge head on, recording two of her goals after halftime.

Big East play is now the focus. The Knights face Notre

Dame in their first league game, when the Irish will Yurcak field with a No. 6 national ranking and an undefeated record.

Rutgers also enters the match hot, riding the momentum of a four-game winning streak. But Brand-Sias knows the team has to enter the match knowing the different level of play that comes with conference action.

“We need to flip the switch and focus now on Big East play,” Brand-Sias said. “Any result that has happened before this doesn’t matter. We need to put ourselves in a position to get into the Big East Tournament.”

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reliever Joba Chamberlain was released from a hospital yesterday, three days after dislocating his right ankle bouncing on a trampoline.

General Manager Brian Cashman said Chamberlain’s recovery is going as expected, according to CBS Sports.

Chamberlain hurt himself playing with his son Thursday at a recreation spot. He needed surger y after a bone broke through his skin.

The 26-year-old will be in a cast for six weeks. There is no timetable for his to return.

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RU trips in trio of league road contests

BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Fred Hill. “Especially going against one of our rivals, we were not going to give in.”

The Knights (11-10, 2-1) won under unexpected conditions. One week removed from a shutout, junior lefthander Rob Corsi left in the second inning because of an undisclosed injur y.

But the Rutgers tides abruptly turned with a six-run second inning to take a 6-1 lead.

Sophomore centerfielder Brian O’Grady and senior third baseman Pat Kivlehan accounted for five RBIs.

In the final matchup of a three-game set with No. 22 South Florida, the Rutgers softball team was set up to avoid a third straight loss.

The first two batSOFTBALL ters in the top of the RUTGERS 0 third reached base, but five batters SOUTH FLORIDA 1 later, the Scarlet Knights went back into the field without a run.

That was the closest Rutgers would get in a 1-0 loss as the Bulls completed the sweep.

“We just didn’t get the timely hits. We had our chances,” said head coach Jay Nelson.

“We had runners on second and third, runners on first and second a couple times. We just didn’t get the timely hit.”

The third inning in yesterday’s game was indicative of the day. There was improvement from the two losses Saturday, but not enough to push the game into the win column.

Despite the loss, Nelson was happy with the difference he saw.

“We played well [yesterday],” he said.

“We played without any errors, we played sure of ourselves.”

The biggest positive sign came from freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith. The Vacaville, Calif., native got roughed up in the first game of the series — she gave up eight runs, six of them earned, on only four hits and walked two in only 2 1/3 innings in the 9-0 loss.

Landrith bounced back yesterday, limiting the Bulls (29-5, 3-0) to only one run and two hits.

Her only rough patch in the game was the fifth inning, in which USF scored the game’s only run.

The Knights (11-15, 0-3) gave up a hit batter, a walk, a fielder’s choice that moved the runner up one base, a pop up and an intentional walk, followed by a hit batter, which led to the run.

But Nelson was still encouraged.

“Alyssa did a really good job,” he said.

“She went after that [second] hitter that she

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Senior third baseman Pat Kivlehan reached base in all five of his at-bats in Saturday’s 9-6 win against Seton Hall. Kivlehan batted in two runs to help the Knights win the rubber game of the series. Rutgers is now 2-1 in conference play.

Knights win opening conference series

BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The rain picked up at Seton Hall, and junior pitcher Jerr y Elsing of the Rutgers baseball team had the bases loaded in the bottom of the BASEBALL eighth inning.

As up and down RUTGERS 9 as relief pitchers SETON HALL 6 are, one bad pitch could not have been more consequential for the Scarlet Knights.

It could have meant blowing an 8-6 lead, not getting the chance to bat in the ninth inning because of weather and losing the series to the in-state rival Pirates.

Seton Hall rightfielder Will Walsh popped out to junior first baseman Bill Hoermann, and the Knights got out of the jam that nearly prevented Saturday’s 9-6 victory.

After Friday’s doubleheader in which the Knights dropped the first game, 3-0, and won the second, 10-2, the final win clinched the series.

“It is always our goal to take two of three when we go into a series,” said head coach

Rutgers records historic finishes at postseason meet

BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

When his first season as the new head coach of the Rutgers gymnastics team began, Louis Levine made one clear goal for the Scarlet GYMNASTICS Knights: improveRUTGERS 193.850 ment from meet to meet.

EIGHTH PLACE As the Knights’ season came to a conclusion Saturday at the EAGL Championships, the culmination of their season-long improvement showed through. In its final per formance of the year, Rutgers recorded its highest score of the season, 193.850, to finish in eighth place.

“Obviously we came together, and we finally did what we wanted to all year,” said junior Danielle D’Elia. “We had some really great moments and some really big scores that we were capable of hitting all year. Ever yone just had a great meet from star t to finish.”

The Knights’ eighth-place finish and score were good enough to land them atop

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Sophomore Alexis Gunzelman performs in the flood exercise Feb. 25 in a quad meet at the Livingston Recreation Center. Gunzelman paced the Knights with a career-high all-around score Saturday at the EAGL Championships in Pittsburgh.