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Founder speaks on importance of service

BY ZACHARY BREGMAN STAFF WRITER

Bernard Amadei promised hired landscapers in Colorado 13 years ago that he would use engineering to help people in their homeland, Belize. To keep his promise, he founded Engineering Without Borders-USA. Today, the foundation has about 12,000 members spread throughout the world, Amadei said.

Amadei presented the importance of engineering in addressing international problems to an audience of about 150 University students at the Fiber Optics Auditorium on Busch campus.

The audience gathered for the 28th annual Mason Welch Gross lecture, where the Class of 1962 presents their Presidential Public Ser vice Award each year.

Amadei, chosen to speak because the University student chapter of EWB-USA won the award in 2011, said he had told his landscapers he could use his engineering background to help improve conditions in Belize.

After two years without correspondence, Amadei said he finally heard from one of the landscapers.

“In December of 1999, I received an email from one of them and he told me, ‘Hey, two years ago, I was in your backyard, [and] you mentioned that you could help, so it’s time to keep your promise,’” he said.

Amadei said he soon traveled to Belize and found children carrying water back and forth to their villages, a problem he knew needed a practical solution. “[It] was the first time I was going to bring together my desire to help people and my engineering expertise,” he said.

Amadei said he found a waterfall at the end of a river near the village and started a $140,000 project on a pump to provide power to the village using the current.

Amadei said EWB-USA gives students a chance to leave the classroom and to apply what they learn to practical issues. “[My students would say], ‘We are tired of doing problems from our textbooks, we want to do something different,’” he said.

Amadei said the motives behind his organization could be summarized by a quote from Albert Einstein: “The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.”

EWB-USA has completed more than 350 different projects, according

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Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland, encourages global cooperation to stop climate change.

Former president of Ireland pushes for climate justice

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Bernard Amadei, founder of Engineers Without Borders-USA, explains the roots of the foundation during the 28th annual Mason Welch Gross lecture yesterday at the Fiber Optics Lecture Hall on Busch campus.

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Cast members of MTV’s “The Buried Life” speak about their upcoming book, “What Would You Want to Do Before You Die?” and how they help others complete a task on their bucket list yesterday at the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

Climate change no longer affects only distant glaciers and polar bears.

Mary Robinson, the first female president of Ireland from 1990 to1997, explained to an audience of about 200 people that previous climate policies have failed to address how climate change affects both men and women.

“Women must be heard. In many countries and cultures, women are at the forefront of living with the realities and injustices,” said Robinson, a former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the chair of the International Institute for Environment and Development. “They can play a vital role [as] agents of change within their communities.”

The Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society hosted the lecture yesterday at the Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus, after University President Richard L. McCormick had invited Robinson to the University.

“The icon of climate now is a poor woman in the village when the seasons changed and she can no longer grow food,” Robinson said. “She has no plan B and no insurance. That’s the impact of climate change now.”

Melanie McDermott, associate director of the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society, said the lecture is part of an effort to spread awareness of issues relating to both gender and climate.

“We’re trying to find the places where there are opportunities for people to talk to each other,” McDermott said. “We’re trying to bring together people working on climate change and gender equity and get these communities talking.”

Robin Leichenko, the director of the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society, said 60 to 80 percent of farmers in rural areas sub-Saharan Africa are women, who deal with climate change directly.

“Agriculture is essentially on the very front of climate change,” said Leichenko, an associate geography professor. “It depends on the weather, on precipitation, on the temperature.

[The female farmers] are the most out there, the first ones who are affected by any kind of shift in weather patterns.”

McDermott said the female population is often underestimated and may have the answer to these problems.

“Among poor households, poor women have lots of ideas about what they need,” she said. “If we help them become less vulnerable to all the climate shocks, we need to listen to them.”

Leichenko said measures should be taken on the domestic front as well.

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APRIL 3, 2012

U. RESEARCHERS FIND CAUSE OF BRAIN DISEASE Karl Herrup, chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, said the University has uncovered information as to why a progressive childhood degenerative disease attacks the brain.

Through researching mouse and human brain tissue, Herrup and University researchers were able to detect HDAC4, a protein, throughout the body but missing in the brain, resulting in the death of young adults who died from axtaxia-telangiectasia, A-T, a neuro-generative disease, according to a Rutgers Today article.

Using mice genetically modified with the defective protein found in children with A-T, scientist treated them with trichostation A, a chemical compound that inhibits the ability of HDAC4 to modify proteins and found they were able to withstand balance tests as good as or better than normal mice. This outcome proves that brain cell function could be restored, according to the article.

“We can never replace cells that are lost,” Herrup said in the article. “But what these mouse studies indicate is that we can take the cells that remain in the brains of these children and make them work better. This could improve the quality of life for these kids by unimaginable amounts.”

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Professor gives insight to energy’s rising costs

BY ELIZABETH KEARNS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Through a comparison between Myanmar and China, Edward Cunningham, director of the Har vard Kennedy School Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative, explained that energy development in certain communities could influence economies worldwide.

The lecture, hosted by the Rutgers Energy Institute and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy yesterday, was the fourth in its series that aims to bring the global influence of energy to University students.

China, unlike Myanmar, has transitioned from an energy producer to a consumer, he said.

“This is a profound transition,” he said. “We are starting to see impor t tolerance. …

China was a large coal exporter, and three years later was a large coal importer.”

China now produces half the global production of coal and is 90 percent energy self-sufficient, he said.

“It went from having 1 billion tons of coal to having 3.4 billion,” he said. “They look at the United States and see a country that was much more strategic and that has purchased many resources from others and not exhausted their own reserves.”

During the period when China was growing, the country was meeting its energy demand internally, Cunningham said.

But Myanmar’s exchange rate has not changed in more

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Edward Cunningham, director of the Harvard Kennedy School Asia Energy and Sustainability Initiative, outlines the contrasts between Chinese and Myanmar resource development.

than 20 years because the military has a stronghold over the countr y’s gas reser ves, said Cunningham at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Building on Douglass Campus.

“It drives an obstacle for farmers … regardless of what you are producing, no one can afford it,” said Cunningham, an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University.

The government in Myanmar is low on natural resources although gas production has increased. Myanmar is investing their future in gas off shore and oil on shore, Cunningham said.

“I think that energy is the ultimate stake,” Cunningham said.

“China didn’t have a stake beforehand. It was, you build things and someone buys them. But it was clear that while the economy was dependent on the outside world, there are many different markets.”

He said students should care about the world moving toward a carbon-constrained community and globally.

“We are going to see a new player in the region, we are seeing carbon growth. … Will they link consumers or will they be using hydro more effectively? To what extent will you be long-term stable?” Cunningham said.

Cunningham said the rising costs in China could af fect the United States through driving inflation.

Robert Kopp, associate director of Rutgers Energy Institute, said the seminar series are held to bring a diverse group of speakers to the campus to talk about the impacts energy has on the world.

“It is as basic as: 'Why is energy important?'” Kopp said. “It includes a perspective on technology and policy. The seminars are events that bring together students and faculties.”

Edwin Chen, a Rutgers Business School junior, said he came to the event to learn about the imports and exports in China through the seminar.

— Yashmin Patel contributed to this story.

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Students make sand art yesterday during the Rutgers University Programming Association Boardwalk Night at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

SERVICE: Organization works on 400 projects globally continued from front to EWB-USA website. The organization consists of engineering students, faculty and professionals nationwide working together on projects in more than 45 developing countries to help create sustainable living environments.

The University's EWB-USA chapter participates in projects that nclude providing heat to poor people in Kabul, Afghanistan, through an innovative method, which converted garbage into a flammable sub-

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NJ RESIDENTS TO FACE STRICTER ID REQUIREMENTS WHEN RENEWING DRIVER’S LICENSE New Jersey authorities plan to toughen the laws surrounding the issuing and renewing of state driver’s licenses, according to an article on nj.com New Jersey will adopt stricter standards in what is deemed acceptable documentation for driver’s identity and legal residence because of changes to the federal law after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to the ar ticle.

The new requirements will have the state issue federally compliant licenses with a gold star placed on the top-right corner. The changes are expected to go into effect May 7, according to the article.

New Jersey will join eight other states, including Delaware, already complying with the federal standards for issued licenses, according to nj.com.

Drivers who were born before Dec. 1, 1964 can avoid the new rules if their noncompliant licenses are renewed by mail before November 2013, according to the ar ticle.

Raymond Mar tinez, chairman of the state Motor Vehicle Commission, told philly.com

stance, Amadei said. The new University Class of 1962’s 50th method was a relief to the peo- anniversar y fund. ple who would other wise “[The alumni of the Class of depend on expen1962] have gensive wood purchaserously sup“It really made es from Pakistan. ported an annuE l i z a b e t h al public ser vyou think about Silagi, a School of ice award that is engineering Engineering junawarded to stuior, said the dents, faculty education.” lecture intrigued and staff and is JOSH DAVID her and that it was presented at a School of Arts and Sciences not the first ceremony in Senior time she heard [University Amadei speak.

P r e s i d e n t Richards L. Richard L. Edwards, interim vice president McCormick’s] home,” for Academic Affairs, said the Edwards said. annual public ser vice award Amadei’s story inspired some ceremony would not have been students, such as Josh David, a possible without the aid of the School of Arts and Sciences sen-

the organization kept workers in mind when adding the delayed requirement.

“We’re tr ying to help customers flow by having a two-tier system,” he said. “It’s so we don’t get killed with extremely long lines in our offices.”

The new licenses will last for eight years, twice as long as the current licenses but carr y a cost of $48, according to the article.

The current four-year licenses cost $26.

Beginning Dec. 1, 2014, those younger under the age of 50 must show a compliant ID, such as a driver’s license, to board a plane or enter a federal building. Those born before Dec. 1, 1964 have until Dec. 1, 2017, to obtain a compliant ID. To get a compliant license or ID at a Motor Vehicle Commission office after May 5, applicants have to bring identification showing their principal residence, legal status in the countr y and provide a Social Security number, according to the article.

These documents include a valid U.S. passpor t, copy of a U.S. bir th cer tificate with an of ficial seal or a cer tificate of naturalization or citizenship.

ior, and his goal to aid impoverished regions throughout the world with engineering.

“I thought [the lecture] was ver y moving,” David said. “It really made you think about engineering education and how there can be an impetus for social change from the perspective of someone with such a technical background.”

David said these types of lectures are impor tant because it allows students to get an over view of some of the global problems such as pover ty.

“It made me more aware of the issues and with that awareness I can take that and evaluate which career path I would like to pursue,” he said.

JUSTICE: Robinson says climate affects sexes differently continued from front “In the United States, women are often the ones making the decisions on what food to buy, what household products to have,” she said.

“They have a lot of power to make different choices that are better for the environment.”

Robinson started the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice last year as a human-centered approach to climate change and a platform for facilitating action.

In her ef for t to encourage international cooperation, she successfully pushed the United Nations to star t drafting a “Green Climate Fund” treaty, which should be completed by 2015.

But the promise of a resolution is not enough, Robinson said.

“We need to keep up the pressure and increase the sense of urgency, so by 2015, countries will be ready to decrease their greenhouse gas emissions,” she said.

Though the 15 poorest countries are responsible for less than 1 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, these areas are most affected by reckless treatment of the environment, Robinson said.

Jacquelyn Litt, Douglass Residential College dean, said education is important for women working in agriculture.

“The education of women is a recipe for improving the standard of living for everyone,” Litt said. “The climate includes issues like that.”

Robinson said advocates of humanitarian and environmental efforts should join hands with the federal government to deal with this issue.

“An obstacle that has been identified is that the two communities have had little contact with each other,” she said.

“These gaps need to be bridged. It’s not beyond our ingenuity for governments and [non-governmental organizations] and academics to work closely together.”

Joanna Regulska, University vice president for International and Global Affairs, said she hopes the lecture will help transform thought into action on campus.

“Maybe it will make us act and make us engage more than we have been,” Regulska said.

“Maybe it’s not only about thinking and theorizing, but ultimately it’s about our own actions.”

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Library hosts ceremony after reaching 50-year milestone

BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR

To honor the 50th anniversary of their town’s public librar y, about 70 Middlesex Borough residents gathered at a ceremony Sunday to reflect on the historical significance of the center.

The highlight of the ceremony, held in the Middlesex Borough Public Library, was a tribute quilt presented by a group of Middlesex residents in honor of the history behind the building, said Edward Johnson Jr., an attorney for the library.

“What this quilt does is commemorate dif ferent things that happened throughout the town during the last 100 years,” he said. “There are 25 squares, with each one illustrating a dif ferent thing. It’s a historical thing.”

The Middlesex Borough Public Librar y began in December 1963 as a small storefront containing just 100 reference books, Johnson said. The idea came after a Middlesex citizens committee decided the borough needed its own librar y instead of using the Bound Brook Memorial Library.

The library received a new building in 1970 after the city approved the $248,000 construction project, Johnson said. The building, which has remained open ever since, has grown to

become a community hub for the Middlesex Borough residents.

“We did one in the past, and then we decided to do another one for the 50th anniversary to remind people of who we are and what we do,” said Lou Johnson, who helped make the new quilt with 19 other residents.

Marian Rodzinak, one of the Middlesex Heritage Quilters, said each square in the new quilt was created with a specific idea in mind, with her own square representing the Middlesex Horseshoe Pitchers Club.

“The annual horseshoe tournament for the state of New Jersey is held right here in Middlesex,” she said. “These things are just very interesting.”

The ceremony also looked for ward to next year’s 100th anniversar y of the borough, Johnson said. In addition to the quilts, residents recently used different forms of art mediums to preser ve the past centur y of town histor y.

“We have done two books on Middlesex for Arcadia Press,” he said. “We have done a picture history of the borough covering a period of 1916 to 1950, and then we did an update with another book for 1950 to 2000.”

Johnson said while the Bound Brook Librar y is much older, the Middlesex Public Librar y has been around long enough to consistently

GIANCARLO CHAUX / METRO EDITOR

Local residents wove a quilt in honor of the Middlesex Borough Public Library’s 50th anniversary presented in the library’s meeting room. Each square represents a moment from the borough’s history.

strengthen bonds between the town’s residents.

“This is a small town,” he said.

“We all seem to get along well because you know everybody in the town.”

Johnson said that even after 50 years, the library continues to be regarded by new comers as a significant part of the community.

“The library is used tremendously,” she said. “The circulation just goes up and up. We have a lot of people coming from different countries and different places, and the first thing they do is come to the library to get them

selves established in the area and read English.”

May Lein Ho, director of the Middlesex Borough Public Library, said the library has reached an impressive status considering the relatively small size of the town it is based in.

“For the past three years, our circulation has reached more than 100,000 items,” Ho said. “It takes lots of discipline and lots of hard work to keep an organization like this going.”

Among those present at the ceremony were members of the original 1961 committee responsi-

ble for deciding whether the borough needed a new library.

Ho said the event gave those longtime members a chance to reflect on the histor y behind the building.

“We planted a little seed 50 years ago, and now it’s a very healthy fruit tree,” she said.

Rodzinak said the turnout at the event was greater than the organizers expected, yet there is always room for more support.

“We would love to see more younger people, but we didn’t really advertise too much … until the last minute,” she said.

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Saxophonist John Petrucelli and his group will perform at Tumulty’s Pub at 361 George Street in downtown New Brunswick at 8 p.m. The free event, hosted by the New Brunswick Jazz Project, will also feature a jam session starting at 9:30 p.m.

The Alfa Art Gallery’s anniversary exhibition begins at 6:30 p.m. at 108 Church St. in New Brunswick. The free exhibit presents three artists who create abstractions with different technique and imagery approaches. The artists include Chinyee, Bertha Thompson and Tony DiBella.

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The Joe Magnarelli Group will perform at the Hyatt Regency Hotel at 7:30 p.m. The line up includes Magnarelli on trumpet, Ralph Bowen on tenor sax, Akiko Tsuruga on organ and Dan Monihan on drums. The performance is free of charge.

New Brunswick City Council will hold a meeting at Council Chambers in City Hall at 78 Bayard St. in New Brunswick. During this regular public meeting, the public may listen to the discussions and speak according to the City Council’s practice.

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Julian McCullough will per form stand-up comedy at the Stress Factor y at 8 p.m. McCullough is known for his “Comedy Central Presents” special in 2009 and hosted “40 Funniest Fails” on VH1. He has also per formed on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.” Tickets are $20 and available at the box of fice at 90 Church St. or at www.stressfactor y.com.

Drummer Winard Harper and his band, Jeli Posse, will perform at Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant on 338 George St. in New Brunswick at 7:30 p.m. There is no cover charge, but patrons must have a $5 minimum purchase to stay for the performance.

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The Moscow Festival Ballet will perform Prokofiev’s ballet, Cinderella, at The State Theatre on 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Tickets for the show, which starts at 8 p.m., are available at www.statetheatrenj.com or at the theatre’s box office.

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The New Brunswick Free Public Librar y will host “Introduction to Traditional Chinese Culture, Music and Dance” at 60 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. The free class, sponsored by Shen Yun Performing Arts, will include an hour-long slide presentation focusing on Chinese histor y, art forms, traditions, and stories. Light refreshments will be ser ved.

Gar y Mullen and the Works will perform a new set list of classics by the band Queen at the State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. “One Night of Queen” will give audiences a note-for-note- theatrical experience of hits like, “A Kind of Magic,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Another One Bites The Dust,” “FatBottomed Girls,” and more. Tickets are $25 and available at www.statetheatrenj.com or at the box office.

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The Dave Stryker Quartet, with Dave Stryker on guitar, Freddie Hendrix on trumpet, Jared Gold on organ and Rudy Royston on drums, will perform at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. The event, which has no cover charge, is part of the New Brunswick Jazz Project.

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Californian gunman kills seven students THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND, Calif. — A gunman opened fire yesterday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended hours later with his capture at a shopping center, authorities said.

The gunfire erupted around midmorning at Oikos University.

Heavily armed officers swarmed the school building in a large industrial park near the Oakland airport.

For at least an hour after the shooting began, they believed the shooter could still be at the school.

Television footage also showed bloodied victims on stretchers being loaded into ambulances. Several bodies covered in sheets were laid out on a patch of grass at the school.

Police spokeswoman Cynthia Perkins said seven people were dead. She did not release any other details about the victims.

Myung Soon Ma, the school’s secretary, said she could not provide any details about what happened at the small private school, which serves the Korean community with courses from theology to Asian medicine.

“I feel really sad, so I cannot talk right now,” she said, speaking from her home. “No one can go there because the access is restricted right now.”

Police believe the shooter acted alone, though they have not discussed a possible motive.

Those connected to the school, including the founder and several students, described the gunman as a former nursing student.

Officer Johnna Watson said the suspect is an Asian male in his 40s and was taken into custody at a shopping center in the neighboring city of Alameda. Watson would not confirm if he was a student.

Watson said most of the wounded or dead were shot inside the building. The industrial park in which the school is located also

includes the county food bank and a local Girl Scouts headquarters.

“It’s a very fluid situation and an active investigation,” Watson said, declining to discuss details of the arrest or a possible motive.

KTVU-TV reported that the shooter was a student and opened fire in a classroom.

Pastor Jong Kim, who founded the school about 10 years ago, told the Oakland Tribune that the shooter was a nursing student who was no longer enrolled. He did not know if the shooter was expelled or dropped out.

Kim said he heard about 30 rapid-fire gunshots in the building.

“I stayed in my office,” he said.

Deborah Lee, who was in an English language class, said she heard five to six gunshots at first.

“The teacher said, ‘Run,’ and we run,” she said. “I was OK, because I know God protects me.

I’m not afraid of him.”

Angie Johnson told the San Francisco Chronicle that she saw a young woman leave the building with blood coming from her arm and crying: “I’ve been shot.

I’ve been shot.”

The injured woman said the shooter was a man in her nursing class who got up and shot one person at point-blank range in the chest before spraying the room with bullets, Johnson said.

“She said he looked crazy all the time,” she said the victim told her, “but they never knew how far he would go.”

Jerry Sung, the university’s accountant, said the school offers courses in both Korean and English to less than 100 students.

He said the campus consisted of one building. Sung said many of its students went on to work in nursing and ministry.

“The founder felt there was a need for theology and nursing courses for Korean-Americans who were newer to the community,” Sung said. “He felt they would feed more comfortable if they had Korean-American professors.”

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A Ron Paul supporter asked GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney a question about his Mormon faith yesterday while campaigning for Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary. Romney refused to address the question.

Romney dodges religion question THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREEN BAY, Wis. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney faced a tough question about his Mormon faith while campaigning for today’s Wisconsin primary.

A Ron Paul supporter, 28year-old Bret Hatch, asked Romney whether he agreed with a passage from the Book of Mormon that describes a cursing of people with a “skin of blackness.” Romney’s staff took away the microphone before the Green Bay man could read the passage.

“I’m sorr y, we’re just not going to have a discussion about religion in my view, but if you have a question I’ll be happy to answer your question,” Romney said yesterday.

Hatch then asked whether Romney thought it was a sin for interracial couples to have children.

“No. Next question,” Romney responded curtly.

Hatch was citing verses from Nephi in the Book of Mormon, which describes a cursing of people with a “skin of blackness.”

Critics often cite this verse as an accusation that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are racist, and consider Mormon teachings heretical.

Some Mormons may also have heard the verses in their community as an explanation of why men of African descent had been banned from the church’s priesthood until 1978.

Church leaders have said that interpretation is inaccurate.

The church recently issued a statement from its of fices in Utah denouncing racism and warning against what it called speculation about the origins of the prohibition of African men from the priesthood.

“For a time in the church, there was a restriction on the priesthood for male members of African descent,” the church

said. “It is not known precisely why, how, or when this restriction began in the church, but what is clear is that it ended decades ago.”

Romney often talks about the decade he spent as a volunteer Mormon pastor in the Boston area before becoming governor of Massachusetts.

Not long after Hatch’s question, Romney reflected upon that experience.

“This gentleman wanted to talk about the doctrines of my religion. I’ll talk about the practices of my faith,” Romney said, noting that his service as a pastor helped him connect with people on “a very personal basis.”

“Most Americans, by the way, are carrying a burden of some kind. We don’t see it. We see someone on the street, they smile and say hello, but behind them they’re carrying kind of a bag of rocks,” Romney said. “I want to help people. I want to lighten that burden.”

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WORLD TRADE CENTER REACHES 100 STORIES, TO BECOME TALLEST BUILDING IN CITY NEW YORK — The new World Trade Center has reached a milestone: The skyscraper being built to replace the terror-wrecked twin towers is now 100 stories high — on its way to becoming New York’s tallest building.

Another four feet, and it will surpass the Empire State Building. That should happen within weeks, Steven Coleman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Monday.

One World Trade Center is expected to be finished by next year, its 104 floors towering over lower Manhattan.

But feet not stories determine whether a building ranks as the tallest. The twin towers, built in the 1970s, were New York’s tallest structures until destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.

The Empire State Building then became the city’s tallest building at 1,250 feet.

At 101 floors, One World Trade will reach 1,254 feet above street level. Upon completion, it will be 1,368 feet to its rooftop.

There’s a special twist when it comes to counting floors.

One World Trade grew from 93 stories to 100 just since last week. That is because six floors do not actually exist. The numbers were skipped to make up for the building’s massive base, plus mechanical equipment taking up space.

Condé Nast has signed a lease to move in by 2014, along with the China Center representing that country’s business and cultural links to the United States.

With a mirror-like glass surface, One World Trade stands tall above the 16-acre site where other new buildings also are rising. The rebuilt site includes the National September 11 Memorial & Museum commemorating the acts of terror that took almost 3,000 lives in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Pa. — The Associated Press

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he House of Representatives approved, by a narrow margin, a $3.6 trillion Republican budget last Thursday. With massive cuts to research grants and Pell Grants for low-income students, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget plan could force us to address a problem that concerns students not just here at the University, but across the country: the increasing costs of higher education.

Such a budget is significant because, if passed, it would worsen a problem that too many are already suffering from. In the face of higher education costs that have already placed strain on many families across the country, Ryan and other Republicans would remove essential funding from educational benefits. According to a White House press secretary statement, more than 9 million students would see their Pell Grants fall by as much as $1,100, and about 900,000 more would lose their grants altogether under a budget plan like the one passed.

While there are few students at the University who can influence legislation this large, the University community is provided another opportunity to reexamine the cost of education at our own institution. The Rutgers University Board of Governors will host its annual “Open Forum on Tuition and Fees” at 6:30 tonight, during which students will be able to address University officials and voice their opinions on tuition-related issues.

The BOG Open Forum has seen little attendance in previous years from the University community. Even when a proposed tuition hike loomed around 3.1 percent last year, few students came out to voice their concern. It’s clear, however, that while national legislation like the Republican budget may be beyond the clout of student action on campus, University tuition and fees are directly subjected to it. The University’s “Walk into Action” last year, which drew hundreds of students to the College Avenue campus to protest tuition hikes and faculty salary freezes, underlines this notion — in response to rising student concerns, tuition at the University was cut down from 3.1 percent to 1.6 percent, the lowest hike for in-state students in more than two decades.

We urge students to get out and attend tonight’s BOG “Open Forum.”

The rising cost of higher education poses a greater problem to students and their families in the future. And while the fate of Ryan’s legislation may be out of our hands, the fate of tuition here at the University is not.

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ew Brunswick, in an effort to foster a closer relationship with students on campus, launched its Student Connections program last week. In theory, this “city council on wheels,” is a great way to strengthen a relationship between the city and the University that has a tendency to fall slack. It is also an improvement to past programs with the same aim, like Lunch with the Mayor. But next time around, we hope to see it better implemented.

Student Connections, along with last semester’s Lunch with the Mayor, were conceived with the idea that with regular meetings between city officials, University students who may have been otherwise too busy to make their way off campus for monthly city council meetings would be able to voice their concerns on their own time. Last semester’s endeavor, though largely successful, failed to accomplish this goal — sit-down lunches with the Mayor James Cahill still required students to allocate specific portions of their schedules to attending a meeting and could often conflict with class schedules. But by positioning city hall members at tables around campus for a three-hour shift, Student Connections has done much to resolve this issue. Students can now talk with members while running errands, on their way to class or at their own convenience.

But the program still leaves some things to be desired. Poor implementation, including little promotion by either the University or the city, has left many unaware of it in the first place. Furthermore, the program should have made it a point to visit the most popular areas on campus first — i.e. College Avenue campus — in order to bolster the most publicity and garner student attention. Ideally, we would have liked to see more hype about the program, as it is one that’s mutually beneficial to both parties.

Overall, though, the program offers students with an important opportunity to voice their concerns about their community to city hall members, and city hall members to learn more about the wants and needs of University students. The first installment of the program, during which Cahill tabled on Douglass campus, handing out surveys and chatting with students about city-related issues last Tuesday, highlighted the need for increased interaction between students and city members. Some students could not even recognize Cahill as he sat in the Douglass Campus Center — a clear indication that students at the University often lack basic knowledge of their own community. We’d also argue and would like to see this program extend to the city itself. Such a program could significantly improve relations between community residents and city officials.

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So how can the United ike most college States solve these probseniors graduating lems? Pundits always say it this May, I am will require bold moves on beginning to realize how litJUSTIN HAYDEN the part of politicians, but I tle time I have left in the see a way in which voters coddled life of academia can facilitate change in an organic way. The United before I must venture out into the tumultuous job States should introduce a weighted voting system market. This creates an apprehension that can for the election of candidates for national office, make even the proudest graduate consider skipwhich skews power away from seniors and toward ping their commencement ceremony in order to people with children that represent the future of the save $50 on the cap and gown. That money could country’s economy. buy a week’s worth of food while one struggles to Under this new voting system, the votes of people find a job after graduation. with children or other dependent minors would be The causes of the nation’s economic struggles more heavily weighted than the votes of people withhave been well-documented, and the economy out dependent minors. Every person would receive seems to be very slowly rebounding. But in order to a single vote for themselves plus extra weight added ensure a stable economy for future generations, to their vote depending on how many children they what must be discussed now are solutions to the have custody of. How much extra weight could be major threats to the economy’s long-term health. left up to debate, but I propose that The two main threats, which hapa man and woman (married or pen to be intertwined, are the “Rather than investing unmarried) who share custody of ever-increasing national debt and children each receive an extra Washington’s habit of investing in young families ... fourth of a vote for every child money in the wrong places. they have, while people with sole The national debt is more than policymakers spend custody of children should receive $15.5 trillion and growing with a huge share of our an extra half of a vote for every ever y year’s budget proposal, child they have custody of. which spells trouble for the money supporting The political power of seniors nation’s future health for a multithe nation’s elderly. ” will be watered down, while tude of reasons. Of equal concern American families who desperateis where the money has been and ly need help, and younger parents continues to be spent. Roughly 40 who care more about their children’s futures than percent of the national budget is dedicated to Social Social Security checks, will be empowered. It would Security and Medicare, while a relative little helps suddenly become politically expedient for lawmakmiddle-class families and, as a recent Brookings ers to make cuts to the nation’s most costly proInstitution study showed, only 5 to 10 percent of the grams (Social Security and Medicare) and invest budget is spent on the nation’s youth. This should more into programs which foster the development of come as no surprise since minors cannot vote, senits youth and help out struggling American families. ior citizens vote in the highest numbers and lawThis kind of voting may seem unfair at first, but isn’t makers are most responsive to the interests of those it more unfair that the votes of an elderly couple with who might cast ballots for them. It is detrimental to no children to represent as much power as the votes the country though — rather than investing in of a mother and father who represent a household of young families and the development of the counas many as seven or eight people? try’s future workforce, policymakers spend a huge A voting system weighted in this way will share of our money supporting the nation’s elderly. empower the American family, help America’s The country’s aging population makes this model youth and therefore, put us on a path toward longespecially unsustainable. term prosperity. This way, maybe when it comes The most effective first step toward shrinking time for my son or daughter to graduate from colthe debt would be to trim Social Security and lege, they will not have an unstable economy that Medicare benefits, but this solution is rarely serimakes them think twice before purchasing their cap ously considered since lawmakers fear the political and gown. backlash from seniors — a group who votes in disproportionately high numbers that will punish any Justin Hayden is a School of Arts and Sciences senpolitician who touches their benefits. Besides, cutior majoring in political science and philosophy with ting seniors’ benefits will not automatically gear a minor in sociology. money toward programs for minors anyway.

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Give The Medium Attend BOG Open Forum Letter silent treatment T Letter F CONNOR MONTFERRAT or those who don’t know The Medium, it is a student-r un weekly comedy newspaper. The paper refers to itself as “The Enter tainment Weekly of Rutgers University.”

Wikipedia indicates that, “as a result of frequent attacks on their right to print offensive material, the editors and contributors [of The Medium] turned the paper into a veritable exercise of their First Amendment Rights,” often in ways that resulted in protests from the student body and pressure from the administration. Nearly all protests against the paper have been largely inef fective because of the University’s commitment to democracy. This time, let’s make our protest effective.

I’m drawing attention to their “Personals,” but not because it directly affects me.

On the contrar y, it affects the diversity of students on this campus that the University prides itself on. In the personals section, anonymous messages are printed like classifieds in the newspaper, allowing students to freely criticize University administration, students and national establishments. I am for freedom of speech, but I know when to draw the line, and not print racial and ethnic attacks. I would understand criticizing the administration, faculty, students, buses, etc. in a positive, productive way. But I do not see attacking students based on racial, ethnic or sexual orientation as productive, nor do I see it as an example of freedom of speech on campus.

When deciding whether speech is of public or private concern, Chief Justice John Rober ts said that we should examine the “content, form and context” of speech “as revealed by the whole record.” Speech deals with matters of public concern when it can “be fairly considered as relating to any matter of political, social, or other concern to the community,” or when it “is a subject of legitimate news interest; that is, a subject of general interest and of value and concern to the public.” The First Amendment does not follow, however, that people may intentionally inflict severe emotional injur y on private persons in today’s world by launching vicious verbal attacks that make no contribution to public debate. I was in the outer of fice when Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill into law making it illegal for state laws or r ules to identify anyone with a developmental or intellectual disability as “mentally retarded,” known as the “R-word.”

The R-word shouldn’t be said, however it is used frequently in day-to-day conversations, but not in public newspapers and publications. The “Fword” in the gay community is avoided as well, but The Medium has no problem printing it. The “N-word” doesn’t seem to faze Medium editors and contributors either. These examples show that bigotr y is

still alive today. Most know this already, yet most still deny it happens right here in New Jersey, let alone on the University campus. I am pointing out that defending The Medium’s interpretation of freedom of speech is completely ignorant of what our nation’s founders would have wanted and what today’s world doesn’t want or need.

The University is more diverse than most colleges in the state and in other state universities. New Brunswick is a second home for me, as I was born here, treated for leukemia here as a child and now attend this great University. The University’s commitment can be to democracy and to diversity. The current version of The Medium is said to be purely satire and humorous based on events on the University campus, current events and popular culture. There should be no bias or prejudice based on people’s race in student “entertainment” newspapers. Derogator y language of the past only continues to show the ignorance of today’s world and University students at a place I call home.

University President Richard L. McCormick said in 2004, “while this student-funded publication is protected by the First Amendment, the vicious, provocative and hurtful material [The Medium’s] editors have chosen to publish is completely at odds with our values as a university.” It was in response to the political car toon called “Holocaust Remembrance Week” that captioned what they called political satire, but most would call cruel speech. The Daily Targum freely lets us express our right to freedom of speech granted by the First Amendment. My background does not exemplify diversity.

However, I was raised and have grown up in a world to accept and learn about differences in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or physical disability.

I may disagree with most on campus because of my political views. In some cases, people have preconceived notions of me because of my political views. However, as a student leader, scholar, research staffer, advocate and student on campus, I see stopping what this paper prints as a priority. I ask of all of you, the University community, to refuse to read this paper until action is taken.

No one in their right mind would allow for this to print at the University, such a diverse, interconnected and renowned school. Leave The Medium where it lays, near the trashcan at full stack, just as it was delivered. Our education and academic success at the University is not well-represented in things such as this paper, so please stand with me in shedding light on the real face of The Medium.

Connor Montferrat is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science and criminal justice. He is the president of the Rutgers College Republicans and the University chapter of the Childhood Leukemia Foundation.

KRISTEN CLARKE he Rutgers University Board of Governors will host their annual “Open Forum on Tuition and Fees” tonight at 6:30 in the multipurpose room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. This is an extremely rare opportunity for students, as they will have the chance to directly address the Board of Governors — which controls tuition fees — and discuss their experiences with tuition rates on campus.

The BOG is an 11-person entity that will eventually vote on the tuition and fee increases in July. It is crucial that students speak at this event about which programs they wish were funded more or how they feel about a tuition increase.

This event is the only time each year that the board allows students to address them concerning tuition and fees. It is also extremely important because of its timing. The board and administration spends weeks coming up with a budget for the following fiscal years. In addition to running the numbers and prioritizing programs, the board and administration take one more important thing into consideration — student feedback.

I’ve been working with the Board since July, and I can assure you that they care what students have to say on matters like this.

That is why they’re taking time out of their schedules to sit in the Student Center tonight and listen to what students have to say about tuition and fees. So my advice is — take advantage of it. Show up tonight and let your voices be heard. Tell the Board exactly

what you think about our student fees and increasing tuition.

For more information concerning the event, I recommend checking out the Facebook event “Rutgers University Open Forum on Tuition and Fees.” You can also follow @RUassembly, which will be live-tweeting the event.

Students do have a voice at this University, and I urge you to take advantage of an opportunity for your voice to be heard. In exchange for only an hour of your time, you will be able to make your presence known to the most powerful people at the University.

You are entirely in control of whether your opinion is heard, and I strongly recommend that you act on this opportunity.

Kristen Clarke is a senior in the School of Arts and Sciences. She is the student representative to the Board of Governors.

Student arrests defame U. Letter CARL LEVITT hen the student body votes each spring and fall for our student government, we acknowledge that we as students cannot all speak at once. We elect an assembly to represent and speak for us. We vote for the best and brightest men and women of our University and place them in a position of responsibility.

First and foremost, these representatives serve as our link to the administration. Beyond dialoguing with the vast University bureaucracy, they also represent our university to the world. They release statements regarding important events in our University and the surrounding area, giving a voice to the student body.

With this image of our noble representatives in mind, I was shocked to see a rather distressed man on the front page of The Daily Targum on Tuesday, March 27. I recognized the man to be none other than the Rutgers University Student Assembly president Matt Cordeiro. To me, he looked shocked, as if he was blinded by the sun. I was as shocked as Cordeiro looked, outraged that my voice, my representative, was handcuffed in Washington, D.C. Upon reading the article in the

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Targum, I discovered that he had been arrested for protesting outside of Sallie Mae on the topic of student debt. Cordeiro said he knew he would be arrested if he did not leave. I do not see the purpose of him being arrested. This man’s quarrel was with Sallie Mae, not the police of Washington, D.C. I read further and reached a quote from another one of our trusted representatives, RUSA Vice President John Connelly. He said there might be some people at the University who don’t know who Cordeiro is. Again, I recoiled from the paper, horrified. How could any responsible, civically minded member of this institution not participate in the assembly process? How could anyone not know our representatives or at the very least our president Cordeiro? Connelly went on to say that the goal of this protest was similar to the “Walk Into Action.” A shudder went down my spine as I remembered the first “Walk Into Action” last spring. I was in a lecture in Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus. A crowd of people ran down the hallway shouting and banging desks.

Someone had a megaphone. For more than five minutes, class came to screeching halt.

I turned back to the front page and looked again into the face of Cordeiro. I saw a different man

than my first impression of him.

This time, he did not look shocked, rather, Cordeiro appeared serene and accepting of his fate. In that picture I saw my own face and the face of every University student. I imagined this University in handcuffs for protesting. But protesting what? I will not speak for my fellow students, but I have no desire to disrupt the traffic of Washington, D.C. or to shout into a megaphone in Voorhees Mall.

I turned away repulsed. I put my faith in an assembly to represent me — not embark on a personal crusade. The Targum headline read “RUSA president among arrested in student debt protest,” not “Three University students arrested.” As Cordeiro was participating in the protest as part of the United States Student Assembly Conference, I can only infer that he was acting on behalf of our student assembly. I was ashamed to be associated with people who could play so callously with the reputation of my University. I envisioned an assembly of honorable men and women acting respectfully and professionally as befitting the prestige of Rutgers University, my University.

Carl Levitt is a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

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Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Things are getting busy. For the next month, as Venus enters Gemini, you immerse yourself in study and research. Imagine the project as completed and a great success.

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Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — The routine you're practicing gets enhanced by the rules you already know. Your self-discipline is respected. Don't flirt quite yet. Study a while longer.

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Check supplies and equipment.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You're entering a two-day sociable phase. Friends want to play. Extra paperwork leads to extra profits. For the forseeable future, it's easier to save money. Go on out.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Your duties may keep you from social events. You might as well bring love and fun to your work. It's going to be easier to compromise for a while.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Work is more fun now. Don't fall for a con or throw money down a hole.

Improve efficiency. Pay bills. Let a partner take the lead.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Work gets in the way of romance now, but more opportunities for love abound for the rest of the month. Bring productivity to new levels.

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Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Your partnerships develop and bring positive changes. Definitely choose love over money. Relax and enjoy both. There's a lucky break.

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Senior Morgan Ivey won in No. 3 singles Friday, 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, the only point scored in Rutgers’ loss to the No. 26-ranked Bulldogs.

DEFEAT: Knights suffer second Ivy League loss to Yale continued from back 5, against Elena Najera-Salas and Natalie Dunn. Sophomore Stefania Balasa and freshman Noor Judeh won in No. 3 doubles, 8-6, but it was not enough to capture the doubles point.

Despite the loss, Bucca was happy with the way the team fought in doubles action.

“We played good doubles. We were just so close in matches,” Bucca said. “The doubles were right there, which is a good indication that we are playing to our best abilities in doubles.”

Singles was the only part of the match where Rutgers secured points, and the contribution came from two freshmen. Balsamo defeated Ruth in a suspended No. 5 singles match, 7-6, 4-3, while Judeh was victorious in the No. 6 match, 6-2, 6-3.

Judeh’s performance in both doubles and singles play was something Bucca looked for all season out of the rookie. Judeh has struggled in her first season with a 5-8 singles record.

But her recent play resulted in three singles victories in her last four matches.

“She had a very good day,” Bucca said. “Hopefully the break-

through today will bring her to the level of play where we know she should be at.”

The Knights were also unsuccessful securing the doubles point in Friday’s 6-1 loss against No. 26 Yale in New Haven, Conn.

The Bulldogs (12-3) swept doubles, including a 9-8 victory facing Petrini and Holzberg in No. 1 doubles.

Petrini could not capture her 10th singles win of the season, dropping her match to Yale’s Elizabeth Epstein, 6-3, 6-3.

Holzberg dropped her match, 6-3, 6-7, 10-6, while Balasa lost in straight sets to Vicky Brook, 6-4, 6-3.

Ivey was the only Knight to secure a point in the match. The senior co-captain won her close No. 3 singles match, 6-3, 2-6, 10-7.

Both freshmen lost their matches, capping Rutgers’ fourth loss to a ranked opponent and its second defeat this season to an Ivy League school.

With Rutgers’ return to a .500 record, the focus shifts to tomorrow’s match against Connecticut to repeat its former winning ways. Bucca wants the team to use the weekend as a learning experience going into the later part of its schedule.

“They have to bring the positive spirit to our next match against UConn,” Bucca said. “They cannot hang their heads after losing to two good opponents.”

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Sophomore centerfielder Brian O’Grady tripled Sunday in Game 3 against Georgetown, scoring a pair of Knights baserunners.

HOYAS: Shortstop breaks

“It was one of those days when things went the right way,” Kivlehan said. “Some days they tie with Hoyas on late single just give you the right pitches.”

Friday was not one of continued from back those days.

Sophomore shor tstop Pat Georgetown ended Kivlehan’s Sweeney broke the 4-4 tie in seven-game multi-hit streak in its the top of the eighth inning 13-1 series-opening win. with a single through the left The rest of the lineup strugside that scored junior rightgled, too, with only six hits and fielder Steve Zavala. one walk.

Sophomore center fielder Rutgers (13-12, 3-3) entered Brian O’Grady then recorded the series winners of five of its an RBI for the second straight last six games. Even without a game out of the productive lineleadof f spot. He up, the pitching tripled to score “[Sophomore pitcher also did its part the two runners in preventing Slater McCue is] on base, and then that number young and hasn’t scored on a throwfrom being six ing error. pitched a whole lot. of seven.

The Rutgers “I was surlineup produced in I think he’ll be fine.” prised,” Hill said.

Saturday’s 10“It’s the first soFRED HILL inning, 13-12 loss, so outing that Head Coach but Georgetown we’ve had from produced at the our pitchers [in right times. a while].”

The Hoyas walked eight Junior righty Tyler Gebler times, and the Knights paid for (1-2) suffered the loss, allowing putting them on base, especially six earned runs and 10 of the in the 10th inning.

Hoyas’ (13-15, 2-4) 18 hits in Junior pitcher Charlie Law four innings. allowed two baserunners by hitAfter the Knights’ most lopting one with a pitch and walking sided loss of the season, Hill the other. That set up two rundoes not want to see a repeat scoring hits from shortstop today against Princeton at Mike Garza and designated hitBainton Field. ter Corbin Blakely, who hit a Sophomore righty Slater walk-off single.

McCue earns the start for the “Saturday, we gave up too Knights and has control issues many freebies,” Hill said. “That of his own, walking nine and kept [Georgetown] in the striking out six this year. But game. If we hadn’t done that, I Hill is optimistic about think we would have had an McCue’s chances. easier time.”

“It’s difficult to tell how anySenior third baseman Pat body’s going to react because Kivlehan went 4-for-6 with two of the weekday pitchers,” he home runs — one occurred in said. “He’s young and hasn’t the top of the 10th — batted in pitched a whole lot. I think he’ll five and scored three runs. be fine.”

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RU rookie works toward goals

BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER

When Christina Dibernardo was only a freshman in high school, her coach told her right away she WOMEN’S TRACK w o u l d compete in college. Dibernardo saw many different programs send her letters to express their interest.

At that point, Dibernardo knew she would compete at the Division I level, and in 2011 she joined the Rutgers women’s track and field team.

Many athletes who receive college letters as early as Dibernardo feel enormous amounts of pressure, but the Woodbur y, N.Y., native did not.

“I was just really excited,” Dibernardo said. “There was no added pressure.”

Early on in the indoor season, Dibernardo sat out for a shor t time because of minor injuries. But when she was ready to compete, she performed at a high level.

Dibernardo earned results, qualifying in the indoor season

for both the Big East and the ECAC Championships in the 500 meter. In the ECAC, she placed ninth in the 500 meter with a time of 1:14.37.

Only two meets into the outdoor campaign, Dibernardo has qualified for the Big East Championships in the 400 meter.

“So far my freshman year has been great,” Dibernardo said. “There really hasn’t been anything bad that happened so far.”

Since Dibernardo is only a freshman, she has time to progress. Dibernardo set goals for herself to reach throughout the course of her athletic career at Rutgers.

“Personally, I want to win a medal in the Big East Championship by the time I graduate,” Dibernardo said.

“Obviously I would like to win a gold, but I will be happy with a bronze or silver.”

Even though some may call the goal she set high, Dibernardo knows what she has to do to reach it.

“I am just going to work really, really hard and

listen to my coaches,” Dibernardo said.

Distance coach Jan MerrillMorin acknowledged Dibernardo’s hard work.

“She’s a very coachable athlete,” Merrill-Morin said. “When she comes to practice, she is ready to work every day. She is always positive and works hard. I am very pleased with her results this year.”

Merrill-Morin and Dibernardo are working on improving her 800-meter race so she can be a more diverse athlete. MerrillMorin hopes Dibernardo can qualify for the Big East Championships in the 800 meter during the outdoor season.

“I am very excited to see what is going to happen with her,” Merrill-Morin said.

Dibernardo shares the same excitement, and is excited to be a part of the team.

“Technically even though we are all in separate groups during practice, we are like one big family,” Dibernardo said. “We really come together during meets, and no matter what group you are in, we always cheer each other on.”

FRESHMAN WINS FIRST BIG EAST AWARD The Big East named Rutgers softball freshman Alyssa Landrith to its weekly honor roll Monday, SOFTBALL her first conference award.

Landrith appeared in all five of the Scarlet Knights’ games last week, helping them to a 5-0 record while picking up four wins.

She threw 12 2/3 innings in Rutgers’ two-game sweep against Seton Hall and followed up her performance with 16

innings pitched in last weekend’s three-game sweep of Georgetown.

Her first game of the week, a 1-0 victory in Game 1 against the Pirates, resulted in her first collegiate no-hitter. She picked up seven strikeouts in the win.

In Game 1 against the Hoyas on Saturday, she gave up two runs but also tallied a careerhigh nine strikeouts.

Landrith reached a streak of 15 consecutive scoreless innings.

During the three-game stretch, the Vacaville, Calif., native totaled 23 strikeouts, only two walks and a 0.98 ERA. Last week’s tear brought her win total to 11, the best on the team — junior Abbey Houston has the next most wins on the team with four — and two more wins than any Knight picked up all of last season.

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Senior infielder Pat Kivlehan earned league weekly honors a week after conference player of the week recognition.

THIRD BASEMAN MAKES SECOND WEEKLY HONOR ROLL Rutgers baseball third baseman Pat Kivlehan yesterday earned a spot on the Big E a s t BASEBALL We e k l y Honor Roll.

The senior ear ned the recognition for a second straight week, after he was named Big East Player of the Week.

Kivlehan recorded seven hits, six runs, three home runs and 11 RBI last week in four games. He has reached base in 18 consecutive games and driven in at least one run in his last six games.

The West Nyack, N.Y., native’s best game was Saturday against Georgetown, when he went 4for-6 at the plate with two home runs and five RBI. The second long ball gave the Knights a 12-11 lead in the top of the 10th inning.

Kivlehan began the week hitting 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and four RBI on Wednesday against Wagner.

His only hitless game was Sunday against Georgetown, when he went 0-for-3 but still extended his RBI streak with a walk in the sixth inning.

The third baseman also recorded the only Scarlet Knights RBI in a 13-1 loss to Georgetown by doubling to right field, scoring junior catcher Jef f Melillo in the first inning.

The former Rutgers football defensive back looks to continue his momentum this week, when the Knights face five teams in five days, star ting today against Princeton.

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BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers softball team is in a bind. It welcomes a tough Hofstra team to campus today for a SOFTBALL doubleh e a d e r, HOFSTRA AT b u t RUTGERS, takes TODAY, 2 P.M. the field with a hole in its lineup.

Head coach Jay Nelson said freshman pitcher and team wins leader Alyssa Landrith is not available.

The Vacaville, Calif., native owns 11 of the Scarlet Knights’ 16

wins this season, but has thrown 26 2/3 innings since Wednesday, including 16 this weekend against Georgetown.

While last week’s performance earned her attention from the conference office, it meant she could not pitch today.

Nelson said odds are he will have to go the whole two-game set with junior Abbey Houston, who has four of the other five wins; sophomore Megan Williams, who has the other win; and senior Noelle Sisco, who has only appeared in six of the Knights’ (16-15, 5-3) 31 games this season.

Those three have combined to throw 81 1/3 innings this season

— 20 innings less than Landrith by herself.

Houston will likely earn the start in at least the first game, and while she has struggled this year, her performance Saturday encouraged Nelson.

After Landrith finished the second inning of Game 3 against Georgetown, Houston finished the game and continued the shutout.

But it was not easy. In her first inning of work, Houston found herself in a jam with two runners on and one out. The next two batters failed to reach base, ending the inning. “[Getting out of that inning] was very big,” Nelson said. “That

was a very good sign for her.

She’s had some good games.”

Despite Houston’s 4-8 record, Nelson is fully aware of her capabilities as a pitcher.

Not only did she lead the team in ERA last season, but she also picked up a 1-0 win against Long Island earlier this season, which Nelson said was a good example of what she can do.

Nelson said Houston is especially effective when used in the same game as Landrith because of the difference in their styles.

“Bringing her in, she throws harder than Alyssa, so you could see a lot of balls being fouled off the other way [against Georgetown],” he said. “She han-

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Abbey Houston pitches against Providence during her freshman season. She gets the nod in the first game of Rutgers’ doubleheader today against Hofstra. Houston, a junior, owns a 4-8 record, with her latest victory coming Sunday against Georgetown.

dled [Georgetown] well. She’s a very good pitcher when she’s spotting her ball and throwing strikes.”

The Knights need her against Hofstra (12-12, 5-0), with a record, like Rutgers’, that is not indicative of its skill.

The Pride own a .500 record, but they are also perfect in conference play. Nelson said the reason their record is only .500 is because their preseason tournaments are similar to Rutgers’ in their strong competition level.

“Hofstra is always solid,” Nelson said. “They started off slow. But they started off slow because they play all top-25 teams.

They were playing in some tough tournaments. They’ll be tough.”

Hofstra has faced No. 12 Tennessee, No. 9 Louisville, No. 6 Louisiana-Lafayette, No. 21 UCLA, No. 15 DePaul and No. 22 Michigan.

All of those games, except for a 3-0 loss against the Blue Demons and a 9-4 loss against the Bruins, were one-run defeats, proving Hofstra can compete with tougher opponents.

But the Knights do not expect anything to change from last weekend’s series, as has been the running theme this season.

“I don’t think it will be any different,” Landrith said. “We come out and treat each game the same and capitalize on every play.”

Nelson sees the series as an opportunity. With Rutgers now on a five-game winning streak, he thinks the momentum can carry the team to victories against tougher conference opponents and possibly into the postseason.

“If we get on a roll and we can win some of those tough games,” he said, “there’s an outside chance at an at-large bid [to the NCAA Tournament] as long as we take care of business with the other teams.”

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utgers women’s lacrosse junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson was selected to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll yesterday for the second straight week.

Anderson topped her career high for the third time in the last four games with five goals in Sunday’s 14-5 win against Connecticut. She scored eight goals last week on 12 shots.

Anderson averaged four goals per game in her last four contests.

She scored 24 times on 44 shots with 15 groundball pickups this season, three draw controls and five caused turnovers.

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Pacer Reggie Miller headlines this year’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class.

Former NBA coach Don Nelson and Virginia standout Ralph Sampson join Miller as part of the 12-member class announced yesterday that will be enshrined in September.

Miller’s sister, Cher yl, was inducted in 1995. She was the first person Miller called when he heard about his induction, according to The Star-Ledger.

The UCLA product was one of the top perimeter shooters in NBA history and played on the 1996 gold medal-winning Olympic team.

He played more games with one team than any player except former Utah Jazz teammates Karl Malone and John Stockton.

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The deal makes him the richest righthanded pitcher in baseball history.

The contract includes a $7.5 million bonus and a $7.5 million buyout in 2018. The final year of the deal has a player vesting option worth $21 million. Cain also received a no-trade clause from the club.

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Sophomore Kevin Snyder finished fourth among the Knights’ linebackers last season in tackles despite registering 40 stops. All four of the regular contributors at linebacker return this season, along with five other starters from a year ago.

Depth at linebacker benefits Snyder

BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

Even though Khaseem Greene is nowhere to be found between the white lines, Kevin Snyder FOOTBALL still hears the senior linebacker’s voice.

While Greene sits out the Rutgers football team’s spring practices, Snyder, a sophomore, reaps the rewards.

“He’s still on the sideline helping me out when I come off the field,” Snyder said. “I can still hear him when I make mistakes on the field. He’s always kind of in my ear.”

Greene’s is one of many voices Snyder picks up. As well as working alongside new linebackers coach Dave Cohen, Snyder lines up with the Scarlet Knights’ most experienced position corps.

Greene, the Big East’s CoDefensive Player of the Year last season, started at safety in 2010 and earned time as a redshirt freshman. Senior Steve Beauharnais played in 13 games in 2009 and started the last 25 contests at middle linebacker.

And sophomore Jamal Merrell split time last year with Snyder.

“I really like having everybody back because this is the heart of our defense — us and the d-line,” Snyder said. “Having that many guys back really keeps you solid up front.”

Head coach Kyle Flood moved Snyder to weakside linebacker, where Greene plays, during the offseason. But Flood said Snyder’s versatility lends the Mechanicsburg, Pa., native to a number of positions.

Snyder’s combination of size — 6-foot-3, more than 225 pounds — and speed makes him a suitable candidate.

“I do like it, because that means I can help the team in many different ways,” Snyder said. “If they need me to play a different position, I can move if necessary. If it’s going to help the team, I’m all for it.”

New defensive coordinator Robb Smith continues to install new packages following the departure of former head coach Greg Schiano, the Knights’ former de-facto play-caller.

The sub-schemes likely include Snyder, who showed the ability to make plays in space as a freshman.

“The other assistant coaches are going to take care of all the X’s and O’s, offense, defense, special teams,” Flood said. “We’re moving in the right direction in those three phases. Every day I’m out here — I want to make sure we are playing at a pace that will be second to none.”

Snyder recorded 40 tackles — 2.5 for a loss — and a sack last year, when he became the first Knight since Beauharnais to earn significant time as a rookie.

Beauharnais put up a banner season in 2011, finishing second on the team in tackles to Greene while registering five sacks and three interceptions.

Merrell finished third among Rutgers’ linebackers with 44 tackles after moving from wide receiver during last year’s spring practices. Despite the numbers game, Snyder’s focus is on the playbook.

“I’m trying to understand the defense more ever y day,” he said. “The more you can understand the whole defense, the

more you can play freely and understand what’s going on. I just have to get my reads down as the WILL linebacker.”

Meanwhile, the players in front of Snyder continue to adjust to new roles.

Senior Ka’Lial Glaud is less than a year into his transition to defensive end. Senior Mar vin Booker, a former linebacker like Glaud, suffered through an injury-plagued 2011 season.

And four redshirt freshmen at defensive tackle vie for a role in the Knights’ rotation in the trenches.

“A lot of those guys when they came in last year, they didn’t really do what they needed to do,” Snyder said. “But it’s really amazing to see what one year can do with a lot of those guys.”

Two others, Kenneth Kirksey and Dar yl Stephenson, saw time at tackle last year in their first seasons.

“Monsters,” Glaud said of the young unit. “As soon as they just get to know inside their heads and know they’re monsters, nobody is going to be able to stop them.”

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Rutgers suffers first defeat of year at home

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

After the Rutgers tennis team suffered its second loss of the weekend in a 5-2 loss to Denver, head coach Ben Bucca could only find one word TENNIS to describe the outof two matchDENVER 5 come es: frustrating.

RUTGERS 2 “Down the line we played really good tennis,” Bucca said. “But on the other hand, there is a degree of frustration, and that is to see that we can compete against the best but come up short.”

Both matches on the weekend, Sunday’s loss to Denver and Friday’s defeat against Yale, moved the Scarlet Knights back to .500 on the season.

When the Knights (8-8, 3-3) hosted Denver (10-8) at the RU Tennis Complex, they had an opportunity to split their weekend matches. But Rutgers’ guest from Colorado proved to be too much.

Senior Jennifer Holzberg and sophomore Vanessa Petrini lost in No. 1 doubles play, where they have become a consistent duo this season. Denver’s Sophia Bergner and Steffi Rath defeated the pair, 8-6.

Senior Morgan Ivey and freshman Lindsay Balsamo could not record a win, either, dropping the No. 2 doubles match, 8-

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Senior pitcher Ryan Fasano allowed three earned runs in eight innings Sunday against Georgetown. The righty did not allow a single walk in the 9-4 victory. He pitched for junior lefthander Rob Corsi, who missed the start because of an elbow injury.

Knights drop two of three to Hoyas

BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Freshman Noor Judeh captured wins in No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles play.

Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill emphasizes walks in his coaching philosophy, calling them “freebies.”

The Scarlet BASEBALL Knights experienced RUTGERS 9 the worst of both, walking Georgetown GEORGETOWN 4 and allowing Hoyas hits in last weekend’s series in which the Knights took one of three games in Bethesda, Md. The series culminated in a 9-4 Rutgers win Sunday, when the Knights did not walk a single batter.

“Sunday, we didn’t walk anybody,” Hill said.

“That’s really the difference in the games.”

Senior pitcher Ryan Fasano star ted the final game of the series. He allowed three r uns and pitched eight innings despite pitching four days earlier against Wagner.

With a 3.06 ERA and only a 2-3 record, Fasano is accustomed to a lack of run support. He recently experienced it against Wagner, when he pitched four shutout innings but received a no-decision.

The Knights trailed, 4-1, entering the seventh inning, only three innings away from a possible Georgetown sweep. Then they scored seven runs in two innings. “[Run support] makes things a lot easier in different situations,” Fasano said. “You’re not as afraid of them making contact.”

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Head coach Fred Hill was disappointed by the Knights pitchers’ high walk totals.

RU ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY FOR 2012 FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS

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The Knights’ first home game in 2012 takes place Sept. 8, when they host Howard for the first time since 2010. Season tickets are now available at ScarletKnights.com.

Season tickets are now on sale for the 2012 Rutgers football season. The schedule features six games at High Point Solutions FOOTBALL Stadium, including Homecoming, slotted for Oct. 27 against Kent State, and a Thursday night primetime matchup against Louisville on Nov. 29, broadcast on ESPN. A game against Connecticut on Oct. 6 and a Nov. 10 Militar y Appreciation Day matchup with Army are also on the schedule.

Fans can now go to ScarletKnights.com or call the Fan Relationship Management Center at 1-866-455-GORU to purchase tickets.

Tickets are also available in person at the Louis Brown Athletic Center Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the ticket office.

Current season ticket holders have until April 30 to pay for this season’s tickets or decide on a new payment plan.

There are four different price levels: sideline tickets are $300, endzone tickets cost

$240, family zone seats are $99 and Young Alumni season tickets — for those who graduated from Rutgers in the past five years — are available for $168.

For Rutgers faculty and staff, sideline season tickets may be purchased for $240.

Season ticket holders also have the first chance for purchasing single-game tickets at the promotional single-game ticket rate.

This season is the first for head coach Kyle Flood and many other new faces on the coaching staf f. The first chance Scarlet Knights fans have to watch the team is April 28 at 3 p.m., when the Knights take the High Point Solutions Stadium field for the ScarletWhite game.

The regular season begins Sept. 1 against Tulane in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.

The home schedule for the regular season opens Sept. 8 at 1 p.m., when the Knights take on Howard.

—Staff Report