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The Rutgers baseball team defeated visiting Princeton yesterday, 12-11, thanks to a walk-off home run from sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella.

Board of Governors approves renovations, graduation speaker BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR

The University Board of Governors announced yesterday the new commencement speaker, honorary degree recipients and details of the redevelopment of Tillett Hall on Livingston campus during its monthly meeting at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus. Greg Brown, chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions, will be the 2012 speaker for the 246th annual commencement May 13 at the High Point Solutions Stadium on Busch campus, said Ralph Izzo, BOG chair. Brown will replace Junot Díaz, author and alumnus, as commencement speaker. Díaz canceled his appearance for medical reasons, according to a Media Relations release. Brown, a University alumnus and member of the University Board of Trustees, served as co-Master of Ceremonies for the University’s “Our Rutgers, Our Future” capital campaign to raise $1 billion, according to the release. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during commencement. Other degree honorees include Martina Arroyo and Shireen Lewis. Arroyo, a soprano opera singer, established the Prelude to Performance in New York, which hosts a six-week program for University opera students. Arroyo will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts.

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The Board of Governors announce commencement honorees yesterday at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.

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Josh David, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, says administrators need to keep other campuses in mind when renovating Livingston campus at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

U. students express tuition concerns BY AMY ROWE FEATURES EDITOR

Students came out to encourage the Board of Governors to keep a tuition increase for the next fiscal year low at an open hearing on the University’s budget, tuition, fees, and housing and dining charges. About 20 students spoke in front of the Board of Governors’ Committee on Academic and Student Af fairs and the Committee on Finance and Facilities to raise their concerns in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Joel Salvino, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, wondered why the BOG might decide to increase tuition in July if the state is providing the University level funding. “Everyone is cutting back. … You think we’re some renewable source for money, but we’re not,” Salvino said. “The students at this school don’t have the money to pay more.” Zaid Abuhouran, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

senior, said many students choose the University for its affordability and asked that be kept in mind. “It’s impor tant for you to reassure students that their alma mater has not forgotten about them and the core reasons they chose Rutgers,” said Abuhouran, the president of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council. Abuhouran also asked that the BOG keep fees lower for students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, the School of Engineering and the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, which he said cost more than $1,100 to cover research and science program offerings. “We do ask you to evaluate the necessity of increasing [the fee] and our tuition,” Abuhouran said. “This additional fee burden has made it even more difficult for New Jersey families to provide their children with top-tier, affordable science education within their own state.” Students also spoke about the burden of student debt, which has

reached more than $1 trillion in the United States, said Bilal Ahmed, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “I do not merely have $12,000 in debt,” Ahmed said. “I have a reason to relocate for career purposes. I have a reason to delay marriage.” The potential merger of RutgersCamden and Rowan University also sur faced as a concer n for the community. Charlie Kratovil, a University alumnus, said he was happy to see University President Richard L. McCormick voice opposition to the merger. “Rutgers is the state university, and we shouldn’t give up our satellite campus, the only one in South Jersey,” Kratovil said. “You guys have the power to stop it. Let’s stop talking about it as a foregone conclusion, and let’s try to stop it.” Jenna Cantarella, president of the Rutgers-Camden Student Gover ning Association, said via teleconference that if the merger

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TV network founder illustrates gender divide BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR

Oxygen Media founder Geraldine Laybourne and School of Communication and Information Dean Jorge Schement addressed gender and minority biases in the media world. They joined Alison Bernstein, director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, who discussed the role of female leaders in the media to an audience of about 35 people at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass campus. Oxygen Media, a TV network, was created to provide a platform for women in media, said Laybourne, chair and CEO of the network. Bernstein said through data collected from Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, it appears that women are not represented equally as major characters in major motion

pictures as producers, directors or screenwriters for film, video and TV. Blockbuster films continue to be produced to a teenage male audience despite the success of films like “Bridesmaids,” she said. Bernstein said there appears to be little progress on these issues since the 1990s, with women representing less than 10 percent of directors in picture studios channels. Laybourne said when she worked at Nickelodeon, she noticed that the network purposely hired more women to rectify the male-dominated system. “Geena’s data shows — whether it was 1947 or 2012 — 17 percent of women are represented in a crowd scene in a feature movie. Seventeen percent were main characters. It never gets more than 17 percent,” Laybourne said. “Seventeen percent

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INDEX METRO New Brunswick joins a statewide initiative to provide residents with healthier food options.

OPINIONS Members of the U. community sound off on the Rutgers-Rowan merger.

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Student organizations analyze political issues, debate BY SKYLAR FREDERICK CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students addressed international, national and local political issues Monday in the semi-annual debate between the Rutgers University Democrats, Rutgers College Republicans and Rutgers Libertarians at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Ryders Lane. Starting on a national level, students examined the 2012 presidential election and President Barack Obama’s administration. Daniel Pereira, vice president of RU Democrats, said Obama should be re-elected because the United States has seen economic growth since Obama entered the White House. “We’ve seen … falling unemployment numbers to the point where we’re finally now creating more jobs then we’re losing,” said Pereira, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “Unemployment has dropped, U.S. manufacturing has increased, and our once failing auto industry — as of 2007 — is once again leading the world in production.” Andrew Giustina, Rutgers Libertarians treasurer, said Libertarians feel the worst is yet to come with the economy because of the decisions made from the Obama administration. “We believe in limited government, a very small government. We believe that you have the liberty to do whatever you want — no one should judge what you do, as long as you don’t harm anyone else,” said Giustina, a School of

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The Rutgers University Democrats, Rutgers College Republicans and Rutgers Libertarians dissected the upcoming presidential election at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Monday on Douglass campus.

Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. Noah Glyn, a Rutgers College Republicans member, stood in agreement with the Libertarians that citizens have yet to face the worst economy in comparison to past years. “The election is going to come down to whether people are willing to govern themselves and whether it will stay a republic for the people, by the people,” said Glyn, a School of Arts and Science senior. One of the controversial topics of the debate was the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act.

Neil McGettingar, Rutgers Libertarian secretary, said having health insurance should be similar to having car insurance in the way that car insurance helps cover people in emergency situations. Although Republicans feel the act forces people to have health insurance, the Democrats argued that health insurance companies would be responsible for the costs rather than religious organizations. The Rutgers College Republicans said the issue of contraception is more than religious freedom, stating that it is offensive to force one employee to pay for their coworkers’ contraception.

Giustina said the government should stay out of the bedroom and leave contraception decisions to individuals. Bringing the discussion close to the University, the panelists debated the possible Rutgers-CamdenRowan University merger. While the Libertarians did not have a solid stance, the Republicans and Democrats both said the opposition to the merger is simply caught up in the name change. The Democrats would only have a problem if the merger would lead to a decrease in state funding for the University. Connor Montferrat, president of Rutgers College

Republicans, said he supports the merger and believes it is important for the government to inter fere in governmentfunded colleges but thinks those who oppose the merger need a stronger argument. “If they really wanted to fight this, they’d have a leader and put together some idea that would be better than just sticking to the name [argument], ‘We don’t want Rutgers-Camden to be Rowan,’” said Montferrat, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Will Campbell, political director of Rutgers Democrats said those who oppose the merger because of the name change have a poor argument. “I came to Rutgers because the name carries more with it. It’s not the greatest argument, but [Sen. President] Steve Sweeney proposed keeping the name Rutgers-Camden and sharing resources with Rowan and Rutgers-Camden. I think that that makes a lot of sense,” Campbell said, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. The debate, which lasted about two hours, featured an equal debate by the three groups and brought the discussion close to the University, said David Andersen, Eagleton assistant research professor. “Politics is not just something that happens by electing leaders far away in Trenton and Washington, but it’s actually people here at Rutgers who know this stuff and are actively involved and its not that remote, anyone can do it,” Andersen said.

U. PROFESSOR EVALUATES MERGER TO FORM ENTERTAINMENT LABOR UNION Sue Schurman, acting dean of the University’s School of Management and Labor Relations, is evaluating the merger between Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation. Schurman told Rutgers Today there have been many changes that have been in the entertainment labor since the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation last attempted to merge in 1999 and 2003. More than 55,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild voted to approve the merger with an 82 percent

vote as opposed to the vote, falling shy of the 60-percent requirement needed to approve the merger, according to the article. “These companies have learned to make more money with fewer performers thanks to technology,” she said. “There is also a growing numbers of skilled non-union performers, not to mention the popularity of reality shows.” She said both organizations have been weakened because of the changes in the industry.

“Actors are the majority of the new union — they will need to work hard to make sure other per former groups retain a strong voice,” Schurman said. The new union will have its first convention in fall 2013 with a new slate officer to be selected for the new union, she said. “Much of the research on major organizational change suggests that it takes at least five years if it is managed well,” Schurman said.

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for workplace equity in media continued from front of Congress is women. Seventeen percent ends up being a really interesting thing.” Laybourne said if people see that women are 17 percent of the corporation, women become accustomed to seeing the 17 percent as a workplace norm. But Laybourne said if women get to 30 percent in the media, corporation or Congress, it would be a large challenge to gender norms. “I take another stance — ‘Hey we just got to vote 100 years ago. We haven’t been in this that long, and we aren’t patient,’” Laybourne said. “[The social norms] take a lot of time to change.” Laybourne said cable television has become a good platform for women in media, with a portion of women in charge of big television networks, including MTV and Lifetime. Laybourne said the blockbuster movie landscape is changing with a new realm of independent films, which Har vey Weinstein introduced to the United States. Laybourne said when we she first started at Nickelodeon, before her career at Oxygen, nobody wanted to run kid’s programming because it was not economically beneficial. “[But] we figured out to make it economically right,” she said. “I think that they have a big machine, turn out toys and so now they are much more subject to the economic formula. They want to prove themselves to create the blockbuster films for the boys.” Laybourne said it would take some time before women in charge of movie studios can have a confidence in the technical aspects of the field. The similar statistics apply for male and female minorities in the media field, Schement said, with a lot of minorities getting degrees, but many unable to break into the industry. The media landscape is changing but changing slowly with gays advancing in the media, Schement said. Shaneez Tyndall, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she found the presentation a great insight into the women in the media. “I am a student of Institute of Women’s Leadership, and one of the reasons I came here is my policy as a student here is media and communications,” she said. “To watch a woman who has founded niche network for women … is really inspiring.”

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Students wore hijabs and hoodies on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to protest allegedly race-related deaths. Multiple University groups, including BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice, supported the event.

TUITION: Students ask for increased transparency continued from front were to go through, tuition would increase for students in South Jersey. “Students wouldn’t have the oppor tunity to attend Rutgers University in South Jersey,” Cantarella said. “We really need your help to keep Camden par t of Rutgers.” McCormick said he has heard a lot of Cantarella’s concer ns echoed by other students and faculty at Camden and around the New Brunswick campus.

SPEAKER: Tillett Hall to house renovated classrooms continued from front Alumna Shireen Lewis, another Doctor of Humane Letters recipient, co-founded a nonprofit organization, EduSeed, which promotes education in historically disadvantaged and underserved communities. In addition to the honorary degree nominees, the Board also named James Katz, chair of the Department of Communication, as the BOG Professor of Communication. “Katz has been through Rutgers through and through,” said Jorge Schement, dean of the School of Communication and Information. Katz, an alumnus, is an international expert in the social uses

“Your messages are being ipate that taking [it] on will lead heard loudly and clearly in New to an increase in tuition.” Brunswick,” he said. Katherine Yabut, a School of Rawle Hines, an assistant Arts and Sciences sophomore, manager at the called for more Camden Campus transparency in Center at Rutgers“[To students] the the way the Camden, asked niversity board is this kind of Uinforms McCormick via telethe conference if Gov. mystical force that c o m m u n i t y Chris Christie’s plan about developcomes out in July to restructure higher ments like education in the state the merger, to raise tuition.” would affect tuition along with KRISTEN CLARKE at the University. holding budget Board of Governors “We’re in the hearings. Student Representative process of studying “The high… the cost of adding est degree of an academic medical transparency center in New Brunswick,” that would render these meetMcCormick said. “We don’t antic- ings obsolete would be voting

student members [on the BOG],” she said. Kristen Clarke, a non-voting student representative to the BOG, also stressed that a bill to add two voting student members to the BOG be advanced, as well as transparency. “Starting a dialogue with the student body is essential,” said Clarke, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “[To students] the board is this kind of mystical force that comes out in July to raise tuition.” She said to speak as a student in front of the BOG is intimidating. “[You need] to show the students who you are and that you’re people,” she said.

and consequences of information communication technology, Schement said. Transitioning from academics to facilities, the BOG approved the Tillett Hall renovation project, which will transform the former dining hall into 16 new classrooms and lecture halls. Tillett Hall will also house a new computer lab and updated mail ser vice area, said Candace Straight, the BOG chair for the Committee on Finance and Facilities. Tillett Hall was constructed in 1967 as a part of Livingston College. With the expansion of the Livingston Student Center in 2010 and the 2011 construction of Livingston Dining Commons, Tillett Dining Hall closed, leaving it vacant and available for use, according to a Media Relations release.

that the students’ ability to voice their concer ns to the committee was strained. Kristen Clarke, the BOG student representative, suggested the BOG should work with the student governments on the New Br unswick, Camden and Newark campuses and reach out to more students through meetings in a town hall style to remove the disconnect between students and the BOG. “[Perhaps the BOG could] come to the student government meetings where students are able to get up and ask questions more … creating a dialogue that we all want, and address you guys [the BOG] directly,” said Clarke, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. BOG members agreed they would discuss this suggestion at a later time.

The renovation project will create 13 classrooms on the second level and three classrooms on the first level. The cur rent 25-person classroom on the main level will be removed to make room for the additional classrooms, according to the release. The renovation project created by the University Facilities and Capital Planning with the Office of Scheduling and Space Management will create an additional 1,450 classroom seats on Livingston campus, Straight said. The $13.5 million will be funded through the reallocation of the bonds from other University projects, she said. Construction is expected to begin in July 2012 and should last 12 months, according to the release. At the end of the open session, a student raised an issue

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Joe Ponce, University alumnus and English professor at Ohio State University, will speak as part of the Institute for Research on Women’s “Disorientations” Working Group Speakers Series from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Mabel Smith Douglass Room of the Douglass Library.

The second annual “Salaam Namaste” begins at noon at the Busch Campus Center with a free conference featuring keynote speaker Dr. Indrani Chatterjee, an associate professor at the University who will discuss the life of a South Asian student on campus. There will be a formal banquet and entertainment at 7 p.m. Tickets to evening festivities are $5. The event is hosted by the Rutgers Pakistani Student Association and the Association of Indians at Rutgers.

Voting for the Rutgers University Student Assembly begins today and continues through April 11. To cast your vote, visit reassembly.com.

César Braga-Pinto, a Spanish and Portuguese professor at Northwestern University, will discuss “Generation, Degeneration and Miscegnation” as part of the Institute for Research on Women’s “Distinguish Lecture Series.” The event takes place at 4:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room at the RDJC Building at 162 Ryders Lane.

Nick Offerman, better known as Ron Swanson from “Parks and Recreation,” comes to the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room for a night of comedy. Student tickets are $15, and faculty and guest tickets are $25. The Rutgers University Programming Association is sponsoring the event.

Oxfam Rutgers presents “Oxfest: Battle of the Bands” at 7:30 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center multipurpose room. Performers include Magic Thrust, the Nymphos, Anchorline and Area IVI. Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 at the door to help relieve global poverty.

Dr. Mads Gilbert will speak about his eyewitness account treating patients in Gaza during BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice’s “Gaza, Three Years Later.” The event will take place at 7 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center.

Rutgers University Entrepreneurship day 2012 begins at 10 a.m. at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room. Students, faculty and staff can explore today’s innovative and pioneering companies. For more information, contact Marcus Crews at MCrews@vpr.rutgers.edu. Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina and the Ready Set will perform at the State Theatre at 8 p.m. as the Rutgers University Programming Association’s final concert of the year. Tickets range from $15-$45 for students and $25-$55 for faculty, staff and guests. Tickets can be purchased at the State Theatre website starting April 2.

The Arab Cultural Club presents the fourth annual ArabAmerican Street Fest at noon on Bishop Beach on the College Avenue campus, across from Au Bon Pain and next to Brower Commons. The free event includes food, games, prizes and performances.

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LOCAL HOSPITAL SHINES LIGHT FOR AUTISM Saint Peter’s University Hospital showed of f blue lights for Autism Awareness Month Monday as par t of Autism Speaks’ “Light it up Blue.” Autism Speaks, the world’s leading advocacy organization for autism science, held the initiative to help raise awareness about autism as a growing public health concern, according to Patch.com. About 25,000 residents living in New Jersey are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder, a complex disorders that af fects the development of the brain, according to Autism Speaks. One in every 110 children in the United States is diagnosed with autism, making it more commonly found than cancer, diabetes and AIDS in children combined, according to Autism Speaks. Landmarks around the world participated in “Light it up Blue” in support of the initiative, according to Patch.com.

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City officials to increase access of fresh foods BY KYLE SWEET CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Local residents will be able to shop for fresh produce at a newly developed market as New Brunswick officials implement a statewide initiative designed to combat obesity. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno announced Sunday New Br unswick would be one of several cities to take par t in the New Jersey Food Access Initiative, a strategy that aims to bring healthier food options for New Jersey residents, said Russell Marchetta, a New Brunswick spokesman. As part of the initiative, the city will add The Fresh Grocer to the New Brunswick Wellness Plaza on French Street, Marchetta said. The store, which will be completed by October, will be a new market designed to of fer fresh food choices to the city’s residents. “It has been 20 years since the last grocery store has been built in New Brunswick, and it’s because people don’t want to serve underserved areas, and the costs are greater,” Marchetta said. More than 20 percent of New Brunswick residents will

be within walking distance of Robert Wood Johnson the new grocer y store, he said. Foundation to combat childhood Marchetta said a similar obesity, said Peter Haigney, project that was completed in Director of Public Relations at Philadelphia near Temple RWJUH. Participating cities University was able to influence include Camden, Vineland and the local campus by targeting Atlantic City. products towards the students. The endeavor will af fect the He said the city hopes to reach area during a time when the the student community with health of the community is The Fresh Grocer. deteriorating, Merced said. A “It’s really a good thing for recent study in New Brunswick everyone — not revealed that 88 just the people that percent of chil“It has been live in New dren in the city Brunswick, but do not eat the 20 years since also the students,” recommended he said. “I know a daily ser vings the last grocery big thing on camof vegetables. store has been built pus is that a lot of “Childhood students don’t obesity is a probin New Brunswick.” lem,” she have access to a said. RUSSELL MARCHETTA grocery store.” “Almost all New City Spokesman The plaza will Br unswick chilalso include a fitdren don’t meet ness center and the guidelines for nutrition programs, said being physically active for at Mariam Merced, director of least 60 minutes each day, and Community Health Promotions 48 percent of New Brunswick at Rober t Wood Johnson children are over weight University Hospital. The 62,000 or obese.” square-foot building is a result Peter Furey, executive of a par tnership between director of the N.J. Farm RWJUH and the city. Bureau, said the strategy is a The initiative received a $12 welcoming sign for the state’s million contribution from the fresh produce industr y.

“[Farmers] support the initiative. There are a lot of farmers that already participate in providing produce in urban areas, and they’re trying to find further ways to do this,” Furey said. Abel Alvarado, a New Brunswick resident, said he supports the construction of the new grocery, but is skeptical about where it will be established. “The location on [French Street] isn’t the best. It would be appreciated more if it was located downtown,” Alvarado said. Daniel Rojas, a New Brunswick resident, said the market’s biggest contribution will be its ability to incorporate the local farmers into the community. “You can’t really find many fresh food sources around here,” Rojas said. “By the time the food gets imported over here, they are dry and lack some of the nutrients. Local places will get us fresher food.” Tom Young, a Rutgers School of Business sophomore, said he is also looking forward to the addition of the market. “I usually have to drive to Stop and Shop to get food for my house, so it’ll be a nice change to just walk downtown,” Young said.

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SYRIA IMPLEMENTS UN PLAN TO WITHDRAW TROOPS MOSCOW — The Syrian government said it has begun implementing a U.N. envoy’s peace plan that requires it to withdraw its forces from towns and cities within a week, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. Russia has a keen interest in seeing Kofi Annan’s plan succeed, given Moscow’s role as Assad’s key ally. Moscow has thrown its support behind Annan, the joint U.N. and Arab League envoy for Syria, and urged Damascus to quickly comply with his proposal. The plan gives an April 10 deadline for troops to pull out. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Riad Haddad, the Syrian ambassador to Moscow, told Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov that Damascus had begun fulfilling its obligations under the plan. The statement didn’t say which, if any, troops had been withdrawn or provide other details. Russia, along with China, has twice shielded Assad from U.N. sanctions over his crackdown on an opposition uprising in which more than 9,000 people are believed to have been killed. The statement comes a day after Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Assad to take the first step toward settling the country’s conflict and criticized him for being too slow and not radical enough at reforms. — The Associated Press

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Pakistani dismisses US $10M bounty THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani militant accused of directing deadly attacks in neighboring India yesterday dismissed a U.S. decision to put a bounty of $10 million on his head as misdirected. The reward is for “information leading to the arrest and conviction” of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, who founded the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba with alleged Pakistani support in the 1980s to pressure archenemy India over the disputed territor y of Kashmir. The U.S. also offered up to $2 million for Lashkar-eTaiba’s deputy leader, Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, who is Saeed’s brother-in-law. Saeed, who has denied involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed more than 160 people, said the United States announced the reward because of his demonstrations against reopening supply lines through Pakistan to North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops in Afghanistan. “We are organizing massive public meetings to inform the nation about all the threats which Pakistan will face after the restoration of the supplies,” he told The Associated Press in a mosque in Islamabad. “With the grace of God, we are doing our work in Pakistan openly. It is regrettable that America has no information about me. Such rewards are usually for those who live in caves and mountains,” he said.

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The bounty offers could complicate United States-Pakistan relations at a tense time. Pakistan’s parliament is debating a revised framework for ties with the United States following American airstrikes in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan closed its supply lines to NATO troops in response. Pakistan banned the group in 2002 under U.S. pressure, but it operates with relative freedom under the name of its social welfare wing Jamaat-udDawwa — even doing charity work using government money. The United States has designated both groups foreign terrorist organizations. Intelligence officials and terrorism experts say Lashkar-e-Taiba has expanded its focus beyond India in recent years and has plotted attacks in Europe and Australia. Some have called it “the next al-Qaida” and fear it could set its sights on the United States. The reward marks a shift in the long-standing U.S. calculation that going after the leadership of an organization used as a proxy by the Pakistani military would cause too much friction with the Pakistani government. The U.S. State Department describes Saeed as a former professor of Arabic and engineering who continues “to spread ideology advocating terrorism, as well as virulent rhetoric condemning the United States, India, Israel and other perceived enemies.” It also noted that six of the 166 people killed in the 2008 attacks in the Indian city were American citizens.

A Pakistani-American, David Coleman Headley, pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to helping Lashkar-e-Taiba plan the Mumbai rampage targeting a hotel and other sites. While there was no single incident or development that caused the United States to act now, the group has developed a more antiWestern agenda in recent years, with Westerners among the victims of the Mumbai attack, for example, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition to discuss classified matters. The group made itself a target the United States could not ignore, by slowly expanding its lower-level working relationships with the Taliban, al-Qaida, and other militant groups, the official said. The official said the Pakistani military had kept the group from achieving any high-level coordination with al-Qaida as part of Pakistan’s “attempts to constrain the group while preserving it as a reliable proxy.” Saeed’s role in the group is to “provide strategic guidance to the group and delegate the details to his trusted commanders,” making him a key target, the official said. The 61-year-old Saeed operates openly in Pakistan from his base in the eastern city of Lahore and travels widely, giving public speeches and appearing on TV talk shows. He has been one of the leading figures of the Difa-e-Pakistan, or Defense of Pakistan Council, which has held a series of large

demonstrations in recent months against the United States and India. The reward for Saeed is one of the highest offered by the United States and is equal to the amount for Taliban chief Mullah Omar. Only Ayman al-Zawahri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden as alQaida chief, fetches a higher bounty at $25 million. The bounties were posted on the U.S. State Depar tment Rewards for Justice website late Monday. Pakistani defense analyst Hasan Askari-Rizvi said the move against Saeed could be payback for his recent demonstrations against U.S. drone strikes and allowing NATO supplies meant for troops in Afghanistan to travel through Pakistan. Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna welcomed the U.S. announcement, saying it would signal to Lashkar-e-Taiba and its patrons that the international community remains united in fighting terrorism. Lashkar-e-Taiba, which means Army of the Pure, belongs to the Salafi movement, an ultraconservative branch of Islam similar to the Wahhabi sect — the main Islamic branch in Saudi Arabia from which al-Qaida partly emerged. Lashkar-e-Taiba and alQaida operate separately but have been known to help each other when their paths intersect. Analysts and terrorism experts agree that Pakistan’s intelligence agency, known as the ISI, is still able to control Lashkare-Taiba, though the ISI denies it.

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he Daily Targum editorial board criticized Gov. Chris Christie last week for outright ignoring the entirely valid concerns of those opposed to a proposed merger between Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University. But with the recent news of University President Richard L. McCormick’s response to a report, advising Rowan on how to carry out the proposed takeover, we’re compelled to enter the debate once again. The report, compiled by Learning Alliance for Higher Education based at the University of Pennsylvania, was written after ideas of reorganization between the South Jersey schools last fall prompted Rowan officials to seek advice regarding the issue. Proponents commissioned a group to suggest a strategy, months before Christie proposed his merger plans, according to nj.com. The Star-Ledger verified an email message from McCormick, in which he called the report “truly offensive and enraging.” Although the statement was not public — and, according to the Ledger, it remains unclear as to who the message was originally addressed — we applaud McCormick for continuing to stand against the merger. The commissioned report, among other things, urges Rowan officials to anticipate, but disregard criticism to the plan. It also advised them to move quickly toward July 1, Christie’s deadline for the deal. If the fervor and complete disregard for objections by faculty, students and members of the University community with which officials have approached the merger was at all shocking, the strategy put forth in this report helps to put such behavior in perspective. Developments such as these continue to bring to light just how much planning — and, with the report costing Rowan $30,000, invested — in this reorganization. It furthermore underlines the lengths to which those proponents have gone to undercut, and in this case ignore, the concerns of the opposed. The date of the report, Jan. 26, suggests what many have already assumed — that the plan was decided in advance, before it was presented to the public. We again urge Christie and others bent on making this merger a reality to reconsider, but we continue to doubt whether such a plan has any hope of this given the level of controversy surrounding it, as well as the fact that it may very well be out of Christie’s hands alone.

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hat N.J. driver’s license stowed away in your wallet could soon represent more than just authorization to operate a moving vehicle. Joining nine others states across the country, the Garden State will begin issuing federally compliant driver’s licenses on May 7 under the Real ID Act. The act, recommended by the 9/11 Commission and passed by Congress shortly after Sept. 11, aims to prevent ID fraud and increase security measures by setting standards for state-issued licenses. But for reasons that many opponents of the act itself have already posited, New Jersey’s move to federally compliant driver’s licenses seems to us problematic. It’s common knowledge — especially for N.J. residents — that getting a driver’s license in the state already comes with enough red tape. Under new regulations set forth by Real ID, six points of identification would no longer suffice — applicants would be required to provide yet more reliable forms of credentials, including proof of principal residence and a U.S. passport. While these requirements may be necessary to better ensure legal identity, they would undoubtedly further complicate the current state of DMVs across New Jersey. But the most concerning changes that will come with this move relate to the privacy of drivers themselves. The national standard furnished by this act includes not only changes to identification requirement but also the very freedom with which local agencies and states will be allowed to handle the personal information of applicants. DMVs will be permitted to keep copies of personal identity documents, as well as require states to link databases of individual driver information. Many have cited these changes as being in clear violation of privacy and civil rights, as well as susceptible to misuse, including ethnic profiling. Considering the monitoring at the hands of the New York Police Department and other recent infringements on individual civil liberties in the United States, should we have any reason to think this information would not be abused? While we see some benefits to this move, the cons seem to heavily outweigh the pros. We’re also forced to question why New Jersey has been so eager to comply with the Real ID Act in the first place. The act originally set a May 11 compliance deadline for all 50 states, but was moved when the majority of states failed to comply, with some taking formal action against it. Raymond Martinez, chief administrator of the state Motor Vehicle Commission, said New Jersey has spent roughly $8.8 million on facial recognition systems and other technology to move to a federal system that does not even have the approval of all 50 states. Seems like a waste to us.

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University that seems to be t’s a sad state of world the official tone of the antiaffairs when two people Israel movement. Rutgers embroiled in conflict for Hillel hosted an event on more than 60 years hit a brick March 22 called wall in negotiating peace. “StandWithUs: Israeli However, this is the exact Soldiers Stories: Real Israelis route of Palestinian leadership since dropping direct AARON MARCUS Real Stories,” where Israeli reservists discussed their negotiations in September time in the army. The event 2010. There is a plethora of had a large turnout, including a significant number of reasons Palestinian leadership dropped direct negotiaanti-Israel protestors. In the middle of the event, a tions, but none are more crucial than Palestinian leadgroup staged a walkout and the disruption took to the ership’s inability to recognize Israel as a Jewish nation. streets of New Brunswick chanting, “Long live the Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Intifada” and “Palestine will be free, from the river to Abbas is on record saying that even if a Palestinian the sea” — echoing the extremist notion that Palestine state was created, he would still not recognize a Jewish will only be free when it has complete control from the state in Israel. Jordan River to the Mediterranean While Israel sits and waits for Sea. So ask yourself, is the destrucPalestinian leadership to return to “If you want to be about tion of Israel a peaceful solution? peace talks, Abbas perpetuates a obvious answer is no, not at all. theme of hostility toward Israel hispeace ... stand up and The The problem is that when distorically reserved for the extreme drown out the hate of cussing the Israeli-Palestinian conelements of Islamist ideology and we haphazardly assume that anti-Israel dogma. Now that the anti-Israel extremists. ” flict, the anti-Israel movement wants international community, despite peace, when in reality they may not extensive ties to terrorism, has want any part of it. declared Abbas and his party Fatah After the event, a friend proposed that if the promoderate the denial of a Jewish state in Israel has folPalestinian community at the University wanted dialowed suit. The root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is logue, why would they walk out of a Hillel event not a dispute over territory or the right of return, but instead of sitting down and having a discussion as the the fundamental question of whether Israel has the guest speakers implored them to do? It dawned on me right to remain Jewish. that the reason why there is no dialogue from the proMost of you reading this are probably thinking it’s Palestinian community on campus is essentially absurd to question the Jewish nature of Israel, given because there is no pro-Palestinian community on the biblical and historical significance between the land campus. There is solely an anti-Israel movement. and Jewish people. However, a growing number of indiWhen the basis of your entire cause is “anti” or against viduals, particularly within the Palestinian Authority, something you have no need to talk and listen to the deny every Jewish claim to the land. Denying Jewish opposing opinion. history is just another step the Palestinian Authority As the school year comes to an end along with my and anti-Israel movement has taken in its attempt to time at the University, I hope that someday in the near remove Jews living in Israel. They tried war, but Israel future, a true pro-Palestinian community is established was resilient. They tried suicide bombings, but Israel on campus that seeks real peace with Israel. The antis was resilient. They tried rocket attacks, but Israel conhave represented the Palestinian people for years and tinues its resilience. And now they try to destroy in return, they have urged for another Intifada, violence Jewish history in the hopes that the international comagainst Israel and the eventual destruction of the lone munity is as shortsighted as they are. The belief is that Jewish state. If you want to be about peace and a soluonce you remove the Jewish identity from the land, tion that doesn’t involve the eradication of the Jewish Jews no longer have any claim to Israel, which makes homeland, stand up and drown out the hate of antiit easier to deny its right to exist. Israel extremists. In the United States and Israel, disI think Fatah does not want peace with Israel — sent is patriotic, but in the Palestinian world, dissent is they never have and never will. A two-state solution punishable with prison and violence. Stand up and with Fatah at the reins will amount to nothing but disspeak now, because sooner or later, it will be too late. placed Jews from their homes in Judea and Samaria. Abbas has set the tone for the international world, Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences senior the only way Palestinians will end their “struggle” is if majoring in political science with a minor in history. His Israel is turned into Palestine and void of all Jewish hiscolumn, “Marcus My Words,” runs alternate Tuesdays. tory. Some may call that extreme, but even at the

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A MERGER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS As the debate rages on, voices on both sides of the aisle are sounding off on a proposed merger between Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University. Gov. Chris Christie has vowed to have plans for a merger finalized by JULY 1. Members of the University community express their concerns.

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O U. departments must not be jeopardized Letter PATRICK COX he Graduate Student Organization of the Department of Childhood Studies at Rutgers-Camden stands in unified and vehement opposition to the proposed takeover of Rutgers-Camden by Rowan University. The Camden campus offers significant enrichment opportunities for University students and the larger South Jersey community through its courses, degree programs and community outreach. Amputating the Camden campus from the University would effectively nullify the ability of the campus to continue in its historic mission of serving South Jersey residents. The forced separation of Rutgers-Camden from The State University of New Jersey would be a disastrous blow to higher education in South Jersey. Residents of South Jersey would be denied access to the world-class research university they now enjoy. The development of Rowan into a research university eligible for Association of American Universities accreditation, comparable to the University’s current status, may take decades to achieve and cost untold millions of dollars to taxpayers. Without a university that has the infrastructure, resources and worldwide reputation of the University, South Jersey would be unable to attract reputable

research faculty, funding and students like those currently found on the Camden campus. The dearth of resources would, in turn, lead to the cessation of cutting-edge research in Camden and an unnecessary loss of human capital from South Jersey as faculty depart for opportunities elsewhere. The Department of Childhood Studies holds the distinction of being the only doctoral program of its kind in North America and is recognized as a peer program in this new, innovative international field.

We have drawn international attention, accolades and scholars to New Jersey because of our acclaimed faculty, research and networking strengths. Our department has garnered esteem from colleagues around the world, which benefits both the University and the state. Our emphasis on applied scholarship, in turn, improves the lives of children and youth in Camden, throughout New Jersey and abroad. The proposed merger into a lesserknown teaching university now threatens all of these assets.

We therefore support the proposed consortium model by which Rutgers-Camden, Rowan, Cooper Medical School and all other South Jersey academic entities would work collaboratively to share resources. This would enable each to benefit and thrive from each other’s strengths, while allowing each to maintain its mission for the benefit of all of New Jersey. Patrick Cox is a PhD student at the Department of Child Studies.

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Students rally outside Gordon Theater on the Camden campus Feb. 15 in protest of a proposed merger between Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University. Is a merger really in the state’s best interest?

Officials disregard history, jump to action Letter JOHN CONNELLEY lagued by the first of a series of economic hardships, the school that would become our own University in 1793 considered merging with the school that would become Princeton University. Though the merger must have been tempting to a cash-strapped Board of Trustees, the measure failed by one vote. I do not bring this story up merely because I wish to show off my knowledge of University trivia. I mention this little-known historical anecdote because the University once again finds itself at the center of a contentiously debated merger, this time between our sister campus on the Banks of the Old Delaware and Rowan University, a much smaller South Jersey school. The fable of the doomed plan to merge the University and Princeton is useful here because it allows us to put this new plan in perspective: We can argue what the merger would have meant to the centuries-old legacy of the respective universities involved back in the 1790s, but it is clear that the course of the history of higher education in New Jersey would have been dramatically and irredeemably different from what we know today. When talking about combining universities, one is not simply dis-

cussing the combination of faculties, claims that a merger would bring facilities or resources. One is dis- research dollars into a bleeding cussing the blending of two inher- Camden are unsupported. The legently different cultures, traditions islators I’ve spoken with about the and niches within the N.J. higher measure express distress that educational ecosystem. Christie seems intent on pushing for I have a stake in the outcome of his office to be in charge of the this plan for a variety of different merger, preventing open debate and reasons. As a proud son of this dialogue between the officials taxUniversity, I only want what is best payers put in place to discuss issues for the institution I call home. As a like these. The Barer report — the resident of South Jersey, I want to state document which calls for the see educationmerger — does al opportunity not offer any con“This is a case extended to as crete ideas as to many of my how the plan of two very smart and neighbors as would work or savvy politicos rushing even why it possible. As a founding uncharacteristically into would be benefimember of cial, and Rowan’s battle with guns blaring.” plan to manage New Jersey U n i t e d the merger is Students — shorter than the the statewide student association — average college term paper. This is a I want to see what is best not only case of two very smart and savvy for the University, but for the other politicos rushing uncharacteristicalpublic colleges and universities in ly into battle with guns blaring. Who the state as well. And I assure you, can blame those New Jerseyans who with these many — sometimes con- speculate that there is something flicting — sets of views and experi- rotten in South Jersey — that there ences, I see no way that the merger is some underhanded deal few of us as outlined by Gov. Chris Christie have been shared on? and state Sen. President Stephen Of course, there is a larger issue Sweeney is achievable, especially at hand. There does need to be more not by the pie-in-the-sky July dead- attention in Trenton on ways to help line set by Christie. students in South Jersey with their It just does not add up. Very little college education — after all, as about this deal makes sense. The Assemblyman Troy Singleton, D-

Burlington, and others have argued, the fact that there aren’t enough seats at universities in South Jersey certainly contributes to the state’s so-called “brain drain.” The Kean report, an earlier government report by a commission led by former governor Thomas Kean, known for the positive mark he left on our higher education system, called for more funding for Rutgers-Camden as a way to fix this problem. Whatever the solution appears to be, it’s clear that at this plan’s best, it will cost Rutgers-Camden great programs in the Departments of Law and Early Childhood Education, and at its worst will create an educational black hole in South Jersey. There are problems in the system. These problems do include waste, mismanagement and barriers to educational access. But history tells us to be wary of politicians who propose policy changes and demand no one ask them the tough questions until after the policy is in place. Had the trustees voted differently back in 1793, the home that I know and love would not exist today. I’m glad that they had all the facts to work with at the time. I wish that their heirs could get the same privilege. John Connelly is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in history and political science with a minor in social justice.

ne of my favorite quotes from the “Autobiography of Malcolm X” is this one: “When The New York Times poll was published, I had spoken at well over 50 colleges and universities, like Brown, Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Rutgers, in the Ivy League, and others throughout the country.” Notice the flattering factual inaccuracy there? While applying for internships out of the Rutgers Business School, I have encountered job recruiters from multiple Fortune 500 companies who think the University produces students who are just as capable as those from the Ivy League, and it appears that perhaps one of the most famous Muslim-Americans thought so too. It makes sense why students and faculty at Rutgers-Camden do not want the name of their school to switch to Rowan University. Rutgers is a brand name, a foot in the door, and one of the bestregarded public universities in the country regardless of what U.S. News and World Report or high school gossip says. When you say “Rutgers” to your alma mater or employer, people are impressed — maybe not as much in New Jersey where everyone and their uncle went to the University, but in other parts of the country. People expect good things. Even if the current students and faculty have the right to say that they graduated from or taught at Rutgers-Camden, and only new students will get Rowan diplomas, it must be quite demoralizing to know that the college campus you studied at has been absorbed by a less prestigious university. To many of the faculty and students at Rutgers-Camden, regarding their concerns, I say “Boo-hoo, so what.” The administrative business of the state of New Jersey does not revolve around just you. Gov. Chris Christie wants to build a major research university specifically for South Jersey — an entirely reasonable goal — and in order to move toward that goal, he needs to start somewhere. Consolidating the public universities in South Jersey seems a reasonable place to start. People always get upset during organizational changes in which they’re not as well off as before, but the hope is that these changes lead to everyone being better off in the long run. I wouldn’t be surprised if students and faculty at the College of South Jersey were up in arms when they were going to be absorbed to form Rutgers-Camden! Now, I’m not saying I definitely support or oppose the merger of Rutgers-Camden. I am just saying we should make this decision without being blindsided by the biases of faculty and students at Rutgers-Camden who have personal interests — not New Jersey — at heart. Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School junior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in economics and business and technical writing.

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pitchers. He also gave up only one of Princeton’s 10 walks. The Spotswood High School steals home on Tigers wild pitch product entered the game in the third inning, already the second continued from back reliever Hill put into the game. Junior third baseman Pat The Tigers led, 7-4, and they Kivlehan also displayed the athloaded the bases. They scored leticism that made him a twotwo runs earlier in the inning sport college athlete. because of walks with three runAs a former Rutgers football ners on. defensive back, Kivlehan is used As the Knights’ leader in striketo more activity in spurts. Even in outs out of the bullpen with 16, a matchup with less running than Beard was the first Rutgers pitcher most, Kivlehan could not stand to consistently get the ball over the around. plate. He ended the game allowing The score was 8-8 when two runs. Rutgers scored seven Kivlehan reached while he was on on a walk in the the mound. sixth inning. Tigers “My main “We didn’t play well pitcher Nick thing was just to other than Willie Donatiello strugthrow strikes,” gled with control [Beard] and [Nick Beard said. “The like many of his felprevious pitchFavatella] hitting the ers struggled to low pitchers, who combined to walk the zone. If walk-off home run.” find 13 hitters. you throw Then the freshstrikes, good FRED HILL man threw his things happen.” Head Coach worst pitch of the Beard took day: a wild pitch to over for sophosophomore Michael Zavala more righty Charlie Lasky, who that bounced higher than began the third inning. He the dugouts. departed 1/3 of an inning later By the time Princeton catcher after allowing a double and then Tyler Servais recovered the ball four walks. behind him and ran for home, Sophomore starter Slater Kivlehan already crossed the McCue was not much more plate to put the Knights up, 9-8, effective. He allowed five runs their first lead of the day. and five walks in two innings. Junior Bill Hoermann ran Junior righty Charlie Law hard in the same inning when he entered for the final Princeton made contact, but he slowed out in the eighth inning. He was down when he saw his ball fly originally the probable starter over the fence. today against Columbia, but junHoermann’s second home ior righty Pat O’Lear y will now run of the season gave Rutgers make his debut start because an 11-8 lead. the Knights went deep into Senior pitcher Willie Beard their bullpen. started five games last season. Hill was not pleased with the All of this season’s appearances overall sloppiness outside of a were in relief. few moments. The righty pitched 4 2/3 “We didn’t play that well other innings against Princeton — 2 than Willie and [Favatella] hitting 2/3 more than any of his fellow the walk-off home run,” Hill said.

HOFSTRA: Rutgers bats

1, but the Knights pushed across only one more run. “[Galati] stays ahead in the fail to sustain offensive attack count so you’re hitting defensively,” Nelson said. “She’s a continued from back good pitcher.” In Game 2, Rutgers had even singles and a stolen base to go less luck against Erin Wade, who along with two walks, two errors limited the Knights to four hits in and a balk. a complete-game shutout. By the time the Knights took The most effective strategy their first at-bats in Game 1, for the Knights was bunting. they were already down by four Rutgers batters runs, a deficit they legged out three would fail to erase. “[Hofstra pitcher bunt singles on Houston also aided the Pride Olivia Galati] stays the day. But the bunts with nine walks. ahead in the count were not enough “It puts your to push runs defense back on so you’re hitting across against their heels a little Wade. The bit,” Nelson said. defensively. She’s Knights needed “Part of that is that a good pitcher.” timely hits, which Abbey hasn’t been they never got. getting as much JAY NELSON For Rutgers, work in.” Head Coach the road does not After another get any easier. four-run outburst The team travels to Kentucky in the third inning, the Pride this weekend to take on comfor tably coasted to an Louisville, the highest-ranked 8-2 victor y. team in the conference. The Knights (16-17, 5-3) expeThe biggest question for the rienced more of the same on Knights this time is not how offense. Senior Lindsey Curran Landrith’s absence plays into the led off the day with a solo home matchup. She will be available run, but that was as good as it got and will most likely start Game 1 for Rutgers. of the three-game set. Hofstra’s (14-12) Olivia Galati, The issue is if the Rutgers who leads the Colonial Athletic bats can get back on track and Conference with a 1.69 ERA, put runs on the board. allowed seven more hits in Game

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Struggles provide team teaching moment BY AARON FARRAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER

WORD ON THE STREET

he Rutgers men’s lacrosse team had two players earn Big East Player of the Week honors. Sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak and sophomore goalie Steven Lusby took the recognition late Monday. Klimchak recorded a fourgoal performance in the Scarlet Knights’ 8-7 overtime victor y against league rival Providence on Saturday, including the game-winner. Lusby received the defensive award after making 13 saves in the win against the Friars. The honors marked the fourth and fifth time this season the Big East recognized a Rutgers player.

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football coach Kyle Flood said yesterday he was pleased with the early performances of a number of players early in the spring, including redshirt freshman defensive tackle Al Page and junior guard Antwan Lowery. Lowery began last season as a starter along the offensive line.

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wide receiver Victor Cruz will not make his contract negotiations a distraction to him or the team this season, according to The Star-Ledger. Cruz is coming off of a career season. He is scheduled to make $540,000 this season. He hopes the Giants grant him a long-term deal by midseason, but he will continue to play like it is not a factor.

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in tragedy yesterday, one day after Kentucky won the NCAA Tournament championship game. Doctors amputated a fan’s foot as a result of being shot in the leg following the victory. The victim, 31-year-old Harold Calloway, was shot at around 2 a.m. Police have not made any arrests in regard to the shooting. Kentucky fans celebrated in the streets of Lexington, Ky., uncontrollably for hours after the win. Arguments and altercations broke out as the crowd became chaotic.

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David Stern would like to make one more change to the league before he retires in the near future. He wants to change the eligibility for the NBA Draft. Stern would like to see college stars pursue back-to-back championships instead of oneand-done careers. The current rule is for players to be 19 years old and a year out of high school to enter the NBA Draft. As much as Stern wants to see the system change before his tenure is over, he is pleased good college players are able to make the transition to the league after one year of play.

The Rutgers men’s golf team competed at the UPenn Invitational on Monday in Pine H i l l , MEN’S GOLF N . J . , RUTGERS 665 ear ning a n 14TH PLACE unwanted outcome. The Scarlet Knights ended the outing in 14th place out of 16, carding a 665. Starting early in the morning, the long day took a toll on the Knights, who recorded their lowest finish since last spring. “We didn’t do well at all,” said head coach Rob Shutte. “Our game was exposed and the harsh weather conditions didn’t help, either. It was extremely cold, and the winds were not on our side.”

Rutgers understands there are tournaments that will not be favorable. There are also off games and undesirable finishes. The match was one of those competitions the team can learn from. Shutte hopes his players saw some things they need to improve on if they are serious about having the type of competitive season they pursue. “There were a couple of areas that bothered me,” Shutte said. “Our mental toughness was not where it should have been. Although the weather conditions were tough, that is not an excuse to not bring effort and compete 100 percent.” The results of the outing stuck hard with the Knights. Sophomore Jonathan Renza took the finish as a learning experience and as motivation to do better in their next match. “It was a long day,” Renza said. “Thirty-six holes, playing in the

cold and not playing our best are a part of the game sometimes. We did not stay focused at all. As a team, we can definitely have a better mindset and play safer shots.” Shutte wants the match to be a confidence booster for Rutgers. He wants it to know it should always give maximum effort. If it plays with confidence, the results can come as they may. “I think this was more of a mental fatigue situation,” Shutte said. “My players didn’t trust some of their shots, and some strokes they just overshot. I want them to have confidence in their shots, their game and themselves. If that is the case, I will be pleased with however we finish.” Shutte is not upset with the team because he understands the nature of the game. There are great matches, and there are some that players wished never happened.

But he wants the players to understand what they can do to improve and not regress. “The one thing that I can do is stick to my gameplay,” Renza said. “I need to eliminate big numbers, stay focused for the entire match and just play my game.” The tournament for the Knights was not a total loss. Overall, Rutgers is still competing. Shutte knows it is not the end of the world for them. “The big picture is that we are still a pretty good team,” Shutte said. “We have a lot of talented, young players who will learn from this experience. There will be more matches for us to prove what we have.” Rutgers has a few days of f, but returns to action this weekend to compete in the Penn State Invitational in State College, Pa.

PLAY: Singles play proves

both to lose singles matches against the same opponent. One of those wins in singles important against Connecticut play came from Ivey, who delivered the only point against Yale continued from back in Rutgers’ 6-1 loss to the Bulldogs. She won her match, 6they lost five out of six by two 3, 2-6, 10-7, against Steph Kent. points or less. With Holzberg and Petrini A 9-8 defeat from senior leading off in the Nos. 1 and 2 sinJennifer Holzberg and sophogles positions, it is pivmore Vanessa Petrini otal for the Knights in No. 1 doubles that all three to peragainst No. 26 Yale form well against was the closest. UConn’s (6-7, 3-4) topHead coach Ben three singles players. Bucca was happy with But the competition their performance in from both Yale and team play. Denver has Ivey opti“Doubles was actualmistic about the outcome ly a lot closer than sinagainst the Huskies. gles,” Bucca said about BEN BUCCA “I think Ben last weekend. “Even summed it up pretty well. It was though the singles was close, the frustrating to compete so well doubles was right there.” but yet still not come up with a Singles is where Rutgers has [win] on both ends,” Ivey said. to improve the most from its last “We definitely played some matches. The Knights only capgood tennis in both matches, tured three singles victories durbut they just came out on top. I ing the two-match stretch. think with time we will be able Holzberg and Petrini each lost to turn those into wins.” both of their matches, a rarity for

ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior Jennifer Holzberg dropped her last pair of matches in singles play, tripping up against Yale and Denver.

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RU multi-sport athlete finds success in field BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER

As a sophomore in 2008, Tyrone Putman made a decision that few NCAA athletes make in MEN’S TRACK m o d e r n day college spor ts. Putman, a member of the Rutgers men’s track and field team, decided to take on a second spor t, tr ying out for the Rutgers football team as a walk-on. The feat was nothing new to Putman, who starred in both spor ts at Gonzaga High School (Md.). Putman ultimately made the Knights roster as a running back. A typical day for Putman included football practice in the morning, attending class and track practice in the afternoon, followed by football film sessions and meetings, and then by class again. “The toughest thing, I guess, is handling it all together,” Putman said. “It’s a wear and tear on your body. It takes a lot out of you. You can’t be a regular student all the time.” Although both spor ts require athleticism, Putman says track takes more technical prowess to succeed. “Track and field is a ver y technical spor t, especially the triple jump,” he said. “You have to focus on running the right way, jumping, landing. Football’s one of those things where you can improvise during the play. Track is more ever ything has to go right for you to do well.” While with the Knights football team, Putman failed to separate himself from the pack of running backs. His only playing time with the team came in 2010, when he played in eight games — mainly on special teams — and carried the ball only once.

The For t Washington, Md., native decided to leave the team after the 2010 season. He thought about transferring to a school where he could play more but decided he wanted to finish his degree at Rutgers. His recommitment to track has paid dividends this year for the Knights. Putman, who shed 10 pounds from his football playing weight, has had a career year in the triple jump. Entering this season, the senior never cleared 15 meters in the event. This year, he has done so four times. One of those times was at the Big East Championships in Febr uar y, where he leaped 15.06 meters en route to a second-place finish. “Well, it’s a great honor to even score in the Big East because it’s an especially competitive conference,” Putman said. “But to come in second was amazing. I rank it as one of my top college achievements, and I never had the oppor tunity to go that far and [to stand] on the podium, so it’s great. It’s one of those things that I’ll remember forever.” But while his football career remains sidelined for now, Putman has not ruled out a retur n to the gridiron. He worked out for NFL scouts March 21 at Rutgers’ Pro Day, and he said he received calls from a few NFL teams. Regardless of what his future holds, Putman is proud of what he accomplished in his career at Rutgers. “I’ll look back at my athletic career the way I look at my life — there’s no regrets,” he said. “I may have hoped some things went dif ferently, but in the bigger scheme of things it all worked out for a bigger purpose.”

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Sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak’s four goals in Saturday’s overtime win at Providence led the team. The Knights’ attackmen showed life after the team’s midfielders’ early-year surge.

Frontline players re-emerge BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT

With the arrival of head coach Brian Brecht to the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team came a new MEN’S LACROSSE appr oach to how the Scarlet Knights run their offense. For this season, the Knights offense primarily depends on the play of their midfielders. And to their credit, the midfield has responded. Time and time again, senior starters Mike Diehl and Will Mangan, along with freshman support Brian Goss, have been the backbone of Rutgers’ offense. But anyone who saw the Knights play last season under former head coach Jim Stagnitta knows there is a marked change from the attack-driven offense. In the Knights’ last game — a win on the road against Big East opponent Providence — the Rutgers attack finally stepped to the forefront and surpassed its midfield, contributing six of the Knights’ eight goals.

“I have always said our midfield has been dominant and has been a force for us and has kept us in the games we have been in close,” Brecht said. “I thought this was the first time that our attack really complemented our midfield play on the offensive end.” Sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak, who consistently led the Knights in scoring in his rookie campaign, has adapted to the attack’s supporting role. The Clark, N.J., native planned to step up when the opportunity presented itself. He did so against Providence, notching a team-leading four goals, including the game-winner in overtime. “[The attack is] taking whatever they give us,” Klimchak said. “The in-crowd was opening up [at Providence], so Mangan was able to find me. [Junior attackman] Duncan Clancy was able to find me. It all depends on how the other team is playing us.” Before the Providence matchup, the attack consisted of a banged-up group. The preseason

was not kind to Klimchak or Clancy, who traded the top scoring spot with Klimchak throughout last season. “Duncan was injured. I was injured for a little bit,” Klimchak said. “We have been playing through a little bit of adversity, but now we seem to be clicking real well and we’re working real well with the midfielders. We are starting to put it together.” The future is uncertain for Klimchak and the attack group. What they know for sure is the offense will continue to focus around the midfield. But with a fully functioning attack finally in sync with the midfield, the Knights offense has entered a new phase, Klimchak said. “Now it is going to be a little different because the attack seems to be playing really well together. Other teams will be scouting us differently,” Klimchak said. “Who knows what is going to happen these next games? But I think we are starting to put it all together now.”

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Senior wide receiver Mark Harrison (81) runs a route yesterday during the Knights’ spring practice at the RU Turf Field. Harrison and Tim Wright battled injury last year, when Wright played his first full season in a Rutgers uniform after knee surgery cut short his 2010 campaign.

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Tim Wright is working behind the scenes to win over Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood — something he did with former head coach Greg Schiano. Along with catching 11 passes and two touchdowns a year ago, Wright is also the Scarlet Knights’ resident barber. “Hopefully my clippers will touch [Flood’s] hair one day,” Wright said. “He’s been talking about it, so I think it’s going to come through.” His teammate Mark Harrison, meanwhile, is trying to make a good impression with Flood on the field. A year removed from team highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns, the senior wideout caught only 14 balls last season.

KNIGHTS’ WIDEOUTS CHALLENGE FOR TARGETS

His production dipped, injuries surfaced and playing time diminished. Now Harrison focuses on returning to his play as a sophomore without Mohamed Sanu, the receiver that once lined up across from him. “Mo is a great receiver, so you can’t knock him,” Harrison said. “We learned from him. We see it as an opportunity for us as a group to spread the ball out and not have one receiver get locked on.” Beside Sanu, the Knights return nearly every skill position player that earned significant playing time a year ago. That includes 11 of 13 Knights that caught a pass last season. The results begin to show on the field, Flood said. “What I am seeing is some of our more proven players — the Mark Harrisons, the Quron Pratts — are starting to show you

their experience and their playmaking ability,” he said. “That’s been exciting for me to watch.” Flood considers wide receiver a rotation position, meaning a number of Knights could see valuable time on the field. But Harrison will be “a big part of what we do on offense,” Flood said. Sanu, owner of a Big Eastrecord 115 catches last season, was the unit’s main cog. But Rutgers could inherit more parity in his absence, Wright said. “We have great receivers also,” he said. “Now that all the focus is off of Mo, it’s like the ball is spreading around more than before.”

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not anticipate playing two quarterbacks during the season, as Rutgers did during the previous two seasons — albeit for various reasons.

He said he still targeted a seven-to-10-day period before the Knights’ season opener Sept. 1 at Tulane to name a starter. “I think a football team is best served having one quarterback going forward, and you want to commit to your starter,” Flood said. Junior Chas Dodd and sophomore Gary Nova split time at the position last season, starting eight and five games, respectively. Dodd appeared in 11 games in 2010 after Tom Savage suffered a rib injury in the third game of the season. Flood will wait to evaluate Dodd and Nova’s play Saturday, when the team scrimmages at High Point Solutions Stadium for the first time. For their part, the receivers do not mind the lack of a defined starter, Harrison said. “Their personality, the things they bring — it’s kind of hard to

describe [the difference],” he said. “We’re so close on the field that no matter who’s out there, we adjust to both quarterbacks.”

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wore black jerseys during practice yesterday for the first time in recent memory. Flood said the jerseys are a reward for play in practice. “We do have a little competition going with the offense and defense,” he said. “The boys do like the black jerseys, and I know from being at practice today that the defense will have the black jerseys on again Thursday.” The last time Rutgers donned different uniforms in practice came Nov. 7. The Knights wore an American flag emblem etched in their helmets’ block ‘R’ before playing Army on Nov. 12 at Yankee Stadium.

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Knights top Princeton with walk-off

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Freshman Jackie Bates recorded four hits against Hofstra, a team high.

Hofstra steals doubleheader from Rutgers BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The biggest question surrounding the Rutgers softball team’s two-game series with Hofstra yesterday was how the pitching staff would hold up withSOFTBALL out its ace, freshAlyssa HOFSTRA 8 man Landrith. She was RUTGERS 0 kept on the bench after throwing 16 innings last weekend against Georgetown. Head coach Jay Nelson got his answer, but not the one he wanted. No matter who the Scarlet Knights put on the mound, the Pride manufactured runs, proving they could do so any way they wanted. That resulted in an 8-0 loss in Game 2 and a sweep for Hofstra. The lack of a consistent arm behind Landrith was evident more than ever against the Pride. “You can’t depend on one person,” Nelson said. “Sooner or later you’re going to need your other pitchers.” Hofstra handed sophomore pitcher Megan Williams a harsh greeting in Game 2, hitting two home runs en route to its second four-run first inning of the day. Williams could not get out of the first inning and departed in favor of senior Noelle Sisco after throwing only 2/3 innings. And after the Pride tacked on another run in the fourth inning with back-to-back doubles, Nelson was forced to bring in junior Abbey Houston for her second tour of the day. She began the appearance well, allowing only one run in her first three innings of work. In her final frame, the Pride managed two runs on three hits against the New Egypt, N.J., native. Against Houston in Game 1 — she earned the start in the first game in Landrith’s absence — Hofstra strung together three

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Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella clinched the Knights’ 12-11 victory against Princeton yesterday with a home run, the second of the game for Rutgers. Favatella’s four home runs this season place him second on the team.

BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Some people discredit baseball players’ athletic ability. During moments of the Rutgers baseball team’s game against Princeton yesterday, both teams BASEBALL helped those doubters’ cases. PRINCETON 11 Much of the RUTGERS 12 Scarlet Knights’ and Tigers’ exertion came from walking to first base, trotting to the next because of a walk and swinging occasionally before the umpire called, “Ball four.”

That was the result of 23 walks allowed. Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella led off in the bottom of the ninth inning, already with two walks. Favatella, 5-foot-10, had the smallest strike zone of anyone in the Knights lineup. But his three home runs entering the game placed him second on the team. Princeton pitcher Tyler Foote displayed the best control of the Tigers’ six pitchers used — he only walked one batter in two innings. But one pitch over the plate gave Favatella his fourth home run and a 12-11 Knights victory. Hitting the ball out of spacious Bainton Field showed a flash of athleticism that excit-

ed the Knights. Head coach Fred Hill anticipated that ability. “He’s a strong kid, ver y strong,” Hill said. With all the walks, the three-hour, seven-minute game felt longer to many than it was. But Favatella turned the boredom in his dugout to a flurr y of smiles as the Knights ran to home plate to celebrate with him. “We all just wanted to end it here rather than go to extra innings,” Favatella said. “It was a really long game.”

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RU seeks to rebound with win as postseason play nears BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

If there is one thing Morgan Ivey and the rest of the Rutgers tennis team took from last weekend’s losses to Yale and Denver, it was to focus on their TENNIS separate goals each felt she needed to CONNECTICUT AT improve. RUTGERS, “Individually, we TODAY, 2 P.M. know what we need to work on,” Ivey said. “Tennis is an individual sport. While we practice as a team, we each have to go out

with our personal goals of what we need to work on in each match.” The Scarlet Knights (8-8, 3-3) have that opportunity today, when they host their third Big East match against Connecticut. The Huskies enter the RU Tennis Complex as winners of six of their last seven, but they also lost by convincing margins to teams the Knights defeated this season. Georgetown upended UConn, 7-0, last week. Rutgers beat the Hoyas on Feb. 24, winning, 4-3. It is important for Rutgers to pick up its ninth win of the season. With only four matches left in the regular season, every

match is crucial for the Knights once the postseason arrives. “There’s always pressure to win, especially when you have four Big East matches in a row,” Ivey said. “We really want to steamroll these last four, especially going into the conference tournament.” For Rutgers to enjoy its four th Big East victor y of the season, it needs to star t of f fast in doubles. Doubles play this past weekend resulted in losses, but each match was close. In the Knights’ six doubles matches in their past two contests,

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Senior Morgan Ivey earned the Knights’ only singles victory against Yale.