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The Rutgers baseball team committed several defensive mistakes, including six errors, in Saturday’s 17-10 loss to St. John’s. The Scarlet Knights won Friday, 6-2.
Programs at U. teach students to drink responsibly BY RICHARD CONTE CORRESPONDENT
In response to growing concerns on the misuse of alcohol on college campuses, several University organizations have taken measures to ensure student safety. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences professor Barbara Turpin and Cook campus Dean of Students Michelle Jefferson hold “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” every month, an event that allows anyone of legal drinking age with a valid ID to drink safely. “We allow adults over 21 to take one drink per hour [at the happy hour],” Turpin said at Friday’s happy hour, the last one of the semester. “You don’t have to be 21 to come and eat though.” The event is held at the Cook Campus Center on the first Friday of every month while classes are in session, Jefferson said. The happy hour is meant to bring a sense of community to the University. “The [intent is] to promote casual interaction between faculty, students and staff,” she said. Turnout for an average happy hour event can get 400 to 500 people during the three-hour period, Jefferson said. The happy hour has been hosted on Cook campus in the past, and the occasion has become a University tradition, she said. “There has been a Cook campus Happy Hour since before I can remember,” Turpin said. The happy hour aims to educate students on how to drink safely, she said. “We even have breathalyzers to see the alcohol level of drinkers. The main point [of the happy hour] is for people to drink responsibly,” Turpin said. Jessica Castoro, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, believes the event does a good job of bridging the gap between students and faculty. “It’s a good idea because it encourages safe drinking habits,” she said. “The happy hour shows that the deans do care [about drinking habits].” The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs also has an arrangement to help members of the greek community drink responsibly, said Joann Arnholt, dean of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. “All chapters are required to organize or attend one program per year on the topic of alcohol use and misuse,” she said. The programs, taught by content experts, focus on educating fraternity and sorority members on the dangers of binge drinking, Arnholt said. The meetings are all handled in person.
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‘The Daily Medium’ newspapers left over from Wednesday contain a column praising Adolf Hitler attributed to Targum columnist Aaron Marcus, a Jewish student. Marcus filed a bias complaint against the satirical paper.
Columnist orders bias investigation BY AMY ROWE FEATURES EDITOR
Daily Targum columnist Aaron Marcus filed a bias complaint against The Medium, a weekly satirical newspaper that targets the University community, after the paper ran a column under his name last Wednesday. The piece, titled, ““What About All the Good Things Hitler Did?” was featured in the annual “The Daily Medium” issue, a spoof of The Daily Targum. Marcus, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the column, which ran with his photo, name and column title, “Marcus My Words,” was meant to promote anti-Semitism on his behalf. “It’s one thing to write a mock article, and The Medium is known for being offensive and being a satirical newspaper, but it’s another thing to take my name, the picture and title of
my column and attribute something so horrific to me,” Marcus said. The Jewish student, whose proIsrael messages have created dialogue, debate and controversy in the Targum opinions section, said the special April Fool’s issue — which has a very similar design template to The Daily Targum — fooled a friend, who asked Marcus if he penned the column. Marcus then filed a bias complaint with the University Thursday morning, which prompted University President Richard L. McCormick to issue a statement about The Medium’s column. “No individual student should be subject to such a vicious, provocative and hurtful piece, regardless of whether First Amendment protections apply to such expression,” McCormick said in the statement. “The Medium’s article was particularly despicable in light of Mr. Marcus’ Jewish faith.”
Marcus said he has filed the bias complaint because the column pretended to promote anti-Semitism under his name, while upsetting the Jewish community on campus. “Almost every other Jewish person on campus I’ve spoken to is offended by it,” Marcus said. “Satire is something funny. Bias is when you do something like praising Adolf Hitler and [put] someone else’s words for what you’re actually spewing.” The University is investigating the bias incident as per the University’s anti-bias policies, McCormick said in the statement. Marcus said he is reviewing other options, including legal action, but is not completely committed to filing a lawsuit. Amy DiMaria, The Medium’s editor-in-chief, said the column was meant as satire and should not have been interpreted as anti-Semitic.
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Pakistani, Indian students team up for ‘Salaam Namaste’
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yesterday as part of the “Salaam Namaste” banquet in the Busch Campus Center.
Two University organizations hosted an event based on two words meaning peace — “salaam” in Urdu and “namaste” in Hindi — to unite two cultures that have been in conflict for the last 65 years. About 70 people attended the second annual “Salaam Namaste” conference yesterday at the Busch campus center, hosted by the Association of Indians at Rutgers and the Rutgers Pakistani Student Association. Indrani Chatterjee, an associate professor in the department of history, gave a keynote speech on the historic occasion of “Salaam Namaste.” AIR Treasurer Morli Gandhi said India and Pakistan were partitioned 65 years ago, which created tension between the two countries after some parts were split down political lines. Gandhi, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said when the nations split, Hindus were directed to the India side of the border while Muslims were sent to the Pakistan side.
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Association hosts Islam Awareness Week, aims to inform BY GENESIS MENDOZA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers University Muslim Student Association will host its annual Islam Awareness Week to bring attention to Islamic culture and promote social and religious dialogue between Muslim and nonMuslim students. Islam Awareness Week will run from April 9-13 in a large tent at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus, where anyone can stop by and ask questions about Islam, said Ibaad Sadiq, MSA president. Throughout the week there will be a series of lectures and workshops, which will shed light on Muslim social justice issues, said Sadiq, a School of Engineering sophomore. Topics such as racism, poverty, economic downturn and revolutions in the Middle East will also be discussed. “It’s a forum. It’s an opportunity for students to openly, without
hesitation, come ask about Islam,” Sadiq said. Yusra Syed, MSA vice president, said many students have questions about the life of Prophet Muhammad and the Islamic understanding of God. Through Islam Awareness Week, MSA aims to educate students on the Islamic approach to these issues, said Syed, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “We look at the Quran, at Muhammad’s story and his life,” Syed said. “We see how these [issues] have been dealt with in the past, and we study that for dealing with them today.” Sadiq said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks prompted the student organization to host Islam Awareness Week to combat popular misconceptions on Islam. “We want to make this an open forum for college students who are going through a lot of academics and high-level learning, and make this a comprehensive tool for them to learn objectively about the religion
and see what it has to offer,” Sadiq said. Azka Mohyuddin, MSA public relations coordinator, said there are many individuals who do not know the difference between being a Muslim and being a terrorist.
“It breaks my heart when I see people hate [Islam] for no reason.” AZKA MOHYUDDIN MSA Public Relations Coordinator
“[People] think things like women are being oppressed and Islam encourages violence against non-Muslims. So now there’s the [New York Police Department] spying happening,” said Mohyuddin, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. To help fur ther educate members of the University,
MSA invited Muslim leaders and activists to lecture on issues such as family values, racism, poverty and freedom, Sadiq said. Speakers will include Siraj Sadiq, a local community leader and activist; Br. Mujahid Fletcher, a Hispanic convert who studied gangs; Mohammed Hannini, a local speaker and teacher on Islam; and Shaykh Omar Suleiman, an activist from Louisiana, he said. Syed said each event portrays a special part of the faith filtered through each speaker’s personal understanding. “Thursday is usually our biggest event [because] the topic is freedom and rights in Islam, so it’s kind of tying all of the discussions that would have happened over the past week [together] … and saying what Islam has to say about social justice,” she said. Islam Awareness Week will end on Friday with Jumu’ah, a congregational prayer that Muslims hold just after noon
ever y Friday. The prayer is open to ever yone, and Syed welcomes students to join or witness the prayers on the College Avenue campus. “You can compare it to Sunday Mass,” Syed said. “It’s like that very important day for Muslims to come and pray together. ... We have a speaker talk for about 15 to 20 minutes, then the actual prayer.” Sadiq said the success of Islam Awareness Week comes from the amount of nonMuslims who learn about the faith from the educational activities and events. Mohyuddin said the week presents information on the faith with a comprehensive understanding of Islam. “At the end of the day, I hope people understand where we’re coming from,” she said. “It breaks my heart when I see people hate the religion for no reason. I want people to find out what Islam really is, not from TV, not from people who are [Islamaphobic].”
RUTGERS-CAMDEN PROFESSORS DEVELOP FORMULA TO HELP PREDICT STOCK MARKET RETURNS Rutgers-Camden professors have created a theoretical financial model to more accurately predict the rate of return on stocks and bonds. “We typically use previous data to make a prediction about what’s going to happen to the stock price or rate of return on an investment,” said Richard Michelfelder, clinical associate professor at the Rutgers-Camden School of Business, according to a Rutgers Today article. Michelfelder and Eugene Pilotte, a professor at the Rutgers-Camden School of Business, said it is
easy to pinpoint the ebbs and flows of the stock market because they happen frequently, according to the article. Michelfelder said there are different high and low volatility periods in a year, in which the stock market and bond markets are either in state or out of state. “The stock market swings every day, but it has a tendency to cluster,” he said. “Sometimes, you don’t want to look at the stock market because it’s boring.
Then, before you know it, it starts to rock and roll again.” He said the model can predict the volatility for the next day, month, quarter or business cycle, but cannot predict the exact time the volatility will change, according to the article. “Our model makes very few assumptions,” he said. “The fundamentals of volatility haven’t changed. You are getting a true prediction of rate of return and not a historical mean.”
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Students can vote for the Rutgers University Student Assembly president, vice president and treasurer until Wednesday, April 11 at 11:59 p.m., on ruassembly.com. The spring 2012 election marks the third year the student body may democratically vote for their RUSA representatives. The competing platforms — the incumbent Rutgers United Party and the new Old Raritan Party — are composed of current RUSA general body representatives and executive board members.
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he Rutgers University Student Assembly opened polls at midnight for University students to elect their student government representatives. The student body may vote for the next RUSA president, vice president and treasurer in the third annual democratic student government election process. John Connelly, RUSA vice president, is running under the Rutgers United ticket for president, with Sherif Ibrahim for vice president and Pavel Sokolov for treasurer. RUSA treasurer Scott Siegel is running under the Old Raritan ticket for president, with Joe Fontana as vice president and Sabrina Arias as treasurer. Student self-government first made its debut at the University in 1893 with the introduction of Winants Hall on the Old Queens campus as a residence hall, said Erika Gorder,
an archival associate for Special Collections and University Archives. The committee, made up of elected student representatives and chaired by former University President Austin Scott, was responsible for keeping order within the residence hall. Since then, student self-government has changed to reflect changes at the University, like the reorganization of the residential colleges. RUSA was established in 2007, when the residential colleges of Rutgers, Douglass, Livingston, University and Cook merged into the School of Arts and Sciences, said Matt Cordeiro, RUSA president. But the first democratic RUSA elections were held in 2010, as a result of amendments to the assembly’s constitution, Cordeiro said.
The amendments included a provision that would consolidate student government rather than have separate campus councils. Now, the RUSA general body is composed of about 100 student representatives when all seats are filled. Students represent campuses, professional school councils and other student organizations. RUSA is also the umbrella organization for the RUSA Allocations Board, which distributes funding to University student organizations. RUSA’s achievements from the past academic year include the push for the lowest tuition increase in 10 years, lobbying against the Rowan University and Rutgers-Camden merger, and their statements against reports of the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim student groups, Cordeiro said. — Jovelle Tamayo
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PRESIDENT : JOHN CONNELLY VICE PRESIDENT : SHERIF IBRAHIM TREASURER : PAVEL SOKOLOV I would not have even begun to be able to imagine three years ago that Rutgers United would be as successful as it has been, or that I would have secured a leading role within both this coalition of diverse voices within the University community and within the student government of our fair University. The RUSA that existed my first year of college was an ineffective and selfserving institution, the subject of earned derision from both the writers of The Daily Targum and the wider student population. RUSA stands tall in the world of student governments today, responsible for the founding of New Jersey’s first successful statewide student organization. It is credited with pushing through the lowest tuition increase in more than 30 years and responsible for many pro-student reforms — from the installation of new technology in the student centers to the creation of more parking spaces for motorcycles, to more student involvement in administrative decisions at the University. RUSA has been transformed in the last two years into an
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JOHN CONNELLY unmistakably pro-student organization, and Rutgers United is to be thanked for this change. Rutgers United has built a student government that not only reflects the diverse student body, but also fights for accessible higher education, empowers students and reaches out to many student communities usually left unheard within the realm of student government. In a time when the rising cost of tuition outpaces our families’ ability to pay for college, all of our University communities need to come together to create positive change. We as University students need a student government association that can be counted on to fight for us, and Rutgers United has proven itself time and again to be made up of exactly those kinds of leaders.
• Believes RUSA is your student government, which should work to make the University student experience the best that it can be. • Will hold the University accountable for providing the best services it can in the most cost-effective manner. • Will better institutionalize RUSA on campus, making RUSA more efficient and effective in creating change. • Will improve RUSA public relations and student body awareness of campus issues. • Will work with student organizations and communities on campus, bringing them together to better collaborate and learn from one another through respectful discourse. • Will strive to create a safer and more comfortable cam-
SCOTT SIEGEL pus experience for ever yone regardless of background. • Will help foster a greater sense of University pride and spirit here on the Banks of the Old Raritan. • Is made up of a diverse group of students from all walks of life and all sorts of campus involvement. We believe that not enough students know about or support RUSA for it to be a formidable force on campus. We plan to change this by building widespread student support through working on and fixing issues that particularly affect University students.
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COLUMNIST: DiMaria says piece was not malicious continued from front The publication chose Marcus because he is largely recognized within the University community because of his column, said DiMaria, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “We do it ever y year, impersonate a Targum columnist as part of ‘The Daily Medium,’” she said. “We chose [Marcus] … based on [his] distinctive writing style that would be easy to parody.” DiMaria said no one has contacted The Medium so far regarding the investigation into Marcus’ complaint. She said The Medium has never dealt with any formal complaints. “Even given the subject matter, it’s surprising it’s being taken so seriously,” DiMaria said. “Everyone knows who we
PROGRAMS: RUPD reminds students to drink safely continued from front “The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs does not [mandate an online course]...,” she said. The Rutgers University Police Department has also adopted strategies to protect students who are underage and might misuse alcohol, said Lt. Michael Rein of the Rutgers University Police Department. While drinking under the age of 21 is prohibited in New Jersey, a state citation known as NJSA 2C:3315 has been put in place in case of an emergency concerning underage drinkers, Rein said. Under the law, which was amended on Oct. 2, 2009, underage drinkers are provided with legal protections if there is a serious illness involved, Rein said. To receive the protection, the underage person must call 9-1-1 to report that another underage person requires medical assistance because of alcohol consumption.
are, and we print everything as satire. We’re not out to get anyone or be malicious.” The column was particularly disheartening to Marcus because of his family’s history. “The Medium has a right to freedom of speech, but they don’t have the right to impersonate me by printing an antiSemitic diatribe that praises Adolf Hitler,” he said. “I’m a Jew. My grandparents lost many family members in the Holocaust. This is way over the line.” Marcus said The Medium was able to print the piece because the University does not adequately protect Jewish students on campus. “The University has not taken a firm enough position that anti-Semitism will not be tolerated,” he said. “When push comes to shove, the University has not taken the rights of Jewish students seriously.” “The underage person who received medical assistance also shall be immune from prosecution under NJSA 2C:33-15,” Rein said. Rein said the rule was possibly created as a way to get underage drinkers to cooperate with law enforcement. “As I understand it, the legislature passed this amendment to NJSA 2C:33-15 as an attempt to combat the adverse effects of not calling for emergency assistance for an individual who is intoxicated and clearly in need of emergency medical care for fear of criminal prosecution,” he said. Rein said since its introduction, the amendment has provided a positive impact on the way dangerous drinking is treated. “The law has been successful in increasing the likelihood that individuals in need of emergency medical treatment receive such treatment in a prompt and appropriate manner,” he said. Even with the rule, Rein said the RUPD does not advocate underage drinking and maintain that those who can legally drink do so safely.
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STUDENTS: Chatterjee says youth can change tension continued from front Chatterjee said the event has the ability to undo some of the terrible actions that occurred 65 years ago. “I wish students can take away the possibility of learning and coexisting with each other, learning something that is not their own from others who are different from them,” Chatterjee said. She said the younger generation could serve as an example for the older generations — it is possible to bring two cultures that have conflicted in the past to come together. “This is a way for the future. This is how students take the initiative. This is what democracy is all about,” Chatterjee said. Throughout the daylong event, “Salaam Namaste” included workshops such as “Culture Through Sound,” Dr. Renuka Verma’s experience with American health care, a former Pakistani cricket player Shahid Mahmood, along with professor Farah Jan’s historical overview of the relationship of Pakistan and India. AIR President Dhara Shah said “Salaam Namaste” helps to strengthen the bonds between the two groups and nurture friendships. “We should be able to realize our past perspective and work toward [a] uniting future,” said Shah, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s not only about uniting but also bringing back what it means to be a South Asian in America.” Shah said living in America as a South Asian is different from living back in India or Pakistan because of the cultural differences, which was the theme of the conference. “It’s important to be able to take in consideration not only your culture, but also everyone else’s, as well as American culture,” she said. Zain Ahmed, senior representative of PSA, said the event has an academic, intellectual component and that Indians and Pakistanis in America can come together and change perspectives abroad. Ahmed, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said cultural groups sometimes only focus on the visual side of the culture and do not understand the
issues facing the people of that culture. Both Pakistani and Indian students can learn from one another and gain a perspective of each other’s cultures through coming together, he said. “Students come in with their preconceived notion and hatred that they were born and raised with,” Ahmed said. “I think it touched the nerve for everyone in the crowd and made everyone think more about how to perceive Pakistan and Indians or each other.” PSA President Usman Ahmed, a Rutgers Business School alumnus, said when students of a similar background come together it can remind them of where they are actually from. Garima Sharma, a School of Arts of Sciences senior, said there are always different kinds of issues regarding friendship, and this event let her know how to deal with such issues. “I wanted to learn about different perspectives from different speakers because we are actually the same,” Shauma said. Shauma said many Indians and Pakistani students who live in the United States do not realize what is actually happening in their home countries, but events like “Salaam Namaste” allow students to come together and share their views and opinions about India and Pakistan. Parth Gandhi, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, agreed with Chatterjee that there is a rift between India and Pakistan, but it can be fixed through taking small steps that could later develop into a larger initiative. “Some people might say this event is only in one University on one day, but everything needs a starting point,” he said. He said the University has been known to be a melting pot of cultures, and there are bound to be conflicts and misunderstanding. “We shouldn’t just avoid them but process through them, and that’s what this event is — taking a conflict and processing it through learning from past events and teaching our new generation it doesn’t have to be like it was,” he said. Following the event was a banquet that 200 students registered for, Ahmed said. The banquet included a comedy per formance from YouTube star Super woman.
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n response to a civil rights claim brought to the court by a New Jersey man, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that detention centers do not need suspicion or probable cause to stripsearch detainees. With hundreds of thousands held in custody in local jails across the country each year, the Supreme Court’s ruling could mean unneeded and wholly unnecessary strip searches for non-criminal defenders — like N.J. resident Albert Florence. Florence, a financial director from Bordentown, N.J. and a father of four, was arrested in 2005 on a mistaken warrant for a fine he had already paid. While held in custody, Burlington and Essex County jail official ordered Florence to strip as they searched him twice — an experience he has called “horrible” and “terrifying.” Florence brought his case to the Supreme Court, arguing that his civil rights were — as they clearly seem to have been — violated. A strip-search in itself is degrading enough, no matter who it is administered to. But it’s for this very reason that the use of strip-searches on detainees must be given appropriate consideration and pre-meditation. The notion that officials need not have suspicion of wrongdoing or probable cause to administer these searches is not only irresponsible, but can risk the physical and psychological welfare of the individual in question. Florence, who said his experience in jail haunts him, is evidence of this. Florence was not a criminal. He was taken into custody based on a false pretense, for which he was not actually guilty. He was not arrested under extraordinary circumstances, and not even the charges he was brought in under were enough to elicit the sort of action officials took against him. While these detainment centers have a justified commitment to ensuring that jails stay free of drugs and weapons, this does not mean that they should be given free reign to violate the rights of noncriminal offenders and potentially innocent detainees like Florence. We fully disagree with the court’s ruling. The ability for officials to disregard suspicion or cause in strip-searching detainees can only lead to the abuse of such practices.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We allow adults over 21 to take one drink per hour [at the happy hour]. You don’t have to be 21 to come and eat though.” Barbara Turpin, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences professor, on the University’s “Responsible Drinking Happy Hour” STORY IN FRONT
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full course load, which fter three years as most of these students a student in the excel in. School of Ar ts and Let’s put it in these Sciences Honors Program terms: The average football and two years living in player goes to school for Brett Hall, I’ve encounfree and gets free housing. tered more than a fair This sounds likes a ver y share of intellectual snobLEE SELTZER high bill to pay. But stop ber y. Whether it is frat thinking for a moment about bros or residents in whether you agree with the funding, and think about Mettler or Tinsley halls, nobody was ever safe whether the players have put in the work to deserve from our judgment. One group in par ticular was that. When you consider that, the answer is a often considered to be least deser ving resounding yes. In fact, if you do the math, these of respect by many, but not all honors students. players actually receive less than minimum wage to This par ticular demographic is that of the compensate for the work they do. student-athlete. Now I’m sure you’re wondering where I am getPeople have many different reasons for this ting any of this information. I take attendance for sentiment of superiority. It could be jealousy — these athletes, but that does not inherently make more often than not, it was most likely unreme an expert in their daily routines. The answer to solved resentment toward popular athletes in this question supports my stance more than anyhigh school. However, it all took the same form. thing I’ve said before. I have gotten all this inforMany honors students would complain about the mation directly from the players. scholarships that athletes get, the Why is this so astounding? Think money that goes into the pro“The athletes about it — if you had someone grams, and other “special treatresponsible for making sure you ment.” Many students also felt you’re talking about attended class, while your classthat these student-athletes might are not a drain on mates were free to skip, how not have gotten into the you feel about it? I sure University had it not been for the University budget.” would know that I would resent it, and I their athletic abilities. would be extremely cold to my Although I never really bought personal class checker. into this particular brand of judgBut this is not how the athletes view it. ment, I have confirmed over the past year just how Instead, the athletes are oftentimes extremely wrong these views are. Curiously, I have done so friendly to me, and I regularly have conversations through taking the form of every student-athlete’s with them. They make it clear that they harbor no worst enemy: the class checker. For those of you hard feelings toward me as a result of the nature of who don’t know, a class checker is exactly what it my job, and they recognize I’m just another student. sounds like — someone who is in charge of making Most importantly, they have displayed a clear matusure athletes show up at their classes. Basically, I rity that I am not afraid to admit I don’t have, and I take attendance. would venture to say that most other University stuHowever, this job has provided me with far dents do not have either. more than easy money — it has given me So next time you’re going to criticize University insight on what it is like to be a varsity athlete athletes, just remember a few key facts. The athletes at the University. These athletes, who are someyou’re talking about are not a drain on the University times stereotyped as being lazy and academibudget. Instead, you are talking about a group of cally unmotivated, actually work harder than people — and a group of incredibly hard working any other students I have ever met. In terms of people at that. Moreover, there is a good chance that physical exercise alone, it is not abnormal for these very people have a far more mature view on these athletes to spend more time working out the world than you do. in one day than I do during my most strenuous week. Sometimes these athletes have to get up Lee Seltzer is a School of Arts and Sciences junior at 6 a.m. to run, and I don’t know about you, but majoring in history and economics with a minor in most college students I know can count the mathematics. His column, “‘Simplee’ Put,” runs alternumber of times they’ve woken up at 6 a.m. during college on one hand. This is also on top of a nate Mondays. THE DAILY TARGUM WELCOMES LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND COMMENTARIES FROM ALL READERS
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Medium parody should be taken lightly Letter AMY DIMARIA niversity students have embraced The Medium since the 1980s for its satirical and comedic content. Since its transition from the newspaper of Livingston College into a weekly entertainment publication, students have consistently been offered the opportunity to read, contribute and admire satirical accounts of University events and its public figures. Readers of The Medium have seen in the past few years a Rutgers University Mounted Patrol horse promoted to detective, former head football coach Greg Schiano replace the football team’s uniforms with ones made of $100 bills, and images of University President Richard L. McCormick blowing up Murray Hall. Throughout the histor y of The Medium’s journeys into the bizarre and satirical, we have never expect-
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he unseasonably warm winter New Jersey experienced this season elevates the debate of global climate change. However, the fact that New Jersey had its four th warmest winter has done little to prove to students here at the University the reality that our planet is undergoing an unnatural warming. Unfortunately, climate change is but one of many environmental issues that students (and the population as a whole) are ignorant about. Various forms of social media either misinform or do not inform at all on impor tant environmental issues that af fect ever yone on a daily basis. Some of these crucial issues include climate change, air pollution and energy use. To get inside the minds of people and their thoughts regarding environmental problems is like tr ying to solve a puzzle with an infinite amount of pieces. The current generation “Me” possesses a present-oriented mindset. “Why should I care about the environment if ever ything is OK now?” Our ecological footprints are becoming so big that even if we changed our mindset now and began to repair our planet, it might in fact be too late to fix. A different, interactive approach needs to be developed in order to change the way we think about global climate change, for the better of our planet. The earth does not have a “rewind” button, as much as we think it does. Rober t D’Arienzo is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior majoring in meteorology.
ed any student to interpret the paper as serious. This brings us to a special issue of The Medium published around April Fool’s Day, which was designed to look like The Daily Targum. Students saw the same satirical content they were familiar with in regular Medium issues, delivered alongside a parody of the widely recognized University daily newspaper. We published a satirical opinion piece in this year’s issue under the name of Aaron Marcus, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior and biweekly Targum columnist. The opinion piece, titled “What About All the Good Things Hitler Did?” was completely satirical in nature. It was intended to reflect Marcus’ writing, which The Medium had intended to parody. Through research of Aaron’s work, a Medium writer was able to accurately mimic Aaron’s writing style, from his tendency to
have straightforward, provoking titles in his column to the casual, approachable style of writing he prefers to use. The writer also intended the use of provoking subject matter to parody Marcus’ continued use of sub-
“Throughout the history of [The Medium] ... we have never expected any student to interpret the paper as serious.” jects many University students do not find popular. Marcus, because of his position as a columnist with his face published in the Targum ever y other week, is subject to a different set of rules than what a private person would have. For all intents and purposes, Marcus is considered a public figure, leaving him open for parody in
the same way that McCormick and Schiano are. This means we can use his likeness without his permission. Had this ar ticle been written to parody a private citizen, such as an average student who does not have a weekly column in a widely published newspaper, then the abilities of The Medium to parody would be much different, and we as editors and writers recognize this. We believe we are able to parody Marcus in the same way a publication such as The Onion can parody major political figures. This brings us to the accusation that the publication of this article was meant to be antiSemitic. I want to state publicly, in the strongest possible terms, that the only subject we meant to parody was Marcus, whose work The Medium staf f has found as something more than suitable for parody. This piece was not an attack on any religious or ethnic group. It was not an attack on defenseless
private citizens. The article we wrote was about Marcus, a sometimes controversial public persona. Marcus’ use of his column as a pedestal to promote his views is completely within his rights. But because he is a public figure, his column is subject to parody just as any public figure’s work is, and it is well within the rights of The Medium to promote this. The satire that was published was just that — and as with all issues of The Medium, we place a disclaimer in ever y published issue noting that no part of our paper, unless other wise specified, should be taken seriously. We believe that anyone taking this to be a work of fact that Marcus actually wrote illuminates to us how provoking and concerning he can be. Amy DiMaria is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English with a minor in history. She is the editor-in-chief of The Medium.
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Today's Birthday (04/09/12). Things that seemed stuck now align with forward motion. Partners, family and friends serve as anchors and lifelines, despite the temptation to spontaneously dash off on adventures. Career and finances lead to more travel and education. Put aside a money cushion. Grow leadership. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 6 — You're gaining respect. Gather with family. There's a promise of more money coming in. Keep communication channels open. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Assemble the team. You have no trouble getting the message across, and the group contributes. Do the numbers. Authorities may need persuasion. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — For the next two days, partnership is the name of the game. Hold off on travel. Impulsiveness causes accidents. Accept more responsibilities. Choose privacy over publicity. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — It's getting busy, and your creative juices are flowing. Get productive, and don't be afraid to be unorthodox. Price your materials. Include your team. Save time and money. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — There's another opportunity for income. Let your conscience be your guide. Avoid big promises. Leave time to play like a child (or with one). Your friends are your inspiration. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Make household decisions for the next two days. Clean up a mess. Consult a partner on a decision. Follow a dream to a mysterious destination.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Get a financial deal in writing. Learn from friends at a seminar or class. You've got the study advantage with your extra ability to focus. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — The people around you are more respectful. It's a good time to ask for money. It could get spent easily. Keep track. Entering a two-day domestic phase. Express your sentiment artistically. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Your confidence can make a big difference, like a sense of ease and space. With new freedom comes a new responsibility and satisfaction. Enjoy the growth, and keep expanding. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Renew yourself through private examination, perhaps in the shape of an artistic project. Don't worry about the money. Conserve resources out of habit. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — See how you can use your connections to generate new income. You'd rather play than work now, but what if you could combine both? Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Your community participation and creative mind for problem-solving makes you quite attractive. Listen to someone who loves you. It's guaranteed to be better than internal radio.
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SERIES: Pitcher strikes out none, allows only two runs continued from back “I think I’m just getting better pitches to hit,” Zavala said. “I have a little protection in the lineup, and the bats seem to be
getting hot. I don’t know [if I have] a power stroke, but it’s coming along.” Like the five Knights pitchers Friday, junior righthander Rob Smorol forced the defense to play to contact. Smorol is second on the Knights (15-15, 4-5) with 28 strikeouts, but none were against St. John’s.
The main difference between Smorol’s two-run start and the 17 Johnnies (18-13, 6-3) runs the next game was the Knights defense, propelling Smorol (4-2) to victory. “Early in the game, we were kind of sloppy with [two] errors, but we cleaned that up,” said head coach Fred Hill. “[Smorol]
APRIL 9, 2012 did a great job. He was a little erratic early, settled down a little bit, got a little tired toward the seventh and handled the eighth pretty good.” With a combined 24 hits in the two games, the Knights had no problem setting themselves up for victor y. But they need to defend that victory in the field.
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Sophomore running back Jawan Jamison participates in drills in the Bubble. In the Knights’ first scrimmage of the spring Saturday, Jamison carried the ball 21 times for 56 yards and fumbled once. He left the scrimmage early with an undisclosed injury.
DEFENSE: RU offense leaves room for improvement continued from back A good defensive scrimmage disrupted the offensive flow, especially at the quarterback position, still shrouded in uncertainty. Sophomore Gary Nova got the first crack, going 10-for-26 through the air for 119 yards and
two interceptions. Junior Chas Dodd went 14-for-37 for 180 yards, connecting for two touchdowns and one pick. His biggest completion went to sophomore running back Jawan Jamison, who took it into the end zone for a 51-yard connection. Jamison and sophomore Savon Huggins, the two top backs on the depth chart, ran for a combined 110 yards on 39 carries with two rushing touchdowns.
“I thought they both ran hard,” Flood said. “For the most part, I was pleased with how they ran the ball.” But they also showed flashes of inconsistency. Although only one fumble made it onto the stat sheet, Flood was not happy with the two the referees said the ground forced. Flood does not think the team is where it needs to be yet, nor does he expect them to be this early in the year.
“I hope two weeks from now the back-and-forth is still good, but I would hope the game would be cleaner,” he said. There were too many penalties today. The interceptions, the [fumbles], those are things you can’t win football games when you do.” When the Scarlet-White Game ar rives April 28, he hopes the Knights look more like the team that will take the field in the fall.
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DEFICIT: Senior enjoys productive outing against ’Cats continued from back execute in any aspect of the game of lacrosse, offensively or defensively,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “We were not very impressive-looking in the first 30 minutes.” Michael Diehl’s third-frame goal began not only the Knights’ attempted comeback, but cemented a career day for the senior midfielder. Diehl scored three more times in the second half, marking a careerhigh goal total and only his second hat trick in his time on the Banks. “I feel bad because Michael Diehl certainly showed up ready to play,” Brecht said. “Michael, for the past two weeks, has been in the office at 7 a.m. taking a bucket of balls and shooting on his own. There is a reason he has been such a dominant force the last couple of days, and so successful [against Villanova].” Diehl’s goal began a 7-1 scoring run by the Knights that pulled them to within only three goals of the Wildcats with eight minutes remaining in the game. Senior midfielder Will Mangan and sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak, who notched one and two goals, respectively, joined Diehl. The Knights that emerged after halftime were a completely different squad than the one for the first two frames. “If you would have came after halftime, you would have liked what you saw,” Brecht said. “I keep wanting to say how the guys are working so hard, and I’m proud of them and they don’t give up and they keep on fighting, but at the end of the day we also need to execute.” With only two Big East games left on their schedule and two more conference wins needed to qualify for the Big East Tournament, the Knights cannot afford to lose another game in the Big East. “We have to win the rest of our games. We have Syracuse next Saturday, then we have Georgetown,” Brecht said. “Each game is a playoff game — there are no moral victories. We have to execute, and we have to get those wins.”
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Syracuse spoils early RU lead in victory BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Playing the No. 2 team in the country Saturday, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team started fast with a WOMEN’S LACROSSE two-goal RUTGERS 10 lead. But t h e SYRACUSE 15 O r a n g e were too much, defeating the Scarlet Knights, 15-10, in Syracuse, N.Y. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias was disappointed with the loss, but remained satisfied with the way the Knights performed against such a highly-ranked opponent. “[Our performance] showed that we’re a good team today,” Brand-Sias said. “Syracuse is a very good team.” Two late goals capped the scoring for Rutgers, but the late offensive surge was not enough to erase Syracuse’s lead. Junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson’s goal represented the closest the Knights came to overtaking Syracuse (8-2, 3-0), as the Orange scored four straight times to increase their lead to 12-7. Senior midfielder Ali Steinberg netted a goal with eight minutes left, but another Syracuse scoring run followed her strike. The Orange’s Alyssa Murray scored the last goal on an assist from Gabby Jaquith. The goal was Murray’s fifth of the half and sixth of the game, which increased Syracuse’s lead to as much as seven. Rutgers answered after halftime on Anderson’s third goal of the game. Her strike with 24:44 left secured Anderson’s sixth hat trick of the season.
“It’s great,” Brand-Sias said on Anderson’s per formance. “It’s always good to have a consistent scorer like that. She’s a competitor and a competitor ever y day in practice, and it translates into the games.” Syracuse did not intimidate Rutgers, as Steinberg scored on an unassisted goal less than four minutes into the first half. Junior attack Annie McGinley assisted sophomore Lauren Sbrilli two minutes later to increase Rutgers’ lead to 2-0. After Syracuse answered on three straight goals by Katie Webster, Devon Collins and Kailah Kempney, McGinley found the back of the net for a 3-3 score. The goal capped an impressive day for McGinley, who recorded four points for the Knights. Anderson scored twice in the half. The second strike with 4:52 left gave Rutgers (7-5, 2-2) its last lead of the game, a 6-5 advantage. But Syracuse scored two goals to enter the half with a 7-6 lead. “They need to know that we’re a good team and that people need to be scared to play us,” BrandSias said. “They need to have that attitude. We’re no longer the team that walks into games hoping to win.” The loss also finished off a week that witnessed Rutgers go 1-1 thanks to Thursday’s 13-5 victor y against Villanova. With both games behind them, the Knights’ next game is in more familiar territor y, as they take on Louisville on Friday at the RU Stadium Complex. “We’ll have three full days of practice before [Louisville],” she said, “so it should give us time to work on things and get better.”
Jumping performances highlight meet in Va. BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track and field team took home fifth place this weekend in the Colonial Relays at William & MEN’S TRACK Mary. The Scarlet Knights scored 68 points in the meet, 32 of which came from senior jumpers Kevin Bostick and Tyrone Putman and redshirt freshman Corey Crawford. Bostick led the trio with 16 points, winning the triple jump with a leap of 14.95 meters, and finished third in the high jump with a mark of 2.01 meters. Putman gave the Knights two top-three finishers in the triple jump with his thirdplace mark of 14.36 meters. Crawford captured his second long jump title of the outdoor season, leaping 7.50 meters. “I think we’re going to go to the Big East and sweep everything,” Putman said. “Corey’s going to win the long jump, and it’s going to be a battle between me and Kevin in the triple jump. Kevin is going to come out with the high jump. We’re going to do great in the jumps.” Senior Steve Werner finished ninth in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.70, qualifying him in the event for the Big East Championships. Werner has now
qualified for four individual events in the Big East Championships — the most on the team. “This is the first time he’s ran it since high school, so I think he did a really great job,” Putman said. “He’s really versatile … and it’s great that he can add hurdles and help us at Big East.” In the sprint events, senior Kevin Brown collected a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 100and 200-meter dashes. Brown’s time of 21.49 in the 200-meter dash established a personal best in the event. Kadeem Douse finished third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.03. Douse also qualified for the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.11, which placed him 14th in the event. “It was definitely his best performance,” Brown said. “I think it helped him with his confidence. … He definitely needs to be more consistent because we need him in the shorter events.” Rutgers finished third in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 42.05, but still looks to establish consistency in the event after running it in 41.44 at the Bulls Invitational. “It was bad — we’ve got to do better than that,” Brown said. “I’m not really happy with what we did.”
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Freshman Hyung Mo Kim tallied 157 strokes to place 39th entering the final day. The final round began yesterday.
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he Rutgers softball team dropped both of its games Friday and Saturday against No. 9 Louisville in Louisville, Ky. The Scarlet Knights lost, 3-2, in the final game of the series at Ulmer Stadium. They pulled within one but failed to bring home the tying run, leaving six runners on base. Freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith allowed three Cardinals runs off three hits in the third inning during her complete game. The Cardinals also beat the Knights, 1-0, in the series opener and 2-0 in Game 2. Louisville was hitless through the first five innings, but sophomore Jordan Trimble walked of f with a double.
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Sophomore safety Lorenzo Waters participates in a drill Tuesday during practice. Waters intercepted sophomore quarterback Gary Nova on Saturday and added a sack.
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WATERS BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Lorenzo Waters always finds himself surrounded by experience. And after nearly three years doing the same thing, it is starting to rub off on the Rutgers football team’s sophomore safety. “Everything’s clicking for me out there now,” Waters said. Waters proved it Saturday during the Scarlet Knights’ first scrimmage, intercepting a pass and providing a physical presence in the secondary. He looked every bit the part of a Rutgers safety. Part of the reason is Waters is related to one. Joe Lefeged, now with the Indianapolis Colts, is Waters’ distant cousin. “He’s telling me that he knows what I can do,” Waters said. “He’s telling me be confident in what I do and go out there and show what I can do and make plays.”
EMERGES AFTER BIDING TIME Waters added a sack at High Point Solutions Stadium, where the Knights’ defensive backfield looked at home. Senior cornerback Brandon Jones returned an interception for a touchdown and blocked a field goal attempt. Junior corner Logan Ryan deflected a pair of passes, including one off of his helmet. But Waters’ game was the biggest coming out party. “Lorenzo Waters, among others,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “I don’t know that he was the only one [who played well]. I can’t speak to only one guy, but I thought as a position group, those guys played really well.” Waters recorded 10 tackles a year ago, when he earned time later in the season on passing downs. It was a role senior Duron Harmon, Waters’ partner at safety, once filled, along with now-senior linebacker Khaseem Greene. He also filled a role on Rutgers’ special teams units. Now the DeMatha Catholic (Md.) product has a chance to contribute to arguably the Knights’ most fluid position in recent memory. “That was really big, getting to learn everything before I got out there,” Waters said. “I know what I’m doing by the time I get the chance to start.”
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Kicker Kyle Federico made four field goals Saturday.
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Federico earned his first shot at throwing his name into the competition at kicker, converting four of five field-goal attempts. Jones blocked Federico’s second tr y. “It’s definitely exciting playing in the stadium, definitely good getting a head start being with the team, getting an advantage everywhere,” Federico said.
Federico made a 39-yarder on his first attempt, followed by three inside the 35-yard line. The early enrollee learned under former NFL kicker Mike Hollis, his mentor. “He’s helped me a lot throughout my career,” Federico said. “I worked with him when I was down in Florida. Here and there, I’ll get in touch with him on the phone, tell him how I’ve been doing and see if he can help me out.” Federico’s competition, sophomore Nick DeLouisa, conver ted one of two early attempts. Flood said he anticipated the position battle to last through the summer, but Federico’s per formance encouraged him. “Ver y impressive,” Flood said. “I was really pleased. It sounded like he really hit the ball solid out there. They certainly looked good going through the pipes.”
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Betim Bujari left the scrimmage with an injury on the first-team offense’s first drive and did not return. Flood did not know the root of the injury, but said he does not expect it to be severe. Bujari enrolled early in 2010 before playing consistently last season along the Knights’ offensive line. Sophomore running back Jawan Jamison also missed the end of the scrimmage with an undisclosed injury. He split reps with sophomore Savon Huggins with the Knights’ first-team offense, rushing 21 times for 56 yards and a fumble. “We’ll get up with the doctors, and we’ll figure it out,” Flood said.
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team placed 11th after two rounds Saturday at the Rutherford Invitational at the Penn State Blue Course. Freshman Jacob Stockl led the Scarlet Knights, entering yesterday’s final round tied for 34th place with 156.
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Knicks player Larr y Johnson rejoined the team as a basketball and business operations representative. The role allows the former for ward to work in several dif ferent capacities, including player development, community relations, the Garden of Dreams Foundation, fan development, marketing and several business initiatives. Johnson was the first overall pick in the 1991 NBA Draft. He played with the Charlotte Hor nets through the 1995-1996 season before they traded him to the Knicks for Anthony Mason and Brad Lohaus.
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quar terback Tim Tebow drew a crowd of about 15,000 yesterday to an outdoor Easter church ser vice, telling the gathering it is impor tant to be outspoken about faith while criticizing athletes for not being better role models, according to ESPN. Some audience members drove more than 100 miles to hear Tebow speak. More than 100 school buses shuttled people to the megachurch ser vice in Georgetown, Texas. Tebow also sat for a twominute inter view to talk about the role his faith plays in public life.
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RU defense impresses in scrimmage BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney hit in three Saturday and scored two runs. He did not commit a single error in the game, but the Knights committed six errors and miscommunicated many times on defense in the 17-10 loss to St. John’s.
Rutgers loses series with spotty ‘D’ BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Baseball players often make routine defensive plays look easy. But in the Rutgers baseball team’s final two games this weekend against St. John’s, BASEBALL the Scarlet Knights went from ST. JOHN’S 17 defense routine to unpreRUTGERS 10 dictable, even on an infield grounder. The defensive regression culminated in the eighth inning Saturday against the Red Storm. Three of the six Knights errors on the day helped turn a tie into a seven-run deficit and eventually a 17-10 loss. “That has to change,” said sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney on the defense. “We put ourselves in the position to win, but then we just didn’t play well defensively. That hurt us.” Even though Sweeney plays the most error-prone position, he ended the game unscathed. But outside of the inning when the Knights allowed seven earned runs with three dif ferent pitchers, the Knights defense made other mistakes. Rutgers fielders twice mishandled calling for a catch in foul territor y. The defensive miscommunication prevented two possible outs as balls bounced between the defenders. The Johnnies frequently tested the Knights fielding with 19 hits, but Rutgers did the same to St. John’s with 15.
It was not a matter of how far the Knights hit it, but where they hit it. Sweeney and sophomore center fielder Brian O’Grady do not provide much power from the nine and leadof f spots, respectively, but aggressive hitting allowed for their combined five RBI. “That’s one of the things that [assistant] coach [Joe Litterio] and I have been working on: being more aggressive early on in the count,” Sweeney said. “Early on in the year, I was getting behind in the count.” The patient Rutgers lineup leads the Big East with 137 walks. But in the Knights’ losses to Columbia on Wednesday and St. John’s on Thursday, they wanted to better capitalize off their opportunities. “Timely hitting is the most impor tant par t of the of fense,” said junior rightfielder Steve Zavala. “You can go [barely any] hits the whole day, but if you can hit at the right time, that’s big.” Zavala is a patient hitter with a .386 onbase percentage, but the Knights needed someone to hit r unners in from the five spot. That is what he did in the St. John’s series, when he hit 5-for-11 with four RBI and one walk. Zavala’s most productive output occurred in Friday’s 6-2 victor y against St. John’s, when his seventh-inning single brought in three runs in his 2-for-4 outing.
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High winds greeted the Rutgers football team as it took to High Point Solutions Stadium on Saturday for its first spring scrimmage. FOOTBALL But the weather did not bother any of the players or coaches, who were excited to be back on the field in game-like conditions. “It was great to be out here in the stadium today,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “I thought the kids were excited to play. I thought they played with good energy. I thought there was some good back-and-forth in the scrimmage.” The Scarlet Knights that took the field, despite missing a few key pieces, looked very similar to last year’s team — defense stole the show. As a whole, the defense generated three interceptions — senior cornerback Brandon Jones returned one for a touchdown — in addition to six sacks. Jones and the rest of the secondary were at the forefront of the unit. “We flew around and I was proud,” Jones said. “The young guys … let the speed make up for the mistakes, tried to fly around and make plays.” Jones played in 13 games last season despite not being fully healthy. He said he is still not 100 percent but looked every bit the part of a full-strength corner. “As a [defensive back], you probably just want to focus on making plays and taking the ball away from the offense,” Jones said. “To put points on the board is just a plus.” Without group leader Scott Vallone, who sits out the spring because of injury, the defensive line picked up three sacks. “Some of our young [defensive] linemen showed up today,” Flood said. “I was very pleased to see that. I don’t know that I had seen that in the first five practices.”
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Early deficit proves costly in ’Nova loss BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
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Rightfielder Steve Zavala hit 5-for-11 last series, including a three-run double.
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team found itself in a familiar late-game comeback attempt against No. 13 Big East opponent Villanova on MEN’S LACROSSE Saturday, eventualVILLANOVA 14 ly falling to the Wildcats, 14-9. RUTGERS 9 Like most of the Scarlet Knights’ late surges this season, the comeback was necessary against Villanova because of a disaster of a first half for the Knights (5-6, 1-3) at Yurcak Field. By the time both teams entered halftime, Villanova (7-4, 3-0) already outscored the Knights, 11-2. “The first half was a culmination of a perfect storm of not winning face-offs, not making saves, not shooting the ball well — we did not
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