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The Rutgers women’s track and field team captured the Metropolitan Championships this weekend at Rutgers’ Bauer Track and Field Complex, which also hosted a men’s competition.
Office places Granato on probation BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT
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Students set up their tents last night to get ready for a week of campaigning for higher education funding.
Students occupy University for 10th Tent State
After a daylong hearing held on College Avenue, Cabo Granato, president of the Newark College of Arts and Sciences Student Government Association, was found guilty on charges of harassment toward a University dean. Granato, a Newark College of Arts and Sciences senior, was charged with disorderly conduct as well as bullying, intimidation and harassment after a confrontational discussion he had with Clayton Walton, the associate dean of Student Life on the Newark Campus. The charges were filed through the Student Conduct and Ethical Development office. Although he faced possible expulsion, Granato is likely to only be
placed under probation until the date of his graduation, which is at the end of this semester, said Matt Cordeiro, president of the Rutgers University Student Assembly. “It is basically a warning,” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “If he does something again, he might get into more trouble, but he should graduate before that.” The hearing was closed to the public, but Cordeiro was able to attend to testify as a character witness for Granato. Granato appealed the decision to be put under probation and said the verdict is not yet finalized. “There is no sanction just yet,” he said. Walton refused to comment on the case. Granato’s quarrel with Walton occurred when he approached the dean
after finding nearly $3,000 in undocumented deductions from NCAS-SGA funds. After Granato questioned Walton, the dean responded in an aggressive manner, asking the student if he wanted to “step off campus and settle it that way,” Granato said. Newark College of Arts and Sciences junior John Swift, a member of the student government association, witnessed the altercation and confirmed that Walton had made allusions to physically fighting Granato. Walton pressed charges against Granato following the meeting, saying Granato’s “nasty” and “abrasive” behavior intimidated him. Before the hearing began, nearly 20 protesters stood together outside, making signs with slogans such as
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University students set up camp at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus yesterday, marking the 10th annual weeklong campaign against tuition hikes. Students pitched tents across the lawn near Scott Hall for Tent State University, known this year as Tent State X, which serves as a platform for individuals to express their concerns about University issues, said Sonia Szczesna, one of the student supervisors for the event. “Tent State is a coalition-builder and an awareness-raiser and a way for students to organize and gain power,” said Szczesna, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. The goal of TSU is to create an open space for conversation, she said. “Tent State is the realization of student power in a lot of ways,” said Matt Cordeiro, president of the Rutgers University Student Assembly.
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About 20 protestors gather outside Bishop House on the College Avenue campus Friday, where the student conduct office held a hearing for Newark student Cabo Granato. Granato was put on probation for confrontational discussion with a dean.
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Students, families and cancer survivors raised $75,000 for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life this weekend to honor and celebrate the lives of cancer survivors. More than 90 student organizations participated as teams in Relay for Life at Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus, during which individuals ran around a track Saturday for 12 hours. “Tonight cancer won’t sleep so neither will we,” said Jessica Burstein, an organizer of Relay For Life. The opening ceremony started off at 7 p.m. with guest speaker Jennifer Penley, a recent survivor of colon cancer. Penley shared stories of her experience battling cancer and how she overcame her illness.
Penley said cancer took over her life, which made it difficult to accept the disease because she was thinking about her two children’s and her husband’s reaction to the illness. “I didn’t have cancer, cancer had me and that’s how I felt,” she said. “I couldn’t even look in the mirror. I felt like if I didn’t face my reflection, I wouldn’t have to face reality.” To separate cancer from her life, Penley said she created a box of memorabilia to balance her emotions and take charge of the cancer. After the speech, students walked around the gym’s track, for the first “sur vivor” lap, said Burstein, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Dillon Teisch, event chair for Colleges Against Cancer, said students did not have to walk for the
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TEDxRutgers inspires students through motivational speakers BY RAYMOND WANG CONTRIBUTING WRITER
TEDxRutgers brought diverse speakers and concepts together Sunday to ignite a global enlightenment in the University community. TEDTalks are held annually in Long Beach, Calif. to liberate ideas and bring together scholars of all disciplines in keeping with its motto, “Ideas Worth Spreading.” TEDx is independently organized at the University to stimulate the same dialogue at a local level, said Taha Najmuddin, co-organizer and curator of the event. “I believe ideas can change lives and attitudes, and ultimately change the world,” said Najmuddin, a University alumnus. Najmuddin, an international student from Pakistan and recent Rutgers Business School graduate, said he was inspired by a discussion he once had with a professor. “You need to share [good ideas] with people,” he said. “If not, how are you going to know if they’re going to change the world? And if you’re on the other side, you need to be encouraged.” Wei Jie Tan, co-organizer of the event, said he wants people to be inspired from the talks and apply what they learned to everyday life. Tan, a School of Environmental and Biological
Sciences junior, said the different speakers were invited based on their different fields of study. Walter Fortson, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, spoke about his experience from spending 25 months in prison to becoming a scholar student. “I had a lot of thoughts in prison, but something that was most salient was that I was privileged,” he said. “But I would have to attempt herculean efforts in order to counteract this new identity I had as a convicted felon.” For Fortson, that opportunity came from Donald Roden, an associate professor in the Department of History. As the founder of Rutgers’ Mountainview Prison Project, he offered Fortson the chance to prepare for an education at the University. “All I heard was, ‘Here’s your life back,’” Fortson said. Amanda Lim, vice president of leadership development club Toastmasters International, played violin and spoke about her experience playing with orchestras. She said people should be a part of the world and not reflect on themselves because life is also about the community, the University and the world. “Sometimes we get so blinded by our own ambition that we forget why we’re doing [things] in the
first place,” said Lim, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Instead of thinking about where you want to get in life, think about helping other people.” Sami Fanik, a rapper activist, made an appearance on stage to spread his mission through music. “I’m not scared to have a voice and I want to hear yours,” he said. “Power to the people who make this world better.” Kevin Peng, creator of “Rutgers Memes,” said people would not know the power of an idea unless they shared it. “A meme is really just an idea, or an element of culture, that one can share from one person to the next,” said Peng, a School of Engineering first-year student. Hillary-Marie Michael, an entrepreneur who founded Jersey Tap Fest when she was 16, said determination is needed to achieve dreams. “Don’t just be the change. You need to create the change,” she said. “We hold the future of our world, and we need to be prepared to lead accordingly.” Citing herself as an example, Michael said age does not factor into a person’s success. “Your age has nothing to do with your capabilities. Your greatest support system is your own determination.”
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Walter Fortson, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, discusses his time spent in prison yesterday on Douglass campus.
Tracey Shors, a psychology professor at the University, said the concept of meditation helps the brain retain neurons. “Learning keeps your brain’s neurons alive, but you have to make an effort,” she said. “The more difficult the skill is to learn, the more cells that are rescued from death.” Yael Niv, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University, said she wonders how the brain makes decisions, finding that the impulse-
based habitual system is actually more reliable than the predictionbased deliberative system. “Your habitual system’s been with you your whole life,” she said. “It’s like an autopilot.” Dena Seidel, director of the University’s Center for Digital Filmmaking, teaches filmmaking and creative writing. She explained what makes up a story and how that can translate in to film. “Storytelling is universal. Everyone has wants and dreams, and attached to those are narrative.”
Conference addresses conflict in Haiti, Dominican Republic BY SEOYOUNG CHOI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University’s Center for Latino Ar ts and Culture hosted a Caribbean conference this weekend to explore the relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic from a new perspective. The closing of the Transnational Hispaniola Conference was held at Hickman Hall on Douglass campus, in remembrance of Sonia Pierre, a human rights advocate who died last December. Sonia Pierre worked to stop discrimination against individuals of Haitian origin. The conference was held Friday through Sunday to bring activists, scholars and artists together to discuss the conflict between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, said Carlos Decena, organizer of the event.
Decena, an associate professor in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, said he got incredible support from the University. “This really speaks the true commitment of the University and being a leader,” he said. Nehanda Loiseau, a New York University alumnus, showed excerpts of her play “Across the Front Line,” which focuses on the relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Although the two countries share an island, Loiseau said the nations are unable to get along. “You see this a lot across the world — one border and people hate each other, have wars and the question is, why?” she said. When Haitians immigrated to the Dominican Republic, they were treated poorly and put to work in sugar cane fields, Louiseau said.
“You pay $5 for your latte, but do you know the story behind the sugar you put in? The sugar you put in everyday came from this world [where people] are still fighting for their rights,” Loiseau said. Conflict also stems from the countries’ histories, she said, when Haitians occupied the Dominican Republic before they gained independence in 1844. Manuela Dandre Pierre, assistant in the Legal Department of Movimiento Unido De Mujeres Dominico-Haitianas, said her mother Sonia Pierre wanted women in the Dominican Republic and other countries to rise up and defend their rights. “[Sonia Pierre] told me to rise up and continue her legacy wherever I go, while respecting others rights,” Dandre Pierre said. “While she was dying, I
saw that same fight in her eyes. She died proud dedicating her life to carr y our voices where other wise would not have been heard.” Unlike other countries in Latin America, lack of documentation in Dominican Republic is closely related to the question of migration, said Jenny Moron, a lawyer involved with human rights in Dominican Republic. She said many Haitian people live in the Dominican Republic, and 11.4 percent of the population is undocumented. “This affects their children, grandchildren and all their descendants because women and children who lack documentation are largely exposed to lower wages and physical abuses,” Moron said. Without a passport in the Dominican Republic, people are
not able to get married, receive health care or get an education, Loiseau said. “Imagine yourself as an American and one day the American government tells you, you are no longer a citizen because your parents are from another country,” Loiseau said. “That’s what is happening to Haitian [descendants] in Dominican Republic. ” Christopher Peralta, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said he was able to relate to the struggles of the Dominican Republic because he has seen the poverty there. “It was definitely emotional. This conference makes learning in Rutgers University more realistic,” he said. “It’s not just learning in classroom, [but] seeing the person definitely improves the quality.”
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STUDENTS: Tents are available for rent for $5 a night continued from front The event mimics how real social movements work, said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, alluding to the opportunity students have to bond and make connections with one another. All are welcome to participate in the campaign, which features an organized town hall tent, an art tent and a legislative tent. Individuals can bring their own tents to sleep in for the week, or they can rent a tent for $5 a night or $15 for the week, Szczesna said. If a student registers after Tuesday, the cost is reduced to $10. Volunteering for security shifts is another way to get a tent, she said. TSU plans to offer a series of workshops throughout the week, like lobbying training, a course on “U.S. Labor History” and a voter registration table. The event uses music, art and knowledge to facilitate discussion in the University community, Szczesna said. “At the same time, there is a bit of a loss of focus from what I thought Tent State was originally about,” said Sam Romero, a University alumnus. TSU is now more of a cultural festival rather than a means of pushing for legislative changes, Romero said. Because of the student government involvement, Romero hopes that this year TSU concentrates on lobbying legislators for higher education funding and better support for higher education.
TSU is scheduled to host the Student Debt Carnival today to educate students on loans and higher education, Szczesna said. RUSA members and Congressman Frank Pallone will also speak today at 10 a.m. about education policy. A United Students Against Sweatshops “teach-in” to discuss the Fair Labor Association is scheduled for Wednesday, and Thursday is the annual “Take Back the Night” event, which focuses on reproductive rights, she said. “This year, [TSU] is interesting because it’s tied in with the USAS campaign,” she said. “The administration has not been responsive to student concerns about the University’s affiliation with the FLA, so this is a platform for us to help educate the rest of the student body about the issue,” she said. USAS advocates for the improvement of international working conditions and has tried to encourage University President Richard L. McCormick to disassociate from the FLA because the organization allows poor sweatshop conditions, Szczesna said. Members of USAS plan to meet with University administrators Friday to further push a disassociation from the FLA. TSU usually takes place every day of the week, but because University administrators have outlined that no outdoor events can be scheduled for April 20, Szczesna said organizers are not yet sure what to plan for Friday. Timothy Grimm, campus dean of Students for the College Avenue campus, said at a RUSA meeting in March that a University task force is taking preventative measures against possible Rutgersfest replacements.
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Tent State starts today with students camping out on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus. A town hall tent, an art tent and a legislative tent will be there throughout the week.
“The administration’s decision … is definitely a drawback,” Szczesna said. “No one thought it was fair. Tent State is nothing like Rutgersfest, and I don’t agree with the policy at all.” Tent State has changed from a protest to an institution at the University through the years, Szczesna said. The New Jersey Student Coalition for the Right to an Education founded the event on April 2003 as a three daylong event to protest the $143 million proposed cut to higher education by the state and the war in the Middle East, according to an April 2003 article in The Daily Targum. “The initial idea was to set up in reference to the ‘Hoovervilles,’ so we were going to have a McGreeveyville,” said Romero, a New Brunswick resident. “We originally wanted to have that set up in Trenton to protest.”
The coalition suggested the event should be styled as an alternative institution of higher education and, in reference to Kent State where student protesters were shot dead, TSU was born, Romero said. “The first Tent State was much more lobbying intensive than the other Tent States,” Romero said. “But the people organizing Tent State now are much more organized than we were.” Former Gov. Jim McGreevey still cut state funding that year, but the loss could have been worse if students did not lobby, Romero said. “The legacy of positive, direct actions that Tent State has brought the University and the whole scene is very good for supporting the cause of higher education funding and lower tuition,” Romero said. But the tent community was not the first one of its kind at the University.
Student members of the Campaign for an Affordable Rutgers Education pitched tents at Voorhees Mall in 1992 and lived in “Lawrenceville,” a tent community named after former University President Francis Leo Lawrence. Lawrenceville aimed to encourage a tuition freeze and to push for voting rights for student representatives to the Board of Governors, according to an April 1992 article in the Targum. The campout represented students who would be forced out of their homes if tuition were to go up again, because they would not be able to pay rent and other bills, then-member of CARE Ali-Sha Pemberton told the Targum. “They are all here because they’re students, and they care about paying for their education,” said Szczesna of the current campaign. “It’s the one thing we all have in common.”
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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.
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The Arab Cultural Club presents the fourth annual Arab-American 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.
The Rutgers University Dhol Effect presents “Bhangra Knights” at 7:30 p.m. at the Asian American Cultural Center on Livingston campus. Activities include dancing, free food and a performance from RU Bhangra.
Bhakti Club presents the annual “Sacred Sounds” event from 8:30-10:30 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room.
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Student researchers of the Aresty Research Center will present their projects at the eighth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium at 10:30 a.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. For more information, contact Matthew Evans at matthew.evans@rutgers.edu.
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The Flavors, Fragrances and Perception Symposium will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Fiber Optics Materials Research building on Busch campus. University faculty and guest speakers will present their work on new discoveries regarding olfactory processes and human health and behavior. Contact Chris Perkins at (732) 445-2226 or christopher.perkins@rutgers.edu to register.
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The Rutgers Internship and Co-op Program will hold a 30-minute information session at 1 p.m. at the Career and Interview Center on Busch campus. Preregister at careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu.
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Janet Tomiyama, assistant professor in the Departments of Psychology and Nutritional Sciences, will lecture on “Stress, Eating and Not Eating” at noon in the first-floor conference room of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at 112 Paterson St.
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istration has been giving no comment about the situation,” he said. requested open public hearing Cashin said the University’s unwillingness to comment has continued from front possibly obscured some of “administration, stop the intimithe public opinion on the case, dation,” and “why don’t we take but he understands that both this off campus?” par ties must agree to a Among the protesters was public hearing under the Joe Cashin, RUSA corresponUniversity’s policy. ding secretar y, who said “As a concerned student he attended the protest to show who would like to know what his support for Granato. actually happened, I would like “[Granato] is a smar t to see more transparency individual, and he really cares from the University administraabout Rutgerstion,” he said. “I Newark students think it should “I would like to see have been an and students across the state hearing.” more transparency open of New Jersey,” Granato said said Cashin, a from the University the hearing was School of Ar ts closed despite administration.” and Sciences his request to the sophomore. contrar y because JOE CASHIN Cashin said he his accuser School of Arts and Sciences expected the would not agree Sophomore hearing to be to hold the hearopen to the public ing publicly. and hopes the University The case went on for a full becomes more transparent in day before the hearing was the future. adjourned and the guilty “I’ve read articles and I’ve verdict was passed down, heard Cabo’s side, and that’s Cordeiro said. the only side that I’m hearing “It took 12 hours, but Cabo because the University adminwas OK,” he said.
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Arden Cho, a Korean-American actress and singer, performs original songs during projectKOREA, sponsored by the University’s Korean Student Association on Friday at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus.
FUNDS: Higgins walked in memory of late grandfather continued from front full 12 hours, but organizers recommended that at least one person from each team walk around the track. Melissa Higgins, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, had participated in Relay for Life before attending the University because she said it helps a great cause. Taking part in the relay this year had a different meaning for Higgins though, because she lost her grandfather in October to lung cancer. “I raised all the money this year to commemorate [my grandfather] and my nanny is here to walk as a survivor,” she said. “I was able to raise $1,500.” Magan Mauro, who participated on her sorority Sigma Kappa’s team, said she was going to try and stay up for the whole 12 hours. “We brought a lot of food, Apples to Apples to play and our team signed up for Zumba at 5 a.m., so yeah we plan to try and stay up until the morning,” said Mauro, a Rutgers Business School junior. Kristin Miicke, a member of the Raising Seeing Eye Puppy Club, said their organization participates ever y year to help those in need. Some members donated their hair to be made into wigs for chemotherapy patients as another way to support the cause. The club was able to raise more money than any other team for a 4th year in a row, with a total of $8,732, said Miicke, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s just something that touches all of us whether you’re affected or not, and we just wanted to do something to help raise money and make a difference,” she said. Throughout the night, there were planned per formances and ceremonies to help keep the par ticipants awake and motivated. There were also games and events to go along with the relay’s theme of a night in Vegas, said Teisch, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.
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Local council focuses on disabilities with day of awareness BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR
The North Brunswick Abilities Council hosted its fourth annual Disabilities Awareness Day, an event aimed to educate residents on the different handicaps people face in local communities. More than 150 people visited the North Brunswick High School Sunday for the event, which featured 34 different organizations holding exhibits about disabilities. Robin Turner, chairwoman of the North Brunswick Abilities Council, said donations funded the entire day. Turner began the awareness day in North Brunswick to honor her niece Danielle Gruskowski, who died in 2002 at the age of 32, when the staff in her group home refused to call 911 during her lifethreatening emergency. Gruskowski’s death led to the signing of Danielle’s Law, which aims to prevent similar cases from occurring in the future, Turner said. “The law requires staff working with people with developmental disabilities to call 911 telephone
emergency services in life threatening emergencies,” she said. Her personal connection to the issues that the disabled face inspired Turner to bring Disabilities Awareness Day to the local community four years ago. “When I came to North Brunswick, I didn’t see a Disabilities Awareness Day, so I went to the mayor and said ‘I want to revive your disabilities council,’” she said. The first event in 2009 was held in the North Brunswick High School, she said. It was then held at the Johnson & Johnson building in New Brunswick for the following two years before returning to the high school in 2012, Turner said. She said she is motivated to help organize events such as Disabilities Awareness Day because she does not want other families to go through the sorrow she did after Gruskowski’s death. “I do it for that little girl, and then I look at all the other faces and they remind me that ever yone needs to be happy in this world, not just one person,” she said.
The event owes its success to the substantial contributions from local volunteers such as Girl Scouts, youth councils and students from local high school and middle schools, Turner said.
“An ‘UPstander’ stands up and speaks out and says hi to somebody in a wheelchair.” LYNNE AZARCHI Executive Director of Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum
Among those holding exhibits was L ynne Azarchi, executive director of Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum, who brought her organization to the event for the first time. “We are the only ones doing this in the countr y,” Azarchi said. “We have discussions with about 2,000 kids a year in small groups about bullying, cyberbul-
lying … and sensitivity towards persons with mental and physical disabilities.” Azarchi said raising awareness among children about people with disabilities is the best path to shaping a future society that is more respectful towards the handicapped. “We’re not having these conversations with kids and it’s important because when they see somebody in a wheelchair, they don’t know what to do,” she said. Teaching people to become proactive when they see forms of bullying instead of simply letting things slide can help in educating people about certain disabilities, Azarchi said. Kidsbridge tries to develop what they call “UPstanders” to help this cause. “An ‘UPstander’ is not a bystander,” she said. “ An ‘UPstander’ stands up and speaks out and says hi to somebody in a wheelchair.” But Azarchi said children are not the only ones who could benefit from the awareness raising programs, and hopes to one day bring
the Tolerance Museum to college campuses as well. Danielle Lieberman, an American Sign Language interpreter, volunteered to translate various speeches given throughout the day into sign language to help those who are hearing-impaired understand the speakers. Lieberman said she is happy to help the cause because the event serves a good purpose. “Events like this one spread awareness and support for people in the community who you might not even know are there,” Lieberman said. But while the event brings a lot of benefits to the community, Lieberman said she was surprised to see a turnout smaller than what she had anticipated. “I expected more people, but I didn’t see a lot of promotion for it anywhere,” she said. Turner agreed, and said the turnout should be greater considering the importance of the issues being discussed. “I’d like to see more people attend, but it’s the awareness that needs to get out there,” she said.
UNIVERSITY STUDENT CHARGED AFTER HITTING 14-YEAR-OLD A 19-year-old University student was charged Friday with hitting a South Brunswick High School student with her vehicle outside the school building before fleeing the scene, according to mycentraljersey.com. The victim of the hit-and-run was a 14-year-old female, who was later sent to Rober t Wood Johnson University Hospital with a severe concussion and fractured clavicle, police authorities said in the article.
Shivangi Patel, a South Brunswick resident, returned to her class at the University after hitting the 14-year-old. She was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries, endangering the welfare of an injured victim as well as driving violations, according to the article. Patel, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore, hit the high school student as she was walking in front of a crosswalk at 7:25 a.m. on
Friday. She was charged a few hours later, a fact that shows the efficiency of the police department, said Raymond Hayducka, chief of police in the article. “This driver ran down this student as she was only feet from the school,” Hayducka said. “Sgt. Ken Drost was determined to track this driver down. He showed tremendous determination in piecing together all aspects of this crash investigation and locating the driver.”
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Barack Obama travels to Colombia to promote ties THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CARTAGENA, Colombia — Could this weekend’s gathering of about 30 Western Hemisphere leaders be the last Summit of the Americas? The question hung in the air as the leaders convened yesterday for a private morning retreat. Washington, backed by Canada, was standing fast against widespread demands to include in the meeting’s final declaration language specifying that Cuba be included in future hemispheric summits. “All the countries here in Latin American and the Caribbean want Cuba to be present. But the United States won’t accept,” President Evo Morales of Bolivia told reporters late Saturday. “It’s like a dictatorship.” Morales and other leftist leaders have been insistent that this weekend’s meeting in this Caribbean colonial port, which wraps up at midday, will be the last regional summit under Organization of American States auspices unless Cuba is invited in the future. The top international adviser to Brazilian President Dilma Roussef f, Marco Aurelio Garcia, said the dif ferences could mean the summit will end with no final declaration. U.S. President Barack Obama’s peers lectured him Saturday over his unflagging opposition to Cuban participation due to U.S. objections to the communist-governed Caribbean island’s lack of democracy. But a senior U.S. administration official said in a briefing for White House reporters Saturday evening that the subject did not come up in any of Obama’s brief meetings on the summit’s sidelines with the leaders of Guatemala, El Salvador, Argentina and Peru. The foreign ministers of Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay have said their presidents won’t sign any declaration unless the United States and Canada remove their veto of future Cuban participation. Asked if Obama and the leaders discussed the question of countries not signing off on the final declaration, the official said, “No.” The Cuba issue led Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa to boycott the summit, and Nicaragua’s leftist President Daniel Ortega also sat out the meeting, though he offered no explanation. Venezuela’s cancerstricken president Hugo Chavez also was absent. He flew Saturday not from Venezuela to Cuba, where he has been undergoing radiation therapy. Even moderates such as Santos and Rousseff said there should be no more America’s summits without the communist island. The Obama administration has greatly eased family travel and remittances to Cuba, but has not dropped the half-centur y U.S. embargo against the island.
U.S. commercial and political influence in the region has been in decline as China gains on the United States as a top trading partner, and many analysts say these regional summits tend to be unwieldy and only make sense if they are a departure for serious follow-up on substantive issues. “The label ‘Americas’ doesn’t seem to mean that much anymore unless you’re a cartographer,” said analyst Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America. A splintering of old alliances due to region and ideology has cost the OAS clout and, many analysts say, relevance. The main alternative summits, such as the Latin America-Caribbean group and the IberoAmerican session, exclude both The United States and Canada. The first Summit of the Americas was convened in Miami in 1994 by then-U.S. President Bill Clinton. In subsequent summits, U.S. attempts to create a hemispheric free-trade zone collapsed. South America’s rising left fur ther eroded U.S. influence. At this weekend’s summit, Obama was criticized by some leaders for refusing to abandon a drug war that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and undermined governments, although he didn’t shy from listening to arguments on the other side. “I don’t mind a debate around issues like decriminalization,” he said in a pre-summit interview with Univision television. “I personally don’t agree that that’s a solution to the problem.” “But I think that given the pressures that a lot of governments face here — underresourced, overwhelmed by violence — it’s completely understandable that they would look for new approaches,” Obama added. The summit’s host, President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, urged a reconsideration of the war on narcotics, citing the irony of Colombia’s successes: While it extradites hundreds of alleged drug traffickers for trial to the U.S., criminals turn to other countries where law enforcement is weaker. Central America and Mexico, in particular, are bleeding as traffickers shift to countries of lesser resistance. “We know that our success has (negatively) affected other countries and we are pedaling and pedaling and pedaling like we’re on a stationary bike,” said Santos. “The moment has come to analyze if what we’re doing is best or if we can find a more effective and cheaper alternative for society.” For some, the summit was overshadowed by an embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and U.S. Secret Ser vice agents that widened when the U.S. militar y said five ser vice members staying at the same hotel might have also been involved in misconduct.
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North Korean leader makes first address THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Special envoy Kofi Annan’s plan to put an end to Syria’s violence deteriorates as forces attack neighborhoods in opposition of Homs.
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s new leader addressed his nation and the world for the first time yesterday vowing to place top priority on his impoverished country’s military, which promptly unveiled a new long-range missile. The speech was the culmination of two weeks of celebrations marking the centenary of the birth of his grandfather, national founder Kim Il Sung — festivities that were marred by a failed launch Friday of a rocket that generated international condemnation and cost North Korea a food aid-for-nuclear-freeze deal with Washington. Kim Jong Un’s speech took North Koreans gathered at Kim Il Sung Square and around televisions across the country by surprise. His father, late leader Kim Jong Il, addressed the public only once in his lifetime.
Appearing calm and measured as he read the 20-minute speech, Kim Jong Un covered a wide range of topics, from foreign policy to the economy. His speech, and a military parade that followed, capped the carefully choreographed festivities commemorating Kim Il Sung’s birthday, which included a massive fireworks display. It was the best look yet the outside world has had of the young Kim, who is believed to be in his late 20s. Punctuating Kim’s message that the North will continue to pour funds into its military, the parade culminated with the unveiling of a new long-range missile, though it’s not clear how powerful or significant the addition to the North Korean arsenal is. Some analysts suggested it might have been a dummy designed to dupe outside observers. Although the rocket launch Friday was a huge, costly
embarrassment for the new leadership, Kim’s address was seen by analysts as an expression of confidence by the young leader and meant to show that he is firmly in control. “Superiority in militar y technology is no longer monopolized by imperialists, and the era of enemies using atomic bombs to threaten and blackmail us is forever over,” Kim said. His message suggested no significant changes in national policy — the “Militar y First” strategy has long been at the center of North Korea’s decision-making process. But there was strong symbolism in the images of the new leader addressing the countr y on state TV and then watching — and often laughing and gesturing in relaxed conversation with senior officials — as the cream of his nation’s 1.2 million-strong militar y marched by.
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Syria cease-fire erodes as truce monitors arrive THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Syria’s 4-day-old cease-fire appeared to be quickly eroding yesterday, with regime forces firing dozens of tank shells and mortar rounds at neighborhoods in the opposition stronghold of Homs, hours before the arrival of a first team of U.N. truce monitors. Even though the overall level of violence has dropped, escalating regime attacks over the weekend raised new doubts about President Bashar Assad’s commitment to a plan by special envoy Kofi Annan to end 13 months of violence and launch talks on Syria’s political future. Assad accepted the truce deal at the prodding of his main ally, Russia, but his compliance has been limited. He has halted shelling of rebel-held neighborhoods, with the exception of Homs, but ignored calls to pull troops out of urban centers, apparently for fear of losing control over a country his family has ruled for four decades. Rebel fighters have also kept up attacks, including shooting ambushes. The international community hopes U.N. observers will be able to stabilize the cease-fire, which formally took effect Thursday. A six-member advance team of U.N. observers headed to Damascus on Sunday, a day after a unanimous U.N. Security Council approved such a mission. A larger team of 250 observers requires more negotiations between the U.N. and the Syrian government next week. With Assad seen as a reluctant participant in Annan’s plan, the obser vers’ success will depend on how much access they can negotiate in Syria and how quickly the team can grow to a full contingent, analysts said. The Security Council demanded freedom of movement for the U.N. team, but the regime could try to create obstacles; the failure of an Arab League observer mission earlier this year was blamed in part on regime restrictions imposed on the visitors. However, a reassuring presence of monitors could also enable Syria’s opposition to
return to staging mass marches, common in the early days of the anti-Assad uprising that erupted in March 2011. In response to a violent regime crackdown on such protests, the turnout for weekly anti-regime marches has decreased. The opposition resorted more and more to armed attacks in recent months. By returning to peaceful protests, it would be able to regain some of the moral high ground it lost as the conflict became increasingly violent. Since the cease-fire began, each side has accused the other of violations. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA has repor ted rebel attacks targeting checkpoints and army officers, while opposition activists said regime troops and their allied Shabiha militiamen continued arrest raids and mistreatment of those in detention. The city of Homs, Syria’s third-largest, was the main flashpoint of violence again Sunday. The city had been battered by daily regime shelling for three weeks before the cease-fire, and shelling resumed late Friday, less than 48 hours after the truce took effect, residents said. “What cease-fire? There’s an explosion ever y five to six minutes,” a Homs-based activist, identified only as Yazan, said via Skype. Overall, the Obser vator y reported the deaths of 10 civilians Sunday, including the three killed in Homs, a shooting death near Damascus and the discovery of six bodies. The LCC put the death toll on the opposition side at 23. Since the start of the cease-fire, the daily death toll has been significantly lower than in the preceding weeks, when dozens were reported killed every day. Annan’s peace plan says a truce and the deployment of observers must be followed by talks between the regime and the opposition about Syria’s political future. It’s the first peace initiative to have broad backing, including from Russia and China, which shielded the regime from Security Council condemnation in the past.
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South Korean conservative protesters burn a mockup of a North Korean missile protesting against North Korea launching the long-range missile on April 13 in Seoul, South Korea.
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‘Geek Week’ serves neglected culture S
tudent Life kicked off the University’s first ever “Geek Week” Friday with a visit from “Parks and Recreation” star Nick Offerman. The weeklong event, which organizers say will focus on different themes of “geek culture,” is a great way to highlight a part of campus culture that only rarely receives its due. The predominant culture here on campus is one powered — for the most part — by social interaction. At a first glance, Universitysponsored concerts and events — or else weekend parties off campus — seem to make up the majority of student life along the Banks of the Old Raritan. Though it may be the most visible, this is not the only way students spend their time on campus. What makes the types of interests Geek Week targets unique is that they often do not require the sort of social mainstay that other forms of expression need. A game of “Star Craft,” like a game of chess, does not require that players get together in large groups or hold public demonstrations to successfully exercise their hobby. But because of this, student programming on campus also often neglects them. Student Life and participating organizations will host panels, concerts and games throughout the week specifically chosen to cater to the “geek” lifestyle. The celebration will culminate in a costume dance party held at the Douglass Campus Center. Events like these will help publicize the interests of a popular – yet often unspoken – demographic here on campus. In this sense, Geek Week can ser ve as an important avenue for students to showcase their geeky side. We’re happy to see a University-organized event meeting the social needs of students with more unconventional interests, and we hope to see it become a tradition that will be carried far into the future.
Barchi brings hope for future at U. O
nly four days have passed since the University announced its 20th president, Robert Barchi. While we may not know ever ything about him just yet, the past few days have given the University some time to reflect on the man, his character, his past accomplishments and professional occupations. And from what we can discern, Barchi looks like a strong choice to lead New Jersey’s flagship university into the future. The University Board of Governors unanimously elected Barchi, a neuroscientist, medical neurologist and experienced academic administrator, last Wednesday. Those who’ve worked with him have heralded him as a “powerhouse,” a “game-changer,” and as having a “global presence.” In his current role as president of Thomas Jefferson University, Barchi is credited with bringing international credibility to the Philadelphia medical school, increasing enrollment by more than 50 percent and nearly doubling fundraising. Clearly, these are achievements to be admired. Yet they are also achievements largely representative of what we hope Barchi will bring to the table during his coming presidency at the University. The University will face hurdles in the next few years that are arguably unprecedented in its 250-year histor y. Among them include the prospect of the University obtaining a new medical school, a strained relationship between academics and athletics, and a proposed South Jersey merger of Rutgers UniversityCamden and Rowan University that would threaten the loss of an entire campus. Barchi’s background, rooted solidly in administration, fundraising and exhibiting a strong commitment to research, seems to leave him well-prepared to tackle these issues. While we have yet to see whether Barchi will be more receptive to student concerns than University president Richard L. McCormick — who ser ved the University community for almost a decade — we do find encouragement in Barchi’s vision for the future. During a press conference at Winants Hall on the Old Queens campus, Barchi called for an “innovative, constructive movement” in the direction of a “public-private hybrid”-style institution. With rising tuition and uncertain support coming from state funding, this approach to financing higher education may be something worth looking into. In all, Barchi’s experience in medicine and emphasis on undergraduate education may be just what the University needs right now. We look for ward to seeing what Barchi will achieve and in which direction he will lead the University come fall.
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order for there to be good. have recently discovThink how you may cherish ered the keys to happithe flaws in your favorite ness. I have also recentmovie or book — yes, the ly discovered the point of life badly delivered line or slow and the core concept behind part is a negative, but the human morality. Knowing amazing end product would the keys to happiness allows not exist without it. This realone to know the meaning of ED REEP ization allows you to recoglife, and knowing the meannize happiness when you feel ing of life allows one to know it and be able to determine what brought you there. the core concept behind human morality. I will now The third key to happiness is realizing that stress share with you of all of these things. is the main cause of unhappiness — that being genThere are three keys to happiness. The first key is eralized discontentment with the way things are for realizing that there is no tragedy of existence. What you. Think about times at school when you have been does “tragedy of existence” mean? Sometimes when really unhappy. I bet you that the majority of those we think about our lives and our existence — both in times had something to do with the existence of work terms of the present and the future — we get overyou didn’t want to do that needed to be done by a whelmed with this idea that things are not right, that deadline. Those experiences just eat you up with somehow things will not be ideal for us in a cosmic dread and anguish — whether you’re engaging in the sense. We think that the very fact of our existence unpleasant activity or not — because contains a flaw that dooms us to you need to immerse your mind in some kind of suffering or empti“Knowing the keys the activity’s unpleasantness not only ness. This idea we sometimes get to actually do it, but also to make that I describe is called the tragedy to happiness allows sure you remember that you have to of existence. Woody Allen often do it. Some of the most painful, misdescribes the tragedy of existence one to know erable moments I’ve ever felt were in his movies. Young Alvy Singer in the meaning of life.” when I had to work on projects I “Annie Hall” discusses his depreswaited until the last minute to start sion that stems from the concern — it’s suffocating, like being stuffed that “the universe is everything, and in a morgue container for days while you’re conif it’s expanding, then some day it will break apart, scious. At least when you’re unhappy because of and that will be the end of everything.” I know that some tragedy or drama in your life (or even the when I was younger, I used to think that the options tragedy of existence), you have the luxury of being of existing forever and one day ceasing to exist were able to take your mind off what’s bothering you by equally unsatisfying. When I wrestled with that getting lost in a pleasant activity. Unhappiness conundrum, I was staring the tragedy of existence because of stress is the most awful overall because of right in its eye, and the emotions I felt pertaining to what I describe, and everyone should try to minimize the tragedy of existence were the worst I ever felt — stress in order to be happy. What are the best ways to pure despair about life. In actuality, there is no minimize stress? Reverse-procrastinate on assigntragedy of existence. The universe has been ments, and avoid making commitments pertaining to designed so everything about our existence, now and things you are not passionate about. in the future, is ideal and in a very tangible sense, too. Now that I have established the three keys to hapBy realizing this great truth, you have the foundation piness, what is the point of life? Well, after discussing for attaining happiness in knowing the fact everyhappiness so much, it should be quite obvious that thing about your existence will ultimately work out the point of life is to strive to be as happy possible. It and you needn’t worry about it. is also the point of life for one to strive to make others The second key to happiness is realizing that hapas happy as possible since we are all in this life togethpiness is not about feeling joy all the time or everyer and all matter. Since one should strive to make oththing always working out in your life. No, happiness is ers as happy as possible, the core concept behind really just a generalized contentment with the way human morality becomes clear. One does the right things are for you. Think of people you know who thing when one does something with the intention of truly love their lives. They aren’t living in some kind of making other human beings happy. The practical heaven where they get everything they want. They, specifics of morality are complicated and subjective, like anybody, deal with conflict and disappointment but this is the underlying idea. and heartache, but they wouldn’t trade their lives for anything because, taken together, everything about SEE REEP ON PAGE 11 their life is awesome, and the bad needs to be there in
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “Your age has nothing to do with your capabilities. Your greatest support system is your own determination.” Hillary-Marie Michael, entrepreneur and founder of Jersey Tap Fest, on using determination to achieve dreams STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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REEP continued from page 10 Morality exists because we live in a world with other human beings, and we want to make sure our actions consider their wellbeing along with our own. Hence, most people believe not to engage in murder, theft, assault, fraud, etc. against others unless there are extenuating circumstances such as self-defense. So, in conclusion, I hope the world will be a better place because I wrote this article. Realize that happiness is attainable for everyone, and everyone’s happiness is important. 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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Curb childhood obesity with good habits Letter STEPHANIE ADJEI-TWUM ho says you can’t have your cake and eat it, too? I’m up to the challenge to show you that you can. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The percentage of children just ages 6-11 who are obese has risen from 7 percent in 1980 to 20 percent in 2008. Some schools have already taken an initiative to tackle the obesity issue by banning sugary snacks and drinks. But according to a recent study, weight gain in children has nothing to do with junk food consumption, but was in fact because of poor eating
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habits developed at a young age. Most of these children make bad food choices because they are used to eating these fatty, highcalorie foods at home. Parents enable bad eating habits in their children without even knowing it. Obesity in children can lead to many risk factors, from cardiovascular disease to Type 2 diabetes, but there are steps children can take to reduce the risk. Eating healthier and becoming more active are options, but children are still going to have cravings for unhealthy sweet treats. So instead of denying a child cupcakes and pastries, why not transform the fatty, high-calorie cupcake into a healthy cupcake filled with nutritious ingredients? In my “Ethics in Science” Colloquium, taught by
School of Arts and Sciences associate research professor Julie Fagan, my partner and I assumed the challenge of coming up with healthy cupcake recipes appealing to children. Our new recipes would not only be delicious but they would have hidden fruits, vegetables and whole grain to add nutritional value. Parents will not feel guilty feeding these treats to their children. We believe we can transform children’s eating habits, and our goal is to have bakeries, schools and supermarkets start selling our cupcakes. Childhood obesity is a crisis in the United States, and eating more fruits and vegetables can help stop the cycle. We are doing this service project because we want the 25 percent of childhood dreams that
fall to obesity to become a reality. We will be conducting a taste test for our cupcakes, and we would love for anyone that is going to be in the area to stop by and tell us what you think. The taste test will take place April 19 at 4:30 p.m. in the F1 Lecture Hall of the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Students’ videos and project presentations will also take place at the taste test, as well as a student author book signing. Help children make the right decisions about food and take a stand against childhood obesity. Stephanie Adjei-Twum is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior majoring in public health with a minor in biological sciences.
Alternate-side parking rules hurt community Letter RYAN FELDER ity governments provide numerous rationales for alternate side parking rules, the three main ones being improved traffic flow, encouragement of public transportation, and street cleaning. I’m not sure if these purported justifications are valid in other places or municipalities — I’m only concerned with the rules right here in New Brunswick. I can say with certainty, though, that the city of New Brunswick cites only the third as their purpose in enforcing alternate side parking rules. From the
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city’s website: “Alternate side parking regulations require motorists to remove their vehicle from one side of the street during a particular time period in order for the street sweeper to clean the curbline.” But is it possible that there is a fourth rationale that I did not list above? Is it possible that by instituting these parking regulations, the town is just seeking a way to increase revenue by writing tickets? Consider this. The city distributes parking permits in proportion to the number of houses on the street. Anyone who has ever lived in the area can tell you that the city distributes too many of these permits, as it is often very
difficult to find parking. On an average day, both sides of the street will be parked to capacity. Now, let’s add in alternate side parking rules, in which it becomes a punishable offense — a $25 ticket — to park on one of the two sides. How, then, is it supposed to be possible for all the cars in the area to park legally? Suppose there are 50 parking spots on a street and 50 drivers that put their cars in those spots each and every day. How are those 50 drivers supposed to find adequate parking if, by some rule, only 25 of those spots are available? The brute numerical facts make it outrageous to
believe that people could reasonably comply with these rules. New Brunswick’s alternate side parking rules are illogical and utterly outrageous, if examined closely. Why would anyone create a law that cannot be followed? It would surely be nice to have cleaner streets, but not at the expense of perpetrating injustice upon individuals. No, I think that the real purpose of this regulation is to provide another opportunity to issue tickets and force individuals to pay substantial fines. It’s most likely just a fundraising effort designed to prey on average people who are forced into an impossible
situation. For most people who park on the street, there is no other option. It’s clear that a government needs money in order to function, but that government should respect the rights of its citizens in acquiring those funds. The city of New Brunswick urges you to “be a good neighbor, obey the alternate side parking rules and move your vehicle.” Perhaps the city itself should treat its neighbors with respect and only institute regulations that can in reality be obeyed. Ryan Felder is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in philosophy and psychology.
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Today's Birthday (04/16/12). Plan the year ahead now, as the Moon transits Pisces. List the ways you love to spend your time, and find ways to do them more often. Put out the welcome mat for personal transformation, and open the door when it comes knocking. Discover spontaneity for pleasant surprises. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Planning and research fits. Fine-tune your domestic scene. Whittle down your list, and the pressure lets up. Mercury enters your sign for three weeks of sharper intellectual ease. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Your friends want you to come out and play. Don't get distracted from a deadline, but it is possible to have it all. Compromise. You're smart enough to work it out. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — Consider new opportunities for the next few days. There's a test. Mercury enters Aries for about three weeks, affecting Gemini's self-expression, short travel and family. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Your luck is shifting for the better. Don't launch until you're ready, but sketches take life. Mercury enters Aries for a period of talk and action at home. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Business heats up to a pleasantly profitable sizzle. Your environment sparks your creativity. Spread it around. Let a loved one teach you. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Get into imaginative teamwork with experts and partners. Use a system that you know works. Pay bills first. Service is key for the forseeable future.
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BACKDROP: Junior leads in many events at Metro continued from back
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Sophomore Tylia Gillon ran the 100 meter in 11.63 seconds.
19 top-three finishes, and four Knights won their events. Junior Asha Ruth led the Knights in several events. Ruth was an important part of the 4x100-meter relay team, which placed first in the event. Ruth also placed second in the 100meter dash with a personal-best time of 11.62 seconds. She took home second in the long jump with 20 feet, 10.5 inches. Ruth also won the 200-meter dash with 23.90 seconds to cap the day.
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Senior Monroe Kearns finished in second place this weekend in the 800-meter run, clocking in at 1:54.61.
EFFORT: Senior runner wins close 100 meter at Metros continued from back also a part of the Knights’ winning 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams. “[Brown] is having a phenomenal season,” said sophomore Corey Caidenhead, who finished second to Brown in the 400 meter. “He’s [achieving personal records] every week. … He has great strength, he has great speed and it’s very hard to find both when it comes to a runner.” Senior Steve Werner took home the 100-meter dash. Werner’s time of 10.784 narrowly beat out Wagner’s Saquan Mitchell and teammate Kadeem Douse, who finished second and third, respectively. Douse’s mark of 10.786 marked a personal best for the freshman, and also punched his ticket to the IC4A Championships in Princeton, N.J. After an injuryplagued indoor season, Douse improved his 100-meter time in each of the last three weeks. “He’s doing a great job,” Caidenhead said. “He still has so much learning to do. It’s unbelievable because he’s running so fast.” The Knights again displayed several strong performances from their jump squad. Redshirt freshman Corey Crawford added a second Metropolitan Championship to his belt in the long jump, leaping 7.49 meters. Crawford beat out rival Albert Johnson of Manhattan College, who finished 13th with a mark of 6.03 meters. Johnson
and Crawford are both in the top 20 on the national leaderboard in the long jump, separated by only one place. But arguably the most impressive performance by the Knights came in an event they did not win. The triple jump featured four contestants who jumped more than 50 feet, one of which was senior Kevin Bostick. Bostick set a school record with a leap of 15.63 meters, breaking Conrad Ottey’s 28year old mark of 15.62 meters. Still, the Englewood, N.J., native finished second to Long Island’s Amire Solomon, who set his own school record with a jump of 15.67 meters. Rutgers senior Tyrone Putman took four th in the event with a career-high mark of 15.40 meters. “You’ve got four guys going 50 feet in the finals, all on their last jumps,” Putman said. “It was just a great competition. It was one of the best this year.” Bostick finished second in the high jump, as well, with a height of 2.01 meters. He still looks to hit the IC4A qualifying mark of 2.04 meters. Junior Pat Gray and freshman Anthony Genco, who finished third and fourth, respectively, in the pole vault, also collected points for the Knights. Freshman Mike Fritz took third place in his first outdoor meet, while senior Monroe Kearns earned a secondplace finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54.61. The Knights will forgo the Larry Ellis Invitational next week at Princeton to train through the weekend in preparation for the Penn Relays on April 27 and 28.
“Outstanding,” said sprinters coach Lou Tomlinson on Ruth’s per formance. “It was one of the best performances all year. A performance like she had doesn’t come around too often. All the way around she had a ver y special day.” Several other athletes joined Ruth with good performances. Sophomore Tylia Gillon ran a personal-best time of 11.63 seconds in the 100-meter dash, which placed her third. Senior Nwamaka Okobi placed third in the long jump with a mark of 19 feet, 9 inches. Freshman Gabrielle Farquharson placed second in the 400-meter dash with 55.14
APRIL 16, 2012 seconds, a Big East- and ECACqualifying mark. Sophomore Ashley Decker t ran the 800 meter at the competition and won the event with a time of 2:14.00. The Knights’ performances of late put them in the right direction as the Big East and ECAC Championships near, Robinson said. “We feel ver y good,” he said. “We are pretty healthy. This is a great team win. We scored in ever y area. I was ver y pleased with the team’s per formance this weekend.” The Knights have only two competitions remaining before the championships begin. They travel to Princeton, N.J., next
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weekend to compete in the Larr y Ellis Invitational, and that competition precedes a trip to Philadelphia for the Penn Relays. “We are poised to have a ver y good Big East,” Robinson said. “We are running faster and we are jumping higher. I am ver y happy with the team, ver y happy with the work ethic and I am ver y happy with the team’s attitude.” The Knights have improved since placing fifth in the ECAC Indoor Championships. The Knights’ goal of finishing in the Big East and ECAC top 10 during the outdoor season looks more realistic.
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Freshman Alyssa Landrith won both games against Villanova.
She had the game she wanted, picking up two hits in addition to the home run, scoring three runs in the game. But Curran was not the only player to exact revenge against Manning. In 4 2/3 innings, Manning gave up seven hits and five earned runs. Senior third baseman Brittney Lindley, junior shortstop Ashley Bragg and freshman leftfielder Chandler Howard each picked up two hits. Sophomore designated hitter Loren Williams and sophomore first baseman Alexis Durando were the only hitters who failed to pick up a hit in the game. In total, Rutgers managed 13 hits, which was satisfying after it felt like it let one
slip away in Game 2, Curran said. “You kind of coast a little bit. You think, ‘Alright, we’ll get it,’ but then we never did,” she said of the second game. “We just had to come up a little bit more fired up [in Game 3], and we did.” While the offense beat up on Manning (11-6) and Caitlyn Delahaba, who pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief, freshman Alyssa Landrith did her job on the mound. Landrith (14-8) picked up her second win in as many days, throwing a complete game and allowing only four hits. “Today, [Landrith] came out and she knew what she needed to do to get the win and she stepped up in the game,” said pitching coach Misty Beaver. “She did a really good job keeping the hitters off-balance today and getting them to do what she wanted them to.” Things did not go so smoothly for the pitching staff in Game
T H E DA I LY TA R G U M 2. Junior Abbey Houston and senior Noelle Sisco gave up a combined seven runs on 13 hits in 5 1/3 innings. Only sophomore Megan Williams, who threw the final 1 2/3 innings, posted a clean sheet. “We just had a bad day. Ever yone has a bad day,” Beaver said. “People who make millions of dollars have bad days. We’re just going to keep working, turn it around and come back after it.” Now, Rutgers is back to .500 in conference play as it prepares for an out-of-conference road series tomorrow against Stony Brook. And with only two conference series left before postseason, the Knights have their sights set firmly. “Our goal is to get into the Big East [Tournament], and we need to have a good record,” Curran said. “We don’t want to just have to skate by like the last couple years. We want to make it for sure.”
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utgers head baseball coach Fred Hill won his 900th game with the Scarlet Knights. The Knights clinched his milestone in Saturday’s 8-4 win against West Virginia in his 29th season on the Banks. Hill is 14th among active NCAA baseball head coaches with 1,048 victories in 36 seasons. Hill has led Rutgers to 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, 12 regular season conference championships and eight conference tournament titles. He has also coached more than 60 professional baseball players. See Friday’s edition of The Daily Targum for complete coverage of Hill’s milestone.
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golf team placed fifth at the sixth annual Roar-EE Invitational on Saturday with a 636 in Suffern, N.Y. Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis led the Scarlet Knights with a 153 (77-76) to place ninth in the 75-player field at the Spook Rock Golf Course. She tallied 23 pars during the 36-hole event. Juniors Brittany Weddell and Karen Cash followed in the standings by placing 12th and 15th, respectively. Harvard won the event with a 600. See tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum for complete coverage.
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basketball coach Rick Pitino announced yesterday that his son, Richard, will coach Florida International. Richard Pitino is set to replace the fired Isaiah Thomas with the program, which has posted 12 consecutive losing seasons. Rick Pitino said the contract is not official, but he expects it to be officially announced soon, according to ESPN. Richard Pitino spent the past season as a Louisville assistant coach, helping them advance to the Final Four. The 29-year-old will likely take fellow assistant Mark Lieberman to work on his staff, according to CBS Sports.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS closer Brian Wilson confirmed yesterday he will miss the rest of the season because of Tommy John’s surgery. Wilson also told reporters he expects to be ready for the 2013 season. Return from the surgery usually takes 10-14 months. The 30-year-old saved an MLB-best 48 games with a 1.81 ERA in 2010, the best season of his career and the year the Giants won the World Series. The Giants have a few inhouse options to replace Wilson in relievers Santiago Casilla, Javier Lopez and Sergio Romo.
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RU earns season high in goals against Cardinals BY MIKE MORTON
ultimately broke the record yesterday against Cincinnati. But Mascera said she does The Rutgers women’s lacrosse not think about the record durteam defeated Louisville, 16-11, on ing games. Friday in a game that featured a sea“I’m just continuing to play son-high in how I always play,” Mascera said g o a l s Friday. “If it comes, it comes. If it scored and doesn’t, it doesn’t, but it wasn’t a KNIGHT a record- major concern. I just want to keep NOTEBOOK setting per- playing the game how I play.” formance Mascera tied the record with on the field. 14:19 remaining to set up a Junior midfielder Stephanie Steinberg free position shot. Anderson scored a team-high “We want to get Danielle her five goals for her seventh straight record and have everyone play hat trick, and senreally well,” ior midfielder Ali Steinberg said. “[Louisville] had Steinberg recordMascera tallied ed four. her first assist on some talented Anderson and Sbrilli’s second scorers and ... they goal with 23:23 left Steinberg tallied their 37th and 28th were going to fight in the first. goals of the season, SIX KNIGHTS respectively, to for the entire played their last lead the team. 60 minutes.” home game Steinberg against the scored all four of LAURA BRAND-SIAS Bearcats, but the her goals in the Head Coach class entered second half, includwith the assuring the first two Scarlet Knights goals of the peri- ance of getting its first win od, which occurred within 17 sec- against Louisville. The Knights began strong onds of each other with 26 minagainst the Cardinals, scoring the utes remaining. “It feels good,” Steinberg said first five goals. “We wanted to set the tone Friday. “Everyone else has been playing great and just to finally right from the start knowing that they had some talented scorers get back in it felt really good.” Sophomore midfielder Lauren and that they were going to fight Sbrilli also notched a hat trick for the entire 60 minutes,” said with three goals. She registered head coach Laura Brand-Sias. The victory marks the first time consecutive scores in the first Rutgers defeated the Cardinals in seven minutes of the game. On defense, junior goalie Lily three years and the first win against Kalata saved a season-high 14 shots Louisville for the senior class. “We have never beaten for her seventh win of the season. Louisville before [as a senior SENIOR ATTACK DANIELLE class], so it’s definitely a mental Mascera tallied two assists in the game as well as a physical game, win against Louisville, giving her and I think that starting the 28 for the year, which tied Nancy streak off being 1-0 is really Isenberg’s record set in 1980. She important,” Mascera said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Senior attack Danielle Mascera drives against a Cincinnati defender yesterday in the Knights’ 13-10 victory at Yurcak Field. Mascera set the school’s single-season assists record in the win.
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Knights win Senior Day game in tourney push BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
Senior attack Danielle Mascera made it very clear Friday about what the goal for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team was yesterday in its game against Cincinnati. “We have to kill them,” Mascera said. “We need to have a b i g WOMEN’S LACROSSE g a m e CINCINNATI 10 that we are winRUTGERS 13 ning by 10 so we can move up in the rankings.” A late four-goal scoring run from Cincinnati prevented winning by that margin, but the Scarlet Knights pulled out a victory, defeating the Bearcats, 13-10, on Senior Day. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias was satisfied with the team’s performance, as the victory gave the Knights their fourth in their past five games and second of the weekend. Rutgers defeated Louisville on Friday, 16-11. “I’m never going to be upset that we won,” Brand-Sias said. “We had some nice things happen today, so I’m happy that we were able to get that today,” Cincinnati’s (3-9, 0-5) Laura Simanski put the ball between the pipes on a free position strike with less than two minutes left to bring the Bearcats within three. But Rutgers’ (9-5, 4-2) early scoring in the second period gave the Knights enough cushion for a victory. Lauren Sbrilli deserves some of the credit. The sophomore midfielder registered a hat trick, including two goals in the second half. “My shots finally started falling in,” Sbrilli said. The Knights controlled the first half despite Stephanie Anderson’s absence from the field. While the
junior midfielder scored twice in the second half, she remained on the sideline for much of the first because of illness. Rutgers still found offense in the first half despite its leading scorer’s condition. Six different players found the back of the net. Brand-Sias was satisfied with the goal distribution “That’s always our goal as an offense, “ Brand-Sias said. “If you shut one person down, another one is going to step up and get something done. We don’t want to be a easy team to defend.” Mascera fueled the goal distribution, breaking Rutgers’ alltime single-season assist record on a pass to sophomore midfielder Katrina Martinelli with 16:51 left in the first half. Mascera’s 29th moved her past Nancy Isenberg, who held the mark for 32 years. The record was the highlight of the day for Rutgers, which honored six of its seniors before the game. “[My teammates] were all really happy for me,” Mascera said. “It couldn’t have been on a better day or a better time.” The win also tied the Knights for fourth place in the conference with Georgetown and Notre Dame. The Big East Tournament features the top-four finishers, so one of the three schools will be left out. Rutgers plays Loyola (Md.) on Friday before its face-off against the Hoyas. The Knights’ focus remains with the first-place Greyhounds and improving from yesterday’s victory. “The good thing for us going for ward is that we rise to the occasion when we play teams that we know are good competition,” Brand-Sias said. “Loyola is a really great team, so I know the team is going to bring a good game.”
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Sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli looks to avoid a Cincinnati defender yesterday at Yurcak Field. Sbrilli led the Knights with three goals in the Senior Day victory.
RU FAILS TO MAKE POSTSEASON WITH LOSS TO ORANGE The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team suffered a lopsided defeat at the hands of No. 13 Syracuse on Saturday a MEN’S LACROSSE by score of 19-6 as part of the ESPNU Warrior Classic at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. The loss knocks the Scarlet Knights out of Big East Tournament contention. Rutgers needed to win against Syracuse well as in its April 27 matchup with Georgetown to make the postseason. Freshman midBRIAN fielder Brian Goss turned in the best Knights per formance, tying his career-high in points with three, notching two goals and one assist. In addition to Goss, sophomore attackman Nick DePaolera, senior midfielder Will Mangan, senior attackman Kevin Hover and sophomore midfielder Anthony Terranova also had a hand in the goals for the Knights (5-8, 1-4), which appeared in the classic for the second straight year. Mangan’s goal extended his team-leading total to 26. Along with his assist on Goss’ first goal, his score also brought his points total to 35
on the season and marked the 19th straight game in which Mangan scored. Senior attackman Jonathan Lefferts and sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak also collected points on assists. Sophomore Steven Lusby and junior Joseph Donnelly split time in goal against the Orange (6-5, 3-1), combining for 15 saves. As well as more than tripling Rutgers’ goal total — despite going scoreless in the final period — Syracuse nearly doubled the Knights’ shot total, out-shootGOSS ing them, 45-24. In addition to losing a chance to make the Big East Tournament, the Knights likely will not make the NCAA Tournament. Rutgers has not made the NCAA Tournament since it did so in 2004 under former head coach Jim Stagnitta, who resigned after last season. The Knights return to Yurcak Field on Saturday for a 7 p.m. matchup with Michigan, marking their last home game of the regular season. For full coverage, see tomorrow’s edition of The Daily Targum. —Staff Report
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Junior linebacker Jamal Merrell, left, works with the defense during an April 3 practice at the RU Turf Field. Senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais credits Merrell with the best offseason progress of any player during Beauharnais’ three-plus years with the Knights.
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Steve Beauharnais has played three seasons with the Rutgers football team, worked with two defensive coordinators and lined up alongside seven dif ferent star ters at linebacker. But the senior never saw a teammate make more of a jump in an offseason than junior linebacker Jamal Merrell. “He didn’t do anything last year,” Beauharnais said. “He was just an athletic guy, and he was on the field. He kind of got thrown into the fire. The way he prepared himself in the offseason is unbelievable.” Merrell, now listed at 220 pounds, began training camp last year as a 6-foot-4 wide receiver. He finished eighth among Scarlet Knights with 44 tackles in 2011, including three for a loss and half a sack.
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He did so with less than traditional grooming at the position, where he never thought he would play. “I laugh ever y time I get that question,” Merrell said about expecting to play linebacker. “That’s just how I was raised: take whatever comes at me and make the best of it. That’s all I’m doing.” Merrell said he now thinks like a linebacker in his first spring at the position. Beauharnais and Big East CoDefensive Player of the Year Khaseem Greene’s presence aid his development, Merrell said. “It’s all a learning experience,” he said. “It’s taking it one day at a time. Most people don’t get this opportunity to play with two good linebackers on the field with you at the same time.” Head coach Kyle Flood said Friday he expected some position changes to take shape dur-
ing tomorrow’s practice. Flood figures to spare Merrell, pegged as a starter at strongside linebacker. Sophomore Kevin Snyder, who split time with Merrell last year, continues to move around all three positions. “Kevin and I took that position to the next level, working out every day, going over plays, going over the scheme,” Merrell said. “Every game, we just went into it with a mentality like, ‘You and I are going to crush their tight end.’” Merrell responded to the position change with the same intensity, Beauharnais said. “It’s all how you respond. He could’ve tanked it,” Beauharnais said. “He could’ve been like, ‘This is not me. I’m a receiver. I’m not meant to tackle people. I’m 200 pounds.’ But he attacked that role.”
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potential changes Arkansas makes as a result of firing former head coach Bobby Petrino last Tuesday. The Knights travel to Fayetteville, Ark., on Sept. 22 to face the Razorbacks, widely considered one of the top teams nationally in 2012. “Certainly this time of year, it was surprising that they’ll have a different coach,” Flood said. “The circumstances there are unfortunate, to say the least.” Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long dismissed Petrino for “a pattern of misleading and manipulative behavior” that involved a motorcycle accident and withholding information about his passenger, Jessica Dorrell, 25. Petrino took the Razorbacks to the Cotton Bowl last season, his fourth in Fayetteville. “I’m just waiting to see how it plays out,” Flood said. “That’s their decision to make.
We’ll prepare for whoever they end up hiring.”
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Malcolm Bush, who suffered a lower-leg injur y last Tuesday, does not need surger y. The coaching staf f planned to reevaluate Bush’s health last weekend. Because of senior D.C. Jefferson’s absence this spring because of injur y, only junior Paul Carrezola remains as a contributor at the position from last season.
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Wednesday with Robert Barchi, who succeeds Richard L. McCormick in September as president of the University. Barchi played center from 1964 to 1967 for Georgetown. “I believe he and his family are big football fans,” Flood said, “so I’m excited to get them out here to the stadium.”
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Sophomore Corryn Huntington finished in eighth place this weekend in the 200 meter at the Metropolitan Championships with a time of 24.81 seconds.
Senior sprinter Kevin Brown recorded career highs this weekend in the 200- and 400-meter dashes at the Metropolitan Championships, winning both.
Rutgers takes Metropolitan Championships at friendly backdrop behind quartet of event victories, nearly 20 top-three finishes
RU sprinters highlight runner-up effort in Piscataway, picking up nearly half of team’s point total as Penn Relays approaches
BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers women’s track and field team stayed home at the Bauer Track and Field Complex on Friday and Saturday to compete in the WOMEN’S TRACK Metropolitan RUTGERS 192 Championships. Entering the FIRST PLACE competition, the Scarlet Knights looked to defend their title from the previ-
ous outdoor season. They ultimately did so. “The meet went ver y well,” said head coach James Robinson. “This was the only time we will get to compete at home in the outdoor season, and we were able to put on a show for the home crowd.” The Knights scored 192 total points, placing first in the meet for the second consecutive year. The Knights recorded
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BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track and field team dashed to second place at the Metropolitan Championships this weekend on the strength of MEN’S TRACK its sprinters. The sprint RUTGERS 150 group accounted SECOND PLACE for 77 of the team’s 150 points in the day, placing only behind Manhattan
College, which accumulated 164.5 points. The Scarlet Knights recorded six event victories in the meet at Rutgers’ Bauer Track and Field Complex. Fordham, Southern Connecticut State and Long Island rounded out the top five. Senior Kevin Brown led the sprinters with career highs in the 200- and 400-meter dashes, winning both events with times of 21.68 and 47.35 seconds, respectively. Brown was
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Rutgers offense explodes in series-clinching victory BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
After splitting the first two games in a three-game series, the Rutgers softball team came out firing yesterday, eager to even its conference record SOFTBALL at 8-8. Thanks to a fiveVILLANOVA 1 hit, four-run fifth RUTGERS 9 inning, the Scarlet Knights did so, cruising past the Wildcats, 9-1, and taking the series.
Kick-started by a two-run home run from senior centerfielder Lindsey Curran following a triple from senior catcher Kylee Bishop, the fifth-inning run led to the mercy-rule win. “[Scoring Bishop] was my goal,” Curran said. “I choked up on that last pitch. I had two strikes, so my goal was literally just to hit a little single, anything to the right side to get her in.” Instead of a single to the right side, she put the ball over the left field fence, giving the Knights a three-run lead. But that was far from all the offense they would produce in Game 3.
After dropping Game 2 against a team that had not won a conference game until the series, Rutgers (19-22, 8-8) entered the game wanting revenge, especially against Villanova (27-17, 1-10) pitcher Molly Manning. “[Manning] was the same pitcher that started the second game yesterday. I felt like we were a lot better hitters than we were [in Game 2],” Curran said. “We made her look pretty good [Saturday], so I had a goal today: I was coming after that girl. When I saw her on the mound, I was really excited.”
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Senior centerfielder Lindsey Curran had three hits yesterday against Villanova.