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Junior righthander Pat O’Leary of the Rutgers baseball team pitched 6 1/3 innings yesterday in the Knights’ 8-1 victory against host Monmouth.
All-girl panel shares aspects of nerd lifestyle BY HANNAH SCHROER CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lara Martin grew up playing computer games and learning computer coding with her father. She recalled tinkering with an old computer her parents bought at a garage sale until she knew how to operate it. Martin, now the president of Women in Computer Science, a community of women majoring in computer sciences and information technology, said regular exposure to games and computers as a child made her career choice a no-brainer. She was among a panel of “nerdy girls” who spoke at the Busch Campus Center yesterday, where they talked about gaming, nerdy careers and the social identity that comes with being a “girl geek.” About 30 people attended the event, which was part of the weeklong “Geek Week” celebrations held on campus by University Student Life. Speaking on the number of women who major in computer science, Martin said rate is decreasing as women change majors or fulfill basic requirements. “There just aren’t many girls,” Martin said. “[Sometimes we] feel the need to gang up and take on the major together.” Panelist Angela Riccio said she likes to keep her nerdiness to herself and only share with the people who will understand it. Riccio, a School of Arts and Science senior, said her college friends did not know she was a geek in high school. She often joked with her online friends about living a double life. Riccio said she was fortunate enough to find women at the University with her science interest who can “nerd out” along with her, and that all the panelists share this same attribute, despite their upbringing. “We’re all so different, from all different backgrounds doing what we love,” she said. Rachel Quirico, another panelist, said she interacts with the culture of audiences and gamers on a daily basis, making friends within the community as she covers events and gamers worldwide. “Being a giant nerd paid off,” said Quirico, a competitive gamer and e-Sports journalist. When talking to male gamers, Quirico said she finds herself explaining her background in gaming in a constant battle to prove she is nerdy enough to hang out with them. She said the e-Sports community tends to be unfair in how they treat women, critiquing females as distractions to the game while attacking their appearance. Despite the obstacles, Quirico said she disregards what she calls “trolls,” or individuals who attack to provoke a
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Michael Rockland, professor in the Department of American Studies, talks about his upcoming book “Navy Crazy” last night in the Rutgers Club on the College Avenue campus. He recalled how gay soldiers received shock therapy in Japan.
Professor reflects on ‘crazy’ navy practices BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Michael Rockland, a professor in the Department of American Studies, recounted his experiences in the U.S. Navy in the 1950s, a time when homosexuality was not accepted in the military. The Central Jersey Council-Navy League of the United States gathered yesterday at the Rutgers Club on College Avenue to hear Rockland read excerpts from his upcoming book, “Navy Crazy,” which details his service in the military as a hospital corpsman in the psychiatric ward. Rockland is the author of 14 books, including the unfinished manuscript of “Navy Crazy,” which detailed two neardeath experiences while working with violent patients.
Rockland worked on the “closed ward” from 1957 to 1959 at the Yokoska Naval Hospital in Japan, which consisted of five categories of patients: murderers, attempted suicides, those suffering from mental disorders, those in a catatonic depressive state and homosexuals. Being gay back then in the military was a crime, Rockland said. “The guys in our ward would get dishonorably discharged and then back in the United States, they would be transported to places like Fort Leavenworth in Kansas where they would face two to three years of jail time,” Rockland said. Gay patients received shock therapy treatments to remedy their “sickness,” he said, in which they were put in straitjackets, strapped to gurneys and taken down to what was known as the “zapping room.”
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Female panelists discuss nerd life in a predominantly male subculture last night on Busch campus.
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Looking back, Rockland said he feels ashamed of the practices used on homosexuals. “There was nothing the matter with these guys according to our thought process in 2012, but back then, they were considered sick,” he said. Rockland said he defended the actions of the technicians employing the shock treatments because the captain said the technicians were doing a good ser vice for gays. History professor Rudolph Bell said he wants his students to learn about the past because it is a prevalent issue in today’s news. “The way they handled those things back then gives an important historical context, and that’s what I want my students to see,” Bell said.
More than 500 students saw a series of speakers yesterday at the University’s annual Entrepreneurship Day event, hoping to learn from some of the business industry’s leading innovators. The talks were given at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. “It’s better to teach the man to fish rather than giving him a fish,” said Richard Mammone, associate vice president of New Ventures at the University. “What we are trying to do is … help other people become entrepreneurs. This way they have more self respect and esteem.” Among the dif ferent speakers was Sher wood Neiss, an entrepreneur who spoke on his role in creating the framework for a business law, Jumpstar t Our Business Star tups (JOBS) Act, signed on April 5 by President Barack Obama. Alongside two other entrepreneurs, Neiss helped develop what is called “crowdfunding,” a method of investing that involves collective
contributions from several small businesses instead of one large investor. “This law can be a solution for entrepreneurs and investors who are starting businesses in the community. This is going to change things in the community,” Neiss said. Several programs became available to start small businesses after the 2008 financial crisis, but Neiss said banks were not lending and credit was scarce because of certain security restriction laws. With the availability of today’s advanced technology, the three entrepreneurs explored a solution so small companies could raise capital from their own communities with people they trust, he said. The term crowdfunding, he said, reflects the method they developed. “Crowd is the social network, and finance comes from the community, and entrepreneurship is what we are trying to launch,” he said. Neiss said the process for changing the law was smooth, and he is grateful for the politicians who helped him along the way.
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Religious panel educates on human accountability BY LISA MATHEWS CONTRIBUTING WRITER
As part of the Muslim Student Association’s second interfaith panel, leaders from Islam, Christianity and Judaism gave their perspectives on Judgment Day. MSA President Ibaad Sadiq said the motivation behind the panels was a way to give students an oppor tunity to have a clear conversation with religious leaders Monday at the Busch Campus Center. “It’s definitely a pretty hot topic, especially since now it’s 2012, and a lot of people are saying the world is going to end,” said Sadiq, a School of Engineering sophomore. Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus co-educator at Rutgers Hillel, said anyone has the right to question God, but they may not like the answer. “My hope would be that students would be open enough to want to learn more — not from a proselytizing point of view but in an open dialogue with a spiritual adviser,” Weiss said. Imam John Starling, director of Religious Ser vices and Programs at the Gracious Center of Lear ning and Enrichment Activities, said the Day of Judgment is more than a concept — it is about the accountability of humans as creatures of God. He said Judgment Day is mentioned in the Quran as a
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Islamic, Christian and Jewish leaders discuss their respective beliefs regarding judging one’s life Monday night at the Busch Campus Center, as a part of an interfaith panel.
day without doubt for whoever seeks the Lord for protection from that day. “This is the day of reality,” Starling said. “There is no truth more clear, more real than the last day.” He said the real issue concerns what comes after Judgment Day, in which humans are held accountable.
STUDENT RESEARCHES DOCTORING IN MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY Nicole Heath, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, studied ar tistic techniques in medical photographs this semester, according to an ar ticle on University Media Relations. Her research for art histor y Professor Susan Sidlauskas focused specifically on the work of William Playfair, a Victorian physician who was one of the first to edit before-and-after photos. Playfair would photograph anorexic patients before prescribing a “rest cure” treatment, in which women were committed to bed rest away from situations that could induce stress or anxiety. The doctor manipulated the “after” photos, using studio lighting and flattering angles to make the women appear to be cured of their eating disorders. “There was an element of it being staged,” Heath said. “Was it scientific? Was it objective? Probably not.” Heath of Washington Township said through her research, she gained experience with accessing rare collections of medical photos, engravings and journals. “If I didn’t get ever ything I needed from the first visit, I had to go back and be more thorough,” she said. “It’s interesting to get all this information and focus it on one question.” Author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who wrote on her mental breakdown during her rest cure in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” condemned Playfair’s doctored photos. His treatment was later found ineffective and was replaced with other treatments. “That’s the interesting thing about his pictures,” Heath said. “They showed it worked.” Heath, a public health major, chose the project because of her interest in medicine and art history. “It’s the intersection of two things I love,” she said. “It shows how art has been used to influence medicine, and how medicine has been used to influence art.”
“The responsibility that we have, not just on earth [is] how we behaved, how we conducted ourselves,” Starling said. “Were we right, were we wrong?” Every individual’s actions will be weighed, he said. Sister Ellen Kraft, a nun at Sisters of Jesus Our Hope, said Christians believe that individuals see God face-to-face after they die.
At the end of time, she said God would reveal his whole plan for creation. “Not only our lives but the whole world, how he has led history to the point, how he has helped, how he has intervened, how the free will have interfaced with his will,” she said. In Judaism, there is not much emphasis on Judgment
Day as there is in other religions, Weiss said. “We don’t accord them too much in our day-to-day lives,” he said. “They’re out there, we know about them, but we don’t really ascribe that much importance to them.” Weiss said each individual’s actions would be accounted for. “When God opens that book of accounts, it will read itself ... and on that day, all those things are going to testify against us. I didn’t return $5 that I borrowed, and God will call those $5 to testify against me.” Weiss said he has thought about whether he would be held accountable for breaking the Sabbath, but thinks it is important to focus on the actions that positively affect others. Aisha Far uqi, education outreach head for MSA, said students are looking for answers and directions in life, but need speakers who are knowledgeable in faith to help their understanding. “We form connections to network too, with other students of different faiths, different organizations, to share our faith and opinions,” said Faruqi, a School of Engineering junior. Fred Sisto, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said learning about different faith shows commonalities between the religions. “If you don’t ask these questions, you may be really missing out,” Sisto said. — Yashmin Patel contributed to this story.
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Panelists speak about First Amendment rights during the University’s chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Group’s “Citizens United: Free Speech or Bribery?” last night on Douglass campus.
response based on little to no information on the Internet, because she is confident they do not know what they are talking about. Panelist Patricia Chau Nguyen said society has led to the judgmental attitude that a lot of nerds hold, citing movies in which a nerd girl has to go through a transformation to be accepted. Although she has been attending Comic-Con — a convention devoted to the lastest pop culture including the latest comics, anime, graphics novels — for years, Nguyen, director Asian and Asian American Center at Cor nell University, said she still gets mistook for the girlfriend of someone attending.
Zoe Gulliksen, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said she prefers to make friends with people she meets online who share her interests, and she often goes to bars with them to discuss topics, such as comics. “Trying to find a girl who is a geek isn’t the easiest thing to do,” Gulliksen said. “It’s easier to say you’re into Spiderman.” When being a geek is so engrained in your lifestyle, Gulliksen said it is hard to answer questions about it because it is a fundamental part of her personality. “What makes me a geek? I don’t know,” she said. “What makes you a brunette?” Martin said she is using some of her “nerd” skills for her technology career, and she plans to work on speech recognition software like Google Voice, which transcribes audio messages for users to read.
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Prior to Rockland’s talk, Naval Captain Buzz Harrison presented new Navy ROTC program in fall a certificate of appreciation to Daniel Dermer, a navy league chief of staff, on behalf of the continued from front league’s work with families of junTom Mendelson, University ior enlisted members in the Navy. Army ROTC Angus Gillespie, administrative event organizer, assistant, said the said the dinner “All who serve event served to meeting was a way bring military to honor the men have different experience to a and women who experiences and younger audience. serve in military. “Right here at “It’s not charity, serve honorably, Rutgers, we what we do, it’s us but all in have the oral hisshowing appreciat o r y , ” tion for their serva different way.” Mendelson said. ice,” said Gillespie, TOM MENDELSON “I think things a professor in the Army ROTC happen over the Department of Administrative Assistant years that American Studies. change in the The University militar y and will begin a Navy bring it to a new light. … All ROTC program next semester, who serve have different experiwhich will be the only one of its ences and serve honorably, but kind in New Jersey and one of five all in a different way.” programs in the entire country.
STUDENTS: Traveling is essential, EWB president says continued from front “After working with [politicians] for a few months, I have [a] tremendous amount of respect toward them. They work for the country to make the best for the nation all for desire and passion,” he said. The event also featured a panel called “Entrepreneurship Helping Developing Economies,” where several industry experts and investors shared their views
on different skills needed in the business world. Gerard Lynch, president of Sigma Design Company, gave some words of caution to young entrepreneurs who are trying to start new businesses. “Build on a small success and build up on that. If you start too big, you might get discouraged,” he said. Monal Agrawal, a panelist and president of the University’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, said students could begin their path into the business world by becoming involved with
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Capt. Buzz Harrison speaks about Daniel Dermer, a Navy league chief of staff. Harrison presented Dermer with an award last night for his unit’s work with families of juniors enlisted in the Navy.
dif ferent entrepreneurship groups, on- and off-campus. “For students, join [a] new organization,” said Agrawal, a School of Engineering senior. “Joining new organizations can help and trigger the social interaction as an entrepreneur.” Agrawal gained a lot of her experience while working in Thailand and Guatemala, a fact that Ilya Raskin, co-founder of the Global Institute for Bioexploration and Food4Good, said shows the impor tance of traveling. “Just do it. The only way you can learn is when you can see how the
world outside works,” said Raskin, another speaker on the panel. Other topics included the impor tance of technological advancements in the entrepreneurial world. Marcus Crews, program coordinator of New Ventures at the University, said the key is getting these new discoveries to the people. “Part of the result of teaching is development of technology and E n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p Day is a way of getting those technology out to the society,” said Crew, who was also on the panel. Todd Wiener, a Rutgers Business School junior, said the
event gave students a chance to see innovative ideas. “This is a motivator and driver to star t a new invention and also shows school spirit when alumni come out,” Wiener said. Sung Moon, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said he really enjoyed Neiss’ discussion of crowdfunding and believes the event encouraged those thinking about taking the entrepreneurship path to proceed. “This was a great learning experience and networking,” Moon said. “One day I want to start my own business.”
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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. Animal science research Professor Julie Fagan's students will present videos and projects on music therapy, comfort foods, creativity and more at "RU Greatbook: Grassroots to Global Reach at Rutgers." The even takes place at 4:30 p.m. in the fourth-floor lecture hall of Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. Attendees can try sandwiches from the Souper Van and a sample of an OTC mental stimulant at the reception. 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 Rutgers University Glee Club will perform its 140th Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Student tickets are $5. For more information, call the Mason Gross Ticket Office at (732) 932-7511.
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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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‘LET THE LIGHTS DROP’ Cobra Starship, The Ready Set and Breathe Carolina played last night for about 200 students at the State Theatre. The Rutgers University Programming Association hosted the concert.
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Local, campus groups collaborate to clean city BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR
Students and local residents annoyed with litter throughout New Brunswick’s streets have a chance to reduce it this week as the city undergoes its annual cleanup program. City officials have brought back the initiative Urban Cleanup Week, which r uns from April 14 through April 20, because of the success the project has had in the past, said Donna Caputo, coordinator for Clean Communities. “Urban Cleanup Week is an annual event that the city of New Brunswick holds to motivate everyone in the city, business residents and volunteers to remove litter in an effort to have a clean city,” said Caputo, who started the initiative. The week-long event began Saturday, when the committee organized large volunteer groups to pick up litter at different spots throughout the city, an event that brought out more than 150 people to help the cause, Caputo said. The program is co-sponsored by the University’s Hub City Cleanup Crew, made up of only students, said Todd Elkin, president of the club. “We’re a club with Rutgers and a couple Sundays a month
we walk around and pick up world, but the people who trash from the streets in dif fer- come out are definitely for the ent par ts in the city,” said cause,” Elkin said. Elkin, a School of Ar ts and While people may be preoccuSciences senior. “It’s just about pied with other issues in the city, building the community pride Caputo said she hopes residents and making New Brunswick a remain aware of the litter that has nice place to live.” plagued New Brunswick streets Students from the club, in the past. which has been active for two “Litter is a significant issue in years, worked side by side with the city and has been for many New Br unswick years,” Caputo residents Sunday said. “It has been to pick up litter getting better “After weekends from streets near gradually, but we of parties, we find need to all work the College Avenue campus, together to make enough to keep Elkin said. a bigger impact.” “We had about Other themes us busy.” five groups of included “Tidy-Up TODD ELKIN people going Tuesday,” when President of Hub City around the city,” nonprofit organiCleanup Crew he said. “Usually zations and houswe go up es of worship Hamilton Street, and if we see cleaned up the garbage found on any real dir ty streets, we’ll go their property, according to a city down that way. After weekends press release. of par ties, we find enough to Children will volunteer keep us busy.” Thursday with fifth-graders Elkin said Sunday’s event from New Brunswick schools had about 30 par ticipants, helping to clean up the area but he hopes more students around their neighborhoods. get motivated enough to The week-long program leads become involved in future up to Earth Day on April 22, a day clean ups. designed to raise global aware“It’s hard to get people to do ness about the community’s things, it’s something you real- responsibility to take care of its ly have to believe in. Going environment, Caputo said. around picking up trash is not “It’s a day that nations around the most exciting thing in the the world celebrate in an effort to
be more conscious and active and caring,” she said. University students will also be involved in volunteering for Ear th Day, helping out with cleanup programs on the different campuses, said Carla Capizzi, an organizer for the Rutgers-Newark Ear th Day cleanup initiative. “[Rutgers-Newark] has had an [Ear th Day] event on campus for about six years now,” Capizzi said. “It star ted with us volunteering in Newark with the urban gardens, and now we do two days a year.” Urban Cleanup Week is planned to end this Friday, but Caputo said the cause does not end there. “We will conduct large volunteer cleanups throughout the year from April [to] October,” she said. While the initiatives to pick up litter provide benefits for the city, Caputo said the main goal is to stop the problem before it begins. “Ever yone who lives here who owns or manages a business here, each person is responsible for maintaining their own proper ty … regardless of whether they rent or own,” Caputo said. “Our goal in the city is tr ying to teach people not to litter to begin with.”
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CITY OFFERS REWARD FOR INFORMATION ON SHOOTING County officials announced yesterday that cash rewards will be offered to anyone who provides information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect involved in a fatal shooting that occurred Monday. Javier Olvera-Mondrago, a New Brunswick resident, was killed on April 16 outside the Los Amigos Tavern on Remsen Avenue in New Brunswick, according to a statement from the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office. Det. Ronoldy Martinez of the New Brunswick Police Department and Sean O’Lone, investigator in the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office, determined that the victim was shot after a dispute occurred inside the bar. Anyone who has information in regard to the shooting is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Middlesex County Inc., by calling 1-800-939-9600, according to the statement. Those who call with information in response to the shooting will be given instructions on how they can receive cash rewards by using a numerical code, according to the statement.
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Was The Medium within its rights in its “pro-Hitler” parody of Targum columnist, Aaron Marcus?
QUOTABLE MICHAEL PETRILLI SAS SOPHOMORE
“I don’t agree with everything The Medium says, but they have the right to free speech. If you take that out of The Medium, you might as well just take out the whole Medium.”
“Free speech is the right to say whatever, and everyone has the right to say whatever.”
ALEJANDRO CASTRO GRADUTE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENT
“It was intended, and The Medium is known for making jokes. A joke is a joke.”
NICOLE CONTER — SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES SOPHOMORE KELLY BAYER SEBS SENIOR
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“They have freedom of speech and it was a comedic jab. Sometimes comedy offends, it does that.”
April 4
TOM LAFFERTY SAS JUNIOR
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appeared in The Medium
“It was borderline. The paper is satirical and they have the right to publish. But what they did was not tasteful.”
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The day Aaron Marcus’ satirical column
CARA KUBINAK SAS SOPHOMORE “I believe in free speech, but sometimes The Medium crosses the line.”
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THIS WEEK’S QUESTION What do you think about the University’s decision to cancel all outdoor events on April 20, the weekend Rutgersfest occurred last year? Cast your votes online and view the corresponding story, “Columnist orders bias investigation,” at www.dailytargum.com.
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Spaceship completes final flight THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHANTILLY, Va. — The space shuttle Discovery went out in high-flying style. After three spectacular spins above the nation’s capital, the world’s most traveled spaceship completed its final flight and was ready to become a grounded museum relic. But what an exit. Discovery took victor y laps around the White House, the Capitol and the Washington Monument that elicited cheers and awe — the same sounds and emotions that used to accompany every thunderous launch. Bolted to the top of a modified jumbo jet, the shuttle took off at daybreak yesterday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Three hours later, the combo took a few final swoops around Washington at an easy-to-spot 1,500-foot altitude. “It was pretty amazing,” said 12year-old Riley Jacobsen of Bethesda, Md. “Pretty freaking crazy. It looked like it was inflated.” Sorena Sorenson, a geology curator for the Smithsonian Institution, was among thousands watching from the National Mall. For 43 years, she has carried an Apollo 11 medal on her keychain. “This to me is just so bittersweet,” she said. People filled the Capitol balcony and stood on rooftops to catch a glimpse of Discovery as it circled three times through partly cloudy skies. Construction workers staked out prime viewing spots on cranes. The nostalgia extended to the crew at the controls of the 747. “The sad part is we’re retiring a very well-oiled machine,” pilot Bill Rieke said. After landing at Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia, the shuttle will undergo final preparations to go on display Thursday at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum annex near the airport. “We pledge to take care of her forever,” said retired Gen. John R. “Jack” Dailey, the museum’s director. The shuttle will show young visitors “what America is capable of.” John Porcari, 13, came out to Dulles because his dad is an administrator with the Transportation Department. He said he was blown away by Discovery’s size when it landed. “It’s huge,” he said. “That’s something you don’t realize from seeing pictures.” The landing “was just unbelievable,” said John, who would like to work in the space program someday. “This is history right here.” NASA ended the shuttle program last summer after a 30-year run to focus on destinations beyond low-Earth orbit. Discovery — the fleet leader with 39 orbital missions — is the first of the three retired shuttles to be turned over to a museum. It first launched in 1984.
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Mitt Romney, GOP presidential nominee, disputes accusations from the Democratic Party yesterday against his tax plan. Romney has not provided many details on the tax reform he plans to enforce if he becomes president.
Romney refutes Democratic claims about tax plan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Mitt Romney sought to inoculate himself yesterday against Democratic charges that he favors the rich, saying his as yetto-be disclosed tax plans will not benefit the well-to-do at the expense of others. “I’m going to keep the burden on the upper-income people the same as it is today,” the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting said as he campaigned across Pennsylvania on Tax Day. “I know Democrats will say it day in and day out, ‘They are for tax cuts for the rich,’ he said, mimicking his rivals. “No,’“ he added firmly. By contrast, Romney said Obama wants to raise taxes, a step the Republican said would hamper job creation. Unlike Romney and most Republicans, the president wants to allow existing Bush-era tax cuts to expire at the end of the year for those at upper incomes. As he sought to parry the inevitable Democratic accusations, Romney also tackled a second, if unspoken concern, a perception that he has difficulty establishing rapport with middleclass voters. To that end, his cam-
paign arranged an outdoor event in a Pittsburgh suburb at which the wealthy former businessmanturned-politician and eight area residents sat amicably around a picnic table and talked about economic issues. There was one fleeting moment of awkwardness, when Romney guessed that a plate of cookies set out on the table were from “a local 7-Eleven bakery or whatever,” instead of a local firm, Bethel Bakery. But Jason Thomas, one of the participants, later told reporters: “I thought he was likable person. ... I will personally go on record and say he doesn’t seem out of touch. He was asking us what our concerns were and we tried our best to represent our concerns, the concerns for our children, and a lot of our friends and family as well.” Freed of the last vestiges of a challenge for the Republican presidential nomination, Romney is now able to campaign around the country as the nominee of his party with only passing concern for upcoming primary states. His itinerary this week runs from Pennsylvania, one of several primary states on April 24, to Arizona, where he will speak to a
nationwide gathering of Republican officials. Along the way he has stops in North Carolina, to deliver a “prebuttal” to Obama’s Democratic National Convention acceptance speech, and Ohio, a perennial battleground in presidential elections. Romney so far has provided only a few details of the ambitious program of tax reform he says he will propose if he wins the White House. He favors extending all the Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of the year, and has said he wants to cut rates an additional 20 percent across the board. Romney has also said he would reduce or eliminate some common tax breaks used by the wealthy to make up some of the revenue that would be lost. But he has yet to provide much additional information, or even define what he means by “wealthy.” In his conversation with Thomas and others around the picnic table, Romney emphasized that middle-income Americans would benefit from his proposal to eliminate taxes on interest, dividends or capital gains for anyone earning $250,000 or less.
When another person at the table, Kelly Wassel, expressed concern that the $500 per-child tax credit might expire at the end of the year, his response sounded like he might allow that to happen. “I would actually like to reshape the entire tax system, all right, that is what I’d like to do, and to simplify the system as opposed to all these little ... baby steps,” as she nodded without protest. Romney set off a controversy over the weekend when he was overheard telling donors he might want to abolish the tax break for mortgages on second homes, or perhaps do away with state and property tax deductions for the wealthy. For the second day in a row, aides sought to dampen the controversy while he avoided it. On a conference call with reporters where surrogates criticized Obama for being vague about his own proposals, Rep. John Campbell of California turned aside a question about possible parallels to Romney. “There’s a bunch of choices and there’s a bunch of ideas, and frankly, which specific one you choose isn’t that critical at this juncture,” he said.
TEXAS OFFICIALS SEEK EXTENSION FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH PLAN AUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials have asked for more time to phase out federal funding for a women’s health program after federal officials said it was illegal for the state to ban Planned Parenthood from participating in it, according to documents released yesterday. Until this year, federal funds covered 90 percent of the cost of the Women’s Health Program, which provides routine exams, contraception and preventive health services to low-income women. But after Texas lawmakers banned groups affiliated with abortion providers from participating in the program, the federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services said it would cut off funding because federal law guarantees women the right to choose their health care providers. Federal officials proposed phasing out funding for the program by September, but Texas’ Medicaid director Billy Millwee said yesterday the state needs more time to publish new rules for the program. He has proposed phasing out the funding by November. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, Attorney General Greg Abbott has sued the federal government to have funding restored, and nine clinics affected by the rule have sued the state.
Gov. Rick Perry has ordered Texas to cover the lost federal funding. Allowing the $35 million program to expire would have cost the state more in the long run because of additional unplanned pregnancies and health problems among poor women covered by Medicaid. Millwee’s proposal calls on the state to contact women enrolled in the program and help them find new providers. “If a provider cannot be identified for the client, call center staff will escalate to appropriate Medicaid and Provider Relations staff who will recruit additional providers,” the plan said. Women who earn income less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, or roughly $20,000 a year, are eligible for the program, and state officials say 292,000 are enrolled. More than 40 percent of women in the program visited one of the clinics that will be kicked out of the program under the new rules. The state will use community outreach and face-to-face visits to recruit more doctors and clinics into the program, the plan said, and identify parts of the state where there may not be enough health care providers. — The Associated Press
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World powers cling to Syria truce despite violence THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Artillery shatters homes in opposition areas. Regime tanks roll though city centers. Civilians dig graves for dozens of corpses, scrawling their names on headstones with black markers. Six days on, this is the ceasefire in Syria. But U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and others stand by the U.N.negotiated truce, saying the violence is sporadic and that President Bashar Assad’s regime has lessened its assaults. Even with dozens reported dead over the past two days, the world powers struggling to stop Syria’s bloodshed are reluctant to declare the cease-fire dead. “That process needs to play itself out before we judge it a success or a failure,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Ban, speaking in Luxembourg, said there has been “sporadic” violence taking place, but “we think that the overall cessation of violence has been generally observed.” In somewhat more critical comments of the Syrian regime, British Foreign Secretar y William Hague said Assad’s forces have complied with the cease-fire “in the most grudging way possible” and “not yet met all of its terms.” Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said “the situation is not improving. The violence is continuing, the bombardments — particularly in Homs — seem to be increasing, and the conditions that one would want and need to see for the effective deployment of the balance of the monitors are not at present in place.” Nevertheless, Rice called the U.N. plan “perhaps the best and potentially the last best effort to resolve the situation through peaceful diplomatic means.” “It may be impossible to do so,” Rice acknowledged. “It may be that the government’s logic is that it will continue the use of vio-
lence despite its repeated commitments as long as it can get away with it.” But a lack of alternatives exists for calming Syria’s 13month-old crisis. The United Nations said recently that more than 9,000 people have been killed in the conflict since March 2011, and the death toll has risen daily since then. The United Nations has ruled out the type of military action that helped oust Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, and the United States and its allies balk at intervening in another Arab nation in turmoil. Several rounds of international sanctions have done little to slow the bloodshed, even though France said yesterday that the measures have eroded Syria’s foreign currency reserves by half. The opposition is weak and divided, wracked by infighting and power struggles. The rebels are low on money and guns, and a plan by Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries to funnel millions of dollars a month to rebels known as the Free Syrian Army has gone nowhere. Qatar’s prime minister said yesterday that his country is not arming the rebels. Joshua Landis, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, said cease-fires in Middle East conflicts are rarely perfect. “Usually these things are violated by the stronger side because they see an advantage and they can take more land, and right now the opposition is weak,” he said. Also, Assad can violate the cease-fire terms because he knows the international community won’t intervene further. “The international community is frightened,” Landis said. “Assad has laid down the gauntlet. He said, ‘I’m not going to leave, I’m going to burn the country down,’ and the world isn’t sure it wants to go down that road.” Kofi Annan, a joint emissary for the United Nations and the
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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and other members support the U.N.-negotiated peace resolution for Syria. Despite the reported deaths from current violence, leaders are hesitant to declare the cease-fire over.
Arab League, brokered the ceasefire that began Thursday. The truce is part of a plan to launch talks between Assad’s regime and the opposition. The plan has the backing of Assad’s allies, including Russia, and even with setbacks it is seen as the only way forward. Under the plan, Assad was supposed to withdraw his troops from populated areas and both sides were to lay down their guns — neither of which has happened. The cease-fire is to allow for a dialogue to end the crisis. Some opposition leaders have not agreed to the plan, insisting that Assad has killed too many people to be part of the conflict’s solution. “If he (Assad) makes corresponding statements and proves his innocence before the Syrian and international courts, we will be prepared in this case for a dialogue with him,” said AbdulAziz al-Kheir, spokesman for National Coordination Body for Democratic Change. Both sides have accused the other of violations from the start, but government shelling
attacks on rebellious areas have returned. Anti-regime activists yesterday reported shells raining on cities and towns in the country’s north, center and south as well as raids to hunt for activists elsewhere. Activist Fadi al-Yassin in the northern Idlib province said government shelling around the regional capital had killed dozens of people in recent days, many of whose bodies were collected yesterday. “It was random shelling,” he said via Skype. “They were targeting any area where they thought there were Free Army fighters or army defectors.” An amateur video posted online yesterday showed what appeared to be more than 20 recent graves, each hastily marked by a flat headstone with a name scrawled on it in black marker. Women and children looked on as men with shovels filled a grave. Activist claims and videos could not be independently verified. The Syrian government rarely comments on specific incidents and has barred most media from working in the country.
For its part, the Syrian government said five security offices were killed in attacks in Aleppo and Daraa, as well as in clashes with rebels in Idlib. World leaders have acknowledged that the truce is fragile. Ban suggested a U.N. observer mission of 250 members, as envisioned under Annan’s plan, may not be big enough “considering the current situation and considering the vastness of the country.” Kieran Dwyer, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping department, said the observers “completed their first patrols today in Daraa.” “Discussions with Syrian authorities are continuing on ground rules for how they’ll operate, but it’s not stopping them from moving around and doing the obser vation work the Security Council has authorized them to do,” Dwyer said. The Security Council is to approve the terms of the mission later this week, after talks between Ban and Syrian authorities. Ban also said he has asked the European Union to provide planes and helicopters for the observers.
Fans charged for Egypt soccer riot declare innocence THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO — Fans charged in Egypt’s deadliest soccer riot declared their innocence in the first session of their trial yesterday, directing their anger toward police, charged with collaborating in the killing of 75 supporters of a rival team. Nine senior officers, including six police generals and a colonel, are among the 73 people charged in the case. The officers were present in the courtroom, dressed in traditional white defendant uniforms, but they were not held in the courtroom cage with the rest of those on trial. If the police are convicted, it would further fuel widespread speculation that the countr y’s much-despised Interior Ministry force allowed the bloody Feb. 1 attack on fans of a soccer club with which they have a long antagonistic history. Most of the defendants are fans of Al-Masry, the main sports club in the Mediterranean city of
Port Said, where the attack took place. The majority of the victims were fans of a rival team, Cairo’s Al-Ahly, whose supporters are credited with playing a major role in the 18-day popular uprising that toppled longtime President Hosni Mubarak last year. Survivors of the attack charge that police allowed the attack by Al-Masry fans to deteriorate into bloodshed. Others have suggested that former regime loyalists hired thugs to infiltrate the stadium and kill Al-Ahly fans. “Where is Mubarak?” the defendants chanted, reflecting their suspicions against the ousted regime and the justice system in Egypt. The hearing took place in the same courtroom where Mubarak has faced charges related to the deaths of hundreds of protesters in the uprising. “We will get them their justice or die like them,” the defendants in the courtroom cage shouted, fists pumping in the air as they referred to those killed in the riots.
One defendant told the presiding judges he had been called in by police as a witness but was arrested instead. “They fooled me and brought me in as a witness ... and told me if I point people out they will release me,” he said. Outside the courtroom, hundreds of Al-Ahly fans held photos of those killed and raised posters that said, “I will never forget justice for our brothers.” Some wore black T-shirts with the words, “We were killed in Port Said.” The 30-minute killing frenzy in Port Said broke out when AlMasry fans stormed the field just seconds after the final whistle blew, even though the home team won the match. What happened next is not entirely clear, but according to witnesses and survivors, Al-Ahly fans were attacked with batons, knives, fireworks and other weapons. Some were tossed from the tops of bleachers. Others said they were stripped
and Port Said fans carved slogans into their skin. The lights at the stadium abruptly turned off and the exit doors closed during the melee, forcing a stampede down a narrow corridor. The stadium gate, which was locked from the outside, was forced open by the crowd. Dozens were crushed to death there, including fans of AlMasry. The youngest victim was 14 years old. Prosecutor Mahmoud alHennawy said the attack that night was “planned” both by AlMasry fans and thugs. “The cutting off of the light in the stadium was intentional, and the proof is that Al-Ahly fans were thrown off bleachers and the main cause of deaths were the presence of thugs,” al-Hennawy said. Some of the defendants face murder charges. The officers have been charged with assisting the attackers. They could face up to 10 years in prison. Most of the victims were from Al-Ahly’s “Ultras,” an
organization of the club’s most hardcore fans. Some believe the security forces stood by to punish the AlAhly Ultras for their high-profile involvement in the uprising against Mubarak and in subsequent protests against Egypt’s military rulers. Others attribute the violence in Port Said to negligence. Security forces at the stadium did little during the attack. Beforehand, they failed in routine security measures like searching fans for weapons, though both sides threatened violence. In addition to fans and police, the manager of the stadium and the technician in charge of the lights have been charged. The trial is scheduled to resume May 5. After the riot, Egypt imposed a two-year ban on Al-Masr y, while this year’s club season has been suspended. Port Said residents say their city has been stigmatized and boycotted by other Egyptians.
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Mega Millions: Don’t buy into it M
ega Millions — the multi-state lottery that had people across the country flooding their local convenience stores in hopes of purchasing the winning ticket — announced its final winner yesterday. The Red Bud, Ill., resident will receive a check for $218.6 million. But after the hubbub that surrounded this year’s jackpot, we realized the lottery is a stupid idea. Granted, the record-high $656 million jackpot was pretty astonishing. Many citizens take pleasure in imagining that out of the hundreds of thousands of participants, there is a small chance of winning it big. But for all its attraction, multimillion lotteries like this are more harmful than they are beneficial. Mega Millions is played in 42 states, and the odds of winning are 1 in 1 million. In the Garden State, the New Jersey Lottery has become a nearly $2.6 billion-a-year business. And on the off chance that a winning ticket is obtained, the recipient can expect to pay up to half of their earnings in taxes and statistics suggest that they’ll probably be less happy than if they earned that money. Yet there is more to the lottery system than slim odds. Many think of the lottery as inherently harmless, something to only occasionally take part in, when the stakes are especially high. Yet the true weight of its impact often falls on a demographic overlooked. In a sense, statewide lotteries like Power Ball or multi-state lotteries like Mega Millions serve as a regressive tax on the poorest of people who buy into the systems. And undoubtedly, in many places, these are the largest demographics to play the game. In the places, the poor may put hope in the possibility that the lottery can carry them out of poverty, and purchasing lotto tickets becomes a routine. With this in mind, the next time you think about weighing your odds in the lottery, just don’t buy into it.
Project Civility ends on soft note P
roject Civility began with one objective two years ago — to “produce a campus culture very aware of civility, integrity and a citizenry that respects all cultures and persons” by encouraging “small acts of courtesy, compassion and respect.” Student organizations, the University administration and faculty pursued this goal since September 2010 through ongoing panels and events, all with the intent of fostering a university-wide dialogue on campus. A closing ceremony was held Monday night at the Busch Campus Center to bring the program quietly to a close. With Project Civility’s conclusion, we’d like to take some time to reflect on the impact the program has had here on the University community, as well as its overall success in achieving its objectives. Some of the project’s cornerstones included intimate fireside chats, during which students and faculty alike were given the chance to engage in discussions about topics concerning civility on university campuses across the country, as well as a Project Civility essay contest. Our own publication served as a platform for this contest, and the winning essays were published in the Opinions page. Over the course of the program’s implementation, these events forged a palpable sense of civil dialogue here at the University. Even if you didn’t attend one of the symposiums or lectures, you’ve surely seen a flyer of two with the words “Project Civility” printed across them around campus. The program has certainly turned some heads, but has it really brought about a more civil student body? Only partially. Project Civility has certainly become one of the University’s most unique undertakings, serving as a model for many other schools’ own civility campaigns across the country. But despite its reputation, we’re hesitant to say whether it has resulted in any tangible changes in the behaviors and actions of students here on campus. In all likelihood, the University community is probably just as civil as it was two years ago. The reasons for this lie in the project’s original goal. The idea that a two-year campaign aimed at civil interaction between members of the University community could result in noticeable changes is probably a little far-fetched. Many of the reasons for the way community members on campus are able to get along on a day-to-day basis could probably be attributed to the fact we are already civil — or at least for the most part. A civility campaign can help us reflect on this fact, but it would require some serious strategies to change it. While we’re sad to see the project phased out in its current form, we’re hopeful for future versions of a civility program. The administration plans to hand the project over to a student committee at the end of the month. It’s our hope that in the hands of students, Project Civility will be able to better reach members of the community.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I didn’t return $5 that I borrowed, and God will call those $5 to testify against me.” Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus co-educator at Rutgers Hillel, on what individuals will be accountable for come Judgment Day STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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Hoodies are not criminal I
t’s another day of living which it seems he was not. for a student like me at Instead of holding his the University. The sun ground, he went after is out, the weather is cool, Martin and created the danNICK VALSALEN but for some reason somegerous situation. He was not thing just isn’t right. Like in any danger, sitting in his any other day, I throw on my hooded sweatshirt, house while this innocent teenage kid walked sweatpants and white Jordans and play out another through his neighborhood. The police did not see it day on my mission to graduate, be successful and this way, because Zimmerman was not even arresthave some fun doing it. Most of my readers can ed when the cops arrived at the scene. relate. So why is it that Trayvon Martin does not get Zimmerman is the only person that truly knows to wake up and have an opportunity to make the what happened to Martin that night, but some other most of life for doing something that I could have clues can help piece together the puzzle of what been doing —while wearing something that I could happened in the span between the 911 call and the have been wearing — on any given day? The irony police arriving on the scene. Apparently, Martin was smacks me in the face as I read the news eating on the phone with his girlfriend at the time he was breakfast in the Livingston Dining Commons. walking through Zimmerman’s neighborhood. She For those of you that may not be familiar with told police Martin was walking back from 7-Eleven Martin’s story, he was a 17-year-old boy from during halftime of the NBA All-Star game, carrying Florida who was allegedly gunned down by a selfnothing but his phone, a bag of Skittles and a can of appointed neighborhood watch iced tea when Martin noticed leader for looking suspicious. My Zimmerman watching him close“What exactly is question is what is so suspicious ly — until he eventually came about a hoody? him. She warned him to run, suspicious or dangerous after The main description given but Martin did not because in his during the 911 call by the shooter, mind he was doing nothing about a young man George Zimmerman, was a black wrong. When Zimmerman in a hoody and jeans boy wearing a dark gray hoody, approached, she overheard him jeans/sweatpants and white ask, “what [Martin] was doing walking through sneakers. That’s nothing differaround here,” and then heard your neighborhood?” ent than any one of us could be what sounded like pushing. The wearing, but enough for pushing was the last thing she Zimmerman to deem him “suspiheard in the waning moments cious” or “up to no good.” Despite being told by the before Martin’s death. Additionally, some of the police on the phone not to take action and to specifneighbors heard the commotion, reportedly hearically not follow him, Zimmerman took matters into ing what sounded like screams and cries for help, his own hands and went after Martin. Zimmerman, followed by one gunshot. head of the neighborhood watch, said “They always In the weeks following his death, the factor of get away,” and hung up the phone, eventually shootrace has been overwhelmingly involved in the dising and killing 17-year-old Martin. cussion around the murder — and rightfully so. When the police finally arrived, Martin was Race does seem to be a difficult-to-ignore variable dead, with no one looking guiltier than in this case as a possible motive for the perpetrator Zimmerman. After all, he was recorded making the as well as a potential bias in policing the case. For complaint, then leaving the phone to go after the soZimmerman’s sake, let’s assume that he was not a called “neighborhood intruder.” Apparently, this is racist and think about what else could have not so clear to everyone — especially the police inspired him to leave his house and take justice into that reported this case, who at the time believed his own hands. Besides being black, he described that Zimmerman was acting in self-defense. In him as a kid in his upper teens wearing a dark gray most states, if you are presented with an imminent hoody, sweatpants or jeans and some white sneakthreat of grave bodily harm or death, you have the ers. Sounds like a typical University crime alert. option to retreat from the situation unless you are Sounds like a typical University student to me. Not in your home. Florida is one of the states that to get anyone stirred up over this crime alert thing, allows you to stand your ground and fight back. but inquiring minds want to know: What exactly is The state has the burden of proof and has to prove SEE VALSALEN ON PAGE 15 that Zimmerman was not acting in self-defense,
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VALSALEN continued from page 14 suspicious or dangerous about a young man in a hoody and jeans walking through your neighborhood? I do this every day, walking from my Hamilton Street apartment to the bus stop. My intent with my hoody over my head is not a criminal one, but an innocuous one, much like Martin. So why did he get shot and I didn’t? To take that even further, if you got shot doing the same thing he did, will your shooter get arrested or was he just “protecting his community?” Put yourself in his shoes. The point is it could have happened to any of us. Take a look around campus on a cool spring day like today. Almost everyone is wearing a hoody. Are we all
suspicious too? The bias in this case is clearly present, with the shooter leaving the scene of the crime a free man. Whether that bias is because of his position with the neighborhood watch or something to do with race is not for me to decide, but a bias appears to present nonetheless. Under no circumstances should a police officer take the eyewitness account of the shooter. A young teenager was dead, and a man stood at the scene of the crime with the murder weapon, but he still walked free. The saddest thing is he would have probably gotten away with it if it hadn’t hit the national media. What’s even sadder: He still might. Nick Valsalen is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in sociology and human resource management with minors in criminology and psychology.
Tent State wastes student funds Letter KIMBERLY SYVARTH his week marks the 10th anniversar y of Tent State University, a movement star ted at the University in 2003 as a protest of University spending and other social issues. Students set up tents in the Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus for a week where they eat, sleep and discuss different problems plaguing the University. This yearly event has caught on at other universities around the countr y and has become a national movement for college students to protest dif ferent universities’ spending. When I first came to the University, I heard from some people that I knew that it was a “chill place to smoke and play music.” The residence hall I lived in was highly liberal, so I expected nothing less of the residents. I had no problem with it then. It was just a bunch of kids skipping class for a week and wasting their educations for a social cause they believed in. If I didn’t want to participate in it, I had no obligation to do so. I had no problem with it, until I heard that this year, the Rutgers University Student Assembly is partly funding Tent State. RUSA, which gets funding through student fees, is paying for a protest of University spending. I don’t know if it’s only me who finds that to be highly ironic and maddening.
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Why should my student funds be funneled into something I don’t believe in? And furthermore, why should my student funds be funneled into something so totally unnecessar y? Why can’t my student fees go into fixing the infrastructure of this University? Or go toward something that will be beneficial to me? What is Tent State trying to prove? There are so many things that the University could spend this money on, and yet it is being wasted on a “part protest, part festival,” as I heard it being called this morning as I was leaving Voorhees Mall after my morning class. This University has enough trouble with money as is, and I am infuriated that my hard-earned money — and the hard-earned money of all the other students who attend this school — is going to something that is protesting exactly this type of thing. This money should be spent fixing air conditioning in buildings or maybe putting a working water fountain in Scott Hall. But instead, I now have to walk through a minefield of protesters that are there simply because I attend this school. This is not OK. RUSA really needs to take a step back and realize that this money they have to work with is better spent elsewhere. Kimberly Syvarth is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English and Jewish studies.
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Today's Birthday (04/18/12). Your career has been growing this year. Income may increase after June 10. As Mars travels through Libra, your passionate side gets a boost. Make room for love. Themes this year include relationships, health, wellness, education and spirituality. 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 7 — Power increases, and you're on top of the world. Stay on top of your deadlines. Listening is the key to communication. Someone else's crazy idea inspires a solution. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — A hunch could be quite profitable, and the game is on! For the next two days, you're in the spotlight (and you like it just fine). Deliver your lines with passion. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — The party is just getting fun. Your friends showed up, and there's good music and chow. Choose your words well, and new doors open. Encourage another's creativity. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Expand a little at a time. Consider new opportunities, and step into leadership, even (especially) if it makes you nervous. You can do it. You're a quick study. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Conditions look good for travel and romance. You'd rather play than work. Imagine your next adventure. Check finances and craft a plan. You could be pleasantly surprised. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Discuss shared finances. The details hold the key, and careful planning sets you up to win. Discover that more is possible than you thought. A brilliant idea arises.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Consult with experts and partners. Work out the strategy. Write down a brilliant insight. You're very creative and can solve the puzzle. Fix whatever is broken. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — Being as busy as a bee can be very productive. Think about all those projects that you want to complete, and find a way to make them bloom. You may need help. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — You're exceptionally creative (and romantic) for the next couple of days. You have a lot to say. Let it out. Listening is part of the communication equation. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Write a letter to your parents or to your future self. Put in extra effort and you can solve a puzzle. The next two days are good for making changes at home. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — You're more valuable than you think. Put your resources to good use, and don't throw your money away. Think outside the box, and recycle it. Use it in the garage. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Your imagination empowers as you enter a lucrative phase. Catch up on finances and invoicing. Get outside the box that's limiting your creativity. Play with the box.
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Six-match winning streak earns RU No. 8 seed STAFF REPORT
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Senior No. 2 singles Jennifer Holzberg returns a volley Sunday against West Virginia. Holzberg and the Knights earned a No. 8 seed in the Big East Tournament and will face Cincinnati.
After ending the Big East por tion of its schedule on a six-match winning streak, t h e TENNIS Rutgers tennis team earned a No. 8 seed in the upcoming Big East Tournament. It matches the Scarlet Knights up with the No. 9 seed Cincinnati Bearcats in the first round, which takes place tomorrow in Tampa. The Knights made it into the tournament by finishing among the top 12 in the Big East with a 7-3 conference record. “We had three great wins last week to end the regular season, and we feel like we have a lot of momentum,” said head coach Ben Bucca in a press release. “There is nothing like winning — it is contagious and it makes ever ything fun. We feel great about how we have been playing down the stretch and look for ward to the Big East Championships.” The three wins Bucca is referring to came against Seton Hall, Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Senior Jennifer Holzberg led the team during that stretch, winning all six of her matches. Rutgers also earned the doubles point in each match. The Bearcats, losers of each of their last three matches, do not carr y any momentum into the tournament. The Knights want to improve on last year’s second-
round exit. They beat West Virginia in last year’s opening round before dropping a match against Syracuse in the next. Improvement on that result this season is no easy task. The winner of tomorrow’s match advances to face No. 1 seed Notre Dame on Friday in the quarterfinals. But Bucca is well aware of how tough the conference is, especially compared to where it used to be. “The Big East in women’s tennis is clearly an emerging conference,” he said. “This is the strongest the conference has ever been, as we have four teams with a national ranking and a number of teams that compete ef fectively against these nationally ranked teams, including us. There has never been this much depth or such a high level of play in the Big East until now. We have to come ready to play and we are going in healthy, motivated and as a cohesive unit. That’s a recipe for success.” While Rutgers has momentum on its side, it does not have familiarity working for it. The Knights have not seen Cincinnati since Feb. 15, 2009, when they traveled to Ohio and lost, 4-3. Only Holzberg and fellow senior Morgan Ivey have played the Bearcats. The tournament lasts until Saturday and takes place at the Varsity Cour ts on the South Florida campus.
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Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene observes a March 31 practice in the Bubble. Greene participates in non-contact drills.
Sidelined RU veterans maintain leadership BY TYLER BARTO
who rotates through all three linebacker positions in the spring. Snyder played nearly While the Rutgers football exclusively at strongside lineteam’s coaching staf f scans backer during his freshman each play, two other sets of eyes season, when he recorded 40 do the tackles and 2.5 for a loss. FOOTBALL s a m e . Meanwhile, Vallone manSeniors Khaseem Greene and ages a defensive tackle group Scott Vallone will not see a snap that combined does not equal on the field during spring prac- his three years of playing expetice, but their presence rience. Sophomore Kenneth remains. Kirksey, pegged “I think it’s an as a starter at the advantage for the of “Timmy [Wright is] beginning younger players,” spring, was a the embodiment said head coach rotational player Kyle Flood. “The [of consistency]. He a year ago. one thing that In Greene and runs precise routes, Vallone’s on-field they know from being here as another he catches the balls absence, long as they have fifth-year senior is … the tempo takes the reins. thrown his way.” we practice at. Wide receiver KYLE FLOOD They know the Tim Wright Head Coach ef for t level that missed the 2010 we expect on season after sufever y play. fering a knee They’ll be the first ones to speak injur y during training camp, a up when they see a younger spring removed from earning player not doing it right.” Most Improved Of fensive Greene, a weakside line- Player honors. backer, and Vallone, a defensive He returned to a reduced tackle, continue to recover from role last season, hauling in a offseason surgeries. They bene- pair of touchdowns. fit from a scaled-back spring But Wright continues to normally reser ved for experi- impress Flood during the enced contributors. spring, much like the one he Greene, the Big East’s Co- enjoyed two years ago. Defensive Player of the Year “I’ve said this a number of last season, returns as the times to the team: There’s nothnation’s active tackles leader. ing more valuable than consisVallone has started since his tency,” Flood said. “Timmy’s redshirt freshman season. the embodiment of that. Timmy Both rarely missed a snap in comes to work ever y day. He their last five combined seasons r uns precise routes, he — Greene became a starter at catches the balls thrown his safety in 2010 before moving to way, he runs the routes to open linebacker. up other receivers. That’s Greene continues to work Timmy Wright. He’s a selfless with sophomore Kevin Snyder, football player.” SPORTS EDITOR
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Head coach Kyle Flood recruited fifth-year senior offensive tackle R.J. Dill when Flood coached the Rutgers offensive line. Flood also recruited Dill out of high school.
played four seasons before he transferred. When Flood was still a position coach, he convinced Dill to play for Rutgers as a graduate student. Dill said it did not take much convincing. “It’s opportunity to be part of a team that’s going to win the Big East Championship,” he said. Dill’s aspirations require a stable offensive line, and that has been a struggle in recent history. The most recent Knight Dill named was Davis, who last donned scarlet in 2009, when the o-line allowed 40 sacks. It was a different story in 2010, when Rutgers allowed 61 sacks. The Knights gave up only 30 last season, but that involved shifting linemen to many different positions and putting out several starting lineups. Dill started 33 games for the Terrapins, and he wants to add to that total with Rutgers at right tackle. But if Dill and other linemen do not solidify a starting spot, it will be because of depth. Sophomore lineman Taj Alexander also has his eye on the right tackle spot. Junior right guard David Osei is grateful for the competition. “Playing next to Taj, he’s an explosive guy. Then you have R.J., who you can tell is just a vet-
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eran of the game,” Osei said. “Playing next to both of them, I got lucky this year.” Dill has caught up to the new system in the spring, and Osei has noticed. “I think he already knows the whole offense,” Osei said. “He’s just getting into the groove. There are little changes from school to school — different coach. He’s just getting those little things done, but I think he’s going to be a good part of the o-line.” In Week 4 of spring practice, Flood has not officially named starters. Dill and Alexander both want to start, and both might get their wish. “R.J.’s doing a nice job for us. I think it’s been a good competition,” Flood said. “There’s been a lot of back-and-forth between those two players. It could end up that both of them end up in the starting five.” The Knights offensive line continued its sporadic play toward the end of last season. The unit prevented quarterbacks Chas Dodd and Gary Nova from getting sacked against Iowa State, but it allowed six sacks for a loss of 41 yards against Connecticut. Dill will be part of a Knights offensive looking for more stability, but he focuses on more than recent history. Dill is proud to become a part of Knights history. “They have a tradition here,” he said. “Have they gotten away from it in the past few years? I don’t know. I think a tradition’s established over a long time.”
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START: Nos. 5, 6 hitters combine for all six Rutgers RBI continued from back bats of junior rightfielder Steve Zavala and junior first baseman Bill Hoermann, who combined to record all six of Rutgers’ RBI. “If the [Nos.] 5 and 6 spots are hot, it takes the pressure off of ever ybody else,” Zavala said. “If three or four guys don’t get the job done, it’s not like nobody will.” Zavala tallied his third RBI of the game by scoring junior third baseman Pat Kivlehan. Junior catcher Jeff Melillo scored the first of three runs in a five-hit inning on an error from Monmouth shortstop Jon Guida. Following his first victor y with Rutgers in a 15-4 victory against Fordham on April 10, O’Leary had no problem getting run support from his team. The first inning was not quite like Rutgers’ eight-run second inning against the Rams, but the three-run first set the righty up for the victory. Zavala singled to left center and scored sophomore centerfielder Brian O’Grady and sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella — both recorded the first two of Rutgers’ 18 hits, tied for a season high. “Our hitters had a good approach today,” Hill said. “They waited for their pitches and really put some good swings on the ball. … I feel like we have a lot of guys who can really swing it on our team. It is all about working to get your pitch in the right count.”
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Junior Pat O’Leary allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings yesterday in an 8-1 victory against Monmouth. The righthander threw five no-hit innings and retired eight straight batters in his third start with Rutgers. He previously made four relief appearances.
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Senior third baseman Brittney Lindley registered the deciding hit in Game 1 yesterday against Stony Brook. Her seventh-inning grand slam broke a 0-0 tie and helped the Knights to the first of two wins on the day. She is also Rutgers’ career leader in home runs and leads the team in long balls this season with five.
SWEEP: Pitching limits Seawolves’ scoring in victories continued from back While the next pitcher, Christine Lucido, held the Knights (20-21, 8-8) at bay momentarily, it did not last, as Rutgers scored two more runs in the sixth inning. “In Game 1, we were swinging well. It’s just that balls weren’t falling so we stayed at it,” said senior third baseman Brittney Lindley. “Then in Game 2, we just came out attacking and hitting the pitches we were given.” Sisco took the pressure off of the offense by keeping Stony Brook (2711) off of the board for four innings. By the time she departed, Rutgers had already scored four runs.
“She did what we expect Sisco to do, and that’s pound the strike zone and get a bunch of ground balls for us,” McMullen said. “Our defense made plays behind her, and it was ver y good to see her to get a good win there.” The Knights cruised past the Seawolves in Game 1, with Landrith successfully keeping them off of the scoreboard, along with some help from the defense. Although she threw a complete game, the Vacaville, Calif., native struck out only two of the 29 batters she faced. Rutgers’ offense waited until late in the game to come alive. After six scoreless innings, the Knights found themselves with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and their career leader in home runs in Lindley at the plate.
With one swing of the bat, she displayed the power that earned her the record. Lindley drove the ball over the right-
“When you’re not hitting well, it goes throughout the team and no one is hitting well.” RYAN MCMULLEN Assistant Coach
center field fence, smacking her team-best fifth home run of the year and putting Rutgers up four runs.
She credits the hitters before her for making her job that much easier by loading the bases. “That’s a great feeling when you’re put in that position,” Lindley said. “All you have to do is hit the ball and you’re probably going to score a runner. I was just looking for a good pitch to hit and drive. I saw a ball that was a little bit up, and I just got my barrel on it and it just happened to go out.” While the Cicero, N.Y., native made light of her home run, when she hit it, the rest of the team did not. McMullen said she knew it was out right off the bat. “No doubt about it, she got all of it,” she said. “That’s what Brittney gives you. Even when she’s not hitting the home runs, she consistently has good at-bats, and that’s all you can ask for.”
But Lindley was not the only Knight to impress at the plate. In both games, each of the top five hitters registered a hit, including Durando’s home run. Nelson wanted to insert freshman Ashley Alden in the lineup more often, but she plays the same position as Durando. So he resorted yesterday to rotating the two between first base and designated hitter. “It’s so much better when everyone is hitting, obviously, and hitting is very contagious, and it’s contagious both ways,” McMullen said. “When you’re not hitting well, it goes throughout the team and no one is hitting well.” The offensive surge arrives just in time, as the Knights enter a weekend series with two-time defending Big East champion Syracuse.
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First-year coach embraces challenges BY AARON FARRAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Athletic Director Tim Pernetti named Rob Shutte Rutgers head men’s golf coach Feb. 24. MEN’S GOLF W h e n Shutte arrived on the Banks, his main focus was to return winning ways to the program. Now with his first year at the helm nearing its end, Shutte believes he had a successful year and is “excited for what’s to come” in the future. His first season at Rutgers gives him hope of accomplishing the goal he arrived with. “I have high expectations now and going for ward,” Shutte said. “I have a great relationship with the players, and we have mutual respect for each other. This is a great group of guys, and I’m happy with what I have.” Shutte coaches the Scarlet Knights with seven years of collegiate experience under his belt, including the past two years as head women’s golf coach at Lehigh. Rutgers has embraced Shutte this season and adapted to the new leadership.
“[Shutte] brings another When Shutte began his stint level of energy and enthusi- with Rutgers, he inherited a talasm,” said sophomore co-cap- ented but ver y young squad. He tain Doug Walters. “He is a saw the potential in the players knowledgeable guy and a play- and was up for the challenge to er’s coach. He doesn’t only do a help them grow and develop. good job in tourThe Knights naments, but is appreciate their “Everyone has to do coach’s willingphenomenal in practice, as well.” ness to make their part. I have Shutte does them better. to do what I have not only tr y to “I like how he help improve the sees a bright future to do in recruiting in all of us,” Renza Knights as golfers, but he said. “He does not and leading ... in wants them to get bothered when the right direction.” we make our misimprove their character. He takes. He is just ROB SHUTTE looks at the bigconcerned with Head Coach ger picture and seeing that we emphasizes the actually learn from fact that there is life outside of what we do and he gives us the the sport. freedom to learn through experi“He’s just a great guy to look ence. He comes with having a up to,” said sophomore Jonathan great plan for us.” Renza. “Coach stresses the Shutte understands that importance of the appearance of while his first year is almost student athletes. In addition to over, he has work to do in order understanding that we represent to get the team to the next level. Rutgers University, he wants us He believes ever yone has his to represent ourselves in a posi- own responsibility, and he has tive manner. He helps us become plans to do whatever he can to better men. Coach wants people improve the team. to see the positivity that we have “Everyone has to do their part,” inside of us.” Shutte said. “I have to do what I
have to do in recruiting and leading my players in the right direction. If we all combine our efforts as an organization, we will better our position moving forward.” Although the Knights did not do as well as Shutte hoped this season, he is optimistic for the team’s last match at the Big East Championship at the end of the month and for future seasons. He encourages his players to also be positive because he knows where it can lead them. “He brings intensity to the team,” Walters said. “Coach wants us to be accountable as players, and he’s leading us to be winners, not solely based on competitions but in life. He wants us to always see the better side of things instead of dwelling on what could have been.” Shutte enjoys his time at Rutgers. He believes there is something special in Piscataway, and he wants to be a part of it. “I am absolutely enjoying Rutgers,” he said. “I appreciate the uniqueness of Rutgers. We have a product to sell in this golf team. This University has nothing but positivity and provides comfort to all. I can honestly say that I can call this place home.”
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he Southern Methodist men’s basketball team expects former NBA coach Larr y Brown to make a decision within the next few days on whether he wants to become the next Mustangs coach, according to ESPN. The 71-year-old said SMU interviewed him Sunday about the position, vacant since the Mustangs last month fired former head coach Matt Doherty. SMU also approached Marquette assistant coach Tony Benford’s representative Saturday to gauge his interest in the $500,000 opportunity. Benford is also a finalist for the North Texas head coach opening since former head coach Johnny Jones departed for LSU.
AN ALABAMA The Rutgers men’s and women’s golf teams reach the end of their respective seasons in the next two weeks, when each takes par t in its conference championship. The men’s team finishes its first campaign under head coach Rob Shutte, who joined the program after spending the past two seasons at Lehigh. It travels to Orlando on April 29 for the three-day Big East Championships. The women’s team caps its 20th season under head coach Maura WatersBallard at the league championships a week earlier in Orlando. The three-day Big East event ends April 24. — Staf f Repor t
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player’s father accidentally knocked the Coaches’ Trophy from team’s BCS national title this year off its podium and shattered it. The Waterford cr ystal trophy was on display at the Mal Moore Athletic Facility halls near head coach Nick Saban’s office. Sculpted in Ireland, the trophy cost $30,000, and a university spokesman said it will immediately start the process of replacing the trophy, according to ESPN. It is the third time in recent history the trophy has been lost, also breaking at Florida in 2008 and getting stolen from Florida State in 2004.
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Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis and the rest of the Rutgers women’s golf team finish their 2012 spring season April 24 at the Big East Championships in Orlando.
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guard Matt Slauson did not deny that trading for quar terback Tim Tebow would have severe effects on the team. Slauson said the Jets will operate their offense like “two different teams.” New York stated Tebow will be used in the Wildcat formation, but a source told ESPN the Florida product will also play running back. Mark Sanchez remains starting quarterback as the Jets return to a “Ground and Pound” style that head coach Rex Ryan prefers.
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Chicago Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw for three games for his hit on Phoenix Coyotes goalie Mike Smith in Game 2 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series. Smith played the puck behind the net when Shaw knocked him over in the second period. Smith did not move on the ice for several minutes, but the goalkeeper finished the game. Shaw earend a fiveminute major penalty and game misconduct.
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Senior sprinter Kevin Brown competes in last year’s Metropolitan Championships at Rutgers’ Bauer Track and Field Complex. Brown recorded first-place times in this year’s edition in both the 200- and 400-meter dash, aiding the Knights’ point total with a team-high 40 of his own.
Sprinter takes advantage of Big East opportunity BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER
Sprinter Kevin Brown says he never felt stronger than he does now. The senior has improved MEN’S TRACK t h r o u g h out the season, setting personal-best times in the 200- and 400-meter dash. He is also a part of the Rutgers men’s track and field team’s 4x400meter relay unit that broke the school indoor record at the IC4A Championships. His career season continued Saturday at the Metropolitan Championships, where he scored a team-high 40 points for the Knights in their second-place finish. He also may qualify for the NCAA East Regionals in the
400-meter dash for the first time in his career. The Woodbury, N.J., native attributes his improvement this season to more consistency in the weight room, a more refined sprinting technique and experience. He hopes the combination can earn him his first individual Big East title. “The Big East is pretty loaded this year,” he said. “I’ve definitely got to come with my A game. … I think if I just compete hard, anything’s possible. I can get one.” Such aspirations likely looked unreachable a few years ago to Brown. He spent his freshman season at Gloucester County College, sprinting against competition he said was “not really up to par.”
ROOKIE TIES SINGLE-SEASON MARK FOR DECADE With her seventh completegame shutout of the season yesterday in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Stony Brook, SOFTBALL Rutgers softball starting pitcher Alyssa Landrith tied a season record and nears another. The freshman is now tied with Leah Black for most wins in a single season by a Rutgers pitcher this decade and is one win away from a tie for third on Rutgers’ all-time single season wins list. “We feel like we have a good chance of winning every ballgame that Landrith throws,” said assistant coach Ryan McMullen. “She keeps us in ballgames — even when we struggle offensively early in games. It helps your offense so much more when they’re not having to play from behind.” Against the Seawolves, Landrith allowed seven hits
with two strikeouts, two hit batters and only one walk. She also pitched 2 1/3 innings in Game 2, striking out one batter. Landrith’s (15-8) wins total is six more than any Scarlet Knight registered last season. If she stays healthy, she should make around six more starts in the regular season. After beginning the season as the team’s No. 2 starter, the Vacaville, Calif., native took the top spot in the rotation after she earned a victor y against Mississippi Valley State. Her signature win this season came March 18, when she shut out a ranked Florida State team. The rookie also threw more than 12 innings in a two-game set against Hofstra and 16 innings in a three-game series against Louisville. — Staff Report
The Woodbur y High School product relished the day he could compete at the Division-I
“Last year was a big upset for us — to get to [NCAA] Regionals and not even advance [to the final round].” KEVIN BROWN Senior Sprinter
level. It came when he transferred to Rutgers for his sophomore season.
“I wanted to move to Division I because I wanted to prove to myself that I could run with the best,” he said. “The competition [at Gloucester] was not as competitive, but you learn the fundamentals of actually running. … Week in and week out, it’s competitive on a Division-I level.” Brown made an immediate impact after joining the Scarlet Knights in 2010. Since he earned a spot on the Rutgers 4x400-meter relay squad, the group has never finished lower than first in the at a conference championship meet. The Knights qualified for NCAA Regionals in the 4x400 in each of his first two seasons. Brown traveled with the team as an alternate in the 2010 NCAA Regionals and earned his first
taste of regional action last season as the first leg. But both appearances were disappointing for the Knights, as they failed advance out of the preliminary rounds. Brown remembers the sour taste from last year’s defeat and wants to make sure it does not happen again this year. “I think at the level that everybody’s running at on the team, there’s definitely a chance this year to make the final round,” he said. “It’s a competitive group of guys — everybody works hard, ever ybody wants to make it there. Last year was a big upset for us — to get to regionals and not even advance [to the final round]. We felt like we left a lot in the tank. And nobody wants to feel that anymore.”
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Senior attack Danielle Mascera looks for open space Sunday during the Knights’ home victory against Cincinnati. Mascera broke the school’s single-season assists record in the win.
Less than four minutes remained in the first half of the Rutgers women’s lacrosse g a m e WOMEN’S LACROSSE against Cincinnati on Sunday when sophomore midfielder Katrina Martinelli cut through a host of Bearcat defenders. Standing at the top of the key with the ball, senior attack Danielle Mascera did exactly what she has all season long. She passed. The ball went through the defenders to Martinelli, who found the back of the net to give Mascera the Scarlet Knights’ single-season assist record with 29. “I saw the pass going into Katrina, and I kind knew it would be the one to break the record,” Mascera said. “All the girls were really excited for me, so I kind of knew [Sunday] was going to be the day.” Mascera finished with three assists in the Knights’ 13-10 Senior Day victory against the Bearcats, bringing her to 31 on the season. She currently sits 14th in the NCAA in assists. But for the Verona, N.J., native, it is only fitting she directs the thanks to someone other than herself. “[My teammates] make it really easy for me in that they just really know how to cut and get open to the ball, “ Mascera said. “The second that they are open, I know I can throw it to the inside.” Those scorers include senior midfielder Ali Steinberg, junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson and sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli. The three have each scored more than 25 goals, with Anderson’s 37 shots between the pipes leading the Knights.
While Mascera makes the way she finds fellow teammates on the field look easy, it comes in her first season as a full-time starter for Rutgers. The senior entered this season with eight assists for her career. Seven of those came last season in four starts for the Knights. For some, it would have been hard to predict that by the end of the year, Mascera would break the 32year-old record held by Nancy Isenberg, who registered 28 assists. Mascera believes otherwise. “I’m not surprised at all,” she said. “I definitely worked hard the last three years to get where I am, so it definitely wasn’t a surprise to me or my coach either.” Head coach Laura Brand-Sias could not agree more. After seeing Mascera earn little time in her first two years on the team, Brand-Sias took note of her hard work since she arrived for the 2009 season. “She is a player who has really dedicated herself to the program regardless of what her playing circumstance has been,” Brand-Sias said. “She stuck it out and continued to work hard her first couple of years even though she was not getting the time on the field.” Mascera’s recent success also landed her on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. She collected five assists this weekend, including two in the Knights’ victory Friday against Louisville. With trips to Loyola (Md.) and Georgetown to end the regular season, the Knights’ playoff hopes hang in the balance. They currently sit in a three-way tie for fourth with the Hoyas and Notre Dame. “No matter what, we have to beat Georgetown,” Mascera said. “We have to play our best and rise to the challenge and really compete.”
FLOOD HIGHLIGHTS GOLF OUTING FOR LEGRAND Rutgers head football standout athlete from Colonia coach Kyle Flood did not High School. waste any time getting He earned time at linestar ted on the field when he backer and fullback before setw a s tling in at defensive tackle and FOOTBALL n a m e d in several special teams roles. head coach following All participants in the event Greg Schiano’s depar ture to receive a photo with Flood and the NFL. a $100 Nike gift card that can He is not wasting be used at the Nike any time making an tent, which will be at impression of f the the course. field, either. The golf outing Flood hosts the also includes lunch, first annual Kyle a cocktail reception Flood Charity Golf and dinner, along Classic on June 18 at with select prizes Fiddler’s Elbow and awards for the Countr y Club in participants. B e d m i n s t e r The cost is $450 Township, N.J. The KYLE FLOOD per player or $1,800 event’s proceeds for a foursome. suppor t the Eric LeGrand There are also opportunities Believe Fund, Athletes for sponsors. A hole sponsor in Action, Embrace costs $250, and a cocktail and Kids Foundation and dinner sponsor costs $100. Developmental Disabilities Donations are also acceptInstitute. ed. All checks can be made “First and foremost, my payable to Embrace Kids major reason for doing the Foundation. golf tournament is because it Lunch begins at 11 a.m. benefits Eric LeGrand,” Flood and tee time is 1 p.m. said. “Eric LeGrand is a speCocktail reception follows cial part of this program, and at 6 p.m. Dinner and he always will be.” the awards ceremony begin at LeGrand was a defensive 7 p.m. lineman for the Scarlet For more information or to Knights until he suf fered a reser ve a spot in the outing, spinal injur y in a 2010 game visit ScarletKnights.com or against Army. LeGrand, an call (732) 326-5245. Avenel, N.J., native, arrived in Piscataway in 2008 as a — Staf f Report
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Junior tight end Paul Carrezola looks to haul in a pass during practice yesterday from redshirt freshman quarterback Mike Bimonte. Because of offseason surgery for senior D.C. Jefferson and an injury to classmate Malcolm Bush, Carrezola is the only tight end on the field that earned time last season.
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When Paul Carrezola looks next to him on the field, he sees a seldom-used teammate on offense and another who has yet to play a down for the Rutgers football team. But with senior tight end D.C. Jefferson out for the spring and junior Malcolm Bush temporarily sidelined, he has to make due on his own. “It happens sometimes,” said Carrezola, a junior tight end. “I just try to go out there every day the same way, same mentality, do the same things I always do.” Another member of the Scarlet Knights offense continues to earn reps by default, as well. Sophomore fullback Michael Burton no longer splits time with Joe Martinek, who finished his Knights career last season. Burton, a former walk-on, is now an entrenched starter in the backfield. “I look at it the same,” Burton said. “Even if Joe was here, I’m just trying to go out every single day and work my hardest and be the best player I can be for this team.” The situation at tight end is not as fluid. At this point, even tight ends coach Darnell Dinkins appears a viable alternative to spell Carrezola. Dinkins played eight years in the NFL with four different teams, winning a Super Bowl with the New Orleans Saints in 2009, his final season. “It’s real valuable,” Carrezola said. “I trust everything he says. I want to do it to the best of my ability. Knowing that he’s done it before, it makes me want to do what he’s asking of me.” Carrezola and Jefferson combined for 16 catches last season for 153 yards and one touchdown. They split time in former offensive coordinator Frank
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Cignetti’s pro-style system, which took advantage of the Knights’ wide receivers. Redshirt freshman Tyler Kroft — with a 6-foot-6, 220pound frame — looks like one of them. But Kroft earned more time this spring in a three-point stance with Bush and Jefferson’s absence. Carrezola, who played Pennsylvania high school football with Kroft, hosted him on his official visit. “Tyler’s a big kid. He’s athletic,” Carrezola said. “He’s growing as a player. I’m trying to help him along the way, guide him. I think he’s going to be a very good player.”
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pointed Friday to potential position changes, effective yesterday. Three players found themselves in new positions, including redshirt freshman Ben Martin, who moves to the other side of the ball. Martin arrived in Piscataway last season as a two-star running back from Absegami High School (N.J.). But he now joins a crowded corps at cornerback. “The reason we wanted to do it now is it gives us five practices before the spring game to get a body of work together and evaluate it,” Flood said. Junior Robert Joseph also crosses the line of scrimmage to linebacker from fullback. Joseph missed his first two seasons with the Knights because of a recurring leg injury. “After reviewing the tape, what we’re trying to do is build depth at certain positions,” Flood said. “We felt like Robert Joseph at linebacker gives us an opportunity to do that.” Sophomore David Milewski dealt with lingering issues of his own, including season-ending
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Redshirt freshman Ben Martin (30) takes in practice with the Knights’ defensive backs yesterday after moving from running back. Martin’s transition is one of three position changes. knee injuries in the last two sea- Kickoffs move to the 35-yard line J UNIOR M ATT M C B RIDE sons. He moves from linebacker this season, while touchbacks injured his elbow during to defensive end. place the ball at the 25-yard line. yesterday’s practice, but “Ever y time I look at David, Players on kickoff teams can Flood said he expects the it’s like he’s getting bigger now only have a running start of offensive lineman to return to because he hasn’t been able to 5 yards. practice tomorrow. play coming of f the ACL from “It impacts the way you coach Meanwhile, the quarterbacks last year,” Flood said. “We it because of the new rule and he protects have yet to earn a cer tainly haven’t forgotten where the people on kickoff have definitive verdict from Flood. about him, but you don’t see to be aligned as the play begins,” “I have not seen the separahim out there.” Flood said. “You certainly hope tion I thought could happen in that you have a kicker who can spring, although I was unsure it NEW KICKOFF RULES land the ball in the end zone or was going to happen,” Flood instituted Feb. 24 continue to put enough height on it, so the said. “I think both [junior Chas change the landscape of special coverage team can get down Dodd and sophomore Gar y teams play in college football. there and make a play.” Nova] are competing very hard.”
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Sophomore Alexis Durando hit her first home run yesterday against Stony Brook.
RU completes sweep thanks to long ball BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers softball team’s offense may have taken seven innings to get going yesterday, but once it did, it did not let up until the Scarlet Knights SOFTBALL earned two out-ofRUTGERS 6 conference wins. After facing a STONY BROOK 1 myriad of Big East foes and a non-conference challenge in Hofstra, the Knights did not have any trouble handling Stony Brook, securing a 4-0 victory in Game 1 and a 6-1 win in Game 2. And while Rutgers received solid pitching performances from freshman Alyssa Landrith and senior Noelle Sisco, the offense stole the show for most of the twogame set. “Ever yone was having good at-bats, working the middle of the field, doing the things that we do,” said assistant coach Ryan McMullen. Buoyed by the Game 1 victor y, the Rutgers offense gave Seawolf pitcher Alexandra Clark a rude greeting, tagging her for four runs in only 1 2/3 innings, highlighted by sophomore first baseman Alexis Durando’s first career home run.
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Junior rightfielder Steve Zavala batted in four runs in a victory yesterday against Monmouth. Junior first baseman Bill Hoermann recorded the Knights’ other two RBI, while the rest of their runs came from errors.
Righthander capitalizes on rare start BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Pat O’Leary was starting games a season ago for the County College of Morris. The righthander transferred to Rutgers this year, but he knew becoming a starter on the baseball team would not be as BASEBALL easy as it was with the RUTGERS 8 8,700-student Division-II school. MONMOUTH 1 Because of injury, O’Leary got the opportunity April 4 against Columbia, April 10 against Fordham and again yesterday against Monmouth in West Long Branch, N.J.
“You can never have too much depth in the pitching staff,” said head coach Fred Hill in a statement. “O’Leary worked some out of the bullpen earlier this season and showed us enough to deserve a midweek start at Columbia.” After his first two starts in which the junior pitched no more than 5 1/3 innings, O’Leary took advantage of his 6 1/3 innings to allow one run in the Scarlet Knights’ 8-1 win against Monmouth (22-15). “I feel more comfortable in that role, actually,” O’Leary said. “For some reason, my first [inning] was a little rough. I think starting gives me the opportunity to move past that.”
O’Lear y (2-0) pitched three perfect innings in the second, fourth and fifth innings. His consecutive 1-2-3 innings led him to retire eight in a row during his stretch of five no-hit innings. The righty said giving up an early hit helped him mentally get through his nohit stretch. “Ever since high school, I’ve been like that,” O’Leary said of attempting no-hitters. “After that inning, I stopped thinking about that and moved on.” The Knights (20-15, 7-5) lineup took it from there, and much of it came from the
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Maryland transfer tries to fit into o-line BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith picked up her 15th win yesterday at Stony Brook.
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Fifth-year senior offensive tackle R.J. Dill (76) blocks the sled during a March 31 practice. Dill started 33 games at Maryland and now competes for a starting spot.
Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood coached several Scarlet Knights now in the NFL during his time as offensive line coach. It did not take long for fifth-year senior offensive tackle R.J. Dill to FOOTBALL think of a few examples. “Anthony Davis, [Kevin] Haslam, Howie [Barbieri], [Jeremy] Zuttah. There’s four guys on active rosters off the top of my head,” Dill said. Dill is already knowledgeable about the Knights’ history with offensive linemen, even though he has not been on the Banks for very long. The Mechanicsburg, Pa., native has more histor y with Mar yland, where he
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