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Tormel Pittman, New Brunswick resident and community activist, advocates for violence to be declared a public health crisis in the city last night at the City Council meeting in downtown New Brunswick.

Council hears street violence concerns BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR

Days after a man was shot to death in front of a New Brunswick bar, several residents attended the City Council meeting yesterday to raise concerns over the city’s ongoing problems with street violence. Dan Cummings, a member of the local activist group Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War, said the violence in New Brunswick has continued to upset city residents in recent years, leading some to call for stronger efforts against it. “At the last city freeholder meeting, several people went there in the hopes of trying to get the city to state that violence in Middlesex County is a health crisis,” said Cummings, a local resident.

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The request comes in light of Monday’s fatal shooting of Javier OlveraMondragon on Remsen Avenue. But Cummings said the murder is only a part of a recurring pattern in the city. “We have incredible violence between residents in our community, people coming from outside of our community, as well as domestic violence, which is especially prevalent in our Latino community,” he said. Cummings said the key to solving the issue is to first declare violence a health crisis and then create a committee that would investigate possible solutions and address the problem head on. “Violence in our city needs to be looked at from our schools, specific communities and in terms of police brutality and the Rutgers campus,” Cummings said. “It needs to be looked at.”

Tormel Pittman, a community activist, agreed with Cummings and said New Brunswick has an added responsibility that comes from being a leading city in Middlesex County. “It’s important that [council members] get behind this movement as far as declaring violence a national crisis. There was a murder two days ago,” said Pittman, a New Brunswick resident. “If New Brunswick gets behind it, it would be helpful because it’s the center of the county.” Robert Recine, city council president, said he was aware of the movement to label violence a public health crisis, and the city would consider the proposal. “Were going to follow up on that,” Recine said.

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A professional BMX rider and a skateboarder show off high-flying stunts for students as part of the Rutgers University Programming Association’s “Hot Dog Day” yesterday on the College Avenue campus. RUPA members handed out free hot dogs, curly fries and Italian ices.

Believe it or not, New Jersey’s economy is growing — slowly, but surely — but it still lags behind the nation and other states. Economic experts discussed the state’s recession status and their predictions for growth yesterday at the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service semiannual subscriber conference in the Civic Square Building in downtown New Brunswick. “The economy is really growing this time, still slowly, but we do expect an increase in jobs in the state,” said Nancy Mantell, director of the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service. She forecasts an additional 48,000 jobs to be added to the state in 2012, as well as a drop in the unemployment rate to 8.6 percent from the current 9 percent. Mantell also predicts the state’s unemployment rate, which has hovered consistently around the national rate, to drop further to 5.7 percent — above pre-recession levels — by 2022. Most of the new jobs in New Jersey will be in the private sector, and government jobs will remain flat after being slashed over the last couple of years, she said. Most industries should see this growth, including construction and labor, which were hit hard during the 2008 start of the recession. But the manufacturing and information sectors remain among the few exceptions, Mantell said. Though there was a modest employment gain in 2011, the increases will be greater through 2022, the end of the forecast period, Mantell said. “We’re not looking for the economy to recover to its pre-recession peak until about 2016,” she said. But compared to the rest of the nation, New Jersey is lagging in economic expansion. The United States, which started recovery from the recession about one year earlier, compared to New Jersey, is regaining about twice the percentage of jobs lost, Mantell said. “The [U.S.] economy is expected to add jobs at a rate of about 1.1 percent over the forecast period,” Mantell said, which could result in around 1 million jobs per year in the service sector. There will also likely be a continual drop in the national unemployment rate. It peaked around 10 percent in 2009 but fell to 8.2 percent in March, she said. New Jersey is also last against other states in the region, Mantell said, mostly because of a lack of increase in new government jobs, which other nearby states have started to recover. “[New Jersey] is at the bottom of the barrel. There are 11 states lower than New Jersey in terms of growth in the last year or two,” she said. Karl Case, founding partner of the real estate research firm Fiserv Case Shiller Weiss, Inc., discussed the current climate for buying and selling houses in New Jersey. “People bidding are lowballing, people selling are highballing and there’s no agreements that get reached,” said Case, president of the Boston Economic Club. “The market goes flat, inventory builds. When inventory gets high enough, transactions just virtually fade away. Then what happens is, there’s no production and no sales.” Case said today’s economy has not improved enough to make the market favorable for sellers. “This is a very painful episode of our economic history,” he said. Subbing in for Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno at the conference was Caren Franzini, chief executive officer of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, which acts as the state’s bank. Franzini emphasized the state’s efforts to have both small and big businesses to grow in state. For example, Guadagno was very instrumental in her efforts to have Schar, a small Italian company

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Activist group educates on labor union through teach-in BY YASHMIN PATEL UNIVERSITY EDITOR

Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops held a teach-in yesterday at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus to inform students about the monitoring practices of the Fair Labor Association. USAS will meet with University administrators at Winants Hall on the Old Queens campus tomorrow to receive a yes or no answer on whether the University plans to disaffiliate from the Fair Labor Association. Rutgers USAS is campaigning for the University to disaffiliate from the FLA, which monitors and receives funding from companies like Nike that are known for commissioning sweatshop labor, said Anna Barcy, organizer of Rutgers USAS. The University’s contract with the FLA relates to the garment industry that makes most Scarlet Knights apparel, she said. Barcy, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said the sweatshop conditions inhibit workers’ rights and subject them to poverty and minimum wage. “[By] cutting [our] contract with the FLA, we will be saying we want to eliminate sweatshops from our supply chain because the FLA allows them to exist,” Barcy said. Solving the sweatshop problem involves working with an alternative organization like the Workers Rights Consortium instead of the FLA because it allows workers to have higher

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Members of the United Students Against Sweatshops advocate yesterday for the University to disaffiliate from the Fair Labor Association during Tent State University on the College Avenue campus.

wages and better working conditions, Barcy said. “[The national chapter of] USAS has been instrumental in setting up another sweatshop watchdog — the Worker’s Rights Consortium, which operates on a global scale, is not fraudulent and [assures] that worker’s rights are upheld,” she said. Barcy said the Rutgers USAS’s initiative is not necessarily going to fix all of the capitalist abuses of the FLA, but the

University could have some influence in this area. “If we cut ties with the Fair Labor Association, we cause severe detriment to their credibility,” she said. Barcy said disaffiliating from the FLA gives the University an opportunity to be progressive, because it would involve accomplishing something with student power. “Student activism is ver y much alive, and [it’s] ver y

much empowering that a relationship and a dialogue can be sustained between administrators and students, especially when the issue is so pressing,” she said. Tony Vonoflorio, a Rutgers USAS member, said breaking ties with the FLA would allow the University to destroy the supply chain of sweatshopmade clothing. “The more people that disaffiliate, then more people [are]

going to disaffiliate,” said Vonoflorio, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Ellen Taraschi, a Rutgers Student Union member, said students should have an active voice on campus and have a say in the way a University functions. As a Tent State University participant, Taraschi, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said camping outside is a way to show student concerns about the University that could make an impact. “The University administration is picking money over morals and money over the right thing — which is to make our campus sweatshop-free and potentially cause a huge shift in the global economy,” she said. Yara Calcaño, a Rutgers USAS organizer, said the University should set this precedent for other universities to follow. “It’s very important for us. I don’t think anyone would want to know that some child in another country has to do this [work] and make these garments,” said Calcaño, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Student activists walked to Winants Hall yesterday to deliver a letter addressed to University President Richard L. McCormick asking him to make a decision by Friday about disassociating from the FLA. Several organizations signed the letter in addition to USAS, including the Rutgers Student Union and the Rutgers University Student Coalition.

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STUDENT LEADERS TALK FINANCIAL AID ON CAPITOL HILL Twelve students from all three of the University’s campuses spent yesterday afternoon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., sharing their stories of paying for higher education and advocating for federal financial aid for students to New Jersey’s congressional delegation. The students shared statistics about rising tuition costs and how loans, work-study programs and grants — especially Pell Grants — help to reduce them, according to University Media Relations. But telling their personal stories and showing their faces was a major reason the students were there, according to Media Relations. Sarah Shaw, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, explained the financial difficulties she faced in paying for her University education after her father, a single parent, died in the summer of 2009. “I was terrified. I didn’t think I was going to be able to come back,” said Shaw, president of the Rutgers University Programming Association. “For someone who was 19 at the time, I felt very lost.” Shaw told the congressmen, including Rush Holt — whose congressional district includes parts of the New Brunswick campus — that she was able to qualify as an independent student and received an increase in her Pell Grant along with a larger subsidized loan, according to Media Relations. “Financial aid still doesn’t cover the full term bill, but I’m thankful for anything I get,” Shaw said. A congressman said he would look into student loan forgiveness and consider cosponsoring a bill, according to Media Relations. “With student debt reaching $1 trillion and college costs at an all-time high, we can’t put off the problem,” Rutgers University Student Assembly President Matt Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, told Media Relations. “It showed me that the more their constituents are passionate, the more they respond.”

CLIMATE: Franzini says Gateway project will create jobs continued from front that produces gluten-free products, set up headquar ters in New Jersey. Schar originally worked at the Rutgers Food Innovation Center in South Jersey to practice producing in the United States, but started looking for a building of its own in Pennsylvania. “We were out of our minds. How could you possibly go to Pennsylvania when you were at Rutgers Food Innovation Center?” Franzini said. “So the head of the company came here to meet with the Lt. Governor, and you can’t

say no to her after you leave a room with her.” Without any incentives, Schar agreed to stay in New Jersey, Franzini said. The building will open up in June in Logan Township. The government is also trying to stimulate job growth and redevelop the New Brunswick community with the Gateway Transit Village, Franzini said. The $326 million project will include The Fresh Grocer supermarket, a fitness center and residential and commercial units. It will create 450 permanent jobs along with 3,000 construction jobs, she said. “[It’s] really encouraging people to work, and live, and have fun in downtown New Brunswick,” Franzini said.

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Writer Terry Tempest Williams reads excerpts from her book, “When Women Were Birds,” last night in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. Her book discusses power in writing and the need for curiosity in society.

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can become personal instead of something that can be construcwant Cahill to come to meetings tive,” Escobar said. “It would be difficult to have the mayor here and conduct business as usual. continued from front But if he wishes to come, I wouldn’t oppose it.” Charlie Kratovil, a community Pittman said he remained organizer, said he believes a part unconvinced that Cahill’s presof the problem is that politicians ence would help the communicado not hear residents’ complaints. tion between the public and He requested that elected offielected officials. cials, including “You’re telling New Brunswick me the mayor Mayor James “It would be is too big to Cahill, make an difficult to have the come listen to effort to attend the our responses?” council meetings. mayor here and Pittman said. “The last time Cahill takes he was here was conduct business part in a program almost three and a as usual.” at the University half years ago. I where he makes think it would be REBECCA ESCOBAR himself available helpful if he City Council Vice President to speak with stucame more often dents on the than that,” said College Avenue and Kratovil, a University alumnus. “I Cook/Douglass campuses, but think it’s good to have elected Kratovil said the mayor could officials here.” find better ways to speak to the Rebecca Escobar, council vice community. president, said the reason Cahill “It was good to see [Cahill] does not come to council meetout on campus … for a change, ings is because it would affect the but I wish he would become a council’s normal proceedings. little more proactive with it,” She said residents would only Kratovil said. “There is an have back-and-forth dialogues enormous activist event going with the mayor instead of the on right now called Tent council trying to solve issues on State University. … That’s a their own. better place for the mayor to “Sometimes there are things meet people.” going on in the community that

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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Shots fired in Syria city during UN observer visit THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT — Gunfire erupted yesterday as U.N. obser vers drove through an anti-regime demonstration in a Damascus suburb, sending people ducking for cover and raising questions about the safety of the monitors, according to activists and amateur video posted online. The videos could not be independently confirmed. But the Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Syrian security forces fired at anti-regime protesters in the suburb of Arbeen, wounding eight. Under a plan brokered by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, six observers arrived in Syria over the weekend as an advance team for a larger contingent meant to shore up a weekold cease-fire that has been buckling under regime assaults on opposition strongholds and several bombings and shootings by the rebels. The truce was supposed to pave the way for talks between Assad and the opposition trying to topple him. Annan’s spokesman, Ahmad Fazwi, confirmed that the U.N. obser vers were in Arbeen on yesterday. He said it would be “appalling” if it was confirmed Syrian forces opened fire in the area.

Annan’s plan is seen as a last hope for reversing Syria’s slide toward civil war after a 13month-old uprising to oust President Bashar Assad killed more than 9,000 people, according to the U.N. Despite persistent violence, the international community is reluctant to declare the cease-fire dead, in part because it is seen as the only way to end bloodshed in Syria. Other options, such as foreign military intervention, arming Assad’s opponents and economic sanctions, have either been discarded or offer no quick solution. A deadlocked international community would be hard put to offer an alternative if it were to acknowledge the collapse of the truce. Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. chief, is expected to send a letter to the U.N. Security Council later yesterday to report on Syrian compliance with the truce, something that will help determine whether conditions are right to expand the observer mission. In Arbeen, several thousand anti-regime protesters took to the streets, said Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the Observatory. At one point, security forces opened fire, wounding eight demonstrators, he said. In amateur videos said to show the events in Arbeen, hundreds of

demonstrators are seen crowding around at least three U.N. vehicles, clapping, waving Syrian flags and chanting in support of the rebel Free Syrian Army. A handwritten sign taped to one of the U.N. cars, apparently by the protesters, reads: “The butcher keeps killing, the observers keep observing and the people keep up the revolution.” Another video shows hundreds walking along as the two U.N. vehicles slowly make their way through a wide street in Arbeen. When a shot rings out, the two U.N. cars speed away, leaving the demonstrators behind. In a third video posted online by the same user, hundreds of people waving flags are seen in a march. Suddenly, they panic and run for cover. A narrator says they are being shot at while the obser vers are in the area and gunfire is heard in the background. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem promised that the regime would respect the cease-fire and withdraw troops from urban centers in line with Annan’s peace plan. However, the regime has so far ignored last week’s deadline to get tanks and troops off the streets. Instead, Syrian soldiers continued to pound rebellious areas with artillery after an initial lull of about one day at the start the

truce. The ongoing attacks have dimmed hopes for Annan’s plan. Activists said regime forces fired mortar shells again at the central city of Homs, killing at least two civilians and sending thick gray smoke into the air as loud booms rang across residential areas. Homs has been battered by artillery for weeks, with just a brief respite at the start of the cease-fire. The state news agency said two separate roadside bombs killed 10 members of the security forces and a civilian in northern Syria. SANA reported that six soldiers were killed and 11 wounded in a blast in the village of Mastouma in Idlib province, while a second explosion in the Aleppo region killed four members of the security forces and a civilian. The attacks were a sign that both sides have violated the cease-fire and could prompt the regime to intensify its assault on rebellious areas. Syria’s government has portrayed the uprising as a foreign-led conspiracy by terrorists and thugs. Still Moallem insisted Syria is keeping its commitments. Syria will “continue to cooperate” with Annan’s efforts, the Chinese Foreign Ministry quoted Moallem as saying after he met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing.

Syria will “honor and implement Annan’s six-point proposal, fulfill its cease-fire, troop withdrawal and other relevant commitments and begin cooperation with the U.N. monitoring team,” Moallem said according to the statement. China, Russia and Iran have been Syria’s staunchest allies. U.N. Security Council members Russia and China have twice shielded the Assad regime from international condemnation, but also demanded that Syria comply with the Annan plan. After Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Moallem last week that Syria could do better, his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi, urged his Syrian visitor yesterday to make the Annan plan work. Yang said he hoped Syria would “actively cooperate in putting in place the cease-fire monitoring mechanism, and sincerely embark on a process of inclusive political dialogue and reform to bring about a just, peaceful, and appropriate resolution to the Syrian question.” Yang’s remarks were more pointed than in past, an indication that Beijing is looking for progress toward a reduction of violence that might dilute some of the criticism China has come under for blocking U.N. action on Syria.

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India to test nuclear missile that could hit Beijing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI — India is planning to test-launch a new nuclearcapable missile that for the first time would give it the capability of hitting the major Chinese cities of Beijing and Shanghai. The government has hailed the Agni-V missile, with a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles), as a major boost to its efforts to counter China’s regional dominance and become an Asian power in its own right. The test launch was slated to come as early as last night, but Indian media said a delay was likely because of poor weather conditions. “It will be a quantum leap in India’s strategic capability,” said Ravi Gupta, spokesman for India’s Defense Research and Development Organization, which built the missile. China is far ahead of India in the missile race, with intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching anywhere in India. Currently, the longest-range

Indian missile, the Agni-III, has a range of only 3,500 kilometers (2,100 miles) and falls short of many major Chinese cities. India and China fought a war in 1962 and continue to nurse a border dispute. India has also been suspicious of Beijing’s efforts to increase its influence in the Indian Ocean in recent years. “While China doesn’t really consider India any kind of a threat or any kind of a rival, India definitely doesn’t think in the same way,” said Rahul Bedi, a defense analyst in New Delhi. India already has the capability of hitting anywhere inside archrival Pakistan, but has engaged in a splurge of defense spending in recent years to counter the perceived Chinese threat. The Indian navy took command of a Russian nuclear submarine earlier this year, and India is expected to take delivery of a retrofitted Soviet-built aircraft carrier soon. The new Agni, named for the Hindi word for fire, is part of this militar y buildup and was

designed to hit deep inside China, Bedi said. Government of ficials said the missile should not be seen as a threat. “We have a declared no-firstuse policy, and all our missile systems, they are not country specific. There is no threat to anybody,” Gupta said. “Our missile systems are purely for deterrence and to meet our security needs.” The launch window for the missile test, which is being conducted on Wheeler Island off India’s east coast, opened last night and closes Friday, Gupta said. The Agni-V is a solid-fuel, threestage missile designed to carry a 1.5ton nuclear warhead. It stands 17.5 meters (57 feet) tall, has a launch weight of 50 tons and was built at a reported cost of 25 billion rupees ($486 million). It can be moved across the country by road or rail. “Agni-V is a game-changer and a technological mar vel,” V.K. Saraswat, scientific adviser to the defense minister, was quoted as telling The Hindu newspaper.

The missile could also be used to carry multiple warheads or to launch satellites into orbit. The planned test comes days after North Korea’s failed longrange rocket launch. North Korea said the rocket was launched to put a satellite into space, but the United States and other countries said it was a cover for testing longrange missile technology. One Delhi-based Western diplomat dismissed comparisons with the international condemnation of North Korea’s launch, saying that Pyongyang was violating U.N. Security Council resolutions requiring it to suspend its missile program, while India is not considered a global threat. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment on India’s security affairs. In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the United States urges all nuclear-capable states to exercise restraint regarding nuclear capabilities.

“That said, India has a solid non-proliferation record,” he told a news briefing. “They’re engaged with the international community on non-proliferation issues.” Even if India’s test is deemed a success, the missile will need four or five more trials before it can be inducted into India’s arsenal at some point in 2014 or 2015, Bedi said. Some reports characterized the Agni-V as an intercontinental ballistic missile — which would make India one of the few countries to have that capability — but Gupta and analysts said its range fell short of that category. India has no need for such sophisticated weapons, said Rajaram Nagappa, a missile expert and the head of the International Strategic and Security Studies Program at the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Bangalore. “I don’t think our threat perceptions are anything beyond this region,” he said.

UK PROSECUTORS CONSIDER CHARGES OVER PHONE HACKING LONDON — Criminal charges are being considered against 11 people in four cases related to investigations into phone hacking and other alleged misconduct by British newspapers, the country’s chief prosecutor said yesterday. Four journalists, one police officer and six other people are involved in the cases, the first to be referred to prosecutors since new police investigations were triggered by revelations that reporters at Rupert Murdoch’s now-shuttered News of the World routinely intercepted voice mail messages of those in the public eye.

Keir Starmer, head of Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service, made the announcement as he laid out new guidelines to help his lawyers assess whether reporters broke the law. Although he declined to say how long deliberations would take, Starmer indicated that potential criminal prosecutions over tabloid wrongdoing were drawing near. “We are now entering a period where we are likely to make a decision one way or another,” Starmer said. The Crown Prosecution Service reviews cases submitted by police and advises on the appropriate charges that should be filed against suspects.

In all, 43 people have been arrested in three parallel investigations into alleged bribery of public officials, phone voice mail hacking and computer hacking. Some have been arrested more than once on suspicion of different offenses. Those questioned include at least 25 past and present employees of News International, the British newspaper division of Murdoch’s News Corp. They include such highprofile executives as Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of News International, and Andy Coulson, former editor of the News of the World who also worked as Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-communications director. — The Associated Press

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Mourning the loss of a U. tradition The anniversary of Rutgersfest forces us to reflect on the event and its impact on the U. community

early ever y student on campus could be found putting down the books around this time last year, pulling their favorite scarlet shirt out of the closet or stocking up on their drink of choice in preparation for a long, celebrator y weekend. Either that, or they’d be recovering — depending on which day RutgersFest fell. This week marks another anniversar y for the — now defunct — University concert and event. As such, The Daily Targum editorial board found ourselves fondly reflecting on the impact the event has had on life here at the University, the place it has held as a student tradition over its roughly 30 year lifetime and the possibility of a similar function making a comeback in the future. But one thing we’ve learned is last year’s debacle ser ves as a prime example of why we here on the New Brunswick campus can’t have nice things. Last year’s Rutgersfest was, even by the most hardened University partygoer’s standards, a catastrophe. Students and young people — many of whom were visiting from outside of the University community — wreaked havoc on the College Avenue campus, University property and the surrounding New Brunswick area. Fights were commonplace throughout the night, side streets were packed with traffic for hours and in several instances, gunshots rang out over the city. There’s little debate that things got out of hand, and we’d imagine few students or city residents would want to relive that night. The University administration’s response to last year’s concession of events was to cancel Rutgersfest altogether, much to the chagrin of students like ourselves, who saw what they percieved as the last great University tradition die with it. We still feel — as we did then — that the decision to discontinue the event was made hastily, if not altogether unnecessarily. Admittedly, the tradition’s climax last year was certainly grounds for reform, but we question whether organizers could have come to a different conclusion. It’s important to realize that by last year, Rutgersfest had become an event that brought not only University students to campus, but also individuals across the state. Rutgersfest was notorious for giving its participants a reason to indulge in a weekend of heavy drinking — and free reign to do so. Last year’s venture, which saw little regulation by local or University authorities, underlines this. But as such, Rutgersfest could not be said to be an event representative of the University itself — it was, rather, largely representative of its surrounding communities and demographics. In this sense, the end of Rutgersfest came not at the hands of University students themselves, but rather those who came looking for a night of drinking, partying and socializing with little personal repercussions and at the expense of someone else’s efforts. At the same time, it’s equally important to realize that such an event could not sustain itself in this way. The strain last year’s Rutgersfest placed on the University community and surrounding city was unacceptable, and the decision to discontinue it was certainly in the best interests of the city’s residents. But it has also cost the University community a long and cherished tradition, a popular social event and, perhaps most importantly, an outlet for stress relief when we’re buried in finals and end-of-semester coursework. Still, we see a Rutgers without Rutgersfest — or at least a similar venture — as only temporar y. It’s hard to imagine a major state university without a spring-semester, campus-wide student event to help ease the weight of finals by bringing students together over cold beer and good music. Most universities across the countr y have versions of Rutgersfest, and we’re hopeful to see our own event return within a few years. It’s important that we do, too — the University is already sorely lacking in popular traditions and opportunities for University-wide student bonding. For a school like our own, this should not only be desirable, but also necessar y. Last year’s Rutgersfest was a sad commentar y on the behavior and civil manners of young people today. Next time, we hope future University events will help show that University students — despite any claims to the contrar y — can have nice things.

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A case for free speech, part II He’d love to believe that he’s being singled out for his pro-Israel views, because he’d love to believe his proIsrael views were earthshaking enough to warrant ou know, it’s not satire on their own. The realalways easy to keep ity is, no matter how obtuse “La Nausée” fresh. ALEX LEWIS or inflammatory the terms in There’s plenty to say about which Marcus characteristithe college experience in cally dresses his reactionary tripe, he most often just general, and the University experience in particular. toes the garden-variety Islamophobe party line. But the kinds of messages I want to impart before I Rhetorically, it’s full of nausea-inducing flare. But don the ol’ cap and gown in May don’t always sync up logically, it’s just ho-hum dribble from the kind of with what’s going down in the Hub City. For example, person who seems like he might include Googling it’s not always clear to the average student why they his own name on his list of favorite pastimes. need to hear about their free speech rights and why So, like I said, it’s not shocking that Marcus is they are just as strong on campus as they are anytrying to get The Medium censored. What’s shockwhere else in the United States. After all, examples of ing is that University President Richard L. people living out the First Amendment’s noble misMcCormick and the University are playing ball. sion abound in the campus setting. People exchange When McCormick released his statement new, strange, uncomfortable, compelling, disruptive, announcing the investigation, he started out great and even despicable ideas all the time — the by acknowledging the “broad protections” federal University abides. Sometimes it takes a moment of courts have extended to student media. Great, on tension to perfectly crystallize exactly how the First the right track so far. After all, the Amendment functions in college. University is a public school, so Thanks to outgoing Targum student media functions largely columnist Aaron Marcus and the “Academic freedom same way as regular ol’ media weekly humor paper The is part and parcel with the does. McCormick continued: “the Medium, we find ourselves at article ... is extremely repugnant such a crystallizing moment. an unfettered spirit and offensive.” Fine. McCormick If you haven’t heard, the of inquiry.” is entitled to his take on the colUniversity is conducting a “bias umn. I got a chuckle or two out of investigation” against The it, but if he didn’t, such is his right Medium for a satirical column as a consumer. “No individual student should be they penned under Marcus’ byline. The article subject to ... such a piece, regardless of whether appropriated Marcus’ voice to offer mock-praise of First Amendment protections apply.” Oh darn it, Adolf Hitler and contrast Marcus’ trademark proDick. You were doing great for a while there. Israel rhetoric. It’s standard fare as far as satire In the first half of this series, I discussed the philosgoes, straight out of the Hustler Magazine v. Falwell ophy behind free speech and why it was extra crucial playbook. Despite all his attempts to dupe you, you in the university setting, but here’s the CliffsNotes vercan be sure Marcus qualifies as a public figure in sion: Academic freedom is part and parcel with an the relevant context, and The Medium piece is withunfettered spirit of inquiry. To build cultured global citin its rights because it criticized the same subject izens is to permit their exposure to the new, the strange matter that Marcus himself regularly enters into the and the uncomfortable in the world of ideas. To censor public discourse. one instance of speech that some deem impermissible For those of us familiar with his work, it’s no is to chill the campus environment for all future expreswonder Marcus pursued the bias claim. sion. Liberal inquiry is the lifeblood of academia. In Throughout my time as his colleague, I’ve always fact, it’s the only mode of operation that does justice to mentioned to anyone who asked that Marcus’ colthe most diverse university on the eastern seaboard. umn was my favorite among any columnist in The McCormick’s statement is utterly vague, but Daily Targum, because part of me is convinced seems to imply that the University campus falls into he’s just some hyper-devoted troll, hell-bent on some space-time wormhole in the United States, in fortifying the First Amendment’s place in acadewhich First Amendment protections may be mia by challenging it in the most ridiculously fallacious ways. You have to tip your hat to that kind SEE LEWIS ON PAGE 11 of dedication. This column concludes a two-par t series on free speech and its enemies at the University.

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LEWIS continued from page 10 disregarded if he says so, under duress from the Aaron Marcus lawsuit machine. Fortunately, the “University anti-bias policies” he invokes in the statement carry specific clauses that denote no disciplinary action may be taken against the providers of the speech in question, no matter how repugnant it is. So, even though McCormick hasn’t taken disciplinary action off the table, the University’s rulebook already has. Most students don’t seem to be aware of this basic fact: “biased” statements — in and of themselves or when produced in satire — are not criminal. They are not separable offenses under the University Code of Student Conduct. McCormick and President-Designee Robert Barchi should be aware that disciplinary action against The

Medium would constitute a violation of the First Amendment. They should also be aware that liberty-loving observers on campus are ready to blow the whistle if they censor a legal act of satire. Many alleged “adults” offended by The Medium piece will try to spew some rubbish about how their tax dollars fund the University and thus, they get right of first refusal over everything that goes on inside of it. If you encounter such a person, do your civic duty and inform them that their argument is flawed for the same reason that people with opposing political views are still allowed to drive on the same roads as them. Then give them the finger. They should know better. Alex Lewis is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science with a minor in African, Middle Eastern and South Asian languages and literatures. His column, “La Nausée,” runs alternate Thursdays.

Gaza Strip lacks effective leadership Letter JORDANA GILBERT here are people suffering in Gaza. This is undeniable, and I truly wish it were not the case. The real questions are why this is happening, and how can this situation can be rectified. It is very easy to be blinded by our natural desire to help those who are suffering without first identifying the best way to do so. Misdirection will just encourage the current situation in Gaza to continue. The people of Gaza suffer because of their leadership. Israel withdrew from Gaza in the summer of 2005, almost causing a civil war among its own people in the process. A power struggle ensued between Fatah and Hamas, the two main Palestinian political parties, culminating in a bloody victory for Hamas in June 2007. Instead of building an infrastructure in Gaza for a functioning modern society, Hamas instilled fear among its people through brutal murders of people accused of being against the government and funneled any money it received from foreign aid into the construction of tunnels under Gaza’s borders with Egypt and Israel. These tunnels were then used to receive long-range Russian and Iranian made rockets from Egypt and subsequently to attack Israel. Several hundred rockets per month were fired in the first half of 2008 at Israel. I was in Jerusalem at the time, and my school took in numerous southern families with young children who had dropped everything and ran. I will never forget the frozen look on one 4-year-old girl’s face as she heard a fire alarm and ran for cover, thinking that a rocket was coming. To defend itself against the barrage of rockets attacking its civilians and to prevent further armssmuggling through the tunnels, Israel began Operation Cast Lead in December 2008. After a mere three weeks, Israel once again left the Gaza strip. While it restricts the flow of weapons and people into and from Gaza, Israel almost immediately began the flow of humanitarian aid. According to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in 2009 alone, Israel’s shipments included more than 738,000 tons of food and sup-

plies, 4,883 tons of medical equipment and medicine, and more than 3,000 tons of hypochlorite for water purification to Gaza. In just the first three months of 2010, Israel sent 40,000 tons of wheat, 1,987 tons of clothing and shoes, 553 tons of milk powder and baby food, and many other necessary items. The aid from Israel has continued, and it has since sent millions of tons of supplies including food, medicine, building materials and cars to Gaza. Israel even increases the shipment amounts around holidays, sending 11,000 heads of cattle for the Muslim holy days of Ramadan and Eid al-Adha. This may surprise those of you who insist on viewing Israel as the cause of the suffering in Gaza. Despite continued Hamas rocket attacks, Israel is attempting to help the people of Gaza. Just more than a month ago on March 12, Hamas terrorists bombed the Israeli supply trucks entering Gaza in an attempt to prevent the aid from coming in. After a brief suspension, the Israeli transfer of goods to Gaza continued. Why would Hamas, the leaders of the people of Gaza, bomb the very food and supplies that would help its own people? The answer is both shocking and disturbing. Hamas wants its people to suffer. It already proved its lack of care for the welfare of the people of Gaza immediately after attaining power in 2007, when political murders were the norm and international aid was abused. Hamas wants the international recognition and sympathies garnered by a subjugated people who need food and medical attention. Preventing Israel from helping the people of Gaza furthers Hamas’ political agenda. Israel has demonstrated time and again that it cares for the welfare of the people of Gaza, despite their terroristic leadership and continued attacks by Hamas against Israel. Hamas, through its subjugation of its own people and its encouragement of terrorism, has caused, and will continue to allow for its peoples’ suffering. If you truly care about the welfare of the people in Gaza, you would stop blindly blaming Israel and instead call for the downfall of Hamas. Jordana Gilbert is a School of Engineering junior majoring in biomedical engineering.

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ennessee head women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt stepped down yesterday from her position. The 59-year-old Lady Vols coach has been dealing with early onset dementia. She announced her condition last August to the public. The school announced longtime assistant Holly Warlick will take over the position, while Summitt will be honored as “head coach emeritus.” The Hall of Fame coach accumulated a 1,098-208 record in 38 seasons. She led Tennessee to 16 SEC titles, 18 Final Four appearances and eight national titles. The Lady Vols lost last season in the regional final to eventual national champion Baylor. With the departure, Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer takes over as the winningest active Division I coach with 885 wins. The Knights played Tennessee last season, when they lost to the Lady Vols in Piscataway, 67-61.

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Razorbacks football head coaching vacancy is drawing to a close, with the team likely to make the change early next week, according to a Sporting News report yesterday. Candidates for the job include acting head coach Taver Johnson, Garrick McGee and Phillip Fulmer. The coaching vacancy came from the firing of former head coach Bobby Petrino after he left out that he was carrying a Razorbacks employee when he was involved in a motorcycle accident. Rutgers is scheduled to play Arkansas on Sept. 22, when the Scarlet Knights travel to Fayetteville, Ark. Petrino previously coached four seasons at Louisville, a member of the Big East, and owns a 1-1 record against Rutgers.

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center Dwight Howard is willing to sit out the playoffs, according to WKMG Channel 6 yesterday in Orlando. The proposition comes after Howard’s unwillingness to play for current head coach Stan Van Gundy. According to the report, the center is upset Van Gundy publicly confirmed a repor t that Howard approached management about a coaching change. The Magic already clinched a playoff birth and currently sit in sixth place with a 36-25 record in the Eastern Conference standings. Howard averages 20.6 points and 14.5 rebounds per game.

to third, and McCue faced pinch hitter Eric Anderson with one out. Anderson had a full count, and McCue gave him a low-inside pitch far out of the strike zone that passed sophomore catcher Michael Zavala. Lazor ran home on the wild pitch and thought he tied the score, 3-3, but then the call was overturned. McCue followed to give up his lead on an RBI single, and the Conestoga High School (Pa.) product did not have to pitch out of as many jams as he was used to.

“We’re very encouraged by the way McCue pitched,” Hill said. “He had gotten a lot of work in three starts and work out of the bullpen. He did a real nice job.” The righthander, who entered with an 11.05 ERA, had his worst inning in the first, when Lafayette took a 2-0 lead. But Rutgers bounced back in the second. Junior first baseman Bill Hoermann and then freshman leftfielder Vinny Zarrillo hit one run in apiece on fielders’ choices. McCue pitched three scoreless innings after that, ending with seven strikeouts and two walks. In those innings, the righty’s success blocked out the noise from Lafayette’s dugout. “You’re always kind of taught to block everything else out and focus on the catcher,” McCue said.

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Junior rightfielder Steve Zavala recorded two RBI yesterday against Lafayette. He has tallied six RBI in the past two games.

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victories,” Bucca said. “It was a final regular season match to go into [the tournament] for both those seniors that I’m sure they will remember for a long time.” Rutgers cannot afford to play down to its opponent, so a fast start in doubles play is key in securing a Knights openinground victory. The pair of Holzberg and sophomore Vanessa Petrini leads doubles, as it currently holds a team-best 145 record in the No. 1 position. Holzberg believes the recent success in doubles play is vital to the team’s success. “We are all moving well in doubles,” she said. “We are all pumped with our play.” If the Knights win, they face a tougher task in the second round than they did last season, when they entered the tournament as a No. 6 seed. The Knights’ second-round opponent this season is No.1 seed Notre Dame, which secured one of the tournament’s four firstround byes with its 17-7 record and No. 17 ranking. But the fact that his team feels loose from its recent success has Bucca confident about how it will perform. “If you are out there competing and enjoying yourself, it’s the best way of reaching your capabilities as an athlete,” Bucca said.

schedule. The prestigious Penn Relays await the Knights in their next meet, followed by the Big East Championships, the IC4A Championships and, for s o m e , N C A A Regionals. But the jumpers have been at their best this season when it has counted KEVIN most, and they look BOSTICK for ward to the challenges in the coming weeks. “Competition is stepping up a lot with Penn Relays. There’s going to be some of the best guys in the nation there,” Putman said. “And Big East … is always competitive, so we’re all really excited to go out there and compete with these guys.” Bostick, Crawford and Putman are all on track to make it to the NCAA Regionals and the challenges that await them there. “Anything can happen,” Crawford said. “But I would not be surprised at all if Tyrone’s predictions came true.”

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Freshman Lindsey Balsamo teams with senior Morgan Ivey in the No. 2 doubles position. The pair sports an 12-8 record this season, with its lastest victory coming against West Virginia.

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Junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson defends a Temple ball carrier Feb. 22 at Yurcak Field. The Knights hope to give up fewer goals at Loyola (Md.), where Anderson leads an offensive trio this year consisting of midfielders Ali Steinberg and Lauren Sbrilli that combines for 95 goals.

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Senior Ali Steinberg drives Sunday on a Cincinnati defender. The midfielder is second on the Knights in goals scored.

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s 13-10 win Sunday against Cincinnati gave the Scarlet Knights WOMEN’S LACROSSE seniors one last RUTGERS AT chance LOYOLA (MD.), to comTOMORROW, 7 P.M. pete in a h o m e game at Yurcak Field. But the victory also gave head coach Laura Brand-Sias an opportunity to see what the team needs to work on. One stat stood out from all of the rest. While the Knights (9-5, 4-2) recorded 13 goals — one of their highest scoring outputs of the season — that mark came from 32 shot attempts. “We need to work on our shooting. I wasn’t happy with it [Sunday],” Brand-Sias said. “When you’re getting 32 shots off, you should be getting more than 13 goals.” The absence of Stephanie Anderson in the first half can account for part of the reason for the separation in goals and attempts. The junior midfielder sat out for much of the period

— she is still recovering from an illness — while the Knights shot 6-for-17 from the field. Rutgers needs a healthy Anderson back tomorrow, when the Knights travel to Maryland for a matchup with Loyola. The Greyhounds are currently tied with Syracuse atop the Big East standings, sporting an undefeated record in conference play and a No. 14 national ranking. Loyola (8-4, 4-0) features midfielders Marlee Paton and Annie Thomas. Paton leads the Greyhounds with 28 goals this season, while Thomas has found the back of the net 24 times. So it is up to the defense, led by senior Rebecca Alley, to keep both out of the key as much as possible — something senior attack Danielle Mascera knows is the No. 1 priority for the defense. “The defense always has goals of how many goals they want to have scored against them,” Mascera said. “I know the defense and [Alley] have a lot of goals set for them going into the game.” Mascera also wants the team to play the way it has all season, regardless of who it takes the field against.

“No matter who they are or what they’ve accomplished, we just have to play how we know how to play,” Mascera said. Mascera’s recent play aids that goal. Along with junior goalkeeper Lily Kalata, Mascera earned Big East Weekly Honor Roll recognition this week. The senior recorded five assists, including three against the Bearcats, to take sole possession of Rutgers’ single-season record. Mascera has plenty of opportunities to add to her total, as Rutgers features a scoring trio of Anderson, senior midfielder Ali Steinberg and sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli. Combined, the three this season have scored a combined 95 goals. The offense needs to appear in the Knights’ last two games. After Loyola, Rutgers plays Georgetown in a pivotal game for the Big East Tournament. The Knights are currently entrenched in a three-way tie for third with Notre Dame and the Hoyas. Brand-Sias wants the team to focus on one game at a time. “I know we are going to bring a great game,” Brand-Sias said. “[The team] gets fired up for big games, so we have to learn from some of the things we didn’t do the greatest job with.”

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Sophomore right tackle Taj Alexander, right, works with junior guard Antwan Lowery on the blocking sled during a March 31 practice. Alexander continues to earn first-team reps after transitioning from the defensive line as a redshirt freshman and earning the nod at the beginning of spring.

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Taj Alexander fit the mold of an offensive lineman so much, his high school coach, Michael Matta, FOOTBALL said he should become one in college. Alexander never played a down at the position at Downingtown East (Pa.). “I just didn’t want to believe it,” Alexander said. “At the time, I was so stuck in the defensive mode. When you play defense, you don’t like the offensive line. The position, the players — it’s a battle.” Alexander played nose tackle as a sophomore, then moved to the three-technique in his final two seasons. For now, he will settle in only at right tackle. “The thing that’s a little tricky for him is he doesn’t have a lot of experience to draw on as an offensive lineman,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “The more we can keep him in one spot, I think the better it’ll be for him.” Flood worked with Alexander as the Rutgers football team’s offensive line coach last year, Alexander’s first along the offensive line. The responsibility now falls on Damian Wroblewski, who earned high praise from Flood upon his hiring. Alexander meets one-on-one with Wroblewski when he can, he said. “I pretty much have an idea of what we’re supposed to do,” Alexander said. “The coaches do a good job of explaining that. It’s simple technique things I pick up as I get more experience on the offensive line.” He does not have to look far to find experience. His main compe-

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Head coach Kyle Flood observes practice March 31. Flood worked with sophomore right tackle Taj Alexander last year while he served as offensive line coach under former head coach Greg Schiano. tition, fifth-year senior R.J. Dill, has plenty of it after starting 33 games at Maryland. Dill transferred to Rutgers in the offseason after Flood re-recruited him. “Every time I go off the field after my reps, I go straight to R.J. and speak to him about what I could do better or what he sees,” Alexander said. “Even in the meetings, he’s helping me out a lot. It’s great to have.” But it does not come without an adjustment period. The 6-foot4, 290-pounder said he is beginning to think like an offensive lineman, picking up its attitude, as well.

He continues to play catch-up. “Taj has done a better job with his footwork, Taj has done a better job with his hand placement and Taj has done a better job with his body posture,” Flood said. “Every offensive lineman in the country is working on all three of those every day.” But Alexander makes up for his inexperience with athleticism. Junior right guard David Osei said Alexander could still play defensive line, although he has likely found his permanent home. “For someone who lacks technique right now, we need that athleticism,” Dill said. “And he’s

done a really good job competing and getting after it right now.” Flood recruited Dill out of high school, when Dill spurned the Knights for a four-year career with the Terrapins. But after Dill expressed an intent to transfer, Flood earned Dill’s verbal. The Mechanicsburg, Pa., native likely did not place his faith in Flood to serve in a backup capacity. He never filled it in College Park, Md. Alexander, meanwhile, has kept up, earning first-team reps more than halfway through spring practice.

“Of course I’m excited to be out there, but I’m taking it day by day,” he said. “I do what I can and keep trying to get better.” Alexander did not play a down last season as he transitioned to the other side of the trenches. He arrived in 2010 as the only defensive tackle commit — sophomore Kenneth Kirksey enrolled after spending a season at Fork Union Military Academy (Va.). But three tackle commits in 2011 created a daunting numbers game. “I pretty much accepted the fact that I’m going to be an offensive lineman from now on,” Alexander said.

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With a No. 8 seed in the Big East Tournament, the Rutgers tennis team enters its match against No. 9 Cincinnati today off of its most recent victory: TENNIS a 6-1 win against West Virginia. CINCINNATI VS. “To have such a RUTGERS, convincing win TODAY, 9 A.M. against West Virginia was good,” said head coach Ben Bucca. “Our win reflects the high quality of play that we have been experiencing.” That play, which includes six straight Big East wins, aids the Scarlet Knights, who compete in the first round of the tournament. The Bearcats arrive in Tampa on the heels of a three-game skid. The three losses Cincinnati suffered have been by convincing margins, as all resulted in 6-1 defeats. It has been more than three years since Rutgers’ last encounter with the Bearcats. Seniors Jennifer Holzberg and Morgan Ivey are The only two players remaining on the team since the Knights last played Cincinnati — a 4-3 loss to the Bearcats on Feb. 15, 2009. Holzberg and Ivey return against Cincinnati after enjoying recent individual success. Ivey collected three singles victories in the Knights’ last four matches. Holzberg coming off of victories in her last four singles matches, including her 6-1, 6-0 win in Rutgers’ home finale against the Mountaineers, which Bucca called the best match of Holzberg’s career. “Both Jen and Morgan played great games and battled in their matches to secure

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Senior Morgan Ivey competes today in her final Big East Tournament.

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Sophomore righthander Slater McCue recorded seven strikeouts in six innings yesterday against Lafayette in his third career start.

If anyone at Bainton Field could not read the scoreboard yesterday, they might have thought Lafayette consistently held a lead against the Rutgers BASEBALL baseball team. The Leopards LAFAYETTE 3 dugout loudly RUTGERS 8 cheered and clapped, only when its team was at-bat. But Lafayette’s players barely said a word while the Scarlet Knights rallied in Rutgers’ 8-3 win. Lafayette (10-27-1) threatened to break the Knights’ five-game winning streak. The loss would have been from the team with the worst record the Knights (21-15, 7-5) have played in that stretch. But that was until the bottom of the seventh. Sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney began the inning with a walk when the score remained, 3-3. After Sweeney scored thanks to sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella, three more came across in the inning to make it 7-3. “That kind of broke it open,” said head coach Fred Hill. “It was too uncomfortable until that point. We hit the balls well and right at people. We should have scored earlier, but we’ll take what we got.” Beginning with Favatella’s double, Rutgers batters recorded three consecutive hits for RBI. That included junior rightfielder Steve Zavala’s RBI single up the middle, giving him two against Lafayette and six in the past two games. This time, Zavala hit from the No. 3 hole instead of his familiar No. 5 spot in the lineup as he stood in offensively for junior catcher Jeff Melillo. “It’s enjoyable,” Zavala said. “You have [junior third baseman Pat] Kivlehan behind you, our hottest hitter right now, so you have some protection.” Rutgers’ rally dampened Lafayette’s spirits, but that was after sophomore starter Slater McCue was on the mound. Appearing in only his seventh career game and third start, McCue forced himself to ignore the Leopards’ cheers. “From the time you’re little, you’re always kind of taught to block everything else out and focus on the catcher and try to get the hitter,” McCue said. Lafayette was loudest during its most threatening rally in the final inning of McCue’s six-inning start. A wild pitch and a sacrifice grounder sent Leopards first baseman Tim Lazor from first

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Jumpers prepare to back up Big East statements BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER

Rutgers men’s track and field senior Tyrone Putman made a bold prediction April 8 that the team would sweep the MEN’S TRACK jump events at the upcoming outdoor Big East Championships. Based on the way the Scarlet Knights jumpers have performed this season, it is hard to blame Putman for feeling confident. The Knights jumpers backed their teammate’s confidence Saturday at the Metropolitan Championships with several

big performances. Redshirt junior Kevin Bostick set a school record in the triple jump with a leap of 15.63 meters, and he also took second in the high jump with a height of 2.01 meters. Putman backed his own words, as well, setting a personal best in the triple jump for the third time this season at 15.40 meters. The mark was good enough for a fourth-place finish. “A lot of teams have their little niche in track events,” Bostick said. “We have a little niche in jumping. So we just tr y to dominate in the jumps.” The Knights jumpers were dominant at

the indoor Big East Championships, taking two of the top three positions in the long jump, three of the top five in the triple jump and one in the top four of the high jump. The effort gave the Knights jumpers the highest point total out of any team. But that was without Bostick, who redshirted the indoor season. The Englewood, N.J., native has one of the top 10 triple jump marks in the East region, and he also owns the top two longest triple jump distances this season in the Big East. “Just the fact that we can go out there and score the most points in the Big East with our school record-breaking triple

jumper sitting on the bench, I think that really makes a statement,” said redshirt freshman jumper Corey Crawford. With those types of performances continuing in the outdoor season, Rutgers has made a statement that it is likely still the team to beat in the jumps as the season winds down. “Do we have a target on our back?” Bostick said. “Probably. But does that affect us? Quite honestly it doesn’t.” The team needs to maintain that confidence as it enters the toughest part of its

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