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Campaign sets record year for U. fundraising BY JULIAN MODESTO CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With a fundraising goal of $1 billion, “Our Rutgers, Our Future” has surpassed any of the University’s past campaigns, raising more than $626 million since 2007, to support the University. The campaign set a record for the 2010-2011 academic year, with the Rutgers University Foundation raising $137.4 million toward the goal. Carol Herring, president of Rutgers University Foundation, said in today’s economic climate, the University’s attempts to move forward as a philanthropic, privately supported institution is proving to be successful through the campaign. “As we all know, the ability of the state to continue to support us and keep increasing that support is in question. Private fundraising is becoming more important … if we want to keep this edge,” said Herring, executive vice president of Development and Alumni Relations. Herring said the University is changing and adopting a culture of philanthropy on campus, and alumni are responding with some generous donations. “In this economy, the fact that we’re helping more students get quality education is really, really important,” said Julie Shadle, the foundation’s vice president for Campaign and Development Operations. Shadle said the public-private hybrid of funding is catching on at the University. “[Private fundraising] is defining the state aid at the University,” Shadle said. “It’s just about how a public university operates with a reliance on a necessary private-public partnership.” Donations come from both individuals and partnerships with corporations and foundations, Herring said. “I would say that donors support causes that they care about,” she said. “Scholarships for instance are an extremely important part of the campaign. Many of the donors couldn’t have gone to college without financial aid and are giving back, doing for others what was done for them.” With about 60 percent of funds coming from alumni and other individuals, about 40 percent of the money
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney campaigns in preparation for today’s primary. Romney’s nomination as the GOP candidate in the presidential race also depends on primary outcomes in New York, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Republican primaries take East Coast BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT
The primaries are coming to the East Coast today as residents from New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware vote to determine the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, said the nomination would probably be handed over to Mitt Romney, whose popularity is high among voters. “He’s been planning this campaign since the last election, so he’s prepared,” Mandel said. “He has the organization, he has the staff and he has the money.” Connor Montferrat, president of Rutgers College Republicans, said Romney is even more likely to win the 95 delegates in New
York at the Republican National Convention after receiving former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s endorsement. In fact, he might just have all three states safe in his pocket, as Romney is leading in polls and will probably win all 231 delegates, Montferrat said. “I’m excited for [today],” said Montferrat, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “I can’t wait for the presidential candidate to be officially announced as Mitt Romney.” Daniel Pereira, vice president of the Rutgers University Democrats, said though Pennsylvania is Santorum’s home state, he is not likely to win since he suspended his campaign. “Since he’s stopped campaigning, I don’t think he’ll get the votes,” said Pereria, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “They
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want a more moderate form of a Republican, and that potentially helps Mitt Romney.” Pereira said the scales are generously tipping in Romney’s favor, with other candidates having a small chance of winning. “[Competing candidates] would have to win about 70 percent in every state remaining to catch up to Mitt Romney,” Pereira said. “At this point, it’s a mathematical problem for [Newt] Gingrich and Ron Paul. The numbers don’t work out for them.” Mandel said though Paul and Gingrich are still in the race, they are not expected to get enough votes to win a nomination. “The numbers are not there for them,” she said. “Even if they decide to go all the way to the convention without dropping out, they don’t have the delegate votes.”
The reason some people hate broccoli might stem from their taste sensitivity, an issue that was explained at yesterday’s “Flavors, Fragrances and Perception Symposium.” The symposium, which was held in the Fiber Optics Building on Busch campus, presented different research projects on various aspects of chemosensory perception to a group of about 50 people. Beverly Tepper, a University food science professor, said the mystery behind the split opinions on the taste of broccoli might result from a bitter compound known as propylthiouracil or PROP. Tepper tested her hypothesis with a PROP test, in which participants were asked to taste a small paper circle embedded with the compound. Those with very sensitive taste buds, she said, were immediately able to
taste the bitterness from the PROP, while non-tasters could only sense a “paper” taste. Tepper said people could be split into three different categories: nontasters, medium tasters and supertasters. Supertasters made up about 30 percent of the participants who took the PROP test, a statistic Tepper believes can give clues as to why some people like broccoli and others do not. “PROP tests can tell us more about how people tolerate bitterness,” Tepper said. Supertasters perceive PROP to be extremely bitter, which means they are likely to reject food that contains PROP, such as cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, Tepper said. But there is more to liking a certain food than being in a specific taster category, she said.
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Students present science projects at Undergraduate Research Day BY SYJIL ASHRAF CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Samie Leigh has been working for the past 11 months to discover a way to protect sensitive substances from ultraviolet light. Leigh, a School of Engineering senior, presented her research project “MicroScale Protection of UV Sensitive Substances” at the Undergraduate Research Day for Chemical and Biochemical Engineering yesterday on Busch campus. “We’re taking UV-sensitive materials, so in this case betacarotene, and we’re tr ying to protect it using a [polymer],” Leigh said. “It’s pretty much like a plastic coating of the material. … Sun block is one application that blocks the UV light from penetrating your skin.” Leigh completed her research with the help of graduate student Kristen Steeley and Nina Shapley, an associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, she said. About 50 students presented 21 posters as par t of a course requirement for “Special Problems Research,” said L ynn DeCaprio, administrative assistant for the Undergraduate Program in the Depar tment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering. School of Engineering senior Alexander Niziolek said he worked with graduate student Anwesha Chaudhar y and Rohit Ramachandran, an associate professor in the Department of
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering on his project, “Multi-Dimension Modeling of Fluid Bed Granulation.” “[It’s] frequently used in the food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, which converts fine powders into larger granules that meet specific criteria,” said Niziolek of his research, which he has spent the last year and a half conducting. The University’s Chem-E-Car team was also present at the event, a team that takes part in the bi-annual Chem-E-Car competition. The competition tests the teamwork, ability and minds of American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) chapters at 15 U.S. universities, said Kevin Miranda, president of the University’s chapter. The team presented its latest car at the event with an accompanying poster that explained how the car, powered by a 20cell proton exchange membrane fuel cell, cost them nearly $900 and took an entire semester to create. The goal of the Chem-E-car competition is to create cars that can travel from one spot to another and support a variable weight efficiently, said Victor Kabala, public relations officer for the University’s AIChE. Awards are presented to teams for achievements in car methodology and performance and overall safety and poster presentation, according to the University Chem-E-Car team’s website. The University’s Chem-ECar placed fourth overall at last
U. SCIENTISTS FIND FORMS OF VITAMIN E THAT PREVENT CANCER Scientists at the University’s Center for Cancer Prevention Research at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy found that two forms of vitamin E prevent cancers of the colon, lung, breast and prostate. “There are studies suggesting that vitamin E actually increases the risk of cancer,” Chang S. Yang, the center’s director, told University Media relations. “Our message is that the vitamin E form of gamma-tocopherols, the most abundant form of vitamin E in the American diet, and delta-tocopherols, also found in vegetable oils, are beneficial in preventing cancers.” But Yang said the vitamin E form found in most supplements, alpha-tocopherol, does not prevent cancer growth, but actually increases risk and decreases bone density, according to Media Relations. In a summar y of the findings, which was also co-authored by Yang’s colleagues Nanjoo Suh and Ah-Ng Tony Kong, the University scientists cite studies done on animals at the New Brunswick campus, along with epidemiological studies of humans that look at the connection between the supplement and cancer. The results from the animal studies for lung, breast, prostate and colon cancer found the vitamin E forms in vegetable oils prevent cancer from growing and forming in animals. “When animals are exposed to cancer-causing substances, the group that was fed these tocopherols in their diet had fewer and smaller tumors,” Yang told Media Relations. “When cancer cells were injected into mice these tocopherols also slowed down the development of tumors.”
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School of Arts and Sciences junior Gary Spingarn explains the concept behind the car “Knight Fury,” to individuals on Busch campus as a part of a research project to create a car powered by fuel cells.
year’s AIChE Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference, which took place at Penn State University, said Miranda, a School of Engineering senior. A hydrogen fuel cell powered the “The Knight Rider,” the name of last year’s submission, with the hydrogen housed in a balloon to limit potential hazards associated with using a metal cylinder as a container, according the website.
The team will continue to compete in the Chem-E-Car nationals this fall, Miranda said. The team consists of Miranda, as well as School of Engineering junior Matthew Cer winski, School of Engineering sophomore Victor Kabala and School of Engineering sophomore Agnesa Redene. Silvina Tomassone, associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, advised the team.
Preparation for the Undergraduate Research Day has been in the making for about three months to give chemical and biochemical engineering students experience in public speaking and presenting research, DeCaprio said. “We’ve been doing this since 2005. It brings awareness to the research that our students do,” she said. “I think it’s pretty impressive [what they do] as undergrads.”
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ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM JOINS GOOGLE ART PROJECT The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum has partnered with Google on its Google Art Project, which will spotlight collections of various museums’ artwork on the Internet. The project, created in April, allows computer users to have viewing access of paintings, sculptures, street art, architecture and photographs through the Google Art project, according to University Media Relations. “We are so honored to be part of it,” said Suzanne Delehanty, director of the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, located on the College Avenue campus. Other par tners of the project include the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National Galleries of Scotland, among others, in which
Google reached out to only a few Universities during the planning process such as the British Art Center at Yale. Delehanty told Media Relations that the museum has been collecting close to 60,000 objects that are original and outstanding, and the Google Art Project recognizes its hidden treasures. “What’s particularly wonderful is that the project makes our collections available to people who can’t easily travel here,” she said. Some of the works the museum contributed to the project includes Russian ar t from the 14th centur y to the early 20th centur y, which feature ar tists such as John Taylor Arms, Gauguin, Hiroshige and Piranesi, she told Media Relations.
Delehanty told media relations that each of the museum’s curators selected 15 to 20 images to represent the Russian, European and American collections for the project. “Our criterion was: What are the works of art we feel proudest of, what’s unique to us?” she said. “We also asked the curator to focus on works with images in the public domain to avoid copyright issues.” Google Art Project users can browse by an artist’s name, type of art, the museum, time period of art and name of artwork. “What’s so amazing for us is that one of the pillars of our strategic plan is to expand the museum’s digital footprint,” Delehanty said. “We saw Google’s outreach as an opportunity to capitalize on what we want to see happen in the future.”
PRIMARIES: Mandel predicts low voter turnout continued from front Mandel said Romney has made it to the top by appealing to the financial worries of voters. “He’s running as a business person,” Mandel said. “He says that improving the economy and creating jobs is his strength, and that the president has not done well in those areas.” Montferrat said he believes Romney’s financial experience makes him a serious competitor for President Barack Obama. “If there’s a downturn in the economy, Romney will win,” he said. “If there isn’t a downturn — if instead there’s an upturn — Obama will win, but only by a few votes. It’s going to be close.” But Pereira said Romney might not be so successful because of Obama’s effective stimulus policies. “The president has a record of success. The economy is doing better, industry is back [and] job loss is down,” he said. “Either we’re on a track that’s finally growing the economy, or we go back to the same policies that led us to essentially a depression. ” Montferrat said the most important priority is to find a candidate that can challenge Obama. “We need some leadership, and Romney will definitely be taking it home,” Montferrat said. “I’m behind any candidate to defeat the president.” Mandel believes a race between Obama and Romney would become extremely expensive and heated. “There’s a big gap between Obama and Romney, with Obama having a large lead in the public opinion polls,” she said. “However, if the economy doesn’t improve, the president is vulnerable because Romney runs on that issue.” Mandel said there would be a significant decline in voter turnout because of the public assumption that Romney will win the candidacy. “Voter turnout has been low throughout the primary season,” she said. “It’s probably going to be lower now that there’s less of a contest.” Montferrat said the low political morale in America is responsible for the small turnout rate. “The United States is known for low voter turnout,” he said. “It’s because of the political efficacy of the government. People feel like they alone can’t change the government.” Mandel said the outcome is ultimately up to the independent voters and swing states, whose numbers have been on the rise. “It is not clear which direction they’ll go,” Mandel said. “In the end, they will have a decisive impact on the election.”
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continued from front “Some might say, ‘Why [do] I love broccoli when I am super taster according to this test?’” Tepper said. “There are other factors that af fect people’s behavior and food preferences. It’s not only genetic, and we should consider those as well.” Along with food preference, Tepper said taste sensitivity might produce genetic differences that result in var ying body weights among individuals. She cited a study conducted a few years ago that shows how middle-aged women, who happened to be non-tasters, had higher body weight indexes than supertasters. Symposium attendees also heard from Jim Simon, director of the New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, who introduced a series of experiments involving genetically engineered tomatoes. “Last August, we got people out there and had dif ferent people come and taste [and] smell tomatoes,” Simon said. “This is a bit [of a] biased test since we compared nontaste tomatoes and tomatoes with taste, but most untrained tasters preferred the tomatoes with rose and lemon scent.” Tests were fur ther enhanced after researchers used genetic engineering to produce tomatoes with a rose and lemon scent. “We were able to extract geraniol, which has a sweet rose scent, and citral, which has a lemon aroma, from lemon-basil plant,” Simon said. While the genetic engineering produced a variety of tomatoes with exciting new smells, the added compounds also took away some of the tomato’s lycopene, a red pigment noted for its role in cancer prevention, Simon said. Xiaorong Su, a member of Tepper’s lab team, said she came out with other colleagues to see the broad spectrum of research on flavors and perception. “We are working in [the] Sensor y Evaluation laborator y under direction of Dr. Tepper, so we did a lot of sensor y and nutrition research,” said Xiaorong Su, a University graduate student. Elizabeth Schuck, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said the symposium was a great oppor tunity for students to get more involved in the research field. “Through this event, you are able to network with companies and get into this kind of research, increase funding and push science even fur ther,” said Schuck, who worked alongside Su in Tepper’s lab. Yasmine Shafaie, a University alumnus who also worked in Tepper’s lab, said the event gave her a different perspective on the scientific work that is done behind closed doors. “[A lot] of the time, you do the research but not quite grasp the feeling,” she said. “This event is where they can collaborate and bring ever ything together.”
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Students view the works of Rutgers University Photography Club members at The Cove in the Busch Campus Center. The club displays its members’ original photographs at its annual “Exposure Photography Showcase.”
RECORD: 95 percent of funds will go toward academics continued from front raised comes from corporations and foundations, Herring said. “Rutgers alumni [are] an important source of support,” Shadle said. “They are our largest set of donors … and we try very hard to understand what our donors interests are and match them with the University’s needs.” Donors are also attracted to the campaign to show support for faculty members, Herring said. One anonymous donation came in as the largest in the University’s history, a challenge grant of $27 million. The grant provides $1.5 million toward the cost of creating an endowed chair, which is $3 million, she said. Once the $27 million has been allocated, the
University will have 18 endowed chairs, Herring said. “Donors know how important faculty are to the University’s reputation and quality, and they recognize that an endowed chair is an important way of attracting the very best and keeping the very best faculty,” she said. Overall, 95 percent of funds are used for academic purposes and the remaining 5 percent goes to athletics and other programs, Herring said. About $200 million raised so far will go toward the University’s endowment, which the University will spend over a longer period of time. University fundraising landmarks reached with the campaign include a record number of new student scholarships, a record number of donors and a record gift, according to University Media Relations.
“Every campaign usually does better than the preceding,” Shadle said. “You learn from your experience in the past campaign, and you make your organization more professional and sophisticated than the last.” While the campaign aims to raise $1 billion by 2014, competing universities are already in their second $1 billion-plus campaign, she said. “We’re a little newer to philanthropy than our peer universities,” Shadle said. “We do our best to raise the quality of the fundraising apparatus.” To get students involved in the process, the foundation holds lunches, dinners and social events, Herring said. In addition, students are often asked to sit on panels during alumni programs. “The students are very important in that they’re able to thank the donors, the donors get to
know them and the students are so impressive,” she said. “It’s wonderful. It’s such an affirmation of Rutgers by its alumni and its friends.” Herring said it is important for students to continue participating and interacting with alumni through the University’s alumni programs. “I hope that they will adopt the culture of philanthropy that we’re hoping to develop here, and when they get very rich when they get old, they’ll give back like the alumni,” she said. University President Richard L. McCormick made it one of his last tasks while in office at Old Queens to break last year’s fundraising record. “We set a very ambitious goal of $140 million, which would be the most the University’s raised in a year,” he said. “On June 3, we’ll see how close we came.”
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Professors reflect on last month’s NJ job losses BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT
In reaction to a recent New Jersey jobs report that revealed 11,600 private-sector jobs were lost in March, several professors at the University expressed a gloomy outlook on the state’s economic future. The N.J. Department of Labor and Workforce Development released a monthly jobs report last Thursday revealing a dip in the state’s economy that resulted in thousands of jobs lost. Private sector jobs made up the 11,600 of the total losses, while 3,000 were gained, ending a six-month growth trend, according to the report. The job loss, which keeps New Jersey at a nine percent unemployment rate, has alarmed experts like Joseph Seneca, eco-
nomics professor at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Seneca said he is not optimistic about this year’s job market forecast. “It’s a disappointing and ugly report for New Jersey, and it echoes what happened nationally,” Seneca said. Although New Jersey had experienced growth in the private sector in the early months of 2012, Seneca said this month’s numbers could erase a lot of the progress that was made. “What it does is it wipes out almost all private sector job growth from Januar y and February,” Seneca said. Seneca said March’s numbers would prove to be a big blow to many economists who had an optimistic feeling about the state’s future.
“What we thought was an accelerated economic expansion in the winter and the beginning of the year has stumbled, just as it has in the past two springs,” he said. Yet Neil Sheflin, an associate professor in the Department of Economics, said it is important to note that the numbers reflect economic growth and not the overall economy itself, which he said is improving. The negative trend in New Jersey is also seen on the national scale, said Mark Killingsworth, an economics professor. The United States gained more than 100,000 jobs last month, he said. The numbers fall far shor ter than the 200,000 jobs gained both in Januar y and Febr uar y, Killingswor th said.
“As far as the U.S. economy goes, the signs are not terribly good,” Killingsworth said. The job market problems are in need of new solutions, Sheflin said. The problem results from the political debates and bad policies that have obscured the search for resolutions, he said. “Solutions are hard to come by because it’s an election year,” Sheflin said. “The economy is weaker than it should be at this stage nationally because of inadequate economic policy.” Seneca said the election year has been detrimental to the economy because with all the focus on campaigns, the government has fallen into an unproductive “political paralysis.” Killingsworth agreed that politicians are partly responsible for the current economic trend. He said
the solution would have to come from government intervention. “There’s not going to be a lot of job growth unless Congress passes a stimulus, and that’s not very likely at all,” he said. Seneca said he is wary of making concrete predictions about the future of New Jersey’s economy, as there are many unknown factors that could contribute to new trends. “Going forward we have to see what happens,” he said. “It’s a big question mark.” Kirkland Hamilton, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said while unemployment is a problem for the country, students looking for jobs should continue to prepare to take any opportunity that comes their way. “People have to stop being too proud to work at McDonald’s, for example, because a job is a job,” he said.
COUNTY-WIDE PROGRAM ENCOURAGES RESIDENTS TO DISPOSE OF EXCESS DRUGS Middlesex County municipalities, The Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department and the University will hold an event Saturday to encourage residents to dispose of their unused medications, according to njtoday.net. Local residents will have the opportunity from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to remove expired, unused and unwanted drugs from their homes by placing them in deposit areas designated in each municipality. The Coalition for Healthy Communities, a part of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Dependence of Middlesex County, will be the main sponsor of the event, according njtoday.net. Organizers hope to rid homes of drugs that can be susceptible to misuse or abuse, a worry based on alarmingly high rates of prescription drug abuse in the country, according to njtoday.net Linda Surks, coordinator for the Coalition, told njtoday.net that people are sometimes unaware of the potential issues that can result from having certain drugs in their homes.
“If you have unused or outdated prescription drugs, you many not see a danger in holding on to them,” she told njtoday.net. “You may be giving someone an opportunity to access these drugs. The results could be devastating.” Residents can travel to several sites in their own municipality and make an anonymous disposal of their drugs, without any questions asked, according to njtoday.net. Collection sites can be found on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s website.
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Elijah’s Promise, the New Brunswick soup kitchen, will present the film “Foodstamped” as part of their “Food for Thought” film series. While the event is open to the public, organizers request that attendees register by calling (732) 545-9002 ext.127. The Stress Factory in downtown New Brunswick will present The New Jersey Volunteer Lawyer for the Arts. The comedy show will feature lawyers from across the state. The headliner will be Start-Ledger columnists, Gov. Brendan Byrne and Gov. Tom Kean. The event will begin at 8 p.m. and costs $75 for regular price tickets.
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Occupy New Brunswick will hold a rally outside of the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick during the corporation’s annual shareholder’s meeting. The rally will protest Johnson & Johnson based on claims of malpractices and corruption. The protest will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Singer-songwriter Don McLean will perform at the State Theatre in New Brunswick. McLean, who has been performing for over four decades, is famous for hit songs such as “American Pie” and “Vincent (Starry Starry Night).” The show will begin at 8 p.m. and ticket prices range from $25 to $60. The State Theatre is located on 15 Livingston Avenue.
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The Raritan Bay Area YMCA will present “Healthy Kids Day” in Perth Amboy. This free community event will give families a chance to participate in exercise classes and youth sport competitions. The YMCA, located on 357 New Brunswick Ave., is one of 19,000 Y’s taking part in the celebration. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Magyar Bank will give residents the chance to shred their documents from 10 a.m. until noon as part of “Community Shred Day”. The bank, located at 400 Somerset St., encourages residents to bring documents such as bank information, credit card offers, financial statements and legal papers.
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The Stress Factory will present stand up comedy from Brian Posehn. Posehn is famous for his performances on The Sarah Silverman Program, Mr. Show and Comedy Central. Posehn will perform May 3, 4 and 5, and tickets will be $20 each day.
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Raices Cultural Center, a local nonprofit organization, will host a workshop on the benefits of using herbal medicine on infants and children. Virginia Ahearn, an N.J.- licensed home birth midwife with experience in the use of herbal medicine, will present the workshop. Tickets for the event, which will take place at 100 Jersey Ave., costs $30 per person.
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Corefest will be held near George Street after being postponed from its original date on April 22. The festival is being cosponsored by the University radio station 90.3 The Core and the organization coLAB. Corefest will feature local bands such as The Lords of Liechenstein, Cotton and The Waffle Stompers.
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The State Theatre will feature a performance by two-time Grammy Award-winner LeAnne Rimes. Rimes, who will be doing an acoustic performance, will be making her State Theatre debut. Rimes has released 10 studio albums and sold more than 37 million records. The show will begin at 8 p.m. and prices will range from $35 to $75.
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MAN GETS $1M BAIL IN IRAN MISSILE CASE EL PASO, Texas — A judge granted a $1 million bail yesterday for a British man who was extradited to Texas to face charges that he tried to sell missile parts to Iran. Under the ruling, Christopher Tappin, 65, must post a $50,000 cash deposit, wear a tracking device and live within five miles of his Houston-area attorney Dan Cogdell. Another of his attorneys, Kent Schaffer, said Tappin would be released Tuesday or Wednesday. “His family is ecstatic and we are looking forward to getting him here (to Houston) to start working with him on his defense,” Schaffer told The Associated Press yesterday in an email. The defendant will also have to surrender his passport to U.S. Marshals and confine his travels to the Houston area and El Paso to make his court appearances. Tappin is accused of trying to buy batteries for Hawk surface-to-air missiles for $25,000 from undercover American agents with the intention of exporting them to Iran. Two other men have already been convicted in the case. The three-count federal indictment filed in 2007 says a cooperating defendant provided computer files showing Tappin intended to
send the missile batteries to a Tehran-based company and that they had illegally sold U.S. technology to Iran in the past. The government claims Tappin provided undercover agents with false documents to circumvent the requirement for the batteries to be government licensed prior to being expor ted. Tappin is being held at the Otero county jail in Chaparral, New Mexico, some 30 miles north of El Paso. Upon his arrival he was put in solitary confinement at his own request. His case has touched a nerve in Britain, where many believe the fast-track extradition arrangements between the United Kingdom and the United States are unfairly weighted in Washington’s favor, reaching up to Prime Minister David Cameron who promised to carefully review the treaty. The two men already convicted in the case are Robert Gibson, another British national who pleaded guilty in April 2007 and was sentenced to 24 months in prison, and Robert Caldwell, an Oregon man who was found guilty in July of that year and sentenced to 20 months. — The Associated Press
John Edwards trial begins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENSBORO, N.C. — Andrew Young was once much more than an aide to John Edwards. Young spent long hours driving to and from political events with the two-time Democratic presidential candidate. They went to basketball games together to root for the Tar Heels and buddied around at Edwards’ beach house. Young was even tasked with buying Christmas presents for the Edwards children. “We were just North Carolina boys and had a lot in common,” Young testified yesterday. And when Edwards’ mistress got pregnant in 2007 amid a presidential campaign, Young falsely claimed paternity of his boss’ child and invited the woman, Rielle Hunter, to move into his Chapel Hill home with his wife and children. Young was the first witness called by prosecutors yesterday following opening statements in Edwards’ criminal trial. His testimony is expected to be the lynch pin of the government’s case that Edwards masterminded a conspiracy to use nearly $1 million in secret payments from two wealthy donors to help hide his pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. Edwards, 58, has pleaded not guilty to six criminal counts related to alleged violations of federal campaign finance laws. “It wasn’t just a marriage on the line,” prosecutor David Harbach said in his opening statement. “If the affair went public it would destroy his chance of becoming president, and he knew it. ...He made a choice to break the law.” U.S. District Cour t Judge Catherine C. Eagles seated 12 jurors and four alternates yesterday morning. The panel is made up of nine men and seven women drawn from central North Carolina. Edwards repre-
sented the state for one term in the U.S. Senate. Edwards stared intently at Young as his former confidant testified. In nearly two hours of talking about Edwards, Young never looked in his direction. For Edwards’ defense team, destroying Young’s credibility is key to their strategy of keeping the former presidential contender out of prison. They allege that much of the money at issue in the case was siphoned off by Young and his wife to pay for a $1.5 million house finished in 2008. “Follow the money,” defense lawyer Allison Van Laningham urged jurors in her opening statement. “John Edwards did not get any of this money. Not one cent.” Edwards’ lawyers contend the payments were gifts from friends intent on keeping the candidate’s wife from finding out about the affair. Elizabeth Edwards died in December 2010 after battling cancer. A key issue will be whether Edwards knew about the payments made on his behalf by his national campaign finance chairman, the late Texas lawyer Fred Baron, and campaign donor Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, a now101-year-old heiress and socialite. Each had already given Edwards’ campaign the maximum $2,300 individual contribution allowed by federal law. Edwards denies having known about the money, which paid for private jets, luxur y hotels and Hunter’s medical care. Prosecutors will seek to prove he sought and directed the payments to cover up his affair, protect his public image as a “family man” and keep his presidential hopes viable. On the witness stand yesterday, Young recounted how he met Edwards in 1998, as the Raleigh trial lawyer and political neophyte was campaigning for the Senate. “My father was a minister, so I had seen a lot of great speak-
ers,” Young recounted. “He was really ‘on’ that day.” Young said he immediately told his future wife, Cheri Young, that Edwards had the potential to become president and that he wanted to work for him. Young quickly rose from a junior campaign staffer to working on the senator’s North Carolina staff following the election. When no one else wanted to pick up Edwards at the airport, Young leapt at the opportunity. He eventually took the title of special assistant to the senator, a gatekeeper of who got phone calls and face time with Edwards. Young also testified about first meeting Hunter as she travelled with Edwards in 2006. Also that year, Young first spoke with Mellon and put her in touch with Edwards. Young is set to resume his testimony Tuesday. Young and his wife later invited the pregnant Hunter to live in their home near Chapel Hill and embarked with her on a crosscountry odyssey as they sought to elude tabloid reporters trying to expose the candidate’s extramarital affair. Young eventually fell out with Edwards and wrote an unflattering tell-all book, “The Politician.” Young and Hunter recently ended a two-year legal battle over ownership of a sex tape the mistress recorded with Edwards during the campaign, agreeing to a settlement that dictates that copies of the video will be destroyed. Two of the lawyers who represented Hunter in her civil suit against the former aide joined Edwards’ legal team last month. After years of adamant public denials, Edwards acknowledged paternity of Hunter’s daughter, Frances Quinn Hunter, in 2010. The girl, now 4, lives with her mother in Charlotte. It has not yet been decided whether Edwards, a former trial lawyer once renowned for his ability to charm jurors, will testify in his own defense.
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Zimmerman receives bail, returns to hiding THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman, who slipped out of jail on $150,000 bail in the early morning darkness, went back into hiding yesterday and likely fled to another state to avoid threats as he awaits his seconddegree murder trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin. His release from jail came less than a day before the Sanford City Commission rejected by a 3-2 vote the resignation of Police Chief Bill Lee, who was roundly criticized for not initially charging Zimmerman. Even though authorities can pinpoint Zimmerman’s location with a GPS ankle bracelet, that he must wear round the clock, the public may not see him again for some time. Zimmerman has waived his appearance at his upcoming ar raignment next month, so he can stay underground if he wants. Zimmerman already has experience laying low: For more than a month before his arrest, he eluded the media and his whereabouts were not known. His attorney has suggested he had several options for where Zimmerman can stay this time, and a judge indicated he was willing to let Zimmerman leave the state. Until the next time he must come before a judge, Zimmerman will have to skip such routine pleasures as eating in a restaurant or taking a long stroll outside, said Jose Baez, a former attorney for Casey Anthony. Anthony, acquitted last summer of killing her 2-year-old daughter, went into hiding after her release from jail. “He may be free, but he’s not free,” Baez said. First, Zimmerman must limit who knows his whereabouts to avoid the risk someone will give the secret away, Baez said. “Unfor tunately, the people you think you trust, sometimes you find you just really can’t,” Baez said. The police chief is on paid leave. He had stepped aside temporarily in March to let emotions cool. Not too long ago, the commissioners gave him a “no confidence vote” that city Manager Nor ton Bonaparte said still stands. The shooting also led to the local prosecutor recusing himself from the case, and the governor appointing Angela Corey, who eventually charged Zimmerman. The majority of commissioners yesterday blamed the polarization over the Mar tin case and its handling by the police department on outside groups. They said they wanted to wait for an outside investigation to conclude into the police department’s handling of the case before accepting the resignation agreement drawn up by the city manager and Lee. As for Zimmerman, in order to throw off curious onlookers
and the media, he could change his look. Anthony went from a long-haired br unette to a bobbed blonde while ser ving a year of probation on an unrelated charge at an undisclosed location in Florida. Next, Zimmerman needs to go someplace where he knows few people and they don’t know him, said Evan Ratliff, who wrote the book (or at least the magazine article) on how to vanish in the 21st century. In 2009, Wired magazine challenged its readers to try to find Ratcliff, who deliberately vanished with the help of disguises, prepaid phones, fake business cards and software that protected his Internet identity, at least for a while. Ratliff eventually was caught because readers were able to trace him through the IP address of a computer he had used. “He needs to be where he is not around people who are known to be close to him,” Ratlif f said. “Not a friend’s house. Not a relative’s house.” Zimmerman needs to refrain from making any public statements, whether via social media sites like Facebook or Twitter or his own website, www.therealgeorgezimmerman .com, both Baez and Ratlif f said. Zimmerman is using his website to help raise money for his legal defense. Early indications are that will be tough for Zimmerman to resist. After a judge agreed to release him on bond, a statement placed on his website said, “GZ hopes to be able to update the site in the next day or two, God willing. He sends his thanks for your thoughts and support.” If he just can’t resist getting messages out to his supporters, Zimmerman may be better off using Facebook and Twitter instead of his website because it probably has much weaker security than the social media sites, Ratlif f said. Someone could find out where he is by hacking his website or an email account, he said. “Anytime you are on the Internet, you are potentially traceable,” Ratliff said. “The best way to not be found by anyone is to not use any technology at all.” Whatever means Zimmerman uses to hide, it could get expensive. Zimmerman has limited resources. He was working at a mortgage risk management firm but stopped working there after the confrontation with Martin because of the public attention. His wife, Shellie, is in nursing school and doesn’t work. His attorney, Mark O’Mara, did not return phone calls yesterday but has r uled out Zimmerman getting a job while he is out on bail. And O’Mara wrote in cour t papers that Zimmerman “has no significant financial assets or savings.” Zimmerman at least has some experience hiding. He went underground after the Feb. 26 confrontation with Mar tin at the Sanford, Fla., gated community of townhomes where Zimmerman lived.
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n an effort to reduce instances of street violence and make streets safer, Middlesex County has brought back its “cash-for-guns” program, this time to New Brunswick. Through the program, residents can bring guns to officers at the Sacred Heart Parish Church a 115 Commercial Ave., and, in return, receive a handful of hard cash. A handgun goes for $80, and $150 for an operable assault rifle. There’s very little to take issue with here. The county’s cash-forguns program, which was last used in 2003, seems to be remarkably effective in drawing dangerous weapons not just from the hands of people who use them illegally, but from everyday residents who may simply be looking to dispose of their firearms safely. The initiative collected around 150 guns on only a few hours on Saturday, all surrendered anonymously. What’s even more impressive about this program, perhaps, is that it’s clearly a win-win for both county residents and administrators. The cash used to fund the initiative comes from money seized from criminals or through illegal activities, and neither taxpayers nor the city is burdened by these exchanges. Authorities paid $84,500 in 2003 to individuals who surrendered firearms. Lastly, such a program is especially important for New Brunswick, which, in recent years, has seen a rise in gun-related crime. While the common saying “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” may be true, reducing the number and access to guns in a community will undoubtedly lead to fewer violent crimes. The county’s cash-for-guns initiative can go a long way in achieving this goal, and we only hope that it’s used more often in the future.
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embers of Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops crowded the Red Lion Cafe this past Friday, awaiting an answer from President Richard L. McCormick as to whether he would fulfill their demands to withdraw from the Fair Labor Association. The group was fully confident he’d do so — in fact, they came prepared to celebrate the disaffiliation with cake, balloons and party hats. It must’ve been pretty depressing to hear when McCormick announced he would not withdraw from the FLA, forcing members of RUSAS to pack up their celebrations. It’s upsetting to see RUSAS members, who’ve devoted valuable time and effort to this issue since they first came to McCormick two years ago, have their expectations so quickly denied. They’ve done their research, and it’s important that University students keep a scrutinizing eye on the practices and oversight of organizations like the FLA. But we also believe that McCormick’s decision to hold off on this disaffiliation is not entirely out of line — and may indeed be the most rational. The FLA, which monitors Scarlet Knights apparel, is a collaborative, nonprofit effort of universities, human rights organizations and select corporations to uphold national and international labor laws and prevent the abuse of workers in factories around the world. But, the organization has in recent years come under certain criticism — various incidents of human rights abuses that have taken place in FLAmonitored factories have brought into question the integrity of the organization and its effectiveness in preventing worker’s rights abuses. A recent report in The New York Times showed a widespread violation of worker’s rights and poor labor conditions at Foxconn, an FLAaffiliated supplier factory of Apple iPads in China. Yet despite the shortfalls in the FLA’s oversight — many of which USAS members throughout the country have effectively exposed through their work — it’s important to realize information and reports like this can only help to better the FLA’s practices in the long term. At the meeting, McCormick acknowledged the concerns of RUSAS members, yet he also explained that the FLA’s recent audits of factories like Foxconn can eventually improve the atmosphere surrounding instances of human rights abuses. Continued pressure from student organizations and human rights activists across the country has surely helped expedite this process. McCormick is right in expressing that it may be too soon to abandon the FLA altogether. At the same time, however, we hope that future administrators continue to work closely with RUSAS, and that RUSAS continues to keep a close watch on the practices and oversight of organizations like the FLA.
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sides could “sit down,” “learn nd so it ends. After from each other,” “work three semesters of together” and “put their difregular columns and ferences aside,” then the conbefore that, five semesters of flict would end. regular op-eds, my time as a Nonsense. Some differcolumnist for The Daily ences are, in fact, irreconTargum comes to a close. My cilable. Above all, this fact classmates and I will march NOAH GLYN has motivated me to write onto the next phase of our these columns. lives — the vaunted “real Journalist Henry Adams famously wrote, “Politics . world” we’ve heard so much about. Some of us will . . has always been the systematic organization of enter the workforce. Others will attend graduate school. hatred.” Columnist George Will expanded on that idea Still others will move home, while others move to farin arguing that political parties are important civic away places. institutions, because they “organize our animosities.” My path ahead is a bit convoluted at the moment. The Targum opinions page, in turn, organizes the I have interned for the past seven months at a magastudent body’s differences. It provides the opportunity zine in New York City and will continue to do so this for a student to articulate why they are right and you’re summer. The world of journalism, though, is a cutwrong. The Targum has given me, to paraphrase throat destination for young, would-be William F. William F. Buckley Jr., the opportuBuckleys, and I cannot accurately nity to stand athwart liberalism and predict my long-term future — or “I’m just another dude promote conservative ideas. lack thereof — at the magazine. I I suspect that most readers have backup plans, don’t worry. who likes arguing, and have disagreed with me most of Before leaving this stage of our I’m sure there are plenty the time. In fact, I hope most did. lives, it is worth reflecting on our Ever the contrarian, I grow bored time here at the University. Since of University students in agreement. I seek out the disthis is my final column, it seems cussions where the differences only appropriate to consider how I who share that trait.” are likely to be the greatest and arrived at my current position. most intractable. It’s also worth Though my Targum columns remembering, however, that our irreconcilable difhave always been labors of love and passion, they ferences shouldn’t result in nasty conflagrations, as were actually born out of frustration. Unsatisfied with happened when pro- and anti-Israel forces collided. the other methods of expressing my political beliefs, I It’s better to be the happy warrior whose time in the looked to the Targum and began writing rebuttals to arena is marked by a steady and persistent smile. previously published articles. To my great surprise, I assure you, dear readers, that I am exiting this my op-eds began appearing in the Targum. So I wrote arena with great gaiety. Though all endeavors have more and the more I wrote, the more I was published. their own difficulties, I am content with what I’ve writSo I applied for a regular column. I chose the name ten, and I believe that I have argued my case well in “Irreconcilable Differences,” because sometimes our these pages. Although I believe that I have much differences and disagreements are truly too great to more to offer, I am confident that someone else will set aside. That should be obvious to anyone who has replace me adequately. My contribution to the paid even minimal attention to the Targum for the past Targum has neither been great, nor especially meantwo years. Israel’s apologists and critics, for example, ingful. At the end of my four years here, I’m just have engaged in a semi-regular back-and-forth war of another dude who likes arguing, and I’m sure there words, which has accomplished nothing other than are plenty of University students who share that trait. raise the blood pressure of countless student activists. If you love arguing as much as I do, and you also An outsider might view the wreckage and focus on believe that your positions are worthy of your time how political differences have kept apart those who othand energy, then I urge you to apply to be a columnist. erwise might have been friends. The outsider perceives It’s been quite a ride. that all these arguments have been exercises in futility, Au revoir and keep in touch. since intramural debates have a negligible effect on the true Middle East conflict. This view, I believe, is misNoah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences senior taken. Some positions are worth defending, and some majoring in economics and history with a minor in causes are worth our time, energy and heartaches. Jewish studies. His column, “Irreconcilable Differences,” The outsider will say that these disagreements are ran on alternate Tuesdays. based on a series of misunderstandings. If only the two
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Do not be afraid to question common sense Letter EHUD COHEN he phrase “common sense” implies that the more correct perception of something is the one that is most commonly shared. But, common sense is not static — it is based on the intellect and knowledge of those who share the common space. Thus, it can sometimes be wrong. And if the wrong perception is treated as the right one, especially by voters or policymakers, we encounter a problem. That notion is one I want to explore before we graduating seniors enter the next stage of our lives, before we become full members of the economic, scientific and political world that we will help shape. We have moved from limited connectivity with the outside world and other sources of information in just the past two decades, to the interconnected world of the Internet. We now have information and opinions from a global community on economics, morality, religion and politics at our fingertips. This plethora of knowledge, when shared, can lead to a universal “common sense.” We’ve seen this in action with the international support for democratic shifts in the Middle East, greater support for women’s rights in countries that still oppress them or global opposition against copyright legislation that could restrict freedoms. But, with all the wonderful outcomes of the nascent “global common sense,” there can still be cause for concern. Winston Churchill once said, “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” On the other hand, he once noted, “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” Apropos to my topic, there is potential for the common sense of the global community to be wrong, even though the concept of a majority’s opinion being right remains among the best ways society gauges right or wrong. We find ourselves in a situation in which so much information can be misused or misconstrued. In our emerging sense of immediate gratification via the Internet — combined with an unrelenting 24-hour news cycle that prefers faster news over verified news — the rise of
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punditr y and media’s acceptance of deflecting or even ad hominem arguments, what becomes the “common sense” may not be the right one. The misuse of numbers in political discourse is especially notewor thy. Numbers need proper context before we should accept and base opinions on them. For example, political pundits would have people believe more than 45 percent of U.S. citizens don’t pay taxes. But the fact is they do pay taxes, just not federal income tax. Why? Because they’re poor. But that number is not relevant to those that would purposefully use it out of context — especially when today’s population has such a short attention span and turn to numbers like gold, ignoring the potentially larger context behind them. This can also be applied on an international scale. For example, it is a fact that more Palestinians than Israelis died in the recent conflict in Gaza, and this is likely one reason that some have called it a “massacre.” But war is not a numbers game, and looking only at numbers is dangerously misleading. A more contextualized piece of information is “less than 1-to1.” That is an estimated ratio of civilian to combatant deaths in the Gaza War, and according to U.K. Commander Richard Kemp, it is “by far the lowest in any asymmetric conflict in the history of warfare.” This is lower than estimated ratios from NATO operations in Afghanistan (3-to-1) and campaigns in Kosovo (4-to-1). Numbers can mean a lot. They can mean the support for a greatly funded military and an underfunded education or space program. They can show a dispropor tionate tax rate, or amount of people in support of a cause. And numbers, like general information, can be spread globally in mere moments. It is up to us, therefore, to properly digest this and to weed out misinformation or find the right context. This will lead to a global common sense — about economics, rights and more. We will soon be the leaders who take up the mantle of responsibility. Let us do it with a fuller, deeper, more nuanced understanding of the world in which we live. Ehud Cohen is a School of Engineering senior majoring in electrical and computer engineering.
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Today's Birthday (04/24/12). Finances begin to open up. Use this opportunity to replenish savings. Take extra focus this year on health and wellness. Breathe in and breathe out. Treat your body with love. Friends and loved ones are right there. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Call a favorite friend or sibling just to say you care. Love is the game and the prize today. Give thanks for what you have. Ask for what you want. Enjoy. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Words come easily. Use them to increase your fortunes. First, set a juicy goal. Determine what you want, as well as a strategy to obtain it. Craft a winning pitch. Get creative. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — An undercurrent of emotion tugs at your feet. Let it wash over. Speak gently, and talk opens something that was stuck. Love's more boundless than the sea. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Find just the right spot for it. Go for comfort. It's easier than you thought. Let a partner choose the color, and take the opportunity to get their feedback. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — There's a surprise announcement. Intuition inspires your actions. Communicate longdistance. Little successes breed self-esteem. Develop an outline. It's more fun than you thought. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — It's a good day to sell. Prepare everything in private. Keep to your to-do list. Do some creative writing. Work could include travel and other benefits.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Abrupt change could occur at work. Call in reinforcements. An older person consults behind closed doors. Say the magic words. Follow your heart. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Your sixth sense comes in handy in tying loose ends. Another man's trash may hide a treasure. Dig around and you may be surprised. Your words are powerful. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Do what you love optimistically and be pleasantly surprised. Romance surrounds you when you least expect it. This is the fun part. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Your faith helps your dreams come true. Access your cute and happy side to help you through the day. Acknowledge your accomplishments and those of others. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Listen to your friend's recommendations. Romance takes over. When you add love, a difficult chore is almost fun (or even really fun). And everything else gets easy. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — Spend a little time improving your space. Get rid of things that weigh you down. Time to put an ad on Craigslist or call the thrift store. Enjoy the freedom.
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utgers men’s lacrosse freshman midfielder Blake Burkhar t and sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak ear ned Big East Weekly Honor Roll yesterday. The pair earned the Scarlet Knights’ eighth and ninth conference marks this season. Burkhart registered six points off of five goals and an assist in the Knights’ 13-9 win Saturday against Michigan. He also controlled 12 of 14 faceoff opportunities. Klimchak recorded his third hat trick of the season against the Wolverines while causing two turnovers. The recognition was the second of his career. Rutgers finishes the regular season Friday against Georgetown.
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announced yesterday the firing of head men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg. Greenberg coached at the school for nine seasons with only one NCAA Tour nament appearance. The coach accumulated a 167-117 record. The Hokies finished 15-16 last season while going 4-12 in league play, placing ninth in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
FORMER PHILADELPHIA Eagles safety Brian Dawkins announced his retirement yesterday via Twitter. The veteran suffered a neck injury last December and was previously undecided on returning this season. The 38-year-old played in 14 games for the Denver Broncos last season, when he recorded 38 tackles and three sacks. It was also the first time Dawkins did not register at least one interception in a season. The safety played 13 seasons of his 16-year career with the Eagles, playing on the 2004 NFC Champion team. Dawkins accumulated 37 interceptions and 26 sacks with eight Pro Bowl selections.
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Senior centerfielder Lindsey Curran picked up an RBI in Game 1 of a weekend series against Syracuse — a 3-1 victory.
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ence and we’ve beaten them once, so when we go to the conagainst conference juggernaut ference tournament, we have some confidence in that,” Nelson said. continued from back Rutgers proved its dangerousbut it was also a homecoming for ness not only to the conference, third baseman Brittney Lindley. but also to itself. The senior grew up in the The offense clicked in recent area and drew considerable supgames, but they were not against port, evening out the crowd. teams comparable to Syracuse. “[Lindley] had her Opposing entire family there,” pitchers were “[Our victory] Curran said. “We also not the calweren’t completely iber of Caira, just shows we cancelled out by all of one of the Big can stick the Syracuse fans. We East’s toughest had a bunch of throwers. with these big Rutgers fans there.” Game 1 Even though the proved the teams in the crowd stuck it out offense is capaBig East.” through the wind ble of scoring and the rain, it against the betJAY NELSON could not will the ter pitchers in Head Coach Knights to more the league. than one victor y. “That was But despite the two losses, something I felt like we needsome good came from the series. ed to see,” Curran said. “We The biggest positive is came out right away, no mercy. Rutgers now has the tangible It just shows we can stick proof that it can keep up with the with these big teams in the conference’s best and threaten Big East. We just [need to] for an upset once the Big East make those adjustments quickTournament arrives. er, and I think these teams “Syracuse is going to be one should be afraid of us in the of the top teams in our conferBig East Championship.”
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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M
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Junior lefthander Dan O’Neill recorded his second save of the season with three scoreless innings to complete a 15-0 win Saturday against Connecticut. O’Neill is one of three Knights to tally a save this year while Rutgers, without a dominant arm in the bullpen, uses a closer-by-committee approach.
SOLUTIONS: Hurler gets limited outings with injury continued from back Law (1-3) followed by blowing a save and giving up the lead in the second game by allowing a two-run home run. “We lost two games that we probably should have won,” Law said. Hill has limited Law on the mound because of injur y, and
Law has made only 10 pitching appearances this season. Law leads Rutgers (22-17, 8-7) with three saves, but as a parttime designated hitter, his focus is not solely on pitching. “It’s hard work being on the field early taking your swings, or working on pitching mechanics during practice,” Law said. Elsing struggled last year as a closer with a 7.16 ERA. The Montville High School (N.J.) product’s ERA is down to 4.50 this season, but batters have also hit .368 off of him.
The last Knight to close out a victory was junior lefthander Dan O’Neill, and he did so for three scoreless innings in Saturday’s 15-0 win against UConn. O’Neill’s ERA is 6.62, but his versatility is an asset in the closerby-committee bullpen. The St. Mary High School (N.J.) product has been a closer, a lefty specialist and a long reliever depending on the situation. “He’s had some shoulder problems during the course of the season, so he hasn’t been able to pitch as much as we like,” Hill said. “But
he threw strikes on Saturday, and his off-speed pitches were very good. If he can continue to do that, he’s going to get more work.” Law, O’Neill and even Gebler have each recorded at least one of Rutgers’ six saves this season. Because of the uncertainty, Hill wants his starters on the mound as long as possible. Junior righthander Pat O’Lear y has that job today against Delaware (20-18). O’Leary is 2-0 in his first three career starts, but he has not pitched deeply into games yet.
O’Leary pitched only 5 1/3, 5 and 6 2/3 innings through his first three starts. Rutgers might need more. “I’m going to let him go as long as he can go,” Hill said. “It all depends on the number of pitches, how well he’s pitching and what the score is.” Assuming Rutgers uses its bullpen against the Blue Hens, Hill hopes to find a late surge this season in consistency. “It doesn’t mean they’ll get everybody out every time, but you [have to] count on them throwing strikes,” Hill said.
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Shuler sees production after early learning curve “They’re all great receivers,” Shuler said. “We have younger receivers that are really great, too. We have a really good corps. When Miles Shuler watches I have a great supporting backhimself on film, the Rutgers ground from all of them.” football team’s sophomore wide Shuler continues to use the receiver FOOTBALL spring to implement his first less e e s sons at wideout from the fall. He improvement. After he recordfocuses now on technique and ed team highs with four catches route running, he said, after for 35 yards in Saturday’s understanding the offense. scrimmage — the second of the “In the fall, I learned a lot more,” spring — he has game day Shuler said. “In the spring, it was footage to back it up. like, ‘OK, I know what I have to do.’” “It’s going well,” Shuler said He continues to gain insight Saturday. “The progress is going from his second offensive coordihow I expected. As a wide receivnator in as er, I’m getting better many seasons. and better, being “They’re all great Dave Brock, consistent — that’s the Knights’ the main thing durreceivers. We have first-year playing the spring. I feel caller, doubles like I’m doing that, younger receivers as Shuler’s posiso it’s going great.” that are really tion coach. He Shuler immersed himself in the posigreat, too. We have worked with a number of NFLtion in the fall, his a really good corps.” bound receivers first season at wide at various stops, receiver. He played MILES SHULER including ones quarterback and corSophomore Wide Receiver at Kansas State nerback at Long and North Branch High School Carolina. (N.J.), where he also But even Brock could not earned recognition as one of the free up Rutgers’ of fense state’s top sprinters. Saturday, when the next leadShuler played sparingly as a ing wideout — junior slot freshman, seeing the field in receiver Quron Pratt — caught packages designed to free him only two passes for 29 yards. in open space. He likely faces as Junior Chas Dodd and sophodaunting a road to playing time more Gar y Nova combined for again this season, when the only 102 passing yards in an Scarlet Knights return all but abbreviated scrimmage. one wideout. But while the Knights offense Senior Mark Harrison still has room to improve, it does enjoyed a banner sophomore not have to worry about new season, registering 44 receptions installations. Flood said Saturday for 829 yards and nine touchit installed everything it wanted downs. Sophomore Brandon to during the spring. Coleman emerged last season, Still, work in the two-minute totaling 552 yards and six touchoffense remains a point of condowns on 17 catches. centration. And senior Tim Wright contin“That’ll be a big part of it,” ues to earn head coach Kyle Flood’s Flood said. praise as a model of consistency.
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ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore Miles Shuler participates April 17 in wide receiver drills at the RU Turf Field. Shuler spent most of his freshman season learning the position, which he has never played before.
RU completes last full team meet before Big East Champs BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers women’s track and field team was in action WOMEN’S TRACK this past weekend at the Larr y Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J., where only two Scarlet Knights par ticipated Friday in the elite section of competition. The rest of the athletes who made the trip competed Saturday. “I thought the team’s performance was average,” said head coach James Robinson. “We didn’t take advantage of
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the competition. We need to do a better job next weekend at the Penn Relays in order to prepare ourselves for the Big East Championship.” Even though the Knights did not have their best weekend at the Larry Ellis Invitation, two athletes still stood out. Sophomore Ashley Decker t won the 1,500 meter Friday with a time of 4:27.90. Decker t’s time was a personal best by 2.5 seconds and proved the third-fastest time in school histor y. Decker t finished the competition 17th out of 63 total athletes.
Sophomore Victoria Clark ran a Big East-qualifying and personal-best time of 1:02.50 in the 400 intermediate hurdles, finishing 14th out of 38 athletes in the competition. “I thought she ran outstanding,” Robinson said of Clark. Rutgers looks to continue training hard during the next two weeks to prepare itself for the Big East Championships. A top 10 finish in both the Big East and ECAC Championships became the Knights’ goal at the beginning of the outdoor season. The Knights enter the home stretch of their schedule and trav-
el to Philadelphia next weekend to compete in the Penn Relays. “We are looking to make sure ever yone is healthy and that we continue to train at a high level,” Robinson said. “A lot of the athletes will not be competing this week at the Penn Relays, so they are really focused on practiced. Come next week, I think you can expect a lot more excitement in this team.” The meet is the last competition before the Big East and ECAC Championships, so practice is a vital component for the team during the next two weeks.
“Providing we are all healthy, our training is rounding into a good position right now,” said sprinters coach Lou Tomlinson. “I am very happy with the training, and this weekend at the Penn Relays we will get a good read to see where we are at.” The team is optimistic it will accomplish its goals in the championship season. “My expectations for the Big East are that we will be able to score more than we did in the indoor season generally speaking,” Tomlinson said. “The competition at the Big East is tough, so the task will be tough but not impossible.”
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APRIL 24, 2012
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Senior sprinter impresses after returning from injuries BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER
Rutgers head men’s track and field coach Mike Mulqueen was happy to see of MEN’S TRACK one t h e team’s familiar faces retur n this weekend at the Larr y Ellis Invitational in Princeton, N.J. Senior Aaron Younger came back to compete in his first meet since the indoor IC4A Championships. Younger had been recovering from a torn calf and Achilles tendonitis. But the Franklinville,
N.J., native picked up where he left off, finishing fifth in the 400meter hurdles with a time of 53 seconds. In a precautionary measure, Younger altered his running style for the event, taking what Mulqueen estimated to be 10 more steps than usual. Nonetheless, his time was good enough to qualify him for the Big East and IC4A Championships “He looked a little rusty, but it was good to have him back,” Mulqueen said. Rutgers sent only 11 of its team members to the meet — which was not scored — as most of its top con-
tributors sat out to train for the Big East and IC4A Championships. The Scarlet Knights welcomed a new face to the team, as well, as sophomore Jordan Thomas — a member of the Rutgers football team the last two years — returned to the track for the first time since high school. Thomas ran the 100- and 200meter dashes, finishing 18th and 30th respectively with times of 11 and 22.52 seconds. The Endicott, N.Y., native’s 100-meter time was exactly good enough to hit the Big East Championship qualifier. “If you haven’t run a sprint race in two years, you’re going to
be a little rusty, a little stale,” Mulqueen said. “But he hung in there tough. For [running] your first race and qualifying for Big East, it’s good since he hasn’t done it in two years. … Maybe we can get him through to the IC4A’s in another meet.” Mulqueen is unsure if Thomas will remain on the team beyond this season. Elsewhere in the sprints, freshman D’Andre Jordan recorded a career-best time of 48.22 seconds in the 400-meter dash, placing him 10th. Jordan, who has battled injuries all season, impressed his coach
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Senior Monroe Kearns was one of seven Rutgers middle-distance runners to compete in last weekend’s Larry Ellis Inviational. He qualified for the Big East Championships in the 800 meter with a time of 1:52:32 and will compete in the 4x800-meter relay.
“He looked better than he’d looked all year,” Mulqueen said. “He’s a freshman. It takes a little time — you’re going to go up and down at times — but he has a lot of ability.” Freshman Kadeem Douse finished 16th in the 100-meter dash, recording a time of 10.99 seconds. Douse, despite already qualifying for the Big East and IC4A Championships in the event, ran the 100 to get more experience before championship season. The Ewing, N.J., native also ran the 200-meter dash, in which he finished 24th with a time of 22.30 seconds. The Knights had their largest contingent of athletes in the middle distance events, in which seven of the 11 team members competed. Senior Monroe Kearns’ mark of 1:52.32 in the 800-meter run was good enough to surpass the Big East-qualifying mark in the last meet before the conference championships. Kearns will also compete on the Knights’ 4x800-meter relay team, which recorded the conference’s sixthbest mark in the event at the IC4A Championships. “Monroe is starting to look like his old self now,” Mulqueen said. “He has scored in the Big East 800 a couple of times. … I think he has a shot to get in there and score like he has in the past.” The 800-meter run also featured two Knights achieving career highs in senior Ben Forrest and sophomore Curtis Richburg. Forrest’s mark of 1:53.72 seconds placed him 10th, while Richburg’s time of 1:54.39 was good for 19th. Neither time was enough to hit the Big East qualifier, though Richburg’s mark shattered his old career best by more than 3 seconds.
ROOKIE THIRD BASEMAN TAKES BIG EAST LEAD IN THREE STATS
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Junior third baseman Pat Kivlehan ranks first in a number of Big East categories, including batting average and slugging.
In his rookie season with the Rutgers baseball team, junior third baseman Pat Kivlehan is already making a solid case for Big East Player of the Year and possibly AllAmerican status. Kivlehan now leads the Big East in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Kivlehan’s .405 batting average makes him the only Big East slugger batting more than .400, ahead of Villanova freshman Tyler Sciacca, who hits .395. The former Rutgers football team defensive back’s .494
OBP is 16 points ahead of anyone in the conference, but his most dominant number is slugging percentage. Kivlehan slugs .690, 85 points ahead of Notre Dame sophomore Eric Jagielo and Connecticut junior L.J. Mazzilli, who tie for second place in the categor y. The West Nyack, N.Y., native is fourth in the conference with eight home runs, which leads the Scarlet Knights. Kivlehan has also dominated the base paths with 20 stolen bases this year, which places him third in the Big East.
Kivlehan has 87 total bases this season — 2.56 bases per game — which is good for seventh in the conference. The third baseman is coming off of a 3-for-4 performance in Saturday’s 15-0 win against Connecticut to cap his 6-for-14 series, when he hit one home run and knocked in four runs. He hit 5-for-8 in Rutgers’ last week in two midweek games. Kivlehan leads a Knights lineup that sits fourth in the Big East in runs scored and batting average with 262 and .300, respectively. — Staff Report
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Sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli tied for the lead in goals for the Knights with three in Saturday’s 15-10 loss against No. 14 Loyola (Md.), two of which came on a four-goal strech from Rutgers to open the contest. The game marked Sbrilli’s sixth hat trick of the season.
Late Loyola scoring run ends Rutgers’ upset bid BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
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Senior midfielder Ali Steinberg recorded a hat trick Saturday at Loyola, where she surpassed 100 career points.
Rutgers head women’s lacrosse coach Laura Brand-Sias preached all season that the Scarlet WOMEN’S LACROSSE Knights RUTGERS 11 needed to play a LOYOLA (MD.) 15 full 60 minutes to be successful. After a fast start, the Knights could not keep up with No. 14 Loyola (Md.), losing, 15-11, on Saturday, one game before their season finale with Georgetown. “I think we had a nice game, but there was just that chunk of time in the second half where we didn’t take control of things,” Brand-Sias said. “That allowed Loyola the run the clock out and made it harder for us to stop them at that point.” The result came after the Knights (9-6, 4-3) took their final lead of the game, 10-9, on a strike from junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson. With a one-goal deficit, the Greyhounds responded with four straight goals.
Two of those came from Marlee Paton, who found the back of the net five times in the game. Rutgers could not stop the sophomore midfielder during the second half, as she scored on a free position goal with 15 seconds remaining to seal the victory for Loyola (9-5, 5-0). The second half did not mirror the first half for the Knights, who kept up with the Greyhounds throughout the first period. It began with a four-goal stretch to open up the game, including two from sophomore midfielder Lauren Sbrilli. Sbrilli finished the game with her sixth hat trick of the season. Loyola responded with three straight goals of its own as both teams went back and forth throughout the first half. Ali Steinberg aided the Knights’ responses. The senior midfielder scored three times, including a free position shot with 12:47 in the first half to eclipse 100 points on her career. Brand-Sias was pleased to see the Knights get off to a fast start despite the loss.
“I’m really happy about it,” Brand-Sias said. “We need to be playing like that to win this last game, so it was good see that.” Brand-Sias alluded to the Knights’ matchup Saturday against Georgetown. The Hoyas lost to Notre Dame on Saturday, 7-6, in double overtime. The defeat sets up a win-or-gohome situation with Rutgers. The teams are tied for fourth place in the Big East standings, with Saturday’s winner taking the final spot in the Big East Tournament. Georgetown (8-6, 4-3) serves as Rutgers’ second straight ranked opponent, as the Hoyas currently hold a No. 15 ranking. While the team had opportunities to pull off the upset, Brand-Sias believes the added pressure of the season finale will help the Knights in securing a spot in the tournament. “This is why you play,” BrandSias said. “If you don’t get fired up for this, there is something wrong with you. This is what defines being a Division I athlete, being put in these situations where the outcome controls your season.”
Knights foster young talent with eye toward future BY AARON FARRAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s golf team is a group that comprises talent and potential. But the Scarlet Knights MEN’S GOLF are young and still developing. With one senior on the roster, the core of the team is made up of freshmen and sophomores. Now approaching the end of his first full season, freshman Jacob Stockl learned what it takes to play on the collegiate level. “Competing at a high level requires practice,” Stockl said. “I had to improve consistently, stay
determined to make it, and I had to believe in myself.” Stockl took advantage of his knowledge, which paid off at the beginning of the spring in the team’s season debut. He placed among the top 20 competitors at the Homewood Suites Invitational on March 16 and 17 in Port St. Lucie, Fla., where the Knights finished in fifth place. He was pleased with the way he played in that tournament and throughout the season, but understands he is still in his first year and has some growing to do. “As a freshman, I am just trying to play my game and improve to get to a higher level,” he said. “I always try to remember my place.
Now, over time, I hope that I can become that leader that people will look up to.”
JACOB STOCKL Head coach Rob Shutte sees the potential in the young squad. He is eager to see where their talent takes them.
“The team is ver y young,” Shutte said. “We have one senior, one junior and a bunch of sophomores. There is a lot of talent.” But Shutte has come to terms with being patient with the team. The players have to go through the process of player development, and Shutte believes his job is to do his best in aiding that. “They were put in the position to play right away,” he said. “The younger guys are not trying to mature just into players, but into important roles on the team.” This season gave the younger members experience and understanding of the game. Rutgers played in the warm breezes of Florida, as
well as in the cold winds of New Jersey’s early spring. The Knights finished in 10th place or worse five times this season. Although Rutgers is still learning, Shutte is optimistic about the future. “I think we’re moving in the right direction,” Shutte said. “The good news is the players have a lot of time to gain experience. I want them to play to their potential, but it is ultimately up to them to take their game to the next level.” The Knights have one more opportunity to show their improvement when they compete in the Big East Championship this weekend in Orlando, where Rutgers hopes to go out and prove it is on the rise.
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Junior righty Jerry Elsing led the Rutgers bullpen last season with five saves.
Knights seek solutions from relief pitchers BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith was Rutgers’ only bright spot in Game 3 this weekend against Syracuse. After picking up her 16th win of the season in Game 1, she held the Orange scoreless for six innings in the final game — a loss.
Timely hit eludes RU in series finale BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Senior third baseman Brittney Lindley picked up two hits in the weekend series.
The Rutgers softball team had been on the brink all season of a banner Big East victory to prove it can compete with the best. That win finally SOFTBALL came Friday, when RUTGERS 0 the Scarlet Knights took down SYRACUSE 1 Syracuse, the second-place team in the Big East, 3-1. Unfortunately for the Knights, the rest of the series did not play out as well, as they dropped Games 2 and 3 by scores of 5-3 and 1-0, respectively. “[I’m] disappointed because we lost two [games] and only won one,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “On the other hand, I’m encouraged by the way our team is playing and hope they’re encouraged that they’re playing well and that they can see we have a shot to beat anybody.” Game 3 was especially painful for Rutgers (22-24, 9-10) for three reasons — the score, when the Orange scored their lone run and Syracuse pitcher Jenna Caira’s blockade on the offense. Freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith — who now has 16 wins, which places her third on the
school’s all-time single season list — held the Orange (34-11, 11-3) scoreless for six innings. In the bottom of the seventh, Syracuse first baseman Kelly Saco broke the tie with a walk-off home run. On the other side, Caira took revenge on the Knights for her Game 1 loss — it was only her fifth on the season and second to an unranked team — by no-hitting Rutgers in her second appearance. “[Caira] made adjustments on us because we were hitting her fast stuff,” said senior center fielder Lindsey Curran. “[In Game 1] we were back in the box, waiting for her fast stuff to come and just letting the changeup go, and that’s when we were hitting her.” Caira started throwing her changeup — her go-to pitch — more often, which threw off the hitters’ timing, Curran said. Despite getting on base by other means, the Knights could not get a big hit to push a run across. “You have to give it to her, though,” Curran said. “She’s definitely a good pitcher. You’re not going to win every time with her. You have to battle with her every time.” Not only was the series an important measuring stick for Rutgers in terms of where it stacks up to tougher Big East teams,
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At least one dominant relief pitcher in the past two seasons has graced the Rutgers baseball bullpen. Junior righthander Tyler Gebler led the bullpen his freshBASEBALL man year in 2010 with a 1.75 ERA and DELAWARE AT 12 saves. RUTGERS, Junior leftTODAY, 3 P.M. hander Rob Corsi left Duquesne to assume a relief role last year for the Scarlet Knights. He ended 2011 with a 1.57 ERA and collected the Team MVP award. Gebler and Corsi are now starters, and two months into the season, the team continues to search for a new bullpen spearhead. Head coach Fred Hill has utilized his options, but he does not see it coming together. “It helps to have someone you can count on who’s going to be your main guy,” Hill said. “Right now, [junior righthanders] Charlie Law and Jer r y Elsing are closers, and they’ve been in and out.” Law and Elsing both had a bad day in Friday’s doubleheader against Connecticut. Elsing (0-2), who has not saved a game this year since saving five last season, lost to the Huskies by allowing a walk-off single in the first game.
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Junior righthander Charlie Law leads the Knights this year with three saves.