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Gender, feminist theory and sexual rights — these are just a few of the topics that students will grapple with in a new learning community designed to generate dialogue and research on issues of sexual identity. The Institute for Research on Women will offer the 1.5-credit course “Trans Studies: Beyond Hetero/Homo Normatives” next fall as part of their biannual learning community, said Sarah Tobias, associate director of the IRW. Sophomores, juniors and seniors enrolled in the community will meet
every Thursday afternoon on Douglass campus to discuss readings, attend lectures and research topics of interest within the theme, Tobias said. “It’s a real opportunity to form a community with like-minded scholars and explore a cutting-edge topic,” she said. Tobias said the learning community is one of three major components within the IRW. Faculty and graduate student seminars, along with a distinguished lecture series, make up the rest of the programming. Still, these elements are by no means isolated from each other, she said.
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Joachim Kohn discusses chemistry and regenerative medicine last night at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. He won the 2012 Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award.
Obama talks interest rates with students
Residence Life develops plaza for Livingston
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President Barack Obama hosted a phone conference with students yesterday evening to address growing concerns over the scheduled doubling of interest rates on federally subsidized Staf ford loans. Speaking to student members of the collegiate press, Obama reiterated many of the points he had made during an appearance at the University of Nor th Carolina at Chapel Hill earlier yesterday mor ning, saying 7.4 million students would see interest rates double should the change go into ef fect.
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breakthrough to have a Rutgers student among the first class of Ertegun scholars.” Tobia said he applied immediately when he Kevin Tobia recently learned he is one of only 15 received an email from Oxford in Febr uar y students worldwide to study at Oxford University announcing the new scholarship, which covers the on the Ahmet Er tegun Scholarship, a new scholar- cost of tuition and provides a living stipend for the ship named after Ahmet Er tegun, who two-year program. founded Atlantic Records. Tobia’s research first made headlines Tobia , a School of Arts and Sciences senior, while he worked as an assistant for Stephen said he has researched the influence of intuStich, a philosophy professor at the itions, or gut instincts, on ethical decision since University. Stich said Tobia began working his junior year. with him in his concentration of experimenHis work has earned him a scholarship tal philosophy, which focuses on how demodesigned to support graduate study and leadgraphic differences affect ethical judgment. ing scholars in the humanities, said Arthur Tobia said he conducted his first study Casciato, director of Distinguished Fellowships during his junior year, where he researched at the University. KEVIN how framing a questionnaire in the first or “It’s ever y bit as exciting as it must have third person would affect judgments in TOBIA been to have had one of your students philosophers and non-philosophers. selected for a Rhodes scholarship in its first year,” But the study stalled when regional philosophy Casciato said. meetings could not provide a large enough sampling of After applying and being accepted to Oxford, a com- philosophers. mittee made up of the head of the Oxford’s Division of Tobia then approached the division presidents of the Humanities and other academics selected Tobia for the American Philosophical Association for permission to award, Casciato said. conduct research at division conferences, he said. “Their emphasis is getting the best people who apply SEE OXFORD ON PAGE 6 to Oxford to [come] to Oxford,” he said. “It’s a real CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Livingston campus may have found its way into the spotlight after years of hiding in the shadows of other campuses. With the construction of a three-screen movie theater, a diner and up to 10 retail stores, the Livingston Plaza has the potential to become an attractive destination for students come fall semester. “Beyond making a mix-use environment, we wanted to create a retail plaza that provides a special experience,” said Michael Pelardis, senior project administrator for University Housing. In addition to creating a retail experience on Livingston campus, Pelardis hopes the new Livingston Plaza will create a sense of community and gathering for students. An open area in front of the retailers will feature a small amphitheater, patio tables and chairs, he said. “There is a perception of Livingston being the remote campus and the not-popular campus,” he said. “But I hope it causes more people to come to the campus … to spend time on the campus, to enjoy the campus and use the ser vices.” Other possibilities being explored include a fresh grocer, a technology support store, a frozen yogurt vendor, a Starbucks, a Mexican
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Council initiates 2012-2013 executive board BY RINA MODY STAFF WRITER
With the school year coming to an end, the Engineering Governing Council initiated its newly-elected 2012-2013 executive board at a meeting Monday night, in which Parth Oza, outgoing EGC president, passed the gavel on to Jay Ravaliya. Ravaliya, former EGC secretary, said his primary goal for the coming year is to get more students involved with the organization and build a stronger sense of community among members of the school. “The School of Engineering is small compared to the rest of Rutgers. There are high schools out there that are larger,” said Ravaliya, a School of Engineering junior. “With only around 3,000 students, it’s important and possible for us to help one another and really build a close community.” As the oldest governing council at the University, the EGC is
composed of 32 societies and works with engineering departments and their deans to improve the overall learning experience for its students, Ravaliya said. “People don’t realize it, but engineers often have to work together as a team, so it’s important to promote that concept of community that exists in the real world,” Ravaliya said. Vetri Velan, outgoing first-year student representative and incoming university senator, said if the EGC could broaden its scope and get the word out to more students, he is sure they would want to participate and get involved. Velan, a School of Engineering first-year student, said the best way to build a sense of community is to raise awareness about the council among students. “We have strong leaders and motivated members so we’re able to accomplish all of our goals, but we’d love to see even more students get involved,” Velan said.
Velan learned about the EGC on his first day at the University through the orientation process and knew he wanted to become involved. “I decided to join because I regretted not being more involved in my high school’s student government. The reason I stayed, though, was the people,” Velan said. The council also expanded tutoring options available for engineering students, he said. “As freshmen, all engineers have to take ‘Matlab,’” Velan said. “A lot of the freshmen this year had difficulty with it, and so the EGC immediately tried to provide extra help.” Ravaliya said he is planning to expand the council’s communications next year to reach out to more students. “We want to utilize email, word of mouth, Facebook — every means possible to let students know what’s going on and that we’re here to try and improve their experience in the engineering school,” Ravaliya said.
Peter Spatocco, a representative for the Engineering Class of 2015, is also hoping to get more students involved. “For next year, I’d really just like to urge more students to get involved, and I’m going to continue just trying to get the word out to as many people in my class as possible,” said Spatocco, a School of Engineering first-year student. The newly elected executive board also includes School of Engineering junior Arjun Ganatra as internal vice president, junior David Prado as external vice president, sophomore David Tran as treasurer and first-year student Sharlina Keshava as secretary. School of Engineering junior Laura Norkute, sophomore Deepika Seethamraju and sophomore Rutvij Patel were elected as university senators. In the past year, the council has worked to create study abroad opportunities to bridge the gap between students and engineering departments by creating the
Engineers Honors Council and the Engineer of the Month Award, Oza said via email correspondence. “[The] winner [is] selected each month, and they receive a $200 stipend, personal parking in Lot 59 for a month [and] recognition of the School of Engineering website,” said Oza, a School of Engineering senior. Other accomplishments the EGC made during the past semester include bringing back the School of Engineering yearbook to highlight students in the school. Oza said via email the council has been very effective in achieving its goals. “The structure and organization of EGC allows us to effectively tackle issues [that are] School of Engineering- and Universitywide,” he said. “Outside of the council members, there are countless general body members who are involved with EGC simply to gain valuable leadership skills and be involved in the School of Engineering.”
RUTGERS-CAMDEN PROFESSOR PAINTS SUBWAY PLATFORM Margery Amdur, a Rutgers-Camden artist, painted 4,000 square feet of flooring on the platform of a SEPTA subway on Spring Garden Street. Using an array of colors, Amdur painted flowers and layered designs inspired by Vincent Van Gogh to bring a different commuting experience for travelers, according to University Media Relations. “I have made art all my life,” said Amdur, an associate professor of art at Rutgers-Camden. “My
studio process is labor intensive and I am known for my attention to detail, but I asked myself [if it was] possible to move my studio process into the subway station.” Amdur said it has been her goal to connect commuters with the art world and interviewed commuters to find out their art preferences. “I hope commuters can appreciate the liveliness under their feet,” she said. “I have painstakingly visu-
ally massaged each painting, as if it were going to be viewed in a gallery setting.” Aesthetic value in subway stations as a means of community outreach inspired this art program in the SEPTA transit station, according to media relations. “Public transportation is about getting to the next place, not really appreciating where we are now,” Amdur said. “I want to momentarily transport people to where sunlight and flowers typically don’t exist.”
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The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts “Paint a Pot, Give a Lot” from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Cook Campus Center outdoor patio. For every pot painted, RUPA will make a donation to Rutgers Gardens at 112 Ryders Lane. The Public Relations Student Society of America will host a charity garage sale from 2 to 7 p.m. on Morrell Street on the College Avenue campus. Proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Wounded Warriors Project. For more information, contact Daisy Garden at dgarden@eden.rutgers.edu and Amanda Figueroa at afig@eden.rutgers.edu.
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The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts the “Barnegat Bay Folklife Exhibit” at 8 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center Coffeehouse. Master decoy carver Clarence Fennimore will teach students about New Jersey duck and shorebird decoys. Attendees will have the chance to paint their own shorebird “flatties.” Project Civility will host “Passing of the Project Civility Torch” at 9 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. The event will focus on whether the University wants to continue Project Civility next year as a student advisory board. Students and student leaders are encouraged to attend. Refreshments will be served.
5 stages of music, Food, Crafts, Children's Activities and more! For more information visit njfolkfest.rutgers.edu
Rutgers Thakaat Foundation will present a screening of the film “Rio” at the Busch Campus Center. The show starts at 9 p.m., and tickets are $2.
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Janet Tomiyama, assistant professor in the Departments of Psychology and Nutritional Sciences, will lecture on “Stress, Eating and Not Eating” at noon in the first-floor conference room of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at 112 Paterson St. The Anthologist, the University literary magazine, presents “Friends with Words,” a reading with Evie Shockley and Mark Doty in the Plangere Writing Center, located on the third floor of Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus. Refreshments will be served.
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PLAZA: Classes could use movie theater during weekdays continued from front restaurant, an Asian restaurant, an art gallery and a nail salon. “We are still under the phase of identifying all of the retailers. It’s a long process because we have to make sure that it is the right fit and that we are looking at vendors that we know students are going to be interested in,” said Henr y Velez, executive director of Business and Administration Ser vices for Housing and Residence Life. Pelardis has been researching possible retailers and vendors for the past six months, Velez said. Students, faculty and alumni can attend screenings at the movie theater seven days a week, Velez said. “Our hope is first-run movies at a discounted price,” Velez said. A third-party company would manage the University-owned theater, which will most likely offer tickets and concession snacks at a discounted price. “It is essentially, any movie that is out this weekend, you can play on the theater at Livingston campus,” Pelardis said. Classes would have access to the movie theater Monday through Thursday until around 4 p.m., Velez said. Around 5 or 6 p.m., it would open as a regular movie theater. Movie times would begin earlier on Fridays and on weekends, they would play throughout the day, Velez said. “Our goal is to have midnight shows, as well,” Pelardis said. University Dining Services will manage the plaza’s diner, a definite addition to Livingston Plaza. Pelardis hopes construction for the diner and the movie theater will be finished by the fall, but additional retail stores
could continue to be built through the spring. “The primary focus right now is to complete the residential portion,” Pelardis said. A fresh grocer y store is included among the eight to 10 vendors to accompany the movie theater and diner. The “boutique grocery market” will most likely offer fresh fruit and vegetables and prepackaged foods, Velez said. Though a third-party management system would be hired to run the store, the University is encouraging vendors to hire students, Pelardis said. “I think all of these retailers see this as a good opportunity because we have student workers from the University,” Velez said. “They are usually the ones who can give us good feedback, if things are going well, if we need to make some adjustments.” Pelardis has also explored the option of a centralized delivery service that would allow students from any New Brunswick campus to place orders for Livingston Plaza vendors’ items. “It is going to be very important for students who do not have vehicles that can’t get to the campus after hours or on weekends. It will be a win-win for students and retail tenants,” Pelardis said. Pelardis is also exploring the possibility of having an Appleauthorized technology store in the Plaza. The store would feature Apple products along with non-Apple items. “We didn’t want to bring in vendors that would cannibalize each other,” Pelardis said. While planning possible vendors for the Plaza, Pelardis wanted to stay away from similar vendors that already exist in the Livingston Student Center. “For instance, there is a Sbarro in the Livingston Student Center. We didn’t want to put a pizzeria [in the Plaza.] There is also a Dunkin’
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A sketch of Livingston Plaza shows the completed building and courtyard area. Plans for the plaza include a movie theater, diner and up to 10 other retailers and vendors.
Donuts. Though we are going to have a coffeehouse, it will be a completely dif ferent concept,” Velez said. But some vendors in the Livingston Student Center — including The Rock Café — feel that the new vendors in the Plaza will detrimentally affect their business. Doris Kennedy, manager of Livingston Student Center’s Dining Services, has already seen a decrease in student customers because of the addition of Sbarro and predicts fewer students after the construction of other restaurants in the Plaza. “I think this summer, we are trying to come up with items that will be satisfactory [to more students]” Kennedy said. Dining Services will conduct taste-testing for more sandwiches, vegetarian options and fusion cuisine over the summer to be implemented in the fall. During the plaza’s early planning stages, Pelardis initially compiled more than 130 busi-
nesses for probable tenants for the Plaza. “In terms of determining the exact business we wanted, we spoke to other shareholders in the University that were tightly connected to the students. We spoke to the vice president of Student Affairs,” Pelardis said. The University also hired a company two years ago to survey student preferences for vendors, he said. In addition, informal focus groups were held in student centers asking students what they would like to see in the Plaza, Pelardis said. Among the retailers contacted, Pelardis spoke to apparel stores, including Urban Outfitters and H&M. But both declined the offer to open a store in the Plaza. “It’s not a model that is feasible for them. They need to be in a very high-traffic area,” he said. Though Velez admits that the College Avenue campus will remain popular next year, he said there has been a noticeable
increase in students wanting to live on Livingston campus in the past year. “That’s a positive trend for us,” Velez said. Samantha Fischer, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore who wanted to live in the Livingston Apartments, said all the spots were filled when she went to apply for housing. “I think [the Plaza] will attract people, but it deters me because that money could be going to my education,” she said. All 1,500 spots for the new apartments are full for the fall semester, Velez said. “We have the luxury that we are so large as the secondlargest housing operation in the countr y that we can offer so many various options, and ever yone has dif ferent wants and needs,” Velez said. Housing should have a better idea of confirmed vendors for the Plaza will be available in June and July, Velez said.
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OXFORD: Tobia’s results were pioneering, Stich says continued from front After being rejected by two divisions, the president of the pacific division allowed him to par ticipate, and Tobia soon flew out to California to conduct his study. Tobia, who interviewed nearly 300 philosophers, said he was fortunate enough that Aresty Research Center provided him with $5 gift cards to hand out to people who took his survey. “I just hit them up at the registration line [to get into the
conference],” Tobia says. “The offer of a free cup of coffee later was enticing.” Stich said Tobia used clever thought experiments to analyze how the intuitions of professional philosophers af fected judgment compared to nonphilosophers. The experiments revealed that both groups reacted along the same lines. “He was a real pioneer ... and when the results circulated, people’s jaws dropped,” Stich said, adding that when Tobia posted his first paper on the Social Science Research Network it was the most popular paper for almost 10 weeks.
U NIVERSITY One of the first studies conducted years ago also found that gender, race and cultural differences influence philosophical judgments, Stich says. It is an uncommon thing for philosophers to go out and do studies, and there has been criticism, Tobia said. There is a tendency in philosophical literature to say that experimental philosophy, which primarily uses undergraduate students and non-philosophers as subjects, did not pose any challenges because the subjects were not experts. “[The prevailing notion was that] if you want to go about a theorem in mathematics, you would-
T H E DA I LY TA R G U M n’t go to an undergraduate, you’d go to an expert. So why not in philosophy?” Stich said. If his research showed that something totally ir relevant might af fect one’s response to questions of ethical dilemma, Tobia said they would present a challenge for using intuitions in philosophy. Tobia said his paper is popular within the philosophy community par tly because the topic is so contentious and generally misunderstood. “It’s not saying that philosophers aren’t exper ts, period. It’s saying that philosophers aren’t or might not be experts in intuition,” he said.
RATES: Loan debt is now more than credit card debt continued from front Barring action by Congress, interest rates on loans will double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent on July 1, said Cecilia Munoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. John Connelly, Rutgers University Student Assembly president-elect, said the increase of interest rates could leave a lasting impact on the already burdened student body. “There is already $1 trillion of loan debt in the U.S. … If interest rates are allowed to increase, it means dangerous things for our economic futures as well as for the future of the American system of higher education,” said Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Connelly, who will graduate in 2013 with around $12,000 in student loans, falls below the national debt average for a student graduating from a four-year university with a bachelor’s degree, which Obama said stands at around $25,000. “We need to focus on ways to help people become productive members of society as quickly as possible, not bury them beneath ever-growing mountains of debt,” Connelly said. Spencer Klein, incoming RUSA off-campus senator, said it is unfair that students must pay the price for an unfavorable economic climate. “I understand that these are fiscally difficult times, but it wasn’t students who caused the mortgage crisis in 2008,” said Klein, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior. “It seems inappropriate that the brunt of this burden should be placed on their backs.”
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University Director of Financial Aid Jean McDonaldRash said administrators are aware of the struggles students have in paying off their loans. “The reality is that a lot of students owe [money],” Rash said. “We tr y to reach out to students as much as possible by making them understand what their obligations are and by making them aware of the terms of their loans.” Rober to Rodriguez, special assistant to the president for Education Policy, said the Obama administration has been making moves to ease the students’ burdens. Among these initiatives is a plan, which came into ef fect Januar y, allowing students to cap federal loan payments at 10 percent of their income.
Obama said the administration has taken additional key steps to make education more af fordable, including extending Pell grants to an additional three million students and eliminating costs for young adults by allowing them to stay on their parents’ health insurance plans until age 26. “For the first time, we’ve got Americans with more debt on their student loans than they do on their credit cards,” Obama said. Obama said students should call and email local members of Congress to voice concerns over rising interest rates. He also mentioned his recent Twitter endeavor, encouraging students to tweet about higher education funding with the hashtag “#dontdoublemyrate.”
He believes politicians need to reevaluate some of the values that af fect their decision-making. “We can’t let America become a countr y where a shrinking number of people are doing really well, a growing number of people struggle to get by and you’ve got fewer ladders for people to climb into the middle class,” Obama said. The president said he remains optimistic for the future of student loans, but admitted there is still work that needs to be done. “We need to reward hard work and responsibility,” Obama said. “Part of that is keeping interest rates on student loans low so more Americans get a fair shot at an affordable college education [and] the skills they need to find a good job.”
STUDIES: Tobias says program supports students continued from front “Every year, it’s a different theme. It ties in with our distinguished lecture series,” said Marlene Importico, office manager of the IRW. As all the IRW programming within a school year is linked to the same topic, Tobias said that students have the opportunity not only to incorporate these lectures into their class discussions, but also develop a relationship with faculty mentors within the IRW. “It’s a very warm and supportive environment, and we take pride in that. We build community,” she said. “There’s always food at the table — we eat together, and we learn together. It’s very intimate.” Some of the themes in past years have included “The Culture of Rights/the Rights of Culture,” “Gendered Agency” and “The Art and Science of Happiness,” according to the IRW website. The topic this year aims to incorporate aspects of gender, race, class and sexuality in its discussion of trans issues, Tobias said. “Trans studies really push the boundaries of feminist scholarship. It creates a much wider scope for activism,” Tobias said. “Within feminism, trans studies … is moving the field forward. It’s really influential.” Students will be able to advance their own knowledge in the field by choosing a research project to narrow their focus, she said. Possible topics include — but are not limited to — queer linguistics, movement politics and the history of gender as a social construct, according to the IRW website. “It’s very hands-on,” Tobias said. “It’s a really nice way for people to either get started doing research or continue their research in a small environment.” She said a learning community with fewer people is beneficial for students. “It’s a very individualized program,” Tobias said. “You can get support doing your own research, you’re working in a small space. You come out with a final product.” The IRW learning community also interacts with other centers and departments throughout the University, such as the University libraries, she said. “My role with the IRW learning community has been to conduct library instructions to demonstrate some of the library resources useful for the students,” said Kayo Denda, a University librarian, via email correspondence. Denda said she organized an IRW workshop this semester called “Amplify Your Resources,” which focused on maximizing students’ access to information based on their research, as well as careers and graduate schools. “A lot of students have said that this encouraged them to apply for graduate school,” Tobias said. She said the IRW also plans on working closely with the Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities for a spring colloquium on trans studies. The diversity of the IRW’s associations with other centers on campus reflects the range of students involved within the learning community. “Students come from a range of backgrounds and schools. We’re looking for anyone who’s interested in the topic,” Tobias said. “If you’re an engineer, by all means apply.”
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European citizens oppose EU’s austere debt plan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS — For more than a year, European Union officials have called for austerity, austerity and more austerity as a means to solve Europe’s debt crisis. Now people who do not want to pay the price are taking their fight from the streets to the ballot box. Governments have fallen, more are at risk and in some places, a stark streak of nationalism is on the rise that could swing Europe ever deeper into a fortress mentality. At stake is the future of the continent, where countries rich and poor are struggling with mountains of debt and moribund economies — a toxic combination that often seems to require contradictory remedies of belt-tightening and economic stimulus. Increasingly, the long focus on austerity is convincing Europeans that the German-led mantra of fiscal responsibility is creating a vicious circle of more misery leading to lower growth — leading to even greater debt distress. “What is happening in Europe is the austerity drive is actually slowing down the necessary rebalancing of European economies,” said Simon Tilford, chief economist at the Center for European Reform. Austerity measures aimed at balancing national budgets have led to drastic spending cuts by governments across the continent, including layoffs and pay cuts for government workers, slashing of key services including welfare and development programs, as well as tax hikes to boost government revenues. Many in Europe have had enough of this harsh medicine.
In France, President Nicolas Sarkozy, one of the architects of the EU’s response to the financial crisis, is in danger of being turned out of office in next month’s runoff with Francois Hollande — a Socialist who is promising not to cut, but to increase public spending by 20 billion ($26.3 billion) by 2017. Hollande is also promising to renegotiate a much-vaunted budgetary pact among 25 EU countries meant to enforce national fiscal discipline. Greece votes in elections next month in which fringe parties hostile to international bailouts requiring steep austerity are expected to make big gains — possibly endangering efforts by the current technocratic government to rein in the nation’s debt. And the Netherlands’ 18-monthold conservative coalition resigned this week after it failed to agree on cutting its own budget deficit to meet the EU limits it had demanded so fiercely of other countries. Beyond that, in the Czech Republic, almost 100,000 people rallied in Prague’s downtown Wenceslas Square last weekend to protest government reforms and cuts, calling on the government to resign in one of the biggest demonstrations since the fall of communism. And earlier this year, tens of thousands of Romanians bitter about savage public-sector wage cuts took to the streets and the government collapsed. Analysts say it’s no surprise that people are fed up. “I don’t think there are any examples of countries accepting endless austerity and downward standards of living,” Tilford said.
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Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France and particpant of the EU’s response to the financial crisis, may be voted out of office next month against an opponent who promises to increase public spending.
“There has to be light at the of the tunnel.” Voters may have good reasons to reject unrelenting cuts. But in their desire to avoid pain, they may also be prompting politicians to put off decisions that Europe must take to remain competitive globally. Many experts say government protections for workers need to be loosened — for example, by making it easier for employers to hire and fire workers — in order to halt the flight of jobs from Europe to regions deemed more business-friendly. And the anger appears to be driving voters to the extremes. In the first round of the French presidential election last weekend, nearly
one voter in five cast their ballot for the National Front, a hard-right party previously known primarily for its anti-immigraton platform. That, along with the 11 percent showing by far-left candidate JeanLuc Melenchon, shows a high level of anger, said Piotr Kaczynski, a research fellow at the Brusselsbased Center for European Studies. “The big winners of the French elections are the extreme parties — extreme right and extreme left,” which together won more than 30 percent of the vote, Kaczynski said. The rise of the fringes is not limited to France. In Greece, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party is marching ahead in the polls —
and may win a dozen or so seats in parliament. And it was a right-wing politician stridently critical of Islam who brought down the government of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte this week. Geert Wilders, whose support was critical to Rutte’s minority government, decided to withdraw his support over the government’s budget-cutting plans. “With the Rutte government’s resignation, the pro-cyclical austerity course in Europe has once again proven to be the biggest disposal program for governments in recent history,” Germany’s Financial Times Deutschland commented in an editorial yesterday.
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LONDON’S OLYMPIC STADIUM TURNS LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS AWAY LONDON — Low-income people who live near London’s Olympic Stadium may have to move to other parts of the country due to rising rents, the borough’s mayor said yesterday. Newham Mayor Robin Wales said a new U.K. government policy limiting rental subsidies means that many people can no longer afford to live in the east London borough that now includes the sprawling Olympic Park. Newham has long been one of the country’s poorest boroughs, but the newly built Olympic Stadium, a large new shopping mall and public parks have regenerated parts of the borough and caused rents to rise. Wales said he had written to over 1,000 housing associations in other par ts of Britain to ask if they can take in some of the 32,000 low-income families who need somewhere to live. “The government has capped the levels of benefits so people are leaving, or being driven out of west and central London, where rents are higher, and they are moving to places like Newham,” said Wales. “We have hundreds of people wanting to find rental accommodation, and we can’t house them.” In Britain, people with low incomes can apply to have all or part of their housing costs subsidized by local authorities, but Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative-led government last year introduced a controversial benefit cap that limits rent subsidies. The maximum is now around 400 pounds ($646) a week for a four-bedroom house. Most
people are only eligible for much smaller properties with lower benefit caps. Wales said Newham residents would ultimately benefit from the Olympics because the Athletes Village will be turned into permanent housing, but he needed to find a more immediate solution because the government’s housing policy has failed. “People are being driven out of their homes, their kids are being ripped out of schools, because they can no longer afford their rents,” he told The Associated Press. “These are people’s lives we are dealing with.” Officials said the Newham council was exaggerating the situation. “There is absolutely no reason for people to be moved far away from their communities — apart from the very expensive areas in central London, around a third of private rented properties are still affordable to benefit claimants,” The Department of Work and Pensions said in a statement. Anastasia de Waal of the social policy think tank Civitas said the Newham housing crunch shows that local residents in London’s Olympic boroughs are not getting the economic boost that had been anticipated. “Although the Olympics has obviously created job opportunities and regenerated the area, the jobs aren’t often going to people who live in the area,” she said. — The Associated Press
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Medvedev pledges economic reform MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Dmitr y Medvedev vowed yesterday to keep combating corruption, pursing political reforms and modernizing the economy even as he shifts into the prime minister’s job. Medvedev had agreed to step down after one term to allow his longtime mentor Vladimir Putin to reclaim the presidency in March’s election. The swap was widely seen as a show of contempt for democracy, fueling a wave of unprecedented protests before the vote. Medvedev had raised hopes for liberal reforms after winning the presidency in 2008, but achieved little, largely staying in Putin’s shadow, who continued calling the shots as prime minister. In yesterday’s speech before the State Council, Medvedev repeated his mantra that “freedom is better than non-freedom” and promised to follow through on a political reform designed by the Kremlin in response to protests by tens of thousands demanding an end to Putin’s rule. The reform envisages restoring direct elections of provincial governors, easing registration requirements for
political parties and liberalizing election rules. Medvedev said the reforms reflects a “higher level of political culture” and demonstrates that “democratic prospects have been secured.” Parliament yesterday voted in favor of the gubernatorial elections bill. The final reading is Wednesday and no significant changes are expected. In 2004, then-President Vladimir Putin scrapped such elections, saying it was necessar y to keep criminals out of government. Opposition members initially welcomed the reform, but lambasted the bill when Medvedev suggested it include a pre-vote selection process. The bill allows the president to hold unspecified “consultations” with the par ties nominating candidates for the vote or the candidates themselves. The gubernatorial hopefuls will also have to receive formal backing from 5 to 10 percent of local legislatures. Opposition members say a selection process could let the Kremlin block any candidate it dislikes. Medvedev said a fight against corruption would
remain a top priority for his Cabinet, pledging to seek a greater public feedback. He made similar calls throughout his presidency, but independent studies have indicated that corruption has continued to snowball in Russia and the size of the average bribe has doubled over the past five years. One study estimated that Russia’s 143 million people paid about 164 billion rubles ($5.5 billion) in “everyday” bribes in 2010. Medvedev also repeated his pledge to decrease the state role in the economy, improve Russia’s business climate and ease punishments for economic crimes. But despite long-held promises, the president did not pardon jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and a probe into the prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was arrested by the same Interior Ministry officials he accused of corruption, has fizzled despite Medvedev’s acknowledgment of official crimes in the case. Putin announced yesterday he would step down as the leader of the main Kremlin-controlled United Russia party after his inauguration on May 7. He suggested that Medvedev succeed him as the party’s head.
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir announces during his trip to China yesterday that Sudan has declared war on his country.
Sudan begins war on borders, fuel in south THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya — South Sudan’s president said yesterday its northern neighbor has “declared war” on the world’s newest nation, just hours after Sudanese jets dropped eight bombs on his country. President Salva Kiir’s comments, made during a trip to China, signal a rise in rhetoric between the rival nations, who spent decades at war with each other. Neither side has officially declared war. Sudan and South Sudan have been drawing closer to a full-scale war in recent weeks over the unresolved issues of oil revenues and their disputed border. The violence has drawn alarm and condemnation from the international community, including from President Barack Obama. South Sudan won independence from Sudan last year as part of a 2005 peace treaty that ended decades of war that killed 2 million people. Sudanese President Omar alBashir gave a fiery speech last week in which he said there will be no negotiations with the “poisonous insects” who are challenging Sudan’s claim to disputed territory near the border. Kiir, the southern president, arrived in China late Monday for a five-day visit to lobby for economic and diplomatic support. China’s energy needs make it deeply vested in the future of the two Sudans. Beijing is uniquely positioned to exert influence in the conflict, given its deep trade ties to the resourcerich south and decades-long diplomatic ties with Sudan’s government in the north. Kiir told Chinese President Hu Jintao the visit comes at a “a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbor in Khartoum has declared war on the Republic of South Sudan.” South Sudan’s military spokesman Col. Philip Aguer said that Sudanese Antonov warplanes dropped eight bombs overnight in Panakuac, where he said there was ground fighting on Monday. Aguer said he did not know how many people were killed in the attack because of poor communication links with the remote area. Sudanese warplanes bombed a market and an oil field in South Sudan on Monday, killing at least two people, after Sudanese ground forces reportedly crossed into South Sudan with tanks and artillery. Talks over oil revenue and the border issues broke down this month after violence flared. South Sudan invaded the oil-rich border town of Heglig, which Sudan claims it controls.
Following international pressure, South Sudan announced that it withdrew all its soldiers from Heglig. Sudan claimed its troops forced them out. Al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has vowed to press ahead with his militar y campaign until all southern troops or affiliated forces are chased out of territor y Sudan claims. He also said he would never allow South Sudanese oil to pass through Sudan “even if they give us half the proceeds.” Landlocked South Sudan stopped pumping oil through Sudan in Januar y, accusing the government in Khar toum of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars of oil revenue. Sudan responded by bombing the South’s oil fields. In Khartoum, the pro-government Sudanese Media Center said that two of Sudan’s Darfur states began implementing a ban on shipping to South Sudan. The ban was imposed by Sudan’s parliament. Of ficials in the Dar fur states said they warned merchants that “stern measures will be taken against any person found to be smuggling food supplies and other commodities into South Sudan,” the SMC repor ted. Sudanese of ficials said the measures were imposed in response to the invasion of Heglig. South Sudan gover nment spokesman Bar naba Marial Benjamin said earlier this month that Chinese and American investors want to build oil refineries in the South in the next six to seven months. Benjamin said the refineries would help South Sudan process fuel for local consumption. South Sudan will also build a pipeline to the Kenyan coast and another to Djibouti through Ethiopia to be able to export its oil, he said. He said both projects were meant to make South Sudan independent of Sudan’s fuel infrastructure and processing plants. Kiir told Hu yesterday that he came to China because of the “great relationship” South Sudan has with China, calling it one of his countr y’s “economic and strategic partners.” Both sides have tried to win Beijing’s favor, but China has been careful to cultivate ties with each. Like others in the inter national community, China has repeatedly urged the two sides to return to negotiations.
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College tuition issue transcends party lines
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he Republican primaries swept through the East Coast yesterday, drawing residents from New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Delaware to their local ballot boxes to cast their votes for the GOP presidential nominee. But at this point in the game, the voter tallies in these states were probably pretty predictable. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney seemed to have it in the bag all along. While we may not be completely happy with the way the Republican primaries have panned out thus far — we would’ve like to see a more diverse group of candidates, for one thing, and less bickering about contraception, for another — we find ourselves looking ahead to the November election. Romney, whose success is likely to carry him through to the general election this fall, has recently entered into the debate on higher education with President Barack Obama himself. And perhaps what’s most surprising is, their platforms on the issue seem to differ very little. For any college student, this is a good thing. The Romney campaign came out yesterday blaming Obama for the rising costs of college tuition. In one instance, Romney sided entirely with the president, expressing a need to pass an extension on federal subsidies to undergraduate Stafford loans. “I also hope the president and Congress can pass the extension responsibly, that offsets its cost in a way that doesn’t harm the job prospects of young Americans,” Romney said in a statement. Now, we’re not sure if this is just a ploy to attract a younger voting bloc — a strategy that worked well for Obama back in 2008 — but we’re glad to see agreement over an issue that affects so many young people today, and will only get more complicated in the future. The cost of a college education has increased by 559 percent since 1985 — and it’s expected to continue its uphill climb in the years to come. Romney’s statements on higher education are important insofar as they show that, no matter who is sitting in the White House come 2013, he’s likely to have the interests of student in mind. We’re glad to see both candidates expressing a commitment to this problem, and we hope they carry the discussion in the November election.
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hen Robert Barchi was selected as the University’s next president, he outlined a vision for the future of the school during his induction speech with a term he called the “public-private hybrid.” In the face of increasing economic uncertainty and waning state support for higher education, the public-private hybrid, as the name implies, would derive its funding from both public sources — traditional state and federal financing — as well as private sources — or donations from alumni and businesses. The University today seems already well on its way to becoming this public-private hybrid that Barchi imagines, with “Our Rutgers, Our Future,” the University’s ongoing fundraising campaign, raising a record breaking $137.4 million from private donations during the 2010-2011 academic year. The incredible levels of donations “Our Rutgers, Our Future” has drawn from alumni, corporations and private foundations over the past few years should be cause for rejoice, but also for reassurance and gratitude for students here at the University. The generosity of these donors — 60 percent of which come from alumni and individual donations — allows hundreds of students to obtain or maintain scholarships each year, retain University faculty and ensure that future students continue to have access to a University education. While most students may not pay special attention to where the University finds the means to support itself, the effects of these donations can undoubtedly be felt throughout campus. But it has also served as a solution to financial uncertainty. Annual state appropriations provide only 31.8 percent of operating funds to the University — a surprising number for an institution, which refers to itself as “public.” With this funding becoming more and more unreliable, the University — willingly or unwillingly — may be forced to continue to seek support from private donors in the future. But while donations from private sources can serve as a short-term solution to help alleviate this problem, it’s also important that these donations are kept from becoming a permanent crutch. The present campaign — which aims to raise $1 billion before its conclusion — has already raised more money than any previous campaign in the University’s 246-year history. If anything, these numbers reflect just how much is invested in the University, and by extension, our own education. The donations should serve to instill in students throughout campus the importance of philanthropy and giving back to the community — because without them, the University could be a very different place.
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Make your voice heard History has also proven, f there’s anything that time and countless times I have learned this again, that the voice is past year, it is that no stronger than any baton, minority is as threatened as any gun and any missile. It the minority opinion. was not violence that ended Somewhere between the British imperialism in India fervent struggle to remain — it was voices. It was not ignorant of real facts and AMANI AL-KHATAHTBEH violence that carried the the wild campaign of agenAmerican civil rights moveda-pushing propaganda, it ment — it was voices. It was not violence that has somehow become acceptable to mute a peroverthrew decades of tyranny in the Middle East son’s opinion simply if you do not agree with it. If — it was voices. In ever y great leap toward you are exhausted by the relentless attempts by progress throughout humankind, the people have others to silence you, disheartened by society’s always been most effectively moved by voices. silent compliance and tired of regularly having to And let me remind you of how the power of the fight for the rights you are entitled to, I am writing voice works. First, one lonely voice speaks up, this to remind you that you are not alone, and that defying fear and ostracism. Then, other voices you must persevere. gain the confidence to speak up. Then, all likeWhether it was the arrest of students standing minded voices shed their silence and unite, up against a controversial ambassador at their whether on physical streets, virtual streets or university, the federal prosecution of a man that metaphorical ones. Then, change resisted government coercion It may take a lot of time into being a spy against his own “Always speak up, even happens. for these voices to be heard, but in community, the violence faced by the end, they are always heard, protesters demonstrating against if your voice is and it always starts with one. economic corruption or even a trembling, your legs You have one voice. That is bias claim because of a satirical powerful than any oppressive article poking fun at ludicrous are shaking and your more force or ideology. Do not allow mainstream beliefs, stamping out yourself to ever remain silent in palms are sweaty.” outlying opinions has become our the face of oppression. Keep fightsociety’s newest social policy. ing to have that beautiful voice of Since when has silencing out yours be heard in any and every way possible. opposition ever been a viable solution for addressPlace ink to paper; place voice to microphone; place ing the issues? keystroke to empty blog entry. Whether it is makThe pressure to remain silent, to acquiesce, to ing a statement with a hunger strike or exercising be shepherded with the rest of the sheep is at a discivil disobedience against unjust laws, never appointing high in today’s day and age. But do not remain idle. If you feel like your voice has already be discouraged, for so much effort to quiet you been suppressed, I am telling you that it is not too would not be exerted unless you were truly a late to resurrect it. If you feel like your voice has force. And you are a force. Your voice is a threat; never been properly expressed, I am letting you your mind is a weapon; your persistence is ignoknow that it is not too late to make it finally emerge. rance’s undying enemy. You fight to prove your If there is anything I have taken away from humanity by constantly thinking, constantly quesbeing a columnist this year, it is that the minority tioning, constantly speaking. You don’t allow them voice is both the biggest threat and the biggest tarto control you when you are constantly seeking. get. And if there is anything I wish that people Your quest for knowledge propels you to be among could take away from my column, it is to always the seeing. speak up. Always speak up, even if your voice is They will tr y to intimidate you. Do not be trembling, your legs are shaking and your palms afraid. They will tr y to insult you. Do not be are sweaty. So long as you keep speaking, you keep afraid. They will tr y to smear you. Do not be living, but the moment you lose your voice, you afraid. They will tr y to threaten you and coerce lose everything. you and make you bend. Do not be afraid. Stick your chin out and when they think they have sucAmani Al-Khatahtbeh is a School of Arts and ceeded, make your voice even louder. Histor y has Sciences sophomore majoring in Middle Eastern proven time and time again that fear is the weakstudies and political science with a minor in French. est political glue.
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Protect the rights of women Letter SARAH KELLY he Equal Rights Amendment was first introduced in 1923 by Alice Paul, a women’s rights advocate, suffragist and New Jersey native. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., introduced the latest ratification bill (S.J.Res. 21-H.J. Res. 69) on June 22, 2011 — almost 90 years later. The main text of the ERA states, “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” As someone born after many women’s rights fights were fought and won — access to contraceptives, access to safe and legal abortion, expansion of women’s rights in the workplace and at home — it can feel like there is not much left to fight for. However, as the current political debate about birth control, abortion and women’s bodies rages on in the presidential primary season, it is clear that there are still women’s rights to fight for. This includes fighting for the ratification of the ERA. The bill has been introduced in Congress ever y year from 1923 until 1972, when it was passed and sent to the states to be ratified. For the bill to become law, 38 states had to individually ratify the ERA by the 1982 deadline — 35 states passed it by the deadline. But when the deadline expired without the remaining three states ratifying, the whole ratification process had to begin again. However, the ERA is the only proposed Constitutional amend-
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ment ever to have a timeline attached. Some very astute feminist scholars realized that and pointed out that the Madison Amendment, granting Congress the right to raise their own salaries, took more than 100 years to be ratified. The ERA has been reintroduced into each Congress since then. Meanwhile, the legislative focus is on tr ying to get the ERA ratified by at least three more of the remaining 15 needed states. This effort is called the Madison strategy or threestate strategy. Paul saw this bill as a supplement to the recently passed 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote in 1920. As she said, “We shall not be safe until the principle of equal rights is written into the framework of our government.” This statement was true in 1920 and is still true today. Data from the 2000 census shows that women earn about 77 cents for ever y dollar a man earns for similar work. The data is slightly better for women in New Jersey, making 79 cents to the dollar. Because of this and other inequalities women face, the National Organization for Women supports ratifying the ERA. The NOW-Middlesex County Chapter encourages citizens of New Jersey to contact their congressional representatives to support the legislation to reopen the ratification process. Sarah Kelly is a Douglass College Class of 2004 alumna. She is the campus liaison for the Middlesex County chapter of the National Organization for Women.
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Today's Birthday (04/25/12). You could turn a hobby into a business. Focus on what you love, and you'll get the satisfaction you crave. You'll get acknowledgment later this year. The money is coming in, with more on the way in June. Renovate diet and exercise practices to inspire. 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 — Slow down. Don't take on a new responsibility before considering what you want. Listen to someone who's been there. Get the facts. How will it impact home and family? Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Distractions abound this morning. More practice leads to greater skill and increased power. So keep it up! Let a partner, coach or trusted adviser support you. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Go by the rules you set to gain respect and wealth. A careful work investment may be necessary, like a power suit or some polish for the presentation. It pays off. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — Don't be too hasty this morning. Keep it simple, and stick to core commitments. Rely on a loved one and your own common sense. Reaffirm your bonds. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — Things may seem illogical or confusing. Rely on old standards for solid quality. Do more planning and research. Friends chime in. Think it over more, and the situation resolves itself. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Think through the consequences of your actions before committing. Rely on experienced friends, if you get stuck or confused. They've been there before.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Orders are coming in. The breakfast rush could leave you all aflutter; chaos could distract you from your purpose if you let it. Concentrate on providing good service. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Bring your balanced view into the project. Make a choice, despite your fears. Have faith in your skills. Your transformation continues as you keep up practice. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Flexibility and a sense of humor keep you dancing gracefully today. Don't worry about the money. When all it's done, receive an acknowledgment with a bow. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Running around with your head cut off doesn't help. Breathe deep. Find a goal to focus on, and then take one step at a time. An older person offers partnership. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Immerse yourself in writing or another artistic endeavor while your creative juices are flowing. Reinterpret a negative as a positive. Choose love. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Try to stay grounded and close to home. Don't rush your decision. Don't lose your sense of direction, either. It will all get easier soon. Lie low for a while.
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he Met Basketball Writers association named former Scarlet Knights Khadijah Rushdan and April Sykes to the All-Met Division I women’s college basketball team. Sykes earned a spot on the first team while Rushdan received a second-team selection for the second consecutive year. This marks the 14th consecutive year a Knight has been named to an All-Met squad. The selections will be honored tomorrow at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, N.Y. These awards come in the same season both were named to their second All-Big East teams and selection by the Los Angeles Sparks in this year’s WNBA draft.
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named Rutgers softball pitcher Alyssa Landrith to the conference’s weekly honor roll. The freshman picked up two wins on the week in addition to 15 strikeouts, a 0.31 ERA and an opposing batting average of .158. She compeleted all three of her starts and posted a shutout in one of them. Her win against Syracuse — the second-place team in the Big East — put her in a third-place tie with Juliette Brooks for the most wins in a single season in Rutgers history with 16.
THE NEW YORK METS placed starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey and left fielder Jason Bay on the 15-day disabled list before last night’s game against the Miami Marlins. Pelfrey suffered inflammation in his right elbow, but manager Sandy Alderson said a torn ligament has not been ruled out. He will seek a second opinion. Bay suffered a broken rib after diving for a catch Monday’s win against San Francisco. An MRI revealed a nondisplaced fracture. Infielder Zach Lutz and pitcher Robert Carson have been recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to fill the roster spots.
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yet cleared Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard James Harden to return to action. Harden suf fered a concussion after receiving an elbow to his head from Los Angeles Lakers for ward Metta World Peace. He is still undergoing treatment according to the new process for handling concussions that was set by the league. The Thunder have secured the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference with only tonight’s game against the Denver Nuggets remaining.
With the competition finished and the season in the books, the Knights return to Piscataway and hope to have a productive of fseason. They have an oppor tunity to make one more run next season to a Big East title with their current roster before losing future seniors. Waters-Ballard, who completed her 20th year as head coach, is grateful for the season she had with the Knights. She is ready for what is yet to come with a team she believes has a lot of potential. “This has been a fun year,” she said. “This squad is very talented, and they prove it at every match. Every outing has been a blast, and I know that they will bring the same intensity.” With another season under their belts, the Knights can now recruit this summer and add depth to the roster in time for the fall. Rutgers hopes to return ready for the fall 2012 campaign, when it begins its pursuit of a Big East title.
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Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis concluded her rookie season with an eighth-place finish at the Big East Championship. She tied junior teammate Brittany Weddell with a final score of 229.
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Senior righthander Willie Beard did not allow an earned run in three innings out of the bullpen yesterday against Delaware. Rutgers’ only blunder during Beard’s outing was an unearned run on sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney’s throwing error.
was trailing, 4-3, in the seventh inning. Favatella still pulled through with an opposite-field triple that scored junior first baseman Bill Hoermann and sophomore leftfielder Joe D’Annunzio. Rutgers’ win also required effective relief pitching. Senior righthander Willie Beard was the first and last out of the bullpen in his team-leading 18th appearance. Sometimes Rutgers (23-17, 87) gets the Beard who led the bullpen with 26 strikeouts. But Beard also entered the game with nine walks allowed, the second most among Rutgers relievers. Beard’s outing began shaky when Delaware rightfielder Nick Ferdinand took a risky lead off first to take the attention off of Blue Hens centerfielder Cameron Travalini at third. With an instigated run-down and sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney’s throwing error to first, Ferdinand’s risk paid off and Travalini extended the lead to 4-2. “Errors happen, it’s not really a big deal,” Beard said. “We’ve made errors in the past, we’ve come back, we’ve done good things.” Beard (3-0) star ted the eighth inning looking like his more effective self by locating his cur veball, and he ended without an earned run allowed in three innings. O’Leary left the mound with a combination of good and bad luck in his outing, when he allowed three earned runs. Third base umpire Bruce Martin was the bad luck when Delaware (20-19) third baseman EJ Stoltzfus hit a line drive toward second base right into Martin’s chest, which allowed for everyone to advance a base. That set up a RBI sacrifice fly for Delaware shortstop Brock Niggebrugge, giving the Blue Hens a 3-2 lead. The Rutgers defense brought O’Leary’s good luck by recording 11 flyouts that could have gone for more hits. Opponents have almost upset the Knights a few times in midweek games, but Rutgers extended its record in those games to 60 in the same way it won other close games.
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Goalie steps up during late-season playoff push BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team has had problems with consistency all season. That was evident in the WOMEN’S LACROSSE S c a r l e t Knights’ last game against Loyola (Md.), when the Knights failed to capitalize on strong play in the first half. Though the Greyhounds scored 15 goals in their victor y, head coach Laura BrandSias believes junior goalkeeper Lily Kalata’s dependable play this season has been her biggest improvement. “That’s definitely been something that has been up and down for her in the past and is something that we always discussed,” Brand-Sias said. “So to see her maturing into the role and to take control of that aspect of her game is a nice thing to have.” That consistency was on display two weekends ago, when Rutgers played Big East teams Louisville and Cincinnati in backto-back games. With their playoff lives in the balance, the Knights secured victories against both teams in large part because of the player between the pipes. Kalata allowed 11 goals against Louisville, but registered a career-high 14 saves in the win. She was also reliable in goal in the following game, when she stopped three shots
PLAY: Pair of seniors earn combined 26 singles victories continued from back for the Knights. Still, their play in ranked matches, like their 4-3 loss to Syracuse and a competitive outing with Yale, proved the team could compete with the
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Junior goalkeeper Lily Kalata recorded a career-high 14 saves April 13 against Louisville and added three in the Knights’ 13-10 victory April 15 against Cincinnati before allowing 15 goals Friday at Loyola (Md.). in the Knights’ 13-10 victor y against Cincinnati. “She’s making a lot more of the saves that she should be making,” Brand-Sias said. “So it allows our defense to play with more confidence because they know she is going to be solid behind them.” Kalata’s performance in both contests earned her recognition on the Big East Weekly Honor Roll, something the Nesconset, N.Y., native credits to the team and new coach Lisa Staedt Ojea,
who joined the staff this season after coaching at Louisville. “Her help and pushing us the whole time is good,” Kalata said. “Her coaching style never lets us get down on ourselves and pushes us that much harder ever y day.” She also believes her success this season has been possible by the way she approaches games. “I’m playing with more confidence,” Kalata said. “I’ve been playing since freshman year, and I’ve always been nervous before
upper echelon of the Northeast. Seniors Jennifer Holzberg and Morgan Ivey led the competitive group. Holzberg competed in both Nos. 1 and 2 singles this year, finishing the season with an 11-11 mark. Ivey led the team in singles victories with 15 while also posting a 12-9 doubles record with freshman Lindsay Balsamo. “They really provided not
only great leadership, but also provided tremendous stability,” Bucca said. “They had a ver y clear focus for what they wanted this team to be like. They were ver y hardworking in practices and competed in a ver y serious way.” The spring season began with adversity, as senior captain Leonora Slatnick went down with a shoulder injur y that sidelined the veteran for the entire campaign. Although Bucca did not reveal where Slatnick would have fit in the spring rotation, the co-captain saw time last season in the No. 2 doubles and No. 6 singles positions. As a result of the injur y, younger players, including Balsamo, received a bulk of the playing time. Balsamo contributed from that star t and finished with a 13-8 singles record, as well as competing with Ivey in Nos. 2 and 3 doubles throughout the spring season. Fellow freshmen Noor Judeh and Satreethai Sasinin also saw time as Bucca tried to find the best combination to round out the lineup. Sophomores Vanessa Petrini and Stefania Balasa also return for next year’s team. Both produced 13 singles match victories, while Petrini’s 13-9 record came in No. 1 singles play. With no seniors on the team next season, Bucca was happy the young team could play with Ivey and Holzberg. “We’re going to have a young team next year,” Bucca said. “It is going to be a unique challenge for me as a coach, as well as a challenge for ever yone on the team. They had excellent leadership from the seniors, and now they fully know what to expect.”
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Freshman Lindsay Balsamo combined with senior Morgan Ivey for a 12-9 record in doubles, a strength of the team.
games. So I just think not letting myself get down too much, and just knowing that I can beat these girls and stop anyone shots on any given day makes me confident in myself.” As the Knights await their regular season finale against Georgetown, Kalata’s recent play is more valuable than ever. Both teams play in a win-orgo-home matchup where the winner takes the four th and final spot in the Big East Tournament.
The Hoyas enter the game with a No. 15 ranking and lead the Big East with 33.71 shots per game. Georgetown also ranks third in the conference with 13.71 goals per game, so Kalata’s play in Friday’s game will have a significant effect on if Rutgers’ season extends beyond the regular season. “It’s extremely important,” Brand-Sias said. “We have some of the best shooting teams against us from here on out. So we definitely need her to be on her game and ready to step up.”
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Senior Kevin Hover tallied a hat trick in his final game at Yurcak Field last Saturday against Michigan, bringing his scoring total to eight goals this year after finishing third on the Knights last year with 15 goals. The attackman scored all of his goals in the second half of Rutgers’ 13-9 victory.
Senior ends home slate with productive outing BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
Senior attackman Kevin Hover’s final season had been a quiet one before his final time putting on the MEN’S LACROSSE w h i t e home jersey for the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team. Hover tallied only five goals in 13 games — a slow year, considering one year ago as a junior, he finished third on the team with 15 goals. But against Michigan last Saturday, Hover recorded his first hat trick of the season to make his final home game at Yurcak Field one to remember.
“We were all really ready to go to start the last game at Yurcak, and it was the last night putting on those jerseys,” Hover said. “We always want to go out and do everything we possibly can to win, no matter if it is going to be an exciting game — which it was. We wanted to put out a good one for the fans and everyone that came out.” True to his word, he put on a show for the fans. Not only were Hover’s three goals impressive, but they were also pivotal in the Scarlet Knights’ 13-9 victor y against the Wolverines. In the second half of the contest, Michigan went on a roll, surpassing the Knights for the first
and only time. Hover’s first goal early in the third frame evened the game back up, and his second returned the lead to the Knights. His third occurred in a series of back-and-forth action that secured Rutgers’ lead. “The hat trick was kind of because of the play of the game. They were leaving us pretty open on the attack side,” Hover said. “The first goal was just momentum. They got on kind of a roll in the second, and we wanted to come out with some fire.” For Hover, the Michigan game was indicative of his senior season. In a year filled with adversity that saw the Knights not make the Big East Tournament,
Rutgers still wants to finish the end of its schedule strong. The Michigan game was a prime example of that attitude, Hover said. “This season has had some ups and downs. Some things haven’t really gone our way. But we had those kids who are working day in and day out, and no one really quit,” he said. “You could see after we were down after the half [against Michigan], we kept grinding it out and we kept our foot down.” The season has been one of ups and downs for Hover, as well, he said. His determination to leave his mark on the Banks has led to his increased productivity as the year comes to a close.
“I’ve definitely had games that had been great and some that have not been up to what I like,” Hover said. “It is the last year and you want to leave your mark, and these last few games going out have definitely been better for me.” The attackman cites his teammates — especially the younger ones — as inspiration for carr ying on in a year that saw more than enough reasons to become discouraged. “It is also based on all the people around me working so hard — you can’t really stop,” Hover said. “Ever yone relies on you as a senior to keep on going.”
Sprinters find success at RU BY BEN CAIN STAFF WRITER
Senior Aaron Younger looks back and remembers how it all MEN’S TRACK s t a r t e d . Yo u n g e r was part of the 2008 recruiting class for the Rutgers men’s track and field team, along with classmate Steve Werner. The two enjoyed limited success in their freshman seasons at Rutgers, but in 2010, their careers changed course. Gloucester County College sprinter Kevin Brown, who head coach Mike Mulqueen described as “a real diamond in the rough find for us,” joined the team that year. “We started to realize in the beginning of the 2010 season that there was something different that year,” Younger said. “It wasn’t like an outspoken thing. … Everybody kind of felt it.” Seven individual Big East and Metropolitan titles, four school records, four consecutive Big East 4x400 titles and two NCAA Regionals appearances later, the trio of seniors is one of the most decorated classes of sprinters in Rutgers track history. “We all just kind of started to peak and get better at the same
time,” Werner said. “The past two years we’ve had a big opportunity to grow and get a lot closer just because we started traveling a lot. We made it to the NCAA Regionals together, we won our first Big East Championship [in the 4x400] together.” But the path to success for the three seniors was not always easy. Wer ner was recruited out of high school as a multi-eventer, but struggled to find success in his freshman season competing in the hurdles, sprints and long jump. In community college, Brown itched to sprint for a Division-I school and show what he was capable of. A series of ailments has plagued Younger in his career, ranging from a Staph infection to a spider bite to a torn calf. But the seniors have excelled despite their difficulties and are happy to be together for one last shot at something they have yet to accomplish — winning a team Big East Championship. They may be closer to that goal than they have ever been. Younger returned last weekend from a torn calf, Brown has had a career season and Werner has set personal highs this season in the
100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. Regardless if the Scarlet Knights win the Big East title, Younger has no regrets. “We all did ever ything we could to win,” he said. “If we came up short? Hey, there’s always someone better than you in the world, so I can’t be mad at that. I tell the guys all the time, I would much rather go to war with somebody who’s going to give it 100 percent ever y time than with someone who you’re not sure about. And I’m positive that every time we go to a meet, every time we go to a practice, the guys are giving it 100 percent.” It is that type of vigor that has earned the three Knights a place in the school record books and possibly in the minds of Rutgers sprinters to come. “It’d be nice to come back in 10 or 15 years and have guys say, ‘Oh, those are those guys, they did all that,’” Younger said. “‘They won five Big East 4x400’s in a row, they set a school record ever y time they stepped on the track. They went to the NCAA Championships, they were AllAmericans. Those were those guys.’ So if that could happen, that’d be something special.”
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SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK
OFFENSIVE BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood prefers a fluid offensive line. He did not have it during his last two seasons as offensive line coach, and the goal evaded him this spring with two starters out because of injury. “The bright side of the situation is we do get a chance to see some younger players take a little more reps than they would,” Flood said. “We get the chance to move some guys around and see what they can do.”
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Sophomore Taj Alexander benefited yesterday, moving inside to guard after beginning the spring as a first-team right tackle. Flood said he wanted to work in senior R.J. Dill next to Alexander as both vie for time at tackle. Flood said earlier in the spring he wanted Alexander, a former defensive lineman, to settle in at one position because of his relative inexperience. But Alexander’s athleticism makes him an ideal candidate to play at multiple spots, Flood said. “Guard’s a different position,” he said. “Tackle is a little more about timing. [At] guard, every-
thing happens faster. Taj is a powerful enough guy and physically, he should be able to do it. Now we have to see if we can get him comfortable enough.” A revolving door continues to swirl next to Alexander at center. Junior Dallas Hendrikson earns the bulk of first-team reps with both junior Matt McBride out with an arm injury. Flood remains optimistic for McBride’s return tomorrow, but he also anticipated Saturday that McBride would practice yesterday. He did not. Sophomore Betim Bujari played center sparingly last sea-
S CARLET-W HITE GAME son, but an ankle injury continues to sideline him. “Having multiple guys there making different calls, hearing different voices is sometimes kind of confusing, but they’re all the same people, and they all play the same position,” said junior guard Antwan Lowery. “You just have to lock in to what call’s being made, and no matter who’s playing center, execute the call.” Hendrikson suffered a cut below his right pinky finger Saturday, when it got caught in a defender’s pads and pulled back. He returned to practice yesterday, when he worked with anoth-
er first-team combination on either side of him. “I’ve taken snaps with the ones, and now I’ve taken some with the twos,” Hendrikson said. “It’s a game of football — you could play with someone different one snap and the other.”
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Junior center Dallas Hendrikson, center, and the Knights offense listens to the play call March 31 from junior Chas Dodd. Hendrikson suffered a cut below his right pinky finger Saturday, but returned in time for yesterday’s practice.
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from Saturday’s scrimmage, Flood cited a lack of an efficient run game in the Scarlet Knights quarterbacks’ struggles. “You put yourself in a lot of uphill situations,” Flood said. “When the situations are uphill, it gets harder on the quarterback. That’s life at the quarterback position.” Junior Chas Dodd and sophomore Gary Nova combined to complete 10 passes on 28 attempts. Nova added an interception, his third in two scrimmages. “There were a lot of other people on the field that could have helped them have a better day,” Flood said, “and [the quarterbacks] didn’t really get that help, either.” But Flood said he saw positives from the offense’s play that went unnoticed on the field, including Alexander and Dill’s performances. “Unfortunately on offense, you can have 10 guys go the right way, and if one guy goes the wrong way … it looks like a bad offensive play,” he said. LINEBACKER
Kevin Snyder returned to practice after leaving the field early Saturday because of injury. “That was good to get him back in,” Flood said. But junior linebacker Jamal Merrell and redshirt freshman running back Paul James participated in limited capacities. Flood said he does not know if Merrell will return for tomorrow’s practice, the last before Saturday’s Scarlet-White Game at High Point Solutions Stadium. James’ status remains clearer. “He got hit pretty good down there [Saturday] by Rober t Joseph on the goal line,” Flood said. “It’s a shoulder issue, but it’s something where we’re hoping we can get him back on Thursday.”
Rutgers caps road schedule at Iona BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Big East is one of softball’s toughest conferences. It owns the fourth-highest number of teams in the SOFTBALL top 25 of a n y RUTGERS AT league IONA, and two TODAY, 2:30 P.M. teams sitting just outside of the rankings. Yet a shorthanded Rutgers softball team has found a way to put itself in a position to make the Big East Tournament and prove it can contend with the toughest teams. With only one position player and three pitchers on reser ve because of a few transfers following last season, on paper the Scarlet Knights should be on the outside looking in. But with only three conference games remaining, Rutgers (21-24, 9-10) sits two games inside the playoff bubble.
Only 10th place St. John’s can knock the Knights out of the tournament. Although the team has the postseason on its mind, it still has four out-of-conference games in addition to the Red Storm series left to play. The first of those games, a two-game set against MAAC opponent Iona, comes today, concluding Rutgers’ seven-game tour of New York. Head coach Jay Nelson wants that to be the focus, not St. John’s or the Big East Tournament. “You don’t want to look too far ahead,” he said. “You want to look at next game. That’s how you win all of the rest of the games, by winning the next game one at a time.” The game against Iona (25-20) might be easy to overlook. Although the Gaels have a record better than .500, they do not play in a power conference and have yet to face a ranked opponent. But for the Knights, each factor is of no concern. They need to take the Gaels seriously because
a missed opportunity at this point in the season could ruin their chances at postseason play. “We just take every game the same way,” said senior centerfielder Lindsey Curran. “It doesn’t matter who our opponent is. It doesn’t matter that their strength is. We just have to go at the game the exact same way we do every other team — go out there and attack.” So far, Rutgers is making a very good case for itself. Although Iona has a sub-.500 record, it has seven winnable games left to play. Currently it has an RPI of 53, which is third best among teams with losing records. The remaining schedule should fix that. Not only is a postseason berth on the line, but a chance to rewrite recent history is, as well. “We want to win as many games as possible, and then we’ll have the best record a Rutgers softball team has had in like nine years,” Nelson said. The path to that goal starts at Iona, where Rutgers can move that much closer to its goal.
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RICE SECURES COMMITMENT FROM TRANSFER Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice earned a commitment yesterday from Vince Garrett, a 6-foot-5 Junior College transfer from Lee College in Baytown, Texas. Garrett, who is eligible immediately, joins senior Dane Miller and junior Mike Poole as wing players who could earn signficant playing time. The opening for Garrett’s addition came from the transfer of forward Gilvydas Biruta, who opted April 5 for Rhode Island. Garrett, a Chicago native, averaged more than 16 points in 23 games last season, according to njcaa.org.
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Rutgers takes fifth at Big East Champs BY AARON FARRAR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s golf team’s spring 2012 campaign came to an end when the Scarlet Knights took to the course for the final time yesterday WOMEN’S GOLF at the Big East RUTGERS 956 Championship. At its conclusion, FIFTH PLACE the Knights finished in fifth place, carding a 956. The fifth-place finish marked the second consecutive week with the same result and the third time this season.
Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis and junior Brittany Weddell led Rutgers. Maxoutopoulis ended the event tied for eighth in the 40-player field. She carded a 229, along with six birdies and 29 pars. Weddell complemented Maxoutopoulis with a scorecard of 239 and finished tied for 21st. She turned in a team-best 30 pars. The duo was a catalyst for Rutgers yet again, picking up where it left off last week at the RoarEE Invitational, when both placed in the top 15 competitors. The Knights were in third place Sunday after the opening round of competition. They played through tough wind and managed to
maintain a slight lead over Louisville and Seton Hall. But they could not hold onto the lead and slipped to their fifth-place finish. Before the last event of the season, head coach Maura Waters-Ballard praised the team for its efforts throughout the year and the players’ mental toughness. She was pleased with the way they competed. “They played well as a team this year,” Waters-Ballard said April 19. “They have been staying in the moment, not letting their emotions get to them. They kept their heads in the game.”
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Senior Jennifer Holzberg went .500 in singles play during the spring.
Steadiness in play highlights season for RU BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT
For the Rutgers tennis team, its season finale loss to Notre Dame in the second round of the Big East Tournament was a clear representation TENNIS of its season. It was consistent. The Scarlet Knights lost to the teams that were better than them on paper and defeated the ones that were not. Still, for head coach Ben Bucca, the season was a success for the Knights (12-9, 7-3). “I think overall when you take a look at how the team performed, you have to be pleased,” Bucca said. “We had a ver y demanding schedule and some losses of players. So on the whole, the team rose to the challenge and day in and day out played to their capabilities.” The season ended with a 4-0 loss to eventual tournament champion Notre Dame in the second round, but featured a five-match win streak before the defeat. Those wins included victories against instate rival Seton Hall, as well as home triumphs against Connecticut, Pittsburgh and West Virginia. The Knights also secured a close 4-3 victory against Cincinnati in the first round of the conference championship. The schedule also featured five ranked teams. All five matchups resulted in losses
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Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella hit a two-RBI triple to the opposite field to put Rutgers ahead, 5-4, yesterday against Delaware. Favatella owned a pair of walkoff hits in addition to his .308 average entering yesterday’s game.
Knights avoid upset with clutch hit BY JOSH BAKAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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Head coach Fred Hill knew the Knights could score late against Delaware.
The Rutgers baseball team entered yesterday’s game against Delaware with a 5-0 record in midweek matchups at Bainton Field. But the Scarlet BASEBALL Knights have trailed in three of DELAWARE 4 those games, and RUTGERS 6 they trailed the Blue Hens when they had to use the bullpen, a legitimate concern all season. No regularly used Rutgers reliever has an ERA less than 4.09, so head coach Fred Hill hoped junior righthander Pat O’Leary would pitch longer than six innings.
Hill did not get his wish, but Rutgers still beat Delaware, 6-4. “I’m always nervous anyway. Was I nervous? Yeah,” Hill said of going to the bullpen, “but I knew we had the capability of striking like we did.” When the Knights have needed a clutch hit, sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella, who has two walk-off hits this season, often pulled through. They needed that again. “Going into every at-bat — with runners on or not, [it does] not matter what the situation is — it’s always pretty much the same,” Favatella said. “You see some good pitches and get aggressive.” It did not matter that this time Rutgers
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