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Fair promotes safe bicycling in city, campus BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT

Considering the traffic jams and limited parking at the University, it is not surprising those with cars have trouble getting around. But as bicycle racks begin to fill up on campus, it seems that some students have found a solution. A bicycle fair was held outside the Graduate Student Lounge on College Avenue yesterday, with activities ranging from a bike maintenance workshop to a safety information session. The Rutgers University Student Assembly’s Bicycling Committee teamed up with Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein (WB3), Bicycle Graduate Student Association and the Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant Steering Committee to organize the fair, which was designed to help riders become more acquainted with bicycles as a mode of transportation, said Dorothy Le, co-chair of WB3. “This was an attempt to provide education on bicycling for people who didn’t even know about bicycling on campus,” Le said. “It’s a good thing to do.” The city of New Brunswick passed an ordinance banning bicycles from the sidewalks earlier this year to avoid accidents. The fine is $25 for the first offense, $50 for the second offense and $100 for the third offense, according to the ordinance. The new legislation has made some riders unhappy. George Ghanim, president of the University Cycling Team, said the ordinance could pose a safety problem for some of the riders. “I have heard from other people that it does affect them,” said Ghanim, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “They’re uncomfortable navigating around cars, which can be very dangerous. They used the sidewalk as an alternative, but they don’t have that now.”

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Vermin Supreme, a 2012 presidential candidate whose campaign includes an emphasis on preparedness for a zombie apocalypse and more ponies in the United States, walks down College Avenue yesterday afternoon during a parade to celebrate his visit.

‘Friendly facist’ rallies on College Avenue BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT

A sprawling grey-bearded man with a 2foot-tall rubber boot on his head addressed members of the University community about an imminent zombie apocalypse yesterday on the steps of Brower Commons. “[I’m] Vermin Supreme, the friendly fascist — the tyrant you can trust,” he said. “Let me run your life, I know what’s best for you.” During a rally in front of about 20 students on College Avenue, the self-proclaimed 2012 presidential candidate outlined his campaign platform, which includes preparing for a potential zombie invasion and mandatory dental hygiene legislation. Supreme cited an example of government preparedness in Tom Ridge, former director of the Department of Homeland Security, who advocated for stockpiling duct tape and plastic wrap.

Supreme said Ridge’s advice was an obvious indicator that the government has been working on the zombie issue behind closed doors. “Think about it, what immediate threat to America could you use plastic wrap and duct tape against?” he said. “You can get small groups of zombies that way!” Shooting zombies in the head, a popular tactic in zombie movies and TV shows, would render them useless for energy output, he said. Supreme intends to develop a renewable energy source through “giant zombie turbines,” which would be powered by dangling human brains in front of the walking dead, he said. He expressed concern for the nation’s eroding gum lines while discussing his proposed legislation for mandator y dental hygiene, which is designed to combat gingivitis.

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Tony Vonoflorio, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, speaks last night at the Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops’ vigil on College Avenue for those who work under unfair labor practices.

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“This mandatory brushing law is not about the secret dental police kicking down your door at 3 a.m. … What this law is about is strong teeth for a strong America. Our country’s salivation depends on its ability to bite back,” he said. Supreme’s final promise if he were elected president: free ponies for every American. He considered ponies a form of tax credit, with pony waste management having the potential to create countless jobs and keep the economy going. “The pony race is very important and I don’t know why it hasn’t been discussed until now,” he said. “There is a pony gap in the great nations around the world today.” Supreme said to keep up with Russia and China in pony populations, America should develop exploding ponies, flying ponies, zombie ponies and even giant ponies.

In an effort to encourage more students to become politically engaged, a panel made up of some of the youngest political leaders in the state spoke yesterday about their roles as elected officials. Susan Lydecker, one of the panelists who spoke at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Douglass campus, said the event was aimed at young people because they have a chance to make changes in the political realm, which is harder for older elected officials. “You want to make your community better, and you can make it right. We’re fresh faces, we’re younger, and we get a little more attention in the media,” said Lydecker, a councilwoman from Brick Township. Speaking on her introduction into politics, Keiona Miller, a Nor th Plainfield councilwoman, said she wound up as an elected of ficial by chance.

“Up until 12 months ago, I had no aspirations to seek public of fice,” Miller said. “I just wanted to help people. I decided to go to a meeting in Plainfield, and the people there introduced me to a committee, and it went from there.” Ziad Andrew Shehady, mayor of Springfield Township, said a sense of patriotic duty drove him to his political path. “It was a number of things — Sept. 11 had a big impact, and I wanted to contribute to my nation. I wanted to do something about it, [and] I wanted to be involved,” Shehady said. Radha Dhar, a School of Arts and Sciences student, said it is important to get the youth involved, as many of the issues affect their day-to-day lives. “If you want change, you need to get involved. Despite my age, I think that I do have an impact. I think voting gives us a voice. ... It’s in our hands,” she said.

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Program puts culture in context BY SEOYOUNG CHOI STAFF WRITER

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Rutgers University Programming Association hosts “Paint a Pot, Give a Lot” yesterday at the Cook Campus Center. The group will make a donation to Rutgers Gardens for each pot painted.

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Coffee might be a drink to wake college students up in the morning in America, but in Iraq, coffee is a drink that represents cultural history. Aside from coffee, cultural dances and traditional games were represented at “Iraq: The Cradle of Civilization,” in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center yesterday to more than 100 students and teachers from the Program in American Language Studies. Ali Al-Hamza, a University graduate student, said coffee is a way to greet people and represents generosity in Iraqi culture, where there are special rules regarding the caffeinated beverage. “If I offer you a coffee and you want more, you just bring the cup to me. If you do not want more, you can shake the cup gently,” he said. “You don’t have to say anything — without a word I can understand.” Ayad Mahmwod, a University graduate student from Iraq, said placing a hand on the chest shows someone that one does not want coffee when it is offered. “This coffee is special for Arabic and Iraq people,” he said. “It’s cultural.” Al-Hamza said another rule of courtesy is that the person who offers coffee should hold the pot

on the left and offer the cup on the right. “These cups and pots are used only for coffee, and it has a special design in Iraq and Arabic culture,” he said. “The cups are different from American tea cups in that they don’t have handles, so people have to hold the cups from the bottom.” Mar y Maguire, an international student adviser in PALS, said this event was the first time a group of Iraqi students formally shared their culture with other students. “Students are [a] symbol of resilience,” she said. “People don’t hear about Iraq these days except the news from the media, so they wanted to present vast history and culture.” Because the University hosts students from more than 80 different countries, it is important to represent different cultures because some are not exposed as much, Maguire said. Al-Hamza said it is important to know different cultures and how to communicate with them — to know about their greetings and types of communication. “Sometimes there are misunderstandings of cultures. It’s a very good idea to be exposed to different cultures,” he said. Iraq will move on despite the struggles it has faced because of the war, Al-Hamza said.

“Our country has survived for more than 5,000 years, and it is going to carry on,” he said. Al-Hamaza said he has been to many festivals representing different cultures, and it was important for him to be there and learn about them. “As you can see, Iraq has their own culture. Media often only [represents] the war in Iraq, but there is civilization that continues,” he said. “I hope all the students [get a chance] to meet with actual Iraqi students, not only what they hear from the media.” Alaa Abd Ali, a University graduate student, wanted to tell people about the Iraq culture because there is much that people are unaware of. “So we want to tell the people what we have and what we did in the past. Iraqi people in our nation all love peace. All people love peace,” he said. Roth Torrenegra, a visiting student in the PALS program, said it was a great opportunity to learn about different cultures and wishes informative cultural events were held more often. “I am from Columbia, so I didn’t have much exposure to Iraq,” she said. “Rutgers has a great diversity. A lot of students from different parts of the world come here. … It is very interesting to know their culture, history [and] music, so I am very grateful.”



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Despite describing areas he wants to change in the United States, Supreme said he has no intention of keeping any of the campaign promises he makes. “Because I am a politician I will lie to you, because I have no reason not to,” he said. “All politicians are vermin and I am the Vermin Supreme, which is why I’m the best candidate in this race at this time.” He also said students who vote for him in the election are wasting their votes. “This election year, vote early and vote often, and remember that a vote for Vermin Supreme is a vote completely thrown away,” he said. Jonah Lipman-Stern, a Supreme campaign volunteer who coordinated the visit, said he first met Supreme at a rally when he was 17, and after realizing what the candidate stood for, signed on to work on the campaign. “I’d say it’s been exciting, enthralling, nerve wracking at times, fantastic, et cetera et cetera,” he said. “I feel extremely strongly about all of his views.” Matthew White, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, identified himself as a Supreme supporter. “I think his pony plan is excellent. Also, I’m really all about harnessing the power of zombies,” White said. “In this bipartisan day and age, we could really use a candidate who can keep our teeth clean.” White said while he believes in Supreme’s messages, he will not vote for him. “I think, as Vermin Supreme clearly states, a vote for him is a vote completely thrown away,” White said. “His message speaks to people who are sick of usual politics in a silly way — it’s more of a statement.” Supreme briefly outlined his tax policy to a supporter who asked him what his plans were for taxation. “I keep going back and forth between taxing the s—- out of everything and not taxing at all,” he said. It has been more than 20 years since Supreme last came to the University, after getting arrested in 1991 for trespassing in the Rutgers Student Center, Supreme said. According to the police report, two men “wearing clothes and objects that drew attention” were questioned as to why they were there. Supreme told them they were there to do an interview with WRSU, which was not confirmed by a then-member of the station, he said. When Supreme’s story was not corroborated and he was found not to be a student, he was taken into custody for trespassing. Supreme said his “exaggerated” campaign — though he himself does not consider it satirical — has proven accurate. “All of my exaggerations are coming to fruition,” he said. The rally became mobile while setting off on a parade down College Avenue, with students shouting campaign slogans and pro-Supreme chants the entire way. “Jersey roots, global reach, Vermin Supreme,” Supreme screamed as a bus drove passed on College Avenue. “I just got that from the side of the bus.”

But Sam Berman, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, believes many students are turned off to the idea of biking. “There are probably a lot of people who think of biking and think of when they were kids and they used to bike around on the sidewalk,” Berman said. “Unless you think of biking as a commuting activity first and foremost, you might be less inclined to do it.” Sonia Szczesna, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said more students should recognize the benefits of bicycles, especially considering the other modes of transportation on campus. “Rutgers is cursed with the bus system and the parking system. Campuses are sprawled out between three municipalities,” she said. “Everyone is always complaining about transportation, when all they need to do is get a bike and learn to get themselves from one campus to the other.”

Berman said the fair was taking action into its own hands instead of pushing DOTS to make changes. “Instead of saying ‘let’s improve the busing system,’ we’re looking for an alternative to get around the problem,” said Berman, a RUSA member. “If more students would bike, the buses would get less crowded. It would be a better deal all around.” Le said the idea for the fair began after various pro-bicycle efforts emerged across campus in the fall. “We had a lot of different issues, but also a lot of similar issues,” Le said. “This is a really great way to a continued collaboration. We can have a bigger group in order to demand more positive changes to improve bicycling around campus.” Richard McGilvery, a Rutgers University Police Department officer, said riders should learn how to use their bicycles properly to avoid dangerous situations. “We’ve had bike accidents in the past, and unfortunately they’ll probably continue, but we want to reduce the number as much as possible,” he said. “That’s why we do programs like this — for the educational aspect.”

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Graduate student Brian Stromberg gets his biked checked at a workshop during yesterday’s Bike Fair on College Avenue.

Although the sidewalk bicycle ban has benefited the community in some ways, Le said cyclists should be given more consideration on the road. “Sometimes there aren’t bicycle lanes or paths that people feel safe on,” Le said. “We would like the city to couple that kind of law with more infrastructure on the road so that cyclists can feel safe.” The fair was also used as an advertising venue for various bicycling organizations on campus.

VOTE: College life creates ‘bubble’ for students, Dhar says continued from front Shehady admitted that activism from non-politicians can help to make change, but he said working within the system is a much more efficient way of getting things done. “I think it’s important to work within the system. [Politicians] resist the people who fight the system,” he said. “I rock the boat because I’m an elected official. I campaigned on that fact that we need change. … Unless you’re a part of that system, it’s difficult to effect that change.” Dhar said students should seek to educate themselves on matters outside of the University, instead of only focusing on campus issues. “College can be a bubble,” Dhar said. “For some people,

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Elizabeth Matto, associate professor at Eagleton Institute of Politics introduces the state’s youngest politicians on Douglass campus.

[The Daily] Targum is their only news source.” Elizabeth Matto, an assistant research professor at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, agreed with Dhar and said the youth has a duty to stay informed about what is going on in the

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world around them before they can try to change it. “It affects them on all levels, [and] schools need to expose and play a role when they are young. Parental association is important too. If your parents read the news and care, then there is a good

Erin Kelly, head of the TA/GA Steering Committee, said she hoped to attract participants for a bicycle race on Saturday to protest the merger between RutgersCamden and Rowan University. “Everybody has really mobilized to vocalize their opposition to this proposal in South Jersey,” said Kelly, a teaching assistant in the Department of English. “But at this point, we feel like there’s less awareness of the impact on the rest of this state. That’s why people from Camden are coming up for the day.” possibility their children will, too,” he said. Yet Matto is optimistic about the potential some of the young politicians have. “I am hopeful because there are so many unique things in this generation. We just need to get students to understand that the political process is important to life,” she said. “We need to identify how it matters and how they can make an impact.” Connor Montferrat, president of the Rutgers College Republicans, said many students make use of social media to understand some of the issues, but he insists that they need to make the most out of these forms of communication. “Twitter and Facebook [are] important tools, but it’s a two-way street,” said Montferrat, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “If you want a voice, you have to make an effort.”


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Rutgers Against Hunger teams up to fight cause BY MARGARET MORRIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

For the second year in a row, Rutgers Against Hunger is teaming up with minor league baseball teams from New Jersey to collect food for several food banks. Kathleen Decker, RAH program coordinator, said she hopes to collect more food than last year as more teams are participating in the campaign, called “Strike Out Hunger.” “We were looking for a creative spin on your typical food drive … on the origin of the themed drive,” she said. “I’m a huge sports fan, so we figured we’d tie in baseball.” Decker said she and Chris Retzko, RAH program manager, decided to conduct the drive this year because last year’s food drive received a tremendous response, with about 3,000 pounds of food collected. The New Jersey Jackals, a team from Montclair, N.J., are participating in Strike Out Hunger for the first time, alongside the Camden Riversharks and the Lakewood BlueClaws, who participated in last year’s food drive, she said. Jordan Cascino, director of Group Sales for the Jackals, said he was immediately attracted to the campaign when RAH contacted him. “We have done — or at least attempted to do — canned food drives in the past, but they weren’t terribly successful,” he said. Cascino said he is hopeful the food drive will be more successful when collaborating with RAH and other teams. Cascino said the Jackals’ method for the food drive is a little different. Most teams will hand out a free ticket — a value from $9 to $11 — to anyone who brings a donation, no matter the quantity, he said. But the Jackals will provide a $1 voucher per item donated, while donating three food items gives

donors a $3 discount on tickets, he said. If a donor brings 11 items, they receive enough vouchers for a game ticket along with $1 beers and soda specials as a part of a “Thirsty Thursday” special. Cascino said providing customers with a compelling incentive could allow them to bring more than the minimum donation. “Between the reduced ticket prices and the cheap beverages, it’s pretty much a steal, if you ask me,” he said. Katie Krych, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she thinks the idea of promoting the cause with an incentive is a great idea. “You get to enjoy a game, and you also get to do something good for the community,” she said. Decker said while donating food is helpful, the drive is more about raising awareness. Monetary donations go a lot further for food banks, as they can buy what they know they need and more of it, she said. Food banks are able to buy directly from a source, whereas donors buy from supermarkets, where retail prices are higher. Decker said Strike Out Hunger is a great way to promote RAH’s mission and to reach out to the New Jersey community. The Strike Out Hunger campaign, which began at the start of April, will continue collecting food through June 1. Donors are asked to bring foods such as crackers, nonperishable fruits, pasta and cereal and to drop them off in campus center, libraries and classroom buildings, Decker said. The food drive will benefit Lunch Break, an organization from Red Bank, N.J., The Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside, N.J., Coordinated Family Care, a nearby organization in North Brunswick — and if enough food comes in, the list could grow, she said.

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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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Local theater launches Hitchcock-themed month with play BY GIANCARLO CHAUX METRO EDITOR

The George Street Playhouse premiered its newest production “The 39 Steps” on Tuesday, kicking of f a series of events aimed at bringing the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock to New Brunswick. The playhouse adopted “The 39 Steps,” a comedy that will run until May 20, after it achieved success both on and of f Broadway in recent years, said Kelly Ryman, director of Marketing and Public Relations at George Street Playhouse. “The 39 Steps” is a spoof based on a 1935 Hitchcock movie of the same name about a man who goes on the run after being falsely accused of murdering a beautiful woman in his apar tment, Ryman said. “[The main character] star ts in London and runs of f to Scotland to escape the police who are after him,” she said. “He is tr ying to figure out the 39 steps to the myster y of the whole thing.” She said people who heard about “The 39 Steps” when it was receiving accolades in New York are delighted to see it come to their local community. “There has been a lot of advance excitement,” Ryman said. “It was a big hit in New York last year. … A lot of the folks who didn’t get to see it there are excited to see it here.”

The theatre held the play’s debut Tuesday to a sold-out crowd. Ryman said the theatre, which seats 350 people, is sold out for the next few days as well, but tickets can be bought for next week. While the play focuses on the actual film, Ryman said Hitchcock fans will find

“Somewhere the shows that happen in smaller theaters are superior in quality to Broadway.” DAVID ESBJORNSON Chair of the Theater Department at the Mason Gross School of the Art

jokes from their favorite films as well. “There’s a lot of references to films, such as ‘Rear Window,’ ‘Psycho,’ ‘Strangers on a Train,’ ‘Ver tigo’ and ‘Nor th By Nor thwest,’” she said. The playhouse’s staf f is excited to take on the work of such an iconic director, she said. “We haven’t done Hitchcock productions before. There are a few play versions of his movies out there but I believe this is George Street’s first,” she said. A series of Hitchcockthemed events will be held at

the theatre during the coming month including “A Look Through the Rear Window,” a behind-the-scenes conversation with Mark Shanahan, the director of “The 39 Steps,” which will take place May 6, Ryman said. “Shanahan will be talking about the play and the references to various Hitchcock films,” she said. “He will be talking about all of those things to watch out for and will be giving a background on Hitchcock and his own work as well.” R yman said some of the more creative Hitchcock fans would also be able to take par t in a pre-show costume par ty May 12 at the “Dress as a Hitchcock Character Contest.” “We are hoping people will get into the spirit of comedy and go all out and come up with some really zany costumes for the evening,” she said. George Street Playhouse will par tner with the New Br unswick restaurant Clydz for its final May 15 feature event “Marnie-Tini Par ty.” The bar will of fer attendees a “Hitch-cocktail” during the show, also inviting Hitchcock fans to come for drink specials after the show. “The twist in the name is that ‘Mar nie’ is one of Hitchcock’s movies,” Ryman said. David Esbjornson, chair of the Theater Depar tment at the Mason Gross School of the

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The George Street Playhouse, in downtown New Brunswick presented “The 39 Steps” last night to a sold-out crowd.

Ar ts, said the play is just one of many productions that has made George Street Playhouse a great theatre in recent years. “They’ve managed to do a pretty ter rific job. Their proximity to New York has allowed some great talents to connect with their stage,”Esbjornson said. He said it is a challenge to take on a play that garnished praise on Broadway, but he does not believe the adaptation will lose any of its original essence. “I don’t really consider George Street [Playhouse] a smaller [venue],” he said. “Sometimes the shows that

happen in smaller theaters are superior in quality to Broadway.” While Mason Gross students and staf f have worked side-by-side with George Street Playhouse in the past, Esbjor nson said he hopes more University students would take advantage of the ar ts that can be found in their community. “The problem with being a student is that you are so completely busy all the time, and tr ying to get to things is a challenge,” he said. “Ultimately it comes down to the discipline of making yourself go if you have a free moment.”



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Burger King to implement higher animal protection standards THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam. The world’s second-biggest burger chain pledged yesterday that all of its eggs and pork will come from cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017, hoping to satisfy rising consumer demand for humanely produced fare and increase its sales in the process. Other companies have made similar but less broad announcements this year, par t of an industry-wide shift to consider animal welfare when buying food supplies. “Even if you’re buying a burger, you want to buy it from someone you like and respect,” said food industr y analyst Phil Lemper t, who writes a daily industr y newsletter. “It’s proven that consumers are willing to pay a little bit more for fairness, whether it’s to humans or animals.” Conventionally raised eggs come from hens confined in “batter y cages,” which give them roughly the same space as a sheet of standard notebook paper. Most pork comes from sows confined during their

four-month pregnancies in narrow crates. The hens would still be housed in a barn, but they have room to move and perches and nesting boxes. Sows are also held indoors, but they would not be confined in the cramped crates while they are pregnant. Egg and pork producers have argued that easing confinement standards for animals raises production costs and makes those who adjust their practices less competitive. Animal welfare groups applauded Burger King’s decision. “So many tens of thousands of animals will now be in better living conditions,” said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, which has been pushing Burger King and other companies to adopt similar policies. “Numerically, this is significant because Burger King is such a big purchaser of these products.” Burger King uses hundreds of millions of eggs and tens of millions of pounds of pork annually, and its decision could be a gamechanging move in the supply business as a huge new market opens up for humanely raised food animals. Already 9 percent of the company’s eggs and 20 percent of the pork served at its 7,200 restaurants are cage-free.

MARINES DISCHARGE SERGEANT FOR FACEBOOK POSTS A sergeant will be discharged for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook in a case that called into question the Pentagon’s policies about social media and its limits on the speech of active duty military personnel, the Marine Corps said yesterday. Sgt. Gary Stein will get an other-than-honorable discharge and lose most of his benefits for violating the policies, the Corps said. The San Diego-area Marine, who has served nine years in the Corps, said he was disappointed by the decision. He argued that he was exercising his constitutional rights to free speech. “I love the Marine Corps, I love my job. I wish it wouldn’t have gone this way. I’m having a hard time seeing how 15 words on Facebook could have ruined my nine-year career,” he told The Associated Press. Gary Kreep, an attorney for Stein, said he would pursue administrative appeals within the Marine Corps but anticipates the effort will fail. He said he planned to file an amended complaint in federal court. “As long as he wants to pursue this, we will be supporting him,” said Kreep, who is executive director of the United States Justice Foundation, an advocacy group. The Marines acted after saying Stein stated March 1 on a Facebook page used by Marine meteorologists, “Screw Obama and I will not follow all orders from him.” Stein later clarified that statement, saying he would not follow unlawful orders. Brig. Gen. Daniel Yoo, the commanding general of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, said in a brief statement yesterday that evidence supported an administrative board’s recommendation to discharge Stein. Tom Umberg, a former Army colonel and military prosecutor, said Stein persisted even after being warned. “The Marine Corps gave him the opportunity to think about his actions, yet Sgt. Stein continued to undermine the chain of command,” said Umberg, who was not involved in Stein’s case. “I think his purpose was to leave the Marine Corps in a dramatic fashion in order to begin a career in talk radio or what have you.” Umberg believes the decision to discharge Stein will have limited impact because the vast majority of Marines would never consider such postings. “I think 99 percent of the soldiers and Marines currently on duty understand the duties of supporting the chain of command and understand their rights of free speech are limited,” he said. “To that 1 percent who don’t know their rights to free speech are limited once they take the oath, this is a loud and clear message.” During a hearing, a military prosecutor submitted screen grabs of Stein’s postings on one Facebook page he created called Armed Forces Tea Party, which the prosecutor said included the image of Obama on a “Jackass” movie poster. Stein also superimposed Obama’s image on a poster for “The Incredibles” movie that he changed to “The Horribles,” military prosecutor Capt. John Torresala said.

The Miami-based company has been steadily increasing its use of the eggs and pork as the industry has become better able to meet demand, said Jonathan Fitzpatrick, chief brand and operations officer. Fitzpatrick said the decision is part of the company’s social responsibility policy. Other companies in recent months have announced similar policies. Chipotle, with just over 1,200 restaurants, made a splash during the Grammy Awards in February with its viral commercial detailing the company’s commitment to humane treatment of animals and healthy food. After the commercial created so much buzz, other companies were quick to announce new policies, Lempert said. “Everyone wanted to say: ‘We all have good intentions,’” he said. McDonalds and Wendy’s said they asked their pork suppliers to outline plans for the elimination of gestation crates this year, but didn’t set a timetable. Also, Smithfield Farms and Hormel committed to ending the use of crates by 2017. Wal-Mart and Costco have shifted their private-label eggs to 100 percent cage-free. Unilever, which uses 350 million eggs a year in its Hellmann’s mayonnaise brand, is switching to 100 percent cage-free.

Others, such as chain restaurants Sonic, Subway and Ruby Tuesday and manufacturers such as Kraft Food and ConAgra Foods, are incorporating some percentage of cage-free eggs in their products. “This is an issue that just four to five months ago was not on the food industry’s radar,” said Paul Shapiro, the Humane Society’s vice president for farm animal protection. “Now it’s firmly cemented into the mainstream in a way that I think few people would have imagined.” The egg industr y’s largest trade association, the United Egg Producers, has teamed up with the Humane Society in seeking federal legislation this year that would double the size of the battery cages in which 90 percent of the nation’s 280 million laying hens are confined. And last month, the pork industry’s trade magazine noted that public opinion is evolving and “on the issue of gestation-sow stalls, at least, it’s increasingly apparent that you will lose the battle.” HSUS has been pushing for more than a decade for largescale purchasers of animal products to ensure that they are raised humanely. The organization owns stock in 52 companies so that it can attend shareholder meetings and submit proposals for improved ani-

mal welfare policy. It also has used undercover operations to show the conditions some food animals endure. Burger King became the first major fast-food chain to incorporate animal welfare into its purchasing policies in 2007 when it began getting at least some of its pork and eggs from cagefree suppliers. While some companies responded to consumer demand by incorporating some cage-free eggs into their orders, the landslide passage in 2008 of California’s Proposition 2, which will ban chicken cages and gestation crates by 2015, caused buyers and suppliers nationwide to take notice. Since then, studies have shown that shoppers are willing to pay more for products they believe are produced to higher animal protection standards. Some estimates show raising hens cage-free adds 1 cent to the cost of each egg. It is unclear how much more it will cost to raise pork outside gestation cages. “Our attitude is our producers believe in consumer choice and, if that’s what their consumers want to buy, they’ll produce cage-free eggs for the marketplace provided the customer is willing to pay the additional cost,” said Gene Gregory, president of the United Egg Producers.


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Make exception for special ed teachers N

ew Jersey is now almost a year into its new teacher evaluation pilot. The evaluation system, by order of Gov. Chris Christie, is based 50 percent on student achievement — measured by standardized test scores—and 50 percent on teacher practice—measured by classroom observation. But while such an approach may serve well for traditional classroom settings, they may not be as fitting for nontraditional teaching methods. As teachers continue to test the program, special education teachers across the country have been raising some pretty important concerns. Special education teachers, they argue, cannot be evaluated in the same way general education teachers are, partly because special education students do not learn in the same way general education students do. A survey by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality found that while 63 percent of special education teachers said they believed their evaluations should incorporate student achievement, only 21 percent thought test scores were the right way to go about it. But despite these differences, many states are using the same criteria to judge both. It’s important that exceptions are made for these teachers regarding the state’s evaluation system, and that officials continue to tailor it to fit the needs of nontraditional teaching methods. Student growth — a major criterion used to judge teachers through standardized test scores — obviously cannot be used to gauge the aptitude of special education students. As many have argued, special education students progress slowly, at a different pace than other students, and thus require the attention that only special education teachers can provide. We readily make exceptions for special needs students in education — it follows that special education teachers deserve the same treatment, too.

SB 1070 fosters serious discussion A

rizona’s controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070, has served as a focal point for debates on national and state immigration policies since Gov. Jan Brewer, R-Ariz., signed it back in April 2010. Part of this controversy seems to stem from the number of topics the bill touches on, from the possibility of racial profiling to the distribution of authority between the state and federal governments. But the newest development in the evolution of this debate took place yesterday, when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the bill. According to some sources, the high court appeared to uphold some of the most contentious parts of the immigration law — one of which would require law enforcement officials to check the immigration status of individuals based on a “reasonable suspicion” that they are in the country illegally. The Supreme Court’s handling of this section of the bill — which would undoubtedly do the most to encourage racial and ethnic profiling, potentially leading to the harassment of thousands of citizens — is something of a disappointment. But while we may not agree with every little part of the law, we do acknowledge that it has forced individuals across the country — especially those in positions to act — to take a good, hard look at immigration reform. S.B. 1070 has been criticized for its overly stringent, often callous provisions aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration in Arizona. It has also taken heat from the Obama administration, which has denounced the bill for meddling in an issue whose authority is constitutionally granted to the federal government. For more reasons than one, both of these concerns are valid. But it must also be noted that one of the main reasons states like Arizona took the matter of immigration into its own hands was because little progress was being made otherwise. Whether positive or negative, the effects of illegal immigration are surely felt more in the local communities that comprise these states than they are on Capitol Hill. In this sense, Arizona was probably acting with the interests of its residents in mind. Arizona’s actions seem to have forced the issue of illegal immigration into the spotlight and have served as impetus for serious discussion on the matter. The Supreme Court is expected to present a final ruling on S.B. 1070 this summer. Whatever the outcome, we’ll take comfort in knowing that progress has been made on the issue of illegal immigration in this country.

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that has shaped everything was out in New York about my college career. Yet City a few weekends ago Brett wasn’t so formative with a friend visiting because it provided an effortfrom the University of less transition to life away Michigan. His hometown is from my family — my firstin Ohio, and while he had year roommate and I were been to the city before he had polar opposites in our backnever really been out in the COURTNEY SHAW grounds, opinions and outcity, so I found a show that looks toward everything. seemed as though it would be Fast-forward to the present. I can hear music coma quintessentially New York experience. The doors ing from her room on the other side of my wall right only opened at 10:30 p.m. and the main act came on at now. She knows more about me than almost anyone, is midnight. The people in attendance would most likely one of my best friends and since that first day of school, be Brooklyn-SoHo hipster types, and we would have to we have never lived more than 20 feet apart. The first get there via subway, so long as I didn’t get us lost. As lesson the University taught me was to keep an open we waited on the platform with other Friday-night mind and be ready to adjust. Neither one of us had any adventurers for the next downtown F to arrive, he idea what to expect from living with a complete wondered, “This place is so big, and there are so many stranger. It turns out that while we are different in a lot people — how do you find a community here?” of ways, once we both grew up enough to understand That question got me thinking. Come May 1, I will what was really important to us we found that those be working full-time at a publishing house in Midtown things we had in common with each other meant more Manhattan and moving to the city soon after. On the than whatever we did not. A community of understandone hand it’s an easy answer: I will meet people at ing sprang up between the two of us of its own accord. work, and near where I live, and hopefully I will get There is no way that new roommates can come along with my new roommates and will find other close to replacing the nine girls I live with now, because groups of people with similar interests to spend time our house community solidified over four years of carwith. After all, the University is a huge place, and I ing for each other unconditionally have loved every minute of my as our lives constantly changed in time there. I am friendly and out“College has been unexpected ways. But on the other going, and I love meeting people, hand, I will not need my new apartso making new connections should one giant exercise in ment-mates to be my rocks and be a piece of cake. support in the same way that my But then again ... how would I community building.” housemates are now. And this find people with common interests brings me to the next way — where would they be? And when University communities have prepared us for the would I find these new friends — in a matter of weeks, future ahead: They taught us, or at least me, how to recor would it take me months to make true connections? ognize what is important to me personally, and how to As I took the subway back towards Penn Station after think and speak for myself. All of the things I was my first apartment-hunting trip to Brooklyn, it suddendrawn to here at the University made me a part of a ly hit me that I was very alone. I knew no one on the community that shared common interests and helped subway, I had just left a neighborhood full of people define who I would become. who did not know my name, and when I did move I So my conclusion is this: I might have been overly would not be coming home to the nine other girls with optimistic to imagine joining new communities would whom I share everything. For the first time since havhappen quickly and would be a piece of cake. ing decided I would move to New York, I was terrified. However I also believe that since I now know who I am So I decided to analyze my relationship with my and what I believe in better than I ever had before, I community to figure out how I could adjust to the will be able to make new, strong connections that scary realities of life after graduation. As it turns out, reflect what is important to me. These new communicommunity has meant everything to me during my ties may not be conveniently presented to me at an four years at the University. In fact I would argue that involvement fair, but they will still be there. Social life college has been one giant exercise in community post-college will be like my first year, take two: Instead building. Our school is designed to help students find of classrooms, there is your job, and instead of resia place for themselves among the masses of underdence halls, there is a brand new world of long-term graduates. And the lessons we learn about finding leases, but we will be thrown out of our comfort zones ourselves here will transfer to life after college, no in the same way, and this time, thanks to our experimatter where we end up. ences here, we will be better prepared. How does the University teach you about belonging Thank you, Rutgers, for introducing me to the best to a group? It starts with your residence halls, where friends I will ever have, for exposing me to new ideas you are thrown out of your comfort zone for probably and perspectives and for teaching me so much outside the first time in your life. Life in a residence hall is a hitof the classroom. I am proud of our University, and I will or-miss college experience. Everyone knows horror always feel privileged to have been a part of this comstories about terrible roommates and crazy undergradmunity for the past four years of my life. uate shenanigans, but for me it was a home run. As a first-year student, I lived in Brett Hall on the College Courtney Shaw is a School of Arts and Sciences senior Avenue campus with other students from the School of majoring in English and history with a minor in French. Arts and Sciences Honors Program, and in many ways

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Today's Birthday (04/26/12). Begin the year auspiciously by reviewing wellness practices like diet, exercise and meditation. Add a daily dose of outdoor walking to replenish your soul and feed your heart. Include friends. Stay young by keeping your mind busy with curiosity. Don't be afraid to ask why. And have fun! 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 — The forseeable future is good for making changes at home. Set juicy goals for yourself. Pull together as a team. Whistle while you work, and feast after. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — All of a sudden, everything starts making sense. Old puzzles get solved. Consider your friends' suggestions, but it's okay to turn down an outrageous request. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — A new assignment brings in new revenue, and the temptation to spend it all could arise. Rake in the dough, but count it first. Save some for repairs. Check for changes. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — You're stronger and more confident. Meditate on the value of compassion. Come up with a new future vision. Others encourage you to a challenge. Travel later. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Follow through on details for the next few days. Be sensitive to a loved one's wishes. Invent a new story. It's important to show you care. Call home if you'll be late. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — Things are getting fun. Friends want you to play almost all the time these days. The invitation says "dressy." Invent your own style. New options surface.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is an 8 — Stay attentive, as new opportunities are worth listening to. Choose wisely. Tune out the static. You and a partner can win. Learn as you teach. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 9 — The day promises to bring you many surprises, for the good and for the bad. Accept a challenge and learn from your failures. A loved one teaches you. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 9 — Work on the chores that you've been avoiding but that you know you really ought to complete. You have a keen sense for finances now. Research the pros and cons before deciding. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 9 — Work out strategy with someone who's opinion you value. Logic is only one side. Clarify things by listing the facts. Look at emotional factors, too. New ideas arise. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 9 — When it rains, it pours. Make the most out of publicity. Add efficiency to your work to withstand any storm. Don't gamble or get distracted. Take advantage. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — You're entering a romantic phase. Find a quiet place to complete your projects where you're less likely to be disturbed. Avoid risky propositions. Keep your promises.

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“We got a little stagnant with scoring in the second half Loyola],” Brand-Sias effort remains coach’s focus [against said. “In the second half on offense, we were waiting on a continued from back goal and waiting on certain Against Loyola, the Knights [teammates] to step up and do rattled off four straight goals to something rather than working start the game. Loyola fought as a unit.” For the offense to be more back in the first half to tie Rutgers, as both teams traded reliable, it is up to the midfielders to produce scoring bursts to consistent a 9-9 halftime tie. drives and What worries shots against a Brand-Sias the Georgetown most is not her defense that team’s ability to allows fewer score, but when than 11 goals the Knights per game. choose to exeThe responcute. Rutgers sibility falls on gave up a fourthe scoring goal scoring run trio of senior to Loyola in the LAURA BRAND-SIAS Ali Steinberg, second half and Head Coach j u n i o r looked hesitant Stephanie when it wanted Anderson and to find the back of the net toward the end of sophomore Lauren Sbrilli. All three midfielders enter the the game. A similar occurrence took game with more than 30 goals place in Rutgers’ previous game this season. But against Georgetown and against Cincinnati. Though the Knights pulled out a 13-10 victo- on national TV, patience is the ry against the Bearcats, they also game Brand-Sias wants to see in a went on a scoreless drought that do-or-die contest for Rutgers’ resulted in four straight goals by playoff aspirations. “They’re a ver y disciplined Cincinnati to end the game. Brand-Sias wants to see that team and ver y methodical in change against the Hoyas, who what they do,” Brand-Sias said. lead the conference in shots “We need to compete for the attempted and are third in complete 60 minutes and play our best lacrosse.” goals scored.

“[Georgetown is] a very disciplined team and very methodical in what they do. We need to compete.”

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Sophomore Lauren Sbrilli is one of three Knights to take the field tomorrow with more than 30 goals. Sbrilli registered her sixth hat trick of the season Saturday at Loyola (Md.).

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RUTGERS NFL DRAFT HOPEFULS NAME WR Mohamed Sanu

2011 STATS 115 catches; 1,206 yards seven touchdowns 92.8 yards per game

PRO DAY RESULTS 4.41 40-yard dash 4.12 20-yard shuttle

OG Desmond Wynn

13 starts, one at LT East-West Shrine Game, NFL Combine invitations

4.4 20-yard shuttle 7.46 three-cone drill

DL Justin Francis

64 tackles, 13 for loss team-high 6.5 sacks three blocked kicks

4.8 40-yard dash 4.28 20-yard shuttle 36-inch vertical jump

FB Joe Martinek

24 carries, 126 yards 27 catches, 262 yards one receiving touchdown

4.4 40-yard dash 4.09 20-yard shuttle 32.5-inch vertical jump

KEITH FREEMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Defensive lineman Justin Francis finished fourth on the Knights in tackles last season, when he saw his draft stock improve.

GAME: Francis’ move to

about standing me up, and some teams are talking about having tackle results in best season my hand on the ground.” Some of the feedback came from NFL teams at the East-West continued from back Shrine Game, where he joined He voluntarily transitioned to Wynn on the East roster. Francis defensive tackle after spending the arrived at the NFL Combine previous two seasons along the nearly a month later, when he edge. The results were glaring. participated sparingly. Francis racked up 64 tackles, “It’s been a great process for including 13.5 for a loss, playing me,” Francis said. “I went to the beside defensive tackle Scott Shrine Game, I went to the NFL Vallone. He earned Combine. I did Big East Weekly pretty well on both “I’ve gotten a lot Honor Roll recognistages, so right tion despite — by now I’m just of feedback from conventional wisdom patiently waiting.” — playing underSo is Rutgers. a lot of different sized. school has teams. Some teams notThe “I told [former] seen one of its coach [Greg players drafted are talking about Schiano], ‘I’ll play the since the standing me up.” three-technique. I’ve Minnesota Vikings played it before. I’m nabbed fullback JUSTIN FRANCIS big enough to play it, Ryan D’Imperio in Defensive Lineman and I have some kind 2010’s seventh of knowledge of playround. Offensive ing it,’” Francis said. “We went tackle Anthony Davis and cornerfrom there.” back Devin McCourty each went Francis continues to work out in the first round that year, the with Miramar High School coach first time the NFL implemented Damon Cogdell, who played proits three-day draft format. fessionally in the Canadian Safety Joe Lefeged, arguably Football League. Cogdell’s trainthe Knights’ most attractive draft ing regimen consists of daily conprospect last year, went undraftditioning and some less traditioned. But he and three other teamal methods. mates eventually latched on with “He actually has me swimNFL teams. ming,” Francis said. Lefeged intercepted two passThey rehearse several posies for the Indianapolis Colts and tions, including linebacker, returned kicks as a rookie. where Francis played under For his part, Francis hopes to Cogdell. Francis’ versatility likely avoid the same fate — at least in aids his draft standing. terms of the draft. “I’ve gotten a lot of feedback “I know I’m going to be anxfrom a lot of different teams,” he ious,” he said, “but I’m just going said. “Some teams are talking to be waiting.”


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he New York Yankees announced yesterday that pitcher Michael Pineda will miss the remainder of the year with a torn labrum. The righthander will undergo season-ending surger y Tuesday on his anterior labrum in his right shoulder. Pineda began the season on the disabled list with what was previously diagnosed as shoulder tendonitis. The 23-year-old was an all-star last season with the Seattle Mariners. He registered a 9-10 record with a 3.73 ERA before Seattle dealt him for the Yankees’ former top prospect, catcher Jesus Montero.

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Steve Werner still remembers the feeling when he stepped onto Franklin Field for the first MEN’S TRACK time. As a fourth RUTGERS AT g r a d e r, PENN RELAYS, We r n e r TOMORROW w a s lucky enough to compete at the Penn Relays, an experience that left him awe-struck. The Penn Relays — hosted annually by the University of Pennsylvania since 1895 — is the oldest track and field competition in the United States. Attendance during the final three days regularly tops 100,000, making it the most attended track event in the nation every year. The best athletes from high school to the pros compete in

the Penn Relays, which — outside of the Olympics and World Championships — is the most watched track and field event in the world. The meet also features regular appearances by track greats past and present, like Usain Bolt and Roger Bannister. Olympic gold medalists Shelly-Ann, Fraser-Pryce Justin Gatlin, LaShawn Merritt and Angelo Taylor will compete this year. Bernard Lagat, an 11-time medalist in the Olympics and World Championships, and current holder of four American records, also plans to compete. “I really do like the Big East [Championships] a lot, but this is right up there with it in being my favorite meet of the year,” Werner said. “It’s awesome — there’s 50,000 people in the stands. There’s really no other track meet besides the Olympics to have 50,000 people. … It’s def-

initely the best experience you can have in track and field, without a doubt.” Werner hopes to make the experience a successful one, as he will run in the 4x400-meter relay for the Rutgers men’s track and field team with teammates Kevin Brown, Corey Caidenhead and Corey Crawford. Crawford replaces senior Aaron Younger, who recently came off of an injury and will instead use the time to train further for the Big East and IC4A Championships. Crawford expects to be the third leg in the race, while Caidenhead projects to replace Younger as the anchor. The Scarlet Knights go up against four of the top eight times nationally in the 4x400. In the long jump, Crawford faces the toughest competition of his track and field career. Four of the top eight jumpers in the East region and two of the top three

PHILADELPHIA

Eagles dealt cornerback Asante Samuel yesterday to the Atlanta Falcons. The Eagles shipped the 31year-old in exchange for a seventh-round pick. The deal was announced after Samuel agreed to restructure his contract for three years, $18.5 million dollars. His previous contract called for him to earn $9.9 million next season and $11.4 million in 2013. Samuel recorded only three interceptions last season after picking off 42 passes in his previous eight years in the league.

THE NEW YORK KNICKS are interested in offering former coach Phil Jackson a contract after the season, according to the Journal-Times. The Knicks would offer the deal if they exit the playoffs after the first round. The deal would be worth close to $50 million for four years. Jackson has said he is content with retirement. He won 11 NBA titles in 23 seasons as head coach of both the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers. The Knicks are currently the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a 3430 record under interim head coach Mike Woodson.

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STERN

announced yesterday that Metta World Peace’s previous history played a factor in his seven-game suspension. The NBA announced the decision Tuesday after the Los Angeles Lakers for ward hit Oklahoma City Thunders guard James Harden in the back of the head with his elbow. Stern also stated a different length would have been issued if it were another player. World Peace had numerous run-ins with the league, including an 86-game suspension in 2004 for his involvement in a brawl between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers when he ran into the stands and attacked a fan.

JOVELLE TAMAYO / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF / FILE PHOTO

Senior sprinter Kevin Brown and the Knights’ 4x400-meter relay team face some of the nation’s best foursomes tomorrow at the Penn Relays at Philadelphia’s Franklin Field.

finishers in the long jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships stand in his way of a title. But the challenge does not daunt Crawford, who has shown ability this season to jump his best against top competition. At the Big East Championships, Crawford finished second with a jump of 7.39 meters. The redshirt freshman ratcheted his game up even more at the IC4A Championships. There, he defeated fellow Penn Relays competitor Alber t Johnson with a leap of 7.63 meters, setting the facility record at Boston University. “I’ve personally always jumped well when I have better competition,” Crawford said. “So I feel like at Penn Relays, this meet is going to push me forward, it’s going to drive me to see what I really have. … I’ve never jumped against people who’ve jumped 26, 27 feet in my life. So this is definitely going to be fun and a very good experience in my career.” The Knights also send junior Kevin Bostick and senior Tyrone Putman to compete in the triple jump. Among their 11 competitors, seven are All-Americans. “It can be difficult to not get too excited because you get into an event and you want to do the best you’ve ever done against these guys who are really good,” Putman said. “And it can get to you mentally when you go a little too hard and you get away from your technique. But our coaches are doing a great job of keeping us relaxed and calm, and staying in the moment, and going out there and competing.” Despite the high level of competition, the common theme Rutgers stresses is to embrace the moment and enjoy one of the spor t’s most prestigious events. “It’s going to be loud, it’s going to be rowdy, they’re going to be yelling and screaming,” Putman said. “You’re going to get a chill down your spine just being there.”


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After beginning the year as the No. 2 starter in the rotation, freshman Alyssa Landrith quickly became the ace of the staff en route to picking up 17 wins so far this season, with her latest coming yesterday in a perfect game against Iona. Landrith’s win total puts her in a tie for second place on Rutgers’ single-season list.

Work ethic, mental toughness pay off for rookie BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

When opposing batters stare down pitcher Alyssa Landrith, they cannot see her eyes. All they see is a SOFTBALL pair of white-rimmed sunglasses with blue reflective lenses. Behind those sunglasses, Landrith’s eyes are hard at work, scanning the strike zone and zeroing in on the precise spot she expects each pitch to end up. Rutgers softball pitching coach Misty Beaver labeled the freshman ace as a perfectionist, like most pitchers are. And when something goes wrong on the mound, her dad’s voice pops into her head, helping her work out the solution. “It’s always just been about the hard work,” Landrith said. “If I threw a one-hitter, me and [my dad] would talk about that one hit and what I could have done differently.” That mindset started at a young age. In Vacaville, Calif., a younger Landrith would drag her dad to the side of their house every chance she got to work on throwing. But in addition to helping her practice mechanics, her father stressed the mental game and helped her think through her pitches.

“I’d get really frustrated, and he would make me put down the ball and the glove, and I couldn’t step back on the mound until I was calm and focused again,” she said. “Then I’d pick up my glove and do what I needed to do, and I’d be fine.” Back then, she would get worked up on anything a young pitcher would. Her dad showed her how valuable composure can be on the mound. “If I wasn’t throwing strikes or the rise ball wasn’t working, I’d get frustrated and say, ‘All right, take a step back. Breathe. Focus on what you need to do,’” she said. Landrith retains her father’s lessons. When those whiterimmed, blue-lens sunglasses aim at the plate, the result of the pitch does not affect her composure. Whether it is a strikeout or a home run, she keeps her cool. “One thing [my dad] always urged was not to get frazzled out there and just to keep a calm state of mind and stay focused and … stay within myself,” she said. “I can only control me. I can’t control the umpire’s call or plays that happen in the game. I can only control what I can control.” Another thing she can control is her work ethic, something Beaver attributes to much of Landrith’s success on the mound.

“She works hard in practice when she throws to correct those things, so she’s prepared to go back in game situations,” Beaver said. “As a pitcher, if you don’t get an easy out of a strikeout for your team, there’s always something you can do better. She works hard to always make sure she gets the results that she wants.” Part of those results comes

“If I threw a one-hitter, me and [my dad] would talk about ... what I could have done differently.” ALYSSA LANDRITH Freshman Pitcher

with working on mechanics, for which Landrith has her own pitching coach, Keith Burke. She has been working with him since her junior year of high school. He has helped her develop not only her mechanics but also her endurance. Head coach Jay Nelson is not shy about going to Landrith for several games in a row. She typically starts two games in a threegame series, looking as fresh in

her last inning as she does in her first. The rookie attributes that to her workouts with Burke. “[We would do] drills in between pitches,” she said. “I’ll throw to a batter, then sprint, or I’ll throw an inning worth of batters and then do squat jumps or something like that — just strength and cardio to make sure that in a game, I don’t get as winded and I can throw seven or 10 innings a day and be fine.” That endurance did not come without pain. After many workouts, Landrith found herself reaching for some aid. “Ice and ibuprofen definitely saved me,” she said. But no pitcher gets to the Division-I level because of frozen water and over-the-counter painkillers. In addition to putting in the work during practice to improve her strength and movement, Landrith is a student of the game. Mistakes do not sit well with her — even if she does not show it — as a perfectionist. If a batter finds success against her, she finds a way to make sure it does not happen again. “When I’m on the bench, I look at the hitting charts and what they did before,” Landrith said. “I look at what I threw to them before and what they hit over the fence, and then I have a plan when they come up [again].”

But work ethic and doing her homework on batters are not the only things that make her tough to hit against. When Landrith is on the mound, the crowd’s yelling, the team’s chanting and the rest of the noise associated with game day do not register with her. While her ears work just fine, Landrith’s brain tunes out the crowds and the chants. They become background noise to her. “You can really get caught up in the moment when you’re on someone else’s home turf, and the fans are loud, and the music is loud and everything,” she said. “I think that my main focus is giving 100 percent on every pitch and winning every play of the game.” For a pitcher who will finish among the top in school history for wins for a single season, that level of concentration comes as no surprise. And if anyone needed more concrete proof her combination of mental and physical games pays off, take a look at her last start. Against Iona yesterday, she posted the first Rutgers perfect game in more than 14 years in a 1-0 victory. Now with 17 wins on the season, she is in a tie for second place and four away from first place all-time in the Rutgers record books. And remember, she is only a freshman.

FRESHMAN TOSSES PERFECT GAME IN SWEEP With the season winding down, the Rutgers softball team needs to sweep its remaining games. T h e SOFTBALL Scarlet RUTGERS 4 Knights t o o k IONA 1 their first s t e p s toward that yesterday, when they took both games of a two-game

set against Iona, taking Game 1, 1-0, and Game 2 by a score 4-1. Rutgers’ pitching stole the show, led by freshman Alyssa Landrith. In a season in which she already has a no-hitter to her name, Landrith added a perfect game — the first for the Knights since March 29, 1998 — picking up the victory in Game 1. Her 17th win of the year also ties her for second place

on Rutgers’ all-time single-season wins list with Kelly Gallagher. Senior pitcher Noelle Sisco followed up Landrith’s perfect game with her strongest outing of the season, allowing only one run on five hits in a completegame win. — Staff Report


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WR TIM WRIGHT 2011 stats: 11 catches 147 receiving yards two touchdowns 13.4 yards per catch

WR MARK HARRISON 2011 stats: 14 catches 274 receiving yards two touchdowns 19.6 yards per catch

BY JOEY GREGORY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Most receivers simply watched last season on passing plays as former Rutgers football wideout Mohamed Sanu broke the school and Big East records for receptions. But since he is now off to the NFL, senior Mark Harrison is left as one of the elder statesman of the group. Even without Sanu on the field, the position has more depth than in recent years, especially with the return of junior Jeremy Deering to wideout after spending last season at running back. “There are all different types of players in the receiving corps right now,” Harrison said. “You have [sophomore Miles] Shuler with speed, [sophomore] Brandon [Coleman] with height, me with height, [senior] Tim [Wright] with height. That’s what you need. And you need shifty guys like [junior] Quron [Pratt], so it definitely helps.” Deering runs with a power-back style that will earn him extra yards after the catch, Harrison said. While offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Dave Brock has many options to go to, he must figure out a rotation in order to develop consistency rather than throw off offensive timing. So far, he has the receivers’ approval. “Coach Brock has done a real good job of coordinating who goes where, what routes are for who,” Wright said. “We’ve done a pretty good job communicating. During the season, it’s going to be crazy in the games. We try to practice it in practice.” For Harrison, the biggest relief came last season, when Coleman emerged as a solid deep threat, hauling in 17 balls for 552 yards and six touchdowns. Coleman’s presence means even though opposing defenses do not have to key on Sanu this season, they still need to spread coverage. “It really just opens up the field for the quarterback, to be honest,” Harrison said. “You can’t lock on two receivers at once. That’s what we need out there and its going to help, and we’re just going to be developing in the summer and working hard and timing that up.” But with all of the options at wideout, a firm leader has not yet emerged. In both scrimmages this spring, the passing game was underwhelming.

While they may not see the type production Sanu had, the Scarlet Knights still need someone to step up at the position. “Mo’s definitely a leader, I would say,” Harrison said. “We’re really looking for the leadership right now. It’s going to take development and working hard in the offseason [to see] who’s going to take that job and who’s going to take that task.” Harrison remains a solid candidate for that job. He led the Big East his sophomore season with nine touchdown receptions and earned the team’s offensive most valuable player award. With Sanu drawing the majority of the throws and recording 115 receptions for 1,206 yards, it was difficult to repeat those numbers. Now the job as receiving corps leader is up for grabs, and Harrison has a leg up on the competition. Each day in practice, a large portion of his work comes against junior cornerback Logan Ryan. Ryan led the team last season with 14 pass breakups, nine more than the next closest total. He also tied for the team lead in forced fumbles and tied for second in interceptions. “It helps prepare us a lot,” Harrison said. “Going against Logan every day in practice, [he has] great footwork and he’s out there just working hard and pushing us and I’m pushing him, so it’s something that’s unique and something that’s great to have on the team.” The depth at wide receiver is also a relief for the quarterbacks. With Sanu gone, defenses will need to spread coverage and look in all directions. In addition to the spread coverage, quarterbacks will not be tempted to throw the ball to No. 6 on every play. “I think the ball is going to get spread around a lot,” said sophomore quarterback Gary Nova. “It’s going to be an opportunity for guys that, last year, didn’t have a chance to make plays. They’ll make plays this year.” For Harrison, the path to making those plays comes from paying attention to small things. He thinks that is what will push the group to where it needs to be. “That’s out main focus right now, just tightening up the little details that we really overlook sometimes,” he said. “That’s what great players and great units have, is the ability to still correct themselves when they may have had success, and that’s what we need.”

ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior wide receiver Mark Harrison recorded 30 less receptions last season during former Knight Mohamed Sanu’s Big East record-breaking campaign.

ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior wide receiver Tim Wright caught his first career pass last season after suffering a season-ending knee injury during training camp in 2010.

BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

He has worked with him for slightly more than a month, but Tim Wright already has a feel for offensive coordinator Dave Brock’s playcalling tendencies. “He says he wants to attack people,” Wright said. Wright, a senior wide receiver on the Rutgers football team, approaches his final season with the same tenacity. He worked ladder and box drills in the Scarlet Knights’ weight room in the offseason, strengthened his quads and sought to improve his foot quickness. Jeremy Cole, the Knights’ strength and conditioning coach, provided the inspiration. “Cole brings a different mentality,” Wright said. “His mentality is, ‘Attack the job at hand and get it done. Don’t play around with it — just attack it, hit it in the mouth.’ That’s how you have to have an attack mentality ever y time.” Wright caught 11 passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns last season, his first since tearing his ACL in training camp in 2010. Still, both scores — one Sept. 10 at North Carolina and another Oct. 15 against Navy — were meaningful. He has his own motivations — earn a starting spot, strengthen his knee and devote extra time to film work. It continues to show in the spring, when Wright caught head coach Kyle Flood’s eye with his consistent play. And within a position corps that is arguably Rutgers’ deepest, that is not an easy task. “It’s amazing to see and it’s definitely a story to tell for him because you’d never know that he had a knee injury,” said senior wideout Mark Harrison. Despite his modest production, Wright earned significant playing time because of his blocking ability. Wright’s 6-foot-4, 221-pound frame made him a viable option at tight end, where the Knights str uggled to see production. It was not the case at receiver, where former Knight Mohamed Sanu broke program and Big East records for single-

season receptions in 2011. Sanu’s banner season meant more of a disparity in looks for the rest of Rutgers’ wideouts. But without Sanu, Wright has become the model of consistency in Piscataway. “I felt as a receiver corps and personally, I’ve grown more than I have before,” he said. “There are great aspirations to look forward to going into the summer and then going toward the season.” After four seasons of waiting, Wright wants to start. But at a position Flood considers a rotation, Brock’s packages and play-calling could determine who sees the field first. “I don’t worry about it,” Flood said. “We’re going to rotate the personnel. We’ll keep them fresh at wide receiver. We’ve got a lot of really good options, guys who can make plays.” Flood said he anticipates more defined roles for the team’s receivers toward the beginning of the season. But the process could be difficult considering sophomore Brandon Coleman and junior Quron Pratt’s emergence last year. Harrison enjoyed a breakout 2010 season, when he tied for the team lead in catches and ranked first in yardage and touchdowns. Junior Jeremy Deering returns to the position where he earned more than 21 yards per catch as a freshman. Still, Wright is not concerned about the Knights’ numbers game on the perimeter. “I’m getting a lot of reps,” he said. “I’m getting a lot of quality reps against different looks that I’m going to see hopefully over the year. I’m getting used to them and being able to go into the film room and watch them and critique myself.” Wright continues to work on his route-running and said he has the trust of the team’s quarterbacks and coaches, expected from the most senior member of the Knights’ receiving corps. He waited patiently for his chances, delayed in 2008 because of youth and in 2010 for injury. He likely hopes his only wait now occurs every 40 seconds on Brock’s cue. “If you go in there in a different package, you’re feeding off of somebody else’s energy,” Wright said. “But when you start off, you get to set the tempo.”


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Guard Desmond Wynn, left, wide receiver Mohamed Sanu and defensive lineman Justin Francis could all become the first Knights taken in the NFL Draft since 2010, when Rutgers heard the names of two former players in the first round. Sanu, the Big East’s record holder for single-season receptions, is the only sure-fire selection.

WAITING GAME As 2012 NFL Draft begins, several former Knights, led by wide receiver Mohamed Sanu, aim for first Rutgers selections in two years BY TYLER BARTO SPORTS EDITOR

Justin Francis plans to spend the NFL Draft weekend in his native Miami with family. “I’ll probably [be] at my aunt’s house,” he said. “That’s where everybody goes to get to eat.” FOOTBALL Francis, a defensive lineman, is one of three former Rutgers football players likely to hear his named

called on one of the draft’s three days. The draft, which begins tonight, figures to span the first round without a Scarlet Knight selected for the second consecutive year. Wide receiver Mohamed Sanu, who set program and Big East records for single-season receptions in 2011, is the most likely candidate if an NFL team takes a flyer. Sanu ran a 4.67 40-yard dash in February’s NFL Combine, but improved it with a 4.41 mark nearly a month later at Rutgers’ Pro Day.

Several reports indicate Sanu will be a pick on Day 2, home of the second and third rounds. Francis and offensive lineman Desmond Wynn figure to wait longer, if the wait ultimately ends this weekend. With the announcement this week that NFL rosters will expand to 90 players, each will likely earn an opportunity professionally. Fullback Joe Martinek also figures to gain looks as a possible undrafted free agent or late-round pick.

Francis’ stock significantly improved during his senior season, his most productive in Piscataway. He started all 13 games and led the Knights with 6.5 sacks. “That’s not always the easiest position to be productive at,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “A lot of times you’re getting doubleteamed. It’s not easy to make the amount of plays he made.”

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RU works on scoring chances before Hoyas matchup BY BRADLY DERECHAILO CORRESPONDENT

NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior midfielder Stephanie Anderson looks to jumpstart the Knights offense tomorrow against Georgetown with a spot in the Big East Tournament on the line.

Rutgers head women’s lacrosse coach Laura Brand-Sias made it very clear how she felt about Saturday’s loss to Loyola (Md.). “We went in WOMEN’S LACROSSE feeling like we should win the RUTGERS AT game, and I felt GEORGETOWN, like we should SATURDAY, 1 P.M. have,” Brand-Sias said. “I’m not going to go into a game and say, ‘Oh, I’m happy that we performed well against a highly ranked team.’ I really don’t care who we play — I think we should be coming out with the win.” The Scarlet Knights (9-6, 4-3) get another opportunity to leave a game with a victory against a ranked opponent tomorrow, when

they travel to Washington, D.C., to face off against Georgetown on CBS Sports Network, Rutgers’ first appearance this season on national television. The Hoyas (8-6, 4-3) enter the match ranked No. 15 after their 7-6 overtime loss to No. 7 Notre Dame. A win clinches the fourth and final position in the Big East Tournament for Rutgers. But while starting fast has not been a problem for the Knights in their past three games, Brand-Sias wants to see a more dependable approach to scoring when Rutgers starts the first half. “We have to start consistent,” Brand-Sias said. “I don’t necessarily want to say we have to start fast because that makes it sound like if they get a couple goals [early], we’re not in the game.”

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