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omeone on campus must have taken an apple from the Tree of Knowledge, because the University is planning to shut down the Eden email network on July 1, 2014 and replace it with ScarletApps.
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Rutgers-Newark and RutgersCamden will also see their respective email ser vices, Pegasus and Clam, deactivate on the same date. Provided by Google Apps for Education, ScarletApps will allow students to access Google’s collaborative services, such as document sharing and calendars through their University email addresses, said Keri Budnovitch, associate director in the Office of Information Technology.
It will include all of the applications Google usually provides, excluding those that would have to be purchased, she said. “Students can use it to work with assignments, faculty members can use [Google+] Hangouts for their student advisory meetings or office hours, and [students can] share email calendars for different student groups,” she said. “It has a lot to offer that we weren’t able to offer in the past.”
New flood map displays areas impacted by sea level rise BY JULIA DAWIDOWICZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
GREEN BEATS The Rutgers University Programming Association presented the “Luck O’ the Irish Coffeehouse” yesterday as a part of celebration for St. Patrick’s Day. The event featured live alternative Irish music, food and dancing. See PAGE 4 for more photos. FIRAS SATTAR
A new online tool created by University researchers will help inform the public about critical sea level increases and flooding hazards in New Jersey. Following years of study accompanied by surveys and testing, which began in 2009, University researchers released the userfriendly website www.njfloodmapper.org, said Lisa Auermuller, watershed and outreach coordinator for the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve. The creators of the website concentrated on applying digital map-making to site-specific information about landscapes to help
Budnovitch said ScarletApps would be more suitable for students then Eden’s ser vices because the Google inter face is more popular among students, making it easier to use and manage. “We found that a lot of students were already coming with Google accounts so this isn’t something they SEE
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town and county decision-makers, said Richard Lathrop Jr., director of Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis. Lathrop, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, said the interactive website’s visualization tools illustrate the impact of sea level rises from 1-6 feet on user-selected areas in the state. The site also demonstrates the confidence level, or amount of certainty, in the mapping itself for a particular area in relation to expected flooding, he said. Populations most vulnerable to flooding were also of great importance to the study, Lathrop said. The creators examined factors including the socioeconomic status and mobility of age groups. He said they incorporated the locations of facilities such as schools, fire stations and hospitals in their maps. Street-level views of selected locations are also available on the website, he said. These photos simulate what different sea levels would look like on the ground. Lathrop said the locations selected were based on landmarks that had meaning to the surrounding community and provided valuable perspectives. SEE
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Women’s rights activists discuss abuse in Africa BY WILSON CONDE STAFF WRITER
Women’s rights activists presented a new perspective on struggles women face in Africa yesterday during the Center for Women’s Global Leadership’s “Talking Back and Creating Change.” The event, which was held at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building’s conference room on Douglass Campus, hosted three female human rights defenders who spoke about their various personal experiences in dealing with the issue of women’s rights issues in Africa. Savi Bisnath, associate director at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, said the panel discussion was a unique opportunity to hear from African women themselves about their experiences. “Often, their experiences are filtered to us,” Bisnath said. She said she hopes to raise awareness of the issues the activists face during their work, such as violence against women and the situation of women in armed-conflict situations. Ruth Ochieng, who has researched and documented the treatment of women in Africa during conflict and postconflict situations, spoke about how academics and activists sometimes approach human rights issues differently.
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“As activists, it is not just about the numbers, but also about the meaning of the [personal] story,” Ochieng said. She also discussed how human rights activists often fail to factor in the situation of women when assessing conflict situations. Human rights activists only began to pay attention to how conflict situations affected women in recent years, in part because of her activism, she said. “There was [once] no literature of what happened to women, even in women’s academia,” Ochieng said. “Often, the discussion was simply one line that said women were raped.” Hannah Korocho, who works with government officials in the African country of South Sudan as a member of parliament, said South Sudanese women continue to face many challenges, despite women’s rights making some progress since the end of the civil war. She also said even though South Sudan’s constitution reserves 25 percent of all government positions for women, the actual percentage of women in government jobs is actually around 10 percent. Jolly Kamuntu, a radio journalist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shared her story on how her women’s rights work involves gathering the personal
From left: Xi Chen, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, Jonathan Sukenik, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, and Austin Thekkumthala, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, learn the art of making sushi from Peter Kyaing, a School of Engineering senior, at the Asian American Cultural Center on Livingston campus.
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stories of women experiencing sexual violence. Kamuntu also said her work was dangerous, since where she lives and works — she could be raped at any time. One of Kamuntu’s journalistic projects revolved around her being an eyewitness to an incident where a group of armed men gathered all of the women in a village to publicly rape them one by one. She said she worked with a human rights organization to install a phone in every village and then began to teach the women of the village how to use SMS cards, so that their stories would be fed into a database and publicized to raise awareness of sexual violence. “That was how the world began to know about rapes in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo],” Kamuntu said. Ochieng said in African society, the biggest women’s rights issues often involve economic issues. “In many African nations, women are not allowed to own property,” she said. “So, if her husband dies, the property goes to the brother, and for her to get access to the land, she must marry the brother.” Ochieng also said she was frustrated by the lack of control women have over their personal decisions.
Hannah Korocho, a member of the South Sudanese parliament, discussed many challenges women face in Africa despite progress since the civil war. KARL HOEMPLER
“Why should I be told to produce 11 children when I only wanted to have two children?” she said. Kamuntu said the Democratic Republic of the Congo has the highest rate of sexual violence against women in the world. She also said United Nations peacekeepers often stand by when women are raped, since they are only there to obser ve the post-conflict situation and not to inter vene.
“Someone should ask these U.N. peacekeepers what they would do if they see a woman being raped a few feet away from them if they were not in uniform,” said Abena Busia, chair of the Department of Women and Gender Studies. Kamuntu said the University could help advance her work by analyzing how the money spent on human rights work correlates with results, while Ochieng said academics can help by analyzing personal narratives in economic terms.
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A GAELIC NIGHT Students tap danced, ate Irish food and listened to alternative Irish music yesterday at the Rutgers University Programming Association’s “Luck O’ the Irish Coffeehouse” at the Douglass Campus Center. FIRAS SATTAR
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EDEN Augustynowicz says Eden system has problems CONTINUED FROM FRONT have to learn,” she said. “They already know how to use it.” She said the only difference between a Gmail account and ScarletApps is the domain, meaning students log into their accounts directly through the University rather than Google’s website. Advertisements will also not be visible on ScarletApps. “It’s very similar [but] it’s separate,” she said. “We’re running a Google Apps for Education domain. It’s a whole different set of storage and space but it’s pretty much exactly the same without any advertising.” Even though many students use Gmail and the other services offered by Google, Sean Barbieri, a School of Environmental And Biological Sciences first-year student, said he does not use Google and is unfamiliar with the site. “I don’t think highly of the idea,” he said. “I am not really a big fan of Gmail, I think it is very confusing.” Since Google Apps can seem complicated to non-users, Barbieri said the switch will initially cause problems for students, but they will alleviate over time as those students adjust. “Maybe it will be more beneficial in the long run as it will become more mainstream but I think right now it will cause a lot of confusion,” he said. “I don’t really see the need for it.” Dariusz Augustynowicz, a Rutgers School of Business senior, said as a Google user, he looks forward to the University’s transition. “I personally like it. I already have my stuff in the Gmail system,” he said. “It will probably be easier to integrate and be simpler for most people.” Augustynowicz said the Eden system is problematic and confusing. He has an Eden account set up but his mail is for warded directly to his Gmail account. “Well, it was kind of complicated. It wasn’t as bad as other schools that I’ve seen but I’d
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rather just use what I already have,” he said. The University made the transition possible by signing a sevenyear contract with Google, which provides the service for no cost. The only expenses the University will manage are the staff and team used to ensure the services run effectively, Budnovitch said. “Of course there are administrative costs that go with that. We do have to have the staff to implement [and] support it. … [We] are just able to provide a great service to the Rutgers community than we have before,” she said. Eden has the capacity to provide the same services as ScarletApps, but adding these features would be more costly, she said. “It would take much longer and be much more expensive if we decided to develop something like that in-house,” Budnovitch said. “[ScarletApps] is being offered for free to universities so this is something we jumped on … and decided we needed to do because the ser vices are really tremendous.” She said the transitioning process would be completed once the current email system is turned of f and decommissioned. Although the email portion is being turned off, other ser vices provided by the University’s Eden program will still function, since students and faculty use the ser vices for some of their courses. “Right now if you go through the account creation process, you can still create accounts on those systems in addition to the ScarletApps account,” she said. So right now there is a choice … but in the near future ScarletApps will be the only option for students’ email services.” She said the University wants to test the service’s success with students before it extends the further. “There are no plans to replace faculty and staff email with ScarletApps … At this point we’re going with the students, seeing how that goes,” she said. “I can’t say that it wouldn’t be a possibility for the teacher but at this point … our goal is mainly just to replace student email.”
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MAP Lathrop says he worked with focus groups on website CONTINUED FROM FRONT “Although the public is not our target audience, [I believe] there is real value in the public understanding the risk and vulnerability [associated with sea level rise and flooding hazards],” Auermuller said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology and Sustainable Jersey funded the project, among others, Lathrop said. Together with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Service Center, Lathrop and his partners designed the site with their target audiences in mind, Auermuller said. His foundation, Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis, focuses on geographic information systems. “When it comes to GIS … [Lathrop] is a valuable [specialist],” said Martha MaxwellDoyle, project coordinator at the Barnegat Bay Partnership. The project was a long-term planning effort and a starting point for the application of this particular technology, Lathrop said. His initial expectations for
this project have been met, and what remains to be seen is how the website is used. The site will ser ve as a platform for further information to be added. Although interested in adding more functionality and data, Lathrop said they would like to keep it simple, but still adapt it to meet ever yone’s needs. Auermuller, who has worked at the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reser ve for 11 years, said the project took as long as it did for a few reasons. Before project development could begin, the team of researchers needed to wait for the U.S. Geological Survey to issue a dataset, she said. Without this data, it would not be possible to accurately predict where and how water would travel above New Jersey’s topography, said Auermuller. The team then created website prototypes during the development process, she said, and had expected customers test the prototype versions for userfriendliness in classrooms in a process they referred to as “quester testing”. “We worked with focus groups to be able to see how people interact with the technology we created … it’s refreshing,” Lathrop said. “It gives me a better understanding of people’s insight and understanding of maps, and the excitement they get.”
The New Jersey flood map, created by University researchers, provides detailed information on areas critically impacted by flooding due to gradually rising sea levels. SCREENSHOT OF WWW.NJFLOODMAPPER.ORG
Auermuller said she planned and managed discussions with municipal and county-level officials, town workers and planning boards to collect and implement their opinions. “Looking back at what happened during Hurricane Sandy, the community’s realized that you cannot be over-prepared,” said Auermuller. Lathrop said nothing could replace this focus-group input because the feedback offered solutions on how to display data in a fashion that makes sense to users. How to share this essential information with those responsible for making decisions such
as emergency evacuations, green-conscious building and rebuilding plans is another primar y goal of this project, said Lathrop. “The [New Jersey] coast is a ver y dynamic environment,” said Lathrop. “Long-term sustainability of human residence, as well as environmental infrastr ucture of the New Jersey coast [are also key objectives].” Maxwell-Doyle said her’s and Auermuller’s area of study overlap, and they worked closely together on the technical side of this sea-level mapper website as well as on other projects including climate adaption tools.
She said the website is sophisticated, but easy to use and an excellent resource with many applications. Because local mitigation plans must be updated and resubmitted to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for approval every five years, the goal of the website is helping community decision-makers, she said. Auermuller said her experience working with the community was rewarding. She learned about the needs of the community and working with the project team to design a helpful website. “It’s been a long time coming, but [it’s been an] impor tant process and I’m glad it’s live,” she said.
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College of Cardinals select new pope THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY — In unadorned white robes, the first pope from the Americas sets a tone of simplicity and pastoral humility in a church desperate to move past the tarnished era of abuse scandals and internal Vatican upheavals. The choice of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio — who took the name Francis — reflected a series of history-making decisions by fellow cardinals who seemed determined to offer a message of renewal to a church under pressures on many fronts. The 76-year-old archbishop of Buenos Aries — the first from Latin America and the first from the Jesuit order — bowed to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square and asked for their blessing in a hint of the austere style he cultivated while modernizing the Argentina’s conser vative Catholic church. In taking the name Francis, he drew connections to the 13th century St. Francis of Assisi, who saw his calling as tr ying to rebuild the church in a time of turmoil. It also evokes images of Francis Xavier, one of the 16th century founders of the Jesuit order that is known for its scholarship and outreach. Francis, the son of middleclass Italian immigrants, is known as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed. He came close to becoming pope last time, reportedly gaining the second-highest vote total in several rounds of voting before he bowed out of the running in the conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI. Groups of supporters waved Argentine flags in St. Peter’s Square as Francis, wearing simple white robes, made his first public appearance as pope. “Ladies and gentlemen, good evening,” he said, before making a reference to his roots in Latin America, which accounts for
about 40 percent of the world’s Roman Catholics. Bergoglio often rode the bus to work, cooked his own meals and regularly visited the slums that ring Argentina’s capital. He considers social outreach, rather than doctrinal battles, to be the essential business of the church. He accused fellow church leaders of hypocrisy and forgetting that Jesus Christ bathed lepers and ate with prostitutes. “Jesus teaches us another way: Go out. Go out and share your testimony. Go out and interact with your brothers. Go out and share. Go out and ask. Become the Word in body as well as spirit,” Bergoglio told Argentina’s priests last year. Bergoglio’s legacy as cardinal includes his efforts to repair the reputation of a church that lost many followers by failing to openly challenge Argentina’s murderous 1976-83 dictatorship. He also worked to recover the church’s traditional political influence in society, but his outspoken criticism of President Cristina Kirchner couldn’t stop her from imposing socially liberal measures that are anathema to the church, from gay marriage and adoption to free contraceptives for all. “In our ecclesiastical region, there are priests who don’t baptize the children of single mothers because they weren’t conceived in the sanctity of marriage,” Bergoglio told his priests. “These are today’s hypocrites. Those who clericalize the Church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation. And this poor girl who, rather than returning the child to sender, had the courage to carry it into the world, must wander from parish to parish so that it’s baptized!” This sort of pastoral work, aimed at capturing more souls and building the flock, is an essential skill for any religious leader in the modern era, said Bergoglio’s authorized biographer, Sergio Rubin.
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IN BRIEF MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MURDER OF COUPLE MAYS LANDING, N.J. — A southern New Jersey man has admitted that he fatally shot a man and wounded a woman during a carjacking inside an Atlantic City casino parking garage. Phillip Byrd of Camden pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony murder in a plea deal with Atlantic County prosecutors. They will recommend that he receive a 47-year prison term when he’s sentenced June 7. Byrd and two other Camden men were accused of robbing 28year-old Sunil Rattu and 24-yearold Radha Ghetia in September 2011. They were forced to drive from the Trump Taj Mahal parking garage to an alley, where they were shot. Rattu died from two gunshot wounds to the head, while Ghetia survived two shots in the upper body. Another defendant has pleaded guilty, while the third is due in court Thursday.
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BASILICA BALCONY Newly elected Pope Francis I waves to the waiting crowd from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica on March 13 in Vatican City. Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pontiff and will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. GETTY IMAGES
NEWARK, N.J. — One of three New Jersey mayors arrested in 2009’s large-scale federal corruption sting has lost a bid to have his corruption conviction thrown out. Former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell was sentenced to 30 months in prison last April for accepting a bribe from a government informant in a cash-forinfluence scheme. Wednesday’s ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction. Elwell was among 46 people arrested in the sting, including two other mayors — Peter Cammarano III of Hoboken and Anthony Suarez of Ridgefield. Cammarano pleaded guilty and ser ved two years, while Suarez was acquitted of extortion and briber y by a jur y in 2010. About three-quarters of the defendants pleaded guilty or were convicted. Two defendants’ cases are pending.
SENATOR LAUTENBERG WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Frank Lautenberg, the nation’s oldest senator at 89, has been sidelined in New Jersey with pain and weakness in his legs. Lautenberg spokesman Caley Gray said Wednesday that the senator’s doctor has advised him not to travel. The Democrat has missed several votes in the Senate this week and last. Gray said the senator was working to rebuild strength in his legs. Lautenberg was sick with the flu in late December and early January. He missed several votes related to a $60 billion relief package for Superstorm Sandy. Lautenberg announced last month he would retire next year and not seek re-election. — The Associated Press
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eading the way for colleges in New Jersey in masspare the students themselves. Students are entitled to shooting safety precautions, The College of New receive education by their school on how they can protect Jersey is using its spring break this week to host their lives in the case of a potential crisis. Elementary “active killer” simulations on campus, according to schools hold lockdown drills for a similar purpose, in which NJ.com. The simulations are intended to provide real-life students practice reacting to a threat. They are informed of practice on how to deal with live fire on school grounds. the best place to hide in their classroom, how to react calmThe activity is quite impressive and should be undertaken ly and quickly — often being timed — and are given necby the University as well. essary safety guidelines about how to get help fast to avoid With officers, innocent bystanders and even a fake endangering themselves or their peers further. killer, the practice sets the scene as realistically as possible, It took a Google search to discover that the University with people committing to their parts in the setup. The has “Active Shooter Resources” on its Rutgers University guns are filled with soap bullets that Police Department site with guideappear red when they are shot at a lines about how to deal with the situ“It is surprising that our target. The officers pretend that ation — but how many University they are responding to a real shootUniversity does not host the students even know this page exists? ing being carried out as accurately How many have actually read it? And same type of activities on how would text on a webpage proas possible — even down to the distraction of people screaming and vide the necessary preparation for our campus ... Our shouting for help. such a dangerous and critical realcircumstances necessitate life situation? State officers carry out these simulations to train both TCNJ camWhile University residence halls adequate attention.” pus officers and Mercer County may have safety plans, no mandatosheriff’s police. The practice that ry program exists that would inform was carried out on March 12 was the first time they students about them. It is especially frightening that there worked together in how to address the dangerous sceare no developed procedures on what to do if someone nario, according to NJ.com. All N.J. officers are required to were to open fire in the building. It would be extremely participate in the training — as well as TCNJ officers in this plausible to create effective lockdown plans tailored to each case — who intend to prepare them in the case of a mass building and to hold mandatory building or floor meetings shooting in public places. to inform students about them. It would not be a bad idea It is surprising that our University does not host the to carry out simulation drills as well. same type of activities on our campus. As a much larger It is obvious that our University lacks a viable and suffischool than TCNJ, our circumstances necessitate adecient plan of action in dealing with shooters. We can’t quate attention to the various possible situations that might ignore that the country’s deadliest school massacre in arise on different campuses and in different buildings. recent history was at a university, Virginia Tech University. University police, at the very least, should be required to With last year’s Sandy Hook shooting, the concern about go through active-shooter training — especially with state school massacres is increasing again — and we don’t want and county police — in order to know how to work with to wait for a tragedy for our University to realize it needs to each other as efficiently as possible. revisit its safety precautions and make them the best it posNot only should our University hold similar practice for sibly can. Protecting the lives of our students deserves officers, but it should also take one step further and preevery effort. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 145th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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Commit to a life of better writing TALKING SHOP BEN GOLD
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ou probably can’t write — yes, I mean you, daily reader of The Daily Targum. It’s okay — I get it. You are a blank major, and you barely use the English language — you can communicate with a series of strategic grunts. I have a confession — I used to be a downright awful writer. My writing was as pretty as a wildebeest and about as interesting as my columns from last semester. I’m going to tell you what I did to become a better writer, because anyone can — and should — become a decent one. Writing does not have to be beautiful or eloquent, it just has to be clear and concise. In my fraternity, I’m the go-to guy to edit essays and look over graduate school applications. Like a doctor, there is only so much I can do for most essays.
Becoming a better writer isn’t reducible topics, so I was bound to be interested in to “five easy tips” or any short-term solu- something. I know this is heresy, but tion. Like getting in shape, it’s a prolonged you should read books in your spare effort that you have to work on every day time — swear to God, I’m not joking. and to some extent make lifestyle changes. When you watch that same episode of If I were to look at my growth as a writer, South Park for the ninth time, it’s not it started in the 10th grade when I wanted to helping you become a better writer. Next, you must learn grammar. I know stop being a crappy writer — seven years of it’s tedious, but you work so far and going just have to do it. strong. “I know this is heresy, Start with what you It starts with don’t know how to reading good writbut you should read use. I’ll confess, I did ing. Your writing will books in your spare not know how to use resemble what you a comma when I was read in the same way time — swear to God, in high school. I didthat you will speak I’m not joking.” n’t master the semilike the people you colon until sophohang out with. Hang more year of college. around professors all day, and you’ll start to speak like a profes- I still make grammar mistakes all the time, sor. Hang around toddlers, and you’ll start and it’s completely normal. The last thing you have to do is practice. to drool. Next, you need to read good writing You have to write and hone your craft. There — Buzzfeed and TotalFratMove.com do are no shortcuts to running a marathon. At not constitute as good writing. The New some point, you just need to run a lot, over York Times and The Wall Street Journal and over again. It is no different than writare good places to start. The articles are ing. Just keep writing — write blogs, write short, and they cover a lot of different letters to your local newspaper, write to your
boss about ways to improve your company, to Congress to improve your country. Just write, and you will get better over time. I promise. But Ben, who cares? Well, if writing well is so irrelevant, write a letter to the editor detailing why it isn’t important. See what I did there? Writing is critical in the business world, where emails and business proposals are your main tool as of communication. In the sciences, you will write proposals and have to explain to different audiences the results of your research. I know it’s cheesy, but being able to write and voice your concerns is part of being a good citizen. I want you to be a better writer because I think you have valuable things to say. You know you have ideas worth hearing, so get started. Overcoming inertia is the hardest part of becoming a better writer, and I hope you do. I’d love to see you write about your experience. Ben Gold is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in philosophy and history. His column, “Talking Shop,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
Body shaming goes both ways FRONTLINES SHANZAY FARZAN
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h my god, why are you so skinny? Listen, you don’t have to succumb to what magazines and the media portray. It’s really bad — you should gain some weight. There’s nothing wrong with being curvy.” I’ve been hearing words like these my entire life. There has been a popular trend going around to combat fat shaming and body shaming, particularly targeting the models shown on television or in magazines. And for the most part, they’re meant to eradicate negative stereotypes on those that have body shapes that are generally larger than the stickthin figures seen posing on those covers. It’s fantastic to see that there are people standing up for the Photoshopped and incredibly unrealistically thin women on magazines and the type of message they send to young girls. It’s only when that trend tends to turn on the rest that the situation becomes upsetting.
What you may not realize is that there look up to the ideals shown in magazines are those of us that exist with naturally really shouldn’t in the first place — but that smaller body types than the average as well. should apply to them regardless of Not only do I have a petite figure, I find it whether they themselves are “large,” extraordinarily difficult to gain weight. So “small” or whatever else. Of course, it’s extremely difficult — given when I hear words like, “God, being skinny is so disgusting. I’d never be like those mod- that the media tends to portray only one speels” or “Curvy is the new sexy,” it honestly cific body type and then glamorizes it to no end. The campaign against it, however, makes me feel terrible about myself. Why can’t all body types be accepted shouldn’t be “Don’t be skinny like those girls for how they are? Why must we sway one that look like they’re suffering from eating disorders. Be curvy way or another? For and sexy instead.” those girls that have “The fact is, there is no It should be an abnormally high “Don’t try to change metabolism or those ‘normal’ standard for yourself on the basis with Selective Eating body types.” of what is being Disorder or even shown to you, regardjust the factor of simless of whether magaply being naturally thin — life is just as difficult for some of zines are advertising methods to lose them as it is for those who find it difficult weight or to gain it.” Now, you might be asking, “When have to lose weight. The fact is, there is no “normal” stan- there ever been ads to gain weight?” You might be surprised to know, that as dard for body types. A person can be tall, short, large, small, curvy or any mixture of much as our culture today idealizes weight those. There’s no reason to protect only loss, a few decades ago, the very same culture shunned it. one body type that’s targeted. According to the Huffington Post, severInstead, I propose to celebrate every single body type that exists. Women who al ads from the 1930s to the 1950s tout
scientific ways to “add attractive pounds and inches,” and “add glamorous curves to your figure.” And they weren’t about health: the ads make it clear that being skinny or slender was the least attractive look. The challenge then is not to stop young girls from binging or starving themselves by showing them only ads with plus sized women. The challenge is to integrate more than just one body type — and not focus on that singular one, while negating the rest. This is not to say that many have not already spoken up about the issue. I’m merely bringing this viewpoint to light, since the trend of standing up against fat shaming can also involve polarizing that body type to positivity in ways that involve isolation for the rest of us. So yes — There isn’t anything wrong with being curvy. Curvy may very well be sexy. But there’s nothing wrong with being naturally skinny, or anything in between either. Shanzay Farzan is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in communication and psychology with a minor in Japanese. She is the associate copy editor at The Daily Targum.
Social networking gives false sense of privacy COMMENTARY VAISHALI GAUBA
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hile I was browsing the Internet this morning, a pop-up on my Facebook page informed me that my privacy settings were not very high. So, while I looked for a way to adjust them, I found this little icon in that corner that read Privacy Settings. I was just about to click it when I suddenly stopped and chuckled. I thought to myself: Is it really worthwhile, setting privacy on a social networking site? Isn’t it almost ironic? Social networking sites are hubs of friends, activities, interests, families, relationships, states of mind, pictures, careers and almost
everything we can imagine. And after this ceaseless list, if you think there room for privacy, then you may be living in a different era. To begin with, the meaning of the word privacy is highly underrated. Privacy is not a state of not being disturbed by your parents. Rather, it is a state of being free from public attention. Thus, telling your mom to give you some privacy while you are posting your relationship status for thousands of others to see is certainly not a very good example of protecting your privacy. It’s actually sad that something that you cannot share with someone as close as a family member is just a click away for a bunch of acquaintances and even strangers. This brings me to my second point — the different categories of friends within the many who could be a part of your
social network. They could be your very close friends who you trust, casual acquaintances or complete strangers. The fact of the matter is, regardless of the category, all of these friends have access to all your socalled private stuff on these social networking sites. Especially if you are an individual in the public domain, any of your interests can be used as a weapon against you, whether it is your interest in women with big booties or your open prejudice against a particular group. And finally, looking from a different perspective, even though sometimes we let others invade our privacy, at other times we are dragged into it. Thanks to advertising, even other independent websites require logins via social networking sites. If the world knows where you are and
whom you are with, it also knows which articles you read, which songs you listen to, what books are you buy, etc. At this point, one might feel helpless — and it is definitely natural to feel that way since social networking is here to stay. But don’t let social networking become the one entity that knows everything about you. You can very legitimately demand privacy from a social network in the same way you demand privacy from people. So don’t be an open book, maintain your space and don’t be too quick to post pictures. Who knows — the social network might clash with your professional network, too. Vaishali Gauba is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. She is an editorial assistant at The Daily Targum.
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CONTINUED FROM BACK Clements for a goal. She proceeded to score one of her own on a low shot that rolled through multiple defenders. Rutgers grabbed a 4-2 lead in the first 10 minutes of the game. The Knights attacked the net early and converted on individual offensive plays. Trendell scored two unassisted goals with drives to the net on the left side. Martinelli and Clements began the game with nearly identical goals. Both players ran from behind the net and buried shots on the left side of the goal. Hofstra scored a goal off the opening possession from defender April Iannetta, but only held the lead for 35 seconds after the Knights scored twostraight goals.
“It’s really important, especially when it’s a high-pressure game, and they’re really trying to keep the pace of play going,” Brand-Sias said of the early goals. “You want to make sure you have that cushion, so you have room for any mistakes that you make.” With the victory, the Knights have a chance to enter Big East action with only one loss. Rutgers has one game in out of conference play remaining when it plays Tuesday against Princeton Brand-Sias emphasized the importance of getting the wins out of conference. “Obviously we always want to take care of conference, but we don’t have conference to think about yet,” Brand-Sias said. “We want to make sure we take care of our region and getting as many wins as we possibly can.”
CONTINUED FROM BACK the production that came out of it is amazing,” Greene said. “That’s probably one of my harder but better life decisions I’ve ever had to make.” Greene continued his dominance under head coach Kyle Flood, recording six sacks, forcing six fumbles and scoring his first career defensive touchdown in 2012. Flood played host to scouts from all 32 NFL teams yesterday, according to Rutgers Athletics Communications, and has developed a clearer understanding of how the draft process works as a head coach. “Year in and year out, as [scouts] ask me about different players, you get some idea in your mind about what might happen going forward, but you never really know,” Flood said. “It only
takes one team to really like you and you can maybe go a little higher than people anticipated.” Greene contemplated entering the draft last season, his fourth at Rutgers and fifth since high school — he spent a prep season at Avon Old Farms (Conn.). He says he reads mock drafts, but never pays too much attention. “Personally I think I’m a firstround-caliber guy or early second round,” Greene said. “But you never know when it comes to April.” The same uncertainty lingers for Logan Ryan, who decided to forgo his senior season. Ryan, a 2012 All-Big East First Team cornerback, opted not to run the 40-yard dash after posting a time of 4.56 in February’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis. “I’m a football player,” Ryan said. “I’ve been doing it the last two months. I’m focusing on being
a better football player and trying to make an impact as a rookie and getting drafted high, not putting my hand in the ground and going through track practice.” Ryan, a valuable asset for the Knights against the run, is up to nearly 193 pounds since training during the offseason. He says he has benefited from working with New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, who shares the same agent as Ryan, at Fischer Sports in Phoenix. “That was the greatest thing I ever decided to do,” Ryan said. “A lot of pro guys train there [and] come in two or three times a week. He’s there five to seven times a week.” Knight Notes: Defensive tackle Scott Vallone did not run the 40yard dash because of a previously tweaked hamstring. He said he projects best as a 3-4 defensive end in the NFL. … Running back Jawan Jamison, who had two years of eligibility remaining, ran times of 4.64 and 4.6 in the 40-yard dash. He said his right ankle — injured twice last season, including during the Knights’ Dec. 27 bowl game — is fully healed.
TOURNEY Nine players return with uncertainty for conference next year CONTINUED FROM BACK “We made a couple mistakes,” Mack said. “That comes with maturity. We’ll be mature next year.” Six-seeded Notre Dame led by as many as 16 in the first half. Rutgers head coach Mike Rice switched to a 2-3 zone with eight minutes left in the half, but Notre Dame found its holes. The Irish scored as easily in a methodical halfcourt approach as they did in transition, and it was apparent the Knights’ luster had worn off after so long. “I just questioned their heart,” Rice said. “Questioned their pride. Austin spoke up. And they responded.” The Knights appeared visibly out of sync in the first half in their halfcourt offense. Their haste fed Notre Dame’s patient defense, all too comfortable with making its second-round matchup a slow-paced affair. “We fell right into it,” Rice said. “We were lackadaisical. We allowed them to dictate it in the first half.” Rice remains optimistic for the program’s future, and he has an argument with nine returning scholarship players. But a watered-down Big East — rightfully or not — will ramp up expectations. Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse depart for the Atlantic Coast Conference, leaving only legacy and a handful of Conference USA transplants in their wake. Gone are the deliberate, structured defenses that have given Rutgers fits. Gone is Madison Square Garden, the temple to some of the league’s best athletes. And gone, to a certain is extent, is the name brand, regardless of whatever Rutgers’ new conference calls itself. For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Tyler Barto on Twitter @Tyler_Barto. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @targumsports.
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MARCH 14, 2013 SOFTBALL
GYMNASTICS RUTGERS FACES MARYLAND, WEST VIRGINIA IN MORGANTOWN
Knights focus on manufacturing runs BY GREG JOHNSON
But Rutgers must ultimately get on base for that to happen. In the team’s four losses in Tomorrow marks the Rutgers California, they averaged only softball team’s final tournament two walks and four hits a game. tune-up before the start of Big Nelson wants to see the East play. Knights show more discipline at The Scarlet Knights head to the plate, lay off high pitches Clear water, Fla., where they and get back to attacking early play three doubleheaders in the count as they did March 1through Sunday. It starts with 3 in Virginia. Oklahoma State (13-12) and “We’ve been working on the Boston University (6-9), folhard-and-in pitch and up in the lowed by Iowa State (10-10) and strike zone — tr ying to work Maine (1-22), then finally on staying off the pitch that’s Boston College (4-11) and just a little bit too high,” Florida A&M (5-15). Nelson said. After a fr ustrating series That weakness was revealed this past weekend in California to Rutgers in its latest contest — where the Knights blew Sunday against Nevada, when its leads in four of the five games offense was shut out this season to finish 1-4 — Rutgers (7-8) for only the second time. wants to get back to playing Righthander Karlyn Jones confidently and with a chip on brought a high-heat repertoire its shoulder. the Knights had yet to see. In order for that to happen, Rutgers has developed its own head coach Jay Nelson notes talent to complement sophomore the team must implement ace lefthander Alyssa Landrith. smar ter, more F r e s h m a n aggressive righthander baserunning it Dresden Maddox “Sometimes ... it emphasized this struggled a bit gets harder and week in practice. with control early Small, fundaharder to string hits on, but is now hitmental mistakes ting her stride and together throughout playing a pivotal kept the Knights from generating role at the backthe lineup.” vital runs — end of the ASHLEY BRAGG detrimental for a Knights’ rotation. Senior Shortstop team that relies “From the first heavily on effectime I’ve had a tive small ball. start [on Feb. 16], “We had two situations last I’ve been building on each game week where we should’ve and improving each game,” scored a run that we didn’t Maddox said. “I’m starting to feel score,” Nelson said, “because really comfortable out there our baserunners held up when again with my teammates. they should’ve gone. Fielders They’re great — they’re a great got in their way and they backed defense behind me.” up instead of taking the jump off Nelson believes the team’s 15 the base where they would games so far before its Big East avoid that.” opener March 23 have served as Nelson said the team may an essential assessment of small also tr y to steal a few more holes in the Knights’ play. bases as well as implement the For Rutgers, this weekend hit-and-run. serves as its final dress rehearsThe goal is to advance as al before its most important many runners into scoring posigame action. tion as possible, limiting the need “When we make up the schedfor extra-base or several consecuule, we like to play teams from tive hits. different parts of the country, “We’ve been working on a lot because they have different on ways to manufacture runs — philosophies of playing,” Nelson other than just hitting the ball said. “You face a variety of teams and base hit after base hit,” said that will expose your weaknesses senior shortstop Ashley Bragg. before you get to conference.” “Sometimes with difficult pitching it gets harder and harder to For updates on the Rutgers softstring hits together throughout ball team, follow Greg Johnson on the lineup.” Twitter @_GregJohnson. CORRESPONDENT
Junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman leads in Rutgers’ quest for an NCAA Regionals berth and will likely perform tomorrow in the all-around event. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU pushes for postseason berth BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
An air of focused tension and supreme confidence consumes the Livingston Recreation Center these days. At the site of the Rutgers gymnastics team’s weekday morning practices, it is hard to find a Scarlet Knight dead set on anything other than earning the program its first trip to the NCAA Regionals since 2007. It is an unspoken mindset in which the Knights stay within themselves, not wanting to press. “Everyone’s in a good mind frame. We probably won’t even talk about it,” said head coach Louis Levine. “They know what they need to get done. As long as they keep doing their job, I think we’ll be fine.” After Friday’s school-record road score of 195.550 at Towson, the Knights rank 37th nationally with a Regional Qualifying Score of 194.685. Iowa State barely clings to the 36th and final spot for regionals at 194.855, with only two qualifying meets left. Week after week in the second half of the season, Rutgers has inched closer to its elusive goal in the national rankings. Time is growing thin, but the Knights sense they have nearly broken the threshold. “I think we’re all really pumped. We see how close we are to our goals,” said junior cocaptain Alexis Gunzelman. “I
think everyone has it in themselves that we are capable of this and we’re going to get there. Everyone just is going to continue to push.” The push could reach a tipping point as soon as tomorrow night, when Rutgers faces No. 21 West Virginia and Maryland in Morgantown, West Va. The matchup is a rematch of the Feb. 17 meet with the Mountaineers and Terrapins in Mar yland, when the Knights broke a 195 on the road for the first time in history. Though Rutgers finished in last, Gunzelman believes the team’s high-level per formance took the two national powers by surprise. The Knights were happy to be competitive back then, but now insist they have the mental makeup to seize a win. “The last time we saw them, they were shocked that we had scored a 195,” Gunzelman said. “Coming off the past few meets that we’ve had, I think that we’re going to be able to top the score that we had when we first saw them – and I think that’s going to put an even bigger shock to their faces.” Regardless of how its opponents per form, Rutgers will likely leap into the top 36 simply with another 195 per formance. On the other hand, any slight hiccup could hand the Knights a crucial setback in the standings.
Navigating the tightrope will depend on each individual believing their skills at this point, Gunzelman said. If the Knights proceed with the mindset of still questioning whether they will hit a particular routine, the postseason will likely elude them. Rutgers also knows it can still perform better, refusing to become enamored with its historic accomplishments. “At this past meet, we put up a great score, but we could’ve done better. We definitely had mistakes,” said senior Nicole Romano. “As a team, bars definitely could’ve been better. We didn’t have to count a fall, but we did have a fall — and then just little mistakes like sticks and little form. If ever yone picks up a tenth, then it makes a big difference.” With the end goal in sight, Rutgers has no interest in a dramatic finish. Levine thinks his team is capable of finishing near the top 30 and not simply sneaking into the field. “We have the advantage of a couple low scores to drop [in RQS]. … I think we’ll be in pretty easily,” Levine said. “I think we have the ability to move up pretty high — even into the lower 30s as opposed to just 36.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @_GregJohnson.
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD BULLS INVITATIONAL, TOMORROW
Rutgers competes in first meet of spring season BY MIKE KOSINSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s track and field team will compete in Tampa, Fla. tomorrow at the Bulls Invitational. This is the first meet of the spring season for the Scarlet Knights. There are a few transitions the team will need to make transitioning from the winter season.
Some of the differences the Knights will have to deal with are the overall size of the track and the weather conditions outdoors, as opposed to the comforts of the practice bubble. These differences should not be difficult for Rutgers to adjust to. The Knights are hoping to the start the spring season with a fresh mindset in order to achieve their individual goals for the sea-
son. One specific goal they are looking to accomplish is to get to a quicker start out of the gate. “We are expecting to improve on our times, get faster and qualify for regionals with faster times than last season,” said sophomore Gabrielle Farquharson. Rutgers has worked hard in preparation for the upcoming spring season in hopes of good overall results. The practice field
has aided the Knights push toward achieving their goals. “Practice has been tougher and faster for us going into the spring season.” Farquharson said. One of the strengths for the Knights is in the 4x400 relay, as the squad set a new school record in the race during the winter season at the ECAC Championships “Of course at the end of the day we are proud of that accomplishment
as a team,” Farquharson said. “But we have to stay motivated to achieve even more during the spring.” The new school record was a strong ending to the winter season and Rutgers can use this accomplishment to motivate them for a strong spring. The Knights had a short rest period after the ECAC Championships to heal any lingering injuries.
MARCH 14, 2013
SPORTS PAGE 15 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK JUDGE STRUGGLES AGAINST IRISH FRONTCOURT
Irish control paint with deep inside presence BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK — In the first round of the Big East Tournament, the Rutgers men’s basketball team had the luxur y of playing a team that did not know its way around the basket. DePaul was statistically the worst rebounding team in the conference, pulling in
an average of 3.9 less rebounds per game than its opponents. But when the Scarlet Knights met their second round opponent — Notre Dame — the story was vastly different. The Fighting Irish, who average 4.6 more rebounds per game than their opponents, controlled the paint behind AllBig East First Team selection Jack Cooley.
The inside disruption kept Rutgers at arm’s length in a 69-61 Notre Dame win. “Inside, [Notre Dame is] so physical,” said senior forward Austin Johnson. “They get their hands up really well, and they’re taught to not foul and use their body.” Junior forward Wally Judge was the main beneficiary of the Blue Demons’ lack of size Tuesday night, as he went a perfect 9-for-9 from the field — tying a Big East
Tournament record for most field goals without a miss. His 20 point, 10 rebound performance was easily his best game as a Knight. The game was also his first double-double since the Nov. 9 season opener against St. Peters. But against the Irish, not only did he have to contend with the 6-foot-9, 246-pound Cooley, but also 6-foot-10, 258-pound forward Tom Knight. And when Cooley and Knight needed a breather, Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey could bring 6-foot-10, 246-pound Garrick Sherman off the bench. The competition inside quieted Judge, whose performance was a far cry from his career night the previous game. He ended with two points, one rebound and four fouls. “In great post play, it’s a foot battle, and then you have to be the one to create contact,” said head coach Mike Rice. “[Judge] just didn’t do that. He just let Cooley and Knight … knock him off balance, and he just didn’t shoot a balanced shot.” While the Knights kept pace inside thanks to Johnson and sophomore for ward Kadeem Jack — they scored 18 and 10 points, respectively — it was not a clear-cut Rutgers advantage as it was the previous contest.
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Senior forward Austin Johnson gets doubled-teamed last night against Notre Dame. Johnson picked up the production for junior forward Wally Judge, who scored two points. MICHAEL BOON
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regular-season losses, the Knights did not lose solely by their opponents’ star player. Often times, it was the attention paid to the most well-known player that opened the door for his teammate to step up. Louisville’s Wayne Blackshear dropped 19 points against
Rutgers, while DePaul’s Worrel Clahar scored 19 — nearly triple his season average — in the teams’ Feb 16 meeting. Against the Irish, a similar story emerged. In the second half, the Knights committed themselves to limiting Notre Dame’s inside scoring. That left open spots around the perimeter, and the Irish found them. “We have a team that can really pass the ball, and we have guards that can find [shooters],” said Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey. “We find the guy that’s open.” The Irish took advantage, especially guard Pat Connaughton. Connaughton, who entered the game with a scoring average of 8.4 points per game, just had to wait on the 3-point line. He ended the game a seasonhigh 21 points on 7-for-10 shooting, with all but one of his field goals coming from beyond the arc. “Pat has been a guy that we’ve found [for open shots] throughout the year,” Brey said. “I think tonight he really cashed in on it.”
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potentially not over. The Knights may still accept a bid to a postseason tournament, a decision Rice has not yet made. “Some of the secondary tournaments have called and gauged our interest,” Rice said. “And that’s something we’ll look at as a program.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s basketball team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @Joey_Gregory. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @targumsports.
WRESTLING DELLEFAVE, SMITH RECEIVE AT-LARGE BIDS FOR NCAA’S
Seven travel to Des Moines for championships BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Des Moines, Iowa is a long way from New Jersey, but Rutgers head wrestling Scott Goodale can not get out of his home state soon enough. “When you’re in a backyard fight, no one asks you what you’re surroundings are,” Goodale said. “We didn’t do a great job last week, and I’m just happy to get on the road and get the heck out of here.” Goodale did not like the Scarlet Knight’s performance this weekend in the EIWA Tournament, where they qualified five wrestlers. But he received news yesterday that put him at ease when the championship bracket was announced. Junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave and redshirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith received at-large selections, bringing the total number of grapplers traveling to Iowa to seven. The at-large selections came as a result of both unable to register qualifying finishes despite competing as the top seeds in their respective weight classes. Columbia’s No. 8 seed Matt Bystol knocked out Dellefave in the second round with an 11-4 decision,
the first of many disappointments for Goodale in the tournament. Dellefave rallied to win four straight matches to place third overall in his weight class, but only the top two grapplers from the 133 pound weight class were sent to nationals. Smith made it to the semifinal match against Navy’s Daniel Miller, but lost by an 8-1 decision and dropped his next two matches to place sixth in his weight class. Once outside looking in, now Dellefave and Smith will have an opportunity to continue their season. “They deserved it,” Goodale said. “The system is set up to reward wrestlers for what they do during the whole year. I though Dellefave had a great EIWA Tournament and Billy Smith has been good all year wrong.” Seniors 141-pounder Trevor Melde, 157-pounder Scott Winston, 174-pounder Greg Zannetti and 184-pounder Dan Rinaldi, along with sophomore 165-pounder Nick Visicaro, will all also compete in the first round. For Winston, this was all part of the plan. But a shaky end to his senior season almost prevented him from competing. After collecting his 100thcareer win Jan. 25 against West
Junior 133-pounder Vincent Dellefave was one of two grapplers to receive at-large selections, meaning seven will compete at nationals. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Virginia, Winston sandwiched two missed matches because of a hamstring problem in between losses to Navy and Penn State. He lost in the second round of the EIWA Tournament to Columbia’s Jake O’Hara, forcing him to claw his way into the fifthplace match. With only five spots handed out for nationals at 157 pounds, he
needed a win against Cornell’s Jesse Shanaman to secure his trip. With a 2-0 decision against Shanaman now behind him, Winston has his last chance at becoming what he wrote on the blackboard back in third grade — a national champion. “It’s a new season. I’m in the national tournament now,” Winston said after Sunday’s match-
es. “This is my main goal and I’m really excited and really confident to be honest because of the way I’m wrestling.” Goodale said a program is weighed on how many AllAmericans it produces. For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D
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INTERIOR STRUGGLE The Rutgers men’s basketball team
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We didn’t do a great job last week, and I’m just happy to get on the road and get the heck out of here.” — Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale on his team heading to the National Championships
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2013
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
BIG EAST TOURNAMENT NO. 24 NOTRE DAME 69, RUTGERS 61
PRO DAY
Greene thinks Pro Day aided his draft stock
Junior nets five goals in home win
BY TYLER BARTO BY IAN ERHARD
CORRESPONDENT
STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team defeated Hofstra yesterday 13-6. The Scarlet Knights (6-1) record their fifth straight victory with goals from four different players. Junior attack Megan Clements sealed the game with the final two goals for the Knights, extending Rutgers’ lead to seven with four minutes remaining. Clements paced the Knights with five goals in the game. Clements received a cross-net pass from sophomore attack Annie McGinley midway through the second period for her third goal of the game. The Knights took advantage of a brief goalie change by Hofstra midway through the second period when junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli scored her second straight goal. She received a pass from Clements from behind the net on the previous possession and was able to convert for a score. The Knights opened up the second half with a goal from McGinley. She took a backhanded shot in front of the net as the ball passed through the goalkeeper’s legs to give Rutgers a 9-4 lead. She put together a two-goal game to increase her season total to three. Rutgers went into halftime with an 8-4 lead. Most of the Knights’ offense came from their ball movement. The team was often able to find an open player close to Hofstra’s net. “This was some of the most pressure that we’ve seen from a defense,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “I was really proud of the fact that they were moving the ball well.” The Knights found a scoring opportunity with two minutes remaining in the first period. Freshman attack Halley Barnes found classmate Chrissy Schreiber driving to the net, but the shot went wide. Rutgers maintained possession and Martinelli was able to score unassisted to give the Knights a four-goal lead. Junior attack Amanda Trendell chose to pass on a free position attempt and found SEE
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Notre Dame forces RU out of tourney BY TYLER BARTO CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK — Sitting with his shoulders slumped at the postgame podium, Austin Johnson tried to make sense of the last 40 minutes. After averaging 5.3 points per game this season, the senior forward scored a careerhigh 18 points last night in the second round of the Big East Tournament. But despite Johnson’s late brilliance, he watched as the Rutgers men’s basketball team’s season ended as unexpectedly in a 69-61 loss to No. 24 Notre Dame. “There was no better place to cap off your career than at Madison Square Garden,” Johnson said. “Everything came to me at once, and it’s a crazy feeling.” Johnson’s performance was not the only factor the No. 11-seed Scarlet Knights (15-16, 5-13) did not account for. Guard Pat Connaughton, the Fighting Irish’s fourth-leading scorer, poured in 21 points on 6-for-8 shooting from beyond the arc, each more timely than last. He saved an
airball and expiring shot clock with a putback underneath the backboard. He found himself feet away from the nearest defender on an open 3-pointer from the baseline following a quick inbound play. Each time Connaughton touched the ball, the fans who remained at the tournament’s nightcap took notice. He and Notre Dame for ward Tom Knight accounted for nearly 57 percent of the Irish’s offense. “If he’s open, it’s going down,” said sophomore point guard Myles Mack of Connaughton. “That’s what he is: a shooter. He knows his role. He doesn’t take any dribbles. He knows how to get himself open.” A 3-pointer from Mack with 1:48 left closed the Knights’ gap to 62-56, but his next field goal came with Rutgers trailing by 12. After 40 minutes, their first-half deficit proved too much to overcome. An outlet pass and emphatic dunk from Irish (24-8, 11-7) guard Jerian Grant in the closing moments made sure of it. SEE
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Senior forward Austin Johnson and senior wing Dane Miller walk off the court at Madison Square Garden after Rutgers’ 69-61 loss, where Johnson had 18 points.
C. VIVIAN STRINGER, head coach, declined an invite for the Rutgers women’s basketball team to play in the WNIT yesterday, citing injuries as the main reason in a statement.
Khaseem Greene could not resist running. Most expected the linebacker to sit out the 40-yard dash yesterday at the Rutgers football team’s pro day, but Greene pursued it anyway, running a 4.61, according to Rutgers Athletics Communications. “I just wanted to run,” Greene said inside the Rutgers Practice Bubble. “I’m a competitor. Plus, everybody runs faster at pro day.” Greene, arguably the Scarlet Knights’ best chance as a first-round pick in April’s NFL Draft, said he weighed in at 241 pounds yesterday. He also acknowledged outsiders’ concerns about his ability to put on weight two seasons removed from playing safety. Greene said he could have run a 4.3 or 4.4 40-yard dash had he lined up at 225 pounds. “I’m very comfortable with my weight,” he said. “It’s not like it’s a bad weight. Actually, I know it’s good weight. I know that I’m fast. Running a fast 40 is nothing because I know my game speed is a lot faster.” Greene, a two-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year, finished with 277 tackles in his two seasons at linebacker. He said former head coach Greg Schiano’s decision to move him from safety was one of the most impactful moments of his career. “The fact that he saw this all happening before it actually happened … [and] to see SEE
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Khaseem Greene ran the 40-yard dash in 4.61 seconds yesterday at Pro Day. TIAN LI
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S TRACK
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
GYMNASTICS
at Bulls Invitational
at Richmond
vs. Oklahoma State
vs. West Va./Maryland
Tomorrow Tampa, Fla.
Tomorrow, 3 p.m. Richmond, Va.
Tomorrow, 4 p.m. Clearwater, Fla.
Tomorrow, 7 p.m. Morgantown, West Va.