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INEVITABLE RESISTANCE Emergence of insecticide resistance in bed bugs results in rapid growth research in both chemical and non-chemical control methods, which aim to prevent this growth. SCIENCE, PAGE 7
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Knights underperform at Nationals Despite seven qualifiers, Rutgers fails to send wrestler to day three of competition BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
DES MOINES, Iowa – In the tunnels of the Wells Fargo Center on Friday night was the podium where the top-eight wrestlers in each weight class stood upon the following night when crowned All-Americans. Head coach Scott Goodale stood close by — a metaphor that represents the Rutgers wrestling team’s distance from just competing at the National Championships to having one of their own stand among the top. “Until we have All-Americans, it’s not going to be a positive thing,” said Goodale. “It’s not going to be a positive thing for the community — it’s not going to be a positive thing on our team. That’s what’s breaking our back right now.” Five Scarlet Knights received automatic bids thanks to their performances in the EIWA Tournament. Another two qualified as at-large selections to give the program its most representatives — seven — in the National Championships since 2011 and second most since 2007, when Goodale took over the program. Despite the number of participants and Goodale’s emphasis on getting at least one wrestler on
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Fossil fuel divestment campaign kicks off Movement looks to end profiting from destruction of climate BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU NEWS EDITOR
Environmental activist Bill McKibben did more than present a lecture when he visited the University in February. He inspired a host of students and faculty members to start a campaign to help combat the climate crisis with a novel approach — divestment. “Divestment refers to the withdrawal of any investment Rutgers has made in a particular form [to a] company,” said Michael Endicott, a member of the Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign. Endicott, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the fossil fuel industry is an obstacle to climate change reform. The consumption of fossil fuels heats up the climate, but corporations are profiting from this destruction of the environment. “These corporations have a lot of political power,” Endicott said. “What they are doing is they’re profiting off of the destruction of our climate … [divestment would] undermine the political power of these fossil fuel industries.” Melanie McDermott, associate director of the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society, said Congress is awash in oil money, and this SEE
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Senior 141-pounder Trevor Melde sits with his head in his hands after his 4-2 loss to Virginia Tech’s Zach Neibert in the consolation bracket. JOVELLE TAMAYO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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University student wins competition in public relations CORRESPONDENT
Since her first year at the University, Kristina Amaral wondered how she would make her mark on the 40,000student institution. Amaral, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she knew KRISTINA she had found her chance when AMARAL her Public Information & Public School of Arts and Relations course this year Sciences Senior assigned her to participate in the Public Relations Student of the Year Contest, a national competition. SEE
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Chess Club aims to spread benefits from playing game BY CHELSEA PINEDA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
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Patience is one of the many benefits learned from playing chess, according to Rutgers Chess Club President Robert Forney. “It makes people more levelheaded, more thoughtful and less impulsive,” said Forney, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “There are a lot of possible benefits to playing chess, and we want to bring those benefits to the Rutgers community.” Forney said chess is a game of skill and strategy that enhances personal characteristics useful for becoming better at strategic thinking. The club, which was founded seven years ago, was not a strong organization in prior years, Forney said.
There are around 50 semi-active members, Forney said, but around 10 regular players show up to almost every meeting. One of the goals for next semester for the club is to have events, such as lectures, where people can come in and learn something that they could not have learned online, said Eric Hou, the club’s coordinator. The high volume of organizations at the University make the club remain unnoticed, Forney said, and the University administration will not allow the club to host their own tournaments. “Policy considers chess to be gambling even though, by federal law, it is a game of skill — and so they’ve barred us from hosting tournaments with money prizes,” Forney said. SEE
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Thursday, March 28 The University Office of the President presents a Strategic Planning Town Hall Meeting featuring University President Robert L. Barchi at 3 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue Campus. Barchi will give a short speech followed by a question and answer session. Rutgers UNICEF and the Global Poverty Project present “1.4 Billion Reasons,” a multimedia presentation on extreme poverty, at 7 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center. It is free and light refreshments and food will be provided for attendees.
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#RUSpringBreak We asked students to show us what they were doing over spring break on Twitter and Instagram using #RUSpringBreak. From tanning on sunny beaches to freezing in the snowy northeast to serving the community in the United States and abroad, here’s a selection of our favorite photos.
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GAME Chess club plans to establish a program in New Brunswick CONTINUED FROM FRONT The club is diverse, ranging from undergraduate to graduate students to local community members, he said. Some are serious about tournaments, some are more interested in socializing and some are more involved with the club’s local events, Forney said. Hou, a four-month member, said he became more involved in the game last summer when he started studying and practicing chess. At his first event with the Chess Club, the camaraderie and friendships blew him away, said Hou, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. He played football and lacrosse in the past, but the amount of dedication involved in chess inspired him, he said. Passion and time commitment is impor tant for excellence in chess. “I’ve never really gotten into chess because it’s not too much of a sexy game, but then I just met all these people — and they’re all so genuine,” he said. At a Princeton University chess tournament, the club won fourth place against many competitive schools — following Princeton University, currently one of the most competitive clubs in the intercollegiate league, Hou said. The club has five to six members compete in bi-weekly tournaments held in Westfield, N.J., located 20 minutes north of the University, said Hou.
Tom Coughlan, a member of the Rutgers Chess Club, competed at the World Amateur East chess tournament and defeated a high-ranked player. The club is not allowed to host tournaments at the University as policy considers it to be gambling. JULIAN CHOKKATTU, NEWS EDITOR
These tournaments are rated by the United States Chess Federations, which hold the most serious competitions in the country, Hou said. He said 12 members recently went to the World Amateur East tournament in Parsippany, N.J. “It was a huge bonding experience where we met a lot of people who we never would’ve met if it weren’t for Chess Club,” Hou said. One of the University’s chess club members, Thomas Coghlan, said he won a match against a highly ranked player at the competition. Although he no longer considers himself a serious chess play-
er, Coghlan, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he has been playing the game since he was six years old. He said it was the first game he had played in a tournament in a year and a half. “He was definitely a lot better, so I decided that I just wanted to take some risks — and they ended up paying off in the end,” Coghlan said. “I sort of played a little bit dif ferently than I normally do, and it ended up letting me win the game.” Coghlan said it was his first time beating someone ranked in the top 1 percent of chess players in the nation.
“It just shows that a collegelevel student who is well rounded and who has the desire to excel in a certain type of hobby has the ability to beat someone who is one of the top players of the field,” Hou said. Forney said in serious team tournaments, groups of four players compete according to the United States Chess Federation Rating — which is based on the numbers of wins and losses of his or her opponent. Forney said the strongest player on one team goes against the strongest player on the other team, and players are paired up down the line. At the end of the tournament, the
player with the highest number of points wins. Hou said online chess is a major obstacle that the club faces in recruiting new members. Since there are so many online resources available to play and learn about chess, it is difficult to get people out to every meeting. Hou said the club plans to establish a program in New Brunswick where they help local middle schools and high schools start chess clubs. Forney said the Chess Club is also in the process of hosting a Hackathon, where technology enthusiasts compete to design the best mobile app in a 24-hour period.
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CAMPAIGN More than 250 campuses have a divestment campaign CONTINUED FROM FRONT political capital has to be exposed for what it is. “If Rutgers takes the moral high ground, then that will create political dialogue which could pave the way for progressive, national action,” said McDermott, a professor in the Department of Human Ecology. The divestment campaign is primarily driven by students and faculty, but is a nationwide movement as well, Endicott said. “It’s often difficult to find ways to solve problems facing the whole world,” he said. “I often find it hard to find ways here at Rutgers, but the divestment campaign is the best use of my time here. If we’re successful, it contributes to a campaign that is trying to gain momentum.” But Endicott said any current endowments from corporations in the fossil fuel industry goes against what is taught in many courses that bring up climate change. “Despite denial on how humans impact the climate, scientifically there is a lot of evidence that displays human activity in the consumption of fossil fuels, which in this case contributes to the rising average of global temperatures,” he said. With many professors saying that this evidence exists, Endicott said the University is not consistent with the education it is providing. “[The University] teaches us that using fossil fuel resources continues the negative impact, so it doesn’t make sense to invest in something … that has negative impacts on our environment,” he said. “As Bill McKibben said, ‘what’s
the point in receiving an education if we can’t use it in the future?’” Bill McKibben’s 350.org, a grassroots organization pushing to stop the climate crisis, along with GoFossilFree.org, a website created by McKibben and 350.org to mobilize the divestment movement, provide resources to students and faculty attempting to push their institution to divest from companies in the fossil fuel industry, McDermott said. “[McKibben said] students need to be the vanguard for all sorts of progressive movements … and over 250 campuses already have a [divestment] campaign,” she said. Endicott said the campaign has already branched into three committees: an outreach committee, a grassroots committee and a research committee. The outreach committee, he said, is attempting to get more faculty and student organizations get on board with the divestment campaign, while the grassroots committee will get signatures for petitions from the University community. The research committee is in charge of looking into the University’s investment portfolio to see which companies in the fossil fuel industry provide endowments, he said. The committee is also looking at how other universities have successfully divested with the fossil fuel industry. Endicott said the primary challenge for the campaign is getting divestment on the agenda for the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees of the University. “[They] have the decisionmaking power to have Rutgers divest from these companies,” he said. “Taking funds out of the endowments from fossil fuel companies and putting it into something that has roughly the same amount of return — Rutgers doesn’t lose out on any-
More than 250 campuses have divestment campaigns, according to Melanie McDermott, associate director of the Rutgers Initiative on Climate and Society. The Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign is looking to have the University divest from corporations in the fossil fuel industry. SCREENSHOT FROM GOFOSSILFREE.ORG thing, and we have to make that case to the [Boards].” Ruchi Patel, president of Students for Environmental Awareness, said divestment itself is the goal of the campaign and getting it on the board’s agenda. “Making more steps toward a greener campus, a cleaner university — we can invest in other cleaner more sustainable alternatives and still have the same outcome in [financial] terms for the University,” said Patel, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. McDermott said the campaign has launched a petition on GoFossilFree.org to the Board of Governors. The petition on the website reads, “Because it is unconscionable to pay for our education
with investments that will condemn the planet to climate disaster, we call on the Board of Governors to consider companies on the attached list of fossil-fuel companies as “Impermissible Investments” as defined in Rutgers Policy 40.2.14 Section II.H.” McDermott said the situation resembles campaigns from the past — such as when the University successfully divested from active businesses in South Africa during apartheid, or when the University cut ties with Adidas for its labor rights violations last semester. “There is a precedence for responsible ethical action from our administration on the basis of student pressure,” she said. McDermott said the campaign is all about educating people on the severity of climate change, the link
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to our own fossil fuel burning practices and ways to seek out collective action. “I see it as a public education and awareness campaign … that isn’t to say that we can’t move on to greater things once we win [divestment] first,” she said. “You make a difference in your own backyard.” She said it is too soon to tell when the campaign will bring divestment to the Board of Governors’ agenda and whether it will be by the end of the semester or during the fall semester. “I’ve got children and you either say this is inevitable or can we do something about it,” McDermott said. “It’s very encouraging to me to make common cause with other people, especially students, and take a stand and so I think that it’s what we need to do.”
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that day, but waited until the next week to announce that she was one of the final two contestants, Amaral says her first-place campaign Amaral said. Amaral said she went to the allowed millenials to interact with life awards dinner thinking even if in Marine Corps. she did not win, she and the University had gained great expoCONTINUED FROM FRONT place in a venue like the sure. She brought her business Lexington Avenue Armor y in cards, looked through the list of The class assignment directed New York or Philadelphia’s 23rd attendees, and began networking. students to attract people in the Street Armor y,” Fuerst said. She said she was taken aback millennial age group, born “Perhaps the Marines could, too.” when the speaker announced her between 1980 and 2000, to the Making it to the final five stu- as the winner. Marine Corps’ “Toward the dent submissions put pressure The public relations industry Sounds of Chaos” campaign. on Amaral because it required publication PRWeek attracts hunAmaral did some research and travelling to New York City and dreds of students to the contest, changed her approach. presenting her campaign in Fuerst said. “The majority of millennials front of a panel of judges, pitchFuerst said she learned about disagree with our national securiing her stor y to a the competition ty policy,” she said. journalist and from School of Amaral said her first-place reacting quickly Communication “I felt like an campaign was a museum event in to a crisis and Information which millennials could visit and s c e n a r i o , account coordinator. Dean Jorge interact with different aspects of Amaral said. Schement, life in the Marine Corps. I didn’t feel like an heard about who To prepare, the After a brief presentation, visiintern. ” Amaral discussed contest at a tors could look at different career her project with PRWeek event in areas of Marine Corps life such as KRISTINA AMARAL Fuerst and spoke the spring. medicine, mechanics or engineerSchool of Art and Sciences Senior with her mentor “I decided to ing, depending on what their perfrom Taylor make it our capsonal interests were, Amaral said. Strategies, where she had previ- stone project for the course as a Elizabeth Fuerst, who taught ously interned, she said. way to engage student creativity Amaral’s public relations class, “I went in that week and just and implement the public relasaid she thought Amaral’s contest kind of did my best and fortunate- tions skills we learn in our entry stood out to judges because ly it worked,” Amaral said. course,” she said. of its principal thrust — Amaral said after presenting Amaral said her time spent in an interactive game and event her work to the panel of judges, theater when she was younger known as “The Marine in Me,” she did a live pitch to a journalist. allowed her to feel comfortable which appealed to the Marine But the journalist brushed her off speaking in public. Corps, who are looking to revoluwithout letting her finish her She said she started with an tionize their recruiting techniques. pitch, she said. internship at George Street Her campaign included After ward, the judges Playhouse and began working detailed instructions on how to approached her and said the her way up in public relations, use YouTube, Facebook, Twitter journalist wanted to give her networking with people she met and other social media to spread another chance because she at panels and conferences. the word about the event and had not known Amaral was parOver the summer she said she record the impressions of recruit ticipating in a student competi- earned an internship spot for candidates, Fuerst said. tion, Amaral said. Taylor Strategy in the Empire “As I read through Kristina’s After a crisis management sce- State Building. The company contest submission, I could envinario, the judges dismissed the hired interns to work with various sion [this] event actually taking candidates and picked the winner clients, and Amaral worked with
Procter & Gamble, sponsor of the London Olympics. During the first half of the internship Amaral worked with a team of six people and had a hands-on role pitching ideas and assembling biographies and briefing books, she said. “I felt like an account coordinator,” she said. “I didn’t feel like an intern.” Then the rest of the team flew to London for the Olympics and Amaral, the only one of her team to stay in the United States, picked up the pace. She said she would get to the office at 7 a.m. and often stay as late as 9 p.m. When she returned home, she would turn on her company iPad and work more. “A lot of my knowledge of PR so far … stems from that experience,” Amaral said. Amaral said the award was a perfect way to leave her mark on the University and jumpstart into her field because it pushed her to do more and be more competitive. Amaral’s award is a reflection of the School of Communication and Information’s communication program and faculty, said Diane Gomez, director of marketing and communications for the school. Going through the mechanisms of creating and presenting a campaign to a client prepared Amaral for the processes she will encounter during her career, Gomez said. She said Amaral developed a unique campaign that demonstrated the knowledge and tools she acquired in Fuerst’s public relations course. “The award reflects her creativity and willingness to take risks — two traits that will take her far in her career,” Gomez said.
IN BRIEF FAT SANDWICH PEAKS IN BEST COLLEGE EATS The University Grease Trucks’ staple fat sandwich has reached the top 16 of the Cooking Channels’ “Bracket Battle: Best College Eats” tournament, according to its website. The fat sandwich beat Temple University’s Koagie from Sammy Chon’s K-Town BBQ, 2,237 to 1,134 votes. To qualify for the competition, the 32 dishes from different universities and their respective eateries must be near the college’s campus and be a staple for students. The competition is in its second stage titled “Sweet Sixteen,” and after three more stages, the winner will be announced April 6.
LETS YO! STORE MIXES SOCIAL MEDIA, FROZEN YOGURT A new frozen yogurt eatery opened at 349A George St., New Brunswick, on March 5, 2013, according to the New Brunswick Patch. Lets YO! features brands such as Kashi and Bear Naked, along with a variety of fresh fruits for consumers to choose from. The store’s interior design has iPads embedded into its tables, and they are connected to flatscreen televisions in the shop, providing a live feed on Lets YO!’s social networks, according to the New Brunswick Patch. “Customers can simply come in, create their own dessert masterpiece and enjoy,” said Matt Lawrence, the store’s owner, to New Brunswick Patch.
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Professors discuss bed bug resistance to insecticides BY ANDREW RODRIGUEZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A resurgence of bed bugs has led to their highest recorded population in the past several centuries. They have an added advantage now — resistance to insecticide. Kenneth Haynes, a professor of entomology from the University of Kentucky, spoke at the Department of Entomology March 15 about the urgent danger of the bed bug adaptation against insecticides. Haynes, Changlu Wang and Richard Cooper are researchers attempting to help control the bed bug population growth that may be caused by growing resistance to insecticides — such as dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane, commonly known as DDT. “A renewed resurgence of bed bugs is appearing not only in the U.S. but the whole world,” Haynes said. From about 15-60 years ago, Haynes said bed bugs began coming back at a level that has not be seen for centuries. “A big change came about 60 years ago when insecticides, like DDT, began to be used around the end of World War II. DDT went from very specialized use, from the military, to the home of the everyday consumer,” he said. Pest control industr y data from 2010 and 2011 show bed bugs are becoming the prominent household pests in several parts of the world, he said. They are currently listed as the pests most difficult to control. Populations can build up so that one person can be feeding 10,000 bugs with their own blood each night, he said. Bed bug growth typically depends on their ability to hide in crevices and sustain off very little, he said. “Until recently, it had been very uncommon for a pest control professional to actually encounter
Professor Kenneth Haynes from the University of Kentucky spoke about the danger of bed bug resilience against insecticides March 15 at the Department of Entomology on Douglass campus. ANDREW RODRIGUEZ
bed bugs in their working lives,” he said. He said insecticide resistance seems to be the main explanation to the current abundance of bed bug populations. “Naturally, insects have multiple mechanisms to detoxify the harmful chemicals of insecticides,” said Wang, a University researcher in the Department of Entomology. Bed bugs benefit mainly from mechanisms that prevent the insecticide from entering the body and processes that break down the harmful chemicals if they enter, he said. “We tested the injection of chemicals via a temporary open body cavity for mating. One of the main genes we targeted was the P450 genes — which are responsible for insecticide detoxification,” Haynes said. Most of this detoxification naturally occurs in the epidermis, the outer skin layer, because the
nerve cells do not risk exposure to the insecticide toxins, he said. Injecting into the epidermis proved to reduce resistance. “The insecticides were very effective for generations, but once you have the seeds of the resistance of one population — it just expands,” he said. DDT resistance has been around for a while, but that leads to resistance to other insecticide chemicals such as pyrethroids, another type of insecticide chemical, Haynes said. “Products with more pyrethroid dependency have been seeing less popularity recently. Some new products that have been used are combinations of pyrethroids and neonicotinoids, another class of insecticides,” he said. He said it would be interesting to see how long exterminators will be able to use combination products — since one type of insecticide may mean the ability
to develop a faster resistance to another type. “Combination products are short-term solutions. Understanding population movement and improving our ability to detect bed bugs are some of the long-term, sustainable approaches,” said Richard Cooper, a graduate assistant in the Department of Entomology. Understanding behavioral ecology and focusing largely on low-level populations is Cooper’s specialization, he said. Insecticides suffice as a temporary solution until they understand bed bug behavior. “In better understanding, some of the bed bug ecology, biology and life history, you’re better prepared to manage the pest without relying so intensively on insecticides,” he said. Despite their size, bed bugs move surprisingly quickly, Haynes said. Bed bugs were tracked to move 13 feet over the course of five minutes.
“One of my colleagues set down his camera bag for a second and found a bed bug on his bag,” he said. Wang said there were many low-cost methods to control bed bugs beside chemicals, such as frequent inspection of belongings and reduction of hiding places. He said inspections have to be done regularly — in hiding places such as bed linens, shoes and furniture. Population growth may also be due to human-aided movement, Cooper said. “You may see this nice couch on the road, and you may get an unexpected bonus from this bargain of a couch — the resistant bed bugs,” Haynes said. Seeing a couch on the side of the road may be a sign of a failed attempt to control bed bug infestation — leading to a population with an amplified resistance, he said. “Infestations may also go undetected for a period of time because not everyone develops reactions right away,” Cooper said. They may go unnoticed for a few months or more, he said. Bed bug bites are difficult to identify — it is common to confuse bed bug bites for reactions to poison ivy, mosquito bites or chickenpox. “Once the infestations get well-established, [they] become difficult to control. Bugs could be getting into belongings or travelling outside with people into school classrooms or libraries or the gym,” he said. Fear of the presence of bed bugs may lead to sleeping and mental disorders — as well as economic problems for hotels and other businesses, Haynes said. People don’t report when they have bed bug infestations because they do not want it to interfere with their personal lives, such as friends coming over, he said. “It causes a lot of stress and anxiety. As far as I know, no one voluntarily lives with bed bugs,” he said.
Researchers edge closer to details surrounding chemo brain INGRID PAREDES CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Three University researchers may shed new light on the medical condition known as chemo brain, the fog-like state of mind experienced by many cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Disruptions in attention, working memor y, and slowed processing of information characterize the condition, medically known as chemotherapyinduced cognitive impairment, said Miriam Nokia, a University post-doctorate fellow who is now a researcher at University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. “While the patients have no problem performing daily routines, they have trouble doing more cognitively demanding things, like multitasking,” said Tracey Shors, a behavioral neuroscientist who worked with Nokia.
Chemo brain affects a vast majority of cancer patients, Nokia said. Under chemotherapy, cancer patients encounter problems with their working memory, she said, which is the part of short-term memory required to consciously process language and perception. Chemotherapy works by stopping cell division, which is useful for some types of tumors, but it also hits other cells as well, said Shors, a professor in the Department of Psychology. She said one of the treatment’s side effects is it stops neurogenesis, or the production of new neurons. The new cells are sensitive to the drug. Shors worked at her laboratory with Nokia and graduate student Megan Anderson on the relationship between chemo brain and the disruption of neurogenesis in the hippocampus, the
brain’s center of memory and learning, said Anderson, who has worked on adult neurogenesis for the last six years. To model chemotherapy, the team gave laboratory rats doses of temozolomide, or TMZ, a drug used to treat brain tumors and skin cancer, Nokia said. The team tested different types of learning to determine if TMZ decreased neurogenesis and disrupted brain rhythms called theta rhythms. These rhythms are particularly important for learning new associations, Shors said. Their disruption hinders the ability to acquire new information. She said the team found the rats undergoing mock chemotherapy treatment had less frequency of these rhythms in their brain, and they did not learn new information very well, if at all. While the team tested different kinds of learning, only those
where stimuli were separated by long periods of time were affected by the treatment, Anderson said. In humans, the struggles of the rats would translate to difficulty in tasks like remembering long strings of numbers or following instructions, she said. “The rats were treated with similar doses as humans were, so we concluded that maybe some of the cognitive deficits people have after chemotherapy were due to these disruptions in rhythms and loss in new cells,” Shors said. After the rats stopped receiving doses of TMZ, the cognitive deficits they experienced while on the drug had a rebound effect, Anderson said. Chemotherapy does not disrupt any knowledge gained prior to treatment, so after treatment ends, Shors said it makes sense for the patient’s brain resumes normal behavior.
This result is consistent with what patients have described their experience with chemotherapy to be like, Anderson said. “It puts their risk in perspective,” Anderson said. “It gives them a reason behind their symptoms.” Still, Nokia said it is still too early to definitely say what the long-term effects of TMZ are on human patients. They often show symptoms of chemo brain even after years of chemotherapy. Given their results, however, Shors said she is hopeful. “There’s no reason to be think these effects are permanent,” she said. No matter what the long-term effects of the treatment are, Shors said their work gives cancer patients some comfort. “A lot of people think [the side effects are] just in their mind,” Shors said. “Research gives it some data. It’s real.”
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So, how was your winter break week? No, we didn’t mean spring because come on, who experienced spring? The temperature stayed in the cold 30s during all but a few days. People were still seen clad in layers of clothes, the sky was layered with clouds and some days, even our lawns were covered in snow. This dart is for the fact that either there is some serious climate change going on, or Rutgers simply decided to break for the spring too early.
A NO FOR THE NCAA It’s awesome that seven Rutgers wrestlers qualified for NCAA championship. What’s not awesome is that not a single one of these seven qualifiers could manage to attain a spot in the All-American categor y. Head coach Scott Goodale, in his entire tenure at Rutgers, has never been able to secure this spot. We dart the fact that even though Rutgers had as many as seven potential winners, none could make it to the top eight.
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PHILOSOPHIES OF A PARTICULAR AMERICAN ED REEP
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went to college to get a degree that would enable me to get a decent-paying job. All my schooling was really just one long jour ney to become a middle-class adult, and that’s how it is for many. The prize at the end of K-12 and the eight or so semesters of college is a job with a salar y that will allow one to live independently and comfor tably in their 20s. As of now, I’ve won that game. I will of ficially be a middle-class adult star ting this summer, living away from home as a young urban professional. I know many others went to college for the same reason I did, so I want to share with them my five tips on how to win the game of school and get the prize of a decent first job. Learn business software, especially Microsoft Excel. This is the most important of all my tips. Most white-collar jobs these days have you on a computer using some kind of busi-
ness software, and proficiency sometimes also turn into fullin that software might enable to time jobs. And you can land get you a position in and of most internships or co-ops by itself. I also cannot stress how knowing Microsoft Excel reaimpor tant it is to know sonably well. Apply to at least 20 or 30 Microsoft Excel in particular. By spending a few hours with positions. You will get rejected Microsoft Excel to learn a lot when tr ying to land a job PivotTables, some key functions or inter nship. There is so and some Visual Basic for much competition out there. You need to Applications, play the numyou may ver y “Pick your major wisely. bers game, so well be setting yourself up for You can major in any- go crazy and apply to any future prosthing and get a decent p o s i t i o n perity as opposed to job out of college, espe- you’re interested in anypoverty. I am cially if you follow the where in the completely c o u n t r y. serious when I other four tips.” Definitely say that taking don’t limit an afternoon yourself to to study Microsoft Excel right now could CareerKnight, the University’s pay dividends in the hundreds job posting system. Use and simplyof thousands, if not millions, of indeed.com hired.com as well as Google to dollars over your lifetime. Work at an internship or co- find postings. Be willing to op. It is ver y helpful to have relocate, too. Rest assured internship or co-op experience that it’s people, not places, that when applying for decent-pay- add joy to a living situation, ing full-time jobs as a college and you can find great student. Internships and co- people anywhere. Pick your major wisely. You ops show organizations that you have real-world can major in anything and get a experience and really set you decent job out of college, espeapar t from job applicants who cially if you follow the other don’t have them. They can four tips. I always hear stories
about someone with a histor y or religion major who becomes a successful consultant or programmer. This being said, many jobs and inter nships are adver tised only to people with cer tain majors. On CareerKnight, employers often block people with softer majors from applying to their positions. Have at least a 3.0 grade point average. Many companies specify a minimum GPA when adver tising positions. I’ve seen minimum GPAs as low as 2.6 and as high as 3.5, but 3.0 is the most common cut-of f. If your GPA is too low, you can also get blocked from applying to positions on Career Knight. Remember, though, that happiness is not related to how much money you make. I pray not that all of you get decentpaying jobs out of college but that all of you have happy lives. Ed Reep is a Rutgers Business School senior majoring in supply chain and marketing science with minors in business and technical writing and economics. His column, “Philosophies of a Par ticular American,” runs on alternate Mondays.
Sugar detox for weight loss COMMENTARY SHAWN SMITH
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lost about 10 pounds in 30 days. While this may sound like an adver tisement for a new diet or pill on the market, it was actually the result of a sugar detox I forced myself to complete last week. Last month I got the idea to star t living a healthier lifestyle, and decided to cut out all unnatural sugar, like high fructose corn syrup, from my diet. The idea stemmed from the fact that I realized I drank a lot of soda. A Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew accompanied ever y meal I ate —breakfast, lunch and dinner. I star ted in Februar y and set my goal for 30 days. I wanted to cut out soda initially, but then decided to include snacks, cakes, pies and anything else that included unnatural sugar. While this was a detox, it was not a hardcore detox. I still ate white bread and carbohydrates, and my
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main focus was just to cut back exclude the optional sauces besides light amount of soy on soda. When I star ted, I realized I sauce. But with having classes would need to star t looking at mostly on the College Avenue food labels and ingredient lists. Campus, would it be practical While you can find all of this to go to Livingston for lunch on information on products at the a daily basis? I do not think so. Dining Ser vices says they supermarket, University dining are willing to work with stuhalls are a dif ferent situation. Whenever I went for lunch dents who have special dietar y in Brower Commons, I needs, but what about those of noticed much of the food did us who are looking for smar ter, healthier not fit the alternatives to healthy alterusual natives that “When I started, I real- the greasy food D i n i n g ized I would need to that is of fered Ser vices says on a daily are available. start looking at food basis? Where Most of the labels and ingredient are the food was fried steamed vegand greasy, lists..” etables? How consisting of about adding hot dogs, a soup bar to french fries accompany the salads? and buf falo wings. Despite the challenge of not When a healthier option was available, it was usually either knowing exactly what was a salad, or some kind of being of fered at the dining seafood swimming in a pool of halls, I avoided anything I knew would have HFCS in it, garlic and butter. Livingston Dining like ketchup and barbeque Commons of fers a few more sauce. Whenever I needed a options, with a full-time sushi sugar fix, fresh fruit satisfied bar and mandarin grill, if you my craving. Apples, oranges
and bananas became staples in most of my meals. Last week was the end of my 30-day sugar detox, and it was a challenge. By weeks two and three, I had suf fered a few headaches. My cravings for soda, pie and other sweets were sometimes intense. But by this past weekend, I didn’t even think about them anymore. I've heard it takes 21 days to form a habit, and I believe that is true. I feel healthier, I have more energy and I have star ted to notice the weight loss. I feel this challenge was an allaround success. If you are looking to feel healthier, and maybe a little happier in life, I recommend choosing water or a mix of club soda and juice rather than soda the next time you are getting a drink in the dining halls or at a restaurant. Shawn Smith is a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies with a minor in anthropology. He is a correspondent for The Daily Targum.
Citizens’ right to defense COMMENTARY ZAN FAROOQ
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well-armed citizenry is the premier defense against government tyranny. With great social rest comes, unfortunately, dangerous complacency and denial. The founding fathers of the United States had enough foresight to expect this, and they penned our defense. You can find their prescription for our right to this ultimate defense in the most sacred document of the land: the Constitution, by way of the Second Amendment. To resolve yourself to “Don’t worr y, our government will never harm us — we are not like country X” is your right. But you don’t have the right to volunteer the rest of us — to subjugate the rest of us — to this helpless outlook. If you wish to outsource your security to the very institution from which the danger of tyranny may arise, you have not read your histor y, and you haven’t got any appreciation for the struggle that the founding fathers underwent. The Second Amendment doesn’t guarantee the right to bear arms to police, criminals or children. Placing qualifiers on the Second Amendment in the name of practical applicability in present times is acceptable under certain conditions. The limit to the 2nd amendment can lay peacefully and resolutely with its denial to felons, the mentally ill (but this umbrella needs to be concise) and children. Beyond those proscriptions, there exists the sacred line of the intent of the founding fathers. The right to bear arms in the name of defense against tyranny is that line. One of the worst actors in the plot to inflict harm against humanity was appointed to a chancellorship in 1933 by the president of a democratically elected government. To believe that America will enjoy uninterrupted democracy forever is to believe in a grandiose political fantasy that the world has yet to see. All indications point to a bumpy ride. The Second Amendment is evidence of the founding fathers’ fear of a government usurping the will of the American people. Let Americans defer to their wisdom. Zan Farooq is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in human resource management with a minor in labor studies.
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yracuse guard Michael Carter-Williams’ home caught on fire during Syracuse’s second round game this weekend, according to a CBSSports.com report. During the Orange’s NCAA tournament win against California on Saturday, CarterWilliam’s family said flames started to shoot through the roof as they watched the game. The family was unharmed in the blaze and was able to leave safely. During the game, CarterWilliams scored 12 points against the Bears as Syracuse advanced to the Sweet 16 — where the Orange will play Thursday against Indiana.
T HE N EW Y ORK YANKEES will likely begin the season without shor tstop Derek Jeter, according to an ESPN.com report. Jeter was pulled out of the lineup with ankle soreness in a Triple-A game Sunday morning after he took four at bats the game before. “I don’t anticipate him starting the season on the [roster],” said Brian Cashman, general manager for the Yankees. If he is placed on the disabled list, the earliest Jeter will be available is April 6, when the Yankees play the Tigers. If he is absent, it will be the first time that the veteran shortstop will miss opening day in 12 seasons. In 159 games last season, Jeter batted .315 with 15 homeruns and 58 RBI. Jeter went down with an ankle injury last season during the team’s playoff run.
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NATIONALS Three RU seniors fall short of podium shot in consolation round CONTINUED FROM FRONT the podium, it never came to fruition. “The guys wrestled hard,” Goodale said. “I thought everything was where it needed to be. We just didn’t win.” After all seven of his competitors were eliminated from the championship bracket in the first round, only a trio of seniors — 141-pounder Trevor Melde, 157pounder Scott Winston and 184pounder Daniel Rinaldi — were left in the second part of Friday’s session to give Goodale any chance at what has eluded him during his tenure. As each weight class went, the bracket continued without a Rutgers wrestler present. Melde had the best shot out of the three — as Goodale believed he controlled the whole match — despite losing 4-2 to Virginia Tech’s Zach Neibert in overtime on a takedown.
After a takedown by Neibert in the first period, Melde was on top for most of the match — an effort that allowed for an escape and riding time to force the overtime period. It was not enough, despite the phantom back points awarded to Neibert, said Goodale, who used one of his three challenges during Melde’s bout. Winston’s match was not nearly as close, as he suffered an 8-1 loss to Oregon State’s No. 10 Roger Pena — Rinaldi, the last Knight to take the mat at the Wells Fargo Center, fell 5-2 to Missouri’s No. 11 Mike Larson. As Rinaldi ran off of the mat and into the locker room, all Goodale could do was follow in disappointment after a tournament that began on a positive note. Despite senior 174-pounder Greg Zannetti, sophomore 165pounder Nick Visicaro and redshirt freshman heavyweight Billy Smith all going 0-2 to finish their performances in the first round — Rutgers had four wrestlers left in the championship bracket after session one. Vincent Dellefave delivered the biggest victory in the first round. Tied 1-1 into sudden victory overtime against Penn State’s No.
T HE N EW J ERSEY D EVILS will be without starting wing Ilya Kovalchuck for 2 to 4 weeks, according to an ESPN.com report. Kovalchuck will miss time due to a shoulder injur y, but he will not require surger y, said general manager Lou Lamoriello. He was checked into the end boards during the third period of the Devils’ 2-1 win against the Panthers — after which, he clutched his shoulder in pain. Kovalchuck is second on the team in scoring, with 10 goals and 27 points. The Devils are currently in seventh place in the Eastern Conference.
JOVELLE TAMAYO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
12 Jordan Conaway, the junior 133pounder avoided a move by Conaway and responded with a pin with 28 seconds remaining. Unseeded, Dellefave was put up against Minnesota’s No. 5 Chris Dardanes, resulting in a fall just 15 seconds into the first period. Virginia’s George DiCamillo handed the Toms River, N.J., native a 41 loss in the wrestlebacks to leave Dellefave with a 1-2 finish. Dellefave’s win against Conaway served as a reminder to Goodale of the positives that he can take out of Rutgers’ performances over the weekend, but he
was also quick to point out that one upset means nothing in the grand scheme of things if it does not lead to a spot at the podium. Goodale said Friday night that the championships would be a failure if they were not reached by at least one of his wrestlers. “There was some good wins along the way, no doubt about it,” Goodale said. “But in this tournament, it’s not about one win — it has to be about three or four.” For updates on the Rutgers wrestling team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D.
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THE NEW YORK YANKEES announced the signing of Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract, according to an ESPN.com report. Wang pitched for the Yankees from 2005 to 2009 — where he accumulated a 55-26 record in his five seasons in the Bronx. He also won 19 games in back-to-back seasons with the team. Wang was slowed by injuries toward the end of his tenure in New York, forcing the Yankees to release him. Last season at the Washington Nationals, Wang went 2-6 in 10 games with 6.68 ERA. Wang pitched for Taiwan in the World Baseball Classic this season — where he threw 12 shutout innings during the tournament, prompting the Yankees to take a look at the righthander.
Oregon State’s Roger Pena rides senior Scott Winston during his 8-1 loss. Each Knight failed to reach the podium.
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TOURNAMENT Knights take solace in setting record at EAGL Championships CONTINUED FROM BACK “For some of the best teams in the country … a 195.175 to win is a really low score to win the championships,” Levine said. “That makes it hard on everybody because you’re doing these great routines, and you’re shooting only 9.7 or 9.6. That’s rough and can take a little bit of the air out of the balloon.” There was a silver lining. A team that made program history all season did it again Saturday by earning its highest score ever at the conference championships — breaking last season’s 193.850 previous record mark. Levine said he is most proud that Rutgers scored the highest uneven bars total in the meet — besting every other conference foe in an area where Rutgers has historically been weak. Junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman took command with a 9.825 mark, while junior Luisa Leal and freshman Jenna Williams chipped in with a 9.800 apiece. For Levine, it was a summation of the step for ward that Rutgers took on bars all season.
MARCH 25 2013 “For an event that was our worst event for the last several years — to go out and win yesterday is something that we’re all really happy [about] and proud of,” Levine said. Five Knights were awarded All-EAGL status Friday — including Leal as EAGL Team MVP and both Gunzelman and Williams to First Team All-Uneven Bars. Despite not qualifying as a team for NCAAs, Rutgers will likely send four individuals to the competition on April 6th, Levine said. An official announcement will be made sometime today. Gunzelman was the only Knight to qualify last season — another sign of the significant progress Rutgers has made. “We had a shot to win this year. I can honestly say that we’ve never even had that before,” Levine said. “We had a shot to win EAGL and to go to regionals.” For the Knights, progress is the most rational perspective they can have right now — understanding not every aspiration can be fulfilled in one season. “We’ll talk more about it when we get back [to the gym],” Levine said. “[Saturday] was kind of a day to let it soak in … but they know — they understand that we did things that quite possibly people didn’t think we could do here this year.” For updates on the Rutgers gymnastics team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson. Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith was roughed up for nine runs this weekend against USF. Head coach Jay Nelson said fatigue may have played a factor. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2012
STREAK Maddox leads staff in innings, ERA against South Florida hitters CONTINUED FROM BACK
Junior co-captain Alexis Gunzelman earned a 9.825 on bars to lead the Knights at the EAGL Championships. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO MARCH 2013
only two walks — a ratio she struggled with early on. Nelson said the Kennesaw, Ga. native is hitting her stride and now finding the plate with regularity. She also leads the Knights’ staff with a staggering .188 batting average. “Dresden’s doing very well,” Nelson said. “She’s just getting into her prime right now and hitting her spots.” Down 2-1 with their backs against the wall in the top of the
7th inning, the Knights rallied to score two runs with two outs, securing the 3-2 victory. Junior first baseman Alexis Durando drove in the first with a single and then stole a base before scoring the go-ahead run on an error. The win snapped a 17-game Bulls’ winning streak that was largely ignited by dominant pitching. Rutgers did its best to end it. “The one thing I found to be really good with us was that South Florida had seven shutouts in a row before we faced them, and we scored three runs on them in each game,” Nelson said. “We were swinging the bats pretty well against tough pitching.” In the opening game, the Knights fell, 11-3, as Landrith and senior righthander Abbey
Houston were lit up in only four innings of action before Rutgers was 10-run ruled. For the second time in three games, Rutgers’ offense jumped on the scoreboard first — a trend Nelson believes bodes well for the Knights (14-11, 1-2) as they trek deeper into conference play. A few hitters were ahead of pitches on their front foot a little bit, but we will tweak those small mechanics this week, he said. “I thought we played well. I’m happy with — not the result — but with the way we played,” Nelson said. “If we continue that in Big East play, we’re going to do fine.” For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson.
SOFTBALL 2013 HOME SCHEDULE WED, MARCH 27 HARTFORD (DH)
SUN, APRIL 7 GEORGETOWN
WED, APRIL 24 SYRACUSE (DH)
FRI, MARCH 29 CONNECTICUT (DH)
THUR, APRIL 11 THUR, APRIL 25 MONMOUTH PRINCETON
SAT, MARCH 30 CONNECTICUT
WED, APRIL 17 STONY BROOK
SAT, MAY 4 PITTSBURGH (DH)
SUN, APRIL 6 GEORGETOWN (DH)
THUR, APRIL 18 IONA
SAT, MAY 5 PITTSBURGH
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MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 3 NOTRE DAME 7, RUTGERS 6
Rutgers earns first conference victory BY IAN ERHARD STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team split two games this weekend to begin Big East play. The Scarlet Knights (8-2, 1-1) defeated Marquette yesterday, 94, after failing to upset No. 7 Notre Dame on Friday in their conference opener. While the Golden Eagles scored early in the second half to bring the game within one, the scoring ended there. Midfielder Kenzie Brown led Marquette with two goals, including one in the first minute of the second period. Senior attack Annie McGinley answered with her fourth goal of the weekend, and the Knights scored three-consecutive goals in the second period. “She did a really nice job, this weekend, of taking the opportunities that were given to her and not really forcing too much,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. The Knights brought a 4-2 advantage into halftime after junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli scored two goals in a span of 20 seconds — midway through the first period — to give Rutgers its first lead of the game. The scoring margin against the Golden Eagles allowed for younger players to see the field. “We had the opportunity to get some players in the game that haven’t been given the chances that maybe they would like in other parts of the season,” BrandSias said. In Friday’s game, six different players recorded points for the Knights, but Notre Dame was able to snap Rutgers’ six-game winning streak with a 9-6 victory. A late offensive surge by the Knights would not be enough to stage a comeback. The contributions of McGinley could only bring them to within three goals. She secured a hat trick with her third goal after Martinelli scored her only goal of the game late in the second period. As a fifth-year senior, McGinley said she needed to step up to begin conference play in the absence of senior co-captain Stephanie Anderson, who is missing time because of an injury. “This weekend going into Big East [play], I knew it was my time
to try to step up and be a leader,” McGinley said. A few minutes earlier, attack Kaitlyn Brosco was left alone in front of the net and maneuvered the ball past senior goalkeeper Lily Kalata — keeping distance on the scoreboard for the Irish. On the following possession, Notre Dame secured a draw control and scored on a breakaway as attack Lindsay Powell was left unaccounted for. The score was Powell’s second of the game and helped to seal the victory with a five-goal advantage. Freshman attack Kim Kolodny scored her first-career goal midway through the first period. While the two teams traded goals to begin the second half, the Knights found themselves behind because of a lack of scoring mentality. Amanda Trendell initiated the offense for the Knights late in the first period and assisted on the team’s only goal before halftime. She found McGinley straight up the middle for the score — after she helped Rutgers maintain its first substantial possession with less than ten minutes to play in the first half. A four-shot possession came after the Knights were held to only two shots through the first 20 minutes of play. The lack of scoring opportunities early on came from the swift execution of the Irish on the defensive side. Rutgers was unable to take advantage of any one-on-one opportunities and the aggressiveness of the Irish in their own zone made it difficult to keep possession of the ball. Kalata gave up the first three goals of the game as she faced pressure from the Notre Dame of fense for most of the first period. A sequence of saves before halftime kept the Knights within two goals. She would make 10 saves in the game to try to keep the Knights close. “We were really, really upset and let down about the game against Notre Dame,” McGinley said. “But we knew it was something we needed to move on from quickly. From here on out, Big East is what matters.”
Senior attack Annie McGinley scored four goals in the Knights’ weekend games, including a hat trick against Notre Dame. ROSEMARY CHUNG / MARCH 2013
Junior attack Nick DePaolera’s goal yesterday against No. 3 Notre Dame pulled the Knights to within one goal, but the team failed to pull ahead and lost, 7-6. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2012
RU falls short against Irish BY JIM MOONEY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team lost its game yesterday against No. 3 Notre Dame, 7-6. The Scarlet Knights (2-7) hung with the Fighting Irish as the game came down to the final faceoff in the final minute of regulation. “They played with a lot of energy for all forty minutes today, and that is what we’ll need if we want to start winning these one-goal games,” said head coach Brian Brecht about his team’s performance. “I’m proud of our effort today.” Freshman attack Scott Bieda scored a goal in the final minute to pull Rutgers within one goal, but Notre Dame won the final faceoff of the game to prevent any chance for Rutgers to finish its late rally. The fourth period saw a lowscoring game turn into a
shootout between sophomore midfielder Brian Goss and Notre Dame’s Jim Marlatt. Marlatt scored three goals in the final period for Notre Dame, and Goss scored two of his own for the Knights. “We were getting some decent shots all game and tried to break down their defense,” said Goss, as his two goals pushed his total to eight on the season. Goss’ goals came at a crucial time with Rutgers facing a 6-3 deficit — as they cut the Notre Dame lead to one goal until Marlatt notched his third and final goal to put the Fighting Irish ahead for good. Notre Dame found itself trailing 2-0 early in the second period when its offense suddenly came to life as it scored four unanswered goals — taking a 4-2 lead into the fourth period. Rutgers came out with energy early in the game, but a 27-minute
scoring drought after the early two-goal lead left the door open for an Irish comeback. Junior attack Nicholas DePaolera scored to make it 4-3 in the fourth, but a costly dead ball penalty squandered a potential scoring oppor tunity for the Knights. Notre Dame did not waste any time as Marlatt scored just seconds into the Notre Dame power play. The Knights relied heavily on their defense, led by freshman goalie Kris Alleyne, to stay in the game despite being outshot by Notre Dame, 38-25. Alleyne racked up 14 saves in the game, and Rutgers forced 11 Irish turnovers on defense. “We have had a lot of hard losses this season, but we just took the No. 3 team in the countr y to a one goal game,” said Alleyne. “I’m proud of my team today.”
SWIMMING SCOTT PLACES 17TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Diver ends season at nationals BY IAN ERHARD STAFF WRITER
Junior Nicole Scott must not have been satisfied with her record performance at last month’s Big East Championships. The diver took home first place March 2 — the final day of competition — in the platform finals, breaking the school record in the process. The meet showcased three different school records being broken by the end of the four-day event — a fitting end to an already successful season for the Rutgers swimming and diving team. Scott, along with the rest of the Knights’ divers, still had one more oppor tunity to score March 16 at the Zone A Diving Championships. With a second-place performance in the platform dive, Scott was able to extend her season once more. She took silver with a score of 280.35 and broke her own record from a few weeks prior by seven points. “These past three weeks have been amazing,” said head
diving coach Fred Woodruf f. “Winning the conference championship was a huge goal, and she pulled that off and then had a great Zone meet.” The finish earned Scott an automatic qualification in Saturday’s NCAA Championships. As the only Knight to compete in the national competition, she represented Rutgers with a 239.10 finish on the platform and a 234.25 score in the 1-meter dive. She was tentative with her arm stands on the platform — which kept her out of placing in the top 16, Woodruff said. “She dove great — I was extremely proud of her, and she just seems to get better each time,” Woodruff said. “She would have scored, but unfortunately she got a little tentative on arms stands, but she was right with those girls all the way.” Scott became the second diver to reach the NCAA Championships in the last three seasons under Woodruff. “It’s been an honor coaching her,” Woodruff said. “I couldn’t ask for a nicer person to work
with and a harder worker. … I’m really excited because she’s a junior, so we can have a better year together, and I’m really looking forward to that.” In his time at Rutgers, Woodruff has brought divers to the Zone A Championships each season. He has been a part of the Rutgers coaching staff since the school’s entrance into the Big East in 1995. In addition to her historic run on the platform these past few weeks, Scott managed to advance to the finals in both the 1- and 3-meter diving events at the Zone A Championships. She placed 10th overall in the 1-meter finals and scored 523.60 in the 3-meter event. Sophomore Nicole Honey also qualified for the 3-meter dive finals and finished with a score of 486.25. “I was really proud of my girls at Zones,” Woodruff said. “They put a really good meet in — and to come back and dive in that meet very shortly after the conference [championships] is a tough thing.”
SLIMMEST OF MARGINS The Rutgers men’s lacrosse
END OF THE LINE Three seniors represented the Rutgers
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wrestling team in the wrestleback Friday, but all three failed to make it to day three of competition. PAGE 13
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “This weekend going into Big East [play] I knew it was my time to try to step up and be a leader.” — Rutgers women’s lacrosse senior attack Annie McGinley
MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2013
GYMNASTICS
SOFTBALL RUTGERS 3, SOUTH FLORIDA 4 (9 INN.)
Regional tournament eludes RU BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
Slowly but surely, Louis Levine consoled his gymnasts. As members of the Rutgers gymnastics team trudged off the floor of the Carmichael Arena in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Saturday, the head coach urged his team to keep perspective. The Scarlet Knights finished seventh among eight teams at the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Championships with a score of 193.925 — a mark Rutgers knew would not land it a spot in the top 36 for the NCAA Regionals. The Knights were forced to count a fall on the beam, and they earned their lowest score in the event in that month. After flourishing in the floor exercise all season, Rutgers recorded its second lowest total in the event since its opener. “Obviously we’re disappointed,” Levine said. “We wanted to go out there and do better. It was a little bit of a rough meet.” Levine asserts that judging was extremely tight, but he refuses to use it as an excuse. Strict scoring is expected at a championship event, and all gymnasts dealt with the same external factors. Nor th Carolina State won the competition with only a 195.175 — a mark Rutgers eclipsed by eight tenths less than a month ago. SEE
Junior first baseman Alexis Durando led Rutgers this weekend with a home run and four RBI against South Florida. The Knights scored nine runs in the three-game series, grabbing one win to end the Bulls’ 17-game win streak. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2012
Knights snap USF win streak
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BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
Head coach Louis Levine said his team remains proud despite missing NCAAs. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
EXTRA POINT
NCAAB SCORES Temple Indiana
52 58
Minnesota Florida
Iowa State Ohio State
75 78
FGCU 81 San Diego State 71
North Carolina Kansas
58 70
La Salle Mississippi
Riding a six-game winning streak and a 13-9 nonconference record, the Rutgers softball team began Big East action Saturday in Tampa, Fla., seizing one win in a tight threegame series against South Florida. Two of the three contests were decided in the final inning, and the competitive play culminated Sunday with a nine-inning affair in the rubber game of the series. The Scarlet Knights lost, 4-3, as a walk-off homerun by shortstop Kourtney Salvarola sealed the game for the Bulls (24-11, 2-1). Head coach Jay Nelson took the blame for mismanaging against Salvarola, who also
drove in South Florida’s first two runs on a homerun in the third inning. “I’m still kicking myself for pitching to the kid who had already had like two or three homeruns on the weekend,” Nelson said. “I probably should’ve walked her and gone after the next kid.” Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith uncharacteristically lasted only four innings. It was the second time in three games that the usual workhorse could not pitch at least five innings. She surrendered nine earned runs in only 6.2 innings of work over the weekend. Aside from the March 10 game against Nevada, Landrith had been nearly flawless for Rutgers. Nelson again took the blame
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TREVOR MELDE pinned Drexel’s Frank Cimato 1:29 in his first consolation match to claim his 100th career victory. Melde became the 14th Rutgers wrestler to obtain the feat in school history.
for not putting his southpaw in a position to succeed. “I think I pitched her too much last weekend, and we backed off for too much during the week,” Nelson said. “So she didn’t get enough practice to stay sharp. I was trying to rest her a little bit.” Freshman righthander Dresden Maddox compensated for Landrith’s struggles as she allowed only one earned run in 11.1 innings. In Rutgers’ lone victor y during the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Maddox went the distance and did not surrender an earned run. More importantly, she struck out four batters with SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S GOLF
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
TENNIS
C&F Bank Intercollegiate
at Rider
Hartford
at Villanova
Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. Lawrenceville, N.J.
Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. RU Softball Complex
Wednesday,2 p.m. Villanova, Pa.
Today Williamsburg, Va.