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Despite alcohol consumption being illegal for those under the age of 21, Lt. Nicholas Chiorello of the Rutgers University Police Department said in an email statement that persons aged 12 to 20 account for 11 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States. Lisa Laitman, director for the Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program at the University, said drinking and substance abuse numbers are consistent throughout the Northeast. The figures ADAP looks at are from a clinical population, not the national population. “The students we see are a mix of those who are mandated to come here from community standards and student conduct because something had happened,” she said. “We also have a volunteer population for our recovery program.” Laitman said ADAP also offers 12-month recovery housing for stuSEE
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ESPN revealed a DVD yesterday, which showcases head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice using homophobic language, hitting and kicking his players and throwing basketballs at them from point-blank range. SHIRLEY YU, ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / MARCH 2013
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A 30-minute DVD compiled by a former Rutgers men’s basketball assistant reveals repeated violations of program rules by head
coach Mike Rice during a threeyear period. Rice, in his third year with the program, is seen using a homophobic slur during practice, throwing basketballs at players and using physical force at point-blank range.
Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, who hosted members of the media yesterday before appearing on ESPN’s Outside The Lines at 3 p.m., said Rice’s use of the word “faggot” was most damning.
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When people make a donation to a charity, most never have the opportunity to know how it affects a person or community. But University Alumnus Dmitr y Zhdankin’s organization TaleXchange aims to change this one-way process. TaleXchange focuses on the theme of exchange — they collect children’s books to ship to children in Ghana, and in turn, the
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“That word was at the core of this suspension,” said Pernetti, who suspended Rice for three games Dec. 14 and fined him $50,000 as a direct result of the
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TaleXChange founder Dmitry Zhdankin wanted to change the one-way process of giving donations to charity. PHOTO COURTESY OF DMITRY ZHDANKIN
donors receive a tale of their own. The donor writes his or her email address on a slip of paper and places it inside the book. The Ghanaian community that receives the book then sends the SEE
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer people and racial minorities struggle to overcome rigidly confined stereotypes, especially when they associate themselves with both identities. Juan Battle, professor of Sociology, Public Health and Urban Education at the City University of New York, spoke about this issue yesterday at the Graduate Student Lounge SEE
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Wednesday, April 3 The Associate Alumnae of Douglass presents the 2013 Zagoren Lecture, “Turning Points: Moments that Forever Change our Lives,” featuring Douglass College Class of 1970 alumna Susan Lester at 7 p.m. in the Douglass Campus Center. Lester, an Emmy Award-winning television producer, will speak about her life and achievements. The event is free and open to everyone.
Thursday, April 4 The Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance presents the Eve Ensler play “The Vagina Monologues” at 8:30 p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. Tickets are $5 for students and $7 for non-students. The money collected will go to The Rape Crisis and Inter vention Center of Middlesex County and the V-day Organization. The play will also run on April 5 at the same time and place. Rutgers Career Ser vices holds an information session and workshops on internships at 12 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center. Pre-registration is required. For more information, go to careerser vices.rutgers.edu.
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Psychologist talks human mating BY HANNAH SCHROER CORRESPONDENT
Evolutionary Psychologist David Buss sees human mating strategies at work during parties, on commercials and at faculty meetings. “I may be delusional, but I see the world through the lens of human mating strategies,” he said. Buss talked about this lens in his “Strategies of Human Mating” lecture last night in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus as a part of an annual event hosted by national honor society Phi Beta Kappa. Buss said he studied human mating strategies for 20 years and published a number of books on the topic. He once tried to steer away from the topic by studying murder. But when conducting a survey of 5,000 people, he found that 80 to 90 percent had thought about killing someone, and most of the reasons related back to mating. “I tried to run, but I could not hide from human mating strategies,” he said. Buss said mating strategies differ across species, culture and ecology. His research focused on the evolution of human psychology in the same way that scientists study the evolution of bipedalism or the tooth. Some cultures practice polyandry or polygamy, while
most Western countries use socially imposed monogamy. People who grow up with an absent father are more likely to tend toward shorter mating relationships, he said. “In my view, what I’ve always been interested in is what makes people tick,” he said. As it turns out, desire is central to human life, and humans use a variety of mating strategies, he said. Buss conducted a cross-cultural study, finding that both sexes across cultures desire to be loved. “It turns out that’s extremely important in long-term mating,” he said. But other qualities are highly variable across cultures. In mainland China, both sexes placed high value on virginity, which is much less desired in Sweden. “Some things we desire in a mate seem to be highly open to cultural input,” Buss said. Physiological sexual preferences differ in men and women because both face different adaptive problems, such as the fact that fertilization occurs internally within females, he said. This makes them differ in their number of sexual partners and time it takes to make a relationship sexual, Buss said. He said humans cannot perceive sexual fertility in a mate and instead rely on physical cues,
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such as full lips, muscle tone, health, youth and shiny hair. These cues gradually became cultural standards of attractiveness. “There’s tremendous evidence [that health and youth] are universal standards of attractiveness,” he said. Men may place greater emphasis on attractiveness in long-term partners, but women also place some importance on other characteristics, Buss said. Women spend more time thinking about mating strategies because they have a harder time identifying suitable partners, he said. People often associate natural selection with sur vival of the fittest, but Dar win himself noticed that certain features like the brilliant plumage on male peacocks had no explainable survival benefit, Buss said. Darwin was puzzled because both sexes faced the same survival problems but had dramatic physical differences, so he developed a second evolutionary theory — the theory of sexual selection, Buss said. He said whenever animals of the same sex compete for a mate, the victor’s sexual access allows him or her to pass on traits to the next generation. All human groups live in status hierarchies where they compete for a position, giving certain
Evolutionary psychologist David Buss said he sees human mating strategies in everyday life during a lecture titled “Strategies of Human Mating” yesterday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. SHIRLEY YU, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHER groups preferential access to mates, he said. Barry Qualls, event coordinator and secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, said the event aims to bring in a speaker whose work makes a difference in their field. Deborah Carr, a professor in the Department of Sociology, teaches a School of Arts and Sciences signature course on normality and abnormality, Qualls said. Carr said students in her class are interested in what constitutes
normal and abnormal romantic relationships. Erica Sewell, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said she related the talk back to her introduction to social evolution course. Sewell, who is majoring in anthropology, said her class learned about how humans have created psychological mechanisms to deal with issues related to mating and parenting. “He actually wrote the textbook [for] that class,” she said.
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“Last year, people commented on our events and said they wanted to see more diversity in our Battle says his lecture panelist and speakers,” he said. “Our objective is to bring togethis continually er all types of students.” evolving Although the event was marketed as a lecture, Battle prefers calling CONTINUED FROM FRONT it a necessary talk. “More of these conversations on the College Avenue campus for need to happen,” he said. “They the Queer Graduate and need to happen in barber shops, my Professional Student Association’s house, your house and the White spring lecture. House. We need to have more black Battle gave his lecture gay people telling their own stories.” “Closets are for Clothes: Being Ashley Green, a University LGBT in Black America” before, graduate student, said she agrees but said his talk is brand new with Battle’s point of view. each time. “It’s extremely important to “It’s an evolving conversation,” keep diversity going,” she said. he said. “The audience makes it Green is a female-to-male transfresh because the talk is guided by gender person who their interest and said she undertheir questions. I stands that many was invited by grad“[These people will find trouuate students, so I conversations] need ble when attemptassumed they would be curious to happen in barber ing to place her into a certain category. and interested in shops, my house, “People could my research.” Battle reviewed your house and the use whatever word they want to data from a national White House.” describe me, but I survey he conductam who I am,” ed called “The JUAN BATTLE she said. Social Justice Professor of Sociology, Public Battle said Sexuality Project,” Health and Urban Education at the City University of New York many LGBTQ peowhich is one of the ple often face largest national surissues when othveys covering ers confine them into categories. black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander “I think it’s important that and multiracial LGBTQ people. LGBTQ people of color tell their Battle said his lecture aims to own stories,” he said. “We always challenge and test many of the comhave others telling our stories for mon misconceptions about the us, the world needs to hear it meanings of black and gay identities from us firsthand.” in America. Battle cited an example from The lecture last spring focused his research to prove his point. on legal issues facing the LGBTQ “One narrative that people community. Jon Brzezinski, co-preslike to believe is that black famiident of QGPSA, said the organizalies are more homophobic, but tion sought to put a new spin on this based on my research, that simspring’s lecture. ply is not true,” he said. “My “We wanted to find someone data found other wise, and it to speak about research of differtells me that a different story ent LGBTQ ethnicities,” he said. needs to be told.” “Although social issues are John Cimmino, a School of the important, we’re trying to bring Arts and Sciences junior, said he more academic conversations to was glad he attended the event. the LGBT community on campus “It was extremely interesting this time around.” to explore intersectionality,” he Stephen DiDomenico, cosaid. “I’m definitely going to Dr. president of QGPSA, said this Battles’ website later to explore change in focus came from listenmore of his research data.” ing to feedback of attendees.
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BOOKS Street Library aims to raise 1 million books within the next year CONTINUED FROM FRONT Greenblatt said he would donor a booklet filled with donate “Falling Up” by Shel quotes and pictures or a Silverstein, his own favorite childvideo response. hood book. Zhdankin, also a fan Zhdankin developed the idea of Silverstein, will donate “Where for the charity after traveling to the Sidewalk Ends,” his favorite Ghana for his senior thesis. book growing up. There, he noticed the countr y Gordon said he would also had high illiteracy rates, and donate his favorite childhood books written in English were book, “Green Eggs and Ham” not available, especially in iso- by Dr. Seuss. lated cities. During the week of April 23, After returning to the TaleXchange will have donation University, Zhdankin decided to boxes set up at student centers create TaleXchange with Darrel throughout the University Gordon and Evan Greenblatt, his where people can go and donate fraternity brothers in the their old childhood books. University’s Sigma Alpha “Rutgers is a university that Epsilon chapter. prides itself with TaleXchange having Jersey gives the books to “What better use of roots and global Street Library, an but when these stories that we reach, organization that it comes to globuses a van to diswere inspired by?” al reach, we as tribute books to students need to EVAN GREENBLATT isolated areas of make that hapSchool of Arts and Sciences Africa where the pen, and this Sophomore people do not have program is helpaccess to libraries. ing us do so,” Children can rent books he said. from the van, and volunteers TaleXchange is trying to publiteach them how to read, said cize their project as much as posGordon, a School of Arts and sible, Greenblatt said. Sciences junior. “[We] really make people Street Library aims to raise 1 aware of what a book can do, million books within the next especially a children’s book,” year, and Zhdankin said his he said. organization strives to help them To get the word out, they use reach that goal. social media such as Facebook Most University students and YouTube, and are placing had the privilege of reading flyers around campus to raise children’s stories growing up, awareness for the book drive, and often reminisce on the les- he said. sons they learned, said The organization also plans to Greenblatt, a School of Arts and hold a field day and benefit conSciences sophomore. cert the same week as the book He believes these books drive, Gordon said. The proceeds should be shared, so children will pay shipping fees for the with limited access to books can products going to Ghana. have this experience. Zhdankin said TaleXchange’s “What better use of these sto- goals are ambitious, but they have ries that we were inspired by,” he received supportive feedback. said. “[We] give to people who “People [want] to get don’t have access to these books, involved, and those are all the so that they can learn to be cre- ingredients to a successful projative and enjoy them.” ect,” he said.
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The legislation grants immunity to three people: the dents recovering from alcohol sick individual and up to two and/or drug dependence. The others assisting. housing offers support from other “Under state law, underage students also trying to stay sober, drinking or possession of alcohol as well as a recovery counselor on public property is a disorderly and access to Counseling, the persons offense and carries a Alcohol & Other Drug Assistance sentence of up to six months in Program & Psychiatric Services. jail, a fine of $1,000, or both,” Diana Starace, injury prevennorthjersey.com reported. tion coordinator at the Level I Chiorello said recent trends Trauma Center at Robert Wood show there is a decrease in the Johnson University Hospital, said number of alcohol related offensthe hospital sees an increase in es that are reported to RUPD. drug and alcohol related patients “Overall, underage alcohol between Thursdays and Sundays. consumption in the United States “We see kids come in from is a widespread and persistent drinking and drug related public health and safety problem issues, and sometimes from an that creates serious personal, injury like a broken leg,” she social and economic consesaid. “The broken leg is the priquences for adolescents, their mary injury, but we also discovfamilies, communities and the er that the person may or may nation as a whole,” he said. not be intoxicated. Nationally, Chiorello said abuse is still a about 50 percent of the patients challenge for RUPD, as it in trauma centers are related to enables riskier behavior and drug and alcohol issues.” lessens inhibitions. Starace, a member of the New “The goal of RUPD is reducing Jersey Prevention Network, said the number of deaths and serious the NJPN has taken initiatives to injuries resulting from traffic accitry and combat drug and alcohol dents by impaired drivers on the abuse, including town hall meetUniversity campus,” he said. ings where publics discussions “[We are also focusing] on reduccan be held. ing the likelihood She said both of individuals RWJUH and St. “The broken leg is being victimized Peters University due to impaired the primary injury, inhibitions resultHospital see many young people but we also discover ing from consumpunder the age of 21 tion of drugs that the person may and alcohol.” strictly because they drank too Chiorello said or may not be much. On busier alcohol is the most intoxicated.” nights, RWJUH commonly used sends overflow and abused drug DIANA STARACE patients to SPUH among youth in the Injury Prevention Coordinator at and vice-versa. United States — the Level I Trauma Center at According to more than tobacco Robert Wood Johnson the RUPD crime and illicit drugs. University Hospital statistics compilaLinda Surks, tion, in 2011 there was a grand coalition coordinator at the total of 872 reports of underage National Council on Alcoholism possession of alcohol, 173 and Drug Dependence of reports of open containers of Middlesex County, said the alcohol, 7 reports of serving alcoNCADD looks at a lot of data hol to underage persons and 271 when compiling numbers for reports of drug abuse violations. statistics of people in treatment. Starace said she has visited She said in 2010, persons in some of the fraternities and the age range of 18 to 24 accountsororities on campus in previous ed for 25 percent of the total numyears, as well as local high ber of people in treatment in schools, to talk about preventaMiddlesex County. The drug cattive measures students can take. egories the center looks at are “They reached out to us and alcohol, cocaine, heroin and opiasked us to come and talk with ates, marijuana and other drugs. the different groups,” she said. Laitman said the University “If I can reach a couple of people, takes steps to try and help stuthen great.” dents before their usage In 2009, New Jersey passed becomes a problem. ADAP uses the “911 Lifeline Legislation,” a brief intervention model and which provides immunity from gathers data from each student. prosecution for an underage per“There are a lot of intervenson for possession and consumptions that are effective,” she said. tion of alcoholic beverages if they “Talking to them earlier is better, call 911 and remain with a person because we do not want a probin need of medical assistance, lem to develop.” according to northjersey.com. Laitman said that while the The website reports that minors students that come into ADAP must be the first ones to call 911, are given options, it is up to them and provide their name to the operto follow the steps advised. ator. They must also remain on “One of the things we teach scene with the minor in need of them is to cut down how much they medical assistance until help drink,” she said. “We also teach arrives and must fully cooperate them to slow down their drinking with law enforcement personnel. and their drinks over time.”
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Do you support fossil fuel divestment? “I definitely think so considering we’re in [a state of] global warming, and it’s going to affect the environment, but at the same time I think there’s so much that we can still learn from what the earth has to offer.”
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“I don't know that much about the economic reasons, but for environmental reasons, it is beneficial.”
“It depends on what the alternatives are, right? But yes, it could give other renewable energy technologies a push that they need to help take over, because fossil fuels are not sustainable at the rate we're using them.”
“Alternate fuels are good, but we're going to need fossil fuels forever because the alternate fuels aren't good yet to replace them.”
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nate circumstances showcase a long-existing issue of parts t is unfortunate to find that while the Rutgers of our student body being left behind or not being allowed a University Student Assembly fights hard against stuplatform to be heard. The undesirable situation of the curdents’ subjugation by negligent politics, it also finds rent elections is the result of the lack of greater student paritself entangled in politics of its own that greatly damage its ticipation, which could have been avoided with the right set effectiveness in serving the student body. Not only are the of priorities. While the organization has internal weaknesscurrent elections unfair, but they are also a product of es that caused the current race to be unjust, one of its most RUSA’s shortcomings of tending to its very large — and pressing problems is RUSA only involves a limited part of often very disconnected — constituency. One thing is for the University population. certain — the current elections leave much to be desired of Several members of our staff confessed to not knowing what our student body truly deserves. what RUSA was prior to working for The Daily Targum, This year’s RUSA elections have already been clouded which speaks to a much greater reality of RUSA’s presence by a really uneven playing field between the two presidenon our campus. tial candidates. From the start, the two competitors were It is safe to say that our student assembly is not as advised to maintain a traditional three-person ticket: with a immersed in our University community-at-large as we running president, vice president and treasurer. Sherif would like it to be. Many more Ibrahim, running on the Knights students would be concerned for Change ticket, abided by the “The current elections leave about the unfairness cited in this suggestion under the impression if they knew what was that it was expected of both parmuch to be desired of what our editorial going on in the first place, let ties. Meanwhile, Pavel Sokolov, student body truly deserves.” alone if they had a needed underrunning on the Rutgers Students standing of the issues on the tickFirst ticket, acted upon existing ets’ agendas and respective platelectoral regulations and legally forms. Students are not only unaware of candidates’ stances constructed a much larger ticket without the knowledge of on issues facing them, but they also seem to be unaware of Ibrahim. Regardless of who is a more qualified candidate, their own stances due to the limited information that is the elections need to provide a fair and equal running start accessible to them. A Facebook event that goes up a week for both. before voting is simply not enough to expect students to This situation hints at a miscommunication within the stay informed. organization that greatly stagnates it from achieving its misProblems within RUSA seem to be borne from disorsion of student representation. From the beginning, it ganization and not from the members themselves — our seems that the race for running mates allowed a head start RUSA representatives have the best interests of students at for one candidate over another, and this disadvantage robs heart, but the disorganization severely undermines all their students of their entitled decision of who represents them. hard work in addressing them. Even more importantly, the two candidates come from the Whether it is miscommunication, lobbying from outside same party, Rutgers United, which effectively turns this into entities or lack of inclusiveness, it is certain that the current a competition over the same pool of RUSA actors. elections are inequitable and do not permit utmost student Presidential contenders Ibrahim and Sokolov were even autonomy. However, this is a valuable opportunity to not running mates in last year’s election. An opposing party this only revisit election guidelines but also to reconsider year did not run. A source from the Old Raritan party, RUSA’s relationship with the student body. It is necessary Rutgers United’s opponent last year, suggests that after losthat our student government reflect on its outreach and how ing the election, none of their issues were given needed well it is truly serving, representing and including the genattention, and Old Raritan subsequently failed to be fully eral University population. At the end of the day, it is clear involved in this year’s student government or establish the that the only people losing are the students. necessary political outreach to form a ticket. The unfortuThe 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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Sexual harassment is not a compliment EVERYTHING IN MODERATION LAUREN VARGA
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s a woman attending Rutgers University in New Brunswick, I can tell you the climate I exist in is not always a safe one. I’m not sure what it is about this town that makes people think they can say whatever they want in the public sphere, but I do know that the street harassment in this city is out of control. I’m not sure how other people handle street harassment, either verbal or physical. I tend to yell, and it doesn’t do too much, but it’s the only way I know how to respond. For example, I was standing outside of The Golden Rail Irish Pub the other night when a guy grabbed my butt. I turned around and asked him what his problem
was — loudly. He was with a girl, who began to tell me that he’s really a nice guy, and he was just drunk. When I didn’t back down, the guy then told me I “wasn’t even hot,” and would never have grabbed me, so I should shut up. I yelled, the guy stormed off. The people I was with assured me that he was a jerk, but what did all this really accomplish? It had happened, and I was left feeling violated and angry. The first part of this sequence of events that unnerves me is, of course, the act itself. But aside from this guy’s actions, I was unnerved by how everyone else responded. See, after he grabbed me, the only person who watched the exchange — excluding myself and the gentlemen grabber — was his friend who decided to stand up for him. “He’s really a good guy, he’s just drunk.” These are excuses and validation. She was saying it to me, but he heard the message loud and clear: “I’m just drunk, I’m really a good guy.”
There is a level of male privilege that goes into silencing me through attacking my looks. But aside from that, his final statement suggested that him grabbing me would have been a compliment of sorts, and I just don’t buy it. Him grabbing me had much more to do with him feeling like he was entitled to grab any woman he felt like grabbing. The event does nothing to show how alluring I am — instead, it shows how entitled this guy thinks he is. It’s plain and simple. It’s obvious that there is a big problem when any one person thinks that they can just grab or speak to another member of their community whenever they want to. But there is an even bigger problem when absolutely no one who sees it decides to say anything. I’d like to assume that most people don’t think it’s okay to grab another person whenever they want, but where are those people in a situation like this? If even one person in the crowd watching stood up for me, I would have felt a thousand times better.
Some people don’t respond because they think this sort of thing isn’t that big of a deal. While I understand that empathy isn’t always easy, I wish for once someone who is skeptical would just take my word on how dehumanizing this type of experience is. I ask for your support because sexual harassment involves more than just the attacker and the attacked. It is a community problem — one that we need to fix. People around here aren’t typically quiet, especially between Thursday and Sunday. All I’m saying is, let’s put a little of that noise toward saying something along the lines of: “Hey, could you not physically harass that person just because you’re drunk? Thanks.” Speak up — it’s that simple. Lauren Varga is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies and English with a minor in psychology. Her column, “Everything in Moderation,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
Thesis writing showcases greater lessons STATE OF THE UNION MATT KUCHTYAK
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shouldn’t be writing this column. I should be working on my thesis.
In fact, I’ve said something like that many times during my senior year: “I shouldn’t be doing ‘x.’ I should be working on my thesis.” But many times — essentially every time — I would just do ‘x’ and put off writing my thesis. Now it’s April, and while I’m almost finished writing and breaking the onerous chains of theses, the finished product won’t be nearly as good as it could have — and should have — been. I blew it. I f--ked up. Plain and simple. I was recently asked what I learned during the thesis-writing process. Not necessarily what I’ve learned in terms of content material, but what larger lessons I’ve drawn from having to produce a lengthy piece of original research. Answering that question requires some introspection and analysis of how I ended up where I am today with my thesis — thinking what I have done, of course, in lieu of actually writing my thesis.
As the product of this introspective analysis, I’ve identified three key mistakes I’ve made while “thesising.” First, I didn’t put enough thought into why I was actually writing a thesis. Students in the School of Arts and Sciences Honors Program are required — and expected — to complete a capstone project in order to receive honors designation at graduation. Seen as a culminating endeavor to a college’s academic journey, the thesis becomes a reified signifier of undergraduate success. Very few honors students think about why they are writing a thesis and instead etch in stone that the honors thesis will be part of the senior-year experience. Second, I didn’t spend enough time selecting a narrow topic to research and write about — one that would hold my devoted interest and arouse my unequivocal passion for the entire year. This is a fundamental flaw in the “thesising” process connected to the first problem. Students in my situation who are, by convention, going to be writing a thesis during their senior year do not necessarily have a priori reason for doing so. Non-honors program students who “opt-in” to thesis programs choose to write a thesis because they are incredibly interested in their field or a specific topic, and/or because they want to pursue graduate study in a specific discipline. These students have thought long and hard about writing a thesis and are
doing so with self-imposed direction and purpose. I failed to acknowledge why I truly wanted to complete a thesis and didn’t have the foundational intent when I began searching for a topic. Finally, once I selected my topic during the spring semester before my senior year, I believed that I could delay beginning serious work until after summer. This procrastination fed over into the school year and incessantly continued to permeate my work ethic throughout the fall semester. Countless other obligations continually took precedence. Anyway, the thesis could wait — it was not due until April, right? Wrong. Writing a thesis requires a dedication and commitment that normal classes do not. Whereas I could do my work the morning of an average class and hand the assignment in with haughty panache, the same cannot be said for my thesis. What I have learned from “thesising” extends far beyond what I have learned from the actual subject matter. I’ve been forced to learn humility and my natural limitations. I’ve been forced to learn — too late — how to discipline myself and meet my commitments. And most of all, I’ve been forced to learn that pursing something as large as a senior honors thesis requires excessive passion and purpose, which will provide and fuel the requisite focus, dedication and drive needed to complete the task.
Would I still choose to write a thesis if given the opportunity to change my past decisions? Absolutely and without a doubt. Writing a thesis shows employers, graduate schools and most of all, you, that you can work on something meaningful for an entire year and produce original research that contributes something new and important to a field. But I would have done some major things differently. To all the juniors out there considering writing a thesis next year, be sure to clearly identify why you are doing so. This answer will be your compass directing you toward the perfect topic. Above all, make sure you are extremely passionate about what you’re researching and writing, as life is too short to spend working on a project solely to impress someone else. I opened this column by saying that I shouldn’t be writing it. That’s utterly foolish. I am passionate about my column in a way that I was, unfortunately, never passionate about my thesis. We should be spending time working on the things about which we are passionate, and I should indeed be writing this column. Matt Kuchtyak is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in economics and political science with a minor in general history. His column, “State of the Union,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
Keep the updated RUSA election rules in mind COMMENTARY JAGPREET SINGH
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ello fellow Knights, my name is Jagpreet Singh and I am your elections chair for Rutgers University Student Assembly, the undergraduate student governing body of our University. As readers of The Daily Targum, you have likely noticed several articles and links to Facebook events announcing that the RUSA elections are now underway. Elections are held ever y April to determine the governing body for the following year, which includes the president, vice president, and secretar y. The
candidates have already submitted their declarations of intent and are listed on ruassembly.com The week of March 31 to April 7 marks the campaign period, during which the candidates will work hard to gain exposure and favorability among voters. The polls will open Monday, April 8 and close Wednesday April 10, during this time make sure to check out r uassembly.com for the voting link, which will allow you to cast your vote for your preferred candidate. I would like to highlight some rule changes that will be in effect during this campaign season. One of the biggest changes we made was banning organizational suppor t.
This used to be only directed to organizations that sent representatives to RUSA, but now affects ever y organization and club of the University. Support includes, but is not limited to officially backing a candidate as an organization or club, using organizational contact lists to promote a candidate or their agenda, using space or time allocated to that club/org for the purpose of a candidate’s campaign, using formal meeting time for announcing or supporting a candidate’s campaign or using an individual’s club or organization position to garner votes for a candidate. A good rule of thumb is to remember that John Doe cannot say, “As president of RU Biking, I endorse Jack for president” — he has violated a r ule.
However, John Doe can say, “I know Jack and feel he would be a great president.” The difference is in the formality of the endorsement. This being said, we have decided to allow online form-based submission this year. We have also made various wording changes within the guidelines. So get out there and learn about your RUSA candidates today! Thank you. and make sure to check r uassembly.com regularly for updates. For questions or comments, you can reach me personally at rusa.elections@gmail.com. Jagpreet Singh is a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior majoring in political science and history.
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Rice hires assistant Jimmy Martelli, also implicated in physically abusive behavior that eventually leads to Rice’s three-game suspension. Former Director of Player Development Eric Murdock first notices questionable behavior from Rice, according to ESPN’s Don Van Natta on Outside The Lines yesterday.
Former Director of Player Development Eric Murdock, who head coach Mike Rice, above, hired, has hired a lawyer to take legal action against the nonrenewal of his contract in 2012, which his attorney said was illegal. WILLY MELOT
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Pernetti, staff claims it decides not to renew Murdock’s contract, while Murdock says through attorney that he was unlawfully fired. Pernetti hires independent investigation agency to pore over practice footage, program culture and Rice’s behavior. Pernetti suspends Rice for three games and fines him $50,000 for violation of athletic department policy, but says he will not be fired. Senior Austin Johnson and sophomore Myles Mack support Rice in conference call with media. Rice speaks to ESPN’s Andy Katz about reinstatement, which includes using a practice monitor to evaluate changes in Rice’s behavior, among other stipulations. Rice returns from three-game suspension at Syracuse. Rutgers loses, 78-53. In interview with The Star-Ledger, Pernetti says again that Rice will be back for 20132014 season.
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video’s findings. “It absolutely concerns me.” Pernetti, who hired Rice on May 3, 2010, said he approached a team of independent investigators when the attorneys of Eric Murdock, the team’s former director of player development, showed him the video. Murdock’s attorneys’ compilation, featuring footage that spans the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons, shows Rice using verbally abusive language and physical demonstrations of irritation. Gilvydas Biruta, a former Scarlet Knight, draws the majority of Rice’s ire. Footage finds Biruta, who has since transferred to Rhode Island, as the target of many of Rice’s basketball heaves and verbal abuse. In one instance, Biruta stumbles away from a play after suffering a blow to the face. Rice approaches him before saying, “I hope that hurt. Did it hurt?” “Understand that I enjoyed my time at Rutgers and formed a great relationship with @Tim_Pernetti and students,” Biruta tweeted yesterday. “I made many friends at RU.” Rice is also seen throwing a basketball at a player’s head. “There’s definitely a fine line,” said Pernetti, one of five athletic directors nominated for SportsBusiness Journal’s AD of the Year. “The rule of thumb, in general, is to never put your hands on a player. I don’t think anything warrants that.” Pernetti said he wanted to be accountable for Rutgers’ athletic department in revealing the footage, which aired an hour before ESPN’s half-hour segment. He said while he heard Rice use disparaging language before, he did not know the extent until reviewing the practice tapes. It was part of a concerted effort from Rice to curb poor representation in front of Pernetti, Murdock said. “The problem is whenever Tim Pernetti came to practice, Mike was on his best behavior,” Murdock said in an interview with ESPN. “As soon as Tim Pernetti leaves, it’s ‘asshole’ or ‘bitch.’” Rice hired Murdock as part of his first staff in Piscataway. But
while Pernetti said he did not renew Murdock’s contract for the 2012-2013 season, Murdock’s attorney, Raj Gadhok, released a statement on ESPN that Murdock was fired unlawfully. The University is dealing with an ongoing legal matter with Murdock, Pernetti said. “We chose to take this as an opportunity to re-educate Mike Rice about the Rutgers standard,” Pernetti said. Part of that standard, Pernetti said, is working at one of the world’s most diverse universities. The revelation of Rice’s homophobic slur coincides with the University’s month-long Gaypril, which is an opportunity for the entire campus to involve itself in educational and celebratory programming on queer issues, according to the University’s Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities’ website. One clip finds Rice yelling at an unidentified player, “You’re a fucking fairy. You’re a fucking faggot.” Attempts to contact Jenny Kurtz, the University’s director at the Office of Diverse Community Affairs, were not immediately returned. Pernetti said Rice has undergone sensitivity training as part of
“In the end, Mike’s going to have to sit in a kid’s living room and explain why this happened.” TIM PERNETTI Athletic Director
his reinstatement. He also hired a sports psychologist to commit hours of work with Rice. But Pernetti reprimanded more than only his embattled head coach. One portion of the video features assistant Jimmy Martelli engaging in a shoving altercation with an unidentified player, at one point standing with his face only inches apart. Martelli, son of longtime St. Joe’s head coach Phil Martelli, was one of Rice’s first hires and ser ved as Rice’s assistant at Robert Morris, where Rice coached for three seasons before arriving in Piscataway. “Jimmy was spoken to about the matter,” Pernetti said. Pernetti insists the half-hour video, broken up into secondslong clips, does not show the practices’ full context. It does not reveal the moments when Rice is candid with players, or when he
carries out his own in-practice punishments, Pernetti said. Rice received national praise for his handling of the Big East Tournament in 2011, when replays revealed a St. John’s player walking off the court with the ball in his hands as seconds remained. The Knights trailed by a possession at that point, and the game’s officials quickly left the floor. But away from the podium, Rice secretly dealt with in-house issues that led to another damning moment for the program two years later. “Mike took the whole thing ver y, ver y seriously,” Pernetti said. “He knows he screwed it up. The team and he made some strides on that front. In the end, Mike’s going to have to sit in a kid’s living room and explain why this happened and explain what he’s done to get himself better.” Rice welcomed a consensus top15 recruiting class in 2011, before allegations of his practice behavior surfaced. Since Pernetti announced Rice’s three-game suspension, Rice signed Shane Rector, a three-star guard according to Rivals.com, and a pair of junior college transfers. Four other players have transferred since 2011, but no information available suggests Rice’s practice behavior led to their departure. “While there’s a pattern here over a period of time … this was not an issue we were dealing with on a daily basis,” Pernetti said. “We thought this was the best course of action.” Pernetti said he did not originally rule out firing Rice. He consulted University President Robert L. Barchi, who watched the video and is aware of the state of the program, Pernetti said. Pernetti and Barchi also spoke with the University Board of Governors. Barchi and University Media Relations declined to comment. “I would tell you that all options were on the table at that time,” Pernetti said. “I haven’t had a line out my door of coaches, players, people at practice.” Pernetti said he was aware of “Mike’s DNA” when he hired him — Pernetti’s first significant hire as athletic director — from Robert Morris. He said he did due diligence on Rice’s passion, which was the only issue those close to Rice could offer. Pernetti said he talked to everyone — Robert Morris personnel, Rice’s former schools and even gymnasium janitors — during his vetting of Rice. “We were definitely looking to hire someone with an edge,” Pernetti said.
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SLUGFEST O’Grady improves his hit streak to 13 as Rutgers improves to .500 with win CONTINUED FROM BACK Rutgers has been hot lately, and a big reason is the play from O’Grady and Melillo, but head coach Fred Hill is excited that the whole offense is producing. “It’s super,” Hill said. “I don’t care who you’re playing — 17 hits is way above the norm. When kids start thinking that way, that’s when you start getting confidence in yourself.” O’Grady singled in the bottom of the fourth inning to extend his hitting streak to 13 games and went 2-for-4 with three runs scored. “I didn’t really know until it got to 10 games,” O’Grady said of the streak. “I thought I was doing pretty bad to start the year so I was surprised I had it going. Now it’s always in the back of your mind so I’m just trying to relax at the plate and I feel good right now.” Melillo drove in two runners himself with a single that was misplayed in the outfield. He advanced to third on the play and finished with five RBI on the day. Rutgers’ starting pitching did not fare as well, though it did not matter thanks to the Knights’ 17 hits. Junior righthander Slater McCue made his third start of the season and lasted only three and two-third innings against the Lions. McCue struggled in the top of the fourth, as Columbia’s Zach Tax drove an opposite-field tworun shot over the left-field fence to make the score 7-4 in favor of Rutgers. McCue then gave up a walk to David Vandercook while Jordan Serena drove a McCue fastball up the middle to put two on with one out.
Serena’s hit forced Hill to pull McCue in favor of senior righthander Nathaniel Row, who was able to retire the next two batters to get the Knights out of the jam. Hill wants to see more out of his midweek starters with senior righthander Pat O’Leary set to go today against Iona. “If you can give me six or seven innings, that would be great,” Hill said of his midweek rotation. “That gives the bullpen a chance to rest during the middle of the week and has them ready for the weekend. But I don’t know if we’re in that position to do that.” Junior shortstop Pat Sweeney blasted a ground-rule double to drive in senior designated hitter Charlie Law to make the score 62 before senior first baseman Bill Hoermann scored on a wild pitch by Tax. Rutgers generated three runs thanks to Melillo’s first homerun of the game, a two-run shot with blank outs. With Iona (3-23) set to take Bainton Field today, Rutgers will be confident against the Gaels as far as offense is concerned. It also helps that Rutgers reached .500 with the victor y yesterday for the first time this season. “It’s really fun when we start playing like we can,” O’Grady said. “When we all play like that that, when we think we can do well and if we keep doing that, I think we are going to have a really good year.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D.
TEST Rutgers’ strong pitching staff faces balanced Hofstra lineup batting .311 CONTINUED FROM BACK last game against Connecticut. The Los Angeles native simply wants to stay focused in the batter’s box. “A couple of those pitches [UConn righthander Kiki Saveriano] threw me were offspeed, and so I was a little bit out of my front foot,” Williams said. “But I’m not really going to change anything that I’ve been doing — just working on recognizing the pitches and making the adjustments I need to make at the plate in order to hit them hard.” Hofstra is equally strong at the plate as on the mound. The Pride hit .311 as a team — better than all but two Big East teams. They are balanced from top to bottom, featuring nine batters in the .300 range. It makes for a collision of two colossal forces, as Rutgers’ pitching staff has been stellar with a 1.16 ERA in its last seven contests. According to Madden, the onus is on her behind the plate to keep the consistency going. “I have to call pitches to [sophomore lefthander Alyssa
Landrith’s] strengths. She brings her stuff every game, so I have to make sure that we’re on the same page,” Madden said. “And then with [freshman righthander] Dresden [Maddox] … just keep reminding her that she’s doing great. She’s exceeded our expectations by far. I think with her, she just has to be doing the same thing that she’s been doing, keep her mind right and she’ll be fine.” If Rutgers has its way, Landrith will go all seven innings in the first game at 4 p.m., with Maddox tossing all seven frames in the second game scheduled for 6:30. Recent history cautions the Knights, but after ending South Florida’s 17-game win streak March 23, little worries them these days. If successful, the effects could prove invaluable. “I think that if we can come away with two wins, that would give us so much confidence going into this weekend [against Georgetown],” Madden said. For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson.
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SPORTS PAGE 15 MEN’S GOLF
RU finishes third after strong start
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK YOUNG PLAYERS FILL SHOES OF GREENE, BEAUHARNAIS
Linebackers attempt to fill void BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT
BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
Junior Doug Walters was named to the all-tournament team, and the Rutgers men’s golf team finished in third place yesterday at the Whiting-Turner Towson Invitational in Maryland. The Scarlet Knights made a huge improvement from their first two competitions and continue their trip back north following their best outing of the young season. Head coach Rob Shutte said it feels good to finally see the potential of his team be tapped into this weekend. “It has been a bizarre spring,” he said. “It is kind of a relief for everybody to see all of the hard work we have been putting in and preparing. It feels good to be in that position.” Rutgers wrapped up the tournament with a team score of 914 on the coldest day of play. Walters continued his impressive performance by ending the short day tied for fourth with a 224 in his first top-five finish on the year. The squad produced three top20 players in the 123-player competition. Freshman Jonathan Chang finished the tournament tied for 10th with a 227. Sophomore Jacob Stockl was next in the standings, tied for an 18th place finish and carded a 230. Junior Jonathan Renza and sophomore Hyung Mo Kim round-
WRIST Toughest times for Holmes were sitting through key losses CONTINUED FROM BACK Nov. 29, Holmes had to watch. As Virginia Tech clinched the Russell Athletic Bowl in overtime, Holmes was still on the sidelines. “I’m not going to lie — after those games, I went into the back of the locker room, and I shed a couple tears,” Holmes said. “It was a learning thing. I just try to remember the feeling that I had because I never want to have it again.” Holmes was only around when the Knights were undefeated. At the time, it appeared the season would culminate in more postseason success than a loss in the Russell Athletic Bowl. It made the pain from his broken wrist, an injury he received Sept. 22 against Arkansas, pale in comparison. “I remember the play very vividly. I just took a shot to it,” Holmes said. “I kind of knew something was up, but I kept playing and everything like that.” The Hoboken High School product is relieved to be back, and his teammates feel the same way. With Holmes back, Merrell knows it is less likely that he will play an unnatural position. Former defensive tackle Scott Vallone shifted from the three-technique to the nose tackle to fill Holmes’ void. Merrell
ed out the rest of the Knights’ scorecard. Renza struggled in the third round and fell to a tie for 37th. Kim tied for 66th with a 240 in his debut tournament. Walters’ breakout performance did not surprise Shutte. The Blairstown, N.J., native has showed signs of development since the beginning of the year and this was the culmination of it all. “Doug really had it going for a while today,” Shutte said before heading into the final round of action. “It went from very calm today to all of a sudden it was raining. It got a little crazy toward the end. But they are talented players. Doug is just a real good grinder.” The team picked up good play early yesterday morning where it left off the evening before. The Knights walked off the course just before sunset Monday sitting tied for third place, carding a 604 (300-304) on the day. Rutgers fell to third place in the second round, but managed to remain in suit to contend for first place against William & Mary and Indiana (Pa.). Walters paced the Knights with a 148 and entered the final day of competition tied for eighth. The team got off to a fast start Saturday when the tournament teed off. By the end of the day, the Knights jumped out to sole possession of second place with a team total of 300, despite battling rainy and windy conditions.
then shifted from defensive end to the three-technique once Holmes went out. “I would say tackle is much faster because you’re right in front of the person, but playing tackle helps me to understand the physicality,” Merrell said. “But tackle is probably the harder position.” This is Holmes’ first year without Vallone, who played 50 consecutive games. Flood said last season that was unheard of for a defensive tackle. Holmes has been less likely at the most injury-prone position. He played all 13 games in 2011, but that was the only time he was on the field for more than four games in a season. He entered Rutgers in 2009 as the No. 21 defensive tackle prospect nationally and the No. 3 prospect in New Jersey. Fall will be Holmes’ final season to put his billing together for a full year, when he will be fully healthy to dig his hands into offensive linemen. Even though Holmes has had few chances for glory, his teammates know his impact with him on the field. “To have him in the middle of the defense, he’s almost like the MIKE [middle linebacker] from the D-line,” Merrell said. “He takes up a lot of space. He does a good job at nose. Sometimes we feed off of him.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @joshbakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @targumsports.
There is no doubt — in the public eye at least — that whoever ends up playing alongside senior linebacker Jamal Merrell this season will be caught in two very large shadows. Following last season, the Rutgers football team lost two prominent figures in one position group. Two-time Big East Defensive Player of the Year Khaseem Greene and Steve Beauharnais both exhausted their eligibility and moved on with NFL hopes in mind. With five seasons of starting experience between them, Greene and Beauharnais left some holes in the depth chart. But the linebackers that are left are not the least bit concerned with that. “It’s not the matter of the person,” said redshir t freshman Quanzell Lamber t. “Ever ybody is replicable. It’s all about how you are going to play, how you’re going to fill the shows. You’re not going to be the same exact player as the other person, but you’re going to do what you have to do to compete.” Part of that has to do with the confidence and talent that have brought them this far and part of that has to do with the players that are still there. But more of that has to do with the fact that despite having much less experience in previous sea-
sons, the linebackers are still in good shape. “We’re a little bit ahead on defense,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “That’s usually the case when you start training camp and start the spring. I think we had a little bit more in on defense than we did on offense.” While both the offense and defense received new coordinators, the new defensive coordinator, Dave Cohen — formerly the Scarlet Knights linebackers coach — kept the same defense in place. That was especially good news for the younger linebackers, who found out they did not spend their redshirt season learning a system that is no longer used. Redshirt freshmen such as Lambert and Steve Longa have worked to compete to fill the holes left behind by Greene and Beauharnais. In doing so, they have impressed veteran linebackers Merrell and junior Kevin Snyder. “I’m seeing that they’re really starting to get it and they’re really starting to fly around and play good football,” Snyder said. Lambert has to adjust to one of the most important spots on the field — middle linebacker. While Greene made most of the tackles on the outside, Beauharnais was considered the “quar terback of the defense” from the middle-linebacker position. Lambert is one of the candidates to fill that role. Communication is key in that role, something that impressed
Flood while recruiting Lambert, and he will need it. “Cer tainly one of Steve [Beauhar nais’] greatest strengths was his ability to communicate with the entire defense,” Flood said. “Whoever is in that spot, whether it’s Quanzell or Lester or Kevin Snyder — whoever else is in the middle of the defense — they have to be a great communicator.” Others like freshman Lester Liston are expected to compete for time in the linebacker corps. But it remains to be seen who will make the 219 tackles Greene and Beauharnais made last season.
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back P.J. James — who is slotted as one of the primar y candidates to back up junior starter Savon Huggins — left practice early yesterday. Flood insists the reason for James’ exit was not serious. “We could have pushed him back in, but I think it’s better ser ved to let some of the other guys get an oppor tunity,” Flood said. He said it was a good chance for others such as junior fullback Michael Burton, redshirt freshman Desmon Peoples and freshman Dontea Ayres to get some more carries. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @Joey_Gregory. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @targumsports.
SHOES TO FILL Freshman linebackers have the
SIGNS OF PROMISE The Rutgers men’s golf team
BOILED RICE The athletic department is facing
opportunity to replace former Rutgers football players, such as Khaseem Greene. PAGE 15
placed third at the Whiting Turner Towson Invitational behind the play of junior Doug Walters. PAGE 15
heat after video surfaced of head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice. PAGE 13
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “As soon as [Athletic Director] Tim Pernetti leaves, it’s ‘asshole or bitch.’” — Former Director of Player Development Eric Murdoch on Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2013
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL RUTGERS 15, COLUMBIA 6
FOOTBALL
Senior returns to D-line after injuring wrist
RU tackles challenging road test
BY JOSH BAKAN BY GREG JOHNSON
SPORTS EDITOR
CORRESPONDENT
For the Rutgers softball team, a true test is looming. The Scarlet Knights (18-12, 3-3) are off to their best 30-game start in a decade after winning four of five at home last week, and plenty of motivation awaits them. Rutgers plays a doubleheader tonight against Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y., where it will have two cracks at ending a nineyear drought. The Knights have not defeated the Pride (18-9) since 2004 — winless in their last 10 tries. Hofstra is also where second-year assistant coach Ryan McMullen worked with catchers and served as a hitting instructor for four years before joining Rutgers. “Coming out with a couple wins would be good for her as well,” said senior catcher Kaci Madden. “Hofstra is as good as USF, as good as Notre Dame. They’re really good competition.” Recent history supports that claim. Hofstra is one of the hottest teams in the country, winning 15 of its last 16 games. The program advanced last May all the way to the NCAA Super Regional — the last postseason round before the College Softball World Series. Righthander Olivia Galati leads the Pride’s pitching staff, sporting a 2.13 ERA in 154 and one-third innings, as well as 178 strikeouts — sixth in the country and more than any pitcher in the Big East. Madden, who was named to the Big East’s Weekly Honor Roll on Monday after batting 5-for-9 with a home run and five RBI last week, understands the importance of the challenge ahead. “The pitching that we’re going to face tomorrow is indicative of what we’re going to be facing the rest of the year in the Big East,” Madden said. “I think we just have to keep getting reps in the batting cage and keep seeing pitches so that we don’t get surprised [today] and we’re on this weekend.” Junior outfielder Loren Williams, Rutgers’ leadoff hitter, also looks to set the tone at the plate. She leads the Knights with a .336 season average but went hitless Saturday in Rutgers’ SEE
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Senior catcher Jeff Melillo swings at a pitch against Columbia during Rutgers’ 15-6 victory. Melillo went 4-for-4 with two homeruns and five RBIs in the win. TIAN LI
Knights cruise past Columbia in slugfest BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
For the first time playing at Bainton Field in 24 games, the Rutgers baseball team delivered in style during its first home game of the season. Senior catcher Jef f Melillo crushed two homer uns, junior outfielder Brian O’Grady extended his hitting streak and sophomore outfielder Vinny Zarrillo was a homerun away from the cycle as the Scarlet Knights (12-12, 5-1) cr uised to a 15-6 victor y yesterday against Columbia (9-15).
“It’s huge as a team,” Zarrillo said. “It’s hard to turn it on and off the way you play, so with midweek games, it’s tough to play at a different level. So it’s important to play on that level all the time no matter who we’re playing.” Zarrillo extended the lead to 11-5 in the bottom of the sixth when he hit a ball down the third baseline that rolled all the way to the fence. O’Grady, who reached base on his second hit of the day, scored. Melillo than drilled a two-run shot to left center to put the game out of reach for Columbia. SEE
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EXTRA POINT
MLB SCORES Baltimore Tampa Bay
7 4
Colorado Milwaukee
4 5
Cleveland Toronto
4 1
Texas Houston
2 8
HALLEY BARNES scored the first goal for the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team on March 24 in a win against Marquette. The freshman attack has recorded 10 goals this season.
Senior defensive tackle Isaac Holmes entered the Rutgers Tennis House to answer questions for the Rutgers football team right when senior defensive lineman Jamil Merrell was speaking with reporters. When Merrell noticed, he let out a wideopen smile and jumped in the air. “That’s Ike right there,” Merrell said. “Ike love.” That answered any questions of how positively Merrell feels about Holmes. Anyone can imagine the Scarlet Knights’ reciprocal feeling when Holmes was declared out for the season last year after four games with a wrist injury. “I don’t know if we’ve had a lot of players in the program with better hands than Ike,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “He has very quick hands. They’re always in the right spot. They’re always inside of the offensive player’s hands. That’s the reason he’s able to disengage and get to the football.” Holmes has worn a protective cast on his left arm during spring practice. Other than the fact his left hand is not completely free, he feels he can play at last year’s pre-injury level. He has last season’s haunting memories for motivation. When Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater thrived off the Rutgers defense SEE
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Senior defensive tackle Isaac Holmes returns this season from a wrist injury. TIAN LI
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
TENNIS
vs. Iona
at Hofstra
at Villanova
Today, 3:30 p.m. Bainton Field
Today, 4 p.m. Hempstead, N.Y.
Tomorrow, 2 p.m. Queens
WOMEN’S LACROSSE vs. Connecticut Friday, 3 p.m. RU Stadium Complex