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Former chief Elijah’s Promise to kick off music festival of staff talks health care policy benefits BY JUSTINA OTERO CORRESPONDENT
Elijah’s Promise, a soup kitchen in downtown New Brunswick, ser ves over 100,000 meals a year to its community members. To help raise funds for this ser vice and awareness about hunger and food justice, the nonprofit is joining with Iguana Music tonight to kick off their first annual four-day Hub City Music Festival.
The festival will include live music and poetry reading events every night until Saturday, each in a different venue. The first will be at Elijah’s Promise, then it will move to Doll’s Place on Thursday night, Tumulty’s Pub on Friday night and finally the Court Tavern on Saturday, said Michael Steinbruck, a band member of Iguana Music. Michelle Wilson, development and community relations director at Elijah’s Promise, said outside of running the soup kitchen, Elijah’s SEE
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Elijah’s Promise is set to hold the Hub City Music Festival from today until Saturday. SHIRLEY YU, ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
U. students improve educational atmosphere BY CHELSEA PINEDA CONTRIBUTING WRITER
John Lawrence, former U.S. chief of staff, spoke yesterday at the Douglass Campus Center about the long-term benefits of the Affordable Care Act.
Raymund Ramones and Tiffany Liu were two of 750 applicants who were chosen for The Maximum Impact program, an alternative spring break program, which allowed them to serve low-funded schools from one of the top accounting firms in the country. Ramones and Liu, Rutgers Business School sophomores,
said they were two of 25 participants in the program created by Deloitte LLP and Teach For America, who sent them to Memphis, Tenn., to improve the educational environment. According to Missy Varkoly, a National Campus Recruiting Leader for Deloitte LLP, the company is one of the largest professional services firms in the U.S. that provides nationwide services such as audit and advisory packs, financial advisory and consulting to clients.
Liu said the program was a five-day alternative spring break, which ran from March 17 to 21. Missy Varkoly, a National Campus Recruiting Leader for Deloitte, said Maximum Impact was formalized with Teach For America in 2007 as a way to allow students to learn more about Deloitte and its culture by working side by side with Deloitte professionals on a community service project. Teach For America is a program that recruits students who
may not necessarily be education majors, but do have an interest in giving back to their community. Varkoly said students who are involved often work full time for Deloitte after working with Teach For America for two years. Through the Maximum Impact program, 25 accounting or business majors, along with a handful of Deloitte recruiters and client service professionals SEE
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Over the next few years, the nation will come to embrace the Affordable Care Act, according to John Lawrence, former chief of staff to current minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. “The history of such programs shows that complications smooth out over time,” said Lawrence, “and that as this policy is woven into our system, opposition diminishes and the number of benefits expands.” The Eagleton Institute of Politics hosted the Albert W. Lewitt lecture entitled “American Health Care: The Policy and Politics of the Affordable Care Act” at the Douglass Campus Center. Lawrence worked in high-level policy and political positions in the White House since 1975, and worked extensively on major national legislation in President Barack Obama’s administration, including the Affordable Care Act. SEE
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Museum celebrates first e-book publication BY WILSON CONDE STAFF WRITER
University graduate art students and faculty, together with the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum staff, celebrated the debut of their first online publication yesterday, titled “Not About Face: Identity and Representation, Past and Present.” Donna Gustafson, the Andrew W. Mellon liaison for academic programs and the Zimmerli Art Museum Curator, said the e-book was compiled by graduate art students. Gustafson said the students had to write shor t descriptions of two or three por traits of their choice from the museum’s collection.
Virginia Harbin, a thirdyear graduate student of contemporar y ar ts, said her research consisted of looking at the museum’s archives to see how and when the museum received its work. Harbin also said she investigated how the ar tists approached their work. “We went through our research to write the statements detailing both the artists themselves, and the work that they made,” Harbin said. Harbin also said her contributions to the e-book project helped her understand how museum workers do their jobs. SEE
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The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum celebrated its first e-book publication, which featured work from graduate students. KATHERINE WU, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, April 11
Rutgers Scuba hosts a “Pro Night” at 7:30 p.m. at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. The event will feature information from Professional Association of Diving Instructors on diving and diving-instructor certifications, as well as games and prizes for those interested. For more information and to RSVP for the event, email Debby Miller at scuba@rci.rutgers.edu.
Friday, April 12
Rutgers Colleges Against Cancer presents the “Rutgers Relay for Life” at 5 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center. The event will consist of a walk to raise money and awareness for cancer research. A suggested minimum donation of $20 is required. For more information, go to www.relayforlife.org/rutgersuniversity. The Kirkpatrick Choir performs at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirkpatrick Chapel at 81 Somerset St. in New Brunswick. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for alumni, faculty and staff and $5 for students.
Saturday, April 13 Musica Raritana performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for alumni, faculty and staff and $5 for students.
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The Voorhees Choir performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Voorhees Chapel on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to all.
METRO CALENDAR Wednesday, April 10 The Hub City Music Festival comes to Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen at at 211 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. The festival will run from April 10-13, at 7 p.m. at Elijah’s Promise Soup Kitchen on April 10, at 8 p.m. at Dolls Place at 101 Paterson St., New Brunswick on April 11, at 8 p.m. at Tumulty’s at 361 George St., New Brunswick on April 12 and at 9 p.m. at The Court Tavern at 124 Church St., New Brunswick on April 13. Attendees are allowed to donate any amount, but $10 is suggested. All funds raised will go to Elijah’s Soup Kichen.
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Students present research on Asian-American culture BY SHAODI HUANG STAFF WRITER
An animation of Indian myth, an early 20th century law stigmatizing marriage with Asians and a Chinese religious organization with political clout are not immediately relatable topics. But they are all examples of where American and Asian culture intersect. The Depar tment for American Studies arranged its Third Annual Asian American Studies Undergraduate Symposium yesterday in Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus, displaying the work of seven students. Split into two panels, students presented their research on the broad topics of immigration and literature from ethnic groups. James Carroll, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, spoke about the cult-like tendency of Falun Gong. Falun Gong is a Chinese religious organization vocal about human rights abuses the People’s Republic of China allegedly commits, he said. Carroll painted Falun Gong as an authoritarian organization with political clout whose public face appears liberally democratic. “Democracy is not just votes, it’s about how we act with each other,” he said.
Carroll said Falun Gong does not like homosexuality. “I asked ‘What does Falun Gong have to say about homosexuality,’ and the answer is not that many good things,” he said. According to Carroll, Falun Gong uses human rights rhetoric similar to the gay rights movement, but is critical of homosexuality. With such rhetoric, Falun Gong should be expected to suppor t the gay movement, Carroll said. “This is their own translation, although the texts are primarily written in Chinese,” he said. “’Heaven created men and women to procreate, and god determined gay people for annihilation.’” Falun Gong has political clout with politicians due to its lobbying and strategic advantage to the U.S. as a critic of China, Carroll said. The organization has numerous mentions in the government’s annual reports. “I want to examine the human rights rhetoric versus the reality of what happens,” he said. “And Falun Gong definitely appeals to a human rights discourse of justice and of tolerance. This is exactly the kind of discourse that is used for gay people and gay rights.” The organization started in China as an anti-science, anti-reason organization. Atheists and scientists criticized it, and Falun
Gong wanted the communist Chinese government to silence its critics. Instead, Carroll said the Chinese government turned on them. Falun Gong is more popular with what Carroll termed the new migrants from China. They are the immigrants who identify and care about the mainland, as opposed to the old migrants who do not care about China. Jocelyn Chokkattu, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, presented her research on Asian-Americans and concluded that second generation Asian-Americans meet the criteria for diaspora. The criteria are relationships with the homeland, the host land and relationships among the people of diaspora. Chokkattu interviewed three second-generation Indians and found they felt out of place in both India and America, but identified with both. She found that as time wore on, they grew more comfor table with their American identities. Nina Macapinlac, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, presented her research involving nine focus groups questioned about their Asian-American identities. She found that out of 85 students, only three identified as Asian-American and seven as American. The rest identified with ethnic nationalities.
James Carroll, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, discussed his findings on the Chinese religious organization Falun Gong yesterday at Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Jennifer Abraham, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, showed clips of “Sita Sings the Blues,” an independently produced animated adaptation of the Indian epic, the Ramayana, focusing on Sita, wife of the protagonist, Rama. To Abraham, the Ramayana challenges the traditional Indian narrative of Sita being the perfect wife. Instead, she represents the perfect woman.
Abraham showed one scene where Sita tells to her kidnapper that she has the power to destroy him with ease, but she would not do it for it is the task of her husband to save her. Abraham found Sita’s behavior and deference to her husband, Rama, turns Sita into a nurturing force, changing the power dynamic between her and Rama.
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PROMISE Katz says art plays an important role in city’s culture CONTINUED FROM FRONT Promise also offers a culinary job training program, social services and a clothes line project, making the festival an ideal way to raise much-needed funds for their many channels of outreach. “I think Elijah’s Promise ser ves a ver y important purpose,” Wilson said. “Our belief is that ever yone deser ves good food … and that is one of the roles we serve in the community. It’s a fantastic opportunity to support our work and enjoy a fabulous night of music.” This belief is one that is shared with Iguana Music, said Michael Steinbruck, long-time supporter of Elijah’s Promise. He said the festival would ser ve as an opportunity to foster a connection between the city’s residents. In producing the event, he said he tried to look at the community’s needs and pair it with the community’s assets. The festival would not only benefit the efforts of Elijah’s Promise, but the musicians and the city’s overall business as well. “What inspires me is [helping] the community grow stronger by … people having a place to share their gift,” he said. “Everybody has something to offer and there’s reci-
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procity there. We all need … a place where people can come together and play a part in making for a healthy and vibrant community.” Aside from a wide range of music performances, author and University alumni, Eliot Katz, said he would be giving a few readings tonight from his poems about issues concerning food and hunger. Katz, a former resident of New Brunswick, said he was involved with ending homelessness in the city and ran a rotating soup kitchen
“What inspires me is [helping] the community grow stronger by … people having a place to share their gift.” MICHAEL STEINBRUCK Iguana Music Member
that would later consolidate and become Elijah’s Promise. He said he is elated to return to the city to support Elijah’s Promise and be reunited with many of the musicians who will also attend the festival. “Art plays such an important role in our culture,” Katz said. “New Brunswick has a great long history of being a core site for art, music and poetry and I love the idea that it’s linked to such an important cause to benefit Elijah’s Promise.” He said he hopes for the event to highlight central New
Jersey’s hunger issues while aiding the soup kitchen’s financial needs, since similar places in the city were not easy to start and keep afloat. “It’s quite an interesting struggle in New Brunswick to get these things going,” he said. “They weren’t something that sprung up on their own … in many cases they were created despite the pressures against their creation from the city government in terms of serving food to low-income families.” Steinbruck said the musicians and all those involved are working for free, including his ten-year-old daughter, Hope Steinbruck, who will be opening tonight’s event. He said they are looking to expand and diversify the selection of music for the future, but this year’s music genres will include rock, alternative rock and mantra pop. He hopes to see jazz, country and other genres more prevalent at the next festival. The festival would be a win-win event, Wilson said, as residents who want to indulge in igniting the city’s rich history in music will be doing so while supporting a worthy cause. She said this would be a stepping-stone for Elijah’s Promise that will grow in the years to come and assist in sustaining their many different programs. “Elijah’s Promise [has] been doing such a great and essential job in terms of helping the people in New Brunswick,” Katz said. “Food and shelter are a part of the universal declaration of human rights and people should have access to them.”
The first Hub City Music Festival will kick off today, featuring music and poetry reading in an effort to raise funds to help end homelessness and hunger. SHIRLEY YU, ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
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said, because the $27 billion that goes into these programs is largely ineffective. The U.S. still “To see congressmen and conranks near the bottom of indusgresswomen with tears coming trial nations on basic quality down their faces, asking colindicators such as life expectanleagues to autograph their copies cy and infant mortality. of the bill, was one of my most Lawrence said the ACA memorable moments of my career made good sense economically on Capitol Hill and it is a historic because growing coverage moment,” Lawrence said. meant greater ability to control The ACA will save over $200 costs and expand preventative billion on Medicaid costs, he said. care, which would reduce Premiums have dropped since health spending. 2010, benefitting more than 13 mil“That is why we fought to lion American families and saving ensure that the ACA would extend seniors $6 million. coverage to the 33 million But he said the complexities Americans that of the law still did not could have been avoided “To see congressmen and have health insurance,” he if a singlecongresswomen with said. “By conpayer system the had been tears coming down their trast Republican adopted, one faces ... was one of my plan only covin which the ered 3 million gover nment most memorable new people.” pays for everymoments of my career.” Lawrence one’s health talked about care cost. JOHN LAWRENCE one approach Lawrence Former U.S. Chief of Staff to health care said for nearly reform that 100 years, the was unpopular among private appropriateness of a government health care providers and role in ensuring broad health care Republicans — the public for Americans has been a persistapproach. In this method, the ent debate in this country. government would compete Congress even created a compulwith, but not replace, private sory hospital insurance program insurance plans. for merchant seamen in 1798. He said this was opposed Support for health insurance because many believed that comgrew on a bipartisan basis during panies would not have been able the progressive era in the early to out-compete the government. 20th century, he said. During the Addressing the Republican conservative era of the 1920’s, this opposition, he said he believes view shifted, and the issue was set there was both a visceral opposiaside in the 1930’s and ’40s to tion to the law as well as an address the depression and World effort to block Obama’s plans so War II. that a Republican could win the In the post-war era, President 2012 election. Harry Truman advised discusAlan Leal, a School of Arts and sions on national health care. Sciences junior, said he thought Lawrence said this was when a younger people are less informed recurring criticism emerged from on the issue of health care. leaders of the American Medical “Promoting this issue more Association, reprimanding the directly and in simpler terms, as Truman administration. well as presenting the information In the latter half of the 20th in a hipper way, would be helpful,” century, senior citizens received he said. Medicare, while the disabled and Donte Bronaugh, a School of the underprivileged received Arts and Sciences sophomore, Medicaid. Medicaid paid for spesaid if the act had not passed, he cial circumstances, such as public would not have health insurworker injuries as well, he said. ance under his parent’s proEven before the Obama admingram after college. istration proposed the initiative, “If I didn’t get a job after I more than half of the U.S. populagraduated, I wouldn’t have had tion received health care from insurance,” he said. “Now I can government programs, he said. do other things like go to [graduThis created a large impact ate] school.” on the deficit we see today, he
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were sent to Memphis, Tenn. Teach For America sends the students and professionals accompanying them to Memphis because the city has a high educational inequity, Varkoly said. Educational inequity is a principal that affirms that where a child was born determines his or her educational outcomes and life process, she said. Ramones said he was surprised by how a child’s living environment and circumstances can hinder that child’s future and potential. “After talking to these kids and meeting with them, they all have the potential to do well, but then because their education system is not as good as ours — or is not as good in general — it really limits them as they grow older and the opportunities that they have,” Ramones said. Throughout the five days, program participants visited a variety of different schools in the areas, from charter schools to elementary schools, to even middle schools and high schools, Liu said. The college students and professionals did community service activities such as working with English as a Second Language students and painting classrooms and hallways to improve the atmosphere to one that is more conducive and positive for learning, Ramones said. They also participated in a panel for the charter and public school students to discuss the
importance of going to college, Varkoly said. Deloitte is considered to be one of the Big Four accounting firms in the nation, along with KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young, said Liu. Varkoly said the Maximum Impact program allows Deloitte to recognize future talent earlier in the pipeline, with sophomores and juniors rather than only catering to seniors. The program also aims to build better relationships with students before they are ready to graduate.
“The level of relationship that we can develop with a student ... far exceeds what you’re going to get in a one hour interview on campus” MISSY VARKOLY National Campus Recruiting Leader for Deloitte LLP
“The level of relationship that we can develop with a student over that far exceeds what you’re going to get in a one hour interview on campus,” Varkoly said. “So it goes without saying that the early identification in these sorts of community services are huge.” Ramones said the college participants met the members and recruiters on a professional basis,
but after a day or so, got to know them as regular people, on a more personal level. “It was like that for everyone,” Ramones said. “The really amazing thing about this trip is that in a span of really like, three days, you became friends with people that it seemed like you knew your entire life.” The application process for the Maximum Impact program was highly competitive, Varkoly said. The candidates were selected based on the strength of their resumes, leadership skills, what they participated in at school, a short essay response, and each individual’s communication skills based on the interview process. “We’re not looking for a cookie cutter profile candidate,” Varkoly said. “But we appreciate the values of our candidates varied experiences that would benefit our organization both professionally and personally.” Liu said the other college students that participated in the Maximum Impact program all were well rounded, which is what the program and these companies look for in their candidates. The other 23 students that participated in the program are all business or accounting majors and come from universities across the countr y, including New York University, University of Maryland, University of South Carolina, Kansas State University, among others, Ramones said. Ramones said what he values most in being a business major is the vast opportunities it provides for his career. “What it really boils down to is that you want to work for an organization whose values are in line with yours,” Ramones said.
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PUBLICATION Apostol says people try to identify, empathize with people depicted CONTINUED FROM FRONT Harbin said she was impressed by how the museum and University worked together. “We got to see first-hand the role of the curator in maintaining a museum collection,” she said Harbin chose to focus on two portraits of women for her e-book contributions. She said these choices reflected her studies of how women are represented in art. She found that one of the portraits, which had a woman dressed in black, has a hidden meaning behind it. “She has an ambiguous pose, which makes you want to know more about her,” Harbin said. Harbin said she hopes to expand people’s horizons with this project. “I hope this challenges the viewer’s perception of what a portrait is, and how that affects the viewer’s perception of their own identity,” Harbin said. Corina Apostol, a third-year graduate student in art history, said her e-book contributions were a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin being hugged by a semi-nude Greek muse who was drawing his shadow, and a painting of Karl Marx covered by a spider web made from hairclips.
Apostol mentioned Russian artists Komar and Melamid made the portrait of Stalin, and an artist from Kazakhstan, Shaji-Zija, made the Marx portrait. She also discussed how both these artists were tr ying to satirize Soviet propaganda in different ways. Apostol said through his portrayal of Marx, Shaji-Zija was pointing out that the Soviet Union was not based on the ideas on which it claimed to be. “It was a way for him to debunk the myth that the Soviet Union was founded on the egalitarian principles of Karl Marx, when it actually was a dictatorship with an elite class,” Apostol said. “Marx was no longer being portrayed as standing for what he was originally supposed to be standing for.” Apostol said Komar and Melamid’s portrait of Stalin was their way of ridiculing the idea of Stalin’s portrayal as the ultimate authority figure and the embodiment of the nation and people. “The painting makes fun of this aggrandizement and by combining the Ancient Greek myth of the origin of art and Stalin’s normal portrayal — [it] shows how Stalin was being very over-flattered,” she said.
Apostol gave her insight as to what inspired her to participate in this program. “The por trait is a ver y important way to convey identity,” she said. “People tr y to identify and empathize with the people being depicted.” Suzanne Delehanty, director of the Zimmerli Art Musuem, said one of the greatest benefits of the e-book is that students learned to write descriptions of art work in a way accessible to the general public. Delehanty also said K-12 teachers would appreciate this effort the most. “They are one of the groups we want to serve,” she said. Also, Delehanty said the graduate students and the museum both benefit from projects such as the e-book. “On the one hand, it benefits the students,” she said. “It is a great opportunity for students, since they are the authors of the publication. On the other hand, it’s a great way for the museum to publicize its works.” In addition, Delehanty said the cooperation between the art histor y department and the museum on the project combined the best of both worlds. “We have a large collection of real works of art, and many art histor y students want to become museum professionals,” she said. “This gives them the experience and training for one of the aspects of museum work.
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum celebrated its first e-book publication yesterday, which was a collaboration between the Department of Art History and the museum. KATHERINE WU, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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IN BRIEF GOVERNOR PREPARING STAFF FOR CAMPAIGN TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie is shuffling some communications staff for the gubernatorial campaign. Deputy Press Secretary Kevin Roberts will move from the governor’s office to the re-election campaign. Roberts is a California native who has worked in the governor’s office for more than three years. Succeeding Roberts will be Colin Reed, who most recently worked for former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown. Christie, a Republican, will likely face Democratic state Sen. Barbara Buono in November.
KNICKS PLAY WITHOUT STAR CENTER NEW YORK — Tyson Chandler missed the Knicks’ game against Washington with a bulging disk, while Kenyon Martin returned to replace him in the lineup. Chandler has played the past four games after missing the previous 10, scoring 15 points Sunday in a victory at Oklahoma City. He told coach Mike Woodson he was feeling soreness, and Woodson decided to rest him. Martin missed the previous two games with a sore left knee. Woodson said the veteran would be limited to about 20-25 minutes yesterday.
POLICE IDENTIFY VICTIMS IN ATLANTIC CITY CASINO DEATHS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Authorities have identified a man and woman found dead last weekend in a hotel room at Atlantic City’s Revel casino. Atlantic City Police Sgt. Monica McMenamin says 56year-old Vincent Iappelli Jr. of Ringwood and 22-year-old Clarissa DelCollo of Hasbrouck Heights were found Sunday morning by a housekeeper in a seventh-floor room. McMenamin says foul play is not suspected in the deaths. She said neither person had signs of trauma or visible signs of injury, but investigators found illegal narcotics in the room.
FBI NAMES NEW NJ HEAD OF OPERATIONS NEWARK, N.J. — A veteran FBI agent who most recently headed the agency’s Memphis division has been named the new head of operations in New Jersey. FBI Director Robert Mueller III announced Monday that Aaron Ford will be the special agent in charge of the Newark division. Ford replaces Michael Ward, who retired in December. A native of Atlanta, Ford joined the FBI in 1985, working on violent and organized crime matters for the St. Louis division. He transferred to New Jersey in 1989.
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Do you think that other university officials should be fired in light of the video incident concerning Mike Rice? “Not really. I feel like it was more on [Mike Rice]. I don’t know much about it.” Matt Romanella School of Arts and Sciences Junior
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Further, KFC’s platform reflects many of the oday is the last day to vote online for our tenets of University President Robert L. Barchi’s student government. Voting closes tonight ten-year plan, and while they are fantastic in princiat midnight. Ever y student should vote in ple, they don’t seem to be something that our stuorder to best reflect the student body’s opinion. dents are worried about. Plus, the platform outlines While we still believe that it’s an unfortunate cirgoals that may extend beyond the elected RUSA cumstance that both running tickets emerged from administration’s timeframe, and we are more interthe same party, we feel that the Rutgers Students ested in what can be done immediately. First ticket might resonate more with the average While there are serious issues that merit KFC’s University student and their immediate concerns platform, at the moment on campus. we are prioritizing One of the primar y “One thing that both presidential shor t-term goals over factors that distinguishlong-term improvees the two platforms is candidates ... have in common is ments, and the RSF tickthat Knights for Change their commitment to the student et seems to be more aims to tackle the strucreflective of that. tural shortcomings that body’s best interests ... They both Our hope is that RUSA exist in our governance, have the same ultimate goal of does what it can with the while Rutgers Students resources and time it has First hopes to alleviate University betterment at heart.” to make the University the problems that hapmore successful. pen as a result of them. Regardless, one thing In the case of our stuthat both presidential candidates, Sherif Ibrahim dent body, we find the latter more appealing. and Pavel Sokolov, have in common is their comWe know of few students who would sideline getmitment to the student body’s best interests. ting rid of student fees in favor of improving stuBecause of the fact that the two tickets emerged dent representation behind the scenes, regardless from the same party, we strongly believe that they of which might be more effective. both have the same ultimate goal of University betRSF’s emphasis on lowering student fees is one terment at heart. of the main platform points that resonates with us. Knights for Change might be the ticket the While our April 3 editorial, “Unfair elections University deser ves, but it is not the one it needs reflect bigger issues,” outlined the issues within right now — for the time being, we think that RUSA that we felt were necessar y to address, Rutgers Students First will best satisfy students’ KFC’s focus on internal RUSA reform does not immediate needs. seem to be the student body’s priority.
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n Thursday, I sat in a Blackhawk helicopter and then took pictures of it. On Saturday, I rode in a Jolly-Roger-emblazoned Buick through a military base to photograph training exercises. They were great experiences. I’d like to thank the University Army ROTC for providing my colleague and I those experiences. But this isn’t about them. Well, they play a part, but ultimately, this is about The Daily Targum. Call me crazy, but if I didn’t work for the Targum, I don’t think I would have ever had this chance. And for that, I am grateful. Whenever I hear the word “media,” the context tends to be negative. The media are blowing either this or that out of proportion. Or they’re biased, or prey-
ing on the weak, or not reporting the facts, or have an agenda or are in it for the money. The Targum has fallen victim to such claims, perhaps deservedly and perhaps undeservedly. But ultimately, whatever the Targum does should be for the community it serves. That community includes students, faculty and residents of New Brunswick, but the students do and always will make up the bulk of whom we serve. And we strive to ser ve to the best of our ability. Do we make mistakes? Yes. Is our content not the most interesting or the most relevant? On some days, yes. But have we informed students of things they should and ought to know? Do we provide a place for opinions to be heard, no matter our personal beliefs? Yes and yes. And it’s not just those in the community we serve. The Targum provides, in my biased belief, the best work experience and training any student can find. I do not mean
that working here will be a blast (though it is at times). I mean that the skills gained while working here are valuable. We use industr y-standard software that would otherwise be unavailable to students, who are often without the necessary finances or technical expertise. We have a sizeable group of creative wizards who know their craft. I don’t want to admit it, but there are photos and graphics here I’m amazed by. We have photo equipment that provides great opportunities for anyone — regardless of experience — to step into professional photography. We can say our work got published, because we publish it. We also get opportunities like photographing cadets in a training exercise using M16s (with blanks, of course), watching large cargo planes fly right above our heads and feeling the gust and thunder of Blackhawks taking off. And we also get appreciated. Sometimes, I feel like the life of a jour-
nalist is short, fier y and under-appreciated. But there are bright shining moments, where people still see the value in what we write and what we provide to you, the public. Back to the Army. After talking to and hearing cadets and officers speak, I had the sneaking suspicion that it was because of the Targum that I was able to be there. They appreciated us — us, members of the media. They were open to our presence, despite my misconceptions of military secrecy. Granted, it was only a training exercise, and they want to look good in front of reporters. But if an organization like the Army, with a generally secretive reputation, appreciates having us photojournalists document them — then imagine the places you’ll go (with journalism). Shaodi Huang is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore and editorial assistant for The Daily Targum.
Real problem is definition of masculinity COMMENTARY SHOSHANNA BUXBAUM
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ver the past few days, as the news of former head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice’s violent and homophobic actions have surfaced, there has been a ton of finger pointing as to who is to blame and who should step down as a result. But there seems to be little inquiry into why Rice thought that he could get away with this behavior. When I watched the video of Rice screaming and hauling basketballs at the young men on the basketball team, I was disturbed of course, but not horribly surprised. The mentality that Rice had with his team is not totally removed for a normative coach and team relationship. Just think about any sports
movie you have ever seen where the coach belittles the players to victory, verbally assaulting them along the way. American society praises athletics (specifically men’s athletics) as an integral pillar in our society. Yet the way that coaches act with players is often overly aggressive, if not violent. The reason behind this is our construction of masculinity — what it means to be a man. To be a man in our society means to be aggressive and dominant at all times. Sports showcase these attributes perfectly. In addition to Rice’s violent antics, he also hurled homophobic slurs as insults. This type of behavior is disgusting — yet not at all surprising in the context of society at large. The problem is that men use homophobic slurs to attack other men all the time. Calling someone “gay” or a “faggot” as Rice did is not a direct attack against men who identify as gay. But rather
these terms are used in common discourse to demean men who are stepping out of line in some way. Unfortunately, in the contemporary society, being “gay” is negative because it is associated with the feminine. This mode of attack by coaches is along the same lines as telling a player that he “runs like a girl.” This is just one of many ways that the masculine is prized and the feminine is put down as inferior. Rice’s behaviors fall into a normative model of masculinity, not a deviation as many may perceive. This is the reason why he was able to get away with his behavior for so long. The athletic department originally only suspended Rice because what he did stepped only slightly over the line of what is appropriate by societal standards. The implicit hope in this punishment was that with a slap on the wrist, Rice would go back to just being another verbally abusive coach
telling his athletes that they “run like girls.” The scope of this case is far broader than whether President Robert L. Barchi should step down as a result of the incident. The real issue lies in the fact that being a man means being aggressive and dominant, and anything else deviates from the norm. No student athletes brought any allegations against Rice because to do so would question their masculinity — their inability to deal with Rice’s formulation of “tough love.” In fact some basketball players have defended Rice’s behavior as out of context and his firing as unnecessary. For men to stop acting like Rice, our society needs to work toward both accepting and creating less rigid definitions of what it means to be a man. Shoshannah Buxbaum is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in psychology, sociology and women’s and gender studies.
University should come together in moment of distress COMMENTARY BOB CANCRO
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t’s R Time. That was a phrase that I believe former head football coach Greg Schiano started, and has been picked up as an occasional catch phrase for Rutgers athletics. It’s even more important now for the University community to not only use the phrase, but also to believe in it and act on it. It has been a rough week to be a part of the Rutgers family. The Mike Rice episode is, sadly, more than a black eye for the University. It is a deep wound that will take a very long time to recover from. There was blood in the street and, of course, the vultures were circling. The press reported stories without necessarily getting all the facts (was Eric Murdock paid by ESPN for the video?). Did anyone in the media tr y to find out if former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti actually tried to fire former head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice in December? The “talking heads” on TV and radio voiced their indignation, and offered their “expert” opinions about
coaching, psychology, leadership and academic integrity. Did they know the full stor y? Had they done any investigating themselves? Or was it just a matter of restating what they read and getting out in front with the one-liners so people knew their names? The blogosphere was filled with indiscriminate rants, and the postings that followed were without thought or common sense. Mindless, inappropriate and totally inaccurate attacks against the University as an institution were rampant. It was an embarrassing time for my alma mater. There was plenty of blame to share and plenty of mistakes to take note of in this mess. But the hyperbole that erupted and the far-reaching attacks that were generated, for the most part, went far beyond the pale. The press, both sports and news, needed to tone down the rhetoric and instead report the facts. The histrionics and rants needed to stop. But the news outlets didn’t stop. Why not? For the sake of their ratings? Maybe it was because we, as a Rutgers community, allowed and even contributed to it. It is time for people to take a breath and dismount from the high horses they are riding. On April 7, Tom Moran wrote
his New Jersey Star-Ledger column: “Something’s gone haywire with our public dialogue. Maybe it’s the internet, and the need for self-appointed critics to outdo one another.” With the 24-hour news cycle, when do we — both citizens and media — get the chance to stop, take a breath and reflect on what is happening? When is it time to stop the onslaught of attacks, of snide and irrational comments, and actually think this thing through? When does the Rutgers community come together and say “Enough!” This is our University, and while we may not be ver y proud of what happened, it is a ver y good school, with a great many good people who do wonderful things ever y day. To that point, I bring up Jim Valvano, a former Rutgers basketball player who went on to coach North Carolina State to the national title in 1983. He became a voice in the fight against cancer before his own death from the disease. He told the stor y of being a teenager at a basketball camp and hearing a noted speaker say, “God must love ordinar y people because he made so many of us.” Valvano was a bit upset by the remark since he fancied himself a pretty good player and cer tainly not ordinar y. But then, he
heard the rest of the speech: “And ever y day, ordinar y people do extraordinar y things.” That is Rutgers. The University itself can move the healing process along by being open and aboveboard in its future responses. It might even show guts to bring back Pernetti. This is not the time for Rutgers alumni and supporters to turn away from the school. If anything, it is time to close ranks and fight those who would — and do still — attack the University. The more the media poke, stab and dissect this incident with only some or partial facts, the more painful and disabling it is for the University and its students. And that — the students’ well being, what ever yone was professing — was the crux of the Rice issue. There are over 50,000 students being negatively af fected by unsubstantiated comments, innuendo and ridiculous demands. It is time to end the savaging. It is time for the University community to come together and stand as a community of “ordinar y people” working to accomplish “extraordinar y things.” It’s R Time. Bob Cancro is a 1973 University alumnus.
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respectively, to give Fordham the 15-14 advantage. The amount of Rutgers runs despite the loss was something Tietz did not expect. “It’s a little frustrating,” Tietz said. “The pitchers were a little off today, but sometimes our hitters are a little off too, so there is no one to really blame. We just have to execute a little more and figure it out.” The Knights held the 14-11 lead in the top of the eighth thanks to sophomore outfielder Vinny Zarrillo, who scored on a double play groundball from senior designated hitter Charlie Law to make it a 14-11 lead. The back and fourth game was prevalent throughout the whole game, as junior starting righthander Slater McCue struggled. McCue lasted just an inning and a third after he allowed five earned runs on three hits with three walks. McCue’s problems began with his first batter, as he walked Swatek to start off the bottom of the first. McCue then gave up a single before Mauri drove in the first run of the game with an RBI single up the middle. Two more runs crossed the plate before McCue got third baseman Ian Edmiston to ground out to Tietz to end the inning. Fordham increased its lead, 60, before Rutgers scored. Redshirt freshman shortstop John Jennings scored on a balk by Rams starting pitcher J.C. Porter for Rutgers’ first run of the game. The Knights tied the game in the top of the fifth, but the Rams came back in the bottom of the inning with four runs, including a Mauri two-run single to right field that brought in Swatek and DeVito for a 10-6 lead. The offense did its job for Rutgers, but the bullpen was unable to stop the run production McCue allowed to Fordham. Senior righthander Pat O’Lear y replaced McCue and lasted three innings before he came out for freshman righthander Reed Shuttle. While O’Leary gave up just two runs in his three innings of work, Shuttle allowed the same amount without recording a single out. For Rutgers, a defeat to a team who lost 12 of its previous 13 games before the midweek upset of the Knights will do nothing but allow Hill to make more decisions regarding who can go for him as his No. 4 starter. A possibility for Hill could be senior lefthander Rob Corsi, who is pitching effectively out of the bullpen for Hill. In his last appearance against Seton Hall this weekend, Corsi relieved senior righthander Tyler Gebler for three and a third innings — he allowed just one earned run on three hits. Whatever Hill’s decision is the sting of losing to a losing team will stay until Rutgers’ next game Friday against Cincinnati. “We can’t take anyone lightly,” Tietz said. “Midweek games are important, so we just have to stop making mistakes.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
“Overall we played pretty well, we answered back in the second quarter with a few goals to tie it up,” Klimchak said. “We just got to put more things together, it was a little sloppy at times, but we need to execute better and put together a full 60 minutes.” Trailing 9-6 to open the third quarter, Rutgers used a long possession early to slow down the rapid scoring pace set in the second quarter. Princeton took possession and scored halfway through the quarter to take a 10-6 lead. The Knights missed a huge chance to cut into the Tigers’ lead when they failed to capitalize on a man-up opportunity. Rutgers compounded the missed chance with a huge penalty after Princeton got the release from its own minute-long penalty. A non-releasable cross-checking penalty against the Knights
allowed Princeton to expand its lead to 5 with 3:42 left in the third. Scott Klimchak scored a man-up goal following a Princeton offsides penalty to bring the Knights back within four with a minute left in the quarter. Junior attack Scott Klimchak’s two goals extended his scoring streak to 12 games and gave him another multi-point game to add to his season total. Rutgers also received a multi-point performance from freshman attack Scott Bieda, who scored a goal with an assist in the game. “I thought we fought really hard for 60 minutes,” Bieda said. “Luck just didn’t go our way tonight.” Rutgers opened up the second quarter a man down after being given a delay of game penalty with one second left in the first quarter. Princeton did not waste any time, getting a goal from attacker Luke Armour 23 seconds into the quarter. The Knights answered back with a goal of their own from Bieda to cut the lead to two. A Rutgers slashing penalty gave Princeton another man-up opportunity and a second consecutive man-up goal for Armour.
Freshman attack Scott Bieda faces Princeton’s Nick Fernandez. Bieda recorded a goal off five shots and an assist. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Matt Klimchak scored his second goal of the game to pull Rutgers back within two with just under ten minutes left in the quarter to start a 3-0 scoring run for the Knights. He made his presence felt again, assisting freshman midfielder Jacob Corretti to cut the lead to one less than a minute later. The first quarter featured some good defense, until Princeton scored two goals in the
span of 14 seconds with just less than five minutes left in the opening quarter. Schreiber was a tough defensive assignment for Rutgers in the quarter, scoring two unassisted goals. The Knights had plenty of chances to score, with 10 shots in the first quarter, but were only able to get one goal from Matthew Klimchak to tie the game at one before Princeton took a 3-1 lead.
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SPORTS PAGE 18 WOMEN’S GOLF
Senior Karen Cash finished yesterday’s Hoya Invitational with a score of 255 as the Knights placed eighth in Washington, D.C. MICHAEL BOON, OCTOBER 2012
RU navigates wind to finish in eighth BY AARON FARRAR
tied for 58th with a 254 and Cash scored a 255 and a 60thplace finish. Windy conditions forced the Weddell has been a catalyst Rutgers women’s golf team to for the Knights this spring alter its approach, as it managed and continued her good to place eighth yesterday at the play the last two days. Hoya Invitational in Beallsville, Ballard commended Weddell Md. The Scarlet Knights tallied for being consistent. a team score of 958 in the 14As soon as it took the course, team tournament. Rutgers faced challenges of Rutgers completed an which it had to adapt quickly. The impressive third round of golf greens were faster and firmer that resulted in three Knights than what the Knights were playclaiming top-30 spots in the 80- ing all year. player field. Although Rutgers would not “We had our move to a higher best round of spot following “I want to continue the first day of the tour nament today,” said head action, each playon the trend coach Maura er made up some Ballard. “I was ground after we had today. ... ver y proud of the opening day. I just hope for way they played. Campbell led I think they felt the entire way good conditions ” and captured more acclimated firstMAURA BALLARD to the conditions place honors with Head Coach of the golf a score of 894, 13 course today.” strokes better Four players than second-place shot in the 70s in the third Yale’s 907. In-state rival Seton round, wrapping up one of the Hall earned third place with a best rounds of golf this 918 effort. season for Rutgers. Senior With only two tournaments Brittany Weddell led the remaining, Rutgers wants to build Knights with a 232 (80-77-75) off the momentum from to tie for 15th. Tuesday’s third round. The Freshmen Samantha Moyal Knights make the trip north to and Melanie Chambers joined Rhode Island on April 14 to comWeddell in the top-30 with indi- pete at the Brown Bear vidual scores of 236 and 238 Invitational. respectively. Moyal finished with “I want to continue on the seven birdies in the competition trend we had today,” Ballard said. and tied for 24th. “I just hope for good conditions Chambers tied for 29th and [and that we] stay focused and classmate Raquel Zurick and play as well as we are able to play. senior Karen Cash rounded out We did that today and I would like the team’s scorecard. Zurick to see more of that.” CORRESPONDENT
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APRIL 10, 2013 WOMEN’S LACROSSE BARNES SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO START IN FIRST SEASON
Attack provides scoring in injury-laden offense BY IAN ERHARD STAFF WRITER
After scoring two goals in the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s game Friday against Connecticut, freshman attack Halley Barnes became noticeably more confident in her play. The Garnet Valley, Pa., native was put into action immediately, starting in each of the first 11 games of her college career for the Scarlet Knights. Head coach Laura Brand-Sias said she saw a less hesitant player in Barnes on Sunday against Syracuse, where she scored on a free-position attempt. “She played on a completely dif ferent level [against the Orange],” Brand-Sias said. “She was playing like an upperclassman yesterday, and my hope is that she’ll continue to play with that confidence for the rest of the season.” Earning a starting spot on the team was one of Barnes’ goals entering the season. With injuries to key offensive players, Barnes and several other younger players have been called on to contribute. She credits her coaches and the upperclassmen for helping her get past the initial shock of the new level of play. “Some things were just a complete 180 from the high school game, but Coach Brand and all the other coaches, along with a
lot of our seniors and our captains — were always right there the whole way,” she said. Barnes prides herself on being ready to contribute in any way she can. “Whether in one game that’s scoring goals or another game my team needs me to get draws or groundballs, I’ll go on any different role that I can to help my team to come out on top,” she said. “I know everyone on the team feels the same way.” She currently ranks first in points among freshmen on the team and is fifth overall with 13 goals to go along with two assists. While Barnes’ goals have come at a constant rate, she understands the role she must take if her shots are not finding the back of the cage. “I pride myself on being hardworking,” Barnes said. “I want to get the groundballs or do the little extra things that are going to help us come out on top, even if I’m not able to produce the goals that I should be producing.” Much like the rest of the team, Barnes is on board with BrandSias’ team-oriented mentality. She said it is the primary reason for the Knights to compete alongside highly ranked teams. “The concept stems from Coach Brand’s idea of the team playing together as a family, and Rutgers playing together
Freshman Halley Barnes scored three goals against conference oppionents last weekend. She sits fifth on the team in points with 13 goals and two assists. MARIELLE SOMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR as a family,” Barnes said. “I don’t think that we could beat teams that we’ve beaten and play with teams like Syracuse if we didn’t 100 percent play together all the time.” In four years at Garnet Valley (Pa.) High School, Barnes achieved elite numbers and was recognized on a national level. Brand-Sias said she saw continuous progress from Barnes
throughout her high school career — one of the factors in wanting to recruit her. “I just saw her as being somebody who was constantly going hard. She was a huge factor in her team’s success,” Brand-Sias said about recruiting Barnes. “She just got progressively better and better every year and she got better quickly, so she was somebody I was really excited about.”
She scored 142 points in her senior season, putting her among the top-20 players in the nation, and earned various accolades. Her team won its first ever PIAA State Championship and Barnes was named Phillylacrosse.com’s co-player of the year. She was also ESPN’s fifth-ranked attacker in the countr y.
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SPORTS PAGE 20 MEN’S BASKETBALL
Former head coach Mike Rice faces new allegations of also using anti-gay slurs in his three-year tenure with the Colonials. SHIRLEY YU, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / MARCH 2013
Ex-Colonial says Rice used gay slurs BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
A former Robert Morris men’s basketball player recently contacted by the University claims former Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice’s use of homophobic slurs was not exclusive to his tenure with the Scarlet Knights. The unnamed player said Rice — who coached at Robert Morris from 2007-2010 —shouted similar slurs during Colonials practices, according to The Newark StarLedger. He also said Rice once took part in a shoving contest with a former player in the locker room during halftime of a game. The first player told Robert Morris Athletic Director Craig Coleman that Rice’s slurs were directed at him, and that he also heaved a basketball toward another player “once or twice,” according to the Star Ledger. Coleman proceeded to speak to the player who Rice allegedly shoved, who admitted there was a heated exchange but insisted no physical contact took place. Coleman concluded that any verbal or physical abuse by Rice was not of the same magnitude as what transpired at Rutgers. “In terms of the homophobia, the throwing of basketballs, the physical altercations, if those happened I think it’s probably fair to conclude that they happened on a scale smaller than what happened at Rutgers based on the report we got,” he told The Associated Press yesterday. Robert Morris officials could not acquire any practice film from Rice’s tenure.
Coleman said practices were open to the public and that although he saw Rice use profanity, he claimed none of it was “over the line.” He also said it was common for Rice to tape only the first few weeks of practice before disposing of it after the team’s first scrimmage. The news comes after an internal investigation at Robert Morris disproved former Rutgers employee Eric Murdock’s allegations of players and coaches engaging in brawls during Rice’s tenure with the Colonials. Coleman led the process, which included interviewing five current Colonials, seven former players, three coaches and two trainers. “I think it is unanimous that the Murdock allegations did not occur,” Coleman told the Associated Press. Among the former players contacted were four transfers, in order to eliminate bias. The only one who expressed improper conduct by Rice is the same player who cited specific instances of the former coach using anti-gay slurs. While Coleman did not dismiss the one account of misconduct, he insists it still proves nothing that Murdock suggested. “It does make it difficult to sort of synthesize all of this over here and then this one opinion over there,” Coleman told the Associated Press. “But even if you look at what he reported ... he clearly [said] it was not the stuff Mr. Murdock was alleging. No one indicated any ‘brawl’ between players and coaches.” Coleman said he has also spoken to Rice personally, who called Murdock’s allegations “bogus” without going into further detail.
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IN BRIEF
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ansas men’s basketball freshman Ben McLemore announced his plans to enter the NBA draft, according to ESPN. In his only season with the Jayhawks, McLemore averaged 16 points per game — including a 20-point performance against Michigan in the regional semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. Head coach Bill Self supported McLemore’s decision to move on from the program. “Ben kept telling us in Februar y, ‘Don’t worr y about getting anybody else. I’m coming back,’” Self told ESPN. “I said, ‘Yeah, right. You want to make a public announcement?’ If he told me he wanted to come back, I would have told him, ‘We need to look at this again.’” The second-team Associated Press All-American surpassed the freshman scoring record at Kansas previously held by Danny Manning. He is expected to be a lottery pick in the upcoming draft.
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forward Ilya Kovalchuk skated at practice Tuesday for the first time since suffering an undisclosed shoulder injury March 22, according to NHL.com. He was expected to miss two-tofour weeks at the time of the injury. Head coach Pete DeBoer said Kovalchuk must be able to endure a full practice before he returns to action. “We’re not going to put his safety in jeopardy,” DeBoer told NHL.com on Tuesday. “But we’re not going to wait until he’s 100 percent to get him back. That’s not realistic.” Kovalchuk took light wrist shots in practice, but avoided contact. He was unable to shoot the puck two days earlier. He said the next step in his recovery is to begin taking slap shots and one-timers. “You gotta just keep yourself in shape and do what the trainers and the doctors tell you to,” he told NHL.com. “We’ve got a great group of guys here who are very professional and I trust them 100 percent. I just try to work hard. We all know the situation we are in and I want to be back as soon as possible.” The Devils are winless in seven games (0-3-4) since Kovalchuk has been out of the lineup. With eight games remaining in the regular season, the Devils are two points out of a playoff position behind the New York Rangers and New York Islanders.
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pitcher Jered Weaver is expected to miss at least four weeks with a fractured elbow in his non-throwing arm, according to ESPN. The Angels’ ace was placed on the 15-day disabled list yesterday after he suffered the injury Sunday against the Texas Rangers. He jammed his arm when dodging a line drive in the sixth inning. “I tried to catch myself and saw the ball coming at me. I didn’t land right on it. Definitely, hyperextended it or something,” Weaver told ESPN following Sunday’s game. “I kind of landed on my glove and I pushed to get out of the way. I landed in an awkward position.” Weaver entered this season after winning a career-high 20 games in 2012. He received the loss Sunday after he allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings of work.
SOFTBALL RUTGERS AT VILLANOVA, TODAY, 1 P.M.
Knights refuse to take Wildcats lightly BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
Little has changed in the Rutgers softball team’s midweek game preparations. Even with Villanova (13-19, 18) — the last-place team in the Big East — next on the agenda for the Scarlet Knights (21-14, 54) today in Villanova, Pa., they see no reason to relax. “Every conference game is going to be competitive,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “Villanova had a pretty good preseason but doesn’t have a good conference record, so they are desperate for wins — which makes them ver y dangerous. Their conference season is on the line this week.” Winners of four of their last six Big East games, the Knights are not necessarily in dire need of conference victories quite like Villanova. Still, the doubleheader presents a realistic opportunity for wins — ones Rutgers does not want to let slip away, particularly with third-place Notre Dame looming this weekend. “We are hungry right now and this week and weekend is a time we could put a stamp on our ticket to the Big East Tournament,” Nelson said. “Five wins would pretty much guarantee us a spot in the tournament. But the thing is that anyone in this league can beat anyone else, so there is nothing to take for granted.” The Wildcats’ recent performances back that claim, as five of their eight conferences losses have come by three runs or less. While its club may not be well-rounded, Villanova possesses a weapon capable of dominating on the mound. Righthander Kate Poppe sports a 2.40 ERA and ranks
Sophomore outfielder Jackie Bates will play centerfield for the Knights today against Villanova. Bates’ defense was key in the team’s win Sunday over Georgetown. THE DAILY TARGUM, APRIL 2012 among the top 10 in the Big East in key pitching categories — fifth in strikeouts, eighth in opposing batting average and second in innings pitched. In Villanova’s last series against Notre Dame, Poppe hurled a complete game shutout against the No. 1 hitting team in the conference. But in her other two starts, she was tagged for eight total earned runs. The Wildcats’ ace may be vulnerable, but one day of play does not give Rutgers much time to adjust to whatever she brings to the table. It comes down to continuing to aggressively work reps off machines in the batting cage and live pitching on the field, which the Knights yesterday focused on in practice. Most of all, they want to stay consistent after averaging seven runs per game in three games
against Georgetown. Two signature wins after a demoralizing 12-11 defeat in Game 1 of the series Saturday has Rutgers supremely confident. “It feels great,” said sophomore outfielder Jackie Bates of being over .500 in the Big East. “Our coaches told us we showed resiliency [against Georgetown], and we really challenged them. It just shows how strong of a team we are and how strong we can be in the Big East — so it really is a good confidence booster.” On defense, yesterday’s practice consisted of the usual repetitions of fly balls to the outfield and ground balls to the infield. The Knights also emphasized more communication fundamentals between the infielders and outfielders. Against Georgetown, the outfielders in particular made sever-
al nice plays to support the pitching staff. “[Sophomore] Chandler [Howard], [junior] Loren [Williams] and I have been working together this year and all of last year, so we really have our communication down,” Bates said. “We know how to work with each other, and it helps us in the field a lot.” While the team’s regime has stayed consistent and it refuses to attach a record to Villanova, Rutgers knows that if it does its job, two wins are likely. “If we play our fundamental softball and pitch well, we will be fine,” Nelson said. For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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SPORTS PAGE 22 FOOTBALL LAMBERT PLAYS INSIDE, OUTSIDE IN TRAINING CAMP
Lambert helps fill Beauharnais’ void in middle BY JOSH BAKAN SPORTS EDITOR
Steve Beauharnais set a high standard for the Rutgers football team’s MIKE (middle) linebacker role, which redshirt freshman Quanzell Lambert wants to fill. “Most definitely he’s a go-getter,” Lambert said yesterday of how he and the former linebacker are similar. “He goes and gets the ball. That’s all he wants. He’s going to stop the ball any way he can.” Even if Lambert can embody Beauharnais’ attitude — linebacker depth, learning the role and his qualifications elsewhere might prevent him from playing inside linebacker, which he played before joining the Scarlet Knights. The Timber Creek (N.J.) High School product has split time on the first team, but head coach Kyle Flood began experimenting with Lambert on the outside in Saturday’s scrimmage. “Quanzell is a guy that we’re tr ying to find a role for because we think physically he can help us, and that’s why you saw us play him a little bit on the outside today,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “Physically he can do some things that will be a positive for our defense in keeping the athleticism and the speed at a premium at all times. Some of those four-linebacker packages will be pretty good for us.” Lambert has had to line up at defensive end, which the MIKE
linebacker needs to play on third downs in Rutgers’ 50-package. He began playing some defensive end in Saturday’s scrimmage. No matter his linebacking role, he and other linebackers will have more responsibility next year. Beauharnais and Khaseem Greene — who were effective enough that few other linebackers were necessar y at their positions in-game — are no longer around. Freshman Lester Liston has also played some MIKE on the first team, as he has begun getting adjusted to college football in general as one of five early enrollees. Gaining six pounds to weigh in at 246 is a star t, but now Liston’s biggest concern is his mentality. “In high school, you just go out there and make plays — prep school, kind of the same thing,” Liston said. “But here, well, if I don’t read this guy, he’ll go across my face and I’m still here.” Like Lambert, Liston also feels most comfortable at the MIKE. Despite eventually needing to line up at defensive end on third downs and all the blitzing the MIKE involves in general, Liston feels comfortable lining up at his natural position. “I like being in the middle of things, stopping the ball,” he said. “I feel like the SAM and the WILL here — it’s different. I love where I’m at right now.” Liston never got to play with Beauharnais, and Lambert only got to practice with him.
Redshirt freshman linebacker Quanzell Lambert began practicing at defensive end on third downs Saturday, part of the MIKE linebacker’s duties. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Lambert might have played as a true freshman last year, but a high ankle sprain in training camp prevented that. He might not have received much playing time behind Beauharnais because of Beauharnais’ impact and the position’s steep learning curve. Either way, Lambert got to observe Beauharnais complete
his Rutgers legacy and see what truly went into the MIKE. Now several linebackers are looking to fill that void, including defensive line duties. “Looking at the guy who was the leader on the defense and is now going to the NFL, you have to be that guy who says you want to do what he did plus more,” Lamber t said. “I fol-
lowed his footsteps and learned from him, so by learning from him, he’s not going to only play one position because he wants to get it all.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
TENNIS
Rival Pirates round out home schedule BY MIKE KOSINSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers tennis team takes on rival Seton Hall at home today in what will be the second of back-to-back home games for the Scarlet Knights (11-7, 5-2). Rutgers will attempt to rebound from a loss to Syracuse on Sunday in its last match. It will be the third game during the Knights’ important four-game Big East schedule to end the regular season. Rutgers will look for motivation in its last home game of the season, and the Knights know how crucial their last two conference matches can be. “I told our team that in tennis, like all other sports, the spirit that you bring to the match is essential,” said head coach Ben Bucca. Seton Hall also enters with a loss in its previous contest. The Pirates’ (5-10, 2-3) last loss came against Connecticut, 5-2. This is an opponent the Knights are stronger than on paper, so it is cr ucial for Rutgers that it goes as expected. “We have to begin the match with high energy along with
strong play throughout,” said junior Stefania Balasa. Rutgers needs to build off strong play of the freshmen duo Lindsey Kayati and Gina Li, who currently have the best singles records on the team this season. In doubles competition, Rutgers will rely on its top doubles pair in Li and junior Vanessa Petrini, who have an overall doubles record of 9-5 this season. Freshman Mariam Zein has played well for Rutgers as of late and gained the Knights’ only point against Syracuse with a win in singles competition. Rutgers’ main focus against Seton Hall is to just play its style of tennis. Bucca understands ever ything else is up in the air. “Our focus is always on what we can control.” Bucca said. This is the Knights’ final home match of the season — and with only one more match left after, a victory would do wonders to lead them into the Big East Conference Championships with momentum. The match takes place at 1 p.m. at the RU Tennis Complex.
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SPORTS PAGE 23 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK SHULER GETS OPPORTUNITY FOR BREAKOUT SEASON
Junior wide receiver Miles Shuler has an opportunity to start this season after sitting behind former wideouts such as Mohamed Sanu and Mark Harrison for his first two seasons. Shuler’s speed and lack of height makes him well-suited to be a slot receiver. ENRICO CABREDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Former backup receives chance to shine BY JOEY GREGORY CORRESPONDENT
Miles Shuler spent two seasons waiting. He looked on as former wide receivers Mohamed Sanu, Mark Harrison and Tim Wright soaked up the bulk of the Rutgers football team’s receptions.
Now with those players no longer on the roster, the junior wideout sees an opportunity for the younger receivers to make their mark on the program, just as their predecessors did. “I feel that some people have to step up,” Shuler said. “People have to come up and be leaders of the receiver group.”
Shuler, though, has more in common with Sanu than with players like Wright or Har rison when it comes to physical stature. Sanu is the closest to Shuler in size, but still listed as four inches taller. Shuler’s lack of height, combined with his speed, lend him to be more of an
Junior quarterback Gary Nova looks forward to having wideout Miles Shuler as a target in the slot because of his speed advantage against defenders. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
inside receiver rather than running down the field opposite the team’s No. 1 receiver, junior Brandon Coleman. That is exactly what junior quarterback Gary Nova expects from him. “I think this year we’ll probably use Miles as a slot receiver,” Nova said. “He’ll be able to use his speed on the linebackers and really be a weapon in there.” As a state title winner in the 100- and 55-meter dash in high school, Shuler has the ability to outrun most defenders he will face on the inside. Nova said Shuler’s quickness is something during the season he looks for ward to enjoying. But for Shuler, that is not an issue. He sees himself as running any route in any spot he needs to. “It doesn’t matter to me [where I am],” Shuler said. “Football is football. It doesn’t matter.” But he already had one setback this spring. A minor leg injur y forced Shuler to miss some time, giving way to other young receivers such as sophomore Leonte Carroo and redshir t freshmen Ruhann Peele and Carlton Agudosi. In the meantime, Shuler has begun to work back in during practice, but head coach Kyle Flood remains cautious. “He hasn’t really been back healthy for a couple days,” Flood said. “He’s been out there and he’s been working his way toward being healthy. Today was probably the most I’ve seen him practice in about a week and a half, although he didn’t take all the
reps he would normally take [today] either.” Not yet 100 percent, Shuler still eyes the upcoming season, when he will likely become one of the top receiving options opposite Coleman. He earned five receptions last season for 71 yards and one carr y for 25 yards in addition to one punt and kick return. Shuler has the potential to exceed that per game, but for that to happen he needs to stay on the field.
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Director Tim Pernetti was a frequent visitor to the Scarlet Knights’ football practice. Interim Athletic Director Carl Kirschner picked up where Pernetti left off, attending yesterday’s practice. Kirschner is currently special counsel for academic programs in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and formerly the dean of Rutgers College. He was also formerly the chair of Academic Oversight Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics. Flood said following practice that every vibe he has received in his discussions with Kirschner has been positive. “He certainly has an intimate relationship with our program,” Flood said of Kirschner. “He meets every one of our recruits personally, and he’s a big part of our recruiting weekend. I think his familiarity with our players will serve us well.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Joey Gregory on Twitter @joey_gregory. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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MAKING ADJUSTMENTS The Rutgers women’s golf team
FOCUSING IN The Rutgers softball
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SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It doesn’t matter to me [where I am]. Football is football.” — Rutgers football junior wide receiver Miles Shuler on where he lines up next season
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2013
MEN’S LACROSSE PRINCETON 13, RUTGERS 8
BASEBALL
Fordham upsets RU in eighth inning BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill was clear it would be a disappointment if the Scarlet Knights dropped midweek games to less talented opponents. Disappointment is an understatement, thanks to a four-run eighth inning by Fordham (12-20) yesterday to defeat Rutgers (14-15, 6-3), 15-14. “Both teams played pretty hard, but there’s not much we can do,” said freshman third baseman Matt Tietz, who hit 3-for-4 in the loss. “Kudos to both teams, but it was a tough loss.” Hill and the rest of the team were unavailable for comment. Up 14-11 in the bottom of the eighth, freshman Howie Brey came in to relieve senior lefthander Nathaniel Roe after Roe plunked catcher Ryan Phelan and then walked shortstop Joseph DeVito to give the Rams first and second with no outs. Brey, who pitched well in his last outing against Seton Hall this weekend, proceeded to give up an RBI single to Fordham’s leadoff hitter, centerfielder Tim Swatek. Devito then reached home on a flyout by first baseman Mike Mauri, and Swatek and second baseman Joseph Runco scored on a wild pitch and balk, SEE
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Junior midfielder Matthew Klimchak controls the ball against a Tigers defender during last night’s 13-8 Rutgers loss. Klimchak scored three goals off four shots against Princeton, who handed Rutgers its ninth consecutive defeat. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Knights drop ninth straight BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
No. 9 Princeton defeated the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, 13-8, in the latest edition of Meistrell Cup rivalry. Princeton scored the first goal of the four th quar ter after a turnover in the defensive zone allowed for the Tigers to score and take a 12-7 lead. Junior attack Scott Klimchak answered back with his second goal of the game to bring it to 12-8.
“I thought we had a good few days of focus and preparing for a very talented team, and I thought we had some good opportunities in the first half and even in the second half a little bit,” said head coach Brian Brecht. The Scarlet Knights’ prospects became more bleak before the game when freshman goaltender Kris Alleyne was ruled out with an upper-body injury. Brecht originally started junior goaltender Stephen Lusby in place of Alleyne, but made a change to freshman goaltender
Jake Andersen in the second quarter after Lusby allowed three goals on four shots in the first. Despite the absence, the Knights came out aggressively and outshot Princeton in the first half, 23-22. Junior midfielder Matt Klimchak made plays for the Knights, scoring three goals for the second consecutive game. He also added an assist and three groundballs to fill out his stat sheet for the night. SEE
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NHL SCORES Philadelphia New York I.
1 4
Ottawa Tampa Bay
2 3
Pittsburgh Carolina
5 3
Washington Montreal
3 2
San Jose Columbus
0 4
Buffalo Winnipeg
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AMANDA TRENDELL
scored the first goal in the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s game on Sunday against Syracuse. The junior midfielder tallied three points in the loss.
Freshman third baseman Matt Tietz was 3-for-4 in yesterday’s 15-14 loss. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S TENNIS
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
MEN’S TRACK
vs Seton Hall
at Villanova
vs Cincinnatti
Spec Towns Invitational
Today, 1:00 p.m. RU Tennis Complex
Today, 1:00 p.m. Villanova, Pa.
Friday, 3:00 p.m. Bainton Field
Friday Athens, Ga.