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Fourth annual TEDx talks spread ideas, intend to inspire

U. community reacts to ‘Delafest’ BY ALEX MEIER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

As the weather warms and the end of the year approaches, University students use the weekends to let loose. But some let a little too loose last Saturday on Delafield Street, as police used riot gear and tear gas to break up a horde of hundreds of daydrinkers and partygoers crowding the streets, according to nj.com. Tim Culfield, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, attended the party SEE

Professor Larry Jacobs, born deaf, spoke to the audience at yesterday’s TEDx event, themed ‘Road to Action.’

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Students renting houses on Delafield Street in New Brunswick hosted the out-of-control block party Saturday. LAUREN VARGA

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Students compete for ‘Iron Chef’ title

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University professor Larr y Jacobs told an audience at the Cook Campus Center yesterday to put their hands on their throats and say, “I’m inspired.” “That vibration you feel is how I learned to talk,” said Jacobs, a deaf man. Jacobs was one of many speakers who gave a talk at the fourth annual TEDx event. Taha Najam, organizer of the TEDx conference, said the talks are all about spreading ideas. Outside of the University, the best forum for discussion is TED talks. “TED stands for technology, entertainment and design,” he said. “I was discussing ideas for diversity events with a group of people, something that would include local leaders, and we came up with the idea for a TED talk.” Najam, a graduate from the Rutgers Business School, said the theme for this year’s talks was “Road to Action.” Action is a process, and after ideas are laid out, it is time to take action. The first TEDx talk in 2010 had an audience of about 100 people, he said. This year, the event reached maximum capacity of 500 people. In Februar y, the event had about 700 followers on Facebook. As of Sunday, the page had over 25,000 followers. The event featured speakers from in and around the University community, including current students and faculty, as well as former graduates. Bhargavi Sriram, a Rutgers Business School senior, spoke about changes that can be made in ever yday life and why students should be involved in politics. “Politics affect you, whether you want them to or not,” she said. “This is especially true for youths. In 2012, only 50 percent of the youth population voted.” Sriram said there are three ways students can get involved with the community around them and become aware of the ideas and issues surrounding them. SEE

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Nutritionist Peggy Policastro and competitor Jonathan Danielle confer over a dish Friday at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. SHAWN SMITH

Lunch became a competition for some students on Friday afternoon as they vied for the title of Iron Chef Brower Commons. Participants had 20 minutes to create a meal using only items in Brower Commons on the College Avenue Campus. Andrea Ficarra, a member of the Rutgers University Healthy Dining Team, said the competition, in its 5th year, takes place in all four dining halls over a twoweek period. RUHDT put the competition together to show

students the options they have available in the dining halls. “Our focus is to illustrate healthy options in the dining halls,” said Ficarra, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. “They make a meal with all appliances in the dining hall and available food items.” Participants were judged in three categories, including nutrition, creativity and food safety, she said, as well as finishing within the 20-minute allotted time frame. This year’s winners took home various cookware as prizes for the competition. SEE

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Student volunteers restore the shore BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT

When Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore last October, four-yearold Jake Lazar and his family, residents of North Caldwell, New Jersey, lost power for about two weeks. For his birthday in January he asked for donations, in lieu of toys, that he planned to give to shore restoration efforts — with help from his mother, Karen Lazar. Full of energy — with big bright eyes and curly blonde hair — Jake Lazar and his mother presented the Student Volunteer Council at the University with a check for

$300 before the group left for a shore restoration project. “I want to help the people that don’t have toys or houses anymore,” Jake Lazar said. Karen Lazar said her son is already a philanthropist, even though he is not yet in kindergarten. Jake Lazar has already walked for breast cancer and sold lemonade for charity. Alison Sotolongo, a member of SVC, said they organized a trip down to help restore the shore. More than 200 students volunteered to join the cleanup effort at Island Beach State Park in Berkeley Township on Saturday afternoon. SVC, which has about three major events a year, decided to SEE

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The SVC and ALL IN: Together We Rebuild and Recover recruited more than 200 students to clean Island Beach State Park Saturday in Berkeley Township. KARL HOEMPLER

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Monday, April 15 The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents “B.F.A. Thesis Exibition I: but no, yeah” at 10 a.m. at Civic Square at 33 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. The program will feature the theses of students earning Bachelors of Fine Arts. The exhibition will run until Monday, April 22, and the gallery will be open Mondays through Fridays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Wednesdays until 6 p.m., and from 12 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. The National Society of Leadership and Success presents a career development workshop at 7 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center. The event is free and open to all students. It will feature speaker Lisa Chenofsky Singer, an Executive Coach and Career Management and Transition Coach.

Tuesday, April 16 The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for alumni, employees and senior citizens and $5 for students.

Wednesday, April 17 The University Office of the President presents a Strategic Planning Town Hall Meeting featuring University President Robert L. Barchi at 10 a.m. in the Douglass Campus Center. Barchi will give a short speech followed by a question and answer session.

METRO CALENDAR Tuesday, April 16 The Stress Factory Comedy Club at 90 Church Street in New Brunswick holds an open mic night at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $5 and attendees must be at least 16 years old and purchase a minimum of two items. Doors open at 7 p.m. and sign-up for performers begins at 7:30 p.m. Those interested in performing will be given 3-5 minute sets and must bring at least 5 friends.

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U. Relay for Life celebrates 13th year

Participants walked around the track at the Livingston Recreation Center between Friday night and Saturday morning to raise money for cancer research. The annual relay includes an opening ceremony, a survivor’s lap, the Luminaria ceremony and the “fight back” ceremony as well as numerous other activities to ensure everyone involved stayed awake throughout the night. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

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Cancer does not sleep, and for 14 hours neither did the participants of Relay for Life, a marathon to raise money for cancer research. The event celebrated its 13th year at the University, lasting from Friday night to early Saturday at the Livingston Recreation Center, said Kristina Mischke, the president of Colleges Against Cancer. Sean Moonen and Harrisson Quijote, both brothers of the University’s Kappa Sigma frater nity chapter, walked for family members with cancer. “My cousin was diagnosed with cancer this year and she beat it, so I will be walking for her,” said Moonen, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, prior to the event. Quijote, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences sophomore, said he walked the relay for the first time and was excited to see what it was all about. “This is our major event for the semester. We are here with all our brothers to do a day of ser vice and raise money for the fight against cancer,” Quijote said. Quijote and his team set a goal to raise $2,000, he said. Each brother donated $50, either out of pocket or through individual fundraising. Quijote and his team surpassed their goal, said team member and fraternity brother Kunal Kumar, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Each year Relay for Life has a dif ferent theme. This year, camouflage t-shir ts and decorations reflected the theme of cancer research, said Sarah Shaw, a board member of CAC. Mischke, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said

the organization raised more than $82,000 so far, but has until August to raise more funds. The goal for this year is $95,000, said Shaw, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Shaw said this was her third year participating in the event, but her first year on CAC’s board. The tur nout was smaller than it has been, she said, but more people stayed throughout the night and the energy level stayed up and lasted the entire time. According to the Relay for Life website, the event is a global phenomenon with over 4 million participants in 20 different countries raising money to fight cancer.

“My cousin was diagnosed with cancer this year and she beat it, so I will be walking for her,” SEAN MOONEN School of Arts & Sciences Sophomore

The event symbolizes the notion that cancer never sleeps and participants make teams, raise money and walk laps from 5 p.m. until 7 a.m. the next day, according to the website. What makes a Relay for Life event special is its opening ceremony, followed by a sur vivor’s lap, the Luminaria ceremony and the “fight back” ceremony, Shaw said. Shaw said her favorite part is the Luminaria ceremony, which takes place after dark. Bags full of glow sticks are placed around the track in honor of those fighting cancer. “The bags, filled with all different colored glow sticks in honor, in memory and in support

[are] very powerful and pretty,” she said. The event featured activities throughout the night, including a performance by a hypnotist. Christopher Castiglia, a brother of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, said last year he was hypnotized and acted like a dog. “I went around barking and crawling on all fours and letting people pet my stomach, it was pretty funny,” said Castiglia, a Rutgers Business School sophomore. For the event’s Miss Relay contest, male contestants competed in a beauty pageant, Shaw said. Boys dressed up like girls, put on makeup and heels and tried to impress judges with their dance moves and personalities. During the event, 36 people cut their hair for donation to Cuts for a Cure, a record for the event, Shaw said. Coordinating the event was a challenge, Mischke said. It is usually held at the Werblin Gym on Busch campus, which is a bigger venue than the Livingston Recreation Center. “We had to adapt and make it work, and also the rain played a factor because some things were planned for outside, and we had to move it all indoors,” Shaw said. To get the word out, Relay for Life organizers used social media such as Twitter and Facebook and posted fliers, Shaw said. When the organizers announced how much money the par ticipants raised this year around 6 a.m., people were still in the crowd and awake, maintaining a positive energy, she said. “The people who par ticipate all have huge hear ts and are there for the right reasons,” she said.

Relay for Life attendees stayed at the event Saturday morning until 6 a.m.. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

The organization has raised more than $82,000 so far and has until August to reach their goal of $95,000. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

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SHORE Students ‘literally crawled for trash’ while beautifying park CONTINUED FROM FRONT give back to New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy, said Sotolongo, a graduate student. SVC teamed up with another organization, ALL IN: Together We Rebuild and Recover, to go to the state park and cleanup. “[They] found the location for us through the governor’s office and found a project that was in need of 200 or more people,” she said. Seeing so many students giving up their Saturday to clean up the beach was inspirational, Sotolongo said. “This is what the University community does — it comes together for a great cause, even with upcoming projects and finals,” she said. She said seeing the damage caused by the storm firsthand was interesting. Yamila Nicasio, service event coordinator for SVC, said the group met at the main pavilion at the state park and heard from local residents about the challenges and struggles they faced during and after the storm. Nicasio, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said the students broke up into groups and were assigned to clean different parts of the state park. While cleaning, they found an assortment of odd items buried in the sand along the beach.

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and saw the mostly belligerently drunk crowds burn furniture, throw beer bottles in the streets and partake in frisbee fights. Although Cody Loscalzo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, believes the activities were out of hand, he said the police used excessive force when breaking up the day-drinking party, dubbed “Delafest” by University students. “The fact that the police had to come in with riot shields and [pepper spraying] them was also ridiculous on their part,” he said. Despite the chaos, Culfield and Sam Kovalchek, who also attended the party, believe the police did not have a reason to break up the crowd. “I think it was unwarranted. It was a nonviolent crowd,” said Kovalchek, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “It wasn’t causing any trouble until they came and people got a little more rowdy with their presence.” But Jack Yoon, a New Brunswick resident, acknowledges that the partygoers acted irrationally. “I think them protesting Rutgersfest wasn’t the smartest idea in the world,” he said. Burning a couch was definitely stupid. A few fistfights didn’t help the image. However, I think the police response was overreacting.” Yoon also said he heard word of police harassing students into the night. “They would pick out a student and say ‘pick up that cup’ underneath their seat … and

“We found batteries, picnic items — even car parts buried in the sand,” she said. “We also had to crawl around in thorn bushes and climbed in trees to clean out some items. We literally crawled for trash.” Kayla Tlatelpa, service coordinator for SVC, said her group even found pieces of the boardwalk while cleaning the bay side of the state park. “We found pieces of boardwalk that were buried in the sand, along with pieces of chairs,” said Tlatelpa, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “We also found three tires.” The enthusiasm of the students throughout the entire day was great to see, she said. The trip also allowed volunteers to see firsthand some of the damage caused to the shore by Hurricane Sandy, Nicasio said. The dunes along the beach were left in ruin — along with most parts of the area. As the buses left the state park, they drove along Route 35 so that volunteers could see areas impacted by the storm — as homes still stood damaged, she said. “We saw two homes where the roofs were laying on the ground,” Nicasio said. “We also saw a lot of the water damage while driving down the highway.” For families like Jake Lazar and his mother, two weeks in the dark with no damage was seen as more of an inconvenience, Karen Lazar said. The storm affected everyone — but, in certain cases, some people lost more. “Why would anyone not want to give back to his or her community and help their neighbors?” she said.

then the police would sniff it and say ‘come outside with me,’” he said. But Emma Mason, who used social media to find out about “Delafest,” said the police were in the right when taking action, as the chaos of the party would have escalated. “I thought it was innocent until I saw people get punched and obviously [it was] probably necessary for someone to extinguish the commotion,” said Mason, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Ben Cain, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the police’s involvement was inevitable. “If furniture is burning in the middle of the street, the police have to take action,” he said. The events that took place Saturday made Cain disappointed in the student body, especially in light of recent negative publicity. He said many students complained that media outlets recently focused on the few individuals at the top who made poor decisions, and failed to acknowledge the positive aspects of the University, such as Dance Marathon. But he said Saturday’s events give the student body no credibility. “I can’t say we don’t deserve negative publicity this time, because how do we defend that? It’s students going crazy and setting things on fire in the street,” he said. “It reflects on all of us.” Cain said this reflection includes his personal reputation. “When I tell someone I go to Rutgers, I want to be proud to say that,” he said. “I don’t want to have them think about the Mike Rice thing and [‘Delafest’] and think ‘oh, you’re just a ratty kid. We saw you on the news.’” The New Brunswick Police Department and Rutgers University Police Department were not available to speak before press time.

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TITLE Campbell says dining hall menus offer more than meets the eye CONTINUED FROM FRONT RUDHT awarded the first place contestant pro-grade cookware, second place a pro-grade bakeware set and third place a barbeque tool set. Lavi Blumberg and his dish, the “Super Calzone,” received first place. Jonathan Winter took second place with his “Mediterranean MixUp.” Third place was awarded to Victoria Coglianese for her dish, “Sweet Balsamic Ham.” Blumberg, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said he was surprised and grateful to the judges for the top prize. “There were some really cool and creative dishes in the competition,” he said. “I made my calzone once before, and a friend told me I should come out here and make something, so that’s what I went with.” As the contestants sprinted around the dining hall, members of RUHDT judged them on how safe the foods were, Ficarra said. They looked for possible cross-contamination, and made sure the contestants washed their hands and changed their gloves when handling different food products. The Iron Chef competitions show students that they can have healthy, delicious options with what is available in the dining halls, she said. Four members of University staff, all invited by Peggy

UNIVERSITY PAGE 5 Policastro, a nutritionist at the University, judged the competition. They included Andy Campbell, unit computer manager for the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Delia Pitts, assistant vice president for Student Affairs, Peter Blake, chef manager for Brower Commons and Carlos Costa, director of Student Centers. Campbell said the students’ creativity was one of his favorite parts of judging the competition. “I love seeing what they can come up with. They are only using items they have available here, and they can make some pretty interesting items,” he said. “The competition is really a lot of fun. I have never eaten anything bad.” The competition always gets intense when it comes to judging, he said. It comes down to the intricacies and who puts the best effort into their presentation. The highest and the lowest ranked always have a slim margin between them. Most of the competition usually comes down to wraps and meals with chicken, he said. The size of Brower made time an essential factor and may have limited what participants were able to use. Pitts said she enjoys the fast pace of the competition and seeing the students sprint around the dining hall. The students put a lot of commitment into their meals, and were not casual about their presentation. One participant, Dan Moritz, stunned the judges with a meal he called “Epic Brower Protein Cholesterol Surprise.” Moritz, a School of Engineering junior, placed pizza slices, chicken fingers,

bacon, hamburgers and various condiments into a double-sided wrap, and then grilled it on a panini press. The judges agreed it was the largest portion of the competition, but not the best. Costa was a first-time judge in the competition. He enjoyed seeing the students in action as they sprinted around the dining hall creating their various meals. “There is really a lot of creativity here, using dining hall food to create tasty results,” he said. “With the [Epic Brower Protein Cholesterol Surprise], it was go big or go home. That meal was a total comfort food, but may have contained a little too much variety in it.” One par ticipant, Megan Jef ferson, created a desser t called the “Brower Donut Burger” for the competition. It consisted of a French cruller and strawberr y-frosted donut with ice cream, peanut butter and sliced bananas. She toasted the sandwich and topped it with Oreo crumbs and chocolate syrup drizzle. Joseph Charette, executive director of Dining Services, said the competition first began in Brower and expanded over the years to all four dining halls. The term “Iron Chef” now means something to the students who visit the dining halls. Charette said he has heard students gripe that the dining halls only have six items available a day without realizing they can combine items to make so much more. “There is a lot more here than just what the menus offer,” he said. “You can walk around, pick

Students intricately prepared their meals, including the ‘Brower Donut Burger,’ created by Megan Jefferson, above, and the ‘Epic Brower Protein Cholesterol Surprise.’ SHAWN SMITH

up all the foods you like and create your own dish.” It was nice when participants invented something new for the competition, Charette said. Campbell said the competition for top three was tough. The “Epic Brower Protein Cholesterol Surprise” and the “Brower Donut Burger” were just under the winning scores, and were considered honorable mentions. The top score was 100 out of 120, and the lowest score was 85.

“This was the best competition I’ve ever done, and the hardest to judge. The donut burger was unbelievable,” he said. “This was honestly the most fun and the best one so far.” Costa said the Iron Chef competition showed how creative University students can be when tasked with the challenge of taking something as common as dininghall food and creating new and unique items with it. “Our students are awe-inspiring, and I will be walking away with new suggestions,” he said.

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TEDX Nash says cultural awe comes from within, not curriculum CONTINUED FROM FRONT The first way is to use the time in college to make well-informed decisions, she said. The University has libraries and professors who are full of information. People may also inspire others with their own ideas. “The second way is to engage with those who have different beliefs than your own,” Sriram said. “If you talk with someone who doesn’t agree, you may change their idea. Social media has become a large platform to be able to do this.” Ideas have inspired change all throughout histor y, she said. Many people have had their beliefs challenged and their minds changed. A prime example of this is the civil rights movement. Americans still experience this today when fighting for women’s rights and marriage equality. The third way is to make changes on a personal level and societal level, she said. Every big movement in the world started with one person. Since everyone is presented with the opportunity to be a change to someone else, they should use it. Mikal Nash, a part-time lecturer at the University, said knowledge of one’s personal history can help shape his or her future. For Nash, the idea came from not knowing his own past. “Growing up as a young boy, we were never taught about Africa and how we are all connected to it,” he said. “It

APRIL 15, 2013 impacted me personally not knowing what my ancestors had contributed to society.” As a boy, Nash said everything he learned about Africa related to Tarzan, and he became fascinated once he took some classes about the continent. American schools do not teach children that Africans came to the Americas before Columbus, not as slaves, but as traders. He said for everyone to come together as one people, they have to embrace all of their histories. In his talk about change and action, Mukesh Patel, a serial entrepreneur, said people should use fear as a motivator instead of an obstacle. In life, the greatest barrier is fear, and the concept of fear is a risk in itself. “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” he said. “If you embrace it, what could you do in your life? In your career?” Patel said life gives people chances along with risks. Sometimes, people need to fall flat to succeed faster. Boris Yakubchik, a University graduate, talked about charity and why research should be conducted in the charity organizations people give to. “If it took the same effort, would you save one person or 1,000?” he said. Yakubchik said donors should consider the issues they are benefitting. “Why donate to a cure, when you could donate to prevention and stop the problem before it arises? You need to ask yourself, ‘What’s the best I can do with my donation?’” he said. “Do not just make a difference, make the right difference.” Donating to causes that build schools and send t-shir ts to developing nations is a worthy

Alyea Pierce, a junior majoring in communication and minoring in English and linguistics, is working on her first book entitled ‘Every Stranger Deserves a Poem.’ She strives to be a welltraveled motivational speaker, teaching children the beauty of art and voice through poetry. SHAWN SMITH

cause, but those donations are worthless if kids are too sick to use them, he said. Jacobs, a carrier of the U.S. Olympic Torch in 1996, spoke about living with a disability and how he uses that to inspire others. When Jacobs took the stage, the room fell silent. He was born deaf, but when he began his talk, he started to play a song on a keyboard. The audience watched as he played, then came to the front of the stage. “How was I able to do that?” he said. The audience yelled in unison that it was because he could understand the vibrations of the music. Jacobs said students need to start thinking critically. They

are problem solvers, not the problem. He believes nothing is impossible when he puts his mind to it. “A bad attitude is like a flat tire — you can’t go anywhere until you change it,” he said. “There is a difference in the way you start your day, and it all begins with the attitude you wake up with.” Jacobs asked the audience to lie back in their chairs and say the phrase “I’m motivated.” Then he asked everyone to sit up on the front of his or her chairs and say, “I’m lazy.” In his example of attitude, the words and body language did not match up. “You need to start everyday and say ‘Good morning. I have an agenda, let’s get going.’” he said.

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“Nothing is going to happen unless you make it happen. Make it happen now.” Everyone is unique, Jacobs said. No one has the same heart, voice, passion or love. If a person has never failed, then he or she has never tried anything new. He said students should embrace that uniqueness and carry it with confidence in to everything they do. When going into a job interview, one should talk about what he or she has done, because no one else has done it. During the break, students lined up to meet and take photos with Jacobs and the Olympic Torch, telling him how inspired they were by his talk and the talks of the other members of this year’s TEDx.

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Police and law enforcement turned to tear gas, incapacitating some attendees. LAUREN VARGA

Police broke up a rowdy block party, ‘Delafest,’ Saturday on Delafield Street in New Brunswick, an alternative to the now defunct Rutgersfest. LAUREN VARGA

Video footage of the disturbance has been the subject of even more University press this past weekend, exploding on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. LAUREN VARGA Some students were handcuffed and taken into custody, according to CBS. LAUREN VARGA

‘Delafest’ has been dubbed the daytime version of Project X, a proud moment for the University and the ‘definition of college,’ according to local tweets. LAUREN VARGA

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ay to go, University. You’re on the news yet doesn’t know where to focus its attention. News staagain — and this time it’s because of your tions hone in on negative events to get some viewers fellow classmates. Did you hear about and completely disregard everything else. Why didn’t something called “Delafest”? Yeah, we didn’t either, anyone notice that we raised half a million dollars for until we smelled something burning. children with cancer last week? The media had a field day with this one. Apparently, With that said, students can no longer complain someone had the bright idea of having a huge, intenabout why our institution is portrayed so negatively tionally raucous block party on Delafield Street that lately. The intent of the party was just to get as wild as seemed to have combined seven ongoing parties into possible, to the point of committing illegal actions. The one giant chaotic one. And, of course, throw some of line needs to be drawn somewhere, and we think that our students in there, and you know things are going catching fire might be the right place to draw it. to unravel pretty damn fast. As is often said, “Your freedom ends where the That unraveling included throwing bottles, dancing other’s nose begins.” Basically, as soon as you start on rooftops that clearly were being tested on how crossing into harming others or disrupting another many college students they person’s life, you are no longer could hold before collapse and exercising your freedom but “While there is absolutely no are rather encroaching upon — the grand finale — lighting a couch on fire in the middle of somebody else’s. And, in case excuse for the type of the street. For no reason. We you were wondering, that is behavior exhibited by our couldn’t make this up: students wrong. were chanting, “Burn that shit!” In this case, students started fellow students, the news and New Brunswick police hapto affect the people around coverage is pretty ridiculous.” them, the neighborhood they pily responded by burning some faces with mace. The police were in and the city they are a force came to the scene in riot part of. Police officers and firegear and tried to disperse the crowd, and what hapmen were at the scene. People got hurt and others pened when our brethren weren’t quick enough? were arrested. Students took it upon themselves to try Pepper spray! Arguably well-deserved, for some. and block off an entire road for a party, which is an But we must admit — we kind of wish we action that needs special (legal) permission, as does were there. the decision to light things on fire. Bonfires have speLet’s get real, people. It’s college. While there is cial regulations that need to be obeyed, and bonfires do absolutely no excuse for the type of behavior exhibitnot include lighting random inconsequential objects on ed by our fellow students, the news coverage is pretfire in a public space. ty ridiculous. It really isn’t a big deal and we would What we have here is not only recklessness but also like to boldly remind everyone that “this too shall a complete disregard for systems that are intended to pass.” Society kind of expects unruly behavior from keep us safe. young people, and while that doesn’t make it okay for Still, a college party seems too insignificant to be our University students to act so totally belligerent, it dubbed a “riot” and get as much news coverage as it must be a really slow news day if this type of thing is did. While the cloud of negative attention will eventualmaking headlines. ly pass over us, let’s all collectively agree to not give the Which takes us to the point we’ve been arguing the media such a free pass next time. Oh, and let’s agree to entire time during the Mike Rice fiasco: the media just stop acting stupid. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 145th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.

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Same-sex marriage not the final goal QUEER TIMES JEREMY LAMASTER

t has been almost two weeks since the close of the Supreme Court hearings for Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. The rulings on these two pieces of legislation are poised to allow legal recognition of same-sex couples in the same capacity of heterosexual couples. This week, Uruguay legalized same-sex marriage, and France is on the road to approving marriage equality as well. Same-sex marriage seems inevitable. Congratulations! The battle is won! Or is it? Popularly lauded as the last remaining bastion of inequality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, same-sex marriage will not herald in a utopian end to the discrimination on the basis of sexual or gender identity. The United States LGBT movement has only recently adopted same-sex marriage as agenda point number one. At its genesis, the movement was decidedly queerer and more radical in nature. This queer movement privileged the freedom of sexual expression and access to healthcare over urges to assimilate into the sexist arrangement of “traditional” marriage. Proponents of marriage equality have focused on equal rights under the law, access to health care ser vices and the recognition and validation of relationships. Equal rights? Health care?

Legal recognition of kinship? Those all sound great — why restrict these rights to marriage? The right to marry will have an underwhelming impact on the economic and social justice of many LGBT Americans. Marriage does not provide full equality, universal healthcare or economic security. Marriage does provide a means of releasing the state from obligations to social services that assist the young, old, poor and ill. In a way, by continuing to base the definition of marriage on exclusion, minorities, namely LGBT elderly and youth, lose out.

“The right to marry will have an underwhelming impact on the economic and social justice of many LGBT Americans. ” What would a broader LGBT movement encompass though? What is more important than marriage equality? By examining conservative resistance to marriage equality, a clearer picture of what LGBT rights should be comes to light. Advocates for the preservation of “traditional” marriage are, in actuality, mainly arguing for the preservation of traditional gender roles in the context of the monogamous, heterosexual family unit. To enshrine and enforce these gender roles, opponents of same-sex marriage focus on many different issues, all of which operate to reinforce “traditional” marriage.

Abstinence-only sex education, limited access to reproductive ser vices and restrictions on welfare push society to conform to a certain family unit. These policies and platforms buttress a definition of marriage predicated on strict gender roles. If an LGBT movement was truly interested in the well-being of all LGBT Americans, marriage reform would not be the priority of the Human Rights Campaign. Access to healthcare, access to accurate sexuality education, access to birth control and economic security for LGBT Americans regardless of marital status would be the main agenda points. The predominant beneficiaries of marriage equality will be middle-class LGBT Americans in the service of consumer capitalism. The “marriage industrial complex” and wedding-based reality shows seem to gain significantly from this redefinition of marriage. If the main concern is our vulnerable LGBT youth, especially the homeless and the bullied, policies should focus directly on them. Yes, marriage equality does provide a sense of representation that could benefit LGBT youth. But “trickle-down” equality will not magically solve issues of discrimination. So although the LGBT movement is on the verge of an important milestone, this cannot be the end of an LGBT rights movement. We will not be any more postgay than we are post-race or post-feminist. Jeremy LaMaster is a first-year graduate student in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. His column “Queer Times” normally runs on alternate Fridays.

University priorities damaging legacies COMMENTARY MIRIAM JAFFE-FOGER

y great-grandfather went to Rutgers. My grandfather went to Rutgers. My father and mother went to Rutgers. I met my husband at Rutgers. I got my B.A., my Ph.D., and have a Masters of Social Work in progress at Rutgers. I’ve been working at the University since I started teaching in 2001, and I now serve as a full-time assistant director in the writing program, while also working for the Tyler Clementi Center and the Doctorate in Social Work Program. Throughout my childhood, my father had season tickets most seasons for the University’s basketball team. When I was in college, he took me to a game. We didn’t spend much time together, and it was very special for me. Now my husband and son have season tickets every year to Rutgers football games. My girls and I aren’t much into sports, but all the kids can recognize the “R” signs on the roads and in the windows around us in Highland Park. We have Rutgers pride. We spend our Sundays at Rutgers Gardens. I take the kids to the College Avenue quad and to the library when I have an errand to return books. But after the most recent basketball scandal, my son announced, after perusing his iPod seemingly the second the news about former head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice broke, that LeBron James said he would not send his kid to Rutgers. LeBron was pretty adamant. And my son, an eight-year-old sports history prodigy, is pretty adamant about LeBron. In other

words, going to Rutgers would be a betrayal of LeBron, and more importantly, an end to my family legacy at the University. No, I thought to myself, Rutgers will do the right thing. But so far, its actions have been poor — far too focused on administrative moves and not about education. A university that doesn’t care about education! I agree with LeBron on this one. The University has not seized upon the myriad of teachable moments that a scandal like this has to offer. Instead of hiring a lawyer for oversight, it should be putting money into programs that can teach students about why this scandal matters — how deeply it scars the Lesbian, Gay,

“Classrooms, President Barchi. Classrooms, not courtrooms. ” Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning community when homophobic slurs are used in angry insult, how bullying defines our culture, how the digital age means that our iPod-attached children come to know that Rutgers is not a leader in education, but a place that their cultures shun. If the University is to stand behind the “justice” in firing Rice and accepting former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti’s resignation, it must demonstrate that it knows what standing behind those actions means. It has to provide an “education” by putting more money into education and less toward some shark that tries to swallow all of this up. Rutgers, here’s how you bring back LeBron (i.e. save your dwindling basketball program and, moreover, your

reputation for excellence): Put money into professorships and student mentoring programs so the University can teach the world why things like these matter. Be interdisciplinary — what are the economics of the Rice scandal? Which political and societal waves of our era have influenced Rice’s behavior and our population’s reaction? How do we connect the psychology behind the various behaviors presented in this case as something key in leading to the suicides of students like Tyler Clementi, to the history and evolution of our country’s laws? Who writes about these issues and how do we read them? What is in the deeper biology of athletics? Why does this matter in New Jersey, and how does it relate to global events? Our professors can teach this stuff, and our futures can grow from it. Right now, I have no good reason to tell my son that James is wrong. Not until we talk about this for real. Not until we use this scandal as a moment to partner with the Athletic Department to create more education on why this all mattered. Not until we create a university that proves it can learn from its own history in order to create a body of students, coaches, teachers and administrators that understands the consequences of discrimination — a campus where we all feel safe from discrimination and violence. Classrooms, President Barchi. Classrooms, not courtrooms. Courts, fields, yes. But first minds, President Barchi, so legacies can continue. Miriam Jaf fe-Foger is assistant director of the writing program and coordinator of the Plangere Writing Center at the University.

Statement on recent appointments COMMENTARY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS-AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

he University’s Board of Governors took some important actions on April 11. We applaud the appointment of John Farmer as general counsel. Since his appointment as dean of the University’s School of Law in Newark, we have found him to be thoughtful and suppor tive of the faculty and staf f. We expect that labor relations with the faculty will improve dramatically and that a better relationship will develop with Trenton for the benefit of our members and students. He recognized that there are important ongoing labor negotiations at the University. These include non-tenure track faculty negotiations with the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers.

“We need to restore the balance between athletics and academics. We need to make our teachers and researchers a priority. ” We also appreciate the comments of the board’s vice chairman Gerald C. Har vey. He af firmed the view of the AAUP-AFT that we are one university and that all employees must share our values — for the benefit of all employees. We are encouraged that the board will seek an independent investigation of the recent controversy. We expect that all university stakeholders will have the oppor tunity to share their thoughts on the incident and the environment that allowed such of fensive behavior to play out. We continue to be dismayed by the large sums of money and other benefits that are to be paid to former employees for their poor behavior. This is especially troubling, given the low pay received by many of our teachers and researchers. For example, our adjunct faculty — who are referred to as “par t-time lecturers” at the University — do not receive health benefits, yet the former athletic director has been guaranteed health benefits for two additional years, in addition to $1.2 million in compensation. We need to restore the balance between athletics and academics. We need to make our teachers and researchers a priority. Their working conditions are the students’ learning conditions. Members of the University’s AAUPAFT, New Jersey’s largest higher education union, representing more than 6,000 full-time and part-time faculty, teaching and graduate assistants, postdoctoral associates, winter-summer instructors and professional staf f, submitted this letter.

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BID Last-minute goal by Syracuse haults RU’s upset campaign CONTINUED FROM BACK too bad we couldn’t get the win to go along with Anthony’s big night.” Terranova scored his fourth goal of the game to give Rutgers the lead with 5:40 left in the game. Syracuse attack Derek Maltz answered with two goals in the final two minutes of the game to give the Orange the victory. The Knights led 10-5 in the fourth quarter when Syracuse’s high-powered offense went on the attack with five unanswered goals to tie the game. The third quarter featured a big run for the Knights as they scored five of the seven goals in the quarter. Junior attack Scott Klimchak led the run, scoring three goals in the stanza. This was Klimchak’s fifth hat trick of the season and his eighth multi-point game. Syracuse midfielder Luke Cometti scored one of his

SERIES Defense aids Law in third Big East series win of season CONTINUED FROM BACK Justin Glass to fly out to right field to end the inning. Law also had his defense behind him — showcased in the top of the third inning. Freshman third baseman Matt Tietz dove for a ball to his left off the bat of second baseman Colin Hawk, fielded the ball cleanly and tossed it to second. Junior second baseman Nick Favatella then threw to first for the 5-4-3 double play. Although Law credited his defense for his effectiveness, the Knights offense produced. Favatella was one of three Rutgers batters with two hits, and his second RBI single made the score 6-0 in the bottom of the sixth. Rutgers scored four runs in the bottom of the first, and most of its runs in the inning can be credited to Law. Law drove a double to the outfield with two outs and the bases loaded — as his first hit of the game cleared the bases to make it 4-0. The game clinched Rutgers’ third series victory in the Big East this season. Rutgers played a doubleheader Saturday because of inclement weather on the day prior. The Knights split the doubleheader as they took the first game behind Rob Smorol. The senior lefthander rebounded from his performance against Seton Hall last weekend when he allowed four runs on 10 hits in a 151 romp by the Pirates. This time out, Smorol went seven and a third innings in the 61 victory, with only one earned run in his third win in four weeks. With its win yesterday, the Knights moved back to .500 on the season with a game at Lafayette on Tuesday — a chance to get over that mark. “Like last week and the week before, we want to win these games, especially at Monmouth, to beat a Jersey club,” Hill said. “[These games] are going to make a difference for this season.”

SPORTS PAGE 15 game-high six goals to make it 75 before Rutgers scored three unanswered goals to end the quarter. Terranova added a goal of his own after assisting Klimchak on his third goal. Sophomore attacker Brian Goss scored a goal with 6:57 left in the third to cap the scoring run for the Knights. The specialists for Rutgers had strong per formances to fuel the Knights’ upset attempt. Sophomore midfielder Joseph Nardella dominated the face-off circle with wins in 18 of 24 face offs — including a run-out that led to a Klimchak goal in the third. Defensively, freshman goalkeeper Kris Alleyne’s return bolstered the Knights. Despite missing the last game because of an upper-body injur y, Alleyne racked up 12 saves on 43 shots — 24 of those on goal. “It was great to get Kris back in the cage and really gave us a spark against a ver y talented team,” Brecht said. “Kris is a very talented kid, but now, he is developing into a leader on the defensive end of the field.”

Junior attack Scott Klimchak scored three goals for Rutgers during its 12-11 loss yesterday to seventh-ranked Syracuse. He also collected two groundballs in the contest. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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Senior attack Annie McGinley scored Rutgers’ final goal against Villanova on Saturday to secure the Knights’ 9-6 victory. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Rutgers seizes first conference win of year BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team defeated Villanova, 9-6, on Saturday for its first conference win of the season at the RU Turf Field. The Scarlet Knights (9-4, 1-3) never trailed in the game and improved to 21-0 all-time against the Wildcats (5-7, 0-4). Three players scored two goals for the Knights, and six different players secured at least one point. “It wasn’t pretty at the end, so we needed to put the ball in the back of the net to solidify the win,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “We could’ve been much more in control had we executed our game plan earlier in the game.” It was senior attack Annie McGinley who scored the final goal for Rutgers late in the second half, when she attacked the cage for an unassisted score to make it a 9-5 game. The four-goal advantage marked the second-largest lead in the game for the Knights, senior goalkeeper Lily Kalata made possible late. The co-captain stopped a pair of free position shots by the Wildcats late in the second period. She denied attack Jackie Froccaro, who took the attempt after scoring the previous two goals for Villanova. Attack Maria Bowman was unable to capitalize on her own free position shot. Kalata was not sure where the ball landed, but she put her body in position to make the save. “If [Kalata] wasn’t on her game today, I don’t know how the game would have gone,” BrandSias said. “Her play was a key part to us winning today.” Brand-Sias said the defense — while not playing as disciplined as it normally does — was able to come up big in some key moments. Despite moving away from its game plan, the defense only allowed six goals against a Villanova offense used to putting up double-digits in scoring. Unlike the Wildcats, Rutgers was able to capitalize on most of its free position attempts. The team went four-for-seven in the game on the 8-meter shot and

was able to extend its lead coming out of halftime because of those conversions. Freshman attack Halley Barnes went top shelf on goalie Amanda Hirschfeld for her second goal of the game after junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli began the period with her second free position score. “We practice [free position shots] almost every day, so I’m used to being put on the line,” Martinelli said. The Knights took their largest lead of the game, 7-2, but Villanova followed with two goals to bring the lead to within three once again. Junior attack Megan Clements halted the Wildcats’ momentum with a goal after being denied several times on high-percentage shots driving to the net. She tallied an assist for a two-point game before leaving the game after receiving her second yellow card late in the second period. Offensively, the Knights controlled the tempo early on. The game began with high intensity play — as both teams were winless in Big East action. Junior midfielder Amanda Trendell scored with less than two minutes remaining in the first period. She entered the game following a two-goal performance April 7 against Syracuse. Barnes began the day’s scoring on the opening possession of the game. She took four shots in the first half and totaled seven in the outing. Another freshman attack gave Rutgers a 2-1 lead as Kim Kolodny notched her fifth goal of the season to answer a goal by the Wildcats’ leading scorer, attack Jessica Mucci. The Knights capitalized on early turnovers caused by the defense. Junior defender Hollie DiMuro forced her 20th turnover of the season early in the first period, while junior defender Chelsea Intrabartola followed up with a turnover that led to a McGinley score the other way. “We know that when we send doubles and put pressure on them, we can force the turnovers rather than waiting back and letting them do what they want,” Intrabartola said. “It’s better for us when we make them react to what we’re doing.”

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Freshman Gina Li was one of three players to sweep her opponents in singles play. Li defeated Georgetown’s Kelly Comolli, 6-4, 6-4, in No. 2 singles action. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / APRIL 2013 Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith struggled against the hard-hitting Irish, allowing 10 total earned runs this weekend. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR / FILE PHOTO / MARCH 2013

RU fails to salvage game against Irish BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT

A three-run home run off the bat of Notre Dame catcher Cassidy Whidden in South Bend, Ind., yesterday carried with it demoralization for the Rutgers softball team in its 8-6 loss. Throughout the Scarlet Knights’ season, head coach Jay Nelson has made a habit of taking blame for the low points his team faces. He did so again yesterday after the Knights led, 6-1, entering the final inning. “We made some bad plays that didn’t show as errors that also hurt us,” Nelson said. “That’s my responsibility to get them to throw to the right bases and be calmer in the last inning when you have the game won, and you just can’t finish.” Freshman righthander Dresden Maddox appeared well on her way to a complete game, allowing one run and two hits through six innings against the No. 17 hitting team in the country. With the Knights (23-18, 6-8) in front at 6-1 in the bottom of the seventh, a salvaging of the final game of a three-game series was in order. The script changed almost instantly. A pinch-hit single by Notre Dame righthander Laura Winter (18-8) that led off the inning signaled the ignition of a snowball effect that Rutgers could not halt. After outfielder Casey Africano walked and both runners advanced on a wild pitch, shortstop Chloe Saganowich singled up the middle to cut Rutgers’ lead to 6-3. Senior righthander Abbey Houston (2-4) relieved Maddox and promptly made a throwing error on a fielder’s choice to second base that put the Irish in a bunt situation. After a sacrifice moved the runners over to second and third with one out, the Irish put together back-to-back RBI singles to shrink the deficit to one. In a last-ditch effort to amend the game, Nelson turned to sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith

for the final two outs. Landrith secured the second out on a fielder’s choice to third base, but Whidden’s blast eluded the Knights of a single win against the Irish (29-10, 10-1). “What’s going through my head is, ‘Why didn’t I teach them better?’” Nelson said. “They did enough to win that game. They battled hard and had good at bats for the most part.” The loss came after the Knights dropped the second game of the series — the first game of yesterday’s doubleheader — at 5-1. Landrith (13-10) was hit hard for her second consecutive start as she allowed five runs on 10 hits in four and a third innings. Rutgers could hardly touch Winter, who went the distance and allowed only one run and five hits. The first game on Saturday was Rutgers’ worst of the series, as it lasted only five innings after falling victim to the mercy rule, 11-2. Landrith lasted less than three innings in that contest with five earned runs allowed. Maddox fared no better against the Irish, who allowed three homeruns on the day. Winter kept the Knights offense in check again, allowing only two runs in five innings before the game was called. “We didn’t have any fire,” Nelson said. “We kind of went through the motions.” Nelson has no doubt his club will bounce back strong this week, just as it did after a 12-11 loss April 6 to Georgetown. For Nelson, the silver lining is that his team showed tangible improvement each game against an elite Big East foe that boasts only one conference loss this season. He would have no qualms about seeing Notre Dame again in the postseason. “I have no doubt in my mind that if we face them in the conference tournament,” Nelson said. “We’re going to put together a much better game than we did here.” For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.

Playoff push ends in sweep BY MIKE KOSINSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team finished its regular season Saturday with a dominant victory against Georgetown. The Scarlet Knights swept the Hoyas, 7-0, in an important Big East match in Washington, D.C. Rutgers understood the strong implications of this match on its final seeding in the Big East Championships, and the Knights were focused on playing a competitive match going in. “We were pretty ner vous going in, but everyone went out there playing with high energy — and we played really well,” said junior Stefania Balasa. This was Rutgers’ sixth sweep of the season and its third sweep in Big East play.

The Knights (13-7, 7-2) set the pace of the match during doubles play against Georgetown (14-6, 33). Rutgers dropped a closely contested doubles match start but battled back to take control of the rest of the contest. The freshman duo of Lindsey Kayati and Mariam Zein won the next doubles match, 8-5. Balasa and sophomore Lindsay Balsamo took the final doubles match, 8-2. “The way we started doubles really set us up for the rest of the match.” Balasa said. “We were able to go out and communicate with our partners well in doubles.” Rutgers won in all of its singles matches — as the team swept all six contests. Kayati, Zein and junior Vanessa Petrini all played close singles matches, and they were

each able to leave their individual matches with wins. Freshman Gina Li continued her strong rookie campaign with another victory to improve her singles record to 15-5 overall and 8-1 in Big East play. Balasa and sophomore Noor Judeh both won their singles matches in two sets. Balasa defeated Sophie Panarese, 6-0, 61, while Judeh swept Taylor Perz, 6-4, 6-4. The dominant victor y is exactly what the Knights needed as they enter the Big East Championships. The team has now won two straight games and four out of its last five Big East contests. Rutgers now waits to find out its seed for the conference tournament. The Big East Championships take place April 18-21.

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APRIL 15, 2013 FOOTBALL HAMILTON FACES HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN SECOND CAMPAIGN

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Sophomore aims for breakout season

BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT

Sophomore defensive tackle Darius Hamilton cannot resist being a student of the game. The first five-star recruit in Rutgers football history spent the majority of his freshman campaign learning and fighting for snaps. As one of the few freshmen to truly see game action this past season, Hamilton’s numbers — 17 total tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss — were less than flashy. But the West Paterson, N.J., native understands that it is a process. “In high school, I had better technique than a lot of kids,” Hamilton said. “I was bigger — faster than a lot of kids. But here, it’s dif ferent. College [of fensive lineman] — their skillsets are better. There are talented players out here, so it’s different.” That transition largely transcends the football field. After ending the season undersized at about 240 pounds, Hamilton said he came into spring practice at 250 pounds. He hopes to bulk up to around 265 pounds by the start of preseason training camp. He has worked tirelessly with defensive line coach Jim Panagos to become a better pass rusher. As a three-technique tackle, his role demands he get in offensive backfields as often as possible. “Little by little … it’s all coming together for me,” Hamilton said. “With a year under my belt, just learning the playbook and understanding plays — memorizing but understanding — that’s been a huge difference for me.” Senior nose tackle Isaac Holmes said he breaks down film

Sophomore defensive tackle Darius Hamilton recorded only 17 total tackles this past season. He has studied film and bulked up to improve his production. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

ichigan men’s basketball guard Trey Burke has declared for this year’s NBA Draft, according to ESPN. The national player of the year led the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament title game last week and announced yesterday that he will forgo his final two years of college eligibility. “It’s always been a dream for me to play in the NBA,” Burke told ESPN. The sophomore returned to Michigan this season with goals of taking the team deep into the NCAA Tournament while also improving his draft stock. He accomplished both, as the Wolverines made their first Final Four since 1993, and according to ESPN NBA draft analyst Chad Ford, Burke will likely be a lottery pick. Burke became the first Wolverine to win the John Wooden Award, and he also set a single-season assist record at Michigan with 260.

L OS with Hamilton every day, recreating a chemistry he once shared with former defensive tackle Scott Vallone. “Darius has come a long way,” Holmes said. “I’m starting to see some things out of him that I’m really proud of. … He’s improved in pass rushing, he’s improved at taking on blocks up front. He’s looking better ever y day. I’m happy to see that.” With Holmes returning from a season-ending wrist injur y suffered Sept. 22 at Arkansas and Hamilton ascending to the top of the depth chart at the three-technique, it makes for a new-look defensive line. Holmes insists the front four remains deep and promising. “We lost [Vallone], we lost [Greene]. We thought we lost a

lot of vets,” Holmes said. “But I look out there … it’s a lot of us that have been playing a lot of football lately. We thought we were getting younger, but we’re still pretty old up front. So I think, right now, things look good.” Head coach Kyle Flood said Saturday’s scrimmage, where Hamilton recorded a sack, ser ved as a pleasing culmination of a two-day coaches clinic program — hosted for roughly 300 high school coaches in attendance. Progress in several areas, including the defensive line, stood out to Flood. “I thought [Saturday’s] practice was really good — one of the better practices we’ve had all spring,” Flood said. “I saw some

things in one-on-one pass rush that were exciting to me.” This year, Hamilton plans on becoming a force up front, and no one has to remind the 2012 No. 11 overall recruit — according to Rivals — of the lofty expectations he still faces. “At the end of the day, it’s a family atmosphere, but it’s all about what you can do out there — how you produce,” Hamilton said. “I’m really excited to get out there and show people that I’m good.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson. For general Rutgers spor ts updates, follow @TargumSpor ts.

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shooting guard Kobe Bryant will need approximately six to nine months to rehab from surgery he had Saturday to repair the torn Achilles’ tendon in his left leg that he suffered Friday night, the team announced yesterday. Team trainer Gary Vitti said Bryant will be immobilized for at least a month following surgery. If Br yant recovers on the short end of the timetable the team has provided, he may be ready for the start of the 20132014 season, Vitti said. That is the goal, according to general manager Mitch Kupchak. “Speaking to him [yesterday] morning, that cer tainly was his goal,” Kupchak told ESPN. “I think it would be aggressive to think he could be ready for training camp ... [but for the season opener] I think that’s a goal. I think that’s a realistic goal for him.” Despite being visibly upset Saturday, Bryant is now in good spirits, Kupchak said.

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outfielder Carlos Quentin yesterday dropped his appeal of his eight-game suspension for starting a bench-clearing brawl Friday in a game with the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to an ESPN report. Quentin charged the mound after Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke hit him on the hands and then he subsequently broke Greinke’s collarbone as the scuffle ensued. He began ser ving his suspension last night against Colorado. “It’s very difficult,” Quentin told ESPN of the suspension. “It’s unfortunate that someone got hurt in this instance. But, I do believe that I had to protect myself. … I will stand by that statement, and at the same time, I will begin my suspension.” Quentin also said he felt justified in charging the mound because Greinke also hit him with pitches during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. As part of his punishment, the MLB fined Quentin $3,000.

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SPORTS PAGE 19 FOOTBALL SNYDER PERMANENTLY MOVES TO WILL POSITION

Junior linebacker Kevin Snyder, center, was effective behind the offense’s line of scrimmage last season from the strongside, recording two sacks and seven tackles for losses. He moves to former linebacker Khaseem Greene’s spot, where Greene led Rutgers last year with six sacks. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Snyder adjusts to change in linebacking spot BY JOSH BAKAN SPORTS EDITOR

Expecting junior linebacker Kevin Snyder to immediately replace the production of either Khaseem Greene or Steve Beauharnais would be too high an expectation. The former Rutgers football team linebackers combined for 437 tackles in the past two years, and neither can produce that for the Scarlet Knights again. It is more reasonable to think Snyder could replace either’s pass-rushing abilities in his position change — as Snyder brings a new persona to the Knights defense on the weak side, where Greene played last season. “I really don’t look at it like [replacing them] because this is a completely new defense with new faces and so many new linebackers that we’re going to make our own identity,” Snyder said Saturday. “This isn’t Steve’s and Khas’ defense anymore. This is our defense.” Greene led the Knights last season with six sacks. Then-linebackers coach and current defensive coordinator Dave Cohen told Snyder after last year he would move into Greene’s position. Snyder was also successful in his time last season behind the offense’s line of scrimmage last season — contributing two sacks and seven tackles for a loss with the second unit. “I think it was just because I have length a little bit, and I have some speed to come off the edge — which helps,” Snyder said. Snyder’s new position potentially makes getting to the quarterback frequently a harder task. His duties will involve more pass coverage than when he mostly

Sophomore Nick Borgese, above, and sophomore Kyle Federico have yet to break away from one another in the competition to be Rutgers’ kicker. Both have struggled from long range in spring practice. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER played the strongside last year, and he will often have to play through the middle. Snyder set up in the middle in about half of Saturday’s scrimmage situations. He mostly covered tight ends and slot receivers, which he said he is getting used to. He has had time to adjust to the WILL position since last spring, when he took Greene’s place when he was injured. Even though he will not blitz on the strongside, where senior defensive end Marcus Thompson plays, Thompson still thinks the linebackers behind him can help the defensive line do its job.

“They contribute a lot to it because they’re dropping into coverage, making the quarterbacks pump-fake and giving us more time to get to the quarterback,” he said. Thompson is prepared for Snyder to aid the pass rush on the strongside less often — which head coach Kyle Flood prepared Rutgers for. He knew Rutgers’ defense would be different after Dec. 28’s Russell Athletic Bowl — as Flood sat next to Greene in the postgame press conference. “This guy sitting to my left here — he is not going to wear that jersey in the game anymore. He will [be] wearing it on the sidelines as a

spectator,” Flood said. “When he leaves your defense, you don’t replace somebody like him. You don’t replace somebody like Steve Beauharnais. Other people play those positions, but you don’t replace who they are.”

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going through this process, we’ll be able to make those kicks between the 45 and 50,” Flood said.

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cornerback Davon Jacobs and redshirt freshman defensive tackle Jamil Pollard both missed Saturday’s practice. Jacobs is out with a high-ankle sprain, and Flood said Pollard would be out for “a couple days” with an undisclosed issue. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.

SWEPT IN SOUTH BEND The Rutgers softball team

TAMING THE ’CATS The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team

LEARNING CURVE Former five-star recruit

failed to find a win at Notre Dame last weekend, blowing a 6-1 lead in the last inning. PAGE 17

stayed unbeaten all-time against Villanova on Saturday and won its first conference game of the year. PAGE 16

Darius Hamilton feels ready to make a significant impact. PAGE 18

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “What’s going through my head is, ‘Why didn’t I teach them better?’” — Rutgers head softball coach Jay Nelson on his team’s last-inning collapse yesterday against Notre Dame

MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2013

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MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 7 SYRACUSE 12, RUTGERS 11

Knights close in on deal with Jordan

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Career start powers RU to series win BY BRADLY DERECHAILO

BY BRADLY DERECHAILO

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

University officials met yesterday for the second time with Eddie Jordan to get a deal in place to make Jordan the school’s next head men’s basketball coach, according to The Newark Star-Ledger. The University plans on announcing the hire in the coming days. Jordan, now an assistant for the Los Angeles Lakers, met with Rutgers officials Saturday at an undisclosed meeting place in New Jersey. If hired, Jordan will become the 18th head coach in program history and the fifth in the past 16 seasons. One person familiar with the discussions said the deal could be announced as early as today — with a press conference to be scheduled later in the week. The decision comes after Rhode Island head coach Dan Hurley withdrew his name from consideration Thursday — after being rumored to be Rutgers’ top target to replace former head coach Mike Rice. Rice was fired April 3, the day after ESPN revealed practice tapes of him throwing basketballs, cursing and shoving his players during his tenure. Jordan has ties to Rutgers, as he scored 1,632 points in four seasons for the Scarlet Knights from 1973-1977. He was a member of the Rutgers team that made in to the Final Four in 1976. Jordan played five seasons in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers, New Jersey Nets, Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers before moving on to coaching. He has served as the head coach of the Sacramento Kings, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. He holds an overall record of 257-343 as an NBA head coach and served as an assistant in college with Rutgers, Old Dominion and Boston College. He was hired in 2012 to be an assistant with the Lakers. Jordan’s most successful season as a head coach came in 2005 — when he led Washington to the Eastern Conference semifinals before the Wizards lost to the Miami Heat. He was fired from the Wizards in 2008 after they started 1-10 in their first 11 games. The hire will come before Rutgers finds an athletic director — as the University is still searching for a replacement for Tim Pernetti, who stepped down April 5 amidst the fallout from the Mike Rice tapes. Carl Kirschner took over the position on an interim basis last week.

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Upset bid collapses against No. 7 ’Cuse BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER

Despite a five-goal lead in the fourth quarter, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team failed in its upset attempt Saturday of No. 7 Syracuse, 12-11. The Scarlet Knights led nearly the entire game until the Orange (9-2, 3-1) scored the game-winning goal with 10 seconds remaining in regulation. “The guys have been playing hard no matter who the opponent has been — whether it is the seventh-ranked team in the country or Villanova last week,” said head coach Brian Brecht. “We were very opportunistic when

we had our chances and really built that lead going into the fourth. It was just a different team in the last fifteen minutes against a Syracuse team playing with their backs against the wall.” Rutgers (2-11, 0-5) had strong performances from all of its main contributors against Syracuse, including a career-high five points from junior midfielder Anthony Terranova. Terranova also scooped up seven groundballs, another career high. “A lot of guys stepped up and played huge roles, including Terranova,” Brecht said. “It’s SEE

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Junior midfielder Anthony Terranova scored a career-high five points in Rutgers’ loss Saturday to No. 7 Syracuse. His four goals were the Knights’ team high.

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JAMES ROBINSON, head coach, saw four members of the Rutgers women’s track team last weekend break a school record in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:35.77.

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Senior righthander Charlie Law said earlier in the week that the Rutgers baseball team needed a good performance against Cincinnati. Law controlled the Scarlet Knights’ outcome against the Bearcats yesterday, and the Mainland, N.J., native delivered a 7-2 win in arguably his best outing of the year. Law lasted eight innings for head coach Fred Hill — a career high — and allowed just three hits in his third win this season. “Most of the time, he was ahead of the hitters — and, when he wasn’t, he got back into rhythm,” Hill said. “He threw a good curveball today, and he had a good curve and changeup. That got him going.” Junior righthander Charlie Lasky and senior lefthander Rob Corsi combined in the ninth to secure the win in relief. Corsi earned the save against the Bearcats (13-21, 2-10). The win secured first place in the Big East standings for the Knights (16-16, 8-4) — a goal Law said this year’s roster made attainable. “We needed to take this series,” Law said. “We knew this game was going to be huge. Every game in the Big East is always huge, and we did well.” Law (3-3) lost his shutout in the top of the sixth — when a wild pitch got away from senior catcher Jeff Melillo and rightfielder Forrest Perron scooted home to make the score 6-1. Law came back to get leftfielder SEE

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Senior righthander Charlie Law went eight innings yesterday for Rutgers. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2012

RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S GOLF

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at Brown BEAR Invitational

at Lafayette

vs. Stony Brook (DH)

vs. Monmouth

Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. Easton, Pa.

Wednesday, 2:30 p.m. RU Softball Complex

Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. Bainton Field

Today Providence, R.I.