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The city of New Brunswick asked businesses to remove litter in front of their stores, as a part of ‘Urban Cleanup Week’ to raise awareness and inspire cleanliness throughout the city. KATHERINE WU, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
New Brunswick kicks off ‘Urban Cleanup Week’ BY JUSTINA OTERO CORRESPONDENT
The city of New Brunswick is teaming up with residents and business owners for the third annual “Urban Cleanup Week,” a collaborative effort to inspire cleanliness throughout the city. The weeklong affair began Saturday, and it will feature a different event each day, said Donna Caputo, the clean communities coordinator for New Brunswick.
“In an effort to motivate residents, businesses and everyone in New Brunswick, [we will] work to remove litter and get a clean city … we want a clean city — that’s what prompted it. We want a city for everyone to live in, to work in,” Caputo said. “Urban Cleanup Week” kicked off the seven-day endeavor with Saturday’s Large Volunteer Group Cleanup Day. Among the groups in attendance was the University’s Bloustein Public Ser vice Association, she said.
“Sweep-Up Sunday” and Monday’s “Make Your Storefront Look Great Day” followed. The event will continue today with “Tidy-Up Tuesday.” New Brunswick has a city ordinance requiring each business owner, residential property owner or tenant to upkeep the sidewalk and curb areas in addition to the front of their property, Caputo said. The municipal staff can clean as far as the streets, leaving the responsibility of maintaining the
area’s sanitation to the residents, she said. “We try to engage everyone so that it could get cleaned,” she said. “It’s going to require all of us working together.” Any resident who wants to participate is welcome to do so, she said. The city would not be able to do the work on its own because of the ordinance, she said. In order to make an effective difference, all those who reside in the area
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A trip to South Africa showed Danielle Jessen the true impact of malaria and helped her make up her mind to work with the Malaria Awareness Program. “You always hear stories on the news about what’s going on in Africa, but it really changes your perception of what’s actually happening when you finally have faces and stories behind them,” she said. Two students at the University, Jessen and Henry Chang, presented their charity work at the Clinton Global Initiative University Conference earlier this month at Washington University in St. Louis Missouri. Jessen and Chang, part of two separate national organizations focused on volunteerbased aid, advocated for their projects at the conference, which attempts to put students’ goals into action. The Clinton Global Initiative University brings together students, nationally and
internationally, who have made a commitment to solve the various problems in their communities and around the world, Jessen said. “At the conference, [former United States] President [Bill] Clinton said we are all just so interconnected — we have affiliations with so many countries all over the world,” she said. “So, in order for us to be prosperous and grow, it is really important for other countries to be doing well.” Jessen, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, works with the Malaria Awareness Program — an organization that aims to raise awareness about malaria in rural South Africa, where the disease is a major health threat, she said. Jessen participated in the Social Adventure Challenge at CGIU, a competition where 200 students apply for grant money to fund their projects. The initiative of the Malaria Awareness Project won the funding, SEE
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will need to participate and work in accord. “It doesn’t matter if you are just renting your house, it is still your responsibility to live there and maintain the property,” she said. “I think sometimes [tenants] believe it’s only the property owner’s job, [but] we still like them to participate in keeping things tidy.” Barkha Jain, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy first-year
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Rob Cavella, a graduate student, uses the hydration station in the College Avenue Gymnasium. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU, NEWS EDITOR
Bottled water often seems like the healthiest way to get hydrated, but members of the University’s Take Back the Tap organization say the opposite is true. Members talked to students at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus yesterday about the benefits of tap water, said Caroline Lipiec, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. The event is a part of “Tap-A-Palooza,” a nationwide competition aiming to get students to pledge not to use bottled water, she said. College campaigns nationwide are competing to get the most signed petitions, with the winning college getting a bottle refilling station, she said. The campaigns educate more people about the histor y and impor tance of SEE
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CAMPUS CALENDAR 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.
Thursday, April 18 The Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensembles perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Maryott Music Building on Douglass campus. The performance is free and open to all.
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Professor addresses misconceptions with immigration BY ZACHARY BREGMAN STAFF WRITER
Rafaela Dancygier believes Americans and Europeans have many misconceptions about immigration’s advantages and disadvantages. She has found that often, common knowledge is based off ignorance. Dancygier, an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, hosted a seminar on immigration in the United States and Europe yesterday at the Loree Building on Douglass campus. “When you open the newspaper, when you go online — it seems like most of the time when the issue of immigration is mentioned it’s in a conflicting way,” said Dancygier, author of the book “Immigration and Conflict in Europe.” Dancygier said people often oppose immigration because foreign workers could lower wages or take jobs away from citizens. Europeans are also against a relaxed immigration policy for cultural and religious reasons. “When you follow the debate, sometimes it seems like there is not a lot of systematic knowledge behind it — but, in fact, there is actually,” Dancygier said. “Systematic knowledge has definitely been accumulating over the last several years, and
some of it is not really reflected in the debate.” Immigrant populations have the same percentage of workers with bachelor’s degrees or greater as native populations in the United States and Europe, opposing the stereotype that immigrants are unskilled laborers, she said. Many people believe immigrants drain social services in welfare states and cost more money to taxpayers, Dancygier said. However, she found young men who are looking for work comprise the majority of immigrants. These young men tend to leave their families behind while they work, and are themselves very healthy, so they contribute to the economy more than they cost, Dancygier said. Contrar y to popular belief, studies show that immigrants do not significantly lower wages, she said. Immigrants tend to work in mainly growing labor markets such as construction, so immigration does not correlate with decreased job opportunities nationwide. “It’s a broad overview and comparison across European countries, the trends in immigration,” said Roger Kelemen, who teaches the class “Lessons from Europe” where Dancygier was guest speaking. Kelemen, an associate professor in the University’s Department
Rafaela Dancygier, assistant professor in the Department of Politics and Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, spoke to students yesterday about the misconceptions surrounding immigration’s advantages and disadvantages in the Loree building on Douglass campus. NATALIE KOLASA of Political Science, said Dancygier is a specialist in the field of immigration policies and politics in Europe and is perfectly suited to explain the tensions that arise from immigration. “She is really one of the leading experts in the world on politics of immigration in Europe,” Kelemen said. He said it is important for the students in the University to hear from experts such as Dancygier to inform themselves on issues
that are a part of the national debate today. “What, if anything, can the [United States] learn from the experience of European democracies? Because they are confronting many of the same issues,” Kelemen said. David Bedford, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the lecture gave a rational argument as to why people should not be afraid of immigration. “It’s very interesting to see it not only on the national level, but
on the international level,” Bedford said. He works with the University’s Tuition Equity coalition, which works with immigration on the state level, Bedford said. “Working where I work, ever yone gives much more rhetorical-based arguments, and everyone is either very pro- or ver y anti-[immigration]. Not only was this very well done, but it was a very well-balanced take,” Bedford said.
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WORK Jessen says she wants to go back to teach people about malaria CONTINUED FROM FRONT and Chelsea Clinton commended the project. She said the project had a twopronged approach. “The first is a peer education program that educates local villagers about malaria prevention, transmission, symptoms and treatment,” she said. “The second is an initiative to raise enough capital to teach women in South African villages how to make … lifesaving mosquito bed nets and create their own sustainable business.” Jessen said she and a few other members of the Malaria Awareness Project saw how big the issue of malaria in the region was when they studied abroad and conducted research in rural South Africa. The greatest health threat to the people in this region was malaria, she said, and the main problem is that they do not understand the true cause of the disease or how to successfully prevent it. She and other members of the Malaria Awareness Program plan on going to South Africa again this summer to put the mosquito-net initiative into action, Jessen said. “Instead of doing the research report and just washing our hands clean, we really want to go back and truly create an avenue for them to learn about malaria — and give them a tangible means of prevention,” she said.
Jessen stayed with a family during her time abroad, and said it cemented her commitment to helping the people in South Africa fight the problem of malaria. “I think that is really what connected me,” she said. “I got to know the people and their children, and I couldn’t just leave there. It wasn’t my time to say goodbye to them forever.” Her volunteer experiences have given her a unique viewpoint as an American student, she said. “When you’re studying for finals and you think that … really stinks. It doesn’t really stink — there are other people in the world who are star ving for a meal,” Jessen said. Henry Chang, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, represented Empowerment Through Integration, which runs a camp for disabled, blind youth in Lebanon. “The kids are amazing,” he said. “A lot of the blind children that we see in Lebanon come in very insecure. So, when the counselors really pay attention to them, you can see the appreciation in their faces,” he said. He said Harvard University student Sara Minkara founded ETI — a two-week sleep-away summer camp aimed at integrating blind children with sighted children — to encourage acceptance of disabled children. The camp has been held for the past three summers in Beirut and Tripoli, and it will be held again this summer, said Chang, the chief marketing officer. The counselors spend the first week with the visually disabled children, teaching them useful skills such as using
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canes, picking out clothing and navigating a kitchen, he said. In the second week, the blind and sighted children meet each other. “Our goal is to have the blind children see that they are very similar to the sighted children and have the sighted children see the same thing. We play things like soccer — do arts and crafts and things like dance and theater,” he said. Chang said society marginalizes people with disabilities, especially in Lebanon. “There is still this stigma that if you have a handicap, it’s because your parents did something to deserve it,” he said. “So we want to empower these kids through integration.” Chang said ever yone in the small ETI team took on various jobs. He worked on the curriculum for the camp, secured the venues and the campers and went to the camp ever y summer in Lebanon to take care of all the logistics. Chang said he had never even considered going into non-profit volunteer work before he got involved with ETI two years ago. “I had taken a break from school [for] two years, and I was working at this company — hating my life and working at a desk all day,” he said. “So, randomly, one summer, I quit, and I decided I wanted to travel.” His sister Sara Chang, now on the board of ETI, was sick and needed a replacement at the camp. She told him to go to Lebanon and visit the camp. “I ended up staying the whole time,” he said. “I fell in love with the kids there … before I went to Lebanon, I
didn’t even have it in my head that there were blind people in the world that needed help.” Sara Chang said he was a natural addition to the team. “I don’t know how he did it,” said Sara Chang, a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey sophomore. “He couldn’t even speak Arabic — but, somehow, he was a big hit with them. He was able to communicate so well … that Sara Minkara, our founder, said the team couldn’t do it again without him.” She said both she and her brother appreciate how ETI strives to reach disabled kids in Lebanon on a personal level, teaching them that they can dream and reach for their goals like any sighted person. Minkara was speaking on a panel at CGIU this year about our program, he said. “Clinton runs the Clinton Global Initiative, which is a major social action project, and he shrinks it down for students at CGIU,” Henry Chang said. The conference was a great opportunity to set ideas into action, he said. Students attended workshops and two main plenaries. Bill Clinton and political satirist Steven Colbert addressed the students this year, he said. Bill Clinton himself commended ETI, Henr y Chang said. His work through the organization has taught him just how reachable volunteer work can be for students. “I think a lot of people put this sort of stuff on a pedestal,” he said. “I’m realizing more and more how tangible this kind of work is … you don’t have to drop your whole life and move to Africa to make a difference.”
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IN BRIEF The New Brunswick Police Department disclosed details yesterday surrounding the Saturday block party that grew into a riot, dubbed “Delafest.” More than 500 people attended the party on Delafield Street, which brought police to the scene around 4:30 p.m. after furniture was set on fire in the middle of the street. “Items such as couches and mattresses were set on fire in the street, and the majority of individuals refused to disperse as of ficers requested,” according to the NBPD statement. “As of ficers moved through the crowds, they were assaulted by thrown bottles and other objects.” Sixteen summonses and ordinance violations were issued for disorderly conduct, and three University students were arrested. Jordan Zuck, 21, from Linwood, N.J., was charged with aggravated assault on police, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, disorderly conduct and riot. Michael Simone, 20, from Whitehouse Station, N.J., was charged with obstruction, failure to disperse, obstructing a roadway, disorderly conduct and underage consumption of alcohol. Haroon Malik, 21, from Paramus, N.J., was charged with obstruction, riot, obstructing a roadway and disorderly conduct. An additional arrest was made by the Rutgers University Police Department, but details have not been released. In addition to RUPD, the NBPD received aid from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey police, North Brunswick police and Franklin Township police.
“[NBPD] is conducting a follow-up investigation, which includes the examination of video footage from the scene to determine if additional charges and/or ar rests will be made,” the statement said. Gregor y Jackson, interim vice chancellor of Undergraduate Academic Af fairs, released a statement to the University community last night on the events surrounding “Delafest,” and said the event can send the wrong message of the student body. “As we witnessed over the weekend, some unsanctioned student events — like the socalled ‘Delafest’ street par ty that took place on Saturday — send the wrong impression of our students, the vast majority of whom are focused on a strong finish to their academic year,” he said. He said students should be aware of the University’s Code of Student Conduct, which specifies a number of penalties for behavior committed on or of f University proper ty. “I cannot too strongly warn you about how a careless moment can change your life for good,” he said. “Let me remind you of a sobering reality: you do not want to end your career before it has begun by being charged with a felony.” Jackson said students should remember that the University is a par t of a larger community. “We live among the residents of New Brunswick and surrounding communities, and we have to put their rights to safety and consideration for their proper ty, homes, businesses and private lives above our own desire to celebrate,” he said.
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WEEK Caputo hopes effort will change nonchalant attitude CONTINUED FROM FRONT student, said tenants who have this attitude should adopt a more selfless mindset and take care of the property as if it were their own. “You can put it into perspective,” Jain said. “If it was your own property or your own town, obviously you would want to keep it clean. You should look at it from someone else’s shoes.” The environment that students keep is a reflection of themselves, said Sadia Ibrahim, a School of Arts and Sciences firstyear student. Students who are renting in New Brunswick should work together to ensure its cleanliness, she said. “It shows a certain amount of respect and courtesy to the landlord and the city,” Ibrahim said. “If we are being respectful to them, then they will have respect for us and the University as well.” Since maintenance is already a requirement for residents, Caputo said she hopes the event will raise awareness about the issue. “We are trying to educate people, make them notice litter, [to] not litter and pick up any litter they see … then, you can begin to change behavior — it takes time,” she said. “It gets better, it’s just a slow process.” She said some residents are accustomed to leaving their trash on the ground, and so she hopes the event will work toward changing this nonchalant attitude.
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“We are tr ying to raise awareness. We got to get them feeling that that’s not the right,” Caputo said. Theresa Chan, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy firstyear student, said students should be more inclined to keep the area clean since it is where they socialize. “It’s just good to have a cleaner area,” Chan said. “I know a lot of students go to College Ave and downtown New Brunswick — it’s a nice place to hang out.” Jain said the community aspect of the cleanup fosters a sense of reciprocity as the residents respond to the city’s effort to maintain a better environment. “It’s important to reach out to the community because the city is taking the initiative for the people,” she said. “It’s a good awareness. If you want to live in a clean environment, you should also participate in it. This will bring the community together.” The city also gives a Red Cup Challenge for the University community, Caputo said, an effort that has been active for a few years. “We usually have a lot of red cups around, and the challenge is to never let another red cup hit the ground,” she said. “The city challenges every Rutgers student to take the initiative.” Chan said the collaboration with the businesses and residents will work to make the community stronger, including the students with off-campus housing. “It can only help and give people an incentive to do it more often,” Jain said. “Even if it doesn’t have a great impact and only affects a few, it will still be beneficial.”
BREAKING BARRIERS Rutgers Student Life hosted the Nerd Girl panel yesterday at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, which featured women who were successful in fields that have been deemed ‘nerdy.’ KARL HOEMPLER
CAMPAIGN Lipiec says 20 years ago, bottled water did not exist CONTINUED FROM FRONT the bottled water industr y, Lipiec said. “Twenty years ago, bottled water didn’t even exist,” she said. Take Back the Tap’s campaign came to campus three years ago to educate students about water privatization and to remove bottled water from campus, said Kaitlin D’Agostino, campaign coordinator for Take Back the Tap Rutgers. She said businesses should not privatize water because access to water is a human right. Businesses selling bottled water make up to an 80 percent profit. Poland Spring, a water-bottle manufacturer, arranged a deal with city officials in Poland, Maine, to use the city’s water for profit, she said. D’Agostino, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said the deal between Poland Spring and the city was unfair because city residents never voted on the arrangement. The production and distribution of bottled water is not environmentally friendly because it wastes fossil fuels, she said. Bottled water is sold at a high price compared to tap water. Consumers see the product packaging and assume the water is pure, but water-testing standards often show the quality is low, she said.
Lipiec said she wanted to join a club that would help the environment. She became involved after she met the group, which she described as small but passionate, at an involvement fair. “I could tell they really wanted to make a difference,” she said. She watched a documentary called “Tapped” on tap water shortly after ward and was shocked, she said. The film motivated her to continue learning about water issues and to spread the word to others. Lipiec said she is filming a documentary for the campaign to explain the histor y of bottled water and to dispel the myth that it is healthier to drink. “Most of the time, it’s just bottled tap water,” she said. Natasha Marchick, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said she bought water by the case from Costco and never thought about the effects of bottled water before attending a Take Back the Tap meeting. “Tap-A-Palooza” can support the group by teaching students about tap water resources, she said. “I’m not even thinking about it from a competition standpoint,” Marchick said. “I just think it’s great overall that Rutgers is taking a stance.” Marchick said University students could be more environmentally and socially conscious by using tap water instead of disposable plastic bottles. Shortly after learning about Take Back the Tap, Marchick began carrying a refillable aluminum water bottle around campus. “At the end of the day, it’s a lot more economical,” she said. “It’s more like an investment.”
Although many people know about water shortages, they do not think the problem personally affects them, Lipiec said. She said she often sees University students using disposable water bottles, especially during hot weather. Tap water has to meet both national and state standards for wastewater treatment by the Environmental Protection Agency, but the Food and Drug Administration, which has looser standards, regulates bottle water. “New Jersey actually has great quality standards,” D’Agostino said. Student interns at Food & Water Watch in New Brunswick started the campaign to promote the use of hydration stations — water fountains with bottle refill attachments — around campus. After some time, they received grants to install the first stations. The group also aims to make on-campus events more environmentally friendly by using pitchers of water. “New Brunswick … has some of the best water in New Jersey,” she said. “That’s something to be really proud of.” D’Agostino is on the national advisory board for Take Back the Tap. She is 1 of 3 coordinators who mentor other campaigns around the country, talking with members about their progress. The “Tap-A-Palooza” contest is par t of a month of water awareness to teach people the issues surrounding bottled water and the benefits of tap water, she said. “People should have water available,” she said. “There should be no question about it.”
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RAW EMOTION A runner reacts near Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon yesterday in Boston, Mass. Two people are confirmed dead and at least 86 injured after two explosions went off near the finish line to the marathon. GETTY IMAGES
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IN BRIEF BOSTON — Two bombs exploded in the packed streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, killing two people and injuring more than 70 others in a terrifying scene of shattered glass, billowing smoke, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs, authorities said. A senior U.S. intelligence official said two other explosive devices were found near the end of the 26.2-mile course. “They just started bringing people in with no limbs,” said runner Tim Davey, of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to keep their children’s eyes shielded from the gruesome scene inside a medical tent that had been set up to care for fatigued runners, but “they saw a lot.” “They just kept filling up with more and more casualties,” Lisa Davey said. “Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed.” There was no word on the motive or who may have launched the attack, and police said no suspect was in custody. Authorities in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility. The twin blasts at the race took place almost simultaneously and
about 100 yards apart, tearing limbs off numerous people, knocking spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shattering windows and sending smoke rising over the street. Some 23,000 runners took part in the race, one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious marathons. One of Boston’s biggest annual events, the race winds up near Copley Square, not far from the landmark Prudential Center and the Boston Public Library. Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis asked people to stay indoors or go back to their hotel rooms and avoid crowds as bomb squads methodically checked parcels and bags left along the race route. He said investigators didn’t know whether the bombs were planted in mailboxes or trash cans. He said authorities had received “no specific intelligence that anything was going to happen” at the race. The Federal Aviation Administration barred low-flying aircraft from within 3.5 miles of the site. — The Associated Press
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IN BRIEF CAR ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE DEAD MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — State police say one person has died and another was injured in a four-vehicle accident on the New Jersey Turnpike. Two tractor-trailers and two box trucks were involved in the crash, which was repor ted around 1:45 p.m. yesterday. It occurred on the outer roadway of the southbound lanes near Exit 8A in Monroe Township, Middlesex County. The names of the two victims were not released, but the injured person’s wounds were not considered serious.
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A man is loaded into an ambulance after he was injured by one of two bombs, which exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon near Copley Square yesterday in Boston, Mass. GETTY IMAGES
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants have started voluntary offseason workouts without restricted free agent wide receiver Victor Cruz. A source close to the team says Cruz, who has led the Giants in receiving the last two seasons, was not at the wellattended workout at the club’s headquarters. The source asks not to be identified because the team was not saying which players participated. The Giants placed a firstround tender on Cr uz a little more than a month ago. It allowed the popular receiver to enter restricted free agency, but it also gave New York the right to match any offer he received.
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Boston Police guard an area near Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded during the 117th Boston Marathon yesterday in Boston, Mass. GETTY IMAGES
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Carlos Arredondo, who was at the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon when two explosives detonated, leaves the scene yesterday in Boston, Mass.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Two New Jersey men have been sentenced for their admitted roles in tr ying to join an armed Islamic group in Somalia with ties to al-Qaeda. A federal judge in Newark yesterday sentenced Mohamed Alessa of North Bergen to 22 years in prison, and Carlos Almonte of Elmwood Park to a 20-year prison term. The two men, both in their 20s, pleaded guilty in March 2011 to conspiring to murder people outside the United States by trying to join al-Shabab, a designated terrorist organization. Attorneys for the two men sought to portray them as troubled youths spurred to radicalism under the influence of a man who was an undercover police informant.
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Sports should not trump academics STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN MIKE DENIS
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was quite pleased to read an ar ticle l ast Friday detailing the issues associated with the economics of college education and college athletics. As many have heard by now, former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti and former head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice both received substantial payments upon their departures from the University. I’d like to thank the author of the April 12 open letter for his well-thought-out article, as he effectively criticized the growing disparity between the money spent on sports and on academics. College athletics are no longer a tool for developing the character of those who participate in them and are no longer a standard for balance and discipline in studies. As numerous college scandals have surfaced over the years — including the events of the past weeks here at the University — the influence of money becomes apparent. I believe it is quite fair to say that the Big Ten Athletic Conference never would have sent an invitation to the University for membership if Pernetti had the brains to fire Rice after he first saw the tapes. The excuses for the legal issues pertaining to firing Rice at that moment are ridiculous. The greed of the University administration allowed the abusive Rice to continue in his position
for as long as possible until the cover-up was finally exposed. Rice and Pernetti’s exits have cost the University a little more than a couple million dollars. And that brings me to this question: Why do college athletes and athletics continue to be placed above the rest of students? If we are outraged at the lack of respect Rice showed his players, then why aren’t we outraged about the lack of respect universities show toward their students who do not participate in athletics by raising tuition costs and cutting
“The Big Ten Athletic Conference never would have sent an invitation to the University for membership if Pernetti ... fire[d] Rice after he first saw the tapes. ” financial-aid opportunities? Why do we not cut back on the spending in sports and pay the faculty a respectable salary, so they can properly educate students? It is because universities in the United States today are not places of learning — they are places of business. The students and faculty are its employees. Instead of providing opportunities for hardworking students to afford college, universities provide exorbitant salaries to athletic programs and aid to some athletes who don’t need it. Rice was not an educator — he was just a coach who made $700,000
upon his exit. The author of the open letter is an educator who made 38 times less than Rice. American universities have created a class-based system of separating students and faculty, something I’ve touched on before in regard to tuition for undocumented students. This time, I’m not describing a hypothetical scenario — I’m describing reality. College athletics are valued more than the academic, value-based students who truly fuel the University. It’s not as if the Board of Governors, University donors or even University President Robert L. Barchi care about students or faculty. No, they only care about getting a return on their investment: athletic programs that win. Throughout the entire basketball controversy, we’ve heard a lot about the morals of protecting students. Well, how about the morals of protecting hardworking students and the faculty who have no stake in athletics other than being fans? Why should we be demoted to the bottom tier of an economic apartheid when it comes to University allocations? As some of you reading this know, I am a big sports fan, especially of college sports. But I’d rather see students concentrated on academics receive millions in buyout money than corrupt administrators. I’d rather see sports teams do worse than see myself and fellow students struggle to pay tuition. Mike Denis is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student majoring in political science. His column, “Straight Up and Down,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Delafest represents ‘YOLO Spring’ Congratulations, Targum. If I ignore the devastatingly ironic tone of yesterday’s editorial, “Let’s not give the media another excuse,” I can almost enjoy it. Almost. I can’t believe I’m the only one saying this: cool. The editorial pretty much obscured the event into oblivion as The Daily Targum cemented its voice as the little baby boomer that could. The ar ticle read like ever ything else I’ve ever heard. What a disappointment. “The police force came to the scene in riot gear and tried to disperse the crowd, and what happened when our brethren weren’t quick enough? Pepper spray! Arguably well-deser ved, for some.” I won’t touch the “our brethren” bit for lack of space. More impor tantly, it should be noted that the crowd was not pepper-sprayed because they weren’t quick enough in fleeing the scene. In fact, the most amazing thing about this crowd was that they weren’t scared. I caught wind of the riot around 5 p.m., when Delafield Street was a complete police state. Of course I had to visit. I was threatened with arrest for walking on the sidewalk. When some kind gentlemen let me into their apar tment, they told me that they’d do it again, later that night and the week after. These kids weren’t scared. Watch the videos — they were cheering as the crowd was being tear-
gassed. I’ve spent my whole life terrified of the police. YOLO is real. If it were me, I would have bought ever yone some pizza from ever y pizza place in town. The future professionals of America would have probably sobered up and calmed down. Maybe they wouldn’t have set a couch on fire, although that was the emotional climax of the event, as the crowd danced around the flames, yelling “bur n that shit!”
“The Targum so dutifully brought the story of the Mike Rice scandal into the story of the riot, just like every other lazy news source. Thanks for nothing.” More from yesterday’s editorial: “Let’s get real people. It’s college.” What the hell does that mean, Targum? What’s a college? Have you ever interrogated yourself? Have you ever stood up from your parents’ dinner table? What is this institution except exactly that — flows of capital and ideology struggling for immor tality? Another question the editorial posed: “Why didn’t anyone notice that we raised half a million dollars for cancer last week?” Why not? Because accumulating capital is almost as boring as your newspaper. Burn that shit. The Targum so dutifully brought
the stor y of the Mike Rice scandal into the stor y of the riot, just like ever y other lazy news source. Thanks for nothing. Anyway, the Targum’s version of the Mike Rice scandal is that “the media does not know where to focus its attention.” Take a class, dudes. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that news is created for audiences instead of simply repor ted by objective actors. The Mike Rice scandal is picking up the captive Joe Paterno demographic. Duh. Look around. The YOLO spring may not have had a reasonable point, but watching footage of college kids yelling “burn that shit” makes me feel like all of my pent-up consumer angst is not unfounded. Look around. These are your peers. Anger, aggression, no exit, rowdiness, oblivion, YOLO. Remember the war that took up the whole first decade of the millennium? Where’s your career hiding after graduation? How’s the future? There’s no future. Burn that shit. We’ve been institutionalized into submission. We don’t know how to ask — only act. And this Saturday, we acted out of order. Targum, did you forget that you are the media? The only reality wor th noting is that on Saturday, April 15th, New Brunswick police maced a bunch of Rutgers kids. What’s next? Bigger? More? Praise for the young YOLOers. Sally Reisch is a School of Ar ts and Sciences sciences and an editor for The Rutgers Review.
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he Daily Targum is the unof ficial, day-to-day, work-inprogress histor y book of ever ything that goes on at our University, one of the nation’s most brilliant and unique research institutions. To lose even a single day of production of this mighty beast would be to lose a day out of the histor y books for future generations to look back on. The Daily Targum is also one of the only independent — meaning zero oversight or control from the University — student papers in the nation. A non-profit corporation, established for both the good of journalism students and the University as a whole, the Targum is the sole reason I came to Rutgers University in 2006 and studied journalism.
“To lose even a single day of production of this mighty beast would be to lose a day out of the history books for future generations to look back on. ” What it provided me was a journalist’s training ground, unlike anything that exists at nearly any other school in the world. Over the course of four years, I worked my way through the ranks, but more impor tantly, I learned the core values of journalism by practicing it in the field surrounded by real repor ters and photographers. I photographed, in four years, multiple presidents of the United States and a national championship basketball game, uncovered scandals in New Brunswick and even helped lead our editorial board to win “Best Student Daily Paper” in the nation. Looking back, it wasn’t classroom time that prepared me for a career in the dog-eat-dog, the-floor-is-falling-outbeneath-us world of magazine publishing. Rather, it was the lessons I learned while working on deadline for one of the greatest student publications in the land, The Daily Targum. Vote yes for the referendum, vote yes for the future of strong transparent journalism, vote yes for keeping the histor y book of this great University intact for posterity’s sake. Dan Bracaglia is the house photographer and video producer at Popular Science, Popular Photography and American Photo Magazines. He was formerly The Daily Targum’s photography editor in 2007-2008, editor-in-chief in 2008, and founded the multimedia desk and served as its first editor in 2009.
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Junior midfielder Amanda Trendell has started all 13 games this season for Rutgers as one of its most reliable scoring threats. Trendell is third on the team this year in points with 22, and second in assists with eight, as she tries to compensate for the loss of three midfielders. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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its midfielders this season, Trendell — who is primarily an attack — found an oppor tunity to switch positions and, in the process, become a prominent star ter. “My speed is where it has to be — my confidence level is there,” Trendell said. “I’ve been really happy with this year and with the ef for t of my teammates.” Brand-Sias said Trendell has been able to realize her strengths and focus on them
instead of trying to accomplish everything on the field. She often plays on the perimeter of the of fensive zone alongside junior attack Megan Clements. “Usually I just try to see what opportunity is there [and] look first in the middle,” Trendell said. “If not, [I] try to just dodge as quickly as I can.” Along with scoring on her own and finding open targets for assists, Trendell has been able to draw several penalties as a result
of her quickness in maneuvering against defenders. After losing three of its first four Big East matchups, Trendell said the offense needs to cash in on its scoring opportunities. “Our biggest thing is our attack. All our oppor tunities are there, we just haven’t been finishing,” Trendell said. “We just have to work harder, practice and continue our shooting because all of the raw skill is there — it’s just that little extra bit of work that we’re
going to need if we make Big East play.” The offense has taken between 20 and 31 shots in each of its last four games but has failed to reach double-digits in scoring in any one of them. In a loss against Connecticut on April 5, the team fired 29 shots –— more than twice as many as their opponents produced — but only found the back of the cage seven times. Less than half of the team’s shots required a save by the goalkeeper.
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Mack earns honors amid RU conflicts BY JOSH BAKAN SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers men’s basketball sophomore guard Myles Mack was named yesterday to the 2012-2013 All-Met Second Team presented by the National Invitation Tour nament and the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association. Mack led the Scarlet Knights with 422 total points, a .462 field goal percentage, 83 assists and 56 steals. He scored in double figures 23 times and surpassed 20 points four times. Rutgers’ success next season relies much on whether Mack will stay with the program. Although there has been no word he will transfer, three players in the past month have decided they will move on to different schools. Sophomore wings Malick Kone and junior Vincent Garrett and sophomore point guard Jerome Seagears declared they would transfer before former head coach Mike Rice was fired. Rice’s departure and an athletic department currently without an athletic director leave the
possibility of more transferring from Rutgers. Rutgers suf fered a fivegame losing streak when sophomore guard Eli Carter fractured his right fibula Feb. 16 against DePaul, which includes that matchup. But only one of those were double-figure losses, and Mack kept Rutgers in several of those games. Although Carter was the Knights’ most dominant scorer when healthy, Mack was the most efficient last season. The Paterson, N.J., native led the Big East in free throw percentage with .882 and 3point percentage with .480. He also finished 10th in overall field goal percentage among eligible shooters. The Knights especially need that shooting ability because of Seagears’ plan to transfer. Seagears finished second on the team last year with a .381 3point percentage. He finished third behind Mack and Carter with 36 3-pointers. A high-profile coaching hire like Los Angeles Lakers assistant Eddie Jordan could keep Mack at Rutgers, or Mack might stay regardless.
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Junior second baseman Nick Favatella hit 2-for-3 Sunday against Cincinnati in Rutgers’ 7-2 win against the Bearcats. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
LEOPARDS Shuttle will be first freshman to start on mound for Hill in three years CONTINUED FROM BACK
dif ferent direction for today’s game. Hill elected to start freshman against Lafayette and tomorrow righthander Reed Shuttle today when it hosts Monmouth. against the Cougars. The Leopards, 6-30, lost their Shuttle will be the first freshman last seven games and have to start a game for Rutgers since dropped 10 of their last 11. 2010, when Jerry Elsing started. Less talented opponents have The rookie has been on Rutgers’ appeared in five midweek schedule before, and it has “We need to keep games thus far and a 6.43 not responded as our energy high in owns ERA with seven well as it would like strikeouts and five against conference these two games earned runs. opponents. so we can keep Whoever goes Though the on the mound for Knights knocked it rolling.” Rutgers, junior in 14 r uns NICK FAVATELLA second baseman against Fordham Junior Second Baseman Nick Favatella last Tuesday, knows what midthey allowed 15 week victories can do in terms of in the loss. preparation for weekend Big Slater McCue started against East action. the Rams, but he lasted just one “It’s huge,” Favatella said. and a third for Rutgers. The junior “Momentum in baseball is everyrighthander allowed five earned thing. We need to keep our energy runs on three hits with three high in these two games, so we walks against Fordham, promptcan keep it rolling into next time.” ing Hill to pull McCue in favor of For updates on the Rutgers basesenior righthander Pat O’Leary. ball team, follow Bradly Derechailo In four star ts this season, on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general McCue has gone 0-1 with a Rutgers sports updates follow 10.80 ERA — which may be a @TargumSports. reason why Hill went in a
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SPORTS PAGE 20 BASEBALL
Senior righthander Charlie Law collected his third win this year when he pitched eight innings Sunday against Cincinnati. THE DAILY TARGUM / APRIL 2012
Hill credits rotation for recent success Gebler threw a complete contest in the middle game of the series. Despite the Knights’ 3-2 loss in that game, Gebler struck When Charlie Law walked off out six players with three Bainton Field on Sunday in the earned runs. eighth inning against Cincinnati, In all, the three starters comhe capped one of the more sucbined for 24 and a third innings cessful series for head coach over the weekend. Fred Hill’s weekend rotation. If Rutgers’ weekend rotation “For the most part, [senior leftkeeps up its production, it will hander Rob] Smorol and [senior fare well by the time the Big East righthander Tyler] Gebler have playoffs arrive. been pitching real The Knights are well, so [Law’s percurrently 8-4 this formance] gives “If we put it all season in Big East us a third option,” together ... If we can play with series Hill said. “Any one Pittsburgh, of them could be play our game and a against Connecticut, our No. 1 going complete game, Georgetown and out against their Florida No. 3, so you kind we’re right there.” South remaining. of feel good with CHARLIE LAW If Rutgers can your chances to Senior Righthander at least split the win it.” four series, it Law went eight would do wonders full innings for its playoff prospects and its against the Bearcats and allowed first NCAA Tournament appearjust one earned run on three hits ance since 2007. with five strikeouts. If successful in either tournaIt was the third win of the ment, the Knights’ starting pitchseason for the Mainland, N.J., ers will be a big reason why. native, but, more importantly, it “I’ve been saying it from the captured the Knights’ third Big beginning, but if we put it all East series win of the season. together, there are not many The success in conference teams that can beat us,” Law said. play can be credited to Rutgers’ “If we can play our game and a starting pitching. complete game, we’re right there.” Smorol went in the first game against Cincinnati and reboundFor updates on the Rutgers ed from his 15-1 loss April 5 to baseball team, follow Bradly Seton Hall. Derechailo on Twitter Smorol tossed seven @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers innings of eight-hit ball and sports updates follow registered just one earned run @TargumSports. in the process.
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APRIL 16, 2013 TENNIS SWEEP AGAINST GEORGETOWN SERVES AS MOTIVATION
WOMEN’S GOLF
RU takes sixth place out of 14 BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
In its final tune-up before the Big East Championship, the Rutgers women’s golf team grabbed sixth place out of 14 teams, carding a 640 total yesterday at the Brown Bear Invitational. The Scarlet Knights fared well in improved playing conditions and secured the placement it grasped after Sunday’s opening day of action. Senior Brittany Weddell paced the Knights to the team’s second straight top-10 finish with an individual score of 150 and fifth-place honors following a 74 in the final round of competition. Freshman Gabrielle Sacheli finished just shy of a top-20 finish in the 84-player field. She ended the tournament tied for 23rd after regaining some ground lost in the first two rounds. Sacheli missed the last event and returned to the lineup this week to finish strong with a 160 and a 79 in the third round. Classmate Samantha Moyal dropped to 38th with a 164 after struggling in the closing round that cost her the ninth place spot. Rutgers returned to the links Sunday morning and responded well to playing conditions, coming away with a respectable finish. Freshmen Melanie Chambers and Racquel Zurick comprised the remainder of the team’s scorecard with a 167 and 172, respectively. Chambers finished tied for 44th while Zurick tied for 63rd The Knights outdistanced host Brown, which ear ned 11th place. The Knights began the competition with cold and windy conditions. But the weather did not prevent the squad from ending the day tied for sixth. Rutgers shot a team score of 320 after Day 1 led again by Weddell, who entered Monday tied for sixth with a four-over 76. She was one stroke off the pace and had three birdies. Moyal complimented Weddell and joined her in the top 10 after tying for ninth with a 77. Moyal also finished with three of her own birdies and was plusthree in par-four scoring. Weddell was the lone upperclassman in the lineup, which featured four rookies. Yale finished 17 strokes better than Seton Hall to secure the victory. The Pirates scored a team total of 640 followed by third place Harvard with a 623. The Crimson were in contention entering yesterday’s final round but had to go the rest of the way without its catalyst Brenna Nelson, who withdrew following an injury sustained in the first round. St. John’s Jennifer Neville received individual medalist honors at the awards ceremony that followed competition after carding a 147. Rutgers hits the road for the final time this season when it takes the trip down to Orlando to compete April 21-23 in the Big East Championship. The Knights hope to compete with the same poise they have possessed the entire season.
Junior Stefania Balasa said Rutgers has a chance to do well in the Big East Championships, which take place April 18-21. She is currently 7-3 this season in singles action and 4-1 in Big East play. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers hopes for high seed as playoffs loom BY MIKE KOSINSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After the Rutgers tennis team’s regular season concluded with Saturday’s 7-0 win against Georgetown, the Scarlet Knights shifted their focus to the postseason. The Big East Championships will take place from April 18-21 in Tampa, hosted by South Florida. Rutgers finished its regular season with a 13-7 overall record and a 7-3 record in conference play. The Knights also enter the tournament with recent success
in Big East play. Rutgers has won two straight conference matches and four of its last five matches in Big East play. The Knights’ biggest motivator for playoff success is their most recent victor y, a sweep against the Hoyas. “Not only did we beat a quality team, but we did so playing strong tennis,” said head coach Ben Bucca. Freshman Gina Li also saw the positives from match. “We ended the regular season with a great match against Georgetown, and we are looking
to continue that in the tournament,” Li said. Although Rutgers can draw positives from its recent victory and its 7-3 conference record, it will have to wait until the conference releases the seedings for the tournament. At this stage of the season, the Knights are looking to use what has made them successful in the regular season. “Now this is the time to focus on our strengths and make sure that they are present when playing in the Big East Championships,” Bucca said.
“We don’t worr y about our opponents — we just focus on what we control in the match.” Bucca stresses the importance of playing all of their matches with high energy, and junior Stefania Balasa understands Bucca’s emphasis. “If we are able to play with the same kind of energy in the tournament that we did against Georgetown, then we should make a good run,” Balasa said. “We want to bring out our best play in the tournament — we did it before, and we know we can do it again.”
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SPORTS PAGE 22 MEN’S LACROSSE NARDELLA SITS THIRD IN NCAA IN FACEOFF PERCENTAGE
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utgers women’s lacrosse junior midfielder Katrina Mar tinelli was named yesterday to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll, the conference announced. Martinelli tallied two goals and three total points in the Scarlet Knights’ 9-6 conference win Saturday against Villanova. It was the 10th multi-goal game of the season for the Moorestown, N.J., native. It is the second time this season Martinelli earned the award. She leads the Knights with 38 points on 29 goals and nine assists after coming into the year with only 11 career points.
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Sophomore midfielder Joseph Nardella leads the Big East this season in faceoff percentage with a .655 mark. Nardell has won 203 out of 310 opportunites this year in 13 games. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Midfielder thrives in faceoff chances BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
In a possession-oriented spor t like lacrosse, it is good to have someone who can get the possession star ted quickly. For tunately for the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team, it has one of the best players in the countr y at winning inside the faceof f circle. Sophomore midfielder Joseph Nardella has been highly effective this season in faceof fs for the Scarlet Knights. Nardella has taken 310 of the 318 face-offs opportunities this season and has won 203. This past weekend against Syracuse, Nardella took full
advantage of an Orange team that has struggled in face-of f chances. The Cazenovia, N.Y., native won 18 of 26 face-of fs against Syracuse and added an assist and nine groundballs to round out his day. “I had some extra incentive to win being back near home,” Nardella said. “A lot of the hard work in practice is paying of f.” Head coach Brian Brecht was also pleased. “Joe was one of the guys who really stepped up for us [Sunday],” Brecht said. “He gave us a lot of momentum and dominated in the face-of f circle like he has for most of the season.”
As of last week, Nardella’s .664 face-of f win percentage ranked third in the NCAA and was the best in the Big East. Nardella sits at a .655 win percentage and is one of only seven players in the countr y above .600. His consistency this year has been a huge asset for the Knights, but the team has also benefited from the contributions of many dif ferent players, game by game. “Nardella has been a huge factor for us this year and gives us a lot of confidence knowing that he can go out there and potentially win every face-off,” said junior midfielder Anthony Terranova, who had a career-high five points
against Syracuse. “With a guy like Joe, we know that if we can score one goal, there’s a good chance that we can go on a run.” Even though Nardella is primarily a face-of f specialist, he is also in the Knights’ top 10 in points with two goals, seven assists and four forced tur novers. Nardella also leads the team this season with 115 groundballs. Nardella ranked third in the NCAA last week in groundballs per game with 8.85. As a freshman, Nardella had a win percentage of .529, a team-high 109 wins and 206 face-of fs oppor tunities. He currently sits at a .605 career faceof f win percentage.
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basketball All-American forward Nerlens Noel confirmed yesterday that he will forgo the remaining three years of his eligibility and enter the NBA Draft, according to an ESPN repor t. The 6-foot-10 freshman suffered a season-ending torn ACL on Feb. 12. At the time, he led the nation with 4.4 blocks per game and also averaged nearly a doubledouble at 10.5 points and 9.5 rebounds. His 50 steals garnered him the honor of Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Noel was considered the nation’s top recruit last year and has often been compared to former Wildcats for ward Anthony Davis, who the New Orleans Hornets drafted No. 1 last year. Despite his extended rehab from ACL surgery, ESPN draft analyst Chad Ford still ranks Noel as the No. 1 prospect.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS guard Chauncey Billups practiced yesterday and is expected to return from a right groin strain tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers, according to an ESPN report. The team lists him as a gametime decision, but Billups is optimistic that he will play after missing the last eight games. “I feel good,” Billups told ESPN. “I practiced and the whole thing. The last three days I’ve been doing everything that the team is doing and practicing and the whole thing. Barring anything crazy, I expect to be out there.” Billups has dealt with chronic injuries all season and has only played in 20 games.
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have lost star ting righthander Johnny Cueto for a few weeks with a strained muscle in his back, according to an ESPN repor t. Cueto was injured Saturday in the fifth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team’s ace went on the 15-day disabled list yesterday, and the Reds will likely call up lefthander Tony Cingrani to start Thursday in Cueto’s place. Cincinnati is unsure how long it will be without the team’s 19game winner from last season, but manager Dusty Baker is hopeful that it will be for only three or four starts. “We’re going to miss him, but we’ve got to carry on,” Baker told ESPN.
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SPORTS PAGE 23 SOFTBALL KNIGHTS LOOK TO SECURE HIGHER THAN NO. 6 SEED FOR POSTSEASON
Junior first baseman Alexis Durando, right, belted her team-leading sixth homerun of the season Sunday at Notre Dame. She said yesterday that Rutgers’ goal before the season of finishing top four in the conference has not wavered, despite dropping three straight to the Fighting Irish. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR
RU focuses on Big East Tourney seed BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
After it blew its largest late lead of the season Sunday against Notre Dame and dropped three straight conference games, the Rutgers softball team has dug itself into another hole. The Scarlet Knights squandered a chance to pull into fourth place in the Big East standings and almost certainly secure a spot in the conference tournament. Instead, those three losses dropped Rutgers (23-18, 6-8) back below .500 in conference play and into sixth place. The postseason, once an apparent shoe-in, is now up in the air for the Knights. Still, head coach Jay Nelson knows his club controls its own destiny down the stretch. “They’re definitely upset. That’s a bone-crunching loss,” he said Sunday after the 8-6 loss to Notre Dame. “But I think that they have the courage to come back from that, and right now we hold our own fate in our hands.” Nelson believes three wins in Rutgers’ eight remaining conference games will probably be good enough for qualification into the Big East Tournament, with four making it a virtual lock. But the Knights will likely need to do more than simply break even in order to draw higher than an eight seed in the postseason. “We want to qualify, but we want to get higher than a six seed,” Nelson said. “If we can
close out the season strong, if we can take two from Pittsburgh and two from St. John’s and split with Syracuse, we’ll be in good shape.” Merely qualifying for the tournament is something the program has experienced plenty of times. But three years in a row, the Knights have lost in the first round because of a difficult draw. Last season, Rutgers was a seven seed and Notre Dame shut it out, 5-0. In order to avoid South Florida, Louisville and Notre Dame — the best three teams in the conference — in the first round, Rutgers likely needs to secure at least a five seed. “One of our goals in the beginning of the season was to finish top four in the Big East,” said junior first baseman Alexis Durando. “As long as we stay consistent and just focus on one game at a time, we’ll definitely be able to reach that. Obviously we’re looking for a top-four seed just because then we play the lower seeds … We’re going to stick to that goal.” The team’s chances to finish its last stretch of Big East play over .500 are favorable. Syracuse and St. John’s are a combined 5-15 in conference play, while Pittsburgh sports a mediocre 5-7 mark in the Big East. All three clubs are well under .500 overall. As for any worry of a carryover effect from a deflating weekend in South Bend, Ind., Nelson insists there will be nothing of the sort.
Head coach Jay Nelson said his team is resilient and will bounce back after a difficult loss Sunday in which the Knights blew a 6-1 lead in the seventh inning. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR “This team is very resilient,” Nelson said. “They’re great kids. They have a lot of heart, they’ve shown that time and time again.” History has provided evidence to support Nelson’s claim. Three outs away from a conference win against Georgetown on April 6, the Knights served up a two-run homerun and fell, 12-11. They were shut out, 4-0, in March 29’s series opener to Connecticut.
In both instances, Rutgers exhibited a short memory and bounced back to win the next two games of the series. And they hope for more of the same this time around. “We just have to make sure that we keep doing the things that we’ve been doing all season,” said junior outfielder Loren Williams. “For the most part this season, we’ve been suc-
cessful playing softball the way Rutgers plays. We just have to fine-tune a couple small things that we didn’t do properly [against Notre Dame], and we should be good to go.” 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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QUOTE OF THE DAY “They’re definitely upset. That’s a bone-crunching loss.” — Rutgers head softball coach Jay Nelson on Sunday’s 8-6 loss to Notre Dame
TUESSDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
BASEBALL RUTGERS - LAFAYETTE, TODAY, 3:30 P.M.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Junior plays scoring role for Knights BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT
It is with an abundant amount of eye black and an American flag as a bandana that Amanda Trendell steps onto the field. With 14 goals and eight assists, the junior midfielder sits third on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team in points. The purpose of the game-day attire is to get ever yone on the team pumped up, she said. Her play on the field this season has raised similar results. “She’s a very quick player — very shifty,” said head coach Laura Brand-Sias. “She does a good job of breaking down a defender oneon-one, and she’s constantly moving on the ball and off the ball. People can easily lose track of her.” Trendell said her teammates do not enjoy guarding her at practice and have given her a nickname based on the Energizer Bunny. Given that Trendell’s style of play is built around her speed, a knee injury she suffered before her freshman season acted as a major obstacle. SEE
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Senior catcher Jeff Melillo, along with the rest of Rutgers’ lineup, will be called upon to compensate for the team’s struggles on the mound during midweek games. Melillo is batting .283 this season with 17 RBI. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU visits struggling Leopards BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers baseball team has been here before. After the Scarlet Knights (16-16, 8-4) took two of three March 22-23 against thenNo. 4 Louisville, they responded with a 9-3 loss to Rider. They then won six of nine before suffering a last inning loss of 15-14 at the hands of Fordham, who was 12-19 before the win.
After Sunday’s 7-2 win against Cincinnati — a victory that solidified Rutgers’ third Big East series win — head coach Fred Hill was optimistic about his team’s near future. “We’re in pretty good shape as far as the playoffs go,” Hill said. “If we can keep winning these series, we’ll be in good shape.” Though the results of Rutgers’ midweek games have no bearing on its Big East playoff push, the Knights would still like to see positive results against the teams that they are more talented than.
“We have to learn to flip the switch,” said senior righthander Charlie Law after Sunday’s win. “During Big East play, we’re getting nice weather, and we’re playing real well as a team — it’s just a matter of getting our heads right for these midweek games and knowing they are just as important as [Big East] games.” Rutgers will get another opportunity today when they travel to Easton, Pa., to play SEE
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EXTRA POINT
MLB SCORES Philadelphia Cincinnati
2 4
St. Louis Pittsburgh
10 6
Tampa Bay Boston
3 2
Washington Miami
10 3
Chicago (AL) Toronto
3 4
Los Angeles (AL) 2 8 Minnesota
Junior midfielder Amanda Trendell has scored 14 goals this season. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR
ALEXIS DURANDO, junior
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first baseman, hit a home run Sunday against Notre Dame to extend the Rutgers softball team’s lead, but Rutgers still lost.
at Lafayette
vs. Stony Brook (DH)
vs. Monmouth
vs. Iona
Today, 3:30 p.m. Easton, Pa.
Tomorrow, 2:30 p.m. RU Softball Complex
Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. Bainton Field
Thursday, 3:30 p.m. RU Softball Complex