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Student from Alesso opener shares musical journey TCNJ missing ALEX MEIER
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Paige Aiello, a 22-year-old senior from The College of New Jersey and Hillsborough, N.J., has been missing since Tuesday, April 9. Sam Pavon, Aiello’s best friend since high school and a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said Aiello took her mother’s car around 1 p.m., and later, the car was found in a parking deck in New Brunswick near the NJTransit train station. The family called the Hillsborough Police Depar tment to pronounce her as missing the Tuesday she left with the car. Aiello’s bag was found near the George Washington Bridge, which included her cell phone, wallet and keys to the family car, Pavon said. She was last seen at the 33rd Street exit at New York Penn Station. Pavon said Aiello was a “per fectionist” and was under a lot of stress. Aiello had been staying at her parent’s home as she was going through a rough time, and was not herself. She said a Facebook page was created titled “Peach Prayer for Paige,” encouraging people to tie a peach colored ribbon to say a prayer for Paige, whose favorite color was peach. “We just can’t wait for her to come home and we miss her,” Pavon said. The Hillsborough Police Depar tment was not available to comment at press time.
Up-and-coming DJ Mike Lee always performs the same ritual before mixing a new track. Around 2 a.m., he gets a sandwich, drinks coffee and begins playing with his keyboard, looking for sounds that “click.” He can easily relate these moments to DJ Alesso’s music video “Years,” which shows Alesso’s journey to success and his frustrations along the way. “I really connect with that video, because that kind of mirrors what I’m feeling. I watch it all the time on my own. I get so sappy about that,” said Lee, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. SEE
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DJ Mike Lee, also known by his stage name Vaega, will be opening for the Rutgers University Programming Association’s ‘Beats on the Banks, featuring Alesso’ concert tonight at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE LEE
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Professor tells history of reproductive medicine BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT
While the first fetus conceived in a petri dish happened in 1978, the idea has been around since the 1930s, said Margaret Marsh, a University professor. In a presentation about the beginning of modern reproductive medicine, Marsh and Wanda Ronner, a professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology for the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, said John Rock came up with the idea. “The New York Times posted an ar ticle last week on the passing of Rober t Edwards, who was
credited with the idea of In Vitro Fer tilization,” Marsh said. “However, it was actually star ted four decades earlier.” The University’s Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research’s President, David Mechanic, said the Institute was pleased to host the presentation. “We are excited to have [them] here and par ticipate in the Institute because of their work in fer tility and infer tility,” he said. Marsh said Rock’s development in the field was groundbreaking and a critical development in reproductive technology. When Rock, an obstetrician and gynecologist, star ted his research, he knew nothing about
the process, Ronner said. Nowadays, more is taught in ever y high school biology class that Rock initially learned. “When Rock star ted his research in 1923, estrogen was the first hormone to be isolated,” she said. “With the discover y of hormones, scientists wanted to know more about them.” Rock’s next studies were on the ova and embr yo, Ronner said. These studies laid the groundwork for the field of reproductive studies. In the 1930s and 1940s he attempted to fer tilize an egg outside the human body — all done without the help of an ultrasound. Ronner said pregnancy was usually diagnosed when a few
period cycles were missed and when a woman would star t to feel fetal movement. As the studies began, Ronner and Marsh believe Rock and his colleagues would tell patients exactly what he was going to do in the study. All study par ticipants were told to have unprotected intercourse the night before their premenstrual cycle and use contraceptive methods the rest of the time, Ronner said. Subjects would then go in for a hysterectomy, and the egg and embr yo were recovered by Rock with the assistance of Ar thur Her tig, a collaborator on the study, Ronner said. Together SEE
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Researchers present work to Johnson & Johnson officials BY ERIN PETENKO STAFF WRITER
From redesigning video games as therapy for stroke patients to revolutionizing drug production in the hopes of speeding up manufacturing processes, pharmacy students at the University presented their research yesterday to outside businesses to show off what they could do. Students from the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering
were judged on their research by Johnson & Johnson Corporation officials at the headquarters of the company on George Street. The event intended to form a mentoring bond between students coming into the field and seasoned professionals, said Georgia Keresty, the keynote speaker at the presentation. “It helps both younger and older people to maintain a strong network,” said Keresty, the chief quality officer at the Johnson & Johnson. She said she walked around to see the posters students created
and believed they showed the students’ thought and hard work. Marco Armenante, a School of Engineering junior, won the ISPE poster competition undergraduate award for his project, titled “Predictive Modeling of Multidimensional Population Balance Equations Describing Granulation,” said Jumana Dakka, president of ISPE. After working in the pharmaceutical business for 30 years and ser ving on the board of trustees at Clemson University, Keresty said she had seen a
change in the direction students were going. “They’re thinking in broader terms,” she said. “Not just learning about chemical engineering or whatever, but thinking about how their discipline will make a bigger impact, and how to use their background to make a contribution to knowledge, to their university, or to a problem in the world.” One student working on a farreaching problem was Nadir Williams, a School of Engineering graduate student,
who developed a device to help patients regain strength in the weak side of their bodies after a stroke. He said the apparatus had a pump that connected to an Android smartphone with magnets, turning ever y squeeze or movement from the patient into a move in a video game. “We base the games off of the actual physical tests they go through, but now they’re more motivated to complete it,” he said. SEE
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Friday, April 19 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.
Sunday, April 21 The Rutgers Percussion Ensemble performs at 2 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. Tickets cost $15 for the general public, $10 for alumni, University employees and senior citizens and $5 for students.
CAMPUS ALERT The Unite Half Marathon and 8K will begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 21, and according to the Rutgers University Police Depar tment, cer tain local area roadways will be subject to closure, with limited access to Livingston, Busch and the College Avenue campuses. Parking will not be permitted on the College Avenue campus beginning at 4 a.m. Sunday, April 21. Parking is also not permitted on Seminar y Place star ting at 4 a.m. Saturday, April 20. RUPD said all roads for the marathon will be closed around 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Streets that will provide access to the College Avenue campus are
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Students spend break building medical facility overseas BY SIMON GALPERIN STAFF WRITER
Rather than partying on the beach or moseying on the couch at home, some University students spent Spring Break pouring concrete and digging foundations under the Guatemalan sun for a construction project to expand a local health clinic. The newly recognized University chapter of International Hands in Ser vice, worked on the project known as Salud y Paz — Spanish for health and peace — in the city of Camanchaj, Guatemala. “We want to allow students to be the change that they want to be and to involve themselves around the world,” said Barkha Patel, the chapter president. The University chapter began unofficially after Salud y Paz founder Phil Plunk came to speak to students enrolled University Professor Jef f Wilhelms’s “Social Problems” course. Wilhelm said Plunk’s presentation was compelling. “I think there were people cr ying in the audience,” he said. After the presentation, five students approached him to ask how they could par ticipate, Wilhelms said. Patel was in her first year at the University when Plunk came to speak. As a sophomore, Patel and 13 other students traveled to Guatemala. “I just wanted to be the change,” Patel said. “Its something that calls to you, and you can’t really ignore it.”
She also could not miss the opportunity to immerse herself in the culture and live alongside people in the countr y. It took over a year for the group to be recognized by the University. Patel felt that it made sense for such a ser vice organization to be under the University’s umbrella. “I mean its Rutgers after all, you know — global reach,” Patel said. Students in the project worked on building the second stor y of a medical building, Wilhelms said. The new facility gives people somewhere to stay the night, establish spaces for surger y and make room for equipment, Patel said. Residents of nearby villages walk long distances to get to the clinic, and the limited amount of doctors and time mean they sometimes do not get seen until the next day, Patel said. “If they couldn’t get to see the doctor, they don’t go home. They stay and they sit exposed to the elements under an overhang,” Wilhelms said. Wilhelms explained that the group had little mechanical equipment available for the work they did. The group dug holes for foundations, cut rebar, mixed concrete and carried it up ladders all by hand, he said. “We built about six or seven columns — it took us all week,” Wilhelms said. Patel described the work as backbreaking. Briana Reiner, a Rutgers Business School first-year
student who went on the trip, said the group was awake by 7 a.m. and back at their hotel by 6 p.m. She said she did not know what to expect of the trip but found it more rewarding than she had imagined. “Ever y stone and pile of cement we mixed was directly helping someone,” she said. Reiner found out about the opportunity to go to Guatemala from Wilhelms. An email mentioning the trip suggested that it could be the opportunity she had been looking for. “[That’s] exactly what I thought when I saw it,” Reiner said. Throughout high school, she had been interested in traveling to perform community ser vice. Before her trip to Guatemala, she had never traveled outside of the United States. “I wanted to travel … to help people … to open my eyes to other places and see how other people lived,” she said. The trip also offered Reiner an opportunity to explore her interest in the Spanish language. Her parents were supportive and she paid the cost of the trip herself. Each participant had to pay $1,450, Wilhelms said. Patel also paid for the cost of the trip herself, though she hopes that official recognition by the University will allow them to appeal to the Rutgers University Student Association for funding to make the work less financially burdensome. The founder of Salud y Paz spoke with the students upon their arrival. Plunk told them
Students in the Salud y Paz project went to Guatemala to help build the second story of a medical building over Spring Break. PHOTO COURTESY OF BARKHA PATEL
that they should not be materialistic but instead help others when they feel unhappy. “[He said] that’s what brings true happiness,” Reiner said. “I’ll carr y [that idea] with me forever.” Reiner looks to hold a position in the University’s chapter of the organization as well as go on another trip to Guatemala. She hopes that more University students could begin traveling to Guatemala to work with the organization on its projects. “So that we could really make an impact just as our school,” she said. This was Patel’s second time working with Salud y Paz and she said she feels like she has a special connection to Guatemala and the people she met.
“It was magical,” she said. People would come by the worksite and thank them for their presence in the community and explain the impact they were having, she said. They had the opportunity to interact with the schoolchildren in the area as well. “We would be playing with the kids and they would just hug us and not let go,” Patel said. “You’d think you just don’t want to come back to America.” The people they met had little financial wealth but did not lack kindness and compassion, she said. “They give us more than we give [them] and that’s really what’s so special about it,” she said.
Director analyzes history between Jews, Muslims MAGGIE MONAGHAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Maud Mandel, director of the Judaic Studies Program at Brown University, gave a lecture last night looking into the origin of the conflict and violence between Muslims and Jews in France. The University’s Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life hosted the lecture in the Douglass Campus Center, titled “Muslims and Jews in France: The Genealogy of a Conflict.” Mandel has lectured across Europe and the United States. She focuses on complex issues, said Yael Zerubavel, director of the center and a professor in the Department of Jewish Studies. According to the Bildner Center website, Mandel specializes in modern Jewish history focused primarily on the 20th century FrenchJewish experience. On October 3, 2000, six Molotov cocktails were thrown at a synagogue in Paris, which led to more attacks against French Jewish institutions, according to the website. Young
Maud Mandel, director of the Judaic Studies Program at Brown University, discussed the rift between Muslims and Jews in France ever since the October 3rd, 2000 Molotov cocktail attack on a synagogue in Paris. YESHA CHOKSHI Muslims from France’s poorer areas orchestrated the attacks. This attack made national and international news, and the relationship is forever damaged, Mandel said. The attacks led to concerns about the relationship between Muslim and Jews in France. The lecture explored the roots of the violence by looking into the way the conflict between these groups emerged. In France, political conflict has hardened, and the struggle
between the two groups continues, because some Muslims and Jews interact and co-exist with one another, Mandel said. “France houses the largest population of Jews and Muslims living side-by-side, besides Israel,” Mandel said. The lecture aimed to help people understand how solidified ways of thinking emerged between Muslims and Jews, Mandel said. Mandel highlighted how global developments in the
Middle East and North Africa shaped the French relationship between the groups. The decolonization of North Africa forever damaged the relationship between Muslims and Jews, a fact that surprises most people, Mandel said. The Bildner Center of fers lectures on Jewish interests throughout the year. It is open to the University students and the general public, said Karen Smalls, assistant director for the center.
The Bildner Center has all kinds of lectures throughout the school year that relate Jewish history and generate interest. The goal of the center is to bring lectures that will bring perspectives different than that of the media, Zerubavel said. “It is creating a bridge between scholarly community and public,” Zerubavel said. The center funds all lectures and is free and open to the public, she said. Smalls said the center has a large following, and depending on the topic, they can have a large turnout. For this lecture, about 150 people RSVP’d. Mandel is the daughter of two University professors. Her mother is Ruth Mandel, the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at the University, she said. Growing up at the University, she was a familiar face to most of the audience members, which she said was touching. “It is an incredible opportunity to come back here and be able to do this,” Mandel said.
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MEDICINE Marsh says records left behind describe Rock as caring for his patients CONTINUED FROM FRONT
but without and photos or illustrations. By 1948, Rock was considered a leading they recovered 34 eggs researcher on the topic. and embr yos. “He started, in 1926, to start a One of the biggest fears of clinic, and interaction par ticipants in the study was with patients over the next that the surger y would not be two decades changed him,” per formed and they would Marsh said. “His beliefs and have another pregnancy, behavior evolved Ronner said. But as a result of influthe study contin“Many women were ence from his ued into the 1950s and poor, but they were patients.” Marsh said p r o d u c e d not stupid or records left groundwork into b e h i n d the 1970s. ignorant to what described Rock Occasionally, was going on.” as caring about some patients his patients, and would follow up MARGARET MARSH they respected after the study to Professor in the Department of him. Rock see if they had History always saw his actually helped patients as indiadvance the medviduals. ical field, Marsh said. Today, avoiding pregnancy The women in the study were is extremely manageable, not passive figures and were Marsh said. Young well informed. women expect to control “Many women were poor, their reproductive behavior but they were not stupid or with pills and vaginal rings. ignorant to what was going “If you don’t want to on,” Marsh said. “The proceget pregnant, you won’t,” she dure was covered by the study, said. “Conversely, if you so they did not pay.” want to get pregnant, you The first repor t of can get an over-the-counter fer tilization outside the body test as well as access to a host was published in Science of books.” Magazine on August 4, 1944,
KNIGHT’S TALE
The Rutgers University Programming Association hosted ‘The Boy Who Loved Batman: A Conversation with Michael Uslan,’ yesterday as a part of Geek Week at the Cook Campus Center. As a producer for the ‘Batman’ films, Uslan spoke about his experiences with the character. ISMELKA GOMEZ
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JOURNEY Alesso concert sold 2,900 tickets on first day of sales CONTINUED FROM FRONT Lee, otherwise known by his stage name Vaega, will open for Alesso for tonight’s concert at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus. This is one of Lee’s biggest gigs to date. “I’m going to have a good time with this,’ he said. “This one’s going to be with all my peers. I’m really happy to see everyone from Rutgers all in one place, all having a good time.” The concert sold 2,900 tickets on the first day, and is open only to undergraduate students from the New Brunswick campus, said Carey Loch, associate director of Rutgers University Student Life programs. Lee clinched the gig after a series of fortunate events. Last October, he won a contest for tickets to Sensation White, a traveling tour. But since he already had tickets to the concert, he raffled them off, and a worker from Rutgers University Programming Association learned about him through this. Lee said his interest in house music grew in high school, and he began experimenting with DJing in college. “One day, I brought up two YouTube videos by accident and they just kind of matched
up,” he said. “It sounded really cool, and I wanted to be able to do that consistently.” Afterward, his friend Mark Schvartsman, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, introduced Lee to DJing software. Schvartsman, also known for his stage name DJ Brostradamus, will also open for Alesso. Lee enjoys the styles of progressive and electric house, but he said he sprinkles some extra flavor to his own work. “I don’t play what’s really mainstream in the house scene,” he said. “I really like funky beats. I like things that kind of just bring up the energy level. I know within the first 30 seconds of listening to a song whether I like it or not. “ He decided to take on the stage name Vaega, a name he created at age 15 as a username for Xbox Live and other video games. “It’s funny because everyone expects me to be Spanish, and then I show up and they’re like ‘oh, sup. He’s just an Asian dude,’” he said. Once Lee built up his talent, he started DJing at house parties in friends’ kitchens and basements. His friend soon welcomed Lee to open for him at Celebrities nightclub in northern New Jersey and began performing at other small college bars. As a house aficionado, Lee would frequent the nightclub Pasha in New York City, which hosts talent from all over the world. On St. Patrick’s Day last year, his friend won a contest to meet
DJ Mike Lee enjoys the styles of progressive and electric house music, and has been DJing at Celebrities nightclub in northern New Jersey. PHOTO COURTESY OF MIKE LEE Sunner y James and Ryan Marciano, artists who perform on Pasha’s reputable main floor. Lee idolizes these artists, and meeting them inspired him to push forward in making a name for himself as a DJ. Exactly one year later, Lee said he performed on Pasha’s main floor himself. He said he wishes he could show Sunnery James and Ryan Marciano how they influenced his life. “I used to go to this club all the time on my own as a fan, and then stepping into the booth —woah. This is ever ything switching,” he said. “Now instead of looking up, I’m looking at the people and they’re looking at me. I’m still getting used to that.” Although many believe DJing is just fun and games, Lee said the job comes with many
headaches, including dealing with many stubborn people. He also needs to balance his schoolwork, musical work and social life by prioritizing what is important to him, keeping a goal-oriented mindset. “Sometimes you have to stay in on a weekend if you want to network, prepare for a gig. Sometimes you have to choose not to go out, and it’s hard,” he said. “But in the end, you have to decide what you want in the future. In the future, I want to DJ.” But despite adversity, Lee loves hearing his favorite music on loud speakers and engaging with the crowd. He has set many goals for himself, including playing at a pool party at Miami Music Week. “I play for myself usually, and people happen to like it,” he said.
His management team is Jordan Pinzolo, a Rutgers Business School junior, Sheldon Smickley, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and Michael Vennitti, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. They help him accomplish his goals by getting his name out and signing him up for gigs. The group has developed a venture to sell rave gear online, and to become an outlet for DJs to get sponsorship. They currently use blogs to promote Lee, but also work on building connections with club owners and promoters. “Mike’s going to be one of our first sponsored ar tists.’” Pinzolo said. “We started bringing a bit more organization to how he gets booked, and how he markets himself online. We take care of his social media, his booking.”
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WORK Judges based work on innovation, presentation CONTINUED FROM FRONT The invention was in testing at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center but still had some problems with the magnet mechanism, he said. But he was determined to keep the design of the device feasible. “Having the magnet helps with cost and durability, so we need to find a way to still keep it cheap,” he said. “But it could really change the way we rehabilitate patients. Right now, we’re still using rubber bands and squishy balls.” Divya Mohan, a School of Engineering graduate student, said her research centered on the possibilities of continuous manufacturing, a dif ferent type of production than the one typically used in pharmacy. She said the review went well, and she was going to take the feedback of the judges and use it for her next presentations. “With this oppor tunity, I get a 360-degree view of what academia wants and what the industr y wants,” she said. Judges based their evaluations on the innovation and presentation of the research, said Richard Tessier, one of the judges for the event. “It’s interesting to see such technically complicated research being performed by students,” said Tessier, the director of engineering at the Novartis Corporation.
The subjects he evaluated ser ved as a preview of the directions the pharmaceutical industr y could take, he said. His suggestion to many of the presenters was to learn how to explain their research to a layperson, he said. “Not ever yone has such a high level of technical knowledge that you have, especially since ever ything changes so quickly,” he said. Dakka said the pharmaceutical industr y is per fect for giving oppor tunities to science students. She was a biomedical engineering major who began working with the society when a friend asked her to join. “Biomedical is kind of a limited resource,” said Dakka, a School of Engineering senior. “I decided to tr y my hand in more pharmacy-based applications, and ended up working for Novar tis.” At her job, she saw a new perspective on creating and developing drugs, she said. “I can see the tricks of the trade,” she said. “I realize now you’re not just looking at the chemistr y of the drug, you’re looking to meet the compliance of the guidelines. And it’s not just research. You have to know the market.” A panel of 18 judges, all senior of ficials with experience in the field, evaluated the students’ work, she said. Then students met judges at a dinner designed to help the younger generation meet their future coworkers. “It’s giving you the chance to network in a room full of ver y high-up people,” she said.
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Rescuers search for survivors THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST, Texas — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town yesterday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris or bodies of the dead. The accident killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others. Daylight revealed a breathtaking band of destruction extending for a four- or fiveblock radius around the West Fertilizer Co. in the small community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco. The blast shook the ground with the strength of a small earthquake and leveled homes, apar tments, a school and a nursing home. Its dull boom could be heard dozens of miles away. Waco police Sgt. William Patrick Swanton described ongoing search-and-rescue efforts as “tedious and time-consuming,” noting crews had to shore up much of the wreckage before going in. Searchers “have not gotten to the point of no return where they don’t think that there’s anybody still alive,” Swanton said. He did not know how many people had been rescued. There was no indication the blast, which sent up a mushroom-shaped plume of smoke and left behind a crater, was anything other than an industrial accident, he said. The Wednesday night explosion rained burning embers and
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debris down on terrified residents. Morning exposed a landscape wrapped in acrid smoke and strewn with the shattered remains of buildings, furniture and personal belongings. Dogs with collars but no owners trotted ner vously through deserted streets in cordoned-off neighborhoods around the decimated plant. The entire second floor of a nearby apartment complex was destroyed, leaving bricks and mattresses among the rubble. One rescue crew going from apartment to apartment gave special attention to a room where only a child’s red and blue bunk bed remained. While the community tended to its deep wounds, investigators awaited clearance to enter the blast zone for clues to what set off the plant’s huge stockpile of volatile chemicals. “It’s still too hot to get in there,” said Franceska Perot, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The precise death toll was uncertain. Three to five volunteer firefighters were believed to be among the dead, which authorities said could number as many as 15. But that was merely an estimate. Swanton said he would “never second-guess” firefighters’ decision to enter the plant because “we risk our lives ever y day.” The many injuries included broken bones, cuts and bruises, respirator y problems and minor burns. Five people were reported in intensive care. Five more were listed in critical condition.
In the hours after the blast, residents wandered the dark, windy streets searching for shelter. Among them was Julie Zahirniako, who said she and her son, Anthony, had been at a school playground near the plant when the explosion hit. The explosion threw her son four feet in the air, breaking his ribs. She said she saw people running from the nursing home, and the roof of the school rose into the sky. “The fire was so high,” she said. “It was just as loud as it could be. The ground and everything was shaking.” First-responders evacuated 133 patients from the nursing home, some in wheelchairs. Many were dazed and panicked and did not know what happened. William Burch and his wife, a retired Air Force nurse, entered the damaged nursing home before first-responders arrived. They searched separate wings and found residents in wheelchairs trapped in their rooms. The halls were dark, and the ceilings had collapsed. Water filled the hallways. Electrical wires hung eerily from the ceilings. “They had Sheetrock that was on top of them. You had to remove that,” Burch said. It was “completely chaotic.” Gov. Rick Perry called the explosion “a truly nightmare scenario for the community” and said he had been in touch with President Barack Obama, who promised his administration’s assistance with operations on the ground.
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Hewitt, Texas police officer Mike Zahirniak, right, comforts his son, Coy Zahirniak, 9, outside the West Community Center the day after the West Fertilizer Company explosion April 18 in West, Texas. Coy alerted his family to the fire across the street from his grandfather Willie Zahirniak's home and the plant exploded as they evacuated. The home was destroyed, and Coy has been credited for saving his family from harm. The fertilizer company caught fire and exploded, killing at least 15 people, injuring more than 160 people and leaving damaged buildings for blocks in every direction.
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Five University students had the honor to attend the annual meeting of the prestigious Clinton Global Initiative University, which addresses critical issues like education, poverty, environment and climate change. The sixth annual meeting featured many intellectual figures, ranging from Bill and Chelsea Clinton to Stephen Colbert, Jack Dorsey and other international business and political individuals. We laurel these students for making the cut through a very competitive application process and being amongst great personalities.
Yesterday, the New York Post published a front-page cover of two young, brown-skinned men in the Boston Marathon crowd, claiming that the feds are searching for information on them as suspects in the bombing. The only problem? The two men aren’t suspects. This racist, sensationalist coverage is reflective of countless publications’ response to the devastating tragedy, and it’s a damn shame that wildly inaccurate stereotypes trump truthful information in our news media. Dar t.
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Some idiot tried to assassinate the president of the United States of America by sending him a letter laced with ricin. First of all, why ricin? We really do not need to reignite the crazy anthrax hysteria of the early 2000s with another biological weapon, especially one that has no antidote and can be fatal when simply inhaled. And a letter? Doesn’t everyone know how intricately things are watched and intercepted when they’re sent to the White House? So some genius out there thought ricin would make it through. One dar t for an attempted assassination, another dar t for the idiocy.
Not long after a pair of explosions led to a drastic turn of events at the Boston Marathon, students at the University gathered for a vigil to offer their prayers and condolences to the victims of the carnage. With candles in their hands and empathy in their hearts, these students prayed for the victims and their families. We laurel their effort to come together and spend a few minutes to remember those suffering.
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RUTGERS RELAY The University’s Relay for Life marked its 13th anniversary Saturday with a 14-hour marathon. The participants of the relay that took place at Livingston Recreation Center raised more than $82,000 for cancer. Participants walked for a family member, a loved one or just to support the noble cause. This laurel is for the organizers and for all those who were a part of the marathon and helped raise money to fight cancer.
TRACKING TEXAS The country was hit with another devastating event Wednesday night when an explosion took place at a Texas fertilizer plant — likely an industrial accident — with a force that was felt as far as 45 miles away. In a moment when we all hoped to get information on what exactly happened, there were major discrepancies in reporting on casualties or what exactly happened. This dar t is for a lack of clear coverage on the tragedy.
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Money does not trump happiness when searching for job WEIGHING IN COURTNEY AVERETTE
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o you’re finishing up your first year at Rutgers and you still haven’t decided on a major? One thing’s for certain: Make sure it’s something that you, yourself, have decided on. It’s never a good idea to major in something that doesn’t make you happy. Part of college is getting an education, but it’s also about making a career choice. Not a job, but a career. A job is something you do to pay for that car you have, to go shopping at the mall, to get that extra burger at the grease trucks or if you have a family, to make sure you can put food on the table and a roof over their heads. It’s also something that you don’t necessarily like doing. A career is something you pick because you enjoy it. Whether you’re looking to be a doctor because you enjoy helping
others or you want to act because you enjoy tried to think of something that would give entertaining, a career is something you me the ability to be financially successful but choose to do for the rest of your working would ultimately please my family. Needless years. That’s why we’re all here at the to say, I spent time changing from major to University. We’re looking for that career. major. It got to the point where I thought Choose carefully and choose wisely. Never something was wrong with me because I just settle and don’t choose something to please couldn’t stick to anything and I was someanyone else but yourself. Ultimately, you what miserable. It didn’t occur to me until later that what was have to live with the actually wrong with choice that you make. “It’s never a good idea to me was that I wasn’t No one else will be doing something I affected by making a major in something that loved. You know career choice that doesn’t make you happy. Part when you’ve chosen you don’t like. the right major if you Growing up, I was of college is getting an light up when you talk into the arts and education, but it’s also about about it and you look always thought I forward to every sinwould be an artist. making a career choice.” gle class, regardless This was my passion of how stressed or from the age of five until I turned 14. Unfortunately, my family tired you are. I hadn’t found that and I realdeterred me. I was told there was no money ized I never would until I stopped pleasing in art and that I needed to think long-term. At others and started pleasing myself. I know not everyone has the same expethat time in my life, I thought money was one of the most important things to have, and I rience I have, but I write this hoping that
anyone reading this takes a closer look at the major they are thinking of choosing and make sure it’s what you want to do. Remember that this is something that you are taking four years out of your life, maybe even more, to prepare for so you must be certain this is the road you want to take. I’m not saying you can’t change your mind and switch majors, but be aware that switching after you’ve taken numerous required classes for that major will set you back. I recommend taking all your gen-ed requirements first, so you have time to really consider your options. What it comes down to is to know yourself and ask, “Would I rather work somewhere where I’m miserable but have a great salary, or be happy and have a decent salary?” It’s all about your needs and desires in life, but just be certain you’re the one who makes that decision. Courtney Averette is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Her column, “Weighing In,” runs on alternate Fridays.
Israeli Independence Day is for people of all races COMMENTARY RAFAEL LEVY
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ike many people reading this, I’ve struggled when trying to figure out what to do with my life. At first, the question was what school to attend. Then it was what major to pick. Finally, it was what kind of person I wanted to be. Getting through the first two choices was relatively easy, but it was the third choice I found myself focusing on for some time. There were, of course, easy choices, such as just do my homework and graduate. However, I always felt that I could do more and see more. I volunteered to enlist in the Israeli Defense Forces. When most people think of an army, they generally think of a group filled with gung-ho men bred as instruments of war. When it comes to the IDF, this concept couldn’t be farther from the truth. Even the name of the IDF is favorable in comparison to the titles of most of the armies in the world. Unique among many liberal western societies, Israelis devote two to
three years of their young lives to serving We went to evacuate all the people we their country. Most do not serve in com- could, whatever their religion. Even bat positions, and they are not all Jewish, though my unit had practiced some tough but ordinary citizens who do what they drills earlier that week, and everyone was can to serve their nation and communi- exhausted, we worked as hard as we ties. They get a couple of weekends off could to help people evacuate. Even though I was per month, when injured, I helped out they can return to their families in “Like many people reading as much as I could. Whenever I felt like order to keep in this, I’ve struggled when I couldn’t go on, all I touch with life of the rest of society. They trying to figure out what to had to do was look at the thankful faces of are the type of peodo with my life... Finally, the children of all ple you wouldn’t backgrounds that I notice on the street it was what kind of person was helping, and I unless they were I wanted to be.” would feel my pointed out to you. strength renew These soldiers itself. It didn’t matser ve in the army because they care about all the citizens of ter to any of us where the other had come Israel, whether they are Jewish or Arab. I from — at that moment, we truly cared for learned this from personal experience one another. We were human beings, each other out. while I was serving. In December of 2010, helping there was a wildfire that got out control in When I enlisted, I was handed a small docthe north of Israel. The fire did not distin- ument that I keep with me even to this guish between the homes of Jews, day. The packet was a list of values the Muslims, Christians or atheists, and nei- IDF expected from all of its members. ther did the IDF when they came to help. Chief among these were the values of
human life and human dignity. I was constantly reminded of their importance while serving. Thanks to my service, I truly understand the phrase “all men are created equal.” Israeli Independence Day was this week. It’s a day celebrating the birth of a bastion of freedom and human rights in the troubled region of the Middle East. Israel is an inspiring country. It is a land filled with innovation and progress, filled with opportunities, where people of all types can live freely. It doesn’t matter about ethnicity, religion or even citizenship. Israel cares about ever y single human life. That was what inspired me to do my part by joining the IDF. I wanted to help make the world a better place, and I believe I did. I’m a normal student of Rutgers University. I worry about homework and finals just like everyone else. But I’ve made a difference in the world. My name is Rafael Levy, and I am a proud to call myself a veteran of the IDF. Rafael Levy is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in psychology and Middle Eastern studies and minoring in criminology.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Although I did not attend “Delafest,” since a 30-year-old man has no place being there, as a proud University alumnus I am saddened to see the reaction of University students featured in the media to the events. Obviously, the small minority of students does not speak for the student
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body as a whole, but it appears as though many at the University do not want to take blame for their actions, but instead put the blame on the police for reacting the way they did. Again, as I wasn’t there, I can only comment on the video and media footage I saw, but it seems to me that the police showed quite a lot of restraint in quelling what was essentially a mini riot. Students are quoted as saying “I think it was unwarranted. It was a nonviolent crowd,” or that “The fact that the police had to
come in with riot shields and [pepper spraying] them was also ridiculous on their part.” Now, should the police have allowed this behavior to continue? Should they be subjected to bottles being thrown at them while having their orders ignored? Burning couches in the middle of the street next to a hospital, littering the street with glass bottles, blocking traffic and causing alarm and annoyance to local business owners and non-affiliated residents with their behavior is not a
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way to not draw police attention. The University does not operate in a bubble and students must realize that their actions have consequences. When people behave the way they did this weekend, the police will come in and restore order. Take responsibility for your actions when you screw up, or better yet, act in a way that will make you proud to take responsibility for your actions.
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Delafest does not reflect University values
Ari Maas is a University alumnus.
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ment for former Athletic Director Tim Pernetti — the general practice is to find an athletic director first and Hurley said Cox and Macon then allow him to make coaching would provide a comfort factor for decisions — Hurley said hiring a the remaining players on the roscoach first was the right decision. ter, though he was hesitant to say “They had to. If they waited and how many would end up staying. went through the process, by the Five players from this year’s time they did there might be no kids roster have either transferred or left,” Hurley said. “While these kids requested a waiver to attend are sitting there insecure, you can’t another school since former head think that people aren’t reaching out coach Mike Rice was fired April 3 to them to get them interested in after video leaked to ESPN other schools.” showed him throwing basketballs, Jordan will cursing and pushbring his ‘Princeton ing his players dur“If they waited and offense’ to the proing team practices. gram, a difference Junior guard went through the from the highJerome Seagears process ... there tempo, up-andreceived his transdown play Rice ran. fer waiver from the might be no But Hurley said University, but senkids left.” Jordan will have to ior wing Mike Poole incorporate his and junior guard Eli BOBBY HURLEY style with the Carter have yet to St. Anthony’s Head Coach strengths of whatsee if their requests ever players he can go through. retain on the roster. Hurley said he did not speak “They’ll certainly try to play a with either Carter or junior guard style that will be one the players Myles Mack — both played for will like, but it also has to fit the Hurley at St. Anthony — since the strengths of the players,” he said. announcing of Jordan’s hire, “He’s going to go over a lot of though he said his sister spoke film and figure out what he’s with Mack’s mother in recent days. going to do with whoever stays.” Not including Seagears, Poole For Jordan, it will be his first and Carter, the Knights have just head-coaching job since 2010, but five scholarship players — Mack, more importantly, his first time junior forwards Derrick Randall, as a college coach since 1988 Kadeem Jack, Greg Lewis and under former Rutgers head senior forward Wally Judge — coach Bob Wenzel. who have not publicly announced “Eddie just needs to get the their intent to transfer. Rutgers cobwebs off,” Hurley said. “He’s also has three walk-ons — sophobeen in the world of drafting, so more guards Logan Kelley, Jalen he has to get in the world of Hyde and Stephen Zurich. schmoozing. He’s got to do what I Though the University hired a can’t do. He has to start texting.” head coach before finding a replace-
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APRIL 19, 2013 BASEBALL RUTGERS-PITTSBURGH, TOMORROW, 6 P.M.
Offense enters Pittsburgh series on hot streak BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
It was only appropriate Eddie Money’s “Take Me Home Tonight” played in the background after the Rutgers baseball team’s 7-6 win Wednesday against Monmouth. Eight out of the Scarlet Knights’ next nine games will take place away from Bainton Field as the road stand begins today against Pittsburgh. Though the Knights would prefer to play home, they have done well on the road in Big East
play with a 5-1 record outside of the Garden State. But senior right fielder Steve Zavala knows the importance of Rutgers’ three-game series with Pittsburgh. “I think it is the biggest series of the year,” Zavala said. “They are up there in the standings and so are we. I don’t think we are going to play anyone higher than they are, so this is a huge one for us to separate from everyone else.” Rutgers (18-16, 8-4) sits two games ahead of Pittsburgh (259, 6-3), who is winners of its last six games.
The streak includes a threegame sweep of Notre Dame, an accomplishment associate head coach Joe Litterio knows the Knights cannot overlook. “Right now, [the series is] ver y important,” Litterio said. “They’re one of the teams that are right with us and we’re trying to stay where we are at. They are coming of f of big wins against Notre Dame, so it’s one of those where we are just looking to go down and win a series this weekend.” Though head coach Fred Hill said earlier in the week
Rutgers’ strongest asset is its weekend starting rotation, the offense has proved in recent play to be the reason the Knights are winners of four of it’s last five. With a shaky star ting performance from freshman righthander Reed Shuttle on Tuesday against Lafayette, Rutgers’ of fense bailed the team out with 15 hits and 13 RBI. Against the Hawks, the Knights had 16 hits and more importantly, came through with runners in scoring position.
Senior right fielder Steve Zavala hit 3-for-4 in Wednesday’s 7-6 victory against Monmouth. Zavala and the rest of Rutgers’ offense will take their hot hitting into a three-game series beginning today against Pittsburgh. WILLY MELOT
“It’s a big one,” said freshman reliever Howie Brey, who collected his first save Wednesday. “We wanted to win both of these games to have a lot of confidence going into Pitt, so these two games were pretty big for us.” Brey is another reason Rutgers should feel confident this weekend, as the Middletown, N.J., native went three and a third innings in relief of senior righthander Pat O’Leary. The performance allowed Hill to save senior closer Rob Corsi for this weekend in case his starters have trouble against the Panthers offense. Senior lefthander Rob Smorol will start Game 1 of the series against a Pittsburgh offense ranked second in the Big East in offense with a .304 team average. But the Knights have batted .314 as a team in their last five teams, and if Rutgers’ offense can continue its production beginning today, it could very well hold control of second place in the league outright. “We’re starting to hit the ball,” Litterio said. “We haven’t hit as a team consistently one through nine yet, and I think we are starting to show signs of it. I think if we get the pitching we have been on the weekends and start to put up the offense we can, we’re pretty dangerous.” For updates on the baseball team, follow Derechailo on @Bradly_D. For general sports updates, @TargumSports.
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Knights get next chance at upset against top-10 opponent BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team has looked for a seasondefining moment all year. Despite competitive play against top-10 opponents, it has yet to defeat one. The Scarlet Knights have another opportunity to accomplish both tomorrow, when they host No. 7 Duke at Yurcak Field. One of Rutgers’ hallmarks is its documented fight until the end. Unfortunately for the Knights, they have yet to finish in close games with eight losses by two goals or less. “I’ve never questioned the fight of the team and how hard that we play for 60 minutes, which is what we have to do to play a team of this caliber,” said head coach Brian Brecht in a postgame interview after its loss to Princeton. Duke (10-4, 2-1) enters with an eight-game winning streak and a share of the ACC regularseason title already clinched thanks to its most recent victory against Virginia. Offense has been key during the current winning streak for the Blue Devils as they have scored double-digit goals in seven of the eight games. Duke is
also ranked third in the country in scoring offense. Rutgers’ best remedy for Duke’s high-power offense may be Kris Alleyne. The freshman goalie has been a force between the pipes all season for the Knights as Alleyne ranks fifth in the NCAA in save percentage and eighth in saves per game. It will take a total team effort for the Knights to pull off the upset against a Duke team that does not have any glaring weaknesses on paper. Offensively, the Knights will have to find a way to figure out Blue Devil goalie Kyle Turri. Turri is undefeated this season (8-0) with only 78 goals allowed this season. Junior attack Scott Klimchak will attempt to lead the way for Rutgers, as he has been the Knights’ most productive of fensive threat in their recent contests. The real question will be who else steps up for the Knights this weekend. Freshman attack Scott Bieda and junior attack Nick DePaolera have produced solid numbers for the Knights all year and will need big games to support Klimchak. Rutgers has seen its role players put up big numbers in recent games. Against Syracuse, junior
Junior midfielder Joseph Nardilla ranks third in the nation this season in face-off win percentage. He faces a Duke team that has won 61 percent of its faceoffs. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER midfielder Anthony Terranova scored four goals and had one assist for a career-high five points. Junior midfielder Matt Klimchak scored two consecutive hat tricks against Villanova and Princeton. The best way for Rutgers to maintain possession will be for
sophomore midfielder Joseph Nardella to continue to dominate in the faceoff circle. Nardella is ranked third in the country in face-off win percentage but faces an opponent that excels in this aspect of the game as well. Duke has won 61 percent of its face-offs this season, led by
midfielder Brendan Fowler, who is ranked fourth in the nation in that respect. Nardella facing off against Fowler will be the matchup to watch all game with the way both have dominated their respective opponents all season.
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he Kentucky men’s basketball team added three more recruits to its 2013 class, including two McDonald’s All-Americans, according to ESPN. Julius Randle (Piano, Texas) a 6-foot-9 forward is considered to be a top-five prospect, and center Dakari Johnson is ESPN’s No. 11overall prospect in the nation. He led Montverde (Fla.) Academy to the National High School Invitational championship. Point guard Dominique Hawkins joins the two AllAmericans. Hawkins (Richmond, Ky.) led Madison Central High School to a state championship and was named Most Valuable Player of the Sweet 16 Tournament. “When I watched him play, lead his team, and play with a will to win and fight, I was totally sold,” head coach John Capipari told ESPN. “At the Sweet Sixteen … when it was time to take over the game -— when it was winning time — ever yone in the building knew they were going to play through Dominique.” The three players join twins Aaron and Andrew Harrison, Marcus Lee, Derek Willis and James Young in what is considered Kentucky’s best recruiting class ever, according to ESPN.
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shortstop Derek Jeter will not return until after the All-Star break, according to ESPN. Jeter had a CT scan yesterday that revealed a small crack in his injured ankle, further delaying his recovery process. He left the team’s minor league complex in Florida to have his ankle examined by the same doctor who performed the initial surgery at the end of last season. Jeter broke his ankle last October while making a dive in the first game of the American League Championship Series. Jeter last played March 23 during Spring Training, but was mostly limited to taking groundballs and batting practice.
T HE D ETROIT P ISTONS fired head coach Lawrence Frank yesterday, according to ESPN. His dismissal was expected for some time, after the Pistons lost 27 of 36 games to begin the second half of the season. They won only one game in March and began the season, 0-8. “We thank Lawrence for his hard work and dedication, but we feel it is in the best interest of the franchise to make a change at this time,” team president Joe Dumars told ESPN. “Decisions like this are never easy and we wish Lawrence well in the future.” Frank dealt with speculation regarding with his release for the final two weeks of the season. The Pistons won four of its final five regular season games.
Senior Andre Civil, left, will move to right tackle this season after playing right guard last year with junior Taj Alexander, who split snaps with Civil when Civil played injured. NELSON MORALES, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / NOVEMBER 2012
Linemen fill roles along offense front BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
When the ball is snapped during spring practice, Taj Alexander can always tell when senior tackle Andre Civil is making a play. “We call him ‘old man’,” said the junior guard. “He has a certain thump when he hits.” If Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood keeps his firstteam offense intact in time for the Scarlet Knights’ opener against Fresno State, Alexander will hear that distinct sound coming to the right of him throughout the year. With the departure of R.J. Dill, Civil moved from right tackle to right guard this spring. That means Alexander, who split time with Civil last season at right guard, will now take on the responsibility fulltime. That is if Flood sees more performances from the right side of the line like he did during last Saturday’s scrimmage. “I thought last Saturday was the first that we looked like what we thought we would look like,” Flood said. “This Saturday will be a bigger test for them and I think we will know a little more after Saturday’s scrimmage.” Between both, Flood looked for one to emerge at the right guard position last year, as both Civil and Alexander were named “co-starters” before last season’s
opener against Tulane when Civil saw most of the time on the right side. Civil saw nearly all the action when healthy, but Alexander stepped in for Civil when he missed games against South Florida and Cincinnati with injuries. Now as both face full-time roles along Flood’s of fensive line, Civil will have to adjust to a new right tackle, while Alexander takes on a full-time starter role for the first time in his career. In Civil’s case, he feels like he is ready for his new role. “So far, I’ve adjusted pretty well,” he said. “I’m completely comfortable and I’ve gotten down most of the techniques, so I’m comfortable.” Civil has seen time all along the line during his career with the Knights, but while the versatile defender is finally happy to find a permanent home in the trenches, he is even more excited he gets to anchor the right side with Alexander, who Civil said is like his “little brother.” “We are very close off the field and I’m looking forward to playing the whole season next to him,” Civil said. “...We make sure we are both on the same page and when I’m down he picks me up and when he’s down I pick him up, so we make sure we help each other.”
Head coach Kyle Flood said Thursday he wants to see more out of the right side of the line in tomorrow’s scrimmage. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Alexander is just as excited for his opportunity to start fulltime, as the Downington, Pa., native will now get to compete alongside his friend instead of against him. He said it does wonders for him mentally to allow him to focus on learning the new offense installed by offensive coordinator Ron Prince. It also does not hurt to have Civil around to help.
“It just allows me to get better,” Alexander said. “When you’re not worrying about things in the back of your mind that shouldn’t be, you can focus on your spot and just do a lot better.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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APRIL 19, 2013 SOFTBALL RUTGERS 9, IONA 5
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RU closes season with away invite BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith came in relief for Dresdon Maddox and Abby Houston during yesterday’s 9-5 win against Iona. Landrith pitched two and two thirds innings with six strikeouts and no walks. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR
Knights win behind outfielder’s bat BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
After it split a doubleheader yesterday against Stony Brook, the Rutgers softball team showed an instant sense of urgency in the batter’s box, pounding its way to nine runs in the first four innings to down Iona, 9-5, yesterday at the RU Softball Complex. Sophomore outfielder Jackie Bates drilled an RBI double to right field in the third, when the Scarlet Knights (25-19, 6-8) took a commanding 4-0 lead. They tacked on five more runs on four hits off Iona righthander Jordan Courage (1-8) in the fourth to blow the game open. Bates said Rutgers’ plan was to seal a victory in the cold sooner rather than later.
“We definitely wanted to get the most runs we could as quick as we could,” Bates said. “It felt good. Thankfully we did get enough runs when [Iona] did start coming back.” The Gaels (8-29) made their run in the fifth, belting a leadoff homerun and grand slam with no outs in the inning. Freshman righthander Dresden Maddox and senior righthander Abbey Houston struggled with control, walking nine batters and hitting two. They routinely faced three-ball counts and tossed pitches in the dirt, especially when rain was most prevalent in the first few innings. But despite the rainy conditions, head coach Jay Nelson insisted it was more a rough day
of command for Maddox and Houston than difficulty gripping the ball. “It might’ve been the cold,” Nelson said. “I think it was also hard to figure out the umpire’s strike zone. … He was all over the place, and you don’t want to throw the ball down the middle.” After Maddox (9-4) walked two consecutive batters following the grand slam and neared 100 pitches on the afternoon, Nelson had no choice but to bring in his ace to close the door. Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith made amends for her mistakes with her riseball the day before, quickly inducing a strikeout and fielder’s choice to second base to end the inning.
Sophomore outfielder Jackie Bates hit 1-for-4 with two RBI yesterday in Rutgers’ 9-5 victory against Iona. She was one of six Knights to collect an RBI. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR
“I faced them before, so I went in with the same mindset that I did previously last season,” Landrith said. “I communicated with [freshman catcher Elizabeth Adams] right before when I went in. We helped each other out, and it worked out.” In the sixth and seventh innings, the Vacaville, Calif., native completed her dominant outing in relief, allowing only one baserunner and five consecutive strikeouts. “We did what we had to do to win,” Nelson said. “It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win, and hopefully it gets things straightened out.” After three games in two days, Nelson believes six days of rest before the Knights’ next contest Wednesday against Syracuse will serve his team well. The team has also not had a legitimate break from game action since mid-February. Rutgers’ three pitchers, who all saw action in two of three games this week, may benefit the most. “It’s definitely good that we have that time to rest our bodies and get prepared for the week,” Landrith said. “It’s also a crucial point [that] we have a weekend off. It’s the first weekend off we’ve had in a while, and as a team we have to work on the things that we think we need to work on and just be sharp for Wednesday.” For updates on the Rutgers softball team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson. For general Rutgers spor ts updates, follow @TargumSports.
With the spring season coming to a close, the Rutgers men’s and women’s golf teams get back to action this weekend on their respective courses. Both squads return to the links after finishing in the top 10 of their previous matches. The women will take the course for the final time this year at the Big East Championship that tees off on Sunday in Orlando, Fla. For two Scarlet Knights, it will be their career finales. “I am just trying to be positive and trying to do well for the team,” said senior Karen Cash of her final tournament. “We all want each other to do very well. It’s sad but in the end, this is what it is all about. This is my last tournament and I just have to try and do the best that I can and just have fun out there.” Cash returns to the lineup after she sat out of the last event. Rutgers last competed at the Brown Bear Invitational in Rhode Island and placed sixth with a 640 score. Senior Brittany Weddell once again paced the Knights with a 150 and a fifth-place ending. Freshmen Samantha Moyal and Melanie Chambers were two of four rookies that appeared in the event. Moyal was 38th and Chambers tied for 44th. Head coach Maura Ballard noticed the Knights struggled with consistency, which caused them to suffer a few setbacks in the final day of action. With the challenge of coaching a younger roster this year — five first-year golfers — she knew a day like Monday was bound to occur. The only thing that matters at this point is the way the team rebounds to close out the season. “[The players will work] on their short game and mental game,” she said. “[They are] just staying positive.” Sunday will mark the final time the two seniors will compete at Rutgers and they want to play the best golf of their careers. “We want to have the best outcome of the tournament out of all the tournaments we played the whole year,” Weddell said. “We want to finish on a good note. The freshmen want to improve and I think they are going to do that. The experience we have had all year really comes down to this tournament. We know how big of a tournament it is.” The men enter their final tuneup at the two-day Rutherford Intercollegiate tournament tomorrow in State College, Pa., after one of their best outings of either the spring and fall seasons. Rutgers finished third at the Whiting Turner Towson Invitational April 2 with a team total of 914 in the 24-team field. Three Knights claimed top-20 honors, headlined by an impressive performance by junior captain Doug Walters with a fourth-place finish. “We can finish this season one of two ways,” said head coach Rob Shutte. “We have a little momentum and some good play going on.”
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Peoples, Peele compete to be RU’s punt returner BY JOSH BAKAN SPORTS EDITOR
In terms of punt returning duties, redshirt freshmen Desmon Peoples and Ruhann Peele just have to make sure they do not fumble the ball this spring. Both redshirted when Mason Robinson returned punts last year for the Rutgers football team, and both would be honored to take his spot. “That would be huge,” Peele said yesterday. “It’s the first play that gives the offense good field position. It starts them off rolling well, so that would be a major role to have.” Head coach Kyle Flood said the Scarlet Knights would hold off on live punts until the spring, so Peoples and Peele have just had to field the ball if the punt lands near them. Robinson set a high standard from last year with 3.8 yards per return in 29 opportunities, which led all eligible Big East punters. Former returner Mohamed Sanu averaged 4.6 yards per chance in 2011. “With Mason back there, you had an established player,” Flood said. “With a new player, we need to do some of that in preseason next year and get a real idea of who is going to be the best person back there.” Peoples and Peele both receive advice from junior wide receiver Miles Shuler, who stands with them on punt returns in practice. Shuler is a candidate to return kicks. Peele worked a little with Robinson and Sanu, who both visited winter workouts. “They just told me keep your eye on the ball, look the ball all the way into your chest,” Peele said. “And they told me the same thing the coaches tell me — if the nose of the ball is up it’s going to dive, if it’s lower then it’s going to drift.” Flood said the most important criterion for a punt returner is his ability to catch the ball. Peele has the advantage of
Redshirt freshman wideout Ruhann Peele will need his receiving abilities to translate to punt catching situations. Peele returned punts his sophomore and junior seasons at Linden (N.J.) High School. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER being a wide receiver, but Peoples has the ability to catch as well. “I feel like my hands are pretty good out of the backfield,” Peoples said. “I catch the ball pretty well. I’ve always caught the ball well because in high school, I used to line up in the slot and catch it.” Peele returned punts his sophomore and junior years at Linden (N.J.) High School. Peoples has not done so since his sophomore year at Archbishop Wood (Pa.) Catholic High School.
Peoples now has time to get his abilities up to Robinson’s level. “He was a great catcher,” Peoples said. “He caught the ball well, and that’s one thing I would like to replicate.”
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Isaac Holmes will miss the rest of spring practice because his wrist was cleaned up, Flood said. Holmes broke his wrist Sept. 22 last year against Arkansas and missed the rest of the season. “We’ll probably hold him out,” Flood said. “We could bring him
back later this spring, but I don’t think we’ll do that.” Junior Kenneth Kirksey takes Holmes’ place as star ting nose tackle for the rest of spring, but Holmes will get his spot back during summer workouts. “Ike’s played a lot of football here and he’s somebody we’re going to rely on next year,” Flood said. “I think we’ll get him going with some footwork — those type of drills — but I don’t think you’re going to see him in any of the scrimmages from here on out.”
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Savon Huggins and sophomore defensive lineman Max Issaka both returned to practice yesterday from undisclosed injuries. Redshir t freshman linebacker Quanzell Lamber t walked out of practice yesterday with what Flood thought was a tweaked hamstring that is “nothing serious.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
TENNIS SIXTH-SEEDED KNIGHTS ADVANCE TO SECOND ROUND
Knights earn tournament win against St. John’s BY MIKE KOSINSKI CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Freshman Gina Li delivered a No. 2 singles victory yesterday against St. John’s Diamond Adams, 6-2, 6-3. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The Rutgers tennis team opened up the Big East Championship with a 4-2 victory against St. John’s. The match was closer than the Scarlet Knights wanted it to be, but they were able to fight through to move the team into the next round of tournament play. “I think today we started off playing some strong doubles and had a great start to the match,” said freshman Gina Li. “St. John’s played some really strong singles that we were able to battle through and [we] ultimately ended up with the win.” The Knights took the doubles point with a 2-1 performance in doubles play. Rutgers won the first doubles match because of an injury retirement.
Li and junior Vanessa Petrini were the winning team in the opening doubles match. The duo led, 5-4, before the match Li and Petrini came back and won. Freshman duo Lindsey Kayati and Mariam Zein won in their doubles match, 8-5. The Red Storm forced the Knights to battle back in singles play and their first singles victory came from Zein in the No. 5 singles match. Zein won her match in two sets, 6-4, 6-0. Rutgers evened up victories in singles play when Li took home a victor y in the No. 2 singles match. Li won her match, 6-2, 6-3. The Knights took the deciding point in singles play with a victory in the No. 6 match by sophomore Noor Judeh. Rutgers must now move on from this win to focus on its’
next match against No. 3 Louisville. “We didn’t play our best match today, but we are definitely looking to up our game for Louisville for [today],” Li said. The Cardinals (15-7, 2-0) come off of a dominant 4-0 victor y against No. 14 Seton Hall. Rutgers and Louisville have not played each other this season, as the Knights will look to focus on their own game and primarily on what they can control in this match. “I think we just need to take it one point at a time, play our game and stay positive,” Li said. “Louisville is a team that I am not familiar with, so it will be a challenge that hopefully pulls out the best in us.” Rutgers hopes for an upset victory that will send them to the semi-final round of the tournament this weekend.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “He has to get in the world of schmoozing. He has to do what I can’t do. He has to start texting” — St. Anthony’s head coach Bob Hurley on newly-hired Rutgers head men’s basketball coach Eddie Jordan
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013
MEN’S BASKETBALL JORDAN TO RETAIN COX, MACON ON COACHING STAFF
Eddie Jordan and the University agreed on a deal to make Jordan the school’s next head men’s basketball coach. Jordan, 58, is currently serving as an assistant this season for the Los Angeles Lakers and held head coaching jobs with the Sacramento Kings, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. GETTY IMAGES
HEIR JORDAN Jordan, University agree on five-year contract to make former Scarlet Knight 18th head coach in program history BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
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ddie Jordan has agreed in terms with the University to become the Rutgers men’s basketball program’s next head coach. The Newark Star-Ledger reported Rutgers and Jordan agreed on a five-year deal worth roughly $6.25 million to make him the 18th head coach in team history. Though the deal is repor tedly finished, the hire may not become of ficial until Tuesday, when the
Rutgers Board of Governors meets to approve the coaching decision. Jordan, 58, is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers and has served as head coach in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings, Washington Wizards and Philadelphia 76ers. Jordan played for the Scarlet Knights from 1973-76, where he starred on the 1976 team that made it to the Final Four. It was also reported Jordan will most likely retain Rutgers’ current interim head coach David Cox and assistant Van Macon on the staff. EXTRA POINT
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recorded a goal and an assist in the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s match last Saturday against Villanova. The junior attack has 24 points this season.
St. Anthony High School (N.J.) head men’s basketball coach and high school basketball legend Bob Hurley felt keeping both Cox and Macon in the fold was essential for the short-term success of the program. “I think it’s good hire,” Hurley said. “But I think what he did right away as far as keeping David Cox and Van Macon, I think keeping the two coaches, it adds a little stability to a situation with a coach hasn’t coached in college for a long time.” SEE
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