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Architect looks U. students use glider to gather storm data at alternative ways to rebuild urban parks BY HANNAH SCHROER CORRESPONDENT
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Superstorm Sandy changed how New York City thinks about the design of city parks. When Sandy swept through the region in October 2012, its storm surge flooded subway lines and overcame parks near the water’s edge, said Laura Starr, a landscape architect and planner at Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners PLLC in New York City. She discussed future alternatives in landscape design yesterday at the Cook/Douglass Lecture Hall for her lecture: “Wild for the City: Creating & Sustaining Urban Nature.” The landscapes themselves are resilient to floods and generally recover quickly, but damaged parks with expensive playground equipment and a shortage of green space, like Hudson River Park, will take longer to redesign and rebuild, she said. Starr said Hudson River Park should be redesigned and rebuilt on higher grounds away from the river so it can protect the city behind it from future storm surges. “Ideally, I think the whole thing would get rebuilt, but it won’t get rebuilt,” she said. New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office is rushing to find an affordable solution to protect the city from future storm surges, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has plans to rebuild the beaches around New York City, such as the Rockaway Peninsula, N.Y., and Coney Island, N.Y., she said. Although officials talk about offshore fixes, floodgates and redesigning waterside parks, nothing has been decided so far, Starr said. The need to add wetlands to protect New York City from highpower storms poses an additional problem, yet the city must also consider the needs of a growing population that demands leisure space, she said. The storm surge was not the only problem New York City faced during Sandy, Starr said. During heavy rainstorms, the city’s water treatment plants overflow into SEE
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Glider 23, a yellow, torpedoshaped glider, plunged through the Atlantic Ocean during Superstorm Sandy, capturing water current and temperature data from surface to sea floor. During its 50-kilometer trek, the remote-controlled glider relayed information back to its operator at the University’s Coastal Ocean Obser vation Lab, providing researchers there with a more detailed map of the ocean’s structure, which will ultimately allow them to create more accurate storm forecasts. “To better forecast these storms, it’s critical to get the ocean right,” said Greg Seroka, a University Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences who used the data to create weather models. Scientists created ocean modeling as a system to track long-term climate changes, not to forecast storm systems — and only began adapting the models to improve weather forecasting in the last 10 years, Seroka said. He said researchers at RUCOOL use gliders to get a better understanding of how the ocean mixes during a storm so they can improve ocean models and weather forecasting.
Travis Miles, a Ph.D. candidate from the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, left, drives the gliders during ocean runs to gather data, and Greg Seroka, a Ph.D. candidate at the institute, used the data to create weather models. HANNAH SCHROER Glider data revealing the surface temperature and current changes not only make forecasts more detailed, but serve as verification that the model is accurate, he said. Water off the coast of New Jersey becomes layered during summer as the sun heats surface water, producing a dramatic temperature difference from the surface to sea floor, said Travis Miles,
who drives the gliders during ocean runs. Miles, a Ph.D. candidate from the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, said the sun’s warming impact lessens with depth, leaving a layer of cold water oceanographers call the cold pool, stranded on the bottom along the continental shelf. Oceans stay stratified until strong winds begin to mix the water.
“Basically, [it’s] just like you’re mixing your coffee,” he said. “You know, you pour cream in, swirl it up, and it actually mixes the cream throughout.” Researchers are still trying to understand what causes ocean mixing and how it affects the water column, Miles said. But they do know sea-surface temperature drives a SEE
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Research shows US fueled concept of “Swedish sin” BY SABRINA SZTEINBAUM CONTRIBUTING WRITER
In contemporar y American media, audiences often see movies like “Dumb and Dumber,” which feature Swedish female models flaunting their looks and sexuality. What many Americans may not know is that this concept of sinful Swedish women, valued for their bodies and beauty rather than brains, can be traced back to a 20-year period when Swedish young women were viewed as sexually loose. Klara Arnberg of Stockholm University spoke on “Illegally Blonde: ‘Swedish Sin’ and Pornography in the Swedish and American Imaginations, 15501971” in Van Dyck Hall Wednesday afternoon. Before she began her in-depth analysis of sexual culture in Sweden, Arnberg showed a trailer from a movie titled “Sweden:
Heaven and Hell,” which compared Sweden’s reputation as the sex capital of the world with America’s more modest sexual culture. “In America, you don’t see beautiful girls bouncing boldly out of the sauna into the snow. In America, you don’t see public pornography shops where erotic books are displayed for both sexes with government approval,” said Edmund Purdom, the narrator of the clip played. Arnberg said the film was never actually shown in Sweden because of its portrayal of Sweden as a sexual paradise. She also pointed out how the film threatened gender roles and unfairly framed Swedish women as sexcrazed and uncontrollable. Arnberg’s research on the topic focuses on the period before pornography in 1971 was legalized in Sweden. SEE
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Students met on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to honor the victims of the Armenian genocide, which began in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and ended in 1923. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, April 25 The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life present Columbia University History Professor Kenneth Jackson at 5 p.m. at Civic Square at 33 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick. Jackson will present the lecture “Newark’s Decline and Resurgence in the 20th Century as Lessons for Urban America: The Rise, Fall and Recovery of a Great Metropolis, 1916-2016.” The lecture is free and open to all. The Rutgers Jazz Chamber Ensembles perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Maryott Music Building on Douglass campus. Eleven groups will play songs by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane, among others. The event is free and open to all.
Friday, April 26 The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents the opening performance of Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” at 8 p.m. at Levin Theatre on Douglass campus. The play will run Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and on Sundays at 2 p.m. until Sunday, May 12. The performance costs $25 for the general public, $20 for University employees, alumni and senior citizens and $15 for students.
Sunday, April 28 The National Society of Leadership and Success holds its Spring Induction Ceremony at 1 p.m. in the Allison Road Classrooms on Busch campus. Students being inducted have maintained a 3.2 GPA and completed community service hours.
METRO CALENDAR Thursday, April 25 Comedian Lewis Black performs at 8 p.m. at the New Jersey State Theatre at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick as part of his tour, “The Rant is Due.” Tickets range from $35 to $75. For more information, go to statetheatrenj.org.
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT In yesterday’s article “Jordan brings hope to roster, U.,” it should have read that Jordan believes Mike Poole is transferring to Iona. The headline for yesterday’s article on the Board of Governors meeting should have read, “BOG announces basketball coach, keynote speaker.”
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Students share experiences of violence against women, discuss feminist leadership BY WILSON CONDE STAFF WRITER
A panel of University students shared stories of violence against women on Douglass campus yesterday as part of “Feminist Leadership: Transforming Boundaries” at the Center For Women’s Global Leadership. Along with hearing the panel’s stories, students participated in interactive events and learned about feminist leadership. The presentation began with students making post-it notes about what feminist leadership meant to them. They were allowed to use either words or pictures to express what came to their minds when hearing the phrase “feminist leadership.” Bethany Shenise, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, spoke about her experiences at the 2013 conference of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Shenise said she and her classmates who also attended the conference were surprised by the difference between her expectations of the conference and how it actually worked. “We were shocked that only member states could negotiate, and non-governmental organizations had to hold their conferences, discussions and forums outside,” she said. Despite this, Shenise said she was still impressed with the people who were able to participate in the UN-CSW. “We saw women from all religious and socioeconomic backgrounds,” she said. “They took the cultural boundaries and transformed them. They were not seen as boundaries but as a variety of viewpoints for a conversation.” The presentation also included a student panel that talked about violence against women inside the United States. The panel had four members, who each spoke of a dif ferent topic by nar rating real life accounts of women and girls who encountered gender violence. The first topic was reproductive rights, narrated by Ruhab Hassan, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Hassan told the story of Jennifer, who was seven months pregnant when she was arrested for writing bad checks. While she was in labor, police shackled her legs together and handcuffed one of her arms to a bed. “[Jennifer said,] ‘I know I did something wrong, and I have to take responsibility for what I did, but it was not like I was a murderer,’” Hassan said. Michelle Shin, a School of Arts and Sciences junior spoke about domestic violence. Shin recounted the story of Yvette, a
woman who filed a restraining order against her ex-husband in response to his constant abuse. Shin explained that despite the restraining order, Yvette’s exhusband called her 14 times to say he wanted to have sex. He later attacked her by burning 60 percent of her body. Yvette later learned the judge presiding over her case removed the restraining order against her ex-husband three weeks before the incident without her knowledge. “[Yvette said,] ‘he said it was a clerical error, but clearly, that was not the case,’” Shin said. Ama Ayeh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, discussed human traf ficking using the stor y of Debbie, a girl who was abducted at age 12 and forced to become a prostitute. She explained that Debbie’s abductor treated her as his personal property. “[Debbie said,] ‘he made sexual advertisements of me, and sold them online,’” Ayeh said. Dina Mansour, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said looking at the role of media images in gender violence is important. “One of the contributing factors to violence against women is the media,” she said. Mansour then presented a video from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The commercial shows a woman in a neck collar, resulting from aggressive sexual activity stemming from her boyfriend adopting a vegan diet. Participants had an opportunity to hear several quotes on women’s rights, where they were asked to guess in what ways, if any, was each given quote problematic. One quote the participants found problematic was from Facebook CEO Sher yl Sandberg, which advocated for a society to celebrate women’s ef for ts to become corporate leaders. The problem was the notion only benefits wealthy women, while neglecting women from other economic backgrounds. Hassan said feminism should focus more on an outreach to new groups of people. “Meetings like the CSW conference and the Women of the World Summit end up being about women talking to other women — which is great, but we need to get beyond that,” she said. Abdul Abad, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he wanted to learn more about feminist leadership, feminism and feminist’s issues. “I learned that language is ver y impor tant, because you run the risk of dismissing people from the conversation,” he said.
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GLIDER Seroka says forecasts for Irene in 2011 over-predicted storm’s strength CONTINUED FROM FRONT atures during storms, they hurricane’s strength, and strong could add better information winds can drag up the bottom into forecasting models to give cold water to act as a fire extinmore accurate predictions and guisher for the hurricane. help save lives and property, During Hurricane Irene, the Seroka said. churning surface water caused “The ocean drives the tropical a six to eight degree Celsius storm, drives the atmosphere, temperature drop within 18 drives the winds, drives the rain,” hours, Miles said. Seroka said. “That’s a huge, huge amount Weather forecasts for of energy,” he said. Hurricane Irene in 2011 over-preHurricane Sandy, however, dicted the storm’s strength, mixed the water column quickly Seroka said. A year later, many but only chilled the waters two people did not evacuate low-lying to three degrees [Celsius] over a areas because they thought 24-hour period, Superstorm not enough to Sandy’s high storm weaken the surge forecasts “We’re going to storm, Miles said. were exaggerated. understand things Miles said But surface researchers could temperature was about biology that not the only factor use gliders to monitor surface we have no clue yet.” in Sandy’s temperatures durstrength. A front OSCAR SCHOFIELD ing storms and over the Midwest Scientist at Rutgers Coastal create a better injected more Ocean Observation Lab ocean model energy into the of storms to storm, so it conimprove forecast methods. tinued to gain strength moving While the ocean naturally into New Jersey — despite the mixes from August through water temperature drop-off, December, glider data showed a Seroka said. storm could churn the water in as The sea-surface temperature few as eight hours, he said. is really the parameter that “These kinds of data sets are affects what happens in the few and far between,” he said. atmosphere above, he said. If researchers understood “All this stuff occurs inside what happens to ocean temperthe ocean, but what actually is
Travis Miles, a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, said researchers could use gliders, like the one above, to monitor surface temperatures during storms, creating better ocean models that would improve forecast methods. HANNAH SCHROER talking to the atmosphere is the surface of the ocean … and the bottom of the atmosphere talks to the surface of the ocean,” Seroka said. Before gliders, oceanographers were unable to collect data during storms, said Oscar Schofield, a scientist at Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab. When Schofield trained as a graduate student in the early 1990s, he went to sea for a month and returned with hundreds of measurements. By comparison, Glider 23 took a few measure-
ments per second and returned a week after Sandy with thousands of data points, he said. The new technique in storm forecasting is to include ocean models and the interaction between ocean and atmosphere to better represent the weather, Seroka said. “Everything’s interacting, so the atmosphere’s continually interacting with the ocean,” Seroka said. “The ideal forecast would connect the two.” Glider technology allows scientists to react faster as storm
forecasts change and to conduct research in extreme weather, Schofield said. “It allows you to see things in the ocean that were impossible,” he said. “We’re going to understand things about biology that we have no clue yet.” If weather forecasts are only sometimes accurate, then people will not take warnings seriously and put themselves at risk, Miles said. “If your forecast can be accurate consistently, people will pay attention to it,” Miles said.
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SIN U.S. became upset with Sweden’s neutral stance during Cold War CONTINUED FROM FRONT “I will analyze how Swedish communities have been imagined in gender and sexuality terms — both from the inside and from the outside — focusing on the U.S. as the main outsider in this case,” she said. Arnberg said Sweden saw the United States as an ally — a country they could relate to both culturally and politically. But during the Cold War, the United States became somewhat upset with Sweden’s decision to withhold its neutral position. “If the U.S. was viewed as a kind of world police, Sweden tried to stand out as a world conscience,” she said. Women’s sexual behavior became central to the nation’s reputation and honor, Arnberg said, and the exaggeration of Swedish women’s behavior by American journalists led to Sweden’s negative reputation on the international stage. “Pornography becomes a distorted mirror of the national narrative,” she said. “Pornographers can be seen as national betrayers … for sexualizing women for consumption.” This distorted mirror that Arnberg spoke of was illustrated in a TIME magazine article written in the ’50s by journalist and novelist Joe David Brown. “Unwed mothers were practically heroines … sex educators encouraged sex before marriage as long as love was involved,” Brown wrote. In his article, Brown also included the fact that many young people saw marriage as akin to signing away one’s freedom. “Brown’s article started a wave of articles in the Western press that described Sweden as a land of sexual liberties without moral standards,” Arnberg said. America portrayed the Swedish model as someone who needed to escape her monotonous life through alcohol, sex and ultimately suicide. Arnberg said views like these led to frosty diplomatic relations. Sweden cut and banned American films in the 1960s
because of violence, but they were quite relaxed as far as nudity in films. Arnberg said when pornography became fully legalized in 1971, Swedish and Danish pornography was smuggled and imported into America. Sweden began marketing pornography to an international audience, translating subtitles into English and German. “These new genres used the myth of the sexually liberated Swedish girl as a marketing tool,” she said. Eventually, the typical Swedish woman became known not for her pale skin and light hair, but for her sexual frankness. The concept of “Swedish sin” originated in America, which saw Swedish women’s behavior as sinful and taboo. “The image of ‘sinful Sweden’ was hard to get rid of,” Arnberg said. She said even in American’s culture today, Swedish women continue to be viewed in the same way they were viewed throughout the 1950s to the 1970s. To this day, they are often stereotyped as the blonde models from the 1900s who did not want to marry — but instead are defined by their wild nature and loose sexuality. Victoria Garvey, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, did not know what to expect when her professor emailed her class about attending the event. “She was really knowledgeable, and I learned a lot,” she said. “I’m a cinema studies minor, and I’ve watched films that have to deal with pornographic and sexual [themes], so it was interesting to sit back and listen to someone else talk about it.” Kelly Velocci, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, thought the historical background of Arnberg’s research paper was very comprehensive. “It was interesting to see the historical background and the relationship between Sweden and America, and how the history of pornography played a role in that,” she said.
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Libertarians are the best at parties RUN WITH IT ERIC ANTISELL
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ibertarians are probably in the minority at American universities. At least in the social sciences, the majority of students are most likely social democrats or statists, just like their professors. But as all philosophies should be judged, let us examine libertarianism using the ultimate test of coolness: how fun you are at parties. Since libertarians reject the moral legitimacy of acts of aggression, libertarians will not start fights at parties. They also will not slip drugs into peoples’ drinks. They will not steal things from your house. If they break anything in your house, not compensating you for it would constitute an act of aggression. What happens if you run out of alcohol at your party? A statist might propose that you gang up on the kids that look rich and use their money to buy more alcohol. Libertarians are far less violent than that and much more creative. Clever libertarians might suggest that you raise the price of the alcohol at the party as the supply goes down, and then use the extra money to buy more. They won’t rat you out
for “price gouging” or for not charging anyone the sales tax. Much to everyone’s chagrin, non-libertarians love to change the music at parties, without the consent of the host. And they usually put on junk. But here again, you are the rightful owner of your sound system, so libertarians, if they are libertarians, will not touch it unless you say it’s okay. Because libertarians have a tendency to think things through to their logical conclusion — often quite rigorously — they tend to know unusual amounts of information about particular subjects. Comics, music, science, history and movies — it really depends on the individual’s subjective pleasures. And since the heart of laissez-faire is free interaction, libertarians will likely enjoy conversing about their personal hobbies for as long as you both agree to. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and MTV’s Lisa Kennedy Montgomery are both libertarians, and both could probably tell you every story you ever wanted to hear regarding the music industry in the ‘90s. Actor Vince Vaughn is a big Rep. Ron Paul fan. Vince is probably a pretty cool guy to have around, too. It is true that some libertarians have certain social deficiencies. Some are nerdy, some are jerks — but so are some who believe in any philosophy. The difference is that libertarians respect your right to have only those you want to be there at your party
and that you have the right to make them leave. The minute they refuse to cooperate with your house rules is the minute they stop being libertarians. What about after the party? Well, if you invited only libertarians, your house would not be trashed — unless you asked them to trash it. How will everyone get home? Taxis are usually really expensive. The licensing system run by the state protects taxis from competition, and thus, taxis are able to charge more than they would be able to on the free market for the services. Maybe there will be someone at your party who will give drunk party-goers rides home, if the party-goers will throw for gas. If this happens, the driver is directly breaking state laws regarding taxi licensing. And I’m willing to bet that the driver will make less than the minimum wage providing his service to the inebriated. Aren’t the kids who are too drunk to drive exploiting the driver? What if the drunken kids can’t afford to pay the driver the minimum wage? The statist would forcefully interfere with that voluntary exchange — Statists going to state. Be one of the cool kids. Eric Antisell is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in history and political science, with a minor in organizational leadership. His column, “Run With It,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
Lack of logic in oppressed gender debate ALEXANDER DAVIS
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s I was reading Ed Reep’s April 22 ar ticle, “Men are the oppressed gender,” these two preceding lines jumped out at me. “Some will say that men cannot possibly be the more oppressed gender because they have held and continue to hold greater governmental, economic and social power than women. This is not a fair point, because oppression is fundamentally about the misery of the victims, not their power.” I thought to myself, “If he believes this to be the case, then why has he written this misogynistic op-ed piece? What was the point?” I still hold by that. If Reep believed those two statements to be true, then he would have never written the article he wrote. Perhaps he would have written a different one, a better one even, but never the article that I had the displeasure of reading. To explain, he seems to be saying in those two lines that one cannot judge oppression based on observed material inequalities. The fact that women are a mere 18 percent of Congress, while men are 82 percent, that women are paid less than men despite both performing equal work, that women are shamed for having multiple sexual partners while men are
praised for it, to give just a few examples, are all immaterial to determining oppression according to Reep. “Why?” you might ask. Well, because none of those examples of discrimination measure “the misery of the victim.” My issue is that all of the points for male oppression that Reep gives in his article are observed material inequalities. Reep screeches on about how men are more likely to die in war, about how men have boring jobs, about how men could be single for life, yet according to his own definition of oppression, that should not matter in the slightest. None of those examples demonstrate misery. Nor does Reep quantify the misery that women feel due to their systematic oppression and compare it to the misery that men feel due to their oppression. He simply uses the phrase as a tactic to counter-predicted future criticism, poorly. The end result is his argument is incoherent because it ignores the premise it is based on. I will gladly admit that men are discriminated against by the patriarchy, and that such discrimination needs to end, but Reep does not seem to want to end that discrimination at all. For example, he notes how men are culturally expected to be proactive and that women are culturally expected to be reactive. Rather than using this as a chance to say that men and women should not be pressured by cultural to be
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either, that whether a man or woman wishes to ask out or be asked out should be up to the individual’s preference, he instead uses it as an excuse to complain about how horrible it is to be expected to be proactive. This lack of awareness permeates the article. He complains that men are often forced into boring or dangerous jobs, a statement that is rather true, but rather than discussing how the gender binary forces men and women into certain acceptable roles and punishes those who violate them — thus making it more difficult for men to engage in “feminine” jobs and for women to engage in “masculine” jobs — he instead just says this means that men are “more oppressed.” His “analysis” of World War I shows the same sort of shallowness. He does not ask what, in culture, compels men to be in war and forbids women from engaging in war. He completely ignores that it used to be illegal for women to be soldiers. In effect, he does not seem to understand that male chauvinism — the belief that men are superior and that women are inferior and thus, women should be kept out of performing certain tasks — out of the professions, out of the government, out of the society — and instead be relegated to being barefoot and pregnant is actually a form of oppression toward women.
Barchi not doing job well enough
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niversity President Robert L. Barchi has focused entirely too much on the University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey merger and has failed to recognize that he’s weakening the University in many other ways. According to a New York Times article earlier this month, it has been reported that Barchi wants to turn the Newark campus into a satellite campus of the University, so their SAT scores are not calculated into the average. While this will raise the University’s standing with the Association of American Universities, it will take away something ver y unique to the University: diversity. Barchi has said that Newark is the “diversity” campus and by turning it into a satellite campus and stripping it of many of its great programs, such as neuroscience and the business school, he is allowing the University to lose the diversity that makes it so great. Although making New Brunswick a larger school may seem like a great idea, there is already so much going on with the merger that the University will simply be too hectic and disorganized. Eliminating a graduate school in Newark will give students fewer options. All Barchi seems to care about is creating a larger science campus in New Brunswick and bringing in Newark’s neuroscience program and the merger with UMDNJ. He is simply leaving the liberal arts behind. Further, Barchi’s reaction to the recent University basketball situation is simply inexcusable. Could he have been so caught up with the merger that he overlooked a serious issue? His insensitivity does not stop there. At a meeting with the Latino faculty advisor y group in New Br unswick, he claimed to have the same or worse difficulties early on in his career as minority groups, because he was a white man facing affirmative action. Sounds reasonable. So please Barchi, become at least a little more sympathetic to those around you, and tr y not to get too wrapped up in going down in histor y as the man who successfully merged UMDNJ and the University. In fact, if you don’t remember the rest of your university, there may not be anyone to write that histor y. Lindsay Sweeney is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and history.
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Junior outfielder Loren Williams was one of two Knights to collect an RBI in Game 2. She said righthander Stacy Kuwik mixed up pitches. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2013
HOLE Nelson thinks pitchers must improve on mixing up their throws CONTINUED FROM BACK righthander Abbey Houston for 11 earned runs in only four combined innings of work in Game 2. “I definitely want to give their hitters credit. They are a good team,” said senior catcher Kaci Madden. “But they weren’t anything special really, and I think that a couple mistakes on our pitchers’ parts kind of made the difference in the day.” Nelson said he needs to review the game tape to pinpoint any control issues but does believe his pitchers could have done a better job of mixing up speeds to keep the Orange off-balance. “It seemed like we also didn’t have too much of a differential in our speeds,” Nelson said. “We tended to throw the same speed all the time.” Scoring in four of five frames, Syracuse used a six-run fourth to pull away from Rutgers (25-21, 610) and win via the mercy rule after five, 11-3. The Knights offense could find only two earned runs on five hits off righthander Stacy Kuwik. RBI singles in the second and fourth innings from freshman shortstop Melanie Slowinski and junior outfielder Loren Williams, respectively, were the highlight of Rutgers’ run production. “I don’t think [Kuwik] threw hard enough to throw the ball by us, but I think she did a good job of keeping us off-balance,” Williams said. “She got us to swing at the pitches she wanted us to hit, and I think that as an offense we didn’t have our best day at the plate. But honestly, I think it could only get better from here.” The Knights got off to a rocky start in Game 1, committing three errors — as many as they had hits. A two-out throwing error by Slowinski in the top of the first set the tone, as Syracuse would
plate an unearned run to take a 10 lead it would not surrender. Two doubles by the Orange in the third would extend the lead, and in the fourth they broke the game open off sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith, winning, 6-0. The Vacaville, Calif., native could not compensate for her defense’s three errors in the contest, surrendering a two-out three-run blast in the frame. She finished with a line of nine hits, four earned runs, four strikeouts and one walk in five innings. After conducting two practices last weekend to crack down on mental errors, the Knights believe game simulations simply were not enough. “It is disappointing, but it’s kind of a consequence from having a whole week off,” Madden said. “When you’re playing every single week, sometimes almost every other day, you’re able to eliminate those errors. And so since this was our first game back, those things happen, but it was frustrating. This deep in the season, those kinds of plays shouldn’t happen.” On the other side, the Knights fared even worse the first time around against Kuwik, who went all seven innings, allowing only three hits and one walk. Now in the midst of a fivegame conference skid, Rutgers is looking for answers. “I don’t know. It could be that we had too long of a layoff,” Nelson said. “I’m not really worried with our situation. I think we’ve played well through the season, and if we just get it back to what we were doing earlier, we’ll be fine.” 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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APRIL 25, 2013 TENNIS
Young players emerge as season concludes BY MIKE KOSINSKI STAFF WRITER
Senior rightfielder Steve Zavala hit 3-for-4 yesterday against Wagner, a 9-5 win for Rutgers. He also collected an RBI in Rutgers’ second win in as many days. WILLY MELOT / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2013
SEAHAWKS Knights score three runs in fourth to put game out of reach CONTINUED FROM BACK finish up the game in the top of the ninth. For Brey, it was the second straight midweek game in which he lasted more than four innings, which allows Rutgers to save more of its arms for weekend series. One of his secondary pitches was the reason for his success. “With my curveball, I’m getting a lot more people to ground out to get us out of situations,” Brey said. “So definitely my curveball being thrown for strikes is a big part of that.” Despite Brey’s performance, Wagner out-hit Rutgers, 14-to-11,
with the Knights collecting the only error of the game. But what Rutgers has done well in its wins recently is put together hits when it mattered, and yesterday was no different. The Knights plated three r uns in the bottom of the fourth, including a RBI single to center field by senior leftfielder Steve Zavala, who drove in junior second baseman Nick Favatella for a 6-3 lead. Senior catcher Jeff Melillo also collected an RBI single in the inning, while freshman shortstop John Jennings scored on a sacrifice groundball by sophomore rightfielder Vinny Zarrillo. The fourth inning was a representation of Rutgers’ ability to make its hits count, and its offense forced Wagner righthander Dakota Dvorak out after the second inning. “We got into their bullpen really early,” Zavala said. “Their
starter was out with two innings and then their next guy was out in two innings, so getting into their pen early definitely helped out our offense.” Rutgers will travel to Omaha, Neb., for three nonconference games, one of which will come against Big 12 member Oklahoma State. While the Knights’ results in their next three games are uncertain, their performances in their last two games pushed them above .500. It is a mark Zavala is proud of. “It’s pretty huge for us getting over .500,” Zavala said. “We are going to play some tough competition, so we had to deliver closer to home.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
The Rutgers tennis team (14-9, 8-4) finished its season this past weekend after a loss in the quarterfinal round to Marquette, 4-0, in the Big East Tournament. There were a few questions about this Scarlet Knights team entering the season, as the Knights possessed a young team. “Going in, I knew we had a very young team, and that would present certain challenges,” said head coach Ben Bucca. “One of those challenges would be how we were going to perform in close matches.” Rutgers had three freshmen on the roster this season, as the trio of Gina Li, Mariam Zein and Lindsey Kayati all performed well. “The play of the three freshmen was very good this season,” Bucca said. “They all had great years.” Zein was surprised at how well she adjusted, though she said she grew more comfortable as the season progressed. “The spring was very hectic,” Zein said. “We were always traveling and always had to be in the mindset to play. My game grew, I grew as a tennis player and really enjoyed it.” The standout of the group this season was Li, as she posted an overall record of 16-5 and a conference record of 9-1 in the No. 2 singles position. Both records led the team.
The strong contributions from Li in her first season gave the Knights a boost. “This is my freshman season, and I experienced so many new things,” Li said. “A lot of great matches [were played] and bonds were made between the team. It was a great way to start my college career, and I’m never going to forget it.” Rutgers now looks to next season in hopes for even more success, as the team will retain its whole roster. “We have another chance to come back and keep building on everything that we worked on this year,” Zein said. Rutgers knows it will take hard work to have even more success next year. But the team was proud of the strong effort they gave against Louisville in the Big East Championships and will look to build off of that effort in the future. “As a team — if we can bring the same intensity as we did in the Louisville match, then we should do well next year,” said junior Stefania Balasa. The team will also have to put in plenty of work in the offseason if they want to see improvement next year. “I think if we all work hard over the summer, we should be even better next year,” Balasa said. This was a year that started off with some questions for the Knights, but they found ways to win some close matches and had a strong season because of it.
Freshman midfielder Chrissy Schreiber has nine goals, but she has also contributed to the defense by causing five turnovers. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
MIDFIELDER Freshman receives more playing time than she expected CONTINUED FROM BACK Freshmen have needed to step up all season because of injuries to key upperclassmen. Schreiber said she did not expect to see playing time as a freshman, but now focuses to build upon her numbers this season. “I’d always love to have more, but just getting on the field is a huge thing that I wasn’t expecting,” she said. “It’s definitely really cool to be having such an impact for my team being a freshman, but I’d
definitely like to get those numbers a little higher.” She has nine goals to go along with her contributions on the defensive end, where she has caused five turnovers and secured nine groundballs. The East Meadow, N.Y., native was a U.S. Lacrosse All-American Midfielder as a senior at St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) High School. She helped her team win two consecutive Catholic League Championships during her sophomore and junior seasons. Schreiber is also not the first person in her family to find success playing lacrosse. Her father, Doug Schreiber, is a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame and is a former National Player of the Year at Maryland. He was part of the 1973 National Championship team with the Terps.
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MEN’S LACROSSE SEVEN SENIORS TO PLAY FINAL GAME
RU reflects on year-long performance BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s golf team closed the spring season in Florida — the same state where it made its weather-shortened debut. After placing eighth at the Big East Championship on Tuesday, the Scarlet Knights returned home that evening with the season behind them. Rutgers’ roster consisted of five freshmen and two seniors, a group that required development and time to gather cohesion on and off the course. “This was my most unique roster, given the age differences,” said head coach Maura Ballard. “Having so many freshmen was fun and challenging for us. It kept me on my toes. I had to be engaged every moment to make sure the proper message was being received.” Ballard completed her 21st season as the caretaker of the Knights and credited seniors Brittany Weddell and Karen Cash for their impact. She believed they assisted in grooming the rookies and were great role models. The best outing for Rutgers came April 15, when it tied for sixth at the Brown Bear Invitational with a team score of 640. Weddell finished with a teambest fifth place finish after shooting a 150 in the 84-player pact. She was also the Knights’ catalyst in the previous outing. The Buzzards Bay, Mass., native paced Rutgers at the Hoya Invitational on April 9 after carding a 232 and sharing 15th place individually. Cash got off to an impressive start to open the spring season March 22 at the condensed Cincinnati Spring Invitational. She led the way after the opening round of competition, but finished tied for 36th after lightning and inclement weather forced the final round to be canceled. Following the conclusion of the Big East Championship, Cash took time to reflect on her career and admitted that she was content with everything that transpired over the course of her three seasons. “It was a great honor to play for Rutgers,” said Cash, who transferred from East Stroudsburg following her rookie campaign. “It was definitely one of the best decisions of my life. I am grateful to have been able to play for the Scarlet Knights. I am going to miss it.” Rutgers was attentive and accepted the challenge of improving and working hard to build the program. Ballard saw the Knights put in a lot of effort during competition and in practice sessions to win a tournament title. With another season in the books, the Knights turn their attention to coming back even stronger in the fall. Ballard said Rutgers possesses an abundance of potential. The goal is for the Knights to reach their pinnacle and bring the program to new heights. “I am excited about next year,” Ballard said. “The young women are bright, energetic and driven. They have embraced my coaching philosophy, ‘Vision 54.’ I am sure we will have a very successful 2013-14.”
Defenseman Edward Bartleson will be one of seven seniors honored before Saturday’s game against Georgetown for their efforts with the program. Bartleson has started 12 of 14 games this season. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Seniors want success in final contest BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
As the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team enters its final home game of the season, it will look to win for its senior class. Senior Night will be the last time seven Scarlet Knights take the field for Rutgers. All seven will be honored before the game at Yurcak Field for their hard work and dedication they have put in over the last four or five seasons. The senior class is led by defenseman Edward Bartleson, who this season star ted 12 of 14 games. Bartleson has scooped up 19 groundballs this season and forced nine turnovers.
“It is definitely going to be bittersweet playing my last game,” Bar tleson said. “It would be nice to cap off my five years here with a victor y after a long season like this one has been.” Fellow classmates and defensemen Christopher Zybrick and Steve Shemesh will also be in action. Zybrick has appeared in 11 games, including one star t with six groundballs and four forced turnovers. Shemesh appeared in all 14 games this season and forced four turnovers and scooped up 18 groundballs. He also won two faceoffs this year. Senior attack Duncan Clancy appeared and started in three games this season. Clancy has
four points on the season, one goal and three assists. Senior midfielder Alexander Ball also appearing in three games this year. Ball has collected two groundballs in his three appearances. Defenseman Daniel Ingraldi and goalie Rudy Butler round out the senior class that will be honored. While some of their statistics may not jump off the stat sheet, they handed down experience and knowledge to the younger members of the team. Despite the Knights’ record this season, the team has shown signs of improvement in games and on the practice field. Credit the upperclassmen that have fostered the develop-
ment of freshmen like goalie Kris Alleyne and attack Scott Bieda, both of which have had breakout seasons in their first year with the Knights. “The younger guys have really stepped up, worked hard and grown up before our eyes,” Bar tleson said. “They’re the future of this program and will be great for Rutgers for years to come.” The message from the underclassmen all week has been simple — win for the seniors. “We just need to put it all together in all aspects of the game and tr y to get a win for the seniors,” said junior midfielder Anthony Terranova. “These guys deser ve to go out with a win.”
WOMEN’S GOLF WEDDELL LEADS KNIGHTS WITH 227
Rutgers places last at Big East Tournament BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s golf team put the finishing touches on the spring season after competing in the Big East Championship in Orlando. The Scarlet Knights returned to the Sunshine State for the second time this year to contend for the coveted conference title in what the team deemed the most anticipated event. Rutgers finished in eighth place after carding a 929 (304-318307) Tuesday to cap off a season that featured a roster composed of two seniors and five freshmen. It was the only last-place result of the year. In her final outing, senior Brittany Weddell ended her career the same way she played the entire season. She paced
the Knights with a 227 (76-8071) and tied for 14th place. Freshman Samantha Moyal was right behind, tying for 17th with a 230 (72-79-79) to end in the top 20. Rutgers did not fare as well as it hoped in the final outing of a year of growth with one of the youngest teams in head coach Maura Ballard’s tenure. Neither Ballard nor the rest of the Knights were available for comment following action after the tournament. Freshman Melanie Chambers grabbed sole possession of 30th place to end her rookie campaign with a score of 235 (79-77-79). Senior Karen Cash and freshman Gabrielle Sacheli rounded out the rest of the scorecard for the Knights. Cash closed her career tied for 37th with a 238 (77-83-78), while
Sacheli ended the competition in 40th with a 250 (87-82-81). The Knights str uggled Monday and fell to last place at the conclusion of the second round. Rutgers carded a team total of 622 (304-318) after the second round to lose ground. Moyal continued her improved play and finished the day in 14th place with a 151 (7279) in the 40-player field. The rookie was even in both parthree and par-five scoring and collected six birdies going into the final round of action. Moyal was the sole Knight in the top 15 at Reunion Resort. Weddell and Chambers managed to claim top-30 spots by late Monday afternoon. Weddell had 21 pars and was tied for 26th with a 156 (76-80). Chambers ser ved as her counterpar t, the other player
tied for 26th with a 156 (79-77). Entering the final day of competition, Notre Dame held on to a slim lead to take first place. The Fighting Irish (579, +3) were the frontrunners with a single-stroke lead over Louisville (580, +4). The Knights took to the course Sunday morning and jumped out to a tie for fifth place after the opening round with a team score of 304. The effort marked a season low for Rutgers. Notre Dame claimed its fifth Big East Championship title in program history with a team-best score of 861. The win marked the Fighting Irish’s third title in the last three years (2008, 2011 and 2013). The Cardinals could not make up their deficit following a lead after the first round. They finished in second place, followed by St. John’s in third.
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PUTTING AWAY THE CLUBS The Rutgers women’s golf team concluded its season last weekend in the Big East Tournament. PAGE 15
YOUTHFUL PRODUCTION Three freshmen contributed this season for the Rutgers tennis team. PAGE 14
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “It would be nice to cap off my five years here with a victory after a long season like this one has been.” — Rutgers men’s lacrosse senior defender Edward Bartleson on Senior Day
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
SOFTBALL SYRACUSE 11, RUTGERS 3
BASEBALL
Freshman pitches past Seahawks BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Howie Brey said it took him a while to get rid of the jitters associated with playing as a freshman. But the reliever delivered another important performance for the Rutgers baseball team yesterday, an appearance that helped the Scarlet Knights (20-19, 8-7) capture a 9-5 home victory against Wagner (15-23) at Bainton Field. “I feel much more comfortable now,” Brey said. “In the beginning of the year, I felt like a freshman. I kind of felt like they banged me around a little bit. But you just get your confidence back after some outings and you get back out there, you’re not a freshman and you’re just one of the older guys out there pitching.” Brey (2-2) entered the game with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning as the Knights held just a 4-3 advantage against the Seahawks. The Middletown, N.J., native pitched four-and-two-thirds innings with eight hits and two runs allowed, lasting long enough for freshman reliever Jerr y Elsing to
Midfielder Chrissy Schreiber scored a late goal April 7 against No. 7 Syracuse. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Midfielder aids offense in rookie season BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT
Chrissy Schreiber is one of three freshmen to contribute to the Rutgers women’s lacrosse offense. The midfielder played in all 15 games this season with starts in 13 of them. “The experience is definitely going to help us in the future, me being a freshman,” Schreiber said. “It’s a lot to handle, but it’s definitely, in the long run, going to make me a better player. It’s definitely a little scary at times, but worth it because it will only make us a better team.” Schreiber was also one of three players to find the back of the cage Sunday against Loyola’s defense. She scored a goal late in the first period April 7 against then-No. 5 Syracuse to bring the Scarlet Knights within one at halftime. With the Knights struggling to convert shots to goals lately, Schreiber and her teammates are determined to give extra effort to finish out the season. “I know the attack — we’ve talked about it after the game — that we need to get up to the field on our own and have some motivation,” Schreiber said. “I think that [Sunday], seeing the stats and then seeing the result of the game, we really, really need to do that on our own.” SEE
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Rutgers’ pitching staff gave up 17 runs as Syracuse swept yesterday’s doubleheader. Senior Abbey Houston, above, surrendered six runs in three and a third innings of work in Game 2. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2013
’Cuse sweeps RU to put Knights in hole BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
Time is running out for the Rutgers softball team. It preferred a sweep of Syracuse and arguably needed a split. The Scarlet Knights earned neither yesterday, sloppily dropping both games of its home doubleheader against the Orange to fall into seventh place in the Big East.
Syracuse (19-24, 7-9) lit up all three Knights pitchers, despite owning the worst batting average in conference play. “We didn’t match up well with them,” said head coach Jay Nelson. “They don’t hit for average. They hit for power.” That much is clear. The Orange put together three home runs and nine extra-base hits on the afternoon. They teed off on freshman righthander Dresden Maddox and senior SEE
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MLB SCORES New York (AL) Tampa Bay
0 3
Toronto (11) Baltimore
6 5
Los Angeles (NL) New York (NL)
3 7
Chicago (NL) Cincinnati
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Pittsburgh Philadelphia
5 3
St. Louis Washington
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KYLE FLOOD, Rutgers head football coach, was one of 17 honored at The White House yesterday as a Hurricane Sandy “Champion of Change.”
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Freshman reliever Howie Brey pitched 4.2 yesterday in Rutgers’ 9-5 win. WILLY MELOT / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2013
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S TRACK
SOFTBALL
MEN’S TRACK
BASEBALL
at Penn Relays
vs. Monmouth
at Penn Relays
vs. Oklahoma State
Today Philadelphia
Today, 3:30 p.m. RU Softball Complex
Tomorrow Philadelphia
Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m. Omaha, Neb.