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Members of the University community packed the Rutgers Student Center yesterday at the University’s Open Hearing on the University’s Budget, Tuition, Fees and Housing and Dining Charges. Students protested, saying the administration is handling the University like a business rather than an institution of higher learning. YESHA CHOKSHI
Students ask University to shift focus from profit BY ERIN PETENKO STAFF WRITER
The University admissions website says an education is a sound investment. “As a public school, Rutgers can of fer tuition and fees significantly lower than its private-school peers … We call
that a value,” according to the website. But many students disputed that claim at the Open Hearing on the University’s Budget, Tuition, Fees, and Housing and Dining Charges, and filled the Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus last night to speak about it.
protest rising costs and the $72 million shor tfall for the University of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey merger. Gov. Chris Christie rejected requests to pay for the merger, said John Connelly, former RUSA president, and the University had no options to pay for it except with tuition.
“I don’t see any revenue stream that could account for that,” he said. “If the Board of Governors is claiming we’re not going to pay, where is the money coming from?” He said although the administration has promised not to put SEE
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RUTGERS UNITED STUDENTS AGAINST SWEATSHOPS
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Assembly passes fall 2013 budget, swears in board BY ALEX MEIER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The Rutgers University Student Assembly accepted a budget yesterday for the fall 2013 semester that will allocate a total of $619,371.78 to approximately 360 registered student groups and organizations on campus. RUSA’s outgoing allocations board, along with the newly approved board, led by its Chairman Zain Haq, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, pieced together the budget last Sunday, said Emmi SEE
“They have claimed in public before that Rutgers is a bargain,” said Margarita Rosario, the of fcampus representative for the Rutgers University Student Assembly. “It is not a bargain.” Before the hearing, RUSA held a protest outside the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to
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After Adidas, activists turn to T-Mobile BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT
After two years of working to get Adidas to pay severance to workers in Indonesia, Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshops announced last night at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture they have won. “We won, and they are going to pay the workers finally,” said Nida Ahmed, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. “It took two years, but they will finally be getting paid $1.2 million.” RUSAS is shifting their focus to another major company, T-Mobile, Ahmed said. During their presentation, RUSAS invited former T-Mobile call center employees and a former salesman to talk about their strug-
gles, as well as why the corporation will not let workers unionize. “They were forced to work under stressful conditions and fill unreachable quotas,” Ahmed said. “They faced scare tactics to not report their management.” Joyce Bellamy, a customer service representative, said she has worked for T-Mobile for the past nine years. During that time, she has lost a few co-workers at the call center because of job stress. “The working conditions are stressful,” she said. “We are under the gun, always pressured. They want you to make sales and cut talk time. We are supposed to treat customers with respect but rush them off the phone.” Bellamy said during her time with the call center, some
employees became so overwhelmed with stress; they felt their only option was to commit suicide — sometimes while on the job. “One technician shot himself in the parking lot,” she said. “The company did not respond to the suicide or offer counseling. We were told we could not access our vehicles. We could stay for overtime, or we had to wait.” Along with long hours and dealing with management, each employee at the call center has a daily quota of $400, she said. Zelig Stern, a former retail sales associate from a store in Brooklyn, N.Y., said employees in stores who directly deal with customers face similar circumstances. “The company did ever ything it could to maximize their bottom
line,” he said. “They gave management total control over us.” While he led his store, and sometimes the entire district in sales, Stern said he never hit any quotas he was assigned. For newer employees, this was a problem when they were up for review. “My manager increased quotas, and said if new people did not hit by end of their second month, they would be fired,” he said. “We would pitch in and help them keep their jobs.” Stern said hours per week were based on the former month’s sales, and they changed based on the manager’s discretion. “If it was slow the month before, our hours were cut. SEE
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Friday, April 26 The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents the opening performance of Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” 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.
Saturday, April 27 The Department of American Studies presents the 39th Annual New Jersey Folk Festival at 10:00 a.m. on Douglass campus on the grounds around the Eagleton Insttute of Politics. The event is free and open to all.
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. RU Selling presents “The RU Selling Charity Barbeque” at 2 p.m. at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus. Admittance costs $1. All proceeds go to the More Than Me Foundation, a charity in Liberia dedicated to getting girls off the street.
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CAMPUS ALERT With more than 75,000 visitors expected for Rutgers Day, the Rutgers University Police Department is expecting additional vehicle and pedestrian traf fic during the day. The following road closures will take place April 27, 2013: Hamilton Street will be closed between George Street and College Avenue from 6 a.m. until around 5 p.m. College Farm Road will be closed at Rt. 1 from 8 a.m. until around 5 p.m.
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Artist stays at University for N.J. Folk Festival believes the University shaped his life’s trajectory. “I was standing in front of a University alumnus and folk mirror trying to tie my tie to go to musician Spook Handy spent the a job interview, and I couldn’t do it. past week as an artist-in-residence, … I said, ‘You know what? This running workshops and speaking isn’t what I want to do with my to students about folk music’s life,’” Handy said. place in American society. He placed his suit and tie into New Jersey Folk Festival direcstorage and purchased a guitar, tor and University Professor thinking he wanted to be a rockAngus Gillespie invited Handy to and-roll musician. the University after “One of the earliworking with him. est memories in my “It’s fun, but it’s The festival has life was watching been running for calling the masses the Beatles on the nearly four Ed Sullivan Show, together to take decades, Handy the first time they said, and he has came to America,” action and do been the master of Handy said. something.” ceremonies there He grew up lisfor several years. tening to folk SPOOK HANDY “The festival music and began to Folk Musician features a wide learn songs from variety of folk the popular folk music, from traditional [folk] to trio Peter, Paul and Mary in addirevival folk to contemporary folk tion to well-known Beatles songs. … and also from a wide variety of “When I eventually got good cultures that are prominent in enough to start playing out in pubNew Jersey,” Handy said. lic, I got a lot of response for playThe festival is also home to ing the folk songs, and eventually I folk music from a variety of cul… became more and more of a tures that found in the state, folk artist,” Handy said. including German, Irish, Italian His popularity grew after writand Mexican. ing a song called “Vote.” He said being at the University “It’s very folk-songy. It’s a very opened many doors and also gave lets-all-get-together-and-go-out-andhim a desire to maintain the freevote song. It’s fun, but it’s calling the dom he discovered. He still lives in masses together to take action and New Brunswick and do something,” Handy said.
BY SIMON GALPERIN STAFF WRITER
CHILI AND MUSTARD The Rutgers University Programming Association hosted its annual ’Hot Dog Day’ with Project Dynamite, top, a two-man extreme juggling sensation, on the College Avenue campus. SHIRLEY YU, ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
Spook Handy, a University alumnus, is spending this week as an artist-in-residence at the University. He has been speaking to students about folk music’s place in American society, and will be performing at the N.J. Folk Festival Saturday. PHOTO COURTESY OF SPOOK HANDY Handy aspires for his music to inspire students to take action for what they believe in. Referring to the par ty that turned into “Delafest,” he said he feels that its rowdiness
and chaos did not yield any positive results. Instead of using energy to party, students should get together to make the world a better place, Handy said.
“The young people today are the future of the world, and they are innately as wonderful and creative and fantastic as we’ve ever had,” Handy said.
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FOCUS Connelly says tuition has increased over past 20 years CONTINUED FROM FRONT the burden on student’s backs, they have not announced a plan so far. The University should not hold students accountable for a merger they didn’t pay for, Rosario said. “It’s not fair to the students who are in Rutgers already, or the students planning to attend Rutgers,” said Rosario, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore. “It’s not something they voted on, or something they chose.” Rosario addressed the Board of Gover nors at the hearing about higher tuition costs. She said it was the oneyear anniversar y since national student debt hit $1 trillion, and tuition is rising faster than inflation. Connelly, a School of Ar ts and Sciences Senior, said tuition at the University has drastically expanded over the past 20 years. “There’s been a reversal of state funding,” he said. “Students really want to make sure this trend is stopped.” RUSA also wanted the University to cancel their contract with Sallie Mae, the largest private owner of student debt, Connelly said.
APRIL 26, 2013 Sallie Mae uses a consulting company, the General Revenue Corporation, to collect payments from their debtors, Connelly said. GRC has been accused of terrible business practices, and several people had filed complaints against the company with the Better Business Bureau. “They’re par ticularly known for dishonest policies and discrimination against people of color,” he said. Connelly said RUSA wants to make sure the reputation of the University is not tarnished through association with the company. Nicholas Sala, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said tuition is expensive but he does not know what can be changed. “[The UMDNJ merger] kind of makes sense,” he said. “I mean, it’s on our campus.” Ralph Izzo, chair of the Board of Governors, said the student reaction to tuition increases was not surprising. “We respect that the economic pressure has made the tuition not bearable for cer tain students,” he said. Some students were more concerned about high tuition than others, he said, as evidenced by the debate over cage-free eggs in the dining halls. “Our job for the next three months is to balance those competing interests,” he said. University President Rober t L. Barchi said the complaints over spending disparities
between dif ferent campuses are based on inaccurate data. “We submit a single number for the entire school,” he said. “If you go online and look at it … and run down the numbers … you’ll see they were divided arbitrarily. But they’ve been driven as if they were fact.” Mitul Patel, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior, said the Rutgers Student Union came to the rally to make sure the Board of Governors heard the students’ voices and under-
“When I would come home at 2 a.m., all I had was a box of pasta and some water to boil it with, because I had to choose between books and food this semester.” DAVID BEDFORD School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore
stood what their opinions are. “They’ve been focusing on super fluous branding of Rutgers, and focusing on athletics rather than academics,” he said. He said students at the school have to take out loans for the supposed cheap alternative of a public school. One mother he met at Tent State the previous week had to pay for her two sons to go to college and faces $50,000 of debt.
“Families look to Rutgers for af fordable education, but Rutgers isn’t doing that,” he said. Sherif Ibrahim, the former vice president of RUSA, said he wants to emphasize the connection between the Board of Governors and the University. The board takes an administrative role, he said, but he asked that they take on a new role that shows empathy to students. “So far, it seems to me that this University has been run like a business,” he said. “It needs to put profit second.” Jamie Platt, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, said Rutgers United for the Welfare of Animals passed a referendum to change the eggs in campus dining halls to the cage-free variety. The club tallied 850 student votes, and most of the students were willing to pay two to three times the amount cage-free eggs would actually cost, which is an average of $7.50 more per semester. Austin Vidich, a School of Public Af fairs and Public Administration at RutgersNewark junior, said even if the data on spending dif ferences were not completely accurate, there is still a disparity between New Br unswick and Newark. “The librar y was built in the 1970s, and the third floor has yet to be completed, it’s still completely barren,” he said. “I
don’t know if any of you have visited the dining ser vices, but when I was a freshman on Livingston campus, there was a discrepancy there.” He said he thinks the dif ferences were racially motivated. “Whether it’s explicit or subconscious, I think it’s just wrong,” he said. Anna Kr ymchanskaya, the newly elected of f-campus senator, said students often had to move of f campus because of crippling debt. “Commuters are direct result … of tuition getting too high,” said Krymchanskaya, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Being a commuter makes it more dif ficult for students to find a connection with the University, she said. She herself had a hard time being a student leader because she had to commute for two hours ever y day. David Bedford, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, said it is strange that at the only oppor tunity for students to meet the Board of Governors, 90 percent of the board was not there. He said the University focused too much on boosting the image of the University’s statistical data, while what really mattered were the students paying into the University. “When I would come home at 2 a.m., all I had was a box of pasta and some water to boil it with, because I had to choose between books and food this semester,” he said.
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President Rober t L. Barchi today, asking to cut the current contract with the phone Ahmed says RUSAS carrier. “We have a contract in place will deliver letter to where you can become a preBarchi ferred customer if you prove you go to Rutgers,” she said. CONTINUED FROM FRONT “We also have the same conHowever, my landlord did not tract in place with AT&T and care,” he said. “Most of my job Verizon [Wireless]. We are is commission based. If it going to deliver a letter to rains, the next month, that’s Barchi.” half your income gone.” Ahmed said RUSAS is workCommission was cut ing for workers’ right for neuthree times in two years, Stern trality with T-Mobile. They are said. They were told going to ask the company to commission was give workers not cut and they access to rights should work “Let’s do what we and benefits as harder to make well as the did with Adidas to chance to unionthe same money. Toward the T-Mobile and stand ize.After Adidas, end of his time for these workers working there, M o n i k a Stern said union Juzwiack, a rights.” busting was RUSAS member, K.B. BROWER incredible. After said T-Mobile is United Students Against leaving Tequally as imporSweatshops Organizer Mobile, he tant. became an advo“Clearly, cate for unionizthere is a reason ing. for this campaign,” said He said he once went to a Juzwick, a Rutgers Business store he never went to before, School first-year student. and when he spoke to the manK.B. Brower, a USAS organager, she knew his name and izer, said the University would what store he was from. be the second school to send a “Most stores I walk into, letter to its president asking to [the] manager will throw me cut ties with T-Mobile. A uniout. Employees have been told, versity in Charleston, South ‘We are not allowed to talk Carolina, was the first. about unions,’” he said. “I had “Let’s do what we did with a friend tell me that emails go Adidas to T-Mobile and stand between locations about union for these workers’ rights. organizers, saying ‘He just left When we fight…,” she said to here, keep an eye out.’” the audience, trailing of f. Ahmed said RUSAS plans to Those attending chanted in deliver a letter to University response, “We win!”
BUDGET Money comes from mandatory $35 student activity fee CONTINUED FROM FRONT Morse, the outgoing chair of the allocations board. The new board was trained to car r y out the task, and signed a non-disclosure and viewpoint neutrality agreement to ensure a content-neutral, unbiased and ef ficient allocations process, said Morse, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. RUSA approved the budget as a whole as another measure to ensure that RUSA members will not hold biases against cer tain student groups, said Pavel Sokolov, RUSA’s newlyelected president. The boards consider each individual request of student groups and organizations, and send emails to any groups whose funding requests pose issues, Morse said.
“The amount completely [per group] varies, because some groups know exactly what they need and they request what they need, and other groups will ask for ridiculous sums of money that there is absolutely no way we can provide them with,” she said. “A group asked us for $45,000.” Newly formed groups and organizations receive $500 in funding from the University, and after two semesters, can apply for allocations funding, she said. Each student organization submits a budget to the allocation board for funding of up to two programs or events, Morse said. Groups that want funding for more than two meetings can attend one of the weekly appeals meetings. The groups may also receive overhead funding, which provides money for general purposes of operating, such as pens or flyers to adver tise group meetings, she said. Leftover money that student groups do not use is placed into a reser ve fund which usually helps fund the appeals process.
Current and former T-Mobile employees talk to Rutgers University Students Against Sweatshops members and the public yesterday at the Center for Latino Arts and Culture on the College Avenue campus about stressful work environments at the company. SHAWN SMITH
RUSA allocated a budget of $570,561.63 for the fall of 2012 and $496,121.02 for the spring of 2012, but these numbers do
“The amount completely ... varies because some groups know exactly what they need and ... and other groups will ask for ridiculous sums.” EMMI MORSE Outgoing Chair of the Allocations Board
not account for late budgets, she said. “Generally, we always hover around between 550,000 to a little over 600,000, so the number increases and goes up,” she said. “For fall allocations, we usually get more requests than for the spring.” Inflation has affected the rising cost of the budget.
“The student groups know how much money things end up costing, like they’ve been told that the room rental fees go up, that it costs more to get a microphone,” Morse said. The money comes from the mandator y $35 student activity fee on the term bill. The fees for School of Arts and Sciences students go to the RUSA allocations board, while fees from students in other schools goes toward their specific school’s allocations board. For example, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences funds 12 groups, and the Rutgers Business School funds around 10 or 11 groups, Morse said. But RUSA’s allocations board will not fund greek life or honorar y societies because membership is not open to the student body, she said. Before the end of the academic year, the allocations board will distribute funds to special events funding, Morse said. Although the criteria may become stricter, a special event is required to request more than
$15,000, run for more than three years, receive funding from outside sources and have a specific amount of co-sponsors. RUSA also passed a bill to set up a comprehensive plan for a student labor board that will be given the power to conduct investigations into the working conditions of student labors. Ben Weitz, an off-campus representative, said many student workers approached RUSA with testimonials about major workers-rights violations, leading to the formation of this board. During the meeting, RUSA swore in the newly elected RUSA members. John Connelly, president of RUSA for the 20122013 school year, passed RUSA’s gavel to Sokolov. “It’s been the greatest honor to be able to work with y’all, to see things that are often considered impossible accomplished on a regular basis, to see the needs of the average student addressed time and time again on huge issues such as tuition and on small issues such as parking reform,” Connelly said.
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LAWYERS CALL WITNESSES FOR FEDERAL TRIAL NEW YORK — Lawyers for New York City are calling witnesses in an ongoing federal trial challenging a police tactic known as stop, question and frisk. The first witness for the city was New York Police Department Chief James Shea, who used to be the commanding officer of the police academy. Shea testified Thursday on police training and expectations of officers. He says that police officers are taught that they must do their jobs professionally above all. The testimony comes more than a month after the trial began. Lawyers for men who have sued the department are trying to show that police are wrongly stopping black and Hispanic men. There have been about 5 million street stops in the past decade.
LAWYER TO EXCLUDE MENTION OF CANNIBALISM IN TRIAL NEW YORK — The lawyer for a New Jersey man charged in a kidnap-murder case says she’ll seek to exclude mention at his New York trial of his ties to a police officer convicted in a cannibalism plot. Attorney Alice Fontier said Thursday that cannibalism is too “creepy” for jurors to hear at the upcoming trial of 22year-old Michael Vanhise of Trenton, N.J. He is scheduled for a November trial on charges stemming from a kidnap-murder plot. She spoke outside court after Vanhise and two co-defendants pleaded not guilty.
CORRECTIONS OFFICER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT, CRIMINAL RESTRAINT TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey corrections officer already accused of posing as a police officer to assault prostitutes is facing new charges. The attorney general’s office says Juan Stevens has been charged with sexual assault and criminal restraint for an incident at a motel in Mansfield in 2011. Authorities say the new charge arose after Steven provided DNA sample to state police under a 2011 law that requires all people charged with violent crimes to give a DNA sample. The attorney general says Stevens allegedly forced at least four prostitutes to have sex with him while posing as a police officer.
MAN SENTENCED FOR SELLING ILLEGAL ASSAULT WEAPON TRENTON, N.J. — A Trenton man has been sentenced to five years in prison for selling an illegal assault weapon in the city. Under terms of his sentencing Thursday, Jameel Harris will have to serve at least three years before he’s eligible for parole.
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People walk by a surveillance camera along a street in the Financial District on April 24 in New York City. Following the twin bombings at the Boston Marathon, a new focus has been placed on surveillance cameras, which have become common in most metropolitan centers across America. The FBI used footage from surveillance cameras to identify the bombing suspects, which eventually led to their capture. Despite the security role of the cameras in law enforcement, numerous civic groups and privacy advocates are still opposed to the use of surveillance cameras in public spaces. GETTY IMAGES
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cost of amputating a leg? At least $20,000. Cost of an artificial leg? More than $50,000 for the most high-tech models. Cost of an amputee’s rehab? Often tens of thousands of dollars more. These are just a fraction of the medical expenses victims of the Boston Marathon bombing will face. The mammoth price tag is probably not what patients are focusing on as they begin the long healing process. But friends and strangers are already setting up fundraisers and online crowdfunding sites, and a huge Boston city fund has already collected more than $23 million in individual and corporate donations. No one knows yet if those donations — plus health insurance, hospital charity funds and other sources — will be enough to cover the bills. Few will even hazard a guess as to what the total medical bill will be for a tragedy that killed three people and wounded more than 270. At least 15 people lost limbs, and other wounds include head injuries and tissue torn apart by shrapnel. Health insurance, as practically anyone who has ever gotten
hurt or sick knows, does not always cover all costs. In the case of artificial limbs, for example, some insurance companies pay for a basic model but not a computerized one with sophisticated, lifelike joints. Rose Bissonnette, founder of the New England Amputee Association, said that the moment she heard about the bombings, she knew immediately that her organization’s services would be needed. The advocacy group helps amputees navigate things such as insurance coverage for artificial limbs. Bissonnette shared one group member’s struggle to get coverage for artificial arms as an example of the red tape some bombing victims could face. The woman “got a call from the insurance company and the person on the other end said, ‘How long are you going to need the prosthetic hands?’” Bissonnette recalled. Bissonnette herself was in a horrific car crash 16 years ago that left her with injuries similar to those facing the Boston victims. Her mangled lower left leg had to be amputated and her right ankle was partially severed. Her five-month hospital stay cost more than $250,000. Health insur-
ance covered all her treatment, rehab and her prosthesis. Health economist Ted Miller noted that treating just one traumatic brain injury can cost millions of dollars, and at least one survivor has that kind of injury. He also pointed out that the medical costs will include treating anxiety and post-traumatic stress — “an issue for a whole lot more people than just people who suffered physical injuries,” he said. Adding to the tragedy’s toll will be lost wages for those unable to work, including two Massachusetts brothers who each lost a leg, Miller said. They had been roofers but may have to find a new line of work. Many survivors will also need help with expenses beyond immediate health care, including things like modifying cars for those who lost limbs or remodeling homes to accommodate wheelchairs. Many sur vivors live in Massachusetts, a state that requires residents to have health insurance, “which should cover most of their required treatment,” said Amie Breton, spokeswoman for Massachusetts’ consumer affairs office. “The total cost of that treatment is impossible to calculate at this early stage.”
Amputees may face the steepest costs, and artificial legs are the costliest. They range from about $7,200 for a basic belowthe-knee model to as much as $90,000 for a high-tech microprocessor-controlled full leg, said Dr. Terrence Sheehan, chief medical officer for Adventist Rehabilitation Hospital in Rockville, Md., and medical director of the Amputee Coalition, a national advocacy group. Legs need to be replaced every few years, or more often for very active users or those who gain or lose weight. Limb sockets need to be replaced even more often and also cost thousands of dollars each, Sheehan said. Massachusetts is among about 20 states that require health insurers to pay for prosthetic limbs, but many plans don’t cover 100 percent of those costs, Sheehan said. “Most are skimpy beyond basic prosthetics and they have not caught up with current available technology,” he said. “The insurer will use terminology such as ‘not medically necessary’” to deny computerized feet or knees that can often make the patient better able to function, Sheehan said.
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BLAST TO THE PAST A war veteran makes her way down Bathurst Street during the ANZAC Day parade on April 25 in Sydney, Australia. Veterans, dignitaries and members of the public today marked the 98th anniversary of ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, April 25, 1915 when allied First World War forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. GETTY IMAGES
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A war veteran makes his way down Elizabeth Street during the ANZAC Day parade on April 25 in Sydney, Australia. GETTY IMAGES
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Crowds of people look on after the annual ANZAC Day march at the Shrine of Remembrance on April 25 in Melbourne, Australia. Veterans, dignitaries and members of the public today marked the 98th anniversary of ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, April 25, 1915 when allied Australian and New Zealand First World War forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Commemoration events are held across both countries in remembrance of those who fought and died in all wars. GETTY IMAGES
MARCH OF REMEMBRANCE War veterans make their way down Bathurst Street during the ANZAC Day parade on April 25 in Sydney, Australia. GETTY IMAGES
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A young girl holds up a sign during the ANZAC Day march on April 25 in Townsville, Australia. Veterans, dignitaries and members of the public today marked the 98th anniversary of ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, when allied Australian and New Zealand First World War forces landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. GETTY IMAGES
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Self care just as important as grades COMMENTARY ALYSSA RORKE
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s I organize all of my assignments for the upcoming finals week, I get flashbacks to past ones. At the end of my first semester of freshman year I gave a presentation in front of a 100-person class about the significance of Shakespeare’s plays in contributing to the plots of 90s teen movies. And even though I was already studying and doing exactly what I knew I wanted to be studying and doing, this was a time in my life when I didn’t think I’d live to see graduation. Let me explain. I’m not talking about a terminal disease. I consider it the greatest obstacle I’ve faced in the past four years, and that’s coming from someone who didn’t place out of “Expos.” But it wasn’t my grueling writing class that was getting me down — I found myself in an inexplicable sinking pit of depression that left me bed-ridden and without hope. What is it about suicide that haunts us? Its lingering absence and sometimes-inevitable occurrence leave us on
our toes, and the mere thought of it could give you the shakes. By the time Tyler Clementi’s story was on the front page of everyone’s minds, I was a sophomore, and I thought I had everything figured out: All a person needs to be happy is a few good friends, right? But when good friends can only be rented for five months at a time, you realize you’ve got to knock down the door of the slumlord you’ve allowed to run your social life.
"You never hear about the value of self-care in the context of higher education.” Junior year crept in like a thief in the night, and off-campus, single-bedroom living paired with a bad case of mononucleosis characterized my third year in college. Professors advised me to withdraw, but that wasn’t something I wanted to do. I powered through and finished out the year after literally making myself sick from sleepless nights and too much stress. Now
I’m wrapping up my fourth and final year, realizing that I’ve had my priorities out-ofwhack this entire time. The problem was that I put school before my well-being. I cannot stress enough how important it is to maintain your health, both mentally and physically, while you’re in college. At orientation, they may tell you about time management and the importance of getting internships, but you never hear about the value of self-care in the context of higher education. I find this strange, because I’ve never met anyone who’s finished college without pulling caffeine-induced all-nighters, living on beer and ramen for at least a week or developing an Adderall addiction. We shouldn’t be destroying our bodies and minds in order to get a decent education. Summer classes, winter classes, 20-credit semesters —these are all things you may be faced with. At the end of the day, you just have to remember that some things are more important than homework. Alyssa Rorke is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in journalism and media studies and minoring in women’s and gender studies.
Columnist’s position on sexism makes sense NOMIN J. UJIYEDIIN
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he Daily Targum’s Monday column, “Men are the oppressed gender,” is sure to have ignited campus-wide outrage. But I honestly don’t understand why anyone would be upset about such a claim. It is obvious to me, as it should be to ever yone who is capable of rational thought, that the author’s argument is suppor ted by sophisticated obser vations and an accurate assessment of reality. Such careful reasoning is exemplified by a claim the author makes near the end of his piece: “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 miser y of the victims, not their power.” I agree completely — oppression isn’t about power at all. It’s absolutely absurd to think that egregious power imbalances conferred by arbitrar y gender distinctions could ever be a cause of human miser y. When I turn on the TV or browse the Internet or read the news, I don’t see any evidence that women are disadvantaged. It’s not like women are routinely humiliated for being the victims of sexual assault; — the bullying of Audrie Pott, Rehteah Parsons and the Steubenville victim was just a fluke. And I don’t think it’s wrong for women to be constantly objectified and sexualized by the media — it’s only natural for the female
body to be at the disposal of the heterosexual male gaze. Even the pay and employment gaps aren’t evidence of discrimination. Women comprise a dispropor tionately small percentage of Congress members, film directors and CEOs, but it’s actually men that have to suffer by bearing the burden of these grueling professions. Unlike men, we’re lucky enough to have the option of staying home for our entire lives. Why would we want to suffer the boredom of financial independence or the challenges of a white-collar career when we could cook, clean and raise children? Until this Januar y, women in the U.S. militar y even had the luxur y of being officially banned from combat roles. Never mind that the ban existed because women were considered less physically and mentally capable, it was the men who got the short end of the stick on that one. Like many lawmakers, I believe that concerns about women’s reproductive health are “special interests.” What could be more irrelevant than healthcare issues that affect more than half of the U.S. population? Only legislators should make decisions about contraception and abortion, not women themselves. Who knows what might happen if teenagers could get their hands on birth control, and even worse, learn in public schools how to use it? Educators might end up using vulgar terms like “vagina” and “orgasm.” Recently, Tim McDaniels, an Idaho high school teacher, was rightfully investigated for discussing such filth in his biology classroom. Such frank discussion of female anatomy and human sexuality should not be tolerated.
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On another note, I should really stop complaining about a social paradigm that expects women to be passive and compliant in sexual and romantic situations. It must be so much worse to actively pursue partners without being labeled a slut and to have your sexual agency and independence sanctioned by social norms. And on top of that, I should stop feeling uncomfortable when strangers make lewd comments about my appearance when I’m walking through New Brunswick on a Friday night. I, along with the millions of other women who have experienced street harassment, should be happy that others are so invested in our sexual attractiveness. It’s especially flattering that products designed to promote conformity to an impossible beauty ideal are marketed almost exclusively to women. The fact that eating disorders are much more prevalent among women than among men doesn’t say anything at all about the pernicious impact of unattainable female beauty standards or the dispropor tionally high value placed on a woman’s appearance. Overall, I think the author gets a bad rap. His argument is completely reasonable, and is strengthened by its audacity in the face of popular opposition. Critics of his piece will accuse him of cobbling together a handful of poorly supported, inflammator y statements for the sole purpose of instigating needless controversy. But that would be unfair. It’s not like he’s ever done that before. Nomin J. Ujiyediin is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in economics and political science.
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The young people today are the future of the world and they are innately as wonderful and creative and fantastic as we’ve ever had.
Spook Handy, University alumna and folk musician, on his music’s purpose of encouraging students to make a difference. See the story on UNIVERSITY.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Social media action reflects U. values Since moving to New Jersey almost two years ago, I’ve been disappointed in how this community works together to help its own, excluding the response to devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy. I went to an undergraduate institution that prided itself on its familylike atmosphere. If something negative happens to one person, it happens to everyone. There, it was easy for people to rally around and help without wanting anything in return. On Tuesday, April 23, I was on my way to a meeting with a professor in the WrightRieman building on Busch campus when I noticed a flier. It was from a fifth-year graduate student whose laptop was stolen. What hit me was that this student did not care about the laptop, but rather the contents, stating that the thief can keep the laptop but to pleas just send back the dissertation in it. I believe in karma and the “Golden Rule,” hoping that if one day this happens to me, someone would help me. I took a photo of it, posted it to Facebook and asked my friends to spread the word. Close to 25,000 shares and a top story on Reddit later, I cannot express how much it meant that so many people wanted to help this stranger out. I wasn’t expecting the surge of suppoårt that was demonstrated since my initial posting. I really want to thank the University community for stepping up and showing me how much you all care. It means a lot knowing that such people exist here. Thank you, Rutgers. Robert Young is a graduate student in computational biology and molecular biophysics.
ONLINE COMMENTS User Alew46, in response to the 4/26 commentary:
What does being oppressed actually mean? “‘Women don’t want to be with someone who propagates white male patriarchy and privilege.’ So, you've never been inside of Scarlet Pub, then?” User ShoreStrongBoy, in response to the 4/24 commentary:
Facts ignored in oppression debate “That’s why I think they put him in the ‘Opinions’ section and not the ‘This is The Freaking Truth’ section.” Read and comment online at dailytargum.com
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KNEE Agudosi, Peele take extra reps while Coleman sits out CONTINUED FROM BACK But for now, all Coleman can do is watch, whether it be in the film room or on the practice field. For redshirt freshman wideout Carlton Agudosi, that means another wide receiver coach to tell him what he has done wrong in addition to position coach Matt Simon. “He’s been a great help,” Agudosi said. “He’s always in my ear telling me what to do and always trying to help me out to get better.” Coleman does not dispute the fact he has been more of a mentor than anything else to the receiving corps. “It’s been a lot of meeting room conversations,” Coleman said. “I’ve talked to them and pulled them to the side, and I’m the first one in their face when they come of f the practice field. I just want to know how things went and I’m just in there talking to the young guys. They’ve been really receptive.” Agudosi has been one of the younger wideouts to receive an increase in reps because of Coleman’s injury. The increased workload has not gone unnoticed by head coach Kyle Flood, who said some of the greener receivers
Redshirt freshman receiver Carlton Agudosi (13) is one of the younger wideouts getting advice from wideout Brandon Coleman, while the junior continues to rehabilitate from an offseason knee surgury. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER have benefited from more throws coming their way during spring drills. “Guys like [redshirt freshmen wideouts] Ruhann Peele and Carlton Agudosi, it’s been really exciting to watch these guys in practice,” Flood said. The younger receivers’ confidence has been evident in spring practices and was on display
halfway through yesterday morning’s practice. Peele took a pass from junior quarterback Gar y Nova and went up field before a few Knights defenders met him. Peele proceeded to jaw to the sideline to tr y and pump up the defense. And while Coleman would rather be out on the field with
Peele and the rest of the unit, right now the focus is just getting his knee better for when he is really needed. For now, all he can do is root on his fellow receivers and help them along the way. “I’m proud of those boys, seeing them on film and competing hard and getting their chance to do what I know they are capable
of doing,” Coleman said. They’ve showed the coaches and showed ever yone else that they are capable of playing at this level.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
HAWKS Nelson says only way Rutgers can break out of losing ways is to show urgency CONTINUED FROM BACK outfielders Chandler Howard and Jackie Bates ended the threat. Bates, who hit 0-for-4 on the afternoon, blooped a ball into shallow center field that second baseman Kayleena Flores snagged at the last second. “It’s definitely frustrating, especially since my performance hasn’t been exactly where I want it to be for the past few games,” Bates said. “But I just kind of got to forget about it and look at the games ahead.” And that is all Nelson needs from Rutgers. He asserts the only way the team will snap out of its funk is to show a consistent sense of urgency without trying to be a hero every time they are at bat. “I’m hoping that we learned a lesson at the end there — to approach hitting the same way all the time,” Nelson said. “My hitters are good hitters. We’ve just kind of gotten out of a rhythm. We’re leaning over on pitches outside and letting our hands travel out over the plate.” Rutgers pitchers were equally pressing. Freshman righthander Dresden Maddox (8-5) and sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith combined to allow only one earned run through five innings, but the offense continuously offered no support. Maddox came away with only one earned run allowed in fourand-one-third innings despite
allowing four walks. Nelson believes a mechanical issue with her curveball is what has routinely gotten her behind in counts lately. Eventually, Landrith caved in the sixth, serving up a three-run bomb to outfielder Kate Kumza. Pivotal long balls have been a theme for Knights pitchers as of late. “They are under pressure, and they’ve been giving up a lot of home runs,” Nelson said. “We’ve been leaving pitches flat up in the zone.” But Rutgers’ few answers for why it could not help out its pitchers early in the game against Sulick (10-5). “She wasn’t really a top-notch pitcher that we’ve faced compared to other pitchers like USF or Notre Dame,” Bates said. “Really all she was throwing was in and out, and she was just keeping us off balance.” The Knights’ silver lining is that the offense finally hit its stride again in the final inning, despite taking nearly three games this week to do so. “I wouldn’t say we’re struggling, we’re just kind of pressing right now,” said junior first baseman Alexis Durando. “Hopefully this last inning kind of pulled us together, and as long as we keep our mentality that we aren’t struggling right now, I think that 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.
Freshman goalkeeper Kris Alleyne will need to play well between the pipes for Rutgers to get its first win in conference play. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
HOYAS Georgetown travels to Yurcak field with zero road wins CONTINUED FROM BACK Rutgers looks to counter O’Reilly with a trio of defensemen as senior Ed Bartleson and juniors Nick Contino and Andrew Parrilla all look to shut down the Georgetown offense. “We have to come together as a team,” said Bartleson, who is playing his final Rutgers game. “The gameplan is already in place, now we just need to play a complete 60 minutes and execute the whole way.” The Knights offense will need to be careful with its possessions
against a stout Georgetown defense. The Hoyas are third in the conference in forced turnovers per game and second in groundballs per game. Junior attack Scott Klimchak will be key on offense for Rutgers. Klimchak has scored in every game this season, and leads the team in points and goals scored. Klimchak will have plenty of offensive support in Terranova and freshman attack Scott Bieda. Bieda has registered a point in the last seven games and currently has eight multi-point games this season. Terranova has been on a bit of a hot streak lately, scoring six of his 11 goals in the last two games. These three, along with the rest of the Knights offense, will try to get as many shots as they
can on Hoyas goaltender Jake Haley. Haley is allowing an average of 11 goals per game and is saving less than 50 percent of shots on goal with a .490 mark. On the flip side, Rutgers will need freshman goaltender Kris Alleyne to continue his strong play in net. Alleyne allows less than 10 goals per game. “We need to play great in all phases of the game, win face-offs, and continue to get great goaltending,” said interim head coach Byron Collins. “I think we have a good gameplan in place, now we just need to go execute” Execution with man-up opportunities will be one key factor in the game. Rutgers is converting a third of its chances, while Georgetown is second in the conference in penalty kill percentage.
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APRIL 26, 2013 BASEBALL RUTGERS-OKLAHOMA ST., TODAY, 3:30 P.M.
Freshman reliever Howie Brey pitched well in his last appearance, hurling 4.2 innings in relief against Wagner in a 9-5 victory. The Middletown, N.J., native collected his second win of the season against the Seahawks, tossing two strikeouts and allowing just two earned runs. WILLY MELOT
Knights gear up for Omaha road trip BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
For Rutgers head baseball coach Fred Hill, there was a big takeaway from the Scarlet Knights’ 9-5 victory Wednesday against Wagner. “At the plate, it was good to see contributions from ever yone,” Hill said after the win. “We had an aggressive approach and jumped out early again.” The Knights had 11 hits against the Seahawks, but more importantly, they made contact with runners in scoring position — a lesson Hill has preached since practices began in Januar y.
Freshman reliever Howie Brey knows how important it was for Rutgers to capture its two midweek games before it embarks on its longest road trip of the season. “It’s huge,” Brey said. “These two wins are big going into this weekend. We need to get our confidence back after that series sweep by Pitt. After this weekend we have more conference games, so we need to get our confidence back.” The Knights (20-19, 8-7) will play in three individual games in Omaha, Neb., beginning today against Oklahoma State (28-11). The Cowboys are winners of four out of their last seven, including taking two out of three against Kansas State last weekend.
Oklahoma features slugging first baseman Tanner Krietemeier, who leads the Cowboys with a .346 batting average as well as in RBI with 33 and hits with 56. While the Cowboys will be one of the more talented teams the Knights will face all season, it will do so with an improved bullpen. The unit will feature senior righthander Nathaniel Roe, who showed improvement in his last appearance against a Delaware team that features one of the better lineups in the country. Roe lasted two-and-one-third innings in the 4-2 victor y against the Blue Hens, collecting three strikeouts in his third save of the season.
The performance solidifies one ever yday player’s confidence in the Plainfield, N.J., native. “He’s a guy I trust out there at all times,” said sophomore leftfielder Vinny Zarrillo. “It’s good to see him perform.” Zarrillo will be one of four Knights to take a .300 or better average to Nebraska, as Zarillo leads the team with a .353 mark. Senior rightfielder Steve Zavala is also one of those four, but he is more interested in getting as many wins as possible in this three-game swing. Rutgers will also play Creighton (22-9) and Hofstra (21-21) on the road trip.
But two midweek wins off of a three-game series loss to Pittsburgh can do nothing but help. “Our mental approach to the game was great these past two games,” Favatella said. “We came in loose and we got back to the basics which we need to do in Omaha. It’s strange to have the week off [from Big East play] but if you put it in perspective and realize you get to do play at the College World series stadium, you have to forget about it.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
MEN’S GOLF BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP, SUNDAY
Rutgers’ spring season to finish at Big East Championship BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
As the end of the Rutgers men’s golf team’s spring season draws near, its most anticipated event is on the way. The Scarlet Knights travel back to Florida on Sunday to compete in the Big East Championship. The squad completed three consecutive days of preparation in an attempt to go out and compete for the conference title and its first tournament win of the year. “We are at a good finish and are under the radar a little bit,” said second-year head coach Rob Shutte. “We have had a
couple of good second-place finishes in the fall, we played some really good golf at times and we can really surprise some people.” Rutgers comes of f of an 11th-place finish at the Rutherford Intercollegiate earlier this week, a familiar tournament to the Knights. The team finished with a team score of 925 on the Penn State Blue Course in Pennsylvania. During the long bus ride home Sunday, Rutgers quickly turned its attention to the season finale and what it needed to get ready. Sophomore Jacob Stockl is excited to compete in his second championship tournament.
“This is what we look forward to the whole season,” Stockl said. “Ever ything builds up to this tournament. There are a lot of great schools, a lot of great teams and we are hoping for the best.” Stockl was a catalyst for the Knights in their last outing after he carded a 228 and finished tied for 30th in the 72-player field. Junior Doug Walters was right behind with a 232 individual score and ended the competition tied for 40th. Rutgers attends that two-day event each year and was home to the Big East Championship in 2009. Freshman Jonathan
Chang, junior Jonathan Renza and sophomore Hyung Mo Kim comprised the rest of the scorecard for the Knights. Chang tied for 44th with a 233, Renza tied for 47th with a 234 and Kim tied for 64th with a personal score of 242. Rutgers battled weather conditions, an issue it faced in the beginning of the spring. The Knights seemed to have difficulty coping with the cold temperatures and heavy wind that altered their approach on the course. Now as the squad returns to the Sunshine State, where it played a few tournaments over the course of Spring Break,
Rutgers believes it can come out strong and compete for the coveted conference title. Shutte has faith in the team he has witnessed play impressive golf over the last nine months and feels it can have a breakout per formance this weekend to close out the season. “I would have to think that there is no question we are going to go down to the Big East [Championship] and tr y to win it,” he said. “We are a program that is expected to build and win golf tournaments. That is one where the competition is really good. We have to put it all together.”
APRIL 26, 2013
SPORTS PAGE 15 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK ROYSTER HOPES TO SEE FIRST COLLEGIATE GAME ACTION
Royster manages diabetes in transfer from SC BY JOSH BAKAN SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore defensive back Sheldon Royster has more to be concerned about health-wise than most on the Rutgers football team. After he wakes up, he checks his blood sugar. If it is too high, he takes a correction for it. If it is too low, he eats something extra before the Scarlet Knights’ team breakfast. He has to think about his lifespan more than most college students. His Type 1 diabetes is a main reason why he transferred from South Carolina last fall. “They just took all precautions, and they were either going to sit me until I got my health straight,” Royster said yesterday of South Carolina. “Basically, I just had to get back on board and do what I was supposed to do, so I can have a longer life after college and after everything with football.” As 2011’s No. 6 New Jersey recruit and the 12th-best safety recruit nationally, according to Rivals.com, the 5-foot-11, 185pounder’s athletic profile would not lead one to think he has any health issues. Now that he is back in Piscataway, he does not. “A lot of the time at South Carolina — I guess being so far away from home — I was trying to focus on other things besides the main issue, which was my health,” Royster said. “I guess that had somewhat to do with me
leaving South Carolina, but I’m just glad to be back home.” Royster’s transfer may be the difference between him not playing at all and only playing in Rutgers’ third-down package, as he has done in spring practice. Royster reunites with two St. Peter’s (N.J.) Prep teammates — junior running back Savon Huggins and sophomore offensive lineman Keith Lumpkin. Royster said South Carolina’s spring game last year was the closest he has gotten to collegiate game action. Huggins remembers a teammate who relished his chance to make an impact in prep school. “He can lay the wood on you pretty well — he does a great job of that,” Huggins said. “He can cover, and he has great pick-up speed.” As long as the Woodbridge, N.J., native stays on top of checking his blood sugar, the trainers are in constant communication with the coaching staff to ensure Royster can endure a normal football regimen. His parents ensure his self-responsibility. “Being closer to home, I have my parents on me to make sure I’m on top of my [health],” Royster said. “I’ll get either a text message or a call from somebody to make sure I’m doing what I’m supposed to do or take care of what I’m supposed to take care of.” Diabetes has given Royster’s collegiate football career a tough first two years. Even though he is
Sophomore defensive back Sheldon Royster, right, checks and balances his blood sugar every morning so his Type 1 diabetes does not affect him in everyday life. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER buried outside of Rutgers’ twodeep, he has three years to make up for lost time. “As long as I’m taking care of my diabetes and doing what I’m supposed to do, I’m just like a normal person out there on the field,” Royster said. “So I don’t think it will take anything away, but if I’m not taking care of myself, I’ll feel really drowsy or something like that.”
HEAD
COACH
KYLE FLOOD
maintained the offensive line’s shifts he made Tuesday, and he likes the look of it. He especially likes the newlook left side, where sophomore Kaleb Johnson has shifted from
tackle to guard with Lumpkin in his old position. Nothing is official, but that leaves senior left guard Antwon Lowery, who started every game last season, as the odd man out. “I think the players understand that and ever y day they go out there they have to be ready to compete for their jobs,” Flood said. “And I think Antwon will do that.” Flood also sees potential in redshirt freshman Chris Muller, who has played right guard. “I think by the time we get ready to line up and play our first game next year,” Flood said, “I’m confident that he’ll be ready to play in that game possibly as a
starter and possibly as someone who’s rotating into the game.”
RUTGERS
WILL ONLY HAVE
three active tailbacks for tomorrow’s Scarlet-White Game because of injuries to sophomore Paul James and freshman Dontea Ayres. To make up for it, Flood expects junior fullbacks Michael Burton and Sam Bergen and redshirt freshman Kevin Marquez — who Flood expects to be healthy — to take carries. For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Josh Bakan on Twitter @JoshBakan. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
WOMEN’S LACROSSE RUTGERS-LOUISVILLE, TODAY, 5 P.M.
Knights close out season with weekend road trip BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team is on the road for the first time this month, travelling to Louisville today to begin the final weekend of regular season action. The Scarlet Knights (9-6, 15) will then travel to Cincinnati (6-8, 0-6) on Sunday for its final contest. Rutgers hopes to salvage its remaining two conference games, as it has earned only one win so far in Big East play — a 9-6 victor y April 13 against Villanova. The game against the Wildcats also stands as the Knights’ only April win. They dropped ever y other contest during their five-game homestand. The Cardinals (9-6, 1-5) have struggled in Big East play and have an identical record to the Knights. But most of their losses have come on the road, as they stand 6-1 at home. Louisville has won only two of its last seven games, most recently an 18-10 victor y Sunday against the Bearcats. The Cardinals also breezed past Marquette on April 7, 21-2. They have reached doubledigits in scoring in 12 games this
season, scoring 20 or more goals three times. The Cardinals’ conference record can be deceiving without considering their performance against some of the Big East’s best teams. They took No. 6 Notre Dame into double overtime April 5 before falling, 16-15. They also needed extra time against Connecticut on April 14, but lost, 12-11. Louisville’s success can be attributed, in par t, to its ability to gain extra possessions for its of fense. It ranks ninth in the countr y in draw controls and sits among the top 15 in caused turnovers. Midfielder Nikki Boltja leads the team offensively. She enters following a six-goal performance against the Bearcats, increasing her season total to 54 goals. She is third in the nation in goals per game, averaging 3.6 per contest. The Knights look to break through on offense this weekend after their inability to convert on its scoring opportunities plagued them during the homestand. In their most recent game — a 10-4 loss last Sunday against Loyola — the Knights matched the Greyhounds in shots, but only found the back
Freshman attack Halley Barnes scored three goals in two games last weekend, including a pair Sunday against Loyola. She has 20 points on the season. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER of the cage sixteen-percent of the time. The Bearcats have also struggled to score goals this season, averaging less than 10 goals per game. Sunday’s contest will display a more offensively even matchup as Rutgers has not
reached double-digits in seven consecutive games. Freshman attack Halley Barnes is a player to watch this weekend for the Knights. Barnes scored three goals last weekend despite the team’s low of fensive output.
She notched a team-leading two goals against Loyola and found the back of the cage last Friday against No. 8 Georgetown. She leads all freshmen on the team in points with 18 goals to go along with her two assists.
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FINAL ACT The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team finishes
HEALTH MONITOR Sophomore defensive
its season on the road this weekend with games against Louisville and Cincinnati. PAGE 15
back Sheldon Royster has handled his diabetes well since transferring. PAGE 15
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “At this point we have nothing to lose.” — Rutgers men’s lacrosse junior midfielder Anthony Terranova on the seniors’ last game against Georgetown
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
SOFTBALL MONMOUTH 6, RUTGERS 3
MEN’S LACROSSE
Knights to end season versus Hoyas BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
Sophomore centerfielder Jackie Bates hit 0-for-4 in yesterday’s 6-3 lose to Monmouth at home. Rutgers managed just seven hits against the Hawks, its third straight loss and sixth out of its last seven. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR / FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2013
Hawks soar past struggling RU BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
One thing became clear by the end of the Rutgers softball team’s 6-3 home loss to Monmouth yesterday — the Scarlet Knights are pressing. Having lost six of its last eight games entering the contest, Rutgers (25-22, 6-10) could produce only two hits off Hawks
(27-13) righthander Lauren Sulick through six innings. Despite Sulick owning an impressive 2.14 ERA, head coach Jay Nelson asserted the outcome was a result of his team trying to do too much. “The first six innings, the pitcher didn’t get us out. We got us out,” Nelson said. “We got ourselves in holes by swinging at bad pitches and taking good pitches.”
But down 6-0 in the bottom of the seventh, Rutgers did not go quietly. Five singles and a Monmouth throwing error suddenly gave the Knights life. Rutgers had pulled to within 6-3 with the bases loaded and only one out — a legitimate oppor tunity at a comeback. But back-to-back pop outs from sophomore SEE
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team enters its final game of the regular season tomorrow against Georgetown. The Scarlet Knights will honor seven seniors in a pregame ceremony for Senior Day. The Knights have struggled most of the year, but have an interesting opportunity against the Hoyas. Rutgers (2-12, 0-5) has never defeated Georgetown (5-8, 2-3) since both teams began playing each other in 1999 during conference play. The Hoyas hold a 15-0 record against the Knights. But Rutgers may have its chance this weekend, as the Hoyas have yet to win a game on the road. “At this point we have nothing to lose, we just have to go out and get a win for the seniors,” said junior midfielder Anthony Terranova. Sophomore Reilly O’Connor leads Georgetown offensively as one of the top attackers in the Big East. O’Connor ranks in the top five in the conference in both assists per game and points per game. SEE
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FOOTBALL JUNIOR HELPS YOUNG RECEIVING GROUP WHILE RECOVERING
Coleman continues rehab on knee BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Dressed in a cutoff shirt in the Hale Center, it is evident junior wide receiver Brandon Coleman has focused more on his upper body than everything else. What is not visible is the work he is doing to his lower half, a constant grind to get his recently surgically repaired
right knee ready in time for training camp in August. “I’ve been going hard in the weight room six days a week,” Coleman said. “I’m on a strict program and just doing what I have to do.” Coleman, who underwent minor knee surgery in March, said he should be off his crutches “within the next week or so” and be able to begin running drills in July.
While the next few months will be crucial for Coleman to get back into playing form, he is certain he will be ready to go once the Rutgers football team begins its preparations for the upcoming season. “No doubt in my mind I’ll be ready for camp,” Coleman said confidently. “Physically, mentally, I’ll be ready for camp.” SEE
EXTRA POINT
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Toronto Florida
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CRAIG BROWN, signed a letter of intent to compete for the Rutgers men’s basketball team. The sophomore forward averaged 18 points and eight rebounds last season at Broward (Fla.) College.
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Defender Edward Bartleson looks to help shut down Georgetown’s offense. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR WOMEN’S TRACK
MEN’S TRACK
BASEBALL
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
at Penn Relays
at Penn Relays
vs. Oklahoma State
at Louisville
Today Philadelphia
Today Philadelphia
Today, 3:30 p.m. Omaha, Neb.
Today, 5:00 p.m. Louisville, Ky.