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Professor looks at meaning of ‘best practice’ for public policy BY WILSON CONDE STAFF WRITER
Professor Richard Tomlinson discussed how the “best practice” approach to public policy raises issues yesterday at his lecture “The Prescriptive Character of Best Practice Knowledge Products: A Slum Upgrading Case Study.” For University graduate students and faculty from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Tomlinson focused on the problems public policy consultants face concerning their use of knowledge to formulate agendas. Tomlinson, who chairs the Urban Planning Department at the SEE
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Debate team finishes year with record performance BY ZACHARY BREGMAN STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers University Debate Union competed in the national championships this weekend, finishing the team’s most successful year. The three-day tournament took place at the University of Maryland in College Park. “We had seven debaters qualify for nationals, which is the most that we’ve ever had,” said Rachel Moon, the public relations chair for the team. “In total, we had 10 people compete, so that’s five teams with each being made up of two debaters.” RUDU President Ashley Novak and former President Chris Bergman’s team placed ninth overall in the tournament out of 80 teams from schools all over the countr y. Another University team also placed in the top 25. “Ashley also got 11th speaker, which is an individual speaker award, and Chris Bergman was 24th,” said Moon, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore. SEE
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Coalition demands Barchi’s support BY TAYLOR LONDINO STAFF WRITER
Students and the University administration continue to disagree as the Rutgers University Tuition Equity Coalition persists in their fight for publicized support from University President Robert L. Barchi. RUTE, a student-run organization created specifically to advocate the bill in the Assembly and Senate on in-state tuition, focuses on opening the window of opportunity for higher education to undocumented students, said Frangy Pozo, cofounder of RUTE. Pozo, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the bill as written will allow for any student who went to high school in the state of New Jersey for at least three years to qualify for instate tuition. “As of now, there is absolutely no opportunity for undocumented stu-
dents to benefit from in-state tuition rates, even if they have lived their whole lives in New Jersey,” Pozo said. Margarita Rosario, co-founder of RUTE, said out-of-state tuition is too expensive for most undocumented students. “If the bill is passed, undocumented students will have larger access to higher education because they will be able to pay in-state rates and hopefully be able to receive state financial aid,” said Rosario, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. She said Barchi’s publicized support of the bill has fluctuated. “He has said that he would support the bill with the proposed amendments,” Rosario said. “But every time we approached him about it, he claimed that this issue should be solved on the federal [level], not the state level.” She believes Barchi feels that the bill’s passing would cause a revenue loss for the University.
“It’s the state university of New Jersey, and if this bill is going to pass, it needs the support of the president.” FRANGY POZO Co-founder of the Rutgers University Tuition Equity Coalition
“He’s ver y fond of revenue,” she said. Rosario said Barchi’s support of the bill is essential for its success. “Rutgers is the largest institution of higher education in the state,” she said. “It’s the state university of New Jersey, and if this bill is going to pass, it needs the support of the president.” Pozo said Barchi seemed to suppor t the bill in past statements, but RUTE now wants him to highlight his office’s advocacy for this issue and send an email to
the student body showing his support for it. “He has informed us that he is working towards these amendments and in support of the bill, but he has never written about it in a paper to the students and community members without mentioning it in a negative way,” she said. Peter McDonough, vice president of Public Affairs at the University, said the amendments proposed by Barchi’s office were SEE
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University Paintball team places third in nation BY MEGAN MORREALE STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers Paintball Team placed third in a national tournament of 15 of the country’s top college teams. At the tournament, held in Lakeland, Fla. from April 19 to 21, the team ranked first in their conference, said Alex Elliott, the team’s head coach. David Palo, co-captain of the team, said it has never performed so well. “We had won our conference for the first year. It’s a great feeling,” said Palo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. In his first year at the University, he said although the team placed in nationals, they lost in the preliminary rounds. In his sophomore year, the team had a similar finish. Last year, the team started to improve, getting more hits than years prior. “Every year we got better and better,” he said. “This year was our best year down in Florida. We scored more hits, numbers wise, than any other year.” The team brought all fifteen players to the tournament this year and made it to the semi-finals, where California State University, Long Beach knocked them out, Palo said. The team placed at the tournament in good standing, ranking at the head of the Northeast Conference, which included the University of Connecticut, West Point, Northeastern University and Temple University, Palo said. “This is the first year we have ever won the conference,” he
The Rutgers Paintball Team placed third in a national tournament of 15 colleges in Lakeland, Fla. this is the highest the team has placed since its inception. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID PALO said. “We even beat UConn, who are always a powerhouse when they play.” The team only needed to win one out of three matches on the first day of the tournament to move to the quarterfinals and won their match against Florida Atlantic University, 53, Palo said. “After we had lost our first two matches against Ohio State and Fresno State, coach [Elliot] came down to a team meeting and lectured us on how taking stupid penalties would cost us matches,” he said. “FAU had beat us before, and this year we wanted revenge.” The team’s victory against FAU was the highlight of the tournament, as they defeated an old rival, said Cody Goodman, president of the team. “The past two years, they had knocked us out of the tournament,”
said Goodman, a School of Engineering junior. “This time we were able to come back, totally control the game and were just able to give it back to them pretty much.” The team’s 7-1 record over the course of the season allowed their one win in the first day of the tournament to qualify them for the quarterfinals, Goodman said. In the quarterfinals the team played University of Akron and won, 8-5, feeling proud of a strong comeback, Palo said. “During the Akron match, they had won the first one or two points on us,” Palo said. “After that we came back and scored six straight points. Once we had one point we just kept going and figured everything out.” Palo and fellow player Matt Forstik, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, then ran down an opponent in the middle of the field, making the
score 4-2 and closing out the match. They lost the game on Sunday in the semifinals to CSULB 7-4. CSULB, a team with a strong record, was expected to win in a landslide, and the University’s team was proud of their close score, Palo said. “California State has an actual pro player on their team,” Goodman said. “So it was cool that we were able to keep the game pretty close.” The team has been progressively improving since their re-instatement in 2008, Elliot said. “After I graduated from Rutgers, the team called me back to coach them,” he said. “After being the team with the record for the longest losing streak, we have begun to steadily improve and are very proud of our efforts at nationals this year.” Shawn Smith contributed to this article.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Tuesday, April 30 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 $15 for the general public, $10 for University employees, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for students.
Wednesday, May 1 The Rutgers Concert Band performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus as a part of the Mason Gross School of the Arts’ Artist-In-Residence series. The program will feature Tim Smith as conductor and Jerry Junkin as guest conductor and costs $15 for the general public, $10 for University employees, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for students.
Friday, May 3 Rutgers Gardens presents a farm market with locally produced meat, fruit, vegetables, bread and cheese for sale 11 a.m. at the Hort Farm No. 1 Office Building on Cook campus. The Rutgers Wind Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus as a part of the Mason Gross School of the Arts’ Artist-In-Residence series. The program will feature Kraig Alan Williams as conductor and Jerry Junkin as guest conductor and costs $15 for the general public, $10 for University employees, alumni and senior citizens and $5 for students.
METRO CALENDAR Thursday, May 2 Comedian Rodney Laney performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Stress Factory Comedy Club at 90 Church Street in New Brunswick. Tickets cost $20, and those attending must be at least 16 years old and purchase a minimum of two items.
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SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT In yesterday’s article “Group partners with U., city charities,” it should have read RU Selling donates 30 percent of their 10 percent service fee to charity.
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Society hosts competition to raise funds for charity BY IJEOMA UNACHUKWU STAFF WRITER
An air of competition clouded the annex of the College Avenue Gymnasium last night as students prepared to compete in the Public Relations Student Society of America’s second annual charity “Minute to Win It” competition, based off the hit NBC show of the same name. Omer Saleh, vice president of media relations for PRSSA, said they plan to send a portion of the money to the club’s sister organization, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The winners of the competition received brand new Barnes and Noble Nook e-readers. The University’s chapter of PRSSA, a national pre-professional organization, was created in 1980 by University public relations pioneer Todd Hunt, professor emeritus of the School of Communication and Information. Since then, the club has grown to provide internships, career fairs and networking opportunities with professionals, said Club President Sean Barrie. “[The] event is just a nice way to relax and play silly games. It’s a double-edged sword, help out a great club and help out the community. … PRSSA is huge to us, since Rutgers has no curriculum [for Public Relations],” said Barrie, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.
Although the University does not currently offer a public relations major, it recently added a public relations specialization, which Barrie thinks will help lead to a minor and eventually a major. The specialization will give students the chance to take more specialized classes in the field of public relations and allows the students to graduate with more than a general degree in communication. Barrie said Jack Grasso, the PRSSA advisor since 1990 and professor in the School of Communication and Information, has been instrumental in helping students find connections in the real world of public relations in the absence of University support. Six of the teams came prepared in matching T-shirts with intimidating team names such as “The Admirals” and the defending champions, “Team Repeat.” Jackie Navarra, a School of Management and Labor Relations junior, came to the event early with her partner. “The competition looks weak. They didn’t even show up on time,” she said. Each team competed in eight 60-second events that tested the competitors’ hand eye coordination, dexterity and patience. Some games were easier than others, such as “Separation
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Dylan Storms, a School of Engineering sophomore, left, and Kris Johnson, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, winners of the event, competed for charities such as the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation last night in the PRSSA “Minute to Win It” competition. The winners received Barnes & Noble Nook e-readers. KARL HOEMPLER Anxiety,” a challenge in which the teams competed in separating a pool of M&M’s by color. In another game, “Defy Gravity,” competitors juggled three balloons in the air for the allotted time, but no team could successfully finish, said competitor Sylvia Meredith. “It was a tricky task, and it was unexpected,” said Meredith, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “Something so simple wound up being so complicated” “Team Repeat,” who was in last place for the majority of
the competition, did not give up easily. “We really do hope to bounce back. I mean, we’re not called Team Repeat for nothing,” Saleh said. The event brought out game show fans and committed competitors who were not only interested in winning but also in supporting PRSSA. The club also raised money for JDRF by raffling gift baskets. The gift baskets included a gift certificate for a nail salon and spa, eye shadow, lipstick and other beauty products.
At the end, “The Admirals,” consisting of Kris Johnson, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore, and Dylan Storms, a School of Engineering sophomore, won the grand prize and bragging rights for the next year. While competition fueled the event, Meredith admitted that she enjoyed having fun with her fellow club members. “Many people who are in it are in the organization as well, so it’s all in good fun,” she said.
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tuition. … That just doesn’t seem fair,” he said. The amendments would not meant to undermine the require the student to have spent rights of undocumented students. five years in New Jersey schools “We support the bill if it has instead of the proposed three, two simple amendments to limit and calls for a graduate to enroll the effects of extending in-state in a New Jersey university within tuition to out-of-state students,” six years to benefit he said. from in-state McDonough “We don’t want tuition, he said. said the bill would He said reform extend in-state out-of-state on a federal level is tuition to a large students to get the most effective number of out-offor undocustate students, not in-state rates and way mented students just undocumentdrive up everyone to benefit from ined students who state tuition rates. have lived in New else’s tuition.” He said Barchi’s Jersey for years. PETER MCDONOUGH support of federal “It would also reform does not cover out-of-state Vice President of Public Affairs mean that he does students who go not also advocate to a New Jersey for the bill going through the New high school or who went to a Jersey state legislature. New Jersey high school and left Barchi has been supportive of the state,” he said. “There are this bill from the start, he said, 5,000 out-of-state students who and publicized it by taking out an go to high school in New Jersey op-ed in The New Jersey Starright now.” Ledger and The Daily Targum McDonough also said the bill two weeks ago stating his supwould extend in-state tuition to port for both federal and state people who graduated from New reform on the subject. Jersey high schools who set up McDonough said RUTE’s residency in other states but claim that Barchi is unsuppor tdecide to attend graduate school ive of the expansion of inin New Jersey. state tuition rates to undocu“We don’t want out-of-state mented students is simply is students to get in-state rates not true. and drive up ever yone else’s
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Sean Leonard, a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student, also placed fifth as overall novice speaker. The team accepts anyone who wants to join, whether they have experience or not, Moon said. Coaches train debaters on speaking and debating skills, helping them prepare for any event. “I joined the debate team to improve my public speaking skills, and just in general debate is something that has always interested me,” she said. She said one of the best things about being a par t of the Rutgers University Debate Union is the diversity of the people group members meet and compete with. “The experience has been amazing, and it’s definitely a dif ferent kind of college experience,” Moon said. “You are heavily involved in this style of debate we do because we travel to other states and other schools almost ever y weekend if you choose.”
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POLICY Tomlinson says he drafted plans on how to modernize US water systems CONTINUED FROM FRONT University of Melbourne in Australia, discussed what policymakers often mean when talking about best practices and how the concept is more subjective than it appears. “When politicians say they’re doing best practices, the issues are what evidence they use to support this and what counts as evidence,” he said. South Africa’s economic development after apartheid showed a real world application of these questions, he said. Tomlinson said he drafted plans on how to modernize the country’s water and sanitation delivery systems as an economic development consultant and had to deal with the World Bank to finance the projects. The World Bank ignored the ambitions of native South Africans who wanted to approach economic development by imposing a one-sizefits-all economic model on South Africa and appointed only four South Africans to its 20-member planning committee, Tomlinson said. “We gave them a report on what we wanted, but they gave us their own report, and said that this is what is going to be the output of this discussion,” he said. “It turned out to be a rave for privatization of service delivery. The South African Municipal Workers Union threatened a national strike.” What disappointed Tomlinson the most about the World Bank’s approach was how it came up with its recommendations, detailing what South Africa’s economic development should look like in the first place. “They had a standard financial model, in which you plug in data,” Tomlinson said. “I told them the problem with this is that the model requires data that South Africa does not have. So they decided that we were a little bit like Indonesia, so they plugged in Indonesian data and used it as ours.” Tomlinson said he then asked an of ficial working for the United States Agency for International Development on how they could assume to know the magic formula for economic development.
“She told me that all we know is what doesn’t work, and we are just desperately trying to avoid repeating what did not work the last time,” he said. Tomlinson discussed how development agencies use specific buzzwords to promote their policies, such as “evidence-based best practices” and “based on policies that work.” He said such an approach understandably has wide appeal but can also sometimes be problematic. “There was once an NGO, meaning a non-governmental organization, that was fighting HIV and AIDS, and practically whose existence depended on donors from the United Kingdom, and they wanted a report from the organization on
“When politicians say they’re doing best practices, the issues are what evidence they use to support this and what counts as evidence.” RICHARD TOMLINSON Chair of the Urban Planning Department at the University of Melbourne in Australia
how their programs were ‘evidence-based,’” he said. He said because of the need to gather evidence to support their program, the NGO ended up delivering less aid than it could have. In addition, Tomlinson talked about how the problems with best practices are rarely discussed. For example, he said he once taught a graduate course at Columbia University where he instr ucted students to research critiques of the overreliance on “evidence-based best practices.” Students found that such criticisms were ver y scarce. “There are NGO’s that critique the ‘best practices’ approach, but you really have to dig in to find it,” he said. Tomlinson also said knowledge itself can often be subjective. He explained that most people think facts are absolute and
not negotiable, when in reality, facts can be negotiated. “For example, one of the first things the U.S. and U.S.S.R. did when they negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty was negotiate what the facts were,” he said. Tomlinson then discussed how the digital information age has made public policymakers more insular. “Someone from a non-governmental organization once told me that we had one computer for ourselves and one for Googling,” he said. “There is even an NGO dedicated to spreading knowledge to other NGOs.” The Inter net has filtered out the knowledge that public policymakers use in coming up with their policies. He said the Inter net has become the de facto authority when it comes to information about public policy. “Nowadays, if it is not on the web, it might as well not exist,” he said. He also said how the web is making the available information for public policymakers more monolithic. “What we think is liberating may ironically be leading to the point where there is only one view,” he said. “For example, when you look up favela upgrading, slum upgrading, barrio upgrading and squatter upgrading, all the information you look up on Google and on various NGO websites come from one M.I.T. manual.” Allan Zaretsky, a first-year graduate student of City and Regional Planning at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said he learned how technology often limits and distor ts the information that public policy planning professionals and students have. “Search engines such as Google steer us toward sources that reinforce each other when there is a whole other world of information and way of communicating it that you cannot get on Google,” he said. “That’s something we have to keep in mind as planners.” Gina Bienski, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy second-year Ph.D. student, believes she benefitted from the lecture. “I found it encouraging that people are asking questions like how do we gain knowledge and whose knowledge [counts as knowledge],” Bienski said.
IN BRIEF A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll found that nearly two-thirds of New Jersey residents see global climate change as the key factor behind recent storms such as Hurricane Sandy, Irene and the 2011 Halloween blizzard. The poll found that a majority of N.J. residents are more likely to believe in global climate change, while only 29 percent see the storms as isolated weather events. But nearly half believe that global climate change will cause another natural disaster like Hurricane Sandy, though 47 percent disagrees. Threequar ters of New Jerseyans believe it is somewhat likely climate change will cause a natural disaster somewhere in the countr y. “The disaster trifecta New Jersey faced in 2011 and 2012 has residents feeling gloomy about weather prospects for the future, even if Sandy did not hit them directly,” said David Redlawsk, director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. The results came from a poll of 923 New Jersey adults conducted statewide from April 3 to 7, with the margin of error plus or minus 3.2 percentage points. Women are also more likely than men to believe storms like Sandy result from climate
change. But southern New Jersey and shore county residents are less likely to see it due to climate change, the poll found. “Residents do not think Sandy is the end of it, as far as New Jersey or the country is concerned,” Redlawsk said. “Given the belief of most residents that climate change is responsible for Sandy, Garden Staters are realistic about the chances of it happening again, here or elsewhere.” Partisanship also divided opinions on climate change, with 28 percent of Democrats saying another Sandy-like storm driven by climate change is likely to strike their communities. But from the Republican side, only nine percent feel the same. “It is not surprising that Republicans, who don’t think recent storms were driven by climate change, are unlikely to think it will cause future storms,” Redlawsk said. “But clearly, most other New Jerseyans do see a role for global climate change.” The poll found that Democrats are more than twice as likely to say that federal disaster funding will need to increase. More women than men and more urban residents than non-urban residents believe the same to be true for natural disasters caused by climate change.
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Republican holds sway on immigration THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, D.C. — Depending on whom you ask, Rep. Bob Goodlatte is either trying to stand in the way of landmark immigration legislation or he illustrates the new face of the GOP tr ying to find common ground on a contentious issue. Either way, the soft-spoken collector of elephant figurines and signed baseballs is asserting his pivotal role in the immigration debate as it moves into a critical phase on Capitol Hill. Goodlatte, a conser vative Virginian, took over as chairman of the House Judiciar y Committee in Januar y, with jurisdiction over both immigration and gun control for House Republicans. He alarmed some immigration advocates last week by saying his panel will tackle the issue piece by piece, advancing a series of narrowly crafted measures rather than a single sweeping bill like the one pending in the Senate and endorsed by President Barack Obama. That broader legislation, crafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators, is headed for votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee starting next week. Kica Matos, director of immigrant rights and racial justice at the Center for Community Change, called Goodlatte’s move “a desperate attempt to delay and disrupt overwhelming momentum” behind legislation to provide legal status and eventual cit-
izenship to millions of foreigners now in the U.S. illegally. A prominent liberal who’s worked with Goodlatte disagreed. It “confirms what I have been saying publicly and privately about the new tone and new interest among Republicans,” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill. “They want to solve the immigration policy issue and not just exploit it for par tisan politics.” Goodlatte’s approach is nothing new for him. For two decades in the House, he’s plotted a steady, deliberate course on issues from agriculture to Internet privacy. He looks for consensus where possible, but without abandoning his conservative ideology or departing too much from the GOP party line, people who know him say. The difference now is that instead of laboring largely behind the scenes, Goodlatte heads a committee with jurisdiction over key pieces of Obama’s ambitious second-term agenda, most prominently immigration. He says he’s eager to advance the matter, convinced that his piece-by-piece approach is the best way to get the issue moving in the House but not declaring the method will prevail at the end of the day. “This process can be long, but it allows ever y representative and senator to have their constituents’ voices heard,” Goodlatte said. “And by taking a fine-tooth comb through each
of the individual issues within the larger immigration debate, it will help us get a better bill that will benefit Americans and provide a workable immigration system.” In many ways Goodlatte, 60, has been preparing his entire career for his new role, including a first job out of law school as district staf f director for an earlier Judiciar y Committee member, Caldwell Butler, who ser ved during the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. A Massachusetts native who moved to Virginia for law school and stayed — but remains a devoted Red Sox fan — Goodlatte, who lives in Roanoke, also worked as an immigration lawyer helping clients navigate the byzantine steps involved in bringing workers legally to the U.S. Goodlatte, who wears thinrimmed glasses and, sometimes, a brown suit with a tie adorned with American flags, is almost universally described as approachable and willing to listen to opposing views. In addition to collecting baseballs and elephant statuettes that crowd the shelves of his of fice, he’s a histor y buf f who has traveled to the homes and bir thplaces of almost ever y U.S. president and grows most animated when rattling of f obscure facts about them. Goodlatte’s most high-profile role in Congress to date came during last session’s heated debate over Internet piracy.
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he New Jersey Star-Ledger released an analythis could be a merited judgment because of the fact sis yesterday claiming that in teacher-student that women are traditionally victimized. Meanwhile, sex cases, male offenders are sentenced to jail boys and men are presumed to be able to handle themmore often and for longer amounts of time than female selves or to be more eager to engage in the sexual offenders. encounters. It is also more acceptable among peer The analysis comes on the heels of Erica DePalo’s groups when male youth engage in sexual relations sentencing yesterday. DePalo was an English teacher in with superiors or older partners, which may not be the West Orange high school, who in February admitted to case for female students. a sexual relationship with a fifteen-year-old student. The analysis also raises a valid point when taking DePalo was sentenced to losing her teaching license, into consideration the willingness of students to particiregistering under Megan’s Law as a sex offender and pate in the prosecution of their teachers. In cases where has been placed on parole. male students take the stand, the case would be taking While gender stigmas clearly exist regarding place years after the sexual relationship. Thus, a few boys/men and girls/women, we believe the analysis years could vastly change the appearance of the male seems to completely reitstudent, making him look erate broad generalizamore mature, which could tions in the trend “Even with all that taken into account, impact jurors’ decisions. it observed. analysis would have the mere act of a teacher ... engaging beenThemuch The analysis explored more effective if 97 teacher-student sex it had compared cases in a relationship with a student is cases that have taken between the genders completely out of line and wrong.” place in New Jersey over according to the level of the past decade. Of the 97 student exploitation. Cases cases, 72 included male where students were found defendants and 25 included female defendants. The to be exploited at the same intensity could then be comstudy found that 54 percent of the men’s cases resultpared to see if much disparity existed in the sentencing ed in jail time, compared to 44 percent for their female between the genders. The age of students involved is counterparts. That’s a 10 percent higher rate of jail also of great significance, because even a mere year time for defendants that seemingly commit the same makes a huge difference in the development of the wrongful crime of taking advantage of a position of child and the sentencing of the teacher. power to exploit a student — is it significant? Even with all that taken into account, the mere act of While the sentencing outcomes are skewed among a teacher — or any adult in a supervisory position — the genders, we believe that they seem to disregard sigengaging in a relationship with a student is completely nificant details such as discrepancies in students’ ages out of line and wrong across the board. While some types and the individual situations that the members of each of discrepancies between individual cases should exist gender were engaged in. due to the unique nature of each situation, a uniform One quote in the Star Ledger report refers to jurors repercussion should be administered for all adults that and judges taking into consideration “how exploitative take advantage of their position of power to prey on the the crime is and how predatory the perpetrator is.” In youth of those they are supposed to be responsible for. this case, it’s easy to see how gender stigmas may We hope that those judgment calls are indeed being influence outcomes. Girls and women are often perissued based on facts and not on preconceived notions ceived to be more susceptible to abuse. In some ways, of gender expectations.
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Coming to University brought great experiences STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN MIKE DENIS
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have to say it has been quite a year for me at this university. I didn’t know what to expect out of Rutgers, or New Jersey for that matter. Living almost 700 miles from my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, it was certainly a bold move on my part to come here. But I’ve had a wonderful first year in New Brunswick, and I look forward to years to come. It is difficult for somebody from far away to adjust to new surroundings and a new life, but I think I’ve managed quite well. Classes might be difficult and time consuming, but I’ve weathered that storm. Meeting new people, making some new friends — I’ve weathered that storm too. I’ve met some cool professors. I even weathered Hurricane Sandy — one of the worst experiences I’ve ever been through. I never thought I’d be at a university
where a sports scandal broke, and I espe- in acclimating an incoming student into cially never thought I’d be quoted in an this university. And speaking of help, I’d article in ESPN New York. I never thought like to give a shout out to fellow columnist I’d write for The Daily Targum. All of this Matt Kuchtyak, for helping me with all of in one year. As crazy as it sounds, I didn’t my questions, comments and concerns think I would meet another person from about the political science program. My mother didn’t want me coming Ohio (here’s to you Bailey). There are so here. “It’s too far. many other things You could get I thought I’d never killed and there’s do, but I only get “It is difficult for somebody nothing I can do so many words, so from far away to adjust about it.” Those I’ll leave it at that. are all things she’d The University to new surroundings and a yell at me. Yes does a very good new life, but I think I’ve Mama and it’s also job in acclimating a very good educanew students to managed quite well.” tion. And Rutgers college life. The is a very diverse orientations and place, something I other first-year programs really do help new students get hold in high regard. My mother still doesprepared for what to expect out of life in n’t like that I’m here at this university far college. No matter what it is, as long as it from home, but I hope that her mind will has something to do with first-year stu- change in the future. One can also feel at home in other dents, I’d recommend any incoming firstyear to check it out. The interaction one ways. For me, listening to my local radio receives from current students, faculty stations over the Internet and reading the members and alumni is extremely helpful daily news from Cleveland websites
helped me keep in touch with what was going on at home. Although I was a distant contributor to campaign activities during the election last year, I was still able to get a message out and have an influence on my fellow Clevelanders and Ohioans, through social media. I was even able to listen to Browns games, although to us Clevelanders, a Browns game is our own version of torture. And so very soon, I will return to Cleveland for the summertime, and then be on my way back here for the fall semester. I didn’t know what to expect last fall when I first arrived here from the magical land that is Cleveland, but all the initiatives our university provides certainly helped me get my feet wet in navigating through a large college. Although this was my first year here, I know there is a lot more to expect. And I do believe that the best is yet to come. Mike Denis is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student majoring in political science. His column, “Straight Up and Down,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
Keep in mind the importance of consumer choices WHAT THE HEALTH? CHELSEA GOHD
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s a student in a world full of starvation, disease and war, it’s fairly impossible to visualize any real-world impact of our day-to-day actions. While clubs and organizations raise money and awareness, it’s hard to really believe that what we do can affect any amount of change on a real world scale. Many organizations, which are often raising money on-campus have most of their raised funds go toward the organizations’ administration fees. While administration is crucial in both research and in keeping these organizations running, it’s difficult to feel that the actions taken really reach the people they intend to help. But there are ways we can actually affect change through
other means. One way can be summed demand from places like the United States? Quinoa has become such a desired up in a word: quinoa. Quinoa, as most of you probably know, commodity in high-income countries that has become a popular food for “foodies,” the people who produce it cannot afford to healthy eaters, and vegans/vegetarians. eat it any longer. Populations that have Its high protein content and plethora of lived off this nutritious and wholesome food for centuries nutrients places it are now faced with in the popularly malnutrition. Now, named category of “Know where the food you cheap and “superfoods.” It is eat and the clothes you wear processed foods a food that spans are becoming their back centuries come from ... what you sole option. While upon centuries — do should represent what there was a surge a staple food in in economic prossome parts of the you believe in.” perity because of world. Grown origthis increased inally in mostly the influx of demand, Andes in Peru and Bolivia, quinoa has started to be grown in the long-term effects on entire populations other parts of the world as well. Still, these could be devastating. Malnutrition was a regions are the primary producers of this problem in these areas even before this seemingly magical substance. But, what change, and now the problem is becoming happens when communities, who have even more pressing. So does it really matter whether or not lived off of and cultivated quinoa for centuries, suddenly have an overflow of you eat quinoa? It’s great for you. It
provides essential nutrients and is a lean, wholesome source of protein. But when it comes to saving the world — changing society by doing your part and doing small things with big results, it’s all about the little choices we make. Whether or not you want to support the rising price of quinoa in its countries of origin or a variety of other products, educate yourself. Know where the food you eat and the clothes you wear come from. Embrace your own actions, because what you do should represent what you believe in. Change almost never comes from just one person getting on a stage and lecturing their peers about how they feel. Lead by example and be a part of what’s good for you and what you care about. Whatever that may be. That will never be a bad thing. Chelsea Gohd is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in public health and Spanish. Her column, “What the Health?” runs on alternate Tuesdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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would like to clarify a statement made Friday, April 26 in the front-page article, “Students ask University to shift focus from profit.” Rutgers United for the Welfare of Animals supports affordable tuition for all students and the pending switch to cage-free eggs will NOT conflict with the interest of students. Cage-free eggs are a dining budget issue, which is
separate from tuition. The referendum we held was recommended and approved by the Director of Dining Ser vices, Joe Charette, who believes that the dining hall should be responsive to the interests of meal plan holders. The results were overwhelmingly in favor of ending the dining hall’s support for animal cruelty, in the form of intensive confinement of egg laying hens. A majority of 66 percent of students voted that they would like to see this inhumane practice ended at the University, with the average student willing to pay 2-3 times the actual cost to make the switch.
Why did students vote this way? Most people can agree that cats and dogs should not be abused and neglected. And now more and more people, especially youth, are realizing that the suffering of other animals, such as farm animals, is wrong as well. These animals don’t feel any less pain just because they are used for food. We took many measures to ensure fairness and soundness, including promoting dates and times in the Targum, on flyers and posters, polling every dining hall, being transparent about the cost, and collecting RUIDs for verification. This scrupulous weeklong
referendum was conducted because RUWA is sensitive to the interests of meal plan holders. This was the most comprehensive study into student opinion on cage-free eggs to date and we only ask that the administration should honor that. It’s about time students can have a meal free from the cognitive dissonance between taste and ethics. Jamie Platt is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in environmental policy, institutions and behavior. She is a member of Rutgers United for the Welfare of Animals.
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WOES Nelson said Knights must fix issues with hitting this week CONTINUED FROM BACK Nelson said the team addressed its recent overaggressive offensive habits after Sunday’s game and deems it imperative the Knights get it fixed this week. “We have to learn how to be composed when the chips are on the line,” Nelson said. “If we correct it and win two of three games [against Pittsburgh this weekend], we have a shot to beat anybody in the Big East. If we don’t correct it, we don’t really even want to back in, because we won’t be playing our best.” But before Rutgers hosts its all-important series with Pittsburgh, It has one more midweek non-conference tune-up. That begins this evening in Brooklyn, where Rutgers will face Long Island. The Knights then travel to Easton, Pa., for a doubleheader tomorrow with Lafayette. Long Island (17-35) possesses only one hitter with more than two homeruns and a mediocre 4.60 team ERA in the Northeast Conference. It may be the perfect remedy for Rutgers, particularly for a pitching staff that has surrendered eight homeruns in its last six outings. Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith (14-14) has served up four long balls in her last three appearances. Rutgers knows it needs its ace to be at her best this week more than ever. Senior catcher Kaci Madden said Landrith’s cur veball had break on it Saturday that she had not seen in a long time, as Landrith shut out St. John’s for eight innings. And that is the out pitch Madden wants to see more of from Landrith to finish off batters. “I think in order for her to be successful, we’re going to have to get that curveball working again to kind of supplement her riseball,” Madden said. “I feel like the last few conference games that we’ve been playing, we’ve been really relying on her riseball, and so people have been able to get on the pitch and see it. If any pitch is a homerun kind of pitch, it’s the riseball.” But the most important area Rutgers must improve on is offense. The clock continues to tick on a unit that has produced only 2.83 runs per game over its last six contests. The Knights know the time to snap out of its funk is now. “I definitely think a bunch of us are trying too hard,” Madden said. “We realize that we only have three games left in conference play and these are the most impor tant games. [Assistant] coach Ryan [McMullen] was talking a lot about how we have to go back to the pregame mentalities that we used to have when we were playing well as a team and individually, and we have to get into the same routine that we did. We have to go back to feeling good in order to play well.” 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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impression, which earned him first-team reps at right guard. That promotion has moved junior Lumpkin moves to left tackle stronger Taj Alexander over to starting right tackle. after offseason groin surgery It bumped another senior, Andre Civil, out of his CONTINUED FROM BACK star ting position. The wakeup call has But no matter the spring already reached the Miami, shakeups along the offensive the line, and offseason groin surFla., native. line, the unit remains deep, gery only made him a bigger “I’m going to come back, and experienced and desperate to force up front. I’m going to fight for it,” Lowery make amends At 6-foot-8, 310 pounds, he is said. “That’s all I after fading the second-heaviest offensive have to do is get toward the end of lineman in the unit behind redmy mind right, “I feel 100 percent last season. shirt freshman Chris Muller. get my body back — 110 percent, In their final “I feel 100 percent – 110 perfeeling good and three games, the cent, actually,” Lumpkin said. just go play ball actually. The rehab Scarlet Knights “The rehab that I went through in camp.” was successful and they got me In the meanthat I went through rushed for a total of 171 yards on back, got me stronger, so I time, he has no was successful.” 80 carries — feel great.” doubts about including 1.7 yards Lumpkin’s switch to the left Johnson’s ability to KEITH LUMPKIN per carr y on side has shifted former starting handle most of the Sophomore Left Tackle the ground Dec. 28 junior left tackle Kaleb Johnson reps at left guard. in the Russell inside to left guard. “I’m impressed Athletic Bowl against That leaves senior Antwan [with Johnson]. He’s a strong Virginia Tech. Lowery, an experienced veteran kid, a physical kid,” Lowery said. “As an overall unit, we still at left guard, without a starting “He plays fast inside, so I’m have some ways to go, but job for now. happy that he has the opportunithat’s why we have all camp — Flood said he thinks the ty, and we’ll just see where things all summer to improve on the intrasquad competition will only go this summer.” small things,” Lower y said. fuel Lowery between now and On the other side of the line, “Guys are in different positions training camp. Muller has made an immediate
for a reason, but whatever position you’re at, you’ve got to learn that position, and go play ball.” In addition to Muller, Flood is pleased with the progress of redshirt freshmen J.J. Denman and Derrick Nelson, who have added even more depth to the offensive line. Flood said the starting five will probably pick up in training camp where it has left off, but he has no intention of cutting the fierce competition short. “The first day, it’s likely we would start [in training camp] the same way we finished,” Flood said of the offensive line. “I wouldn’t say that that is set in stone, but I think as we enter training camp, we’re going to have probably a 10-day to twoweek window where we will be playing probably seven, possibly eight players with the starting group and trying to figure out who the best five are.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @Greg_P_Johnson. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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APRIL 30, 2013 TENNIS KNIGHTS RETAIN WHOLE ROSTER ENTERING NEXT SEASON
Young team looks to build on year’s experience BY MIKE KOSINSKI STAFF WRITER
With no departing players from this year’s edition of the Rutgers tennis team, the Scarlet Knights want to improve on this season’s winning record. The return of their full starting roster may be a recipe for success next year for the Knights. But Rutgers will shift around players to different positions from where they were at this year. So although the roster will be the same, individual roles will differ, according to head coach Ben Bucca. The Knights’ expectations will be high next year as they look to improve their overall record (14-9, 8-4). The team showed its ability to play successful tennis in its strong effort against Louisville in the Big East Tournament, and that level of play has motivated Rutgers going into next season. “I don’t think I have ever had a match as strong as the Louisville match,” said junior Stefania Balasa. “As a team, if we can bring the same intensity as the Louisville match, we should do well next year.” There is a chance the expectations for the Knights could improve even more with a strong offseason as the younger players continue to get acquainted with Division-I play. Freshman Gina Li led Rutgers this year with a 16-5 record in singles play, including a 9-1 mark in conference action.
Freshman Gina Li wants to improve on a strong rookie campaign in which she went 16-5 overall and 9-1 in Big East play. Li will be one of six players who will return to the starting lineup next season. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER The per formance means that although she only has one season of collegiate action to her name, her production will be relied upon next year. “I think that expectations change as time passes, so what our goals are now may not be the same next year,” Li said.
These will be difficult numbers to improve, but Li’s future looks promising after posting strong individual numbers in her freshman season. She will try to take the same approach as she did this year. It will take a lot of hard work in the offseason for the Knights if
they want to improve on this year’s season. It is important to rest for the time being, but once summer comes along it will be time for Rutgers to begin its preparations for an improvement on the court. “I think if we put in the work in the offseason, it would make
a dif ference for next year,” Li said. The Knights are motivated and ready to build off the 20132014 tennis season. “Our hopes for next year will be high,” Bucca said. “It will be a totally different team, and we will start from scratch next season.”
PLAY Rutgers produces just four runs during three-game losing streak on road CONTINUED FROM BACK singles to give Nebraska enough run support. Rutgers’ lone run came in the top of the fifth inning, when senior first baseman Bill Hoermann singled in senior catcher Jeff Melillo. But the Knights mustered just two more hits after the fifth inning. The Knights also dropped a game Saturday against Creighton (24-10), 3-2 in extra innings, and another against Oklahoma State (32-11) on Friday, 4-1, as Rutgers combined for only 23 hits and four runs in the three games at the TD Ameritrade Classic in Omaha. Though the Jays and Cowboys featured winning records and Oklahoma State was ranked 24th in the countr y, Favatella believes the low run production was not because of a difference in talent level. “Honestly, I don’t think the talent level was any better,” Favatella said. “I think this is what we have seen the whole year, and at least two of the three teams I think it is safe to say we were better than. I don’t think they were anything special, we just got unlucky with some of our at bats.” Rutgers had a chance to beat Creighton, as it held a 2-1
lead in the bottom of the ninth. Second baseman Jake Peter singled in third baseman Federico Castagnini to tie the game, and first baseman Reagan Fowler singled down the right field line to drive in center fielder Brad McKewon for the walk-off victor y. Senior lefthander Rob Smorol went in for Game 1 against Oklahoma State, but allowed four runs in the bottom of the sixth that Rutgers could not overcome with its eight hits and lone run on an RBI single by freshman third baseman Matt Tietz. “It’s dejecting,” said Smorol of the team’s overall performance. “We really didn’t go out what we wanted to do, and didn’t perform to the best of our abilities.” Rutgers has two midweek games before a three-game series against Connecticut, a crucial period for its playoff hopes. It will be up to the of fense to respond. “We just need to play how we can play,” Favatella said. “We have the talent, so it’s just a matter of time for it to come out.” For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
APRIL 30, 2013
SPORTS PAGE 15 WOMEN’S LACROSSE CINCINNATI 9, RUTGERS 8
Knights end season on four-game Big East skid BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team dropped its final two games of the season last weekend, as it closed out Big East play with four straight losses. The Scarlet Knights lost Sunday to Cincinnati, 9-8, after they fell Friday to Louisville, 14-1. Cincinnati would thwart the Knights’ (9-8, 1-7) attempt to end the season on a positive note. The Bearcats scored four unanswered goals to end the game and overcame a threegoal deficit with less than 10 minutes remaining. The run began after freshman attack Kim Kolodny notched the final goal for the Knights and extended their lead, 8-5. But Cincinnati (7-9, 1-7) attack Katie Kiriazoglou scored a hat trick in the second half, including the game-winner with 18 seconds left. “It probably was the lowest point of our season,” said junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli. “I think going into next year, we all have to remember how that game felt and how miserable we were, and we can’t ever feel like that again. We really need to have that in the back of our minds.” Senior goalkeeper Aimee Chotikul allowed four goals in 10 minutes of action in relief of senior co-captain Lily Kalata. Both goalies combined for seven saves in their final appearances between the pipes. “You have to hand it to them, they were the team that came out and played all 60 minutes,” Kalata said. “Really, it’s nobody’s fault but ours.”
Junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli led Rutgers with two goals Sunday against Cincinnati and had an assist Friday against Louisville. Despite the efforts, the Knights dropped both contests and ended the season 1-7 in Big East action. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER A goal by junior attack Megan Clements, who recorded a career-best three assists, kept the lead at two in the middle of the second period. Clements found sophomore defender Jenny Vlahos, who was able to convert one minute later to give Rutgers a 7-4 advantage. Freshman midfielder Chrissy Schreiber closed the first half with a goal before scoring in the first minute of the second period to open up a two-goal lead. Senior attack Annie McGinley put the Knights on the board midway through the first period in her final game as a Knight and
sparked a run in which the Knights scored four of their next five goals. Martinelli tallied the next two for Rutgers, putting her season total at 37. McGinley scored the lone goal Friday for the Knights in their most lopsided loss of the season. Louisville (11-6, 3-5) held Rutgers off the board in the second half, as it went on to score seven goals of its own. Combined with a five-goal run to complete the first period, the Cardinals accounted for the game’s final 12 tallies. Louisville’s leading scorer, midfielder Nikki Bolta, began the
second period with a goal less than one minute in and paced the team with five goals in the contest. Midfielder Kaylin Morissette followed up with a free position shot less than one minute later on Kalata. Morissette and Bolta combined for nine of the Cardinals’ 14 goals, including the first five in the second period. Kalata was pulled late in the second half after allowing 13 goals. She made seven saves in the first half, and entered with a 14-save performance in the Knights’ win against Louisville last season.
Offensively, Rutgers took six shots in the game, with only one coming in the second period. McGinley answered a 2-0 Louisville lead when she scored on a pass from Mar tinelli less than eight minutes into the game. Vlahos secured the ensuing draw, which led to a Martinelli free position attempt. Goalkeeper Ashley Herbst, who only had to make three saves in the game, stopped Martinelli. Vlahos secured two draw controls in the contest, along with two caused turnovers and a pair of groundball pickups.
MEN’S LACROSSE ALLEYNE STARTED ALL BUT ONE GAME FOR STRUGGLING TEAM
Goalkeeper holds chance for conference award BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
With the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s season now complete, the team has a chance to reflect on the last few months. The Big East will announce its award winners and the All-Big East teams tomorrow before this weekend’s Big East Tournament. The Scarlet Knights have a few players who could hear their names announced by the conference, and freshman Kris Alleyne is in good standing to contend for Goalkeeper of the Year. Alleyne was impressive this season in net for the Knights, starting 14 games with only one missed game because of injur y. He allowed just more than 10 goals per game and had a save percentage just under 60 percent. The Big East has recognized Alleyne for his efforts in net before, as he was named twice this season to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. Entering last weekend’s game against Georgetown, Alleyne ranked sixth nationally in saves per game, averaging
13.46 saves per contest. Alleyne also ranked seventh in the country in save percentage. Entering this season, Alleyne was unsure of how his game would translate to collegiate play after being named an AllAmerican in high school. “Honestly, I’m still in shock with how well I played this year. I really wasn’t sure how I would transition to Division I since the game is much faster than in high school,” Alleyne said. “I give a lot of credit to my coaches for molding me into a great goaltender this season.” Along with Alleyne, sophomore midfielder Joseph Nardella and junior attack Scott Klimchak may find themselves named to one of the All-Big East teams. Nardella may be listed as a midfielder, but his work as the face-off specialist this season is what garnered him attention. He ranked fifth in the country in faceoff win percentage before the Georgetown game. “[Nardella] is a great teammate, great friend and a leader for us on the field,” said Alleyne. “He is one of the most elite face-off guys I’ve ever seen
and has been an absolute workhorse all year. It’s not always pretty, but he finds a way to get the job done.” Following the Georgetown game, Nardella finished the season with 222 face-off wins and had a final win percentage of .622. Nardella also added two goals and nine assists, third most on the team to give him 11 points on the season. Klimchak was the most consistent and effective offensive threat the Knights possessed. The junior scored a careerhigh and team-high 32 goals. He also added seven assists to give him a final total of 39 points this season, which also led the team. To add to his team lead in goals and points, Klimchak was tied with freshman attack Scott Bieda for the most multi-point games with nine. Both Klimchak and Nardella were named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll this season for their efforts against Holy Cross and Army. It was Nardella’s first honor of the year and Klimchak’s second.
Freshman goalkeeper Kris Alleyne has already been named twice to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll this season. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
SILVER LINING Despite a winless Big East season, the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team may still see some of its players win awards. PAGE 15 TWITTER: @TARGUMSPOR TS DAILYTARGUM.COM/SPOR TS TARGUMSPOR TS.WORDPRESS.COM
SURPRISE ENDING A four-game losing streak to end the season was not what the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team had in mind. PAGE 15
COMING BACK The Rutgers tennis team will return its whole roster for next season. PAGE 14
SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We all have to remember how the game felt and how miserable we were, and we can’t ever feel like that again.” — Rutgers women’s lacrosse junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli on remembering Friday’s 14-1 loss to Louisville.
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
SOFTBALL
FOOTBALL LUMPKIN, MULLER MOVE TO FIRST TEAM
Reeling RU looks to solve hitting woes BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
Entering the final week of the regular season, the Rutgers softball team is searching for its identity. A Scarlet Knights club that won six of its first 10 conference games is suddenly struggling offensively and has dropped eight of nine Big East matches since. Perhaps it was a blown five-run lead in the last inning April 14 at Notre Dame that put Rutgers on its heels. A six-day layoff before April 24’s doubleheader with Syracuse did the Knights no favors either. Regardless of what has disrupted Rutgers’ (26-24, 7-12) rhythm, the results against two sub-.500 conference teams last week have only reaffirmed what head coach Jay Nelson stressed about the Big East. “There are no easy games,” Nelson said Sunday after the loss to St. John’s. “You really have to approach ever y game the same, and stay focused on doing what you do best.” But with a fairly young team, he thinks that philosophy has taken time to implement. Currently three freshmen occupy the everyday lineup while two seniors are present in starting roles. SEE
Junior Kaleb Johnson (72) has recently been shifted to left guard following redshirt sophomore Keith Lumpkin’s promotion to left tackle. Senior lineman Antwan Lowery said Johnson plays physically and fast inside. TIAN LI, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
O-linemen adjust to new spots BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
While most of the Rutgers football team’s starting positions remained fixtures through the duration of spring practice, the offensive line underwent change. After issues with run blocking and pass protection on blitzes during April 20’s scrim-
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mage, head coach Kyle Flood made some significant changes up front. Sophomore Keith Lumpkin, who saw limited action as a backup right tackle last season, was promoted to starting left tackle. Flood said Saturday at halftime of the Scarlet-White game Lumpkin was under consideration for Most Improved Offensive Player of the spring.
“I’m confident that guys like Keith Lumpkin will continue to get better and have a full lifting cycle in them between now and training camp,” Flood said. “I’m excited to see where he can take his game.” Lumpkin said he has made a seamless transition from the right to the left side of SEE
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BASEBALL NEBRAKSA 3, RUTGERS 1
Knights swept on road in weekend play BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Catcher Kaci Madden said the Knights cannot try to do too much at the plate. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2012
EXTRA POINT
MLB SCORES Houston New York (AL)
9 1
Minnesota Detroit
3 4
Washington Atlanta
2 3
Cleveland Kansas City
9 0
Pittsburgh Milwaukee
4 10
In a bit of foreshadowing, the Rutgers baseball team competed on the field Sunday against Nebraska, a future Big Ten opponent and the host site for the College World Series. But even with senior righthander Charlie Law producing another effective effort on the mound, the Scarlet Knights (20-22, 8-7) were unable to get past the Cornhuskers (20-23),
dropping their lone game, 3-1, to cap one of the team’s worst weekends this season. “The main thing about this weekend was scoring runs and we really didn’t swing the bats as well as we liked,” said junior second baseman Nick Favatella. “We got some really good pitching performances, and when the team you’re playing scores only three or four runs, you tend to expect to win that game.” Law (3-5) lasted six innings and allowed three runs before he gave way to freshman
MIKE MULQUEEN, head Rutgers men’s track coach, saw the Knights’ 4x200 relay team take fourth in the IC4A finals with a time of 1:27.57 Saturday at the Penn Relays.
reliever Howie Brey. The Cornhuskers managed just eight hits off of the Mainland, N.J., native and none off Brey, but a three-run second inning was all Nebraska needed for the win. Third baseman Blake Headley doubled into left center to drive in first baseman Kash Kalkowski. Right fielder Austin Darby and catcher Tanner Lubach each collected RBI SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S GOLF
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL
at Big East Championship
at Hofstra
at Long Island
vs. Delaware
Today, 3 p.m. Hempstead, N.Y.
Today, 6 p.m. Brooklyn
Tomorrow, 3 p.m. Bainton Field
Today Orlando