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U. teams up with city to Professors inducted into Academy of Sciences help discard bulk waste PERSONS OF THE WEEK
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Before Project Move Out, the city of New Brunswick dealt with students piling bulk waste products outside their off-campus houses and apartments, creating unsightly traf fic hazards as items overflowed into the street. David Dehar t, associate director of environmental ser vices for the University, said the city of New Brunswick and the University teamed up last year to remedy the problem with Project Move Out. “Project Move Out is a joint venture between Rutgers University and the city of New Brunswick to help students discard of their bulk waste at the end of the school year when they move out,” he said. He said this free ser vice for University students provides curbside pick-up for bulk items like mattresses, appliances, computers and refrigerators. Dehar t said this year’s Project Move Out is being planned now, and according to University Of f-Campus Housing Ser vice website, students living off of the College Avenue and Cook/Douglass campuses can register for bulk waste pick-up. He said Project Move Out is a necessity for the New Brunswick community. “As you can imagine, students start to pile up sofas and mattresses outside [on] the street and not only is it unsightly, it can create safety hazards too because it’s overflowing into the street,” he said. Students can register online, at r uoncampus.r utgers.edu, for collection, which will take place between May 23 and 29, according to the website. Dehar t said the website has a list of places designated for pick-up so students can make sure their of f-campus houses are within the locations where pick-ups are taking place. E. J. Miranda, director of University Media Relations, said the program, now in its second year, makes sure the bulk waste is reused or recycled instead of going to landfills. SEE
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Eva Andrei came back from a long night of working in the lab and decided to check her email before she went to bed, only to find that her inbox was flooded with messages of congratulations. “It was completely out of the blue, so it was pretty exciting,” said Andrei, a professor in the Depar tment of Physics and Astronomy. The National Academy of Sciences has recently chosen four University professors to join the organization, including three faculty members from the Depar tment of Physics and Astronomy. Andrei’s research focuses on the proper ties of a little-understood material, the carbon compound graphene. She said the unique sheetlike structure of the material gives it conducting properties, which could be useful for devices such as transistors. “Ever ybody can make graphene — it’s just the black tip at the end of your pencil,” she said. “When you
write, the sheets of graphene are like sheets of a notebook, they don’t stick together but come of f onto your paper. But each sheet is extremely strong.” Her lab team was the first to obser ve a single sheet of graphene under a microscope, and discovered the material could imitate heavier-element atoms, she said. With this discover y in mind, she is working with the Depar tment of Engineering to develop graphene foam with extreme properties. The substance is so light, if placed on a lawn, it would not bend a blade of grass, and can compress to a tenth of its volume. Graphene foam also likes to absorb things, she said. “It’s good at absorbing oil, so it could be used to clean up oil spills,” she said. “And one undergraduate has the idea of using it to clean [the] pesticide from beehives that may be causing the extinction of so many bees.” David Vanderbilt, another one of the inductees, said since the Academy adds only 80 to 90 faculty each year SEE
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Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
KARIN RABE
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Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Students from the Rutgers Film Bureau helped produce the feature film, “Antartica: Beyond the Ice.” Students sorted through the raw footage and edited it to tell an independent story. SCREENSHOTS FROM “ANTARTICA: BEYOND THE ICE”
Film Festival to showcase students’ work BY HANNAH SCHROER CORRESPONDENT
More than 50 films will screen at the second annual New Lens Student Film Festival, said Patrick Stettner, a professor at the Nicholas Music Center on Douglas campus. University students spent Tuesday polishing and submitting the final edits of their films for the festival, which will take place on May 8. Students in the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking class as well as the Writers House Digital
Stor ytelling class submitted the films, said Dena Seidel, director of the center. Seidel said she wanted to give students incentive to tr y their best and submit films to the festival, so they can be recognized and have the oppor tunity to see their film on the large screen. “You just need that real-time experience of having an audience respond to your work,” she said. Students can enter their film into documentary, fiction, animation or film bureau editing categories, Stettner said.
This year the festival offers a new component, the film bureau categor y, for students working in the Rutgers Film Bureau, a component of the center that offers classes and also makes documentaries for University research projects, he said. The Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking’s Film Bureau occupies two conjoined offices. Bureau employees work in one room while students taking the “Advanced Documentar y Filmmaking” class with Seidel use the second of fice to edit footage, said Steve Holloway,
media director at the Rutgers Film Bureau. “It’s pretty small for a place where three feature films are being made and students are being taught,” he said. Holloway said he works fulltime with the Rutgers Film Bureau, co-producing and coediting the bureau’s feature film, “Antarctica: Beyond the Ice,” and helping students in the class finish up and polish their work before the submission deadline. SEE
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, May 2 The Mason Gross School of the Arts presents 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.
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.
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U. hosts first award ceremony for NROTC midshipmen BY ZACHARY BREGMAN STAFF WRITER
The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps held its first awards ceremony yesterday at Kirkpatrick Chapel, marking the end of NROTC’s inaugural year at the University. At the ceremony, the first-ever class of NROTC midshipmen were honored for their perseverance and commitment. The midshipmen stood at attention while Capt. Phillip Roos, the commanding officer of the Rutgers NROTC, gave a historical account of the NROTC and how it came to the University. All of the midshipmen were congratulated for completing their first year of training. Two of the midshipmen were singled out for exceptionally commendable achievements. Barbara Pallister, the registrar of the Jersey Blue chapter of the Daughters of the Revolution, awarded one of the midshipmen a certificate for being an outstanding underclassman. “We’ve been in business for a year,” Roos said. “This is the first academic year that the midshipmen have been a part of the program.” The ceremony will eventually serve as a celebration for graduating members of the NROTC before they begin their active duty in the Navy. He said the midshipmen received awards for academic excellence as well as attitude both in class and in training.
The Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps held its first awards ceremony yesterday at Kirkpatrick Chapel on the College Avenue campus. ZACHARY BREGMAN Roos could not stress enough how grateful the program is toward the University and the community for their support. “Everything from admissions, to athletics, to the registrar, to scheduling, the University has opened their doors,” Roos said. Although he enjoyed this year’s training, several challenges arose in introducing NROTC to the University. “It’s been a challenge, too, because I’ve got a staff of operators and they all came in from the [Navy fleet] operations staff, and I brought in just freshmen,” Roos
said. “Typically, you’ve got a little bit of turnover amongst the staff, so someone’s got some experience there.” Myisha Bryan, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, is the NROTC’s only current Battalion Commander. She joined to make a difference and help people grow. “The ceremony today is pretty much to reward the midshipmen,” Bryan said. “Well … all the midshipmen have been doing an outstanding job, but just to award a few midshipmen on the jobs that they have been doing.”
Midshipmen in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps were honored for their perseverence and commitment after completing their first year of training. ZACHARY BREGMAN
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FESTIVAL Holloway says students turn 40 to 80 hours of footage into a story CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“In the beginning I didn’t know anything, [but] when you have to transcribe the whole Students in the class sort interview you learn automatically through the bureau’s raw docuso much,” Khan said. mentary footage and edit segGatdula said she is also subments to create an independent mitting a small cinematography stor y for their final project, project. She wanted to submit Holloway said. another project but did not want It is hard for students to turn 40 to rush to 80 hours of it to meet raw footage into “In the beginning I the deadline. a story within Gatdula said one semester, didn’t know anything, while he and he said. [but] when you have to Khan worked “It’s a lot of on class projshooting, it’s a transcribe the whole ects, the lot of editing,” interview you learn scenes they he said. “It’s great because automatically so much.” edited could later be incor… we get a lot of TABAN KHAN porated into creative liberSchool of Arts and Sciences Junior the actual docties in terms of umentary. how we want to “I really feel tell the story.” like the students are really well Gabrielle Gatdula, a student polished in terms of putting taking the class, said she was puttogether a solid movie,” he said. ting together a story about Oscar Stettner, who also teaches at Schofield, a University researcher the center, said he expects over 50 who traveled to Antarctica for film submissions for the festival. research earlier in the year. The center teaches classic eleGatdula, a School of Ar ts ments of narrative structure to and Sciences junior, said she students and gives them reins of and classmate Taban Khan personal creative design as they were finishing up their films to craft movies over the semester or make the submission deadline year, he said. for the film festival. “The film festival more than Khan, a School of Arts and anything is about the celebration Sciences junior, said the portion of their work,” he said. “It’s a nice she edited focused on University capstone to the year.” penguin biologist Donna Frasier.
Students co-produced and co-edited the Rutgers Film Bureau’s “Antartica: Beyond the Ice,” and submitted it for the New Lens Student Film Festival. SCREENSHOT FROM “ANTARTICA: BEYOND THE ICE” Stettner said the festival saw many genres of film. The jur y, which consists of a panel of more than 10 faculty members and established filmmakers, is interested in originality, stor ytelling and character. “It’s very hard because there’s a lot of great films,” he said.
Stettner said he arrived at the film center a year ago after being invited to help start up the fiction component. While Seidel focuses on documentary films, Stettner helped design and begin the fiction concentration, he said. The New Lens Student Film Festival, then known as the Writers’ House Film Festival,
began in the English Department as a small event held in a classroom, Seidel said. The main purpose of the festival is to honor the students’ work and bravery in making a story for the screen, she said. The event is free, open to the public and plans to provide free food.
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SCIENCES Vanderbilt’s work involves computer programs, high-level math CONTINUED FROM FRONT from all different fields, having three professors from the Depar tment of Physics and Astronomy be included was extremely unusual. “I mean, it’s kind of a coup,” he said. “It’s more than just a random fluctuation.” Karin Rabe, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said she heard about her award on a phone call from fellow physicists. “It was a surprise — naturally I was ver y excited and also happy to learn that two other members of the depar tment had also been elected,” she said. Vanderbilt, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, said his research focuses on the properties of electricity-conducting materials and the behavior of their electrons, or subatomic particles, in the hopes of finding more efficient materials for use in modern electronic devices. “We tr y to understand why these materials do what they do and help develop new and improved materials, ideally,” he said. He researches several types of material, such as piezoelectric materials, the substances found in ultrasound machines. These materials conduct electricity when they are squeezed, and the electric signals they send are converted into data. “We want to tr y to find some that have … larger signals,
clearer signals,” he said. “My work is mostly on the research side, so I don’t really get involved in building improved devices, but the idea is to see the types of calculations we do can improve these.” He also hopes to find more information about certain materials that can convert magnetic signals into electric signals, which may help with electronic storage on certain devices.
“It was a surprise — naturally I was very excited and also happy to learn that two other members of the department had also been elected” KARIN RABE Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy
Although his work involves computer programs and highlevel math, he said he is proud to see some of his work making a connection with practical applications. One paper he wrote 15 years ago on a class of semiconductors became important to LEDs and other parts of the optics industr y, he said. “I didn’t how much they were being used … and now that’s my highest-cited paper,” he said. “Sometimes you don’t
know [if] what you do is going to have an impact, but over the course of time things really do have an impact.” He relied on collaboration with dif ferent researchers to help advance his work, he said. When he needed to learn about new math topics, along with figuring out the subject himself, he asked others for advice and training on the problems. “Science is kind of a network. … A lot of what we do is meet and talk with people who know more about the practical side or the theoretical side of things,” he said. Rabe said her introduction to this high-energy field of physics was as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1980s. Her thesis advisor recruited her partly by telling her they were going to design materials atom by atom. At that point however, computers were just beginning to be used, so the ideas they came up with were more of a prescient vision that took a long time to bear fruit, she said. “Within the last 10 years, though, we have been starting to realize that vision and to make theoretical predictions about new materials that get confirmed by synthesis and characterization of materials by the experimentalists we collaborate with,” she said. Along with Rabe, Vanderbilt and Andrei, Anthropology Professor Robin Fox was awarded a place in the Academy, according to a University Media Relations press release. He works with social theor y and was a founder of modern biosocialism, and wrote “Kinship and Marriage,” a popular anthropology textbook.
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Parts of the Livingston Arts Building at the Mason Gross School of the Arts will be transformed into different set pieces for an upcoming immersive production called “The BEING.” Show Director Joshua Marx said he and 27 other students, a blend of undergraduates and graduates, set up a Kickstarter, which raised $5000 to fund the project independently from Mason Gross. “A friend and I, Christian Navarro, created BIGbox Theatre Co. to create a space for students wanting to create independent work,” said Marx, a Mason Gross School of the Arts graduate student. The production, which is based on Mar y Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” uses immersive theatre, a method that creates an interactive experience between the audience and the cast. “For instance, you might be walking through our graveyard room, which is a series of studios transformed into crypts,” Marx said. “The crypt keeper will challenge you … and if you win, a clue will say to be in the cave when the clock strikes three … and if you’re there … something specific can happen to you. It’s kind of like a haunted house mixed with a game.”
Mar x said the point of immersive theatre is to change the dynamic of theatre and to give each audience member a role. Members in the audience are given the same mask as Frankenstein when they enter the building. The production tells the stor y of the monster through interactive pieces placed throughout the building. Mason Gross provided studio space, props and costumes for the project, he said. The rest of the work came from donations and volunteers in the school. “We got a team of designers and writers, which is something you don’t get to do often as actors, and we have been working on this project,” he said. “The BEING” opens to the public for free May 24, and also runs May 25 and 26. There is a limit of 60 people per night, and attendees are encouraged to email the producers at maefranke27@gmail.com to confirm a space. Mar x said the students will be documenting the production and will upload it online for free for those who cannot attend the show. He said the public is also allowed to attend rehearsals, which begin on May 20, as the rehearsals will require help from the audience as well.
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PROJECT Selesky hopes project will attract more than 300 students CONTINUED FROM FRONT
students’ bulk waste, but this arrangement was “As of last year, 300 students not ideal. “The students would throw registered … we collected nearly 50 tons of bulk waste, recyclable things out on the curb whether material, which meant that that it was garbage pick-up day or material didn’t go to a landfill,” not,” Marchetta said. He said in the past, students Miranda said. Russell Marchetta, New would put their bulk waste out on the curb on B r u n s w i c k any day of the spokesman, said week without feedback was “The students regard to when excellent last year. would throw things garbage pick-up Marchetta, day was. who works for out on the curb Therefore, bulk the mayor’s waste items of fice, said whether it was could remain out Mayor Jim Cahill garbage pick-up day on the curb for thought the proup to six days, gram worked or not.” attracting aniver y well. RUSSELL MARCHETTA mals and impairHe said the New Brunswick Spokesman i n g U n i v e r s i t y drivers’ vision. informed the stuM e l i s s a dents about who coordinates Project Move Out via e-mail and Selesky, social media. New Brunswick Project Move Out from the also sent out a mailing to land- University side, said the lords encouraging them to work University absorbs the cost of with their tenants to promote the manpower to pick up the bulk waste. the use of this free ser vice. “It was a pilot program last Dehart said while students are required to register online if they year and the city and the would like curbside pick-up, they University were both ver y can drop off their bulk waste pleased with the results, so behind the College Avenue we’re happy to be able to offer ser vice this year,” Gymnasium as long as they have a the she said. valid University ID. Selesky said she is hoping Students will be able to drop off materials May 23, 24, 28 and Project Move Out attracts more 29 between 9 and 4:30 p.m. than the 300 students it behind the College Avenue brought out the year prior. “It’s a pretty straightfor ward gym in Lot 30, he said. Marchetta said along with program. It’s a win-win,” the gym, anyone who shows she said. Project Move Out will not proof of residency in New Brunswick could drop off items collect vegetable waste, conat the Depar tment of Public str uction material, regular Works on May 18, June household garbage, flammable 1 and June 8 at 400 Jersey Ave. or explosive wastes or manditoHe said prior to Project r y recycling material, accordMove Out, the city picked up ing to the website.
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What do you plan to do with your two reading days this semester? “I will dedicate some of my time to studying, but between both days I will be setting time aside to enjoy a peer group social and [Rutgers] Recreation staff picnic.”
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“Study and pass all my exams so I can go home, sleep in and say goodbye to Rutgers ‘til the summer courses begins.”
“I’m hoping that on the reading days I will be able to study outside on a beautiful day.”
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he countrywide collegiate struggle to have conducted by our fellow students to combat tuition students’ voices be heard came to a tipping hikes became a historic moment in our school’s narrapoint at the University of Wisconsin-Madison tive. Former University President Richard P. yesterday. The day ended with lots of zip-ties, an McCormick’s last day on the job was defined by a sit-in arrested student and hundreds of unsatisfied workers’ at Old Queens demanding an end to the University’s rights advocates. contract with Adidas, another company marred by Allegedly, UWM’s official pizza provider, Palermo’s workers’ rights abuses. As a result of our students’ sitPizza, has been committing work violations against its ins and further protests, the University finally severed employees, including impeding on union formation, ties with the company in November 2012. health and safety abuses and even firing of 75 workers We’re not questioning the rights of students to parwho went on strike last year. Palermo’s was supposed to take in sit-ins or form protests, but rather why students rehire all of the fired workers with back pay but has so should have to in the first place. far failed to do so. Students should not have to reach such a level of In much of the same frustration and disspirit that our University missal that they have to is accustomed to, UWM occupy a building to be “Students should not have to reach students staged a rally heard. Nor should they such a level of frustration and and a sit-in at the chanfeel compelled to get cellors’ office to demand arrested just so school dismissal that they have to occupy a the pizza contract be cut. officials can give them building to be heard ... [or] feel They were yet again attention. University ignored by their adminadministrations should compelled to get arrested just so school istration, intimidated by make it a top priority to officials can give them attention.” officers and threatened hear students and with arrest. This seems address their concerns. to come after a series of More avenues should attempts by the students to communicate with their be provided for constructive dialogue. Students should administration on this matter, to no avail. be offered a seat at the table instead of forced into a While the events that took place yesterday brought reactionary position after the table concludes its deciattention to the workers’ rights abuses that University sions without them. students both here and across the country are ferventUniversities belong to their students after all, not to ly fighting against — as well as drawing criticisms for their administrators. the UWM students’ course of action — they also highWorkers’ rights is just one of the many issues maklighted the real problem in today’s colleges: adminising college students’ agendas at this moment in history. trations’ lack of response to students’ concerns. College students who engage in sit-ins and protests folThere is no doubt that sit-ins are an effective and low do so in the consciousness of generations of leaders deeply American form of protest. Made revolutionary and activists who have compelled society to evolve into by civil rights leaders in the 1940s, sit-ins have evolved what it is today. It’s just unfortunate that the power into a college tradition to compel necessary response to structure of college administrations has refused to student issues. A series of sit-ins and protests evolve with it. The Daily Targum’s editorials represent the views of the majority of the 145th editorial board. Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily reflect the views of the Targum Publishing Company or its staff.
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A bid farewell to column and college TALKING SHOP BEN GOLD
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his is my final column for The Daily Targum. It comes amid a sea of final things at the University: my final class, my final trip to the dining hall, my final time skipping class, my final time returning late books to Club Alex and thankfully my final final. This column is part reflection and part closure, because as everyone told me, “college is the best time of your life.” They were not wrong, just a little careless with their description. Without a doubt, college is the most fun-concentrated span I’ll ever have in my life. July 1 is the beginning of about 45ish years of work with a possible sabbatical to business school. We neglect to mention all the valuable life events that happen after college. Many of us will get married and start families. We’ll start our careers. We will witness the ebbs and flows of life. Of course college is the most fun — we are granted a lot of the privileges of adulthood with the fraction of the responsibilities and accountability. But downright hedonism gets old, and by the time you’re a senior, you’ll realize that a night spent in your friends living room with a 6-pack is far superior to any bar or basement rager. When you get closer to graduation, you
pine for the carefree life but are excited to begin a more meaningful one. Recently, I reflected on college outside the raucous memories — what I learned, who I am now and all that sentimental stuff. I had three wonderful professors that completely changed my approach to the world or myself. Professor Ruth Chang of the Department of Philosophy eviscerated my ego, mutilated my confidence in my writing and challenged me, like no other professor, to think constantly and deeply about an issue.
"When you get closer to graduation, you pine for the carefree life but are excited to begin a more meaningful one.” Professor Julie Livingston of the Department of History taught me to look at the same event through different lenses and to critically observe how I can deconstruct problems. She encouraged all her students to borrow ideas from multiple disciplines to attack the same problem, and we borrowed from anthropology, linguistics, gender studies and history all in one assignment. Professor Meghan Sullivan, also of the Department of Philosophy, was the most
enthusiastic professor I ever met. She inculcated that being nerdy, hardworking and passionate were a harmonious marriage of characteristics. Sullivan showed me how our academic courses reverberate through our daily experiences. Trust me, I am unfortunately all too familiar with the crappy logic most people use on a daily basis. Outside the classroom, I spent almost every minute immersed in greek life. I loved it. Even when I wanted to throttle my fraternity or the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, I still loved it. My fraternity was the nexus of my personal development — I learned to appreciate different types of people who are drastically different than me. I found plenty of hobbies and cultivated newfound passions. I met people who are now lifelong friends to share the next chapters of life with me. The University has been the engine that has driven this experience for me and to which I am ever grateful. For my fellow graduating seniors: The fun isn’t over, just more spread out and with plenty of more promising chapters ahead. Reflect on your teachers, because the residue of their teaching will adhere to you for a long time. It’s been a wonderful four years, and I’m proud to be a loyal son of Rutgers. Ben Gold is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Philosophy and History. His column, “Talking Shop,” ran on alternate Thursdays.
Women’s studies eliminates ignorance DANNIELLE ROMOLEROUX
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n my mind, the end of a school year is much like the end of a regular year in which I look back to see how much I’ve learned and how I’ve grown. What I can say I am most confident about this school year is my women’s and gender studies major. When I ended my first year last spring, I had no intention of pursuing a women’s and gender studies major, but I registered for “Women, Culture, and Society” simply because I loved feminism, and I figured I had taught myself everything I needed to know. To my surprise, this wasn’t the case. The class — aka “Feminism 101” — was an eye-opening experience. I knew I wasn’t done with feminism. I write this column today not to reminisce on my sophomore year, but to share what I have learned on women’s issues, because it is clear with last weeks’ column “Men are the Oppressed Gender,” that people are oblivious to the struggle women have faced. Although I don’t think it is necessary to take a women’s studies class to know that women are the oppressed gender, I do believe it would help those who are completely unaware of this.
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Let’s take the case of war, for instance. Women have played roles, both domestically and in the front lines. In my feminist theor y course, we covered Deborah Sampson Gannett, a Massachusetts-born woman who disguised herself as a man in order to fight during the American Revolution. It isn’t that women haven’t wanted to fight, it’s that they haven’t been allowed to. When women stayed at
"It isn’t that women haven’t wanted to fight, it’s that they haven’t been allowed to.” home during World War II, they took men’s places in the workforce and proved they could do a man’s job. After the war, men claimed the jobs they had left and they were given veteran’s benefits, while the work women did at home was dismissed. When I wasn’t in class, I was at The Eagleton Institute of Politics, where I interned for the Center for American Women and Politics. I spent my time at the CAWP researching American women’s political participation. During this time, I found out that no woman has ever represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate, and they make up only 18.3 percent of the state
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legislature. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women consist of 51.3 percent of the population in New Jersey, yet there is still little representation of women in New Jersey politics. Many people associate New Jersey with being more progressive than other states, but if our numbers are still this low, what can we expect from less progressive states? Take a look at women in the corporate field. They hold only 4.2 percent of Fortune 500 CEO positions. We’ve all seen Sheryl Sandberg giving a number of speeches to promote her book “Lean In.” If women weren’t so absent from the business world, we would not see powerful women like Sandberg encouraging others to take more leadership roles. Statistics clearly show women are still paying the consequences of years of oppression. When I look back and realize how many historic and contemporary issues are covered in a women’s studies course, it’s difficult to understand why it hasn’t become mandatory, especially with the amount of ignorance that exists on these issues. I sure think people would learn a lot from it — maybe enough to realize they have never been the oppressed gender. Dannielle Romoleroux is a School of Art Sciences sophomore majoring in political science and women’s studies, and minoring in French. Her column, “Fourth Wave,” normally runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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Who R U dating? ASK ATK AHMED T. KHALIL
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: Kal, I don’t get it. Why do so many guys say that they go for “stupid girls???” The intellectual ones are just as interesting, I promise!!! A: You want to know something? I like you. You seem like a good-hearted kid. Maybe it’s because I’m listening to Ed Sheeran as I type this, but I find this really cute. I suppose this is the female analogue to “nice guys finish last.” As such, we both know that there could be — and probably are — a million and one opinions on the matter. Arguably, one of these opinions probably is that guys prefer “stupid girls,” because stupid girls are easier to get into bed or something along those lines. Honestly, and I will be as judgmental as I want here, guys with this type of mindset are dumb as hell and a waste of your time, so I guess it is poetic irony that they would go for stupid girls. Matches made in heaven. In fact, if a guy ever tells you straight-up that he thinks that way, do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time with him. Personally, I —as well as the majority of the male population — value intelligence in a girl. If I am going to have any type of relationship with a girl, I am going to want to, you know, actually talk to her. Before you try flirting up guys with physics equations though, let me just tell you that what the guys you mentioned probably meant was that they hate arrogant girls, in which case I whole-heartedly agree. They mean girls that feel the need to assert their intelligence even when they are having a non-school-related conversation. That stuff gets annoying as hell. No sane person ever wants to constantly be reminded of how smart a person thinks they are. I have had conversations with people like this, and I just want to say “You might be smart, my dude, but you are socially inept.” If you are constantly saying crap like “That calculus test was really easy,” or “I finished the homework in twenty minutes,” even though you realize that he is obviously not understanding the material as easily or as well as you are, how do you expect him to like you? Trust me, it certainly does not impress him, and he’s only going to get fed up with you and either say something that will probably hurt your feelings or passively contemplate how annoying you are. Regardless of which it is, though, you just blew your chance with him. Modesty, above all else, is the best trait that any person can have. I love that in people. Call me an idiot, but for me, finding out on my own that a girl is smart or talented in whatever way is much cooler than having her show it off to me. Like I told you already, I think you are a good kid, and I am not implying that you are arrogant whatsoever. But always be mindful of your ego, in case it is the true source of the problem. The wording of the question comes off as a bit condescending. Some of these “stupid girls” might be trying, but things might just not come as easily to them. At the end of the day, just wait it out. Your guy will come, along with all the frustrations that come with him. Ahmed T. Khalil is a School of Engineering first-year student. His column, “Ask ATK,” normally runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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REMATCH Knights blow seven-run lead against Hofstra thanks to walk-off homerun CONTINUED FROM BACK “It pretty much came down to the play I didn’t make at first base,” Law said. “I threw the ball away and we should have won the game. Those are two runs [we could have saved] and we should still be playing.” The inning proved to be Rutgers’ downfall, as it did not collect another hit for the rest of the game. Junior righthander Slater McCue star ted for Rutgers and was ef fective, pitching fourand-one-third innings with just three hits and two earned runs. “At the end of the day it’s a loss,” McCue said. “I think I pitched alright. Obviously I’ve had my inconsistencies at times. I was able to get out of it with some great defense from the team, but at the end of the day it’s a loss. But while yesterday’s game could be described as a disappointment, Tuesday’s affair against Hofstra could be looked at as more severe. Rutgers held a 7-1 lead after the top of the four th, but Hofstra stormed all the way back for a walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth for the 10-9 victor y. Hofstra third baseman Kevin Brantley finished his 4for-5 day at the plate with a homerun to end the game. The long ball capped the 10-r un
BATS Strong play against Long Island gives RU three straight wins CONTINUED FROM BACK Sophomore lefthander Alyssa Landrith (16-14) went the distance in Game 1, as Rutgers pounced on Lafayette early to seal another shutout, this time in only five innings, 8-0. The Leopards committed only one error — a throwing blip in the top of the first — and the Knights aggressively exploited it to set the tone. Sophomore outfielder Chandler Howard stole second and third before junior first baseman Alexis Durando drove her in with a single. Durando then delivered a double in the second to cap off a fourrun inning that opened the floodgates for Rutgers. For head coach Jay Nelson, it was exactly the offensive breakout he had hoped for. “We were a little bit more relaxed,” Nelson said. “I just hope we stay relaxed like that and play the game the way we know how to play it. It’s when you start to think about things that you don’t do well. If you focus on the game, you focus on hitting strikes, fielding ground balls and catching fly balls in the moment, nothing else matters.” It was the story the day before in Brooklyn, when Rutgers came
comeback to leave a bitter taste for Hill. Freshman starter Jon Young went four and two-thirds innings before was pulled for senior reliever Nathaniel Roe. Young, who has pitched well in his last two midweek starts, was drilled in the leg by a line drive in the fourth, which could have affected his delivery the following inning. Hofstra plated four runs in that inning, which began the Prides’ offensive push. It has been a common theme for Rutgers in midweek losses to have more than enough of fense, and Tuesday was no exception. In its most productive half inning this season in the four th, the Knights played small ball until senior designated hitter Charlie Law went to bat. Junior center fielder Brian O’Grady scored on a wild pitch, and two more runs crossed the plate on an infield single and a walk before Law cr ushed a three-run homer to complete the game. Rutgers now shifts gears to its conference slate, as it will host six straight league games beginning tomorrow against Connecticut. For updates on the Rutgers baseball team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
out firing to grab a 5-2 win against Long Island. A solo blast from junior outfielder Loren Williams in the top of the first inning got the Knights on the board first. And it was only fitting it came on the first pitch of the evening, as Rutgers never trailed in any of its three contests. “Before anybody blinked, we had a homerun,” Nelson said. “It was a great blast to dead centerfield.” But unlike Lafayette, the Blackbirds (17-36) were a willing counter, quickly responding with two runs off Houston in the bottom of the third. Despite its poor record, Nelson pointed to the fact that Long Island had won eight of 13 games coming in and proving no slouch. A two-run blast from senior second baseman Jennifer Harabedian in the top of the sixth gave the Knights the lead for good. It was also the first time since April 14 that Rutgers put together multiple homeruns in a game. Landrith tossed three shutout innings to secure her second win of the week after entering in a tied game in the bottom of the fifth. “We have three in a row now,” Nelson said. “It’s good. It feels good.” 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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MAY 2, 2013 MEN’S LACROSSE
Freshman goaltender Kris Alleyne started all but one game in net for Rutgers and earned two weekly conference awards. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
Rookies emerge during lost season BY JIM MOONEY STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team may not have had the strongest season, but its record does not reflect its play on the field. The Scarlet Knights (2-13, 06) remained competitive all season, especially against some of the top-10 opponents it faced. Notre Dame and Syracuse escaped their respective games March 24 and April 3 with Rutgers with one-goal victories. A late run by Princeton in the annual rivalr y game with the Knights April 9 was a close call for the Tigers in Princeton’s 13-8 victor y. But the silver lining from this season for the Knights was the emergence of its underclassmen. Freshman attack Scott Bieda and freshman goalie Kris Alleyne shined in their debut seasons with the Knights. Bieda started the season strong with points in the first four games, including a threeassist performance Feb. 23 against UMBC. His breakthrough performance came March 30 in a 10-9 loss against Providence, where Bieda recorded his first-career hat trick and added one assist for a four-point night. The Providence game also set the stage for Alleyne’s best game of the season, as he racked a season-high 25 saves. The performance earned him his first Big East Weekly Honor Roll nomination of his career. Entering the season, the coaching staff would not reveal
who its starting goaltender would be. Four months after head coach Brian Brecht’s decision, there is no doubt the job will be Alleyne’s for the foreseeable future. “I’m really proud of the effort and hard work that we put in all year,” Alleyne said. “Our record does not reflect how good this team was especially with all of the one-goal losses. Things could have gone ver y differently.” Sophomore midfielder Joseph Nardella was effective this season in the faceoff circle. Nardella ranked in the top five nationally for most of the season in faceoff win percentage. The sophomore was able to provide the Knights with extra possessions to allow players like junior attacker Scott Klimchak more opportunities to score. Klimchak was the clear offensive leader for the Knights this season, scoring a goal in every game and racking up nine multipoint games. The only question surrounding this team in the next few weeks will be the status of Brecht. Brecht was suspended, with pay, on April 19th for alleged verbal abuse of players during practices. An investigation has been ongoing since then, and the University has not released an of ficial statement regarding his job status due to the investigation. Despite the uncertainty surrounding Brecht, the Knights have the pieces in place to build off this season, since the team is only losing one starter.
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Sophomore defender Hollie DiMuro was part of a unit that ranked sixth in the country in scoring defense. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Losing skid ends year of lost opportunites BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team’s season was a tale of two halves. The Scarlet Knights began with the best start in program history, sitting at 7-1 at the midway point and finding their way into the national polls at No. 18 in the country. But a disappointing showing in Big East play resulted in Rutgers missing the conference tournament, ending the season by losing six of its last seven games and finishing 1-7 in conference play. A lengthy five-game homestand in April provided the Knights with the perfect setting to make a run against some of the Big East’s best. But Rutgers would drop four of those games, with the lone win coming April 13 against Villanova — arguably its weakest Big East opponent. The Knights opened conference play in late March against then-No. 6 Notre Dame, but struggled offensively in the game, losing 9-6. Finding the back of the net would become the team’s Achilles’ heel for the rest of the season, as the Knights failed to win despite having a defense that finished the year ranked sixth nationally in scoring defense. That unit featured several returning juniors who made an impact. After playing under second-year assistant coach Lisa Staedt Ojea, a defensive specialist, for a full season, the players became comfortable with the system that was in place. Junior Hollie DiMuro led all Knights with 25 caused turnovers and 40 groundballs. Playing behind the defense was senior co-captain goalkeeper Lily Kalata. She started all 16 games in net and averaged just more than eight goals allowed per game, putting her among the top 10 goalies in the nation. “It’s disappointing how it ended, but I’m able to say that as a senior captain I was able to lead the team to its best start in program history,” Kalata said. “It didn’t add up to everything I hoped it would, but at least that’s something I can take away with me.”
Offensively, Rutgers failed to reach 10 goals in eight of its final nine contests. It would be the difference in close affairs against Connecticut on April 5, when they lost, 8-7, and its 10-8 defeat April 7 against No. 5 Syracuse. In the season finale Sunday against Cincinnati, Rutgers maintained a three-goal lead in the late stages of the game. But the Bearcats sparked a four-goal run to end the Knights’ season with another loss. Junior midfielder Katrina Martinelli — the team’s leading scorer with 37 goals and 10 assists — said the team became complacent entering Big East play. “Our play kind of stayed the same while every other team got better,” Martinelli said. “Towards the end of the season, we fell a little, but the beginning of the season was great. How we felt at the beginning is how I want to feel all of next season.” The strong start came from a six-game winning streak starting Feb. 23 against Fairfield. Rutgers was able to rally behind the loss of senior midfielder Stephanie Anderson, who missed the rest of the season because of an injury suffered in the second game Feb. 20, a loss to Temple. Martinelli, along with junior midfielder Amanda Trendell and junior attack Megan Clements, began to step up offensively. Clements and Trendell scored four goals apiece in an 11-5 win March 2 against Monmouth. In the Knights’ marquee victor y of the season against March 6 then-No. 20 Penn, Clements and Martinelli each notched two goals in a low-scoring, defensive battle. With the Knights battling injuries all season, young attackers were given time on the field. Freshman attack Halley Barnes began her promising collegiate career with a 20-point campaign. Her 18 goals were the best among all freshmen on the team. Freshman midfielder Chrissy Schreiber contributed with 11 goals on the season, while also causing five turnovers. Freshman attack Kim Kolodny rounded out the trio of rookie scorers by tallying six goals and two assists.
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MAY 2, 2013 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK
Senior first baseman Charlie Law hit 1-for-3 against Delaware yesterday and had 1 of just 5 Rutgers hits on the day. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR
Knights offense stays scarce in loss BY IAN ERHARD CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers baseball team’s first four batters put together a combined two hits in 13 at bats in yesterday’s offensive struggle against Delaware. Senior first baseman Charlie Law recorded only one hit in the cleanup spot and missed an early RBI opportunity in the first inning when he flew out to right field to end the inning with junior second baseman Nick Favatella standing on third. “We’re having trouble doing the little things right,” Law said. “[Tuesday against Hofstra] we hit the ball well but didn’t field and pitch to our potential. Today we pitched great for the most part, and we didn’t field the way we should have. We’re not putting it all together.” Favatella recorded one hit and reached second when the centerfielder dropped a routine flyball in the first inning. But he struck out in the eighth and finished 1for-4 in the contest. Leadoff hitter and freshman third baseman Matt Tietz went 0for-3, while senior right fielder Steve Zavala hit 0-for-3 with an RBI. The Knights offense is normally counted on to force opponents to their bullpen, but their lack of production allowed Delaware righthander Dan Gatto to go the distance and pitch a complete game. The bottom half of the order was more productive than the Knights’ top four hitters, accounting for three of the team’s five hits. “Other than the big hit by Favatella, the triple, and Steve [Zavala]’s hit to drive him in, we didn’t swing the bat well today, I don’t think,” said head coach Fred Hill.
THE BLUE HENS Rutgers’
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opponent of the season. The Knights are 6-4 in their last 10 midweek contests, but their starting pitching in those games has been inconsistent. By saving its best starters for weekend series against Big East opponents, the Knights pitching has suffered in games against some of its lesser opponents. Junior righthander Slater McCue lasted only four-andone-third innings and surrendered two runs yesterday against Delaware. In two of his previous outings, he allowed nine earned runs in a combined three-andone-third innings in losses to Fordham and Rider. Freshman righthander Jon Young allowed four earned runs in a 10-9 loss Tuesday to Hofstra. Young entered this season with only three games of relief experience in his freshman season. McCue has only eight appearances this season and has yet to win in five starts.
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Delaware victory, the Blue Hens avenged a loss to the Knights on April 23 by the same score. Both Favatella and Law had recorded two hits apiece with Law grabbing a pair of doubles and a RBI. Young lasted six-and-twothirds innings in his first career collegiate start. And though Law gave the Blue Hens credit for the win, he still believes the Knights should have won. “We knew we could have beat them,” Law said. “They have a pretty good lineup and they’re a good team, but we played them last time, and we beat them, and I thought there was no reason why we shoudn’t have beat them today.”
MAY 2, 2013
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MEN’S GOLF
MEN’S BASKETBALL CARTER COULD RECEIVE WAIVER TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY
Strong play concludes RU season
Seagears joins teammate with SEC transfer
BY AARON FARRAR CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers men’s golf team completed its season Tuesday after competing in the Big East Championship in Orlando. The Scarlet Knights placed 10th with a score of 897, one of the better scores the program has garnered in the conference tournament in the last decade. The finale brought an end to a spring season in which Rutgers started off lackadaisically but found a way to finish strong in its last events. “Overall, I am pretty satisfied with the way that we went down there and competed,” said head coach Rob Shutte. “At one point in the final round, we crawled all the way from 10th to sixth or seventh place. We were making a run. It was a good way to finish the year with some very respectful golf.” Junior Doug Walters continued his strong play during the three-day event and led the squad Tuesday with a 74. He ended the tournament tied for 18th in the 60-player field and carded a 220 individual total (73-73-74). The Blairstown, N.J., native was minus one in par three scoring and collected a tournamentbest 39 pars at Reunion Resort. Sophomore Hyung Mo Kim complemented Walters with a 32nd finish, scoring 224 (71-7875) with 10 birdies. But Walters was the Knights’ catalyst, and his leadership has not been overlooked in his third season. “Doug just works really hard,” Shutte said. “His ball strikes have improved a whole lot over the last year and a half I have been with him to this point now, where he is hitting a good number of the greens. It gives him a chance to really score.” Junior Jonathan Renza, sophomore Jacob Stockl and freshman Jonathan Chang comprised the rest of the team’s scorecard. Renza tied for 41st with a 229 (79-78-72), Stockl had 38 pars for a 46th-place finish with a 231 (81-74-76) and Chang followed in 48th with a 232 (77-75-80). The Knights grabbed 10th place in Monday’s action during the second round and maintained that spot to finish the tournament. Walters and Kim held on to top-25 spots — 14th and 23rd respectively — entering Tuesday’s third and final round of the competition. The championship title went to South Florida, which finished with a minus-six 858, four strokes ahead of second-place St. John’s (862). Notre Dame rounded out the top three just behind the Red Storm with a team total of 864. Shutte admitted that he saw several positive things from Rutgers during the three days in Florida and they were improvements for the program. Now as his second year at the helm is in the books, he is optimistic of what is yet to come for the Knights. “I saw a lot of good things,” he said. “The quality of golf has really improved across the board in the entire conference. All of the teams have improved. We had a B+ game for us, maybe A- at times, but it was not a big margin from where we finished and finishing fifth or sixth.”
BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The SEC received its second former Rutgers men’s basketball player in the past two days when sophomore guard Jerome Seagears announced his intentions to enroll at Auburn. “I Will Be Attending Auburn University To Finish My Student Athletic Career!!! War Eagle,” Seagears tweeted yesterday about his decision.
This comes a day after sophomore guard Eli Car ter announced he would transfer to Florida. Carter is the second former Rutgers basketball player to jump ship to the Gators in the past five seasons, as guard Mike Rosario did so when former head coach Fred Hill, Jr. was fired in 2010. After sitting out a season, Rosario made an immediate impact for Florida and averaged 12.5 points per game last season for a team who made it to the
Elite 8 before falling to Michigan, 79-59. He scored nine points in the loss and averaged 14.5 points during the tournament. Car ter, who dropped 31 points two seasons ago against the Gators, hopes to transition as well as Rosario, and he might get to do so as soon as this upcoming season. According to SNY.tv, legendary high school coach Bob Hurley — who coached Carter at St. Anthony’s — said he expects Carter to receive a waiver to play next season.
That means Carter, who averaged 14.9 points per game last season before fracturing his right fibula Feb. 16 against DePaul, could be available for Florida head coach Billy Donavan as soon as this November. It remains to be seen if Seagears will get the same treatment, but it is a sure thing both will play each other in the SEC. Seagears averaged 6.5 points per game last season and will have two years of eligibility remaining for Auburn.
DOWN SOUTH Jerome Seagears will join Eli Carter,
SUNSHINE STATE FINISH The Rutgers men’s golf team
MIXED RESULTS After its best start in team
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placed 10th at the Big East Tournament in Orlando to conclude its season. PAGE 19
history, the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team dropped six games. PAGE 17
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SPORTS
QUOTE OF THE DAY “You focus on hitting strikes, fielding ground balls and catching fly balls ... [and] nothing else matters.” — Rutgers head softball coach Jay Nelson on his team’s offensive breakout yesterday against Lafayette
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2013
SOFTBALL
BASEBALL DELAWARE 4, RUTGERS 2
Bats return for Knights in victories BY GREG JOHNSON CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers softball team’s prolonged slump is finally over. The Scarlet Knights won back-to-back games yesterday for the first time in three weeks, a span in which they had previously scored more than five runs just once. Rutgers eclipsed that mark in all three of its midweek nonconference games this week, sweeping Lafayette in Easton, Pa., yesterday in convincing fashion after downing Long Island, 5-2, on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Senior righthander Abbey Houston (3-5) tossed a complete-game shutout in Game 2, allowing just three hits as the Knights (29-24, 7-12) cruised to a 7-0 win. It was the New Egypt, N.J., native’s first outing this season of more than six innings. Back-to-back RBI hits from freshmen third baseman Jordan Whitley and freshman shortstop Melanie Slowinski in the fourth inning plated the first three runs for Rutgers. Three Lafayette (11-43) errors in the seventh helped the Knights tack on four insurance runs and break the game open. SEE
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Junior righthander Slater McCue allowed two runs on three hits in 4.1 innings of work, but Rutgers was unable to give run support in a 4-2 loss yesterday to Delaware. The Knights managed just five hits in the game. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR
Rutgers stumbles in rematch BY BRADLY DERECHAILO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomote lefthander Alyssa Landrith pitched six inning in yesterday’s 8-0 win. NISHA DATT, PHOTO EDITOR / APRIL 2013
EXTRA POINT
MLB SCORES Houston New York (AL)
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Pittsburgh Milwaukee
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New York (NL) Miami
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Cincinnati St. Louis
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Philadelphia Cleveland
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Minnesota Detroit
Double plays are usually what Rutgers baseball head coach Fred Hill wants from his defense. What he does not expect is two runs to cross the plate because of them. Delaware managed to do just that in the second and fourth innings, respectively, an effort that gave the Blue Hens a 4-2 win against the Scarlet Knights (20-24, 8-7) “We’re lucky we got away with them only getting one run [on each],” Hill said.
“We made two nice plays and that kept us in the game.” The two plays put Rutgers in a 2-0 hole in the beginning of the game, and it did not help the Knights that Delaware’s (28-16) starting righthander Dan Gatto (4-2) went all nine innings against the Knights either, allowing just five hits. He was not overly impressive with just two strikeouts, but Rutgers was unable to get consistent contact against him. All that aside, Rutgers still seemed poised to take control after a two-run bottom of the sixth to tie the game, until Delaware capitalized on the Knights’ mistakes.
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JEFF MELILLO, senior catcher, organized a fundraiser for the Rutgers baseball team to raise $10,000 for the Vs. Cancer Foundation. Each player will shave their head after Sunday’s game.
With two outs and men on first and third, Blue Hens shor tstop Brock Niggebrugge attempted a steal on senior catcher Jeff Melillo. Melillo threw down to second as Niggebrugge forced the pickle play, which scored third baseman EJ Stoltzfus for a 4-2 lead. Niggebrugge reached on a throwing error by senior first baseman Charlie Law, who made a nice play on Niggebrugge’s ground ball to his left side but threw wide to senior reliever Sam Hasty (0-1) who was covering. SEE
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RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR MEN’S TRACK
WOMEN’S TRACK
BASEBALL
SOFTBALL
at Big East Championships
at Big East Championships
vs. Connecticut
vs. Pittsburgh (DH)
Tomorrow Piscataway
Tomorrow Piscataway
Today, 3 p.m. Bainton Field
Saturday, 12 p.m. RU Softball Complex