THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 123 S E R V I N G T H E R U T G E R S C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 8 6 9 INDEX SENSATIONAL SOUTHPAW Today: Sunny High: 68 • Low: 45 Behind a complete-game performance from senior lefthander Dennis Hill, the Rutgers baseball team disposed of Fordham yesterday with ease, 7-2. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 SPORTS ...... BACK Columnist Gail Collins gives her take on the growing progress of American women. A University fraternity hosts a block party to raise funds for Haiti earthquake victims. UNIVERSITY METRO OPINIONS ........ 8 WEDNESDAY APRIL 14, 2010 METRO .......... 7 Undergraduate students with 0 or greater degree credits can register for Fall 2010 classes tonight from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. University student Zachary Lerner discusses his issues with state budget cuts with Legislative Directors Candace Howard and Daniel Harris yesterday in the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus. MARIELLE BALISALISA/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Students, faculty voice concerns about budget cuts BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR University students and fac- ulty joined forces last night to present their views on Gov. Chris Christie’s budget pro- posal to government officials, hoping the severity of the cuts could be undone. In a budget forum, spon- sored by the Union of Rutgers Administrators-American Federation of Teachers, profes- sors and students showed their concern for Christie’s proposal in front of legislative directors and assembly representatives at the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus. Chris Aikin, the political organizer for AFT, said it is important to show legislators exactly how the budget will affect the University. “The main idea is to convey what students are facing here and what faculty and staff are trying to do with limited resources,” he said. “The gov- ernor’s budget cuts over $1 bil- lion to education funding, and at the same time, proposing $1 billion in tax cuts for people who make over $400,000.” Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, D-N.J., said she believes higher education needs more funding, but there are always issues with the budget. Greenstein hopes there is a way higher education will not be affected in the future. “I would almost want to start from ground zero and fig- ure out why we have the expenses we do in higher edu- cation and what we need to do to try and make this such that we don’t go through this every year,” she said. Legislative Director Daniel Harris, who represented Sen. Joseph Vitale, D-N.J., said the speakers who presented at last night’s forum were “preaching to the choir.” “I feel as though I’m reinvig- orated to continue working on your behalf as legislative direc- tor … and I can assure you that the message was heard loud The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble performs in celebration of Duke Ellington last night in the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The band will perform on April 26 at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER JAZZ SESSION Douglass Dean candidate Claire Potter discusses her plans for education reform if elected as dean Monday at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library. BRYAN BEZERRA Women’s education tops third candidate’s agenda BY HENNA KATHIYA CONTRIBUTING WRITER Rounding off the last of three can- didates vying for a spot as the head of Douglass campus, Claire Potter gave her vision talk Monday afternoon at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library. Her speech, entitled “The Unfinished Agenda, Women’s Education in the 21st Century,” out- lined her plans to improve women’s education on Douglass campus and centered on the importance of a strong women’s college in shaping a well- rounded and scholarly woman. “A women’s college is a place where a woman can really learn what gendered equality really looks like,” Potter said. “Women’s education is really feminism’s unfinished agenda.” If selected, Potter wants to cre- ate more opportunities for women and support their careers in science and math. “Girls should be able to enjoy not just equal opportunity, but every opportunity,” she said. Potter, a professor of history and American studies at Wesleyan University, said it could be difficult for private institutions like Wesleyan to generate diverse and varied stu- dent bodies. One of the major aspects that drew Potter to the University is its diversity, but the homogeneity of Douglass is also a positive, she said. “It is a great honor to appear before a group that represents the only col- Act poses issues for some NJ colleges BY RINAL SHAH CORRESPONDENT While the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010, signed by President Barack Obama, will benefit college students nation- wide, some N.J. colleges and uni- versities will have to update their entire systems to conform to the change in a limited amount of time. According to a Higher Education Student Assistance Authority press release, the act consolidates federal loan pro- grams into one. After July 1, all federal Stafford and PLUS loans will be issued through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program. But since more than half of N.J. colleges and universities did not participate in a direct lending program, these institutions will have to implement new policies and procedures to conform to a direct lending program, said Anne Marie Bouse, director of commu- nications at the NJHESAA. “About 60 percent of the other colleges in New Jersey par- ticipated in the Federal Family Education Loan Program and will have to convert systems, per- haps acquire new hardware, soft- ware and/or hire staff to make the transition for their students by the July 1, 2010 deadline,” Bouse said. One of the most immediate concerns HESAA members have is the impact on those colleges that have to transition to the direct loan program in such a short amount of time. “These colleges must now convert their computer systems, receive training and implement SEE ACT ON PAGE 4 SEE AGENDA ON PAGE 4 SEE CUTS ON PAGE 4 UNIVERSITY ....... 3
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SENSATIONAL SOUTHPAWToday: Sunny
High: 68 • Low: 45Behind a complete-game performance from senior lefthander Dennis Hill, the Rutgers baseball team disposed of Fordham yesterday with ease, 7-2.
ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 10
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 12
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
Columnist Gail Collinsgives her take on the growing progress of American women.
A University fraternityhosts a block party to raise funds for Haitiearthquake victims.
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WEDNESDAYAPRIL 14, 2010
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Undergraduate students with 0 or greater degree credits can register for Fall 2010 classes tonight from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.
University student Zachary Lerner discusses his issues with state budget cuts with Legislative Directors Candace Howard and Daniel Harris yesterday in the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus.
University students and fac-ulty joined forces last night topresent their views on Gov.Chris Christie’s budget pro-posal to government officials,hoping the severity of the cutscould be undone.
In a budget forum, spon-sored by the Union of RutgersAdminis tra tors -AmericanFederation of Teachers, profes-sors and students showed theirconcern for Christie’s proposalin front of legislative directorsand assembly representatives atthe Graduate Student Loungeon the College Avenue campus.
Chris Aikin, the politicalorganizer for AFT, said it isimportant to show legislatorsexactly how the budget willaffect the University.
“The main idea is to conveywhat students are facing hereand what faculty and staff aretrying to do with limitedresources,” he said. “The gov-ernor’s budget cuts over $1 bil-lion to education funding, and
at the same time, proposing $1billion in tax cuts for peoplewho make over $400,000.”
Assemblywoman LindaGreenstein, D-N.J., said shebelieves higher educationneeds more funding, but thereare always issues with thebudget. Greenstein hopes thereis a way higher education willnot be affected in the future.
“I would almost want tostart from ground zero and fig-ure out why we have theexpenses we do in higher edu-cation and what we need to doto try and make this such thatwe don’t go through this everyyear,” she said.
Legislative Director DanielHarris, who represented Sen.Joseph Vitale, D-N.J., said thespeakers who presented at lastnight’s forum were “preachingto the choir.”
“I feel as though I’m reinvig-orated to continue working onyour behalf as legislative direc-tor … and I can assure you thatthe message was heard loud
The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble performs in celebration of Duke Ellingtonlast night in the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The bandwill perform on April 26 at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.
NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
JAZZ SESSIONDouglass Dean candidate Claire Potter discusses her plans for educationreform if elected as dean Monday at the Mabel Smith Douglass Library.
BRYAN BEZERRA
Women’s education topsthird candidate’s agenda
BY HENNA KATHIYACONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rounding off the last of three can-didates vying for a spot as the head ofDouglass campus, Claire Potter gaveher vision talk Monday afternoon atthe Mabel Smith Douglass Library.
Her speech, entitled “TheUnfinished Agenda, Women’sEducation in the 21st Century,” out-lined her plans to improve women’seducation on Douglass campus andcentered on the importance of a strongwomen’s college in shaping a well-rounded and scholarly woman.
“A women’s college is a placewhere a woman can really learn whatgendered equality really looks like,”Potter said. “Women’s education isreally feminism’s unfinished agenda.”
If selected, Potter wants to cre-ate more opportunities for womenand support their careers in scienceand math.
“Girls should be able to enjoy notjust equal opportunity, but everyopportunity,” she said.
Potter, a professor of history andAmerican studies at WesleyanUniversity, said it could be difficultfor private institutions like Wesleyanto generate diverse and varied stu-dent bodies.
One of the major aspects that drewPotter to the University is its diversity,but the homogeneity of Douglass isalso a positive, she said.
“It is a great honor to appear beforea group that represents the only col-
Act poses issues for some NJ collegesBY RINAL SHAH
CORRESPONDENT
While the Health Care andEducation AffordabilityReconciliation Act of 2010, signedby President Barack Obama, willbenefit college students nation-wide, some N.J. colleges and uni-versities will have to update theirentire systems to conform to thechange in a limited amount of time.
According to a HigherEducation Student AssistanceAuthority press release, the actconsolidates federal loan pro-grams into one. After July 1, all
federal Stafford and PLUS loanswill be issued through theWilliam D. Ford Federal DirectLoan Program.
But since more than half ofN.J. colleges and universities didnot participate in a direct lendingprogram, these institutions willhave to implement new policiesand procedures to conform to adirect lending program, said AnneMarie Bouse, director of commu-nications at the NJHESAA.
“About 60 percent of theother colleges in New Jersey par-ticipated in the Federal FamilyEducation Loan Program and
will have to convert systems, per-haps acquire new hardware, soft-ware and/or hire staff to makethe transition for their studentsby the July 1, 2010 deadline,”Bouse said.
One of the most immediateconcerns HESAA members haveis the impact on those collegesthat have to transition to thedirect loan program in such ashort amount of time.
“These colleges must nowconvert their computer systems,receive training and implement
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Columnist shares history of American womenBY JESSICA URIECONTRIBUTING WRITER
New York Times columnistGail Collins put her pen down togive a Monday night crowd at theDouglass Campus Center a tourthrough the history of Americanwomen, as part of EagletonInstitute of Politics’ lecture series“It’s ALL Politics.”
In her lecture, Collins dis-cussed the progress of womenthroughout American history,focusing especially on the eracovered by her new book,“When Everything Changed:The Amazing Journey ofAmerican Women from 1960 tothe Present.”
Collins kicked off her lecturewith Jamestown, laughing asshe described the initially all-male colony.
“Nothing had happened. Itwas one long fraternity party inthe woods,” she said.“Throughout American history, ithas been seen as the duty ofwomen to make the men behave.”
The story of American womenis that they went for the chal-lenge, Collins said. At the time ofJamestown, the challenge wasbecoming a full-time farm house-wife in the colonies.
As housewives in that era,women were in control, she said.They created wealth and thethings the family needed for sur-vival. It was a position of respect.
The image of the housewife asa position of power and respectchanged with urbanization,Collins said. Their statusdropped with the loss of theireconomic role, and instead theyreplaced it with a moral role.
New York Times columnist Gail Collins speaks on the progress of American women Monday night in theDouglass Campus Center as part of the Eagleton Institute of Politics lecture series “It’s ALL Politics.”
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“They created the idea of thecult of the true woman,” she said.“They became in charge of good-ness. Without moving from theliving room, they would improvethe world by radiating goodness.”
Collins said the progressionof the suffrage movement waslong and slow. Even whenAmerican women finally won theability to vote, they did not gettheir agendas accomplished theway they wanted.
“Having political powerthrough the ballot is not enough.You have to have economic poweras well,” she said.
Collins explained thatbetween 1964 and 1967, therewere four major happenings thatadvanced women.
“One of the most important wasthe birth control pill,” she said.
With the introduction of thepill, women’s applications to lawand medical school went throughthe roof, Collins said.
The second was the CivilRights Movement, which drew asocial consciousness to ideas offairness, she said.
A downward shift in the econo-my between the 1960’s and 1970’smarked the third happening,
Collins said. Families were forcedto either adapt their lifestyle orboth parents had to work.
“It was no longer possible tosupport a middle-class lifestyle onone salary,” she said.
Collins said at this moment,everything truly changed forwomen.
The final factor was a conver-gence of policy between theRepublican and Democratic par-ties, she said.
“There was a little windowwhen they came together, andthat’s when stuff happened [forwomen],” Collins said.
Collins discussed challengesthat younger women face today.
“I think it’s much harder foryounger women. The problemsthey deal with are much more dif-fuse,” she said.
Before Collins took thefloor, Eagleton Institute ofPolitics Director Ruth Mandelpraised Collins’ ability toobserve humanity.
“She is a dead-on observer ofhuman behavior and folly,”Mandel said. “[In her writing,]she uses a blend of humor andirony that cuts through the crapand makes us all smile.”
For the lecture series,Eagleton aims to bring some ofthe best and brightest observersin so students and audiencemembers can have the opportu-nity to engage with them,Mandel said.
She also mentioned Collins’use of Eagleton research inher work.
“I am very proud that Rutgersand the Center for AmericanWomen and Politics are seen as avaluable resource for someone asinsightful as Gail Collins,”Mandel said.
Highland Park resident RonSteinwehr, who attended the lec-ture, enjoyed the stories that pep-pered Collins’ lecture as well asher sense of humor.
“I can see why people want tolive so close to universities,” he said.“There are lots of opportunities.”
Marion Munk, a Universityalumna, reads Collins’ articlesand said she enjoyed the lecture.
“She talks like she writes.She’s very enjoyable, very avail-able. ... She is delightful and hasno airs,” Munk said.
URA-AFT President LucyeMillerand said since 2001, fund-ing from the state decreased 29percent and is now worse with thecurrent state of the economy.
“We rank at the bottom of statesupport per capita, that is per stu-dent, for higher education,” shesaid. “New Jersey wants aMassachusetts workforce on aMississippi budg-et and that justdoesn’t work.”
Elric Kline, aUniversity teachingassistant, said theproposed budgetcuts are not justharmful for stu-dents but for thestate in general.
“[The cuts] arethe wrong choicefor cutting-edgeresearch … andthey are the wrong choice for theeconomy,” he said. “We’re heretoday to make sure RutgersUniversity isn’t reduced to just aname on a piece of paper.”
Patrick Nowlan, executivedirector of the AAUP-AFT, said itis not right to cut funding forhigher education because it is an“economic engine.”
“For the government to cut aid toRutgers is really looking backwards.They should be investing moremoney in Rutgers,” he said. “Theygenerate over $3 billion in economicoutput here in New Jersey.”
Jay Tischfield, director of theRutgers University Cell and DNARepository, said his work is a per-fect example of what the University
offers to not just thestate, but the aca-demic world.
“The RUCDR isthe official agencythat purports theresearch of a largenumber of nationalinstitutes of health,”he said. “Every sin-gle sample thatgoes to Harvard,Yale, Columbia,Stanford, forpatients with schiz-
ophrenia comes from Rutgers.”Tischfield added he would not
have come to the University if heknew what would be the results ofChristie’s budget proposal.
“If I was faced with cominghere 11 years ago, into the envi-ronment that existed this moment,I would have stayed where I wasor I would have taken the other job
offers,” he said. “If I wasn’t com-mitted to Rutgers, I would go tosomewhere else.”
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Merylou Rodriguez ispart of the EducationalOpportunity Fund program andsaid the governor does not realizewhat the program does for under-privileged college students andhow those students progress.
“Though EOF doesn’t provide afull scholarship or a free ride toschool, the services that go alongwith it and the academic coachingenrich our Rutgers experience,” shesaid. “Because of the EOF program,I am at the point that I am right now.”
URA-ATF and its membersoffered different solutions to bal-ance the budget, such as curbingbusiness tax breaks or raisingmotor vehicle registration fees for“gas guzzlers.”
Millerand said with an institu-tion as vital and necessary for thestate, this is not the time for thegovernment to turn its back onthe University.
“With a high quality higher edu-cation, we can keep more of ourstudents in New Jersey,” she said.“We pay our taxes and, through ourwork, we build a better, strongereconomy throughout the state.”
The University’s Office ofFinancial Aid could not be reachedfor a comment at press time.
Loans will continue to be avail-able for University students with thesame terms as havebeen offered in pastyears, Bouse said.
But studentswho attend thoseschools that havealready appliedfor student loansthrough FFELPbut have not yetreceived their stu-dent loans by theJuly 1 deadlinewill need to complete new prom-issory notes through direct lend-ing, she said.
Approximately $36 billion fromthe act will be dedicated to thePell Grant program, which willexpand the number of students
who will qualify for a Pell Grantand increase the maximum awardto $5,500 between 2010 and 2013,according to the release.
“Between 2014 and 2017, PellGrants will beincreased based onthe ConsumerPrice Index, and itis expected thatthe maximumaward will reach$5,975 by 2017,”Bouse said.“Students acrossthe country willbenefit from thisportion of the act,
including Pell eligible studentsattending Rutgers.”
Another important aspect ofthe act is the Income BasedRepayment program, which doesnot begin until 2014, according tothe legislation. After July 1, 2014,
borrowers will be able to cap theirloan repayments at 10 percent oftheir discretionary income.
Currently, the repayment iscapped at 15 percent, Bouse said.But if borrowers keep up theirpayments for 20 years, the balanceof their loans will be forgiven.
“If, however, they work in apublic service job, such as teach-ers, nurses or those in militaryservice, their loan balances willbe forgiven after 10 years inrepayment,” she said.
Lana Voskoboynik, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,thinks the program is beneficialto many students.
“It is important to consider therecession and the large deficitwhich will play a factor in studentstaking out loans, their ability torepay and their desire to go to afour-year school versus a two-yearperhaps,” Voskoboynik said.
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lege of a near 40 institutionsnationwide that still offers under-graduate women a single-sexexperience,” she said.
Potter said every young per-son deserves a quality education,and private institutions are notalways necessarily better. Thefuture of today’s generationdepends greatly on public educa-tion, which is what makes theUniversity such an excellentinstitution, she said.
“In the 21st century, the over-whelming majority of the beststudents will be found at publicuniversities,” Potter said. “In myview, the future of scholarshipwill depend on restoring the‘public’ in public education.”
Douglass Residential Collegeplays a pivotal role in shaping theyouth and producing strong andconfident women, Potter said.
“One of the things we can dowith Douglass is not only teachwomen to compete aggressivelybut to support and encouragetheir work with concreteresources and mentoring thatare exclusively dedicated tothem,” she said.
If selected, Potter plans tocreate more programs that bringmore attention to the women ofDouglass and help build moreconfident women.
“First and foremost, as a resi-dential college, Douglass createsa visible location for the universi-ty to find and connect to womenwho chose Douglass Collegebecause they wanted to befound,” she said. “Second,Douglass is a critical institutionalbase for feminism at Rutgers. …This is Douglass’ work, which ismy work.”
Potter closed her speech withan observation about feminism.
“Institutional feminismshould be a broadly inclusive,women-centered approach topedagogy and community thatrecognizes and supports allwomen aspirations to equality,”she said. “For example, my idealDouglass College would recog-nize a woman’s connection toand often primary responsibilityfor children and family.”
Ferris Olin, director at theRutgers Institute for Women andArt, thought Potter’s speech wasinteresting and captivating.
“I think she was able to holdthe audience’s attention in a veryeloquent manner, and she wasable to answer each questiondirectly in a very intelligent way,”Olin said.
Carla Yanni, chair of the selec-tion committee, found Potter’sspeech to be very insightful anddiscussed the great ideas andprospects that have come fromall three candidates.
“I am very pleased with thefinalists of the Douglass campusdean search,” said Yanni, aUniversity professor of art histo-ry. “We have potentially threedynamic leaders, and we’ve beenvery happy with all the studentand alumnae participation in thesearch. [We] can’t wait to see theend result.”
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new policies and procedures toimplement direct lending at atime when financial aid officesare busy packaging financial aidfor the coming school year,”HESAA Executive DirectorMichael Angulo said in state-ment. “This is all the more chal-lenging for schools with limitedpersonnel and resources.”
But the University’s financialaid system will remain unaffected.
“Some schools, includingRutgers, have been participatingin the direct loan program for anumber of years and will not haveto convert their systems toaccommodate their students’needs,” Bouse said.
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and clear,” he said. “We want tocontinue to fight on your behalf.”
The cases presented by stu-dents and faculty varied in pur-pose, but all had the same mes-sage: This is not the time for cutsto higher education.
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior John Aspray, in a pressconference held earlier that day,said over the past two decades,students have struggled to keepup with rising tuition costs.
“In 1989, 69.6 percent ofRutgers’ funding came from thestate. That has dropped to about38 percent today,” he said.
Aspray, Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly LegislativeAffairs Committee chair, saidNew Jersey’s priorities regardingthe new budget proposal is some-thing that needs to be addressed.
“Trenton seems to be askingwhat can we cut to balance thebudget and the go-to answer,oddly enough, is higher educa-tion,” he said. “I think that is apoor answer.”
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“Students across the country
will benefit from[the Pell Grant]
portion of the act.” ANNE MARIE BOUSE
HESAA Communications Director
“We’re here todayto make sure
[the] University isn’treduced to just
a name on a piece of paper.”
ELRIC KLINEUniversity Teaching Assistant
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Panelists offer pictureof Livingston past
BY ANDREW SMITHCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Past and present unitedMonday at the newly constructedLivingston Student Center as theRutgers University HistoricalSociety held a panel discussionon the history of the campus.
Throughout the discussion,Livingston founders and notablesserved as panelists and discussedthe early history of the campus,founded 40 years ago.
“Livingston [as a college] does-n’t exist, as far as I know, not at all,”Lawrence Pervin, a former Deanof Student Affairs and retired pro-fessor of psychology, said ofLivingston today. “It stopped exist-ing a long time ago, pretty muchwith the beginningof centralization.”
L i v i n g s t o nCollege was builton land originallyowned by the gov-ernment that waspurchased for $1to account for theexpected influx ofbaby boomers inthe early 1960s,said GeraldPomper, a formerprofessor of politi-cal science. Founders envisionedthis property as the “MIT of theSocial Sciences.”
This initial vision was soonabandoned in favor of a new,more progressive model intend-ed to be culturally relevant, edu-cationally explorative and raciallyequal, Pervin said.
Livingston College ushered ina new generation of minority stu-dents, particularly of PuertoRican and African-Americandescent. Prior to Livingston’sestablishment, only about 200non-white students had evergraduated from the University,said Melvin Gary, former associ-ate dean for Student Affairs andretired professor of psychology.
Learning styles at Livingstonwere meant to challenge those atRutgers College, which took
structural and educational for-matting from universities likePrinceton, Gary said. The cam-pus would instead establish newcourses of study, like computerscience, and new residential mod-els, like coed rooming.
But poor planning, racial ten-sion and lack of funding marredmuch of what was envisioned forLivingston, he said. Livingstonwas left covered in mud, isolatedfrom the other colleges and leftlargely without key structures,including libraries and a gym.
Among some of the failed poli-cies on Livingston were permit-ting pets on campus, allowingsmoking in residence halls andletting students paint theirrooms, Pervin said.
Perhaps themost striking notein Livingston’spast was the kid-napping of onestudent by anoth-er in the secondyear of the col-lege’s history,incited by contrasting ide-ologies amongAfrican-Americanstudents on cam-pus.
Although student attendanceat the discussion was limited topre-existing members of the soci-ety, President John White is hope-ful about increased popularity.
“We want to get more under-classmen involved,” said White, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior. “We’re mostly an upperclass-men organization right now.”
Richard Wells, a foundingmember of the society, agreed. Hesaid the organization is looking tostart an introductory seminar onthe University and New Jersey’shistory for first-year students.
“We’re trying to get a curricu-lum started that will cover enoughdisciplines where a lot of freshmenwill want to take it and will maybeget a little more involved with thegroup,” said Wells, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
“[Livingston College]stopped existing a long time ago,
pretty much with the beginning
of centralization.” LAWRENCE PERVIN
Former Dean of Student Affairs
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Fraternity grills up earthquake relief at block party BY KENDALL LAPARO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Customers at Hansel ‘n Griddleordered their wraps and sandwich-es with a side of charity Monday atPi Kappa Alpha’s “Hansel for Haiti”Block Party Fundraiser.
The fraternity hosted theevent “Pi Kappa Alpha PresentsHansel for Haiti” from noon to 5p.m. at Hansel ‘n Griddle on MineStreet to raise money for the vic-tims of the earthquake that hitHaiti earlier this year.
Patrons were able to enjoygood weather, free music and theknowledge that their moneywould help those in need.
“We’re trying to raise asmuch money as possible,” saidEric Maury, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “It’s been threemonths, and they still need our help.”
For the members of Pi KappaAlpha, the earthquake in Haiti hitclose to home.
“It’s actually been a personalthing for us,” Maury said. “One ofour brothers was affected by thetragedy. He lives in Haiti, and hewas actually there [during theearthquake], so when he cameback, it became a big deal for ourfraternity to raise as much moneyas possible.”
Hansel ‘n Griddle donated 25percent of the profits from theevent to Yele Haiti earthquakefund, an organization founded byWyclef Jean, said JohnEibelheuser, the fraternity’s inter-nal vice president.
In addition to food and drink,patrons could buy bracelets tosupport relief efforts.
Not including bracelet sales,Hansel ‘n Griddle received almost$2,000, about $450 of which wentto Yele Haiti, said Johan Francois, aSchool of Arts and Sciences junior.
Though Francois was satisfiedwith the total earnings, it was notas much money as anticipated.Future fundraisers for Haiti are inthe works, he said.
Nick Komandis, owner ofHansel ‘n Griddle, welcomed theopportunity to donate a portion ofhis sales to a worthy cause. Thegrill is no stranger to charity workand often works with the local
Embrace Kids Foundation, whichhelps children with cancer andblood disorders. “Hansel forHaiti” is another chance to giveback, he said.
The students’ motivationmade it easy for Komandis tooffer a percentage of his sales tothe event and set up a few tablesoutside his restaurant.
“[Pi Kappa Alpha] seemed real-ly into it. They really publicized theevent — I had people come intothe store asking me about it,”Komandis said. “I think it’s greatthat they’re actually doing some-
thing. They have a cause, andthey’re getting people out.”
Musical performances on thesidewalk outside Hansel ‘nGriddle drew in passersby.Local band The N Result openedwith an upbeat mix of pop andrap and Pi Kappa Alpha’s owndisc jockey Ev turned tableslater in the day.
“We’re so grateful to be askedto do something that will help somany people,” N Result leadsinger Ross Lippencott, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior, said.“It might seem like a small
amount of money, but if youthink about it, overall, if every-body gives a little bit and doestheir part, we can help a wholelot of people.”
Restaurant patrons were ashappy with the cause as theywere with the food.
“It’s just really nice to knowthat my money is going to agood cause,” said ChristinaTulia, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “I come here allthe time anyway, so it’s nice thatI can eat and help people at thesame time.”
The brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity host the “Hansel for Haiti” block party Monday on Mine Street to raise funds to supportHaiti earthquake victims. The fraternity raised more than $2,000, and 25 percent will go to Yele Haiti earthquake fund.
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Until this time, Americanwhiskey had been made pri-marily of grain, but this wasabout to change. As many set-tlers took up residence inKentucky, which was at thattime a part of Virginia, thestate’s governor, ThomasJefferson, offered pioneers 60acres of land if they promised
to construct a permanent structure and raise corn.Because no family could consume 60 acres worth ofcorn in a year, and because it would be highly imprac-tical to transport such a large volume of produce tomarket, many farmers began making corn whiskey.Although Kentucky’s first commercial distillery wasopened by Evan Williams in 1783, it is widely held thatbourbon as we now know it was not actually inventeduntil six years later when Minister Elijah Craig inad-vertently aged his corn whiskey in charred oak bar-rels while taking it to market. It is this process of agingcorn whiskey in such barrels that subsequently cameto define it as “bourbon,” a name taken from the coun-
ty in Kentucky where it was first man-ufactured. Whether it was actually hisinvention, Minister Craig’s name haslong been recognized as one of themost important in the history of bour-bon — indeed, Heaven Hill Distillerystill produces small-batch bourbonnamed in his honor.
It was not until 1840 that bourbonwas established as the spirit’s officialname. Prior to this time, it was usuallyreferred to as “Bourbon County
Whiskey.” The Civil War era saw a great shortage ofbourbon, as many distillers had been called to fightand many battles took place in the areas in which thespirit was produced. In 1870, distillers began market-ing bourbon in consumer-sized jugs, rather than bar-rels, making it far easier to distribute. During the peri-od of prohibition from 1920 to 1933, the majority ofbourbon distilleries were closed, never to open theirdoors again, though a select few — such as Jim Beam— began operating again after the ratification of the21st Amendment. In 1964, an act of Congress namedbourbon as “America’s Native Spirit” as well as thecountry’s official distilled spirit. The current legalguidelines for what may be called “bourbon” were alsoestablished during this time. Finally, in 2007, the U.S.Senate decreed that September be recognized asNational Bourbon Heritage Month in recognition ofthe important role that the bourbon industry hasplayed throughout the nation’s history. Althoughother spirits now outsold it, bourbon represents a tra-dition and culture that are uniquely American.
Josh Baker is a Rutgers College senior majoring insociology with a minor in psychology and philosophy.
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T his past weekend,during a lively ses-sion of late-night —
or early-morning, dependingon your perspective — was-sailing on a moonlit terraceoverlooking New Brunswick’sscenic Hamilton Street, twoacquaintances and I began todiscuss the merits of variousdistilled liquors. Our deliberations rapidly yielded theconclusion that whiskey is the finest, most wonderfuland superlatively magnificent spirit ever to be conceivedof by human minds, being superior in its taste, texture,history, iconography and pharmacology to such otherpopular liquors as vodka, gin, brandy, tequila and rum— especially that of the spiced variety. Of course, theseother distilled alcohols are undoubtedly wonderful intheir own right, each having a rich history as well as anextensive lineup of delicious cocktails of which they arethe chief component. After all, surely no right-mindedindividual could deny the distinct sublimity of a perfect-ly balanced vodka tonic, of the splendorous mélange offlavors that characterize a dirty gin mar-tini or of the traces of tropical paradiseto be found in each glorious sip of agood Cuba Libre — that’s a rum andcoke with lime for those not privy to thisparticular bit of lingo. Nevertheless,none of them, in my estimation,approach the timeless perfection of agood whiskey, the flavor of which man-ages to be both simple and complex atthe same time, standing alone amongspirits in its inherent majesty. It is thisreverence for the spirit that inspired Mark Twain towrite: “Too much of anything is bad, but too much of agood whiskey is barely enough.”
Although my associates and I quickly concurredthat a good Kentucky bourbon is probably the great-est kind of whiskey, its Scottish, Irish and Canadiancousins were each agreed to be delicious and magicalin their own respective ways. My current discussionthough, will focus on bourbon, its history and theunique place it occupies in American culture. Theroots of the great American bourbon are to be foundwith the Scottish-Irish settlers of WesternPennsylvania during the mid-18th century. To helpfinance the American Revolution, in 1791 theContinental Congress put a tax on the whiskey theyproduced. But the distillers refused to pay, sparkingwhat would become known as the Whiskey Rebellion,which forced President George Washington to sendmilitary forces to put an end to the uprising. Thisproved more difficult than Washington had anticipat-ed and so, wishing to save his fledgling governmentany embarrassment and avoid any further quarrelswith the Pennsylvania distillers, he offered themincentives to move to Kentucky.
MCT CAMPUS
Good whiskey is never enough
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“Nothing had happened. It was one long fraternity party in the woods.”
New York Times columnist Gail Collins on the first colonists at Jamestown
STORY IN UNIVERSITY
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“... whiskey is thefinest, most ...
magnificent spiritever to be
conceived of byhuman minds ...”
T ext-speak has come far in its decade or so long life. The LOL’sand OMG’s have evolved into T2YL or BFN — some of useven constantly make up new slang for the four or five words
that are too long to spell out. Understandably then, some professorsare not too pleased with text-message abbreviations in e-mails fromstudents or emoticons in class assignments.
The Contra Costa Times reported Cal State East Bay professorsoften receive student e-mails slangy addressed or with widely indeci-pherable acronyms. One student, according to Cal State’s professorSally Murphy, started his e-mail with, “Yo, teach.” We agree with thisdissatisfaction, as it is even hard for students sometimes to deciphermessages from “IMO” to “IDKITTYL.”
This begs the question: How far have we really come? If we addressprofessors in the most improper of methods, how do we expect to getanywhere in life? The professional world needs adults, not a bunch ofkids stuck in fifth-grade English. Those who continue to use slangwhen addressing the people who ultimately decide their grades, sim-ply do not deserve the “A.” This seems like a cultural downfall. Withmore people entering the workforce communicating in “tongues,” thenature of the English language slowly gets lost. Perhaps soon bosseswill start sending out memos saying “C U l8r.”
The situation is not only grim for college students, but middleschoolers have also taken up this here-to-stay fad. A 2008 study of highschool and middle school students found that a majority of them usedchatspeak and emoticons in class assignments. This negligencetoward writing is obvious. Students seem to disregard the languageand instead use technology as a crutch and path to easier spelling.They are simply not interested in grammatical rules and proper dictionwhen it comes to anything, including assignments. According to thePew Internet and American Life Project, nearly 64 percent of teens saythat they incorporate some informal styles from their text-based com-munications into their writing in school.
If students care about doing something with their lives, they will putthis gaffe of sorts behind them. And those too cool for “skool” shouldthink about repeating grades first through fifth. When a professorreceives an e-mail starting with “Yo, teach,” he will, or hopefully will,immediately delete the message. This goes for any number of people— from school newspapers to Wall Street companies. There is nodoubt that education has not been able to keep up with the detrimentsof certain technologies and it was only a matter of years before “lol-ing” at a professor became customary, but we cannot get used to it.This is one problem at which we do not LOL.
Zeitgeist
JOSH BAKER
Be professionalwith professors
Look for better wayto help homeless
D onations Stations have hit Las Vegas. The city has thought up aclever new method of collecting money for the homeless. Brightlypainted refurbished parking meters have been set up to collect
coins as a way of giving money to homeless people. Officials said that thesestations are a better way of helping those who are in need. But we disagree.
Maybe this will collect money for the homeless and will “clean” upthe streets of Las Vegas, but it is still one more way of degrading afaceless society. We no longer want to look at those who need help.The sad looks in their eyes are not able to penetrate our tight pockets.These green donation stations are the same — just metal regularitieson a busy street. No one will notice them and the sums collected willnot profit the homeless, as much as officials and everyone else wants.People will pass by them and will turn only to stare at an oddly coloredparking meter. It is just nothing out of the ordinary.
In addition, the city of Las Vegas has claimed responsibility for the meters— they will take care of them and the money distribution. We doubt the pro-ductivity of this system. While beggars are an unpleasant sight to most peo-ple, they survive on the money directly from the people. In the case of thedonation stations, money will have to go through a tightly structured system,uncertain of ever fully reaching the welfare offices and pockets of the needy.
The biggest problem of this new plan is its nature. It signifies thefacelessness of our country. We cannot bear to look at a homeless per-son — we simply speed up as we go past. Everyone around us slowlydisappears and we are faced with dealing with a machine virtuallyeverywhere. The bank, the restaurant and the supermarket all rely onmachines to do a person’s job. Why can’t we talk to someone real?
If homeless people do not strike a chord with us, if they cannot getus to leave a dollar in their hat, what makes officials think that amachine will work better?
These glorified parking meters will go unnoticed. The idea is there, yetwe simply fail as a society to help each other because of our constant depend-ence on machines. What is one more parking meter going to do? Instead, weshould focus on making the current system work. Do not leave the homelesson the street to “work” for their money, instead improve the current meth-ods of helping them.
facilities because of the concernsfor theft and violent crime. It isquite possible that others at theMexican resort, where the stu-dent went, would believe thesame thing. The issue is: Beingsafe on the grounds of the resortis a concept, not a fact. If the storyis true, falling asleep — or pass-ing out — in a dark area outsidecan be dangerous anywhere —New Brunswick, Manhattan orMexico, even if the place is rela-tively “safe.” But, by using streetsmarts and common sense, it isthe concept of being aware thatwill prevent you from sleepingoutside and putting yourself inharm’s way.
True, there may have beenconsumption of alcohol, and,that’s fine. But when you aregoing abroad, it is similar to enter-ing a strange club, party, city loca-tion or another place you are unfa-
miliar with. Getting too drunk in aplace where you might not fullyunderstand the language, localslang or street names will elimi-nate your ability to be aware ofthings, which could significantlyimpact your ability to be safe.
Note how it could, not will.Many places around the worldhave a majority of people who arehelpful, considerate and genuine-ly care about their fellow humanbeings in some way. In otherwords, if you believe all the eviland sinister stereotypes from
movies and television, then youwill not give various cultures afair chance to show their truenature. However, if you welcomethe differences in the world withopen arms, you will embrace aworld that has so much to offer —and people can also sense thatvibe from you.
Of course, you need to beaware, not paranoid. A handfulof people may care about yourwell-being while trying to scamyou out of money, or a few help-ful people may start to becomeoverbearingly helpful if theyassume they can easily profitfrom it. People who have devel-oped a basic level of streetsmarts will know of these rou-tines, so they can catch on quick-ly. But do not let this prevent youfrom engaging, interacting oreven helping other people inyour environment abroad.
Like nearly everywhere elsein America, people want to betreated with respect, dignityand class. Going abroad andacting like a lesser countr yshould be honored to be in yourpresence — no, that will notwork out too well. Try to dresssimilar to the locals, attempt tocommunicate in basic wordsand sign language andapproach others with an atti-tude that you appreciate beingin their country. The locals mayeven watch over those whoseem to respect their neighbor-hood or culture, as if you are atemporary or honorary mem-ber of their community.
Craig McMahon is the authorof “The New Backpacker’sGuidebook: Tips and Insight forGetting the Most Out ofOverseas Travel.”
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B eing safe when you aretraveling abroad isimportant. But being
aware is even more critical. Many of us know the story
about the savage beating of aUniversity student in Mexicowhile he was on Spring Break.While the local nightly news maynot discuss much about certaincountries, many people are stillaware that Mexico has a signifi-cant reputation for having vary-ing degrees of corruption, pover-ty and violence. This is not nec-essarily unlike some other coun-tries in the world, which we knowonly from a geography quiz.
In certain places, like Jamaica,the common belief is to neverleave the resort and stay near the
Beware of unknown dangers when traveling abroad
“... people want to be treated with
respect, dignity and class. ”
T here is a grassrootsmovement underway inthis nation that will make
sorority and fraternity housingon college campuses safer.
The Collegiate Housing andInfrastructure Act is a solution
Make housing safer for fraternities and sororities
CRAIG MCMAHON
Letter
DANIELLE BECHTA
Letter not only for cash-strapped uni-versities to improve on-campushousing maintained by not-for-profits, but also opens upoptions for private donors whoare now restricted from makingtax deductible contributions.
I will be part of 102 panhel-lenic women from across thenation headed to Washington,D.C., this April to convince mem-
bers of Congress of the impor-tance of this legislation. We willbe making certain facts known toCongress, including:
More than 250,000 collegestudents live in more than8,000 sorority and fraternityhousing facilities. Those facili-ties have a growing backlog ofmore than $1 billion in housingimprovement and safety proj-
ects. And contributors anddonors who want to improvegreek housing across the coun-try cannot receive a simple taxdeduction for making their contributions dedicated togreek housing.
Equitable tax treatmentunder the proposed legislationwill make a dif ference, particu-larly in older and historical
buildings on many campusesthat are owned, managed andmaintained by sororities and fraternities.
Guaranteeing that all studenthousing is safe benefits both thecampus and our community.
Danielle Bechta is a School ofArts and Sciences junior majoringin political science.
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Junior outfielder Pat Biserta’s home run count reached lucky No.13 in the first inning on a two-strike bomb to dead center field.
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strangers to falling behind, theKnights (18-13) struck backimmediately in the bottom framebehind a two-run home run fromoutfielder Pat Biserta.
The junior turned on an insidefastball and drove the ball to thefarthest part of center field, justpast the 410 marker.
For Biserta, the long ball is his13th of the year, a mark thatalmost triples his output from hissophomore campaign in which hebelted five home runs.
“I’m just trying to stay on topof the baseball and drive it,”Biserta said. “[Today’s homerun] is an extra plus because itcame with two strikes.”
After a scoreless second,Rutgers took the lead for good inthe third inning when leadoff hit-ter Michael Lang ripped a linedrive to left field that carried justenough to clear the wall.
The solo home run is the junior outfielder’s ninth of theyear and put the Knights aheadfor good.
Fordham starter RyanDeMartino (2-1) was tagged withhis first loss of the year afterpitching four innings, giving upfive hits and three earned runs.
A sacrifice bunt from fresh-man catcher Jeff Mellilo platedanother run in the sixth and inthe ninth, the Knights put thefinal nail in the coffin.
With one run already on theboard in the eighth and runnerson second and third, designatedhitter Brandon Boykin smoked a3-2 pitch down the right field linefor a two-RBI triple.
“Those insurance runs make ita lot easier on you,” said CoachHill. “It was a 4-2 game and thegame wasn’t over yet. We gotthree innings in that eighthinning and I thought that wasvery big.”
The Knights head back intoBig East play this weekend whenthey host conference-leadingSouth Florida in Piscataway.
GEM: Three runs in eighth
provide necessary insurance
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Freshman continues torrid paceBY JOE MALONEYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
With his single in the thirdinning, freshman second base-man Steve Nyisztor of the
R u t g e r sb a s e b a l lt e a mextendedhis team-l e a d i n g
hitting streak, dating back toMarch 24, to 13 games.
The freshman is batting ablazing-hot .405 on the yearwith 48 hits and 28 RBI andattributes his current hot streakto hard work.
“I just try to get down to thefield a little earlier to allow myselfto loosen up and get as manyswings in as I possibly can,” hesaid. “I’m just feeling pretty goodat the plate right now.”
However, the Toms River,N.J., native remains humbleabout his hitting streak.
“I don’t normally like toworry about that type of stuff,especially the statistics,” hesaid. “The real important thingis obviously the winning, that isdefinitely what means a lot tome and the team. As long as wekeep going out and winning, I’llbe happy.”
ENTERING THE GAMEagainst Fordham, the ScarletKnights were 17-13 on the sea-son and 7-2 in Big East play,which is second place in theBig East only to USF. The Bullscome into Piscataway thisweekend for a three-gameseries between the two clubs.USF is 8-1 in conference playand are an even 16-16 overall onthe season.
With the win, the Knightsimproved their 2010 home recordto 6-1 on the season. The onlyloss came in the final game of theseries against Big East foePittsburgh on April 3, a 6-5 loss.
RUTGERS EMPLOYED A FEWsmall-ball tactics throughout yesterday’s game, including
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Freshman second baseman Steve Nyisztor stole one base yesterdayand extended his team-high hitting streak to 13 games.
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both sacrifice bunting and base stealing.
The Knights completed theirtwo attempts at sacrifice buntswith both catcher Jeff Melillo andshortstop Dan Betteridge gettingthem down.
The bunt from Melillo came inthe sixth inning when the fresh-man laid down the sacrificesqueeze to draw the throw to firstwhile junior first baseman JarenMatthews came home to extendthe Rutgers lead to 4-2.
Betteridge’s bunt came inthe bottom of the fourth inningthat moved outfielder JarredJimenez to third after the seniordoubled to lead off the inning.However, two consecutive outsfollowed the squeeze, leavingJimenez on third.
The squad also went 3-4 inattempted steals on the basepaths on the afternoon.
THE 31ST GAME OF THEseason also marked the first partof a five-game home stand atBainton Field.
Following the next fivegames, the Knights hit the roadfor an eight-game road trip,beginning in Connecticut, wherethey will play a three-gameseries with the Huskies. Afterthat, they play Delaware andMonmouth, before finishing upthe trip with a three-game seriesagainst Louisville.
The Knights do not returnhome to Bainton Field until May5, when they take on Temple forone game.
Then, they tallied another onein the “W” column yesterdayagainst Fordham.
The magic number for Hill Sr.falls to two.
’Cause you’re the best, around!— Very rarely do you actually seea Rutgers team earn a No. 1 rank-ing. Sure, taking first in meets orwinning matches is the stuff of aMonday morning water cooler, butgetting the number one ranking ina poll is a first for Rutgers this year.
Enter the men’s track andfield team, the number one squadin the Mid-Atlantic Regionaccording to the April 5 The U.S.Track & Field and Cross CountryCoaches Association poll.
The Knights responded bygoing to the Sun Angel TrackClassic, winning two field eventsand capturing a hideously largeamount of Big East and IC4Aqualifying times.
Tripling is good, too — Forevery goal that Monmouthscored against the women’slacrosse team, the Knights hadthree.
Getting back on track after arough spot and dropping out ofthe national rankings was a mustfor the team, and the win puts itback on track.
Six Knights scored two goalsin the win, including BrookeCantwell, who is now just fivegoals away from tying for thefourth spot on the Rutgers all-time list.
Life after Rutgers — It’salways reassuring to see Rutgersalumni having success afterdeparting the Banks. Just look atformer Scarlet KnightEpiphanny Prince.
Once averaging 19.5 pointsper game for the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team, sheplayed in Europe this seasonand was the fourth first-roundselection in the WNBA Draft forthe Knights since 2006, afterthe Chicago Sky drafted herfourth overall.
Close calls — The softballteam appeared to figure it out,and just in time.
This weekend saw the teamgarner its first Big East win, butonly after a pair of losses in thegames before situated theKnights with a 1-4 in conference play.
The team has a pair of sistersthat have the athletic intimidationfactor of a German U-Boat to aFrench schooner with no sonar.Somebody has to find a way tokeep these closer games in thewin column.
Baby steps — Take a look atthe numbers that the footballteam’s offense put up in its firstspring scrimmage and anyonewould be happy it was just aspring scrimmage.
The most experienced quar-terback in the Big East went 7-for-14 for 57 yards, the openingkickoff was fumbled for a scorethat went the other way and thebackup quarterback gave up a 49-yard pick six.
While it is still early, at least wecan get excited for the defense.
First years — First, there wasan upset of top-10 foe NotreDame. A heartbreaking lossagainst St. John’s followed soonafter, knocking the men’slacrosse team down to 1-1 in theBig East.
Then the Knights headeddown to Jacksonville to take onthe Dolphins, a first-year lacrosseprogram eager to prove its worth.
The program slapped theKnights silly in an embarrassing17-10 loss that may make somequestion if the Notre Dame victo-ry was just a dream.
Jets + Santonio Holmes…Hillarity ensues — When RexRyan hopped on board, he madewatching the Jets that muchmore entertaining.
Now enter the 2009 SuperBowl MVP, a character who notonly brings talk of big game onthe field, but also off of it.
His 2008 marijuana chargesand Ryan’s occasional night clubactivity and general ridiculous-ness, and the 2010 season may besomething to keep tabs on — onand off the field.
Knights’ win total so far this year.
“As long as the team is winningthat’s all that matters,” the co-cap-tain said. “Being 9-3 this year isreally what matters. We’re Big Eastfrom here on out.”
Marlena Welsh, KristenAnderson and Lindsay Watts eachadded a pair of goals for the Knights,who outplayed the Wildcats (7-4, 0-3) nearly every step of the way.Rutgers received goals from eightdifferent players on the evening.
“It’s hard to defend a team thathas multiple scoring threats. We’renot relying on one person to do allthe scoring,” Brand-Sias said. “Wenever know who’s going to have themost goals before each game, sothat’s a positive thing.”
The Knights outmuscled theWildcats in the offensive zone,denying Villanova any shot at looseballs. The Wildcats cracked underthe weight of Rutgers’ physicalpressure, turning the ball over ondefense and in the middle of the
field time after time. The Wildcatsfinished with 17 turnovers on theday and were outshot 32-22 by the Knights.
Rutgers received a beautifulhometown connection halfwaythrough the first period from theWading River, N.Y., duo of sopho-more midfielders Brittany Davisand Stephanie Anderson. Davis pro-vided a feed up the field for a streak-ing Anderson, who threw her entirebody into a shot that blew past theVillanova goalkeeper.
Freshman goalkeeper LilyKalata played all but five minutes ofthe contest, picking up seven savesalong the way for her ninth victoryof the season.
But it was difficult for theWildcat attack to get any easy looksat the cage, thanks to the stiflingdefensive effort by the Knights.
“The refs were letting us playmore [without foul calls] so wecould play more to our style,”said senior defender and co-cap-tain Emily Penn. “It’s a benefitwhen we can be in control andaggressive. We we’re a little outof control earlier in the seasonbut the past five games we’vebeen more in control and able toplay our style.”
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S omething was very wrongin the last two weeks ofthis spring.
My nose was runny, eyeswere itchy and random sneezingfits plagued my afternoons. I wasnot so bad last year, but allergieswere back, and they were goingto let me know if they had to usea full brass band to do it.
The remedy to such a problemwas obvious — get an antihista-mine — but there was just some-thing that kept me from fixing theproblem. Finally, enough wasenough and I made the stuffy,blotchy trip to Rite Aid to get someClaritin-D 12. All is well now.
Something was also verywrong with the Rutgers men’sbasketball team.
The remedy to this annual prob-lem became obvious after sometime — make a personnel change— but there was something …
OK, Fred Hill Jr. is not a grainof pollen. But there is somethingto the point of both driving theirrespective systems into fits of dis-comfort and unhappiness. After adisdaining 13-57 Big East careerrecord that can only drive somefans to question, “Really?Seriously?” a change is finally inthe works.
It remains to be seen whetherthe coach who gets the job next willdo something with the position, butbooting the coach of a team thatwould make headlines if it wonmore than two Big East games is astep in the right direction.
Following through — Fresh offan upset over then-No. 24Pittsburgh, the Rutgers baseballteam made head coach Fred HillSr. proud. Less than 10 wins awayfrom a quadruple-digit number ofwins, the maverick’s squad trav-eled to Notre Dame.
The Knights took two of threein the series to win their fifth-con-secutive series this season,including a 25-5 mauling in thesecond game that would make afull-grown Canadian Grizzly goback into hibernation.
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THE BAD
THE UGLY
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Senior attack Brooke Cantwell was one of six Scarlet Knights to score two goals in their 18-6 victory overMonmouth and added four last night, putting her one goal away from fourth place on Rutgers’ all-time list.
Hill out in spirit of spring cleaning
keeper Billy Olin with 13:17remaining to give Princeton itsfirst lead of the game 7-6.
Five minutes later the Tigershad a two-goal cushion courtesyof the other McBride.
Again it came a man-down.Jack McBride took a long passfrom goalkeeper Tyler Fiorito,ran past his mark and slid the ballpast Olin.
“[The momentum] got away onthose two passes,” said Rutgershead coach Jim Stagnitta. “Wemade some bad decisions and wegot fast. We threw some passesthat we didn’t throw in the first halfand gave away possessions. Wehave to shoot the ball better.”
While Princeton scored twicea man-down, Rutgers shot itselfin the foot again by going 0-for-7in man-up situations.
Princeton (8-2) increased theadvantage to 9-6 when RobEngelke beat Olin at the 4:19 mark.
The Knights (5-5) fought backwith a late flurry. Senior GerhardBuehning fired a shot past Fiorito
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with 4:05 to play before juniorChris Mattes brought the scoreto 9-8 after he won a face-off andrifled the ball past Fiorito.
But the Tigers got the finalgoal through Jeff Froccaro with2:54 remaining to ice the game.
The Knights outshot Princeton36-29 and got 22 of those attemptson goal. They just could not beatFiorito when they had to.
“We got a little fast in the sec-ond half and got away from whatwe did in the first half,” Stagnittasaid. “Our shot selection wasn’tbad, but you can’t keep shootingstick-side high on the guybecause he’s a good goalie.”
Rutgers played one of its best30 minutes of the season to take a4-2 lead into intermission behindits big three. Pennington scoredtwice while junior Kory Kelly andBuehning each netted once.
Still, it slipped away late andStagnitta could not find ananswer as to his team’s inabilityto put games away.
“No, honestly, if I could wewouldn’t be standing here talk-ing about it,” he said. “You can’tkeep shooting the ball stick sideand high and these aren’t kidsdoing it. Again, it came back tohaunt us.”
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Team effortcrucial forRU success
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
For the Rutgers softball team tocome out of this week’s seven-game
stretch,t h eScar le tKnightsneed hit-t i n gf r o m
more than one player at a time.At the start of the season, soph-
omore designated player MikelynMessina was white hot and repre-sented Rutgers’ entire offense.More recently, sophomore thirdbaseman Brittney Lindley tookover Messina’s role as she strug-gled through a slump.
But in the 3-0 win overConnecticut Sunday, neither hitwell and the Knights still won.
Senior ace Nicole Lindley suffo-cated the Huskies’ bats and fresh-man second baseman JenniferHarabedian delivered a two-runsingle that closed the door.
Brittney Lindley and Messinawere a combined 1-for-4 with a run.
“We need to focus on playing asa team because that’s how wewin,” said sophomore right fielderLindsey Curran, who scored thegame-winning run on a wild pitch.“We win as a team. When we’renot stringing hits together, wedon’t win. We need everyoneworking together.”
Take away Brittney Lindleyand Messina’s combined 46 RBIand 39 runs and the rest of thelineup has 60 RBI and 82 runs.
Part of the issue was not get-ting on base, said head coachJay Nelson.
“Brittney can hit three homeruns in a weekend, but if they’reall with the bases empty then itmeans our offense isn’t doing itright,” he said.
Lindley hit three solo shotsover the weekend to tie withMessina for the team lead. Bothare within one homer of secondplace in the team’s single-seasonrecord books.
The biggest hit of the week-end, however, came when juniorleft fielder Mickenzie Aldensmacked a three-run bomb offthe foul pole.
For Rutgers (13-21, 1-4), hitsfrom other spots in the orderare the best shot of edgingclose to .500 during the week,especially when pitchers are offtheir game.
“Sometimes we come out andwe get two hits in a game and ourpitchers give up only one or tworuns and you just feel awful forthem,” Alden said. “But thenthere are other days where wegive up six or seven runs, butscore six or seven. It’s just a mat-ter of putting it together.”
The first opponent for theScarlet Knights this week isLouisville today at noon at the RUSoftball Complex.
The Cardinals (25-12, 4-2) rep-resent a daunting task forRutgers after beating the Knights8-0 and 9-0 last season.
UofL senior catcher MelissaRoth represents one of the tough-est catchers in the nation with anastonishing .473 average to goalong with 12 home runs and 36RBI. Pitcher Kristen Wadwellleads the team with a 13-7 recordand 3.07 ERA.
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
After moving from corner-back to safety less than a weekago, redshirt freshman DarrellGivens made his most memo-rable play in a Rutgers footballuniform. He grabbed a pass bybackup quarterback SteveShimko out of the air at mid-field and shook multiple tack-lers for a 49-yard touchdown.
All head coach GregSchiano voiced about the playat the conclusion of the team’sfirst scrimmage, however, wasa concern that the new safetydid the play correctly.
“I have no idea if he wasdoing what he was supposed tobe doing, but he caught theball and ran it into the endzone so I’ll take the result,”Schiano said.
Givens offered a quickanswer after the scrimmage.
“I was definitely in the rightspot,” he said.
Givens arrived inPiscataway late. After PennState released the four-star cor-nerback from Indian Head,Md., Rutgers swooped in andwelcomed him to the Banksjust in time for last season’straining camp.
When he got here, he hadhis work cut out for him toearn playing time with twoother big-name cornerbackscoming in as freshmen and thelikes of Devin McCourty, BillyAnderson, David Rowe andBrandon Bing ahead of him as veterans.
He spent the year on thescout team but had goals of
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Redshirt freshman Darrell Givens intercepted a pass for a score inSaturday’s scrimmage, days after moving from cornerback to safety.
BY TYLER DONOHUECORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head tennis coachBen Bucca consistently utters theword “effort” when discussinghis 2010 senior class. While thetrio of Christine Tran, CaitlinBaker and Katherine Arlakdepart the Banks next month,their coach believes they’vehelped establish a hardworkingfoundation within the program.
“The culture and the personalityof a team are best reflected by theattitude of its seniors,” Bucca said.
Trio of seniors lays groundwork for program
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Senior captain Katherine Arlak is one of three seniors for theKnights and pairs with classmate Christine Tran in doubles play.
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cracking the two-deep duringspring practice.
“My father told me don’tcome here with any expecta-tions, just come in and play mygame and do the best I can,”Givens said.
So when Schiano asked himto move back to safety, only afew days after he moved sopho-more Marcus Cooper from wide-out to cornerback, Givens didn’tknow what to say.
“It was a surprise to metoo,” Givens said. “It happenedon Monday. Coach came to meand he told me he wanted tosee what I could do at the safe-ty position and hopefully I canhelp the team and become abetter player.”
If his interception is any indi-cation, the move looks good so far.
“I’m starting to get reallycomfortable there,” he said. “I’mpicking up on the safety calls andall of the technique.”
AFTER REVIEWING THEtape from Saturday’s scrim-mage, Schiano reiterated someof his thoughts on the team’soffensive struggles.
“We didn’t play very well onoffense,” Schiano said. “We justdidn’t execute very well. Theydid better today. The defensedidn’t play very well today.”
Running the ball, the firstteam offense struggled withjunior tailback Joe Martinekcompiling three total yards oneight attempts.
“On a lot of plays we were oneguy away,” said junior guard ArtForst. “Whether it was myself orsomeone else, we were one guy
away. You have 10 guys execut-ing perfectly and one guy canscrew up a play.”
SCHIANO HAD TO SHAKEup the offensive line a littlemore today with sophomoretackle Devon Watkis on acrutch after a left ankle sprainin Saturday’s scrimmage.
Rutgers presented multiplefirst team offensive lines withForst and juniors Caleb Ruchand Desmond Stapleton representing the only healthyplayers with significant playing experience.
“It’s just a little more shake,”Schiano said on the offensiveline through the final five prac-tices. “We’ve shaken it a lot.We’ll shake it some more.”
JUNIOR TIGHT END EVANLampert injured his hip on along reception during Saturday’sscrimmage and was limited yes-terday in practice.
“He gutted it out [yester-day],” Schiano said. “He’s notOK though. He can’t reallymove well enough to perform.He did some things that he could.”
“This is a group that works hard.Their work ethic has been phenom-enal and they always have the teamready to put forth its best effort atpractice and matches. It’s an attrib-ute that’s hard to describe.”
Arlak and Baker serve as teamcaptains, along with their duties insingles play. Tran pairs up withArlak in doubles. All three werethe key to the Scarlet Knights’emergence in the Big East.
“When we were freshman,things were completely different,”Arlak said. “There were times dur-ing matches when we didn’t have
a full lineup because some girlswere quitting to go pro. But thingshave definitely turned around. Wehave an amazing group of girlswho are dedicated to improving.It’s been great to see the program change.”
Bucca is proud of the youngwomen he has seen grow from ten-tative freshmen to thriving seniors.
“When they first came in theywere on a very steep learningcurve,” Bucca said. “They gotacclimated pretty quickly andhave developed into terrific stu-dents and athletes. It’s been veryrewarding to see them grow onand off the court. They’ve fol-lowed the right path during theirtime here and it shows.”
Things are certainly lookingup for the Knights, as the teamgradually elevated its level ofplay over the past few years.The most meaningful factor inthe program’s improvement isprobably Bucca’s stellar 2008recruiting class, but it was upto the squad’s elder membersto set an example for their tal-ented, young teammates. Transaid the seniors tried to instill anew sense of commitment inthe program.
“I think there is now a greaterdesire to compete and representRutgers as a team,” Tran said.“We push each other to competehard and each of us really earnour positions on the court.
“The team is headed in a gooddirection. We raised the bar. Ourexpectations have risen since Ifirst arrived. We work hard toreach our goals on the court andin the classroom.”
Those efforts translated wellon the court, according to Baker.
“The program’s record speaksfor itself,” she said. “We’ve comeso far. The turnaround has beenincredible and I’m glad to havebeen a part of it.”
Rutgers currently sits at 11-7 with two home Big Eastmatches rounding out the reg-ular season later this week.The Knights are guaranteed atleast one match in the Big East tournament.
A loss in the tourney wouldresult in the end of an era for theteam’s seniors.
“I’ll remember the way wecame together as a team in bigmoments,” Tran said. “Freshmanyear we upset West Virginia inthe Big East tournament andthere have been other timeswhen we’ve exceeding expecta-tions as a team. Accomplishingthings as a group is what reallystands out.”
Baker said her four years withthe program have been nothingshort of amazing.
“My time with the team hasbeen the best years of my life,”Baker said. “I know it soundscliché but it’s true. It kept mefocused and driven. The program provided me withstructure and a great group of friends.”
It appears the threesomeleaves Rutgers in good hands.Bucca is certain his seniors dideverything they could to help theprogram advance.
“Team camaraderie passes onfrom year to year,” Bucca said.“I’m certain that these seniorshave continued moving the pro-gram forward in a positive direc-tion and have made a big impacton their teammates.”
LESLIE LIAPES
Senior pitcher Dennis Hill settled in after giving up two runs in the first inning to retire 11 Fordham batters in a row. The lefthanderfinished the game on the mound for his first collegiate complete game, striking out four batters in his second win of the year.
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Lefty’s complete game gem guides Knights to victoryBY A.J. JANKOWSKIASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
For the fourth year, senior pitcher DennisHill took the mound for the Rutgers baseballteam to start a game. But for the first time, he
finished the gameas well.
The lefty’s firstcollegiate completegame paced theScarlet Knights on a
dismal Tuesday afternoon to a 7-3 victoryover Fordham at Bainton Field.
“It felt good. It’s the first time I’ve done itso it felt very good actually,” Hill said. “It’sgreat to be able to finish what you started.”
Hill threw a total of 111 pitches on the daywith 66 being strikes. The left-hander onlyyielded nine hits while striking out four andissuing two walks.
This is the second victory of the year forHill (2-4) who is now on a two-game winstreak after taking down in-state rivalPrinceton earlier in the month.
“After the first inning I thought he wasexcellent,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr. “Hewas throwing the ball great. We have noproblem letting someone go the whole nineinnings. And I’m sure he wanted to complete[the] game if he could get it.”
After giving up two runs early, Hill settledin during the middle innings. At one pointthe southpaw retired 11 consecutive Ramsbefore consecutive singles in the seventhinning broke the streak.
Despite allowing base runners, Hill con-tinued his dominance by forcing leadoff hit-ter Ryan Lee to ground into a double play toend the threat and retire the side.
“I just induced a ground ball and we gotout of the inning,” Hill said. “I found arhythm and just stuck with it.”
The Rams (10-21) got on the board earlyagainst the southpaw, plating two runs in thetop of the first to take the early lead. No
BY KYLE FRANKOCORRESPONDENT
PRINCETON — For 45 minutes theRutgers men’s lacrosse team looked like itcould upset the No. 5 team in the country.
Then everything came undone in one of theworst ways possible.
Two man-downgoals sparked afourth quarterrally for Princetonas it came away
with a 10-8 victory last night over theScarlet Knights.
“We got sloppy in the fourth,” said sen-ior midfielder Justin Pennington whorecorded his fourth hat trick of the season.“We got away from our extended offenseand they put in a few goals and gotmomentum. That made it real tough tofight back.”
The Tigers won 22 straight games athome and beat the Knights in 22 of theirlast 23 meetings.
Just how rare are man-down goals?Princeton scored just one in the last fouryears. Its two last night came at the mostcrucial time.
An of fensive zone turnover allowedChris McBride to sprint down the fieldunchecked and beat Rutgers senior goal-
Special teamscrush hopesof Tiger upset
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Senior midfielder Justin Pennington (20) recorded his fourth hat trick of the season inthe Knights’ narrow 10-8 loss to No. 5 Princeton, which they led after three quarters.
Physical effortearns secondBig East win
BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER
VILLANOVA, Pa. — The Rutgers women’slacrosse team faced off against Big East foeVillanova yesterday on the turf of the
Wildcats’ homefootball stadium.
The ScarletKnights played thegame with the physi-cal intensity of a
group of linebackers. Rutgers outshot, outscored and outmus-
cled Villanova, dropping the Wildcats 14-6 enroute to a second crucial conference victory.
“Villanova definitely came out to wintonight and it was physical both ways but ourdefense really did a great job,” said Rutgershead coach Laura Brand-Sias. “We were slid-ing really well and offensively we were doinggreat things, though at the beginning of thegame we were just hitting the posts.”
But once the shots stopped clanging offthe sides of the cage, Rutgers (9-3, 2-2)unleashed the scoring deluge that is startingto become common.
Senior attack Brooke Cantwell scored agame-high four goals for the Knights tobreak the 30-goal plateau for the third time inher career. Cantwell’s 31 goals leads Rutgersthis season, though the attack said the onlynumber she is focused on is nine — the
