THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 110 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 LOUISVILLE SLUGGERS Today: Sunny High: 42 • Low: 21 FRIDAY MARCH 25, 2011 The Rutgers baseball team hosts Louisville this weekend at Bainton Field in the opening weekend of Big East play for both teams. INDEX ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ........ 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 Humanists debate the morality of tree carving and having children. Despite a ruling that his eduation cuts were too extreme, Gov. Chris Christie isn’t backing down. See if we give him a laurel or dart. OPINIONS SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY ....... 3 UNIVERSITY METRO ......... 7 Students dance with glow-in-the-dark accessories Wednesday night at “Neon Night,” a late-night party hosted by the Rutgers University Programming Association. Attendees were required to wear white or neon colors. JEFFREY LAZARO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEVER Video essays start trend in admissions BY DMITRY ZHDANKIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER A growing number of American col- leges now accept video essay submis- sions as a supplementary part of the admissions application. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, George Mason University, the College of William & Mary and Tufts University are among the colleges that now allow their undergraduate applicants to optionally send short video recordings describing their aspirations, distinctions and talents. “The students should be given an opportunity to show some creativity in the admissions process and a video essay in this day and age allows us to bring it back,” said Richard Edgars, director of admissions at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. State approves six ATC locations BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR New Jersey’s Department of Health and Senior Services announced six nonprofit organiza- tions selected to run alternative treatment centers (ATC) for the state’s medicinal marijuana pro- gram, with the highest-ranked among them to open this summer in New Brunswick. Compassionate Care Centers of America Foundation Inc. (CCAF), which will operate an ATC that serves approved medicinal marijua- na patients from municipalities in Central New Jersey, has proposed a location at a warehouse on Joyce Kilmer Avenue. “We felt New Brunswick would be an ideal Central Jersey location because of its proximity to rail transportation and major high- ways,” said Raj Mukherji, a lobbyist representing CCAF. Mukherji said the clinically based, medical model medicinal marijuana program would fit in among other organizations in town. “New Brunswick, as the home of Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and numerous hos- pitals, is no stranger to ground- breaking research,” he said. Other ATCs will be located in Manalapan, Bellmawr, Secaucus and Montclair, N.J., said Poonam Alaigh, the commis- sioner at the Department of Health and Services. Nonprofit organizations could apply to operate an ATC in February and were scored based on their proposals, including finan- cial plans and security measures, Alaigh said. Out of the 21 appli- cants, six were chosen, with CCAF the highest-scoring applicant. “The foundation is thrilled and grateful and plans to hit the ground running in moving for- ward with implementing the plans,” Mukherji said. CCAF is a new nonprofit organi- zation so this will be the first center it has operated, but two of CCAF’s board members — Michael Weisser and his son David Weisser — have experience operating seven centers in Colorado, he said. While some N.J. residents are concerned about the medicinal marijuana program being strict, Mukherji thinks it will be beneficial for research. “We are delighted the regula- tions in New Jersey are tighter,” The state’s Department of Health and Senior Services selected six organizations to run alternative treatment centers in order to implement a medical marijuana program. The New Brunswick center will open this summer. GETTY IMAGES SEE STATE ON PAGE 4 After a recall of multiple drugs in the recent past, like Children’s Tylenol, the federal government takes over three Johnson & Johnson plants. KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR FDA seizes control of three J&J factories BY TABISH TALIB CONTRIBUTING WRITER In response to the long list of Johnson & Johnson recalls this past year, which includes Tylenol, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took control of three J&J pro- duction plants. The J&J plants, located in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico, Lancaster, Pa., and Fort Washington, Pa., were connected to the recall of multiple drugs in 2010 and to the Children’s Tylenol three months ago, accord- ing to a McNeil Consumer Healthcare press release. The FDA took control of the plants through the “consent decree” of McNeil Consumer Healthcare in order to bring the plants up to man- ufacturing standards. The plants in Las Piedras and Lancaster will continue to oper- ate, while the Fort Washington plant will be closed, McNeil Consumer Healthcare spokes- woman Bonnie Jacobs said to CNN Money. “There is the potential for some impact [in production] initially as we implement the additional steps,” Jacobs told CNN Money. SEE FACTORIES ON PAGE 4 SEE ESSAYS ON PAGE 4
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LOUISVILLE SLUGGERSToday: Sunny
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INDEX
ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
OPINIONS . . . . . . . . 8
DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 10
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 12
Humanists debatethe morality of tree carving and having children.
Despite a ruling that hiseduation cuts were tooextreme, Gov. ChrisChristie isn’t backingdown. See if we givehim a laurel or dart.
OPINIONS
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3
UNIVERSITY
METRO . . . . . . . . . 7
Students dance with glow-in-the-dark accessories Wednesday night at “Neon Night,” a late-night party hostedby the Rutgers University Programming Association. Attendees were required to wear white or neon colors.
JEFFREY LAZARO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FEVER Video essaysstart trend inadmissions
BY DMITRY ZHDANKINCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A growing number of American col-leges now accept video essay submis-sions as a supplementary part of theadmissions application.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland,George Mason University, the Collegeof William & Mary and Tufts Universityare among the colleges that now allowtheir undergraduate applicants tooptionally send short video recordingsdescribing their aspirations, distinctionsand talents.
“The students should be given anopportunity to show some creativity inthe admissions process and a videoessay in this day and age allows us tobring it back,” said Richard Edgars,director of admissions at St. Mary’sCollege of Maryland.
State approves six ATC locationsBY AMY ROWE
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
New Jersey’s Department ofHealth and Senior Servicesannounced six nonprofit organiza-tions selected to run alternativetreatment centers (ATC) for thestate’s medicinal marijuana pro-gram, with the highest-rankedamong them to open this summerin New Brunswick.
Compassionate Care Centers ofAmerica Foundation Inc. (CCAF),which will operate an ATC thatserves approved medicinal marijua-na patients from municipalities inCentral New Jersey, has proposed alocation at a warehouse on JoyceKilmer Avenue.
“We felt New Brunswick wouldbe an ideal Central Jersey locationbecause of its proximity to rail
transportation and major high-ways,” said Raj Mukherji, a lobbyistrepresenting CCAF.
Mukherji said the clinicallybased, medical model medicinalmarijuana program would fit inamong other organizations in town.
“New Brunswick, as the homeof Rutgers, Robert Wood JohnsonMedical School and numerous hos-pitals, is no stranger to ground-breaking research,” he said.
Other ATCs will be located in Manalapan, Bellmawr,Secaucus and Montclair, N.J.,said Poonam Alaigh, the commis-sioner at the Depar tment ofHealth and Services.
Nonprofit organizations couldapply to operate an ATC inFebruary and were scored basedon their proposals, including finan-cial plans and security measures,
Alaigh said. Out of the 21 appli-cants, six were chosen, with CCAFthe highest-scoring applicant.
“The foundation is thrilled andgrateful and plans to hit theground running in moving for-ward with implementing theplans,” Mukherji said.
CCAF is a new nonprofit organi-zation so this will be the first centerit has operated, but two of CCAF’sboard members — MichaelWeisser and his son David Weisser— have experience operating sevencenters in Colorado, he said.
While some N.J. residents areconcerned about the medicinalmarijuana program being strict,Mukherji thinks it will be beneficialfor research.
“We are delighted the regula-tions in New Jersey are tighter,”
The state’s Department of Health and Senior Services selected six organizations to run alternative treatmentcenters in order to implement a medical marijuana program. The New Brunswick center will open this summer.
GETTY IMAGES
SEE STATE ON PAGE 4
After a recall of multiple drugs in the recent past, like Children’s Tylenol,the federal government takes over three Johnson & Johnson plants.
KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
FDA seizes control of three J&J factories
BY TABISH TALIBCONTRIBUTING WRITER
In response to the long list of Johnson & Johnsonrecalls this past year, whichincludes Tylenol, the Food andDrug Administration (FDA)took control of three J&J pro-duction plants.
The J&J plants, located in LasPiedras, Puerto Rico, Lancaster,Pa., and Fort Washington, Pa., wereconnected to the recall of multipledrugs in 2010 and to the Children’sTylenol three months ago, accord-ing to a McNeil ConsumerHealthcare press release.
The FDA took control of theplants through the “consent decree”of McNeil Consumer Healthcare inorder to bring the plants up to man-ufacturing standards.
The plants in Las Piedras andLancaster will continue to oper-ate, while the Fort Washingtonplant will be closed, McNeilConsumer Healthcare spokes-woman Bonnie Jacobs said toCNN Money.
“There is the potential for someimpact [in production] initially aswe implement the additionalsteps,” Jacobs told CNN Money.
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Group collects clothes to unite state BY KRISTINE CHOI
STAFF WRITER
University students can do somespring cleaning and exercising thisSaturday at the first “Clean Up,Shape Up, Meet Up” on theCook/Douglass Recreation Center.
Celebrate NJ, the event’s hosts,will collect used clothes, shoes,handbags and household items todonate to the A&E Clothing Driveto support its initiatives to connectwith the University student bodyand the rest of the state, said KarenHatcher, executive director ofCelebrate NJ.
“It’s called ‘Clean Up’ becausewe’re asking students to clean outtheir closets and donate any usedclothing,” she said. “What we heardfrom the students was, at the end ofterm, there were big garbage pilesand big dumpsters full of things thatstudents don’t want to take home.”
Hatcher believes theexchange will be beneficial forboth parties involved.
“We’re inviting [University stu-dents] to clean out early and reallyget rid of the things that theyweren’t going to use anymore andallow us to benefit by that,” shesaid. “Celebrate NJ will earn about15 cents per pound on all the cloth-ing donated.”
“Clean Up, Shape Up, Meet Up”will be separated into three compo-nents called the clean up, shape upand meet up, Hatcher said.
“The Shape Up is a 5K run thathas a registration fee of $10 as adonation to Celebrate NJ,” she said.“The idea is to get people movingafter this very cold, long winter.”
Attendees can participate in avariety of fitness games in the gym
at the Cook/Douglass RecreationCenter, Celebrate NJ student internBen Kleiner said.
“I’ve been working on settingup games for the day, promotingthe event and mapping out therace course,” said Kleiner, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior. “I will be running all of theorganized games on the day ofthe event and I am very excited todo so.”
The Meet Up portion of theevent will provide a unique experi-ence for the children participating in
Celebrate NJ by connecting themwith pen pals from throughout thestate so that they can learn abouteach other and where they live,Hatcher said.
“It really just went from agreat idea in a brainstorming intothis reality that is happening onSaturday,” she said.
After challenged to plan anevent that would be fun and serveas a fundraiser, Celebrate NJ stu-dent interns proposed the occa-sion, Hatcher said.
“They wanted to figure out away to further the relationship
between Celebrate NJ and theUniversity,” she said.
Kleiner said having an event likethe “Clean Up, Shape Up, Meet Up”lets the organization become moreinvolved with the campus commu-nity and expose N.J. children to theinstitution.
Celebrate NJ’s goal is for kids tounderstand the importance ofwhere they grew up and where theycame from, Hatcher said.
“[Celebrate NJ is] a nonprofitorganization that is all about cele-brating the best of New Jersey,” shesaid. “We do that through a numberof educational initiatives and pro-grams that benefit Celebrate NJschool programs.”
Hatcher feels the event will be ahelpful platform to raise awarenessabout the beauty and diversity ofNew Jersey.
“I hope that University studentswill find out about Celebrate NJ andhave an understanding about whyit’s important to feel connected towhere you come from and have asense of place,” she said. “And thatNew Jersey is pretty awesome.”
Hatcher expressed interest ingaining more popularity from theUniversity similar to other suc-cessful community service proj-ects on campus.
“I would love for us to create anevent that would rival DanceMarathon, to have that level ofinvolvement and support on theUniversity campus,” she said.
Some University students likeRania Saleh, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore, is looking for-ward to the event.
“I think it’s a nice way for stu-dents to help out the communityand be healthy,” she said.
Professor Joan Bennett talks on Wednesday night about her workon the benefits and harms of fungi on Douglass campus.
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Speaker shares study inhonor of women’s history
BY CLIFF WANGSTAFF WRITER
In honor of Women’s HistoryMonth, the University chapter ofthe Botanical Society of Americainvited Professor Joan Bennett totalk about the pros and cons offungi in a lecture entitled “Fungi:Friend or Foe?”
Bennett’s presentation, anoverview of fungi that took placeWednesday evening in Foran Hallon Douglass campus, detailed themany qualities and characteris-tics of fungi that can be eitherbeneficial or harmful to humans.
“The point was to get people tolearn something about fungibecause I think that they tend to bemisunderstood,” she said. “I want-ed to take a global view and makethe presentation both educationaland also easy to understand.”
After seeing all of Bennett’spast work and research as a pro-fessor in the Department of PlantBiology and Pathology, theUniversity chapter of theBotanical Society of Americaapproached her to speak.
“We wanted a woman speakerfor the month of March since it wasWomen’s History Month, and weheard that she was a really goodspeaker,” said University BotanicalSociety President and School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior Stacy Brody.
Bennett said she made thepower point presentation specif-ically for the event and tooksome slides from ones she usesin her lectures.
The presentation started withan overview discussing the basicsof what fungi are.
Throughout the slides,Bennett included colorful imagesof macrofungi like the Green-headed Jelly Baby mushroom,which has bright green tops.
“Macrofungi come in manyunusual shapes, and some likethe Torn Fiber Head are poison-ous,” she said.
Bennett also discussed micro-fungi such as mold, and more
specifically, her study ofAspergillus and potential healthproblems of indoor molds.
In addition, Bennett talkedabout a group of microfungicalled the filamentous fungi.
“They include many of theorganisms we call molds,mildews, blights and rots ineveryday life,” she said.
Bennett showed slides offungi growing on things rangingfrom a rotting apple to dry rot,which she said is often regardedas the “cancer” of buildings dueto its appearance.
She then touched on the bene-fits of fungi, talking about thefungi in the mushrooms that peo-ple put in their soups.
“For many Americans, ediblemushrooms are synonymouswith the cultivated button mush-room,” she said.
Bennett also talked abouttypes of Asian fermented foodsmade with mold such as soysauce and miso.
At the end of the presentation,she answered questions from theaudience, many of whom werepart of the Botanical Society.
School of Environmental andBiological Sciences sophomoreJohnny Voong and junior GiannaSantelli replied positively toBennett’s presentation and saidthey were pleased to havelearned more than they knew onthe topic of fungi.
“I think the presentation wasvery interesting and she wasable to cover both the commonknowledge about fungi and alsothe more specialized topics,”Voong said. “I also liked how shewas able to reference and relatea lot of the information toRutgers scientists.”
Santelli, Botanical Societytreasurer, said the presentationmade her realize how much fungiis a part of her daily life.
“It’s so interesting becauseyou don’t realize how much fungiis part of your everyday life andhow much there is still to learnabout it,” she said.
“They wanted to figure out a way
to further therelationship between
Celebrate NJ and the University.”
KAREN HATCHERExecutive Director
of Celebrate NJ
dents’ grades, standardized test-ing scores and formal applicationessays in making the decision,according to the University’sadmissions website.
Representatives from MasonGross School of the Arts and theSchool of Arts and Sciences couldnot be reached by press time.
Wendy Livingston, seniorassistant dean of admissions’committee at the College ofWilliam & Mary acknowledgedthe dif ficulty of comparing theapplicants based on their sup-plementary materials, such as
the video essays.“It will ultimately depend on
the quality of the work submit-ted by the student,” Livingstonsaid. “But whatever optional[submission] that helps uslearn more about the student iswhat we are looking for.”
Some colleges receivedexamples of students who took the idea a little too far, she said.
“We are not looking for ricecrispy Wren Buildings to be con-structed and sent to us,”Livingston said referring to oneof the historic constructions ofthe college.
St. Mary’s College ofMaryland, William & MaryUniversity and Tufts Universityall stressed that videos are notrequired for applicants.
“Optional essays are just that— optional,” said Director ofPublic Relations at TuftsUniversity Kim Thurler.
She said ideally an optionalessay helps college admissionsbetter understand what a candi-date potentially brings to theincoming class.
“But if it doesn’t, we set itaside and look at the other
pieces of the application,”Thurler said.
Only a fraction of applicantstake advantage of submittingthe video essays, Edgars said.
“It takes a special kind of astudent to record a video andto submit it to the committee,”he said.
Still, Edgars said the continu-ous evolution of technology andsocial media is likely to affectthe college admissions processin the future.
“The colleges should see thatif [modern technology] is impor-tant to the youth, it might be animportant venue to learn about ayoung person,” he said.
Amanda Laf fer ty, aWilliamstown High School sen-ior, who recently received her letter of acceptance to the University, said prospec-tive students should be provided with a greater num-ber of options to express themselves through the appli-cation process.
“Even the written essay onlyhas a single question, whereasother colleges provide youwith an ability to chose from anumber of questions,” shesaid. “I’m sure that a videoessay will also help the morecreative applicants.”
James Malchow, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-dent, felt an increasing number ofoptions in the application processcould put a strain on the admis-sions committee budget.
“[A video essay] is a muchmore tangible way for you to beable to express to the collegewhat makes you different fromeverybody else,” he said. “But itcan also make the application pro-cedure more expensive for thestudents.”
Kevin Murray, a graduate stu-dent at the University’s School ofCommunication and Information,said the video essays also couldpotentially make the selectionprocess more biased.
“Now you can see what theperson physically looks like,”Murray said. “This really pro-vides certain applicants an advan-tage over the others, even if theyare equally strong in their aca-demic achievements.”
“We’ll probably offer an indicastrain, a sativa strain and a blendof both,” he said.
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Marcus Hughes thinksedibles should be of feredbecause it is the safest way toconsume marijuana.
“They should have edibles,”he said. “If anything, they shouldonly sell edibles. It would beharder for older patients tosmoke weed.”
Hughes said the programmakes it difficult for sick, elder-
ly patients toobtain the mari-juana as well.
“I’m assumingthey won’t let acaregiver pick itup for a patientbecause it’s mari-juana. It puts strictlimits on patients,”he said.
Mukherji saidresidents of cer-tain areas of NewJersey would only
be able to report to an ATC intheir region.
CCAF is af filiated withMeadowlands Hospital, whichwill track patient outcomes and analyze the data to meas-ure medicinal proper ties and the uses of the cannabis,he said.
The foundation’s advisor yboard is committed to workingwith municipal and county of fi-cials to see if the proposedNew Brunswick location issafe and secure and compliantwith state regulations, he said.
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New Jersey unemployment rates roseto 9.2 percent this last month despite thestate’s gain of 7,500 new jobs in profes-sional, business, construction and leisureand hospitality sectors and 700 in the pub-lic sector.
The State Labor Department reportreleased Thursday show the unemployment rates rose from 9.1 per-cent in Januar y to 9.2 percent inFebruary, according to an article onnj.com.
Despite the increase in unemploy-ment rates, economists say the rise inemployment is not necessarily a badthing rather an opportunity for prospec-tive workers to return to the market,according to the article.
“While it is still a very volatile jobmarket, we have seen a return ofprospective workers who had left thejob market,” Labor CommissionerHarold Wir ths said in the ar ticle.“More people felt better about theirchances for employment.”
According to a mycentraljersey.comarticle, the biggest job gains in January
were in professional and business serv-ices with 3,300 new jobs, 3,000 in con-struction and 1,700 new jobs in leisureand hospitality.
The largest job losses were in trade,transportation and utilities with 1,200less jobs, 800 jobs in educational andhealth services and 700 jobs lost infinancial activities, according to themycentraljersey.com article.
The state government lost 2,200employees while local governments hired2,700 workers and federal governmentadded 200 employees.
The U.S. Depar tment of Laborreleased its figures for the number ofpeople receiving unemployment bene-fits in the state and it showed that NewJersey dropped for the 63rd straightweek, according to the nj.com article.
First-time filings also fell nearly 5percent for the week ending March 12,and continuing claims dropped 4 per-cent showing signs of employmentimprovement.
— Anastasia Millicker
LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTS STATE UNEMPLOYEMENT RISES
Jacobs declined to commenton the subject.
The two functioning plantswill work with an independentexper t who will present areport to the FDA about themanufacturing standards ofthe plants, after which the FDAwill decide on how to move for-ward, according to a McNeilConsumer Healthcare pressrelease.
J&J is trying to address allconcerns of its consumers, saidJ&J Vice President of CorporateMedia Relations Bill Price.
“We’re moving ahead withorganizational changes as well asthe manufacturing changes at theMcNeil plants,” he said.
Price added that J&J CEOWilliam Weldon addressedconcerns over the company’smanagement team which some believe are responsiblefor the recalls.
“Clearly the McNeilHealthcare recalls have been amajor issue and working with theFDA we can get products back onthe shelves,” he said.
Michael Santoro, professorof management and globalbusiness at the RutgersBusiness School, believes the blame on the vast amountof recalls lies in how the prob-lem was handled at the corpo-rate level.
“It took Johnson & Johnsona long time to address theproblems with the recalls. Thatis why the FDA is involved,” hesaid. “It’s clearly a manage-ment problem especially withthe CEO and J&J’s Board ofDirectors.”
Santoro believes these pastrecalls have been handled poor-ly compared to how they werehandled in the past. The
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Edgars, who has workedwith the St. Mary’s College ofMaryland admissions depart-ment since 1987, said it isimperative for colleges to lookbeyond the students’ gradesand standardized testing scoreswithin the selection process.
“The option of submitting avideo essay gives some futurestudents an opportunity to reallyshine,” he said.
Recordings available onYouTube and other media-shar-ing websites feature prospec-tive students singing, dancing,reciting a monologue or playinga ukulele while riding a unicy-cle. Many of the video essaysreceived thousands of viewsand comments.
College of William & Mary’soptional submission prompt ismeant to demystify the admis-sions process and encourageapplicants to express themselvesin whatever way they see fit,according to the College ofWilliam & Mary AdmissionOfficers’ blog.
“Anything goes. Inspire us,impress us or just make uslaugh,” according to the Collegeof William & Mary undergradu-ate application.
St. Mary’s College ofMaryland was among the pio-neers of accepting video essaystwo decades ago, Edgars said.In the late ’80s and early ’90s,when the VHS tapes were used,the college allowed applicantsto submit them.
“Because of the environmentand the opportunity to use … wedecided to bring [the videoessays] back,” he said.
Mason Gross School of theArts accepts video recordings ofapplicants’ music or dance per-formances whenever distanceprohibits the prospective stu-dents from appearing at an on-campus audition, according to theschool’s application guidelines.
Nevertheless, the University’sSchool of Arts and Sciences con-tinues to rely on prospective stu-
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“It takes a specialkind of a student to record a video and to submit it
to the committee.” RICHARD EDGARS
St. Mary’s College of MarylandDirector of Admissions
he said. “It will set New Jerseyapart from other states in culti-vating and dispensing marijua-na and focus on outcomes anddata analysis.”
Medicinal marijuana pro-gram applicants in New Jerseymust suffer from a debilitatingcondition in order to use thedrug, Alaigh said.Applicants will belimited to 2ounces of mari-juana for every30 days.
“This is pio-neering territoryfor the state of New Jersey,”she said. “We are now one step closer top r o v i d i n gpatients withdebilitating conditions relieffrom chronic pain.”
Mukherji said CCAF is in sup-port of Alaigh’s plan.
“New Jersey is at the fore-front of the nation in determin-ing how medical marijuana canimprove the lives of thesepatients,” he said. “The healthcommissioner has devised anexcellent plan by virtue of themedical model.”
ATCs are restricted fromoffering marijuana in edible formand are limited to three strains,Mukherji said.
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“They should have edibles. ...
It would be harderfor older patients to smoke weed.”
MARCUS HUGHESSchool of Arts and Sciences
Junior
Tylenol recall in the 1980s, inwhich a malicious employeelaced tablets with cyanide, washandled cleaner by then CEOJames Burke, he said.
“The way that situation washandled is why J&J continues tohave good reputation,” he said.
He added that J&J also hasmore of a reason to care abouttheir public image than mostother pharmaceutical companiesbecause of the line of productsthey sell.
“Johnson & Johnson is dis-tinctively diversified more thanother companies,” Santoro said.“They sell baby shampoo andbaby medication, which is whyif a recall is handled poorly itcould hurt the public’s opinionof the company.”
Other problems, such asthe loss of business due torecalls, have lasting ef fects,said Maaz Enver, an ErnestMario School of Pharmacygraduate student.
“You can’t forget that there isnearly always a generic drug withthe same active ingredient as thename brands,” he said. “Peoplehave this idea of a name branddrug to be better.”
But the danger for drug com-panies is that generic versions ofdrugs are cheaper than the namebrands, Enver said.
“If your product is off theshelf, it’s easier for people to trythe generic version and neverbuy the name brand againbecause the generic worked forthem just as well,” he said.
Another incentive for J&J toallow a consent decree at theMcNeil Consumer Healthcareplants are the reprimands theycould have faced otherwise,Santoro said.
“This is a terrible blow toJ&J and it shows that by allow-ing to be supervised by a thirdparty, there could have beenmajor action and penaltiesforthcoming from the FDA,”he said.
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Humanists discuss moral decision-making processesBY YASHMIN PATEL
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The University HumanistChaplaincy held a meetingWednesday night at the StudentActivities Center on the CollegeAvenue campus, to grapple overmoral decisions and ethics.
A group of University alumni,students and other local mem-bers debated about whethercarving a person’s initials into atree is morally permissible toexplore the issues of consequen-tialism and virtue ethics.
“Consequentialism is thenotion that a moral judgmentshould be based on the effect onthe conscious beings, so it’sgood if it has good conse-quences, and it’s bad if it hasbad consequences,” UniversityChaplain Barry Klassel said.“Virtue ethics, which is that youshould cultivate a set of virtuesin yourself, like loyalty, honestyand truthfulness.”
Some said such carvings areimmoral because they can nega-tively affect trees.
“If the carvings opened thebark up to disease pests, it’sgoing to inevitably cause thetree to die,” said Lisa Ridge,organizer of the New JerseyHumanist Network.
Others expressed that a treeshould be valued despite theconsequences a carving mayhave on a tree.
“Trees should be honored fortheir tree-ness,” said RonRothman, resident of Ringoes,N.J. “Trees are for a wholebunch of things, for admiring orfor whatever biological function
it serves, but they’re not forcarving initials in.”
John Zerillo of Hamilton,N.J., thought putting initials ina tree is an artistic expressionand makes trees look more attractive.
“Being someone who hascarved his initials in a tree, Ithink the tree would be safefrom dying,” Zerillo said. “Itmight have some aestheticvalue putting initials in the tree.”
Gary Brill, campus coordina-tor of the Human Chaplaincy,said it is important to take into
consideration why people makethe moral decisions they make.
“We have to live togetherand relate to one another andact toward one another on thebasis of our understandingsand our mutual interests,” hesaid. “It is important to knowother people’s thinking, so wecan negotiate a satisfactory res-olution to conflict.”
Another moral decision dis-cussed was whether one shouldbring a child into the world.
The factors that affected thegroup’s discussion were whethera person was psychologically
or financially capable of having a child.
“I think we take on a big bur-den of responsibility to thinkabout having a child, to takeeverything into consideration,”said Kenny Rowc, a resident ofPhillipsburg, N.J. “I would askmyself, ‘Can I clothe myself,feed myself and do I have shelter?’”
Klassel said having discus-sions about morals and ethicshelps people evaluate their ownideas and perspectives.
“One thing about humanbeings is that they can
contemplate,” he said. “It’simportant for people to sit andtalk about these things, so theycan reflect on their own preju-diced ideas and see if they arecorrect or if there’s a betterway to think about more ef fec-tive ways to think things theythought they knew.”
Rowc thinks one’s environ-ment af fects what they perceiveas moral.
“I don’t think our decisionsare our decisions,” he said. “Ithink influences play such a bigrole in whether something ismore moral or not.”
University alumni, students and local members of the community talk about the moral judgments of carving names into a tree Wednesdaynight at the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. They related the issue to ideas of consequentialism and virtue ethics.
ASHLEY ROSS
McCormick opened another barin Florida. Upon his and the bar’sreturn, he regained clientele butno longer had the 20 beers on tapto offer customers, he said.
“I am in a dilemma,” he said. “Iwould love to reopen and keepthe tradition alive, but peoplehave to remember this is a pubnot a club, we can’t go back to the20 beers on tap.”
In an attempt to revive the pub,McCormick’s offered six beers ontap, and even introduced 24-ouncecans that were popular, but couldnot withstand the demands of high-er end beers, McCormick said.
After losing customers due tothis change in policy, McCormicksaid the pub also suffered greater setbacks when a formeremployee robbed $7,000 from thepub in 2008, making a recoverynear impossible.
In response to the pub’s closing,Jay Menapace, a regular customer,said McCormick’s is his favoriteplace to go in New Brunswickbecause it is something different.
“It’s not the same crowd youwould see at other bars in NewBrunswick,” said Menapace, acity resident. “I have been goingthere since I turned 21, mostlybecause they play different musicon the jukebox, kind of like a rockand roll bar.”
Nick Arriagada, the pub manag-er, agreed with Menapace and saidthe bar, which has survived a trans-
formation, is often referred to as aplace people come to “get weird.”
“Mostly through music, thepub attracted many bikers at atime, gaining a funky reputation ofpunk rock and fringe alternativemusic,” he said.
Arriagada, who has been goingto the pub for several years andhas been manager for two years,said regular customers are whathelps give the bar its legacy.
He also said a lot of internation-al bands on tour would play in NewYork then come back to hang outat McCormick’s while in town.
“This is a significant institutionthat came to the community andconnected the community,”Arriagada said.
Although the pub has certaindrinks of choice many regularsseem to enjoy, there is no particu-lar type of person the pub embod-ies, which Arriagada said makes itwelcoming and non-judgmental.
“Everyone is open-minded, wehave regulars that are feministsand customers who are transgen-dered,” Arriagada said. “Peoplejust come here to be themselves.”
Jan Butler, a bartender, saidshe believes everyone whocomes to the bar can bond witheach other like a family.
“It is a place where everyone canhang out and be comfortable,” shesaid. “There are very few rules.”
Butler, who traveled withMcCormick from his bar in
Daytona, Fla., to New Brunswick,said the people who go to the pubare like her family and she callseveryone her kids.
“We have put our blood, sweatand tears into this bar, I havepride,” she said. “I’m not goingdown with this ship yet.”
Butler said she realizes thepub might close, but will remainhopeful it continues to run.
“We may have a day or we mayhave three months. Don’t sweat it,don’t worry about it, just have fun,”she said.
McCormick said the pub is asecond home to him, andalthough he has seen a myriad of
customers go by, admitted he willmiss the collective group estab-lished 24 years ago.
Arriagada said he would missthe bar especially for its dim andcalm atmosphere and the differenttypes of people who gathered there.
As of now, nothing is defi-nite and there is no replace-ment for the pub, butMcCormick said for now, theIrish pub will be open untileverything is finalized with anexact date.
“It’s just the kind of place youfeel at home,” Menapace said.“You would never feel like justanother customer.”
BY AMANDA DOWNSCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Martin McCormick’s Irish Pub, alocal New Brunswick bar frequent-ed by University students, is the lat-est in a long string of closings in theeconomy. Following bank orders,McCormick’s might have to shut itsdoors to the public one final time.
The 24-year-old pub opened in1986 and was named after MartinMcCormick, the founder andowner’s deceased grandfather, saidJack McCormick, the pub owner.The Irish pub was the first in NewBrunswick to open with 20 beerson tap and a line waiting to get in.
It is one of the few dive barsleft in the area, which McCormicksaid was unfortunate because itmay be the end of an era.
“Time is ticking, the buildinghas been foreclosed, but concern-ing the business, I may choose tonegotiate with the bank,” he said.
Facing possible foreclosureto the bank, McCormick said hehas to make important deci-sions that will impact his pub’soverall outcome.
“I have three choices — To rein-state the loan and negotiate to buythe building from the bank or workwith the bank as a package includ-ing building, bar and business or tomove the bar and the business toanother location,” he said.
The business closed once in2008 for a year, when
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New Brunswick’s Martin McCormick’s Irish Pub, located on 266Somerset St., might close down if it does not raise more profit.
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There may have also beena cultural difference inform-ing his attitude. The firstthing my friends told mewhen I arrived in France wasto be careful about who Ismiled at while walkingaround Paris by myself.Apparently they found if a
woman looks a man in the eye and smiles, he willpresume she is coming on to him and pursue heraccordingly. I found myself suppressing my naturaltendency to smile, lest I accidentally find myselfencouraging a stranger. It made me more than a lit-tle bit paranoid.
Perhaps my friend at the bar took my talkingwith him as an open invitation to kiss me based onthe dating environment in which he was raised, Idon’t know. He was not the only one to be more for-ward and insistent than I was accustomed to. As Iexited the subway one night a man asked me if Iwanted to hang out, and after I firmly said no, he
asked me again. I had to defend myresponse for a few minutes beforehe left me alone. It was scary after Ireflected on it. Why hadn’t he takenmy no at face value — shouldn’t thathave been enough? What if he hadfollowed me home?
Essentially what I wonder is, didanyone ever teach these men to ask,and to listen for the answer beforeacting? The question can be askedof anyone, anywhere. I just hap-pened to be in France. My experi-
ence ultimately made me thankful that the commu-nity in which I grew up emphasized respect in dat-ing behavior. The point my health teacher was try-ing to make was that both parties should be com-fortable in a dating situation, and a first kiss is agood place to start.
As we get older and dating presents a host ofnew complications, her advice becomes more rele-vant than ever before. I am not trying to suggestthat you start asking your boyfriend or girlfriendpermission each time you lean in for a kiss. Justremember that dating is an interaction between twopeople, and both of them have to be on the samepage. How can you be sure you’re picking up theright signals? It’s easy — just ask.
Courtney Shaw is a School of Arts and Sciencesjunior double majoring in English and history with aminor in French. Her column, “From MyExperience,” runs on alternate Fridays. She acceptsquestions about etiquette and social conduct [email protected].
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“Mostly through music, the pub attracted many bikers at a time, gaining a funky reputation
of punk rock and fringe alternative music.”
Nick Arriagada, manager of Martin McCormick’s Irish Pub, on the crowd that the pub attracts
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
F ollowing Judge Peter Doyne’s ruling that Gov. ChrisChristie’s cuts from the education system left N.J. schoolsunable to provide their students with “thorough and effi-
cient” education, the formidable Christie is refusing to back down.Rather than give schools the money they need, Christie is fightingthe ruling — and he’s pretty confident about his chances at win-ning. In his words, “My view is we’re going to win in the SupremeCourt. The state government can’t print money.” He has a pointregarding the state’s lack of money, and we definitely admire hisdesire to stick to his guns, but the fact of the matter remains thatschools can’t work properly without the money to do so. Therefore,we dart Christie for failing to take the court’s advice or evenreconsider his budget cut choices. The schools need at least somemoney, Christie.
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Believe it or not, there are reasons to drink beer other thanmerely getting drunk. In fact, when you move past Natural Ice andKeystone, there’s a whole wide world out there of beers that actu-ally taste really good. That’s why we’re proud to be able to callGene Muller, founder of Flying Fish Brewery Co., an alumnus ofthe University at Camden, because he is one of the people respon-sible for stocking liquor store shelves with delicious, finely craftedbrews. Sure, Flying Fish may be more expensive than a six pack ofMiller High Life, but indulging every once in a while isn’t such abad thing. Muller receives a laurel for starting a N.J. brewery thatproduces some of the best beers around. Also, we’ re a little flat-tered that he’s decided to make a Scarlet Ale.
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There has been a lot of talk in recent days about the possibilityof Donald Trump running for president — but why? What exactlycould Trump bring to the United States, other than uncanny busi-ness smarts. His foreign policy plan of “screwing” over world lead-ers he doesn’t like by renting them land and not letting them use itis childish, to say the least, and it’s likely to make the rest of theworld more upset at the United States than they were when formerPresident George W. Bush was in charge. Hopefully, the talk ofTrump’s bid for presidency is nothing more than talk. If he actual-ly ran and, god forbid, won the race, we have a feeling things wouldget pretty bad here in the states. Trump receives a dart for beinga poor presidential candidate, and for actually entertaining all thesuggestions of running.
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“The jumper jumps out of the car and delivers the meals.” Thisquote may sound like an over-excited kindergartener’s take on thedelivery process of Meals on Wheels, but it is actually the words ofNew Brunswick Mayor James Cahill. Cahill helped to deliver foodto the elderly via Meals on Wheels on Tuesday, and we’re prettyproud of our mayor for doing something selfless like this. We couldbe cynical and chalk it up to a publicity stunt and it very well couldhave been, but it is refreshing to see an elected official actually getout into the community and do something good for it with his owntwo hands. We give Cahill a laurel for being willing to directly lenda hand in making New Brunswick a better place.
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Bad jokes aside, what the heck is up with the weather? OverSpring Break, residents of New Brunswick were treated to a few, iffleeting, beautiful days of sunny, shorts-wearing weather. Then thesemester starts back up and we get treated to rain, hail, snow andplummeting temperatures. It may seem senseless to get mad atnature, but we kind of are right now. It’s hard enough to come backto school after a week of freedom — does insult really need to beadded to injury through awful weather conditions? We’ re givingthe weather a dart for seriously killing the campus’ buzz. Maybewe’re just being immature, but that doesn’t change the fact wecould really use some sunshine right about now.
D o you rememberyour middle schoolhealth class? I sure
do. In my school district,sixth grade was the firstyear boys and girls weretaught together in the sameroom about health: Thefacts about hard drugs, sex,mental disorders, STIs, etc. Of these I am sureyou can imagine that sex was the most populartopic. But what stuck with me was the unit onhealthy dating relationships.
A very instructive video informed us that oneshould always ask someone permission beforetrying to kiss them. Even at 11 years old we wereskeptical about that point. “Every time you wantto kiss a person?” someone would ask theteacher. Yes. “What if she’s your girlfriend?”another would interject. Yes, even then. “Wellthat’s just ridiculous!” Yes, practically speaking,of course it is. Can you imagine double-checkingwith your significant other everytime you wanted to kiss them? Itwould become a bit tedious, not tomention horribly unromantic. Sowe all laughed and rolled oureyes. This was surely health classat its most absurd.
However, over Spring Break, Iwas reminded not everyone thinksasking first is the best policy, andthat sixth grade lesson came tomind. I was at a bar — in a countrywhere I can already legally drink,thank you very much — and a French man withwhom I was speaking asked me if I knew what afrench kiss was. Gross. Yep, I told him while lean-ing away, I had heard that term before. At thispoint, he moved in to kiss me. What? No, I saidlaughingly, I was not interested. You’re just shy!he insisted, moving in to try again. Seriously? No,sir, I just told you, I’m not interested. What wasgoing on here?
Well actually, a few things were going on. Forstarters, this man was probably in a mental statethat made going in for a kiss seem like a greatidea. I bet every day, somewhere, a single guymeets a single girl at a bar and tries to kiss her —no surprise there. Then there is the question ofthis guy himself. If “Have you ever heard of afrench kiss?” is his go-to pickup line, he may bethe kind of character who expects all women aredying to kiss him. There are plenty of those typeseverywhere in the world — believe it or not, youcan even find them here at the University — sothat too is not very shocking.
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“The first thing my friends told me
when I arrived in France was
to be careful aboutwho I smiled at.”
From MyExperience
COURTNEY SHAW
Week in review:laurels and darts
decline in religiosity does notmean the people are losing theirmorals or their sense of purposein life. Rather, they are seeing theworld in a way that is more hon-est and more useful to them.
As a humanist, my focus ison this one lifetime, on thisworld and the people in it. Myfamily is all of humanity. My his-tory is told in the stars, in thefossil record and in the DNA ofall living creatures. I aminspired by human efforts toexplore ever y corner of our
universe and our own natures. Iam moved by photos of distantgalaxies, by freedom fightersaround the world and by thetouch of a child’s hand. I findbeauty in the struggle of eachhuman being to build a mean-ingful and fulfilling life. My pur-pose is to help them succeed.
One of the pillars of thehumanist philosophy is a concernwith morality. In fact, the day theeditorial came out, the HumanistChaplaincy at Rutgers Universityhad a meeting on the topic of
moral issues we all face. We dis-cussed the areas of ecology, fami-ly relationships and worldevents. Moral questions pervadeour lives and humanist principlestake that into account.
A statement by the AmericanHumanist Association expressessome of their values regarding ajust society: “Humanists areconcerned for the well being ofall, are committed to diversityand respect those of differingyet humane views. We work touphold the equal enjoyment of
human rights and civil libertiesin an open, secular society andmaintain it is a civic duty to par-ticipate in the democraticprocess and a planetary duty toprotect nature’s integrity, diver-sity and beauty in a secure, sus-tainable manner.”
This is certainly a good start ifwe wish to have the basis for asuccessful society.
Barry Klassel is the chaplain ofthe Humanist Chaplaincy atRutgers University.
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COMMENT OF THE DAY
T he editorial, “Successfulsociety requires reli-gion,” published in
Wednesday’s issue of The DailyTargum, affirms the pervasive,enduring and positive role ofreligions in cultures around theworld, and it presents severalarguments against claims thatreligions may be disappearingin certain places or diminishingin significance.
Religious organizations have positive impact on U.GREGORY BEZILLALetter
T he Daily Targum editori-al entitled “Successfulsociety requires reli-
gion,” which ran Wednesday, isunconvincing. Non-theistichumanism can provide the philo-sophical and inspirational under-pinnings of a just and forward-looking society. The fact thatmany countries, including theUnited States, are seeing a
Humanism gives ethics, purpose to peopleBARRY KLASSELLetter
M ore and more, I’venoticed a consistentmessage in at least
some media. It is the idea that weshould feel guilty for consumingluxuries when we could insteadbe donating that money to chari-ty. This argument, in my opinion,is entirely fallacious.
The most common, if mostflawed, view of consumerism is thatwhen you buy a luxury good, onlytwo people benefit — you and thefat cats in some nameless corpora-tion who will spend their money onoppressing the proletariat. This isentirely wrong. A more accuratemodel of consumerism goes likethis: When you buy a luxury good,like a TV, you help the cashier whorings it up for you earn a wage andkeep a job. You help the store youbrought it from stay in business,
Recognize the upsides of consumerism, capitalismKUNAL BAILOOR
Letter
E very year, the student gov-erning councilsof the University put
together a committee called theStudent Fee Advisory Committeeto meet with the administra-tion about student fees. Studentfees are paid by studentsfor specific services the University provides. The purposeof the committee is to give studentinput about changes in student feesto different departments.Administrators propose fee raisesto increase services they provide to
Stay informed about changes to student feesMATTHEW CORDEIROLetter
The writers of this letter areJewish, Christian and Muslimchaplains at the University. Weencourage the University commu-nity to better understand the roleof religions locally in the lives ofstudents, staff and faculty at theUniversity. Religious chaplainciesat the University and the commu-nities of belief and practice theysupport are a source of health andcivility for the campus community,motivating members to seek aca-demic excellence in pursuit oftruth, knowledge, beauty and jus-tice, and to discern vocationally
where their developing talentsand strengths may serve othersand promote the common good.
Through the Office of StudentInvolvement, the University hasestablished a recognition proce-dure and a set of standards forchaplaincies to responsibly servethe religious and spiritual needsof the University community.These chaplaincies meet as theReligious Life Council and mayconsult or collaborate with eachother on issues or projects thatbenefit the academic purposes ofthe University and that enhance
the diversity of the University as amulticultural institution. Moreinformation about chaplaincies isavailable online at get-involved.rutgers.edu/organizations/religious-life.
To better understand the roleof religion at the University, weencourage readers to visit a pro-gram or event sponsored by a rec-ognized chaplaincy or chaplain-cies. An open mind, intellectualcuriosity and the willingness torisk a new experience of religionwill open new perspectives andhelp all to better appreciate the
many contributions of religions tothe world we share.
Rev. Gregory Bezilla is the chap-lain at the Episcopal CampusMinistry at Rutgers. Brother KennethAppuzzo is the director of the RutgersCatholic Center. Rev. Barbara Heckis the director of the RutgersProtestant Campus Ministries. Rev.Ellen Little is the chaplain of theWesley Fellowship. Rabbi Esther Reedis the associate director of RutgersHillel. Moutaz Charaf is the chaplainof the Center for Islamic Life atRutgers University.
students. The committee thenshares with each administratorwhich services students wouldwant to prioritize. The Student FeeAdvisory Committee writes a report and providesa recommendation to UniversityBudgeting about whether or not, orby how much, to increase studentfees. If you have feedback, please send it [email protected]. Anopen hearing on the University’sbudget, tuition, fees and housingand dining charges for the 2011-2012 year will be held on Tuesday,April 5 at 6:30 p.m. at the RutgersStudent Center Multipurpose Roomon the College Avenue campus.
Jack Molenaar, director of theUniversity’s Department ofTransportation Services(DOTS), wants to raise the trans-portation fee by $14.21, or 10 per-cent of the current fee. He pro-poses that the higher fee wouldincrease services while decreas-ing dependency on the statefunds for transportation. Theincreased bus hours would leadto more buses for longer periodsof time. The buses would alsorun on a biodiesel fuel calledB20, making the buses moreenvironmentally friendly.
There was a large cut in serv-ices last year due to cuts in stateaid to the University. The
increased fee, Molenaar propos-es, would plateau the trans-portation fee. The transporta-tion fee would not need to beraised significantly for severalyears. If the University did notgive DOTS any additional funds,Molenaar would be able to main-tain the service and possiblyincrease part because of thelower contract rates.
In addition to discussing thetransportation system,Molenaar also brought up a fewchanges to DOTS. There wasdiscussion about hiring a collec-tion agency to collect moneyfrom unpaid parking tickets ofnon-University affiliated people.
For some campuses the cost ofparking will increase, and due tothe construction on Livingston,some parking passes and lotswill be reshuffled to accommo-date students and faculty.
The discussion with NancyWinterbauer, vice president forUniversity Budgeting, highlight-ed the decision-making power ofthe Board of Governors. TheBOG has final say over theUniversity budget. This powertranslates to the BOG settingtuition. She voiced concern overthe loss of Pell grants.
Matthew Cordeiro, on behalf ofthe Student Fee Advisory Committee.
creating and maintaining jobs inyour local community. You help theworkers who assembled the TV,whether here in the United Statesor abroad, feed their families. Youhelp the electric technician whoworks at the local power plant payoff his or her student loans. Youprovide an incentive to the corpora-tion to continue funding researchinto new technologies. All thesepeople get some part of the moneyyou spend, and they in turn spend itthemselves. The cycle continues.
Capitalism often gets a badrap, especially among idealisticcollege kids, but it is really a bril-liant system. It is one in which thephrase “mutually beneficial” isrealized in every purchase, fromthe lettuce in the supermarket tothe 30-inch plasma screen TVs.One can help almost every otherperson in their country while stillbenefiting themselves.
This applies to charity as well.The best charity is the most
capitalistic. Sponsoring a local entre-preneur to start a company tocheaply produce mosquito nets inhis community is far more effectivethan dumping a load of mosquitonets in one aid shipment. Givinggenetically modified organisms andother agricultural technology tofarmers to boost crop yields andallow them to sell more is far moreeffective than shipping in food everyseason, not that the latter shouldn’tbe done, but it is not effective as apermanent solution. Medical aid isimportant, especially in the shortterm, but more effective in the longterm is building clinics and traininglocals to be doctors, nurses and soon. Whether that’s in Kentucky orKenya, whether in Boise orBangladesh, the impoverished don’tneed our donations as much as theyneed a good job.
Charity is not about throwingmoney at the problem. It’s notabout denying yourself luxuries orliving an ascetic life. It’s certainly
not about some hazy “moral obli-gation” that you have to donate asmuch as you can, because howev-er you spend your money, whetherin donations to the Red Cross or inbuying a new video game, you arehelping people. Some say it isheinous to equate charitable dona-tions to consumption. I wouldrespond that you are helping peo-ple either way — in consumption,it’s simply less visible.
I’m not suggesting you don’tdonate any money to charity.However, be smart about it. Bydoing research and learningwhich aid programs are effectiveand which aren’t, you are doingfar more good than the personwho just signs a check wheneverhe gets a letter in the mail askingfor donations. And there are badcharity programs. Not in thesense that these groups steal yourmoney, but rather that their initia-tives, however well meaning, areeither useless, or worse, actively
detrimental to the cause of help-ing the severely impoverished. I’llgive you an example. A localentrepreneur in Nigeria set up acompany to sell mosquito netscheaply with foreign aid. Anotherforeign aid organization, com-pletely well meaning, floods hismarket with free mosquito nets.He goes out of business. The peo-ple he employed no longer earn awage, and people who otherwisemay have been able to work theirway into the middle class areagain lost without jobs.
So don’t stop donating moneyto charity, but start doing it wisely.Don’t feel guilty about consump-tion. Don’t feel guilty about beinga consumer, because with everypurchase you are helping hun-dreds of other people around thecountry and the world, and youare helping yourself while at it.
Kunal Bailoor is a School ofArts and Sciences first-year student.
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Sophomore shortstop Steve Nyisztor is hitting .238 with two home runs and nine RBI through 18 games this season for the Scarlet Knights. After hitting .410 for Rutgersin his rookie campaign, Nyisztor looks to get back to familiar form this weekend for the Knights, when they take on Louisville in their home-opening Big East series.
right back to Louisville,” said sen-ior right fielder Michael Lang.“This year, we’re starting withreally good competition andgoing right to Louisville without abreak, so that could help us.”
Based on recent history,Rutgers (7-11) could use the help.
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Since Louisville (13-7) joinedthe Big East for the 2006 season,the two sides met 17 times.
The Cardinals won 14 of thosematchups, including each of thepast six. In five seasons in theleague, Louisville won two confer-ence tournaments and two regu-lar season titles.
“They’re a team that doesn’t real-ly have rebuilding years,” sopho-more starter Rob Smorol said. “Theyjust reload every year. They’re sucha national power that they don’t need
to rebuild. They just bring in moreand more good players every year.”
Smorol saw some of thoseplayers firsthand as a reliever lastseason, when the Louisville batschased him from a 24-6 Rutgersloss after just one out.
Smorol allowed eight earnedruns in that game, and nine inthe series.
“It was my worst outing of theyear,” Smorol said. “I’m cominginto this weekend with a little bitof a chip on my soldier. They got
me good last time, so I have towork extra hard to pitch wellagainst them this time around.”
Each of Rutgers threestarters — Smorol, sophomoreace Tyler Gebler and juniorNathaniel Roe — faced Louisvillelast season out of the bullpen.They combined for 2 1/3 inningsand 10 earned runs last year andthis year, they have a 4.60 staff ERA.
The Cardinals, who justdropped from the Top 25, pose an
equally tough challenge this year,and over the next three days atBainton Field, Rutgers will notreceive a break.
But with Louisville openingBig East play, things do not getmuch tougher from here.
“There’s a little bit more pres-sure on us to win games now,”Smorol said. “The games downSouth were a good test for us to getready for what’s going on now. Thisis what really matters and these arethe games we really need to win.”
has molded her way into theKnights’ chemistry, especiallywith her passing abilities.
“The way that our of fense isset up is she has the ball, reallylooking for cutters in certainspots,” Brand said. “She’s beendoing a good job of that. Shehas really good vision whenpeople are open on the cuts atthe eight.”
Marino entered her seniorseason after playing a com-bined 15 games in three years.
But even in those limitedopportunities, Marino made an
impact, includingfive goals in thesix games sheplayed her juniorseason.
“At the end ofever y seasonprior to this year,she really got afire underneathher,” Brand said.“We talked aboutthis final year asan opportunity
for her to have that fire for thewhole season.”
So much changed in a yearfor Marino and that changewas evident the last time theKnights played Syracuse,which Rutgers hosts tomorrowat the RU Turf Field.
In its last matchup with theOrange, Rutgers lost, 17-10.Seven players saw time of f thebench, but Marino was not oneof them. Now, she is one of theof fense’s focal points.
But just like when Marinobecame an impact player of fthe bench, anyone has theoppor tunity to do the sameagainst the Orange.
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last year by only goal, enter of ffive straight wins, includingvictories over No. 5 Duke andPenn State.
But the Knights see theiropponent’s credentials not asreason for concern, but asincentive to try to take downone of the top teams in the country.
“I think there’s definitely anadded level of excitement to startleague play,” said sophomoreDuncan Clancy. “And just thembeing Notre Dame — we’reexcited to try and beat one of thebest. This week we’re zoned inand ready to go.”
And it is not as if theKnights do not have a past his-tor y of squaring of f againsthighly regarded teams. Nostranger to tough schedules,veteran head coach JimStagnitta is not intimidated byNotre Dame’s rankings.
“We know they’re a talentedgroup, but we play the NotreDames and the Syracuses andPrincetons ever y year,”Stagnitta said. “I think that’swhat we’re used to down thestretch, playing that qualityand that caliber of team. Andthat’s what keeps you in thehunt all the way through.”
A victory over the No. 3team in the nation would putthe Knights in serious con-tention for the NCAATournament, which eluded theprogram since the 2004 sea-son. Stagnitta, still the head
CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Freshman attack Scott Klimchak leads Rutgers’ offense againstNotre Dame this weekend with 13 goals and nine assists.
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scored two goals coming off the bench.
Since then, Marino held astarting role and scored a point ineach game.
Even though Big East playis now underway, bench play-ers still receive opportunitiesto prove themselves likeMarino did.
And Marinosees that thereare many on theattack who willhave oppor tuni-ties to take ongreater roles.
“I think thatwe have a lot ofgood attackers,so if someonecomes into thegame and theyshow that theycan contribute, they can earnthat spot, as well,” Marino said.
Marino’s oppor tunity tostar t stemmed from headcoach Laura Brand’s willing-ness to experiment with dif fer-ent lineups — a practice shekept up all season.
“Every day in practice is acompetition to see who gets onthe field,” Brand said. “Otherpeople were inser ting them-selves into our of fense morethan she was [before thisyear], but she’s getting more opportunities.”
That faith in Marino hasbeen beneficial, as the attack
“Every day in practice is a competition
to see who gets on the field.”
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coach the last time Rutgersmade a Tournament appear-ance, is well aware of the factas conference play begins.
“I tell the guys, ‘We’re halfwaythrough the season. This is a cer-tainly an opportunity against ahighly regarded and highlyranked team to put ourselves in
the hunt,’” Stagnitta said. “Wehave a lot of opportunity to dothat here down the stretch.”
And the Knights would cer-tainly be in the hunt with a victo-ry on Sunday over the Irish. Allthey have to do is recreate someof the magic from their confer-ence upset just one year ago.
event, helping the team finishbehind Stetson in a ver y close match.
“[Weddell] is a very talentedathlete,” Waters-Ballardsaid. “I knew when Irecruited her that shewould contribute to thisteam and its great to seeher start to succeed.”
Next up for theKnights is the CincinnatiSpring Invitational.Having a strong show-ing in the tournament isanother important stepin making the 2011 sea-son one to remember.
Rutgers placed ninth in the 18-team field last year, but with atotal of 23 teams this year in thetournament, the Knights look at amuch more competitive atmos-
phere. The Cincinnati Spring
Invitational consists of teamsfrom all over the country, with
Illinois bringinghome last year’s title.But Waters-Ballardhas no doubt herteam is ready to showits has what it takes.
“This team is verycapable of winning thewhole thing,” Waters-Ballard said.
Senior team captainJeanne Waters leadsthe Knights just like
she has for the past three years,and it is clear she will certainly bemissed once this season is over.
“[Waters] sets a great exampleon this team,” Waters-Ballardsaid. “I’m so happy to have her as
a captain. I’m really going to missher next year.”
But when it comes to nextyear, it is still uncertain whowill fill Waters’ shoes and takethe role as captain and leader ofthe team.
“I think there’s a little friendlycompetition going on betweeneveryone for that vacant captainspot,” Waters-Ballard said.
Asked who she thinks couldbe the next captain, Waters-Ballard said she has an idea, butwith plenty of time left in thespring season, her focus remainson the present.
But the future of the Knightslooks bright as of now, and theupcoming tournament is anotherstepping stone in ensuring thatsuccess continues over the nextfew weeks.
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W ith the NFL lockout,Cincinnati Bengalsreceiver Chad
Ochocinco already beganlooking for another job. Thewideout entered his secondday of four-day tryout forMajor League Soccer teamSporting Kansas City.
The Bengals star hasn’tcompeted competitively inthe spor t since he was asophomore in high schoolbut is a lifelong fan.Ochocinco said that he wouldhave stayed with soccer andnot moved to football if it waspractical or more popular inthe United States.
FOUR PACE UNIVERSITYfootball players charged withdisorderly conduct, resistingarrest and obstruction of jus-tice after a shooting of theirteammate by a police officerwere cleared of all charges.
D.J. Henry was killed out-side a nightclub in New York,where his car struck a policeof ficer’s car. The of ficer shotthrough the windshield,killing Henry. His teammateswere arrested in the chaosthat ensued.
ORLANDO MAGIC HEADcoach Stan Van Gundy said hebelieves the race for leagueMVP is already over and thewinner is going to be ChicagoBull’s guard Derrick Rose.
Van Gundy openly cam-paigned for Magic centerDwight Howard to win theaward in the past. Howard isaveraging 23.0 points pergame, 1 point behind Rose.
But Rose is the leader of aBulls team that charged to thetop of the Eastern Conference.
Van Gundy stated that hehas not encountered a memberof the media who is not votingfor Rose. The votes for MVPare due on April 14, the dayafter the regular season ends.
“I don’t think it’s wideopen. The media seems tohave made their decision,and they’re the ones thatvote. So I think it’s over,” VanGundy said.
WITH THE SECONDretirement of head coach PhilJackson looming, the LosAngeles Lakers may try torecruit the coach they triedto obtain last time: Duke’sMike Krzyzewski.
Krzyzewski said Wednesdaythat his answer would be thesame as last time: that heprefers to stay with the pro-gram that he led to four national titles.
Krzyzewski was reportedlyoffered a five-year, $40 milliondeal the last time Jacksonannounced his retirement.
That deal was one of threeof fers Coach K has turneddown to coach in the pros — the other deals beingwith the Celtics in 1990 andthe Trailblazers in 1994.
Rutgers tries to replicate winning waysBY MATT CANVISSER
STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers tennis team’s questfor its first Big East win continuestoday at 2 p.m., when the team trav-
els toQueens,N.Y., toface St.John ’s .T h eScar le t
Knights return from their SpringBreak trip to New Orleans, wherethey won three straight matches,including two sweeps.
“We gained some confidencefrom the sweeps, and it was agood team bonding trip,” saidjunior Leonora Slatnick. “I thinkit helped build our team spirit alot, and we’re only going to getstronger as we return to BigEast play.”
The Knights welcomeSyracuse to the RU TennisComplex on Sunday at 10 a.m.for their first match this seasonon the Rutgers campus.Rutgers looks for revenge afterlosing on the road last year tothe rival Orange.
“Syracuse is always one ofour biggest rivals — we defi-nitely do not like losing tothem. Last year left a bittertaste in our mouths, so we wantto come out strong,” Slatnicksaid. “It’s great that we areplaying at home, and the out-door courts will definitely bean advantage for us.”
The Knights (8-4, 0-2) contin-ued their strong non-conferenceplay over Spring Break, shuttingout injury-plagued New Orleansand Xavier, 5-0 and 7-0, respec-tively. Rutgers also defeatedSoutheastern Louisiana, 6-1, giv-ing it an 8-2 non-conferencerecord for the season.
“Southeastern Louisiana isa strong team that’s fully fund-ed and full of internationalplayers,” said head coach BenBucca. “That win really boost-ed our spirit and confidence.This is a confident group rightnow, and we are right wherewe should be at this point inthe season.”
The Knights look to maintainthat high level of confidence asthey re-enter conference play.The opponents only get tougherfrom here on out, and Rutgersmust now adjust to playing theoutdoor style of tennis if theweather cooperates.
“Adjusting to the elementswill be our biggest challenge
DAN HO
Freshman Vanessa Petrini will likely pair with junior Morgan Ivey in doubles play againsthost St. John’s, while classmate Stefania Balasa will likely take up No. 2 doubles.
RUTGERS AT ST. JOHN’S, TODAY, 2 P.M.
TENNIS
Knights hope to carry over early momentumBY T.J. NAGY
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s golft e a mcont in -ued itss t r o n gstart tothe sea-son by
placing second at theHomewood Suites Invitationalin Port St. Lucie, Fla.
“Ever ybody played well,being the first tournament ofthe season,” said head coachMaura Waters-Ballard. “It’s allabout continuing to focus andtaking it one shot at a time.”
Sophomore BrittanyWeddell led the Knights with a154 (77-77) at the two-day
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these next few weeks,” Buccasaid. “When you play indoorsthe conditions are perfect andthen you move outside [and]you forget about things like thewind af fecting the ball. This isthe time of year when footworkand preparation become most important.”
Bucca and Co. also prepared tocounteract their struggles in dou-bles play by tinkering with line-ups. On the Spring Break trip, theKnights found success with a newNo. 2 doubles team of Slatnickand freshman Stefania Balasa,which won matches against bothNew Orleans and SoutheasternLouisiana despite never playingtogether previously.
“It’s hard to know what yourpartner is going to do in certainsituations if you aren’t used toplaying with them,” Slatnicksaid. “You need to be ready tocover them at any time and justbe on your toes. [Balasa and I]just did some dif ferent forma-tions to try and play to our indi-vidual strengths.”
The performance of the newNo. 2 team pleased Bucca, buthe would not comment on anyfurther lineup changes. The No.1 team of senior captain AmyZhang and junior Jen Holzbergwill likely remain as a pair, but itwould not be surprising to seeSlatnick and Balasa’s old part-ners, freshman Vanessa Petrini
and junior Morgan Ivey, team upin the No. 3 slot.
The new doubles teamsappear ready for the step up incompetition, now having aweek to practice together inpreparation for St. John’s.
The Knights lost the doublespoint in each of their Big Eastmatches thus far, but the partnershakeup could be the key tograbbing that elusive first wintoday at home.
“We’ve always had closematchups with St. John’s. They havemany of the same players back fromlast year and they’re only going to bebetter,” Bucca said. “All we can do isprepare and get into our routine sothat we can play our best tennis.”
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Knights hostleague’s bestin Louisville
BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
There is no break for the Rutgers baseballteam this season, and with the cancellation of
Wednesday’s gameagainst FairleighDickinson due toweather, there is nowarm-up, either.
The ScarletKnights begin con-
ference play today straight off of a three-game losing streak, and they draw the BigEast’s best in Louisville.
After a 5-5 start to the season, Rutgers lostsix of its last eight and that number couldeasily increase against the perennial powerfrom Kentucky.
“It’s a big weekend for us — the firstweekend of the Big East,” said sophomoreshortstop Steve Nyisztor. “We really want tomake a statement against Louisville, who isone of the better teams and show everybodythat we really want to do something in theBig East this year.”
The Knights did that last season, but theyhad 12 games to gear up.
After the traditionally tough pre-confer-ence schedule, Rutgers began the Big Eastseason with a 10-2 record againstGeorgetown, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame andSouth Florida.
Only Pitt and USF had winning records,and the teams combined to go 49-58 in con-ference play.
The next two conference series cameagainst Connecticut and Louisville — theleague’s runner-up and regular season cham-pion, respectively — and a promising startturned into consecutive sweeps.
“Last year, we started with great competi-tion, went down a little bit and then were ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore lefthander Rob Smorol seeks redemption against visiting Louisville this weekend, when the Scarlet Knights square offagainst the Cardinals to open Big East play. The Clark, N.J., native allowed eight earned runs last season in a 24-6 loss to UofL.
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RU looks forsecond straightwin over ND
BY VINNIE MANCUSOSTAFF WRITER
On paper, the Rutgers men’s lacrosseteam appears to have its back against thewall. Coming off a substantial loss against
Army last week, theformerly undefeat-ed Scarlet Knightsprepare to face theNo. 3 team in thenation Sunday inNotre Dame.
But the Knights (5-2) still hold on toone undeniable fact: a 10-8 upset victoryover the Fighting Irish just last year.
“They’re No. 3 in the nation right now,but we beat them last year and we can doit again,” said freshman attackman ScottKlimchak. “If we beat them again thisyear, it’s a real good chance for us to getback on the map and to prove to peoplewe can be a top team.”
But Sunday’s matchup, which marksthe first Big East competition for theKnights, will not be an easy one againstvaunted Notre Dame. The Irish (5-0), whowere denied the national championship
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NOTRE DAME AT RUTGERS,SUNDAY, NOON
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BASEBALL
High-effortsenior bidestime to start
BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER
The lack of job security for startingpositions on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse
team acts as a dou-ble-edged sword.
On one hand,more playersreceive opportuni-ties for playingtime. On the other,
it is easier to lose those opportunities.Senior attack Katie Marino received a
starting spot four games into her finalyear at Rutgers. And she’s made the mostof it, leading the Scarlet Knights withseven assists and tallying a point in all butone game this season.
But Marino’s success stems from hermotivation to keep playing at a high levelto maintain her starting role.
“Every single day I’m playing like [myjob] is still up for grabs,” Marino said. “Ithink that helps me play better than if Iwas comfortable in that spot.”
Marino’s breakout game occurred againstDelaware on March 2, when the attack
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SYRACUSE AT RUTGERS,TOMORROW, 1 P.M.
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RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior attack Katie Marino earned a starting role four games into her final campaignat Rutgers, where she entered 15 games in three seasons.
