THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 112 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 HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL Today: Sunny High: 45 • Low: 28 TUESDAY MARCH 29, 2011 The Rutgers football team begins spring practice today after undergoing significant changes to both sides of the ball in the offseason. INDEX ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 10 DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 University Indian and Pakistani students plan an event to increase interaction between both nations. A new app allows users to easily delete social networking follies made while intoxicated. OPINIONS SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY PENDULUM ........ 8 Members of the Eagleton Institute of Politics present research yesterday on a series of focus groups led by University students from last semester to better understand attitudes toward civic and political engagement. ASHLEY ROSS REVEALING STUDIES State to grant funds for transportaion projects RUSA seeks to join USSA through alternate methods BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER CORRESPONDENT The Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) is changing their plan of action to join the United States Student Assembly (USSA) after a recent University Legal Counsel ruling. “They’re saying that the money would be used against allocation guidelines and that the USSA is engaged in rumored political, lobbying students, which vio- lates the guideline for funding political organizations,” said Matt Cordeiro, RUSA vice president. USSA, a student organization recognized state and nationwide, aims to support educa- tional initiatives and produce better leaders, said USSA President Victor Sanchez at a past RUSA meeting. On behalf of the assembly, RUSA co-advis- er Kerri Willson advanced the question of using student fee funds to pay half of the $4,000 USSA membership fee to the counsel back in February. But they did not receive a formal response against the move until the day before their March 10 meeting, where the RUSA body voted to join the organization by secret ballot, she said. Despite the counsel’s decision, RUSA leaders decided to bring the issue to vote in order to gauge the general body’s stance, said Willson, director of Student Involvement. “They spoke in the RUSA meeting and shared that there’s still some pending ques- tions with legal counsel, but they wanted to BY ANDREA GOYMA CORRESPONDENT With Gov. Chris Christie administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 12) Transportation Capital Program, the state will allocate $3.5 billion to New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and New Jersey Transit investments. The Christie administration announced Thursday that the FY 12 Transportation Cap Program has been submitted to members of the legislature for review and if passed, Middlesex County will receive more than $175 million dollars for 20 projects under the proposed $3.5 billion dollar program, accord- ing to the NJDOT press release. “This capital program balances the reality of limited resources with the twin imperatives of promoting public safety and maintaining our assets in a state of good repair,” said NJDOT Commissioner James Simpson in the release. “Every investment to improve a road or bridge or railroad today helps us avoid far more costly repairs tomorrow.” The FY 12 capital program represents the first year of a five-year Transportation Capital Plan that Christie announced in January, according to the release. Middlesex County projects include the Hoes Lane extension to I-287, Route 18 and South Woodland Avenue intersection improvements and constructing a Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital parking facility, according to the release. If approved by the legislature, the New Jersey Department of Transportation will receive money to fund projects like the Hoes Lane extention to I-287 in Piscataway. KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Council learns benefits behind green practices BY JACK MURTHA STAFF WRITER Director of Environmental Services and Grounds Dianne Gravatt shared the University’s goal to be able to recycle every piece of trash in less than 10 years, from bottles to breadcrumbs, produced by its members. Gravatt explained the effort last night to the University’s Engineering Governing Council (EGC), during their meeting at the Busch Campus Center. “We recycle 67 percent of our waste, and our goal is, by 2020, to be [at] zero waste,” she said. “By 2015, we want to recycle 87 percent [of the University’s waste.]” Gravatt said continuous efforts to improve the recy- cling program are vital and that these strategies not only positively affect the environment, but also the University’s finances. Recycled materials are eventually sold to companies that will build anything from chairs to bridges from the other- wise overlooked waste. She said the University benefits from these transactions and resources saved from recycling. Dianne Gravatt, Environmental Services and Grounds director, explains the importance of students recycling last night at the Engineering Governing Council meeting. 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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNALToday: Sunny
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TUESDAYMARCH 29, 2011
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DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 12
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 14
University Indian andPakistani students planan event to increaseinteraction betweenboth nations.
A new app allows usersto easily delete socialnetworking follies madewhile intoxicated.
OPINIONS
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
UNIVERSITY
PENDULUM . . . . . . . . 8
Members of the Eagleton Institute of Politics present research yesterday on a seriesof focus groups led by University students from last semester to better understandattitudes toward civic and political engagement.
ASHLEY ROSS
REVEALING STUDIESState to grant funds fortransportaion projects
RUSA seeks to join USSAthrough alternate methods
BY ANASTASIA MILLICKERCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers University Student Assembly(RUSA) is changing their plan of action tojoin the United States Student Assembly(USSA) after a recent University LegalCounsel ruling.
“They’re saying that the money wouldbe used against allocation guidelines andthat the USSA is engaged in rumoredpolitical, lobbying students, which vio-lates the guideline for funding politicalorganizations,” said Matt Cordeiro, RUSAvice president.
USSA, a student organization recognizedstate and nationwide, aims to support educa-tional initiatives and produce better leaders,said USSA President Victor Sanchez at a pastRUSA meeting.
On behalf of the assembly, RUSA co-advis-er Kerri Willson advanced the question ofusing student fee funds to pay half of the$4,000 USSA membership fee to the counselback in February.
But they did not receive a formal responseagainst the move until the day before theirMarch 10 meeting, where the RUSA bodyvoted to join the organization by secret ballot,she said.
Despite the counsel’s decision, RUSAleaders decided to bring the issue to vote in order to gauge the general body’s stance, said Willson, director ofStudent Involvement.
“They spoke in the RUSA meeting andshared that there’s still some pending ques-tions with legal counsel, but they wanted to
BY ANDREA GOYMA CORRESPONDENT
With Gov. Chris Christie administration’sproposed Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 12)Transportation Capital Program, the statewill allocate $3.5 billion to New JerseyDepartment of Transportation (NJDOT) andNew Jersey Transit investments.
The Christie administration announcedThursday that the FY 12 Transportation CapProgram has been submitted to members ofthe legislature for review and if passed,Middlesex County will receive more than$175 million dollars for 20 projects under theproposed $3.5 billion dollar program, accord-ing to the NJDOT press release.
“This capital program balances thereality of limited resources with the twin
imperatives of promoting public safetyand maintaining our assets in a state ofgood repair,” said NJDOT CommissionerJames Simpson in the release. “Everyinvestment to improve a road or bridge orrailroad today helps us avoid far morecostly repairs tomorrow.”
The FY 12 capital program represents thefirst year of a five-year Transportation CapitalPlan that Christie announced in January,according to the release.
Middlesex County projects include theHoes Lane extension to I-287, Route 18 andSouth Woodland Avenue intersectionimprovements and constructing a RobertWood Johnson University Hospital parkingfacility, according to the release.
If approved by the legislature, the New Jersey Department of Transportation willreceive money to fund projects like the Hoes Lane extention to I-287 in Piscataway.
KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Council learnsbenefits behindgreen practices
BY JACK MURTHASTAFF WRITER
Director of Environmental Services and GroundsDianne Gravatt shared the University’s goal to be able torecycle every piece of trash in less than 10 years, frombottles to breadcrumbs, produced by its members.
Gravatt explained the effort last night to theUniversity’s Engineering Governing Council (EGC),during their meeting at the Busch Campus Center.
“We recycle 67 percent of our waste, and our goal is,by 2020, to be [at] zero waste,” she said. “By 2015, wewant to recycle 87 percent [of the University’s waste.]”
Gravatt said continuous efforts to improve the recy-cling program are vital and that these strategies not onlypositively affect the environment, but also theUniversity’s finances.
Recycled materials are eventually sold to companies thatwill build anything from chairs to bridges from the other-wise overlooked waste. She said the University benefitsfrom these transactions and resources saved from recycling.
Dianne Gravatt, Environmental Services and Grounds director, explains the importance ofstudents recycling last night at the Engineering Governing Council meeting.
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Two student groups look past cultural differences for unityBY POOJA CHAUDHARY
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In an attempt to rekindle thepeace and trust of two historicallyconflicting groups of people,University students collaboratedtogether to emphasize the similar-ities between India and Pakistan.
For the first time, theAssociation of Indians at Rutgers(AIR) and the Pakistani StudentAssociation (PSA) plannedtogether “Salaam Namaste” toincrease the dialogue and inter-action between both nations, saidZain Ahmad, PSA secretary.
“It’s important for people tounderstand the cultural aspectsof South Asia,” said Ahmad, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior. “It’s like, yes, you can key onBollywood and you can watch‘Outsourced’ on NBC, but you’renot getting the genuine under-standing of what South AsianAmericans are seeking.”
In this two-part event, PSAand AIR are holding a conferenceon April 9 in the Busch StudentCenter in the afternoon and aconcert at night in the NicholasMusic Center on Douglass cam-pus, Ahmad said.
“We really do hope to accom-plish unity between the two groupswho have practically been viewed asenemies and we want to come overthe past differences — whether it beregarding gender, culture or
Pakistani Student Association member Rohit Gijare and Association of Indians at Rutgers memberSidra Sattar make an icebreaker to encourage dialogue between Pakistani and Indian students.
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countries,” said Akanksha Karwar,AIR vice president.
Seeing the amount of polar-ized discussions on campusinspired the two groups to hold“Salaam Namaste” to look pastthe history of animositybetween India and Pakistan andignite a friendship between the
two societies, said HaroonMian, PSA president.
“We are hoping that this eventwill help educate not only ourmembership but everyone andwill help us draw attention to oursimilarities rather than our differ-ences,” said Mian, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
Proceeds from the event willgo toward a nonprofit organiza-tion called Thakaat Foundationthat does charity work in bothIndia and Pakistan, whose mottois to “Unify, Educate and Relieve,”he said.
Ahmad believes around 100 to200 people will attend the
conference and the concert willmost likely sell out.
PSA and AIR expect studentorganizations coming from differ-ent universities to attend, likedance groups from VillanovaUniversity and ColumbiaUniversity, Ahmad said.
Penn Masala, a University ofPennsylvania a cappella group thatperformed in front of PresidentBarack Obama, will attend theevent for the first time, he said.
“Not only are we trying tohave communities at Rutgerswork together but we are broad-ening it and we’re looking for-ward to a lot of this,” Ahmad said.
Through the course of plan-ning “Salaam Namaste,” AIR andPSA students grew to know eachother from a better perspectiveand they hope they can do thesame for others, Karwar said.
He said the University wasthe target of many unfortunateinstances, which were causedbecause people were focusingon the differences instead offocusing on the similarities,such as the incidents surround-ing Tyler Clementi.
“This is just something that wewant to use to set an example fornot only South Asians at Rutgersbut anyone we can reach out to —that futile matters such as smalldifferences are not worth obsess-ing over,” Karwar said. “We’retrying to promote unity.”
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In an effort to improve NewJersey’s fiscal health by prioritiz-ing projects, decreasing borrow-ing and increasing pay-as-you-gocash funding, the money comesfrom state and federal grants, saidTim Greeley, NJDOT spokesman.
“The federal government allo-cates a large percentage of moneyto all the states in the country andNew Jersey’s share is $1.66 bil-lion,” Greeley said.
State funding comes from NewJersey’s Transportation TrustFund, which is funded fromGarden State Parkway and NewJersey Turnpike tolls, gas taxesand Port Authority of New Yorkand New Jersey sources, he said.
know whether or not the bodyeven supported the idea of join-ing USSA,” she said.
Questions involved the possi-bility of using alternate sourcesof money, like generating rev-enue, other than student fees topay for membership, but Willsonsaid the first step is for RUSAleaders to meet with herself andco-adviser Lori Smith.
“We want to meet with themvery specifically, so that she and Iunderstand the ins and outs ofwhat their questions are, [and] ifthey have additional questions,”she said. “We’re their conduits tomeeting with legal counsel. Wewould advocate on their behalf.”
Although the Legal Counselfound rumors surrounding the USSA, Cordeiro said RUSA checked into the organiza-tion’s credibility.
“USSA has been working withthe University in terms of con-sulting with the [New JerseyUnited Students] and has proveditself to be a legitimate organiza-tion,” said Cordeiro, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.
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30 The SPIN Program will host a Speed Networking event at 6p.m. in the Cook Campus Center. Interested students willattend a brief networking boot camp before joiningUniversity alumni and other industry professionals in afriendly round of speed networking. The purpose of theevent is to give students the opportunity to polish socialskills and build new relationships by interacting withemployers and alumni willing to offer career advice andinsight. Interested people must contact the SPIN office at(732)-932-3000 ext. 522 or email Kristen Lester [email protected].
1 RU Wanawake, a student organization that unites collegewomen for the interests of Africa, will host its 2nd Annual“Honoring the African Woman” banquet at 7:30 p.m. in theDouglass Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center. The clubwill be presenting awards to three women who improvedAfrica through philanthropic work and dedication.Entertainment of the night includes a performance by R&Bsinger Rotimi. The event is free. For more information, visitthe organization’s Facebook page or [email protected].
31 Rutgers University Programming Association will be host-ing “Inside the Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Studio” with twoshows in the Livingston Hall at the Livingston StudentCenter starring “Jersey Shore” star Snooki with her comedi-an side-kick Adam Ace. Doors for the first show open at 7p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m., while the second showstarts at 10 p.m. with wristbands required for entry.University students get a wristband between 4 and 7 p.m. atthe Livingston Student Center. Students must bring theirRUID. Seats are available for non-University students andwill be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis.Wristbands will be distributed in the order of the showtimes, with the 8 p.m. wristbands being handed out first. Formore information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.
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2 Rutgers University Dance Marathon to support theEmbrace Kids Foundation will take place in the CollegeAvenue Gym this weekend. Dance marathon is a 32-hourstudent-run event to raise money for the Embrace KidsFoundation, a non-profit organization that aids the non-med-ical needs of the children with cancer and blood disorders.Dance Marathon is now closed to dancer registration butapplications are still available for alumni dancers, set up andclean up crew and fundraisers. For more information, pleasevisit marathon.rutgers.edu/home.
4 Off-Campus Students’ Association will hold a car mainte-nance workshop and meeting starting at 8 p.m. in Room 407of the Rutgers Student Center. Participants will learn how tochange a tire and more car tips. For more information, visitgetinvolved.rutgers.edu.
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9 Rutgers University Programming Association will hold a tripto see “American Idiot” on Broadway with discounted stu-dent tickets. The bus departs from the Rutgers StudentCenter at noon and will return at 9 p.m. after the show.Ticket cost includes the discounted student tickets and trav-el expenses, and costs $35 for students and $45 for faculty,staff, alumni and guests. Tickets are on sale from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. at the Student Activities Center. For more information,visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.
The state funding amounts to$1.6 billion dollars, Greeley said.
The $3.5 billion, which is allo-cated throughout the state, is forfiscal year 2012 and runs fromJuly 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013, hesaid. This money will not godirectly to the counties but will bemanaged by NJDOT.
N.J. Transit will also receive$1.164 billion total from state andfederal grants, which will beused to fund preventive mainte-nance, local programs and debtservice, according to release.Some of the projects include rail-road signal system upgrades,track replacement projects andthe replacement of almost 1,400transit-style buses.
“What the Christie administra-tion has done and continues to dois focus the money on near-termimprovements and take moneythat’s actually available and put it
towards projects that are pro-gressing and ready instead of bor-rowing against future loans,”Greeley said.
Because the number of wor-thy projects in the state alwaysexceeds available resources for agiven year, NJDOT is forced toprioritize projects for funding allo-cations, he said.
“[NJDOT] track[s] the ageand condition of all of our roadsand bridges here in the state, andbased upon that and other datathat we track, we make decisionsabout when to advance the proj-ect,” Greeley said.
The 20 projects in MiddlesexCounty ranked high enough with-in their respective area, whetherit were roads and bridges, pedes-trian safety or local aid, to be con-sidered a priority, he said.
“Looking at it from a cost-effective point of view, it does
make more sense to rehabilitateand repair what we’ve alreadygot,” Greeley said. “Building newinfrastructure is inherently moreexpensive anyway.”
Greeley said a normal construction project typicallylasts a year or two dependingon the size, severity and phaseof the project.
“All these projects fit withinthat five-year plan because [theprojects are] getting moneynow,” Greeley said. “Whateverthe phase, it means we’readvancing these projectswhether or not that constructionphysically begins within thenext five years.”
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Ani Patel said the FY 12Transportation Capital Programwould help New Jersey since themoney is in the form of grantsnot loans.
“I think Gov. Christie is doinga good thing,” he said. “I like NewJersey roads. I don’t have a prob-lem with them, but I think a lot ofthe local roads need a lot of work,especially after this winter.”
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Kelly Nishikawa, originallyfrom La Crescenta, Calif., saidshe thinks local roads do needimprovement, but New Jersey’shighway system is in better con-dition compared to California’s.
“New Jersey highways and theN.J. Turnpike are in pretty goodshape compared to California’s,but some of the residential roadshere are in bad shape,” she said.
Greeley said the FY 12Transportation Capital Programis the highest amount of overallfunding that the state has everdedicated to specifically improv-ing existing highways, roadsand bridges.
USSA has an active role in theNortheast as it includes some CityUniversity of New York schoolsand others in Massachusetts, butthe University would be the first inits “Empire Garden” sub-region,which encompasses New Jersey,Pennsylvania and some parts ofNew York, he said.
“USSA dues are based on stu-dent population, with RUSA pay-ing a quarter per student,”Cordeiro said.
RUSA will only pay $2,000 ofthe original $4,000 membershipfee, since the other half was fund-ed through a grant from an out-side organization, he said.
Although Cordeiro said thedecision to join USSA was approvedby a large percentage, the DouglassGoverning Council (DGC) rejecteda resolution earlier this month tosupport RUSA’s move.
Councils write resolutions tosupport RUSA’s decisions, butthe individual councils are unableto join on their own, said DGCPresident Pamela Chin.
RUSA made the decision dur-ing its general body meeting tojoin the USSA without the sup-port from all individual councilsbut through representativesfrom each of the councils, saidChin, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
“Given the situation that noother schools in the area are partof the USSA and the technicalitiesof the situation, the money RUSAwould be paying just didn’t seemworth the cost,” she said.
Chin said the idea that noother large school in the areabelongs to USSA seems like theremust be something wrong.
“RUSA will pay the pilot mem-bership for the rest of the year,and we will see how that goesbefore deciding on another yearof membership,” she said.
But the EngineeringGoverning Council (EGC) thinksjoining USSA is an excellent deci-sion especially with the recentbudget cuts to higher education,said EGC President David Park.
“The decision to join the coun-cil has been a very difficult deci-sion,” said Park, a School ofEngineering junior. “On the onehand, we want a better studentcouncil, but on the other hand itcosts money.”
He said RUSA was created tobe the unified voice of theUniversity and supports RUSA’sdecision to join USSA.
“Due to scheduling, RUSA hasyet to officially announce its deci-sion to the EGC, and it will beaddressed in the next generalbody meeting,” Park said.
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“It’s good for the environment,it’s good for our bottom line,”Gravatt said. “We are spendingless than we did in 2008.”
But she said new solar-pow-ered trash compactors aremaking the department’s jobeven easier.
The bins, courtesy of wastemanagement, crush garbage intosmall, compact piles, Gravattsaid. This cuts the amount oftrips maintenance staff membersmust take to collect waste.
“I don’t have to go look at them,”she said. “I can just Google it. It tellsme whether the machine’s broken,working, full or not full.”
Although the University doesnot have many of thesemachines, more will be acquiredin the future, Gravatt said.
PepsiCo Dream Machines,located in Busch, Livingston andCollege Avenue student centers,encourage better recycling habits,she said. The machines help toinform students of the advantagesof recycling, while allowing them tocollect Greenopolis reward points,which can be redeemed online.
Gravatt said student compli-ance is necessary, since theymake a difference when theychoose to walk to the nearestrecycling container, rather thantoss their trash somewhere else.
“This is one of the criticalcomponents of sustainability,here at the University, and I thinkyou need to understand that it isvery serious,” she said. “We can’tdo this without [University] stu-dents’ help and cooperation.”
The Engineering Governing Council listens as Environmental Services and Grounds Director DianneGravatt shares methods in which students can recycle rather than throw things away.
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New Jersey’s tax rev-enue for the upcoming$29.4 billion state budgetwill still be $4 billion lessthan the 2008 return despitethe slight growth.
The revenue is expectedto climb 4 percent as a resultof the recovering economy inthe upcoming year beginningin July, said David Rosen,budget officer for the Officeof Legislative Services (OLS)in a testimony before theSenate Budget Committee.
Despite growth by $1 bil-lion, the expected amount ofgrowth predicted by the OLSand state Treasury, the rev-enue would still be less than2008 due to the drop in realestate sales taxes, regulartaxes and other revenue,Rosen said in a mycentraljer-sey.com article.
Rosen expects a 5 percentincrease in income taxes, to$10.6 billion, and that grossincome taxes will increasebut will still remain $2 billionless than the 2008 fiscal year.
This past Monday was thefirst unveiling of moreauthoritative revenue projec-tions for the state budget,and more accurate estimateswill be available in May afterincome taxes have beenreported and processed,according to the article.
— Anastasia Millicker
STATE REVENUETO DECREASE
DESPITE GROWTHIN ECONOMY
The University implementedits recycling program in 1972,before state mandates requiredsuch measures, Gravatt said.
“We cannot fail, we are theleader in recycling,” she said. “Iget calls every day, from uni-versities all over this country ...they saw our recycling cansand they want to know wherewe get them.”
Meeta Gidwani, a School ofEngineering junior, was shockedby the recycling program’seffects on the University.
“I feel like the University isreally doing what it can todecrease waste,” Gidwani said.
She said the talk inspiredher, as most of EGC’s guestspeakers do.
“There are a couple of stu-dents in EGC who are workingon projects related to recy-cling,” she said. “I saw themcome out here, and ask herquestions, so the speakers defi-nitely motivate us.”
Jay Ravaliya, a School ofEngineering sophomore, saidEGC provides many opportuni-ties for students to learn aboutrelevant, real-world issues whilehelping others in the process.
“You really feel that you havethe chance to make a change
and actually do something forthis campus,” he said. “I findthat to be an awesome thing thatyou can do as a student, for yourfellow students.”
Despite the University’sefforts, and EGC’s members, tocontinue to push its recyclingpolicy for ward, Gravatt saidsociety’s broad changes areresponsible for the planet’swaste problems.
“I can tell you, right now,that my parents threw away alot less than your parents do,”she said. “And the reason forthat is, we’ve just become athrow-away society.”
But at the request of aRepublican Senate leader, thenonpartisan LegislativeReference Bureau posted the lawFriday on the Legislature’s web-site. Republican Gov. ScottWalker’s administration and theJustice Department led byRepublican Attorney GeneralJ.B. Van Hollen said the postingput the law into effect Saturdayand work to implement it wouldbegin immediately.
Along with removing most ofpublic employees’ collective bar-gaining rights, the new lawrequires them to pay more fortheir health insurance and pen-sions, which amounts to an 8 per-cent pay cut.
Walker’s top aide MikeHuebsch said the administrationwas preparing a computer pro-gram to take out the new deduc-tions and stop the deduction ofunion dues on paychecks stateworkers will receive April 21. TheDepartment of Administrationwould stop that work if a courtdetermined the law didn’t takeeffect Saturday, Huebsch said.
Also yesterday, the stateDepartment of Justice askedpermission to withdraw itsappeal of the restraining orderbarring La Follette from publish-ing the law. It said the order isnow moot since the law wasenacted without the secretary ofstate’s involvement.
But La Follette, the head ofthe office that posted the law,the Madison city attorney andothers maintained the law is notin effect until the secretary ofstate acts.
Given the difference of opin-ions, the Wisconsin Associationof School Boards told districtsthat are still negotiating with
teachers not to take any officialaction until the courts resolvethe dispute.
“Because we have a differ-ence of opinion within the stateadministration, the safest placeto be is to not enter an agree-ment at the present time,” saidBob Butler, an attorney for theschool boards association.
“I’m very hesitant to tell some-one to go out and do something aportion of the state is telling younot to do,” he said.
Any deals reached sinceSaturday could later be chal-lenged if that turns out to havebeen the effective date of the law,he said.
Butler said he thought asmany as 150 of the state’s 424school districts either extendedtheir current contracts orreached new deals beforeSaturday. About 200 took noaction, and another 75 or so werestill considering what to do,including some that were close toa deal before Friday’s unexpectedaction, he said.
At least two districts —Waunakee and Belleville —signed agreements last week,he said.
At least one school districtcanceled a Monday night meet-ing scheduled to talk about anew teacher contract, saying itdidn’t want to act with uncer-tainty reigning about the state ofthe law.
Port Washington-SaukvilleSchool Board President PattyRuth said in a news release thatgoing forward given the circum-stances “would create signifi-cant risks for our district, all ofwhich can be avoided if we can-cel the meeting until the courtshave rendered their decisionson the various legal questions,”she said.
Dan Thompson, executivedirector of the League of
Wisconsin Municipalities, saidhe thought many communitiesthat wanted to reach laboragreements before the law tookeffect did so before Saturday.He said others have chosen tohold on negotiating new con-tracts until they had a clearersense how they would be affect-ed under Walker’s pending two-year budget plan.
Walker has proposed morethan $1 billion in cuts to schools,counties and local governmentsin his budget that would takeeffect in July. He has arguedunion concessions are needed tohelp those affected make up forhis proposed aid cuts.
A cour t hearing remainsscheduled for Tuesday on alawsuit filed by Dane CountyDistrict Attorney IsmaelOzanne, who claims the stateopen meetings law was violatedthe night the Senate passed thebill. An appeals cour t hadasked the Wisconsin SupremeCourt to take up that case afterthe state appealed the districtcour t judge’s temporar yrestraining order.
But yesterday, the JusticeDepartment sought to withdrawits appeal and cancel the hearingon the grounds it was moot afterthe law was published. The stateSupreme Court has not yetdecided whether it wants to hearthe case.
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Wis. administration adjusts paychecks in lieu of lawTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MADISON, Wis. — Gov.Scott Walker’s administrationtook steps yesterday to adjuststate workers’ paychecks toreflect a new collective bargain-ing law, while the state JusticeDepartment asked a court toagree the law was in effect andstop cases related to blocking itsimplementation.
Meanwhile, the Wisconsinschool board associationadvised districts to hold off onany more contract talks giventhe ongoing uncertainty overwhether the law is in effect.Many school districts, countiesand municipalities had beenrushing to reach deals beforethe law that takes away nearlyall public employees’ bargain-ing rights kicked in.
Republican lawmakerspushed through passage of thelaw earlier this month despitemassive protests that drew up to85,000 people to the state Capitoland a boycott by Democraticstate senators. Opponents imme-diately filed a series of lawsuits,and a hearing on one was sched-uled Tuesday. The judge in thatcase had issued a restrainingorder barring DemocraticSecretary of State Doug LaFollette from publishing the law,typically the last step before ittakes effect.
“I’m very hesitant to tell someone
to go out and dosomething a portionof the state is telling
you not to do.”BOB BUTLER
Wisconsin Association of School Boards Attorney
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor is considered a rare gem in the history of entertainment. Sadly, the life ofthe beauty with violet-colored eyes, ended suddenly after an extensive struggle with heart-relatedproblems. Last Wednesday, the death of screen actress Elizabeth Taylor sent shockwaves throughmedia outlets worldwide. Some knew her as the celebrity with “the purple eyes.” Others saw her asbest friend to the King of Pop. A puppy was even named after her in the final season of Sex and the City.Before all of the ritzy fame, fortune and recognition, Taylor was a trendsetter for beauty and glamourduring the golden age of Hollywood filmmaking.
Born in London, Taylor and her family relocated across the ocean to Los Angeles, when early rumorsof a war in Europe were circulating in 1939. After a family friend encouraged her to take a screen test
for the picture industry, her impressive appeal on cam-era got her a contract with Universal Pictures. Taylorbecame a child star, appearing in the films, There’s OneBorn Every Minute, Lassie Come Home and Jane Eyre(1943). In 1944, now signed with MGM, she starred op-posite child star Mickey Rooney in National Velvet, Lifewith Father with William Powell in 1947 and LittleWomen with Janet Leigh and June Allyson in 1949.
Growing up in front of audiences, Taylor had justentered adulthood when she starred in A Place in theSun and Father of the Bride with Hollywood leadingman Spencer Tracy. Her further successes led to herstarring opposite James Dean, Rock Hudson, Mont-gomery Clift and Paul Newman. In 1958, she playedone of her most memorable portrayals in TennesseeWilliams’ film adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof —Taylor was not only recognized for her acting per-formance, but her new womanly figure and new formof onscreen allure. She went on to star in anotherWilliams adaptation of Suddenly, Last Summer, as wellas Cleopatra and Franco Zeffirelli’s version of WilliamShakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, both with hus-band at the time Richard Burton.
Taylor held two Academy Awards for Best Actress,one for the role of Gloria Wandrous in Butterfield 8 in1960 and the other for the role of Martha in Who’sAfraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966. She became an ac-tivist for the research and cure of the AIDS epidemicand those with HIV and other life-threatening illnesses.Her social work earned her the highest honor in Eng-land when she was knighted Dame Elizabeth Taylorby Queen Elizabeth II in 1999.
Mel Gussow of The New York Times wrote the fol-lowing in an article following her death, “Marilyn Mon-roe was the sex goddess, Grace Kelly the ice queen,Audrey Hepburn the eternal gamine. Ms. Taylor wasbeauty incarnate.” Her spirit and courage lives on inmany hearts.
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Security taxes — leaves themunable to pay off their inter-est-accumulating debts frommedical school, which in 2009averaged well over $150,000.This red ink is on top of anydebt they have alreadyincurred during their under-graduate years.
Increasing the salaries of future specialists duringtheir later residency and fellowship years can helpalleviate the current pay disparity between PCPs andspecialists. If the salaries of residents and fellowsafter PGY-3 (the point where PCPs finish their train-ing) are increased from the $50,000 to $60,000 rangeto six-figure levels, it will put them more on par withtheir primary care colleagues. For instance, the aver-age PGY-4 compensation could be raised to $100,000,while that of the subsequent training years could beincreased in increments of $20,000 to $25,000.
By providing residents and fellows with a signifi-cant compensation increase during their later post-graduate training years, we can help them make sig-
nificant inroads in paying off theirmedical school debt and establishinga more comfortable level of living.The annual salary of newly mintedspecialists should be decreasedwhile that of PCPs should beincreased in a manner that limits theultimate pay gap between specialistsand PCPs to less than 50 percent.
So instead of $175,000 per year fora typical family physician and$519,000 for a typical orthopedic sur-geon, the compensations should be
adjusted to approximately $225,000 and $300,000,respectively. The adjusted incomes would be highenough to afford malpractice insurance — which runsupwards of $200,000 annually — while still supportinga decent standard of living. The $169,000 net savingsfrom this salary adjustment will also be more thanenough to pay the increased salary of several resi-dents and fellows while at the same time decreasingoverall healthcare expenditures. In addition, futurephysicians will become more inclined to choose theirfield of practice from a perspective of professional andpersonal satisfaction than purely financial motives.
Given our current health care crisis, much moreneeds to be done to both promote primary care accessand curb health care expenditures. This fiscallyresponsible proposal to address the current pay gapbetween PCPs and specialists — equally valuable con-tributors to the health care team and patient care —presents a logical approach to tackle both challenges.
Bo Wang is an Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy sixth-year student.
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“Futile matters such as small differences are not worth obsessing over.”
Akanksha Karwar, AIR vice president, on the message of “Salaam Namaste”
STORY IN UNIVERSITY
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I f you have been following the various GOP presidential hopefuls,who have been steadily appearing in the public more and more asthe 2012 election comes looms closer on the horizon, you may
have noticed some trends in the ideals that many of them are espous-ing. One of this year’s most prominent narratives is that social issuesare inextricably intertwined with economic issues. The argument goesthat economic crises — such as the meltdown of 2008 — often resultfrom social crises. So, people like Bob Vander Plaats make commentssuch as “if you think all it is over here on the economic side while youwant all this other stuff to erode, you’re dealing with a house of cards.”Essentially, people who parrot this kind of rhetoric like to blame theAmerican moral climate for the economic meltdown. It wasn’t the sys-tem’s fault, they say — it was greedy, immoral business people whohave fallen away from the core values of the nation.
While there is a grain of truth in all of this, this sort of narrative con-veniently glosses over one of the major motivating factors of moderncapitalistic business practices — namely, the emphasis on increasingprofits, no matter what it takes. A case can be made that such an empha-sis on profit, often at the expense of people, is a greedy, immoral empha-sis, but the fact of the matter remains that this emphasis did not mere-ly spring up as a result of the social climate. Sure, it may have beensocially motivated to some extent, but, at this point, it has been deeplyembedded in the economic system. You have to recognize that, fromthis perspective, it is a systemic issue, which needs to be addressed.
Another problem with this narrative lies in the fact that it oftenpoints to social practices, which have little to no impact on the eco-nomic field. Two of the GOP’s favorite targets when it comes to thesupposed decline of American morality are abortion and gay marriage.If someone could explain to us how letting gays marry and givingwomen the right to choose impacts the economy in any way, shape orform, we would be incredibly grateful — because, as of now, we findevery attempt to link these things to the economy as laughable at bestand disturbingly backward at worst.
Trying to solve the problems with the economy through changingthe social climate seems to be missing the point. If the problems aresystemic, as we have argued, then the first step to fixing the economyis overhauling the financial system. Trying to throw morality at theeconomy will fix nothing unless we address the system’s issues first.
Address economy’ssystemic issues
O ne of the biggest benefits people have received from the rise ofsocial networking on the Web is also one of the biggest dan-gers. We’re speaking, of course, about the ease of access to a
large public forum, which sites like Twitter and Facebook provide eachand every one of us. Every student has probably experienced at leastsome of the drawbacks that arise from having the world at our fingertipsat all times. For example, maybe you have sent a rather biting and child-ish tweet out in the midst of a passionate tantrum. More likely, however,is a scenario like the following: On a typical Friday night, you go out andmaybe drink a little too much. Of course, you have your phone on you,and of course, that phone is probably hooked up to all of your favoritesocial networking sites. The typical result of the combination of toomuch beer and ease of access to a cellphone? Drunk texts, drunk phonecalls and a slew of Facebook updates you wish never happened.
A new app has appeared on the market that, while unable to undothe damage of drunk texts, will make cleaning up after yourself on theInternet a lot more manageable. The app, amusingly titled “Last NightNever Happened,” syncs up to your Twitter and Facebook accountsand offers the ability to delete everything you regretfully posted with-in a given time frame. For example, say you go on an inebriatedFacebook joy ride between the hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. With “LastNight Never Happened,” you can avoid the time-consuming pursuit ofcombing through everything you posted and opt instead to have theapp delete some or all of what you posted after 8 p.m. the night before.This not only frees up your time but also saves you from the potential-ly devastating repercussions of forgetting about a particularly embar-rassing post you made on a friend’s wall.
This app is one of the coolest, most useful apps the market has seento date, without a doubt. It will be a serious boon to University studentsespecially, given that college students are one of the groups mostprone to making mistakes on the Internet. But students are not theonly people who are going to need this app — we foresee a lot of politi-cians and other public figures running to “Last Night NeverHappened” in times of need as well.
Track down, eraseonline mistakes
T he average annualsalary in 2010 for afamily physician in our
country was $175,000, whilethe typical orthopedic surgeontook home $519,000 per year.While there has always been apay disparity between primarycare physicians (PCPs) andtheir specialist counterparts, at no time has this differ-ence been greater than in recent years.
The magnitude of the current pay gap amongdoctors is serving to exacerbate our country’s pri-mary care shortage in addition to contributing toour sky-high, multi-trillion dollar health care expen-ditures. Indeed, in the last 12 years alone, we haveseen the proportion of medical students opting forprimary care fields — including pediatrics, familymedicine and internal medicine — drop about 30percent, a decrease that is all the more alarminggiven the projected shortage of 46,000 PCPs by2025 and the health reform law’s expected coverageof 32 million previously uninsured Americans by2019. Given the large pay gap, it’seasy to see how the allure of highersalaries has been drawing anincreasing number of medical stu-dents to specialty fields.
Although they acknowledge theexistence of the sizeable pay gap,specialists assert that their highersalaries are justified in part by theincreased number of years of inten-sive, low-paid postgraduate trainingthey have to complete beforebecoming fully licensed and inde-pendent practitioners. We can take a fiscally respon-sible approach to solving this situation by incre-mentally increasing the salaries of trainees duringtheir postgraduate years.
After medical students graduate, they all have tocomplete additional training before becoming fullylicensed to practice independently. The length ofthis additional training — termed residencies andfellowships or postgraduate year 1 (PGY-1), post-graduate year 2 (PGY-2), etc. — varies dependingon the field that these individuals pursue. And whileprimary care physicians start practicing straight outof their residency training, specialists have to pur-sue further training through fellowships.
While primary care physicians can start earningalmost $200,000 per year after three years of residen-cy, specialists-in-training endure many additional yearsof at least 60 to 100-hour weeks during which theyearn annual salaries ranging from $50,000 to $60,000.This comparatively low compensation — recentlyexacerbated by a Supreme Court decision that official-ly requires residents to pay $4,000 annually in Social
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“Much more needs to be done to both promote
primary care accessand curb health care
expenditures.”
Doctor’sOrders
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“The funny thing is, these professors that I speak of probably have flat-screen TVs, nice cars, nice homes and
the latest electronic gadgets. So it is OK for them to benefit from a capitalistic system but not everyone else.”
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T he vision of the Americandream sometimes blindsus from recognizing what
actually takes place around us.After reading the March 24 columnin The Daily Targum titled,“Remove all bias from academia,” Iexperienced a visceral rush ofexcitement and a feeling of satisfac-tion that the conversation of affir-mative action, which usually takesplace behind closed doors in ourresidence hall rooms, was nowbeing made public. I applaud thewriter of the column for beingbrave, as most people fear to speakon such issues because they caneasily be mislabeled as a “racist.”Although I am not a big proponentof affirmative action, as the solutionto fixing the disparity that existsamong races, gender and socioeco-nomic class, I do believe it is neces-sary and needed in our society.
Affirmative action provides level playing field
GILBERT BONSU
Letter Before I deviate, I would like toaddress some of the lines in the arti-cle. The writer wrote, “The color ofa student’s skin does not reflect thethoughts in his brain.” In my opin-ion, “the color of a student’s skin”means ethnicity/race. If I am cor-rect, then I absolutely disagree withthe writer, as our background, eth-nicity, race and culture shape ourthoughts — hence, the need to pur-sue a diverse educational environ-ment to amplify our thoughts andviews. It is with the understandingthat an individual’s “color of skin”reflects their thinking that theUniversity approved the teaching ofcourses such as “Black Thoughts,”among several others.
The author agreed to the factthat blacks were denied rights andliberties for far too long, but hedoes not truly understand the con-sequences of those actions. Wemust not forget that although slav-ery officially ended in 1865 whenthe 13th amendment was ratified,there were Jim Crow laws, which
denied blacks their rights and lib-erties. We also sometimes forgetthat the Civil Rights Act was passedonly 47 years ago. There are peopletoday who lived during the days ofJim Crow and believe blacksshould not be allowed certainrights. Simply put, just because ourmembers of our generation werenot slaves does not mean we do notcurrently suffer from the residualmental anguish the institution ofslavery cultivated. If you imaginelife as a game or a race, you shouldnot expect the team who startedthe race 400 years after the otherteam to be at the same level today.An interesting fact: Many Hispanicand black students here at theUniversity are the first in their fam-ily to pursue a four-year degree.
There is a misconception wehave risen above racism and,therefore, policies that are race-conscious are extraneous.Everyone has an equal chance ofupward mobility. Affirmativeaction is a handout for blacks.
The truth is that there is nolonger overt racism, but covertracism exists — e.g., redlining.Race still shapes one’s opportuni-ties in life. It can be a roadblock asone strives for upward mobility.There are countless instances thatshow that race affects one’s hous-ing opportunities, jobs, health careand even social networking. It iseven said that women are the oneswho have benefited the most fromaffirmative action.
Occasio Wilson, a guest colum-nist for The Miscellany News,summed it up best, “[Affirmativeaction] is merely a modest mecha-nism to counteract some of thestructural and institutional barriersthat serve to suppress the opportu-nities and talents of people of colorand women. It is neither a quota sys-tem nor an advantage. It neitherexcludes nor precludes more ‘quali-fied’ people from an opportunity.There have been numerous studiesthat show affirmative action benefici-aries are just as qualified as whites.”
In conclusion, discriminationstill exists. We have made strides,but we are far from reaching equal-ity. Ending affirmative action in aca-demia would end opportunities formany. Affirmative action came to beused as a method to level the field ofopportunities for all because, in thepast, some had an upper hand dueto their gender, race and class.Affirmative action does not discrim-inate but rather evaluates all candi-dates on an equal level. Remember,without affirmative action we wouldnot have the diverse education andworkplace environment we havenow. One reason is that people arecomfortable with what they know.Therefore most whites would hirewhites, unless there is somethingrequiring them to look for someoneelse who is equally qualified as awhite person but of a different race.
Gilbert Bonsu is a School ofArts and Sciences senior majoringin public health and minoring inAfricana studies.
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lineups a little more, but after theresults this weekend we could beon to something here.”
The Knights now look toextend their Big East winningstreak against in-state rivalSeton Hall this afternoon intheir long awaited homecom-
ing. Rutgers onlyhas one othermatch on theBanks this sea-son, so it needs totake advantage ofthe opportunityto make animpression on thehome fans.
“We want toshow the Rutgerscommunity thatwe function as ateam in an individ-ual sport,” Bucca
said. “We cheer loudly and showsupport for one another — thathas become part of our cultureand we focus on that match in andmatch out. The only other thingwe can do is play hard, spiritedtennis. If we can do that then I’mconfident that we’re going to behappy at the end of the match.”
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Senior Amy Zhang is the Knights’ No. 1 singles player but alsopart of their top doubles partnership with Jennifer Holzberg.
“Vanessa was so strong. It wasdown to her for the last point of thematch,” Holzbergsaid. “She was ableto pull it out thethird set and giveus the win.”
Rutgers wonthe doubles pointin both matchesover the weekendbehind wins fromZhang andHolzberg in theNo. 1 slot and thenew No. 3 team ofjunior MorganIvey and freshmanStefania Balasa. The Knights con-tinued their season streak of win-ning every match when they cap-ture the pivotal doubles point.
“Everyone seems to be play-ing good doubles, and whenyou’re winning, you’re alwayshappy,” Bucca said. “It’s a possi-bility that we could tinker with
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Junior Jennifer Holzberg has a 14-2 record in No. 2 singlesand teams with Amy Zhang on the top doubles team.
offensive weakness last seasonwas the play of their line.
Rutgers led the nation in sacksallowed with 61 last season, and willlook to improve with a renewedeffort and junior college transferDallas Hendrickson at center.
“I think we have gottenstronger, which is one of thegoals we needed to reach,”Schiano said. “I think by addingDallas into the mix and havinghim here in January was criti-cal. Do I think they will be a
year better, ayear older, a yearmore mature?They need to be,because weweren’t ver ygood. I think alsowhat we aredoing schemati-cally is going tohelp them.”
The resultswill not show untilSeptember, whenthe season beginsagainst North
Carolina Central at RutgersStadium, but if all goes well, itwill be a familiar Rutgers.
Schiano mentioned using sen-ior Joe Martinek in a BrianLeonard-type of role at fullback togo along with true freshman tail-back Savon Huggins. And hisreturn to a hands-on role with thedefense is to get back to thoseold ways.
“I want to go back to doingwhat I am comfortable doing,”Schiano said. “I am very comfort-able in what we are doing and Ican’t wait to get back to it.”
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The contingent of quarter-backs will work closely withCignetti, who Schiano nowentrusts his offense to.
Schiano plans to becomemore involved in coaching thedefense, leaving the installationof a pro-style offense to Cignetti.
“Part of what Iwill do is on myown time watchthe practice tapelike always, butinstead of watch-ing it with the staffoffensively, I willwatch it on myown and Frankand I can take careof what needs tobe done,” Schianosaid. “He will leadthat group after heand I meet.”
Cignetti has support in theform of other former Pittsburghassistants with tight ends coachBrian Angelichio and graduateassistant Andrew Janocko.
“Frank has done this beforewhere he has implemented a sys-tem,” Schiano said. “I think thatis a huge advantage for us havingBrian here with him. It is great tohave him for me when Frank isbusy and for the other guysbecause the guy has been in thesystem. I think that helps.”
Beyond the system, theScarlet Knights’ most glaring
OFFENSE: Schiano gives
reins to coordinator Cignetti
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“I think that is a huge advantage
for us having Brian [Angelichio]
here. It is great to have him for me.”
GREG SCHIANOHead Coach
ANDREW HOWARD
Senior lineman Desmond Stapleton started every game last season at left tackle for a struggling unitthat lacked stability. Stapleton returns this season as the Knights seek to solve their problems.
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PROJECTED DEFENSIVE DEPTH CHART
FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAMDE — J. Merrell, Soph.DT — I. Holmes, Soph.DT — K. Kirksey, Frosh.DE — D. Mera, Frosh.LB — M. Booker, SeniorLB — D. Millewski, Frosh.LB — E. Laryea, SeniorCB — J. Thomas, Soph.S — L. Waters, Frosh.S — R. Knight, Frosh.CB — G. Glashen, Frosh.
DE — J. Francis, SeniorDT — S. Vallone, JuniorDT — M. Larrow, Soph.DE — M. Abreu, SeniorLB — K. Greene, JuniorLB — K. Glaud, JuniorLB — S. Beauharnais, Jr.CB — M. Cooper, JuniorS — D. Rowe, SeniorS — D. Harmon, JuniorCB — L. Ryan, Soph.
What Schiano is saying ...“I think David [Rowe] at least gives me confidenceback there [at safety]. He has been a cool customerto get us lined up and all those things. You haveDuron Harmon who has played a lot of football. Aguy like Lorenzo Waters is a natural safety — a guylike Rashad Knight.”
PROJECTED OFFENSIVE DEPTH CHART
FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAMLT — A. Forst, SeniorLG — B. Bujari, Frosh.C — D. Osei, Soph.RG —A. Lowery, Soph.RT — A. Civil, Soph.TE —P. Carrezola, Soph.WR — K. Stroud, JuniorWR — B. Coleman, Frosh.QB — T. Bellia, Soph.FB — M. Thompson, Soph.RB — J. Jamison, Frosh.
LT —D. Stapleton, SeniorLG — D. Wynn, SeniorC — D. Hendrickson, JuniorRG —C. Ruch, SeniorRT —D. Watkis, JuniorTE — D. Jefferson, JuniorWR — M. Sanu, JuniorWR — M. Harrison, JuniorQB —C. Dodd, Soph.FB — J. Martinek, SeniorRB — J. Deering, Soph.
What Schiano is saying ...“I think Jeremy Deering and all the Wildcat stuff hedid showed us his ability to run and feel the play.We are going to take a look at him there. Obviouslywe have Savon Huggins coming in at tailback. Wehave a couple guys coming in at running back thatare going to compete.”
ANDREW HOWARD
Junior Ka’Lial Glaud will take over at middle linebacker this yearafter briefly playing on the strongside last season.
Brand said. “She really runsthrough everything full speedand she has a good cradle. Ifthe ball isn’t in a position whereshe’s going to get it, she gets
into position and waits for otherpeople to make a mistake.”
For leading scorer MarlenaWelsh, Lopez has been vital ingetting draw controls in orderto give Welsh oppor tunities to score.
“When we plan on someonegetting the draw control, it’sher,” Welsh said. “It has to do a
lot with whether or not we winor lose because draw controlsare so important.”
Welsh has played with Lopezfor four years, so she witnessedLopez’s growth from when shewas struggling to get into thelineup until she became a keypart of every possession.
“She focused more of thatenergy on proving to the coachthat she can get the ball everysingle time and that she shouldbe on the field,” Welsh said.
Welsh and Lopez are also co-captains. Along with Lopez’sunique contributions on thefield, she has also been aunique leader.
“She’s not afraid to speakher mind,” Welsh said. “She’snot afraid to tell people whatthey’re doing wrong. She doesit in a nice way.”
Lopez did not get much play-ing time in her first two seasons,but through hard work on thedraws and as a leader, she elevat-ed herself to being a key memberof the team at the beginning ofevery possession.
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Senior midfielder Shawn Lopez played her way into a starting role for the Scarlet Knights withsuccess on draw controls, which she ranks second on the team in with 20 this season.
“We specifically did it in themiddle of last year because wewere having trouble with thedraw control,” said head coachLaura Brand. “That’s when wereally made sure that Shawn wasin on every draw.”
Before the Knights ran thedrill in which Lopez proved hervalue on the draws, Brand neverput someone in the starting line-up because of her dominance inthat aspect of lacrosse.
“It’s something that we’vealways put importance on, butwe’ve put more strategy on itthan we have in the past,” Brandsaid. “We’re a lot more strictabout where we put peoplearound the circle.”
For Lopez’s success, Brand cred-its relentlessness on the field thatshows in all aspects of the game.
“She does a really good jobof getting where the ball is,”
“When we plan onsomeone getting the
draw control, it’s[Shawn Lopez].
It has to do a lot withwhether ... we win.”
MARLENA WELSHSenior Midfielder
SKILL: Coach adjusts to
play Lopez for draw controlscontinued from back
RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior midfielder Marlena Welsh leads Rutgers with 20 goals and credits teammate Shawn Lopezwith giving the Knights possession on successful draw controls.
T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M M A R C H 2 9 , 2 0 1 1 1 9S PORTS
Word on the Street
T he nation’s elite stoodout among the fieldduring the NCAA
men’s basketball season andthere were no surprises onthe Associated Press All-America team.
A trio of seniors — JimmerFredette (Brigham Young),Nolan Smith (Duke) and JaJuanJohnson (Purdue) — occupiedthe five All-America spots, andConnecticut sensation KembaWalker and Ohio State’s JaredSullinger rounded out the team.
Walker remains the lonemember of the team still in con-tention for the national champi-onship, as UConn squares offwith Kentucky in one of theFinal Four matchups.
WHILE HOLDING TRUE TOits original plea for top draftpicks to forgo attendance atthis year’s NFL Draft, theNFL Player’s Association(NFLPA) decided that it willnot hold an alternative eventduring the opening night ofthe draft.
The player’s union willinstead host a three-day cele-bration that will not conflictwith the draft schedule, whichis set to run April 28 to 30.
The event, which theNFLPA announced onNFLLockout.com, is titled the“2011 NFLPA Rookie Debut”and will include a private recep-tion for draftees, their familymembers and player sponsors.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIESsecond baseman Chase Utleyis certain he will not requireknee surger y but admittedthat the timetable for hisreturn is still unknown.
Utley missed all of springtraining action due to patellartendonitis in his right kneebut made returning to playthis season a personal goal.
While surgery may seemlike the right call for Utley, theall-star admitted that there is apossibility that going underthe knife could worsen hisknee, making him hesitant toundergo any procedures.
“Hey, listen, if surger ywas the answer and I couldbe back on the field in sixweeks guaranteed it would bea no-brainer,” Utley said toESPN. “But I don’t thinkthat’s the case.”
AFTER RECENTLY BEINGbanned from a mall for insubor-dinate action, Dallas Cowboyswide receiver Dez Bryant findshimself in trouble once again.
A+A Diamonds, Ltd. d/b/aRafaello & Co., a high-endjeweler famous amongcelebrities, is suing Bryantfor a non-payment of nearly$246,000 of jewelry.
The highest purchaseBryant made was $60,000 for acustom charm bracelet, butlawyer, Texas state Sen. RoyceWest said that the two sideswere in the process of resolvingthe situation.
BY VINNIE MANCUSOSTAFF WRITER
Redshirt freshman MattKlimchak is no stranger to injury.The Clark, N.J., native was forced
to watchfrom the
sidelines his entire senior seasonat A.L Johnson High Schoolbecause of injury.
And again, the attackmanwas sidelined in Week 2 of thisseason with a par tially tornmeniscus that required sur-gery, as well as six weeks ofrehab and rest.
But in the Rutgers men’slacrosse team’s loss to No. 3Notre Dame last weekend,Klimchak walked out onto thefield in uniform, once again readyto play.
“It feels great just being backout there on the field and finallyplaying again,” Klimchak said. “Itwas horrible sitting out for allthose games but now that I’mback, I’m ready to do my part, tocontribute to the team.”
Klimchak could not return in amore appropriate fashion.Receiving a pass, he fired the ballpast Notre Dame’s goalkeeperand put the Scarlet Knights’ firstgoal of the contest on the board.
The assist came from the stickof none other than his twin broth-er, Scott, who played with Matthis entire life.
“It felt great having himback out there with me again,”said Scott Klimchak. “He defi-nitely adds another weapon toour of fense because we have a
great connection when we’reboth out there at the sametime. And by himself, his talentis a good thing to be adding toour of fense.”
While Matt Klimchak certainlyhas a lot of catching up to do if hewants to compete with his brother,who leads the team with 14 goals,he does add another substantialweapon to the Knights’ offense.The attackman started everygame before his injury, includinga preseason scrimmage againstHofstra, and already tallied a goalbefore he was injured.
“He gives another threat,which I think we really need,” saidhead coach Jim Stagnitta. “He isanother presence inside and hebrings a good lacrosse I.Q.”
But as eager as the youngplayer is to get back on the fieldafter his injury, Stagnitta knowsthat injuries are something totake seriously, and is not willingto test Matt Klimchak’s limits.
“He’s almost there, but it’sonly been one week,” Stagnittasaid. “I’m looking forward tohim getting another week ofpractice in and then I thinkhe’ll be able to do some thingsbetter. Right now, I don’t knowif he is real confident cutting orchanging direction.”
Regardless of how muchtime Matt Klimchak spent offthe field, or how much time itwill take him to return to 100percent, Stagnitta summed upthe Knights’ and his sentimentsof Klimchak’s presence.
“We’re just glad to have him back.”
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Redshirt freshman attackman Scott Klimchak leads the Knightswith 14 goals and is second on the team with 10 assists.
MEN’S LACROSSE
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Redshirt freshman attackman Matt Klimchak scored his second goal of the season in just his third game of the year after undergoingsurgery to fix a partially torn meniscus. Klimchak’s twin brother, Scott, assisted on the goal against Notre Dame.
Brother’s return puts points on board
that the Seton Hall coaches will agree to playoutside even if it doesn’t hit 50 degrees.”
The Knights enter the contest with winsagainst St. John’s and Syracuse from the pastweekend — their first two conference wins ofthe season. Rutgers downed St. John’s on theroad last Friday, 6-1, and defeated Syracuseon Sunday at the Atlantic Club, 4-3, in its firsttight match of the season.
“It feels great to finally win a closematch — it’s always nicer drivinghome when you have the victo-r y,” Bucca said. “We’ve beenfunctioning much better as ateam lately, which is so importantin what is sometimes very muchan individual sport.”
Rutgers needed individual play-ers to step up in the closely con-tested Syracuse match, even afterwinning the coveted doubles point.The Knights received big singleswins from senior captain Amy
Zhang and junior Jennifer Holzberg in thetwo top slots, but it was freshman VanessaPetrini who came through in the clutch.
Petrini dropped the first set of her match,4-6, before rallying back to win the next twosets, 6-2, 6-1, and seal the victory for Rutgers.The rookie exceeded expectations through-out the season in the No. 6 slot and onceagain capitalized with all eyes on her.
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Senior earnsstarts with specialty skill
BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER
Some of the most important contributionsin lacrosse are not visible on the front of a
stat sheet. In order to win,
the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team relies ondraw controls.
One of the key players for the Rutgerswomen’s lacrosse team on the draw is seniormidfielder Shawn Lopez, who ranks secondon the Scarlet Knights with 20 draw controls.
“I don’t want to toot my own horn, but Ihave a nose for the ball, especially when it’son the ground,” Lopez said. “I’ll do whateverit takes to get to it.”
The midfielder first earned a starting rolemidway through her junior year. Duringpractice, coaches ran a draw control drill andkept track of who won the most.
“I considered myself to be a solid play-er,” Lopez said. “I just needed something toset me apart because our midfielders aresome of the most athletic girls I’ve evercome across.”
The Monkton, Md., native was one of thefirst players to earn a starting role for herdominance on draws.
As a result, Lopez finished third on theteam in draw controls despite not startinguntil midseason.
And as one of the highest goal scorers atMaryvale Prep (Md.), Lopez did not expecther primary role at Rutgers to be a dominantdraw controller.
“People kind of joke that it’s kind oflike special teams in football,” Lopez said.“No one’s really recruited to a school toplay that role, but that’s what happened to me.”
Before Lopez took over as a starter,Rutgers struggled on draw controls, prompt-ing Lopez’s move into the starting lineup.
BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
For the second consecutive spring, theRutgers football team enters its 15-prac-tice schedule with a quar terback
attempting to masterthe of fense.
Only this time, it is a new quarterbackand a new offense.
Sophomore Chas Dodd will get the bulk ofthe repetitions under first-year offensive
coordinator Frank Cignetti and the transitionto a pro-style system.
“He is going to get a lot of work and Ithink he needs to,” said head coach GregSchiano. “It is a totally different system, so totrain the quarterback and get him ready,there is no doubt the more snaps the better.”
Junior Steve Shimko’s status remainsuncertain after undergoing shoulder sur-gery. He did not throw a pass during train-ing camp, and he will slowly return to the mix.
That leaves only sophomore walk-on TylerBellia and redshirt freshman Jason Fridaybehind Dodd.
“We don’t know how Steve is going to be,”Schiano said. “Steve would be the [primary back-up] right now. Going into the spring, [Bellia] willbe the guy that gets [the repetitions] until Steveis cleared. Tyler has worked awfully hard. I don’tknow how he can play at quarterback, but he hasworked his tail off all offseason.”
ANDREW HOWARD
Sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd appeared in 11 games last season, throwing for 1,637 yards and 11 touchdowns withseven interceptions in his rookie campaign. He will transition to a pro-style offense during spring practices.
Dodd, Cignetti set to work on new offense
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FOOTBALL
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
RU hosts ’Cuse in anticipatedreturn to complex on campus
BY MATT CANVISSERSTAFF WRITER
Tennis finally returns to the Rutgers cam-pus today, when the Rutgers tennis teamtakes on Seton Hall at 3 p.m. at the RU
Tennis Complex.The Scarlet Knightspreviously playedall four of theirh o m em a t c h e sat the
Atlantic Club in Manasquan, N.J.,after the collapse of the BuschTennis Bubble earlier in the year.
“The Atlantic Club has been agreat host to us this season, butwe have been waiting to have amatch at our true home,” saidhead coach Ben Bucca. “Webelong back on the Rutgers cam-pus and we’re hoping to be backagainst Seton Hall.”
The temperature must hit 50 degreesFahrenheit in order to play tennis outdoors,according to NCAA regulations. But there issome latitude with the rule and the Knights(11-5, 2-2) plan to take any measure neces-sary to ensure their return to campus.
“The forecast around the time of thematch is supposed to be sunny with clearskies, but only 49 degrees,” Bucca said. “Butwe think the weather will be nice enough SEE COMPLEX ON PAGE 15
SYRACUSE AT RUTGERS, TODAY, NOON
TENNIS
DAN HO
Freshman Vanessa Petrini excels for the Scarlet Knights in the No. 6 singles slot,where she rallied against Syracuse to improve her record to 13-2.
