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NOAH WHITTENBURG / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR U. students express tuition concerns BY AMY ROWE FEATURES EDITOR Students came out to encourage the Board of Governors to keep a tuition increase for the next fiscal year low at an open hearing on the University’s budget, tuition, fees, and housing and dining charges. About 20 students spoke in front of the Board of Governors’ Committee on Academic and Student Affairs and the Committee on Finance and Facilities to raise their concerns in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Joel Salvino, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, wondered why the BOG might decide to increase tuition in July if the state is providing the University level funding. “Everyone is cutting back. … You think we’re some renewable source for money, but we’re not,” Salvino said. “The students at this school don’t have the money to pay more.” Zaid Abuhouran, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said many students choose the University for its affordability and asked that be kept in mind. “It’s important for you to reas- sure students that their alma mater has not forgotten about them and the core reasons they chose Rutgers,” said Abuhouran, the pres- ident of the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Governing Council. Abuhouran also asked that the BOG keep fees lower for students in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, the School of Engineering and the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, which he said cost more than $1,100 to cover research and science program offerings. “We do ask you to evaluate the necessity of increasing [the fee] and our tuition,” Abuhouran said. “This additional fee burden has made it even more difficult for New Jersey families to provide their children with top-tier, affordable science education within their own state.” Students also spoke about the bur- den of student debt, which has reached more than $1 trillion in the United States, said Bilal Ahmed, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “I do not merely have $12,000 in debt,” Ahmed said. “I have a reason to relocate for career purposes. I have a reason to delay marriage.” The potential merger of Rutgers- Camden and Rowan University also surfaced as a concern for the community. Charlie Kratovil, a University alumnus, said he was happy to see University President Richard L. McCormick voice opposition to the merger. “Rutgers is the state university, and we shouldn’t give up our satellite cam- pus, the only one in South Jersey,” Kratovil said. “You guys have the power to stop it. Let’s stop talking about it as a foregone conclusion, and let’s try to stop it.” Jenna Cantarella, president of the Rutgers-Camden Student Governing Association, said via teleconference that if the merger Alison Bernstein, director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, left, listens to Oxygen Media founder Geraldine Laybourne yesterday on Douglass campus. WENDY CHIAPAIKEO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER TV network founder illustrates gender divide BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR Oxygen Media founder Geraldine Laybourne and School of Communication and Information Dean Jorge Schement addressed gender and minority biases in the media world. They joined Alison Bernstein, director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, who discussed the role of female leaders in the media to an audience of about 35 people at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on Douglass campus. Oxygen Media, a TV network, was created to provide a platform for women in media, said Laybourne, chair and CEO of the network. Bernstein said through data col- lected from Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, it appears that women are not represented equally as major characters in major motion pictures as producers, directors or screenwriters for film, video and TV. Blockbuster films continue to be produced to a teenage male audience despite the success of films like “Bridesmaids,” she said. Bernstein said there appears to be little progress on these issues since the 1990s, with women representing less than 10 percent of directors in picture studios channels. Laybourne said when she worked at Nickelodeon, she noticed that the network purposely hired more women to rectify the male-dominated system. “Geena’s data shows — whether it was 1947 or 2012 — 17 percent of women are represented in a crowd scene in a feature movie. Seventeen percent were main characters. It never gets more than 17 percent,” Laybourne said. “Seventeen percent SEE TUITION ON PAGE 5 Board of Governors approves renovations, graduation speaker BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER NEWS EDITOR The University Board of Governors announced yesterday the new commencement speaker, honorary degree recipients and details of the redevelopment of Tillett Hall on Livingston campus during its monthly meeting at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus. Greg Brown, chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions, will be the 2012 speaker for the 246th annual commencement May 13 at the High Point Solutions Stadium on Busch campus, said Ralph Izzo, BOG chair. Brown will replace Junot Díaz, author and alumnus, as commencement speaker. Díaz canceled his appearance for medical reasons, according to a Media Relations release. Brown, a University alumnus and member of the University Board of Trustees, served as co-Master of Ceremonies for the University’s “Our Rutgers, Our Future” capital campaign to raise $1 billion, according to the release. He will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during commencement. Other degree honorees include Martina Arroyo and Shireen Lewis. Arroyo, a soprano opera singer, established the Prelude to Performance in New York, which hosts a six-week program for University opera students. Arroyo will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts. The Board of Governors announce commencement honorees yesterday at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus. CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SEE SPEAKER ON PAGE 5 SEE DIVIDE ON PAGE 5
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New Brunswick joins a statewide initiativeto provide residentswith healthier food options.
Members of the U. community sound offon the Rutgers-Rowanmerger.
OPINIONS
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The Rutgers baseball team defeated visiting Princeton yesterday, 12-11, thanks to a walk-off home run from sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella.
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Josh David, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, says administrators need to keep other campuses in mindwhen renovating Livingston campus at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.
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U. students express tuition concernsBY AMY ROWEFEATURES EDITOR
Students came out to encourage theBoard of Governors to keep a tuitionincrease for the next fiscal year low atan open hearing on the University’sbudget, tuition, fees, and housing anddining charges.
About 20 students spoke in frontof the Board of Governors’Committee on Academic and StudentAf fairs and the Committee onFinance and Facilities to raise theirconcerns in the Multipurpose Roomof the Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus.
Joel Salvino, a School of Arts andSciences junior, wondered why theBOG might decide to increase tuitionin July if the state is providing theUniversity level funding.
“Everyone is cutting back. … Youthink we’re some renewable source formoney, but we’re not,” Salvino said.“The students at this school don’t havethe money to pay more.”
Zaid Abuhouran, a School ofEnvironmental and Biological Sciences
senior, said many students choose theUniversity for its affordability andasked that be kept in mind.
“It’s important for you to reas-sure students that their alma materhas not forgotten about them andthe core reasons they choseRutgers,” said Abuhouran, the pres-ident of the School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences Governing Council.
Abuhouran also asked that the BOGkeep fees lower for students in theSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences, the School ofEngineering and the Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy, which he said costmore than $1,100 to cover research andscience program offerings.
“We do ask you to evaluate thenecessity of increasing [the fee] andour tuition,” Abuhouran said. “Thisadditional fee burden has made it evenmore difficult for New Jersey familiesto provide their children with top-tier,affordable science education withintheir own state.”
Students also spoke about the bur-den of student debt, which has
reached more than $1 trillion in theUnited States, said Bilal Ahmed, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior.
“I do not merely have $12,000 indebt,” Ahmed said. “I have a reason torelocate for career purposes. I have areason to delay marriage.”
The potential merger of Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University also sur faced as a concern for the community.
Charlie Kratovil, a Universityalumnus, said he was happy to seeUniversity President Richard L.McCormick voice opposition to the merger.
“Rutgers is the state university, andwe shouldn’t give up our satellite cam-pus, the only one in South Jersey,”Kratovil said. “You guys have thepower to stop it. Let’s stop talkingabout it as a foregone conclusion, andlet’s try to stop it.”
Jenna Cantarella, president ofthe Rutgers-Camden StudentGoverning Association, said viateleconference that if the merger
Alison Bernstein, director of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, left, listensto Oxygen Media founder Geraldine Laybourne yesterday on Douglass campus.
WENDY CHIAPAIKEO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
TV network founderillustrates gender divide
BY ANASTASIA MILLICKERNEWS EDITOR
Oxygen Media founder GeraldineLaybourne and School ofCommunication and Information DeanJorge Schement addressed gender andminority biases in the media world.
They joined Alison Bernstein,director of the Institute for Women’sLeadership, who discussed the role offemale leaders in the media to anaudience of about 35 people at theRuth Dill Johnson Crockett Buildingon Douglass campus.
Oxygen Media, a TV network, wascreated to provide a platform forwomen in media, said Laybourne,chair and CEO of the network.
Bernstein said through data col-lected from Geena Davis Institute onGender in Media, it appears thatwomen are not represented equallyas major characters in major motion
pictures as producers, directors orscreenwriters for film, video and TV.
Blockbuster films continue to beproduced to a teenage male audiencedespite the success of films like“Bridesmaids,” she said.
Bernstein said there appears to belittle progress on these issues sincethe 1990s, with women representingless than 10 percent of directors inpicture studios channels.
Laybourne said when she workedat Nickelodeon, she noticed that thenetwork purposely hired more womento rectify the male-dominated system.
“Geena’s data shows — whether itwas 1947 or 2012 — 17 percent ofwomen are represented in a crowdscene in a feature movie. Seventeenpercent were main characters. Itnever gets more than 17 percent,”Laybourne said. “Seventeen percent
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Board of Governorsapproves renovations,graduation speaker
BY ANASTASIA MILLICKERNEWS EDITOR
The University Board of Governors announced yesterday the newcommencement speaker, honorary degree recipients and details ofthe redevelopment of Tillett Hall on Livingston campus during itsmonthly meeting at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.
Greg Brown, chief executive officer of Motorola Solutions,will be the 2012 speaker for the 246th annual commencementMay 13 at the High Point Solutions Stadium on Busch campus,said Ralph Izzo, BOG chair.
Brown will replace Junot Díaz, author and alumnus, ascommencement speaker. Díaz canceled his appearance formedical reasons, according to a Media Relations release.
Brown, a University alumnus and member of the UniversityBoard of Trustees, served as co-Master of Ceremonies for theUniversity’s “Our Rutgers, Our Future” capital campaign to raise $1billion, according to the release. He will also receive an honoraryDoctor of Humane Letters degree during commencement.
Other degree honorees include Martina Arroyo and ShireenLewis. Arroyo, a soprano opera singer, established the Prelude toPerformance in New York, which hosts a six-week program forUniversity opera students. Arroyo will receive an honorary Doctor ofFine Arts.
The Board of Governors announce commencement honoreesyesterday at Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.
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Student organizations analyze political issues, debateBY SKYLAR FREDERICK
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Students addressed internation-al, national and local political issuesMonday in the semi-annual debatebetween the Rutgers UniversityDemocrats, Rutgers CollegeRepublicans and RutgersLibertarians at the EagletonInstitute of Politics on Ryders Lane.
Starting on a national level,students examined the 2012 pres-idential election and PresidentBarack Obama’s administration.
Daniel Pereira, vice presidentof RU Democrats, said Obamashould be re-elected because theUnited States has seen economicgrowth since Obama entered theWhite House.
“We’ve seen … falling unem-ployment numbers to the pointwhere we’re finally now creatingmore jobs then we’re losing,”said Pereira, a School of Arts andSciences senior.
“Unemployment has dropped,U.S. manufacturing hasincreased, and our once failingauto industry — as of 2007 — isonce again leading the world inproduction.”
Andrew Giustina, RutgersLibertarians treasurer, saidLibertarians feel the worst is yetto come with the economybecause of the decisions madefrom the Obama administration.
“We believe in limited govern-ment, a very small government.We believe that you have the lib-erty to do whatever you want —no one should judge what you do,as long as you don’t harm anyoneelse,” said Giustina, a School of
The Rutgers University Democrats, Rutgers College Republicans and Rutgers Libertarians dissected the upcoming presidential election at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on Monday on Douglass campus.
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Sue Schurman, acting dean of the University’sSchool of Management and Labor Relations, is evalu-ating the merger between Screen Actors Guild andthe American Federation.
Schurman told Rutgers Today there have beenmany changes that have been in the entertainmentlabor since the Screen Actors Guild and the AmericanFederation last attempted to merge in 1999 and 2003.
More than 55,000 members of the Screen ActorsGuild voted to approve the merger with an 82 percent
vote as opposed to the vote, falling shy of the 60-per-cent requirement needed to approve the merger,according to the article.
“These companies have learned to make moremoney with fewer performers thanks to technology,”she said. “There is also a growing numbers of skillednon-union performers, not to mention the popularityof reality shows.”
She said both organizations have been weakenedbecause of the changes in the industry.
“Actors are the majority of the new union —they will need to work hard to make sure otherperformer groups retain a strong voice,”Schurman said.
The new union will have its first convention infall 2013 with a new slate officer to be selected forthe new union, she said.
“Much of the research on major organizationalchange suggests that it takes at least five years if itis managed well,” Schurman said.
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Environmental and BiologicalSciences senior.
Noah Glyn, a Rutgers CollegeRepublicans member, stood inagreement with the Libertariansthat citizens have yet to face theworst economy in comparison topast years.
“The election is going to comedown to whether people are will-ing to govern themselves andwhether it will stay a republic forthe people, by the people,” saidGlyn, a School of Arts andScience senior.
One of the controversial topicsof the debate was the PatientProtection and the AffordableCare Act.
Neil McGettingar, RutgersLibertarian secretary, said havinghealth insurance should be similarto having car insurance in the waythat car insurance helps cover peo-ple in emergency situations.
Although Republicans feelthe act forces people to havehealth insurance, theDemocrats argued that healthinsurance companies would beresponsible for the costs ratherthan religious organizations.
The Rutgers CollegeRepublicans said the issue of con-traception is more than religiousfreedom, stating that it is offensiveto force one employee to pay fortheir coworkers’ contraception.
Giustina said the governmentshould stay out of the bedroomand leave contraception decisionsto individuals.
Bringing the discussion close tothe University, the panelists debat-ed the possible Rutgers-Camden-Rowan University merger.
While the Libertarians did nothave a solid stance, theRepublicans and Democrats bothsaid the opposition to the mergeris simply caught up in the namechange. The Democrats wouldonly have a problem if the mergerwould lead to a decrease in statefunding for the University.
Connor Montferrat, presi-dent of Rutgers College
Republicans, said he supportsthe merger and believes it isimportant for the governmentto inter fere in government-funded colleges but thinksthose who oppose the mergerneed a stronger argument.
“If they really wanted to fightthis, they’d have a leader and puttogether some idea that would bebetter than just sticking to thename [argument], ‘We don’t wantRutgers-Camden to be Rowan,’”said Montferrat, a School of Artsand Sciences junior.
Will Campbell, political direc-tor of Rutgers Democrats saidthose who oppose the mergerbecause of the name change havea poor argument.
“I came to Rutgers becausethe name carries more with it. It’snot the greatest argument, but[Sen. President] Steve Sweeneyproposed keeping the nameRutgers-Camden and sharingresources with Rowan andRutgers-Camden. I think that thatmakes a lot of sense,” Campbellsaid, a School of Arts andSciences first-year student.
The debate, which lastedabout two hours, featured anequal debate by the three groupsand brought the discussion closeto the University, said DavidAndersen, Eagleton assistantresearch professor.
“Politics is not just somethingthat happens by electing leadersfar away in Trenton andWashington, but it’s actually peo-ple here at Rutgers who knowthis stuff and are activelyinvolved and its not that remote,anyone can do it,” Andersen said.
“Your messages are beingheard loudly and clearly in NewBrunswick,” he said.
Rawle Hines, an assistantmanager at theCamden CampusCenter at Rutgers-Camden, askedMcCormick via tele-conference if Gov.Chris Christie’s planto restructure highereducation in the statewould affect tuitionat the University.
“We’re in theprocess of studying… the cost of addingan academic medicalcenter in New Brunswick,”McCormick said. “We don’t antic-
ipate that taking [it] on will leadto an increase in tuition.”
Katherine Yabut, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,
called for moretransparency inthe way theU n i v e r s i t yinforms thec o m m u n i t yabout develop-ments like the merger, along with holding budget hearings.
“The high-est degree oft ransparency
that would render these meet-ings obsolete would be voting
student members [on theBOG],” she said.
Kristen Clarke, a non-votingstudent representative to theBOG, also stressed that a bill toadd two voting student membersto the BOG be advanced, as wellas transparency.
“Starting a dialogue with thestudent body is essential,” saidClarke, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “[To students]the board is this kind of mysticalforce that comes out in July toraise tuition.”
She said to speak as a stu-dent in front of the BOG isintimidating.
“[You need] to show the stu-dents who you are and that you’repeople,” she said.
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Students wore hijabs and hoodies on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus to protest allegedly race-relateddeaths. Multiple University groups, including BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice, supported the event.
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were to go through, tuitionwould increase for students inSouth Jersey.
“Students wouldn’t have theopportunity to attend RutgersUniversity in South Jersey,”Cantarella said. “We reallyneed your help to keepCamden part of Rutgers.”
McCormick said he hasheard a lot of Cantarella’s con-cerns echoed by other stu-dents and faculty at Camdenand around the NewBrunswick campus.
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Alumna Shireen Lewis, anoth-er Doctor of Humane Lettersrecipient, co-founded a nonprofitorganization, EduSeed, whichpromotes education in historical-ly disadvantaged and under-served communities.
In addition to the honorarydegree nominees, the Board alsonamed James Katz, chair of theDepartment of Communication,as the BOG Professor of Communication.
“Katz has been throughRutgers through and through,”said Jorge Schement, dean ofthe School of Communicationand Information.
Katz, an alumnus, is an inter-national expert in the social uses
“[To students] theboard is this kind ofmystical force thatcomes out in July to raise tuition.”
KRISTEN CLARKEBoard of Governors
Student Representative
of Congress is women.Seventeen percent ends up beinga really interesting thing.”
Laybourne said if people seethat women are 17 percent of thecorporation, women becomeaccustomed to seeing the 17 per-cent as a workplace norm.
But Laybourne said if womenget to 30 percent in the media, cor-poration or Congress, it would be alarge challenge to gender norms.
“I take another stance — ‘Heywe just got to vote 100 years ago.We haven’t been in this that long,and we aren’t patient,’” Laybournesaid. “[The social norms] take a lotof time to change.”
Laybourne said cable televi-sion has become a good platformfor women in media, with a por-tion of women in charge of bigtelevision networks, includingMTV and Lifetime.
Laybourne said the block-buster movie landscape is chang-ing with a new realm of inde-pendent films, which HarveyWeinstein introduced to theUnited States.
Laybourne said when we shefirst started at Nickelodeon,before her career at Oxygen,nobody wanted to run kid’s pro-gramming because it was noteconomically beneficial.
“[But] we figured out to makeit economically right,” she said. “Ithink that they have a bigmachine, turn out toys and so nowthey are much more subject to theeconomic formula. They want toprove themselves to create theblockbuster films for the boys.”
Laybourne said it would takesome time before women incharge of movie studios can havea confidence in the technicalaspects of the field.
The similar statistics apply formale and female minorities in themedia field, Schement said, witha lot of minorities gettingdegrees, but many unable tobreak into the industry.
The media landscape ischanging but changing slowlywith gays advancing in themedia, Schement said.
Shaneez Tyndall, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore, saidshe found the presentation a greatinsight into the women in the media.
“I am a student of Institute ofWomen’s Leadership, and one ofthe reasons I came here is mypolicy as a student here is mediaand communications,” she said.“To watch a woman who hasfounded niche network forwomen … is really inspiring.”
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and consequences of informationcommunication technology,Schement said.
Transitioning from academ-ics to facilities, the BOGapproved the Tillett Hall reno-vation project, which will trans-form the former dining hallinto 16 new classrooms and lecture halls.
Tillett Hall will also house anew computer lab and updatedmail service area, said CandaceStraight, the BOG chair for theCommittee on Finance and Facilities.
Tillett Hall was constructed in1967 as a part of LivingstonCollege. With the expansion ofthe Livingston Student Center in2010 and the 2011 constructionof Livingston Dining Commons,Tillett Dining Hall closed, leav-ing it vacant and available foruse, according to a MediaRelations release.
The renovation project willcreate 13 classrooms on thesecond level and three class-rooms on the first level. Thecurrent 25-person classroomon the main level will beremoved to make room for theadditional classrooms, accord-ing to the release.
The renovation project creat-ed by the University Facilities andCapital Planning with the Officeof Scheduling and SpaceManagement will create an addi-tional 1,450 classroom seats onLivingston campus, Straight said.
The $13.5 million will be fund-ed through the reallocation of thebonds from other University proj-ects, she said.
Construction is expected tobegin in July 2012 and shouldlast 12 months, according tothe release.
At the end of the open ses-sion, a student raised an issue
that the students’ ability tovoice their concerns to thecommittee was strained.
Kristen Clarke, the BOGstudent representative, sug-gested the BOG should workwith the student governmentson the New Brunswick,Camden and Newark campusesand reach out to more studentsthrough meetings in a townhall style to remove the discon-nect between students and the BOG.
“[Perhaps the BOG could]come to the student govern-ment meetings where studentsare able to get up and ask ques-tions more … creating a dia-logue that we all want, andaddress you guys [the BOG]directly,” said Clarke, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior.
BOG members agreed theywould discuss this suggestion at alater time.
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5 Joe Ponce, University alumnus and English professor atOhio State University, will speak as part of the Institute forResearch on Women’s “Disorientations” Working GroupSpeakers Series from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Mabel SmithDouglass Room of the Douglass Library.
8 The second annual “Salaam Namaste” begins at noon at theBusch Campus Center with a free conference featuringkeynote speaker Dr. Indrani Chatterjee, an associate profes-sor at the University who will discuss the life of a SouthAsian student on campus. There will be a formal banquetand entertainment at 7 p.m. Tickets to evening festivities are$5. The event is hosted by the Rutgers Pakistani StudentAssociation and the Association of Indians at Rutgers.
9 Voting for the Rutgers University Student Assembly beginstoday and continues through April 11. To cast your vote,visit reassembly.com.
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12 César Braga-Pinto, a Spanish and Portuguese professor atNorthwestern University, will discuss “Generation,Degeneration and Miscegnation” as part of the Institute forResearch on Women’s “Distinguish Lecture Series.” Theevent takes place at 4:30 p.m. in the first floor conferenceroom at the RDJC Building at 162 Ryders Lane.
13 Nick Offerman, better known as Ron Swanson from “Parksand Recreation,” comes to the Rutgers Student Center mul-tipurpose room for a night of comedy. Student tickets are $15, and faculty and guest tickets are $25. The RutgersUniversity Programming Association is sponsoring the event.
14 Oxfam Rutgers presents “Oxfest: Battle of the Bands” at 7:30p.m. at the Cook Campus Center multipurpose room.Performers include Magic Thrust, the Nymphos,Anchorline and Area IVI. Tickets are $6 in advance, $8 at thedoor to help relieve global poverty.
16 Dr. Mads Gilbert will speak about his eyewitness accounttreating patients in Gaza during BAKA: Students United forMiddle Eastern Justice’s “Gaza, Three Years Later.” Theevent will take place at 7 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center.
17 Rutgers University Entrepreneurship day 2012 begins at 10a.m. at the Rutgers Student Center multipurpose room.Students, faculty and staff can explore today’s innovative andpioneering companies. For more information, contactMarcus Crews at [email protected].
Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina and the Ready Set will per-form at the State Theatre at 8 p.m. as the Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association’s final concert of the year. Ticketsrange from $15-$45 for students and $25-$55 for faculty, staffand guests. Tickets can be purchased at the State Theatrewebsite starting April 2.
19 The Arab Cultural Club presents the fourth annual Arab-American Street Fest at noon on Bishop Beach on theCollege Avenue campus, across from Au Bon Pain and nextto Brower Commons. The free event includes food, games,prizes and performances.
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City officials to increase access of fresh foods BY KYLE SWEET
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Local residents will be able toshop for fresh produce at a newlydeveloped market as NewBrunswick officials implement astatewide initiative designed tocombat obesity.
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagnoannounced Sunday NewBrunswick would be one ofseveral cities to take part in theNew Jersey Food AccessInitiative, a strategy that aimsto bring healthier food optionsfor New Jersey residents, saidRussell Marchetta, a NewBrunswick spokesman.
As part of the initiative, thecity will add The Fresh Grocerto the New Brunswick WellnessPlaza on French Street,Marchetta said. The store,which will be completed byOctober, will be a new marketdesigned to of fer fresh foodchoices to the city’s residents.
“It has been 20 years since thelast grocery store has been built inNew Brunswick, and it’s becausepeople don’t want to serve under-served areas, and the costs aregreater,” Marchetta said.
More than 20 percent ofNew Brunswick residents will
be within walking distance ofthe new grocery store, he said.
Marchetta said a similarproject that was completed inPhiladelphia near TempleUniversity was able to influencethe local campus by targetingproducts towards the students.He said the city hopes to reachthe student community withThe Fresh Grocer.
“It’s really a good thing foreveryone — notjust the people thatlive in NewBrunswick, butalso the students,”he said. “I know abig thing on cam-pus is that a lot ofstudents don’thave access to agrocery store.”
The plaza willalso include a fit-ness center andnutrition programs, saidMariam Merced, director ofCommunity Health Promotionsat Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital. The 62,000square-foot building is a resultof a partnership betweenRWJUH and the city.
The initiative received a $12million contribution from the
Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation to combat childhoodobesity, said Peter Haigney,Director of Public Relations atRWJUH. Participating citiesinclude Camden, Vineland andAtlantic City.
The endeavor will af fect thearea during a time when thehealth of the community isdeteriorating, Merced said. Arecent study in New Brunswick
revealed that 88percent of chil-dren in the citydo not eat ther e c o m m e n d e ddaily ser vings of vegetables.
“ C h i l d h o o dobesity is a prob-lem,” she said.“Almost all NewBrunswick chil-dren don’t meetthe guidelines for
being physically active for atleast 60 minutes each day, and48 percent of New Brunswickchildren are over weight or obese.”
Peter Furey, executivedirector of the N.J. FarmBureau, said the strategy is awelcoming sign for the state’sfresh produce industry.
“[Farmers] support the initia-tive. There are a lot of farmersthat already participate in provid-ing produce in urban areas, andthey’re trying to find further waysto do this,” Furey said.
Abel Alvarado, a NewBrunswick resident, said he sup-ports the construction of the newgrocery, but is skeptical aboutwhere it will be established.
“The location on [FrenchStreet] isn’t the best. It would beappreciated more if it was locateddowntown,” Alvarado said.
Daniel Rojas, a NewBrunswick resident, said the mar-ket’s biggest contribution will beits ability to incorporate the localfarmers into the community.
“You can’t really find manyfresh food sources around here,”Rojas said. “By the time the foodgets imported over here, they aredry and lack some of the nutri-ents. Local places will get usfresher food.”
Tom Young, a Rutgers Schoolof Business sophomore, said he isalso looking forward to the addi-tion of the market.
“I usually have to drive toStop and Shop to get food formy house, so it’ll be a nicechange to just walk downtown,”Young said.
“It has been 20 years since
the last grocerystore has been builtin New Brunswick.”
RUSSELL MARCHETTACity Spokesman
Saint Peter’s UniversityHospital showed of f bluelights for Autism AwarenessMonth Monday as part ofAutism Speaks’ “Light it up Blue.”
Autism Speaks, theworld’s leading advocacyorganization for autism sci-ence, held the initiative tohelp raise awareness aboutautism as a growing publichealth concern, accordingto Patch.com.
About 25,000 residentsliving in New Jersey are diag-nosed with an autism spec-trum disorder, a complexdisorders that af fects thedevelopment of the brain,according to Autism Speaks.
One in every 110 childrenin the United States is diag-nosed with autism, making itmore commonly found thancancer, diabetes and AIDS inchildren combined, accordingto Autism Speaks.
Landmarks around the worldparticipated in “Light it up Blue”in support of the initiative,according to Patch.com.
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Pakistani dismisses US $10M bountyTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistanimilitant accused of directingdeadly attacks in neighboringIndia yesterday dismissed a U.S. decision to put a bountyof $10 million on his head as misdirected.
The reward is for “informationleading to the arrest and convic-tion” of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed,who founded the militant groupLashkar-e-Taiba with allegedPakistani support in the 1980s topressure archenemy India overthe disputed territory ofKashmir. The U.S. also offeredup to $2 million for Lashkar-e-Taiba’s deputy leader, HafizAbdul Rahman Makki, who isSaeed’s brother-in-law.
Saeed, who has deniedinvolvement in the 2008 Mumbaiattacks that killed more than 160people, said the United Statesannounced the reward becauseof his demonstrations againstreopening supply lines throughPakistan to North AtlanticTreaty Organization troops in Afghanistan.
“We are organizing massivepublic meetings to inform thenation about all the threats whichPakistan will face after therestoration of the supplies,” hetold The Associated Press in amosque in Islamabad.
“With the grace of God, weare doing our work in Pakistanopenly. It is regrettable thatAmerica has no informationabout me. Such rewards are usu-ally for those who live in cavesand mountains,” he said.
MOSCOW — The Syriangovernment said it has begunimplementing a U.N. envoy’speace plan that requires it towithdraw its forces from townsand cities within a week,Russia’s Foreign Ministryannounced yesterday.
Russia has a keen interestin seeing Kofi Annan’s plansucceed, given Moscow’s roleas Assad’s key ally. Moscowhas thrown its support behindAnnan, the joint U.N. and ArabLeague envoy for Syria, andurged Damascus to quicklycomply with his proposal.
The plan gives an April 10deadline for troops to pull out.
The Foreign Ministry said ina statement that Riad Haddad,the Syrian ambassador toMoscow, told Russia’s DeputyForeign Minister MikhailBogdanov that Damascus hadbegun fulfilling its obligationsunder the plan. The statementdidn’t say which, if any, troopshad been withdrawn or provideother details.
Russia, along with China, hastwice shielded Assad from U.N.sanctions over his crackdown onan opposition uprising in whichmore than 9,000 people arebelieved to have been killed.
The statement comes a dayafter Russia’s Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrov urged Assad totake the first step toward settlingthe country’s conflict and criti-cized him for being too slow andnot radical enough at reforms.
— The Associated Press
SYRIA IMPLEMENTS UN PLAN
TO WITHDRAWTROOPS The bounty offers could com-
plicate United States-Pakistanrelations at a tense time.Pakistan’s parliament is debatinga revised framework for ties withthe United States followingAmerican airstrikes in Novemberthat killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.Pakistan closed its supply lines toNATO troops in response.
Pakistan banned the groupin 2002 under U.S. pressure,but it operates with relativefreedom under the name of itssocial welfare wing Jamaat-ud-Dawwa — even doing charitywork using government money.
The United States has desig-nated both groups foreign terror-ist organizations. Intelligence offi-cials and terrorism experts sayLashkar-e-Taiba has expanded itsfocus beyond India in recentyears and has plotted attacks inEurope and Australia. Some havecalled it “the next al-Qaida” andfear it could set its sights on theUnited States.
The reward marks a shift inthe long-standing U.S. calculationthat going after the leadership ofan organization used as a proxyby the Pakistani military wouldcause too much friction with thePakistani government.
The U.S. State Departmentdescribes Saeed as a former pro-fessor of Arabic and engineeringwho continues “to spread ideologyadvocating terrorism, as well as vir-ulent rhetoric condemning theUnited States, India, Israel andother perceived enemies.” It alsonoted that six of the 166 peoplekilled in the 2008 attacks in theIndian city were American citizens.
A Pakistani-American, DavidColeman Headley, pleaded guiltyin a U.S. court to helpingLashkar-e-Taiba plan the Mumbairampage targeting a hotel andother sites.
While there was no single inci-dent or development that causedthe United States to act now, thegroup has developed a more anti-Western agenda in recent years,with Westerners among the vic-tims of the Mumbai attack, forexample, a U.S. official said,speaking on condition to discussclassified matters.
The group made itself a tar-get the United States could notignore, by slowly expanding itslower-level working relation-ships with the Taliban, al-Qaida,and other militant groups, theofficial said.
The official said the Pakistanimilitary had kept the group fromachieving any high-level coordi-nation with al-Qaida as part ofPakistan’s “attempts to constrainthe group while preserving it as areliable proxy.”
Saeed’s role in the group isto “provide strategic guidanceto the group and delegate thedetails to his trusted command-ers,” making him a key target,the official said.
The 61-year-old Saeed oper-ates openly in Pakistan fromhis base in the eastern city ofLahore and travels widely, giv-ing public speeches andappearing on TV talk shows.He has been one of the leadingfigures of the Difa-e-Pakistan,or Defense of Pakistan Council,which has held a series of large
demonstrations in recentmonths against the UnitedStates and India.
The reward for Saeed is one ofthe highest offered by the UnitedStates and is equal to the amountfor Taliban chief Mullah Omar.Only Ayman al-Zawahri, who suc-ceeded Osama bin Laden as al-Qaida chief, fetches a higherbounty at $25 million.
The bounties were postedon the U.S. State DepartmentRewards for Justice websitelate Monday.
Pakistani defense analystHasan Askari-Rizvi said the moveagainst Saeed could be paybackfor his recent demonstrationsagainst U.S. drone strikes andallowing NATO supplies meantfor troops in Afghanistan to travelthrough Pakistan.
Indian External AffairsMinister S.M. Krishna welcomedthe U.S. announcement, saying itwould signal to Lashkar-e-Taibaand its patrons that the interna-tional community remains unitedin fighting terrorism.
Lashkar-e-Taiba, which meansArmy of the Pure, belongs to theSalafi movement, an ultraconser-vative branch of Islam similar tothe Wahhabi sect — the mainIslamic branch in Saudi Arabiafrom which al-Qaida partlyemerged. Lashkar-e-Taiba and al-Qaida operate separately but havebeen known to help each otherwhen their paths intersect.
Analysts and terrorismexperts agree that Pakistan’sintelligence agency, known as theISI, is still able to control Lashkar-e-Taiba, though the ISI denies it.
University that seems to bethe official tone of the anti-Israel movement. RutgersHillel hosted an event onMarch 22 called“StandWithUs: IsraeliSoldiers Stories: Real Israelis -Real Stories,” where Israelireservists discussed theirtime in the army. The event
had a large turnout, including a significant number ofanti-Israel protestors. In the middle of the event, agroup staged a walkout and the disruption took to thestreets of New Brunswick chanting, “Long live theIntifada” and “Palestine will be free, from the river tothe sea” — echoing the extremist notion that Palestinewill only be free when it has complete control from the
Jordan River to the MediterraneanSea. So ask yourself, is the destruc-tion of Israel a peaceful solution?The obvious answer is no, not at all.The problem is that when dis-cussing the Israeli-Palestinian con-flict, we haphazardly assume thatthe anti-Israel movement wantspeace, when in reality they may notwant any part of it.
After the event, a friend proposed that if the pro-Palestinian community at the University wanted dia-logue, why would they walk out of a Hillel eventinstead of sitting down and having a discussion as theguest speakers implored them to do? It dawned on methat the reason why there is no dialogue from the pro-Palestinian community on campus is essentiallybecause there is no pro-Palestinian community oncampus. There is solely an anti-Israel movement.When the basis of your entire cause is “anti” or againstsomething you have no need to talk and listen to theopposing opinion.
As the school year comes to an end along with mytime at the University, I hope that someday in the nearfuture, a true pro-Palestinian community is establishedon campus that seeks real peace with Israel. The antishave represented the Palestinian people for years andin return, they have urged for another Intifada, violenceagainst Israel and the eventual destruction of the loneJewish state. If you want to be about peace and a solu-tion that doesn’t involve the eradication of the Jewishhomeland, stand up and drown out the hate of anti-Israel extremists. In the United States and Israel, dis-sent is patriotic, but in the Palestinian world, dissent ispunishable with prison and violence. Stand up andspeak now, because sooner or later, it will be too late.
Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences seniormajoring in political science with a minor in history. Hiscolumn, “Marcus My Words,” runs alternate Tuesdays.
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“Politics is not just something that happens by electing leadersfar away in Trenton and Washington.”
David Andersen, Eagleton assistant research professor,on the power students have in influencing politics at the University
STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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I t’s a sad state of worldaffairs when two peopleembroiled in conflict for
more than 60 years hit a brickwall in negotiating peace.However, this is the exactroute of Palestinian leader-ship since dropping directnegotiations in September2010. There is a plethora ofreasons Palestinian leadership dropped direct negotia-tions, but none are more crucial than Palestinian lead-ership’s inability to recognize Israel as a Jewish nation.Palestinian National Authority President MahmoudAbbas is on record saying that even if a Palestinianstate was created, he would still not recognize a Jewishstate in Israel.
While Israel sits and waits forPalestinian leadership to return topeace talks, Abbas perpetuates atheme of hostility toward Israel his-torically reserved for the extremeelements of Islamist ideology andanti-Israel dogma. Now that theinternational community, despiteextensive ties to terrorism, hasdeclared Abbas and his party Fatahmoderate the denial of a Jewish state in Israel has fol-lowed suit. The root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict isnot a dispute over territory or the right of return, butthe fundamental question of whether Israel has theright to remain Jewish.
Most of you reading this are probably thinking it’sabsurd to question the Jewish nature of Israel, giventhe biblical and historical significance between the landand Jewish people. However, a growing number of indi-viduals, particularly within the Palestinian Authority,deny every Jewish claim to the land. Denying Jewishhistory is just another step the Palestinian Authorityand anti-Israel movement has taken in its attempt toremove Jews living in Israel. They tried war, but Israelwas resilient. They tried suicide bombings, but Israelwas resilient. They tried rocket attacks, but Israel con-tinues its resilience. And now they try to destroyJewish history in the hopes that the international com-munity is as shortsighted as they are. The belief is thatonce you remove the Jewish identity from the land,Jews no longer have any claim to Israel, which makesit easier to deny its right to exist.
I think Fatah does not want peace with Israel —they never have and never will. A two-state solutionwith Fatah at the reins will amount to nothing but dis-placed Jews from their homes in Judea and Samaria.
Abbas has set the tone for the international world,the only way Palestinians will end their “struggle” is ifIsrael is turned into Palestine and void of all Jewish his-tory. Some may call that extreme, but even at the
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Peace talks for Palestine
T he Daily Targum editorial board criticized Gov. Chris Christie lastweek for outright ignoring the entirely valid concerns of thoseopposed to a proposed merger between Rutgers-Camden and
Rowan University. But with the recent news of University President RichardL. McCormick’s response to a report, advising Rowan on how to carry outthe proposed takeover, we’re compelled to enter the debate once again.
The report, compiled by Learning Alliance for Higher Education based atthe University of Pennsylvania, was written after ideas of reorganizationbetween the South Jersey schools last fall prompted Rowan officials to seekadvice regarding the issue. Proponents commissioned a group to suggest astrategy, months before Christie proposed his merger plans, according tonj.com. The Star-Ledger verified an email message from McCormick, inwhich he called the report “truly offensive and enraging.”
Although the statement was not public — and, according to theLedger, it remains unclear as to who the message was originallyaddressed — we applaud McCormick for continuing to stand against themerger. The commissioned report, among other things, urges Rowan offi-cials to anticipate, but disregard criticism to the plan. It also advised themto move quickly toward July 1, Christie’s deadline for the deal. If the fer-vor and complete disregard for objections by faculty, students and mem-bers of the University community with which officials have approachedthe merger was at all shocking, the strategy put forth in this report helpsto put such behavior in perspective.
Developments such as these continue to bring to light just how muchplanning — and, with the report costing Rowan $30,000, invested — in thisreorganization. It furthermore underlines the lengths to which those propo-nents have gone to undercut, and in this case ignore, the concerns of theopposed. The date of the report, Jan. 26, suggests what many have alreadyassumed — that the plan was decided in advance, before it was presented tothe public. We again urge Christie and others bent on making this merger areality to reconsider, but we continue to doubt whether such a plan has anyhope of this given the level of controversy surrounding it, as well as the factthat it may very well be out of Christie’s hands alone.
“If you want to be aboutpeace ... stand up anddrown out the hate of
anti-Israel extremists. ”
Report brings tolight shady dealings
Real ID wouldcause problems
T hat N.J. driver’s license stowed away in your wallet could soon rep-resent more than just authorization to operate a moving vehicle.Joining nine others states across the country, the Garden State will
begin issuing federally compliant driver’s licenses on May 7 under the RealID Act. The act, recommended by the 9/11 Commission and passed byCongress shortly after Sept. 11, aims to prevent ID fraud and increase secu-rity measures by setting standards for state-issued licenses. But for reasonsthat many opponents of the act itself have already posited, New Jersey’smove to federally compliant driver’s licenses seems to us problematic.
It’s common knowledge — especially for N.J. residents — that getting adriver’s license in the state already comes with enough red tape. Under newregulations set forth by Real ID, six points of identification would no longersuffice — applicants would be required to provide yet more reliable forms ofcredentials, including proof of principal residence and a U.S. passport. Whilethese requirements may be necessary to better ensure legal identity, theywould undoubtedly further complicate the current state of DMVs acrossNew Jersey.
But the most concerning changes that will come with this move relate tothe privacy of drivers themselves. The national standard furnished by this actincludes not only changes to identification requirement but also the veryfreedom with which local agencies and states will be allowed to handle thepersonal information of applicants. DMVs will be permitted to keep copies ofpersonal identity documents, as well as require states to link databases ofindividual driver information. Many have cited these changes as being inclear violation of privacy and civil rights, as well as susceptible to misuse,including ethnic profiling. Considering the monitoring at the hands of theNew York Police Department and other recent infringements on individualcivil liberties in the United States, should we have any reason to think thisinformation would not be abused?
While we see some benefits to this move, the cons seem to heavily out-weigh the pros. We’re also forced to question why New Jersey has been soeager to comply with the Real ID Act in the first place. The act originally seta May 11 compliance deadline for all 50 states, but was moved when themajority of states failed to comply, with some taking formal action against it.Raymond Martinez, chief administrator of the state Motor VehicleCommission, said New Jersey has spent roughly $8.8 million on facial recog-nition systems and other technology to move to a federal system that doesnot even have the approval of all 50 states. Seems like a waste to us.
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AARON MARCUS
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cussing the combination of faculties,facilities or resources. One is dis-cussing the blending of two inher-ently different cultures, traditionsand niches within the N.J. highereducational ecosystem.
I have a stake in the outcome ofthis plan for a variety of differentreasons. As a proud son of thisUniversity, I only want what is bestfor the institution I call home. As aresident of South Jersey, I want tosee education-al opportunityextended to asmany of myneighbors aspossible. As af o u n d i n gmember ofNew JerseyU n i t e dStudents —the statewide student association —I want to see what is best not onlyfor the University, but for the otherpublic colleges and universities inthe state as well. And I assure you,with these many — sometimes con-flicting — sets of views and experi-ences, I see no way that the mergeras outlined by Gov. Chris Christieand state Sen. President StephenSweeney is achievable, especiallynot by the pie-in-the-sky July dead-line set by Christie.
It just does not add up. Very littleabout this deal makes sense. The
claims that a merger would bringresearch dollars into a bleedingCamden are unsupported. The leg-islators I’ve spoken with about themeasure express distress thatChristie seems intent on pushing forhis office to be in charge of themerger, preventing open debate anddialogue between the officials tax-payers put in place to discuss issueslike these. The Barer report — thestate document which calls for the
merger — doesnot offer any con-crete ideas as tohow the planwould work oreven why itwould be benefi-cial, and Rowan’splan to managethe merger isshorter than the
average college term paper. This is acase of two very smart and savvypoliticos rushing uncharacteristical-ly into battle with guns blaring. Whocan blame those New Jerseyans whospeculate that there is somethingrotten in South Jersey — that thereis some underhanded deal few of ushave been shared on?
Of course, there is a larger issueat hand. There does need to be moreattention in Trenton on ways to helpstudents in South Jersey with theircollege education — after all, asAssemblyman Troy Singleton, D-
Burlington, and others have argued,the fact that there aren’t enoughseats at universities in South Jerseycertainly contributes to the state’sso-called “brain drain.” The Keanreport, an earlier government reportby a commission led by former gov-ernor Thomas Kean, known for thepositive mark he left on our highereducation system, called for morefunding for Rutgers-Camden as away to fix this problem. Whateverthe solution appears to be, it’s clearthat at this plan’s best, it will costRutgers-Camden great programs inthe Departments of Law and EarlyChildhood Education, and at itsworst will create an educationalblack hole in South Jersey. There areproblems in the system. These prob-lems do include waste, mismanage-ment and barriers to educationalaccess. But history tells us to bewary of politicians who propose poli-cy changes and demand no one askthem the tough questions until afterthe policy is in place. Had thetrustees voted differently back in1793, the home that I know and lovewould not exist today. I’m glad thatthey had all the facts to work with atthe time. I wish that their heirs couldget the same privilege.
John Connelly is a School of Artsand Sciences junior majoring in histo-ry and political science with a minorin social justice.
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P lagued by the first of a seriesof economic hardships, theschool that would become
our own University in 1793 consid-ered merging with the school thatwould become Princeton University.Though the merger must have beentempting to a cash-strapped Boardof Trustees, the measure failed byone vote.
I do not bring this story up mere-ly because I wish to show off myknowledge of University trivia. Imention this little-known historicalanecdote because the Universityonce again finds itself at the centerof a contentiously debated merger,this time between our sister campuson the Banks of the Old Delawareand Rowan University, a muchsmaller South Jersey school. Thefable of the doomed plan to mergethe University and Princeton is use-ful here because it allows us to putthis new plan in perspective: We canargue what the merger would havemeant to the centuries-old legacy ofthe respective universities involvedback in the 1790s, but it is clear thatthe course of the history of highereducation in New Jersey would havebeen dramatically and irredeemablydifferent from what we know today.When talking about combining uni-versities, one is not simply dis-
Officials disregard history, jump to actionJOHN CONNELLEYLetter
O ne of my favorite quotesfrom the “Autobiographyof Malcolm X” is this
one: “When The New York Timespoll was published, I had spokenat well over 50 colleges and uni-versities, like Brown, Harvard,Yale, Columbia and Rutgers, inthe Ivy League, and othersthroughout the country.” Noticethe flattering factual inaccuracythere? While applying for intern-ships out of the Rutgers BusinessSchool, I have encountered jobrecruiters from multiple Fortune500 companies who think theUniversity produces studentswho are just as capable as thosefrom the Ivy League, and itappears that perhaps one of themost famous Muslim-Americansthought so too.
It makes sense why studentsand faculty at Rutgers-Camden donot want the name of their schoolto switch to Rowan University.Rutgers is a brand name, a foot inthe door, and one of the best-regarded public universities in thecountry regardless of what U.S.News and World Report or highschool gossip says. When you say“Rutgers” to your alma mater oremployer, people are impressed— maybe not as much in NewJersey where everyone and theiruncle went to the University, butin other parts of the country.People expect good things. Evenif the current students and facultyhave the right to say that theygraduated from or taught atRutgers-Camden, and only newstudents will get Rowan diplomas,it must be quite demoralizing toknow that the college campus youstudied at has been absorbed by aless prestigious university.
To many of the faculty and stu-dents at Rutgers-Camden,regarding their concerns, I say“Boo-hoo, so what.” The adminis-trative business of the state ofNew Jersey does not revolvearound just you. Gov. ChrisChristie wants to build a majorresearch university specificallyfor South Jersey — an entirelyreasonable goal — and in orderto move toward that goal, heneeds to start somewhere.Consolidating the public univer-sities in South Jersey seems areasonable place to start. Peoplealways get upset during organiza-tional changes in which they’renot as well off as before, but thehope is that these changes leadto everyone being better off inthe long run. I wouldn’t be sur-prised if students and faculty atthe College of South Jersey wereup in arms when they were going to be absorbed to formRutgers-Camden!
Now, I’m not saying I definitelysupport or oppose the merger ofRutgers-Camden. I am just sayingwe should make this decisionwithout being blindsided by thebiases of faculty and students atRutgers-Camden who have per-sonal interests — not New Jersey— at heart.
Ed Reep is a Rutgers BusinessSchool junior majoring in supplychain and marketing science withminors in economics and businessand technical writing.
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key issuesED REEPColumn
T he Graduate StudentOrganization of theDepartment of Childhood
Studies at Rutgers-Camden standsin unified and vehement oppositionto the proposed takeover ofRutgers-Camden by RowanUniversity. The Camden campusoffers significant enrichment oppor-tunities for University students andthe larger South Jersey communitythrough its courses, degree pro-grams and community outreach.Amputating the Camden campusfrom the University would effective-ly nullify the ability of the campus tocontinue in its historic mission ofserving South Jersey residents.
The forced separation ofRutgers-Camden from The StateUniversity of New Jersey would bea disastrous blow to higher educa-tion in South Jersey. Residents ofSouth Jersey would be deniedaccess to the world-class researchuniversity they now enjoy. Thedevelopment of Rowan into aresearch university eligible forAssociation of AmericanUniversities accreditation, compa-rable to the University’s current sta-tus, may take decades to achieveand cost untold millions of dollarsto taxpayers. Without a universitythat has the infrastructure,resources and worldwide reputa-tion of the University, South Jerseywould be unable to attract reputable
U. departments must not be jeopardizedPATRICK COXLetter research faculty, funding and stu-
dents like those currently found onthe Camden campus. The dearth ofresources would, in turn, lead to thecessation of cutting-edge researchin Camden and an unnecessary loss of human capital from SouthJersey as faculty depart for opportu-nities elsewhere.
The Department of ChildhoodStudies holds the distinction ofbeing the only doctoral program ofits kind in North America and is rec-ognized as a peer program in thisnew, innovative international field.
We have drawn international atten-tion, accolades and scholars to NewJersey because of our acclaimed fac-ulty, research and networkingstrengths. Our department has gar-nered esteem from colleaguesaround the world, which benefitsboth the University and the state.Our emphasis on applied scholar-ship, in turn, improves the lives ofchildren and youth in Camden,throughout New Jersey and abroad.The proposed merger into a lesser-known teaching university nowthreatens all of these assets.
We therefore support the pro-posed consortium model bywhich Rutgers-Camden, Rowan,Cooper Medical School and allother South Jersey academicentities would work collabora-tively to share resources. Thiswould enable each to benefit andthrive from each other’sstrengths, while allowing each tomaintain its mission for the bene-fit of all of New Jersey.
Patrick Cox is a PhD student at theDepartment of Child Studies.
LISA BERKMAN
A MERGER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS
“This is a case of two very smart and savvy politicos rushing
uncharacteristically into battle with guns blaring.”
As the debate rages on, voices on both sides of the aisle are sounding off on a proposed merger between
Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University. Gov. Chris Christie has vowed to have plans for a merger finalized by JULY 1.
Members of the University community express their concerns.
Students rally outside Gordon Theater on the Camden campus Feb. 15 in protest of a proposed mergerbetween Rutgers-Camden and Rowan University. Is a merger really in the state’s best interest?
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pitchers. He also gave up onlyone of Princeton’s 10 walks.
The Spotswood High Schoolproduct entered the game in thethird inning, already the secondreliever Hill put into the game.
The Tigers led, 7-4, and theyloaded the bases. They scoredtwo runs earlier in the inningbecause of walks with three run-ners on.
As the Knights’ leader in strike-outs out of the bullpen with 16,Beard was the first Rutgers pitcherto consistently get the ball over theplate. He ended the game allowingtwo runs. Rutgers scored seven
while he was onthe mound.
“My mainthing was just tothrow strikes,”Beard said. “Theprevious pitch-ers struggled tofind the zone. Ifyou throwstrikes, goodthings happen.”
Beard tookover for sopho-
more righty Charlie Lasky, whobegan the third inning. Hedeparted 1/3 of an inning laterafter allowing a double and thenfour walks.
Sophomore starter SlaterMcCue was not much moreeffective. He allowed five runsand five walks in two innings.
Junior righty Charlie Lawentered for the final Princetonout in the eighth inning. He wasoriginally the probable startertoday against Columbia, but jun-ior righty Pat O’Leary will nowmake his debut start becausethe Knights went deep intotheir bullpen.
Hill was not pleased with theoverall sloppiness outside of afew moments.
“We didn’t play that well otherthan Willie and [Favatella] hittingthe walk-off home run,” Hill said.
1, but the Knights pushed acrossonly one more run.
“[Galati] stays ahead in thecount so you’re hitting defen-sively,” Nelson said. “She’s agood pitcher.”
In Game 2, Rutgers had evenless luck against Erin Wade, wholimited the Knights to four hits ina complete-game shutout.
The most effective strategyfor the Knights was bunting.
Rutgers batterslegged out threebunt singles onthe day.
But the buntswere not enoughto push runsacross againstWade. TheKnights neededtimely hits, whichthey never got.
For Rutgers,the road does notget any easier.
The team travels to Kentuckythis weekend to take onLouisville, the highest-rankedteam in the conference.
The biggest question for theKnights this time is not howLandrith’s absence plays into thematchup. She will be availableand will most likely start Game 1of the three-game set.
The issue is if the Rutgersbats can get back on track andput runs on the board.
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Junior third baseman PatKivlehan also displayed the ath-leticism that made him a two-sport college athlete.
As a former Rutgers footballdefensive back, Kivlehan is usedto more activity in spurts. Even ina matchup with less running thanmost, Kivlehan could not standaround.
The score was 8-8 whenKivlehan reachedon a walk in thesixth inning. Tigerspitcher NickDonatiello strug-gled with controllike many of his fel-low pitchers, whocombined to walk13 hitters.
Then the fresh-man threw hisworst pitch of theday: a wild pitch tosophomore Michael Zavalathat bounced higher than the dugouts.
By the time Princeton catcherTyler Servais recovered the ballbehind him and ran for home,Kivlehan already crossed theplate to put the Knights up, 9-8,their first lead of the day.
Junior Bill Hoermann ranhard in the same inning when hemade contact, but he sloweddown when he saw his ball flyover the fence.
Hoermann’s second homerun of the season gave Rutgersan 11-8 lead.
Senior pitcher Willie Beardstarted five games last season.All of this season’s appearanceswere in relief.
The righty pitched 4 2/3innings against Princeton — 22/3 more than any of his fellow
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singles and a stolen base to goalong with two walks, two errorsand a balk.
By the time the Knights tooktheir first at-bats in Game 1,they were already down by fourruns, a deficit theywould fail to erase.Houston alsoaided the Pridewith nine walks.
“It puts yourdefense back ontheir heels a littlebit,” Nelson said.“Part of that is thatAbbey hasn’t beengetting as muchwork in.”
After anotherfour-run outburstin the third inning, the Pridecomfor tably coasted to an 8-2 victory.
The Knights (16-17, 5-3) expe-rienced more of the same onoffense. Senior Lindsey Curranled off the day with a solo homerun, but that was as good as it gotfor Rutgers.
Hofstra’s (14-12) Olivia Galati,who leads the Colonial AthleticConference with a 1.69 ERA,allowed seven more hits in Game
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“[Hofstra pitcherOlivia Galati] staysahead in the count
so you’re hittingdefensively. She’s a good pitcher.”
JAY NELSONHead Coach
“We didn’t play wellother than Willie
[Beard] and [NickFavatella] hitting thewalk-off home run.”
FRED HILLHead Coach
both to lose singles matchesagainst the same opponent.
One of those wins in singlesplay came from Ivey, who deliv-ered the only point against Yalein Rutgers’ 6-1 loss to theBulldogs. She won her match, 6-3, 2-6, 10-7, against Steph Kent.
With Holzberg and Petrinileading off in the Nos. 1 and 2 sin-
gles positions, it is piv-otal for the Knightsthat all three to per-form well againstUConn’s (6-7, 3-4) top-three singles players.
But the competitionfrom both Yale andDenver has Ivey opti-mistic about the outcomeagainst the Huskies.
“I think Bensummed it up pretty well. It wasfrustrating to compete so wellbut yet still not come up with a[win] on both ends,” Ivey said.“We definitely played somegood tennis in both matches,but they just came out on top. Ithink with time we will be ableto turn those into wins.”
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T he Rutgers men’slacrosse team had twoplayers earn Big East
Player of the Week honors.Sophomore attackman ScottKlimchak and sophomoregoalie Steven Lusby took therecognition late Monday.
Klimchak recorded a four-goal performance in theScarlet Knights’ 8-7 overtimevictory against league rivalProvidence on Saturday,including the game-winner.
Lusby received the defen-sive award after making 13saves in the win against theFriars. The honors marked thefourth and fifth time this sea-son the Big East recognized aRutgers player.
RUTGERS HEADfootball coach Kyle Flood saidyesterday he was pleased withthe early performances of a num-ber of players early in the spring,including redshirt freshmandefensive tackle Al Page and jun-ior guard Antwan Lowery.
Lowery began last season asa starter along the offensive line.
NEW YORK GIANTSwide receiver Victor Cruz willnot make his contract negotia-tions a distraction to him orthe team this season, accord-ing to The Star-Ledger.
Cruz is coming off of acareer season. He is scheduledto make $540,000 this season.
He hopes the Giants granthim a long-term deal by mid-season, but he will continue toplay like it is not a factor.
CELEBRATION ENDEDin tragedy yesterday, oneday after Kentucky won theNCAA Tournament champi-onship game.
Doctors amputated a fan’sfoot as a result of being shot inthe leg following the victory.
The victim, 31-year-oldHarold Calloway, was shot ataround 2 a.m. Police have notmade any arrests in regard tothe shooting.
Kentucky fans celebratedin the streets of Lexington,Ky., uncontrollably for hoursafter the win. Arguments andaltercations broke out as thecrowd became chaotic.
NBA COMMISSIONERDavid Stern would like tomake one more change to theleague before he retires in thenear future.
He wants to change the eli-gibility for the NBA Draft.Stern would like to see collegestars pursue back-to-backchampionships instead of one-and-done careers.
The current rule is for play-ers to be 19 years old and ayear out of high school toenter the NBA Draft.
As much as Stern wants tosee the system change beforehis tenure is over, he is pleasedgood college players are able tomake the transition to theleague after one year of play.
WORD ON THE STREET
Struggles provide team teaching momentBY AARON FARRAR
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s golf teamcompeted at the UPennInvitational on Monday in Pine
H i l l ,N . J . ,earninga nunwant-ed out-
come. The Scarlet Knights endedthe outing in 14th place out of 16,carding a 665.
Starting early in the morning,the long day took a toll on theKnights, who recorded their low-est finish since last spring.
“We didn’t do well at all,”said head coach Rob Shutte.“Our game was exposed andthe harsh weather conditionsdidn’t help, either. It wasextremely cold, and the windswere not on our side.”
Rutgers understands there aretournaments that will not befavorable. There are also offgames and undesirable finishes.The match was one of those com-petitions the team can learn from.
Shutte hopes his players sawsome things they need to improveon if they are serious about hav-ing the type of competitive seasonthey pursue.
“There were a couple of areasthat bothered me,” Shutte said. “Ourmental toughness was not where itshould have been. Although theweather conditions were tough, thatis not an excuse to not bring effortand compete 100 percent.”
The results of the outing stuckhard with the Knights.Sophomore Jonathan Renza tookthe finish as a learning experi-ence and as motivation to do bet-ter in their next match.
“It was a long day,” Renza said.“Thirty-six holes, playing in the
cold and not playing our best area part of the game sometimes. Wedid not stay focused at all. As ateam, we can definitely have a bet-ter mindset and play safer shots.”
Shutte wants the match to be aconfidence booster for Rutgers.He wants it to know it shouldalways give maximum effort. If itplays with confidence, the resultscan come as they may.
“I think this was more of amental fatigue situation,” Shuttesaid. “My players didn’t trustsome of their shots, and somestrokes they just overshot. I wantthem to have confidence in theirshots, their game and them-selves. If that is the case, I will bepleased with however we finish.”
Shutte is not upset with theteam because he understandsthe nature of the game. Thereare great matches, and thereare some that players wishednever happened.
But he wants the players tounderstand what they can do toimprove and not regress.
“The one thing that I can dois stick to my gameplay,” Renzasaid. “I need to eliminate bignumbers, stay focused for theentire match and just play my game.”
The tournament for theKnights was not a total loss.Overall, Rutgers is still compet-ing. Shutte knows it is not the endof the world for them.
“The big picture is that we arestill a pretty good team,” Shuttesaid. “We have a lot of talented,young players who will learn fromthis experience. There will bemore matches for us to provewhat we have.”
Rutgers has a few days of f,but returns to action this week-end to compete in the PennState Invitational in StateCollege, Pa.
MEN’S GOLF
RUTGERS 66514TH PLACE
they lost five out of six by twopoints or less.
A 9-8 defeat from seniorJennifer Holzberg and sopho-more Vanessa Petriniin No. 1 doublesagainst No. 26 Yalewas the closest.
Head coach BenBucca was happy withtheir performance inteam play.
“Doubles was actual-ly a lot closer than sin-gles,” Bucca said aboutlast weekend. “Eventhough the singles was close, thedoubles was right there.”
Singles is where Rutgers hasto improve the most from its lastmatches. The Knights only cap-tured three singles victories dur-ing the two-match stretch.
Holzberg and Petrini each lostboth of their matches, a rarity for
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BEN BUCCA
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Senior Jennifer Holzberg dropped her last pair of matches insingles play, tripping up against Yale and Denver.
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RU multi-sport athletefinds success in field
BY BEN CAINSTAFF WRITER
As a sophomore in 2008,Tyrone Putman made a deci-sion that few NCAA athletes
make inm o d e r n -
day college sports. Putman, amember of the Rutgers men’strack and field team, decided totake on a second sport, tryingout for the Rutgers footballteam as a walk-on.
The feat was nothing new toPutman, who starred in bothsports at Gonzaga High School(Md.). Putman ultimately made the Knights roster as arunning back.
A typical day for Putmanincluded football practice inthe morning, attending classand track practice in the after-noon, followed by football filmsessions and meetings, andthen by class again.
“The toughest thing, Iguess, is handling it all togeth-er,” Putman said. “It’s a wearand tear on your body. It takesa lot out of you. You can’t be aregular student all the time.”
Although both spor tsrequire athleticism, Putmansays track takes more techni-cal prowess to succeed.
“Track and field is a verytechnical sport, especially thetriple jump,” he said. “You haveto focus on running the rightway, jumping, landing.Football’s one of those thingswhere you can improvise dur-ing the play. Track is moreeverything has to go right foryou to do well.”
While with the Knights foot-ball team, Putman failed to sepa-rate himself from the pack of run-ning backs. His only playing timewith the team came in 2010, whenhe played in eight games — main-ly on special teams — and carriedthe ball only once.
The Fort Washington, Md.,native decided to leave theteam after the 2010 season. He thought about transferringto a school where he could play more but decided he wanted to finish his degree at Rutgers.
His recommitment to trackhas paid dividends this year forthe Knights. Putman, who shed10 pounds from his footballplaying weight, has had acareer year in the triple jump.Entering this season, the sen-ior never cleared 15 meters inthe event. This year, he hasdone so four times.
One of those times was atthe Big East Championships inFebruar y, where he leaped15.06 meters en route to a sec-ond-place finish.
“Well, it’s a great honor toeven score in the Big Eastbecause it’s an especially com-petitive conference,” Putmansaid. “But to come in secondwas amazing. I rank it as one ofmy top college achievements,and I never had the opportuni-ty to go that far and [to stand]on the podium, so it’s great. It’sone of those things that I’llremember forever.”
But while his football careerremains sidelined for now,Putman has not ruled out areturn to the gridiron. Heworked out for NFL scoutsMarch 21 at Rutgers’ Pro Day,and he said he received callsfrom a few NFL teams.
Regardless of what hisfuture holds, Putman is proudof what he accomplished in hiscareer at Rutgers.
“I’ll look back at my athleticcareer the way I look at my life — there’s no regrets,” hesaid. “I may have hoped some things went dif ferently,but in the bigger scheme ofthings it all worked out for abigger purpose.”
MEN’S TRACK
BY VINNIE MANCUSOCORRESPONDENT
With the arrival of head coachBrian Brecht to the Rutgersmen’s lacrosse team came a new
approachto how the
Scarlet Knights run their offense.For this season, the Knights
offense primarily depends on theplay of their midfielders. And to theircredit, the midfield has responded.
Time and time again, seniorstarters Mike Diehl and WillMangan, along with freshmansupport Brian Goss, have beenthe backbone of Rutgers’ offense.
But anyone who saw theKnights play last season underformer head coach Jim Stagnittaknows there is a marked changefrom the attack-driven offense.
In the Knights’ last game — awin on the road against Big Eastopponent Providence — theRutgers attack finally stepped tothe forefront and surpassed itsmidfield, contributing six of theKnights’ eight goals.
“I have always said our midfieldhas been dominant and has been aforce for us and has kept us in thegames we have been in close,”Brecht said. “I thought this wasthe first time that our attack reallycomplemented our midfield playon the offensive end.”
Sophomore attackman ScottKlimchak, who consistently led theKnights in scoring in his rookiecampaign, has adapted to theattack’s supporting role. The Clark,N.J., native planned to step up whenthe opportunity presented itself.
He did so against Providence,notching a team-leading fourgoals, including the game-winnerin overtime.
“[The attack is] taking whatev-er they give us,” Klimchak said.“The in-crowd was opening up [atProvidence], so Mangan was ableto find me. [Junior attackman]Duncan Clancy was able to findme. It all depends on how theother team is playing us.”
Before the Providencematchup, the attack consisted of abanged-up group. The preseason
was not kind to Klimchak orClancy, who traded the top scor-ing spot with Klimchak through-out last season.
“Duncan was injured. I wasinjured for a little bit,” Klimchaksaid. “We have been playingthrough a little bit of adversity,but now we seem to be clickingreal well and we’re working realwell with the midfielders. We arestarting to put it together.”
The future is uncertain forKlimchak and the attack group.What they know for sure is theoffense will continue to focusaround the midfield.
But with a fully functioningattack finally in sync with the mid-field, the Knights offense hasentered a new phase, Klimchak said.
“Now it is going to be a littledifferent because the attackseems to be playing really welltogether. Other teams will bescouting us differently,” Klimchaksaid. “Who knows what is going tohappen these next games? But Ithink we are starting to put it alltogether now.”
MEN’S LACROSSE
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Sophomore attackman Scott Klimchak’s four goals in Saturday’s overtime win at Providenceled the team. The Knights’ attackmen showed life after the team’s midfielders’ early-year surge.
Frontline players re-emerge
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BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
Tim Wright is workingbehind the scenes to win overRutgers head football coachKyle Flood — something hedid with former head coachGreg Schiano.
Along with catching 11 passesand two touchdowns a year ago,Wright is also the Scarlet Knights’resident barber.
“Hopefully my clippers willtouch [Flood’s] hair one day,”Wright said. “He’s been talkingabout it, so I think it’s going tocome through.”
His teammate Mark Harrison,meanwhile, is trying to make agood impression with Flood onthe field. A year removed fromteam highs in receptions, receiv-ing yards and touchdowns, thesenior wideout caught only 14balls last season.
ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior wide receiver Mark Harrison (81) runs a route yesterday during the Knights’ spring practice at the RU Turf Field. Harrison and Tim Wright battledinjury last year, when Wright played his first full season in a Rutgers uniform after knee surgery cut short his 2010 campaign.
SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK HARRISON, KNIGHTS’ WIDEOUTS CHALLENGE FOR TARGETS
ALEX VAN DRIESEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
His production dipped,injuries surfaced and playingtime diminished.
Now Harrison focuses onreturning to his play as a sopho-more without Mohamed Sanu,the receiver that once lined upacross from him.
“Mo is a great receiver, so youcan’t knock him,” Harrison said.“We learned from him. We see it asan opportunity for us as a group tospread the ball out and not haveone receiver get locked on.”
Beside Sanu, the Knightsreturn nearly every skill positionplayer that earned significantplaying time a year ago. Thatincludes 11 of 13 Knights thatcaught a pass last season.
The results begin to show onthe field, Flood said.
“What I am seeing is some ofour more proven players — theMark Harrisons, the QuronPratts — are starting to show you
their experience and their play-making ability,” he said. “That’sbeen exciting for me to watch.”
Flood considers wide receivera rotation position, meaning anumber of Knights could see valu-able time on the field. ButHarrison will be “a big part of whatwe do on offense,” Flood said.
Sanu, owner of a Big East-record 115 catches last season,was the unit’s main cog. ButRutgers could inherit more pari-ty in his absence, Wright said.
“We have great receiversalso,” he said. “Now that all thefocus is off of Mo, it’s like theball is spreading around morethan before.”
FLOOD SAID HE DOESnot anticipate playing two quar-terbacks during the season, asRutgers did during the previ-ous two seasons — albeit forvarious reasons.
He said he still targeted aseven-to-10-day period beforethe Knights’ season opener Sept.1 at Tulane to name a starter.
“I think a football team is bestserved having one quarterbackgoing forward, and you want tocommit to your starter,” Flood said.
Junior Chas Dodd and sopho-more Gary Nova split time at theposition last season, startingeight and five games, respective-ly. Dodd appeared in 11 games in2010 after Tom Savage suffereda rib injury in the third game ofthe season.
Flood will wait to evaluateDodd and Nova’s play Saturday,when the team scrimmages atHigh Point Solutions Stadium forthe first time.
For their part, the receiversdo not mind the lack of a definedstarter, Harrison said.
“Their personality, the thingsthey bring — it’s kind of hard to
describe [the difference],” hesaid. “We’re so close on the fieldthat no matter who’s out there,we adjust to both quarterbacks.”
THE KNIGHTS DEFENSEwore black jerseys during prac-tice yesterday for the first timein recent memory.
Flood said the jerseys are areward for play in practice.
“We do have a little compe-tition going with the of fenseand defense,” he said. “Theboys do like the black jerseys,and I know from being at prac-tice today that the defense willhave the black jerseys onagain Thursday.”
The last time Rutgers donneddifferent uniforms in practicecame Nov. 7. The Knights worean American flag emblemetched in their helmets’ block ‘R’before playing Army on Nov. 12at Yankee Stadium.
That was the result of 23 walks allowed.Sophomore second baseman Nick
Favatella led off in the bottom of the ninthinning, already with two walks.
Favatella, 5-foot-10, had the smallest strikezone of anyone in the Knights lineup. But histhree home runs entering the game placedhim second on the team.
Princeton pitcher Tyler Foote displayed thebest control of the Tigers’ six pitchers used — heonly walked one batter in two innings. But onepitch over the plate gave Favatella his fourthhome run and a 12-11 Knights victory.
Hitting the ball out of spacious BaintonField showed a flash of athleticism that excit-
ed the Knights. Head coach Fred Hill antici-pated that ability.
“He’s a strong kid, ver y strong,” Hill said.
With all the walks, the three-hour,seven-minute game felt longer to manythan it was. But Favatella turned the bore-dom in his dugout to a flurry of smiles asthe Knights ran to home plate to celebratewith him.
“We all just wanted to end it here ratherthan go to extra innings,” Favatella said. “Itwas a really long game.”
Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella clinched the Knights’ 12-11 victory against Princeton yesterday with a home run,the second of the game for Rutgers. Favatella’s four home runs this season place him second on the team.
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Some people discredit baseball players’ ath-letic ability. During moments of the Rutgersbaseball team’s game against Princeton yes-
terday, both teamshelped thosedoubters’ cases.
Much of theScarlet Knights’ andTigers’ exertion
came from walking to first base, trotting tothe next because of a walk and swinging occa-sionally before the umpire called, “Ball four.”
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The biggest question surrounding theRutgers softball team’s two-game series withHofstra yesterday was how the pitching staff
would hold up with-out its ace, fresh-man AlyssaLandrith. She waskept on the benchafter throwing 16
innings last weekend against Georgetown.Head coach Jay Nelson got his answer,
but not the one he wanted.No matter who the Scarlet Knights put on
the mound, the Pride manufactured runs,proving they could do so any way they want-ed. That resulted in an 8-0 loss in Game 2 anda sweep for Hofstra.
The lack of a consistent arm behindLandrith was evident more than ever againstthe Pride.
“You can’t depend on one person,” Nelsonsaid. “Sooner or later you’re going to needyour other pitchers.”
Hofstra handed sophomore pitcherMegan Williams a harsh greeting in Game 2,hitting two home runs en route to its secondfour-run first inning of the day.
Williams could not get out of the firstinning and departed in favor of senior NoelleSisco after throwing only 2/3 innings.
And after the Pride tacked on anotherrun in the fourth inning with back-to-backdoubles, Nelson was forced to bring in jun-ior Abbey Houston for her second tour ofthe day.
She began the appearance well, allowingonly one run in her first three innings ofwork. In her final frame, the Pride managedtwo runs on three hits against the NewEgypt, N.J., native.
Against Houston in Game 1 — she earnedthe start in the first game in Landrith’sabsence — Hofstra strung together three
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Senior Morgan Ivey earned the Knights’only singles victory against Yale.
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BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
If there is one thing Morgan Ivey and therest of the Rutgers tennis team took from lastweekend’s losses to Yale and Denver, it was
to focus on theirseparate goals eachfelt she needed toimprove.
“Individually, weknow what we needto work on,” Ivey
said. “Tennis is an individual sport. While wepractice as a team, we each have to go out
with our personal goals of what we need towork on in each match.”
The Scarlet Knights (8-8, 3-3) have thatopportunity today, when they host their thirdBig East match against Connecticut.
The Huskies enter the RU TennisComplex as winners of six of their lastseven, but they also lost by convincingmargins to teams the Knights defeated thisseason. Georgetown upended UConn, 7-0,last week. Rutgers beat the Hoyas on Feb.24, winning, 4-3.
It is important for Rutgers to pick up itsninth win of the season. With only fourmatches left in the regular season, every
match is crucial for the Knights once thepostseason arrives.
“There’s always pressure to win, espe-cially when you have four Big East match-es in a row,” Ivey said. “We really want tosteamroll these last four, especially goinginto the conference tournament.”
For Rutgers to enjoy its fourth Big Eastvictory of the season, it needs to start of ffast in doubles. Doubles play this pastweekend resulted in losses, but eachmatch was close. In the Knights’ six dou-bles matches in their past two contests,
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Freshman Jackie Bates recorded four hitsagainst Hofstra, a team high.
