THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 125 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 THE PERFECT STORM Today: Sunny High: 66 • Low: 45 FRIDAY APRIL 13, 2012 INDEX ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 Student Life kicks off its first ever “Geek Week” today with a comedy event. The Miss Universe pageant will allow transgender women to compete in next year’s pageant. See if we give the decision a laurel or a dart. OPINIONS SPORTS ...... BACK The Rutgers tennis team beat Seton Hall, 6-1, yesterday in a match that involved rain and heavy wind. It has two games left before the Big East Tournament. UNIVERSITY ....... 3 UNIVERSITY OPINIONS ........ 8 METRO .......... 6 WORLD .......... 7 Rutgers United wins RUSA election BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT The incumbent Rutgers United Party won the Rutgers University Student Assembly election by a land- slide, with John Connelly, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, elected the next RUSA president. Connelly received 1,423 votes for president, while Scott Siegel, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, received 723 votes in the election. None of the opposing Old Raritan party members running for the top ticket came within 500 votes of their Rutgers United coun- terparts, according to the official RUSA election results. Before revealing the winner, current RUSA President Matt Cordeiro called Siegel and Connelly in to a corner for a brief conference. “The treasurer is Pavel Sokolov and the vice president will be Sherif [Ibrahim],” said Cordeiro, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. Ibrahim, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, received 1,328 votes for vice president while his opponent Joe Fontana, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore only received 818 votes. Sokolov, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, received 1,370 votes to become RUSA treasurer while Sabrina Arias, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, received just 776 votes, according to RUSA election results. Connelly offered a consolatory phone call to his opponent, but was unable to reach him. He said there is a lot of work to be done still and that his victory is only the beginning of the long road ahead. “I’m very honored that the Rutgers community has entrusted me with this position,” Connelly said. “I look forward in this process to working with Scott … and I have a lot of faith in the younger members that have been elected.” RUSA met in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus yesterday to discuss two resolutions before revealing the results of the RUSA presidential election. The first of the two resolutions stated RUSA’s support for The Medium in light of the recent contro- versy regarding an article printed last week under the name of Aaron Marcus, a columnist for The Daily Targum, said Donggu Yoon, a RUSA member. The column, “What about the good things Hitler did?” went on to praise the dictator, and Marcus, John Connelly, pictured leaning back, wins the third democratic Rutgers University Student Assembly election. Students voted throughout the week to elect the incumbent Rutgers United Party across the board. CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SEE ELECTION ON PAGE 4 Members of the Psi Sigma Phi fraternity dance at the Taiwanese American Student Association’s Night Market on the College Avenue campus. Students ate Taiwanese food, played games and shopped at the annual event held on Morrell Street. EUNJI KIM GET LOW Oxford professor examines racial protest in England BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT Although the Civil Rights Movement is typically associ- ated with the United States, students had a chance to see the issue from the British perspective yesterday during an Oxford University historian’s lecture. The Department of History and The Center for Race and Ethnicity invited Stephen Tuck, an American history professor, to speak about the relationship between American civil rights activists and the U.K. Civil Rights Movement. Tuck said Britain became heavily involved in the movement when the strategies of black power groups and individuals in the United States, such as American activist Malcolm X, eventually spread overseas because of their success. “[The tactics] had an international vision and [were] concerned with unemployment, housing and dignity,” he SEE PROTEST ON PAGE 4 BY DYLAN CECCHINI CONTRIBUTING WRITER Robert Aldridge, the founder and former director of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, was appointed director of the Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts. The Grammy-Award winner for best contemporary classical com- position will begin work on July 1, with goals of improving the department. Aldridge said it is important to support existing programs and help them grow and improve, but he has some changes he wants to make, including the addition of a music technology and musical theater program. Music technology, Aldridge said, is something that needs attention. “Now the music industry is being totally trans- formed in that what used to happen in big, expensive recording studios … can now be done on someone’s laptop by anyone,” he said. “To educate the modern student, you need to be aware about becoming confi- dent in these technologies.” George Stauffer, dean of Mason Gross School of the Arts, said via email that Aldridge’s experience in the opera field would allow him to take charge of the department and understand the opera program’s goals. Stauffer said the department envisions having a full- scale production and plans to have a new facility with a 450-seat theater with a fly tower, wing space and set load- in area as a part of the Mason Gross Performing Arts Center building projects. “Opera is the one area of classical music with an expanding audience base. It is time for Rutgers to make its mark on the field,” Stauffer said. Mason Gross hires Grammy winner as music director PERSON OF THE WEEK SEE DIRECTOR ON PAGE 4 ROBERT ALDRIDGE
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Student Life kicks offits first ever “GeekWeek” today with acomedy event.
The Miss Universepageant will allowtransgender women tocompete in next year’spageant. See if we givethe decision a laurel ora dart.
OPINIONS
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The Rutgers tennis team beat Seton Hall, 6-1, yesterday in a match that involvedrain and heavy wind. It has two games left before the Big East Tournament.
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Rutgers United wins RUSA electionBY ADAM UZIALKO
CORRESPONDENT
The incumbent Rutgers UnitedParty won the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly election by a land-slide, with John Connelly, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, elected thenext RUSA president.
Connelly received 1,423 votes forpresident, while Scott Siegel, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior, received723 votes in the election. None of theopposing Old Raritan party membersrunning for the top ticket came within500 votes of their Rutgers United coun-terparts, according to the official RUSAelection results.
Before revealing the winner, currentRUSA President Matt Cordeiro calledSiegel and Connelly in to a corner for abrief conference.
“The treasurer is Pavel Sokolov andthe vice president will be Sherif
[Ibrahim],” said Cordeiro, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
Ibrahim, a School of Ar ts andSciences sophomore, received 1,328votes for vice president while hisopponent Joe Fontana, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore onlyreceived 818 votes.
Sokolov, a Rutgers BusinessSchool sophomore, received 1,370votes to become RUSA treasurerwhile Sabrina Arias, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, receivedjust 776 votes, according to RUSAelection results.
Connelly of fered a consolator yphone call to his opponent, but wasunable to reach him.
He said there is a lot of work to bedone still and that his victory is onlythe beginning of the long road ahead.
“I’m ver y honored that theRutgers community has entrusted
me with this position,” Connelly said.“I look forward in this process toworking with Scott … and I have a lotof faith in the younger members thathave been elected.”
RUSA met in the StudentActivities Center on the CollegeAvenue campus yesterday to discusstwo resolutions before revealing the results of the RUSA presidential election.
The first of the two resolutionsstated RUSA’s suppor t for TheMedium in light of the recent contro-versy regarding an article printedlast week under the name of AaronMarcus, a columnist for The DailyTargum, said Donggu Yoon, a RUSA member.
The column, “What about thegood things Hitler did?” went onto praise the dictator, and Marcus,
John Connelly, pictured leaning back, wins the third democratic Rutgers University Student Assembly election. Students voted throughout the week to elect the incumbent Rutgers United Party across the board.
CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
SEE ELECTION ON PAGE 4
Members of the Psi Sigma Phi fraternity dance at the Taiwanese American Student Association’sNight Market on the College Avenue campus. Students ate Taiwanese food, played games andshopped at the annual event held on Morrell Street.
EUNJI KIM
GET LOW Oxford professor examines racialprotest in England
BY LISA BERKMANCORRESPONDENT
Although the Civil Rights Movement is typically associ-ated with the United States, students had a chance to seethe issue from the British perspective yesterday during anOxford University historian’s lecture.
The Department of History and The Center forRace and Ethnicity invited Stephen Tuck, an Americanhistory professor, to speak about the relationshipbetween American civil rights activists and the U.K.Civil Rights Movement.
Tuck said Britain became heavily involved in themovement when the strategies of black power groupsand individuals in the United States, such as Americanactivist Malcolm X, eventually spread overseasbecause of their success.
“[The tactics] had an international vision and [were]concerned with unemployment, housing and dignity,” he
SEE PROTEST ON PAGE 4
BY DYLAN CECCHINICONTRIBUTING WRITER
Robert Aldridge, the founderand former director of the JohnJ. Cali School of Music atMontclair State University, wasappointed director of theDepartment of Music at MasonGross School of the Arts.
The Grammy-Award winner forbest contemporary classical com-position will begin work on July 1,with goals of improving the department.
Aldridge said it is important tosupport existing programs and help them grow andimprove, but he has some changes he wants to make,including the addition of a music technology and musicaltheater program.
Music technology, Aldridge said, is something thatneeds attention.
“Now the music industry is being totally trans-formed in that what used to happen in big, expensiverecording studios … can now be done on someone’slaptop by anyone,” he said. “To educate the modernstudent, you need to be aware about becoming confi-dent in these technologies.”
George Stauf fer, dean of Mason Gross School ofthe Arts, said via email that Aldridge’s experience inthe opera field would allow him to take charge of thedepar tment and understand the opera program’s goals.
Stauffer said the department envisions having a full-scale production and plans to have a new facility with a450-seat theater with a fly tower, wing space and set load-in area as a part of the Mason Gross Performing ArtsCenter building projects.
“Opera is the one area of classical music with anexpanding audience base. It is time for Rutgers to make itsmark on the field,” Stauffer said.
Mason Gross hiresGrammy winneras music director
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ROBERTALDRIDGE
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U. Mock Trial heads to national contestBY MARGARET MORRIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
For the first time in its seven-year history, the Rutgers UniversityMock Trial team will compete at theNational Championship Mock TrialTournament.
Mock Trial’s A Team willcompete this weekend at thecompetition in Minneapolis,where 48 teams will split intotwo brackets of 24. The team willgo through four mock trials,serving twice as the defense andprosecution, said JenniferPrzybylski, the team’s treasurer.
Przybylski, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said thereis one mock trial scenario everyyear, with a criminal case fea-tured every other year.
The team will argue a casethat centers on a group offriends who are celebrating a21st birthday, where the desig-nated driver does not properlymonitor his alcohol intake. As hedrove them home, he crashedthe car, killing one of the pas-sengers, she said.
Team members split up torepresent the prosecution, thedefense and witnesses for thetrial, Przybylski said. They oftenhave to perform more than onerole, sometimes serving on bothsides of the case.
Przybylski is both a prosecu-tion attorney and a witness forthe defense, while DahoudAskar, Mock Trial president,plays a closing attorney for thedefense and a witness for theprosecution, she said.
“Everyone’s just really setand really excited for it,”
Przybylski said “But this year,you could just tell everyone hadworked so hard.”
To get to this point, the ATeam had to make it through theOpen Round Championships inWashington, D.C., where theywon with their case and got thechance to advance to Nationals,she said.
About 675 teams participatedin regional championships, butone-third of the competingteams moved onto the OpenRound Championships,Przybylski said.
She said the team believes
they are prepared to face anyteam at the national competition.
“We’ve seen a lot of the teamseven if we haven’t faced them.We’ve gone and watched someof their trials, and we can holdour own,” Przybylski said.
The Mock Trial team beginsevery year in September. Tryoutsare held during the first or secondweek of school, she said.
The team practices everyWednesday and Sunday, forabout six hours a week,Przybylski said. All membersmeet outside of the team’sscheduled practices to go over
strategies with other team mem-bers who represent attorneysand witnesses.
Askar, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said the teamreceived help from the foundingpartners of Rebenack, Aronowand Mascolo law firms and firmmembers from GreenbaumRowe Smith and Davis LLP.
“We really do owe a great dealof thanks to the coaching and theteam’s dedication,” he said.
The Open RoundChampionships are challengingto get through because there arecertain teams who continuallymake it to Nationals, he said.
The Mock Trial team facedthe University of Maryland thisyear — a notoriously good teamthat will be competing inNationals, Askar said.
Georgetown University,another perennial team, wasknocked out in the Open RoundChampionships, he said.
The Mock Trial team is muchnewer than most teams andreceives less funding than schoolslike Georgetown and theUniversity of Virginia, Askar said.
He said the Mock Trial teamhas spent the entire year work-ing hard and preparing forthese competitions.
Gregor y Cui, Mock Trialteam member, said he is confident in the team’s abilityto bring home a trophy from Nationals.
“I feel like we’re going todominate this tournament.We’re really going to surprise everyone,” said Cui, a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore.
“This year, youcould just tell everyone had
worked so hard.” JENNIFER PRZYBYLSKI
Rutgers University Mock TrialTeam Treasurer
Shatima Jones, a doctoral candidate in the departmentof Sociology, researched racial unity in everyday lifethrough studying black communities in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jones said hair salons are places where people gossip about ever ything, according to UniversityMedia Relations.
“I have a personal relationship with my stylist — we dis-cuss serious topics and not so serious topics,” she said.
Jones looked to find whether there was a similar socialinteraction in black barbershops and set out to find if racialsolidarity exists between barbers and their customers.
“The term ‘black community’ is everywhere — pop cul-ture, media — but race alone may not always be enough tocreate community,” she said.
Through Jones’ research, she found that men in blackcommunities not only talk about politics and sports butalso question how they should present themselves.
“Getting a haircut is part of managing your front, yourphysical presentation,” Jones said. “If the men lookunkempt, they do not feel respectable at work, in thestreet, or elsewhere.”
She also found through her research that the barbersmentor and encourage younger clients to keep a cleanappearance and maintain a respectable character.
Jones, who is an ethnographer, does not speak with thecustomers or the barbers during the research. Rather, sheobserves from a distance and takes as many notes as pos-sible.
“I don’t think the barbers realized there would be threeyears of observations, but they are proud that I’m pursu-ing higher education and were also pleased someonefound them interesting enough to study,” she said.
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Omar Suleiman, scholar of Islam, gives the closing statementlast night on the College Avenue campus as a part of The Muslim Student Association’s “Islam Awareness Week.”
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a School of Ar ts andSciences senior, f i led a bias complaint with the University.
Yoon, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said TheMedium is protected by free speech.
“The Medium, as a satirepublication, is guaranteed pro-tection of speech under theconstitution of the UnitedStates,” Yoon said. “Whereasany attempt to silence freespeech on campus, no matterpersonal preference of comedyor preference is no excuse tolimit the contents of free speech.”
He went on to state that, ifpassed, the resolution woulddefine RUSA’s suppor t ofsatirical speech.
“Be it hereby resolved,[RUSA] suppor ts TheMedium’s right of free speech,and condemns any ef forts tolimit anyone’s free speech,”Yoon said.
Cordeiro said there are differ-ent rules that apply for public fig-ures than for private individuals.
“Whether or not Marcus is apublic figure is a dif ferentquestion, however,” Cordeiro said.
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Stephen Tuck, a professor at Oxford University, explains how Malcolm X’s strategies during the black power movement spread fromthe United States to the United Kingdom yesterday at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.
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Aldridge said he appreciatesthe Opera Institute at theUniversity because it is an operaprogram already in place.
“[Opera] is a money-eatingmachine,” he said. “It’s just aremarkably expensive, labor-inten-sive undertaking. ... Depending onhow much support opera gets at anymusic school, if it has an endow-ment, it’s really able to function.”
Opera in particular has beenregarded as a strictly European artform and many American com-posers seek to emulate this qualityin their work, Aldridge said.
One of Aldridge’s goals is to cre-ate an accessible opera for not onlyopera lovers but also people whohave never seen an opera, he said.
“Goal two was to write anAmerican opera,” he said. “Wewanted to do something that wasreally an American story done inan American kind of way.”
Aldridge said while mostartists his age seek to devotemore time to composing and aslittle time as possible to teachingand being administrators, hesees the combination of artisticwork and publicly giving back asa vital part of his own life.
“Composing can be verylonely, and it’s a wonderful life,and to go into a realm that’s ablank page and fill it up is a verychallenging thing to do, so I liketo combine that on a day-to-daybasis,” he said.
Pamela Gilmore, the director ofOpera at Mason Gross, saidAldridge is an experienced andskilled administrator.
“I’m absolutely thrilled. … Hehas tremendous experience with aburgeoning school,” she said ofAldridge’s recognized innovativeleadership since 2005 at Montclair.
Darryl Bott, a professor onthe committee that appointedAldridge, said he is pleasedwith this new addition toMason Gross and the depart-ment of Music.
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The Rutgers University Student Assembly votes to approve a resolution in favor of The Medium’sright to free speech last night in the Student Activities Center. The satirical column it ran last weekunder The Daily Targum columnist Aaron Marcus’ name sparked national controversy.
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said. “Black power was the tacticof Americans that most easilytravelled across the Atlantic with-out repackaging.”
Although his organization andfamily life were in shambles,Malcolm X decided to visit Oxfordrather than take a flight home in1964, a decision that allowed him toshare his strategies with a differentgroup of people, Tuck said.
“He wanted to connect withthe next generation of Africanstudents, thousands of whomstudy in the United Kingdom,”Tuck said. “He wanted to connectspecifically with black students inOxford because in 1964, therehad amazingly become a fastpoint of racial protest in politics.”
Tuck said Britain and theUnited States both encounteredsimilar obstacles during themovement, bringing them closertogether to solve the issues.
“Activists in both countriescame to see their movements ascomparable, whether they were
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or not,” Tuck said. “As a result,the two stories became deeplyentangled with each other. Theyall worked together because ofthe many levels of connection.”
Mia Bay, director of theCenter of Race and Ethnicity, saidthe event is part of a larger pro-gram that brings diverse speak-ers to the University’s students.
“It’s good to get people to hearfrom scholars who work abroad,who have a different perspectiveon African-American history andthe history of the civil rightsmovement,” she said.
Tuck said the United Kingdomdid not have to deal with many ofthe legal injustices that wereapparent in America, but said prej-udice remained a widespreadproblem in the country.
The media, he said, often com-pared the sentiments held in theUnited Kingdom to the Jim Crowlaws in the United States.
“Comparing it to Jim Crowwas by far the most powerfulargument that British couldmake,” Tuck said. “Sympathy forthe American Civil RightsMovement was extremely strong.There was a lot of money sent tothe states and a lot of support.”
But Tuck said the Civil RightsMovement also created tensionbetween the two countries, withAmerican newspapers twistingstories about British politics tomake the United States lookgood in comparison.
“It’s the most remarkablenewspaper trend I’ve ever seen,”he said. “The same editorial teamuncritically, unashamedly, was justmaking this case — and it was avery powerful case to make.”
Nancy Hewitt, a professor inthe Department of History, said itis important to see American his-tory from an international per-spective, as it shows that theUnited States is not alone in fac-ing certain issues.
“We often think of U.S. history asvery distinctive from the rest of theworld and being sort of unique,” saidHewitt, who helped organize theevent. “It’s important to recognizethere are all these connections, espe-cially with social movements.”
Similarities between the twocountries became even more preva-lent when Oxford students began toreport that landladies refused tohouse black lodgers, a mentality thatTuck said was already common inthe United States.
“The language of racism wasuncannily similar,” Tuck said.“When I was reading letters bylandladies justifying their posi-tion, I felt I might as well be read-ing letters from folks in ruralGeorgia from archives I saw.”
Tuck said the British role in theCivil Rights Movement has onlybecome recognized recently, despiteits long history with the issue.
“The connection between theUnited States and the UnitedKingdom has been overlookedbecause the story of black Britainis so little known,” he said. “Thereason why there is a legion ofBritish historians in the racestory is because, until veryrecently, people didn’t know therewas a race story.”
Laura Mingers, a graduate stu-dent in the Department ofWomen’s and Gender Studies,said she believes a major problemhas been the education in Britainregarding the subject.
“I know nothing about the his-tory,” said Mingers, who is origi-nally from the United Kingdom.“What he was saying about stu-dents not being taught BlackEnglish history was very trueand very disappointing.”
Joseph Cashin, RUSA corre-sponding secretary, proposedan amendment to the resolu-tion that RUSA did not endorseThe Medium’s article despitesuppor ting their right to free speech.
“I think we have all our basescovered,” said Cashin, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore.“We need to focus on the FirstAmendment, however we need tomake it clear that we do notendorse the article, ‘What aboutthe good things Hitler did?’”
The assembly then held a cau-cus to vote on the resolution —some members wanted to passthe bill on the auspices of freespeech while others wanted totable it until the University’s defi-nition of libel could be procured.
After the debate, the assemblypassed the resolution with a vastmajority, with only three mem-bers voting against it.
Aamir Lalani, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore thenintroduced the second resolutionfor RUSA to cosponsor DeltaKappa Epsilon’s benefit for theSpecial Olympics.
Lalani said he wanted thepublic relations committee touse its ability to network andraise awareness for the eventbut was not seeking to gainfunding from RUSA.There wasno debate on this resolution, andthe assembly agreed unanimous-ly that RUSA would co-sponsorthe event.
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Student Life kicks off first ‘Geek Week’ Nick Offerman, bet-ter known as RonSwanson from “Parksand Recreation,”
comes to the Rutgers StudentCenter multipurpose room for anight of comedy. Student tick-ets are $15, and faculty andguest tickets are $25. TheRutgers UniversityProgramming Association issponsoring the event.
Oxfam Rutgers pres-ents “Oxfest: Battleof the Bands” at 7:30p.m. at the Cook
Campus Center multipurposeroom. Performers includeMagic Thrust, the Nymphos,Anchorline and Area IVI.Tickets are $6 in advance, $8at the door to help relieveglobal poverty.
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Cobra Starship, BreatheCarolina and the Ready Setwill perform at the StateTheatre at 8 p.m. as theRutgers UniversityProgramming Association’sfinal concert of the year.Tickets range from $15-$45for students and $25-$55 forfaculty, staff and guests.Tickets can be purchased atthe State Theatre websitestarting April 2.
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Joanna Circillo, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, left, and Henah Parikh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior view a posterboarddisplaying information about the Alternative Break trip to Washington, D.C. The event last night was to showcase the various trips taken.
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University Student Life willkick off the first ever “GeekWeek” tonight with NickOfferman from NBC’s “Parks andRecreation” performing stand-upas Ron Swanson at the RutgersStudent Center on the CollegeAvenue campus.
The week will center on differ-ent themes of “geek culture” andpresent a series of events such aspanels, concerts and gamesthroughout the week, said AdamHelgeson, incoming president ofthe Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association. Thecelebration is scheduled to lastuntil April 21.
“The week is a bit like a‘Comic Con’ for Rutgers,” saidHelgeson, a School of Arts ofSciences junior.
Brian MacDonald, director ofNew Student and FamilyPrograms, said he got the idea forhosting the weeklong series atthe University after seeing it donesuccessfully on other campuses.
“Basically, the premise behindit is that there are college stu-dents who identify with this geekor nerd identity,” MacDonaldsaid. “I proposed that since therewere all these campuses doingsmall ones, we at Rutgers coulddo a big one.”
“Geek Week” will continueSaturday with a concert featuringAmoroso, DJ Cutman and MCChris on Saturday, he said.
The musical artists werespecifically chosen to cater to thethemes of “Geek Week,”MacDonald said.
“DJ Cutman’s surname is ‘TheVideo Game DJ,’” he said. “MCChris is primarily a rapper, but hedoes a lot of cartoon voices andhas been featured on things likeAdult Swim, so he has been onthat scene for a while. His musicis about the people who are com-ing to ‘Geek Week.’”
The culminating eventplanned for the week is a cos-tume dance party held at theDouglass Campus Center onApril 20. Prizes and food will beavailable for those who attend,MacDonald said.
Other “Geek Week” eventsinclude a giant chess competitionon Monday, a RUPA hotdog dayWednesday and a “MurderMystery” show Thursday,Helgeson said.
“These are programs that aremostly free that no one shouldmiss,” Helgeson said. “Howoften do you get to see a guy in acomplete Nick Fury costume,actual Storm Troopers workingat an event or a culmination ofStar Craft players challengingeach other?”
RUPA hosted a similar “geekculture” event last fall focusing onMax Brooks, writer of “TheZombie Survival Guide.”
MacDonald said the program,which brought in about 550 stu-dents, impressed him and ElyseWashington, program coordina-tor for Student Life.
“[RUPA] completely filled upthe room, so that led me tobelieve that this sort of thingwould be something we coulddo,” MacDonald said.
He said there is enough peo-ple on campus that support thethemes involved in “Geek Week”to make it successful.
“There are just a lot of peoplewho are really into this stuffwhether it is fandom or some ofthese musical acts,” he said. “Ithink it’s a population that hasn’tbeen seen as a sub-population. It’s apopulation we really haven’t tappedin terms of student programming.”
Other organizations are col-laborating with Student Life tomake “Geek Week” happen.
“People from Student Lifealong with student organizationslike the Star Craft organization,the video game organization andChess Club all kind of came upwith ideas so we could havethings to do every day thatinvolved geek culture,” he said.
Despite the leisurely environ-ment, MacDonald said “Geek
Week” wants to provide eventsthat are intellectually stimulating.
“All these people reallystarted to respond and we start-ed getting interesting ideasfrom other outside groups,” hesaid. “There’s a series of womenthat are doing this ‘Nerd GirlPanel’ and it’s about womenwho are in fields that are seenas either nerdy or male domi-nated.”
Washington hopes theevents are able to spotlight a subculture on campus is often unappreciated.
“The biggest thing we hopestudents take away is that geekculture is something to embrace,not something to put down,” shesaid. “ It isn’t uncool to be a nerd,and it is a cool way for people tofind themselves, have a good timeand be entertained.”
Yet while “Geek Week” ismainly targeted toward fans of“geek culture,” MacDonald saidall types of students at theUniversity can still appreciatethe events.
“I think we all are geeks aboutsomething. I think we all are real-ly passionate about something, sowhat this week really representsis passion,” he said. “So, if you arepassionate about something, ifyou can nerd out about it, if youcan geek out about it, then thereis a space for it on ‘Geek Week.’”
The Arab CulturalClub presents thefourth annual Arab-American Street
Fest at noon on Bishop Beachon the College Avenue cam-pus, across from Au Bon Painand next to BrowerCommons. The free eventincludes food, games, prizesand performances.
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the ‘Real Housewives’ and, godforbid, the ‘Jersey Shore,’”Christie said.
After realizing the statewould be unable to coveremployee paychecks in 2010,Christie said he and Lt. Gov.Kim Guadagno went throughthe budget, reducing fundingin all government sectors.
Christie said his decision toreduce funding shows that thegovernment has to learn to say noto make the state stronger.
After two years of tough choic-es that have been difficult on fam-ilies, the benefits are now appar-ent, Christie said.
“We’re better and we’re goingto be a heck of a lot better if wekeep making the right choices,”Christie said.
One resident asked howChristie operates as aRepublican governor with aDemocratic legislature.
Despite the public displaysof anger and name calling
between his of fice and thedemocratic legislature duringthe past two years, both politi-cal parties figured out how toget things done while workingtogether, Christie said.
New Jersey is showing amodel of bipartisanship that con-trasts with the political gridlockthat is found in Washington D.C.,Christie said. He believes thestate exemplifies how politicianscan accomplish things instead ofposturing for votes.
“People are star ving forleaders who do what they say,”he said.
Among these cuts was an$800 million reduction of edu-cation funds during his firstyear in of fice, Christie said.
But now Christie wants toincrease state education aid by$213 million in his 2013 budget.
Christie said he is notagainst the public schools orteachers and insisted that the problem was the teachers’ union.
N.J. teachers pay $130 mil-lion in mandatory dues to theteachers’ union annually, butthe union does not spend themoney on health care, pensionfunds or teacher improvementslike private unions do, Christie said.
“Everyone should have agood teacher, and teachersdeserve a union as good asthey are,” Christie said,responding to a SouthPlainfield resident’s question.
Christie said teaching is animportant art, but unions pro-tect inef fective teachers andinsult parents by saying theydo not know whether teachersare ef fective, citing the Newarkschool district, where hebelieves poorly rated teachersare paid to do nothing.
While much of the speechwas focused on spending cuts,Christie said he did increase funding for the developmentally disabled.
“New Jersey institutional-izes more people than anyother state except Texas,”Christie said.
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Speaking to a crowd of about450 people in South Plainfield,Gov. Chris Christie shared hisviews on spending cuts, politicalcompromise and what he callsthe New Jersey Comeback.
Christie said the economicsituation in the state improvedsince the last time he visitedSouth Plainfield in 2009, whenunemployment was more than10 percent and property taxeshad increased 115 times in thelast 10 years.
Christie, who said he was notvoted into office for his charmand good looks, faced a difficultdecision two years ago when hecut the state budget, but he saidit paid off.
“I’m trying to protect youfrom the fact that the govern-ment is wasting your money,”Christie said.
Christie compared citizens toa money tree, and said politiciansliked to pick money for state pro-grams right out of their pockets.The best way to get money fromthe government, he said, is not tosend it to them in the first place.
Before he took office, Christiesaid state property taxes were up70 percent, and private business-es were leaving New Jersey totake advantage of the lower taxesin other states.
Now Christie believes peopleare beginning to realize that thestate has experienced a steadyrate of improvement.
“We were getting a lot ofmedia attention from ‘TheColbert Report,’ ‘Jon Stewart,’
Since Gov. Christie took office in 2009 he has made a series of spending cuts, including $800 millionfrom education funding. He now plans to increase state education aid by $213 million in 2013.
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PYONGYANG, North Korea —North Korea fired a long-rangerocket early today, South Koreanand U.S. officials said, defying inter-national warnings against movingforward with a launch widely seenas a provocation.
Days after threatening to do so,they launched the rocket at 7:39a.m. from the west coast launchpad in the hamlet of Tongchang-ri,South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffin Seoul said, citing South Koreanand U.S. intelligence.
North Korea acknowledged inan announcement broadcast onstate TV that the satellite launchedhours earlier from the west coastfailed to enter into orbit. The U.S.and South Korea also declared thelaunch a failure.
"Scientists, technicians andexperts are now looking into thecause of the failure," KCNA said.
U.S. and South Korean offi-cials said hours earlier that therocket splintered into piecesabout a minute after liftof f overthe Yellow Sea, calling it a
North Korea launches long-range rocket, officials confirm failure
UNITED NATIONS — International envoy Kofi Annan told the U.N.Security Council yesterday he was “encouraged” at the start of a fragile cease-fire in Syria but said the government failed to keep its pledge to withdrawtroops and heavy weapons from cities and towns.
U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, the current council president, said Annanurged council members to demand that Syrian President Bashar Assad orderhis troops back to barracks.
She quoted Annan as saying in his video briefing to the council that “troopsand heavy weapons remain in population centers.”
Annan asked the Security Council to quickly authorize the deployment ofan advance U.N. team to monitor the cease-fire, ahead of the deployment of
a larger monitoring mission. South Africa’s U.N. Ambassador Baso Sangqusaid discussions on the text of a U.N. resolution authorizing the deploymentwould begin yesterday afternoon, and diplomats said it could be adopted asearly as today.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned that a single gunshot couldderail the fragile peace that started at 6 a.m. Damascus time. He urged bothsides to refrain from provocation.
“It may be broken any time,” Ban said. “If and when there is another gun-shot, even a small gunshot may give both sides the pretext to engage in anoth-er fighting. This is very worrisome.”
— The Associated Press
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provocative failed test of mis-sile technology.
“We have confirmed that a cer-tain flying object has been launchedand fell after flying for just over aminute,” Tanaka said. He did not saywhat exactly was launched.
He said there was no impact onJapanese territory from the launch.
In Pyongyang, there was noword about a launch, and state tel-evision was broadcasting videofor popular folk tunes. NorthKorean officials said they wouldmake an announcement about thelaunch “soon.”
North Korea had earlierannounced it would send a three-stage rocket mounted with asatellite as part of celebrationshonoring national founder Kim IlSung, whose 100th birthday isbeing celebrated Sunday.
Space officials say the rocketis meant to send a satellite intoorbit to study crops and weatherpatterns — its third bid to launcha satellite since 1998.
The United States, Britain,Japan and others, however, havecalled such a launch a violation of
U.N. resolutions prohibitingNorth Korea from nuclear andballistic missile activity.
Secretary of State HillaryClinton has warned that thelaunch would be a direct threat toregional security and said theUnited States would pursue“appropriate action” at the U.N.Security Council if North Koreagoes ahead with it.
According to projections, thefirst stage of the rocket was to fallinto the ocean off the westerncoast of South Korea, while a sec-ond stage would fall into watersoff the eastern coast of thePhilippine island of Luzon.
North Korean space officialshave dismissed assertions that thelaunch is a cover for developingmissile technology as “nonsense.”
Poor weather made a launchbefore today unlikely, Philippinedisaster management agencychief Benito Ramos said, citing anassessment he received from thePhilippine military, which isbeing briefed by U.S. and Japancounterparts. Wind in particularcan scuttle rocket launches.
The United States, Japan,Britain and others say thelaunch would be a provocationand would violate U.N. SecurityCouncil resolutions banningNorth Korea from developing itsnuclear and missile programs.Experts say the Unha-3 carrieris similar to the type of rocketthat could be used to fire a mis-sile mounted with a nuclear war-head to strike the United Statesor other targets.
“A launch is a serious act ofprovocation that would af fectpeace and stability in theregion that includes our coun-try,” Prime Minister YoshihikoNoda said, reading the resolu-tion adopted unanimously atthe lower house. “We stronglyurge Nor th Korea to use self-restraint and not to carryout a launch.”
South Korea’s DefenseMinistry said it was prepared toshoot down any rocket that straysinto its territory.
North Korea denies that thelaunch was anything but a peacefulcivilian bid to send a satellite intospace. The Kwangmyongsong-3satellite is designed to send backimages and data that will be usedfor weather forecasts and agricul-tural surveys.
Pyongyang made two previousattempts to launch a satellite, in1998 and 2009, but the UnitedStates and other outsideobservers say there is no evi-dence that either reached orbit.North Korea also is elevating KimJong Un, who has been firmly inpower since his father, Kim JongIl, died in December.
He was named first secretaryof the ruling Workers’ Party at aconference Wednesday, a newtop title that allowed the party to grant Kim Jong Il theposthumous title of “eternalgeneral secretary.”
Though he already is con-sidered supreme commanderof the armed forces, Kim isexpected to gain other newtitles formalizing his positionas “supreme leader.”
Medical School from theUniversity of Medicine andDentistry of New Jersey.Barchi, with his strong med-ical background, seems likethe perfect choice to over-see the successful integra-tion of a medical school intothe University. Indeed,Barchi has received high
praise from his former coworkers at ThomasJefferson University for leaving that school in a farbetter position than he had found it. In fact, Barchi’srecord at Thomas Jefferson certainly seems to bodewell for his ability as an administrator in general.During his eight years there, he managed toincrease enrollment by more than 50 percent, aswell as double annual fundraising to about $40 mil-lion. In such economically troubled times as these,and especially with the diminishing funding from
the state — and no signs of thetrend reversing any time soon —having a president who has provenhimself capable at finding alterna-tive revenue streams will proveinvaluable. In fact, at theWednesday BOG meeting, Barchioutlined how he believes the cur-rent business model of public high-er-education institutions hasproven unsustainable, and that anew paradigm — which he called a“public-private hybrid” — was his
vision going forward. Again, there were not manyspecifics, but given Barchi’s proven track record asa fundraiser, I for one am certainly interested tohear what he has in mind.
I strongly encourage you to watch Barchi’s state-ment at the BOG meeting, which can be viewedonline at presidentialsearch.rutgers.edu. However,before you do, I wish to point out two more pointsthat I believe are cause for optimism — Barchi’sapparent emphasis on both faculty and undergradu-ates. As a matter of fact, Barchi is not only theUniversity’s new president, but he will also join ourcommunity as a tenured faculty member. Barchi said,“As a faculty member, I will not forget the critical roleplayed by the community of scholars in the sharedgovernance of this university.” This is encouraging tohear, especially after the previous administration,which at times could seem less than sympathetictoward the faculty, despite McCormick’s roots as afaculty member. When, in addition to this, Barchideclared that under his leadership, the University
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“How often do you get to see a guy in a complete Nick Fury costume, actual Storm Troopers working at an event, or a culmination of StarCraft players challenging each other?”
Adam Helgeson, president of the Rutgers University Programming Association,on the University’s first ever “Geek Week”
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T he University foundits new president.
As many of you may beaware, University PresidentRichard L. McCormick, whohas served as the presidentof this University since2002, will step down afterthis year. To fill his position,the Board of Governors has named Robert L.Barchi as the University’s 20th president. Barchi,who will take office on Sept. 1, has a Ph.D. and anM.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Beforebeing nominated by the search committee, Barchi’sprevious administrative experience included a stintas provost at his alma mater from 1999 to 2004, aswell as a highly successful tenure as president ofThomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Barchi faces a less-than-enviable situation fromthe get-go. He certainly has theunfortunate position of beingdropped straight into the middle ofa battle with Gov. Chris Christieover the proposed takeover of theRutgers-Camden campus by RowanUniversity. Barchi so far hasrefrained from officially stating hisposition on the proposed merger,though he appeared to go out of hisway on Wednesday to indicate in aspeech before the Board ofGovernors that he considersRutgers-Camden as much a part of Rutgers as theNew Brunswick campus. That said, he then quali-fied the statement by adding, “I’m not taking a polit-ical position here. I’m stating a fact. … We are a sin-gle university. Our three campuses all contribute towhat makes this institution great.” Such ambiguitycould be excused, perhaps, as political sensitivity.After all, Barchi hasn’t even assumed office yet. Orperhaps Barchi is hoping to not have to deal withthis issue at all, that the merger will have eithergone through or been killed by the time he takesoffice. Keep in mind that Christie has set a deadlineof July 1 for the merger, so the landscape on thatday could answer the question with finality. Still, Imust admit that I am somewhat disappointed by thelack of a strong stance right out of the gate regard-ing a matter of such monumental importance to thefuture of this institution.
Despite the lukewarm non-statement regardingthe Camden issue, I see several reasons to be excit-ed about Barchi’s appointment. For instance, con-sider the other merger the University has on itsplate — the integration of Robert Wood Johnson
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“Given Barchi’s proventrack record as
a fundraiser, I for one am certainly
interested to hearwhat he has in mind.”
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Week in review:laurels and darts
I t’s not often that we praise a Republican — or, at least the currentRepublican primary race candidates — for their actions in thepublic spotlight. But we just can’t help calling out our man Rick
Santorum this week for making possibly the most admirable decisionout of all the candidates to date — dropping out of the GOP raceentirely. Santorum announced Tuesday that he will be discontinuinghis campaign. We can’t say we didn’t see it coming — someone whovows to ban pornography and strip women and gays of their rightscouldn’t have made it too far — but we sure are glad to see him gone.We laurel Santorum for making a choice that’s, ironically, probablybest not only for himself, but for the welfare of the entire country.Good riddance.
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In a surprising move, the Miss Universe pageant announced thisweek that it will allow transgender women to participate in nextyear’s beauty pageant. The decision comes after the organizationallowed Jenna Talackova, a Vancouver resident who underwent a sexchange four years ago, to compete this year in the pageant. Thepageant’s organizers originally disqualified Talackova on thegrounds that she was not “naturally born” a woman. We’re glad to seethis sort of discrimination dropped, and we laurel the Miss Universepageant for changing their minds on the issue. Talackova, who iden-tifies as a woman in the same way any other female does, has everyright to participate in this pageant.
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Gov. Chris Christie often boasts about seeing Bruce Springsteen,New Jersey’s own rock ‘n’ roll poster child, over 100 times. While, byanyone’s standard, this sort of dedication to the Garden State artistis pretty impressive, apparently it doesn’t keep Christie from dozingoff at his concerts. According to NYPost.com, the governor mighthave fallen asleep during one of Springsteen’s songs, “RockyGround,” off his new album Monday night at Madison SquareGarden. Christie better have a good excuse for this one. How can youfall asleep while listening to “The Boss?” We dart Christie for hispoor manners during Springsteen’s performance.
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A Florida special prosecutor has filed a second-degree murdercharge against George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volun-teer who on Feb. 26 shot and killed Stanford, Fla., teen TrayvonMartin. The charge comes after an intensive investigation, andAngela Corey, the prosecutor, has said investigators “did not come to[the] decision lightly. We do not prosecute by public pressure or bypetition.” While we’re hesitant to endorse such charges until all factsare heard, we laurel the decision to take legal action against thecase. Hopefully, the case will result in a better understanding of theincident, and — if needed — bring justice to Martin’s death.
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Most of us think of social networking platforms as a bottomlesspit — an information dump into which we pour names, numbers,email addresses and status updates all for the sake of online friend-ship. However, Facebook users have learned that this informationcan indeed be recovered — and Facebook is making it more andmore accessible. The company announced yesterday that users willnow be able to download “an expanded archive of your Facebookaccount history.” The company first made the “Download YourInformation” feature available in 2010, allowing users to requestcopies of materials they’ve shared on the site. We laurel Facebookfor making this information more accessible and recoverable.
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B esides having read thearticles stating thatUniversity President
Richard L. McCormick would bestepping down from the presi-dency, I admit I have not paidmuch attention to the presiden-tial search. I trusted that those incharge would find a suitable can-didate to take the reins — and as
U. presidential choice disappointsEVELYN LITWINOFFLetter
I write to The Daily Targumto point out comments thatcolumnist Aaron Marcus
made in an interview to theonline publication, The Blaze.
On the University’s historywith Jewish students: “Rutgershas perpetually done nothing toprotect Jewish students.”
On bias toward studentgroups: “If these types of thingshappened to other students oncampus they would be takencare of immediately, but whenthey happen to Jewish studentsand particularly pro-Israeli stu-dents — they are ignored.”
On University policy on anti-Semitism: It is “made permissibleto be anti-Semitic on campus.”
On diversity: The Universityis “only diverse if it’s not Jews.”
Do not punish for others’ lack of humorSIMON GALPERINLetter
would recommit to undergradu-ate education as the most impor-tant aspect of what the Universitydoes, I must admit it was hard tokeep from smiling.
Colleagues have describedBarchi as a “visionary leader,” a“game-changer,” a “powerhouse”and as possessing “a global pres-ence.” The superlatives abound.Given that his appointment wasannounced only a few days ago, itis important to keep in mind thatmuch of this excitement could befueled by hype. The challengesfacing the University in the com-ing years are certainly massive,and surmounting them will provea Herculean task. It will takemore than outstanding testimoni-als from former colleagues to facewhat Barchi will face starting onSept. 1. Still, Barchi’s impressiverecord bodes well for him, andhis power as a fundraiser will cer-tainly prove useful. And despitethe trials he has waiting for him,he sounded confident — eveneager — to begin, in his speechbefore the BOG. When askedhow long he intends to stay in hisnew position at the University,Barchi coolly responded, “I’m nothere to hit and run. I am an aca-demic problem solver. I am some-one who enjoys challenges. Idon’t maintain the status quo.”
To Barchi, I say welcomeaboard.
Sam Berman is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore. Hiscolumn, “Community Matters,”runs on alternate Fridays.
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a recent Rutgers alumna, Ishould have known better.
The University has such arich history and is so steeped intradition that I would assume thecommittee would have lookedwithin to appoint someone. Butthe newly appointed president,Robert L. Barchi, has no previ-ous connection to the University,and therefore I assume he doesnot know the history, traditionsand legends associated with my
alma mater. How will we beassured that he will keep theUniversity’s best interests inmind if he himself has no emo-tional attachment to the school?We need someone who is entire-ly committed to the essence ofthe University to defend it frombudget cuts and looming merg-ers. We need someone with acomprehensive knowledge of theUniversity’s history who willfight to keep its traditions alive.
I am extremely disappointedby this choice. And although Ido not believe my opinion willchange much, especially since Iam a poor graduate studentlacking the influence (akamoney) to make a difference, Ihope that my beliefs resonatewith someone who can make a change.
Evelyn Litwinof f is a Class of2011 University alumna.
These are all statementsmade by a student who attendsa university that has nineJewish student organizationsand a Jewish Studies major.
Rutgers Hillel and ChabadJewish Student Organizationeach have a large building onthe College Avenue campus.
Rosh Hashanah services areheld in the Rutgers Student Centeron the College Avenue campus.On holidays, my fellow Jews can befound freely and unabashedlydancing in the streets.
Mr. Marcus receives anduses the oppor tunity toespouse staunchly pro-Israelviews in his column in theUniversity student newspaper.Some would consider his viewsanti-Arab or anti-Muslim.
Yet he maintains that it ishard to be the kind of Jew heseeks to be on campus.
With that, I must say that it isrevolting that Mr. Marcus is theface of Judaism at the University— a place where diversity isn’tan old wooden ship but a pillarof our education.
Mr. Marcus’s suggestion thatThe Daily Medium column was“meant to promote anti-Semitism on his behalf” is justthat — a suggestion. There is noanti-Semitism espoused in thewriting. Poking fun at Mr.Marcus does not automaticallymake one an anti-Semite, andmaking fun of the Holocaustmay be tasteless, but Jewsweren’t the only targets of AdolfHitler’s hatred.
Furthermore, who is Mr.Marcus to be such a seriousperson that we, the student pop-ulation, have no right to parodyor mock him? How dare heimmediately apply the label of
anti-Semite on a satirist thathurt his feelings?
It is unfortunate that Mr.Marcus’s self-importance findsits way to the headlines of TheTargum and media organiza-tions outside of University life.
As a University student, Iask University PresidentRichard L. McCormick to notpunish The Medium for others’lack of a sense of humor.
As a Jew, I ask AaronMarcus to save his allegationsof anti-Semitism for when wemight actually need it. If you’realways crying wolf, one day, ifthe wolf comes, no one will lis-ten to your cries.
Simon Galperin is a School ofArts and Sciences junior major-ing in political science and jour-nalism and media studies with aminor in cultural anthropology.
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ball doesn’t bounce your way oncertain days.”
Despite the Mountaineers’(14-20, 3-6) spotty defensiveinning against Villanova, they donot commit many errors. Theirtotal of 36 ties for the second low-est in the Big East.
The Knights are more likely toexploit West Virginia’s pitching. TheMountaineers’ 6.73 ERA is the worstin the Big East —1.66 more thanGeorgetown, the second worst.
The Rutgers offense entersthe series with momentum afterscoring 25 runs in the past twogames. Hill emphasized to theteam that it needed to get hits atthe right times.
“We’ve been doing some goodwork in situational hitting andmoving runners,” Hill said.
Junior third baseman PatKivlehan, who leads Rutgers withfive RBI in the past two games, isamong those hitting well withrunners in scoring position.
In his rookie season, Kivlehanfaces each opponent for the firsttime. West Virginia’s unfamiliari-ty could be to his favor.
“It might be an advantage thatthey don’t know me,” Kivlehansaid. “Honestly, I don’t know any-thing about them.”
Kivlehan and the other rookiesare the only Knights who have notfaced West Virginia, but the restof Rutgers still plays the serieswith a blank slate. The strugglingrotation and the 17-run inning donot matter to them.
“I don’t care what WestVirginia [did],” Hill said.
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Holzberg was pleased with theway the team performed.
“It was really good,” Holzbergsaid on doubles play. “Down theline, we were aggressive andmixed it up a lot, so it was good.”
Petrini and Sher continued tobattle in No. 1 singles action.Sher came out fast, but the soph-omore fought back on a series ofhard overhand shots that forceda tiebreaker. Petrini’s comebackfell short, as Sher secured thewin, 10-6, in the tiebreaker.
Nos. 2, 3 and 4 singles playsecured the win for Rutgers. Balasaand Ivey won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, and, 6-3, 6-0, respectively, whileHolzberg defeated Portela, 7-6, 6-2.
Rutgers’ freshmen split theirsingle matches, with Balsamodefeating Madison Shoemaker, 6-7, 6-0, 10-3, and Judeh losing inNo. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-1.
The focus now is this week-end, when Rutgers hosts back-to-back games against Big Eastcompetition. Pittsburgh arrivesin Piscataway tomorrow beforeWest Virginia on Sunday servesas the Knights’ last match of theregular season.
And with the Big EastTournament beginning nextThursday, sweeping this weekendonly helps Rutgers as it tries toimprove upon last year’s second-round exit in the tournament.
“They are big matches, beingthey are for seeding in the BigEast Tournament,” Tyler said.“We need these wins, and our[players] will be hungry for it andreally focused.”
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Freshman left fielder Chandler Howard picked up two big hits for the Knights on Wednesdayagainst Notre Dame. She hit a solo home run in the sixth inning and a game-winning double.
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they left Louisville last weekendwithout a win.
In the final game of a three-gameset with the Cardinals, Rutgers hada base runner in every inning, butcould only push across two runs.
That was not a problemagainst the Irish.
“Our kids stuck with it,” Nelsonsaid. “We had clutch hitting, whichwe had been struggling with.”
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Although the Knights have arecord that is four games below.500, they manage to compete withthe majority the teams they face.
In its last four games againstranked opponents, Rutgers hasthree one-run losses and one bytwo runs.
“We have a great group ofplayers, and we know we canwin,” said freshman left fielderChandler Howard. “It may nothappen every time, but we knowwe can compete with the best andwe know we’re going to win.”
Villanova (25-14, 0-8) is stillwinless in conference play.
But to Howard, records do not matter.
“I just know we have to comeout with the same mindset, that weneed to do what we need to do towin,” she said.
If the freshmen keep up thesupport they showed in Game 2against the Irish, Rutgers will be ingood shape against the Wildcats.
“Hopefully it builds a lot ofmomentum and we can just takeit and start getting on a winningstreak,” said freshman first base-man Ashley Alden. “That’s whatwe need to get into the Big EastTournament.”
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Golf teamsprepare forroad tests
BY AARON FARRARCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s and women’sgolf teams return to action tomor-row and Sunday, competing in their
respectivematches. It
is the first time the Scarlet Knightsplay at the same time since March16, their season debut.
The men’s team plays at thePrinceton Invitational in Princeton,N.J. The Knights compete in famil-iar territory, the closest place tohome they have played all season.
Head coach Rob Shuttebelieves being able to play nearRutgers can benefit the team, butit can also be dangerous.
“We try to take advantage ofplaying near home,” Shutte said.“The Princeton course is veryshort and narrow. The structuregives us more opportunities touse short irons and greens in thismatch. But we cannot let theshort course distract us fromcompeting at a high level.”
The Knights have not played instable conditions so far this sea-son. Their game had to change atevery match because they had tocater to whatever conditions theyfaced at that match, including rain,cold and heavy winds.
Rutgers participates in itshome state before traveling toOrlando for the end of the sea-son. The golfers believe playingin a familiar environment willbuild their confidence.
“This match will be comparableto home,” said junior John Fagan.“This has been a crucial week inpractice for us. We played well inPrinceton last year and had a cou-ple of good rounds. Coach stressedplaying with confidence, and play-ing near home will help us.”
During the course of the season,Shutte stressed the importance ofimprovement to the Knights. Hewanted to see the golfers con-sciously making an effort to get bet-ter day in and day out.
“Every tournament is impor-tant to us,” Shutte said. “I likehow we are getting better everyweek and keeping a positive out-look on the season. I see that theguys are approaching the peak oftheir talent.”
The Knights finished in 11thand 10th place at their last twoevents, respectively. They want tofinish strong and give a full effortin their final two matches.
“We have become very com-petitive during the season,” Fagansaid. “But honestly, patience is keyfor us. We need to settle down andlet our game come to us instead offorcing it. I want us to play welland make some noise at the [BigEast] Championships to close outthe year.”
If Rutgers does its job, Shuttewill be pleased with whatever theoutcome is.
“At the end of the day, we rep-resent Rutgers University,” hesaid. “When we play our last hole,teams won’t remember how weshoot, but how we act.”
The women’s team competesat the Columbia Roar-EEInvitational in Suffern, N.Y, theKnights’ first appearance on thecourse in nearly a month.
Both teams travel to Orlando atthe end of the month for the BigEast Championships, the Knights’season finale.
GOLF
BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
Entering his first season ashead coach of the Rutgers men’slacrosse team, Brian Brecht knewhis one goal was to make the BigEast Tournament.
To do that, the Scarlet Knightsn e e d e dt h r e eBig Eastwins.
So farthis sea-son, four
conference games came andwent, with the Knights picking uplosses in all of them exceptagainst bottom-of-the-divisionProvidence. With only two confer-ence games left in the season,Rutgers must win both for Brechtto achieve his goal of making tothe postseason.
First up is a date tomorrowwith No.13 Syracuse in theESPNU Warrior Classic.
“We have Syracuse as part ofthe ESPNU Warrior Classic, andthen we have Georgetown. Thoseare the only two league teams wehave left,” Brecht said. “To bepart of the Big East Tournamentthe top four teams go, and at theend of the year we have to be 3-3,and right now we are 1-3. Eachgame is a playoff game.”
Even without the added pressureof winning both games, the homestretch toward the end of the seasonis not easy for the Knights. TheWarrior Classic against Syracusemarks the third straight game forRutgers against a top-15 program.
The first, No.13 Villanova,resulted in yet another Knightsloss in the Big East after aRutgers comeback attempt late inthe game fell short.
The Knights’ next stop — abreak from conference play againstrival No.15 Princeton — was any-thing but the rest from the Big Eastthat Rutgers needed. The Tigershanded Rutgers its most lopsidedloss of the season, 13-4. The four-goal output was the lowest of theseason so far for the Knights.
After both losses, the Knightslimp into the neutral site ofAmerican Legion MemorialStadium in Charlotte, N.C., hopingto regain some kind of momentumagainst Syracuse.
“We had the 13th-rankedteam in the country in Villanova,the 11th-ranked team in thecountry with Princeton and thenSyracuse,” Brecht said. “We allknow how talented Syracuse isand the tradition that they have.We have three top-15 teamswithin a seven-day period. Thatis a lot for any program. We are
certainly going to have ourhands full.”
Although the Knights have morethan enough experience against top-ranked opponents this season,Brecht has realistic expectations forthe squad. While the team is in themiddle of a transition year, Brechtknows it is not going to dominatethe top teams in the country.
Brecht and the rest of theKnights know if they are going tomake it into the Big EastTournament after the last twoconference games of the season,they have to earn it.
“Being in the Big East wherewe are right now as a program andwith the teams that are on ourschedule, every game is going tobe a battle,” Brecht said. “Everyteam we play is going to be a bit ofa reach. We are not going to go outthere rolling out the balls or run-ning by people. We have to work.”
SYRACUSE VS.RUTGERS,TOMORROW
MEN’S LACROSSE
Senior attackman Kevin Hover chases down a loose ball March 3 against Lafayette. Hover and the Knights offense take on atall task tomorrow in No. 13 Syracuse at a neutral site as part of the ESPNU Warrior Classic.
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Knights seek vital conference victories
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BY BEN CAINSTAFF WRITER
Not much has stoppedCorey Crawford in his domi-nance of the long jump this sea-
son. Butthe red-s h i r tf r e s h -man ont h eRutgers
men’s track and field teamfaces one of his toughest chal-lenges at the MetropolitanChampionships today andtomorrow at Rutgers’ BauerTrack and Field Complex.
Crawford, the reigningMetropolitan champion in thelong jump, attempts to defendhis crown as he welcomes afamiliar rival in ManhattanCollege’s Albert Johnson.
The two have locked up for a pair of close battles thisseason, with Crawford edging out the senior on both occasions.
The first was at the indoorMetropolitan Championships onJanuary 27, when Crawford’s7.59-meter jump beat outJohnson’s mark of 7.48 meters.The second was in competition atthe IC4A Championships, whereCrawford escaped by a slimmermargin of .04 meters.
The two are also neck-and-neck on the national leaderboard,as Johnson’s mark of 7.62 metersplaces him 12th, one spot aheadof Crawford’s 7.61.
“It’s definitely somethingthat I’m looking forward to,”Crawford said. “Especiallybecause at the end of indoor atIC4As, he was there pushingme, [and] I was there pushinghim. So I think it’s always goodto have someone pushing youto your limit because I jumpbetter, and I know that hejumps better. He’s definitelysomeone that I respect, but Ialso want to beat him at thesame time.”
The freshman looks to exploithis home field advantage, which
can collect a lot of wind becauseof its positioning between theLouis Brown Athletic Center anda number of trees. The ScarletKnights practice there nearly
four times a week during theoutdoor season.
“I kind of have a feel for thewind and how it blows, andthat’s kind of important in thelong jump,” Crawford said. “It’sdefinitely an advantage. I feel comfor table. It’s almostjust like practice. So I’m
definitely going to be in a comfort zone.”
The Knights also want touphold their advantage in thesprint events, which they domi-nated at the indoorMetropolitan Championships.The team took the top-threespots in the 200-meter dash,while taking two of the topthree in the 400-meter, as well.
“We’re starting to hit a goodstride,” said senior sprinterSteve Werner. “The first twoweeks of the [outdoor] seasonwere kind of a little slow, a littleletdown. But we’re starting topick it back up again, and Ithink definitely as far as the200 goes, we’re feeling good.”
Werner will not run the 400-meter hurdles after competingin it last week for the first time since high school. TheNewtown Square, Pa., nativequalified for the Big EastChampionships in the event, but has not yet decidedif he will run it at the confer-ence championships.
Werner has qualified in fourindividual events — the most onthe team — along with his placeon the Knights’ 4x400- and 4x100-meter relays.
“It’s probably going to bethe week of Big East [when]we’ll sit down and discussother events I’ve qualified inand which ones … we think arethe best opportunities for meto score the most points in,”Werner said. “So as of now, Icouldn’t tell you exactly whatI’m going to do.”
Freshman sprinter D’AndreJordan, who ran his best 400 ofthe season in his third-place finishat the indoor MetropolitanChampionships, returns thisweek from injury. A torn left ham-string that forced him to sit outlast week’s Colonial Relaysplagued Jordan.
Junior high jumper GlennScheideler once again attemptsto return from a bruised heel,while freshman Mike Fritz com-petes in his first decathlon of theoutdoor season.
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MEN’S TRACK
Jumper takes on Manhattan College rival at Metros
Deering faces unique road in return to wideoutBY TYLER BARTO
SPORTS EDITOR
Jeremy Deering was a jack ofall trades during his first twoseasons with the Rutgers foot-
ball team.The junior
took snaps behind center,hauled in passes and lined up inthe backfield.
But he did each sporadical-ly, never earning a solid foot-ing in the process. He can nowsettle in at wide receiver,where he began his career,after moving from runningback in the of fseason.
“It’s a lot better becauseyou’re just focused on onething,” Deeringsaid. “You get bet-ter at that onething instead ofgetting just OK atmultiple things.”
Deering’s ver-satility made hima viable candidateto see time in theWildcat formationas a freshman,when the ScarletKnights still flirt-ed with the pack-age. He rushed the ball 77 timesin 2010 for 4.6 yards per carryand two scores.
He added 16 catches and a21.1 yard-per-catch average,but former head coach GregSchiano moved him to runningback last spring. Deering ultimately ran the ball less last season than he did as arookie, averaging only 3.6yards per carry.
He carried the ball 14 timesfor 64 yards — both seasonhighs — Nov. 12 against Army.
It is no surprise, then, that theTampa native pointed to consis-tency at the top of the list thisspring. Understanding theoffense and its schemes alsoremains at the forefront.
“It’s up and down,” Deeringsaid of the spring. “But for the most part, I am enjoying itand just trying to every day get better.”
He does so in a crowded posi-tion corps.
Senior Tim Wright continuesto impress head coach Kyle Flood
nearly two years removed froman ACL tear.
“Timmy’s had a really goodspring,” Flood said. “He’s a valu-able guy. He plays in a lot ofplaces. He’s a very smart player,very good hands.”
Senior Mark Harrison ledthe team in receiver two sea-sons ago, and sophomoreBrandon Coleman emergedlate, finishing second last yearin receiving touchdowns.
And that does not discountjunior Quron Pratt, anotherslot receiver.
“There’s a lot of talent at thereceiver position,” Deeringsaid. “All of us bring somethingdif ferent to the table. That’s
good for us.E v e r y b o d y ’ sgoing to have apiece in what thecoaches decideto do with us.”
Dave Brock isone of thosecoaches. TheKnights’ widereceivers coach isDeering’s thirdposition coachsince his arrival.Brock worked
with Brandon Tate, an NFL widereceiver and kick returner of sim-ilar size, in 2006 with NorthCarolina in the same capacity.
“I like him as a person,”Deering said of Brock. “He’s agood coach, and he’s going tohelp me get better.”
Deering’s production as areceiver figures to improvefrom last season, when hecaught only four passes for 65yards as a situational back. Heplayed three more games thanthen-freshman running backSavon Huggins and earnednine less carries.
But the Knights coaching staffmaintains Deering is a naturalsplit out wide.
“I didn’t think there wouldbe a big adjustment periodgoing into spring, and I don’tthink there has been,” Floodsaid. “Last year, even being atthe running back spot on thedepth chart, a lot of the situa-tions we used him in werereceiver situations. It’s been asmooth transition for him.”
FOOTBALL
“I didn’t think therewould be a big
adjustment period[for Jeremy Deering],
and I don’t thinkthere has been.”
KYLE FLOODHead Coach
“At the end of indoor at IC4As, [Albert Johnson]
was there pushingme, [and] I was
there pushing him.”COREY CRAWFORD
Redshirt Freshman
Junior wide receiver Jeremy Deering returns a punt during a March 31 practice in the Bubble.Deering caught only four passes last year, when he served as a situational running back.
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Virginia was responsible for three errors,three wild pitches, a balk and a passed ball inthe inning, while only allowing six hitsdespite the high run total.
That does not concern head coach FredHill. He cares more about what the ScarletKnights can do at Bainton Field.
“I’m only disappointed that we did whatwe did,” he said. “We haven’t done that, andwe generally don’t do that. I think that’s gonenow. We’re pretty resilient, and I think we’rebouncing back.”
The Knights (16-15, 4-5) recovered fromthe series finale with their most lopsidedwin of the season Tuesday, a 15-4 victoryagainst Fordham.
After committing six errors against St.John’s, the Knights ended with only oneagainst the Rams.
The error occurred on the first play of thegame, a misplayed grounder from junior firstbaseman Bill Hoermann.
But Rutgers did not want a repeat of theSt. John’s loss. With three errors of his ownin the past two games, Hoermann was deter-mined to put those mistakes behind him.
“Nine out of 10 times, I’ll make that play,” hesaid. “It took a hop, and I didn’t get it. I wentthrough the rest of the game, and the ball was hitto me. Once that happens, you’ll make the plays.”
The defensive side is even more impor-tant because the Knights’ weekend
rotation has pitched to contact as of late.
Junior righthander Tyler Gebler, whostarts today, has a .333 opposing batting aver-age. Junior righthander Rob Smorol did notstrike out anyone in last Friday’s win againstSt. John’s. And senior righthander RyanFasano allowed 10 hits in five inningsSaturday before the disastrous eighth inning.
The runs Rutgers allows partially dependon exactly where the Mountaineers hit the ball.
“If you put the ball in play, you make theother team play defense. Anything can hap-pen then,” Hoermann said. “Sometimes the
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Freshman Alyssa Landrith picked up thewin Wednesday against Notre Dame.
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Sophomore Vanessa Petrini lost in first singles in a 10-6 tiebreaker yesterday against Seton Hall, but the Knights capturedtheir three remaining singles matches. Sophomore Stefania Balasa and senior Morgan Ivey won in straight sets.
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BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers baseball team suffered itsworst inning of the season in the eighthSaturday against St. John’s by allowing
seven runs, com-mitting threeerrors, giving up arun on a passedball and usingthree pitchers.
On the same day,West Virginia had it worse.
The Mountaineers allowed 17 runs in thefifth inning of a 26-11 loss to Villanova. West SEE INNING ON PAGE 13
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BASEBALL
Knights work on defense after three-error inning
Timely hittingbecomes focusagainst ’Nova
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers softball team earned one of itsmost out-of-character victories Wednesdayagainst Notre Dame.
Typically, theScarlet Knights wingames on the backof their startingpitching. WhenRutgers finishes ontop, freshman Alyssa
Landrith and junior Abbey Houston usuallylimit their opponents’ run totals.
That is not what happened againstNotre Dame.
Houston started the game, and whilehead coach Jay Nelson took her out afteronly 3 1/3 innings, he said he was still satis-fied with the way she pitched.
“When I went out to take her out, it wasn’tbecause she wasn’t pitching well,” he said. “Itwas because the hitter that we were facinghad gotten two hits off of her and there wererunners in scoring position and Alyssa hadhandled her in the first game.”
Yet the Fighting Irish still scored six runsin the game — more than double the nexthighest total for an opponent in a Rutgerswin. Wisconsin-Green Bay scored three runsMarch 9 in a 4-3 Knights victory.
This time it was the offense that carriedRutgers (17-21, 6-7) through the game, scoringseven runs — five in the fourth inning — inthe extra-inning, comeback win.
Timely hitting had been a big problemfor the Knights and was one of the reasons
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SOFTBALL
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Overcastweather is not something the Rutgers ten-nis team usually has to factor in when it
takes the court.But with the sun
coming and goingas it pleased — cou-pled with spurts ofrain and wind yes-
terday — the Scarlet Knights secured a victo-ry against in-state rival Seton Hall, 6-1.
Assistant coach Hilary Tyler, whocoached the team for the day, did not mind
the weather, which resulted in suspendedplay twice during the match.
“I was surprised on how they handledsome of the delays because it’s not an easything to go focus right back on,” Tylersaid. “It was a good showing of how muchour [players] have as a team.”
Rutgers (10-8, 5-3) seized an early oppor-tunity, capturing the doubles point in its firstaction in more than a week.
No. 1 doubles proved to be the closestmatch, as senior Jennifer Holzberg and sophomore Vanessa Petrini faced of f against the Pirates’ (6-13, 2-5) sopho-more tandem of Chloe Sher and Rocio Portela.
Sher and Portela entered the match with11 straight wins in doubles action. Bothteams returned shots, but Sher and Portelasecured the win, 8-3, highlighted by a Portelaoverhand strike to end the match.
But senior Morgan Ivey and freshmanLindsay Balsamo won in No. 2 doubles, 8-2,while sophomore Stefania Balasa and fresh-man Noor Judeh captured a victory in No. 3action, 8-1, against Seton Hall’s MariaRodriguez and Anna Guryanova. Both victo-ries secured the doubles point for the Knights.
With doubles play such an important fac-tor in setting the tone for singles play,
