He said hospitals were filled with dead, wounded and screaming people during Operation Cast Lead. “The children are back into the tents, not because they like camping but because their homes and villages were completely bombed by the Israeli army,” Gilbert said. The Palestinian territory in Gaza has become a difficult place to live because the Israeli siege has blockaded necessary resources, he said. There are about 1.6 million Palestinians still imprisoned in Gaza who do not have access to clean drinking water or food, Gilbert said. them to reflect back on it, to talk to their friends and bring these conversations into the classrooms.” Sattik Deb, director of Student Services in the School of Management and Labor Relations, said the project would be handed over to a student com- mittee, which will be chosen April 25. “The direction of the initiative now really rests in the hands of the student leaders who emerged to take it on,” Deb said. “We’ll provide them with the guidance, but ultimately it’s up to the students to determine what their vision is.” Two-thirds of Americans think civility is a major problem in the country, and THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 127 S E R V I N G T H E R U T G E R S C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 8 6 9 INDEX ROLLING THE DEEP Today: Partly Cloudy High: 79 • Low: 48 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 10 DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 A new group developed an app that tells students the correct places to park on campus. Targum columnist Aaron Marcus urges the U. community to seek truth in his final column. UNIVERSITY OPINIONS TUESDAY APRIL 17, 2012 SPORTS ...... BACK All three starting Knights pitches went at least seven innings deep in last weekend’s sweep against West Virginia to put Rutgers above .500 in Big East play. METRO .......... 7 UNIVERSITY ....... 3 NATION .......... 9 Students with 75 or more degree credits can register for classes from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Kenji Yoshino, law professor at New York University, gives the closing keynote speech on civil discourse for Project Civilty last night in the Busch Campus Center. WENDY CHIAPAIKEO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Project Civility concludes after two years of programs BY LISA BERKMAN CORRESPONDENT Some people have lost sight of a hand- shake as a symbol of connection. A video clip shown to about 150 people at last night’s Project Civility closing cer- emony in the Busch Campus Center argued this idea. Student and campus deans launched Project Civility two years ago to encourage dialogue on civil discourse, said Laura Banti, a University graduate student. “It’s about treating people with respect and kindness,” said Banti, an organizer for the event. “It’s meant to challenge people to think differently than they might have in the past. We want Professor shares concerns with current state of Gaza Dr. Mads Gilbert, a professor from the University Hospital of North Norway, discusses the state of Gaza three years after Operation Cast Lead yesterday in the Busch Campus Center. LIANNE NG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER BY YASHMIN PATEL UNIVERSITY EDITOR Through the eyes of Dr. Mads Gilbert, the Israeli siege in Gaza remains unchanged since its bombing three years ago during Operation Cast Lead. Gilbert, a volunteer doctor during the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, spoke at “Gaza, Three Years Later,” last night at the Busch Campus Center, sponsored by BAKA: Students United for Middle Eastern Justice. While Israeli militants occupied Gaza in 2009, Palestinian civilians were wounded and killed during the Israeli bombings in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, said Gilbert, a professor at the University Hospital of North Norway. Members of Beta Chi Theta present their findings of India’s business background during “Global Gateway” yesterday in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Various organizations presented on business in other countries at the event. KEITH FREEMAN / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER GLOBAL REACH Office calls for student input in code rewrite BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT The University’s Office of Student Conduct had made revisions to the Student Code of Conduct. The new code will go into effect in September and will consider student input this week at open forums held on each campus. Anne Newman, director of the Office of Student Conduct, addressed a room of four peo- ple at an open forum in the Busch Campus Center yesterday about upcoming changes to the Student Code of Conduct. She said a complete revision of the code is necessary because her office’s staff believes it is outdated. “To make this a better process, we thought we needed to completely rewrite it,” Newman said. SEE GAZA ON PAGE 5 SEE PROGRAMS ON PAGE 4 SEE INPUT ON PAGE 4
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He said hospitals were filled with dead,wounded and screaming people duringOperation Cast Lead.
“The children are back into the tents,not because they like camping butbecause their homes and villages werecompletely bombed by the Israeli army,”Gilbert said.
The Palestinian territory in Gaza hasbecome a difficult place to live because theIsraeli siege has blockaded necessaryresources, he said.
There are about 1.6 million Palestiniansstill imprisoned in Gaza who do not haveaccess to clean drinking water or food,Gilbert said.
them to reflect back on it, to talk to theirfriends and bring these conversationsinto the classrooms.”
Sattik Deb, director of StudentServices in the School of Managementand Labor Relations, said the projectwould be handed over to a student com-mittee, which will be chosen April 25.
“The direction of the initiative nowreally rests in the hands of the studentleaders who emerged to take it on,” Deb said. “We’ll provide them with theguidance, but ultimately it’s up to the students to determine what their vision is.”
Two-thirds of Americans think civilityis a major problem in the country, and
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Kenji Yoshino, law professor at New York University, gives the closing keynotespeech on civil discourse for Project Civilty last night in the Busch Campus Center.
WENDY CHIAPAIKEO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Project Civility concludesafter two years of programs
BY LISA BERKMANCORRESPONDENT
Some people have lost sight of a hand-shake as a symbol of connection.
A video clip shown to about 150 peopleat last night’s Project Civility closing cer-emony in the Busch Campus Centerargued this idea.
Student and campus deans launchedProject Civility two years ago to encourage dialogue on civil discourse,said Laura Banti, a University graduate student.
“It’s about treating people with respectand kindness,” said Banti, an organizerfor the event. “It’s meant to challengepeople to think dif ferently than they might have in the past. We want
Professor shares concernswith current state of Gaza
Dr. Mads Gilbert, a professor from the University Hospital of North Norway, discusses thestate of Gaza three years after Operation Cast Lead yesterday in the Busch Campus Center.
LIANNE NG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY YASHMIN PATELUNIVERSITY EDITOR
Through the eyes of Dr. Mads Gilbert,the Israeli siege in Gaza remains unchangedsince its bombing three years ago duringOperation Cast Lead.
Gilbert, a volunteer doctor during the2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, spoke at“Gaza, Three Years Later,” last night at theBusch Campus Center, sponsored by BAKA:Students United for Middle Eastern Justice.
While Israeli militants occupied Gaza in2009, Palestinian civilians were woundedand killed during the Israeli bombings inthe Palestinian territory of Gaza, saidGilbert, a professor at the UniversityHospital of North Norway.
Members of Beta Chi Theta present their findings of India’s business background during “Global Gateway” yesterday in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Various organizations presented on business in other countries at the event.
KEITH FREEMAN / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
GLOBAL REACHOffice calls forstudent inputin code rewrite
BY ADAM UZIALKOCORRESPONDENT
The University’s Office of Student Conduct hadmade revisions to the Student Code of Conduct.The new code will go into effect in September andwill consider student input this week at openforums held on each campus.
Anne Newman, director of the Of fice ofStudent Conduct, addressed a room of four peo-ple at an open forum in the Busch CampusCenter yesterday about upcoming changes to theStudent Code of Conduct.
She said a complete revision of the code isnecessary because her of fice’s staf f believes itis outdated.
“To make this a better process, we thought weneeded to completely rewrite it,” Newman said.
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Android app to help students find legal parking on campusBY ELIZABETH KEARNS
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While students pay a heftyfee for their on-campus parkingpasses, they still get hit withexpensive tickets for parking inthe wrong lot. Rutgers MobileApplication Development is cre-ating an app to make it easierfor students to know the park-ing lot in which they are legallyallowed to park.
The application, RUParked,determines where students areable to park based on the studentID number on their parking pass-es, said Aldo Lopez, event organ-izer for RuMAD.
“Depending on what pass youhave, it would know where youcan park and the closest place topark,” Lopez said.
RuMAD will eventually devel-op applications for Android andiOS operating systems for Appleproducts, said Varun Singh, vice president of RuMAD. Theorganization hopes to start creating apps for iPhone usersnext semester.
The group aims to create use-ful applications that students canbenefit from using at theUniversity, said Singh, a Schoolof Engineering sophomore.
Dave Zafrani, president andco-founder of RuMAD, said heresearched the parking lotsthroughout the campus toknow which ones to include inthe app and to allow users tofind a parking spot throughtheir ID pass.
Jack Molenaar, director oftransportation at the University,said everyone in the world com-
Rutgers-Camden graduate student Elizabeth Moserwill curate an exhibition on contemporary haiku poets aspart of her thesis, paying special attention to lateCamden poet Nick Virgilio.
The free exhibition begins April 27 and centerson Virgilio’s work, which scholars contend estab-lished the Japanese haiku form for audiences inAmerica, Moser, a master’s student, told UniversityMedia Relations.
“Western haiku poetry is very dif ferent from thetraditional Japanese form,” she said. “Nick knowshow to use the form, but knows when to break fromit too.”
The exhibition, “American Haiku Masters: TheCollected Haiku Works of Nick Virgilio and hisAmerican Contemporaries,” will display Virgilio’s poemsand letters, along with the work of poets inspired byVirgilio, according to the article.
“There are just boxes and boxes of stuff, from Nick’sresume to correspondence with Oprah Winfrey to thou-sands of poems,” Moser said. “There could be 20 haikuprinted on one page.”
Geoffrey Sill, an English professor at Rutgers-Camden and Moser’s advisor, said Moser’s thesis is thefirst to approach Virgilio’s work in a comparative andevaluative manner.
“She is able to compare Virgilio’s haiku to originalJapanese models of the genre,” he said. “One of thethings that emerges is that, in writing about Camdenin many poems, Virgilio adapts the haiku form to anurban landscape.”
Moser told Media Relations she looks at Camden dif-ferently after reading Virgilio’s haiku.
“Nick talks about the way Camden used to be, like thedime held by his brother’s bubble gum on a street light,”she said. “He humanizes parts of the city that people canturn away from.”
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The Rutgers Mobile Application Development’s new app, RuParked, will help students find appropriateand nearby parking spaces on campus through recognition of University parking pass ID numbers.
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plains about parking tickets with-out realizing that proper parkingneeds to be enforced.
“If we didn’t enforce parkingthen those who had permits forthe right zones would be angrywhen there was a lot of traf ficand they couldn’t find a spot,”he said.
Molenaar said he has notheard about the RuParked appli-cation but believes there may bevalue to it.
“Anything that helps make iteasier for students to park, Iam fine with. I would rather
have everyone park correctly,”Molenaar said.
The application is scheduledto release on April 28, whenany Android mobile phone usercan download it for free, saidChris Dilks, RuMAD’s leadJavaScript programmer.
The apps are createdthrough making codes, whichare lines of an algorithm thathelp the device know what todo, said Lopez, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.
The club works with stu-dents to write android apps
through Java and also holdsweekly meetings where members teach others newaspects of the Android, saidDilks, a School of Ar ts andSciences junior.
“So you could say we codein Java for Android apps,” hesaid. “Our ideas usually arisesporadically and all membersof the club can contribute individual ideas.”
The club meetings are instruc-tional and teach interested stu-dents the basics of mobile appdevelopment, Singh said.
While the apps are availablefor free, members hope to turnthe club into a business.
“The apps will always befree. In the future as we leanmore toward generating rev-enue and having a business,we will think about advertis-ing,” Dilks said. “One of ourthings is to give everything forfree and just make moneythrough advertising so that wecan continue doing what weare doing.”
Zafrani, a School of Ar tsand Sciences junior, said theclub aims to gain more stu-dents to make apps that willhelp the community.
“Hopefully we can put togeth-er an entire team and go thewhole nine yards of a business tocreate and market an app in thefuture,” Zafrani said.
As University studentsawait the release of RUParked,some brainstorm ideas forother useful apps.
“I wish that there was an appeven for Sakai or myRutgers.This way instead of having to usethe Internet and wait to log in, Icould access it quicker,” saidChristina Fountoukidis, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior.
Another student said the appcould be beneficial for theentire University.
“I think RUParked soundsawesome. Students are reallystressed about parking on cam-pus and we always end up withtickets because we never know,”said Kelsey Flanigan, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior. “Ithink the Rutgers populationwill be thankful.”
ourselves, what are we tryingto say?”
The proposed changes willcontinue to be made until theUniversity Board of Governorsmeets in the summer, when theOffice of Student Conduct bringsthe proposal to them for a vote,Newman said.
William Mogtader, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, said hefelt as though the changes hadgood intentions, but had possibleunintended consequences.
“I’m kind of wary anytimesomething like that gets rewrit-ten because I wouldn’t wantsomething valuable being rewrit-ten,” he said.
While he agreed with someof the Of fice of StudentConduct’s decisions, Mogtadersaid he had mixed feelings onthe decision to further simplifythe language.
“It’s easier for [students] tounderstand [the code], but thatmeans the administration will also have more leniencywith how they can define
cer tain things,”Mogtader said.“‘Disorderly per-son’ has a ver ylegalistic defini-tion as comparedwith somethinglike, ‘did [I do]something toannoy you?’”
Mogtader saidthe new sanctionswere a positivechange thatallowed for amore case-by-case approach tothe process.
“Cases are so individualizedthat I don’t think it’s fair some-times for people to get proba-tion just because it’s their sec-ond strike,” he said.
Patrick Kessel, a School ofEngineering sophomore, said hesupported the Office of StudentConduct’s measures.
“I’m a huge fan. … I thinkthat adding new sanctions isthe fairest way to do it,” he said.“Look at the Granato hearing.… He got probation, and it pre-vents him from ser ving as[Newark College of Arts andSciences Student GovernmentAssociation president].”
Kessel also said that simplify-ing the language and clearlydefining the terms will make iteasier for students to understandthe process.
“If I’m brought up on charges,I want to be able to know exactlywhat I’m looking for in the code,”he said. “If these changes aregoing to do that, then I say bringthem on.”
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“Our ultimate goal is to present acomplete rewrite to theUniversity community and put itinto effect in fall of 2012.”
Newman said recent sanc-tion changes were proposed sothat students facing discipli-nary trouble are given moreflexibility, when previouslythere was none.
“Currently, disciplinary pro-bation prohibits students fromrepresenting the University inleadership or other activities, sowhat we’ve done is modified thesanctions so that disciplinary pro-bation no longer has that provi-sion,” she said.
Another proposed change isthe streamlining of the hearingprocess and the code of con-duct, including a 20-day reduc-tion in the hearing process and an abridged, simpler codeof conduct.
N e w m a n ’ sgoal in holdingstudent conductforums through-out the week is tosimplify the hear-ing process tomake it agree-able for every-body involved,whether they areaffiliated with theUniversity or not.
“I want to pro-vide a process inwhich, if you’rea student goingthrough the process or you’rea community member filing acomplaint with our of fice, youfeel you’ve been heard, youunderstand how the processworks and you feel preparedfor the process,” she said.
The Office of StudentConduct hosts briefings, like yes-terday’s open hearing, aimed atimproving communicationbetween the staff and the stu-dents on issues that affect bothgroups, Newman said.
In addition to public meet-ings, Newman said her officealso receives feedback from anonline survey that is found onthe Office of Student Conduct’sofficial website.
When approaching a rewriteof the code, Newman and her col-leagues considered its languageand phrasing.
“If you look at the currentcode of conduct, it uses a lot oflegal language,” she said.“What we did when we satdown to rewrite it was ask
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Robert Forney, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, contemplates his next move during the “Giant Chess Competition” yesterday in the International Lounge of the Busch CampusCenter. Geek Week continues there today from noon to 5 p.m. with “Dungeons and Dragons Day.”
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83 percent say people shouldnot vote for uncivil politicians,said Kenji Yoshino, a New YorkUniversity law professor whogave the keynote speech.
Yoshino said civil discourseis necessar y to maintain anopen dialogue and avoid emo-tional conflict.
“It’s very dif ficult to per-suade someone to change theirview when they feel they can-not even express their viewand thereby make it open todebate,” he said.
Yoshino, a gay rights advo-cate, said though debating thistopic often hits an emotionalchord, he does his best tomaintain a polite tone.
“It does not mean we arehonoring the people withwhich we vehemently dis-agree,” said Yoshino, author of“Covering: The Hidden Assaulton Civil Rights.”
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“If I’m brought upon charges, I wantto be able to knowexactly what I’mlooking for in the
code.”PATRICK KESSEL
School of Engineering Sophomore
“We can aspire to be civil andstill remain authentic, even thoughthat exchange may require somuch more of us we might other-wise wish to give,” he said.
Deb said Project Civility hasmade a positive impact on the University.
“We’re seeing that peoplehave adopted a new civility-ori-ented vocabulary on campusand around the country,” Debsaid. “We’ve seen people talkingabout civility — that’s theimportant thing.”
The project sponsored lec-tures and debates over the pasttwo years to help rectify a disappointing trend in society,said Timothy Grimm, dean ofthe College Avenue campus.
“We’ve noticed that basic con-cepts of civility seem to be anis-sue that needed to be addressed,”Grimm said. “Throughout socie-ty, we see a lack of awareness of basic tenets of civility towardone another.”
Grimm said Project Civilityexpanded its influence beyondthe campus and presented attwo national conferences.
“We notice other universi-ties presenting and describingtheir projects,” Grimm said. “Insome ways, it’s become a muchlarger dialogue, so it’s not justRutgers anymore.”
But this dialogue is not sim-ply meant to foster polite inter-action. Senior Dean ofStudents Mark Schuster saidProject Civility aims to achievetolerance and diversity.
“We’re allowed to be who weare in terms of being authentic,”said Schuster, co-founder ofProject Civility. “We’re all just try-ing to figure out who we are. Thehandshake allows us to be moreintimate, take this big universityand let it feel like a family.”
Banti said Project Civility ismeant to help people be accept-ed for who they are.
“A lot of times, people are wor-ried that they won’t be accepted,”Banti said. “If you’re [lesbian,gay, bisexual or transgender], ifyou’re disabled, if you feel you’rein a mostly one religion school,you’d want to hide your identitybecause you wouldn’t feel com-fortable coming out.”
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Fifty-four percent ofPalestinians face food insecurity,and 90 percent of the water isundrinkable, he said.
Because individuals lack food,they have become susceptible tomalnutrition and anemia, whichreduces access to primary healthcare, he said.
The siege has also hinderedany reconstruction in Gaza,Gilbert said.
“Thirty-nine percent of build-ings [are] partly or totallydestroyed, [and] 74 percent ofbombed buildings are notrepaired,” he said. “There is alack of reconstruction and nor-mal life,” he said.
Gilbert said the situation inGaza is dif ficult to define, butit should not be referred to asa conflict.
“It’s a dif ficult occupation,”he said.
While Israel has occupiedthe Palestinian territor y inGaza, Gilbert said there is nological reason as to why thePalestinians should have togive up their land, which waslost when Israel began occupy-ing the area in the 1940s.
He said an important part ofsolidarity is not to take pity on thevictims of the siege. Individualsmust see both sides, Gilbert said,not only the suffering but also thecapacity to master.
The Israeli surge beganbecause of foreign policy issuesthat concerned the Israeli gov-ernment, he said.
He said the Israeli plan was tobomb Gaza, not to controlPalestinians but to punish them.
Because Palestine is not anational state, the InternationalCourt had ruled that Israel wouldnot be accountable for warcrimes, he said.
“Who is held responsible forthe killings and mutilations? Theanswer is nobody,” he said.
Gilbert said solidarity isurgently needed, as Palestiniansneed support.
“Our government, our univer-sities need to be educated in
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Michael Carr, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, introducesguest speaker Dr. Mads Gilbert last night in the Bush Campus Center.
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order to know how to act,”Gilbert said. “You have a greatresponsibility to try to end this.”
Students can become awareof the situation in Gazathrough hearing Palestiniannarratives, he said. Individualswho face violence acts and do not speak up are unable toprevent future massacres from occurring.
“Silence makes it part of theoppression and massacre,” hesaid. “That must not be repeated.”
Israel is not allowing criticalsupplies into Gaza, he said, whichis an attack on the population’srights.
As a direct result of the siege,children’s growth in Gaza hasbeen stunted because there is alack of protein, Gilbert said.
“[They are] actually forcedto have this handicap becauseof the politics of the Israeli gov-ernment. This is a manmadedisaster not a natural disaster,”he said.
Gilbert said he is not sure whythe killings are happening, but heis aware of some motives.
“[Israel is] shooting becausethey say they’re killing terror-ists,” he said. “They’re doing tar-geted killings everywhere. It’snot peaceful in Gaza.”
Gilbert said there will not bepeace until the occupancy is lifted.
“Gaza will move on with orwithout [help from] us, they willnot give up,” he said.
Nadia Saleh, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said the situ-ation in Gaza shows what itmeans to be human.
“I think the medical solidarityis something we really need tothink about and be more activein,” she said. “It’s not aboutaccess to health care — it’s whatleads up to that point.”
Hajar Hasani, BAKA publicrelations officer, said the clubhosted the event to raise aware-ness about the ongoing humanrights abuses in Gaza.
Hasani said images showingvictims of the Gaza bombingsmoved her.
“It’s something you don’t getto see in the American media”said Hasani, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “The situa-tion is still deteriorating, it’s notgetting better.”
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17 Rutgers University Entrepreneurship Day 2012begins at 10 a.m. at the Rutgers Student Center mul-tipurpose room. Students, faculty and staff canexplore today’s innovative and pioneering companies.For more information, contact Marcus Crews [email protected].
Cobra Starship, Breathe Carolina and the Ready Setwill perform at the State Theatre at 8 p.m. as theRutgers University Programming Association’s finalconcert of the year. Tickets range from $15-$45 forstudents and $25-$55 for faculty, staff and guests.Tickets can be purchased at the State Theatre web-site starting April 2.
19 The Arab Cultural Club presents the fourth annualArab-American Street Fest at noon on Bishop Beachon the College Avenue campus, across from Au BonPain and next to Brower Commons. The free eventincludes food, games, prizes and performances.
The Rutgers University Dhol Effect presents“Bhangra Knights” at 7:30 p.m. at the Asian AmericanCultural Center on Livingston campus. Activitiesinclude dancing, free food and a performance fromRU Bhangra.
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Bhakti Club presents the annual “Sacred Sounds”event from 8:30-10:30 p.m. at the Rutgers StudentCenter multipurpose room.
20 Student researchers of the Aresty Research Centerwill present their projects at the eighth annualUndergraduate Research Symposium at 10:30 a.m. atthe Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenuecampus. For more information, contact MatthewEvans at [email protected].
23 The Flavors, Fragrances and Perception Symposiumwill be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Fiber OpticsMaterials Research building on Busch campus.University faculty and guest speakers will presenttheir work on new discoveries regarding olfactoryprocesses and human health and behavior. ContactChris Perkins at (732) 445-2226 or [email protected] to register.
24 The Rutgers Internship and Co-op Program will holda 30-minute information session at 1 p.m. at theCareer and Interview Center on Busch campus. Pre-register at [email protected].
26 Janet Tomiyama, assistant professor in theDepartments of Psychology and Nutritional Sciences,will lecture on “Stress, Eating and Not Eating” at noonin the first-floor conference room of the Institute forHealth, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at 112Paterson St.
28 Get to know Rutgers University at Rutgers Day, theannual rain-or-shine event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. onall campuses.
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New Jersey’s first legal med-ical marijuana can now beplanted after the state HealthDepartment granted a permityesterday to a group to startgrowing pot for patients.
Under the permit,Montclair-based GreenleafCompassion Center is allowedto star t growing but will need an additional permit tostar t selling cannabis topatients with qualifying med-ical conditions.
Still, the announcementmeans that New Jersey’s often-delayed medical marijuana pro-gram could be providing thedrug to patients within three orfour months — the time it takesto grow a crop.
The state posted online yes-terday the list of 109 physicianswho have registered to be ableto recommend marijuana topatients. The list includes doc-tors in every county except forSussex and Salem.
The Health Department alsosaid a registry for patients isbeing developed, a necessarystep for patients to get the druglegally.
Former Democratic Gov. JonS. Corzine signed a law allow-ing medical marijuana inJanuary 2010 as one of his lastacts before leaving office. Gov.Chris Christie, the Republican
who replaced him, had seriousmisgivings about the law,though he says he supportsmaking pot available forpatients it would truly benefit.
Fifteen other states alsohave laws allowing medicalmarijuana, thoughNew Jersey’s is considered themost stringent.
In New Jersey, patients canonly be recommended the drugby doctors whom they have anongoing relationship with, andonly certain conditions wouldqualify. Advocates for medicalmarijuana say it eases pain andnausea associated with multiplesclerosis, glaucoma and otherconditions.
Implementation of the lawhas been slow as the state tookmore time than expected todevelop regulations.
The state selected six non-profit groups to grow and dis-pense the drug last year. Butthose groups have struggled tofind communities willing tohost them.
So far, just two of the sixhave announced local zoningapprovals.
Greenleaf was the first. It isplanning to have sales from astorefront in downtownMontclair.
The group says it has per-mission to grow marijuana else-where but has not publicly dis-closed that site.
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TRENTON, N.J. — InNew Jersey, where running a con-gressional campaign is more expen-sive than most, early fundraisingprowess can be an indication of howcompetitive a race will be.
Rider University professor BenDworkin told The Associated Pressit is especially important for chal-lengers to show an ability to raisemoney early to prove that theiryoung campaigns are viable andtherefore worthy of future dona-tions. Perhaps that is why two chal-lengers in high-profile state racesthat will be decided in Novembersought to get the word out early thatthey’d turned in what they consid-ered impressive first-quarterfundraising totals.
Republican state Sen. JoeKyrillos announced three daysbefore yesterday’s deadline that hewould raised $1.75 million in his bidto unseat the well-known and better-funded Sen. Bob Menendez. ShelleyAdler also announced Thursday thatshe would raised $311,000 in herfirst eight weeks as a candidate forCongress in the 3rd District, slightlymore than Rep. Jon Runyan, whoraised $296,000. Runyan, a first-termincumbent, defeated Adler’s latehusband, John, two years ago.
“If you want to run an effectiverace for Congress or Senate inNew Jersey, you have to raise atremendous amount of moneyunless you are self-financed,” saidDworkin. “Therefore, you must
reach out to wealthy partisansaround the country. You have toshow that donors at home are takingyou seriously so you can turn towealthy people in Chicago,Louisiana or California and say, ‘Irepresent a real chance to go fromblue to red or red to blue.’”
A competitive U.S. Senate racecost $8.3 million, on average, in2010, where a competitive Housebid was $1.1 million. WithNew Jersey having a higher-than-average cost of living and being clos-est to two of the five most expensivemedia markets in the country,spending in competitive Senate andHouse races is likely to top thenational average.
The day after Kyrillos announcedhis Federal Election Commission fil-ing, it was pointed out that about$800,000 of what he reported wasactually raised while he was explor-ing a run for Senate last year.Menendez also reported his first-quarter filing Friday: He would haveraised about the same amount asKyrillos, but was sitting on a heftycumulative total of $9.5 million.
Montclair State University’sBrigid Harrison said the amount ofmoney raised will figure mostprominently in these two races. Inthe Menendez-Kyrillos matchup, astatewide race, the expense ofadvertising in New York andPhiladelphia will sap cash from bothsides. Kyrillos has the added bur-den of having to get his name out tovoters, since most do not know whohe is, according to recent polls.
State issues group firstpot-growing permit
Fundraising efforts hint at campaign strength
A few months after The Court Tavern closed,Michael Barrood, the owner of Mike’s CourtsideSports Bar and Grill, plans to reopen a musicvenue in the Court’s same Church Street location.
After decades of being a part of the NewBrunswick music scene, Court Tavern ownerBob Albert shut down the venue in January,according to a Daily Targum article.
Barrood, who said he did not know why Albertclosed The Court Tavern, became interested inbuying the local dive bar, taking the initiative afterit went on the market.
“I bought it because [the owner] lost it, and itwent to auction,” Barrood said. “I went to the auc-tion, and it sold for the right price.”
While still uncertain about the direction he willtake with the establishment, Barrood said he hopesto start working on the bar as soon as possible.
“I don’t have exact plans yet. I do plan on try-ing to find a liquor license. I haven’t really beenable to go through the building and see what itneeds,” he said. “I need to get a crew in there.”
Barrood said it is likely the new bar willcontinue to cater to the local music scene, ashe is aware that many of the residents whovisit the New Brunswick downtown area missthe entertainment.
“As of right now, if the place isn’t in that bad ofshape and I can get it up pretty quick without aliquor license, I plan on opening it as a live musicvenue,” he said. “I’ll probably do 18 and over forthe time being.”
Barrood said it is still too early to give dates forthe establishment’s reopening.
“It needs a lot of work,” he said. “I don’tknow how long it’s going to take or what it’sgoing to need.”
The Court Tavern celebrated its 30th anniver-sary at the location in 2011 and has hosted bandssuch as The Smithereens, Crossfire Choir andThe Gaslight Anthem, according to mycentraljer-sey.com
— Giancarlo Chaux
The owner of Mike’s Courtside Sports Bar and Grill bought The Court Tavern at an auction and plansto reopen a music venue in the same Church Street location. The Court closed in January.
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NEW BRUNSWICK BUSINESS OWNER PLANS TO REOPEN THE COURT TAVERN
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Officials bust 15 inonline drug market
Members of Occupy Wall Street gather on the steps of Federal Hall in New York City yesterday afterbeing evicted from the sidewalk. They hope to find a permanent presence in the financial districtfollowing their eviction from Zucotti Park last November.
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PALMVIEW, Texas — A 15-year-old South Texas boycharged with nine counts of mur-der after he crashed a minivanpacked with illegal immigrants,killing nine of them, cried andexpressed remorse before ajudge yesterday, police said.
The boy, who is not beingidentified because he is a juve-nile, appeared at a probablecause hearing at a juveniledetention facility. He was alsocharged with 17 counts of smug-gling of a person causing seriousbodily injury or death, and onecount of evading.
Border Patrol agents pulledover the van last Tuesday night
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LOS ANGELES — A sophis-ticated online drug marketplacethat sold everything from mari-juana to mescaline to some3,000 people around the worldhas been cracked with thearrests of 15 people in severalcountries, U.S. authoritiesannounced yesterday.
An indictment unsealed infederal court in Los Angelesclaims eight men ran “TheFarmer’s Market,” whichallowed suppliers of drugs —including LSD, Ecstasy and ket-amine — to anonymously selltheir wares online. Theyhooked up with buyers in 34countries and accepted variousforms of payment, includingcash, Western Union andPayPal transactions, the indict-ment claims.
From 2007 to 2009 alone,the marketplace processedmore than 5,000 orders fordrugs valued at more than $1million, federal of ficials con-tended. It began operations asfar back as March 2006, author-ities said.
The market “provided a con-trolled substances storefront,order forms, online forums, cus-tomer service, and paymentmethods for the dif ferentsources of supply” and chargedthe suppliers a commissionbased upon the value of theorder, according to a statementfrom the U.S. attorney’s office inLos Angeles.
“For customers, the operatorsscreened all sources of supplyand guaranteed delivery of theillegal drugs,” the statement said.
The alleged ringleader, Dutchcitizen Marc Willems, 42, wasarrested yesterday at his home inLelystad in the Netherlands, offi-cials said.
Michael Evron, 42, a UnitedStates citizen living in BuenosAires, Argentina, was taken intocustody on Sunday in Bogota,Colombia, authorities said.
The other six men werearrested at their homes. They areidentified as Jonathan Colbeck,51, of Urbana, Iowa; BrianColbeck, 47, of Coldwater, Mich.;Ryan Rawls, 31, of Alpharetta,
about 10 miles west of McAllen. Asit stopped, one person jumped fromthe vehicle and ran. When agentspursued him the van sped off. Itcrashed just a few blocks away scat-tering a parking lot with bodies,backpacks and water bottles. Thedriver escaped, but was arrestedtwo days later at his home.
Palmview Police worked withagents from Immigration andCustoms Enforcement’s HomelandSecurity Investigations to arrest sixpeople suspected of involvement inthe smuggling operation oncharges related to harboring illegalimmigrants. At least four of the sixcrash survivors were detained asmaterial witnesses.
Through interviews withthem they found the teen driver,
said Palmview police ChiefChris Barrera.
“He wanted to come clean sohe came out and gave us a state-ment,” Barrera said. PalmviewDetective Saul Uvalle, who attend-ed the probable cause hearing,said the teen told the judge that ifhe didn’t drive the van they weregoing to kill his family. Uvalle saidthe teen didn’t say who “they”were. “He was very remorseful ofwhat happened,” Uvalle said.
State prosecutors can pursuethe felony murder chargesbecause the deaths occurred dur-ing the commission of a felony, inthis case evading Border Patrol.A judge will eventually decidewhether the boy will be tried asan adult.
Hidalgo County DistrictAttorney Rene Guerra said heplanned to petition a judge to cer-tify the boy so he can be tried asan adult.
“I’m going to be as aggressiveas the law allows,” Guerra said.
According to a federal com-plaint filed last week, two sus-pects admitted after their arreststo participating in the smugglingof the illegal immigrants involvedin the crash and those in the stashhouse. One said he was offered$40 per passenger to drive thevan, but refused and instead putthe 15-year-old in contact with theorganization, the complaint says.
Guerra said that the adultsinvolved must have understoodthe risks in getting a teenager
with no driver’s license to under-take the job.
“When you have that kind of asituation where some people saythat’s an accident, no, I’m sorrythat’s not an ordinary accident,”Guerra said.
At a children’s day care centernear where the crumpled van cameto rest, passersby have created animpromptu memorial with dozensof candles, notes and religiousicons. Lucy Moreno, 33, assistantdirector of the day care, said yes-terday that the murder chargesseemed too much for a juvenile.
As the parent of a 14-year-old,Moreno said she thought the boy“doesn’t have the maturity tothink about how he was puttinglives at risk.”
Ga.; Jonathan Dugan, 27, ofNorth Babylon, N.Y.; GeorgeMatzek, 20, of Secaucus, N.J.;and Charles Bigras, 37, ofMelbourne, Fla.
It was not immediately clear whether the men hadobtained lawyers.
The 12-count indictmentcharges all eight men with conspiracy to distribute con-trolled substances and moneylaundering conspiracy. Someof the men also are chargedwith distributing LSD and tak-ing part in a continuing crimi-nal enterprise.
All could face a maximumsentence of life in prison if con-victed of conspiracy.
In addition, seven other peo-ple were arrested on suspicionof drug crimes yesterday in theNetherlands, Georgia, NewHampshire, Pennsylvania, andNew Jersey, and authoritiesseized hallucinogenic mush-rooms, hashish, LSD, marijuanaand Ecstasy, the U.S. attorney’soffice said.
The investigation led tothose arrests, but authoritiesstill were trying to determinetheir connections to the online marketplace, saidAssistant U.S. Attorney KevinS. Rosenberg.
The two-year investigation,dubbed “Operation Adam Bomb, “involved law enforce-ment agents from several U.S.states and several countries,including Colombia, theNetherlands and Scotland, theU.S. attorney’s office said.
The case was filed in LosAngeles because some of the cus-tomers and an undercover agentwho bought drugs through themarketplace are from the area,Rosenberg said.
“Illegal narcotics traffickingnow reaches every corner ofour world, including our homecomputers,” U.S. AttorneyAndre Birotte Jr. said in thestatement. “But the reach of thelaw is just as long. ... We wantto make the Internet a safe andsecure marketplace by rootingout and prosecuting those persons who seek to illegally per ver t and exploitthat market.”
Medium supported this claimlast week when their papermade a “serious” statementon the cover that “Virtuallyevery article that appears …is designed to entertain.”Notice their usage of theword “virtually” — not everyarticle but “virtually” all areintended to entertain. Clearly
one of those exceptions was their anti-Semitic diatribethat praised Hitler.
If you don’t see this string of events as anti-Semitic,you either aren’t paying attention or hatred towardJews — particularly ones who dare speak out — does-n’t bother you. If you fall into either one of these cate-gories, there is serious cause for concern. We knowthat most University students don’t care in the least bitabout University politics. Rutgers United won a cam-pus-wide election just last week with resounding sup-
port from about 7 percent of the stu-dent body. So clearly, people adamantthat anti-Semitism doesn’t exist aren’tthose not paying attention — ratherthey are the people who aren’t both-ered by hatred toward Jews. I do notbelieve that anti-Semitism is wide-spread at this school, but the
University most definitely tolerates it, and that is theantithesis of an open and diverse education.
Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner EliWiesel gave a lecture a few years ago recounting theJewish experience in the United States. One of themost memorable quotes taken away from that speechwas, “in Jewish history, there are no coincidences.”Jews have for centuries experienced the aftermath ofanti-Semitic rhetoric, and it is not something anyoneshould ever have to experience. It is my hope that theUniversity takes a firm stance against anti-Semitismand truly protects the free speech of Jews on campus.
Dialogue is the most important thing to a produc-tive world, but in order for dialogue to exist, civil dis-cussion has to be accepted and that doesn’t includedeath threats, harassment and praising Hitler. I willgraduate in a few weeks, and this is my last columnfor The Daily Targum, a publication I disagree withfrom time-to-time, but it really is a champion of dia-logue on campus. They have allowed me to have avoice and more importantly, for my voice to be heard.For that, I will be forever grateful. I leave you with asaying from Ronald Reagan, a man I greatly admireand frequently reference, but this quote truly is theessence of my personal vision of the world. “I knowin my heart that man is good, that what is right willalways eventually triumph. And there is purpose andworth to each and every life.” To the University, thepast three years have truly been a unique learningexperience, and to the students remember to always,always, always search for truth.
Aaron Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences sen-ior majoring in political science with a minor in history.Marcus has been a Targum columnist since fall 2009.
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“Anything that helps make it easier for students to park, I amfine with. I would rather have everyone park correctly.”
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STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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W hen I came to theUniversity threeyears ago, I had
just finished a three-monthinternship at the NationalJournalism Center inWashington, D.C. My jour-ney at the University reallybegan on a whim. I was look-ing for apartments in NewYork City in mid-July to finish school at YeshivaUniversity. By the second week of August, I foundwhat appeared to be the last open room in a Jewishapartment on Huntington Street. The rest is history.
It’s strange how life works out — prior to sum-mer 2009, my career path seemed pretty straight-forward. Return to Yeshiva, graduate in 2011, go tolaw school, become a lawyer and live happily everafter. But young journalists at the NJC dedicated topreserving freedom and exposing truth inspired meto do the same. While it is possibleand important to do this on a stateand national level, I found no betterplace to start than in my own back-yard, and I haven’t stopped since.
Believe me when I say that I pre-fer non-confrontational discussion.However, at a University filled withmistruths and propaganda, there needs to be agroup of people committed to exposing both factsand fallacies regardless of the consequence.
Unfortunately at the University, advocates for truthand challengers of the status quo have little, if any,voice. When I first came to the University, I found thisto be a surprise. How could a campus filled withJewish and pro-Israel students — many of which havespent extensive time in Israel — sit quietly while base-less attacks were lodged against Israel? It wasn’t untilI became vocal in my support for Israel, a pro-Palestinian instead of anti-Israel movement and small-er, more efficient government that I finally understoodtheir silence. Free speech is supposedly paramount atthe University, but if you deviate from the norm, youare met with harassment, intimidation, violent threatsand anti-Semitism from students and University offi-cials alike. Now how many people do you know whowill stand up to consequences like that?
Some of you mock this idea. You live in a bubblewhere anti-Semitism at the University doesn’t exist,and despite all evidence pointing toward the affirma-tive, you close your eyes and you shut your mouths.Calling for the destruction of a Jewish state in Israel isanti-Semitism. A University official calling a student a“Zionist pig” and then encouraging other students topost hateful messages about him in order to havetheir “voice” heard is anti-Semitism. A University offi-cial starting a petition to censor a columnist becauseof his support for Israel is anti-Semitism. Threateningto harm another student because of their support forIsrael is anti-Semitism. The Medium stealing the iden-tity of a Jewish student to write a pro-Hitler columnthat possessed zero comedic value with the sole pur-pose to spew hatred is anti-Semitism. In fact, The
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W hen it comes down to a student’s word against an adminis-trator’s, you can guess who will hold more sway in thehonor court.
Cabo Granato, president of the Newark College of Arts andSciences Student Government Association, was placed on academicprobation Friday after the University’s office of Student Conduct andEthical Development found him guilty of harassment toward ClaytonWalton, an associate dean of Student Life on the Newark Campus.
But despite a daylong hearing held on College Avenue — one that wassurprisingly not open to students — we’re still having a hard time mak-ing sense of the situation. The University administration has failed to pub-licly comment on the incident, leaving us with a one-sided narrative thatleans heavily in favor of Granato’s innocence. Needless to say, a littletransparency would go a long way in helping the administration’s case.
At this point, the charges levied against Granato — which includedisorderly conduct, bullying, intimidation and harassment — seemarbitrary and ungrounded. Granato’s confrontation with Waltonoccurred after the student found nearly $3,000 in undocumenteddeductions from NCAS-SGA funds. In Walton’s office, Granato ques-tioned the dean about the missing funds, to which Walton allegedlyresponded in an aggressive manner, asking Granato if he wanted to“step off campus and settle it that way.” No matter in what context thismeeting took place, aggressive behavior clearly seems inappropriatefor a University dean.
Following the meeting, Walton pressed charges against Granato, claim-ing that he was intimidated by the student’s “nasty” and “abrasive” behavior.
The numbers just do not add up. In the absence of a satisfactoryexplanation by the administration, Granato’s case looks to be an exam-ple of clear abuse of authority in the hands of Walton and the rest ofthe University’s administration. We see no reason this administrationshould keep the rest of the University community in the dark about theincident — something they certainly seem to have tried to do. To ourknowledge, Granato was guilty of little to no wrongdoing outside ofpressing Walton about an issue, which, as a student government pres-ident, clearly falls within his jurisdiction. We hope that the Universitycommunity will stand up for Granato, and demand that the Universityadministration answer for their lack of transparency regarding the inci-dent. We know if this happened to own of our own student leaders hereon the New Brunswick campus, the student body would be quick to actin their defense. Granato deserves the same.
Administrationlacks transparency
Ragefest makesUniversity paranoidT ents have sprung up on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue
campus over the past couple days — a reminder that theUniversity’s 10th annual Tent State University has returned.
But technically, the event is supposed to last only until Thursday.Tent State, a weeklong campaign against tuition hikes, is just one
University-hosted event that will be forced to disperse come Friday.The University administration, together with the Rutgers UniversityPolice Department, has mandated that students cannot host outdoorevents on Friday. This decision was made to prevent a rumored“Ragefest” — a makeshift version of the now-defunct Rutgersfest —from breaking out. RUPD and administrators have said they willincrease security on the concert’s anniversary, as well as prohibitingstudents from holding events that day.
The measures the University plans to take on this day, while onlypartially justified, are completely unnecessary. From an administrativeperspective, it’s understandable that the University should want tominimize the possibility of an outbreak of events similar to last year’s— which culminated in widespread vandalism and violence. Yet theymust also realize the actual possibility of a repeat of those events bor-ders on slim to none.
Much of the destruction that took place last year, as many havenoted, was because of individuals outside the University community.Many of these individuals were drawn to the University for headliningartists at the free concert. It follows, of course, that without the concertitself, much of the attraction that brought these large, rowdy crowds tothe University is gone.
It’s unlikely that come Friday, the University will see anything in sizeor scale of a Rutgersfest or Ragefest. At most, we may experience anexceptionally large weekend of off-campus partying — but when did alittle partying ever hurt students here at the state’s largest University?Student organizations and student-run events, like Tent State, shouldnot have to suffer because of an overly paranoid administration.
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Jumper overcomesinjury at Metros
BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZSTAFF WRITER
Rutgers women’s track andfield athlete Emily Vargas hasdealt with adversity for most of
the out-door sea-
son. The sophomore sustainedan injury in the Scarlet Knights’first meet in the BullsInvitational at South Florida.
Since then,Vargas has onlypracticed twice,sticking mostly tor e h a b i l i t a t i o n .But that did notstop her fromcompeting in theM e t r o p o l i t a nC h a m p i o n s h i p sand contributingto the Knights’first-place finish.
“I wasn’t sureif she would beable to compete,”said head coach JamesRobinson. “I was hoping thatshe would just be able to scoreand help the team.”
Vargas exceeded Robinson’sexpectations. The Clark, N.J.,native scored 10.5 points in theKnights’ victory.
“I was really surprised withhow well I did,” Vargas said. “Ihad to fight through an injurythat wasn’t completely healed. Ijust went out there and gave iteverything I had.”
Vargas tied for third in thehigh jump, clearing the bar witha mark of 5 feet, 5 inches. Shealso competed in the triple jumpfor the first time in a year andscored an eighth-place finishwith a mark of 38 feet, 2.75 inch-es. A fifth-place finish in the longjump, in which she leapt 19 feet,1/2 inches — a Big East andECAC qualifying mark — high-lighted Vargas’ day.
Vargas is not 100 percent yet,but she is optimistic that by thetime the Big East and ECACChampionships arrive, the injurywill be fully healed.
“I am very happy with howthe season has turned out sofar,” Vargas said. “It shows thatall the hard work you put inpays off. Sometimes I would bea little frustrated that I didn’tget my technique down, but I
just kept work-ing and used thatas motivation towork harder.”
If Vargas stayshealthy, her teamhas little doubtshe will be a keycontributor inthe future.
“She wastremendous forthe team,”Robinson said. “Ididn’t know whatto expect. She
was a wild card coming into thecompetition.”
Since joining the Knights in2010, Vargas has enjoyed being apart of the team. It was her goalsince she was a freshman in highschool to compete at theDivision-I level.
“When we are all competingtogether and when we are alldoing well, it is a huge energyboost,” Vargas said. “I really hopethat we continue with this win-ning mentality and positive atti-tude. Hopefully we are able tocarry this into the Big East.”
The Knights only have two com-petitions remaining before the BigEast and ECAC Championships.
They travel to Princeton, N.J.,this weekend to compete in theLarry Ellis Invitational, and a tripto Philadelphia on April 26 fol-lows for the Penn Relays. Afterthat, on May 4, the championshipseason begins.
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“I had to fightthrough an injury
that wasn’t ... healed.I just went out there and gave
it everything I had.”EMILY VARGAS
Sophomore Jumper
keeper Steven Lusby in the spanof three quarters.
Brecht, who watched the dis-mantling from the sidelines, wasrealistic in his view of whatoccurred. He could not help butnotice that the Orange were sim-ply the superior opponents at theWarrior Classic.
“Syracuse is just that muchbetter of a program than we areright now,” Brecht said. “Wehave some individual guys thatwork hard and are pretty tal-ented, but from top to bottomwe did not have a lot ofanswers for [Syracuse].”
The stat sheet from theWarrior Classic may as well havebeen painted orange, asSyracuse dominated nearlyevery aspect of it. In their mostproductive offensive output ofthe year, the Orange were a per-fect 18-for-18 on clear attempts.They also picked up 18 more
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ground balls than the Knightsand had more than 20 moreshots on goal, while Rutgerscommitted more turnovers.
“They outshot us, they out-balled us, they kicked our buttsfacing off,” Brecht said. “Theybeat us in the clearing game.Every stat you look at — includ-ing the scoreboard — came uporange. It is very humbling.”
The members of Brecht’ssquad felt they were preparedentering the Warrior Classic andwere blindsided by the offensivepower of the Orange.
Senior midfielder Mike Diehl,usually one of the Knights’ mosteffective offensive leaders, wasshut down throughout the con-test with zero points.
Diehl echoed the disap-pointment of the entire team atthe result.
“Syracuse played very well.They played well in transitionand they finished really well,too,” he said. “This was definite-ly a tough one. We came outwith excitement, and the effortwas there. We just did not exe-cute well.”
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BY AARON FARRARCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s andwomen’s golf teams were inaction this weekend at their
respectivec o m p e t i -
tions. It was the first time bothteams competed at the same timesince March in their spring sea-son debut.
The men’s team played in the26th annual Princeton Invitationalin Princeton, N.J., where theScarlet Knightsplaced 12th with ascorecard of 913.
S o p h o m o r eJonathan Renzacarded a 218 andtied for 14th placein the 75-playerfield. He had atournament-best37 for the Knights.
Although theteam did not finishthe way it hoped,the players weresatisfied with their effort and theway they played.
“I hit the ball very well thisweekend,” Renza said. “However,I had trouble finishing off myrounds, and I left many shots outthere on my last three holes in allthree rounds.”
Head coach Rob Shutte hadexpectations to finish higher inthe tournament, but he waspleased with the team’s will tocompete. Shutte told the play-ers to go out and play, and if hesaw they gave it their all, it didnot matter what happened inthe end.
“I saw a lot of progress,” hesaid. “We were close to breakingthe 300-[stroke] barrier [for a sin-gle round], and the course was abearable one. We went into thefirst round on Saturday with a lotof momentum, and we carried itinto Sunday, as well. This was alearning experience, especiallyfor the younger golfers becausethey carried the team. The play-ers will learn how to adapt to dif-ferent environments the morethey play.”
With the season nearing itsend, the Knights believe theyfinally have the confidence they
searched for all season. Theynow feel their desire to com-pete will eventually show intheir play.
“I can see that we’re growing,”Shutte said. “We all know that wewant Rutgers to be a winning pro-gram, so we are trying to get intothat mindset. The players are notintimidated anymore and go intomatches playing their game. As ateam, we are not too far off. Wehave a ways to go, but we’re get-ting closer.”
Rutgers has one more matchthis season, and itis set on not wast-ing the experiencefrom the previoustournaments.
“I was able tolearn a lot fromthis match andthroughout theseason,” Renzasaid. “I will bemore focused andprepared for theBig EastTournament.”
On the other side, thewomen’s team finished theweekend in fifth at the sixthannual Roar-EE Invitational inSuffern, N.Y.
Freshman Kor tnieMaxoutopoulis was a spark forthe Knights, carding a 153 andtying for ninth place out of 75 players.
Along with Maxoutopoulis,juniors Brittany Weddell andKaren Cash also helped Rutgerswith its other top-15 finishes.
“We did fairly well,” said headcoach Maura Waters-Ballard.“We were very competitive, andwe played well as a team. All sea-son long, I was pleased with theway that we stay in the momentand we didn’t let our emotionsget to us. We kept our heads inthe game, and it was evident this weekend.”
The Knights end the season atthe Big East Championships inOrlando. The women tee off forthe final time Sunday and playthrough next Tuesday.
The men’s team has twoweeks to prepare for its seasonfinale. They take to the courseApril 29 through May 1 to con-clude the season.
MEN’S GOLF
“This was alearning experience,
especially for theyounger golfers
because they carried the team.”
ROB SHUTTEHead Coach
That changed in the ninthinning, even though the Knightsdid not hit the ball as hard.
Sophomore shortstop PatSweeney blooped a single intoleft field with two on.
“What’s funny about thewhole thing is that we hit someballs today right on the noseright at people,” Hill said. “Thehit that ties the game is a blooperover third base that lands shortin the outfield. The game willdrive you crazy.”
That loaded the bases forsophomore second basemanNick Favatella.
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Favatella already hit a walk-offhome run April 3 againstPrinceton. He was ready to do it again.
“It’s nice to really be in a situ-ation that you can directly helpyour team win like this,”Favatella said. “There’s no betterfeeling in the world.”
Favatella hit a middle-in fast-ball to the same place asSweeney to score junior firstbaseman Bill Hoermann.Favatella and the Knights walkedoff in the 3-2 victory.
Two of Rutgers’ victories wereclose against West Virginia, butHill is happy the pitching keptthe team in it.
“I don’t know if it’s good for mystomach, but it’s good when youcan win some close games,” hesaid. “The confidence level soars.”
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J unior goalkeeper LilyKalata and senior attackDanielle Mascera yester-
day made the Big East WeeklyHonor Roll.
Kalata was in goal for bothwins for the Rutgers women’slacrosse team last weekend, sav-ing 17 shots and holding oppo-nents to 8.5 goals per game.
The Nesconset, N.Y., nativealso recorded a season-high 14saves in Friday’s 16-11 winagainst Louisville.
Mascera broke the ScarletKnights’ 32-year-old singleseason assist record with fiveassists in her last two games,giving her 31 this year. Shenow sits second in the BigEast and 14th in the NCAA in assists.
The Knights have earned aconference award this seasonin every possible week.
RUTGERS SOFTBALL LEFTfielder Chandler Howardearned a spot on this week’sBig East Weekly Honor roll.
The freshman led theScarlet Knights in battingaverage last week, hitting ata .444 clip with a .667 slug-ging percentage.
She had eight hits, notch-ing one in all but one of thefive games.
Her biggest game cameagainst Notre Dame onWednesday, when she went 3-for-5, including a solo homerun in the sixth inning and agame-winning double in theninth inning, leading toRutgers’ first win against theFighting Irish in four years.
RUTGERS BASEBALLsenior pitcher Ryan Fasanoearned a spot yesterday on theBig East Weekly Honor Roll.
Fasano pitched 8 2/3innings of one-run ball Sundayin a victory against WestVirginia. With 115 pitches, hestruck out five, walked noneand caused 15 groundouts.
The righthander leads theScarlet Knights with 60 2/3innings pitched and 37 strike-outs this season, along withhanding out only seven walks.
He is also the secondKnights pitcher this seasonto make a conference honorroll, joining junior lefthanderRob Corsi.
RUTGERS MEN’Slacrosse freshman midfielderBrian Goss earned Big EastWeekly Honor Roll recognitionyesterday after tallying fourpoints last week against No. 15Princeton and No. 13 Syracuse.
“It’s hard to compete at thislevel as a freshman,” said headcoach Brian Brecht in a pressrelease. “He has helped sup-port seniors Will Mangan andMike Diehl in the midfield.”
Goss added three goals andan assist last week and nowsits at 10 goals and eightassists in his rookie season.The league honor is the first ofGoss’ career.
WORD ON THE STREET
Early practice pays off for midfielderBY VINNIE MANCUSO
CORRESPONDENT
Senior midfielder Mike Diehlhas been the most physical forcethis season for the Rutgers men’s
l a c r o s s et e a m ’ s
offense. Standing at 6-foot-3 andweighing 225 pounds, Diehl isthe most imposing presence inthe Scarlet Knights midfield.
Diehl places third on the teamin goals not only because of hisstature, but also because hisshooting skills give him anadvantage in finding the back ofthe cage. And those shootingskills do not start when Diehlsteps onto the field for his games.
They start at 6 a.m., on anempty practice field and in frontof an empty goal.
“Mike has been on fire. Hehas been up early with [seniormidfielder] Will Mangan shoot-ing every day in the morningbefore class,” said head coachBrian Brecht. “It has paid off. Hehas been very good for us com-ing down the stretch.”
The benefits do not end withDiehl becoming a better shooter.As the season progressed, and asDiehl continued to enter thelacrosse office in the early morn-ing for a bucket of balls, he foundmore than only Mangan joinedhim. Diehl’s younger teammatesbegan to show up in the morningfor their shooting, as well.
For Diehl, the early morningsessions are invaluable when itcomes to game time.
“It definitely sets a good exam-ple,” Diehl said. “Ever since I’vebeen going in more and more,kids have been showing up. I’vedefinitely seen some improve-ment in everyone’s shooting.”
Diehl’s image as the imposingpresence on the field and the con-sistent hard worker off of it suitshim fine. The Flemington, N.J.,native knows he is a leader on theteam, and prefers to not to be toovocal about it.
“I’m more of a lead-by-examplekind of guy,” Diehl said. “I don’t
Despite failing to record a point Saturday’s loss to No. 13 Syracuse, senior midfielder Mike Diehlis fourth on the team in goals and points through 13 games.
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really do the pre-game speech oranything like that. I definitely tryand just lead by example.”
His examples do not end dur-ing the early morning practices.Diehl has had a career year in hislast season on the Banks. Themidfielder has scored 18 goals,and earned Big East WeeklyHonor Roll recognition followingthe Knights’ April 7 matchupwith Villanova, against whichDiehl recorded a career-highfour goals.
Showing his physical pres-ence, three out of Diehl’s fourgoals were unassisted.
“Mike Diehl has been a mon-ster for us. He is the most physi-cally gifted person on the field forus,” Brecht said. “He is a warriorand a monster. Athletically, he isan imposing player and hard tomatch up for other defenses.”
As a presence in the midfield,Diehl does not always hear thecall from Brecht to score. Mostrecently in the Knights’ 19-6 loss
to Syracuse, Diehl did not recorda single point.
But despite his ineffectivenesson the scoreboard, Brecht stillsaw the same intimidating figurein the midfield he has all year.
“He was a monster for us atNotre Dame, he was great for usagainst Providence and Villanovaand he was strong at Syracuse,”Brecht said. “He did not have any-thing on the stat sheet to show forit, but he was drawing flies andfinding the guys that were open.”
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BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
For the Rutgers women’s ten-nis team, Sunday marked the lasttime its senior class took the courtat the Rutgers Tennis Complex.
But the emotional match result-ed in a Scarlet Knights victory,
d e f e a t -ing WestVirginia,6-1, int h eKnights’
regular-season finale.While the match was bitter-
sweet for Jennifer Holzberg, thesenior was satisfied her last homematch was a win.
“It felt good,” Holzberg said.“This was a good weekend to goout on and I think the team is doingreally well.”
Rutgers was strong in doublesplay, competing only in Nos. 1and 2 doubles matches becausethe Mountaineers did not field aNo. 3 doubles team.
Holzberg and sophomoreVanessa Petrini defeated MaryChupa and Ikttesh Chahal, 8-3.The win was their second straight,as they found success in Saturday’s6-1 win against Pittsburgh.
Senior Morgan Ivey andfreshman Lindsay Balsamo won in No. 2 doubles, 8-6, against West Virginia’s VeronicaCardenas and Emily Mathis,completing the sweep of the dou-bles point.
Head coach Ben Bucca isrelieved to see the recent play indoubles entering the postseason.
“We played great doubles,”Bucca said. “It was Chapter 1 of a two-chapter book of
great play in doubles and then singles.”
The play of both seniors insingles action, in which they
both secured victories, com-pleted the book. Ivey defeatedCardenas, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), tomove her singles season recordto 12-6.
Holzberg’s performance inher 6-0, 6-1 No. 2 singles victoryimpressed Bucca, who said it wasthe best match of her career.
“[Senior Jennifer] Holzberghad an unbelievable match,”Bucca said. “She played flaw-less tennis.”
Stefania Balasa was the onlyKnight to drop a match. Thesophomore won the second set inher No. 4 singles match, butcould not complete the come-back, losing, 9-7, in the third set.
Petrini and Balsamo bothearned victories in their matcheswhile a forfeit in No. 6 singles byWest Virginia (4-16, 1-6) cappedRutgers’ (12-8, 7-3) fourthstraight victory.
The win also completed whatBucca coined the “Big Eastsweep.” After back-to-back lossesto Yale and Denver in March,
Bucca wanted to win the last fourmatches of the regular season,all against Big East competition.
The Knights defeatedConnecticut and Seton Hall earlierin April. The West Virginia victory,coupled with Rutgers’ win againstPittsburgh, can provide momen-tum for Thursday as the teamenters the Big East Tournament.
Rutgers earned a No. 6 seed inthe tournament last season, los-ing in the second round toDePaul, 4-2.
For now, Bucca believes it isimportant for the team to take inits recent success.
“Winning is fun and is conta-gious,” Bucca said. “When youput in all this effort in practiceand you make all of these effortsto come out and fight so hard inthe match, it’s great that you arerewarded with the win.”
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“It felt good. This was a good
weekend to go outon and I think
the team is doing really well.”
JENNIFER HOLZBERGSenior No. 2 Singles
Sophomore Vanessa Petrini, left, secured an 8-3 victory Sunday in No. 2 doubles play with senior Jennifer Holzberg against West Virginia. The doubles victory was thepair’s third in its last four matches and its second of the weekend, when the Knights went 2-0 overall to end their regular season.
ANASTASIA MILLICKER
Knights end regular season with pair of victories
ANASTASIA MILLICKER
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All-American joins Goodale as assistant coachBY STEVEN MILLER
CORRESPONDENT
Scott Goodale stood in a cor-ner tunnel of the ScottradeCenter in St. Louis in March,
w a i t i n gfor Frank
Molinaro to come down fromhis podium.
The fifth four-time All-American in Penn State historyfinished his career with anational title at 149 pounds,and about an hour after accepting his trophy and hugging Goodale, he wasalready meeting with Rutgerswrestling boosters.
He ate breakfast withGoodale the next morning, and amonth later it became official:Molinaro will join Goodale’scoaching staff.
“Coach gave me an opportuni-ty to come back to New Jersey,where I’m from and where I wantto be,” the Barnegat, N.J., nativesaid. “It proved we had a goodrelationship over all the years,and it means a lot.”
The pair first became friendlywhen Molinaro was in middleschool, then rivals whenMolinaro attended SouthernRegional and Goodale coached atJackson Memorial.
But they remained close, con-nected through the Shore ThingWrestling Club.
“It didn’t matter that he wasfrom our rival,” Goodale said.“He was good and he trainedhard, so I was immediatelyattracted to him for that.”
Goodale coached Molinaro asa senior at the High SchoolNationals in Virginia, but whenMolinaro chose to attend PennState, Goodale was still coachinghigh school.
“Unfortunately,” Goodale said.So Goodale began recruiting
the three-time New Jersey statechampion last May to coachrather than wrestle, and thepair kept in touch throughoutthe season.
It was a special one forMolinaro.
After finishing eighth in theNCAA Championships as a fresh-man and fifth place as a sopho-more, he was the national run-ner-up as a junior.
He returned with a 33-0record this year en route to thetop of the podium.
“When you’re close withsomeone, you’re like, ‘Is hereally going to win it?’” Goodalesaid. “But I just had this feelinghalfway through the year that
WRESTLING
Former Penn State 149-pounder Frank Molinaro becomes an assistant on head coach Scott Goodale’s staff today after capturing anNCAA title as a senior. Molinaro wrestled at Southern Regional High School (N.J.), where he faced off against Goodale.
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this guy’s pretty good. Ithought, ‘He’s going to be very,very hard to beat, and if there’sone guy who can beat him,hopefully it’s our guy.’ He wouldtell me what he was doing andhow he was training, but wenever talked about [junior]Mario [Mason].”
Mason and Molinaro eachentered last season among the topfive 149-pounders in the nation, ayear after they were favored as
All-Americans in the seedings atthe national tournament.
Molinaro beat Mason in thattournament, and Mason — alongwith the Rutgers program —remains without All-Americanstatus. Molinaro comes from aprogram that produced six lastseason en route to its second con-secutive team national title.
He brings ideas — Penn Stateroutinely took a mid-week dayof f before dual meets, and
Goodale said Rutgers will try it— and experience.
“The thing about Penn Stateis we were so competitive,”Molinaro said. “We were all real-ly good friends, but once we gotin the room, it was every manfor himself. No one wanted tolose. That’s something I reallywant to bring.”
He is best suited to work outwith Rutgers wrestlers rangingfrom 125-174 pounds, but he spent
part of last summer wrestling 197-pounders at Penn State.
And Goodale believes hiswrestlers and recruits are alreadytaking notice.
“We have a national champ inour room. What else do youwant?” Goodale said. “He feelslike he’s going to be able to getthem over the hump. Whatever ittakes, I don’t have an ego and Idon’t care. I hope he’s the guy toget them over the hump.”
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TWO FORMER RU PLAYERS RISE TO WNBA RANKSAfter this year’s WNBA draft, the Rutgers
women’s basketball team is now well repre-sented on the West Coast.
With the 15th pick in yesterday’s draft, the Los AngelesSparks selected for-
mer Scarlet Knights guard KhadijahRushdan. Thirteen picks later, the same teamdrafted former Knights forward April Sykes.
“I’m excited and very grateful for the oppor-tunity to pursue my dream of playing profes-sional basketball in the WNBA,” Rushdan saidin a press release. “The Los Angeles Sparks area great organization and I look forward togoing out there and working hard.”
The Wilmington, Del., native appeared in135 career games — tying her for most inteam history — for the Knights, scoringdouble figures in nearly half of them.
She became the 30th player in Knightshistory to score 1,000 points this season, as
well as the second to finish her career with1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 400 assists.
Rushdan ended her career with 1,288 points,placing her inside the top 20 in school history.
Sykes played in 129 games at Rutgers,scoring in double figures 53 times.
In a season when Rutgers earned a first-round bye in the Big East Tournament andan at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament,Sykes also became the 31st Knight to score1,000 points for her career.
Rushdan earned First-Team All-Big Easthonors, the first for Rutgers since EpiphannyPrince in 2009 and the second All-Big Eastselection of her career, while Sykes earned aspot on the All-Big East Second Team.
The draft marks the sixth time in the pasteight years a Knight was drafted and thethird in that span that two heard their namescalled in the same draft.
—Staff Report
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Senior Ryan Fasano pitched 8 2/3 innings of one-run ball Sunday against West Virginia.The righthander struck out five and walked none in the 3-1 victory.
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Freshman midfielder Brian Goss scored apair of goals Saturday against Syracuse.
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Seniors Khadijah Rushdan, right, and April Sykes battle Marquette on Feb. 27. TheLos Angeles Sparks drafted the duo yesterday to the WNBA.
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Rotation leads Knights to WVU sweepBY JOSH BAKAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
With the fourth-to-last ERA in the BigEast, effective pitching was no guarantee for the Rutgers baseball team in this week-
end’s series againstWest Virginia.
After giving up24 runs to St. John’sin their last Big Eastseries, the Scarlet
Knights won more games with their batsthen their arms.
It was also no help that junior pitcher RobCorsi still nursed an elbow injury for thethird straight weekend.
Senior righthander Ryan Fasano stood infor him again Sunday at Bainton Field. Aweek removed from a five-inning, eight-runstart against the Red Storm, Fasano’s per-formance was different.
“[Against] St. John’s, I didn’t have afastball,” Fasano said. “Today I had allthree pitches.”
Fasano was victorious in a 3-1 win thatcompleted a sweep against West Virginia,ending with one run allowed in 8 2/3 inningswhile striking out five and walking none.
The Stony Point, N.Y., native alsorecorded the third straight official qualitystart — a starter must complete at least sixinnings and allow three earned runs or less— of the series.
“It’s tremendous when you don’t have to goto your bullpen for four or five guys,” said headcoach Fred Hill. “That’s what we’ve had to do.”
Junior lefthander Rob Smorol completedSaturday’s 8-4 victory, allowing three runs inseven innings after junior righthander TylerGebler allowed two runs in eight duringFriday’s 3-2 win.
The Knights’ (19-15, 7-5) lineup immedi-ately dominated Saturday, beginning with afive-run first inning, and scored a run apiecein the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
“We did what we were supposed to do,”Hill said of the three innings. “We got guys inscoring position and moved them over.”
The Rutgers lineup also produced withoutswinging the bat as a result of seven walks,two West Virginia errors and getting hit bytwo pitches.
Junior third baseman Pat Kivlehan washit by both. But as a former Rutgers foot-ball team defensive back, he does not mindgetting hit.
“Football’s a lot worse,” Kivlehan said. “Abaseball stings for two seconds, but footballhurts for about 12 weeks.”
The Knights did not win as easily Friday,when they struggled to get runners on untilthe final inning.
Much of their contact produced linedrives, but the Mountaineers (14-23, 3-9)were often in the right place at the right timeand allowed only six hits through eight.
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Rutgers sufferslopsided defeatagainst ’Cuse
BY VINNIE MANCUSO CORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse team had alaundry list of things to worry about enteringthe ESPNU Warrior Classic last Saturday in
Charlotte, N.C. In front of a
nationally televisedaudience as well as6,230 live fans, theScarlet Knights had
the unenviable task of taking on 13th-rankedSyracuse in the opening game.
To top it all off, if the Knights did notcome away with the win, they would not qual-ify for the Big East Tournament at the con-clusion of the season.
Whether it was the pressure, the power ofthe Orange or a combination of the two,Rutgers lost, 19-6, effectively ending its con-ference postseason hopes.
“We got stung pretty hard. I’m not goingto candy coat it, we are not doing well,” saidhead coach Brian Brecht. “That was a toughloss. It was a great day, we had a greatcrowd on national television and Syracusejust gave it to us. We are licking our woundsright now.”
The Knights got off to a promising start,drawing first blood with a goal from fresh-man midfielder Brian Goss three minutesinto the contest. Two minutes later, sopho-more attackman Nick DePaolera respondedto a Syracuse goal with one of his own, givingthe Knights a 2-1 advantage.
It was the last time Rutgers led for theremainder of the contest. Syracuse fired off12 unanswered goals past sophomore goal-
