Rockland worked on the “closed ward” from 1957 to 1959 at the Yokoska Naval Hospital in Japan, which consisted of five categories of patients: murderers, attempted suicides, those suffering from mental disorders, those in a catatonic depressive state and homosexuals. Being gay back then in the military was a crime, Rockland said. “The guys in our ward would get dis- honorably discharged and then back in the United States, they would be trans- ported to places like Fort Leavenworth in Kansas where they would face two to three years of jail time,” Rockland said. Gay patients received shock therapy treatments to remedy their “sickness,” he said, in which they were put in straitjackets, strapped to gurneys and taken down to what was known as the “zapping room.” Looking back, Rockland said he feels ashamed of the practices used on homosexuals. “There was nothing the matter with these guys according to our thought process in 2012, but back then, they were considered sick,” he said. Rockland said he defended the actions of the technicians employing the shock treatments because the captain said the technicians were doing a good service for gays. History professor Rudolph Bell said he wants his students to learn about the past because it is a prevalent issue in today’s news. “The way they handled those things back then gives an important historical context, and that’s what I want my students to see,” Bell said. contributions from several small businesses instead of one large investor. “This law can be a solution for entrepreneurs and investors who are starting businesses in the com- munity. This is going to change things in the com- munity,” Neiss said. Several programs became available to start small businesses after the 2008 financial crisis, but Neiss said banks were not lending and credit was scarce because of certain security restriction laws. With the availability of today’s advanced technol- ogy, the three entrepreneurs explored a solution so small companies could raise capital from their own communities with people they trust, he said. The term crowdfunding, he said, reflects the method they developed. “Crowd is the social network, and finance comes from the community, and entrepreneurship is what we are trying to launch,” he said. Neiss said the process for changing the law was smooth, and he is grateful for the politicians who helped him along the way. BY SEOYOUNG CHOI CONTRIBUTING WRITER More than 500 students saw a series of speakers yesterday at the University’s annual Entrepreneurship Day event, hoping to learn from some of the business industry’s leading innovators. The talks were given at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. “It’s better to teach the man to fish rather than giving him a fish,” said Richard Mammone, associ- ate vice president of New Ventures at the University. “What we are trying to do is … help other people become entrepreneurs. This way they have more self respect and esteem.” Among the different speakers was Sherwood Neiss, an entrepreneur who spoke on his role in creating the framework for a business law, Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, signed on April 5 by President Barack Obama. Alongside two other entrepreneurs, Neiss helped develop what is called “crowdfunding,” a method of investing that involves collective THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 128 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 UNLIKELY CATALYST Today: Partly Sunny High: 65 • Low: 48 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 14 DIVERSIONS ...... 16 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 18 Cobra Starship performed last night at the State Theatre in downtown New Brunswick. See Page 6 for photos. Multi-state lotteries like Mega Millions do more harm than good. UNIVERSITY OPINIONS WEDNESDAY APRIL 18, 2012 SPORTS ...... BACK Junior righthander Pat O’Leary of the Rutgers baseball team pitched 6 1/3 innings yesterday in the Knights’ 8-1 victory against host Monmouth. METRO .......... 7 UNIVERSITY ....... 3 Students with 60 or more degree credits can register for classes from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Michael Rockland, professor in the Department of American Studies, talks about his upcoming book “Navy Crazy” last night in the Rutgers Club on the College Avenue campus. He recalled how gay soldiers received shock therapy in Japan. LIANNE NG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER All-girl panel shares aspects of nerd lifestyle BY HANNAH SCHROER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Lara Martin grew up playing computer games and learning computer coding with her father. She recalled tinkering with an old computer her parents bought at a garage sale until she knew how to operate it. Martin, now the president of Women in Computer Science, a community of women majoring in computer sciences and information technology, said regular expo- sure to games and computers as a child made her career choice a no-brainer. She was among a panel of “nerdy girls” who spoke at the Busch Campus Center yesterday, where they talked about gaming, nerdy careers and the social identity that comes with being a “girl geek.” About 30 people attended the event, which was part of the weeklong “Geek Week” celebrations held on campus by University Student Life. Speaking on the number of women who major in computer science, Martin said rate is decreasing as women change majors or fulfill basic requirements. “There just aren’t many girls,” Martin said. “[Sometimes we] feel the need to gang up and take on the major together.” Panelist Angela Riccio said she likes to keep her nerdiness to herself and only share with the people who will understand it. Riccio, a School of Arts and Science senior, said her college friends did not know she was a geek in high school. She often joked with her online friends about liv- ing a double life. Riccio said she was fortunate enough to find women at the University with her science interest who can “nerd out” along with her, and that all the panelists share this same attribute, despite their upbringing. “We’re all so different, from all different back- grounds doing what we love,” she said. Rachel Quirico, another panelist, said she interacts with the culture of audiences and gamers on a daily basis, making friends within the community as she covers events and gamers worldwide. “Being a giant nerd paid off,” said Quirico, a com- petitive gamer and e-Sports journalist. When talking to male gamers, Quirico said she finds herself explaining her background in gaming in a constant battle to prove she is nerdy enough to hang out with them. She said the e-Sports community tends to be unfair in how they treat women, critiquing females as distrac- tions to the game while attacking their appearance. Despite the obstacles, Quirico said she disregards what she calls “trolls,” or individuals who attack to provoke a SEE PANEL ON PAGE 4 Female panelists discuss nerd life in a predominantly male subculture last night on Busch campus. RYAN LEDERER Professor reflects on ‘crazy’ navy practices BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO CONTRIBUTING WRITER Michael Rockland, a professor in the Department of American Studies, recounted his experiences in the U.S. Navy in the 1950s, a time when homosex- uality was not accepted in the military. The Central Jersey Council-Navy League of the United States gathered yesterday at the Rutgers Club on College Avenue to hear Rockland read excerpts from his upcoming book, “Navy Crazy,” which details his service in the military as a hospital corpsman in the psychiatric ward. Rockland is the author of 14 books, including the unfinished manuscript of “Navy Crazy,” which detailed two near- death experiences while working with violent patients. 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Rockland worked on the “closed ward”from 1957 to 1959 at the Yokoska NavalHospital in Japan, which consisted of fivecategories of patients: murderers,attempted suicides, those suffering frommental disorders, those in a catatonicdepressive state and homosexuals.
Being gay back then in the militarywas a crime, Rockland said.
“The guys in our ward would get dis-honorably discharged and then back inthe United States, they would be trans-ported to places like Fort Leavenworth inKansas where they would face two tothree years of jail time,” Rockland said.
Gay patients received shock therapytreatments to remedy their “sickness,”he said, in which they were put instraitjackets, strapped to gurneys andtaken down to what was known as the“zapping room.”
Looking back, Rockland said hefeels ashamed of the practices used on homosexuals.
“There was nothing the matter withthese guys according to our thoughtprocess in 2012, but back then, they wereconsidered sick,” he said.
Rockland said he defended theactions of the technicians employing theshock treatments because the captainsaid the technicians were doing a goodservice for gays.
History professor Rudolph Bell said hewants his students to learn about the pastbecause it is a prevalent issue in today’s news.
“The way they handled those thingsback then gives an important historicalcontext, and that’s what I want my studentsto see,” Bell said.
contributions from several small businessesinstead of one large investor.
“This law can be a solution for entrepreneurs andinvestors who are starting businesses in the com-munity. This is going to change things in the com-munity,” Neiss said.
Several programs became available to start smallbusinesses after the 2008 financial crisis, but Neisssaid banks were not lending and credit was scarcebecause of certain security restriction laws.
With the availability of today’s advanced technol-ogy, the three entrepreneurs explored a solution sosmall companies could raise capital from their owncommunities with people they trust, he said. Theterm crowdfunding, he said, reflects the methodthey developed.
“Crowd is the social network, and finance comesfrom the community, and entrepreneurship is whatwe are trying to launch,” he said.
Neiss said the process for changing the law wassmooth, and he is grateful for the politicians whohelped him along the way.
BY SEOYOUNG CHOICONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 500 students saw a series of speakersyesterday at the University’s annual EntrepreneurshipDay event, hoping to learn from some of the businessindustry’s leading innovators.
The talks were given at the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campus.
“It’s better to teach the man to fish rather thangiving him a fish,” said Richard Mammone, associ-ate vice president of New Ventures at the University.“What we are trying to do is … help other peoplebecome entrepreneurs. This way they have moreself respect and esteem.”
Among the dif ferent speakers was SherwoodNeiss, an entrepreneur who spoke on his role in creating the framework for a business law, Jumpstar t Our Business Star tups (JOBS) Act, signed on April 5 by PresidentBarack Obama.
Alongside two other entrepreneurs, Neisshelped develop what is called “crowdfunding,” amethod of investing that involves collective
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Students with 60 or more degree credits can register for classes from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Michael Rockland, professor in the Department of American Studies, talks about his upcoming book “Navy Crazy” last nightin the Rutgers Club on the College Avenue campus. He recalled how gay soldiers received shock therapy in Japan.
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All-girl panelshares aspectsof nerd lifestyle
BY HANNAH SCHROERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Lara Martin grew up playing computer games andlearning computer coding with her father. She recalledtinkering with an old computer her parents bought at agarage sale until she knew how to operate it.
Martin, now the president of Women in ComputerScience, a community of women majoring in computersciences and information technology, said regular expo-sure to games and computers as a child made her careerchoice a no-brainer.
She was among a panel of “nerdy girls” who spokeat the Busch Campus Center yesterday, where theytalked about gaming, nerdy careers and the socialidentity that comes with being a “girl geek.”
About 30 people attended the event, which was partof the weeklong “Geek Week” celebrations held oncampus by University Student Life.
Speaking on the number of women who major incomputer science, Martin said rate is decreasing aswomen change majors or fulfill basic requirements.
“There just aren’t many girls,” Martin said.“[Sometimes we] feel the need to gang up and take onthe major together.”
Panelist Angela Riccio said she likes to keep hernerdiness to herself and only share with the peoplewho will understand it.
Riccio, a School of Arts and Science senior, said hercollege friends did not know she was a geek in highschool. She often joked with her online friends about liv-ing a double life.
Riccio said she was fortunate enough to find womenat the University with her science interest who can“nerd out” along with her, and that all the panelistsshare this same attribute, despite their upbringing.
“We’re all so different, from all different back-grounds doing what we love,” she said.
Rachel Quirico, another panelist, said she interactswith the culture of audiences and gamers on a dailybasis, making friends within the community as shecovers events and gamers worldwide.
“Being a giant nerd paid off,” said Quirico, a com-petitive gamer and e-Sports journalist.
When talking to male gamers, Quirico said she findsherself explaining her background in gaming in a constantbattle to prove she is nerdy enough to hang out with them.
She said the e-Sports community tends to be unfairin how they treat women, critiquing females as distrac-tions to the game while attacking their appearance.
Despite the obstacles, Quirico said she disregards whatshe calls “trolls,” or individuals who attack to provoke a
SEE PANEL ON PAGE 4
Female panelists discuss nerd life in a predominantlymale subculture last night on Busch campus.
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Professor reflects on ‘crazy’ navy practicesBY BRIANNA PROVENZANO
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Michael Rockland, a professor in theDepartment of American Studies,recounted his experiences in the U.S.Navy in the 1950s, a time when homosex-uality was not accepted in the military.
The Central Jersey Council-NavyLeague of the United States gatheredyesterday at the Rutgers Club onCollege Avenue to hear Rockland readexcerpts from his upcoming book,“Navy Crazy,” which details his servicein the military as a hospital corpsman inthe psychiatric ward.
Rockland is the author of 14 books,including the unfinished manuscript of“Navy Crazy,” which detailed two near-death experiences while working withviolent patients. SEE PRACTICES ON PAGE 4
Panelists encourage studentsto launch new businesses
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Religious panel educates on human accountability BY LISA MATHEWSCONTRIBUTING WRITER
As part of the MuslimStudent Association’s secondinterfaith panel, leaders fromIslam, Christianity and Judaismgave their perspectives onJudgment Day.
MSA President Ibaad Sadiqsaid the motivation behind thepanels was a way to give stu-dents an opportunity to have aclear conversation with reli-gious leaders Monday at theBusch Campus Center.
“It’s definitely a pretty hottopic, especially since now it’s2012, and a lot of people aresaying the world is going toend,” said Sadiq, a School ofEngineering sophomore.
Rabbi Akiva Weiss, JewishLearning Initiative on Campusco-educator at Rutgers Hillel,said anyone has the right toquestion God, but they maynot like the answer.
“My hope would be that stu-dents would be open enough towant to learn more — not froma proselytizing point of view but in an open dialoguewith a spiritual adviser,” Weiss said.
Imam John Starling, direc-tor of Religious Services andPrograms at the GraciousCenter of Learning andEnrichment Activities, said theDay of Judgment is more thana concept — it is about theaccountability of humans ascreatures of God.
He said Judgment Day ismentioned in the Quran as a
Islamic, Christian and Jewish leaders discuss their respective beliefs regarding judging one’s lifeMonday night at the Busch Campus Center, as a part of an interfaith panel.
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Nicole Heath, a School of Arts and Sciences soph-omore, studied artistic techniques in medical photo-graphs this semester, according to an article onUniversity Media Relations.
Her research for art history Professor SusanSidlauskas focused specifically on the work of WilliamPlayfair, a Victorian physician who was one of the first toedit before-and-after photos.
Playfair would photograph anorexic patientsbefore prescribing a “rest cure” treatment, in whichwomen were committed to bed rest away from situa-tions that could induce stress or anxiety.
The doctor manipulated the “after” photos, using stu-dio lighting and flattering angles to make the womenappear to be cured of their eating disorders.
“There was an element of it being staged,” Heath said.“Was it scientific? Was it objective? Probably not.”
Heath of Washington Township said through herresearch, she gained experience with accessing rarecollections of medical photos, engravings and journals.
“If I didn’t get everything I needed from the firstvisit, I had to go back and be more thorough,” shesaid. “It’s interesting to get all this information andfocus it on one question.”
Author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who wrote onher mental breakdown during her rest cure in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” condemned Playfair’s doc-tored photos.
His treatment was later found ineffective and wasreplaced with other treatments.
“That’s the interesting thing about his pictures,” Heathsaid. “They showed it worked.”
Heath, a public health major, chose the project becauseof her interest in medicine and art history.
“It’s the intersection of two things I love,” she said.“It shows how art has been used to influence medicine,and how medicine has been used to influence art.”
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day without doubt for whoeverseeks the Lord for protectionfrom that day.
“This is the day of reality,”Starling said. “There is no truthmore clear, more real than thelast day.”
He said the real issue con-cerns what comes afterJudgment Day, in which humansare held accountable.
“The responsibility that wehave, not just on earth [is] howwe behaved, how we conductedourselves,” Starling said. “Werewe right, were we wrong?”
Every individual’s actions willbe weighed, he said.
Sister Ellen Kraft, a nun atSisters of Jesus Our Hope, saidChristians believe that individualssee God face-to-face after they die.
At the end of time, she saidGod would reveal his whole planfor creation.
“Not only our lives but thewhole world, how he has led his-tory to the point, how he hashelped, how he has intervened,how the free will have interfacedwith his will,” she said.
In Judaism, there is notmuch emphasis on Judgment
Day as there is in other reli-gions, Weiss said.
“We don’t accord them toomuch in our day-to-day lives,”he said. “They’re out there, weknow about them, but we don’treally ascribe that much impor-tance to them.”
Weiss said each individual’sactions would be accounted for.
“When God opens that bookof accounts, it will read itself ...and on that day, all those thingsare going to testify against us. Ididn’t return $5 that I borrowed,and God will call those $5 to tes-tify against me.”
Weiss said he has thoughtabout whether he would be heldaccountable for breaking theSabbath, but thinks it is impor-tant to focus on the actions thatpositively affect others.
Aisha Faruqi, educationoutreach head for MSA, saidstudents are looking foranswers and directions in life,but need speakers who areknowledgeable in faith to helptheir understanding.
“We form connections to net-work too, with other students ofdifferent faiths, different organi-zations, to share our faith andopinions,” said Faruqi, a Schoolof Engineering junior.
Fred Sisto, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said learningabout different faith shows com-monalities between the religions.
“If you don’t ask these ques-tions, you may be really missingout,” Sisto said.
— Yashmin Patel contributedto this story.
Prior to Rockland’s talk, NavalCaptain Buzz Harrison presenteda certificate of appreciation toDaniel Dermer, a navy leaguechief of staff, on behalf of theleague’s work with families of jun-ior enlisted members in the Navy.
Angus Gillespie,event organizer,said the dinnermeeting was a wayto honor the menand women whoserve in military.
“It’s not charity,what we do, it’s usshowing apprecia-tion for their serv-ice,” said Gillespie,a professor in theDepartment ofAmerican Studies.
The Universitywill begin a Navy
ROTC program next semester,which will be the only one of itskind in New Jersey and one of fiveprograms in the entire country.
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Panelists speak about First Amendment rights during the University’s chapter of the New JerseyPublic Interest Group’s “Citizens United: Free Speech or Bribery?” last night on Douglass campus.
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Tom Mendelson, UniversityArmy ROTCadministrat iveassistant, said theevent served tobring militaryexperience to ayounger audience.
“Right here atRutgers, wehave the oral his-t o r y , ”Mendelson said.“I think thingshappen over theyears thatchange in themilitary andbring it to a new light. … Allwho serve have different experi-ences and serve honorably, butall in a different way.”
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“After working with [politi-cians] for a few months, I have[a] tremendous amount ofrespect toward them. They workfor the country to make the bestfor the nation all for desire andpassion,” he said.
The event also featured apanel called “EntrepreneurshipHelping Developing Economies,”where several industry expertsand investors shared their views
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response based on little to no infor-mation on the Internet, because sheis confident they do not know whatthey are talking about.
Panelist Patricia Chau Nguyensaid society has led to the judg-mental attitude that a lot of nerdshold, citing movies in which a nerdgirl has to go through a transfor-mation to be accepted.
Although she has beenattending Comic-Con — a con-vention devoted to the lastestpop culture including the latest comics, anime, graphicsnovels — for years, Nguyen,director Asian and AsianAmerican Center at CornellUniversity, said she still getsmistook for the girlfriend ofsomeone attending.
Capt. Buzz Harrison speaks about Daniel Dermer, a Navy league chief of staff. Harrison presentedDermer with an award last night for his unit’s work with families of juniors enlisted in the Navy.
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Zoe Gulliksen, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidshe prefers to make friendswith people she meets onlinewho share her interests, andshe often goes to bars withthem to discuss topics, such as comics.
“Trying to find a girl who is ageek isn’t the easiest thing to do,”Gulliksen said. “It’s easier to sayyou’re into Spiderman.”
When being a geek is soengrained in your lifestyle,Gulliksen said it is hard to answerquestions about it because it is afundamental part of her personality.
“What makes me a geek? Idon’t know,” she said. “Whatmakes you a brunette?”
Martin said she is using someof her “nerd” skills for her tech-nology career, and she plans towork on speech recognition soft-ware like Google Voice, whichtranscribes audio messages forusers to read.
on different skills needed in thebusiness world.
Gerard Lynch, president ofSigma Design Company, gavesome words of caution to youngentrepreneurs who are trying tostart new businesses. “Build on a small success andbuild up on that. If you start toobig, you might get discouraged,”he said.
Monal Agrawal, a panelistand president of theUniversity’s chapter ofEngineers Without Borders,said students could begin theirpath into the business world bybecoming involved with
dif ferent entrepreneurshipgroups, on- and off-campus.
“For students, join [a] neworganization,” said Agrawal, aSchool of Engineering senior.“Joining new organizations canhelp and trigger the social inter-action as an entrepreneur.”
Agrawal gained a lot of herexperience while working inThailand and Guatemala, a factthat Ilya Raskin, co-founder ofthe Global Institute forBioexploration and Food4Good,said shows the importance of traveling.
“Just do it. The only way you canlearn is when you can see how the
world outside works,” said Raskin,another speaker on the panel.
Other topics included theimpor tance of technologicaladvancements in the entrepre-neurial world. Marcus Crews,program coordinator of NewVentures at the University, saidthe key is getting these newdiscoveries to the people.
“Part of the result of teachingis development of technology andE n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p Day is a way of getting those tech-nology out to the society,” saidCrew, who was also on the panel.
Todd Wiener, a RutgersBusiness School junior, said the
event gave students a chance tosee innovative ideas.
“This is a motivator anddriver to star t a new inventionand also shows school spiritwhen alumni come out,”Wiener said.
Sung Moon, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, said he reallyenjoyed Neiss’ discussion ofcrowdfunding and believes theevent encouraged those thinkingabout taking the entrepreneur-ship path to proceed.
“This was a great learningexperience and networking,”Moon said. “One day I want tostart my own business.”
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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.
Animal science research Professor Julie Fagan's stu-dents will present videos and projects on music ther-apy, comfort foods, creativity and more at "RUGreatbook: Grassroots to Global Reach at Rutgers."The even takes place at 4:30 p.m. in the fourth-floorlecture hall of Alexander Library on the CollegeAvenue campus. Attendees can try sandwiches fromthe Souper Van and a sample of an OTC mental stim-ulant at the reception.
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 PerceptionSymposium will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at theFiber Optics Materials Research building on Buschcampus. University faculty and guest speakers willpresent their work on new discoveries regardingolfactory processes and human health and behavior.Contact Chris 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 NutritionalSciences, will lecture on “Stress, Eating and NotEating” at noon in the first-floor conference room ofthe Institute for Health, Health Care Policy andAging Research at 112 Paterson St.
28 Get to know Rutgers University at Rutgers Day, theannual rain-or-shine event, is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. onall campuses.
30 Last day of classes.
21 The Rutgers University Glee Club will perform its140th Spring Concert at 7:30 p.m. at the NicholasMusic Center on Douglass campus. Student ticketsare $5. For more information, call the Mason GrossTicket Office at (732) 932-7511.
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Cobra Starship, The ReadySet and Breathe Carolinaplayed last night for about200 students at the State Theatre. The RutgersUniversity ProgrammingAssociation hosted the concert.
we walk around and pick uptrash from the streets in dif fer-ent par ts in the city,” saidElkin, a School of Ar ts andSciences senior. “It’s just aboutbuilding the community prideand making New Brunswick anice place to live.”
Students from the club,which has been active for twoyears, worked side by side withNew Brunswickresidents Sundayto pick up litterfrom streets nearthe CollegeAvenue campus,Elkin said.
“We had aboutfive groups ofpeople goingaround the city,”he said. “Usuallywe go upHamilton Street, and if we seeany real dir ty streets, we’ll godown that way. After weekendsof parties, we find enough tokeep us busy.”
Elkin said Sunday’s eventhad about 30 par ticipants, but he hopes more studentsget motivated enough tobecome involved in futureclean ups.
“It’s hard to get people to dothings, it’s something you real-ly have to believe in. Goingaround picking up trash is notthe most exciting thing in the
world, but the people whocome out are definitely for thecause,” Elkin said.
While people may be preoccu-pied with other issues in the city,Caputo said she hopes residentsremain aware of the litter that hasplagued New Brunswick streetsin the past.
“Litter is a significant issue inthe city and has been for many
years,” Caputosaid. “It has beengetting bettergradually, but weneed to all worktogether to makea bigger impact.”
Other themesincluded “Tidy-UpTuesday,” whennonprofit organi-zations and hous-es of worship
cleaned up the garbage found ontheir property, according to a citypress release.
Children will volunteerThursday with fifth-gradersfrom New Brunswick schoolshelping to clean up the areaaround their neighborhoods.
The week-long program leadsup to Earth Day on April 22, a daydesigned to raise global aware-ness about the community’sresponsibility to take care of itsenvironment, Caputo said.
“It’s a day that nations aroundthe world celebrate in an effort to
be more conscious and active andcaring,” she said.
University students will alsobe involved in volunteering forEarth Day, helping out withcleanup programs on the dif-ferent campuses, said CarlaCapizzi, an organizer for theRutgers-Newark Ear th Daycleanup initiative.
“[Rutgers-Newark] has hadan [Earth Day] event on cam-pus for about six years now,”Capizzi said. “It started with usvolunteering in Newark withthe urban gardens, and now wedo two days a year.”
Urban Cleanup Week isplanned to end this Friday, butCaputo said the cause does notend there.
“We will conduct large vol-unteer cleanups throughoutthe year from April [to]October,” she said.
While the initiatives to pickup litter provide benefits forthe city, Caputo said the maingoal is to stop the problembefore it begins.
“Everyone who lives herewho owns or manages a busi-ness here, each person isresponsible for maintainingtheir own property … regard-less of whether they rent or own,” Caputo said. “Our goal in the city is trying toteach people not to litter tobegin with.”
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Local, campus groups collaborate to clean cityBY GIANCARLO CHAUX
METRO EDITOR
Students and local residentsannoyed with litter throughoutNew Brunswick’s streets have achance to reduce it this week asthe city undergoes its annualcleanup program.
City of ficials have broughtback the initiative UrbanCleanup Week, which runsfrom April 14 through April 20,because of the success theproject has had in the past, saidDonna Caputo, coordinator forClean Communities.
“Urban Cleanup Week is anannual event that the city of NewBrunswick holds to motivateeveryone in the city, businessresidents and volunteers toremove litter in an effort to havea clean city,” said Caputo, whostarted the initiative.
The week-long event beganSaturday, when the committeeorganized large volunteergroups to pick up litter at dif-ferent spots throughout thecity, an event that brought outmore than 150 people to helpthe cause, Caputo said.
The program is co-sponsoredby the University’s Hub CityCleanup Crew, made up of onlystudents, said Todd Elkin, presi-dent of the club.
“We’re a club with Rutgersand a couple Sundays a month
“After weekendsof parties, we find
enough to keep us busy.” TODD ELKIN
President of Hub City Cleanup Crew
County officials announcedyesterday that cash rewards willbe offered to anyone who pro-vides information that couldlead to the arrest of a suspectinvolved in a fatal shooting thatoccurred Monday.
Javier Olvera-Mondrago, aNew Brunswick resident, waskilled on April 16 outside theLos Amigos Tavern on RemsenAvenue in New Brunswick,according to a statement fromthe Middlesex CountyProsecutor’s office.
Det. Ronoldy Martinez of theNew Brunswick PoliceDepartment and Sean O’Lone,investigator in the MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor’s office, deter-mined that the victim was shotafter a dispute occurred insidethe bar.
Anyone who has informa-tion in regard to the shootingis asked to contact CrimeStoppers of Middlesex CountyInc., by calling 1-800-939-9600,according to the statement.
Those who call with infor-mation in response to theshooting will be given instruc-tions on how they can receivecash rewards by using anumerical code, according tothe statement.
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Romney refutes Democratic claims about tax plan
Mitt Romney, GOP presidential nominee, disputes accusations from the Democratic Party yesterday against his tax plan. Romney hasnot provided many details on the tax reform he plans to enforce if he becomes president.
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BETHEL PARK, Pa. — MittRomney sought to inoculate him-self yesterday againstDemocratic charges that hefavors the rich, saying his as yet-to-be disclosed tax plans will notbenefit the well-to-do at theexpense of others.
“I’m going to keep the burdenon the upper-income people thesame as it is today,” the Republicanpresidential nominee-in-waitingsaid as he campaigned acrossPennsylvania on Tax Day. “I knowDemocrats will say it day in andday out, ‘They are for tax cuts forthe rich,’ he said, mimicking hisrivals. “No,’“ he added firmly.
By contrast, Romney saidObama wants to raise taxes, astep the Republican said wouldhamper job creation. UnlikeRomney and most Republicans,the president wants to allowexisting Bush-era tax cuts toexpire at the end of the year forthose at upper incomes.
As he sought to parry theinevitable Democratic accusa-tions, Romney also tackled a sec-ond, if unspoken concern, a per-ception that he has difficultyestablishing rapport with middle-class voters. To that end, his cam-
Spaceshipcompletesfinal flight
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CHANTILLY, Va. — Thespace shuttle Discovery went outin high-flying style.
After three spectacular spinsabove the nation’s capital, theworld’s most traveled spaceshipcompleted its final flight and wasready to become a groundedmuseum relic.
But what an exit. Discoverytook victory laps around theWhite House, the Capitol and theWashington Monument thatelicited cheers and awe — thesame sounds and emotions thatused to accompany every thun-derous launch.
Bolted to the top of a modifiedjumbo jet, the shuttle took off atdaybreak yesterday from CapeCanaveral, Fla. Three hours later,the combo took a few finalswoops around Washington at aneasy-to-spot 1,500-foot altitude.
“It was pretty amazing,” said 12-year-old Riley Jacobsen ofBethesda, Md. “Pretty freakingcrazy. It looked like it was inflated.”
Sorena Sorenson, a geologycurator for the SmithsonianInstitution, was among thou-sands watching from theNational Mall. For 43 years, shehas carried an Apollo 11 medalon her keychain.
“This to me is just so bitter-sweet,” she said.
People filled the Capitol bal-cony and stood on rooftops tocatch a glimpse of Discovery as itcircled three times through part-ly cloudy skies. Constructionworkers staked out prime view-ing spots on cranes.
The nostalgia extended to thecrew at the controls of the 747.“The sad part is we’re retiring avery well-oiled machine,” pilotBill Rieke said.
After landing at DullesInternational Airport in north-ern Virginia, the shuttle willundergo final preparations togo on display Thursday at theSmithsonian’s National Air andSpace Museum annex near the airport.
“We pledge to take care of herforever,” said retired Gen. JohnR. “Jack” Dailey, the museum’sdirector. The shuttle will showyoung visitors “what America iscapable of.”
John Porcari, 13, came out toDulles because his dad is anadministrator with theTransportation Department. Hesaid he was blown away byDiscovery’s size when it landed.
“It’s huge,” he said. “That’ssomething you don’t realize fromseeing pictures.”
The landing “was just unbe-lievable,” said John, who wouldlike to work in the space pro-gram someday. “This is historyright here.”
NASA ended the shuttle pro-gram last summer after a 30-yearrun to focus on destinationsbeyond low-Earth orbit.Discovery — the fleet leader with39 orbital missions — is the firstof the three retired shuttles to beturned over to a museum. It firstlaunched in 1984.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas officials have asked for more timeto phase out federal funding for a women’s health program afterfederal officials said it was illegal for the state to ban PlannedParenthood from participating in it, according to documentsreleased yesterday.
Until this year, federal funds covered 90 percent of the cost ofthe Women’s Health Program, which provides routine exams,contraception and preventive health services to low-incomewomen. But after Texas lawmakers banned groups affiliatedwith abortion providers from participating in the program, thefederal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services said itwould cut off funding because federal law guarantees womenthe right to choose their health care providers.
Federal officials proposed phasing out funding for the programby September, but Texas’ Medicaid director Billy Millwee said yes-terday the state needs more time to publish new rules for the pro-gram. He has proposed phasing out the funding by November.
The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services did notimmediately respond to a request for comment.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Greg Abbott has sued the fed-eral government to have funding restored, and nine clinicsaffected by the rule have sued the state.
Gov. Rick Perry has ordered Texas to cover the lost federalfunding. Allowing the $35 million program to expire would havecost the state more in the long run because of additionalunplanned pregnancies and health problems among poorwomen covered by Medicaid.
Millwee’s proposal calls on the state to contact womenenrolled in the program and help them find new providers.“If a provider cannot be identified for the client, call centerstaff will escalate to appropriate Medicaid and ProviderRelations staff who will recruit additional providers,” theplan said.
Women who earn income less than 185 percent of the fed-eral poverty level, or roughly $20,000 a year, are eligible forthe program, and state officials say 292,000 are enrolled.More than 40 percent of women in the program visited one ofthe clinics that will be kicked out of the program under thenew rules.
The state will use community outreach and face-to-face visitsto recruit more doctors and clinics into the program, the plansaid, and identify parts of the state where there may not beenough health care providers.
— The Associated Press
TEXAS OFFICIALS SEEK EXTENSION FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH PLAN
paign arranged an outdoor eventin a Pittsburgh suburb at whichthe wealthy former businessman-turned-politician and eight arearesidents sat amicably around apicnic table and talked about eco-nomic issues.
There was one fleetingmoment of awkwardness, whenRomney guessed that a plate ofcookies set out on the table werefrom “a local 7-Eleven bakery orwhatever,” instead of a local firm,Bethel Bakery.
But Jason Thomas, one of theparticipants, later told reporters:“I thought he was likable person.... I will personally go on recordand say he doesn’t seem out oftouch. He was asking us whatour concerns were and we triedour best to represent our con-cerns, the concerns for our chil-dren, and a lot of our friends andfamily as well.”
Freed of the last vestiges of achallenge for the Republicanpresidential nomination, Romneyis now able to campaign aroundthe country as the nominee of hisparty with only passing concernfor upcoming primary states.
His itinerary this week runsfrom Pennsylvania, one of severalprimary states on April 24, toArizona, where he will speak to a
nationwide gathering ofRepublican officials. Along theway he has stops in NorthCarolina, to deliver a “prebuttal”to Obama’s Democratic NationalConvention acceptance speech,and Ohio, a perennial battle-ground in presidential elections.
Romney so far has providedonly a few details of the ambi-tious program of tax reform hesays he will propose if he winsthe White House.
He favors extending all theBush-era tax cuts that are set toexpire at the end of the year,and has said he wants to cutrates an additional 20 percentacross the board.
Romney has also said hewould reduce or eliminate somecommon tax breaks used by thewealthy to make up some of therevenue that would be lost.
But he has yet to providemuch additional information, or even define what he means by “wealthy.”
In his conversation withThomas and others around thepicnic table, Romney emphasizedthat middle-income Americanswould benefit from his proposalto eliminate taxes on interest, div-idends or capital gains for anyoneearning $250,000 or less.
When another person at thetable, Kelly Wassel, expressedconcern that the $500 per-childtax credit might expire at theend of the year, his responsesounded like he might allowthat to happen. “I would actuallylike to reshape the entire taxsystem, all right, that is what I’dlike to do, and to simplify thesystem as opposed to all theselittle ... baby steps,” as she nod-ded without protest.
Romney set off a controversyover the weekend when he wasoverheard telling donors hemight want to abolish the taxbreak for mortgages on secondhomes, or perhaps do away withstate and property tax deductionsfor the wealthy.
For the second day in a row,aides sought to dampen the con-troversy while he avoided it.
On a conference call withreporters where surrogates criti-cized Obama for being vagueabout his own proposals, Rep.John Campbell of Californiaturned aside a question aboutpossible parallels to Romney.
“There’s a bunch of choicesand there’s a bunch of ideas, andfrankly, which specific one youchoose isn’t that critical at thisjuncture,” he said.
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BEIRUT — Artillery shattershomes in opposition areas. Regimetanks roll though city centers.Civilians dig graves for dozens ofcorpses, scrawling their names onheadstones with black markers.
Six days on, this is the cease-fire in Syria.
But U.N. chief Ban Ki-moonand others stand by the U.N.-negotiated truce, saying the vio-lence is sporadic and thatPresident Bashar Assad’s regimehas lessened its assaults. Evenwith dozens reported dead overthe past two days, the world pow-ers struggling to stop Syria’sbloodshed are reluctant todeclare the cease-fire dead.
“That process needs to playitself out before we judge it a suc-cess or a failure,” White Housespokesman Jay Carney said.
Ban, speaking in Luxembourg,said there has been “sporadic” vio-lence taking place, but “we thinkthat the overall cessation of violencehas been generally observed.”
In somewhat more criticalcomments of the Syrian regime,British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague said Assad’sforces have complied with thecease-fire “in the most grudgingway possible” and “not yet met allof its terms.”
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassa-dor to the United Nations, said“the situation is not improving.The violence is continuing, thebombardments — particularly inHoms — seem to be increasing,and the conditions that onewould want and need to see forthe effective deployment of thebalance of the monitors are not atpresent in place.”
Nevertheless, Rice called theU.N. plan “perhaps the best andpotentially the last best effort toresolve the situation throughpeaceful diplomatic means.”
“It may be impossible to doso,” Rice acknowledged. “It maybe that the government’s logic isthat it will continue the use of vio-
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and other members support the U.N.-negotiated peace resolution for Syria.Despite the reported deaths from current violence, leaders are hesitant to declare the cease-fire over.
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CAIRO — Fans charged inEgypt’s deadliest soccer riotdeclared their innocence in thefirst session of their trial yester-day, directing their anger towardpolice, charged with collaborat-ing in the killing of 75 supportersof a rival team.
Nine senior officers, includingsix police generals and a colonel,are among the 73 people chargedin the case. The officers werepresent in the courtroom,dressed in traditional white defen-dant uniforms, but they were notheld in the courtroom cage withthe rest of those on trial.
If the police are convicted, itwould further fuel widespreadspeculation that the country’smuch-despised Interior Ministryforce allowed the bloody Feb. 1attack on fans of a soccer clubwith which they have a longantagonistic history.
Most of the defendants arefans of Al-Masry, the main sportsclub in the Mediterranean city of
lence despite its repeated com-mitments as long as it can getaway with it.”
But a lack of alternativesexists for calming Syria’s 13-month-old crisis. The UnitedNations said recently that morethan 9,000 people have beenkilled in the conflict since March2011, and the death toll has risendaily since then.
The United Nations has ruledout the type of military action thathelped oust Libya’s MoammarGadhafi, and the United Statesand its allies balk at intervening inanother Arab nation in turmoil.Several rounds of internationalsanctions have done little to slowthe bloodshed, even thoughFrance said yesterday that themeasures have eroded Syria’s for-eign currency reserves by half.
The opposition is weak anddivided, wracked by infightingand power struggles. The rebelsare low on money and guns, anda plan by Saudi Arabia and otherGulf countries to funnel millionsof dollars a month to rebelsknown as the Free Syrian Armyhas gone nowhere. Qatar’s primeminister said yesterday that hiscountry is not arming the rebels.
Joshua Landis, director of theCenter for Middle East Studies atthe University of Oklahoma, saidcease-fires in Middle East con-flicts are rarely perfect.
“Usually these things are vio-lated by the stronger sidebecause they see an advantageand they can take more land, andright now the opposition isweak,” he said.
Also, Assad can violate thecease-fire terms because heknows the international commu-nity won’t intervene further.
“The international communityis frightened,” Landis said. “Assadhas laid down the gauntlet. Hesaid, ‘I’m not going to leave, I’mgoing to burn the country down,’and the world isn’t sure it wants togo down that road.”
Kofi Annan, a joint emissaryfor the United Nations and the
Arab League, brokered the cease-fire that began Thursday.
The truce is part of a plan tolaunch talks between Assad’sregime and the opposition. Theplan has the backing of Assad’sallies, including Russia, and evenwith setbacks it is seen as theonly way forward.
Under the plan, Assad was sup-posed to withdraw his troops frompopulated areas and both sideswere to lay down their guns —neither of which has happened.The cease-fire is to allow for a dia-logue to end the crisis.
Some opposition leaders havenot agreed to the plan, insisting thatAssad has killed too many people tobe part of the conflict’s solution.
“If he (Assad) makes corre-sponding statements and proveshis innocence before the Syrianand international courts, we willbe prepared in this case for adialogue with him,” said Abdul-Aziz al-Kheir, spokesman forNational Coordination Body forDemocratic Change.
Both sides have accused theother of violations from thestart, but government shelling
attacks on rebellious areas have returned.
Anti-regime activists yesterdayreported shells raining on citiesand towns in the country’s north,center and south as well as raidsto hunt for activists elsewhere.
Activist Fadi al-Yassin in thenorthern Idlib province said gov-ernment shelling around the region-al capital had killed dozens of peoplein recent days, many of whose bod-ies were collected yesterday.
“It was random shelling,” hesaid via Skype. “They were tar-geting any area where theythought there were Free Armyfighters or army defectors.”
An amateur video postedonline yesterday showed whatappeared to be more than 20recent graves, each hastilymarked by a flat headstone with aname scrawled on it in black mark-er. Women and children looked onas men with shovels filled a grave.
Activist claims and videoscould not be independently veri-fied. The Syrian governmentrarely comments on specific inci-dents and has barred most mediafrom working in the country.
For its part, the Syrian govern-ment said five security officeswere killed in attacks in Aleppoand Daraa, as well as in clasheswith rebels in Idlib.
World leaders have acknowl-edged that the truce is fragile.
Ban suggested a U.N. observermission of 250 members, as envi-sioned under Annan’s plan, maynot be big enough “consideringthe current situation and consider-ing the vastness of the country.”
Kieran Dwyer, a spokesman forthe U.N. peacekeeping department,said the observers “completed theirfirst patrols today in Daraa.”
“Discussions with Syrianauthorities are continuing onground rules for how they’ll oper-ate, but it’s not stopping themfrom moving around and doingthe observation work theSecurity Council has authorizedthem to do,” Dwyer said.
The Security Council is toapprove the terms of the missionlater this week, after talks betweenBan and Syrian authorities. Banalso said he has asked theEuropean Union to provide planesand helicopters for the observers.
Port Said, where the attack tookplace. The majority of the victimswere fans of a rival team, Cairo’sAl-Ahly, whose supporters arecredited with playing a major rolein the 18-day popular uprising thattoppled longtime President HosniMubarak last year.
Survivors of the attack chargethat police allowed the attack byAl-Masry fans to deteriorate intobloodshed. Others have suggest-ed that former regime loyalistshired thugs to infiltrate the stadi-um and kill Al-Ahly fans.
“Where is Mubarak?” thedefendants chanted, reflectingtheir suspicions against the oust-ed regime and the justice systemin Egypt.
The hearing took place in thesame courtroom where Mubarakhas faced charges related to thedeaths of hundreds of protestersin the uprising.
“We will get them their justiceor die like them,” the defendants inthe courtroom cage shouted, fistspumping in the air as they referredto those killed in the riots.
One defendant told the presid-ing judges he had been called inby police as a witness but wasarrested instead.
“They fooled me and broughtme in as a witness ... and told meif I point people out they willrelease me,” he said.
Outside the courtroom, hun-dreds of Al-Ahly fans held pho-tos of those killed and raisedposters that said, “I will neverforget justice for our brothers.”Some wore black T-shirts withthe words, “We were killed inPort Said.”
The 30-minute killing frenzy inPort Said broke out when Al-Masry fans stormed the field justseconds after the final whistleblew, even though the home teamwon the match.
What happened next is notentirely clear, but according towitnesses and survivors, Al-Ahlyfans were attacked with batons,knives, fireworks and otherweapons. Some were tossedfrom the tops of bleachers.Others said they were stripped
and Port Said fans carved slo-gans into their skin.
The lights at the stadiumabruptly turned off and the exitdoors closed during the melee,forcing a stampede down a nar-row corridor. The stadium gate,which was locked from the out-side, was forced open by thecrowd. Dozens were crushed todeath there, including fans of Al-Masry. The youngest victim was14 years old.
Prosecutor Mahmoud al-Hennawy said the attack thatnight was “planned” both by Al-Masry fans and thugs.
“The cutting off of the light inthe stadium was intentional, andthe proof is that Al-Ahly fans werethrown off bleachers and the maincause of deaths were the presenceof thugs,” al-Hennawy said.
Some of the defendants facemurder charges. The officershave been charged with assistingthe attackers. They could face upto 10 years in prison.
Most of the victims werefrom Al-Ahly’s “Ultras,” an
organization of the club’s mosthardcore fans.
Some believe the securityforces stood by to punish the Al-Ahly Ultras for their high-profileinvolvement in the uprisingagainst Mubarak and in subse-quent protests against Egypt’smilitary rulers.
Others attribute the violence inPort Said to negligence. Securityforces at the stadium did little dur-ing the attack. Beforehand, theyfailed in routine security meas-ures like searching fans forweapons, though both sidesthreatened violence.
In addition to fans andpolice, the manager of the stadi-um and the technician in chargeof the lights have been charged.The trial is scheduled to resumeMay 5.
After the riot, Egypt imposeda two-year ban on Al-Masry,while this year’s club season hasbeen suspended. Port Said resi-dents say their city has beenstigmatized and boycotted byother Egyptians.
which it seems he was not.Instead of holding hisground, he went afterMartin and created the dan-gerous situation. He was notin any danger, sitting in his
house while this innocent teenage kid walkedthrough his neighborhood. The police did not see itthis way, because Zimmerman was not even arrest-ed when the cops arrived at the scene.
Zimmerman is the only person that truly knowswhat happened to Martin that night, but some otherclues can help piece together the puzzle of whathappened in the span between the 911 call and thepolice arriving on the scene. Apparently, Martin wason the phone with his girlfriend at the time he waswalking through Zimmerman’s neighborhood. Shetold police Martin was walking back from 7-Elevenduring halftime of the NBA All-Star game, carryingnothing but his phone, a bag of Skittles and a can of
iced tea when Martin noticedZimmerman watching him close-ly — until he eventually cameafter him. She warned him to run,but Martin did not because in hismind he was doing nothingwrong. When Zimmermanapproached, she overheard himask, “what [Martin] was doingaround here,” and then heardwhat sounded like pushing. Thepushing was the last thing sheheard in the waning moments
before Martin’s death. Additionally, some of theneighbors heard the commotion, reportedly hear-ing what sounded like screams and cries for help,followed by one gunshot.
In the weeks following his death, the factor ofrace has been overwhelmingly involved in the dis-cussion around the murder — and rightfully so.Race does seem to be a difficult-to-ignore variablein this case as a possible motive for the perpetratoras well as a potential bias in policing the case. ForZimmerman’s sake, let’s assume that he was not aracist and think about what else could haveinspired him to leave his house and take justice intohis own hands. Besides being black, he describedhim as a kid in his upper teens wearing a dark grayhoody, sweatpants or jeans and some white sneak-ers. Sounds like a typical University crime alert.Sounds like a typical University student to me. Notto get anyone stirred up over this crime alert thing,but inquiring minds want to know: What exactly is
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EDITORIALS
“I didn’t return $5 that I borrowed, and God will call those $5 to testify against me.”
Rabbi Akiva Weiss, Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus co-educator at Rutgers Hillel, on what individuals will be accountable for come Judgment Day
STORY IN UNIVERSITY
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I t’s another day of livingfor a student like me atthe University. The sun
is out, the weather is cool,but for some reason some-thing just isn’t right. Likeany other day, I throw on my hooded sweatshirt,sweatpants and white Jordans and play out anotherday on my mission to graduate, be successful andhave some fun doing it. Most of my readers canrelate. So why is it that Trayvon Martin does not getto wake up and have an opportunity to make themost of life for doing something that I could havebeen doing —while wearing something that I couldhave been wearing — on any given day? The ironysmacks me in the face as I read the news eatingbreakfast in the Livingston Dining Commons.
For those of you that may not be familiar withMartin’s story, he was a 17-year-old boy fromFlorida who was allegedly gunned down by a self-appointed neighborhood watchleader for looking suspicious. Myquestion is what is so suspiciousabout a hoody?
The main description givenduring the 911 call by the shooter,George Zimmerman, was a blackboy wearing a dark gray hoody,jeans/sweatpants and whitesneakers. That’s nothing differ-ent than any one of us could bewearing, but enough forZimmerman to deem him “suspi-cious” or “up to no good.” Despite being told by thepolice on the phone not to take action and to specif-ically not follow him, Zimmerman took matters intohis own hands and went after Martin. Zimmerman,head of the neighborhood watch, said “They alwaysget away,” and hung up the phone, eventually shoot-ing and killing 17-year-old Martin.
When the police finally arrived, Martin wasdead, with no one looking guiltier thanZimmerman. After all, he was recorded making thecomplaint, then leaving the phone to go after the so-called “neighborhood intruder.” Apparently, this isnot so clear to everyone — especially the policethat reported this case, who at the time believedthat Zimmerman was acting in self-defense. Inmost states, if you are presented with an imminentthreat of grave bodily harm or death, you have theoption to retreat from the situation unless you arein your home. Florida is one of the states thatallows you to stand your ground and fight back.The state has the burden of proof and has to provethat Zimmerman was not acting in self-defense,
MCT CAMPUS
Hoodies are not criminal
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“What exactly is suspicious or dangerous
about a young manin a hoody and jeans
walking throughyour neighborhood?”
P roject Civility began with one objective two years ago — to “pro-duce a campus culture very aware of civility, integrity and a citi-zenry that respects all cultures and persons” by encouraging
“small acts of courtesy, compassion and respect.” Student organizations,the University administration and faculty pursued this goal sinceSeptember 2010 through ongoing panels and events, all with the intentof fostering a university-wide dialogue on campus. A closing ceremonywas held Monday night at the Busch Campus Center to bring the pro-gram quietly to a close.
With Project Civility’s conclusion, we’d like to take some time toreflect on the impact the program has had here on the University com-munity, as well as its overall success in achieving its objectives. Some ofthe project’s cornerstones included intimate fireside chats, during whichstudents and faculty alike were given the chance to engage in discus-sions about topics concerning civility on university campuses across thecountry, as well as a Project Civility essay contest. Our own publicationserved as a platform for this contest, and the winning essays were pub-lished in the Opinions page.
Over the course of the program’s implementation, these events forgeda palpable sense of civil dialogue here at the University. Even if you didn’tattend one of the symposiums or lectures, you’ve surely seen a flyer of twowith the words “Project Civility” printed across them around campus. Theprogram has certainly turned some heads, but has it really brought abouta more civil student body?
Only partially. Project Civility has certainly become one of theUniversity’s most unique undertakings, serving as a model for many otherschools’ own civility campaigns across the country. But despite its reputa-tion, we’re hesitant to say whether it has resulted in any tangible changesin the behaviors and actions of students here on campus. In all likelihood,the University community is probably just as civil as it was two years ago.
The reasons for this lie in the project’s original goal. The idea that atwo-year campaign aimed at civil interaction between members of theUniversity community could result in noticeable changes is probably alittle far-fetched. Many of the reasons for the way community memberson campus are able to get along on a day-to-day basis could probably beattributed to the fact we are already civil — or at least for the most part.A civility campaign can help us reflect on this fact, but it would requiresome serious strategies to change it.
While we’re sad to see the project phased out in its current form,we’re hopeful for future versions of a civility program. The administra-tion plans to hand the project over to a student committee at the end ofthe month. It’s our hope that in the hands of students, Project Civility willbe able to better reach members of the community.
Project Civilityends on soft note
Mega Millions:Don’t buy into it
M ega Millions — the multi-state lottery that had peopleacross the country flooding their local convenience storesin hopes of purchasing the winning ticket — announced its
final winner yesterday. The Red Bud, Ill., resident will receive a checkfor $218.6 million. But after the hubbub that surrounded this year’sjackpot, we realized the lottery is a stupid idea.
Granted, the record-high $656 million jackpot was pretty astonish-ing. Many citizens take pleasure in imagining that out of the hundredsof thousands of participants, there is a small chance of winning it big.But for all its attraction, multimillion lotteries like this are more harm-ful than they are beneficial.
Mega Millions is played in 42 states, and the odds of winning are 1in 1 million. In the Garden State, the New Jersey Lottery has becomea nearly $2.6 billion-a-year business. And on the off chance that a win-ning ticket is obtained, the recipient can expect to pay up to half oftheir earnings in taxes and statistics suggest that they’ll probably beless happy than if they earned that money.
Yet there is more to the lottery system than slim odds. Many thinkof the lottery as inherently harmless, something to only occasionallytake part in, when the stakes are especially high. Yet the true weightof its impact often falls on a demographic overlooked. In a sense,statewide lotteries like Power Ball or multi-state lotteries like MegaMillions serve as a regressive tax on the poorest of people who buyinto the systems. And undoubtedly, in many places, these are thelargest demographics to play the game. In the places, the poor may puthope in the possibility that the lottery can carry them out of poverty,and purchasing lotto tickets becomes a routine.
With this in mind, the next time you think about weighing yourodds in the lottery, just don’t buy into it.
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CommentaryNICK VALSALEN
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suspicious or dangerous about ayoung man in a hoody and jeanswalking through your neighbor-hood? I do this every day, walk-ing from my Hamilton Streetapartment to the bus stop. Myintent with my hoody over myhead is not a criminal one, but aninnocuous one, much likeMartin. So why did he get shotand I didn’t? To take that evenfurther, if you got shot doing thesame thing he did, will yourshooter get arrested or was hejust “protecting his community?”Put yourself in his shoes.
The point is it could have hap-pened to any of us. Take a lookaround campus on a cool springday like today. Almost everyoneis wearing a hoody. Are we all
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T his week marks the10th anniversary ofTent State University, a
movement started at theUniversity in 2003 as a protestof University spending andother social issues. Students setup tents in the Voorhees Mallon the College Avenue campusfor a week where they eat, sleepand discuss different problemsplaguing the University. Thisyearly event has caught on atother universities around thecountry and has become anational movement for collegestudents to protest dif ferentuniversities’ spending.
When I first came to theUniversity, I heard from somepeople that I knew that it was a“chill place to smoke and playmusic.” The residence hall Ilived in was highly liberal, so Iexpected nothing less of theresidents. I had no problemwith it then. It was just a bunchof kids skipping class for a weekand wasting their educations fora social cause they believed in.If I didn’t want to participate init, I had no obligation to do so.
I had no problem with it,until I heard that this year, theRutgers University StudentAssembly is partly funding TentState. RUSA, which gets fund-ing through student fees, is pay-ing for a protest of Universityspending. I don’t know if it’sonly me who finds that to behighly ironic and maddening.
Tent State wastesstudent funds
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suspicious too? The bias in thiscase is clearly present, with theshooter leaving the scene of thecrime a free man. Whether thatbias is because of his positionwith the neighborhood watch orsomething to do with race is notfor me to decide, but a biasappears to present nonetheless.Under no circumstances should apolice officer take the eyewitnessaccount of the shooter. A youngteenager was dead, and a manstood at the scene of the crimewith the murder weapon, but hestill walked free. The saddestthing is he would have probablygotten away with it if it hadn’t hitthe national media. What’s evensadder: He still might.
Nick Valsalen is a School ofArts and Sciences junior majoringin sociology and human resourcemanagement with minors in crim-inology and psychology.
Why should my student fundsbe funneled into something Idon’t believe in? And further-more, why should my studentfunds be funneled into some-thing so totally unnecessary?Why can’t my student fees gointo fixing the infrastructure ofthis University? Or go towardsomething that will be beneficialto me? What is Tent State tryingto prove?
There are so many thingsthat the University could spendthis money on, and yet it isbeing wasted on a “part protest,part festival,” as I heard it beingcalled this morning as I wasleaving Voorhees Mall after mymorning class. This Universityhas enough trouble with moneyas is, and I am infuriated that myhard-earned money — and thehard-earned money of all theother students who attend thisschool — is going to somethingthat is protesting exactly thistype of thing. This moneyshould be spent fixing air condi-tioning in buildings or maybeputting a working water foun-tain in Scott Hall. But instead, Inow have to walk through aminefield of protesters that arethere simply because I attendthis school.
This is not OK. RUSA reallyneeds to take a step back andrealize that this money theyhave to work with is betterspent elsewhere.
Kimberly Syvarth is a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior major-ing in English and Jewish studies.
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After ending the Big Eastportion of its schedule on a six-match winning streak,
t h eR u t g e r s
tennis team earned a No. 8seed in the upcoming Big East Tournament.
It matches the ScarletKnights up with the No. 9 seedCincinnati Bearcats in the firstround, which takes placetomorrow in Tampa.
The Knights made it into thetournament by finishing amongthe top 12 in the Big East with a7-3 conference record.
“We had three great winslast week to end the regularseason, and we feel like wehave a lot of momentum,” saidhead coach Ben Bucca in apress release. “There is noth-ing like winning — it is conta-gious and it makes everythingfun. We feel great about howwe have been playing down thestretch and look forward to theBig East Championships.”
The three wins Bucca isreferring to came against SetonHall, Pittsburgh and WestVirginia.
Senior Jennifer Holzberg ledthe team during that stretch,winning all six of her matches.Rutgers also earned the dou-bles point in each match.
The Bearcats, losers of eachof their last three matches, donot carry any momentum intothe tournament.
The Knights want toimprove on last year’s second-
round exit. They beat WestVirginia in last year’s openinground before dropping a matchagainst Syracuse in the next.
Improvement on that resultthis season is no easy task. Thewinner of tomorrow’s matchadvances to face No. 1 seedNotre Dame on Friday in thequarterfinals.
But Bucca is well aware ofhow tough the conference is,especially compared to where itused to be.
“The Big East in women’stennis is clearly an emergingconference,” he said. “This isthe strongest the conferencehas ever been, as we have fourteams with a national rankingand a number of teams thatcompete ef fectively againstthese nationally ranked teams,including us. There has neverbeen this much depth or such ahigh level of play in the BigEast until now. We have tocome ready to play and we aregoing in healthy, motivated andas a cohesive unit. That’s arecipe for success.”
While Rutgers has momen-tum on its side, it does not havefamiliarity working for it.
The Knights have not seenCincinnati since Feb. 15, 2009,when they traveled to Ohio andlost, 4-3.
Only Holzberg and fellowsenior Morgan Ivey haveplayed the Bearcats.
The tournament lasts untilSaturday and takes place at theVarsity Courts on the SouthFlorida campus.
TENNIS
Senior No. 2 singles Jennifer Holzberg returns a volley Sunday against West Virginia. Holzbergand the Knights earned a No. 8 seed in the Big East Tournament and will face Cincinnati.
ANASTASIA MILLICKER
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Senior linebacker Khaseem Greene observes a March 31 practicein the Bubble. Greene participates in non-contact drills.
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Sidelined RU veteransmaintain leadership
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
While the Rutgers footballteam’s coaching staf f scanseach play, two other sets of eyes
do thes a m e .
Seniors Khaseem Greene andScott Vallone will not see a snapon the field during spring prac-tice, but their presenceremains.
“I think it’s anadvantage for theyounger players,”said head coachKyle Flood. “Theone thing thatthey know frombeing here aslong as they haveis … the tempowe practice at.They know theef fort level thatwe expect onevery play.They’ll be the first ones to speakup when they see a youngerplayer not doing it right.”
Greene, a weakside line-backer, and Vallone, a defensivetackle, continue to recover fromoffseason surgeries. They bene-fit from a scaled-back springnormally reserved for experi-enced contributors.
Greene, the Big East’s Co-Defensive Player of the Yearlast season, returns as thenation’s active tackles leader.Vallone has started since hisredshirt freshman season.
Both rarely missed a snap intheir last five combined seasons— Greene became a starter atsafety in 2010 before moving tolinebacker.
Greene continues to workwith sophomore Kevin Snyder,
who rotates through all threelinebacker positions in thespring. Snyder played nearlyexclusively at strongside line-backer during his freshmanseason, when he recorded 40tackles and 2.5 for a loss.
Meanwhile, Vallone man-ages a defensive tackle groupthat combined does not equalhis three years of playing expe-rience. Sophomore Kenneth
Kirksey, peggedas a starter at thebeginning ofspring, was arotational playera year ago.
In Greene andVallone’s on-fieldabsence, anotherfifth-year seniortakes the reins.
Wide receiverTim Wrightmissed the 2010season after suf-fering a knee
injury during training camp, aspring removed from earningMost Improved Of fensivePlayer honors.
He returned to a reducedrole last season, hauling in apair of touchdowns.
But Wright continues toimpress Flood during thespring, much like the one heenjoyed two years ago.
“I’ve said this a number oftimes to the team: There’s noth-ing more valuable than consis-tency,” Flood said. “Timmy’sthe embodiment of that. Timmycomes to work every day. Heruns precise routes, he catches the balls thrown hisway, he runs the routes to openup other receivers. That’sTimmy Wright. He’s a selflessfootball player.”
FOOTBALL
“Timmy [Wright is]the embodiment
[of consistency]. Heruns precise routes,he catches the balls
thrown his way.”KYLE FLOOD
Head Coach
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played four seasons before he transferred.
When Flood was still a posi-tion coach, he convinced Dill toplay for Rutgers as a graduatestudent. Dill said it did not takemuch convincing.
“It’s opportunity to be part ofa team that’s going to win the BigEast Championship,” he said.
Dill’s aspirations require a sta-ble offensive line, and that hasbeen a struggle in recent history.
The most recent Knight Dillnamed was Davis, who lastdonned scarlet in 2009, when theo-line allowed 40 sacks.
It was a different story in 2010,when Rutgers allowed 61 sacks. TheKnights gave up only 30 last season,but that involved shifting linemen tomany different positions and puttingout several starting lineups.
Dill started 33 games for theTerrapins, and he wants to add tothat total with Rutgers at righttackle. But if Dill and other line-men do not solidify a startingspot, it will be because of depth.
Sophomore lineman TajAlexander also has his eye on theright tackle spot. Junior rightguard David Osei is grateful forthe competition.
“Playing next to Taj, he’s anexplosive guy. Then you haveR.J., who you can tell is just a vet-
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Head coach Kyle Flood recruited fifth-year senior offensive tackle R.J. Dill when Flood coachedthe Rutgers offensive line. Flood also recruited Dill out of high school.
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eran of the game,” Osei said.“Playing next to both of them, Igot lucky this year.”
Dill has caught up to the newsystem in the spring, and Oseihas noticed.
“I think he already knows thewhole offense,” Osei said. “He’sjust getting into the groove. Thereare little changes from school toschool — different coach. He’sjust getting those little thingsdone, but I think he’s going to bea good part of the o-line.”
In Week 4 of spring practice,Flood has not officially namedstarters. Dill and Alexander bothwant to start, and both might gettheir wish.
“R.J.’s doing a nice job for us. Ithink it’s been a good competition,”Flood said. “There’s been a lot ofback-and-forth between those twoplayers. It could end up that both ofthem end up in the starting five.”
The Knights offensive line con-tinued its sporadic play toward theend of last season. The unit pre-vented quarterbacks Chas Doddand Gary Nova from gettingsacked against Iowa State, but itallowed six sacks for a loss of 41yards against Connecticut.
Dill will be part of a Knightsoffensive looking for more stabil-ity, but he focuses on more thanrecent history. Dill is proud tobecome a part of Knights history.
“They have a tradition here,”he said. “Have they gotten awayfrom it in the past few years? Idon’t know. I think a tradition’sestablished over a long time.”
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bats of junior rightfielder SteveZavala and junior first basemanBill Hoermann, who combined torecord all six of Rutgers’ RBI.
“If the [Nos.] 5 and 6 spotsare hot, it takes the pressureoff of everybody else,” Zavalasaid. “If three or four guys don’tget the job done, it’s not likenobody will.”
Zavala tallied his third RBI ofthe game by scoring junior thirdbaseman Pat Kivlehan.
Junior catcher Jef f Melilloscored the first of three runs in a five-hit inning on an error from Monmouth short-stop Jon Guida.
Following his first victorywith Rutgers in a 15-4 victoryagainst Fordham on April 10,O’Leary had no problem gettingrun support from his team.
The first inning was not quitelike Rutgers’ eight-run secondinning against the Rams, but thethree-run first set the righty upfor the victory.
Zavala singled to left centerand scored sophomore center-fielder Brian O’Grady and soph-omore second baseman NickFavatella — both recorded thefirst two of Rutgers’ 18 hits, tiedfor a season high.
“Our hitters had a goodapproach today,” Hill said.“They waited for their pitchesand really put some goodswings on the ball. … I feel likewe have a lot of guys who canreally swing it on our team. It isall about working to get yourpitch in the right count.”
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combine for all six Rutgers RBI
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Junior Pat O’Leary allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings yesterday in an 8-1 victory against Monmouth. The righthander threw fiveno-hit innings and retired eight straight batters in his third start with Rutgers. He previously made four relief appearances.
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Senior third baseman Brittney Lindley registered the deciding hit in Game 1 yesterday against Stony Brook. Her seventh-inning grand slam broke a 0-0 tie andhelped the Knights to the first of two wins on the day. She is also Rutgers’ career leader in home runs and leads the team in long balls this season with five.
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While the next pitcher,Christine Lucido, held theKnights (20-21, 8-8) at baymomentarily, it did not last, asRutgers scored two more runs inthe sixth inning.
“In Game 1, we were swingingwell. It’s just that balls weren’tfalling so we stayed at it,” saidsenior third baseman BrittneyLindley. “Then in Game 2, we justcame out attacking and hittingthe pitches we were given.”
Sisco took the pressure off of theoffense by keeping Stony Brook (27-11) off of the board for four innings.By the time she departed, Rutgershad already scored four runs.
“She did what we expectSisco to do, and that’s poundthe strike zone and get a bunchof ground balls for us,”McMullen said. “Our defensemade plays behind her, and itwas very good to see her to geta good win there.”
The Knights cruised past theSeawolves in Game 1, withLandrith successfully keepingthem off of the scoreboard, alongwith some help from the defense.
Although she threw a com-plete game, the Vacaville, Calif.,native struck out only two of the29 batters she faced.
Rutgers’ offense waited untillate in the game to come alive.After six scoreless innings, theKnights found themselves withthe bases loaded in the seventhinning and their career leader inhome runs in Lindley at the plate.
With one swing of the bat,she displayed the power thatearned her the record. Lindleydrove the ball over the right-
center field fence, smacking herteam-best fifth home run of theyear and putting Rutgers upfour runs.
She credits the hitters beforeher for making her job that mucheasier by loading the bases.
“That’s a great feeling whenyou’re put in that position,”Lindley said. “All you have to dois hit the ball and you’re probablygoing to score a runner. I was justlooking for a good pitch to hit anddrive. I saw a ball that was a littlebit up, and I just got my barrel onit and it just happened to go out.”
While the Cicero, N.Y., nativemade light of her home run,when she hit it, the rest of theteam did not.
McMullen said she knew itwas out right off the bat.
“No doubt about it, she got allof it,” she said. “That’s whatBrittney gives you. Even whenshe’s not hitting the home runs,she consistently has good at-bats,and that’s all you can ask for.”
But Lindley was not the onlyKnight to impress at the plate. Inboth games, each of the top fivehitters registered a hit, includingDurando’s home run.
Nelson wanted to insert fresh-man Ashley Alden in the lineupmore often, but she plays thesame position as Durando. So heresorted yesterday to rotating thetwo between first base and desig-nated hitter.
“It’s so much better wheneveryone is hitting, obviously, andhitting is very contagious, and it’scontagious both ways,” McMullensaid. “When you’re not hittingwell, it goes throughout the teamand no one is hitting well.”
The offensive surge arrivesjust in time, as the Knightsenter a weekend series withtwo-time defending Big Eastchampion Syracuse.
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Seawolves’ scoring in victories
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“When you’re not hitting well,
it goes throughout the team and
no one is hitting well.”RYAN MCMULLEN
Assistant Coach
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T he SouthernMethodist men’s bas-ketball team expects
former NBA coach LarryBrown to make a decisionwithin the next few days onwhether he wants to becomethe next Mustangs coach,according to ESPN.
The 71-year-old said SMUinterviewed him Sunday aboutthe position, vacant since theMustangs last month fired for-mer head coach Matt Doherty.
SMU also approachedMarquette assistant coach Tony Benford’s representative Saturday togauge his interest in the$500,000 opportunity.
Benford is also a finalist forthe North Texas head coachopening since former headcoach Johnny Jones departedfor LSU.
AN ALABAMA FOOTBALLplayer’s father accidentallyknocked the Coaches’ Trophyfrom team’s BCS national titlethis year off its podium andshattered it.
The Waterford crystal tro-phy was on display at the MalMoore Athletic Facility hallsnear head coach NickSaban’s office.
Sculpted in Ireland, the tro-phy cost $30,000, and a univer-sity spokesman said it willimmediately start the processof replacing the trophy,according to ESPN.
It is the third time in recenthistory the trophy has beenlost, also breaking at Florida in2008 and getting stolen fromFlorida State in 2004.
NEW YORK JETS LEFTguard Matt Slauson did notdeny that trading for quar terback Tim Tebowwould have severe ef fects onthe team.
Slauson said the Jets willoperate their offense like “twodifferent teams.”
New York stated Tebow willbe used in the Wildcat forma-tion, but a source told ESPNthe Florida product will alsoplay running back.
Mark Sanchez remainsstarting quarterback as theJets return to a “Ground andPound” style that head coachRex Ryan prefers.
THE NHL SUSPENDEDChicago Blackhawks centerAndrew Shaw for three gamesfor his hit on Phoenix Coyotesgoalie Mike Smith in Game 2of their Western Conferencequarterfinals series.
Smith played the puckbehind the net when Shawknocked him over in the sec-ond period. Smith did notmove on the ice for severalminutes, but the goalkeeperfinished the game.
Shaw earend a five-minute major penalty andgame misconduct.
Athletic Director TimPernetti named Rob ShutteRutgers head men’s golf coach
Feb. 24.W h e n
Shutte arrived on the Banks, hismain focus was to return win-ning ways to the program.
Now with his first year at thehelm nearing its end, Shuttebelieves he had a successfulyear and is “excited for what’s tocome” in the future. His firstseason at Rutgers gives himhope of accomplishing the goalhe arrived with.
“I have high expectationsnow and going forward,” Shuttesaid. “I have a great relationshipwith the players, and we havemutual respect for each other.This is a great group of guys,and I’m happy with what I have.”
Shutte coaches the ScarletKnights with seven years ofcollegiate experience under hisbelt, including the past twoyears as head women’s golf coach at Lehigh. Rutgershas embraced Shutte this season and adapted to the new leadership.
“[Shutte] brings anotherlevel of energy and enthusi-asm,” said sophomore co-cap-tain Doug Walters. “He is aknowledgeable guy and a play-er’s coach. He doesn’t only do agood job in tour-naments, but isphenomenal inpractice, as well.”
Shutte doesnot only try tohelp improve theKnights asgolfers, but hewants them toimprove theircharacter. Helooks at the big-ger picture andemphasizes thefact that there is life outside ofthe sport.
“He’s just a great guy to lookup to,” said sophomore JonathanRenza. “Coach stresses theimportance of the appearance ofstudent athletes. In addition tounderstanding that we representRutgers University, he wants usto represent ourselves in a posi-tive manner. He helps us becomebetter men. Coach wants peopleto see the positivity that we haveinside of us.”
When Shutte began his stintwith Rutgers, he inherited a tal-ented but very young squad. Hesaw the potential in the playersand was up for the challenge tohelp them grow and develop.
The Knightsappreciate theircoach’s willing-ness to makethem better.
“I like how hesees a bright futurein all of us,” Renzasaid. “He does notget bothered whenwe make our mis-takes. He is justconcerned withseeing that weactually learn from
what we do and he gives us thefreedom to learn through experi-ence. He comes with having agreat plan for us.”
Shutte understands thatwhile his first year is almostover, he has work to do in orderto get the team to the next level.He believes everyone has hisown responsibility, and he hasplans to do whatever he can toimprove the team.
“Everyone has to do their part,”Shutte said. “I have to do what I
have to do in recruiting and leadingmy players in the right direction. Ifwe all combine our efforts as anorganization, we will better ourposition moving forward.”
Although the Knights did notdo as well as Shutte hoped thisseason, he is optimistic for theteam’s last match at the Big EastChampionship at the end of themonth and for future seasons.He encourages his players toalso be positive because heknows where it can lead them.
“He brings intensity to theteam,” Walters said. “Coachwants us to be accountable asplayers, and he’s leading us to bewinners, not solely based on com-petitions but in life. He wants usto always see the better side ofthings instead of dwelling onwhat could have been.”
Shutte enjoys his time atRutgers. He believes there issomething special in Piscataway,and he wants to be a part of it.
“I am absolutely enjoyingRutgers,” he said. “I appreciatethe uniqueness of Rutgers. Wehave a product to sell in this golfteam. This University has noth-ing but positivity and providescomfort to all. I can honestly saythat I can call this place home.”
MEN’S GOLF“Everyone has to do
their part. I haveto do what I have
to do in recruiting and leading ... in
the right direction.”ROB SHUTTE
Head Coach
KNIGHTS PREPARE FOR CAMPAIGN’S FINAL EVENT
Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis and the rest of the Rutgers women’s golf team finish their2012 spring season April 24 at the Big East Championships in Orlando.
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The Rutgers men’s andwomen’s golf teams reach the end of their respective seasons in thenext two weeks, when each takes part in its confer-ence championship.
The men’s team finishesits first campaign under headcoach Rob Shutte, whojoined the program afterspending the past two sea-sons at Lehigh.
It travels to Orlando onApril 29 for the three-day BigEast Championships.
The women’s team caps its 20th season underhead coach Maura Waters-Ballard at the league championships a week earli-er in Orlando.
The three-day Big Eastevent ends April 24.
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BY BEN CAINSTAFF WRITER
Sprinter Kevin Brown says henever felt stronger than he doesnow. The senior has improved
t h r o u g h -out the
season, setting personal-best timesin the 200- and 400-meter dash.
He is also a part of the Rutgersmen’s track and field team’s 4x400-meter relay unit that broke theschool indoor record at the IC4AChampionships.
His career season continuedSaturday at the MetropolitanChampionships, where hescored a team-high 40 points forthe Knights in their second-placefinish. He also may qualify forthe NCAA East Regionals in the
400-meter dash for the first timein his career.
The Woodbury, N.J., nativeattributes his improvement thisseason to more consistency in theweight room, a more refinedsprinting technique and experi-ence. He hopes the combinationcan earn him his first individualBig East title.
“The Big East is pretty loadedthis year,” he said. “I’ve definitelygot to come with my A game. … Ithink if I just compete hard, any-thing’s possible. I can get one.”
Such aspirations likely lookedunreachable a few years ago toBrown. He spent his freshmanseason at Gloucester CountyCollege, sprinting against com-petition he said was “not reallyup to par.”
The Woodbury High Schoolproduct relished the day hecould compete at the Division-I
level. It came when he trans-ferred to Rutgers for his sopho-more season.
“I wanted to move to Division Ibecause I wanted to prove tomyself that I could run with thebest,” he said. “The competition[at Gloucester] was not as compet-itive, but you learn the fundamen-tals of actually running. … Weekin and week out, it’s competitiveon a Division-I level.”
Brown made an immediateimpact after joining the ScarletKnights in 2010. Since he earned aspot on the Rutgers 4x400-meterrelay squad, the group has neverfinished lower than first in the at aconference championship meet.
The Knights qualified forNCAA Regionals in the 4x400 ineach of his first two seasons.Brown traveled with the team asan alternate in the 2010 NCAARegionals and earned his first
taste of regional action last seasonas the first leg.
But both appearances were dis-appointing for the Knights, as theyfailed advance out of the prelimi-nary rounds. Brown remembersthe sour taste from last year’sdefeat and wants to make sure itdoes not happen again this year.
“I think at the level that every-body’s running at on the team,there’s definitely a chance thisyear to make the final round,” hesaid. “It’s a competitive group ofguys — everybody works hard,everybody wants to make itthere. Last year was a big upsetfor us — to get to regionals andnot even advance [to the finalround]. We felt like we left a lot inthe tank. And nobody wants tofeel that anymore.”
“Last year was a bigupset for us — to
get to [NCAA]Regionals and noteven advance [to the final round].”
KEVIN BROWNSenior Sprinter
MEN’S TRACK
Senior sprinter Kevin Brown competes in last year’s Metropolitan Championships at Rutgers’ Bauer Track and Field Complex. Brown recorded first-place timesin this year’s edition in both the 200- and 400-meter dash, aiding the Knights’ point total with a team-high 40 of his own.
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Sprinter takes advantage of Big East opportunity
ROOKIE TIES SINGLE-SEASONMARK FOR DECADE
With her seventh complete-game shutout of the seasonyesterday in Game 1 of a dou-bleheader against Stony
B r o o k ,Rutgers
softball starting pitcher AlyssaLandrith tied a season recordand nears another.
The freshman is now tiedwith Leah Black for most winsin a single season by a Rutgerspitcher this decade and is onewin away from a tie for third onRutgers’ all-time single seasonwins list.
“We feel like we have a goodchance of winning every ball-game that Landrith throws,”said assistant coach RyanMcMullen. “She keeps us inballgames — even when westruggle offensively early ingames. It helps your offense somuch more when they’re nothaving to play from behind.”
Against the Seawolves,Landrith allowed seven hits
with two strikeouts, two hitbatters and only one walk.She also pitched 2 1/3innings in Game 2, strikingout one batter.
Landrith’s (15-8) wins totalis six more than any ScarletKnight registered last season. Ifshe stays healthy, she shouldmake around six more starts inthe regular season.
After beginning the seasonas the team’s No. 2 starter, theVacaville, Calif., native took thetop spot in the rotation after sheearned a victory againstMississippi Valley State.
Her signature win this sea-son came March 18, when sheshut out a ranked FloridaState team.
The rookie also threw morethan 12 innings in a two-gameset against Hofstra and 16innings in a three-game seriesagainst Louisville.
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RU senior breaks record in first season as starterBY BRADLY DERECHAILO
CORRESPONDENT
Less than four minutesremained in the first half of theRutgers women’s lacrosse
g a m ea g a i n s t
Cincinnati on Sunday whensophomore midfielder KatrinaMartinelli cut through a host ofBearcat defenders.
Standing at the top of the keywith the ball, senior attack DanielleMascera did exactly what she hasall season long.
She passed.The ball went through the
defenders to Martinelli, who foundthe back of the net to give Mascerathe Scarlet Knights’ single-seasonassist record with 29.
“I saw the pass going intoKatrina, and I kind knew it wouldbe the one to break the record,”Mascera said. “All the girls werereally excited for me, so I kind ofknew [Sunday] was going to bethe day.”
Mascera finished with threeassists in the Knights’ 13-10 SeniorDay victory against the Bearcats,bringing her to 31 on the season.She currently sits 14th in the NCAAin assists.
But for the Verona, N.J., native, itis only fitting she directs the thanksto someone other than herself.
“[My teammates] make it reallyeasy for me in that they just reallyknow how to cut and get open to theball, “ Mascera said. “The secondthat they are open, I know I canthrow it to the inside.”
Those scorers include seniormidfielder Ali Steinberg, junior mid-fielder Stephanie Anderson andsophomore midfielder LaurenSbrilli. The three have each scoredmore than 25 goals, withAnderson’s 37 shots between thepipes leading the Knights.
While Mascera makes the wayshe finds fellow teammates on thefield look easy, it comes in herfirst season as a full-time starterfor Rutgers.
The senior entered this seasonwith eight assists for her career.Seven of those came last season infour starts for the Knights.
For some, it would have beenhard to predict that by the end of theyear, Mascera would break the 32-year-old record held by NancyIsenberg, who registered 28 assists.
Mascera believes otherwise.“I’m not surprised at all,” she
said. “I definitely worked hard thelast three years to get where I am,so it definitely wasn’t a surprise tome or my coach either.”
Head coach Laura Brand-Siascould not agree more.
After seeing Mascera earn littletime in her first two years on theteam, Brand-Sias took note of herhard work since she arrived for the2009 season.
“She is a player who has real-ly dedicated herself to the pro-gram regardless of what her play-ing circumstance has been,”Brand-Sias said. “She stuck it outand continued to work hard herfirst couple of years even thoughshe was not getting the time onthe field.”
Mascera’s recent success alsolanded her on the Big East WeeklyHonor Roll. She collected fiveassists this weekend, including twoin the Knights’ victory Fridayagainst Louisville.
With trips to Loyola (Md.) andGeorgetown to end the regular sea-son, the Knights’ playoff hopeshang in the balance. They currentlysit in a three-way tie for fourth withthe Hoyas and Notre Dame.
“No matter what, we have tobeat Georgetown,” Mascera said.“We have to play our best and rise tothe challenge and really compete.”
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
Senior attack Danielle Mascera looks for open space Sunday during the Knights’ home victoryagainst Cincinnati. Mascera broke the school’s single-season assists record in the win.
ANASTASIA MILLICKER
FLOOD HIGHLIGHTS GOLF OUTING FOR LEGRAND
Rutgers head footballcoach Kyle Flood did notwaste any time getting started on the field when he
w a sn a m e d
head coach following Greg Schiano’s departure tothe NFL.
He is not wastingany time making animpression of f thefield, either.
Flood hosts thefirst annual KyleFlood Charity GolfClassic on June 18 atFiddler’s ElbowCountr y Club inB e d m i n s t e rTownship, N.J. Theevent’s proceedssuppor t the Eric LeGrandBelieve Fund, Athletes in Action, Embrace Kids Foundation andDevelopmental DisabilitiesInstitute.
“First and foremost, mymajor reason for doing thegolf tournament is because itbenefits Eric LeGrand,” Floodsaid. “Eric LeGrand is a spe-cial part of this program, andhe always will be.”
LeGrand was a defensivelineman for the ScarletKnights until he suf fered aspinal injury in a 2010 gameagainst Army. LeGrand, anAvenel, N.J., native, arrivedin Piscataway in 2008 as a
standout athlete from ColoniaHigh School.
He earned time at line-backer and fullback before set-tling in at defensive tackle andin several special teams roles.
All participants in the eventreceive a photo with Flood anda $100 Nike gift card that can
be used at the Niketent, which will be atthe course.
The golf outingalso includes lunch,a cocktail receptionand dinner, alongwith select prizesand awards for theparticipants.
The cost is $450per player or $1,800for a foursome.
There are also opportunitiesfor sponsors. A hole sponsorcosts $250, and a cocktail anddinner sponsor costs $100.
Donations are also accept-ed. All checks can be madepayable to Embrace KidsFoundation.
Lunch begins at 11 a.m.and tee time is 1 p.m.
Cocktail reception followsat 6 p.m. Dinner and the awards ceremony begin at7 p.m.
For more information or toreserve a spot in the outing,visit ScarletKnights.com orcall (732) 326-5245.
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FOOTBALL
KYLE FLOOD
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BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
When Paul Carrezola looksnext to him on the field, he seesa seldom-used teammate onoffense and another who has yetto play a down for the Rutgersfootball team. But with seniortight end D.C. Jefferson out forthe spring and junior MalcolmBush temporarily sidelined, hehas to make due on his own.
“It happens sometimes,” saidCarrezola, a junior tight end. “Ijust try to go out there every daythe same way, same mentality,do the same things I always do.”
Another member of the ScarletKnights offense continues to earnreps by default, as well.Sophomore fullback MichaelBurton no longer splits time withJoe Martinek, who finished hisKnights career last season. Burton,a former walk-on, is now anentrenched starter in the backfield.
“I look at it the same,”Burton said. “Even if Joe washere, I’m just trying to go outevery single day and work myhardest and be the best player Ican be for this team.”
The situation at tight end isnot as fluid.
At this point, even tight endscoach Darnell Dinkins appears aviable alternative to spellCarrezola. Dinkins played eightyears in the NFL with four dif-ferent teams, winning a SuperBowl with the New OrleansSaints in 2009, his final season.
“It’s real valuable,” Carrezolasaid. “I trust everything he says.I want to do it to the best of myability. Knowing that he’s done itbefore, it makes me want to dowhat he’s asking of me.”
Carrezola and Jefferson com-bined for 16 catches last seasonfor 153 yards and one touch-down. They split time in formeroffensive coordinator Frank
Cignetti’s pro-style system,which took advantage of theKnights’ wide receivers.
Redshirt freshman TylerKroft — with a 6-foot-6, 220-pound frame — looks like oneof them. But Kroft earned moretime this spring in a three-pointstance with Bush andJefferson’s absence.
Carrezola, who playedPennsylvania high school foot-ball with Kroft, hosted him onhis official visit.
“Tyler’s a big kid. He’s athlet-ic,” Carrezola said. “He’s grow-ing as a player. I’m trying to helphim along the way, guide him. Ithink he’s going to be a verygood player.”
HEAD COACH KYLE FLOODpointed Friday to potential posi-tion changes, effective yester-day. Three players found them-selves in new positions, includ-ing redshirt freshman BenMartin, who moves to the otherside of the ball.
Martin arrived in Piscatawaylast season as a two-star runningback from Absegami HighSchool (N.J.). But he now joins acrowded corps at cornerback.
“The reason we wanted to doit now is it gives us five practicesbefore the spring game to get abody of work together and evalu-ate it,” Flood said.
Junior Robert Joseph alsocrosses the line of scrimmage tolinebacker from fullback. Josephmissed his first two seasons withthe Knights because of a recur-ring leg injury.
“After reviewing the tape,what we’re trying to do is builddepth at certain positions,”Flood said. “We felt like RobertJoseph at linebacker gives us anopportunity to do that.”
Sophomore David Milewskidealt with lingering issues of hisown, including season-ending
Junior tight end Paul Carrezola looks to haul in a pass during practice yesterday from redshirt freshman quarterback Mike Bimonte. Because of offseasonsurgery for senior D.C. Jefferson and an injury to classmate Malcolm Bush, Carrezola is the only tight end on the field that earned time last season.
SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK INJURIES AT TIGHT END PROMPT CARREZOLA’S INCREASED PRESENCE
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Redshirt freshman Ben Martin (30) takes in practice with the Knights’ defensive backs yesterdayafter moving from running back. Martin’s transition is one of three position changes.
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knee injuries in the last two sea-sons. He moves from linebackerto defensive end.
“Every time I look at David,it’s like he’s getting biggerbecause he hasn’t been able toplay coming of f the ACL fromlast year,” Flood said. “We cer tainly haven’t forgottenabout him, but you don’t seehim out there.”
NEW KICKOFF RULESinstituted Feb. 24 continue tochange the landscape of specialteams play in college football.
Kickoffs move to the 35-yard linethis season, while touchbacksplace the ball at the 25-yard line.
Players on kickoff teams cannow only have a running start of5 yards.
“It impacts the way you coachit because of the new rule andwhere the people on kickoff haveto be aligned as the play begins,”Flood said. “You certainly hopethat you have a kicker who canland the ball in the end zone orput enough height on it, so thecoverage team can get downthere and make a play.”
JUNIOR MATT MCBRIDEinjured his elbow during yesterday’s practice, but Flood said he expects theoffensive lineman to return topractice tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the quarterbackshe protects have yet to earn adefinitive verdict from Flood.
“I have not seen the separa-tion I thought could happen inspring, although I was unsure itwas going to happen,” Floodsaid. “I think both [junior ChasDodd and sophomore GaryNova] are competing very hard.”
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Sophomore Alexis Durando hit her firsthome run yesterday against Stony Brook.
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Fifth-year senior offensive tackle R.J. Dill (76) blocks the sled during a March 31practice. Dill started 33 games at Maryland and now competes for a starting spot.
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Junior rightfielder Steve Zavala batted in four runs in a victory yesterday against Monmouth. Junior first baseman Bill Hoermannrecorded the Knights’ other two RBI, while the rest of their runs came from errors.
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Freshman pitcher Alyssa Landrith pickedup her 15th win yesterday at Stony Brook.
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RU completessweep thanksto long ball
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers softball team’s offense mayhave taken seven innings to get going yes-terday, but once it did, it did not let up until
the Scarlet Knightsearned two out-of-conference wins.
After facing amyriad of Big Eastfoes and a non-con-
ference challenge in Hofstra, the Knightsdid not have any trouble handling StonyBrook, securing a 4-0 victory in Game 1 anda 6-1 win in Game 2.
And while Rutgers received solid pitch-ing performances from freshman AlyssaLandrith and senior Noelle Sisco, theoffense stole the show for most of the two-game set.
“Everyone was having good at-bats,working the middle of the field, doing thethings that we do,” said assistant coachRyan McMullen.
Buoyed by the Game 1 victory, theRutgers offense gave Seawolf pitcherAlexandra Clark a rude greeting, tagging herfor four runs in only 1 2/3 innings, highlight-ed by sophomore first baseman AlexisDurando’s first career home run.
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Pat O’Leary was starting games a season agofor the County College of Morris. Therighthander transferred to Rutgers this year, buthe knew becoming a starter on the baseball
team would not be aseasy as it was with the 8 , 7 0 0 - s t u d e n tDivision-II school.Because of injury,O’Leary got the
opportunity April 4 against Columbia, April 10against Fordham and again yesterday againstMonmouth in West Long Branch, N.J.
“You can never have too much depth inthe pitching staff,” said head coach FredHill in a statement. “O’Leary worked someout of the bullpen earlier this season andshowed us enough to deserve a midweekstart at Columbia.”
After his first two starts in which the jun-ior pitched no more than 5 1/3 innings,O’Leary took advantage of his 6 1/3 inningsto allow one run in the Scarlet Knights’ 8-1win against Monmouth (22-15).
“I feel more comfortable in that role,actually,” O’Leary said. “For some reason,my first [inning] was a little rough. I thinkstarting gives me the opportunity to movepast that.”
O’Leary (2-0) pitched three perfectinnings in the second, fourth and fifthinnings. His consecutive 1-2-3 innings led himto retire eight in a row during his stretch offive no-hit innings.
The righty said giving up an early hithelped him mentally get through his no-hit stretch.
“Ever since high school, I’ve been likethat,” O’Leary said of attempting no-hitters.“After that inning, I stopped thinking aboutthat and moved on.”
The Knights (20-15, 7-5) lineup took itfrom there, and much of it came from the
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Righthander capitalizes on rare start
Maryland transfer tries to fit into o-lineBY JOSH BAKAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head football coach Kyle Floodcoached several Scarlet Knights now in theNFL during his time as offensive line coach.
It did not take long for fifth-year senior offen-sive tackle R.J. Dill tothink of a few examples.
“Anthony Davis, [Kevin] Haslam, Howie[Barbieri], [Jeremy] Zuttah. There’s fourguys on active rosters off the top of myhead,” Dill said.
Dill is already knowledgeable about theKnights’ history with offensive linemen,even though he has not been on the Banksfor very long.
The Mechanicsburg, Pa., native hasmore history with Maryland, where he
