THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 133 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 FOXES IN THE HEN HOUSE Today: Partly Cloudy High: 61 • Low: 45 ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 10 DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 The Engineering Governing Council initiates its executive board for the upcoming year. Amani Al-Khatahtbeh encourages students to stand up and use their voice in her last Targum column. UNIVERSITY OPINIONS WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2012 SPORTS ...... BACK The Rutgers baseball team topped Delaware, 6-4, yesterday with four runs in the seventh inning, extending the Scarlet Knights’ home midweek record to 6-0. UNIVERSITY ....... 3 WORLD .......... 7 BY HANNAH SCHROER CONTRIBUTING WRITER Kevin Tobia recently learned he is one of only 15 students worldwide to study at Oxford University on the Ahmet Ertegun Scholarship, a new scholar- ship named after Ahmet Ertegun, who founded Atlantic Records. Tobia , a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he has researched the influence of intu- itions, or gut instincts, on ethical decision since his junior year. His work has earned him a scholarship designed to support graduate study and lead- ing scholars in the humanities, said Arthur Casciato, director of Distinguished Fellowships at the University. “It’s every bit as exciting as it must have been to have had one of your students selected for a Rhodes scholarship in its first year,” Casciato said. After applying and being accepted to Oxford, a com- mittee made up of the head of the Oxford’s Division of Humanities and other academics selected Tobia for the award, Casciato said. “Their emphasis is getting the best people who apply to Oxford to [come] to Oxford,” he said. “It’s a real breakthrough to have a Rutgers student among the first class of Ertegun scholars.” Tobia said he applied immediately when he received an email from Oxford in February announcing the new scholarship, which covers the cost of tuition and provides a living stipend for the two-year program. Tobia’s research first made headlines while he worked as an assistant for Stephen Stich, a philosophy professor at the University. Stich said Tobia began working with him in his concentration of experimen- tal philosophy, which focuses on how demo- graphic differences affect ethical judgment. Tobia said he conducted his first study during his junior year, where he researched how framing a questionnaire in the first or third person would affect judgments in philosophers and non-philosophers. But the study stalled when regional philosophy meetings could not provide a large enough sampling of philosophers. Tobia then approached the division presidents of the American Philosophical Association for permission to conduct research at division conferences, he said. Undergraduate wins scholarship for graduate studies at Oxford SEE OXFORD ON PAGE 6 KEVIN TOBIA Joachim Kohn discusses chemistry and regenerative medicine last night at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. He won the 2012 Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award. ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR NOTEWORTHY SERVICE U. starts trans studies learning community BY KRISTIN BARESICH CONTRIBUTING WRITER Gender, feminist theory and sexual rights — these are just a few of the top- ics that students will grapple with in a new learning community designed to generate dialogue and research on issues of sexual identity. The Institute for Research on Women will offer the 1.5-credit course “Trans Studies: Beyond Hetero/Homo Normatives” next fall as part of their biannual learning community, said Sarah Tobias, associate director of the IRW. Sophomores, juniors and seniors enrolled in the community will meet every Thursday afternoon on Douglass campus to discuss readings, attend lec- tures and research topics of interest within the theme, Tobias said. “It’s a real opportunity to form a com- munity with like-minded scholars and explore a cutting-edge topic,” she said. Tobias said the learning community is one of three major components with- in the IRW. Faculty and graduate stu- dent seminars, along with a distin- guished lecture series, make up the rest of the programming. Still, these ele- ments are by no means isolated from each other, she said. SEE STUDIES ON PAGE 6 BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL MANAGING EDITOR Livingston campus may have found its way into the spotlight after years of hiding in the shadows of other campuses. With the construction of a three-screen movie theater, a diner and up to 10 retail stores, the Livingston Plaza has the potential to become an attractive destination for students come fall semester. “Beyond making a mix-use environment, we wanted to create a retail plaza that provides a special experience,” said Michael Pelardis, sen- ior project administrator for University Housing. In addition to creating a retail experience on Livingston campus, Pelardis hopes the new Livingston Plaza will create a sense of commu- nity and gathering for students. An open area in front of the retailers will feature a small amphitheater, patio tables and chairs, he said. “There is a perception of Livingston being the remote campus and the not-popular cam- pus,” he said. “But I hope it causes more peo- ple to come to the campus … to spend time on the campus, to enjoy the campus and use the services.” Other possibilities being explored include a fresh grocer, a technology support store, a frozen yogurt vendor, a Starbucks, a Mexican Construction is under way on the Livingston Plaza, which will house 1,500 residents. CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SEE PLAZA ON PAGE 5 President Barack Obama speaks yesterday evening about college affordability at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. GETTY IMAGES Obama talks interest rates with students Residence Life develops plaza for Livingston BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO CONTRIBUTING WRITER President Barack Obama hosted a phone conference with students yesterday evening to address growing concerns over the sched- uled doubling of interest rates on federally subsidized Stafford loans. Speaking to student members of the collegiate press, Obama reiterated many of the points he had made during an appear- ance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earlier yesterday morning, saying 7.4 million students would see interest rates double should the change go into effect. SEE RATES ON PAGE 6
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The EngineeringGoverning Councilinitiates its executiveboard for the upcoming year.
Amani Al-Khatahtbehencourages students to stand up and usetheir voice in her last Targum column.
UNIVERSITY
OPINIONS
WEDNESDAYAPRIL 25, 2012
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
The Rutgers baseball team topped Delaware, 6-4, yesterday with four runs in theseventh inning, extending the Scarlet Knights’ home midweek record to 6-0.
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BY HANNAH SCHROERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Kevin Tobia recently learned he is one of only 15students worldwide to study at Oxford Universityon the Ahmet Ertegun Scholarship, a new scholar-ship named after Ahmet Er tegun, whofounded Atlantic Records.
Tobia , a School of Arts and Sciences senior,said he has researched the influence of intu-itions, or gut instincts, on ethical decision sincehis junior year.
His work has earned him a scholarshipdesigned to support graduate study and lead-ing scholars in the humanities, said ArthurCasciato, director of Distinguished Fellowshipsat the University.
“It’s every bit as exciting as it must havebeen to have had one of your studentsselected for a Rhodes scholarship in its first year,”Casciato said.
After applying and being accepted to Oxford, a com-mittee made up of the head of the Oxford’s Division ofHumanities and other academics selected Tobia for theaward, Casciato said.
“Their emphasis is getting the best people who applyto Oxford to [come] to Oxford,” he said. “It’s a real
breakthrough to have a Rutgers student among the firstclass of Ertegun scholars.”
Tobia said he applied immediately when hereceived an email from Oxford in Februar yannouncing the new scholarship, which covers thecost of tuition and provides a living stipend for the
two-year program.Tobia’s research first made headlines
while he worked as an assistant for StephenStich, a philosophy professor at theUniversity. Stich said Tobia began workingwith him in his concentration of experimen-tal philosophy, which focuses on how demo-graphic differences affect ethical judgment.
Tobia said he conducted his first studyduring his junior year, where he researchedhow framing a questionnaire in the first orthird person would affect judgments inphilosophers and non-philosophers.
But the study stalled when regional philosophymeetings could not provide a large enough sampling ofphilosophers.
Tobia then approached the division presidents of theAmerican Philosophical Association for permission toconduct research at division conferences, he said.
Undergraduate wins scholarshipfor graduate studies at Oxford
SEE OXFORD ON PAGE 6
KEVINTOBIA
Joachim Kohn discusses chemistry and regenerative medicine last night at Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus. He won the 2012 Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award.
ENRICO CABREDO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
NOTEWORTHY SERVICEU. starts trans studieslearning community
BY KRISTIN BARESICHCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Gender, feminist theory and sexualrights — these are just a few of the top-ics that students will grapple with in anew learning community designed togenerate dialogue and research onissues of sexual identity.
The Institute for Research on Womenwill offer the 1.5-credit course “TransStudies: Beyond Hetero/HomoNormatives” next fall as part of theirbiannual learning community, said SarahTobias, associate director of the IRW.
Sophomores, juniors and seniorsenrolled in the community will meet
every Thursday afternoon on Douglasscampus to discuss readings, attend lec-tures and research topics of interestwithin the theme, Tobias said.
“It’s a real opportunity to form a com-munity with like-minded scholars andexplore a cutting-edge topic,” she said.
Tobias said the learning communityis one of three major components with-in the IRW. Faculty and graduate stu-dent seminars, along with a distin-guished lecture series, make up the restof the programming. Still, these ele-ments are by no means isolated fromeach other, she said.
SEE STUDIES ON PAGE 6
BY OLIVIA PRENTZELMANAGING EDITOR
Livingston campus may have found its wayinto the spotlight after years of hiding in theshadows of other campuses.
With the construction of a three-screenmovie theater, a diner and up to 10 retail stores,the Livingston Plaza has the potential tobecome an attractive destination for studentscome fall semester.
“Beyond making a mix-use environment, wewanted to create a retail plaza that provides aspecial experience,” said Michael Pelardis, sen-ior project administrator for University Housing.
In addition to creating a retail experience onLivingston campus, Pelardis hopes the newLivingston Plaza will create a sense of commu-nity and gathering for students. An open area infront of the retailers will feature a smallamphitheater, patio tables and chairs, he said.
“There is a perception of Livingston beingthe remote campus and the not-popular cam-pus,” he said. “But I hope it causes more peo-ple to come to the campus … to spend timeon the campus, to enjoy the campus and usethe services.”
Other possibilities being explored include afresh grocer, a technology support store, afrozen yogurt vendor, a Starbucks, a Mexican
Construction is under way on the LivingstonPlaza, which will house 1,500 residents.
CONOR ALWELL / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
SEE PLAZA ON PAGE 5
President Barack Obama speaks yesterday evening about college affordability atthe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
GETTY IMAGES
Obama talksinterest rateswith students
Residence Life develops plazafor Livingston
BY BRIANNA PROVENZANOCONTRIBUTING WRITER
President Barack Obama hosted a phoneconference with students yesterday eveningto address growing concerns over the sched-uled doubling of interest rates on federallysubsidized Staf ford loans.
Speaking to student members of the collegiate press, Obama reiterated many ofthe points he had made during an appear-ance at the University of North Carolina atChapel Hill earlier yesterday morning, saying 7.4 million students would see interest rates double should the change gointo ef fect.
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With the school year comingto an end, the EngineeringGoverning Council initiated itsnewly-elected 2012-2013 execu-tive board at a meeting Mondaynight, in which Parth Oza, outgo-ing EGC president, passed thegavel on to Jay Ravaliya.
Ravaliya, former EGC secretary,said his primary goal for the com-ing year is to get more studentsinvolved with the organization andbuild a stronger sense of communi-ty among members of the school.
“The School of Engineering issmall compared to the rest ofRutgers. There are high schoolsout there that are larger,” saidRavaliya, a School of Engineeringjunior. “With only around 3,000students, it’s important and possi-ble for us to help one another andreally build a close community.”
As the oldest governing coun-cil at the University, the EGC is
Margery Amdur, a Rutgers-Camden artist, paint-ed 4,000 square feet of flooring on the platform of aSEPTA subway on Spring Garden Street.
Using an array of colors, Amdur painted flowersand layered designs inspired by Vincent Van Gogh tobring a different commuting experience for travelers,according to University Media Relations.
“I have made art all my life,” said Amdur, anassociate professor of art at Rutgers-Camden. “My
studio process is labor intensive and I am knownfor my attention to detail, but I asked myself [if itwas] possible to move my studio process into thesubway station.”
Amdur said it has been her goal to connect com-muters with the art world and interviewed com-muters to find out their art preferences.
“I hope commuters can appreciate the livelinessunder their feet,” she said. “I have painstakingly visu-
ally massaged each painting, as if it were going to beviewed in a gallery setting.”
Aesthetic value in subway stations as a means ofcommunity outreach inspired this art program in theSEPTA transit station, according to media relations.
“Public transportation is about getting to the nextplace, not really appreciating where we are now,”Amdur said. “I want to momentarily transport peopleto where sunlight and flowers typically don’t exist.”
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composed of 32 societies andworks with engineering depart-ments and their deans to improvethe overall learning experiencefor its students, Ravaliya said.
“People don’t realize it, butengineers often have to worktogether as a team, so it’s impor-tant to promote that concept ofcommunity that exists in the realworld,” Ravaliya said.
Vetri Velan, outgoing first-yearstudent representative and incom-ing university senator, said if theEGC could broaden its scope andget the word out to more students,he is sure they would want to par-ticipate and get involved.
Velan, a School of Engineeringfirst-year student, said the bestway to build a sense of communi-ty is to raise awareness about thecouncil among students.
“We have strong leaders andmotivated members so we’re ableto accomplish all of our goals, butwe’d love to see even more studentsget involved,” Velan said.
Velan learned about theEGC on his first day at theUniversity through the orienta-tion process and knew he want-ed to become involved.
“I decided to join because Iregretted not being more involvedin my high school’s student govern-ment. The reason I stayed, though,was the people,” Velan said.
The council also expandedtutoring options available forengineering students, he said.
“As freshmen, all engineers haveto take ‘Matlab,’” Velan said. “A lot ofthe freshmen this year had difficultywith it, and so the EGC immediatelytried to provide extra help.”
Ravaliya said he is planning toexpand the council’s communica-tions next year to reach out tomore students.
“We want to utilize email, word ofmouth, Facebook — every meanspossible to let students know what’sgoing on and that we’re here to tryand improve their experience in theengineering school,” Ravaliya said.
Peter Spatocco, a representa-tive for the Engineering Class of2015, is also hoping to get morestudents involved.
“For next year, I’d really justlike to urge more students to getinvolved, and I’m going to contin-ue just trying to get the word outto as many people in my class aspossible,” said Spatocco, a Schoolof Engineering first-year student.
The newly elected executiveboard also includes School ofEngineering junior Arjun Ganatra asinternal vice president, junior DavidPrado as external vice president,sophomore David Tran as treasurerand first-year student SharlinaKeshava as secretary. School ofEngineering junior Laura Norkute,sophomore Deepika Seethamrajuand sophomore Rutvij Patel wereelected as university senators.
In the past year, the council hasworked to create study abroadopportunities to bridge the gapbetween students and engineeringdepartments by creating the
Engineers Honors Council and theEngineer of the Month Award, Ozasaid via email correspondence.
“[The] winner [is] selected eachmonth, and they receive a $200stipend, personal parking in Lot 59for a month [and] recognition of theSchool of Engineering website,” saidOza, a School of Engineering senior.
Other accomplishments theEGC made during the past semesterinclude bringing back the School ofEngineering yearbook to highlightstudents in the school.
Oza said via email the councilhas been very effective in achiev-ing its goals.
“The structure and organiza-tion of EGC allows us to effective-ly tackle issues [that are] Schoolof Engineering- and University-wide,” he said. “Outside of thecouncil members, there arecountless general body memberswho are involved with EGC sim-ply to gain valuable leadershipskills and be involved in theSchool of Engineering.”
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25 The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts“Paint a Pot, Give a Lot” from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Cook CampusCenter outdoor patio. For every pot painted, RUPA will makea donation to Rutgers Gardens at 112 Ryders Lane.
The Public Relations Student Society of America will host acharity garage sale from 2 to 7 p.m. on Morrell Street on theCollege Avenue campus. Proceeds will go to the JuvenileDiabetes Research Foundation and the Wounded WarriorsProject. For more information, contact Daisy Garden [email protected] and Amanda Figueroa [email protected].
RU Voting hosts “Pizza and Politics” at 7 p.m. at the EagletonInstitute of Politics’ Woodlawn mansion on Douglass cam-pus. The topic will be “Bucking the Trend: Young People inPolitics.” To RSVP, call (732) 932-9384 ext. 331.
The Rutgers University Programming Association hosts the“Barnegat Bay Folklife Exhibit” at 8 p.m. at the LivingstonStudent Center Coffeehouse. Master decoy carver ClarenceFennimore will teach students about New Jersey duck andshorebird decoys. Attendees will have the chance to painttheir own shorebird “flatties.”
Project Civility will host “Passing of the Project CivilityTorch” at 9 p.m. in the Rutgers Student CenterMultipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. Theevent will focus on whether the University wants to contin-ue Project Civility next year as a student advisory board.Students and student leaders are encouraged to attend.Refreshments will be served.
Rutgers Thakaat Foundation will present a screening of thefilm “Rio” at the Busch Campus Center. The show starts at9 p.m., and tickets are $2.
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26 Janet Tomiyama, assistant professor in the Departments ofPsychology and Nutritional Sciences, will lecture on “Stress,Eating and Not Eating” at noon in the first-floor conferenceroom of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy andAging Research at 112 Paterson St.
The Anthologist, the University literary magazine, presents“Friends with Words,” a reading with Evie Shockley andMark Doty in the Plangere Writing Center, located on thethird floor of Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus.Refreshments will be served.
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.
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restaurant, an Asian restaurant,an art gallery and a nail salon.
“We are still under thephase of identifying all of theretailers. It’s a long processbecause we have to make surethat it is the right fit and thatwe are looking at vendors thatwe know students are going tobe interested in,” said HenryVelez, executive director ofBusiness and AdministrationSer vices for Housing andResidence Life.
Pelardis has been researchingpossible retailers and vendors forthe past six months, Velez said.
Students, faculty and alumnican attend screenings at themovie theater seven days a week,Velez said.
“Our hope is first-run moviesat a discounted price,” Velez said.
A third-party company wouldmanage the University-ownedtheater, which will most likelyoffer tickets and concessionsnacks at a discounted price.
“It is essentially, any moviethat is out this weekend, you canplay on the theater at Livingstoncampus,” Pelardis said.
Classes would have access tothe movie theater Mondaythrough Thursday until around 4p.m., Velez said. Around 5 or 6p.m., it would open as a regularmovie theater.
Movie times would begin ear-lier on Fridays and on weekends,they would play throughout theday, Velez said.
“Our goal is to have midnightshows, as well,” Pelardis said.
University Dining Services willmanage the plaza’s diner, a defi-nite addition to Livingston Plaza.
Pelardis hopes constructionfor the diner and the movie the-ater will be finished by the fall,but additional retail stores
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movie theater during weekdays
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A sketch of Livingston Plaza shows the completed building and courtyard area. Plans for the plazainclude a movie theater, diner and up to 10 other retailers and vendors.
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could continue to be builtthrough the spring.
“The primary focus right nowis to complete the residential por-tion,” Pelardis said.
A fresh grocery store isincluded among the eight to 10vendors to accompany the movietheater and diner.
The “boutique grocery mar-ket” will most likely offer freshfruit and vegetables and pre-packaged foods, Velez said.
Though a third-party manage-ment system would be hired torun the store, the University isencouraging vendors to hire stu-dents, Pelardis said.
“I think all of these retailerssee this as a good opportunitybecause we have student work-ers from the University,” Velezsaid. “They are usually the oneswho can give us good feedback, ifthings are going well, if we needto make some adjustments.”
Pelardis has also explored theoption of a centralized deliveryservice that would allow studentsfrom any New Brunswick cam-pus to place orders for LivingstonPlaza vendors’ items.
“It is going to be very impor-tant for students who do not havevehicles that can’t get to the cam-pus after hours or on weekends.It will be a win-win for studentsand retail tenants,” Pelardis said.
Pelardis is also exploring thepossibility of having an Apple-authorized technology store inthe Plaza. The store would fea-ture Apple products along withnon-Apple items.
“We didn’t want to bring invendors that would cannibalizeeach other,” Pelardis said. Whileplanning possible vendors for thePlaza, Pelardis wanted to stayaway from similar vendors thatalready exist in the LivingstonStudent Center.
“For instance, there is aSbarro in the LivingstonStudent Center. We didn’t wantto put a pizzeria [in the Plaza.]There is also a Dunkin’
Donuts. Though we are goingto have a coffeehouse, it will bea completely dif ferent con-cept,” Velez said.
But some vendors in theLivingston Student Center — includ-ing The Rock Café — feel that thenew vendors in the Plaza will detri-mentally affect their business.
Doris Kennedy, manager ofLivingston Student Center’sDining Services, has already seena decrease in student customersbecause of the addition of Sbarroand predicts fewer students afterthe construction of other restau-rants in the Plaza.
“I think this summer, we aretrying to come up with items thatwill be satisfactory [to more stu-dents]” Kennedy said.
Dining Services will conducttaste-testing for more sandwich-es, vegetarian options and fusioncuisine over the summer to beimplemented in the fall.
During the plaza’s early plan-ning stages, Pelardis initiallycompiled more than 130 busi-
nesses for probable tenants forthe Plaza.
“In terms of determining theexact business we wanted, wespoke to other shareholders inthe University that were tightlyconnected to the students. Wespoke to the vice president ofStudent Affairs,” Pelardis said.
The University also hired acompany two years ago to surveystudent preferences for vendors,he said. In addition, informalfocus groups were held in studentcenters asking students whatthey would like to see in thePlaza, Pelardis said.
Among the retailers contact-ed, Pelardis spoke to apparelstores, including Urban Outfittersand H&M. But both declined theoffer to open a store in the Plaza.
“It’s not a model that is feasi-ble for them. They need to be in avery high-traffic area,” he said.
Though Velez admits that theCollege Avenue campus willremain popular next year, he saidthere has been a noticeable
increase in students wanting tolive on Livingston campus in thepast year.
“That’s a positive trend for us,”Velez said.
Samantha Fischer, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomorewho wanted to live in theLivingston Apartments, said allthe spots were filled when shewent to apply for housing.
“I think [the Plaza] will attractpeople, but it deters me becausethat money could be going to myeducation,” she said.
All 1,500 spots for the newapartments are full for the fallsemester, Velez said.
“We have the luxury that weare so large as the second-largest housing operation in thecountry that we can offer somany various options, andeveryone has dif ferent wantsand needs,” Velez said.
Housing should have a betteridea of confirmed vendors for thePlaza will be available in June andJuly, Velez said.
Barring action by Congress,interest rates on loans will doublefrom 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent onJuly 1, said Cecilia Munoz, direc-tor of the White House DomesticPolicy Council.
John Connelly, RutgersUniversity Student Assemblypresident-elect, said the increaseof interest rates could leave a last-ing impact on the already bur-dened student body.
“There is already $1 trillion ofloan debt in the U.S. … If interestrates are allowed to increase, itmeans dangerous things for oureconomic futures as well as forthe future of the American sys-tem of higher education,” saidConnelly, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
Connelly, who will graduate in2013 with around $12,000 in stu-dent loans, falls below the nation-al debt average for a studentgraduating from a four-year uni-versity with a bachelor’s degree,which Obama said stands ataround $25,000.
“We need to focus on ways tohelp people become productivemembers of society as quickly aspossible, not bury them beneathever-growing mountains of debt,”Connelly said.
Spencer Klein, incomingRUSA off-campus senator, said itis unfair that students must paythe price for an unfavorable eco-nomic climate.
“I understand that these arefiscally dif ficult times, but itwasn’t students who caused themortgage crisis in 2008,” saidKlein, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “It seems inap-propriate that the brunt of thisburden should be placed ontheir backs.”
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“Every year, it’s a differenttheme. It ties in with our distin-guished lecture series,” saidMarlene Importico, office man-ager of the IRW.
As all the IRW programmingwithin a school year is linked tothe same topic, Tobias said thatstudents have the opportunity notonly to incorporate these lecturesinto their class discussions, butalso develop a relationship withfaculty mentors within the IRW.
“It’s a very warm and support-ive environment, and we take pridein that. We build community,” shesaid. “There’s always food at thetable — we eat together, and welearn together. It’s very intimate.”
Some of the themes in pastyears have included “The Cultureof Rights/the Rights of Culture,”“Gendered Agency” and “The Artand Science of Happiness,”according to the IRW website.The topic this year aims to incor-porate aspects of gender, race,class and sexuality in its discus-sion of trans issues, Tobias said.
“Trans studies really push theboundaries of feminist scholar-ship. It creates a much widerscope for activism,” Tobias said.“Within feminism, trans studies… is moving the field forward.It’s really influential.”
Students will be able to advancetheir own knowledge in the field bychoosing a research project to nar-row their focus, she said. Possibletopics include — but are not limit-ed to — queer linguistics, move-ment politics and the history ofgender as a social construct,according to the IRW website.
“It’s very hands-on,” Tobiassaid. “It’s a really nice way for peo-ple to either get started doingresearch or continue theirresearch in a small environment.”
She said a learning communi-ty with fewer people is beneficialfor students.
“It’s a very individualized pro-gram,” Tobias said. “You can getsupport doing your ownresearch, you’re working in asmall space. You come out with afinal product.”
The IRW learning communityalso interacts with other centersand departments throughout theUniversity, such as the Universitylibraries, she said.
“My role with the IRW learningcommunity has been to conductlibrary instructions to demonstratesome of the library resources use-ful for the students,” said KayoDenda, a University librarian, viaemail correspondence.
Denda said she organized anIRW workshop this semestercalled “Amplify Your Resources,”which focused on maximizingstudents’ access to informationbased on their research, as wellas careers and graduate schools.
“A lot of students have saidthat this encouraged them toapply for graduate school,”Tobias said.
She said the IRW also planson working closely with theCenter for Social JusticeEducation and LGBTCommunities for a spring collo-quium on trans studies.
The diversity of the IRW’sassociations with other centerson campus reflects the range ofstudents involved within thelearning community.
“Students come from a rangeof backgrounds and schools.We’re looking for anyone who’sinterested in the topic,” Tobiassaid. “If you’re an engineer, by allmeans apply.”
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divisions, the president of thepacific division allowed him topar ticipate, and Tobia soonflew out to California to con-duct his study.
Tobia, who interviewed nearly300 philosophers, said he was for-tunate enough that ArestyResearch Center provided himwith $5 gift cards to hand out topeople who took his survey.
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conference],” Tobia says. “Theoffer of a free cup of coffee laterwas enticing.”
Stich said Tobia used cleverthought experiments to ana-lyze how the intuitions of pro-fessional philosophers af fectedjudgment compared to non-philosophers. The experimentsrevealed that both groupsreacted along the same lines.
“He was a real pioneer ...and when the results circulat-ed, people’s jaws dropped,”Stich said, adding that whenTobia posted his first paper on the Social Science ResearchNetwork it was the most popular paper for almost 10 weeks.
One of the first studies con-ducted years ago also found thatgender, race and cultural differ-ences influence philosophicaljudgments, Stich says.
It is an uncommon thing forphilosophers to go out and dostudies, and there has been criti-cism, Tobia said.
There is a tendency in philo-sophical literature to say thatexperimental philosophy, whichprimarily uses undergraduate stu-dents and non-philosophers assubjects, did not pose any chal-lenges because the subjects werenot experts.
“[The prevailing notion wasthat] if you want to go about a the-orem in mathematics, you would-
n’t go to an undergraduate, you’dgo to an expert. So why not in phi-losophy?” Stich said.
If his research showed thatsomething totally irrelevantmight af fect one’s response toquestions of ethical dilemma,Tobia said they would presenta challenge for using intuitionsin philosophy.
Tobia said his paper is popu-lar within the philosophy com-munity par tly because the topic is so contentious and gen-erally misunderstood.
“It’s not saying that philoso-phers aren’t experts, period.It’s saying that philosophersaren’t or might not be expertsin intuition,” he said.
University Director ofFinancial Aid Jean McDonald-Rash said administrators areaware of the struggles studentshave in paying off their loans.
“The reality is that a lot ofstudents owe [money],” Rashsaid. “We try to reach out tostudents as much as possibleby making them understandwhat their obligations are andby making them aware of theterms of their loans.”
Roberto Rodriguez, specialassistant to the president forEducation Policy, said theObama administration hasbeen making moves to ease thestudents’ burdens. Amongthese initiatives is a plan,which came into ef fectJanuary, allowing students tocap federal loan payments at 10percent of their income.
Obama said the administra-tion has taken additional keysteps to make education moreaf fordable, including extend-ing Pell grants to an additionalthree million students andeliminating costs for youngadults by allowing them to stayon their parents’ health insur-ance plans until age 26.
“For the first time, we’ve gotAmericans with more debt ontheir student loans than theydo on their credit cards,”Obama said.
Obama said students shouldcall and email local members ofCongress to voice concernsover rising interest rates. Healso mentioned his recentTwitter endeavor, encouragingstudents to tweet about highereducation funding with thehashtag “#dontdoublemyrate.”
He believes politicians needto reevaluate some of the values that af fect their deci-sion-making.
“We can’t let America becomea country where a shrinkingnumber of people are doing real-ly well, a growing number ofpeople struggle to get by andyou’ve got fewer ladders for peo-ple to climb into the middleclass,” Obama said.
The president said he remainsoptimistic for the future of stu-dent loans, but admitted there isstill work that needs to be done.
“We need to reward hardwork and responsibility,” Obamasaid. “Part of that is keeping inter-est rates on student loans low somore Americans get a fair shot atan affordable college education[and] the skills they need to finda good job.”
European citizens oppose EU’s austere debt planTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS — For more than ayear, European Union officials havecalled for austerity, austerity andmore austerity as a means to solveEurope’s debt crisis. Now peoplewho do not want to pay the price aretaking their fight from the streets tothe ballot box.
Governments have fallen, moreare at risk and in some places, astark streak of nationalism is on therise that could swing Europe everdeeper into a fortress mentality.
At stake is the future of the con-tinent, where countries rich andpoor are struggling with mountainsof debt and moribund economies— a toxic combination that oftenseems to require contradictoryremedies of belt-tightening and eco-nomic stimulus.
Increasingly, the long focus onausterity is convincing Europeansthat the German-led mantra of fiscalresponsibility is creating a viciouscircle of more misery leading tolower growth — leading to evengreater debt distress.
“What is happening in Europe isthe austerity drive is actually slow-ing down the necessary rebalanc-ing of European economies,” saidSimon Tilford, chief economist atthe Center for European Reform.
Austerity measures aimed at bal-ancing national budgets have led todrastic spending cuts by govern-ments across the continent, includ-ing layoffs and pay cuts for govern-ment workers, slashing of key serv-ices including welfare and develop-ment programs, as well as tax hikesto boost government revenues.
Many in Europe have hadenough of this harsh medicine.
Nicolas Sarkozy, president of France and particpant of the EU’s response to the financial crisis, may bevoted out of office next month against an opponent who promises to increase public spending.
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In France, President NicolasSarkozy, one of the architects of theEU’s response to the financial crisis,is in danger of being turned out ofoffice in next month’s runoff withFrancois Hollande — a Socialistwho is promising not to cut, but toincrease public spending by 20billion ($26.3 billion) by 2017.
Hollande is also promising to re-negotiate a much-vaunted budget-ary pact among 25 EU countriesmeant to enforce national fiscal dis-cipline.
Greece votes in elections nextmonth in which fringe parties hos-tile to international bailouts requir-ing steep austerity are expected tomake big gains — possibly endan-gering efforts by the current tech-nocratic government to rein in thenation’s debt.
And the Netherlands’ 18-month-old conservative coalition resignedthis week after it failed to agree oncutting its own budget deficit tomeet the EU limits it had demand-ed so fiercely of other countries.
Beyond that, in the CzechRepublic, almost 100,000 people ral-lied in Prague’s downtownWenceslas Square last weekend toprotest government reforms andcuts, calling on the government toresign in one of the biggest demon-strations since the fall of commu-nism. And earlier this year, tens ofthousands of Romanians bitterabout savage public-sector wagecuts took to the streets and the gov-ernment collapsed.
Analysts say it’s no surprise thatpeople are fed up.
“I don’t think there are anyexamples of countries acceptingendless austerity and downwardstandards of living,” Tilford said.
“There has to be light at the ofthe tunnel.”
Voters may have good reasons toreject unrelenting cuts. But in theirdesire to avoid pain, they may alsobe prompting politicians to put offdecisions that Europe must take toremain competitive globally.
Many experts say governmentprotections for workers need to beloosened — for example, by makingit easier for employers to hire andfire workers — in order to halt theflight of jobs from Europe to regionsdeemed more business-friendly.
And the anger appears to be driv-ing voters to the extremes. In thefirst round of the French presiden-tial election last weekend, nearly
one voter in five cast their ballot forthe National Front, a hard-rightparty previously known primarilyfor its anti-immigraton platform.
That, along with the 11 percentshowing by far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, shows a high levelof anger, said Piotr Kaczynski, aresearch fellow at the Brussels-based Center for European Studies.
“The big winners of the Frenchelections are the extreme parties —extreme right and extreme left,”which together won more than 30percent of the vote, Kaczynski said.
The rise of the fringes is notlimited to France. In Greece, theneo-Nazi Golden Dawn party ismarching ahead in the polls —
and may win a dozen or so seatsin parliament.
And it was a right-wing politi-cian stridently critical of Islam whobrought down the government ofDutch Prime Minister Mark Ruttethis week. Geert Wilders, whosesupport was critical to Rutte’sminority government, decided towithdraw his support over the gov-ernment’s budget-cutting plans.
“With the Rutte government’sresignation, the pro-cyclical auster-ity course in Europe has onceagain proven to be the biggest dis-posal program for governments inrecent history,” Germany’sFinancial Times Deutschland com-mented in an editorial yesterday.
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LONDON — Low-income people who livenear London’s Olympic Stadium may have tomove to other parts of the country due to ris-ing rents, the borough’s mayor said yesterday.
Newham Mayor Robin Wales said a newU.K. government policy limiting rental subsi-dies means that many people can no longerafford to live in the east London borough thatnow includes the sprawling Olympic Park.
Newham has long been one of the coun-try’s poorest boroughs, but the newly builtOlympic Stadium, a large new shopping malland public parks have regenerated parts of theborough and caused rents to rise.
Wales said he had written to over 1,000housing associations in other par ts ofBritain to ask if they can take in some of the32,000 low-income families who need some-where to live.
“The government has capped the levels ofbenefits so people are leaving, or being drivenout of west and central London, where rentsare higher, and they are moving to places likeNewham,” said Wales. “We have hundreds ofpeople wanting to find rental accommodation,and we can’t house them.”
In Britain, people with low incomes canapply to have all or part of their housing costssubsidized by local authorities, but PrimeMinister David Cameron’s Conservative-ledgovernment last year introduced a controver-sial benefit cap that limits rent subsidies.
The maximum is now around 400 pounds($646) a week for a four-bedroom house. Most
people are only eligible for much smaller prop-erties with lower benefit caps.
Wales said Newham residents would ulti-mately benefit from the Olympics because theAthletes Village will be turned into permanenthousing, but he needed to find a more imme-diate solution because the government’s hous-ing policy has failed.
“People are being driven out of theirhomes, their kids are being ripped out ofschools, because they can no longer af ford their rents,” he told The AssociatedPress. “These are people’s lives we are deal-ing with.”
Officials said the Newham council wasexaggerating the situation.
“There is absolutely no reason for people tobe moved far away from their communities —apart from the very expensive areas in centralLondon, around a third of private rented prop-erties are still affordable to benefit claimants,”The Department of Work and Pensions said ina statement.
Anastasia de Waal of the social policy thinktank Civitas said the Newham housing crunchshows that local residents in London’sOlympic boroughs are not getting the eco-nomic boost that had been anticipated.
“Although the Olympics has obviously cre-ated job opportunities and regenerated thearea, the jobs aren’t often going to people wholive in the area,” she said.
NAIROBI, Kenya — SouthSudan’s president said yesterdayits northern neighbor has“declared war” on the world’snewest nation, just hours afterSudanese jets dropped eightbombs on his country.
President Salva Kiir’s com-ments, made during a trip to China,signal a rise in rhetoric between therival nations, who spent decades atwar with each other. Neither sidehas officially declared war.
Sudan and South Sudan havebeen drawing closer to a full-scalewar in recent weeks over the unre-solved issues of oil revenues andtheir disputed border. The violencehas drawn alarm and condemna-tion from the international commu-nity, including from PresidentBarack Obama.
South Sudan won independ-ence from Sudan last year as partof a 2005 peace treaty that endeddecades of war that killed 2 mil-lion people.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gave a fiery speech lastweek in which he said there will beno negotiations with the “poisonousinsects” who are challengingSudan’s claim to disputed territorynear the border.
Kiir, the southern president,arrived in China late Monday for afive-day visit to lobby for economicand diplomatic support. China’senergy needs make it deeply vestedin the future of the two Sudans.Beijing is uniquely positioned toexert influence in the conflict, givenits deep trade ties to the resource-rich south and decades-long diplo-matic ties with Sudan’s governmentin the north.
Kiir told Chinese President HuJintao the visit comes at a “a verycritical moment for the Republic ofSouth Sudan because our neighborin Khartoum has declared war onthe Republic of South Sudan.”
South Sudan’s militaryspokesman Col. Philip Aguer saidthat Sudanese Antonov warplanesdropped eight bombs overnight inPanakuac, where he said there wasground fighting on Monday. Aguersaid he did not know how manypeople were killed in the attackbecause of poor communicationlinks with the remote area.
Sudanese warplanes bombeda market and an oil field in SouthSudan on Monday, killing at leasttwo people, after Sudaneseground forces reportedlycrossed into South Sudan withtanks and artillery.
Talks over oil revenue and theborder issues broke down thismonth after violence flared. SouthSudan invaded the oil-rich bordertown of Heglig, which Sudanclaims it controls.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir announces during his trip toChina yesterday that Sudan has declared war on his country.
President Dmitry Medvedevvowed yesterday to keep combat-ing corruption, pursing politicalreforms and modernizing theeconomy even as he shifts intothe prime minister’s job.
Medvedev had agreed to stepdown after one term to allow hislongtime mentor Vladimir Putinto reclaim the presidency inMarch’s election. The swap waswidely seen as a show of con-tempt for democracy, fueling awave of unprecedented protestsbefore the vote.
Medvedev had raised hopesfor liberal reforms after win-ning the presidency in 2008,but achieved little, largely stay-ing in Putin’s shadow, who con-tinued calling the shots asprime minister.
In yesterday’s speech beforethe State Council, Medvedevrepeated his mantra that “free-dom is better than non-free-dom” and promised to followthrough on a political reformdesigned by the Kremlin inresponse to protests by tens ofthousands demanding an end toPutin’s rule.
The reform envisagesrestoring direct elections ofprovincial governors, easingregistration requirements for
political parties and liberalizingelection rules.
Medvedev said the reformsreflects a “higher level of politi-cal culture” and demonstratesthat “democratic prospects havebeen secured.”
Parliament yesterday voted infavor of the gubernatorial elec-tions bill. The final reading isWednesday and no significantchanges are expected.
In 2004, then-PresidentVladimir Putin scrapped such elections, saying it wasnecessar y to keep criminalsout of government.
Opposition members initiallywelcomed the reform, but lam-basted the bill when Medvedevsuggested it include a pre-voteselection process.
The bill allows the presidentto hold unspecified “consulta-tions” with the parties nominat-ing candidates for the vote orthe candidates themselves.The gubernatorial hopefuls willalso have to receive formalbacking from 5 to 10 percent oflocal legislatures.
Opposition members say aselection process could let the Kremlin block any candi-date it dislikes.
Medvedev said a fightagainst corruption would
remain a top priority for hisCabinet, pledging to seek agreater public feedback.
He made similar callsthroughout his presidency, butindependent studies have indicat-ed that corruption has continuedto snowball in Russia and the sizeof the average bribe has doubledover the past five years. Onestudy estimated that Russia’s 143million people paid about 164 bil-lion rubles ($5.5 billion) in“everyday” bribes in 2010.
Medvedev also repeated hispledge to decrease the state rolein the economy, improve Russia’sbusiness climate and ease pun-ishments for economic crimes.
But despite long-held promis-es, the president did not pardonjailed oil tycoon MikhailKhodorkovsky and a probe intothe prison death of lawyer SergeiMagnitsky, who was arrested bythe same Interior Ministry offi-cials he accused of corruption,has fizzled despite Medvedev’sacknowledgment of officialcrimes in the case.
Putin announced yesterday hewould step down as the leader ofthe main Kremlin-controlledUnited Russia party after hisinauguration on May 7. He sug-gested that Medvedev succeedhim as the party’s head.
Russia President Dmitry Medvedev says the government must fight corruption yesterday during aspeech before the State Council. He will step down for one term to give Vladimir Putin the presidency.
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Following internationalpressure, South Sudanannounced that it withdrew allits soldiers from Heglig. Sudanclaimed its troops forced themout.
Al-Bashir, the Sudanesepresident, has vowed to pressahead with his military cam-paign until all southern troopsor affiliated forces are chasedout of territory Sudan claims.
He also said he would neverallow South Sudanese oil topass through Sudan “even ifthey give us half the proceeds.”
Landlocked South Sudanstopped pumping oil throughSudan in January, accusing thegovernment in Khartoum ofstealing hundreds of millions ofdollars of oil revenue. Sudanresponded by bombing theSouth’s oil fields.
In Khartoum, the pro-gov-ernment Sudanese MediaCenter said that two of Sudan’sDarfur states began implement-ing a ban on shipping to SouthSudan. The ban was imposedby Sudan’s parliament.
Of ficials in the Dar furstates said they warned mer-chants that “stern measureswill be taken against any per-son found to be smugglingfood supplies and other com-modities into South Sudan,”the SMC reported.
Sudanese of ficials said the measures were imposed in response to the invasion of Heglig.
South Sudan governmentspokesman Barnaba Marial Benjamin said earlier this month that Chineseand American investors want to build oil refineries inthe South in the next six toseven months.
Benjamin said the refinerieswould help South Sudanprocess fuel for local consump-tion. South Sudan will alsobuild a pipeline to the Kenyancoast and another to Djiboutithrough Ethiopia to be able toexport its oil, he said. He saidboth projects were meant tomake South Sudan independentof Sudan’s fuel infrastructureand processing plants.
Kiir told Hu yesterday thathe came to China because ofthe “great relationship” SouthSudan has with China, calling itone of his country’s “economicand strategic partners.”
Both sides have tried to win Beijing’s favor, but Chinahas been careful to cultivate ties with each. Likeothers in the internationalcommunity, China has repeat-edly urged the two sides toreturn to negotiations.
History has also proven,time and countless timesagain, that the voice isstronger than any baton,any gun and any missile. Itwas not violence that endedBritish imperialism in India— it was voices. It was notviolence that carried theAmerican civil rights move-
ment — it was voices. It was not violence thatoverthrew decades of tyranny in the Middle East— it was voices. In every great leap towardprogress throughout humankind, the people havealways been most effectively moved by voices.
And let me remind you of how the power of thevoice works. First, one lonely voice speaks up,defying fear and ostracism. Then, other voicesgain the confidence to speak up. Then, all like-minded voices shed their silence and unite,whether on physical streets, virtual streets or
metaphorical ones. Then, changehappens. It may take a lot of timefor these voices to be heard, but inthe end, they are always heard,and it always starts with one.
You have one voice. That ismore powerful than any oppressiveforce or ideology. Do not allowyourself to ever remain silent inthe face of oppression. Keep fight-ing to have that beautiful voice of
yours be heard in any and every way possible.Place ink to paper; place voice to microphone; placekeystroke to empty blog entry. Whether it is mak-ing a statement with a hunger strike or exercisingcivil disobedience against unjust laws, neverremain idle. If you feel like your voice has alreadybeen suppressed, I am telling you that it is not toolate to resurrect it. If you feel like your voice hasnever been properly expressed, I am letting youknow that it is not too late to make it finally emerge.
If there is anything I have taken away frombeing a columnist this year, it is that the minorityvoice is both the biggest threat and the biggest tar-get. And if there is anything I wish that peoplecould take away from my column, it is to alwaysspeak up. Always speak up, even if your voice istrembling, your legs are shaking and your palmsare sweaty. So long as you keep speaking, you keepliving, but the moment you lose your voice, youlose everything.
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh is a School of Arts andSciences sophomore majoring in Middle Easternstudies and political science with a minor in French.
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“We didn’t want to bring in vendors that would cannibalize each other.”
Michael Pelardis, senior project administrator for University Housing, on planning potential vendors for the new Livingston Plaza
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I f there’s anything thatI have learned thispast year, it is that no
minority is as threatened asthe minority opinion.Somewhere between thefervent struggle to remainignorant of real facts andthe wild campaign of agen-da-pushing propaganda, ithas somehow become acceptable to mute a per-son’s opinion simply if you do not agree with it. Ifyou are exhausted by the relentless attempts byothers to silence you, disheartened by society’ssilent compliance and tired of regularly having tofight for the rights you are entitled to, I am writingthis to remind you that you are not alone, and thatyou must persevere.
Whether it was the arrest of students standingup against a controversial ambassador at theiruniversity, the federal prosecution of a man thatresisted government coercioninto being a spy against his owncommunity, the violence faced byprotesters demonstrating againsteconomic corruption or even abias claim because of a satiricalarticle poking fun at ludicrousmainstream beliefs, stamping outoutlying opinions has become oursociety’s newest social policy.Since when has silencing outopposition ever been a viable solution for address-ing the issues?
The pressure to remain silent, to acquiesce, tobe shepherded with the rest of the sheep is at a dis-appointing high in today’s day and age. But do notbe discouraged, for so much effort to quiet youwould not be exerted unless you were truly aforce. And you are a force. Your voice is a threat;your mind is a weapon; your persistence is igno-rance’s undying enemy. You fight to prove yourhumanity by constantly thinking, constantly ques-tioning, constantly speaking. You don’t allow themto control you when you are constantly seeking.Your quest for knowledge propels you to be amongthe seeing.
They will try to intimidate you. Do not beafraid. They will try to insult you. Do not beafraid. They will try to smear you. Do not beafraid. They will try to threaten you and coerceyou and make you bend. Do not be afraid. Stickyour chin out and when they think they have suc-ceeded, make your voice even louder. History hasproven time and time again that fear is the weak-est political glue.
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W hen Robert Barchi was selected as the University’s nextpresident, he outlined a vision for the future of the schoolduring his induction speech with a term he called the “pub-
lic-private hybrid.” In the face of increasing economic uncertainty andwaning state support for higher education, the public-private hybrid, asthe name implies, would derive its funding from both public sources —traditional state and federal financing — as well as private sources —or donations from alumni and businesses. The University today seemsalready well on its way to becoming this public-private hybrid thatBarchi imagines, with “Our Rutgers, Our Future,” the University’songoing fundraising campaign, raising a record breaking $137.4 mil-lion from private donations during the 2010-2011 academic year.
The incredible levels of donations “Our Rutgers, Our Future” hasdrawn from alumni, corporations and private foundations over the pastfew years should be cause for rejoice, but also for reassurance andgratitude for students here at the University. The generosity of thesedonors — 60 percent of which come from alumni and individual dona-tions — allows hundreds of students to obtain or maintain scholarshipseach year, retain University faculty and ensure that future studentscontinue to have access to a University education. While most studentsmay not pay special attention to where the University finds the meansto support itself, the effects of these donations can undoubtedly be feltthroughout campus.
But it has also served as a solution to financial uncertainty. Annualstate appropriations provide only 31.8 percent of operating funds to theUniversity — a surprising number for an institution, which refers toitself as “public.” With this funding becoming more and more unreli-able, the University — willingly or unwillingly — may be forced to con-tinue to seek support from private donors in the future. But whiledonations from private sources can serve as a short-term solution tohelp alleviate this problem, it’s also important that these donations arekept from becoming a permanent crutch.
The present campaign — which aims to raise $1 billion before its con-clusion — has already raised more money than any previous campaign inthe University’s 246-year history. If anything, these numbers reflect justhow much is invested in the University, and by extension, our own edu-cation. The donations should serve to instill in students throughout cam-pus the importance of philanthropy and giving back to the community —because without them, the University could be a very different place.
U. fundraising is essential to education
College tuition issuetranscends party lines
T he Republican primaries swept through the East Coast yesterday,drawing residents from New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,Rhode Island and Delaware to their local ballot boxes to cast their
votes for the GOP presidential nominee. But at this point in the game, thevoter tallies in these states were probably pretty predictable. FormerMassachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney seemed to have it in the bag all along.
While we may not be completely happy with the way the Republicanprimaries have panned out thus far — we would’ve like to see a morediverse group of candidates, for one thing, and less bickering aboutcontraception, for another — we find ourselves looking ahead to theNovember election. Romney, whose success is likely to carry himthrough to the general election this fall, has recently entered into thedebate on higher education with President Barack Obama himself.And perhaps what’s most surprising is, their platforms on the issueseem to differ very little. For any college student, this is a good thing.
The Romney campaign came out yesterday blaming Obama for the ris-ing costs of college tuition. In one instance, Romney sided entirely with thepresident, expressing a need to pass an extension on federal subsidies toundergraduate Stafford loans. “I also hope the president and Congress canpass the extension responsibly, that offsets its cost in a way that doesn’tharm the job prospects of young Americans,” Romney said in a statement.
Now, we’re not sure if this is just a ploy to attract a younger votingbloc — a strategy that worked well for Obama back in 2008 — butwe’re glad to see agreement over an issue that affects so many youngpeople today, and will only get more complicated in the future.
The cost of a college education has increased by 559 percent since1985 — and it’s expected to continue its uphill climb in the years tocome. Romney’s statements on higher education are important insofaras they show that, no matter who is sitting in the White House come2013, he’s likely to have the interests of student in mind. We’re glad tosee both candidates expressing a commitment to this problem, and wehope they carry the discussion in the November election.
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T he Equal RightsAmendment was firstintroduced in 1923 by
Alice Paul, a women’s rightsadvocate, suffragist and NewJersey native. Sen. RobertMenendez, D-N.J., introducedthe latest ratification bill (S.J.Res.21-H.J. Res. 69) on June 22, 2011— almost 90 years later. Themain text of the ERA states,“equality of rights under the lawshall not be denied or abridgedby the United States or by anystate on account of sex.”
As someone born after manywomen’s rights fights werefought and won — access to con-traceptives, access to safe andlegal abortion, expansion ofwomen’s rights in the workplaceand at home — it can feel likethere is not much left to fight for.However, as the current politicaldebate about birth control, abor-tion and women’s bodies rageson in the presidential primaryseason, it is clear that there arestill women’s rights to fight for.This includes fighting for the rat-ification of the ERA.
The bill has been introducedin Congress every year from1923 until 1972, when it waspassed and sent to the states tobe ratified. For the bill tobecome law, 38 states had toindividually ratify the ERA bythe 1982 deadline — 35 statespassed it by the deadline. Butwhen the deadline expired with-out the remaining three statesratifying, the whole ratificationprocess had to begin again.
However, the ERA is the onlyproposed Constitutional amend-
ment ever to have a timelineattached. Some very astute femi-nist scholars realized that andpointed out that the MadisonAmendment, granting Congressthe right to raise their ownsalaries, took more than 100years to be ratified.
The ERA has been reintro-duced into each Congress sincethen. Meanwhile, the legislativefocus is on trying to get theERA ratified by at least threemore of the remaining 15 need-ed states. This effort is calledthe Madison strategy or three-state strategy.
Paul saw this bill as a supple-ment to the recently passed 19thAmendment granting women theright to vote in 1920. As she said,“We shall not be safe until theprinciple of equal rights is writ-ten into the framework of ourgovernment.” This statementwas true in 1920 and is still truetoday. Data from the 2000 censusshows that women earn about 77cents for every dollar a manearns for similar work. The datais slightly better for women inNew Jersey, making 79 cents tothe dollar. Because of this andother inequalities women face,the National Organization forWomen supports ratifying the ERA.
The NOW-Middlesex CountyChapter encourages citizens ofNew Jersey to contact their con-gressional representatives to sup-port the legislation to reopen theratification process.
Sarah Kelly is a DouglassCollege Class of 2004 alumna. Sheis the campus liaison for theMiddlesex County chapter of theNational Organization for Women.
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T he Met BasketballWriters associationnamed former Scarlet
Knights Khadijah Rushdan andApril Sykes to the All-MetDivision I women’s college bas-ketball team.
Sykes earned a spot on thefirst team while Rushdanreceived a second-team selec-tion for the second consecutive year.
This marks the 14th consec-utive year a Knight has beennamed to an All-Met squad.
The selections will be hon-ored tomorrow at theWestchester Marriott inTarrytown, N.Y.
These awards come in thesame season both were namedto their second All-Big Eastteams and selection by the LosAngeles Sparks in this year’sWNBA draft.
THE BIG EASTnamed Rutgers softball pitcherAlyssa Landrith to the confer-ence’s weekly honor roll.
The freshman picked uptwo wins on the week in addi-tion to 15 strikeouts, a 0.31ERA and an opposing battingaverage of .158. She com-peleted all three of her startsand posted a shutout in oneof them.
Her win against Syracuse— the second-place team inthe Big East — put her in athird-place tie with JulietteBrooks for the most wins in asingle season in Rutgers histo-ry with 16.
THE NEW YORK METSplaced starting pitcher MikePelfrey and left fielder JasonBay on the 15-day disabled listbefore last night’s gameagainst the Miami Marlins.
Pelfrey suffered inflamma-tion in his right elbow, butmanager Sandy Alderson saida torn ligament has not beenruled out. He will seek a sec-ond opinion.
Bay suffered a broken ribafter diving for a catchMonday’s win against SanFrancisco. An MRI revealed anondisplaced fracture.
Infielder Zach Lutz andpitcher Robert Carson havebeen recalled from Triple-ABuffalo to fill the roster spots.
DOCTORS HAVE NOTyet cleared Oklahoma CityThunder shooting guardJames Harden to return to action.
Harden suf fered a con-cussion after receiving anelbow to his head from LosAngeles Lakers for wardMetta World Peace.
He is still undergoingtreatment according to thenew process for handlingconcussions that was set bythe league.
The Thunder have securedthe No. 2 seed in the WesternConference with only tonight’sgame against the Denver Nuggets remaining.
WORD ON THE STREET
With the competition fin-ished and the season in thebooks, the Knights return toPiscataway and hope to have aproductive of fseason. Theyhave an opportunity to makeone more run next season to aBig East title with their cur-rent roster before losing future seniors.
Waters-Ballard, who complet-ed her 20th year as head coach, isgrateful for the season she hadwith the Knights. She is ready forwhat is yet to come with a teamshe believes has a lot of potential.
“This has been a fun year,”she said. “This squad is very tal-ented, and they prove it at everymatch. Every outing has been ablast, and I know that they willbring the same intensity.”
With another season undertheir belts, the Knights can nowrecruit this summer and adddepth to the roster in time for thefall. Rutgers hopes to returnready for the fall 2012 campaign,when it begins its pursuit of a BigEast title.
CHAMPS: Coach looks
to future, recruiting for fall
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Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis concluded her rookie season with an eighth-place finish at theBig East Championship. She tied junior teammate Brittany Weddell with a final score of 229.
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was trailing, 4-3, in the seventhinning. Favatella still pulledthrough with an opposite-fieldtriple that scored junior firstbaseman Bill Hoermann andsophomore leftfielder JoeD’Annunzio.
Rutgers’ win also requiredeffective relief pitching. Seniorrighthander Willie Beard was thefirst and last out of the bullpen inhis team-leading 18th appearance.
Sometimes Rutgers (23-17, 8-7) gets the Beard who led thebullpen with 26 strikeouts. ButBeard also entered the game withnine walks allowed, the secondmost among Rutgers relievers.
Beard’s outing began shakywhen Delaware rightfielder NickFerdinand took a risky lead offfirst to take the attention off ofBlue Hens centerfielderCameron Travalini at third.
With an instigated run-downand sophomore shortstop PatSweeney’s throwing error to first,Ferdinand’s risk paid off andTravalini extended the lead to 4-2.
“Errors happen, it’s not really abig deal,” Beard said. “We’ve madeerrors in the past, we’ve comeback, we’ve done good things.”
Beard (3-0) star ted theeighth inning looking like hismore effective self by locatinghis curveball, and he endedwithout an earned run allowedin three innings.
O’Leary left the mound with acombination of good and badluck in his outing, when heallowed three earned runs.
Third base umpire BruceMartin was the bad luck whenDelaware (20-19) third basemanEJ Stoltzfus hit a line drivetoward second base right intoMartin’s chest, which allowed foreveryone to advance a base.
That set up a RBI sacrifice flyfor Delaware shortstop BrockNiggebrugge, giving the BlueHens a 3-2 lead.
The Rutgers defense broughtO’Leary’s good luck by recording11 flyouts that could have gonefor more hits.
Opponents have almost upsetthe Knights a few times in mid-week games, but Rutgers extend-ed its record in those games to 6-0 in the same way it won otherclose games.
UPSET: Second baseman
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Senior righthander Willie Beard did not allow an earned run in three innings out of the bullpen yesterday against Delaware.Rutgers’ only blunder during Beard’s outing was an unearned run on sophomore shortstop Pat Sweeney’s throwing error.
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in the Knights’ 13-10 victoryagainst Cincinnati.
“She’s making a lot more ofthe saves that she should bemaking,” Brand-Sias said. “Soit allows our defense to playwith more confidence becausethey know she is going to besolid behind them.”
Kalata’s performance in bothcontests earned her recognitionon the Big East Weekly HonorRoll, something the Nesconset,N.Y., native credits to the teamand new coach Lisa Staedt Ojea,
who joined the staff this seasonafter coaching at Louisville.
“Her help and pushing usthe whole time is good,” Kalatasaid. “Her coaching style neverlets us get down on ourselvesand pushes us that much hard-er every day.”
She also believes her successthis season has been possible bythe way she approaches games.
“I’m playing with more confi-dence,” Kalata said. “I’ve beenplaying since freshman year, andI’ve always been nervous before
games. So I just think not lettingmyself get down too much, andjust knowing that I can beat thesegirls and stop anyone shots onany given day makes me confi-dent in myself.”
As the Knights await their reg-ular season finale againstGeorgetown, Kalata’s recent playis more valuable than ever.
Both teams play in a win-or-go-home matchup where thewinner takes the fourth andfinal spot in the Big East Tournament.
The Hoyas enter the game witha No. 15 ranking and lead the BigEast with 33.71 shots per game.Georgetown also ranks third in theconference with 13.71 goals pergame, so Kalata’s play in Friday’sgame will have a significant effecton if Rutgers’ season extendsbeyond the regular season.
“It’s extremely important,”Brand-Sias said. “We have someof the best shooting teamsagainst us from here on out. Sowe definitely need her to be onher game and ready to step up.”
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Goalie steps up during late-season playoff pushBY BRADLY DERECHAILO
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The Rutgers women’slacrosse team has had problemswith consistency all season.
That was evident in theS c a r l e tKn ights ’
last game against Loyola(Md.), when the Knights failedto capitalize on strong play inthe first half.
Though the Greyhoundsscored 15 goals in their victo-ry, head coach Laura Brand-Sias believes junior goalkeeperLily Kalata’s dependable playthis season has been herbiggest improvement.
“That’s definitely been some-thing that has been up and downfor her in the past and is some-thing that we always discussed,”Brand-Sias said. “So to see hermaturing into the role and to takecontrol of that aspect of her gameis a nice thing to have.”
That consistency was on dis-play two weekends ago, whenRutgers played Big East teamsLouisville and Cincinnati in back-to-back games.
With their playoff lives in thebalance, the Knights secured vic-tories against both teams in largepart because of the playerbetween the pipes.
Kalata allowed 11 goalsagainst Louisville, but regis-tered a career-high 14 saves inthe win. She was also reliablein goal in the following game,when she stopped three shots
Junior goalkeeper Lily Kalata recorded a career-high 14 saves April 13 against Louisville and added three in the Knights’ 13-10 victoryApril 15 against Cincinnati before allowing 15 goals Friday at Loyola (Md.).
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for the Knights. Still, their play inranked matches, like their 4-3loss to Syracuse and a competi-tive outing with Yale, proved theteam could compete with the
upper echelon of the Northeast.Seniors Jennifer Holzberg and
Morgan Ivey led the competitivegroup. Holzberg competed inboth Nos. 1 and 2 singles thisyear, finishing the season with an11-11 mark. Ivey led the team insingles victories with 15 whilealso posting a 12-9 doubles recordwith freshman Lindsay Balsamo.
“They really provided not
only great leadership, but alsoprovided tremendous stability,”Bucca said. “They had a veryclear focus for what they want-ed this team to be like. Theywere very hardworking in prac-tices and competed in a veryserious way.”
The spring season beganwith adversity, as senior cap-tain Leonora Slatnick wentdown with a shoulder injurythat sidelined the veteran forthe entire campaign. AlthoughBucca did not reveal whereSlatnick would have fit in thespring rotation, the co-captainsaw time last season in the No.2 doubles and No. 6 singles positions.
As a result of the injury,younger players, includingBalsamo, received a bulk of theplaying time.
Balsamo contributed fromthat start and finished with a13-8 singles record, as well ascompeting with Ivey in Nos. 2and 3 doubles throughout thespring season. Fellow fresh-men Noor Judeh andSatreethai Sasinin also sawtime as Bucca tried to find thebest combination to round outthe lineup.
Sophomores Vanessa Petriniand Stefania Balasa also returnfor next year’s team. Both pro-duced 13 singles match victo-ries, while Petrini’s 13-9 recordcame in No. 1 singles play.
With no seniors on the teamnext season, Bucca was happythe young team could play withIvey and Holzberg.
“We’re going to have ayoung team next year,” Buccasaid. “It is going to be a uniquechallenge for me as a coach, aswell as a challenge for every-one on the team. They hadexcellent leadership from theseniors, and now they fullyknow what to expect.”
PLAY: Pair of seniors earn
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Freshman Lindsay Balsamo combined with senior Morgan Iveyfor a 12-9 record in doubles, a strength of the team.
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Senior Aaron Younger looksback and remembers how it all
s t a r t e d .Yo u n g e r
was part of the 2008 recruiting classfor the Rutgers men’s track and fieldteam, along with classmate Steve Werner.
The two enjoyed limited suc-cess in their freshman seasons atRutgers, but in 2010, their careerschanged course.
Gloucester County Collegesprinter Kevin Brown, who headcoach Mike Mulqueen described as“a real diamond in the rough findfor us,” joined the team that year.
“We started to realize in thebeginning of the 2010 season thatthere was something differentthat year,” Younger said. “It was-n’t like an outspoken thing. …Everybody kind of felt it.”
Seven individual Big East andMetropolitan titles, four schoolrecords, four consecutive BigEast 4x400 titles and two NCAARegionals appearances later, thetrio of seniors is one of the mostdecorated classes of sprinters inRutgers track history.
“We all just kind of started topeak and get better at the same
time,” Werner said. “The past twoyears we’ve had a big opportunityto grow and get a lot closer justbecause we started traveling a lot.We made it to the NCAARegionals together, we won ourfirst Big East Championship [inthe 4x400] together.”
But the path to success forthe three seniors was notalways easy. Werner wasrecruited out of high school asa multi-eventer, but struggledto find success in his freshmanseason competing in the hur-dles, sprints and long jump.
In community college, Brownitched to sprint for a Division-Ischool and show what he wascapable of.
A series of ailments hasplagued Younger in his career,ranging from a Staph infection toa spider bite to a torn calf.
But the seniors have excelleddespite their difficulties and arehappy to be together for one lastshot at something they have yetto accomplish — winning a teamBig East Championship.
They may be closer to thatgoal than they have ever been.Younger returned last weekendfrom a torn calf, Brown has had acareer season and Werner has setpersonal highs this season in the
100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. Regardless if the Scarlet
Knights win the Big East title,Younger has no regrets.
“We all did everything wecould to win,” he said. “If we cameup short? Hey, there’s alwayssomeone better than you in theworld, so I can’t be mad at that. Itell the guys all the time, I wouldmuch rather go to war with some-body who’s going to give it 100percent every time than withsomeone who you’re not sureabout. And I’m positive that everytime we go to a meet, every timewe go to a practice, the guys aregiving it 100 percent.”
It is that type of vigor that hasearned the three Knights a placein the school record books andpossibly in the minds of Rutgerssprinters to come.
“It’d be nice to come back in10 or 15 years and have guyssay, ‘Oh, those are those guys,they did all that,’” Youngersaid. “‘They won five Big East4x400’s in a row, they set aschool record every time theystepped on the track. Theywent to the NCAAChampionships, they were All-Americans. Those were thoseguys.’ So if that could happen,that’d be something special.”
MEN’S TRACK
BY VINNIE MANCUSOCORRESPONDENT
Senior attackman KevinHover’s final season had been aquiet one before his final time put-
ting on thew h i t e
home jersey for the Rutgersmen’s lacrosse team.
Hover tallied only five goalsin 13 games — a slow year, con-sidering one year ago as a jun-ior, he finished third on theteam with 15 goals.
But against Michigan lastSaturday, Hover recorded his firsthat trick of the season to makehis final home game at YurcakField one to remember.
“We were all really ready to goto start the last game at Yurcak,and it was the last night puttingon those jerseys,” Hover said.“We always want to go out and doeverything we possibly can towin, no matter if it is going to bean exciting game — which it was.We wanted to put out a good onefor the fans and everyone thatcame out.”
True to his word, he put on ashow for the fans. Not only wereHover’s three goals impressive,but they were also pivotal in theScarlet Knights’ 13-9 victoryagainst the Wolverines.
In the second half of the con-test, Michigan went on a roll, sur-passing the Knights for the first
and only time. Hover’s first goalearly in the third frame evenedthe game back up, and his secondreturned the lead to the Knights.
His third occurred in a seriesof back-and-forth action thatsecured Rutgers’ lead.
“The hat trick was kind ofbecause of the play of the game.They were leaving us pretty openon the attack side,” Hover said.“The first goal was just momen-tum. They got on kind of a roll inthe second, and we wanted tocome out with some fire.”
For Hover, the Michigan gamewas indicative of his senior sea-son. In a year filled with adversitythat saw the Knights not makethe Big East Tournament,
Rutgers still wants to finish theend of its schedule strong.
The Michigan game was aprime example of that attitude,Hover said.
“This season has had some upsand downs. Some things haven’treally gone our way. But we hadthose kids who are working day inand day out, and no one really quit,”he said. “You could see after wewere down after the half [againstMichigan], we kept grinding it outand we kept our foot down.”
The season has been one ofups and downs for Hover, as well,he said. His determination toleave his mark on the Banks hasled to his increased productivityas the year comes to a close.
“I’ve definitely had gamesthat had been great and somethat have not been up to what Ilike,” Hover said. “It is the lastyear and you want to leave yourmark, and these last few gamesgoing out have definitely beenbetter for me.”
The attackman cites histeammates — especially theyounger ones — as inspirationfor carrying on in a year thatsaw more than enough reasonsto become discouraged.
“It is also based on all thepeople around me working sohard — you can’t really stop,”Hover said. “Everyone relieson you as a senior to keep on going.”
MEN’S LACROSSE
Senior Kevin Hover tallied a hat trick in his final game at Yurcak Field last Saturday against Michigan, bringing his scoring total to eight goals this year afterfinishing third on the Knights last year with 15 goals. The attackman scored all of his goals in the second half of Rutgers’ 13-9 victory.
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Rutgers head football coachKyle Flood prefers a fluid offen-sive line. He did not have it dur-ing his last two seasons as offen-sive line coach, and the goalevaded him this spring with twostarters out because of injury.
“The bright side of the situ-ation is we do get a chance tosee some younger players takea little more reps than theywould,” Flood said. “We getthe chance to move some guysaround and see what they can do.”
Sophomore Taj Alexander ben-efited yesterday, moving inside toguard after beginning the springas a first-team right tackle. Floodsaid he wanted to work in seniorR.J. Dill next to Alexander as bothvie for time at tackle.
Flood said earlier in thespring he wanted Alexander, aformer defensive lineman, to set-tle in at one position because ofhis relative inexperience. ButAlexander’s athleticism makeshim an ideal candidate to play atmultiple spots, Flood said.
“Guard’s a different position,”he said. “Tackle is a little moreabout timing. [At] guard, every-
thing happens faster. Taj is apowerful enough guy and physi-cally, he should be able to do it.Now we have to see if we can gethim comfortable enough.”
A revolving door continues toswirl next to Alexander at center.Junior Dallas Hendrikson earnsthe bulk of first-team reps withboth junior Matt McBride outwith an arm injury.
Flood remains optimistic forMcBride’s return tomorrow, buthe also anticipated Saturday thatMcBride would practice yester-day. He did not.
Sophomore Betim Bujariplayed center sparingly last sea-
son, but an ankle injury contin-ues to sideline him.
“Having multiple guys theremaking different calls, hearingdifferent voices is sometimeskind of confusing, but they’re allthe same people, and they allplay the same position,” said jun-ior guard Antwan Lowery. “Youjust have to lock in to what call’sbeing made, and no matter who’splaying center, execute the call.”
Hendrikson suffered a cutbelow his right pinky fingerSaturday, when it got caught in adefender’s pads and pulled back.He returned to practice yester-day, when he worked with anoth-
er first-team combination oneither side of him.
“I’ve taken snaps with theones, and now I’ve taken somewith the twos,” Hendrikson said.“It’s a game of football — youcould play with someone differ-ent one snap and the other.”
AFTER REVIEWING TAPEfrom Saturday’s scrimmage,Flood cited a lack of an efficientrun game in the Scarlet Knightsquarterbacks’ struggles.
“You put yourself in a lot ofuphill situations,” Flood said.“When the situations are uphill,it gets harder on the quarter-back. That’s life at the quarter-back position.”
Junior Chas Dodd and sopho-more Gary Nova combined tocomplete 10 passes on 28attempts. Nova added an intercep-tion, his third in two scrimmages.
“There were a lot of otherpeople on the field that couldhave helped them have a betterday,” Flood said, “and [the quar-terbacks] didn’t really get thathelp, either.”
But Flood said he saw posi-tives from the offense’s playthat went unnoticed on thefield, including Alexander andDill’s performances.
“Unfortunately on offense,you can have 10 guys go theright way, and if one guy goes thewrong way … it looks like a badoffensive play,” he said.
SOPHOMORE LINEBACKERKevin Snyder returned to prac-tice after leaving the field earlySaturday because of injury.
“That was good to get himback in,” Flood said.
But junior linebacker JamalMerrell and redshirt freshmanrunning back Paul James partici-pated in limited capacities. Floodsaid he does not know if Merrellwill return for tomorrow’s prac-tice, the last before Saturday’sScarlet-White Game at HighPoint Solutions Stadium.
James’ status remains clearer.“He got hit pretty good
down there [Saturday] byRober t Joseph on the goalline,” Flood said. “It’s a shoul-der issue, but it’s somethingwhere we’re hoping we can gethim back on Thursday.”
Junior center Dallas Hendrikson, center, and the Knights offense listens to the play call March 31 from junior Chas Dodd.Hendrikson suffered a cut below his right pinky finger Saturday, but returned in time for yesterday’s practice.
SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK OFFENSIVE LINE REMAINS PROJECT ON EVE OF SCARLET-WHITE GAME
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Rutgers caps road schedule at IonaBY JOEY GREGORY
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Big East is one of softball’stoughest conferences. It owns thefourth-highest number of teams
in thetop 25 ofa n yl e a g u eand twot e a m ss i t t i n g
just outside of the rankings.Yet a shorthanded Rutgers soft-
ball team has found a way to putitself in a position to make the BigEast Tournament and prove it cancontend with the toughest teams.
With only one position play-er and three pitchers onreserve because of a few trans-fers following last season, onpaper the Scarlet Knightsshould be on the outside looking in.
But with only three confer-ence games remaining, Rutgers(21-24, 9-10) sits two gamesinside the playoff bubble.
Only 10th place St. John’scan knock the Knights out ofthe tournament.
Although the team has the post-season on its mind, it still has fourout-of-conference games in additionto the Red Storm series left to play.
The first of those games, atwo-game set against MAACopponent Iona, comes today, con-cluding Rutgers’ seven-gametour of New York.
Head coach Jay Nelson wantsthat to be the focus, not St. John’sor the Big East Tournament.
“You don’t want to look too farahead,” he said. “You want to lookat next game. That’s how you winall of the rest of the games, bywinning the next game one at a time.”
The game against Iona (25-20)might be easy to overlook.Although the Gaels have a recordbetter than .500, they do not playin a power conference and haveyet to face a ranked opponent.
But for the Knights, each fac-tor is of no concern. They need totake the Gaels seriously because
a missed opportunity at this pointin the season could ruin theirchances at postseason play.
“We just take every game thesame way,” said senior centerfield-er Lindsey Curran. “It doesn’t mat-ter who our opponent is. It doesn’tmatter that their strength is. Wejust have to go at the game theexact same way we do every otherteam — go out there and attack.”
So far, Rutgers is making a verygood case for itself. Although Ionahas a sub-.500 record, it has sevenwinnable games left to play.Currently it has an RPI of 53,which is third best among teamswith losing records. The remain-ing schedule should fix that.
Not only is a postseason berthon the line, but a chance torewrite recent history is, as well.
“We want to win as manygames as possible, and then we’llhave the best record a Rutgerssoftball team has had in like nineyears,” Nelson said.
The path to that goal starts atIona, where Rutgers can movethat much closer to its goal.
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Head coach Fred Hill knew the Knightscould score late against Delaware.
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Sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella hit a two-RBI triple to the opposite field to put Rutgers ahead, 5-4, yesterdayagainst Delaware. Favatella owned a pair of walkoff hits in addition to his .308 average entering yesterday’s game.
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Senior Jennifer Holzberg went .500 insingles play during the spring.
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Steadiness inplay highlightsseason for RU
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
For the Rutgers tennis team, its seasonfinale loss to Notre Dame in the secondround of the Big East Tournament was a
clear representationof its season.
It was consistent.The Scarlet Knights lost to the teams thatwere better than them on paper and defeatedthe ones that were not.
Still, for head coach Ben Bucca, the sea-son was a success for the Knights (12-9, 7-3).
“I think overall when you take a look athow the team performed, you have to bepleased,” Bucca said. “We had a verydemanding schedule and some losses ofplayers. So on the whole, the team rose to thechallenge and day in and day out played totheir capabilities.”
The season ended with a 4-0 loss to even-tual tournament champion Notre Dame inthe second round, but featured a five-matchwin streak before the defeat.
Those wins included victories against in-state rival Seton Hall, as well as home tri-umphs against Connecticut, Pittsburgh andWest Virginia. The Knights also secured aclose 4-3 victory against Cincinnati in thefirst round of the conference championship.
The schedule also featured five rankedteams. All five matchups resulted in losses
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Rutgers takes fifth at Big East ChampsBY AARON FARRAR
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s golf team’s spring2012 campaign came to an end when theScarlet Knights took to the course for the
final time yesterdayat the Big EastChampionship.
At its conclusion,the Knights finishedin fifth place, card-
ing a 956. The fifth-place finish marked thesecond consecutive week with the sameresult and the third time this season.
Freshman Kortnie Maxoutopoulis andjunior Brittany Weddell led Rutgers.Maxoutopoulis ended the event tied foreighth in the 40-player field. She carded a229, along with six birdies and 29 pars.
Weddell complemented Maxoutopouliswith a scorecard of 239 and finished tied for21st. She turned in a team-best 30 pars. Theduo was a catalyst for Rutgers yet again, pick-ing up where it left off last week at the Roar-EE Invitational, when both placed in the top15 competitors.
The Knights were in third place Sundayafter the opening round of competition. Theyplayed through tough wind and managed to
maintain a slight lead over Louisville andSeton Hall.
But they could not hold onto the lead andslipped to their fifth-place finish.
Before the last event of the season, headcoach Maura Waters-Ballard praised theteam for its efforts throughout the year andthe players’ mental toughness. She waspleased with the way they competed.
“They played well as a team this year,”Waters-Ballard said April 19. “They have beenstaying in the moment, not letting their emotionsget to them. They kept their heads in the game.”
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RUTGERS 956FIFTH PLACE
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The Rutgers baseball team entered yester-day’s game against Delaware with a 5-0 recordin midweek matchups at Bainton Field.
But the ScarletKnights havetrailed in three ofthose games, andthey trailed theBlue Hens when
they had to use the bullpen, a legitimate con-cern all season.
No regularly used Rutgers reliever has anERA less than 4.09, so head coach Fred Hillhoped junior righthander Pat O’Leary wouldpitch longer than six innings.
Hill did not get his wish, but Rutgers stillbeat Delaware, 6-4.
“I’m always nervous anyway. Was I nerv-ous? Yeah,” Hill said of going to the bullpen,“but I knew we had the capability of strikinglike we did.”
When the Knights have needed a clutch hit,sophomore second baseman Nick Favatella,who has two walk-off hits this season, oftenpulled through. They needed that again.
“Going into every at-bat — with runners onor not, [it does] not matter what the situation is— it’s always pretty much the same,” Favatellasaid. “You see some good pitches and getaggressive.”
It did not matter that this time Rutgers
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RICE SECURES COMMITMENT
FROM TRANSFERRutgers head men’s basketball coach
Mike Rice earned a commitment yesterdayfrom Vince Garrett, a 6-foot-5 JuniorCollege transfer from Lee College inBaytown, Texas.
Garrett, who is eligible immediately,joins senior Dane Miller and junior MikePoole as wing players who could earn sign-ficant playing time.
The opening for Garrett’s additioncame from the transfer of forward GilvydasBiruta, who opted April 5 for Rhode Island.
Garrett, a Chicago native, averagedmore than 16 points in 23 games last sea-son, according to njcaa.org.
