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Alumnus draws on passion to run brewery

BY ANKITA PANDAMETRO EDITOR

Rutgers-Camden alumnusGene Muller, who foundedFlying Fish Brewery Companyin 1995, admitted entrepreneur-ship was never on his mind.

“I was a reluctant entrepre-neur,” said Muller, who is alsopresident of his Cherry Hill-based company. “I was never oneof those people who said, ‘Oh, I just need tostart a business.’ It never occurred to meuntil I got this idea.”

Prior to opening the brewery, Mullerhad a background in writing and

advertising but said he wantedto steer away from a typical 48-hour a week job.

“Well, I had a regular job withlots of vacation, and I was gettingbored with it,” Muller said.

Despite not having any inten-tions of opening a business atfirst, Muller said he was alwaysinspired by his father who start-ed his own company.

“My father had his own smallbusiness doing construction and my broth-er does construction now, so that’s kind ofthe work ethic,” he said. “If you’re going todo a job, do it right.”

Before the company could open, Muller

spent two years planning all aspects of the brewery.

“It was a two-year process to write thebusiness plan, to get the investors, tofinancing the equipment,” he said. “It wasunpaid, and I devoted full-time to doing it.”

Muller’s colleague and head brewer,Casey Hughes, met Muller eight years agoat a job interview for the brewery but hassince become good friends with Muller.

“I think he was always very optimisticabout [the company] and trying to get theright people here to do a good job, and hejust has a big passion for the industry aswhole,” said Hughes, who serves as direc-tor of Operations.

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Flying Fish Brewery Company, based in Cherry Hill, was founded in 1995 when alumnus Gene Muller decided to leave his writingjob to start his own business. The company launched a series of beer bottles named after exits on the New Jersey Turnpike.

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Leaders runto fill emptychairman seat

BY ANDREA GOYMA CORRESPONDENT

After former Middlesex CountyDemocratic Chairman Joseph Spicuzzo’sresignation due to bribery charges, formerMiddlesex County assemblyman PeterBarnes Jr. and Carteret Mayor DanielReiman are the latest Democrats hoping tofill his seat.

Spicuzzo, who also served as MiddlesexCounty sheriff for 30 years, resigned onMarch 7 after Attorney General Paul Dowaccused him of selling jobs and promotionsat the sheriff’s office.

Elections for a new chairman will takeplace in June, while Vice Chair HelenGottlieb is filling in as the organization’sinterim leader.

Barnes’ son, Peter Barnes III, said whenhis father heard about the former chair-man’s resignation, several peopleapproached his father to suggest he seekthe nomination as chairman.

“[Assemblyman] Joseph Egan, [assem-blyman] Patrick Diegnan, [Sen.] Bob Smithand other people in the community thoughtthat he could come on and be the person torestore some order in the county organiza-tion,” the younger Barnes said.

The younger Barnes said his father, whoserved as an FBI agent for 28 years and wasalso a state assemblyman from 1996 to2007, has a lot of experience and brings awide background.

“He has an extensive background,which includes federal, criminal investiga-tions and prosecutions [from his time in theFBI],” he said. “As chairman of the Law andPublic Safety Committee, he oversaw thefire department and the police departmentin Edison and East Brunswick at differenttimes in his career.”

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School of Arts and Sciences juniors Pamela Lim, left, and Ruishu Wang join a group of more than 40 students inthe International Lounge of the Busch Campus Center last night to create thank-you cards for anyone they chose.

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Students cut, color, create appreciation notesBY CAMILLIA SHANKS

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Dressed in raincoats andrain boots, a group of morethan 40 people came togetherin the International Lounge atthe Busch Campus Center lastnight to create cards and of ferencouragement for those in need.

The card-making event,sponsored by the StudentVolunteer Council, gave par-ticipants the option of sendingtheir cards through the web-site amillionthings.org, whichfor wards letters to hospitalpatients and soldiers aroundthe world.

“I’m writing to my friendwho is overseas,” said MaggieCharlton, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “Hopefully I’llbe able to get a mailingaddress from his sister so that he can read it, but if not, I’ll just wait until he gets home.”

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“It’s a voting process,” hesaid. “They send us kind of asurvey-style online form that wefill out. You can select anyone inthe class to be the class speaker,so the entire roster is listedthere for you.”

Students vote for a classspeaker, an individual to put ahood on everyone as they walkon stage to graduate, a marshalto read the names and a teacherof the year, Ravichandran said.The names of the selected stu-dents will be sent out in April.

Not many Pharmacy studentsattend the regular Universitygraduation, he said.

“I believe it’s just a standingrecognition,” said Ravichandran,an Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy graduate student.“There are some representativesfrom the pharmacy school thatstand up.”

Although the council did notchoose a signature noisemakerfor the University graduation, hehopes to devise an idea for thenext commencement meeting.

Students at the councilmeeting also discussed theprospect for Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy studentsafter their commencement andgraduation party.

About 220 students, an averageclass size, are expected to gradu-ate this year, Ravichandran said.

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Students head down to Atlantic City after graduationBY ROBERT ADASHEV

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No matter what the futureholds for Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy graduates, this Maythey will have the chance toremember their last day as col-lege students partying on theJersey shore.

Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy Class of 2011 VicePresident Jonathan Cicci said inTuesday night’s PharmacyGoverning Council that studentsplan to go to Atlantic City May 20after graduation. Dusk nightclubwill unlock its doors two hoursbefore its usual 10 p.m. openingfor an exclusive graduation event.

“They gave us an amazing deal,”said Cicci, an Ernest Mario Schoolof Pharmacy graduate student.

With refreshments, gratuitiesand a discount on $5 parking atthe neighboring Caeser’sCasino, the event will cost $42per person, he said.

Graduation will take placeMonday, May 16, at 10 a.m. in the College Avenue Gym, Class President BharathRavichandran said.

Some of the school’s studentsare excited about selecting aspeaker to represent the class dur-ing commencement, Class VicePresident Sandra Moorhouse said.

“We’re in the process of get-ting Bharath to speak, despitehis ef forts to shun his god-given [speaking] responsibili-ty,” Cicci said.

Ravichandran waved offCicci’s comment and explainedhow a school speaker is chosen.

Students at the Pharmacy Governing Council meeting Tuesday night discuss post-commencement plans.Though the council did not decide on a noisemaker, they will have a graduation party in Atlantic City.

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Moorhouse said Wednesdaywas an important day for manygraduating Pharmacy students,since it is the day when the nation-al match system notifies them ifthey received their residency.

“Most of the rest of our classalready know what they’re doingnext year,” she said. “A lot of peo-ple have signed contracts withCVS or Walgreens. Some peopleare doing fellowships within thepharmaceutical industry.”

Ravichandran said somePharmacy students still find thejob market disappointing in New Jersey and not as fruitful asit once was.

“A lot of the industry positionsare dwindling,” he said. “A lot of

those pharmacists are comingback into the community andworking at chain pharmacies orindependent pharmacies.”

Local employment opportuni-ties for pharmacists havedeclined, Cicci said. Unlike sixyears ago, a job as a pharmacist isno longer guaranteed.

Some pharmacists may haveto relocate to find work, he said. The Northeast, particularly New Jersey, is very saturatedwith pharmacists.

“As you go to the Midwest ordown south or out west, the job market looks a little better,”Cicci said. “It’s actually one of the things we inform the second-year students of before

they enter the third year of their program.”

In the Midwest, pharmacistsplay more of a role in treatingpatients than on the East Coastwhere major hospitals aremuch more accessible, he said.As an alternative, somePharmacy students participatein research instead of hospitalor drugstore jobs.

Kangho Suh, an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy senior andgraduate assistant, will be partic-ipating in a fellowship, he said.The fellowship requires Suh toattend the University of Texasfor a year to strengthen his sta-tistics skills and earn an eco-nomics degree.

years, Spicuzzo pleaded not guiltyon March 15 to charges ofbribery and a pattern of officialmisconduct in court.

Somerset County DemocraticChairwoman Peg Schaffer saidtransparency should be the mostimportant priority and challengefor the new Middlesex County chairman.

“Ordinarily, party organiza-tions aren’t expected to be excep-tionally transparent becauseyou’re allowed to caucus andyou’re allowed to sit around and

talk about what’s good for theparty,” she said. “I think it’s goingto be important that people per-ceive the new leader as someonewho’s certainly open and aboveboard with his dealings withelected officials.”

Reiman said the MiddlesexCounty Democratic Organizationitself needs some work.

“The apparatus in place isgood but anything and every-body can be improved upon,”he said.

Diegnan, who has known theelder Barnes for 15 years, saidhe would be the perfect candi-date for the job because of hisdetermination, political integrity,experience and knowledge.

“In the future, [Reiman] wouldbe a terrific chair himself and atthis point our party has multiplequalified people,” he said. “But Ithink based on the sad circum-stances of this particular opening,it really would be good to putsomeone of [the elder Barnes’s]background in place.”

Schaffer said MiddlesexCounty needs new energy.

“In Middlesex County, most ofthe towns have been controlledby the Democrats for a very longtime, but there are a lot of youngpeople who are coming up whowant to see change in govern-ment,” she said. “I think you needsomeone with a lot of energywho’s going to stimulate the peo-ple to get more actively involvedin the community.”

Reiman said what separateshim from the other candidates ishe is currently an elected official.

“[As mayor of Carteret], I’veworked for the last 11 years toengage the voters and to putmyself forward and propose broadissues and how I can improve mycommunity,” he said. “Now I’d liketo see improvements and changesmade at the county organizationlevel, as well as outreach.”

Although the elections are notuntil June, Reiman said there maybe more candidates interested inrunning for chairman.

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The elder Barnes issued astatement last week announcinghe will seek the nomination asthe chairman of the organization.

“Recent events have causedour fellow citizens to lose faithin some of their elected offi-cials,” he said in a statement.“However, these few individualsare in no way representative ofthe vast number of personsfrom all political parties whowork honestly, diligently andef fectively for the people ofMiddlesex County.”

Reiman, Car teret’s mayorsince 2003, will also run forthe position.

“When I announced it, it wasimmediately following the res-ignation of former ChairmanSpicuzzo and that obviously hasto work its way through thelegal process,” Reiman said. “Ican tell you that I [will be]shocked and appalled andextremely disappointed if infact the charges are true, as[will] many Democrats.”

But Reiman said it is now amatter of rebuilding theDemocratic Party so it can bestserve its residents andDemocratic constituents, not spe-cial interests in Middlesex County.

After serving as the chairmanof the Middlesex CountyDemocratic Organization for 16

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Attendees could also handdeliver their cards to aUniversity employee of theirchoice, said Nicolette Mabeza, aservice day coordinator.

“It’s not just for the less fortu-nate, it’s for the people whodeserve a thank you,” saidHenah Parikh, the service daycoordinator for the StudentVolunteer Council and a Schoolof Arts and Sciences sophomore.“We just want them to know thatwe’re thinking of them.”

Tables were filled withbright-colored constructionpaper, markers and coloredpencils, giving students thefreedom to make cards andexpress gratitude to whomeverthey want.

“Due to the inclement weatherand circumstances, I definitelythink this is a great turnout for suchan event,” said Stephanie Buco,

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changes made at thecounty organization

level, as well as outreach.” DANIEL REIMAN

Carteret Mayor

a director for the Student VolunteerCouncil and a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “We’ve beenplanning this since early February so I’m really happy it was a success.”

Christine Perez felt goodabout potentially making some-one happy with her card.

“I just thought it was a goodidea to send soldiers mailbecause they like getting lettersand I just thought it was a goodidea,” said Perez, a School of Artsand Sciences senior. “I’m havinga lot of fun because I like to makeothers happy.”

Members of different sorori-ties and fraternities sat at tablesadorning paper with Styrofoamletters, writing messages like,“Stay Strong,” “Get Well Soon”and “Awaiting Your Return.”

“I went to volunteer at the [Bristol-Myers SquibbChildren’s Hospital at RobertWood Johnson UniversityHospital], and they don’t getcards often. But when they dothey get really excited andhappy,” Parikh said. “Their

morale is boosted when theyget cards.”

The Student VolunteerCouncil aimed to do a good deedby showing students a fun way togive back to the community, saidMabeza, a College of Nursingfirst-year student.

“We just want to get more peo-ple aware of volunteering and theStudent Volunteer Council in gen-eral,” she said. “The fact that peo-ple came out to just write cardswithout free food or anythingshows the impact.”

The Student Volunteer Council’smission is to provide University stu-dents with opportunities to partici-pate in community service initia-tives during the academic year,according to its website.

The council’s service activi-ties, like service day projects,donation drives and awarenessinitiatives are meant to addresslocal social issues.

“We’ll definitely be planningmore events so keep checking[getinvolved.rutgers.edu] formore student volunteer events,”Buco said.

[since] alcohol is highly regu-lated, so there’s all kinds ofrepor ts and record keepingthat have to be done. [There’s]a lot of taxation, the usualhuman resource issues [and]packing issues with our retail-ers and consumers,” he said.

But at the end of the day,Muller said his favorite part ofthe job is quality control.

“I get to sample at the endof the day and I’m working,” hesaid. “It’s fun because it com-

bines technolo-gy and scienceand then there’sar t to it too.There are a lotof variables andit’s challengingbut it’s also niceto see when it all comestogether andworks well.”

D e r e kHeimlich, a

beer processor at Flying FishBrewer y Company, calledMuller a friendly guy butadmitted that Muller can bestern if necessary.

“Everybody always respectseach other’s opinion here, buteveryone also respects the peo-ple that have more experience,”said Heimlich, a Universityalumnus. “Even if I have a dif-ferent viewpoint than Gene orCasey, I’m smart enough toknow that they’ve been doing

this for a lot longer than Ihave, so generally you justuse that as a lesson.”

Heimlich believes theUniversity has played a partin Muller’s business skills.

“I’m sure the businessskills that he learnedhave come in very handyin creating Flying Fishbecause there are a lotof legal hassles that hehas to deal with in theindustry that involvealcohol,” he said.

Muller, who strug-gled keeping thebrewery afloat whenit first opened 16years ago, is lookingto expand his busi-ness in space and inworkers.

“The first coupleof years weretough. All these lit-tle breweries wereclosing. People weresaying this was afad,” he said. “Butnow we’re doingpretty good. It’s a lotof work, but yeah,still pretty good.”

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Hughes said a large part of hisjob depends on Muller andbecause of this, the two interactquite frequently.

“I basically run everythingoutside his door,” Hughes said.“I run the warehouse, the wholebrewery operations … design-ing recipes and stuff he does.Billing and order-ing label design [isall him].”

The brewery,which serves as thelargest Americanbrewery in NewJersey and the sec-ond largest in thestate is well-knownfor its Exit Seriesbeer bottles,Hughes said.

In coming upwith the Exit Series, Muller saidhe wanted customers to remem-ber New Jersey while drinkinghis beer.

“We were batting around acouple of different ideas. Thatone just came out. If you’re fromhere, everybody asks, ‘Whatexit?’” Muller said.

In addition, Muller believeseveryone in the country hassome form of connection toNew Jersey, whether they usedto live here or know somebodythat does and this beliefmotivated him to name hisbeer bottles after NewJersey Turnpike exits.

One bottle, introducedthis month, is called “Exit 9:Hoppy Scarlet Ale,” namedafter the University.

Hughes said takes acreative mind likeMuller’s to come upwith such a concept.

“Just things like theExit Series, him and Ikind of put togetheran idea and executedthat great,” Hughessaid. “We work real-ly well together. Heis always open toinput. He’s alwaysthere for anythingI need.”

In terms of atypical day atwork, Mullerdescribed the prosand cons, rangingfrom heavy paper-work to free beersamplings.

“We have a lotof paper work asyou can imagine

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“If you’re from [New Jersey],

everybody asks‘What exit?’”

GENE MULLERFlying Fish Brewery Company Founder

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Mayor Cahill helps group donate food to elderlyBY MONIQUE RICECONTRIBUTING WRITER

Mayor James Cahill teamedup with volunteers from Meals onWheels of greater NewBrunswick on Tuesday to donatefood packages to elderly NewBrunswick residents.

The Elijah’s Promise cater-ing chefs prepared and wrappedall the dishes before Cahillarrived at the Elijah’s Promisecatering facility at 10:30 a.m. on211 Livingston Ave. to help vol-unteers pack food into trucksand cars.

“Today I’m going to be deliv-ering meals,” he said. “I’m thejumper. There is always a driverand a jumper. The jumper jumpsout of the car and delivers themeals.”

Carol Eggleston, the headchef of Elijah’s Promise Cateringsaid preparation leading up to theevent was extensive as membersof her team worked early in themorning to cook and pack all themeals.

“Today they will be gettingmeat, veggies and potatoes,”Eggleston said.

The meal chefs worked onincluding roasted potatoes withcheddar, roast beef and mixedvegetables, she said.

Elijah’s Promise prepares onecold and one hot meal every sin-gle day, Eggleston said.

New Brunswick mayor, James Cahill, worked with Meals on Wheels volunteers to distribute food to the city’s elderly population. The food was prepared by the Elijah’s Promise catering facility.

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“The cold meal we give themincludes yogurt, salad, crackers,fruit, juice, lunch meat and milk,”Eggleston said. “We keep every-thing temperature controlled sothey stay in the refrigerator untilthey are ready to be brought outto the volunteers that deliverthem.”

While preparing the meals,sounds of pots clinking, oil siz-zling and loud talk filled the

room, said Robert Devito, a chefat Elijah’s Promise Catering.

“The meals are low in salt [with]fresh veggies. We try to make themnutritious,” said Devito, a formerstudent at the Promise JobsCulinary School. “Once the mealsare all packed, volunteers come topick them up for delivery.”

Shortly before Cahill arrived,Eggleston and two of her co-workers began to package the

hot lunches in an assembly linefashion. They put the meat and potatoes into a metal con-tainer and added mixed vegetables before sealing thepackages and putting them intoinsulated bags.

Cahill said he supports suchefforts taken by the volunteersand added that in order for theseprograms to succeed, Universitystudents should also be involved.

“Students are motivated, theyare interested in their communi-ties and there is no better pro-gram than this to get involvedin,” he said.

Meals on Wheels is a nonprof-it organization that has beenserving the homebound and eld-erly residents of New Brunswickand Highland Park since 1972,according to a Meals on Wheelsfact sheet. The organization hasabout 66 volunteers that helpserve 64 clients daily for 52weeks per year.

“I think this program is terrif-ic,” Cahill said. “The volunteersand donors that support it haveto be commended. I hope todayraises awareness and donors forthe program.”

Meals on Wheels volunteers,including students, churchpatrons and service organiza-tions, all deliver using their owncars, Eggleston said.

In addition to making mealsfor the Meals on WheelsProgram, Elijah’s Catering pro-vides food for other venues.

“We cater lunches forschools, a New Brunswick char-ter school, Tiny Tots St. Peter’sHospital and UMDMJ,” shesaid. “We used to do smallerjobs but it became too much.”

Nine people are responsiblefor ensuring that 550 meals areput out each day by 11:30 a.m.,Eggleston said.

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26 Middlesex County is sponsoring a Composting Workshopwhere residents will learn how to reduce waste and create theirown fertilizer from kitchen scraps. The workshop will be held atthe Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension EARTHCenter at the Davidson Mill Pond Park, 42 Riva Ave., SouthBrunswick and will last two hours. Pre-registration is requiredand the cost of the workshop is free. This is the 10th year ofworkshops offered by Middlesex County Division of SolidWaste Management in conjunction with the RutgersCooperative Research & Extension Service. Attendees may alsopick up pre-purchased compost bins with Geobin Composteravailable for $20, Earth Machine compost for $40 and $50 forWriggly Wranch Vermicompost bin and Soil Saver. For moreinformation please call the Division of Solid Waste Managementat (732)-745-4170 or email solidwaste@co.middlesex.nj.us.

Young Audiences New Jersey (YANJ) and the Robert WoodJohnson University Hospital’s Community Health PromotionProgram will be hosting its 11th annual Family Arts Festivalfrom 1 to 4 p.m. where many multicultural performances willbe performed by dance professionals and student, as well aslearners from dance workshops. The theme of this year’sevent is “Dance for Life.” There will also be a fair where chil-dren can learn about nutrition, safety and ways where wholefamilies can stay healthy and active. Children of all ages arewelcome and may attend with one family member or favoriteadult. For more information about the event, please contactAdam at YANJ at (866)-500-9265 or email info@yanj.org.

2 Elijah’s Promise will present the ServSafe Class and Testwhere participants will review SevSafe test material with acertified instructor. The cost of the class and test will cost$95 and will include test booklet and test page, a copy of thecurrent ServSafe booklet and submission of test for gradingand certificate from the Restaurant Association. Pre-regis-tration is required and will take place at 211 Livingston Ave.For more information please contact Elijah’s Promise atrreiss@elijahspromise.net or call (732)-545-9002 ext.112.

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9 Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission andthe Folklife Program for New Jersey will present PysankyTraditional Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshop withMaster Artist Olga Kobryn at the East Jersey Olde TowneVillage at 1050 River Rd in Piscataway. There will be two ses-sions from 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Pre-registra-tion is required with a $15 fee for materials and a phone reg-istration application at (732)-745-4489. Checks should bemade out to the County of Middlesex/Cultural & Heritageor it may be hand-delivered to the commission’s office at 703Jersey Ave. in New Brunswick. For more information pleasevisit at (732)-745-4489.

10 Brotherhood Concerts will hold a benefit concert with Rockand Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Mason. Co-founder ofband Traffic, which produced an early hit with song “Feelin’Allright,” Mason said he looks forward to performing at theall-request concert. All proceeds from the event will gotoward the Japanese tsunami relief effort. For more infor-mation about the concert, please contactinfo@BrotherhoodConcerts.com or call concert coordinatorDavid Stone at (973)-912-9660 ext. 202.

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27 The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s pianist Marc-AndreHamelin will perform in Mozart’s Concert Rondo andStrauss’s Burleske. Hamelin, whose performances havebeen lauded by critic for their “abilities to defy the imagina-tion” will perform at 3 p.m. at the New Brunswick StateTheatre at 15 Livingston Ave. His program will also includecomposer Neilsen’s Maskarade Overture and Sibelus’s FirstSymphony, with Michael Stern conducting. Tickets for theshow range from $20 to $82 depending on the seat one wish-es to choose. To buy the ticket, please call 1-(800)-255-3476or visit event website statethe-atrenj.org/njso_marc_andre_hamelin_returns.

8 The White Lotus House, a domestic manufacturer of naturaland organic bedding products, will be hosting “EarthWeekend Festival” from April 8-10 to celebrate its 30thanniversary. The event will feature presentations, “HandsAcross Highland Park,” where participants will join hands toform a human chain representing the “hands to help theearth,” “Green Products Expo,” where vendors will teachresidents on how to stay eco-friendly, “Organic Wine & BeerTasting” and “Green Art Exhibit,” which will show organic-featured artwork. For more information on the event, pleasecontact Stephen Mittler at Stephen@allcolorsllc.com or atthe White Lotus House’s home phone at (732)-777-6033.

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BLACKWOOD, N.J. — NewJersey Gov. Chris Christie andstate Senate President StephenSweeney gave a closed-door talkto mayors and other officials inCamden County on Wednesday,encouraging them to become thefirst county in the state to imple-ment big-scale consolidations ofpolice and fire departments.

The Republican governorand Democratic lawmaker, whodif fer on many issues, bothendorse the idea of uniting pub-lic safety forces amid tight stateand local budgets. They say anew 2 percent cap on local prop-erty tax increases is making big,once unfathomable, steps likethis necessary.

“I think this is a momentthat we have to look for effi-ciencies in policing — both theef fectiveness and costs,”Christie told reporters after themeeting with officials.

Christie has been trying tocut government, reduce the sizeof state agencies, cut subsidiesto local governments andschool districts, force local gov-ernments to keep their taxhikes down, and even take onpensions and benefits of gov-ernment employees.

None of those moves ispolitically easy. But the hard-est of all changes he’s pushingmight be getting the state’s566 towns — most of themsmall — to merge functions.The decision on the mergerswould be up to local of ficials.

The idea has been exploredelsewhere in the state, but coun-tywide officials in CamdenCounty are addressing it withmore urgency.

County Freeholder DirectorLouis Cappelli announcedWednesday that committeesincluding local, union, policeand fire of ficials are beingformed to explore how consoli-dation might work. He saidsome mergers could begin inabout four months.

A potential crime-fighting cri-sis is brewing in the county, andthe discussion with the mediaafter the closed-door meetingcentered on policing.

Amid a budget crunch inJanuary, Camden — one of the nation’s most dangerous cities — laid off nearly half its policeofficers and one-third of its fire-fighters. Some of them are to bebrought back April 1 with an infu-sion of state money and workthrough June. Federal grants alsoare in place to bring back more laidoff workers, but it remains unclearwhen they might return.

Meanwhile, city police haveshifted detectives back topatrols — giving the countyprosecutor’s of fice greaterresponsibility for investigatingcrime in the city.

Despite increased patrols,crime — and particularly shoot-ings — have been up this year.County Prosecutor WarrenFaulk said he believes the “badguys” are emboldened, partlybecause there are fewer policeand fewer police cars parked introuble spots. He said that underthat previous practice, drug deal-ers would deposit their gunselsewhere. But now, he said, theykeep them closer at hand — andare quicker to fire.

The most obvious case ofsomeone hurt by affirmativeaction is a person who wasnot hired by a business ordenied acceptance into a uni-versity because a, possiblyless qualified, minority wasgiven preferred treatment.

But even those who nomi-nally gain from affirmative action might end up los-ing from such policies, as well. For example, inChicago, when black police officers were promotedover their white colleagues who earned higherscores on police tests, the black officers weremocked as being “quota sergeants.” Affirmativeaction is often considered a zero-sum game, whereone side benefits and the other side loses somesmall benefits. But it is often a negative-sum game,whereby non-preferred groups lose and the pre-ferred groups ultimately lose, as well.

Supporters of affirmative action often point outthat blacks and other minority groups have benefit-

ed from the policies. It is certainlytrue that many minority groupshave seen improvements since affir-mative action was introduced, butsupporters often ignore overalltrends that preceded affirmativeaction. The percentage of blacks liv-ing below the poverty line dramati-cally declined before affirmativeaction policies were introduced.Eighty-seven percent of blacks lived

below the poverty line in 1940, but by 1970 the num-ber dropped to 30 percent. Affirmative actionundoubtedly helped certain people, but it is impos-sible to say how many benefited, or whether thosepeople would have become as successful withoutsuch policies. Supporters speak as if there was nosuch thing as upward social mobility for Americanminorities before affirmative action policies — aproposition that is contradicted by the evidence.

The University does not need affirmative action toprove itself as one of the most diverse institutions inthe world A truly diverse school would treat studentsas individuals rather than seeing them in a racial con-text. Diversity is a fine thing to strive for but not if it isan artificial creation of politically-minded administra-tors. The color of a student’s skin does not reflect thethoughts in his brain or the feelings in her heart.

If the University truly wants to improve the lot ofminorities in this country, it should nurture inde-pendent thinking, respect for the individual and theremoval of any sort of bias that currently governsacademic minds.

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences juniormajoring in economics and history. He is the President ofthe Rutgers College Republicans. His column,“Irreconcilable Differences,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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I n the wake of the tragic murder of School of Arts and Sciencessenior Pamela Schmidt, N.J. legislators have been pushing for abill which would ban “bath salts” in the state. William Parisio, a

former School or Arts and Sciences junior who allegedly killedSchmidt, was using bath salts in the months before the murder, hencethe connection between the bill and homicide. We wonder, however, ifit is really proper to blame the bath salts for the murder. It would beakin to blaming alcohol for drunk driving or an exam for a failinggrade. In these situations, we cannot forget that, ultimately, the peopleinvolved are the ones responsible for what happens. Perhaps banningthese bath salts is not the best course of action. Education is.

Let’s face the facts: People will use whatever they can to get high.It’s sad but true. Some people sniff glue or huff magic markers. Shouldwe ban these things, then? Of course not. Instead, we take steps to edu-cate people about the dangers of engaging in these sorts of activities.That does not stop everyone from abusing these substances, but nei-ther does making them illegal. Even if bath salts are outlawed, chancesare people will still find ways to get their hands on them, or merelyreplace them with some new legal high.

Before we can determine whether bath salts should be outlawed,we need to discern why they were manufactured in the first place. Wasthis substance legitimately made with the intention of providing aro-matherapy, or was it made as a way to sneak drugs into the market? Inthis case, intentionality truly matters. It would be unfair to the makersof the product to ban bath salts solely because people started to abusethem. Again, it would be like banning glue because people have decid-ed to sniff it.

Education is always a better recourse than banning. When peopleare informed about the incredibly negative effects of misusing sub-stances like bath salts, they are more likely to stay away. When theproduct is merely removed from the shelf, people will just find anoth-er way to get their hands on it — or they’ll replace it with somethingelse that’s still legal but just as dangerous.

Choose educationover blind banning

J ohn Paul Rogers is a man you’ve probably never heard of, whichis understandable given that his claim to fame is that he’s run-ning for mayor of Lake Wales, Florida — a town you’ve probably

never heard of, as well. What’s interesting about Rogers, though, is his past. Rogers is a former Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. Goahead — take a guess as to what party Rogers is running under. It isprobably safe to assume that your first instinct is Republican or TeaParty, especially if you are a political lefty. Shockingly enough, Rogersis running as a Democrat, the party many of us associate with politicalcorrectness and affirmative action. Rogers’ tale serves as an exampleof the importance of true bipartisanship. If you merely vote along partylines all the time, it is quite possible that you will miss what exactly youare getting yourself into.

One of the fundamental flaws of modern American politics is howsharply divided it has become. It seems that voters are required to stayloyal to one party and one party only. Both sides often attack those whoattempt compromise. Ironically, though, bipartisanship seems to bethe buzzword of both the Democrats and the GOP. Politicians on bothsides claim that compromise and a move to the center are the goals,but these same politicians often act as stumbling blocks for any realmovement toward bipartisanship.

We would venture to say that most, if not all, Democrats would beextremely uncomfortable having an ex-KKK member as their mayor.But, since he’s running as a Democrat, it is likely that manyDemocratic voters would completely miss this fact — or, worse, notconsider it at all — simply because Rogers is “one of them.” It is need-less to say that this is one of the major dangers of fierce division alongparty lines — that a candidate who actually stands for the opposite ofwhat the voters want gets into office solely because of mindless alle-giance to one party over the other.

Voters in the United States have the responsibility to stay informed.That’s more difficult than it sounds, but that doesn’t make it any lessimportant. We have a say in the government’s operations. Our deci-sions in the voting booth should be among the most meaningful thatwe make in our lives. Too often, it seems to be just the opposite — wewaltz into the booth and carelessly tick the box we’ve come to expectas our choice. This is a dangerous habit to fall into, and we cannot

Make informedchoices when voting

O n the officialUniversity website,there is a small, bare-

ly noticeable note at the bottomof the page. Despite its lack ofsize, it carries a strong punch:“Rutgers, The State Universityof New Jersey, an equal oppor-tunity, affirmative action institu-tion.” Affirmative action is a policy that gives specialpreference to certain groups of people, depending ondifferent factors, like race, sex and national origin.Admittance to the University is not simply based onSAT scores, high school GPAs and extracurricularactivities but also on these personal factors.

Affirmative action is not unique to the UnitedStates, let alone the University. Affirmative actionpolicies have been tried in numerous countries,including Great Britain, India and Sri Lanka.

The stated goal of affirmative action policies is to create a society — in the University’s case, aschool — in which different minority groups arerepresented according to their pro-portion of the total population. Theproblem is that proportional repre-sentation between different raceswithin a society is a very rare phe-nomenon. It might sound nice to saythat different races should be pro-portionally represented in differentsettings, but the reality is that this ishardly ever the case. Consider thatGermans are disproportionatelyrepresented among beer makers, and Jews are over-represented among comedians. Different ethnicgroups have different preferences, and affirmativeaction is an attempt to mold different groups intosomeone else’s perception of what society ought tolook like. It is not only arrogant to believe you havethe insight to design a complex society, but it isdetrimental to that very same society.

Also consider who benefits from affirmativeaction and who is hurt by it. Obviously, preferredminority groups profit the most. In the UnitedStates, blacks benefit from affirmative action, but notnecessarily the same black people intended by thedesigners of affirmative action policies. It is undeni-able that blacks were denied their rights and liber-ties for far too long, but as economist Thomas Sowellwrites in his book “Affirmative Action Around theWorld: An Empirical Study”: “No historical suffer-ings of blacks in the United States can justify prefer-ential benefits to … [those] who happen to be non-white, but whose ancestors obviously never sufferedany discrimination in the United States.”

A black high school student who is the son of asuccessful doctor, for example, is more likely to beaccepted into the University than a poor, black stu-dent who never had access to the resources and activ-ities that prepare young adults for higher education.

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regret their votes in theNovember 2010 elections muchlike a drunken one-night stand.

In New Jersey, we do nothave to look any further thanTrenton to witness class war-fare and hypocrisy. The conser-vative movement throughoutthe country has championedGov. Chris Christie for his bluntspeech and direct actions. His bold-ness to cut spending across theboard has been praised by TeaParty members and multimillion-aires alike. Last year, Christie stole$1.6 billion from state aid for edu-cation in order to fund tax cuts. In arecent N.J. Supreme Court deci-sion, Superior Court Judge PeterDoyne declared Christie’s actionsunconstitutional. Doyne ruled thatnot only did last year’s educationcuts lead to violations of the state’smandate to provide children

should not be the world police. Intheir next interview, they areattacking our president for notacting soon enough in Libya.Other Republicans, such as Rep.Ron Paul, R-Texas, go as far as todeclare the bombing in Libya anunconstitutional war. Wherewere these voices when formerPresident George W. Bush

declared war on Iraq under falsepretenses? Similarly, we haveRepublicans in Congress threaten-ing the shutdown of the federal gov-ernment in order to bullyDemocrats into conceding on majorcuts in social programs to balanceour federal deficit. Where was theirthrifty nature when they allowed bil-lions of dollars in tax cuts to contin-ue to line the pockets of the wealthi-est American for eight long years?

It is time that we begin tostand up against bullying patri-

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Christopher Pflaum is a School ofArts and Sciences senior majoring ingenetics and political science. He isthe President of the Rutgers UniversityDemocrats. His column, “CarpeDiem,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

“a thorough and efficient” educa-tion, but that the cuts specificallyimpacted minority and “at-risk” chil-dren. This year, Christie has createda smokescreen of fear and frustra-tion about the state’s deficit. He hasbeen using this rhetoric to justifycutting public worker benefits andadditional cuts to education spend-ing. Behind the screen, he securedmore than $200 million in taxes cutsfor estates and businesses.

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“The Big East Championshipis probably the meet that stands out the most to me,”Spiniello said. “Seeing all of thathard work come to fruition was very exciting.”

None of the swimmers’ timesturned out to be good enoughto send them to Austin, Texas,for the NCAA Championships,but the Knights did send Betz,who qualified with her score inthe three-meter dive at the ZoneDiving Championships.

A return to the national stagewas supposed tobe down the roadfor this “rebuild-ing” team, butSpiniello helpedthe Knights makethe leap in just hisfirst season.

“I was happywith our finishthis year,”Spiniello said. “Itwas a good start-ing point — we

laid a good foundation. Nowwe need to build on that for the future.”

That future involves a rapidly improving squad thatreturns just about the whole team next year. As thefirst year of the Spinielloregime concludes, it is safe tosay that Rutgers swimming and diving is going in a positive direction.

“I think the future of theprogram is a bright one. Wehave a team full of amazinggirls, incredible coaches andtalent beyond belief,” Rolinsaid. “The only place we can gofrom here is up.”

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tain Jen Betz.Rutgers posted wins against

Wagner and Big East-foeGeorgetown, but fell againstMaryland and conference rivalsConnecticut and Villanova. Themost trying loss for the Knightswas a narrow 148-146 loss atWest Virginia,where a disquali-fication on thefinal relay costRutgers the meet.

“Losing theWest Virginiameet on the last relay andgetting disquali-fied was reallytough on theteam,” Spiniellosaid. “I thoughtwe did a really good job to overcome that loss.”

The Knights overcame theWest Virginia loss and the restof their defeats becauseSpiniello did not let them quit.He allowed them to rest priorto the Big EastChampionships, a meet thatwas circled on his calendarbefore the season even start-ed, and the strategy paid dividends.

Several Knights postedtheir best times of the seasonat Big East, including Ward,Rolin and freshman TrishaAverill, who all qualified forNCAA “B” cuts.

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“Losing the West Virginia meet

on the last relay andgetting disqualified

was really tough on the team.”PHIL SPINIELLO

Head Coach

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“My legacy at Rutgers has notbeen great and I just want to dobetter,” she said.

The last time Stringer gother whole team back was fouryears ago, following her cham-pionship run.

But with Matee Ajavon andEssence Carson as rising seniorsand Kia Vaughn and HeatherZurich as rising juniors, Rutgersfailed to take the step from run-ner-up to champion.

Of course, having the NCAAschedule Connecticut and afreshman named Maya Moore inthe same region did not help.

To Stringer, having everyoneback does not make improve-ment a sure thing.

“It doesn’t mean anythingunless they decide that [theywant it],” Stringer said. “I willsay this for our team: They real-ly did work over the summerand I like that. They were driv-en to get better, but we need tobe driven to be more of a teamand function together.

“I’m proud of the way theteam has progressed and weshould feel proud of the improve-ment, but we have a lot of dis-tance to go with this group.Hopefully with the addition ofother players, that will make us abetter team.”

Sykes may be the star of theteam next year, but KhadijahRushdan is the heart.

Rushdan, who said after theA&M loss that she will definite-ly be back for a fifth season, isthe lone remnant of Rutgers’Elite Eight squad from 2008.

Rushdan was the consensusteam leader through this season and handled the bruntof the scoring through the first half of the season beforeSykes turned it on. She represents one of four seniors on next year’s squad,along with Sykes, guard Nikki Speed and for ward Chelsey Lee.

“That’s a big help becauseyou feel the hurt when every-body’s here,” Rushdan said.“It’s not like somebody’s leaving. It’s the same team andthe same people. We under-stand, of course, you can say it’s good that we got to the second round as opposed to last year, but for us it’s not good enough.”

Adding the sixth-best recruit-ing class in the country does nothurt, either.

Headlined by guard BriyonaCanty, Stringer adds threeperimeter players with ratingsof 93 or higher by ESPN and athird legitimate post presence inChrista Evans.

That makes Rutgers at least10-deep next season after hav-ing just Monique Oliver andSpeed off the bench to closeout this season.

More depth means more full-court pressure. More full-courtpressure makes Stringer happy.In fact, the idea of depth got oneof the two smiles out of Stringerafter the A&M loss — the other was about how great alocal chicken restaurant was in Shreveport.

“Trust me, you will see [full-court pressure] next year,”Stringer said. “You can bet yourlast dime on that. Yes you will.You will see.”

— Sam Hellman accepts comments and criticism at

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After a breakout freshman season and missing games due to sickness, sophomore Steve Nyisztorhas a .238 batting average with a pair of home runs and nine RBI through 12 games.

State selection and tied for thestate lead in home runs.

When Nyisztor returnedfrom sickness last weekend to reclaim his usual spot in

LINEUP: Senior becomes

accustomed to altered order

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the lineup, Lang hit leadof f for one game and cleanup for another.

While Lang admits he wouldprefer to settle into a spot inthe batting order down thestretch, his preference forwhere that spot changes withlineup card.

But thanks to some advice, hisapproach and results do not.

“I like hitting first, but onceI star ted hitting third for awhile I got used to it and start-ed liking that,” Lang said. “It isweird jumping, and hopefully Idon’t have to jump aroundevery day, but once I stay inone spot I get used to it.Wherever I’m hitting, I reallydon’t mind. As long as you’re inthe lineup, you’re happy.”

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BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

The stark weather change inNew York and New Jersey yester-day ruined a major opportunity

for theRutgerssoftballteam.

On anegativetrajecto-

ry with six consecutive lossestarnishing a torrid start for theScarlet Knights, head coach JayNelson hoped a pair of mid-weekgames against Army could bringan end to the skid before enter-ing Big East play.

The rain and snow at WestPoint, N.Y., brought an end tothat, cancelling the double-header between the Black andScarlet Knights.

Nelson, who announced thecancellation first thing in themorning yesterday, now plans toput all of the focus on the start of conference play Saturdayagainst Syracuse.

“We definitely had some set-backs when we were in Tampa,”Nelson said. “But what we reallyneed is some practice. Army[would have been] good, but fix-ing things in practice is evenmore important.”

Syracuse (21-5) represents achallenging star t to the BigEast slate. The Orange andKnights of fenses sport similarstarts to the season. ’Cuse has11 more runs than Rutgers (10-15), but has two more gamesunder its belt.

But in the circle, Syracuse isfar ahead of Rutgers from a statis-tical standpoint.

The Orange use just twostarting pitchers, Jenna Cairaand Stacy Kuwik, but both put

up ace-type numbers. Caira has12 complete games in 16 startswith an ERA of 1.52. Kuwik is9-1 to start the season, givingup slightly less than two runsper game.

Rutgers does not have any-thing close to that.

With two sophomores and afreshman on the staf f, Rutgersas a staf f has a 4.90 ERA.Freshman Megan Williams isthe only pitcher with a winningrecord (5-3).

“I feel a lot more confidentnow than I did when I gothere,” said Williams, whocracked the Big East HonorRoll two weeks ago. “There area lot of ups and downs, but I’mless nervous than I used to be.I’m less worried about goingfor strikeouts.”

For the first time sinceclinching a Big East tournamentspot in dramatic fashion on May9, Rutgers has a home game.

The Knights played five preseason tournaments andare excited about the chance to finally play at the RU Softball Complex.

“It’s going to feel great tofinally be back on that field,” saidsenior left fielder MickenzieAlden. “It’s been too long.”

Junior third basemanBrittney Lindley may be themost exited for the three-gameweekend series. The Cicero,N.Y., native has plenty of con-nections to nearby Syracuse.The Knights’ leader in homeruns, hitting and RBI has notseen her hometown schoolsince her freshman season,when she was 3-for-6 in a dou-bleheader split.

“That weekend can’t comesoon enough,” Lindley said.“It’s Syracuse. It’s finally ahome game.”

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Junior third baseman Brittney Lindley, a Cicero, N.Y., native,plays Syracuse for the first time since her freshman season.

RU prepares forfirst home series

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Midfielder’s consistentplay makes difference

BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER

Junior Ali Steinberg finishedoff the last game for the Rutgerswomen’s lacrosse team with her

third goalof the dayto put the

Scarlet Knights ahead, 10-9,against UConn.

Steinberg took that scoring ini-tiative against UConn when seniorMarlena Welsh passed it to herwith eight seconds remaining.

Taking care of the scoringload has been routine this seasonfor the midfielder. Her 16 pointsplace her third in scoring for theKnights, already a career-highhalfway into the season.

“We lost a lot of great attackingplayers, so I knew I needed to put more in on the attacking end,” Steinberg said. “Last year, wegot it to one or two of the same play-ers, and this year, there have beenat least five or six different optionsgoing in each game.”

Although the Knights havemore scoring options than in pre-vious years, the Suffern, N.Y.,native is still third on the team inscoring with 13 goals.

“The biggest difference fromlast year is me being myself a lit-tle more,” Steinberg said.

And that is exactly what headcoach Laura Brand wanted.

“She’s always had the ability todo it, but I think this year she under-stands that she is one of those go-toplayers,” Brand said. “As a junior,she really needed to step up and bemore of a factor on our attack.”

This is the first season thatSteinberg is a primary scorer, butRutgers utilized the midfielder inmany other roles besides the attack.

Steinberg also led Rutgers indraw controls for each of the past

two seasons, first getting the oppor-tunity in her sophomore seasonwhen she started 15 of 16 games.

During Steinberg’s sophomoreseason, the Knights conducteddraw tryouts in practice, keepingstatistics on who was best at win-ning the draw. Ever since thosetryouts, Steinberg received mostof the draw opportunities.

“She has the ability to directthe ball a certain way,” Brand said.“It’s not just a 50-50 ball going up.”

But as a midfielder, Steinbergholds responsibility on thedefensive end.

“She’s always there for theslide,” Brand said. “If she has theopportunity to pick up a groundballor cause a turnover, she has goodspeed coming out of the defensiveend, so she’s good in our transition.”

Steinberg ranks second on theteam with 12 groundball pickups,one of many priorities for themidfielder on defense.

“Carrying the ball up thefield, being aggressive on thegroundballs — just the littlethings are important,” Steinbergsaid. “I just try to be consistentall over the field as opposed toonly dominating attack and onlydominating defense.”

Although Steinberg lights upthe stat sheet in offensive, defen-sive and draw control statistics, itis the aspects that do not show upin the box score that make themidfielder the player she is.

“I’m just trying to do my parton each end of the field — not only being an attackerbut trying to do my best on drawsand groundballs and defense,”Steinberg said. “I’d rather do a lotof the little things well.”

But nonetheless, Steinberg hastaken advantage of her increasedscoring role while maintaining herfocus on the little things.

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Junior midfielder Ali Steinberg, left, scored the Knights’ game-winning goal on Saturday againstConnecticut but also provides an important presence on the defensive end.

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NEIL P. KYPERS

Head coach C. Vivian Stringer brings back her entire roster from this season, including forward April Sykes, the team’s leadingscorer. Stringer also welcomes three of four incoming freshmen that are ranked 93 or higher by ESPN.

S ince the magical 2007 NCAATournament run for the Rutgerswomen’s basketball team wrapped

up, of fseasons in Piscataway are uncer-tain at best. But with the 2010-11

campaign over after Tuesday’s loss to No.7 Texas A&M, the Scarlet Knights’ futureis clear for once.

And it is a bright one.Rutgers returns its entire team and

adds its highest-rated recruiting classsince the “Fab Five.”

Oh yeah, and April Sykes is expected tofinally live up to her potential in her seniorseason. She will be a superstar.

“We’re going hard in the offseason,” saidSykes, who finished the season averaging 14points per game. “We’re not going to takeany days off in preparing ourselves, and Ineed to take myself to a higher level. I know

what coach Stringer expects of me every dayand especially going into my senior year.”

Sykes probably will not be the best sen-ior in the country, like recruiting servicespredicted her to be four years ago, but shewill be the best scorer in Piscataway sinceEpiphanny Prince.

The Starkville, Miss., native showedmaturity beyond her years as a junior in theway she dealt with two years of underper-formance. Sykes knows she disappointedRutgers fans, and she will do everything inher power to change that.

Spiniello seesstrides in firstyear at RU

BY MATT CANVISSERSTAFF WRITER

The concept of rebuilding is taboo inmany major Division I athletic programs.But when Phil Spiniello took over as

the head coach ofthe Rutgers swim-

ming and diving team, he knew rebuildingwas exactly what the team needed most.

“I had been preparing for an opportuni-ty like this my whole career,” saidSpiniello, a former assistant at Princeton.“I was just excited to put my own programinto action.”

The first task of any head coach is gettingplayers to buy into a system. Spiniello soughtto achieve the change in the only way heknew how — establishing a relationship asstrong as some families.

“Developing a bond with the team wasextremely impor tant,” Spiniello said.“Communication and building a relation-ship, that’s my style. That’s how I coach.”

Spiniello’s positive energy spreadthroughout the Scarlet Knights and noone was immune. Veterans like juniorJacquelyn Ward claim thatSpiniello“brought [her] heart back intothe sport of swimming.”

Even a freshman like Chelsea Rolin,who was only with the team for half of theseason, instantly felt his impact.

“[Spiniello] is truly an irreplaceablepart of our team,” Rolin said. “I don’tthink I’m alone when I say that he’sbrought the passion and the excitementback into swimming for me. He brings somuch positive energy to every workoutand makes me love coming to practiceevery day.”

There is no question that Spinielloaccomplished his first goal of winningover the team, but even the most belovedcoaches do not last long if they cannotproduce in the win column.

Winning meets proved to be an obsta-cle for a Knights team without much expe-rience and only one senior in diving cap-tain Jen Betz.

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Lang produces throughout lineup in senior season

CAMERON STROUD

Senior right fielder Michael Lang sports a .370 batting average in 11 games, alongwith seven runs and five RBI in the leadoff spot for head coach Fred Hill.

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

When Michael Lang learned he wouldmove from his usual spot atop the Rutgers

baseball team’s line-up to the three-hole,

he sought advice.And when he moved to the cleanup spot

for a single game against East Carolina,the senior outfielder did the same thing.

Lang knows how to hit leadof f — hedid it for most of his Scarlet Knightscareer — but when he hit third for fivestraight games over spring break, themove lasted longer than any previous for-ays into the middle of the lineup.

So Lang turned to teammates and coach-es to see how to change his approach.

“I spoke to people who hit in those spotsor different coaches and they just tell me:‘Don’t change a thing. Keep doing whatyou’ve been doing,’” Lang said. “Justbecause you’re hitting someone else doesn’tmean you have to change. Obviously you’regoing to see different pitches, but that doesn’t mean you want to change anything.”

With his approach staying the same,Lang’s numbers are, as well.

The Dumont, N.J., native has a .370 aver-age with seven runs and five RBI in

11 games out of the leadoff spot. In almosthalf as many games, Lang hits .375 withseven runs and four RBI in the three-hole.

His two best games this season came bat-ting third against Old Dominion. Lang hit acombined 8-for-10 in that series, driving inthree runs and scoring four times.

The 6-foot, 185-pounder is not a tradi-tional power hitter out of the third spot,but he hits for average and does have pop.He finished second on the team with 12home runs last season, and has 22 in hisRutgers career. His career batting averageis .338.

Although he hit third for the first series ofhis junior season, Lang quickly returned tothe leadoff spot with the emergence of SteveNyisztor hitting third.

“With his speed and combination of power,it makes it easier for me to hit,” Nyisztor said.“When he’s on base, it gives me a good oppor-tunity to drive some runs in.”

But the sophomore shortstop was sickover spring break, forcing Lang to move tothe three-hole for the longest stretch sincehigh school.

Lang hit leadoff as a junior at St. Peter’sPrep (N.J.), but moved to the third spot for hissenior season, when he was a First-Team All-

BASEBALL

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