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Commencementchanges begin,end traditions

BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

This year’s commencement, which is set totake place on May 15, will start new traditionsfor the University, but will also let go of old ones— a move that does not sit well with all.

Instead of individual commencements foreach school in the University, all the schools willunite for one University-wide commencement inthe Rutgers Stadium on Busch campus, whileindividual schools will hold convocations to rec-ognize graduates in the days surrounding com-mencement, University secretar y LeslieFehrenbach said.

In this attempt to combine the graduatingclass, the new commencement eliminated theSchool of Arts and Sciences’ convocation, saidAriel Bucher, a member of the StudentCommencement Review Committee.

Bucher, a School of Arts and Sciences senior,was upset to hear a single School of Ar ts and Sciences convocation was canceled andindividual department recognition ceremonieswere scheduled.

“The School of Arts and Sciences convocationwas previously supposed to take place after thecommencement, but some of the departmentalrecognition ceremonies will not take place imme-diately following graduation,” she said.

Administrators announced the cancelled convo-cation on Thursday to the committee, Bucher said.

“This method for dealing with 3,500 School ofArts and Sciences graduates, to have smaller inti-mate gatherings where you can shake someone’shand is great in theory,” she said. “But logisticalissues were pushed away and left to the last minute.We entered as a large class in 2007, they could havethought about it sooner.”

For a more upbeat, brief ceremony, University-wide commencement will omit the long reading ofnames, Fehrenbach said.

Petra Solar Production Director George Paradise, center, talks to membersof Team New Jersey. Petra Solar is one of the team’s sponsors.

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Students buildsolar house fornational contest

BY GABRIELA SLOMICZCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Students from the University and the New JerseyInstitute of Technology are working on new energy-efficient and solar-powered homes to enter in the U.S.Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition.

Team New Jersey is building a one bedroom, onebathroom home made of pre-cast concrete, saidCarolyn Worstell, a University graduate student andTeam New Jersey’s communications manager.

“Our design is focused on a retiring couple down onthe shore,” Worstell said.

Team New Jersey will be the first team to use con-crete as a main building material, she said.

Clinton Andrews, professor of urban planning in theEdward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy,

Tarek Kahlaoui, an assistant professor of art history, explains how people made the Middle Easternprotests a reality last night in the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus.

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Panel explores social media effects in Middle EastBY BRETT SIEGELCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Four University faculty members sat on a panel yester-day in the Scholarly Communication Center of theAlexander Library on the College Avenue campus to dis-cuss their take on the role of social media in MiddleEastern conflicts.

Each speaker specialized in a certain field or focused on aspecific country. They also had various forms of media-basedsupport to back their theories and analysis.

Fakhri Haghani, a University professor who teachescomparative study of culture and history in Iran and theMiddle East, discussed her take on social media as anIranian native.

“Social media provided people with a medium to feel likethey had more options than just being passive,” she said.“They now, with the visible support of others, felt like theyhad the opportunity to participate which gave them the sparknecessary to actually go out and do so.”

During her presentation, Haghani showed video clipsincluding student video blogs, protest songs at demon-strations and footage of civilians being targeted by their government.

Such media circulated to spark revolutionary reac-tions, said Tarek Kahlaoui, a University assistant profes-sor of art history.

“Though Facebook and Twitter played a major role, thepeople who took to the streets and faced the bullets made the

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Gourmet chefs spice up dining

BY ANKITA PANDAMETRO EDITOR

In an effort to bring a newperspective to dining hall food,the University’s DiningSer vices employs about 12gourmet chefs who worktogether to add an upscale twistto University menus.

The chefs hail from a varietyof backgrounds, from studyingat the Culinar y Institute ofAmerica to working at TheFrog and the Peach, saidCharles Sams, executive direc-tor of the Dining Services. Butthe criterion for hiring gour-met chefs is no dif ferent thanhiring any other cook.

While the University startedhiring gourmet chefs beforeSams came to his position, hesaid he wanted to add more tothe staff.

“I started emphasizing chefs alot more. To me, it always madesense because that’s what we do.We’re just in a little different seg-ment, but why would chefs notwork in these types of facilities?”he said.

Before hiring gourmet chefs,Sams said the food was bland andlacked creativity.

“When I first came hereback in the early ’80s, it wassort of mechanized, standard-ized, no real culinary expertisein the kitchens of any of thedining halls,” he said. “Today Ithink you see that that’s com-pletely dif ferent.”

Sams believes the dif fer-ence is because the gourmetchefs work in every dining hallto make an impact to the foodand catering.

Chef Lauren Stevenson,who graduated from theCulinary Institute of America,said she and other gourmetchefs can only change themenus so much.

“I think it’s great [to work atthe University.] … Everyonebrings their own creativity, theirown experiences into their work,”said Stevenson, a Universityalumna. “But you do need to keepthings kind of on the same level,so the students know whatthey’re getting. You can’t get toocrazy with changing things up.”

As chef manager Stevensonmeets with representativesfrom each dining hall and works to introduce itemsto the menu and make appeal-ing changes.

“I take everything that I’velearned and talk to the otherchefs and try to get [my ideas]into the dining halls,” she said.

Stevenson, who helped outin the dining halls during her time as student, said shewas convinced to work at the University because of flexi-ble hours.

“You still get the full feelingof being in a restaurant work-ing with food as much as theydo, but you do also get to havesome time to yourself,” shesaid. “It’s not as grueling, notall days. You get some breaks.”

Sams said gourmet chefsexpress most of their creativityand background through work-ing at places like the Rutgers

Club or for the University’scatering services but are limit-ed in the dining halls to specialthemed events.

“In the student dining, thereis a blend — there are a lot ofrecipes that are standardizedacross the department and oth-ers that allow for a little morefreedom,” he said. “[But] onsome of the themed nights likeKing Neptune nights or otherbig theme nights, they mightdo something a little dif ferent,a little special.”

In terms of finding gourmetchefs, Sams said that for eachchef he hires, he reads through100 to 200 resumes.

“You look at their workingresume and you look their aca-demic background and history,and you try to then get to know

them well enough,” he said.“You look at the resume interms of what types of restau-rants they’ve worked in andwhat kind of reputations thoserestaurants might have.”

After preselecting appli-cants, Sams described theinter view process as intenseand lengthy.

“The department might seean applicant for a chef four orfive times, maybe even sixtimes,” he said. “Hopefully inthat process, you can exposethe individual, expose theircharacter, expose who theyreally are and make a determi-nation about whether or notthey fit into your organization.”

School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student Eva Bakshissaid she had no idea the University employs gour-met chefs at the dining hallsdespite eating at NeilsonDining Hall on Douglass cam-pus every day.

“Anyone who’s qualifiedshould obviously get to workhere. It’s in the students’ bestinterests,” Bakshis said. “Ithink it’s fantastic. But I wouldn’t say it was obviousfrom the food they serve here.”

Bakshis said if theUniversity can change onething now that gourmet chefsare employed, it should be the menu.

“Honestly, maybe they couldconsider changing the menuaround,” she said. “Some dininghall food is very lacking.”

In response to student criti-cisms, Stevenson said theUniversity dining hall equip-ment is to blame, not the chefs.

“I think Busch and Neilsonare newer dining halls. They’vebeen renovated, so it givesthem some more of an opportu-nity to do dif ferent things intheir dining halls,” she said.

At the end of the day, Samssaid he wishes to employ moregourmet chefs who can preparelarge meals at a time withoutcracking under the pressure.

“You’ve got to be able toblend your professional experi-ence with the level of meals weser ve here and that’s notalways common,” he said.

“Everyone brings their own creativity,

their own experience intotheir work ...”

LAUREN STEVENSONDining Services Chef

Marie Renee Thadal, founder and president of Bajchem Services,LLC, discussed on Monday the dominance of a corporate society.

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Students learn foreignbusiness perspectives

BY JADE MCCLAINCONTRIBUTING WRITER

With a special passportUniversity students had thechance to travel to various coun-tries and learn about their differ-ing business cultures Mondaynight at “Global Gateways.”

Future Business Leaders ofAmerica-Phi Beta Lambda(FBLA-PBL) hosted the event,which showcased business prac-tices from a global perspective inthe Livingston Student CenterMultipurpose Room.

“We thought there wasn’tenough international businessexposure on campus,” saidUsman Ahmed, N.J. PBL statepresident. “We thought that thefact we can bring all thesecountries together would be agood idea.”

Student organizations repre-sented a particular country at atable. A mingling process beganas groups of business-clad stu-dents trotted from each station,learning about the business mod-els and customs of countries suchas Pakistan, England, Germanyand India.

Attendees who stamped theirgiven passports at every locationcould exchange it for a raffle tick-et to win one of two Kaplan exampreparation books.

For every raffle ticket, Kaplanpledged to donate a dollar toDoctors Without Borders,Ahmed said.

Later in the night, guestssettled down to listen to twoguests speakers.

The first speaker, MarieRenee Thadal, founder and presi-dent of Bajchem Services, LLC, atechnical sales and marketingfirm, emphasized the prevalenceof business.

“As we sit here right now, weare spending a lot of money.Whether we think about it or not,it’s happening,” Thadal said.“Nothing happens in this worlduntil something is sold.”

David Hernandez, a seniorengineer at Kraft Nabisco, spokeon the importance of understand-ing and being respectful of how

business is conducted aroundthe world.

“Be patient, especially withother countries,” he said. “I thinkcoming from the Northeast,we’re used to seeing people whoalways want things now, now,now. Yet when you travel there’sa different pace.”

Hernandez said a crucial ele-ment of business many othercultures employ is a sense ofhaving strong social relation-ships before making businessdecisions, something hebelieves tends to be neglectedin the United States.

Some University students likeRanjit Sankar, a School ofBusiness first-year student, appre-ciated the guest speakers’ advice.

“It was a good segue to have[the guest speakers] becausethey definitely talked abouttheir connections globally likehow you should plan ahead andhow cultural differences couldhave an impact on your busi-ness,” he said.

There was also an appearanceby Becker ProfessionalEducation, offering giveawaysand information about theUniform Certified PublicAccountant Review, to help indi-viduals do well on the exam.

“It’s extremely well organ-ized,” said JoAnn Veiga, regionalmanager for Becker ProfessionalEducation. “I am very impressedby the group that actually han-dled the event. Everybody is veryprofessional, and it’s been greatbeing here so far.”

Ahmed, pleased with thesuccessful turnout, hopes itcould be an annual event and is already making plans for improvement.

He wants the organizationto devote more attention toof fering students ways to findmore oppor tunities in theinternational market.

“For the speaker series, Ithink what we want to do nextyear is make sure they talk a lotmore about what their interna-tional experiences were,” Ahmedsaid. “I think we accomplishedthat with one of our speakers.”

Twelve gourmet cooks bring artistry and expertise to previously bland meals

“Overemphasis on the impor-tance of social media underminesthe historical aspects of these rev-olutions that have been aroundfor years,” she said.

Kumar also expressed con-cern with the Western stereotypeof the Middle Eastern woman and

culture and said Arab women areoften viewed as being victims,voiceless and subservient, buthistory shows that is not the case.

“The story of savingoppressed people has been a wayfor America to gain public sup-port since 1898, and it continuestoday with the narrative of savingMiddle Eastern women,” he said.

Kumar quoted politicians andshowed pictures of MiddleEastern women on the front linesof the protests.

“The Internet and social mediaplays a critical role in spreadinginformation and knowledge of whatis actually going on to the west,which is important for decreasingIslamaphobia,” she said.

Golbarg Bashi, a UniversityMiddle Eastern studies instruc-tor, said although Twitter helpedraise awareness of the young ofthe revolutionary activity inIran, she did not want to over-state its importance.

“It is inaccurate to call any ofthese revolutions anything thatsolely is affiliated with socialmedia because it diminishes thehistory and struggle of that coun-try,” she said.

But Kahlaoui said the happen-ings proved social media could takean idea and movement from theInternet and bring it to the streets.

“That spark to get people toactually get up and do somethingis perhaps the most importantpart about the whole phenome-na,” he said.

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revolution a reality,” saidKahlaoui, an active participant inthe Tunisia student movement.

He said the U.S. media did notreally cover the movement, sothere are a lot of misconceptionsabout what happened there.

Kahlaoui backed up hisstatement with examples ofarticles from Western mediaoutlets and quotes from politi-cians that ignored or refutedthe things he experienced.

“Social media was very impor-tant because besides that therewas no independent media,” hesaid. “Facebook had the platformfor video sharing that couldn’t becensored so everything wentthrough that. Everything elsewas government-controlled.”

Deepa Kumar, a Universityjournalism and media studiesassociate professor, did not sharethe same enthusiasm aboutsocial media as the others.

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30 The SPIN Program will host a Speed Networking event at 6p.m. in the Cook Campus Center. Interested students willattend a brief networking boot camp before joiningUniversity alumni and other industry professionals in afriendly round of speed networking. The purpose of theevent is to give students the opportunity to polish socialskills and build new relationships by interacting withemployers and alumni willing to offer career advice andinsight. Interested people must contact the SPIN office at(732)-932-3000 ext. 522 or email Kristen Lester atlester@aesop.rutgers.edu.

31 Rutgers University Programming Association will be host-ing “Inside the Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi Studio” with twoshows in the Livingston Hall at the Livingston StudentCenter starring “Jersey Shore” star Snooki with her comedi-an side-kick Adam Ace. Doors for the first show open at 7p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m., while the second showstarts at 10 p.m. with wristbands required for entry.University students can get a wristband between 4 and 7p.m. at the Livingston Student Center. Students must bringtheir RUID. Seats are available for non-University studentsand will be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis.Wristbands will be distributed in the order of the showtimes, with the 8 p.m. wristbands being handed out first. Formore information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

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1 RU Wanawake, a student organization that unites collegewomen for the interests of Africa, will host its Second Annual“Honoring the African Woman” banquet at 7:30 p.m. in theDouglass Lounge of the Douglass Campus Center. The clubwill be presenting awards to three women who improvedAfrica through philanthropic work and dedication.Entertainment of the night includes a performance by R&Bsinger Rotimi. The event is free. For more information, visitthe organization’s Facebook page or emailruwanawake@yahoo.com.

2 Rutgers University Dance Marathon to support theEmbrace Kids Foundation will take place in the CollegeAvenue Gym this weekend. Dance marathon is a 32-hourstudent-run event to raise money for the Embrace KidsFoundation, a nonprofit organization that aids the non-med-ical needs of the children with cancer and blood disorders.Dance Marathon is now closed to dancer registration butapplications are still available for alumni dancers, set up andclean up crew and fundraisers. For more information, pleasevisit marathon.rutgers.edu/home.

4 Off-Campus Students’ Association will hold a car mainte-nance workshop and meeting starting at 8 p.m. in Room 407of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue cam-pus. Participants will learn how to change a tire and morecar tips. For more information, visit getinvolved.rutgers.edu.

University professors Fakhri Haghani, left, Tarek Kahlaoui and Deepa Kumar discuss their varyingviews on the role and importance of social media in the Middle Eastern protests.

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“Social media was very important

because besides that there was no

independent media.”TAREK KAHLAOUIAssistant Professor

required an architectural pro-gram, so NJIT was asked tojoin, Andrews said.

Around 250 studentsworked on planning the projectat some point, with 30 playingan active role and 12 who havebeen around since the begin-ning, he said.

Proposals from 45 schoolswere sent in, but only 20 werepicked to compete in Washington,D.C, said Richard King, directorof the Solar Decathlon.

“We were really lucky, manyteams don’t get in the first time

they apply,” Worstell said. “It wasan honor just to get in.”

To successfully build theirhome, teams must fundraiseabout $1 million, which theyacquire through cash and in-kinddonations, Andrews said.

“We’ve approached a lot ofNew Jersey-based companies,”he said.

Some of the team’s sponsorsinclude Petra Solar, Skanska andPSEG, Andrews said.

The team experienced trou-ble receiving donations fromconstruction firms because ofthe recession, but are on sched-ule with their fundraisingefforts, he said.

The competition lasts forthree weeks and ends in October,Worstell said.

During this time, students willtake turns traveling toWashington, D.C., to give toursand present the house, she said.

Each house will be judged onhow it looks and works, but alsoon how it will appeal to the publicand how well the teams adver-tised their homes.

King said hot water, heatingand cooling, energy balance,home electronics and applianceswill also be surveyed.

The houses should have a netenergy balance of zero, meaningit is self-sustained, King said.Teams will measure energy con-sumption by doing loads of laun-dry and cooking dinner for theother teams.

King said the competition isnot only a great opportunity forstudents looking to venture intothe industry, but a practicalshowcase for the public interest-ed in solar-powered technology.

“With solar power, the fuel isfree, but the equipment is not,”he said. “You pay for 30 years ofenergy up front, but it more thanpays for itself.”

The idea for the competitioncame from King’s search for alink between existing solar tech-nology and energy efficient build-ings, he said.

“We had great solar panels,but architects didn’t know whatto do with them,” he said. “Ifelt that the technology wasthere but I didn’t know how to get over the hurdle of public perception.”

King said he wants to showpeople the long-term economicbenefits, as well as the health andenvironmental ones.

“[This competition] deals withproving that this stuff reallyworks,” he said.

The competition, usuallylocated on the National Mall, iswithin walking distance ofCapitol Hill and other large agen-cies, King said.

“The decathlon has done alot to change attitudes,” he said.“It helped pass the appropria-tions and regulations to cleanup the country, but that’s mypersonal opinion.”

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and Team New Jersey facultyadviser, described precast concreteas a sandwich, with concrete as thebread and insulation as the filling.

“Concrete has many thermalmass properties,” Worstell said.“The sun warms the material upduring the day and heat isreleased at night. The house reg-ulates itself.”

The house will be shaded tokeep the temperature from get-ting too high during the day,she said.

An 8.2 kilowatt photovoltaicsystem will power the entirehouse with radiant heating inthe floors, an inverted hip roofand a greywater system thatrecycles nondrinkable water,Worstell said.

The house, which will be tai-lored to the needs of a disabledperson, follows the competitionrestrictions of being 18 feet highand less than 1,000 square feetwide, she said.

Construction will begin inearly June in Newark usingcranes, and will be monitored fora few weeks. The team will disas-semble the house and ship it toWashington, D.C. in August,Andrews said.

Team New Jersey was formedthrough Sen. RobertMenendez’s, D-NJ, request thatuniversities in New Jerseybecome involved in thedecathlon, he said.

“This is a really great chanceto work with some of the leadingfirms in the industry,” Worstellsaid. “Many sponsors are lookingto provide internships.”

The competition required apar ticipating school to haveengineering, urban planningand landscape architectureprograms, which theUniversity has, but it also

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Zaid Abuhouran, a memberof the Student CommencementReview Committee, said itwould take several hours toread the names of the Schoolof Arts and Sciences gradu-ates, but people are unhappywith the change because they want to celebrate convocation with people from their school.

“There will be a half-hourprocession and the actual cere-mony will run for an hour,” shesaid. “When you have peoplegoing to another ceremonyafter, we thought it would bebest to keep it short. Somepieces [of the ceremony] werea little boring so we removedvarious sections.”

Other than consolidating allgraduates, the University alsolet go of some graduation tradi-tions that have been practicedfor years.

“Administrators have decid-ed we will not have the tradi-tion of the clay pipes whichdates back to the early years ofQueens College because it’stoo costly and [it will involve]things that will be broken,”Abuhouran said. “They consid-er it a tradition not worth keep-ing, but it bothers people.”

Abuhouran, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences junior, said it is unfairthe University does not havethe funds for the clay pipes but

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When N.J. authorities went in on Monday to collect $6million from financier Robert Brennan’s trust fund, theywere met instead with a roadblock when U.S. BankruptcyJudge Kathryn Ferguson refused to reopen Brennan’s bank-ruptcy case.

Ferguson said there was little she could do to help theauthorities as the asset was transferred outside the estate,according to the Asbury Park Press.

Following Ferguson’s decision, state officials foundthemselves trying to coin a Plan B so they could repay someof Brennan’s former customers who he never paid back.

The decision came after a long-standing feud betweenthe N.J. state government and Brennan, a former residentfrom Brielle, N.J., who went to jail for making a fortune outof selling penny stocks.

Brennan was released after serving nine years in prisonfor bankruptcy fraud and money laundering, according tothe article.

The case’s decision become notable because Brennan,who was charged with defrauding millions of customerswith a sum of $1 million, was considered a victim himself bythe end of it.

After Brennan was ordered to pay up $75 million fordefrauding First Jersey customers in 1995 and $45 millionfor defrauding Hibbard Brown and L.C. Wegard customers,he filed for bankruptcy, according to the article.

Police arrested Brennan five years later for failing todeclare all his assets. He was charged and found guilty forbankruptcy fraud and money laundering.

One bankruptcy trustee traveled halfway across theglobe to claim Brennan’s assets, but was met with chal-lenges, according to the article. The trustee decided to cedeall of Brennan’s assets in 2005 to the N.J. state government.

Following this incident, Brennan’s trust was transferredto several locations where it was wired and handled illegallyby Eric Resteiner, an investor who falsely claimed to tradehigh quality debt to get a 50 percent annual return.

In response to Resteiner’s actions, the New JerseyDeputy Attorney General Anna Lascurain said the statewould not have accepted Brennan’s trust had theyknown of what was going on behind the scenes, accord-ing to the article.

At Monday’s hearing, Brennan, nor an attorney for him,were present.

— Ankita Panda

STATE STRUGGLES TO PAYBACK SCAM VICTIMS

“This is a reallygreat chance

to work with some of the leading firms

in the industry. CAROLYN WORSTELL

Team New Jersey Communications Manager

has $30,000 to pay for the com-mencement keynote speakerToni Morrison.

“Some students were dis-cussing how to make com-mencement an organic processthat students would fundraisefor to have our own ceremony,something students could pos-sibly run instead of the admin-istration,” he said. “It is upset-ting they can’t af ford a few dol-lars for clay pipes, a 200-year-old tradition.”

Fehrenbach said the funds topay for Morrison’s keynote speechcome from the University’s con-tract with PepsiCo.

“We’re paying for it withmoney from the Pepsi fund,” shesaid. “It’s not tuition money orstate money. Their contract pro-vides funds we can use for specif-ic things, like this.”

Fehrenbach said the cere-mony had no set budget beforeplanning began and does notknow how much has beenspent on the many movingparts of commencement.

But she emphasized theimportance of attending theUniversity-wide commencement.

“So many people have saidthey never went to their com-mencement and were sorr ythey didn’t,” she said. “It’s acelebration of the graduate’sexperience and celebration ofreceiving degrees, but it’s alsoa celebration for families andparents who didn’t always haveopportunities to go to college.”

When the University settledon a commencement ceremonythat would incorporate everyschool, administrators realized

the only space that could accom-modate all the graduates andtheir families was the stadium,Fehrenbach said.

“When you move to the sta-dium, there’s an opportunityfor us to use the technologythat exists there,” she said.“We think the students deservea more upbeat ceremony andwe hope they and their familieswill enjoy it.”

Moving to the 52,000 seatvenue means the ceremony willincorporate the ribbon boards,which will list all of the gradu-ates’ names in alphabeticalorder and the JumboTrons,which will play videos made forthe ceremony including biogra-phies of the honorary degreerecipients, Fehrenbach said.

Bucher, who looks forwardto this May’s ceremony, thinksevery graduating senior shouldattend commencement.

“I’m looking forward to whatit will feel like to be with 12,000other graduates all at the stadi-um with our families andfriends,” she said. “Studentswill be upset about the lack ofnames being called but I dothink it will be a great ceremo-ny and people shouldn’t be dis-couraged from attending.”

Bucher hopes the mistakesmade in the planning of thisyear’s commencement will be rectified for future graduat-ing classes.

“I’m unhappy with the manyshortcomings involved in theplanning,” she said. “It’s important for students to know the process was fought with dif ficulties.”

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Towns join hands to curb smoking, lower costsBY SAMIRA FARIDCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Several New Jersey towns planto discourage smoking amongtheir public employees this yearthrough the “Kick Butt” initiative.

The effort is just one part ofthe Mayors Wellness Campaign(MWC), which aims to reducethe rising health care costs, aswell as improve health conditionsfor state residents.

By working closely with statemunicipalities and having theirmayor sign a pledge, the MWC wasable to engage the local leaders, saidEmily Littman, Mayors WellnessCampaign director. A majority of the566 municipalities in New Jerseysigned onto the program.

“Our goal is to engage asmany mayors and other localleaders to implement a state ofwellness programs and events intheir communities,” she said.

In the “Kick Butt” competition,five towns are vying to reach thehighest percentage of employeeswho do not smoke for the longestperiod of time, according to aprnewswire.com article.

All participating municipalitieswill receive a $1,000 grant after giv-ing the MWC required documen-tation, according to the article.

Parsippany, Troy Hills,Paterson, Vineland, West Milfordand Woodbridge are all partici-pating, Littman said.

The competition is recogni-tion that smoking is a health haz-ard and anybody who smokesshould work to quit, said JohnHagerty, communication directorfor Woodbridge Township.

Hagerty wants N.J. employees tobe healthier and more productive,and said his campaign advocates willcontinue to provide support to helpindividuals complete the program.

Town leaders planned differ-ent incentives to encourage par-ticipation, like in Woodbridge, hesaid. After its “Kick Butt” orienta-tion two weeks ago, a total of 20participants joined during theearly stages of the competition.

“The program is off running,and we seem to be getting greatparticipation,” Hagerty said. “Wedid a lot of pre-work with our town-ship employees, and we got 20municipal employees to partici-pate in the program.”

Paterson obtained a total ofeight participants in the competi-tion and local leaders hope to fur-ther increase the number, saidHilda Perez, a social servicesassistant in Paterson.

“We’re reaching out toemployees via emails, phone callsand meetings and we expect toget more employees to stopsmoking,” she said.

Woodbridge Township unitedthe “Kick Butt” campaign with aninitiative by the township healthinsurance carrier, Hagerty said.

To reduce health care prices, N.J. towns are participating in the Mayors Wellness Campaign,which encourages local leaders and residents to throw away cigarette butts.

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

“By having the ‘Kick Butt’competition combined with theQualCare Health ManagerProgram, the employees becameeligible to win $100 cash giftcards, just for participating in thehealth care program,” he said.

The Fox Care Chase CancerCenter is also participatingthrough MWC and offering itsprogram support and expertise tothose employees who are lookingto quit smoking, Littman said.

“If we can [have] everyoneparticipate in health care pro-grams, those who smoke, then

we are in a very good position todecrease health care costs to thetownship and increase the overallhealth of the township employ-ees,” said William Wallace, ahealth officer in West Milford.

There can be challenges toencouraging people to stop smok-ing, as people who smoke nowadaysare well aware of the consequencesand are not ready to quit, he said.

“It’s a volunteer type thing andtherefore, they have to be in theappropriate place in their life tobe willing to stop smoking,”Perez said.

Connecting the “Kick Butt”campaign to young people,Littman said students who dosmoke should take a consciouslook at various programs avail-able to assist them in quitting.

She said smoking throughouta lifetime will end in poor health,and she discourages any studentwho is thinking about trying todo so.

“We would encourage Rutgersstudents and students throughoutthe Garden State to not smoke inthe first place and take real strongefforts to quit,” Hagerty said.

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Eateries to cook up discounts for week-long eventBY ELIZABETH TAYLOR

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Twenty-seven city restau-rants starting this Sunday willpar ticipate in the SecondAnnual New BrunswickRestaurant Week.

Diners can sample differentfoods for two weeks from tradi-tional American cuisine to vari-ous international cuisines, fromupscale dining to casual restau-rants to neighborhood pubs,said Pamela Stefanek, the NewBrunswick City Market execu-tive director.

“Each par ticipating estab-lishment gets to create anoption that works best for themas far as creating a specialvalue that allows the small subshops to participate with thefive star restaurants,” she said.

New Brunswick CityMarket, a nonprofit organiza-tion, manages the event to helprestaurants bring in business tothe downtown area, Stefaneksaid. By of fering reducedprices on select meals and fooditems, restaurant week exposes

casual diners to various restaurants they might not oth-erwise visit.

Unlike at most restaurantweeks in other cities, some NewBrunswick restaurants will nothave prix fixe menus, whichoffer a full meal consisting ofseveral courses, at one fixedprice, Stefanek said. Instead,restaurants opt for value dealsand item discounts.

At last year’s restaurantweek, the New Brunswick CityMarket accomplished its goalin increasing restaurant partic-ipation, Stefanek said.Feedback from individualrestaurants was positive andshe hopes to have similarresults this year.

Jack Tagmouti, the managerand banquet director at TheFrog and The Peach, a partici-pating restaurant, said thisyear’s event was well organizedand was happening at an appro-priate time for restaurants.

“What we hope to accom-plish in volume is an extra 20percent more than last year,”Tagmouti said.

Catherine Lombardi, Christopher’s Bar& Restaurant, The Court Tavern, Delta’sRestaurant, Doll’s Place Restaurant, EdoJapanese Restaurant, The Frog and thePeach, Froyo, George Street Ale House,Ginger ‘N Olive, Glass Woods Tavern,Hansel ‘N Griddle, Harvest Moon Brewery& Cafe, Jersey Subs, Makeda EthiopianRestaurant, Maoz Vegetarian, Marita’sCantina, Mike’s Sports Bar & Grill, NoodleGourmet, Old Bay Restaurant, Panico’s

Brick Oven Pizzeria, Panico’s ItalianRestaurant, Spring Street Caffe e Trattoria,Stage Left Restaurant, The Stress FactoryComedy Club, The Sushi Room, TulaRestaurant & Lounge and Tumulty’s Pub.

More information about the SecondAnnual New Brunswick Restaurant Week,including prices and menu options for par-ticipating restaurants, is available online atwww.NewBrunswick.com.

Establishments to participate in “Restaurant Week”

Sgt. David Powell, for-mer commander of thePiscataway SWAT team,locked himself inside of hishome Sunday and calledthe police department tosay he had hostages.

When the police andSWAT team arrived at 5p.m., Powell refused to sur-render, according to annj.com article. He steppedout on his front porch andstarted shooting at 6:48p.m., after which policefired back.

At 1:41 a.m. the policedeclared Powell deadinside his home. Police arewaiting for ballistic reportsto determine which gun-shot killed Powell.

Although police ChiefRichard Ivone saidPowell, a father of two,was a respected policeofficer on the force, headmitted there was adomestic conflict that ledto Powell’s episode.

The incident began at3:30 p.m. when policecalled Powell to inform himhe violated a restrainingorder. Powell then toldpolice he had hostageswith him, according to theprosecutor in the article.

Eventually, prosecutorsrealized Powell was aloneduring the seven-hourholdup, said MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor BruceKaplan in the article.

Soon after, police sentup a State Police Bombsquad robotic device todetermine whether it wassafe for police to enterPowell’s house.

Powell’s motherDiane Powell said he hadjust gone through a dif fi-cult divorce.

“[He] was a lovingfather and a good son,” shesaid in the article.

— Ankita Panda

FORMER POLICEOFFICER DIESAFTER SEVEN

HOUR HOLDUP

Though restaurant weeklasts for two weeks, NewBrunswick City Market andNew Brunswick restaurants willpartner in a promotional initia-tive to make downtown eatingaffordable immediately after theevent, Stefanek said.

“[Some restaurants] donatedgift certificates, so if people goon to the New Brunswick CityMarket restaurant week eventon Facebook and ‘like’ us, they

will be entered to win a gift cer-tificate to one of the restaurantsafter restaurant week ends,”she said.

Steve Nelson, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidhaving a restaurant week is aneffective way for local restau-rants to expand their clientele.

“Restaurants in New YorkCity have been participating inrestaurant weeks for years,” hesaid. “They can test run new

menus to gauge people’s reac-tions while also drawing in newcustomers with their discount-ed prices.”

Vicki Shen, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,expressed interest in partici-pating at local establishments.

“I have never been to restau-rant week, but I’m really excit-ed and I think it’s a great idea,”she said. “I’ll probably go toNoodle Gourmet or Froyo.”

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Organization hosts mile-long walksBY MONIQUE RICECONTRIBUTING WRITER

FreeWalkers Organizationmembers will be walking morethan 100 miles across the state in the next two months to promote walking as a fitness exercise.

The FreeWalkersOrganization is an informalgroup of individuals who planchallenging walks and inviteothers to join, according tocrossjerseywalk.org.

Paul Kiczek, the founder ofFreeWalkers, was inspired byformer President John F.Kennedy’s 1963 initiative to pro-mote walking.

“I had this idea back when Iwas a teenager” he said. “In the’60s, Kennedy was promotingwalking as fitness exercise and the public jumped on it in 1963 in a ver y big way and that is sort of what we are doing.”

The upcoming walks will use atrail called the East CoastGreenway, a 3,000-mile distancethat connects trails from Dallas,Maine, to Key West, Fla., withthree separate walks set to takeplace, Kiczek said.

“My wife and I did a bikeride of the trail six years ago and it took us three days,”said Mike Kruimer, a memberof the East Coast GreenwayTrail Council.

The first of the three walks,the Great Canal Walk, is slatedfor April 9, which will takewalkers from Trenton to NewBrunswick and connect walk-ers on April 16to the TeenWalk, a 12-milewalk from NewBrunswick toMetro Parktrain station,Kiczek said.

The finalevent will beThe Big Walk,which takeswalkers fromMetro Park train station toNew York’s Penn Station,Kiczek said.

“The way we do it is that westructure it, so people can doshorter distances and still feellike they are part of the event,” hesaid. “There are many stops alongthe way so you can hop in on cer-tain sections and still do a sub-stantial amount of miles”

Kiczek is anticipating about100 participants for the 100-mile Great Canal Walk, butexpects more people to sign uponce when it comes closer tothe event.

The event is open for anyonewho wants to participate and isfree of charge, he said.

“I don’t put any obstacles infront of anyone who wants to

walk,” he said.“We just ask thatpeople registeronline at ourwebsite [free-walkers.org].”

FreeWalkersOrganization has250 online mem-bers since itsstart last year,Kiczek said.

“We arelooking to get the word outbecause it is a new idea,” hesaid. “We are promoting long-distance walking and keepingpeople healthy with fitness andsocial aspects.”

The organization held itsfirst practice walk last Sunday that spanned from theTrenton train station toPrinceton in order to acquaint

future par ticipants with thewalk, Kiczek said.

Walkers come from dif fer-ent backgrounds and range in ages from 70 to 80 years old,he said.

“Last Sunday, we had a 7-year-old girl walk six miles anda dog that walked 20 miles,”Kiczek said. “A little tiny dog, Icould not believed she walkedthat far.”

Kruimer said his 7-year-olddaughter enjoys walking andplans on participating in theupcoming walk.

“We’re going to do a prac-tice walk this weekend and sheplans on doing some of thewalk with Paul on [April 9],” hesaid. “I think it is enjoyable for anyone who likes to walk orthe outdoors.”

There is also an option for peo-ple to do the walk on their owntime, Kiczek said.

“We have a website calledcrossjerseywalk.org that allowsyou to log your own miles andwalk the same path, anytimeduring the year,” Kiczek said.“We are trying to get people tocomplete the 100 miles at theirown pace or with the events dur-ing the year.”

The New JerseyTurnpike Authority intro-duced administrative rulechanges that would dou-ble the fine from $25 to$50 for E-ZPass violatorsand toll evaders.

The Turnpike Authorityalso plans on ending off-peak E-ZPass discounts forTurnpike drivers whoseaccounts are outside NewJersey and those who drive a“Class one” passenger vehi-cle, according to a mycen-traljersey.com article.

They also plan to removethe envelopes for driversavailable at unstaffed exitand entrance ramp tolls onthe Garden State Parkway.

Fees are expected tocover the costs the currentfee does not, AuthoritySpokesman Tom Feeny said.

The exact date when thismeasure will be enforced isstill undecided, according tothe article.

— Anastasia Millicker

STATE TURNPIKE

OFFICIALS TIGHTEN

E-ZPASS POLICIES

“I think it is enjoyable for anyone who

likes to walk or the outdoors.”

MIKE KRUIMEREast Coast Greenway Trail

Council Member

FreeWalkers Organization to sponsor trails stretching across multiple statelines

Could that get worse? Yes. Hevisited her with the divorcepapers while she was recov-ering from cancer surgery.Recently in an address to achurch, Gingrich warned thathe foresaw an America beingoverrun by secular atheistsand radical Islamists who

have “no understanding what it once meant to be anAmerican.” His classless past and close-minded ban-ter betray what a terrible president he would make.

Finally, Bachmann is unofficially announcing hercandidacy on the Republican ticket while being founderof the House Tea Party Caucus. In her tenure as a con-gresswoman, Bachmann has called for more troops inIraq, less funding for higher education, the removal offluorescent light bulbs in favor of more polluting incan-descent light bulbs, called global warming a hoax,opposed minimum wage increase, supported the teach-ing of intelligent design, lobbied against same-sex mar-riage and testified on the “Death Panel” hearings onObamacare that even Sarah Palin said was “Orwellian”

in nature. That last fact is extremelytelling — when a dyed-in-the-wool con-servative like Palin who has probablynever even read George Orwell cancall a fellow Republican’s testament onsomething as such, it’s hard to defineexactly how right on the right-left spec-trum that testament is.

These three potential candidates inparticular are a frightening sight foranyone who takes the American dem-ocratic system seriously. Rather thanappeal to rationalism and change in the

United States, the Republican Party has seemingly beenreduced to conservative talking heads that sensational-ize debates to absolutes while living at odds with theirpublic values. Has the two-party system failed this mis-erably at promoting dialogue and progress?

President Barack Obama has made bad moves.Many of them are due to the Republican majorityin Congress and his attempts to compromiseacross the aisle when no one truly wants to on theother side. However, he is still accountable. Obamajust appointed the CEO of General Electric to thecounsel on Jobs and Competitiveness after theCEO oversaw a company that paid no taxes andfired workers to offer jobs overseas. He alsoopened fire on Libya, and in one strike fired moremissiles than all other Nobel Peace Prize winnerscombined. However, if the Republican Party canonly manage to prop up a joke candidate, I will becasting my vote on the Democrat’s side without amoment of hesitation.

Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciences juniormajoring in political science with a minor in history.

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EDITORIALS

“Nothing happens in this world until something is sold.”

Marie Renee Thadal, founder and president of Bajchem Services, LLC, on the prevalence of business in the world

STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

T here are some things you just can’t understand — Internetstartup Cloud Girlfriend is one of those things. The companypromises to help customers create the perfect girlfriend, and

then they will take care of making her look real by giving her a pres-ence on Facebook and other social media sites. So, that’s what theworld has come to in the digital age? Digital significant others?Unfortunately, this sort of thing may actually prove to be pretty popu-lar — but really, there are absolutely no benefits to having a fake girl-friend on the Internet.

This is like the 21st century version of the mail-order bride, except,in some ways, even creepier and more degrading to women. CloudGirlfriend offers users the ability to literally create a girlfriend. Theyput in the information regarding what constitutes their “perfect girl-friend,” and the folks at Cloud Girlfriend create her. Many peopleargue that people’s increasing dependency on online interactions iscontributing to a decline in real-world interpersonal skills. This sort ofservice only makes things worse, as it allows users to circumvent all ofthe ups and downs of traditional relationships in favor of somethingfake, hollow and ultimately unfulfilling. How much satisfaction can youreally receive from a doctored love interest? We’re willing to bet theanswer is not much, if any at all.

Also, we find it a little distressing that this service only offers fakegirlfriends — not fake boyfriends. To be clear, we’d rather see themoffer neither, but the fact remains that the company exists and is pro-viding a make-your-own girlfriend service. In only offering girlfriends,the service insinuates that female companions specifically are easy toslap together. People, no matter their gender, are complex, nuancedindividuals. That’s why we like having them around. Offering two-dimensional versions of them not only creates an unfulfilling “relation-ship,” but also suggests that women aren’t too complex to engineersuccessfully. We wouldn’t hesitate to call it misogyny.

Some argue that having a fake girlfriend prowling around yoursocial media accounts will spark other women to talk to you. This argu-ment is invalid, because it operates on the backwards assumption that“women always want what they can’t have.” All things considered,Cloud Girlfriend is nothing but detrimental to people of all genders.Chances are, if you think the company’s services are a good invest-ment, you’ve got some problems that an Internet girlfriend are notgoing to fix.

Digital girlfriendsdegrading to all

E veryone remembers the tragic 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech.Four years later, the U.S. Department of Education is finingthe school $55,000 for not acting fast enough to alert students

to the gunman’s presence. At first it may seem kind of harsh to slamVirginia Tech with a fine — after all, isn’t the fact that the shootingoccurred enough of a punishment? However, perhaps if Virginia Techacted timely, fewer lives would have been lost. Also, one must consid-er that the school technically broke federal law by acting too slowly.The fine, then, makes sense.

The Clery Act is a federal act that requires schools to alert studentsand staff to on-campus crimes in a speedy manner. Virginia Tech didnot send out any notifications regarding the gunman until two hoursafter the first killings occurred. This is, to put it simply, unacceptable.Two hours is far too long in a situation like this. Students should havebeen notified immediately. It is hard to believe that it took the school’sadministration two hours to collect the necessary information to alertstudents and staff to what was going on. In failing to act quickly, theadministration broke federal law. Fining the school, then, is the prop-er course of action. Breaking laws has consequences.

In that two-hour interval, a lot of terrible things happened thatcould have been avoided had the school acted faster. To look at thisscenario in a positive light, perhaps this fine will be a lesson to otherschools across the country. It could act as a reminder that the properprecautions must be taken and that time is of the essence. Seung-HuiCho, the shooter, killed 32 people. Who knows how many of them mayhave lived, had they only known what was going on?

The fine may seem like a case of adding insult to injury on first read,but there is good reason behind it. It reinforces the importance of fol-lowing federal guidelines in these situations, and it acts as an unfortu-nately hard-learned lesson to everyone. Hopefully we’ll never see some-thing like this happen again. In case we do, every school in the nationneeds to have a viable plan in place to minimize the damage done.

Uphold laws, evenin tragic times

W ith the recent pres-idential announce-ments of

Minnesota Rep. MicheleBachmann, former Speaker ofthe House Newt Gingrich andDonald Trump, it’s quite pos-sible that the RepublicanParty is quickly approachingthe threshold for ridiculousness. While it is true thatthese three have only “unofficially declared” theirintentions to run, it seems they have all intentions ofputting together serious campaigns. Some more “seri-ous” candidates in contention — Tim Pawlenty, for-mer governor of Minnesota, and Fred Karger, a gayactivist from California — have already announcedthey will run for the candidacy in the primaries. By allmeans, Pawlenty is a serious-seeming candidate witha shot of winning. Karger is a qualified political con-sultant and would also, if he were to win the candida-cy, be the first openly gay presidential candidate.Ironically he would be running on the ticket for thepolitical party that has worked almost tirelessly tosuppress other gays’ rights to mar-riage in recent memory. But that’s atopic for a different day.

The fact that Bachmann, Gingrichand Trump could even be consid-ered as presidential candidates islaughable. To start, Trump is a can-didate with almost no political experi-ence. He’s acted as a contributor inthe past to both Democratic andRepublican campaigns, maintaininghis status as an “independent.” Hehas many liberal qualities that sepa-rate him from average right-wing Republicans: he’spro-life, pro-universal health care and against thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, he maintainsstances of fiscal conservatives in his opposition togun control and his lobbying against foreign aid. Thescary thing is, Trump may have the soundest logic ofall the possible Republican nominees. His policiesare socially liberal but fiscally conservative, whichputs him at odds with other serious candidates.Trump’s lack of political experience, however, is ahuge red flag that forces most to question whetherhe would ever pan out as a candidate.

Gingrich is a tried-and-true conservative onpaper: against social welfare, a right-wing Christianand recent convert to Catholicism. Politics aside,Gingrich has some awful personal details followinghim. Despite being against gay marriage on thegrounds of it destroying “family values,” Gingrichhimself has been married three times. His mostrecent marriage budded from an affair in his secondmarriage. His second marriage budded from anaffair in his first marriage. Newt went over thedivorce with his wife while she was in the hospital.

MCT CAMPUS

GOP backs poor candidates

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“In one strike[Obama] fired more missiles than all other

Nobel Peace Prizewinners combined.”

The TuningFork

CODY GORMAN

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“At least [Donald] Trump would bring real-world business knowledge to the office,

and God only knows we can use that now.”User Kenny in response to March 25th’s “Laurels and Darts”

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I am attending the Walk intoAction on April 13 because Iam angry. I am angry

because I don’t have any moremoney to put toward my educa-tion. I have been forced to mort-gage my future in order to attenda public University. I have friendswho have been forced out ofschool because of the fee increas-es. My loans will stay with me for-ever. But our state sees us, stu-dents, as the people who canafford to pay more for school.

Demand better funding for higher educationJOE SALVINO

Letter

A ccording to the column“Remove all bias fromacademia,” published in

The Daily Targum on March 24,“the color of a student’s skindoes not reflect the thoughts inhis brain” — yet we live in a soci-ety where one’s skin color orrace can prevent them from gain-ing employment with the sameor higher qualifications than oth-ers. An article in the New YorkTimes published on Nov. 30,2009, discusses how black malesgraduating from high-profile uni-versities like Yale University arenot hired for jobs they qualify forbecause of racial obstacles in thejob market. According to theBureau of Labor Statistics, “theunemployment rate for blackmale college graduates 25 andolder in 2009 has been nearlytwice that of white male collegegraduates — 8.4 percent com-pared with 4.4 percent.”

Affirmative action is a policythat gives preference to groups

Affirmative action combats discriminationNATHAN GWIRA

Letter

Those that have the power to cre-ate pain for students have no empa-thy for us. These people have neverhad to suffer through a winter with-out adequate heat. They have neverhad to exist off rice for months at atime. I point to our past governors,Democrats and Republicans alike,who have consistently cut highereducation from the budget. This isnot a partisan issue — it is a studentissue. I point to our Board ofGovernors, an unelected group of 11people who have sole authority overevery decision made at theUniversity. It is their decision thatraises tuition yearly. Ralph Izzo, thechairman of the board, is number

389 on 2010’s Forbes 500 list. Thisclub of men is so out of touch withreality, they cannot even fathomstruggling to pay for anything, letalone school. They only see us stu-dents as ATMs. We pay the way fortheir careers and political capital.This is why we must fight back. Thisis why we are having a Walk intoAction. All of us at the Universityneed to come together and fight forwhat we have. These people will takeaway our right to go to school. Formany, they already have.

This is not a protest — it is self-defense. We are not demandinganything special. We are not ask-ing people to change their minds.

We are merely defending what wealready have — our University isbeing stolen from us. State aidbarely makes up for 30 percent ofthe University’s operating cost.The trend towards privatization is avery clear and real danger to us all.Staging a massive rally with stu-dents will not create overnightchange, but it will stop the studentclass from being ignored. Havingenough students show up onVoorhees Mall at 2 p.m. will makepeople listen. A gathering largeenough will make headlines acrossthe country. If we make enoughnoise, Trenton will be forced toappease the students of this state.

We have tried to save highereducation with the same old tactics.Letter-writing campaigns, phonebanking, even lobbying — but allhave failed. The situation has deteriorated enough that our only option left is to take to the streets. Only with the power of numbers, the power of feet and the power of fists, will we beable to control our lives, our futureand our school. Come be part ofsomething. Let’s change the problems that have been forcedupon us.

Joe Salvino is a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore.

of people depending on certainfactors like race, sex and nation-al origin only if the individualsare qualified according to aninstitution’s criteria — not ifthey are under-qualified. Theimportance of affirmative actionin a university as diverse as oursis to make sure underrepresent-ed groups are able to attain adegree to improve themselvesand their communities. Many inunderrepresented groups suchas blacks have been acceptedinto this prestigious Universitybecause many come from low-income neighborhoods or highschools that produce very highdropout rates, but are academi-cally smart and/or athleticallytalented despite not having asolid school foundation. Thesestudents deserve the opportuni-ty to attain higher educationdespite the adversity they face as being understatedamong society.

Although blacks are just 12percent of the U.S. population,they comprise more than 40 per-cent of our current prison popu-lation. This discrepancy is due

to lack of education, poverty andRockefeller Drug Laws, whichhave been deemed overly harshover the years, according to theNew York Times. Over thecourse of a lifetime, nearly onein three young black men andwell over half of young blackhigh school dropouts will spendsome time in prison. Accordingto these estimates, young blackmen are more likely to go toprison than attend college,serve in the military or, in thecase of high school dropouts, bein the labor market.

Blacks are more intenselyaffected by the increasing incar-ceration rates than any othergroup in our society, accordingto Devah Pager in “Against theWall: Poor, Young, Black andMale.” The odds of only oneminority group such as blackssucceeding to college are noth-ing but a miracle. Should theUniversity overlook these hard-ships and turn away the very fewwho make fairly high grade-point averages and SAT scoresfrom high school? Does it occurto anyone what these individuals

would have become if therewere no affirmative action? Letus not forget that this is takingonly black minorities into account. Thereare other minorities such as Hispanics who face similar dilemmas.

Affirmative action is not acrutch among underrepresent-ed communities. There are noset rules or guidelines in affir-mative action that blacks,Hispanics or any minority groupcan aim for. Therefore, affirma-tive action is not a privilege — itis a deserved opportunity. It isgiven because the probabilitiesof these groups succeeding in asociety where they do not havean upper hand are extremelylow. This is not to say that someblacks do not need to striveabove and beyond because ofthe many hardships they faceamong our society. There is aneed for every student no mat-ter what race, ethnicity, genderor sexual orientation to strivefor academic excellence and notbe complacent. There are hin-drances to success against

every single race, sex and religion. We have to empathizewith all groups of people.

The world is becoming morediverse every day and educa-tion has changed over the years,making it important to havediverse points of view to becomemore acquainted with our rapidlygrowing multicultural society. It isimportant that we understand dif-ferent point of views on our ethni-cally mosaic society and realizethat though we may have some dif-ferences, we can understand ourdifferences and work together.

The real issues in our commu-nities are not affirmative action.Poor-quality high school systemsand a lack of mentorship are dis-couraging members from under-represented groups to perform attheir peak. We can volunteer toeducate younger students fromsuch environments and becomerole models to help brightentheir future.

Nathan Gwira is a School ofArts and Sciences junior majoringin Africana studies with a minorin economics.

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“[O’Grady] did a great job,”Lang said. “One of the big rea-sons he did what he did was hisat-bats. He had a lot of poise anda lot of patience at the plate — hesaw a lot of pitches. That’s hugeas a leadoff hitter.”

Lang was bumped to thethree-hole with Nyisztor’sabsence, causing Hill to find areplacement to bat leadoff.

Only a freshman in his 10thcollegiate game, O’Grady gotfirst licks at the opportunity anddid not disappoint, going 3-for-4against NJIT on March 9 in theKnights’ home opener.

In the subsequent pair ofseries against OldDominion andEast Carolina, Hillturned to senioro u t f i e l d e rBrandon Boykin,who went 3-for-15in his opportuni-ties in the lead-off role.

The Don BoscoPrep (N.J.) prod-uct brings plentyof experience tothe table, starting45 of 56 games forHill last season, and also possess-es great speed in the field and onthe base paths.

Still, Hill decided to give thefreshman another shot in theteam’s most recent series.

“We have a great deal ofconfidence in him, both of fen-sively and defensively,” Hillsaid. “We didn’t really have anyqualms about sticking him inthere no matter who the oppo-nent is.”

With that confidence,O’Grady stepped into his roleagainst Louisville with the sameapproach he had in his seniorseason of high school, when he

hit leadoff for Archbishop Wood(Pa.) and led the squad with a.414 batting average.

“Just making sure I get a goodpitch to hit,” O’Grady said of hisapproach in the leadoff spot. “Notreally changing anything and justtrying to get on base.”

After nursing an illness duringthe Louisville series, it is verylikely that Nyisztor could returnto action for the Knights some-time this week, and Hill made itclear there may be changes.

But at least for tomorrow’shome meeting with Wagner, Hillis going to stick with O’Grady inthe lineup and likely keep him inthe same spot.

If O’Grady rolls over his tor-rid pace from Louisvillethrough the Knights’ secondconference series against SetonHall, it could be difficult to deny

him a spot in thebatting order.

Just ask Lang,who hit .388 in 49at-bats as a fresh-man in mostly aleadoff capacity.

The walk-ongot limited oppor-tunities in hisrookie season onthe Banks bute v e n t u a l l yclaimed the role in his second season.

Lang now leads the teamwith a .349 average, and eventhough O’Grady earned onemore start this year than hedid his entire rookie season,the senior captain still identifies with the up-and-coming freshman.

And he knows very well thatnixing him from the lineup cardmay be a tough task for Hill.

“As long as he’s playing theway he is now, there’s no rea-son he shouldn’t be in the line-up,” Lang said. “He’s doinggreat for us. He hasn’t givencoach Hill a reason to take him out.”

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“As long as he’s playing the way he is now,

there’s no reason he shouldn’t be in the lineup.”

MICHAEL LANGSenior Captain

CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior rightfielder Michael Lang, who began the season hittingleadoff, leads the team with a .349 batting average.

ROOKIE: Lang hits third

in lineup after Nyisztor injury

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But Savage entered last springcamp with a perceived job securi-ty as well, and that disappeared asinjuries and struggles mounted inthe early season.

Dodd arrived in training campas a true freshman and started bythe fifth game.

For the rest of the season,the duo faced questions abouttheir relation-ship, their com-petition and theteam’s struggles.

“You can’t letthat stuff get toyou,” Dodd said.“You have to goout there and dowhat you have todo to be your bestand lead the team.That’s what Ifocused on doing.”

Dodd arrivedin Piscatawayclaiming he wanted to compete— a strange idea for a team thatbelieved it had its quarterbackof the future with the heralded Savage.

Two freshmen will push Doddthis summer — Don Bosco’sGary Nova and Manalapan’sMike Bimonte — and Doddknows what freshmen are capa-ble of.

“I’m still going to come inwith the same exact approach,still going to work hard in theweight room, still showing the

coaches I want the spot,” hesaid. “With the new freshmencoming in, who is going to saythey wouldn’t be able to do thesame thing?”

The L yman, S.C., nativecredited his ability to adjust tocollege last season to similari-ties between Rutgers’ of fenseand his system at Byrnes High School.

After starting eight games lastseason, throwing for 1,637 yards,11 touchdowns and seven inter-ceptions, the offense is different.

But Dodd is accustomed tothe speed of col-lege football.

“Obviously it’sdifferent becauseI do have that in-game experienceand it’s definitelygoing to help me,”Dodd said. “Rightnow, I’m justfocusing on learn-ing the offenseand getting itdown. Once we dothat, I feel likewe’ll be a pretty

good offense.”While Dodd claims he still has

to earn his spot, there is no pres-sure this spring.

Instead, he only has to growinto a new offense.

“We’re going to make surehe understands by openinggame,” Schiano said. “That’sour goal — we’re trainingthrough the event right now.We’re trying to get ready forthe season and this is part of it.He’s worked incredibly hard.He’s something, this kid.”

SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK RU BEGINS MOVE TO PRO-STYLE OFFENSE

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

The Rutgers football teamoperated without pads yester-day in its first spring practice,only providing a glimpse at itsoffseason coaching and posi-tion changes.

While sophomore quarter-back Chas Dodd battled windyconditions, the focus is on theinstallation of a new pro-style system.

“I think [it] was a prettylousy day to throw the football,”head coach Greg Schiano said.“It was cold and windy, but Ithink he understands it. I think[offensive coordinator] Frank[Cignetti] is throwing a lot athim, which is good.”

The first practice encouragedDodd, who noted similarities tolast year’s offense and the one heran at football powerhouseByrnes High School (S.C.).

While there are changes inphilosophy, learning a new ter-minology is one of the mainfocuses for Dodd.

“I feel like I’m adapting reallywell to it,” Dodd said. “I’m com-ing in countless hours and get-ting in as much film time as I can.I’m studying this playbook day-inand day-out. As far as a first daygoes, as far as an offense learn-ing the system, I feel like wemade huge improvements sinceit was first installed. It’s goinggood so far.”

A new playbook is not theonly change for Dodd, who istaking snaps from a new centerand playing behind a new offen-sive line.

Junior College transfer DallasHendrickson is lining up at cen-ter, while sophomore Andre Civiland seniors Desmond Wynn, Art

Forst and Desmond Stapletonmade up the rest of the first-teamunit, from left to right.

Stapleton started every gameat left tackle last season beforemoving to the right.

“We’re just trying to find thebest combinations,” Schianosaid. “We wouldn’t do it if therewasn’t a chance it could end upthat way. We’ve already seen itthe other way.”

SCHIANO SPENT A major-ity of the practice in the second-ary, where he began his coachingcareer and plans to spend moretime with the Knights.

He and new secondary coachJeff Hafley each worked with aunit Schiano called “deep andinexperienced.”

While juniors Marcus Cooperand Brandon Jones teamed as

the first-team cornerbacks, fiveothers are in competition.

“I told the secondary they’regoing to earn their reps from thisday on,” Schiano said. “You gotalmost even reps today, and thenbased on performance, you’ll earnreps.’ Hopefully, we have a littlecompetition — that’s what I like.”

Senior Mason Robinson,sophomores Logan Ryan andJordan Thomas, redshir t

freshman Gareef Glashen andtrue freshman Jonathan Aikenare also options.

Thomas is transitioning tothe position after playing it inhigh school and leading theKnights in rushing as a truefreshman tailback.

“I think all we need is a littlebit of time, and we’ll be all rightbecause we have excellentcoaches,” Thomas said. “Andwe’ve got the head coach coach-ing us now.”

ANOTHER POSITION BATTLEcould provide an even moreinteresting story because it isone no one expected.

True freshman AnthonyDiPaula enrolled early to beginpunting with the Knights, but heshared punting reps with juniorwide receiver Mohamed Sanu.

Sanu, who punted at SouthBrunswick High School, turnedheads with some booming kicksthrough the wind. Schiano isserious about the competition.

“I mean, we have a true fresh-man, so I don’t know how good hecan get,” Schiano said. “I knowMo’s not going to be scared by70,000 screaming fans. He’ll goout there and bomb it. It’s nice tobe that good of an athlete.”

SOPHOMORE JEREMYDeering had a strong first prac-tice at running back after playingwideout as a freshman.

Schiano is also anxious to seejunior De’Antwan Williams, whoarrived as a highly acclaimed tail-back but struggled to see the field.

“He’s had the best offseason[since he’s been here],”Schiano said. “He really workedhis tail of f. I think he bestunderstands what he’s doingsince he’s been here.”

MINDSET: Knights alter

offensive line in spring practice

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all took home victories, whilefreshmen Stef Balasa andVanessa Petrini also addedwins to their sensational rookie records.

Rutgers continued itsimproved doubles play despiteanother complete overhaul ofthe lineup. Bucca decided tocall upon Balasa and juniorLeonora Slatnick in the No. 2spot, where the pair found suc-cess in New Orleans despitenever previously play-ing together.

The reunited pair of Slatnickand Balasa recaptured itsspring break magic and won 8-3 over Seton Hall. The new No.3 team of Petrini andMilchutskey could not finishits bout because of time con-straints, but they were up, 6-4, near the end of the match.

“We’re still trying to figureout what the best lineup is andwe’ve been playing with it alot,” Zhang said. “Even today itwas completely dif ferent, butwe’re learning to play with dif ferent people and getting more comfor table with it.”

The Knights look to keeptheir Big East win streak alivethis weekend as they begin arough stretch of four matcheson the road. Rutgers travels toMorgantown, W.Va., to faceboth Pittsburgh and WestVirginia in a back-to-back setsure to rival anything it will face at the Big East Tournament.

“We feel as though we are inthe upper echelon of the BigEast,” Bucca said. “We need toprove that this weekendagainst West Virginia and Pittsburgh.”

RIVAL: Changes to lineup

work out for RU in doubles play

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Despite changes to the lineup made by head coach Ben Bucca, the Knights’ No. 1 doubles pair of senior Amy Zhang and junior Jennifer Holzberg took its match against Seton Hall en route to the team’s 7-0 sweep of the match.

“When you get to the higherlevels of competition like theNCAA’s, it’s not just about yourtop eight, it’s about depth,”Borghard said.

The Knights certainly havethe depth this season, with ninereturning seniors and a plethora of talent among the underclassmen.

In the most competitive fieldat the Regatta, the Knights’ var-sity four of senior April Tobin,

freshmen Ashley Cha, Amanda Dothe and Emilia Topp took on a field of 28 teams.

After leading in the second500-meter mark, the Knightssquandered the lead, as Drexeladvanced to the finals with alate surge, leaving the Knightsin second place in the heat.

In the races this weekend,Borghard expects his team toexecute the same race plan.

“Racing aggressively and up infront is the way we do it,”Borghard said.

Borghard plans on stickingwith the same lineups but will beopen to changes throughout theweek if needed.

Racing for the first time thisseason on Raritan, Borghardexpects the conditions to bepretty moderate, as the Raritanin early spring has historicallybeen calm.

“We’re pretty fortunate withthat, as we get into the secondpart of the race — the river ispretty protected [againstwind],” Borghard said.

The Knights hope to get outfast and not look back in thisweekend’s competition. Addingto a successful season-openerwould add another achievementfor the team as it approaches theBig East Championship andEastern Sprints.

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The Rutgers men’s track andfield team travels south this week-end to the College of William andMary in Williamsburg, Va., for

t h ea n n u a lColonialRelays.

“Thisis ap r e t t y

big meet for us,” senior sprinterAaron Younger said. “We usual-ly go down with a lot of guysbecause this is the first meet formany of us.”

The team will compete forthree days at Walter J. ZableStadium against more than 20other track programs, includingteams from Georgetown,Monmouth and VCU. TheScarlet Knights won the overallmeet last season against 31other programs.

The Knights continue tobuild on their early-season per-formances in the indoor seasonas they get back on tracktoward May’s champion-ship meets.

“What’s good about thismeet is that our whole team cango,” junior jumper Adam Bergo

said. “So it gives us a chance tosee where our team is as a whole.”

Bergo plans to compete inthe high jump, triple jump andlong jump. He placed second inthe high jump at the same meetlast season and won the triplejump two weeks ago at theBulls Invitation in Tampa, Fla.

“I want to improve on what I

did in Florida,” Bergo said. “Ialso want to stay on pace to be ready for Big East Championships.”

Similar goals are a runningtheme for the Knights as theyhead into this week-end’s competition.

“My training has been goingwell,” junior sprinter SteveWerner said. “So I’m just trying to carr y that over into this meet.”

Older members of the team,like Bergo, Werner andYounger, are more seasoned inthe change from competingindoors to outdoors as opposedto the younger members.

“For a lot of people on theteam, this is their first outdoormeet, so this gives them achance to open the season witha bang,” Bergo said. “Weexpect to see the younger guyscontinuing their progress fromindoor to outdoor.”

Although the meet is scored,the Knights keep in mind that itis only the first highly competi-tive meet of the out-door season.

“It’s still early in the sea-son,” Werner said. “There’s norush to peak just yet. So havingsome good per formances isreally important.”

In South Florida two weeksago, the Knights sent only a fewmembers of the team, includingthe throwers and jumpers.

The newcomers and the vet-erans hope to come togetherthis weekend in the first out-door meet as a full team.

“As a team our goal is tohave everyone compete at ahigh level in good weather,”Bergo said. “We want to do ourbest to win the meet.”

Knights seek repeat at Relays

RUTGERS AT COLONIAL RELAYS,FRIDAY

MEN’S TRACK

ADAMBERGO

BY PATRICK LANNICONTRIBUTING WRITER

Following an impressive sea-son-opening performance at theMurphy Cup Regatta inPhiladelphia, the Rutgers rowing

t e a mreturnshome tot h eRaritanR i v e rt h i s

Saturday to take on Princetonand Navy.

Coming off a first-place finishat the Murphy Cup, the ScarletKnights’ varsity eight looks tocontinue its success.

After winning its heat andadvancing to the finals, theKnights’ first eight established alead at the halfway mark and held

that leaduntil theend of therace toclaim first.

With atime of6:38.3, thelineup ofs e n i o r sH e l e nB e c z ,M a r y

Gromlowicz, Janine Ford andChristine Hannigan, juniorsKatherine Geithman, KathleenLai and Katie Quinn and fresh-men Stephanie Ford and RaelynLoiselle edged second-place St.Joseph’s by 3 seconds and thirdplace Navy by 5.5 seconds.

Proving the Knight’s depththis season, the second varsityeight won its heat, and placedfourth in the final.

The lineup of seniors AshleyMills, Samantha Stef fier,Whitney Armstrong andStephanie Nunziato, juniorEllie Kleiman, sophomoresEmily Nowlin and Laura Fordand freshmen Kara Trivolisand Katie Bakaj has provenef fective for head coach Max Borghard.

Rutgers returns for season’s lone meet on Raritan

COURTESY OF RUTGERS ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS

Rutgers competes in its only home meet of the season Saturday, when it takes on intrastate foe Princeton and Navy. TheKnights varsity eight looks for repeat sucess on the Raritan River after a first-place finish at the Murphy Cup.

MAX BORGARD

PRINCETON ATRUTGERS, SATURDAY

ROWING

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Word on the Street

P ittsburgh junior guardAshton Gibbs will declarefor the NBA draft, but has

yet to hire an agent.The guard has until April 24

to formally declare and canwithdraw before May 8 if hedoes not hire an agent.

Gibbs led the Panthers inscoring in each of the past twoseasons and played in theNCAA Tournament in all threeof his seasons under headcoach Jamie Dixon.

If Gibbs decides to go pro,Pitt loses its top three scorersfrom the 2010-11 season.

CINCINNATI BENGALSstar Chad Ochocinco earned areserve spot in Major LeagueSoccer after a five-day tryoutwith Sporting Kansas City.

As a member of the reserveteam, Ochocinco will not be givena contract or be paid, but will beallowed to train with the team.

The six-time Pro Bowlerwill use the opportunity tostay in shape until the NFLlifts its lockout.

MAJOR LEAGUEBaseball and its players’ unionannounced a new, seven-daydisabled list for players withconcussions to take effect onOpening Day this season.

The pair also announcedother concussion protocols in ajoint statement yesterday,including mandatory baselinetesting for all players andumpires to evaluate who suf-fered a concussion.

Each team will also have todesignate a specialist to dealwith mild brain injuries to eval-uate players and umpires.

WITH AN NFL LOCKOUTlooming, Dallas Cowboys widereceiver Dez Bryant might wantto start looking for a new day job.

Just one day after the wide-out received a civil lawsuitclaiming he owed $246,000 to aNew York-based jewelry com-pany, Bryant was the recipientof another civil lawsuit. Thistime, Eleow Hunt, a jeweler andticket broker, claimed Bryantowes more than $600,000 inunpaid jewelry and sporting-event tickets.

The lawsuit states thatBryant’s spending spree beganwhen he entered his final seasonat Oklahoma State, and it wenton over an 11-month period.

MIAMI HEAT FORWARDLebron James and hisentourage are obviously not aswelcome in Quicken LoansArena as they used to be.

The Akron, Ohio, native andhis crew faced a long delayentering the Heat’s shoot-around at the arena after hearrived with a driver and a sec-ond car in the Cavaliers’ park-ing garage.

James eventually receivedentrance, but only after leavingthe driver and second car.

James regularly arrived witha driver when he was a memberof the Cavaliers.

SAM HELLMAN

After a pair of injuries in the outfield, head coach Jay Nelson decided to move freshman shortstop Loren Williams into centerfield,a position the natural infielder last played during her sophomore season at Crenshaw (Calif.) High School.

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

Freshman Loren Williamshas a tough task in front of her.

A natural shortstop for theRutgerssoftbal lt e a m ,Williamsbecamet h estar ting

centerfielder last weekend after aseries of injuries left the outfield severely lacking depth.

With the kind of speed thatWilliams has, head coach JayNelson is simply happy to haveher as an everyday contributorto the lineup.

“She gets on base and she’sa threat,” Nelson said. “Shekeeps the defense on edge allthe time. They have to playcloser to the base and give ourother hitters bigger holes to hit through. She’s a game changer.”

Williams took over the cen-ter field job in last weekend’ssweep by the Syracuse Orangeafter injuries to Jen Meinheitand Lindsey Curran.

Meinheit, a senior, may bedone for the season after anACL injury. Without Meinheit,the Scarlet Knights lose theirtop run-scorer and their bestcontact hitter.

Curran’s hand is in a castafter a fielder accidentlystomped on it. She is availableas a runner but cannot yet playdefense or use a bat.

With senior MickenzieAlden and junior Mikelyn

Messina handling the corners,Williams is the last line ofdefense at center.

“I haven’t played outfieldsince about 10th grade and itshows sometimes,” Williamssaid. “I know I have big shoes

to fill. Jen Meinheit is a reallygood centerfielder defensively,and she is a big run-producer.But I like the challenge. I didn’tcome here for it to be easy. Iknow I can get the job done. The experience will

come in practice and work-ing hard.”

Williams misjudged a linedrive that turned into a doublefor Syracuse in her first gameat center but did not make any errors over the weekend.

“My speed helps a lot,”Williams said. “Even if I get abad read on a ball, I’m still ableto make up for it with quick-ness. It plays a big factor onmisreads and coming in on the ball. It’s a big help.”

Offensively, Williams’ bestasset is her speed, as well, lead-ing Rutgers with eight stolenbases in half as many starts asany other athlete on the leader board.

The Los Angeles native stolethree bags against Syracuseand drove in one of the team’sfour runs on the weekend witha sacrifice fly.

Facing one of the tougherpitching staf fs on the scheduletoday, Williams’ quickness iscrucial to ending the Knights’ 10-game losing skid.

Hofstra (17-8) is undefeatedat home and sports a 1.74 teamERA. Against the Pride last sea-son, Rutgers (10-18, 0-3) lostboth sides of a double-header with just two total runs.

“Our team has fight,”Williams said. “We’re not goingto give up and lay down whentimes get rough. You saw thatin a few innings [Sunday]. Weare competitive, and we want toget out there and play the game we know how to play.”

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SOFTBALL

Injuries vault freshman into unfamiliar role

THE DAILY TARGUM

The Knights must find a way to produce without senior outfielderJen Meinheit, who injured her ACL against Syracuse.

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Dodd breaks camp withsame mindset as freshman

CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Freshman outfielder Brian O’Grady made the most of his first career Big East series last weekend against visiting Louisville.In his first full series hitting in the leadoff spot, O’Grady recorded five hits, two walks and two RBI in 10 at-bats.

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

Before the Rutgers football team’s firstspring practice ended yesterday, the Scarlet

Knights gatheredaround head coach

Greg Schiano at midfield.At the outset of his 11th season of

spring practice, the head coach remindedhis team that each player has to provehimself ever y day and that no spot is guaranteed.

But as far as job security goes, Chas Doddshould feel safe.

After winning the starting quarterback jobas a freshman and seeing his competition,Tom Savage, transfer to Arizona, Dodd issticking to what got him there.

“We have to go out and prove we wantthe spot, and that’s how I’m going to takeit — just like last year,” the sophomoresignal caller said. “I’m going to come inevery day, work hard and prove it to the coaches.”

For the first time this offseason, Dodd’swork took place on the field.

He spent the previous winter months inthe film room with new offensive coordinatorFrank Cignetti. There were likely other quar-terbacks in those meetings, but on the fieldthis spring, Dodd’s job is secure.

Junior Steve Shimko threw the ball inpractice for the first time since last spring,and walk-ons Tyler Bellia and Jason Fridayprovide little threat.

FOOTBALL

ANDREW HOWARD

Sophomore quarterback Chas Dodd is handling a bulk of the repetitions this springwith a thin quarterback unit awaiting the arrival of two freshmen.

First meet oncampus yieldssweep of rival

BY MATT CANVISSER STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team returned fromits spring break vacation with a renewedsense of confidence that carried over into Big

East play. The Scarlet

Knights extendedtheir win streak tosix matches yes-terday with a

sweep of in-state rival Seton Hall at 7-0 atthe Atlantic Club in Manasquan, N.J.

“This was a demanding match,” headcoach Ben Bucca said. “We’ve had threematches in five days, and it has been chal-lenging physically and emotionally. Theteam was tired today, but they found theirinner strength to pull out a convincing winover a strong team.”

The Knights (11-4, 3-2) won all threematches on their spring break trip to NewOrleans and won three straight in the con-ference with wins over St. John’s,Syracuse and now Seton Hall. The teambroke out of its midseason slump that cul-minated with losses to Big East foesLouisville and Marquette.

“We started the Big East season playingtwo of the toughest teams in the confer-ence, so it was obviously going to be dif fi-cult,” senior captain Amy Zhang said. “Butwe’ve come back from it and our winagainst Syracuse was really big. I’mexpecting to run the table from now untilthe Big East Tournament.”

Zhang also rebounded nicely on a per-sonal level, battling out of a late-Februaryfunk that plagued her. Zhang won a tightsingles contest against Seton Hall by ascore of 7-5, 3-6 and 10-8, racking up sevenstraight victories in the process since herrough patch last month.

“It has been good just to get some winsunder my belt,” Zhang said. “The surfacesfeel weird at a lot of the away matches, soit has been good to have a bunch of match-es close to home. Stringing together some wins has definitely given me confidence.”

There was plenty of confidence to goaround against Seton Hall, as the Knightsswept singles matches all the way throughthe lineup. Juniors Jen Holzberg,Maryana Milchutskey and Morgan Ivey

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Rookie settles into leadoff spot for RUBY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With sophomore shortstop Steve Nyisztorrecently unable to perform in the Rutgers

baseball team’s line-up, some tweakingneeded to be done.

But shifting thelineup upon hishealthy returnmight be even more

demanding than the initial change for headcoach Fred Hill.

For that, he can blame the emergence offreshman Brian O’Grady in the leadoff spot.

“[O’Grady’s] got a very good appreciationof the strike zone and he’s a good two-strikehitter, which means he can take a strike ortwo and still be dangerous swinging the bat,”Hill said. “He’s done a very good job as aleadoff so far.”

Registering six hits in one’s first 30 at-batsof the season typically is not a strong callingfor a spot in the lineup.

But it was in O’Grady’s last 10 at-bats thatthe freshman outfielder made the biggestcase for playing time.

The Warminster, Pa., native went 5-for-10 in three games hitting leadoff againstLouisville over the weekend — the first BigEast action of his young Rutgers career.

O’Grady even drew two walks in theseries, putting him on base in more than halfof his at-bats against arguably the confer-ence’s best team in Louisville.

While the Knights only took one of threefrom the Cardinals, it did not stop the team fromtaking notice, particularly the squad’s usualleadoff man, senior right fielder Michael Lang.

WAGNER ATRUTGERS,TODAY , 3 P.M.

BASEBALL

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