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A dance group willperform four-minuteroutines at bus stopson Rutgers Day.

The cancellation ofRutgersfest could proveto be a positive shift for the University.

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Dharun Ravi was indicted on 15 countsyesterday after evidence from a criminalinvestigation was presented to a 23-persongrand jury last week, according to theMiddlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Ravi, 19, of Plainsboro, N.J., faces twocounts of invasion of privacy and twocounts of attempted invasion of privacy forusing a webcam to view his roommateTyler Clementi’s intimate encounter withanother man.

Both are third- and four th-degreeoffenses that could carry a sentence of up to fiveyears in prison, Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said in a statement.

He was also charged with two counts of second-degree bias and two counts of third-degree bias. A sec-ond-degree offense could carry about five to 10 years inprison, Kaplan said.

The grand jury also found that Ravi attempted tomislead investigators and witnesses by deleting aTwitter post that alerted others to view his room-mate’s second encounter and replacing it with afalse post.

They also found that Ravi tried to convince wit-nesses to not testify against him and that he gave

investigators information that would misleadthe investigation.

For these actions, he faces three counts oftampering with evidence, three counts of hin-dering his own apprehension and one countof witness tampering.

According to a statement from theClementi family, the indictment spells outcalculated acts against their son by his for-mer roommate.

“If these facts are true, as they appear tobe, then it is important for our criminal jus-

tice system to establish clear accountability underlaw,” according to the statement. “We are eager tohave the process move forward for justice in this caseand to reinforce the standards of acceptable conductin our society.”

Charges filed against Molly Wei, 19, of WestWindsor Township, were not presented to the grandjury. But her pending charges include two counts ofinvasion of privacy after the incident.

The University has not issued a statement, as this isan ongoing criminal investigation, said Universityspokesman Greg Trevor.

— Kristine Rosette Enerio

MIDDLESEX COUNTY JURY INDICTSDHARUN RAVI ON 15 COUNTS

Two parties runfor RUSA board

ANASTASIA MILLICKERASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With the election process for the 2011-2012 Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly (RUSA) underway, two contending parties — theScarlet Knight Party and the Rutgers United Party — have emergedwith the distinct missions and characters.

The Scarlet Knight Party — which consists of Ross Kleiman,Anthony Weigand and seven other candidates — plans to keepopen communication with the student body throughout thesemester, said Kleiman, a School of Engineering junior.

As current School of Engineering representative, Kleimanhas been an active member of RUSA and a peer academic men-tor for the Math and Science Living-Learning Community andthe Rutgers Undergraduate Research Society.

Kleiman, who is running for RUSA president, said he is tak-ing an engineering approach, first looking at the problem andthen finding a solution.

“We need to concentrate on the concerns of the students andsit down with them,” he said. “There are so many issues like get-ting to classes on time, buses being packed, paying too much fortextbooks or tuition and the quality and variety of food in the din-ing halls.”

Initiatives to combat overpaying for textbooks include hand-ing out literature to first-year students upon arriving at the

RUSACU office to shut downBY AMY ROWE

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The Rutgers UniversityStudent and Alumni CreditUnion (RUSACU) location with-in the Rutgers Student Centerwill close on May 20, and with itsdeparture students may havenew banking options on campus.

RUSACU, a credit unionexclusively open to students andalumni of the University, mergedwith Affinity Federal CreditUnion last year for financial rea-sons. The University’s

Department of Student Life feltthis merger violated its lease tostay in the student center, saidKristen Clarke, former RUSACUboard member.

“The department feelsRUSACU would no longer be[related to] Rutgers now thatthey’re with Affinity,” saidClarke, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

Instead of closing theRUSACU student center locationwhen the lease ended inDecember, Student Life allowedthe credit union to stay there

until May 20 to properly servestudents, Clarke said.

The Newark and Camdencampus locations of RUSACUwere taken over by Affinity andwill not close, she said.

“It’s convenient to have oncampus,” she said. “They havean ATM in the student centerand it’s completely surchargefree for any student who ispart of the credit union. InNew Brunswick, there are somany ATMs on campus, but

The Rutgers Federal Credit Union on the College Avenue campus, which onlyserves University employees, aims to add students and alumni like the RUSACU.

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University students Dennis Kihlberg, left, Kylie Schwartz and Jack Gramlichjudge contestants at the second annual “Singing Bee” last night in theCook/Douglass Recreation Center.

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SING A SONGPoll says NJ residents wouldnot vote Christie for president

BY JEFF PRENTKYSTAFF WRITER

Although Gov. Chris Christie said hedoes not plan to run for president in 2012,a poll released from the Eagleton Instituteof Politics found that if he did, most NewJersey voters would not support him.

Results show 22 percent of registeredvoters polled support a 2012 presidentialbid by Christie, while 65 percent opposeand 12 percent are unsure.

While 36 percent of voters think havinga governor in the presidential electionhelps New Jersey’s reputation, 42 percentsay it makes no difference and 21 percentsay it hurts the state’s image, according tothe poll.

“I’m not surprised that most peopledon’t support Christie,” said DavidRedlawsk, poll director. “I think if we hadasked about the future, then most of thepeople who like him would’ve supportedthe idea of him running down the road.”

Poll results were gathered from 773registered voters throughout NewJersey from surveys conducted on both

landlines and cellphones from March 28to April 4, with a margin of error of about3.5 percentage points.

Republicans, at 44 percent, support a2012 Christie presidential run, but nomajority of any political group supportsthe idea, according to the poll.

Those who have a positive impres-sion of Christie tend to be more sup-portive of a 2012 presidential bid, buteven among this group, only 45 percentback him, with 35 percent opposed and20 percent unsure.

When asked to set aside personalbeliefs about the governor and evaluate ifhis national attention makes them proudto be from New Jersey, only 40 percent saythe attention makes them proud, accord-ing to the poll.

About two-thirds of GOP backers areproud, while 37 percent of independentsand 31 percent of democrats feel the same.

But the fact that most New Jersey vot-ers oppose Christie bidding for presidentin 2012 does not directly reflect his sup-

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Council introduces changes to Douglass Campus CenterBY HENNA KATHIYA

STAFF WRITER

The Douglass GoverningCouncil (DGC) discussed renovations to the DouglassCampus Center (DCC) onTuesday, which will bring morestudy space and a Dunkin’Donuts to students.

Randi Mack, assistant directorof student centers, spoke aboutthe upcoming changes and reno-vations to the DCC, scheduled totake place over the summer, to beready for the beginning of the fallsemester.

Mabel’s Convenience Storewill close at the end of the semes-ter because of declining salesand a Dunkin’ Donuts will takeits place, she said.

Mack said the change willprovide another food option forstudents, who will still be able topurchase necessary items liketoiletries, health aids and schoolsupplies at the DCC’s informa-tion desk.

Among the changes is a col-laborative learning center inthe old co-op space near theelevators, which will soon havenew carpets and more seatingareas for students to utilize,she said.

“We’re really trying to updatethe space with monitors and flatscreen televisions to make the

student center more accessible tostudents,” she said.

The center will include alarge monitor designed for col-laboration on group projectsthat multiple students couldplug their laptops into, she said.

Mack said the collaborativelearning center will open up more study spaces for students on Douglass campusand create a more technologi-cal setting better suited for themodern age.

“I’m so excited about thiswhole transition and thechanges we’re making,” shesaid. “The original part of thisbuilding was built in 1952 andwe’re trying to update them totoday’s standards.”

A game space with a NintendoWii area will also be added to theDCC, she said.

The Nichol Avenue side ofthe DCC, near the entrance, is also scheduled to undergo a makeover.

Mack said the area is beingupdated to look more like areception area, where parentsand prospective students could visit.

Valerie Weiss, DGC’s Classof 2012 representative, is excit-ed to see the changes to thecampus center.

“I remember when thebeginning stages of this

Randi Mack, assistant director of student centers, announces theclosing of Mabel’s Convenience store Tuesday at the DGC meeting.

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renovation plan were happen-ing,” said Weiss, a School ofArts and Sciences junior. “Wewere conducting surveys aboutthe design of the new space,and now we’re seeing action take place.”

Weiss said she is glad to seethe plans actually come to life.

“It’s great to be able to see theproject grow from a survey toactual execution,” Weiss said.

In addition to discussing thechanges taking place at the DCC,the DGC passed a resolution torepair the steps of Katzenbachresidence hall.

The DGC also discussedplans for an activity both children and their parentscould enjoy on Rutgers Day, which will reflect on the Douglass ResidentialCollege’s philosophy.

“We want to impart a posi-tive message to parents andchildren about the DouglassResidential College and to senda positive message aboutwoman empowerment,” saidPamela Chin, president of DGCand School of Ar ts andSciences junior.

Although Affinity, whichaccepts University student andalumni accounts, does not have abranch on campus, students canstill access their locations inNew Brunswick.

“There’s already a branchacross from St. Peter’s and anoth-er opening in the downtownarea,” Clarke said.

The Rutgers Federal CreditUnion (RFCU), which servesanyone who receives a pay-check from the University, hasapplied to the National Credit

Union Association to change itsbylaws so it could serve stu-dents and alumni in the future,said Marie Bedatsky, presidentand CEO of RFCU.

“We want to serve students,but we’ve always turned themaway because of our bylaws,” she

said. “It would be more conven-ient for students.”

The RFCU has locations onthe College Avenue and Buschcampuses as well as the Newarkcampus, she said.

“We would love the support ofthe students,” she said. “Thesoonest [we can serve students]is the soonest we get the supportwe need.”

At the RFCU, students wouldhave access to the same servicesthe credit union currently offers toUniversity faculty and staff, like asurcharge-free ATM network andno minimum requirements fordeposits, Bedatsky said.

Clarke said the RFCU tried to merge with the RUSACU butwas unsuccessful.

“They’re tr ying to gothrough the back door herebecause the merger was unsuc-cessful,” she said. “They’re try-ing to take advantage of the sit-uation, but I don’t think it’snecessary because Af finity isstill going to accept studentsand alumni.”

Willson said University stu-dents who are also employed bythe University still have a viableoption in the RFCU.

“I don’t know how manyaccounts the RUSACU had of the36,000 students that go here,” shesaid. “But anybody who gets acheck from Rutgers can open anaccount there.”

University and partnering withJoan Carbone, executive directorof Residence Life, he said.

Kleiman said he would like toallow students to use their fullestpotential and suggested a pro-gram in which senior engineerswould be able to do their seniorproject on University grounds,such as redesigning bus stopsmore efficiently.

Weigand, RUSA treasurer, isrunning next to Kleiman for vicepresidency under the ScarletKnight Party.

“I feel I’m the best candidatefor the job, since I have years ofexperience with the ins and outsof student government,” saidWeigand, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “I know whatworks and what doesn’t.”

Weigand has been activethroughout his past three yearsat the University, holding posi-tions as a residence assistant, aUniversity senator, president andfounder of Rutgers Real EstateClub and a peer mentor of theSocial Justice House onLivingston campus.

“As far as goals for next year, I’dlike to see the efficiency of RUSAincrease, as I feel that we havetremendous potential,” he said. “I’dpersonally like to see more tangi-ble results, such as more bikeracks that would make us morerecognizable to the student body.”

The Knight Party was disqual-ified in last year’s electionsbecause of inappropriate cam-paigning methods employed byKleiman, said Yousef Saleh,RUSA president.

Candidates were not allowedto electioneer in residencehalls, and Kleiman made anannouncement during a hallmeeting about his candidacy, hesaid. The allegation was investi-gated, and he was disqualified.

But Saleh said the party isusing its mistake as a learningexperience.

“Last year, there was a dis-crepancy, and one party was

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New Jersey ranks among the most cellphone-centricstates, but only 13 percent of adults in New Jersey had acellphone and no landline phone in their homes betweenJuly 2009 and June 2010, according to a study conductedby the National Center for Health Statistics.

New Jersey ties with Rhode Island for having the low-est percentage of wireless-only households in the country,according to an nj.com article.

Arkansas leads the nation with more than 32 percent ofadults calling with only their cellphones.

New Jerseyans have the lowest rate of householdphones to cellphone-only houses with 7 percent of N.J.adults making the switch to cellphone-only homesbetween 2007 to present, according to the article.

The proportion of adults, who are renting homes andnot living with anyone older, is at the bottom of all thestates, but New Jersey is among the wealthiest states,according to the article.

N.J. residents seem to keep their phones because theychoose to, said Stephen Blumberg, a senior scientist at thehealth statistics center, a division of the national Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention, in the article.

Blumberg said nearly 22 percent of N.J. adults have alandline but most rely solely on their cellphones.

“We see, nationally, adults living in poverty or with lowincome are more likely to be wireless only,” Blumbergsaid in the article. “So, states with a higher proportion ofpoor or near-poor adults are more likely to have a higherprevalence of wireless-only adults.”

— Anastasia Millicker

STUDY SHOWS NEW JERSEYHOLDS HIGH CELLPHONE USE

you’re charged to use it by the bank.”

For these reasons, Clarkesaid it is important to have a credit union for students on campus.

“Credit unions also of ferhigher dividends and betterinterest rates for customers[than banks],” she said. “Theyare also 400 times greater thana for-profit banking institution.All the profits credit unionsmake goes back to sharehold-ers. It caters to students, andthey can give you car and edu-cation loans.”

The Department of StudentLife is surveying student opin-ions of something that wouldtake the place of RUSACU in the student center, saidKerri Willson, director ofStudent Involvement.

She said the space could beused for lockers, rapid chargingstations for cellphones and lap-tops, copy services, a creditunion or a bank.

“If a credit union is what [stu-dents would be] seeking, Affinitywould have the right to put in aproposal,” she said. “They couldbe the credit union.”

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“Credit unions also offer higherdividends and better interest

rates for customers [than banks].” KRISTEN CLARKE

Former RUSACU Board Member

ROSS KLEIMANSCARLET KNIGHT

PARTY

MATT CORDEIRO RUTGERS UNITED

CANDIDATES FOR RUSA PRESIDENT

disqualified. But this year, I’mgetting texts from them every30 minutes, checking with meif what they’re doing is okay,”he said.

The Rutgers United Party —consisting of presidential candi-date Matt Cordeiro, vice presi-dential candidate ThomasNicholas, treasurer candidateMariam Al-Qudah and morethan 20 other individuals —plans to keep the success of theentire student body in mindusing student-based programs,said Cordeiro, a School of Artsand Sciences junior.

“My biggest thing for RUSA tobe a success is we need to getmore students involved,” he said.

Cordeiro has been activelyinvolved in RUSA since his firstyear at the University and hasbeen a member throughout hiscollegiate career. He is also aNew Jersey United Studentsrepresentative, a “Walk intoAction” organizer and a “Teach-In” organizer.

“My commitment and experi-ence [makes me a great candi-date]. When something needs tobe done, we need to bring stu-dents, faculty and administrationtogether,” he said. “[I am] reallydedicated to the statewide stu-dent association, and I know howto get things done.”

Thomas Nicholas, formerLivingston campus representa-tive and current University repre-sentative for NJUS, said hisinvolvement and enthusiasmmakes him a strong candidate forvice president of RUSA.

“As of now, there’s a five-point plan that is still underdevelopment. But one plan is tomake the University more hand-icap accessible,” said Nicholas,a School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student. “We want toprovide the best opportunitiesas possible for students.”

Despite Nicholas’ youth andinexperience, Cordeiro believeshis determination makes him astrong candidate.

“Being a first-year does havesome disadvantages, such as notknowing as many people overall.But as a first-year, he is very con-nected to his dorm community,”Cordeiro said. “He is also a studentathlete, he is incredibly dedicatedand disciplined and knows what heneeds to do.”

Rounding out the ticket for theRutgers United Party is MariamAl-Qudah, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore.

“I want to be the treasurer ofRUSA because I am sick of all thebudget cuts on education, and Iintend to do something about it,”Al-Qudah said.

Saleh said although he cannotpublicly endorse either candi-date, he would vote for the candi-date who he believes will do thebest job.

“Both parties have similaritiesyet some differences. But bothare ready to take on the role ofleadership,” said Saleh, School ofArts and Sciences senior.

The voting continues online atruassembly.com until 11:59 p.m.tonight, and winners will be ten-tatively released Monday online.

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Rutgers Day will have a little political fla-vor this year on the College Avenue campus.

The Rutgers University Democrats andthe Rutgers College Republicans are workingtogether to read excerpts from importantsocial and political speeches and historicaldocuments around Brower Commons,according to the Rutgers Day blog.

Some of the political documents the stu-dents will present include the Declaration ofIndependence, the preamble to theConstitution, President Abraham Lincoln’sGettysburg Address, and the speeches ofpresidents Theodore Roosevelt, FranklinDelano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedyamong others, according to the Rutgers Dayschedule of events.

Students will also have the chance to dis-cuss the significance of these speeches,according to the blog.

The Eagleton Institute of Politics willhave an activity in which Rutgers Day atten-dees are invited to toss a beanbag into one ofa series of rings, which symbolize differentelective offices, such as the city council andthe presidency.

The Central and South American Alliancewill have a table at the Center of Latino Artsand Culture teaching people about the socioe-conomic issues, politics and culture of theCentral and South American region, accord-ing to the schedule. Members hope to encour-age more students to join their organization.

Visitors can also pose and take pictureswith life-sized cardboard cutouts of PresidentBarack Obama, Secretary of State HillaryClinton, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin andAbraham Lincoln, according to the blog.

Kathy Kleeman, senior communicationsofficer at the Eagleton Institute of Politics,said on the blog she does not anticipate politi-cians to show up, but remains hopeful somewill join them.

“After all, it’s an election year in NewJersey,” she said on the blog. “It would be agreat photo-op.”

New Jersey residents and U.S. citizens 18years of age or over can also register to voteat the Eagleton Institute of Politics’ booth onVoorhees Mall.

— Reena Diamante

RUTGERS DAY TO HOST POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ON COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS

Speaker says education could appease environmental concernsBY CHASE BRUSH

STAFF WRITER

In rural areas of Thailand,some farmers spray a row ofcrops with agricultural pesticidesnot knowing it could causesevere health-related sideeffects, said Mark Robson, a pes-ticide toxicologist.

For Robson, the first speakerof the Foundation forInternational Medical Relief ofChildren’s (FIRMC) educationand outreach series, this is a seri-ous concern.

Robson, dean of Agriculturaland Urban Programs at theSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences, addressedhow education and training can be used to mitigate theglobal dangers of disease andharmful environmental expo-sures in developing countriesTuesday night at the BushCampus Center.

“Nearly one-third of all globaldisease is caused by environmen-tal exposures, which are prevent-able,” said Robson, a professor inthe Department of Entomology.

With 80 percent of theworld’s population living indeveloping countries, where theburden of disease and subpar liv-ing conditions exists, under-standing environmental hazardsand how to employ internationalprograms in an increasinglyglobal society are challengesRobson said he spent most of hiscareer trying to tackle.

“In the United States, weaccept a risk standard of one in amillion, set by the SupremeCourt,” said Robson, who co-authored a textbook about riskassessment and environmentalhealth. “That standard says thatwe will allow one bad thing tohappen for every million eventsthat occurs.”

Yet in countries like Ghanaand Thailand, where he saidone in five children will diefrom disease and lack of cleanwater before the age of 8 andanother one in five will die ofmalaria, the standards devel-oped countries set quicklybecome irrelevant.

“That’s a real risk number,”he said.

Robson said the answer tocounteract the global environ-mental concerns lies in education.

Mark Robson, dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs, discusses Tuesday night at the Busch Campus Center that in Ghana andThailand, one in five children will die from disease and lack of clean water before the age of 8, and one in five will die of malaria.

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In order to lower these risk lev-els in developing countries,Robson and his colleagues havebeen working for the last decadeto train and teach students aboutenvironmental health. They partic-ularly focus on high-risk occupa-tions in these countries, includingagriculture, forestry and mining.

“Our job is to make agriculturemore responsive to human needswithout harming the environmentor putting people at unnecessaryrisk,” said Albert Ayeni, a profes-sor in the Department of PlantBiology and Pathology.

Robson and Ayeni workedclosely to develop a comprehen-sive international program to pro-mote agricultural collaboration inother countries.

Ayeni is the coordinator of aprogram called InternationalScience and Education, whichsends students to placesaround the world for agricul-ture-related internships.

Robson received a grant in2007 from the John E. FogartyInternational Center calledInternational Training andResearch in Environmental andOccupational Health (ITREOH),

which provides training andresearch opportunities in a part-nership among the University,Chulalongkorn University inThailand and the University ofMedicine and Dentistry of NewJersey, he said.

The grant supports 14 mastersand doctoral students throughChulalongkorn University’sInternational Graduate Programfrom countries like Myramar,Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia andBhutan, Robson said.

“The idea is that teaching,training and educating people inthese countries will influence theway people do things overthere,” said Robson, who in Julyreceived an honorary doctoraldegree in public health atChulalongkorn University.

With approximately 65 percentof Thailand’s workforce employedin agriculture, Robson said the dif-ficulty lies in understanding howlocal farmers of these agrariansocieties cope with growing gapsbetween low-level educations andhighly effective technologies,making it difficult for individualsto differentiate between safe andharmful resources.

Because rural farmers areunaware of the true injury highlytoxic chemicals or a contaminat-ed water supply could incur on acommunity, they often fail to safe-guard themselves or take neces-sary precautions, Robson said.

“They find excitement in usingthese chemicals because theywork,” Ayeni said. “But they donot see the harm it’s doing totheir bodies.”

Many workers will sprayunsafe amounts of chemicalswithout first protecting them-selves with proper safety equip-ment or precautions, he said.

“We try to give them the rightkind of advice about how to apply[these chemicals] correctly,including where to apply them,when to apply them, how to applythem … under what kinds of con-ditions they can be applied safely,”Ayeni said. “These are problemsmany developing countries face.”

Ayeni, a native Nigerian, cameto the University as a weed scien-tist for an appointment as aresearch assistant in 1995.

He began teaching as profes-sor in the Department of PlantBiology and Pathology in 2002,

but as a young boy in his village,he worked pulling weeds on hisfamily’s farm.

“I hated it,” Ayeni said. “I said,‘How can somebody survive doingthis kind of thing?’ Then in schoolI read a book about herbicides andI thought, ‘Now this is something Iwant to learn more about.’”

John Cambridge, a School ofArts and Sciences junior studyingentomology, joined Robson dur-ing one of his visits to Thailand toattend an international confer-ence on agricultural legislation.

“We wanted to see how thelegislation in different developingcountries, especially agricultural,is going to help work the workerson the ground deal with the riskof pesticides,” Cambridge said.

“‘All flesh is grass,’” is Ayeni’smotto when he considers theimportance of agriculture in soci-ety, he said.

“It’s only plants that are pro-ducers. The rest of us are con-sumers,” he said. “Withoutplants as producers, we are alljokers. When people are talkingabout environmental steward-ship, just bear in mind that weare all interdependent.”

probably considered more of acentrist and therefore more of acandidate in the next election,”he said.

Kikelomo Adebambo, aSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior, also said she would not sup-port Christie because his imageand policies have changed.

“I wouldn’t want somebodylike that to be president of theUnited States because if he’s fick-le in his views now, what wouldhe do when he gets to the White

House?” she said.School of Arts

and Sciences first-year studentNatalie Smithwould not supportChristie runningfor presidentbecause he doesnot tax the rich.

“Putting theeconomic taxburden on educa-tion, the stu-dents, teachers,

workers — I don’t supportthat,” Smith said.

Andres Zervigon, assistantprofessor in the Department ofArt History at the University,said he would oppose Christierunning for president.

“His politics I find abhor-rent, especially now that he’sgoing right-wing on social andfundamentalist religious issues— that’s unacceptable,” he said.

Nicola Behrmann, an assis-tant professor in theDepartment of Germanic,Russian and East EuropeanLanguages and Literatures,agreed with Zervigon.

“Plus on educational issues,any decision he made is bad forus, for Rutgers,” she said.

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port in the state, said Redlawsk, aprofessor of political science atthe University.

“The reason is actually notbecause they don’t think he’d be agood president,” he said. “I thinkit’s that most of them think hewould, but I think it’s because he’sstill relatively newto the job — theywant him to stayput and keep work-ing on the issuesin New Jersey.”

Anne Ahne, aSchool of Arts andSciences junior,said she wouldsupport Christie ifhe ran for presi-dent. She believesif he did not pro-pose the budget cuts and thefunds that were reallocated, NewJersey would be in the same situa-tion as Wisconsin.

“I’m so glad that he’s doingwhat he’s doing to protect our taxmoney, and he’s at war withunions, teacher’s union specifical-ly, and I applaud that,” Ahne said.

Graduate student Nigel Gillahopposes Christie running forpresident. He disagreed with thegovernor’s cancellation of the raillink with New York and believeshe is making too many cuts.

Gillah said Christie hasbecome more prominent nation-ally and has thus drawn moreattention to New Jersey, but notnecessarily in the right ways.

“Amongst Republican votersin the rest of the country, he’s

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“I’m so glad that he’s doing what he’s doing to protect our

tax money.” ANNE AHNE

School of Arts and Sciences Junior

Rolling in a line, the Rutgers Longboarding Club pushes along the Route 18 bridge. The club regularlyplans group campus boarding events. To submit a Photo of the Week, include information about thedate, location and description of the scene along with the photograph to targumfotw@gmail.com.

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21 How did a Jewish boy from Chicago become one of India’smost renowned spiritual leaders and activists? Find out atBhakti’s finale event with returning Sacred Sounds guestRadhanath Swami at 8:15 p.m. at Hardenbergh Hall RoomA7 on the College Avenue campus. At the age of 19, Swamiembarked on a spiritual quest, hitchhiking from the caves ofthe Mediterranean to the peaks of the Himalayas, studyingunder many prominent gurus along the way. Students canjoin the Bhakti Club for a free night of mystical stories, musi-cal meditations and vegan feasting. Please RSVP at and formore information visit bhakticlub.org.

The Student Volunteer Council will sponsor a volleyball tour-nament to raise money for Quilts for Kids. The tournamentwill begin promptly at 5 to 7 p.m. at the sand volleyballcourts at the Werblin Recreation Center on Busch campus.The mission of Quilts for Kids is to transforming discontin-ued, unwanted and other fabrics into patchwork quilts thatcomfort children with life-threatening illnesses and childrenof abuse. In the Student Volunteer Council’s efforts to helpthe organization, it is charging a registration fee of $5 foreach player that will be donated to Quilts for Kids. Pleasebring this money on the day of the tournament.

22 There will be Shabbat Services at 6:30 p.m. TheMesorah/Orthodox service will take place on the first floorof Rutgers Hillel located at 93 College Ave. in NewBrunswick. The Kesher/Reform service will take place inthe third floor of Rutgers Hillel. The Koach/Conservativeservice will take place in New Brunswick TheologicalSeminary located at 17 Seminary Pl. There will be a freeKosher for Passover Shabbat Dinner from 7:30 to 9 p.m. atRutgers Hillel located at 93 College Ave. in New Brunswick.Student can meet Rabbi Heath Watenmaker, the newReform Rabbi who will be working at Rutgers Hillel begin-ning in the fall. Students can ask questions and get to knowthe new rabbi. The event is from 9 to 11 p.m. at RutgersHillel located at 93 College Ave. in New Brunswick. Formore information email klandy@eden.rutgers.eduto contact Katie Landy.

The Alfa Art Gallery will present “The Double-Edged Searchfor the Truth & the Ideal,” the first of two spring exhibitionsof the New Brunswick Art Salon 2011. An opening receptionwill be held from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. and the exhibition willrun until May 12. Alfa Art Gallery is located on 108Church St. in New Brunswick.

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23 In an effort to aid injured football player Eric LeGrand, inter-nationally known motivational speaker Scott Chesney willcome to the University to speak about overcoming adversityat 7 p.m. in the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room.Paralyzed at the age of 15 from a spinal stroke, Chesney uti-lizes his experience to instill human motivation as he sharesstories of courage and devotion in a transformational pres-entation that is sure to touch everyone. All proceeds of theevent including a $5 suggested donation will go to helpLeGrand’s recovery.

Bus stops to feature flash mobsBY JACK MURTHA

STAFF WRITER

On an average day, standingat a bus stop is just another task,but on Rutgers Day, April 30,people can expect an unlikelycouple to emerge from thecrowd at any time and engage ina series of passionate dancemoves to live music.

“Bus Stop for Dance,” a per-formance by Meagan WoodsDance Company, will be on dis-play for audiences at the busstop outside the WerblinRecreation Center on Buschcampus, said Meagan Woods, aMason Gross School of theArts alumna.

“It seemed like a day that’sso festive. We wanted to turn[our piece] into part of the cele-bration,” Woods said. “Thejumps and movements reflectthe celebration of Rutgers Dayas a whole.”

Four dancers, who areUniversity alumni, will performa choreographed duet in plain-clothes to a guitarist who willsing and play a live rendition ofCarole King’s “Where YouLead,” she said.

This is “Bus Stop forDance’s” second Rutgers Dayappearance, but Woods said hercompany performs throughoutthe spring semester atUniversity bus stops.

While most of Rutgers Day’sevents follow a strict timeline,performances will sporadicallytake place during the day, shesaid. The loose schedule allowsaudiences to view four minute-long acts, which many atten-dees may miss.

“Attendance at Rutgers Dayis so large, and when this littleperformance is over, only a fewpeople have seen it,” Woodssaid. “It’s really owned by thepeople. It’s their keepsake forthe day.”

“Bus Stop for Dance” hopesto bring a type of dance to asmall, intimate crowd that

high-production stage showscould not, Woods said.

“We’re putting the big,grandiose act aside,” she said.“To have someone, high aboveyour head, two feet away fromyou — there’s something magicalabout that.”

The duet pieces, which Woodschoreographs, hold roots in con-temporary dance, she said.

The constant eye contactbetween dancers mirroringeach other’s movements represents the intricacy ofinterpersonal relationships,both romantic and platonic,Woods said. Moments of hesita-tion featured in the piece, fol-

lowed by signals of desire, sym-bolize emotions felt in actual relationships.

“It’s a moving description ofhow you experience feelings,”she said. “This activity is almosthappening, but [the performers]put a dance language to it.”

Woods said University students react to the piece dif-ferently, depending on theirown personalities. While somestudents blindly walk by and others pretend to notnotice the act, some forge an immediate connection withthe dancers.

“A lot of the kids will actuallystart dancing with them,” shesaid. “We couldn’t expect a bet-ter reaction.”

The group practiced its routines for nearly six

months last year before its first Rutgers Day performance,but this yearpreparation onlytook two to three weeks,Woods said.

Although the duets areplanned in advance, audiencesfeed inspiration, said ShannonMacDowell, a featured dancer.

“In a sense, we are harness-ing energy from the bustlingactivity of students, buses and[the] general cheer ful buzz of the campus in spring, and putting it into dance form,”said MacDowell, a MasonGross School of the Ar ts alumna. “It is a joyful and play-ful experience.”

Dancers have the freedomto adjust their movementsbased on crowd reaction,Woods said.

“I like to give [the dancers]the heart of the work, but thenallow them to invest in the intri-cacies of the dance,” Woodssaid. “That’s when dance reallybecomes art — when perform-ers allow themselves to notknow what will happen in the moment.”

David Spiller, a RutgersBusiness School first-year stu-dent, said those who observethe piece should consider them-selves fortunate to see such adisplay of dance.

“I think it makes it a little bitmore meaningful,” he said.“You get lucky being in themoment versus a planned,scheduled thing.”

The spur-of-the-momentdances serve to shake up rou-tine days, said Waseem Wain, aRutgers College alumnus.

Wain said while there is no guarantee of how otherUniversity students will react,he sees the flare-up of spiriteddance and music as a wel-comed break.

“You definitely need spon-taneity in life,” he said. “Lifecan get pretty monotonoussometimes. Spontaneity isalways good.”

“A lot of the kids will actually

start dancing with them.

We couldn’t expect a better reaction.”

MEAGAN WOODSMason Gross School of the Arts

Alumna

“Bus Stop for Dance” will perform surprise dances on Rutgers Day at Busch

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Budget cut forces officials to slash programsBY JADE MCCLAINCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The federal government’srecent $38 billion budget cut istrickling down to the lower levelsof the Middlesex County govern-ment, which is now reducingmunicipal spending for communi-ty development.

The Middlesex CountyDepar tment of Housing andCommunity Development isprojected to receive a 16.5 per-cent reduction, amounting toapproximately $346,000, saidPaul Buckley, the departmenthead. His department was noti-fied of the cut by the U.S.Depar tment of Housing andUrban Development as an ini-tial estimate.

Buckley, who runs theCommunity Development BlockGrant Program (CDBG), saideach town that receives blockgrants will receive a reduction infunding and will then have tomake decisions within themunicipalities to adjust theirsmaller budgets.

“The concern is how will [themunicipalities] find this fundingto maintain the level of services tothe senior citizens, disabled andlow-income persons of the coun-ty,” he said.

Community block grants areused for numerous develop-ment activities throughout the

county, including street andpark improvements, projects tomake facilities handicap acces-sible, housing revitalizationprojects, transportation andprograms for seniors and at-riskyouth, he said.

Eligibility for the grants aredetermined by a formula that con-siders a municipality’s incomelevels, the age of the housing,population and affordability of thearea, among other factors, saidSusan Peck, the CDBG programcoordinator for Edison.

Middlesex County has 19municipalities participating inthe CDBG programs. Edison isone such recipient, and Pecksaid she is already anticipatingthe losses.

“Some people won’t be funded,some projects won’t receive fund-ing or have reduced funding, andit will severely impact many of theservices, many of the programsand capital projects that we do,”she said.

Peck said although the alloca-tion has not been officiallyannounced, she estimates a 22percent reduction in funding fromthe block grant.

Projects in Edison includesidewalk replacements and pro-grams that repair housing for low-income individuals, Peck said.

With the decreased funding,prioritized projects will be thosefor homeless service providers

and programs specifically forEdison residents as opposed tocounty organizations that provideservices for citizens of othertowns, she said.

Jewish Family and VocationalServices, which runs an elder-care program in Edison thatserves Middlesex County resi-dents, is one example of an organ-ization losing significant funding,she said. Last year the organiza-tion received $6,000 to defrayoperating costs, but this year itwill receive $2,000.

Info Line, a social servicereferral agency, will experience a$5,000 reduction this year, drop-ping from $15,000 last year to$10,000 this year, Peck said.

Steve Nagel, the executivedirector of Info Line, worriesabout how Info Line will be ableto adequately help the populationwith significantly less resources.

Info Line agency works toconnect citizens to communityservices such as counseling,senior services and financialassistance, he said. It also helpscitizens learn about their eligi-bility for certain resources andfollows up with them to check ontheir progress.

“It’s going to force us toreduce our staff time, which isgoing to increase wait time for thepeople that are calling us, whichwill reduce our ability to providequality service,” Nagel said.

Info Line dealt with reduc-tions over the years, and in thepast had to change full-time posi-tions to part-time positions, andthe possibility of removing part-time positions remains, he said.

Peck said the benefit of theblock grants is that they allowmunicipalities to improve theirtowns in ways that would not bepossible based on taxes alone,with the grants serving as extrafunding that allows communitiesto improve.

Still, the loss in funding wouldresult in deterioration.

“Eventually those low incomeareas would worsen and you’dfind vacated houses, and it wouldjust go downhill from there,”Peck said. “We often give moneyto the nonprofits, but from aninfrastructure perspective, itallows the community to keepthose areas nicer so that thehomes keep their value.”

Nagel expressed his concernover the eventual well-being of hisorganization and said he does notbelieve Info Line Agency will beable to provide the same qualityservice with all the budget cuts.

“The only reason this organi-zation exists is to improve thequality of life of people in need,”he said. “With continued cuts andcontinuing reduction in funding,it severely inhibits our ability tohelp the most vulnerable popula-tion of Middlesex County.”

The New BrunswickBoard of School Estimateapproved a budget bill thatwill cost residents who ownan average city home approx-imated at $117,000 about $41more in school taxes thanthey used to pay last year.City residents will now pay$2,608 instead of $2,567.

It was mistakenly believedthat New Brunswick taxpay-ers would have to pay $91 at an earlier spending esti-mate, city spokesperson BillBray said in a mycentraljer-sey.com article.

Under the $172 millionbudget, the tax levy of $27.3million will stay the samefor the fourth year in a row,according to the article. Butbecause of the drop in over-all city property value, eachtaxpayer still has to paymore money, Bray said inthe article.

New Brunswick schoolsreceived $3.4 million in fed-eral aid and will use thismoney toward saving educa-tion jobs. Salaries and bene-fits will rise by 3 percent andemployees will see 2.5 per-cent raises.

— Ankita Panda

BOARD DECIDESSMALL INCREASEIN SCHOOL TAXES

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Residents dispose unwanted medications to prevent drug abuseBY MONIQUE RICECONTRIBUTING WRITER

American residents will beable to discard unwanted med-ication in an effort to preventdrug abuse this year for theNational Take-Back Program,which will occur April 30 inplaces such as MiddlesexCounty and the University.

The program will take placelocally at the University in frontof the Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus,said Ezra Helfand, theMiddlesex County programdirector for the National Councilon Alcoholism and DrugDependence (NCADD).

“If you go to any events andphysically watch what happens,you see, especially the senior cit-izens, come and drop off theirprescriptions that have expired,”he said. “People come with bagsand bags of prescriptions thathave been expired.”

There are 3,600 total partici-pants and about 4,900 locationsites, but the number mayincrease since there are nine days before the actual event, Hill said.

The NCADD, the DrugEnforcement Administration(DEA), the Partnership for Drug-Free N.J. and the Office of theNew Jersey Attorney General col-laborated to put this effort intomotion, Hefland said.

“This is an event [we] try veryhard each year to put forth a pro-gram that will prevent peoplefrom using and abusing prescrip-tion drugs,” he said.

Helfand said his group andothers were motivated to hold theprogram in response to theincreasing problem of over-the-counter medication abuse.

Robert Hill, DEA specialagent, said prescription drugabuse is growing out of controlquickly and has been labeled anepidemic by the Center forDisease Control.

“As far as dealing with it, oneof the things that has to be real-ized to address the issue isthere must be an effective four-prong approach — education,enforcement, monitoring andproper medical disposal,” hesaid. “Education is a very cru-cial step.”

Prescription drug abuse issecond to marijuana in illegal

drug use and outnumbers first-time cocaine and heroine use among adolescence, saidDouglas Collier, DEA specialagent. About 7 million peopleuse prescription drugs withoutany medical need.

The most common prescrip-tion drugs are hydrocodones,used to relieve moderate tosevere pain, Hill said.

“The drugs of concern that we are seeing abused arethe opioids and hydrocodonesand cough syrups. We also are seeing Adderall abuse because that is a stimulant,” he said.

Before National Take-BackDay, a previous 2009 program,Operation Medicine Cabinet, had the same mission, Colliersaid. The program allowed citizens to get rid of their unused and unwantedexpired medications with noquestions asked.

“It is a good, useful tool thatwe are using to get out awarenessand education on prescriptiondrug abuse,” he said.

Helfand said most peoplewho use and abuse their med-ication usually do so at homewhere they can easily findthese drugs. The program’sobjective is to encourage peo-ple to dispose of these danger-ous drugs properly.

“If you think about it, whenmy kids were going to college,they could have just gone inthere and taken any drugs thatwere in there, use them andabuse them,” he said. “Collegekids drink while taking prescrip-tion drugs.”

This will be the second yearthe program takes place nation-ally, Hill said. The DEA held,on Sept. 25, 2010, the firstNational Take-Back.

“It was very successful. Wehad [about] 4,000 location sitesas well as 3,000 state and locallaw enforcement partners,” hesaid. “Americans turned in242,000 pounds of unwanted,unused or expired prescriptiondrugs, and from the success ofthat program, it allowed people tobe better educated.”

In New Jersey alone, resi-dents managed to throw away14,000 pounds of medications, a5,000-bottle increase from 2009,Collier said.

All the medication that iscollected during the National-Take Back program isdestroyed, he said.

“We’re very happy with theresults,” Collier said. “Webelieve in good medicine, butwe don’t concur with the misuseand abuse of use of prescriptiondrugs. We just want to makesure it is taken lawfully.”

For more information, citi-zens can go to the DEA mainwebsite and click on “GotDrugs?” which will bring themto a site where locations to dis-card unwanted prescriptionmedication free of charge canbe found, he said.

“We believe in good medicine,

but we don’t concurwith the misuse and abuse of ...

prescription drugs.” DOUGLAS COLLIER

DEA Special Agent

Canal reflects back to days as old shipping hub BY RYAN FLOOD

STAFF WRITER

Although most N.J. resi-dents might pass the Delawareand Raritan Canal without asecond look, the state parkdevoted to it and the surround-ing architecture highlight thecanal’s history.

“The canal itself was builtbetween 1830 and 1834,” saidPatricia Kallesser, superintend-ent of Delaware and RaritanCanal State Park.

It was constructed to facilitate travel from New YorkCity to Philadelphia, Kallessersaid. A cut through the canalsaved time and gave travelersanother option.

Originally the canal spanned44 miles, running from NewBrunswick to Bordentown,N.J., and was a long, connectedwater way system, she said. The canal supported abustling shipping industr yalong the banks of the river,

and fishing boats bringing sup-plies south to Philadelphiapassed through.

When the canal ran by NewBrunswick, there was a big ship-ping community and industrybuilt up along the water,Kallesser said. Steamboatssailed the river.

There were two outlet locks inNew Brunswick originally — onelocated around where Johnson &Johnson is now, she said. Thecanal today is no longer used fortransportation, but is a hot spot forhiking, biking, fishing or kayaking.

“The canal was leased andtaken over by PennsylvaniaRailroad in 1871,” said BarbaraRoss, board member of the D & R Canal Watch.

The railroad company caredmore about its railroad routeand less about the canal, and in1932 the canal officially closed,Ross said.

Delaware and Raritan Canal inNew Brunswick is not the majorwaterway it was in the 19th

century, nor is it used for recre-ation, she said.

In New Brunswick, the canal isall but gone. Its locks have beenfilled in and the construction ofRoute 18 has left few traces,

Kallesser said. Route 18 runsalong where the canal used to be.

“The park officially ends nowat Landing Lane, but it originallyran right along the Raritan River,”she said.

Despite development and a major highway running

along the banks of the RaritanRiver, Ross believes people in New Brunswick can still get a small taste of the oldcanal if they try.

“They restored the part ofthe canal that ran from AlbanyStreet to Boyd Park, andinstalled a small bridge similarto the old swing bridges,” she said.

The Delaware and RaritanCanal State Park, established in1974, now surrounds a largepor tion of the canal, and isenjoyed by people looking foroutdoor fun, she said.

The long, uninterrupted distances and peaceful waterdraw kayakers and peoplecanoeing from all over thestate, said Bill Stage, owner and chief guide for N.J. Kayak.

“It’s a long, straight canal.Get out there on a nice springday,” Stage said. “It is protectedfrom all weather conditions.You don’t have to deal with

waves and boats. It is a goodplace to learn.”

Between groups such as D & R Canal Watch and theDelaware and Raritan StatePark, Kallesser said the canal iskept under check, preservingthe historical significance ofthe area while giving people aplace to explore and enjoy the water.

“D & R Canal Watch is tech-nically one of the largest stateparks in terms of usage,” shesaid. “People like to walk or tryto bike the whole thing.”

Kallesser said the canal,while scenic, is not perfect andhopes certain aspects of it canstill be improved.

“In terms of developing, thecanal is on the register for historic places in New Jersey,so it cannot be changed toomuch,” she said. “Right nowour biggest problem is reconstructing paths afterflooding. Maintaining the parkis a huge chore.”

“It is protected fromall weather conditions.You don’t have to dealwith waves and boats.

It is a good place to learn.”BILL STAGE

NJ Kayak Owner

The Delaware and Raritan Canal, built between 1830 and 1834, spans 44 miles across New Jersey, from New Brunswick to Bordentown. The canal used to serve asa major shipping center where products were transported. In New Brunswick, the canal is now mostly filled by Route 18 or used for fishing and boating.

SEAN MACDONALD

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France sends forces to aid Libyan rebelsTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS — Europe moved clos-er to doing in Libya what it said itwould not — directly jump intothe bid to overthrow leaderMoammar Gadhafi.

France said yesterday it hasalready sent military officers towork with Libyan rebels on theground, in addition to steppingup airstrikes. Italy and Britainhave said they are also sendingmilitary officers.

European officials portraytheir assistance as an effort to fillthe military gap with Gadhafi’sforces — and turn the tide with-out overstepping rules of theU.N.-sanctioned military opera-tion to protect civilians.

The acting foreign minister ofthe National Transitional Councilsaid the rebel movement’s politi-cal wing wants more, likeweapons for an “official army”and forces from friendly nationsif that is what it takes to topplethe Libyan leader.

“We have made no officialdemand, [but] all possibilities areopen,” Ali al-Issaoui said at anews conference.

The opposition council’s visit-ing president, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, said rebels have alreadyreceived arms “but they are notsufficient.”

President Nicolas Sarkozysaid hours earlier that Francewould step up its share of theNATO-led airstrikes aimed atknocking out Gadhafi’s militaryapparatus to protect civilians.

“We will help you,” Sarkozypromised the visiting Libyan

TORONTO — Investigators arrested a29-year-old man yesterday in the death of astudent from Beijing, who was last seen aliveon a webcam by her boyfriend in China asshe struggled with an attacker, police said.

Brian Dickson has been charged withfirst-degree murder, Toronto policespokesman Tony Vella told The AssociatedPress on Wednesday. Dickson is scheduledto appear in court Thursday morning.

Police said the body of York Universitystudent Liu Qian, 23, was found Friday in herapartment in Toronto a few hours after herboyfriend in China witnessed the attack. Shewas naked from the waist down and therewere no obvious signs of sexual assault ortrauma that would have led to her death.

Liu was chatting with her boyfriend,Meng Xianchao, by webcam at about 1 a.m.Friday when a man knocked on the door,police said.

Meng reported seeing a struggle breakout between the two before Liu’s webcamwas shut off. The friend contacted otherfriends in Toronto who in turn called police.

The victim’s father, Liu Jianhui, said hisdaughter studied at Beijing City Universitybefore moving to Canada, where she met herclassmate and boyfriend Meng Xianchao.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR MURDER

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opposition leader, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, who said he asked France“to intensify the support accordedto the Libyan revolution.”

“We will intensify the strikes,”Sarkozy responded, according toa presidential aide who was notauthorized to be publicly namedaccording to policy.

France also revealed it hasalready placed a handful of liai-son officers in the rebel strong-hold of Benghazi.

France agreed to place “asmall number of liaison officersalongside our special envoy inBenghazi,” French ForeignMinistry spokeswomanChristine Fages said Wednesdayin an online briefing.

Italy, too, announced plans tosend help — 10 military instruc-tors — although DefenseMinister Ignazio La Russa, likeFrance, ruled out sendingground troops. Britain saidTuesday it was sending up to 20military advisers to help Libya’srebel forces.

In Washington, the Obamaadministration said yesterday itplans to give the Libyan opposi-tion $25 million in non-lethalassistance — the first direct U.S.aid to the rebels — after weeksof assessing their capabilitiesand intentions.

Washington ensured that theitems, surplus American goods,cannot be converted into offen-sive military assets, officials said.

The aid would support theTransitional Council and “ourefforts to protect civilians and thecivilian populated areas that areunder threat of attack from their

own government in Libya,” U.S.Secretary of State HillaryRodham Clinton said.

The list of aid, mainly fromPentagon stocks, is still beingconstituted but now covers itemssuch as medical supplies, uni-forms, boots, tents, personal pro-tective gear, radios and Halalmeals, officials said.

French governmentspokesman Francois Baroin sug-gested that less than 10 officerswere serving in a liaison capacityin Libya and insisted the moveconforms to the U.N. resolutionauthorizing the international mili-tary campaign in Libya.

A French diplomat said theFrench officers are not combattroops and are not teachingLibyan rebels weapons skills.Instead, he said, they are workingon logistics and organizationalhelp. He would not say how longthe officers have been inBenghazi. The diplomat spoke oncondition of anonymity becauseof the sensitivity of the operation.

France — the first to declaresupport for the Libyan opposi-tion and carr y out the firstairstrikes — sent a diplomaticenvoy to Benghazi earlier this month.

La Russa said that even ifNATO has destroyed a lot ofGadhafi’s defense structure,“what remains is still superior tothe insurgents’ capabilities.”

“They still have non-insignifi-cant military capability,” La Russasaid of Gadhafi’s forces.

La Russa met with BritishDefense Secretary Liam Fox,who said many of the Libyan

rebels “have little understandingof weaponry or military tactics.”

“The best way in which we canassist them is to give them sometechnical capabilities in how toorganize themselves,” Fox said.

The British minister said thesituation was “not that differentfrom what’s happening inAfghanistan, where we’ve decid-ed that training up security forcesso that the Afghans themselvescan look after their security is thebest way forward.”

Al-Issaoui, the opposition offi-cial, spelled out what he said isthe human cost of the confronta-tion with Gadhafi’s forces: 10,000dead, 30,000 injured, with 7,000 ofthem in serious condition and20,000 youths who have disap-peared. He claimed they hadbeen kidnapped or imprisoned.

In addition, refugees have fledto neighboring Tunisia by thetens of thousands, with a surge incrossings over the past week,according to aid officials, asLibyan forces pound the west,particularly Misrata.

The Libyan people “must buyarms to assure their self-defense,”al-Issaoui said. “Airstrikes do notsuffice to protect civilians.”

Abdel-Jalil, the oppositionleader, said in an interview withFrance-24 TV that rebels receivedarms “from purchases or fromfriends,” but would not name thefriends supplying the arms.Asked if Qatar was among them,he said its role was “very limited.”

Qatar is the lone Arab countryto actively participate in airstrikes.

If the U.N. resolution open-ing the way for the international

military operation does not leadto Gadhafi’s departure, “wecould authorize the presence onLibyan territory of forces fromArab countries or friendly coun-tries,” he said.

The statement was a majordeparture from the Libyan rebels’position — to topple Gadhafi with-out outside help. But Gadhafi “isthe one who brought foreignintervention to Libya by usingthese mercenaries,” he said,referring to mercenaries fromother African nations found fight-ing with his forces.

The French governmentspokesman reiterated that Francewould “in no way and in no form”send ground troops to Libya.

Abdel-Jalil insisted that theragtag rebel force and fledglingopposition governing councilwould respect internationalnorms if they emerge victoriousin their battle with Gadhafi, whohas ruled Libya for 42 years.

“We will work to build a demo-cratic state where the chief ofstate arrives in power not on atank, but by a ballot box,” he said.“We are also committed to work-ing to fight terrorism and stopillegal immigration.”

NATO’s top military com-mander, U.S. Navy Adm. JamesStavridis, was in Prague for talkswith Foreign Minister KarelSchwarzenberg on Wednesdayand Defense Minister AlexandrVondra on Thursday. Stavridis’visit comes as NATO is seekingmilitary contributions from mem-ber states that have not participat-ed in the campaign in Libya, likethe Czech Republic.

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other mechanism — causestuition increases. It’s simplesupply and demand.Subsidies to studentsincrease the demand for aneducation, and an increasein demand raises prices, orin this case, tuition.

None of this matters,though. The organizers of

“Walk into Action” want others to take care of theirproblems. The perfect illustration of this comesfrom The Daily Targum’s account of the protest inan April 14 article, “‘Walk into Action’ draws in hun-dreds.” University President Richard L. McCormicksuggested that students travel to Trenton to lobbythe state government for more money. In responseto this, one student “suggested that the Universityprovide buses to bring students [to Trenton].”

Instead of taking the train or car-pooling, this student’s first responsewas for somebody else to pay forbuses. That somebody else, by theway, is you and me. There is, afterall, no such thing as a free bus.

At the protest, students chanted,“Education is a right, so fight, fight,

fight.” I love a good rhyme as much as the nextguy, but education is not a right. If it were, theneveryone would be entitled to it. A student whogoofed off and failed out of high school does nothave the right to go to college, and if he did, thenit would be an affront to every high school studentwho did their homework and studied for theirtests. Calling education a right is also an affront toour real rights, like our right to assemble andchant asinine slogans.

I get it. It’s hard out there for young people freshout of college. The job market stinks, and it’s no funowing tens of thousands in debt. But college kids —aside from those snotty Ivies — have always beenrelatively poor. Do you think you have it bad? Try toimagine what it was like to attend the Universityduring the Great Depression when one in four peo-ple were out of a job. During the Depression, thestudents were interested in learning how to be pro-ductive members of society so they could providefor themselves. Today, students are interested inlearning to be political activists, so they can lobbyfor more money for their special causes.Sometimes, their causes are worthy of the moneybestowed on them, but most of the time the causesare patently narcissistic and worthless. Guesswhich “Walk into Action” is.

Noah Glyn is a School of Arts and Sciences juniormajoring in economics and history. His column,“Irreconcilable Differences,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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“Spontaneity is always good.”Waseem Wain, a Rutgers College alumnus, on “Bus Stop for Dance”

STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

M att Cordeiro made quite a name for himself as one of the mostoutspoken members of the University’s student body. He cur-rently serves as the vice president of the Rutgers University

Student Assembly (RUSA). Perhaps his biggest claim to fame recently ishis part in organizing the “Walk into Action,” in which hundreds of stu-dents rallied in support of lower tuition and marched into UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormick’s office. He’s also the University chap-ter organizer of New Jersey United Students (NJUS). Throughout hisUniversity career, Cordeiro has been involved in a slew of other forward-thinking campaigns, including a recent press conference on later voterregistration in New Jersey held on the steps of Brower Commons on theCollege Avenue campus, among others. It’s clear from Cordeiro’s con-duct and the level to which he immersed himself in the University com-munity that he really does care about making our school the best it canbe. As a representative of Rutgers United — and as the same party’s pres-idential candidate in the RUSA elections — Cordeiro has done a fine jobof proving his ticket’s worth. His actions are enough to convince us thatRutgers United is the party to vote for in this election.

Of course, Cordeiro isn’t the only high point of the Rutgers United tick-et — he’s only the most publicly recognizable figure. The Rutgers UnitedCoalition as a whole has been involved in numerous campaigns around cam-pus. It worked with Take Back the Tap and the Campaign to Save HigherEducation. Members also put together a teach-in last semester regardingthe state of the University’s budget. All things considered, this is a party thatdoes not merely talk the talk — it also walks the proverbial walk.

Also, let’s not forget that Ross Kleiman, the Scarlet Knight Partyticket’s candidate for president, was disqualified from last year’s RUSAelection for soliciting votes in his dorm on Election Day. This is one ofthe three rules that RUSA candidates simply cannot break, and hebroke it. What does that say about a potential RUSA president, that hedisregards the rules of an election? We don’t mean to be mudslinging— we merely mean to bring to light a bit of questionable activity.

All in all, we here at The Daily Targum urge to students to voteRutgers United. The members of that ticket have proven themselves tobe caring, active members of the student body, working to better theUniversity for all.

Vote Rutgers Unitedticket for RUSA

W ith one email, University President Richard L. McCormickput a swift end to the longstanding tradition of Rutgersfest,every student’s favorite day of raucous debauchery. Of

course, people are not letting it go without a fight. In many ways, that’scompletely understandable. Why should we have to give up our tradi-tion because rowdy outsiders ruined it? This is a shortsighted view ofthe problem. Like it or not, the media has not been very kind to theUniversity in the past year. In some cases, we brought it upon our-selves. In others, small situations were blown out of proportion.Regardless of the reasons and whether they were warranted, theUniversity has to get to the hard work of cleaning up its reputation.The canceling of Rutgersfest is the first step in doing just that.

We are not in any way trying to say that what happened on the day ofRutgersfest was the Rutgers University Programming Association’s (RUPA)fault, nor are we calling for the dissolution of the organization. Rather, whatwe are saying is that, given the danger that accompanied this year’sRutgersfest, the decision to cancel it was the best decision possible. It sendsa message to the world that the University is not merely a conglomerate ofvapid party animals. Canceling Rutgersfest is our school’s way of saying thatwe recognize there are repercussions for everybody’s actions — regardlessof whether they were students — and that we will work to repair the damagewe have done. From here on out, the University can work on proving to theworld that it is, in fact, a respectable institution of higher learning.

Following the cancellation of Rutgersfest, a slew of unofficial eventpages appeared on Facebook. These pages are attempting to create anunofficial day of mass partying. By doing so, the people involved areessentially proving to the rest of the world that our University is notresponsible and that it emphasizes drunken antics over safety andsecurity. These pages are not a show of the student population’sindomitable spirit — they are merely expressions of absolute thought-lessness. If these events actually were to take place, chances are theywould be even worse than the real Rutgersfest, as New Brunswick andthe University would not be anywhere near as prepared for the crowds.

But all hope is not lost for Rutgersfest. This may not be the end ofthe event forever. In fact, canceling it gives both RUPA and the admin-istration the time to carefully plan an alternative to Rutgersfest — onethat, we hope, will not end up drawing the kinds of crowds who bringsuch disaster with them.

Ending Rutgersfesthas positive aspects

I have a confession. Ican’t stand babyboomers. More specifi-

cally, I can’t stand self-right-eous baby boomers whospend all their waking hourscomplaining about kidsthese days. I’m sure you’veheard it before: “You’re lazy!You don’t care about any-thing other than yourself,” etc. When it comes tobaby-boomer bashing, I take a backseat to no one.

Sometimes, though, I have to admit, they havevalid points.

Take last week’s “Walk into Action” rally on April13, when University students protested budget cutsand rising tuition.

Say what you will about the baby boomers, but atleast they protested issues that were larger than them.They sat-in to fight the Vietnam War,marched for civil rights, championedfeminism and lobbied for environ-mental protections.

Students last week weathered theelements to participate in the “Walkinto Action” rally, because they sin-cerely believe that other peopleshould pay for their schooling. The main thrust oftheir protest was that tuition is rising, the state hasfailed to provide adequate funding, and the solutionis for other people — taxpayers — to pay more.

Sure, there still are students who fight for tran-scendent issues. For example, I saw people on College Avenue protesting the war inAfghanistan — five people. Tent State is gearingup for another round of festivities. Does anyoneremember what they are protesting? Budget cuts?War in Iraq? Who cares? The important thing isthey get to sleep in tents.

Don’t get me wrong — there is nothing wrongwith being selfish. When you go to a restaurant withfriends, you probably are secretly hoping — or inmy case, not so secretly — that one of your friendswill feel generous enough to cover your meal, so itis only natural to hope that someone else will coverthe full costs of your education.

The problem is, much like the aforementionedrestaurant, there is no such thing as a free lunch.Someone has to pay the professors and someone has tocover the bill for my sandwich. You cannot defer pay-ment forever. Otherwise, professors would stop teach-ing and those guys at the Grease Trucks would stopconcocting their intricate recipes for fat sandwiches.

The more serious problem with the “Walk intoAction” protest is that they are actually contribut-ing to higher tuition costs. It doesn’t take an eco-nomics degree to understand that subsidizing stu-dents — through Pell grants, easy credit or any

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“College kids ... have always beenrelatively poor.”

IrreconcilableDifferences

NOAH GLYN

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W hile voting in RutgersUniversity StudentAssembly (RUSA)

elections, we should rememberthat these elections actually dohave consequences. Last year, weelected to nearly every RUSA seata surrogate of the political machineRutgers United. What did we get?

We got a student governmentwithout a single major

Remember, elections produce consequencesERIC KAPLANLetter

U niversity PresidentRichard L. McCormicksent a campus-wide

email on Tuesday which effec-tively killed a 30-year tradition.

What was supposed to be a dayof free concerts, games and enter-tainment meant for the Universitycommunity was twisted into anevent that the entire public partici-pated in. Rutgersfest has been a rit-ual for students to socialize, enjoymusic and let loose every springbefore final exams. If this has beenthe tradition for so long — sincethe 1980s — how come Rutgersfest2011 become so controversial? Theanswer: Members outside theUniversity community took thisyear’s Rutgersfest hostage.

Violence broke out late Fridaynight, which resulted in publicdisturbance, violence, arrestsand even gunshots. It is notewor-thy to mention that the gunfire

Do not let outsiders ruin our school’s events GOLDA SPEYERLetter

T he undergraduate popu-lation at the Universityreceived devastating

news Tuesday from PresidentRichard L. McCormick announc-ing that because of securityissues, Rutgersfest, a Universitytradition, will be cancelled indefi-nitely. This spurred Universitystudents to immediately postprotest statuses and createFacebook pages like “Ragefest2012” and “Save Rutgersfest,”where thousands of students areplanning to party the same waybut without the concert portion.

While I think McCormick isright to be concerned for our stu-dents’ safety, I think there is away to maintain this tradition andkeep our students safe.

Pose solutions to save University’s traditionJORGE CASALINSLetter

I am not going to waste spacerecounting what a goodfriend Matt Cordeiro has

been over the years, even if I dohave enough circumstantial evi-dence to last a lifetime. Matt hasalways been someone I couldcount on to lend an ear to listen, ahand to help and, from time totime, a couch to sleep on. But wedo not elect our leaders based onwhat they do for the people theyare close to. We elect them basedupon what they will do for us asvoters. As a friend, Matt hasproven himself worthy of my sup-port, but more importantly, as vicepresident of RUSA, he has shown

Choose party that serves students’ interestsJOHN CONNELLYLetter

accomplishment to its name. Theaccomplishments we did getwere the result of spending stu-dent-fee money, not lobbying andpersuading the Universityadministration. Rather thanbuilding on the success of lastyear’s “What’s on Your MindMonth,” Rutgers United shrankthe program to a week and col-lected perfunctory dataon student grievances, which didnot produce systemic responseslike in previous years.

Rather than using student-fee money to enrich campuslife, RUSA voted to give yourstudent-fee money to the UnitedStates Student Association, anational association that wouldhave absolutely no benefit toUniversity students. RutgersUnited also used RUSA to spendstudent fee money to fund TentState University — the tentsthat are currently litteringVoorhees Mall on the CollegeAvenue campus.

Instead of organizing studentsto effectively lobby Trenton formore state funding, members ofRutgers United worked with staffunions to organize a protest onthe University campus, and statelegislators took little notice.

Rutgers United has focusedalmost entirely on its own limit-ed set of interests. When Ibrought a concern to RUSA,one of the Rutgers United lead-ers referred me to theUniversity administration.

Members of RutgersUnited made it very clear thatthey were not interested in hear-ing my concerns. Rutgers Unitedshould probably be renamed“Rutgers Divided.”

Make sure to vote in the RUSAelections this year, and be sureto not vote for Rutgers United.

Eric Kaplan is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring inpolitical science with a minor ingeneral history.

himself worthy of the support ofevery student at the University. Iam proud to run on Cordeiro’s tick-et not because of the conversationshe and I have shared, but becausethe shared vision Rutgers Unitedhas for the future of this University.

I cannot put it more simplythan this: Matt Cordeiro is one ofthe most committed student lead-ers I have had the pleasure ofworking with. As a member ofNew Jersey United Students, Ihave been able to help Matt andother Rutgers United candidatesshape the fledgling institutioninto a growing political force forthe rights of New Jersey’s stu-dents. As an ally of the RutgersStudent Union, we have workedtogether to organize on students’

behalf throughout the University.This work has included headingthe “Walk into Action,” the largestof a slew of student actions onApril 13 on the East Coast. As astudent here at the University andan avid reader of The DailyTargum, I have also frequentlyhad the pleasure of learningabout the things that Cordeiroand his allies at RUSA haveaccomplished without my cooper-ation. Rutgers United has led thecharge on issues including voterregistration, college affordabilityand the state of free speech oncampus. Cordeiro and his allies atRUSA have won battles for stu-dents ranging from the installa-tion of water-fill stations at theWerblin Recreation Center to

helping renters become aware ofrights as tenants.

Now, Cordeiro and RUSALegislative Affairs Chair Donggu“Jack” Yoon have organized themost progressive, dedicated anddiverse RUSA ticket in history.Members of Rutgers Unitedcome from all walks of life and allcorners of the globe. We are usedto advocating on issues from EOFfunding to water-bottle use oncampus. And, once elected, wewill work hard to serve all of theUniversity as a united entity dedi-cated to the interests of students.

This is why I ask you for yourvote today. Not because I amfriends with the people on thisticket — although I considermyself blessed to be able to say

that I am. Rather, it is because Iknow that we are ready, willingand able to fight on your behalf asstudents. Cordeiro, our vice-pres-idential candidate ThomasNicholas, our treasurer candidateMariam Al-Qudah and the rest ofus have proven time and againthat we have the experience tolead, the knowledge to listen andthe courage to act. Please help usin our efforts to make RUSA astronger voice for students bothat the University, and throughoutthe state. Go to ruassembly.comtoday and make your voice heard.

John Connelly is a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore majoringin history/political science with aminor in American studies.

First, let us see why we wantto save Rutgersfest, since thereare those who say it’s not worthhaving. Rutgersfest originated asa celebration marking the end ofthe semester for all and for some,the end of their undergraduatecareer. The Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association(RUPA) brings artists that manyin the University would like to seebut maybe cannot afford to payfor one, thus providing a greatservice to the student population.Finally, just like Rutgers Day, it isa day in which we celebrate beingScarlet Knights and our impres-sive school spirit.

With all of these great reasonsto have Rutgersfest, let us nowexamine what brought aboutMcCormick’s decision to cancel it.Following the concert, there weremany fights and a few shootings

on campus, which are obviously athreat to our campus, but as manybefore me have noted: NoUniversity student was involved.

So there are two main con-cerns: security and non-University af filiates attendingour festival. We must addressthese two concerns so thatRutgersfest happens again. Hereis what I think is a feasible, safeand fun solution to preserve thisannual tradition.

Let’s have Rutgersfest at theUniversity’s football stadium tosolve the issues of outsiders andsecurity. If we follow the systemthat we use for the football gameswhere IDs are checked at theentrance and tickets are given ona first-come, first-serve basis, wecan filter those who come in with-out excluding friends ofUniversity students. Each student

should be allowed something liketwo guests for which they areresponsible. Since the field isenclosed and there are assignedentrance gates, we can have secu-rity checks with metal detectors and/or wands to checkpeople and avoid the entrance ofany weapons.

I know you’re thinking, “Well,the problems happened at theparties after Rutgersfest.” I agree.That is why I also suggest wehave the concert conclude late atnight so that the event isn’t overuntil around midnight. Why?Because I’m sure there will beafter-parties, but the exclusion ofnon-University affiliated peoplewould drastically decrease theamount of people who show uparound here that night. The lateending of the concert would sure-ly decrease the amount of activity

on campus or at least the amountof time, since most people wouldleave shortly after the concert.This also provides an opportunityfor raising revenue, since our ownschool’s vendors can set up insideRutgers Stadium and sell food,apparel and whatever else theUniversity desires.

I am serious about preservingthis tradition. Any concerns youhave would be gladly appreciated,since I can then address themand incorporate them in the solu-tion. That way, when this is allpresented to McCormick, thereare no flaws, and he finds oursolution convincing enough tosave Rutgersfest.

Jorge Casalins is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in political science witha minor in philosophy.

did not involve any members ofthe University community. Theadministration’s knee-jerk reac-tion to pull the plug on the tradi-tion is not the solution.

In today’s highly litigioussocial environment, it is typical topoint fingers and try to blame theuniversities for things that happenin and around their campus. Thisdates back in recent times to theTexas A&M University Bonfire.

The Texas A&M students —Aggies — would build and burn abonfire on campus every fall semes-ter which symbolized the “burningdesire to beat the hell outta TU,” orthe Univeristy of Texas at Austin,during the end of the football sea-son. The bonfire remained a thriv-ing tradition at Texas A&M until1999, when a collapse during con-struction tragically killed 12 peopleand injured 27 others — all of whichwere students and alumni.

Lawsuits against Texas A&Mand its president erupted and ulti-mately were settled for an amount

in excess of $6 million. Thistragedy and landmark case hasresonated throughout the admin-istration of universities in theUnited States ever since.

Perhaps the larger questionbecomes, “Should universities beinvolved in social programs aspart of their obligation to developthe well-rounded lives of their stu-dents, or should all these eventsbe disassociated with the universi-ties to avoid potential litigation?”

I believe the Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association (RUPA)is not to blame for this situation. Infact, RUPA has worked extensivelyin order to put together these funand beloved annual daylong eventssafely. We cannot let non-University troublemakers highjacka tradition. McCormick shouldconsider an alternative way of pro-viding a safer campus while stillcarrying out the tradition. The firststep is trying to figure out whatreally happened and why so manynon-University students attended

the event and the off-campus socialscene, which is what really causedthe violence and upset.

Using social media websites topost about Rutgersfest advertisesto a wide-range of students, as wellas non-students. Non-studentswho read about Rutgersfest onsocial websites learn all about theevent and decide to attend. This isa fact of life across the board for allevents. Are we going to cancelthem all or learn to deal with it?

This year’s Rutgersfest was ear-lier than ever. What normally is anevent that happens right beforefinals week occurred several weeksbefore the end of the school year.As a matter of fact, it occurred on aday where most high schools had ahalf-day going into Spring Break,including the New BrunswickPublic School District. Because ofthis, high school students had thechance to attend.

Perhaps the University caninstall alternative methods to pre-vent violence in the future. One

way of deterring unaffiliated peo-ple from “crashing” the event ishaving Rutgersfest on a Thursdayinstead of a Friday. This will pre-vent many outsiders from attend-ing because of work or school thenext day. It would certainly makea difference if the event were heldon a day when local high schoolsdo not have partial days or theentire week off immediately fol-lowing Rutgersfest.

Increased security at the actualconcert can also prevent violence.Students should pre-register andacquire tickets. This would makeit so that non-students cannotphysically attend the concert.

Rutgersfest can continue to bean integral part of campus life if itevolves with the times and is han-dled responsibly by theUniversity going forward.

Golda Speyer is School of Artsand Sciences junior majoring inpolitical science and planning andpublic policy.

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players as if they were highschool seniors, allowing all thosewho planned on playing else-where the following season toenter the recruiting field.

Though by that time it was latein the recruiting process, Corsi’sconnections got the attention oflocal N.J. schools, namely Rutgersand head coach Fred Hill.

“I talked to my old coaches inhigh school, my old AAU coaches,anyone that I thought would have aconnection to other coaches,”Corsi said. “They got on the phonewith some local schools andRutgers was one of them. Soonenough, it turned out they werelooking for another arm and I kindof wanted to be closer to home.”

The N.J. native joined Hill’spitching staff in the offseasonlooking for a clean slate after a for-gettable year at Duquesne in hisrookie college baseball season.

Corsi went 1-4 with a 5.76 ERAin seven starts for the Dukes, ateam that finished 16-40 with justfour wins on the road.

Essentially joining the ScarletKnights as a castaway, it was ini-tially unclear how Corsi would fitinto the staff.

But after an offseason of learn-ing the tricks of the trade of reliefpitching from sophomore starterRob Smorol and pitching coachBobby Brownlie, Corsi is now anirreplaceable component of theKnights staff.

“I was expecting him tocome in as a middle relief guyor situational lefty,” said thelefthanded Smorol, whopitched out of the bullpen lastyear for the Knights. “He hasreally turned out to be our

RELIEVER: NJ coaches

point Corsi toward Hill, Rutgers

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main guy in the bullpen andbasically just about our bestpitcher right now.”

The numbers don’t lie. In 15 appearances, Corsi owns

a 2.41 ERA and leads the bullpenin strikeouts (16) and inningspitched (18 2/3).

Time after time, Hill relied onCorsi’s left arm to shut the door onopposing bats, and the Oceanport,N.J., native always exudes excite-ment when on the mound.

“He is a very competitive per-son,” Hill said. “He has been agreat addition to the pitchingstaff and to our team. He has a lotof energy and has been strong forus all season [and] has onlyimproved his performance witheach outing.”

But that excitement is notsomething that Corsi learnedafter Duquesne disbanded — it issimply a part of his game.

“I don’t know if I do it on pur-pose. I guess it’s just one of thosethings where I have so much funbeing out there and that’s what Ilove to do,” Corsi said. “I thinkwe should all be who we are andhave a good time, and that’s kindof how I go into it every day.”

With a recent injury to sopho-more closer Jerry Elsing, Hilladmitted that Corsi is expected toassume the team’s closing rolefor the second half of the season.

But based on his year of accli-mation to a new setting and a newrole, it is only fitting that Corsi fillsout today’s game roster againstBig East foe Pittsburgh in yetanother new role.

“I think his mentality is perfectfor it,” said Smorol, who garneredBig East honors earlier this week. “Ithink that’s what he’s built for thatkind of role. He’s been handling itvery well, and he’s going to continueto handle it very well, and he’s goingto step in there and be huge for uscome Big East playoff time.”

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coach Laura Brand. “Our goal isstill to make the Big EastTournament, so we need to winthis game on Saturday to stay ontrack with that goal. The story isnot who it is that we’re playing, it’sthat we’re focusing on that goal.”

The Knights’ goal is to stick totheir gameplan and not adjust totheir opponent — even if thatopponent only lost one game.

Rutgers has not been able toput that gameplan together for all60 minutes in Big East play yet,as it lost three conference gamesand won two in the final minutes.

“We fed into the otherteam’s strengths rather thanforcing them to adjust to us,”Brand said. “We’ve been doingthat in spurts.”

Rutgers can turn around thatinconsistent style of play in itsfinal three games of the regularseason, starting against Loyola(12-1, 4-1).

But it did not take a loss forthe Knights to know theGreyhounds are beatable. Loyolawins close games, including a 14-12 win over Louisville and a 13-10triumph over Notre Dame.

“There have certainly been alot of opportunities for teams toupset them, but they’ve come outof the few really close games byjust having a surge at the end,”Brand said. “We need to justfocus on the fact that on paperand on film, we can definitelycompete with this team.”

If anything, Rutgers can beatLoyola by making it a defensivegame. Loyola and Rutgers lead

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Sophomore netminder Lily Kalata started all 13 games for the Scarlet Knights this season andleads the Big East with an 8.37 goals against average, ahead of Loyola’s Kerry Stoothoff.

the Big East in goals allowedper game.

“They do have the No. 1defense [in the Big East], butfrom the film I’ve watched they’redefinitely beatable,” Brand said.“But they’re physical, they havegood athletes and they’re notafraid to take chances.”

Goalie Kerry Stoothoff is oneof the leaders of the Loyoladefense. The junior ranks sec-ond in the Big East with 8.51goals allowed per game, whichis second only to Rutgers goalieLily Kalata.

“Their goalie is very talented,”Brand said. “She has a lot ofcaused turnovers, and she canintercept passes.”

The Greyhounds have yet toface a defense as highly rankedas the Knights’, and the Knightsare confident they can preventLoyola goals.

“As far as I know, we have thebest defense in the Big East,”said senior midfielder ShawnLopez. “They just have a reallygood notion of how you playdefense. Half of our defenderscame in as midfielders, so they’reall extremely athletic and they’vebeen able to hone their skills.”

Rutgers looks to make up forthe 18-6 beating it suffered lastseason at Loyola’s hands.

“The biggest thing for us isgetting revenge on them forour game against them lastyear,” Lopez said. “They prettymuch embarrassed us, and this is our opportunity to getsome vengeance.”

Most importantly, Loyola isjust one of the teams ahead ofRutgers in the Big East stand-ings. Last year aside, the Knightsjust look to put another one in theGreyhounds’ loss column.

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Larry Ellis Invite offers opportunity for late qualifiersBY LIZ SWERN

STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s trackand field team returns toaction this weekend at theLarr y Ellis Invitational inPrinceton, N.J.

The annual meet, held atPrinceton’s Weaver Track andField Stadium, begins tomorrow

afternoonw i t hcompe-t i t i o ncontinu-i n gthrough

Saturday.“Larr y Ellis is usually a

pretty solid meet,” said seniorsprinter Aaron Younger. “Themarks are usually very good.”

The Franklinville, N.J.,native looks to the meet as hisfirst time competing duringthe outdoor season. Youngerinjured his groin in March andheld of f from competing untilthis weekend. He plans to runthe 400-meter intermediatehurdles as well as a leg in the4x400-meter relay.

The qualifying times carryover from the indoor to out-door seasons for both the BigEast and IC4A Championships.Regardless of his absence dur-ing the outdoor season,Younger is still tied for first inthe Big East in the 400-meterdash with a time of 47.50 froma February indoor meet.

“I feel really good, so I’m pret-ty excited,” Younger said.“Hopefully the weather will hold

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Sprinter Aaron Younger already qualified for the Big East Championships outdoors from hisleague-best time in the 400-meter dash at 47.50 seconds in a February meet indoors.

out long enough to where I canfinally get around the track.”

The Scarlet Knights battledagainst rough weather conditionsin the previous weeks of competi-tion this season.

Last weekend’s home meet atthe Metropolitan OutdoorChampionships was no different.After a full day of rain Saturday,the Knights hope for fair weatherthis weekend at Princeton.

Fellow 4x400-meter relayteammate, freshman CoreyCaidenhead, looks forward tohaving Younger back on the relay.

“I think the chemistry wehave together makes it very

exciting,” Caidenhead said.“We all push each other to ourlimits, and we know at the endof the day, we want to accom-plish the same goals.”

Also on the Knights’ mindsis next month’s upcomingchampionship meets. The BigEast Championships are thefirst weekend in May atVillanova, with the IC4AChampionships — also held at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium — following two weeks after.

The Larry Ellis Invitationalof fers the team another oppor-tunity to qualify for the cham-pionship meets. While some ofthe Knights already qualifiedwith times and marks achievedearlier in the season, they stilllook to improve.

“I qualified already,”Caidenhead said. “Now I justwant to run 46-something [sec-onds], so I can be top of the listfor Big East performance.”

Caidenhead ran 48.78 secondsin the 400-meter dash at theRutgers Invitational two weeksago to secure his place at the BigEast Championships. TheBergenfield, N.J., native ranks21st in the conference.

The Knights’ 4x400-meterrelay team ranks first in the BigEast and looks to the competitionat this weekend’s meet toimprove its time even more.

“We’re going to run againstPrinceton’s 4x400,” Caidenheadsaid. “We want to run a fasttime, so we can post a bettertime and be ready for theupcoming meets.”

Waters-Ballard said. “The game isjust so mental.”

Overall, she was pleased tosee the way the girls pulledtogether and stayed focused onthe biggest stage of the year,and three of her girlsalso placed in the Top 25.

Sophomore BrittanyWeddell led the ScarletKnights and tied forninth with a score of 232.

Junior Lizzy Carl,who ended up tied for14th with a 235, andsenior captain JeanneWaters, who finished23rd with a 240, fol-lowed up Weddell.

Finishing the scorecard for theKnights were sophomore KarenCash, who finished tied for 33rdwith a 251, and junior Elisa Mateer,who ended up 39th with a 280.

One thing they could not complain about was theplaying conditions.

“Conditions were great,”Waters-Ballard said. “It wassunny, warm, a little breezy,

dry — great for golf.”Looking back on

the spring season,Waters-Ballard calledit an overall success.

“Everybody reallypulled together andearned spots after welost a few players inthe fall,” she said.

A pleasant sur-prise was the fact thatthe scores in thespring were as good

as — if not better than — thosein the fall, Waters-Ballard said.

Usually the long winter lay-of f and the cold, unfavorableconditions for practice and

play cause a drop in the springscores, but it was not the case for the women’s team, she said.

Now that the spring seasonis over, Waters-Ballard turns tothe approaching fall season,where she faces one glaringissue: the loss of Waters.

“Losing Jeanne will be a bighit,” Waters-Ballard said. “Sheis a contributor on and of f the course.”

But she also has a recruitcoming in to try to help fill the gaps.

“I have been able to recruitone girl from California to tryand help fill Jeanne’s shoes,but those are big shoes to fill,”she said.

Waters-Ballard hopes bothreturning golfers and newrecruits will further improve onthis season’s promising results.

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Word on the Street

F ormer Rutgers foot-ball left tackleAnthony Davis con-

firmed on his Twitter that heplans to sign autographs onRutgers Day prior to theScarlet-White Game.

Davis is one of many formerScarlet Knights in the NFL whoconfirmed they would make anApril 30 appearance.

The San Francisco 49ersselected the offensive tackle11th overall in 2010.

Davis earned First-TeamAll-Big East and Second-TeamAll-America honors in 2009 forhis junior season.

Davis started all 12 of hisappearances during his rookieseason in the NFL.

PRINCETON NAMEDMitch Henderson its headmen’s basketball coach.

Henderson started in allfour of his years at point guardfor the Tigers, appearing inthree NCAA Tournaments inthe process.

Henderson was previouslyan assistant coach atNorthwestern, which finished20-13 last year and nearly madeits first NCAA Tournament.

The coach replaces former teammate SydneyJohnson, who led the Tigersto an Ivy League title last sea-son and came within secondsof beating Kentucky in theNCAA Tournament.

Johnson accepted a headcoaching position at Fairfield.

KENTUCKY MEN’Sbasketball players TerrenceJones, Brandon Knight andDeAndre Liggins declaredfor the NBA Draft.

Wildcats freshman DoronLamb announced a day earlierthat he will stay for his sopho-more season.

The 6-foot-8 Jones earnedSoutheastern ConferenceFreshman of the Year andNewcomer of the Year honors.

Knight finished fourth inthe SEC in points and fourth inassists per game.

BY JOEY GREGORYCONTRIBUTING WRITER

The hard numbers might nothave been there for the Rutgerswomen’s golf team at the Big EastChampionship, but head coach

M a u r aWaters-Ballardk n o w st h en u m -

bers do not tell the whole story.Waters-Ballard was happy

with the way her team played inPalm Harbor, Fla., where it fin-ished in sixth place with a com-bined total of 958.

Early on the team played well,shooting above its season aver-age. But as the tournament wenton, the scores fell slightly.

“I think the girls put a little toomuch pressure on themselves,”

BRITTANYWEDDELL

WOMEN’S GOLF

RUTGERS 958SIXTH PLACE

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Senior Jeanne Waters rounded out the Rutgers women’s golf team group of Top 25 finishers with a score of 240, which wasgood for 23rd place at the Big East Championships. Head coach Maura Waters-Ballard hopes recruits can fill Waters’ void.

Sophomore leads Rutgers trio in Top 25

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Senior returns to spot of first start in spring practiceBY TYLER BARTO

ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Unlike other members of theRutgers football team making thetransition to other positions, sen-

i o rDesmond

Stapleton has experience at hisnew destination.

Stapleton started 13 games lastseason for the Scarlet Knights atleft tackle, but moved to the rightthis spring after head coach GregSchiano opted to insert sopho-more Andre Civil to protect quar-terback Chas Dodd’s blindside.

“It’s all right. I’m getting thefootwork back and getting usedto the footwork,” Stapleton said ofright tackle. “[I’m] just gettingback into the whole body posi-tioning, hitting my targets andeverything. It’s not that much dif-ferent from the left side. You justhave to get used to it.”

Stapleton earned his only startat right tackle against Army in2009, when Schiano suspendednow-San Francisco 49er AnthonyDavis for the first quarter whileKevin Haslam stepped in on theleft side.

The offensive line’s startingsituation remains even cloudiertwo years later. Schiano jugglednine players on the unit’s startingfive, and the picture becamemore complicated with penciled-in starter Desmond Wynn’s kneeinjury a week ago.

“We’re not sold on anything,”Schiano said. “If the best thing isfor Stapleton to play left tackle,we know what he can do. Heplayed 13 games at left tackle. So

at the end of spring football, welook at everything and try to ourbest ability to find out who thebest five will be.”

Freshman Betim Bujariearned first-team repetitions atleft guard in Wynn’s absenceafter playing largely on the rightside during the spring, while sen-ior Caleb Ruch took snaps at cen-ter despite lining up at guardthroughout his career.

Sophomore David Osei, whosplit reps with junior-collegetransfer Dallas Hendrickson atcenter, even moved out to tackleduring Tuesday’s practice.

“Improvement,” Stapleton saidof his prognosis of the unit. “Wesaw Betim step up at left guard.He’s doing pretty good. He’s get-ting back from moving from rightguard to left guard. Caleb’s beenplaying guard his whole careerhere, so he’s stepping up toreplace Wynn and doing a goodjob there.”

The plethora of moves alongthe line occurred during theKnights’ first practice after theirSaturday scrimmage, in whichthe starting five received mixedreviews from offensive line coachKyle Flood.

Flood said he liked some ofthe things he saw from the group,according to Stapleton, but itneeded to be more consistent inlengthening drives and gains.

Led by Stapleton, the linepaved running room for fresh-man Jawan Jamison, who totaled62 yards on 15 carries, and soph-omore Jeremy Deering reeledoff a long touchdown run late inthe scrimmage.

JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior offensive lineman Desmond Stapleton started every game at left tackle last season for theKnights but spent the entire spring practice schedule at right tackle thus far.

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“That’s encouraging, but weneed to be more consistent,”Stapleton said. “One run is notgood enough. We want to startgetting more chunks out of therunning game. Hopefully, we can

be consistent with our runninggame. We’ll gain four or five orseven and all that. You know howthat goes.”

Whether he lines up on the leftor right, Stapleton carries the

burden of an offensive line thatranked last in Division I last sea-son in sacks allowed and is eagerto disprove the corps’ detractors.

But who he lines up next toremains a mystery.

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BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After taking a look at David Rowe’srésumé, the senior’s move to safety duringthe Rutgers football team’s offseason justmade sense.

The converted cornerback has themost experience of any Scarlet Knightsdefender with 38 career games played,and head coach Greg Schiano’s defenseneeded a cerebral last line of defense.

But to get a closer glimpse at Rowe as aplayer, it might behoove you to check thehardwood, where Rowe and fellow safetyDuron Harmon regularly trade barbs.

“Me and David, we’re basketballrivals,” Harmon said. “We always go outthere, and we’re always on differentteams, and we’re always guarding eachother. It’s a fun relationship because meand him are real tight. Outside of theHale [Center], we’re close. And whenwe’re in the Hale, we’re close. We justwant to do whatever we have to do tomake this a great defense.”

Rowe initially made noise as a sopho-more, when he earned a starting roleearly in the season and registered a pairof interceptions — one of which hereturned for a 57-yard touchdown.

But after Schiano’s defensive unitstruggled down the stretch last year, the11th-year head coach decided to rebuildhis defense around speed, whichprompted Rowe’s transition to the backend of the secondary.

More than halfway through spring prac-tice, the prognosis on Rowe’s positionchange received rave reviews from Schiano.

“I think it’s very clear David’s playingvery well,” Schiano said. “I think Duron’splaying pretty well, also. I’ve beenpleased with Wayne Warren in playing inthe subpackage underneath. He’s done anice job. So we’ll see. Hopefully we canget a little depth out of it.”

After a closer look, Rowe’s move tosafety does not seem so drastic. The sen-ior played six positions during his four-year career at Cocoa High School (Fla.),and lined up as the nickel cornerback as atrue freshman at Rutgers before slidingout to the sideline.

And while commanding the back endof the defense likely requires him toplay near the line of scrimmage, theproposition does not affect the mild-mannered Rowe.

JEFFREY LAZARO / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior safety David Rowe intercepted two passes — both as a sophomore— and recorded three sacks in his three seasons at cornerback.

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

If things remain the same, BrandonJones and Logan Ryan will start in thesecondary for the Rutgers football teamwhen the season begins.

More than halfway through springpractices, they are the Scarlet Knights’top two cornerbacks.

But more importantly for the juniorand sophomore, that is how it always wassince the time they were 7 years old.

“Me and Brandon played on the samemidget league team,” Ryan said. “My dadwas the defensive coordinator and wetalk about it to this day: We went a wholeseason without being scored on. No teamscored a point on us. So me and Brandonplayed corner and safety together sincewe were probably 7 years old.”

The pair split up in high school, whenJones went to Winslow Township andRyan attended Eastern.

They ran into each other when theSouth Jersey schools met. Jones playedwide receiver and Ryan lined up undercenter, but both remained on defense,as well.

Jones never intercepted the youngerRyan, but claims he broke up some passes.

Now they are the Knights’ first-teamcornerbacks, and their relationship car-ries over from the Jersey Pines Wildcats’field to Rutgers Stadium.

“Since he got here, we’re like broth-ers,” Jones said. “I’m looking on theother side to communicate with him, andhe already knows what it is. We have areally tight bond with each other and itdoes help knowing each other sincewe’re young.”

It also helps that both are experi-enced cornerbacks.

Jones is entering his fourth seasonin Piscataway, while Ryan is here forhis third.

Fifth-year senior Mason Robinson isearning first-team repetitions but is inhis first spring at cornerback. JuniorMarcus Cooper moved to defense justa year ago.

“For the younger and the guys whojust switched over, it’s going to taketime,” Jones said. “They’re great ath-letes, but you have to learn defense. Meand Log have been doing it for a couple

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Junior cornerback Brandon Jones intercepted South Florida’s BJ Daniels asa redshirt freshman and also recovered two fumbles in his career.

SAME FACES,DIFFERENT PLACES

BRANDONJONES

DAVIDROWE

Position: CBHeight: 6”1”Weight: 187 lbs.

Position: FSHeight: 6’0”Weight: 196 lbs.

years to the point where we have a betterunderstanding of it. Things come quickerthan they do for some of the other guyswho just started.”

The pair never got to play togetherin Piscataway.

When Ryan redshir ted, Jonesbacked up Pro Bowler DevinMcCour ty and now-safety DavidRowe. They split time last season asthe Knights’ nickel back.

Since the beginning of the spring,Jones worked with the first team andearned head coach Greg Schiano’s praise.

“I was never waiting my turn,” Jonessaid of his first three seasons. “I alwaysgave it everything I got, but I came upshort a couple of times. I just feel likenow I have a better opportunity to step inand give something to the team.”

In a combined 34 appearances — with23 from Jones — the pair netted 28 tack-les. Jones also accounted for an intercep-tion and two fumble recoveries.

But he never secured a regular role inhis first two years, and he sat behindRyan and Cooper at times last season.

Now, he is making a serious claim tostart in September for the Knights.

“I think Brandon is just playing moreconsistent,” Ryan said. “He has a wholelot of talent — now he’s just limiting hismistakes and doing what the coachesask him.”

The 6-foot-1, 187-pounder said he isfaster and stronger than when he arrivedin Piscataway, but more importantly, heis smarter.

“Gary Brackett came in to talk to usthe other day and said it’s a thinkingman’s game,” Jones said. “All of thatother stuff is great, but when it comesdown to it, you have to be able to think onthe fly and know what to do. I thinkknowing the defense better than I everhave is definitely helping.”

But Jones does not know only thedefense, he also knows his partner inthe secondary.

“Being older and wiser, that alwayshelps,” Jones said. “All of that comingtogether makes me a much better playerthan when I arrived.”

Even if Jones and Ryan are notimproved, the track record is there.

They began shutting down offensestogether when they were 7 years old.

“I’ve done it in past games,” he said.“I played nickel, and on first and seconddown I played a little linebacker last year.So I mean it’s not that different.”

Rowe’s nemesis on the court, Harmon,lined up next to Rowe throughout thespring season and is encouraged by the for-mer corner’s calmness, which emanatesacross the defense, Harmon said.

While manning the last line ofdefense means Rowe must combine withHarmon to make defensive calls,Harmon does not see Rowe’s reservednature as a problem.

“Him being so calm and collected,you don’t have to ever worry about himpanicking,” Harmon said. “His calmnessallows the secondary to be as calm ashim and play great just like him. He’sdefinitely vocal enough because he’ssmart. And when you’re smart like that,you become confident enough to makeall of the calls that he does make.”

Rowe’s first opportunity to see extend-ed playing time at safety in a game atmos-phere occurred on Saturday, when theoffense and defense squared off in theteam’s first action at Rutgers Stadium.

The Knights’ defense played up to snuff,but subpar weather conditions preventedthe white jerseys from getting an accuratebarometer of their play, Rowe said.

“I think I did pretty well. I think thedefense did well. So I think it was a suc-cessful day,” he said. “As far as hittingand tackling out there, we did well. Butas far as the passing part of the game,the wind was carrying all the balls so wecan’t really tell.”

Defensive backs coach Jeff Hafleywanted to see which members of the sec-ondary were willing to hit in the unit’s firstgame scenario, Rowe said, adding to thelist of prerequisites at Rowe’s new calling.

Rowe contributed 38 tackles last sea-son, the most of any returner to theKnights’ secondary — former safetyKhaseem Greene moved to WILL line-backer during the offseason.

So in all likelihood, the physicalitydemanded at safety likely will not fazeRowe, who made a living on the gridironbut forged an identity between the whitelines of the court.

“It’s very important,” Rowe said. “Youkind of clean up all the mistakes if some-body misses a tackle or something. Itdepends on you to get it down, so youcan live to see another down.”

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Sophomorereturns toPittsburghas reliever Corsi moves to ’pen afterstarting for Duquesne

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

It is only fitting Rob Corsireturns to familiar Pittsburgh todaywhen the Rutgers baseball team

kicks off at h r e e -game setwith Pitt.For thes o p h o -m o r e

reliever, being thrown into any sit-uation is the name of the game,which Corsi learned in the offsea-son when he transitioned from thestarting rotation to the bullpen.

But one could argue his trainingfor the unpredictable began inPittsburgh a year ago, when theDuquesne freshman learned justprior to the season his school was dis-continuing collegiate baseball.

“We found out a month beforethe season started, so they didn’tgive us very much time,” Corsisaid. “It was pretty toughbecause we grew pretty tough asa team — ever yone became pretty close. We tried to play and kind of make the last year memorable.”

The 6-foot Corsi quickly got onthe phone, calling former coaches inan attempt to get his foot in the door-way of another collegiate program.

Following the announcementabout a month before the seasonthat baseball would no longer existat the school, Duquesne treated its

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BASEBALL

ASHLEY ROSS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore reliever Rob Corsi returns to Pittsburgh, where he played his freshman season before Duquesne cut its program. The Oceanport, N.J., native returned home to play for the Scarlet Knights, who face Pitt this weekend in a Big East series.

RU drawsone-lossopponent

BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER

It took two months and 13games, but the Loyola women’s

l a c r o s s eteam lost agame forthe firsttime thiss e a s o nT uesday

against Georgetown.The Scarlet Knights can only

hope to continue that losing paceon Saturday for the Greyhounds.

But the Knights (8-5, 2-3) arenot focused on the fact they facethe No. 6 team in the nation. Theyare focused on winning everygame on the rest of the schedule.

“They’re a Big East opponent,and that’s our focus,” said head

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LOYOLA AT RUTGERS, SATURDAY, 1 P.M.

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

St. Anthony point guard Myles Mack led the Friars with 19 points in a 62-45 victory over St. Patrickin an early March playoff game at the Louis Brown Athletic Center.

ESPN RISE NAMESRU COMMIT

ALL-AMERICANRutgers men’s basketball

team commitment Myles Mackear neda spot

on the ESPN Rise First TeamAll-American roster.

The St. Anthony pointguard averaged 15.2 points pergame and 3.6 assists this year.

The future Scarlet Knighthad one of his best games atthe Louis Brown AthleticCenter, where he helped theFriars pass St. Patrick in thestate playoffs.

The victory catapulted St.Anthony to the No. 1 spot inthe national polls, where itfinished the season with a33-0 record.

Mack started every game inhis only season under Hall ofFame coach Bob Hurley. Mackpreviously played for PatersonCatholic, which closed at theend of the last school year.

— Steven Miller

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