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Universitydiscontinues Rutgersfest

BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

University administrators decided tocancel Rutgersfest, the annual end-of-the-year concert and carnival sponsoredby the Rutgers University ProgrammingAssociation (RUPA), due to the violentactivity that ensued in New Brunswickon Friday following the concert.

University President Richard L.McCormick sent an email to all studentson the New Brunswick campus yester-day, explaining the large crowds consist-ing of many non-University students thatdescended upon New Brunswick’s 5thand 6th wards after the concert createdtoo much disorder that even an addition-al police presence could not contain.

“Many streets were congested withpeople and there were multiple reportsof disruptive conduct,” he said in theemail. “Near the College Avenue cam-pus there were many rowdy studenthouse parties, incidents of public intox-ication, littering, and vandalism andseveral altercations among studentsand other individuals.”

Even though the four non-University-related individuals who were shot inthree separate incidents Friday night didnot sustain life-threatening injuries,McCormick said he is concerned aboutthe danger to students and NewBrunswick residents.

“We cannot risk further danger or thepossible loss of life,” he said. “The prob-lems that occur following Rutgersfesthave grown beyond our capacity to man-age them, and the only responsiblecourse of action is to cancel the event.”

Director Peter Mangarella of the NewBrunswick Police Department (NBPD)respects the decision made byMcCormick and the University regard-ing the cancellation of Rutgersfest, saidLt. J.T. Miller of the NBPD, which withthe Rutgers University PoliceDepartment on Friday evening had 40extra officers on duty.

Ana Castillo, president of RUPA, saidthough her organization is disappointedwith the decision, she understands whyit was made.

“I expected it, and I don’t think theUniversity had any other choice,” saidCastillo, a School of Arts and Sciencessenior. “We’re all kind of a little shockedbecause the decisions came so quicklyafter it happened.”

Out of the 200 activities RUPA spon-sors each year, Castillo said they wouldtry to find a way to make up forRutgersfest’s cancellation.

“They don’t want to put somethingthere to replace it, [it won’t be] anotherlarge-scale concert,” she said. “If RUPAwas going to do another spring festival, itwould be a much smaller event. Maybewe’ll have more concerts or some out-doorsy events in spring.”

Castillo said even if they limitedRutgersfest admission to University stu-dents, it could not have prevented thebehavior after the concert.

“Logistics is an excuse. The realissue is that it’s just not the problemthat needs to be solved,” she said. “It’snot going to stop people from

Director of the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic Frank Askin explains thedifficulties young N.J. voters face yesterday on the College Avenue campus.

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Groups fight for later NJ voter registration

BY JEFF PRENTKYSTAFF WRITER

After announcing a lawsuitfiled in the Middlesex CountySuperior Court, several N.J.organizations held a pressconference Tuesday atBrower Commons on theCollege Avenue campusdemanding the MiddlesexCounty Board of Electionsallow Election Day voter regis-tration (EDR).

In New Jersey, voters mustregister at least 21 days beforeElection Day, which affectsmany residents who are regis-tered in a different New Jerseycounty or relocate to NewJersey from another state, saidFrank Askin, director of theRutgers ConstitutionalLitigation Clinic.

The Rutgers School of Law-Newark ConstitutionalLitigation Clinic, the American

Civil Liberties Union of NewJersey, New Jersey AppleseedPublic Interest Law Center,the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly (RUSA),the Latino Leadership Allianceof New Jersey, New JerseyCitizen Action and six disen-franchised N.J. residents filedthe suit to strengthenAmericans’ right to vote.

“We think this is a veryimportant day for New Jersey,particularly for college stu-dents in New Jersey, includingRutgers students,” he said.“We hope this will have atremendous impact onincreasing voter participationin New Jersey.”

EDR enables voters to reg-ister and vote on Election Day,he said. Nine states andWashington, D.C. allow EDRand have significantly higher

Scholar encourages Islam awarenessBY SEHAR MUGHAL

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Muslim StudentsAssociation (MSA) and theUniversity’s Center for Islamic Lifehosted an event featuring OxfordUniversity Professor TariqRamadan, who spoke to studentsabout Islam in the United States.

The event, “Religion,Radicalization and the Quest forPluralism,” was a stop on Ramadan’suniversity tour across the countryand took place in the Cook CampusCenter Multipurpose Room.

Ramadan touched on issues facingMuslims in both the United States andEurope and encouraged students to beinvolved in society.

“As students in the UnitedStates, you need speak out for jus-tice, dignity and equal rights,” he said.

Ramadan also cautionedMuslims to be careful of how theyrepresent their faith to others.

“Muslims today yell and thatonly shows that they have lack of

Board aims for fair funding distributionANASTASIA MILLICKER

ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With more than 350 studentorganizations and $1 million a yearto allocate, the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly AllocationsBoard divides more than $500,000in funding per semester using asecret internal formula.

The Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly AllocationsBoard is a separate entity from theRutgers University StudentAssembly (RUSA) and receivesfunding through RUSA, said

Janaki Shah, former RUSAAllocations Board Chair.

The RUSA Allocations Boardreceives $5.45 from school feesfrom each student in the profes-sional schools per semester and$27.25 from each School of Artsand Sciences student per semes-ter, said Shah, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

“The reason we operate separate-ly from RUSA is to avoid any bias,and with the funds fairly allocated, nostudent organization is given priorityover another one,” she said. “Welook at each group and their events

individually, based on what they arerequesting for and what they need.”

The RUSA Allocations Boardapplies an internal formula to allbudgets to ensure funding for allorganizations is completed fairlyand efficiently, Shah said.

“I can’t disclose that formula orthat would give groups an unfairadvantage, and groups would fig-ure out ways to beat the system,”she said. “We go by our guide-lines, which state fundable andnon-fundable items, which organi-zations are made aware of whenthey apply for allocations.”

Groups apply once a semesterand can receive funding for two pro-grams, but organizations can makean appeal for more once per semes-ter at the weekly appeals meetings,Shah said. RUSA allocations cannotfund t-shirts or giveaways.

“This is because the studentfee is collected from every stu-dent, and it’s not fair or efficient topurchase items given away toother students,” she said. “Itemslike t-shirts can be purchasedthrough generated revenue which

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Tariq Ramadan, an Oxford University professor, talks about the importance ofreligious pluralism in the United States last night in the Cook Campus Center.

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Team ranks 11th best delegationBY ANDREA GOYMA

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To determine the top 25Model United Nations teamsacross North America,BestDelegate.com, a source forhigh school and collegiate ModelUN, unofficially ranked theUniversity’s traveling team earlierthis month as the 11th strongest.

The rank puts the RutgersUniversity Association ofInternational Relations (RUAIR)within the level of GeorgetownUniversity and West Point, andahead of schools like New YorkUniversity and PrincetonUniversity, which was not ranked.

While there is no official teamranking, president of RUAIRShariq Ahmad said the team hascome a long way from two yearsago when it only had one or twodelegates win an award a year.

“We’re above some pretty eliteschools and the top 10 are someof the best schools in the country,so we’re in really good company,”said Ahmad, a School of Arts andSciences senior.

RUAIR will be ranked higherat the end of the year because thecurrent rankings do not take intoaccount members’ most recentresults at the New YorkUniversity Model UN Conferenceand the Five College Model UNConference last week, where theteam placed third at both, he said.

The team’s rank is based ontheir award-winning performanc-es at the Georgetown NationalCollegiate Security Conferenceand in two of Model UN’s mostcompetitive and largest confer-ences at the University ofPennsylvania and McGillUniversity, where they won theOutstanding Small Delegationaward at both conferences,according to BestDelegate.com.

Kevin Chan, one ofBestDelegate.com’s founders andthe leader of the rankings project,said their goal was not to fostercompetition but to create aware-ness of good programs so dele-gates could emulate the attitudesand skills of successful teams.

“Our mission is to share infor-mation that’s previously not avail-able, so we wanted to use theawards data we’ve accumulatedfrom blogging about conferencesand compile it,” said Chan, aUniversity of California-LosAngeles alumnus.

He said their methodology forthe ranking system uses confer-

ence size as a proxy for competi-tion. Larger conferences meanbigger delegations, and theyrequire delegates to procure anddebate information to greateramounts of people.

“Not only are more schoolsattending [at larger conferences]but also some of the best schoolsare sending their best delegates,”Chan said.

BestDelegate.com ranks thetop four conferences in the WorldDivision, in increasing order, asthe McGill Model UN Assembly(McMUN), University ofPennsylvania Model UNConference (UPMUNC),Harvard World Model UN(WorldMUN) and HarvardNational Model UN (HNMUN),he said.

Anant Shukla, the Secretary-General of the UPMUNC, saidUPMUNC is the most competi-tive conference on the ModelUN circuit in the fall becauseall the heavyweights likeHar vard University, YaleUniversity and GeorgetownUniversity compete.

“Georgetown does not com-pete at Harvard [HNMUN]which is important because theonly time that most of theseschools do go head-to-head is atUPMUNC in the fall,” saidShukla, a University ofPennsylvania junior.

Dominik Nieszporowski,secretary-general of HNMUN,said HNMUN is the oldest sim-ulation of its kind and attractsmore than 3,000 participantsfrom both national and interna-tional colleges.

“I believe the single mostimportant reason our conferencemaintains its status on the ModelUN circuit is the quality of ourdelegates,” Nieszporowski, aHarvard University senior, saidvia email correspondence.

Chan said BestDelegate.comcompiled the rankings based ona conference’s awards informa-tion — like which teams won,the number of delegationawards, the number of awardsfor each conference — and triedto find as many conferences asthey could.

Since Model UN is student-run, generally students chair-ing the simulation UN commit-tees decide which delegatesreceive awards at conferences,Shukla said.

“We anticipated that certainconferences would be weighted

more because they publish moreawards data, so we have more towork with,” Chan said.

Ahmad said he does notbelieve it is fair to heavily weighHNMUN in the ranking method-ology because there are manyschools that cannot afford toattend or have packed scheduleslike RUAIR.

“If we had gone and done wellat Harvard, we would’ve rankedbetter,” Ahmad said. “[But] it’sthe first time they’ve ever done aranking [and] they’ve done a pret-ty good job.”

The Best Delegate team isworking on changes and willupdate public rankings periodi-cally, as well as get betterawards data for other confer-ences, Chan said.

But Ahmad said despitesome other schools havingadvantages over RUAIR interms of being financially sup-por ted or having specializedacademic focuses for ModelUN, RUAIR has done well.

“What [RUAIR] does withoutthose resources is amazing, in myopinion,” he said. “While wemight not have the same accessto funding or the same academicprograms, the best and brightestat Rutgers can hang in there withthe best and brightest anywherein the world.”

Ahmad said he creditsRUAIR’s ability to attend anunprecedented seven Model UNconferences this past year to theRutgers University StudentAssembly (RUSA).

“Rutgers has never been toseven conferences in a yearbefore and the two schools thathave been to the most confer-ences were West Point andUPenn, who have attended nine,”he said.

Shukla said RUAIR have donewell in the past and hopes they dowell again this year in Decemberat their UPMUNC conference.

“Whatever they’re doingmust be working for them,”Shukla said.

Ahmad said while awardrecognition is satisfying, hisinvolvement with Model UN isnot to win awards but to createbetter leaders.

“When my delegates sawthose rankings, they were excit-ed because Rutgers was recog-nized,” he said. “And they knowthat they have that potential tobe better and it just drives useven more.”

Shariq Ahmad, president of the Rutgers University Association of International Relations, (middle) debateseconomic independence last week with Florida State Model United Nations members Forat Lufti (left)and Eamonn Rodger in the Five College Model UN Conference.

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Rutgers Day invitesstatewide participation

BY RASHMEE KUMARASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR

The University will open itsNew Brunswick and Piscatawaycampuses to the community onApril 30 for the third annualRutgers Day.

The all-day event, held on theCollege Avenue, Busch andCook/Douglass campuses, willshowcase different aspects of theUniversity through an eclecticselection of more than 500events, activities and performanc-es for all ages, said MelissaKvidahl, University CommunityAffairs Specialist.

“[Rutgers Day] is an opportu-nity for staff, faculty, students[and] anybody that’s here at theUniversity to show … what it isthey do here and how they con-tribute to the state and how theyaffect people who live here, in agood way, of course,” she said.

Kvidahl encourages attendeesto spend the day on one campusthis year and come back nextyear to visit a different campus.

“Each campus has a differentflavor to it,” she said. “[But]they will get a full experience oneach campus. Every campushas food vendors, every campushas a stage, every campus hasactivities. But each one is a littlebit different.”

The CollegeAvenue campuswill focus on thearts, humanitiesand historic pro-g r a m m i n g ,Kvidahl said.

Members ofthe Rutgers-NewJersey Institute ofTechnology SolarDecathlon teamwill present ademonstration ofbuilding a solarhouse on Voorhees Mall on theCollege Avenue campus in prepa-ration for their competition inWashington, D.C.

Busch campus will be moresports- and science-oriented, fea-turing the Scarlet and White foot-ball game and the Department ofPhysics’ “Faraday Lecture,”Kvidahl said.

“Staf f from the physicsdepartment put on a crazy showabout physics and science andthey do all these tricks. Thisthing is packed every singleyear,” she said.

Scarlet Knight Way, the roadleading up to Rutgers Stadium onBusch campus, will be open thisyear, featuring athletic and recre-ational programming.

Kvidahl said activities onCook/Douglass campus will benature-themed, and attendeescan visit barns, see animals andbuy plants.

There will be stages on eachcampus, on which student groups— including Residence Life’s“Step into the Spotlight” winners,University theater companies,singing groups and greek life —will perform, she said.

In addition to Rutgers Day pro-gramming, people will also be ableto attend the 37th annual NewJersey Folk Festival on Douglasscampus and the Ag Field Day onCook campus, Kvidahl said.

University Media Relationsset up a Rutgers Day blog tokeep the public up-to-date withwhat to expect during the day,from activities to charitableevents, said Greg Trevor, sen-ior director of the Of fice ofMedia Relations.

Rutgers Day will not takeplace on Livingston campusbecause of construction and park-ing issues, Kvidahl said.

Although Rutgers Day seemsgeared more toward parents andkids, Kvidahl encouragesUniversity students to participatein the day’s activities.

“I would imagine that being aRutgers student, maybe you don’treally get to see everything theUniversity has to offer becauseit’s so big,” she said. “What isRutgers really about? It’s aboutthe students that are here.”

Kara McCloskey, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,will be participating in a drunk-driving course on Busch cam-pus, hosted by the RutgersAlliance for Sustainable RiskReduction and the RutgersUniversity Police Department.

“I’m looking forward to edu-cating students about the seri-ousness of drunk driving butdoing it in a manner that will beentertaining for everyoneinvolved,” she said.

Though par-ents and childrencan learn fromthis event, thed r u n k - d r i v i n gcourse, amongother events atRutgers Day, aremeant forUniversity stu-dents, McCloskeysaid.

“I think thatstudents shouldcome out to

Rutgers Day because it has a lotto offer in terms of entertain-ment,” she said. “In my opinion,Rutgers Day has something tooffer for everyone.”

Todd Alter, an incoming first-year student, will be attendingRutgers Day to learn more aboutthe academic and social aspectsof the University.

“As a student attendingRutgers next year, I hope tolearn more about Busch cam-pus, the [School of Engineering]and the dif ferent social pro-grams I can and will involvemyself in,” he said.

Trevor said the University ispreparing for the large volume ofpeople that will be on campus onRutgers Day.

“Even though Rutgers Day is avery different type of family-ori-ented event, we are reviewing allof our plans for Rutgers Day, allaspects of Rutgers Day, in antici-pation of the event taking placeon April 30,” he said.

Kvidahl hopes that, weather-permitting, Rutgers Day willdraw more than 75,000 people tothe University.

“It’s just a great opportunity tocome out and see all the differentthings about Rutgers that maybeyou didn’t know before andmaybe learn a little bit moreabout this place where we allspend so much time,” she said.

“Each campus has adifferent flavor to it.[But] they will get a full experience on each campus.”

MELISSA KVIDAHLUniversity Community

Affairs Specialist

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BY JOHN MALCHOWCONTRIBUTING WRITER

For many University students,commencement celebrates grad-uation from college. ForUniversity officials, it is also a dayto recognize influential individu-als with honorary degrees.

The University will presenthonorary doctorates this year toNobel Laureate Toni Morrison,stem cell research advocateBrooke Mackenzie Ellison, legalscholar and Rutgers School ofLaw-Newark alumna ElizabethWarren and community organiz-er Ernesto Cortés Jr.

“I am humbled and gratifiedby the award,” said Cortés, co-director of the Industrial AreasFoundation, an organization thatempowers more than 900 small-er institutions.

Prior to winning the NobelPrize, Morrison taught classeshere at the University. She willserve as the keynote speaker atthis year’s commencement andreceive a Doctor of Letters.

Cortés and Ellison said thehonorary degree was not inrecognition of themselves, but inrecognition of others who do thesame things they do.

“It is not so much the recogni-tion of my work, but that of thenetwork of organizations acrossthe West/Southwest,” he said.

Ellison agreed and said beinghonored by the University ismore than an affirmation of herown efforts.

“It is my hope that throughthis honor, I will be able to bringmore attention to this issue thatI care so deeply about. It’s won-derful and I hope that I’ll be ableto make a difference in otherpeople’s lives,” said Ellison,

founder and president of theBrooke Ellison Project, a foun-dation that aims to promotestem cell research.

After suffering a near-fatalcar accident at the age of 11,Ellison was left paralyzed belowthe neck. Nonetheless, Ellisonearned a Master’s fromHarvard and is completing doc-toral studies at Stony BrookUniversity, according to aUniversity media release.

“I feel so proud to speak onbehalf of this issue,” she said.

Students responded positive-ly to the University’s confirma-tion of Ellison, who will receivea Doctor of Humane Lettersnext month.

The University’s FacultyCommittee on Honorary Degreescriterion requires that an hon-oree exhibit outstanding achieve-ment, distinguished service andperformance that support theideals of the University, studentsand alumni. Finally, recipientsmust evidence a commitment toservice of humankind, accordingto University policy.

University President RichardL. McCormick appoints commit-tee members, which consist ofrepresentatives from each of thethree campuses, according toUniversity policy. The Board ofGovernors then over the courseof a year reviews and makes thefinal decision.

Despite the recipients’achievements, some studentswere unfamiliar with theawardees and expressed concernthat the University did not ade-quately promote or educate stu-dents about the other honorees.

“Other than Toni Morrison,I don’t know these people orwhat they’ve contributed to the

University,” said RichardConte, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

Eric Francisco, a School ofArts and Sciences first-year stu-dent, said the administration didnot provide enough promotion orinformation for the honorarydegree individuals.

“I’m not familiar with therecipients and I feel I should begiven more information as to whythey deserve the degrees,” hesaid. “I’m not judging them — I’djust like to know why.”

Some students responded pos-itively to a few of the honorees,like School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Sam Weiner.

“I think it’s great,” said SamWeiner, a Schools of Arts andSciences junior. “We definitelyneed more people [like Ellison]promoting the field of stem cellresearch, and I hope that theUniversity is doing as much as itcan to support this cause.”

Other students were critical ofthe committee’s choice to awardToni Morrison.

Jaime DeVivo, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, said theschool should not also pay$30,000 to Morrison while givingan honorary degree.

“The only thing I’ve heardabout was the controversyabout paying $30,000 to speakat the graduation ceremony,”DeVivo said. “I think the honorshould be enough.”

For those who disagree withthe University’s decision, theFaculty Committee onHonorary Degrees invites rec-ommendations from the publicas well as from the Universitycommunity, according to aUniversity Media Relationspress release.

Four figures to receive honorary degrees

are funds students groups havefundraised, collected as dona-tions or from ticket sales.”

Money left over from the pre-vious semester is taken back, andat the end of the semester, anymoney not spent is reallocated,Shah said.

“We look at the budget as awhole, and it doesn’t matterwhether you ask money for foodor room rental,” she said. “We givethem a whole lump sum, so it’s upto the discretion of the group.”

The RUSA Allocations Boardselects its members through anapplication and interview processto help make sure all board mem-bers come from an unbiased, neu-tral standpoint, Shah said.

“A new rule is where boardmembers are not allowed to betreasurer of the clubs they areaffiliated with,” she said.

The board also consists ofauditors who work closely withthe Rutgers University StudentActivities Business Office(SABO) to review statements ofrandomly chosen groups, Shah said.

“We audit student groups ran-domly, some of which we have inmind we should audit and othergroups,” she said. “We alsochoose student groups that aredoing great just to keep everyoneon track, and we like to see stu-dent groups that are doing good.It makes us happy.”

Aside from purchasing t-shirts, organizations also cannotcharge more than $10 for admis-sion fees if the allocations board

funded 25 percent of the group’sbudget and will be penalized ifcaught, she said.

“We actually put penalties ontothe student groups so the audi-tors determine punishment thenext board or something like thatto occur,” she said.

The RUSA Allocations Boardis looking for student groupswho hold similar events to planthose events together and makebest use of their student fees,Shah said.

“If two student groups arehosting an on-campus walk forbreast cancer, there will be a big-ger turnout, but sometimes hav-ing multiple events like blood-drives and bakes sales is benefi-cial,” she said.

The events the organizationwants funding for has to matchthe organization’s mission state-ment, Shah said.

“For example, if the biologyclub wanted to have a speakercome in, we could fund that butsay if they wanted to teach jug-gling, we can’t fund that but theycould use their generated rev-enue for that,” Shah said.

With Rutgers Day comingup on April 30, student groupsare encouraged to fundraise,she said.

“Student Life gives organiza-tions $50 if they sign up to run atable at Rutgers Day. Other thanthat, we don’t fund Rutgers Dayor involvement fairs because theyalready get funding. On top ofthat, we don’t fund any type ofrecruitment,” she said.

Lauren Cintron, treasurer ofthe Legal-New Brunswick club,said the process was not hardin terms of the application butthe process was dif ficult interms of organizing.

“We had to write the purpose— which was our mission state-ment — and we needed to calcu-late overhead statements, thepurpose of our events, the esti-mated attendance, write the goaland estimate expenses,” saidCintron, a School of Arts andSciences first-year student.

The process of deliberatingexpenses took about two hoursand the rest was spent filing,she said.

“I was only elected to my posi-tion two months beforehand andit was definitely an experience forme,” Cintron said. “I contactedmy advisor who helped me withSABO. She helped me, then Ispoke to past treasurers.”

Cintron said she was not con-tacted by members of the RUSAAllocation Board during theprocess and is currently waitingto hear back from the boardabout next semester’s funds.

Gregory Bohus, president ofthe Turf club, said the clubrecently switched from theRUSA Allocations Board toSchool of Environmental andBiological Sciences AllocationsBoard because of the more spe-cialized attention.

“We chose to go that waybecause there was no problemwith RUSA allocations, but wefeel the move supported us bet-ter,” said Bohus, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences senior. “I guess it’sbecause it’s a smaller board andmore interactive.”

Bohus said the more individu-alized attention given to theorganization has created astronger support, especiallywhen he was able to recognizeboard members by face ratherthan a name on a website.

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confidence,” he said. “Peoplewho know speak quietly andef fectively about injustices in society.”

Sirfaraz Piracha, the event’sorganizer, said the issuesraised at the event are veryimportant to discuss, becausethere is a growing amount ofignorance about Islam.

“It’s not that Muslims arebeing discriminated against,there is just growing ignoranceabout the true nature of Islam,”said Piracha, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.

Khaled Mowad, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidthere is a lot of public dis-course about faith today.

“There are a lot of issueslike the economy, radicalismand revolutions, that arepulling people apar t today,”Mowad said. “But this is not aMuslim issue or a Christianissue — it’s a human issue, andpeople should under-stand that.”

Sidra Enver, vice presidentof MSA, said the event wouldpromote pluralism not just inthe Muslim community but also throughout the University.

“We have a lot of co-spon-sors that are not Muslim organ-izations,” said Enver, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior.“Usually when we host anevent, the sponsors and speak-ers are mostly Muslim.”

Piracha hopes students takeaway Ramadan’s global mes-

sage of accepting people forwho they are.

“Tariq Ramadan is an influ-ential speaker,” he said. “He’sSwiss-raised, so he knows a lotabout growing up Muslim in anon-Muslim country.”

Haroon Mian, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, saidas a Muslim on campus, listen-ing to someone like Ramadanwould address issues Muslimstudents face.

“Ramadan is a good voice tofacilitate the discussion aboutIslam in the United States,”said Mian. “He is someone thatMuslim students here can con-nect to because he himselfgrew up in Europe.”

Yasmeen Fahmy, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidRamadan’s speech hit homewith her.

“[His message,] ‘Be com-fortable with yourself in orderto interact with the global com-munity,’ really spoke to me,”she said.

Fahmy said Ramadan’s talkeffectively promoted pluralism.

“Everyone could benefit fromwhat he was saying,” she said.

Piracha said becauseRamadan was so well known,his talk at the University wouldaddress two dif ferent levels.

“He addresses the Universitycommunity and because he is sowell known, he speaks aboutissues worldwide as well,” hesaid. “He promotes plurality onboth levels.”

Mian said the talk was agood beginning of dialogueabout the diversity within Islamin the United States.

“Even though this is just oneevent, its a good way to start,” he said.

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overflowing into NewBrunswick or people who tookthe train in at 6 p.m. to party.”

Castillo also addressed theidea that Rutgersfest is an eventopen to the general pubic.

“We never advertised it as any-thing open to the general public,”she said. “Social media madeeverything crazy.”

An unofficial Facebook eventfor this year’s Rutgersfest wascreated that had about 10,000people who said they were attend-ing before RUPA put up an officialevent, Castillo said.

“At that point, people caninvite anyone else,” she said.“It’s never been open to thepublic. It’s the students whoask their friends to join, and it’sa chain reaction of spreadingthe word.”

Castillo said even thoughRUPA’s “ResponsibleDrinking” campaign did notvisibly diminish the drinkingculture of Rutgersfest, she isglad they did it.

“We wanted people to know itwas something we were con-cerned about,” she said.

Although Rutgersfest is atradition continuing for about30 years within the Universityand RUPA, Castillo said keep-ing the event is not worth it ifsomeone gets hurt.

“Rutgersfest is a culminationof our work for the year and achance for new members in thecouncils to get hands-on train-

ing,” she said. “[But] it comesdown to making sure everyone issafe. Having outsiders come toNew Brunswick is not worth the

risk. It was a decision that was inthe best interest of all parties.”

Castillo said it is unfair forstudents to blame RUPA for thedrinking and violence at Rutgersfest.

“Did you see us handing outFour Lokos in our crew shirtsas [students] got of f the bus?”she said.

She is also upset with stu-dents’ reactions on Facebookafter the news of the festival’s can-cellation broke, as people claimedthey do not need the concert tohave an excuse to drink through-out the day each year.

“I find that really disappoint-ing. If you want to bringRutgersfest back, it’s not goingto come back by drinking allday,” she said. “You’re proving

[administrators] right for can-celing it by encouraging peopleto lose their minds.”

Castillo is not sure this is thelast students will see of Rutgersfest.

“I’m not sure if the decisionis permanent. If it’ll happenagain five years down the roador never again,” she said.“RUPA will try its best to bringconcerts and activities to peo-ple. We’re supportive of theadministration, and we hopepeople don’t blame us too muchfor it.”

McCormick thanked thosein RUPA who worked hard toput the concer t on andacknowledged that many wouldbe upset with the loss of thelongstanding tradition.

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voter participation than any otherstates, including New Jersey.

“Those jurisdictions have alladopted EDR by legislation,”Askin said. “If our lawsuit is suc-cessful, New Jersey would be thefirst state to institute EDR by judi-cial action, and we hope webecome a model for other statesto follow.”

During the 2008 presidentialelection, many students whoregistered with third-party vol-unteers went to the polls on

Election Day to find theirnames were not on the registra-tion rolls, possibly becausethey could not be processed intime or they were lost, Askin said.

Those people are allowed tovote by provisional ballot, butthose ballots will be discarded ifthe voter’s name is not on therolls, he said.

New Jersey has a computer-ized Statewide Voter RegistrationSystem maintained by theDivision of Elections that pro-vides for almost instantaneousvetting of new registrations toguarantee the registrant is eligi-ble and has not voted elsewhere,Askin said.

“There is thus no longer astrong justification for this obvi-ously burdensome, indeed devas-tating requirement for advanceregistration,” Askin said.

For the 2008 general election,more than 16,000 votersstatewide were disenfranchisedbecause EDR is not a policy inthis state, said Yael Bromberg,Rutgers School of Law-Newarkgraduate student.

Statistics of recent general andprimary elections show thatabout 66 percent of provisionalballots are thrown out, he said.

“This is really something thataffects people, especially in closeelections,” Bromberg said.“These 66 percent of provisional

ballots are being tossed by goodfaith voters who believe that theirvote is being counted and are notbeing notified otherwise.”

Matt Cordeiro, vice presidentof RUSA, said the current regis-tration process in New Jersey isconfusing and often disenfran-chises students from voting.

“Voting is a bedrock of thiscountry and what it stands for,and if we really want to increaseyouth participation in the elec-toral process we should get rid ofthese barriers to voting,” saidCordeiro, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

One of the plaintiffs, GabrielaGrzybowski, a School of Arts andScience junior, was turned away

at the polls in 2009 after her namewas not on the registration rolls,she said.

Grzybowski missed the 21-dayregistration deadline again in2010, and neither time was sheoffered a provisional ballot.

“I think the main issue iswhy I wasn’t given a provisionalballot, and if they had same-dayregistration, I would’ve beenjust able to go and vote,” she said.

To support EDR, Universitystudents need to make it knownthey want to vote, as highercourts listen to public opinion andsupportive students could onlyhelp the political process,Cordeiro said.

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“We never advertisedit as anything open

to the general public.Social media madeeverything crazy.”

ANA CASTILLORUPA President

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Memories turn timelessthrough digital archives

BY RIDA AHMEDCONTRIBUTING WRITER

University students and N.J.residents could keep their fami-ly’s memories captured onlinethrough MyJerseyRoots.

Alexander Library on theCollege Avenue campus willlaunch MyJerseyRoots, a projectoffering New Jerseyans an oppor-tunity to share and documenttheir pictures of everyday lifefrom the past to present, onRutgers Day, April 30, said LindaLangschied, a digital projectslibrarian at the University.

“We have learned over timethat many of the treasures familiesacquire and keep can inform usabout the history of our state,” shesaid. “So with MyJerseyRoots, weare making available a place inwhich families can digitally sharetheir memorabilia.”

Families or individuals cancome to the fourth floor ofAlexander Library on RutgersDay and digitalize their photo-graphs, Langschied said

“Volunteers will quickly helpscan five photos into the system,”she said. “Then the participantswill be asked to provide basicinformation and descriptions ofthe photos.”

Within two weeks, the photo-graphs will be processed intocatalogues and available toeveryone in New Jersey,Langschied said.

Stephanie Bartz, public servic-es chair at Alexander Library,said she encourages people tobring their own personal piecesof N.J. history.

“We are hoping that peoplewill bring photos that are his-torical and significant,” shesaid. “It could be somethingfairly recent, or it could be his-torical. Something that is identi-fiable though.”

Photos of events taking placein the state, architecture and dif-ferent activities will be on perma-nent display as part of the digitalcollection, Bartz said.

He said he hopes people bringin old family photographs.

“I personally love having pho-tos of my family from 100 yearsago, in which it is identified thetown they were taken in and whatthe event was about,” Bartz said.

People can bring memorycards, negatives and slides to par-ticipate, said Isaiah Beard, digital

project manager for theUniversity’s libraries.

“The first 25 people will walkaway with a USB drive that hastheir scanned images in high res-olution,” Langschied said. “Wewill also have a photo contest,where the three most compellingphotos will be chosen and giftedwith frames.”

MyJerseyRoots is par t ofNew Jersey Digital Highway(NJDH), a statewide digital col-laboration por tal, which col-lects material on New Jersey’shistorical and cultural heritage,said Langschied, project man-ager for NJDH.

Unlike NJDH, which part-ners with institutions, museums,libraries, historical societies andother cultural heritage organiza-tions, MyJerseyRoots gives anopportunity for individuals andfamilies to contribute as well,she said.

“MyJerseyRoots is one of thefour collections for NJDH,”Langschied said. “While theother three are institutional,this will be a place for N.J. citi-zens to come all on their ownand share their photos onlinefor future generations.”

NJDH and MyJerseyRoots arebuilt on preservation platforms,Beard said.

“One of the big things aboutdigital photography is that it canbe very transient,” he said. “Up tonow, we haven’t been working onan individual level.[MyJerseyRoots] is designed toremedy that and encourage peo-ple to be aware of how things canbe preserved.”

MyJerseyRoots is about con-serving, preserving and makinginformation available, Langschiedsaid.

“Anything we bring into ourcollection, we guarantee to pre-serve forever. This stuff will beavailable in 100 years,”Langschied said. “We are a trust-ed repository.”

Rutgers Day will be the firsttime NJDH invited the public toparticipate, Langschied said.

“We will be looking for histori-cally important elements in thephotographs,” she said.

Beard said NJDH is trying togauge a reaction and see whatpeople think about it.

“If it is something favorable,then we will certainly look for-ward to expanding it,” he said.

The University’s Department of English is hosting onRutgers Day, April 30, multiple reading, writing and literaturediscussion events.

The department is bringing back “marathon” reading thisyear because of its popularity, according to the Rutgers Dayblog. Students, faculty and visitors can sign up to read orattend the reading of Mark Twain’s “Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn” on Voorhees Mall on the College Avenuecampus all day.

For students or parents interested in writing, the departmentwill have three creative writing sessions at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 2p.m. in Murray Hall on the College Avenue campus, according tothe blog.

The department will also feature a Victorian literature discussion. “Jane Eyre” fans will be able attend a lecture about the novel

and the films based on the book — both the 1944 film and theone released earlier this year, according to the blog. Fans canlearn the authenticity of the films compared to CharlotteBrontë’s original work at 11 a.m. in Murray Hall.

Continuing with the Victorian theme, speakers will also be dis-cussing vampires in literature, from “Dracula” to “Twilight” at 1p.m. in Murray Hall according to the blog.

— Tabish Talib

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH TO HOSTLITERARY EVENTS ON RUTGERS DAY

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Gateway Project produces tallest building in cityBY LIZ TAYLOR

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

After the final piece of steeltopped the Gateway Projectbuilding Monday morning,Mayor James Cahill and otherpublic figures like CongressmanFrank Pallone, D-6, gathered tocelebrate what is now the tallestbuilding in New Brunswick.

The city began constructionon the Gateway building, locat-ed at College Avenue andSomerset Street next to theNew Brunswick train station, inOctober 2009, said Bill Bray,city spokesperson. At 22 storieshigh, the building is the tallestin the city, replacing OneSpring Street.

Although the building’s con-struction will not be completeduntil later this year, the topping-off ceremony marked the finalheight of the building’s steelsuper-structure, Bray said.

Representatives from the NewJersey State Building andConstruction Trade Council andthe New BrunswickDevelopment Corporation(DEVCO) joined the mayor onMonday, he said. The ceremonygave city officials the opportunityto highlight the Gateway build-ing’s important role in the NewBrunswick economy.

“All of them spoke about thefact that this project occurred at atime when there’s not a lot of con-struction jobs being createdbecause of the economic down-turn,” he said. “The Gatewaybuilding has filled the void in theconstruction industry and put in[about] 325 construction jobs.”

The Gateway Project building now serves as the city’s tallest, replacing One Spring Street. New BrunswickMayor James Cahill met with DEVCO representatives Monday to celebrate the topping of the building.

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The Gateway building wouldaccount for about 350 new andpermanent jobs in the future,whether in offices or retail estab-lishments inside the building,including a 46,000 square-footBarnes and Nobel Superstore,Rutgers University Press officesand the New Brunswick ParkingAuthority, Bray said.

Additionally, the building willfeature 657 parking spaces openfor public use and 192 residentialunits that will mostly be marketedto middle-market buyers andrenters, he said.

Bray said he believes the park-ing spaces and residential unitswould greatly impact NewBrunswick’s economy.

“Two hundred new familieswill be calling New Brunswickhome, bringing with them theirbuying power to the shopsthroughout the city, and thatactivity will continue the growthof existing businesses and evenhelp new businesses to be creat-ed to meet additional demand,”he said.

Bray also thinks people wouldcall the project an intermodal hubbecause it features rail, bus, shut-tles, taxis, autos and bicycles.

“[These forms of transporta-tion will] entice people to usemass transit to visit NewBrunswick and to depart fromNew Brunswick to get to pointselsewhere,” he said. “The money

that people will save on gas canbe used to make purchases inNew Brunswick.”

Eric Rogers, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, sharedBray’s excitement over the park-ing spots the Gateway buildingwill bring.

“It will be beneficial to stu-dents who want to park close toCollege Avenue but don’t havethe opportunity because of limit-ed parking,” he said.“Commuters who don’t want topark on Busch campus will havethe option of parking closer totheir classes.”

But Chris Paladino, presidentof DEVCO, said the topping-offceremony represented more than

future opportunities but also pasthard work.

“We traditionally have lunchfor all the construction workerswho work on the site. It’s recog-nition that they come every dayand are partners in the process,”he said.

As an overseer of theGateway’s progress, Paladinohopes by January 2012, the apart-ments in the building will be com-plete. The University would thenbe able to move into the bookstoreby August 2012, he said.

Bray called the building uniquebecause before it was constructedto its full height, planners alreadycompleted the interior fit-out. As aresult, all kinds of workers, fromsteel workers and carpenters toplasterers and glazers, worked ondifferent levels of the building atthe same time.

The Gateway building is PhaseI of the redevelopment projectnow underway in the city, Braysaid. Phase II of the redevelop-ment project is the Wellness Plazaproject, which is set to breakground later this year.

DEVCO, the New BrunswickParking Authority, the Universityand Pennrose Properties, whoworked together to build theGateway Transit VillageRedevelopment Project, held thetop-off ceremony as a traditionalsalute to the building’s progressso far, Paladino said.

“Topping-off is a traditionalcelebration by the men andwomen who are constructing thebuilding, and it is a benchmarkshowing that the building hasreached a certain level of comple-tion,” he said.

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Competition encouragesfemale business owners

BY ANDREW SMITHSTAFF WRITER

Three of 10 entrepreneurswalked off with more than $45,000in prizes Monday after competingin the fourth annual SupportingEmerging Entrepreneurs’Development (SEED) BusinessPlan Competition hosted by theCentral Jersey chapter of theNational Association of WomenBusiness Owners (NAWBO-CJ).

At the end of the competition,Jocelyn Fine and Kelly Dineen ofFOHAWX in Bayonne, N.J., OliveLynch of Green WasteTechnologies, and Allyson Yuilleof Sweet Potato Paper werecrowned champions.

NAWBO-CJ founded the eventin 2008 to help women kick off newbusinesses and this year featuredthe theme “Power of Perseverance:Surviving and Thriving in aChanging Marketplace,” wherevarious speakers talked at work-shops, said Tracee Wright, presi-dent of NAWBO-CJ.

“Applications are submitted and[admittance is] based on your busi-ness plan. They’re evaluated by anindependent panel of judges,” shesaid. “From there, they’re rankedbased on different criteria. Oncethat ranking is done, the top tenfinalists are submitted and they’reall here.”

In order to qualify for the com-petition, participants had to own 50percent of their companies and allcompanies had to be less than 2years old, Wright said.

After the contestants wereadmitted, each woman was giventhree minutes to present her busi-ness plan and elaborate on reasonswhy she should win the prize,Wright said.

From there, members of theboard voted on three finalists whowould each receive a third of theprovided awards.

“The prizes vary. [Our videog-rapher is] going to [make them] athree- to five-minute video that theycan use on their site for market-ing,” Wright said. “Everything asmall business needs to start up,we’re actually helping them get.”

Among the companies thatsponsored the competition prizeswere Merrill Lynch, offering acomplimentary financial analysis,

and Ampersand Graphics, provid-ing 500 business and post cards tothe winners.

Angie Galindo, a representa-tive of the Middlesex CountyRegional Chamber ofCommerce, elaborated on theprizes her organization was giv-ing to the competitors.

“We provided three complimen-tary one-year memberships for theSEED winners that include getting published on our website in ourmember directory, free publicnotary as well as guidance,”Galindo said.

Among this year’s competi-tors were founders DianeHoltaway of Heirzoom Bakery inTurnersville, N.J., Allyson Yuilleof Sweet Potato Paper inMarlboro, Md., and Olive Lynchof Green Waste Technologies inPlainfield, N.J., all of whom wereselected from a large pool of con-testants, Wright said.

Yuille, whose company pro-vides modern stationary and paperproducts catered to Latino, African-American and interracial groups,felt the pressure in attending acompetition such as this one, hav-ing applied to several.

Beyond getting the opportuni-ty to compete, Wright explainedthat all of the women presentcould network with each otherand the various companies thatprovided prizes.

To stress the importance of net-working, each attendee was given apedometer to encourage move-ment and interaction.

On top of the competition, theday included a luncheon withkeynote speaker Joetta ClarkDiggs, a four time Olympian, moti-vational speaker and founder ofJoetta Sports and Beyond, LLC,Wright said.

Diggs, although not a mem-ber of NAWBO, felt it was impor-tant to convey to these womenthat their participation in busi-ness is important.

“Whenever you have womencoming together, somethingpowerful always happens,” shesaid. “I thought that me comingtoday and being part of teachingthem how to be powerful, per-sistent and relevant in this timewas where I needed to be to helpinspire them.”

The NAWBO-CJ gave more than $45,000 in prizes to three womenat the S.E.E.D Business Plan Competition.

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policies we would implementif we were to become U.S.Senators. This was how ourfriendship began, both of ustrying to adamantly prove theother wrong.

Soon, Ross, his room-mate and I would hangoutoften and go almost every-where together. We would

eat lunch with each other, wrestle in the snow andmake crappy music using empty water bottles andbeatboxing. It amazed me how fast the three of usbecame so close in such a short amount of time.

There were plenty of qualities I shared with Rossand many lessons I’ve learned from him. What Iliked most about Ross was that he was open to try-ing anything I threw at him and usually adaptedvery quickly. Sometimes I would take him with me

when I went shopping, so he couldtell me how much an item on salewould be with the listed discount.

Overall, I think we complementone another very well by being sodifferent from another. Ross decid-ed to major in biomedical engineer-ing and writes down physics equa-tions and mathematical theoremsduring his free time. I decided topursue journalism and political sci-ence and think of what article topicwould have the most impact on my

readers during my free time. He wants to attendmedical school, while I aim for law school. I trulybelieve that our differences allowed us to learnextensively from one another.

Many people told me they truly enjoyed their col-lege experience because of the various life lessonsthey learned and the great people that they meet. Icouldn’t agree more. I’m truly thankful for havingsuch a caring friend like Ross to share my collegeexperience with.

Voting begins today and continues throughtomorrow. You can find more information on how tovote by visiting the official RUSA website atruassembly.com. The RUSA presidential debate canalso be found on the RU-TV Network online bygoing to rutv.rutgers.edu. I encourage you to learnmore about both candidates’ issues and goals forthe University and casting your vote for whomeveryou find most fit. You can learn more by visiting rut-gersunited.com for Cordeiro and scarlet2011.comfor Kleiman.

Amit Jani is a School of Arts and Sciences juniormajoring in journalism and media studies and politi-cal science. His column, “The Fourth Estate,” runs onalternate Wednesdays.

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“Did you see us handing out 4lokos in our crew shirts as [students] got off the bus?”

Ana Castillo, president of RUPA, on students blaming RUPA for the drinking and violence at Rutgersfest

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

A s the summer draws closer, a large slice of the University’s stu-dent population has its eyes set on the beach. For all of thosestudents, we have a message: Please try to be a little nicer

when you hit the shore. According to a report released by Clean OceanAction, last year’s clean up of the New Jersey coastline was one for therecord books, with cleaners picking up an all-time high of 475,321pieces of garbage. Honestly, New Jersey has a bad enough rep as it is,and our state’s shore is one of few things that isn’t constantly mocked.We can’t go ruining that, too. If we do, what will we have left, the oh-so-glorious New Jersey Turnpike? Hardly something that will attractscores of tourists and locals alike.

What’s particularly sad about this state of affairs is that it isn’t exact-ly hard to not throw your trash where it does not belong. The massamount of refuse piling up on N.J. beaches is little more than the resultof sheer laziness. There are usually trash cans to be utilized on anygiven stretch of the shore. Sure, they may be a bit of a walk away fromyour luxuriously-appointed, umbrella-shaded beach chair, but exerciseis always a good thing, right? And if you do find yourself on a beachthat is not equipped with trash receptacles, it can’t be too much of aproblem to just hold onto your garbage until you find a place to prop-erly dispose of it later.

It’s true that some of the garbage that shows up on the beaches haswashed up from elsewhere. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything aboutthat. What people can do, however, is make sure that they are not con-tributing to the problem. Among the items picked up by the clean upefforts and recorded in Clean Ocean Action’s report were a keg, ahome-depot apron and a bag of heroin — things that pretty clearlyweren’t just random bits of refuse accidentally left behind. So, if you’regoing to the beach this summer — and you probably are — please trynot to ruin it for the rest of us.

Keep New Jersey’sbeaches free of trash

D epending on who you ask, Gov. Chris Christie is either blunt-ly honest or a mean-spirited loudmouth. As is to be expected,Christie’s penchant for saying exactly what is on his mind at

all times — often, it seems, without pausing to think about it first —has proven to be perhaps the most divisive aspect of his stint as gov-ernor. Sometimes, it seems like Christie is called out more often for hiswords than for his actual political moves. According to Sen. BarbaraBuono, D-Middlesex, in a recent nj.com article, Christie has “had thisvery nasty approach to dealing with people that has been masquerad-ing as honesty.” We think this may be a needlessly cynical way of inter-preting Christie’s outspokenness. He may not be the most diplomaticpolitician, but there’s a lot to be said for a governor who says what hemeans and means what he says.

Christie’s “approach to dealing with people,” as Buono puts it, is abreath of fresh air in a lot of ways. Whereas most politicians are moreconcerned with showering their constituents with platitudes and get-ting re-elected, Christie actually cares first and foremost about doingwhat he thinks is best for New Jersey — regardless of how hisapproval ratings look. You have to admire that quality, as it is so rare inmost politicians. Need we bring up President Barack Obama, forinstance, who promised change and never quite delivered? Christie isObama’s opposite: He promised to come down hard on New Jersey tofix its problems, and he’s doing just that. Saying that Christie is justpretending that his blunt approach is honesty ignores the fact thatChristie is a man who follows through.

Could Christie benefit from choosing his words a little more care-fully? Perhaps, but we strongly advise anyone hung up on the man’sgruff manner of speaking to just get over it. What really matters in thissituation — what really matters when it comes to any politician, really— is not what Christie is going to say next, but what he’s going to donext. Worrying about Christie’s perceived meanness is about as pro-ductive as worrying about where Obama was born. Elected officialsshould be judged according to the policies they’re putting into practiceand the causes they’re moving forward. When it comes down to it, youreally do have to give Christie credit: He doesn’t dance around issuesor waste time making sure that everyone loves him. He just does hisjob, and that’s something we wish more politicians would do.

Laud Gov. Christie’s truthful speech

I n the presidential elec-tion of 2008, then-Sen.Barack Obama, D-Ill.,

received 273 endorsementsfrom publications across thenation, including The NewYork Times. Sen. JohnMcCain, R-Ariz., received172. In the 2004 presidentialelection, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., received 213 publication endorsements toformer President George W. Bush’s 205.

I am somewhat puzzled that newspaper publica-tions choose sides during elections. I say thisbecause journalists are trained to provide objectiveand balanced information to the best of their abilities,for their readers. Although I assume that reportersfor The New York Times and other newspaper out-lets were objective in their reporting and coverage ofthe previous presidential elections, Ibelieve that a publisher endorsing aparticular candidate does not neces-sarily serve the public good.

The issue of newspaper endorse-ments is one that I thought exten-sively about throughout the 2008presidential elections, and I contin-ue to debate it to this day. This topicwas recently reignited in my mind,as one of my closest friends is run-ning for president in the RutgersUniversity Student Assembly(RUSA) elections.

While I feel that a direct endorsement from me asa writer for The Daily Targum would not benefit thestudent body, I do think that describing his personal,non-political side as a friend could give you a betterunderstanding of him as a person overall. I hope thatsomeone close to presidential candidate MatthewCordeiro writes to The Daily Targum about his per-sonal character as I write about Ross Kleiman’s.

I first met Ross through the “Achievement inMath and Sciences” living-learning community. Wewere both selected as peer mentors for the programand would serve as academic leaders for the com-munity. I still laugh at the thought of my initialencounter with him. He wore a maroon polo, had atall frame and walked goofily over to me with hisright hand extended. I still joke about how silly helooked in that polo when we first met, and he stub-bornly vows he will continue to wear it.

There was a spark of hope that we would get alongduring that initial meeting when we realized we wereboth fans of TED videos. After, we would constantlydebate a wide array of topics, some of which relatedto the videos and many others that did not. We dis-cussed the accuracy of evolution and the significanceof religion. We refuted each other’s arguments on

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“Many people ...enjoyed their collegeexperience because

of the various life lessons

they learned.”

The FourthEstate

AMIT JANI

Ski/Snowboard Club — we docompete, don’t let “club” fool you— I greatly appreciate the help weget from the student fees. Withoutthese subsidies, our club wouldnot exist for the sheer fact that ourmembers could not afford it. Ourdues are already $400 a year andwhen you add on our trainingcamp and miscellaneous expens-es, it is more than $1,000. If we hadno help from student fees, theannual cost for each memberwould easily double.

According to some, though, ifstudent fees were no longermandatory, then illegitimateclubs that had no strong follow-ing would collapse. I would notcall my club illegitimate or madeup of flakes. We have some ofthe most passionate people inthe University on the team, butasking them to pay more than

$2,000 for a school-supportedactivity is unacceptable.

Not one of the people whohave been calling to eliminatemandatory funds has beeninvolved in a club or organiza-tion on campus besides the

Targum. Students who areinvolved in clubs realize thattheir organizations cannot existwithout funds from everyone.We must do our part, by payingstudent fees, to keep our school

exciting and balanced in bothentertainment and education.

We all know that Snooki wasn’tand isn’t an educational resource,but that didn’t stop her from hav-ing a positive impact on the stu-dents who attended her show. Shebrought joy to people and filled aneed expressed by students. Shedidn’t receive the full $32,000, asmost still want to point out, andwhether it’s socially fair, she waspaid what the Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association (RUPA)was willing and able to pay her.This is basic economics, and nei-ther RUPA nor the student bodyshould be looked on negatively.

There is also legal precedent inthe fairness of mandatory studentfees. In the case of Board ofRegents of the University ofWisconsin System v. Southworth,the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in

favor of universities charging formandatory fees regardless ofwhether students want to pay them.

As students, we need to embraceand support our student-run organi-zations because they are what makethis University awesome and fun tolearn at. We come to college notonly to learn but also to have oppor-tunities that we wouldn’t normallyhave. The University is regarded asa great institution of learning andhas some of the top schools in law,business, communication and phi-losophy. These experiences do nothurt us but instead make us wellrounded and unique — just like thisfine University.

Andrew Kerth is a School of Artsand Sciences senior majoring in jour-nalism and media studies with minorsin labor studies and digital communi-cation, information and media.

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We believe this anonymity encourages readers to say hateful things to oneanother and about the writers of the pieces they are commenting on. The Targum does not condone these sorts of personal attacks on anyone. We thinkthe best way to prevent the continued spread of hateful language is to moreclosely oversee the comment process.

“Let’s push for some adults in the student body to make changes that reflect better the values

of what Rutgers should represent.”

User “serheev” in response to the April 19th column, “Rutgersfest further damages U.”

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COMMENT OF THE DAYDaily review: laurels and darts

N ew Jersey has a reputation as a dirty state and, depending on whom you ask, theUniversity is doing well to further that reputation. But, in terms of energy at least, theUniversity is starting to get pretty clean. The Board of Governors approved the instal-

lation of more than 40,000 solar panels on Livingston campus, and we say bravo. Perhapsthings like this will prove to the rest of the world that the University is not such a bad placeafter all. Our school may have shelled out $32,000 for Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, but spending$40.8 million on clean energy is a great investment. We give the University a laurel.

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Facebook has to reconsider how it deals with content users flag as “inappropriate.” Thisis evidenced by the fact that, after a picture of two fully clothed men kissing was flagged byusers, Facebook took it down. To give the staff credit, they did issue an apology and restoreit shortly thereafter, but the fact remains that it shouldn’t have happened in the first place.Facebook, we understand you want to keep your users happy and out of harm’s way, butthere are some claims that warrant more serious investigation. We give Facebook a dart forthis slip-up. Hopefully, the people in charge will learn from this mistake and realize that noteverything deemed offensive actually is.

R utgersfest is no more. Ascattering of violent thugsand violent drunks took

their destructive behavior so farlast Friday that President RichardL. McCormick had no choice butto cancel the event for futureUniversity students. Current stu-dents are a special bunch to saythat they were at the lastRutgersfest. Alas, never shallthere be another concert/carnivalof such a scale at the University.

This cancellation is not atragedy, however, because

Consider upsides of Rutgersfest cancellationEDWARD REEPLetter

T here were two pieces inThe Daily Targum yes-terday that I respectfully

disagree with. The first piece, acolumn titled “Rutgersfest furtherdamages U.,” stated that theUniversity needs to change itsimage in the wake of Nicole“Snooki” Polizzi’s appearance andRutgersfest. The second piece, aletter titled “Students deservecontrol over own money,” arguesthat students should not beforced to pay for events that theydo not want — especially onesthat have no educational value.

The grumbling that has beengoing on for three weeks in favorof cutting student fees is disheart-ening and naïve. As president ofthe Rutgers University

Student groups benefit University populationANDREW KERTHLetter

“We need to embrace

and support our student-runorganizations.”

Rutgersfest, as an event, is lame.The carnival aspect tends to beunderdeveloped, and the bands,are at best second-rate. The realfun is in the jubilant festive atmos-phere that occurs alongsideRutgersfest. If the RutgersUniversity ProgrammingAssociation (RUPA) did not holdthe event but said that it would beheld anyway, I imagine that half ofthe University wouldn’t even knowthe difference. Though Rutgersfestsignals a day of partying, it is nottruly dependent on Rutgersfest. Iam absolutely certain that studentswill unofficially designate anotherday for celebration. This day will be

the spiritual successor toRutgersfest and make people justas happy. Since it would be unoffi-cial, non-student degenerateswould have less justification to visitand spoil the fun.

There is another silver liningto this cloud. RUPA will save anenormous amount of money bynot holding Rutgersfest. Thismoney can either go back to thestudents or be used to hold more,higher-quality events throughoutthe year. Perhaps the thousandsof dollars that would normally gointo hiring bands will instead gointo lavish free giveaways for stu-dents. RUPA would definitely

earn my respect if they gaveevery University student a redUniversity baseball cap and anAmazon.com gift certificate.

I only hope, though, that noone thinks ill of the University orits students for the Friday fiasco.Some students acted unreason-ably, but our school has no cra-zier students than any other stateuniversity. The real villains, theones who probably pushedMcCormick over the edge, werethe non-student thugs who shotpeople. By introducing such anoutside criminal element, theycaused safety concerns farbeyond what the police were

expecting. In bringing guns intothe picture, they brought theRutgersfest antics to a totally dif-ferent level, and McCormick’sdecision is the best one inresponse to that fact.

I do weep for Rutgersfest. Theloss of any tradition is a sad timebecause it represents change,and people find comfort in what’sfamiliar. So long, Rutgersfest.You were flawed, but we lovedyou unconditionally.

Edward Reep is a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore majoring inpre-business with minors in economicsand human resource management.

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in the first two innings beforeof ficials called the game for darkness.

The second game will notcount and all statistics will beexpunged, but those two extrainnings could be confidencekillers for Houston, who surrendered the majority ofthe runs.

“I think it’s a lack of mentalfocus,” Nelson said. “That can bea killer. [Houston] has the ability.

It’s just a matter ofwhether she’sgoing to tell her-self she’s a D-1pitcher. When shecomes to that con-clusion, she’sgoing to be fine.”

After winningeight consecutivegames throughmost of April, theKnights findthemselves in arut going into theweekend’s series

with Big East powerhouseDePaul. Rutgers has two straightlosses and would have three ifthe second Stony Brook gamedid not get called off.

“We just need to knock thisout in practice,” Lindley said.“We’re confident that we canturn it around. We just have to practice.”

The three-game series withDePaul (26-11, 10-1) beginsFriday with a doubleheaderand concludes Saturday onSenior Day.

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Stony Brook pitcher Colleen Matthes walked 17 Rutgers hittersand allowed six runs, but still picked up a win.

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Senior third baseman Brittney Lindley drove in two runs and scored one her own yesterday in a losing effort.

Williams pitched well for thefirst six innings, surrendering arun in the first inning beforefive straight scoreless innings.But the seventh inning wasugly all around.

Stony Brook scored six runsin an inning rid-dled with mis-judged defensiveplays, balls find-ing holes andsolid hitting forthe Seawolves.Five runs werecharged toWilliams on thegame, butHouston pickedup the loss afterallowing twoearned runs of fthe bench, includ-ing the game-winning RBI fromSuzanne Karath.

“We just have to get backinto our game,” Nelson said.“Right now, Megan’s really theonly [pitcher] throwing the ballpretty well. We need to get theother two pitching better.”

Initially planned as a dou-bleheader, Nelson fought for asecond game despite the firstlasting nearly three hours andit being close to dark. But hisargument backfired whenStony Brook rallied of f 11 runs

LOSS: Freshman tosses six

strong innings before SBU rally

continued from back

“[Abbey Houston]has the ability.

It’s just a matter of whether she’s

going to tell herselfshe’s a D-1 pitcher.”

JAY NELSONHead Coach

Senior No. 1 singles Amy Zhang ended her home career with Rutgers at 29-0 and pushed her record on the season to 15-5with a 6-2, 6-1 victory in her match yesterday in Manasquan, N.J., against Connecticut.

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like how they’re reading plays out.Then you want to do it the sameway or better.”

While Jamison watchesDeering and Williams in the spring,all eyes will turn to four-star recruitSavon Huggins in the summer.

The St. Peter’s Prep runningback is one of the highest ratedrecruits to commit to Rutgers.

So Jamison uses the spring toput himself in a position to play.

“Coming out in the spring, thisis the time to prove yourself,” theStark, Fla., native said. “This is thetime to show what you’ve got soyou can earn your place for theupcoming year and camp. Youhave to establish yourself now inthe spring.”

With his offseason wakeupcall, Jamison is driven by the feel-ing of the regular season. Hespent home games on the side-line in a track suit and roadgames in front of a television.

Like every recruit, Jamisonwanted to play. Like most recruits,he did not.

“Sitting out last year, that washard for me — very hard,” Jamisonsaid. “I hated that — hated sittingout. I’m finally back and I’mloving it.”

And Jamison is back because ofa conversation with his mother. Heacknowledges he still needs to getstronger, quicker and study more.

He still has the coaches in hisear, but now he is listening.

“When I came out for the scrim-mage, coach said, ‘Show me whatyou’ve got,’” Jamison said. “So Ishowed him.”

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“It felt like we had 20 awaymatches,” said junior Jen Holzberg.“It just felt awkward. The AtlanticClub did a great job accommodatingus, but we never practiced there andfelt like we were always away.”

The Knights tried to make theAtlantic Club feel as much likehome as possible for Zhang’sSenior Day. Before the match,Bucca and Co. presented her withgifts and speeches about howmuch she meant to the program.

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“It was a pretty simple ceremo-ny. It would’ve been great to haveall my friends there, but I don’texpect people to drive 40 minutes,”Zhang said. “But it was nice. Thejuniors gave me flowers, and coachmade a little speech and gave me apicture frame and a bamboo shootsymbolizing happiness, longevityand prosperity.”

Zhang’s teammates also gaveher the gift of a victory asHolzberg, junior Morgan Iveyand junior Maryana Milchutskeyeach won in the Nos. 2 through 4singles slots. Freshman VanessaPetrini also came through in theNo. 5 position to finish with thebest record on the team at 17-2.

Usually a doubles specialist, jun-ior Leonora Slatnick made a rareappearance in the No. 6 slot and wonto complete the shutout. She filled infor freshman Stefanie Balasa, whomissed the match with an illness.

The Knights experienced someturbulence in doubles at points ofthe season, but ended on a highnote, with Zhang and Holzbergpulling out an 8-6 victory in the No.1 position. Ivey and Slatnick, whoplayed together at No. 2 doubles formuch of the early part of the sea-son, reunited yesterday to finish theyear with an 8-2 victory to seal thedoubles point for Rutgers.

“We had a great match today.Everyone came out confident and

ready to play,” Bucca said. “After thematch everyone was pleased that fin-ished the season. It was a convincingwin over a Big East opponent.”

The Knights now look ahead tothe Big East Tournament with theregular season behind them. Theyappear to be in position to be seed-ed anywhere from fifth to eighthbased on the parity in the Big East,but realistically look at sixth place.

“We want to win at least twomatches and get to the semifinalround,” Holzberg said. “There,we will likely have to face anationally-ranked team likeNotre Dame or USF, but we’lldeal with that match once wecome to it.”

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U MSP O RT S1 8 A P R I L 2 0 , 2 0 1 1

R utgers softball team firstbaseman Mandy Craigearned a place this

week on the Big East WeeklyHonor Roll.

The senior went 7-for-12 fromthe plate with a team-best sevenRBI en route to a 2-1 weekend forthe Scarlet Knights.

The Knights gained theirsecond straight Big East serieswin against Providence on theshoulders of Craig’s .917 hittingclip and four runs.

The honor marks Craig’s sec-ond Big East honor, as she wasBig East Player of the Week onMarch 7.

THE RUTGERS BASEBALLteam’s game against Lafayettewas cancelled due to rain.

The Scarlet Knights nextplay Thursday in a Big Eastroad series against Pittsburgh.

FORMER RUTGERSfootball standout Kenny Brittappeared in a Jersey City courton charges of eluding thepolice, stemming from a police

Word on the Street

Rookie translates high school success to RutgersBY JOSH BAKAN

STAFF WRITER

The last two games for theRutgers women’s lacrosseteam began the same way — a

goal byfreshman

Lauren Sbrilli.The midfielder has been able

to score all year, whether it wasoff the bench or in one of herseven starts in 13 games.

Sbrilli’s consistency stemsfrom her confidence, which isalways present.

“I was very comfortable with allmy teammates, and they have con-fidence in me just like I have confi-dence in them,” Sbrilli said. “That’shelped me to drive to the goal.”

Sbrilli showed that confidencesince Day 1 of her freshman season,when she scored in her collegiatedebut on Feb. 23 against Temple.

Her performance against theOwls began Sbrilli’s case to start,even if she did not expect it atthe time.

“Because Rutgers is at the col-lege level and I’m a freshman, Iwasn’t expected to start,” Sbrillisaid. “I was just hoping to get someplaying time.”

Sbrilli had one thing going forher before she arrived with theScarlet Knights — her strength onthe attack. The Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.) product finished herhigh school career second all-timein New Jersey with 336 goals.

Sbrilli translated that skill intocollege by scoring three goals inher first three games off the bench.

But before getting her first startagainst Pennsylvania on March 16,the midfielder rounded out the restof her game.

“[Defense] was an area that Iwas weak at, and now I’veimproved with my slides and my[one-on-one] defense is muchstronger,” Sbrilli said.

Her new mindset at the begin-ning of games improved her confi-dence that got her there in the firstplace.

“I’m calmer starting the gamethan coming off the bench becausethe intensity level’s already highwhen you come off the benchbecause I’m thrown into it all,”Sbrilli said.

Sbrilli proved herself not onlyin games, but also in practices byconsistently penetrating throughthe Big East’s second-rankeddefense in points allowed.

“She’s probably — for me — oneof the most difficult people todefend [in practice] because she’sall over the place,” said senior mid-fielder Shawn Lopez. “She’s a reallyathletic person.”

Sbrilli’s athleticism was evi-dent all season.

“She is really good at back-dooring you. The second you turnyour head to see the ball, she’sgone and she’s left you in thedust,” Lopez said. “She does it tome time and time again in practiceand it drives me nuts, but that’swhy I’m glad she’s on my team.”

Sbrilli proved her worth consis-tently enough in practice to be trust-ed with the ball during games. Themidfielder scored eight goals inseven starts in her freshman season.

“I trust her as I would any veter-an on our team,” Lopez said. “Shehas a good grasp of how our offenseworks and she’s a huge contributor.”

The trust Sbrilli’s teammatesshow in her can only grow in hertenure at Rutgers.

The best way the Knights canfigure out their opposing defensesin future games is by experiment-ing against them.

That experimentation started inthe past two games by putting theball in Sbrilli’s stick.

In only her freshman season, Sbrilli capitalized onthose opportunities.

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RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Freshman midfielder Lauren Sbrilli started seven of the Knights’ 13 games to this point andscored in her collegiate debut on Feb. 23 against Temple.

chase last Tuesday in his home-town of Bayonne, N.J.

Britt offered no plea and thecase will be referred back to theHudson County prosecutorsoffice for further investigation.

Police clocked the TennesseeTitan’s Porsche at 71 mph in a50-mph zone last Tuesday onRoute 440. Police say Britt triedto avoid the cops pursuing himand abandoned his vehicle onFourth Street.

KENTUCKY MEN’Sbasketball freshman DoronLamb will return for his sopho-more season.

The 6-foot-4 guard aver-aged 12.3 points and shot 48percent from 3-point range tohelp the Wildcats advance totheir first Final Four appear-ance in 13 years.

Lamb set a single-gamefreshman scoring record forKentucky with 32 points in avictory in December, a marklater broken by teammateTerrence Jones.

It is still unclear whetherteammates Jones, BrandonKnight and DeAndre Ligginswill return next season.

LOS ANGELES LAKERSforward Lamar Odom won theSixth Man Award, and was thefirst member of the Lakers toearn the honor.

The only requirements towin the award are the playermust come of f the benchmore games then he starts.Odom entered of f the bench47 times as opposed to 35 starts.

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BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

Nursing a sprained ankle,junior defensive tackle ScottVallone returned to the prac-tice field yesterday after leav-ing the Rutgers football team’sSaturday scrimmage.

Just three days removed froman injury that saw him carted offthe Rutgers Stadium turf, Vallonewas limited, but fully dressed.

“I think right now it’s day-to-day,” Vallone said. “I’m progress-ing pretty fast right now, which I’mhappy about. I could barely walkon Saturday — I was on crutchesand in a boot — but now I’m walk-ing around on my own two feet.”

Vallone’s temporary absencemade a defensive line lacking indepth even shorter.

RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior defensive tackle Scott Vallone was in uniform yesterday during the Knights’ spring practice after suffering an ankle injury during the team’s Saturdayscrimmage, said head coach Greg Schiano. Schiano was unsure if Vallone will return for the remainder of spring practice.

SPRING PRACTICE NOTEBOOK INJURIES ON BOTH LINES SHAKE DEPTH CHARTS

Head coach Greg Schianorepeatedly called Vallone the only positive, and Vallone shares some of his coach’s concerns.

“There’s a lot of uncertain-ty,” Vallone said. “I’ve played alot, but there’s no sense thatI’ve been a per fect playerwhen I’ve been around hereeither. We need to get theseguys reps and make surewe’re working hard. We haveto carr y that chip on our shoulder.”

Vallone is spending thespring transitioning fromthree-technique tackle to nosetackle — a spot where Schianosaid Vallone could be explosivein Rutgers’ defense.

More than halfway throughthe spring, Vallone likes the move.

He already gained someweight — he is about 275pounds — and may add a fewmore pounds over the summer,he said.

“Coach made a really goodmove with that. I’m good at get-ting my hands on guys and mov-ing my feet, so coach saw thatand moved me to nose tackle,”Vallone said. “I’ve gainedweight already, but I want tokeep my speed because of thenature of our defense.”

WITHOUT SENIOR LEFTguard Desmond Wynn, Schianodid some shuffling along theoffensive line.

Sophomore David Osei,who spent the early part ofspring competing with former JuCo center Dallas

Hendrickson at center, tooksnaps at left tackle.

“He’s coming along at cen-ter, so I don’t want to disruptthat,” Schiano said. “If Davidis one of the best five at anoth-er position than center … nowis the time to figure it out.”

Senior Caleb Ruch workedout at center, and redshirt fresh-man Betim Bujari benefited fromthe moving parts.

Bujari, who appeared in onegame last season, earned somesecond-team repetitions.

SOPHOMORE CORNERBACKJordan Thomas also leftSaturday’s scrimmage and hasa concussion. Schiano wasunsure of whether he willreturn during the spring.

The status of sophomore

defensive tackle Isaac Holmesand junior wideout KeithStroud are also in questionafter suf fering injuries in yes-terday’s practice.

Redshir t freshman line-backer Justin Mills is out forthe spring after injuring his elbow.

SCHIANO PINPOINTEDfirst-team corners BrandonJones and Logan Ryan as thetop two cornerbacks, followedby senior Mason Robinson.

“If we had to go today,those three would kind of bein a rotation,” Schiano said.

Senior David Rowe and jun-ior Duron Harmon are secureas the starting safeties, whilejunior Wayne Warren caughthis eye in sub-packages.

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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M

Zhang capsundefeatedhome career

BY MATT CANVISSERCORRESPONDENT

Perfection is rare in the sportsworld and it takes a special athleteto achieve it.

The Rutgers tennis team posteda perfect score with a 7-0 win overConnecticut yesterday, but more

i m p r e s -s i v e l y ,s e n i o rc a p t a i nA m yZ h a n g

completed her perfect career homerecord at 29-0.

“The streak was not somethingI set out to do, it sort of just hap-pened,” Zhang said. “It’s a greatthing, but I didn’t even realize ituntil last year.”

The Scarlet Knights (15-5, 7-3)relied on Zhang’s dominance forthe past four years and that contin-ued yesterday in her usual No. 1singles slot. She notched a 6-2, 6-1win in the final regular seasonmatch of her career to remainundefeated at home and bring herseason record to 15-5.

“This streak is Amy’s legacy.She’s in the records books. It’ssomething that’ll never be takenaway,” said head coach Ben Bucca.“All year I’ve preached to the teamthat the path to excellence isthrough consistency, and there’s nobetter example of that than Amy.”

The Knights’ home this yearwas the Atlantic Club inManasquan, N.J., located morethan 40 minutes off campus. Eachof their six home matches tookplace at the indoor facility due tovarious weather-related issues,including the collapse of the BuschTennis Bubble.

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RU suffers loss despite17 walks

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

On some days nothing goes right.For the Rutgers softball team

against Stony Brook yesterday, thatwas the case. The Scarlet Knights

could notcatch ab r e a kagainst theSeawolves,losing, 7-6,

at the RU Softball Complex.“We got our butts kicked,” said

third baseman Brittney Lindley.“We didn’t play well.”

Rutgers held a 5-1 lead goinginto the top of the seventh inning,but a nightmare frame for fresh-man Megan Williams and sopho-more Abbey Houston, her replace-ment, tarnished six strong inningsby Williams to start the game.

Stony Brook pitcher ColleenMatthes walked five consecutivebatters in the seventh inning, but aline-out by Lindsey Curran endedthe game with the Knights on theshort end.

“We need to come out better,”said Lindley, who extended her hit-ting streak to 11 games with a two-run single. “Everything wasmessed up today.”

For Stony Brook, Matthes threwnearly 200 pitches in the game — allfastballs — and walked an astro-nomical 17 batters in the game.

But the Knights (18-23, 6-6) didnot take proper advantage of the 26baserunners in the game.

“We didn’t come out to play,”said head coach Jay Nelson. “Weweren’t ready to play. When theother team’s pitcher has onepitch and walks 17 batters, youhave to win.”

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CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior first baseman Mandy Craig, left, and junior outfielder Mikelyn Messina combined for four of the Scarlet Knights’ 17 walks yesterday, but they still lost, 7-6, at home against Stony Brook.

Conversation sparksfreshman’s turnaround

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

For about five months, JawanJamison had the Rutgers football

coaches inhis ear.

“You need to get yourself intoshape,” they told him.

“You need to be the hardestworker to see the field,” he learned.

But the redshir t freshmanrunning back, who admits hearrived in Piscataway out ofshape, finally learned the lessonduring the of fseason.

“It finally clicked in my headwhen I was talking to my mom,”Jamison said. “This is what I wantto do. This is the sport I love andthe position I love, so I have to real-ly dedicate to it.”

After winter workouts of tryingto get himself into shape, the earlyspring results show for Jamison.

He worked his way into earningfirst-team carries in the ScarletKnights’ first scrimmage Saturday,and based on his performance,those carries will continue.

Still, Jamison is playing catch-up.“I think that Jawan Jamison needs

to get tougher, he needs to get in bet-ter shape,” said head coach GregSchiano. “But he has the ability tomake some violent cuts, which wehaven’t seen around here in a while.”

Jamison showed those cuts inSaturday’s scrimmage, when he ledall rushers in non-situational set-tings with 62 yards on 15 carries.

The 5-foot-8 tailback joinedRutgers with a reputation as asmall, shifty back.

Schiano praised sophomoreJeremy Deering’s natural speed andjunior De’Antwan Williams’ ability torun downhill.

They are three very different run-ning backs, but they all earned first-team snaps. In competition for car-ries, Jamison admits he watches theother tailbacks.

“You have to watch them and seewhat they’re doing so you don’t goout there and make the same mis-takes,” he said. “You have to watchthem and get a feel for everything,

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FOOTBALL

SAM HELLMAN

Freshman running back Jawan Jamison led the Knights’ running back corps with 62 yards on 15 carrieson Saturday in the team’s first scrimmage at Rutgers Stadium.