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MARATHON MANIA With 13 days until Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015, students are revving up for the biggest student-run fundraiser on behalf of Embrace

Kids Foundation in the state of New Jersey. Make sure to follow us on Twitter @DT_RUDM and @daily_targum for our coverage leading up to and during this year’s event.

Students gather to boost morale for Dance Marathon with dancer expo DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Considering how Rutgers University Dance Marathon (RUDM) 2015 is only 12 days away, administrators, morale captains and students held a pep rally Friday afternoon in preparation for the spectacle.

Students af filiated with RUDM 2015 gathered to raise

awareness of RUDM and boost dancer morale at the “RUDM Dancer Expo” Friday afternoon, braving the wind at Morrell Street below the College Avenue Student Center.

The dancer expo was planned so dancers and other University students interested in RUDM could ask questions about preparing for the event, said Monica Marrone,

director of University Relations for RUDM 2015.

The actual Dance Marathon, scheduled for April 11 at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus, is the largest student-run fundraiser for the Embrace Kids Foundation in the state of New Jersey, Marrone said.

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Rutgers omits ‘subject to’ clause MEGAN JOSEPH CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi responds to students’ concerns at the Rutgers University Student Assembly’s event, “Town Hall with President Robert Barchi” March 26 at the Student Activities Center on College Avenue campus. EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

Barchi addresses campus issues at RUSA’s town hall AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

University President Robert L. Barchi tackled the good, the bad and the ugly at Thursday evening’s Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) meeting.

Barchi spent an hour addressing student concerns, ranging from on-campus sexual assault to the future of fraternities, at “RUSA Town Hall: President Robert L. Barchi” in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus.

He opened the meeting with a 20-minute PowerPoint presentation of the University’s Physical Master Plan, which showcased the construction that will occur at Rutgers within the next 20 years.

The physical changes include a pedestrian footbridge connecting the Livingston and College Avenue campuses, a Raritan River board-

walk, a new student center and an enhanced transportation system.

One of the major issues being solved by the plan is transportation, Barchi said. To speed up movement, each campus will feature a transportation hub, with food and amenities within a 10-minute walk of that hub.

“We have this beautiful campus spread out over 2,700 acres and it’s not easily connectable,” Barchi said. “Many of you spend enormous amounts of time on buses.”

Barchi described a vision in which George Street would become a one-way southbound bus lane and Neilson Street a generally one-way northbound route. Livingston campus and Busch campus would be connected directly with a bus and bike lane to speed up the commute.

In the coming years, Barchi said the University will implement schedSEE BARCHI ON PAGE 8

After a continuous struggle, the University faculty and staf f union are one step closer to “Reclaiming Rutgers.” They are in the process of receiving new contracts from University administration.

Sherr y Wolf, lead organizer at American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers, said the Feb. 24 Old Queens protest to abolish the “subject to” clause was the turning point.

One hundred faculty and employees protested outside of

Old Queens, commanding widespread attention, and subsequently secured a “subject to” revision in faculty contracts.

According to a previous article in The Daily Targum, the clause allowed the University administration to freeze salaries or raises subject to allocation appropriation by the state.

The clause was first exercised in 2010 when the University announced the administration would not follow through with raises for employees, though they were called for in contracts, because the state of New Jersey had cut funding to the school, according to nj.com.

The new contracts allow the administration to use the “subject to” provision, but they must notify the union 21 days in advance, providing financial documents detailing a fiscal emergency, according to nj.com.

“We had to fight them ever y step of the way and claw for ever y penny in this contract,” Wolf said.

“We won’t forget this. They treated us with utter contempt and are still treating staf f with a level of disrespect.”

Wolf said the most significant change in the contract dealt with people at the bottom of the SEE CLAUSE ON PAGE 6

TEDxRutgers talks inspire, teach students DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Parth Patel, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior, talks about his passions and aptitudes as an animal science major at TEDxRutgers, a conference held March 28 at the Cook Student Center. NAAZ MODAN / PHOTO EDITOR

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Even though many students and faculty watch TED talks over the Internet during class or leisure time, only a few can say they have seen or presented a TED Talk for their university.

University students, faculty members and guest speakers SEE TALKS ON PAGE 7

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Students take stand against cancer in 14-hour Relay for Life AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

“Cancer doesn’t sleep, and neither do we” was the tagline at Rutgers University's “Relay for Life””marathon, where students stayed awake for 14 hours to fundraise for cancer research.

Colleges Against Cancer coordinated the event, which celebrated its 15th year at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus.

Close to 700 participants and 59 teams flooded into the RAC at 5 p.m. on Friday and did not leave until 6 a.m. on Saturday, said Gianna DeLizza, president of Colleges Against Cancer. By the end of the night, the event had raised $51,046 in the name of cancer research.

“The sur vivors appreciate us being up all night,” said DeLizza, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “They went through so many sleepless nights too because they were sick from treatments.”

Prutha Shah, Andrea Adams and Stephanie Garino represented their sorority, Alpha Epsilon Delta, by staying awake for the full 14 hours. “(Alpha Epsilon Delta) does a lot of community service around campus in general, so we thought we would garner a lot of support for a good cause,” said

Garino, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

The event began with an opening ceremony, in which speakers shared the devastating statistics of cancer’s impact.

New Jersey alone will see 51,410 new cases of the disease in 2015, according to the American Cancer Society.

Cancer survivors shared the first lap around the RAC, DeLizza said. The survivors’ caregivers joined in for the second lap, followed by all participants joining the third lap.

Fundraising did not stop at the door with registration and instead continued with on-site donations until sunrise, said DeLizza, who personally raised $1,750.

The 14-hour event did not solely involve walking laps around the RAC, said Melissa Johnson, chair of “Relay for Life.” The Rutgers University Programming Association provided activities for the night, such as a magic show, live enter tainment from local bands, a dance par ty and a Zumba marathon.

“The Paul Mitchell School of Hair is coming to cut hair,” Johnson said. “People will be donating their hair at 10 pm, including myself. I’ve been growing it out for two years now.”

Students file into the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus March 27 for “Relay for Life,” the 14-hour event intended to raise funds for cancer research. ALISON CHICOMA A Luminaria Ceremony acted as one of the more emotional moments of the night. Bags full of glow sticks were placed around the track in honor of those fighting cancer and to remember those lost to cancer, DeLizza said.

The event was particularly special to DeLizza, who lost her father to cancer. She joined Colleges Against Cancer to deal with issues she faced after her father’s passing. At last year’s event, she spoke about her experience during the Luminaria Ceremony.

“You start to become humbled by how many people have experienced the same thing,” DeLizza said. “There are so many partici-

pants who have lost parents and it proves I wasn’t the only one who lost my dad here.”

For the first time in 15 years, the event was held at the RAC, which DeLizza said is “completely monumental.” In previous years, Relay for Life was held in smaller venues like the Werblin Recreation Center and Livingston Recreation Center.

Johnson and DeLizza both said they utilized social media to a greater extent this year in order to attract more students.

“It gets better every year,” DeLizza said. “I’ve been doing this for three years and having it at the RAC is nothing that I would’ve expected three years ago.”

Each year, “Relay for Life” has a different theme. This year’s theme was superheroes. Participants wore capes and tights to reflect the nature of cancer research, Johnson said.

“Cancer doesn’t discriminate,” Johnson said. “It’s great to bring the community together to celebrate those who fought cancer and won, remember those we have lost and fight back for those still fighting.”

Avalon Zoppo is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business. She is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow her on Twitter @ avalonzoppo for more stories.

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EXPO Color wars competition will be one tactic to boost morale at Dance Marathon, Ruggiero says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“(We also wanted) to give out information, because a lot of people come to the marathon either not sure where they can ask questions beforehand or what they should bring (or) what they should wear,” she said.

An Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy junior, Marrone said RUDM’s second year at the RAC would correct logistical mistakes that were made last year.

Some changes that participants should expect include a different floor layout, which affects where various events within RUDM will take place, as well as where certain dancers will dance, Marrone said. “(We’re changing) simple things most people don’t think about,” she said. “We’re changing the location of where we put out dancer bins and our check-in and check-out system … things like that, (which) play into how the marathon flows.”

RUDM Entertainment staff members plan on boosting the morale of the 30-hour dancers in many ways, said Alix Ruggiero, assistant director of morale for RUDM. Ruggerio, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said RUDM 2015 has 32 morale captains, which reflects a doubled figure from last year.

“We plan on increasing morale in a variety of ways,” she said.

“We’re going to be doing the color wars competition, with eight different color teams competing against each other before and after the Marathon.”

In order to provide all 800 dancers with continuous entertainment throughout Dance Marathon, the color wars competition will have a tournament component and a social media component, which requires team members to use their unique team hashtag on social media, Ruggiero said.

The dancers inside the RAC will also be able to par ticipate in a line dance that has been in developing stages since December, Ruggiero said. During the event, all dancers will be able to do the same dance at the same time.

“Once they’re tired, we plan to keep them motivated by helping them have fun, but also by reminding them why they dance,” she said. “We want to make sure that while they’re having fun, even when they get tired they know they’re doing this for a really great cause.”

RUDM administrators are hoping to raise at least $50,000 more than last year, said Nick Catania, assistant director of Fundraising Student Organizations for RUDM.

Students prepare for the lead-in to Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015 with the “RUDM Dancer Expo,” held March 27 at Morrell Street in front of the College Avenue Student Center. COLIN PIETERS / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

A School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, Catania said even though RUDM staff always wants to surpass their $1 million goal, there has been a trend illustrating a steady increase of funds raised over the past few years.

“I’m going to hope for another $50,000 more than last year,” he said. “We’re pushing past $700,000 — and that’s nice … in past years we’ve been jumping up almost $100,000 per year, but I don’t want to speculate that.”

Although it is too early to estimate how much the final total will be before the morning of April 12, last-minute contributions to RUDM usually raises a considerable amount of money before the Marathon ends, Catania said.

“It’s always too early to tell because people put in a lot of

last-minute effort into this,” he said. “You see right up until the total is recorded and finalized … there’s usually a couple thousand dollars (more) by the very end.”

Even though preparing for 30 hours of non-stop dancing is difficult, it is worth the effort because it raises money for the Embrace Kids Foundation, which is based in New Brunswick, said Olivia Shaker, a part-time worker at Embrace Kids Foundation.

A School of Arts and Sciences junior, Shaker said understanding the implications of her fundraising helps her become self-motivated to work hard and raise as much money as possible for RUDM. “I see the impact it has on the families I work with and I also see how much the kids appreciate it,” she said. “It really is

amazing to see the smile on their face … when I’m here I really put my heart and soul out.”

Rutgers students should support, or at least be aware of Dance Marathon because raising money for Embrace Kids Foundation has a significant, direct impact on the New Brunswick community, Marrone said.

“The event really is close to our community because it’s all within New Brunswick,” she said. “People can see where their money’s going to, and the event should be as fantastic as always.”

Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow him on Twitter @_dancorey for more stories.

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Student takes LSD, stabs man DAN COREY ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

A naked Rutgers student stabbed another University student in the neck after they both took LSD, police said.

Kevin Huang, 22, was taken into custody after allegedly stabbing 23-year-old Andrew Kim inside a Sicard Street residence, according to a press release from the New Brunswick Police Department (NBPD).

Huang was later found by officers pacing back and forth naked on the second floor of the home.

Kim was found by patrol officers bleeding from the neck outside of the home at about 1:20 a.m. on March 8 and was treated for injuries after being transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

A witness who was with Huang and Kim said both students used

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LSD prior to the incident, according to the NBPD. Huang started acting aggressively, removing his clothing and destroying the apartment, the witness said.

The witness left the apartment to seek help and returned to see Kim escaping and bleeding from the neck, police said.

Patrol officers found a “large” amount of drugs and drug-related materials while taking Huang into custody, police said.

New Brunswick police found about 500 bars of Xanax, 15 pounds of marijuana, packing materials typically used for drug distribution, a “significant” amount of cocaine and cash, as well as other pills and crystals during a later search, police said.

Huang is being charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weap-

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on and a list of narcotic-related offenses including possession, distribution and distribution in a school zone, police said.

Investigation surrounding the stabbing is ongoing as detectives attempt to learn more about the events leading up to the incident, as well as the extent of Huang and Kim’s alleged narcotic use and potential distribution, police said.

The New Brunswick Police Department encourages anyone with information about the events that transpired Saturday morning to contact Detective Drew Weiss at (732) 745-5217.

MARCH 29 ABSECON — Absecon police officers responded to calls reporting that a man was injured and bleeding along a southern New Jersey roadway. The 18-yearold man told officers he had been stabbed and sprayed in the face with a chemical, then assaulted before being forced into a vehicle.

He was further robbed and beaten before being dumped out of the vehicle, then the people involved in the attack drove off. The victim was treated at a local hospital for undisclosed injuries. The police do not think the incident was an arbitrary attack.

Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies. He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum.

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MARCH 29 PATERSON — Authorities are looking for 23-year-old Craig Hall who has been charged with kidnapping and sexual assault. He kidnapped a “young lady” on a Saturday afternoon and sexually assaulted her twice

— first in an abandoned home and then his apartment, said the officers. Hale is described as a black male, last seen wearing a red jersey with the number “8” on it, blue and white jeans and white and green sneakers.

MARCH 28 NEW BRUNSWICK — Police officers found 23-yearold Andrew Kim outside a Sicard Street home bleeding profusely from the neck. Kim and another witness identified 22-year-old Kevin Huang as the suspect who stabbed Kim inside the Sicard Street residence. This same witness stated that both Kim and Huang had taken LSD earlier in the evening. Huang is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon and a series of narcotic related offenses.

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CLAUSE About 7,000 faculty, graduate student employees covered under faculty’s new contract, Wolf says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

pay scale who gained the highest improvements. Minimum wage for 910 non-tenure faculty members went from a salar y of $39,000 to $57,000, experiencing a 43 percent increase.

“There were also significant gains for the assistant professors who are on the tenure track and don’t have job security yet. For those professors, we got a significant salar y increase, too,” she said.

Right now, the faculty union and administration have a tentative agreement. Faculty members have until April 8 to vote on the contract, Wolf said. She knows without a doubt that there will be a clear ratification.

“There are other challenges we will confront. Management is making cuts not only to staf f, but also to courses. Foreign languages are under siege and also larger classes than would be ideal for education. There are a number of corporate schemes that our faculty is concerned about,” she said.

With the new terms and new language of the contract, Wolf said she strongly believes the

administration will no longer be able to “rip up” the agreements or freeze wages.

This is a large benefit because students get faculty who are compensated well and have contracts that treat them with respect, Wolf said. As a result, students get better teaching since faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.

Brittany Polmann, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, thinks these contracts are a great oppor tunity for professors to engage their students in the classroom.

“Students know that professors want to be there just as much as they do,” she said.

“With (the contracts), the faculty and staf f will be even happier teaching when they get the respect they deser ve.”

Polmann took five classes last semester and this semester.

Overall, her experience with the faculty and staf f have been great, but she says that the experience can only get better from here.

“The faculty are immensely thankful for the students and for the solidarity we received,”

Students and individuals part of the American Association of University Professors-American Federation of Teachers protest for fairer contracts Feb. 24 at Old Queens on the College Avenue campus. TIANFANG YU / FEBRUARY 2015 Wolf said. “The protests, the gers Administrators-American the value of money spent on petitions and the good will Federation of Teachers, Lucye food, tuition increases and valfrom students have been a real Millerand, is still fighting for ue of grants.

For Millerand’s entire barboost. Not just to morale, but to the staf f’s end of the bargain.

“We are currently in negoti- gaining unit, each one percent show the administration we are ations. We think that it’s only that wages are raised costs all together.”

Wolf believes the mem- right that we should get a set- about $1.3 million. She thinks bership and involvement of tlement that has the (same) management should stop posturing and show respect faculty was an impor tto the staf f, such as the ant contribution. people who work with She said they were “The protests, the petitions and the food, create schedules extremely active good will from students have been a and work in the Of fice through the past six real boost. Not just to morale, but to of Financial Aid. to nine months, not show the administration we are This new contract will only with petitions and mean a lot for the staf f resolutions, but also all together.” and will of fer a greater with a series of protests amount of financial proand rallies.

SHERRY WOLF tection, Millerand said.

Wolf said there are Lead Organizer at the American Association of University “I think it’s unfortu7,000 faculty and gradProfessors-American Federation of Teachers nate that management uate student employees wants to be really tough covered under the facmain points as (the faculty do). on the bottom of the pay scale ulty’s new contract.

“I represent the interests of However, management is tr y- and generous to people at the the faculty and the union. We ing to give packages with lower top. That’s not being a good employer. Our state university meet regularly with administra- raises,” she said.

Millerand said they want has an obligation to be a good tion and bargain details of the to give staf f a 2 percent wage employer and a good member contract,” she said.

President of the Union of Rut- increase, which is less than of the state,” she said.

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TALKS People should always question context of simple ‘cause and effect’ phenomenon, Mitton says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

congregated to hear educational and inspirational TED talks at the TEDxRutgersU 2015 conference in the Cook Student Center Multipurpose Room on March 28.

The TEDxRutgersU student group on campus wanted to showcase talented individuals both inside and outside of the University system, said Anisha Reddy Nukala, co-project director of the TEDxRutgersU 2015 Organizing Team.

“We really wanted to find people who had stories, people who had ideas,” Reddy Nukala said.

“TED talks are ver y dif ferent from normal talks … (we) needed stories that would interest the audience.”

It was amazing to see the organization develop Saturday’s program from its early stages last semester to the day of the event, said Akash Mitra, co-project director of the TEDxRutgersU 2015 Organizing Team.

The day was divided into three sessions –– Challenging the Norm, Leading the Creative Path and Expanding Horizons –– in order to provide a sense of continuity to the eight-hour presentation, Mitra said.

Both School of Environmental and Biological Sciences juniors, Mitra and Reddy Nukala said the speakers participated in the event because they had faith in the beneficial impact of their respective talks on the student body.

“I would say the people who do want to do it did want to do it for … the ideas we’re spreading,” Mitra said. “I think we all have a certain level of faith in all the ideas that our speakers potentially have in store, and it’s that faith that drives us.”

One of the primar y features of the TEDx event was the amount of student speakers who shared their stories with the audience.

Taylor Miller, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, discussed perseverance after sharing the stor y of how she survived sexual assault less than one week into her first year at the University during the “Challenging the Norm” session.

“I want people to know that things will happen, but you have to reach out and get the help you need, because you can’t do it alone. Trust me, I have tried,” Miller said. “You need support from others, and (to) use the resources that are (at Rutgers).”

Miller wanted to share her stor y and encourage women

and girls who might be reluctant to seek help to use what is at their disposal, such as the Of fice of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance, and tell them that it is never too late to reach out, she said.

means that would benefit others, becoming a New Student Orientation leader and emcee for Rutgers University Dance Marathon 2015.

It is important to support others and encourage them to push through hard times because those are typically the times for the most growth, as well as prime opportunities to understand personal strengths, Miller said.

“Bad things happen to ever yone,” she told the audience.

“It’s how you handle it that sets

During the “Leading the Creative Path” session, Mitton showed the audience how he does magic tricks and asked obser vers to tr y to do tricks of their own during his TED talk.

“Actions speak louder than words, but when you translate actions into words, then you lose a lot in the translation,” he said. “One thing that physical misdirection does is help understand some of the details of what gets lost … you can get really technical really fast.”

“Bad things happen to everyone. It’s how you handle it that sets you apart from the rest.”

TAYLOR MILLER School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore

“The moment you reach out is the moment you star t living again,” she told the audience.

I was at war with myself ever yday on what to do until I finally talked to my family after 6 weeks … understanding you can’t do this alone is the epitome of strength.”

Miller said she was able to channel her experience into

you apar t from the rest.”

Along with many students and Rutgers faculty members, other guest speakers wanted to inspire students in ways they had never been exposed to.

People should always question the context of a simple cause and ef fect phenomenon, said Mark Mitton, a magician and special ef fects consultant.

The TED talks appealed to University students because it introduced new ideas and concepts in a familiar setting, Mitra said.

Attending the TEDx event gave students an opportunity to identify with certain ideas and concepts presented, possibly increasing their drive to discover new interests they might have not had before, Mitra said.

“(One of) the topics is finding your real, authentic self,” he said. “That’s exactly what we go through in college … we take a bunch of classes, we meet a bunch of new people and take part in various organizations, and we tr y and find who we really are.”

The primar y goal of the TEDxRutgersU conference was to encourage students to pursue their dreams by allowing them to see success stories of people who are in their own community or once shared the same experiences as them, Reddy Nukala said.

“At this point in life, we all have aspirations of doing or accomplishing something,” she said. “When you’re hearing the stor y of somebody who’s gone through the same things as you, if they did it, you definitely have the power to do it as well.”

Dan Corey is a Rutgers Business School first-year student majoring in pre-business and journalism and media studies.

He is an Associate News Editor at The Daily Targum. Follow him on Twitter @_dancorey for more stories.

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BARCHI Honors college brought in 500 students that would be in other colleges otherwise, Barchi says CONTINUED FROM FRONT

uling changes in order to control the overcrowded bus system. For instance, first-year students will be assigned housing based on their major and the classes they are most likely to enroll in.

“If we did that, we could reduce ridership on the buses by 35 percent,” Barchi said.

After the Physical Master Plan presentation, students lined up behind the mic for a Q&A session with Barchi.

Justin Schulberg, the RUSA College Avenue Campus senator, brought up the future of fraternities at Rutgers given recent negative media coverage of greek life surrounding alcohol-related incidents, rape culture and hazing.

“The major answer to that question comes from you,” Barchi said. “…They are your fraternities, your future and you should be

making the decisions about how they should evolve.”

Barchi said it is his responsibility to step in when greek life is not heading in the right direction and would gladly set up a strategic planning session with greek organizations that need guidance.

The way in which the University handles sexual assault cases has recently been criticized, but Barchi said the criticism is welcome.

“Although there has been criticism about how we handle cases, there should be,” he said. “I don’t think we ever do anything completely right. If we don’t talk about it, we’re not doing our job.”

But Rutgers is viewed as an example of how to handle sexual assault cases around the nation, Barchi said. When Barchi goes to AAU meetings, he said the 60 other university leaders applaud the way Rutgers handles cases of sexual assault.

Barchi also touched upon is-

sues surrounding Counseling and other institutions, does not pub- that happen to generate money.

Psychological Services, which lish its budget for the public to see. They support everything else.”

A portion of the University’s But Barchi told students that has seen an enormous increase budget has gone into creating in amount of students requiring this is a misconception.

“We have an audited financial the new honors college, which its services. CAPS does not have a large enough staff to handle report that is released each year,” Barchi said he is passionate he said. “They are available for the about building. The honors col66,000 students, Barchi said. lege keeps New Jersey students “(CAPS) is basically an emergen- public on the web.”

Students also mentioned the in the state, and will also attract cy service,” Barchi said. “… More and more individuals are coming to athletic funding in 2014 was $36 students from across the nation college having been given counsel- million, and questioned how the to increase diversity.

The honors college has ing before they get here, but sud- administration justifies taking money from student fees to put brought in 500 students that denly they are cut loose.”

Although CAPS does not cur- toward sports like football and would be at another school other wise, Barchi rently have the said. Those stucapacity to prop“We need to build the top, and raise our bottom dents are vir tuerly serve all ally 100 percent students seeking standards.” on scholarhelp, Barchi said ships. the University ROBERT BARCHI “We need to is hiring more Rutgers President build the top, people for CAPS and raise our botand improving tom standards,” Barchi said. “You men’s basketball. the system.

Again, Barchi said this is an- learn from the people you interact “We are working to add to the number of visits that an individ- other misconception. Athletic with. The quality of the education ual can have within the system,” funding comes from athletic reflects the quality of the students he said. “But it seems like a nev- fees that are put toward 18 that go here.” er ending race on a treadmill to different sports, such as swimAvalon Zoppo is a Rutgers Busiming or gymnastics, but not keep up.” ness School first-year student maThe University’s budget was football or basketball.

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Child-tailored ‘SciFest’ commemorates end to ‘Geek Week’ NIKHILESH DE

“It’s a fun thing, the kids like it, the parents really enjoy it, grab something to eat, learn Ice cream can be made by some science, it’s a fun way to mixing half-and-half, light cream, spend the day,” Gandhi said. sugar and liquid nitrogen, said “We’ll be able to interest them Casey-Ann Smith, a School of En- with a college as well.”

The goal is to make science gineering junior.

Smith was part of one of a doz- more than memorizing formulas, en student organizations present at he said.

Showing that chemistry can be SciFest, the science fair-esque end to “Geek Week” last Saturday, held fun is important, said Smith, who at the Allison Road Classrooms on explained the concept of thermal Busch campus. Along with demon- transfer using the liquid nitrogen strations of scientific principles by ice cream.

Liquid nitrogen in particular is these organizations, SciFest included physics and chemistry presen- something people might be scared of, even though the element itself tations by professional scientists.

“The people organizing is present in most of Earth’s atmo(SciFest) were passionate about sphere, she said.

The event was planned by making science fun and accessible for children in the community to various student organization come in,” she said. “We wanted to leaders, Chawla said. There was show that there’s a lot of fun things no set club or group who orgagoing on in science and it’s not nec- nized SciFest.

“It’s a very organic event essarily scary or hard all the time.”

SciFest’s goal is to foster an motivated by the people here enjoyment of science in primary at the University,” he said. schoolchildren, said Donald Chaw- “It’s just generally ... a fun and friendly environment.” la, one of the event coordinators.

While only 60 University stuAllowing people from various scientific backgrounds to min- dents attended, more than 300 gle with University students was parents and children attended another goal of the event, said throughout the course of the day, Chawla, a School of Engineer- he said.

Visitors came from as far away ing junior. “(Science) is a beautiful way as Newark and Perth Amboy, said to not only look at the world but Asher Wasserman, a School of Arts and Scito build your ences senior. own reasoning While this skills,” he said.

“We wanted to show that year’s event “A lot of times people look at there’s a lot of fun things had a lower ttendance science as ingoing on in science and athan the previtimidating, difit’s not necessarily scary ous year’s, the ficult (or) not event itself is or hard all the time.” very enjoyable, more streamand we want to lined, said Wasshow them the CASEY-ANN SMITH serman, who fun side.”

School of Engineering Junior helped coordiW h i l e nate the event. younger chil“I’ve been dren would really happy not understand how ferrofluid or other complicat- with the turnout, I think people ed ideas worked, they would still have gotten a lot out of it,” he said. be interested in the demos, he said. “We’re a new event so we’re conThe first event was a physics stantly learning.”

The penultimate event of the demonstration by the Mad Science group. Various principles were day was a chemistry demonstraexplained through interactive pre- tion by Bob Porcja, Chawla said. sentations, including Newton’s Porcja provides lecture demonstrations for the Department of Chemlaws and force distribution.

Children and parents were then istry and Chemical Biology.

This demonstration encomencouraged to attend the “sidewalk demos” the various student passed key lecture material organizations put on in the Life Sci- Porcja orates to actual first-year chemistry classes at the Univerences Building, he said.

The Rutgers University Science sity, he said.

Middle school children need Mathematics Engineering Outreach organization demonstrated to know that science is not borhow magnets worked and other ing, Chawla said. Technology general science principles, said can attract more immediate atPriyan Gandhi, a School of Engi- tention while also being more addicting long-term. neering first-year student.

Wasserman said he hoped Helping elementary and middle school aged children intuitively SciFest would expand the reach understand how these concepts of the STEM subjects beyond worked without using mathemat- what students can experience in ical formulas would help show a classroom.

Getting in the fun aspects them the lighter side, he said.

The organization also planned would help with that, he said.

“There’s a quote, ‘A good lecto demonstrate some of the opportunities that the University offers ture teaches, and a great lecture… to members of the local communi- inspires’,” Chawla said. “We want to inspire.” ty, he said.

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Children participate in “SciFest,” the event held to conclude “Geek Week,” where “Mad Science” scientists demonstrate a principal of physics in the Allison Road Classrooms on Busch campus.

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merica embraces the concept of having wom- Margaret Sanger. Featured on the $100 bill, Benjamin en on money, just not money that gets used Franklin makes the perfect case for putting women on everyday. The $1, $5 and $20 are used so often money. He wasn’t a president, yet Franklin represents that you rarely stop and look at the people on the bill. the pinnacle of innovation and his actions were pivotal But the organizers of Women on 20 (W20) took a look in changing the nation. Equivalently, the 15 candidates and thought it’s time to make some changes — and chosen by W20 embody the true spirit of the Ameriwho wouldn’t agree? The Susan B. Anthony and Sa- can dream. They have all thrived in the face of adversicagawea dollar coins exist, but you’re unlikely to see ty and were able to become fully integrated members or use them unless a ticket machine spits them out at of a nation that was not founded for them.

All American currency in circulation has been reyou as change.

The men showcased on American money have imagined time and time again — it doesn’t take a lot undeniably changed the nation. George Washing- to change the appearance of American currency. The ton, featured on the on the $1 bill, was the nation’s only requirement for putting a new face on money is first president. He led the American Revolution and that the individual has to be dead. When a suggestion is shaped the values of democracy and freedom that made, the Secretary of the Treasury can issue an order have since always been associated with the United to make the change and the president can instruct the States. The $5 bill features Abraham Lincoln, a pres- secretary to make such a change.

The W20 campaign alident with a similar narralows anyone, especially tive. He began the process Rutgers students, to particthat ended slavery with the “(Changing the face on the bill) ipate in the movement. If Emancipation Proclamation would represent a break from you think a woman should and kept the nation from the traditional anecdotes that be featured on the $20 bill, splitting into two during the you can cast a vote on their Civil War. But what about bind American politics.” website. Once a final canAndrew Jackson, the presididate is chosen, the name dent featured on the $20 bill? will be suggested to PresWhile he was an American president, he was largely responsible for the decima- ident Obama, who has the power to suggest the tion of Native Americans due to the Indian Removal change. In this instance, the “slacktivism” that Act. He was opposed to the idea of a central banking millennials are accused of perpetuating might system much like the one we use today. Jackson’s ac- just prevail.

But changing the face on the $20 bill would be tions as president changed America, yet not for any redeeming purposes. As a result, the creators of W20 more than that. It would represent a break from the have suggested removing his face from the $20 bill traditional anecdotes that bind American politics — this movement can be tangible and create lasting and replacing him with a woman.

There are countless women who have made influ- change. Washington founded the nation, Lincoln ential and fundamental changes to America as a na- kept it together and the list of candidates are women tion. W20 has devised a list of 15 women who have who were pioneers in their own right, showing that worked to make the country what it is today. Candi- women too can be players on a national scale. Many dates include Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the founder of of these women, by virtue of being the first, deserve the Women’s Rights Movement, renowned abolitionist to be recognized as people who are essential to the Harriet Tubman, Patsy Mink, the first woman of color American story, and putting one of them on money ever elected to Congress and birth control advocate that Americans use every day would accomplish that.

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Delusional confidence is necessary, limitations don’t exist

UNVEILING SOCIETY CHRIS SHA

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enry Ford once said, “The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can’t are both right.” The question is: Which one are you? In a study involving the survival rates of optimists and pessimists, Dr. Toshihiko Maruta concluded after a 30year period, that pessimists were significantly at higher risk for mortality.

Optimism and foolishness are separated by a fine line, which has been obscured over the years by false evidence and media misrepresentations. To be clear, optimism is not a principle in which every desire will be magically fulfilled through the power of positive thinking. In fact, I am a hardcore realist when necessary. I understand that wishing for something will not simply make it come true. However, I also realize that the most successful people in life, the Michael Jordan’s and Muhammad Ali’s of history, all share a common mindset. They experience a phenomenon known as delusional confidence.

This ability is readily available in every one of us, yet is under utilized because of the negative connotation. Who in their right mind would engage in self-deceptive tendencies?

Well, we all do, whether we are consciously aware of it or not. For example, we constantly seek out flaws in other people and ignore the negative traits in ourselves, in order to boost our own self-esteem. If we receive a failing test grade, we justify the results by overestimating the extent of which other classmates did poorly as well. Similarly, Neil Weinstein carried out a study in the 1980s to investigate the predictions of students in Rutgers University. He concluded that the students were unrealistically optimistic about their ability to achieve success and to avoid nega-

best. People criticize this mentality as blind faith, as it would most likely result in wasted energy and disappointment. However, the biggest disappointment in life is setting the bar too low, for the only goals that are worthy of greatness do not yet exist in the realm of the possible.

In the 1940s, the fastest mile record was clocked in at 4 minutes and 1 second, where it remained for over nine years. Experts declared that the human body was physically incapable of running under a 4-minute mile.

Then one day, on May 6, 1954, Roger Bannis-

“The societal limitations that have been implanted in our brains are merely false perceptions.” tive circumstances in the future. The average person, therefore, does not consider him or herself to be the average person.

The conventional wisdom of society strongly advises against this kind of methodology. Even optimists could understand that, in a world of seven billion people, it is not rational to believe in their ability to become the best at something. And yet, who trains for the Olympics to win a silver medal?

Only those with the delusional confidence, who think they are the best, can become the

ter broke that claim with a 3:59.4 mile. Then another runner broke the 4-minute mile.

Then a few others did too, proving that everything is impossible until it is done.

Faith is the single most powerful ability of the human mind. I am not a believer in luck or fate, and I am not preaching religion. I am talking about the objective, quantifiable studies deeply supported by years of research.

The placebo effect is a physiological reaction brought on by a psychological belief. Many patients have been documented as success-

fully improving their medical conditions simply because they believed they would get better. This is why researchers have to use a control group in experiments, in order to account for all the people who encounter reactions solely because they believe they will experience them. On the other hand, the same effect can produce negative reactions if we choose to let those beliefs overpower our thought processes.

The societal limitations that have been implanted in our brains are merely false perceptions. Steve Jobs is remembered as a man who had the ability to convince others to believe almost anything through a mix of confidence, passion and persistence. More importantly, he had the ability to redefine what was possible for himself. In 1981, Bud Tribble at Apple Computer coined the term “Reality Distortion Field” to describe this delusional overconfidence. This is the same mentality that led man to step foot on the moon and create technological advancements such as the Internet. Humans have adapted to ingrain these self-deception processes because the rewards are far beyond our wildest dreams.

The only rules to live by are the Laws of Physics: all else is up to interpretation.

Chris Sha is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. His column, “Unveiling Society,” runs on alternate Mondays.

Smartphones aren’t making you smarter, but using them is DIGITAL CANVAS

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EPATIA LILIKAS

ost people walk around everyday blind to the fact that they hold all of the world’s resources in the palm of their hands. Now, let’s use these hands to give a round of applause to IBM for having launched the very first smartphone in 1992, thus making our lives much easier today.

That’s the purpose of technology, right? It’s the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, it’s meant to make things task-free and easy. However, it’s what came before all of this fancy technology that truly changed history. In the beginning, there were just “regular” cell phones and PDAs. Cell phones allowed for calls on the go and PDAs eventually used wireless connectivity to send and receive e-mails. These were some awe-inspiring advances for the 90s, and the secret formula to the smartphone lied somewhere between these two. By melding them together, technology was brought to an entirely new level.

Many people still pose the question of whether or not smart phones actually live up to their name. Do they make us smarter or dumber? The famed science guy, Bill Nye, once said in an interview that they do in fact make us smarter! He stated that the easy access to information on our phones allows us to leave more room for other, more

important information in our minds. For instance, your smartphone has the ability to save contacts, make easy calculations and search the interwebs for information on almost anything. If you can’t think of an actor’s name, Google it. If you can’t remember who sung that song, Google it! Whether someone leans more toward Bill Nye’s opinion or the latter, both are wrong. It’s not the phone that makes us smarter — the answer lies in how we use the phone. A lot of times, people forget that there are ingenious minds

think. For instance, there is an application called “Hold the Button,” which is exactly what it sounds like. It is a game that asks you to compete against yourself to see how long you can hold your finger down on the screen. Exhilarating. There are other apps that have more practical uses and put our minds to work even if we don’t realize it.

If you aren’t scrolling through Twitter and Facebook mindlessly all day, these social mediums can subconsciously expand your range of knowledge. It is easy to follow ce-

“Conclusively, the phone could make us smarter, but there are also ways that we could be smarter with the use of our phones.” behind all of these new phone applications.

In this sense, these inventors actually get smarter because of smartphones, but only because they advance their own knowledge of phones to capitalize on the wealth that this market brings in. Conclusively, the phone could make us smarter, but there are also ways that we could be smarter with the use of our phones.

Today, there are over 1.3 million apps available to Android users and 1.2 millions apps available to iPhone users. The downloading options are essentially endless. But not all of these are as useful as you would

lebrities, news teams or other creative minds through these networks and keep updated with the world. Available profiles range from people like Katy Perry and Barack Obama to accounts like The Wall Street Journal.

Apps that allow you to download newspapers and magazines give users easy access to the latest headlining stories, while also sending you notifications for breaking news.

Smartphone users can be globally informed with just the click of a button. Even Snapchat and Instagram include worldly updates like this. Many influential people and campaigns have Instagram accounts to keep their fol-

lowers up to speed, and Snapchat has the “Discover” feature that works in the same way. Both of these apps increase awareness and knowledge while also increasing artistic and creative abilities. Interacting with people all over the world and creating connections with them also broaden our cultural horizons. More people are influenced to travel and learn how others around the world live. Easy access search engines on smartphones are an obvious benefit. When put to use properly, any and all information becomes available. Not only that, but we are given the opportunity to create our own entries for the entire Internet to see. This improves our writing and reading skills, making everyone a little more literate than they were before. Jumping from site to site and looking through tabs rapidly can increase our multitasking skills and ability to juggle a lot of information at once. We are all unintentionally becoming smarter!

There are more benefits to the smartphone than just these, of course: it all lies in how we utilize our cell phones. Sure, looking through Instagram accounts of cute animals all day won’t make you smarter, but it won’t make you dumber either. The beauty of the smartphone is in the eye of the beholder.

Epatia Lilikas is a sophomore in the School of Arts and Sciences majoring in English and economics. Her column “Digital Canvas,” runs on alternate Fridays.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

On addressing public health in Hub City Regrettably, ocular deficiencies are not found uniformly across the population.

Low-income, uninsured and minority groups tend to be at a higher risk for suffering from undiagnosed and uncorrected ocular disease. Compounding this disparity are factors such as inadequate or lack of health insurance, lack of access to eye care professionals, high treatment costs and little awareness and comprehension of the importance of routine comprehensive eye exams. To address this public health

problem, there is a need to promote and protect healthy vision in individuals regardless of their financial situation, insurance status and ethnic group.

The Enlighten New Brunswick (ENB) program will be a student-run integrated system aimed at addressing the public health issue of vision loss in the New Brunswick community by breaking down health care barriers. By providing free vision screenings and facilitating patient inscription into nationally established programs that offer free eye care services (ie., EyeCare America and VISION USA), we expect this proposed program to lessen the degree and impact of visual impairment in New Brunswick.

The Rutgers University student organization, Envision Rutgers, currently holds free community vision screenings and offers referrals to the VISION USA program. The ENB program will be an extension of these ser vices, providing referrals to EyeCare America as well.

The success of the ENB program will be contingent upon members: Therefore, Rutgers University and/or Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences students are encouraged to volunteer as vision screeners and referral agents. Volunteers will receive training for these roles and a first-hand experience of the health care barriers that afflict the local community.

The program will run bimonthly at either

the New Brunswick Free Public Librar y or the Senior/Youth Center in Highland Park (NJ) during Rutgers University’s Fall and Spring sessions. Program team members will collectively establish the location and times during which the program will operate at the beginning of ever y month. For more information on how to receive training and become a volunteer, please contact Envision Rutgers at envision.rutgers@gmail.com.

Monica Castle is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior majoring in Biotechnology and Nutritional Sciences with minors in French and Biochemistry.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (03/30/15). Set your own course this year. Set priorities over springtime. Entertain a seductive offer. April romance blossoms into new directions and opportunities. Adventures, studies and travels require advance preparation for clear sailing after June. Follow rules closely. After October’s eclipses (10/13 & 10/27), professional transformations lead into some soul-searching. Follow a dream with someone beloved. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Good news comes from far away. Choose the most fun option. Look outside habitual routines.

Keep standing for love, even in the face of breakdowns. Show respect, especially when others don’t. Add some passion to the game.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Financial sands are shifting.

Get input from family, but don’t look to them for financial support. Discover hidden treasure buried in your own house. Clear out clutter. Create a more beautiful space by selling unwanted stuff.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Get into a creative project.

A friend leads you to the perfect partner. Forge plans, contracts and agreements. Write the intended outcomes and post publicly. Streamline your routine to minimize chaos and clutter. Share the process.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — There’s work coming in.

You may have more than expected. Work now translates into profit and a rise in status later. Avoid gossip and arrogance. Listen to your partner’s advice. Follow your heart, despite obstacles.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — You can get what you want.

Persuade your team by restoring optimism and confidence. Refine your pitch to emphasize the bottom line. Creative ideas blossom. Take charge, and get organized. It’s all for love and family.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — You’re most productive behind closed doors. Focus on nurturing yourself and others with meditation, exercise and unscripted time. Indulge in nostalgic reverie. Consider where you’ve been and where you’re going. Aim for financial, mental, physical and spiritual balance.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Nurture your friendships and partnerships by spending time together. Hold meetings. Strengthen old bonds, even as new ones spark.

Expect some change and separation with differing priorities and personal directions. Share your appreciations in real time.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Short-term prospects could seem lean, but the long-term outlook is positive. Revise your résumé to include recent accomplishments. Polish your presentation and it could raise profits. Upgrades in style and appearance pay off more than their cost.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Learn as you go.

Handle details impeccably. Find the fun side of the job. You’re making a good impression. Dress up your report with visuals like charts and graphs. Listen for what your audience wants and address it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — You find more room in the budget by tracking meticulously.

Your actions now pay off later. A partner has good ideas. Collaborate to get more done with less. Provide straight facts in a confrontation. Balance intensity with peace.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Strengthen bonds with old partnerships, and forge new ones.

Spend time together. Talk about what you love, and re-commit to common goals. Choose the next direction of your collaboration. A relative’s relative solves a big problem.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is an 8 — Set your course toward optimistic work goals. Make long term plans that include more of what you love. Accept coaching enthusiastically. Invest in success. Try a new style. Produce powerful results and impress clients. Demand grows.

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DUEL Rosa’s flashes poise in return to mound, but loses tight decision against Buckeyes CONTINUED FROM BACK against Purdue, Litterio permanently shifted Rosa from an everyday infielder back into the starting rotation.

So far, the switch back has been effective. In his first two starts, Rosa has thrown 13 innings, allowing just two earned runs on five hits. “(Rosa) pitched fantastic,” senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio said postgame. “He got an unlucky break with a 3-2 pitch that turned into a ground ball right up the middle that got out to the wall and that scored the run. He just got unlucky, he pitched his butt off and there’s nothing else you can do. That performance was all we could ask from him to give us a shot to win.”

Although Riga proved dominant over the first eight innings of play, the bottom of the ninth inning provided a scare.

Freshman third baseman Milo Freeman began the last half inning with a single to the right side. After a substitution with pinch-running specialist TJ Perkowski, D’Annunzio attempted a sacrifice bunt.

D’Annunzio successfully reached first base when the Knights attempted to bunt and run, but Perkowski did not share the same fate.

Perkowski rounded second base too aggressively and Ohio State catcher Aaron Gretz threw in behind him to cut the pinch-runner down for the first out.

With one out, the rally continued.

After D’Annunzio stole second,

sophomore right fielder Tom Marcincyzk singled to right field. D’Annunzio rounded third and headed for home on the throw.

A rope from right fielder Pat Porter met D’Annunzio at home and the second out of the inning stopped the tying run from crossing the plate. A fly out from senior left fielder Vinny Zarrillo

ended the game and Rutgers’ chances of a successful rally.

“Our mind set going into the inning was get ‘em on, get ‘em over and get ‘em in,” D’Annunzio said. “When you are down one run, you are just trying to get the first runner on, move him over and hopefully get a base hit to score him. Unfortunately, the kid made a perfect throw at the plate to get me — which is baseball. It’s tough. We want to win that game.”

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Senior first baseman Joe D’Annunzio zones up a pitch yesterday at Bainton Field. The Knights struggled at the plate in a shutout loss.

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PITCHING Behind run support on offense, Landrith leads Rutgers past Purdue to take series CONTINUED FROM BACK til a four-run rally in the top of the seventh, which ultimately fell shor t.

Senior outfielder Jackie Bates went 3-for-5 at the plate with two doubles and four runs batted in. Junior infielder Stephanie Huang continued to thrive in the leadof f position, going 3-for-5 at the plate.

When a team racks up the hits at the plate, they expect to score a lot of runs and get the win. This wasn’t the case, mostly due to errors and mental lapses throughout the contest.

Our pitching and our defense was off,” Nelson said. “We have to play a cleaner game if we want to win every game. We had a few errors and some sloppy plays. We have to tighten up with our focus.”

Maddox went three and onethird innings, surrendering six runs on nine hits.

Sweeney tried to stop the bleeding in her relief appearance, but was unable to tie the tourniquet, giving up five runs (one earned), along with four hits and three walks in one and two-thirds innings of work.

Sophomore first baseman Aubrie Levine, who also pitches, came in for the last inning. The right-hander limited the damage with one hit in shutout frame.

The trio of Maddox, Sweeney and Levin surrendered 14 hits.

The first game was a much different story for Rutgers, as the Knights notched a 5-0 win.

Rutgers scored five runs on seven hits, two of which came from the eight-hitter and junior catcher Elizabeth Adams, who doubled and homered for the Knights. Senior outfielder Chandler Howard also slapped her first home run of the season.

The run support was more than enough for Landrith.

The southpaw recorded her seventh win of the year to move six wins shy of first place for most in program history.

She went the distance for the Knights, surrendering five hits and striking out three for her 23rd-career shutout, leaving her one short of second all-time and six of first place.

On the weekend, she compiled 17 innings with the lone run yielded coming unearned.

Landrith said that smoothness on the mound correlated to the cohesion she had with junior catcher Elizabeth Adams.

“I think that I had really good communication with my catcher,” Landrith said. “We had a plan going into the game and it worked out. I just focused on hitting my spots and trusting my pitches as well as trusting my defense behind me.”

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March 30, 2015

SPRING Rutgers will hold practice for 15 days leading up to its annual Scarlet-White game CONTINUED FROM BACK “What I would tell you is that I’m pleased about how all of them have gone about scrimmages,” he said. “The true challenge now will be going into the huddle, getting the play call, getting ever ything lined up, getting the ball snapped on time, going through reads, making sure we’re in good plays. Those are things that are going to be a challenge for us all spring.”

The inexperience sets the scene for a unique position battle.

As the only returning quar terback who has taken a snap at the Division I level, Laviano yields the most experience. The sophomore’s sample size, however, is small (11-of-28, 107 yards, one interception).

Rettig, meanwhile, presents a different narrative.

A former Army All-American with the No. 3 quarterback ranking by Rivals.com, the sophomore transferred from LSU to Rutgers with a polished pedigree despite his last in-game snap coming when he was a senior at Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, California, two years ago.

Rescigno, the lone redshirt-freshman in the mix, throws his hat in the ring to make it a three-man race.

Between the three — and at ever y other position battle set to take place in the spring — Flood said he’ll be looking for one common element.

“I think (development is) always important. As the players go through your program, you’re looking for progress ever y step of the way,” he said. “The difference to me is this: there’s a much different opportunity for them in the spring (than in bowl game practices). In bowl prep, there’s an opportunity. In spring practice, you are the opportunity.”

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RUTGERS SPRING DEPTH CHART WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR GB FB TB

Defense

Offense

4 Leonte Carroo [Sr.] 74 Keith Lumpkin [Sr.] 60 Dorian Miller [So.] 69 Derrick Nolson [Jr.] 70 Chris Muller [Jr.] 77 J.J. Deriman [Jr.] 42 Nick Arcidiacono [Jr.] -OR- 81 Matt Fianagan [So.] 88 Andre Patton [Jr.]

13 Carlton Agudosi [Jr.] 66 Jacquis Webb [R-Fr.] 65 Tariq Cole [R-Fr.] 57 Bryan Stonkus [So.] 55 Ryan Brodie [Jr.] 71 Marcus Applefield [R-Fr.] 46 Charles Scarf [So.] -OR- 89 Logan Lister [R-Fr.] 84 John Tsimis [Jr.] -OR- 1 Janarion Grant [Jr.]

5 Chris Laviano [So.] -OR- 11 Hayden Rettig [So.] -OR- 17 Giovanni Rescigno [R-Fr.] 44 Sam Bergen [Sr.] 40 Kevin Marquez [Jr.] 8 Josh Hicks [So.] 32 Justin Goodwin [Jr.] -OR- 7 Robert Martin [So.] -OR- 6 Desmon Peoples [Jr.]

DE NT DT DE

22 Quanzell Lambert [Jr.] 51 Sebastian Joseph [So.] 91 Darius Hamiton [Sr.] 93 Djwany Mera [Sr.]

WLB 3 Steve Longa [Jr.] MLB 49 Brandon Russell [R-Fr.] -OR- 47 Isaiah Johnson [Jr.] SLB 50 Quentin Gause [Sr.] 36 T.J. Taylor [So.] 10 Blessaun Austin [Fr.] CB 33 Darian Dailey [R-Fr.] FS 27 Delon Stephenson [Jr.] 30 Andre Hunt [So.] -OR- 9 Saquan Hampton [R-Fr.] SS 29 Davon Jacobs [Jr.] 2 Kly Hester [R-Fr.] CB 24 Dre Boggs [So.] 11 Isaiah Wharton [R-Fr.] -OR- 41 Brian Varbitski [Jr.]

Specialists 96 Joey Roth [Sr.] -OR- 99 Tim Gleeson [Sr.] PK 1 Kyle Federico [Sr.] SN 85 Alan Lucy [So.]

58 Kemoko Turay [So.] 99 Kevin Wilkins [R-Fr.] 53 Julian Pinnix-Odrick [Jr.] 97 Donald Bedell [R-Fr.] -OR- 75 Jimmy Hogan [R-Fr.] 26 Deonte Roberts [Fr.]

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98 David Bonagura [So.]

March 30, 2015

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Junior Louis Bodine ended the Whiting-Turner Towson Invitational 13 strokes from first place in the individual standings Sunday.

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Freezing temperatures hinder Knights’ results EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

Enduring frigid conditions at the Whiting-Turner Towson Invitational, the Rutgers men’s golf team found itself pitted in a grudge match. The Scarlet Knights heated up in snowy, 22-degree weather early Saturday morning.

Unfortunately, the harsh weather did not taper off, cornering the team in a difficult dilemma throughout the weekend. The Knights shot 65 over par after the conclusion of both rounds to earn an eighth-place finish.

No. 43 Arkansas won the Whiting-Turner Towson Invitational with a total score of 540.

Despite the harsh circumstances, freshman Matt Holuta said he thought the team held its own.

“It was okay — not great,” Holuta said. “We battled the conditions hard and we competed hard. Not quite the outcome that I was looking for as an individual and as a team, but I’m definitely proud of the way we competed and battled the conditions.”

Head coach Rob Shutte was concerned about the overall condition of the course as well as how the greens would play before the tournament began.

“For this time of year down here the way the weather is, they (greens) played alright,” said Shutte. “They were a little bumpy.”

Aside from the subpar conditions the course, the team also had to compete without its top golfer. Senior Jacob Stockl did not compete due to disciplinary reasons.

Despite all the obstacles, Rutgers played a solid round of the golf on Saturday. As a team, the Knights compiled a 326 score after round one and held 13th in the standings.

Although the golfers played well, they were in a deep hole after the round, trailing by 26 shots to William & Mary.

Junior Louis Bodine and Holuta stood out for Rutgers.

Bodine concluded the round for 15th individually. He shot a plus six, 77, that included a plus three on both the front and back nine.

Bodine finished 13 strokes behind Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Matt Kirsch for first in the individual standings.

Holuta shot a plus-10, 81 and finished on a tie for 46th after round one. Holuta struggled in the first part of the day, shooting a plus-seven but improved on the back nine with a three over par.

Sophomore Michael Howe shot a plus 12 on the round while

freshman Toks Pedro hit 15 over par and sophomore Ryan Rose shot 14 over.

Even though their golf in the first round was iffy at best, the Knights stuck to their original strategy heading into Sunday’s play.

“I pretty much stuck to my game plan,” Holuta said. “I just tried to survive the conditions and get the ball down in the hole as best I could.”

Conditions did not get any better in round two of play. In fact, they only got worse.

Rutgers teed off in 17-degree weather with winds gusting up to 15 miles per hour.

“I’m from Jersey. I’m used to the cold,” Bodine said. “It didn’t really phase me. I have to be prepared to play in any kind of weather.”

Bodine and Holuta both played solid golf on Sunday.

On the front, Holuta was five over par. He hit for par on four holes and had a birdie on the fourth. However, Holuta’s score on the front was bloated after a triple bogey on the seventh hole.

Bodine shot a plus-four on the front, which included two birdies on holes three and eight. He also had three pars.

Rose hit for par on every hole in the front except for two, shooting a bogey on the second hole and a double bogey on the fifth.

The trend of sound play continued for the Knights on the back nine.

Bodine birdied on the 10th and earned five pars to finish the round at five over. Individually, he finished in a six way tie for 21st place.

“I thought he did a good job of embracing the conditions,” Shutte said. “He made aggressive swings at the ball and kept plotting along like he was a man on a mission to not let the conditions be a factor for him.”

Howe finished 41st overall, birdying the 15th and had 12 pars for a plus five in the second round.

As a unit, Rutgers shot a 307 in the second round to boost its total to 633. Despite the top-10 finish, Shutte believes the team can do better.

“I’m happy with the way the prepared. We’re not happy with the result,” he said. “I don’t think anybody is, so there is a balance there. We’re happy with the way we prepared, we’re happy with the game plan. I’m happy with the way they tried their best to compete, but the result is not something to be happy with.”

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March 30, 2015 MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

WOMEN’S LACROSSE PENN STATE 15, RUTGERS 8

Javelin unit claims top honors MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track and field team thought it was going to enjoy some nice weather down south at North Carolina State for the Raleigh Relays.

But once the team arrived, it was met by an unpleasant surprise.

The Scarlet Knights battled the cold, rain and wind in their second outdoor meet of the season at the Raleigh Relays, sending several athletes to compete in the early season test.

It was a very active weekend for the javelin throwing unit which landed three top-five finishers.

Junior Thomas Carr won the event with a throw of 66.74 meters (218 feet and 11 inches).

Carr, who is in second place on Rutgers’ all-time javelin throwing list, has now won the event in back-to-back weeks to start the season.

Freshman Christopher Mirabelli finished close behind Carr in third place with a throw of 64.65 meters (212 feet and 1 inch). Mirabelli and Carr each picked up IC4A qualifying marks with their performances.

Rounding out the top-five was sophomore Matthew Krezmer, who took fifth with a toss of 58.02 meters (190 feet and 4 inches).

Assistant coach Robert Farrell was pleased to see the Knights look sharp despite the bad weather and believes the meet can serve

as a springboard for the team moving forward.

“I thought overall, the word ‘persevere’ is what comes to mind to describe this weekend,” Farrell said. “When we choose to go down to these meets, we’re hoping to go down to a warmer climate, but it ended up being 40 degrees and rainy. … It was a tough circumstance, but a bunch of the guys were able to put their hearts out there and work hard.”

“We saw some good performances. ...

Considering the poor conditions, we got from the meet what we could.”

CHRISTOPHER BANAFATO Senior distance runner

The third and final IC4A qualifying mark of the meet went to junior thrower Joseph Velez, who took fifth place in the hammer throw with a measurement of 62.87 meters (206 feet and 3 inches).

“Joe Velez was able to put together a strong per formance in the hammer throw,” Farrell said. “Tom Carr was successful in getting first place again, and Chris Mirabelli, a recruit who we’re ver y excited about, was able to improve by about

13 feet in terms of the season.

He’s getting into good form right now.”

In other events, Rutgers was unable to pick up more qualifying marks, but saw several athletes continue to get accustomed to the outdoor season.

Junior jumper Ryan North took part in two separate events.

He finished in 11th place in the long jump with a mark of 6.09 meters (19 feet and 11.75 inches) and placed 15th in the triple jump with a leap of 13.99 meters (45 feet and 10.75 inches).

In the 400-meter hurdles, junior Kyle Holder took 14th place with a time of 55.03 seconds.

While the meet did not yield ideal conditions, it gave the Knights another chance to prove themselves in the early going.

They believe they are right on schedule in terms of where they should be at this juncture, hoping to use each week to improve for championship meets at the end of the season.

“We saw some good performances this weekend, especially by some of the javelin throwers,” said senior distance runner Christopher Banafato, who ran a time of 4:01.48 in the 1,500-meter race. “Considering the poor conditions, we got from the meet what we could.”

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WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

Weather takes Knights to task KAYLEE POFAHL STAFF WRITER

With a new season comes new challenges.

The Rutgers women’s track and field team endured the unique tests posed by the outdoor season this past weekend as it battled heavy rain, strong winds and cold temperatures in North Carolina at the Raleigh Relays.

This inclement weather comes as a sharp contrast to the sun and warmth that the Scarlet Knights encountered at the meet prior in Tampa, Florida, at the Bulls Invitational hosted by South Florida.

The women negotiated the conditions the best they could.

Freshman Stacey Anning took the spotlight among the team’s performances by obliterating her previous personal record in the javelin by over 13 feet, throwing 45.89 meters (150 feet and six inches).

The notable achievement builds steam for Anning, who won the javelin title in her debut performance as a Knight last weekend.

She claimed a fourth place finish overall this past weekend.

Battling the elements with 2,500 other student-athletes, Rutgers scratched some athletes from certain events in order to avoid the risk of injury.

But the Knights managed to pick up notable relay performances despite the adverse conditions and large-scale competition.

The Rutgers 4x400-meter relay team of seniors Christina Dibernardo and Jillian Grant,

sophomore Nicole Nicholas and freshman Oksana Sokolova picked up a season-best time, clocking in at 3:57.34.

The 4x200-meter quartet of freshman Imani Beauliere, junior Kaprice James, Sokolova and Dibernardo took fifth place with their time of 1:41.18. Additionally, the sprint medley relay team of James, Sokolova, freshman Sabrina Alexander and sophomore Sarah Robbie also captured a fifth place finish, running a time of 4:08.07.

Though the meet had some distinguished performances, head coach James Robinson says Rutgers is not yet performing to its potential.

When asked about his team’s performance this weekend, Robinson was not enthusiastic, saying it was “just okay.”

“I think it showed that we have a way to go before we can really deliver quality performances across the board in all events,” Robinson said. “It was a good early season, eye-opening meet because there were so many teams there so they can get a chance to see where they’re at right now.”

Being the second meet of the season, the challenges Rutgers faced in North Carolina were effective in revealing the long road that lies ahead for the young team. Improvements for the Knights starts with an awareness of how they stack up against the formidable competition they will face as members of the Big Ten conference.

This realization was easily discernable this weekend. Ultimately, the essential contribution of Raleigh Relays lies in gaining experience.

“We do have to prepare ourselves for the days that aren’t ideal,” Sokolova said.

Knowing the battle they face, the team maintains a pervasive positive attitude with regards to not only its last meet, but on the overall projection of the outdoor season.

The Knights embrace the view that every meet offers the opportunity to enhance performances and familiarize oneself with competition.

“I think that this was a really good test of all of our strengths and weaknesses,” Dibernardo said.

“Even though the weather wasn’t as great as we would’ve liked for it to have been, we still got a chance to go up against some really good competition and we all had to fight for where we got.”

The senior holds an optimistic outlook on of the results of the meet. Through in her eyes, the take away is to be prepared for anything.

“Be prepared for serious competition, be prepared for any sort of weather that is going to be thrown at you for the day and just to give it your all each time you go out there on the track,” Dibernardo said.

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Junior attacker Halley Barnes became the first player in Rutgers program history to score a goal in a Big Ten game on Saturday.

RUOXUAN YANG

RU falls short in first conference match up BRIAN FONSECA STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers women’s lacrosse team continued to make history when it hosted No. 15 Penn State on Saturday. Unlike the milestones the Scarlet Knights have been reaching in the recent past, the history made at High Point Solution Stadium was not entirely negative.

The match began in celebration of the inaugural Big Ten Conference match being played in Piscataway, fittingly in front of the season’s biggest crowd with 551 fans, including the alumni visiting for Alumni Day, cheering on both sides.

However, as the final horn sounded, the record notched is not one that has them beaming with pride.

After being outscored, 5-1, in the opening 15 minutes of the second period, Rutgers scored the final three goals of the game to reduce the Nittany Lions’ lead to 10.

But it was too late and the Knights suffered their 10th consecutive loss to extend the longest losing streak in program history, 15-8.

Rutgers earned the first lead of the game through Halley Barnes, as the junior attacker scored the first goal in a Big Ten Conference game in program history one minute into the match. Barnes’ goal was the first opening goal scored by the Knights since their double-overtime loss to Monmouth on Feb. 25.

“Being a part of history and being on a team that’s a part of history is an unbelievable experience ... playing in college was never a thought in my mind and now I get to be a part of history,” Barnes said of her opening goal.

After the positive start, the first half shifted in Penn State’s favor. The Nittany Lions outscored the home side, 10-3, in the final 25 minutes of the period, going 5-for5 on free position attempts and outshooting their hosts, 22-12.

Candice Dandridge made seven saves in the opening half, including a few breathtaking stops to keep the Nittany Lions at bay.

With Rutgers leading 1-0, Dandridge was left one-on-one with a Penn State attacker after a careless turnover by the Knights.

The senior goalkeeper was able to make an incredible save to preserve what ended up being her team’s only lead of the match.

The Big Ten’s leader in saves, averaging 8.4 per game, shared how she defends the net.

“Analyzing the team,” the Cherry Hill, New Jersey, native said. “Watching film with my defensive coach really helps and makes us mentally prepared as a team and a defensive unit. That’s how (we learn) to breakdown players, when to step to the ball, how to save it, their tendencies and how to stop it.”

Entering the locker room trailing 10-4, there remained a sliver of hope for Rutgers’ comeback.

Earlier in the season, the Knights were able to score six unanswered goals in the second half against then-No. 15 James Madison, one of only three teams that defeated the Nittany Lions this season.

Penn State had other plans.

The team from Happy Valley broke free on the back of Tatum Coffey, who scored two counter-attack goals in one minute after a couple of careless turnovers

by Rutgers.

Coffey was one of three Nittany Lions to score a hat trick in the contest and one of seven players who scored at least one goal, showing the unselfishness and depth of the Penn State offense.

“Penn State is a great team.

Their of fense doesn’t all go through one player so they have many threats,” Dandridge said. “They’re ver y fast.

They know how to move the ball, they know how to move on the eight and they’re ver y good at dodging.”

Unable to shake off the pesky losing streak that the team faces ever y day, the Knights remain positive in their outlook for the season.

Head coach Laura Brand-Sias exhibits pride in her troops’ ability to bounce back.

“This is a group where no one likes to lose. We’ve been having a rough season in that department,” Brand-Sias said. “But you can pick and choose what you want to do with it — you can either choose to give up the next day or you can come back and fight even harder, and this is a group that’s done a really good job of coming back and fighting even harder.”

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March 30, 2015 MEN’S LACROSSE NO. 20 JOHNS HOPKINS 9, RUTGERS 7

Rutgers proves it belongs despite defeat to JHU in Baltimore KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

The perception that the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team will be a pushover in the Big Ten was dispelled Saturday as the Scarlet Knights stared into the eyes of the dragon and didn’t blink.

The Knights made history when they took on No. 20 Johns Hopkins in the first game of the Big Ten’s inaugural lacrosse conference.

Rutgers suffered yet another narrow defeat, 9-7, this time at the hands of a one of the most storied lacrosse programs in the country in Johns Hopkins, at arguably the

Senior faceoff specialist Joe Nardella pushes past Johns Hopkins’ Connor Reed in the Big Ten’s inaugural contest in Baltimore.

GREG JOHNSON

mecca of college lacrosse — Homewood Field in Baltimore.

But more importantly, the Knights established that they are not anyone’s kid brother, they did not make the trip down I-95 just to participate either — they came to play.

Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delaney was on hand to witness the momentous matchup and echoed the efforts displayed by the boys from the banks.

“It was obvious to me that Rutgers came to play--right from the first faceoff,” Delaney said. “It took quite a bit for Hopkins to come back and win the game.”

Rutgers rushed in front before the 1,116 fans in attendance had time to settle in their seats.

Senior faceoff specialist Joe Nardella won the opening draw leading to freshman attacker Jules Heningburg’s goal to start the scoring just 12 seconds into the contest, an opening salvo letting the Blue Jays know this would not be a lazy win.

Hopkins answered to tie and the teams traded goals to get even again, 2-2. After a three-goal run by the the Knights got one back when Nardella found junior midfielder Zack Sikora to pull them within two at 5-3.

But after Hopkins Ryan Brown hammered one another home to cinch a first half hat trick, it looked like Rutgers would be overmatched.

It appeared as if the Knights had thrown their best punch and Hopkins had taken a hold of the game,

poised to cruise in the second half for the win.

But Rutgers refused to go quietly.

The Knights came out of the locker room and dominated the third quarter, pushing past the Blue Jays with four unanswered goals.

Sophomore midfielder Jeff George scored the first goal, followed by sophomore attackers Connor Murphy and Christian Trasolini, before Heningburg scored his second of the game to give Rutgers a 7-6 lead with 1:10 to play in the third quarter.

The Knights played defense for almost the entirety of the final period where Hopkins fired nine shots, finding the back of the cage three times to earn the first win in Big Ten history.

Head coach Brian Brecht was pleased with his team’s performance, but saw room for improvement in the fourth quarter.

“The way we played in the third quarter offensively and defensively we needed to play that way for 60 minutes to get a big win on the road against a top program like Hopkins,” he said. “I thought it was very exciting for our student-athletes and for our institution to have this opportunity with us being the first Big Ten lacrosse game. (The players) handled it well and played a great game, we just came up a little short.”

The margin could have been less manageable had it not been for the play of junior goaltender Kris

Alleyne. The Knights’ netminder stood on his head, making a career-high 12 saves and limiting the Blue Jays attack to nine goals after Hopkins entered the game averaging 11.25 scores per contest.

Alleyne has had his ups and downs this season. After beginning 2015 as the starter, the former Big East Freshman of the Year struggled and lost his job to backup Jake Andersen for a spell.

But Alleyne has proven his ability to play consistently, registering 10 saves against Delaware, followed by seven stops against No. 10 Princeton and four more in a 21-2 walkover win against NJIT. Nardella agreed the Alleyne’s play was crucial to Rutgers’ success.

“Kris prepared well all week and give him a lot of credit, he’s dealt with some adversity, not playing his best at the beginning of the year and he’s really come back and come on strong,” he said.

Brecht believes Hopkins to be a top-five team, not a top-20 team and while he refuses to accept the defeat as a positive, he knows his team is close.

“We certainly don’t want to settle in on moral victories,” Brecht said. “(If not for) one of those failed clears we get an extra possession.

Whether its for 30 seconds or a minute and 30 seconds ... maybe it’s a different outcome.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I think we are finally doing it again where we are getting the big hits in the big spots. That gets the score to where it is. It’s contagious and guys keep on getting hits. It’s good to see.”

- Rutgers head baseball coach Joe Litterio

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Rutgers drops series finale in pitcher’s duel

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With the series on the line and the game deep into extra innings, emotions were running high.

It was a classic pitchers’ duel throughout the entire game. Heading into the top of the 10th inning, the score was evened, 1-1.

Then, the Rutgers softball team finally got the spark it was hoping for.

Junior shortstop Melanie Slowinski, who had previously struggled in the game and most of the weekend, smashed her fourth home run of the season.

It proved to be the deciding factor in the game, as the Scarlet Knights came away with a 2-1 triumph.

“I didn’t even know it was a homerun until I rounded second, but I knew once I did it, we needed to get three more outs,” Slowinski said. “And with Alyssa on the mound, I had full confidence we would win the game.”

The real star of the game — and arguably the weekend — was Alyssa Landrith.

The senior left-hander went the distance for the Knights, throwing 137 pitches in the process and surrendering just three hits.

She came back out after an hour-long rain delay in the fifth with the full intention of finishing the game, refusing to be taken out by head coach Jay Nelson.

“She is healthy now,” Nelson said. “She was throwing free and easy. Her motion was good and she wasn’t walking batters. She was making them go after her pitches. That, with her added leadership, has been huge.”

In the second game of the series, Rutgers failed to get any pitcher other than Landrith back on track, namely junior Dresden Maddox and Shayla Sweeney. Rutgers fell to the Boilermakers, 11-8.

The Knights got 17 hits in the game, but failed to have any serious impact un-

In his long awaited return to the rotation, sophomore right-hander Gaby Rosa’s outing went as well as it possibly could have. After the experimental role as an everyday fielder, Rosa did not disappoint.

It would have gone better, but Ohio State left-hander Ryan Riga stood in the way for the Rutgers baseball team and Rosa. Throwing 29 straight scoreless innings — a new Buckeyes record — Riga earned his fifth win on the season in a 1-0 shutout Sunday against the Scarlet Knights (8-16, 3-3).

The loss comes after Rutgers’ 16-game home winning streak was snapped by the Buckeyes in the first game of the series with a 13-4 defeat on Friday.

Rosa’s line impressed, but didn’t quite match the performance Riga posted. The Ohio State senior went the distance, scattering six hits — three of them coming in the ninth inning — while also striking out five and facing just three above the minimum of 27 possible batters.

Rosa only allowed two hits over seven innings with one earned run.

Although he ended up the losing pitcher, Rosa’s effectiveness was impossible to ignore. Rosa said he used a new pitch he has worked on since last season and supplemented it with what always worked for him — his fastball and changeup.

“I feel good now that I’ve been put back into the rotation,” Rosa said. “I developed a new pitch now. I have a slider and it’s been helping a lot. I have been getting first pitch strikes with it, and it has helped keep batters off-balance. I was able to use all three pitches. I started a lot of lefties with a slider and came right back with a fastball to shake them. I mixed in a few changeups in there, too.”

Head coach Joe Litterio was at the top the list of those impressed with Rosa’s first start at Bainton Field in a year. After a win last weekend

Head coach Kyle Flood listed quarterbacks Chris Laviano, Hayden Rettig and Giovanni Rescigno as co-starters on the depth chart heading into today’s first spring practice.

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Knights set to begin 2015 spring practice GARRETT STEPIEN SPORTS EDITOR

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When Major League Baseball teams flock down to Arizona and Florida for spring training leading directly up to a grueling 162-game season, undeniable optimism engulfs the franchises, their players and their fans.

A similar euphoria has crept its way into Central Jersey as March comes to a close.

But there aren’t any palm trees swaying or baseballs being thrown outside of the Hale Center — only a head coach and 82 student-athletes eager to begin their quest for success in the upcoming 2015 season.

That man is Kyle Flood. Those 82 young men comprise the Rutgers football team.

As the Scarlet Knights return to the gridiron for 15 days of spring practice beginning on Monday and culminating later in the month on April 24 in the annual Scarlet-White intersquad scrimmage, questions regarding who will play where and when await their answers.

Senior left-hander Alyssa Landrith wills her way through 17 innings of pitching.

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But for now, the man entering his fourth year on the job is just happy to be back in the swing of things.

“This is an exciting time ever y year for our program,” Flood said Friday. “…

I think (personal development is) where it star ts — with ever y individual player working on the details of their position and then ultimately the position group, improvement at ever y position on our team.

We want to see them get better this spring, and then unit improvement, of fense, defense, special teams.”

Since Gar y Nova’s four years of manning the Rutgers offense came to an end back in late December after the Knights’ 40-21 Quick Lane Bowl victor y over North Carolina, the inevitable question has lingered during a quiet offseason.

Who will be the next quar terback at Rutgers?

According to Flood, the answer rests within one of three underclassmen.

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Brooklyn LA Lakers

107 99

Philadelphia Cleveland

86 87

Washington Houston

91 99

Boston LA Clippers

106 119

Detroit Miami

102 109

Indiana Dallas

104 99

THOMAS CARR,

junior thrower, earned first place in the javelin for the second consecutive week on Saturday at the Raleigh Relays. Carr tossed a throw of 66.74 meters (218 feet and 11 inches) to take the event.

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Sophomore right-hander Gaby Rosa fires a pitch yesterday at Bainton Field.

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KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

WOMEN’S GOLF

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Middleburg Bank vs. Manhattan Intercollegiate Invitational Today, All Day, Williamsburg, Va.

Tomorrow, 3 p.m., Bainton Field

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

vs. Lehigh

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vs. Stony Brook

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., Wednesday, 3 p.m.

Stony Brook, N.Y. Piscataway, N.J.