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One University professor is workingwith the UN to globally impactwomen’s rights.

Obama’s health carereform closes in on amonumental changein American politics.

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In an effort to raise awareness about global sanitation crises, campaignerslined up in front of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus yesterday, failing to break a world record as the world’s largest toilet queue.

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Left out of last year’s inauguralRutgers Day, Livingston students andfaculty are gearing up this year toshow just how much the campus hasto offer.

Livingston campus will offer anarray of activities for visitors thisRutgers Day, ranging from tours of thesolar panel installation to a preview ofthe musical, “Tommy” by theLivingston Theater Company andmusic provided by radio station 90.3FM The Core, said Lea Stewart, theLivingston campus dean.

Although Livingston did not takepart in the inaugural Rutgers Day lastyear, Stewart said Livingston Campuswould prove to be a major attractionfor this year’s Rutgers Day visitorsand show the community where thecampus is going.

“Livingston is a great location forRutgers Day events, and I’m pleasedthat we will be able to welcome every-one to our campus to see the results of

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BY NEIL P. KYPERSEDITOR-IN-CHIEF

A new constitution may soon bringchange to the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly.

After a town hall meeting on March 11,the RUSA legislative affairs committeepresented a draft of the new constitutionto the body and opened the floor for sug-gestions and concerns.

Included in the draft is a provision toconsolidate student government ratherthan have different councils, a move thatgives students a stronger voice, said JoshSlavin, student representative to the Boardof Trustees. The end of the formal campuscouncils is an effort to increase democra-cy in the student governing body andmake it easier for students to get involved.

“As [of] now, most RUSA membersaren’t democratically elected,” saidSlavin, a Livingston College senior. “Agood number of them walked onto coun-cils, the rest got elected in noncompeti-tive elections, and from there, they wereeither appointed or internally elected toRUSA and from there the executiveboard was elected internally.”

According to the draft, elected RUSAmembers will represent the campuses onwhich they live the year following an elec-tion, which is currently not a prerequisitefor representing a particular campus.

Slavin said the changes would be forthe better.

“We have been using the term ‘restruc-turing’ this whole time, but it occurred tome we are not restructuring student gov-ernment,” he said. “We’re streamlining it.We are taking the best parts of studentgovernment and [giving] them the tools todo a better job.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed the health care reform bill Sunday as the vote passedCongress by a seven-vote margin, seeking to insure 32 million more Americans.

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New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill, who has been the mayor since 1991,plans to create more jobs and housing if re-elected for his sixth term.

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When many students at theUniversity were just learning towalk, Mayor Jim Cahill was tak-ing his first steps in NewBrunswick City Hall.

Now Cahill, who has heldthe office since 1991, is seekingthe local Democratic Party’smayoral nomination in the June8th primary. A victory this fallwould lead to his sixth consec-utive term in office.

Cahill announced his candi-dacy March 9 and said helooks forward to keeping up

the city’s traditions and mak-ing New Brunswick a betterplace to live.

“Our city is so dynamic,always moving forward, alwaysmaking progress because wework together, create partner-ships and share a vision for ourfuture that embraces meaning-ful change to make NewBrunswick an even greaterplace to live, work and play,”Cahill said in a press release.“New Brunswick is always get-ting better. I look forward toworking with our residents foran even better tomorrow.”

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Congress signs monumentalhealth reform

BY MARY DIDUCHMANAGING EDITOR

In a little over a year, Congress settleda multi-decade-long debate to pass one ofthe most significant pieces of socialreform legislation with the potential toaffect millions of Americans — all withouta single Republican vote.

The House of Representatives passedthe Senate version of the bill, whichwould insure about 32 million moreAmericans previously unable to affordheath care, late Sunday night by a 219 to212 vote.

“For most Americans, this debate hasnever been about abstractions, the fightbetween right and left, Republican andDemocrat — it’s always been about some-thing far more personal,” President

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the recent construction as well as theplans for the future,” she said.

Stewart said Rutgers Day providesa window to see what the Universitycan do.

“Rutgers Day is a wonderful oppor-tunity for Rutgers to show off ourresearch and teaching accomplish-ments and to demonstrate our value tothe citizens of the State of NewJersey,” she said.

Career Services will also host aprogram on the campus called“World of Work,” that will allowRutgers Day visitors to take part inactivities that will help with jobsearching, résumé writing andcareer planning, said RichardWhite, director of Career Services,in an e-mail correspondence.

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Rights activist unifies women’s voices at UNBY KENDALL LAPARO

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Not every professor spends hisor her time outside the confines ofthe classroom restructuring theagencies of the United Nations.But for internationally renownedwomen’s rights activist CharlotteBunch, it is just the next item ofbusiness on her to-do list.

In her many years as an advo-cate for women’s rights, Bunch, aprofessor in the Department ofWomen’s and Gender Studiesand founder of the Center forWomen’s Global Leadership atthe University, has spearheadeda shift in the image of femalesaround the world, said MerylFrank, the U.S. Ambassador tothe UN Commission on theStatus of Women.

“Charlotte Bunch is an enor-mously important player in thewomen’s equality movementworldwide,” Frank said. “Herwords ‘women’s rights arehuman rights’ made the simpleand direct case for women’srights around the world.”

Because of Bunch and CWGLcampaigns, the UN createddozens of programs and positionsfor reporters addressing theissue of violence against womenand sexual violence in war andconflict, Bunch said.

With the help of Bunch and theCWGL, women in more than 100

Charlotte Bunch, a women’s and gender studies professor, speaks at an international women’s rights symposium held in New York City.

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countries have created laws specif-ically outlawing domestic violenceand rape — legislation that 20years ago did not exist, she said.

Despite these impressiveachievements, Bunch said herwork is far from over and believesthat talking about women’s issuesis only the first step.

“We’ve been able to get moreand more people to affirm thatwomen’s rights are human rights,”she said. “A big challenge is to getthat implemented, to make that areality in women’s lives.”

Bunch is working at the UN ona campaign called Gender EqualityArchitecture Reform that aims tocombine the several smaller officesthat currently handle women’srights issues into one large agency.

“Right now, the UN has at leastthree different agencies that dealwith women’s issues, and they’reall pretty small and underfunded,”said Radhika Balakrishnan, a pro-fessor of Women’s and GenderStudies at the University and theexecutive director of the CWGL.“The GEAR campaign has been totry and get a new entity in the UNat a very high level.”

Both Bunch and Balakrishnansaid that a more powerful, unifiedagency would benefit women

across the globe in terms of bothpolicy and funding.

After three years of campaign-ing, Bunch said the new women’sagency would come to fruition assoon as this fall.

The CWGL, which Bunchfounded at the University in 1989,celebrated its 20th anniversarythis year with an InternationalSymposium on March 6 at theHunter College Assembly Hall inNew York City.

The symposium broughttogether international women’srights activists, from womenfighting for sexual rights in theMiddle East to women vying foreconomic rights in Europe andAfrica, Bunch said.

The event featured guestspeakers, including MaryRobinson, the former UN HighCommissioner for Human Rights,and panel discussions focusingon sexual and reproductiverights, the economy and thewomen’s rights movement as awhole, she said.

Bunch felt the positive ener-gy at the event defied the detri-mental stereotype of the bitter,angry feminist.

“Unfortunately, I think that[the angry feminist] is one of

the media stereotypes thatyoung women are afraid of,” shesaid. “We had several hundredwomen from all over the worldreally sharing positive experi-ences, strategies that haveworked, as well as looking atchallenges and problems.”

Feminism does not insistthat all women are identical,Bunch said. It merely bringsoften-overlooked women’sissues to the table.

“Any kind of domination oroppression based on sex — butalso based on gender, race,class —should never be institu-tionalized,” she said. “At its

simplest, I think that’s whatfeminism is.”

But Bunch said she never letsthe serious nature of her workget her down. Rather, she feelsenergized by the people shemeets and the positive changesshe has witnessed in her lifetime.

“I feel like working with peo-ple who are trying to do some-thing to make the world better, tomake the world reflect what wecare about, is really very excit-ing,” Bunch said. “Of coursesometimes it’s hard, and youhave backlash against it, but it’sthe most rewarding thing I canimagine doing with my life.”

Egan and Blanquita Valenti, arenot seeking re-election and willcomplete their tenure at the endof this year on the NewBrunswick City Council, accord-ing to the release.

Egan will continue to repre-sent the city as its representativein the State Assembly.

“I thank the people of NewBrunswick for their support,”

Egan said in the release. “It’sbeen an honor to be a part of thecity’s revitalization that has takenNew Brunswick beyond anyone’swildest imagination.”

Valenti plans to continueworking with Cahill throughouthis campaign.

“I’m proud to have been a partof the team that helped to keepour city moving forward andalways focused on the future,” she

said in the release. “I look for-ward to continue working with themayor, both in government andthis fall on the campaign trail.”

Though Cahill’s team is happywith the city’s development,University students said there arestill improvements to be made.

Darsh Singh, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, said cityroads and traffic regulations shouldbe Cahill’s top priority throughoutthis year’s campaign season.

“The road situation is bad,”she said. “There [are] tons ofpotholes. … I think the ticketingpeople are crazy.”

Singh, who is from Virginia,feels her out-of-state license platemakes her a target for NewBrunswick Parking Authority offi-cials, from whom she has receivedparking tickets in the past.

“They know that I’m not goingto go to court and fight it,” she said.

Though he knows little aboutNew Brunswick politics, Schoolof Arts and Sciences sophomoreBrett Krebs, said he agreed withSingh and hopes the mayoraddresses similar issues.

“[Cahill should address] theroad conditions, especially onCollege Avenue,” he said. “… It’s awful.”

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Issues concerning off-campusstudents, who make up a largeportion of the student body, alsoarose during the meeting. Forthese students, there will be 16seats on RUSA — 12 representa-tives and four senators.

John Aspray, chair of the leg-islative affairs committee, sug-gested that the off-campus stu-dents receive more Senate repre-sentation because of the demo-graphic makeup of the University.

“I understand you are trying togive everyone equal opportunity

Rutgers-Newark history Professor Clement Price helped ensure hisplace in school history over Spring Break, awarding the Universitywith a $100,000 donation to establish the Clement A. Price Endowmentfor the Humanities.

The endowment will be used to ensure the continuation of theMarion Thompson Wright Lectures Series that Price co-established 30years ago with historian Giles R. Wright of the New Jersey HistoricalCommission, according to a University Media Relations press release.

“Since I was a young professor, I have kept the tradition, that is partof my roots as an African American, of giving back to the communitythrough civic engagement,” said Price, the Board of Governors’ distin-guished service professor of history and founding director of theInstitute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience.

University President Richard L. McCormick said in the release thatthis donation is another example of Price’s long-standing generosity anddesire to improve the Newark campus and surrounding community.

“This gift is everything that makes Clem Price such a treasure:Generous, focused on history, connected to students and the public, anddetermined to touch the future in a positive way,” McCormick said of theNewark resident.

The annual Marion Thompson Wright Lectures Series is the largestBlack History Month event in the Garden State, drawing thousands tolisten to prestigious African and African-American history and culturespeakers including Annette Gordon-Reed, Eric Foner, Sterling Stuckey,Spencer Crew and James Oliver Horton, according to the release.

Price served as a member of President Barack Obama’s transitionteam, chairing the team for the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Price was also named the 1999 Council for Advancement and Supportof Education New Jersey Professor of the Year and was elected into theRutgers University Hall of Distinguished Alumni in 2006, according tothe release.

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Cahill said he hopes to continueto create more jobs and build moreaffordable housing units for all fam-ily income levels by assisting resi-dents in starting or expanding smallbusinesses and by attracting moreemployers to New Brunswick.

“It’s all about improving thequality of life for all our residentsin all our neighborhoods acrossthe city,” he said.

Cahill expressed pride inthe city’s progress under his leadership.

“Together, we have doneremarkable things, accomplish-ing an unimaginable urban trans-formation in such a short time,”Cahill said. “We can, should andwill do so much more, and it allstarts with the help and supportof the people on this campaign.”

Cahill plans to continue pur-suing the city’s vision of creatinga more modern urban center tomove forward in the global econ-omy of the 21st century.

His long-time running mates,city council members Joseph

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“Together, we havedone remarkablethings ... in such

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in student government, but you’regiving 46 percent of the populationmore opportunity to get involved,”Off Campus Students’ AssociationPresident Caroline Singer said.

OCSA asked to have bothelected and appointed representa-tives to RUSA in order to haverepresentatives who understandthe issues facing off-campus stu-dents, as some elected represen-tatives will be disconnected fromstudents’ concerns.

“We have been serving astheir voice,” Singer said. “Weknow what the people want. If youtake OCSA out of RUSA, it willmake the off-campus and com-muter voice weaker.”

Aspray, a School of Arts andSciences junior, offered a solution

to the problem by allowing stu-dents to run for RUSA from thecampus they reside on before theend of the school year. He said thiswould offer students moving offcampus more opportunity by allow-ing them the chance to be electedas a campus representative.

“Probably every meeting ofthe year someone comes up tome and asks how [to] getinvolved in RUSA and right nowthat is one of the biggest barriersof student government,” RUSAChair Werner Born said. “It is notvery fun to have to tell someone ‘Ican’t just give you a spot. Youhave to go find one of these otherorganizations to get a spot.’”

The new manner of organizingstudent government also makes it

easier for administrators to knowwhich body to reach when theyneed to speak with students.

“When we all got together andpresented our concerns and com-plaints as one, [the administration]responded a lot more effectivelythan when [councils] passed reso-lutions individually,” he said.

Although the new constitutionenforces some changes, therewill still be informal meetings forstudents to come and voice theirconcerns in a much more com-fortable setting empty of parlia-mentary procedure, Slavin said.

Professional schools areexempt from this consolidationeffort because of the nature inwhich they receive funds and howthey fund RUSA, he said. They will

continue to function the same way,remain part of RUSA and retain thesame number of representatives.

“Right now, in this system,professional schools themselveshave councils to advocate fortheir separate issues,” said TomMinucci, a representative for theMason Gross StudentAssociation. “Each campus nolonger has [its] governing counciland needs support in RUSA.RUSA is here to mainly lobby [theSchool of Arts and Sciences] withthe support and representativesof professional schools.”

The constitution will be revisedto incorporate concerns raisedduring the meeting, Slavin said. Itwill be put to referendum in Aprilfor the student body to approve.

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BY VANDAN UPADHYAYACONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Association ofCommunity Cancer Centersawarded, on Friday BarbaraHoffman, a Rutgers-Newark legalresearcher and writing instructor,with their 2010 AnnualAchievement Award.

Hof fman traveled toBaltimore for the ACCC’sannual national meeting to berecognized for her long-stand-ing work and commitment inadvocating the quality of can-cer sur vivorship ser vices and education.

“I am honored to be in thecompany of other people whohad received the award,” she said.

Director of Communicationof the ACCC Don Jewler said

the award has been around forquite some time and in the past,notable figures received thesame award.

Part of her work includes herinvolvement with the NationalCoalition for CancerSurvivorship, an advocacy organ-ization that she co-founded.

The NCCS was founded in1986 and is the oldest survivor-led cancer advocacy organiza-tion in the countr y, accord-ing to the organization’s Web site.

The organization worksclosely with the ACCC onissues with advocacy and poli-cies that needed to beaddressed in Washington, D.C.

“[I do this] for two reasons:I have a personal history ofcancer, and I was long before Imet the people who founded

NCCS, aplaintif f ofcivil rightsattorney inPhiladelphiarepresentingpeople withdisabilities,”she said.

As at e e n a g e r ,Hoffman wasdiagnosed with Hodgkin’s dis-ease, which added to her experience of living with sickness.

“It made me aware of thekinds of issues people confrontwhen they are diagnosed withan illness like cancer,”Hoffman said.

A longtime friend and NCCS executive of fice holder Ellen Stovall said

Hof fman is a force to be reckoned with.

“Barbara is very low-key and[a] modest person who willnever seek out attention,”Stovall said. “This award is awonderful recognition for herwork. She is a scholar.”

Aside from working with theNCCS, Hof fman is also thechief editor of three editions ofthe book “A Cancer Survivor’sAlmanac: Char ting YourJourney,” Stovall said.

The book serves as a guideto help survivors, friends, fami-lies and caregivers on topicslike getting proper care andcoping with the personal andsocial impact of cancer. It alsoof fers advice on financialissues and going through the processes with insurance companies.

Stovall describes the organi-zation as being greatlyenmeshed with Hoffman.

“A lot of where the [NCCS] isgoing is places where Barbarahas helped take it,” she said.

Hoffman said she looks tothe future of the NCCS with great optimism.

“Many things that we haveworked on and will continue towork on fall under the ultimategoal of providing quality cancercare for everyone who is diag-nosed,” she said.

Hoffman is also looking for-ward to seeing how currentissues influence the activities ofthe organization.

“With the major health carereform hopefully passed on[Sunday], it will be interestingas to how that shapes thefuture,” she said.

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The Rutgers Chemistry Societywill welcome a veteran of sci-ence demonstrations who willdisplay many exciting experi-ments that can be used forevents such as Rutgers Day andOutreach. The meeting will takeplace at 8:30 p.m. in Room A260of the Wright-Rieman buildingon Busch campus and is manda-tor y for all members whosigned up for the OutreachProgram. Leo, the coordinator,will be going over the plannedexperiments as well as informa-tion regarding scheduling, pre-sentations and transportation. Ifyou cannot make it to this meet-ing, please contact him ASAP atLgarber@eden.rutger.edu or at (551)-206-8939.

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clear, specific language exactlywhat the provisions of this leg-islation are,” she said, addingthis includes the timing ofmany of the provisions. Someparts of the bill will take effectimmediately, while others willbe enacted several years downthe road.

Holden also said the bill is toocomplicated. It was given only 72hours to be voted on in theHouse — not enough time to bethoroughly debated, he said.

“I feel like no Republicanvoted on it because they could-n’t even have read throughthat whole bill and the adden-dums if they wanted to,”Holden said, adding that theDemocrats rushed into signingthe bill.

Mandel said despite theconfusing text, the passage ofthe bill itself is a significant,historical achievement.

“This is a highly chargedpar tisan environment, but Ithink it’s important that thepresident of the United Statesdemonstrated that he couldachieve something,” Mandelsaid. “I think we need to beable to see evidence that it ispossible for our elected of fi-cials to take an action on animportant issue.”

She saiddebate is extreme-ly important, butit is also beneficialto take action,especially whenObama was cam-paigning back in2008, he made itclear — before theeconomic collapse— that reforminghealth care wasone of his top priorities.

“The president and [Houseof Representative SpeakerNancy] Pelosi have demon-strated that it is possible toexercise leadership,” Mandelsaid. “It involves determina-tion, stubbornness, a willing-ness to compromise and a com-mitment to what they considerto be an impor tant policyissue,” Mandel said.

But she said the poor econo-my would prove to be the bill’stoughest test of success. Someof the provisions — such as nolifetime limit — would be seenby most as positive.

But if it turns out that if thebill causes costs to soar, people tofeel pressured to buy health careand the economy does notimprove, people will no longerfeel the same.

“It’s really tightly linked tohow the economy fares in the next three years,” Mandel said.

Mandel said the mostimpressive part of the legisla-tion is not the text itself or itsprovisions, but rather the cir-cumstances under which itpassed. The bill managed toreform a heated social issuethat has been debated in theCapitol for decades.

“As a president, he stayedthe course and against all odds,won the nomination and wonthe presidency and once more,in a sea of doubt and ver ystormy waters all around, hehas stayed his course and onceagain reached his goal,”Mandel said.

Obama said in his speechthat the vote reveals the gov-ernment’s ability to rise above politics.

“We proved that we are still apeople capable of doing bigthings and tackling our biggestchallenges,” he said.

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Barack Obama said that night ina speech.

The reform allows Americansto take part in a purchasing poolof competitive insurers to choosefrom, resulting in cheaper prices,Obama said. It also provides thelargest health care tax cut forworking families and small busi-nesses in history.

It also extends Medicare cov-erage by about a decade andcould potentially reduce thenational deficit by more than$100 billion over the next decade— or more than $1 trillion over20 years, he said.

Director of Eagleton Instituteof Politics Ruth Mandel said bothimmediate and long-term effectsare difficult to predict due to theeconomy and other outsideforces, but college students candirectly benefit from someaspects of the bill.

“The most important one Ithink for students at this stageis that they can stay on theirparents’ health insurance until[the age of] 26,” Mandel said.“That will have a personalimpact on them.”

R u t g e r sU n i v e r s i t yC o l l e g eR e p u b l i c a n sPresident RonHolden said it isadmirable thatthe bill wouldkeep college stu-dents and youngpeople on insur-ance plans wellinto their 20s.

“Although Idisagree with the president on alot of things, I do think that hewants to fix the country andmake the country a better place,”Holden said.

But he said this is simply ashort-term gain, and problemscould persist in the future.

“It just seems a lot of the gov-ernment will just take care ofyou and in America you have towork, and sometimes you failand sometimes you succeed,and I think the governmentshould be giving the tools youneed to succeed and not justhandouts at the taxpayers’expense,” Holden said.

The Rutgers Democratswere unavailable for commentat press time.

Obama said he knows thisvote will be subject to criticism,analysis and predictions.

“But long after the debatefades away and the prognosti-cation fades away and the dustsettles, what will remain stand-ing is not the government-runsystem some feared, or the sta-tus quo that serves the inter-ests of the insurance industry,but a health care system thatincorporates ideas from bothparties — a system that worksbetter for the American peo-ple,” he said.

Obama said the bill is forAmericans who see increases inpremiums they cannot affordduring the economic storm, whostruggle to cover their child’schronic illnesses and for smallbusiness owners forced tochoose between insuringemployees and staying open.

But Mandel said much of thelegislation is confusing and diffi-cult for the general public tocomprehend just how it willaffect them.

“The big challenge isexplaining to the public in

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The program includes otherUniversity departments as well,White said.

“Nearly 20 Rutgers depart-ments or student organiza-tions will be presenting pro-grams and workshops,” hesaid. “They include CareerSer vices, the RutgersBusiness School, the School ofManagement and LaborRelations, University HumanResources and the Center forWomen and Work.”

White said Career Serviceswould also run another pro-gram that features an activitythat focuses on career building called “Career Village USA.”

“We invite visitors to stopby our quaint village and strollour career-related shops onMain Street,” he said.

These shops include “Dr.Doug’s Health and WellnessCenter” and “Dorothy’s Dressand Suit Shop,” which willteach participants career skillslike how to bring a positiveattitude to work and how to dress for success, White said.

He believes Livingston cam-pus will be an important part ofthe New Brunswick festivitieson Rutgers Day.

“Livingston’s role inRutgers Day is no more impor-tant than that of any othercampus, but it is a big boostfor the campus, which is slatedto become the ‘professionalcampus’ of Rutgers-NewBrunswick in coming yearswith the construction of newbusiness, social work and edu-cation facilities,” he said.

Livingston campus will alsofeature performances by theAsian American CulturalCenter, including fashion anddance shows and paper plateart created by Master Cheng,Senior Program Coordinator JiLee said.

“Last year there weren’t asmany of the Asian Americanorganizations present,” Leesaid. “We’re trying to make abigger presence to show peo-ple that we are here and active.”

Winnie De Moya, presidentof the Livingston CampusCouncil, said the council isholding a “LLC Insider Tour,”which shows of f the newly ren-ovated student center andplanned dining and residencehalls to visitors.

“There is so much morecoming to this campus in thefuture,” said De Moya, aRutgers College senior. “Thegoal we have is to talk aboutthe future.”

Jenna Bauer, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, saidmany people do not know aboutLivingston campus.

“I feel like Livingston is leftout of the loop in school eventsand conversations betweenstudents,” Bauer said.“Students just go there forclass and that’s it.”

Lee said Rutgers Day wouldhelp to change this stereotypeand show just what the campushas to offer.

“In the past, Livingston hasalways been neglected,” hesaid. “Since Livingston is inRutgers Day this year, it show-cases what this campus can do.”

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who swear by “The GlennBeck Program.”

I tend to have more respectfor people who are completelystraightforward with theiropinions, whether it is RachelMaddow or Bill O’Reilly. Rightfrom the start, audiencesknow exactly the agenda andmotive of the commentator.

When people watch Glenn Beck, they understand thathe is going to call President Barack Obama a Fascist.He makes his biases absolutely clear. On the otherhand, Stewart gives off an illusion of objectivism, espe-cially to the young and impressionable viewers — usu-ally between the ages of 18-25. So, how does he do it?

Stewart engages in a passive-aggressive approach inwhich he uses sarcasm to make his point, without actu-ally making an argument. For instance, he will merci-lessly attack a Fox News clip, and by the end, he willhave presented nothing that stands on logic. There isno need to defend the merits of his own views, as hesuccessfully shows the silliness of the other side. Hewins because Fox News is stupid. Other times, he may

win his arguments by exaggerating thesuperficial nature of his own position.On the March 18th show, Beck made acomment that progressivism leads tofascism. Stewart then fired back inagreement by stating, “If you are pro-gressive, you are not naïve, or well-intentioned stupid person, you aremetastasizing malignancy on America’scolon.” He places an extremely sarcas-tic slant to his own side to show why

right-wingers are ridiculous to attack it in the first place.Thus, he successfully overcomes the attack on his ide-ology, by implicitly conveying that conservatives arejust plain old ignorant to liberal beliefs. These tacticsend up working so well, because the opposing side hasnothing to rebut. If they respond with more sarcasm,they look like tools. If they respond seriously, they looklike humorless tools. There is just no defense.

For the record, I love sarcasm. If I could not use itin my articles, then I would have just opted to be astaff writer for the Targum. I only disagree with itsuse when it becomes the only basis for arguments. Ithink people, especially those who are relatively newto politics, need to understand that Stewart — andeven Stephen Colbert — is just as partial as any othernews source or political commentator. They are veryfunny comedians but should only be seen as such. AllI ask is that you take these types of shows with a grainof salt. Only then will you be able to make judgmentsabsent of the anti-Fox News and Beck rhetoric.

Brian Canares is a Rutgers College senior major-ing in history and political science. His column,“Pure Rubbish,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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W henever myfriends post clipsof the “The Daily

Show” on Facebook, I usuallykeep my comments to myself.Recently though there hasbeen a sudden influx of thesevideo postings that have over-taken my news feed. Maybethis can be attributed to the factthat I have added too many liberals in the past few years,but nonetheless, I find more and more people publiclydisplaying their love and adulation for Jon Stewart. So Ifeel like I have no choice but to write an entire full-lengthopinion about my beef with him. Hopefully this will giveyou a different perspective on the show, or just make youangry. Either way, I always enjoy both.

“The Daily Show,” which first started for the pur-poses of placing comedic value on politics, has slowlytransformed to a completely bias left-wing televisionprogram. People either see it as a legitimate source ofnews, or the only source in which they receive objec-tive information about relevant issues. As a result, thishas propelled Stewart from the status of simple come-dian to “brilliant commentator.” Nowdo not get me wrong. I have no prob-lem with “The Daily Show” being ontelevision. I will even admit thatStewart has his moments during inter-views, where he appears that he couldactually pass as a real political com-mentator. On the other hand, peoplebelieve these few moments of legiti-macy translate to the rest of the show.Consequently, it produces the sameuninformed decisions about politics that shows like“The Glenn Beck Program” perpetuate.

Most people will disagree with me, but I believeStewart is just as bad as people like Glenn Beck, ifnot worse. For any of you who watched the March18th episode of “The Daily Show,” Stewart made fun— as usual -— of Beck’s use of the chalkboard andsubsequently took a shot at his ideology, “conserva-tive libertarianism.” First, I would like to state that Iam a conservative libertarian and do not believe thatBeck is a fair representative of this belief. Moreover,I do not think he and Fox News should be placed inthe same context of the Tea Party movement.Unfortunately, this is exactly what Stewart does.While simultaneously ridiculing Beck and associat-ing his outrageous opinions with conservativeactions — such as the Tea Party movement — heartfully makes these extreme individuals represen-tatives of Republican or Libertarian beliefs. In effect,people who watch this show irresponsibly replicatethese views on The Daily Targum opinions page.They go on with their lives thinking they are fullyaware and more informed about politics, when infact, these individuals are just as ignorant as those

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“In a sea of doubt and very stormy waters all around, he hasstayed his course and once again reached his goal.”

Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics, on President Barack Obama’s achievements in health care reform

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BRIAN CANARES

W e have come to a monumental step in our country’s history.President Barack Obama’s year-long health care haul hasseemingly come to fruition, albeit under reform from both

Democrats and Republicans. With the 219-to-212 vote on Sunday, theHouse has the final approval to the legislation that has troubled rela-tions between the left and the right in the United States since the timeof Teddy Roosevelt. And this progress of social politics could not havecome sooner. Perhaps while still a bout of partisanship, and morespecifically, liberal politics, the health care bill stands for all that isneeded in the United States.

The major problem is the fact that people have been progressivelyopposing the bill under Republican pressure, while at its core, thehealth care reform aims to sort out a problem that has been present inthe U.S. for decades. People are ignorant. They are mad at the fact thata great part of their compatriots will finally get universal health care.Some even say that providing illegal immigrants with the same cover-age is simply unreasonable. The truth is that only legal residentswould receive the coverage that will cost a mere $938 billion over 10years. According to the New York Times, the plan would also add 16million people to the Medicaid rolls and would subsidize private cov-erage for middle- and low-income people. The cost would also be off-set by savings in the Medicare system and taxes on high-cost employ-er-sponsored health plans.

With the upcoming midterm campaign season, the GOP is simplytrying to debase the Democratic government in power. With a unani-mous opposition in the House of Representatives, Republicans are onlysticking to their grassroots without a thought lent to the fact that thishealth care bill will help the millions of Americans that cannot affordinsurance. They fight for the sake of fighting. Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky.,’s one-man filibuster is only one example of conservative theoriesstraying from the ideals of American politics. After all, it may be thegrassroots Republicans that have come out of touch with the ideals ofa government taking care of its people.

The proposed health care bill, which could be approved by the endof the week, would bring about a reform that has been required by theAmerican people for decades. In this day and age, we are faced with afiscally difficult future, but the fact that this bill will reduce deficits by$143 billion in the next 10 years must be a step toward a uninamous ofthe legislation. After all, we elected Obama — we knew what he wasplanning to accomplish and despite expected opposition from theright, he is bringing the much-promised change.

Health care reform comes at right time

“... but I believeStewart is just as

bad as peoplelike Glenn Beck,

if not worse.”

Name must remainfor story’s sake

G ender-specificity has reached the walls of Disney and its sub-sidiary, Pixar. “Rapunzel,” the Brothers Grimm fairytale, is tobe renamed “Tangled” after Disney’s research proved that the

title might be too gender oriented and may limit the number of boyswho would want to see the movie. Since when is a classic fairytale sub-ject to change because the business office of Disney Studios deter-mined the financial loss would be too great?

That is precisely the problem. Instead of retaining a well-known titlefor a classic tale, Disney has opted out for the fiscally safe path. Accordingto a Telegraph article, Disney bosses believe that the title may have alsobeen the reason for the poor performance of its latest piece, “ThePrincess and the Frog.” The movie would have fared better “if it wasn’tpre-judged by its title,” Mr. Catmull told the Los Angeles Times.

The truth is that while the essence of a story may not be containedentirely by the title, the title still embodies a certain value, one that pro-vides anything from reference to anecdotal mentions. “Rapunzel” is thename of the main figure in the story and while perhaps boys will notbe the first in line to see the newest movie, the original title remains animportant aspect of the tale.

It is a smart business decision and that is all. But once these businessdecisions begin to taint children’s movies, if they have not already, they willonly become reasons for entire remakes of classics solely for the money-making aspect of an artistic creation. Disney has already shelved “TheSnow Queen,” based on the Hans Christian Andersen classic over fearsthat it may alienate boys. Why can’t boys watch what they are interested in?

The studio is simply making the excuse that these classic storiesmight not reach both genders equally when, clearly, the only reason istheir inability to make the expected profit. Boys will watch theirBatman’s and Spiderman’s while girls will continue to play withBarbies, or should we make sure Barbies are appealing to both gen-ders? After all, art is created, or should be created, for art’s sake. Thefinancial reason for changing a classic fairytale must make way for theartistic originality of the author himself, no matter who holds the copy-rights to the story.

bers of the UCSD campus stam-peded on one another to professtheir outrage, indignation andshock at the loutish behavior and“state of emergency” created by asmall group of students involvedat a private party held off campus.

Members of the Black StudentUnion wasted no time in drafting asix-page memo for school officials,who eagerly embraced them, inwhich they itemized a veritableencyclopedia of demands bywhich, it was felt, the racist climatecould be modified, with the “aim tomove the university past hurtfulincidents and improve the campusclimate by enhancing diversity onthe campus, in the curriculum andthroughout the UC San Diegocommunity.” Cries of “institution-alized racism” and a “toxic envi-ronment” at UCSD were heard.Because the union felt that blackswere being “racially demoralized,”those demands included, amongothers, establishing ethnic studiesprograms, “[rewriting] theStudent Code of Conduct,” and,ominously, initiating a mandatory“diversity sensitivity requirementfor every undergraduate student.”

While calling for further inves-tigation into the specific incidentsthat had sparked the outrage, andpromising to identify and punishthe perpetrators, embarrassedschool officials also promised toincrease efforts at diversity,pledged more minority facultyhiring and student enrollment,set up psychological counselingfacilities, met with communityleaders and state officials andeven flew in Berkeley’s lawschool dean, Christopher Edley,to help arbitrate the situation.The president of the university’sAssociated Students also took thebreathtakingly audacious step,with the apparent approval ofschool officials, of not only clos-ing down the student TV station

but freezing funding for all 33 on-campus student publications, notjust the offensive Koala. The dan-ger of racist expression meantthat all expression would be cur-tailed — at least until a way couldbe found to defund the offendingpublication and TV station.

But, interestingly, in the past,UCSD officials have not sought tosuppress or even condemn otherinflammatory on-campus speechwhen it comes from other protect-ed minority groups. Amir-AbdelMalik-Ali, for instance, the blackformer Nation of Islam member —convert to Islam and cheerleaderfor Hamas and Hezbollah, whohas been a ubiquitous presence on

the UC Irvine campus — has alsoappeared at UC San Diego as aguest of the Muslim StudentAssociation. Malik-Ali never hesi-tates to vilify and defame Israel,Zionists, Jewish power and Jewsthemselves as he weaves incoher-ent, hallucinatory conspiraciesabout the Middle East and theWest. In a February 2004 speechMalik-Ali “implied that Zionism isa mixture of ‘chosen people-ness[sic] and white supremacy’; thatthe Iraqi war is in the process of‘Israelization’; that the Zionists had‘Congress, the media and the FBIin their back pocket.’”

Malik-Ali used a February2005 event to proclaim that“Zionism is a mixture, a fusion ofthe concept of white supremacyand the chosen people. …You will

have to hear more about theHolocaust when you accuse themof their Nazi behavior,” hewarned, after railing againstZionist control of the press, mediaand political decisions of theAmerican government.

Speaking from a podium with abanner reading “Israel, the fourthReich” in May 2006, Malik-Alireferred to Jews as “new Nazis”and “a bunch of straight-up punks.”“The truth of the matter is yourdays are numbered,” he admon-ished Jews everywhere. At otherMalik-Ali lectures, displays andposters regularly depict the Israeliflag splattered in blood and theStar of David shown to be equatinga swastika, punctuated withnumerous hysterical references toa “Holocaust in the Holy Land,”“genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,”“Zionism = racism,” and the oft-repeated blood libel against Jewsthat “Israelis murder children.”

But tellingly, no officials in theUC system have tripped over them-selves to denounce Malik-Ali’s ven-omous speech and shut downthose organizations that sponsoredit and those publications thatreported about it. They did not setup counseling sessions for Jewishstudents who might have been“intimidated,” “harassed” or madeto feel “unsafe” on campus as aresult of hearing that they were thenew Nazis, that the Jewish statewas the chief impediment to worldpeace, that Jews control the mediaand Washington, and that Jews,who are committing genocide onthe innocent, long-oppressedPalestinians, deserve to be mur-dered. Campus leaders did notreach out to civic leaders and otherexternal stakeholders to help healthe wounds that this hate speechmay have caused within the Jewishstudent body, nor did they bring inhigh-profile experts who couldmoderate between Muslim student

groups and Jewish students madeto bear these oppressive attacks ontheir religion and people.Mandatory “sensitivity” classeswere not set up so that non-Jewishstudents could be forced to havepositive attitudes toward Israel andJews. And Jewish students did notsubmit a list of demands for on-campus Jewish art galleries, Israelstudies programs, more Jewish fac-ulty, special accommodations inrecruiting and applications, or cam-pus apologies and repentance forspewing forth hateful, insulting andodious speech.

None of this took place precise-ly because campuses today have astartling double standard when itcomes to who may say what aboutwhom. Either because they areincompetent or want to coddle per-ceived protected student minoritygroups in the name of diversity,university administrations aremorally inconsistent when takinga stand against what they consider“hate speech,” believing, mistak-enly, that only harsh expressionagainst victim groups needs to bemoderated. When other groups —whites, Christians, Republicans,heterosexuals, Jews, for example— are the object of offensivespeech, no protection is deemedto be necessary.

So while campus free speech isenshrined as one of the universi-ty’s chief principles, experienceshows us that it rarely occurs asfree speech for everyone, only fora few. But if we want speech to betruly free, to paraphrase JusticeOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., thenwe have to embrace not onlyspeech with which we agree, butalso that speech with which wedisagree, that speech that we hate.

Richard Cravatts is the directorof Boston University’s Program inPublishing at the Center forProfessional Education.

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I n what is yet more evidencethat universities havebecome, at least where cam-

pus free speech is concerned, asHarvard’s wise AbigailThernstrom has described them,“islands of repression in a sea offreedom.”

The University of California,San Diego has been undergoingcollective apoplexy over someincendiary racial slurs made bystudents involved in an off-campusfraternity party and in a subse-quent broadcast from the school’sradio station. The discovery of anoose and a roughly fashioned KuKlux Klan hood on campus onlyhelped stoke tensions and inflamerage at the perceived racism.

Coinciding with celebrationsfor Black History Month, theFeb. 15 ghetto-themed party wasadvertised on Facebook as the“Compton Cookout,” with thesuggested dress involving over-sized T-shirts, gold chains, andother stereotypical wear of “thug-gish” black men; women wereadvised to dress like “ghettochicks” and be ostentatious,boorish and combative.

Though black, Hispanic,Muslim and many white studentsand administrators immediatelyleveled blame at white fraternitymembers, Koala writers andother purported racists lurkingon campus, it turns out that acomedian with the improbable —not to mention derogatory —stage name of Jiggaboo Jones, ablack himself, had actuallyorchestrated the party for some250 people as part of a promo-tional event, something he haddone at other West Coast loca-tions. But the damage had beendone, and self-righteous mem-

Free speech on campus depends on who speaks

“When other groups... are the object

of offensive speech, no protection

is deemed to be necessary. ”

RICHARD CRAVATTS

Letter

T he purpose of this editori-al is to present to theUniversity student body a

description of what the UniversityAffairs Committee has done thusfar this school year. A mission ofthe committee and our generalcouncil this year was to researchand bring forth any and all issues,complaints or grievances that thestudents of School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences and those affiliated withCook campus may have pertain-ing to a wide range of categories.

Our first big step toward thatgoal was distributing and collect-ing surveys last November during“What’s on Your Mind Month.”The idea was very successful inthat we received large amounts offeedback and started addressingthe pressing issues. Thus far inthe spring semester, we have alsotabled at the Cook CampusCenter in hopes of reaching out tostudents and receiving feedback.One of the major issues that wecame across was the security oncampus, in which members of thecommittee met with theDepartment of Public Safety offi-cials numerous times andaddressed the concerns we weremet with. This led to a Safety Walkacross the campus and also pass-ing a resolution regarding theoperation and maintenance of theBlue Light Emergency System.

Our goal in the resolution isinform students about the sys-

Council aids students

JOHN STEIN

Letter tem and address any misconcep-tions regarding its operationsand also the efficiency of usingcell phones during emergencysituations because of the RutgersUniversity Police Department’sability to track the direct locationof the call. We also are attempt-ing to have RUPD keep a regularmaintenance log available to thestudents. The other major reso-lution that our committee wasable to pass was one opposingthe opt-out option of the RUBook Fund and replacing it witha more student friendly opt-in policy.

Our grounds for the opposi-tion were based off the withhold-ing of $500 of student financialaid for the first part of the semes-ter of which many students wereunaware. Also many students usetheir refund checks for such enti-ties as rent and groceries for off-campus students and the abilityto purchase textbooks fromcheaper alternative sources.

All of our resolutions areopen to the public and if anyonehas concerns they wantaddressed or to get more infor-mation about our council, ourmeeting are held biweekly onMonday nights in room 202 ofthe Cook Campus Center at 7:30p.m. and the committee meetingheld on the off week at the sametime in the Cook Café of theCook Campus Center.

This letter was a collectiveef for t on part of the UniversityAf fairs Committee of theSEBS/Cook Council.

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BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZSTAFF WRITER

Rutgers head women’s trackand field coach James Robinsonwas fully aware of the importance

of cappingoff the

indoor season with a boom. Thatis why he has no problemattributing his team’s strongshowing in Tampa, Fla., over theweekend to an unimaginablefourth place finish at the EasternCollegiate Athletic ConferenceChampionships just weeks ago.

“We talked about learninghow to end the season on agreat note, because that setsyou up for a great outdoor sea-son,” said Robinson. “To comeout two weeks later and openup in this fashion is ver y, very encouraging.”

The Scarlet Knights postedseven top three finishes at SouthFlorida’s Bull Invitational, andsaw three athletes finish first intheir respective events, anencouraging early season mark.

The team also made quickwork with qualifying marks tostart the season, achieving sixECAC qualifiers on top of ten BigEast qualifying marks.

Overall, the team put togethera very balanced performance in Tampa.

Senior Jessica Bandy won thejavelin event with a hurl of 45.54meters, while junior NwamakaOkobi stood atop the podium inthe triple jump with a leap of12.35 meters. The junior alsoearned a fourth place finish inthe long jump, her personal best.The feat gave her the second bestmark in school history.

However, of the 12 Knights inattendance, none shone brighterthan senior Michelle Gomes.

The sprinter’s 23.87-second per-formance in the 200-meter eventnot only topped her personal bestand gave her a first place finish, butit also broke a school record thatstood since President RonaldReagan roamed the Oval Office.

“When I looked up at thathuge screen waiting for my timeI was not sure how I had done,but when I saw 23.87 I could donothing but scream,” said theteam captain. “Breaking a 23-yearold record is an amazing feeling.”

Gomes also finished third inthe 100-meter event with a timeof 11.92 seconds to wrap up herhistoric weekend.

But that was not enough forthe resurgent Knights’ squad, asmany other RU athletes also cap-tured personal-best marks.

Sophomore Kelly Flanniganfinished fifth in the 1500-meterrace, but cut four seconds offher previous personal best torun a 4:32.84.

Also showing improvementwas freshman Brittni Rodriguez,who ran a 12.12 in the 100-meterdash. Both runners snagged BigEast qualifiers with their respec-tive marks, another early encour-aging sign for the young Knights.

“It was a great way to startthe season, it really gets theteam rolling for outdoor,”Robinson said.

The Knights sprint back intoaction this weekend in Raleigh,N.C., to compete at the RaleighRelays, and try to make it threestraight impressive meets in a row.

Qualifiersabound atUSF Invite

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Senior midfielder Justin Pennington scored four goals in three gamesover Spring Break and tallied a goal in 13 of the last 14 games.

offensive team and the samethings started to happen. Wecommit a couple penalties, hit acouple pipes and it goes fromthree goals to tied in a hurry.We have to do a better jobdown the stretch of hanging on to the ball and making better decisions.”

Against Penn State, theKnights faced more than one opponent.

The game was played inmonsoon-like rain and heavywinds and lightning delayedplay for two hours.

When play resumed, Rutgersoutscored the Nittany Lions 4-1 totake control of the game en routeto a 7-4 victory.

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Freshman goalie Rudy Butler (16) made 20 saves over three gamesduring Spring Break, including a high of 11 against Penn State.

“I’ve been doing this for 26years, and I’ve played in somebad weather, but never anythinglike that where it’s that consistentfor that long,” Stagnitta said.

Senior Gerhard Buehningand sophomore Mike Diehleach scored twice to lead theKnight attack.

“It was real bad out there,”said Buehning, who had his 13-game goal streak snapped in themost recent loss to Army. “I don’tthink I’ve ever been in a gamethat was that wet. It’s tough [aftera delay] but we stayed prettyfocused. It was nice to go backand change cleats, change padsand kind of dry off a little bit. Butwe just stayed focused and loose,and we were able to bring it whenwe got back out there.”

Rutgers begins Big East playSaturday when the team flies to South Bend, Ind., to face Notre Dame.

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R utgers men’s lacrosseattackman Kory Kellywas named to the Big

East Weekly Honor Roll yester-day after tallying eight goalsand one assist. Kelly, a juniorand the Knights’ leading goalscorer, helped propel RU to a 1-1 record over the same span.

Six of Kelly’s goals came in adramatic 10-9 victory lastTuesday over Marist.

FORMER RUTGERSoffensive tackle Anthony Davisrescheduled his workout forNFL scouts for March 30,according to a report fromNFL.com.

Davis left the Rutgers ProDay on March 10 earlybecause of an illness and atweaked hamstring, said agentSunny Shah.

Shah told NFL organiza-tions that his client would beavailable for positional drills,measurements and one-on-one meetings.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERScenter Jeff Carter will missthree to four weeks with a bro-ken bone in his left shoulder.

Carter, the Flyers’ leadingscorer, saw a shot from AtlantaThrasher Clarke MacArthurricochet off his shoulder duringAtlanta’s 3-1 victory at theWachovia Center. His streak of286 consecutive games playedstreak snapped, Carter plans tobe back in time for the playoffs,which start next month.

NFL COMMISSIONERRoger Goodell plans to meetwith Pittsburgh Steelers quar-terback Ben Roethlisbergerregarding his alleged involve-ment in a sexual assault casein Georgia.

Goodell already spoke withseveral NFL team ownersabout Roethlisberger, whoallegedly assaulted a 20-year-old college student at aMilledgeville, Ga., nightclub.

Another woman is suingRoethlisberger, claiming theMiami (OH) product raped herat a Lake Tahoe hotel in 2008.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALSfirst baseman Albert Pujolsreceived an MRI and an anti-inflammatory shot yesterdayfor tightness in his back.

The 2009 National LeagueMVP is expected to miss prac-tice and Cactus League actionover the next few days.

MINNESOTA VIKINGShead coach Brad Childresssaid yesterday that quarter-back Brett Favre can take aslong as he needs to decidewhether to return for the 2010-2011 NFL season.

Favre signed with theVikings on August 18 last yearand then played three days laterin the team’s preseason gameagainst the Kansas City Chiefs.

Childress visited Favre athis Mississippi home earlier inthe month but claimed thatconversation did not involveFavre’s potential return to the club.

East schedule just about to start up.”

It was the bat of Biserta thatpaced Rutgers all break long.The designated hitter went on atorrid pace, hitting a home runin eight of the last 10 games.None was bigger than in thewin against FAU, where his two-run bomb accounted for theonly runs scored in the 2-0shutout victory.

For Rutgers, the winsnapped a 12-game losingstreak to the Owls and kept itsconfidence alive.

“We had an off day in the firstgame against them so we knewwe wanted to bounce back,” saidBistera, who was named theNational Hitter of the Weekbecause of his success. “That winwas huge for us because wehaven’t beaten them in so long.”

Elsing got the nod in theshutout win, making his first col-legiate start on the mound. Heresponded with five solid inningswhile surrendering only four hitsand striking out three. Fellow

JEN KONG

Freshman pitcher Jerry Elsing earned his first two collegiate winsthis Spring Break, the latter of which came against Old Dominion.

RALLY: Bats heat up in

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freshman Tyler Gebler pre-served the win and earned histhird save of the year by postingthree straight outs in the ninth.

“Our freshman relievers havebeen great this season,” Bisertasaid. “Our starters have donewell too and we need them tostay strong. The hitting willalways be there. Now we knowthat we can come back from anydeficit. I don’t think there is anypitching out there that can shutour lineup down.”

In the first series against FIU,the RU bats erupted, scoring atotal of 46 runs. The scoring out-burst was highlighted by a 20-11victory to kick off Spring Break.

The Knights followed that upby scoring 11 in the second gameand 15 in the third. The last fourruns in the final game against theGolden Panthers came off of anAnderson grand slam in the ninthinning that broke an 11-11 tie.

In the eight games playedover Spring Break, the Knightshit a total of 15 home runs.

“Our confidence is soaringright now,” Elsing said. “Westarted off slow but we neverlost focus of the bigger picture.The bigger picture is the BigEast and we feel great goinginto conference play.”

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Junior Joe Martinek, last year’s leading rusher, is the only tailbackwith experience participating in the Knights’ spring practices.

A new name in the mix is 6-foot-4, 325-pound redshirt fresh-man Antwan Lowery — a highly-touted defensive tackle who fol-lows Wynn with a move to theoffensive side of the ball.

“It will be a learning curve, weare not naïve to that,” Schiano said.“It is good that we are doing it in thespring and he gets a chance to workat it. If he is as natural as I think hewill be, he will have a chance tocompete for playing time.”

After Barbieri snaps the ballto Savage, the next step of theprocess is an unknown.

Junior tailback Joe Martinek isthe lone returning player in thebackfield this spring, but Schianopromised not to overwork theteam’s leading rusher. SophomoreMohamed Sanu is the only playerestablished at wide receiver — aposition where there is one senior,one junior, seven sophomores andfour redshirt freshmen.

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BY TYLER BARTOSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track andfield team returned from theUSF Bulls Invitational last

weekendwith a

pair of event victories, eight fin-ishes in the top three and anencouraging effort right out ofthe gate of the spring season.

Sophomore phenom AdamBergo took first in the highjump with a 2.11 meter effort,good for an IC4A-clearing mark.The Westfield High Schoolproduct also placed fourth inthe long jump, recording amark of 6.70 meters.

The Scarlet Knights’ otherfirst-place finisher was fellowsophomore James Plummer,who won the discus with anIC4A throw of 59.10 meters.His ef for t broke the facilityrecord at the USF Track andField Stadium.

Plummer later captured sec-ond in the shotput with a 14.91-meter throw.

“We expected [Plummer] tothrow far,” said associate headcoach Kevin Kelly, in his ninthyear on the staf f. “To tell youthat I knew he would throw as

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Sophomore Mohamed Sanu is the only proven player at the wideout position, where there is one senior and 12 underclassmen.

“I think these receivers areready to take a step,” Schianosaid. “They are all young. We canput them in a bag and shake themup. I don’t know who is going tocome out, other than Mohamed.None of them have a heck of a lotof experience.”

But the team’s youth and inex-perience has Schiano excited,although he admits there are areaswhere there needs to be strides.

“They have no idea what it’slike in a college football game …how hard it is, how tough it is toout there and play at your highestlevel for three and half hours,”said the coach, entering his 10thyear. “We need to make sure theygrow to understand that in these15 practices.”

KNIGHT NOTE:Tem Lukabu returns to the RU

staff as outside linebackers coachafter leaving player developmentfor Rhode Island. Lukabu’s returnmoves Robb Smith from outsidelinebackers to cornerbackscoach, a spot previously occupiedby Chris Hewitt. Hewitt nowcoaches the running backs.

far as he did I would be lying. Itwas a heck of a performance.Right now he’s the number twothrower in the country.”

Senior Bruce Owens, forcedto sit out the indoor seasonwith eligibility concerns, placedsecond — and first among col-legians — in the 200-meterdash, clocking in at 21.21 sec-onds. Owens also finishedfourth in the 100-meter dashwith a time of 10.63 seconds.

The Wenonah, N.J., native, astaple of the RU track program,qualified for the IC4AChampionships in both events.

Fellow seniors Kyle Gradyand Nii-Amon Robertson bothperformed well in the first out-door meet of the season.

Grady, unbeaten in the 60-meter hurdles during theindoor campaign, took secondin the 110-meter hurdles.Senior Tim Matlack clocked inat 15.73 seconds in the sameevent, good for fifth place.

Robertson finished third inthe 200-meter dash with an IC4Atime of 21.35 seconds. He alsotook third in the 400-meter dash— and second among collegians— with a time of 47.76 seconds.

Grady finished soon after inthe same event, good enough for

a fifth place finish in his first 200-meter performance.

“The 200 was new for me[last] weekend,” Grady said. “I’vebeen training hard, working hard with my spring coach. Ithink I’ll be running it again[next weekend].”

The Knights placed twojavelin throwers in the topthree finishers, led by juniorChris Bradley, whose secondplace toss of 63.40 meters wasgood enough for an IC4A mark.Teammate Jeremy Penninoplaced just behind Bradley inthird with a throw of 62.52meters, also an IC4A qualifier.

“We had a small group downthere,” Kelly said. “I thoughtwe performed well. There was-n’t one person that didn’t havea positive impact.”

Rutgers returns to the trackThursday at the WinthropInvitational in Rock Hill, S.C.,to take on the host Eagles anda loaded field.

“We just have to continuedoing what we’re doing,” Gradysaid. “It’s one of those thingswhere it’s working. Almosteveryone who is competing hadpersonal-bests indoors. Now we go into outdoors with a new perspective.”

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Knights take two-of-three in return to outdoorsBY TYLER DONOHUE

STAFF WRITER

Like many of their collegepeers, members of the Rutgerstennis team ventured south to

Floridao v e rS p r i n gB r e a k .But theScar le t

Knights were not there simplyto say hello to Mickey Mouseor catch some rays on thebeach — there was business totend to as RU took on threeopponents during its stay in theSunshine State.

Rutgers wrapped up itsFlorida matches with a 5-2 winover Nova Southeastern.Dominating performances insingles play fueled the Knights.Senior Katherine Arlak, juniorAmy Zhang and sophomoresJen Holzberg and LeonoraSlatnick each gave up less thentwo match points in the win.

The Florida contests markedRutgers’ first foray outside in2010 and head coach BenBucca was pleased with howhis team responded to the unfamiliar setting.

“The most important thingfor us was being able to getacclimated to playing outsideand dealing with the wind, sunand all those factors,” he said.“We did well in those condi-tions and it will help us as theseason moves on.”

Senior Caitlin Baker wasalso on her way to an impres-sive victory before an anklesprain derailed her. The seniorcaptain held a commanding 6-0,3-0 advantage before succumb-ing to the injury and retiringfrom the match. It was an unfor-tunate turn for Baker, whorecently played the best tennisof her career, according to Bucca.

Two days prior, RU took onBarry, the fifth-ranked team inDivision II tennis. Despiteimpressive singles wins fromSlatnick and Baker, the

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Senior captain Caitlin Baker earned a singles victory against fifth-ranked Division II foe Barry andwas on her way to another against Nova Southeastern before an ankle injury forced her to withdraw.

Although a two-game los-i n gstreak

destroyed the No. 20 Rutgerswomen’s lacrosse team’s per-fect record over SpringBreak, the squad found away to rebound in its thirdstraight road gamewith an 11-8 victoryover Denver.

Senior attackBrooke Cantwellcontributed a sea-son-high four goalsof the ScarletKnights’ 11 againstthe Pioneers.

The win inDenver gave theKnights their sixth win of theseason, and was especially wel-comed after a frustrating pairof losses that broke a perfectrecord at the start of break.

The first of Rutgers’ roadgames proved a heartbreaker,as head coach Laura BrandSias’ team fell to Hofstra 10-9in double overtime.

Cantwell and juniorsMarlena Welsh and KristenAnderson led the Knights

with two goals apiece in the loss.

Circumstances did notimprove for the team threedays later when it traveledto Baltimore, Md., to openBig East conference play atNo. 17 Loyola. The 18-6

drubbing theKnights receivedmarked theteam’s first lossto a ranked oppo-nent this seasonafter beatingCornell andPrinceton inb a c k - t o - b a c kgames earlierthis season.

The Greyhounds took thelead early and never lookedback, going into intermissionwith a 12-2 lead.

Sophomore attackLindsey Watts led the teamwith two goals in the fiasco.

Rutgers finishes its four-game road trip at the CarrierDome in Syracuse to returnto conference play.

— Bill Domke

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Knights were swept in doublesplay and dropped the match 6-3.

The Knights opened up theroad trip in Fort Lauderdale onSunday by defeating Towson 7-0. Rutgers outmatched theTigers in every facet duringthe sweep as Zhang and fresh-man Michelle Green won instraight sets.

Though the Knights spent thefirst two months of the seasonindoors, Holzberg said the teamwas largely unfazed by thechange of scenery in its firstmatch outside.

“It was kind of hard playing out-side at first, but once we got usedto the different setting it becamean easy transition,” she said.

RU heads back home to NewJersey fresh off the 2-1 roadswing and now stands with arecord of 8-4 on the season.With the second half of the season looming and a Thursdaymatch with Princeton on thehorizon, the Knights are happywith where they are in their progression.

“We showed consistency butwe need to continue practicingwell because there are a bunchof Big East matches comingup,” Arlak said. “It’s going torequire a lot of concentration onplaying hard.”

The trip also aided teamchemistry, when RU was able toparticipate collectively in activi-ties beyond the matches.

“It was a lot of fun,” Slatnicksaid. “We’re very competitive onthe court but it was nice to beable to relax with teammates andenjoy the trip.”

Her coach agreed and saidthe time spent together inFlorida could have a big impactfor RU.

“This team has exceptionalcamaraderie, so this just enabledthem to have an experiencetogether that I suspect they willremember for a very long time,”Bucca said. “They competedhard and won two matches so I’dcertainly say it was a veryrewarding trip.”

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Down six runs heading into the top of the eighthinning on Sunday, it appeared that the Rutgers baseballteam would end its Spring Break on a sour note. But

seven runs and two inningslater, the Scarlet Knightsdefeated Old Dominion 8-7 totake the three game seriesand finish off a successfulroad trip with a 6-2 record.

“Our hitters were fantastic. There was clutch hittingall over the place,” said freshman reliever Jerry Elsing,who was credited with the win in the comeback victo-ry. “Once we came back it helped me regain my com-posure and helped me focus on getting the win.”

Elsing (2-0) sat on the bench and watched as hisKnights (8-10) overcame a 7-1 hole courtesy of a bases-loaded double by junior D.J. Anderson in the eighthand a go-ahead home run from junior Michael Lang inthe ninth for the 8-7 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, Elsing shut the door onthe Monarchs (11-12) allowing only one base runnerand forcing a game-ending fly-out with an ODU runneron third.

“I knew that if I kept going after him that I wouldget the out,” Elsing said. “I had great encouragementfrom the upperclassmen on the team all weekend long.They deserve the credit.”

The comeback highlights a road trip that saw theKnights breathe new life into a season that was slip-ping by the wayside after a 1-8 start.

“We had a very good Spring Break and a lot ofthings came together,” said head coach Fred Hill Sr.“We played in a couple of hitter-friendly ballparks andour guys took advantage. I hope this carries over andwe can continue our solid hitting.”

Hill now sits at 988 career wins, 12 short of the1,000-victory plateau.

The break began in Florida with a three-gamesweep over Florida International and a two-game splitwith Florida Atlantic. The Knights then traveled northto Virginia, where they took two of three from ODU,the second of which came via the huge comeback.

“To score seven in the last two innings and comeback from six down is something special,” said junioroutfielder Pat Bistera. “Our confidence is definitely upright now and it’s coming at a great time with our Big

Late-inning rallycaps off successfulSpring Break trip

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

A year ago, Tom Savage was an inter-ested bystander.

The now-sophomore quarterbackwatched springpractices while

Dom Natale, Jabu Lovelace, D.C.Jefferson and Steve Shimko competed forthe Rutgers football team’s starting quar-terback spot — each in some capacity.

When the spring practice seasonkicks off today, Savage is the guy for theScarlet Knights: The undisputed starting quarterback named a leader on a young team by head coach Greg Schiano.

“We haven’t been that young in awhile, but I am excited,” Schiano said.

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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage will participate in his first set of spring practices with the Scarlet Knights starting today,after the Springfield, Pa., native was limited to watching from the sidelines during last year’s spring quarterback competition.

Savage only certainty entering spring practice

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Junior attack Kory Kelly increased his team-high goal total to 15 over Spring Break, highlightedby a six-goal performance as the Knights outlasted Marist 10-9 at the RU Turf Field.

BY KYLE FRANKOCORRESPONDENT

As Spring Break came to an end, sodid the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’sthree-game winning streak.

The ScarletK n i g h t sdropped an 11-8 decision toArmy Saturdayafternoon at

Michie Stadium. Rutgers scored first, but the Black

Knights took control of the game witha 5-0 run. The Knights (4-2) neverbrought the deficit down to fewer thanthree for the remainder of the game.

Army (2-4) managed just 18 shotsbut scored on 11 of them and Rutgers’freshman goalkeeper Rudy Butlermade four saves.

Junior Kory Kelly scored twice togive him a team-high 15 goals on theyear. Senior Justin Pennington got onthe board with the game’s final goalto tally a goal in 13 of the team’s last14 games.

Loss at West Point snapsthree-game win streak

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“I am not afraid of that. I think that isencouraging. We have a lot of youngkids that have played, whether theystarted or played considerable roles,and now it is time to develop.”

For Savage, development will comein understanding generic defenses,rather than learning team-specificones on the fly as he did during the season.

Entering the 15-practice slate conclud-ing with the Scarlet-White game, Savageis not a concern — who will protect himand to whom he will give the ball is.

The of fensive line departs threestarters in Ryan Blaszczyk, AnthonyDavis and Kevin Haslam and a fourthstarter, junior Desmond Wynn, willmiss the spring after undergoingshoulder surgery.

The only certainty, according toSchiano, is that senior Howard Barbieriwill play center.

“We are going to tr y and put[Barbieri] in the middle of that thingand work out,” Schiano said. “We lostthree guys that have played a lot of foot-ball here, but I am really excited aboutthis group of offensive linemen. Thiswill be a challenge, no doubt about it.Some guys haven’t played a lot, but Ithink there will be guys that will step up”

Junior Art Forst returns, but could seea change from his usual guard position ina move to right tackle. Among the otherexpected starters are juniors DesmondStapleton and Caleb Ruch.

Prior to the defeat at Army,Rutgers grinded out a pair of victoriesagainst Marist and Penn State at theRU Turf Field.

Kelly paved the way in a thrilling10-9 victory over Marist with a six-goal barrage.

“All week at practice we were ableto work on new plays that got me upon the perimeter instead of behind[the net],” Kelly said. “I was able toget my hands free and I always hopefor a game like that.”

Despite Kelly’s effort, the Knightsfound themselves in a frantic finish.Two late Red Foxes’ goals cut a three-goal lead to one with 20 seconds to play.Marist won the ensuing face-off, butPennington stripped the ball away andran out the clock.

“Again, I think we showed somecharacter and guys stepped up downthe stretch,” said head coach JimStagnitta. “It wasn’t our cleanest andbest ef fort. I was nervous about thisone because [Marist] is a very good

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