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A recent poll showsthat most New Jerseyresidents do notagree with highereducation cuts.

Florida contemplatessmoking restrictionsthat infringe on people’s rights.

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Students leave class in the Allison Road Classrooms building yesterday on Busch campus.Enrollment deposits for 2010 to 2011 are up 4 percent for all three University campuses.

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BY GREG FLYNNCORRESPONDENT

Police arrested 14 people Thursdaynight in New Brunswick after raidingtwo brothels located at 57 Jersey Ave.and 298 Handy St.

The simultaneous raids of the twounrelated operations at 8:15 p.m.occurred after a month-long investiga-tion sparked by complaints from resi-dents, New Brunswick police Lt. J.T.Miller said.

All of the charges were related toprostitution, he said. None of thecharges were related to sex trafficking.

Daphne Smith, a North Brunswickresident familiar with the area, said thenumber of arrests is startling.

“I’m absolutely surprised to hearabout that on Handy Street. I’m used tohearing about that on Remsen Avenue,”Smith said.

At 57 Jersey Ave. Oscar Hernandez,37, of Somerset, was charged with pro-moting prostitution, Miller said. LucianaAlvarez, 39, of Chicago; Eloy Bortolo-

Ferre, 22, of Union City; Lorena Garcia-Meza, 28, of Philadelphia; and RuthPerez-Filpo, 30, of Newark, werecharged with engaging in prostitution atthe location.

Guadalupe Bautista-Cruz, 43, of NewBrunswick and Enrique Balladelid, 46,of Somerset were charged with engag-ing in prostitution as customers at thehouse, Miller said.

At 298 Handy St. Bonfilio Morales,33, of New Brunswick, was charged withpromoting prostitution, Miller said.

Veronica Garcia, 32, of NorthBergen; Flor Gualupe Quintero-Perez,23, of Woodside, N.Y.; and MaricelaSandovar, 24, and Rosalba Hernandez,23, both of Queens, N.Y., were chargedwith engaging in prostitution.

Two men at the house, ChanderBhan, 41, and Rajesh Kapoor, 42, both ofMorganville were charged as customerswith engaging in prostitution, Miller said.

The four men charged as customerswere released on summonses, Miller

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student William Velella runs in the“RU The Fastest” 50-yard dash competition yesterday on Busch campus,which includes opportunities for prizes, sponsored by Rutgers Recreation.

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RUSA electionlaunches withcampaign week

BY ANDREW SMITHCONTRIBUTING WRITER

For the second time in the University’shistory and the first time since 2006, threeout of the maximum four students won theprestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.

Each year, universities around the coun-try are permitted a maximum of four studentapplications, said Arthur Casciato, directorof the Office of Distinguished Fellowships.

School of Arts and Sciences sopho-more Greg Zegarek along with School ofArts and Sciences juniors Edward

Lochocki and Yuliya Afinogenova becamethe latest University students to takehome the scholarship.

The Goldwater Scholarships, awardedannually to students pursuing a career in sci-ence, mathematics or engineering, willcover educational expenses up to $7,500 peryear for the rest of each student’s collegecareer, according to a University MediaRelations press release. The winners wereamong more than 1,100 students who werenominated nationwide.

This year’s recipients are all heavilyinvolved in research around the University.

Zegarek, who is pursuing research inneuronal proteins, said he did not think hehad a shot at the scholarship.

“I didn’t expect to win, to be perfectlyhonest,” he said “But you know, when I gotthe news, it felt amazing.”

Zegarek said while his involvement instudent organizations like the MolecularBiology and Biochemistry Society mayhave helped him win a GoldwaterScholarship, his research is likely what puthim over the edge.

U. projectsrecord-highenrollment

BY DEVIN SIKORSKIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With anticipation over the University studentbody choosing positions for their student gov-ernment, the Rutgers University StudentAssembly members convened in the RutgersStudent Center on the College Avenue campuslast night to announce their candidacy for theApril 27th elections.

Chairman of the RUSA ElectionsCommittee Ben West said the external elec-tions will be successful. He is eager to involvethe whole student body in the election processfor the first time.

“I’m excited that a lot of students will havethe opportunity to elect their [RUSA] presi-dent,” said West, a Rutgers College senior. “Ithink it is going to make the whole process a lotmore exciting and fun.”

RUSA Chair Werner Born said he is alsoanticipating success with the external elections,which will produce a different student govern-ment for the University.

“I think it’s a step in the right direction tohave all students be able to vote on who theRUSA president is and the RUSA vice presi-dent and treasurer [as well],” said Born, aSchool of Engineering senior. “I’m ver yexcited for that and it’s going to be reallyinteresting to see a New Brunswick-widecampaign, not just for one campus but for all five.”

West informed the members of RUSA thereare certain campaigning guidelines that mustbe followed to ensure a legitimate and fair elec-tion process.

The election guidelines allow for the distri-bution of printed materials, advertising in cam-pus media and communication via e-mail, socialnetworking sites, blogs or campaign websites,West said.

Three students take home prestigious award

BY MARY DIDUCHMANAGING EDITOR

As the University says goodbye to theClass of 2010, it also prepares for anotherrecord-breaking enrollment for the fall.

Final enrollment deposits for the fall 2010semester are due May 1, but the Universityadministration already predicts the largestenrollment in University history — again.

Vice President for EnrollmentManagement Courtney McAnuff saiddeposits are already up 4 percent for theUniversity’s three campuses combined.

“So we’re expecting a good class and abig class,” McAnuff said.

Fall 2009 enrollment shattered Universityrecords with 54,645 full-time and part-timeundergraduate students across the Newark,Camden and New Brunswick/Piscatawaycampuses, according to the Office ofInstitutional Research. This preceded anoth-er recording-breaking enrollment in fall 2008of 52,471 students.

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BY JOE GESSNERCONTRIBUTING WRITER

With Gov. Chris Christietightening the belt on NewJersey’s budget, residents feelstate education and povertyrelief should be the areas leastaf fected by funding cuts,according to a poll from theUniversity’s Eagleton Instituteof Politics.

The poll, conducted March 31to April 3, reported that 57 per-cent of the 953 N.J. adults polledwant no cuts in aid to localschools, while 49 percent opposecuts to state colleges and univer-sities. Seventy-two percent wasalso against making it easier tolay off schoolteachers.

A slight majority of 51 percentsaid they oppose cuts in pro-grams for the poor.

Despite their desire to protecteducation, the poll also indicatedthat New Jerseyans overwhelm-ingly oppose any sort of taxincrease or surcharges toincrease state revenue.

The strongest resistance wasagainst the options of raisingthe state gas and income taxes,which 72 percent of thosepolled opposed.

But those polled do favormaking it easier to lay off munic-ipal workers to balance localbudgets. About 57 percent agreewith making it easier to fire

NJ majority favors protecting education from cuts

A poll conducted by the University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics from March 31 to April 3 indicatesthat state residents are willing to lay off municipal workers in order to balance local budgets.

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municipal workers, with 38 per-cent in opposition.

The willingness for people totake cuts to their town and seemunicipal workers laid off was abig surprise, said DavidRedlawsk, Eagleton poll director.

“It’s hard for the average per-son to really see how bad theproblem is,” said Redlawsk, whois also a University professor ofpolitical science. “People don’tsee why they have to deal withsuch big cuts right now.”

Redlawsk said the poll resultsare not purely a reaction toChristie or his plan as governor.

“I think there would be similarreactions to any governor whotakes massive cuts to the budg-et,” Redlawsk said.

But New Brunswick residentJanelle Clarke disagrees.

“I think this poll shows thatpeople are unhappy with whatthe governor is doing right now,”she said.

Clarke said she opposes cutsin both local and higher educa-tion and feels education is one ofthe best things about New Jersey.

“We shouldn’t take away fromour children’s education. It willhurt us in the future,” she said.

Instead, Clarke suggested thattaxes should be raised to helpclose the budget gap.

“I feel we can all dig a littledeeper and pay a little bit moreand help solve this budget prob-lem,” she said. “But I can neverapprove of taking away from chil-dren’s education.”

While Redlawsk maintainsthe poll is not a just a reactionto the governor, he does feelthat Christie has upset manyN.J. residents by taking such an aggressive approach to deal-ing with the New JerseyEducation Association.

“The strong attacks on teach-ers aren’t doing him much good,”Redlawsk said.

When cuts are made to localschools, most people are not going to be silent about it,he said.

“What it comes down to ispeople are proud of their localschools,” Redlawsk said. “Whenthey see what’s happening,they’re going to feel threatened,and they’re going to react.”

Ian Aspin, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, disagrees with the recent cutsin both local schools and high-er education.

“Cuts in education are neverreally beneficial in my opinion,”he said.

But Aspin recognized thatthe state budget crisis would notgo away unless serious changesare made.

“I can understand why[Christie] is cutting education,but I think it should be used as alast resort,” he said. “Educationis vital to the state.”

Rutgers Business Schoolfirst-year student Michael Adesbelieves the state is in desper-ate times, and such drastic cutsare necessary.

“From my perspective,[Christie] is doing a good job,”he said. “He’s in a tough spotright now because of the budgetgap. He walked into a big mess.”

Aspray, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “One of the prob-lems with RUSA in the past isthat I don’t feel we’ve ever had aclear objective.”

Aspray said with his plan ofaction, he hopes to tackle thetough budget cuts the Universityis experiencing and connect thegap between the New Brunswickand University communities. Butthere is a certain team he needsfor this to happen, he said.

“People generally go to stu-dent government because they… are broadly seeking a leader-ship experience,” Aspray said.“I’m trying to get people who areinterested in working on specificissues because I feel that otherpeople in the past haven’t neces-sarily been focused on workingon certain issues.”

Each candidate vowed to staywithin the election guidelinesbut said they are using some ofthe same methods to promotetheir candidacy for chair, likethe Internet.

“I have a website professional-ly done that’s going to hit the stu-dents, and they’re really going toresonate with the ideas and allthe plans that I have,” Firminsaid. “I’m going to have otherways of connecting with the stu-dents, making sure they knowwhat I’m doing.”

Saleh said he is also launchinghis website as soon as tomorrowand will use Facebook ads, flyers,rallies and columns in The DailyTargum. But he said he woulddefinitely not exceed the $200spending limit.

“As RUSA treasurer I havebeen able to see how to get themost bang for my buck, whichgives me a little bit more advan-

tage over every-one,” he said. “Ihave been fightingfor external elec-tions since mysophomore yearand I am just gladthis is going tohappen.”

Aspray saidbesides using theInternet and creat-ing flyers, he willactively involvehimself in theUniversity com-

munity by seeking out potentialstudent leaders and tackling theissues they want addressed.

“When you mention theseissues, there are actually peo-ple who would not only vote foryou because you want to workon these issues but actuallywant to work on them them-selves,” he said. “People shouldbe actively sought after asfuture student leaders andincorporated as volunteers.”

The campaigning for variousRUSA positions began immedi-ately after last night’s meetingand will continue until ElectionDay on April 27, according to theRUSA Election Guidelines.

Firmin said his main goal is tomake sure the newly implement-ed RUSA constitution is upheldand maintained for future mem-bers and the student body.

“I feel like we have this greatconstitution now,” he said. “Nowit is time for us to enact on theconstitution and make sure it isupheld and make sure we stay inthe right direction.”

Saleh also said the new consti-tution must be upheld. He is deter-mined to make sure that happens.

“RUSA needs a good founda-tion for this new constitution andI feel that I’m the man to deliverit,” he said. “The Saleh adminis-tration will probably be the mostprestigious and efficient studentgovernment — period.”

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On the New Brunswick cam-pus last fall, enrollment hit 37,364full and part-time undergraduatestudents, according to the Officeof Institutional Research.

But the projection will not befinalized until May.

“It’s an evolving number. Itchanges almost every day,” saidVice President for StudentAffairs Gregory S. Blimling.

There are several reasons forthe influx, McAnuff said.

The Office of UndergraduateAdmissions is trying to increaseretention and graduation ratesslowly over the next five years.The current 92 percent first-yearretention rate and 78 percent six-year graduation rate are alreadyUniversity highs, he said.

“We actually have an excellentretention rate now, but we wantto be among the four or five bestin the country, which we thinkwe can get to,” he said.

The University is trying topush the retention rate for first-year students to 95 percent andthe graduation rate to a per-centage in the low 80’s,McAnuff said.

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The University hopes to enroll more international and out-of-staters on all three campuses in the comingyears to help ease budget constraints. Out-of-state and foreign student enrollment last fall hit 7 percent.

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One of the guidelines saysany candidate for RUSA chaircannot exceed $200 for theircampaign expenses.

“If you are spending money,make sure you document yourexpenses,” he said. “If you areunable to furnish these docu-ments if you are appealed, you willbe expelled from the election.”

Internal Affairs CommitteeChair Josh Slavin said if anyonewitnesses a violation of the elec-tion guidelines, they can submitan appeal, and the appeals com-mittee will review the candidate’scampaign procedure.

“We’ll be fair and reasonable[but] if someone is running, theyshould know the rules,” he said.

Some RUSA members werequick to announce their candida-cy for the position of chair,including Sam Firmin, YousefSaleh and John Aspray.

Each candidate provided dif-ferent reasons for why theywould make an effective leaderfor not just RUSA, but the wholestudent body.

Firmin, Residence HallAssociation president and aRUSA representative, said hefeels student government lacksmotivation and energy, which issomething he is focusing on.

“Motivating our student lead-ers in order to better advocate forour students is crucial, especiallyin these times where budget cutsare happening,” said Firmin, aSchool of Enviromental andBiological Sciences sophomore.“I also feel like mycampaign, in anutshell, concen-trates on empow-ering and unitingour students ingeneral or achiev-ing our advocacyinitiative.”

RUSA ViceChair Saleh saidhe brings abreadth of experi-ence to the table,involving himselfin every singlefacet of student government atthe University.

Saleh, a School of Arts andSciences junior, started off inthe Quads residence halls onLivingston campus as the vicepresident and then the presi-dent. He has held various posi-tions in RUSA, such as theRUSA treasurer, and is nowRUSA vice chair.

“I’m very involved with thecommunity [and] I have tried tomesh myself in all differentaspects of the university to be thebest student government officialI can be,” Saleh said.

Saleh said he is campaigningon a five-pillar system, wherehe is promoting advocacy,excellence, incentives, out-reach and unity.

“I’ve seen the differences ineach [student government]organization. I’ve actually visit-ed other organizations to seehow they run, their leadershipstyles, what makes them workand why RUSA is not working,”he said. “RUSA needs a goodfoundation for this new constitu-tion and I feel that I’m the manto deliver it.”

Legislative Affairs CommitteeChair Aspray said he is also look-ing to unite the student body,which he feels is a missing ele-ment in student government.

“I’m looking to unite studentsbehind the plan of action,” said

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constitution ... Nowit is time for us

to enact on the constitution.”

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Compared to national aver-ages of other public researchinstitutions, this is about thesame, he said.

The one-year retention rate forPenn State is 85 percent, andtheir six-year graduation rate is69 percent, according to theschool’s fact book. For theUniversity of Connecticut, theretention rate is about 87 percent.Their six-year graduation rate isabout 66 percent, according tothe school’s fact book.

The University is also chang-ing the dynamic of the studentbody itself, seeking more non-N.J. students than ever,University President Richard L.McCormick said. They are alsoadmitting more students interest-ed in specific fields, such as busi-ness and engineering, he said.

“We’re envisioning a transfor-mation of the character of our stu-dent body,” McCormick said.

The University enrolled about7 percent out-of-state and foreignstudents last fall, according to theOffice of Institutional Research.They will try to more than doublethat in the coming years, hopingto enroll about 18 to 20 percentout-of-state and foreign students,McCormick said.

The president said this pastsemester he taught a ByrneFamily First-Year Seminar. While

his students varied in their eco-nomic and social backgrounds,they did not in their origin.

“Every one of them was fromsuburban New Jersey,”McCormick said. “I think every-body gets a better education ifthey went to school with peoplewho are from different placeswith different perspectives.”

McAnuff said the University’slevel of out-of-state students issignificantly lower than otherAssociation of AmericanUniversities institutions such asPenn State, whose undergradu-ate student body is 19 percentnon-in-state.

The influx comes during aperiod of economic troubles forthe University, with Gov. ChrisChristie’s proposed 15 percentcut in state funding. McCormicksaid looking for more foreign andout-of-state students would helpto lessen the financial blow.

“Students from out of stateand from out of the country paymore money, and they help subsi-dize the education of New Jerseystudents,” he said.

N.J. residents who live on cam-pus pay about $22,262 annually,according to the Office ofUndergraduate Admission’s web-site. Out-of-state students on campuspay about $33,172 a year, and inter-national students pay about $44,512.

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U. recognizes dean foryears of scholarly work

BY KASIA KRZOSKACONTRIBUTING WRITER

A renowned expert inwomen’s and gender history,American cultural history andthe connections between genderand medicine, Margaret Marshexemplifies an alumni who dis-tinguished herself beyond hertime at the University, accordingto the Rutgers UniversityAlumni Association.

Marsh, Rutgers-Camden deanof the Faculty of Arts andSciences who is also a professorof history and an accomplishedwriter, will be inducted into theUniversity’s Hall of DistinguishedAlumni May 1, along with fourothers. She graduated from theRutgers-Camden College of Artsand Sciences in 1967 and fromthe Graduate School-NewBrunswick in 1969 and 1974.

“Margaret is a wonderfulscholar, teacher and administra-tor,” Rutgers-Camden ChancellorWendell E. Pritchett said. “She isa leader in the field of medicalhistory, and she has made manyscholarly contributions.”

Although Marsh’s originalwork was in urban history, shebecame interested in medicineand health and is now a historianof major importance in that field,said Gerald Grob, Marsh’s gradu-ate mentor.

“Her books — ‘The FertilityDoctor’ as well as ‘TheR e p r o d u c t i v eRevolution’ — aremodels of scholar-ship,” Grob said.“What is especial-ly impressive isthat she hasavoided clichésand stereotypesand illuminated innovel ways thehistory of repro-duction and itsrole in the lives of women.”

Much of Marsh’s guidanceand inspiration came from Grob,a Henry E. Sigerist Professor ofthe History of Medicine EmeritusInstitute for Health, Health CarePolicy and Aging Research.

“He is a very distinguishedhistorian of medicine, but neverwhen I was a graduate studentdid I think I’d end up in thatfield,” Marsh said. “I trained as anurban historian, moved into thefields of women and gender histo-ry, and now I work in the historyof reproductive medicine andreproductive sexuality.”

Marsh’s students initiallysparked her interest in studies ofwomen and gender, she said.When she started her disserta-tion, which was not on womenand gender, the Universityapproached her about teaching acourse at Douglass College onthe history of radicalism.

“While I was preparing toteach the course … I came acrossthe women anarchists and social-ists of the late 19th and early 20thcenturies,” Marsh said. “Theywere fascinating.”

Her first book, “AnarchistWomen,” grew out of that experi-ence, she said.

At the time, the women’smovement of the 1970s wasunderway, and the early anar-chist and socialist womenactivists inspired the movement’sradical wing, Marsh said.

She wrote her second book,“Suburban Lives” after develop-ing the Temple University

History Department’s doctorateconcentration in women’s andgender history, she said.

But before making a career forherself, Marsh went through apersonal transformation atRutgers-Camden.

Marsh described herself as ashy student during her time atthe University, but with the helpof classmates, a friend and aprofessor — Robert Zangrando— she overcame her introvert-ed nature.

“[Zangrando] was only atRutgers-Camden for a few years,but he made a major difference inmy life,” she said. “I was inspiredto become a historian because ofhis example.”

Mary Hartman, a youngUniversity professor at DouglassCollege who later became dean,also inspired Marsh during hercollege years.

“I was a little bit too in awe ofher to get to know her very well,but because of her, I knew awoman could be a successful aca-demic,” Marsh said.

Marsh feels her family andwork experiences now provide inspiration.

She also describes her work inthe history of reproductive medi-cine as something of a lark.

When Marsh’s sister was finish-ing her obstetrics-gynecologicalresidency in 1988, she said theywanted to write something togetherthat would combine her own

expertise onwomen’s and gen-der history withher sister’s expert-ise on women’shealth.

“She saw anannouncement insome medical pub-lication for a smallgrant in the histo-ry of obstetricsand gynecology,”Marsh said. “We

decided to write a little paper oninfertility in the late 19th century.”

Along with a future book withher sister, Marsh aspires to writea book for general readers on thehistory of marriage in the Anglo-American world, from arrangedmarriages to same-sex marriages.

“I’ve been lucky to have a won-derful career,” she said. “I startedteaching when I was still a gradu-ate student myself in the early1970s. I love my work, and Ibelieve in the importance of pub-lic higher education.”

Marsh chose to study inCamden, because, though sheliked the University, the NewBrunswick campus did notadmit women.

“I wanted a co-educationalexperience, and I wanted to go toRutgers,” she said. “It turned outto be a wonderful choice. Many ofmy teachers were young them-selves and were terrific role mod-els, including several women fac-ulty, notably Phyllis Lachs. I feltvery equal in college.”

But it was after college whenMarsh said she realized genderequality did not exist and in heropinion, still does not today.

Marsh encourages students topursue their passions whilestudying, and in life.

“Find your passion in a field —whether it is accounting or zoolo-gy — and pursue it,” she said. “Inyour personal relationships, ifyou fall in love with someone whodemeans you or makes light ofyour work, say good-bye andmove on.”

“I love my work,and I believe

in the importance of public

higher education.” MARGARET MARSH

Rutgers-Camden Dean of theFaculty of Arts and Sciences

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“I started research in Dr.Bonnie Firestein’s lab when I wasa freshman — the spring semes-ter. We’re targeting neuronal pro-teins,” he said.

Lochocki worked onresearch projects with AndrewBaker, an astrophysics professorat the University, and later withGeorg Hoffstadtter, a professorat Cornell.

“I did that through REU —Research Experience forUndergraduates,” he said.

Afinogenova also began herresearch early in her collegecareer, starting almost the momentshe step foot on the Banks.

“As soon as I arrived at theUniversity, I eagerly star tedlooking for research and waslucky to find Professor NancyWoychik, who agreed to be mymentor starting from February2008,” she said. “She’s trulybeen an inspirational mentorfor me, and I have been work-ing with her on a Toxin-Antitoxin module.”

Lochocki said whileCasciato had faith he could winthe scholarship, he was not sosure himself.

“[Casciato] thought I had agood chance to win, but me, Ididn’t know if I had a goodchance or not. I was very nerv-ous about hearing back fromthem,” he said.

The average grade point aver-age of the award’s recipients isaround 3.95, higher than otherprestigious grants and fellow-ships, including the RhodesScholarship, Casciato said.

He hopes the University’ssuccess this year in securingGoldwater Scholarships willhelp establish an institutionalmemory of achievements andsecure even more awards inthe future.

“[Their achievements are]good, that’s very good,” Casciatosaid. “But we really somedaywant to win four out of four.”

AWARD: Average GPA of

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said. Bail for the other 10 sus-pects was set at $7,500.

Under New Jersey state law,prostitution is defined asengaging in, offering or accept-ing an offer to engage in sexualactivity with another person inexchange for something of eco-nomic value.

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Under the Trafficking VictimsProtection Act of 2000, sex traf-ficking is when a commercial sexact is induced by force, fraud orcoercion, or in which the personhas not attained 18 years of age.

School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Daphney Dupervil said theline between prostitution and traf-ficking is blurry, as prostitutioncan often be forced or coerced.

“Oftentimes, people thinkprostitution is something peopledo at their free will and they for-get to think about coercion and

other factors that force [it],”Dupervil said.

Dupervil has interned withGirls Educational & MentoringServices, an organization in NewYork that helps girls and youngwomen who have experiencedcommercial sexual exploitationand domestic trafficking.

“The issue is not legalizingprostitution. The issue is decrimi-nalizing it,” she said. “The thingabout prostitution is people aregoing to do it regardless.Decriminalizing it leads you to

think what factors in society haspushed these women to this.”

Dupervil said people leavingprostitution need security, heathsafety and rehabilitation.

In the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation’s report “Crime inthe United States, 2008” an esti-mated 75,004 arrests were madein 2008 for prostitution and com-mercialized vice.

Havocscope, the online databaseof black market activities, estimatesthat $40 million is spent on prostitu-tion in the United States daily.

government requests,like those asking forgovernment subsidizedmarijuana, a drinkingage of 14 and the prohi-bition of Friday classes.

B: Not to mention, heforgot to recount thecountless resolutions thatpertain to reforming

RUSA itself and the irrelevant ones that are passedbut not enforced by University officials.

E: But Brian, let’s be fair, the author is right whenhe says they pass resolutions that impact campuslife a great deal. Consider one of their most recentresolutions commending the University for cancel-ing classes due to snow on February 10. That’s pow-erful stuff. My only complaint is that RUSA did notgo far enough. They should probably spend moretime commending the University for things thatshould be expected in the status quo, like not allow-

ing teachers to hit students for incor-rect answers, or giving out extracredit for beating up the annoyingkid who sits in the front and asks toomany questions. We really should bepraising our school when it getsthings right.

B: But on a serious note, the letterhas really gotten me motivated about

this year’s election. I decided to take the initiativeand check out who was running for each position.After perusing through the really professionalRUSA elections website, I found that Yousef Saleh isrunning for RUSA chair. At this point, I becamevery excited, as I thought he could be the one per-son to really change the problems within studentgovernment.

E: I totally agree. In fact, anyone who has theballs to wear a suit to class everyday would getmy vote regardless of their views. Plus I hear heis Palestinian, meaning it would be the first timein world history that the Palestinians would havea voice in government. It would be just historic.But let’s be serious for a moment, why do yousupport Saleh?

B: For one, the kid’s humble beginnings in JerseyCity give him the best possible background to repre-sent the University. Growing up, he spent his days walk-ing down the dangerous streets of Kennedy Boulevardand being forced to eat the knock-off brands of popularfast food chains. This makes him the most apt to under-stand the economic disposition of young college stu-dents who generally have no money and are required to

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I n particularly impor-tant elections inwhich there is quite

a bit at stake, it is oftencustomary for majornewspapers and their edi-torial staffs to write insupport of one specificcandidate over the other.It is no secret, forinstance, that The New York Times wrote in sup-port of President Barack Obama for his 2008 bid.That being said, we Tuesday columnists do not takeour responsibilities lightly here at The DailyTargum, and understand that with an upcomingelection of such magnitude as Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly’s, we have a clear obligation tomake our positions readily understood. More to thepoint, as Trenton continues to cut the Universitybudget to the size of something comparable to thatof a modest public library, it is imperative that weelect strong student leaders who canmaintain what is left.

Given that this is the first timeRUSA is running external elections–– meaning people on campus actual-ly get to vote. We expected the cam-paign atmosphere to get intense.

We could have never anticipatedwhat has occurred.

Below is a Gmail chat transcript between thetwo of us that occurred two days ago. After re-read-ing the conversation, we thought the transcriptsaid it all. So, instead of writing a formal endorse-ment column, we believe it is better to simply pub-lish our exchange.

Brian: Eric, did you read the letter from April 13,“RUSA election brings student interests forward?”

Eric: I made an honest attempt. But I have toadmit I got distracted when something more inter-esting came up on Book-TV.

B: Well in any case, he took a shot at our belovedRutgers Debate Union. He said, “RUSA is not just afrivolous debate union that merely argues but neveractually does anything about real-world issues.Instead, RUSA has an increasingly strong trackrecord of actually impacting policies on the campusand even the federal levels.”

E: I suppose it is pretty ironic to be told youare not doing anything important from someonein RUSA. By federal levels, the author must havemeant the resolution demanding that the U.S.Congress support increased funding for TeachFor America. Indeed, I am sure our congression-al representatives are giving RUSA’s resolutionthe same careful attention they give to all student

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“Find your passion in a field — whether it is accounting or zoology — and pursue it.”

Margaret Marsh, Rutgers-Camden dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, on pursuing dreams

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A fter cracking down on employees who decided against usingdeodorant or wearing underwear, Brooksville, Fla., mightmake the use of tobacco by its employees illegal. According to

The Tampa Tribune, city officials might crack down on employees’tobacco use — at work and during their personal time — by requiringthem to quit after one year. The proposal would also disqualify employ-ment for anyone who smokes. Not only would this move go against anyinfringement on workers’ personal choices and rights, it would barelydisassociate smokers from the dangerous habit.

Smoking is as legal as anything else we do at work or at home, andas high as taxes may be, people will keep up the habit. Unless tobaccocompanies are actually banned from selling their products, nothingwill change. And while this new policy might aim to eliminate the dan-gers of smoking — along with smoking itself — it will only infringe onpeople’s rights.

Brooksville Mayor Lara Bradburn, who supports the creation of atobacco-free workplace and programs that encourage employees toquit smoking, said, “There’s no reason people should smoke … noth-ing good ever came out from smoking.” She also referred to smokingas the “root of all evil.”

Supporters may be right as they try to rid the U.S. population froma dangerous habit, yet their methods fail with the first step they take.Rather than banning employees from smoking even at home, govern-ments — as it is not yet the case in Florida — should employ highertaxes and non-intrusive laws to slowly disassociate smokers from theirhabits. Florida state tax on cigarettes is only at $1, while in New Jerseyit is close to $2.70.

Another fault with the pending policy is the fact that smokingmeans nothing when it comes to a valuable employee. And while wecannot be sure if the law will actually go into effect, it will only damagethe quality of work. If an employee is good at his job, why let a habit ofsmoking phase him out?

The bottom line is that the city’s law would not work. There willhardly be anyone who admits to smoking if a law is in effect, eliminat-ing them from the job. And there will be even less people to admit totheir habit as they interview for a job in City Hall or any other city gov-ernment department.

People will smoke while cigarettes are still legal. People will hidetheir habits if they are pushed into a corner. After all, since when is itthe job of the city to control personal habits — good and bad alike?

SEE CANARES & KNECHT ON PAGE 9

Hazy regulationsinfringe on rights

Exuberance leadsto extinction

T he fishy smell of herring has been the sign of profit and pro-duction for the past 135 years in Maine. Workers have beensnipping and packing the small, silvery fish into billions of

cans of sardines. Yet, even the last surviving sardine cannery, StinsonSeafood, closed its doors last week because of what many seafood com-panies blame — federal regulations. And while the government seemsto be at the head of many recent blunders, this is not the case with thesardine business. After more than a century of business, the last ofthese businesses — across the entirety of the United States — closed.

The entire situation seems to come out of John Steinbeck’s “CanneryRow.” We as people are simply wasteful. We waste food, yet we wantmore and more, and industries try to satisfy this gluttony. We live inexcess and try to keep up this exuberant life of sorts through pure con-sumerism. According to The New York Times, at Stinson Seafood, twoworkers can pack up to 5,200 cans in 195 minutes. These numbers provethe rate at which producers can satisfy consumers’ needs.

The fault with this sort of “running out of fish in the sea” then liesin company hands, which fail in providing for the excessive demand ofconsumers. It could be argued that government regulations were notenough. But if it were not for the rapid packaging and human crave forexcess, these companies would not have been in these situations.

Maine’s sardine businesses started in the 1870’s and have beengoing strong until their recent abrupt ends. The excessive fishing andpackaging was seen at its height in the early 1950’s, when the stateconsisted of 50 canneries that employed thousands of workers. Now afew days after the closing of the last of these canneries, 128 formerStinson employees are without jobs. “Everybody here is in limbo,” saidPeter Colson, the plant manager, who has worked there for 38 years.And while the state has offered additional aid to those workers wholost their jobs, most would not take the unemployment checks. “I’venever been unemployed since I was old enough to walk,” he said.

These series of plant closings show what a century — or more — ofexuberant production and consumerism can lead to. After years of fran-tic packaging, canneries now stand silent, as if to show their exhaustion.Government regulations are not to blame — rather a better step wouldhave been to extend them. It is the excess and overzealousness of theAmerican population that has caused this collapse of a state industry.

BRIAN CANARES & ERIC KNECHT

Democratic Committee cam-paigns, community cleanups,social gatherings to integrate stu-dents with other New Brunswickresidents and operations to feedand house the homeless.

Personally, I have beeninspired to act on our commonhope because the spiritual revolu-tionary Christ Jesus has said thatwe should love others as our-selves because that is like lovingGod with all our heart, strength,mind and soul.

Others have come to embracethis hope because they knowthat people are capable of suchgreater things when they worktogether and make decisionstogether, rather than living asdisengaged masses whose apa-thy enables those with the mostmoney and power to make the

decisions. When decisionsreflect the needs of the greatermajority of people, resources canbe allocated in a way that bene-fits those who are really hurtingand need help.

Every little friendly interac-tion among participants duringthe weeklong event builds anaura of generosity and peaceful-ness that carries into the city,even after the week ends. Themore loving people that come

out, the more epic the positivevibrations become!

One essential aspect of livingtogether in a close-knit commu-nity like Tent State is for all theneighbors to meet each eveningat our town hall meetings wherewe digest the events of the day,hear people’s suggestions andplan for the next. In order tointeract as brothers and sisters,we understand that each per-son’s voice is equal to everyother person’s voice. Everyonelistens to everyone at Tent Statebecause we realize the impor-tance of each individual soul’sexpression. If you come out andhave ideas about how to livemore in tune with the calling ofloving others as we love our-selves, we would absolutelyenjoy your light at the event.

Any and all suggestions aremore than welcome.

My favorite way of rejoicingtogether is through music. Thelive performances on the backsteps of Scott Hall on theCollege Avenue campus willrock the surrounding VoorheesMall each night. People alwayscome out and jam to the sweetsounds of local artists. Theexplosion of energy and dancinghas filled my heart with joyful-ness during the past few TentStates, and I hope it does thesame for those who come outthis year.

Michael Mishkovsky is aRutgers College alumnus with abachelor’s degree in journalism andmedia studies and history/politicalscience joint major.

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T ent State University, tobe held throughout thelast week of April, is a

physical manifestation of a hopethat many of us hold in common.The hope is for all people to livetogether as brothers and sistersrejoicing always in the love thatthey share with one another.Throughout the past few years,this hope has propelled us intothe larger New Brunswick com-munity, building amazing rela-tionships and connections alongthe way with those who share ourhope for a more open andaccountable government. Ourprojects to better the city includ-ed the ward system and

“People alwayscome out and jam

to the sweet soundsof local artists.”

Tent State brings people together, helps student cause

eat at Brower Commons on theCollege Avenue campus.

Moreover, Saleh has beenexposed to a usually largeamount of diversity as a youngchild. Jersey City has specificareas in which different races,such as Arab, Indian, andFilipino, have been known to con-gregate with each other –– it ispractically the University on amuch larger scale. This giveshim the ability to empathize withdifferent racial groups and pro-pose policies that cater to all stu-dents regardless of race, creed,sexual orientation, or religion.

CANARES & KNECHT

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MICHAEL MISHKOVSKY

Letter

But most importantly, Salehwent to McNair Academic HighSchool, one of the best institutionsof learning in the nation. He had toapply himself and overcome therigorous academic nature of theschool, despite his position in life.This experience ultimately allowshim to fully grasp the importanceof academics at our University. Weboth know that the University is nolonger the public Ivy that we wishit to be — we go as far as stating itin our columns. I really think Salehcould help bring back the standardof academic excellence that wecraved for the last four years.

E: Agreed. But my only issueis this: Can someone who dressesso sharp be taken seriously?

B: It is interesting you saythat. I have heard his critics say,

“If elected to RUSA chair, no onewill ever take him seriously.”However, I think the opposite willoccur. Wearing suits seems to behis attempt to actually bring legit-imacy to the organization. Canyou imagine if UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormickshowed up to meetings in jeansand T-shirts? It would only rein-force Gov. Chris Christie’s beliefthat University cuts were justi-fied. It is important that RUSArepresentatives start treating theorganization as if it were a legiti-mate wing of the administration— even if it isn’t. Because Salehdresses the way he acts, it is onlya matter of time before he bringsa little more credibility to RUSA.

E: You’re right. But if youhad one thing to say about

Saleh that would motivate stu-dents to take the extraordinarilytime-consuming initiative, all of30 seconds, to log online andvote, what would it be?

B: Saleh is not the most concil-iatory candidate in this election.He may take polarizing stances onissues and be sometimes outrightabrasive. But this is exactly whatour student government needs —someone who will take action. Inthe past few years, the organiza-tion has been passive in its attemptto represent the students. Salehbrings the aggressiveness neededto challenge the administrationand fight for our cause againstissues, such as tuition hikes andincreased enrollment. Most of all,however, I admire his genuineattempt to improve the quality of

life at the University. Even if I donot agree with his political stancesor views, I cannot deny the factthat he is devoted to makingmeaningful change. He dedicatesevery waking hour to this ultimategoal. In these last few minutes,you completely trashed studentgovernment. However, in spite ofyour obvious disrespect for RUSA,I believe Saleh is someone whowill actually change the status quo.If we are going to trash the organ-ization, we should at least be insupport of people we think mightimprove it.

Brian is a Rutgers College sen-ior majoring in history and politi-cal science. Eric is a RutgersCollege senior majoring in historyand economics.

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T he Big East league officeselected Rutgers men’slacrosse midfielder Justin

Pennington yesterday to the con-ference’s Weekly Honor Roll.

His selection marks the fifthtime this season that theFlemington, N.J., native earned theHonor Roll distinction. Penningtonalso received the Offensive Playerof the Week honor March 29 forthe Scarlet Knights.

Against No. 5 Princeton andNo. 2 Syracuse this past week,Pennington tallied a combinedsix points — five of them goals —in the two losses. He recordedmultiple points in all 11 gamesthis season.

RUTGERS JUNIOR LEFTfielder Pat Biserta earned Big

Pair of victories highlight tune-upBY TYLER BARTO

STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track andfield team wrapped up the 10th

a n n u a lLarry Ellis

Invitational yesterday atPrinceton with a pair of wins atthe non-scoring meet.

The meet was largely consid-ered a tune-up for the Big EastChampionships in Cincinnati intwo weeks.

“[Head coach Mike Mulqueen]decided that we were going to go tothe meet as a workout,” said seniorsprinter Bruce Owens. “We weren’tactually going to run it at first afterwe got back from Arizona, but hethought it would be good for us toworkout … and get back to work.”

Both victories came fromthe vaunted 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays. The 4x100 team,featuring seniors Kyle Grady,Nii-Amon Rober tson, MikeDemko and Owens capturedfirst with an IC4A qualifyingtime of 41.15 seconds.

“All four of us definitelyhave chemistry,” Owens said.“We’ve known each other for

four years and we’re all friends.We work with our handof fsevery week at practice and itjust comes naturally.”

The 4x100-meter relay teamfinished third last weekend inArizona at the Sun Angel Track Classic and previouslytook first at the Asics Winthrop Invitational.

Meanwhile, junior KevinBrown, sophomores Steve

Werner and Monroe Kearns, aswell as senior Tim Matlack pacedthe Scarlet Knights to victory inthe 4x400-meter relay with anIC4A effort of 3:13.67.

Robertson later finished third inthe 400-meter dash in 48.28 sec-onds, both a Big East and IC4A qual-ifier. Brown and Werner followed

the Plainfield, N.J., native in the 400-meter, tying for sixth with a Big Easttime of 48.64 seconds.

Sophomore James Plummer,stellar in the discus throwthroughout the 2010 outdoor sea-son, posted a throw of 45.99meters in the event to garner aBig East berth and 11th place.

The Knights return to actionThursday when they travel toPhiladelphia’s Franklin Field forthe historic Penn Relays.

“There’s crazy fans [at thePenn Relays] and this festival,”said sophomore high jumperAdam Bergo, who did not makethe short trip down Route 1 forthe Invitational. “It’s a lot of goodfun out there. You just have tolearn how to enjoy it and take itall in to use it to your advantage.”

The storied meet is followedby the outdoor Big EastChampionships. Bergo knows theimportance that a solid showingat the Penn Relays can have dur-ing the conference showdown.

“In the Big East your goal is togo out there and try to win it,” hesaid. “If we do go out there and dowhat we’re supposed to do, thenwe’ll have a good time.”

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East Baseball Player of theWeek honors yesterday for thesecond time in his career.

Biserta tallied six hits — threeof which were home runs — andalso drove in six runs and scoredsix times throughout the week.His 15 home runs this seasonlead the Big East conference andare tied for ninth in the NCAA.

His selection also marks thesixth consecutive week that aKnight earned Big East distinc-tion, joining four other teammates.The Point Pleasant, N.J., nativealso received the Big EastOffensive Player of the Weekaward earlier in the season.

RUTGERS WOMEN’Sbasketball senior guard BrittanyRay earned a selection yesterdayto the All-Metropolitan Division ICollege Basketball team yester-day, the Met Basketball WritersAssociation announced.

Ray’s selection marks the12th-straight year that a Knightearned a spot on the All-Metsquad. Ray, selected to the BigEast Second-Team, averaged 14.2points during the 2009-2010 sea-son and played in all 34 games.

Her 66 three-pointers rankthird on Rutgers’ all-time single-season list.

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Junior Erica Gerlach earned All-American accolades after finishingthird overall following a 9.625 performance on the bars.

forced to once again start withbeam. However, Chollet-Norton’steam demonstrated the samestrong attitude and resiliencythat it exhibited all season.

“We got beam again, but I toldthem that we practiced and wewere ready to go,” Chollet-Norton said. “They say it was arandom draw but the host teamgot the best draw and Bridgeportgot the second best. When I told[the team] the random draw, theywere ready to show that they cando better.”

The Knights were able torecover on beam Friday nightand turned in an impressivescore of 190.700 to securefourth place. While they werenot able to edge out Cornell forthird, both the team and coach-ing staff were pleased with howthe season ended.

“We all feel great because weare back to a level we want to beat,” Chollet-Norton said. “Theteam really peaked at the rightmoment and that is somethingany coaching staff would want.”

During the proceedings, sev-eral Knights earned personalaccolades. Along with earningAll-American status, senior LauraSevarino received the SeniorAthlete of the Year award.

“One athlete that has been anall-arounder for four years is rec-ognized every year,” Chollet-Norton said. “To participate infour events for an entire career isa true accomplishment. I havenever had a girl win this in myentire career.”

Irrepressibly happy seniorAlyssa Lewandowski also fin-ished off her career by earningAll-American honors with herperformance in vault.Lewandowski finished tied forninth in individuals with a scoreof 9.575.

FINISH: Knights garner

All-American awards in finals

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While not attaining All-American status, senior PrishaniSeebadri also had a strong per-formance to end the weekend,only missing All-American hon-ors by hitting her foot. Despitenot being able to compete in indi-vidual competition, Chollet-Norton considered Seebadri’slast tournament a success.

“Prishani had a great bar rou-tine and she would have been inbar finals had she not hit herfoot,” Chollet-Norton said.

Junior Erica Gerlach alsoearned All-American honors andfinished third overall in individ-ual event finals. Her 9.625 in barsallowed her to tie for third, lead-ing the Knights in individual per-formance finishes.

“Erica hit only three times thisyear, but she hit when it countedfor the team and then did it inindividuals,” Chollet-Norton said.

Also earning All-Americanhonors was junior LeighHeinbaugh for her team-leading9.675 in balance beam onThursday. Heinbaugh finished10th in individual competition.

“Leigh is a sleeper. She is anexcellent beam worker,” Chollet-Norton said. “When she hits, sheis a 9.7 beam worker. When youare a specialist, sometimes peo-ple overlook you.”

While the season ended on ahigh note for all three seniors, itwas a bittersweet moment aseach one competed for theirfinal time.

“I am so proud of all the sen-iors,” Chollet-Norton said. “Thewhole team was crying when[the seniors] competed for thelast time.”

Despite losing a strong seniorclass, Chollet-Norton believesthat with the experience herunderclassmen gained this year,coupled with a strong recruitingclass, her team will only continueto improve in the future.

“This was a big year for theprogram,” Chollet-Norton said.“Next year we are going to thenext level.”

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“I don’t know if I would say[losing out to Lower y was]frustrating. I’m not going tolook at it as a disappointment.You have to keep moving for-ward and doing what you haveto do. It’s motivating.”

Although two seasons offalling short or losing hold of thestarting role he competed formotivates Abreu, he insists it isnot on his mind on the field.

“I’m not thinking about it,”Abreu said. “You just do yourresponsibility out there, stayfocused and not worry aboutwho’s ahead of you or who’sbehind you.”

With the first team defense inSaturday’s scrimmage, Abreu putcompetition out of his mind andgot after sophomore quarterbackTom Savage for a sack.

After the scrimmage, Schianosaid Abreu’s play was representa-tive of his performance in each ofthe previous 11 spring practices.

“He’s played at a high levelfor the better part of the spring,”Schiano said. “He’s doing agood job.”

Abreu only recorded one anda half tackles for a loss in limitedtime last season, but as a redshirtfreshman in 2008 he had fourtackles for a loss and one and ahalf sacks.

ROLE: Linebacker picks up

sack in latest spring scrimmage

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SAM HELLMAN

After splitting time at linebacker over the past two seasons, junior Manny Abreu (51) is the starter at thestrongside position this spring alongside sophomore Steve Beauharnais and senior Antonio Lowery.

Hitting woes lead to sweep at hands of DePaulBY SAM HELLMAN

CORRESPONDENT

The bats were quiet in a splitdouble-header against Army ear-lier in the week, and it took too

long forthem tos t a r tmakingn o i s efor the

Rutgers softball team.Facing DePaul in Chicago in a

three-game series, the ScarletKnights didn’t push a single hitacross in a five-inning, 9-0, loss toopen the series.

The Knights pushed two acrossin a 4-2 loss in game two and finallygot the bats going in the thirdgame, but it still wasn’t enough.

Rutgers trailed by as many asseven runs in the third game, butits late rally fell short and theteam fell, 10-7, dropping into lastplace in the Big East.

“They had a pretty good pitch-er throwing and we haven’t beenhitting well,” said head coach JayNelson. “We swing at bad pitchesand take good pitches. We’realways defending the plateinstead of being aggressive.”

Trailing by seven runs, theKnights rallied back with patienceat the plate and well-placed hits,but did not have enough.

In the third inning, a 12-pitchwalk by junior Mickenzie Aldenand subsequent steal got Rutgerson the board and the DePaulstarter out of the game.

After that key hits included adouble by Alden, a pair of RBIs forjunior Jen Meinheit and a home runfor sophomore Brittney Lindley.

Her ninth shot of the year, thethird baseman moved to sole pos-session of second on the Rutgerssingle-season list.

“It seemed like we had a lotmore hope, we were down byseven, but we knew we could hit theball,” Lindley said on the late rally.

Rutgers had the tying run at-bat in the seventh, but the Blue

SOFTBALL

RUTGERSDEPAUL

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SAM HELLMAN/ FILE PHOTO

Sophomore third baseman Brittney Lindley, top, hit her ninth home run of the year, but it was not enough to avoid the sweep this weekend against DePaul as the Knights fell 10-7 in the third game. Junior Jen Meinheit, bottom, drove in two runs in the game that brought RU to last place in the Big East.

SAM HELLMAN/ FILE PHOTO

Getting after the quarterbackis one of the stronger points ofhis game, he said.

Playing at strongside line-backer on the early downs, he ismore than willing to get in thetrenches and rush the edge inpassing situations.

“Right now I’m playing [strong-side linebacker] and trying to bethe best I can be,” Abreu said.“Every day I have to go out therewith the mentality that I’m goingto be the best. They moved me toend a little bit on third downs,which is good. I like getting downthere on the end.”

Abreu’s focus remains at line-backer, where the Knightsreplace two full-time startersfrom last season. But the unit isnot inexperienced, with the triocombining for 19 career startsand 169 tackles.

“It helps a lot,” Lowery said.“We don’t have to start from thebeginning and learn it all again.We’ve had playing time before, sowe know how to go out there anddo our jobs.”

And Lowery, who went fromcompeting with Abreu last springto playing alongside him now, ispleased with the progress of theunit and that Abreu is beginningto step up.

“He does everything he needsto do as a starter,” Lowery said.“He prepares well, executes itand everything. He keeps goinguntil he gets it. He’s a kid whowon’t stop and keeps doing whathe’s got to do.”

Demons got Alden on a checkswing to end the game.

“The best part about thisgame is that even throughoutthe mistakes, they could haverolled over and died andinstead they battled and it camedown to have a shot to tie thegame,” Nelson said. “That wasa good sign.”

In the midst of the rally, theRutgers mantra of making adjust-ments shone through, smackingfour hits and working five walksagainst DePaul pitcher BreeBrown, who no-hit the Knightsless than 24 hours beforehand.

“We watched tape last night andwe made adjustments,” Lindleysaid. “We swung at better pitches,which was a good sign becauseshe was a tough pitcher.”

The Knights (15-26, 2-8)dropped the first two games ofthe double-header after two dom-inant appearances by Brown.

Brown hurled a five-inning no-hitter against Rutgers in the firstgame, striking out six and walk-ing one batter. In the secondgame, Brown pitched three quickinnings out of the bullpen to pickup another win.

Senior Nicole Lindley andsophomores Holly Johnson andNoelle Sisco combined to give upeight earned runs on eight hitsand three walks in four innings.Lindley, who started the game,picked up the loss.

Lindley fell to 7-14 on the yearjust two hours later when shegave up three runs in relief in a,4-2, loss.

Houston started the game andwent three innings, giving up oneearned run and putting four totalrunners on base.

“Abbey’s learning how topitch,” Nelson said. “She didn’tdo too badly. We really didn’t sup-port her in the first two innings.”

Meinheit and junior first base-man Mandy Craig scored the tworuns for Rutgers with catchersKaci Madden and Kylee Bishopeach driving in a run.

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Hill resigns after four losing seasons, two-week stalemate

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Fred Hill Jr. resigned from his position of Rutgers head men’s basketball coach yesterdayafter a turbulent month of April, which began with an argument at a baseball game.

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

It lasted 1,484 days after his hiring, 33days after hearing he would return for a fifthseason and 18 days after entering a verbal

confrontation with aPittsburgh baseball

coach, but yesterday the Fred Hill Jr. era offi-cially came to an end.

Hill resigned from his position asRutgers head men’s basketball coach yes-terday after almost two weeks of investiga-tion into his behavior and negotiations sur-rounding his dismissal.

Athletic Director Tim Pernetti declinedcomment on the circumstances surroundingHill’s departure and any settlement betweenthe parties, instead focusing on the searchfor a new coach, which Pernetti said wouldbegin immediately.

“I have a responsibility to the University andthe state to be realistic, but at the same time Ithink it’s clear that especially with men’s bas-ketball, we need to invest in the program to getit where it’s going,” Pernetti said last night in ateleconference. “For the first time in a longtime, we’re going to make an investment in themen’s basketball program.”

Hill joined Rutgers without any previoushead coaching experience, but with a reputa-tion as a star recruiter and assistant on JayWright’s Villanova staff.

After four losing seasons that add up to a47-77 record and the transfer of 12 players —including prized recruits Greg Echeniqueand Mike Rosario — the Hill era is over.

At the conclusion of his fourth season, Hillmet with Pernetti and was told he wouldreturn, but after the confrontation at thebaseball game, it became apparent that wouldno longer be the case.

The Star-Ledger reported Pernetti soughtlegal counsel to fire Hill for cause — avoidinga settlement — but after a long stalemate, thetwo sides eventually reached an agreement.

“In everything we do, its more importantthan ever that there’s a process,” Pernetti said.“I think the important thing about all of this is

that we went through the process the right way— that was the No. 1 priority not only for us asa University, but for everyone involved.”

Pernetti met with the nine remainingmembers of the Knights yesterday andremains in contact with commitmentGilvydas Biruta, who requested out of hisLetter of Intent, according to reports.

“I have tried to communicate with theplayers as much as I could throughout thisprocess, because to me those guys are theprogram — they need as much informationas anybody,” Pernetti said. “It’s been welldocumented, there have been conversationswith Mr. Biruta as well and we’ll continue tohave those conversations.”

In the search for a new head coach, Pernettisaid he has criteria in mind, but also plans toreach out to key figures in youth basketballfrom the metro area to get their feedback.

“This is definitely a unique state and defi-nitely a unique area,” Pernetti said. “I thinkit’s just as important for me to solicit feed-back during this process from people thatrun boy’s and men’s basketball in the area asit is for me to have my own criteria.”

The athletic director, just under a monthinto his second year in office, declined com-ment on a shortlist of coaching candidates,but said he has one in mind and a relation-ship with Rutgers is not a prerequisite.

Pernetti did not put a timeline on his nexthire, but said until it is complete, he will notwork on anything else.

“No matter what sport you’re talkingabout, your head coach is always the personin the storefront window as related to yourprogram,” Pernetti said. “When you dealwith programs like men’s basketball, it’sbeen well documented and I’ve discussed it,there are many things I think we need to doto constantly move our program forward.

“Some are related to facilities, whichobviously requires success on thefundraising front, so I think the position iscritically important not only from the per-spective of the product going forward, butin order to move the program forward inevery way.”

BY JOSH GLATTSTAFF WRITER

When the Rutgers gymnastics team’s sea-son began in January, head coach Chrystal

Chollet-Norton wascontent to declareher team’s goal ofmerely getting toUSA Nationals. Asthe season went on,

it became clear that her goal was less aggres-sive than the Scarlet Knights’ skill levelallowed for.

As the season came to a close this week-end, the Knights took a fourth-place finish atUSA Nationals, a feat that exceeded earlyseason expectations.

The Knights scored a 189.400 onThursday to finish second in their prelimi-nary session to advance to the finals.

While their 189.400 score was goodenough to advance, the Knights sufferedfrom several mistakes that needed to bequickly remedied before finals. While suffer-ing from a poor draw of events, the Knightsstill recognized the mistakes needed to be fixed.

“We struggled on the prelim night,”Chollet-Norton said. “We fell on beam. Wedidn’t have our best night.”

Coming into finals, the Knights onceagain suffered from a poor draw, being

BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR

Manny Abreu started seven games in2008, but Damaso Munoz displaced him andstarted the last five. Abreu was in competi-

tion with AntonioLowery entering last

season, but Lowery started 10 games andSteve Beauharnais started two more.

Since joining the Rutgers football team,the junior linebacker Abreu was always inthe mix to start, but never capitalized onhis opportunity.

“You have to take advantage of yourchances,” Abreu said. “Every time you’re outthere you have to make the most of it, becauseyou might not get the same chance again.”

For the third straight season, Abreu hasthe chance to earn significant playing time ashe works with Lowery, a senior at weaksidelinebacker, and Beauharnais, a sophomore inthe middle of the Scarlet Knights’ lineback-ing corps.

The week before last season’s openingmatchup with Cincinnati, head coach GregSchiano was still unsure of who would startbetween Abreu and Lowery — the competi-tion was that close.

Lowery won the job and finished with 55tackles, more than three times Abreu’s 18.

“I played the role that I had to play,” Abreusaid. “I worked hard — that’s all I can say.

Surprise finishsends off seniorsin ideal fashion

Junior set tocapitalize onstarting role

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Laura Sevarino earned Senior Athlete of the Year and All-American honors as the Knightsplaced fourth at USA Nationals this past weekend, participating in all four events.

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