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Alumnus Marvin-Kazembe Jefferson acts in “Paul Robeson, a Chatauqua.”

Gov. Chris Christieannounced that he is in full support of collective bargainingfor public employees.

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News crew films in gender-neutral bathroom

Demarest Hall residents must have swipe access to enter the second-floor bathroom, which is one of two gender-neutral bathrooms in thebuilding on the College Avenue campus. Students expressed concern over CBS 2 News filming footage Tuesday without permission.

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CBS 2 News violated University policyTuesday when they filmed inside the second-floor gender-neutral bathroom in Demarest Hallon the College Avenue campus.

Magee Hickey, a reporter for CBS 2 News,along with a camerawoman were working on asegment about the University’s new gender-neutral housing option and gained access whena hall resident swiped them into the facility,which is restricted to residents only through anID card swipe.

“A resident brought us in. We wouldn’t havehad any other way to go in,” Hickey said. “Wewere invited in by the student.”

But according to the University’s policy 80.1.6Section IX, “Media representatives must obtainpermission from OMR [Office of Media Relations]or the appropriate campus communicationsoffices to enter all areas of residential buildings.”

Joan Carbone, executive director of ResidenceLife, said the CBS team did not acquire the prop-er credentials to be in the facility and even if theydid, she would have never permitted them to filminside a bathroom.

Cuban leader’s daughtervisits Camden campus

BY RYAN FLOODSTAFF WRITER

CAMDEN — Alina Fernandez, daugh-ter of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, spoke atRutgers-Camden last night about herstruggles and the lessons she learnedgrowing up as the daughter of a dictator.

“I speak about the influence of Cubapolitically in the past century and thenext,” she said. “It’s a mix of historical andpolitical stories.”

The event began as a speech fromFernandez, followed by a short questionand answer session with those present.

Focusing on her life in Cuba, Fernandezchronicled her life up until the point shefled, fearing for her daughter’s life.

“The first institution destroyed in Cubawas the family,” she said.

Throughout the speech, Fernandezprovided facts and anecdotes of the coun-try, which she said goes to great lengths tokeep its business to itself.

“A revolution becomes a dictatorshipwhen the state owns your life,” she said.“When you try to do something about it,you go to jail.”

A 21-year-old University student was shotin the ankle Tuesday night in the midst of adrug deal gone wrong, said New Brunswickpolice in an nj.com article.

The shooting occurred around 10:40p.m. near the 100-block of Louis Street inNew Brunswick. The unidentified studentwas taken to nearby Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital for treatment of a non-life-threatening injury, according tothe article.

The suspect fled the scene in a blackvehicle, police said in the article.

Police said the incident is still under investigation.

In the article, New Brunswick PoliceDirector Peter Mangarella said the depart-

ment has seen a “recent increase in crimesinvolving Rutgers students who areinvolved with the sale, use and distributionof illegal drugs.”

Mangarella said these students are morelikely to be caught in a violent situation.

University officials said only a smallnumber of students commit crimes.

“The vast majority of the 38,000Rutgers students in New Brunswick arefocused on their studies and are responsible young adults,” of ficials said inthe article.

The incident is among a series of drug-related crimes involving University students.

— Amy Rowe

Christie approves fundsto reopen local school

BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDIT OR

Gov. Chris Christie signed off onthe A. Chester Redshaw ElementarySchool construction project, a NewBrunswick school that, five years ago,was torn down.

The school’s children have beenreporting to a warehouse-like facilityat 40 Van Dyke Ave., since 2006, anarrangement that was only intendedto last for three years, said RichardKaplan, New Brunswick PublicSchools Superintendent.

“We’re very excited,” he said.“[Former Gov. Jon S.] Corzine’sadministration worked with usclosely. They said they had themoney to build a new school, butafter tearing it down they calledand told me they didn’t have themoney for it.”

Students and faculty are happythey will be able to attend a schoolcloser to their homes, said VikkiAbdus-Salaam, the school’s principal.

“It was great news to hear. We’reall ecstatic,” she said. “It’s been a longtime coming. Our students and staffare looking forward to attending aschool in their own neighborhood.”

The school was one of 10 schoolprojects Christie approved last week,when he narrowed down from a list of51 schools seeking new facilities,Kaplan said.

“I’m excited that Christie’s adminis-tration has seen fit to right the wrong ofits predecessor,” he said. “We recog-nize there are limited funds, but we’rehappy. I know there are 41 other folkswho aren’t very happy.”

The school building will stand atthe site of its old structure onLivingston Avenue between Delavanand Comstock Streets, but Kaplansaid he is not aware of a timeline forthe construction.

“Other than the Christie’s announce-ment that we’re on the list, we haven’theard anything,” he said. “I believe

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Dancers perform original choreography inspired by surrounding galleries at thethird annual “Dance Within the Art” last night at the Jane Voorhees ZimmerliArt Museum. Featured artists included Joan Snyder and Boris Sveshnikov.

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Alumna provides personal insight to her artBY ANDREA GOYMA

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University alumna Joan Snyderdisplayed a selection of more than100 of her abstract prints at her firstretrospective exhibition, “Dancingwith the Dark: Joan Snyder Prints1963-2010,” at the Jane VoorheesZimmerli Art Museum.

“[This exhibition is] a hugesurvey of Snyder’s work in printalthough she’s widely celebratedas a painter who has numerousexhibitions on her works [atmuseums like the MetropolitanMuseum of Art and the Museumof Modern Art],” said MarilynSymmes, Zimmerli Art Museumcurator. “But this is the first retro-spective exhibition of her prints.”

The works range from land-scape and portrait woodcuts com-pleted during Snyder’s years as astudent at the University in theearly 1960s to her later works thatdraw from deeply personalimagery, Symmes said.

“It’s also the first time that alot of these prints have beenseen,” Snyder said.

“Dancing in the Dark” pro-vides insight and examples intoSnyder’s creative process, withproofs and etches accompanyingsome of the final edition of theprints, Symmes said.

One of the paintings,“Resurrection,” which was inspiredby newspaper accounts of female

rape and murder, was displayed withher first etches along with nineproofs that led to the final printededition of the painting, Symmes said.

“This particular study helpsyou understand the organizationand the structure [of Snyder’screative process],” she said.

Symmes said Snyder is innova-tive in her work and is not tradi-tional in her practice.

“What’s distinctive about[Snyder’s] prints is that she’s over-coming the challenges of combin-ing this media that aren’t usuallyprinted together,” she said. “[She]work[s] with woodcuts, sometimeslithography, sometimes etching andmonoprint, so the combinations arepretty innovative.”

While the goal of printmaking isto make a uniform impression thatlooks exactly like the previous print,Snyder said she likes to do eachimpression slightly differently.

“What’s interesting about[Snyder’s] work is that herimages look very improvisational,but it’s actually a product of a lotof calculation and a lot of effortand thinking,” Symmes said.“There’s a lot of evolution.”

Snyder said while spontaneityremains within monoprints, sheagrees with Symmes that the workhas to be calculated because she isworking with layers.

Symmes said she began workin Decemeber 2007 with Snyderfor the exhibition.

“This was a process that evolvedover more than two years,” Symmessaid. “So I looked at every proof,every variant, every print and then Iwent to see other impressions inother museums on the East Coast inorder to pick the best impressionsto include in the exhibition here.”

Accompanying the exhibition isthe first book documenting Snyder’sprints, which provides insights intoher life and art and also serves as acomprehensive catalogue of theexhibition, Symmes said.

“I personally think that[Snyder’s] art deserves widerrecognition, even wider than whatit’s received now — not only in thiscountry but abroad,” Symmes said.

She also wants others to real-ize how Snyder has impacted thehistory of American printmaking.

“Much of [printmaking] historyhas been by male artists, especiallywhen Joan was working in the ’70sand ’80s,” she said. “Snyder wassteadily working away in these erasand didn’t always get the attentionshe deserved at the time she wasdoing it.”

Snyder said her creativity origi-nates from a combination of things.

“I don’t think any artist cansay it’s this or that, but it’s acombination of things,” shesaid. “I mean, whenever you’redoing something creative youhave to be thinking, you’re feel-

ing it, and you’re physicallydoing it.”

Snyder will also be inductedthis May into the University’s 2011Rutgers Hall of DistinguishedAlumni, along with four other, saidDonna Thornton, vice presidentfor Alumni Relations.

Snyder, who graduated fromDouglass Residential Collegewith a bachelor’s degree in sociol-ogy, said it was only during hersenior year when she decided totake an art class.

“I just wanted to take a paint-ing course, it was just a whim,”Snyder said. “It was somethingthat I really felt like I wanted todo, but I didn’t know why.”

University alumna CarolHamlin who works with theAssociate Alumnae of DouglassCollege said they nominatedSnyder for the award.

“There’s a wonderful array of dif-ferent techniques and almost differ-ent styles, and you can really see theprogression of [Snyder’s] art,” shesaid. “I just think her mastery of hermany techniques is just superb.”

University alumna AllieSkislak, who worked at the open-ing as a volunteer along with herhusband Andy Skislak, also said itis the universality of her workdepicting the human that willmake her work last a long time.

“She captures all the majorthings there are in life but in a beau-tiful and colorful way,” she said.

Joan Snyder presents her selection of woodcut prints ranging fromlandscape to portraits at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.

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NJ split on proposed state budgetBY DMITRY ZHDANKIN

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

New Jersey voters that paidattention to Gov. Chris Christie’sproposed budget for the fiscalyear 2012 appear to be split intheir evaluation of it, accordingto a recent Rutgers-EagletonInstitute of Politics poll.

A total of 45 percent of the vot-ers polled confirmed to be“pleased” with the new budget,while 48 percent of respondentsexpressed their discontent.

“Because it is Gov. Christie,who has such an impact on thepolitical environment, people arejust aware and the media cover-age is just intense,” Poll DirectorDavid Redlawsk said.

Those pleased with the newbudget overwhelmingly citeChristie’s budget cutting, as well ashis decision-making and leadershipstyle, as the two most crucial fac-tors that contributed to their affir-mation of the governor’s proposal,according to the poll.

But results report that respon-dents who are displeased with thenew budget are stressing that theproposed budget is not fair, as itappears to target the middleclass, working people, the poor orthe elderly.

Poll responders are also dis-pleased with the budget becauseof education cuts, general cuts in

spending and Christie’s leader-ship style.

The budget’s proposed spend-ing on higher education reveals a$25 million increase in tuition aidfor college students, according tothe poll.

But there is a $4.7 milliondecrease in state funding for theNew Jersey Student TuitionAssistance Reward Scholarshipprogram and a $3 million decreasein other student aid programs,according to the poll.

Overall, the state funding offinancial assistance is expectedto rise by $19.6 million, which isa 1 percent increase from lastyear, according to the poll. Nospending cuts to the Universityor other senior public institutionshave been announced.

“At the moment the Universityappears to be relatively protect-ed,” Redlawsk said. “The gover-nor seems to recognize it isimportant to do more for highereducation in the state.”

The poll shows that a majorityof respondents who confirmedtheir awareness of the new budgetproposal also said the governorshould be willing to compromiseduring the budget negotiations.

Such compromise may beachieved in the ensuing debatebetween Christie and the state’sDemocratic Senate PresidentStephen Sweeney, Redlawsk said.

“The policies proposed bySweeney and Christie are slightlydifferent,” he said. “When wetalked [with respondents] aboutChristie, the policy was less sup-ported than when we talked aboutSweeney. But when we talkedabout it in a bipartisan way, it gotthe most support.”

John Malchow, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidChristie has been honest andforthright about the budget cuts.

“The state of New Jerseyneeds large and forceful cuts atthe moment,” Malchow said.“Christie’s ability and willing-ness to ensure these cuts doesnot appear to be undermined byhis panache.”

Voters are especially critical ofthe cuts to pensions and medicalinsurance of public sector work-ers, according to the poll.

Sabrina Arias, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,said Christie places the blame onpublic sector employees for thediminishing purchasing power ofmiddle-class residents.

“In reality, the public sectoremployees are the ones who consti-tute a large portion of the state’smiddle-class population,” Arias said.

The poll of 912 N.J. adults wasconducted through both landlineand cell phone households fromFeb. 24 to 26, according to theRutgers-Eagleton press release.

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“To have them in the bath-room where someone was actual-ly showering was just outra-geous,” Carbone said.

The news segment, which isavailable on the organization’swebsite, features a three-secondclip inside the bathroom whereSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-ior Daniel Spektor’s foot is showninside a stall as he takes a shower.He said another student was alsoshowering at the time.

“We asked the students whowere showering. We said wewanted to show them and theywere fine with it,” Hickey said.“We asked ahead of time.”

Hickey said it was not neces-sary for the students to signrelease forms since their imageswere not shown.

But Spektor said no one askedhis permission to record while hewas in the shower and he did notknow someone was filming.

“I think it was only 15 minuteslater when I started getting out ofthe shower stall with only a towelon that I saw the camerawomanand anchor woman,” he said.

As Spektor was leaving thebathroom, he saw they wererecording and asked them not tobroadcast his image, which theydid not include in the segment.

Although Spektor does not findthe broadcasted clip of his foot inva-sive, he believes it was inappropri-ate for Hickey and the camera-woman to film inside the bathroom.

“I don’t think it was the properenvironment to do so when peoplewere in there,” he said. “If it wasempty and they wanted to showhow the shower stall worked onthe inside then that would havebeen more understandable.”

But he did give them permis-sion to film a round video shot ofhis room’s interior.

The filming left members ofthe Demarest Hall communityupset and outraged.

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shooting footage in the bathroomwas both insulting and an inva-sion of privacy.

“The fact that they recorded theinside of our bathrooms, that justfelt entirely unnecessary and point-less,” said Kulikowski, a School ofArts and Sciences senior. “There’sno reason to film inside a bath-room. I just think it’s absurd.”

Veronica Koons, DemarestHall co-president of program-ming, said the reporters do nothave a right to be in the bath-room especially since there werestudents showering.

“It’s one thing to ask for stu-dent opinions, but to come intoour home and go into our privatearea where we clean and do ourbusiness, that’s way too much,”said Koons, a School of Arts andSciences junior.

If the bathroom was limitedto women or men only, Koonssaid she would have found itjust as offensive.

“Whether its single-sex orgender-neutral, privacy is privacyno matter what,” she said.“You’re just coming in without somuch as a warning and you’remaking it public.”

Jordan Gochman, DemarestHall outreach coordinator, saidmany current and former resi-dents have expressed their angerto him over the incident.

While he sees this new housingoption as a great advancement forthe University and believes itshould be reported, he also thinksthere should be some discretion.

“Last year’s outreach coordi-nator … worked extremely hardto get the gender-neutral bath-rooms on the second floor,” saidGochman, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “This justcompletely undermines every-thing we’ve done in order to keepthe dorm safe and appropriate foreveryone that lives here.”

Gochman said the executiveboard and other housing admin-istrators would meet soon to dis-cuss the issue.

“Once we all push our headstogether, we’re obviously goingto make some big changes aboutprivacy rights and everythingelse,” he said.

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Alumnus Marvin-Kazembe Jefferson performs as Paul Robeson, the first African-American student toattend the University at “Paul Robeson, a Chatauqua” at the Cook Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

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Performance honors Paul RobesonBY POOJA CHAUDHARY

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

In honor of Paul Robeson, thefirst African-American student toattend the University, Marvin-Kazembe Jefferson, a professionalactor, played Robeson Tuesdaynight in a Chautauqua, a first-personmonologue of a historical depiction.

The Community of StudentsInvolved ‘N’ Education (COSINE)club organized the event in theCook Campus Center to raiseschool supplies and donations forchildren in Haiti and to honorBlack History Month.

“Robeson was a great histori-cal figure and brought about a lotof change and was part of thefoundation to the diversity wehave today here at theUniversity,” Jefferson said. “It’simportant for people to know whohe was. It’s important for peopleto remember.”

During the Chautauqua,Jefferson embodied Robeson andtold his story while emphasizing hisopinions and key points of his life.

Robeson was a singer, actor,athlete, scholar and socialactivist, who started his career atthe University, Jefferson said inhis performance.

Throughout the wholeChautauqua, Jefferson empha-sized Robeson’s importance with-in history and said the Universityshould put in more effort to keep-ing his spirit alive.

Jefferson came to theUniversity the same yearRobeson passed away, he said.

“It wasn’t until 1997 that Ireally started studying him, andI’ve been studying him ever

since,” Jef ferson said. “As aChautauquan, I learn morethings about him, and I couldstudy him till I die and still notknow everything.”

Robeson was born in 1898 andraised in Princeton, Jefferson saidin character. Robeson graduatedfrom Rutgers College in 1919,went to Columbia Law School andearned his degree in 1923.

“Because of Paul’s greatness,the University has a couple ofbuildings named after him,”Jefferson said. “The University cuthim off in the 1950s — theyweren’t allowed to talk about him.”

After living in London,Robeson became politicized,Jefferson said in his perform-ance. Robeson participated inmany civil and human rightsmovements, as he became a fight-er against the fascist movement.

The University ostracizedRobeson because it did not want toembrace the controversy in theissues he believed in, Jeffersonsaid. Robeson boldly stated he wasa socialist. There were people inthe University who did not wantothers to know Robeson’s fatherwas a slave or that he was one ofthe best University students.

“When Malcolm X came,when Martin Luther King came,it was already 20 to 30 years afterPaul Robeson had been somehowin their shoes,” Jefferson said.“He was the precursor for all ofthese things.”

Accused of being a commu-nist, due to his friendship withthe Soviet Union, Robeson wasput under surveillance of theFBI and CSI, which manybelieve led the United States

government during the 1950s tonearly destroy him, Jeffersonsaid in character.

There were rumors the FBIkilled him since he was one ofthe most surveyed people in his-tory, Jefferson said. Some say somuch pressure was put upon himthat he developed bipolar disor-der. Others say his death wasdrug induced.

“His son believed that the CIAand the FBI had a huge part in hisdeath,” Jefferson said. “The infor-mation from the period of hisdeath was destroyed in their files.Because of his beliefs, Paul hadbeen a danger to the system.”

Not only did the COSINE clubwant to recognize a great historicalfigure in black history, but they alsopresented a successful Universityalumnus, said Quanika Stover, pres-ident of the COSINE club.

“Because Paul Robeson is analumnus of Rutgers, a great ath-lete, part of the glee club andhe also performed in plays, heis someone who exemplifies thetrue spirit of Rutgers,” saidStover, a School ofEnvironment and BiologicalSciences senior.

Nathan Gwira, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidRobeson should be as well knownas Harriet Tubman, Malcolm Xand Martin Luther King.

He said Robeson deservesmore than just buildings namedafter him, since he participated inthe civil rights movement.

“Part of the reason why I cameto Rutgers University wasbecause of Paul Robeson,” Gwirasaid. “He’s been someone I lookup to for years now.”

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they’re putting together a timelinefor construction.”

Spokeswoman Edye Maier ofthe Schools DevelopmentAuthority, the state organizationthat will handle the constructionproject, said each of the 10 projectsmust first be evaluated by standard-ization criteria.

“The schools will be evaluat-ed individually, and they’ll pres-ent them to the board for furtheraction,” she said. “There is no timeline for RedshawElementary School yet.”

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In addition to telling her ownstories, Fernandez helped answerthe questions of students andCuban escapees alike.

One student asked about thestate of education in Cuba.

“Education is free, but youcan’t read what you want to reador write what you want to write,”Fernandez said.

When asked about health carein Cuba, Fernandez said peopleare treated like children from thetime they are born until they die.

Her stories ranged from lifeinside her home as a child to thegovernment of Cuba as a whole.

“I come from a country in whichrevolution is endless,” she said.

Talking about Castro as afather as opposed to the dictatorthe world sees him as, Fernandezspoke of how she did not realizewho Castro was at first but soonhad to deal with the challenges ofhaving a dictator as a father.

“I kept trying to hide behindmy name ‘Fernandez,’ but it did-n’t work,” she said.

Fernandez said Castro was adistant man who increasingly putall of his focus into the ruling ofhis country.

“Once you think you’re God,you stay that way and you dis-tance yourself,” Fernandez said.“He managed to have everythingunder his control.”

Despite the dramatic contextof her story, Fernandez kept themood light-hearted with frequentjokes and the occasional bluntbut informed response.

Fernandez said health carein the United States and Cuba isdoomed.

“I think any extreme is bad,”she said.

The coordinators of the event aswell as those in attendance thoughtthe speech was a unique experiencein that it was not the averageWomen’s History Month event.

“I felt it was an intriguingstory you don’t often get to hear,”said Monique Mathews, assistantcoordinator of campus events atRutgers-Camden. “It’s a storybased internationally, often weonly hear U.S.-based stories dur-ing the month.”

Some students believed theylearned more about Cuba’s prob-lems from the event.

“I think I have a much clearerpicture of the social control inCuba,” said Vance Patrick, aRutgers-Camden senior.

Other students attended out ofcuriosity from stories they heard.

“It interested me because Icome from a Hispanic culture, andit’s common to talk about otherHispanic events,” said StephanieCosmi, a Rutgers-Camden senior.“Castro was talked about in ourhousehold. She surprised me bybeing so anti-Communist and thatshe was the only one of her sib-lings that left Cuba.”

Some of the audience attendedbecause they are very familiar withFernandez’s struggle, as theyescaped from Cuba themselves.

“We care about the countrywe left, you get a sense that youare the lucky one because yougot to leave,” said GladysRodriguez, who fled Cuba. “It’s apersonal thing, we’re very con-nected. If we were still in Cubaour life would be different.”

As for the future of Cuba,Fernandez is unsure but thinks itcannot stay this way forever.

“I’m still amazed and sur-prised that [Cuban leaders] actlike nothing is going to change,”she said.

CAMDEN: Fernandez

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and the school is the first to occu-py it, Kaplan said.

“When you’re in the building,you actually believe it’s aschool,” he said. “It had 60-foothigh ceilings, which were low-ered to 10 feet. It’s heated andhas computer access but[scarce] windows. It’s a tempo-rary facility — it is not nor has itever served as a warehouse.”

Kaplan said the city’s LincolnElementary School operates in aneighboring facility, which wasemptied out of its original build-ing for renovations but willreturn in September to itsBartlett Street location.

The facility does not have theamenities that most schools have,Abdus-Salaam said.

“There are many sacrifices wehave to make,” she said. “We

don’t have an auditorium, win-dows in the classroom or naturallighting. We make do with the fewamenities we have.”

At its location on Van DykeAvenue, there is a gymnasiumand a cafeteria but no playgroundfor the students and thus, norecess, she said.

“I think the students are look-ing forward to having recessagain, so they can run around andplay and have fun,” she said.“Currently, the school does notoffer that to students, but it’s justas important as reading, writingand arithmetic.”

The new school will hold 675students from grades 1 to 5 withthe resources it needs, Kaplansaid. It will have a playground, agymnasium, a cafeteria, an audi-torium, a library, music and art

rooms as well as elementaryclassrooms, he said.

At its current location, morethan 700 students are enrolled atRedshaw, which is more than thenew building can accommodate,Abdus-Salaam said.

“We’ll have to figure out a wayto deal with the overflow of stu-dents,” she said.

Abdus-Salaam looks forwardto holding assembly programsand school-sponsored events inthe new auditorium, she said. Shealso looks forward to naturallighting in the classrooms.

“Research shows that a stu-dent’s physical environmentaffects their learning,” she said.“Our students should not have towait their whole school career tohave the kind of school environ-ment they deserve.”

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Speakers find link toMiddle East, apartheid

BY NATALIE FLYNNSTAFF WRITER

“Israel, the Apartheid Analogyand the Boycott, Divestment andSanctions (BDS) Movement,” washeld Tuesday evening as part ofPalestine Awareness Week spon-sored by BAKA: Students Unitedfor Middle Eastern Justice onDouglass campus.

Journalist Max Blumenthal wasfeatured among several speakersat the event, which was held inconjunction with Israeli ApartheidWeek, said Hoda Mitwally, BAKApublic relations officer.

“Since the attack on Gaza in2008-09, there has been a tremen-dous shift in public discourse onPalestine,” she said. “We’ve seenthis shift occurring globally, andit has been happening right herein the United States. Our goal isto bring this important conversa-tion here to Rutgers and encour-age our student body to act.”

Mitwally, a School of Arts andSciences senior, explained the“Apartheid Analogy” as compar-ing the situation for Palestiniansin Israel to the South Africanapartheid.

“Many discussions of Israeliapartheid center around theoccupied West Bank,” she said.“But we wanted to bring to lighthow it operates againstPalestinians within Israel proper.”

Blumenthal, who has written forpublications like The New YorkTimes, spent seven months of thelast two years in Israel. He spokeafter a presentation from hisresearch assistant about the livingsituation of Palestinians in Israel.

“Leave the West Bank out ofthe apartheid discussion,” hesaid. “Israel is a Jewish and dem-ocratic state, but what this didwas make the Palestinians thevictims of democracy.”

The Fourth GenevaConvention states it is illegal totransport a population to an occu-pied territory, BAKA treasurerMichael Dunican said.

Blumenthal said discrimina-tion is a problem that Palestiniansface in Israel.

“Land laws are the principlemeans to dispossess Palestinians …and the Development AuthorityLaw allowed the state to evict peoplefrom land they previously owned,”Blumenthal said.

Hannah Schwarzchild, co-founder of American Jews for aJust Peace, talked about BDS, aform of civic resistance and oppo-sition, in her speech.

“BDS is part of an age-old,well rooted, well grounded cam-paign of non-violent resistance tooppression,” Schwarzchild said.

Schwarzchild cited Gandhi andRosa Parks as two examples ofthose who practice civil disobedi-ence. She emphasized that localinitiatives can be powerful, andthat through educating the public,BDS can have a large impact.

BDS resulted from the failure ofthe Oslo peace process and is a callupon the international community

until three criteria for Palestiniansare met, Schwarzchild said.

“BDS is a way for us here inthe United States to use thepower of the consumer to makean impact on such a pertinentglobal issue that affects all of us,”Mitwally said.

Ali Abunimah, a fellow at thePalestine Center in Washington,D.C., explained in his speech thecriteria the Palestinians wish tohave met.

“The goals for today are end-ing the occupation that began in1967, ending all forms of discrim-inatory practices and respectingand promoting and implementingthe rights of Palestinianrefugees,” Abunimah said.

At the close of the evening,Blumenthal was asked a questionon normalization.

He replied by saying theapartheid system ofIsrael/Palestine, like that of JimCrow in the United States, is oneof an unbalanced power struc-ture, and the oppressed cannot sitdown with the oppressor on equalterms until the oppressoracknowledges their actions.

Blumenthal stressed the needto have joint Palestinian-Israeliand Arab-Jewish initiative thatworks together to end Israelioccupation and apartheid.

“You don’t have to agree withme that a one state solution is thebest solution,” Blumenthal said.“You just have to agree that alldiscrimination is wrong.”

Some members of RutgersHillel, like Vice President KimSchwartzman and OrthodoxCommunity Chair Zeke Pariser,said Israel is not an apartheidstate and not even comparable toevents in South Africa.

“We strongly feel that to callIsrael an apartheid state is a grossmisinterpretation of an apartheid,”said Pariser, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “Any quickWikipedia search or any really basicfact-finding will stress on that.”

Schwartzman said the wallactually helps more than its hurtspeople, as it diminished theamount of deaths and crimes.

“In the early 2000s, there were400 Israeli deaths because of sui-cide bombers,” she said. “Afterthe wall was put up, there was sta-tistic a few years later sayingthere were only eight deaths.”

Schwartzman said the wallnot only helps Israelis but isbeneficial to Palestinians as well.Israel extends support and aid toPalestinians.

The wall is also used as mili-tary checkpoint that makes surepeople are not bringing weaponsacross the barrier, she said.

“Everyone is given the samerights and the same considera-tion and where as in South Africathey were not,” Schwartzmansaid. “It’s very different thingsand just to compare the two isreally wrong.”

Reena Diamante contributed tothis article.

cover their public employ-ees. This state legislationdefining the rights and pro-tections of public workersis the target of the currentpolitical leaders in Ohio and Wisconsin.

The fact of this issue isthat newly empoweredRepublican governors are

waging a war motivated by partisan politics anddiscrimination. It is an assault on hard-workingAmericans by greedy sociopathic top-downdimwits in an attempt to try and wiggle out offinancial obligations on which they blame theircurrent state budget crises. The motivation isbased on a deplorable but win-win strategy forRepublicans. It is a strategy that weakens tradi-tional democratic supports and strengthens tradi-tional republican supports. For example, you havegovernors such as our own Christie who refuse topay pension fund obligations for our hard-workingmiddle class state employees in favor of tax cuts.In their minds, the union workers that they arescrewing out of a pension — who in recent histo-ry always support Democrats — would never vote

for or support them in electionsanyway. Though, those who theyare able to secure tax cuts for arecurrent and possible future sup-ports. It is a strategy that sacrificesAmerican values to capitalize onpolitical partisanship.

If allowed to go unchecked, theseRepublican majority states will be set-ting back the rights of our public-working citizens to an era pre-

National Labor Relations Act. What comes next: theelimination of a minimum wage, the reinstatement ofchild labor or the allowance of a 16-hour workday?Although dramatic, the point is that the right to strikeand assemble to form collective bargaining strategiesshould be the right of all American workers. Instead,we are left with a national policy that excludes state,federal and agricultural workers from being guaran-teed these rights out of fear. It is a government fearthat citizens will be able to disrupt the tranquility andharmony of the day-to-day functions of government.And only recently, Republican leaders are takingadvantage of this exclusion under the federal law as away to threaten and bully concessions out of publicemployees. My only question is — why aren’t theirmore people in the streets protesting?

Christopher Pflaum is a School of Arts andSciences senior majoring in genetics with a minor inpolitical science. He is the president of the RutgersUniversity Democrats. His column, “Carpe Diem,”runs on alternate Thursdays.

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A ll Republican gover-nors’ eyes are onWisconsin and

Ohio. If anti-union meas-ures are successful in thesetwo states, there is thestrong possibility that simi-lar policies will spread toother Republican led states.Our own Gov. Chris Christieis licking his chops in anticipation of a roast of pub-lic employee unions in these states. His finger-point-ing rhetoric at union benefits and pension obliga-tions during his recent annual budget speech givessome insight into his desire to bring an anti-unionbattle here to New Jersey. Luckily, we have a legis-lature that is less eager to blame others for our cur-rent budget crisis and instead focus on reasonablesolutions and a way forward.

But other states across the nation are not asinsulated as we are from this new Republican strat-egy of blame-for-gain. It has already been morethan two weeks of protests since the newly electedWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker threatened to removethe rights of public employees to engage in collec-tive bargaining through their union representa-tives. Even after offers of benefitreductions and pay cuts, Walker isstill not willing to halt his anti-unionthreats. In Ohio, the senate has justpassed a bill through committeethat would eliminate the rights ofthousands of public workers toprotest and limit their rights tonegotiate details of their state con-tracts. Knowing what is at stake,workers in these two states andacross the United States have been showing theirsupport for public employees and their rights tocollectively bargain and protest. As early as 1768,workers here in the United States have had to riseup and protest against injustices, unsafe workingconditions and the attitudes of employers who weredriven by greed and the intoxicating spirit of capi-talism. It was not until the declining working con-ditions of the Great Depression and bloodshed byworkers in protest that the issue of worker’s rightsmade its way into congressional legislation. Themovement ultimately culminated into the passingof the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Underthis act, workers were given the right to formunions, collectively bargain and take part in strikes.As a result, the American workforce saw drasticimprovements in pay, retirement security andworking conditions.

But Section 152 of this act establishes by defini-tion the exclusion of federal, state and publicemployees from protection. In light of this fact,many states have enacted similar protections to

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“You don’t have to agree with me that a one state solution is the bestsolution. You just have to agree that all discrimination is wrong.”

Journalist Max Blumenthal on ending Israeli occupation and apartheid

STORY IN UNIVERSITY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Gov. Chris Christie is licking his chops

in anticipation of a roast of publicemployee unions.”

U niversity students may remember that fateful day in the fall of2009 when the absolutely deplorable Westboro Baptist Church(WBC) came to protest at the Rutgers Hillel House.

Fortunately, that day ended on a surprisingly positive note, as hundredsof students took the streets to support Hillel in the face of the WBC’svitriolic, unfounded rhetoric. Of course, the University has not been theonly community affected by this rogue “church” — it seems improperto even use that term in relation to people as despicable as Pastor FredPhelps’ brood. Communities all over the United States have been sub-jected to the group’s hateful tactics, and, unfortunately, this is going tocontinue for the foreseeable future. The Supreme Court ruled yester-day in an 8-1 decision that the Westboro Baptists’ activities are wellwithin their First Amendment rights. This is one of the prices we payfor our various freedoms in the United States — even the absoluteworst folks are allowed to speak their minds.

We are a little surprised that the Supreme Court justices did notrule that the WBC’s protests were obvious examples of hate speech,but we suppose it is because the group is, in fact, a church. As such,these protests are expressions of their religious tenets and thereforeprotected. It is a sort of loophole that allowed the WBC to win the day,then. But this is America — land of the free, and freedom often getscomplicated. As much as the WBC sickens us, we have to at least bethankful that the Supreme Court took all the facts into considerationwhen making their decision. The only thing worse than allowing theWBC to continue on unhindered is to compromise the basic principlesof freedom upon which our nation is founded.

The nation has to remember though that just because the WBC islegal, that does not mean they are good or right. We recognize that weare probably preaching to the choir — so to speak — in condemningthe church’s actions, but we feel it necessary to reaffirm our feelingson the WBC in light of the Supreme Court’s judgment. It is the duty ofevery American to exercise their freedom of speech whenever theWBC comes to their town and mount a counter protest. There is onebenefit to having a group like the WBC terrorize the country — itspurs the rest of us to come together and fight for what we believe in.Unity is hardly ever a bad thing.

Legality does notguarantee morality

G ov. Chris Christie can be a tough politician to get a handle on.He is not exactly the perfect manifestation of the popular con-sensus on what makes a Republican. For example, while

many Republicans are throwing their support behind Gov. ScottWalker (R-Wis.) and his efforts to essentially destroy collective bar-gaining for public unions, Christie publicly announced his support forcollective bargaining at a Hillsborough, N.J., town hall meeting. In thewords of the governor himself, “Let’s get rid of civil service and leteverything be collectively bargained.” This is one of the things thatmakes Christie such an admirable person — regardless of your polit-ical affiliation, you have to give him credit for standing behind hisprinciples instead of party lines.

New Jersey residents have been pretty anxious about what will hap-pen to public unions in this state. But now they can take solace in thefact that Christie is in full support of collective bargaining. It must benoted that some are suspicious about Christie’s support for publicunions and understandably so. After all, he has been locked in a longand vicious battle with the teachers union, the New Jersey EducationAssociation. But according to Christie, his supposed assault on theteachers union “has nothing to do with breaking the union, it has to dowith share sacrifice.” Perhaps Christie is just blowing smoke. It isentirely possible that he has some sort of ulterior motive. But, as ofnow, any conspiracy theories regarding Christie’s support for collec-tive bargaining are nothing more than vague notions. Christie has notdone anything in the past to suggest that he hides his motivations orchanges his opinions to mollify the public.

One of the most common attacks launched against public unions isthat they have benefits that the private sector does not have, and there-fore, they should be dismantled. There is a selfish “if I’m going down, I’lltake everyone else with me” mentality behind this attack, as it suggeststhat no one should be allowed to have things that others do not have.Thankfully, Christie is going about this the right way — rather than seek-ing to destroy public unions, he is merely asking them to share the sacri-fices that the private sector has had to make. His decision to do so throughthe avenue of collective bargaining shows that Christie understands thatvicious attacks on public unions are not the answer. Instead, there must bea negotiation process — it is only fair for all parties involved.

Christie supports collective bargaining

Carpe Diem

CHRISTOPHER PFLAUM

“Apartheid” should notbe used to simply meanracial inequity. If that is thedefinition used, then everyracially diverse society in theworld is an apartheid state,including New Brunswick.Israel, like New Brunswick,has different racial groups

that face different challenges. Foryears, Sephardic Israelis facedsocial discrimination within Israelisociety, but thankfully their condi-tions have been improving overtime. Hopefully, the economic,political and social conditions willquickly improve for minoritygroups living in New Brunswick,but even if they do not, that doesnot mean New Brunswick is anapartheid city. Neither NewBrunswick nor Israel has laws todiscriminate against minorities.Anyone who calls Israel or NewBrunswick an “apartheid” state isstretching the use of the word toindicate a condition found innations around the world, includingmost Arab countries. That theyhave targeted the world’s only pre-dominantly Jewish state with thisinvective speaks more to their ownmotivations than the reality of racerelations in Israel.

The most definitive evidenceto contradict the accusations ofapartheid comes directly fromIsrael’s Declaration ofIndependence. It states thatIsrael “will ensure completeequality of social and political

racial minorities. Many IsraeliDruze and Bedouins serve in themilitary, as do gays. Ethiopiansare increasingly becoming suc-cessful in Israeli society, eventhough they have lived there for arelatively short period of time.Arabs are active in the Israeli gov-

ernment, serving as members ofKnesset (Israeli Parliament) andin the Israeli Foreign Service.There were no southern blackcongressmen in the Jim Crowsouth, and political rivals — likeNelson Mandela — were jailedduring South African apartheid.The comparison between Israeland those two cases has no basisin historical reality.

answer, consider the largeminority population just afew blocks away from theUniversity campus. Arethese people truly repre-sented by the NewBrunswick government?Probably not. Are their liv-ing conditions worse thanthat of the typical University stu-dent? Yes. Is New Brunswick anapartheid city? No. The word“apartheid” means somethingvery specific. It refers to an offi-cial government policy of racialsegregation and suppression. Themost famous example ofapartheid was in South Africa,where a ruling class of whitessuppressed the political, socialand economic rights of the blacksin that country. Another examplewas the American south underJim Crow, when blacks wereforced by law to use separatewater fountains, attend differentschools and sit in the back ofbuses. By using the word“apartheid,” the organizers arecalling Israelis — and those whosupport Israel — racists. The log-ical extension of their argument isthat those who support Israel areequivalent to those who support-ed racial discrimination underJim Crow and South Africanapartheid. In reality, Israel isnothing like American Jim Crowor South African apartheid.Unlike those two cases, Israel hasno laws to discriminate against

resident and the OutreachCoordinator. If you watched CBS2 New York, you would haveseen the lovely gender-neutralbathrooms that were installed inDemarest during the summer of2010. These bathrooms evenhave swipe access to keep trackof who accesses the bathroom.You would have also seen resi-dents of Demarest Hall shower-ing in these bathrooms. Ofcourse, there was no nudity andno reporter pulled open theshower door to surprise a freshlycleaned student, but the factremains: A reporter and her cam-eraperson entered a private bath-room, meant solely for use byresidents of Demarest Hall anddisregarded the inherent privacyof the space.

According to students whowere in this particular bath-room at the time, the reportergave no advanced notice of

entering the bathroom andattempted to ask questions ofstudents when they were cladonly in towels, still soaking wetfrom their showers.

I speak on behalf ofDemarest Hall when I say that isone of the most negligent, intru-sive and offensive things doneby a member of the media I haveever seen. The gender-neutralbathrooms were specificallydesigned by Residence Life toprevent something like thisfrom happening. Within hoursof the incident occurring,

residents of Demarest Hall wereexpressing their frustrationthrough social networking andapproaching members of theResidence Life staff to figure outwhat happened.

I personally encountered thereporter, Magee Hickey, outsidethe building, interviewing anoth-er resident. By the time I hadmet her, she had alreadyentered, filmed the area in ques-tion and returned outside. Ipolitely introduced myself andshe promptly asked me if shecould return inside. I, unaware ofwhat she already did, escortedher. As I did, I calmly mentionedthat I was escorting her out ofconcern for residents, sincereporters had been extremelyinvasive in other residence hallsfollowing recent on campus inci-dents. As we walked up thestairs, she looked at me and said,“Yeah, we’re horrible people.”

Indeed.During her time on campus, I

did not see any representativesfrom Rutgers Media Relations withher, nor any of the other reporterson campus that day. While a repre-sentative does not need to be therein a public setting, I think it shouldat least be required for when ajournalist enters a residence hall.

I ask any student of journalismat the University to not follow theexample of this reporter. Yes, thepublic has a right to information.But that doesn’t mean you have toinvade the privacy of others to getit, especially in a place as privateand intimate as a shower stall.

Jordan Gochman is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomoremajoring in labor studies andemployment relations and theater.He is the Outreach Coordinator forDemarest Hall on the CollegeAvenue campus.

them to work together towardcommon purposes. We believethat by being united by sharedcauses, like charity, we are able tobetter see the humanity in oneanother and take a step forwardrather than backward.

We wish to extend an invita-tion to anyone in the Universitycommunity, and in the surround-ing communities, to join us at afantastic event: StandUp ForPeace. StandUp For Peace is acomedy duo consisting of ScottBlakeman, an American Jew, andDean Obeidallah, an AmericanPalestinian, who use their come-dy to inspire positive interactionsbetween Jews, Arabs and

Muslims. They will come to cam-pus Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. inTrayes Hall of the DouglassCampus Center.

The show will be free admis-sion, but a small donation toRutgers University DanceMarathon will be suggested.Dance Marathon raises money

for the Embrace KidsFoundation, a nonprofit organiza-tion that aids the non-medicalneeds of children with cancer andblood disorders. It is a wonderfulcause, and we are grateful to beable to support it. A DanceMarathon representative will bein attendance to award spiritpoints to fraternities, sororitiesand organizations that are partici-pating in the marathon. RutgersUniversity ProgrammingAssociation, Rutgers Hillel,Rutgers University MuslimStudents Association, the RutgersPakistani Students Association,the Palestine Children’s ReliefFund-Rutgers and the campus

Deans of Busch, College Avenueand Livingston are joining us toco-sponsor this event. We all havecauses, and we all have beliefs.But there is something special tosay when people can standtogether in unity, in spite of theirdifferences. So, this Saturday, willyou stand up for peace?

William Eastman is a Schoolof Arts and Sciences juniormajoring in political science andhistory. Bahaa Hashem is aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior majoring in political sciencewith a minor in Middle Easternstudies. Jane Vorkunova is aRutgers Business School junior.

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T here are places whereyou have no expectationof privacy, such as a pub-

lic sidewalk or a crowded bus.There are security camerasthroughout the campus that areprobably being viewed at thismoment by some person youhave never met. But surely youcan feel solitude when in a bath-room or shower stall. Accordingto certain members of the media,though, this is apparently publicspace, too.

If you watched the local newsyesterday, you would have seensome nice coverage of the newgender-neutral housing programthat will be starting at theUniversity in the fall of 2011.Most of the attention focused onDemarest Hall, where I am a

Journalists must respect privacy of others

“Surely you canfeel solitude when

in a bathroom or shower stall. ”

JORDAN GOCHMAN

Letter

M arch is a great monthbecause it has a littlesomething for every-

one. Sports lovers have springtraining and March Madness.The Irish have St. Patrick’s Day.College kids have spring break.There is one unfortunate eventduring March, though, thatbrings much animosity to collegecampuses for one week everyyear: Palestinian activist groupssponsor Israeli Apartheid Week.The problem with IsraeliApartheid Week is not that itmerely brings a dark cloud to anotherwise great month, but it isbased on a dangerous lie thatseeks to inflict pain not only onIsrael, but on all of Israel’s sup-porters as well.

Israeli Apartheid Week beganin Toronto in 2005 — according tothe official website — to end whatthe organizers called “the occupa-tion and colonization of all Arablands,” among other stated goals.Since then, the movement hasgrown to take place in more than40 major cities across the globe.The current aim is “to educate peo-ple about the nature of Israel as anapartheid system and to buildBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions(BDS) campaigns as part of agrowing global BDS movement.”There are numerous problemswith Israeli Apartheid Week, butperhaps it is best to start local.

Is New Brunswick anapartheid city? Before you

Israeli Apartheid Week unfairly criticizes Israel

“Compared to the reality

in the Middle East... Israel is a havenof freedom, liberty

and democracy.”

IrreconcilableDifferences

NOAH GLYN

W e are Bahaa Hashem,Will Eastman, andJane Vorkunova of the

Rutgers Shalom/Salaam e-board.Our organization aims to bridgethe gap between Jews, Arabs andMuslims through communityservice, cultural exchange andmutual respect. RutgersShalom/Salaam is a non-politicalorganization that focuses onbringing people who might other-wise never speak and encouraging

Stand together for peace, despite differences

“This Saturday,will you stand up

for peace?”

WILLIAM EASTMAN,BAHAA HASHEM &JANE VORKUNOVA

Letter

rights to all its inhabitants, irre-spective of religion, race or sex; itwill guarantee freedom of reli-gion, conscience, language, edu-cation and culture.” Some mayargue that those are the idealsthat Israel wants to strivetowards, but the reality is that itfalls far short of reaching them.That is a fair criticism, but it isworth pointing out that no racial-ly diverse society throughout allof human history has ever ful-filled those ideals perfectly.

The authors of theConstitution of the United Statesstrived to create a “more perfectunion,” but they also understoodthat no nation or person is per-fect. Israel, much like the UnitedStates, attempts to perfect itselfin many ways. Those who criti-cize Israel are unable to answer avery simple question: Comparedto what? Compared to utopianideals, of course Israel falls short.Compared to the reality in theMiddle East, where tyrantssquash political protests, reign infree speech, imprison independ-ent journalists, and limit Internetaccess, Israel is a haven of free-dom, liberty and democracy.

Noah Glyn is a School of Artsand Sciences junior majoring ineconomics and history. He ispresident of the Rutgers CollegeRepublicans. His column,“Irreconcilable Dif ferences,” runson alternate Thursdays.

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Despite the occasional strug-gles in doubles play, Rutgersreceived some very strong show-ings in singles competition.Holzberg shined thus far in theNo. 2 singles slot and, as of Feb.3, has been on a seven-matchwinning streak.

“I have been playing well insingles so far and have beenmore confident than I havebeen in the past,” Holzberg

said. “I’ve been work-ing on my mentalstrength, which hasmade me more con-sistent as well.”

The Knights alsoreceived stellar playtoward the bottom oftheir lineup fromfreshmen StefaniaBalasa and VanessaPetrini, which

improved the depth of the teamsignificantly. Petrini leads theteam with a 7-1 record in theNo. 6 slot, while Balasa is on aseven-match win streak of herown in the No. 5 position.

“Stef is progressing very nice-ly,” Bucca said. “She’s on quite aroll playing great inspired tennis.She has a very bright future withthis program.”

The Knights need everyonein the lineup to step up if theyare going to topple rivalMarquette and put one in theBig East win column.

“The girls will be ready,”Bucca said. “They know the tal-ent level of Marquette and thecompetitive nature of our recentmatches. This is what collegesports is all about.”

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M SP O RT S M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 1 1 3

One of the lone bright spotsfor the Knights in last season’strip to Helfaer Tennis Stadiumwas the play of now-senior cap-tain Amy Zhang. Zhang scoredone of the Knights’ only pointswith a 6-1, 7-5 win in the No.1singles spot against the GoldenEagles’ Paola Calderon.

Zhang has not playedup to her All-Big Eaststatus this season, put-ting up a 4-4 mark in sin-gles and dropping twomatches last weekend atLouisville and Xavier.She will be pittedagainst an opponentseeking revenge onSunday in Calderon, allwhile trying to break out of herpersonal funk.

“It’s definitely been veryfrustrating,” Zhang said. “I needto work on maintaining my con-sistency, especially on my back-hand, my serve and returns.”

A loss against Marquettethis time around would onceagain be the Knights’ secondconference defeat after theycame up short at Louisville.The Knights fell, 4-3, in a closecontest and failed to win thedoubles point like each of theirlosses this season.

“I think we have a verystrong doubles lineup, but ourmain weakness is gettingcaught off guard early,” Zhangsaid. “This can be a big problemin doubles — you dig yourself

SITE: Zhang faces rematch

with Marquette’s No. 1 singles

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BEN BUCCA

with tenacity and truly wantingeach win.”

Bragg represents a quarter ofthe sophomore class with a yearof starting experience.

Second baseman JenniferHarabedian started all 55 gameslast season and each of the firstnine of her sophomore season.Catcher Kaci Madden sharedduties with Kylee Bishop throughtwo seasons, and sophomore pitch-er Abbey Houston emerged in the

offseason as the new aceof the staff.

“The sophomoreclass is really close,”Bragg said. “We all livetogether, and we’realways doing thingstogether, and we knowthat our teammates relyon us even more this sea-son. We’ve all experi-enced things togetherand that makes us

stronger as a unit.”Prior to last weekend’s tourna-

ment, head coach Jay Nelsonfocused on defensive execution asan area with room for improve-ment. Despite two fewer errors inthe second tournament, Nelsonsaid the defense still needs work.

“We’re still not where we needto be defensively,” he said. “Ourdefense was certainly better thanthe first week, though.”

The goal came after a time-out with 24 seconds remaining.Rutgers took advantage of itsprevious timeout earlier in thegame, as a pair of MarlenaWelsh goals tied the game at 6-6.

“I just recollected them [inthe timeout],” Brand said. “Ijust told them we’re a team

that gets thedraw becausewe’re feisty. Wefight for groundballs and theyjust needed to berefocused. Weweren’t coveringcutters that werebreaking high.We turned theball over andwere giving upfast breaks downthe field.”

The Tigersentered the second half with a 5-3lead off of four unanswered goals.

Rutgers was able to get outto a 3-1 start in the first halfbut struggled to find the backof the cage after claiming anearly advantage.

“A team like that has a lot ofof fensive firepower,” Brandsaid. “Our defense was playingway too long. Lily was havingto save the ball too much.”

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U MSP O RT S1 4 M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 1

T he East AtlanticGymnastics League(EAGL) recognized

freshman gymnast LuisaLeal-Restrepo as Gymnast ofthe Week for the second timethis season.

Leal-Restrepo set a schoolrecord last Saturday in a tri-meet against Bridgeport andUrsinus with an all-aroundscore of 39.375. The efforttopped the previous schoolrecord of 39.300, set exactlyone year before Leal-Restrepotopped it. Her score led theKnights to a total score of194.150 — the third highestscore in school history.

The freshman also capturedthe bars, balance team andfloor exercise in the meet.

The award marked Leal-Restrepo’s second honor, as inFebruary she earned EAGLRookie of the Week.

TENNIS STAR SERENAWilliams returned home todayafter two major health scares.The 13-time Grand Slam win-ner suffered from a blood clotin her lungs and later neededtreatment for a hematoma.

Williams underwent emer-gency surgery at a LosAngeles-area hospital, and sheis now working towards recov-ery. The former champion hasnot played an official matchsince she won Wimbledon onJuly 3, the fourth time in hercareer. She cut her foot on bro-ken glass after the victory, andher return has been delayedever since.

BOSTON RED SOXpitcher Josh Beckett will misshis next scheduled springtraining start due to concus-sion symptoms.

The righthander com-plained of symptoms afterbeing hit in the left temple onMonday while warming up inthe outfield. Stolmy Pimentelwill take Beckett’s place in thenext scheduled startingThursday against thePhiladelphia Phillies.

Boston confirmed thatBeckett passed the necessarytests and is eligible to return.The Red Sox expect him backfor his next scheduled startafter Pimentel, but the decisionfalls on the team’s pitchingcoach, Curt Young.

OAKLAND ATHLETICSoutfielder Coco Crisp wasarrested on suspicion of drunkdriving.

Crisp was released from jailand arrived at PhoenixMunicipal Stadium on time forpregame drills beforeOakland’s exhibition gameagainst the Cleveland Indians.

The outfielder is the thirdMajor League player in thepast three weeks to becharged with DUI.

Detroit Tigers first basemanMiguel Cabrera and ClevelandIndians outfielder AustinKearns face similar charges.

The A’s refused to commenton the matter.

“They were doing a greatjob sticking with cutters.Princeton runs a good of fense,and we were doing a reallygood job keeping them out.”

The Knightstrailed for 39minutes in regu-lation — up untila Lindsey Wattsgoal.

Senior attackKatherine Marinoscored her secondgoal of the gamewith 43 secondsleft in regulation.Rutgers won thesubsequent drawand brought the ball downfield tosenior Kristen Anderson behindthe cage.

Anderson passed it to Watts and the junior attack’sgoal tied the game at 8-8 with eight seconds remainingin regulation.

“I’m really proud of the heartthey had at the end of the gamewhen things weren’t going ourway,” Brand said.

RALLY: Pair of goals in

43 seconds aid comeback effort

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really scared and nervous andafraid of doing poorly. Now that Ihave that first win under me, I cango in there more confident like Iwas in high school. I can just do mything and stop worrying so much.”

Senior first baseman MandyCraig also hails fromVirginia, but her home-town of Manassas, Va.,lies closer to Piscatawaythan Hampton. Craig isthird on the team in hit-ting with a .375 average.

Rutgers (3-6) facesfive teams through theweekend in the third offive preseason tourna-ments. The ScarletKnights, winners ofthree of their last five, expect themomentum to continue againstFairleigh Dickenson (3-1), Marist(0-5), Central Connecticut State(1-4), Brown (0-0) and MarylandEastern Shore (1-6).

“The last few games have defi-nitely been a confidence booster,”sophomore shortstop AshleyBragg said. “If we keep playinghard, we’re going to keep seeingresults. We have to go out there

ROOKIE: Knights face

five opponents in third tourney

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MEGAN WILLIAMS

“I’m really proud of the heart they

had at the end of the game when

things weren’t going our way.”

LAURA BRANDHead Coach

T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M M A R C H 3 , 2 0 1 1 1 5S PORTS

Redshirt freshman spearheads youthful attackBY VINNIE MANCUSO

STAFF WRITER

On a squad whose offense is inthe middle of a youth movement,the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team’s

brighteststar may

be one of its youngest of all.Only a redshirt freshman, attack-

man Scott Klimchak more thanmade his mark as a member of theScarlet Knights, who sorely lacked aproductive attack in the past.

“I’ve said it all along, what[Klimchak] brings to the table issomething we’ve really needed,”head coach Jim Stagnitta said. “Iknew it was there from the begin-ning from his recruitment.”

Klimchak, who garnered bothAll-Conference and All-Americanhonors at A.L. Johnson HighSchool, finished his high schoolcareer fourth on the New Jersey all-time scorers list with 385 points.

The Clark, N.J., native bringshis explosive offensive attack toRutgers, where he is tied for sec-ond on the team in goals scoredwith six. In the Knights’ seasonopener against Wagner, Klimchakled the team with seven points.

“In that game [against Wagner],I let the plays come to me — I did-n’t try and force anything,”Klimchak said. “I was patient andthe points just added up.”

But for someone so young,Klimchak does not let his earlysuccess get to his head. Like aseasoned veteran, he knows thathe can always strive to be better.

“I feel like I’m playing prettywell, but I know that I can do bet-ter than how I’m doing right

now,” Klimchak said. “I still feellike I have more ability in me.”

The coaching staff also noticedhow Klimchak treats the game likesomeone far beyond his years.

“He has great lacrosse senseand great lacrosse skills,”Stagnitta said. “[Klimchak] hasmade two or three plays that wehadn’t even had the abilities tomake over the last few years. Hehas the ability to make everyonearound him better because of hisvision and his lacrosse I.Q.,which is off the charts.”

A substantial reason Klimchakfeels so comfortable with the gameis the relationship he has with twinbrother, Matthew, who is also onthe team. The two played togethertheir entire lives, and it shows whenthey are on the field together.

“Matt and Scott definitely havethat twin bond going on,” juniorattackman Kevin Hover said. “Theyalways know what the other isgoing to do.”

But Matthew, who missed hisentire high school senior season dueto nagging injuries, is out for an esti-mated six weeks due to knee sur-gery. Scott knows it will be a sub-stantial loss to the team and antici-pates the moment when he can onceagain play alongside the person whohas always been out there with him.

“Me and Matt always grew upplaying together, and we alwayswanted to keep playing together,”Scott Klimchak said. “We feel likeit’s an advantage when we’re outthere together because we bothknow exactly what each other aregoing to do and where each otherare. Hopefully he’ll be back soonso we can play together again.”

CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Redshirt freshman attack Scott Klimchak led the Knights with seven points — including fourgoals — in the team’s season-opening win over Wagner.

Knights prepare forimproved performance

MEN’S LACROSSE

BY LIZ SWERNSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers men’s track andfield team travels to Boston for

anotherchampi-o n s h i pm e e tt h i sw e e k -end at

Boston University’s Track andTennis Center.

The Scarlet Knights left lastyear’s IC4A Championships dis-appointed. After less than stellarperformances and two injuries,the Knights hope to end thisweekend on a higher note.

“That was probably the worst 20minutes of Rutgers track and fieldhistory,” said senior sprinter AaronYounger, who suffered an injurylast year during his 400-meter dash,crushing his hopes of qualifying forNCAA Indoor Championships.

After a second injury to his team-mate in the 500-meter dash minuteslater, the Knights had to drop out ofthe 4x400-meter relay — an eventthey previously hoped to win.

“I’d rather not think about lastyear while I’m there,” Youngersaid. “That’s not something I wantto have on my mind.”

The Franklinville, N.J., nativewill once again run the 400-meterdash in hopes of qualifying forNCAA Indoor Championships onMarch 12.

Also on the track, freshmanCorey Caidenhead has his firstchance to compete at the IC4AChampionships, running the 500-meter dash as well as a leg in the4x400-meter relay.

RUTGERS AT IC4A CHAMPIONSHIPSSATURDAY

MEN’S TRACK

“This is the right meet to get apersonal record due to thedesign of the indoor track,”Caidenhead said. “I would love toget a personal record in the 500.”

Boston’s track facility containsa six-lane 200-meter track. A 200-meter track’s turns are tighter, butwith banked turns it requires lesseffort on a competitor as they run.

Caidenhead’s fellow memberof the relay, junior sprinter SteveWerner, also hopes the track’sdesign will help better theteam’s performances.

“I’m excited because I reallylike Boston’s track,” Werner said.“I think individually and as arelay we can run some reallygood times with the fast trackand good competition.”

Aside from the Terriers, theKnights will see competition fromprograms such as Cornell andGeorge Mason, as well as Navy.

Off the track, freshman DevinJones and junior Kevin Bostickreturn to the field events, whereboth will compete in the triple jump.

Jones took home the Big EastChampionship and captured theschool record in the triple jumptwo weeks ago with a leap of 50feet, 9.25 inches.

“This weekend is very impor-tant,” Jones said. “I have to jumpabout a foot more to solidify a spotat nationals.”

Bostick also holds NCAAIndoor Championships in his mindas he competes this weekend in thetriple jump and high jump.

“I can’t wait to get out thereand just have fun with it,” Bosticksaid. “Big East’s is over now, so Ihope I can keep my season goinginto nationals.”

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Late RU rally spurned by goal in double overtime

CAMERON STROUD / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior attack Lindsey Watts tallied a goal with eight seconds left against Princeton last night at the RU Turf Field, tying the Knightsat 8-8 with the visiting Tigers. But Princeton left Piscataway with a win on a goal in the second overtime session.

Temporary siteplays host tofinal match

BY MATT CANVISSERSTAFF WRITER

The Rutgers tennis team continues itshunt for its first Big East Conference win

Sunday against bit-ter rival Marquette.The match is thelast for the ScarletKnights at theirtemporary home atthe Atlantic Club in

Manasquan, N.J. Rutgers hosts its final three home games

on campus at the RU Tennis Complex, bar-ring cooperation from the weather.

“I’ve liked playing [at the Atlantic Club],but I’m excited to be back on campus afterspring break,” junior Jennifer Holzberg said.“The facility is nice there, but it is just toughfor our fans to come and support us being sofar away.”

That fan support should be useful for theKnights (5-3, 0-1), who fell to Marquette, 5-2,last season on the road in Milwaukee, Wis.,for its second Big East loss.

“We have quickly built a great rivalryagainst Marquette,” head coach Ben Buccasaid. “The matches have always been veryclose, and we are expecting the same type ofchallenge. We’ll practice hard this week andcome to be ready to play strong tennis.”

Rookie takesmound inhome state

BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT

With her first career win in the books,freshman pitcher Megan Williams has hersights set on a more personal milestone — her

first start in front ofher family.

As a native ofRichmond, Va., nomember of theRutgers softballteam is more excit-

ed about a weekend trip to Hampton, Va., forthe Lady Pirates Classic.

“I get to go home,” said Williams, whosehome is less than two hours from Hampton.“I’ve got a lot of people coming between myhigh school friends and my old teammatesand my family. It should be a lot of fun.”

Williams picked up her first career winlast weekend against Texas Southern, heronly appearance in the first nine games of theseason.

“It’s kind of nerve-wracking, but I’m excit-ed,” Williams said.

Battling nerves is expected as a fresh-man, she said, but after finally getting on thefield, Williams expects things to calm down.

“I need to improve my mental attitude,”Williams said. “I went in there [the first time]THE DAILY TARGUM

Senior No. 1 singles player Amy Zhang likely faces Marquette’s Paola Calderon for thesecond consecutive season on Sunday, when Rutgers goes for its first league win.SEE SITE ON PAGE 13 SEE ROOKIE ON PAGE 14

MARQUETTE AT RUTGERSSUNDAY, 9 A.M.

TENNIS

RUTGERS VS. FDU HAMPTON, VA.TOMORROW, 4 P.M.

SOFTBALL

BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER

It took two overtime periods and aresponse to a furious rally by the Rutgerswomen’s lacrosse team, but the Scarlet

Knights still suf-fered their first lossof the season.

Princeton putthe ball in the backof the net in dou-

ble overtime to claim a 9-8 victory on soph-omore attack Jaci Gassaway’s third goal ofthe evening.

The goal came with 25 secondsremaining, capping of f a Tigers posses-sion that began at the start of the periodduring the in-state rivalr y game. Thedomination of possession time proved tobe a problem for the Knights (2-1) theentire game.

“We didn’t cherish our possessions onoffense,” head coach Laura Brand said. “Idon’t think we made great decisions on theoffensive end. I think [the defense] playedreally well. It stinks that that goal went in atthe end, and that’s something I wanted toexpress to them.

“A team like that has a lot of offensive fire-power, so to hold them to single-digit goalssays a lot.”

The defense gave up only 25 shots, andsophomore goalie Lily Kalata had nine saves.

“We let them squeak in and get right onthe crease, and they would take good shotsfrom there,” Kalata said.

Although Princeton did not score a lot, itsadvantage came in possession time, whichincluded more than two-thirds of each of thelast two overtime periods.

“They had the ball a lot because they’re apatient offense and they were getting manyopportunities, but every time they got an oppor-tunity we would force them out,” Kalata said.

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