nature of operation,” he said. Unlike on airplanes, it is possible for passengers to access the baggage cart at stops, Kulm said. Amtrak would also need to retrofit carriage areas, create more compartments to store firearms and implement more internal pol- icy regulations, among other changes. “[The amendment] is a very practical concern of ours,” Kulm said. A detailed cost analysis also needs to be conducted to see if Amtrak has funds for the A fatal car accident Sunday afternoon on Route 18 South killed a Summit, N.J., man and injured a University student, police confirmed yesterday. The passenger, Taimur Ashraf, 19, of Summit, was pro- nounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred after the black Toyota Camry struck the back of a University bus at 3:24 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the John Lynch Sr. Memorial Bridge, said New Brunswick Police Lt. J.T. Miller. The driver, Mohammad Saquib, 23, a University student, was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was admitted with injuries, Miller said. “[Saquib] is listed in fair condition,” hospital spokesper- son Cheryl Sarfaty said yesterday afternoon. No one on University bus 2123 was injured in the acci- dent, Miller said. Southbound lanes of Route 18 were closed for several hours following the crash, Miller said. The New Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutors Office continued their inves- tigation yesterday, which closed two southbound Route 18 lanes between the River Road and College Avenue exits. They re-opened all lanes around 1 p.m. The cause of the accident was still under investigation at press time. — John S. Clyde POLICE IDENTIFY ROUTE 18 CRASH VICTIMS AS SUMMIT MAN, U. STUDENT THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 25 S E R V I N G T H E R U T G E R S C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 8 6 9 TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2009 INDEX A columnist reflects on what the Rutgers University Student Assembly really does for the University and students’ general attitude toward it. PROVE IT ALL NIGHT Today: Sunny High: 69 • Low: 55 True freshman wide receiver Mohamed Sanu tries to replicate his 10-catch breakout performance against Cincinnati and prove that he can be an every-down receiver for the Scarlet Knights. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS UNIVERSITY OPINIONS ....... 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY ....... 3 Professors continue to ask students to purchase electronic clickers for their classes despite a long-standing objection to the devices. ANDREW HOWARD/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Recruiters tour country, globe to increase diversity BY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON CORRESPONDENT University students can be from any background, any race, any creed and any color, but not all can be from New Jersey. Although Vice President for Enrollment Management Courtney McAnuff said the University is the most popular school for New Jersey residents to attend, recruiters are now working around the country, as well as around the globe, to attract students. “We have not in the past, until this year, consciously made an effort to bring in international students,” McAnuff said. The University has a representa- tive on the Linden Tour, an interna- tional recruitment tour, McAnuff said. “This year, we have an interna- tional recruiter — he’s in Indonesia today. He will visit 25 cities around the world this year, as part of the Linden Tour … [that is] going to visit 25 cities around the world this year, as far as I know,” McAnuff said. Linden Tours provides informa- tion to various locations around the globe including Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Scandinavia, according to the tour Web site. BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR For U.S. Congress this month, the issue of security in public transportation is in contention with the Constitution’s Second Amendment. Law-abiding Amtrak pas- sengers could be allowed to carry licensed firearms in checked luggage with the Sept. 16 passing of a U.S. Senate amendment proposed by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. The amendment to the fis- cal year 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Appropriations Bill would force Amtrak to comply by March 2010 or forgo their $1.55 billion government sub- sidy, according to a press release by Wicker. Director of Amtrak Media Relations Steve Kulm said the amendment’s con- ditions do not make this feasi- ble for the company. Amtrak trains do not have the same security provi- sions as air- ports to comply with the proposed con- ditions within six months with their resources, he said. “There’s a lot of things that have to be done before then,” Kulm said. Airports have the aid of the Transportation Security Authority to screen baggage while Amtrak trains do not, according to an Amtrak letter to the Senate. Kulm said Amtrak does have its own police depart- ment to ensure top security. “The weapons would be in a controlled environment … but not as secure as an airport in Programs assist veterans’ transition to campus life BY ARIEL NAGI CORRESPONDENT Student veterans and the University are working to implement new programs and services that will recruit more veteran students and provide them with a smooth transition into college. The new G.I. Bill that takes effect this year will make it easier for student veterans to go to college by allowing them to count some of their military training toward their college credits, Dean of University College Susan Schurman said. The University worked on providing more benefits and services to veterans around campus this year after student veterans brought up concerns in President Richard L. McCormick’s annual address last year, she said. “We spent the last year getting ready for the new G.I. Bill,” Schurman said. “We began working on how to make sure all of the campus ser vices veterans might need, from efficiencies to financial aid to health services to military services, [were readily available, and] we set up a veter- ans mentoring group where staff, faculty and post veter- ans can mentor students and get them up and ready [to transition into college].” Rutgers-Camden senior William Brown, a veteran, said the concerns that were addressed last year at the presi- dential address were the turning point for University stu- dent veterans. Many student veterans felt isolated from the rest of the stu- dents on campus and not adequately represented, Brown said. “You look at Rutgers — it has a total of 54,000 students and there’s only 438 military and veteran students combined, so SEE VETERANS ON PAGE 4 SEE DIVERSITY ON PAGE 6 Congress reviews Senate bill allowing guns on trains THE DAILY TARGUM SEE GUNS ON PAGE 4
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nature ofo p e r a t i o n , ” he said.
Unlike on airplanes, it ispossible for passengers toaccess the baggage cart atstops, Kulm said.
Amtrak would also needto retrofit carriage areas,create more compartmentsto store firearms and implement more internal pol-icy regulations, among other changes.
“[Theamendment]is a very practicalconcern of ours,” Kulm said.
A detailed cost analysisalso needs to be conducted tosee if Amtrak has funds for the
A fatal car accident Sunday afternoon on Route 18 Southkilled a Summit, N.J., man and injured a University student,police confirmed yesterday.
The passenger, Taimur Ashraf, 19, of Summit, was pro-nounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred afterthe black Toyota Camry struck the back of a University busat 3:24 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the John Lynch Sr.Memorial Bridge, said New Brunswick Police Lt. J.T. Miller.
The driver, Mohammad Saquib, 23, a University student,was transported to Robert Wood Johnson UniversityHospital, where he was admitted with injuries, Miller said.
“[Saquib] is listed in fair condition,” hospital spokesper-son Cheryl Sarfaty said yesterday afternoon.
No one on University bus 2123 was injured in the acci-dent, Miller said.
Southbound lanes of Route 18 were closed for severalhours following the crash, Miller said.
The New Brunswick Police Department and theMiddlesex County Prosecutors Office continued their inves-tigation yesterday, which closed two southbound Route 18lanes between the River Road and College Avenue exits.They re-opened all lanes around 1 p.m.
The cause of the accident was still under investigation atpress time.
— John S. Clyde
POLICE IDENTIFY ROUTE 18 CRASH VICTIMS AS SUMMIT MAN, U. STUDENT
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INDEX
A columnist reflects on
what the Rutgers
University Student
Assembly really does
for the University and
students’ general
attitude toward it.
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Professors continue
to ask students to
purchase electronic
clickers for their
classes despite a
long-standing
objection to
the devices.
ANDREW HOWARD/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Recruiters tour country, globe to increase diversityBY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON
CORRESPONDENT
University students can be fromany background, any race, any creedand any color, but not all can befrom New Jersey.
Although Vice President forEnrollment Management Courtney
McAnuff said the University is themost popular school for New Jerseyresidents to attend, recruiters are nowworking around the country, as well asaround the globe, to attract students.
“We have not in the past, until thisyear, consciously made an effort tobring in international students,”McAnuff said.
The University has a representa-tive on the Linden Tour, an interna-tional recruitment tour, McAnuff said.
“This year, we have an interna-tional recruiter — he’s in Indonesiatoday. He will visit 25 cities aroundthe world this year, as part of theLinden Tour … [that is] going tovisit 25 cities around the world
this year, as far as I know,” McAnuff said.
Linden Tours provides informa-tion to various locations around theglobe including Asia, South Asia,the Middle East and Scandinavia,according to the tour Web site.
BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
For U.S. Congress thismonth, the issue of securityin public transportation is incontention with theConstitution’s SecondAmendment.
Law-abiding Amtrak pas-sengers could be allowed tocarry licensed firearms inchecked luggage with theSept. 16 passing of a U.S.Senate amendment proposedby Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss.
The amendment to the fis-cal year 2010 Transportation,Housing and UrbanAppropriations Bill wouldforce Amtrak to comply byMarch 2010 or forgo their$1.55 billion government sub-sidy, according to a pressrelease by Wicker.
Director of AmtrakMedia Relations Steve Kulm
said the amendment’s con-ditions do notmake this feasi-ble for thecompany.
A m t r a ktrains do nothave the samesecurity provi-sions as air-ports to complywith the proposed con-ditions within six monthswith their resources, he said.
“There’s a lot of thingsthat have to be done beforethen,” Kulm said.
Airports have the aid ofthe Transportation SecurityAuthority to screen baggagewhile Amtrak trains do not,according to an Amtrak letterto the Senate.
Kulm said Amtrak doeshave its own police depart-ment to ensure top security.
“The weapons would be in acontrolled environment … butnot as secure as an airport in
Programs assist veterans’ transitionto campus life
BY ARIEL NAGICORRESPONDENT
Student veterans and the University are working toimplement new programs and services that will recruitmore veteran students and provide them with a smoothtransition into college.
The new G.I. Bill that takes effect this year will make iteasier for student veterans to go to college by allowing themto count some of their military training toward their collegecredits, Dean of University College Susan Schurman said.
The University worked on providing more benefitsand services to veterans around campus this year afterstudent veterans brought up concerns in PresidentRichard L. McCormick’s annual address last year, she said.
“We spent the last year getting ready for the new G.I.Bill,” Schurman said. “We began working on how to makesure all of the campus services veterans might need, fromefficiencies to financial aid to health services to militaryservices, [were readily available, and] we set up a veter-ans mentoring group where staff, faculty and post veter-ans can mentor students and get them up and ready [totransition into college].”
Rutgers-Camden senior William Brown, a veteran, saidthe concerns that were addressed last year at the presi-dential address were the turning point for University stu-dent veterans.
Many student veterans felt isolated from the rest of the stu-dents on campus and not adequately represented, Brown said.
“You look at Rutgers — it has a total of 54,000 students andthere’s only 438 military and veteran students combined, so
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SILENT SILHOUETTES U. fights hunger one family at a timeBY MATT REED
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers Against Hunger hascome a long way since last November.
More than 45,000 pounds offood have been collected throughfood drives, and the organizationhas raised more than $105,000 indonations, said RAH CoordinatorJulie Sylvester.
“It’s been terrific,” Sylvestersaid. “The Rutgers communityhas really embraced this wholeinitiative. People are excited.Depar tments are gatheringtogether as a team and adopt-ing a family. I’d like to thinkthat we’re not just doing goodfor families, but also creatingteamwork and camaraderiewithin the departments. I thinkit’s a real healthy thing that thisis happening on campus.”
Through newspapers, e-mails, their Web site and facul-ty, RAH has been asking stu-dents and community membersto get involved, she said.
“The local community hasalso embraced Rutgers AgainstHunger,” Sylvester said. “Wehave church groups, cubscouts, Girl Scouts — all kindsof groups that contact us andsay they’d like to par tnertogether and raise food and awareness.”
Public school districts areworking now on having fooddrives to support RAH, wherestudents are creating their ownposters that will hang aroundthe schools.
“It’s teaching them to donateand do good, teaching themthat there are people in theircommunity that don’t haveenough food to eat, and teach-ing them how nutritious food isimportant,” she said.
Whenever they go into theschools, RAH will be bringingage-appropriate literature thatwill consider the importance ofnutritious foods, Sylvester said.
Sylvester sees RAH as anopportunity to put into practiceall the work that the Rutgers-
New Jersey AgriculturalExperiment Station CooperativeExtension has been doingthroughout the years.
“As a land grant institution,Rutgers University has beendoing a lot of education on fooddistribution, nutrition and safe-ty. Now we can share ourresearch, teach nutrition inEnglish as a second languageclasses and encourage volun-teerism,” she said. “The amountof students who are interested
in helping and volunteering ontheir own is terrific.”
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Nicole Lessner thinksRAH is doing a good job in theiroutreach ef forts.
“They do a really good jobwith e-mails, and I see donationboxes all over the place,”Lessner said.
So far this semester, 80groups have signed up throughthe University to adopt a family,Sylvester said.
“We don’t want to overcommitthis year,” she said. “We’re going towatch the numbers as well as theamount of families we can help,and see how it goes.”
Johnia Osias, a School of Artsand Sciences junior, thinks thedining halls are a good sourcefor leftover food.
“Overall, I think they aredoing a good job. I just see allthat extra food in the dining hallsand hope it can go out to thepoor in the New Brunswick andPiscataway area,” Osias said.
RAH prefers to measure its suc-cess not in pounds and dollars, butnumber of families helped.
“Our goals aren’t based on theamount of money or food we col-lect. Our goal is to make a differ-ence and educate people aboutfood insecurity, that there are peo-ple that are hungry, and that chil-dren are going to school hungry,”Sylvester said. “We want to makesure in our academic classes thatwe are requring communityservice type work, and that stu-dents are going out to make a difference.”
“We don’t want toovercommit this
year. We’re going towatch the numbers
... and see howit goes.”
JULIE SYLVESTERRutgers Against Hunger
Coordinator
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we are, without a doubt, the greatestminority on campus,” Brown said.
The hardest thing for veteransto deal with is the transition intocollege, student veteran BryanAdams said.
“There’s a lot of programs inplace for [student veterans] now,”said Adams, a Rutgers-Camdensophomore. “That is one of thethings we pushed for last year inthe address. There was a lack oftransitional programs.”
Each University campus —New Brunswick/Piscataway,Camden and Newark — has a vet-eran resource officer, who assistsstudent veterans with variousissues such as knowing theirrights and benefits as a veteran,said Adams, the president ofVeterans for Education, aUniversity student organization.
Student veteran WilliamBrown said having a mentor oncampus is beneficial because alarge majority of veterans are
unaware of what resources arereadily available to them.
“Once I started going to col-lege, I realized that a lot of aca-demics — at least in my percep-tion — kind of had this negativestereotype about men and womenwho serve the country,” he said.“I kind of felt like [peoplethought] we weren’t intellectualsbecause we served our country.”
Brown said Veterans forEducation is helping studentslearn more about why veteransare a vital part of the country.
“I think a lot of people don’trealize that without the militarywe won’t have civil liberty, free-dom and great capital buildingmarkets that we have,” he said. “Ithink for too long there has beendiscrimination against militaryveteran students, especially inacademic universities and cam-puses across the nation.”
Brown said he thinks this kindof behavior and discriminationdiscourages military veteransfrom going to college.
Adams said he thinks manyveterans are hesitant to go tocollege because of the lack ofprograms available to them and
the lack of students they canrelate to, which causes them tofeel isolated.
He said this was dif ficult forhim his first semester and it stillcontinues to be somewhat of an issue.
“A lot of [veterans] are olderstudents. Some of them havekids, mortgages … I guess Ican’t really relate to the averagecollege student, so that kind ofnaturally forms an isolationbetween [us],” Adams said.“Recruiting is one thing we real-ly care about. We’d like to seemore veterans on campus. Nowthat the new G.I. Bill waspassed, it’s a lot easier for themto go to college, so we’re justtrying to make it as attractive aspossible to them.”
Schurman said the Universityis making further efforts torecruit more veterans to campusthis year.
“This fall is kind of an initia-tion of the new veterans’ bene-fits,” she said. “It’s clear that ournumber of veterans is up some-what compared to a year ago. Ourexpectation is that next year therewill be more.”
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effort, he said. They may requiremore federal funding or reallo-cate their own resources, whichtakes away from other projects.
“As a result of these significantdifferences with the airline indus-try, Amtrak would need a signifi-cant amount of time and fundingto properly address thisCongressional mandate,” accord-ing to the letter.
The House passed its own ver-sion of the bill this past summerwithout this amendment, Kulmsaid. The bill is now in conferencestage to reconcile differences.
Restricting Amtrak passen-gers from carrying arms is a con-stitutional violation, Wicker saidin his release, as airline passen-gers are allowed to transportunloaded firearms in securechecked baggage.
“Americans should not havetheir Second Amendment rightsrestricted for any reason, par-ticularly if they choose to travelon America’s federally subsi-dized rail line,” Wicker said inhis release.
Rutgers Business Schoolfirst-year student Lap Nguyensaid since Amtrak receives fed-eral funding, it should adhere tothe Constitution.
“If it receives that federal fund-ing, then it has to have those fed-
eral regulations, and guess what?The right to bear arms is one ofthem,” he said.
Christopher Kozub, associatedirector of safety and securityprograms for the University’sNational Transit Institute, saidsurface transportation systemsdo not have the same integratedsecurity measures as airports.
People do not use planes every-day, so they are willing to wait morethan two hours to go through secu-rity, but for daily transit, societywould not tolerate the delays andcomplications increased securitywould cause, he said.
“I think the measure will chal-lenge and complicate the securityefforts that are already being car-ried out by Amtrak as well as thetransit systems and railroads thatjointly operate with Amtrakaround the country,” Kozub said.
Increased security would pro-vide too many delays and wouldbe difficult to enforce, said ErnestMario School of Pharmacy gradu-ate student Amanda Broadbent.People could make mistakes orslip past, threatening the securityof others.
“I feel like [society is] notresponsible enough to have thatoption,” Broadbent said.
Nguyen said this law couldmake it easier to sneak firearmsillegally onto the train, but this isalso possible now.
“They’re going to get the gunanyway regardless if they don’thave a license. They’re not goingto abide by arbitrary rules [like
the amendment]. They alreadybroke the law to get an illegalweapon,” he said.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Marion Clement saideven if Amtrak increased securitymeasures, she would not feelcomfortable knowing anotherpassenger had a gun in theirchecked luggage while she wasalso on the train.
Clement, a native of France,said developed European coun-tries do not allow citizens to beararms and the crime rate is lowerthan the United States.
“The majority of crimes in theUnited States are because ofguns,” she said.
Kozub said in any public trans-portation system there are securi-ty issues.
“The only way to absolutelyprevent anything from ever hap-pening on any sort of transporta-tion system … would be to shutthem down,” said Kozub, a for-mer Amtrack employee.
Amtrak passengers have notbeen allowed to carry any firearmsor weapons in checked orunchecked baggage since theMadrid bombings, and restrictionson firearms were enacted after theSept. 11 terrorist attacks, Kulm said.
He said prior to Sept. 11,Amtrak did allow firearms inchecked baggage.
“Historically and statistically,traveling by Amtrak trains …have been one of the safest andmost secure means of transporta-tion in our country,” Kozub said.
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As the University continues to progress on reach-ing its objectives, it will have finished many of its 2005projected building goals.
Among the finished buildings are the LifeSciences Building, the Biomedical EngineeringBuilding and the Center for Advanced Infrastructureand Transportation on Busch campus and theCamden School of Law addition. But projects that arestill in development are the Health Sciences Centernear Robert Wood Johnson-University Hospital andthe “Vision for the Livingston Campus” project.
“The $10 million first phase of the center was builtbetween Paterson and Bayard streets,” Universityspokesman E.J. Miranda said about the HealthSciences Center. “Completed in the fall of 2008, thefive-story, 23,000-square-foot building serves theCollege of Nursing and includes units associated withthe Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.”
The second phase of the project will cost $25 mil-lion and will include a 58,000 square-foot buildingthat will house the Institute for Health, Health CarePolicy and Aging Research, he said. Currentlyunder construction, it is scheduled for completionby summer of 2010.
Another project that is due for completion is the“Vision for the Livingston Campus” which wasoriginally called “College Town” until the namechange during an address by University PresidentRichard L. McCormick.
“Consolidating professional education programsat Livingston would provide a coherent academicidentity; build on Livingston’s long-standing commit-ment to leadership, diversity and social responsibility;and promote synergies that enrich education anddeepen the impact of research across the state,”Miranda said.
The redevelopment of Livingston campus hasalready begun with the expansion and renovation of theLivingston Student Center — the final phase of whichwill be completed by the end of this year, he said.
The construction of a new Livingston DiningCommons is under design and anticipated to open inthe fall of 2011, Miranda said.
A year later, the University expects to completethe Livingston student housing project, he said. Theproject is under design.
— Cagri Ozuturk
CAPITAL PROJECTS TO CHANGE FACE OF LIVINGSTON CAMPUS
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On-campus, off-campus andother nonprofit volunteer agen-cies will be recruiting membersat the Community Service Fairon Morrell Street today from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. by the RutgersStudent Center on the CollegeAvenue campus.
“What is unique about thisCommunity Service Fair is thatwe did not focus primarily on onetype of community service area.We realize students are interest-ed in all types of community
services,” Service DayCoordinator Lorna Adu said.
The objective of this fair is toprovide students with opportuni-ties to volunteer in the communi-ty, meet many service represen-tatives in one place and obtainmore knowledge about specifichumanitarian groups.
“It’s like the involvement fair, justsmaller and with community serviceorganizations,” said ProgramCoordinator Heather Mullendore.
The main strength of the fairlies in its diversity, she said. Thefair is co-sponsored by StudentInvolvement, Student Volunteer
Council and The Hillel Foundation.“We have groups there that tai-
lor to working with children, elder-ly and even the homeless,” Adu
said. “This may consist of deliver-ing food to the needy, tutoring afterschool, working in a soup kitchen,collecting toys for disadvantagedchildren at Christmas or helpingthe disabled.”
Groups such as AlternativeBreak, Habitat for Humanity,Unite for Sight, ARC ofSomerset County and theHighland Park CommunityFood Pantry represent some ofthe associations that will attendthe fair.
“Many students do not knowthat there are homeless peopleliving right on College Avenue,
sleeping at the bus stops eachday,” Adu said. “We are oftenblinded by the Rutgers commu-nity of buses and student cen-ters, and so the idea behind thisfair is to get students outsideinto the community not only tovolunteer but to be aware ofthese issues.”
Students interested in volun-teering or learning about organi-zations and their work areencouraged to come.
“It’s important [for students]to give back to the community that they live in,” Mullendore said.
BY MATT REEDCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Electronic clickers forquizzes, student polling andattendance are used in class-rooms throughout the University.
But complaints have beenraised by the student body that theclickers are not being usedenough, they cost too much andthey have to buy too many of them.
“It obviously is a lot of money,”said Nathan Gwira, a School of Artsand Sciences junior. “If we coulduniversally use just one clicker, thatwould make it easier on students.The cost is really a big deal forsome of us. Tuition and books arealready enough money.”
Michael Beals, vice dean ofUndergraduate Education for theSchool of Arts and Sciences, saidthis is a problem he’s been hearingabout for years.
“When we first started usingclickers several years ago, the goalwas to have a single clicker sys-tem,” Beals said.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Nisha Joshi said she’ssick of juggling clickers.
“I’ve had three clickers so farand haven’t used the same onetwice. For chemistry, organicchemistry and psychology I had adifferent clicker,” she said.
The main difficulty in having auniversal clicker system is the pub-lishers sell different types of click-ers with their books, Beals said.
“We make choices on aca-demic grounds, trying to selectthe best book for the materialthat the course is supposed to becovering. These books comebundled with various technolo-gies, including clicker technolo-gies,” he said. “We still have notovercome the problem causedby different publishers using avariety of systems.”
Nick Arvaneni, a School ofEngineering sophomore, saidthere is one type of clicker that isespecially problematic.
“We had to buy a [personalresponse system] clicker. Rightafter that, the teacher said that wearen’t going to use them any-more. … You can’t resell theclicker and they’re more expen-sive than the others,” he said.“Once my teacher realized howcomplicated it was, she decidednot to use the clicker — and nowI’m stuck with it.”
Andrew Abdou, a Universityalumnus and information technol-ogy representative for theUniversity of Medicine andDentistry of New Jersey, thinksthe clickers are more troublethan they are worth.
“The assortment of clickersyou’ll collect is remarkable,” hesaid. “Clickers in general are justan advanced way of taking atten-dance. They don’t keep you anymore engaged or provide a moreinteractive class experience.”
Clickers do not stop studentsfrom skipping out on class.
“A lot of the time, studentsgive their clickers to a friend toclick for them,” Abdou said. “Onetime, a professor caught a girldoing that and he smashed theclickers against the wall.”
Beals said there is hope forthe future if universities organizetogether and push the textbookcompanies to adopt a single click-er technology.
“There are still discussionsgoing on. This is frequentlyraised in faculty discussions. Wedon’t have much clout over thetextbook companies,” he said. “Ifthere were the possibility of uni-versities banding together andsaying ‘we need some kind of uni-form technology here,’ I thinkthat would be more successful.”
Students lose cashclick after click
Through a study of baseball teams, a University professor is learninghow diversity affects organizations.
In his study involving research of 30 Major League Baseball teams,Rutgers Business School-Camden Associate Professor Chester Spellexplains how changes in demographic groups in baseball teams will affectthe behavior and efficiency of the teams.
“Diversity within a group plays a role in improving the group’s per-formance and behavioral health,” Spell said in a press release. “Sharedexperiences among subgroups within a larger team promote better com-munication and collaboration. Through changes in team composition,groups can enjoy positive changes in individual and group performance.”
Management scholars regularly observe that the operation of a baseballteam reflects many attributes of modern organizations, Spell said.
“Moreover, since team composition regularly changes in baseball, weare studying whether demographic diversity actually adds to the long-termstability of a group,” Spell said.
There are times when diversity may be counterproductive, Spell said.There are still teams where there are racial tensions, but under certain con-ditions teams can feed off diversity.
—Cagri Ozuturk
PROFESSOR USES BASEBALL TO STUDYDYNAMICS OF PROFITABLE DIVERSITY
“We are often blinded by the
Rutgers community... This fair is to getstudents outside.”
LORNA ADUService Day Coordinator
On-campus fair explores possibilities of off-campus service
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“We also have domesticrecruiters working within 150 milesof the campus,” McAnuff said.“They are expanding to college fairsin other states.”
Recruiting students from out ofthe country is in line with theUniversity’s long-standing values,said Deborah Epting, associate vice president for enrollment management.
“The University has always val-ued a geographically diverse cam-pus community because interactingwith people of widely varied back-grounds, life experiences, beliefs
and ideas prepares our graduates tobe global citizens,” Epting said.
To recruit stu-dents in the coun-try, McAnuff saidthe Universitybuys a list of poten-tial student namesfrom AmericanCollege Tests thathigh school students take.
“We buynames from manyservices, like thecollege boardsand the ACTs. Webuy about 150,000 names per year… [and] roughly 7,000 studentscome out of that amount,”McAnuff said.
But McAnuff said theUniversity is being particularabout out-of-state students.
“We don’t wantto attract toomany low-incomestudents fromother states; wejust don’t want thestate to have thatkind of dif ficultyright now,”McAnuff said.
Some studentslike Sarah Olsensaid out of all theschools in NewJersey, the
University was the best possiblechoice for her.
“It made the most sense, aca-demically and financially, plus loca-
tion isn’t bad either,” said Olsen, aSchool of Arts and Sciences junior.
School of Environmental andBiological Sciences junior MelissaMarie Nutini said she came to theUniversity because she had heard it provided support for undergraduate education.
“It’s affordable, and it’s not toofar from my home state of NewYork,” Nutini said. “I can go homeon the weekends and visit grandma,but I also really love the Douglasscommunity, and there’s so muchopportunity to learn [here].”
Nutini said the Universityprovides mentorship, guidanceand opportunities for friendship.
“We have been making aneffort to improve undergraduateeducation for years,” McAnuffsaid. “Now, we are expanding.”
DIVERSITY: U. recruits
students from high school lists
continued from front “We also havedomestic recruiters
working within 150 miles of the campus.”
COURTNEY MCANUFFVice President for Enrollment
Management
The Rutgers UniversityPolice Department is inves-tigating a reported robberythat occurred early Fridaymorning near the Lot 8 busstop on the College Avenuecampus, said Capt. KennethCop of the RUPD in an e-mail crime alert to the community.
The victim reportedthree males demanded thevictim’s sweatshirt atabout 3:30 a.m., Cop saidin the e-mail. Once in Lot8, the victim reportedbeing assaulted.
Cop said the victim wasnot seriously injured duringthis assault.
Authorities asked any-one with informationabout the assault to con-tact (732) 932-8025.
— John S. Clyde
VICTIM ASSAULTED,ROBBED IN
COLLEGE AVENUECAMPUS LOT
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRENTON—A court decisionthat bars exit polling within 100feet of New Jersey polling placesis unlikely to stand because fed-eral courts around the countryhave consistently rejected suchrestrictions, according to legaland polling experts.
New Jersey is the only state tokeep exit pollsters and journalistsfrom approaching voters within100 feet of a polling place.
Ten states have tried to banexit polling close to polling placesand, in each case, a federal courtrejected the ban, saying that exitpolling is one activity allowed nearpolling places. The state SupremeCourt acknowledged the federalrulings, but said it disagreed.
Experts say error rates arehigher with such buffers in place.
“Exit polls provide accuratedata about voter behaviorbecause of the near certaintythat persons interviewed haveactually voted,” Joseph Lenski,co-founder and executive vicepresident of Edison MediaResearch, said last year whenMinnesota tried to create a 100-foot buffer zone.
Edison Media Research,based in New Jersey, helped runexit polls during the 2008 presi-dential race for the NationalElection Pool — a consortiumthat includes The AssociatedPress, CNN, Fox, ABC, NBCand CBS.
Both the quality and quantityof the information decreasessignificantly because interview-ers are supposed to approachvoters in a preset pattern, suchas every fourth voter. As the dis-tance from polling placesincreases, Lenski said, so doesthe likelihood that a voter getsinto their car without beingapproached or blends into acrowd that includes people whodidn’t vote.
Decision torestrict exitpolling maynot stand
another day, with or withoutthe REXL Quads bus stop.
But seriously, the letterwas a microcosm ofRUSA’s inability to proveits own self worth. In coun-tering the barrage of criti-cism hurled its way thispast week, the letter pro-claimed that it will be pass-
ing not one but three resolutions. The first is toopen up the idea of a future retreat to publicdebate, the second to reenact a code of ethics inorder to maintain decorum during this debateand a third to mandate community service proj-ects by members. Born and West added thisthird resolution as a response to “the biggestcriticism with the retreat’s merits … that it isnot community-service oriented.” Is that reallythe biggest criticism? Would we be OK with upto $20,000 being squandered if it somehowinvolved RUSA members “painting at localschools” or helping with “gardening projects” as
they suggest?The ver y line of reasoning
behind the resolutions is problem-atic. It suggests that RUSA has aromanticized image of itself. We’reled to believe that any problemfaced by the organization caninstantly be fixed by its own inter-nal mechanisms. A few “whereas”and “be it hereby resolved” state-ments and poof, problem solved.The above three resolutions wouldbe unnecessary if they took the
simple step of not having the retreat ever again.The very notion of opening the idea up forfuture debate misses the point entirely.Students have already expressed their dissatis-faction. Moreover, they are unlikely to wastetheir time attending meetings to remind the organization of their position a second orthird time.
This idea of student apathy speaks directly tothe larger issue: Only the individuals within stu-dent government actually care about student gov-
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S ince its inceptionabout two years ago,I’ve been baffled as
to precisely what theRutgers University StudentAssembly does here oncampus. Occasionally —and sometimes just forkicks — I would ask some-one from the organizationwhat it is they do. Their face would light up.“What a wonderful question!” they must havebeen thinking. “At last, an opportunity to enlight-en an interested constituent.”
They would begin their statement quite confi-dently and be sure to hit all the talking points.There would invariably be some mention of rep-resenting students’ voices on campus and pass-ing resolutions to make positive changes. Butthis never seemed to clarify the issue for me. I’mjust a layperson, I would try to explain, and it isunreasonable to expect me to understand whatsuch abstract terms actually mean. And so theywould backpedal and attempt toreconstruct what it is that RUSAdoes. It was no use. It seemed Iwas too dense.
In fact, it wasn’t until the currentdebate about RUSA’s retreat that Ifinally understood what the organi-zation actually does. It’s simple yousee: They conjure up creative waysto waste our student funding! I canrest peacefully.
Yesterday’s letter “RUSA standsunited despite disagreements onretreat,” coauthored by University Affairs ChairBen West and RUSA Chair Werner Born, onlyreassured me of how out of touch RUSA is. Iexpected to hear some compelling reasons whywe should no longer be upset that RUSA wasspending up to $20,000 to tell ghost stories andtoast marshmallows. What was published insteadwas a heartfelt letter, assuring us that West andBorn are working out their disagreements andovercoming their differences. The student bodyshould have no qualms, the duo exclaimed, sincethe balance of student government no longerhangs on their precarious relationship. We’ll live
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Referendum on RUSA
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Level the playing fieldP eople appreciate having the ability to get a meal at their con-
venience. Fast food and other unhealthy choices make it easyfor people to get a quick, cheap meal on the go or even when
they just don’t feel like grocery shopping and cooking dinner. But whatif the cheap component was taken out of the appeal of junk food? Ifunhealthy food was expensive and healthier choices were more acces-sible because of lower price, would Americans eat better?
This is what the government has been pondering for a while now.Talk of putting a fat tax on unhealthy food was discussed this summer,and people are still critiquing the idea. According to CNN, taking theircue from steep taxes on tobacco, which have helped reduce smokingrates, the health policy experts who wrote the report argue that a taxon fattening foods could not only raise a lot of revenue to pay for healthreform but could also help curb obesity and thereby slow the growthin health care costs over time. Statistics show that there has been a 25percent increase in obesity-related medical expenses between 1987and 2001. Obesity is becoming — no pun intended — a bigger problemfor Americans because levels of physical activity are down and con-sumption of fast food is up.
Putting a tax on these foods can be a good idea. People go toMcDonalds or prefer a fattening frozen dinner because of conven-ience; it’s quick and easy to make or obtain and it’s cheap. If anyonedoes try to eat organic foods or even get a water instead of a soda it ismore expensive to do so. It is possible that the food being more expen-sive deters people from going straight for it and may have them con-sidering eating things that are better for them. There will also have tobe strict guidelines with what constitutes a food as healthy orunhealthy. There are a lot of factors to look into: fat, sodium, artificialingredients, etc. This will be where a big gray area occurs.
At the same time, there is also the chance that putting a tax on fattyfoods will do nothing to make the health of Americans better but onlygenerate more money into government pockets. This is not a bad thingif the money is used for something like reforming health care. But ifthe main concern is the health of the American people, governmentofficials thinking about adding a few more dollars or cents to analready low price to stop unhealthy eating habits will have to thinkagain. People already know that these foods are bad for them but theydo not stop. It is just like cigarettes: People know that they are dan-gerous and can cause health problems, but despite the high price andhealth risks they continue to smoke. Campaigns for healthy eating,like quitting smoking, can go on but it really doesn’t change the waypeople live. The price of healthy foods will have to go down whileunhealthy foods go up to really make any kind of a difference.
“We don’t want to attract too many low-income students from other states; we just don’t want the
state to have that kind of difficulty right now.”Courtney McAnuff, vice president for enrollment management,
on the University’s efforts to attract out-of-state students
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SEE KNECHT ON PAGE 9
Unfair andUnbalanced
ERIC KNECHT
“Let’s be honest,there are middle
school class councils passingmore impactful
resolutions.”
Beer shows school spirit
G ameday is a big deal at many universities across the country,including our very own. Students, teachers and fans alike cel-ebrate by wearing their school colors loud and proud, and par-
ticipate in activities such as tailgating. Anheuser-Busch has launched anew marketing campaign to help you show your school spirit evenmore. Beer cans in school colors are being sold around college cam-puses throughout America. Scarlet, black and white beer cans shouldbe available around the University area to help you really show yoursupport for the Scarlet Knights.
Universities are having issues with this new marketing plan,because they fear that it only promotes underage and binge drinkingon college campuses. Anheuser-Busch has responded to the universi-ties’ complaints by saying that their campaign is only geared towardthose fans and students who can legally consume alcoholic beverages.They also defended their campaign by saying that there is still warn-ing against underage drinking on their products, and they also pro-mote responsible drinking.
Universities need to wake up and realize that no matter what colorthe can is, students are still going to drink on gamedays, regardless ifthey are of age or not. The only thing the school color cans will do ismake people want to drink Anheuser-Busch beer over other brands —smart marketing on their part. Drinking is part of college culture, andgamedays are big for partying and tailgating. It has been this way forquite some time. By removing those cans from the stores surroundingthe University, they are only taking one kind of beer away. There arestill others, and the students will drink it.
Universities are also arguing to Anheuser-Busch that it is trademarkinfringement because school colors are used, according to the WallStreet Journal. There are no logos or names of schools on the cans, justcolors. That is just a big excuse to get the beer away from campuses byblaming it on something as stupid as “color infringement.” This is allone big overreaction from these schools. It almost seems like showingopposition to the campaign is something they felt they had to do, just toprove that they are against underage drinking, even though it is preva-lent on practically every college campus. It is what it is, and gamedaywill always be reserved for celebrating the school and team, and drinkswill be served whether the cans don the school colors or not.
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ernment. The barriers to entryfor joining RUSA have more todo with the patience involvedwith acquiring a particularamount of signatures than itdoes with anything that makesour representatives inherentlyqualified. Beyond this, theturnout of campus elections isdismally low. Most authoritari-an dictators have a more credi-ble election mandate than ourRUSA representatives. Evenmore alarming, despite the lowbarriers to entry, students over-whelmingly opt not to partici-pate in running for student gov-ernment; elections continue tofeature candidates runningunopposed and seats oftenremain unfilled.
It follows that only the indi-viduals who truly wish to be instudent government are join-ing in the first place. Are theseself-selecting students reallythe types who need a teambuilding retreat to inspirethem toward a common cause?But even more pertinent, whatis this common cause, and is itessential to the point that stu-dent funds should be displacedfrom more productive usage inorder to fund it?
Last spring, RUSA passed20 resolutions. Of these, sixdealt with matters pertainingto itself. These includedimpeachment, election guide-lines, standing rules and vari-ous internal restructuring. The
KNECHTcontinued from page 8
remaining resolutions rangedfrom banning advertisementsin classrooms, approving mealsign-aways and of fering sym-bolic gestures commendingthe University for cutting itscontract with Russell Appareland suppor ting the Day ofSilence rally. Let’s be honest, there are middleschool class councils passingmore impactful resolutions.
In retrospect, the question Iposed at the beginning of thisarticle remains valid. I don’tunderstand what RUSA doesand have never heard a validjustification for why it shouldbe funded beyond what isabsolutely necessar y. I’venever even heard a cogentargument for its existence.Essentially it has one ver ymeaningful purpose — to judi-ciously allocate funding acrossstudent groups.
Born’s letter seemed toavoid the issue. If you can’tclearly articulate the purposesof this retreat, why should iteven be open for discussion?Why should money that couldpotentially boost severelyunder funded organizations be instead spent on a student government pow-wow? That is what your letterwas supposed to address, but I’m happy for you andWest, really.
Eric Knecht is a RutgersCollege senior majoring in eco-nomics and history. His column,“Unfair and Unbalanced,” runson alternate Tuesdays. He welcomes feedback [email protected].
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1 road victory against a toughBig East opponent.
While that same dedicationwas there on Sunday, external fac-tors came into play for both teams.
“It’s part of the Friday-Sundayrhythm of the Big East,” Crookssaid. “We’ve been doing this foryears, where the Friday game wassharp and the mobility is good andthen Sunday [we struggle].”
By all accounts even SouthFlorida, coming off a 1-0 win overSeton Hall at home Friday, was drag-ging toward the end of the match inthe face of extreme weather.
“If anybody saw this, it was agood battle and I think both teamsdid very well under the condi-tions,” Crooks said. “But we reallyhad to fight and both teams wereout there just trying to gut it out.”
The solution, according toCrooks, is a move toward aThursday-Sunday schedule inthe conference.
“I think there needs to be seri-ous look by administrators,”Crooks said. “One of the thingsthat I want to do as a head coachin the Big East is look very close-ly into the Thursday-Sundayrhythm of Big East play.”
But for Crooks, now in his10th season at the helm, watchinghis team embark on such a gruel-ing road trip this weekend simplyserved to reignite an issue thatmany think needs to be resolved.
“It just kind of hit me[Sunday] that it’s crazy,” he said.“When we talk about student-ath-letes’ welfare [it needs to betaken into consideration].”
CROOKS: Coach wantschanges in league scheduling
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Sanu played quar terbackand safety in high school andpracticed with the defense
FLASH: Ten of Sanu’s 16
catches came vs. Cincinnati
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True freshman Mohamed Sanu was a high school quarterback, played safety in the spring and now playswideout, drawing comparisons to both Courtney Greene and Kenny Britt from head coach Greg Schiano.
when he arrived at Rutgers inthe spring.
When the wide receiver depthbecame an obvious concern latein spring practice, Sanu made theswitch to wide receiver and hasnot looked back.
“We are learning every dayabout those guys,” Schiano said of
the freshmen, namely Sanu. “Ithink as we learn more aboutthem, we will be able to do morethings with them and more effec-tively. It is definitely, as I said inthe beginning, a work in progress.But it is a fun work, I think.”
Savage looks to join in onSaturday, returning to the field
and re-creating the connec-tion he displayed with Sanu against Cincinnati.
“The talent that he is, teamsshould definitely be con-cerned,” Savage said. “I’m excit-ed to go out there and startcompeting with him again, to goout there and get the connec-tion going again.”
Although Savage expects toplay Saturday, and Schianoexpressed the same hope, Sanuis confident with either his class-mate or senior Dom Nataleunder center.
“I feel comfortable [withSavage], but I feel comfortablewith both quarterbacks,” Sanu said. “You just have to playthe game.”
No matter who is at quarter-back, Sanu is more concernedwith improving the wideout sideof the receiving connection.
“Everybody works of f ofeach other, and we’re alwayshelping each other out,” Sanusaid of the receiving corps.“Whenever we run routes, weask, ‘What did we do wrong?’We have to make sure we’redoing everything right, becauseif we do it the wrong way, it’s abroken play. That’s why we haveto make sure we focus on the lit-tle things.”
While Sanu leads the groupin receptions and Brown haspulled in the most yards, a thirdreceiver has yet to step up forthe Knights.
During the bye week, find-ing that third wideout was apoint of emphasis.
“The past few days, a lot of dif-ferent guys have stepped up,”Sanu said. “I’m just excited forwhoever it is that steps up andmakes plays.”
Freshman quarterback Tom Savage suffered a concussion againstFlorida International and didn’t play vs. Maryland, but said he feels alot better and expects to play Saturday against Texas Southern.
BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Tom Savage cannot wait to getback on the field. After rejoining theteam for practice Wednesday from
a concus-sion, thetrue fresh-man quar-t e r b a c kjust wants
to get back in a game situation.“I feel a lot better,” Savage
said. “Maybe sometime lastweek I started feeling better andI wanted to get out there andstart practicing and got clearedby the doctors.”
Savage went home toSpringfield, Pa., because the teamwas on its bye week and hadextra time to relax.
“I hope he does,” said headcoach Greg Schiano when askedif Savage will play Saturdayagainst Texas Southern. “He hasbeen practicing for two days now.I guess the only way that wouldpreclude him from playing is ifsomething took a turn in theother direction. Right now, he ison the way up.”
Savage had no prior history ofhead injuries while playing forCardinal O’Hara High School, buthe did break his foot, forcing himto miss five games.
“I’m excited to go out thereand start competing with [thereceivers] and go out there andhopefully get the connectiongoing again,” Savage said.
FOR THE FIRST TIME TOstart the season, the kickoff cov-erage disappointed Schianoagainst Maryland. UMD receiverTorrey Smith returned five kicksfor 120 yards against Rutgers andhad a long of 29 yards.
“In the special teams, for thefirst time, I wasn’t overlythrilled with our kickoff cover-age team,” Schiano said. “Theygot a little more than I thought.
Granted, [Smith] is a very goodreturner. But when you startseries outside the 30, that is nota good thing.”
The Scarlet Knights are notyet planning on personnelchanges in coverage.
“I think with anything —offensive, defense, or specialteams — you have to identify ‘Isit the same guy over and overagain?’” Schiano said. “If it is,then you really have to considermaking a personnel change. Itwasn’t. What we need to do ismake sure that we continue toteach. ... I thought we weredoing quite well in the first threegames and then we weren’t quiteas good in the fourth.”
THE CHANGE IN FORCEDturnovers on defense from lastyear to this year has been widelydiscussed, but what has not beenis a similar positive trend on theoffensive side of the ball.
Through four games last sea-son, the Knights turned the ballover 11 times, but so far thisseason, RU has just fourturnovers — three of whichcame in the first half of theteam’s first game.
“If we can hold on to thefootball, we have a chance towin,” Schiano said. “You wouldlike to see what the gamewould have been if we didn’tturn it over three times in thefirst half and get it to the thirdor fourth quarter, where it’sstill a game. ... You are turningthe ball over at this level, itmakes it awfully hard.”
THE SCARLET KNIGHTSenter Saturday’s game againstTexas Southern with the oppor-tunity to get win No. 600 sincethe team’s inception 1869. In 140years, the Knights are 599-591-42overall and would be the 38thteam to reach the 600-winplateau if they successfully tamethe Tigers.
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a touchdown on four differentoccasions, but Domke’s pick-sixsealed the deal.
“Almost all the people whoplayed for both sides showed atremendous amount of heartand determination,” said WRSUjunior tight end Josh Glatt.“Anyone on either side who did-n’t play will regret missing theopportunity to declare them-selves true men.”
Four interceptions and afumble recover y in the endzone by junior transfer defen-sive end Alex Jankowski pacedthe Great Danes’ defense,which dictated the game fromstart to finish despite an often-sputtering offense.
WRSU quarterback AdamHelfgott’s scrambling touchdownand ensuing pick-six tied thegame early in the second period,but that was the last time theTusken Raiders held a share ofthe lead.
The connection from juniorquarterback Steve Jacobus to sen-ior wideout Kyle Franko amount-ed for two Targum touchdowns,and junior Pat McGuinness bust-ed a pair of runs for the remainingGreat Dane scores.
“It wasn’t the way we drew itup,” Hellman said. “We plannedon a lot more short game. …They didn’t follow the playbook,but they followed their hearts andthey found the end zone.”
WRSU netted two more offen-sive touchdowns, each to pullwithin a touchdown, when seniorh-back Steve Beeston busted a 71-yard score off a screen pass andHelfgott hit a surprised, stum-bling Danny Breslauer.
WRSU starting quarterbackArmando Martinez moved towideout after suffering a con-cussion when Breslauer con-nected with an elbow to histeammate’s head.
“The true heroes of the bat-tlefield, like ArmandoMartinez, took their lumps and
continued to play all out andshow respect for their team-mates,” Glatt said. “Othersmerely whined and blamedtheir mistake on others beingout of their spot.”
The big 4-0 — Women’s soccergoalie Erin Guthrie recorded her40th career shutout Sunday in ascoreless draw with SouthFlorida. It was her seventhshutout in her senior year, com-ing after seasons of nine, 10 and14 shutouts, respectively.
Take a second to chew on this:In 77 career starts, Guthrieracked up 40 clean sheets. That’sa shutout in 52 percent of herstarts. That’s ridiculous!
Guthrie is averaging threesaves per start this season, andthe lack of shots coming her wayis also a true credit to the Knightback line.
Back at it — True freshmanTom Savage is back at footballpractice. That explains enough;this is a good sign. Savage getsTexas Southern this weekend torebound from his concussion andprepare for Pittsburgh next Fridaywhen Big East play resumes.
Beaten to a pulp — The BigEast leading Rutgers men’s soccerteam was shut out by the confer-ence’s bottom feeders. Syracuseembarrassed Rutgers on its hometurf by a 3-0 margin thanks tosome big gaffes by the RU goal-keepers. With the loss, the ScarletKnights dropped to 3-2 in the BigEast and fell from their pedestalatop the conference standings.
The c-word — Also in thegame, junior defender AlyMazhar went down with a con-cussion. With Big East playunderway, this was not the mostopportune time for one of theteam’s best players to go down.
But kudos to head coachBob Reasso, who unlike othercoaches on the Banks, actuallycame out and disclosed theseverity of one of his best play-ers’ head injuries.
Long overdue — With a winSaturday over Texas Southern,RU will become the 38th collegefootball program to reach 600 vic-tories, after playing the very firstgame in history 140 years ago.Here’s a nice tidbit: The programholds a 599-591-42 mark.
Simply ridiculous — In honorof the rediscovery of “MajorLeague Baseball” featuring KenGriffey Jr. for Nintendo 64, inwhich Rico Brogna — of all peo-ple — slugs like Barry Bonds,here is a small sampling of themost ridiculous players on themajor Rutgers sports teams thelast few seasons.
Jeremy Ito: Ito is the mostarrogant field goal kicker tomiss his first — and should havebeen only — chance to thrustthe Rutgers football programinto the national spotlight.Before the visions of Ito cele-brating and pointing to theESPN cameras cross your mindwhen the Knights beat Louisvilleto go 9-0 in 2006, don’t forgetthat he shanked a 33-yard chipbefore an offsides penalty bailedhim out.
“I was a little spooked on thepenalty,” Ito said of his first miss.“I saw the guy jump offsides andthat distracted me.”
Challenge flag.Linda Miles: Ever hear of
Shaniqua, manager of theBasham Brothers and a crazilymuscular woman in the WWE?
Corey Chander: Without prod-ding too much on a sensitive sub-ject, it takes a lot for one player tobe kicked out of two basketballprograms in the span of a monthfor repeated code violations.
S treaking down the rightsideline before somer-saulting into the end zone,
sophomore cornerback BillDomke’s game-sealing intercep-tion closed the pizza on WRSU.
Just one year after gettingthoroughly embarrassed on thefootball field, The Daily TargumGreat Danes pulled off an upsetin a game they never trailed, best-ing the Tusken Raiders 42-28Saturday in a defensive struggle
(last season, the score was rough-ly 142-50 in favor of the WRSUBattle Penguins).
“We went into it knowing wehad the odds stacked against us,”said Great Dane head coach SamHellman. “They certainly won therecruiting battle. But it’s not allabout the talent that you’reblessed with; it’s all about theheart and motivation to win.”
WRSU answered everyTargum score to tie or pull within
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The Rutgers volleyball team struggled on the road this weekend, failing to win a set in a pair of 3-0 losses to Syracuse and Marquette.
ful early on in the season and getback to the basics.”
The weekend was not a com-plete washout, however, as jun-ior outside hitter Caitlin Saxtonimproved to 211 kills on theseason against the Orange,eclipsing her season-best 209from last year. The 211 kills in16 games mark a hugeimprovement over last year’sseason total.
“She’s done a tremendousjob,” Werneke said. “Eventhough teams are starting togame-plan for her more andmore, she’s still played at a pretty high level. It’s a greataccomplishment for her to beat this point where she was atthe end of the season last year,but she knows she has someunfinished business.”
For Werneke’s young squad,shaking off this weekend is cru-cial for the rest of the season togo as planned.
“These things happen,”Werneke said. “We’re going tohave to win some games on theroad to make our ultimate goal,which is the Big East tournament.”
HALT: RU swept in Big East
road trip by SU, MU
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Senior goalkeeper Erin Guthrie (1) owns 40 shutouts in 77 careerstarts as a Scarlet Knight, amounting to a 52 percent shutout rate.
THE GOOD
THE BAD
THE UGLY
The Rutgers women’s golfteam traveled to Penn State
t h i sw e e k -
end to participate in theNittany Lion Invitational. Theshort trip preceded a longweekend as the ScarletKnights finished 13th in a 16-team field.
The Knightscompiled a teamscore of 965, whichwas 56 strokes offthe pace of RollinsCollege’s tourna-ment-winning 909.
Rollins snuckpast host schoolPenn State by 16strokes on the backof a strong per-formance by juniorJoanna Coe.
Prior to the tournament,head coach Maura Ballardsaid that the team’s goalwas a top 10 finish. Despitenot meeting that objective,RU was only 15 strokesaway from 10th place finish-er Longwood.
Freshman Brittany Weddellis beginning to make pacing theKnights a habit. Weddell has ledRU in two of the three tourna-ments in her young career. Herscore of 233 was not only beston the team but good enoughfor 13th in a 90-player field.
In her second tournamentof the year, sophomore Lizzy
Carl performedimpressively. Afteran opening round 82,Carl shot back-to-back scores of 75 tofinish with a 240. Herthree-round totalplaced her 42nd over-all in the competition.
Rounding outcompetition for RUwere sophomoresKristina Lee and
Elisa Mateer and junior cap-tain Jeanne Waters.
The next step for theKnights is this weekend’sRutgers Invitational.
Ballard could not bereached for comment.
— Josh Glatt
WOMEN’S GOLF
WEDDELL PACES RU IN KEYSTONE STATE
BRITTANYWEDDELL
BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT
Freshmen Tom Savage andMohamed Sanu shone against
Cincinnati,but since
then, their visibility has waned.While Savage’s concussion kept
him off the field the past twoweeks, Sanu’s production dwindledafter his dazzling debut.
“I don’t worry about that,” Sanusaid. “I’m just trying to do my bestwith looking at the game tape anddoing my assignments.”
Ten catches for 101 yards in theseason-opener only added to a his-toric debut for the SouthBrunswick native.
Sanu became the first true fresh-man wideout to start his first careergame under head coach GregSchiano. He also broke the record forreceptions by a freshman in a game.
The previously-unknown fresh-man made himself known — and ithappened in a big way.
In the three games since —where he has six receptions for 66yards — Sanu noticed more atten-tion from opposing defenses.
Flattering, yes, but a catch-22that makes it more difficult for Sanuto repeat his week one success.
“You just have to stay in themoment and go through the gameone play at a time,” Sanu said. “Youcan’t look forward or anything, youjust have to play offense.”
Still, Schiano said that both Sanuand senior wideout Tim Brown areplaying like legitimate FootballBowl Subdivision receivers.
The feat is all the moreimpressive considering Sanuplayed just four games at theposition and practiced there forless than a year.
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Crooks callsfor NCAAto addressroad trips
BY CHRIS MELCHIORRECORRESPONDENT
Rutgers women’s soccer headcoach Glenn Crooks has neverbeen one to make excuses for
his team,a n d
Sunday’s 0-0 draw with SouthFlorida was no dif ferent.
Crooks was adamant about itafter the match. In his view, whathe witnessed was a great battlewhere both teams left everythingthey had on the pitch. The resultwas fair, and he was more thanhappy with his team’s effort.
But the condition of both teamsafter two overtimes in 90-degreeheat did bring something else tothe coach’s attention.
For Crooks, the match inTampa shed light on what’s becom-ing a glaring problem in women’scollege soccer.
“Watching that game, I thinkboth teams did the very best thatthey possibly could,” he said. “Butwhat it really did, in an alarmingway, was just show that the Friday-Sunday rhythm is too much, andwith this trip in particular.”
The Scarlet Knights’ weekendstarted with a Friday trip toMarquette for a match with theGolden Eagles. According toCrooks, his team played energized,sharp soccer and the result was a 3-
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Sloppy play brings momentum to screeching halt
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Outside hitter Caitlin Saxton continued her strong play despite a two-loss weekend. The junior eclipsedher previous career high in kills when she registered her 211th against Syracuse.
BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT
Victory was not in the cards forthe Rutgers volleyball team thisweekend as the Scarlet Knights
w e r eunable tomainta int h em o m e n -tum of a
three-game sweep againstGeorgetown and were swept byboth Syracuse and Marquette.
The Knights enjoyed a revivalin their 2009 season, going intothe weekend one game shy of the.500 mark. But after the dust set-tled, the sheer magnitude of theroad trip and sloppy hittingdoomed RU.
“It was the rigorous travel. Itwas a four day trip, leavingThursday, getting back Mondaymorning basically at 2 a.m.,” saidhead coach CJ Werneke. “Noexcuses. We knew [this] was goingto be our schedule since last year.… Other than that, it’s on the roadin the Big East. [Our] first roadgame in the Big East [was] a littledifferent for us.”
A little might be an under-statement.
One of the first things theKnights set out to change in thebeginning of their comeback sea-son was to improve hitting.
Negative percentages killed theteam in important games last year,as they did again this weekend. TheKnights did not score more than 18points in any of the six games theyplayed this weekend.
Against Marquette Sunday, RUhit a .167 percentage, but thenplummeted to -.143 and -.032 in thesecond and third sets. The situationwas similar in Syracuse two daysearlier. RU began with a -.065 per-centage before putting together.095 and .161.
“When our passing breaksdown and we become pretty pre-dictable, and against biggerteams like Syracuse andMarquette … you’re at a disad-vantage of fensively,” Wernekesaid. “Our ball control wasn’twhat it had been in recentweeks. That was a direct correla-tion to our outcome and our sta-tistics of fensively.”
With the two losses, the Knightsdrop to 7-10 and 1-3 in the Big East.With a night home game comingup Wednesday against Hofstra, theteam needs to do something toregain its momentum.
“Obviously, when you lose twomatches in a row in the fashion thatwe did, … it’s a little bit of a set-back,” Werneke said. “We’re notquite over the hump. We have torediscover what made us success-
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Sanu out to prove he’s not just flash in pan
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Wide receiver Mohamed Sanu hauled in 10 passes in his first game as a Scarlet Knight against Cincinnati,a Rutgers freshman record, but caught just six passes in the following three contests. SEE FLASH ON PAGE 13
