THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 38 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 FRIDAY OCTOBER 23, 2009 INDEX Expert says foreclosed properties throughout the state are down this year by 6 percent, but homebuyers are facing other issues within the market. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND Today: Cloudy High: 53 • Low: 50 The Scarlet Knights take on Army’s Black Knights tonight at Michie Stadium, marking the first road start of true freshman quarterback Tom Savage’s career. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM METRO UNIVERSITY OPINIONS ........ 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY ....... 3 Have you ever seen a classmate bring her pet dog into class or onto the bus? Learn more about a select Cook campus club. METRO ......... 6 An unidentified assailant shot Gregory Marvin Sr., 56, of Edison late Wednesday night at the corner of George Street and Remsen Avenue, police said. The victim told police he was shot at 11 p.m. after asking the gunman for a cigarette, said New Brunswick Police Department Lt. JT Miller. “Marvin Sr. was shot in the arm and stomach,” Miller said. “He was transported to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital. His injuries are not life threatening.” Multiple New Brunswick Police Department vehicles rushed down George Street responding to the scene. Part of George Street was closed off after the shooting, and police searched through trash bins and the surrounding area. Police made no arrests and the case is under investigation, Miller said yesterday afternoon. Several local residents stood outside their homes after hearing gunshots. “It was more like a bang,” said a witness, who wishes to remain anonymous. “My boyfriend was like ‘What the hell was that?,’ and I’m like ‘Oh, it was probably a gun shot.’” The area is crime prone, the witness said. “There’s no peace anywhere anymore,” the wit- ness said. “This is ridiculous.” — John S. Clyde At the corner of George Street and Remsen Avenue, police search the surrounding area after a 56-year-old man was shot Wednesday night by an unidentified assailant. The victim has non-life-threatening injuries. ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Daggett gains voter support in recent poll BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR With the state’s gubernatorial election less than two weeks away, the polls are showing an unprecedented amount of sup- port for Independent candidate Chris Daggett. According to the poll conduct- ed Oct. 15 through 20 from the Eagleton Institute of Politics, 20 percent of likely voters would vote for Daggett. This is a surprise, because in New Jersey no Independent candi- date has garnered more than 5 percent of the electorate on Election Day, said David Redlawsk, the poll’s director. “I think that probably the key take-home is that Chris Daggett has really made this an interesting race,” Redlawsk said. While the results — of 583 like- ly voters — show that Daggett seems to be drawing from both the Democrat and Republican candi- dates, he may be hurting Republican candidate Chris Christie more, Redlawsk said. Democrat Gov. Jon S. Corzine has 39 percent of the vote and Christie has 36 percent, according to the poll — a shift from past polls where Christie has often led. “In the summer, a large per- centage of New Jersey voters had no opinion about Christie,” Redlawsk said. This gave Christie the voters who disliked Corzine, he said. “Now, the Corzine campaign has done a good job of making people feel more negative about Christie,” Redlawsk said. The combination of the Corzine campaign and Daggett’s presence in the race has weakened Christie’s lead, he said. Daggett has been more visi- ble than past Independent can- didates, proven his credibility and won key endorsements, such as from The Star-Ledger, Redlawsk said. Candidates clear the air on environmental goals BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR The personal attacks were lim- ited during last night’s final guber- natorial debate, as the candidates gathered for the third debate before the Nov. 3 election. During the radio debate broad- cast by Newark-based jazz station WBGO, the three explained their goals for the environment, a little- discussed issue during this election. Republican challenger Chris Christie said the environment was at the top of his priorities. “I had the most detailed and aggressive plan on environmental protection than the other three candidates,” he said. One of his goals is to return the Department of Environmental Protection to its core mission of cleaning polluted areas, Christie said. The DEP has failed in clean- ing up sites. An aggressive renewable energy plan, the protection of fish in Barnegat Bay and the cooling of water from nuclear power plants are also part of his plan, Christie said. This plan led Christie to garner the endorsement of the New Jersey Environmental Federation, the largest environmental group of the state, Christie said. The group interviewed all the candidates and their policies prior to its decision. Democrat Gov. Jon S. Corzine pointed to his track record and ties to President Barack Obama to explain the importance of the envi- ronment to his campaign. Under Corzine’s administra- tion, the state has the second-most solar panels in the nation behind California, Corzine said. They have initiated a plan to create the largest offshore wind farm in America, he said. Corzine’s administration is also working to increase the efficiency of the DEP, the incumbent said. BY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON CORRESPONDENT Princeton University administra- tors recently announced plans to allow juniors and seniors to live in coeducational housing units, but Rutgers University students should not expect the same on campus anytime soon. The program will be piloted in the Spelman Hall Apartments, according to an e-mail from Princeton University Student Government President Connor Diemand-Yauman to the student body. “By introducing the gender-neu- tral housing in this manner — using Spelman Hall as a pilot program — we will allow the Housing Office, the Undergraduate Life Committee, the [University Student Government] and other interested bodies to study the outcome of the first year of a gender-neutral hous- ing policy,” Diemand-Yauman said in his e-mail. University Residence Life Executive Director Joan Carbone said there are other issues preventing the EDISON MAN SHOT AFTER ASKING FOR CIGARETTE As a part of events for the Derby Days competition, Director Gregory Smith, right, leads a game of “Jeopardy!” with members of six sororities and Sigma Chi fraternity at last night’s Jeopardy/Charity Information night. Proceeds will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. 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Expert says foreclosed
properties throughout
the state are down this
year by 6 percent, but
homebuyers are facing
other issues within
the market.
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An unidentified assailant shot Gregor yMarvin Sr., 56, of Edison late Wednesday night atthe corner of George Street and Remsen Avenue,police said.
The victim told police he was shot at 11 p.m.after asking the gunman for a cigarette, said NewBrunswick Police Department Lt. JT Miller.
“Marvin Sr. was shot in the arm and stomach,”Miller said. “He was transported to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital. His injuries are not life threatening.”
Multiple New Brunswick Police Departmentvehicles rushed down George Street respondingto the scene.
Part of George Street was closed off after theshooting, and police searched through trash bins andthe surrounding area.
Police made no arrests and the case is underinvestigation, Miller said yesterday afternoon.
Several local residents stood outside their homesafter hearing gunshots.
“It was more like a bang,” said a witness, who wishes toremain anonymous. “My boyfriend was like ‘What the hellwas that?,’ and I’m like ‘Oh, it was probably a gun shot.’”
The area is crime prone, the witness said.“There’s no peace anywhere anymore,” the wit-
ness said. “This is ridiculous.” — John S. Clyde
At the corner of George Street and Remsen Avenue, police search the surrounding area after a 56-year-old man
was shot Wednesday night by an unidentified assailant. The victim has non-life-threatening injuries.
ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Daggett gains votersupport in recent poll
BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
With the state’s gubernatorialelection less than two weeksaway, the polls are showing anunprecedented amount of sup-port for Independent candidateChris Daggett.
According to the poll conduct-ed Oct. 15 through 20 from theEagleton Institute of Politics, 20percent of likely voters would votefor Daggett.
This is a surprise, because inNew Jersey no Independent candi-date has garnered more than 5percent of the electorate onElection Day, said DavidRedlawsk, the poll’s director.
“I think that probably the keytake-home is that Chris Daggetthas really made this an interestingrace,” Redlawsk said.
While the results — of 583 like-ly voters — show that Daggettseems to be drawing from both theDemocrat and Republican candi-dates, he may be hurting
Democrat Gov. Jon S. Corzinehas 39 percent of the vote andChristie has 36 percent, accordingto the poll — a shift from past pollswhere Christie has often led.
“In the summer, a large per-centage of New Jersey voters hadno opinion about Christie,”Redlawsk said.
This gave Christie the voterswho disliked Corzine, he said.
“Now, the Corzine campaignhas done a good job of makingpeople feel more negative aboutChristie,” Redlawsk said.
The combination of the Corzinecampaign and Daggett’s presencein the race has weakenedChristie’s lead, he said.
Daggett has been more visi-ble than past Independent can-didates, proven his credibilityand won key endorsements,such as from The Star-Ledger,Redlawsk said.
Candidates clear the airon environmental goals
BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The personal attacks were lim-ited during last night’s final guber-natorial debate, as the candidatesgathered for the third debatebefore the Nov. 3 election.
During the radio debate broad-cast by Newark-based jazz stationWBGO, the three explained theirgoals for the environment, a little-discussed issue during this election.
Republican challenger ChrisChristie said the environment wasat the top of his priorities.
“I had the most detailed andaggressive plan on environmentalprotection than the other threecandidates,” he said.
One of his goals is to return theDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection to its core mission ofcleaning polluted areas, Christiesaid. The DEP has failed in clean-ing up sites.
An aggressive renewableenergy plan, the protection of
fish in Barnegat Bay and thecooling of water from nuclearpower plants are also part of hisplan, Christie said.
This plan led Christie to garnerthe endorsement of the NewJersey Environmental Federation,the largest environmental group ofthe state, Christie said. The groupinterviewed all the candidates andtheir policies prior to its decision.
Democrat Gov. Jon S. Corzinepointed to his track record and tiesto President Barack Obama toexplain the importance of the envi-ronment to his campaign.
Under Corzine’s administra-tion, the state has the second-mostsolar panels in the nation behindCalifornia, Corzine said.
They have initiated a plan tocreate the largest offshore windfarm in America, he said.
Corzine’s administration is alsoworking to increase the efficiencyof the DEP, the incumbent said.
BY DEIRDRE S. HOPTONCORRESPONDENT
Princeton University administra-tors recently announced plans toallow juniors and seniors to live incoeducational housing units, butRutgers University students should
not expect the same on campus anytime soon.
The program will be piloted in theSpelman Hall Apartments, accordingto an e-mail from PrincetonUniversity Student GovernmentPresident Connor Diemand-Yaumanto the student body.
“By introducing the gender-neu-tral housing in this manner — usingSpelman Hall as a pilot program —we will allow the Housing Office,the Undergraduate Life Committee,the [University StudentGovernment] and other interestedbodies to study the outcome of the
first year of a gender-neutral hous-ing policy,” Diemand-Yauman saidin his e-mail.
University Residence LifeExecutive Director Joan Carbone saidthere are other issues preventing the
EDISON MAN SHOT AFTER ASKING FOR CIGARETTE
As a part of events for the Derby Days competition, Director Gregory Smith, right, leads a
game of “Jeopardy!” with members of six sororities and Sigma Chi fraternity at last night’s
Jeopardy/Charity Information night. Proceeds will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network.
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THIS IS JEOPARDY!
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photo caption it was incorrectly stated that the
Jack’s Mannequin performed“Walking By.” He actually
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Seeking interfaith under-standing, Muslim, Christian andJewish students visited theGraduate Student Lounge in theRutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus.
Three students began the dis-cussion, “Trialogue: A Search ForUnderstanding,” Wednesday nightby summarizing the basic tenets ofIslam, Christianity and Judaism.
Sam Weiner, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore repre-senting Hillel, said Judaism is areligion that creates community.
“Judaism, for me, at least, andfor a lot of other people, is not
Major monotheistic religions mingle at on-campus event
Crowd calls ‘Jack’ back for encoreBY SARA GRETINA
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
With ears ringing from 90minutes of electronic piano, gui-tar, bass and drums, a crowd ofapproximately 1,500 students fil-tered out of the College AvenueGym Wednesday night after theJack’s Mannequin concert.
Sponsored by the RutgersUniversity ProgrammingAssociation, the show turned outto be a piano-stomping, stool-tossing hit.
“I think it was probably one ofmy favorite concerts ever,” saidMatt Loving, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “[AndrewMcMahon] was so into themusic. You don’t see that veryoften. … But that was awesome.”
Song by song the crowdcheered on singer/songwriterMcMahon and his band as famil-iar chords began turning outfrom the amps.
“Alright, Rutgers, don’t beafraid to dance,” McMahon saidto the crowd between songs.
McMahon performed songsfrom both “Everything inTransit” and “The GlassPassenger,” including favorites
Andrew McMahon, creator of the band Jack’s Mannequin,sings at Wednesday night’s show in the College Avenue Gym.The 90-minute set featured songs from both his solo albums.
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“Dark Blue,” “The Mixed Tape”and “Swim.”
“His energy on stage is like noother,” said Steve Murray, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences sophomore.
The positive reception ofMcMahon’s music was animportant reason in bringingJack’s Mannequin to theUniversity. The idea to stay pos-itive through good times andbad could be interpreted wellby students.
“I really feel that they are notjust popular around here, butthey have a good message thatthey bring with them also,” saidVice President of RUPA’s musiccommittee Roselyn Jose. “Ithought it was a good message tobring to campus. I think a lot ofpeople are touched by his musicand I thought that was importantto bring in.”
Plans for the show began lastsemester, and the band wasbooked by June through ConcertIdeas booking agency, she said.
McMahon said coming to theUniversity was a personal pointof interest.
“I made a point [to play atcolleges] probably since thesecond Something Corporate
album broke. It became anef fort of ours,” he said. “Whenyou end up doing the collegegig, it’s a more af fordable showand it becomes a campusevent, and in that sense, itgives us an oppor tunity toreach out to people who areonline and talk a lot, and that’sgood for our base.”
Because RUPA operatesunder the Department of StudentLife, the show was made possiblethrough student fees. RUPAwould not disclose the actual costof the show, Jose said.
“It was really great. All of ourhard work paid off and Andrewwas really glad to be here. He toldme himself,” said Jose, a RutgersCollege senior.
As icing on the cake, the bandreturned for a three song encore,ending with a rocking cover ofTom Petty and theHeartbreakers’ “American Girl.”
“This one is for all the Jerseygirls,” McMahon said beforestarting the song.
The crowd went wild. Whenhe jumped off stage and nearlyinto the crowd, security guardsrushed to the barricade betweenstage and floor to keep the
screaming students from pullinghim over.
By the end of the night, manythought McMahon lived up tohis expectations.
“Our goal when we go out to playshows is just to play well, to give agood, entertaining rock show, to
give people a good rock concert. Totry and conceptualize too far beyondthat is a step away from what rockmusic is to begin with,” McMahonsaid. “We don’t try to over think it.Everyone just plugs in and hopefullypeople are dancing and having agood time, and it’s all said and done.”
only a religion but a community,”Weiner said. “We’re a religionthat supports love, supportspeace; we support study and wesupport knowledge.”
New Brunswick TheologicalSeminary student Mary BethPerkins explained the concept ofthe trinity and the different sectsof Christianity.
“We have three gods in one,”she said. “We have the Father,Son and Holy Spirit. We believethat they act as one God, but theyare distinct beings.”
Rutgers College senior AnenHashni, representing theMuslim Student Association,described the six principles ofthe Muslim faith.
Once the speakers finishedtheir summaries, students splin-tered off into groups of 10 to dis-cuss love, death, the afterlife andwhich religious holiday theyenjoy the most.
Brian Thompson, a computerscience graduate student, saidhe saw in sharing his thoughtswith a Muslim student howtheir spiritual growth processwas similar. Thompson men-tioned how both religions try tostrike a balance between faithand logic.
“It’s good to have a logicalfoundation but it’s also impor-tant that you base your religionon faith, as well,” Thompsonsaid. “I think that is something
that Islam has in common with Judaism.”
Douglass College seniorMelissa Sellam discussed thestructuring of prayer and explorednotions of sin in her group.
Weiner brought up a faith-based dilemma he has beengrappling with. He wondered ifhe was committed enough toconstruct an ark for the JudeoGod if so commanded, and pon-dered the theological questionwith humor.
“If that were to happen to you,what would you do? Would I buildthe Ark?” Weiner said.
Livingston College seniorDiego Santelices, a Maronite, saidthe event broadened his horizons.
“I feel that one of the reasonsI came to [the University] isbecause of the diversity and thatI get to meet more people who Iwould never have gotten to meethad I stayed where I live,”Santelices said. “I learned a lotabout Judaism that I didn’tknow, even though my step dadis Israeli.”
The General Board of HigherEducation and Ministry and theUnited Methodist Church fund-ed the discussion. The CatholicCenter, Episcopal CampusMinistry, Rutgers Hillel, Officeof the Muslim Chaplain, RutgersProtestant Campus Ministry,Wesley Fellowship and StudentLife sponsored the event.
expand the sales tax to help payfor this.
He said the DEP is nolonger ef ficient and needs tobe improved through the rec-ommendations of the taskforce he led.
“I’ve proposed a number ofspecific reforms … and we’regoing to implement every one of
them,” Daggett said.To conclude the debates,
the candidates said their rea-sons for selecting their respec-tive lieutenant governors andthe role they would assume if elected.
“I am extraordinarily proud ofthe person I’ve chosen as my lieu-tenant governor partner,”
Corzine said of state Sen. LorettaWeinberg, D-Bergen.
Weinberg is committed to pro-tecting families, children andquality of life, Corzine said. Shehas fought back excessive wastein the government.
Corzine said she would be afull partner with him in everyaspect of governing.
Christie said his runningmate, Monmouth CountySherif f Kim Guadagno, is anintelligent, straightforward andarticulate candidate.
In the first 90 days of office,she will head a review committeeto find waste in the governmentto save money, he said. She willalso lead the New JerseyPartnership for Action, a group tohelp develop private sector jobsin the state.
Christie said he would consultwith her on each issue.
Daggett said his lieutenantgovernor candidate, KeanUniversity history ProfessorFrank Esposito, has a long trackrecord of service to New Jerseyeducation and higher education.
As former acting president ofKean University, Esposito savedthe budget while not cutting jobs,Daggett said. This is a trait hewants to bring to Trenton.
Some of Daggett’s increase insupport could stem from voters’discontent with the other candi-dates, he said.
“I think that while the twomajor candidates are busy beat-ing each other up, that makesroom for some other candidates,”Redlawsk said.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Erin Sweeney saidneither Corzine nor Christieappeal to her, and Daggett is thelesser of the two evils.
“I really don’t like any of them… I really might end up votingfor Daggett,” she said.
Daggett CampaignSpokesman Tom Johnson saidDaggett is the only candidate ris-ing in the polls, and his likeabilityis increasing the more voters getto know him.
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The city of New Brunswick, the University, the New BrunswickParking Authority and the New Brunswick DevelopmentCorporation released a statement yesterday announcing the clos-ing of the real estate transaction of the Gateway/Transit Villageproject site is expected to take place today.
The Board of Governors approved the transaction yesterday ata meeting in Winants Hall on the College Avenue campus.
The site of the project includes the area bordered by SomersetStreet, Easton Avenue and Wall Street at the New Brunswick TrainStation. In addition, the transaction closing includes the transitionof New Jersey Books from 108 Somerset St. to 39 Easton Ave.,according to the statement.
Once New Jersey Books relocates to Easton Avenue, theremaining buildings at the site will be demolished, and the firstphase of construction will immediately follow.
This project is expected to create about 3,000 direct and indi-rect construction jobs, according to the statement. The projectwill include a new University bookstore, office space and 650additional parking spaces.
— Heather Brookhart
GATEWAY PROJECT TRANSACTION CLOSES,NJ BOOKS TO RELOCATE
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consideration of this change for the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses.
“There’s an overriding issueright now — we can’t even debate[coeducational apartments] becausewe are overcrowded,” Carbone said.
Because of this, options suchas gender-neutral units are sim-ply impossible, she said. Theyalienate students who wish to livewith same-gender roommatesfrom mixed-gender units.
“If we have an apartment withtwo male and two female resi-dents and someone drops, I thenhave to find someone who isinterested in taking a spot in a co-ed unit,” Carbone said.
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“We’ve done a lot in thisarea; some of it is controversial,but it’s the right thing to do,”he said.
In December, Obama selectedformer DEP Head Lisa Jackson tohead the federal EnvironmentalProtection Agency.
“[Obama] picked the personwho ran our DEP for threeyears,” Corzine said ofJackson, the only state com-missioner who went to thepresident’s cabinet.
Independent candidate ChrisDaggett — endorsed by the NewJersey Sierra Club — said his 30-year track record in environ-mental policy trumps those ofthe other candidates.
“I have a long track recordthat is probably greater and deep-er than anyone that’s run for gov-ernor,” Dagget said.
He has worked on various com-mittees, task forces and served ascommissioner of the DEP.
Especially committed to sav-ing open space to convert toparks, Daggett said he wants to
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“I have a long trackrecord that is
probably greaterand deeper thananyone that’s run
for governor.” CHRIS DAGGETT
Independent GubernatorialCandidate
The University may not beready for co-ed housing units,said Jared Trachtenberg, vicepresident of public relationsfor the University’s ResidenceHall Association.
Males were not evenallowed to visit female housingunits until the 1960s, and eventhen, they were only allowed tovisit on Sundays, saidTrachtenberg, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore.
“It’s hard to say [if theUniversity is ready for mixed-gen-der housing],” he said. “It may betoo soon. That kind of decisionhas to be made by the school.”
School of Arts and Sciencessenior Erica Gara said introduc-ing co-ed housing could increasestudent pregnancies and domes-tic violence situations.
She said she would like tosee the idea of mixed-gender
housing tested before it is implemented.
“I think they should try tonot necessarily implement ityet. … They should do it [and]try it out but know that thereare problems that we don’t nor-mally see,” Gara said.
Fights between same-genderroommates are more easily set-tled than those of mixed-genderroommates, especially if thoseroommates are romanticallyinvolved, she said.
Whether the student body isready for the responsibilities ofmixed-gender housing, it is notan issue that will be in questionany time soon, Carbone said.Overcrowding is a bigger issuewith no immediate solution.
“When we have enough spaceto rent a unit out to two men andtwo women, then we can start toconsider it,” she said.
“Ours is the only campaignthat is attracting support fromdisappointed Democrats,Republicans who want change,independent voters who willdecide this election and voterswho are voting because foronce, there’s a candidate theycan believe in,” Daggett said ina statement.
Redlawsk said it would still behard for Daggett to win because itdepends on who brings the mostvoters to the polls.
Corzine has energized manyvoters by bringing big-nameDemocrats to the state, such asPresident Barack Obama, VicePresident Joe Biden and formerPresident Bill Clinton.
“It really does help the turnout if you get people excited,”Redlawsk said.
The poll also showed that 8percent of voters believeCorzine would handle the eco-nomic crisis best. Three percentthought that of Christie, and 2percent for Daggett.
“That was a little bit of a sur-prising result just given every-thing that’s going on, and Ithink a lot of it has to do withthe fact that relatively few peo-ple say the economy as their number one issue,” Redlawsk said.
More than half of voterscited taxes as their main con-cern this election, according tothe poll. Unemployment fol-lowed at 11 percent and corrup-tion at 9 percent.
While voters trust Corzinemore with the economy, theyfeel Christie would handle taxesbetter, Redlawsk said. Votersthink Daggett would do the bestwith corruption.
“In general there just maybe a sense of we’d rather stickwith the guy we know in timesof uncertainty,” Redlawsk saidabout Corzine’s lead in economic security.
Since Daggett is not a part ofthe two major parties in thestate, he looks like a better
choice for voters who view cor-ruption as their major concern,he said.
Another interesting result ofthe polls was the views of youngvoters, Redlawsk said.
In the 2008 presidential elec-tion, young voters voted over-whelmingly for Obama, anendorser of Corzine, he said.
But the poll’s results do notshow the same, Redlawsk said.Corzine has 36 percent of votersages 18 to 35, while Christie trailswith 35 percent.
This 1 percent difference isnegligible, he said.
Redlawsk said these pollresults are not absolute.
“The real question is will thesepeople really show up and actual-ly vote for him,” said Redlawsk,adding that in New Jersey,Independent candidates typicallydo worse on Election Day thanpolls predict.
“Clearly the only poll thatmatters is on Nov. 3, but it’sclear that people across New
Jersey recognize that JonCorzine is fighting for what mat-ters to New Jersey families,”Corzine CampaignSpokeswoman Lis Smith said.
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Prerana Katti said as aDemocrat, she will vote for Corzine.
“I just believe in his policiesand what he’s going to do for thestate,” she said.
Katti said for her the mainissue is healthcare, and sheagrees with Corzine’s decision tomake mammograms more avail-able for women.
School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student NicolePalmarozza, a Republican, saidshe would vote for Christie.
“My parents own a small busi-ness and they’re hurting so muchfrom what the Democrats aredoing,” she said.
People should keep what theywork for, Palmarozza said.
The Christie campaign wasunavailable as of press time.
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On University campuses, it isnot out of the ordinary to go toclass or step on the bus and sitdown next to a dog.
These dogs aren’t pets butpar t of the University’s stu-dent-run Seeing Eye PuppyRaising Club.
“The program started nineyears ago,” said Chris Parrillo,president of the program. “Onestudent wanted to raise a SeeingEye dog, he went to theUniversity, they eventuallyapproved it and the program justgrew from there.”
Most University students andfaculty have embraced the programby going out of their way to accom-modate the dogs and their trainers.
“We are allowed on the bussesand with the permission of theprofessors they can sit in on theclasses,” said Parrillo, a CookCollege senior. “Generally, if wehave a problem, like on the bus,we can just call an administratorand they will clear it up for us.”
Parrillo said the program issmall, but its impact is significant.
“Currently we have six dogson campus, and we have 15 raiserapartments and five sitter apart-ments,” Parrillo said.
The program does not accept allbreeds of dogs, Parrillo said. It takesmore than a year to train each dog.
“We receive golden retrievers,[Labrador retrievers], shephards,and mixes of Labs and retriev-ers,” Parrillo said. “We get themwhen they about seven weeks oldand they leave when they areabout 15 to 18 months old.”
One of the raisers was partic-ularly excited about being in theprogram, but noted the difficultyof letting the dog go.
“I’ve had my dog sinceDecember and it’s great havinghim on campus, because younever feel lonely,” said KatieLetson, a School OfEnvironmental And BiologicalSciences junior. “It’ll be tough let-ting him go, but I feel better thathe is going to help someone.”
The dogs are trained to bedesensitized to all environments,so they are usually at all of thebig events at the University.
Some of the students areamazed at how well behaved thedogs are in a college environment.
“Last semester when I was inphysics class, a girl used tocome into class and the dog wasreally obedient,” said AlvinNyaboga, a School of Arts andSciences junior.
The trainers take their dogsto University events like RutgersDay, concerts and guest lec-tures, Parillo said. The programis non-major specific, so anyonecan join.
One student was upset aboutnot being able to join the program.
“I would love to get involved,but I don’t live on Cook,” saidDhruv Vasant, a School of Artsand Sciences junior.
Parillo said everyone is wel-come to visit the dogs as long asa raiser is around. There are 17raisers and more than 100 sitters.
To get involved, Parillo saidstudents can visit their Facebookpage, Rutgers Seeing Eye PuppyRaising Club, or visitwww.eden.rutgers.edu/~ruseprc.
Club trainsnew dogsold tricks
Harvard Professor Michael Sandel willhead an interactive discussion titled “Justice:What’s the Right Thing to Do?” onWednesday, Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in theMultipurpose Room of the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campus. Thediscussion will engage the audience inissues ranging from cheating to cannibalism.
Sandel is an Anne T. and Robert M. BassProfessor of Government at Harvard and hasbeen teaching philosophy at the Universitysince 1980. His latest book, “Justice,” is being
published this fall, according to the EagletonInstitute of Politics’ Web site.
Sandel’s previous books have been ontopics such as democracy, liberalism,bioethics and morality in politics, accordingto the site.
His work has also appeared in TheAtlantic, The New Republic and The NewYork Times. Sandel received his doctoratefrom Oxford University where he was aRhodes Scholar. The course he teaches atHarvard is also the basis for a new public
television series that shares the name ofthe discussion.
The event will be sponsored by theArthur J. Holland Program on Ethics inGovernment, which was established by theUniversity in 1989 to honor Arthur J.Holland, a distinguished alumnus and long-time mayor of Trenton.
Students can RSVP to the event online ateagleton.rutgers.edu or by calling (732) 932-9384 ext. 331.
— Heather Brookhart
HARVARD PROFESSOR CONSIDERS RIGHT, WRONG OF JUSTICE
METROP A G E 6 O C T O B E R 2 3 , 2 0 0 9
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BY ARIEL NAGI CORRESPONDENT
While foreclosed homes forsale may appear on free listingWeb sites in abundance through-out New Jersey, experts say theseproperties in the state have actu-ally decreased.
“Foreclosures are comingdown,” said Kathe Newman, assis-tant professor at the Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning andPublic Policy. “But I don’t think itreflects [all of the foreclosure andmortgage] problems of the state.”
Although the foreclosure ratesare slowly dropping, other prob-lems and challenges persist everyday pertaining to home buying inNew Jersey, Newman said. Theseissues range from loan interestrates, debt and issues with payingmortgages — all problems arisingfrom a plunging economy and sig-nificant unemployment rate.
Since a lot of people areunqualified for particular loansbecause of job loss and poor cred-it scores, many are turning tononprime loans or second-chancelending, loans usually lent tothose with a lower credit score,she said.
These types of loans, whichoriginated in 2005 because of acredit-crunch and economicmeltdown, are low quality and
have nonadjustable rates, whichin turn lead to unpaid debt in themidst of a plunging economy,Newman said.
“The underwriting of [theseloans] was very loose,” Newmansaid. “This [was] compoundedwith the effects of the recessionand job losses.”
Sites such as foreclosure.comand FreeForeclosureReport.comshow foreclosed properties scat-tered through-out the state,but according toan article pub-lished in TheStar-Ledger onMonday, stateofficials arguethat foreclo-sures in thestate are down 6percent fromthe June high of6,133.
These rateshave also slowlydecreased in the past few months,and state officials said lendersstarted 5,757 foreclosures inAugust, down 1 percent fromJuly’s rate, according to the arti-cle. The number of foreclosure fil-ings was up 40 percent just a yearbefore that in August 2008.
New Jersey residents sayalthough the foreclosure filings
are slowly decreasing, they stillnotice homes decorated with fore-closure signs, some even board-ed-up.
Piscataway resident DavidBang said although he does notknow of any personal storiesabout foreclosure filings, he noticed foreclosed homes in Piscataway.
“I can’t think of the exactnames of the streets or address-
es off the top of myhead, but I haveseen a few [fore-closed properties]a r o u n dPiscataway,” saidBang, a School ofManagement andLabor Relationsgraduate student.
But when walk-ing around NewBrunswick, somestudents said theyseldom see fore-closed properties.
“I really don’t know of any[foreclosures],” said LadinaLane, a School of Ar ts andSciences sophomore.
New Brunswick residentCassy Vash said she is surethere are foreclosed homes inNew Brunswick, she just doesnot really pay attention to them.
“I just know [there are fore-closed homes] because peopleare losing their jobs and cuttingback,” said Vash, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
Even a lot of professions thatwere in demand are cuttingback on employees, which arecausing people to sell theirhomes, she said.
“I know even hospitals arecutting back on nurses,” Vash said.
On the national level, theforeclosure filing rate isincreasing, according toRealtyTrac data. More than925,000 borrowers received aforeclosure filing, up 23 per-cent from last year.
The number of homesrepossessed by lendersincreased to 238,000, up 21 per-cent, according to RealtyTrac.Lenders signed up more than 500,000 borrowers for “Making Home Af fordable,” a federal foreclosure preven-tion program.
Newton said foreclosurescan also result from the factthat many people are simply notbuying homes that were put upfor sale.
“When the credit market driedout … it was hard to sell yourhouse or refinance [your house],”she said.
The New BrunswickElks are hosting abenefit dance forElijah’s Promise Soup
Kitchen Saturday from 7 p.m. to12 a.m. Free draft beer, wineand soda will served from 7-9p.m. and Jerry Hat Trick andthe Flatliners will provide liveentertainment. All proceeds willbenefit Elijah’s Promise SoupKitchen and tickets are availablein the Grille Room of Lodge 324for $20 per person. NewBrunswick Elks’ Lodge No. 324is located at 40 Livingston Ave.in New Brunswick. For moreinformation about this event,call (732) 249-3420.
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Robert Wood JohnsonUniversity Hospital willput on its 8th AnnualFall Community
Diabetes Education Program onMonday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thisyear's program, titled “Diabetes inthe Family,” is free and will be heldin the Arline and HenrySchwartzman Courtyard. Theevent will include exhibits andrefreshments and is sponsored bya grant from Johnson & Johnson.To register, call the RJUHCommunity EducationDepartment at (732) 418-8110.
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The Phillies traditionallyhave been rivals more withthe Mets since they are usual-ly in an annual battle for theNational League East title.However, this year, the Metsput up one of the most laugh-ably terrible seasons to date— from the injuries and theinfighting, to Tony Bernazard
taking off his shirt and threatening the Double Ateam. So they made the playoffs rather easily andblew through the Colorado Rockies in four games inthe National League Division Series. They evendestroyed the chance at the most romantic WorldSeries by eliminating the Joe Torre- led Dodgers,preventing Torre from facing his former team.
Yankee fans usually concern themselves with theBoston Red Sox and laugh at the Mets but neither ofthose teams really entered the consciousness of thefans, as the Yankees ran away with the division and
the Mets put up their aforemen-tioned hilariously terrible season.They blew through theMinnesota Twins and are havingtheir way with the Angels in spiteof Joe Girardi’s Bobby Valentine-esque over-managing.
In a season where both teams’chief rivals faded away and posedno threat, it almost seems rightthat these teams could form anew, nasty rivalry by meeting in
the World Series. No fan base has anybody to worryabout, at least since the Yankees started poundingthe Red Sox into submission late in the season.Throughout the season, it just seemed like it wouldbe another ho-hum playoff season as a Yankee-RedSox series seemed unlikely with the rise of theAngels’ and the Phillies’ bullpen was in shambles allyear. But everything broke right in the end, andnow the two teams that play in some of the mosthome-run friendly stadiums in baseball will get thechance to play for the soul of New Jersey.
The tough-as-nails Phillies and the new fun-lov-ing, pie-throwing Yankees seem almost too good tobe true. If the Yankees win, it will show just howsuperior the American League was and has been forthe past few years. But if the Phillies win, we have apotential dynasty on our hands.
For the foreseeable future, our home state couldbe divided into two warring factions: the ones thathave always been there before and the one that hasbeen there recently. Between all the trash-talk andjersey wearing, it may just be too much to take.
Matthew Torino is a School of Arts and Sciencesjunior majoring in political science. His column,“From the Sidelines,” runs on alternate Fridays.
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P A G E 8 O C T O B E R 2 3 , 2 0 0 9
I f the New York Giantsand Jets played in theSuper Bowl — which
seemed like a possibilitybefore quarterback MarkSanchez pulled a JaMarcusRussell for the Jets — peoplethroughout North Jersey andNew York would care, buthardly anyone would bethinking about that in the South. They would justbe wondering how Donovan McNabb chokedagain. If the New York Knicks and Philadelphia76ers played, few would really even look at them.Basketball is just not big enough in this part of thecountry and it does not matter, since the chancesof the Knicks going to the Finals any time soonare about as big as the University winning thenational title in football this year. If the Flyers andRangers met — oh, that’s right, nobody caresabout hockey. But the one matchup that wouldcapture the imagination of all ofthe state and the University is onthe verge of happening.
The New York Yankees andPhiladelphia Phillies are per-ilously close to a World Seriesthe likes of which our genera-tion has never seen. Sure, therewas the Subway Series in 2000,but that was a much smallerarea with one team clearly supe-rior to the other, as the Yankeeswere in the tail end of their dynasty years and theMets proceeded to fall apart over the next coupleof seasons. But this matchup would be of twoseemingly even teams whose fans occupy twolarge geographical areas that push right againsteach other.
Most Mets fans reside in places like Queensand Long Island, while a lot of Yankee fans livein North Jersey — one reason Yankees’ ownerGeorge Steinbrenner was threatening the Bronxby moving there if he didn’t get his new stadium.And all of South Jersey is made up ofPhiladelphia sports fans. They are two muchlarger areas going at it that already have anongoing rivalry.
People from South Jersey always proclaim that itis better down there — from the Wawas to morerural kind of environment. They’ve also got theshore, which you cannot take away from them.North Jerseyans see their southern counterparts ashicks who live on farms and can’t pronounce the let-ter “O.” It’s seen as the Pine Barrens vs. theConcrete Jungle of Bergen County, or Philadelphiavs. New York — even if this is the most lopsidedcontest. Bragging rights for the next year will be onthe line.
MCT CAMPUS
New Jersey civil war
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Laurels and dartsA chant of “F- yeah, we can live like this!” could be heard down
College Avenue Wednesday night, as hundreds of studentsfilled the College Avenue Gym to see Jack’s Mannequin. The
band played songs off their first album “Everything in Transit,” theirsophomore album “The Glass Passenger” and even treated the audi-ence with a B-side from front man Andrew McMahon’s old bandSomething Corporate’s album “North.” They closed their set for theevening with a rendition of Tom Petty’s “American Girl.” The bandgave an awesome performance that had the crowd cheering asMcMahon jumped on and off his piano — and even into the crowd dur-ing the band’s last song. Fans who waited outside after the show werealso pleased to see that McMahon signed autographs and took pic-tures. He is truly a modest and charismatic guy who really remembersthat the fans are who makes him successful and share his music withothers. The Rutgers University Programming Association sponsoredthe event, and they got an artist that many die-hard fans appreciatedhaving on campus. RUPA receives laurels for putting together a greatnight, and so does Jack’s Mannequin for coming to the University andputting on a fantastic show.
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A man in Lebanon, Pa., gives the term “pothead” a very literalmeaning. Police officers spotted 29-year-old Cesar Lopez inside a con-venience store with a bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead.Investigators said Lopez was seen peering inside his baseball cap earlySaturday morning in Lebanon, about 75 miles northwest ofPhiladelphia. When Lopez looked up, the officer noticed a small plas-tic bag appearing to contain marijuana stuck to his forehead. The offi-cer peeled the bag off Lopez’s forehead and placed him under arrest.He was charged with drug possession. Police say that the sweatbandof a baseball hat is a very common place for people to hide drugs, butsurely people make sure that they either put it so it will be tucked infor good or they do not take their hat off in public. Lopez receives adar t for being so oblivious to the fact that he was out in public with abag of drugs stuck to his forehead. It is amazing that one wouldn’t real-ize a plastic bag was stuck to them, let alone one filled with an illegalsubstance. The next time he stuff his baseball cap full of drugs heshould make sure they trucked in there snuggly, that way he does notembarrass himself when he goes out into public.
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It was a great week for famous visitors on campus. Tuesday nighthundreds of students filled the College Avenue Gym to see formerPresident Bill Clinton speak about Gov. Jon S. Corzine. Before speak-ing about the governor, Clinton addressed the audience about majorissues affecting the United States and the world. He cited the lack ofstability in the financial crisis, climate change and security issues. Heendorsed Corzine by listing his accomplishments in office, increasedfunding for student aid while reducing the budget, ranking first in thenation for high school graduation rates and closing the racial gap inschool performance. He also encouraged students to go out and votebecause it is their future that they should be trying to shape. Thespeakers before Clinton included Middlesex County Freeholder CarolBarrett, Middlesex County Sheriff James DiPaola, UniversityPresident Richard L. McCormick and recent alumnus Dymir Arthur.The only downer of the evening was that hundreds of students werenot able to get into the event because there was no room to fit every-one in the gym. Clinton receives laurels for coming to the Universityand for giving a speech that inspired many young voters to get outthere and use their voice to speak for what they want in New Jersey.
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People really do some ridiculous things while intoxicated, and a lotof times they have to pay the price. A man from Duluth, Minn., haspleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. Acriminal complaint said 62-year-old Dennis LeRoy Anderson told policehe left a bar in the northern Minnesota town of Proctor on his chairafter drinking eight or nine beers. Anderson’s blood alcohol contentwas 0.29, three times the legal limit. The chair was powered by a con-verted lawnmower and had a stereo and cup holders. Sixth JudicialDistrict Judge Heather Sweetland stayed 180 days of jail time Mondayand ordered two years of probation for Anderson. First of all, why thisman had a motorized La-Z-Boy chair is yet to be found out. That itselfshould earn the man a dar t, but the fact that he was drunk while driv-ing it out on the road just gets him an even bigger one. A DWI is notfunny, but when a guy gets one for driving a motorized recliner drunkit is hilarious. Next time he decides to take the La-Z-Boy out for a spinhe better be the designated driver or find one for himself. That way hecan stay out of trouble.
“He was so into the music. You don’t see that very often. ”
Matt Loving, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, on the Jack's Mannequin concert
STORY IN UNIVERSITY
QUOTE OF THE DAY
From theSidelines
MATTHEW TORINO
“The New York Yankeesand Philadelphia Philliesare perilously close to aWorld Series the likes of
which our generation hasnever seen. ”
T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M O C T O B E R 2 3 , 2 0 0 9 9OP I N I O N S
A pathy is a powerfulweapon. It has haltedsocial movements, won
elections and silenced voicesthe world over. It is exactly thetool that must be used tosilence hatred.
This is meant to be directedtoward the University popula-tion that plans to meet the mem-bers of the Westboro BaptistChurch in the streets outside ofRutgers Hillel at 8:45 a.m. onOct. 28. My best advice: stay athome. This radical hate group isobviously not welcome on theUniversity campus. The onlyproblem is that they do legallyhave the right to be here andmake their voice heard at thatsite on that day. There is legallynothing that can be done to stopthis event from happening. Theyfollowed the procedures to theT, as they always do, in order toensure that they get their timein the spotlight.
Apathy stronger weapon than words
BRIAN SADEJ
Letter
I am writing to publicly addressthe concerns that have beenraised recently in regards to
the Rutgers University Senate’sreport in response to Charge S-0802, “Policies on Participation inBlood Drives.” As the author of thereport, which was approved by theUniversity Senate’s Student AffairsCommittee on Sept. 25, as well asthe University Senate’s ExecutiveCommittee on Oct. 9, I standbehind the report and its findingswhen it comes to blood drives andthe Rutgers UniversityNondiscrimination Policy. I still planon presenting this report before theSenate at our meeting andalso intend to support this measurewhen it comes up for a vote.
This report was the efforts ofcountless hours of interviews,research and deliberations of theStudent Affairs Committee. As thereport indicates, representativesfrom the Office of General Counsel,Health Services-New Brunswickand the University Blood DriveCommittee were consulted in devel-oping this report.
The decision to exclude menwho have had sex with men fromdonating blood is a decision firstintroduced over 30 years ago bythe U.S. Food and DrugAdministration. The exclusion ofmen who have had sex with menfrom donating blood amounts toonly a small percentage of personswho are automatically denied theright to donate blood because ofFDA policy. Other groups includepersons born in certain regions ofthe world, those who have trav-eled to certain areas or even thosewho take medications for commonconditions such as acne.
Since its inception 30 years ago,the policy has continually been chal-lenged as discriminatory, but ineach and every instance over thattime span the policy was found to benondiscriminatory, as there wasmedical data to support the claim.It is the Senate’s responsibility toreview and make recommenda-tions for change to the policies andprocedures of the University. Thiscommittee reviewed all data, includ-ing the legal advice of theUniversity’s Counsel, and has con-cluded that the FDA policy is not inviolation with the nondiscriminationpolicy of the University.
To quote the FDA, “[The] defer-ral policy is based on the docu-mented increased risk of certaintransfusion transmissible infec-tions, such as HIV, associated withmale-to-male sex and is not basedon any judgment concerning thedonor’s sexual orientation.” TheFDA policy does not ban gay menfrom donating blood; it does,though, exclude a specific at-riskgroup, men who have had sex withmen, from donating blood, becauseof clinical tests which show thisgroup is more susceptible to anincreased risk of HIV infection.
I encourage any members of theUniversity community who feel thatthis policy is discriminatory to get incontact with the FDA athttp://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/ContactFDA/default.htm.
Kevin Wild is a University Collegesenior. He is also the co-chair StudentAffairs Committee and a member ofthe Rutgers University Senate.
KEVIN WILD
Letter
Bloodban donefor reason
We cannot silence their voices,but as a collective unit we cangreatly minimize their audience.Groups like the Westboro BaptistChurch have no political goals orpolicy objectives that they hope toachieve by peacefully protestingaround the country; they simplywish to legally stand on the streetcorner and scream their messagesof hatred to the world in order toget a reaction from the immediatevicinity. Why would they do this?Media Coverage. They want to beinterviewed by Fox, NBC andCBS and have their 15 minutes offame all around the country. Theywant to be seen as the devilish fig-ures that most Americans areembarrassed about so that theycan spread their message to aglobal audience.
What do media sources want?A good story, and what betterstory would there be then thou-sands of University students meet-ing 10 members of a radical groupto denounce their dogma? If noone shows up to the “protest” ofthe church, the story is not asinteresting and the groups’ action
begin to fade into obscurity. This isthe most powerful weapon that wehave, to force them to fade intoobscurity by not reacting.
This group knows what theyare doing, that is why they chosethe University, one of the most lib-eral universities in the country, asthe site for their next protest. Theyknow we vehemently oppose theirideas and will react exactly theway they want us to. They want usto gather all our friends and familyand meet them on the steps ofHillel. Shortly after they meet us,they will meet the news crewscoming in to check the lateststory, which will display theevents of New Brunswick to theentire world. They want us to reactirrationally and to think with ourhearts instead of our heads so thatthey can achieve what they want.
This University was targetedspecifically and is a calculatedmovement by a group that is get-ting less attention as time dragson. This is a chance for theirsmall, radical chapter to step intothe spotlight, if only for a fewmore moments.
Our strategy should be one ofgeneral apathy, to avoid thecounter-protest and continue onwith our day as if it was no differ-ent then any other day. This over-all should not be that difficult,since most University studentsdo not get up before 11 a.m. Stayin bed, study for exams, go to thegym, eat a fat sandwich, go onFacebook, do absolutely any-thing other then organizing andstaging a counter protest to theirlegal protest.
If we ignore this group and letthem pass peacefully through thecity unimpeded, the news sourceswill not care and we will deal theWestboro Baptist Church a morepowerful defeat than we could dostanding across the street fromthem, yelling at them and sayingthey should go home. They arenot welcome here and we know it,so do not give them a place at theUniversity. Apathy is a powerfulweapon — let’s utilize it for good.
Brian Sadej is a RutgersCollege senior majoring in politi-cal science and criminal justice.
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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Today's Birthday (10/23/09) You may run out of energy beforethe end of the day. Try to schedule a 10-minute catnap afterlunch. You come back refreshed and ready to climb a mountain.To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day,0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 6 — This won't beyour best day, but it can bringbeneficial changes your way.Use power wisely.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is an 8 — You feel likeyou can't do anything right.Obviously, that's not true.Begin simple projects today.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 5 —You can't stayin bed all day, but you maywish you had when otherspush your buttons. Thingsimprove tomorrow.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 6 — If passion isyour goal, you're on theright track. Persuasion worksboth ways, so don't takecharge completely.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) —Today is a 6 — An older per-son tells you what needs to bedone. Be sure you understandthe project before you takethe first step.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 6 — This is a goodtime to do your research.Homework pays off in school,as it does in other pursuits.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 6 — This would be agood day to stay home. Youcould take care of quite a fewpersonal things. Avoid conflictat work.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — You moveinto your own romanticemotional space. Bringsomeone else along andyou'll make memories.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — You have a hardtime listening to others now.They babble and don't get any-where. Take independent action.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 5 — An older per-son sets up a roadblock. Atfirst you think you can't pass.By day's end, you're on anoth-er highway.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 5 — Whatever youhave in the back of your mind,keep it there today. This isn't thetime to try to convince others.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 5 — Make changeson a practical level as necessary.They don't have to be bigchanges in order to be effective.
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T he Rutgers crew teamtravels to PhiladelphiaSaturday and Princeton
Sunday to compete in a pair of races.
The Scarlet Knights kick offthe weekend at Head ofSchuylkill Regatta in the City ofBrotherly Love.
“We’ve had some really hardpractices recently,” senior captainTori Rowlands said. “Our goal isto continue getting in better shapeso we can perform at our best.”
Going into Sunday’s race, theKnights are looking to improveupon last year’s 34th place finish.
RUTGERS MEN’S SOCCERhead coach Bob Reasso goes forcareer win No. 350 Saturdaynight when the Scarlet Knightstravel to Louisville.
THE RUTGERS MEN’S ANDwomen’s basketball teams hostmeet the team events thisSunday at the Louis BrownAthletic Center. The women’steam will hold an open practicein the afternoon, with doorsopening at 12 p.m. The men’steam’s event kicks off later inthe day at 7 p.m., with doorsopening at 6:45 p.m.
a return game. We think that therisk-reward is there so that iswhy we do it.”
The Knights benefited lastFriday, when McCourtyblocked a third quarter punt togive the offense the ball at thePitt 39-yard line.
It was McCourty’s fifth careerpunt block, but RU punted the ballback three plays later — the mostsuccessful aspect of the Knights’special team’s play. Junior punterTeddy Dellaganna leads theBigEast with 13 of his 28 kicks placedinside the 20-yard line.
The Knights also performedwell on kick coverage until Pittreturned two kicks for a com-bined 78 yards.
Against Florida International,RU faced the nation’s seventh bestreturner T.Y. Hilton and held him to20.3 yards per return — more than10 yards below his season average.
“We were doing well in kickoffcoverage, but then we blew a gas-ket,” Schiano said. “Drive starts areso important. On kickoff coverage,if you can pin them inside their 20and make them play on a long field,with our defense, we have the oddsin our favor. If they get it out to the35 or the 40, things begin to go theother way.”
After a Dellaganna puntbounced off the foot of a Pitt playerlast Friday, senior linebackerDamaso Munoz recovered the ballat the 11-yard line.
The offense scored on itsfirst play, but on the ensuingkickoff Pitt returned the ball 54
ISSUE: Return teams rank
last in Big East conference
continued from back“When we don’t execute in that
many stages in the game, you’regoing to have a result like that,”Werneke said.
The Knights were able to take a27-25 victory in the second set to tiethe series at one, taking advantageof Fordham’s worst set of the nightwith a .053 attacking percentage.But that would be the only victorythe Rams would allow.
“I thought we took advantageof matchups [in the second set],and not only taking advantage ofit but executing it and gettingthe right plays called and exe-cuting those plays,” Wernekesaid. “They had their runs, wehad our runs, we responded andat the end we made one moreplay than they did.”
The remainder of RU’s scheduleconsists of only Big East opponents,of which the Knights beat only onelast year.
In terms of Werneke’s dreamof making the Big East tourna-ment at the end of the season,the squad needs more than a lit-tle luck. The first of the finalseven conference matches onschedule is an afternoon startSaturday at Seton Hall. Last timethe two teams met, the Piratesswept the Knights.
If RU is swept again it wouldmark the sixth straight timethey’ve failed to win a set againstBig East competition.
“Management wise, I thinkwe’re just trying to figure things outon our end,” Werneke said. “Ourfocus is trying to get everybody onthe same page.”
FORDHAM: Knights
drop last six of seven gamescontinued from back
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Junior punter Teddy Dellaganna (93) averages 41.8 yards per puntthrough the first half of the season. He won Big East Special TeamsPlayer of the Week Sept. 29 against the Maryland Terrapins.
yards into RU territor y, a letdown for the kickoff cover-age team.
“We have to get better,”McCourty said. “We were able tomake a play on our punt team to
get the ball back to our offenseand get in the end zone, then wecan’t come out on kickoffs andgive up a 50-yard return. Thattotally takes the momentum out ofa team.”
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BIG QUESTION
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NCAA FOOTBALL 2010 SIMULATION
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FINAL VERDICT
Army scored a combinednine points againstRutgers in its last twogames against the Scarlet
Knights. The Black Knights kicked a fieldgoal for their only score last season.
9The Rutgers football teamhas not returned a kick orpunt for a touchdownsince the 2005 season
when Willie Foster took one 74 yards for atouchdown against Pittsburgh.
’05The Scarlet Knights wentfor an all out attackthrough the air against Pittand ran for just 38 yards
throughout the game. Mohamed Sanu ledRU with 29 yards and a touchdown.
38After recording 96 yardsand a touchdown againstPittsburgh, senior widereceiver Tim Brown is
just 18 yards away from his career-high inreceiving yards in a season with 565.
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RUTGERS, 28-10The Rutgers defense limits Army’striple-option offense and knocksoff its final non-conference foe.
ANTONIO LOWERYJUNIOR LB
How will Tom Savageperform in his first game
away from Piscataway?
TOM SAVAGERUTGERS QB
True freshman quarterback TomSavage did not play in RU’s gameagainst Maryland, meaning thattonights game at Michie Stadiumis the first road test of his career.
“We’re working hard todo well against it.
Everything, every play,you have to know. They do this for a
living. We’re doing itjust for one game.”
THE DEFENSE
DOES NOT GET
LAZY OR GIVE UP
A BIG PLAY.Against Navy’s triple-option lastseason, RU gave up big plays tolose the lead. That can’t happenagainst Army’s similar offense.
RT. 9 GIVES THE
SCARLET KNIGHTS
TRAVEL TROUBLE
IN NEW YORK.Rutgers showed up late to
Michie Stadium two years ago,but won. It’s the only realisticway Rutgers loses this game.
With the Rutgers footballteam reeling after its secondBig East loss of the season,NCAA Football 2010 predictsfor the Scarlet Knights tobounce back tonightwith a two-touchdownwin over Army.
Behind a monster186-yard, three-touch-down day for sopho-more tailback JoeMartinek, RU tookdown the BlackKnights 31-17.
Martinek’s 186yards came on only 19attempts after Rutgersyet again focused on a passattack. Freshman quarterbackTom Savage threw 48 times inthe win, completing 23 attemptsfor 246 yards. Savage did notfind the end zone, however, andthrew two picks.
Senior receiver Tim Brownhauled in a career-high 11balls for 109 yards on thegame, and Martinek addedfive catches for 42 yards to his
impressive day.Senior linebacker
Ryan D’Imperio made11 tackles and forceda fumble that heinstantly recovered ondefense, but the play-er of the day againstthe triple option wasjunior safety JoeLefeged, who made 13tackles and picked offa pass for a 37-yard
touchdown.The Daily Targum’s weekly
simulation is 5-1 this season,incorrectly predicting only theloss to Pittsburgh.
— Staff Report
JOE LEFEGEDJUNIOR SAFETY
BY KEVIN O’ROURKESTAFF WRITER
Fifth-year senior captainCatherine Whetstone is optimistic
that theRutgerss w i m -m i n gand div-
ing team can get back to where itwas in 2006-07.
In that season, the ScarletKnights claimed their second con-secutive runner-up finish in theBig East as Whetstone gainedhonorable mention All-Americanaccolades, participating in theNCAA Championships as part ofthe 400-yard freestyle relay teamand setting a school record enroute to a 14th place showing inthe 100-yard butterfly.
Whetstone knows it will take alot of hard work to get to thatpoint, but she has been encour-aged by the team’s performance inpreseason training and practice.
“I think that we have a really,really good squad this year andthere’s a lot of depth,” Whetstonesaid. “All the seniors are lookingphenomenal in practice … [and] wehad an intra-squad meet a couple ofweeks ago and a lot of the new girlsswam really fast.”
The Knights need strongefforts from underclassmen if
they are to improve on last year’sfourth place Big East finish. In thewake of graduating key seniorssuch as captain Linda Tate and for-mer 100-yard fly conference cham-pion Kasey Kesses, RU’s 27 playerroster consists of 17 underclass-men, including 11 freshmen.
Whetstone said it is theresponsibility of herself and theother seven seniors to conveythe tradition of RU swimming
and diving to the newcomers.At the same time, Whetstonesaid she does not foresee theteam’s youth being a problem.
“They’re just really good work-ers and there are so many ofthem that are really passionateabout swimming and diving,”Whetstone said. “It’s not thathard because they really want tobe there.”
She said head coach ChuckWarner will also help the youngteam develop.
In 11 seasons at the helm,Warner collected four Big EastCoach of the Year honors thanksto a 69-28 record.
“In the world of swimming,he’s a really, really respectedcoach,” Whetstone said. “He hasso much knowledge in thesport, and he can really help allthe new girls get to a whole newlevel [like] he has with the restof the team.”
RU begins the 2009-2010 sea-son this weekend by hosting theSWRC Invite, beginning tonightat the Rutgers Aquatic Center.
Whetstone said the eventserves as a warm-up for the dualmeet the following weekendagainst Big East foesConnecticut and Villanova.
The remainder of the pre-win-ter break slate features homemeets with West Virginia,Wagner and the GalbraithDiving Event, which the Knightswill also play host for.
In between, the team travels toCambridge for the HarvardInvitational.
“I just love how the attitude ofthe team is right now,” Whetstonesaid. “If they’re confident in whatthey’re doing, we’re going to be apretty powerful team.”
SWRC INVITE, TODAY, 4:15 P.M.
SWIMMING & DIVING
“If they’re confidentin what they’re
doing, we’re going to be a pretty
powerful team.”CATHERINE WHETSTONE
Senior Captain
Tough weekend ahead for RUBY STEVEN WILLIAMSON
SENIOR WRITER
Coming of f what wasarguably the most successful
w e e k -end ofthe sea-son, theRutgersf i e l dhockey
t e a mprepares to face its biggestchallenge of the year.
While the Scarlet Knights areplaying their best field hockey ofthe season, Connecticut estab-lished itself as a conference pow-erhouse on day one and entersthe weekend with a 14-2 record.
The team has to keep its footon the gas if it hopes to stay
afloat Saturday against theNo. 7 Huskies.
“I think more than anythingwe just want to go out there andput together 70 minutes of teamhockey,” said Rutgers headcoach Liz Tchou. “I think therewill be an added effort becauseit is the seniors’ last homegame, but I’m just asking themto put together another goodgame with good chemistry.”
With UConn the only gameon the schedule for the Knightsthis weekend, the Big Eastopponent is square in their sights.
The Knights seek to buildon last weekend’s success.
RU scored five goals onSaturday to stun a 13-0 Rider squadat home, handing the Broncs theirfirst loss of the season.
CONNECTICUT ATRUTGERS, SATURDAY, 1 P.M.
FIELD HOCKEY
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Junior co-captain (23) Jenna Bull and the Scarlet Knights face a talltask this weekend when they face off against No. 7 UConn at home.
The Knights followed up theirperformance with a defensivebattle against Lafayette a day later, narrowly dropping the con-test 2-0.
Both the Broncs and theLeopards received votes in thenational poll, but the Knightshave not faced a team rankedas high as the Huskies.
UConn started the year with10 straight victories before los-ing their first game to No. 4Princeton. Their only otherloss came at the hands of No. 5Syracuse, the only other teamthe Knights have yet to face in conference.
Though the game is a bigone, Tchou said the team isworking on treating it like anyother as her team continues tosteadily improve.
“Each player is reaching theirpeak right in regards to both skilland decision making, and I thinkwe’ve done a good job of just stay-ing it in the present,” she said.“This game is definitely impor-tant, but at the same time, we’renot making it bigger than it is.”
The contest marks the finalhome game for the Knights’seniors, who will be honored ina pregame ceremony.
After the team’s loss to SaintJoseph’s two weeks ago, Tchouchallenged the team to finishtheir year strong for their sen-iors. The Knights respondedlast weekend, and all eyes willbe on them Saturday to see if they can deliver a repeat performance.
Regardless, Tchou said sheis happy the team has finallycoming together.
“I think that in the past couple of weeks our practiceshave been much better.Communication has been bet-ter, more than anything Ithink,” she said. “I think thelast couple of weeks have beenso great, it hasn’t been so muchabout the wins of the losses butit’s that we’ve continued tolearn at each practice.”
Young squad opens season at home
BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Though Army runs the tripleoption offense, the Rutgers footballteam has just one option if it wantsto go bowling for a fourth straightseason — victory.
With two Big East losses in thefirst half of the season, the ScarletKnights need a win against theBlack Knights to get within twogames of Bowl eligibility before thetoughest part of the schedulebegins Oct. 31 in the form of Connecticut.
“This is definitely a big gamefor us coming up,” said juniorlinebacker Antonio Lowery, wholed the team with 12 tackles lastweek. “[The triple option] is aunique offense. They do it allyear, and we’re just getting readyfor it for one game. So we’reworking hard to do well againstit. Everything, every play youhave to know. They do this for aliving. We’re doing it just for one game.”
Only a select few BowlChampionship Subdivision teamsactually run the triple option,including Army, Navy andGeorgia Tech.
RU has experience against it,facing both Army and Navy lastseason and going 1-1 in the twomatchups.
“It is very unique in that not alot of teams run it anymore,” saidhead coach Greg Schiano. “If youare not disciplined, it will make youlook silly. You have to put your eyeswhere they are supposed to be andyou have to have the discipline tokeep them there.”
The triple option attack is arun-frequent attack where thequarterback snaps the ball andhas options to keep the ball him-self — either to run or to pass —instantly hand the ball to the full-back or sweep around and pitchthe ball to a tailback.
“Everything is happening infront of you at high speed,”Schiano said. “You want to lookbecause your nature is to find thefootball and go get it. If you do thatagainst this offense, you are goingto struggle. It is going to take agreat week of preparation.”
Senior middle linebacker andteam captain Ryan D’Imperio, whois third on the team with 34 tackles,faces the triple option for the
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STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE
T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M1 5 O C T O B E R 2 3 , 2 0 0 9 SPORTS
STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE
TIMBROWNWide ReceiverSenior5’-8”, 210 lbs
ANTHONYDAVISTackleJunior6’-6”, 325 lbs
ARTFORSTGuardSophomore6’-8”, 310 lbs
RYANBLASZCZYKCenterSenior6’-4”, 295 lbs
DESMONDWYNNGuardSophomore6’-6”, 290 lbs
KEVINHASLAMTackleSenior6’-7”, 295 lbs
D.C.JEFFERSONTight EndR-Freshman6’-6”, 245 lbs
MOHAMEDSANUWide ReceiverFreshman6’-2”, 215 lbs
TOM SAVAGEQuarterbackFreshman6’-5”, 230 lbs
JACKCORCORANFullbackSenior6’-1”, 230 lbs
JOEMARTINEKRunning BackSophomore6’-0”, 215 lbs
GEORGEJOHNSONRight endSenior6’-4”, 260 lbs
CHARLIENOONANTackleJunior6’-2”, 270 lbs
SCOTTVALLONETackleR-Freshman6’-3”, 270 lbs
ALEXSILVESTROLeft endJunior6’-4”, 260 lbs
DAMASOMUNOZLinebackerSenior6’-0”, 220 lbs
RYAND’IMPERIOLinebackerSenior6’-3”, 245 lbs
ANTONIOLOWERYLinebackerJunior6’-2”, 225 lbs
DAVIDROWECornerbackSophomore6’-0”, 195 lbs
JOELEFEGEDStrong SafetyJunior6’-1”, 205 lbs
ZAIREKITCHENFree SafetySenior6’-2”,215 lbs
DEVINMcCOURTYCornerbackSenior5’-11”, 190 lbs
RUTGERS AT ARMYKnightsGameday
GAME 7: Michie Stadium, 8 p.m. TV: ESPN2 RADIO: 1450 AM FAVORITE: Rutgers by 10.5
Triple option poses unique threat
SCARLET KNIGHTS (4-2)
PASSINGT. Savage
RUSHINGJ. MartinekJ. Brooks
RECEIVINGT. BrownM. SanuK. YoungJ. Hayes
DEFENSED. McCourtyA. LoweryJ. Freeny
INJURIESProbable — S Pat Kivlehan (leg), LB RyanD’Imperio (stinger), G Desmond Wynn (shoulder) Out — G Caleb Ruch (leg)
Key MatchupRutgers front seven vs. Army’s tr iple-option offense
One of three FBS teams in the country that run the rushing-based attack, the Black Knights will try to ram the ball down the Scarlet Knights’ throats.
Rutgers must stay disciplined and keep on their assignments across the field.
Last time the Scarlet Knights visited Michie Stadium, runningback Ray Rice ran for a then career-high 234 yards against Army.
fourth time in his career tonightafter playing both Army and Navylast season and Army the year before.
“You have to be very disciplinedto go against it, so it’s a challenge,”D’Imperio said. “Past experiencegoes a long way in this case. It basi-cally relates all the way back tohigh school.”
RU stomped Army 30-3 last sea-son to become bowl eligible afterstarting the season 1-5. Thedefense had no trouble with thetriple option on that day as juniorsafety Joe Lefeged’s fumble recov-ery for a touchdown two minutesinto the game set the tone for adominating defensive performance.
The last time the Knights madethe trip to Michie Stadium, theyalso won big, but in an ugly fash-
ion. After brutal snowstorms andtraffic forced a late arrival, quar-terback Mike Teel hurt his thumbon the first drive and had to leavethe game.
Quarterback Jabu Lovelace andrunning back Ray Rice were up tothe challenge, however, leading RUto a 41-6 win.
Rice set a new career high —only to be broken in theInternational Bowl — with 234rushing yards, but Lovelace andjunior running back MasonRobinson still arguably had theirbest games as Knights.
Lovelace, filling in for Teel,ran for 81 yards and two touch-downs and Robinson, Rice’s back-up after an injur y to tailbackKordell Young, had 82 yards onthe ground.
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T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M
BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT
Mohamed Sanu stands isolated in the endzone with a punt and an entire football teamheading towards him.
It is a pregame ritual for the Rutgersfootball team, as theScarlet Knights
gather around the freshman punt returnerbefore heading into the locker room every game.
But take one glance at the RU kick andpunt return stats and it looks like thereturn men are tasked with evading entireteams during the game as well.
RU ranks last in the Big East in bothreturn categories. In the nation, only fiveteams average less on kick returns thanthe Knights, and only seven teams aver-age less on punts.
The last time the Knights returned akick for a touchdown was over four yearsago — Sept. 30, 2005.
“The [kickoff return] we need to getbetter at, there is no doubt, and I think wewill,” head coach Greg Schiano said. “Ithink we were making progress early inthe year, and I think we have plateauedand maybe even gone down a little bit. Weare going to have to look at personnel andwe are going to have to just get better.”
Senior wideout Tim Brown could beinvolved in those personnel changes,replacing junior Joe Lefeged, owner of thelongest return of the season for RU.
Although Lefeged returned a kick 36yards at Mar yland, his three gaf fesagainst Pittsburgh do not show up in thebox score. The Germantown, Md., nativemuffed two kicks and went to his knee atthe one-yard line while catching a thirdkick, giving the of fense a 99-yard field to drive.
Brown handled return duties alongwith senior captain Devin McCourty afterthat, and said he is not concerned with theKnights’ lack of production.
“We’re just trying to take care of theball,” Brown said. “We don’t get to return
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Starting position poses special teams issue
DAN BRACAGLIA/ MULTIMEDIA EDITOR
Senior Devin McCourty plays the role of kick returner, as well as starting at cornerback,for the Scarlet Knights, though he averages just 18.4 yards per return.
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the ball much during the games, but wewant to go out there and take care of theball, field the kicks and give our of fensegood starting field position.”
While Schiano recognizes the stridesneeded from kick returns, he is not con-cerned with Sanu’s 3.4 yards per puntreturn average.
After the Texas Southern game inwhich Sanu fair caught a ball with the clos-
est defender no less than 10 yards away,Schiano said he would never second guessa punt returner — the hardest job on thefield, he said.
“On the punt return, we are a punt blockteam,” Schiano said. “A lot of the time weare coming. When you do that, you havemore fair catches and you have not as great
Rutgers dropsfourth straightat Fordham
BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT
Whatever magic the Rutgers volleyball teamworked with in the first half of the season is gone.
The Scarlet Knights dropped their fourthconsecutive match Wednesday night atFordham, losing 3-1 with scores of 17-25, 27-25, 22-25 and 11-25.
The match also marks the Knights’ sixth lossin seven games — five of those were sweeps.
“I think we underachieved,” head coach CJWerneke said of Wednesday night’s perform-ance. “I thought we were a better team, but wedidn’t execute like we’re capable of. Not to takeanything away from Fordham, I thought theyplayed pretty well, but I thought we were the bet-ter team.”
Underachieving may be one thing, butthe Rams outplayed RU in pretty muchevery aspect.
The Knights lost the error battle in every cat-egory except blocking, putting up 30 attackingerrors, 11 serving errors and two blocking tothe opposition’s 18, 10 and six.
On offense, RU was outdone in kills, over-all attacking percentage and service aces.
“I just don’t think that every point mattered,”Werneke said. “We weren’t engaged enough inthe play in the now and that leads to runs thatother teams get against us. That’s [what hap-pened] against Fordham.”
The loss drops the Knights to 8-14 overalland 1-6 in the Big East.
The final set for RU was something out ofa bad dream. With a -.107 attacking percent-age reminiscent of last year’s sloppy style ofplay, the Knights were only able to score 11times before the Rams (10-15, 1-7 A-10) tookthe final match.
