THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 133 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 INDEX PLAYING THROUGH PAIN Today: Partly cloudy High: 58 • Low: 41 The Daily Targum takes an in-depth look at the culture of American football and how it drives athletes to play despite injury and endanger their careers. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 SPORTS ...... BACK Are bloggers the future of journalism and do they provide unbiased reports? The city zoning board approves construction of a 34-apartment building on Sicard Street for students. OPINIONS METRO OPINIONS ....... 10 WEDNESDAY APRIL 28, 2010 PENDULUM ....... 8 The University confirmed that hotels will not be needed for the 2010-2011 academic year because lottery applications project fewer housing requests than previous years. NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER U. projects no hotels next year BY CAITLIN MAHON SENIOR WRITER University officials confirmed that no students will be residing in hotels next year because fewer students have request- ed and accepted on-campus housing. Ten thousand students went through the lottery process for all units this year, com- pared to 10,600 in 2009 and 10,300 in 2008. But only 8,000 students have accepted hous- ing assignments for the 2010-2011 academic year, said Executive Director of Residence Life Joan Carbone. “Many students, who applied for [a suite or apartment] and didn’t get them, did not go forward and apply for doubles,” Carbone said. “So we were able to offer everybody who went through the lottery some kind of space.” Vice President for Student Affairs Gregor y S. Blimling said the University has arrangements in place with the Crowne Plaza Hotel in case additional housing is needed. Cahill reflects on past term, looks to future New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill sat down with with The Daily Targum’s Associate News Editor Colleen Roache to discuss his vision for the city, housing, education, immi- gration and why he deserves another four years as the leader of New Brunswick. For the full interview, visit www.dailytargum.com. Colleen Roache: What will be your top priority if you are re-elected this year? Jim Cahill: Making New Brunswick a great place to live. All that we do, from the most important of the responsibilities as a government — which is the safety of our res- idents — to job creation, affordable housing, the health of our residents and the education of our children, our recreation and after- school programming, are centered on mak- ing life better for our residents. CR: Residential overcrowding has become an issue here in the city. I was wondering how, in the future, you plan to address the issue. JC: We’ve remained stalwart in our com- mitment to provide quality housing to people with low and moderate-income levels. … It’s not just overcrowding for the more perma- nent residents, but often Rutgers students find themselves in overcrowded situations. Rather than turn our back on University stu- dents … we’ve turned to the private sector in the areas immediately around the campus and devised new concepts, which replace the older, antiquated homes that are clearly not suitable for student living. CR: A quarter of residents in New Brunswick are living at or below the poverty line. How will you handle this issue? JC: The greatest concentration of the Although the University is accommodating all students who entered the lottery and accepted housing assignments, 600 students who did not go through the lottery process are now vying for space on campus. Executive Director of Residence Life Joan Carbone said the University may be able to accommodate a good number of students, but a few factors will ultimately determine if hous- ing assignments become available. “It’s dependent upon unknown numbers,” Carbone said. “Much of what we have to wait for now is withdrawals and dismissals [of con- tinuing students].” At the end of the semester, some students will transfer to other universities HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PUSH FOR HOUSING SPACES RUSA candidates face off on campus-wide issues BY DEVIN SIKORSKI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR The presidential candidates for the Rutgers University Student Assembly met in their first debate Monday night, allowing the University student body to hear and see the potential leaders for their student government. On the eve of Election Day, John Aspray, Yousef Saleh and Sam Firmin debated at the Eagleton Institute of Politics on issues concerning not only RUSA members, but the student body as a whole. RUSA Secretary Ashley Brower said she felt the debate went well and gave a face to the name of the presi- dential candidates. “I think everybody acted very professional, and I think it was great for the Rutgers community to know who they are voting for,” said Brower, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. RUSA Elections Committee Chair Ben West said each candidate brought a different perspective and level of experi- ence, resulting in a successful debate. “Yousef was most able to relate his personal life to issues. John had the RUSA Presidential Candidates Yousef Saleh and Sam Firmin discuss concerns among students like the alma mater Monday at the Eagleton Institute of Politics. MARIELLE BALISALISA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER SEE HOTELS ON PAGE 5 SEE ISSUES ON PAGE 6 SEE CAHILL ON PAGE 4 METRO .......... 7 UNIVERSITY ....... 3 and some students will go abroad, she said. “But the academic dismissal lists that come to us from each of the schools are the largest number of people,” Carbone said. “As we lose those students, we will place these students [on the wait list] in those places.” Carbone said Residence Life would not receive all dismissal information possibly until the end of the summer session. “Some of the schools, like the School of Arts and Sciences for example, allow stu- dents who don’t do well academically to go to summer session and improve their grade point average,” she said. “So sometimes we don’t know if a student is dismissed until the end of the summer.” Some students do not always want the housing units that become available either, Carbone said. “When a space becomes available, we’ll start at the top of the waiting list and offer it to them,” she said. “But we don’t say to them, ‘If you don’t take this space, you can’t stay on the waiting list.’” Carbone said Residence Life will go down the waiting list until a student accepts the hous- ing assignments, and begin the process over again as more space becomes available. — Caitlin Mahon most substance in answers, in terms of his experience with dealing with big legislative issues,” said West, a Rutgers College senior. “Sam was able to talk about his experience working with the members of the administration.” West and Elections Committee Co-Chair Kathryn Jenkins moderated the event, asking a range of questions emphasizing concerns both RUSA members and students at the University voiced. The candidates agreed on aspects of many issues, like the recent controversy over the University’s alma mater. Aspray said although the alma mater has a long history behind it, he is also opposed to any discrimination at the University. “As a student body, we should come together collectively to decide on the way forward with this,” said Aspray, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “So I propose we hold public forums on it, allowing an opportunity for both sides to express their views.” Saleh also said the alma mater issue should be put to a referendum
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PLAYING THROUGH PAINToday: Partly cloudy
High: 58 • Low: 41The Daily Targum takes an in-depth look at the culture of American football and how it drives athletes to play despite injury and endanger their careers.
ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 12
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 14
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
Are bloggers thefuture of journalismand do they provideunbiased reports?
The city zoning boardapproves constructionof a 34-apartmentbuilding on SicardStreet for students.
OPINIONS
METRO
OPINIONS . . . . . . . 10
WEDNESDAYAPRIL 28, 2010
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The University confirmed that hotels will not be needed for the 2010-2011 academicyear because lottery applications project fewer housing requests than previous years.
NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
U. projectsno hotels next year
BY CAITLIN MAHONSENIOR WRITER
University officials confirmed that nostudents will be residing in hotels nextyear because fewer students have request-ed and accepted on-campus housing.
Ten thousand students went through thelottery process for all units this year, com-pared to 10,600 in 2009 and 10,300 in 2008.But only 8,000 students have accepted hous-ing assignments for the 2010-2011 academicyear, said Executive Director of ResidenceLife Joan Carbone.
“Many students, who applied for [a suiteor apartment] and didn’t get them, did not goforward and apply for doubles,” Carbone said.“So we were able to offer everybody whowent through the lottery some kind of space.”
Vice President for Student AffairsGregory S. Blimling said the University hasarrangements in place with the CrownePlaza Hotel in case additional housing is needed.
Cahill reflectson past term,looks to future
New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill satdown with with The Daily Targum’s AssociateNews Editor Colleen Roache to discuss hisvision for the city, housing, education, immi-gration and why he deserves another fouryears as the leader of New Brunswick. For thefull interview, visit www.dailytargum.com.
Colleen Roache: What will be yourtop priority if you are re-elected this year?
Jim Cahill: Making New Brunswick agreat place to live. All that we do, from themost important of the responsibilities as agovernment — which is the safety of our res-idents — to job creation, affordable housing,the health of our residents and the educationof our children, our recreation and after-school programming, are centered on mak-ing life better for our residents.
CR: Residential overcrowding hasbecome an issue here in the city. I waswondering how, in the future, you planto address the issue.
JC: We’ve remained stalwart in our com-mitment to provide quality housing to peoplewith low and moderate-income levels. … It’snot just overcrowding for the more perma-nent residents, but often Rutgers studentsfind themselves in overcrowded situations.Rather than turn our back on University stu-dents … we’ve turned to the private sector inthe areas immediately around the campusand devised new concepts, which replace theolder, antiquated homes that are clearly notsuitable for student living.
CR: A quarter of residents in NewBrunswick are living at or below thepoverty line. How will you handle this issue?
JC: The greatest concentration of the
Although the University is accommodatingall students who entered the lottery andaccepted housing assignments, 600 studentswho did not go through the lottery process arenow vying for space on campus.
Executive Director of Residence Life JoanCarbone said the University may be able toaccommodate a good number of students, buta few factors will ultimately determine if hous-ing assignments become available.
“It’s dependent upon unknown numbers,”Carbone said. “Much of what we have to waitfor now is withdrawals and dismissals [of con-tinuing students].”
At the end of the semester, some students will transfer to other universities
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PUSH FOR HOUSING SPACES
RUSA candidates face off on campus-wide issuesBY DEVIN SIKORSKIASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The presidential candidates for theRutgers University Student Assemblymet in their first debate Monday night,allowing the University student body tohear and see the potential leaders fortheir student government.
On the eve of Election Day, JohnAspray, Yousef Saleh and Sam Firmindebated at the Eagleton Institute ofPolitics on issues concerning not onlyRUSA members, but the student bodyas a whole.
RUSA Secretary Ashley Browersaid she felt the debate went well andgave a face to the name of the presi-dential candidates.
“I think everybody acted very professional, and I think it was great forthe Rutgers community to know whothey are voting for,” said Brower, aSchool of Environmental and BiologicalSciences senior.
RUSA Elections Committee ChairBen West said each candidate brought adifferent perspective and level of experi-ence, resulting in a successful debate.
“Yousef was most able to relate hispersonal life to issues. John had the
RUSA Presidential Candidates Yousef Saleh and Sam Firmin discuss concernsamong students like the alma mater Monday at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
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and some students will go abroad, she said.
“But the academic dismissal lists thatcome to us from each of the schools are thelargest number of people,” Carbone said.“As we lose those students, we will placethese students [on the wait list] in those places.”
Carbone said Residence Life would notreceive all dismissal information possiblyuntil the end of the summer session.
“Some of the schools, like the School ofArts and Sciences for example, allow stu-dents who don’t do well academically to goto summer session and improve their gradepoint average,” she said. “So sometimes we
don’t know if a student is dismissed until theend of the summer.”
Some students do not always want thehousing units that become available either,Carbone said.
“When a space becomes available, we’llstart at the top of the waiting list and offer itto them,” she said. “But we don’t say tothem, ‘If you don’t take this space, you can’tstay on the waiting list.’”
Carbone said Residence Life will go downthe waiting list until a student accepts the hous-ing assignments, and begin the process overagain as more space becomes available.
— Caitlin Mahon
most substance in answers, in terms ofhis experience with dealing with biglegislative issues,” said West, a RutgersCollege senior. “Sam was able to talkabout his experience working with themembers of the administration.”
West and Elections Committee Co-Chair Kathryn Jenkins moderatedthe event, asking a range of questionsemphasizing concerns both RUSAmembers and students at theUniversity voiced.
The candidates agreed on aspectsof many issues, like the recent controversy over the University’salma mater.
Aspray said although the almamater has a long history behind it, heis also opposed to any discrimination atthe University.
“As a student body, we should cometogether collectively to decide on theway forward with this,” said Aspray, aSchool of Arts and Sciences junior. “So Ipropose we hold public forums on it,allowing an opportunity for both sides toexpress their views.”
Saleh also said the alma materissue should be put to a referendum
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Program explores consumers with iPadBY JEFF PRENTKY
STAFF WRITER
Apples will grace teachers’desks this summer at theUniversity, but they may wantto think twice before bitinginto them.
The University, in an effort tomerge traditional classroomlearning and digital technology,is launching a new digital mar-keting certificate program thissummer that will provide eachstudent with an Apple iPad.
The program is designed forworking professionals whohave already earned theirundergraduate degrees andwish to return to school forexecutive education classes,said Eric Greenberg, aUniversity Center forManagement Development fac-ulty member and coordinator ofthe digital marketing mini-MBA. He stressed how important it is for marketers tokeep up with new social media in order to effectively reach customers.
“A marketer is all about beingcustomer-focused,” Greenbergsaid. “For them, being an experton what the customers are using to consume information is critical.”
The CMD created the Mini-MBA: Digital MarketingExecutive Certificate program,which will consist of 12 three-hour sections.
University faculty, along withindustry subject matter experts,are working with Apple to createcustomized iPads preloaded withall required reading material —
Students line up to fill their plates with Turkish cuisine last night in theGraduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue campus for “Turkish Folk Music,” where they also experienced cultural acts.
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TURKISH DELIGHTincluding books, articles andvideos — for the program.
The first of three mini-MBAprograms will be offered fromJuly 19 to July 23 on Livingstoncampus and is limited to 30 classparticipants, according to aUniversity Media Relations pressrelease. University faculty andleading practitioners in the mar-keting industry will teach theprogram’s modules.
Upon completion of the pro-gram, working professionals willreceive an executive certificate indigital marketing and can elect totake an optional exam to qualifyfor three graduate elective cred-its toward the full-time MBA pro-gram at Rutgers BusinessSchool, Greenberg said. CurrentMBA students are not eligible forthe program.
Matt Bailey, the founder ofSiteLogic, a website marketingconsulting company based inOhio, will teach two modules —an introduction to online market-ing and a session on measure-ment and analytics.
He hopes the program willhelp working professionalslearn what is available in thefield and provide them withpractical experience.
“Right now, there’s just a bigdisconnect between the practiceof what agencies are doing andwhat’s being taught at the univer-sity level,” he said.
When teaching courses,Bailey recommends a variety ofPDF files and additional readingmaterials to his students andsaid the iPad will make access-ing these sources easier andmore enjoyable.
“One of the things that theKindle and iPad are doing ismaking it easier to read largedocuments,” he said. “Beingable to integrate that into ahand-held device where peoplecan read the resources, down-load them and have them avail-able in a very readable format, Ithink that’s going to be one ofthe keys to bringing more to thepublishing industry and inte-grating that into education.”
Apple representatives willvisit the University this week totrain faculty on how to use theiPad and incorporate it into theclassroom in innovative ways,Greenberg said.
Greg Jarboe, president andco-founder of Search EngineOptimization-Public Relations,will teach two modules ononline public relations andsocial media marketing.
Jarboe is excited to teach themodules but confessed heprefers PCs over Macs.
“I have a lot of curiosity, butI also have a lot of questions,so I’m looking forward to wheneverything will be clarified onWednesday,” he said in anticipation of his training via webinar.
Greenberg said he is excitedto collaborate with Apple to use this technology. Instructorsare coming up with as manyideas as possible for the pro-gram and will listen closely toparticipant recommendations.
“We’re hoping that the facul-ty, Apple representatives andclass par ticipants can helpshape the future of executiveeducation,” he said.
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individuals who live below thepoverty line are in the areaswhere students live, so thepresence of students in NewBrunswick, because they’reeither not working or becausethey’re par t-time employees,drives down our poverty rateor our percentage of residentswho live below the pover tyline. But that’s not the onlyreason. … The number onething that we do is to provideaf fordable housing. ... The sec-ond thing we do is create jobs… both in the private sectorand the not-for-profit sectorand take advantage of theopportunities that we have andthe fact that a lot of peoplewant to not only live in NewBrunswick, but work [here] as well.
CR: How can we improveeducation in NewBrunswick? What are yourplans for education here inthe city?
JC: Our schools are improv-ing. They have been designat-ed by the state of New Jerseyas a high-performing district,and they have been deter-mined by the federal govern-ment to meet the standards ofi m p r o v e m e n tunder the NoChild LeftBehind stan-dards. … Thenumber of stu-dents in NewBrunswick [forwhom] Englishis not their pri-mar y languageis impacted. …So, given thosedif ficulties, thatare encounteredin other Abbott districts aswell, I think the fact that weper form significantly betterthan our counterparts meansthat there’s the deliver y of good education in New Brunswick.
Where I can tell you that thescores are not entirely reflec-tive of the quality of theschools’ education is thatthose [standardized] tests,while they measure cer tainthings on a certain day, theydon’t measure the improve-ments that we see with our stu-dents as they progress overthe years. … Our kids areabsolutely tremendous. Aspar t of their academic pro-gramming, they do communityservice. They understand theimportance of civic responsi-bility and duty, and our kids,when they graduate, they grad-uate not only as an educatedperson, but they also graduateas somebody who understandsthere’s a commitment to theircommunity and an importanceof community that makes thema better person. There’s no testfor that.
CR: What resources areavailable for immigrants inNew Brunswick. And if youthink there should be moreresources available, whatare they?
JC: We provide all the serv-ices to the people of NewBrunswick, regardless ofwhere they come from. NewBrunswick has always been aport of entry city since it wasestablished 330 years ago. …
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The reason why we open ourarms is if they’re contributingto the overall improvement ofour city, as I think our immi-grant population has, and ifthey’re willing to become apart of the fabric of the com-munity of New Brunswick,then it can only be a good thing.
CR: How do immigrantsimpact the city?
JC: If you take a look at thebusinesses that have devel-oped in our city — on FrenchStreet and Jersey Avenue —you’ll see a burgeoning, thriv-ing business community that’sthere to service the neighbor-hoods and a stretch of busi-nesses that, quite vacant, hadgone vacant for far too long. …You’ll see excitement in ourneighborhoods and culturalprogramming and art that hap-pens in our city as a result ofthe more recent wave ofHispanics into our community.
Not only do students live inovercrowded situations some-times, but clearly, a lot of ourimmigrant population does.And that creates a hardship forneighborhoods, it creates ahardship for them and frankly,it also puts them in harm’sway, because they’re movinginto unsafe buildings. From aneducational perspective, itdoes, because English is nottheir primar y language andsometimes, they don’t speak
English at allwhen they comeinto our schoolsystem. It does,s o m e t i m e s ,adversely impactour testing, whilethe student isnever theless asintelligent asever ybody else.… There aresometimes disad-vantages that arecreated. … [But]
o nbalance, I think it’s been a positive impact.
CR: How do you think youhave impacted NewBrunswick in your years as mayor?
JC: I can tell you that undermy leadership as mayor of NewBrunswick, our city has trans-formed from a city of decay andflight — people moved out ofthe city in droves. Now, we’vetransformed it into a thriving,vibrant, modern urban center.That’s the kind of change weneed to embrace — the changethat improves the quality of lifefor all of our residents. There’smore to do, and NewBrunswick needs someone whoknows how to get it done. Iwould suggest to you that thatperson is me.
CR: Why should voterschoose you?
JC: New Brunswick’s leaderneeds to be somebody thatembraces change. NewBrunswick is a constantlychanging environment, fromour diversity to the people thatlive here to all the amenitiesthat are provided, to the build-ings that we have, to the serv-ices we provide. It’s all aboutchange. New Brunswick’sleader needs to be able toembrace the change, to be will-ing to tackle the big problemsthat sometimes confront thecity with a bold vision, and notto be shy about it, be boldabout it with the idea of creat-ing a better tomorrow for allour residents.
“New Brunswickhas always been a port of entry
city since it was established 330 years ago.”
JIM CAHILLNew Brunswick Mayor
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But Carbone said the agreementwith the hotel will not be needed.
“We will not be having hotelsnext year, which I am thrilledabout,” she said. “It’s very hardto run a hotel that’s four milesfrom the campus.”
Blimling said the Universitymight have a decrease in stu-dents choosing to live on campusbecause of financial reasons.
From 2008-2009 to 2009-2010,housing costs went up 5 percent,Carbone said.
“But housing costs for 2010-2011 have not yet been deter-mined,” she said.
Due to housing shortages in2008 and 2009, the Universitydisplaced nearly 500 students tonearby hotels.
This housing shortage contin-ued because 10,000 students weretrying to sign in to 8,000 rooms,Blimling said in February.
Nearly 500 students perma-nently reside at the Crowne PlazaHotel this year, Blimling said.
But in the 2008-2009 academicyear, all students were moved backto campus by February 2009 asspace became available, Carbonesaid last semester. This was madepossible because the Universityallowed students to cancel theirhousing contracts without penalty.
To offset a future housingshortage, the University is in theprocess of constructing new resi-dence halls.
Five hundred beds are goingto be built on Busch campus, andapartment spaces for 1,500 stu-dents will be built on Livingstoncampus, both of which shouldopen by the fall of 2012, Blimlingsaid last semester.
Carbone said the Universitypredicts that by 2012, the hous-ing needs of students will be met.
“If we’re short, it will be by verylittle, and we should be able tohave a waiting list and be able to fillthose spaces as we go,” she said.
Sam Firmin, Residence HallAssociation president, said thehotel was a good supplement tothe University’s housing short-age but only until the new hous-ing projects are complete.
“Having students in the hotel isa nontraditional approach to solv-ing the problem of us having thelack of spaces for students to be atRutgers, to live on campus,” saidFirmin, a School of Environmentaland Biological Sciences sopho-more. “But at the same time, Ithink it was really our only optionuntil we build these new residencehalls on Busch campus andLivingston campus.”
Firmin said he has seen thehotel and has friends thatreside there.
“They love it. They love livingthere,” he said. “I have heard ofpeople that don’t find it satisfac-tory to live there, but the majori-ty of students really enjoy livingat the hotel.”
The 500 students living in theCrowne Plaza Hotel this year hadamenities that included a largeroom, private bath, a large colorTV, an indoor swimming pool, agymnasium and a sports bar.
Many students, like School ofArts and Sciences juniorChristine Cemelli, enjoy thehotel-style of living.
“The hotel was really great. Imean, it’s far, but we have a pooland a gym, and we get maid serviceonce a week. It’s far but you getused to it,” she said. “I definitelythink students are missing out justbecause it’s a hotel — it’s a lot bet-ter than dorms.”
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vote, agreeing it is the studentbody’s decision to change it.
“If [the students] believe thealma mater should be changed,then it should be changed,” saidSaleh, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “I don’t agree withPresident [Richard L.] McCormickthat we can’t change it but I feel ifthe majority of students don’t wantto change it, then that is the will ofthe people.”
Firmin expressed the samesentiment, saying even thoughthe song is a staple of theUniversity, it does not mean itcan’t be changed.
“It’s not up to one person tochoose an issue like this, especial-ly like something that is deeplyengrained in history,” said Firmin,a School of Environmental andBiological Sciences sophomore.“It has to be the col-lected body of thestudents that needto decide on this.”
Although thecandidates provid-ed similar answersfor the alma materissue, the samecould not be saidfor the studentorganizations’ frus-tration over thetransparency ofRUSA allocations.
Firmin said educating RUSAmembers about how to obtainallocations is crucial, but therecould be better methods throughtransparency and outreach.
“I feel that RUSA allocations hasbeen somewhat transparentthroughout the year on how theygo about allocating money and cer-tain united expenditures they pro-duce,” he said. “RUSA allocationshave done some good outreach thispast year but there is always roomfor improvement.”
Aspray said a lack of trans-parency for RUSA allocations isthe exact reason for various stu-dent organizations’ frustrations,which could be easily reduced.
“I believe that we should havemore open budget processes dis-played on the RUSA website,” hesaid. “In addition to that, I believethere needs to be a more clearmethod of basically distributinginformation to student organiza-tions on how to apply for funding.”
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Saleh disagreed with both can-didates, saying members of theallocations board are dedicatedand hold meetings open to the pub-lic to show what they are doingwith funds.
“They post the allocations foreach semester on their website andit also is voted on in RUSA,” he said.“The only way it could be moretransparent is if we put it on trans-parency paper.”
The public also weighed in onthe debate, asking the presidentialcandidates what their first actionwould be if elected RUSA chair.
Firmin said he would bring thestudent body and RUSA together,making sure they know they havea voice and a student governmentis there.
“RUSA can’t do anything unlesswe have the support of our stu-dents. Right now, I would actuallysay that not a lot of students evenknow that RUSA is here,” he said.“It’s all about getting RUSA’s nameout and letting students know thatwe’re here for them.”
Saleh stated itwould be to make aprofessional web-site, allowing forboth academic andprofessional out-reach for RUSA.
“After we builda Web presence, Iwould like to have aleadership retreatto tackle some ofthese problems,”he said.
Aspray also saidhe would plan for an intensive lead-ership conference to take place overthe summer, to make sure mem-bers of RUSA are ready to lead atthe University.
“Educating new leaders is veryimportant to getting anythingdone with a student assembly,” hesaid. “I recently attended theAmerican Student GovernmentAssociation conference andlearned a lot of skills … that RUSAmembers could appreciate.”
West said the debate provedsuccessful in showing thediversity of the presidentialcandidates and created a con-crete image for the Universitystudent body.
“I think you really got to seethey were three totally differentpeople with three totally differ-ent approaches on how to dothings,” he said. “I think [thedebate] is really going to helppeople decide who they want astheir president.”
“RUSA can’t do anything unless wehave the support of
our students ... not alot of students knowthat RUSA is here.”
SAM FIRMINRUSA Presidential Candidate
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Apartment building plans pass approval
BY GREG FLYNNCORRESPONDENT
The New Brunswick zoningboard approved the site planfor a three-story, 34-apartmentbuilding located on the cornerof Sicard and Senior Streetswhere four properties current-ly sit.
Citizens packed the CouncilChambers at City Hall Mondaynight to argue for or against thebuilding, which is intended forstudent housing.
The 4-3 vote approved vari-ances regarding height restric-tions, setbacks and other zon-ing ordinances but did notapprove the variances thatrequire at least five votes for approval.
Chris Ward spoke on behalf ofSicard Housing LLC, the compa-ny developing the project.
“Cities and universities areencouraging smar t develop-ment that minimizes impact onsurrounding communities [toget] students out of one or twofamily homes and moving theminto well-designed, high-densi-ty units right next to the cam-pus,” Ward said.
Paul Phillips, a professionalplanner speaking on behalf of theapplicant, said the University’sstudent housing shortage has cre-
ated a development opportunity.“By all accounts, Rutgers is
bursting at the seams,” Phillipssaid. “It cannot realisticallyaccommodate its students within the confines of its own campus.”
Steve Schock, an architectwith Kitchen and Associates,said the 34 apartments breakdown into six one-bedrooms, 24t w o - b e d r o o m s ,three three-bed-rooms and onestudio apartment.
The buildingwould have amaximum occu-pancy of 82 peo-ple, Ward said.
The projectattempts to recti-fy five issues withoff-campus hous-ing that do notbenefit studentsor citizens, he said. Such issuesinclude limited parking in thearea, lack of safety features inolder houses and the accumula-tion of garbage on streets.
By limiting the amount of peo-ple in an apartment, students canfocus on education, Ward said.
“Students are much moreaccountable for their ownactions and behaviors when youhave two or three students in an
apartment as opposed to eightor 10,” he said.
Ward said attics and base-ments are congregation areasthat generate noise complaints,trash tickets and other prob-lems residents typically havewith college students.
James Zullo, vice presidentand director of Timothy Haahsand Associates Inc.’s New
Jersey of fice,said the projectwould forgo the15 on-street park-ing permits avail-able to existingunits and insteadutilize 29 under-ground parkingspaces.
Only the 29tenants who paidfor spaces wouldhave access tothe garage via
a secured entrance on Senior Street, said Zullo, a University alumnus.
“This is considered arevoked company in NewJersey,” Klimik said.
Daniel Van Winkle, a wardsix resident who lives onSenior Street, wondered ifallowing one company to comein and replace family homeswith an apar tment building
would lead to an open seasonfor developers.
Van Winkle said the zoningboard would set a precedentwhen they approved the plans.
“What stops the rest of theSenior Street from becomingthis?” Winkle said.
Each application is based onits unique circumstances, the zon-ing board members said.
Joseph Kenny, born andraised in 35 Senior Street inward six, said 30 years ago hisfriend planted a California red-wood transplant and let it grow 36 feet tall and 10 feet wide.
Since the building isplanned to be 37 feet high —not including its tentative tow-ers that would add more heightto the building — Kenny fearsthat it would take away fromthe grandeur of the redwood,which is the biggest tree in the neighborhood.
“Talk about being dwarfed.That’s a monster coming into ourneighborhoods,” said Kenny, aUniversity alumnus.
Three LLC’s own all theexisting properties at the loca-tion — Little Bombay Inventing,Jersey NB, and Sicard StreetNB, Ward said. Chris Ward,Timothy Ward and MasahiroHanzawa own the LLC’s.
“[The University]cannot realisticallyaccommodate itsstudents within
the confines of its own campus.”
PAUL PHILLIPSProfessional Planner
Police arrestedThomas Vogel, 20,Saturday in connectionwith trying to force hisway into the home of aCity Council candidate inthe city’s Dewey Heights neighborhood.
Vogel is charged withburglary, robbery and ter-roristic threats, accordingto an article in the HomesNews Tribune.
While police wouldnot release the name ofthe victim, City Councilcandidate Martin Arochoidentified himself as thevictim, according to the article.
Arocho said he awokearound 2:15 a.m. Saturdayto the sound of someonebanging on the house,according to the article.
“It was like they weregoing to take the wallsdown,” Arocho said in thearticle. “I thought somebodywas doing construction.”
Vogel was releasedafter posting $10,000 bail,according to the article.
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which collectively killabout 36,000 Americansannually. And no, that wasnot a typo — contrary towhat most people believe,H1N1 has been around forquite a while now. Whatmakes this year’s H1N1unique is the large degreeof mutation that it under-
went compared to the typical annual variationthat occurs. So the more scientific name is actu-ally “novel H1N1.”
The outbreak of novel H1N1 was first noted inMexico last April, and because of its rapid spreadaround the world, the World Health Organizationdeclared in June that a pandemic status had beenreached. At this time, information was extremelylimited regarding this variant’s potential threat topublic health, although its ability to replicate inhumans and spread from person-to-person wasalready apparent, as well as its propensity for strik-ing the younger population to a greater extent thanthe seasonal flu does.
The solid information that theCDC and other health authoritiesdid have was historical data fromprevious outbreaks of novel flu vari-ants — the 1968 H3N2 virus thatkilled more than 30,000 Americansand one million worldwide; the 1957H2N2 virus that killed 70,000Americans and two million world-wide; and the infamous 1918
“Spanish Flu” H1N1 virus that killed more thanhalf a million in this country and almost 50 millionworldwide. In addition, a startling 99 percent oflast year’s seasonal H1N1 samples were resistantto the common antiviral medication Tamiflu,whereas the previous year’s resistance figure wasa mere 11 percent. This made prevention throughvaccination even more essential
Armed with these figures and the knowledgethat international travel — and therefore spreadof infection — occurs at a much higher ratetoday than it did in the 1950s and 1960s, theCDC had to act quickly and boldly. Althoughtechnological advances have enabled healthauthorities to detect and contain outbreaksmuch more quickly than in decades past, therisk to benefit ratio in this case still heavilyfavored over-responding with preventive meas-ures and treatment initiatives than taking amore conservative route.
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2010 flu season, the longlines of people waiting to gettheir swine flu shots mayseem like a distant memoryto most of us. Indeed, themajor headline maker forthe latter half of last yearhas by and large disappeared from the eveningnews as natural disasters and health care reformtook center stage.
Throughout the H1N1 saga, groups from pedia-tricians to Al Jazeera have been crying foul overwhat they purport to be an overhyping of the newflu strain by health authorities and the Westernmedia. According to some naysayers, the risk posedby H1N1 was simply not enough to warrant its pan-demic status. To others, the alerts were put in placeas a deplorable $1.6 billion kowtow to Big Pharmaand its bottom line.
As the final figures of H1N1-attributed mor-tality in this country start streaming in from theCenters for Disease Control andPrevention at a small fraction ofthe earlier high end projection of90,000 deaths, the level of criti-cism will likely increase — howcan you justify all the ballyhooabout H1N1 when the seasonal flukills three times as many peopleevery year? While no one can denythat H1N1 was hyped to the top ofthe vernacular chart, it was well justified andplayed a major role in preventing a potential pub-lic health catastrophe.
Before I continue though, I think it is worth tak-ing a minute to clear up some confusion and finallygive meaning to the jumble of letters and numbersthat spell H1N1. In order to cause illness, the fluvirus must multiply within our body by taking overour cells’ natural replication machinery. It accom-plishes this via the aid of two proteins that it pos-sesses — hemagglutinin and neuraminidase; thinkof them as lock keys.
Hemagglutinin allows the flu virus to enter ourcells to begin the multiplication process, while neu-raminidase allows the virus to exit our cells alongwith its clones to continue the chain reaction. Thesetwo proteins are what the H and N stand for, respec-tively, and the number that follows each letter refersto the specific type of hemagglutinin and neu-raminidase possessed by the particular flu subtype.
For the past 30 years, the two main subtypesof seasonal flu have been H1N1 and H3N2,
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“By all accounts, Rutgers is bursting at the seams.”Paul Phillips, a professional planner, on the University’s housing shortage
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S ince when do cars need any more gadgets than they already have?The numbers of air-conditioning zones or settings for the comfortof ride are already complicated, yet German researchers have
gone one step further. Berlin Free University artificial intelligenceresearcher Raul Rojas and his team have designed a technology thatallows drivers to steer their cars using their eyes. The system simplydetects eye movement and directs the car in that direction. And as lucra-tive as that sounds, considering the number of horrible drivers in the stateof New Jersey, any more computer aid in our automobiles is unwelcome.
How far can we go? Automobiles may be one of the many fronts ofnew technologies, but designers must consider the aesthetics of a carand its driver. People buy their vehicles with the purpose of drivingthem — physically putting their hands on the steering wheel and feel-ing the road. This technology takes away from any sort of contact withthe pleasure of driving. This new eye-steering system reminds us ofMercedes’s system of distance control. The automobile detects a car infront and the driver has the option of simply selecting to follow. Brakesand gas instantly become automated. Who needs that?
Many car companies — in addition to Mercedes — are known forplaying with a number of new technologies and driver’s aides. We canonly ridicule the majority of these developments. In this particular case,evasive maneuvers become virtually impossible and regular, cruisingturns into a hassle. If the driver’s eyes veer off to the left or right, sodoes the vehicle. So it seems like cars may actually be safer as they are.With no complicated computer aides, drivers will continue to manage.
This whole ambition in new technology development seems a bitpointless or impractical with regard to the real world. In the future,advertisers might tactically place billboards and signs subliminallyleading drivers to their desired stores and shops. And should a driverwant to look to the left or right for a passing car or a spot to park, thevehicle will follow — hardly supporting the idea of safe driving.
Our problem is not with this technology in particular — although itmay be largely flawed and quite impossible — it is with the notion offixing something that is not broken and taking out the human factor,especially in automobiles.
SEE WANG ON PAGE 11
Blogs lackjournalistic integrityW ith the ever-increasing numbers of bloggers supplying con-
tent and news, we can only wonder if they should be con-sidered journalists. The issue was sparked by the recent
misfortunes for Gizmodo editor-blogger Jason Chen. After buying astolen 4th-generation iPhone prototype, Chen wrote a review on hisGizmodo’s website and subsequently had his computers confiscatedby police. The question is — should he be protected as a journalistfrom repercussions, as he reported on facts and events, some as smallas a socially unimportant iPhone? And is a blogger a journalist?
The typical blogger — even The New York Times syndicated one —makes a point of voicing his opinion — unedited, uncut. The problem isthat people read these blogs as news — they take them as they are, with-out questioning validity and accuracy. “Freakonomics,” one of The Times’leading blogs, is a case-in-point of unadulterated opinion that is taken asnews. Bloggers on the website, although supplying the required facts toback theories on big government and views on trade markets, still retainthat gram of favoring one side. They choose to include the facts that pur-posely back their arguments — no matter with which party they associate.
As educated readers, we cannot take information at face value. Wehave to dissect it and decide its validity. Former journalists may havemade names for themselves, but their blogs — some that are followedby tens of thousands of Internet users — are no different than an opin-ion column in The Daily Targum.
The recent argument between Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize-win-ning economist and Times columnist, and Andrew Ross Sorkin, theyoung reporter turned bestselling author makes a case of this. The twomen argued over Krugman’s phrasing of “nationali[zing] the bankingsystem,” yet neither supplied the information required to view thedebate objectively. After several rounds of criticism from both sides,there was no way of covering it fairly. And ultimately, Sorkin madeKrugman look like an old crazy man with views of an overbearing gov-ernment — all that through blogs and politically oriented TV shows.
So what do bloggers supply to a decreasingly critical society withregard to information? They could certainly be helpful in small townsand when it comes to issues that are much more local. With nationalnewspapers busy covering major events, bloggers can certainly informus on our local towns’ news. But it should not be assumed that blog-gers are real journalists. If they choose to take on the title, the respon-sibility of reporting on events in an unbiased manner falls on theirshoulders. Otherwise, Jason Chen and the many other self-titled jour-nalists must take the repercussions as they come. They are not — asof yet — dedicated to bringing truth to the foreground, therefore thetitle “blogger” should remain as it is — an Internet phenomena fol-lowed only by those who cannot separate truth from the rest.
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were attributable to novel H1N1since it appeared on the maplast April. Rather than support-ing the opposition’s “over-hyped” argument, this relativelylow figure serves as a testamentto the foresight of our healthauthorities and the benefits ofvaccination. Their promptresponse to the situation likelysaved thousands of lives in thiscountry, if not more. The set-backs that were experiencedduring the vaccine distributionprocess and other public healthresponse efforts will undergothorough review to allow for amore efficient response the nexttime around.
So is novel H1N1 a thing ofthe past now?The experts cer-tainly do notthink so. In fact,they have decid-ed to incorporatenovel H1N1 intothe 2010-2011seasonal flu shot,which shouldmake the vaccina-
tion process quicker and lesspainful for patients and healthcare professionals alike.
Therefore, if you do nothave any factors that make youineligible to get the flu vaccine,go to CDC.gov for more infor-mation, make sure to add it toyour list of civic duties this fall.It is the best way to protectyourself and others from thevirus, and is also a per fectexample of preventive medicinein action.
Bo Wang is an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy fifth-year stu-dent and outgoing president of thePharmacy Governing Council.
rifices, but he does reference theUnited Nations partition of thePalestinian mandate. Again, hefails to mention that the Jewsaccepted the partition, while theirArab neighbors rejected it. Is thisat all analogous to the Holocaust?No. In fact, in 1941, the GrandMufti of Jerusalem, MohammadAmin al-Husayni, met with AdolfHitler to plan the Fuhrer’s con-quest of Palestine. Hitler plannedon making the Mufti a puppet ofHitler’s vassal state, and the twomen planned on establishingdeath camps in the holy land.
The author writes that the pos-sibility of Israel offering the West
Bank to the Palestinians is as like-ly as the “the United States givingback land stolen from the NativeAmerican peoples.” That state-ment is objectively wrong. Israelhas twice offered to give 97 per-cent of the West Bank to thePalestinian Authority, but YasserArafat and Mahmoud Abbas bothrejected this compromise, whichformer President Bill Clintonargued was a fair deal. Israel alsohas unilaterally withdrawn fromthe Gaza Strip, given up the SinaiPeninsula in exchange for peacewith Egypt, and has made peacewith Jordan. Throughout its shorthistory, Israel has proven to be anadept dealmaker with its formerenemies. There is no reason whyIsrael should not be able to make
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Despite the vaccine produc-tion delays and access problemsthat affected people across thecountry, the massive vaccina-tion campaign that ensued stillmanaged to reach a significantportion of the citizenry.Municipalities and schoolsworked around the clock tokeep updated with the latestH1N1 developments and dotheir best to ensure that themost vulnerable — peopleunder 25 years of age, pregnantwomen and health care work-ers, to name afew — got priori-ty access to thevaccine before itwas released tothe general pub-lic. Kudos to theUniversity admin-istration andHealth Servicesfor the numerousvaccination sessions and publichealth campaigns they ranacross the different campuses.
So far, 86 million individualsin this country have been vacci-nated against the novel H1N1virus, with no greater frequen-cy of side effects than that ofthe seasonal flu vaccine.Subsequent studies showingthat 99 percent of this year’snovel H1N1 samples were actu-ally treatable with Tamiflu alsoserved as a big sigh of relief forthose unable to get vaccinatedin time.
As for those low mortalityfigures: The latest CDC reportestimates that 12,000 deaths
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T he author of Monday’sletter titled “Israel hasenough support from
United States” made startlingaccusations against the state ofIsrael. I feel compelled to respondto this letter because the questionof Israel’s right to self-defenseand right to exist is the most obvi-ous moral question of our time.
The author’s worst moralequivalence was the explicit com-parison between Palestinians andJews who were victims of the Nazigenocide. Implicitly, this compari-son can be carried to compareIsraeli occupying forces in theWest Bank and Nazi Gestapo’swho rounded up Jews,Communists, Gypsies, homosexu-als and other undesirables. This isa sickening comparison becausethere is no legitimate comparisonto be made. The land that Israelcurrently occupies was never apart of a Palestinian homeland.Between the years 1948 and 1967,Jordan occupied this territorymuch in the same way Israel cur-rently does. In 1967, after winninga decisive victory in a defensivewar against Arab aggressors,Israel liberated Jerusalem andconquered the rest of the WestBank, the Gaza Strip, the SinaiPeninsula, and the Golan Heights.Israel did not want this war tooccur, nor has it wished for anywar during its existence. Israelhas since given up most of theconquered territory in return forthe promise of peace. The authormakes no reference to Israel’s sac-
NOAH GLYN
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“The blame largelylies at the feet of
the Palestinians ...”
Israel provides reason for support
“... 12,000 deathswere attributable
to novel H1N1 since it appeared on
the map last April. ”
peace with the Palestinians. Theblame largely lies at the feet ofthe Palestinians, not the Israelis.
At the very root of the Israeli-Palestinians conflict is the failureof the Palestinian, Arab andMuslim leadership to accept cer-tain compromises — namely thatIsrael has a historical right to existand to defend itself against terror-ism and invading armies. Even tothis day, the president of Iranpledges to destroy Israel. At thisvery moment, the terrorist organi-zation Hezbollah is — with Iran’said — illegally rearming itself onIsrael’s northern border withLebanon. Israeli President ShimonPeres has recently disclosed thatSyria is supplying Hezbollah withScud missiles to hit Israel. The ter-rorist organization Hamas stillmaintains its illegal grip on theGaza Strip. And yet, the authorargues that our support for Israelshould be more tepid, and ourembrace of these Muslim extrem-ists should be warmer and tighter.
There is a reason why Israelenjoys the support of the vastmajority of Congress, and themajority of Americans, regardlessof political affiliation. Americans,like Israelis, are generally moral,law-abiding people who wantpeace and security. Before “look-ing for new allies in the MiddleEast,” America should reaffirmits support for Israel by standingup against those who wish itharm, whether they are terroristsin Tehran or bureaucrats in theUnited Nations.
Noah Glyn is a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore majoringin economics and history.
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Today's birthday (4/28/10). You rise like cream to the top injust about everything you try this year. Driven by a fighting spirit,you finish first by setting practical goals and pursuing themunflinchingly. You learn how to gain and wield power throughacquisition. Use it for good. To get the advantage, check theday's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — You have choic-es: You can revise and edit torefine your message, or you cansimply state the obvious, withjust a teeny bit of sugarcoating.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 7 — More power toyou! Your awareness of changesin the people around you pro-vides a powerful opportunity totransform fear into joy.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 7 — Who knew thatyou could feel so good whenyou got exactly what youdeserve? Your heart and mindthank you for aiming so high.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 5 — Creative projectswill move forward if everyone'son the same page. Share dreamsthat pointed you in the rightdirection. Feed that inspiration.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 7 — Don't allow your feel-ings to drift from practical neces-sities. Instead, exert your will totrack progress or identify oppor-tunities. Seek contentment.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 6 — Your heart andmind are headed in differentdirections today. Creativewillpower and effort can accom-plish two seemingly oppositegoals. Get started early.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Todayis a 6 — You feel like using asledgehammer. What you reallyneed is thumbtack pressure toget your way. Devise a strategybefore opening your mouth.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 5 — Two optionsemerge today. You can chooseto go along with your partner,or to do what you want andendure the consequences.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — Hopefully yourscissors are sharp. You need themto cut through the team's pettydisagreements. Resist the tempta-tion to flee. It all works out.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 5 — Point your feel-ings in any direction youchoose. You're bound to getgood results when you keepmoving forward steadily.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 7 — Career oppor-tunities cause you to considermore than one life direction.You could choose greater secu-rity or follow your creative tal-ents for later success.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Walk withauthority. If you look like youknow what you're up to, otherswill get out of your way. Sharethe details after the job is done.
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weeks and I was really doing well.When I tore my shoulder, I realizedeverything I did was forgotten.”
Fioranelli made the samedecision with his hip in highschool and, yet again, it cameback to haunt him. A torn hip cutFioranelli’s senior season withthe Scarlet Knights short and itcame as a result of another unre-ported injury.
Seven years prior, as a fresh-man defensive end at WayneValley High School, he sacked anopposing quarterback andsnagged his hip on a rock severe-ly enough to bother him downthe road.
“I never really got it fixed,”Fioranelli said. “I was like: ‘Youknow what? It was just pain. I’lltough it out.’ Now that I thinkabout it, those are the injuriesthat led to the end of my career.”
***Even the lucky ones, the
ones who avoid career-threat-ening injuries, do not walkaway unscathed.
Alan Ajamian, another gradu-ating senior at Rutgers and for-mer member of the football team,never had what he considered acareer-threatening injury.
Ajamian played on the scoutteam as a running back and line-backer for the Scarlet Knightsand was a three-year starter atthe same positions for Seton HallPrep in high school. During hisseven years as an elite athlete, hewent through everything from
concussions todislocated fingersto bad knees.
“I thinkwhether you’re inpee-wee or highschool or collegeor the pros, youhave lingeringinjuries that aregoing to takeplace,” Ajamiansaid. “Even now Ihave problemswith my shoulderand my knee. It’s
something that a lot of playersknow going in that you’re goingto have bumps and bruises. ...It’s something that’s reallygoing to stay with you the rest ofyour life.”
Throughout his footballcareer, Ajamian was as stubbornas they get.
He didn’t tell anyone when hedislocated three fingers in a gamebecause he wanted to keep playing.
He knowingly suffered a con-cussion while playing in highschool, but didn’t tell anyonebecause he wanted to keep playing.
“I knew right away when ithappened,” he said. “You kind ofblack out for a second and youreyes get blurry. After that I kindof just kept playing. It really was-n’t the smartest move, but it waskind of my decision that I made.”
The only times injuries actuallykept him off the field were whenhe physically couldn’t move.
He got fluid drained from hisknee after it immobilized himduring preseason drills one sea-son. And to a hungry footballplayer with higher aspirations,sitting out provided more emo-tional pain than any injury could.
“I felt really immobile and kindof helpless,” he said. “It was real-ly a weird feeling seeing anotherguy in your position when he’scontributing and I’m not. It waskind of tough to get over.”
***Check tomorrow’s Daily
Targum for part two of our in-depth examination into footballinjury culture, featuring two morestories of Rutgers athletes and com-ments from head football coachGreg Schiano.
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“The Sunday after the game Ihad craniotomy to relieve thepressure on my brain,” Saumsaid. “They drilled a hole in myskull and released the blood thatwas building up in my brain. Iftoo much pressure builds up, youcould die. It was definitely themost excruciating pain I’ve everbeen through in my life.”
Nearly three years later, Saumis a sophomore at Rutgers. Hisfootball career is long overbecause of second-impact syn-drome, but he works with theRutgers football team as a man-ager because of his passion.
“That was my ultimatedream,” Saum said. “I wanted toplay college football. And since Ididn’t tell anyone and I playedwith that concussion, I can’t.”
Saum works with the runningbacks — his former position — onthe football team. He sees it as theclosest he can come to his dream.
“I guess I do it because it feelslike I’m still kind of part of it,”Saum said. “That’s what I missmost about it. This is as close as Ican get without actually playing.”
Not reporting his first concus-sion is a mistake that Saumexpects will haunt him for a longtime. In a culture where tough-ness is idolized and personal safe-ty is in low-regard,reporting some-thing like aheadache is a signof weakness —something that ateam captainnever shows.
“I’m lucky toeven be alive,”Saum said. “Ialmost died for myteam and honest-ly, now that I thinkabout it, even if Iwent back and Ihad to make the same decisionagain, I would still have a hardtime not playing and disappoint-ing the team.”
***In college football, there are
upwards of 110 members of eachteam, but only about 60 see thefield each year and there are only22 starting jobs to go around.
So when you get your chance,you treat it as the only opportuni-ty you have and do everythingyou can to keep it.
That’s the way RemoFioranelli, a former tight end anddefensive end for the Rutgersfootball team sees it. But for the6-foot-3, 250-pound Wayne, N.J.,native, his mantra of toughnesscame back to bite him.
As a freshman, Fioranelli hurt hisshoulder, but took a cortisone shotfrom the training staff and tried tofight through it, shrugging it off withtendonitis shooting up his bicep. Heplayed through the pain and per-formed relatively well as a memberof the scout team. But before hissophomore year, the trainers tookanother look at his shoulder anddiagnosed it as a torn shoulder —torn the entire way around anddetached from the bone.
Fioranelli missed eightmonths with a torn shoulder —one that he could have preventedif he did not continue playing dur-ing his freshman year.
“I did have worry and fearbecause I knew I was basicallystarting over,” Fioranelli said.“When you’re a freshman, you’reon the scout team and you’re tryingto work your way up. I was doingthat. I was getting Scout TeamPlayer of the Week during the
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“I almost died formy team ... I would
still have a hardtime not playing
and disappointingthe team.”KEVIN SAUM
Rutgers Football Team Manager
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T he 2010-11 Big Eastfootball bowl lineup iscomplete, and accord-
ing to the conferences commis-sioner John Marinatto, “the BigEast bowl lineup is strongerthan it’s ever been.” The con-ference will send six teams tobowl games next season, one ofwhich is a BCS bowl bid givento the Big East Champion.
The Champs Sports Bowland Meineke Car Care Bowlwill feature a Big East teamsquaring off against an ACCfoe, while the New EraPinstripe Bowl — making itsdebut this season in the newYankee Stadium — will host aBig 12 vs. Big East matchup.From 2010-13 the conferencewill send two of its teams toeither the Papajohns.com Bowl,Autozone Liberty Bowl or BeefO’ Brady’s Bowl.
FOR THE SECOND TIMEthis season, Rutgers women’slacrosse freshman goalkeeperLily Kalata earned Big EastDefensive Player of the Weekhonors. Kalata’s career-high 17save performance against thethen-No.12 Notre Dame pro-pelled the Scarlet Knights to a12-11 victory in overtime.
Two of the Nesconset, N.Y.,native’s saves came with 25 sec-onds left in the contest, secur-ing the victory for Rutgers.With the victory, the ScarletKnights reentered the nationalrankings at No. 19 — theirhighest ranking this season.
THE RUTGERS BASEBALLteam was set to take on tri-statearea foe, Delaware, yesterdaybut cancelled the contest due toinclement weather.
The squad gets back intoaction today at 3:30 p.m. againstintra-state Monmouth in WestLong Branch, N.J.
THE COMMISSIONER OFthe SEC, Mike Silve,announced Tuesday that theconference plans to orchestratea plan to keep up with otherconferences in the event thatthey expand. “Any changeswould only be made if theleague deems it necessary tomaintain its prominent posi-tion,” Silve said.
The SEC currently houses 12teams, and has won the past fourBCS-national championships.
TAMPA BAY RAYScatcher Dioner Navarro will sittwo games after “inappropriateconduct” with an umpire dur-ing game play. Umpire DanBellino ejected the catcher inthe sixth inning after Navarroargued a called strike againsthim and bumped into Bellino.
The Rays currently boast thebest record in Major LeagueBaseball with a 14-5 record.
THE NBA AWARDEDAtlanta Hawks guard JamalCrawford the NBA Sixth Manof the Year Award. The guardaveraged an even 18 points pergame this season.
“He could do some things com-ing out of highschool but that was-n’t his nature,” theninth-year headcoach said. “Hebecame a threatearly in his career,he developed hisoff-hand early in hiscareer and he’s con-tinued to improvein every aspect ofthe game.”
Stagnitta could also seePennington’s leadership skillsdevelop with his game.
“What he’s brought to us ishis quality of work ethic every-day,” Stagnitta said. “In a lot ofways it’s a quiet commitment.He’s somewhat of a quiet kid anda pretty humble kid and some-times that gets misunderstood ormisconstrued, but when he’s onthe field he’s somebody that youknow you’re going to get every-thing you can from him everysingle day.”
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Senior midfielder Justin Pennington played significant minutes sincehis freshman season with RU, which prepares him for the next level.
With two games remaining inhis senior season, Penningtonalready tied his career-high with22 goals and his 13 assists arethree away from tying career-high.
But there’s a good chancePennington’s career won’t end
after this season.He has a very goodchance at landingwith a MajorLeague Lacrossefranchise.
“I’ll see howthis year ends outand I’ll keep myoptions open,”Pennington said.“I am probablygoing to look to
continue playing for a little bit.”While Pennington is reserved
in evaluating his future potential,Stagnitta has no doubt that themidfielder is going to play at thenext level.
“He can do everything andhe’s what they need at the nextlevel,” Stagnitta said. “We’ve prob-ably relied on him too much to afault, and we still do. That’s goingto bode well for him at the nextlevel because he won’t be thefocus of everyone’s attention. Hewill do very well at the next level.”
“What he’s broughtto us is his quality
of work ethiceveryday.”JIM STAGNITTA
Rutgers Men’s Lacrosse Coach
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Junior tailback Joe Martinek finished 33 yards short of becoming thefirst 1,000-yard rusher for Rutgers since Ray Rice’s 2007 season.
just have to go watch the film andbe critical of yourself.”
Coming into the last cam-paign, the Knights planned onsenior wide receiver TimBrown, senior tight end ShamarGraves and fellow sophomoreback Jourdan Brooks to deflectattention away from Martinek,who averaged 4.7 yards percarry. Brown and Graves, grad-uated and are on to pursuecareers in the NFL, whileBrooks transferred to MorganState over the winter.
The cast that plans to replacethe trio, however, remains a mys-tery. After taking Martinek, atwo-year starter, out of the equa-tion, no skill position player thatprojects to start for the Knightshas more than a year of playingexperience in the Big East.
“We’re all going through thesame things so we all have tohave each other’s backs,” saidsophomore receiver Tim Wrightof the young receiving corps.“Whatever mistake one makes,we all have to learn from it andcapitalize on it.”
Add that to a questionableoffensive line, in which three pro-jected starters missed theScarlet-White game with injuries,and Martinek seems the logicalchoice to ease sophomore quar-terback Tom Savage’s second-year progression.
“I don’t know who the bestfive are yet,” said head coachGreg Schiano of his offensiveline. “And I think I speak for[offensive line coach Kyle Flood]as well. We have an idea going in.We can probably handicap it a lit-tle bit, but if you said to me, ‘Doyou know who the starting fivewill be opening day?’ the answeris ‘No.’”
Martinek’s worth to theKnights is not only measured inhis yards per game average, butalso the importance he has inthe passing game. Schianotrusts the junior tailback asSavage’s chief pass blocker, as
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BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZSTAFF WRITER
Adding up the number ofobstacles posed at the PennRelays is not a tall task.
Simply stepping foot onto theh i s t o r i cF r a n k l i n
Field for the 2010 version of themost storied track and field meetin the country can overwhelmsome, but hearing the roaringapplause of 54,000-plus fans canbe enough to strike butterflies inthe stomachs of any athlete, nomatter the sport.
Amid the distractions, theRutgers women’s track and fieldteam did as it has throughout theseason: Take advantage of compet-ing in preparation for the next week.
Nine qualifying marks werecaptured for the Scarlet Knightsover the weekend, but moreimpressively, the squad was ableto clock two school records onthe biggest stage in the trackworld — if anyone had butterfliesthey didn’t show it.
The plan was to run fast, andthe team did just that.
“Our goal was really simple —run fast,” said head coach JamesRobinson. “We wanted to breakthree school records and webroke two.
“We wanted to run fast enoughto qualify for the seeded sectionof the 4x100 relay final for the Big
East Championship and our per-formance should have solidifiedus a spot.”
One of the two records was setin the 4x100 meter relays, con-sisting of senior Michelle Gomes,juniors Pavielli Vega and JamieWalker and freshman Asha Ruth.
The group posted a 45.83-sec-ond time in the relay’s trials,eventually propelling them to fifthplace overall in the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conferencerelay final.
In the 4x200 meter relay, thesame group saw similar success.
They broke the second recordof the weekend on their way toanother fifth-place finish with atime 1:37.11 — a mark that camein the final heat.
Throwing for the Knightswere junior Natalie Clickett andsophomore Alex Kelly. Clickettlaunched a 46.76-meter throw toher fourth place in the 27-athletediscus competition and saw moresuccess in the shot put, where
she placed third out of 27 com-petitors with a 14.08-meter toss.Kelly came up just short of takinghome a first-place victory in herevent, as her 44.75-meter throwfell about two meters short of theevent’s champion, Jill Shaner,from Richard Stockton. Each ofthe three marks earned bothClickett and Kelly improved qual-ifiers in their respective events.
But that’s far from satisfyingfor Clickett.
“I’m a competitor, so I’m neverhappy with anything other thanfirst place,” said the Union City,Pa., native. “I look for two greatperformances this weekend [atthe Big East Championships]when it matters most.”
The entirety of the track and fieldfaithful focused in on Philadelphiathis past weekend and with some ofthe world’s finest athletes in thesport focused on winning theirevents, so too were the small band ofRutgers athletes. Though victorydid not come, improvement did, andRobinson can now rest assured histeam is ready for the Big EastChampionships Friday in Cincinnati.
“I’m proud at the way thesestudent athletes performed at ahigh level at such a prestigiouscompetition, with thousands offans and recruits watching,”Robinson said. “It was a greatexperience for them and givesthem momentum as we head intothe Big East Championships.”
Two records broken at historic meet
WOMEN’S TRACK
ALEX KELLY
well as his ability as a check-down receiver in space.
“I think the more reps andgoing out everyday being the guywith the first team makes me …practice hard and try to work onnew things,” Martinek said.
Despite the positive feed-back Martinek garnered thisspring, Schiano said earlier inthe practice season that hewanted the junior to improvehis burst through the hole andtake on more tacklers.Martinek knows that he is farfrom a finished product headinginto his third year.
“Even when I didn’t play, I wasalways prepared as if I was thestarter just in case,” he said. “Anytime you get that chance, youmight only get one opportunityand you don’t want it to slip away.This spring I’ve gone in with a lotof focus — a beginner’s mentality— and just trying to fine tune thelittle things.”
Martinek returns in the fall asthe fifth-leading rusher in the BigEast in terms of 2009-10 produc-tivity, but can see some inflatednumbers if a viable backup does-n’t materialize in time.
Junior Tyrone Putmanemerged as a solid back thatshowed flashes of potential, buthas no field experience after aninjury derailed his hopes duringlast year’s spring practice sea-son. Junior Mason Robinsonand fifth-year senior KordellYoung missed the spring reha-bilitating from their own respec-tive injuries.
Even if no talented freshmenemerge to take some of the rush-ing burden off of Martinek —excluding sophomore MohamedSanu’s plays out of the WildKnight package — the offenseand coaching staff have confi-dence in Martinek’s ability toshoulder the load next season.
“The kid is an absolute work-horse,” said junior offensive line-man Caleb Ruch, who bouncedaround from guard to center dur-ing the spring due to variousinjuries. “He can take as manycarries as the coaches will givehim. He gets better as the gamegoes on because he’s a big back.He’s a solid running back.”
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Sophomore captures title in PhillyBY TYLER BARTO
STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s track andfield team returned to the Bankswith reinforced confidence after
p o s t i n gs e v e r a l
impressive performances lastweekend at the Penn Relays.
Sophomore James Plummerhighlighted the Scarlet Knights’three-day stay at Franklin Fieldby capturing the title in theCollege Men’s Discus ThrowChampionship. Plummer’s56.31-meter heave was good forfirst, followed by South Florida’sJared Thomas.
“Plummer’s one of those guysthat has talent,” said senior hur-dler Kyle Grady earlier in theseason. “He’s a new guy, anunderclassman. We need guyslike that.”
The mark is Plummer’s third-best throw of the 2010 outdoorseason. The Toms River, N.J.,native is arguably the mostimproved member of the teamand has been someone to lean onin the field events.
“I think we’re very prepared,”said junior sprinter Aaron Younger.“[During the indoor season] wedon’t have a full group. We didn’thave Bruce [Owens], we didn’thave James. He’s killing it. There’sno javelin indoors. We’ve got abunch of people that we didn’thave before in a bunch of events.”
Plummer was the only ScarletKnight to place Friday, but a
busy Saturday saw Rutgers makeits presence felt at nearby Penn.
The Knights’ 4x200-meterrelay, comprised of seniors Nii-Amon Robertson, Grady andOwens, as well as sophomoreSteve Werner, placed seventh onits third day in Philadelphia with atime of 1:24.50.
In the 4x400-meter IC4A relay,a quartet of fifth-year senior SteveSwern, junior Aaron Younger,Robertson and Owens clocked inat time of 3:11.06, good for sec-
ond place in the field. Owens rana 48.69-second split, whileYounger anchored the relay in46.81 seconds. Big East andintrastate foe Seton Hall capturedthe event title in 3:11.00.
Sophomores Kevin Bostickand Adam Bergo finished 10thand 11th, respectively, in theCollege Triple Jump-Eastern.Bostick recorded a mark of14.31 meters, while Bergo fin-ished close behind with a jumpof 14.18 meters.
Bergo also tied for fifth in theCollege Men’s High Jump
Championship with a mark of2.08 meters.
A pair of Knights placed in thetop 10 in the College JavelinThrow, with senior JeremyPennino finishing third after a63.39-meter throw. Junior team-mate Chris Bradley recorded aneffort of 61.66 meters, good forsixth place.
On the international side,Jamaica Gold, featuring famed goldmedal sprinter Usain Bolt, won theU.S.A. vs. the World 4x100-meterrelay in front of a strong Jamaican-American attendance. Boltanchored the Jamaicans with an8.79-second split.
U.S.A. Blue finished closebehind in second, while U.S.A.Red took third place.
The United States finally wonthe 4x400-meter relay lateSaturday afternoon when U.S.A.Blue captured first place in theevent, followed by a team fromthe Bahamas.
The Knights take a short restbefore taking to Cincinnati Fridayfor the 2010 Big EastChampionships, something thatOwens does not take for grantedin his final season at Rutgers.
“We’ll do what we do everyyear — just go out there, stayfocused and run our hardest,” hesaid. “We’re not going to getcaught up in the hype of thecrowd or anything like that.We’ve been doing this for aboutthree or four years. We knowexactly what we have to go outthere and do.”
MEN’S TRACK
JAMESPLUMMER
SAM HELLMAN
Junior first baseman Mandy Craig hit a two-run home run in Rutgers’first Big East series win last weekend against Providence.
Stars shine in team’sconference resurgence
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
A series victory overProvidence last weekend gavenew life to the Rutgers softball
t e a m ’ sseason,pushingt h eS c a r l e tKnightsout of
last place in the conference andtwo games outside of the BigEast Tournament.
The biggest part of the week-end, however, might just be theresurgence of two stars from lastyear’s squad.
Junior first baseman MandyCraig and sophomore pitcherHolly Johnson both struggledthrough much ofthis year, but camethrough with bigweekends againstthe Friars.
“Getting Hollyback ... andMandy comingback was big,”said head coachJay Nelson.“Mandy had agreat hitting per-formance andthat’s what we need out of her.”
Staying in the cleanup spot inthe order for most of the seasondespite hitting right around .200,the Manassas, Va., native strug-gled to reclaim last year’s form,but came through in a big wayagainst the Friars.
Craig belted a two-runbomb over the right field wallfor the go-ahead runs in therubber game and had threehits on the weekend.
“We really have to work hardthese next couple of weeks,”Craig said. “I’ve really startedfocusing in and seeing pitchesbetter because I know I have tostep up.”
The Osborn Park HighSchool (Va.) product brought aheavy weight onto her shoulders
at the beginning of the season asthe leading returning player interms of batting average (.314),home runs (four) and RBI (26),but did not have the impact shehoped for during the majority ofthe season.
“This is the time to get it going,”Nelson said of Craig’s improvement.
On the mound, Johnson ledthe Scarlet Knights with her 2.55ERA last season and even hurleda no-hitter earlier this year, butsince entering Big East play,things went downhill.
Providence was her chanceto rebound.
Johnson tossed a three-hitterand gave up just two unearnedruns in a complete-game effort inthe rubber game. She also struckout 11 batters.
In the second game, Johnsonwas the only oneof Rutgers’ fourpitchers to ren-der Providencehitless. Shepitched the finaltwo innings per-fectly, strikingout three battersin the, 6-1, loss.
“I worked on alot of things to getmy grip back,”Johnson said. “My
problem has been the ball slip-ping out. I fixed some things andgot much better results.”
The Scarlet Knights (16-26)have eight more conferencegames before the end of the reg-ular season and need to keep win-ning to crack the top-eight in thestandings and qualify for the con-ference tournament.
Rutgers aims to sweepGeorgetown (16-26, 5-9) today onthe road and take at least twogames from St. John’s andPittsburgh to close out the year,Nelson said.
“Before the Providence series,we said we have a shot if we splitthe rest of the series and sweepGeorgetown,” Nelson.“Providence was one we needed,but we have to keep it up.”
RUTGERS AT GEORGETOWN, TODAY, 3 P.M.
SOFTBALL
“I’ve really startedfocusing in and
seeing pitches betterbecause I know
I have to step up.”MANDY CRAIG
Junior First Baseman
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EMILY BORSETTI
Senior defender Faith Richards is one of three captains on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team afterplaying her freshman season at Virginia Tech before transferring and joining the Scarlet Knights.
BOUNDSOUTof
WITH TIM BROWN
Targum’s football beat writer Sam Hellmanchats with the former Rutgers wideout abouthis decision to sign with the Giants, playingwith Sinorice Moss and Drew Rosenhaus ...
Sam Hellman: How does it feel to be able to say ‘I’m in the NFL?’Tim Brown: It feels good. It’s more work to do, but I’ve been work-ing very hard for this moment. I have to work extremely hard tocompete for a starting job or a roster spot so I’m just doing thethings I know how to do.
SH: I’m sure the Giants weren’t the only team you heard from onSaturday so how did you end up picking New York?TB: I was talking with my agent through the day and the Giantsoffered the most money. I’ll take a job at the Giants, I was think-ing. It’s a good opportunity for me. Most Rutgers fans are Giantsfans so I’m happy to be back in New York and New Jersey.
SH: Is it exciting to be able to play on the same team as yourfriend Sinorice Moss?TB: We’ve been talking. He tells me to keep my head up andhopefully we’ll get to play together.
SH: How important were your workouts in Miami after you had todo your Rutgers one with a bad ankle?TB: Those were huge for me. I felt I did great. I ran a lot bettertime down there and I rehabbed my ankle and it felt great.
SH: Since you came to Rutgers, you’ve told me you’re all aboutdoing things the hard way. Is going undrafted just the next timeyou feel people underrate you?TB: All my life I’ve been overlooked. From when I was beingrecruited to when I became a starter at Rutgers, I have to proveeverybody wrong. But that’s the way I like it. It keeps me hungry.
SH: Have you talked to any of your other Florida boys about theprocess?TB: I work out with Andre Johnson and Chad [Ochocinco] andSantana Moss. They know I can play football. They see the bestin me. I feel good going in.
SH: How helpful was having super agent Drew Rosenhaus in yourcorner?TB: Oh man. He’s great. I know he’s working for me no matterwhat happened. I just wanted the opportunity and he got meone with the Giants.
SH: Are you happy to be playing 30 miles away from where youspent the last four years of your life?TB: It’s a great feeling. New Jersey is a place I’m used to. It’s agreat opportunity.
SH: Did you think before the draft that you might end up playingfor the Giants?TB: I had no idea. I report Thursday for mini-camp and that’s thefirst time I go up there.
SH: Has it sunk in that you’ll be catching passes from a SuperBowl champion in a few months?TB: When I was in Jersey, all I heard about was the Giants andthe Jets. I have lots of friends in New Jersey and they’ll all beexcited to see me play with those guys.
SH: What is your relationship like with Shaun O’Hara?TB: He’s great. He spoke to us before a game and I’ve talked tohim a few times. He’s competitive and a great player for the NFL.He didn’t get drafted either you know.
SH: With guys like Shaun and so many of your teammates fromthe last few years making it as undrafted free agents, did youfeel you had the same opportunity?TB: No matter what happens on draft day, I was going to com-pete and just do what I have to do to get on the field. It doesn’tmatter how, as long as I get my chance.
THE DAILY TARGUM’S
BY STEVEN WILLIAMSONSENIOR WRITER
As a senior at Montclair HighSchool, Faith Richards wasunsure about staying in NewJersey for college.
But after a year of playinglacr ossea t
Virginia Tech, Richards trans-ferred to Rutgers for the remain-der of her collegiate career.Three years later, the seniordefender and co-captain couldnot be more sure about why shejoined the Scarlet Knights.
“Rutgers is a better team —that’s my answer,” Richards saidwhen asked about her transfer.
“They’re a better program. Iknew I wanted a better programthan Virginia Tech after my firstyear there but I didn’t knowwhere … I’m happy I came back.”
Richards posted 11 goals andseven assists her freshman yearas a Hokie, but Virginia Tech fin-ished the year 5-12.
Coming to Rutgers, Richardsembraced a defensive role for theKnights, seeing time in 17 gamesbut starting only six.
Only a season later, she waselected as one of the three teamcaptains and finished with acareer-high 24 ground balls.
Rutgers head coach LauraBrand-Sias, who originallyrecruited Richards out of high
Defender finds success at home
WOMEN’S LACROSSE
JENNIFER KONG
Senior defender Faith Richards scored 11 goals as a freshmanat Virginia Tech, but has embraced a defensive role at Rutgers.
school, called the senior a natu-ral leader.
“She was a great addition,”Brand-Sias said. “She’s anextremely hard worker and she’salways coming in in the bestshape. She has a positive attitudeand she’s always trying to pushpeople to work harder.”
Now in her final year,Richards emerged as one of thetop defenders on the Knights.The co-captain made a name forherself with her tenaciousdefense and physical play,along with her speed throughthe midfield.
Richards is second amongfield players with 18 ground ballsand fourth with nine causedturnovers. The co-captain is oneof five Knights to start in all 14games this season.
But the senior said shenever felt the pressures ofbeing a captain during hertenure as a Knight, thankslargely in part to the cohesionshe feels with her teammates.
“It’s not hard to get along withthe girls on this team and itmakes it easy to play everyday,”Richards said. “It makes it easy towake up at 6:30 or 7 in the morn-ing for practice every single dayand it makes it a little less of a jobthe fact that we like each otheroff the field.
“I know my experience in col-lege would have been a lot differ-ent if I had stayed at VirginiaTech so I guess I’m thanking myteammates here for that.”
While her career in a scarletand white uniform may only lastfor two more regular seasongames, Richards said she is notfinished with lacrosse.
“I can see myself coaching,”Richards said. “I know I’m notready to be done with lacrossebut I don’t know if I’m going tocoach on a one-on-one basis orwhether I’m going to coach ateam. I’m majoring in social workso hopefully being a coach issomething I can do on the sidealong with working in the socialwork world.”
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
As a culture, America fell in love with theidea of playing injured long ago. From CurtSchilling and his bloody sock to Donovan
McNabb’s victoryover the Cardinals on
a broken ankle, every sports franchise andevery city has a story or legend.
With one eye, Americans salivate over thephenomenal careers of legends likeMuhammad Ali, but close the other eye tothe Parkinson’s disease-riddled man that is ashadow of his former self — all because herisked his body for the competitivenessinstilled in him at a young age.
As powerful as this notion is on the pro-fessional level, pain is considered part of thegame on every level.
This article examines five young men’sstories through a culture where injuries are apart of the game. These five Rutgers stu-dents, all football players at some point intheir lives, came together as a part of a classproject — speaking to high schools inHighland Park and Monroe Township abouta culture that put them all at risk.
All have stories to tell. All risked their bod-ies and futures, sometimes literally life andlimb, for the concept of team, family and thelove of the game. All carry regret for brash,dangerous decisions and some continue toimagine — what if?
***Playing tailback for West Morris Central
High School, Kevin Saum had aspirations ofcollege football. Saum was not the turn-heads running back with Division I scholar-ship offers appearing left and right, but
local subdivision schools showed enoughinterest that he dreamt of a future on thecollege field.
Then, as a senior and team captain, Saummade a life-altering mistake — he did notreport an injury and it cost him his footballcareer, and nearly his life.
Saum suffered a minor concussion duringa game, but never told his coaches or train-ers. He did not think it was anything morethan a headache and did not want to let histeam down.
So the next week, he popped three Adviland returned to the gridiron, needle-sharppains splitting his head in two.
One half of football later, Saum was on hisway to the hospital fighting for his life.
“Towards the end of the second quarter, Igot hit hard one more time and this time Igot hit right underneath my chin and I
slammed my head on the ground,” Saumsaid. “As soon as I stood up, I couldn’t evenfeel my legs. I got really scared. My heartjust sunk into my chest and I really thoughtsomething was wrong.”
Saum collapsed on the sidelines, went intoshock and respiratory failure — breathingjust three times per minute.
The big hit on Saum forced a second,more serious concussion, leading to second-impact syndrome, or more simply, a concus-sion on another concussion.
Repeated brain injuries over an extendedperiod of time result in neurological and cog-nitive damage, according a 2004 report by theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention,but multiple brain injuries within a span ofdays can be “catastrophic or fatal.”
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Go-to senior’s maturationsets him up for pro career
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Senior midfielder Justin Pennington leads the Rutgers men’s lacrosse team in allthree major offensive categories: Goals (22), assists (13) and points (35).
BY KYLE FRANKOCORRESPONDENT
Justin Pennington does not like to admit itor talk about it, but ever since he was playingjunior lacrosse he has been the best player onthe field.
Not much has changed for the Rutgersmen’s lacrosse team’ssenior midfielder.
“He’s one of those go to guys,” said fellowsenior Gerhard Buehning. “He’s one of thoserecognizable names that everyone associatesRutgers lacrosse with. He’s a great playerand a great athlete, and that’s good for theprogram all around.”
Pennington played ever since he steppedon the field for the Scarlet Knights. As afreshman he scored 19 goals and dished outeight assists.
For his career, Pennington has 120 points(79 goals, 41 assists), by far the most of anyof Rutgers’ 11 seniors.
“I didn’t expect to play right away, and itall was really new to me,” Pennington said. “Ijust went out and did what the coaches toldme to and I tried to make a difference.”
Pennington is part of a senior class thathead coach Jim Stagnitta tabbed to helpmake the Scarlet Knights competitive against
lacrosse heavyweights. And while the resultswere not always what Pennington expected,he feels like the team is close to making thenext step.
“It’s always frustrating because I like towin just like everybody else on the team,”Pennington said. “The results haven’t alwaysshowed it but we’ve been in every gamewe’ve played this year, and this program isonly going to keep getting better. As that hap-pens we are going to start winning these one-goal games more often.”
Part of Pennington’s evolution is the mat-uration he underwent since his freshmanseason. Stagnitta talked about him goingfrom an athlete to a lacrosse player.
“He’s grown in so many ways,” Stagnittasaid. “[The seniors] all came in here as ath-letes and we needed them to play right away— sometimes that’s good, sometimes that’sbad — but we needed them to have depthand be competitive but [Pennington] is prob-ably the one that has become the most com-plete lacrosse player.”
It may be hard to believe, but Stagnittaremembers when the Flemington, N.J.,native first arrived in Piscataway and had tolearn how to shoot the ball.
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Eddie Jordan withdrewhis name from contentionfor the vacant Rutgers headmen’s basketball position
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day after meeting withAthletic Director TimPernetti, according toGannett NewJersey.
A source toldGannett NewJersey that Jordanwished to remainin the NBA.
Jordan playedon Rutgers’ 1976Final Four teamand was an assis-tant coach asrecently as the 1991-92 sea-son, but then went to theNBA. The Philadelphia76ers fired him as headcoach at the conclusion ofthe team’s 27-55 season.
Jordan, considered theearly favorite, and Pernettimet yesterday at an off-cam-
pus location, in the first ofPernetti’s interviews.
The Star-Ledgerreports that Rutgers willturn its attention to RobertMorris head coach MikeRice and ESPN analyst andformer St. John’s headcoach Fran Fraschilla.
Rice completedhis third year withRobert Morris byleading theColonials to theirsecond consecu-tive NCAATournament, nar-rowly missing anupset against No.2-seed Villanova.
F r a s c h i l l aspent nine seasons as headcoach between Manhattan,St. John’s and New Mexicoand took his teams tothree NCAA Tournamentsand five NationalInvitational Tournaments.
— Steven Miller
JORDAN WITHDRAWS NAMEFROM COACHING SEARCH
Junior tailbackto carry loadfor RU offense
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Junior tailback Joe Martinek finished the Scarlet-White game with18 carries for 116 yards and a one-yard touchdown scamper.
BY TYLER BARTOSTAFF WRITER
During the first half of the Scarlet team’s16-7 victory Saturday in the Rutgers football
team’s annual Scarlet-White scrimmage,
junior running back Joe Martinek eludedtwo defenders en route to a 52-yard run.
The Hopatcong, N.J., native registered116 yards and a touchdown on the daydespite being the only veteran skill positionplayer on the field. With a legitimate level ofuncertainty behind Martinek in the back-field, the Scarlet Knights’ offense will mostlikely feature a heavy dose of “Jersey Joe”during the 2010-11 season.
Martinek is ready for the challenge.“It was good, there are just a lot of things
you can do better,” said Martinek, whorushed for 967 yards and nine touchdownslast season, of his performance in the finalteam scrimmage. “I liked the run, but thereare some things I wish I did different. You
