THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 4 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 BACK ON TRACK Today: Mostly sunny High: 88 • Low: 66 The Rutgers women’s soccer team rebounded this weekend from a tough loss to Monmouth by shutting out Princeton and Bucknell. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 12 DIVERSIONS ...... 14 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 16 The Golden Rail in New Brunswick reopens after a fire ruined the interior in December. The Gateway Project provides room for city growth. METRO OPINIONS WORLD ......... 11 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 SPORTS ...... BACK IN FOCUS ........ 7 Some Highland Park residents are upset about the elimination of the L bus, which used to stop at several residential areas in the town. About 600 students are hoping their petition could bring the route back. NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER New LXc bus route frustrates students BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Some students who used the L bus to travel through Highland Park feel like the L is for “left behind.” Though the Department of Transportation eliminated the L because it was not used as much as other buses, some students, especially those who live off cam- pus, are not happy the route no longer exists. “There are a lot of people who are affected,” said Hadi Halim, president of the Graduate Student Association. “We under- stand that it’s a budgeting situa- tion, but what we think is not right is the short notice. A lot of people already made their hous- ing [arrangements] in May.” About 600 students have signed an online petition — available at savethelbus.wordpress.com — to bring back the route, Halim said. He hopes University officials will reconsider. Three students who signed the petition — School of Engineering graduate students Bhavya Shah, Flavian Patrao and Aditya Namjoshi — live on Cedar Lane in Highland Park and agreed the route is necessary. Patrao is not happy with the LXc, which he said does not come A University and NYU graduate are moving forward with their own T-shirt brand, IDTees, which includes T-shirts that communicate positive messages with simple designs. To read the full story, see PAGE 7. JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR CREATING AWARENESS Bill to grant U. right to approve charter schools BY JESSICA URIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER A bill has been introduced to the New Jersey state Legislature that would allow the University to authorize char- ter schools under the Center for Effective School Practices, a part of the University’s Graduate School of Education. Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, D-Essex, one of the bill’s sponsors, said while some states already use independent authorizers, New Jersey has thus far not used this model. She said this bill might extend this authorization authority to the University. “The reason for additional authorizers is to increase the capacity within the state to open quality charter schools,” Jasey said. “We recognize that the Department of Education currently has only three people who do this [so] quite honestly, resources are shrinking and we need to find ways to maintain quality while we increase capacity.” Jasey said she could not think of a case where there were more applicants than there were available spaces at a charter school. But the schools are limited to 500 students so that it maintains a personal atmosphere. Two entrepreneurs are working on bringing their healthy options grease truck, the SouperVan, to the University. Proceeds will go to a charity to help fight hunger. JENNIFER KONG Grease truck offers healthy options BY MIKE DAVIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER Two businessmen are look- ing to bring their grease-less grease truck to the University in an effort to provide a fast and healthy food option for students. Nic Kubian and Dominick Rodriguez created the SouperVan to provide University students with a fully mobile truck offering sandwiches, soups, salads and snacks, while using fresh ingredients from as many local outlets as possible. But Kubian said that’s not the van’s main calling card: The SouperVan would donate 100 percent of the profits to charity. They looked at social enter- prise — a business whose bot- tom line measures community impact in addition to profit — as a realistic way to enact change, Rodriguez said. “Wouldn’t it be cool if young, bright people like Rutgers students had the opportunity to look at how social enterprise could integrate into whatever direc- tion they see themselves fulfill- ing in this world?” said Kubian, a Rutgers College Class of 2005 graduate. Kubian and Rodriguez devel- oped the SouperVan concept through years in the restaurant business and in the 108th Air Refueling Wing of the New Jersey National Guard. They explored problems that had plagued the country and questioned why some- thing as simple as hunger was still a concern. “If we can’t solve this in the second-richest state in the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, when is humanity going to solve the issue?” Kubian said. As the economy faltered, food insecurity struck more and more people, he said. People could now find them- selves in a situation of food inse- curity after illness, loss of health insurance or dire finan- cial straits, Kubian said. “The face of hunger is chang- ing in this country,” he said. The Trenton-based food bank Mercer Street Friends reported a 29 percent increase in demand for 2009, Kubian said. He wonders how the SouperVan will be able to help others if they cannot stay open. “We don’t believe the right solution is just to ask the gov- ernment for more money,” he said. “What if we could find a solution within capitalism?” The SouperVan is one of many projects in the running for a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh project, where the top- 10 ideas will get the money, Kubian said. SEE ROUTE ON PAGE 4 SEE TRUCK ON PAGE 4 SEE BILL ON PAGE 4 METRO .......... 9 UNIVERSITY ....... 3
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BACK ON TRACKToday: Mostly sunny
High: 88 • Low: 66The Rutgers women’s soccer team rebounded this weekend from a tough loss to Monmouth by shutting out Princeton and Bucknell.
ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
OPINIONS . . . . . . . 12
DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 14
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 16
The Golden Rail in New Brunswickreopens after a fireruined the interiorin December.
The Gateway Projectprovides roomfor city growth.
METRO
OPINIONS
WORLD . . . . . . . . . 11
TUESDAYSEPTEMBER 7, 2010
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
IN FOCUS . . . . . . . . 7
Some Highland Park residents are upset about the elimination of the L bus, which used to stop at severalresidential areas in the town. About 600 students are hoping their petition could bring the route back.
NICHOLAS BRASOWSKI / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
New LXc bus routefrustrates students
BY COLLEEN ROACHEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Some students who used theL bus to travel throughHighland Park feel like the L isfor “left behind.”
Though the Department ofTransportation eliminated the Lbecause it was not used as muchas other buses, some students,especially those who live off cam-pus, are not happy the route nolonger exists.
“There are a lot of peoplewho are af fected,” said HadiHalim, president of the GraduateStudent Association. “We under-stand that it’s a budgeting situa-tion, but what we think is not
right is the short notice. A lot ofpeople already made their hous-ing [arrangements] in May.”
About 600 students have signedan online petition — available at savethelbus.wordpress.com —to bring back the route, Halimsaid. He hopes University officialswill reconsider.
Three students who signedthe petition — School ofEngineering graduate studentsBhavya Shah, Flavian Patrao andAditya Namjoshi — live on CedarLane in Highland Park andagreed the route is necessary.
Patrao is not happy with theLXc, which he said does not come
A University and NYU graduate are moving forward with their own T-shirt brand, IDTees, which includes T-shirts that communicate positive messages with simple designs. To read the full story, see PAGE 7.
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
CREATING AWARENESS
Bill to grant U.right to approvecharter schools
BY JESSICA URIECONTRIBUTING WRITER
A bill has been introduced to the New Jersey stateLegislature that would allow the University to authorize char-ter schools under the Center for Effective School Practices,a part of the University’s Graduate School of Education.
Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, D-Essex, one of the bill’ssponsors, said while some states already use independentauthorizers, New Jersey has thus far not used this model.She said this bill might extend this authorization authorityto the University.
“The reason for additional authorizers is to increase thecapacity within the state to open quality charter schools,”Jasey said. “We recognize that the Department ofEducation currently has only three people who do this [so]quite honestly, resources are shrinking and we need to findways to maintain quality while we increase capacity.”
Jasey said she could not think of a case where therewere more applicants than there were available spaces at acharter school. But the schools are limited to 500 studentsso that it maintains a personal atmosphere. Two entrepreneurs are working on bringing their healthy options grease truck, the
SouperVan, to the University. Proceeds will go to a charity to help fight hunger.
JENNIFER KONG
Grease truck offers healthy optionsBY MIKE DAVIS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Two businessmen are look-ing to bring their grease-lessgrease truck to the University inan effort to provide a fast andhealthy food option for students.
Nic Kubian and DominickRodriguez created theSouperVan to provide Universitystudents with a fully mobiletruck offering sandwiches,soups, salads and snacks, whileusing fresh ingredients from asmany local outlets as possible.
But Kubian said that’s notthe van’s main calling card: TheSouperVan would donate 100percent of the profits to charity.
They looked at social enter-prise — a business whose bot-tom line measures communityimpact in addition to profit — asa realistic way to enact change,Rodriguez said.
“Wouldn’t it be cool ifyoung, bright people like
Rutgers students had theopportunity to look at howsocial enterprise could integrate into whatever direc-tion they see themselves fulfill-ing in this world?” said Kubian,a Rutgers College Class of2005 graduate.
Kubian and Rodriguez devel-oped the SouperVan conceptthrough years in the restaurantbusiness and in the 108th AirRefueling Wing of the NewJersey National Guard.
They explored problemsthat had plagued the countryand questioned why some-thing as simple as hunger wasstill a concern.
“If we can’t solve this in thesecond-richest state in the mostpowerful nation the world hasever seen, when is humanitygoing to solve the issue?”Kubian said.
As the economy faltered,food insecurity struck more andmore people, he said.
People could now find them-selves in a situation of food inse-curity after illness, loss ofhealth insurance or dire finan-cial straits, Kubian said.
“The face of hunger is chang-ing in this country,” he said.
The Trenton-based foodbank Mercer Street Friendsrepor ted a 29 percentincrease in demand for 2009,Kubian said. He wonders howthe SouperVan will be able tohelp others if they cannot stay open.
“We don’t believe the rightsolution is just to ask the gov-ernment for more money,” hesaid. “What if we could find asolution within capitalism?”
The SouperVan is one ofmany projects in the running fora $50,000 grant from the PepsiRefresh project, where the top-10 ideas will get the money,Kubian said.
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SEE BILL ON PAGE 4
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Car show draws in local automobile lovers for charity
BY PAIGE TATULLICONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rather than revving up theirengines, local car owners parkedtheir prided vehicles Saturday inLot 8 by the Grease Trucks onthe College Avenue campus for agood cause.
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternityhosted a car show that marks thefirst of an event the fraternityhopes to host annually, said anevent coordinator Daniel Moran,a Livingston College senior.
Throughout the day, car ownerssat next to their vehicles on loungechairs, ready to reply to any ques-tions or comments spectators walk-ing around the parking lot had.
Perth Amboy residentsMichael and Judy Demersentered their car after they heardabout the event through anothercar show in Metuchen.
So far, the Demers enteredtheir P 151 Chevrolet 3100 1/2-tonpickup in more than 20 shows.
“The first six times that weentered our car in various carshows, we won. I didn’t think wewould ever lose,” MichaelDemers said.
The Chevrolet pickup has beenthe only car they ever entered in ashow, Judy Demers said.
But the Demers’ car was justone of many parked in Lot 8.The assortment ranged from a1930 Ford Model A Tudor to a2004 Chevrolet.
“There were over 35 cars reg-istered throughout the day, threeof which Honda brought to ourshow to promote including thenew CR-Z,” Moran said.
Most of the cars involved inthe show were local cars broughtin from people living around theNew Brunswick/Piscataway
area, Moran said. Any type ofvehicle — no matter the make ormodel — were welcome to jointhe display.
The proceeds for the event allwent toward the LivestrongFoundation, he said.
The foundation donatedabout 300 wristbands that were
distributed at the event, said WeiLin, a School of Arts andSciences senior. Anyone whomade a donation received aLivestrong bracelet to furtherraise awareness.
For participating vehicles, thefee was $15 to register, but spec-tators were also encouraged togive donations to support thecause. There was no set price onhow much a spectator had to con-tribute, Lin said. The open dona-tions they received ranged from$1 to $10.
All the participating carswere also in the running to win avariety of trophies, Moran said.The competition judges were allrecruited from local car clubs.
Categories for the competitionincluded Top-3 Stock, Top-3Modified, Best Import, BestMotorcycle and Best of Show.Best Paint, Best Sound System
and Best Muscle Car were othertitles up for grabs.
“The car which received mostjudging points was a 1930 FordModel A which won first placeModified and Best Interior,”Moran said.
Along with competition, anyindividual who registered theirvehicle prior to the event, or pur-chased a ticket in advance, wasinstantly entered into a raffle,Moran said. The prize consistedof two RockAuto Parts gift cards.
Ultimately, the fraternity man-aged to raise $1,000 for theLivestrong Foundation — notincluding the funding used tocover sponsors and security.
“We are very happy with themoney we raised,” Moran said.“However, we will be looking tolower overhead for security forfuture events to donate moremoney to Livestrong.”
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity raises funding for the Livestrong Foundation through their annual car show
Jon Dubin, a professor of law and an Alfred C. ClappPublic Service Scholar, was appointed Thursday as thefirst associate dean for Clinical Education at theRutgers School of Law-Newark, according to aUniversity press release.
“As director of Clinical Programs since 2002, Dubin hasexpanded access to legal assistance for under-representedindividuals and communities and enhanced the clinicalcurriculum,” said Dean John J. Farmer in a statement.
Dubin teaches clinical in Social Security and dis-ability matters and impact litigation, primarily in the
area of fair housing, according to the release. His tra-ditional classroom courses include “AdministrativeLaw,” “Civil Rights” and “Poverty Law.”
Before coming to the University in 1999, he spentnine years at St. Mary’s University School of Law,where he created the first clinic and engaged in award-winning scholarship, such as a Columbia Law Reviewarticle the U.S. Supreme Court cited.
Institutions like Garden State Bar Association, theNew Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center andthe National Equal Justice Library have recognized
Dubin for his commitment to public service and schol-arship, according to the release.
Dubin has also been a board member of theClinical Legal Education Association, the ClinicalLaw Review, the New Jersey Institute for SocialJustice, the Law School Consortium Project, theNYU Public Interest Law Foundation, the RevsonFellowship Board and the National Center on Lawand Economic Justice.
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Mason Gross School of the Arts seniors Jasmine Carmichael and Pierre Gonzalez get into character during rehearsal for the performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The showruns from Sept. 3 to Sept. 12 at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater on Cook/Douglass campus.
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“The first six timesthat we entered
our car in variouscar shows, we won.
I didn’t think we would ever lose.”
MICHAEL DEMERSPerth Amboy resident
charge,” Kubian said. “It’sthere for them.”
Kubian and Rodriguez saidthey see the University and thecommunity of New Brunswick asa hotbed for the kind of socialaction the SouperVan needs tocome to fruition.
“A lot of people are hurtinghere — not justthe regular popu-lation, but the stu-dent population,too,” Kubian said.“When I wenthere, I was sobroke that I had topractically live offthe dollar menu atWendy’s.”
Kubian andRodriguez look tolocal social enter-prises like Elijah’s Promise SoupKitchen and Highland Park’sBetter World Café for inspiration.
Rodriguez said the caféoffers food to its customers forthe price of an hour’s honestwork. The SouperVan would
similarly hire its employees,also providing a livable wagewith access to benefits.
“An extra dollar per hour is atangible measure of your labor,”he said. “If you’re learning askill set, how can you put avalue on that? It’s certainlymore than a dollar.”
The Universityalready came outin support of theSouperVan, see-ing it as a way tohelp the collegeand surroundingcommunity.
John Aspray,R u t g e r sU n i v e r s i t yStudent AssemblyInternal Affairschair, said healthy
fast food seems like a dream.“It shows that actually sup-
porting a nonprofit venture isreally easy for kids to do,” saidAspray, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “Here’s an insti-tution that’s set up that makes it
simple to give to others while alsogetting something for yourself.”
The SouperVan has also part-nered with Rutgers AgainstHunger to get the word outacross the University.
“It goes right along with ourtheme of fighting hunger, but italso looks at the bigger picture,”said Julie Sylvester, RutgersAgainst Hunger coordinator.“Students want to be a part ofsomething that is going to be a lotbigger and present in a lot of uni-versities and communities.”
Kubian and Rodriguez look atbusinesses as the basic structurefor any successful community.They already know they have agreat business idea, Kubian said.Now they just need the communi-ty to have one, too.
“New Brunswick is my city.We want to create a story of thiscommunity saying, ‘Hey wewant to create a positivechange,’” Kubian said. “We wantthe first SouperVan to comeabout from the collective will ofthe Rutgers community.”
Rutgers University StudentAssembly President YousefSaleh is not pleased with thechange either.
“We are going to try talking tothe administration, trying to becivil about it,” said Saleh, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior. “Ifthat doesn’t work, [we will talkwith] President [Richard L.]McCormick.”
RUSA wants the University toprovide a full route for studentswho used the L bus, Saleh said.Without it, students are put inharm’s way when traveling,whether due to harsh weatherconditions or the lack of properlighting along the former busroute, he said.
Saleh said he considers stu-dents’ safety a priority.
“There are going to be peo-ple who [will] walk throughsnow and rain to get back to their place,” he said. “Ifsomeone got hit by a car orattacked, I [would not] wantthat on my conscious.”
Students who pay for trans-portation services shouldreceive such services, he said.Funding for buses is allocatedfrom the $1,127 campus feeincluded in tuition, according tothe University’s StudentAccounting website.
Still, there are those whosaid the change does not affectthem directly.
Nicholas Zayac, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, said theelimination of the L route is not aproblem for him. Zayac, who lived
on College Avenue through hiscollege career, said he did not usethe bus.
But he does sympathize withthose who no longer have the busavailable to them.
“I have had friends who livedin Highland Park, and I just feellike Highland Park is getting a lit-tle disconnected from theUniversity,” Zayac said.
RUSA will discuss its hopesfor the reinstitution of the Lbus when it convenesThursday evening in theStudent Activities Center onthe College Avenue campus,Saleh said.
Student representatives arealso planning to meet Friday withJack Molenaar, director ofTransportation Services.
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He said voting is open to thepublic and expects Universitystudents to come in droves to getthe SouperVan off the ground.
If the SouperVan received thegrant, Kubian said they woulduse it to attack such issues asfood insecurity. They would alsolook to increase the ability offood pantries and soup kitchensto keep up with a rise in hunger,he said.
Kubian and Rodriguez alsointend to use the SouperVan asan example for other communi-ties and their charities of a self-sustaining source of income.
“Once we prove the systemhas a positive cash flow and isa good investment, we aregoing to give that system toother anti-hunger charitiesaround the region and acrossthe country completely free of
around frequently enough. Hemust prepare to leave more than anhour before he needs to be at hisdestination, whereas similar prepa-ration took minutes with the L bus.
“You have to leave earlier forevery class just to be sure [youwill arrive on time],” he said.
The effects are not limited tojust students, Shah said.
“Even the professors agree,”he said, noting that professorshave signed the petition.
Halim also said without the Lbus, faculty members withoutvehicles are inconvenienced.
Charter schools are publicschools that operate with freedomfrom many of the regulations thatapply to traditional public schools,according to uscharterschools.org.The schools “charter” is a contractthat details the school’s mission,program, goals, students served,methods of assessment and waysto measure success.
Charters are usually granted forthree to five years. At the end of theterm, the entity — usually a state orlocal school board — granting thecharter may renew the school’scontract. Charter schools areaccountable to their sponsor to pro-duce positive academic results andadhere to the charter contract,according to the website.
The charter school applica-tion process is presently beinghandled entirely by theDepartment of Education underthe direction of the commission-er of education, she said.
The University was chosen tobe this additional authorizerbecause it would be able to utilizeits Charter School ResourceCenter and CESP, she said.
“[The bill] is a natural evolu-tion of the work that we’ve beendoing with the Charter SchoolResource Center,” said ClaudiaBurzichelli, executive director ofthe CESP. “We’ll be able to helpmore high quality charterschools for New Jersey.”
The CSRC helps guide thosepeople who would like to estab-lish a charter school through theapplication process, she said.
Jasey said the ability toauthorize would in some ways bean extension of the center’s exist-ing work. But part of the addi-tional responsibilities would bethe provision of technical andother support services to ensurethe success of the school.
“We’d be taking applications,reviewing them and authorizingcharter schools that qualify to runas charters,” Burzichelli said. “Thenwe’d be monitoring them and estab-lishing performance criteria forthem, and if the charter schoolsdon’t meet the performance criteria,they’ll lose their charter.”
The New Jersey CharterSchools Association was concernedabout the selection of the Universityas the sole alternate authorizer, saidGloria Bonilla-Santiago, director ofthe Center for Strategic UrbanCommunity Leadership, in an e-mail correspondence.
“The legislation allowing formultiple authorizers needs toprovide a process and frameworkfor selecting quality authorizersthat bring the capacity and com-mitment to make this a processthat strengthen our charterschools,” said Bonilla-Santiago, amember of the NJCSA.
Jasey said regarding addition-al alternate authorizers, theyintend to start with one and per-haps expand.
“One of the concerns we hadis that, just as we don’t want char-ter schools to open willy-nilly, wealso don’t want authorizers tobegin working all over the statebecause we have a concern aboutkeeping track of what’s goingon,” she said. “We want to main-tain the quality.”
There are negotiations pro-ceeding regarding the expansionof the ability for authorization toother schools, she said.
Jasey said the bill is by nomeans finished, but meetings arebeing held weekly.
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about from the collective will of ... Rutgers.”
NIC KUBIANSouperVan creator
ROUTE: Students to meet
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Library installs machines for self checkoutBY LIV REN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
With the largest class offirst-year students inUniversity history arriving thissemester, the new self-servicecheckout machine at theAlexander Librar y on theCollege Avenue campus maybe a welcome addition.
“The increase in populationwill translate into longer lineseverywhere, including at our cir-culation desks,” said HaroldGlazer, spokesman for theUniversity’s libraries. “The self-service machine allows some stu-dents to take care of businessand not have to wait in line.”
The machine, introduced inJune, allows students to checkout their own materials,bypassing library staf f at thecheckout desk.
“I’ve observed that, duringbusy times, the lines at the circu-lation desk can be a little long,and people might need to wait abit to have their needsaddressed,” Glazer said. “Thelibraries wanted to provide stu-dents with another option to getwork done in the library and todo so quickly.”
Positioned in front of the cir-culation desk at AlexanderLibrary, the self-servicemachine takes the studentthrough the checkout processwith step-by-step instructionson the display of the device’stouch screen.
“The video screen directs auser on how to easily place abook on the machine, scan their
First-year student Dan Teichmann gives the new self-checkout machine in Alexander Libraryon the College Avenue campus a spin. Only one machine exists at the University’s libraries.
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A man was hospitalizedfor non-life-threateninginjuries Saturday nightafter being attacked with aknife near the RutgersStudent Center on theCollege Avenue campus.
The victim said he waswalking in front of the stu-dent center when heentered a dispute around12:40 a.m. with people hedid not know, said RutgersUniversity PoliceDepartment Lt. RichardDinan in an e-mail to theUniversity community.During the fight, he sus-tained wounds to his bicepand rib cage.
The suspect isdescribed as a college-aged black male who has astocky build, short spikyhair and stands at 5-foot-11. He wore a black T-shirt with a white squareon the front and white let-tering within the square.
The RUPD is currentlyinvestigating this aggra-vated assault case.
Witnesses or thosewith information areencouraged to callDetective Sean Skala of theRUPD at (732)-932-8025 or(932)-932-7211.
— Kristine RosetteEnerio
MAN SURVIVESLATE-NIGHT
KNIFE ASSAULTON CAMPUS
borrower’s card and check outthe book,” Glazer said. “It’sremarkably self-explanatory.”
In order to use the machine,students must have a Universitylibrary account, which they mayset up at the circulation desk.
Some students, even thosewith close ties to the libraries, didnot know about the new addition.
“I work at the library, and I did-n’t even know we had a self-serv-ice checkout machine,” said AlexShweky, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “Nobodytold me anything about it.”
But after learning about theservice, Zainab Sadiq, a School of
Arts and Sciences senior, foundthe machine potentially useful.
“Sometimes you don’t want tobother talking to anyone,” Sadiqsaid. “You just want to check outand get out.”
With students able to check outbooks and library materials them-selves, there is a concern for jobstability for University librarians.
“I think that the machine will,in no way, present a problem forour staff,” Glazer said. “As I see it,the self-service machine is a win-win proposition for students andLibraries’ staff.”
While lines for material check-outs may become shorter, stu-
dents will still need to ask thelibrary staff for assistance, toanswer questions, to check outmaterials if the machine cannotread the barcode and to help ifthe self-service checkoutmachine does not scan the bar-code on a RUconnection Card orlibrary card, he said.
There is currently only onemachine in one University library,but University Libraries may con-sider expanding the project.
“If funding was available, I sur-mise that we might considerexpanding,” Glazer said. “Anotherfactor will be how well usersrespond to the new offering.”
7 Are you tired of your plain old white tees? Kick off the fallsemester at Rutgers University Programming Association’sfree T-shirt decorating extravaganza, where you can cut, tieand bedazzle your shirt however you like, 5 p.m. at theRutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Alimited number of shirts will be available, so bring your own.
University a cappella group the OrphanSporks are holdingauditions to start off the new school year. All auditions willbe held at 9 p.m. in Room 118 of the Busch Campus Center.
Apply to be a staff member for Rutgers Model UnitedNations 2010. The conference will be held on Nov. 11 to Nov.14 in the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. Help teachmore than 1,000 high school students from around the coun-try the value of civic action and political awareness. A gen-eral interest meeting will be held at 9 p.m. in Room A6 ofFrelinghuysen Hall on the College Avenue campus.
8 University a cappella group the OrphanSporks are holdingauditions to start off the new school year. All auditions willbe held at 9 p.m. in Room 118 of the Busch Campus Center.
Asian-American student-run newspaper Native Tongue willhold a general interest meeting from 8:30 to 11 p.m. at theAsian American Cultural Center on Livingston campus.Members of the paper encourage all to attend for a night offood, games, raffles and networking.
Apply to be a staff member for Rutgers Model UnitedNations 2010. The conference will be held on Nov. 11 to Nov.14 in the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. Help teachmore than 1,000 high school students from around the coun-try the value of civic action and political awareness. A gen-eral interest meeting will be held at 9 p.m. in Room A6 ofFrelinghuysen Hall on the College Avenue campus.
The Daily Targum will be holding a writer’s meeting at 9p.m. on the 4th Floor lounge of the Rutgers Student Centeron the College Avenue campus. Assignments will be givenout and other business will be discussed during the meet-ing. All those interested are welcome. There is no experi-ence necessary.
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9 Join RUPA at the Livingston Quad Field at 8 p.m. for MovieNight, showing Iron Man 2. Watch this sequel to the block-buster hit based on the Iron Man comics, directed by JonFavreau and starring Robert Downey Jr.
University a cappella group the OrphanSporks are holdingauditions to start off the new school year. All auditions willbe held at 9 p.m. in Room 118 of the Busch Campus Center.
10 The Daily Targum photography and multimedia desk will beholding a meeting for all those interested in joining. Thephotography meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. while the multi-media meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Targum office on26 Mine St. off the College Avenue campus. Food will beserved. No experience or equipment is necessary.
12 C. S. Lewis Society at the University meets from 5 to 7 p.m.at Canterbury House located at 5 Mine St. off the CollegeAvenue campus for dinner and discussion of “C.S. Lewis’God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics.” Formore information contact Chaplain Gregory Bezilla at [email protected].
15 Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity will be hosting a date auction toaid the victims from the massive flood in Pakistan. The eventwill begin at 7 p.m. in the Livingston Student CenterMultipurpose Room. In light of raising public awareness, arepresentative from the Islamic Relief Foundation will deliv-er a speech on the organization’s behalf. Come bid on eligi-ble singles for a good cause.
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14 Independent dance artist and researcher based in Auckland,New Zealand Cat Ruka is performing at 8 p.m. in the LoreeDance Theater. As a young indigenous woman, Ruka usesher dance artistry to investigate her ongoing and ever-changing relationship to the advent of colonization. She isinterested in how the process of making and performingdance can become a decolonizing act for herself and forother indigenous women, thereby claiming the dance-mak-ing process as a tool for social and political change.Admission is free and no tickets are required.
27 The Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society will host “The SexySide of Entrepreneurship,” an exposition showcasing music,fashion, art and entertainment featuring a variety of industryexperts at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus. Hor d’oeuvres and refreshmentswill be served.
thousands, but it was oftenspammed, she said.
“It’s just really hard on theInternet to keep people interest-ed,” Maliavksy said.
The team knew they neededto find another medium to spreadpositive messages, she said.They eventually decided T-shirtswere the best idea.
“The blog was not that suc-cessful but led to this here,[and Jemas] loved the conceptof intelligent designs,” she said.
That phrase — intelligentdesign — eventually became the inspiration for the company’s name.
Maliavsky said in the future,their dream would be to opentheir own store, but that option isunrealistic right now.
“It’s hard in the retail world tobegin with,” Maliavsky said.
She said the two intend topush the company as hard asthey can, but they are also con-sidering opening a graphicdesign and marketing consulting business in New Jersey.
“We learned crazy amountsfrom the T-shir t line,”Maliavsky said. “It’s really
exciting. It’s nice seeingsomething from start to finish.”
son,” said DeStefano, who partic-ipated in rallies and volunteeredfor President Barack Obama’s2008 election campaign.
DeStefano said both she andMaliavsky never saw themselvesdoing this.
“The company itself was anentrepreneurial business. [BillJemas of 360ep] and Farrahbrainstormed the idea,”DeStefano said.
It was Jemas, founder ofmedia management firm 360ep,
where both Maliavskyand DeStefano worked,who came to the duo,wanting to spread positive messages tothe public. They soonstarted a blog on theInternet, where they
posted articles andcommentar y on
current eventsabout the envi-ronment andworld peace,M a l i a v s k ysaid.
Their blogalso sent a
newslettert o
ent ages to be interested in thesame designs, but their missionmakes their shirts universal.
Maliavsky said many currentT-shirt trends are not very posi-tive. But with the marketingskills of DeStefano and thegraphic design skills ofMaliavsky, their goal of spread-ing intelligent designs was madea reality that people could wear.
“It’s nice to know there aresocially conscious people in allgenerations,” DeStefano said.
The two said they find inspira-tion for their designs and mes-sages everywhere — from worldpeace to the environment to cur-rent events — anything with apositive or important message.
One current event the twotook strong interest in was theBP oil spill, Maliavsky said.Another idea the two are workingon is creating state-specific shirtsfor every state in the nation, suchas incorporating a floral designfor New Jersey, the Garden State.
IDTees is also looking toexpand into working with specialcauses. Although as of press timetheir profits do not go to charity,the duo is open to plans to helpout certain organizations,Maliavsky said.
For example, IDTees plans tobecome involved with the upcom-ing Yoga Festival by the Sea inAsbury Park, DeStefano said,where the company intends tosell their organic tees and donate20 percent to yoga programs.
But social awareness hasalways been on the young team’s agenda.
While at the University,Maliavsky was a part of SigmaDelta Tau, and said she was envi-ronmentally and socially aware,but it was not as common for oth-ers on campus.
“I love Rutgers. It was myfavorite four years. … [But] Ithink that people overall now aremore conscious and aware thanwhen I was in school,”Maliavsky said.
At NYU, 24-year-oldDeStefano majored in mar-keting and minored insocial activism. IDTeescombines both of theseskill sets, she said.
“Just being atNYU, it’s hard toavoid things. It’smade me amuch morepoliticalper -
challenges with starting a newbusiness — especially one in anarea which neither had experi-ence or expertise.
“Just with planning alone,you don’t realize how muchwork you do and how much timeit takes,” said Maliavsky, whoadded that there were manyaspects the pair was unaware ofwhen they walked into the busi-ness, such as attending tradeshows, shooting catalogs oreven figuring out the logistics oftagging their own T-shirts.
For example, the two ordered4,000 shirts when they first start-ed yet did not realize the magni-
tude of the orderuntil they had tofold, tag andpack each oneby hand,Maliavsky said.
They experi-enced a similarmishap at oneof the first smallstreet fairs theyattended, wherethe pair soldnowhere nearthe 1,000 shirts
they had brought with them to sell.
“We had no idea what toexpect at all,” DeStefano said.
But now, their line is sellingmore and more each month.Their witty, colorful tees can befound in women’s boutiques, surfand skate shops, gift stores andbeach shops in New Jersey, NewYork and Connecticut, she said.
“We would love to be instores all over the country,”DeStefano said.
While the line is gearedtoward younger generations
— especially with images offlowery peace signs cou-
pled with the word“empower” —
Maliavsky said theysell to all ages and
both genders.“We had
everyone from 3-year-olds to 90-year-old womenwalking up and buying our shirts,”Maliavsky saidof one experi-ence at astreet fair.
She saidit is oftenu n c o m -
mon fordif fer-
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Design with a message in mindBY MARY DIDUCH
MANAGING EDITOR
Incorporating intelligentmessages into simple designsmay be easy for two New Jerseynatives — but starting a T-shirtbusiness, IDTees, from scratch,was not.
With a graphic design degreeand a marketing degree in hand,University alumna FarrahMaliavsky and New YorkUniversity alumna CharlotteDeStefano want to make peoplemore environmentally and social-ly aware by using bold, clevergraphics on organic, fair-tradecotton tees.
The brand hitstores last Mayacross the tri-statearea and is quicklygaining attention.But the pair firstconceived IDTeesabout a year ago,with zero experi-ence in businessor retail.
“We knew noth-ing about tees,”said DeStefano, 24.The first few months for theyoung duo were rough, she said,as they were selling only a few T-shirts a month on their website,idtees.org.
But that wasn’t their onlyhardship. Both Maliavsky, 26,and DeStefano are the only onescurrently responsible fordesigning, ordering, tagging,packing and shipping their T-shirts from their small office inPrinceton, N.J.
The twosaid thereare many
The messages on IDTees aim to spread awareness about societyand the environment. The two are also working on a new idea to create shirts for each state in the country.
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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
“We had everyonefrom 3-year-olds
to 90-year-oldwomen walking up
and buying our shirts.”
FARRAH MALIAVSKYIDTees Founder
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Pub welcomes back patrons with new interiorBY DENNIS COMELLA
STAFF WRITER
After eight months and$650,000 of renovations, TheGolden Rail Pub is now open forbusiness after a fire destroyedits interior.
The bar, located at 66 EastonAve., reopened Aug. 12, with anew look, owner Shaun Farrellysaid. Everything inside the pub isnew, including a top-of-the-linesound and video system.
“We hope to leave off even bet-ter than before,” he said.
Patrons agree the pub hasimproved with the renovation.
“It’s a lot better than it usedto be,” said Matt Zarzecki, aSchool of Arts and Sciences sen-ior. “It’s a good place to hang outin the year.”
Piscataway resident DannyVargas thinks the same.
“The place looks awesome,”said Vargas, a long-timeGolden Rail customer. “It’s amuch more vibrant place thanthe old one.”
Patrons have not forgottenabout The Golden Rail, bartenderRJ Mani said.
“Business had been excel-lent,” Mani said. “We’ve beenwaiting eight months to get backin action. We’re all glad to beright back in business.”
Farrelly thinks the pub’s suc-cess is partially due to its night-time activities, including karaokeon Wednesdays and Sundays,trivia games on Tuesdays and adisc jockey on weekends.
“I think it will bring a differ-ent crowd,” said PatrickBennett, a School of Arts andSciences senior, after finishing around of karaoke.
The Golden Rail is also one ofthe only bars in the area to show
the University’s football games liveon television, often attracting alarge crowd of students.
“We are like a sports barwith a nightlife,” Farrelly saidof the pub, which has a varietyof spor ts playing on flat screen televisions.
Even though The Golden Railis one of the oldest bar estab-lishments in town — secondonly to Tumulty’s Pub — the
interior is brand new, whichMani said is an advantage.
“We’re the newest bar in town,and in my opinion, the best setupin town,” he said. “We also havethe friendliest staff on EastonAvenue, guaranteed.”
Piscataway resident Kathy Hosaid the changes make the pubmore attractive.
“I like the fact that it’s more mod-ern than it used to be,” Ho said.
Both Bennett and Ho saidthe pub looked a lot cleanerthan it used to, which made it a more enjoyable experience.
“I hope they keep getting bet-ter,” Bennett said. “It’s a toughcompetition against other bars.”
Authorities could not deter-mine the cause of the fire, whichin December destroyed the puband the upstairs apartments. Butthey suspected that a small fan
shorted out, causing an electricalfire, Farrelly said.
“All the apartments and the barhad to be gutted to the beam,” hesaid. “It came at a bad time for us, butwe want to welcome everyone back.”
During the eight months thepub was closed, other local barswere supportive of The GoldenRail, Mani said.
“We don’t have any enemies,”he said. “All we have is friends.”
The Golden Rail Pub on Easton Avenue reopened in August with a new look after a fire burned the pub and the upstairs apartments.Known as one of the oldest bars in New Brunswick, the Pub now has a redesigned space for karaoke, viewing sports games and drinking.
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After fire closes The Golden Rail Pub for eight months, doors reopen to students, residents, football fans
A New Brunswick police lieutenant wascharged Friday with stealing more than$500 in health insurance and illegally votingin New Brunswick while living in othertowns, according to an article on nj.com.
Lt. Robert Tierney of East Brunswicksurrendered at New Brunswick policeheadquarters and was issued summonses,charging him with theft by deception andviolating the state’s criminal electionstatute, Middlesex County ProsecutorBruce Kaplan said in the article.
Tierney, who began working for the citypolice department in 1994, continued to usea New Brunswick address after he movedout of the city, according to the article. Hevoted in four general elections in NewBrunswick between November 2005 andNovember 2009 while living in Milltownand later East Brunswick, authorities saidin the article.
The investigation showed that Tierneycontinued to list his former spouse as a ben-eficiary to his health insurance planbetween December 2008 and June 2010,according to the article. He failed to notifythe city and Aetna Insurance Co., althoughhe got divorced in December 2008, accord-ing to the article.
During that time, Tierney filed an undis-closed number of insurance claims onbehalf of his former wife, costing the cityand insurance company more than $500,Kaplan said.
Tierney’s salary this year was $115, 972.He was suspended without pay for dutypending the outcome of the charges, NewBrunswick Police Director PeterMangarella said in the article.
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TEHRAN, Iran — The lawyerfor an Iranian woman sentenced tobe stoned on an adultery convic-tion said Monday that he and herchildren are worried the delayedexecution could be carried outsoon with the end of a moratoriumon death sentences for the Muslimholy month of Ramadan.
In an unusual turn in the case,the lawyer also confirmed thatSakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani waslashed 99 times last week in a sepa-rate punishment meted out becausea British newspaper ran a picture ofan unveiled woman mistakenlyidentified as her. Under Iran’s cleri-cal rule, women must cover theirhair in public. The newspaper laterapologized for the error.
With the end of Ramadan thisweek, the mother of two could beexecuted “any moment,” said herlawyer, Javid Houtan Kian.
The sentence was put on holdin July after an international out-cry over the brutality of the pun-ishment, and it is now beingreviewed by Iran’s supreme court.
Ashtiani was convicted in 2006of having an “illicit relationship”with two men after the murder ofher husband the year before andwas sentenced at that time to 99lashes. Later that year, she wasalso convicted of adultery and sen-tenced to be stoned, even thoughshe retracted a confession that shesays was made under duress.
“The possibility of stoning stillexists, any moment,” Kian told
Accused Iranian woman fights for life, justice
Mexican authoritiesurged people to move toshelters while officials inTexas distributed sandbagsand warned of flash floodsas Tropical Storm Herminestrengthened and onMonday headed toward thenorthwestern Gulf coast.
Hermine will probablymake landfall around mid-night just south of the U.S.-Mexico border, threatening tobring as much as one foot ofrainfall to some areas batteredin June by Hurricane Alex.
Hermine “will briefly beover Mexico, and thenwe’re expecting it to pro-duce very heavy rainfallover south Texas,” said EricBlake, a hurricane special-ist at the U.S. NationalHurricane Center. “We’reexpecting widespread rain-fall totals of 4 to 8 incheswith isolated amounts of afoot possible. Especially inthe hilly and mountainousterrain that could cause life-threatening flash flooding.”
The storm’s windsstrengthened to about 60mph (95 kph), and byMonday afternoon it waslocated about 100 miles (165km) south-southeast ofBrownsville, Texas. Tropicalstorm force winds extendedout up to 105 miles (165 kms)from the storm’s center.
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SUKKUR, Pakistan — As thedisastrous floods recede inPakistan, something new is rising:Suspicions and rumors that power-ful officials and landowners usedtheir influence to divert water awayfrom their property and inundatethe villages and fields of millions ofpoor Pakistanis.
The claims are difficult to veri-fy and in some cases may beexaggerated. Yet they havespread like wildfire across thewaterlogged countryside, furtheroutraging many flood victimsalready upset at the government’sfailure to provide enough food,clean water and shelter.
One of the risks is thatIslamist militants could seize ongrowing anger to increase sup-port for their war against thestate. Even before the floods,
many Pakistanis harbored a deepmistrust toward their govern-ment and the land-owning elite.
“The politicians and the richand powerful just sacrificed thepeople,” said 30-year-old farmerMohammed Yousuf, who lost hishome and 11 cattle last monthwhen floodwaters surging downthe Indus River swept acrosssouthern Sindh province.
The floods, which were trig-gered by extremely heavy monsoonrains in the Northwest at the end ofJuly, killed more than 1,600 peopleacross Pakistan and affected some17 million others. At its peak, theflood covered one-fifth of the coun-try — an area larger than England.
Many people suspect powerfulPakistanis were able to manipu-late the flow of water by influenc-ing which levees were breached.Levees are tall dirt and rockembankments meant to prevent a
river from overflowing and can beintentionally breached usingexplosives or heavy machinery.
It was impossible to verify thevalidity of the different accusations,but it was clear that many of the alle-gations were being leveled at thepowerful by the largely powerless.
Outrage has been especiallypronounced in northern Sindhwhere hundreds of thousands ofpeople — including Yousuf —watched floods swamp their fieldsand destroy their homes as thelands of a federal minister on theopposite side of the Indusremained dry.
Many of these flood victims areconvinced Labor MinisterKhursheed Shah pushed the gov-ernment to deliberately breach alevee upriver to save his property.The water that surged through theTori Bund levee inundated dozensof villages and towns west of the
river, an area that is more denselypopulated than the eastern side,where Shah’s lands are located.
“Khursheed Shah is a tyrant!”shouted Masood Ahmed, a 25-year-old vegetable vendor inKarampur, a town near the west-ern bank of the Indus that wasentirely surrounded by water.“He is the enemy of humanity!”
The labor minister denied anywrongdoing and Sindh IrrigationMinister Jam Saifullah Dharejo hassaid Tori Bund was not breachedby the government but rupturedwhen water flowing down theIndus surged unexpectedly.
Residents said they were unpre-pared for the sudden influx of waterbecause they assumed authoritieswould breach the Ali Wan levee onthe eastern bank just as they haddone when floods threatened thearea in 1976 — a move theyaccused Shah of opposing.
Protesters rally for the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Convicted of adultery, Ashtiani is inprison and faces potential death because of a misidentified newspaper photo of an unveiled woman.
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The Associated Press. “Her ston-ing sentence was only delayed; ithas not been lifted yet.”
Italy is among several coun-tries pressing for Iran to showflexibility in the case. Thecountr y’s foreign minister,Franco Frattini, said the Italianambassador in Iran met withauthorities in Tehran who “con-firmed to us that no decisionhas been made” about the ston-ing sentence.
“I interpret that in the sensethat the stoning, for now, won’t
take place,” Frattini said in an inter-view on Italian state television.
After putting the stoning sen-tence on hold, Iran suddenlyannounced that the woman hadalso been brought to trial andconvicted of playing a role in herhusband’s 2005 murder.
Iranian authorities broadcast apurported confession fromAshtiani in early August on state-run television. In it, a womanidentified as Ashtiani admits tobeing an unwitting accomplice inher husband’s killing.
Kian says he believes she wastortured into confessing.
In the latest twist, authoritiesare said to have flogged her forthe publication of a photo of awoman without her hair coveredin The Times (of London) news-paper. The woman in the photowas misidentified as Ashtiani.
She was lashed on Thursday,Kian said, citing information froma fellow prisoner who wasreleased last week. Kian has beenallowed no direct contact with hisclient since last month.
“We have no access toAshtiani, but there is no reasonfor the released prisoner to lieabout the flogging,” he said.
There was no of ficialIranian confirmation of thenew punishment.
The woman’s son, 22-year-oldSajjad Qaderzadeh, said he didnot know whether the new lash-ing sentence had been carried outyet, but that he also heard aboutthe sentence from a prisoner whorecently left the Tabriz prisonwhere his mother is being held.
“Publishing the photo provideda judge an excuse to sentence mypoor mother to 99 lashes on thecharge of taking a pictureunveiled,” Qaderzadeh told The AP.
The Times apologized in itsMonday edition but added thatthe lashing “is simply a pretext.”
“The regime’s purpose is tomake Ms. Ashtiani suffer for aninternational campaign to saveher that has exposed so muchiniquity,” the newspaper said.
Another lawyer who once rep-resented Ashtiani, MohammadMostafaei, said in a news confer-ence in Paris that it was not cer-tain if there really had been anew conviction and sentenceover the photograph.
“I have contacted my formercolleagues at the court who toldme nothing was clear on this sit-uation,” he said at the news con-ference with French ForeignMinister Bernard Kouchner.“There isn’t any punishment forthis act in our law.”
nary school, a bookstore,a Halal-based food courtand a non-exclusivemosque for prayer. Thebuilding is to be energy-efficient and attractive.
This is a far cry from the politicized voices thatclaim the property will be used as a mosque breedsradical Islamists and as an effective means to implyIslamic dominance over the area. All the Muslims inquestion want is a community center — one that issecular except for the prayer area — and ignorantflag-wavers are preventing Muslims from express-ing religious freedom.
The implicit racism and ignorance to brand aMuslim community center as Jihadist or extremist isastounding. The assumption many Republican politi-cians have is the Park51 center preaches in the sameway as radicals in the Middle East show their lack ofknowledge of the religion and their willingness toalign evil extremists with moderate Muslims.Opposition to the center’s construction representssomething far more sinister than traditional oriental-ism. The conscious and determined effort by politi-
cians and conservative pundits repre-sent a frightening new landscape inpublic affairs. For re-elections’ or rat-ings’ sakes, some are willing to polar-ize the religion of other Americans —those with rights protected by theFirst Amendment — into a caricatureof terrorism and danger. Instead offurthering the advance of religioustolerance, they would rather shoutfire in a crowded auditorium.
Park51 represents what couldbe an enormous step into bridging
the gap between Muslim Americans and those ofother religions have less knowledge of the prac-tice and tenets of Islam. Religious tolerance hasnever been entirely prevalent in the UnitedStates. One need only look back to the anti-Semitism in the ’30s and ’40s, anti-Catholicismaccompanying the Irish immigrations in the1800s or even the reason the Puritans originallyleft England from Anglican rule. Even when JohnF. Kennedy was running for the presidency in1960, the religious right contended his Catholicaffiliation would make the United States a nationunder papal rule. Meanwhile, Muslims inAmerica are undergoing similar religious perse-cution excused in the name of patriotism. Thepersecution has come to the point where manyare afraid to celebrate the end of Ramadanbecause it coincides with Sept. 11. In this coun-try, no citizen should fear the celebration of areligious holiday.
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R emember the “LittleAlbert” experimentnotorious in psycholo-
gy textbooks? It started in1920 when John B. Watson, aresearcher at Johns Hopkinsbegan a conditioning experiment on an 11-month-old baby — he would introduce the child to white,fluffy objects and eventually play a loud, frighteningsound while each object (namely, a white rat) wasintroduced. The child began to associate the fear ofthe loud noise with the white rat and then, by exten-sion, projected that fear onto all things white orfluffy: rabbits, cotton balls, even a man in a SantaClaus costume. After the conditioning was finished,“Little Albert” was taken out of the hospital experi-ments, and no de-conditioning took place. Due tothe anonymity of the study, it is unknown when or ifthe child overcame the fear.
On Sept. 11, 2001, a then-unknown enemybrought down the iconic World Trade Center inNew York City, claiming the lives of about 3,000and forever shaking America’s impenetrable feel-ing of security. In the aftermath of the 9/11attacks, the level of patriotism inthe United States swelled to a fer-vent high. Within days, we had thenames, faces and backgrounds ofthe 19 hijackers — all Arab Muslimextremists — who careened twopassenger jets into skyscrapers.But certainly Americans wouldn’tpaint all Arabs or Muslims with thesame extremist brush like LittleAlbert did with all white fluffythings, right?
In short, they would.In the last decade, what is now being called
“Islamophobia” has been a very real part ofAmerican culture. Between the ends of 2000 and2001, the FBI reported a 1,600 percent increasein hate crimes perpetrated against Muslims.Most Americans stood by and watched as Arab-Americans or American Muslims were stereo-typed, demonized and even discriminatedagainst in the name of patriotism and nationalsecurity. In the most recent af front on Muslimsin America, there is great controversy surround-ing the construction of an Islamic communitycenter in the same area as 9/11’s ground zero.Recent polls show anywhere from 52 to 73 per-cent of New Yorkers oppose the community cen-ter, Park51, being built 200 yards from groundzero. This does not bode well for the future ofreligious tolerance in these United States.
Park51 is essentially a Muslim version of aYMCA or JCC; it offers a 500-seat theater, a fitnessgym, a basketball court, a swimming pool, a culi-
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“We don’t have any enemies. ... All we have is friends.”RJ Mani, bartender at Golden Rail, on support the pub received from other bars
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Gateway to progress
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G enerally speaking, any form of city progress tends to create asharp divide between those for and those against. NewBrunswick Development Corporation’s $150 million Gateway
Project is no exception. Despite DEVCO’s claims that the project willinject new life into the neighborhood around the train station, there isa substantial amount of backlash. Citizens of New Brunswick worrythe revitalization of the downtown is happening at the expense of out-lying regions of the city. However, such a view may be ignoring thepossible long-term positive effects of the Gateway Project.
The building, in the process of being erected on the corner ofSomerset Street and Easton Avenue, will contain affordable housing, aparking deck and a large retail area. In short, it is a rather welcomingbuilding, where students and citizens alike can come to shop andspend time together. Such a shared space helps to foster a strongsense of community and shared identity among all of the city’s resi-dents. More retail space means more jobs and more places for peopleto spend money, which could also mean significant economic growth.And who hasn’t had a terrible time trying to find parking in NewBrunswick? A parking deck with a capacity of more than 600 spaces isa pretty effective way to remedy that situation. The Gateway Center ispoised to become a cultural hub of New Brunswick, as long as every-thing goes according to DEVCO’s plans.
Perhaps the most beneficial aspect of the Gateway Center is the factthat it will be directly connected to the train station. This will encour-age commuters to spend some time in the city when their trains stophere. Think of how this easy access to New Brunswick would encour-age more outsiders to come and explore. Not only does NewBrunswick’s reputation stand to make some serious gains from anincrease in tourism, but so does New Brunswick’s wallet. After all,more people coming in and spending time here means more peoplespending money here.
It is easy to get swept up in the negative reactions to the GatewayProject. No one likes to watch the storefronts they have grown to lovebe razed and replaced by all manner of noisy machinery. Nor does any-one like to see a monstrous eyesore towering over every adjacentbuilding in the heart of their changing hometown, and, from an aes-thetic standpoint, the Gateway Project building is certainly a mon-strous eyesore. But if you fight the human tendencies to abhor changeand to judge books by their covers, then you may find the GatewayProject to be a great step forward for New Brunswick.
V owing to stimulate the still ailing economy, PresidentBarack Obama called for a $50-billion investment in thenation’s roads, railways and runways, according to the
Associated Press. And while we have in the past taken an oppos-ing stance to our nation’s careless spending, this is a neededreform that helps us all.
The plans are still preliminary, but in the very near future, they willprovide employment opportunities from iron workers to concrete fin-ishers. With an overall loss of 54,000 jobs in the month of August, anygovernment-sponsored project is welcome.
Apart from the jobs that will inevitably be created, an upgrade to thenation’s infrastructure will, in a way, give back to the public. Usuallyroads are deprived of major repairs until something goes wrong. Thegoal of this infrastructure project is rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads,constructing and maintaining 4,000 miles of railways and rehabilitating150 miles of airport runways. A new air navigation system will also bedesigned to reduce travel times and delays — an upgrade very fewpeople will mind.
Obama’s plan will surely be opposed in these months before theCongressional elections, but voters should consider the fact thatmoney is benefiting the general population rather than the undeserv-ing big banks. If more than $700 billion went to the likes of Bank ofAmerica and J.P. Morgan Chase, isn’t it about time some money wenttoward our nation’s welfare? Given it is our tax dollars, it would makesense for us to receive their worth.
In addition to the old repair and rebuild strategies, this moneycould be invested in the greening of the road infrastructure as awhole. We live in a developing world where the United Statesshould be at the forefront of new technologies — transportationimprovements included — yet we are far behind countries like theNetherlands and Germany. These funds are just what we need inorder to jump-start innovative technologies, benefiting the peoplewho pay for them.
Given the fact that Obama’s plan can be referred to as “the newNew Deal,” we should be glad we are getting something in return.This public works plan will benefit us, but only if it remains trans-parent. We support it with caution as we want to see these fundsbe allocated appropriately. Obama and Democrats are under pres-sure to show voters they are trying to repair the sluggish econo-my, with unemployment still hovering around 10 percent. Andwhile the reasons behind this project could be to simply reserveDemocrats’ seats in Congress, this project could only benefit us.
Pay to recover
The Tuning Fork
CODY GORMAN
Rice era. Junior Joe Martinek isn’tthe fast, explosive back who canhit the holes, but he’s reliable andis great at wearing down teamswhile staying fresh. JordanThomas should relieve Martinekmore and sneak out into the flatsfor passes because of the speedand agility he brings. If the linestraightens out and Thomas canprove a valuable one-two punchwith Martinek, the traditional run-ning game could be a huge asset.Heck, throw Thomas and Deeringback with Sanu in the “WildKnight” every so often. However,they relied too heavily on theground attack. Had they not bro-ken big runs or scored with spe-cial teams, the pass offense wouldhave needed to step it up, and theydidn’t look capable of the task.Rutgers most certainly won’t claimany conference titles on solely therunning game.
This teamneeds a lot of sup-port if they want togo anywhere thisseason, and acrowd of morethan 44,000, apacked studentsection, and people
staying throughout the gamedespite the frustrations is a bigstep in the right direction. Asmuch as the team needs to pull itall together, they need our supportfor every single game and beyond.
I’m still confident in this team.They can pull it together, but canthey do it quickly enough? Ouroffense arms so many weapons. Ifit clicks in time, watch out BigEast and nation. Even thoughnext year’s the highly touted year,we can make some noise and sur-prise everyone this year. If not, Iknow I’ll be very disappointed,and many fair-weather fans willlose interest. The next two weeksare crucial because they need tomake big improvements withanother easy game coming upand a bye week before welcomingin University of North Carolina.The talent is there, so this iswhere coaching is absolutely cru-cial. If the fans don’t continuetheir support, and if the squadremains uninspired and unorgan-ized, we are going to be in for onelong season.
Michael Rosenthal is a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences sophomore.
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A s a current sophomore,who watched some of theUniversity’s future football
stars debut last year, I entered thestadium Thursday with my heartpounding and expectations highdespite the low projections fromthe media. Head coach GregSchiano said this team wouldn’t getreally good until November, whichmakes sense considering the lossof key seniors, a young and freshsquad of guys who aren’t used toeach other and their roles and arecent history of starting off poorly.I entered the stadium expectingthem to roll over a very sub-parNorfolk State as a sort of dressrehearsal for the big games tocome down the road. Needless tosay I came close to hitting the panicbutton as I helpless-ly watched withother frustratedfans in the stand-ing-room section.
There is no wayto tip-toe aroundthe fact that ourteam looked veryflat and lost. The defense made anearly adjustment to the receiversgetting behind the secondary, agood reflection on the coaching,and they shut the running gamedown. Special teams was fine andshowed they might be able tocarry on some of last year’s flare.Veteran kicker San San Te can’tmiss those two field goals in a row,which deflated the team and fans— those are the kind of kicks thatwin or lose the big games.
Offense, oh the big questionmarks. Like most people, I watchedfor sophomores Mohamed Sanuand Tom Savage’s progress fromlast year, and it was worrisome tosee next to no production fromthem or the rest of the receivingcore. The offensive line came in asa huge question mark and left as abigger one. Despite the lack of reli-able pass blocking and Savage’sopening-day butterflies, receiverswere not getting much separation.Our receiving core, with a stud inSanu, a burner in Jeremy Deeringand promising second wideoutMark Harrison, should performmuch better and get some yardsafter the catch.
The running game was aboutwhat it has been in the post-Ray
Knights have longroad to success
MICHAEL ROSENTHAL
Letter
“They can pull ittogether, but
can they do it quickly enough?”
While the horrors of the 9/11attacks are still a haunting realityof American vulnerability, we as apeople cannot fall victim to thesame conditional training as LittleAlbert did in that scientific study;by assigning guilt by religiousassociation, we become the perse-cutors of crime against religiousfreedom, and thereby challengethe liberties and freedoms onwhich this country was founded.The construction of this communi-ty center represents a fresh start
in America, a conscious effort toextend religious tolerance to acommunity many feel they havereason to hate and promote under-standing by emphasizing the won-derful freedoms the countryembodies. As Antoine de Saint-Exupery said, “Life has taught usthat love does not consist of gaz-ing at each other, but looking out-ward in the same direction.” Letus hope, for America’s sake, thatwe learn to look outward.
Cody Gorman is a School ofArts and Sciences junior majoringin political science. His column,“The Tuning Fork,” runs on alter-nate Tuesdays.
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Sophomore goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins posted two clean sheetsin a weekend when Rutgers outscored its opponents 5-0.
shutout was her second of theseason. Simpkins’ performancewas a far cr y from theMonmouth loss, in which thesophomore was caught inbetween on the Hawks’ lone goal.
“Everyone’s holding eachother accountable, and I thinkthat was our biggest problem inthe Monmouth game,”Simpkins said. “When theteam’s playing like a team, I feelmore confident. I feel great, andit makes me feel good to seesuch good soccer.”
The victorymoved the Knightsto 14-8-3 all-timeagainst Princeton— its most winsover any one opponent in program history.
Head coachGlenn Crooks’team, however,played Bucknellonly three timesprior to Sunday’smatchup in Lewisburg, Pa. Intheir first road test of the season,the Knights put together anoffensive flurry, outshooting theBison, 28-9, in a 3-0 blanking.
The shutout was Simpkins’second in a row and third over-all. The sophomore only need-ed to make three saves on theday, as the Rutgers defensecontained Bison for wardChrista Matlack, the PatriotLeague’s Preseason Player ofthe Year.
“The communication with[Simpkins’] backs, the organiza-tion of things, the more we traintogether also, the better it gets,”Crooks said. “[Simpkins] is look-ing more and more comfortable.That’s still a work in progress.”
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Matlack was held without ashot and had three fouls in adisappointing ef for t by thehome team.
Crooks continued to put aconcerted effort into monitoringminutes, as 21 players saw thepitch and 18 played more than 10minutes of action. On the day, 12Knights collected fouls, with sen-iors Ashley Medcalf and GinaDeMaio tied with three apiece.
Senior for ward AshleyJones scored her first goal ofthe season in the 66th minute— her first since Sept. 20, 2009.The Knights’ leading scorerlast season, Jones once againstarted Sunday’s game on thebench before seeing action inthe 25th minute. SophomoreApril Price assisted on the
goal, pushing herteam-high pointtotal to five.
Rutgers addedto its lead in the82nd minute,when sophomoreStefanee Pace tallied her firstgoal since Aug.27 against StonyBrook. TheKearny HighSchool product
appeared out-of-sync of fensive-ly in the matches between hertwo scores.
Filigno cushioned the lead inthe 89th minute, when she drewand converted a penalty kick.The score was her second in asmany games and third on theyoung season.
The win pushed theKnights’ goal dif ferential to 5-0on the weekend and 12-2 forthe season.
“We have so many differentpeople that can make it happenas far as putting the ball in theback of the net,” Crooks said.“[Jones] is an important pieceof that … and I expect thatwe’re going to get productionout of a lot of other people.”
“When the team’splaying like a team... it makes me feelgood to see such
good soccer.”EMMY SIMPKINS
Sophomore Goalkeeper
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A ll 32 NFL teamsreleased their final53-man rosters
Saturday, revealing what play-ers made the cut and will stayon for the 2010-2011 season.A slew of former Rutgers foot-ball players earned spots on anumber of NFL teams,whether in a position wherethey’ll see playing time onSundays or on the practice squad.
Snagging practice teamspots were Ryan D’Imperiowith the Minnesota Vikingsand George Johnson with theTampa Bay Buccaneers.
Kevin Haslam, TiquanUnderwood and CourtneyGreene all made the playingroster for the JacksonvilleJaguars and first round draftpicks Anthony Davis andDevin McCourty earnedspots with the San Francisco49ers and New EnglandPatriots, respectively.
Linebacker DamasoMunoz chose to take on afootball career in the UFLand joined the Har tfordColonials, hoping to help theteam improve on its 0-6 finishlast season.
JUNIOR DEFENSIVE ENDAlex Silvestro garnered BigEast honors for his play in theteam’s 31-0 victory overNorfolk State.
Silvestro recorded five tack-les — four for a loss, includinga sack — in the ScarletKnights’ shutout effort.Norfolk State rushed for a mea-ger 25 yards and went 0-12 onthird down conversions.
AFTER A FIVE-WEEKholdout, the Darrelle Revissaga is finally over.
The New York Jets corner-back agreed to a four-year, $46-million deal ridding all thespeculation of who would fillhis role if he didn’t return.
In the team’s first threegames this season, it facesthree Pro Bowl wide receiversin Anquan Boldin, Randy Mossand Brandon Marshall.
Revis recorded 56 tackles and six interceptionslast season.
FOLLOWING HISrelease Saturday, formerArizona Cardinals quarterbackMatt Leinart signed with theHouston Texans yesterday.
Leinart entered camp thisyear with a shot at the start-ing job, but after receivingless playing time than quar-terback Derek Anderson,Leinart complained he out-played Anderson andexpressed anger toward headcoach Ken Whisenhunt.
He went on to state that theissues between him andWhisenhunt “probably wentaway from football,” and follow-ing a meeting between the twosides he was released.
Lienart threw for 3,893yards with 14 touchdowns and20 interceptions during histime with the Cardinals.
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Sophomore goalkeeper Vickie Lavell posted the first Rutgersshutout since Nov. 2, 2008, when she held Ohio scoreless.
The team took the field Fridayagainst Ohio in its home-opening matchup.
Though the first half featuredan overwhelming Ohio attack,the Knights wereable to bear downand come out ontop, 1-0, despitebeing outshot, 10-5, on the day.
“We’re notgoing to be satis-fied until we find away to wingames,” Tchousaid. “I was sohappy they got tofeel that.”
Ohio (1-3) controlled posses-sion for much of the game, evenwhen playing down a player for acombined 15 minutes due tothree yellow cards. Rutgers,however, made good on one ofits five corners during a franticfront-net shuffle with just 3:30left on the clock.
After an initial shot on goal,the ball stayed free just long
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enough for junior ChristieMorad to put it into the box —something the team failed toaccomplish during its first two games.
“We talked about what weneeded to work on, includedwhat we did in practice andbrought it into the game,” saidMorad. “I was just shooting for agoal [and] shooting for the win.”
On the otherside of the field,s o p h o m o r egoalie Vickie Lavell did herbest to stymie theBobcats. Lavelland the defensedeterred eightOhio corners,earning theteam’s firstshutout of theseason and first
since Nov. 2, 2008. “We just stuck together as a
team,” said Lavell. “We knewwhat we’re supposed to do [and]we just had trust in each other.”
The Knights hit the practicefield for the rest of the weekand return to play Saturdayagainst ACC foe Maryland inthe first of two games awayfrom the Banks.
“We knew what we’re supposed
to do, [and] we justhad trust in each other.”VICKIE LAVELL
Sophomore Goalkeeper
tenure and came in just the firstgame of his 10th season.
Lefeged has two of those blocksto his name — both came in lastseason’s loss at Syracuse — as wellas sharing kick-return duties withsenior Mason Robinson.
The 5-foot-10, 190-poundRobinson also serves as theKnights’ punt returner — a job atwhich he earned time as a freshmanand sophomore, but had limitedopportunities and limited success.
Robinson took over as puntreturner for sophomore wideoutMohamed Sanu, who averaged3.9 yards per return last season.In seven career punt returns,Robinson gained 43 yards.
The Somerville, N.J., nativetook back two punts for 29 yardsin the opener, but let eight puntsgo. Both Schiano and Robinsonwanted him to field more punts.
“What I told myself is that inpractice, I should try to go forballs that in a game might be a lit-tle bit iffy — go for the balls, seewhat my range is and open up,”Robinson said. “It’s like being acenterfielder back there, just try-ing to get to everything and notlet it touch the ground. Everytime I touch the ball I feel like Ihave a chance to break it.”
With a young offense that is sureto encounter more growing painsthan in its first-half showing againstNorfolk State, big special teamsplays and scores can only becomemore important for the Knights.
“Making a big special teamsplay changes the momentum of afootball game,” Lefeged said.“The correlation between gettinga punt block and winning or los-ing a football game is that if youget a punt block, most of thetime, the team wins. We prideourselves on that.”
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Defensive backs and special teamers Wayne Warren and Khaseem Greene celebrate with senior captain Joe Lefeged, whorecovered Brandon Bing’s second blocked punt against Norfolk State and returned it three yards for a touchdown.
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GLANCE
The Rutgers football team opened itsseason with a 31-0 victory againstNorfolk State on Thursday night atRutgers Stadium. Joe Martinek ranfor 109 yards and Joe Lefegedreturned a blocked punt for a score.
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Junior Hannah Curtis tied for a team-high seven kills in Rutgers’loss against Delaware. She also recorded five blocks.
BY BILL DOMKECORRESPONDENT
It took a while, but theRutgers volleyball team finally
learnedhow top u ta w a ygames.
Afterlast weekend’s sole win, theScarlet Knights (3-3) stringedtogether two more victories for anice three-game winning streakbefore falling to host Delaware(6-1) in the Delaware Invitational.
“As a coachingstaf f, we werevery pleased withour performanceover the weekend,” saidhead coach CJWerneke. “Frommatch to matchwe really grew asa program.”
And whilegrowth may seemlike the only thinganyone ever hearsthese days aboutthe volleyball team, it is notunwarranted by a long shot.
The final match of the tournament saw Rutgers takeon Delaware, with both teams shooting for an undefeated weekend.
But the Blue Hens proved tobe too much for the Knights,who fell in three consecutivegames with scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-16, respectively.
“A couple things wentDelaware’s way … it was reallyhard,” Werneke said. “We exe-cuted at a high level, but theyjust beat us. We served muchtougher. What it came down towas Game 1 had a little three-four point run, and late in Game2 we didn’t execute at the high-est level possible.”
A struggling East Carolina,still attempting to capture itsfirst win of the season, greeted
Strong tourney endsin defeat to Delaware
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Rutgers to open theInvitational. The Pirates (0-6)were unable to do muchagainst the Knights, anddespite taking advantage of asloppy first set, lost three consecutive matches withscores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25-18, respectively.
Werneke’s squad then car-ried that momentum into thenext morning, when after drop-ping another first set, the teamwas able to win three moreconsecutive sets, closing outSam Houston State 3-1.
The win gave Rutgers a tem-porary winningrecord, some-thing the coach-ing staf f knewnot to take lightly.
“To show thecomposure we didin some of thosegames was great tosee,” Wernekesaid. “As a result,we came away witha couple victories.[A winningrecord] was a big
step for us, but we just wanted tofocus competing againstDelaware.”
But despite not icing theentire weekend, Wernekeknows it is important to not stallfor long as a match with NJITtoday looms.
“We just got back out there.Monday’s always tough after atournament weekend,” he said.“We worked on some of thethings we saw this weekend.We worked on some of thedefense out on the field.”
Rutgers takes a trip north toNewark to face the Highlanders(1-4) at the Fleisher AthleticCenter at 7 p.m.
“[NJIT will be] a good testfor us,” Werneke said. “It’salways a good opportunity to goout there and compete and goout and learn more about thisyear’s program.”
“We executed at ahigh level, but they
just beat us ...we didn’t execute
at the highest level possible.”
CJ WERNEKEHead Coach
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BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
Senior Brandon Bing devotedhis offseason and his spring tobecoming a more consistent cor-nerback. Bing showed flashes inthe past but never truly caughton, getting lost in the shuffle bythe end of last year.
But apparently during all ofhis work to win a starting cor-nerback job this season, hefound some time to add specialteams to his repertoire, makingthe key play that sparked theRutgers football team to its winlast week.
PRACTICE NOTEBOOK BING GIVES BEST EFFORT IN OPENER
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Senior defensive back Brandon Bing gets his hand on his firstof two blocked punts Thursday against Norfolk State.
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Senior Edmond Laryea plays on both offense and defense, startingat fullback and coming in as a second-team linebacker.
Punting in their own territo-ry, the Norfolk State Spartansstill hung in there with theScarlet Knights, but Bing torethrough the punt protection,blocked a punt and set up atouchdown return for seniorsafety Joe Lefeged.
“It’s just something where Iwas put into the situation tomake a play,” Bing said.“Really, it goes to the coaches.I guess I can thank Joe[Lefeged] too.”
His blocked punt earned himhis first big award in his collegecareer — Big East SpecialTeams Player of the Week.
“I just felt ‘thank you,’”Bing said. “But at the sametime, it doesn’t help me for thenext game.”
Bing played his first fullgame at cornerback as well,not coming out until theKnights put in reserves in thefinal minutes. He made fourtackles defensively.
“Defensively, it’s the mostconsistent game he’s played,”said head coach Greg Schiano.“He still has a lot of room toimprove, but relative to his ownperformance, that’s the besthe’s played. On special teamshe made some plays and hemissed some plays. He certain-ly blocked that kick, but he hadanother one that he shouldhave had.”
Florida International offersone of the tougher receivers onthe schedule in junior T.Y.Hilton. Hilton caught nine ballsfor 90 yards and two touch-downs against Rutgers last sea-son and it will be up to Bing andjunior David Rowe to limit him.
“We need Brandon to playhis best football and to do thathe just needs to continue on thatpath,” Schiano said.
QUARTERBACK TOMSavage was admittedly over-amped for kickoff Thursdaynight, and it took him a while tocatch his stride, finishing thegame with 148 yards passingand a touchdown, completingjust over half of his throws.
For the sophomore Savage toimprove in his second game,Schiano would like to see himtake things slower.
“I just want him to relax,”Schiano said. “I think, like a lotof the offensive guys, he was alittle bit ahead of himself. He
needs to slow everything down,let the routes unfold and deliverthe ball.”
Another tactic to try andspark the Rutgers attack is theimplementation of the hurry-upoffense. Schiano said they mightrun the no-huddle more often.
“We have given that a lot ofthought, and we may do that thisyear at times,” he said.
WHETHER IT’Scoincidence or not, the Rutgersrunning game got a big boostwhen senior fullback EdmondLaryea entered the fray.
Laryea played more in thesecond half where Rutgers ranfor 184 yards as opposed to 84 inthe first half.
“I don’t know if it’s a productof Laryea in,” Schiano said.“What we did was put two tightends in and pound [the ball]. Itwas effective.”
Laryea also played snaps atlinebacker and on special teamsand could continue to do allthree for the next few weeks.
“He’s going to continue nowgoing both ways until we makekind of a final decision,” Schianosaid. “I don’t know if he can do itthe whole year, we’ll see.”
FIFTH-YEAR SENIORKordell Young missed anotherpractice dealing with personalissues, but there could be a deci-sion in the next day or two,Schiano said.
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Redshirt freshman Jonelle Filigno scored two goals in as many games this weekend, pushing her season total to a team-highthree. The former Canadian U-20 Player of the Year missed all of last season with a knee injury suffered in the preseason.
RU responds with weekend sweepBY TYLER BARTO
ACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
After dropping its first decision toMonmouth and falling seven spots in theNSCAA poll, the No. 24 Rutgers women’s
soccer team pro-vided itself withthe per fect anti-dote to its recentsluggishness. TheScarlet Knights (4-
1) went a perfect 2-0 on the weekend thatfeatured another intra-state foe and theirfirst road trip of the year.
The Knights blanked visitingPrinceton, 2-0, to cap of f a four-game
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Junior Christie Morad scored the game-winning goal with 3:30 left on the clock Fridayagainst Ohio. She also had two assists in the team’s 3-2 loss against Richmond.
BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZCORRESPONDENT
A game of collegiate field hockey is 70 minutes long. But for the Rutgers field hockey team, the first 35 minutes of play
presented moremarked difficultiesduring its season-opening homestand.
The ScarletKnights (1-3) took
the field against Richmond on Sunday, falling3-2 in the contest, while sporting two differ-ent personalities.
The Spiders (3-1) dominated to open upthe game. They went into halftime with a 2-0lead and a huge advantage on the stat sheet,outshooting Rutgers, 8-1, and gaining fourcorners to just one for the Knights.
“I thought the last 15 minutes of thesecond half were great and that’s how weneed to play all the time,” said head coachLiz Tchou. “The game has changed. It’s so
fast-paced now, but you have to be able topossess the ball under pressure.[Richmond] did a really good job of moving us around.”
The squad put its two goals on theboard with less than 15 minutes to play,beginning with a shot from the top of thecircle by senior co-captain Jenna Bull.Junior Christie Morad assisted on the goalat the 56:22 mark.
After a scramble within the circle withless than two minutes to play, Morad alsoassisted on sophomore Carlie Rouh’s tallyto pull the team within one.
The Knights just needed more time.“I think we’re going to end up shocking
ourselves when we end up playing in ourown conference, because these teams we’replaying are good teams,” Bull said. “We’refiguring it out throughout the game. If wefigure it out early enough and make theadjustments, we’ll be good.”
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BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
A year after leading the Big East inturnover differential and scoring nine timeson defense and special teams, Rutgers head
football coach GregSchiano said those
results could never be expected to carry overgame to game, let alone year to year.
But when Joe Lefeged dove into the endzone from three yards out Thursday nightagainst Norfolk State, it carried over for atleast one more game.
The senior captain recovered a puntblocked by Brandon Bing to extend theScarlet Knights’ advantage to 21-0.
“That’s something that we pride ourselveson: Defense and special teams swarming tothe football,” Lefeged said. “We know that spe-cial teams is a key part of a football game andwe have a lot of defensive starters on specialteams — that’s how important it is to us.”
Lefeged and Bing are just two of those starters.
Last year, senior captain Devin McCourtyblocked three punts and returned a kick fora touchdown. Lefeged, a starting safety,returned another kick for a score. Startingsenior linebacker Damaso Munoz returnedan onside kick for a touchdown.
Starters playing special teams is nothingnew for the Knights, and it’s something toshoot for, according to Lefeged.
“It’s an honor to play on this special teams[unit],” he said. “We want to have the bestspecial teams in the country.”
For a week, Bing is the best special teamsplayer in the conference, after the Big Eastrecognized the senior cornerback as SpecialTeams Player of the Week.
Bing blocked two punts against Norfolk State.
“Not only did we block a punt, but we putpoints on the board, so that was a big momen-tum changer,” Lefeged said of Bing’s secondblock. “Coach always says we create our ownluck, just hustling to the football. The way ourdefense and our special teams swarm to thefootball, things like that happen.”
It happened a lot under Schiano, as Bing’ssecond block was the 44th in Schiano’s
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Inconsistency plagues Knightsin narrow loss against Spiders
homestand to begin the 2010 season.Redshirt freshman Jonelle Filigno, stifledin a two-match goalless drought enteringthe game, earned her first career game-winner with a tally in the 14th minute.
“Our goal this game was to just to comein and be more disciplined and focus ondefending,” Filigno said. “And then fromthere, working on getting forward, andthat’s exactly what we did. We got goalsfrom it, so I think discipline was the mostimportant part.”
The Mississauga, Canada, native beattwo Tiger defenders and lobbed a shotpast the outstretched hands of Princetongoalkeeper Alyssa Pont. Junior midfielderKarla Schacher notched her first goal of
the season in the 58th minute of f of across by classmate Tricia DiPaolo, whoearned her first career assist.
Schacher’s goal marked the second timein as many years that the Knights put up twoscores against Pont. Rutgers is the only teamto score against her twice in a game over thepast two seasons. The two-time All-IvyLeague selection faced nine shots on thenight to Rutgers’ sophomore EmmySimpkins’ six.
Simpkins came out of the gates muchmore assertive against Princeton, liningup her defenders and making two keysaves within 15 seconds of each other. The
