THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 142, Number 10 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 HUMAN DARTBOARD Today: Sunny High: 76 • Low: 50 Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage took all the blame for his early season struggles, despite working with a young receiving corps that is still growing itself. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM OPINIONS ....... 10 DIVERSIONS ...... 12 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 14 The French Senate passed a bill banning the burqa in public settings. Sen. Harry Reid arrives at the green energy summit in a fleet of SUVs. WORLD OPINIONS WORLD .......... 8 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 SPORTS ...... BACK The University is implementing a bicycle registration program similar to the one for cars because of August’s high number of bicycle thefts. Registration is free and optional. CATHERINE DEPALMA U. prevents on-campus bicycle theft BY YASHMIN PATEL CONTRIBUTING WRITER A series of 15 bicycle thefts in August prompted the Rutgers University Police Department and the Department of Transportation Services to develop a stu- dent bicycle registration system similar to that used for vehicles, University Police Lt. Richard Dinan said. Bike owners can register their bicycles by picking up a paper registration form at their Community Police Office, located in each campus student center. Once the form is completely filled out, students should mail it to the Public Safety Building on Commercial Avenue or drop it off in person. The University police are working to make it more convenient for students to Congressional race heats up around state BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO UNIVERSITY EDITOR With only 48 days left until Election Day, congressional candidates from all 13 N.J. dis- tricts are putting out their best for the final stretch of their campaigns. This year’s campaign trail is particularly rocky for Democratic incumbents, who are at risk of losing their seats, considering their poll numbers are low across the country. National studies show that Republicans will most likely be voted in on this election, said the Eagleton Institute of Politics Associate Director John Weingart in an April 16, 2010, The Daily Targum article. Despite this pattern, University politi- cal science Professor Ross Baker believes with just five Republican incumbent candi- dates, New Jersey will stay a heavy blue state in Congress. But he does not think victory will come easy for incumbents in the 3rd and 12th con- gressional districts. “I think those are the two [districts] you would put any question mark on at all,” Baker said. For the first time, Democratic incum- bent John Adler is seeking re-election in the 3rd district two years after narrowly winning the seat. “Adler’s only a ‘freshman’ so he doesn’t necessarily have any recognition,” Baker said. “But then again, in a year in which incumbents are unpopular that might be an advantage that he hasn’t been around a long time.” Since coming to Congress, Adler invited his constituents throughout the district to more than 130 non-partisan, non-scripted public events, said Carol Gaskill, an Adler campaign spokeswoman. “South Jersey and Shore area families know they have an accessible congressman Latino Council urges support of tuition bill BY ARIEL NAGI NEWS EDITOR The Latino Student Council did not give up when they learned the In- State Tuition Act they have been advocating for more than a year did not even reach the governor’s desk. Instead, they plan to bring the bill — which aims to allow undocument- ed students to pay in-state tuition — before the University Board of Governor’s this semester, hoping the governing body could approve the bill University-wide, said Jorge Casalins, political chair of the Latino Student Council. Because Gov. Chris Christie already said he would veto the bill, Casalins said the council will ask the University to allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition by simply providing proof that they have been living in New Jersey for one year, something he says has been done by Bergen County College’s board of governors. The Rutgers University Student Assembly approved the resolution in April, said Casalins, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “We believe that if you’re living in- state you shouldn’t have to pay out- of-state rates,” said RUSA President Yousef Saleh. “We want the adminis- tration to take a more vocal approach. We want them to have a more vocal endorsement of it.” Undocumented students current- ly pay out-of-state tuition, priced at $21,682, while in-state tuition is priced at $9,926, according to the University Admissions’ website. Both rates exclude fees and room and board rates. Casalins said most undocumented students are not attending college because of these high rates, and they cannot receive any form of financial aid. Allowing these students to attend the University at the in-state tuition rate would bring more money into the BY REENA DIAMANTE CORRESPONDENT The spa services in the Livingston Recreation Center commenced with a grand opening yesterday, giving University stu- dents a new means of escape from the stresses of college life. The new spas on Livingston campus came about after the June 30 closing of the Tech Gym and Spa at Rockoff Hall in downtown New Brunswick, Associate Director of Recreation Stacy Trukowski said. “The rooms are nice and com- fortable. We redid the whole thing to make it really look like you’re going to a spa room,” said Anne Finetto, a Rutgers Recreation fit- ness coordinator. “I think you can kind of get the full experience here at Rutgers [Recreation], and it is affordable and much cheaper than you find in the real world.” The spa services moved from Rockoff Hall to the Livingston Recreation Center when the lease ended after five years, Trukowski said. The lease at the Tech Gym and Spa was not renewed, because the spa there was the least used recreational facility, making it financially unreasonable to stay at Livingston adds to changes with spa SEE RACE ON PAGE 4 SEE SECURITY ON PAGE 4 SEE BILL ON PAGE 6 SEE SPA ON PAGE 6 UNIVERSITY ....... 3 The Spa, which was previously located in Rockoff Hall downtown, has been relocated to the Livingston Recreation Center. JEFFERY LAZARO American Humanist Association Director of Development Maggie Ardiente calls for unity among the demographic of atheists, agnostics and humanists yesterday in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. To read more, see PAGE 5 RAMON DOMPOR / ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR HUMANIST APPROACH
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HUMAN DARTBOARDToday: Sunny
High: 76 • Low: 50Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage took all the blame for his early season struggles, despite working with a young receiving corps that is still growing itself.
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The French Senatepassed a bill banningthe burqa in public settings.
Sen. Harry Reid arrives at thegreen energy summitin a fleet of SUVs.
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WEDNESDAYSEPTEMBER 15, 2010
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The University is implementing a bicycle registration program similar to the one for carsbecause of August’s high number of bicycle thefts. Registration is free and optional.
CATHERINE DEPALMA
U. preventson-campusbicycle theft
BY YASHMIN PATELCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A series of 15 bicycle thefts in Augustprompted the Rutgers University PoliceDepartment and the Department ofTransportation Services to develop a stu-dent bicycle registration system similar tothat used for vehicles, University PoliceLt. Richard Dinan said.
Bike owners can register their bicyclesby picking up a paper registration form attheir Community Police Office, located ineach campus student center. Once the formis completely filled out, students shouldmail it to the Public Safety Building onCommercial Avenue or drop it off in person.
The University police are working tomake it more convenient for students to
Congressionalrace heats uparound state
BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIOUNIVERSITY EDITOR
With only 48 days left until Election Day,congressional candidates from all 13 N.J. dis-tricts are putting out their best for the finalstretch of their campaigns.
This year’s campaign trail is particularlyrocky for Democratic incumbents, who areat risk of losing their seats, considering theirpoll numbers are low across the country.
National studies show that Republicanswill most likely be voted in on this election,said the Eagleton Institute of PoliticsAssociate Director John Weingart in an April16, 2010, The Daily Targum article.
Despite this pattern, University politi-cal science Professor Ross Baker believeswith just five Republican incumbent candi-dates, New Jersey will stay a heavy bluestate in Congress.
But he does not think victory will comeeasy for incumbents in the 3rd and 12th con-gressional districts.
“I think those are the two [districts] youwould put any question mark on at all,”Baker said.
For the first time, Democratic incum-bent John Adler is seeking re-election inthe 3rd district two years after narrowlywinning the seat.
“Adler’s only a ‘freshman’ so he doesn’tnecessarily have any recognition,” Baker said.“But then again, in a year in which incumbentsare unpopular that might be an advantage thathe hasn’t been around a long time.”
Since coming to Congress, Adler invitedhis constituents throughout the district tomore than 130 non-partisan, non-scriptedpublic events, said Carol Gaskill, an Adlercampaign spokeswoman.
“South Jersey and Shore area familiesknow they have an accessible congressman
Latino Council urgessupport of tuition bill
BY ARIEL NAGI NEWS EDITOR
The Latino Student Council didnot give up when they learned the In-State Tuition Act they have beenadvocating for more than a year didnot even reach the governor’s desk.
Instead, they plan to bring the bill— which aims to allow undocument-ed students to pay in-state tuition —before the University Board ofGovernor’s this semester, hoping thegoverning body could approve thebill University-wide, said JorgeCasalins, political chair of the LatinoStudent Council.
Because Gov. Chris Christiealready said he would veto the bill,Casalins said the council will ask theUniversity to allow undocumentedstudents to pay in-state tuition bysimply providing proof that theyhave been living in New Jersey forone year, something he says hasbeen done by Bergen CountyCollege’s board of governors.
The Rutgers University StudentAssembly approved the resolution inApril, said Casalins, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore.
“We believe that if you’re living in-state you shouldn’t have to pay out-of-state rates,” said RUSA PresidentYousef Saleh. “We want the adminis-tration to take a more vocalapproach. We want them to have amore vocal endorsement of it.”
Undocumented students current-ly pay out-of-state tuition, priced at$21,682, while in-state tuition ispriced at $9,926, according to theUniversity Admissions’ website.Both rates exclude fees and roomand board rates.
Casalins said most undocumentedstudents are not attending collegebecause of these high rates, and theycannot receive any form of financial aid.
Allowing these students to attendthe University at the in-state tuitionrate would bring more money into the
BY REENA DIAMANTECORRESPONDENT
The spa services in theLivingston Recreation Centercommenced with a grand openingyesterday, giving University stu-dents a new means of escape fromthe stresses of college life.
The new spas on Livingstoncampus came about after the June30 closing of the Tech Gym andSpa at Rockoff Hall in downtownNew Brunswick, AssociateDirector of Recreation StacyTrukowski said.
“The rooms are nice and com-fortable. We redid the whole thingto make it really look like you’re
going to a spa room,” said AnneFinetto, a Rutgers Recreation fit-ness coordinator. “I think you cankind of get the full experiencehere at Rutgers [Recreation], andit is affordable and much cheaperthan you find in the real world.”
The spa services moved fromRockoff Hall to the LivingstonRecreation Center when thelease ended after five years,Trukowski said.
The lease at the Tech Gym andSpa was not renewed, because thespa there was the least usedrecreational facility, making itfinancially unreasonable to stay at
Livingston adds to changes with spa
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The Spa, which was previously located in Rockoff Hall downtown,has been relocated to the Livingston Recreation Center.
JEFFERY LAZARO
American Humanist Association Director of Development Maggie Ardiente calls forunity among the demographic of atheists, agnostics and humanists yesterday in theStudent Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. To read more, see PAGE 5
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With lines that often wounddown the long hallway and upthe stairs at the Knight Room,students used to spend a goodamount of time waiting to gettakeout food at BrowerCommons on the CollegeAvenue campus.
But this year, the structure ofthe takeout line was redesignedin an effort to increase efficiency.
“The takeout line here atBrower has always been over-uti-lized,” said Flo Borsody, generalmanager of Brower CommonsDining Services. “We couldn’taccommodate all the studentsthat wanted takeout, so we decid-ed to change things around sowe could better suit the needs ofthe students.”
Prior to the redesign, patronsat Brower Commons’ takeoutarea had to wait in a single line toget food and drink, and then toswipe their meal cards to pay, aprocess that created a slow-mov-ing line. To eliminate crowding,this semester Brower addedanother line.
“There were some nights, like‘Chicken Night’ for example,[when] we would serve morestudents than the main dininghall,” Borsody said. “The maindining hall has six serving linesand the takeout line only had
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Students looking for takeout at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus no longer waitin long lines for food. Expansion to the Knight Room makes service more efficient.
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one, so you can see where theproblem is.”
Takeout facilities at Browernow have a bigger space wherethe students file in, swipe theircards and are then directed to oneof two lines, both of which servethe same special for the night.
Having just one fountain drinkmachine also slowed down thetakeout line in the past, Borsody
said. There are now fourmachines, which prevents thelines from getting too congested.
Ted Flick, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, said gettingtakeout is now a much morepleasant experience.
“Usually, the line is alwaysbacked up all the way on thestairs, especially on Tuesdaynights when it’s ‘Chicken Night,’”
Flick said. “In the past, I wouldsee the line and just get foodsomewhere else because I didn’thave the time or patience to wait.But now there is never really acrowd like there used to be.”
In addition to another line andmore drink machines to make thelines go faster, extended takeouthours are also expected toimprove service.
The takeout line used to closebetween 4 and 5 p.m. to make thetransition to dinner menus, butthis year the dining hall staff willkeep it open.
“Right now we’re on a trialbasis,” Borsody said. “We arerunning continuously Mondaythrough Thursday where wedon’t actually close between 3:30and 5 p.m. By keeping it opencontinuously we don’t have thathuge line at 5 because people canstart coming in beforehand.”
Dining Hall SupervisorCindy Braun has observedmajor differences.
“I have seen great improve-ments from past years,” she said.“On our busiest nights, like ‘SubNight’ or ‘Chicken Night,’ ourline has been less than half thanwhat it used to be before.”
The new system seems to beworking out well, but one down-side is that the new system andhours require more staff to workthroughout the day.
Braun joked about how somestudents actually miss the long wait.
“As a matter of fact, some stu-dents complained to me that theymissed the long line, becausethey weren’t able to talk to theirfriends or meet new people, butthat’s not our goal,” she said.“Our goal is to get the students inand out as efficiently as possible,and this new system allows us todo just that.”
is a clear choice, based on theissues between my opponent andme,” Holt said.
As congressman, Holt hasadvocated for education,research, jobs and economy,which he noted were all related.
“I’m interested in whateverany of 700,000 people are inter-ested in,” he said.
Prior to winning the seat in1998, Holt worked as an educator,scientist and arms control expert,according to his campaign web-site. He focuses largely on the con-cept of the American dream.
“Does [the dream] belong to aprivileged few or does it belong to allof us?” he said. “America has thrivedover the centuries because we’vehad this idea that the Americandream belongs to everyone.”
The idea has started to slip inthe last decade, and Sipprellewants to continue policies thatresult in the dream being con-centrated among the privilegedfew, Holt said.
In response to this criticism,Sipprelle believes it is actually Holtwho does not understand theAmerican dream, said Sipprelle’sspokesman Chris Russell.
“The real world is where ScottSipprelle is in, making a success for
himself, and hewants to giveAmericans thatopportunity to dothat for them-selves,” Russell said.
Sipprelle is theAmerican dream,Russell said.Coming from mid-dle-class roots,the Princeton
native is the founder of WestlandVenture, lead investor in TheBank of Princeton.
“He hasn’t apologized forbeing successful,” he said.
One of the biggest reasonswhy Sipprelle is running forCongress is to bring economicprosperity to the country and cre-ate jobs, Russell said.
“Blueprint Renewal” is hisdetailed plan on how he intendscarry out his goals and is avail-able on his campaign website.
Despite Holt’s accusationsabout his opponent, Sipprellebegan campaigning against thecongressman since last spring,challenging him to a debatewhich Holt soon after declined.
Holt said he refused becausehe tries to put off campaigning aslong as possible.
“I have a job to do, actuallyseveral jobs to do — legislative,constituent services, as well aspublic interaction. Mostly I havebeen busy with those,” he said.
But Holt said he certainly wel-comes the campaign now.
“I actually think that voters, ifthey see the choice, they willchoose what I’ve been working onand what I advocate, which I thinkis more in concert with where thepeople of New Jersey are than withmy opponent,” he said.
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register their bicycles throughthe Internet, Dinan said.
Bicycle registration is free ofcost and, while it may not pre-vent bicycle theft, it will helpowners recover their stolen prop-erty, he said.
Students who register willreceive decal stickers in the mail toput on their bicycles, which willenable University police to trackthem using unique serial numbers.
School of Arts and Sciencesjunior Ian Gabriel said he findshis U-lock to be the most afford-able and effective way to keephis bicycle safe.
Although Gabriel said theregistration program mightincrease the chances of gettinga stolen bicycle back, he wasnot so sure it would thwartpotential thieves.
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who will listen to their views one-on-one at a diner, at a ‘Congresson Your Corner’ meeting or infront of a crowd at a local townhall,” Gaskill said.
During his time as congress-man, Adler has aimed to createjobs, cut wasteful governmentspending and provide tax relieffor middle-class families, accord-ing to his campaign website.
Adler may have quite a bit totackle this election season, consid-ering former Philadelphia EagleJon Runyan is also vying for theseat as the Republican candidate.
Although this is Runyan’s firstshot at public office, he is nostranger to community service.
Runyan serves as a boardmember for the Alzheimer’sAssociation of the DelawareValley and hosts his own golftournament that benefitsprostate cancer research in thestate, according to his cam-paign website. He also workedwith organizations like the NewJersey Special Olympics andthe Leukemia-L y m p h o m aSociety.
“Jon is a fiscalconservative whobelieves in lowertaxes and lessspending, andthat the answersto our problemsdon’t lie with thefederal govern-ment, but with the American peo-ple,” according to the site.
But what distinguishes the3rd district election from otherdistricts is tea party candidatePeter DeStefano, who believes inembracing conservative princi-ples and upholding the U.S.Constitution, according to hiscampaign website.
“As a conservative, I believein the sanctity of human life andthat each of us should have equalprotection of such rights,” saidDeStefano on his website. “If youbelieve in America and the sover-eignty of its people, then we mustunite as we have often done inour past history to overcomethese current economic crises.”
Despite being what seems tobe the underdog, the small busi-ness owner believes his ability torelate to his potential constituentsis definitely his strength.
Both DeStefano and Runyanwere unable to comment bypress time.
A back-and-forth flurry charac-terizes the election in the 12th dis-trict between Democratic incum-bent Rush Holt and his Republicanopponent Scott Sipprelle.
“I do think that the publicwould be better served with cam-paigns that dealt with the issues,because in this case I think there
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The new bicycle registration program will allow students to receive a personal serial number for their bike, which makes it easier for police to track the bicycles if stolen.
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“I’m interested in whatever any
of 700,000 peopleare interested in.”
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“I think it’ll make it easier toretrieve stolen bikes but not pre-vent theft,” he said.
Diana Sobers, a School ofEngineering junior, locks herbicycle outside of the WinklerSuites on Busch campus. Sheis not interested in the program.
“I think it wouldn’t matter,”Sobers said. “I probably wouldn’tregister, because I don’t think itwould prevent theft or help me toget my bike back.”
Out of the 15 bicycles stolenacross the five campuses inAugust, five have been accountedfor, Dinan said.
University police caughtRichard Crumpler, 41, on sur-veillance stealing a bicycle,making him the prime suspectin the cases, Dinan said.Further evidence proved hestole five of the 15 bicycles,even though many were lockedup near campus buildings.
“The majority of the bikesstolen had cable-style locks that
were cut or were left unsecured,”Dinan said.
While Crumpler’s motive forstealing the bicycles isunknown, he is now being heldin the Middlesex County adultcorrectional facility on $7,500bail, according to the facility’srecords. A trial date has notbeen set, Dinan said.
Aside from registering theirbikes, there are many safetyguidelines students can followto ensure their bicycles arewhere they left them when theyreturn, he said.
“The best way to protectyour bike is to have a function-al U-lock securing your bike ina highly visible location,”Dinan said.
Students can also lock theirtires using a cable as an addition-al precaution, he said.
Another safety tip is tocheck that the bike racks arefirmly bolted to the groundbefore securing a bike, Dinan said.
BY NICHOLAS BORNERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Humanist Chaplaincyheld their first meeting Mondaynight at the Student ActivitiesCenter on the College Avenuecampus, featuring speeches bytwo distinguished leaders of theAmerican Humanist Association.
AHA Executive DirectorRoy Speckhardt and Directorof Development MaggieArdiente discussed futureplans for the growing demo-graphic of atheists, agnosticsand humanists — who focus onhuman values and concerns —in the country in their presen-tation titled “2020 Humanism:Achieving a Vision thatMatches Our Aspirations.”
The two presenters said thisdemographic calls for unity,community and increased asser-tion among its members inorder to create a powerful andlegitimate movement.
“Humanists and other freethinkers can learn a great dealfrom the successes of othermovements,” Speckhardt said.
By referencing the gay rightsmovement of the 1970s,Speckhardt said he hopes oneday there will be tolerance oftheir non-theistic perspective.
“We must all come out ashumanists, saying ‘We do not
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need a higher power to governour lives,’” he said.
Speckhardt and Ardiente dis-cussed other issues the AHA hopesto tackle in the coming decade,including the advancement of gayrights, scientific research and com-munity involvement outside theinfluence of the church.
The group, described byArdiente as a “national free-thought movement,” has beenfairly active in the past.
He said the AHA most notablyproduced a holiday campaign con-tradictory to Christian-inspiredadvertisements at Christmas time,
which read “No God? No problem.Be good for goodness sake,”beside a picture of Santa Claus.
Speckhardt defended hisbeliefs on public forums such asCNN and “The O’Reilly Factor,”meeting a mix of both toleranceand hostility.
But seeing the tension directedtoward them from the religiousright has not inhibited Speckhardt,Ardiente or other non-theisticthinkers from their cause.
“We’re one of the largest minori-ties in the United States, but you’dnever know it,” Speckhardt said.
“We’re trying to reach out to
like-minded humanists, but ofcourse the religious right sees usas a threat to Christianity,”Ardiente said. “We’re working sothat every atheist and humanistcan proclaim their non-belief.”
There were not only humanistgroups from the University andnational levels at the meeting, butalso officers from the Red BankHumanists — based inMonmouth County — and theSomerville-based New JerseyHumanist Network.
Speckhardt and Ardiente saidthe presence of such various sec-ular humanist communities at the
meeting affirms the hopes theyhave for the future of the human-ist movement.
Speckhardt and Ardiente saidthe AHA is already working withthe gay and lesbian community,establishing a council for thosehumanists who belong to the les-bian, gay, bisexual and transgen-der community.
By doing so, they can organ-ize the growing number of LGBThumanists within their cause andlend reciprocal support to thegay rights movement, whose sup-port both say comes naturally inthe AHA.
Working at the universitylevel, the University Chaplaincyhopes to address similar issuesthis year, which the AHA isworking toward both nationallyand internationally.
“[Humanists] look at thislifetime and at this world as asource of information and anidea of who we are,” UniversityHumanist Chaplain BarryKlassel said.
In the future, the group hopesto provide outlets in which athe-ist, agnostic and humanistthinkers could assemble similarlyto those of religious groups, suchas Sunday schools.
“There is strength in numbers,”Ardiente said. “So with more peoplestanding with us, we have a greatervoice in Congress and the media.”
the location, Trukowski said. “It seemed [financially] irre-
sponsible to continue it there,”she said. “It wasn’t as successfulto students as we would haveliked it to have been. The bussystem wasn’t going as well. Thelocation wasn’t perfect.”
The Rockoff Tech Gym andSpa only saw 70 people a day,which did not compare to thehigh numbers in the other cam-pus facilities, Trukowski said.
In comparison, the WerblinRecreation Center sees 1,000 peo-ple a day and the College AvenueGym sees 800 people, she said.
Various spa services are avail-able at reduced rates for stu-dents, Trukowski said.
“It will help by giving [students]a much more affordable price thanthey would get from the publicenvironment and hopefully helpthem with their stress,” she said.
Spa treatments can benefitthe human body, Trukowskisaid. Massages are often used asa way to relieve stress and mus-cular aches and pain.
Beside the health benefits, mostUniversity students use the spasimply for relaxation, Finetto said.
“It’s kind of like spoiling yourself— you get to go and relax,” shesaid. “It brings warmth to the body.”
Rutgers Recreation discov-ered a private, quiet site for thespa, but finding the space was achallenge, Trukowski said.
“You look at the CollegeAvenue Gym, [and] there wasn’tany office space we could con-vert,” Finetto said.
Limited parking was also anissue for the spa at Rockoff Hall,but now there is more parkingavailable on Livingston campus,she said.
“We have easy access fromBusch and Livingston campus now— hopefully that will increase thenumbers,” Finetto said.
The spa services at RockoffHall — which often sold outappointments five days out of theweek — were popular programon campus, Trukowski said.
Finetto is hopeful that spaservices on Livingston will be aneven greater success.
“I think that it should be usedeven more here. More people arecoming to the facility daily,” shesaid. “It will be easier for studentsto get here, so I do think there willbe a bigger turnout here.”
School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year student Yerin Song saidshe is interested in using the spa,especially because of its conven-ient location and costs.
“The prices are somewhere inthe ballpark for a college student,”she said. “It would definitely behelpful when finals come around.”
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University because more peoplewould be able to afford it, he said.
“At this moment, undocument-ed students are not attending theUniversity at a high rate becausethey cannot afford it,” Casalinssaid. “This would open up [theUniversity] to more students.”
But Shirley Weitz, theUniversity’s associate generalcounsel, said the University doesnot have the right to approve thebill. It is a state policy for undocu-mented students to pay out-of-state tuition, and the University isa state-run institution, she said.
New Jersey AdministrativeCode 9A:5, which requires thatindividuals be a resident of thestate for 12 months before becom-ing eligible for in-state tuition, gov-erns the University’s policy onlegal residency, according to theUniversity Admissions’ website.
“We are governed by the stat-ue. The statute is what is actuallypassed by the legislature,” saidWeitz. “The department of highereducation promulgates regula-tions that essentially translatewhat the legislature says. Therebasically are two forms of tuition:In-state and out-of-state, andRutgers does not have any powerto change that.”
According to the policy, individ-uals who are domiciled in NewJersey for at least 12 months are
presumed to be legal residents ofthe state for tuition purposes. ButWeitz said there is an important dis-tinction between domicile and resi-dency that people tend to overlook.
“Individuals who don’t have thepermanent right to remain in theUnited States — and that includeslegal aliens as well as undocu-mented aliens — cannot be domi-ciled in any state in the UnitedStates until they actually have thepermanent right to remain in theUnited States,” she said.
Weitz said there have been billssubmitted to the legislature to pro-vide in-state tuition for any studentregardless of documentation sta-tus who graduated from a NewJersey high school, but it excludesimmigrants who are in the processof obtaining legal status.
“Ironically, the legislationthat has been proposed wouldexclude legal aliens. So in otherwords, if an individual’s parentsare waiting for a green card — atleast in the bills I have seen —those individuals would beexcluded,” she said.
Saleh, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said if a stu-dent has been a New Jersey res-ident and attended school in thestate, the fact that they are stillundocumented should not hin-der their opportunity to achievea higher education at a moreaffordable rate.
“If they’re making the nec-essar y arrangements tobecome a U.S. citizen andthey’ve attended school in NewJersey, then we feel they
should be given in-state tuitionrates,” he said.
The council still hopes to raisemore awareness about the resolu-tion, which passed in 10 other states,including New York and California.
Casalins said the council justwants to speak up for those affect-ed but are not completely awareof the issues with the out-of-statetuition policy.
“A lot of them don’t evenknow that they’re undocument-ed when they are brought hereby their parents, and I’m notjust talking about Latinos,” hesaid. “A lot of times they can’tspeak up for themselves. It’skind of our job to speak up forthose who don’t have a voice.”
— Neil P. Kypers contributedto this article.
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Students wondering whetherthey should skip class may beforced to make a tough decision,but skipclasscalculator.com canhelp make dealing with the dilem-ma easier.
Jim Filbert created the web-site, which is an online tool thattakes into consideration differentfactors to determine how safe it isto skip a class. The BowlingGreen State University graduatecame up with the idea after hewas in such a predicament oneFebruary during his final semes-ter in college.
“I woke up one cold morningand debated whether … I wantedto get out of bed to go to class,”Filbert said. “I ran the risk in myhead. Then I pondered. I waswondering if there might alreadybe a tool on the [internet] whichwould run that risk for me.”
After coming up empty-hand-ed, he decided to build the sitehimself, he said.
Filbert asked some of hisfriends for input and soon cameup with a formula that could pre-
dict whether it was safe for a stu-dent to skip class, creating theoriginal site — which he intendedto be a joke — within a few days,he said.
“When you run the formula,you get a variable between zeroand 100,” Filbert said. “Most peo-ple now agree with the formula.”
The formula takes intoaccount the student’s grade in thecourse, if attendance counts andhow much exam material is takenfrom the lecture. It also considersother aspects, such as whetherstudents can get the notes from aclassmate. Each factor is weight-ed differently.
The site will recommend stu-dents attend if they have alreadycut too many classes.
Students at the Universityexpressed their views aboutthe website.
The website states in a dis-claimer that the final choice mustbe left to the student, and PoojaKhandelwal said her choicewould be to attend classes nomatter what.
“I would take the quiz for fun,but I wouldn’t take it too seriously,”said Khandelwal, a School of Arts
and Sciences junior. “Regardless ofwhat the website tells me to do, Iwould go to all my classes anyway.”
School of Arts and Sciencessenior Brian Zach said he doesnot find the idea useful.
“I don’t need a computer pro-gram to tell me whether to skipclass,” Zach said.
Filbert said he received only pos-itive comments from students, mostof whom, like Khandelwal, thoughtit was fun but would not necessarilytake the outcome seriously.
“I’m in some interesting classesthat I do want to attend,” Khandelwalsaid. “It would affect my grade if Ijust skipped class. I usually attendmost of my classes anyway.”
School of Arts and Sciencessenior Karol Soto expressed con-cern about not attending class.
“It’s never a good idea to skipclass. You will always miss someinformation,” Soto said.
Professors are divided intheir opinion about the website,Filbert said.
“I would want to have nothingto do with that if I were a stu-dent,” English Professor RichardKoszarski said. “It seems toounderdeveloped.”
Filbert suggests professorslighten up about the matter.
“Get a sense of humor. It’s notmeant to be taken seriously,” he saidin response to professors who havesent him angry e-mail messages.
The site acknowledges thatevery student will have a uniquesituation in which class may — ormay not — be safe to skip, sincesome classes may be unpre-dictable on a given day.
“There are some classes thatare organized by a very conven-tionalized curriculum,” saidKoszarski. “Sometimes I don’teven know what I will be teachinguntil the class starts.”
The calculator is a fun tool forstudents who might be consider-ing skipping anyway, but Sotothinks there are better things todo with his time.
“I think you can tell [if it is safeto skip] just by looking at the syl-labus,” he said.
The site is not somethingFilbert would recommend stu-dents use on a daily basis todecide whether to go to class.
“I think at the end of the day, usecommon sense,” he said. “Don’t leta website make [your] decisions.”
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Website consults students’ attendanceDelta Epsilon PsiFraternity will be host-ing a date auction toaid the victims from
the massive flood in Pakistan. Theevent will begin at 7 p.m. in theLivingston Student CenterMultipurpose Room. In light ofraising public awareness, a repre-sentative from the Islamic ReliefFoundation will deliver a speechon the organization’s behalf.Come bid on eligible singles for agood cause.
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Helyar House onCook/Douglass cam-pus is hosting an icecream social as a
fundraiser for Give Kids the WorldVillage. Give Kids the World is anonprofit resort in Central Floridathat makes magical memories forchildren with life-threatening ill-nesses and their families by pro-viding them a week-long, cost-freevacation. It is priced per servingjust like any ice cream parlor andall the proceeds will be sent direct-ly to the World Village. ThomasSweet on Easton Avenue has kind-ly donated supplies for the event.Ice cream will be served at 5 p.m.at the Nicholas Hall Coffeehouseon Cook campus.
Recreation classes begin today.There are more than 300 availableclasses, including aquatics, dance,fitness, body/mind/spirit, person-al enrichment, sports, martial artsand outdoor recreation trips.Register online now 24 hours aday, 7 days a week. For completedetails, visit:http://recreation.rutgers.edu/classes. Questions? Write to [email protected] or call(732)-932-8204.
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Rutgers EmpoweringDisabilities’ first gener-al body meeting is from8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in
Room 402 of the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenuecampus. This is to give an opportu-nity to introduce the club, officersand other members together in afun trivia game. Come and learnwhat they are about and manyways to get involved.Refreshments will be served.
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sonal violence. Join the Office forViolence Prevention and VictimAssistance at Voorhees Mall onthe College Avenue campus from9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to view more than200 shirts made by University stu-dents. Survivors and loved onesare welcome to make a shirt toinclude on the line. For moreinformation, contact [email protected].
The Rutgers EntrepreneurialSociety will host “The Sexy Side ofEntrepreneurship,” an expositionshowcasing music, fashion, artand entertainment featuring a vari-ety of industry experts at 7 p.m. inthe Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus. Hord’oeuvres and refreshments willbe served.
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disinformation. And so far, theofficial said, neither the specialoperations raids nor the missilestrikes on the Pakistan side of theborder appear to have degradedthe militants’ ability to fill theranks of the slain.
But sometimes, the U.S. officialsaid, the replacements are far lesscompetent than their predecessors.
The Pakistan army haslaunched several offensives inthe tribal regions over the last 2½years, but has not moved in forceinto North Waziristan. The U.S.is unable to send ground forcesinto Pakistani territory, and mustrely on the drone strikes.
A major offensive in NorthWaziristan became even less feasi-ble last month after massive flood-ing forced tens of thousands ofPakistani soldiers to focus exclu-sively on rescuing stranded vic-tims, redirecting flood waters andrebuilding damaged infrastructure.
Last month also saw a lull inU.S. airstrikes, until an attack onSept. 2 began days of repetitivemissile attacks.
U.S. officials did not discussspecific reasons for the surge ofairstrikes this month. A formerAmerican military official saidpoor weather often hampersdrone operations.
Until now, thehighest number ofairstrikes insidePakistan in a sin-gle month hadbeen the 11launched inJanuary 2010 aftera suicide bomberkilled a Jordanianintelligence officerand seven CIAemployees at a
base in Afghanistan.“Usually when there’s this
type of intensity in strikes,they’re going after somethingspecific,” Bill Roggio, of the LongWar Journal, which tracks thestrikes, said of this month’sattacks. “They hit it, watch whatmoves, then hit it again. Itbecomes an intel feedback loop,”that fuels further strikes, he said.
U.S. officials do not publiclyacknowledge the missile strikesbut have said privately that theyhave killed several seniorTaliban and al-Qaida militantsand scores of foot soldiers in aregion largely out of the controlof the Pakistani state.
Critics say innocents are alsokilled, fueling support for theinsurgency.
A Pakistani intelligence offi-cial told the AP that “most of thefighters killed in recent weeksare from the Haqqani network,”adding that Arab militants hadalso been killed. He spoke oncondition of anonymity becauseof the sensitivity of the topic.
“We live in constant fear,”said Munawar Khan, 28, wholives in the nearby village ofDarpa Khel. “We have missilestrikes every day.”
U.S. forces began targetingPakistan’s tribal regions with aer-ial drones in 2004 but the numberof strikes soared in 2008 and hasbeen steadily climbing sincethen, with nearly 70 attacks thisyear, according to an AP tally.
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France bans burqa in public
Pakistan experiencesintense strike period
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ISLAMABAD — Drone air-craft unleashed two missileattacks in a lawless tribal regionon the Afghan border Tuesday,making September the mostintense period of U.S. strikes inPakistan since they began in2004, intelligence officials said.
The stepped-up campaign isfocused on a small area of farm-ing villages and mountainous,thickly forested terrain con-trolled by the Haqqani network,a ruthless American foe inAfghanistan, U.S. officials say.There is some evidence the net-work is being squeezed as aresult, one official said.
American officials said theairstrikes were designed todegrade the Haqqanis’ opera-tions on the Pakistani side of theborder, creating a “hammer-and-anvil” effect as U.S. special oper-ations forces carry out raidsagainst their fighters across thefrontier in Afghanistan. The offi-cials spoke on condition ofanonymity to discuss ongoingclassified operations.
The missiles have killed morethan 50 people in 12 strikes sinceSept. 2 in the Pakistani region ofNorth Waziristan, according toan AssociatedPress tally basedon Pakistani intel-ligence officials’reports. Manystruck aroundDatta Khel, a townof about 40,000people that sits ona strategically vitalroad to theAfghan border.
The borderregion has long been a refuge forIslamist extremists from aroundthe world. Osama Bin Laden andother al-Qaida leaders arebelieved to have fled there afterthe U.S.-led invasion ofAfghanistan in 2001.
U.S. and Pakistani intelligenceofficials said most of this month’sstrikes have targeted the forces ofJalaluddin and SirajuddinHaqqani, a former anti-Sovietcommander and his son who arenow battling American forces ineastern Afghanistan.
The raids targeting the groupin Afghanistan are led mainly bythe Joint Special OperationsCommand. Such raids acrossAfghanistan are now more fre-quent than at any previous timein the nearly nine-year war, withsome 4,000 recorded betweenMay and August as special oper-ations numbers were boosted bytroops arriving from Iraq.
The raids have focused on theHaqqanis for the last two years,officials said.
A senior American intelligenceofficial in Afghanistan said the U.S.had reports that Haqqani com-manders were under pressurefrom the operations.
“We’re seeing from some of theraids that some of the more seniorguys are trying to move back intoPakistan,” the official said, speak-ing on condition of anonymity todiscuss matters of intelligence.
The official cautioned that theHaqqanis often employ military
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PARIS — The French Senateon Tuesday overwhelminglypassed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on publicstreets and other places, a meas-ure that affects fewer than 2,000women but that has been widelyseen as a symbolic defense ofFrench values.
The Senate voted 246 to 1 infavor of the bill in a final steptoward making the ban a law —though it now must passmuster with France’s constitu-tional watchdog. The bill wasoverwhelmingly passed in Julyin the lower house, theNational Assembly.
Many Muslims believe thelegislation is one more blow toFrance’s No. 2 religion andrisks raising the level ofIslamophobia in a countr ywhere mosques, like syna-gogues, are sporadic targets ofhate. However, the law’s manyproponents say it will preservethe nation’s values, includingits secular foundations and anotion of fraternity that is con-trar y to those who hide their faces.
In an attempt to head off anylegal challenges over argumentsit tramples on religious and otherfreedoms, the leaders of bothparliamentary houses said theyhad asked a special body toensure it passes constitutionalmuster. The ConstitutionalCouncil has one month to rule.
The bill is worded to tripsafely through legal minefields.For instance, the words“women,” “Muslim” and “veil”are not even mentioned in anyof its seven articles.
“This law was the object oflong and complex debates,” theSenate president, GerardLarcher, and National Assemblyhead Bernard Accoyer said in ajoint statement announcingtheir move. They said they wantto be certain there is “no uncer-tainty” about its conforming tothe constitution.
France would be the firstEuropean country to pass such a
“We live in constant fear.
We have missilestrikes every day.”
MUNAWAR KHANPakistani Citizen
Afghan workers of the Independent Election Commission load ballot boxes onto a truck to be distributed to
polling stations yesterday in Herat, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's second parliamentary election is scheduled for
Sept. 18, with about 2,500 candidates contesting the 249 seats in Afghanistan's lower house of parliament.
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law, though others, notablyneighboring Belgium, are consid-ering laws against face-coveringveils, seen as conflicting with thelocal culture.
“Our duty concerning suchfundamental principles of oursociety is to speak with onevoice,” said Justice MinisterMichele Alliot-Marie, opening aless than five-hour-long debateahead of the vote.
The measure, carried byPresident Nicolas Sarkozy’sconservative party, was passedby the lower house of parlia-ment, the National Assembly, onJuly 13.
It would outlaw face-coveringveils, including those worn bytourists from the Middle East,on public streets and elsewhere.The bill set fines of euro150($185) or citizenship classes forany woman caught covering herface, or both. It also carries stiffpenalties for anyone, such ashusbands or brothers, convictedof forcing the veil on a woman.The euro 30,000 ($38,400) fineand year in prison are doubled ifthe victim is a minor.
The bill is aimed at ensuringgender equality, women’s dignityand security, as well as upholdingFrance’s secular values — and itsway of life.
Some women, like KenzaDrider, have vowed to wear a full-face veil despite a law. Dridersays she prefers to flirt witharrest rather than bow to whatshe says is an injustice.
“It is a law that is unlawful,”said Drider, a mother of four fromAvignon, in southern France. “Itis ... against individual liberty,freedom of religion, liberty ofconscience,” she said.
“I will continue to live my lifeas I always have with my full veil,”she told Associated PressTelevision News.
Drider was the only womanwho wears a full-faced veil to beinterviewed by a parliamentarypanel that spent six monthsdeciding whether to move aheadwith legislation.
Muslim leaders concur thatIslam does not require a woman
to hide her face. However, theyhave voiced concerns that a lawforbidding them to do so wouldstigmatize the French Muslimpopulation, which at an estimat-ed five million is the largest inwestern Europe. NumerousMuslim women who wear theface-covering veil have said theyare being increasingly harassedin the streets.
However, the bill has itsMuslim defenders, like a women’srights group active in heavilyimmigrant neighborhoods.
“How can we allow the burqahere and at the same time fightthe Taliban and all the fundamen-talist groups across the world?”said the president of NPNS,Sihem Habchi. “I’m Muslim and Ican’t accept that because I’m awoman I have to disappear,” shetold APTN.
Raphael Liogier, a sociologyprofessor who heads theObservatory of the Religious inAix-en-Provence, says thatMuslims in France are alreadytargeted by hate-mongers andthe ban on face-covering veils“will officialize Islamophobia.”
“With the identity crisis thatFrance has today, the scapegoatis the Muslim,” he told TheAssociated Press.
Indeed, the justice ministersaid that the French “ask aboutthe future of their society, of theirnation” as they “see the interna-tionalization of our society.”
“The Senate must guaranteethe permanence of our values... which forge our identity,”she said.
Ironically, instead of helpingsome women integrate, the meas-ure may keep them cloistered intheir homes to avoid exposingtheir faces in public.
“I won’t go out. I’ll send peopleto shop for me. I’ll stay home,very simply,” said Oum Al Khyr,who wears a “niqab” that hides allbut the eyes.
“I’ll spend my time praying,”said the single woman “over age45” who lives in Montreuil onParis’ eastern edge. “I’ll excludemyself from society when Iwanted to live in it.”
portable device most peopleown, can produce qualityimages that can be enlargedand manipulated by anyonewith access to a computer.
Some of our favorite fea-tures include the ability toreview our photos instantlyand store hundreds and
hundreds per event. No one really has to be cau-tious with their shooting because we can simplydelete all the undesirable photographs as quickly aswe took them. It’s a luxury we’ve grown to take forgranted, but a feature that has affected the overallquality of photographs.
Even with this well-established technology,updates are still constantly coming up in the mar-ket. Newer cameras have improved sensors,greater pixel density and capacity, better low-lightsensitivity and a greater dynamic range. Eachupdate is the opportunity to own a product that
can produce higher resolution pho-tos. With a few hundred dollars,anyone can take aestheticallypleasing photographs.
Unfortunately, this puts the pres-sure on serious photographers andthose who consider themselves a lit-tle more tech-savvy. The standardshave been raised because the publicneeds to be able to see the differencebetween someone who just picked
up a camera and someone who knows what he’sdoing. What separates the average guy and a goodphotographer lies in the more technical and creativeaspects of shooting. If you aren’t shooting just for thesake of documenting your events for your family orfriends, there are different audiences to which a pho-tographer must cater. Critics are not easy to impress.Sorry, but your strawberry still life or heart-shapedbokeh might not cut it for publication.
The photography field is changing just asquickly as many other fields are in our digitalmedia age. Though the bar has been raised, aspir-ing photographers should not be discouraged.The field might be changing, but it is, moreimportantly, growing. Whether you are an artistor a photojournalist, there will always be room foranyone to make their mark. It’s true that it is easyfor one’s work to get buried underneath a pool ofimages, but with the right stuff, photographs canstand out.
Jovelle Abbey Tamayo is a School of Arts andSciences sophomore majoring in economics andpolitical science. She is the photo editor at TheDaily Targum.
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W e all know thatc o n s t a n tadvances in tech-
nology have impacted every-one’s lifestyles with accessand simple tasks just gettingeasier and easier. We cancheck exactly how manymiles we can drive beforeour gas supply is completely depleted, we can sub-mit our class assignments from the comfort of ourbeds and we can arrange a rendezvous with an oldfriend in a matter of minutes. Technology eliminat-ed the hassle of many mundane activities, especial-ly how we document our lives.
Society was quick to jump on the digital photog-raphy bandwagon. We shelved our 35mm cameraswithout hesitation and ran to the nearest depart-ment store for one of these newfangled cameradevices. Ever since, the need to have a visual sou-venir of every event in one’s life has gone up on thelist of priorities, regardless of age.
Our generation in particularwas raised with digital cameras inhand. The device is a well-appreci-ated shift from the draining drop-off and pick-up process at a 24-hour photo. It is an even moreappreciated shift from dealing withexpensive chemicals and waits inthe dark room. Though there is asignificant amount of individualswho can’t just abandon their film cameras becausethey love the feel and permanence of prints, mosthave moved on and forgotten the slow, and some-times, unreliable process.
I cannot even give you an estimate of how manytimes I’ve been asked to please upload the photosfrom Event X to Facebook so that friends Y and Zcan have a new default photo as soon as possible.Even as the person who is usually behind theviewfinder, I’ve been on the other side of thisexchange more than I’d like to admit. Online plat-forms like Facebook and Flickr have not onlyincreased the audience of any individual’s personalphotos, but also opened up our private lives to theworld and created a permanent entertainmentaspect of online life.
In the same way anyone can be a “journalist” asan online blog author, anyone can be a photogra-pher because of the increasing accessibility to digi-tal camera technology. Digital single-lens reflexcameras, or DSLRs are becoming more affordableand user-friendly, so that the production of “profes-sional quality” photographs is possible for anyonewho can get his hands on one. Even the standardpoint-and-shoot camera, the very affordable and
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S enate Majority Leader Harry Reid looks to expand his image ofa green, ecologically concerned politician, but his recent visit tothe clean energy summit in Las Vegas might hinder his goals.
Clean, green Reid showed up to the conference in a fleet of giant SUVs.It is as if the congressman was aiming for an ironic turn of events whenhe stepped out of a Chevrolet Suburban. And this happens time andtime again when our nation’s leaders disregard their mission and act ina way that can only be defined as hypocritical.
Majority hypocrite Reid arrived in his fleet of large SUVs, and whilehe might not have thought about the consequences, the people saw it.And while “he and other high-profile environmental activists blastedcarbon-based fuels at the Reid-sponsored summit, Reid and other big-wigs were caught on film driving to and from the summit in severalSUVs,” according to The Heartland Institute.
“I was absolutely astonished, not to mention appalled, that Reidwould retain a fleet of gas-guzzling SUVs so that he and a few aideswould not have to walk the mere 100 yards to address environmentalactivists,” said Heartland Institute Senior Fellow James M. Taylor. “Ifgreenhouse gas emissions are such a problem, you would think Reidmight have actually made the short stroll through the parking lot, orat least retain Priuses rather than large SUVs for the summit.”
Reid’s arrogance seems to be routine in Washington with Al Gorebeing an example of contradiction. The former vice president andNobel Prize winner spent thousands of dollars on the promotion of hismovie, “An Inconvenient Truth.” He flew with his private jet, all thewhile giving speeches on global warming and the effects that we haveon the environment. Gore is a perfect example of a liberal who doesnot come close to following the lofty ideals that he demands of the restof us. According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, theGore campaign filed disbursement reports with the Federal ElectionCommission, as required law, that document his use of private jetsbelonging to various businesses and corporations.
It has been an arrogant routine that politicians employ nowadays.They ride in Secret Service-provided GMC Yukons and ChevySuburbans while speaking at summits that aim to reduce our depend-ence on fossil fuels.
Some of us may disagree on green issues and that is perfectly fine,but the contradiction of Reid’s visit is an all too common occurrence.Maybe next time, to offset his previous trips to energy summits, Reidcould take a hike.
Hyprocrisy reignsat energy summit
I t is tricky tackling the question of Mexican sportscaster InesSainz’s run-in with players in the New York Jets’ locker room. Lastweekend, the reporter for Mexico’s TV Azteca and Azteca
America attended a Jets practice seeking to interview quarterbackMark Sanchez. Sainz, however, encountered much more while in thelocker room. Players whistled and made comments about Sainz. Andwhile there exists a certain problem in the catcalls that Sainz’s outfitprompted, the situation was ultimately taken too at heart.
Sainz was probably best known to NFL fans for wearing tight jeansand proposing to Tom Brady during Super Bowl week in 2008. NewYork Post reporter Bart Hubbuch described the atmosphere as “play-ful” and “not hostile at all” even though the Post said Sainz claimedhead coach Rex Ryan and defensive backs coach Dennis Thurmanoverthrew passes with the sole purpose of landing by her. TheAssociation for Women in Sports Media saw no humor in the incidentand asked the NFL to investigate, according to USA Today. The newssimply blew the situation out of proportion.
Sainz’s looks seem to be part of the story. The former Miss Spain iswell-known in sports broadcasting circles for wearing what somemight consider provocative outfits while covering major sportingevents. And while it may not be appropriate for men to address womenin the way the Jets players did, Sainz should have expected what hap-pened in the locker room. It is a place where teammates — a group ofguys — mentally prepare for the next game or just vent after a roughloss. The reporter was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The first news of the encounter came via Sainz’s Twitter. Why does sheneed to tweet this information if she didn’t want the news to spread? If theconflict with the football players was so offensive, is it necessary to person-ally send out the news? An apology may be warranted if Sainz feels trauma-tized, but she somehow seems fine. What happened in Florham Park, N.J.,has been and will be debated, yet the news coverage is excessive. The NFLmay continue to investigate the matter in the next few days, but what wereally want is to watch the game without the interruption of petty conflicts.
Cat calls createunneeded complaints
pens far too often that we fail torecognize those that are mostessential to our success.
In honor of our Founders’Week, the brothers of theAlpha Psi Chapter of Iota PhiTheta Fraternity Inc. wouldlike to take the opportunity togive thanks and show grati-tude to the countless leaders of
the University.These are thei n d i v i d u a l sbehind our pro-grams, events,community serv-ice initiatives andall that we do.They thrive intheir workbehind thescenes with gra-cious smiles and
dedicated hearts. In referenceto what they mean to us, therehas not been a truer statementthan “Without Them, There IsNo Us.”
For these reasons precisely,today we the brothers of theAlpha Psi Chapter will honorthese deserving individuals.
Britany Martin is a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
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L eaders are not alwayspraised or recognizedfor their contributions.
They are not always in the pub-lic eye or the much-covetedspotlight. In short, they arenot always giventheir proper due.As a matter offact, they rarelydo. One charac-teristic that iron-ically separatesthem from therest and unifiesthem as one istheir tremen-dous sense ofselflessness.
Leaders are the rock andfoundation of institutions,organizations and other entitiesof similar structure. It is a rari-ty to meet such individuals, butthe New Brunswick campus ofthe University has been blessedwith many. They are in studentcenters, residence halls, class-es, offices, dining halls, busesand wherever else they areneeded. Unfortunately, it hap-
Thanks to thosewho lead
BRITANY MARTIN
LetterU nknown to manyAmerican citizens is thedisastrous state of our
country’s infrastructure.Infrastructure consists of the struc-tures, services and facilities a socie-ty and economy require to function.In specific, the technical structuresinclude roads, dams, power grids,sewage systems, water supplies,telecommunications, harbors andvarious other vital structures.
A column in The Daily TargumTuesday titled, “Rein in state spend-ing,” commented on the federalgovernment’s proposed spendingtoward America’s infrastructure.The author suggests investmentinto infrastructure is a superfluouswaste of taxpayer’s money.Responding to a proposal fromPresident Barack Obama’s adminis-tration to invest $50 billion intoAmerica’s infrastructure, the authorstipulates, “Support for this projectis asinine, short-sighted and coun-terproductive. These projects areexactly the reason why the U.S. fed-eral debt hovers over $13 trillion.”
The picture in regard to actualinfrastructure spending is quite theopposite. The government and indi-vidual state governments do notspend nearly enough on the main-tenance and upkeep of our nations’
JOSEPH RADWANSKI
Letter
“It happens far toooften that we
fail to recognizethose that are most essential
to our success.”
Cut spending carefullyinfrastructure. According to theAmerican Society of CivilEngineers, America’s overall 2009infrastructure grade point averageis a D. In specific areas, America’sgrades are as follows: aviation D,bridges C, dams D, drinking waterD-, energy D+, hazardous waste D,inland waterways D-, levees D-, pub-lic parks and recreation C-, rails C-,roads D-, schools D, solid waste C+,transit D, and wastewater D-. Theestimated required investment overa five-year period for repairs andupdates is $2.2 trillion. The estimat-ed five-year investment shortfall is$1.176 trillion. America’s estimatedactual spending is only $903 billion.The full report can be found at infra-structurereportcard.org/report-cards. While $903 billion certainlysounds like a lot of money beinginvested, it falls incredibly short ofwhat is actually needed.
Infrastructure is absolutely vitalto a healthy functioning society andeconomy. It is no coincidence thatAmerica’s rise to global power andwealth following World War II wasaccompanied by a massive infra-structure investment from formerPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower’sadministration. His administrationcreated the Interstate HighwaySystem that is vital to our country’stransportation of goods and servicestoday. Sadly, the American Society ofCivil Engineers 2009 Report Cardsstate, “From 1980-2005, while auto-
mobile [vehicle miles traveled]increased 94 percent and truckVMT increased 105 percent, high-way-lane miles grew by only 3.5 per-cent.” Our roadways are in seriousdisrepair and need investment today.The ASCE also states poor road-ways can, “Lead to excessive wearand tear on motor vehicles and canalso lead to increased numbers ofcrashes and delays.” Thus, we endup paying not only in money but ourlives and safety as a result of poorinfrastructure. The longer we wait toinvest in infrastructure the moreexpensive and even tragic it canbecome. The subsequent floodingand tragedy that faced New Orleansin 2005 was a direct result of the lackof investment into the levees thatwere supposed to protect the city.
While I can agree with theauthor of Tuesday’s column thatneedless government spendingdesigned to fill the pockets of politi-cians, political parties and theiraffiliates could use a serious cut-back — a complete cutback — Imust firmly disagree that invest-ment into America’s infrastructureis a mistake and waste of money.We cannot cover our eyes and earswhile our house falls down aroundus and claim we are saving moneyby cutting back needless spending.
Joseph Radwanski is a School ofArts and Sciences junior majoringin psychology and criminal justice.
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the times, I didn’t have thetrust and I didn’t do it, so Ineed to be able to go out thereand make the throws next timeand lead them to the windowsand stuf f.”
Though the running game isin even more doubt with theinjury to starting junior tailbackJoe Martinek, the passing gamelikely gets a boost against NorthCarolina with the return ofsophomore Quron Pratt andpotential entrance of freshmanJ.T. Tartacoff.
Pratt, who injured his shoul-der early in training camp,
expects to be ready bythe time NorthCarolina rolls aroundand is a legitimateweapon for Savage inthe slot after a strongspring campaign.Tartacoff, who wasmedically cleared butdid not participate lastSaturday, might see thefield against the Tar
Heels, as well, if other receiverscontinue to remain covered andrun poor routes.
The only holdback onTartacoff is that he has yet toplay this season and Rutgers maynot want to burn his redshirtyear as a true freshman.
“The more the merrier helps,”Savage said on the possible addi-tion of receivers. “Quron is aheck of a receiver so it’s excitingto get him back and J.T. and all ofthe guys, Jeremy Deering,they’re all tremendous receivers.You already know Mark[Harrison] and Mohamed[Sanu]. The talent’s there, I justhave to put it on them.”
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“We just went out there andwe weren’t playing,” Savagesaid. “We weren’t playing well. Imean, FIU is behind us now, sowe have to worry about thenext game and you have tomake the plays and that’s whatI didn’t do.”
No matter how many timesSavage wants to say it, all of theblame cannot be put on him whenlooking at the statistics.
Against a FCS oppo-nent, the offensive linegave up three sacks in ahalf. And against a SunBelt opponent without awinning season in itshistory, the runninggame managed 76 yardson 36 attempts, good fortwo yards per carry.
The receivers, them-selves an inexperienced group,are responsible for 12 catchesthis season, and according toSchiano, failed to run routes cor-rectly and get open against FIU.
But the ever-diplomaticSavage continues to make him-self a human dartboard, refus-ing to place the blame on any-one but himself.
“If, hypothetically, a receiverdid not run a route, it’s just tim-ing,” Savage said. “College foot-ball is all about timing.
“You have to throw the ballwhere they’re supposed to beand not where they are. That’swhat it is. I think our receiversran routes well and some of
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Woeller’s stint with TeamCanada. Sophomore LindseyMcNabb, who saw action in sixgames off the bench in 2009,also received playing time withthe back four.
Woeller, by contrast, playedand started in all 22 games lastseason to go with her three startsin 2010 for the Knights. Of those22 starts, Woeller saw all 90 min-utes in 19 of them.
Playing a full 90 minutes pre-sented issues for the Knights intheir second loss of the seasonFriday to Portland.
The Pilots owned ball posses-sion in the latter stages of thesecond half, leading to a Portlandgoal in the 84th minute thatsealed the Knights’ fate.
“In the last 10 minutes defi-nitely [Portland was] coming atus,” said redshirt freshmanJonelle Filigno who, like Woeller,
owns caps withthe CanadianNational Team. “Ithink we were get-ting a little bittired, but I don’tknow. I think theydid surpass us inthat aspect.”
Despite theloss, Woeller’sreturn could nothave come at abetter time for
Rutgers. After facing in-staterival Seton Hall on Friday,Rutgers takes on No. 5 BostonCollege on Sunday to close outthe weekend.
After their matchup with theGolden Eagles, the Knights play10 consecutive Big East games toclose the regular season.
And with Sleiman dealing witha lingering ankle injury, Crookslooks for Woeller to log a lot ofminutes to solidify the Rutgers’outside backs.
“Maura had to step in forRheanne a couple of times,”Crooks said of his weekendsubstitutions. “Rheanne’s gotthis ankle thing that bothersher. We take her out and kind offix her up and then she goesback in again.”
The Knights are a third of theway to last year’s production interms of shutouts. Rest assured,if Rutgers is to come close to2009’s productivity, Woeller willhave something to say about it —90 minutes worth.
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Senior co-captain Heather Garces won a state championship at New Egypt High School,but injuries hampered her collegiate career until this season, returning at full strength.
everyday and not being able toplay was definitely a challenge.”
But not only did Garces strug-gle with not being able to play, shewas forced to sit out and watchher team struggle through a diffi-cult 2009 campaign, in which theteam only won three games.
Compared to the success andhealth that Garces enjoyed inhigh school, when she tallied 25goals to go with 38 assists, suf-fering from injury and musteringthree goals over the past threeyears is a far cry from what shewas accustomed to.
It’s not all about stats, howev-er, for the senior captain.
Tchou acknowledgedGarces’ presence alone on thefield changes the way her teamperforms due to the leadershipand knowledge she brings toeach game.
“Our team can kind of look ather and say, ‘This is the perfectexample of somebody that has hadthe most adversity that any playercan ever have,’” Tchou said. “To
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right back in and I feel like wegrew a lot and made an identityas a backline.”
A vaunted Pilots attackruined Woeller’s homecomingas Portland converted a lateopportunity to take the match, 2-1, in front of a spirited homecrowd. After only one gameback, Rutgers’ workhorse expe-rienced her first taste of adversi-ty in 2010, as the Knights need-ed a victory Sunday to salvagethe weekend.
The defense responded with a1-0 shutout over Washington —the team’s fourth of the season.
“It was huge, it was a reallyimportant win forour season,”Woeller said. “Wefeel like we canbounce back andwe can playF r i d a y - S u n d a ygames. We canmove on from atough loss andcome backstronger.”
W o e l l e r ’ sreturn solidifies aback four that waspatchwork during her absence.Head coach Glenn Crooks useda variety of different methods,including using sophomore mid-fielder Maura McLaughlin as adefensive substitute, in order tocompensate for Woeller’slengthy hiatus.
And in her first two gamesback, Crooks did not thinktwice about easing Woellerback into her normal responsi-bilities. Woeller’s final statsheet for the weekend readtwo games started, 180 min-utes logged.
“We welcome Shannonback,” Crooks said. “Shestepped right in as if she hadn’tleft. Not just Shannon, but Julie[Lancos], Allie [Hambleton],Rheanne [Sleiman], MauraMcLaughlin — those fivetogether had a great weekend inthe back.”
Woeller returned to herusual starting duties, replacingfreshman Tori Leigh, whomade four star ts during
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“We welcome Shannon [Woeller]back. She stepped
right in as if she hadn’t left.”
GLENN CROOKSHead Coach
be able to come and play,whether she’s starting or not, herattitude shows that she’s a legiti-mate Division I athlete.”
Fellow senior co-captainJenna Bull, one of Garces’ bestfriends, is also delighted tohave her teammate back forthis season.
The duo make up the team’ssenior class, and for the 2010youth-laden squad, senior leader-ship is vital.
“I love it,” Bull said of Garces’return. “She’s been through a lotand she’s one of those playersthat deserves to be here. I’m real-ly happy and fortunate to play myfinal year with her.”
For Garces, she’s happy justto be playing, even though beingback on the field does carry a bit-tersweet meaning.
Forget the ups, downs andcorkscrews Garces experiencedduring her career — this seasongives her a chance to put all of itto rest and make new memories.
“Knowing I only have lessthan two months left is hard,”Garces said. “But you know, I’mspending it with my best friendsand all the teammates I love, soI’m just making the best out ofwhat I have now.”
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A fter monster perform-ances in Rutgers’ 19-14win over FIU Saturday,
sophomore Mohamed Sanuand senior Joe Lefeged stoodout as two of nine honoreesnamed to “Paul Hornung’sMost Versatile Performances ofthe Week.”
Lefeged recorded an inter-ception, returned two kicks for42 yards, as well as two puntsfor eight yards, registered sixtackles, two blocked punts andalso two forced fumbles againstFIU, more than qualifying himfor the distinction.
Sanu finished the game withnine carries for 44 yards and atouchdown. The SouthBrunswick, N.J., native alsocompleted one pass for 24yards and made four receptionsfor 25 yards.
FLORIDA JUNIOR WIDEreceiver Chris Rainey leftAlachua County Jail yesterdayafter police charged him withaggravated stalking, a third-degree felony.
According to the victim, whodated Rainey on and off overthe past three years, Raineysent her a text message saying“time to die” shortly after leav-ing her home.
THE ROAD TO THE SUPERBowl got a lot tougher for NFCfavorite Green Bay Packers, asstarting running back RyanGrant is out for the remainderof the season.
Grant tore a ligament in hisankle that requires season-ending surgery, leaving himon crutches for at least 10 to12 weeks.
Before his injury in the team’s27-20 victory over the PhiladelphiaEagles, Grant rushed for 45 yardson eight carries.
NEWLY RELEASEDinformation involving formerKentucky guard EricBledsoe’s transcripts leavequestions as to whether thestar was even eligible to playlast season.
Bledsoe received an A in“Algebra 3,” according to hishigh school transcript, earninga 90 in each of the two ses-sions while attending seniornight school.
But a night school gradereport shows that Bledsoeearned a C and low C in eachrespective session, whichshould have made him ineligi-ble to enroll at Kentucky.
WITH THE PRESSUREbuilding on New Orleans Saintsrunning back Reggie Bush, theformer Southern California stardecided yesterday to forfeit his2005 Heisman Trophy.
The NCAA placed sanc-tions on USC after discover-ing that Bush and basketballplayer O.J. Mayo receivedimproper benefits duringtheir college careers.
The Heisman Trust commit-tee must now decide whether tovacate the award completely orbestow it upon Vince Young,the 2005 runner-up.
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head football coachGreg Schiano put a lot of trust intrue freshman running backJordan Thomas when he senthim in to close out the game onthe ground in last weekend’s 19-14 win over Florida International.
He might have to put evenmore faith in the speedsterfrom Endicott, N.Y., in theupcoming week and a half,because junior Joe Martinek isinjured and potentially out Sept.25, when North Carolina comesto Piscataway.
“He’s played a lot already,”Schiano said of Thomas. “I don’tknow how many total carries,but he’s been in there. I think heshould be fine.”
After yesterday’s practice,Schiano said he’s not sure aboutthe health of Martinek, whose
injury in the FIU game led toThomas’ increased playing timeat the end of the game. Schianodescribed the situation as “waitand see.”
Through two games,Martinek led the charge with 34rushes for 137 yards and atouchdown, but Thomas sawplenty of playing time with 21rushes of his own to go alongwith two catches.
The last true freshman to seethis type of playing time for theScarlet Knights, Ray Rice, start-ed for the Baltimore Ravens onMonday night, and with thestruggles of the running gamelast week, the pressure is onThomas to perform if Martinekcan’t go.
“I’m very confident in CrazyLegs [Thomas],” said fifth-yearsenior center and team captainHoward Barbieri. “He’s got a lotof speed and he’s a good back.”
PRACTICE NOTEBOOK SCHIANO CONFIDENT IN THOMAS
BY NICHOLAS ORLANDOCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers women’s golf teamtook third place this past weekend
at theBucknel l
Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa. — itsfirst tournament of the season.
The Scarlet Knights shot acombined 929 (306-310-313) inthe three rounds, putting themonly seven shots behind secondplace William and Mary (922)and 26 shots behind first placeBucknell (903).
The tournament tested theKnights not only physically, butmentally, as well.
Along with dealing with someinclement weather, the 18-team,93-player field had to play 36holes on the first day.
“I am very excited to see thegirls shooting such low numbers,”said head coach Maura Waters-Ballard. “The first day we played36 holes. That is 10 hours on thegolf course and for these girls tokeep their focus and shoot greatscores like that is awesome.”
Senior captain Jeanne Waterslead the Knights, who tied for firstplace after 36 holes.
“I am so happy with[Waters’] play and her positiveleadership with this team,”Waters-Ballard said.
Waters shot 71, 78, and 72,respectively, in her three rounds,finishing with seven birdies and33 pars.
Waters’ numbers put her at221 for the tournament, goodenough for a playoff to decidefirst place outright. She lost theplayoff in four holes to Bucknell’sKatie Jurenovich and ultimatelyfinished second.
“We have very talented girls,all of whom are capable of shoot-ing low scores on any given day,”Waters said. “I’m very excited forus to build on this momentum asthe season progresses.”
The rest of the Knights whoplayed in the tournament were
junior Elizabeth Carl, sopho-mores Brittany Weddell andKaren Cash and senior DaleyOwens, who finished 14th, 36th,37th and 52nd respectively.
“Placing third and shootingthe scores we did in our firstevent of the year tells me we aregoing to have a great year,”Waters-Ballard said. “I’m excit-ed to keep working with ourplayers and continue on thisroad of success.”
Rutgers tries to build on itsstrong start, in which it tied forthe lead with 22 birdies for thetournament, as it prepares for thisweekend’s Princeton Invitational,held a short trip south on Route 1.
Senior forces playoff, leads RU to third place
WOMEN’S GOLF
BY MIKE KUPERSHTEYNCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s andwomen’s cross country teams com-peted at their first meet Saturday at
the 2010For dham
Fiasco at Van Cortlandt Park. Bothsquads met their coaches’ expecta-tions and finished in the top five.
The Rutgers women had a par-ticularly successful outing, finish-ing second at the 5K course.Freshman Brianna Deming setthe bar quite high, as she led theScarlet Knights with a sixth-placefinish and a time of 18:52.93.
“This was a very good seasonopener,” said head coach James
Robinson. “They really competedwell as a whole, coming in a closesecond to a team that beat us hand-ily last season. The team ran withcontrol and was able to steadilyascend toward the lead pack as therace progressed. We’ll put in anoth-er good week of practice and lookto further improve our performanc-es at the Monmouth Invitational.”
Nine Knights finished in thetop 25 on a day in which 165 run-ners participated.
Sophomore Victoria Pontecorvofinished in eighth place in 18:57.11,and Jennifer Spitzer, another sopho-more, ended up on the cusp of thetop 10 in 11th place at 19:12.66.
The men’s team also per-formed well at the meet, finishing
fourth out of 13 schools. SeniorKevin Cronin led the Knights inthe 8K race, completing thecourse in 26:39.75 to finish inninth place.
“I thought our first meet wasOK,” said head coach MikeMulqueen. “We’ve only beentogether since Sept. 1. Three guyshave never been on the coursebefore. I told them to go conserva-tively through the pack, which theydid. The times we ran were betterthan last year. For the first meet, itwas all right. The young guys com-peted very well. I thought overall itwas a very good day.”
Senior Nick Miehe,Mulqueen’s other standout, fin-ished 15th in 26:56.39.
The course served as the firsttest for the team, and theyshould be more prepared for thenext competition.
“Same thing. The team has onlybeen together for two weeks and thecourse is in Jersey, so they are moreexperienced with it,” Mulqueen saidof his expectations for the next race.“It sounds weird, but this early in theyear, team scores aren’t that impor-tant. The freshmen are getting usedto running five miles, whereas inhigh school they only ran three. Sowe’re just looking forward to anoth-er strong performance.”
Both teams hit the beaten pathnext at the MonmouthInvitational on Sept. 18, in WestLong Branch, N.J.
CROSS COUNTRY
JEFFREY LAZARO
Sophomore running back De’Antwan Williams had six carriesfor 70 yards in late-game duty against Norfolk State.
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True freshman tailback Jordan Thomas has 21 carries for 71yards in his first two games, including a long of 17.
Youth, experience carry Knights’ squads in opener
Thomas was not made avail-able to speak to the media afteryesterday’s practice.
The other likely option withMartinek injured is an evengreater increase in sophomoreMohamed Sanu’s role in theWild Knight package.
Sanu threw and ran for atouchdown in 12 snaps out of theformation against FIU to go alongwith his team-high four catches.
“You get him going against oneguy, he’s going to win more than 75percent of the time,” Barbieri said.“I’m very confident in Mohamed.”
Sophomore De’AntwanWilliams has a chance to see thefield as well if Martinek can’t go.With Mason Robinson moving toreceiver and handling punts andKordell Young exclusively athird-down back, Williams isnext on the pecking order withsix rushes for 69 yards in mop-up time against Norfolk State.
“He might [see the field],”Schiano said. “He’s gotten better.
There’s no doubt he’s animproved back.”
Rutgers embarks on its firstbye week in the aftermath of theFlorida International game, allow-ing for the team to step back fromgame preparation for a few daysand focus on fundamentals.
After two slow starts to beginthe year, they will focus on thesimplest of fundamentals tostart, Schiano said.
“Offensively, the fundamentalswould be blocking, throwing,catching, running, all that stuff,”Schiano said. “Not to be a wise guy,but that’s really where we are.”
The other advantage of a byeweek is that the Knights getmore time to analyze priorgame tape without kickof flooming on Saturday.
“We just have to fix whatwe’ve been making mistakeson,” Barbieri said. “We’ve beenmaking mistakes all over theplace, but in the bye week, we’llbe able to fix that.”
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Sophomore quarterback Tom Savage completed 17 of 34 passes in the Knights’ first two games, throwing one touchdown and one interception.
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Sophomore defender Shannon Woeller returned to the Knights onFriday against Portland after a stint with the Canadian National Team.
Sophomore’sreturn vitalto shutout
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Shannon Woeller traveledalmost 6,000 miles to join theRutgers women’s soccer team
Friday inP o r t l a n d ,
Ore., for the Nike Invitational. The sophomore back, whose
last appearance for the No. 24Scarlet Knights came Aug. 20, ina 3-0 blanking of Stony Brook,spent the past three weeks train-ing with the Canadian NationalTeam in Rome.
And despite all the frequentflyer miles, Woeller experienced nojetlag, coming back in sync withher defensive back four against No.4 Portland.
“It felt really great to be back,”said Woeller, who resides approxi-mately 300 miles north of Portlandin Vancouver. “I think as a team,we sort of came together. I came
BY SAM HELLMANCORRESPONDENT
The two days between theFlorida International game andyesterday’s practice did a lot of
good forR u t g e r s
quarterback Tom Savage, who wasmuch more composed and back tohis old self.
Savage handled the five-minute blitz with the media withhis usual diplomatic styleinstead of the more flusteredSavage that spoke in the wake ofa 7-for-15 performance.
From head coach GregSchiano’s standpoint, Savage prac-ticed well and the Scarlet Knightsstill have all the trust in the worldin their sophomore leader.
“Tom is Tom,” Schiano saidafter yesterday’s practice. “Tom’sa good quarterback. He’s notworried about the first twogames. I think he doesn’t likewhat the results have been, but Ithink he hasn’t lost any faith inhis abilities or what he’s going todo and lead this team. I thoughthe practiced well.”
But look at Savage’s first twogames and there is no questionabout it, they weren’t pretty.
Savage completed exactly halfof his passes in the first two weeksof the season for a pedestrian 220yards. His only touchdown camelate in a game against FCS foeNorfolk State and he threw aninterception on a very ill-advisedpass against Florida International.
The advantage is that theKnights won both games, so it’smore of a learning experience andless of a disappointment.
Going into the bye week,Savage just wants to forget it andmove on.
Captain puts injuries in past for senior season
BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZCORRESPONDENT
The roller coaster that is sportsnever stops running.
You get on, experience thehighs of victory and lament over
the anguish-es of defeat
until time flies by and suddenly, theride is all over.
After all the twists and turnsover the first three years of seniorHeather Garces’ career, the Rutgersfield hockey team’s co-captain isready to make the most of her finalgames as an NCAA athlete.
Garces returned to the field forthe Scarlet Knights this year, mak-ing only her 25th collegiate startagainst James Madison in theteam’s season opening 6-0 loss.Moving forward, the captain isready to get on the field and do whatshe does best — play field hockey.
“[Garces] has been through alot,” said head coach Liz Tchou.“Every year she’s had some kind ofinjury, so it’s been really difficultfor her to be on the field. Shedeserves to be able to play, becauseshe’s an excellent player.”
The New Egypt, N.J., nativemade her name while playing atNew Egypt High School, where shetook home a Group I state champi-onship title in 2005 and earned the2006 Star-Ledger Ocean CountyPlayer of the Year award.
But since arriving on the Banks,the senior encountered a few bumpsin the road, struggling with shinproblems and other injuries since herrookie year, including stress frac-tures and compartment syndrome.
Compartment syndrome is a con-dition that compresses blood vesselsand nerves within an enclosedspace, ultimately resulting in severepain. Following surgery to repair hershins, the captain suffered a pul-monary embolism, further lengthen-ing her time out and requiring her tomiss the entire offseason.
The tough breaks just keptadding up for the co-captain.
“In high school, I never had aninjury,” said Garces. “Definitelybeing out with the surgery for sixto seven months was the hardestthing I’ve ever done in my entirelife. Just being with the team
