THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 1 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 THREE OF A KIND Today: Mostly Sunny High: 62 • Low: 53 THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 Rutgers women’s soccer junior forward Jonelle Filigno made history Monday night against Fordham, posting the first Rutgers hat trick since 2001 in a 4-1 victory. INDEX ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM IB EXTRA ....... 17 DIVERSIONS ...... 22 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 24 Underwater robots examine the earth after a hurricane. A Missouri-based publisher produced a 9/11-themed coloring book. OPINIONS SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ....... 3 WORLD ........ 14 OPINIONS ....... 20 Committee to select new U. president BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR When University President Richard L. McCormick announced he would step down from his position at the end of this term in May, Board of Governors Chair Ralph Izzo began assembling a diverse group of University students, faculty and staff to help screen and propose candidates for his replacement. The committee will meet and discuss pos- sible candidates throughout the year, with the chair and vice chair of the committee identifying at least five candidates to the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors. “I sought to create a balanced and broad- ly representative group that fully reflects the rich diversity of Rutgers,” Izzo said in a letter to the University community. “The members of the committee, many nominated by col- leagues, are all recognized for their strong leadership skills and distinguished contribu- tions to the University.” Izzo had particular criteria in mind when assembling the committee — someone from within the University and someone who is not employed by the University, but has connections to it, should serve as chair and vice chair. Greg Brown, who is chief executive offi- cer of Motorola Solutions, Inc. and a University alumnus as well as a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Overseers, was slated for chair. Linda Stamato, co-director of the University’s Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, was elected vice chair. Sitting on the committee are also two members of the Board of Trustees including University students and city residents hit the streets Sunday after waters from the Raritan River flooded areas of New Brunswick due to Hurricane Irene. COURTESY OF VINCENT MIEZEJEWSKI Locals recover from Irene BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO AND TABISH TALIB STAFF WRITERS New Brunswick residents and the University community are returning to their lives after Hurricane Irene, which forced both residents and students to flee their homes. The city allowed residents to permanently return home Tuesday afternoon after issuing a mandatory evacuation early Sunday morn- ing. This included residents of 5-10 Dennis St., 100 Hiram Sq., 33 Commercial Ave. and the Riverside Apartments. Occupants in the 1 Richmond St. apart- ment complex were permitted to return later in the afternoon when The Public Service Enterprise Group (PSE&G) repaired a blown transformer, said Bill Bray, city spokesman. “We are encouraged by the falling level of the Raritan River but will monitor it closely during this evening’s high tide. We’re hopeful that we’ve seen the last of the flood related to Irene,” said Mayor Jim Cahill in a statement. To accommodate evacuees, New Brunswick opened an emergency shelter in the Lord Stirling Elementary School on Redmond Street, which hosted 140 people on Saturday night, 31 people the following day and 19 on Monday, Bray said. The shelter was scheduled to remain open until Wednesday morning. Livingston Dining Commons is adjacent to the Livingston Student Center and replaced the campus’s former facility, Tillett Dining Hall. KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Residence hall opens, houses 500 students BY MARY DIDUCH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF On a sunny, cloudless day last week, University officials snipped a bright red rib- bon, signifying the official opening of the new 154,000 square-foot Busch, Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) residence hall on Busch campus. Vice President for Student Affairs Gregory S. Blimling said the BEST residence hall, the first built since the University Center on Easton Avenue opened in 1994, had a variety of names originally. The Vice President Leadership Cabinet, a group of student lead- ers, helped to select the name. “It indicates the quality of the building we have here,” Blimling said. SEE IRENE ON PAGE 10 SEE PRESIDENT ON PAGE 6 SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 6 The new residence hall on Busch campus cost about $57 million. NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Modernized dining hall offers additional services BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Livingston Dining Commons opened its doors this past weekend greeting students with classic dining hall foods in a new state-of-the-art, contemporary atmosphere featuring a touch-screen kiosk pub. The multimillion-dollar Livingston Dining Commons, adjacent to the Livingston Student Center, officially opened its doors last Saturday replacing Tillet Dining Hall, said Charles Sams, executive director of Dining Services. “Tillet is gone and never to return,” Sams said. “When you walk in [Livingston Dining Commons] and see, it’s not like any other unit, it’s more contemporary.” With multiple dining rooms and glass windows opening up into the Livingston Commons area, the din- ing hall offers students a refreshed view of dining on Livingston, said David Osmun, general manager of Dining Services. “You still have the traditional food, but it’s renovated and improved upon,” Osmun said. He said Livingston Dining Commons offers a spacious area with a refreshing, fun 2011 feeling compared to Tillet, which was built years ago. “When you said Tillet, you pictured a closed environment, but when you see Livingston Dining Commons, it’s a refreshing atmosphere,” Osmund said. “It’s revitalizing Livingston campus.” The Dining Commons offers more cook-to-order stations with sim- ilar items to other dining halls and also a sushi station, a Mongolian sta- tion, a cook-to-order pasta station, fresh pizza station, deli, a salad bar and a dessert station, he said. The multiple dining rooms and lower-level faculty dining area hous- es two executive chefs and multitude of ethnic cuisines with more variety than Tillet, Osmun said. Shallie Socorro, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore, said the Livingston Dining Commons is a big improvement from Tillet in terms of food selection and décor. “There’s more variety, and it’s a lot more modern,” she said. “It’s better SEE SERVICES ON PAGE 10
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Rutgers women’s soccer junior forward Jonelle Filigno made history Monday night against Fordham, posting the first Rutgers hat trick since 2001 in a 4-1 victory.
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Underwater robotsexamine the earthafter a hurricane.
A Missouri-basedpublisher produceda 9/11-themed coloring book.
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Committeeto select newU. president
BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
When University President Richard L.McCormick announced he would stepdown from his position at the end of thisterm in May, Board of Governors ChairRalph Izzo began assembling a diversegroup of University students, faculty andstaff to help screen and propose candidatesfor his replacement.
The committee will meet and discuss pos-sible candidates throughout the year, withthe chair and vice chair of the committeeidentifying at least five candidates to theBoard of Trustees and Board of Governors.
“I sought to create a balanced and broad-ly representative group that fully reflects therich diversity of Rutgers,” Izzo said in a letterto the University community. “The membersof the committee, many nominated by col-leagues, are all recognized for their strongleadership skills and distinguished contribu-tions to the University.”
Izzo had particular criteria in mind whenassembling the committee — someonefrom within the University and someonewho is not employed by the University, buthas connections to it, should serve as chairand vice chair.
Greg Brown, who is chief executive offi-cer of Motorola Solutions, Inc. and aUniversity alumnus as well as a member ofthe Board of Trustees and Board ofOverseers, was slated for chair.
Linda Stamato, co-director of theUniversity’s Center for Negotiation andConflict Resolution at the Edward J.Bloustein School of Planning and PublicPolicy, was elected vice chair.
Sitting on the committee are also twomembers of the Board of Trustees including
University students and city residents hit the streets Sunday after waters from the RaritanRiver flooded areas of New Brunswick due to Hurricane Irene.
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Locals recover from IreneBY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO
AND TABISH TALIBSTAFF WRITERS
New Brunswick residents and theUniversity community are returning totheir lives after Hurricane Irene, whichforced both residents and students to fleetheir homes.
The city allowed residents to permanentlyreturn home Tuesday afternoon after issuinga mandatory evacuation early Sunday morn-ing. This included residents of 5-10 DennisSt., 100 Hiram Sq., 33 Commercial Ave. andthe Riverside Apartments.
Occupants in the 1 Richmond St. apart-ment complex were permitted to return later
in the afternoon when The Public ServiceEnterprise Group (PSE&G) repaired a blowntransformer, said Bill Bray, city spokesman.
“We are encouraged by the falling level ofthe Raritan River but will monitor it closelyduring this evening’s high tide. We’re hopefulthat we’ve seen the last of the flood related toIrene,” said Mayor Jim Cahill in a statement.
To accommodate evacuees, NewBrunswick opened an emergency shelter in theLord Stirling Elementary School on RedmondStreet, which hosted 140 people on Saturdaynight, 31 people the following day and 19 onMonday, Bray said. The shelter was scheduledto remain open until Wednesday morning.
Livingston Dining Commons is adjacent to the Livingston Student Center andreplaced the campus’s former facility, Tillett Dining Hall.
KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Residence hallopens, houses500 students
BY MARY DIDUCHEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
On a sunny, cloudless day last week,University officials snipped a bright red rib-bon, signifying the official opening of the new154,000 square-foot Busch, Engineering,Science and Technology (BEST) residencehall on Busch campus.
Vice President for Student Affairs GregoryS. Blimling said the BEST residence hall, thefirst built since the University Center onEaston Avenue opened in 1994, had a varietyof names originally. The Vice PresidentLeadership Cabinet, a group of student lead-ers, helped to select the name.
“It indicates the quality of the building wehave here,” Blimling said.
SEE IRENE ON PAGE 10 SEE PRESIDENT ON PAGE 6
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The new residence hall on Busch campuscost about $57 million.
NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Modernized dining hall offers additional servicesBY ANASTASIA MILLICKER
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Livingston Dining Commonsopened its doors this past weekendgreeting students with classic dininghall foods in a new state-of-the-art,contemporary atmosphere featuringa touch-screen kiosk pub.
The multimillion-dollar LivingstonDining Commons, adjacent to theLivingston Student Center, officiallyopened its doors last Saturday replacingTillet Dining Hall, said Charles Sams,executive director of Dining Services.
“Tillet is gone and never toreturn,” Sams said. “When you walkin [Livingston Dining Commons]and see, it’s not like any other unit,it’s more contemporary.”
With multiple dining rooms andglass windows opening up into theLivingston Commons area, the din-ing hall offers students a refreshedview of dining on Livingston, saidDavid Osmun, general manager ofDining Services.
“You still have the traditionalfood, but it’s renovated and improvedupon,” Osmun said.
He said Livingston DiningCommons offers a spacious area with arefreshing, fun 2011 feeling comparedto Tillet, which was built years ago.
“When you said Tillet, you pictureda closed environment, but when yousee Livingston Dining Commons, it’s arefreshing atmosphere,” Osmund said.“It’s revitalizing Livingston campus.”
The Dining Commons offersmore cook-to-order stations with sim-ilar items to other dining halls andalso a sushi station, a Mongolian sta-tion, a cook-to-order pasta station,fresh pizza station, deli, a salad barand a dessert station, he said.
The multiple dining rooms andlower-level faculty dining area hous-es two executive chefs and multitudeof ethnic cuisines with more varietythan Tillet, Osmun said.
Shallie Socorro, an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy sophomore, saidthe Livingston Dining Commons is abig improvement from Tillet in termsof food selection and décor.
“There’s more variety, and it’s a lotmore modern,” she said. “It’s better
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Underwater gliders are among the equipment the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences uses to scan a hurricane’s after effects.
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Devices monitor hurricane-induced impact BY ANDREW SMITH
STAFF WRITER
In the aftermath of HurricaneIrene, faculty at the University’sInstitute of Marine and CoastalSciences can study the far-reach-ing effects of high-energy weath-er systems on oceanic andcoastal environments.
While the institute has beenaround for years, the hurricaneprovided the opportunity formembers to study a large stormwith its various technologies run-ning simultaneously, said JoshKohut, assistant professor ofmarine and coastal sciences.
“Technology is evolving veryquickly. This was the first hurri-cane-like storm where we wereable to have all of the differentcomponents of the observatoryrunning,” he said.
Utilizing a variety of technolo-gies, faculty and graduate stu-dents are analyzing the hurricanein areas as diverse as wind,oceanic sediment and phyto-plankton blooms, which aremicroscopic plants that grow onthe surface of water, Kohut said.
He said hurricanes sap heatenergy from coastal waters whilesimultaneously increasing theamount of oxygen available to
University scientistspublished a recent studyquestioning the origin andmigration patterns of Homoerectus, a precursor tomodern humans.
The study conducted byUniversity scientists sug-gests that Homo erectuswere using highly devel-oped tool-making tech-niques in Eastern Africa 1.8million years ago — 300,000years earlier than what waspreviously thought, accord-ing to a University mediarelations news release.
Homo erectus appearedabout 2 million years ago inboth Asia and Africa, 70,000years ago, prior to the earlyHomo erectus hitting a prob-able evolutionary standstill.
The study, published in“Nature” journal, does notdisprove the debate thatHomo erectus evolved inEast Africa, but it addsanother intricacy, accordingto the release.
Homo erectus inDmanisi, Georgia were stillutilizing basic choppingtools 1.8 million years agowhile in West Turkana,Kenya, Homo erectusdeveloped hand axes, picksand other innovative toolscalled “Acheulian.”
“The Acheulian tools rep-resent a great technologicalleap,” said study co-authorDennis Kent, a geologistwith joint appointments atRutgers University andColumbia University’sLamont-Doherty EarthObservatory, in the release.“Why didn’t Homo erectustake these tools with themto Asia?”
Anthropologists have notyet uncovered an Acheulianhand axe grasped in a Homoerectus fist but most anthro-pologists credit Homo erec-tus with developing thetechnology, yet the questionarises of why human prede-cessors may have migratedto Dmanisi, Georgia, butlost the Acheulian technolo-gy on the way.
— Anastasia Millicker
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phytoplankton, thus impactingtheir numbers.
“Right now we don’t see any-thing that causes any concernfor the residents of New Jerseyin terms of water quality relatedto dissolved oxygen in thebloom,” Kohut said. “We’regoing to continue to monitor thewater quality.”
Among the equipment meas-uring this information are SlocumElectric Gliders, devicesdesigned to scan the ocean forspecific environmental informa-tion, satellite systems and aCoastal Ocean DynamicsApplications Radar (CODAR), anexpansive radar network withmore than 30 stations along thecoast, he said.
“We’ve been monitoring thestorm with satellite data, so wetrack several satellites that giveus measurements of cloud coverassociated with the storm, seasurface temperature, chlorophyllconcentration and the mud andsediment in the water from therivers,” he said.
Aside from the multitude oftechnology implemented in theseprojects, various locations alongthe New Jersey and Massachusettsshoreline provide researchers abetter understanding of broad,
Despite the new opportunitiesto track the effects produced inthe wake of Irene, the institute’sequipment was not employed forthe purpose of tracking the hurri-cane at first.
“We have a project funded bythe Environmental ProtectionAgency and the state’sDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection. [We] use the glidersto monitor coastal water qualityconditions along the beach,” hesaid. “The glider was on aplanned mission from SandyHook down to Cape May [when]the store came.”
Focus shifted toward under-standing the ef fects ofHurricane Irene on water qualityand phytoplankton bloom — adeparture from the regular mis-sion, Kohut said.
While there are multiple proj-ects using these technologies,some of which do not focus onIrene at all, they will all pick upthe hurricane data. How thisinformation is analyzed can dis-tinguish one project from thenext, said graduate assistantTravis Miles.
“You have a glider out in thewater and the storm’s a couple of
hundred kilometers across so it’shard [for anyone doing this kindof research] to miss it,” Milessaid. “It just depends on whereour research interests go.”
While the gliders and theradar are helping researchersunderstand the effects of Irene onoceanic sediment and phyto-plankton, the storm also providedspecial opportunities forresearchers involved in windenergy.
Greg Seroka, a graduate assis-tant at the institute, has beenheavily involved in wind energyresearch. Using the same glid-ers, CODAR and satellites,Seroka now understands Irene asan example of high wind condi-tions and its impact on offshorewind energy.
“We ran our atmosphericmodels during this storm andwe’re waiting to look at thesemodel runs to see how well wedid in terms of accurately map-ping the storm’s progression,”Seroka said.
With coastal regions hit heav-ily by Hurricane Irene, suchenvironmental research allowsresidents of these areas to betterunderstand the impact naturecan have on their homes andlives, he said.
the New Brunswick andPiscataway campuses, CampusManager for the UniversityLauren Livak has worked sinceher recruitment in July toheighten awareness about the company.
Livak, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said as a representative of the company,she first started her promotion-al ef for ts through emailing and establishing social mediapresence with Facebook and Twitter.
“I set up marketing andsales plans and hold meetingswith anyone interested inordering T-shirts,” she said. “Iwalk them through theprocess, hand out marketingmaterials and create T-shirtsfor people,”
After classes begin, Livak saidshe plans on hosting a UniversityTees sponsored event, as well asplenty of meetings throughoutthe semester.
Students can also expect tosee flyers and advertisements
throughout the fives campuses, aresult of Livak’s support for thecompany, she said.
Some benefits students willreceive if they connect withUniversity Tees includes freeartwork, free shipping and fast
turnaround time on orders, but Stansberry said the No. 1asset to the company is thecampus manager.
Livak said the bonus aboutbeing a representative forUniversity Tees is the chance tomeet clients face-to-face andintroduce them to the benefits
of working with the companyon a more personal level.
As a student, she said sheunderstands college kids havea small budget, so UniversityTees works to find ways to cut costs without compromis-ing quality.
“We have an awesome featurecalled a ‘Bird Bank,’ which letsthe members of whatever organi-zation is ordering to have theirmembers sign up on their ownand pay on their own, so theydon’t have to collect money,”Livak said.
Campus representatives alsocheck competitors pricing on aweekly basis and on average,University Tees’ prices on a vari-ety of merchandise, including T-shirts, hoodies, sweatpants andpinnies, are five to 10 percentlower, she said.
Livak said her favoriteUniversity Tee item is theAmerican Apparel v-neck shirtbecause it represents the highvalue of products she believesUniversity students want to wear.
“Rutgers students shouldwear this gear because weoffer great quality apparel withcompetitive pricing,” she said.“We guarantee delivery to theirdoor step in seven to nine busi-ness days and have 24/7 customer service.”
University Tees PresidentNick Dadas and Vice PresidentJoe Haddad founded the com-pany in 2003 out of a residencehall room at Miami University,in Oxford, Ohio, Burr said.
Dadas and Haddad were dis-appointed with the per form-ance of a local print shop andthought if a business can stillfunction with awful customerservice they can do it betterwith tremendous customerservice, she said.
“Nick and Joe were students atthe time, so they hired studentsto help with graphic design andsales,” Burr said. “This helps ourclients work around hectic sched-ules, meet at convenient places,while also being able to relate tocurrent design trends.”
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Greek life organizations can order customized clothes with their letters this semester from University Tees, a custom apparel and promotional product company.
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Online company to offer affordable apparel on campusBY SONJA TYSIAK
STAFF WRITER
An apparel company new tothe campus community willprovide students with not only customizable clothes, buta platform for creativity and design.
With more than 300 fans onits Facebook page, UniversityTees — a promotional productcompany for greek life, studentorganizations and student-runfunctions — is now available toUniversity students for the firsttime this semester, saidCaroline Burr, the company’soperations assistant.
“We are currently active at150 campuses with over 160 cam-pus managers nationwide,” saidNate Stansberry, business devel-opment leader of UniversityTees. “Students should expect allthe convenience of an onlinestore with the personal touch ofan on-campus representative.”
Since this is the first year thecompany is offering services to
“Students should wearthis gear because
we offer great qualityapparel with
competitive pricing.”LAUREN LIVAK
University Tees Campus Manager
A Rutgers-Eagleton Pollreleased this week found thatmany New Jersey residents’opinion of Gov. Chris Christiehas “gotten worse” since his inauguration.
Originally 45 percent ofthose polled held a favorableimpression of the governor,whereas 26 percent held anunfavorable impression, accord-ing to a University press release.
But the poll, which sur-veyed 615 registered voters,now shows that while 45 per-cent of people still have a favor-able opinion of Christie, 47 per-cent do not.
Of all New Jersey voterspolled, one-third said their opin-ion of Christie has not changed.But 38 percent admitted theiropinions have suffered since2010 and 28 percent said theiropinions have improved.
“Most leaders find their rat-ings slipping over time, often asthey put their priorities inplace,” said David Redlawsk,director of the Rutgers-EagletonPoll in the release. “In this case,Governor Christie has generat-ed strong feelings, and thuspolarized opinion.”
— Ankita Panda
POLL REVEALSDECLINED VIEW OF GOVERNOR
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Vice President for Facilitiesand Capital Planning AntonioCalcado said the three buildings,designed by Niles BoltonAssociates and constructed byTurner Construction, took about18 months to build. The construc-tors worked on an acceleratedschedule to complete the build-ings on time and on budget.
The buildings cost about $57million, which was borrowed andwill be repaid from students’ on-campus housing fee, Calcado said.
University President RichardL. McCormick said it is not easyto finish a building of this magni-tude on time and on budget.
“We take great pride in that atRutgers,” he said.
The antiquated style — suchas the heavy layered stone andpitched roof — of the buildingwas modeled after theUniversity’s first residence hallon the Old Queens campus,Winants Hall, which is currentlyused for administrative offices,Blimling said.
“I don’t think there’s a morebeautiful spot on the Rutgerscampus,” McCormick said.
But the new hall includes manymodern-day features its oldercounterpart lacks. It uses high-efficiency windows and is veryenergy efficient, Blimling said.
The building also boasts anew computer lab with 47 Maccomputers, a SMART board andfour TVs. The room will hostclasses during the day but beopen to the University communi-ty in the evening.
“We tried to connect more ofthe academic experience withthis building,” Blimling said.
This includes having 44 aca-demic leaders to help the residents.
Blimling said for science-ori-ented students like those in theErnest Mario School of Pharmacyand School of Engineering, thiscould be very beneficial.
“So when people are strug-gling, there are people in thisbuilding who can reach out andhelp these students,” he said.
To round out the academicexperience of the residence hall,faculty members have developeda program of speeches and activi-ties centered on a commontheme to reinforce what is beingtaught in the classroom. Thisyear’s theme will explore the2010 BP oil spill.
Executive Director ofResidence Life Joan Carbone saidvia email correspondence thatthe new hall is a special-interestprogram for those interested inthe sciences, and residents areexpected to participate in thehall’s programming.
To live in BEST, upperclass-men had to fill out an application,which included a short essay, butfirst-year students only had toindicate their interest in livingthere, she said.
The building was alsodesigned to create a long-lastingcommunity for its residents, whocan live there for all four years,Blimling said.
The three buildings can holdabout 500 students, with about160 in each, allowing the studentsto get to know each other well.This is ideal, Blimling said, as theUniversity has found that 150 stu-dents is the ideal size for a resi-dence hall community.
The buildings’ low height offour stories each and the built-incourtyard also aids in developingthis sense of community, he said.
The hall has two types ofrooms—a four-person suite that
includes two double rooms con-nected by a bathroom (designedfor first-year students and sopho-mores), or a four-person suitewith four singles, a bathroom anda common area.
Each hall also has commonareas on the floors, a multipur-pose room and a 24-hour quietstudy area with smaller breakoutrooms for group study.
“[The students] need placesthey can retreat and have thosesmaller groups, so we built it intothis building,” Blimling said.
Outside the buildings arerows of bike racks, the most oncampus, intended to increasebike travel, Blimling said.
But the University decided onthe current area — formerly anunderutilized parking lot —because of its proximity to theBusch Student Center, newlyexpanded Busch Dining Hall andrecreation center, he said.
The residence hall is also with-in walking distance to its resi-dents’ classroom locations suchas the Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy, engineering and sci-ence laboratories and bus stops,Blimling said.
The president said this build-ing’s completion also recognizesthe University’s larger need forhousing, especially as the campushas seen an increase in enroll-ment every year and two yearsago rented out the Crowne PlazaHotel in Edison, N.J.
This is only the beginning ofnew residence halls — next year anew residence hall is scheduled toopen on the Livingston campus,housing about 1,500 students.
Calcado said it is an impres-sive and wonderful building, andis reflective of the changes under-way in New Brunswick and Piscataway.
“We’re going to continue toimprove the campus,” he said.
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the chair, the Board of Overseerschair, the University Senate chairand the Rutgers UniversityAlumni Association chair, byvirtue of office.
The rest of the committeemembers were brought to Izzo’sattention through nominations.Through that process, eight facul-ty members — five from NewBrunswick, two from Newark andone from Camden— two staffmembers and three members-at-large from the University commu-nity, were chosen.
Among the five NewBrunswick faculty membersare Christopher Molloy, dean ofthe Ernest Mario School ofPharmacy, University alumnusand former member of theUniversity of Medicine and Dentistr y of New Jersey’s faculty.
“There’s talk of a possiblemerger with UMDNJ and I haveexperience working with thefaculty of the medical school,”he said. “I’ve been at Rutgersfor four years but I worked inthe pharmaceutical industr ybefore that, so I bring morethan an academic perspective tothe table.”
Molloy was flattered by hisnomination to the presidentialsearch committee and is excitedto begin the process.
“I believe the committee islarge and [has] very pre-eminentmembers of the community,” hesaid. “We’re going to pick thebest possible candidate for thepresident’s role, which is a criti-
cal one for the University andNew Jersey.”
Students on the committeewere also nominated by a facul-ty member and had to have atleast one year of study at theUniversity left to complete,with two from New Brunswick,one from Newark and one from Camden.
Chike Achebe, a School ofArts and Sciences senior, washappy to make it through theinterview process, in which about
50 students were considered tofill the two spots on the commit-tee in New Brunswick.
“I’m really humbled andhonored to be chosen. I want togive back to Rutgers and helpout in some way,” he said.“Rutgers has been very good tome. I’ve learned so muchthrough my past three yearshere. I feel like I’m morallyobligated to give back in anyway possible.”
Achebe is involved with vari-ous organizations on campusincluding the NationalAssociation for theAdvancement of Colored People,AmeriCorps, New Jersey PublicInterest Research Group andWarm Heart International.
He said the interviewers wereinterested in learning what hethought about McCormick’s 10years in office as well as whatcould be improved upon with thenext president.
“[McCormick] lacked thepolitical strong will that was nec-essary to get certain things donein Trenton,” he said. “Althoughbeing a president at Rutgers is aneducational post, there’s a politi-cal aspect to it and this is moreimportant as the state continuesto decrease funding here yearafter year and more budget cutstake place.”
Achebe believes the next pres-ident should follow inMcCormick’s footsteps in termsof his leadership style.
“I liked how his leadershipwasn’t too aggressive or pas-sive,” he said. “He could’ve han-dled the protests in his office ina way that turned of f theUniversity community, but hefed them and made sure theywere alright and listened tosome of their demands.”
Achebe believes the new pres-ident should first and foremost bea good listener.
“He should be out to solve theproblems of Rutgers Universityas opposed to seeking the posi-tive spotlight on himself,” hesaid. “He should be a cheer-leader for Rutgers.”
Carolyn Williams, chair of theDepartment of English who alsosits on the committee, said she islooking for somebody with ade-quate experience for the position.
“In a good candidate, I’m look-ing for someone with a great dealof administrative experience whoappreciates the research andteaching missions of a great stateuniversity like Rutgers.”
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Rutgers University.” CHIKE ACHEBESchool of Arts and
Sciences Senior
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University introduces First Transit buses on campusBY RASHMEE KUMAR
ASSOCIATE COPY EDITOR
With the beginning of thesemester come changes to thecampus transit system. For theUniversity, this includes a newfleet of buses.
First Transit, the University’snew provider of bus transporta-tion on campus, began operatingin July with new and refurbishedbuses, said Jack Molenaar, direc-tor of Transportation Services.
The buses feature automaticstop announcements, notifyingpassengers of upcoming stopsand safety reminders, he said.
“If you’re ever taking masstransit anywhere else, you havethe very pleasing female voicesaying, ‘Next stop is this. Pleasetake your belongings,’ … which ison every single bus now,” he said.
The buses also have a scroll-ing marquee at the front of thebus with the same words beingsaid over the speakers, in accor-dance with the federalAmericans with Disabilities Act,Molenaar said.
“The big upside is that it’salso very helpful for new stu-dents,” he said.
Sameen Saeed, a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore,said the automatic stop announce-ments were useful when ridingthe buses to her summer classes.
“[The buses] are really niceand efficient, especially for non-Rutgers riders because theyannounce the stops,” she said.“Even for Rutgers students andstaff, the announcements help outa lot when one is on a campusthey’re unfamiliar with.”
Each bus also has an automat-ed vehicle locator and securitycameras, First Transitspokesman Timothy Stokes saidin an email correspondence.
“Our focus is on providing safeand reliable transportation servic-es to our customers,” Stokes said.“While operating transportationservices for the students and staff,we look to provide new technolo-gy and manage current technolo-gy that will provide our riders witha more convenient and efficientuniversity transportation service.”
Each bus runs on 20 percentbiodiesel fuel, contributing less toair pollution around theUniversity, Molenaar said.
“The amount of particulatethat comes out is probably lessthan most cars, and [since] 20percent of it is biofuel, we’rebecoming more green,” he said.
The buses were met with a fewchallenges last weekend whenHurricane Irene passed throughNew Jersey, but the buses still ranuntil 11:30 p.m. Saturday andstarted again at 8:30 a.m. Sunday,Molenaar said.
“We had some issues gettingaround on Sunday and [Monday]because Route 18 was closed, butfor the most part, we ran moreservice than New Jersey Transitor New York did,” he said.
The bus system also assistedin transporting local hurricaneevacuees to the WerblinRecreation Center on Busch cam-pus, Molenaar said.
Changes were also made tobus routes to improve the effi-ciency of the bus system,Molenaar said.
Many stops on the F Routefrom the College Avenue campusto Cook/Douglass campus wereremoved to create an expressroute between the campuses,Molenaar said.
“That’s the biggest change,and we’ll see how that goes,” hesaid. “The hardest thing for meas a transportation person is to
create express service becauseanytime a bus goes past a stop,people go, ‘Well how come itcan’t just stop there?’”
The new Livingston Plazastop replaced the Beck Hall andLot 100 stops on Livingston cam-pus due to construction,Molenaar said.
First Transit became thenew bus operator for theUniversity when the contractwith Academy Bus Company,who served the campus for 10years, expired last year,Molenaar said.
First Transit provides trans-portation services to 22 universi-ties across the United States,including Princeton Universityand Yale University, Stokes said.
Because of the size of theiroperations, First Transit is able tolower costs on parts, fuel andmaintenance of a transit system,Stokes said.
“We are able to provide theselower costs without impactingservice quality or employee com-pensation, continually providingsafe transit operations to our cus-tomers,” he said.
Academy Bus Company is inthe process of suing theUniversity over the loss of con-tract, Molenaar said.
Though the new bus systemhas been running since July,Molenaar said he has not heardmuch reaction from students.
“There aren’t a lot of peoplearound in the summertime, soit’s hard to really get a feel forwhat students are thinking orfeeling,” he said. “I’ll probablyhear [more feedback] once thesemester starts.”
The new line of University buses, which began operating in July, has new features such as automaticvoice announcements when approaching a campus stop.
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flooding and some residents and
businesses lost power. About 700
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than Busch, it may be even thebest [dining hall].”
School of Arts and Sciencesfirst-year students Connor Evansand Joseph McCue both ate atTillet during New StudentOrientation and were gladly sur-prised when they arrived at thenew facility.
“It’s a lot cleaner and mod-ern,” Evans said. “This is a hugeimprovement.”
James Duffy, an Ernest MarioSchool of Pharmacy sophomore,said the dining hall was a lot bet-ter than its predecessor, butfound a problem with the diningroom design.
“Coming from another campus,its easier to access, and there’s a lotmore selection, but the diningrooms seem smaller than the onesin Busch,” Duffy said.
Just as it was in the past, themain dining hall is open from 7a.m. to 9 p.m. but when the maindining hall closes, students willhave the option to order from thekiosks in addition to takeout,Osmun said.
“If you head to the right,you enter the pub and in thepub there are six large televi-sion screens, which are cur-rently in the process of beingwired, that you can order of fof,” Osmun said.
Students will be able to gethot dogs, hamburgers andfries through the orderingkiosk during the day withoutneeding to eat in the diningroom, Osmun said.
The multi-story dining hall islarger than the other dining unitsand is staffed by both new andreturning employees, Sams said.
“It’s bigger, so there’s a com-bination of both returning staff inmanagerial positions and newstaff,” Sams said. “You will stillbe able to recognize some famil-iar Tillet faces.”
Livingston DiningCommons will host its firstKing Neptune Night on Sept.13 and an official grand open-ing program, developed byGregory S. Blimling, vice pres-ident for Student Af fairs, isscheduled for the first weekendin October, Sams said.
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The University also moved stu-dents living in the Helyar House onCook campus to Perry ResidenceHall due to a power outage, andflooding forced graduate studentsin the Russell Apartments on Buschcampus to move to other housing,University spokesman EJ Mirandasaid. Both groups returned to theirnormal living spaces on Monday.
About 700 evacuees fromAtlantic County and Cape MayCounty and 50 New Brunswickresidents took shelter in theCollege Avenue gym and theWerblin Recreation Center onBusch campus, he said.
The emergency center waspart of an organized effortbetween the University, the stateand the Red Cross, and Gov.Chris Christie paid an unsched-uled visit to Werblin on Saturdayto see evacuees, Miranda said.
“On Sunday, we providedsome food to the New Brunswickevacuation center at LordStirling. We had surplus food inthe event that we had to open
another evacuation center oncampus, which did not becomenecessary,” he said.
Areas along the Raritan River,between north of Albany Streetand south of Commercial Avenue,received the widest spread offlooding, Bray said. Water floodedvarious residential properties aswell as parts of Route 18.
But localized flooding occurredsporadically throughout the cityduring the actual downpour, includ-ing Joyce Kilmer Avenue, HamiltonStreet and Jersey Avenue.
Despite inundations and sever-al fallen trees throughout the city,Bray said there were no seriousinjuries related to the storm orthe city’s response to the storm.
Severe flooding caused trafficMonday morning on Route 18 andofficials were concerned the river’srising tides would continue delaysinto Tuesday morning rush hour.
“That did not happen thankful-ly … The waters returned withinthe banks of the river for the mostpart late Monday,” Bray said.“There might have been someinundation in Boyd Park but theywere not affecting Route 18 orany area of the city.”
Many townships in Middlesexcounty are still evaluating the
damage caused by the hurricaneand are waiting to be declared adisaster area by the FederalEmergency Management Agency(FEMA), said Anne Gordon,Piscataway spokeswoman.
“If we are declared a disasterarea, then FEMA will come in tohelp the townships deal with thedamage,” she said.
New Brunswick does not havean official number at the cost ofdamage as of yet, Bray said.
“We’re still making an assess-ment to how much damage thereis and we are also applying forFEMA aid,” he said.
The University reported flood-ing, minor damages and scatteredpower interruptions to only ahandful of campus buildings,including the boathouse, whichremains flooded as of yesterdayalong the riverside.
Once the water fully recedes,Miranda said the University plansto assess the damages.
The storm altered Saturdaybus schedules at the University,and rather than running a full24 hours, buses were onlyscheduled to run until 10 p.m.that day.
But the University vehiclesstayed out until 11:30 p.m. in the
event that people were stranded,said Jack Molenaar, Director ofTransportation Services.
Flooding on Route 18 caused dif-ficulties when crossing the RaritanRiver, and routes were altered thefollowing morning when the busesresumed, Molenaar said.
Shuttles were sent betweenBusch campus and Livingstoncampus using a back way fromRoute 1, he said. Buses also ranbetween the College Avenue cam-pus and Cook/Douglass campus.
Once the John Lynch Bridgeon Route 18 was reopened onSunday afternoon, they revertedback to their normal Weekend 1and 2 schedules.
“The bus company stores theirvehicles right now in NewBrunswick ... so all the equipmentis here now, [but] the hardestpart was bringing a driver to drivethe buses,” Molenaar said.
While flooding was the mostdamaging aspect of the hurri-cane, Irene left many MiddlesexCounty residents with power.
PSE&G, which provides mostof the electricity for MiddlesexCounty did not have numbers forlocal areas but did issue statewidenumbers, said PSE&Gspokesman Roland Boggio.
“The unofficial total of homeswithout power was 775,000,” hesaid. “As of [Wednesday after-noon] there are still 36,000homes without power, so nearly740,000 homes have had theirpower restored,” he said.
The largest areas without powerare Bergen, Somerset, Union andMiddlesex counties, Boggio said.Ninety percent of PSE&G cus-tomers have power, and the majori-ty of those without power shouldhave it restored by Friday.
The hardest hit area inPiscataway were the River Roadapartments which were part of amandatory evacuation zone andwere flooded by the rising RaritanRiver, Gordon said.
“I wouldn’t even want to ven-ture a guess of how much damagethere was this early,” she said.
Majority of those who hadevacuated are back in theirhomes but those that were flood-ed need to have electrical inspec-tors examine the homes andapartments, Gordon said.
“Most of the residents stillhave power but the apartmentsare flooded so we wouldn’t wantanybody to get electrocuted,”she said. “It was a ver y unusual storm.”
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1 Registration for Recreation Classes begins at noon. Choosefrom more than 200 classes in aquatics, dance, fitness, holis-tic health, yoga, outdoor recreation and more. Registeronline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at recre-ation.rutgers.edu/classes. For more information, email [email protected] or call (732) 932-8204. Classes beginon or after Sept. 9.
5 Today is Labor Day. There are no classes, and all Universityoffices are closed.
7 The Daily Targum is always accepting new writers. Therewill be a Writer’s Meeting at 9:30 p.m. in the Daily TargumBusiness Office, Suite 431 in the Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus. All majors are welcome and noexperience is necessary! For more information, contactReena Diamante at [email protected] or AnkitaPanda at [email protected].
Art After Hours returns tonight from 5 to 9 p.m. at the JaneVoorhees Zimmerli Art Museum on the College Avenuecampus, to celebrate the opening of “Two VenetianMasters: Canaletto and Domenico Tiepolo Etchings fromthe Arthur Ross Foundation” and offer a broader view ofVenice, Italy. Art After Hours is the popular evening socialseries held on first Wednesdays from September throughJuly, inviting visitors to explore the galleries, as well asenjoy a variety of related entertainment. Admission is $6for adults, $5 for adults over 65 and free for museum mem-bers, University students, faculty and staff with identifica-tion and children under 18. For more information, call(732) 932-7237 ext. 610 or visit the museum’s websitewww.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.
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8 There will be a change in destination class day. Studentsshould attend Monday classes.
9 Come to the Involvement Fair to sign up for a variety of stu-dent organizations from 3 to 7 p.m. on Voorhees Mall on theCollege Avenue campus.
Today is the last day to drop a class without a “W” grade viaWebReg or in person at the Undergraduate Registrars Officeat the ASB Building Room 200B on Busch campus.
12 Today is the last day to add a class.
18 King Of The Couch Tournaments will host “LeGrand Bowl2011,” a video game tournament for Eric LeGrand at 11 a.m.on the Busch Student Center. The tournament will have par-ticipants play Madden 12 and NCAA 12 on both PlayStation3 and Xbox 360. Students can join the tournament for $10with their student identification while non-students will pay$20. For more information visit legrandbowl.com or call(201) 981-3537.
25 Do you have what it takes to be the next RutgersHomecoming Idol? Upload your two-minute video toYouTube and then email your video link to [email protected] and let the battle begin. Videosare due by 11:59 p.m. Contestants must be 18 or older toenter this contest. A group of semifinalists will be entered inHomecoming Idol’s online voting, scheduled from Sept. 29to Oct. 3. The top contestants will be selected from thatgroup and will compete at the Homecoming Festival on Oct.15 on Busch campus before the football game.
12 The Fourth Annual Skin Workshop, entitled, “SkinReconstruction for Wounds, Burns and Deep Skin Trauma”will take place at 1 p.m. in the Life Sciences Building on 145Bevier Road in Piscataway. The Rutgers Cleveland ClinicConsortium of Armed Forces Institute for RegenerativeMedicine (RCCC-AFIRM) will endorse event, which drawsmore than 100 of the leading experts in skin healing andtransdermal drug delivery. Register online atwww.regonline.com/Register/Checkin.aspx?EventID=989180. For more information contact Christine Otto at [email protected] or (732) 445-0488 ext. 40001.
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Libyan leader’s son promises to sustain fightingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRIPOLI, Libya — MoammarGadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam vowedyesterday to fight to the death,insisting no regime loyalistswould surrender to the rebels,who are closing in on Gadhafi’sfinal strongholds.
Seif al-Islam, Gadhafi’s longtimeheir-apparent, said he was speakingfrom the suburbs of Tripoli andinsisted his father was fine.
“We are going to die in ourland,” he said in an audio state-ment broadcast on Syria’s Al-Raitelevision, claiming he wasspeaking for loyalist leaders whohad met in the Gadhafi bastionof Bani Walid. “No one is goingto surrender.”
His statement came shortlyafter a conflicting interview onAl-Arabiya television by a manclaiming to be his brother, al-Saadi, who said he was ready tomediate talks with the rebels inorder to bring the fighting to an end.
“The most important thing isto stop the bloodshed,” al-Saaditold the Saudi Arabian televi-sion network, claiming he wasspeaking on behalf of his father.
Seif al-Islam’s voice was easilyrecognizable, but al-Saadi’s wasmore difficult to confirm.
A rebel commander inTripoli, Abdel Hakim Belhaj,said earlier Wednesday that al-Saadi was trying to negotiateterms for his own surrender ifhis safety could be guaranteed.When asked about that report,al-Saadi said he had talked to
Belhaj and several other rebelofficials, but that he was onlyoffering to surrender to bringan end to the bloodshed.
The dueling audio statementssuggest growing turmoil inGadhafi’s inner circle as the rebelforces pressed toward three of theloyalists’ main strongholds,Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte andthe desert towns of Bani Walid andSabha. The rebels also say they areclosing in on the elder Gadhafi, whohas been on the run since rebelsswept into the capital last week.
Today will mark the 42ndanniversary of the coup thatbrought Gadhafi to power.
Hassan al-Saghir, a rebel offi-cial who oversees an area thatincludes the southern city ofSabha, said clashes occurredthere and on the outskirts of BaniWalid, 90 miles (140 kilometers)southeast of Tripoli.
“We are asking them to sur-render before Saturday,” hesaid of the fighters in Sabha,“but so far there are no signsthat they are ready to surren-der. I think they still think theyare able to control the south.”
“It is a desperate attempt andit will not last long,” he added.
Belhaj said al-Saadi first calledhim Tuesday and asked about hissafety if he surrendered. “We toldhim, ‘Don’t fear for your life. Wewill guarantee your rights as ahuman being, and will deal withyou humanely,’” Belhaj said, addingthat al-Saadi would be turned overto Libyan legal authorities.
Belhaj said Al-Saadi told himhe had not killed anyone, and that“he was not against the people.”
“I told him ‘This is good. Whatis important for us is not to shedLibyan blood. For the membersof the regime to surrender is thebest way to do this,’” said Belhaj.
The commander said al-Saadihad called back yesterday morn-ing, but that he had missed thecall. He said he knows al-Saadi’swhereabouts, but prefers to nego-tiate a surrender. He gave no fur-ther details.
Gadhafi’s chief spokesman,Moussa Ibrahim, repeatedly said
in telephone calls to TheAssociated Press that the seniorGadhafi was offering to send al-Saadi to negotiate with the rebelsand form a transitional govern-ment. The rebels previouslyrejected such offers.
Ibrahim also rejected a rebelultimatum yesterday for loyalistsin Sirte to surrender by Saturdayor face an attack.
“No dignified honorablenation would accept an ultimatumfrom armed gangs,” he said.
There has been speculationthat Gadhafi is seeking refugein Sirte or one of the otherremaining regime strongholds,among them Bani Walid or thesouthern town of Sabha. Toprebel of ficials say they have “agood idea” where Gadhafi ishiding, but have not given any details.
Belhaj said the rebels haveset up an operations room to col-lect any information about theelder Gadhafi’s whereabouts,gathering tips from rebels andcaptured regime fighters.
Gadhafi’s wife, Safiya, sonsMohammed and Hannibal anddaughter Aisha fled to Algeria onMonday. Rebel authorities calledon Algeria to send them back,saying they want Gadhafi and hisfamily to be tried in Libya.
But international humanrights activists are urging therebels to turn the dictator overto the International CriminalCour t for trial. Leading thecalls is the court’s Argentineprosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, who has chargedGadhafi and his son Seif al-Islam and the regime’s intelli-gence chief, Abdullah al-Sanoussi, with unleashing acampaign of murder and tor ture since Februar y to tr y to crush anti-government protests.
Human Rights Watch alsourged diplomats meetingLibyan rebels in Paris onThursday to push for Gadhafi’ssurrender to The Hague-basedinternational cour t if he is captured.
Seif al-Islam, son of Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, said yesterdayno regime loyalist would surrender to the rebels.
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AMSTERDAM — Dutch police have uncovered hugecaches of child pornography on “hidden” websites, includ-ing four based in the United States, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
The discovery was made as part of the far-reaching investi-gation into a suspected pedophile identified only as Robert M.who was arrested in Amsterdam last year. He is accused ofabusing dozens of young children while he worked in at leasttwo Amsterdam preschools.
The Dutch police’s National Investigations Office said in astatement it had managed to infiltrate several “hidden services”sites internationally where users can surf the internet and com-municate anonymously.
There, they found some 220,000 child pornography photosand videos.
Four of the websites were housed on two servers based inthe United States. Investigators managed to break into themand access the images as well as online chats that includedidentifying details of users of the sites. The details are beingturned over to the FBI, prosecutors said.
Prosecution spokesman Wim de Bruin said no arrests haveyet been made as a result of the discovery.
Prosecutors said they saved the images as evidence beforedeleting them from the servers.
One of the hidden sites police discovered was called“Violent Desires.”
“As well as child pornography, it contained a discussionforum that included chats about abducting, abusing and killingchildren,” prosecutors said.
They also gained access as visitors to 11 sites containingchild pornography, where they posted police warning signs ina move designed to scare off people accessing the sites.
Robert M. was arrested last December and his computersseized. Prosecutors say he has confessed to dozens of sexcrimes inflicted on boys and girls aged under four years.
INSIDEBEATE X T R Avideo games editionvideo games edition
Eleven years ago, Deus Ex captivated PC gamers withan intricate, conspiracy-laden storyline, open-ended mis-sion structure, and hybrid RPG/FPS gameplay. Deus Ex:Human Revolution is the third game of the franchise, and,fortunately, this latest installment shares many of the fea-tures that made the original title great.
Human Revolution is a prequel to the first Deus Ex.Players are cast into an engrossing and believable futurein which society is split over bionic augmentation tech-nology that promises to fully unlock human potential.Players assume the role of Adam Jenson, a security con-sultant for one of the world's leading augmentation man-ufacturers. After a brazen attack leaves him criticallywounded, Jensen receives mechanical enhancements inan effort to save his life. Jensen is subsequently throwninto a global conspiracy that takes him to locales aroundthe world, such as Detroit and Shanghai.
One of the central facets of Human Revolution'sgameplay is choice. Any objective can be dealt with in a
number ways, whether it be through stealth, combat, ora combination of the two. While neither the stealth norFPS mechanics feel particularly outstanding, both arefleshed out enough that whatever option players choosewill be satisfying.
Customization is another important aspect ofHuman Revolution. As players progress through thegame, they earn Praxis Points, which upgrade thefunctionality of Jensen's augmentations. There are nu-merous upgrades to choose from, and while some feeldecidedly more ef fective than others, none of themare completely useless. This gives players the optionto customize their character according to their pre-ferred approach.
Human Revolution does make a few missteps. For agame that emphasizes choice, there are certain instancesin which players are forced to adopt a specific style of play.Boss fights will always play as shooting sections. Playerswho choose augmentations that compliment a stealthy
style of play will feel punished by these already tedious se-quences. Conversely, side missions, while plentiful andvaried, mostly seem to be stealth-based, so players whohave neglected to upgrade their hacking skills may not beable to complete some of these parts.
The game's AI also suf fers from problems. Ene-mies are not particularly intelligent, and this is espe-cially apparent during firefights. NPCs have atendency to carelessly exit cover and leave themselveswide open for attack. There are other technical issuesas well: loading times are long, the graphics feel some-what dated, and some PC users may face stabilityproblems during cutscenes.
Despite a few missteps Human Revolution is a worthyaddition to the Deus Ex franchise. With an intricate plot,six different endings and multifaceted gameplay, the gamenaturally invites multiple playthroughs. Human Revolu-tion is sure to please both old fans of and newcomers tothe franchise.
BY RYAN SURUJNATHASSOCIATE EDITOR
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addition to the search for anew executive vice presi-dent for Student Affairs,after the resignation in Mayof Phillip J. Furmanski. Fornew students, they will beable to witness and be partof this change in power andexperience a new vision.
For us returning stu-dents, by now well used to the sound of jack-hammers and maze-like detours, we may feel abit jaded with all the never-ending constructionprojects in New Brunswick and Piscataway. Wemay feel lost in the rubble and in the politics ofadministration changes and financial woes inTrenton. We are certainly sick of the negativepress of our beloved University.
Therefore, we must remember this can be avery exciting time for our campus during this
period of transition. We have morestudents — and definitely morepride — than ever before, and weshould use this to our advantage.As students, whether undergradu-ate or graduate, we should have anintegral role in everything occur-ring on campus. Our large pres-ence means we have a stronger
voice that can be active during these unstabletimes. We as students do fit into this equation, asthis is our home, too. We must use our intelli-gence, curiosity and dedication as young leadersin order to overlook diversity and petty problemsas we leave our own footprint on the University’slong and winding path.
With this in mind, feel free to send me yourthoughts, questions and complaints [email protected]. Give me a call at (732)-932-2012. Leave a comment at www.dailytargum.com.I want to know what you think not only of ourpaper, but also our University. As the campus’sindependent voice, The Daily Targum wants tomake sure your voice is heard and represented. Ifwe work together, this will be the University’sgreatest year yet. We are more than just numbers.
Mary Diduch is a School of Arts and Sciencessenior majoring in journalism and media studiesand political science, with a minor in Spanish. Sheis editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum.
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“If you’re ever taking mass transit anywhere else, you have the very pleasing female voice saying, ‘Next stop is this.
Please take your belongings,’ … which is on every single bus now.”Jack Molenaar, director of Transportation Services,
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W ith the 10-year anniversary of Sept. 11th approaching, pub-lisher Really Big Coloring Books created an interestingmemorial to that fateful day — a 9/11-themed coloring
book. The book, called “We Shall Never Forget 9/11: The Kids’ Bookof Freedom,” is “designed to be a tool that parents can use to helpteach children about the facts surrounding 9/11.” The problem withthis publisher’s description is that the book does not exactly teach chil-dren the “facts surrounding 9/11.” Rather, much of the book is dedi-cated to spouting vicious anti-Muslim propaganda and forcing theextremely dangerous and backwards dogma of “all Muslims hate free-dom” into the most impressionable of minds.
A direct quote from the pages of the coloring book reads,“Children, the truth is, these terrorist acts were done by freedom-hat-ing radical Islamic Muslim extremists. These crazy people hate theAmerican way of life because we are FREE and our society is FREE.”It’s hard, if not outright impossible, to claim that such vitriol counts aseducation. If anything, what such radically alarmist rhetoric reallyteaches the children who read it is how to hate. It’s strange that a col-oring book that condemns a society for their hatred would be so eagerto cultivate a similar sense of hatred in its own. Of course, we here atThe Daily Targum thoroughly condemn the people who committedthe attacks on the World Trade Center, but we also thoroughly con-demn allowing rampant hatred to dictate our responses to the attacks.If Americans choose to act out of hatred, they begin to sink to the levelof the despicable people responsible for 9/11 in the first place.
Obviously, the target audience for a coloring book is young chil-dren. Such people are not equipped with the sort of reasoning skillsnecessary to critically approach the coloring book’s message and real-ize that “Muslim” is not a synonym for “terrorist.” Unfortunately, thebook never makes such a crucial distinction clear to the children whouse it. This is one of the major ways in which it fails as an educationaltool. Sept. 11th was an undeniably important moment in American his-tory, and therefore our nation’s children should be taught about it.However, this book is clearly not the way to do so. Rather than pre-senting a clear picture of what occurred, who is responsible and whythey did it, the coloring book presents a worldview through which allMuslims are evil and deserved to be gunned down by U.S. Marines.Sadly, this is not even an exaggeration — there are pictures in thebook of soldiers opening fire on terrorists. That alone should beenough reason for parents to pass it over in favor of real educationaltools — especially ones that do not preach hate and racism.
Teach children facts,not dogmatic hate
R eaders are of course aware that the massive Hurricane Ireneswept up the East Coast this past weekend leaving extensiveflooding, wind damage, widespread power outages and a mul-
titude of casualties in its wake. What readers may not be aware of, how-ever, is that this was not your average natural disaster. In fact, it was anact of God, a sign warning American politicians to take heed of the pub-lic’s discontent — at least, it was if you take Republican presidentialcandidate Michele Bachmann seriously.
While giving a speech in Florida over the weekend, Bachmann toldher audience that she does not, “know how much God has to do to getthe attention of the politicians … We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had ahurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’ Listento the American people because the American people are roaring.” Thefirst glaring problem — and there are many — with Bachmann’s com-ments is her blatant disregard for the separation of church and state. It’sone thing to be a person of strong faith, but it is a wholly different thingto be a presidential candidate clearly appealing to a Judeo-Christian Godas the authority on how American politicians should handle themselves.Has Bachmann forgotten that the United States is not a Christian nation,but a nation of all faiths? Perhaps she never realized it in the first place.
Even more frustrating about Bachmann’s comments is the way inwhich she seizes upon a natural disaster — one which wreaked havocon many people’s lives — and uses it as a political tool. Irene has noth-ing to do with politics, and in trying to make it a part of her platform,Bachmann insulted the people who suffered because of the storm.
Since coming under fire for her comments, Bachmann insisted shewas only joking. Even if that was the case, it does not excuse herbehavior. There is nothing funny about devastation. Sure, Irene was noKatrina, but it still dealt serious damage to the East Coast. Bachmann’sdecision to make light of the hurricane makes her seem immature atbest, and disconnected from reality at the worst.
Bachmann must notbelittle hurricane
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the largest student bodyin its history, some mayfeel little more than anumber. We are enrolledin an over whelminglylarge institution, withmore than 100 majors, fivecampuses and even one of the biggest busingsystems in the nation. When you walk on cam-pus — whether as a first-year or a senior like me— you certainly get that big, state-school feel.Especially when everyone dons those free scar-let red football T-shirts.
That being said, the University does dif ferfrom all the other stereotypical, large stateschools across the nation. Our deep roots,which date back to the school’s founding in1766, have shaped the expansionof the University over the cen-turies (literally). The result is aninstitution that blends histor ywith progress. Take the newBusch, Engineering, Science andTechnology residence hall onBusch campus, which opened lastweek. Its three buildings weremodeled after Winants Hall on the Old Queen’scampus — the first residence hall when RutgersUniversity was still Rutgers College.
Still, the University is progressing quickly,and it can seem intimidating. To stay with theconstruction theme, the completion of the brandnew Livingston Dining Commons and anexpanded Busch Student Center also help tomake the campus better than before. And ofcourse, we can’t forget that 1,500-bed residencehall being built now on Livingston campus, setto open next fall. Finally, the University is notthe only place that’s growing. The sky-scrapingGateway Transit Center by downtown NewBrunswick’s train station looks to be on its wayto finishing, along with a brand new Barnes andNoble bookstore for the school.
But new buildings and roadways are not the onlyplaces where transition is occurring. For the firsttime in 10 years, the school is undergoing a year-long presidential search (for more detailed informa-tion, check presidentialsearch.rutgers.edu), in
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Sophomore Sheridan Taylor, left, delivered a kill in RU’s fourth set,which proved vital in a 3-1 over NJIT last night at home.
to bring the Highlanders withinthree.
Rutgers responded by extend-ing the lead to four on a kill byCurtis, but the Highlanders did notfalter with the match on the line.
Following a four-point run tostart the second set, the Knightsshowed a complete offense asJones and Bozzini delivered onconsecutive kills.
As the momentum shifted andNJIT tied the score at 15, theKnights remained strong, keep-ing pace with the NJIT push, andregained the lead before NJITknotted the set again at 24.
Jones recorded a kill for setpoint and freshman hitter SofiCucuz finished the set with a kill.
“It was instrumental to comeback and take control of thegame,” Werneke said. “We kind oflet them back in it, but we didn’tpanic. This team in the past wouldhave panicked and given up thatgame and been down, 2-0.”
With composure and thematch tied at one, the Knights ledearly and never looked back.
A balanced scoring attack byJones, Taylor and Bozzini gave theKnights the advantage and the winin the third.
Eight errors and a low hittingpercentage gave the Highlandersthe advantage in the first set.
“We were in Texas for sixdays and we didn’t get any prac-tice after our games,” Jones said.“It was a little struggle, but wedefinitely worked through it andfought the entire time.”
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Jones led the Knights withseven kills, landing seven of her 11attacks, while junior setterStephanie Zielinski added 10assists and five digs.
Starting in place of injuredsophomore outside hitter TiffanyRegmund, Taylor added two killsand two digs.
“Sheridan came to play,” saidhead coach CJ Werneke. “She’sgetting an opportunity to pro-duce and show us what she cando. We’re really excited for her.”
Evading the initial distractionsand damaging forces of HurricaneIrene, Rutgers headed west to theLone Star State for the SamHouston State Tournament inHuntsville, Texas.
A homecoming for seniordefensive specialist Kallie Penceand Regmund, the ScarletKnights dropped the seasonopener to Texas A&M CorpusChristi in three sets.
Regmund led the Knights witha career-high eight kills andseven digs.
In the second match of thenight, Regmund continued to leadthe Knights with 13 kills while jun-ior middle blocker Allie Jonesadded a match-high 15 kills.
Despite strong play at the netand a win in the third set, theKnights dropped the match andfell to 0-2.
As the Knights entered into thesecond day of the tournament, amatch against Louisiana Techproved to be a duel as the matchpushed five sets.
Dropping the fifth set, theKnights fell to 0-3 on the seasonand lost Regmund to injury.
Salvaging a trip west, theKnights blanked the Universityof Texas Pan-American, 3-0.
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talent on numerous occasionsto aid them in their attempt torespond to a disappointing 5-11-2 2009 campaign.
“We’re ver y pleased withmany of the newcomers,”Donigan said. “That obviouslyjust adds depth and makes us abetter team.”
But a pair of seniors combinedfor the winning goal, as SamArcher set up Ibrahim Kamarafor the decisive goal.
Kamara, who earned a placeon the Big East Weekly HonorRoll after tallying four shotsand a goal, also scored in hiscollegiate debut in 2008 as a freshman.
He led the team in scoringeach of the past two seasons,combining for nine goals, butstar ted this season on
the benchas Correas t a r t e d up top.
Despitenot beingable to putup goals inthe firsthalf, theo f f e n s es h o w e dpromise in
the period, outshooting La Salle,7-3. That aggressiveness carriedover into the second half, as theKnights again outshot theExplorers and eventually clawedtheir way to a lead.
“Obviously, our team isvery capable on the attackingside. We just have to do it on amore consistent basis, and wecertainly have to defend betterever y single play,” Donigansaid. “We honestly thought itwas just going to be a matter oftime before we broke loose,and that’s exactly what happened there in the second half.”
If the Knights are able tomaintain the persistence andpoise from their home openerthroughout the season,Donigan is confident thatRutgers will finally become theBig East contender theyalways strived to be.
But first they need to learnto maintain the fire theyshowed in the second halfwhile putting out the defensivewoes of the first.
“I’m disappointed we gaveup that goal, but at the sametime it’s still very early andthose things can happen,” hesaid. “We still have a lot towork on, and I truly believewe’re going to become a verygood team and a more compet-itive team.”
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J.P. CORREA
RUTGERS TEAMS OPEN FALL CAMPAIGNS IN COMING WEEKS
T he Rutgers men’s andwomen’s cross coun-tr y programs kick
their seasons of f September10 in the Bronx, when theScarlet Knights compete inthe Fordham Fiasco and Follies.
On the men’s side, seniorsKevin Cronin and Nick Miehelead the way for the youth-laden roster, while juniorKelly Flannigan and sopho-more Kelly Spitzer look toprovide stability for thewomen’s squad.
Both teams compete infour meets before the BigEast Championships on Oct.29 and NCAA Championshipson Nov. 21.
THE RUTGERS SWIMMINGand diving team gets back intothe water on October 7, whenthe Knights host their annualIntrasquad Meet at the RUAquatic Center.
Key seniors returning to thepool are Brianne Lindblad in thebackstroke and Jacqueline Ward inthe breaststroke, with both swim-
mers playing integral roles for theteam’s 200-meter medley relay.
Junior Katie Kearny serves
as the most experienced diverreturning to head coach PhilSpinello’s roster.
AFTER POSTING A 16-7record in the spring season, theRutgers tennis team is set tomake its fall debut at theRutgers Tennis Complex onSep. 15 against NJIT.
Head coach Ben Bucca’ssquad will play also compete inthree tournaments and oneaway match against Columbiaon Oct. 18, relying on seniorJennifer Holzberg to provide
leadership after the graduationof Amy Zhang.
A NEW SEASON LOOMSfor the Rutgers women’s row-ing team, as the squad pre-pares for its Oct. 8 opener atthe Philadelphia-hosted NavyDay Regatta. The event marksone of four meets for the teamthis season, which closes onNov. 19 in the Foot of Charlesin Boston. Head coach MaxBorghard reassumes thehelm of the squad for his 16thfall season.
JENNIFERHOLZBERG
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R utgers field hockeyhead coach Liz Tchouannounced yesterday
assistant coach Roland Peekelas the new addition to hercoaching staff.
Peekel began her coachingcareer in the United States in2009 with Total Dutch FieldHockey in Somerset, N.J. Hertasks with the team includedserving as the Club Manager,individual training sessions,formulating skills classes cur-riculums and managing theclub website.
Prior to arriving in the U.S.,Peekel spent two years withHockey club Vlissingen as thefield hockey coordinator.
In other field hockeynews, senior Kat Rodziewiczearned Big East WeeklyHonor Roll recognition.
Rodziewicz scored twogoals in the season openerFriday against James Madison.
RUTGERS MEN’S SOCCERsenior Ibrahim Kamaraearned Big East WeeklyHonor Roll recognition for hisefforts in the Scarlet Knights’season opener.
Kamara scored the game-winning goal in the Knights’come-from-behind victor yover La Salle Friday atYurcak Field.
The North Brunswick, N.J.,native gave the Knights thelead for good when he struck apass from senior forward SamArcher into the bottom left cor-ner of the net.
TEXAS A&Mannounced its plan yesterdayto leave the Big 12 Conferenceby July 2012 if theSoutheastern Conference oranother league accepts it.
The expected move may setoff another conference realign-ment in college sports.
The Aggies made it clear inthe past they want to join the12-member SEC, and the Big12 will try to find a replace-ment for Texas A&M as quick-ly as possible.
Texas A&M joined the Big12 in 1996 during its founding.
The Big 12 already losttwo teams in July whenNebraska and Coloradomoved to the Big Ten andPac-12, respectively.
NEGOTIATORS FOR NBAowners and players are back atthe bargaining table for justthe second time since theleague’s lockout began.
Commissioner David Stern,Deputy Commissioner AdamSilver and San Antonio ownerPeter Holt, head of the laborrelations committee, representthe owners.
They met with the playerrepresentatives yesterday at aManhattan hotel.
The player representativesinclude union executive direc-tor Billy Hunter, union presi-dent and Lakers point guardDerek Fisher and attorneyRon Klempner.
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the field.“Jonelle is class. She’s a world-
class soccer player with interna-tional experience,” Crooks said.“You can’t discount that kind ofexperience. She knows what todo in a big match, she knowswhat to do in different situationsand I think any time a player getsexperience at that level it takesthem to another level.”
Along with Inacio’s firstgoal, the performance of goal-keeper Emmy Simpkins alsowent largely unnoticed in thecontest. Despite allowing a
goal on a break-away early inthe second half,the junior madefour tough savesin the contestand a number ofkey plays when-ever the Ramsthreatened.
T h o u g hCrooks admittedthere were laps-es, both Simpkinsand Filigno didmore than
enough to seal a Knights win. But that lack of awareness
may not be so kind to the Knightsduring their trip west to faceLoyola Marymount and UCLAand could prove vital for Crooks’squad down the road.
“Honestly, if we kept the ballbetter I don’t know how manychances they would’ve had,”Crooks said. “I think all theirchances either came off of lack ofpressure, which is unacceptable,or turnovers that were unneces-sary. That’s where we’re going tokeep trying to improve.”
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and that’s my strength. That’swhat I did and I got three goals.”
Despite the four-goal, 18-shoteffort, head coach Glenn Crookswas not completely ecstatic abouthis team’s performance.
Countless times, Fordhamthreatened at a moment’snotice, and eventually got on theboard on a breakaway by MeganPoiesz at the 49:10mark. The goalmade it a 2-1 gameand opened thedoor for the Ramsto get back intothe contest.
Luckily forCrooks and Co.,Filigno halted anyof Fordham’smomentum.
“We just gaveup possessions inareas where wereally didn’t needto,” Crooks said. “They werereally unforced errors whichlead to their chances. But over-all, to put four on the board andto get Jonelle going … was real-ly important.”
With the showing, Filignonow has four goals to her name,tying her mark from the entiretyof last season, when she missedsix games playing with theCanadian National Team.
Crooks acknowledged therewill be many goals to come forFiligno this season, and alsounderstands the significanceof having a player like her on
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“[Jonelle Filigno]knows what
to do in a bigmatch, she knows
what to do in different situations.
GLENN CROOKSHead Coach
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Sophomore forward Jonelle Filigno tallied three goals in the Scarlet Knights’ 4-1 win on Mondayover visiting Fordham. Filigno now owns as many goals as she scored last season.
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Former Rutgers men’s basketball forward Jonathan Mitchell signed with Spanish club team CB Tarragona after he went undrafted in the 2011 NBA Draft. Theformer Florida transfer propelled the Knights to a dramatic upset of then-No. 9 Villanova and a victory in the first round of the Big East Tournament.
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BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
When Mike and TomMendiburu founded High PointSolutions in 1996, it started in a
downstairsbedr oom
of Mike and his wife Heather’shome in Sparta, N.J., without anyoutside financial backing.
The Rutgers football team com-pleted a 2-9 season that same year inits third season at the “New” RutgersStadium, where it languished amongthe worst Big East teams.
Fifteen years later, Rutgers andHigh Point Solutions reached a 10-year, $6.5 million agreement to callthe Scarlet Knights’ home HighPoint Solutions Stadium.
“The American dream really isalive in the United States, and specif-ically in New Jersey,” said MikeMendiburu, president of the infor-mation technology company.“When we started High Point, wereally had none of this in mind.”
Rutgers did not have this in mindat that time either, but after com-pleting a stadium expansion in 2009to bring the seating capacity to52,454, it became possible.
Rutgers partnered withBrooklyn Sports and Entertainment
and IMG College in June 2010 tosearch for a naming rights partner,and one year later reached a deal.
“Our football program has givenus the opportunity to do this,” saidAthletic Director Tim Pernetti.“[Head coach] Greg [Schiano] hasdone a great job in 10 years buildinga program that I think Tom andMike identified with what it standsfor, what it is and how good it is for
New Jersey.”It was important for Pernetti
from the outset that Rutgersreached an agreement with a NewJersey-based company.
“Admittedly to our own detri-ment, we were picky,” he said.
While finances from the deal willgo right back into the football pro-gram, there is potential for HighPoint to expand its business acrossthe Rutgers campus.
“We’re really looking forward tosupporting Rutgers both on the fieldand off the field,” Mike Mendiburusaid. “Aside from any financialinvestment we’ve made, we want totry and help the organization fromthe areas of entrepreneurship, busi-ness ethics and business leadershipto the student body.”
Pernetti intends to continuesearching for naming rights part-ners, namely with the Louis BrownAthletic Center.
Rutgers announced a deal withAudi though Nelligan SportsMarketing in October to rename itsclub level seating section the AudiRutgers Club.
But throughout the entireprocess, finding a company thatshares Rutgers values, and those ofSchiano’s program, was the top pri-ority.
“It’s great for both parties andwhen it boils down, it’s people thatmake the difference,” Schiano said.“It’s the people that we’ve done thedeal with, it’s the people that willplay and coach on that field and it’sthe people that will sit in the studentsection and all throughout the stadi-um that makes the Rutgers family.”
This story originally appearedonline on June 20.
TIM PERNETTI
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High Point Solutions Stadium opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. as Rutgers hosts North Carolina Central.Fireworks follow the season opener to commemorate the stadium’s new name.
RU sells naming rights to stadium
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THE DAILY TARGUM’S
Targum sports editor Steven Miller chats withCincinnati Red third baseman Todd Frazier
about off-campus housing, Fred Hill Sr.’s vocabulary, Syracuse basketball and
his losing record as a pitcher ...
Steven Miller: What do you remember most about yourtime at Rutgers?Todd Frazier: We had a blast — not one bad person onthe team, if you can believe that. We had a fun group,especially my junior year with a couple seniors. We wonthe Big East. They were just fun guys, and we had ablast. School-wise it was a little tough, but that’s Rutgers.Academically, they’re going to challenge you. But thenightlife was great there, too.
SM: What was your favorite place to eat?TF: I went to P.J.’s Grill a lot. You ask Tony Wargo, ateammate of mine, and he’d always say if there wereonly one place I could eat, it would be there becausetheir chicken parm sandwiches are unbelievable. PizzaCity — their pizza is great. Old Man Rafferty’s was agreat place, too. Me and my family used to go there allthe time. That was my spot.
SM: Where did you live?TF: I started out in Clothier dorm. The next year me anda few athletes stayed in the Birchwood Apartments, andthat was perfect. We had a house, but long story short,we didn’t have heat in the house when it was cold, so wehad to get out of there. We put oil in, and the fire mar-shal came and said, “This house is unlivable.” They hada place for us, so we stayed there the next coupleyears. It was perfect.
SM: Any good Fred Hill stories?TF: He’s just a funny guy. He has words that you neverunderstand. To this day, I’m still confused to what someof it meant. We’d just look at each other and start laugh-ing. But he had more energy than most of the guys onthe team. We swept a series against South Florida, andwe’re screaming, “Dance, Moose, dance!” and he start-ed dancing. He was just a great guy to be around. I stillcall him from time to time to check in on him.
SM: I know I’ve seen you come back for some basketballgames, too.TF: I always come to Syracuse games. I don’t know ifyou should say this, but they’re my favorite team. I’llroot for Rutgers during those games, but I’m a bigJimmy Boeheim fan. If Rutgers ever beats them, I’ll getreal excited.
SM: How do the Little League World Series, highschool state championships and Big East champi-onship compare?TF: It’s tough — people ask me that all the time. LittleLeague, when you’re young that’s what you dream of.That was awesome. You can’t really put into words whatthat meant, and then winning the high school statechampionship. When you’re in that time, you think it’sthe greatest thing. If I was to try to rank any of them, Iwouldn’t be able to because when you win anything, it’salways the best. Winning the Big East was fun becauseyou’re more grown up.
SM: You pitched in the World Series, but when did yougive that up?TF: I gave that up after high school. I could pitch, but nochance could I pitch at the college level. I had a goodarm, but I got lucky here and there. I had a losingrecord in high school, which I don’t like to talk about,but my high school coach brings it up all the time.
SM: Does your experience as shortstop help sinceyou’ve been bounced around professionally?TF: They always say shortstop is the best player com-ing up when you’re little, so I knew with my range andfootwork I could play all the different positions. Do Imiss shortstop? Yeah, of course I do. But at the sametime, if I had to go back there now, I know it wouldn’t beas easy.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. —Sitting in front of his locker in thevisitor’s clubhouse at Nationals
Park ine a r l y
August, Todd Frazier kept oneeye on the television, showing afirst round matchup of the LittleLeague World Series.
“This and March Madness I’dstill watch every day,” Frazier said.
Thirteen years removedfrom winning the Little LeagueWorld Series with Toms River,Frazier is in his first big leagueseason with the Cincinnati Reds,who drafted him 34th overall in2007 out of Rutgers.
The Point Pleasant, N.J.,native was the star of the TomsRiver team as a shortstop andpitcher. He led Toms River HighSchool South to a pair of statetitles at shortstop and won theBig East at the same position inhis junior season with Rutgers.
Now he is a third baseman,playing regularly in place of aninjured Scott Rolen.
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Former Scarlet Knight and current Cincinnati Red Todd Frazier received an extended stay in the majors after everyday third basemen Scott Rolen suffered aninjury. Frazier, who won a Little League World Series title with Toms River in 1998, started 20 games out of his 38 after being called up from Triple-A Louisville.
Former Knight gets first experience in big leagues“Working as a 6-year-old play-
ing baseball, then you’re playingand you’re 21, still doing goodthings and helping your teamwin titles — it’s just amazing,”Frazier said. “Then you get draft-ed and now I’m playing in myultimate dream, it’s a dreamcome true. You can’t put intowords the whole ride gettinghere. Thinking back on it, it’sbeen a great life.”
From the time Frazier’s LittleLeague career started, he was thestar of the team.
He picked up the win and went4-for-4 with a home run in the1998 championship game againstJapan. He was an All-Americanand won Big East Player of theYear his final year in Piscataway,where he is the all-time leader inhome runs with 42.
He worked his way throughthe Reds’ system, received thecall to join the team inPhiladelphia on May 23 andpinch-hit in his Major League debut.
Then his bat flew out of hishands and into the crowd, whereabout 60 family members and
friends sat at Citizens Bank Park,and he struck out on four pitches.
“It was something to forget alittle bit,” Frazier laughed, “Butat the same time, cool to get thecall and understand that you’re abig leaguer.”
Without a real need for theutility player on the roster,Frazier returned the next day toTriple-A Louisville. Then Rolenlanded on the disabled list with astrained left shoulder and Frazierreturned to get regular starts andat-bats at third base.
The 25-year-old got his first hitin his first game back July 22against Braves reliever ScottLinebrink and hit his first homerJuly 31 against Giants lefthanderBarry Zito.
“He has a lot of sock in hisbat,” said Reds manager DustyBaker. “Like most young play-ers, he has things he needs toimprove on, but he has power.When he meets it, there’s nodoubt about it. He just has tohave some more consistency in between.”
Thirty-eight games into hissecond big league stint, Frazier
started 20 games — 83 at thirdbase, one at first base and one inleft field.
He hit .228 (18-for-79) overthat time with five homers, fourdoubles and 12 RBI.
“Pitchers understand that Imight reach out for certain pitch-es, so there’s little mistakes youhave to hone that maybe you gotaway with in the past, but nowthey’ll exploit you,” Frazier said.“It’s been a learning experiencethis first month or two for sure.”
His parents flew to see somegames in Cincinnati, and he had acrowd at Nationals Park for theseries finale against Washington.
Frazier keeps in touch withhis former Rutgers teammatesand still considers collegeroommate Tom Edwards one ofhis best friends. He calls headcoach Fred Hill throughout theseason, and returns to campusto watch basketball games dur-ing the of fseason.
He can eat anything he wants inclubhouses throughout MajorLeague Baseball, but he can stillrecite the ingredients to his favoritefat sandwich — the Fat Beach.
“I could go for about two ofthose right now,” he laughed.
Frazier does not considerhimself much of an Internetperson, but as one of twoRutgers products in the MajorLeagues, he realizes he still hasa following at home.
And he still perks up when areporter more than 200 milesfrom home tells him he goes toRutgers, when he shares sto-ries about Hill and his Big Easttitle, about of f-campus hous-ing, New Brunswick food spotsand the nightlife — “that wasgreat there, too.”
“Rutgers is one of those col-leges and places — especiallyJersey — where people sticktogether,” Frazier said. “Youdon’t see that often at a lot ofdif ferent universities. It’s like atight-knit little family and theyroot for you in everything youdo. I do understand the follow-ing at Rutgers because it wasone of the greatest times I ever had.”
This story originally appearedAug. 19 on TargumSports Blog.
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Rutgers football seniorEric LeGrand did not shyaway from making known
h i s
intentions to regain mobil-ity and capture his dreamof being a broadcaster inhis time since injuring hisspinal cord last Octoberagainst Army.
And as LeGrandcontinues to makeprogress in hisrehabilitation, hisgoal of becoming ab r o a d c a s t e rarrives soonerthan expected.
The Avenel,N.J., native willjoin the RutgersFootball RadioNetwork as an analyst forthe 2011 season and makebroadcasts for pre-game,halftime and post-game segments.
“It’s pretty cool,” saidhead coach Greg Schiano,who joked he would takeaway LeGrand’s post-gamemeal if the former defen-sive tackle criticized hiscoach. “But like I told him,
this doesn’t get in the wayof all his work and all hisrehab. This is somethingon the side.”
LeGrand’s new gig willnot be his first time coveringthe Knights as a broadcaster.
LeGrand spent the thirdquarter of the Scarlet-Whitegame in the spring on the
call for RVision,the official broad-band network ofRutgers Athletics.
He also spent aday at ESPN’s stu-dios in Bristol,Conn., makingi n t e r v i e w appearances onSportsCenter andCollege FootballLive.
Surely those experi-ences will help LeGrand ashe settles into his first con-sistent analyst position, butdo not expect him to gohungry following his post-game broadcasts.
“I know not to ripthem,” LeGrand laughed.“Those are my guys.”
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BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
EWING, N.J. — Nearly 2,500athletes graced Lions’ Stadium atThe College of New Jersey on June
10 for theo p e n i n g
ceremony of the Special Olympicsin the Garden State, but one personhad the ability to silence them all.
Paralyzed Rutgers football play-er Eric LeGrand delivered a wel-come speech in one of his first pub-lic appearances, and finished with astanding ovation from both athletesand onlookers.
“It’s great,” said sophomorequarterback Chas Dodd, one of ahost of Scarlet Knights on hand atTCNJ. “The public knows who he isand it’s great for him to get out hereand speak and do the things thathe’s doing ... maybe give some otherpeople some hope with his situation.It’s just a great situation all around.”
Donning his No. 52 Rutgersjersey, LeGrand recounted hisperseverance after fracturing hisspinal cord at the C3-C4 level onan Oct. 16 tackle against Army.
“When I first got hurt, I had touse the same mental toughness infootball and shift it into rehab,”LeGrand said.
LeGrand’s speech kicked off theSpecial Olympics’ 2011 SummerGames, which lasted through theJune 11.
Several teammates made theshort trek south to support theAvenel, N.J., native and served ashonorable guests to each coun-ty’s contingency of athletes.
“I love coming to these kindsof events because you get to seefamiliar faces but new faces,”said junior wide receiverMohamed Sanu. “You just loveseeing the people and thesmiles on their faces. It bright-ens up their day and it bright-ens up mine.”
The sum of athletes’ cries ofexcitement fell to a hush after theevent’s host introduced LeGrand.
“It’s a true blessing from Godwhy I’m out here,” LeGrand said.“No matter what happens, you’rea godsend.”
Since serving as the keynotespeaker in Ewing, LeGrand said heis slowly making progress withmovement in his right arm and canstand up to 40 minutes with thehelp of a trainer.
LeGrand met U.S. Women’sNational Team star Alex Morgan ata Women’s Professional Soccergame at Yurcak Field and spokewith rapper Lil’ Wayne during hissummer concert tour.
He even visited the New YorkJets training camp in FlorhamPark, N.J., speaking with themedia and head coach Rex Ryan,among others.
LeGrand spent the day atESPN’s headquarters on Aug. 5 inBristol, Conn., where he served as aco-host of Outside The Lines andchatted with SportsCenter anchors.
LeGrand plans to be back atRutgers for the fall semester, wherehe will take classes toward gradua-tion and likely fill a support rolewith his teammates in Piscataway.
One Knight could not bemore excited.
“It’s very important,” Doddsaid. “He’s a great guy and he’sdone a lot of things for the team. Tohave him back in there where peo-ple get to talk to him and see him isa great thing, and it’s really goingto help us out.”
But beside returning toRutgers and reuniting with histeammates, LeGrand has biggeraspirations on the horizon.
“I beat all the odds except walk-ing,” he said. “I know that day willcome soon.”
This story originally appearedonline June 11.
LeGrand mixes rehabilitation with public appearances
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Rutgers football senior Eric LeGrand spent the summer rehabilitating the spinal cord injury hesuffered making a tackle Oct. 16, 2010 against Army and making public appearances locally.
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BY VINNIE MANCUSOSTAFF WRITER
The Rutgers men’s lacrosse teamfaced uncharted territory when vet-eran, nine-year head coach Jim
Stagnit taannounced
his resignation in June after a disap-pointing 6-8 season.
Enter new head coach BrianBrecht, who after served as assistantcoach at Rutgers during the 2001season, returns to the Banks 10years later with the pedigree anddedication the Scarlet Knights need.
“I’m excited to be taking over thehead coach responsibilities,” Brechtsaid. “I think that academically,Rutgers offers these young athletesa great opportunity in the classroom.Athletically I think Rutgers is great.It offers them opportunities on thefield to challenge themselves and to
compete at the highest level. Thiscertainly is a great place academical-ly and athletically for true student-athletes to compete at the highestlevel on the lacrosse field.”
Brecht brings with him impres-sive credentials, as he amassed 57victories over the past five seasonsas head coach at Siena, three MAACCoach of the Year Awards, a 2010conference championship and theSaints’ first ever national ranking.
The Long Island, N.Y., native hassimilar lofty goals in mind for theKnights.
“What we want to bring is focuson and off the field. We’re going tobe competing for a Big East champi-onship, and that’s something we aregoing to strive for from Day 1,” hesaid. “I know that’s easier said thandone, but after meeting some of theplayers I know they’re excited to getto work on the field and become the
best we can be.”While Brecht is the new general
on the Banks, he arrives with histeam already stocked with someimpressive weapons. ScottKlimchak, whose 27 goals in his red-shirt freshman season placed himfirst on the team, returns along withthe Knights’ assist leader in juniorDuncan Clancy and also Scott’s twinbrother, Matt.
“That is something that is veryappealing,” Brecht said on his expe-rienced offense. “We’re returning alot of our weapons on the offensiveend, attack and midfield. So havingthe leading goal scorer and leadingassist man and all those guys com-ing back with that experience ofplaying in the Big-East under theirbelt, I think that’s certainly going tohelp us when we have the ball.”
The graduation of defensemanBrian Shemesh and faceoff specialist
Chris Mattes, who led the nation infaceoff win percentage last season,leaves large shoes for Brecht to fill.
“With the seniors that graduated,I know we’ll have to fill some of thoseholes defensively,” Brecht said. “Atthe faceoff position we graduated anAll-American, so that’s definitelygoing to be a big part of the gamebecause that’s how we get theoffense the ball.”
For now, Brecht is focused juston getting used to his new sur-roundings, while at the same timegetting acquainted with the playerswho will soon look to him as theirnew leader.
“I haven’t had the chance to meetthem all yet,” he said this summer.“But that’s what I’m looking forwardto, having them all back on campus.”
This story originally appearedonline in July.
Stagnittaresigns ashead coach
BY VINNIE MANCUSOCORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head men’s lacrossecoach Jim Stagnitta resigned on
May 16after 10
years with the program.Athletic Director Tim Pernetti
announced the news, and whileStagnitta was reluctant to state thedeciding factor behind the deci-sion, he did express his feelingsfor the squad he led this season.
“I think it’s a pretty talentedgroup of young kids here.Certainly they have a brightfuture,” he said. “I’ve been herefor a while and it was just time togo in a different direction. You’llhave to talk to some other peopleabout where it was.”
Stagnitta’s final season on theBanks resulted in a disappointingrecord (6-8, 1-5), which placedthe Scarlet Knights second to lastin the Big East. They ended theseason with eight consecutivelosses — a streak no team in pro-gram history ever reached.
Despite the obvious strug-gles, Stagnitta knows his teamwas young and knows they willcontinue to improve. Despite itall, he feels proud.
“It’s certainly has been a chal-lenge here,” Stagnitta said. “Ithink we’ve done the best we canconsidering all the circum-stances. I’ve been very luckybecause I’ve had terrific kids.”
Stagnitta’s 58-82 record aside,the 10-year head coach will misswhat he values most: the relation-ships he built with his playersover his career.
“You know, there are things I’llmiss and that’s the opportunity tobe with these guys everyday,”Stagnitta said. “I always lookedforward to coming into work andgetting ready for the next day, thenext game, the next challenge.”
Back-to-back NCAATournament appearances in 2003and 2004 highlighted Stagnitta’scareer, as he led Rutgers to itsfirst tourney berth since 1991.
“We were fortunate at thattime. We had a couple classesin a row that were pretty talent-ed,” Stagnitta said. “Things justcame together from a resourcestandpoint. We had a greatgroup of seniors through thosetwo years, some big classeswith a lot of leadership and alot of experience.”
And while this year’s squadended the season with a recordbelow .500, Stagnitta saw signs ofa return to past success for theKnights. With leading scorerScott Klimchak and junior ChrisMattes, who led the entire nationin faceoff win percentage,Stagnitta paved the way for newcoach Brian Brecht.
Among the contingent ofreturning players, Stagnitta seessuccess in the Knights’ future,with or without his leadership.
“I think it is pretty close rightnow. I think the future is bright,”Stagnitta said. “There are threeclasses of quality scholarshipplayers right now and they willgain experience. I felt like it wasgetting closer for the first time tolooking like it did when I first gothere, from top to bottom.”
This story originally appearedonline May 16.
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Scott Klimchak, who scored 27 goals last season as a redshirt freshman for the Scarlet Knights, provides head coach Brian Brechtwith a dynamic offensive weapon after leaving Siena, where he led the Saints to a 2010 MAAC championship.
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BY JOSH BAKANSTAFF WRITER
The Rutgers field hockeyteam’s first game was no dif fer-ent than most college sports
o p e n -ers. Itwas am a t c hagainsta n
opponent of a lower caliber toget the Scarlet Knights’ feet wetfor the upcoming season.
But after a 5-1 victor yagainst James Madison onFriday, the level of competitioninstantly increased againstDelaware on Monday, whenthe Knights dropped their sec-ond game of the season, 4-2, at the Bauer Track and Field Complex.
Despite thesetback, headcoach Liz Tchousees the 4-2 lossas a learningexperience.
“I think thatwas a hugelearning experi-ence for us,”Tchou said.“Once we didn’tfinish, we got alittle frustrated,and we started tohave technicalbreakdowns in the middle ofthe field where we were justkind of swinging at the ball.You can’t do that against ateam like this because they’revery physical, and they like todraw corners.”
When Rutgers fell behind, 4-1, in the second half, Delawarecertainly took advantage ofthose opportunities.
The Knights did not allow aHens goal in the final 30 min-utes of play and even shrunkthe deficit with a goal in the61st minute from junior for-ward Chelsea Rota.
“I thought in the last min-utes we were playing more ofour style, which is just puttingmore pressure on them,”Tchou said. “We just weren’table to score.”
But Tchou was unsatisfiedwith her team’s level of playbefore she called a timeout with24 minutes remaining.
Delaware scored four goalsin 12 minutes through the 41st minute.
“I think we may have hadsome better attacking patterns,”said Delaware head coach Rolfvan de Kerkhof. “Our movementhad to be very well-executed, andI think our forwards were movingoff the ball and that allowed us togenerate the attacks that set upall the goals from the corners.”
Coming out of a Rutgers time-out in the 46th minute, theKnights maintained a six-minutepossession, which was reminis-cent of some of their lengthy posi-tions in the first half beforeDelaware’s scoring run.
But that possession was simi-lar to the early minutes in anoth-er way: The Knights could not putthe ball in the back of the net.
Although maintaining posses-sion is a key to winning, theKnights plan to work on utilizingthose possessions for points.
“I think we’rereally going toencourage ourplayers to be hard-er on themselvesin practice inorder to scorebecause it’s obvi-ously a directreflection on howwe’re practicing,”Tchou said. “Attimes we had 4-versus-2 opportu-nities, we had oneor two break-
aways, and they only turned intolong-hit situations, which youeither have to get a corner or youhave to put a ball in the net.”
No matter the outcome, theKnights are only two games intothe season, and in both their winagainst James Madison and theirloss to Delaware, the Knightstook lessons for the long seasonahead of them.
“[Both games were] a total100 percent learning experiencebecause coming off a gameagainst JMU and being able to dowhat we wanted to do in regardsto just scoring and have opportu-nities,” Tchou said. “We had thesame type of opportunities[against Delaware], but weweren’t able to finish.”
Rutgers plays two moregames at home to begin the sea-son — against William andMary tomorrow and Miami(Ohio) on Sunday.
And whether they win or loseeither game, the matches alsoserve as learning experiences forthe long haul.
Knights fail to convertoffensive possessions
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JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Sophomore forward Gia Nappi, above, scored in each of the Scarlet Knights’ first two games,while senior forward Nicole Gentile tallied a goal in Rutgers’ 5-1 win against James Madison.
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“We’re really goingto encourage our
players to be harderon themselves
in practice in order to score.”
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Rutgers head football coachGreg Schiano was conscious ofit after the Scarlet Knights
failed toreach a
bowl game last season for thefirst time in five years.
Junior Scott Vallone saw itduring the dog days of trainingcamp, even from his defensivetackle position.
“I can tell when a guy fliesby me and makes a hit,”Vallone said. “I think that’s def-initely an improvement.”
Schiano spent the entire off-season tinkering with thedefensive side of the ball,which allowed 144 points in theKnights’ final three games anddeduced the unit needed anextra burst of speed.
In effect, several returnersmoved down a layer of defenseduring spring practice, and thenmore did the same during train-ing camp, highlighted by then-safety Khaseem Greene’s transi-tion to linebacker and formerstrongside linebacker MannyAbreu’s move to defensive end.
So far, Greene likes what he seesout of the offseason maneuvering.
“I can’t describe it,” Greenesaid of the defense’s motor. “I
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Junior defensive tackle Scott Vallone is the only returning starter along the defensive line for the Scarlet Knights, although teammateJustin Francis owns more games played overall. The tackles’ experience is crucial with former linebackers starting on the d-line.
Schiano revamps defense with speed
BIG EASTANNOUNCESSCHEDULES
The Big East announcedits conference schedules yes-terday for the 2011-12 men’s
b a s -k e t -
ball season, and Rutgersplays host to defending BigEast Tournament championConnecticut on Jan. 7, whenUConn head coach JimCalhoun returns from athree-game suspension.
The NCAA slapped theconference ban on Calhounafter recruiting violationsstemming from the recruit-ment of Nate Miles, a formerHusky target.
The Scarlet Knights thentravel to Pittsburgh on Jan. 11to take on the Panthers, whowon the Big East regular sea-son title last season underhead coach Jamie Dixon.
Knights head coach MikeR i c es e r v e das anassistantc o a c hu n d e rD i x o n ,a n dassociateh e a dc o a c hD a v i d
Cox was Dixon’s Director ofBasketball Operations in2006-07.
Rutgers plays host tointrastate rival Seton Hall onFeb. 8 at the Louis BrownAthletic Center and travels toNewark for the series finaleFeb. 25 against the Pirates.
The Knights defeatedSHU twice in three meetingslast season, including a 76-70overtime decision in the BigEast Tournament, Rutgers’first win in the tournamentsince 2006.
In the nonconferenceslate, Rutgers welcomes for-mer Knight Mike Rosario onDec. 29 to the RAC, wherethe St. Anthony product andFlorida finish the Knights’nonconference schedule.
Rosario, the highest-ranked recruit in school his-tory and its only McDonald’sAll-American commit, trans-ferred to Gainesville, Fla.,after the 2009-10 season,when former head coachFred Hill, Jr. resigned.
Rutgers also takes part inits first tournament outside ofthe U.S. since summer 2009when it matches up withIllinois State on Nov. 22 as apart of the Triple CrownCancun Challenge in Mexico.
Depending on a win orloss against Illinois State, theKnights will take on Illinoisor Richmond on Nov. 28 inthe tournament’s finale.
Rutgers also pays a visit toMiami to take on theHurricanes on Nov. 15 andhosts Louisiana State on Dec.3, potentially giving the pro-gram four games againstteams from power confer-ences in its nonconferenceschedule.
The Knights playedthree teams from Big Sixconferences last season inMiami (Fla.), Auburn andNorth Carolina.
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know that when we make mis-takes, because of our speed,we’re able to react. Our speedmakes up for it. It’s never goodto make mistakes, but it’s goodto be able to recover from yourmistakes pretty quick.”
Schiano’s multiple changes,which included former corner-back David Rowe’s transition tosafety and two more lineback-ers moving to the d-line, likelytook root after last season’s dis-appointing 4-8 ef fort.
But the long-term causes forthe changes along the frontseven stem back even farther.
The spread offense attacksof both West Virginia andCincinnati, recent Big East jug-gernauts, left gaping holes overthe past two seasons in theKnights’ base 4-3 defense.
The Bearcats, who bearclaim to the league’s onlyreturning 1,000-yard rusher inIsaiah Pead, racked up 69points last season in Cincinnatibehind dual-threat quarterbackZach Collaros.
Future pros Tony Pike andMardy Gilyard thoroughly disman-tled the Knights, 47-15, in theteam’s season opener in 2009, whenCincy represented the Big East inthe Sugar Bowl against Florida.
But West Virginia is a com-pletely dif ferent evil.
The Knights ride an 18-gamelosing streak against theMountaineers into this season’sshowdown on Oct. 29 at HighPoint Solutions Stadium, whereGeno Smith, West Virginia’s lat-est dual-threat signal caller, willmake his first career appearance.
Despite the unit’s recentstruggles, it is now gearedtoward the 2011 campaign, onewhich features a conver tedwide receiver, Jamal Merrell,at strongside linebacker, pri-marily in order to stymie pass-catching tight ends.
“Honestly, last year is lastyear,” Greene said. “It’s donealready, so I kind of don’t thinkabout it. I focus on this yearand what I can control now —getting ready for the firstgame, things like that. Somethings happened last year, butif we live in the past, then we’lllet what’s in the future slipaway from us.”
Indeed, there is more speedand burst along the defensivefront after training camp con-cluded and as the Knights prepare for tonight’s seasonopener against Nor th Carolina Central.
Despite being the first line ofdefense, Vallone, a two-year starter,even recognizes the defense’srevamped look — and attitude.
“Just looking at the film, youcan tell — guys flying around,”Vallone said. “The one part of itis speed, but if you’re not will-ing to hit anybody, it doesn’tmean much. We have guys thatare willing to run in and puttheir face on things, and I real-ly think that’s going to be anexciting thing.”
The defensive line featuresas many new faces as any layerof Schiano’s defense. Valloneand senior Justin Francisreturn at tackle, but a host ofplayers, including three formerlinebackers, could vie for play-ing time at end.
“We’ll see. I like the guys wehave,” said Schiano, whose ear-lier defenses were predicatedmore on speed and less on size.“We have more depth thanwe’ve had. Now ... only a few ofthem have played, but I likethem. You just have to play.They just have to get experi-ence. How do you get experi-ence? You play.”
Only time will tell whetherthe speed Schiano meticulouslyincorporated on defense resultsin a bounce-back season, butfor now it is at least visible.
And that is more than whatcan be said for last season’sanomaly, and the 11th-year coachwill take it — for now.
But the Scarlet Knights showedan unprecedented fire and connect-ed on three unanswered goals in afive-minute span to start off theirseason with a 3-1 win.
“Obviously, if you had achoice you want to get that resultat the end of the day. Getting awin is great,” said head coachDan Donigan. “At the same time,the way we went about it wasgood, being down a goal. Itshowed a little bit about whatthis team is capable of, just
showing some resilience, show-ing some fight.”
Two of the goals that made upthe Knights’ (1-0) eventual hattrick came courtesy of two of theteam’s fastest rising freshmen,as midfielder Nathan Bruccoleriand for ward JP Correa notched the first goals of theircollegiate careers.
To add to the theme of newcom-er involvement, Bruccoleri’s goaloccurred courtesy of sophomoretransfer Kene Eze’s foot.
“Nathan, he didn’t get a lot ofminutes, but he made them qual-ity minutes. That’s only going tobode well for his playing timedown the road,” Donigan said.“JP’s just a special player. Hemade a lot of things happen. He’sa very elusive player. I think he’sgoing to do some very, very goodthings here at Rutgers.”
As the season progresses, theKnights will look to their new
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Senior forward Ibrahim Kamara notched a goal in the Scarlet Knights’ 3-1 season-opening victory on Friday against La Salle at Yurcak Field.The North Brunswick, N.J., native now owns 11 goals in a Rutgers uniform after last season’s two-goal effort.
Pair of freshmen spur second half attackBY VINNIE MANCUSO
STAFF WRITER
In its season opener last Fridayagainst La Salle, the Rutgersmen’s soccer team exited the
l o c k e rr o o mafter half-time in asituationall too
similar to last season — down byone with no goals scored.
Filigno’shat tricklifts RU
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Rutgers women’s soccer for-ward Stefanie Scholz found fel-low freshman Cassie Inacio on a
boomingcross al i t t l em o r ethan sixm i n u t e s
into the Scarlet Knights’ matchversus Fordham on Monday, giv-ing them an early lead andInacio the first goal of her colle-giate career.
But little did Inacio or the 215fans in attendance at Yurcak Fieldknow that another Knights playerwould steal the show, and in his-toric fashion.
“Amazing, as always,” Inaciosaid of sophomore forward JonelleFiligno’s hat trick performance inthe Knights’ (2-1-0) 4-1 victory.“She’s so good, anything she getsshe finishes, so it was good for herand it was a good day.”
The hat trick was the first fora Rutgers player since 2001,when Keri Lages notched threegoals to lift the Knights overanother Atlantic-10 Conferenceteam in La Salle.
But what is more impressive isthat Filigno did all her damage inthe second half, with two of thescores coming unassisted.
A more aggressive attitude onthe pitch fueled the ef for t,according to the Mississauga,Canada native.
“Just being able to have thementality to just go at players,”Filigno said. “In the past twogames I haven’t had that mentali-ty, and I remember just talking to[associate head coach] Mike[O’Neil] before the game and hetold me I need to just go at players,
Knights stave off rally totake match from NJIT
BY PATRICK LANNI STAFF WRITER
Once Hurricane Irene passedthrough the Northeast, the Knightsreturned to the Banks for their
r esched -uled homeo p e n e ragainst in-state foeNJIT lastnight at
the College Avenue Gym. As NJIT put the pressure back
on the Knights in the fourth set,head coach C.J.Werneke took atimeout to talk things over. NJITcontinued the attack, bringing thescore within one, but followinganother Rutgers timeout, seniorHannah Curtis recorded a kill toforce match point.
“He just told us to keep workinghard, take care of our side, pick it up,
be scrappy and finish the game,” saidsenior Alex Jones.
An NJIT error gave Rutgers thematch in four sets.
The victory was the second in arow for the Knights, who improvedtheir record to 2-3 on the season.
Jones recorded a career-high 20kills and at times looked dominantfor the Knights.
“It felt really good,” Jones said.“[My performance] will allow us tokeep improving.”
With a 2-1 advantage, the Knightsremained in control early in the fourth.
Sophomore hitter BrittanyBozzini and Jones controlled the netas the Knights led by as many as fourbefore NJIT rallied to tie the set at 16.
Sophomore Sheridan Taylorrecorded a kill to put the Knightsback on top, and the Knights contin-ued to rally to put a four-point lead onthe Highlanders.
ALEKSI TZATZEV
Junior setter Stephanie Zielinski recorded 10 assists and five digs in Rutgers’ home-opening victorylast night at the College Avenue Gym against in-state foe NJIT.
