sons on behalf of the city and for the city to cover the cost of Deloatch’s Saturday funeral. “I have no problem sending a letter of condolence,” said Robert Racine, city coun- cil president. Although he could not promise that the city could pay for the funeral, he said he would call Mayor Jim Cahill today to ask him if this is something the city could do. “What they need is support in dollars. I’ve spoken with the Deloatch family every day, I am in the fight, and I am in the strug- gle,” council member Jimmie Cook Jr. said. Cook said the protestors brought back memories of his time protesting in New Brunswick over issues of police brutality years ago. “If you think I’m sitting on the side of this table and not feeling for the family, then you’re wrong,” he said. “This is not a New Brunswick problem but an epidemic across the country.” Hudson said the protest was moved to the city council meeting because it gives community members an opportunity to see what their elected officials do for them. “We need to see about our elected offi- cials’ incompetence in destroying the safe- ty and welfare of the city,” he said. “We need to pack the meetings each and every time so people can [remind officials] they work for them, not the other way around.” Salaam Ismmail, a civil rights activist who worked in New Brunswick for 20 years, asked the council to arrange a public forum on police misconduct so cit- izens’ voices could be heard. “It makes you hear the problem and see some long-term actions,” Ismmail said. “Get rid of some of the racist cops that continue to walk the borders of New Brunswick.” THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 143, Number 25 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 IT'S GAME TIME Today: Sunny High: 68 • Low: 40 THURSDAY OCTOBER 6, 2011 Feeling nostalgic for joysticks and Nintendo 64’s? Inside Beat revisits the childhood video games we miss the most. INDEX ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 English singer Dana Gillespie is bringing the love to the Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The CTIA is filing a lawsuit against San Francisco’s new cellphone radiation laws. OPINIONS SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY ....... 3 OPINIONS ........ 8 METRO .......... 5 PENDULUM ....... 7 With support from protestors, civil rights activist Walter Hudson pushes the New Brunswick City Council last night at City Hall to meet ralliers’ demands regarding the shooting of 46-year-old Barry Deloatch. JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY Protestors storm council meeting BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR They came for justice and will not be silenced until it is served. “We’re fired up, and we’re not going to take it no more,” said Walter Hudson, a civil rights activist and friend of the Deloatch family, which two weeks ago lost a brother and a father in a shooting involving two officers from the New Brunswick Police Department. Community members, who protested nearly ever y day since the police shooting of 46-year-old Barry Deloatch, flooded City Hall last night during its bi-weekly city council meeting and asked council members to meet their demands. Hudson wrote a letter and distributed a copy to the council members, asking them to send a letter of condolence to Deloatch’s Council talks city’s rezoning effects, concerns ESPN Director Kory Kozak and School of Arts and Sciences senior Eric LeGrand join Project Civility last night to present a video of progress over the past year. NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Eric LeGrand shares hope at Project Civility BY ALEKSI TZATZEV CORRESPONDENT What is civility? A student not cut- ting class short by packing up his things early, bridging the political gap between Jewish and Muslim students on campus or a community rallying around an injured athlete. Project Civility presented its progress over the past year with the help of Kory Kozak and Eric LeGrand last night in an event on Busch campus titled, “Civility Abilities I: We Believe in Eric LeGrand.” “We couldn’t think of anybody who represented transcending a challenge in our community better than Eric LeGrand,” said Senior Dean of Students Mark Schuster as he opened the event, inviting Kozak and LeGrand. Kozak, an ESPN director and University alumnus, presented his fea- ture video of LeGrand, his mother and sister, telling LeGrand’s story from the game against Army a year ago, to his current recovery. “Seeing how the community ral- lied around Eric made me come here to do this,” he said. “Eric is a great guy, and I wanted to make sure it came off that way, his strength would come out.” In a familiar air of optimism, LeGrand shared his own stor y of taking classes at the University and his plans for the future. “I think of the future and all the people I have impacted. It is my responsibility to get better after all these people supported me,” he said. “If it was up to me, I’d up by now, but I have to be patient.” He said he felt the support of every- one around him, and it gave him strength to continue, believing one day he will walk again. LeGrand described his typical day to the audience — therapy, eating, class, TV, relaxing, doing his routine at home, bike and friends. BY ANASTASIA MILLICKER ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR As protestors and news crews crowded the stairs of the third floor of City Hall, their efforts did not inter- rupt the original meeting planned by the New Brunswick City Council. With a majority of votes, the council passed an ordi- nance that permits a greater density of people to live in one unit of property, with one nay from council Vice President Rebecca Escobar. The amendment addresses the rezoning proposal, essentially allowing a landowner with limited land to build tall skyscrapers. The rezoning would allow city business owners to arrange property into larger lots by allowing taller buildings to be built, said Glenn Patterson, director of the Department of Planning, Community and Economic Development. “Five thousand square feet is the minimum [prop- erty size for a residential area] for New Brunswick, except in for certain zones on the other side of town [opposite of the hospital], “ he said. With taller buildings, more people could live on one piece of property, specifically allowing 50 people per 100 square feet, Patterson said. “It’s not going to change some of the existing prop- erties but some may be affected,” he said. Norma Hoffman, a homeowner on Hardenberg Street, said grants were given to the community to beautify the neighborhood, but this rezone would impede the efforts. “They want to make our quiet, somewhat tree-lined neighborhood into a giant wall, and they want to start by buying a big parking deck on the first floor,” Hoffman said. “Our days of two- to three-story houses are giving way to 25-story apartments.” Hoffman said the neighborhood was once considered peaceful but is no longer because of the construction. “In terms of one giant building budding another 20-story building, where is the parking?” said Jadwiga Karanieviac, a homeowner on Condict Street. SEE PROTESTORS ON PAGE 4 SEE COUNCIL ON PAGE 4 SEE HOPE ON PAGE 4
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sons on behalf of the city and for the city tocover the cost of Deloatch’s Saturday funeral.
“I have no problem sending a letter ofcondolence,” said Robert Racine, city coun-cil president. Although he could not promisethat the city could pay for the funeral, he saidhe would call Mayor Jim Cahill today to askhim if this is something the city could do.
“What they need is support in dollars.I’ve spoken with the Deloatch family everyday, I am in the fight, and I am in the strug-gle,” council member Jimmie Cook Jr. said.
Cook said the protestors broughtback memories of his time protesting inNew Brunswick over issues of policebrutality years ago.
“If you think I’m sitting on the side ofthis table and not feeling for the family,then you’re wrong,” he said. “This is not aNew Brunswick problem but an epidemicacross the country.”
Hudson said the protest was moved tothe city council meeting because it givescommunity members an opportunity to seewhat their elected officials do for them.
“We need to see about our elected offi-cials’ incompetence in destroying the safe-ty and welfare of the city,” he said. “Weneed to pack the meetings each and everytime so people can [remind officials] theywork for them, not the other way around.”
Salaam Ismmail, a civil rights activistwho worked in New Brunswick for 20years, asked the council to arrange apublic forum on police misconduct so cit-izens’ voices could be heard.
“It makes you hear the problem and seesome long-term actions,” Ismmail said. “Getrid of some of the racist cops that continueto walk the borders of New Brunswick.”
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English singer Dana Gillespie is bringing the love to the Nicholas Music Centeron Douglass campus.
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With support from protestors, civil rights activist Walter Hudson pushes the New Brunswick City Council last night at City Hallto meet ralliers’ demands regarding the shooting of 46-year-old Barry Deloatch.
JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHY
Protestors storm council meetingBY AMY ROWE
ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
They came for justice and will not besilenced until it is served.
“We’re fired up, and we’re not going totake it no more,” said Walter Hudson, acivil rights activist and friend of theDeloatch family, which two weeks agolost a brother and a father in a shootinginvolving two officers from the NewBrunswick Police Department.
Community members, who protestednearly every day since the police shootingof 46-year-old Barry Deloatch, floodedCity Hall last night during its bi-weeklycity council meeting and asked councilmembers to meet their demands.
Hudson wrote a letter and distributed acopy to the council members, asking them tosend a letter of condolence to Deloatch’s
Council talkscity’s rezoningeffects, concerns
ESPN Director Kory Kozak and School of Arts and Sciences senior Eric LeGrandjoin Project Civility last night to present a video of progress over the past year.
NELSON MORALES / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Eric LeGrand shareshope at Project Civility
BY ALEKSI TZATZEVCORRESPONDENT
What is civility? A student not cut-ting class short by packing up histhings early, bridging the political gapbetween Jewish and Muslim studentson campus or a community rallyingaround an injured athlete.
Project Civility presented its progressover the past year with the help of KoryKozak and Eric LeGrand last night in anevent on Busch campus titled, “CivilityAbilities I: We Believe in Eric LeGrand.”
“We couldn’t think of anybody whorepresented transcending a challengein our community better than EricLeGrand,” said Senior Dean of StudentsMark Schuster as he opened the event,inviting Kozak and LeGrand.
Kozak, an ESPN director andUniversity alumnus, presented his fea-ture video of LeGrand, his mother andsister, telling LeGrand’s story from thegame against Army a year ago, to hiscurrent recovery.
“Seeing how the community ral-lied around Eric made me come hereto do this,” he said. “Eric is a greatguy, and I wanted to make sure itcame off that way, his strength wouldcome out.”
In a familiar air of optimism,LeGrand shared his own story of takingclasses at the University and his plansfor the future.
“I think of the future and all thepeople I have impacted. It is myresponsibility to get better after allthese people supported me,” he said.“If it was up to me, I’d up by now, but Ihave to be patient.”
He said he felt the support of every-one around him, and it gave himstrength to continue, believing one dayhe will walk again.
LeGrand described his typical day tothe audience — therapy, eating, class,TV, relaxing, doing his routine at home,bike and friends.
BY ANASTASIA MILLICKERASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
As protestors and news crews crowded the stairs ofthe third floor of City Hall, their efforts did not inter-rupt the original meeting planned by the NewBrunswick City Council.
With a majority of votes, the council passed an ordi-nance that permits a greater density of people to live inone unit of property, with one nay from council VicePresident Rebecca Escobar.
The amendment addresses the rezoning proposal,essentially allowing a landowner with limited land tobuild tall skyscrapers.
The rezoning would allow city business owners toarrange property into larger lots by allowing tallerbuildings to be built, said Glenn Patterson, director ofthe Department of Planning, Community andEconomic Development.
“Five thousand square feet is the minimum [prop-erty size for a residential area] for New Brunswick,except in for certain zones on the other side of town[opposite of the hospital], “ he said.
With taller buildings, more people could live on onepiece of property, specifically allowing 50 people per100 square feet, Patterson said.
“It’s not going to change some of the existing prop-erties but some may be affected,” he said.
Norma Hoffman, a homeowner on HardenbergStreet, said grants were given to the community tobeautify the neighborhood, but this rezone wouldimpede the efforts.
“They want to make our quiet, somewhat tree-linedneighborhood into a giant wall, and they want to startby buying a big parking deck on the first floor,”Hoffman said. “Our days of two- to three-story housesare giving way to 25-story apartments.”
Hoffman said the neighborhood was once consideredpeaceful but is no longer because of the construction.
“In terms of one giant building budding another20-story building, where is the parking?” said JadwigaKaranieviac, a homeowner on Condict Street.
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Dana Gillespie, an Englishsinger with more than 60 albumsrecorded under her name, will bespreading the love on campusOct. 9 at her concert in theNicholas Music Center onCook/Douglass campus.
The “Love the Love” concertis a tribute to Sathya Sai Baba, aspiritual leader in India whosefollowers included Gillespie. SaiBaba passed away six monthsago on April 24, said SunilLekhi, one of the organizers forthe concert.
“The intent [of the concert] isto spread love. Love is the begin-ning, the crux and the end of it,”he said.
Gillespie is still unsure ofwhat she is going to singbecause it will depend on howshe feels during the perform-ance and on what the audiencewants, Lekhi said.
“She’s letting the spirit moveher,” he said.
Dr. Samuel Sandweiss, SaiBaba’s psychiatrist, said Gillespieperformed an extraordinary con-cert at the University ofCalifornia, Irvine.
“[Gillespie] sang with 17world-class musicians, andeveryone just had rhythm anddrive that you couldn’t imagine,”said Sandweiss, a producer andorganizer of the concert inCalifornia. “The sounds [were]just phenomenal.”
Gillespie sings a combinationof Eastern, Western and New Agemusic, with sounds from EastIndia and Asia, Sandweiss said.
He calls Gillespie’s musicand style of singing especiallyinspirational because hebelieves it speaks to peopleacross the globe.
“It’s something you reallywant to hear — it’s full of a lot oflife and brilliance,” Sandweisssaid. “Because it’s an amalgam,people will feel comfortable withthe live rhythm. It really bringspeople from all walks of lifetogether because music speaks toeveryone universally.”
Lekhi describes Gillespie’smusic as sincere and would notbe considered mainstream, but unique.
“The main thing is that youfeel something in your heart,” hesaid. “While doing that, you’reactually being who you are. It’snatural and relaxing, and [it]brings yourself closer to yourtrue self.”
The concert is in large partan ef fort of the Sathya Sai BabaSociety, an organization of thespiritual guru’s students, Lekhi said.
The purpose of the organiza-tion is just to promote values, saidLekhi, who is also a student of SaiBaba’s teachings. Truth, right-eousness, peace, love and non-violence are the basis for individ-ual and world peace.
“We just tr y to carr y SaiBaba’s message by spreadinglove. The inspiration is there,and we try to carry it out withour lives,” said Robert Bozzani,a member of the Sathya SaiBaba Society.
Bozzani said a key aspect ofthe spiritual leader’s message isto stress less and live in harmony.
“As we begin to love, every-thing gets better,” he said. “Ifyou want the world to change,change yourself.”
As an expression of his spiritu-al teachings, Sai Baba has takenon several public projects, includ-ing the creation of a free educa-tion system, free medical careand a program that brings cleandrinking water to people in needdaily, Lekhi said.
Sai Baba’s school, which runsfrom kindergarten to the Ph.Dlevel, is based on character devel-opment and leadership and is oneof the top colleges in India, hesaid. Meanwhile, his hospitalsprovide complicated heart andkidney surgeries for free.
“If you look at the definition oflove, it is really to give withoutexpectation. Giving uncondition-ally — that’s the kind of love weall have in our hearts. The ques-tion is, how do we express andexpand that love and share it withothers?” Lekhi said.
For some, the answer is music.
“Music has a very specialplace,” Sandweiss said. “It’s thelanguage of angels, it touches theheart really quickly. When it getsin there, you start to feel inspira-tion and love and hope that thingswill get better.”
He said students who attendGillespie’s concert could leavewith a newfound sense of peace.
“You must leave [the con-cert] with a smile. You’ll feel it,it’ll make you happy,”Sandweiss said. “When you feelunity and it makes you smile,that’s worth a million bucks.”
Emma Fehrenbach of East Brunswick, Rosemarie Dixon, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior, and Stephen Abel, director of VeteranServices, pack care boxes last night to send to troops abroad.
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LENDING A HELPING HAND
Rutgers United Students Against Sweatshopsreturned to Old Queens on the College Avenue cam-pus yesterday to repeat a two-day sit-in similar to lastsemester when students protested tuition hikes, butthis time security prevented students from coming in.The 10 participating University students planned toprotest against the freeze on union workers, demand-ing it be lifted, according to a Star-Ledger article.
After budget issues caused a 2010 decision tocancel raises, some professors and other unionizedworkers feel the University violated their con-tracts, according to the article. “It’s money thatshould have been paid in the first place,” saidSteven Manicastri, a School of Arts and Sciencessenior, in the article.
Though students were unable to get inside OldQueens, President Richard L. McCormick came outand protesters tried to present him with a toilet-plunger to represent the plight of workers who cannotget a raise, according to the article.
McCormick rejected their symbol and said theUniversity wants to pay the raises, and it is currentlyworking with unions and an arbitrator to settle thedispute, according to the article.
While there is a pay freeze for union workers, pro-testers asked McCormick why the decision does notapply to some of the athletic coaches, according tothe article. He said those coaches have separate con-tracts from union contracts.
“We do not see how investing in an athleticsdepartment instead of an academic department fur-thers the goal of making Rutgers a respected andcompetitive institution of higher learning,” said a let-ter students wrote to McCormick.
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Rebecca Escobar, city councilvice president, was supportive ofholding a forum.
“We work for the residents ofthe City of New Brunswick. I sup-port having a public hearing, notjust on police matters,” she said.“I do believe as city council mem-bers we must listen to the citi-zens of New Brunswick.”
Council members listened tovarious community membersspeak about the relationshipbetween police officers and thecommunity in New Brunswick.
Pedro Showell, whose brotherAndre Showell was arrested dur-ing last Wednesday’s protest forthrowing a water bottle at anEMS worker, said police officersshould be questioned more.
“People in law enforcementbasically have a free pass to dowhat they want to and [ques-tions] go unanswered,” he said.“Something has to be done tochange community relations. Weneed to know that the people arebeing heard.”
He also said Cahill’s meetingTuesday night at the EbenezerBaptist Church on Lee Avenuedid nothing to appease those con-cerned in the community.
“[Cahill] showed up last nighttwo weeks too late,” Showell said.“We want to hear someone here saythey’re going to rectify the situationso things like this will never happenagain. Their job is to protect andserve, not beat, kill and abuse.”
Racine said he was willing towork with Showell after the meet-ing about community relations,but could not relate to losing aloved one as Showell and the oth-ers in the room did.
“We need to tighten up and bebetter with our police and com-munity relations,” he said.
Benny Deloatch, BarryDeloatch’s brother, said theNBPD needs to set a betterexample for the community.
“We need to set this right sothis fire can get turned [over],”he said. “My mouth is bigbecause that was my brother.My family is under a lot of stressfinancially. We did not expectany of this.”
Benny Deloatch said the coun-cil members should be aware ofcorruption in New Brunswick.
“You know there’s a bunch ofcorruption here,” he said. “Whenis anyone going to be manenough to say, ‘enough isenough?’ The corruption is outra-geous. My suggestion is to cleanthe whole house and clean all ofy’all out.”
Barry Deloatch was shot in analley near Throop Avenue andHandy Street on Sept. 22 after run-ning from police, said MiddlesexCounty Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan.A single bullet in his side piercedhis aorta, causing his death short-ly after the incident.
Investigators are still deter-mining whether Deloatch had aweapon on him that he usedagainst the police officers,Kaplan said.
The officer’s gun from theshooting and the bullet recov-ered are among 38 items thatwere sent to outside labs forforensic analysis, he said.
Some called for the arrestof the of ficer who shot Barry Deloatch.
“Until we get the results of theinvestigation, the call for anarrest is out of order,” saidWilliam Hamilton, city attorney.“Forensic evidence is beinglooked at, but it takes a while.”
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“What is the purpose of theGateway Project?”
Karanieviac said the GatewayProject seemed to focus on therich rather than the workingclass and that the issue of park-ing has been apparent for years.
“We brought up the issue ofcollege kids running in betweenparked cars and students in andout with multiple cars,” shesaid. “I understand this is a col-lege city, but you want to putmore apartments up and thereis no parking.”
Karanieviac said the con-struction in the area surround-ing her street caused livingdilemmas in terms of noise andincreased renovations.
“I lived in my house all my life.My family owned the house formore than 60 years and it’s chang-ing,” she said. “Nobody told methat they are putting a business atthe end of the street. This wasn’there 60 years ago. It showed upwithin a matter of days.”
Karanieviac recently had torearrange the bedrooms in her
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He shared what gets himthrough his days besides his fam-ily and friends.
“I am just trying to get better,do something good,” he said.“Humor is a way to get through,got to laugh, but I know when it’stime to be serious, and I knowwhen it’s time to joke.”
LeGrand equated his team-mates’ and his training for thefootball team to his recovery, say-ing at times it is just as tough.
“[I’ve] been in [head football]coach [Greg] Schiano’s program fortwo years, and my boys can back meup, it’s not easy,” he said. “And yougot to fight through and that’s theonly way that I can do anything.”
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New Brunswick City Council members listen to citizen concerns over the city’s construction projectsand noise from University students last night in City Hall.
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home because of noise com-plaints about college students.
“I understand Rutgers isright there, but I have the onlyfamily-owned house on theblock, and I just had to movethe bedrooms to the back of thehouse to help with the noise,”she said. “Families still live onthis block.”
But Patterson believes the amendment would be
beneficial for the working-classpopulation in New Brunswickas well.
“You’re in walking distance ofthe train station, the Universityand the hospital,” Patterson said.
Karanieviac argued the aesthetic appeal would bedepreciated because of theuneven buildings.
“I don’t want to wake up onemorning and have a brick
wall on my patio,” she said. “I have a three-stor y home and you want to build 25 stories.”
Karanieviac said the ordi-nance was not right for thefamilies living in the city.
“You know they alreadyhave a shovel ready and abuilding in its preliminar ystage,” she said. “It’s disap-pointing.”
He was happy watching histeammates play and see the teamsucceed even without him.
“I see my friend catch apass, and I’m happy,” he said. “I’m sitting there shakingand screaming.”
Kozak asked LeGrand abouthis toughest times following theincident and what the difficultieswere immediately after.
“The hardest part is not beingable to take care of my own self,”LeGrand said. “I miss my boys,just hanging out, playing videogames, but it’s still not the sameas it was before.”
He said times at KesslerInstitute for Rehabilitation wereperhaps the hardest, knowinghis family was out there waitingfor his return.
LeGrand was glad hisfriends joked with him thesame as before.
“People can treat me the sameway, because I know I’m the sameperson,” he said.
He also mentioned he did notlike the word “disability” andinstead preferred “the best ofyour abilities,” as it had a moreoptimistic connotation.
“When you believe in yourselfand you believe in God, the sky isreally the limit,” LeGrand said. “Ifyou have a vision and dreams,you can accomplish them.”
LeGrand’s recovery is stillunderway, drawing inspirationfrom another college footballplayer, Adam Taliaferro, whoseneck was broken after a big hitin 2000.
He said Taliaferro saw himselfwalk after a year of rehabilitation,despite doctors giving him a 3percent chance of recovery.
LeGrand said he would haveto learn to wait.
“I was never a patient person,always on my feet. I’ve got to learnthis game of patience,” he said.
In a joking manner, he gaveadvice to the audience on how totreat people in his situation.
“Try not to go for the hand-shake,” he said.
Among the large audience wasJarrett Johnson, a School ofEngineering junior, who foundLeGrand’s speech inspiring.
“There are a lot of things peo-ple can take from the story andapply to themselves — how hestrives, his efforts,” Johnson said.
Carla Katz, a professor in theDepartment of Labor Studies andEmployment Relations, broughther class to the event.
“Eric LeGrand was a labor stud-ies major,” she said. “I think it is agreat experience for my studentsto see someone who has reallyovercome so much hardship.”
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CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Superintendent RichardKaplan of the New BrunswickPublic School District addressedissues regarding student testscores and proposed solutionsthat he believes will raise thequality of education in NewBrunswick schools.
Despite past measures toimprove test scores — such asthe school district’s progress withthe No Child Left Behind Act andpassage of state monitoring, inwhich they check up on studentacademic progress — moreneeds to be done, Kaplan said
“What we’re not doing isblaming the victim, which is theimplication,” he said. “The onlyway kids are going to learn is notbecause I come up and talk. It’sgoing to be what the teachers areteaching and how they can teachthe child.”
Kaplan believes there are three basic things that can tackle the issue of testgrades, which include curricu-lum, style of teaching and qual-ity of tests.
With a public school, Kaplansaid everyone has the opportuni-ty to learn.
“We’re here to educate all thechildren, no excuses, because allchildren can, will and mustlearn,” he said.
Robert Belvin, director of theNew Brunswick Free PublicLibrary, said in order to meetsuccess, New Brunswick schoolofficials should encourage par-ents and students to be moreinvolved together.
“I mean it’s a challenge. It isan enormous challenge, and Ithink that if you boil down every-thing that [Kaplan] says, it’smeeting the challenge of educat-ing the child with everyone’shelp,” he said.
But Kaplan said students’grades are not the only pressing concerns surroundingNew Brunswick’s educationsystem.
Officials also face a problemwith overcrowding, which con-cerns not only Kaplan but otherresidents in New Brunswick.
The school district is now 16percent over capacity, he said.
“We are at the point wherewe need to take a look at ourfacilities — like Roosevelt, likeLivingston, like Lincoln — anddo something because we areovercrowded,” he said.
In response to the problem,Livingston Elementary School onDelavan Street is using four trail-ers, Kaplan said.
School of ficials are lookingto build another school calledRed Trust but have not beenable to due to the lack of fund-ing from the state government,he said.
School officials have not been able to act on these prob-lems because of how the stategovernment limits the district’sability to respond to situationsthat go on in the New Brunswick schools, such as aleaking roof or broken boiler,Kaplan said.
“I have to fill out a 27-pagereport, then it goes down to thebureaucrats and then they sendout a team to see if it’s an emer-gent project, and they come outand see if it’s due to a mainte-nance failure or some emer-gency condition,” he said.
If the issue is an emergencysituation, then it will be funded,but if it is a maintenance issue,then they are expected to fix itthemselves, Kaplan said.
“But there’s a rule that saysyou can only spend up to thismuch money — $500,000 — sothey tie your hands,” he said.“They don’t tie your hands in East
Brunswick, they don’t tie yourhands in Highland Park, they tieyour hands here.”
Breaking away from thesemore serious complaints,Kaplan expressed his passionfor music through his idea ofenhancing the music curricu-lum and quality offered at NewBrunswick schools.
“We know that in terms ofbrain stimulation for kids, the artsis a great way to stimulate thekids,” he said. “It’s not alwaysbaseball or sports, but othertypes of mind things.”
One New Brunswick residentfinds such programs to be ofgreat importance for a student’sintellectual growth.
“I think it’s very important forkids to be able to learn some kindof instrument,” said JennieSchisher, who lives in the city. “Itgives them a different perspectiveon life, and I think it helps them tolearn in other ways to.”
Police officers in Old Bridge are asking resi-dents to come forward if they have any informationabout the death of a Hispanic man, HeribertoFerreira, 32, who was struck on Monday by twovehicles on Route 9.
The accident occurred at 10:30 p.m. nearFairway Road, according to an nj.com article. Thevehicles in the left lane of the highway’s north-bound lanes hit Ferreira.
One of the drivers of the vehicle wasGregory Jawikzik, 57, a Freehold resident, whostopped at the scene of the incident, but the sec-ond driver fled.
At the time of the collision, Ferreira was seenwalking across the highway, from the west side tothe east side, according to the article. He sufferedmany injuries and was pronounced dead by thetime police arrived at the scene.
Officers initially found personal documentson the deceased’s body but could not be sure ifthose documents actually belonged to Ferreira,said Captain Robert Weiss in the article.
Police of ficers ask that anyone with informa-tion about Ferreira’s death and the second driv-er contact Officer John Bulin.
MAN’S DEATH URGES POLICE OFFICERS TO SEEK RESIDENTS’ HELP
O C T O B E R 6 , 2 0 1 1 T H E D A I L Y T A R G U MM ETRO6
Hungarian culture livesdespite population drop
BY MATT MATILSKYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The American HungarianFoundation (AHF) and Institutefor Hungarian Studies at theUniversity are facing their respec-tive difficulties lately because ofan increasingly scattered commu-nity and diminishing enrollment.
The Hungarian population inNew Brunswick, which at itspeak boasted one-third of the city,has decreased in recent years,said August Molnar, the 84-year-old co-chairman of the AHF.
But this has not discour-aged people from going out oftheir way to visit the founda-tion, he said.
Nobuko Hori, a formeremployee at the foundation,said people drive hundreds ofmiles to the foundation’s head-quarters at 300 Somerset Streetin New Brunswick.
“People would call up, ask fordirections and say ‘I’m coming infrom Maryland,’” she said. “I wasamazed that people would comethat far.”
The Hungarian HeritageCenter (HHC) serves as thehome of AHF — an organizationdevoted to preserving and com-municating the story of AmericanHungarians through the culturalcontributions of its members,Molnar said.
The foundation’s primar yfocus is to raise awareness ofthe city’s rich Hungarian-American history.
“The overall mission hasalways been to connectHungarians and HungarianAmericans with the Hungarianculture,” Hori said.
Contributions are preservedin a museum at the HHC, whichfeatures rotating exhibitionsshowcasing a wide range ofHungarian folk art, and in alibrary housing more than 60,000titles, some dating back to the15th century, Molnar said.
The AHF is closely linked withthe University, Molnar said.Students are able to check outbooks from its libraries, and itsdoors are open to anyone inter-ested in learning aboutHungarian tradition.
Before his work started at theAHF in 1989, Molnar created aHungarian studies program duringhis time as a professor at theUniversity. It later developed intothe Institute for Hungarian Studiesat the School of Arts and Sciences.
The Hungarian studies pro-gram was created in 1959 afterthe Hungarian Revolution,Molnar said. During this timesome 200,000 residents fledHungary, and many ended up inNew Brunswick.
Molnar said the AHF attemptsto inform Hungarian Americansof the work their ancestorsaccomplished but is also carefulto target those who are not ofHungarian background.
The foundation aims to notonly attract both Hungarians andAmericans, but to integrate thetwo cultures, he said.
“I don’t look at America as themelting pot — I’d rather look at itas a mosaic,” he said.
Hori said working for thefoundation translated intoincreased participation in herown cultural identity.
“When I was at Rutgers I wasat one point [the] president of theJapanese Club,” she said. “A lot ofthe ideas I had for the club camefrom working so closely withProfessor Molnar.”
Hori graduated in 2010,around the time when technol-ogy threw a curve ball at theAHF and the Hungarian stud-ies department.
“I think one of the issues isthe vehicle [we] use to commu-nicate with the younger gener-ation,” said Greg Hadju-Nemeth, executive director atthe AHF.
This development is less thana decade old, said Hadju-Nemethwho was enrolled in Hungarianstudies at the University andgraduated in 2002.
At this time, there was a deep-er bond between the foundationand the University, Hadju-Nemeth said.
“When I was at Rutgers weused the [AHF’s] librar yexcessively,” he said. “The nicething about that is that it’sdirectly connected.”
Hadju-Nemeth’s backgroundis entrenched in Hungarian-American heritage, he said. Hisgrandfather snuck his grand-mother, father and three of hisuncles out of Hungar y toescape the revolution.
He said he speaks Hungarianwith his family and English whenhe goes to work. He encouragesthis sort of balance forHungarian-Americans.
“New Brunswick has certainlychanged in the past century,” he said.
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“It really doesn’t affect mebecause all my classes are on one campus, but as a commuter if I dodecide to ride a bike, now there is an option.”
MARISA DELMANTOSAS JUNIOR
“The reason I don’t bring a biketo school is because I wouldhave to take the wheel off if I try to fit in my car. If there is already an option maybe I would.”
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their paradigm — boughtwith their media mealvouchers — every day.
There is no basis foradvocating on the behalf ofthe Fortune 500 as theythemselves slash work-forces. The trickle-downtheory belongs in a joke
book, and hopefully one day it will be there to stay.Fortune 500 companies may be the prestige ofAmerica, but they are not the economic enginesthat power this country.
It is quite easy to see the motives behind theprotests as the middle class becomes marginal-ized and income levels remain stagnant. Theshare of income gains going to the top 1 percentbetween 2001 and 2006 was more than 53 percent.The United States has moved away from a mixed
economy cluster and entered thestages of the capitalist oligarchies.It is clear to see that a portion ofthe population has been neglectedand not neglected by bankers, butby those they keep employed ingovernment. This protest is not ananswer to a single string of events,
but a motion upon all events, and the only direc-tion in which the protestors mean to move is for-ward. They do not ask anyone to lead or follow.You travel for yourself.
Frankly speaking, the compensation that privi-leged financial engineers receive is indefensible,for they are nothing more than shuffleboard play-ers pushing around the fruits of others. Likestreet peddlers pushing their wares, their finan-cial products — or as I like to call these instru-ments, imagined capital creations — are pushedonto their clients, and fortunately, when theybecome over-leveraged the United Statesbecomes their benefactor. But, oh, how they wishthis jester dressing in red, white and blue woulddisappear but still leave his bag of money behind.To stare this natural aggregation of protesters,each with an independent will, in the face afterlooking at the disproportionate increase of wealthto the 1 percent and have the audacity to call forless regulation is the only thing that is possiblyasinine. Up until the end I gave you the benefit ofbeing ironic.
Stephan Liszewski is a School of Arts and Sciencessenior majoring in history and political science.
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EDITORIALS
“It’s the language of angels, it touches the heart really quickly.”
Dr. Samuel Sandweiss on music
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T here is a lot of controversy over whether cellphones are actuallydangerous to users. While the World Health Organization (WHO)considers them “possible carcinogens,” it also recognizes that
more studying needs to be carried out on cellphone radiation before a def-inite link is established between mobile communication devices and can-cer. Plus, readers would do well to remember that WHO’s list of possiblecarcinogens also includes coffee, an item which pretty much no one is upin arms about. The city of San Francisco appears restless on the questionof cellphone radiation, unwilling to wait for any conclusive evidence to bedrawn. Legislators passed a law this summer requiring cellphone providersto alert consumers to the existence of radiation and give them generalinformation about what it is and how to reduce exposure. Of course, thephone companies themselves are not taking the news well. The CellularTelecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) is filing a lawsuit againstthe new laws, arguing that it is unnecessary, harmful, and infringes on thecellphone industry’s First Amendment rights. We say the CTIA has no rea-son to be so upset — other than to save their wallets, of course.
As we admitted above, there’s still no definite connection betweencellphone radiation and cancer. It could be no more dangerous than theother background radiation we’re exposed to every single day. But SanFrancisco’s law is still justified in that it takes the “better to err on theside of caution” route. It doesn’t require cigarette-like warning signs onthe side of cellphone boxes. All it calls for is the distribution of informa-tion to consumers, who deserve to be informed about their purchases inthe first place. In fact, the law shouldn’t even have to intervene in thismatter. Cellphone companies should have been giving their clients aheads-up all along, especially considering the fact that these companiesare calling the new law unnecessary.
The CTIA should see this law as akin to the laws in New York Citythat require chain restaurants to post their calorie information on theirmenus so that customers know up front just what they’re getting into.The calorie counts are not warning signs of impending death — justfull disclosure. San Francisco’s law is the same way. The customershave a right to know what they’re getting into, and that right doesn’tstep on the First Amendment rights of the CTIA in any way.
D ear student of his-tor y, woe is thesovereign that has
neglected the call of itspublic. I would be ver ycareful to call the mirroredcr y of scattered masseswrong, which is what you,sir, have done in your col-umn, “Protestors, please use logic.” What’sworse: reading a columnist who is lacking inhuman empathy or being mislead by the mis-nomer of having a logical conclusion as a cer-tainty in the very time of upheaval? I am eating inLivingston Dining Commons as I write, subscrib-ing to The Daily Targum columnist advocatingthe logic of clinging on desperately to the statusquo in the badly played drama in front of us. Iwould rather pull up a dainty lawn chair in frontof George Washington’s statue onWall Street, pull out my laptop andcall in sick to work.
Apart from that, you have lit-tered your presentation with irrel-evant issues and terrible analo-gies to belittle the protestors’very credible grievances. Maybeyou have been sleeping the past three years, butthe status quo has failed you, good sir. It is timefor the realization that such a failure is all youneed to have in order to give rise to a multitudeof voices.
Calling the protestors “illogical” and “hippiechildren” is just the red herring of the situation.One can “Marcus their words” any color theylike, but the response of the protestors is organ-ic and resolute. The Wall Street protestors donot need an intellectual leadership to succeed,and it is fortunate that they do not because theirprotest is not an ideology or Marxist. Rather, it isunconscious, such as the kinship one feels innationalism. Their protest is a natural responseto the relative deprivation due mostly in part toour economy. Some would argue that it is thecase of decremental deprivation, when expecta-tions go up and capabilities go down. So ratherthan being regressive and circling the wagons inan attempt to wait out their grievances, theychoose to be progressive and act and will theirpower outward. When the masses gather theyare never wrong.
Of course there will be radical rhetoric, but noth-ing worse than witnessing the other half parade
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“The trickle-downtheory belongs in a joke book.”
USTR puts businessprofits over people
New cellphone lawsprotect consumers
S ay what you will about former President George W. Bush, but theinitiative he began in 2003, the President’s Emergency Plan forAIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has been a resounding success. To date,
PEPFAR has given billions in AIDS relief to 15 developing nations by rely-ing on the distribution of generic medications to help treat those who can-not afford treatment on their own. Unfortunately, President BarackObama’s administration looks to be completely undermining this humani-tarian campaign thanks to a new trade deal that the Office of the U.S. TradeRepresentative (USTR) is negotiating. These negotiations, named theTrans-Pacific Partnership, seek to establish stricter intellectual propertylaws, which would place severe limits on generic medications and allowAmerican pharmaceutical companies to build monopolies overseas. Theresult would be far more expensive medications, which would greatly hin-der relief efforts in every country in which PEPFAR currently works.
If these negotiations succeed in the USTR’s favor, it would be utterlydisastrous for worldwide AIDS relief. The USTR claims that these stricterintellectual property laws would provide incentive for U.S. drug compa-nies to develop and provide medicine. Even if the incentive did spur thecompanies to work harder on distributing medications, the fact that thesemedications would be expensive brand names, as compared to theirgeneric counterparts, would make them less available to the global poor.The aim of PEPFAR is to help those who cannot help themselves. If themedication becomes more expensive, then PEPFAR will only be able toprovide very limited amounts of it, as opposed to the amount they canprovide at the current costs. This would have the inevitable result of hin-dering a large portion of AIDS victims from receiving relief.
It’s ironic that these negotiations would be taking place under theObama administration, seeing as Obama himself has been such a cham-pion of health care for everyone. This is the exact opposite of that tenet,focusing on benefiting big pharmaceutical companies instead of thosewho are suffering at the hands of disease. Relief efforts practically hingeon the availability of generics. The Trans-Pacific Partnership wouldessentially do away with these generics, potentially putting thousandsupon thousands of lives at risk.
When it comes to a disease like AIDS, the people suffering should bethe focus of all efforts. Instead, big businesses are once again looking tocash in, disregarding human lives in the process. This negotiation can-not succeed. It would be far too costly in terms of human life.
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STEPHAN LISZEWSKI
were an open atheist. Intolerancedirected toward “non-believers”can come in many forms.Occasionally it can be subtle, butother times, not so much — therepeated denial of membershipto atheists by the Boy Scouts ofAmerica comes to mind.
So, what’s with all the negativ-ity? As is usually the case withprejudices of this kind, the culpritis ignorance. Citing an atheist’slack of religious beliefs, bigotsusually go on to make negativeassumptions about the individualthat move beyond what can rea-sonably be inferred. The simpletruth is that a belief in God saysas much about a person’s moralcharacter as hair color says abouttheir intelligence. Attempts tofind a correlation have failed timeand time again.
Atheists can take away les-sons from other groups that havecampaigned against discrimina-tion in the past. The lesbian, gay,bisexual and transgender com-munity, for example, should belooked at as a model of effectiveanti-discriminatory campaigning.
The strategy of “coming out,” orin other words, disclosing yoursexual orientation, has been usedto bring isolated members of theLGBT community closer togeth-er as well as to raise conscious-ness in a public manner.
Likewise, atheists too should“come out” with their beliefs.Many people have not had fre-quent contact with atheists, andso their information can only bedrawn from the negative stigmasthat are usually found floatingaround. People need to realizethat atheists can come in allshapes and sizes — the sweet oldlady who lives next door, thepickpocket at the train station,the philanthropist leading the
local fundraiser and yes, perhapseven the person kneeling at thechurch pew on Sunday who isstill hesitant to break away fromtradition. It is up to the atheiststhemselves to come out andshow that they are simply toodiverse to be grouped togetherby sweeping stereotypes.
It has been said that univer-sities foster the seeds ofchange. The young minds oftoday will shape the world oftomorrow. In keeping with thisnotion, I propose that atheists atthe University begin to raiseconsciousness amongst theirpeers in an attempt to stopfuture discrimination before itbegins. This should not betaken as a call to arms, butrather a request to be true toyour own beliefs. Atheists needto support each other, as it isbecoming increasingly clearthat no one else will step in. Toborrow one last line from theLGBT support campaigns —“You are not alone.”
I can now proudly proclaimthat I do not believe in God (or
a deity of any form), but believeme when I say that my hesita-tion prevented me from sayingit for a long time. Coming froma religious background, I amfully aware that the publicationof this belief of mine may alien-ate family members, causesome of my “friends” to loserespect for me and even threat-en my future chances of beingelected for public of fice. But,the relief that comes frombeing open about my convic-tions outweighs these negativeconsequences. And if I inspireothers to do the same and tofight discrimination in any waythey can, then I’ll know it wasthe right decision.
Religion in America hasbecome an almost untouchabletaboo. So sensitive is this institu-tion that even proclaiming to bean atheist can be deemed offen-sive. To this I say, let our pres-ence be known. If this is enoughto rock the boat, then so be it.
Giancarlo Chaux is a School ofArts and Sciences junior.
O C T O B E R 6 , 2 0 1 1T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M O PINIONS 9
Atheists should publically embrace their identities
T here are places in thisworld where I would faceexecution for writing this
editorial. Blasphemy, defined as alack of respect for God, is punish-able by death in several countriesacross the globe. But as we allknow, the United States does notsupport such laws. This is theland of the free thinkers, a coun-try founded on secular principlesand an equal respect for allbeliefs. Right?
I wish that were the end ofthis story. The dark truth is thatatheists remain one of the lead-ing targets of discrimination inthe United States. Last June’sGallup poll revealed that, out of alist including minority groupssuch as gays, African Americansand Mormons, atheists wereidentified as the most ill-receivedfaction in America. In fact, 49percent of those polled claimedthat they would not vote for apresidential candidate if they
GIANCARLO CHAUX
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“Atheists remain one of the
leading targets of discrimination
in the United States. ”
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W ho says the University’s football program doesn’t do any good? Since last October, the RutgersUniversity Touchdown Club has been donating football game tickets to Integrity House, a sub-stance abuse recovery house. While most attendees at the football games take the tailgates and
fun for granted, a day at the stadium makes a real difference for members of Integrity House. We give theRutgers University Touchdown Club a laurel for its philanthropic efforts.
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Instead of leading to sweeping deportations, Alabama’s strict immigration law led to exactly one detain-ment. To make matters worse, that detainee was residing in the state legally. Police arrested Mohamed AliMuflahi last Friday and, when he couldn’t produce documentation of his legal status — which is illegalunder the aforementioned law — police figured they had an illegal immigrant on their hands. On Monday,however Muflahi cleared his name, proving his legal status. We give a dart to Alabama for making such abumbling maneuver.
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better quality shots,” said headcoach Liz Tchou.
The Knights’ lone goal in a2-1 loss to Columbia on Sundaycame from junior for wardCornelia Duffin.
The Columbia defeat wasthe first game since theVillanova loss in which theKnights only put one point onthe board. It was also anothergame in which Tchou noted theKnights’ main problem of fin-ishing on offense.
“That last part where theball goes in, we need to makesure that we’re poised, makesure our body position is thereand our footwork is there,” shesaid. “Ball release needs to bequicker, and we need to getinto our spots a split-second sooner.”
The finishing problemswere much more prevalent inthe darker time of the Knights’season, when they put them-selves in a hole with their 0-2Big East record.
Rutgers has a chance to putit behind them when they startthe next leg of Big East play at Louisville.
“We’re a lot harder on our-selves [since Villanova],” Nodasaid. “We’re taking moreresponsibility on the mistakesthat we’re making.”
EQUAL: Knights practice
poise, positioning on offensecontinued from back
was out for the game with an undis-closed injury.
On the other side of the field, theKnights offense had to operatewithout second-leading scorer JPCorrea, who was suspended for thegame due to penalties.
“I think when you go on theroad and you are playing the No. 2team in the country and you don’thave JP [and] you don’t haveSetchell, it kind of puts everybodyon high alert,” he said. “Everybodyknows that for us to be competitiveand to have the best chances, we’llhave to be working and fighting anddoing all the right things every sec-ond of every play.
The Knights also had to play aman down after the 71st minute,when junior midfielder RobinBrown earned a red card for asliding tackle, ending his night.
Despite the momentum shiftfor Maryland, the Knights stillheld on until the overtime period.
“Quite honestly ... I didn’t thinkit was a red card, and that obvious-ly changed the entire complexionof the game,” Donigan said. “Eventhen, we still didn’t change awhole lot being a man down. Wewere still outshooting them, and Ithink we had some great chances.We were going toe-to-toe withthem in my opinion.”
Maryland marked the last stopon Rutgers’ out-of-conferenceschedule. The remainder of the sea-son features seven Big East gamesin a row.
For Donigan, sending thenation’s No. 2 team into overtimewas the perfect tune-up for the finalportion of the season.
“At the end of the day you comeaway with a loss in overtime, butit’s one of the top programs in thecountry, and I was very happy andvery proud of my team,” Donigansaid. “It is definitely something tobuild off of and feed on coming intoconference play now.”
POSITIVES: Rutgers
battles without Correa, Setchell
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KEITH FREEMAN / PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Junior defensive tackle Scott Vallone (94) and senior teammate Justin Francis combined for a sack Saturday of Syracuse quarterbackRyan Nassib. The pair returned the Scarlet Knights’ only significant experience along the defensive line.
The trio was busy Saturdayat Syracuse.
“The fact that coach [Schiano] isable to show confidence in them toput them in the game, that justshows the level of developmentthey’ve had so far,” said junior defen-sive tackle Scott Vallone. “It’s goingto be a big thing for not only the d-line, but the whole defense.”
Vallone credited Stephenson’sathletic ability as an impetus for hisearly playing time. Stephenson joinsJackson and defensive tackle
Kenneth Kirksey as the most fresh-men to earn time on the field inrecent memory under Schiano.
Stephenson earned thepraised of Francis, who also sawthe field as a true freshman.
“Daryl, he’s always in my backpocket,” Francis said. “He’salways asking me questions orpicking my brain, and I love that.”
The Sayreville War MemorialHigh School product arrived atRutgers as one of several defensiveline recruits, including Max Issakaand Marquise Wright.
Both Issaka and Wright original-ly committed to Pitt, but defected toRutgers once Pittsburgh unloadedits coaching staff, with four mem-bers landing in Piscataway.
Neither earned Stephenson’searly playing time.
“He’s still learning to play withgood pad level and use his hands,”Vallone said. “His football instinctsand things like that, that’s what’sreally gotten him on the field.”
Vallone rarely left the field lastseason, when he and CharlieNoonan earned the bulk of thereps at defensive tackle.
Down a tackle after LeGrandsuffered a spinal cord injuryagainst Army, Schiano leanedon Vallone and Noonan downthe stretch.
Kirksey’s arrival and sopho-more Isaac Holmes’ developmentlessened the starters’ burden thisseason at the position.
“Ike Holmes, he’s able to spellme whenever I need it,” Vallonesaid. “There’s no hesitation put-ting him in because the coachesknow Ike knows his stuff.”
Schiano acknowledges heneeds as many capable bodies aspossible against Pittsburgh,which likely will not wait forRutgers to keep pace.
He at least has the numbers todo so.
“You really have to be ahead ofthe game,” Schiano said. “Theproblem is sometimes playersdon’t let you know they’reexhausted. That’s my job andcoach Galiano’s job to watchthose jerseys. If they’re breathingheavy we have to get them out.”
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S t. John’s men’s basket-ball coach Steve Lavinwill undergo surgery
today to treat his prostate cancer.
The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center inNew York will perform theprocedure, and Lavin willrejoin the team after a recov-ery period.
The coach is 47 years oldand was diagnosed with thedisease last fall.
When the cancer was detect-ed, it was still in the earlystages, making it very treatable.
THE AMERICANLeague Division Seriesbetween the New YorkYankees and the DetroitTigers returns to the Bronxtonight for the deciding Game5, with the Tigers sendingDoug Fister out to the moundto take on Ivan Nova.
According to Yankees man-ager Joe Girardi, his ace C.C.Sabathia will be an option outof the bullpen, while Tigersmanager Jim Leyland rejectedthe idea of throwing his ace,Justin Verlander.
THE NEW YORK METSwill undergo some coachingchanges for the 2012 season.
Bench coach KenOberkfell, first base coachMookie Wilson, third basecoach Chip Hale, and bullpencoach John Debus will notreturn to the Mets for theirnext campaign.
Hale was invited back for2012, but declined and was hired by the Oakland Athletics.
FORMER BOSTON REDSox manager Terr yFrancona will fill in forbroadcaster Tim McCarverfor the first two games of the ALCS.
McCar ver needs minorheart surgery, which leaveshis seat next to Joe Buck inthe broadcast booth vacantwhile he is in recovery.
Nearing his 70th bir th-day, McCarver is expectedto return to FOX for Game 3.
It marks Francona’s firstexperience on the other sideof the microphone.
HOUSTON TEXANSrunning back Arian Fosterand Green Bay Packersquarterback Aaron Rodgerswere named Of fensivePlayer of the Week in theirrespective conferences.
Foster wasted no time inhis first full game of the sea-son, totaling 155 yards on 30carries in the team’s victoryover the Steelers.
Rodgers broke hiscareer-high, throwing formore than 400 yards, andadding four passing touch-downs and two rushingtouchdowns.
He became the first play-er in NFL history to do allthree in the same game.
WORD ON THE STREET
BY STEVEN MILLERSPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team’slinebacker depth took a hit yester-day, when head coach GregSchiano announced backup mid-dle linebacker David Milewski suf-fered a season-ending knee injury.
The redshirt freshman missedall of last season with a torn ACLand injured the same kneeSunday during a non-contact drillin practice.
“It’s a shame,” Schiano said.“It’s a kid who worked his tail offand was doing so well. He has agreat attitude.”
Milewski returned from hisACL tear to secure a spot on thetwo-deep depth chart and forced afumble in the season opener thatScott Vallone recovered in the endzone for a touchdown.
Schiano declined to revealspecifics of how the Scarlet Knightswill replace junior SteveBeauharnais’ primary backup.Sixth-year senior linebackerEdmond Laryea, who backs up jun-ior Khaseem Greene on the weakside, is one option. Junior Ka’LialGlaud, who is part of the defensiveline rotation, is also an option.
Glaud spent the entire spring asthe first-team middle linebacker,but moved to defensive end duringtraining camp.
“We’ll do a couple things,”Schiano said. “I’m not going to getinto who the guys are, but we’llmove some people around and gofrom there.”
SCHIANO REMAINS tight-lipped about the quarterback com-petition, but issued another vote ofconfidence for freshman GaryNova and sophomore Chas Dodd.
“Chas and [Nova] are bothcool customers, so I’m not wor-ried about that,” Schiano said.“And I’m not worried about eitherone coming off the bench to play.I think they’ll just come in andplay, not press.”
No decision will be madepublic until kickoff Saturdayagainst Pittsburgh.
THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL forchanges along the offensive line,but Schiano would only say itinvolves eight to nine players.
Fifth-year seniors DesmondStapleton and Desmond Wynn;sophomores Andre Civil, DavidOsei and Antwan Lowery; red-
shirt freshman Betim Bujari andfreshman Kaleb Johnson eachmade at least two starts throughfour games. Fifth-year seniorCaleb Ruch also has experience atcenter and guard and started ear-lier in his career.
“It’s the same guys –– sameeight, maybe nine guys,” Schianosaid. “You have to create a littlemore daylight. If we can create a lit-tle more daylight at two positions,now all of a sudden you have a lot
more daylight. These backs don’tneed a lot, but they need more thanwe’re giving them right now.”
JUNIOR DEFENSIVE ENDMarvin Booker and sophomoreend Jamil Merrell are bothrecovering from foot injuriesand could see playing timeagainst Pittsburgh.
Rutgers already rotates 10defensive linemen and Schianosaid they would join the mix.
PRACTICE NOTEBOOK MILEWSKI LOST FOR SEASON
BY JOEY GREGORYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Rutgers head men’s golf coachChris Mazzuchetti continues hiseffort to take a young, inexperi-
enced teamand turn it
into a formidable program in a verycompetitive conference.
To help him in the pursuit, headded two new freshmen whohad an abundance of tourna-ment experience.
Jacob Stockl and Hyung Mo Kimare no strangers to tournament golfsince both played in a number ofjunior events.
Stockl’s mother introduced himto the game at the age of 4, and hebegan to play more and more, even-tually attaching to it.
“I started hitting balls andgoing to this public course inClark, N.J., where I grew up,”Stockl said. “I just stuck with it andloved it my whole life.”
Once he got older, he beganplaying in junior tournaments.
“I played a lot of junior tourna-ments and gradually just pro-gressed into bigger and betterthings,” Stockl said. “I kept prac-ticing at it and got into local tour-naments and regional events.”
Stockl never had to stop and askhimself how far he wanted to takethe game or if he wanted to play incollege — he always knew.
“When I got older, I got intosome national tournaments and justwanted to pursue it into college,”Stockl said. “It’s something I’vewanted to do my whole life.”
Eventually, he began to win jun-ior tournament events and gainsome attention, with colleges takingnotice, including Rutgers.
Out of the pool of schoolsStockl picked from, Rutgers stoodout, he said.
“I got recruited by three or fourschools,” he said. “Rutgers is avery prestigious school with great
sports and great academics, and itwas just a great pick.”
Stockl continues to settle inand get more acquainted with col-lege golf.
“It’s time to get comfortable,”Stockl said. “And once that hap-pens, it’s going to get a lot better,and I’m going to be shooting reallygood,” he said.
Kim started out playing golf in asimilar fashion.
“I started when I was reallyyoung, like [Stockl]. I was about 5,”Kim said. “I fell in love with thegame as soon as I started.”
Like Stockl, Kim played in juniortournaments and wanted to take itto the next level.
Out of the three or four schoolsthat recruited Kim, Rutgersemerged to him for a lot of the samereasons it stood out to Stockl, includ-ing strong athletic and academicprograms, he said.
When Kim began playing golf atRutgers, he immediately noticed a
difference between the high schooland collegiate levels.
“In high school, you just want toplay for fun. There’s not a lot of com-petition in high school tournaments,but here it’s just the best out of thehigh school kids basically,” he said.“It’s a lot more competition.”
Kim also has to adjust to not hav-ing his family close by like he did inhigh school. The adjustment isgoing well, he said.
“I’m getting more comfortable.Now it’s more independent,” hesaid. “I don’t have my mom and dadto support me now. I just have to bemore responsible.”
The more experience both fresh-men get, the more their scores willimprove — and that bodes well forthe team, since they are alreadyposting solid scores.
“We’re getting comfortable,”Stockl said. “As we play moretournaments and we’re in thatspot more times, it’s just going tobe a lot easier for us.”
MEN’S GOLF
Rutgers relies on experienced freshmen golfers
JOVELLE ABBEY TAMAYO / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Junior defensive end Marvin Booker has a chance to playSaturday against Pittsburgh after missing three games.
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Donigan takes away positives in overtime loss to TerpsBY VINNIE MANCUSO
CORRESPONDENT
Before Tuesday night, two things neverhappened to Maryland.
No opponent forced the second-rankedTerrapins to overtime on their home field, and
they had yet to dropa decision in 2011.
The Rutgersmen’s soccer teambroke the firststreak, as it
entered overtime period tied at 1 with theTerps at Ludwig Field. But the secondstreak proved harder to overcome as theScarlet Knights fell, 2-1, in the 96th minute.
As far as losses go, the game was one headcoach Dan Donigan could not be too upset about.
“Honestly, I’m disappointed with the result,but at the same time very proud of the effort andwith the soccer that we played,” he said. “Theboys did a great job. It just feels very unfortunatethat we could not come away with at least the tie.”
The game-tying goal came off the foot ofsenior forward Sam Archer for his first goal ofthe season. Archer buried the ball in the backof the net only two minutes after Marylandwent up, 1-0, in the 19th minute.
The Rutgers defense held the Terps scorelessin the second half despite the noticeably absentJoe Setchell, a junior defender and team captain.The transfer from Tyler Junior College (Texas) ALEX VAN DRIESEN / FILE PHOTO
Senior forward Sam Archer scored Tuesday at Maryland, but it was not enoughto overcome the pair of goals off corner kicks goalie Kevin McMullen allowed.
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NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Freshman defensive end Myles Jackson (49) and senior defensive tackle Scott Vallone saw time against Syracuse as parts ofa 10-man rotation in the trenches for the Scarlet Knights. Jackson made his first career appearance in the 19-16 Rutgers victory.
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Justin Francis hated seeing it, but thetrend figures to continue Saturday, whenPittsburgh brings its no-huddle attack
to Piscataway.Rutgers head
football coach Greg Schiano used 10defensive linemen last week at Syracuse,and the same number should again seeplaying time.
“I don’t like rotating that much,”Francis said. “I have to be dead tired toeven think about getting out. But I under-stand where coach is coming from.”
The Scarlet Knights graduated four defensivelinemen last season, when Schiano relied heavi-ly on a veteran-laden unit that took a hit midwaythrough the season with Eric LeGrand’s injuryand never truly replaced him. Three of the fourseniors earned NFL training camp contracts,and Alex Silvestro caught on with the NewEngland Patriots.
The remaining Knights still have a long wayto go.
Sophomore Michael Larrow continues toadjust to defensive end after playing tackle lastseason. Senior Manny Abreu and junior Ka’LialGlaud are former linebackers.
Sophomore Marcus Thompson playedfullback during the spring, and Dar yl
Stephenson and Myles Jackson are fresh-men.
The result is the most defensive linemenearning playing time in recent memory, andeven more might play against the Panthers.
Sophomore Jamil Merrell and juniorMarvin Booker continue to rehab frominjuries, and Schiano did not rule out sendingin either this weekend.
“They are getting better,” Schiano said.“[The rotation] might get to 12.”
Schiano, as well as defensive line coachesPhil Galiano and Bob Fraser, monitors thegroup’s playing time.
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FOOTBALL
Rotation expands along defensive line
Rutgers battlesBig East equalin Louisville
BY JOSH BAKANCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers field hockey team’s loss toVillanova was the low point of a dark chapterin the Scarlet Knights’ season.
After dropping a 2-1 decision to theWildcats, the Knights dug themselves into a
deep hole by losingtheir first two BigEast games. But theKnights made itclear since the lossthat they are deter-mined to get back
into the conference tournament for the sec-ond consecutive year.
The Knights persisted after the defeat towin consecutive games, including oneagainst Big East-rival Georgetown.
Rutgers (3-8, 1-2) has a chance to add anew chapter to its season Saturday, when theteam takes on Louisville to begin the secondhalf of Big East play.
“When we lost to Villanova, we made itreally hard on ourselves to try and be oneof those top four [teams in the Big East],”said senior defender Mackenzie Noda. “Inorder to make it, we don’t want to have torely on anyone else to lose. We want to getin based off beating teams and having agood record.”
The Knights and Cardinals (7-5, 1-2) aretied for the No. 4 seed in the Big East, thefinal seed that can make conference postsea-son play. So the Knights’ best opportunity tosolidify the seed is with a victory inLouisville, Ky.
Goalie Sarah Stuby recorded a season-high seven saves against the Hoyas onFriday in the Knights’ most recent BigEast action.
Stuby and the rest of the Rutgersdefense face an even more potent of fensein Louisville, which creates 12.96 shotsper game, good for third in the Big East.
“They have a lot of people with tightstick skills,” Noda said. “We have to stopthem early and work on our defense get-ting it to the mids and the forwards. It’sgoing to take a team effort to try anddefend them.”
The Knights also developed a moreproductive of fense, which last left confer-ence play with a 23-shot ef fort against theHoyas. Rutgers put three of those shots inthe net, but the team looks to be more ef fi-cient for the duration of the season.
“We had a really good practice wherewe were focusing mainly on how our for-wards are positioned in the circle and thetiming of when the ball is actuallyreleased into the circle to be able to get
