Aside from reporting on the current state of administration, the president answered questions brought up during the senate meeting. Katherine Yabut, the undergraduate stu- dent representative to the Board of Trustees, asked how Barchi plans to make a better effort in reaching out to students. “Historically, students haven’t usually been included in a lot of the decision-making processes at Rutgers and have kind of been excluded from meetings with University administrators,” said Yabut, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. To improve communication between stu- dents and administration, Barchi said, efforts should be made on both ends. “It’s important for the students to go back to your constituencies just the way the mem- bers of all the other members of individual groups do and bring forward their sugges- tions, comments, concerns,” Barchi said. In addition to encouraging students to come to the administration with concerns, the president’s office will also actively seek out students’ opinions, he said. “I am going to make sure to try to get out on the campuses and meet with students on a face- to-face basis regularly just to make sure I can get some of that information back myself,” Barchi said. Norman Markowitz, associate professor in the Department of History, addressed the $750 million bond referendum that is set to be includ- ed on November’s voting ballot, asking what the president’s office is doing to promote awareness. Christopher Marshall, vice president of New Jersey’s student chapter for the American Society of Landscape Architects, lounges in a parking spot Friday on Livingston Avenue. CONNIE FIOCCO PITCH YOURSELF Rutgers Business School career fair brings out 45 companies, giving students the opportunity to network. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3 IN DEFENSE OF A DEFENSE Targum columnist Tom Verenna defends his right to defend his own content online. / OPINIONS, PAGE 10 Rutgers sophomore quarterback Gary Nova achieved career highs in completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns at Arkansas. SPORTS, BACK WEATHER Mostly Sunny High: 69 Nighttime Low: 46 Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM VOLUME 144, ISSUE 15 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • METRO ... 7 • ON THE WIRE ... 8 • OPINIONS ... 10 • DIVERSIONS ... 12 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 14 • SPORTS ... BACK NEW HEIGHTS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 President Robert L. Barchi tells University Senate members Friday about progress the University is making in terms of enrollment, construction and promotion of the Higher Education Facilities Bond Referendum on the ballot in November. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Barchi addresses University Senate BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO STAFF WRITER President Robert L. Barchi delivered his administrative report at the first University Senate meeting of the semester on Friday, listing the University’s accom- plishments over the past year and dis- cussing his agenda for his first year in office at Old Queens. Barchi said he hopes to establish shared governance that includes stu- dents, faculty and staff for a stronger University community. “One of my primary foci has been on this concept of a community of scholars, and how important that is to a University, and how central that community is to what makes a great University great,” Barchi said. Students volunteer in city for service day BY SHAWN SMITH CONTRIBUTING WRITER More than 400 students lined up at the Rutgers Student Center early Saturday morn- ing to go out and volunteer during the Scarlet Day of Service. The University’s Student Affairs department sent the volunteers to 19 different locations around New Brunswick to help with everything from painting fences to packaging food, said Matt Zielinski, a Residence Hall Association pro- gram coordinator. Students volunteered alone or as part of a group. Community service fraternities like Delta Sigma Iota and Alpha Phi Omega were in attendance, as were entire floors from some res- idence halls led by their Residence Assistants. Groups went to Buccleuch Park, the Ronald McDonald House and also cleaned the streets of New Brunswick. At Buccleuch Park, the volunteer group worked under the direction of David Jaipersaud, the director of the children’s hospital at Saint Peter’s University Hospital. The hospital held free health screenings at the park, and the volunteers assisted where needed. Former radical group meets for panel talk BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT Friends of the Ferrer Modern School hosted their 40th annual meeting at the faculty dining room at Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus Saturday, where a panel discussed the history of a rad- ical community once housed in Piscataway, along with its similarities to Occupy Wall Street. Barry Pateman, director of the Kate Sharpley Library, a center that maintains anarchist texts, said the original Modern School was founded in Barcelona by Francisco Ferrer, who founded the institution on his unique ideas on Spanish history, culture and edu- cation, many of which disagreed with the government. Advocates change parking spaces into mini parks BY SEOYOUNG CHOI STAFF WRITER While a parking spot is valuable to one person while a car is parked, on Friday more than 10 people were able to appreciate the same spot for as long as they cared to stay. This is the idea behind Friday’s “PARK(ing) Day,” on which two parking spaces along Livingston Avenue were temporarily transformed with plants, turf and a park bench, said Grant Engel, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy graduate student. Two student groups, the New Jersey student chap- ter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein, organized “PARK Scarlet Day of Service attracts 400 campus volunteers for 19 causes SEE SENATE ON PAGE 6 SEE DAY ON PAGE 5 SEE TALK ON PAGE 6 SEE PARKS ON PAGE 5
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Aside from reporting on the currentstate of administration, the presidentanswered questions brought up during thesenate meeting.
Katherine Yabut, the undergraduate stu-dent representative to the Board of Trustees,asked how Barchi plans to make a bettereffort in reaching out to students.
“Historically, students haven’t usuallybeen included in a lot of the decision-makingprocesses at Rutgers and have kind of beenexcluded from meetings with Universityadministrators,” said Yabut, a School of Artsand Sciences junior.
To improve communication between stu-dents and administration, Barchi said, effortsshould be made on both ends.
“It’s important for the students to go backto your constituencies just the way the mem-
bers of all the other members of individualgroups do and bring forward their sugges-tions, comments, concerns,” Barchi said.
In addition to encouraging students tocome to the administration with concerns,the president’s office will also actively seekout students’ opinions, he said.
“I am going to make sure to try to get out onthe campuses and meet with students on a face-to-face basis regularly just to make sure I canget some of that information back myself,”Barchi said.
Norman Markowitz, associate professor inthe Department of History, addressed the $750million bond referendum that is set to be includ-ed on November’s voting ballot, asking what thepresident’s office is doing to promote awareness.
Christopher Marshall, vice president of New Jersey’s student chapter for the American Society of Landscape Architects, loungesin a parking spot Friday on Livingston Avenue. CONNIE FIOCCO
PITCH YOURSELF Rutgers Business School career fairbrings out 45 companies, giving students the opportunity to network. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
IN DEFENSE OF A DEFENSE Targumcolumnist Tom Verenna defends hisright to defend his own contentonline. / OPINIONS, PAGE 10
Rutgers sophomore quarterback Gary Novaachieved career highs in completions, passingyards and passing touchdowns at Arkansas.SPORTS, BACK
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
President Robert L. Barchi tells University Senate members Friday about progress the University is making in terms of enrollment, construction and promotion of the Higher Education Facilities Bond Referendum on the ballot in November.MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Barchi addresses University SenateBY BRIANNA PROVENZANO
STAFF WRITER
President Robert L. Barchi deliveredhis administrative report at the firstUniversity Senate meeting of the semesteron Friday, listing the University’s accom-plishments over the past year and dis-cussing his agenda for his first year inoffice at Old Queens.
Barchi said he hopes to establishshared governance that includes stu-dents, faculty and staf f for a strongerUniversity community.
“One of my primary foci has been on thisconcept of a community of scholars, and howimportant that is to a University, and howcentral that community is to what makes agreat University great,” Barchi said.
Studentsvolunteerin city forservice day
BY SHAWN SMITHCONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 400 students lined up at theRutgers Student Center early Saturday morn-ing to go out and volunteer during the ScarletDay of Service.
The University’s Student Affairs departmentsent the volunteers to 19 different locationsaround New Brunswick to help with everythingfrom painting fences to packaging food, saidMatt Zielinski, a Residence Hall Association pro-gram coordinator.
Students volunteered alone or as part of agroup. Community service fraternities likeDelta Sigma Iota and Alpha Phi Omega were inattendance, as were entire floors from some res-idence halls led by their Residence Assistants.
Groups went to Buccleuch Park, the RonaldMcDonald House and also cleaned the streets ofNew Brunswick.
At Buccleuch Park, the volunteer groupworked under the direction of DavidJaipersaud, the director of the children’shospital at Saint Peter’s UniversityHospital. The hospital held free healthscreenings at the park, and the volunteersassisted where needed.
Former radicalgroup meetsfor panel talk
BY ADAM UZIALKO CORRESPONDENT
Friends of the Ferrer Modern School hosted their40th annual meeting at the faculty dining room atBrower Commons on the College Avenue campusSaturday, where a panel discussed the history of a rad-ical community once housed in Piscataway, along withits similarities to Occupy Wall Street.
Barry Pateman, director of the Kate SharpleyLibrary, a center that maintains anarchist texts, saidthe original Modern School was founded in Barcelonaby Francisco Ferrer, who founded the institution onhis unique ideas on Spanish history, culture and edu-cation, many of which disagreed with the government.
Advocates changeparking spacesinto mini parks
BY SEOYOUNG CHOISTAFF WRITER
While a parking spot is valuable to one person whilea car is parked, on Friday more than 10 people wereable to appreciate the same spot for as long as theycared to stay.
This is the idea behind Friday’s “PARK(ing) Day,”on which two parking spaces along Livingston Avenuewere temporarily transformed with plants, turf and apark bench, said Grant Engel, an Edward J. BlousteinSchool of Planning and Public Policy graduate student.
Two student groups, the New Jersey student chap-ter of the American Society of Landscape Architectsand Walk Bloustein Bike Bloustein, organized “PARK
Scarlet Day of Serviceattracts 400 campusvolunteers for 19 causes
SEE SENATE ON PAGE 6SEE DAY ON PAGE 5
SEE TALK ON PAGE 6SEE PARKS ON PAGE 5
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Monday, Sept. 24The Rutgers University Debate Union debates whether the UnitedStates should call for a Constitutional Convention at 8 p.m. at TrayesHall in the Douglass Campus Center.
Tuesday, Sept. 25The monthly “Reel Queer Film Series” kicks off with a screening of“Queen of Myself: Las Krudas d’Cuba” at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202BCof the Livingston Student Center. Filmmaker Dr. Celiany Rivera-Velazquez will be available to talk about her documentary on femi-nist Cuban hip-hop group Las Krudas. The series is sponsored bythe Center for Social Justice Education and LGBT Communities.
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The Rutgers University Police Department alerted students overthe weekend about two off-campus crimes under the investigation ofthe New Brunswick Police Department, including a shooting onEaston Avenue.
Witnesses said a shooting occurred on Easton Avenue nearCondict Street at about 2:38 a.m., according to the crime alert. Thevictim, who was shot after having an argument with a group ofmales, was unaffiliated with the University and sustained non-lifethreatening injuries.
The suspects fled the scene toward Albany Street, according tothe alert.
A robbery was also reported at approximately 3:30 a.m. onBartlett Street off College Avenue, according to the crime alert.
The victim was struck in the head and stomach before havingtheir cell phone stolen. The victim received only minor injuries.
The New Brunswick Police Department requests that anyonewith further information call its Detective Bureau at (732) 745-5200or RUPD at (732) 932-8025.
Thursday, Sept. 27The 30th annual New Jersey Black Issues Leadership Con-ference begins at the Hyatt Regency at 2 Albany St. throughSept. 29. For more information and to register, visitnjbic.com.
Bassist Dezron Douglas and saxophonist Lummie Spannperform at Makeda Ethiopian Restaurant at 338 George St.Tickets are $5. The event is hosted by the New BrunswickJazz Project.
UNIVERSITYSEPTEMBER 24, 2012 PAGE 3
BY ERIN PETENKOCONTRIBUTING WRITER
“Concentrated. Targeted.Focused. Recruited.”
This was the tagline for the2012 Rutgers Business SchoolCareer Fair, a biannual functionthat assists students with train-ing, interviewing as well as land-ing internships and job offers.
The event, open only toRutgers Business School stu-dents, featured 45 companiesthat each paid a fee for the oppor-tunity to market themselves toUniversity students.
“It’s important to give stu-dents exposure,” said Leigh-Anne Cobb, program coordinatorat the University’s Office ofCareer Management on Friday atthe Livingston Student Center.
She said the fair also worksfor employers because they keepcoming back for more recruits.
The first career fair was exclu-sively student-organized in 2001.
“Students wanted a fair thatwould be more targeted to busi-ness students,” said WynellaReid, a manager at the Office ofCareer Management.
While the Office of CareerManagement helped coordi-nate the fair for many years,this year’s fair also had helpfrom students sitting on theRutgers Business InnovationCommittee, a 21-memberorganization created to facili-tate business school events.
Career fair offers business job opportunities
Rutgers Business School juniors Luis Vieira, left, Cas Tansecoand Kevin Gilangi network at the Rutgers Business School Fairon Friday at the Livingston Student Center.LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The organization ensures thatrecruiters have a good experi-ence and do everything fromcommunicating with companiesto getting them water and sign-ing in students, said ConnorHickey, president of the RutgersBusiness Innovation Committee.
The committee promoted thefair though flyers, emails andannouncements in businessclasses, said Prathusha Prabahar,a committee member.
The day of the event, membersarrived hours early to set up tablesand distribute promotional itemssent to them from humanresource departments of eachcompany, said Prabahar, a RutgersBusiness School sophomore.
“The event turned out just as weanticipated. There are a lot of stu-dents, and employers are lookingto hire them,” said Andrew Chae,the committee’s vice president.
With companies like Mars,Target, Citigroup, Ernst & Youngand MetLife, there were manyoptions for University students tocheck out.
Although some recruiterswere surprised by the overloadof eager applicants, othersfound small groups of studentsmore beneficial to speak withone-on-one.
“Even though we had eight peo-ple, we were busy the whole time,”said Andre Fryson, associate man-ager at Prudential Financial.
Eric Wilzig, a member of theRutgers Business Innovation
Committee, said studentsshould start with a pitch, makesure to sound excited and pres-ent themselves professionally tothe recruiter.
“Some recruiters remembermeeting me as a freshman,” saidWilzig, a Rutgers BusinessSchool junior.
Potential employers alsoshared what they looked forwhen a student approaches them.
“I need someone with confi-dence and talent in social interac-tion,” said Nick Holzmacher, asenior consultant atPricewaterhouseCoopers.
Both students and recruitersagreed it is good to be sociable,
ask questions, show knowledge ofthe company and treat recruiterslike people rather than facelesslackeys of the corporation.
Though the fair drew a crowdmostly made up of upperclass-men, there were a few first-yearstudents and sophomores whowere excited for the chance togain networking experience.
“Speaking with companiesopens ways for freshmen to suc-ceed,” said Sneha Lakhani, aRutgers Business School first-year student. “More freshmenshould definitely come.”
Reid said students shouldstart going to career fairs as earlyas possible.
“You don’t want your first timethere to be your senior year,”Reid said.
There are some follow-ups tothe career fair on campus, includ-ing interview events and résumé-building workshops, in whichalumni return to work asrecruiters.
Sarah Carpea, a RutgersBusiness School alumna, visitedthe McGladrey table at hercareer fair as a student.
Now she has attended manyuniversity fairs — as a recruiter.
“Rutgers students are well-prepared, informed and profes-sional,” she said.
She thinks that is the reasonthat there are a few Universityalumni working as McGladreyrecruiters now.
University alumna JessicaHwang now recruits for Mars.
She visited the career fairafter working for Wells Fargo fora few years and was hired as aseasonal financial assistant forMars, which involves preparingcandy production for Halloween,Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
“It’s funny being on the otherside,” she said.
Debbie Faynshteyn, aRutgers Business School junior,said she went to the fair becausethere is a poor economy and sheneeds a job.
“It makes recruiters real peo-ple rather than just judging youand looking for things on yourrésumé,” she said.
Engel said the only way tomake this become permanent isif people see this, like it andrequest it.
Chris Marshall, vice presi-dent of New Jersey studentchapter of ASLA, said the com-munity is calling for the organization tohost the eventagain and ques-tioned why itdoes not happenevery month.
Marshall, aSchool ofE n v i r o n m e n t a land BiologicalSciences junior,said of ficialsfrom the mayor’soffice are tryingto get people inthe area to interact with theirenvironment more.
Engel said having more openspaces gives back to the commu-nity because it provides an envi-ronmentally friendly atmospherefor the community.
Giving up some parkingspaces to implement open spacesfull of grass does not have to belimited to urban or suburbanneighborhoods, Engel said.
He said many communitieswould appreciate having a littlepiece of land, such as a garden, to
bring people clos-er together.
Engel said peo-ple like to knowthat they are notsitting in a waste-land.
“Urban openspace increasescivic pride becauseit makes people careabout where theylive and they shouldcare where theylive,” Engel said.
He said last year’s event didnot attract as many peoplebecause of the chilly Novemberweather.
“This year, we are smoothingthe processes out, markinganother start point for
‘PARK(ing) Day’ at Rutgers,” hesaid. “Ideally we wanted more vis-ible spot where more undergrad-uate students can see, likeCollege Avenue.”
To create more open space inNew Brunswick, Marshall saidsome people suggested closingoff George Street to eliminatetraffic to create an area for stu-dents to have a garden district asan urban open space.
Ashley Motta, a BlousteinSchool graduate student, said theUniversity is advocating for theuse of different modes of trans-portation, including biking, walk-ing and using the buses.
The University’s Departmentof Transportation Servicesalready has policies in place thatencourage students to use busesand park away from the city,Engel said.
“That’s already in the right direc-tion,” he said. “Where you get youreducation is not a place to park, itshould reflect your education. Itshould be reflected that you live[there], and it should be beautiful.”
Stephanie Buco, director of the Student VolunteerCouncil, let the group of volun-teers in to do some cleanuptasks around the RonaldM c D o n a l dHouse onSomerset Street.
S t u d e n t shelped paint thefence andcolumns, sort outsoda tabs that willbe turned intofunds for theorganization anddid some light yardwork cleanup, saidBuco, who regular-ly volunteers at theRonald McDonaldHouse.
“I love giving back to this awe-some charity. I volunteer hereweekly and it is great,” said Buco, aSchool of Arts and Sciences senior.
Sara West, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore, was excited tovolunteer this year after feeling toooverwhelmed to be able to last year.
“I like making people happy, andthis is a really greatorganization. I feelit’s important togive back,” Westsaid. “We need tokeep in mind thatwe have povertyjust a few blocksaway from campusand every little bithelps.”
Students alsotook to the streetsof New Brunswick,armed with garbagebags, gloves and
rakes to clean up discarded litteralong College Avenue, EastonAvenue and Mine Street.
New Brunswick Recycling andClean Community coordinator,
Donna Caputo, led the students intheir cleanup efforts. She alsoarmed the students with door tagsto place on resident’s front doors totell the community about thecleanup effort.
“The students are doing a greatjob picking up litter and helping pro-tect our environment,” Caputo said.“We all want a nice, clean city and ittakes everybody working togetherto get there.”
Rebecca Slinkard, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences first-year student, andRiasat Zaman, a School of Arts andSciences first-year student, walkedalong College Avenue sweeping andpicking up any garbage they saw.
“My R.A. told me about today’sservice, and I thought it was a greatopportunity to go and help. It feelsnice to be out here,” Slinkard said.“Walking down the street, I nevernoticed how much garbage thereactually is.”
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“For us, it is helpful to have thestudents here. We don’t have themanpower to cover everything thisevent needs alone,” Jaipersaud said.“We have 400 people preregistered,and we expect about 600 to turnouttoday. It’s a huge piece to the eventto have the Rutgers [student’s] pres-ence here today.”
The Buccleuch Park group, ledby Steven Marinos, a School of Artsand Sciences senior, was excited tohelp out with the event.
“We love to outreach to our com-munity,” Marinos said. “This is areally cool event. It’s great to see wehave resources like this right in ourown backyard.”
Niki Willamf, a School ofArts and Sciences junior, saidshe loves the feeling she getsfrom volunteering.
“Some people do it just to do it.I enjoy doing it, going out andmaking people feel good andsmile,” she said. “I love to makeother people smile.”
Other students stayedbehind to help pack meals forStop Hunger Now, a globalorganization dedicated to end-ing hunger worldwide.
Jim Dodaro, a University alum-nus and certified hunger event facil-itator, organized the packing. Thegoal was for volunteers to pack20,000 meals consisting of high-pro-tein soy, rice, a vitamin pack anddehydrated vegetables.
“We are an internationalhunger relief effort organizationand our mission is to have aworld without hunger. Our goalis to end hunger within our life-time,” Dodaro said. “The volun-teers are packing meals that willbe sent to more than 76 coun-tries worldwide.”
Dodaro said he wasimpressed with the turnout forthe Saturday morning event, andpraised volunteers.
“These students right here, theyare the future. Whether they know itor not, they are making a differenceand changing the world here,today,” he said.
(ing) Day” in New Brunswick topromote innovative developmentof open public space, Engel said.
“PARK(ing) Day” is an annualworldwide event that began in2005 to highlight the need forurban open space and the qualityof that space, said Nicholas Tufaro,principal planner and landscapearchitect for the Middlesex CountyPlanning Department.
“Last year, five to six conti-nents, including more than 1,000institutions participated in‘PARK(ing) Day,’” Tufaro said.
After hosting “PARK(ing)Day” for the first time last year atthe University, Engel said thecommittee decided to hold theevent again this year with theASLA student chapter.
Volunteers pack 20,034 meals for morethan 76 countries
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT “We need to keep inmind that we havepoverty just a fewblocks away fromcampus and every
little bit helps.” SARA WEST
School of Arts and SciencesSophomore
Students work to package more than 20,000 dehydrated meals during the Scarlet Day of Service on Saturday morning. All packages, which included vitamin packs and dehydrated vegetables, were sent out through Stop Hunger Now.SHAWN SMITH
More than 1,000 institutionshost ‘PARK(ing) Days’
PARKS
CONTINUED FROM FRONT
“Where you getyour education is
not a place to park,it should reflect
your education. ” GRANT ENGEL
Edward J. Bloustein School ofPlanning and Public Policy
Graduate Student
As the students packedmeals, a gong would soundevery 10 minutes.
“That’s another 2,000 mealspacked,” Dodaro said, as he was met with cheers fromthe volunteers.
Smrithi Mathew, a School of Arts and Sciences junior,said she enjoys giving back tothe community.
“We all take food and water forgranted. We need to realize noteveryone has the opportunity tolive like we do,” Mathew said.
After the final gong, the volun-teers were relieved to hear they hadsurpassed their goal and prepared20,034 meals.
Engel said the day drawsattention to the amount of landgiven to parking because itshows the land that can be usedfor other purposes, he said.
“In cities, there are lots ofparking lots but not much placewhere people can enjoy like weare right now,” Engel said. “Inthis [open] space, people cancome and enjoy sitting and makeconservation with neighbors, aswell as being aware of environ-mental factor.”
Engel said there are too manyparking lots, and some of the spacescould be transformed to includepatches of grass and park benches.
He said park areas slow downrainwater, cut the urban heatisland effect and add aestheticvalue to what was once a con-crete jungle.
bring in a better, fairer [and] morehumane world than what there isnow,” Pateman said.
Yet the Modern School alsofaced domestic opposition, he said.
“There were some tensionsthere,” he said. “The real ten-sions were between … [the]working-class people and mid-dle-class people.”
Pateman said the fervor was toomuch for a lot of people, and donorssoon began to withdraw funds fromthe school.
The school remained for sometime as the problems continued,but ultimately closed in 1953,Pateman said.
Jackie DiSalvo, a leader ofOccupy Wall Street’s labor outreachcommittee, said at the meeting thatthe activism exhibited in the FerrerSchool is of the same breed as theOccupy movement.
“It was not a movement justbegun by anarchists,” she said. “Itwas an alliance of people with differ-ent political perspectives.”
She said both movementsheld the belief that the realproblem stemmed from thestate and corporations.
Author and anarchist historianThai Jones said the ongoing strug-
gle against Wall Street has been “the100-year war.”
Parallels between the FerrerSchool and Occupy Wall Streetstretch back to the first sustainedoccupation of the financial sector byradical protesters in 1914.
Jones said, threats of attacksfrom radical individuals resultedover time in further police activityat protests.
“In 1930, the U.S. police commis-sioner sparked a panic claiming hereceived an anonymous letter threat-ening to destroy city hall, the policeheadquarters, the New York StockExchange and on top of all that toassassinate Gov. Al Smith and JohnD. Rockefeller,” he said.
Though the attack neveroccurred, Jones said the threatsallowed for increased police sup-pression of protesters reminiscentof the force used during OccupyWall Street.
Jones said the “system” WallStreet symbolizes grew immenselysince the days of the Ferrer School,and modern capitalism has made ashift in the way people are connect-ed to its problems.
“The original vision of [capital-ism] had been replaced by a global-ized system where the victims ofproduction are never even con-ceived of by the people consumingtheir products,” he said.
Ellen Rosner, a member of theorganization’s programming com-mittee, said the anarchist eventsoccurring in the Middle East’sArab Spring can also be tied tolocal incidents.
“Tyrants be afraid, because we,the people of the world, slumber nomore,” said Rosner, a HighlandPark resident.
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“[Ferrer] believed in what hecalled ‘rational education’… [includ-ing] science, the idea of progressand the attack on irrationality, whichin his view was religion,” he said.
The Barcelona school did notemploy tests, curriculums or stu-dent competition and was consid-ered an alternative form of educa-tion, Pateman said. The centralfocus was the independence of thechildren, as opposed to suppressionby the state or parents.
The school was also co-educa-tional, he said, which was shockingto a conservative Spanish statemade up of primarily Catholicbeliefs.
“This was not only a school forchildren, this was to be a school foradults — a school for those working-class men and women who hadbeen fettered by education,”Pateman said.
The state executed Ferrer, blam-ing him for an uprising in Barcelona,he said.
The Ferrer Modern School inPiscataway followed in the footstepsof the original establishment, butsoon evolved into an institution withideas that were slightly different toFerrer’s own theories.
Unlike Ferrer’s school, Patemansaid the Piscataway edition con-tained a curriculum and an agenda.
“[Ferrer] said children have toknow it is their responsibility to
“The bond issue, which willbe voted on in November is verymuch in the interest of Rutgers,and I think it’s very importantthat those who take our mes-sage … focus on that becausethe general election is, ofcourse, the people’s election,”Markowitz said.
Barchi said University offi-cials are doing everything intheir power to raise awarenessabout the bond referendum inthe coming weeks.
“We will be heavily engaged ingetting the message out in abipartisan way, the Universitywill be involved in that, I will per-sonally be involved in that, I askeach and every one of you to beinvolved in that,” Barchi said.
Barchi said the bond referen-dum, if passed, would affect theentire population of the state ofNew Jersey.
“This is an issue that drives atthe economic foundation of thestate having an educated popu-lace and a technologically capa-ble work force as well as a highereducation environment that candrive the engine of technologyand economy here,” Barchi said.
During his address, the presi-dent said enrollment at theUniversity was particularlystrong this year, with 58,800 stu-dents enrolled on its three cam-
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different politicalperspectives.”
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puses this September — about500 more than last year.
He said enrollment num-bers on the University’sCamden campus were particu-larly encouraging.
“Enrollment in Camden iswithin five students of what itwas last year, a remarkableaccomplishment, and I think it’sa platform from which we canbuild as the word gets out there... that we are not severable ...and that’s the way we’re goingto stay,” Barchi said.
Another achievement theUniversity made in the past yearis the solar array on Livingstoncampus, he said.
The solar canopy can gener-ate eight megawatts of power,which is 63 percent of the totalenergy needed to powerLivingston campus.
“We are looking more andmore to become internally self-sufficient in our energy use,”Barchi said. “[The panels] willgive us a positive return overthe next 20 years of about $30million so not only is it the rightthing to do, it’s fiscally the rightthing to do.”
The Livingston Apartments,Barchi said, opened on time andon budget, providing housing for1,500 students and 30,000 squarefeet of retail space.
He said the constructiontotaled $215 million dollars worthof project costs.
“We have to compete for thebest and brightest students notonly from New Jersey but fromaround the country, facilities real-ly matter [and] how we look real-ly matters,” Barchi said.
METRO PAGE 7SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
BY ALEX MEIERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
City residents gathered for acandlelit vigil at Feaster Park onSaturday to commemorate theone-year anniversary of the deathof New Brunswick residentBarry Deloatch.
Deloatch was fatally shot onSept. 22, 2011 after two police offi-cers chased him into an alley offThroop Avenue and Handy Street.The circumstances surroundinghis death resulted in several com-munity protests.
“We’re here for support, loveand remembrance,” said FahiymTorres, a New Brunswick resident.“We’re here for [Deloatch] and any-one who was killed or harassed bythe police department.”
The vigil, organized byDeloatch’s son Barry Gavin, tookplace across the street from thealley where the New Brunswickman was shot.
A group of about 40 friends,family members and supportersgathered with candles and posters,honoring Deloatch’s memory withlaughing and dancing.
But Tormel Pittman, a NewBrunswick resident, said there ismore work that needs to be done.
“I don’t think the fight hasstopped. I don’t think it reallybegan,” Pittman said. “We’re notjust here with candles and posters.... We’re up here to show that we’restill alive and kicking ... that we’restill upset about what happened.”
Glenn Gilliam, a SouthBrunswick resident, said he does
BY OREN SAVIR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
City residents saw a downpourof rubber ducks spill from an enor-mous egg above the Raritan Riverin New Brunswick yesterday as apart of the 33rd Annual RaritanRiver Festival.
The festival, which attractedhundreds of people from the sur-rounding areas, included roboticdemonstrations, cardboardcanoe racing, a golf contest, livemusic performances and theannual Beez Foundation rubberduck race.
The event took place at BoydPark and lasted from noon to 6p.m. Bill Shultz, RaritanRiverkeeper, said one of thegoals of the festival is to get peo-ple to recognize the value of thelocal waterway.
“What does Mommy always tellthe little kid? ‘Stayaway from thehighway, stay awayfrom the road,’”Shultz said. “In[New Brunswick],it means stay awayfrom the river. Sohow does the kidfind out that theriver is in his backyard? What doesit mean to him?”
The Raritan River, which flowsfor 30 miles from central NewJersey to Raritan Bay, was instru-mental in the development of NewBrunswick, said George Dawson,chair of the New BrunswickHistorical Association.
“New Brunswick developedhere because it’s the headwaterof navigation on the RaritanRiver,” Dawson said. “But aboveNew Brunswick, the river is non-navigable … so the shippingdeveloped here, and it was a riverport developed just upstream ofthe city at Raritan Landing,where [goods] were shipping toother markets.”
The city of New Brunswickhas partnered for the last 12 yearswith the Beez Foundation, whichraises funds and brings publicityto brain cancer, said SusanGiardina, co-founder of the non-profit organization.
Vigil honors Deloatch anniversary
Annual festivalattracts residents
Local residents explore the different attractions at the RaritanRiver Festival yesterday. The annual event began in NewBrunswick 33 years ago. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
not think the situation hasimproved from the yearlong seriesof protests.
“The cop that killed [Deloatch]should be in jail, not be able toresign,” said Gilliam, a Universitycustodial group leader.
Torres disagreed and said theprotesters have reached some oftheir goals.
“If we didn’t do those things, theofficer would still be on the force. ...We’re doing bigger things thanmost big cities,” Torres said.
Movement supporters plan tofocus less on protests and publicdemonstrations and more onpaperwork and legislation, he said.
Patricia Bombelyn, one of theattorneys representing theDeloatch family, said the familyplans to continue legal action.
“We have obtained all of thedocuments from the prosecu-tor’s office from the investiga-tion and we are conducting ourown investigation of that materi-al,” she said.
The contents of that investiga-tion will be revealed when the law-suit is filed, Bombelyn said.
Members of the activist groupUnited Residents of GarfieldEngaging in NeighborhoodTransformation attended the vigilas well.
URGENT emerged as aresponse to the shooting of MalikWilliams, 19, by Garfield policeofficers, said Reggie Buggs, thegroup’s vice president.
“This group from NewBrunswick came to our rescuewhen [Williams] was shot. We did-
n’t know how to set up protests, wedidn’t know anything about that,”he said. “We’re very thankful forthe city of New Brunswick.”
Buggs said he believes many ofthe problems dealing with policebrutality are rooted in racism.
“The police have failed toanswer one question — why is italways blacks or Latinos that windup on the dead side of a police-man’s bullet?” Buggs said.
Gillian agreed and said every-one can see race is a factor in manyof these incidents.
“You can’t open a paper or turnon the news without seeing some-one of color being shot by thepolice,” Gillian said.
Yet Pittman said the shootingaffects everyone in the communitydespite their color or race.
“It doesn’t matter if you’rewhite, black, Latino, Asian. ... Thisis a tragedy that happened to all ofus,” Pittman said.
Buggs said he is afraid some-thing like the Deloatch incidentcan happen again in the future.
“I think that my family’s unsafe.I am a father with three children,and I have eight grandchildren. ...They’re very active, and they’reinnocent and something could hap-pen to them just like it happened toBarry Deloatch,” he said.
Buggs said issues of institution-al racism could only be fought withgrassroots activism.
“It’s time for civic engagementnow,” he said. “It’s time for peopleto get involved in the governmentbecause the government is corrupt... and it all needs to stop.”
“It’s the No. 1 cancer killer ofchildren,” Giardina said. “Nobodyknows that.”
The Beez Foundation wasnamed for Giardina’s late daugh-ter Jennifer, who died in 2001.Today, the organization raisesmoney for patient services andcontributes to first-phase cancerresearch, which she said is thepoint at which most researchtends to get stifled.
“We try to do this in ways that[Jennifer] would have done it,”Giardina said. “She loved family …so our fundraisers, we try to makethem family-oriented. What couldbe more family-oriented than arubber duckie race?”
The fundraiser also includeda playground, a beer gardenand an environmental-aware-ness campaign.
Although the University itselfhad no affiliation with the festival,
students wereinvolved, both asparticipants and as volunteers.
“We had a lot ofRutgers input thisyear,” said MikeBlackwell, co-chairof the festival.
John Giardina,co-chair of the festival, said organ-izers were happy about theturnout, especially since it givesthem a chance to educate morelocal residents.
“The benefit to NewBrunswick is that we have theNew Brunswick environmentalcommission. They help to teachabout the river, about the environ-ment, recycling [and] everything to do with environ-mental consciousness,” JohnGiardina said.
Although organizers seek touse the occasion to inform thecommunity about brain cancer,Susan Giardina said it is impor-tant the festival is also seen as anentertaining event.
“Everybody that is here isasking us about the giant eggthat’s suspended over the river,and that gives us the opportunityto say that it’s for pediatric braincancer research and to talk tothem about it,” she said.
“We had a lot ofRutgers input
this year.” MIKE BLACKWELL
Raritan River Festival Co-Chair
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012PAGE 8
Egypt president makes first trip to US
Iran threatensattacks on US bases
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TEHRAN, Iran — A seniorcommander in Iran’s powerfulRevolutionary Guard warnedthat Iran will target U.S. bases inthe region in the event of warwith Israel, raising the prospectof a broader conflict that wouldforce other countries to getinvolved, Iranian state televisionreported yesterday.
The comments by Gen. AmirAli Hajizadeh, who heads theGuard’s aerospace division,came amid tension over Iran’snuclear program and Israel’ssuggestion that it might unilater-ally strike Iranian nuclear facili-ties to scuttle what the UnitedStates and its allies believe areefforts to build a bomb. Tehransays its nuclear program is forpeaceful purposes.
Hajizadeh said no Israeliattack could happen without thesupport of its most importantally, the United States, makingall U.S. military bases a legiti-mate target.
“For this reason, we will entera confrontation with both partiesand will definitely be at war withAmerican bases should a warbreak out,” Hajizadeh said inremarks that were posted on thewebsite of Iran’s state Al-AlamTV. U.S. facilities in Bahrain,Qatar and Afghanistan would betargeted, he said.
“There will be no neutralcountry in the region,”Hajizadeh said. “To us, thesebases are equal to U.S. soil.”
The U.S. Fifth fleet is based in Bahrain and the U.S.has a heavy military presence in Afghanistan.
The Iranian warning appearsan attempt to reinforce thepotential wider consequences ofan attack by Israel. The messageis not only intended forWashington, but to its Gulf Araballies that are fearful of a region-al conflict that could disrupt oilshipment and cripple businesshubs in places such as Dubai andQatar’s capital Doha.
It also comes during a majorshow of naval power in the Gulfby U.S.-led forces taking part inmilitary exercises, includingmine-sweeping drills. The U.S.Navy claims the maneuvers arenot directly aimed at Iran, butthe West and its regional allieshave made clear they wouldreact against attempts byTehran to carry out threats totry to close critical Gulf oil ship-ping lanes in retaliation fortighter sanctions.
Despite Israeli hints of a mili-tary strike, Iran’s military com-manders believe Israel is unlikelyto take unilateral action againstIran. The Guard’s top command-er, Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari,said last week that Iran believesthe United States won’t attackIran because its military bases inthe Middle East are within therange of Iran’s missiles.
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CAIRO — On the eve of hisfirst visit to the United Statesas Egypt’s president, IslamistMohammed Morsi said he willdemonstrate more independ-ence from the United States indecision-making than his pred-ecessor Hosni Mubarak andtold Washington not to expectEgypt to live by its rules.
Morsi sent that message inan inter view with The NewYork Times after a wave of vio-lence erupted across theMuslim world over an amateurfilm produced in the UnitedStates that was deemed of fen-
Controversial video sparks desire formore independence from US policy
During his first visit to the United States as president, Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi says that he plans to be less depend-ent on America when making decisions, compared to his predecessor. GETTY IMAGES
sive to Islam and its prophetMuhammed. The film raisednews tensions betweenWashington and Egypt.
Morsi criticized U.S. deal-ings with the Arab world, say-ing it is not possible to judgeEgyptian behavior and deci-sion-making by American cul-tural standards. He saidWashington earned ill will inthe region in the past by back-ing dictators and taking “aver y clear” biased approachagainst the Palestinians andfor Israel.
“Successive Americanadministrations essentiallypurchased with American tax-
payer money the dislike, if notthe hatred, of the peoples ofthe region,” he told the paperin the interview published lateSaturday, drawing a clear dis-tinction between the Americangovernment and the Americanpeople. Those administrations“have taken a very clear biasedapproach against somethingthat (has) very strong emotion-al ties to the people of theregion that is the issue ofPalestine.”
He stressed that unlike hispredecessor, Mubarak, he willbehave “according to theEgyptian people’s choice andwill, nothing else.”
Morsi, who was sworn in onJune 30 after the first demo-cratic elections in Egypt’s mod-ern history, has been cautiousnot to sharply depar t fromMubarak’s foreign policy path,
par ticularly the longstandingalliance with the United States.
But with an Islamist presidentat the helm of the Arab world’smost populous country, thereare already dif ferences andchanges of focus. Morsi hasbeen expected to distance him-self from what many Egyptianssaw as Mubarak’s compliancewith Washington’s agenda in theMiddle East, especially becausehis Muslim Brotherhood grouphas been a vocal critic of U.S.policy in the region and in theMuslim world.
In the interview, Morsi dis-missed criticism that he respond-ed too slowly when protestersmanaged to scale the walls of theheavily fortified U.S. Embassy inCairo on Sept. 11. The demon-strators replaced the Americanflag with a banner carrying theIslamic declaration of faith.
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President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, is greeted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon before their meetingat United Nations Headquarters yesterday in New York City. GETTY IMAGES
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CAMDEN, N.J. — This city,long among the nation’s poorestand most crime-ridden, is onthe verge of dismantling itspolice department and startinganew with a force run by thecounty government.
City officials are making themove to increase the number of offi-cers while keeping the cost thesame by averting rules negotiatedwith a union that city officials haveseen as unwilling to compromise.Unless the union — which is skep-tical of the stated motivations for thechange — reaches a deal with thecounty, no more than 49 percent ofthe city’s current officers could jointhe new force and those that do willget pay cuts.
John Wilson, a 57-year-oldunemployed baker who’s lived inthe city his entire life, thinks it’sworth a try.
“The police in Camden clearlyhaven’t been doing their job,” hesaid last week as he walked to hishome in the Parkside neighbor-hood, which has seen six homi-cides since the start of 2011. “Anychange has to be better. It can’t getworse now.”
Officials say there are about 170drug markets operating in this cityof 77,000 near Philadelphia, morethan 700 people on parole and 600registered sex offenders.
The murder rate is unthinkablyhigh. In 2007, Newark attractednational attention for a record num-ber of homicides. Yet its murderrate that year — 37 per 100,000 res-idents — was well below Camden’s53 per 100,000 that year. As ofFriday, there had been 47 murdersthis year. The city record of 58 wasset in 1995.
Two recent killings havebecome tragic symbols of the drugsand violence that plague the city.Since late August, two children,ages 2 and 6, have been killed,allegedly by people authoritiesbelieve were high on PCP.
The city has the nation’s highestpoverty rate with more than tworesidents in five living in poverty,census data show.
The big factories that oncemade Camden an industrial boom-town have been gone for a genera-tion. Over the past decade, revital-ization efforts focused on expand-ing hospitals and universities,which brought some life to down-town but had a less discernibleeffect on neighborhoods whereeven the best-kept blocks haveabandoned homes.
The city expects only $25 millionof its $150 million next proposedbudget to come from propertytaxes. Most of the rest is suppliedby state aid — and that’s declining.
In January 2011, the city gov-ernment conducted massive lay-offs, including nearly half the policedepartment and about one-third ofthe firefighters. Since then, all thelaid-off public safety workers havebeen called back, but their numbershave fallen through attrition. Now,there are 270 police officers, downfrom 450 in 2005 and 368 the daybefore the layoffs.
Anti-Islam video sparks tension at UN meeting
Camdenplans todisbandpolice
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UNITED NATIONS —Democratic uprisings across theArab world and the Palestinians’bid for U.N. membershipsparked excitement and hope atlast year’s meeting of world lead-ers. But with war raging in Syria,the Palestinian application side-lined, and deadly protests gener-ated by an anti-Islamic video, themood as this year’s U.N. gather-ing begins is one of disappoint-ment and frustration.
More than 120 presidents,prime ministers and monarchsmeeting this week under heavysecurity at the U.N. GeneralAssembly and in sideline eventswill also be preoccupied by risingtension over Iran’s nuclear pro-gram and the possibility of anIsraeli strike against Tehran’snuclear facilities, al-Qaida’sinroads in the Sahel region ofwest Africa, especially in Mali,and the first decline in years ininternational aid to help develop-ing countries combat poverty.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predicted that the ministe-rial session, which startsTuesday, will be among thebusiest ever, reflecting “thetumultuous time in which we live— a time of turmoil and transi-tion.” It is also taking place“against a backdrop of wide-spread violence linked to intoler-ance,” he said.
Ahead of the opening ministe-rial session, which President
Barack Obama will address, theU.N. chief has invited leaders tothe first high-level meeting onthe rule of law today, hoping they“will send a strong signal to theworld’s people that they are seri-ous about establishing well-func-tioning institutions and deliver-ing justice.”
Diplomats are not expectingany breakthroughs on the dead-lock over Syria, which Ban said“will be foremostin our minds,”despite a numberof sideline meet-ings starting todaywhen the newU.N.-Arab Leagueenvoy LakhdarBrahimi briefs theU.N. SecurityCouncil behindclosed doors onhis recent talkswith Syrian President BasharAssad and other leaders in the region.
The Syrian conflict has bitter-ly divided the most powerfulmembers of the Security Council,paralyzing the only U.N. bodythat can impose global sanctionsand authorize military action.Russia, Syria’s key protector, andChina, have vetoed threeWestern-backed resolutionsaimed at pressuring Assad tostop the violence and start politi-cal talks with opponents of hisfamily’s 40-year dictatorship whobegan demonstrating against hisregime 18 months ago.
Germany’s U.N. AmbassadorPeter Wittig, the currentSecurity Council president, said“change in the Arab world” willbe uppermost in the minds ofthe leaders — as was the case atlast year’s session.
Egypt’s PresidentMohammed Morsi, an Islamistwho was sworn in on June 30after the first democratic elec-tions in the country’s modernhistory, will be addressing the193-member assembly for thefirst time on Wednesday. So toowill Yemen’s President AbedRabbo Mansour Hadi, who took
office in Februaryfollowing morethan a year ofpolitical turmoiland is now tryingto steer the coun-try’s transition todemocracy.
P a l e s t i n i a nleader MahmoudAbbas stole thespotlight last yearwith his submis-
sion of an application forPalestine to become the 194thmember state of the UnitedNations. The United States,Israel’s closest ally, made clearthat it would veto any applicationuntil the Palestinians and Israelisnegotiate an end to their decades-long conflict.
So Abbas is expected to cometo the General Assembly onThursday with a more modestproposal — to upgradePalestine’s current status as aU.N. observer to a non-memberobserver state — but likely put-ting off the date for submission ofa resolution to the assembly,
where there are no vetoes, untilafter the U.S. presidential elec-tion in November.
The Palestinians expect over-whelming support from theassembly for the enhanced U.N.status, which they hope will givebroad international legitimacy tothe pre-1967 lines as Palestine’sborder and grant them access toU.N. agencies and possibly theInternational Criminal Court.
With no sign of an end to theSecurity Council’s paralysis overSyria, Wittig said Germany choseto focus the council’s ministerialsession Wednesday on some-thing new and positive in theMideast — “the emergence ofthe Arab League as a regionalactor that has proved to be essen-tial for conflict resolution.”
The 21-member Arab Leaguehas shaken off decades of neartotal submission to the will of theregion’s leaders and is seeking totransform itself following theseismic changes brought aboutby the Arab Spring. The leaguehas supported the rebels whoousted Libyan leader MoammarGadhafi and suspended Syria inresponse to Assad’s brutal crack-down against his opponents.
“This organization is promot-ing the values that the UnitedNations is standing for — humanrights, rule of law, democracy,pluralism,” the fight against cor-ruption and promoting economicopportunity, Wittig said.
Another issue looming largeover the ministerial session is Iran’snuclear program, with Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu con-vinced that the Iranians are close todeveloping a nuclear weapon —which Tehran vehemently denies.
From Arab Spring to deadly protests,frustrations rise in United Nations
“[The Arab League]is promoting
the values that theUnited Nations is
standing for.” PETER WITTIG
UN Ambassador for Germany
and which the University itself boasts, were not. Amongthe factors considered are in-state and out-of statetuition, enrollment figures and accepted admissions per-centages. However, things like student progress andlikelihood of graduation are not. Clearly, these elementsare not only important, but also fundamental to aschool’s reputation.
Secondly, while it may claim to be objective, thereport is not entirely so. One obvious problem we canimmediately derive from the report’s ranking is itsinclusion of both public and private institutions.Obviously, the reputations of public institutions — espe-cially when conditioned on something like acceptedadmissions percentages — are going to pale in compar-
ison to the nation’s most prestigiousIvy League institutions. In this way,the ranking seems to favor exclusivi-ty over effectiveness.
Lastly, despite the sub-par rank-ing, the University’s future is lookingbright. Recent progress relating tothe University’s future restructuringhas brought with it the potential for
enormous improvements in the quality of a Universityeducation, and, by extension, its reputation.
Of course, none of this negates the fact that theUniversity has been falling behind in reputation andesteem in recent years, and must make it a point tocatch back up. The U.S. News and World Report is,flawed or not, one of the most popular ranking systemsin the country, and for that fact alone deserves ourattention. But it’s equally important to remember thatsuch a ranking does not spell the end of the world forthe University or its students.
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What does Mommy always tell the little kid? ‘Stay away from the highway,
stay away from the road.’
Bill Shultz, Raritan Riverkeeper, on warning small children of the dangers of the Raritan waterway. See the story in METRO.
EDITORIAL
T he U.S. News and World Report recentlyreleased its rankings for the Best Colleges2013, an annual report and ranking of both pub-
lic and private colleges and universities throughout thecountry. The top three spots, perhaps unsurprisingly,consisted of Harvard, Princeton and Yale University,respectively in the overall “National Universities” cate-gory. The University’s New Brunswick campus came inat a disheartening 68 — a four-place drop from the 64thspot occupied by the University in 2009.
The U.S. News and World Report’s annual ranking— and those similar to it — have, for most of theUniversity recent history, served as a point of grief forstudents and faculty alike. The reason for this seems tostem from the fact that, for most of itsrecent history, the University and itsstudents have witnessed a slowdecline in their school’s academicstanding both nationally and globally— at least, according to syndicatedrankings like the U.S. News andWorld Report. In the AcademicRanking of World Universities —most famously know as the Shanghai rankings — theUniversity experienced a similar decline when itdropped from 38 in 2003 to 61 in 2012.
But while rankings like these should not be disre-garded entirely, concerned students and faculty woulddo well to keep in mind several important things regard-ing them and their potential impact on University life.
Firstly, the report is not exhaustive. While it doestake a number of factors into account when consideringa school’s standing, many of those factors which weoften consider prerequisite to an exceptional institution,
U.’s new ranking should be taken lightly
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not exhaustive.”
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It is generally accepted that “A has powerover B if A can influence the actions of B.”The extent of that influence defines precise-ly how powerful A is. Simple, right? Wherepower becomes such a tricky subject iswhen we start to think about where it comesfrom. Your first response might be, “Why,coercion, of course. If A can hurt me in someway if I don’t do what he tells me to, then Ishall do what he tells me to.” This is certain-ly one source of power.But a simple illustrationof an experience whichmost of us have had atsome point will serve toreveal the deficiencies ofthis explanation.
Consider a particular-ly dry lecture. Most stu-dents will sit through thislecture quietly, evenattentively, painful as thatmight be for them. However, imagine there isa group of two or three students in the middleof the lecture hall who, bored to tears, beginconversing with one another, in voices justabove whispering, so that it is disruptive tothe class. Imagine, then, that the professorstops the lecture, looks at the students, andthen waits. What do you think will happen?
The students will quiet down, of course.But why? Are they afraid of the professor’sphysical strength? Unlikely. Are they afraidthey’ll be penalized or their grades will sufferif they don’t pay attention? This also seemsunrealistic. In big lectures, it is very rare for aprofessor to be able to match a name to a face,
and besides, this isn’t high school — “partici-pation” grades are not a big component of astudent’s course grade. Some students maybe afraid to miss what the professor is saying,but we’ve all been in enough lectures to knowthat many students simply don’t take verygood notes anyway. So why, then, do the stu-dents in this thought experiment (which ofcourse is not just an abstract thought experi-ment, but a description of an event that all of
us have seen at one pointor another), listen to aprofessor lecture on atopic which they may ormay not actually careabout?
The answer is obvious,of course — respect. Welisten to the professorwhen he asks us to quietdown because, very sim-ply, we recognize that
inherent in the professor-student dynamic is aduty on the part of the student to listen to andobey the professor. In sociology, this legiti-mating effect is called authority, and withoutit, power is less meaningful, or even nonexist-ent. A powerful monarch, for instance, muststill fear rebellion or usurpation (think KingGeorge III), while a leader with a great deal ofpopular support, though he may have little inthe way of formal powers, may nonethelessbe a force to be reckoned with (think MartinLuther King Jr.).
The purpose of elections, in a democrat-ic system, is to bestow that legitimacy.Authority so derived is, of course, a power-
ful thing — especially in a country sosteeped in Republican and Democratic prin-ciples – in that it gives the holder of thatauthority the permission to say, “I have awhole constituency that supports me.” Atruly representative institution has, on topof the formal power granted to it legally, themoral power that comes from representingan entire constituency.
During my first year at the University twoyears ago, RUSA and a few other studentgroups organized a tuition protest here atthe University, against the fact that, for yetanother year in a row, students were footingthe bill for decreasing aid from Trenton. TheStar-Ledger estimated that 600 peopleattended that rally. A few months later, whenthe Board of Governors met to set tuition forthe following year, they had planned to raiseit by 3.2 percent. They decided to raise it by1.6 percent instead — the lowest tuitionincrease in two decades, saving studentsroughly $200 apiece.
The University is about to enter a period oftransition. President Robert L. Barchi hasvery ambitious plans for the University’sfuture, and he has asked students to take partin shaping that future. We can begin by mak-ing the selection of our student leaders intothe active, meaningful process it should be,so that when they sit down at the table withBarchi, they have all the authority they needto be a powerful voice for all 58,000 of us.
Sam Berman is a School of Arts andSciences junior. His column, “CommunityMatters,” runs on alternate Mondays.
informed me that, due to a change in policy,columnists could not respond to commentsunder their own content.
Full stop. You read that right. Let’s backtrack a bit: what does it mean
to take responsibility for what we say? Ithink this is a very important question. Itseems simple enough to answer, doesn’t it?We take responsibility for what we say byattaching our names to it. With every byline,we are stating proudly “I wrote this.” Wearen’t hiding behind some fake name, sothat in ten years fromnow when someonedecides to Google search‘FreddyRedHands74’ (orwhatever) they won’t seethat embarrassing photoalbum from that partylast semester.
No, we use our realnames. When someonesearches for ThomasVerenna, they can get myentire Internet history. From my posts whenI was a not-too-bright teenager (which,unfortunately, still exist out there) to mypublished work in free academic openaccess journals. It is the good and the bad,all of it, there for everyone to see.
We live in a world where the Internet will— not can — document everything andsaves everything. There are moral implica-tions to this as well; very serious moral
implications. Where employers are nowdemanding Facebook passwords and teach-ers can get fired for vaguely venting aboutwork on their home computers, where acompany can legally not hire you because ofsomething you wrote on your website yearsprior, one has to ask what ramifications theinternet can have — is having — and hashad for individuals in our society. There isan underlying ethical dilemma to usingsocial media on the Internet — you neverknow if what you are going to write will end
up hurting you later.This is perhaps the
greatest value of person-al responsibility, isn’t it?We have the ability tothink critically aboutwhat we mean beforewe say it. Before I sendoff a publication, Ialways ask myself‘would I defend what I’mwriting here?’ ‘Would I
attach my name to it?’ ‘Would I stake mycareer on it?’ My name on my publicationis its greatest strength because it tells oth-ers I care enough about what I’m saying tostake my future on it, knowing full well thatonce the inter-highway takes hold of it, Ihave lost all control of it.
As an editor of an academic collection ofessays, scholars from around the world sendin contributions for me to review. I could
offer them gentle nods here and there aboutmaybe beefing up some conclusions withfootnotes (which, by the way, seem to bemanufactured by the ton in the academy) orchange some wording to make it less polem-ical. But I could never tell them not to writesomething and if, after I offered my sugges-tions, they insisted something remain as itwas (short of anything grammar/spellingrelated), it was out of my hands. The rule ofthumb is quite clear. They have the right todig their own graves, so to speak.
My only hope is that when someone chal-lenges my work, I have the right to defend it.After all, I’m not just defending what I wrote;I’m defending my name, my reputation andmy future. When one limits an author’s abil-ity to defend their work, the restricting partyhas proven Roland Barthes right: the authorreally is dead.
Tom Verenna is a School of Arts andSciences sophomore majoring in classics andhistory. His column, “Monday Dos of Logos,”runs on alternate Mondays.
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E lections are coming up. Pay attentionto the campaigns, get to know thecandidates and get informed about
the issues, because this election could havepretty hefty ramifications for you.
No, I’m not talking about the electionsyou’re thinking of, although those are impor-tant too. The elections I’m talking about arelocal elections — more local even thanmunicipal elections. I’m talking about theRutgers University Student Assembly elec-tions. RUSA, as some of you may know, is theundergraduate student government here atthe University. Elections for unfilled positionswill take place very soon, and that means it’scampaign season. Aspiring student leadersmust campaign by calling attention to issues,speaking with the voters and generally get-ting their name out there so that when thestudents cast their ballots in October, it won’tjust be a matter of who has more friends. Andyou, the voter, have a responsibility too. Youhave a responsibility to know the issues, andpick the best candidate for the job. It mayseem like a waste of time. It’s not. Studentgovernment may seem to you like an institu-tion totally devoid of power. It needn’t be.Here’s why.
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W hat does it mean to takeresponsibility for one’s words?In the Information Age, where
anonymity rules, is there any value at all towhat we say and do? Can we trust what iswritten by someone who is afraid to standby his or her own actions? I know thearguments: fear of government reprisals,job loss, family problems — anonymityhas given people a way to express them-selves without worrying about any sort ofreal life social reprisals. But how benefi-cial is that, really?
Let that sink in while I shift gears for amoment. I recently noticed a commentunder an article of mine published in TheDaily Targum. The comment was notaggressive, but it did warrant a response —it was contrary to my point in the articleand I sought to defend what I had written.After posting, the comment vanished withthe note that it was to be moderated, but itnever reappeared. Concerned, I contactedmy editor. Was there something I didwrong? I wasn’t polemical or rude or vul-gar, so where was my comment? He(solemnly it seemed) apologized and then
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challenges my work, I have the right
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The thought likely lingered inFlood’s mind earlier in the fourthquarter, when three runningplays inside the Razorbacks’ 20-yard line resulted in a missedfield goal attempt. It was the lasttime the dream did not centeraround Nova.
Wilson, meanwhile, hadvisions of his own.
A week after reprimandinghis teammates for their perform-ance in a 52-0 loss to No. 1Alabama, Wilson showed no illeffects. The senior threw for 419yards and three scores. WideoutCobi Hamilton, who set schooland SEC records with 303receiving yards, caught all threetouchdown passes.
Their last connection, an 80-yard pitch-and-catch, renewedfaith at Donald W. ReynoldsRazorback Stadium, where72,543 sorely needed it. Arkansashad regained momentum, whichswung like a pendulum in thecool Fayetteville night.
Its poster boy quarterbackand explosive of fense finallytook shape after scoring only 3points in the previous 30 min-utes. And it was on the verge ofrestoring normalcy among a fan
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talented football team, there’sgoing to be some of those.”Waters fell victim to most of them.
The sophomore took a poorroute on Hamilton’s 80-yardtouchdown, the longest playallowed by the Scarlet Knightsthis season. He did not see thefield for the next drive.
But despite allowing 492 yardsof total offense, the Knightsdefense remained opportunistic.
It held Arkansas to fourconsecutive three-and-outsthat spanned the second andthird quarters.
Junior cornerback LoganRyan, victimized by Hamiltonon a 57-yard score, interceptedWilson in the end zone withRutgers up, 25-13. Harmonscooped up a pass in the fourthquarter that deflected of f anArkansas receiver, all butdashing the Razorbacks’ hopesat a comeback.
“I think our defense did a real-ly good job tonight,” Flood said.“And you say, ‘How could thatbe?’ That guy is going to makeplays, and you just try to limit itas best you can and you try to goblow for blow with them.”
JUNIOR WIDEOUT QURONPratt posted his best game of theseason at Arkansas, hauling infive passes for 85 yards. Butarguably his most impactful playcame on a block.
The Knights nursed the ballat their own one-yard line withmore than six minutes left and a9-point lead. They turned tosophomore running back JawanJamison, whom the Arkansas
CONTINUED FROM BACK defense largely contained onfirst downs.
The Razorbacks initially bot-tled up Jamison on the first-downplay, but a cutback and a blockfrom Pratt resulted in a 24-yardrun, Jamison’s longest of thegame. Arkansas did not get theball back until only three-and-a-half minutes remained.
“It was a front-side run, and Ihad back-side corner,” Pratt said.“I saw Jamison cut back, and Ihad my man. He tried to make aplay, and I cut back and got him.”
Pratt entered the game withonly three catches for 29 yards.But he was one of a handful ofreceivers that laid a stake inthe outcome.
Sophomore quarterback GaryNova connected with a season-high eight players, including soph-omore tight end Paul Carrezola,whose first catch of the seasonresulted in a 2-yard touchdown.
“It’s a great thing for thisoffense to finally come togetherand see the potential,” Pratt said.“Now we used it … and it lookedgood on the field.”
SOPHOMORE FULLBACKMichael Burton left the gamewith an injury and did notreturn. Flood said the teamreceived Burton’s X-rays, but hehas not yet spoken with headfootball trainer David McCuneand did not expect to do so untilthis afternoon.
Burton had two rushes thisyear for nine yards, along withthree catches for 34 yards.
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base that experienced very littleof it through three weeks.
But Nova, on likely the mostmeaningful drive of his youngcareer, showed little appreciation.
“We knew we had someopportunities to make someplays, and we made them today,” he said. “I’m justreally happy.”
The program likely sharesthe sentiment now that it is offto its first 4-0 start since 2006.Yes, it defeated a programstained by deceit and that con-tinues to reel following a presea-son No. 8 national ranking.But with the Big East’s first winagainst the SEC this year andRutgers’ first since 2004, theKnights keep their dream of anational championship — how-ever farfetched — alive.
None can sleep more soundlythan Nova.
“It was certainly one of thebetter [per formances atRutgers],” Flood said. “I don’tknow if I can tell you right nowthis was the best one. I’m proud of the evolution ofGary Nova.”
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FOOTBALL FLOOD SETTLES ON ROTATION AT RIGHT GUARD
Rutgers decreases high penalty total Senior right guard Andre Civil returned to the offensive line rotation in Saturday’s win against Arkansas after missing last Thursday’s Big East opener againstSouth Florida. Head coach Kyle Flood said he will continue to rotate Civil with sophomore Taj Alexander. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Sophomore guard Taj Alexander remained in the offensive linerotation Saturday after replacing the injured Andre Civilagainst Howard. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
By all accounts, the Rutgersfootball team’s offensive line haddone its job. After a history ofshuffling players and allowingsacks in recent years, this sea-son’s squad has eliminated both.
With only seven dif ferentoffensive linemen being used inthe first four games — becauseof injuries to sophomore centerBetim Bujari and senior rightguard Andre Civil — and two sacks allowed, both num-bers are vastly improved fromseasons past.
But there is still one thinghead coach Kyle Flood can dowithout — penalties.
So far this season, the ScarletKnights have racked up 41 penal-ties and given their opponents313 yards as a result.
Flood said in the past thereare penalties he can live with thatare the product of good, aggres-sive play. But there are others hecannot get past so easily.
“I think there was significantimprovement [with penalties],”Flood said. “When you talk aboutthe absence of holding calls onoffense and illegal hands to the
face, which had been an issue forus the first couple games, I thinkwe made a significant improve-ment on eliminating those.”
Although the Knights had 10infractions resulting in a loss of 64yards, Flood said the ones he isconcerned with were much lessfrequent than in previous games.
But there is still much room forimprovement in the way of penalties.
“The ones that we still havetoo many of are the unforcederrors,” Flood said. “I think wehad three false starts by theoffensive line and one by the tightend, so that’s four false starts. Ithink that’ll get solved as wecome home. That’s a positive, butthat’s not the last time we’ll be onthe road either, so we have to con-tinue to work on it.”
Consistency is key in develop-ing the sort of chemistry that willlower the penalty count, and withall of the starting linemen healthyagain, the Knights have the oppor-tunity to strengthen that bond.
Although Rutgers has ahealthy line, Flood does notexpect to stick with the same fivefor each game.
Instead he will continue to usea platoon at right guard, just as hedid against Arkansas.
“We played [Civil] and weplayed [sophomore] Taj[Alexander] in the first half,” Floodsaid. “As we got into the secondhalf, I really left that up to [offensiveline coach Damian Wroblewski] interms of how he feels. He’s watch-ing it more specifically than I amduring the game.”
Alexander stepped in for Civilduring the home opener againstHoward after Civil left the gamewith a leg injury.
The Brooklyn native alsomissed Rutgers’ first Big Eastgame of the season againstSouth Florida.
But now that Civil is backhealthy, Flood has two guardshe can rotate in order to keepboth fresh.
“I would say going forwardthat Andre and Taj are going toboth play in every game.”
Not only will the enhancedchemistry improve the penaltycount, but it will also keep upthe impressive low-sack andhigh-rushing totals that havegarnished the Knights’ firstfour wins.
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Lonsky — her second on thegame — to win the contest.
The win was the first overtimevictory for the Knights this sea-son, which were previously 0-2 ingames that went into the over-time period this season in lossesto Boston and Temple.
In the first half, the Big Red gotoff to a fast start, converting 3-of-5shots to go up on the Knights, 3-0.
“The first half, Cornell showedthey were absolutely ready andfired up for this game,” Long said.“The defensive unit really cametogether in the second half.”
This weekend marked thethird consecutive weekend inwhich the Knights lost the firstgame and came back in the sec-
ond game to score a victory. Theteam also accomplished the featwhen it defeated Bryant, 3-0, andSacred Heart last weekend, 5-0.
So far, Long has the team buy-ing into to the new style of playshe has brought to the teamdespite the Syracuse (9-0) loss.Rutgers has been playing a moreup-tempo style, which involvesmore combinations at midfieldand more counter attacks. Withthe new style, the Knights havealready matched their win totalfrom the 2011 season.
“I think they are really buyinginto it, responding and playing somegood field hockey,” Long said. “Ithink they are really doing a nice jobwith the system and the structure.”
The Knights will now stay athome to take on Villanova andthen come right back on Sundayto take on Bucknell.
“Overall I think the team is con-tinuing to learn, and we will growfrom both of our games this week-end,” Long said. “We are reallyexcited to get back to a good weekof practice and tighten up somethings that we need to work on. Ithink our team really saw what ittakes to be at the top this weekend.”
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VOLLEYBALL PITTSBURGH 3, RUTGERS 2
Rutgers snaps lengthy winning streakFreshman middle blocker Sarah Schmid contributed in both games of the weekend doubleheader. She earned one of the final kill in a first-set victory Saturday in afive-set loss to South Florida. She also had 18 kills and five blockes in yesterday’s loss to Pittsburgh. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
BY AARON FARRARSTAFF WRITER
Sunday afternoon sealed a dis-appointing weekend for the Rutgersvolleyball team. The ScarletKnights dropped their opening twoBig East matches of the season.
Rutgers looked to rebound fromSaturday’s loss to South Florida yes-terday, as it faced Pittsburgh at theCollege Ave Gym. The Knightspushed the Panthers against theropes, but the Panthers were toomuch for Rutgers to handle. TheKnights lost in a final-match scoreof 3-2 with set scores of 31-33, 17-25,25-23, 25-17 and 11-15.
“We just have to be more con-sistent and be who we are,” saidhead coach C.J. Werneke follow-ing the team’s loss. “We let both
FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS 4, CORNELL 3
Team rebounds against CornellBY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ
STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers field hockeyteam proved its resilience againby splitting its weekend games.
The Scarlet Knights took onsecond-ranked Syracuse in theirfirst game of the weekend, a 6-0loss, and came right back onSunday to beat Cornell in over-time 4-3.
“I think obviously, we were a lit-tle disappointed about our gameagainst Syracuse,” said headcoach Meredith Long. “But theyare a phenomenal team, and werealized what we need to tweakand work on, which we broughtinto the game against Cornell.”
In the second half of theCornell game, the Knights (5-5, 0-2) defense stepped up, not allow-ing a single shot from the BigRed. Cornell (1-6) was given agreen card, and Rutgers tookadvantage of playing the rest ofthe game with an extra player.
The Knights scored twoquick goals off of the green cardand sent the game into overtime,when they cashed in on a goal bysenior midfielder Christie
“They are reallydoing a nice job
with the system andthe structure.”
MEREDITH LONGHead Coach
teams dictate our style of play, ourapproach to the matches and ourenergy. That’s not who we are.”
The last three sets resulted inthe squads battling it out until thefinish, as the Knights forced a fifthset. They trailed, 8-3, but mounteda comeback. Rutgers was not suc-cessful in playing catch-up andcame up short.
The first set was neck-and-neckas the Knights and Panthers (10-6, 1-1) went back-and-forth in a high-scoring affair. Both teams rallied andkept fans on the edge of their seats,but Pitt eventually came out on top.
Freshman outside hitter AlexLassa and freshman middle blockerSarah Schmid had an offensive out-burst as the two contributed 18 killsapiece. Lassa added 14 digs, andSchmid pitched in with five blocks.
Werneke said this weekend wasa good test for the Knights becauseit showed they have “a lot of fight.
“In years past we got beat 3-0against both of these teams,” hesaid. “Coming back and showingsome fortitude, forcing a Game 5shows a lot of character and a lot ofwill to come back in that fashion.”
The Knights fell Saturday totheir first Big East opponent inSouth Florida (9-5, 1-0). Rutgers lostin a final match score of 3-1, with setscores of 25-21, 26-28, 25-27 and 21-25. It was the second time Rutgers(14-3, 0-2) lost this season, the lastcoming on Aug. 25 at Miami.
“We played really well togeth-er,” said sophomore middleblocker Rachel Andreassian. “Itdidn’t really go the way we want-ed it to, but we saw a lot of good
things from our team. USF was agood team, too. I think we’re stillexcited about what’s to come inthe conference. There’s toughcompetition, but I think that wecan do it.”
No team broke away in anygame. Rutgers dug out a victory inthe opening set after two consecu-tive kills from Lassa and Schmid.
Rutgers challenged the Bulls inthe remaining sets, but USF found away to escape and pulled out victo-ries, snapping the Knights’ 12-match winning streak.
Lassa led Rutgers with 22 kills,one shy of her career-high. Juniordefensive specialist Tracy Wrightled the defensive charge with 16digs while senior setter StephanieZielinski recorded her seventhstraight double-double and her
11th of the year with 50 assistsand 10 digs.
“[USF] went on a couple ofruns,” Andreassian said. “We wereahead in game three, and we kindof lost it for a little bit. We just can’tlet [Pittsburgh] build momentumand take the lead from us. We justhave to keep playing consistentlythe whole game.”
Rutgers takes another crackat its conference competitionwhen it hits the road Friday totake on Villanova, against whichit hopes to rebound.
“One weekend isn’t going tobreak or make our season,”Werneke said. “We’re 0-2 [in confer-ence play], we have 13 more match-es in the Big East and we have 13more opportunities to prove to theBig East who we are.”
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THE RUTGERS MEN’Scross country team finished sec-ond yesterday at the FatherLeeber S.J. Invitational, the team’sfourth event of the season.
The Scarlet Knights collected54 points in the race, losing tohost Fairfield in the event.
Freshman Chris DeFabio wasthe first Knight to cross the fin-ish line. He finished fifth in the68-runner field with a final timeof 26:34.
Sophomore Curtis Richburgfinished 12th in the race with atime of 27:12 while freshmanAnthony Horton placed 17th witha time of 27:45.
Freshman Daniel Lee was thelast Knight to appear in the top 20with a final time of 27:53, good for18th place.
CINCINNATI BENGALSwide receiver Mohammed Sanu,a former Scarlet Knight, threw a73-yard touchdown pass in theBengals’ 38-31 win against theWashington Redskins.
The rookie connected withwide receiver A.J. Green on thefirst play of the game out of thewildcat formation.
The Bengals selected Sanu inthe third round of this year’sdraft after he declared a yearearly out of Rutgers.
Sanu broke the Big Eastrecord for receptions last seasonat Rutgers with 115 grabs for 1,206yards and seven touchdowns.
THE ALABAMA FOOTBALLteam remained No. 1 in theAssociated Press poll this week-end after its 40-7 victory againstFlorida Atlantic.
Oregon moved to No. 2 in therankings after its 49-0 rompagainst Arizona, replacing LSUin the second spot.
The Tigers moved to third inthe country after experiencingsome trouble putting away anunranked Auburn squad, whileFlorida State and Georgiaremained No. 4 and 5 in thestandings, respectively.
South Carolina moved into thesixth position while Kansas State,Stanford, West Virginia and NotreDame rounded out the top 10.
NEW YORK JETScornerback Darrelle Revis leftyesterday’s game with whatlooked like a left knee injury.
The All-Pro corner tried toavoid a block by a Dolphins play-er and grabbed his knee at theend of the play.
Revis missed last week’s gameagainst the Pittsburgh Steelerswith a concussion and was limitedin practices leading up to yester-day’s 23-20 overtime win.
He has played in just oneother game this season, againstthe Buffalo Bills, and recordedan interception.
THE NEW YORK KNICKSare considering signing forwardRasheed Wallace, according toCBSSports.
The 38-year-old worked outwith Knicks centers MarcusCamby and Kurt Thomas yester-day as the team is consideringbring Wallace on the roster.
Wallace last played for theBoston Celtics in 2010. He hasplayed with five dif ferentteams, most notably with theDetroit Pistons.
IN BRIEFRU splits conference matches
Junior goalkeeper Jessica Janoz played in place of starterEmmy Simpkins in Rutgers’ 2-0 loss yesterday to Marquette.NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, FILE PHOTO
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
After losing its first two con-ference games, the Rutgerswomen’s soccer team needed abig weekend to get a leg up in theBig East standings.
No. 21 Marquette preventedthe Scarlet Knights from mak-ing that move, defeating theKnights, 2-0, Sunday to push
Rutgers to 1-3 in the conference.“We had a good idea as to
how they were going to come outand that is with numbers gettingforward,” said head coach GlennCrooks. “Unfortunately, we justdidn’t keep the ball.”
The Golden Eagles (7-2-1, 3-0)outshot the Knights, 19-9, asRutgers failed to consistently pro-vide offense in either half, eventhough it has a history of finding the
back of the net in the second period.Marquette scored two goals,
both in the first half. Marquette for-ward Meghan Kelly went unassistedand scored her second goal of theseason to put the Golden Eagles up,2-0, to cap the scoring for the contestalong with the Knight’s chances ofsurmounting a comeback
Marquette forward TaylorMadigan took a pass from forwardCara Jacobson four minutes earlierand drilled a shot behind juniorgoalkeeper Jessica Janosz, whostarted for senior keeper EmmySimpkins as she continues to recov-er from her head injury sufferedSept. 16 against Georgetown.
Rutgers’ shots, mostly in thesecond half, were non-threaten-ing. The lack of attempts is some-thing junior forward JonelleFiligno cannot quite figure out.
“I don’t know what it is,” Filignosaid. “I can’t pinpoint it. It seemslike we have a little more urgencywhen we go down a goal or whenwe are in the second half. It isalways different in the second half.”
Junior defender Tori Leighbelieves the lack of opportunitiesby the offense has an effect onthe whole team.
“It is a lot of pressure all over thefield,” Leigh said. “It’s a lot of pres-sure on all of us, even the forwards.Everyone can score goals, we justhave to have the mentality to do it.”
The Knights seems toembrace taking more shots in thesecond half, and Fridays’ 1-0 vic-tory against South Florida is aperfect example of their play.
Rutgers (8-4) took seven shotsagainst the Bulls (7-3, 0-3) in thesecond period, and a Filigno head-er off of the crossbar was the clos-est the Knights came to scoring.
South Florida controlled posses-sion, forcing the Knights into theirthird overtime game of the season.
And with Rutgers relying onlate-goal heroics to finish off itsgame, Filigno provided just that.
The Mississauga, Canada,native drilled a penalty shot in thelast minute of double overtime,giving the Knights their first BigEast victory of the season.
‘It is always good to get thegame winner,” Filigno said. “Therewere so many girls that caused thatto happen, so it was a great teameffort, and we are just happy thatwe finished it off in the end.”
Rutgers had 13 shots in thefirst half against the Wildcats,and was more aggressive with itsapproach to score goals.
While Crooks recognizes theadded pressure it puts on hisdefense, he believes there are morethings for the Knights to work on,namely converting on the opportu-nities the Knights give themselves.
“If we are inside the box andundefended, we need to shoot,”Crooks said. “We had players inposition to do better in certain sit-uations just in terms of finishing orjust getting a attempt on goal.”
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No. 9 Hoyas best Knights with overtime goal
WOMEN’S SOCCER MARQUETTE 2, RUTGERS 0
MEN’S SOCCER GEORGETOWN 1, RUTGERS 0
Senior goalie Kevin McMullen saved 10 shots against theHoyas on Saturday before Georgetown scored an overtimegoal. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER, FILE PHOTO
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Georgetown forward BrandonAllen does not play like a freshman.He plays like the leader of the No. 9men’s soccer team in the nation.
Allen had to get through aScarlet Knights backfield yester-day that sported three startingfreshman defenders, and theymatured too.
Rutgers held Georgetownscoreless for 94 minutes, longerthan any Hoyas opponent all sea-son, until Allen weaved throughthree Rutgers defenders at thetop of the box in overtime.
Senior goalkeeper KevinMcMullen was the last line ofdefense in front of Allen, whoentered the game tied for the Hoyasteam lead with five goals this year.
Allen sunk his eighth attemptof the day and his fourth shot ongoal to end Georgetown’s 1-0 vic-tory in Washington, D.C.
“Eventually Brandon Allen gotus, but that’s why he’s a very talent-ed player and a very good finisher,”said head coach Dan Donigan. “LikeI [said] going into the game, he’s akid who won’t do a whole lot for agood portion of the game, but thenhe’ll show up and put in a dagger.”
Allen duped McMullen in the95th minute of the game, butMcMullen held his own for therest of Rutgers’ (3-3, 0-1) BigEast opener.
The Southern Methodisttransfer saved 10 shots against
“Unfortunately I didn’t score,and I can only blame myself real-ly,” Corboz said. “The loss is mostlikely my fault. I’m taking fullresponsibility for that loss.”
Rutgers had a more difficulttime of that in the first half.Georgetown held a 13-3 shotadvantage at half time.
“They were really patient withthe ball,” Corboz said. “They gobackwards like 20 yards for 30 sec-onds and then try to go forward.Everyone really like buys into theirsystem. They don’t really dribble.They just keep the ball moving.”
Even though Georgetown wasin control for most of the game,
Rutgers is still one of only twoteams this year that has held theHoyas scoreless in regulation.
The loss hurt Rutgers in theconference standings, butDonigan is happy.
“I’m starting to like our groupa lot more every day, everygame,” he said. “Obviously we’reall upset that we didn’t get the[winning] result, but at the sametime, that’s just part of having ayoung team and a little bit ofgrowing pains.”
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Georgetown, including all four ofAllen’s shots on goal.
McMullen and Georgetowngoalie Keon Parsa were in a battleto see who would let up first.Georgetown (8-0-1, 1-0) gaveMcMullen the more difficult task,recording a 26-10 shot advantage.
The Blackwood, N.J., native hasled a young defense all year withsenior defender Dragan Naumoski,and once the 82nd minute passed,the young defense heldGeorgetown — which averages17.1 shots per game — scorelessfor longer than anyone the Hoyashave faced this year.
“It’s his reading of the game,his organization of his back four,”Donigan said of McMullen. “He’sreally matured as a player.”
In the second half, Rutgers wasa young team holding possessionfor more of the period than theninth-ranked team in the country.
The Knights got seven shots offGeorgetown in the second period,threatening to take the lead in asmall stretch of the period.
Junior midfielder MikeSobof f was the dif ference-maker when he came off thebench in the 66th minute. TheNewton South High Schoolproduct got three of his team-leading four shots off within thenext seven minutes.
Freshman midfielder MaelCorboz got the best chance toscore when he earned a penaltyshot in the 73rd minute, anattempt Parsa saved.
Within the 3-4 scheme, sophomoreKevin Snyder lined up at outside line-backer, giving senior Khaseem Greene alarger role in coverage. Greene split outwide, covered slot receivers and roamedthe middle of the field.
“He really was checking and doingthings,” Greene said of Wilson. “He knewwhen pressures were coming. To our [defen-
sive] coordinator Robb Smith’s advantage,he was playing the game with him.”
But in the fourth quarter, Wilson drewSmith’s hand.
After Wilson threw a pair of quick touch-downs to wide receiver Cobi Hamilton,Smith opted for a three-safety look.Sophomore starter Lorenzo Waters was noton the field for it.
Senior backups Wayne Warren andMason Robinson, who only recently switchedto safety, teamed with senior Duron Harmonon Arkansas’ second-to-last drive.
“There’s going to be mistakes, there’s cer-tainly going to be angles we’d like to haveback,” Flood said. “But when you play a really
EXTRA EDGE The Rutgers men’s soccer team was the firstteam to hold No. 9 Georgetown scoreless in regulationbefore the Hoyas won, 1-0, in overtime. / PAGE 19
MLB SCORES EXTRA POINT SCORE BY QUARTER
SPORTS
BUMP IN ROAD The Rutgers volleyball team broke its 12-gamewinning streak Saturday against South Florida before losing to Pittsburgh yesterday, 3-2. / PAGE 18
OFFENSIVE STRUGGLE The Rutgers
women’s soccer team put up just nine shotsin its 2-0 loss to Marquette. / PAGE 19
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“He’s a kid who won’t do a whole lot for a good portion ofthe game, but then he’ll show up and put in a dagger.”— Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan on
Georgetown forward Brandon Allen
KYLE FLOOD haslead the Rutgers footballteam to a No. 23 ranking.It is the first time the teamis ranked since the 2009season under former headcoach Greg Schiano, whenit was ranked No. 25
Oakland 5 Baltimore 1New York (A) 4 Boston 2
Altanta 2 Chicago (A) 1Philadelphia 1 Los Angeles (A) 4
Miami 2 Texas 3New York (N) 3 Seattle 2
FIRST QUARTER
RUTGERS 0
Arkansas 10
SECOND QUARTER
RUTGERS 14
Arkansas 0
THIRD QUARTER
RUTGERS 14
Arkansas 3
FOURTH QUARTER
RUTGERS 7
Arkansas 13
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova and senior safety Duron Harmon celebrate Rutgers’ 35-26 win Saturday against Arkansas. Nova completed 25 passes for 397 yards andfive touchdowns in arguably the best game of his collegiate career, securing the win with a 60-yard touchdown pass. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
FOOTBALL RUTGERS 35, ARKANSAS 26
HogtiedThe sophomore, in his biggest nonconfer-
ence game with the Rutgers football team,said the Scarlet Knights’ 35-26 victorySaturday at Arkansas was “the best game I’veprobably ever played,” and with good reason.
“That’s a quar terback’s dream, to go back and forth like that,” Nova saidafter completing 25 passes for 397 yardsand five touchdowns, all career highs.“Those are the moments you dream aboutin college football.”
The dream nearly hit an abrupt snare.Wilson, in his first start since suffering a
concussion Sept. 8 against Louisiana Monroe,led the Razorbacks (1-3) on back-to-back
touchdown drives that lasted less than threetotal minutes. The Knights (4-0, 1-0) saw their15-point lead shrivel to only 2, and more thaneight minutes remained.
But Nova never buckled.“That’s great poise and great leadership,”
said sophomore wide receiver BrandonColeman. “I’m glad he’s out there leading us.He kept us calm in the huddle. We faced a lotof adversity, and he just kept our composure.”It took Nova only two plays to respond.
With single coverage over the top,Nova looked of f an Arkansas safety andfound the waiting arms of senior wideoutMark Harrison for a 60-yard touchdown.
It was likely the byproduct of head coachKyle Flood’s growing trust in Nova.Only two weeks earlier had Nova thrownfor only 130 yards and an interceptionagainst Howard. He managed only 158yards and another turnover in theKnights’ season opener against Tulane.
But faced with an identity-forging drive,the staff placed its faith in Nova.
“It’s a one-score game. I think you have tobe aggressive,” Flood said. “You have to goout there and win the game. You can’t wait forthe other team not to win it.”
SEE HOGTIED ON PAGE 15
Knights switch up defensive look to 3-4 formation BY TYLER BARTO
SPORTS EDITOR
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In an effort tominimize Arkansas quarterback TylerWilson’s impact Saturday, the Rutgers foot-ball team employed a variety of new looks,none more apparent than its four-line-backer set. SEE FORMATION ON PAGE 15
FOOTBALL PRATT CATCHES FIVE FOR SEASON-HIGH 85 YARDS
Nova pushes Rutgers pastRazorbacks with five TDsto four different receivers
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — On a night thatsignaled the return of 2011 All-SEC First-Team quarterback Tyler Wilson, Gary Novaproved a willing counterpart.
