will be holding a debate watch party, phone banking, canvassing, volunteering, a trip to Washington, D.C., and even a trip out to see ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.’” RU Democrats Recruitment Manager Mike Petruzzelli, who volunteers for the Menendez cam- paign, told the attendees about ways they can get their hands dirty and jump right into politics. “If you come in [to Menendez’s office] and say, ‘Hey, I’m an RU Dem,’ we will have something for you to do,” Petruzzelli said. Redlawsk told students the ins and outs of polling by asking if any- one knew how many registered vot- ers are in the state of New Jersey. “Seven million?” one person answered. “Five million?” said another. Redlawsk said by knowing the amount of registered voters there are and sampling the population, candidates can understand the vot- ers a little better. “Wording is the key to asking the right questions,” Redlawsk said. “The Obama administration screwed up by calling it Obamacare and not ‘Medicare for all.’ If they She said those that get sick from eating at the dining halls probably have a virus or eat a lot of high fat foods. Food allergies are also a con- cern on the state level, said Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, a University pro- fessor who assists with state legis- lature relating to food allergens. Byrd-Bredbenner said she actively participates in food allergy- related programs such as the “Ask Before You Eat Campaign,” which she manages. “Mark is very new in this business and naive. This character relates to me because I am completely new to this business,” he said. “This was my first New York City audition and was astonished when I heard I booked the job.” Raynor appreciates some of the topical ref- erences his character makes during the show. “My favorite thing about Mark is that he gets to sing about gonorrhea every night while explaining his story to the director,” he said. Within very short periods of time, Raynor said he was expected to master and perform dance sequences along with his preferred skill — singing. “The process for ‘A Chorus Line’ was unbelievably stressful. The pace of the audition and learning the choreography was incredibly fast and only took about an hour,” he said. Performers auditioned in front of the director and casting directors for the jazz choreography and then audi- tioned one by one for the ballet combination, he said. “I was fortunate enough to be seen for the singing audition,” Raynor said. “After I passed the singing RETURN OF REDSHAW Construction plans for a new A.C. Redshaw Elementary School have been approved. METRO, PAGE 7 NO COMMENT Daily Targum Opinions Editor Chase Brush clarifies the paper’s online comment policy. / OPINIONS, PAGE 10 The Rutgers football team is ranked for the first time since 2009, but head coach Kyle Flood is more focused on the next game. SPORTS, BACK WEATHER Mostly Sunny High: 74 Nighttime Low: 56 Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM VOLUME 144, ISSUE 16 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • METRO ... 7 • ELECTIONS ... 8 • ON THE WIRE ... 9 • OPINIONS ... 10 • DIVERSIONS ... 12 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 14 • SPORTS ... BACK CLIMBING CHARTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 BY SUKANYA DUTTA CONTRIBUTING WRITER Nicholas Raynor, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior, is not waiting until he gradu- ates to find a job. From Oct. 28 to March 23, he will play Mark in the national tour of “A Chorus Line.” After earning his role in the musical, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976, the 21-year-old decided to take a leave of absence from the University. “Taking a leave of absence from school is terrifying because there is a fear I may never finish,” Raynor said via email. “I have the understanding and mindset that I must return to receive my degree after I go on tour.” His goal was to book a tour after graduation, but he said he skipped a step and is now living his dream. “A Chorus Line” revolves around an eclectic group of dancers and their trials for a coveted spot in an upcoming Broadway show. At 20 years old, Raynor’s character Mark is the youngest of the con- tenders, he said. Raynor said his character is similar to who he is. BY JULIAN MODESTO STAFF WRITER Students with food allergies remain a priority for Dining Service administrators, an idea demonstrated through a Facebook post from the department the night before King Neptune Night last week. Peggy Policastro, a nutrition specialist for Dining Services who keeps in contact with ever y student with allergies at the University, sent out individual emails to stu- dents with seafood allergies and posted on Facebook as a warning before King Neptune Night. The Facebook post advised stu- dents to refrain from going to the dining halls on King Neptune Night if they had any type of seafood allergy. “I always inform students that there are other options that they should be aware of,” said Policastro, head of RU Healthy Dining. Procedures are also in place to ensure that the dinnerware is safe for students to use, includ- ing those with food allergies, Policastro said. “[Dining ware] goes through the dish machine that has a proper BY SHAWN SMITH CORRESPONDENT The Rutgers University Democrats met last night to discuss the upcoming election. The meeting featured a guest speaker, David Redlawsk, director of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling, who educated students on how the polling system works. Jalal Ansari, secretary for RU Democrats, said the organization will support Democratic candidates in the upcoming weeks. “Between now and the election, we will be campaigning for Robert Menendez, Rush Holt, Assemblyman [Albert] Coutinho and of course President [Barack] Obama,” Ansari said. “We want to see all candidates win. That’s our goal.” Ansari said members will volun- teer each week in different ways to help their political party. “We have events every week for different candidates,” he said. “We Peggy Policastro, nutrition specialist for Dining Services, says peanut butter stays out in the open in dining halls because not too many students are allergic to it. NATALE MAZZAFERRO Dining Services considers allergies Department officials accomodate 1,000 students with food sensitivities Members also outline campaign initiatives RU Democrats discuss polling before election David Redlawsk, director for the Eagleton Center for Public Research Polling, explains the polling process at last night’s RU Democrats meeting on the College Avenue campus. SHAWN SMITH PERSON OF THE WEEK ELECTIONS 2012 Mason Gross senior leaves University to take on role in ‘A Chorus Line’ tour NICK RAYNOR Mason Gross School of the Arts Senior SEE ALLERGIES ON PAGE 5 SEE TOUR ON PAGE 4 SEE ELECTION ON PAGE 8 See the Elections section on page 8 to find out what Rutgers University College Republicans are up to temperature to sanitize everything. There’s a three-step process. There’s a strict protocol and strict guidelines,” she said. There have been no incidents at the University where a students has been exposed to an allergen they were unaware of, Policastro said, because students usually know what they are allergic to once they are in college.
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will be holding a debate watchparty, phone banking, canvassing,volunteering, a trip to Washington,D.C., and even a trip out to see ‘TheDaily Show with Jon Stewart.’”
RU Democrats RecruitmentManager Mike Petruzzelli, whovolunteers for the Menendez cam-paign, told the attendees aboutways they can get their hands dirtyand jump right into politics.
“If you come in [to Menendez’soffice] and say, ‘Hey, I’m an RUDem,’ we will have something foryou to do,” Petruzzelli said.
Redlawsk told students the insand outs of polling by asking if any-one knew how many registered vot-ers are in the state of New Jersey.
“Seven million?” one personanswered. “Five million?” said another.
Redlawsk said by knowing theamount of registered voters thereare and sampling the population,candidates can understand the vot-ers a little better.
“Wording is the key to askingthe right questions,” Redlawsk said.“The Obama administrationscrewed up by calling it Obamacareand not ‘Medicare for all.’ If they
She said those that get sickfrom eating at the dining hallsprobably have a virus or eat a lot ofhigh fat foods.
Food allergies are also a con-cern on the state level, said CarolByrd-Bredbenner, a University pro-fessor who assists with state legis-lature relating to food allergens.
Byrd-Bredbenner said sheactively participates in food allergy-related programs such as the “AskBefore You Eat Campaign,” whichshe manages.
“Mark is very new in this business andnaive. This character relates to me because Iam completely new to this business,” he said.“This was my first New York City audition andwas astonished when I heard I booked the job.”
Raynor appreciates some of the topical ref-erences his character makes during the show.
“My favorite thing about Mark is that hegets to sing about gonorrhea every night whileexplaining his story to the director,” he said.
Within very short periods of time, Raynorsaid he was expected to master and performdance sequences along with his preferredskill — singing.
“The process for ‘A Chorus Line’ was unbelievablystressful. The pace of the audition and learning thechoreography was incredibly fast and only took aboutan hour,” he said.
Performers auditioned in front of the director andcasting directors for the jazz choreography and then audi-tioned one by one for the ballet combination, he said.
“I was fortunate enough to be seen for the singingaudition,” Raynor said. “After I passed the singing
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Nicholas Raynor, a Mason Gross School ofthe Arts senior, is not waiting until he gradu-ates to find a job. From Oct. 28 to March 23,he will play Mark in the national tour of “AChorus Line.”
After earning his role in the musical,which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in1976, the 21-year-old decided to take a leaveof absence from the University.
“Taking a leave of absence from school isterrifying because there is a fear I may neverfinish,” Raynor said via email. “I have the understandingand mindset that I must return to receive my degreeafter I go on tour.”
His goal was to book a tour after graduation, but hesaid he skipped a step and is now living his dream.
“A Chorus Line” revolves around an eclecticgroup of dancers and their trials for a coveted spot inan upcoming Broadway show. At 20 years old,Raynor’s character Mark is the youngest of the con-tenders, he said.
Raynor said his character is similar to who he is.
BY JULIAN MODESTOSTAFF WRITER
Students with food allergiesremain a priority for DiningService administrators, an ideademonstrated through a Facebookpost from the department thenight before King Neptune Nightlast week.
Peggy Policastro, a nutritionspecialist for Dining Services whokeeps in contact with every studentwith allergies at the University,sent out individual emails to stu-dents with seafood allergies andposted on Facebook as a warningbefore King Neptune Night.
The Facebook post advised stu-dents to refrain from going to thedining halls on King NeptuneNight if they had any type ofseafood allergy.
“I always inform students thatthere are other options that theyshould be aware of,” said Policastro,head of RU Healthy Dining.
Procedures are also in placeto ensure that the dinnerware issafe for students to use, includ-ing those with food allergies,Policastro said.
“[Dining ware] goes throughthe dish machine that has a proper
BY SHAWN SMITHCORRESPONDENT
The Rutgers UniversityDemocrats met last night to discussthe upcoming election. The meetingfeatured a guest speaker, DavidRedlawsk, director of the EagletonCenter for Public Interest Polling,who educated students on how thepolling system works.
Jalal Ansari, secretary for RUDemocrats, said the organizationwill support Democratic candidatesin the upcoming weeks.
“Between now and the election,we will be campaigning for RobertMenendez, Rush Holt, Assemblyman[Albert] Coutinho and of coursePresident [Barack] Obama,” Ansarisaid. “We want to see all candidateswin. That’s our goal.”
Ansari said members will volun-teer each week in different ways tohelp their political party.
“We have events every week fordifferent candidates,” he said. “We
Peggy Policastro, nutrition specialist for Dining Services, sayspeanut butter stays out in the open in dining halls because nottoo many students are allergic to it. NATALE MAZZAFERRO
Dining Services considers allergiesDepartment officials accomodate 1,000students with food sensitivities
Members also outline campaigninitiatives
RU Democrats discusspolling before election
David Redlawsk, director for the Eagleton Center for PublicResearch Polling, explains the polling process at last night’s RUDemocrats meeting on the College Avenue campus. SHAWN SMITH
PERSON OF THE WEEK
ELECTIONS 2012
Mason Gross senior leaves University totake on role in ‘A Chorus Line’ tour
NICK RAYNORMason Gross
School of the Arts Senior
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temperature to sanitize everything.There’s a three-step process.There’s a strict protocol and strictguidelines,” she said.
There have been no incidents atthe University where a studentshas been exposed to an allergenthey were unaware of, Policastrosaid, because students usuallyknow what they are allergic to oncethey are in college.
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Thursday, Sept. 27Sofia Campos, chair of United We Dream, and Ken Wong of theUCLA Labor Center give a lecture on immigrant youth in a lecturetitled “Undocumented and Unafraid” at 1 p.m. at the Rutgers StudentCenter on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsored bythe School of Management and Labor Relations.
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Soledad O’Brien, CNN anchor and award-winning documentary pro-ducer, speaks at the all-day 2012 Latina Summit, the first statewideconference for Latinas, at the Douglass Campus Center. NewarkMayor Cory Booker will introduce O’Brien during the luncheon at12:30 p.m. For more information, visit lupelatinasummit.com.
“Prints by Mary Cassatt: In the Company of Women” opens at theJane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum. Admission is free for Univer-sity students and staff with ID, $6 for adults.
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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.
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Using radio-frequency iden-tity tags and prepaid debitcards, a company called Waspitis catering to college studentsacross the nation with its prod-ucts, which integrate bankingand social media, said NikAndresen, vice president ofCommunications for Waspit.
The company’s main productsare the prepaid debit card, whichusers can load money onto fromany traditional credit card, andRFID tags, which can be attachedto the back of users’ cellphones,enabling contact-less paymentsvia any PayPass terminal, he said.
“The college student demo-graphic is overlooked by otherfinancial banking companies outthere in the sense that ‘we’re[college students] very techno-logically and socially driven, butthe big banks have failed to caterto our needs,’” Andresen said.
The tags use near-field com-munication technology, whichmost phones have. But thecompany will have mobile apps
Social media banking hopes to serve U. studentsfor Android and iOS users,Andresen said.
“We’re of fering somethingdesigned something specificallyfor students. It is $2 a month ifyou want the RFID tag and thedebit card,” Andresen said.“There are no account-keepingfees, overdrive fees, nothinglike that.”
He said Waspit is differentfrom the other banking institu-tions because it focuses onsocial media.
“We have Foursquare andTwitter integrated, and thishelps us see what peoplethought of the place they visit-ed or if they uploaded pic-tures,” Andresen said. “Theywon’t know the time that youwere there or how much youspent. They just see that youwere there and any reviews oruploaded pictures.”
Aside from basic functions,such as viewing the transactionlog or programming the productto automatically pay a bill on time,the company has a few other func-tions that add to their socialmedia platform, Andresen said.
“You can ‘P-to-P,’ which is basi-cally paying a friend. I can sendyou money instantly from theplatform,” he said. “It’s a simpleform you fill out on your phone. Itype in your name, it drops down,I click it and it sends it to you.”
There is also a split-the-billfunction that allows users whoare out to lunch to input the billin the app. In turn, the billamount is split and money is sentto the customer who paid thebill, Andresen said.
“College students are the mostsocial demographic, and theywant to know what their friendsare doing, and this service makesit easier for them to do that,” saidJulie Ryan, the outreach anddevelopment manager and aUniversity alumna.
Andresen said the compa-ny’s goal is to help college stu-dents and give them an alterna-tive to what they have beenforced to use. He said the com-pany tries to make managingmoney more engaging, fun andeasy for students.
“They can then band togetherand use the information and
share it, and maybe at that pointthe merchant will improve theproduct,” Andresen said.
University brand ambassa-dor Anthony Matlock said heplans to pass out flyers, throwthree events per semester andspread awareness throughword-of-mouth.
“We haven’t planned them allout yet, but there will be two smalland one large-scale event. Theywill have raffles, free food, somemusic and a little informationabout the banking system andhow the use of our prepaid cardswill get students to stay on trackfinancially,” said Matlock, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior.
He said students can learnhow to build credit and about thebanking system to prevent run-ning into overdraft fees and othersupport fees.
“We have at this point abouttwo or three dozen brand ambas-sadors on college campuses allacross the country at this point[and create] a buzz aroundWaspit,” Andresen said.
These ambassadors willreceive experience in marketing,
event planning and sales, and can also gain college credits,he said.
The company’s main source ofrevenue comes from the micro-transactions, like other tradition-al credit cards, in which the com-pany gets a small percentagefrom the merchant’s end when acard is used.
Andresen said he does notthink Google Wallet is a directcompetitor because Waspit hasthe social media factor.
“They are in that they aredoing mobile payments, but ithelps that our demographic is sospecific and tailored to collegestudents,” he said.
Katie Salerno, a Universityalumna, said she does not thinkWaspit is necessary.
“You can put money on yourRUID, and a lot of college stu-dents have debit cardsalready,” she said. “I guess thesocial media aspect makes itmore interesting.”
The product will launch onOct. 11, with a launch eventplanned in New York City at theCanal Room.
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audition they asked me to stayand read for the role of Mark.”
He said per forming in “A Chorus Line,” is a life-changing event.
“I could not be more gratefuland blessed for the experiencethat is about to come my way,”he said.
This will not be Raynor’s firstbrush with national exposure — in2011, he was a semifinalist, ranked80 out of 40,000 contestants in thereality television series “The GleeProject,” he said.
It will not be his first timetouring, either. Raynor traveledthrough Europe with theAmerican Music Abroad VoicesTour in 2008.
In high school, Raynor par-ticipated in New Jersey’sRegion, All-State and All-Eastern Choirs. He furtheredhis track record by performingwith the Kirkpatrick Choir.
Under the lights of theWoodstock Playhouse in NewYork, Raynor has performed inproductions of “Chicago,” “TheProducers” and “Legally Blonde.”He has also acted in “Hairspray”with the Edison-based Plays in thePark studio, and in “Curtains”with the Monroe Township HighSchool Footlights.
Raynor befriended Alex Greif,an actor, while working in theWoodstock Playhouse. Greif saidhe was motivated through Raynor’sdrive, talent and kindness.
“His preparation and workethic is that of a true artist andprofessional. He gives 110 per-cent every time and when hefeels he could have given more,I have witnessed him backstagecontinuing to perfect each andevery detail in his choreogra-phy as well as vocals,” Greifsaid via email.
He said because Raynor is sotalented, he could choose tobehave arrogantly, but he remainshumble and eager to learn.
Greif says Raynor could choose arrogance, but stays humble and eager to learn
TOUR
CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Nick Raynor performs in “The Producers” at the Woodstock Playhouse in New York. COURTESY OF NICK RAYNOR
Raynor said he grew up inJamesburg, N.J. As an 11-year-old, he became interested insinging and began dancing whilein high school.
“Although both singing anddancing are huge passions ofmine, I will always choosesinging over dancing. Singing isthe only opportunity in music toexpress words through a storythat can be related to an audi-ence,” Raynor said.
He said it is difficult to saygoodbye and miss graduation.
“It is hard saying goodbye tomy wonderful staf f and myamazing residents ... most of myfriends, which are in my seniorclass, will be graduating withoutme and I will not have the oppor-tunity to walk with them,”Raynor said.
Nicole Milillo, a School ofArts and Sciences senior andRaynor’s best friend, said she isconfident that Raynor made theright decision.
“Nick stands out from otherperformers because he is atriple threat. Not only is he anamazing singer and dancer, buthe also has natural acting skillsthat people work on for years,”she said via email.
After the tour wraps up,Raynor said he hopes to return toMason Gross and finish hisdegree. Raynor’s post-graduationgoals include portraying BobbyStrong in the satirical musical“Urinetown.”
“It is such a witty show abouthaving to pay for the privilege topee,” Raynor said.
Raynor is attracted to thenomadic lifestyle of touring, he said. The actor said hecouldn’t see himself settlingdown in one place, unless it isthe most intercontinental cityin the world.
“I hope to keep touringnationally or internationally,and find myself onto theBroadway stage in New YorkCity,” he said.
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“The Ask Before You Eat cam-paign came about ... because thelegislature in New Jersey wasvery concerned that people …were being exposed to allergens... when they went out to eat,”Byrd-Bredbenner said.
The campaign seeks toteach restaurant managershow to train their staf f to bemore attentive to food aller-gens, she said.
On campus, Policastro saidshe meets individually with stu-dents with peanut allergies to talkabout the system in place to avoidcross-contamination with a cer-tain substance.
“It’s not removed from thedining hall because most stu-dents don’t have a peanut butterallergy and want to eat peanutbutter,” Policastro said.
Dining Services is capable ofaccommodating any specializeddietary need, she said.
“We have somewhere around12,000 students with meal plansand 1,000 students with specialdietary needs. It can be any-where from following a vegan orvegetarian diet to severe foodallergies,” she said.
Joe Charette, director ofDining Services, said KingNeptune Night has become morepopular among students over theyears, forcing organizers to buymore food for the event.
“We have more meal plansthis year than ever in the historyof Rutgers,” Charette said. “King
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Neptune is probably the mosthighly attended single meal atDining Services.”
King Neptune Night, in addi-tion to the other Dining Servicesthemes, has been a very long-standing tradition at DiningServices, said Charette, who has been with the Universitysince 1989.
While Dining Services doesa lot to accommodate studentswith allergies, the RU HealthyDining campaign also pro-motes healthy eating at thedining halls through a newslet-ter and educational programsand materials for students,Policastro said.
“Our mission is to educate stu-dents about food and lifestylechoices. My role is to coordinatethe group, a team of eight under-graduate student nutritionmajors and myself,” she said.
Byrd-Bredbenner said sheconducted research of studenteating habits, which includedstudents at the University aswell as from 14 other colleges.
“A lot of people eat morewhen they’re stressed or maybepeople don’t get as much exer-cise when they’re stressed,”Byrd-Bredbenner said.
The program was an onlineintervention for students thatprovided information abouthealthy eating and stress man-agement to improve their qual-ity of life so that they canachieve the goals that theywant to achieve, Byrd-Bredbenner said.
“[The program aims] tohelp them find ways to avoidgaining weight during theircollege years, which can be areal problem because you sitand you study and you’re notreally as exercise-oriented,”Byrd-Bredbenner said.
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New Brunswick residentsmay get the chance to vote forthe Board of Education electionthis November for the first time,a practice neighboring townshave already adopted.
Yolanda Baker, a city resi-dent and parent, said she start-ed a petition three weeks agothat, if approved, would place aquestion on the ballot givingresidents a chance to vote onwhether there should be schoolboard elections.
New Brunswick is a Type I dis-trict, which means the mayorappoints the BOE officials. Bakersaid she hopes to change the cityinto a Type II district, where resi-dents have the ability to vote onthe board members, as well as theannual school budget.
“It takes a village to raise achild,” said Baker, who ran forCity Council but dropped out ofthe race in early September. “It istime for us as registered voters tostep up and do the right thing forall of New Brunswick’s children.”
Russell Marchetta, a cityspokesman, said the questionwas placed on ballots in the past,but was voted down each time.
The Lincoln Elementary school, located on Bartlett Street, is apart of the New Brunswick school system, which has a 58 per-cent graduation rate. LIANNE NG, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Local resident petitions for city’s first BOE election
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New Brunswick MayorJames Cahill announcedMonday that a contract wasapproved to construct a new A. Chester RedshawElementar y School onLivingston Avenue, accordingto a city press release.
The contract, awarded bythe New Jersey SchoolsDevelopment Authority, willprovide $34,872,000 to HallConstruction Co., Inc. ofHowell, N.J., for the designand construction of the school.The school will be located on the site of the former establishment at 216Livingston Avenue, accordingto the release.
The new school will be135,000 square feet and can hold 906 students throughthe fifth grade, according tothe release.
“With the awarding of thiscontract the students who willattend the new RedshawSchool will have a state-of-the-art facility in whichto learn and prepare for their future,” Cahill said in thepress release.
The original RedshawSchool was demolished in 2005to prepare for reconstruction,according to the release. Thestudents were housed in atransitional facility on JerseyAvenue amid delays in the newbuilding’s construction.
“I am pleased that …theSDA resolved its budgetar yissues and has now movedquickly to approve theRedshaw School construction,”Cahill said in the release.
“On four occasions during thepast 20 years, residents of NewBrunswick rejected the politics,patronage and higher taxes thatoften result from the switch fromappointed to elected boards inurban school districts,” he said.
Despite the history of the previ-ous ballots, Baker said NewBrunswick residents have beenextremely supportive of the cause.
“As soon as you say ‘electedrather than appointed,’ everyoneunderstands,” she said. “A lot of peo-ple are shocked that it is appointedin the first place — many people didnot know it was not elected.”
Baker was eight signaturesshort of the required 327 registeredvoters’ signatures, as of press time.The petition will be submitted toDaniel Torrisi, New Brunswick cityclerk, who is responsible for verify-ing the signatures before making adecision on the approval.
“I am trying to be optimistichere,” Baker said. “I am look-ing forward to seeing a positiveoutcome, where [Torrisi] willcertify the petition. I feel goodand confident about reachingthe quota.”
Baker said she is concernedwith New Brunswick’s low gradua-tion rate, which was 58.76 percentin 2011, according to the State of
New Jersey Department ofEducation website.
“We have the worst graduationrate in Middlesex County,” Bakersaid. “That needs to be changed. Itis time to set a foundation for asuccessful outcome for the chil-dren of New Brunswick.”
Baker said while the currentappointed board has put forwardsome good ideas, there are prob-lems in enforcing the policieswithin the school district.
“We have great teachers here,but the teachers can’t do this ontheir own. They need to be ableto use the policies that are cur-rently in place, but are not beingenforced,” she said.
Baker is also the founder of aprogram called Parents LeadingAdvocacy in Children’sEducation, where she said par-ents in the community discusstactics to better the education sys-tem in New Brunswick.
Marchetta said the petitionwas expected, especially afterBaker dropped out of the race forcity council.
“It is not surprising that thepetition is filed and supported bya political candidate for officethat saw little chance for successin the November election, as analternative way to advance their
own political and personal agen-da,” he said.
Claudia Merisca, a parent ofthree children, said she movedfrom Pennsylvania to NewBrunswick in 2009, where herchildren — ages 14, 10 and 4 —attended public school in the city.
Merisca said she enrolled herson in a special education class,but believed he was not gettingenough attention from theteacher, who was responsible forabout 20 other students.
“I am used to the classes beingsmaller, this way they get moreattention,” she said.
Merisca also said her childrenwere subject to bullying in theschools, but were not helped by
the staff. “The teachers and principal
did not do anything about it,” shesaid. “There was no control.”
Merisca said her family leftNew Brunswick and moved toSomerset, N.J., as a result of thepoor school system.
“I don’t feel anyone should puttheir kids in the New Brunswickschool district. It is a disaster,”she said. “I want the top of theline education for my kids. NewBrunswick wasn’t doing it for me.I had to go somewhere else.”
Baker said there is a lot ofwork needed to improve the NewBrunswick public school system,but she believes the path canbegin with the petition.
ELECTIONSPAGE 8 SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
BY KYLE SWEETSTAFF WRITER
Incumbent New Jersey Sen.Robert Menendez is preparing hiscampaign in an effort to build avoter base ahead of the Novembersenatorial election.
Ruth Mandel, director of theEagleton Institute of Politics, saidalthough it is still early in the sen-atorial race, Menendez alreadyhas a visible advantage over JoeKyrillos, the Republican candidatein the Senate race, in voter recog-nition and familiarity.
But Mandel said it is difficultmaking concrete predictionssince voters are still not too con-cerned with the Senatorial race.
“There’s very little informationavailable for voters right now, verylittle advertising, very little arti-cles and very little media cover-age. As we move into October andcloser to voting day we will beginto see more,” she said.
Mandel said there is almostalways a lack of interest amongvoters in the elections at this timeof the year.
“Its not surprising, its fairlytypical,” Mandel said. “One rea-son is because voters don’t oftenpay attention to campaigning,until it’s closer to the end.”
Menendez needs to activelymake himself more available forthe voters, despite his advantagein public recognition, she said.
“It’s common for the incumbentcandidate to have higher voter
BY EZEKIEL AHNCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A group of University stu-dents spread awareness aboutcandidates running at the state-and local-level on Saturday in South Brunswick, an ef fortled by Connor Montferrat,chairman of the New JerseyCollege Republicans.
The group aimed to encour-age residents to vote andinformed them about candidatesrunning, like AssemblywomanDonna Simon, Middlesex CountySurrogate Candidate LyndaWoods Cleary, and SouthBrunswick Council candidatesJohn O’Sullivan, Mike Kushwarraand Paul Saltin, for this year’supcoming elections.
“There’s something about thepolitical process that I want to geteveryone involved,” saidMontferrat, a School of Arts andSciences senior. “I like the factthat I can influence people to payattention to politics. I know I canchange people’s minds — peoplelisten to what I have to say.”
Among the group of stu-dents were members of theRutgers University CollegeRepublicans, who went door-to-door as part of the Get Out TheVote Campaign in SouthBrunswick, while the rest cam-paigned through phone calls inFlemington, N.J.
Henry Grabbe, a School of Artsand Sciences first-year student,said he was able to find a place atcollege where he can share hisRepublican values — somethinghe was not able to do while in high school.
“It’s really cool that we can goout and really make a differencein some of these small-town elec-tions,” he said.
Mandel saysMenendez shouldbuild voter base
Voter interest lowfor senatorial race
had called it that, they would havefaced little opposition.”
Redlawsk showed examplesof issues, such as gay marriage,and how the same question isasked with different wording butreceives different responses.
“Do you support same-sex mar-riage?” he said. “Wording makes allthe difference. We get differentresponses when we asked thesame question two different ways.”
RU Democrats PresidentStefan Mancevski said havingRedlawsk talk about polling givesthem invaluable informationabout how politics work.
“He explained to us how andwhy [polling] works, and how thevalues should be interpreted,”said Mancevski, a School of Artsand Sciences senior.
Redlawsk said undecided vot-ers are factored into the polls byassuming how they will vote onElection Day.
Redlawsk says wording can changeoutcome of poll
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Connor Montferrat, chairman of the New Jersey College Republicans, rings a doorbell at a SouthBrunswick residence to promote Republican candidates. EZEKIAL AHN
Republicans at U. knock on doorsSam Gluzberg, a School of
Arts and Sciences sophomore,said students need to make a dif-ference because other people arenot going to.
“We need to start small withthese small elections, and growfrom there,” he said.
The College Republicans areinterested in public policy, butthey all agree that politics is notthe most exciting topic for theaverage University student.
Montferrat said he believes inits importance especially from astudent’s perspective.
“It’s going to affect them even-tually,” he said. “It affects theirparents. It affects their parents’occupations. It affects their par-ents’ property taxes.”
Donald Coughlan, CollegeRepublicans treasurer, said poli-tics affect University studentsdirectly because they attend apublic institution.
“The taxes that build theroads, sidewalks, the buses atRutgers — everything has some-thing to do with politics.Students don’t realize that,” saidCoughlan, a Rutgers BusinessSchool sophomore.
Saltin, one of the three SouthBrunswick Council candidates,said getting involved allows indi-viduals to become leaders.
“It depends on if you want tolead, or follow ... if not, you’reputting your life into the handsof other people,” he said. “Theway things have been going late-ly, it doesn’t seem like that’s theright idea.”
Visiting households involvedthorough planning. The studentvolunteers met at the O’Sullivanresidence to begin planningwhich regions to cover.
Their work involved walkingentire streets and stopping by
houses, ringing the door bell,handing out flyers and spendingsome time in reminding them tovote for certain candidates.
“It really is a good place tolive,” said Karen Cail, a SouthBrunswick resident. “I reallycan’t complain.”
After the campaigners recon-vened, the students reflected onthe day’s outcome.
“A small victory’s a victory,”Grabbe said. “I feel like we gotour word out.”
Coughlan said their cam-paigning ef forts allowed theorganization to make multiplevoter contacts.
“Our club alone probably cov-ered over 500 contacts throughphones at Flemington and today’sdoor-to-door campaigning,”Coughlan said.
Gluzberg said he expectedthe environment to be morehostile while knocking ondoors, but found that residentswere interested in learningabout the campaign.
“A lot of people aren’t going toreact to our campaigning at all, butthere are people who are going to.Those are the kind of people whoare going to make the difference.That’s what I really think it’s allabout,” Gluzberg said.
The students who were newto this process found the cam-paigning both rewarding and dis-couraging. There were manyhouses with no one home andeven some with those whoturned them away.
“It’s the same with the tele-phone — you have someone hangup and it’s that next call that says‘Thanks for the call. I know youcan be doing something else on aSaturday morning, so I appreci-ate you taking the time to talk tome,’” he said.
“The undecided will usuallybreak for the challenger,” he said.“At this stage in the game, if they aretruly undecided, chances are theywon’t go out and vote. You factorthem, but they are not that critical.”
Redlawsk showed polls takenfrom The Huffington Post, explain-ing the difference between theObama and Romney campaigns.
“Obama is exactly where hewas four years ago today [in thepolls], and Romney is exactlywhere McCain was four years agotoday,” he said. “Once the economytanked, Obama could have sat backand watched. The people started toblame the people in charge.”
Mancevski said he was happyto hear those figures.
“I think this is an indication theObama campaign is doing a really[good] job. We have a competentvolunteer force and will help keepthe president in power. At the sametime, I feel the Republicans areblundering their way through thekey swing states,” he said.
Mancevski said based on the fig-ures, the state still seems winnabledespite the current figures leaningin the Republicans’ favor.
“It’s not an easy job here in NewJersey. We have to make a statementfrom Democrats saying we are outthere, and we are going to keepdoing what we are doing,” he said.
recognition, the challenge for Sen.Menendez now is he has to tell thepublic what he has done while inSenate and also reintroduce himselfto the voters,” he said.
Campaign officials have keptvoters up to date with the electionsby sending out press releases andupdating the senator’s website.
Paul Brubaker, communica-tions director for the Menendezcampaign, said presidential candi-date Mitt Romney and Kyrillos areboth trying to give tax breaks to thewealthy while increasing the workfor the middle class, in a statement.
“As the Campaign of U.S.Senator Bob Menendez continuedto call upon their opponent todenounce Romney’s remarks,they highlighted Joe Kyrillos’votes in the New JerseyStatehouse that demonstrate hishistory of favoring the interests ofthe wealthy over the middle class,”he said in a statement.
William Campbell, a School ofArts and Science sophomore andtreasurer of the Rutgers UniversityDemocrats, said his organizationparticipated in the senator’s cam-paign during the past few months.The students volunteered thisSaturday by calling registered vot-ers, and have helped students withvoter registration and tablingaround campus.
Campbell said Menendez, a NewJersey native, showed character byrising from modest beginnings tobecome a successful senator.
“I think he has the prioritiesand values to be a good senator. Hedidn’t come from much and he fol-lowed the rules and became suc-cessful. I think he’s a great exam-ple of a hard-working American,”he said.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina —President Cristina Fernandez is ona U.S. tour this week with a mes-sage for critics on Wall Street andin Washington who say Argentinais headed for economic disaster byrefusing to play by the rules of theglobal financial system: good rid-dance to the rules.
Her government has rackedup a long list of unpaid IOUswhile helping the country recoverfrom its humiliating, world-recorddebt default a decade ago, butFernandez argues Argentina’seconomic rebound has been pos-sible precisely because its leadershave stood up to foreign pres-sures and put their people first.
Argentines used to be “daz-zled by the North,” she said lastmonth while inaugurating anexpanded highway, one of manyinfrastructure projects she saidwould have been impossible hadher government done as out-siders demand.
“They hadn’t noticed that therich countries don’t want partnersor friends; they just want employeesand subordinates. And we’re notgoing to be anybody’s employees orsubordinates. We are a free coun-try, with dignity and national pride.”
Fernandez was meeting withbillionaire George Soros andEgypt’s new president MohamedMorsi on Monday, but was skip-ping a dinner that PresidentBarack Obama is hosting for his
fellow leaders at the WaldorfHotel, planning instead to visit anEvita Peron exhibit at theArgentine consulate.
As Fernandez addresses theUnited Nations tomorrow andthen takes questions atGeorgetown and Harvard later inthe week, she’s sure to insist, asshe has often in the past, that herforceful management of the econ-omy has made factories rebound,jobs more secure, society moreegalitarian and the futurebrighter than it has been in years.
dents what to do, and insteadmust heel to a government thatputs the people’s needs first.Natural resources are onceagain sovereign, and Argentinais freer than ever from interna-tional debt obligations.
A far different picture is pre-sented by Argentina’s many crit-ics in the U.S. and Europe. In thepast few days alone, Moody’sInvestors Service downgradedthe country’s risk rating, poten-tially increasing borrowing costsfor anyone doing business withArgentina, and the InternationalMonetary Fund chief drew a
firm line Monday againstArgentina’s widely disbelievedeconomic data. The govern-ment’s INDEC statistics agencyhas magically kept inflationbelow 1 percent monthly for thelast 29 months, even as con-sumers struggle with pricehikes two or three times bigger.
“This is the last yellow card weshow them,” Christine Lagardesaid Monday, giving Argentinauntil Dec. 17 to publish accurateinflation and growth numbers, orface unspecified sanctions. “Ihope we can avoid the red card,but if the statistics aren’t correct-
ed — if they don’t comply withthe rules — then all the playersare equal. It doesn’t matter howwell they play football.”
Obama’s trade negotiatorsand diplomats have lostpatience, removing trade prefer-ences over her refusal to paymore than 100 court judgmentsto U.S. businesses. Her govern-ment has also ignored WorldBank arbitrators, stif fed theParis Club lenders and brushedoff the European Union’s threatsof sanctions for expropriatingGrupo Repsol’s $10.5 billionstake in Argentina’s oil companywithout any compensation.
“These legal questions contin-ue to raise red flags to investorsthat the Argentine governmentdoes not respect the rule of law,”University of Houston energyanalyst Michael Economides con-cluded Thursday in a scathingreport that accused Fernandez of“populist thuggery.”
Argentina appears to havereached “a tipping point in adownward economic spiral,” hewarned, advising the governmentto quickly “show investors it iswilling to play by the rules” andthen finance the exploitation of itsvast oil and gas reserves by tak-ing on more foreign debt.
Fernandez anticipated suchcriticism in her highway speech,recalling that her late husbandand predecessor, PresidentNestor Kirchner, “dared to tellthe IMF to go to hell.”
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LONDON — Global healthofficials are closely monitoring anew respiratory virus related toSARS that is believed to havekilled at least one person in SaudiArabia and left a Qatari citizen incritical condition in London.
The germ is a coronavirus,from a family of viruses that causethe common cold as well as SARS,the severe acute respiratory syn-drome that killed some 800 people,mostly in Asia, in a 2003 epidemic.
In the latest case, British offi-cials alerted the World HealthOrganization on Saturday of thenew virus in a man who trans-ferred from Qatar to be treated inLondon. He had recently traveledto Saudi Arabia and is now beingtreated in an intensive care unitafter suffering kidney failure.
WHO said virus samples fromthe patient are almost identical tothose of a 60-year-old Saudinational who died earlier thisyear. The agency is not currentlyrecommending travel restrictionsand said the source of infectionremains unknown. Still, the situa-tion has raised concerns ahead ofnext month’s annual Hajj pilgrim-age, which brings millions of peo-ple to Saudi Arabia from aroundthe world.
Health officials do not knowyet whether the virus could
spread as rapidly as SARS did orif it might kill as many people.SARS, which first jumped tohumans from civet cats in China,hit more than 30 countriesworldwide after spreading fromHong Kong.
“It’s still (in the) very earlydays,” said Gregory Hartl, aWHO spokesman. “At themoment, we have two sporadiccases, and there are still a lot ofholes to be filled in.”
He added it was unclear howthe virus spreads. Coronavirusesare typically spread in the air butHartl said scientists were consid-ering the possibility that thepatients were infected directly byanimals. He said there was noevidence yet of any human-to-human transmission.
“All possible avenues of infec-tion are being explored rightnow,” he said.
No other countries have so farreported any similar cases toWHO, he said, and so far there isno connection between the casesexcept for a history of travel inSaudi Arabia.
Hartl said the first patientmay have had an underlying con-dition but it probably did notmake him more susceptible tocatching the virus.
Other experts said it wasunclear how dangerous thevirus is.
Cristina Fernandez, president of Argentina, tours the United States this week and gives creditto Argentina’s leaders for standing up to foreign pressures in regards to the global financialsystem. GETTY IMAGES
Argentine leader disputes critics in US
New SARS-like virus found in Middle East
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A state Supreme Court case titled Rutgers v.Piluso (1972) ruled that the University didnot, at that time, have to receive zoning
board approval by the local Piscataway township forits plans to expand parts of its Busch and Livingstoncampuses. The implications of this case have helpeddetermine today’s land-use policies regarding thestate’s schools, and ultimately served as groundworkfor allowing public colleges and universities through-out the state to bypass local zoning board regulationswhen it came to campus building plans and propos-als. The same privileges, however, were not given toprivate colleges.
Now, a proposed bill working its way through leg-islation is posed to even the playing field for the twotypes of institutions by allowing private colleges thesame land-use privileges as public ones. Equal treat-ment may be a good thing, but if it comes in the formof special treatment over the interests of campus andcommunity — as it does now for public institutions —we’re not sure we can get on board.
Since Rutgers v. Piluso, public institutions ofhigher education in New Jersey have been given vir-tually uninhibited discretion when it comes to thedevelopment of new facilities on campus. When theUniversity wishes to build a new residence hall forfirst-year students, it has only to send its plans tothe local planning board for a cursory review. Insome senses, this is beneficial — the relatively low
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hurdles a university must overcome when con-structing a new facility involve only the basic sub-jection to local permit and inspection regulations.But by doing so, it also exhibits a blatant disregardfor the very crucial relationship between a universi-ty community and its surrounding constituents —the township and its residents
Private colleges in the Garden State, on the otherhand, are given a different kind of treatment. When aschool just a few towns over like Princeton Universitywishes to build a new residence hall, it must not onlyadhere to local permits and regulations, but on top ofthat, must undergo a long, methodical process mov-ing its proposal through town hall hearings and votingmeasures by zoning and planning boards. True, suchobstacles often prevent the projects from coming tofruition altogether. But by forcing the school’s aims torespect the interests of the greater community — e.g.the surrounding town and its residents — in which itresides, those same obstacles help to preserve a bondbetween college constituents and town residents,which is necessary for the maintenance of a robustand healthy community.
The proposed legislation, which supporters havedubbed the “parity bill,” is a step in the wrong direc-tion. No entity — whether public or private — shouldbe given free rein to alter or obstruct the landscape ofa community without the consent and support of thecommunity members themselves.
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should we extract from Casablanca nowthat many of the conditions surroundingit seem to have been abolished?
The answer is that they haven’t, pri-marily in this idea of happiness and whatachieving it actually means.
You, as seniors, have probably beenreading numerous advice columns andbooks that advise you how to conductyourself in a post-grad-uate life (I did the samething when I was aboutto graduate last year).Perhaps you wish thatyou were ‘smartenough’ (what doesthat even mean?) tograduate with a degreein computer science.Perhaps you wish thatyou were able to attendwhichever Ivy Leagueinstitution you prioritized over Rutgers (Ioften hear NYU or Columbia).
Perhaps your parents are bemoaningyour entitlement issues (ignoring that themain complaint from teachers of helicop-ter parents). Perhaps they are busy criti-cizing you for not knowing exactly whatyou want to do with the rest of your life(my father once said “three years isenough time to know”). And perhaps theytoo are wondering why you do not have ajob lined up after graduation (ignoring
that the labor market was a little dam-aged when the global economic systemnearly collapsed four years ago).
And perhaps you find yourself won-dering when, exactly, did saying that you“want to be happy” become naive and anindication that you are not a matureenough worker bee?
You are not naive for wanting to behappy. Of course, youdeserve to be happy. Itis simply that you arenot the only personwho deserves to be happy.
The harsh truth weas young people needto understand isn’t thatwe are too spoiled bystandards of entitle-ment. It is that our cul-tivated drive towards
habitual excess accompanies a tendencyto forget that “happiness” doesn’t explic-itly mean “personal happiness.”
Do you want to be happy? You willnever be happy if you forget other peoplein your local, national and internationalcommunities. That inclination activelyinterferes with your own happiness. Itwill always be a source of moral empti-ness if you do not acknowledge it. Andprotests and revolutionary ef forts inplaces such as Casablanca have proved
something over the past 21 months. Ifyou do not respect the right of others toachieve happiness and the materialnecessities for it, they will soon marchinto central squares from the ideological-ly-constructed frontiers and demand it.
If your happiness doesn’t includestanding alongside them, whether inParis or Casablanca, then how is it differ-ent from selfishness? There are thingsthat are more important than our imme-diate personal happiness. This is exactlywhy Rick tells Ilse that she needs to geton the plane. He has a greater duty. Ilsehas a greater duty. Even though theydeserve it, a deeply flawed worldrequires them to consider a greatersense of happiness.
Despite the economic desperation,political uncertainties and continued warsof our times, we are still at the perfect ageto pursue this. I advise you to rememberit, because it will be a greater source ofhappiness than our imaginations, limitedby the realities of our position, can imme-diately conceive.
Play time will soon be over. The ques-tion you will soon have to answer is this:Should we love each other inCasablanca, or should one of us boardthe plane to Lisbon?
Bilal Ahmed is a University alumnus,Class of 2010.
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I will always find the ending of the1942 film Casablanca to be striking.One initially expects the love story
between Rick Blaine and Ilsa Lunde toemerge triumphant in the story. WhenRick speaks to Ilsa as she is about todepart Casablanca for Lisbon, the audi-ence expects that they will somehowbecome a couple. The film is a classic pre-cisely because it plays with the idea of ahappy ending. Most cinema-goers of theera would expect the love story to endpleasantly for the ending to be sufficient-ly “happy.” Rick and Ilse are supposed tobecome a couple again because that isjust how it is supposed to be. The film’sactual ending, which every reader likelyknows, is more complex.
The world has changed in the seventyyears since Casablanca’s release. Ratherthan merely being the setting of Parisianlove stories and European geopoliticalconcerns, Morocco has achieved inde-pendence and stumbled into the political,economic, and psychological uncertain-ties of post-colonialism. The Nazis weredefeated resoundingly three years afterthe film became a commercial and criticalsuccess. The question is therefore, what
Casablanca as a case-study for rising seniorsCOMMENTARY
BILAL AHMED
I n 2010, The Daily Targumpublished an editorial in itsopinions section that, to a
greater or lesser degree,attempted to understand thedeath of former University stu-dent Tyler Clementi and the cir-cumstances surrounding hissuicide that year. Without goingtoo deep into details, suffice it tosay that many, many people dis-agreed with that editorial. Thetremendous outpour of over-whelmingly negative responsesthe 142nd editorial boardreceived in the days followingits publication was, to put itstraightly, vir tually unseenthroughout the paper’s 143-year-old history.
And because most of thebacklash was facilitated online,the implications of that editorialand the response it garneredprompted the editorial board tobegin to moderate individualcomments before they wereposted to the Targum website.Online users are now asked toinclude a name and email whencreating an account, and eachcomment is reviewed by an edi-tor for profanity, obscenities andclarity before it is approved forpublication.
While it may seem like oldnews now, the aforementionededitorial and its ramifications— i.e. the step toward moderat-
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discussion? How much freedomshould we give our columnistsin shaping that discussion?What is the role of the reader inthe 21st century? These arequestions that we here at theTargum are not only grapplingwith ourselves, but, we’d imag-ine, questions journalists every-where are struggling to answeras well.
Mark Twain, that greatchampion of the Americannovel, once rightfully acknowl-edged that “the public is theonly critic whose opinion isworth anything at all.” In thedays and weeks to come, wehere at The Daily Targum willwork to provide our columnists
“Should we love eachother in Casablanca, or should one of us
board the plane to Lisbon?”
A screenshot of The Daily Targum’s online commenting policy.
ed comment boards — standsas one of the first ethical hur-dles the paper and its staff havehad to overcome since it beganpublishing by means of a web-based platform.
Fast-forward to this semes-ter. Again, the paper has had tomake some dif ficult adjust-ments to its online commentingpolicy — this time regardingcolumnists and their ability tocomment on their own work.The need for consistency in ourmoderating process, the main-tenance of a professionalatmosphere online, and theequal treatment of all staf fmembers representing theTargum together have con-vinced us that the appropriatestance to take up regarding theissue is one of abstinence.Columnists, though obviouslynot news reporters, still repre-sent the paper and its staf f andthus should be, or at least wefeel should be, subject to simi-lar constraints when it comes tocommenting online. As itstands now, columnists are freeto defend their work in theform of formal columns andcommentaries — they are justnot allowed to do so via online comments.
To our knowledge, thisappears to be the way most, ifnot all, college newspapers han-dle online comments by colum-nists and staff. At the same time,however, we realize such astance may infringe upon acolumnist’s entitlement todefend his own work, as ourMonday columnist Tom Verennaso effectively framed the argu-
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IN BRIEF
attempt, put the Golden Eaglesup, 1-0.
While the loss againstMarquette moved the Knights to1-3 in the conference, Janosz’sperformance against SouthFlorida on Friday is a main rea-son why Rutgers is not 0-4.
Seeing her first start of theseason, the Ringwood, N.J.,native recorded five saves in theKnights’ 1-0 double-overtime vic-tory, including an impressive two-save effort in the 11th minute.
Janosz dove to her right todefend a shot from Bulls midfield-er Jackie Simpson, then proceed-ed to kick-save a shot off of arebound from the missed attempt.
Rutgers escaped that game inthe final two minutes of the sec-ond overtime period on a penaltykick by junior forward JonelleFiligno, her ninth of the season.
Janosz believes her teammatesare doing all they can to correct
Junior contributes inKnights’ win Fridayagainst South Florida
GOALKEEPER
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins missed the past two gameswith a head injury suffered last week against Georgetown.MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
THE MANNING AWARDnamed Gary Nova, sophomorequarterback on the Rutgersfootball team, as a “Star of the Week.”
The award, sponsored bythe Allstate Sugar Bowl, recog-nized the top eight performerslast weekend at the quarter-back position.
Fans can vote for whom theybelieve had the best performanceof the weekend on the AllstateSugar Bowl’s Facebook page,and the top vote-getter will benamed the Manning AwardPlayer of the Week.
Nova threw for 397 and fivetouchdowns in the ScarletKnights’ 35-26 victory Saturdaynight against Arkansas.
RUTGERS HEAD MEN’Sbasketball coach Mike Ricenamed David Fedor to hiscoaching staf f for the 2012-2013 season.
Fedor will serve as a GraduateManager for the Scarlet Knightsafter serving as the head managerthe past three years for Rutgers.
Fedor also worked with for-mer Knights assistant coach JimCarr with his charity, “InBrayden’s Eyes, the BraydenCarr Foundation.”
NEW YORK JETScornerback Darrelle Revis wasdiagnosed with a torn ACL yes-terday and will miss the remain-der of the season.
Revis suffered the injury inSundays’ game against theMiami Dolphins suffered thenon-contact injury after trying toavoid a block.
The All-Pro cornerbackmissed last weekend’s gameagainst the Pittsburgh Steelersand played in just one other gamethis season, recording one inter-ception on the year.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLESquarterback Michael Vick willremain the team’s starter, accord-ing to head coach Andy Reid.
Reid said although Vick willremain in the starting position,the team will evaluate as the sea-son progresses.
“Right now, we’re with Michaeland that’s what we’re doing,” Reidtold the Philadelphia Inquirer.“We’ll evaluate it as we go.”
Vick leads the league with sixinterceptions this season and is29th in the league in quarter-back rating.
LOCKED-OUT OFFICIALShave asked for NFL owners to bepresent in negotiations as theleague continues to use replace-ment officials.
According to sources familiarwith the talks, the owners havedeclined to be involved.
The owners were involved lastyear when the players were lockedout of the league, and the officialsbelieve their presence would helpspeed up negotiations.
their offensive slump, somethingshe admits puts added pressureon her and the back four.
“You try to hold it off as long asyou can, but we have faith in our for-wards and we have been strugglinga bit, but I think it is coming soon, “Janosz said. “They have been doingplenty of extra shots and extra workso I think it will work out.”
Simpkins, who has had a weekto recover from her injury,should return to her startingposition when the Knights travelFriday to St. John’s, but Janosz’sperformance in her past twostarts has Crooks confident inhis back-up goalie.
“I thought they were two goodperformances [by Janosz], “Crooks said. “It is important to havethree quality keepers, especially atthis level. I wouldn’t be nervous put-ting any three of them in.”
For now, Janosz knows that atany time she can be called intoaction, and the veteran is readywhenever that happens.
“I really don’t think it is thatmuch different of a mentality, “Janosz said. “You are part of theteam whether you or on the benchor playing and everyone plays arole on this team. Everyone on thisteam will be called upon to play.”
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
Greene points to the team’ssenior leadership. He credits theteam’s tenacity and he realizes thecoaching staff’s humility in dodg-ing another potential trap game.
Rutgers has 12 days to do so.“There are a lot of things we
have to work on,” Greene said,“and we’re definitely going totake advantage of this bye week.”
The Knights handled a rankedSouth Florida team, 31-0, inPiscataway before falling in 2009to Syracuse. This time around,the context is as ripe.
Rutgers earned its mostmeaningful nonconference winin recent memory Saturday,beating Arkansas, 35-26, andcarrying the Big East’s mantlewith it. Sophomore quarterbackGary Nova earned Big EastOffensive Player of the Weekhonors after setting careerhighs in touchdowns, passingyards and completions.
Rutgers enters bye asonly Division-I teamwith three road wins
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CONTINUED FROM BACK
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova earned Big East Offensive Player of the Week honors beforethe Knights host Connecticut next weekend. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Rutgersimproveson road
FOOTBALL
Rutgers head football coachKyle Flood has repeatedly saidhe is apathetic about the ScarletKnights’ new No. 23 ranking.
He is happier about theKnights’ team growth requiredto get the win Saturday againstArkansas that vaulted it there.
“I felt going into it that we hada mature football team — maybemore mature on defense than onoffense at the start of the sea-son,” Flood said. “But I felt likewe had maturity [in terms of]experience playing football, butalso emotional maturity.”
The Knights have playedthree of their four games awayfrom High Point SolutionsStadium this season and willend their two-game roadstretch Oct. 6 with two gamesat home.
Rutgers returns homeagainst Connecticut knowing itcan handle the harsh environment of 72,543fans at Donald W. ReynoldsRazorback Stadium.
“When the crowds areagainst you, you can almostfeel like the whole stadium isfalling on top of you,” Floodsaid. “I never felt that in any ofthe games that we were [onthe road] that that was everthe case.”
Flood may prioritize theKnights’ maturity, but Rutgers’win against an SEC opponent inArkansas slightly altered theteam’s reputation on a nationalscale in garnering the Knightsits first ranking since 2009.
But Flood will never doubthis team’s potential.
“I didn’t really have any pre-conceived notions at the begin-ning of the year of how we’dturn out,” Flood said. “I remem-ber last year we were pickedlast in the conference and weended up winning nine games.”
— Josh Bakan
SPORTS PAGE 16
Flood’s 4-0 start matched thebest record for a first-year headcoach in Piscataway since 1960.And Rutgers earned the spoils,earning a No. 23 spot in the AP poll.
“What it looked like on theoutside — SEC school, we don’tplay any football up there [in theBig East] — it was just great to bea part of a total team effort,”Greene said.
Nova, meanwhile, was lesseager to give into the frameworkof the win.
“I’m not really thinking aboutthat,” he said. “We’re worriedabout this bye week.”
And with good reason.Following the bye, the
Knights play three straight BigEast opponents, including arematch with the Orange and aroad contest at Temple. IncludingUConn, the teams are a com-bined 4-7. Only the Huskies havea win against a BCS opponent.
But Rutgers has seen thisstory play out before.
Syracuse entered the teams’2009 matchup with only threewins — none in-conference, andonly a 37-34 victory againstNorthwestern to boast. The set-back took another two-plus yearsto overcome in the media’s eyes.
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 SPORTS PAGE 17
VOLLEYBALL
Transfer adjusts toaction in Big East
BY AARON FARRARSTAFF WRITER
Sophomore middle blocker and right side hitter RachelAndreassian is a new addition tothe Rutgers volleyball team. Butshe is not new to the game of vol-leyball and brings experience tothe team.
Andreassian said she has anunderstanding of how the gameshould be played and looks tocontribute her knowledge to theother Scarlet Knights (14-3, 0-2),displaying her skills after trans-ferring from North Alabama.
“I think just the experience ofplaying in college for a year,”Andreassian said of why she hassucceeded at Rutgers. “Beingable to develop at a little bit of asmaller school, knowing that itwasn’t enough and wanting to do[more] has really helped me. I’mreally excited to be here.”
The Fredericksburg, Texas,native transferred to Rutgersafter her freshman year at NorthAlabama. During her time withthe Lions, Andreassian competedin four matches, recording eightkills on 18 attempts for a .389 hit-ting percentage.
Andreassian admits compet-ing at Rutgers is very differentand continues to adapt to beingon a new volleyball team.
“I’m always up for new chal-lenges and adventures,” she said.“I’ve really enjoyed it so far. I’menjoying the school, the team andthe competition.”
On the offensive end,Andreassian tallied 55 kills thisyear with a .255 hitting percentage.She has also chipped in defensive-ly, compiling 29 blocks and 25 digs.
The Knights have welcomedher and incorporated her style ofplay. Andreassian continues todisover her chemistry and isexcited about Rutgers’ potential.
“Everything’s great,” shesaid. “I think that we all really
enjoy each other’s company onthe team, and it makes it fun togo to practice every day. Itshould be, because we’re all herebecause we’re passionate aboutvolleyball. We enjoy playing witheach other, playing for the coach-es and the University.”
Andreassian is still in the earlystages of her collegiate career andhas opportunities to develop heroverall game. She competed inevery match this season, alreadysurpassing her total number ofmatches played at North Alabama.
“I’m just trying to work hardevery day and execute,” she said.“Learning my opponents andlearning how to make my team-mates better and stronger is mak-ing me better.”
The coaching staff works tire-lessly with the Knights becauseit sees their potential and desireto have a successful season.Head coach CJ Werneke puts theplayers’ development as a priori-ty, Andreassin
“We do a lot of work,” she saidof the staff’s tactics. “At the begin-ning of practice, we’ll divide upinto groups and work on specificthings based on our positions.[The staff] does a good job at giv-ing us a game plan, telling us toexecute and focus on little things.But it’s up to us from there.”
With a year of volleyball underher belt, Andreassian is not prima-rily focused on acquiring an imme-diate leadership role on the team.The Knights hope for favorableresults at the season’s end and arewilling to do whatever is neces-sary to make that hope a reality.
“We’re trying to play as ateam,” Andreassian said. “We allhave the same goal of getting tothe Big East Tournament, and Ithink we’re all kind of playing forthat. I try to lead by bringingexcitement to the team in the bestway that I can and just doing mypart for each point, which I thinkeveryone is trying to do.”
Sophomore middle blocker Rachel Andreassin picked up 55 killsthis season, her first after transferring from North Alabama.CONOR ALWELL, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2012
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TENNIS RUTGERS BATTLES TOP NORTHEAST TEAMS
Sophomore Lindsay Balsamo took first in her singles draw this weekend at the Brown Invitational, the Knights’ first tournament of the fall campaign. Balsamo hadRutgers’ second-best singles record in the spring, when she went 13-7, including an 8-2 mark in Big East play. ANASTASIA MILLICKER / APRIL 2012
Knights impress head coach at first tournamentBY MIKE MORTONCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Competing against top-levelcompetition, the Rutgers tennisteam set out to prove it belongedthis weekend when it participatedin the Brown Invitational.
The Scarlet Knights faced offagainst top teams in the region,including Boston College andBrown, which finished Nos. 4 and7, respectively, last season in theNortheast Region final rankings.Binghamton, Boston Universityand Providence also competed inthe tournament.
The Knights put in a strongeffort and came out successful,said head coach Ben Bucca.
Sophomore Lindsay Balsamo,who won her singles draw, high-lighted Rutgers’ play. She cap-tured victories in each of herthree matches in the draw andalso advanced to the semifinals ofher doubles draw with freshmanpartner Mariam Zein.
“It felt great to do well in ourfirst tournament of the year,”Balsamo said.
Bucca found positives in thesophomore’s performance.
“Lindsay played well not onlyin singles, but also had a strongshowing in doubles,” Bucca said.“Her results speak to her contin-ued improvement as a tennis play-er, and she has every right to be
very proud of her accomplish-ments this weekend.”
The freshman trio of Zein,Lindsey Kayati and Gina Li alsoplayed well for Rutgers in their firsttournament, showing confidenceand a high level of play, Bucca said.
Kayati made the finals of herdraw, winning two of three sin-gles matches in the tournament.Zein won two of her singlesmatches and captured a win inthe consolation final.
Li rounded out the play forRutgers, picking up three wins indoubles with sophomore partnerNoor Judeh.
“The freshmen had a reallystrong showing,” Bucca said.“They played very well. This wassomething new for them, so themplaying well gave them a lot ofconfidence by the end of the tour-nament that they belong playinghigh level Division I tennis.”
Playing against some of thetop competition in the region inthe first tournament of the seasonwas difficult, but also very benefi-cial to the team, Bucca said.
“It gives us a really good test asto how we are doing,” Bucca said.“It gave everyone on the team a lotof confidence for us to competethe way we did against some of thebetter teams in the region.”
But not everything wentsmoothly this weekend for theKnights. Bucca said the team had
a few lapses in focus, somethingthey continue to work on.
“You can always improve nomatter what,” Bucca said. “Thisbeing our first competition fromthe summer, it’s not unusual tohave some lapses, but certainly it’ssomething that’s on our radarscreen. I know that each and everyone of the players on the team islooking to improve upon the com-petitive nature of how we play.”
Rutgers sees its next actionOct. 6, when it participates in theUSTA Invitational in Flushing, N.Y.The Knights will begin the tourna-ment with confidence and a desireto continue to prove they belong atthe top of the region, Bucca said.
“The biggest thing the teamtook from the tournament is thatwe’re talented, and we have a num-ber of great players on the team,”Bucca said. “We have set a tradi-tion of being one of the top teamsin the region, and even though wehave a young team, we saw first-hand that we have the capabilitiesto continue this tradition of strongplay. It was a really big confidencebooster for everyone on the team.”
The strong showing has theteam even more driven andfocused in preparation for its nexttournament, Balsamo said.
“Doing well has left the teameager to compete in two weeks atour tournament in FlushingMeadows,” she said.
Freshman Lindsey Kayati finished second this weekend in hersingles draw and won two of three matches at Brown.CONOR ALWELL, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2012
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 SPORTS PAGE 19
BY GREGORY JOHNSONCONTRIBUTING WRITER
After a 12-day layoff betweenevents, the Rutgers women’sgolf team teed off this weekendin its second event of the sea-son, claiming ninth placeSunday in the 16-team YaleWomen’s Intercollegiate in NewHaven, Conn.
The Scarlet Knights steadilystuck near the middle of the pack,remaining in ninth after each 18-hole round of the 54-hole event.
The team finished with a 932 (316-299-317) overall score-card, 68 over par and 73 strokes behind tournamentleader Nova Southeastern.
The confines were not asfriendly as what the Knightsexperienced at the BucknellInvitational only 12 days prior.
“[Yale] is probably the bestcollege golf course in the wholecountry,” said head coach MauraWaters-Ballard. “Very challeng-ing — lots of hills, lots of deepbunkers, undulating fast greens.”
Sophomore KortnieMaxoutopoulis once again led
the Knights, carding a 219 andtying for a sixth-place individualfinish in the 87-player field.
“She’s so focused,” Waters-Ballard said. “She’s working real-ly hard. We tweaked a little bit ofher mechanics in her putting lastweek. So her putting made greatstrides this week. She’s got thewhole package and everything inline right now.”
Senior co-captains BrittanyWeddell and Karen Cash talliedtotals of 230 and 241, respectively, toassist Maxoutopoulis in the team’seffort against its competition.
“I knew it was a strong fieldcoming in,” Waters-Ballard said.“My veterans did well, I thought.I was very pleased with the waythey kept the focus and playedwell each round.”
But the Knights’ youth could notgive the veterans much support.
Freshmen Melanie Chambersand Samantha Moyal recordedshot totals of 244 and 252, respec-tively, to complement the rest ofRutgers’ scorecard.
“The freshmen were inconsis-tent and struggled,” Waters-Ballard said. “I think with it being
a three-day event — especially onthe third day — they might’velost the focus a little bit.”
It was the first three-day tour-nament for the team’s five fresh-men in their collegiate careers —a more mentally challenginggrind than the opening two-dayinvitational at Bucknell.
The third day of the event wasdifficult for the entire team, asthe Knights collectively carded a317, their worst round of the tour-nament and 12th in the field.
“It got windy [on the lastday],” Waters-Ballard said. “Thewind, the tough golf course andthe [freshmen’s] lack of experi-ence with this level of competitionI think had them struggling a bit.But I think they got a ton of expe-rience this weekend.”
Rutgers looks to regroup thisweek as it prepares to host theRutgers Invitational on Oct. 5 and6 on a familiar Piscataway course.
“We’ve been shooting somereally great scores at home in ourpractice rounds,” Waters-Ballardsaid. “I think we’re going to doreally well. We’ve got about aweek and a half to prepare.”
Sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis led Rutgers this weekendwith a score of 219, good for sixth place out of 87 golfers.FILE PHOTO, 2011
Rutgers bests seven teams at Yale Intercollegiate WOMEN’S GOLF MAXOUTOPOULIS TAKES SIXTH PLACE
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK RU REPLACES INJURED LINEMEN WITH RETURNERS
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team hasfive freshman offensive linemen,and head coach Kyle Flood wouldprefer to use none of them this year.
The Scarlet Knights were notso privileged last season.
Sophomore Kaleb Johnsonstarted 11 games at right tackle in2011 as a true freshman whilesophomore center Betim Bujariplayed some right guard in hisredshirt freshman season.
The Knights have not needed afreshman to fill in on the offensiveline yet, as none appeared in theirtwo-deep.
“Hopefully we can stay healthyfor the rest of the year with the red-shirt class of five offensive linementhat we have right now,” Flood saidyesterday. “Hopefully we can avoidsome of those growing pains hap-pening to us again.”
Only Bujari and junior guardAndre Civil have needed areplacement for a significant por-tion of time.
Junior center Matt McBridereplaced Bujari when he got injuredSept. 8 against Howard. Sophomorelineman Taj Alexander has takensnaps at right guard since Civil gothurt in the same game.
Even though Alexander didnot earn any time on the line dur-ing his redshirt freshman seasonlast year, he switched from defen-sive line midyear in case Rutgersneeded him to.
Bujari, Johnson and Alexanderhave become staples on the offen-sive line this year in their sopho-more seasons, which has allowedonly two sacks — both on inten-tional grounding calls.
Flood believes part of theunit’s improvement comes fromthe struggles it faced last year.
“We’re probably reaping some ofthe rewards from having to learn
Flood keeps o-line rookies on sideline
Sophomore Kaleb Johnson has been the Knights’ starting left tackle all season, a year after starting 11 games at right tackle as atrue freshman. No freshman has taken a snap on the offensive line this year. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
the hard way over the past fewyears,” Flood said.
WHILE RUTGERS’ WINSaturday at Arkansas gave it aNo. 23 ranking, other Big Eastteams fell behind as Connecticut,South Florida, Syracuse andTemple all suffered out-of-confer-ence losses.
The Knights’ only game thataffected the conference standingsthis year was its 23-13 win Sept. 13against USF. Flood wants to putRutgers’ fast start in the pastbefore the Knights face UConn.
“We really don’t look at it like thatduring the season,” Flood said ofRutgers’ performance compared toother Big East teams so far. “I knowon the TV shows and the newspa-pers and the magazines, etc., there’sbeen talk of the conference.”
Rutgers continues its Big Eastschedule with momentum fromfour consecutive wins to start theyear, now ranking behind only No.19 Louisville in the conference.
Every Big East team willhave played a conference gameby the time Rutgers playsConnecticut on Oct. 6, but Flood
will be more concerned with thestandings at a more importantmoment of the year.
“At the end of the year beforethe bowl season, maybe there’s alittle bit more conference prideon the line when you get yourbowl games lined up,” he said.“But I think that during the year,it’s about being 1-0 each week.”
FLOOD PRAISEDsophomore quarterback Gary Novafor his career game when he threwcareer highs for completions, pass-ing yards and passing touchdowns
against Arkansas, but the numberswere not the most important stat tothe first-year head coach.
Flood liked how Nova utilizeda deep receiving corps to itsfullest potential.
“The most impressive thingabout the day to me was theamount of receivers that he com-pleted the ball to,” Flood said.“We were really pleased at howhe allowed the offense to workfor him, which I think is reallyimportant for any quarterback.He seems to be getting a littlebetter at that every week.”
ONE DOWN The Rutgers tennis team satisfied head coachBen Bucca this weekend at the Brown Invitational, its firsttournament of the season. / PAGE 18
MLB SCORES EXTRA POINT SCORE BY QUARTER
SPORTS
SITTING OUT Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood said he wouldprefer not to have to play his freshmen offensive linemen, who haveyet to see a down this season. / PAGE 19
STUCK IN MIDDLE The Rutgers women’s
golf team took ninth place this weekend atthe Yale Intercollegiate. / PAGE 19
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“She’s got the whole package and everything in line right now.”
— Rutgers head women’s golf coach Maura Waters-Ballard on sophomore Kortnie Maxoutopoulis
GLENN CROOKShas used 12 different RUlineups in as many gamesthis season, utilizing 20Rutgers women’s soccerplayers in the process. Thehead coach is in his 13thseason in Piscataway.
New York (A) 6 Pittsburgh 2Minnesota 3 New York (N) 6
Toronto 1 Milwaukee 2Baltimore 4 Washington 12
Toronto 9 Kansas City 2Baltimore 4 Detroit 6
MEN’S GOLF
Hartford Invitational
TodayHartford, Conn.
MEN’S SOCCER
vs. Central Conn. St.
Tomorrow, 7 p.m.Yurcak Field
WOMEN’S SOCCER
at St. John’s
Friday, 7 p.m.Queens
VOLLEYBALL
at Villanova
Friday, 7 p.m.Villanova, Pa.
AP rankingcomes withreservation
FOOTBALL
Senior Khaseem Greene breaks up apass Saturday at Arkansas. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
On the heels of its first appearance in the APtop 25 in nearly three years, the Rutgers footballteam has two weeks to prepare for Connecticut,its next opponent. The Scarlet Knights likelyhope they remain longer than they did in 2009,when they lost, 31-13, at Syracuse.
The Knights had not appeared in thenational rankings since.
“I don’t think it’s important right now — Ithink it’s important at the end of the year,”said head coach Kyle Flood on Saturday.“Ultimately, the things you earn at the end ofthe year are really what’s important.”
Flood patrolled the sidelines on that Nov. 21as the Knights’ co-offensive coordinator.Rutgers managed only 130 yards of total offense,and its offensive line surrendered nine sacks.
The Knights still reached their fifth con-secutive bowl and won their fourth, but thestakes figured to be higher with one less BigEast loss. Rutgers looks to avoid the sameletdown Oct. 6 against the Huskies.
“This is a dangerous point for a team,”said senior linebacker Khaseem Greene,“because you can slack off and start gettingcaught up in what everybody’s telling you —how good you are and things like that.”
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WOMEN’S SOCCER JUNIOR RECORDS 12 SAVES IN TWO STARTS
Junior goalkeeper Jessica Janosz registered five saves in Rutgers’ 1-0 double-overtime victory Friday against South Florida. Shefilled in for senior Emmy Simpkins the past two games for the Knights. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Reserve replaces injured goalkeeper BY BRADLY DERECHAILO
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With all the trouble the Rutgers women’ssoccer team has with finding the back of thenet in the first half — and more recentlyentire matches — it is important to have aconsistent goalkeeper in between the pipes.
The Scarlet Knights had that with seniorgoalkeeper Emmy Simpkins, who took con-trol of the starting job.
But Simpkins went down with a headinjury last week against Georgetown, whenshe collided with senior defender ShannonWoeller on a save attempt.
Junior goalkeeper Jessica Janosz replacedSimpkins, finishing out the Knights’ 1-0 lossto the Hoyas.
Janosz remained in the lineup forRutgers’ past two matches against SouthFlorida and Marquette.
“I think she has done well [in place ofSimpkins]. I think she was solid, “ Crookssaid. “She obviously did what we needed herto do to win the game on Friday, and onSunday, both goals were difficult [in a loss].”
A shot in the 19th minute that wentthrough a Rutgers defender’s leg, makingit dif ficult for Janosz to deflect the
SEE GOALKEEPER ON PAGE 15Junior forward Jonelle Filigno scored the only goal for Rutgers this weekend on apenalty kick Friday against South Florida. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
