will provide a number of stu- dents with a way to access a quality university education through the scholarships that are provided.” The University’s Board of Governors approved the estab- lishment of a Department of Naval Science on campus that will staff naval personnel during the semester, said Angus Gillespie, president of the Central Jersey Council of the Navy League. Students in the NROTC will train to become officers in the “I am voting for my grandparents who couldn’t,” Zeldin said. All of the photos taken through the photo campaign will be posted on a Tumblr page that will soon be created, said Natalie Sowinski, a member of the Rutgers Student Voter Coalition. Those who register to vote also have the option to fill out a pledge card, which helps ensure they will vote in November, said Nicole Deniflee, a student representative for NJPIRG and a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Sowinski, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said New Jersey United Students, a BACK IN BLACK Comedian Lewis Black will return to New Brunswick for his play “One Slight Hitch” at the George Street Playhouse. / METRO, PAGE 7 ‘THE BOSS’ Daily Targum columnist Matt Kuchtyak recounts his experience seeing Bruce Springsteen live. / OPINIONS, PAGE 11 The Rutgers football team’s defense has developed a habit for making the big plays to limit opponents’ offensive onslaughts. SPORTS, BACK WEATHER Thunderstorms High: 78 Nighttime Low: 58 Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM VOLUME 144, ISSUE 17 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • METRO ... 7 • PENDULUM ... 8 • OPINIONS ... 10 • DIVERSIONS ... 12 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 14 • SPORTS ... BACK DAMAGE CONTROL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 BY TESS ROSENBERG CONTRIBUTING WRITER Douglass Residential College has recently extended its influence of female empowerment beyond its usual borders to Busch campus. A yearlong collaboration between the University’s School of Engineering and DRC has forged a progressive living-learning com- munity that aims to support and advance female engineers, said Candiece White, director of Women in Engineering Programs. This program is a departure from its prede- cessors at DRC. Entirely reserved for first-year students, this intimate living-learning commu- nity encompasses the ideals of female leader- ship and activism while being conveniently located on the campus where the majority of engineering classes are held, White said. The program provides an opportunity for students to experience DRC and its tradition without actually living there. The living- Douglass begins new engineering community ‘Women in Engineering Living-Learning Community’ in its first year on Busch campus A student poses with the reason why he is voting on Election Day for the Rutgers Student Voter Coalition’s photo campaign yesterday on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. EMILY NESI BY MEGAN MORREALE CONTRIBUTING WRITER More than 1,000 people registered to vote yesterday after several student organi- zations collaborated to host National Voter Registration Day throughout all the University’s campuses. The booth on the College Avenue cam- pus ran a photo campaign alongside its reg- istration efforts to find out why students are BY ALEX MEIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Central Jersey Council of the Navy League of the United States hosted a dinner last night at the Rutgers Club on the College Avenue campus, where Commander James Crate dis- cussed the University’s Navy ROTC training program for aspir- ing naval officers. “Given that we’re by the ocean, it does make some sense,” said Richard L. Edwards, University executive vice presi- dent for Academic Affairs. “It Commander James Crate, executive officer for the Navy ROTC on campus, speaks at the Rutgers Club on the College Avenue campus last night about the program. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Central Jersey Council of the Navy League members meet executive officer Groups table in student centers around University for National Voter Registration Day SEE COMMUNITY ON PAGE 5 SEE REGISTRATION ON PAGE 6 Voter registration grows on campus SEE PROGRAM ON PAGE 6 Commander introduces Navy ROTC program voting, said Leila Ensha, a campus organiz- er for the University’s chapter of the New Jersey Public Interest Research Group. The photo campaign involved taking pictures of students in front of a United States flag, where they held signs explain- ing why they plan to vote in November, Ensha said. Alex Zeldin, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said he is using his vote for a unique purpose.
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will provide a number of stu-dents with a way to access aquality university educationthrough the scholarships thatare provided.”
The University’s Board ofGovernors approved the estab-lishment of a Department ofNaval Science on campus that willstaff naval personnel during thesemester, said Angus Gillespie,president of the Central JerseyCouncil of the Navy League.
Students in the NROTC willtrain to become of ficers in the
“I am voting for my grandparents whocouldn’t,” Zeldin said.
All of the photos taken through the photocampaign will be posted on a Tumblr pagethat will soon be created, said NatalieSowinski, a member of the Rutgers StudentVoter Coalition.
Those who register to vote also have theoption to fill out a pledge card, which helpsensure they will vote in November, said NicoleDeniflee, a student representative for NJPIRGand a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.
Sowinski, a School of Arts and Sciencessenior, said New Jersey United Students, a
BACK IN BLACK Comedian Lewis Blackwill return to New Brunswick for his play“One Slight Hitch” at the George Street Playhouse. / METRO, PAGE 7
‘THE BOSS’ Daily Targum columnist MattKuchtyak recounts his experience seeing Bruce Springsteen live. / OPINIONS, PAGE 11
The Rutgers football team’s defense hasdeveloped a habit for making the big playsto limit opponents’ offensive onslaughts. SPORTS, BACK
WEATHERThunderstorms
High: 78Nighttime Low: 58
Serving the Rutgers community
since 1869. Independent since 1980.
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Douglass Residential College has recentlyextended its influence of female empowermentbeyond its usual borders to Busch campus.
A yearlong collaboration between theUniversity’s School of Engineering and DRChas forged a progressive living-learning com-munity that aims to support and advancefemale engineers, said Candiece White,director of Women in Engineering Programs.
This program is a departure from its prede-cessors at DRC. Entirely reserved for first-yearstudents, this intimate living-learning commu-nity encompasses the ideals of female leader-ship and activism while being convenientlylocated on the campus where the majority ofengineering classes are held, White said.
The program provides an opportunity forstudents to experience DRC and its traditionwithout actually living there. The living-
Douglassbegins newengineeringcommunity‘Women in EngineeringLiving-LearningCommunity’ in its firstyear on Busch campus
A student poses with the reason why he is voting on Election Day for the Rutgers Student Voter Coalition’s photo campaignyesterday on the steps of Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus. EMILY NESI
BY MEGAN MORREALECONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 1,000 people registered tovote yesterday after several student organi-zations collaborated to host National VoterRegistration Day throughout all theUniversity’s campuses.
The booth on the College Avenue cam-pus ran a photo campaign alongside its reg-istration efforts to find out why students are
BY ALEX MEIERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Central Jersey Council ofthe Navy League of the UnitedStates hosted a dinner last nightat the Rutgers Club on theCollege Avenue campus, whereCommander James Crate dis-cussed the University’s NavyROTC training program for aspir-ing naval officers.
“Given that we’re by theocean, it does make somesense,” said Richard L. Edwards,University executive vice presi-dent for Academic Af fairs. “It
Commander James Crate, executive officer for the Navy ROTC on campus, speaks at the Rutgers Clubon the College Avenue campus last night about the program. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Central Jersey Council of the NavyLeague members meet executive officer
Groups table in student centers around Universityfor National Voter Registration Day
SEE COMMUNITY ON PAGE 5 SEE REGISTRATION ON PAGE 6
Voter registration grows on campus
SEE PROGRAM ON PAGE 6
Commander introducesNavy ROTC program
voting, said Leila Ensha, a campus organiz-er for the University’s chapter of the NewJersey Public Interest Research Group.
The photo campaign involved takingpictures of students in front of a UnitedStates flag, where they held signs explain-ing why they plan to vote in November,Ensha said.
Alex Zeldin, a School of Arts andSciences senior, said he is using his vote fora unique purpose.
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Friday, Sept. 29Soledad 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.
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Corporations are people, too,”said Bhargavi Sriram, RUDU vicepresident, while advocating forno convention.
There are alternatives to bet-tering the political system thana convention, such as creatingstricter laws and regulations forcorporations and how theyspend their campaign dollarsaid Sriram, a Rutgers BusinessSchool senior.
Ashley Novack’s argument insupport of a convention focusedon the opposition’s flaws.
“There is no violation of freespeech,” said Novack, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences junior. “Acorporation could still speak fora candidate, they just couldn’tbuy them out.”
Novack said there are a lot ofalternatives to more involve-ment in the political processwhere candidates would not bebeholden to corporate money.The reason there have been nonew regulations is because ofcorporate control in politics,she said.
The last debater focused onhow changes naturally happen ina democracy while debatingagainst the convention.
“Democracy has never beenperfect in America,” said ArbiLlaveshi, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “These issuesabout lobbying and corporationshaven’t been around for that long.Public momentum has to build upover time. This is why we haven’tpassed more regulations.”
The winning opposition empha-sized that the vote resides in thecitizenry, not the corporations.
The three-person panel of fac-ulty members ensured the crowdunderstood that more moneydoes not necessarily meandervotes and that some scholars donot see favor and influence beingbought and sold in Washington,D.C., as a problem.
Melanye Price, assistant pro-fessor in the Department ofAfricana Studies, said it would bedifficult to have the public call fora constitutional convention.
“There is nothing in the consti-tution that talks about this,” Pricesaid. “There is a hope that if mil-lions of Americans got together tosign a petition for a convention,the states would feel compelled todo something.”
Andrew Murphy, associateprofessor in the Department ofPolitical Science, talked moreabout the issues at hand andwhether they were even relevantto the Constitution.
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BY MEGAN MORREALECONTRIBUTING WRITER
About 40 audience membersvoted against having aConstitutional Convention afterthe Rutgers University DebateUnion concluded its argumentsMonday night at Trayes Hall inthe Douglas Campus Center.
It was a close debate, with thewinners gaining 16 votes to theopposing team’s 15.
The debate also sparkedmany questions and commentsfrom the crowd.
The questions — “Should wehave a Constitutional Convention?”— was heavily debated through adiscussion of the corporate dollarand whether it had become tooinfluential in today’s politics.
“Companies co-op the systemby lending money to politicians,”said Gordon Morrisette, primeminister of the debate. “Thesedonations allow them to capturelegislative outcomes.”
The winning opposition teamargued that the corporate dollardoes not have more influencethan the power of the vote.
“When you stop the corpora-tions right to free speech, youare also stopping the ability ofother groups to speak. ...
Rutgers University Debate Union members Gordon Morrisette(left), Ashley Novak and Bhargavi Sriram argue whether thecorporate dollar has become too influential in politics Mondaynight at the Douglass Campus Center. VAISHALI NAYAK
Debate team questions Constitutional Convention’s useArgument comesdown to onedecisive vote
“When you stop thecorporations’ rightto free speech, youare also stopping
the ability of othergroups to speak.”
BHARGAVI SRIRAMRUDU Vice President
“There is a larger domainhere,” Murphy said. “The ques-tion depends a lot on how onedefines the ills of the countryand whether or not they areeven constitutional.”
He said problems, such as the rising use of a filibuster, monetary issues in the capitaland grasping the evils in thecurrent U.S. political systemcannot be solved through aConstitutional Convention.
“When we call a convention,anything is on the table,”Murphy said.
Having a ConstitutionalConvention would create anotherConstitution that would have sim-ilar issues as the originalConstitution, he said.
Students were able to ask fac-ulty members questions, andmany inquired about CitizensUnited, an organization dedicatedto gaining control for citizensrather than government.
“We haven’t really had a lot oftime to react to Citizens United,”Price said. “We don’t really knowyet how an organization like thatwill affect our country.”
“I’m really looking forward tolearning more about the differenttypes of engineering and researchthat’s out there,” Kingsley said.
For a student who has alreadybeen accepted to the University, theapplication process for the living-learning community is straightfor-
ward, White said. A student mustindicate her interest in the programon her housing application througha first-come, first-served basis.
“We originally started with an18 student limit, but we increasedit to 20,” Stiltz said.
All 20 students are required totake a three-credit course thatexplores engineering in their sec-ond semester. Additionally, theyare encouraged to partake in aclass which investigates the con-cepts and history of women inleadership, according to the pro-gram’s website.
Students involved in this liv-ing-learning community will havethe opportunity to engage in vari-ous social events, work alongsidefull-time faculty for research,receive counseling from theirpeer mentor and learn aboutinternship and scholarships.
“I really look forward to takingadvantage of externships,” saidLaura Gunderson, a School ofEngineering first-year studentwho plans to study environmentalor biomedical engineering.
Chin said the program not onlybenefits her studies, but it alsoeases the stressful transition fromhigh school to the University.
“It has been significantly easi-er,” she said.
When asked about potentialexpansion of the living-learningcommunity to the rest of the floor,Stiltz said although it is possible,the intimate sense of communitymust be preserved above all else.
“It is important that it shouldnot lose its value,” Stiltz said.
Compared to the living-learn-ing community in the WoodburyBunting-Cobb Hall for STEM stu-dents, this section of Barr Hallpresents a more familial atmos-phere, Chin said.
“From the beginning, every-one had their doors open. Itfeels like I’m living with sisters,”she said.
Gunderson encourages anyinterested students to apply to theliving-learning community onBusch campus.
“I want to say, for the girls whoare considering this program — doit,” she said.
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learning community takes up onewing of the Barr Hall on Buschcampus. This brings up anotherdistinction from other Douglass-run communities — there are, infact, men on the opposite wing.
Laura Stiltz, director ofDouglass Project ResearchPrograms, said this was not somestrategic move to entice incom-ing first-year students. She saidthe entirely female aspect of thecommunity is considered integralto academic enrichment.
“Research has shown thatwomen generally learn differentlyfrom men. Women learn morecommunally,” said Stiltz, adviser for
Douglass Residential College programis first to be housed in co-ed hall
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“It’s a place where Ican create things,
use my imagination… [to] help people”
AMANDA CHINSchool of Engineering
First-Year Student
OWN IT Celiany Rivera-Velazquez, director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Student Center at New York University, tells the crowd about herdocumentary, “Queen of Myself,” which features queer performers in a variety of musical genres as part of her doctoral dissertation, last night at the LivingstonStudent Center. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Undergraduate Women in science,technology, engineering and math.
Among the young women whorecently moved into this living-learning community is AmandaChin, a School of Engineering first-year student, who hopes to acquirea degree in biomedical engineering.
“My father, who studied engi-neering at Columbia University,and my calculus teacher reallyopened my eyes to engineering,”Chin said. “It’s a place where Ican create things, use my imagi-nation … [to] help people.”
School of Engineering first-yearstudent Tiffany Kingsley also plansto pursue biomedical engineeringand a potential career in prosthet-ics, but she remains open-minded.
Commander Philip Roos servesas the commanding officer.
“As an elite university with a diverse student bodyand a stellar international reputation in engineering andthe sciences, Rutgers is a
good fit with the NROTC program,” Hardison said in a statement.
Crate said the University’sinvolvement with the Navywould benefit the school on an individual and communi-ty level.
“Don’t you want Rutgersgraduates out there represent-
ing the maritime ser vices?”Crate said to the crowd. “Don’t you want the Rutgersperspective to influence theUnited States?”
He said individuals enlistedin the University NROTC pro-gram could enjoy both the col-lege experience and the bene-fits the Navy has to of fer.
The program offers selectedstudents a scholarship that cov-ers tuition, fees and the cost oftextbooks for four years, alongwith a monthly stipend of up to$400, Edwards said. Inexchange, students commit toserve as an officer for five yearsafter graduation.
NROTC enlistees also havethe unique opportunity to partic-ipate in summer cruises to seeU.S. Navy ships all over theworld, Crate said.
Through the cruises, stu-dents can experience a flavorof what it is like to be in theNavy in four to six weeks, he said.
Besides naval science cours-es, students also par ticipate
in physical training, unit drills and leadership trainingwhile completing requirementsfor their chosen major,Gillespie said.
Eleven University first-yearstudents are currently enrolledin the program. Of ficials anticipate enrollment to growbetween 65 to 90 students,Edwards said. The goal afterfour years is to have at least 15graduates going into the officercorps annually.
The council is made up of non-military families whohelp military families and edu-cate the general public aboutwhat maritime services do,Dermer said.
“The Central Jersey Councilsupports the sea services inways the government cannot, toshow that there are citizens thatappreciate the hard work the[maritime services] are doing,”Gillespie said.
Some services include hold-ing banquets and distributingcertificates to deserving mar-itime personal, he said.
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group made up of student gov-ernment representatives fromuniversities and colleges all overthe state, is responsible for thephoto campaigns and on-campusvoter registration.
The group aims to get asmuch of the University’s diversestudent body as possible to voteon Election Day, she said.
“I’ve heard students say awide range of reasons that theyare voting, everything from help-ing to end discrimination to want-
Total students registered on Douglasscampus comes in at more than 100
REGISTRATION
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Andrew Foltz-Morrison, a School of Arts and Sciences senior and member of the Rutgers Student Voter Coalition, registers students to vote yesterday afternoon onthe steps of Brower Commons. Efforts on the College Avenue campus attracted the most students to register. EMILY NESI
U.S. Navy or Marine Corps, he said.
The Navy will cover most ofthe expenses to maintain theprogram, excluding tuitioncosts, in which $1.16 millionwill establish the unit with anannual cost of $872,000, said Lt. Charity Hardison, aspokeswoman for NavalService Training Command ina statement.
The University already hasROTC programs for the Armyand Air Force, established in1916 and 1952, respectively,Edwards said.
Nationwide, there are about60 naval ROTC programs atmore than 150 colleges anduniversities, Gillespie said.The University is the first in
Gillespie says 60 Navy ROTCs have beenestablished at more than 150 colleges
PROGRAM
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“Don’t you want theRutgers perspective
to influence theUnited States?”
JAMES CRATEExecutive Directorof the University’s
Navy ROTC
ing a more affordable education,”Sowinski said.
Ensha said many studentsare simply voting because theybelieve it is their right to do soand because they want to exer-cise their voices.
To reach a goal of 7,000 reg-istered students from theUniversity, Sowinski saidNJPIRG and other campaignersgo out on the streets and get stu-dents to fill out voter registrationforms for an easier process.
The Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly registered
300 students yesterday alone,said John Connelly, RUSA pres-ident and School of Arts andSciences senior.
Mark Opper, a studentintern representative fromNJPIRG, said he believes mem-bers of his organization willreach their goal by the end ofthe campaign.
“We still have a ways to go,the ef fort isn’t over until [Oct.16],” said Opper, a School ofArts and Sciences senior.
Sowinski said the campaignis intended to help students whodo not know how to register.
“We are just helping to makethe process easier,” she said.
Dif ferent PIRG chapters are holding student voter campaigns throughout thecountry. The group created an
online petition for voter regis-tration at www.studentvote.org,Ensha said.
Malik Davis-Bey, a School ofEnvironmental and BiologicalSciences sophomore, said he isexcited to vote for the first timein his life.
“I feel like my one vote actu-ally has some power to it,”Davis-Bey said.
Opper said organizers followedin the footsteps of the CaliforniaPublic Interest Research Group byparodying The Lonely Island’s“I’m on a Boat.”
“They changed the chant to‘I’m gonna vote,’ in order toattract more people who wantto register, so we chimed in onthat,” he said.
They also made a vote boat,which was made of cardboard
and featured red and bluewords painted on the side thatread, “Vote Boat.”
Deniflee said the organiza-tion made the biggest impacton College Avenue, the campuswith the most students whoregistered during the day.
Catherine Mayur, a Schoolof Arts and Sciences senior andstudent representative for thecampaign, said there wereabout 100 students who regis-tered on Douglass campus by3:00 p.m.
Deniflee said she is happyabout the campaign’s success.
“It’s awesome to meet suchenthusiastic students,” Denifleesaid. “It touches my heart whenI meet somebody as excitedabout politics as I am, becausenot a lot of students are.”
the state to have a naval train-ing program in more than 40 years.
“We want the Navy to be arepresentative for all 50 states.To not have of ficers from oneof the states is a disservice tothe nation,” Crate said.
The council chose to hostthe dinner meeting to giveCrate the opportunity to intro-duce himself to an organiza-tion that is interested in sup-porting the NROTC programat the University, said DanielDermer, chief of staf f for the council.
Gillespie, professor in theDepartment of AmericanStudies, said the University isthe only non-Ivy League institu-tion chosen by the U.S. Navy tohave an NROTC program, inwhich Crate serves as the executive officer and
BY GIANCARLO CHAUXMETRO EDITOR
Comedian Lewis Black willarrive in New Brunswick next weekto debut his new play “One SlightHitch,” which will open Tuesday atthe George Street Playhouse.
While students mightknow Black as a stand-upcomic or actor from filmslike “Accepted,” Blacksaid he originally beganworking as a playwright.
“I spent a long timedoing plays before I didstand-up,” he said.
Black started writing“One Slight Hitch” 30years ago and said theplay experienced a fair amount ofsuccess before it was dropped.
It was not until 20 years later thatJoe Grifasi, the production’s currentdirector, collaborated with him tobring the play back into the lime-light, he said.
“[The current version] has thesame idea and the same stuff, it’s justthat the structure is better and abouttwo-thirds of the scenes have beenrewritten,” Black said. “Hopefully Iam a better writer now.”
While he originally began writ-ing plays that involved less accessi-ble themes, Black said he soon real-ized he could not make a livingfrom playwriting unless he was acommercial success.
Kelly Ryman, director of market-ing and public relations at theGeorge Street Playhouse, said Blackis the first to admit that the audience-
friendly production is a departurefrom his usual “in-your-face”comedic style.
“The first day of rehearsal thatwe had there, he spoke to the wholecompany and said that if he hadn’tknown that he wrote the play, hewould not have believed it himself,”
Ryman said. The play, which is
about a series of unexpect-ed comedic events thatoccur as a family preparesfor a daughter’s wedding,recently showed on theWest Coast along with theWilliamstown TheatreFestival in Massachusettswhere Ryman said it waswell received.
She said the George StreetPlayhouse is a great option for theplay’s next destination because of itslocation, which makes it easy toassemble a talented cast.
Black agreed the venue’slocation played a factor in book-ing the show.
“[The George Street Playhouse]is 45 minutes from New York. It’sthe closest you can get to workingoutside of the city and still be able toget home, and it’s a great littlespace,” he said.
Among the headliners in “OneSlight Hitch” is Mark Linn-Baker,who Ryman said people might knowfrom his role as Larry Appleton onthe sitcom “Perfect Strangers.”
Ryman said employees feel for-tunate because the playhouseattracts top-bill performances,which she believes is because of
word of mouth.“I think the folks working
here have a great time … andthey tell other people ‘Yeah,you should go to the GeorgeStreet Playhouse,’” she said.
She hopes the theater can alsoattract students to the play.
“I think it’s a really fun show andit’s a great laugh and … we hopethat everyone will stop by and seeit,” she said.
Black, who continues to tour as astand-up comic and makes frequentappearances on “The Daily Show”on Comedy Central, said he is notsure if he will continue writing playsafter “One Slight Hitch.”
“Playwriting is about as painfula process that you can go through.It makes stand-up feel like a day atthe beach,” he said. “A play is liketaking a giant jigsaw puzzle of ablue sky and trying to put it togeth-er. It’s absurd.”
Black said the play would notbe his first contribution to NewBrunswick. The comedian spenttime in the city during the 1990swhen he worked for the StressFactory Comedy Club onChurch Street.
While Black admitted he nevervisited the University, he said stu-dents should make the most of theirtime on campus.
“They say college are the bestyears of your life, well they f——n’are,” said Black, who received hisMaster of Fine Arts in Dramafrom Yale University. “If you arenot having a great time in college,then transfer.”
METRO PAGE 7SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
GAY COUPLE SUES GROUPFOR AD
A gay New Jersey couple issuing a group for using theirengagement photo in an attackadver tisement against aColorado Republic politicianwho suppor ts civil unions,according to nj.com.
The group used a photo ofBrian Edwards and TomPrivitere holding hands andkissing and questioned the val-ues of GOP Sen. Jean White,according to nj.com.
The Southern Poverty Lawcenter will file the federal law-suit.
Privitere said in anothernj.com stor y that he wasshocked to see the image.
“When I first saw it, I didn’tknow how to feel,” he toldnj.com. “They took this image that meant one thing —love, family [and] commitment— and used it to convey thecomplete opposite — hate, fearand bigotry.”
WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST JUDGE
A group of about 40 womenprotested against PaulEscandon, a MonmouthCounty family court judge whothey claim favors men overwomen in divorce cases,according to nj.com.
The women held signs thatread “End Corrupt Courts” asthey protested, according tonj.com
IN BRIEF Local venue to host Lewis Black play
LEWIS BLACKPLAYWRIGHT
Kristen Williams, a ColtsNeck resident who recentlywent through a divorce trialunder Escandon, told nj.comshe received unfair treatment.
“[Judge Escandon] gave myex-husband $3,700 without atrial, and he said that if I did not pay it, he would sign abench warrant for my arrest, which he did,”Williams, 47, told nj.com. “I’msorry, but I’m very angry. He’sharmed the lives of manywomen and many children.”
Former Gov. Jon Corzineappointed Escandon to a 7-yearterm on the bench in 2009,according to nj.com.
EFFORTS LEAD TO LESS TOLL VIOLATIONS
Toll cheating violationshave been cut in half following ef forts to crack downon the of fenders, according tonj.com.
Officials have increased thefees for violators from $25 to$50, while cameras now cap-ture images of license platenumbers of those who passthrough without paying,according to nj.com
Ronnie Hakim, executivedirector of the New JerseyTurnpike Authority, toldnj.com that the violation ratewent from 10 percent to about4.5 percent.
“It added $3.2 million intolls and recoveries,” Hakimtold nj.com.
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A ccording to a report recently released bythe Center for American Women andPolitics at the Eagleton Institute of Politics,
the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representativesmight include a few more women representativesfollowing this year’s election. A record number ofwomen are running in the upcoming election forseats in the two houses of Congress — and thisalone is reason for revel.
Women, especially in the higher echelons of stateand national politics, have been woefully under-rep-resented for much of the nation’s history. Women in2012 hold just 90, or 16.8 percent, of the 535 seats inU.S. Congress. When looked at individually, womencompose 17 percent of the Senate and 16.8 percentof the House of Representatives. Clearly, in a coun-try that prides itself on values like equality and gen-der neutrality, these numbers are unacceptable.
Strength in numbers
I f you haven’t yet heard the news, the ScholasticAptitude Test scores of this year’s high schoolgraduating class are in — and in at least one of
the exam’s sections, scores have fallen to the lowestthey’ve been since 1972. The decline in scores, need-less to say, has drawn a considerable amount of atten-tion and has had many questioning what this meansfor America’s youth and the quality of education inthe country.
To us, this sort of response is somewhat alarmistin nature. To assume, like some have, that thedecline in scores is reason for concern for the stateof education in the United States is to assume thatSAT scores themselves are a near-perfect measure ofa student’s aptitude and development — neither ofwhich we’re willing to grant without a more in-depthlook at the breakdown of the scores.
Without too much heavy lifting in the way of rig-orous analysis, we can immediately point to severalreasons for this year’s scores being so low. One rea-son relates to the testing pool of students. CollegeBoard officials and other experts said the number ofstudents who opt to take the SATs is growing both in
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But those numbers become even bleaker as onemoves from the national level to the state level. NewJersey, for example, currently has no women inCongress. Despite the fact that the state’s populationis 51.3 percent female, representation of such anoverwhelming demographic remains missing. Andwhen women are underrepresented in politics, italso means that the interests of women in generalare underrepresented.
Equal representation, therefore, is not only some-thing that should be desirable, but wholly necessaryif we wish our political decisions to remain equitablefor both ends of the gender spectrum. This surge inwomen candidates — 18 women running for seats onthe Senate and 163 women running for the House ofRepresentatives, according to the report — repre-sents an important opportunity to tip the scales in apositive direction.
breadth and diversity each year. For instance, 45 per-cent of the testing pool last year was comprised ofminority students, compared to 38 percent in 2008.This may be significant when one considers that 28percent of test takers reported that English wasn’tnecessarily their first language.
We can also look at the nature of education inAmerica today, and whether it has changed in theyears following the test’s institution. The SATs arenotoriously a “teaching-to-the-test” form of test-tak-ing, and we can wonder whether instructors intoday’s elementary and high schools have simplyabandoned the approach of educating for the sake ofstandardized test-taking, instead opting for educatingfor the sake of education. Students are particularlyaware that doing well on the SAT requires not, nec-essarily, strict knowledge of the subjects, but rather akeen knowledge and measured skill for test-takingitself. In this way, SAT scores may not be the mostappropriate measure of intelligence.
Education in America is undoubtedly a priority ofthe highest order, but this year’s SAT scores mayonly prove a minor concern.
This sense of community israrely achieved to such anextent in public life, especiallyin the United States, wherehyper-individualism hasbecome a power ful politicaland social trend. The rise ofthe Tea Party and tough eco-nomic times have exacerbateda sentiment of selfishnessamong individual Americansthat has seeped into govern-ment policies.
Hyper-individualism doesnot always dominate Americanlife. After the events of Sept.11, the country came togetherin a way that unfor tunatelyonly seems to occur after alarge-scale national tragedy. Lt.Richard Nappi, a New YorkCity Fire Department hero atSept. 11 who was killed in aBrooklyn blaze in April, repre-sents the extreme example of
how community should be dis-played and supported in thiscountry. Springsteen dedicated“Into the Fire,” a song from hispost-Sept. 11 album, “TheRising,” to Nappi duringSaturday night’s show. Thesong’s refrain, “May yourstrength give us strength /May your faith give us faith /May your hope give us hope /May your love give us love,”acts not only as a tribute to thefirefighter who valiantly gavehis life, but also as a charge toall of us to show the sense ofcommunity and support for oneanother that is essential to astrong democracy.
As we enter the final stretchof the election season, allAmericans should look in themirror and ask ourselves whatkind of country we would liketo live in.
The glue that holds a nationtogether is its people, and itspeople are only as strong asthey are because of a strongcommunity foundation.American identity does notmerely consist of the notion thateveryone should have the liber-ty to do as they please — rather,American identity is abouteveryone having an equalopportunity to succeed underthe auspices of family, commu-nity and government support.While the Republican presiden-tial candidate Mitt Romneywould have you believe nearlyhalf the nation are victimsdependent on government forsurvival, he fails to recognizewhat these citizens, workersand military personnel con-tribute to American society andwhat the positive impact thesegovernment benefits have onthe entire country.
The Preamble to the U.S.Constitution, which lays outthe guiding principles of theAmerican frame of govern-ment, stresses the need to“provide for the commondefense” and “promote thegeneral Welfare.” Economicand social policies supportedby many in this country seek toalienate cer tain members ofthe American community anddeny them an equal opportuni-ty for success.
In his 2007 song “Long WalkHome,” Springsteen sings thatwe “know [the] flag flying overthe courthouse / Means cer-tain things are set in stone /Who we are, what we’ll do andwhat we won’t.” As we look for-ward to the first Tuesday inNovember, let us rememberthat there are some things wecannot do if we believe in thepreamble to our Constitutionand support the notion of astrong American community.
Matt Kuchtyak is a School ofArts and Sciences senior major-ing in political science and eco-nomics with a minor in history.His column, “State of the Nation,”runs on alternate Wednesdays.
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L ately I have been feelingless motivated to pro-mote feminism because
of the amount of people ques-tioning why I’m a feminist.They ask what it is feministsare still fighting for if wealready have the same rights asmen. A recent study publishedby the American PoliticalScience Review reminded mewhy feminists are still advocat-ing equal rights.
Christopher F. Karpowitz ofBrigham Young University, TaliMendelberg of PrincetonUniversity, and Lee Shaker ofPortland State University con-ducted the study that has refu-eled my motivation in seekingequality. The study, called“Gender Inequality inDeliberative Par ticipation,”examined whether men andwomen share equal voice andauthority in a group discussion,or if it just causes genderinequality. Ultimately theresearchers determined thatwomen speak 75 percent lessthan men when they are theminority in a group conversa-tion. This study focused onwomen in the field of politics,but it’s something that impactsall of us.
What does this really mean?It means women are letting themale voice overshadow theirown. As a political sciencemajor this frightens me,because voice and opinion areessential aspects in politics. SoI ask myself: Am I a womanwho silences her opinions andcomments when predominantlysurrounded by men? Shyly I’lladmit I am.
For instance, in my “Natureof Politics” class, females arethe minority. The men outnum-ber us. Politics has without adoubt been a field led predom-inantly by men. It is obviouswhen you enter my politicalscience class that that muchhasn’t changed.
As the study states, “mentend to be perceived as morecompetent and enjoy a higherstatus than women in discus-
Speak, for thesake of equality
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They say college are the best years ofyour life, well, they f----n’ are.
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L ast Saturday night, a cou-ple University studentsand I traveled up the N.J.
Turnpike through the pungentaromas of North Jersey to go seea Bruce Springsteen concert atMetLife Stadium. It was the quin-tessential Jersey experience.
After a lengthy delay due tosevere thunderstorms rollingthrough East Ruther ford,Springsteen took the stage at10:30 p.m. and joked that hejust invited 55,000 people to hisbir thday par ty (Springsteenturned 63 at midnight). Theepic show drew to a closearound 2:00 a.m. after three-and-a-half hours of pure rock‘n’ roll energy. The intensity ofthe show was unparalleled andran the gamut of emotions —from the pent-up energyreleased at the beginning ofthe show, to the reflective andemotional middle portion, tothe fun encore and eventualexhaustion — from which I amstill recuperating as I writethis. The show had everythingone would expect from anincredible rock concert.
Perhaps the emotion or feel-ing that stuck with me themost, however, is the sense ofcommunity and collectiveresponsibility that has becomea staple of Springsteen’s recentmusic and concer ts. During“My City of Ruins,”Springsteen introduced hisband members and spokeabout “ghosts,” specificallythose in the form of late bandmembers Clarence Clemonsand Danny Federici. More gen-erally, however, he was speak-ing about the “ghosts” thatwalk with all of us, literally andfiguratively, and guide usalong our way. The emotionwas palpable and the sense ofcommunity, tangible.
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sions of what is perceived asmasculine subjects.” Therefore,women allow men to do most ofthe speaking because theyassume the men know morethan they do. And many timesthis is not the case. They couldbe just as confused as we are.So yes, there have been timeswhen I’ve known the answer toa question and neglected toraise my hand out of fear that Imight be wrong. Instead, I letsomeone else answer it.
I compared my participationin my political science class tomy participation in my “Women,Culture, and Society” class.Unlike in Nature of Politics,females are the majority inclass, with a mere seven males.When I’m in this class, I am acompletely different person. Iactually speak and voice myopinions as well as comment onthe statements of others. Whyis that? According to authors ofthe study, this is becausewomen “experience a greatersense of confidence in predomi-nantly female settings.”
So you’re probably thinkingthat the males in my womenstudies class feel outnumbered,therefore they’re reluctant toparticipate. Wrong. I’ve heardthe opinions of each boy in thatclass. They do not hold back.Unlike females, men do notspeak or influence any lesswhen they are the minority of a discussion.
The study suggests usingunanimous rule as opposed tomajority rule when women area minority will help voice their opinions.
What the study concludedwas that when women are inmixed-gender groups, theytend to speak less and becomeless influential than the men inthe discussion. So what are wewaiting for ladies? Clearly weneed to speak up. Don’t silenceyour opinions only becauseyou find yourself surroundedby men. In order to influenceothers and gain our much-wanted equality, we need avoice. The only way to get thatvoice is to raise your hand andspeak your mind.
Dannielle Romoleroux is aSchool of Ar ts and Sciencessophomore. Her column,“Fourth Wave,” runs on alter-nate Wednesdays.
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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine STEPHAN PASTIS
Happy Hour JIM AND PHIL
Today's Birthday (09/26/12). Where would you love to be in five years?Take small steps toward an inspiring possibility. Use tools like a budget.Adapt to changes with a positive attitude. An income raise could occurafter October for a November purchase. To get the advantage, checkthe day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — Check through thearchives, meditate, consider all pos-sibilities and then begin a project.Work on it like you really mean it.Opposites attract. Be careful.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 5 — It's difficult tochoose between work andattending a social event. Favorwork or do both. You discoverunderlying truth. Friends helpyou make the connection.Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Todayis a 5 — Progress at work could bea bit bumpy. Take it as it comes tofind the opportunities. Stick toyour budget. There could be a con-flict of interests or snags in theschedule. Accident alert: watch out!Cancer (June 21-July 22) —Today is a 5 — Haste makeswaste (and nicked fingers). Keeptrack of finances; you'll knowhow much to spend. There'sgood news from far away. Keeplearning, even if it's hard.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 5 — Gaining security couldmean giving up something.There are even more costs to cutthat you didn't see before. Clearup confusion before proceeding.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 5 — Family mattersvie with work for your attention.Work smartly so that you havetime for both. Avoid obviousand not-so-obvious distractions.Pay a bill before buying treats.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today isa 6 — Show you have what it takes,use your wits and increase profit,even in the face of a possible con-flict of interests. A social eventsparks passion. Opposites attract.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 6 — Learn a lot froma child. Others may disagree ondetails, but it's not worth thefight. Dress for success. Loveblossoms over the next few days.An older person shows you how.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 5 — Good newscomes from far away. It's evenbetter from a perspective biggerthan your own. Cleaning housereveals a treasure in your home.Count your blessings.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 5 — Let your partnerdo the talking to clear up a tem-porary setback. Friends have lotsof great plans. Study them care-fully and add your talents tothose that call to you the most.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — Focus on detailsto increase financial productivi-ty. Work out bugs in a new idea.Use gains to pay off an old debt,not to gamble. A conflict inromance could arise.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 5 — Try not to get impa-tient ... there's still time. Condi-tions will be better tomorrow any-way. Work on something that willlast. Enjoy a new level of awareness.
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THE RUTGERS MEN’Sbasketball team will hostMidKnight Madness at theCollege Ave. Gym.
The event takes place Oct.12, at 9:30 p.m., and will broad-cast live on RVision.
The event is free and open tothe public.
“Last year’s MidKnightMadness was a great success andwe expect this year’s to be evenbetter,” said head coach Mike Ricein a press release. “I can’t wait toshow off our ‘new school ball’ in an‘old school hall.’ It’s definitelygoing to be an exciting night.”
Fans in attendance receive alimited edition t-shirt.
THE RUTGERS FOOTBALLteam’s upcoming game againstConnecticut will be a blackout.
The Scarlet Knights debut theirnew all-black uniforms, and headcoach Kyle Flood believes theblackout adds a buzz to the game.
“I think the students andthe fans like it,” Flood said. “Ithink they do. I think they geta kick out of it. I think certain-ly the recruits we encounteron the road, they enjoy theblack uniforms. I think ourplayers like the black uni-forms. Certainly it was a goodexperience last year.”
The game takes place Oct.6 at noon at High PointSolutions Stadium.
NOTRE DAME CANCELEDthe final three football games inits series against Michigan, asNotre Dame Athletic DirectorJack Swarbrick informedMichigan Athletic Director DaveBrandon of the decision.
The series will carry out thescheduled meetings through2014 because the agreementrequires a three-year notification.
Brandon told theAssociated Press he was noti-fied Saturday via a letter givento him before the latest install-ment in the series.
THE SEC ANNOUNCEDyesterday Kentucky safetyMikie Benton will not be sus-pended for last week’s hit to thehelmet on Florida tight endJordan Reed.
Benton knocked Reid’s hel-met of f, but the conferencesaid it did not appear to be ahead-hunting job, according toCBS Sports.
The SEC already gaveMississippi safety Trae Elstonand South Carolina safety D.J.Swearinger suspensions for hitsthe conference said were “fla-grant and dangerous.”
DENVER BRONCOSlinebacker Joe Mays must sit outone game and cough up $50,000in fines for his hit on HoustonTexans quarterback MattSchaub in Sunday’s game.
The hit only knocked Schaubout of one play but cost him apiece of his ear and knocked hishelmet off in the process.
Mays led with his helmet,made helmet-to-helmet contactand hit Schaub too late to beconsidered legal. Any one ofthose three aspects on its ownwould constitute a personal foul.
Texans head coach GaryKubiak said Schaub had a nor-mal practice and does notappear to feel any ill effectsfrom the hit.
IN BRIEF
One thing has been constant,which is the presence of freshmenand sophomores in the lineup.Rutgers featured 13 underclass-men, seven of which cracked thestarting 11.
“It is very meaningful, espe-cially in that part of the field in theback,” Crooks said. “There is a lotof young players involved backthere. Outside of seniors Shannon[Woeller] and Trish [DiPaolo], itis a really young back line. Tohave her working and communi-cating like she does back there isjust fantastic.”
Leigh sees her leadership as away to pass down the torch fromwhen she was a younger player,pointing to the captain trio ofWoeller, DiPaolo and senior goal-keeper Emmy Simpkins guidingher as a younger player.
“I really appreciate being oneof those people that the girls canlook up to,” Leigh said.
Leigh records 56 minutes of field timefollowing near-month absence
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Junior defender Tori Leigh is one of only a handful of veteransto see consistent time this season with an infusion of youth.ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Leigh’s leadership has comefrom the sidelines of late, as theHamilton, N.J., native continuesto deal with an injury.
The Sept. 2 Sam HoustonState game was the last one sheplayed in before her appearancein Sunday’s 2-0 loss to Marquette.
Leigh saw 56 minutes in thecontest and does not mind com-ing off the bench as long as shecan contribute.
With Crooks still shufflingaround his lineup card, hebelieves Leigh is playing wellenough after her injury to find herway back into a starting position.
“It is a weekly competition, andyou get your opportunities in thegames and you take advantage ofit when it happens,” Crooks said.“I think Tori took advantage of heropportunity this weekend.”
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going against our team. We goafter the ball. We try to make bigplays, and the main thing we do iswe don’t let the situation or thegame get us down.”
He said the defense stressesbeing opportunistic, and it hassucceeded so far this season.
Part of the defense’s advantageis the variety of playmakers at itsdisposal. The Knights have fiveinterceptions by five differentplayers in the past two games.Greene has not recorded an inter-
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Knights take advantage of multipleplaymakers to force turnovers
DEFENSE
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Senior safety Duron Harmon assists senior safety Wayne Warren in defending a pass attempt by Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson to wideout Brandon Mitchell.His interception late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game ended the final drive for the Razorbacks. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
ception, but as the reigning BigEast Co-Defensive Player of theYear, his résumé speaks for itself.
Four of those five intercep-tions came courtesy of the sec-ondary, which has contributed inmore ways than only turnovers.
“You just see in the games [thesecondary is] making big-timeinterceptions,” Greene said,“[senior safety] Duron Harmoncoming down and hitting and justchanging the whole flow of thegame with those big hits and[junior cornerback] Logan [Ryan]just locking everybody up.”
The win against Arkansas wasno exception.
Ryan intercepted a pass fromquarterback Tyler Wilson in theend zone late in the third quarter,ending a 66-yard drive.
Harmon picked off a Wilsonpass after it caromed off aRazorback receiver with less thanfour minutes left in the game,which led to Rutgers ending thegame on the next possession.
Senior linebacker SteveBeauharnais said that ball-hawkand big-play mentality stems from aconcept brought about by the pre-vious head coach.
“Chop,” Beauharnais said. “It’ssimple. Chop. It’s been around herefor years, since [former headcoach] Greg Schiano took over.Chop. Focus on the task at hand.”
The defense making big plays
has effects on the other side ofthe ball, as well.
“It raises our confidence,”Beauharnais said. “It raises ourenergy. It raises a lot of things. Theoffense is watching and it raisestheir confidence. They can’t wait toget back on the field.”
Harmon is at the crux of thosebig plays. On several occasions,including Saturday at Arkansas,he has shown a proclivity for bighit game-changing plays.
“Duron’s a great playmaker,”Beauharnais said. “Unfortunatelyhe’s not a captain. I think he reallyshould be. I think we should havefive [defensive] captains, to tell youthe truth. He’s a guy that we feedoff of. He’s a guy that I trust a lotbecause [Greene] is no longer inthe back of the defense.”
Greene, who transitioned to
linebacker from safety before lastseason, has become one of theleaders on the defense.
From his position in the mid-dle of the defense, he gets a first-hand look at how complete it is.
“It’s fun knowing that I got [thesecondary] behind me, and I gotthe big boys up front doing theirjob,” Greene said. “Those guysknow they got me.”
With eight turnovers, eightsacks, three blocked kicks and no100-yard rushers allowed in fourgames, the defense has the num-bers to back up Greene’s assess-ment, and it helps clarify howRutgers has taken down four con-secutive opponents.
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FOOTBALL LINEBACKER RECORDS SEVEN TACKLES AGAINST ARKANSAS
BY JOSH BAKANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team leftFayetteville, Ark., with a victorythat put the Scarlet Knights intothe national rankings for the firsttime since 2009, gave them theirfirst 4-0 start since 2006 andshowed a national audience a winagainst an SEC opponent.
But when the Knightsreturned to campus, they blend-ed right in with a student bodythat treated them the same waybefore the win.
“It was a normal day really,”said senior linebacker SteveBeauharnais. “No one reallycame up to us and told us howwell we were doing.”
The team is not ecstatic,either, because of head coachKyle Flood’s one-game-at-a-timementality.
But Beauharnais left the 35-26win disappointed, even though
Beauharnais dismisses low statisticsSenior linebacker Steve Beauharnais attempts to tackle Arkansas wide receiver Brandon Mitchell on Saturday in the Knights’ win.Beauharnais recorded his first half sack of the season on the first play from scrimmage. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
“You always reflect after eachyear,” Werneke said. “At the endof the season, you take sometime to decompress and processthe whole year. I think our coach-ing staff and players had our bestyear last year. … The players con-tinued to believe in what theywere doing, despite all of theinjuries and significant setbacks.”
There were some highlights inRutgers’ competition against BigEast opponents. The Knights endedthe year with back-to-back victoriesagainst Connecticut and St. John’son their home court. It was the firstBig East weekend sweep for theprogram since 2005 and the firstwith Werneke at the helm.
“We identified who we are as ateam, played to our strengths anddidn’t use any excuses,” he said.“We don’t like excuses. We don’trely on them or use them as crutch-es. We’re going to go out and com-pete, learn how to compete, we’regoing to fight, and we’re going togive our opponents our best shot.”
Team veterans had impres-sive seasons individually andhave the experience that helpsguide a team. In addition toJones’ contributions, now-seniorsetter Stephanie Zielinski led allBig East setters last season with18 double-doubles, compiling1,151 assists — sixth-most in pro-gram history — and 332 digs.
“The returners are seeing theprogression of our program,”Werneke said. “They knew whatwe went through last fall andshould build on their confidenceand motivation moving forward. Iwant to have them lead our new-comers based on their past expe-riences. We want to embrace ourpast and not hide from it, using itas a learning experience andmotivation moving forward.”
Even though Rutgers is alreadyin a 0-2 Big East hole, Wernekebelieves it needs to take the sameapproach each year. He is optimisticabout the Knights’ possibilities.
“Each year is a different year,”Werneke said. “Each team is a dif-ferent team, and you have to coachit accordingly, but the philosophyis the same. We’re going to keepour team focused on the remain-ing part of the year. We need tosay, ‘Hey, we control our own des-tiny here.’ As long as we stick tothe task and on the plan, goodthings are going to happen.”
Losing league recordmotivates Rutgers in2012 Big East play
EXPERIENCES
CONTINUED FROM BACK
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
CJ Werneke understands theteam’s identity this season.CONOR ALWELL
the Rutgers defense was on theright end of a high-scoring affair.
“I hate shootouts,” he said. “Ihate them because obviously thereare a lot of things that are exposingus. There are a lot of things that weneed to get cleaned up and [makeus] think we’re not as sharp as wethought we were.”
Rutgers’ defense made somemistakes against Arkansas,including allowing consecutivetouchdowns in the fourth quarterand letting quarterback TylerWilson record 419 passing yards.
Traditionally, an inside line-backer might be more concernedwith stopping the running game andgenerating tackles in the short field.
The St. Joseph’s High School(N.J.) product did that better thanhe had all year against theRazorbacks with a season-highseven tackles after posting only13 in the previous three games,helping hold Arkansas to only 73rushing yards.
But defensive coordinatorRobb Smith requires Beauharnaisto be more than a traditionalinside linebacker.
The MIKE linebacker positionrequires Beauharnais to frequentlyblitz, so he is responsible not only forstopping the run but putting pres-sure on the opposing quarterback.
“On third down, I put my headdown and I’m a defensive end,”Beauharnais said.
Beauharnais blitzes as fre-quently as last year, when herecorded 16 tackles for a loss andfive sacks. So far he has only 2.5tackles for a loss and 0.5 sacks.
He does not see it as a problem.“Other guys are making plays,”
Beauharnais said. “Second-and-13is second-and-13, no matter whomakes the tackle.”
Senior linebacker KhaseemGreene plays next to Beauharnaisand likes what he has seen this year from the Saddle Brook,N.J., native.
Greene said Beauharnais wouldmake more plays behind the line ofscrimmage as the year went on.
But more importantly,Beauharnais’ leadership has beena constant.
“He’s our vocal leader. Heleads by example,” Greene said.“It showed in his play. He camedown and he was really hittingguys and calling and directing.”
Beauharnais is less concernedabout himself and more about thedefense as a whole, which hasheld back offenses on manyshort-yardage plays. Rutgers’ 16first downs allowed per game is aBig East-low.
“I already have my name,”Beauharnais said. “I’m the middlelinebacker, the leader, blah, blah,blah, but other guys are making aname for themselves.”
For updates on the Rutgers foot-ball team, follow Josh Bakan onTwitter @jbakantargum.
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MEN’S SOCCER CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE-RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.
Knights ‘D’ prepares for corner kicksBY JOSH BAKAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Scoring on a corner kickrequires acute precision — fromthe server’s foot, to the connec-tion to his teammate, to the anglethe ball hurls toward the goal.
The Rutgers men’s soccerteam has a 34-28 advantage oncorner kicks this season, but scoring of f one is soimprobable that none of those
Freshman midfielder Mael Corboz serves corner kicks for the Knights, even though that takes Corboz, who leads the Knights inscoring with two goals already, out of the box. NELSON MORALES, SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
MEN’S GOLF SEVENTH PLACE, 908
three games, when opponentscombined for 56 shots againstthe Knights — including 26 fromthe Hoyas.
But McMullen said his fellowdefenders are ready for those,and it decreases his workload.
“Not many of the shots werequality shots,” McMullen said ofGeorgetown’s attempts. “It saysthat I have [10] saves in the boxscore, but I had to come up big forlike maybe three of those saves.”
Donigan also gambles on theoffensive end by assigning fresh-man midfielder Mael Corboz toserve, even though the GreenBrook, N.J., native leads Rutgerswith two goals.
“Mael’s always been puttinggood services in good spots — indanger spots,” Donigan said.
But that takes a reliable scoreroff the field for a moment whenRutgers has the privilege to set upa play while the game pauses.
That hurts the Knights a littlemore with sophomore forward J.P.Correa out with an undisclosedinjury, which puts more pressureon junior forward Kene Eze.
“They have me going to thenear post,” Eze said. “[Coaches]say I’m good at flicking the ball ...for maybe someone else to finishor go onto the ball.”
Correa’s absence already givesRutgers a lack of consistent scoringthreats, which makes it less likelyeach game that the Knights will cap-italize off opponents’ mistakes.
Central Connecticut State isnot of Georgetown’s caliber, butRutgers will likely have to takeadvantage of a Blue Devils lapseat least once to win.
“We don’t want to have a let-down,” Donigan said. “Just beingable to come out and not waste thefirst 45 minutes on lazy or sloppyplay and poor habits [is vital].”
For updates on the Rutgers men’ssoccer team, follow Josh Bakan onTwitter @jbakantargum
Rutgers navigates difficult course to place inside top 10BY GREGORY JOHNSON
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The Rutgers men’s golf teamfaced a difficult road test Mondayand yesterday at the HartfordHawks Invitational in Hartford,Conn., in its third tournament ofthe season.
The Scarlet Knights took sev-enth place, besting nine teams ina 16-team field with a final score-card of 908 (300-303-305).
Host Hartford topped thefield, carding a final score of875 — 20 strokes better thanthe next closest team.
“[Hartford] has seen the golfcourse a lot more than we have,”said head coach Rob Shutte.“There’s no doubt that it’s anadvantage. So we have to beable to come into these [road]courses, scout them out andplay them as if we’ve seen them100 times before.”
Junior Doug Walters wasRutgers’ top performer this time,carding a 224 overall (76-73-75)and tying for 15th in the 88-player
Junior Doug Walters paced the Knights with a final score of224, good enough for a 15th-place finish out of 88 athletes.JOEY GREGORY, ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2012
field. He continued his strongplay in par-five scoring with aminus-two.
Sophomore Hyung Mo Kim,making his season debut on theteam’s scorecard in stroke play,finished second on the teamwith a final score of 226 (73-77-76), including nine birdies andan eagle.
Kim tied for 19th in thefield, joining Walters as theonly other Knight to finish inthe top 20.
“We did compete pretty hard,”Shutte said. “We adapted prettywell to the course being present-ed and the conditions. We justweren’t consistent enough withall five scores.”
Freshman Jonathan Chang,who paced the Knights throughthe first two rounds Monday,struggled in the final round yes-terday when he carded an 81 andfinished with an overall score of228 (74-73-81).
During the final 18 holes, healso fell from sixth to 27thplace individually.
“[Chang] basically star tedmissing a lot of greens,” Shuttesaid. “And this is a golf coursewhere if you miss greens or hit just the wrong spots, youare just absolutely stared down with bogeys and double-bogeys. He just wasn’t quiteswinging as well as he was Day 1.”
Sophomore Jacob Stockl andjunior Dillon Corbo completedthe rest of Rutgers’ final score-card, shooting scores of 232 and251, respectively.
Shutte and the team are nothanging their hats on the outcome.
“Any time we enter a tour-nament now, we’re trying tohave the approach that we’rethere to get to the top,” Shuttesaid. “We’re not satisfied. Ithink that we’re a program onthe rise. The guys know thatwe can play better.”
Rutgers now has less thanthree weeks to prepare for anoverseas trip to the WatervilleCollegiate Classic on Oct. 15 and16 in County Kerry, Ireland.
attempts has resulted in a goalfor either side.
Rutgers (3-3, 0-1) faces CentralConnecticut State (2-4-1) tomor-row. They have accumulated alofty 52 corner kick attempts thisseason, and the result at YurcakField could come down to whichteam can convert one first.
“There’s not really tacticsgoing into corner kicks,” saidsenior goalie Kevin McMullen.“We have obviously a formation
that we like to use on cornerkicks, but it just comes down towho’s the tougher team.”
Even though no Rutgers oppo-nent has converted on a corner kickall year, one mistake can alwayschange a game’s outcome in soccer.
That was the case Saturdaywhen Georgetown forwardBrandon Allen made his waythrough three Rutgers defend-ers in the 95th minute, render-ing the 94 minutes the Knights
held the ninth-ranked teamscoreless meaningless.
“Just like the Georgetown game,you make one lapse, one mental mis-take or one mishap and that could bethe result,” said head coach DanDonigan. “Our guys understand thesmall window of error that they’redealing with in this game.”
Whenever a team takes a shotagainst Rutgers, the Knights riskmaking a costly mistake. Many ofthose chances came in the last
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012 SPORTS PAGE 19
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK LITTLE EXPERIENCE REMAINS BEHIND BURTON
Sophomore fullback Michael Burton picks up yards after his only catch Saturday at Arkansas, the last game of his season after he suffered a season-ending injuryto his lower leg. Sophomores Sam Bergen and Paul Carrezola are likely candidates to fill Burton’s role. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Fullback’s injury prompts shuffling at positionBY TYLER BARTO
SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football teamannounced its first significant injuryof the season yesterday, when headcoach Kyle Flood said sophomorefullback Michael Burton will missthe rest of the season.
Burton suffered a season-ending lower leg injury Saturdayat Arkansas.
“You want to get the ball ulti-mately to the best players on yourteam, and even though he hasn’tcaught a lot of passes, some of thepasses he’s caught have been incritical situations,” Flood said ofBurton. “He can make things hap-pen after he catches it.”
Burton earned two carries fornine yards this season, along withcatching three passes for 34 yards.He started six career games,including three last year, when heovertook Joe Martinek to earn thebulk of the backfield reps.
Senior safety Mason Robinson returns a kick Saturday while Arkansas kicker Zach Hocker closesin. Robinson averages 5.2 yards per punt return. NOAH WHITTENBURG, PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
The Burton File
Michael Burton Sophomore Fullbackout for season with lower leg injury.
FB
2 carries, 9 yards3 receptions, 34 yards
2012
6 career starts
PossibleReplacements
Sophomore Sam Bergen(no career playing time)
(two leg injuries in career, missed two seasons)
Junior Robert Joseph
ring hit from USF defensive backFidel Montgomery knocked hishelmet off. It was the only timeRobinson said he did not antici-pate a defender.
“Whenever you have youreyes in the sky and you have 11guys screaming down trying totake your head off, it’s always arisk,” Robinson said. “Anybodythat’s back there at punt returner,it’s a risk.”
FLOOD SAID JUNIORdefensive end Michael Larrow,suspended for the first fourgames of the season, could beginto earn more reps.
“Mike’s a talented guy,” Floodsaid, “and Mike’s somebody who’splayed a lot of football for us in thepast.” Rutgers announced the sus-pension for violating team rulesAug. 24, nearly a week before theteam’s season opener at Tulane.Larrow started five games last yearand appeared in six in 2010 as aredshirt freshman defensive tack-le, but his stock fell considerablyduring training camp.
The staff kept Larrow on thefield for an extended period yes-terday since he worked exclu-sively in a scout team role theprevious four weeks.
FLOOD SAID HE IS NOTconcerned with freshman kickerKyle Federico’s struggles, whichinclude a pair of missed field goalattempts at Arkansas.
“I think we have to just gethim back in rhythm,” Flood said.“He has had to experience a lot ofdifferent things over the first fourgames of his college career,that’s for sure.”
Federico has dealt with two dif-ferent placeholders after junior J.T.Tartacoff suffered a finger injury atUSF. He is 4-for-8 on field goals thisseason, with a long of 52 yards.
“He’s a little better this weekthan he as the week before, butit’s still not where we want it,”Flood said.
For updates on the Rutgers foot-ball team, follow Tyler Barto onTwitter @tbartotargum.
Despite the loss, Flood doesnot plan to deviate from the team’stwo-back sets, which could nowfeature sophomore Sam Bergen.Bergen finished the spring at full-back after spending the first twoyears of his career at linebacker.
Junior Robert Josephreturned to fullback after movingto linebacker during the spring.
“We’re going to evaluate itthrough the week and hopefullycome up with a plan as we getcloser to game week, starting onSunday,” Flood said.
The plan could also includesophomore Paul Carrezola, whohas played in a hybrid tight end-fullback role. Carrezola caughthis first touchdown pass of theseason Saturday after returningfrom a lower leg injury Sept. 13 atSouth Florida.
AFTER SEEING LITTLEproduction from punt returns lastyear, the Scarlet Knights contin-
ue to find consistency from sixth-year senior Mason Robinson.
Robinson returned a pair ofpunts at Arkansas for 24 yards,including a long of 13.
“It just comes with confidence,”he said. “For a punt returner, youhave to have a short-term memory.”
He said he gained it uponFlood’s hiring, when Flood workeddrills with the Knights’ punt return-ers. Robinson developed his confi-dence during practice, catchingpunts from machines, and after-ward, hauling in punts from fresh-man Nick Borgese.
The results have paid off.Mohamed Sanu, the team’s
leading punt returner last year,averaged 4.6 yards per return on12 attempts. Robinson has alreadymatched that number and aver-ages 0.6 more yards per return.
But the position remains thankless.
Robinson fumbled a puntreturn at South Florida after a jar-
Regardless of that, the team showed a lot offight and competed at a good level, oftentimes just came up a little short.”
Senior middle blocker Alex Jones wasone of those players plagued by injurieswhile on the verge of having a breakoutseason. Although Jones was forced to besidelined for 14 matches, she still man-aged to record 224 kills and was secondin the Big East with a hitting percentageof .383.
Rutgers ended last season with an overallrecord of 10-21 and an unfavorable 3-11 finishin the Big East. Werneke said the season is inthe past, and he is ready to pursue a betterfinish this year.
passing touchdowns Saturday at Arkansas.Sophomore running back Jawan Jamison hasstrung together five consecutive 100-yard rush-ing games, stretching back to last season. Thereceiving corps has shown any member of thegroup can emerge as a game-changer.
But the Scarlet Knights’ central focus inrecent memory has been their defense, which
has a penchant for making a play when it isneeded most. Senior linebacker KhaseemGreene gives a very simple reason for it.
“Practice,” he said. “We harp it in practice.We go after the ball in practice when we’regoing against the scout team, when we’re
CORNERED Corner kicks could be a factor tonight for theRutgers men’s soccer team against Central ConnecticutState, which has taken 52 this year. / PAGE 18
MLB SCORES EXTRA POINT RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR
SPORTS
MIDDLE GROUND The Rutgers men’s golf team finished seventhout of 16 teams yesterday in the Hartford Hawks Invitational. JuniorDoug Walters finished 15th out of 88 players. / PAGE 19
LOST SEASON Sophomore fullback Michael
Burton is out for the year with injury, whichopens up a starting position. / PAGE 19
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Whenever you have your eyes in the sky and you have 11 guys ... trying to take your head off, it’s always a risk.— Senior safety Mason Robinson on returning punts
LAURA ROSE leadsboth the Rutgers fieldhockey team and the BigEast in defensive saveswith two. The Knights alsolead the conference in thestatistic, owning four forthe 2012 season.
New York (A) 4 Pittsburgh 10Minnesota 5 New York (N) 6
Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 5Baltimore 0 Boston 2
Washington 3 Kansas City 0Philadelphia 6 Detroit 2
FIELD HOCKEY
vs. Villanova
Saturday, noonBauer Track and FieldComplex
MEN’S SOCCER
vs. Central Conn. St.
Tonight, 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.
WOMEN’S SOCCER FOOTBALL TAKEAWAYS NEUTRALIZE WILSON’S NUMBERS
Junior givesRU steady playupon return
BY AARON FARRARSTAFF WRITER
Regular season Big East competition is anopportunity for teams to get a glimpse atpotential matchups for those fortunateenough to make it to the conference tourna-ment. It is also a chance for programs toshow their progress and upgrades from theprevious year.
It is that time of year for the Rutgers vol-leyball team, which dives into league playwith one focus: to win.
“We had some injuries, which resulted ininconsistent play,” said head coach C.J.Werneke of last season. “Many times whenwe were playing against Big East opponents,we had players playing out of position.
Senior middle blocker Alex Jones missed 14 matches last season, when the Knightssuffered a variety of injuries. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Knights learn from past experiences in conference
BY BRADLY DERECHAILOCORRESPONDENT
Rutgers head women’s soccer coach GlennCrooks always knew of the leadership juniordefender Tori Leigh brought to the team.
The quality was on display during a teammeeting, when Crooks read an email fromfreshman defender Erica Sousa.
“[Leigh] made a point to tell Sousa what agreat practice she had, and here is a girl whohas not seen a minute yet,” Crooks said. “Andthey are at the same position, so they’re com-peting for time, and there is Tori reaching outto her and letting her know she had a greatpractice and a great week. It really reflects thetype of person Tori is.”
Leigh’s leadership is valuable for theScarlet Knights as they continue to find acomplete starting rotation, which will reflectthe one from their previous game.
“I just try to do what I can for the team,” Leighsaid. “If someone needs something, I want themto come to me. And I want the girls — especiallythe freshmen — I want them to feel confident onthe field, and I want to help them out.”
The Knights have played 12 games thisseason, and Crooks has put out 12 dif fer-ent starting lineups.
SEE RETURN ON PAGE 15
SEE EXPERIENCES ON PAGE 17
VOLLEYBALL RUTGERS ENJOYS LESS INJURY CONCERNS
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The Rutgers football team’s offense isearning its fair share of the spotlight thanksto its recent performances.
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova hadcareer highs in completions, passing yards and SEE DEFENSE ON PAGE 16
Defense makes up for big plays Senior lineback Khaseem Greene assists on a tackle of Arkansas tight end Austin Tate in Saturday’s win against the Razorbacks.Greene is the reigning Big East Co-Defensive player of the year and leads Rutgers in tackles. ALEX VAN DRIESEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
