CULTURAL CONNECTION The New Jersey Italian American Heritage Foundation met to call for more cultural education. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3 COMMUNITY MATTERS New Brunswick has more to offer students than crime, says today’s columnist Sam Berman. OPINIONS, PAGE 8 The Rutgers football team picked off UConn quarterback Chandler Whitmer four times on its way to a 19-3 win Saturday, boosting its record to a perfect 5-0. / SPORTS, BACK WEATHER Partly Sunny High: 60 Nighttime Low: 42 Serving the Rutgers community since 1869. Independent since 1980. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK ONLINE AT DAILYTARGUM.COM VOLUME 144, ISSUE 25 • UNIVERSITY ... 3 • ON THE WIRE ... 7 • OPINIONS ... 8 • DIVERSIONS ... 10 • CLASSIFIEDS ... 12 • SPORTS ... BACK EASY PICKINGS MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 , 2012 BY BRIANNA PROVENZANO STAFF WRITER With election season in full swing, the Rutgers United Student Coalition aims to get the word out on voter regis- tration, the bond referendum and other breakout campaigns. The coalition, composed of student representatives from groups, including the Rutgers University Student Assembly, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Rutgers Hillel, plan to show support for the $750 million bond referendum N.J. residents can vote on in November. Pavel Sokolov, RUSA treasurer, asked members to come together for an important event concerning the ref- erendum, which would give the University state funding for construc- tion projects if passed. “At Monday at 10:30 a.m. on the steps of Brower [Commons], various legislators BY HANNAH SCHROER STAFF WRITER Dolani Ajanaku started doing research in the spring of her first year at the University. She now calls it a won- derful opportunity to learn about health issues and the sciences. “The best way to learn about the sci- ences is to do the research, because it’s not enough to just read the textbooks,” said Ajanaku, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “You have to be in the labs and understand how the science is going to affect the future generation and you — and the people around you.” Ajanaku is just one student who pre- sented research findings Friday at the Garden State-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation conference at the Cook Campus Center. The National Science Foundation funds national program LSAMP to increase minority presence in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, said Alexander Gates, executive director of the GS-LSAMP. NJ minority students display scientific research on campus VINTAGE VINYL Ben Elk, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, sifts through a collection of CDs and vinyl records, some of the many items available at a thrift sale Sunday for the Huntington Poetry Club at 25 Huntington St. ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR BY ALEX MEIER CONTRIBUTING WRITER A poll of New Jersey voters shows a majority would vote for a proposed $750 million bond to bring state funding for building higher education facilities. The poll, conducted by the Eagleton Institute of Politics, counts 62 percent of those polled as in sup- port of the bond referendum, which will be includ- ed on November’s ballot. The bond will improve the quality of education that University students receive for years to come, said Peter McDonough, University vice president for Public Affairs, in a statement. Coalition unites voices to plan yearly initiatives don't know oppose support Sept Aug Education Overall Likely Voters 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 65+ 50-64 35-49 18-34 Age Range 0% 20 40 60 80 100 Grad Work College Grad Some College HS or less Bond Poll In November 2012, New Jersey voters will have the opportunity to vote on a $750 million bond for new academic buildings and technological upgrades. Here is a sampling of demographics polled. key 62 27 11 56 27 17 81 12 7 62 28 10 58 30 12 57 30 13 57 30 64 27 64 26 63 26 13 10 10 11 NJ voters mostly approve $750M bond referendum Rutgers United Student Coalition gets ready to introduce campus campaigns SEE RESEARCH ON PAGE 5 Eagleton Institute of Politics poll finds 62 percent support bond for building higher education facilities Program seeks to increase minorities in STEM fields SEE BOND ON PAGE 5 SEE COALITION ON PAGE 6 SOURCE: EAGLETON INSTITUTE OF POLITICS GRAPHIC BY SHAODI HUANG AND HAKAN UZUMCU from around New Jersey — as well as pres- idents of every public university — will come together to have a kickoff event for the bond referendum,” Sokolov, a Rutgers Business School junior, said during Friday’s meeting on the College Avenue campus. The meeting was largely split into two groups, with one group focused on the internal structure and the coalition’s mis- sion statement, and the other focused on specific projects the organization will tackle. David Bedford, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, went over a few potential projects and causes the coali- tion plans to advocate for over the course of the semester. “There was a project last semester to design solar powered houses. … Rutgers purchased about 27 solar panels, including the fuel cells and all the equipment to use them to build this house, but they’re cur- rently in storage,” Bedford said. Support for the Building Our Future Bond Act has climbed steadily during the year, including a six- point jump since late August, said David Redlawsk, director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll. “As we get closer to the election, support for the higher education bond seems to be solidifying, reflect- ing the lack of vocal opposition so far,” said Redlawsk, a professor in the Department of Political Science. Most of the increase in support stems from raised awareness about the issue, Redlawsk said. Voter approval of this bond issue has bipartisan support. The state’s Democratic and Republican leg- islators support the measure, Gov. Chris Christie There are 200,000 participating stu- dents in 40 NSF-funded LSAMP alliances across the United States, Gates said. “This has been going for about 20 years at NSF — that’s when they start- ed,” Gates said. “We’re just new kids on the block.” Kathleen Scott, assistant vice pres- ident of Instructional Support, said a $5 million GS-LSAMP grant was awarded to the University’s Newark campus, which was then distributed into sub-grants for the other eight par- ticipating colleges. The grant provides research financ- ing and academic support for the 600 University students currently enrolled, Scott said. Ajanaku spent her summer research- ing the effects of anti-obesity drugs on Sprague Dawley rats. When there is a growing health issue like obesity, she said, it is important to see what affects obesity and what medications can be used to treat it. “When you read this stuff in your textbooks and you see this, it’s a com- pletely different way of understanding it,” Ajanaku said. The rats were fed a high-fat diet for 12 to 14 weeks then treated with a com- bination of Citrus aurantium and
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CULTURAL CONNECTION The New Jersey ItalianAmerican Heritage Foundation met to call formore cultural education. / UNIVERSITY, PAGE 3
COMMUNITY MATTERS New Brunswick hasmore to offer students than crime, saystoday’s columnist Sam Berman.OPINIONS, PAGE 8
The Rutgers football team picked off UConnquarterback Chandler Whitmer four times onits way to a 19-3 win Saturday, boosting itsrecord to a perfect 5-0. / SPORTS, BACK
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With election season in full swing,the Rutgers United Student Coalitionaims to get the word out on voter regis-tration, the bond referendum and otherbreakout campaigns.
The coalition, composed of studentrepresentatives from groups, includingthe Rutgers University StudentAssembly, the National Association forthe Advancement of Colored People andRutgers Hillel, plan to show support forthe $750 million bond referendum N.J.residents can vote on in November.
Pavel Sokolov, RUSA treasurer,asked members to come together foran important event concerning the ref-erendum, which would give theUniversity state funding for construc-tion projects if passed.
“At Monday at 10:30 a.m. on the steps ofBrower [Commons], various legislators
BY HANNAH SCHROERSTAFF WRITER
Dolani Ajanaku started doingresearch in the spring of her first year atthe University. She now calls it a won-derful opportunity to learn about healthissues and the sciences.
“The best way to learn about the sci-ences is to do the research, because it’snot enough to just read the textbooks,”said Ajanaku, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. “You have to be inthe labs and understand how the scienceis going to affect the future generationand you — and the people around you.”
Ajanaku is just one student who pre-sented research findings Friday at theGarden State-Louis Stokes Alliance forMinority Participation conference at theCook Campus Center.
The National Science Foundationfunds national program LSAMP toincrease minority presence in theSTEM fields of science, technology,engineering and mathematics, saidAlexander Gates, executive director ofthe GS-LSAMP.
NJ minority students displayscientific research on campus
VINTAGE VINYL Ben Elk, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, sifts through a collectionof CDs and vinyl records, some of the many items available at a thrift sale Sunday for theHuntington Poetry Club at 25 Huntington St. ENRICO CABREDO, ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
BY ALEX MEIERCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A poll of New Jersey voters shows a majoritywould vote for a proposed $750 million bond to bringstate funding for building higher education facilities.
The poll, conducted by the Eagleton Institute ofPolitics, counts 62 percent of those polled as in sup-port of the bond referendum, which will be includ-ed on November’s ballot.
The bond will improve the quality of education that University students receive foryears to come, said Peter McDonough,University vice president for Public Af fairs, ina statement.
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Rutgers United Student Coalition gets readyto introduce campus campaigns
SEE RESEARCH ON PAGE 5
Eagleton Institute of Politics poll finds 62 percent support bond for building higher education facilities
Program seeks toincrease minoritiesin STEM fields
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SOURCE: EAGLETON INSTITUTE OF POLITICS GRAPHIC BY SHAODI HUANG AND HAKAN UZUMCU
from around New Jersey — as well as pres-idents of every public university — willcome together to have a kickoff event forthe bond referendum,” Sokolov, a RutgersBusiness School junior, said during Friday’smeeting on the College Avenue campus.
The meeting was largely split into twogroups, with one group focused on theinternal structure and the coalition’s mis-sion statement, and the other focused onspecific projects the organization will tackle.
David Bedford, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore, went over a fewpotential projects and causes the coali-tion plans to advocate for over thecourse of the semester.
“There was a project last semester todesign solar powered houses. … Rutgerspurchased about 27 solar panels, includingthe fuel cells and all the equipment to usethem to build this house, but they’re cur-rently in storage,” Bedford said. Support for the Building Our Future Bond Act
has climbed steadily during the year, including a six-point jump since late August, said David Redlawsk,director of the Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
“As we get closer to the election, support for thehigher education bond seems to be solidifying, reflect-ing the lack of vocal opposition so far,” said Redlawsk,a professor in the Department of Political Science.
Most of the increase in support stems fromraised awareness about the issue, Redlawsk said.
Voter approval of this bond issue has bipartisansupport. The state’s Democratic and Republican leg-islators support the measure, Gov. Chris Christie
There are 200,000 participating stu-dents in 40 NSF-funded LSAMPalliances across the United States,Gates said.
“This has been going for about 20years at NSF — that’s when they start-ed,” Gates said. “We’re just new kids onthe block.”
Kathleen Scott, assistant vice pres-ident of Instructional Support, said a$5 million GS-LSAMP grant wasawarded to the University’s Newarkcampus, which was then distributedinto sub-grants for the other eight par-ticipating colleges.
The grant provides research financ-ing and academic support for the 600University students currently enrolled,Scott said.
Ajanaku spent her summer research-ing the effects of anti-obesity drugs onSprague Dawley rats. When there is agrowing health issue like obesity, shesaid, it is important to see what affectsobesity and what medications can beused to treat it.
“When you read this stuff in yourtextbooks and you see this, it’s a com-pletely different way of understandingit,” Ajanaku said.
The rats were fed a high-fat diet for12 to 14 weeks then treated with a com-bination of Citrus aurantium and
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Monday, Oct. 8Professor Rajeev Bhargava of the Center for Developing Socities inNew Delhi talks about “Political Responses to Religious Diversity inAncient and Modern India” at 4:30 p.m. in the Pane Room of Alexan-der Library on the College Avenue campus. The event is sponsoredby the South Asian studies program.
Tuesday, Oct. 9The Rutgers Jazz Ensemble performs at 7:30 p.m. at the NicholasMusic Center on the College Avenue campus. Tickets are $5 for stu-dents, $15 general admission.
Wednesday, Oct. 10The “Reel Queer” film series presents “Criminal Queers” at 7:30p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center. The filmmakers will be avail-able to talk about the documentary, which focuses on the radicaltrans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex. Theevent is sponsored by the Center for Social Justice Education andLGBT Communities.
Thursday, Oct. 11Professor Elizabeth Mitchell Armstrong speaks on public health,medicine and ethics in a talk titled “Whose Organ Is It Anyway?: The‘Amazing Placenta’ as a Biomedical and Cultural ‘Object’” at noon inRoom 120 of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and AgingResearch at 112 Paterson St. on the College Avenue campus.
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“I think one of the reasons Iovercome bias is because I’mreally insensitive,” she said. “People could say things,and I won’t realize they’reinsulting me. Since I don’t real-ize you’re insulting me, I don’ttake offense.”
William Connell, professorin the Department of History atSeton Hall University, said aproject should be put intoaction to teach younger genera-tions about the heritage’s histo-ry and unity through language
and literature.“There doesn’t
seem to be suffi-cient unity andpurpose amongthe institute andchairs that theyhad created,which is commonbecause universi-ties are all incompetition withone another,” hesaid.
He said Italian history needsto be re-written from theRenaissance to the 21st century.
“We’re putting together 30 to40 authors, experts on allaspects of the Italian-Americanexperience from the time ofColoumbus down to our owntimes,” he said.
The New Jersey ItalianAmerican Heritage Foundationpushes to unite and advance Italian-Americanorganizations within the stateand promote a statewide cur-
riculum that includes teachingItalian language in all schoolsand universities.
Peter Luciano, a member ofAmici Della Lingua Italiana,and his wife Julie Luciano, said it is important for futuregenerations to learn abouttheir heritage and speak thenative language.
“Kids today are growing upnot knowing how to speakItalian, even though their par-ents speak the language, andthat’s a problem,” Luciano said.
The foundation hopes tomake this year the year forItalian culture in the UnitedStates by continuing to advo-cate progress for Italian-Americans’ image, despitereceiving no state funding, said Gilda Rorro Baldassari,chair for the New Jersey Italian and Italian AmericanHeritage Commission.
Maria Sachele-Morrison,commissioner of the DelawareCommission on ItalianHeritage and Culture, said it isall a matter of politics but noone truly knows the reasonbehind why the foundationdoes not receive funding.
“The foundation used toreceive funding in earlieryears, but that slowlydecreased as the years wenton, even in Delaware,”Sachele-Morrison said. “The foundation is great —each year they have phenome-nal lecturers, and it’s just agreat experience.”
Laurenti said ChristopherColumbus is one of the reasonsbehind why Italian-Americanswere interwoven into the fabricof American life.
When a new image of Italyemerged, the Italian communi-ty’s position changed in theAmerican perspective.
“The new democratic Italy putthe country in theworld’s front ranks.Suddenly, here inthe United States,things Italianbecame fashion-able, includingItalian-Americans,”he said.
M a r i eGaribaldi, thefirst woman toserve on the NewJersey SupremeCourt, said she was not dis-criminated against as anItalian-American in her field,but has experienced discrimi-nation as a woman.
“One of the main reasons Inever felt discriminated againstbecause of my heritage isbecause I was so focused againstall of the discrimination that I wasdirected against me because Iwas a woman,” she said.
She said it never occurred toher that anyone would think ofher as being Italian-American.
UNIVERSITYOCTOBER 8, 2012 PAGE 3
BY SHERRY SALEM CONTRIBUTING WRITER
The New Jersey ItalianAmerican Heritage Foundationheld its ninth annual congressmeeting Saturday, where mem-bers spoke about how NewJersey should maintain itsItalian-American culture.
Members of the communityspoke about the group’s cultur-al history and their individualexperiences in the UnitedStates as Italian-Americans atthe Rutgers Student Center onthe College Avenue campus.
For the past 100 years,Jeffrey Laurenti, senior fellowat the Century Foundation, saidsociety has mocked Italians-Americans, from their begin-ning in this country as immi-grants to their status within popculture today.
Italian immigrants were consid-ered second-class citizens to theWhite Anglo-Saxon Protestants,who composed a majority of theUnited States, he said.Contemporary Italy at the time didnot give immigrants a boost of self-esteem, Laurenti said.
“We have as much a right aplace here as the English andthe [Scottish] and the Germanswho imagined themselves to bethe people who have constitut-ed the United States,” he said.
Foundation advocates for Italian Studies Members say youth should be educated on heritage’s history
UNIVERISTY PROGRAMREACHES OUT TO FAMILIES
DEALING WITH AUTISIM After receiving help from
the University’s NaturalSetting TherapeuticManagement, Sue Howell sawa dif ference in her son Jack’sbehavior, according toUniversity media relations.
Her son, who is autistic,required Howell to monitorhim at all times because heenjoys to climb on top of win-dowsills and dressers anddraw numbers on the walls.
Howell began to receivehelp from a therapist andUniversity graduate student,who made charts to addressJack’s behavior and rewardhim when he did not climb awall and drew numbers onpaper or specific toys.
“It was just so nice to havesomeone you could talk to whoknew what she was talkingabout because things thatwork for a typical child are notgoing to work with a child withautism,” Howell said.
Doreen DiDomenico, assistantdirector of NSTM, said the pro-gram has changed over thedecades, in which the average agefor a client was 27 and is now 12-and-a-half.
“The autism community is alot more vocal and fights foradvocacy and suppor t,”DiDomenico said.
NSTM was founded in 1980 byDr. Michael Petronko and joinedthe University 12 years later.
IN BRIEF
“Kids today aregrowing up notknowing how to
speak Italian ... andthat’s a problem.”
PETER LUCIANO Member of Amici Della
Lingua Italiana
Ajanaku said she did not see adifference in subcutaneous fat,body weight, blood glucose or lep-tin levels after the 10-day treatmentperiod but, because the visceral fatcontent dropped in treated rats, theresults are still promising.
“Subcutaneous fat is not thathard to lose — it’s just the fatunder your skin. You can sweat itout,” Ajanaku said. “The fataround your organs is a tough fatto lose.”
Ajanaku said she learning aboutobesity is important because par-ents can pass on unhealthylifestyles to children, with the WorldHealth Organization estimating 700million people will be clinicallyobese by 2015, Ajanaku said.
“I’m not talking about the spe-cific disease [that only affects asmall population]. I’m talkingabout general health issues,”Ajanaku said.
Scott said the University pro-vides tutoring, academic advisingand workshops on finding intern-ships, as well as student stipendsfor research and travel to confer-ences and internships.
“Rutgers is a large and confus-ing place,” Scott said. “It means
you have a lot to learn when youcome, but it also means a hugenumber of opportunities.”
University students are doingresearch with civil engineering andwater quality, exercise physiologyand spinal cord injury, she said.
“It’s really amazing how manyof our students are doing incredi-
ble work, and we’re really pleasedto be able to help them do that,”Scott said.
Kirsty Ekar, a University jun-ior, spent her summer research-ing the role of mTORC2 ininsulin signaling.
When eating, there is a higherconcentration of glucose in the
blood, Ekar said. Beta cellsrelease insulin, which takes upthe glucose and binds it to theinsulin receptor.
It goes through the insulin-sig-naling pathway and from there itcan go through either themTORC1 or mTORC2 pathway,Ekar said.
“The cell ultimately convertsglucose into energy, but insulinsignaling makes sure glucose getsto the cell to be turned into ener-gy,” Ekar said.
She said her research exam-ined the effects of mTORC2 glu-cose disruption to learn moreabout the components and func-tions because little was knownabout its function.
“It’s not understood how thechemicals interact with eachother,” Ekar said.
Ekar said her findings showmTORC2 may be crucial in reg-ulating the insulin-signalingpathway and will give scientistsa better understanding of dis-eases such as diabetes, mellitusand cancer.
“Since that complex regulatesa lot of what goes on in the cell, wehope that understanding that will
help us gain more insight intohow these types of diseases comeabout,” Ekar said.
The GS-LSAMP is beginningthe fourth of its five-year grantand looking to expand its reach,Gates said.
“We’re making real impact,” hesaid. “[We’re] starting new pro-grams, interacting with other pro-grams, so it’s made quite animpact in New Jersey already.”
Gates said two of the nine col-leges, Rutgers-Newark andFarleigh Dickenson, have alreadydoubled the number of studentsin STEM degrees and that NewBrunswick representation hadincreased 60 percent.
“This is kind of a differentthing because what it does ismakes learning communities,”Gates said. “Instead of having peo-ple fight with each other it haspeople work together to be moresuccessful.”
Gates said the GS-LSAMPgives students an opportunity fortutoring, socializing and peer-ledteam learning.
“All the sudden, you have peo-ple helping each other out to getto a goal,” he said.
was passed in the state legislature,”said Ibrahim, a School of Arts andSciences junior. “A lot of politicianssupport the idea of a bond referen-dum and what it representsbecause it prioritizes higher educa-tion in this state.”
A bond to support higher educa-tion has not been on the ballot since1988, McDonough said.
“While people often don’t wantthe state to borrow money, there’sbroad support for education in thisstate,” he said.
Voter approval of this bond issuecould save the University $100 mil-lion, McDonough said.If the bond is not passed, theUniversity would have to pay for ren-
ovations out of pocket, greatly affect-ing the cost of tuition, said JoeCashin, a student representative tothe Board of Governors.
“Eventually these buildings aregoing to have to be built so thatRutgers can further sustain our rep-utation of being a top-tier researchuniversity,” said Cashin, a School ofArts and Sciences junior.
Despite widespread support,activists believe the challenge is toget people to remember to vote insupport of the bond, Cashin said.
He said voters might forget to godown to the bottom of the ballot andvote ‘yes or no’ for the bond issue.
“A lot of people going into the bal-lot box will be very excited to vote
for their candidate ... so they’ll hitDemocrat, and they’ll vote straightdown the ballot for all Democrat, orthey’ll hit Republican and votestraight down the ballot for allRepublican,” he said.
Ibrahim said nonpartisan issues,such as the Building Our FutureBond Act, are often ignored by 40percent of voters. “The fact that it comes from the stateand not students’ money is also aplus,” Ibrahim said. Bond supporters at the Universityare hosting events and publicizingthe issue to ensure students willremember to vote.
Pam Navrot, legislativeaf fairs committee chair for
RUSA, said the University isplaying a huge role in the cam-paign for the bond.
“A few weeks ago, we startedpushing the issue, and there’salready been an increase of per-centage of those supporting it,”said Navrot, a School of Arts andSciences sophomore. The “Kick-Off Rally for BuildingOur Future” starts at 10:30 a.m.today at Brower Commons on theCollege Avenue campus. Amongthose in attendance are Kean,University President Robert L.Barchi, and N.J. Senate PresidentSteve Sweeney, who will helpraise awareness for this issue,Navrot said.
UNIVERSITY PAGE 5OCTOBER 8, 2012
Rhodiola rosea for 10 days,Ajanaku said.
Ajanaku said Citrus aurantiumaffects food intake and helps reducebody weight, but causes cardiovas-cular issues, whereas Rhodiolarosea does not affect body weightbut improves cardiovascular health.
Ajanaku said she tracked foodintake and body weight everymorning to determine what eachanimal ate. At the end of the treat-ment period, researchers withheldfood for 24 hours before sacrificingthe rats to ensure there was nointerference with blood testing.
She said she tested blood glu-cose because of the link betweenobesity and diabetes. She alsotested levels of leptin, which tellsthe brain when to stop eating,because higher levels found inobese individuals lead to overeat-ing and weight gain.
has signed it, and former Gov.Tom Kean is leading the campaignto approve it, McDonough said.
Facilities built with thosebonds are in serious need ofupgrades, said Sherif Ibrahim,vice president of RutgersUniversity Student Assembly.
“It’s been talked about statewide for quite some time since it
“It’s really amazinghow many of our
students are doingincredible work.”
KATHLEEN SCOTTAssitant Vice President
for Instructional Supportfor Garden State-Louis Stokes
Alliance
Ajanaku says she studies obesity for itsincreasing incidence
RESEARCH
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Approval increasesalong with outreach,Navrot says
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David Caicedo, state coordinator for the Building Our Future campaign, updates the Rutgers United Student Coalition about thebond referendum and upcoming events to promote it in a meeting Friday on Stone Street on the College Avenue campus.VAISHALI NAYAK
He said the group could advo-cate for the University to use thesepanels to promote both fiscal andenvironmental responsibility.
“This is just millions of dol-lars of solar panels that are justin storage, so we wanted to startan event to get Rutgers to actual-ly use these things because notonly would it promote greenenergy, but it’s wasted money,”Bedford said.
He said other causes the coali-tion could potentially decide toundertake include spreadingawareness of the University’s deci-sion to hire a Sallie Mae sub-sidiary organization to collectunpaid student tuition.
Sokolov said RUSC is in itsthird year of existence in its cur-rent iteration.
“[RUSC] was formed my fresh-man year … as a response to theLatino Student Council’s walkoutduring [former] President [RichardL.] McCormick’s Universityaddress where he refused toacknowledge support for the in-state tuition act,” Sokolov said.
Since its inception, he saidthe group’s leadership haschanged frequently.
“Because our coalition is madeup of representatives from variousorganizations, they have to dorespective turnovers in their organi-zations, so every year there are afew [returnees], but it’s mainly newfaces who haven’t been reallyinvolved before,” Sokolov said.
As the coalition tends to accu-mulate a large number of newmembers in the beginning of thesemester, Sokolov said thegroup’s first few meetings aremainly devoted to organizationand planning purposes.
“The first few weeks of thesemester is usually trying to geteveryone acquainted with oneanother and trying to make up ourown personal vision for this year’scoalition,” Sokolov said.
University alumnus Dong GuYoon said that RUSC was originallyformed as a way to empower stu-dents from as many different typesof organizations as possible.
“This started before my time.Before I got involved … about threeyears ago, student government atthe time was pretty regressive,” saidYoon, a founding member of NewJersey United Students. “They want-ed to rewrite the constitution. …With that current structure ofRUSA, special student populationscouldn’t vote.”
Yoon said disgruntled studentssought to form a coalition in whichother like-minded individuals couldfind strength in numbers.
“We came up with the idea ofmaking a permanent student coali-tion that will one, keep an eye onRUSA and make sure it doesn’t dothe regressive things that it’s donein the past and two, fight for studentpower,” Yoon said.
Sokolov said the coalition pro-vides a channel for student groupleaders to collaborate on com-mon goals.
“Essentially we try to bringdiverse groups of students together,so we can work on issues that affectall students, as well as have an openforum, so we can discuss what tac-tics are effective and what eventsare going on on-campus,” he said.
Group formed tomonitor RUSA measures, Yoon says
COALITION
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AKCAKALE, Turkey —Turkey and Syria fired artilleryand mortars across their volatileborder for a fifth consecutive dayyesterday, in one of the mostserious and prolonged flare-upsof violence along the frontier.
The exchange of fire stokedfears that Syria’s civil war willescalate into a regional confla-gration drawing in NATO mem-ber Turkey, once an ally ofPresident Bashar Assad but nowa key supporter of the rebelsfighting to topple him.
Turkish Foreign MinisterAhmet Davutoglu had warned onSaturday that Ankara wouldrespond forcefully to each errantSyrian shell that lands onTurkish soil.
Ankara’s warning was cou-pled by an apparent diplomaticpush by the Turkish leadershipto promote Syrian Vice PresidentFarouk al-Sharaa as a possiblefigure to head a transitionaladministration to end the conflictin the country.
In an interview with Turkishstate television TRT Saturday,Davutoglu said that al-Sharaawas a figure “whose hands arenot contaminated in blood” andtherefore acceptable to Syrianopposition groups.
It was not clear whether theTurkish stance was coordinat-ed with other allies, but thecandid remarks by Davutoglusuggested some consensusmight be emerging over afuture role for him.
Al-Sharaa, 73, a close associ-ate and longtime loyalist to theAssad family, has been a contro-versial figure since the start ofthe uprising.
He appeared in public in lateAugust for the first time inweeks, ending repeated rumorsthat he had defected. The regimehas suffered a string of promi-nent defections in recent
Turkey, Syria trade fire, border tensions mount
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu issued a warning on Saturday that Ankara, thecountry’s capital, would respond forecfully to Syrian attacks on Turkey soil. GETTY IMAGES
months, though Assad’s innercircle and military have largelykept their cohesive stancebehind him.
Early on in the uprising, theSyrian president delegated toal-Sharaa, a skilled diplomat,responsibility for holding a dia-logue with the opposition. ASunni from the southern townof Daraa, bir thplace of theSyrian uprising, al-Sharaa’ssilence since the start of theuprising made him a prime can-didate for rumors that he brokewith the regime.
“No one knows the systembetter than Farouk al-Sharaa,”said Davutoglu, adding that al-Sharaa has not been involvedin the violence and massacresin Syria.
The Syrian opposition isdeeply fragmented, and variousfactions would likely disagree onwhether they would accept himto lead a transitional government.
Meanwhile, there was littlesign that the exchange of fire nearthe border, although still at a fair-ly low level, was ebbing. It beganfive days ago when a Syrian shell
killed five civilians in a Turkishborder town. Turkey’s parliamentsubsequently approved a bill thatwould allow cross border militaryoperations there.
Damascus offered a rare apol-ogy, but shells and mortarrounds continue to fly intoTurkish territory.
An Associated Press journalistyesterday witnessed a roundlanding some 200 meters (yards)inside Turkey, near the bordertown of Akcakale. A short timelater, eight artillery shells couldbe heard fired from Turkey.
In the Turkish town ofAkcakale, mayor AbdulhakimAyhan said shrapnel from theSyrian mortar round causedsome damage to a grain depot,but no one was hurt. He con-firmed that Turkish artilleryimmediately returned fire.
The Anadolu Agency reportedthat Assad’s forces have beenshelling the town of Tal Abyad,just across from Akcakale, whichis controlled by Syrian rebels.
Turkey’s private Dogannews agency reported that asix-vehicle militar y convoy,
including two carr ying how-itzers, was seen traveling fromthe city of Gaziantep toward theSyrian border.
Inside Syria, forces loyal toAssad clashed with rebels acrossthe country, from the northerncity of Aleppo to the southernborder with Jordan, killing,according to activist groups, atleast 90 people across the coun-try. Activists said oppositionfighters were strengthening theirhold over the village off Khirbetal-Jouz, in the northern provinceof Idlib, which borders Turkeyand where violent clashes brokeout a day earlier.
The Turkish state-runAnadolu news agency said yes-terday that the rebels hadregained full control of Khirbetal-Jouz. It said the Syrian armywas forced to “pull back” fol-lowing an “of fensive” by some700 rebels.
It also reported that Assad’stroops were forced to retreatsome 20 kilometers (12 miles)toward the town of Jisr al-Shughour. It said rebels inKhirbet al-Jouz celebrated their
victory by firing their weaponsinto the air.
The Britain-based SyrianObservatory for Human Rightssaid regime forces pulled out oftwo villages in the Idlib country-side near Turkey. In Khirbet al-Jouz, wounded Syrian soldierswere left to fend for themselvesafter government troops wereforced to retreat from the area,the Observatory said.
The reports could not beindependently confirmed, and itwas not clear whether thewounded soldiers were capturedby the rebels.
A car bomb exploded in theparking lot of the local policeheadquarters in centralDamascus, killing one memberof the military, the state-runSANA news agency said. Theexplosion is the latest in a seriesof bombs and suicide attack tar-geting security personnel andgovernment institutions.
Elsewhere, Syrian troops werewidening their offensive to retakerebel-held areas in the northerncity of Aleppo and the suburbs ofDamascus, as well as the centralprovince of Homs and villages onthe southern border with Jordan.
The Observatory said someof the heaviest fighting yester-day was in Aleppo province. Atleast three people were killedand scores were wounded whenthe army pounded the town ofManbaj in Aleppo’s suburbs.
Syria’s defense minister saidSaturday that the government isready to give amnesty to rebelswho repent and those who don’t“will be crushed under the feet ofour soldiers.”
Gen. Fahd Jassem al-Freij,who became defense minister inJuly after his predecessor wasassassinated, also claimed thatthe regime was getting the upperhand. “The most dangerousparts of the conspiracy havebeen passed and the killing is onits way to decline,” he said.
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I f you happened to have missed the email twoweeks ago, the University is now accepting hon-orary degree and commencement speaker nom-
inations for the 2012-2013 academic year.Recommendations should “reflect the cultural diver-sity and international character of RutgersUniversity,” according to the email, and will beaccepted until Oct. 15. We’re glad the administrationis continuing to engage the University community inthe selection process, and we hope students in par-ticular will take advantage of the opportunity to con-tribute to such an important decision.
Commencement speakers and honorary degreerecipients can occupy a particularly meaningful roleon university campuses in that they represent, or atleast should represent, the values and ideals held bya school and its constituents. Through their accom-plishments and standing, these individuals shouldboth serve to inspire graduating seniors as wellreflect certain aspects of the University itself. Inyears past, the University has seen such speakers asPulitzer prize-winning author Toni Morrison as wellas Livingston College alumnus and CEO ofMotorola Corporation Greg Brown, both of whomhave shown a commitment to the University’s owndiversity and hard-work.
For our own editorial board, a model candidatefor this year’s commencement would perhaps be, forthe second year, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot
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Diaz. Last year, the Rutgers alumnus was supposedto deliver the University’s commencement speech,yet was forced to decline last-minute due to unex-pected back-surgery. Diaz’s work, which pulls large-ly from his own experiences growing up in NewJersey, is exemplary of the experiences so many atthe University have gone through in their own lives— namely, coping with diversity and change in theGarden State. Diaz is also a recipient of this year’sMacArthur Fellowship, an accomplishment thatunderlines his continued relevance.
In any case, this year’s nominations are especial-ly important for the University community, and stu-dents should make it a point to contribute to theselection process. Graduation at the end of this yearwill mark the University’s 247th anniversary com-mencement — but it will also coincide with a prettypivotal point in the school’s history. It will be the firstyear since the University received its newest addi-tion in the University of Medicine and Dentistrymerger, as well as the first year it will have operatedunder the guidance of it’s newest president, RobertL. Barchi. Careful and calculated selection of thisyear’s commencement speaker and honorary degreerecipients is essential therefore to ensure that theseindividuals not only reflect the time-honored culturaltraditions and ideals of the University communityitself, but also its changing nature as it movesthrough a period of transition.
that students quickly returned tothe concept of the University as abubble. In some students’ minds,no doubt, the analogy of a fortresswould be more apt.
In recent weeks, that illusionhas begun to evaporate. A string ofshootings — two of whichoccurred in areas frequented bystudents — has forced the prob-lems of the New Brunswick com-munity violently into the forefrontof student consciousness. “Manthe barricades!” goes the cry.“Students, stay within the walls!Keep your eye out for invaders, andif you must leave Rutgers Fortress,be sure to do so only in groups andduring daylight hours!” This pre-dictable reaction is, of course, onlynatural — as with the University’sreaction in 2011. If the foundationof a greater awareness rests onfear, then the tendency will betowards isolation. It is also counter-productive, and only serves toexacerbate the alienation ofUniversity students from theGreater New Brunswick area — acommunity which they belong toand ought to share in just as muchas their campus community.
New Brunswick, of course, hasfar more to offer University stu-dents than crime. There is theStress Factory, one of the state’sbest comedy clubs. The StateTheater, recently host to a ChildishGambino concert sponsored byRUPA, is a large concert venue andhas performances all year round
that are worth seeing. The city itselfeven hosts events occasionally – forinstance, just last month there werea series of free concerts in BoydPark, on the banks of the RaritanRiver. The downtown area thatspans most of George Street is rifewith restaurants, bars and shops,but students who limit themselvesto Chipotle, Qdoba and Starbucksmiss out on a great deal of whatNew Brunswick has to offer.
This isolationist attitude on thepart of most students is partly per-petuated by the very nature of howstudents interact with the city. Intheir first year, students are insome real sense discouraged fromthe idea of spending a lot of timeenjoying the New Brunswicknightlife. They are inundated withpublic safety reminders never totravel off-campus alone, and(importantly) to avoid traveling atnight if at all possible. As a result,even first-year students learn tothink of New Brunswick as “a placeto avoid,” or “somewhere else,”rather than the community inwhich they live, one with plenty tooffer. Students who live off-campus
or in Rockoff apartments by natureare forced to abandon this mentali-ty, but many students live in dormsthroughout their undergraduatecareer, and as such may very wellhold onto this outlook until theygraduate. And four years is anawfully short time anyway — evenif most students overcome the ini-tial fear, they’re gone in no time, tobe replaced by a new freshmanclass that is given the same warn-ings, and must go through thewhole process over again.
To combat this, students need toopen their minds, and theUniversity needs to stop closingthem. Students ought to read localnews, stay informed about localevents, and vote in local elections.
Indeed, with the deadline forregistering to vote fast approaching(forms must be postmarked byOctober 16th), everyone should besure to complete their forms andregister as soon as possible. And inthis columnist’s opinion, there’s noreason for resident students not toregister locally. Part of living in acommunity, after all, means havinga stake in the decision-makingprocess. There’s no reason for stu-dents to abdicate this responsibili-ty, especially since — as recentevents show — there is, in reality,no wall separating the Universityfrom New Brunswick.
The University has a duty as well.This columnist is not arguing thatthe University ought not to makesure students keep in mind the
dangers of urban living — indeed,they have a duty to do so — but itwould be helpful if the Universitytook as much care to ensure thatincoming freshmen understood thepositives as well. One idea, proposedby local activist and former studentCharlie Kratovil, would be for themayor to come speak to studentswhen they first arrive and marketthose positives to them early on,thus ensuring students don’t defineNew Brunswick by their exposureto crime reports and safety warnings alone.
Ultimately, students coming tothe University (and parents send-ing them here) need to be awarethat New Brunswick is a city, justlike any other. This fact doesmean that students need to beaware of their surroundings andtake appropriate measures toensure their safety. But that cer-tainly shouldn’t keep them fromenjoying the benefits of attendingschool in a city. Concert venues,comedy club, bars, restaurants,beautiful riverside parks — NewBrunswick offers a great deal forstudents to enjoy, if only they canget out there and enjoy it allinstead of letting fear keep themlocked inside the imaginary bub-ble of Fortress Rutgers. Onlythen can progress be possible.
Sam Berman is a School ofArts and Sciences junior. His col-umn, “Community Matters,” runson alternate Mondays.
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T o most students, theUniversity exists in a bub-ble. To be fair, concern
about the community occasionallydoes pierce that protective shell —such as in 2011, when two shoot-ings led to the cancellation of thebeloved annual Rutgersfest.Though no students were involvedin the shootings and none werefatal, it is fair to say that students,as a result of the immediate conse-quences of the shooting on officialUniversity policy as well as thefrightening proximity of the shoot-ings to places frequented by stu-dents, were more aware than usualof the fact that the University existswithin a large and diverse city.Because of the nature of thisawareness, however — founded asit was on acts of violence — thetendency on the part of studentswas towards fear. The Universityresponded by cancellingRutgersfest, stressing that the vio-lence was perpetrated by non-stu-dents, and reminding students tobe wary whenever they had to trav-el through New Brunswick. Thecommunity at large, never veryfamiliar even in normal times, tookon an even more dangerous andforeboding air. Little wonder, then,
COMMUNITYMATTERS
SAM BERMAN
“New Brunswick, of course, has far more
to offer Universitystudents than crime.”
Peel off labels, work together
Something didn’t happen in Washington lastweek, and if you would like a job after college or theincome to pay off your loans, then what Washingtondidn’t do is something to worry about.
For another year, Congress has missed the dead-line for passing a final budget and the spending billsneeded to fund government operations for the next12 months. This may not have made the headlines,but it’s a big deal.
The most basic job Congress has is deciding howmuch money the government takes in and howmuch it spends. And when Congress does not do itsjob, you suffer.
One reason the economy is growing too slowly tocut unemployment or create jobs for new collegegraduates is because there is uncertainty about fed-eral tax and spending plans. With Congress grid-locked, businesses can’t plan reliably or make invest-ments in new equipment or new workers. That’s partof the reason why many recent college graduates aremoving back home with mom and dad and workingat jobs they did right out of high school, if they arelucky enough to find any job at all.
The missed budget deadlines are only the latestexample of congressional dysfunction. By wideagreement, the current Congress is the least pro-ductive since the end of World War II, passing farfewer bills than any of its predecessors in the last60 years.
Most college students are unfortunately tooyoung to remember that America’s government has-n’t always been this dysfunctional.
Thirty years ago, President Reagan andDemocratic House Speaker Tip O’Neill, agreed on aplan to strengthen the finances of the SocialSecurity system. In the early 1990s, the firstPresident Bush worked with Democrats on a plan toreduce the deficit. President Clinton andRepublican House Speaker Newt Gingrich put asidetheir personal battles to help reform the welfare sys-tem. More recently, President George W. Bush and
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It is possible for our leaders to work together, ifcitizens demand it. College students across Americaneed to insist on it, too — and the best way to do so,in 2012 and beyond, is by joining No Labels.
We are a group of almost 600,000 Democrats,Republicans and independents dedicated to movingAmerica away from the old politics of point-scoringand toward a new politics of problem solving. Wehave citizen leaders in every congressional districtin America and most importantly, we have growinginfluence on Capitol Hill.
No Labels’ work will be critically important mat-ter no matter who wins or loses in the Novemberelections, because many of our nation’s problemshave become election-proof.
Democratic and Republican leaders come and gobut the dysfunction remains. It’s the only certaintyyou will find in our nation’s capital.
That’s why No Labels supports specific reforms,leaders and legislation that will make it easier to cre-ate effective, principled and pragmatic solutions toAmerica’s problems.
No Labels is above all, an action- and results-ori-ented organization — offering common-sensereforms to our nation’s problems and exerting grass-roots pressure on our leaders to work together.
But the success of our effort to get our govern-ment to stop fighting and start fixing depends almostentirely on the size and dedication of our grassrootsarmy, which is growing every single day.
You don’t need to shed your identity to join theNo Labels movement. You can be a proud liberal, aproud conservative or anything in between. You justneed to be open to the idea that people with differentbeliefs really can set aside the labels and cometogether to solve problems.
And we would love a few Scarlet Knights to climbaboard this movement.
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“For you Obama drones out there, goodluck finding a job under Obamanomics withits punishing taxes and anemic growth.Hey, at least you can stay on your parentsmedical plan!”
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Doonesberry GARY TRUDEAU
Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine STEPHAN PASTIS
Happy Hour JIM AND PHIL
Today's Birthday (10/08/12). Developing your talents and skills takespriority this year, with education, travel and finances taking the spot-light. Careful budgeting and minimal use of credit provides power.Where would you like to be a year from now? To get the advantage,check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (Mar. 21-April 19) — Todayis a 9 — Consider the money, butdon't get stopped by a lack of it.Don't spend yet. Focus on basics.Continue taking action; this paysin satisfaction and future gold.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is an 8 — Keep decreas-ing random spending over thenext few days. Don't fall for atrick. Finish your project awayfrom distractions or those whowould impede your progress.Gemini (May 21-June 20) —Today is a 7 — Continue toincrease your holdings and yourself-confidence. Save for a rainyday. It takes an open and cre-ative mind to solve the puzzle.Travel complications could arise.Cancer (June 21-July 22) —Today is a 9 — New data dis-rupts old routines. You're gain-ing influence, so use it toimprove your environment.Acknowledge kindness in others.It's not a good time to shop.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 6 — Study your past per-formances to discover where theroom for improvement is.Notice the gap between fantasyand reality. Adjust your aim aftermeasuring gaps and try again.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is an 8 — Read the manu-al to discover new features. Pro-tect your interests this week.Postpone expansion for later.You'll be doing better, and it willtake less effort.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today isan 8 — Don't try to buy love. Relaxwith friends, and it will come natu-rally. Compassion is an essentialcomponent. For about two months,you're spurred to take action.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — Continue toincrease your status this week,with the help of a partner. Con-ditions are a bit unsettled, sokeep your treasure hidden.There's a surprising reaction.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 6 — Taking less risksover the coming week is a goodidea (unless you like surprises).When all else fails, do whatworked before. Put yourself inanother's shoes.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is an 8 — You can't buylove (except with love). Take onmore personal responsibility, andincrease profits. Keep costs undercontrol with a budget. False hopesget shattered. Stay unattached.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 7 — Imagine specificsuccess, then act. Help yourteam find important data overthe next six weeks. Avoid distrac-tion. Don't rock the boat, as tem-pers are short. Correct errors.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 9 — Your determina-tion compensates for any possi-ble disappointment. Get back onthe horse and ride better thanever, surprising even your critics.Send love letters to your fans.
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He followed that up a yearlater with a five-catch, 112-yard
SPORTS PAGE 13OCTOBER 8, 2012
THE RUTGERS WOMEN’Sgolf team repeated as runner-up thisweekend in the Rutgers Invitational.
The Scarlet Knights carded a610 (304-306) to place sevenstrokes behind tournament win-ner Seton Hall.
Senior Brittany Weddell andsophomore KortnieMaxoutopoulis, last year’s indi-vidual champion, tied for secondplace in the 119-player field asboth finished the two-day eventwith a score of 150.
Freshman Gabrielle Sacheliput up a score of 153, good for11th place. It was the first time inher career she contributed to theKnights’ overall team score.
Freshman Melanie Chambersand senior Karen Cash roundedout the scorecard for theKnights, ending with a 157 and165, respectively.
For full coverage, see tomor-row’s edition of The Daily Targum.
THE RUTGERS WOMEN’Scross country team placed secondthis weekend at the MetropolitanChampionships, marking the sec-ond consecutive year it has done so.
Sophomore Ashley Deckert ledthe Knights with a time of 19:07.03,putting her in ninth place overall.
Last year’s champion, sopho-more Brianna Deming, finishedwith a time of 19:12.85, goodenough for 11th place.
Freshman Allison Payenskifinished the meet in 12th placewith a time of 19:15.42.
Columbia, the overall champi-on, boasted six of the top eightfinishers in the event.
For full coverage, see tomor-row’s edition of The Daily Targum.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE INthe top two spots in the AssociatedPress college football poll.
Alabama, which had a byeweek, remained at the top with all60 first-place votes.
Oregon, with its convincingwin against Washington, held theNo. 2 spot.
South Carolina, Florida andWest Virginia, all of which beatranked opponents, moved up toround out the top five, respectively.
Florida State, LSU andGeorgia all fell out of the top fiveafter suffering losses.
Rutgers moved up two spots toNo. 20 with its 19-3 win Saturdayagainst Connecticut.
Cincinnati claimed the No. 21position with its win againstMiami (Ohio), giving the Big Eastthree representatives in the polls,with Louisville ranked No. 18.
THE DETROIT TIGERS TOOKa 2-0 lead against the OaklandAthletics yesterday in theAmerican League DivisionalSeries, winning Game 2, 5-4, inwalk-off fashion.
In the bottom of the ninthinning, Don Kelly, who wasbrought in as a pinch runner ear-lier in the game, flew out to rightfielder Josh Reddick, allowingsecond baseman Omar Infante toscore the winning run.
IN BRIEF
Knights botch threesnaps, avoid turningball over in victory
TEAR
CONTINUED FROM BACK
Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova and center Betim Bujaridealt with snap troubles three times Saturday against UConn.YEE ZHSIN BOON
by a holding penalty on sopho-more fullback Sam Bergen.
“It was just very, very electricfor [Harrison’s touchdown] tohappen like that,” said seniorwideout Tim Wright.
WHILE THE KNIGHTS WONthe turnover battle againstUConn, 5-1, those numberscould have been closer becauseof dif ficulties with center-quar-terback exchanges.
Sophomore center BetimBujari and classmate Gar yNova failed to end up on thesame page three times. One play was negated by anillegal procedure penalty, whileNova recovered the other twobad exchanges.
“It’s more mental, just a lackof focus on the snap,” Bujarisaid. “You just learn from it andmove on.”
On the play negated by theillegal procedure, the Knightsof fense went to convert on afourth-and-1. But while Novadiscussed the play with coach-es, Bujari snapped the ballbefore anyone was set, result-ing in an infraction.
“I was [thinking], ‘What did Ido?’” Bujari said. “I turned
around and no one was even set.It’s something I can definitelylearn from.”
EARLY IN RUTGERS’ WIN,it looked like it would be a battleof field goals.
Freshman kicker KyleFederico drilled his first twoattempts from 45 and 31 yards, respectively.
UConn kicker Chad Christenresponded near halftime with a19-yard field goal.
Ferderico made two appear-ances in the second half — theextra point on Harrison’stouchdown and a blocked field goal attempt — but did not return because of injury.
Head coach Kyle Flood saidFerderico suf fered a lowerbody injury, but he did not giveany further updates.
He said should Federico notbe available to kick Saturdayagainst Syracuse, there will bea competition for who will fillthe void.
For updates on the Rutgersfootball team, follow JoeyGregory on Twitter@JGregoryTargum.
outburst headlined by 52-yardtouchdown reception.
This year’s score ended up being timely in a game that was closely contested tothat point.
UConn was down by onlythree points, and the Rutgersof fense had yet to push theball into the end zone, save foran 18-yard touchdown run byJamison that was called back
OCTOBER 8, 2012SPORTS PAGE 14
VOLLEYBALL LOUISVILLE 3, RUTGERS 0
Big East powerhouses prove too tough for RutgersBY AARON FARRAR
STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers volleyball teamwas no match this weekend fortwo of the conference’s top com-petitors. The Scarlet Knights suf-fered a sweep at No. 17 Louisvilleyesterday to close out a weekendin which they could not win a set.
The Cardinals dominated theKnights in a matinee match, win-ning, 3-0, with final set scores of 25-20, 25-13 and 25-18. Rutgers (15-6,1-5) stuck with Louisville through-out the opening set, but fell short.
The two teams remained closeto start the second stanza until the
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It was part of a routine for aKnights defense that has yet tocrack on the ground.
“We pride ourselves on stop-ping the run,” said Beauharnais,a senior linebacker. “We just didour job today. We didn’t really doanything special.”
Rutgers’ offense did not, either.But pinned at its own 1-yard
line at the beginning of the fourthquarter, the unit gained traction.The drive started on a 19-yardpass from sophomore Gary Novato classmate Brandon Coleman,and it did not lose steam untilonly seven minutes remained.
And this time, UConn’s offensestared down its own end zone.
“That was a 13-play drive,” saidhead coach Kyle Flood. “I’m notsure how many of those were
Pass to Coleman setsup lengthy drive thatflips field for Knights
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RU begins late playoff pushBY BRADLY DERECHAILO
CORRESPONDENT
It was important for theRutgers women’s soccer team toescape its two-game road trip thisweekend with points to move upin the Big East Standings
And while head coach GlennCrooks would be happier with awin yesterday, a 2-2 tie at No. 24Notre Dame can only help as itcontinuse to collect points for aBig East playoff push.
“The draw is a good result forus,” Crooks said. “There was a lotof desire, and it was so great thisweekend as the team cametogether even more, and we arepretty excited. We have threegames left, and hopefully itresults in something good.”
Senior goalkeeper EmmySimpkins kept the Fighting Irishscoreless in both overtime peri-ods, highlighted by a tip save witheight minutes left in the secondovertime to prevent a Notre Dame(10-3-2, 6-0-1) victory. The savewas one of eight for Simpkins asshe contested 27 shots during thecourse of the match.
“Emmy had a very goodgame,” Crooks said. “She came
Cardinals (16-2, 5-1) broke awaywith a 6-0 run midway through toextend their lead to19-12. Rutgersresponded with consecutive kills,but Louisville took control of theset, closing it on a 5-0 run.
The final set of the weekendwas much of the same. TheCardinals began with a quickstart and did not hesitate to sepa-rate themselves. Rutgers closedthe gap to 22-18, but it was notenough as Louisville ran awaywith the slim lead.
“We had a lot of communicationand did a lot of good things,” saidsenior middle blocker Alex Jonesof the team’s effort. “We stayed
positive the whole time. At times,we executed at a high level, butother times were just not there.”
Senior setter StephanieZielinski, who collected anotherdouble-double with 20 assists and13 digs, led the Knights. Joneschipped in with four kills on the day.
Rutgers continues to struggleagainst Big East opponents, espe-cially on the road. Head coach CJWerneke believes the team canpull out victories, but the problemis that it lacks consistency.
“I want to see how much fightwe have,” he added. “I want to seehow tough we are, not only phys-ically, but mentally. Our tough-
ness needs to be inserted nowthat we are about to start the sec-ond half of the season.”
The Knights’ defeat was a con-tinuation from Friday’s contestwith Cincinnati, the defendingBig East champion. Rutgersmatched up well againstCincinnati (5-13, 3-2), but still fell.
The Bearcats found a way tosweep the Knights with score setsof 25-19, 25-23 and 25-20.
“[Cincinnati] just knows howto win,” Jones said. “That’s some-thing that we’re still figuring outas a team in the Big East. I thinkat some crucial moments in thematch we just didn’t execute as
highly as we needed to. We justcouldn’t pull it off.”
Werneke started off the trip byshaking up the lineup. He insert-ed freshman outside hitterMegan Stephenson, who endedup providing instant offense forthe Knights.
Stephenson and Jones were theteam leaders with 13 and 12 kills,respectively. Rutgers kept each setclose and challenged the Bearcats,but Cincinnati found a way to grindout victories each time.
“We took a lot from that match,”Jones said. “We continuously arelearning things about our team andwhat we need to work on.”
up big in the first half. They putsome pressure on us, but Ithought we defended really well.”
Though Notre Dame had con-trol of the ball all throughout thecontest, Rutgers’ (9-6-1, 2-5-1)defense managed to prevent theIrish’s opportunities around thebox with constant deflections.
Senior defender TriciaDiPaolo prevented the closestshot on goal in the second halfwhen Notre Dame rocketed ashot toward the back-left of thenet with 18 minutes left. DiPaoloslid and kicked the ball before itcrossed the goal line.
Though Rutgers usually waits — unintentionally — untilthe second half to get on theboard, it diverted from thatagainst Notre Dame, as theKnights put two goals in theback of the net in the first half.
Forward Stephanie Scholzstruck in the 36th minute to com-bat two straight goals by NotreDame forward Crystal Thomas,giving the Knights a 2-2 tie.
Senior defender ShannonWoeller scored 10 minutes in toput the Knights up, 1-0.
But the bigger game forRutgers came Friday night, when
the Knights knocked off DePaul,1-0, in overtime.
Junior forward Jonelle Filignoplayed hero once again with agoal only 38 seconds into over-time — past DePaul’s (7-7-1, 2-4)Megan Pyrs — for the win.
The goal from Filigno was hersixth game-winning goal of theyear, with her latest arriving intimely fashion.
“It was fantastic,” Crooks said.“It was set up by winning the ballin the back with great teamdefending. When Jonelle gets theball in that position, she’s money.”
Rutgers moved from last placeto fifth in the Big East NationalDivision with its performance thisweekend, and only three gamesremain in the regular season.
“It is extremely important,”Filigno said of the team’s perform-ance. “We are almost fighting forour lives right now, so we will takeanything we can get. Obviouslyevery single weekend we are striv-ing for the six points, but we arehappy with the four points we got.”
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runs, but I know quite a few ofthem were. It makes a difference.”
Jawan Jamison was again thedifference maker. The sophomorerushed for 110 yards, his sixth con-secutive game with at least 100,and seventh in eight tries.
He danced, cut back and elud-ed a defense that ranks ninthnationally against the run.
“If you’re going to have a goodrun game, you need a back that canultimately make something out ofnothing,” Flood said. “All of thegreat backs do that at every level. Ithink Jawan has that ability.”
And while the performancenever proved overwhelming, itdid not need to be.
With a 13-3 lead thanks to sen-ior Mark Harrison’s 14-yardtouchdown reception, Rutgerscould afford to be conservative.
“I think it affects it in the secondhalf of the game,” Flood said. “Idon’t think you think that way inthe first half of a game. I do think asthe clock becomes your ally, thenyou have to think about calling thegame differently on offense.”
The Huskies did not fare muchbetter in the first half. With
McCombs — the league’s topreturning rusher — out, head coachPaul Pasqualoni turned to Whitmer,making his first career appearanceat quarterback in the Big East.
The Knights lacked proper etiquette.
Despite recording only onesack, Rutgers kept consistentpressure on Whitmer, who nevergained footing in the pocket.
“It’s frustrating because we wantto be able to celebrate at the quar-terback and get sacks,” said seniordefensive tackle Scott Vallone. “Aslong as we’re able to get to the quar-terback [and] disrupt his timing,that’s what we’re trying to do. We’renot trading it for anything, but whenthey come, they’re going to come.”
Vallone, with 43 career starts,knows more than anyone thespurts defenses go through.
“We can’t have a letdown forone second. You see it every year.Every year I’ve been here,”Vallone said, “we’ve gotten blind-sided at one point.”
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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 2, SOUTH FLORIDA 2
FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS 5, GEORGETOWN 1
BY ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ STAFF WRITER
The Rutgers field hockeyteam entered Friday’s contest atGeorgetown knowing it had towin. After 70 minutes of play, theteam could say it accomplishedits task.
The Scarlet Knights defeat-ed the Hoyas, 5-1, out-shootingthem, 23-8. Junior for ward Lisa Patrone, who continuedher hot streak by scoring three goals, led the Knights.Patrone now has eight goals onthe season.
“We looked at this game as amarker and a turning point,”said head coach MeredithLong. “We asked ourselveswhat team are we going to be,and our team really came outfocused. Our finishing was phenomenal, and just overall Ithink the way the team
RU earns first Big East win
Junior forward Lisa Patrone scored a team-high three goals inthe Knights’ 5-1 win Friday at Big East foe Georgetown. CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
capitalizing. Georgetown’s AnnieWilson broke through on anassist from Sarah Butterfield toput the Hoyas up, 1-0.
With the way the Knightsstarted, Long thought the teamneeded a timeout.
“It is kind of rare that a coachcalls a timeout that early,”Patrone said. “She needed to getus together and ask, ‘What areyou doing?’ Right away I think weanswered with a goal in the nextfive minutes, and it led to a greatsecond half where we took com-plete control of the game.”
Long said the timeout was theturning point of the game.
“We adjusted our formation inthe backfield with our out-let-ting,” Long said. “Georgetownwas really committing their num-bers to one side of the field. Westructured our backfield to creategaps, which opened up options inthe outlet.”
As the Knights progress intheir journey toward making arun at the Big East Tournament,the team hopes to return one ofits key injured players.
In their game againstVillanova, senior midfielderChristie Lonsky suffered a dislo-cated shoulder. She has beenworking with an athletic trainer,but her timetable for return isstill unknown.
“She is such a tough kid, and Ilove coaching her,” Long said. “Iknow we will get her back.”
After having off Saturday andSunday, the team returns topractice today.
“I think since last spring tonow, we have definitely maturedmore,” Patrone said. “We holdourselves more accountable.”
Now that the game against theHoyas is over, the Knightsalready look toward their nextopponent, Louisville, which theytake on Friday at home.
Junior forward Kene Eze scored his fourth goal in as manygames Saturday in Rutgers’ 2-2 tie against South Florida.CONOR ALWELL, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2012
Knights manage tie at USFBY JOSH BAKAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
When the Rutgers men’s soc-cer team faced No. 21 SouthFlorida, the Scarlet Knights were0-2 against ranked opponents and0-2 in overtime games.
Now Rutgers can add a drawcolumn to both as it tied theBulls, 2-2, Saturday in Tampa.
Both of the Knights’ (5-4-1, 1-2-1) Big East losses came in over-time, but neither period surpassedfive minutes as Syracuse and No. 3Georgetown scored game winners.
Head coach Dan Doniganwanted progress in that aspect.
“We just [had] to focus a littlebetter and play those two overtimeperiods better than the last ones,”he said.
The Knights improved, atleast forcing USF (6-2-4, 1-0-3)to stay on the field until time expired.
USF generated an offensiveattack that spearheaded a 3-1shot advantage in the 10-minutedouble overtime period.
Bulls midfielder WesleyCharpie launched a late scare witha shot in the closing seconds thatwent wide.
responded to some of ourtough losses says a lot aboutthe team we are becoming.”
The victory against the Hoyas(2-11, 0-3) was the first Big Eastwin on the season for theKnights (7-6, 1-3). The teammust win its final two Big Eastgames — one against Louisvilleand another at Providence — toaccomplish its goal of makingthe Big East Tournament.
“In my freshman year, wewere in the same predicamentand were able to battle backand make the tournament,”Patrone said. “I think that itadds a little more pressure, andpressure is good if you handleit the right way and make thebest of it. But I don’t reallythink we need must-win gamesto keep us focused.”
The Hoyas gave the Knightsall they could handle early in thegame, using high pressure and
But then time expired, andRutgers walked out of the over-time game without another loss.
“We were just a little morecommitted to defending and justmaking sure we didn’t have anyletdowns or mental lapses ormental mistakes,” Donigan said.
For more than an hour,Rutgers thought it might not get achance to continue its effortagainst the Bulls.
That came when neither teamwas on the field, as bad weatherdelayed the game during the 57thminute, when Rutgers was tied, 1-1.
The time away gave Rutgerstime to rest up and ready for ahigh-tempo assault.
“We told ourselves to keep theenergy high and to make sure wefocused,” said junior forwardKene Eze.
Senior goalie Kevin McMullensaved a header from Charpie inthe 62nd minute, and McMullendid not have to see the ball againuntil after it went into USF’s net.
Rutgers maintained a five-minutepossession on USF’s end, whichbegan with a saved shot from fresh-man midfielder Mael Corboz andthen a wide attempt from sopho-more midfielder Nathan Bruccoleri.
Corboz got the ball back andplaced it to Eze, who scored hisfifth goal of the season and hisfourth in as many games.
After a slow start that includedfour scoreless games, Eze is nowon pace to surpass last year’s goaltotal when he tied for the teamlead with six.
“I don’t know about betterplayer, but I feel like I’ve defi-nitely gained more confidence,”Eze said of his play compared tolast year. “I’ve gotten myself inbetter positions, and the teamhas been helping me. They’vebeen getting balls behinddefenses, making things easierfor me to get goals.”
Corboz gave Rutgers its firstgoal on a free kick in the 54thminute to tie the game.
The Green Brook, N.J.,native’s goal and assist gaveCorboz his second game this sea-son with at least three points.
“I think it’s just something thathappens,” Corboz said. “As long aswe keep working hard, everyonewill get their chances in. “
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Nearly six minutes into the second half,senior Mark Harrison hauled in his thirdcatch of the game at the UConn 14-yardline, fought off two defenders and foundhis way into the end zone.
“I knew [the defender] was going to play alittle bit of an off-coverage on me,” Harrisonsaid. “I knew once I got in the open field, I hadto make him miss and give him a weapon.Once I did that, I just knew I had one moreperson to beat and I just stuck it out there.”
It was not the first time the Stratford, Conn.,native found the goal line against the Huskies.
Harrison has faced UConn, a school alittle more than an hour from his home-town, three times in his career and scoredin each contest.
“You always want to score against yourhome team,” he said. “It feels good to be outthere scoring.”
In his first appearance against the Huskiesin 2009, Harrison’s only reception was a 20-yard touchdown grab from then-quarterbackTom Savage.
But the No. 20 Rutgers football teamavoided a letdown Saturday, intercepting fourpasses en route to a 19-3 victory against BigEast rival Connecticut.
“The mistake of teams,” Beauharnais said,“is it’s too late when they want to turn it up.”
The Scarlet Knights (5-0, 2-0) defense sel-dom lacked intensity. But it finally paid off in
the fourth quarter, when the Knights inter-cepted UConn (3-3, 0-1) quarterback ChandlerWhitmer three times in the final four minutesto cap another impressive performance.
Rutgers held the Huskies to only 53 rush-ing yards — below their 62.5-yard-per-gameaverage, tops in the country. UConn runningback Lyle McCombs, held out of the first
quarter following an arrest Friday, managed aseason-low 32 yards.
Wildcat quar terback ScottMcCummings was the Huskies’ only con-sistent run threat, but he carried the ballonly four times.
EZE GOAL The Rutgers men’s soccer team earned a tie at
No. 21 South Florida on Saturday thanks, in part, to juniorKene Eze’s fifth goal of the season. / PAGE 15
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCORES EXTRA POINT RUTGERS SPORTS CALENDAR
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CONFERENCE CLIMB The Rutgers women’s soccer team collectedfour points this weekend after a 2-2 tie with Notre Dame yesterdayand a 1-0 overtime victory Friday at DePaul . / PAGE 14
ONE DOWN The Rutgers field hockey team
picked up its first conference victory Friday,defeating Georgetown, 5-1. / PAGE 15
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We are almost fighting for our lives right now, so we’ll take anything we can get.”
KHASEEMGREENE moved intoninth place in the Rutgersfootball team’s historywith 300 career tackles.The senior linebacker hadeight stops Saturday in theKnights’ 19-3 victory.
Pittsburgh 13 Northwestern 28Syracuse 14 Penn State 39
South Florida 28 LSU 6Temple 37 Florida 14
Miami (Ohio) 14 Iowa State 37Cincinnati 52 TCU 23
FIELD HOCKEY
vs. Louisville
Friday, 3 p.m.Bauer Track and FieldComplex
WOMEN’S SOCCER
vs. Louisville
Friday, 5:30 p.m.Yurcak Field
TENNIS
USTA Invitational
TodayFlushing, N.Y.
MEN’S SOCCER
at Maryland
Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.College Park, Md.
FOOTBALL RUTGERS 19, CONNECTICUT 3
BY JOEY GREGORYASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Sophomore running back Jawan Jamisonhas been a key cog for the Rutgers footballteam’s offense all season.
He opened the year with five straight 100-yard rushing games in the Scarlet Knights’first five contests, all wins.
But Rutgers’ only of fensive touchdownSaturday against Connecticut came cour tesy of exactly who histor y said it should.
Mark Harrison crosses the goal line for a14-yard touchdown grab Saturday.MARIELLE SUMERGIDO, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Senior continues scoring tear in series with UConnKNIGHT NOTEBOOK HARRISON CATCHES ONLY OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN OF GAME
BY TYLER BARTOSPORTS EDITOR
Steve Beauharnais could sense the potential.The factors — more than 50,000 fans at HighPoint Solutions Stadium, a bye week and heapsof praise to anyone willing to listen — provideda ripe atmosphere for it. SEE TIME ON PAGE 14
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Knights defense forces four turnovers against local rival UConn, wins first game as ranked team in nearly six years
TIME AFTER TIMERutgers’ defense piles up on Connecticut quarterback Scott McCummings in the Knights’ 19-3 victory Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium. Rutgers, No. 1 in the nationin run defense, held UConn to only 53 rushing yards and ranks fifth nationally in scoring defense, allowing only 10.8 points per game. YEE ZHSIN BOON
