THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 6 S E R V I N G T H E R U T G E R S C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 8 6 9 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 INDEX The English Department discovers the idea of filmmaking as story writing through their lecture series this semester. The football team is facing more pressure to do well after blowing its first game in the newer, bigger and better stadium. BACK IN THE RANKS Today: Showers High: 70 • Low: 59 After shutting out both Towson and No. 13 Penn State this weekend, the Rutgers women’s soccer team moved up to 17th place in the NSCAA rankings and No. 11 in the Soccer America polls. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM UNIVERSITY OPINIONS OPINIONS ........ 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY ....... 3 Today is the last day to drop classes without receiving a ‘W.’ Tomorrow is the last day to add classes. U. faculty delay salary increases to avoid layoffs BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR The University faculty is safe from layoffs for two years but will accept a delay in pay raises. Other unions continue negotiations to protect their members’ jobs. Though the University administration has finished negotiations with the American Associations of University Professors – American Federation of Teachers on an agreeable note, negotiations still continue with the Union of Rutgers Administrators – American Federation of Teachers. “Almost all of the University unions are in the middle of contracts but the University asked them to reopen. We reopened our con- tract because of the financial crisis,” President of Rutgers AAUP-AFT Adrienne Eaton said. The AAUP-AFT represents 2,500 faculty and 1,700 teaching and graduate assistants, according to the AAUP-AFT Web site. The state tied some of the state aid to the University cuts in labor cost, Eaton said. The faculty contracts have finished negotiations but the other labor unions are still in dialogue. The University approached the union dur- ing the middle of their contracts with a nego- tiation, which is not usual, but because of the financial crisis the faculty agreed to negoti- ate, she said. “Nobody wanted to give up any of their pay increases. What we did is delay the pay increases rather than give them up perma- nently,” Eaton said. The teaching assistants, graduate stu- dents and part-time lecturers made no con- cessions while full-time faculty will suffer delays in pay raises, Eaton said. The faculty had no job security concerns unlike the other unions. The issue regarding furloughs, teaching loads and research funds were resolved favorably, according to a letter Eaton sent to University faculty. “We are gratified that the University com- munity has come together to help mitigate our budget difficulties so that Rutgers can continue to provide the best educational experience and greatest value for our stu- dents,” Vice President of Academic Affairs Phillip J. Furmanski said. The union membership ratified the agreement last Friday, he said. The University administration thinks it is a good agreement for the University and for the union’s membership. “In these very challenging economic times, this is a fair and equitable agreement that will prevent disastrous budget cuts and WESTFIELD — Independent gubernatorial candidate Chris Daggett; Assemblyman John McKeon, D- 27, representing Democratic candidate Gov. Jon S. Corzine; and Atlantic County Utilities Authority President Rick Dovey, representing Republican candidate Chris Christie, set aside partisan divide last night to discuss the importance of clean energy across the state. At the town hall meeting held in the Westfield Memorial Library, Daggett said he would hear all sides of every environ- mental issue to accomplish an agenda for clean energy in a non- partisan way. Specifically, he said the state needs to be involved in more research development and technology — especially at institu- tions of higher education — to achieve new ways to advance clean energy initiatives. McKeon said the Corzine administration has set high goals for clean energy and has achieved many of them, such as making the state second in the nation for most solar power usage. He said the governor’s Energy Master Plan intends to have 30 percent of the state’s energy from renewable sources by 2020. Dovey said there is a lot of polarization in many of the guber- natorial issues, but clean energy should not be one of them. Christie differs in his recognition of the sense of immediacy in making the goals set by Corzine a reality, he said. “We always have to stand back a little bit and figure out what do we have to do in the next few years to make [clean energy] reality,” said Matt Elliott of Environment New Jersey, one of the state’s largest statewide environmental groups that hosted the event. “And that’s where I think the governor’s race comes in.” — Mary Diduch GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES CITE ENVIRONMENT AS NON-PARTISAN ISSUE MARY DIDUCH/ ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Students gain voice on local committee BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR While some students were hanging at the beach or trying to earn some extra cash this summer, one group started working for their community as elected politicians. Several University students won seats on the Middlesex County Democratic Committee in June as part of the Democrats for Change campaign. School of Arts and Sciences junior Barbara Cepeda, the new committee- woman for the 5th Ward, District 2, said winning the campaign was an invaluable experience. “It’s great though because with any [orga- nization] you network [and] you meet new people. It’s also good just to gain an Dean envisions engineering program improvements BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT During his teenage years in the small town of Daisetta, Texas, Thomas Farris repaired eighteen-wheelers, helping truckers by figuring out how to get the big rigs back on the oil field roads. Now Farris is figuring out how to increase the size and strengthen the stature of the School of Engineering as the new dean. “The primary goal is to make the school bigger in all dimensions,” he said. Farris, appointed as dean in June, said he has plans to enhance the school’s existing strengths. “The challenges of the 21st centu- ry include health, energy, trans- portation and sustainability and those are all areas where the School SEE DEAN ON PAGE 4 SEE FACULTY ON PAGE 4 SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 6 The U.S. government publicly disseminated misleading accounts of the nation’s response to the Sept. 11 attacks, according to John J. Farmer Jr. The former senior counsel and team leader to the 9/11 Commission, Farmer presents this theory in his new book, “The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11.” Published yesterday, Farmer revisits the attacks through recently declassified tapes and transcripts, including data previously omitted by the Departments of Defense and Transportation, according to a press release. “At some level of government, at some point in time, a decision was made not to tell the truth about the national response to the attacks on the morning of Sept. 11,” Farmer said in the release. “We owe the truth to the families of the victims of Sept. 11. We owe it to the American public as well, because only by understanding what has gone wrong in the past can we assure our nation’s safety in the future.” Farmer offers several lessons in “The Ground Truth,” proposing the government learns from past mistakes. “Unless we change government, unless we plan to respond to crises the way we now know they are experienced, we will fail to protect ourselves,” Farmer said in the release. “[This will bring] horrifying consequences.” A former attorney general of New Jersey, chief counsel to former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and founding partner of a New Jersey law firm, Farmer added dean of the Rutgers School of Law to his resume July 1, according to the release. “The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11” is available wherever books are sold. — Lauren Caruso MEMBER OF 9/11 COMMISSION, FORMER NJ ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLISHES DECLASSIFIED GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
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INDEX
The English Department discoversthe idea of filmmaking as storywriting through theirlecture series thissemester.
The football team isfacing more pressure to do wellafter blowing itsfirst game in thenewer, bigger andbetter stadium.
BACK IN THE RANKSToday: Showers
High: 70 • Low: 59After shutting out both Towson and No. 13 Penn State this weekend, the Rutgers women’s soccer team
moved up to 17th place in the NSCAA rankings and No. 11 in the Soccer America polls.
ONLINE @DAILYTARGUM.COM
UNIVERSITY
OPINIONS
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DIVERSIONS . . . . . . 10
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . 12
SPORTS . . . . . . BACK
UNIVERSITY . . . . . . . 3
Today is the last day to drop classes without receiving a ‘W.’ Tomorrow is the last day to add classes.
U. facultydelay salaryincreases toavoid layoffs
BY CAGRI OZUTURKASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The University faculty is safe from layoffsfor two years but will accept a delay in payraises. Other unions continue negotiations toprotect their members’ jobs.
Though the University administration hasfinished negotiations with the AmericanAssociations of University Professors –American Federation of Teachers on anagreeable note, negotiations still continuewith the Union of Rutgers Administrators –American Federation of Teachers.
“Almost all of the University unions are inthe middle of contracts but the Universityasked them to reopen. We reopened our con-tract because of the financial crisis,”President of Rutgers AAUP-AFT AdrienneEaton said.
The AAUP-AFT represents 2,500 facultyand 1,700 teaching and graduate assistants,according to the AAUP-AFT Web site.
The state tied some of the state aid tothe University cuts in labor cost, Eatonsaid. The faculty contracts have finishednegotiations but the other labor unions arestill in dialogue.
The University approached the union dur-ing the middle of their contracts with a nego-tiation, which is not usual, but because of thefinancial crisis the faculty agreed to negoti-ate, she said.
“Nobody wanted to give up any of theirpay increases. What we did is delay the payincreases rather than give them up perma-nently,” Eaton said.
The teaching assistants, graduate stu-dents and part-time lecturers made no con-cessions while full-time faculty will sufferdelays in pay raises, Eaton said. The facultyhad no job security concerns unlike theother unions.
The issue regarding furloughs, teachingloads and research funds were resolvedfavorably, according to a letter Eaton sent toUniversity faculty.
“We are gratified that the University com-munity has come together to help mitigateour budget difficulties so that Rutgers cancontinue to provide the best educationalexperience and greatest value for our stu-dents,” Vice President of Academic AffairsPhillip J. Furmanski said.
The union membership ratified theagreement last Friday, he said. TheUniversity administration thinks it is a goodagreement for the University and for theunion’s membership.
“In these very challenging economictimes, this is a fair and equitable agreementthat will prevent disastrous budget cuts and
WESTFIELD — Independent gubernatorial candidate ChrisDaggett; Assemblyman John McKeon, D- 27, representingDemocratic candidate Gov. Jon S. Corzine; and Atlantic CountyUtilities Authority President Rick Dovey, representingRepublican candidate Chris Christie, set aside partisan divide lastnight to discuss the importance of clean energy across the state.
At the town hall meeting held in the Westfield MemorialLibrary, Daggett said he would hear all sides of every environ-mental issue to accomplish an agenda for clean energy in a non-partisan way.
Specifically, he said the state needs to be involved in moreresearch development and technology — especially at institu-tions of higher education — to achieve new ways to advanceclean energy initiatives.
McKeon said the Corzine administration has set high goals forclean energy and has achieved many of them, such as making thestate second in the nation for most solar power usage.
He said the governor’s Energy Master Plan intends to have 30percent of the state’s energy from renewable sources by 2020.
Dovey said there is a lot of polarization in many of the guber-natorial issues, but clean energy should not be one of them.
Christie differs in his recognition of the sense of immediacy inmaking the goals set by Corzine a reality, he said.
“We always have to stand back a little bit and figure out whatdo we have to do in the next few years to make [clean energy]reality,” said Matt Elliott of Environment New Jersey, one of thestate’s largest statewide environmental groups that hosted theevent. “And that’s where I think the governor’s race comes in.”
— Mary Diduch
GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES CITE ENVIRONMENT AS NON-PARTISAN ISSUE
MARY DIDUCH/ ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Students gain voice on local committeeBY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
While some students were hanging atthe beach or trying to earn some extra cashthis summer, one group started working fortheir community as elected politicians.
Several University students won seatson the Middlesex County DemocraticCommittee in June as par t of theDemocrats for Change campaign.
School of Ar ts and Sciences juniorBarbara Cepeda, the new committee-woman for the 5th Ward, District 2,
said winning the campaign was an invaluable experience.
“It’s great though because with any [orga-nization] you network [and] you meet newpeople. It’s also good just to gain an
Dean envisions engineering program improvementsBY GREG FLYNN
CORRESPONDENT
During his teenage years in the smalltown of Daisetta, Texas, Thomas Farrisrepaired eighteen-wheelers, helping
truckers by figuring out how to get thebig rigs back on the oil field roads.
Now Farris is figuring out how toincrease the size and strengthen thestature of the School of Engineering asthe new dean.
“The primary goal is to make theschool bigger in all dimensions,” he said.
Farris, appointed as dean in June,said he has plans to enhance theschool’s existing strengths.
“The challenges of the 21st centu-r y include health, energy, trans-por tation and sustainability andthose are all areas where the School
SEE DEAN ON PAGE 4
SEE FACULTY ON PAGE 4
SEE STUDENTS ON PAGE 6
The U.S. government publicly disseminated misleading accounts of the nation’s response to the Sept.11 attacks, according to John J. Farmer Jr.
The former senior counsel and team leader to the 9/11 Commission, Farmer presents this theory inhis new book, “The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11.”
Published yesterday, Farmer revisits the attacks through recently declassified tapes and transcripts,including data previously omitted by the Departments of Defense and Transportation, according to apress release.
“At some level of government, at some point in time, a decision was made not to tell the truth aboutthe national response to the attacks on the morning of Sept. 11,” Farmer said in the release. “We owe thetruth to the families of the victims of Sept. 11. We owe it to the American public as well, because only byunderstanding what has gone wrong in the past can we assure our nation’s safety in the future.”
Farmer offers several lessons in “The Ground Truth,” proposing the government learns frompast mistakes.
“Unless we change government, unless we plan to respond to crises the way we now know they areexperienced, we will fail to protect ourselves,” Farmer said in the release. “[This will bring] horrifyingconsequences.”
A former attorney general of New Jersey, chief counsel to former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman andfounding partner of a New Jersey law firm, Farmer added dean of the Rutgers School of Law to his resumeJuly 1, according to the release.
“The Ground Truth: The Untold Story of America Under Attack on 9/11” is available wherever booksare sold.
— Lauren Caruso
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English department explores filmmaking as writingBY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON
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Martin Scorsese, the Coenbrothers, Quentin Tarantino andDavid Lynch have the knowl-edge on how to become a film-maker and thanks to Dena Seidelof the University’s WritersHouse, students can as well.
Seidel, a University profes-sor, teaches two filmmakingclasses called ‘DigitalStorytelling’ and ‘DocumentaryFilmmaking for Writers,’ andboth are considered to be apart of the Writers House inthe English depar tmentbecause she highlights the cre-ative writing standpoint of mak-ing a film.
“In both [classes], I’memphasizing story and storystructure, but it is storytellingfor the screen,” Seidel said.“There are no prerequisites forthese classes other than basic
composition. These are creativewriting classes taught throughWriters House.”
The “Digital Storytelling”class focuses on how the film-maker writes for the screen andlearns to adapt to the changes,which take place when soundsand images are added to a story,Seidel said.
The “Documentar yFilmmaking for Writers” classrevolves around a professionalinterview conducted by eachstudent, which is then shapedinto a short documentary film,she said.
Douglass College seniorLizette Gesuden said she decidedto take both classes because shewas curious about filmmaking.
“The first class I took was‘Digital Storytelling’ and then Itook ‘Documentary’ the nextsemester,” Gesuden said. “Ithas been, overall, an amazingand life-changing experience
for me and a tremendous learning experience.”
Pilar Timpane, a recentUniversity College graduate,has taken both of Seidel’s class-
es, worked as a Writers Houseintern and is now a paid staffmember working on a documen-tary project with Seidel.
“I’ve enjoyed so much work-ing with the people I get towork with, and we all loveworking with Dena because welearn a lot every day. It’s likewe get personal tutor hours all
day long,” Timpane said. “I’velearned so much about how aproduction happens and how itgets made. I’ve learned tonsabout making a frame look good and thinking about frames.”
Students like Timpane andGesuden can make seven-minutefilms for the “DocumentaryFilmmaking for Writers” classand can be viewed on the pro-gram’s Web site.
Timpane’s film, which isavailable for viewing on the pro-gram’s Web site, is titled “Veo AVicente” and focuses on theregrets of an immigrant wholeft his family behind.Gesuden’s documentar y istitled “Being Balut.” It high-lights the trials and tribulationsof assimilating her family’sFilipino culture with her ownAmerican upbringing.
Besides teaching the courseon her own, Seidel often brings
guest speakers to her classesthrough the program.
Past guests include JennieLivingston, who made the film“Paris Is Burning;” RossKauf fman, who won anAcademy Award for his docu-mentary “Born Into Brothels;”and Sam Pollard, whose film credits include the documentar y “When the Levees Broke.”
“Sam Pollard’s visit helpedme decide I didn’t want to doprint journalism,” Gesudensaid. “Everything he said, it justreally got my head turning.”
Seidel said all levels of tech-nical proficiency are welcomein her class because shegrades ef fort and story ratherthan technical ability.Interested students areencouraged to check out theWriters House Web site andlook for Seidel’s classes in thespring semester.
William & Mary students see change in drug, alcohol policiesCOLLEGE OF
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The College of William andMar y has joined a growingnumber of universities of feringmedical amnesty for both drugsand alcohol.
At the start of the schoolyear, students seeking help formedical emergencies causedby illegal drug use no longerface disciplinary consequencesfrom the Dean of StudentsOf fice for violating theCollege’s alcoholic beverage ordrug policies.
While students at theCollege will not face discipli-nary action if they invoke med-ical amnesty, they may still suf-fer consequences includingrequired counseling and drugand alcohol education. Similarto the College’s alcoholamnesty policy, students mustinvoke amnesty “proactively,”according to the language of thepolicy. Students cannot ask foramnesty after having beencaught. The policy does not
apply to the William and Mar y and Williamsburg Police Departments.
Medical amnesty policiesfor drugs and alcohol havebeen implemented on collegecampuses throughout theUnited States. Other universi-ties of fering full drug and alco-hol amnesty include theUniversity of Ohio, Brown University, VanderbiltUniversity and the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology.
The University of Virginiaand Duke University providemedical amnesty solely for casesinvolving alcohol use.
Achieving full drug amnestyhas been a long-term goal ofstudent government at theCollege, according to StudentAssembly Vice President RyanRuzic J.D. ’11.
“It’s something that theStudent Assembly’s been push-ing for a long time,” Ruzic said.“It’s a really great idea becauseother wise students wouldn’tget the medical help they needfor fear of being punished bythe university.”
Ruzic believes that drugamnesty makes sense for thesame reason as alcoholamnesty — student safety.
“It’s a very common senseexpansion of the alcoholamnesty,” he said.
According to Ruzic, there
was little opposition to full drugamnesty in the SA, thoughsome senators asked if fullmedical amnesty might sendthe wrong message. “Therewere some in the SA who werereluctant to extend amnestybecause they viewed it as con-
doning that sort of behavior,”Ruzic said. Nevertheless, theSA legislation urging theadministration to adopt fullmedical amnesty passed unani-mously this April.
This most recent, successfulinitiative was passed after dis-cussions between SA membersand the Dean of Students office.Sen. Ben Brown ’10 and SAUndersecretar y of CollegePolicy for Drug and AlcoholReform Will Sinnott ’11, devel-oped a proposal for the new pol-icy, which they presented to theDean of Students office in thewinter of 2008. The idea wasthen seized upon by AssociateDean of Students Dave Gilbert.
According to Brown, Gilbertwould rather see [students]seek medical attention than notdo so for fear of a student con-duct violation. Brown waspleased with the role the SAplayed in updating the College’smedical amnesty policy.
“I don’t think [full medicalamnesty] would have beenenacted this year or in comingyears without the SA,” Brown
said. “[Dean Gilbert] hadn’tbeen thinking about it until wecame to him.”
The new policy is somethingof a triumph for the SA.According to Brown, the SA isoften handicapped by its lack ofinfluence in the administration.
“It’s really frustrating not hav-ing any authority to changethings at the school,” he said.“Most of the bills like that don’tactually change the policybecause we don’t have authorityover student conduct.” NeitherRuzic nor Brown foresee the poli-cy having an immediate effect.
According to Ruzic, a studentat the College has not died of adrug overdose in at least the pasttwo years. The policy is neverthe-less a significant achievement.
“We’ve done all we can in thepolicy because it’s extended towhere it covers pretty mucheverything,” Ruzic said. “Goingto full amnesty from limitedamnesty certainly puts Williamand Mary on the forefront ofdrug policy.”
Dean Gilbert could not bereached for comment.
“It has been, overall,an amazing and
life-changing experience for me.”
LIZETTE GESUDENDouglass College senior
“Otherwise studentswouldn’t get the
medical help theyneed for fear of
being punished bythe university.”
RYAN RUZICCollege of William & Mary
Student Asseembly Vice President
of Engineering has greatstrengths,” Farris said. “Thereare a lot of great things aboutthe School of Engineering. Alot of faculty members here aredoing extremely well at attract-ing federal research dollars,which is very good for our rep-utation and provides lots ofopportunities for our students.”
He said one of his goals, asdean, is to increase the num-ber of faculty and students atthe school.
School of Engineering seniorWerner Born said the expansionof the school presents possibili-ties and problems.
“This is ver y exciting tohear, but there will be a lot oflogistical concerns studentswill have. I’m excited to seewhat great faculty Dean Farriswill bring in,” said Born, chairof the Rutgers UniversityStudent Assembly.
The school will attract morefaculty members by creatingunique research opportunities,Farris said.
“We are working with theexisting faculty to identify ourtechnical themes around whichwe can hire faculty,” he said.“This gives potential recruits anopportunity to join a group offaculty that are doing very col-laborative work centeredaround some of the needs of the21st century.”
Born said further fosteringthe University as a think-tankand research haven wouldbenefit everyone.
Farris said the school wouldincrease enrollment by target-ing talented New Jersey stu-dents and recruiting out-of-stateand international students.
“I think there are great engi-neering students that are nowleaving the state to study engi-neering,” Farris said. “I think itwould be great for us to keepthem here at Rutgers.”
Born hopes an increase in thestudent population will lead to anincrease in the amount of coursesections offered.
“Engineering has a fairly stat-ic course schedule from fresh-man to senior year, and some-times those classes only offerone section and at times that real-ly inhibits students from beingable to take part in other thingsor explore courses outside of themajor,” Born said.
He said with the increasingpopulation of the school,adding more sections wouldenable students to get out andexperience other great thingsat the Univesity.
School of Engineering first-yearstudent Swayam Thacker said thestatic course schedule restrictedhis class selection process.
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DEAN: School strives to
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layoffs across the Universitywhile addressing areas of con-cern to the AAUP-AFT,”Furmanski said.
Despite the perceived agreeableend to contract negotiations withthe faculty, University administra-tion is still in negotiations with theUnion of Rutgers Administrators.
“We have had ongoing talkswith management over the sum-mer, and we have not come to anagreement. We’ve exchanged pro-posals but we are still quite a wayapart,” President of the URA-AFTLucye Millerand said.“Management as we understand isasking our members to give backmore than they asked from the fac-ulty. Our members make an aver-age half of what the faculty makes.”
Members of the URA-AFT, whichrepresents 1,900 workers, handedaround 10,000 leaflets at the football
game last Sunday to raise awarenessto their contract negotiations.
“Other state bargaining unitshave come to agreements wherethey’ve revised the economic con-ditions of their contracts to savemanagement money. In exchange,
they’ve gotten other protections; inparticular, very strong, no layoffprotections,” Millerand said. “Andmanagement has not offered usthat kind of protection.”
People in the URA-AFT are stillbeing laid off and there are no
scheduled discussions. The man-agement did not negotiate withthem before they held back theirraises in June and they only notifiedthem, she said. CommunicationWorkers of America and theAmerican Federation of State,County and Municipal Employeesgave up part raises but their pensioncontributions were protected.
“We have the problem thatthey’re not offering layoff protec-tions; they’re asking more moneyback than they do of the faculty,”Millerand said. “We need protec-tions of our pensions.”
The URA-AFT has workedunder the saying “do more withless” for a long time. TheUniversity budget crisis has beengoing on for a while, and as staffmembers are laid off, those stillemployed have more work to do.
“We have a lot of people fundedby grants in our unit. TheUniversity saves any money fromholding back those people’ssalaries,” Millerand said. “We don’tthink management is even factoringthat when they do calculations.”
FACULTY: Negotiations
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“We have had ongoing talks withmanagement over
the summer, and wehave not come to an
agreement.” LUCYE MILLERAND
URA-AFT President
“For the freshman yearthere’s a limit to the courses youcan take. I already took a lot ofAP classes so I didn’t have manyoptions,” Thacker said.
Farris said the static courseschedule issue would beaddressed as the School ofEngineering grows and is able tooffer more course sections.
He hopes the school willattract new students by raisingmoney for scholarships anddeveloping research and educa-tion programs with humanitari-an aims.
“Students that are coming tocollege today want to pursuecareers where they know theyare going to be making a differ-ence and helping people,”Farris said.
He said the thought of makinga difference and helping peopleencouraged him while workingon trucks in Texas and eventual-ly led him to become a professor.
“The notion of being a facultymember and being involved inresearch and also being aroundstudents and young people all thetime was very appealing to me,”Farris said.
After he received his bache-lor’s degree in MechanicalEngineering at Rice University,Farris earned his master’s degreeand doctorate in Theoretical andApplied Mechanics atNorthwestern University.
In his 23 years as a PurdueCollege of Engineering facultymember, Farris advised 22 engi-neers who completed doctoraldegrees in engineering, receivedhis school’s outstanding under-graduate teacher award in 2008and helped increase fundraisingfor the school from $1 million to$3 million annually.
After Farris became the headof aeronautics and astronauticsdepartment in 1998, undergradu-ate and graduate student enroll-ment more than doubled. Underhis leadership, the number ofwomen on faculty increased fromone to five.
In 2008 the departmentawarded more undergraduatedegrees to women than any of itspeer aerospace programs.
Born said generating interestin engineering for female highschool graduates is a dauntingbut important task.
“Although the population isn’thuge, the School of Engineeringhas two very active groups forwomen. The Society of WomenEngineers and Phi Sigma Rho,the Engineering Sorority,” hesaid. “I’m sure both of thosegroups would be thrilled to seeand assist in this development.”
On Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.,Farris will be at the EngineeringQuad on Busch campus for theconvocation welcoming new first-year students.
“I’ve met a few students,”Farris said. “Rutgers studentsare very energetic, bright andcome from great backgrounds.”
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9 Today is the last day to drop classes.
Daniel Kurtzer will hold the S. Daniel Abraham Chair inMiddle East Policy Studies at Princeton University’sWoodrow Wilson School of Public and InternationalAffairs from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Roomof the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenuecampus. Ambassador Kurtzer served as the USAmbassador to Israel (2001-2005) and as the USAmbassador to Egypt (1997-2001). For more informa-tion, contact The Bildner Center for the Study of JewishLife at [email protected].
The Victoria’s Secret Pink bus is coming to theUniversity! The bus will be parked at Morrell Street, nextto the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenuecampus. In addition to giveaways and items for sale fromthe Rutgers Pink collection, the University Dance Teamwill be at the event from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Come outdoors for a Tie-Dye frenzy to tie-dye yourfavorite shirt, fill your belly with fries and enjoy somemusic. Shirts to tie-dye will be provided. The eventbegins at 2 p.m. near the fountain on Livingston campus.Supplies are on a first-come-first-serve basis. Rain loca-tion is at Tillet Hall: Yorba Lounge on Livingston campus.
Like to sing? Think you know the words to all those oldiesand hit songs? Then come prove it in the Douglass CampusCenter at 8 p.m. and try to win fabulous prizes! Brought toyou by RUPA. Free snacks will also be provided.
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Suicide Prevention Day tomorrow will feature a theme on“Suicide Prevention in Different Cultures” to raise globalawareness of suicide.
Someone commits suicide in the United States every 16minutes and every 40 seconds worldwide, according to theAmerican Association of Suicidology.
The latest year on record for suicide numbers is 2006,when 33,000 people committed suicide in the U.S., accordingto the AAS. Four thousand one hundred eighty nine werebetween the ages of 15 and 24.
“The day represents a call for action and involvement bygovernments and organizations worldwide to contribute tosuicide awareness and prevention,” according to a pressrelease from the University of Medicine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey.
Donna Amundson, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker andmanager of UMDNJ-University Behavioral HealthCare’sTraumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth Program, will be avail-able until Sept. 12 to discuss suicide and other related issues.
Amundson will be available to discuss suicide preventionand intervention as well as coping strategies for those impact-ed following death by suicide, according to the release.
These subjects also will be addressed at the TLC’s upcom-ing 7th Annual Youth Suicide Prevention Conference, entitled‘Ethnocultural Variables in Youth Suicide: African American,Asian and Latino Perspectives.’
“The conference continues the World Suicide PreventionDay theme of preventing suicide in different cultures and willbe presented in three regions of New Jersey on Nov. 16, 17and 18,” according to the release.
A meeting with Amundson can be scheduled throughZenaida Mendez at (973) 972-7273 or e-mail at [email protected].
— Sara Gretina
UMDNJ TAKES PART IN SUICIDE PREVENTION WEEK
10 Keep in mind: Today is the last day to add classes; don’t getcaught without that prerequisite!
11Residence Life, RUPA, Busch Campus Dean and Dean ofStudents are co-sponsoring a campus-wide event between 6and 10 p.m. entitled Busch B’Que. There will be field daygames, a BBQ, a movie, “Drag Me to Hell,” shown on a 40-foot outdoor screen, a DJ, inflatable games and other funactivities/things to see.
Randal Pinkett is scheduled to speak in Room 103 of theAllison Road Classroom Building on Busch campus. As partof the Rutgers Alumni Leaders Conference and the RutgersExcellence in Alumni Leadership Awards, the address of thishigh-impact speaker and fellow alumnus will focus on engag-ing others and advancing your volunteer cause. His tips tosuccess in a volunteer environment will inspire leaders of alltypes to motivate involvement with true skill and infectiousenthusiasm that can be shared by all in a dynamic volunteergroup. A book signing and photo opportunity will be avail-able to all registered attendees. For information contactYvette R. Choma at [email protected].
experience from it … I’ve alwayssaid work hard young so whenyou’re older, you can reap therewards and just relax,” saidCepeda, who has lived in her dis-trict since the fifth grade.
The other winners includeSchool of Arts and Sciences jun-iors Eddie Rodriguez and TomMcKeon, seniors Caitlin Ferrer,Leor Tal and Carmen Rao,Rutgers College seniorsMeredith Neely and MikeShanahan and Livingston Collegesenior Patrick Lee.
When Cepeda entered herfirst meeting, she said she felttaken aback due to her age, butthat feeling dissipated.
“We actually had a reorganiza-tion meeting, and that was one ofthe topics that was brought up, us
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STUDENTS: Politicians
cite time management as key
continued from front
Animal Sciences profes-sor Dipak K. Sarkar wasrecently granted a $3.5 mil-lion Method to ExtendResearch in Time Awardfrom the National Institutesof Health.
With the award, Sarkarplans to continue hisresearch on the damagingeffects of alcohol on nerv-ous systems of unborn chil-dren, according to aUniversity Media Relationspress release.
“Alcohol consumptionduring pregnancy is a sig-nificant public health prob-lem and may result in awide range of adverse out-comes for the child,” Sarkarsaid in the release. “Manyfetal alcohol syndromepatients have problems cop-ing with stress; they havelearning disabilities, infec-tions and increased suscep-tibility to diseases.”
The award will extendNIH support for Sarkar’sresearch grant for another10 years; his research isnow in its 13th year.
Sarkar, the director ofthe University’s EndocrineResearch Program, hasobtained five active grantsthat support the work of 16research assistants. Theseassistants consist of post-doctoral students, graduatestudents, undergraduatesand a senior scientist whohelp collaborate on Sarkar’sresearch projects.
The problems associatedwith fetal alcohol syndromestem from alcohol-induceddestruction of neurons inthe hypothalamus of thebrain. These neurons pro-duce the endorphin hor-mone and are especially vul-nerable during the earlydevelopment of the fetus.
Sarkar became interestedin alcohol research in 1990when he observed the neu-ron-killing effect of a smalldose of alcohol while workingon neuronal development.
His research has exem-plified that the seeminglyirreversible reduction in thenumber and function ofbeta-endorphin neuronsresults in a permanentimpairment of stress andimmune system functionsthroughout life. While thebody displays the ability torecover from damage or dis-ease, this does not appear tocome into play with the lossof beta-endorphin neurons,according to the release.
— Heather Brookhart
PROFESSOR TOEXAMINE ALCOHOL
DAMAGE WITH$3.5M GRANT
being college students,” Cepedasaid. “But I think honestly, theyrespect us taking the initiative,but I can’t really speak for them.”
Lydnel Myles, a 4th Ward,District 5 committeewoman,said the student politiciansimpact the community.
“They are energetic, they arefiery, [and] they are just wonder-ful, and the residents just lovethem,” she said.
In her new position, Cepedasaid it may be difficult to balanceschool and work at times.
“There are weekly meetings,so it’s basically like another [orga-nization],” Cepeda said. “It’s a lot,but time management is key.”
But juggling a busy sched-ule does not only apply to thestudent politicians.
“It could also be said of some-one who has a career for 30 hoursof the week and children toraise,” Cepeda said.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Stacey Milliman, a
committeewoman for the 6thWard, District 3, said working onthe committee presents a newexperience she can learn from.
“It’s really great to be able tosee how the actual politiciansinteract with one another,”Milliman said.
She said the campaign was aworthwhile opportunity to getinvolved outside the University,although her constituents aremostly students.
“The people I represent are vir-tually all students; there are veryfew non-students,” Milliman said.
She said while there are noassigned positions on the com-mittee, there are several sub-committees. Milliman workswith the city relations commit-tee, which aims on improvingthe relationship between thecommunity, the city and the University.
Both Cepeda and Milliman areunsure if they will run again aftertheir two-year terms expire.
Cepeda, who is majoring inbiology and education, is inter-ested in medicine whileMilliman plans to pursue a majorin urban planning.
“Potentially there are bigpolitical changes that are goingto happen, so I guess we’ll justhave to see what happens,”Milliman said.
Cepeda and Milliman said theDemocrats for Change campaignis still going strong.
“Now we have a strong front,”Cepeda said. “I know we’re stilltrying to go through the com-munity and help out a lot [and]do fundraisers.”
Milliman said the group isfocusing on Empower OurNeighborhoods’ ward campaign.
“As far as student issues andthe city goes, we’re trying to can-vass and attract as many peopleas possible,” she said.
Committee Chairman T. K.Shamy was unavailable for com-ment as of press time.
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High dropout ratesplague nation’s colleges
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Four years ago, two of themost influential researchers inhigher education dove into ahuge pool of data hoping toanswer a bedeviling question:Why do so many students whostart college fail to graduate?
They report their findings in abook out today, and perhaps thebiggest is this: Students aren’taiming high enough, settling forless selective schools they imag-ine will be easier, but where infact they’re more likely to dropout before earning a degree.
In “Crossing the Finish Line,”William Bowen and MichaelMcPherson, former presidentsof Princeton University andMacalester College, along withresearcher Matthew Chingos,chime in on what many expertsconsider American higher edu-cation’s greatest weakness: col-lege completion rates. By somemeasures, fewer than six in 10entering college students com-plete a bachelor’s degree,among the worst rates in thedeveloped world.
The latest findings may sur-prise those caught up in the well-publicized admissions frenzy athigh-end colleges who assume allstudents push for the most selec-tive school they can find. But theauthors focus on the phenome-non called “undermatching” —the surprisingly large number ofwell-qualified high school seniors
with credentials to attend strongfour-year colleges, but who choseother options instead — lessselective schools, two-year col-leges, or no college at all.
They may have had their rea-sons, such as staying close tohome or lack of money —though more selective schoolsaren’t always pricier. But theauthors argue bigger factors are“inertia, lack of information,lack of forward planning for col-lege and lack of encourage-ment.” The data suggest low-income and minority students,and especially those whose par-ents don’t complete college, areespecially susceptible.
For instance, examining 1999North Carolina high schoolgraduates who could haveattended the flagship Universityof North Carolina-Chapel Hill orNorth Carolina State — butinstead went to less selectiveschools — they conclude barelyone-third even applied to thestate’s leading universities.Most of the rest got in but wentelsewhere, or nowhere.
Those students who “under-matched” may have figured theywould be in for an easier time;they did in fact get highergrades, but overall paid “a highprice,” taking longer to movethrough school and eventuallygraduating at a rate 15 pointslower than comparably preparedstudents who went to moreselective schools.
recent piece for TheIndependent: “The US is theonly major industrialised[sic] country that does notprovide regular health careto all its citizens. Instead,they are required to providefor themselves — and 50million people can’t affordthe insurance. As a result,
18,000 US citizens die every year needlessly,because they can’t access the care they require.That’s equivalent to six 9/11s, every year, year onyear. Yet the Republicans have accused theDemocrats who are trying to stop all this death byextending healthcare of being ‘killers’ — and theyhave successfully managed to put them on thedefensive. The Republicans want to defend theexisting system … [b]ut they can’t do so honestly:some 70 percent of Americans say it is ‘immoral’ toretain a medical system that doesn’t cover all citi-zens. So they have to invent lies to make any life-
saving extension of health caresound depraved.”
One of the most incessant ofthese lies is the right’s assertionthat the implementation of a pub-lic option will negatively affectthe quality of care patientsreceive, but a recent Gallup analy-sis of historical data “finds only aslight difference in howAmericans with Medicaid or
Medicare versus those with private insurance plansrate the quality of care they receive, and no differ-ence in how the two groups rate their coverage.”Many of the other falsehoods being repeated byopponents of a public option (e.g., that Obama andthe Democrats wants to set up “death panels”) areso transparently ridiculous that they should requireno response. Unfortunately, thanks in large part to awell-funded media campaign spawned by a numberof large private insurance companies, a formidableproportion of Americans believe such rubbish, forc-ing progressive Democrats to waste their time andenergy painstakingly clarifying that, in fact, they arenot in favor of indiscriminately killing the elderlyand the disabled.
This is a crucial juncture in our history, and ouronly options are capitulation or persistence. Weelected Obama and then Democratic majorities inCongress last November because they promisedus change. It is their duty to overcome the road-blocks to progress being erected by the GOP, andit is our paramount civic responsibility to holdthem to their promises and demand the reform ournation so desperately needs.
Josh Baker is a Rutgers College senior majoring insociology. He welcomes feedback [email protected]. His column, “Zeitgeist,”runs on alternate Wednesdays. He is also a contribut-ing writer for the Johnsonville Press.
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S ince his inauguration inJanuary, PresidentBarack Obama has been
contending with a number ofcrucial issues that continue toaffect virtually all Americans.Among the most pressing ofthese is health care reform. It isnecessary to note here that,according to an ongoing Galluptrend poll, a sizeable majority — about 60 percent —of the public still sees the floundering economy asthe nation’s “most important problem.” This figurehas dropped steadily from a peak of 86 percentsince the beginning of the year, while the number ofAmericans citing health care as their foremost con-cern has risen from 4 percent to 25 percent duringthe same time span. This trend is not at all surpris-ing: As more and more Americans lose their jobs —and, concurrently, their health insurance — thedemand for a publicly-funded alternative hasincreased. To be sure, the president has taken sev-eral steps in the right direction,bypassing Washington’s infernalpolitical bickering and taking hisparty’s case directly to the peopleand addressing their concerns ina series of town hall meetingsacross the country over thecourse of the summer. But hisactions, along with and those ofthe Democratic leadership in con-gress, have not as of yet gone farenough toward achieving the goal of universalhealth care.
Addressing the American Federation of Laborand Congress of Industrial Organizations duringthe organization’s annual Labor Day picnic onMonday, Obama said, “I see reform whereAmericans and small businesses that are shut outof health insurance today will be able to purchasecoverage at a price they can afford … Where they’llbe able to shop and compare in a new health insur-ance exchange — a marketplace where competi-tion and choice will continue to hold down cost andhelp deliver them a better deal.” While the presi-dent has readily and repeatedly stressed the needfor an overhaul of how health care in the UnitedStates is operated, he seems reluctant to definitive-ly state his support for a public option, having beencontinually put on the defensive by the generallyoutrageous and untenable criticisms of such a planbeing made by the American right. SteveHildebrand, one of Obama’s former campaignadvisers, stated recently that the president “needsto be more bold in his leadership.” Like manyAmericans, Hildebrand is “frustrated” with the lackof assertiveness the administration has shown thusfar: “I gave up a lot to elect Democrats, and I expectthem to give it up for me.”
Thus far, I have not seen a more pragmaticassessment of the situation Americans face regard-ing health care than Johann Hari’s comments in a
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“This is a crucial juncture in our history,
and our only options arecapitulation or
persistence.”
Yes, he canPresident Barack Obama has been stirring a lot of controversy since tak-
ing office. He’s been called a socialist for his health care policies, and his stim-ulus package has raised concerns over inflation and big government spend-ing. But it is hard to believe that his speech to the students of America wouldbe another addition to his list of controversial things to do. Yesterday at noon,Obama addressed the youth of the nation in a back-to-school speech. Manyconservatives were worried that this speech would be used to push a parti-san political agenda. No political agendas were discussed with the students;Obama just shared experiences and advice about being responsible and incharge of your own education. Some schools chose to show the speech,while other opted against it. According to CNN, one school in Ohio decidedto show it to children in the third grade and up, but not to the younger chil-dren. Nine students also opted not to watch the speech in the school. This isbecause their parents felt that the speech would be too political.
It is ridiculous that there were parents who were bothered by Obama’sspeech being given to their children. According to CNN, one mother went asfar as to say, “Thinking about my kids in school having to listen to that just real-ly upsets me … I’m an American. They are Americans, and I don’t feel that’sOK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now.” Nomatter if you agree with his policies or his way of running the country or not,he is still the nation’s leader and he should be respected like a leader. This isespecially true because he was not trying to talk to the students about any-thing political. He was just trying to address the future leaders of the countryby inspiring and encouraging them to work hard and to stay in school.
It is a good thing that children in America have a president they canlook up to and aspire to be like. Obama gave a very charismatic speech,making him easy to listen to and for children to understand. A lot of thesekids need someone that they can look up to, and because the president didnot come from the typical background that most of his predecessors did,it makes him a little more relatable. It also shows the students that if theyset their standards high, work hard, are determined and ambitious theytoo can achieve their dreams.
It is a good thing that Obama decided to address the young students ofAmerica. They are told every day by teachers, parents and guardians towork hard and do well, but when someone in a position of power — like thepresident — is talking to you like he understands where you are comingfrom, it changes the way you hear things. Obama told the children, “Thisisn’t just important for your own life and your own future. What you’relearning in school today will determine whether we as a nation can meetour greatest challenges in the future.” How any parent can be upset withthe leader of the nation believing in their children and encouraging themto reach for the top is a mystery. They should stop and listen to his wordsthemselves before they impose their own beliefs upon their children.
“They are energetic, they are fiery, [and] they arejust wonderful, and the residents just love them.”
Lyndel Myles, a 4th Ward, District 5 committeewoman on how the student politicians impact the community
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JOSH BAKER
It’s only a gameStudents and Scarlet Knights fans alike filled the new Rutgers football
stadium on Monday for the first game of the season. With high hopes ofa good first game shattered, many fans left at halftime, and the ones whodid stay watched the Knights lose to Cincinnati 47-15. This is an embar-rassing start to a season, especially one where the pressure was on to dowell because of the new stadium that the team is playing in. There werethose who argued that the stadium was a waste of money. The perform-ance of the team on Monday was not proving the non-believers wrong.
Although the final score of the game was embarrassing, it is not fairto judge the football team already solely on the one game. One gamedoes not make a season and one season does not make a program. It hasto be said, though, that the team does have some added pressure onthem this year, whether they realize it or not. They have a bigger stadi-um to fill and there is the possibility of the student body getting sick ofgoing to games just to see their team lose. There is also added pressureon head coach Greg Schiano because he defended the stadium expan-sion, and now his team has to prove themselves with a good season.
Although the team did lose, there were some successes of the game.The new stadium was packed and will be for the next three gamesbecause tickets are sold out. The sea of red was a sight to see, and thechants and screams of fans throughout the stadium showed the schoolspirit the University possesses. Sold out tickets, merchandize sales andnot an empty seat in the stadium is not anything to be embarrassedabout; these things will always bring revenue to the University. It just can-not be forgotten that to keep students interested and proud of their team,they have to do better than a score of 47-15. Although it should not spiralback down to what it used to be, where the stadium was half emptybecause no one would want to watch the team lose, it is important to keepstudents interested and showing support. If the team is doing well morealumni support will come to the University, which is needed.
The way it is right now, winning or losing may not matter as long as thegame is sold out — that way there is money being brought in from the pro-gram and to pay off the debts accrued from expanding the stadium. But thatattitude will not last for long. The football team better brush this bad game offtheir shoulders and try better next time. Winning isn’t everything, but it doeshelp in keeping the student body and fans interested and supportive duringthe season. The school spirit will help in making sure those extra seats arefilled with students who are proud of their football team and their University.
World Trade Center site, butthey were abandoned; a newplan was created which includesfour towers, one of them calledFreedom Tower.
The Port Authority and LarrySilverstein, leaseholder andchief architect of the site, man-age this tower, now called OneWorld Trade Center, and theysaid that this tower would bebuilt by 2012. It’s 2009 andnothing is built.
If you go into the WorldTrade Center site, you seethe tower in construction.News keeps coming out thatthe tower might be completeby 2017 — and the wholecomplex in 30 years —including factoring the aban-donment of two of the towersfor “retail stumps,” a transithub that keeps skyrocketing inprice tag and a memorial that’sgeneric and may have to chargepeople just to go in because ofthe high cost of maintenance.New York Gov. David Patersonwants Silverstein out of the proj-ect due to his inability to build
the site and waste eight years oftaxpayer money on the mostsacred ground in America.
What does this result in? Anexample of how the elite canhave their way by shoving a planthat no one wants (A poll onMSNBC.com early this yearshowed that 90 percent of
Americans are against theFreedom Tower)? An example offear to the world (the base ofOne World Trade Center is a100-foot slob of concrete paststreet level)? A tower/complexthat has no meaning to the vic-tims of Sept. 11 but for the elites
who pushed for a plan thatdefines what is wrong with thisc o u n t r y ? There is another plan that isgrowing in popularity with boththe victims and American public,yet barely gets any recognitionby the media. It’s called “TwinTowers II” and the plan is basi-
cally a 21st century version ofthe iconic Twin Towers(façade, lobbies, entrance),which are taller, structurallysound, have one story higherthan the original towers, anda price tag so low that it couldbe built in three years asopposed to 30 years. Whatmakes this plan superior tothe official plan is that it hastwo functions — office towersand a living, breathing memo-rial that is free of charge and
have significant meaning.Rebuilding the Twin Towerswould be restoring a symbol of peace and tranquility, makingAmericans proud seeing thegreatest towers back in thegreatest city in the world, andmost importantly a healing
wound to Sept. 11 victims and arestoration of a symbol not justof New York, but of America.What makes this plan moreinteresting is that a Universityalumnus is helping to designthis plan. Kenneth L. Gardner —with help from the late HerbertBelton, one of the originaldesigners for the original TwinTowers — has a complete repli-ca of what the new Twin Towers,the surrounding buildings, andthe memorial will look like, andhe is willing to show the publichow superior this plan is archi-tecturally and emotionally to theSilverstein/Port Authority plan.More information is availableabout this plan atwww.twintowersalliance.com,www.twintowersII.com and w w w . w t c 2 0 1 1 . c o m . I am not affiliated with any ofthese organizations but I feelthat the community should seethis and decide what’s right forthe WTC site.
Nelson Morales Jr. is a School ofArts and Sciences sophomore.
T H E D A I L Y T A R G U M S E P T E M B E R 9 , 2 0 0 9 9OP I N I O N S
Rebuilding Twin Towers restores symbol of peace to country
O ne of the worst days inAmerican historyoccurred eight years
ago on Sept. 11. Two planesstruck the World Trade Center,one plane hit the Pentagon andanother plane crashed inShanksville, Pa. Everyone hasthese images of this day stuck in their memories; it is impossible toforget. As we look at what hap-pened in eight years, OsamaBin Laden and Al Qaedabecame household names forterrorism, a war in Iraq stillrages on, and a country hasmoved on, with a wound nothealed. Yet there is one placethat is a constant reminder ofthe Sept. 11 attacks — theWorld Trade Center site. A few years ago, the PortAuthority and the LowerManhattan DevelopmentCorporation had a contest tofind a developer to rebuild the
NELSON MORALES JR.
Letter
“The Port Authority and LarrySilverstein, leaseholder andchief architect of the site,
manage this tower, now calledOne World Trade Center, and
they said that this tower wouldbe built by 2012. ”
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Doonesberry GARY TRUDEAU
Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis
Today’s Birthday (09/09/09) Set down roots this year. You canget past the concerns that have kept you off balance. Modifyyour idea of perfection just a little bit. You can live with it. Toget the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 5 — There’s a hasslegetting the money to do whatyou want to do. Rather thantap your savings, offer to domore work.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 9 — You’re deter-mined to achieve your goals,and you’re not in this alone.Your family believes you can dothis easily.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 5 — Something youalready have fits perfectly intoyour home, preventing youfrom having to buy an entirelynew item.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is an 8 — Your groupis anxious to get involved.Make sure they know whatthey’re doing before youturn them loose.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 5 — Keep holding ontoyour dream. You’re anotherstep closer to making it cometrue. Stay committed.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is an 8 — Go ahead andstart a new project. The odds ofsuccess are in your favor, even if asmall miracle is required.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 5 — If you’restuck at home tonight, don’tpitch a fit. You can’t go outpartying every night. Getsome rest.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 7 — Ask friends fora referral. They’ll lead you tothe perfect person for the jobyou have in mind.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 6 — If things getmessed up today, it won’t beall your fault. Just keep doingwhat you’ve been doing.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Today is an 8 — Proceedwith what you had planned.The time is right to followthrough on decisions you’vealready made.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 5 — You’re notstuck in the mud; you haven’tgiven up. Continue whatyou’ve been doing and you’lleventually succeed.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Somebodyhas a very urgent messagefor you. Stick to your stud-ies: You’ll absorb the materi-al easily.
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BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
A demoralized Greg Schianospoke to the media yesterday inhis weekly teleconference,breaking down what happenedMonday in the 47-15 loss toCincinnati. Because of the shortweek before Howard, Schianowill not have a weekly pressconference as the team goesimmediately into game modefor Saturday.
Schiano said that he and hisstaff have yet to make any deci-sions on depth chart changes forHoward, adding that changes, ifany, will be made later in the week.
“We’ve been watching thetapes since shortly after I left[Monday night,] but we’re try-ing to watch all three phases andwe’ll get together,” Schiano said.“We probably won’t make anydepth chart changes here today.It’ll be later tonight and in themorning tomorrow.”
FOOTBALL CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK NO CHANGES MADE TO DEPTH CHART...YET
The Rutgers men’s basket-ball team added the final pieceof the 2009-10 roster yesterday
whenh e a d
coach Fred Hill Jr. announcedguard Muhamed Hasani signeda scholarship with the school.
Hasani, a native of Pristina,Kosovo, has played for the KBSigal Prishtina Junior teamsince 2005, where he won twoU-18 titles. In the summer of2007 he was named the bestplayer under the age of 21 by the Basketball Federationof Kosovo.
“We feel very fortunate toadd a player of this caliber toour roster at such a latestage,” Hill said in a state-ment. “We are confident thatMuhamed can be a key con-tributor. He is a solid playerwith experience, who handlesand shoots the ball well. Weare very excited to welcomehim into the program.”
The 6-foot-3 Hasani helpssoften the blow of losingCorey Chandler, who was dis-missed from the team for aviolation of athletic depart-ment policy this summer.
Hasani is also the fourthmember of the Scarlet Knights tohave played for a senior nationalteam. Sophomore guard MikeRosario (Puerto Rico), sopho-more forward GregoryEchenique (Venezuela) and jun-ior guard Mike Coburn(Jamaica) all got senior nationalteam call-ups this summer.
— Kyle Franko
KNIGHTS ADDGUARD HASANITO 2013 CLASS
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The Rutgers defense gave up 564 yards in total offense to theBearcats Monday in the Scarlet Knights’ 47-15 loss.
The coaching staff is evaluat-ing every position for potentialchanges to the depth chart forHoward, meaning that signifi-cant changes could be made inthe next few days with the excep-tion of a few veterans like cor-nerback Devin McCourty anddefensive end George Johnson.
“Guys that are either new tothe position or not performing ata high level, they know thatthere’s a guy behind them thatwants their spot,” Schiano said.“We evaluate it every day. I reallymean it — it’s at every position.”
AFTER GETTING A CHANCEto evaluate the tape on defense,Schiano concluded that therewasn’t anything wrong with thescheme on defense, despite giv-ing up 564 yards and 45 points. Itwas just a matter of coming outsluggish and not executing.
“We were a step behind andwe didn’t play fundamentallyvery well,” Schiano said. “WhenI say fundamentally, it was obvi-ous we didn’t tackle well.Although we were very physicalwe just missed tackles. But wedidn’t execute technique with agreat deal of precision, and boilit down, whether it was a passdrop or a rush move or a line-backer fit on a run play, you addit up and it ends up not being agreat performance.”
RUTGERS HAS JUST THREEmore days to prepare for Howard,which can be an advantage and adisadvantage. The Knights have
less time to prepare and fatiguecould be more of an issue, but italso gives them a chance to rightthe sinking ship quickly.
“Coach is making sure we doeverything to get out bodiesready,” said senior defensiveback and team captain DevinMcCourty on a separate confer-ence call. “I think mentally it willbe good for the team to playagain and just play football.”
THE LOSS TO CINCINNATI iscomparable to last season’s 44-12 loss to UNC. Both cameearly in the year with veryhigh expectations and bothended in embarrassment.
Rutgers managed to over-come the loss to the TarHeelsand eventually make a bowlgame, but RU doesn’t want toassume that will happen againthis season.
“I think Coach [Schiano] saidit perfectly when he said ‘don’tthink everything’s going to beOK because of the 1-5 start lastyear because that was the ’08team and this is the ’09 team,”McCourty said.
ON THE INJURY FRONT,junior receiver Mason Robinsonwill be OK minus some sorenessand senior safety Zaire Kitchenwill be on a wait-and-see basisfor Howard.
“It was a very physical game,”Schiano said. “We’re going to bea sore football team today, but wehave to go do some things just toget on schedule a little bit.”
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“Each meet builds to the nextmeet and eventually to the cham-pionships,” he said. “Where weare September 12 will benowhere near where we aregoing to be on October 31[which marks the beginning ofBig East Championships].”
The Knights will be in theBronx, N.Y. Sept. 12 to lay thefirst of the aforementioned build-ing blocks in the season’s foun-dation at the Fordham Fiascoand Follies.
The team that will take to theBronx has a totally dif ferentlook this year. With the loss ofperennial frontrunnersCheyenne Ogletree and AlisonCaruana, a slew of new faces —seven to be exact — will dawnthe scarlet and white to repre-sent the University.
One constant, though, isAsha Singh. The junior, who hada stellar freshman campaignbefore completing a slower, sick-ness-riddled sophomore season,will be called upon to lead theyoung team.
Being the longest tenuredKnight, she and Robinson expecta return to full form.
“I definitely increased mytraining this summer to tr yand get back into top shape. Idid a lot more mileage,” Singhsaid. “I took it easy on thespeed work so that I don’t getburnt out.”
Singh’s training won’t get anyless intense since returning tothe Banks. Assistant Coach JanMerrill-Morin has implementedan extremely intense “periodiza-tion training” program for theentire squad.
The training program isdesigned to enable runners topeak at the right times — name-ly the respective season champi-onships. Moreover, it is craftedso that the runners remain intop race condition without get-ting injured or pushing too fartoo soon.
“We work out at race pace, notanything faster, so that our bodyknows what it’s like to race, butdoesn’t break down in practice,”Singh said.
The Knights are hoping thatthis training will allow them topost a solid finish in their sea-son opener and to begin sepa-rating themselves from the packfrom there.
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game went on and we could movethe ball, and we were getting intosome tackles and winning the airgame, I think just a little bit intothe match they really realized,‘We belong here, and, yes, we’regoing to win this match.’”
Going forward, Crooks stillsees aspects of his team’s gamethat he expects to improve. Hepoints to things like making lessself-inflicted turnovers and a needfor better relationships betweenthe forwards and midfielders.
There’s no denying Crooks’visions of his team before the sea-son took a major step towardcoming to fruition on Sunday. It’scertainly something both he andthe team are looking forward tobuilding on.
“I think the win gives the teammajor confidence,” said junior for-ward Ashley Jones who scored thego-ahead goal Sunday. “I wouldn’tsay we got off to a bad start, it waspretty good. But we just took our-selves to the next level. And I thinka win like that is just going to helpus continue to grow.”
The win over Penn State vault-ed the Knights back into thenational rankings. After the 1-1draw with Stony Brook knockedthem out of the top 25, RU nowstands at No. 17 in the NSCAArankings, while the Nittany Lionsdropped from No. 13 to No. 23.
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Intensive training keys success for KnightsBY MELISSA FALICA
STAFF WRITER
Training for cross country is atime consuming, difficult andexhausting process that does not
come easyto any stu-
dent athlete. Take the Rutgers men’s cross
country team as an example.The Scarlet Knights’ practice
consists of more than just run-ning and lasts for nearly twohours at the very least.
“Even though practice is muchshorter than many other prac-tices, you’re still very tiredbecause it’s condensed to an hourand 30 minutes,” junior KevinCronin said.
The Knights run up to twice aday, every day, adding up to around80 miles a week, a lot more thanwhat they ran back in high school.
“With distance running ittakes time for your body toadjust,” said Rutgers men’s crosscountry head coach MikeMulqueen. “These guys had torun three miles in high schooland had to run five miles whenthey got to college.”
Mulqueen can easily tell whenthe team has been up to par onpractices and when it has notbeen and trusts that his team willtrain as expected.
“A lot of it comes from theirown desire,” he said. “I’m too old;I can’t even stay with them so Itry to follow them in the car.”
The key to being good at crosscountry, according to junior NickMiehe, is dedicating time to thesport 24/7, 365.
“In the past, such as freshmanyear, I didn’t do that,” Miehesaid. “Last year I changed thatand I started living and breath-
ing running, and this year I’meven more focused.”
Living and breathing crosscountry plus the extra task ofstudying for classes can take apretty big toll on the body.
“When you’re doing yourhomework, you’re kind of a littlebit dreary,” Cronin said.
But that has not stopped theteam from academic success, asthe Knights were named to theAll-Academic Track and FieldTeam for the second year in a row.
Mulqueen hopes that the teamwill be considerably better thanlast year and has a lot of faith inthe team and its older runners.
“As you get older you getstronger, so this year we have alot of juniors so they should bebetter and stronger and able tohandle tough workouts easierthan they have in the past,”Mulqueen said.
RU will need its strength as itfaces some tough competitionthis fall.
Miehe said that Regionals andthe Big East matches pose thebiggest challenge and hold themost significance for the team.
Besides practice, pre-gamewarm-ups and rituals have helpedlead to the team’s success in thepast and RU hopes that they willcontinue to do so this year.
“We do striders, which is basi-cally like 100-meter sprints, andthat gets our speed acclimated tothe beginning of the race and get-ting off fast and getting good posi-tioning in the race,” Cronin said.
The Knights believe that theirage, training and rituals will allcontribute to a very successfulseason this fall.
“We’re an older team and I feelthat we’re going to do well,”Miehe said. “I’m excited.”
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Senior keeper Erin Guthrie (1) blanked both Towson and Penn State this weekend to help the Knights improveto 4-0-1 on the season, recording her 35th career shutout in the process, a new Rutgers record.
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Game’s first drive illustrates running is keyBY STEVEN MILLER
CORRESPONDENT
It was calculated and it wasmethodical.
It featured dives, draws, end-arounds, quarterback sneaks
a n df o u r t h
down conversions.But most importantly, the
Rutgers football team’s first drivewas successful.
After the Scarlet Knightsallowed Cincinnati to march 81yards in less than three minutesto start Monday’s 47-15 debacle,the offense delivered the per-fect remedy.
The Knights controlled theball on a 20-play drive that endedwith sophomore tailback JoeMartinek scampering towardsthe new student section in thesouth endzone.
Sixteen rushes and four pass-es covered 78 yards during thedrive that lasted over 10 minutes.
“Our offense was confidentbecause it was a long, longdrive,” Martinek said. “We kept ittogether — things were rollingand we felt pretty confident aboutthat — but we knew that wecouldn’t just dwell on that onedrive. We had to get a couplemore of those.”
But the next touchdown drivedidn’t come until the fourthquarter, and that one would lookcompletely different — for rea-sons other than who lined upunder center.
The box score says that RUattempted 33 rushes and 37 passes.
In reality, after rearrangingthe numbers with sacks andscrambles, the Knights called 27designed run plays and 43 passes.
Subtract the opening driveand that is 11 rushes to 39 passes— not a healthy mix, even if itwas the 2008 offense with MikeTeel and Kenny Britt.
Martinek, who carried the ball10 times on the first touchdowndrive, rushed five times over theremaining three quarters.
Sophomore Jourdan Brooksran the ball once in the secondquarter, but did not see the
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After getting 10 touches on the Rutgers football team’s first drive, sophomore running back Joe Martinek got just five more carries over thecourse of the game and finished with 54 yards and a touchdown in the Knights’ 47-15 loss Monday to Cincinnati.
Don’t take that as me callingout starting quarterback DomNatale for a bad performance,because a lot of what went wrongoffensively wasn’t his fault. Twoof the three interceptions wereon tipped balls, and his 20-play,10:40 drive on the first posses-sion was nothing short ofimpressive. The guy was 8-for-12for 108 yards.
“We just didn’t execute,”Natale said after the game. “Ididn’t execute and I put that allon myself.”
Given that, Savage had todeal with the same conditions asNatale — minus the fact that henever had the ball with the gamestill close — and just played bet-ter. He was 15-for-23 for 135yards and a touchdown and didnot throw an interception.
Savage has much more of anupside than Natale as well, giventhat Natale has, at best, 12 moregames in a Rutgers uniformwhereas Savage has four full sea-sons to get better.
“I didn’t ask any questions. Ijust closed my eyes and went
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Wide receiver Mohamed Sanu had 101 yards on 10 catches Mondayagainst Cincinnati, setting a new record for receptions by a truefreshman in a game under head coach Greg Schiano.
ball again until the final driveof the game.
“I think when you get behindin a game substantially the bestchance to win the game is to getinto the two-minute offense andsee if you can do it,” head coachGreg Schiano said. “You have togive it a shot and that’s what wedid today. I felt that we werebehind enough that we would runout of time.”
The Knights trailed, but it wasa product of costly interceptionsas much as poor defense.
On the opening drive,Schiano nursed first-time start-ing quarterback, senior DomNatale, relying on the rungame to move the chains.Twice, on third downs withmore than six yards to go, RU
handed the ball of f and wasrewarded with first downs.
Two three-and-outs and twointerceptions later, Rutgers’ holecontinued to increase.
The second half and thedebut of freshman quarterbackTom Savage forced RU tothrow the ball as much for thesake of Savage’s experience asto try to outshoot the relent-less Bearcat of fense.
“It’s not too frustratingbecause they gave me some car-ries and they gave me some passplays,” Martinek said of thediminished rushing attack. “Anyway to help the team and any wayto try to score and get back in thegame, I’m up for any of it.”
But if the Knights are torebound from the embarrassing
home loss, the running backshave to figure more prominentlyinto the offense.
Not just Martinek, but Brooksas well.
After competing for the start-ing spot all of camp, Martinekhad five times the carries thatBrooks had, although the lopsid-edness was not by design.
“I talked to Jourdan Brooksright after the game because thatwas not how I wanted it to go,”Schiano said. “On the first drive,we ran the ball a lot … So thenJourdan goes in the next seriesbecause we want Jourdan to getcarries and keep them both fresh,but that series goes differently,and then we get behind and therunning game isn’t such a bigpart of what we’re doing.”
Brooks, a big-play threat whowas last seen at Rutgers Stadiumone dreadlock short after a 62-yard run, needed to see the ballmore than just once during mean-ingful time.
The backfield duo were limit-ed in their ability to contributewhile too much was heaped onNatale and Savage — whoshould only be expected to limittheir mistakes in a run-dominat-ed attack.
“I just keep preparing andkeep working hard, and I knowJourdan is doing the samething,” Martinek said.“Anything that the coaches putin front of us, we’re confident ineach other and our own abilitiesthat we can contribute.”
Now all they need is the chance.
out there,” Savage said. “I was a little nervous going out therethe first time with the crowd noise and everything …It was awesome going out thereand I definitely got my feet wet.”
But don’t glorify the kid fromCardinal O’Hara (Springfield,Pa.) just yet. He made mistakeson the field just like Natale andsenior Jabu Lovelace did.Savage held the ball too longand got sacked three times,including an intentional ground-ing call in the end zone result-ing in a safety.
But as Savage gets used to thespeed of the college game, themistakes will be minimized andhis talents will be maximized.
“I think I have a lot to learn soI have to get out there and keepworking,” Savage said. “I think Ineed to improve on just gettingthe ball out quicker.”
Part of Savage’s success canbe attributed to the immediateemergence of Sanu as animpact player. It took the 6-foot-2 receiver just over threequarters of his first game tocement his place in the Rutgersrecord books.
His 10 catches against theBearcats mark the most catchesas a true freshman in a single
game under Schiano as he hauledin 101 yards on the day.
“I’m just happy to have anopportunity to be here,” Sanusaid. “[The second half] was justme trying to get open and Tomjust making the play … We haveto make sure we look at a lot offilm, know the defense we’regoing against and be ready toplay another game.”
Sanu has already emerged asthe most dynamic offensiveweapon for Rutgers. His sizemakes him a much easier targetto find downfield than the 5-foot-8Tim Brown, who continuallyseemed to be just an inch shortMonday for every pass thrownhis way.
“I think he’s one of the bestreceivers out there,” Savage saidof the guy he completed seven ofhis 15 passes to. “I just have touse [Sanu as a weapon down theroad] and keep doing what I haveto do.”
The bottom line: No. 7 to No. 6is a combination fans need to getused to quickly, because thefuture is now, when Savage andSanu take the field Saturdayagainst Howard.
It’s not that the Rutgers women’s soccerteam was off to a bad start when the ScarletKnights came into last weekend with a 2-0-1record, but with so many new faces trying to
mesh with a core ofreturning players, RU
understandably came into this season as awork in progress .
That was never more evident than in theKnights 1-1 draw Aug. 30 with Stony Brook.
But even after the tie with the Seawolves,a remarkable calmness surrounded the team.
The Knights understood that, despitemixed results, they were close.
They were close to becoming the top-10team they strived to be and closer to realiz-ing the enormous talent level that they wereundoubtedly fielding.
And then came Friday’s 1-0 win overTowson. The match — won on senior mid-fielder Gina DeMaio’s late penalty kick — sawthe Knights finally show some of the sparkthat carried them to a Sweet 16 last year.
So when RU walked off the pitch in StateCollege, Pa., Sunday with a 1-0 win over No.13 Penn State, the Knights weren’t the leastbit surprised.
Ask Rutgers head coach Glenn Crooks,and he’ll tell you he merely saw what he hadbeen expecting to see all season.
“Every aspect of the game was better than atany other point in the season so far,” Crooks said.“So I’m just hoping the way we played becomesa habit because, not only did we play with greateffort, but we played great soccer as well.”
Crooks will tell you a major reason theKnights has been so successful against suchhigh-caliber opponents is because they wereconfident they belonged on the same field asthe No. 13-ranked team in the country.
Rutgers assistant coach Karina LeBlanccalls it “confidence without cockiness.” It’s
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Junior forward Ashley Jones kicked home the game-winning goal in the waning minutes of regulation to lift the Scarlet Knights to a 1-0victory over Penn State on Sunday, vaulting Rutgers back into the national rankings after completing a perfect weekend.
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UpcomingXC seasonmarathon,not sprint
BY JOSH SPIELMANSTAFF WRITER
The cross country and trackand field season is a marathon.Combined, the athletes who partic-
ipate inthese sports
compete for a total of 10 months, byfar the longest NCAA Division Iathletic season.
So, it’s safe to say the Rutgerswomen’s cross countr y andtrack and field team will be pac-ing itself.
After a short break, the ScarletKnights hit the ground runningexactly where they left off, buildingupon recent individual and teamsuccesses to climb the Big East,ECAC and national standings.
Rutgers cross country headcoach James Robinson believesthat each meet serves a purpose inthe team’s overall goals.
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Savage, Sanu display glimpse of future
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Despite getting sacked three times, heralded freshman quarterback Tom Savage showed why he is the futureof the Rutgers football team in completing 15 of 23 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown.
I f you follow the Rutgers footballteam’s one-game season men-tality, then the Rutgers football
team just had its worst, most demor-alizing season under Greg Schiano— given the expectations.
But in every bad season —except for maybe the 2008Detroit Lions — there’s still abright spot, a “wait-till-next-year”moment or a player fans can lookto for inspiration, and the ScarletKnights had that.
They had two, in fact. Throughout training camp we
heard and saw that true freshmenTom Savage and Mohamed Sanuhad great potential, but it wasshocking just how quickly thatpotential evolved into college-level talent Monday in the 47-15loss to Cincinnati.
After seeing what Savage coulddo against what is probably the mostconfusing defensive scheme in theBig East, one thing is clear: Savageshould be the Knights’ quarterback.
Right now.
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Surging Scarlet Knights riding wave of success after outdueling then-No. 13 Penn State in Happy Valley
the feeling the team has of not wanting to win,but expecting to win every match they play.
The Knights point to that attitude as a big reason for last years’ success, and
it was cer tainly evident Sunday in Penn State.
“From the opening kickoff, you could tellwe were playing with a great deal of confi-
dence,” Crooks said. “I think initially we mightnot have been certain deep down, but as the
