University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti talks with The Daily Targum’s News Editor Caitlin Mahon about the completion of the stadium expansion, changes to ticket sales, challenges in his new position and plans for the season. Caitlin Mahon: On opening day, what can anyone who is coming to game expect to see? Tim Pernetti: There will certainly be a lot more cars coming to the stadium than there were last year. The cool thing is a lot of people haven’t seen it — any iteration of it at all — nevermind the folks who saw it at the beginning of the summer. But seeing the new end zone is going to be the one thing every- one is probably looking forward to. [People will also look forward to] seeing the new seats, seeing the new scoreboard, seeing the new entryway to the stadium off of River Road at the south end. The entire stadium [is] closed in, instead of where it was, [and] now you can walk all around the stadium. There are going to be a lot of things that peo- ple will be able to see. I think the scoreboard alone will be a wow factor for a lot of people THE D AILY T ARGUM Volume 141, Number 4 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 FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 INDEX RUPD releases a University report reviewing criminal activity over a three year span. Guess which crime had the most offenses...? A columnist speaks about the culture shock she felt when arriving in Italy for the study abroad program. LION’S DEN Today: Sunny High: 82 • Low: 60 After stomping Penn State in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Yurcak Field last season, the Rutgers women’s soccer teams travels to State College, Pa. to take on the Nittany Lions. ONLINE @ DAILYTARGUM.COM UNIVERSITY OPINIONS OPINIONS ........ 8 DIVERSIONS ...... 10 CLASSIFIEDS ...... 12 SPORTS ...... BACK UNIVERSITY ....... 3 METRO .......... 6 In a Q & A, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti said the Rutgers Stadium expansion is complete and will be ready for the first game on Sept. 7 against Cincinnati. The $102 million stadium holds a capacity of 52,454 spectators. SAM HELLMAN/ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR With more seats to fill, athletic director prepares for season BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Record-breaking University enrollment numbers are creating some difficulties, but administra- tors are working to alleviate the strains. The University continues to break its own records with the University’s administration project- ing enrollment numbers of 54,649 University-wide and 37,319 for New Brunswick. “[54,649] is a [University] record,” Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanski said. “It reflects increas- ing recognition of the great value of a Rutgers education and economic conditions that lead students and their parents to consider that value in making their choices about which university to attend.” According to a national survey by SmartMoney magazine examining earning value — college costs versus salaries earned by graduates — the Rich Punko, a retired teacher and former army sergeant, attends a Wednesday night health care vigil in Highland Park. Punko said his insurance provider tried to deny his wife health care as she suffered from diabetes and could not get a kidney transplant, despite being number one on the list. See PAGE 6. JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN MAKE PLAN R.E.A.L. The University established the RU Book Advance program this summer to help stu- dents who receive a financial aid refund of more than $500 to pay for their books and supplies. The University established the fund with Barnes & Noble, the exclusive agent for the University’s main bookstore, and it can only be used at locations including Ferren Mall and Livingston, or online. “The program was established as an addi- tional service to financial aid recipients,” according to an e-mail from the University Financial Aid Office, Student Accounting, Barnes & Noble and the Division of Administration and Public Safety. “The University will issue an advance against a por- tion of the student’s anticipated financial aid refund to be used toward the purchase of books and school supplies each semester.” For the about 4,600 students who receive this refund, they no longer need to wait for a refund check to buy books, as with this credit advance they can purchase books earlier, according to the e-mail. Students who are a part of the program will receive an e-mail at the start of each semester once their refund has been advanced to the bookstore. “The program ends at the end of the add/drop period each semester, at which time any remaining dollars that a student has not spent towards the purchase of books and school supplies will appear as a credit on the student’s account, and a refund check for that credit will be processed,” according to the e-mail. Students can opt out or opt in to this program online through their account statement and can change their status each semester. — Mary Diduch U. OFFERS BOOKSTORE CREDIT FROM STUDENT FINANCIAL AID REFUNDS SEE SEASON ON PAGE 4 SEE CAMPUS ON PAGE 4 BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR Despite the certification of Unite New Brunswick petition signatures two days ago by City Clerk Dan Torrisi, Empower Our Neighborhoods contests the validity and legality of the group and their petition. The argument stems from both groups’ desire to place a question on November’s ballot to change the setup of City Council. EON’s question, which made the ballot after more than one year of contestation, seeks to create a council of nine members, six of whom are to be elected by wards. UNB’s question seeks to enlarge the coun- cil from five to seven at-large members. EON claims UNB is a city-backed group that is seeking to push the city agenda. “We certainly will oppose the question being put on the ballot and oppose the dis- traction and the disingenuous nature of this phony grassroots group that everyone knows is just the mayor and his friends,” said EON spokesman Charlie Kratovil. Some of the circulators of UNB’s petition are on the city payroll or have ties to the city. Those a part of the city include: Glenn Patterson, head of economic development; Rival city groups challenge for November ballot Enrollment places strain on campus SEE BALLOT ON PAGE 4
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University Athletic Director Tim Pernettitalks with The Daily Targum’s News EditorCaitlin Mahon about the completion of thestadium expansion, changes to ticket sales,challenges in his new position and plans forthe season.
Caitlin Mahon: On opening day, whatcan anyone who is coming to game expectto see?
Tim Pernetti: There will certainly be alot more cars coming to the stadium thanthere were last year. The cool thing is a lot ofpeople haven’t seen it — any iteration of it atall — nevermind the folks who saw it at thebeginning of the summer. But seeing the newend zone is going to be the one thing every-one is probably looking forward to. [Peoplewill also look forward to] seeing the newseats, seeing the new scoreboard, seeing thenew entryway to the stadium off of RiverRoad at the south end. The entire stadium[is] closed in, instead of where it was, [and]now you can walk all around the stadium.There are going to be a lot of things that peo-ple will be able to see. I think the scoreboardalone will be a wow factor for a lot of people
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RUPD releases aUniversity reportreviewing criminalactivity over a threeyear span. Guesswhich crime hadthe most offenses...?
A columnist speaksabout the cultureshock she felt whenarriving in Italy for the studyabroad program.
LION’S DENToday: Sunny
High: 82 • Low: 60After stomping Penn State in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Yurcak Field last season, the
Rutgers women’s soccer teams travels to State College, Pa. to take on the Nittany Lions.
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In a Q & A, Athletic Director Tim Pernetti said the Rutgers Stadium expansion is complete and will be ready for the first game onSept. 7 against Cincinnati. The $102 million stadium holds a capacity of 52,454 spectators.
SAM HELLMAN/ ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
With more seats to fill, athletic director prepares for season
BY CAGRI OZUTURKASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Record-breaking Universityenrollment numbers are creatingsome dif ficulties, but administra-tors are working to alleviate the strains.
The University continues tobreak its own records with the
University’s administration project-ing enrollment numbers of 54,649University-wide and 37,319 for NewBrunswick.
“[54,649] is a [University]record,” Executive Vice Presidentfor Academic Affairs Philip J.Furmanski said. “It reflects increas-ing recognition of the great value ofa Rutgers education and economic
conditions that lead students andtheir parents to consider that valuein making their choices aboutwhich university to attend.”
According to a national survey bySmartMoney magazine examiningearning value — college costs versussalaries earned by graduates — the
Rich Punko, a retired teacher and former army sergeant, attends a Wednesday night health care vigil inHighland Park. Punko said his insurance provider tried to deny his wife health care as she suffered fromdiabetes and could not get a kidney transplant, despite being number one on the list. See PAGE 6.
JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN
MAKE PLAN R.E.A.L.
The University established the RU BookAdvance program this summer to help stu-dents who receive a financial aid refund ofmore than $500 to pay for their books and supplies.
The University established the fund withBarnes & Noble, the exclusive agent for theUniversity’s main bookstore, and it can only beused at locations including Ferren Mall andLivingston, or online.
“The program was established as an addi-tional service to financial aid recipients,”according to an e-mail from the UniversityFinancial Aid Office, Student Accounting,Barnes & Noble and the Division ofAdministration and Public Safety. “TheUniversity will issue an advance against a por-tion of the student’s anticipated financial aidrefund to be used toward the purchase of booksand school supplies each semester.”
For the about 4,600 students who receivethis refund, they no longer need to wait for arefund check to buy books, as with this creditadvance they can purchase books earlier,according to the e-mail.
Students who are a part of the program willreceive an e-mail at the start of each semester oncetheir refund has been advanced to the bookstore.
“The program ends at the end of theadd/drop period each semester, at which timeany remaining dollars that a student has notspent towards the purchase of books and schoolsupplies will appear as a credit on the student’saccount, and a refund check for that credit willbe processed,” according to the e-mail.
Students can opt out or opt in to this programonline through their account statement and canchange their status each semester.
— Mary Diduch
U. OFFERS BOOKSTORECREDIT FROM STUDENT
FINANCIAL AID REFUNDS
SEE SEASON ON PAGE 4
SEE CAMPUS ON PAGE 4
BY MARY DIDUCHASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Despite the certification of Unite NewBrunswick petition signatures two days agoby City Clerk Dan Torrisi, Empower OurNeighborhoods contests the validity andlegality of the group and their petition.
The argument stems from both groups’ desire to place a question onNovember’s ballot to change the setup ofCity Council.
EON’s question, which made the ballotafter more than one year of contestation,seeks to create a council of nine members,six of whom are to be elected by wards.
UNB’s question seeks to enlarge the coun-cil from five to seven at-large members.
EON claims UNB is a city-backed groupthat is seeking to push the city agenda.
“We certainly will oppose the questionbeing put on the ballot and oppose the dis-traction and the disingenuous nature of thisphony grassroots group that everyone knows
is just the mayor and his friends,” said EONspokesman Charlie Kratovil.
Some of the circulators of UNB’s petitionare on the city payroll or have ties to the city.Those a part of the city include: GlennPatterson, head of economic development;
Rival city groups challenge for November ballot
Enrollment places strain on campus
SEE BALLOT ON PAGE 4
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RUPD crime report: ‘Safety must start with you’BY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON
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Crime on campus continues tofluctuate with an increase instolen vehicles and a decrease inburglaries and arson.
The “Safety Matters” report,which is prepared annually bythe Rutgers University PoliceDepartment and published bythe Division of Administrationand Public Safety, keeps theUniversity community informedabout matters of safety andoffers valuable tips to reduceand prevent on-campus crime.
Between the years of 2006and 2008, on the University cam-pus, a total of 26 cars werereported as stolen to the RUPD,11 of them in 2006, three in 2007and 12 in 2008. In that same timeperiod, 460 burglaries werereported, with 139 in 2006, 103in 2007 and 118 in 2008, and six-teen reports of arson weremade, six in 2006, five in 2007and five in 2008.
“Rutgers maintains a compre-hensive public safety programaimed at serving all members ofthe campus community. But safe-ty must start with you,” accord-ing to the report.
RUPD Capt. Kenneth Copexplained the most importantthing a student can do to promotehis or her safety is to practicecommon sense.
“[Students] should just prac-tice general safety habits —lock their doors properly; and ifthey have cars, secure themproperly in the lot … generallybe aware of their surroundingsand always call in suspiciousactivity,” he said.
This advice would haveserved School of Arts andSciences sophomore AbhaHuckoo and her roommates welllast year, when a laptop was
stolen from her floor in a resi-dence hall.
“Usually, we left our doorsopen, because we all knew eachother and if anybody came upthere, we knew no one wasgoing into our rooms unless weknew about it,” she said. “Iguess while we were in thelounge, some kids just came inand took them.”
The boys who stole the laptoppassed by the students in thelounge and asked for a certainperson’s room, Huckoo said.
When the crime was discovered,campus police were called but theperpetrators were never caught.
“When we get a call, an officerresponds and takes all of theinformation,” Cop said. “Theyinvestigate until they can go nofurther with it, then make areport, which is forwarded to thedetectives bureau.”
Response time depends on avariety of factors, including thenumber of officers on duty, theamount of calls being respondedto at one time and the prioritylevel of each call, he said.
“Of course, any ongoing crimethat affects someone’s safetywould have an emergencyresponse,” Cop said.
In addition to providing on-campus crime statistics through-out the last three years, “SafetyMatters” lists important phonenumbers such as the UniversityEmergency Services and FireSafety Department, SexualAssault Services and CrimeVictim Assistance andCommunity Police Officers.
To read the report in its entire-ty, visit the Web sitehttp://publicsafety.rutgers.edu/rupd/SAFETY_MATTERS_08-09.pdf. The 10-page documentprovides phone numbers, statis-tics and tips that may help pre-vent future on-campus crime.
Total recorded crimes at Rutgers-New Brunswick/ Piscataway campuses
from 2006 - 2008
Source: Safety Matters 2009 - 2010
Open container of alcohol - 16%
Underage possesion of alcohol - 59%
Burglary - 12%Drugabuse
violations - 7%
Other - 6%
As shown above, underage alcohol possession holds the largest portion of crimes, with 2,221 reports.Other crimes also represented are open container of alcohol (630), burglary (460), drug abuse violations(262), serving alcohol to underage persons (57), motor vehicle theft (26), weapons possession (26), rapeor attempted rape by an acquaintance (21), robbery (18),aggravated assault (17) and arson (16). Not represented in this graph are murder, manslaughter, rape or
attempted rape by a stranger and statutory rape/incest, which have no reported incidences between2006 and 2008. This graph represents all on-campus property, non-campus property and public proper-ty incidents that were reported to RUPD, other police departments or other University offices.
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because … it’s massive. It’s hugeand it will produce in a lot ofways, like a television productionis produced with a lot of gameday elements, trying to keep fansinvolved in the game; the listgoes on and on but most of all, Ithink people are excited to seewhat the new end zone looks like.
CM: You became the new ath-letic director at a controversialtime for the University, with a lotof talk about athletic spendingand the final stages of the stadi-um construction. What chal-lenges did you face?
TP: I think this job at any uni-versity has its challenges. I thinkathletics in general at the colle-giate level has its challenges.Nobody is immune from theeconomy right now … and every-one is challenged a little bit. Iwouldn’t lie to you and tell you Ididn’t pay attention to what wassaid and what was written. I havenot spent a lot of time on what’shappened in the past; I’ve spentall my time on trying to movethings forward. I have spent atremendous amount of time withthe finances of the departmentand trying to make sure thatwe’re organized, that we under-stand where everything is, thateverything is transparent and wecan explain it. And I really thinkthat’s what my job was to come inand do … to try to figure out away to advance the athleticdepartment here rather than tryto think about what might havehappened before I started —right, wrong, indifferent, true orfalse — and try to figure where tofix it. I’m really here to do the joband move forward.
CM: Richard Costello recent-ly took over the new deputydirector of athletics for financeand administration position. Howis the position working out?
TP: It’s working out well. Rickwas hired by the Universityadministration well before I washired as the athletic director; hewas hired last fall and wasbrought in, in response to variouspieces of University business toassist with the finances in athlet-ics. The position is working outvery well. I think in an athleticdepartment, a position that man-ages the day-to-day finances ofthe department is critical. I thinkespecially now where athleticshas become a very large busi-ness, it’s important to have some-one day-to-day manage thefinances for your department andbe able to manage all the finan-cial pieces of your department.Everything from all the revenuecoming in to all the expensesgoing out so I’ve been reallypleased with the way its worked
University ranked sixth in the nationbased on median salaries threeyears and 15 years after graduation.
Public universities rankedabove most Ivy League and privateschools, according to the study.
“It also reflects our continuingefforts to fulfill our mission toprovide access and opportunityto as many students as we canwho will benefit from whatRutgers has to offer,” he said.
The New Brunswick-Piscataway Campus Universityenrollment has increased steadi-ly since 2007 and University-wideenrollment increased since 2006,according to the Office ofInstitutional Research. In 2007,there were 34,804 students onthe New Brunswick-Piscatawaycampus and 36,041 in 2008.
There are about 10,000 first-yearand transfer students University-
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Rebecca Escobar, chairperson ofthe New Brunswick HousingAuthority; Robert Rawls, head ofthe New Brunswick FireDepartment; Ben Bucca, an attor-ney for the rent control board;Steven Zarecki, head ofDepartment of Public Works;Mitchell Karon, head of NewBrunswick Parking Authority;and more than 20 others.
Patterson said as a residentof the city, he is entitled, alongwith EON, to express his opin-ion on the form of governmentof his city.
He said he does not think hisposition in the city presents aconflict of interest with being apart of the group. If anything, ithelps, as he has been living in thecity for 20 years, he said.
“The fact that I’m involved inthe community should notexcuse me … that’s just a prepos-terous idea that those who areinvolved with the communitycan’t have a say in the form ofgovernment,” Patterson said.
An expansion of the councilwould get more people involvedwith the government and contin-ue the city’s successes, he said.
“I think the city has made a lotof progress over the last 30 years… with the current five member,at-large system,” Patterson said.
He said with this system, thecity has created more jobs,decreased its unemployment rateand built new housing for resi-dents and students.
City Spokesman Bill Bray saidthe city members’ circulating ofthe petition is a part of their firstamendment rights as citizens,and the city cannot stop them.
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out. I think it will continue to be apositive for the department, tohave somebody in a position likethat who can work very closelywith me to manage the financesof the department.
CM: Why are two differentticket packages and single gametickets being offered to the pub-lic, in addition to season tickets?
TP: I think if you look back to2006 when the team had its 11-2season, that was the time whereobviously demand was at an all-time high. And a lot of peoplewho didn’t have season ticketsgot them, and those that didn’thave season tickets but could getsingle game tickets got them. Wehaven’t had the opportunity tooffer a season ticket or even a sin-gle game ticket to the generalpublic in three years. Since theLouisville game in 2006, wehaven’t had that opportunity.We’re adding 11,000 new seats tothe stadium so we thought it wasa really good opportunity for usto get back to where we alwayswanted to be, which was to makeit an inclusive opportunity, notexclusive. More seats, moreopportunity to get more people tocome to [games]. We’re able tooffer season tickets to the publicfor the first time in three years.The one thing I encouraged ourguys to do was to try to partnerwith our fans. I think a lot oftimes, we are so distanced fromthe fans, it’s hard to understandwhat they deal with when makingdecisions like this to purchaseseason tickets. I spoke toprospective season ticket holderspersonally about it, and that’swhy we launched into mini-sea-son ticket plans. I think somepeople literally — based on theirown financial situation — mayhave been right on the line withmaking a decision so we’ve part-nered with fans from season tick-ets, mini-season tickets to singlegame tickets; we’ve really givenour fans a ton of different oppor-tunities out there that may fitthem better. I think all of thosethings are an effort to try tomake sure that we’re appealing toour fans and we’re giving them alot of different options to comeand experience Rutgers football.
CM: How many tickets areleft for the season?
TP: Off the top of my head, Icouldn’t tell you. It really fluctu-ates on a game-by-game basis. Ianticipate the Cincinnati gamewill be a sell-out. We have under1,000 tickets left for that game.We have over 51,500 tickets soldand distributed for that gamealready, so I anticipate that it willbe a sell-out. As far as what’s leftfor the season, it’s very hard toanswer because it varies on agame-by-game basis.
— The second part of thisinterview will be featured onTuesday, Sept. 8
wide and at New Brunswick cam-pus there are more than 2,000 trans-fer students enrolled.
“We understand that this placesadditional strains on our facilitiesand resources and we are workingvery hard to alleviate those stress-es, with construction of increasedhousing, additional and improvedacademic facilities, new programsand, as we are able, expanding ourfaculty,” Furmanski said.
The increase of new studentsled to a housing shortage lastyear resulting in nearly 500 stu-dents moving to nearby hotelssuch as the Crowne Plaza Hotelin Somerset. These studentsmoved back to University hous-ing as spaces opened up.
This year, 500 students willstay permanently in the CrownePlaza Hotel.
“We are planning our designphase for adding 1,500 beds ofdorm space on the LivingstonCampus,” Furmanski said. “Plusthe newly renovated student cen-ter has opened and the finaldesign for a new dining facility
has been completed and will startconstruction in a few months.”
New projects include variousimprovements to the Universityincluding new housing buildings onBusch and Livingston campuses, animproved Livingston Student Centerand various new academic facilities.
The new 1,500-person housingstructure will reach completion inFall 2012 and the 500-personhousing building on Busch cam-pus will be open in Fall 2011.
“We are finalizing design of anew business school building toaccommodate major growth inenrollment in that area,”Furmanski said.
Another project is the classroomimprovement project which is inyear two of a three-year plan, saidUniversity spokesman E.J. Miranda.
“There are a total of 262 class-rooms and 20 lecture halls.Rutgers reserved $15 million toimprove classrooms on all cam-puses,” he said.
These classrooms will not onlybe renovated but include audiovisualand electronic teaching equipment.
“It’s almost unbelievable thatsomeone would argue that someonewho lives in the city and works forthe city should not have an opinionon how the city is run,” Bray said.
But the circulators show thegroup is a tactic of the city to dis-tract their ward question fromsucceeding, Kratovil said.
EON is also arguing that thecertification of UNB’s petition isin itself illegal.
“It’s the understanding of ourlegal team that what the clerk’steam did … was illegal and out ofline with what the legislatorsactually wanted,” Kratovil said.
Bray said Torrisi reviewed thepetition and determined it con-tained the required number ofvalid signatures — at least 235 —to be certified.
The city’s Department ofLaw also reviewed the petitionand ensured its compliance withthe pertinent provisions of statelaws 40:69A-184 through40:69A-196 and 40:69A-25.1,according to the statement.
According to state law40:69A-25.1, two questionsregarding an amendment to thecity’s charter may appear on thesame election ballot.
Bennet Zurofsky, an attorneyfor EON, said another law,40:69A-21, states there cannot bemore than one proceeding — orpetition regarding an alteration ofmunicipal government — pend-ing at the same time.
Bray said that this does notapply, as EON’s petition is nolonger pending.
“The section of [that] law wereadopted prior to the adoption of25.1,” Bray said. “So it’s the city’sposition that it does not control, andthe statute itself says you can havemore than one alternative and youcan have conflicting alternatives.”
Zurofsky said EON’s petitionis still pending, and 40:69A-25.1
means multiple questions may beallowed, but only if they are pre-sented by the same proceeding,as there still can only be one pro-ceeding according to 40:69A-21.
“It’s pending until it’s votedupon,” he said.
It was this that made JudgeJames Hurley rule during the sum-mer that a charter study commis-sion — which would examine allpossible options for government —was not allowed, as the status ofEON’s petition was pending,Zurofsky said.
“It’s a different thing to try tointerrupt a different proceeding,”said Zurofsky, which he claimsUNB is doing with this petition.
A charter study commissioncannot be enacted if a direct peti-tion was filed, but both EON’sand UNB’s petitions were filedunder the 25.1 law, making thema different type of petition, Braysaid. In the first lawsuit withEON, other complications madetheir petition fail and eventuallybecome withdrawn.
“The city’s position is that apetition is not a pending processfor a change in government untilthe question is actually going tobe on the ballot,” Bray said.
He said 25.1 petitions have theoption of withdrawal after 10 days ofdenial by the council, and no ques-tion is guaranteed for the ballot,which means they are not pending.
Bray said the city thinks thecharter study commission inEON’s lawsuit was valid becausethe city thinks their petition wasnot a pending process, althoughthe court did not agree with it.
Zurofksy said there is a goodchance EON may be heading tothe courts again.
“The city of New Brunswickthinks laws exist for the mayor totake advantage of” said Bray.“That’s why we’re probably goingto end up in front of a judge.”
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The New Jersey Film Festival starts tonight at 7 p.m. in ScottHall on the College Avenue campus.
Through Nov. 8, the festival will take place at Scott Hall andRuth Adams Building on Douglass campus.
“The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center isdedicated to the noncommercial exhibition of independent,classic, international and experimental films and videos,”according to the New Jersey Film Festival Web site. “Not onlydo our audiences have the opportunity to view many independ-ently produced films, but also the added benefit of meeting withthe filmmakers, actors, screenwriters and other members ofproduction crew.”
Tonight’s theme “Long Live Rock” will feature “LittleCriminals” by Tony Gaddis, an experimental music video fea-turing Jon Hardy & The Public; “The Last Bastions of Rock,”which pays tribute to the state’s rock venues past and present,by Fritch Clark, who will be appearing in person; and “We EnjoyYourself” by Chris Pepino, a tour documentary on Phish.Pepino will is also scheduled to attend, according to the site.
The festival, founded in 1982, offers more than 100 annualfilm screenings and events, according to the site.
— Sara Gretina
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4Come out to the Gardens every Friday between May 1 andOctober 30 from 1 to 6 p.m. and shop at the Farmers Marketon Ryders Lane near Cook campus. The market provides avariety of products grown and produced locally, such as buf-falo meat, cheese, vegetables, poultry and baked goods fromaround New Jersey. For more information check outwww.rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/farmmarket.htm.
The objectives of Responsible Drinking Happy Hour in theCook Café at 59 Biel Road on Cook campus are to build andstrengthen the faculty, staff and student relationship outsidethe classroom, to build a foundation for a learning commu-nity and to increase student involvement in an innovativeactivity in a comfortable and familiar atmosphere. The eventbegins at 4 and goes until 7 p.m. For more information callJoan Bankole-Jones at (732) 932-8990.
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7 Labor Day! No classes.
8 Classes follow Monday schedule today. Visit schedul-ing.rutgers.edu/academic.htm for the full academic calendar.
9 Daniel Kurtzer holds the S. Daniel Abraham Chair in MiddleEast Policy Studies at Princeton University’s Woodrow WilsonSchool of Public and International Affairs. He is giving a lec-ture from 8 to 9:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of theRutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.Ambassador Kurtzer served as the US Ambassador to Israel(2001-2005) and as the US Ambassador to Egypt (1997-2001).
Stop by 4th floor lounge The Rutgers StudentCenter Wednesdays at 9pm
BY MARGARET YUSTAFF WRITER
Once upon a griddle, aUniversity alumnus decided toopen a store delivering wraps,sandwiches, quesadilla crisps andmore to students on all campuses.
Hansel ‘n Griddle, originallyonly located at 53 Mine St., hasexpanded to a second location at112 Church St. and will now pro-vide delivery and pick-upoptions to all campuses. Thenew location will be open forlonger hours Thursday throughSaturday until 3 a.m. and until11 p.m. Sunday throughWednesday.
“We wanted to expandbecause this side of town has awhole different market,” saidHansel ‘n Griddle locations ownerNick Komandis.
The new location reaches outnot only to college students onother campuses, but also localbusiness professionals, he said.
The new store held its “softopening” on Saturday invitingmostly friends and family.
The Church Street locationhas an earthy, log-cabin décorwith blue, orange and green wallsalong with wooden furnishings to
provide a rustic atmosphere withfree Wi-Fi. There are also 40-inchLCD televisions that display theentire menu and change based ondaily specials.
The location is about 1,200square feet — about four to fivetimes larger than 53 Mine St. —and includes seating for 27 peo-ple, which will eventuallyincrease as Komandis’ plans to provide bar seating by the front window.
“We have a lot more spaceand tables. It’s so much nicernot to be cramped together,”he said.
Unlike the first location, thesecond offers Buffalo wings andexpanded its breakfast menu toinclude pancakes, French toastand coffee beverages that will bemade available during thecourse of the month, said man-ager Michael Ivers.
Komandis said he plans tobring back the popular Londonbroil sandwich.
The two locations will be sep-arating deliveries according toproximity, meaning students willhave to be aware of which menuthey are ordering from, as not allitems are offered at both loca-tions, Ivers said. All deliveries at
any campus placed after 11 p.m.on Thursday through Saturdaywould be handled solely by thenew location.
“They have such good food,and I will definitely be askingthem to deliver to me after 11p.m.,” said Joshua Friedman, aLivingston College senior.
Friedman continues to go tothe Mine Street location, but saidhe would go to the new store if hewere in the area.
“Everything we offer has topquality ingredients,” Ivers said.“We feel in the long run it is bestto have a quality product insteadof cutting corners.”
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Brian Letts eats at theMine Street location almost oncea day and plans to eat at the newlocation in the future.
“The more the merrier,” Lettssaid. “It is great food. I love it, andI am willing to pay for it.”
The plan to expand beganabout 10 months ago whenKomandis began leasing thelocation that used to be home toSunshine Hamburger, Ivers said.
After the expansion, he con-tinues to look for new employeesat both locations for jobs fromdelivery to counter help.
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Health care reform vigil draws support for public plan optionBY ANDREW GOLDCONTRIBUTING WRITER
More than 100 supporters ofa public health care optionturned out Wednesday night atthe Reformed Church inHighland Park for a health carevigil, with organizers calling fora R.E.A.L plan — “Ready rightaway, part of a plan to coverEveryone, Accountable to thepublic, and Large enough tocontain costs.”
Several groups, including NJCitizen Action, Central JerseyMoveOn Local Council, Central
NJ for Change and the HealthCare for America Now Campaign,helped organize what was billedas a vigil to give recognition tothose suffering under the currenthealth care system and to showsupport for reform.
The event was one of hun-dreds taking place nationwide, asadvocates mobilized to send theirlocal representatives toWashington, D.C. after theCongressional recess.
“We have a health care crisisin this country, with tens of thou-sands of people dying every yearbecause they’re uninsured or
under-insured,” said HealthCare Campaign Coordinator forNJ Citizen Action EveWeissman. “This event is differ-ent than the other events in thesense that it’s a vigil … a morequiet, somber event.”
Passing motorists on RaritanAvenue were anything but quiet,many honking their horns andyelling out car windows in sup-port of the people in the churchparking lot holding signs withpro-public option slogans.
Vigil attendant Rich Punko, aretired teacher and former armysergeant, recalled his experience
with an insurance provider whohe said tried to deny his wifehealth care as she suffered fromcomplications of diabetes.
“She was number one on thelist to get a kidney transplant …they couldn’t do it because shewas too sick so she stayed inthe hospital eight months,”Punko said.
The insurance provider oftentried to deny payment for thehospital stay, Punko said. Thedoctors personally intervened,and in his experience, doctorsare supportive of a public optionas well.
“My family doctor is in favor ofs i n g l e - p a y e r[option],” he said.
Coordinator atMoveOn.org andpsychotherapistSusan Gutwillsaid she is per-sonally support-ive of a single-payer plan, butultimately wishesto see at leastsome kind of pub-licly funded, wide-ly available healthcare systembecome a reality.
“MoveOn is fighting for thepossibility of a public option,which is actually possible if we push hard in Congress,” she said.
Several individuals spokeabout their experiences with thecurrent health care system andwhy they believed reform wasneeded. This part of the eventconcluded with words in memo-ry of the late Senator EdwardKennedy, for whom health carereform was a priority.
Organizers said they did notrule out the possibility of distur-bances by opposing protestors,similar to those occurring intown hall meetings across thecountry. But most public show-ing of opposition was absent.
From the church parkinglot, those participating in thevigil walked down RaritanAvenue to the bridge, candlesand signs in-hand, and offeringshouts to passersby calling onPresident Barack Obama andCongress to act on a publichealth care option.
The health care crisis mayhave a direct effect on Universitystudents as well.
Jeffrey Axelbank, a psycholo-gist and management consultantwho practices in Highland Park,has seen students end therapyservices when they graduateand lack other coverage.
J u s l e i n eDaniel, aUniversity gradu-ate student in theSchool of SocialWork, said thecurrent healthcare system wasnot much help toher after she wasassaulted on thestreet in NewBrunswick andneeded emer-gency medicalcare. Since she
was over the age of 24, shecould not be covered under aparent’s plan, and was left withno other options.
“As a part-time student, Iwasn’t eligible for health carecoverage. However, I wasn’t eli-gible for health care coverage atwork, so I spent a certainamount of time uninsured,”Daniel said. “At the end of theday, I had a bill for $14,000 thatI had to pay, plus I couldn’t workbecause of the injuries.”
A significant number of bothundergraduate and graduatestudents at the University areover the age of 24, and Danieldid not view her predicament asnecessarily unique.
“It could happen to anybody,”she said.
Participants of the vigil at the Reformed Church in Highland Park light candles and carry signs, calling on President Barack Obama and Congress to formulate a public health care option.
JENNIFER MIGUEL-HELLMAN
There is a new pizzeria in town.West End Pizzeria and Grill, located at 152 Easton Ave.,
sits at the former location of the West End Coffee Bar thatwent out of business last fall.
“We do brick-oven pizza, which is my favorite personally.It tastes differently; it’s cooked even,” said owner GeorgeElghossain. “We use top-quality products whether it’s thecheese or the toppings.”
The pizzeria will hold their grand opening this weekendon Sept. 4 and 5, Elghossain said. Boar’s Head distributor willbe giving away key chains and a drawing will be held for 12free sub sandwiches for one year, with the winner claimingone free sub every month.
Another drawing will be held for one free large plain pieeach month for one year, he said.
The pizzeria specializes in Lebanese cuisine offeringfalafel, stuffed grape leaves and shawarma, which are variouskinds of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, Elghossainsaid. Chicken, beef and lamb are stacked on a slowly turnedskewer, which is then cut and served as it cooks.
Also on the menu is the “Pizza Warma,” which is apizza pie with cooked meat from the vertical rotisserie asa topping.
Elghossain said he signed a lease for the property inNovember 2008. A zoning application and architectural planswere submitted and this process took until the end of May,he said. Construction on the site began in June and was com-pleted in early August.
— Heather Brookhart
WEST END PIZZA AND GRILL TO HOLD GRAND OPENING
THIS WEEKEND
“This event is different than the
other events in thesense that it’s a vigil
… a more quiet,somber event.”
EVE WEISSMAN Health Care Campaign
Coordinator for NJ Citizen Action
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C ulture shock is oftenone’s first experiencewhen studying abroad.
When arriving inFlorence, architecture isthe first physical evidence of city’s beauty.Historical towers reaching no higher than 90 feetsurround the world-famous Duomo give away therich history of the city. Cobblestone streets givean immediate sense of Florence’s timelessness,but cultural diversity runs deeper than historicalarchitecture. Florence opens the door to new rit-uals, new foods and a new way of life.
July and August is consid-ered vacation time for mostFlorentines because the cityis hot and there is heavytourist traf fic. Our grouparrived a couple days beforethe Italian vacation ended.Many shops along smallstreets closed down for thesummer months, but afterour first weekend inFlorence, local storesopened up for the new sea-son. It is common for shop owners to close theirbusiness while on vacation. Stores that do stayopen during the summer months are in touristareas. They slash their merchandise in half,knowing locals will not pay the high prices.
One of the first things our group learned isthat locals rarely abuse alcohol. Italians startdrinking very early in life. Alcohol is not a novel-ty in Italian culture like it is thought of to mostAmericans. Alcohol, primarily wine, is viewed asa beverage that enhances the taste of food.Italians introduce alcohol to their child at ayoung age. It is common for children to drinkwine at dinner with their family. Alcohol con-sumption is also how Florentine’s identifyAmericans. Unfortunately, American studentsare best known here in Florence as being loudand drunk.
Italians are constantlybending and breakinglaws. They believe obedi-ence is boring. Thisincludes hesitating
before stopping at a red light. It is often insultingto expect locals to follow the rules.
Hospitality is also not of importance. Italiansdo not go out of their way to greet tourist normutual Florentines. It is likely merchants ignorea customer and are hesitant to help. Our Italianculture teacher, Francesca, reminded the groupthat it’s not us — it’s a way of life.
How Italians take on foodis also very different fromAmericans. Ingredients arefresh and come no furtherthan 27 miles outside the city.People in Florence do most oftheir shopping on street mar-kets where fresh fruits, veg-etables, bread and homemadepasta are sold very cheap.Italians simply do not eat foodthat is not fresh. In compari-son, most American food trav-
els over 1,000 miles before entering a supermarket.Food is ritual for Italians and something that is tobe enjoyed and respected.
Lastly, one cannot ignore the gelato. On everycorner, you can find a café selling gelato, but onequickly learns that the cafés with the best gelatos arethose on small side streets with long lines. It easilybecomes a way of life. Walking home from classalways means a stop for gelato only costing one euro.
Just like any culture, Italy has its up anddowns. Adjusting is the toughest part, but thelast week taught our group to remain open mind-ed because there is so much more to learn.
Kathleen Crouch is a University College seniormajoring in journalism and media studies. Hercolumn, “Experiences from Abroad,” runs on alternate Fridays.
Adjusting to Italy’s culture
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Experiences from AbroadKATHLEEN CROUCH
“On every corner, you can finda café selling gelato, but
one quickly learns that thecafés with the best gelatos are
those on small side streetswith long lines.”
Laurels and dartsA s the semester kicked off on Tuesday, students should have
been prepared to deal with the same old problems happeningwith parking and the bus system. The massive influx of first-
year students trying to navigate their way from campus to campus isn’tmaking it easier for students to deal with the already crowded bussesand parking lots. Even though it is only the first week and every stu-dent needs time to adjust to their schedules and the bus system, solu-tions should be thought of to prevent these problems from occurring.Students pay a lot of money for parking permits, and they aren’t evenguaranteed a spot in the lot they need to put their car in. When they dopark in the lots, the buses they need to take to get to their classes areusually overcrowded, and some buses run very late. Hopefully, theseissues will be fixed as the semester continues, but until then, the bussystem and University parking will get a dar t.
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On Wednesday afternoon, students walking down College Avenuewere treated to a free concert provided by the Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association and the Rutgers University MusiciansGuild. Outside of Au Bon Pain and the Rutgers Student Center, drumswere set up and amps were plugged in as bands played everythingfrom alternative rock to acoustic songs. The musical styles of DanRauchwerk, Stratazoid, Picto, Mike Nye and Three North filled the airas students walked by and stopped to enjoy the free show. Laurels aregiven to RUPA and RUMG for putting together a free concert showingoff the diverse musical talent students have at the University and alsogiving students a place to go to enjoy a free show as a break from theirclass schedules.
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During the first few days of school, policemen patrol the streets ofthe College Avenue campus to direct not necessarily car traffic, but thestudent traffic crossing the streets. Even though everyone is guilty ofdoing it at one time or another, jaywalking has been a big issue on cam-pus. Darting into traffic as commuter students and other drivers tryingto make their way through New Brunswick is not the smartest of waysto make it to your next class. Caution needs to be taken by both driv-ers and pedestrians to make sure that an accident does not occur. Bothstudent drivers and pedestrians can be in a rush to make it to theirnext class, which can dangerous because both can be unaware of theirsurroundings. The police will not be there all year to yell at you andmake sure you use the crosswalk, so awareness should be raised nowthat jaywalking is a “no-no” when making your way through campusesat the University. Darts are given to students who participate in the actand jet through the streets without caution.
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Even though it was a bummer that school seemed to start a weekearlier for students here at the University than everyone else, a posi-tive aspect comes from it. Monday is Labor Day and students have theday off. The long weekend gives students a chance to commute homeor enjoy relaxing around campus and finding various activities to do inthe city. The day off after the first week also gives students time to fixtheir schedules and buy books, as well as giving them an extra day ofsocializing and catching up with new and old friends at the University.Laurels are given to the day off and the chance for students to use itto their advantage.
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It seems as if Au Bon Pain by the Rutgers Student Center on theCollege Avenue campus was not prepared for the return of Universitystudents this week. When deciding to eat here, one of the more popu-lar dining establishments on the College Avenue campus, studentscame to find that the restaurant was not well stocked with ingredients.Signs for soups and sandwiches were up, leaving students to think thatthey were available for order. Upon ordering such choices as theCaprese sandwich and the Southern black eyed pea soup, hungry stu-dents would find that the restaurant was out of things like tomatoes,mozzarella cheese and soups that were shown on their menu. Dartsare given to Au Bon Pain for their lack of preparation for the newschool year and for disappointing the hungry students who went therelooking for sustenance.
“Rutgers maintains a comprehensive public safetyprogram aimed at serving all members of the
campus community. But safety must start with you.”
“Safety Matters” report, which is prepared annually by the Rutgers UniversityPolice Department and published by the Division of Administration and Public Safety
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T he United States ofAmerica has come to asignificant turning point,
and what happens in this presi-dent’s term, without any doubt,has the potential to change thevery fiber of the land of the free.President Barack Obama’sadministration and Congress arestepping up their secular pro-gressive efforts — government-owned corporations, govern-ment-owned health care, redis-tribution of wealth, increasedtaxes, more social programs,etc. — with the ultimate goal ofterminating this capitalist socie-ty and establishing a socialisticstate. They would like nothingmore than to empower thegovernment to coddle each andevery one of its citizens frombirth to death, taking awayinnate initiative and incentive towork. Those are definite. Theonly variable is the people; onlyyou have the power to makesure this crippling end nevercomes about.
On the note of socialism,there are actually known uber-leftists in places of power, and
it’s a mystery how they ever gotthere. Glenn Beck recentlyexposed the hidden truths ofObama’s czars: advisers whoare accountable to no one andare hand-chosen by the presi-dent. There are 16 of theseunelected people who controltrillions of taxpayer dollars,more than any previous presi-dent. Obama appointed manyczars even though there areSenate-confirmed secretaries ofthe 15 cabinet departments thathave the Constitutionally-approved powers to overseethese specific areas. For exam-ple, Nancy-Ann DeParle acts asObama’s “health czar,” eventhough Kathleen Sebeliusalready ser ves as America’sHealth and Human Ser vicessecretary. Obama also has a“border czar” even though wehave long had a secretary ofhomeland security. The secre-taries are accountable for theiractions, and there are checksand balances that keep the sec-retaries’ power under control;there exists nothing to checkthe power of the czars. Thepresident’s “green jobs czar,”Van Jones, is a self-describedrevolutionary and has the ear ofthe president. He, and others
like him, pose a major threat tothis country’s capitalist founda-tion, and we as citizens can donothing to remove him or anyother czar because they hold noofficial of fice. This is absurd.
We can, however, removeour own elected representa-tives from office, and some ofthem we should. How is it pos-sible that almost every singleDemocratic senator is in favor
of H.R. 3200 — the bill thatwould create a government-owned, taxpayer-funded healthcare — while every Republicansenator is resistant to it? It wasmy understanding that our con-gressmen and senators are obli-gated to represent the views oftheir constituents. Some legis-lators have held town-hall meet-ings as a forum for citizens toshare their views on the bill.When the citizens did show up
and voice with zealousness thatthey are vehemently opposed toit, the sanctimonious legislatorschose blatantly to ignore theirconstituents’ views in order topromote their own personalagendas. To be fair, there areprobably some districts inwhich the majority of peopleapprove of the health care bill,and those representatives aredoing their jobs, as theyshould. But the problem is thatthere is a violent push to passthis bill quickly, which is a con-spicuous indicator of majorproblems. At least some con-gressmen are stalling the billso they might at least be able toread the whole thing. Withrespect to the bill itself, I’venever seen something so clear-ly socialist in essence get somuch attention. There aremany issues associated withthis health bill, but in a nutshellit’s just steroids for alreadyenormous government controlof what should be left to free enterprise.
Here’s the deal, readers.Our countr y is under siege.Our president, most ofCongress and radical revolu-tionaries in high positions ofpower want to scrap our 220
year old Constitution, our back-bone, our document ofsupreme law that the FoundingFathers so delicately, meticu-lously and perfectly crafted, fora secular progressive, neo-European-esque socialist doc-trine. There has never beensuch a well-planned, cunning,coordinated attack on thiscountry’s values and history. Ifyou value your liber ty, youropportunity to pursue wealthand happiness and all yourother rights guaranteed by theConstitution, you cannot bepassive and you cannot be com-placent. Whether you realize itor not, your freedoms and yourway of life could vanish in thenext half decade. You mustspread the word to awaken thesleeping giant that is America’shard-working, conser vativepopulace. As Robert H. Jacksonsaid, “It is not the function ofour Government to keep thecitizen from falling into error;it is the function of the citizento keep the Government fromfalling into error.”
Jimmy Winters is a Schoolof Engineering sophomore
majoring in biomedical engineering.
JIMMY WINTERS
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“On the note of socialism,there are actually knownuber-leftists in places ofpower, and it’s a mysteryhow they ever got there.”
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 6 — Deadlines maybe pressing, but you’re up tothe task. Shut off your phoneto minimize distractions.Scorpio (Oct. 23—Nov. 21)— Today is an 8 — Listeningto children’s stories helpsyou appreciate what yourfolks went through while rais-ing you.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 7 — Keep study-ing. You’re not sure how youwill use this material yet, butit’ll be good to have it.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Today is an 8 — You’re inthe mood to throw thingsout. Problem is, you’ll needsomething as soon as it’sgone. Proceed carefully.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — There’s moremoney coming in from workyou enjoy. It doesn’t getmuch better than this.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 7 — Loved onesare sure you can perform atask that you think is too dif-ficult. Let your partner leadthe way.
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Bataille leads Knightsin first season as coach
BY KEVIN O’ROURKESTAFF WRITER
In 2005 Jason Bataille helpedlead the Rutgers men’s golf team tothe NCAA Championship for thefirst time in 20 years. Now, in his
first yearas head
coach, Bataille will begin workingto ensure it won’t be another 20years before the Scarlet Knightsmake a return trip to college golf’snational championship event.
Bataille takes the helm afterserving two years as a volunteerassistant under Maura Waters-Ballard. Waters-Ballard will overseethe men’s program in her new posi-tion as director of golf while contin-uing to coach the women’s team.
For success in 2009, Bataillewill lean heavily ona tested and talent-ed senior class.
“[It is] very for-tunate of me to havefive seniors thathave other experi-ence so they canreally help me to setthe tone for years tocome,” Bataillesaid. “And they arenot five seniors thatare going to go ontheir own: They arefive seniors that trust in the system,that trust in what I believe in and inwhat Coach Ballard believes in.”
Second-year captain JordanGibbs exemplifies those beliefsas well as anyone, Bataille said.
“We talk about setting anexample for the younger kids —he sets an example for the entireteam. I trust him with what hethinks is best for the team,”Bataille added.
The senior built on strong show-ings in last spring’s PrincetonInvitational and Cavalier Classicwith a sixth-place finish in this sum-mer’s New Jersey State AmateurChampionship. Gibbs is also takinghis role as captain seriously.
“It’s a great honor to be cap-tain of your team,” Gibbs said.
Fellow seniors Jimmy Arbesand JF Sorbella also enter the yearwith high expectations after strongjunior campaigns. Arbes carded a
two-day total of three over par topace the field at the PrincetonInvitational, while Sorbella led theKnights in stroke average and post-ed an impressive twelfth place fin-ish in the Big East Championship.James Hilaire and BenjaminBershad are also experienced intournament play and providestrong leadership, Bataille said.
Freshmen Gene Yang and JohnFagan could make an immediateimpact on the Banks. Yang wasranked as New Jersey’s numbertwo high school senior byGolfweek Magazine and Faganbested Yang and other top highschool players to win the 2009NJSIAA Group IV Tournament ofChampions. Arbes feels that bothnewcomers will only drive theupperclassmen to work harder.
“Even if theydon’t make ourtraveling roster,they’re going tochallenge us tostep up and playbetter to have toearn our spot,”Arbes said.
Rutgers’ expe-rience and depthare reasonsBataille is confi-dent the team canimprove on last
spring’s ninth place finish in the12-team Big East Championship.
“I expect our scoring averageto drop this year,” Bataille said.“It’s always been hangingaround that 300 level or so andwe hope to get it down to 290,and I think it’s a realistic goal forthe level of talent that we haveon our team right now.”
The Knights began fall prac-tice on Tuesday, and while quali-fying rounds will be held todetermine the starting five,Gibbs, Arbes and Sorbella arelikely to comprise three-fifths ofthe RU lineup in next weekend’sRutgers Invitational.
Other highlights of the fallschedule include trips toBethpage State Park’s Red Coursefor the St. John’s Invitational andto North Carolina’s Pine NeedlesGolf Club for the inaugural BigEast Match Play event.
“[It is] very fortunateof me to have fiveseniors that have
other experience sothey can really helpme to set the tone .”
JASON BATAILLEHead Coach
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Senior midfielder Jenifer Anzivino (14) has made three starts this season, scoring one goal for the Knights.RU will travel to Penn State Saturday for a rematch of last season’s NCAA tournament game.
“It’s cool playing a team from theWest because it gives you a chanceto see somebody different who hasa different style of play,” Carrollsaid. “I came from a West Coastteam and you get that different styleof play because of the weather andplayers that play a different style.There is a lot more possession andknocking the ball around while inthe Big East — it’s physical. Theballs are more direct and everybodyis big, strong and fast, and every-thing is in your face whereas it’smore technical out there.”
There isn’t much common his-tory between the two programs— they have never met before —but both are trying to erase the
memories of subpar campaignsthe previous year. Rutgers fin-ished last season 6-9-3 whileStanford went 4-11-3.
It’s something head coachBob Reasso is well aware of andknows Stanford can be a dan-gerous team, even a six hourflight away from home.
“I know their coach well soI’m sure they will be a wellcoached team,” he said. “Theyare a Pac-10 team, and that’s avery competitive conference so itshould be an interesting game.”
The Knights will finish of fthe weekend with a secondhome game Sunday when theyhost St. Peter’s. But things willget tougher after that for RUwhen it flies west to take onUC-Santa Barbara in a returnmatch from last season.
Rutgers won that game 3-2 atYurcak Field.
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should not only vault themback into those rankings butperhaps put them in an evenbetter position than they werebefore the Stony Brook draw.
“Our success against PennState last year and against anygreat team that we’ve playedhas been our mentality,”Rutgers head coach GlennCrooks said. “We have to stepon the field and not question
“They are a Pac-10team...so it
should be an interesting game.”
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whether we’re going to win thematch but know we’re going towin the match.”
While the Penn State matchis clearly the biggest one onRutgers’ schedule this week-end, the Knights are adamantabout their desire to not over-look the unranked opponentthat will be waiting for them atYurcak Field tonight.
Once again, RU’s tie to StonyBrook will come into play in theirmatch against Towson tonight.The tie essentially makes theTowson match a must win.
“Friday night is going to be abigger game than Sunday for us
right now,” senior goalkeeperErin Guthrie said. “We have towin that game, and we have tobe able to go into Penn Statewith confidence.”
Guthrie will have the opportu-nity to break the Rutgers all-timeshutout record this weekend.
She is currently tied withSaskia Webber with 34 careershutouts. But with two biggames looming this weekend,the record is the last thing onGuthrie’s mind.
“That’s not what’s impor-tant right now,” she said. “Ijust think that ever y game is important.”
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Leadership key to Scarlet Knights’ approachBY STEVEN WILLIAMSON
SENIOR WRITER
So many things can changefor a team over the course of an of fseason.
W itht h ed e p a r -ture ofs i xstar tersand 11
letterwinners, the Rutgers fieldhockey team is left with five seniors
and three juniors as the upperclass-men on the squad.
Although the numbers aren’thigh, head coach Liz Tchou saidthat the leadership on the teamhas never been stronger.
“It’s been just so much funto work with them because youhave the leadership and theupperclassmen have beenthrough a lot,” Tchou said. “Ithink it’s probably thestrongest senior leadershipwe’ve had since I’ve been herein regards to everyone making
the underclassmen feel reallywelcome — the chemistry isincredible.”
From practice to game timeas well as off the field, one key tothe team’s success this year isrespect. The team’s five seniors,co-captains Melissa Bowman andKristen Johnson, and forwardsBrittany Bybel, Jessika Hoh andSarah Dunn, are a major corner-stone of that aspect.
“The seniors have beenthrough a lot and they’ve reallybeen earning the respect of theyounger players as well,”Tchou said. “It hasn’t been justbecause you’re a senior youhave respect — every player isearning it for each other all the time.”
Johnson, a major player inthe backfield along withBowman, said one of the mostimportant facets of the team isits ability to stick together, eventhrough two tough losses tostart the season.
“We’re just really looking for-ward to pushing ourselves inpractice every day and we’re real-ly taking it upon ourselves tomake sure every individual per-son goes out hard in practiceeveryday,” Johnson said. “We’renot giving up on each other; itdoesn’t matter if we win or losewe’re going to keep fightingevery day and hopefully in theend we’ll come out on top.”
The team will be put to the testas it readies for its first road tripof the season.
“Traveling seven hours for anaway game you can’t reallyworry about outside factors,”
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FIELD HOCKEY
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Senior forward Jessica Hoh’s (25) two goals lead the Knightsthrough the first two games of the 2009 season.
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Senior Kristen Johnson will lead the Scarlet Knights’ defense againstWilliam & Mary Saturday in Williamsburg, Va.
Tchou said. “So I think it’ll beinteresting to see how this teamresponds to that.”
Though Rutgers (0-2) needsno extra motivation as it contin-ues the pursuit of its first win,Saturday’s contest againstWilliam & Mar y (1-1) addseven more fuel to their fire.
A year later, the team’s narrow1-0 loss to the Tribe last season isstill fresh in its mind. Despitedominating William & Mary witha 15-2 advantage in shots and animpressive 11-0 advantage in
penalty corners, it appeared theScarlet Knights could not find theback of the cage.
Even when junior midfielderJenna Bull appeared to havescored the equalizer in the sec-ond half, the of ficials waved offthe goal as too high.
“We had a bad game againstthem last year and I’m sure theupperclassmen want to redeemthemselves,” Tchou said. “Ithink we’ll have the rightamount of motivation going intothe weekend.”
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The Rutgers women’s soccer team celebrates its double overtime winner against Penn State in last year’s NCAA tournament. The Scarlet Knights will travel to State College, Pa. Sundayin a rematch of that game after they face Towson tonight in the first game of a soccer double-header at Yurcak Field.
Penn State wants revenge after RU defeated Nittany Lions in Piscataway during last year’s NCAA Tournament
BY CHRIS MELCHIORRECORRESPONDENT
You can’t go from being an unrankedteam in the NCAA Tournament to playing
in the Sweet 16without upsetting afew teams alongthe way.
S o p h o m o r eback JasmineEdwards’ double
overtime game-winner in last year’s first
round match against Penn State was stepone in that process for the Rutgerswomen’s soccer team.
At the time, the Nittany Lions were freshoff their eleventh consecutive Big Ten title.They were the No. 20 team in the countryand two months earlier they snatched adouble overtime victory of their own overthe Scarlet Knights. Penn State’s game win-ning goal in that match was scored withonly 67 seconds left on the clock.
So to say that their trip to the Banks for thefirst round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament left a
bad taste in Penn State’s mouth would be a pret-ty big understatement. Some of Penn State’splayers were probably wondering what theywere doing playing soccer in Piscataway in thefirst place: They clearly outranked Rutgers andperhaps deserved home field advantage.
But there’s one question that was mostlikely on the mind of every Nittany Lion onthe field when Edwards’ header connectedwith the back the net: “When do we playthem again?”
The answer to that question: Sunday, 1p.m., in State College, Pa.
“We know coming into it that they want tobeat us,” senior midfielder Jenifer Anzivinosaid. “It’s going to be a really tough game andwe have to be ready to go.”
Aside from the rivalry that’s grownbetween the two teams, the match is bigbecause of the opportunity it presents forthe Knights.
Rutgers lost its national ranking afterdrawing with unranked Stony Brook 1-1 onSunday. A win against No. 13 Penn State
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Stanford making cross country trip for Yurcak visitBY KYLE FRANKO
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
After coming from behind in aseven-goal thriller to win its seasonopener, the Rutgers men’s soccer team
will begin itshome sched-ule with amatch againstStanford.
The gameis part a soc-
cer doubleheader tonight at YurcakField that also features the women’steam in action against Towson.
The Scarlet Knights (1-0, 0-0)opened their season Wednesday witha 4-3 victory over Towson but fellbehind 3-1 after 25 minutes — some-thing they know they can’t af ford todo at home.
“They’re going to be a good team,”said junior defender Paulie Calafiore.“They’re always going to be a goodteam even if they’re coming off a loss.They won’t give up a lot of goals, but
[tonight] should be really big andwe’re hoping there will be a lot of peo-ple there, and we are going to try anddo our best.”
Stanford (0-1, 0-0) is coming off a 2-1 loss at Lehigh. Rutgers played Lehighto a scoreless draw in the preseason,yet they know the Cardinals will pres-ent a challenge.
“I’ve seen them play before andthey’re a good team,” junior defenderJosh Carroll said. “Obviously they arecoming across the country and they’rereally going to want to make up for theirloss. It’s our first game, and we want toshow our fans that we can beat a goodteam at home because this is the placewhere we really can’t lose. We don’twant to lose on the road, but at home wehave to protect that.”
Carroll, a native of Cheyenne,Wyo. transferred to the Banks fromLoyola Marymount and said that Westcoast teams present a dif ferent styleof play.
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Sophomore forward Ibrahim Kamara scored twice in the preseason before starting the 2009 year offwith a brace in the Scarlet Knights season opening win.
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Returning all five starters, the Rutgers offensive line will anchor a new quarterback,
a new season and a new stadium as the Knightsbegin their quest for Big East supremacy.
STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE
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STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE
TIMBROWNWide ReceiverSenior5’-8”, 210 lbs
ANTHONYDAVISTackleJunior6’-6”, 325 lbs
CALEBRUCHGuardSophomore6’-4”, 290 lbs
RYANBLASZCZYKCenterSenior6’-4”, 295 lbs
ARTFORSTGuardSophomore6’-8”, 310 lbs
KEVINHASLAMTackleSenior6’-7”, 295 lbs
SHAMARGRAVESTight EndSenior6’-3”, 235 lbs
MOHAMEDSANUWide ReceiverFreshman6’-2”, 215 lbs
DOMNATALEQuarterbackSenior6’-4”, 220 lbs
JACKCORCORANFullbackSenior6’-1”, 230 lbs
JOEMARTINEKRunning BackSophomore6’-0”, 215 lbs
GEORGEJOHNSONRight endSenior6’-4”, 260 lbs
CHARLIENOONANTackleJunior6’-2”, 270 lbs
BLAIRBINESTackleSenior6’-2”, 270 lbs
ALEXSILVESTROLeft endJunior6’-4”, 260 lbs
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ANTONIOLOWERYLinebackerJunior6’-2”, 225 lbs
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DEVINMcCOURTYCornerbackSenior5’-11”, 190 lbs
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PASSINGD. Natale
RUSHINGK. YoungJ. Brooks
RECEIVINGT. BrownJ. CorcoranS. GravesM. Robinson
DEFENSER. D’ImperioJ. LefegedD. McCourty
INJURIESProbable — George Johnson (shoulder),Blair Bines (ankle)Doubtful — RB Kordell Young (knee)
Nothing says experience likeplaying time of this magnitude, andfor the 10 new members of theCincinnati defense and select newstarters across the board for theRutgers football team, Monday’sgame brings a new meaning to theterm “getting your feet wet.”
The young Scarlet Knightsjump out of the frying pan that wastraining camp and right into theinferno of a season-opening gamein an upgraded stadium against thedefending Big East champions.
Even for some of the more expe-rienced players, Labor Day will bea lot to handle.
“It’s so exciting. I’ve been wait-ing so long for this,” said juniordefensive tackle and new starterCharlie Noonan. “Camp was long,but man that’s so behind us too. …It’s Cincy week. It’s finally here.
“It’s going to be awesome. Withit all closed in, it’s going to be rock-ing. With school starting, every-body’s going to be here.”
The battle of inexperience comesdown to the Cincinnati defense,returning just one starter from lastseason’s Orange Bowl run and anew starting quarterback and widereceiver on offense for Rutgers.
Although head coach GregSchiano continues his smoke-and-mirrors approach to the quarter-back spot by not revealing hisstarter, seniors Dom Natale andJabu Lovelace and freshman TomSavage will all likely see timethroughout the game.
Natale, a transfer fromMichigan State, got the most expe-rience with the ones during train-ing camp and has been commend-ed by Schiano for his “presence.”
To Natale, it doesn’t matterwhen or if he finds out he’s thestarter. He plans to be ready.
“It’s just my responsibility to myteammates to be ready for thegame,” he said. “It makes no differ-ence. I’m going to prepare the wayI need to prepare no matter whatand that’s my responsibility to myteammates. That’s what I’m goingto do either way.”
But the bad news for Rutgers isthat Big East Coach of the YearBrian Kelly doesn’t seem to havelost any sleep over the quarterbackquestions either.
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Cincinnati (0-0)
PASSINGT. Pike
RUSHINGJ. RamseyJ. Goebel
RECEIVINGM. GilyardJ. GoebelB. GuidugliD. Woods
DEFENSEA. WebsterA. RevelsC. Young
INJURIESDoubtful — John Goebel (hamstring)
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Key Matchup
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Despite pulling in just three balls for 37 yards against Cincinnati inlast season’s 13-10 loss, senior Tim Brown has the most experienceagainst the Bearcats of any RU wide receiver.
Rutgers CB Devin McCourty vs. Cincy WR Mardy GilyardMcCourty, a fifth year senior and team captain, will have to spearhead the defensive attack against All-Big East wide receiver Mardy Gilyard,
returning from a 1,276-yard 11 touchdown campaign last season.
“I have to tell you, I don’t spendthat much time worrying about it,”Kelly said. “I got more problemsthat I have to deal with. We clearlyfelt this spring that we had to pre-pare for two quarterbacks.”
On the Cincinnati side of theball, all but one starter is gone fromlast season, leaving a series of ques-tion marks and unknowns forwhat’s to come.
“The nice part of it is we do havea lot of veterans that we’re going toput on the field that have been wait-ing for their opportunity,” Kellysaid. “So I think I’d feel a whole lotmore nervous about replacingthose guys if we were replacingthem with a lot of freshmen.”
The inexperience at defense hashad a similar effect on Rutgers play-ers. Being an inexperienced playerhimself, Natale doesn’t plan onunderestimating what the Bearcatsput together on defense.
“They have 10 new starters, butat the same time they had a guy lastyear at tight end that they put at D-end and he got drafted (ConorBarwin) so we’re not putting any-thing past them,” Natale said.
Kelly has added some intrigueto the defense by not specifyingwhat style they will play. All signsindicate a transition to the 3-4defense, but it is very possible thatthe Bearcats will give a lot of looksat 4-3 as well.
The two players to watch onCincinnati are quarterback Tony Pikeand wide receiver Mardy Gilyard.
Pike, a 6-foot-6 quarterback, hasall the makings of a pro and threwfor 2,407 yards and 19 touchdownsafter starting the season as the No.4 quarterback.
“He’s a player you know. Hethrows a good ball and he’s alwayslooking down field,” Noonan said.“We didn’t get to see him list year, butfrom what we’ve seen on film, he’s aplayer. We’ll see if he can take a hit.”
Gilyard, Pike’s go-to guy, hadjust four catches for 35 yardsagainst Rutgers last season butexploded onto the scene hauling in1,276 yards and 11 touchdowns.
“Gilyard is really a talent,”Schiano said. “He’s got all thethings: size, speed, athleticism andhe’s got an edge to him. He playswith an edge.”
BY STEVEN MILLERCORRESPONDENT
Their jerseys are not for salethroughout Rutgers Stadium.
They don’t inspire cries of “R”or “U” with touchdowns or keythird-down stops.
But if the Rutgers footballteam is to succeed this season,the offensive line will be one ofthe main reasons.
“The game starts there, inthe trenches,” said seniorquarterback Dom Natale. “It’snice to know they’re up there.With [Ryan] Blaszczyk and theothers, the experience is up there.”
Even though right tackleKevin Haslam is the only othersenior with Blaszczyk, the unit— also featuring two sopho-mores and a junior — is not lack-ing in experience.
Haslam, Blaszczyk, juniorAnthony Davis and sophomoresCaleb Ruch and Art Forst start-ed the final six games togetherlast season.
This year, head coach GregSchiano has insisted on “six”starters, with junior HowardBarbieri and Ruch each expect-ed to play significant time atleft guard.
Regardless of who startsMonday, Blaszczyk said the groupis comfortable with each other.
“We’re very comfortable,regardless of who is out there,”Blaszczyk said. “We’re veryreplaceable and can move a lot ofguys around. We’re very versatile.”
Barbieri and Haslam are primeexamples of the line’s versatility.
Barbieri has played bothguard and tackle on both sides ofthe ball and Haslam started at leftguard and tackle before playingthe final nine games at right tack-le last season.
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Despite having all five starters return from last year’s PapaJohns.com Bowl victory, the starting offensive line for Cincinnati has yet to be decided. Junior Howard Barbieriand sophomore Caleb Ruch are in open competition for the start at left guard and will likely share playing time in the season opener.
Experienced line ready to anchor young offenseWhen the unit started its first
game together againstPittsburgh last season, some-thing clicked as the ScarletKnights put up 54 points.
Since then, the line has notchanged and neither have theresults — they have all been wins.
“It helps a lot, to tell you thetruth,” Haslam said of the unit’scomfort level. “When you play withpeople for a while, as long as wehave, it makes everything easier… We know each other’s tenden-cies and strengths and weakness-es, so everything else just gels.”
Trust along the line will bevital this season with a new quar-terback at the helm.
After four straight seasonswith Mike Teel lining up undercenter, Blaszczyk will most likelybe snapping the ball to Natale.
And senior Jabu Lovelace.And true freshman Tom Savage.No matter who is under cen-
ter, the quarterback has the line’strust, Blaszczyk said.
“We go about it the sameway,” Blaszczyk said of the differ-ent quarterback options. “The
quarterback is the captain andthe leader of the team, so whoev-er is back there has our trust.He’s the guy that is going to leadus to victory.”
These words come from theman who really is one of theKnights’ captains.
Not only that, but Blaszczyk ison the Rimington Trophy WatchList, an award given to thenation’s top center, and theanchor on what is regarded as thetop offensive line in the Big East.
Along with Blaszcyzk, Davisand Haslam are also tabbed forindividual honors.
Davis is a preseason candi-date for the Outland Trophy,awarded to the nation’s bestinterior lineman, and the trioreceived preseason All-BigEast honors.
The unit recognizes the atten-tion they are receiving but ismore focused on improvement.
“You hear it, but you try not toreally listen to it,” Haslam said ofthe praise. “Everybody saystheir things and has their presea-son rankings. I guess it’s nice to
hear, but you don’t really focuson that.”
Instead, they respond toSchiano’s challenge to becomemore physical.
“We weren’t an overall physi-cal football team last year on theoffensive side of the ball,”Schiano said. “We need to seethat from these guys.”
Against defending Big Eastchampions Cincinnati, there is nobetter time for the line to start toshow their increased toughness.
Facing a defense that isrumored to have adopted a 3-4style, the line could face at leasttwo 300-pound Bearcat linemen.
On top of that, Schianoexpects a number of blitz pack-ages against the Knights’ inexpe-rienced quarterback.
“It’s not easy to knock off aguy anchored down there, a big,strong guy,” Schiano said of theBearcats’ defensive line. “Weneed to give movement on theoffensive line to give our runningbacks a chance. Pass protection:We’re going to get hit with aplethora of blitzes — I would do
that if I were them. We better beready for it.”
The line has been gettingitself ready for Cincinnati sincelast March, when the matchupwas announced and spring prac-tices began.
“We’re trying to be a morephysical team, like Coach said,”Blaszczyk said. “We just need togo out there every day and con-tinue to be physical — we prac-tice how we play.”
In practice, the line haslooked strong.
Sophomore running backsJourdan Brooks and JoeMartinek and true freshmanDe’Antwan “Rocket” Williamshave constantly impressed dur-ing preseason scrimmages.
Along with the line, the youngbut talented corps of runningbacks is expected to be astrength of Rutgers’ offense.
Still, it starts with the line.“If we don’t stay on our
blocks and finish our blocksthen the running backs don’thave the holes that they need tomake their cuts and gainyards,” Blaszczyk said. “And ifwe don’t hold our blocks, Domdoesn’t have time to pass theball downfield, so it’s won andlost in the trenches.”
With a unit that has beentogether for six of the sevengames in the Knights’ winningstreak, the line holds greatresponsibility in extending theteam’s success.
“I think our of fensive linehas a huge job ahead of it, notonly this week, but all season,”Schiano said. “I’m confidentwith the six guys because Ithink they work incrediblyhard. In the end, you still got togo do it. That’s really ourwhole story: We got to go outand do it.”
ties at the position, and he hasyet to disappoint.
“Tony is a talented guy,”Greg Schiano said. “He has verygood hands. He has a maturityabout him, emotional maturity,that he handles this stuff verywell. That gives him a headstart. I think the young tightends are all good players.”
Trahan chose to walk on atRutgers over a scholarship offerfrom Vanderbilt, primarilybecause of the family atmos-phere created by Schiano andhis staff.
“I think it’s just CoachSchiano’s beliefs in us and ourbeliefs in him,” Trahan said.“These coaches have us set in theright direction. He hammershome family, and just getting toknow these guys is really awe-some to see how close-knit theyare, and I’m blessed to be a partof it.”
Coming from Coppell — asmall, business-centered city witha population of 39,000 locatednorthwest of Dallas — Trahanwas raised in a religious house-hold and said that religion moti-vated him to both play footballand to come to Rutgers.
“It’s just God’s plan for me,” hesaid. “I had a few opportunities,but I think I’m here for a reasonand I’m completely blessed to behere and happy to be here.”
For Trahan, just being a mem-ber of the Scarlet Knights is excit-ing enough. He was thrilled to sitat his new locker inside RutgersStadium wearing his shiny newNo. 17 football jersey.
“Hopefully it won’t always lookthis clean, if you know what Imean,” Trahan joked.
Moving from Texas to NewJersey is a significant transitionfor an 18-year-old about to startcollege, but it can have its advan-tages when dealing with the heatof training camp.
“It’s like 86 degrees today andguys like AD [Anthony Davis]are like ‘It’s so hot, it’s so hot,’but I’m just like, ‘Come on,’”Trahan said.
And it is not like Trahan has tomake the transition alone.
Between his teammates, whathe calls his new family, and a briefvisit from his parents, the transi-tion has gone smoothly.
“Shamar [Graves] and all ofthe other guys have just beenunbelievable so far,” he said. “Ifyou ask them anything, they’reright there with the answers andthat’s great to have as a youngguy because that playbook isway bigger than I thought it was.If you ask them something,they’ll tell you and if they don’tknow, they’ll go get the answerfor you. It’s awesome havingthat support.”
To the veterans, Trahan hasplayed well enough to earn him-self a nickname: “TouchdownTexas T.”
“That’s my boy, Tony. Tony,Touchdown Texas T,” Gravessaid. “He’s a real good kid, a realgood personality and works hard,always wants to learn and I’malways with him and tell himeverything he needs to know andmore. And I told him he’s got areal bright future here I think.”
With freshman Malcolm Bushstill learning and developing andfreshman Paul Carrezola han-dling hamstring and backinjuries, Trahan could find thefield Monday alongside convert-ed quarterback D.C. Jefferson.
“I’m just trying to get biggerphysically and just get stronger,”he said. “I also want to work onthe mental aspect of the game,trying to get the playbook. I thinkthat knowing plays and where tostep, where to block, where torun your plays is the most impor-tant thing I can do.”
After playing quarterback asa junior in high school, Trahanswitched to tight end his senioryear, pulling in 230 yards andtwo touchdowns.
He is a two-star recruit onRivals.com, but is ranked as oneof the top tight ends in the stateof Texas.
“It’s unbelievably exciting forme,” he said. “Being here rightnow, the facilities are becomingunbelievable. We have the newrecruiting lounge. Just meetingMr. Pernetti, you can see that hejust has unbelievable plans forRutgers to make everything big-ger … I think he brings a wholenew level of excitement.”
— This article originallyappeared on TargumBlog
at dailytargum.com
BY SAM HELLMANASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
The old adage that “every-thing is bigger in Texas” mustinclude its tight ends. Standingat 6-foot-6, freshman tight endand walk-on Tony Trahan hasused his combination of size,
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Freshman tight end and Texas native Tony Trahan chose to walk on -to the Scarlet Knights over a scholarship offer at Vanderbilt.
Texas walk-on earns chance for early playing time
“He has a maturityabout him,
emotional maturity,that he handles this
stuff very well.”GREG SCHIANO
Head Coach
BY JOSH GLATTSTAFF WRITER
Despite the majority of thefocus in training camp on thequarterbacks, there is anotherheated position battle of note.The competition between juniorAntonio Lowery and sophomoreManny Abreu at weakside line-backer is still too close to call.
Following the second scrim-mage, head coach Greg Schianomade it clear that neither hasseized the job.
“I think they kindof did the samea c t u a l l y , ”Schiano said of their per form-ance
in the second scrimmage. “If oneof them would’ve really run outof it — not that they played poor-ly, they didn’t — but neither onejust grabbed it and pulled awaywith it. So right now, they’d both play.”
Prior to the third scrimmage,Schiano reiterated that both wereperforming well, yet neither had
separated himself.“I think those
two guys bothdeserve toplay andthey’re bothm a k i n gplays,” hesaid. “You
know my gut: Idon’t like to rotate
linebackers. I thinkthey need to see it, but
these two guys have bothplayed in games. Manny’s
played a lot in games. So it’snot like he’s never done it.
We’ll see.”The players them-
selves also recognizejust how close their
level of play has been.“It’s neck and neck right
now,” Lowery said. “When Isay neck and neck, I meanthe skin of the teeth.”
Lowery takes the positionbattle as a means forimprovement rather than areason for animosity.
“It’s a good thing becauseit keeps me on the edge, mak-
ing sure I’m always watch-ing film and study-ing,” Lowery said.“The big thing for
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Junior outside linebacker Antonio Lowery (50) had 16 tackles last season in a reserve and special teamsrole. He saw playing time in all 13 games for the Scarlet Knights.
hands and knowledge of the play-book to work his way from prac-tice squad player to competitorfor first team reps in just a hand-ful of weeks
The little depth at tight endwith the departure of KevinBrock has given the Coppell,Texas native ample opportuni-
me about the competition is whenI make a mistake; I know what mymistake is. So that’s real big.”
Abreu takes the same atti-tude as Lowery with regards tothe competition.
“We are both good playersand we help each other out,”Abreu said. “We’re alwaysthere competing. It’s actuallygood to have someone in frontof me or if I’m in front of him.
We are always fighting, battlingfor the position.”
While both vie for the startingjob, they are still willing to helpone another on and off the field.
“We sit next to each other inthe meeting room,” Lowery said.“If I don’t know something I askhim, if he doesn’t know some-thing, he asks me.”
Both players are thankfulthat their position battle has not
provoked the same level ofattention as the publicized quar-terback battle.
“I would hate to be a quarter-back right now,” Lowery said.“As of right now, I’m just thank-ful that I know everything and Ican relax.”
— This ar ticle originallyappeared on TargumBlog atdailytargum.com
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Targum’s Sports Editor Matthew Stein chatswith the senior linebacker about interceptions,playing Madden, starring in movie love scenes
with Alicia Keys and his pregame rituals ...
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Despite the Rutgers defense holding Cincinnati to just 13 points last season, the Scarlet Knightsfailed to put together any offense and lost their third straight game to the Bearcats.
RU, Cincy rivalry underratedI t’s been underplayed by both
Rutgers and Cincinnati allweek. Neither player nor
head coach wants to openly sayhow important this game is foreither club.
Well, it is.There is no way around it — this
is the reigning conference champi-on against a team consideredamong the favorites to win the BigEast. This is a nationally televisedgame, on Labor Day, against a pret-ty big conference rival. The newly-expanded stadium will be open, thefans will be raucous and both teamshave legitimate reasons to thinkthey can win the Big East.
Simply put, this is the mostimportant game for the ScarletKnights, until the last game of theyear at home against WestVirginia. Even though they knowhow riled up they are and howridiculous the atmosphere at thisgame is going to be, it’s too badthe players and coaches won’t sayanything other than “It’s anothergame on a 12-game schedule” or“We treat every game the same.”
Maybe, but a little added fuelto the fire wouldn’t hurt.
“The Big East is such a tightconference that every game is justso important,” junior defensivetackle Charlie Noonan said.“They’ve had our number the lastcouple of years, even in 2006 whenI was a redshirt. I wouldn’t call it arivalry, but I don’t know what it is.”
That is the closest any playeror coach has come to offeringpublic emotion about the opener.
Come on. It is a rivalry!This is Cincinnati! This is the
team that ended the Knights’ unde-feated season in 2006 and effective-ly cost head coach Greg Schiano’steam a trip to a Bowl ChampionshipSeries Bowl. This is the team thatdid the same in 2008, winning athree-point game (also the last timeRutgers has lost a game) that costRU a one-conference-loss seasonand a trip to a BCS Bowl, and putthe Knights at 1-5 on the season.
Sandwiched in between thosetwo crushing losses was a 2007loss at Rutgers Stadium. After thegame, then-Cincinnati quarter-back Ben Mauk stood at the bigred “R” at the center of the fieldand mocked the “chop,” the mostrecognizable symbol of theremarkable 2006 run.
Quarterback Tom Savage is aguy that knows the history between
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Mindof Stein
DAN BRACAGLIA/ ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Head coach Greg Schiano has lost the last three games to Cincinnati,including a 2006 road loss that ended an undefeated season.
Matthew Stein: As a defensive player, which isthe better feeling, when you get a sack or an interception?Damaso Munoz: Interception. I like to have theball in my hands. If I can get any opportunityto get the ball in my hands, I’m going to tryand score. An interception is always betterthan a sack.
MS: What’s one thing about you we would not know?DM: I like to play Madden. If anybody wants tochallenge me you can come check me out. I playas the Chargers.
MS: What’s your favorite place to be on campus?DM: I’m a home guy; I like to be at home, eitherplaying a game or chilling with my teammates. Ilike to chill out at the Douglass Campus Center,the Douglass cafeteria.
MS: If you were in a movie, what would it be about?DM: I would like to play in a romance and have alove scene with Alicia Keys. Fallin’.
MS: What’s your least favorite part of training camp?DM: I would have to say the conditioning. Just thegassers at the end of practice.
MS: Are there any training camp traditions?DM: Every year we always carry a tradition at theend of camp and throw all the strength coaches inthe tubs. We all have fun doing that. Sometimesthey already know it’s coming and they just go in.We like to forcefully throw them in the tubs.
MS: Do you have any pregame rituals?DM: I say my prayers before every game. I alwaystie a double knot in my right shoe.
MS: Who can eat the most on the defensive sideof the ball?DM: Antonio Lowery. I don’t know why, he just eats.I don’t even know where he puts it, but he can justeat.
MS: What’s your favorite late night food?DM: It’s always a fat sandwich from the GreaseTrucks — the Fat Beach.
MS: Who were your football idols growing up?DM: Sean Taylor, R.I.P. I always watched himgrowing up in Miami. I wanted to be like him, playlike him. If I could play another position it wouldbe safety.
MS: Who is the most fun to watch in the weight room?DM: Coach [Jeremy] Cole. He’s passionate aboutwhat he does, and he always gets us right. He’sone of our best strength coaches; I love watchinghim. Some times when we are lifting he comes inand lifts with us. It’s a sight to see him in theweight room.
the clubs — and should be an excit-ed freshman — as he is on the ros-ter for the first time against a con-ference rival. Yet this is all we get.
“Being around here I knowhow big of a deal the game withCincinnati is,” he said. “I’m justexcited to go out there and watchthem play and do whatever I cando to help the team.”
Think of the current situationwith Cincinnati in terms ofLouisville circa 2006. The Cardinalshad RU’s number and were the bet-ter team for a few years, until thatprime time Thursday night show-down in Piscataway that introducedthe world to RU football. Clearly,this game is nowhere near thatlevel, but still.
Nobody wants to go out andcrush them? Make a statementthat despite losing their entirepassing offense, other teams in
the Big East should be wary of Rutgers?
Regardless, Monday’s gamehas all the signs of being a classicconference struggle.
Both Schiano and Bearcatshead coach Brian Kelly havedone excellent jobs of keepingtheir new schemes and startersunder wraps. Cincinnati does notknow who the Knights are goingto start at quarterback, and RUdoesn’t know how Cincy’s new 3-4 defense will shape up with 10new starters.
Cincinnati’s strength is itsoffense, and the Knights’strength is its defense.Cincinnati’s defense is a mystery— and how RU will perform withnew wideouts and quarterbacksis just as much of one.
All that does is add more mys-tique to a game that is already fullof storylines. If the Knights want toplay it off like it’s just anothergame, so be it.
The trademark “R” has notadorned the south end zone hillat Rutgers Stadium for two yearsnow, but at last the makeshiftbleachers, dirt and constructionequipment are gone.
When the Rutgers footballteam opens against CincinnatiMonday, the $102 million sta-dium expansion project willbe complete and for the firsttime in Scarlet Knights histo-ry, 52,454 people can say, ‘Iwas there.’
“I’ve been around for awhile now and I kind of gotused to it now that the ‘R’ hasnot been there since theystarted the expansion” seniorright tackle Kevin Haslamsaid. “But now it’s nice to seeit all finished up.”
The south end zone now fea-tures 11,412 new seats, a newscoreboard, sound system, rest-rooms and concession stands.Although the new entrance isnot complete, it is functional.
Standing 38 feet high andspreading 114 feet across, the
scoreboard anboard will bto miss.
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Previously, the record crowdat Rutgers Stadium was 44,267— set in 2007 when No. 2South Florida traveled toPiscataway. But with theAthletic Department expectinga sellout, that record will easilybe broken.
“I guess student tickets wenton sale and in one day theywere all gone,” Schiano said.“That to me is a long way fromwhere we were when we gothere nine years ago. I thinkthat’s the biggest thing.”
With a $5 million recruitinglounge still to be added on themezzanine level, Schiano’svision is still a work in progress,but the added seating andenclosed stadium is a key step.
Asked what he expects of theLabor Day opener, Munoz said,“A good experience, a collegeexperience, and that’s the wayit’s supposed to be.”
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TARGUM S PORTS S TAFFCincinnati at RUTGERS
No. 5 Alabama at
No. 7 Virginia Tech
Minnesota at Syracuse
No. 13 Georgia at
No. 9 Oklahoma State
Miami at No. 18 Florida State
Cincinnati at RUTGERS
No. 5 Alabama at
No. 7 Virginia Tech
Minnesota at Syracuse
No. 13 Georgia at
No. 9 Oklahoma State
Miami at No. 18 Florida State
RUTGERS
Alabama
Minnesota
OK. State
Miami
RUTGERS
Alabama
Minnesota
Georgia
Florida State
Cincinnati
Alabama
Minnesota
OK. State
Florida State
RUTGERS
Virginia Tech
Minnesota
Georgia
Miami
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SPORTS EDITOR
STEVEN MILLER
CORRESPONDENTKYLE FRANKO
ASSOC. SPORTS EDITOR
SAM HELLMAN
FOOTBALL BEAT WRITER
WRS U S PORTS S TAFFCincinnati at RUTGERS
No. 5 Alabama at
No. 7 Virginia Tech
Minnesota at Syracuse
No. 13 Georgia at
No. 9 Oklahoma State
Miami at No. 18 Florida State
Cincinnati at RUTGERS
No. 5 Alabama at
No. 7 Virginia Tech
Minnesota at Syracuse
No. 13 Georgia at
No. 9 Oklahoma State
Miami at No. 18 Florida State
RUTGERS
Virginia Tech.
Minnesota
Ok. State
Miami
Cincinnati
Alabama
Minnesota
Georgia
Miami
RUTGERS
Alabama
Minnesota
Ok. State
Miami
RUTGERS
Alabama
Minnesota
Georgia
Florida State
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GENERAL MANAGER
ARMANDO MARTINEZ
WRSU PERSONALITYREGGIE ROBINSON
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SPORTS DIRECTOR
GRID PICKSTHIS WEEK’S FOOTBALL ACTION
W hen the Big Eastadded Louisville,Connecticut and
South Florida to the football con-ference in 2005, many expectedthe newcomers to struggle. But sofar, two out of the three teams havewon at least a share of the confer-ence title within their first four sea-sons of play.
Rutgers is still in search of itsfirst Big East Championship andis the only original league mem-ber without one.
Recently, the Scarlet Knightsprogram has been built fromscratch and brought torespectability due to head coachGreg Schiano.
When Schiano took over atthe end of 2000, media and fansthought the coach was a littleahead of himself when he talkedabout winning championshipsduring his first press conference.But Schiano has brought in solidrecruits, helped fill RutgersStadium and given fans the bestseason in school history in 2006.
But now with the programconsistently hovering around thetop 25, four straight bowl appear-ances and improved recruiting,the pressure is on for Rutgers towin the conference.
With the rest of the confer-ence struggling for talent in 2009,this may be the best time forRutgers to earn its first ever BowlChampionship Series berth.Rutgers will open with defendingchampion Cincinnati at the newlyexpanded Rutgers Stadium.
A win against the Bearcatsputs the Knights atop the packimmediately and sets the stagefor Rutgers to make a run for thetitle. Rutgers has most of its big
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ScarletPulse
A good majority of footballfans and players sit in front ofthe TV and spend countlesshours playing Madden andNCAA Football.
So why not let the gamespeak for itself?
The Daily Targum’s MatthewStein and Sam Hellman will simu-late each game after making thenecessary roster updates foreach week — but first, we simu-lated the entire season to see howit might play out. The verdict?
The 2009 season seems pret-ty familiar to the two before it.
The two-deep for the seasonwas set as is for week one, with leftguard Caleb Ruch, quarterbackDom Natale, running back JoeMartinek, defensive tackle BlairBines and linebacker AntonioLowery getting the starting nodsat their respective positions.
THE SIMULATED SEASONbegan inauspiciously enoughwith a Labor Day loss to theBearcats — again by a close 20-13 margin. Rutgers reboundedagainst Howard but then fell,stunningly, by nine points toFIU. From there, shades of lastseason returned.
The Knights racked off fivestraight wins to improve theirrecord to 6-2, though theyremained outside the top 25rankings. Maryland, which fin-ished 9-3, fell by seven toRutgers, and Pittsburgh, whichfinished the season ranked No.17, took a nasty 41-14 spanking.
But RU lost three of theirfinal four and finished the sea-son just 7-5, going, again, to theInternational Bowl.
USF and Louisville both wonwith one-point wins. WhenWest Virginia came to town tofinish the season, already 10-1and ranked in the top 10, it wasmore of the same. The finalscore read 30-11, and theKnights trudged into Torontoto take on Bowling Green.
The International Bowl wasa joke and Rutgers took a 42-6decision behind five touch-downs from Natale.
After the season, D.C.Jefferson transferred to
Marshall and after being unableto take more carries fromMartinek, Jourdan Brooks elect-ed to don a Miami (Oh.) uni-form. Anthony Davis, for rea-sons unbeknownst to all, decid-ed to return to Piscataway forhis senior season. Texas wonthe National Championship witha 10-point win over Florida.
Despite the final results,Natale impressed at quarter-back while taking most of thesnaps under center. The seniorcompleted 52 percent of hispasses for 2,337 yards and 24touchdowns — only nine inter-ceptions — in having one of thebest seasons for a quarterbackin school history.
Tom Savage was average atbest, completing 38 percent ofpasses and tossing four touch-downs to three interceptions.
Martinek paced RU in rush-ing with 1,323 yards and eighttouchdowns on 311 carries, whileBrooks racked up 448 yards andtwo touchdowns on 104 carries.
Mohamed Sanu out-received Tim Brown, 818 yardsand 5 touchdowns to 580 yardsand 7 touchdowns, but Gravesled RU with eight scores.
AGAINST CINCINNATI IN THEopener, Natale and Savage bothstruggled and Natale’s firstinterception was returned for atouchdown to open the game’sscoring. Tony Pike threw hislone touchdown pass for 24yards in the second quarter andthe Bearcats held a 20-3 advan-tage after three.
Martinek scored from threeyards out and San San Techipped in two field goals forRU’s only offense.
RU actually totaled nearly 90more yards of offense and morethan doubled Cincinnati’s totalon the ground, where Martinekbroke the century mark with104 yards.
The Rutgers defense did anice job containing Pike andMardy Gilyard, who only hadfour catches for 34 yards andwas held out of the end zone.Pike was 15-of-34 for 148 yardswith two interceptions.
NCAA FOOTBALL 2010 PREDICTS 7-5 YEAR
Rutgers needs a Big East title
In this week’s edition of theDane Truxell Football 101, thesports staff takes an in-depth lookat the differences between the 4-3and 3-4 defenses.
Because Cincinnati has somemystery at what the front sevenwill look like come kickoff, let ustake a look at the differencebetween the two defensive styles.
The difference between thetwo styles is simple. The 4-3defense includes four down line-men — two ends and two tackles.The 3-4 only has three — twoends and one nose tackle.
In the 3-4, the defense adds afourth linebacker that tends tobe a hybrid between a linebackerand pass rusher. A player suchas Adalius Thomas on theBaltimore Ravens is a greatexample of this.
All signs point to Cincinnati,who changed defensive coordina-tors over the offseason, movingto a 3-4 defense, but head coach
Brian Kelly said that not muchhas changed philosophically.
“We still want to play fast,”Kelly said. “One of the thingswe’ve down well over the last cou-ple of years is we haven’t let theball get over our head. We’ve real-ly done a nice job of not giving upthe big play. So philosophicallywe’ll continue to do that — keepthe ball in front of us and play asfast as we can. The Xs and Os stuffis, I think, a lot of times overrated.”
The trouble for the Rutgersoffense is that the two defen-sive looks are extremely dif fer-ent and the Scarlet Knightshave to spend time preparingfor either approach.
“It takes a little more concen-tration, but the coaches are doinga great job of preparing us,” saidsenior quarterback Dom Natale.“Our preparation will make surewe’re ready to go.”
— Staff Report
games at home this season,hosting Pittsburgh, SouthFlorida and West Virginia on theBanks. The lone tough road testfor Schiano’s team should comeon Halloween, when Rutgerstravels to face UConn.
Bowl trips to Arizona andTexas were great starts for thefootball program, but the Knightshave seen two newcomers to theleague beat them out for titlesever since 2006, when Louisvillebeat out RU and West Virginia.Schiano talked about champi-onships from week one atRutgers and, although he mayhave sounded crazy at first, hedoes not sound unwise anymore.
University fans enjoy winningseasons and bowl trips, but atrue measurement of where theprogram is should be found byseeing if fans start to grow impa-tient without a conference title.The coaching staf f, players,media and fans have all startedto expect winning seasons fromthe program. But not having achampionship is the lone obsta-cle keeping from Rutgers takingthat next step up the collegefootball ladder.
The team will need a managerbehind center this year andwhether it is senior Dom Nataleor true freshman Tom Savage,the quarterback will have to be
smart and run a consistentoffense. The sophomore duo ofJoe Martinek and JourdanBrooks has to step up once againand carry the ball for theKnights. If the two running backscan break some long runs andscore inside the red zone thenthe offense should be able to putup points.
The defense will be theanchor to success headed by theline-backing corps. The second-ary and defensive line has toprove itself early and forceturnovers in order to win games.Last season, Rutgers didn’t forcea turnover against a bowl subdivi-sion team until homecomingagainst UConn.
Game one will show everyonewhere this program stands andwhether or not that leap can bemade to the next level in 2009.The rise to respectability hasbeen enjoyable to watch and hasgiven many fans hope for theprogram. But accepting medioc-rity has been a problem inRutgers sports.
Accepting mediocrity cannothappen to the football program.
In 2006 Rutgers was onedropped pass away from theOrange Bowl. In 2007 it was nottaking care of business athome. Last season it was thebrutal start to the campaignthat cost the Knights a shot atthe conference title.
Rutgers will need the chop-ping mentality in 2009. They’llneed to pack a lunch every dayand show everyone that theystand atop the Big East. SouthFlorida and Rutgers are the onlytwo teams to not have won theBig East; Rutgers must do it first
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Natale feels ready to run Rutgers offense in openerBY SAM HELLMAN
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
When Dom Natale transferredto the Rutgers football team fromMichigan State in 2006, he knewhe had a long road to travel.
Between a year on the benchvia NCAA transfer regulations, ayear on the bench via injury inspring camp and a year primarilyon the bench watching Mike Teelturn his senior season fromtragedy to triumph, it seemedthat Natale would never get ameaningful college snap.
But then Teel graduated to theNFL and everything changed.
All of a sudden, Natale, a fifthyear senior, was the No. 1 optionat quarterback.
“He’s going to be a great quar-terback for thisteam,” said seniorwide receiver TimBrown. “Dom’s agood quarterbackand if he keepsdoing what he’sdoing, he can be a starter for this team.”
Although hehas not beennamed the starterfor Monday, Natale appears poisedto run the offense after seeing themost work with the first team inboth spring and summer camp. ToNatale, it doesn’t matter if hestarts or not, because he plans toprepare as a starter no matterwhat. Just taking the field with theopportunity to start is enough forthe Hun School product.
“I’ve been excited aboutthis since the spring,” Natalesaid. “I love the game, I loveto play and I’ll be excited outthere on Monday with what-ever my role is.”
Natale added that theincreased repetitions havevastly helped him improvehis game and get a betterhold on the offense.
“I’d definitely say itwas just an overallimprovement,” hesaid. “There’s a lotof reps so it’s justexperience. Thatwas the biggestthing I waslooking for-ward tog a i n -i n g .I ’m
happy with it. We got a lot ofreps in and did well.”
Although the continued suc-cess of Teel during his time atRutgers kept Natale on thebench, he said that his timeunder Teel completely changedhim for the better. Natale learneda lot from the now SeattleSeahawk backup and he tries toapply Teel’s tendencies to hisown game.
“The biggest thing I probablytook from Mike is just the wayhe handled things, the good andthe bad,” Natale said. “He wasalways just in there in full speedand got through a bunch ofthings. … You have to performto be able to lead, so every repreinforces that.”
Another advantage forNatale receivingso many reps atq u a r t e r b a c kbetween thestar t of springand now is theconfidence andtrust that he’sbuilt between his of fense and himself.
“Dom’s verymature,” said sen-
ior fullback and two-year starterJack Corcoran. “Dom’s a guythat we can definitely trust onand off the field, so I’m person-ally very confident in him.”
Head coachGreg Schianohas praised
Natale forhis “pres-ence” and
said thath e ’ s
improveds i g n i f i -c a n t l y
since thespring.
“He def-initely hasthe com-
mand of ourof fense,” Schiano
said. “I think there’sa confidence levelthere with ourplayers. I thinkthere’s going tobe a mix of thethree. I don’t
know what thepercentages are,
but we’ll see.”Schiano has decided
on who he wants to startthe game, but has yet to
inform the players of hisdecision and will not
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Fifth year senior quarterback Dom Natale spent the entire spring and summer working with the first teamoffense and will likely start against Cincinnati. Natale, a transfer from Michigan State, missed all of the2006 and 2007 seasons because of NCAA transfer regulations and injuries.
“Dom’s very mature.Dom’s a guy that wecan definitely trust
on and off the field.”JACK CORCORAN
Senior fullback
inform the public to keepCincinnati in the dark.
“I’m just not making it publicyet,” Schiano said. “We know. Ithink we have a pretty good ideaof what the plan is going to be.How it unfolds in the game is dif-ferent. I think some of that will bedetermined on how it goes.”
The other two options forSchiano to turn to at quarterbackare senior Jabu Lovelace and truefreshman Tom Savage.
All three will potentially see thefield Monday, but in different uses.
Lovelace has served as achange-of-pace quarterback inthe past, running a Wildcat style
offense for a few plays while Teelsat on the sidelines, and with hisreturn from injury should comethe return of “the Jabu package.”
“Jabu is a very athletic, verygood with the ball in his hands,running the ball — [he] has shownthat over time,” Schiano said.
Savage attended 14 of theKnights’ 15 spring practices, butdid not see the field until the startof training camp. Since then, hehas exploded from fifth on thedepth chart to potential starter.
“It’s been cool to watch,”Natale said. “The kid had a coolhead, he’s calm and relaxed.They snapped the ball over his
head one day and he just picked itup and kept going. He’s got a lotof composure and I think he’llcome along as time comes.”
What impresses Natale aboutSavage is how truly unlike afreshman the 19-year-old fromCardinal O’Hara (Pa.) looks onthe gridiron.
“He’s meeting his expecta-tions right now,” Natale said.“He was here in the spring so it’snot like he walked into the play-book blind. He makes a coupleof freshman mistakes everyonce in a while, but he makesfewer than you’d expect a fresh-man to make.”
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Schedule sets up Knights for strong run to bowlBY STEVEN MILLER
CORRESPONDENT
When defending Big Eastchampions Cincinnati come toPiscataway, either Rutgers or theBearcats get a jumpstart on theconference competition.
Still, there will be no look-ing ahead for the ScarletKnights, as head coach GregSchiano said their focus is sole-ly on Cincinnati.
“It’s 12 one-game seasons,”Schiano said. “If you do wellenough, you have thirteen.”
But that does not stop TheDaily Targum from taking a lookat how the season could pan outand some of the newcomers inthe starting squad.
The perfect letdown — Afterpreparing to open against confer-ence rival Cincinnati for sixmonths, the following gamewould be the perfect time for aletdown — except it is Howardthat travels to Rutgers Stadium.
The next two opponents,Howard and FloridaInternational, were a combined 6-17 last season, and after a roadtrip to Maryland, the Knightstake on Texas Southern.
Both Howard and TexasSouthern are in the FootballChampionship Subdivision, pre-viously known as 1-AA.
Senior quarterback DomNatale is expected to start undercenter after the departure ofMike Teel, but expect to see a lotof heralded true freshman TomSavage in these ugly games.
Primetime Fridays — TheKnights play back-to-back nation-ally televised Friday night games
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Senior cornerback and team captain Devin McCourty returns this season to anchor a defensive unit thatreturns six starters and includes two team captains for the 2009 campaign.
Five teams will vie for title in wide open Big EastBY MATTHEW STEIN
SPORTS EDITOR
There is not a big-six confer-ence in the country that gets aslittle respect as the Big East.
Not a single team is ranked inthe top 25 in the AP or USA Todaypolls, despite Cincinnati returningone of the more explosive offens-es in the country after reachingthe Orange Bowl, West Virginiabringing back a lot of the talentthat ended the year ranked in thetop 25 and Rutgers and Pittsburghboth finishing last year’s final pollreceiving top-25 votes.
Pittsburgh, Rutgers, WestVirginia, Cincinnati and SouthFlorida all earned votes in thepreseason AP top 25 poll and USAToday coaches poll, putting allfive teams on the cusp of nationalrespect with a couple of key winsin September.
What makes it harder to rankany of the Big East teams is howwide open the conference is.What makes any one of the topfive teams better than the other?It is all a matter of opinion, andthat is hard to judge consideringthe question marks on everyteam. Here is a closer look at theother seven Big East clubs:
Cincinnati: The Bearcatsreturn most of their offense, andthat could prove dangerous toopponents. Tony Pike is perhapsthe best quarterback in the con-ference, All-Big East wideoutMardy Gilyard is Pike’s most dan-gerous weapon, and head coachBrian Kelly surprised many bysticking with Cincinnati despiteoffers from more prestigious foot-
ball programs. The issues for theBearcats lie on defense, where abrand new coordinator is break-ing in a brand new defense with10 brand new starters.
The bottom line: Cincinnati isstill one of the premier programsin the Big East, and any time youhave a coach like Kelly and a quar-terback/receiver combinationlike Pike/Gilyard, they will com-pete for the conference crown.
Connecticut: Every year,Connecticut pulls off a key upsetand seems on the verge of con-tending but one frustrating lossspells the end. Last season,UConn was 5-0 before droppingconsecutive games at UNC andRutgers before tailing off at theend of the season. Two years ago,it was a one-point loss to Virginia.
The bottom line: LinebackerScott Lutrus is a strong playerand he will anchor a defense thatsent four players to the NFL lastseason, but the Huskies are stillone step shy of competing withthe Big East’s best.
Louisville: If the Cardinals donot rebound to a morerespectable record this season,head coach Steve Kragthorpe isprobably out. As it is, fans arelonging for the days when BobbyPetrino roamed the sidelines andBrian Brohm was leading theoffense to BCS berths. Now, theCardinals will rely on youth andunproven talent to rectify adefense that allowed 30 pointsand 369 yards per game in 2008.
The bottom line: Louisville bet-ter gain some confidence beforethey head out to No. 19 Utah for
their third game, otherwise theywill miss a Bowl game for a thirdstraight season.
Pittsburgh: The Panthershave the talent to win the BigEast year after year, but forsome reason their quarterbacknever pans out or their stoutdefense lets up too many pointsin critical games. With LeSeanMcCoy now in the NFL,Pittsburgh’s immense talent andDave Wannstedt’s coaching abil-ity will really be put to the test.
The bottom line: It is alwayshard to say how Pittsburgh willend up, but in playing the trends asecond or third-place finish in theconference seems about right,sending the Panthers to anothermediocre Bowl game when theyshould be playing for more.
South Florida: Matt Grotheand George Selvie return toanchor the offense and defense,respectively, for a group that con-tinually falls short expectations.Each year, USF gets off to a greatstart and pulls off exciting upsets,including wins over Auburn,Kansas and West Virginia. Yet theend result is never there, tailingoff in conference play.
The bottom line: More of thesame is coming for the Bulls.Grothe will lead a potent attack,Selvie will anchor a solid defenseand all signs will point to an excel-lent Big East finish – until theyinevitably falter in November.
Syracuse: The biggest thing fornew head coach Doug Marrone wasnot to win, because it is a far-fetchedidea for the Orange to win games
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West Virginia quarterback Jarrett Brown will face the tall task ofreplacing Mountaineer legend Pat White under center.
in October, hosting Pittsburghbefore traveling to face Army.
Rutgers took down thePanthers 54-34 at Heinz Field lastseason as now-senior wideout TimBrown scored two touchdowns.
Having the Big East oppo-nents at home should only helpthe Knights, who could potential-ly be without a loss when theyhead home from West Point.
Big East road games —Rutgers’ Big East road games
are against Connecticut,Syracuse and Louisville, withthe Halloween matchup withthe Huskies appearing to be thetoughest road test, though theRU defensive front must be sali-vating with the prospects of hit-ting Syracuse quar terbackGreg Paulus.
Junior Charlie Noonan, thisspring’s Most ImprovedDefensive Player, will start in themiddle with either senior BlairBines or redshirt freshman Scott
Vallone, while sophomore EricLeGrand and junior JonathanFreeny will also see time in arotating line.
Home competition — AfterCincinnati and Pittsburgh, RU’sbiggest challenges should comein the form South Florida andWest Virginia.
Departed cornerback JasonMcCourty recorded his firstcareer interception against USF’sMatt Grothe last season and jun-
ior Brandon Bing will look tohave similar success starting inhis place.
While that position battle hasbeen decided, there is an ongoingcompetition at linebacker betweensophomore Manny Abreu, whostarted seven games last season,and junior Antonio Lowery.
A starter has yet to beannounced not because neitherhas impressed but because bothhave shown enough to warrantsignificant playing time.
“You know what, if it’s closeand they both can help, then we’lldo that,” Schiano said.
In the final game of the regu-lar season, the Knights will lookto earn their first win againstWest Virginia under Schiano.
While Mountaineers’ runningback Noel Devine could causeproblems, Rutgers will boast astrong run game of their own.
Senior fullback JackCorcoran’s partner in the back-field remains a question mark,although it is expected to besome combination of sopho-mores Jourdan Brooks and JoeMartinek and true freshmanDe’Antwan “Rocket” Williams.
The fact that neither Brooksnor Martinek established them-selves as the No. 1 tailback dur-ing camp is not necessarily a badthing — they are both that good.
“These two are strong backs,they can take it. But I think theycan game and egg it,” Schianosaid of his desire to have a work-horse back.
That Rutgers faces their fourtoughest opponents at theirnewly expanded home will onlybenefit the team, making it verypossible RU could win their firstBig East title.
right away with the incumbent tal-ent. But in order to improve in thefuture, Syracuse needed nationalrecognition, and they got it with theGreg Paulus at quarterback show-case. Who knows how good he canbe after not getting hit in five years,but it really does not matter.
The bottom line: If nothingelse, Paulus brings much-neededexcitement to the Carrier Domeand will try to make Syracuse rel-evant for the first time sinceDonovan McNabb played. Theywill not win much in the Big East.
West Virginia: Do not countout the Mountaineers because
Pat White is now in the NFL. Newquarterback Jarrett Brown hastalent and should be fine runningBill Stewart’s wide-open attack.Speedy running back NoelDevine is in the spotlight to pacethat offense, and the defense issort of a question mark.
The bottom line: The pressureis once again on theMountaineers to represent theconference in the BCS becausethey are the most marketable pro-gram in the Big East. Stewart’scritics will certainly be chirpinguntil they see results, which willonly come if Brown and Devinedisplay their true capabilities.
FRONT AND BACK COVER DESIGN BY ANNIKA HUQ
Beasts of the EastBAD BLOOD
Cincinnati has virtually eliminatedRutgers from a BCS berth two ofthe past three seasons in what hasbecome a truly underrated andemotional rivalry. pg. G5
TAKING THE REIGNS
Fifth-year senior Dom Nataleheadlines a trio of quarterbacksready to replace Rutgers legendMike Teel at the helm of the2009 Scarlet Knights. pg. G10
