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Students protest firing of teacher Dena Seidel NATASHA TRIPATHI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Dena Seidel began utilizing the basement of the building in the University’s Department of English to teach film years ago, and just this year, her ambitions paid off when the state of New Jersey approved her courses to become an official Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Mason Gross School of the Arts.

After Seidel wrote many proposals for grants and the BFA, and got it approved, Mason Gross School of the Arts decided to let her go and replace her with a man students are unfamiliar with, and whose vision does not align with the pedagogical model Seidel and her students built together, said Sean Feuer, University alumnus and former student of Seidel.

“We feel like this was done unjustly and learned she received a bad evaluation, not from any of her peers,” Feuer said. “This has sparked a conversation for education reform at this University.”

A group of students aligned with Feuer are deeply adamant about keeping the programs that actually work and not letting administration

members who they have never met exploit their work to get a program made and then snatch their director and guider from them, he said.

A formal grievance was filed in late last month on behalf of Seidel by the union representing Rutgers University faculty, said B.J. Walker, senior staff representative at Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters of the American Association of University Professors, American Federation of Teachers, according to MyCentralJersey.com.

Students so far have created a Facebook page titled “SAVE our Rutgers Film Program,” which currently has more than 1,000 members. The group features testimonials from students, faculty and alumni who have worked with Seidel and are upset and confused about what is happening. Students have also written a letter to University President Robert L. Barchi and Rutgers—New Brunswick Chancellor Richard L. Edwards.

In the official letter sent to Barchi, students write that they understand that both Barchi and Edwards have invested in Seidel’s vision by SEE TEACHER ON PAGE 4

Dena Seidel, the founding director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking, was fired by the Mason Gross School of the Arts, a move that upset many students. COURTESY OF KEITH J. WOODS

Rutgers issues emergency plan in case of crisis AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

One might begin to wonder what sort of qualifications are necessary to deem potential students as “top students” and worthy of not only an invitation to the Honors College, but acceptance into it as well.

Tracy Heu huddled on the floor of her English classroom with fellow students as she watched her professor, Larry Levin, get shot.

“He was trying to crawl on the ground with us,” Heu told CNN. “And (the gunman) shot the professor and then he just started shooting on the ground.”

These were the events of last Thursday’s mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, in which 10 students were killed and nine were left injured.

After Thursday, four students from California were arrested for plotting a mass shooting at Summerville High School.

The issue of campus safety and security was brought closer to home on Monday, when an anonymous threat was posted on the website 4chan warning of a possible threat against a college near Philadelphia.

The post reads, “On October 5, 2015 at 1:00 PM CT, a fellow robot will take up arms against a university near Philadelphia. His cries will be heard, his victims will cower in fear, and the strength of the Union will decay a little more.”

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The new honors college, located at 5 Seminary Place on the College Avenue campus, has attracted ample interest from students, but some still question Rutgers’ intentions for creating it. LISETT CLARK / SEPTEMBER 2015

Students question merits of new honors college NICOLE OSZTROGONACZ CONTRIBUTING WRITER

There has been much discussion in regards to the new Honors College on the College Avenue campus that officially opened earlier this semester. Skeptical remarks are not

aimed toward the authenticity of the school and program itself, but rather the intentions and purpose of the University for creating it.

“The Honors College is part of the University’s strategic plan of strengthening the University’s overall academic standing. It best

ser ves some of the top students from New Jersey and throughout the countr y ... We needed to create an innovative living-learning community,” Donel Young, manager of Marketing and Communications at the Honors College, said via email.

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Campus Calendar THURSDAY 10/8 The American Humanist Association, Xaverian Missionaries, Rutgers Depar tment of Of f-Campus Living & Community Par tnerships present, “Common Ground 2015: Collaborating for Social Action” from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the College Avenue Student Center Multipurpose Room on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Rutgers Of fice of Continuing Professional Education presents, “Health Impact Assessment: Incorporating Health into Planning and Decision Making” from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University Inn and Conference Center located at 178 Ryders Lane on Douglass campus.

The event costs $95 for admission.

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents, “Getting to the Affordable Care Act: The Historical Evolution of National Health Insurance” from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research located at 112 Paterson St. in New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 10/9 The Deptartment of Animal Sciences and Graduate Program in Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences present, “Kisspeptin Regulation of GnRH Expression and Reproduction” from 9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Foran Hall on Cook campus.

The Rutgers Office of Continuing Professional Education presents, “OSHA 8 Hour HAZWOPER Refresher Training” from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Former Agricultural Museum of New Jersey on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Department of Biochemistr y and Microbiology presents, “A New Enzyme Involved in Microbial Biotransformation of Curcumin” at 3:30 p.m. in the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus.

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Rutgers releases security, fire safety report for 2015, 2016 AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Last month, a year-long Rutgers sur vey called #iSpeak found that 1 in 5 undergraduate women at the University experienced unwanted sexual contact at least one point during their time on campus.

Flash forward one month to a more recent statistic found in Rutgers’ Annual Security & Fire Safety Report. The report, Safety Matters, cited 50 sex offenses at Rutgers in 2014 — almost double the 26 sex offenses in 2013.

The comprehensive report provides an overview of the University’s Public Safety services and includes statistical crime and fire-related information as required under the Clery Act. Each October, the Department of Education mandates that every university in the country release an Annual Security Report.

Rutgers’ Safety Matters Report also reported one “unfounded” sex offense. An unfounded offense is one which is reported to law enforcement authorities and subsequently, through investigation by a sworn officer, found to be false or baseless.

“The one reported sexual assault which was investigated by the University Police Department and found to be unfounded was deemed false and therefore categorized accordingly,” said Michael Rein, Deputy Chief of University Police Professional Standards Division, in an email.

Members of the Rutgers University Police Department (RUPD) and faculty at the University say the increase in reported sex offenses is not all bad news.

The sharp increase in sex offenses at Rutgers in 2014 may indicate the school is complying to a recent update to the Clery Act — the CampusSaVE Act.

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The Campus SaVE Act expanded the definition of sex offenses when reporting annual statistics to include rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. It began being enforced in March of 2014. With a broader definition of sex offenses came an increase in the number of sex offenses totaled in Rutgers’ Safety Matters report, Rein said.

“There has been a demonstrable increase in awareness of sexual offenses as a result of CampusSaVE Act (VAWA) including training on bystander responsibilities,” Rein said. “This has resulted in an increased degree of reporting.”

The increase in reported sex offenses at Rutgers could also be due to the University’s work over the past few years in creating a safe environment for survivors to feel comfortable reporting.

“The University Victim Advocate services, particularly the

attention to the issue of campus sexual assault, which Luciano said may have led to a rise in reported offenses.

Last September, Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz sparked a nationwide campaign called “Carry That Weight.” From East Coast to West Coast, college students joined her movement, which involved carrying mattresses around campus to raise awareness of sexual assault.

“What we see is an increase in awareness, and that has certainly been changing over the last few years,” Luciano said.

Movements and campaigns surrounding sexual assault are happening at Rutgers as well.

In September, Student Affairs launched a year-long campaign called “The Revolution Starts Here. End Sexual Violences Now,” which includes outreach and educational programs to educate the student body on how to help friends in crisis.

Rutgers’ Annual Security & Fire Safety Report, a comprehensive report provides an overview of the University’s Public Safety services and includes statistical crime and fire-related information as required under the Clery Act. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

that are happening this year,” Luciano said. “Not only (will there be) an increase in the awareness

“What we see is an increase in awareness, and that has certainly been changing over the last few years.”

LAURA LUCIANO Assistant Director of the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance

University’s Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance (VPVA), has done a tremendous job of educating the campus community and providing a safe avenue for reporting,” Rein said.

The “1 in 5” statistic surrounding campus sexual assault is not fully reflected in reporting, but the increase in reported sex offenses at Rutgers can be linked to an increase in awareness, said Laura Luciano, assistant director of the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance.

Students and faculty at colleges across the country have increasingly been working to draw

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This campaign was an attempt to combat another #iSpeak finding — less than 8 percent of female students who experience sexual violence disclosed it to the University.

“We will continue to see an increase because of the initiatives

of sexual assault on our campus, but also students knowing what their options are and knowing where they can seek services.”

Despite progress on the behalf of Rutgers administration, students may not be joining in, Luciano said.

Just last week, the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) shot down a bill to create a sexual assault prevention committee. Luciano said this sends the message that combatting campus sexual assault is not important.

“There is still an overwhelming belief that not everyone needs to be involved,” Luciano said. “The representatives in RUSA that voted ‘no’ are sending a clear message to the rest of the student body that this is not that important. If there are survivors out there seeing this push from administration ... and then they see their peers saying ‘this isn’t a priority,’ it could have a negative impact on survivors feeling they can come forward.”

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the stories and people under our stewardship as filmmakers.”

Bullis said Seidel was incredibly supportive of her desire to Seidel was always available to speak about Bullis’s work on both the “Atlantic Crossfeelings, needs, Bullis says ing” documentary team, as well as the oceanographic research team, as both documentarian and CONTINUED FROM FRONT researcher — truly in the spirit of said. “About who has say in our interdisciplinary learning. education, about protecting eduShe said she was saddened and approving the BFA in Digital Film- cational programs and professors disappointed when she learned making proposal she designed that advance us and prepare us for the news of how Seidel was let go. and naming her as the program’s the world. Rutgers students are “It really is a great loss for the director. The University also graduating with tremendous debt Rutgers community, and unfortuawarded Seidel RCDF, two New and few job prospects, especially nate that the innovative, truly inBrunswick strategic planning those of us in the arts. We creatterdisciplinary pedagogy that was grants, and named Seidel director ed an innovative program with being created on a strategic planning grant to Dena that meets through science our needs as we fund the Film Bureau.

“We do not understand how prepare to enter “I think she deserves the same amount of respect, storytelling has been dismanyou can recognize these singular an ever-changcourtesy, consideration and compromise as other tled,” she said. achievements and not fight tooth ing digital and faculty and staff members of this university.”

Seidel surand nail to keep her as a part of technology drivrounded her the Rutgers community and in a en world.” teaching and AMANDA BULLIS A m a n d a leadership role as the new Digital working techFormer Student and Seidel’s Former Filmmaking BFA is blossoming,” Bullis, a former niques around Employee student and emthe letter said. building collabBarchi and Edwards were asked ployee of Seidel, orative bridges, to understand that the students said the two met “She gave us a lot of respon- Bullis said. Building meaningful who wrote the letter feel this is when she took the first class Sesibility,” Bullis said. “After all, relationships has always been esmuch larger than a request to pro- idel ever taught at Rutgers.

“Dena is, hands down, the pro- there is a tremendous amount of sential to Seidel’s leadership style. tect their innovative, interdisciplinBullis said she had the honor ary and professional film program. fessor that has had the largest responsibility in telling the stories “This is really about the future impact on my life, career and of others ... and (she) always ex- of attending the BFA in Digital of education at Rutgers,” the letter overall educational experience pected us to take special care of Filmmaking Open House in April while attending Rutgers,” Bullis said. “She has shaped the way I view stories, science research and storytelling, and has empowered me to believe that a small group of dedicated people with initiative and a story to tell can really produce work worthy of a global audience.”

While Bullis was Seidel’s student, she was always there to answer any questions she had from an ethical, technical, anthropological and storytelling perspective, and never felt neglected or unheard in any of the classes she took with her.

e, the students and alumni of the "Save our Rutgers Film Program" group are upset because the founding director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking

program, Dena Seidel, has been taken out of her leadership position and separated from the university. Her students and colleagues with whom she has built partnerships feel that this was done unjustly. Dena Seidel, along with the students, created this program and her professional relationships were used on the proposal that propelled it forward into being made into an official BFA program this year. This is the only undergraduate film program ever to house a professional documentary office that allows students to get real credits on feature-length, award winning documentaries before they graduate. This innovative interdisciplinary program is exactly the kind of educational model President Barchi and Rutgers say they want for this university. Dena has found support and resources to send students around the world and across the US to make professional films about Rutgers research using filmmaking to articulate important and immediate real-world issues.

2015. She saw that all of the incoming students were so excited to be coming into such a collaborative and empowering learning environment. She feels the most for them.

“I don’t think other universities are giving undergraduate film students the kinds of empowering opportunities that Dena has these past eight years,” she said.

As a boss, Bullis said Seidel was always available to speak with her about her feelings and needs, as well as trusted her to complete her tasks without being overbearing. As the director of RCDF, she was constantly open for communication with faculty, staff and students.

“Dena is dedicated to filmmaking education, science filmmaking and telling impactful stories, so it is my personal hope that she will be able to continue her work at an institution that fully supports her unique vision for interdisciplinary education,” Bullis said. “I know she will continue to tell meaningful, impactful stories in the spirit of collaboration and trust no matter where she is.”

With Seidel’s guidance, Bullis said she learned practical stor ytelling skills from an ethical perspective as a documentarian and stor yteller. “(Seidel has) done an immense amount of work to get that done, and I think she deserves the same amount of respect, courtesy, consideration and compromise as other faculty and staff members of this University have received concerning her job title and security as one of the most incredible professors I’ve ever witnessed teach at Rutgers University,” said Natalie James, a former student of Seidel.

This program gave us responsibility and authorship over stories that can affect change. Rutgers supported our interdisciplinary program with the New Brunswick Strategic Planning Grant “Bridging Art, Science, and Humanities Through Digital Filmmaking” and the establishment of the Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Digital Filmmaking that each reference our professional work with Dena in Writers House and RCDF. Rutgers invested in Dena's vision and projects she has made with us as well as naming her as the director on a strategic planning grant to fund the Film Bureau. Rutgers has also celebrated and promoted the success of “Antarctic Edge” (which is now available on Netflix) and “The War After”-- feature-length films made with students, this year. We care about our Rutgers education and legacy and want to protect the people who guide it in the right direction. We love this university and will not sit by idly while administrative decisions are made without our knowledge or any transparency as to why.

How can you help?

1. Join and participate in our Facebook page. There, you will see student, alumni and faculty testimonials that attest to how wonderful Dena and the program are and what a change she has made in their Rutgers experience. https://www.facebook.com/groups/949286355133599/ 2. Send a letter to President Barchi (president@rutgers.edu), Chancellor Edwards (redwards@oldqueens.rutgers.edu), Vice Chancellor Lee (svpaa@rutgers.edu) and Dean Stauffer (stauffer@masongross.rutgers.edu) in support of educationally transformative programs such as the RCDF and in support of the students who want to FIND A PLACE AT RUTGERS FOR ITS EXTRAORDINARY FOUNDER. Let's support the programs that matter to us and that work and get us jobs after we graduate.

Sincerely yours, Natalie James, Class of 2016 Louis Cabrera, Class of 2015 Sean Feuer, Class of 2014

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Study says New Jersey can expect more floods, turbulent weather

A recently published study shows Sandy-like storms might start hitting more often. REUTERS

NIKHILESH DE CORRESPONDENT

If New Jersey residents are asked what the most catastrophic storm to hit them was, they would

likely respond with Hurricane Sandy. A recently published study shows Sandy-like storms might start hitting more often.

The joint study released by the Proceedings of the National

MERITS Honors College offered Snyder important resources, connections that are helpful for his major CONTINUED FROM FRONT

Specific characteristics are immaterial, but a student’s eligibility for the school is generally based off of numerous “quantitative and qualitative measurements,” Young said.

The allure of the Honors College has been apparent to some, but not so much to others.

“I took a look at (the Honors College) when applying. I didn’t like how there was a language requirement for it, so I decided not to do it,” said Jason Ribble, a Rutgers Business School first-year student.

Most prospective students who applied to the Honors College did so once they learned about the academic opportunities and resources that would be readily available to them.

The Honors College offered Sam Snyder, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences first-year student, important resources and connections that are helpful to his major.

The purpose of these particular resources is to give students of

the Honors College an academic advantage and to help the students better prepare for their future, Snyder said.

“Obviously, the dorms are pretty nice. They’re the newest building on campus. I love it.

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“The Honors College is part of the University’s strategic plan of strengthening the University’s overall academic standing.”

DONEL YOUNG Manager of Marketing and Communications at the Honors College

conditioning). We have carpet flooring. That’s definitely a huge pull for a college student, coming into it. I went on college visits. I knew what to expect for a dorm, and then I saw these, and I was like ... They’re just the

PLAN Emergency plan tells students to lock, barricade doors, turn off lights, close blinds, lock windows CONTINUED FROM FRONT

According to nj.com, Rutgers-Camden Chancellor Phoebe Haddon notified students to report any suspicious activity and posted links to Rutgers’ emergency plan in case of an active shooter.

In response to these events, Rutgers-New Brunswick officials also shared the procedures students should take in the event of an active shooter on campus.

“While no threat currently exists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – and there is

no specific reason to believe that our University is at risk – we owe it to ourselves to pause and consider the ways in which awareness and preparedness for what to do in such situations are critical in the event of such an incident,” said Kenneth Cop, RUPD chief cop, in an email sent out to students last week.

The action a student should take in an active shooter situation depends on where the events are taking place.

If the shooter begins fire outside of a building, the Rutgers

Academy of Sciences of the United States of America and run by members of seven different institutions determined heavy floods will occur more often and have a greater impact in New Jersey and surrounding areas than they did in millennia previously.

Microfossils were used to collect data on sea levels over several centuries, said Benjamin Horton, a professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences in an interview with Rutgers Today. This data was then used to create simulations on possible future events.

“A storm that occurred once in seven generations is now occurring twice in a generation,” he said.

Hurricanes are the most dangerous natural disasters that can hit the Eastern seaboard, according to the study. Sandy is the most notable event in recent times, causing $50 billion in damage and

nicest dorms I’ve ever seen,” Snyder said.

Though the Honors College itself does not accept every student that applies to its school and program, individuals that do not belong to the Honors College are still able to make use of some of the facilities available, Snyder said.

Young said the Honors College is one of many living-learning communities and honors opportunities at Rutgers, and each of these communities has limited space and certain criteria to accomplish their missions.

“I know that they have seminar rooms and tons of places to study.

I’ve been in it a few times. I have a group in one of my classes — we go there to do routine meetings and stuff like that. We go into one of their seminar rooms and we get to do work there,” Ribble said.

One of the more cool and accessible parts about the Honors College is it is not exclusively for Honors College students, Snyder said.

Snyder said he has friends that have classes in the building even though they are not part of the Honors College.

“Sometime soon, we have a mixer ... Like a research mixer, where professors come to the Honors College and get the best students that they can to work in their labs and do research,” he said.

Emergency Action Plan directs students to take immediate cover behind a hard object that will stop or slow bullets.

“In the event neither cover nor entering a building is possible, run in a zigzag fashion away from the sound of gunfire,” the plan reads.

But if students are inside a classroom when a shooter enters, which was the case in the Umpqua Community College shooting, the Rutgers Emergency Plan tells students to lock and barricade doors, turn off the lights, close blinds and lock windows, remain silent and take adequate cover behind cabinets or concrete walls.

The plan informs students that huddling in masses is not advised and to create a plan with occupants of the room.

destroying more than half a million homes.

Much of the damage from the storm was actually caused by the excessive flooding, the report said.

“A storm that occurred once in seven generations is now occurring twice in a generation.”

BENJAMIN HORTON Professor in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences

Waters rose to more than four meters above what was predicted.

Since records of storms and related floods only exist back to the late 19th century, models were used to determine how bad flooding may have been and how

often floods of a certain depth hit, according to the study.

Analysis of different models showed they would lead to accurate results with simulating storm surges.

A storm surge is the depth of water in a flood that exceeds what is normally expected.

The final report said a flood that might have previously occurred once every 500 years would now happen roughly once every half-century.

This would happen both because of rising sea levels and because hurricanes themselves are changing from the storms seen in previous decades, according to the report.

While it is definite that these storms will hit the East Coast, precisely determining their locations is more difficult, according to the Rutgers Today article.

Predicting these will be the next phase in the research.

CRIME OCT. 7 WEST WINDSOR — A 16-year-old intentionally set fire to his house on Emil Court shortly after 1 a.m. and ran away. Two people inside the house were unharmed, and the fire was extinguished without injury. Investigators found evidence of arson at the scene and determined that the teen set the fire. The 16-yearold was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated arson, arson and criminal mischief.

OCT. 7 HOLMDEL — Matthew Tollis, a 22-year-old Connecticut man who took part in bomb threats made against two Monmouth County schools last year, was sentenced to a year in prison. The prison term for Tollis takes into account his role in the New Jersey incidents

as well as similar threats in Texas, Massachusetts and his home state.

OCT. 7 ELIZABETH — Ewary Guillette is accused of killing Stacy Ann Guillette in front of the YWCA on East Jersey Street on Aug. 30. Defense Attorney Frank McCarthy told jurors in superior court that the 36-year-old man did not intend to kill his 38-year-old estranged wife. Guillette “was a disturbed man. He did not plan to shoot his wife. He loved his wife. He intended to talk to her.” McCarthy admitted to the jury that the prosecutors have extensive evidence, including the two guns used in the shooting that were registered to Guillette.

McCarthy said Stacy Ann Guillette was shot 16 times, but his client had no motive and no plan.

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17 dead, flooding threat persists in South Carolina Flooding from historic rainfall inches of rain fell, the weather in South Carolina claimed two ser vice said.

Fears that a dam might breach more lives on Wednesday, and the threat of further inundation from and swamp their Columbia neighswollen rivers and vulnerable borhood pushed Melissa Hardams put already ravaged com- rington, 56, and her 78-year-old sister to seek shelter at a local munities on edge.

Emergency responders in high school, where more than 100 Richland County, a hard-hit area people slept overnight on cots in a in the central part of the state, gymnasium.

“We thought better safe than recovered the bodies of two people missing after a truck driven sorry,” Harrington said. “I know that God around road barwould proriers was caught tect us, but in floodwater, “Things are getting better I’d rather said Lieutenant Curtis Wilson. in the Midlands...things not get a Three othare about to get worse on ladder and perch atop er people in the the coast.” the house if I truck escaped, can help it.”

Wilson said.

NIKKI HALEY H u n The death toll Governor of South Carolina dreds more from the widearrived at spread storm that the school dumped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of rain in parts on Wednesday for free cases of of South Carolina is at least 17, water after the storm left thouincluding people who drowned or sands of homes with no water or contaminated supplies. were killed in car crashes.

“My dad went to three stores On Tuesday, the capital city of Columbia saw its first looking for water before he gave day without rain since Sept. up,” said Townes Holland, 15. “Ev23, according to the National eryone is flat out.”

Thirteen dams have failed Weather Ser vice. The city had its wettest days on record over and about 270 state-maintained the weekend when about 11 roads and 140 bridges have been

Mallard Ducks find a high spot along the flooded area along Waccamaw Lake Drive in Conway, South Carolina October 6, 2015. REUTERS closed, officials said. Weather forecasters said major river flooding could continue through the weekend even though the rains have stopped.

South Carolina’s Low Countr y remains a chief concern as water flows across the state into

engorged rivers and creeks.

Governor Nikki Haley told a news conference that more evacuations were possible in a number of eastern counties.

“Things are getting better in the Midlands,” she said. “Things are about to get worse on the coast.”

The University of South Car olina, wher e classes wer e canceled for the week, has moved Satur day’s scheduled football game against Louisiana State University to Baton Rouge.

—Reuters

DNA research deployed in war on cancer scoops Nobel prize

A model of the DNA double helix sits on a desk in front of professor Sara Snogerup Linse (L), a member of the Nobel Assembly, during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm October 7, 2015. REUTERS Three scientists from Sweden, the United States and Turkey won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday for working out how cells repair damaged DNA, providing new ammunition in the war on cancer.

Detailed understanding of DNA damage has helped drive a revolution in cancer treatment as researchers develop new drugs that target specific molecular pathways used by tumor cells to proliferate.

Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar won the prize for “mechanistic studies of DNA repair.” Their work mapped how cells repair deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to prevent damaging errors from appearing in genetic information.

In many forms of cancer, one of more of these repair systems is broken.

“Their work has provided fundamental knowledge of how a living cell functions and is, for instance, used for the development

Modrich, whose work led to exist and would cer tainly all of new cancer treatments,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sci- an understanding and diagnostic die young,” said Mark Downs, tests for the most common form chief executive of Britain’s ences said.

Thousands of alterations to a of hereditary colon cancer, has Royal Society of Biology.

Over the years, the work of the cell’s genome occur every day previously told how he was indue to spontaneous changes and spired by his biology teacher fa- Nobel trio had been important in damage by radiation, free radicals ther, who said: “You should learn pointing the way to better disease treatments, especially for cancer, and carcinogens - yet DNA re- about this DNA stuff.”

That was in 1963, the year after Lindahl said. mains astonishingly intact.

“We have to understand the To keep genetic materials from the Nobel prize was awarded for the mechanisms, so we can selectivedisintegrating, a range of molecular discovery of the structure of DNA. ly provide good therapy,” he told systems monitor and repair DNA, in KEY TO LIFE ON EARTH processes that the three award-winLindahl, who works at Britain’s a news conference by telephone ning scientists helped map out.

Francis Crick Institute and Clare from London. “We can’t avoid “It’s important for cancer Hall Laboratory, said he was DNA damage. We live in a world where we get prevention and exposed to cancer treatDNA damagment. That is “Without these mechanisms we would probably not ing agents all what I received exist and would certainly all die young.” the time.” it for,” Sancar, The 8 milwho has U.S. lion Swedand Turkish MARK DOWNS ish crowns citizenship and Chief Executive of Britain’s Royal Society of Biology ($969,000) is a professor at chemistr y the University prize is the of North Carolina, told Reuters by telephone surprised by the news, although third of this year’s Nobels. Previous from his home. he knew he had been considered winners of the chemistry prize have Sancar said he had been inun- for a prize over the years, along included Ernest Rutherford, Marie Curie and Linus Pauling. dated by calls but his immediate with “hundreds of other people.”

The prize is named after dyplans were to shower, shave and In the early 1970s, DNA was go to his lab. viewed as a stable molecule but namite inventor Alfred Nobel Modrich, a researcher at the Lindahl showed it actually decayed and has been awarded since Howard Hughes Medical Insti- at a rate that ought make the devel- 1901 for achievements in scitute and Duke University School opment of life on Earth impossible, ence, literature and peace in acof Medicine in the United States, which in turn led him to uncover cordance with his will.

The medicine prize was awardtold Reuters he received the news the counteracting repair process. while on vacation at his cabin in Sancar, meanwhile, worked ed on Monday for work in deNew Hampshire and was com- out how cells repair ultra-violet veloping drugs to fight parasitic pletely taken aback. damage and Modrich uncovered diseases, while the physics prize In fact, he did not get the word the mechanism for correcting er- went to researchers investigating ghostly sub-atomic particles from Stockholm until around 8 am rors during cell division.

ET, more than two hours after the “Without these mecha- known as neutrinos.

—Reuters initial announcement. nisms we would probably not

October 8, 2015

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Live from New Brunswick, it’s Rutgers Night Live!

NICK DEMAREST CONTRIBUTING WRITER

“Are you sure you want all the loads?” said a secretar y in response to two robbers who demanded ever ything she had at the sperm bank she was working for. The cast of Rutgers Night Live XI caught students and parents alike by surprise after opening the show with their “This Is a Hard-On … Hold Up” skit on Friday, Oct. 2 at Cabaret Theater.

I walked in expecting an event with the Rutgers name on it to have some governance from the institution on its content, but I could not have been any happier that I was wrong.

The cast wrote, produced and per formed an excellent series of eye-opening, less-than-appropriate skits to enter tain the sizable gathering of students and parents who came by to attend their per formance.

Kayla Votapek, Cabaret Theater producer and School of Arts and Sciences senior, prides

herself in the fact that she is in- environment for audience mem- Bollard said. “We like to take advantage of our time performing volved with the only Rutgers bers during the show.

Emily Bliss, a School of Arts to shed light on some of the more theater that allows students to write and preform their own and Sciences sophomore who important issues in the world.”

In the opening monologue, the content without any interfer- attended the show, was genuinely impressed with the humor students included a comparison ence from the University. of two actresses, both having two This creative freedom was of the show.

“It was pretty creative how they very different body types. They very evident in Friday night’s pointed out each per formance, others features considering and collectively the numerous sexual innuen“We like to take advantage of our time performing agreed that they were both indeed does, warning beautiful, refor inapproprito shed light on some of the more important gardless of their ate content and differences. unforgettable issues in the world.”

During the opening scene “RNL Weekend involving the KIMBERLY BOLLARD Update,” more robbery of a School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore serious issues sperm bank. were discussed.

Kimberly BolThe main topic lard, an actress from the show and a School of tied in current events and put their of the report was the current state of Planned Parenthood and Arts and Sciences sophomore, ex- own funny spin on it,” she said.

Aside from the humor and sex- the bills in Congress relating pressed her love for crude humor.

“I love making it crude and ual gestures, the cast took advan- to the institution. Darth Vader tage of their time in the limelight Ginsburg, Supreme Court juslude,” Bollard said.

The loud and charismatic to call attention to some more tice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s little sister, was even kind enough cast really seemed to be enjoy- serious topics.

“The messages were definite- to make an appearance, which ing themselves on stage, which created a friendly and personable ly important to the whole cast,” was a treat for ever yone.

Although the topics were discussed in a comical manner, an impression was made that the Rutgers Night Live cast are not fans of defunding of Planned Parenthood and other issues women in America come across. Major themes that came up throughout the show included being comfortable about who you are, having the right to present yourself in any manner that you please and a women’s right to choose what she does with her body.

The evening also included two songs performed by musical guest “Little Rose,” a band consisting of two guitarists, a trumpet player and a lead singer. The band preformed two indie-style songs with impressive vocals and trumpet playing.

All in all, the Rutgers Night Live staff did a wonderful job, the atmosphere was inviting and comfortable, and more than anything, it was enjoyable. Cabaret Theater holds performances throughout the semester, so make sure you reser ve your tickets for the next show!

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US Air raid on Kunduz was shameful Bombing of Doctors Without Borders hospital results in closure

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When the story broke, CNN came out with a news eminiscent of the Vietnam War’s My Lai Massacre, America has screwed up once again. The story, titled “Air strikes kill 19 at Afghanistan hospital; United States has a history with Kunduz, a city U.S. investigating.” The New York Times also blamed in northern Afghanistan. In late 2001, the area was one of MSF with the headline, “Doctors Without Borders the last regions the Taliban held on to before the Ameri- says it’s leaving Kunduz after air strike on hospital.” can-backed Afghan Northern Alliance claimed the terri- Journalists and mass media institutions are supposed tory. Then on Sept. 28 this year, Kunduz was re-captured to act as The Fourth Estate, playing the role of the by the Taliban. Less than a week later, on Oct. 3, the U.S. watchdog. These organizations should have been the bombs a Doctor’s Without Borders or Médecins Sans first to call the U.S. out on its “mistake.” But when Frontières (MSF) hospital. During the attack, 22 people newspapers and news stations allow the government to go unchecked, and mimic the vague jargon that died — 10 patients and 12 staff members.

The hospital was located on an enclosed compound, government officials spew on command, the cycle is making it the only possible target in the area. Over the unnecessarily perpetuated.

Alternatively, such “mistakes” may still be the reality span of half an hour, the hospital was struck multiple times. But the narrative on the story has changed multi- of the world we live in, and these reports may be illustrate news organizations giving ple times. The Pentagon called the into the 14-year-long dialogue. Belives lost in the air strike “collatercause someone assumed Taliban al damage.” Now, the bombing is “Over the span of half forces were camping out in the being framed as a tragic accident, as Special Operations Forces comand hour, the hospital was hospital, innocent lives were lost, and the nation’s watchdog doesn’t mander Gen. John F. Campbell struck multiple times.” seem to care. The American govcalled the attack a “mistake.” He ernment’s mission of righting said that the U.S. would “never wrongs and uprooting the bad intentionally target a protected medical facility.” Similarly, President Obama apologized guys has always been an excuse for top officials to stick to the MSF president for the attack, an act that may be their noses where they don’t belong. The War on Terror perceived as an admission of guilt, or at the very least, has exhausted itself, and the U.S. needs to find a way to leave the region completely. Non-profit organizations an assumption responsibility.

The MSF is now calling for an independent investiga- and non-governmental organizations have interests tion of the incident, and rightfully so. The U.S. should that are vastly different than any of those possessed by not be conducting the only investigation into its own America or any other government, and at this point in, missteps: If another nation attempted such a heist, it is their turn to step in. The U.S. went into Afghanistan and wreaked havoc on a nation that was beginning to America would be the first to cry foul play.

As expected, MSF is now closing the hospital, a ma- tear apart at the seams. The country has since fallen neuver that will now leave many in the area without an apart amidst a back and forth with American forces, the outlet for medical treatment. But what choice do they Afghan Northern Alliance and the Taliban.

Just as with the Salem Witch trials and Sen. Joe Mchave? Their facilities have been destroyed, and many of their doctors, who had given up their lives to help those Carthy’s red hunt, innocent blood will be shed in the in need, have since perished. Yet still, the media interpre- name of an imagined utopian society. In bombing this tation of the air strike appears only slightly more deplor- hospital, America has yet again made a mockery of all able than the act itself. American news outlets have es- that is just and democratic. Her hands are now a gleamsentially implicated Doctors Without Borders for closing ing image of crimson, streaked with blood of over a dozen lives lost. the hospital, instead of placing the blame on America.

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Campus Snapchat story exemplifies Rutgers narrative DIGITAL CANVAS EPATIA LILIKAS

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utgers University is a school filled with intelligent, curious and diverse thinkers. It’s the home of future inventors, doctors, authors and anything else you can think of. Because of our great accomplishments, and even greater students, Snapchat has added the Rutgers campus stor y, so now ever yone is just a few clicks away from seeing and learning about the amazing people we have here. In the past, we were excited with just a simple geotag, but our own stor y is bigger news. For of those who don’t know, this is a public, live Snapchat feed that anyone around a University campus can view. Snapchat has hired someone, somewhere to receive all of our snaps and sift through hundreds (and maybe even thousands) of pictures and videos for our viewing pleasure. Not only does this give ever yone a chance at their 15 minutes of fame, but it allows University students to see what is happening on campus, while also allowing students create a narrative for our University.

If we think back to last year, Rutgers did in fact have its own public Snapchat.

Does the username, “RutgersSnapYak” ring a bell? Hopefully it doesn’t. This

user, as well as its contributors, were an abomination to the University name.

If you wanted to see students partaking in illegal and/or pornographic activities, RutgersSnapYak was a great place to start. This was definitely a Snapchat stor y you would want to view privately considering ever y posted snap came with a 99 percent chance of nudity. I don’t mean to be a Negative Nancy, but the stories under this username were absolutely disgusting, demeaning and showed how far students were willing to go for a few seconds up on a screen. It was a blemish to

college students. Life here is more than partying and football: We need to start showing it.

At such a massive school, there are only so many ways students can gather some perspective on their community as a whole. This Snapchat stor y is one of those ways. Sometimes it is easy to feel disconnected from the student body and staff here because of how many students and campuses we encompass. Whether we’re Mason Gross ballerinas, students in an interesting physics lab or just some random girls baking cookies in their

“The ‘Rutgers Story’ should be more than a portrayal of the prototypical stereotypes people usually have about college students. Life here is more than partying and football: We need to start showing it.” the prestigious Rutgers name. Just another reason why we should all feel so lucky to now have the “Our Campus Stor y” feature. It is something that thousands of students want to be a part of and feel the need to contribute to. We should all thank our lucky stripes Snapchat made an effort to prevent accounts like SnapYak by making a monitored Rutgers feed.

The “Rutgers Stor y” should be more than a portrayal of the prototypical stereotypes people usually have about

dorm, we all come together via Snapchat to see what our fellow students are up to with each new day. It unifies us, even if we don’t know who’s speaking or what they’re talking about. Somewhere along the line, we can find something in common through our pictures and videos. If you weren’t able to make an event, it’ll be up on the stor y. If you missed a soccer game, it’ll probably be up on the stor y.

If you are wondering where to get free food on campus, it’ll definitely be up on

the stor y. It’s a great way of having even the most antisocial of students stay in the loop.

So it is now clear that Snapchat is an open forum for all and any stor ytellers.

Not only are students able to create their own narrative for the University, but they are forced to tell it in the best way possible. The friendly competition between ever y Snapchat user at Rutgers allows only the most interesting (and appropriate) stories to get posted. Some teachers have even offered extra credit to students who get their Snapchats on the Rutgers stor y first, creating incentive. I check the feed ever y day hoping a familiar face might be on there and maybe even my own. But I mostly check to see what kind of antics we are getting ourselves into on the daily. It makes me happy to see that some stranger got an A on an exam — it allows for ever y viewer to make connections to people in different ways. Maybe that was the push someone needed to get themselves to the librar y, or maybe it sparked the interest of another student to take that same class. Either way, this is a special thing we have and if we all put in an effort to keep our lives interesting, we will end up enjoying our Rutgers snap feed more than we do already.

Epatia Lilikas is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English and economics. Her column “Digital Canvas,” runs monthly on Thursdays.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Professor Ward ideas on U. athletics prove to be misguided, simple Professor Ward’s comments in the Sept.

25 Daily Targum shocked me. His opinions article started out mistaken, and ended up horrible. He begins by complaining that Rutgers is known by its mascot. Fellow Big Ten member Michigan is known as the Wolverines, but also as one of the premier research institutions in the world, ranked No. 29 nationally by US News. The UCLA Bruins were No. 23, The University of Virginia Cavaliers were No. 26, and the University of North Carolina Tarheels were No. 30. Just because ones does not approve of the non-academia focused public recognizing a school for its mascot, does not mean it’s shameful.

The name of our stadium is the name of a sponsor, information a cursory Google search would provide anyone with. Those kinds of deals help offset the costs of a stadium he feels so strongly about, yet he mocks it. Rutgers Athletics’ budget shortfall in athletics in 2014 was about $36 million. That is with around $5 million worth of American Athletic Conference revenue. As a fully bought-in member of the Big Ten, we will likely be receiving over $40 million.

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The stadium expansion was a gamble that paid off, without which I would doubt any invitation could be expected and which would have left us adrift. But in 2013, the football program that Professor Ward seems to blame for many of his budgetary issues was profitable to the tune of around $2 million.

The athletics subsidy is about 2.1 percent of the Rutgers—New Brunswick budget, a 2.1 percent that brings thousands of people to the Hub City on game day, gives Rutgers

room, and they have been periodically justified. But his final paragraph offends every sense of decency I have. It absolutely reeks of arrogance and contempt.

Ward writes, “Unlike major league baseball that relies on self-sustaining minor league training grounds, why should ‘educational’ institutions pay the expenses to develop football players and basketball players only to hand them over to the pros? It makes no sense. Fully compensated sports stars

“... every single one of these students are given the opportunity to complete a degree at a prestigious public university, an opportunity they might not have been able to have without their athletic talents.”

consistent marketing opportunities nationwide, and helps increase student pride in their University.

But we’ve reached the end of where Professor Ward’s argument may be taken as an argument. Up to this point, he has largely just reiterated the same points heard against college football at the University throughout the years, which I can hardly blame him for, as it’s easy to blame the big target in the

should be recruited as athletes, not as jocks masquerading as scholars (and often failing in this capacity). A faculty member (also an interim academic administrator) who was the faculty advisor to the intercollegiate athletics program a few years back, told me in person that exactly one of the football players (the team has more than 100) and none of the basketball players would have been accepted to Rutgers University on academic

merits alone. So one, out of perhaps 170, was the only person who could be called a scholar/athlete.”

Not every student athlete in the football program and basketball program go to the pros. In fact, a relatively small amount do so. But every single one of these students are given the opportunity to complete a degree at a prestigious public university, an opportunity they might not have been able to have without their athletic talents.

If Professor Ward’s verbally quoted, largely unverifiable statistic is presumed correct, he’d prefer that those 169 students not be given the opportunity to study here. He believes their academic statistics in high school make them unworthy of the title “student-athlete.”

Being a University student as an athlete is an opportunity afforded to relatively few.

Professor Ward seems to clearly prefer that a gate be set up at the entrance and see Rutgers return to private school roots, where the idea of giving a student who is not exceptionally academically talented or whom grew up in a less wealthy area a shot at a world renowned education is perhaps a bit less palatable. Princeton might appeal to that sensibility. Oh yes ... the Princeton Tigers.

Jordan Cohen is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore majoring in history.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

Not only (will there be) an increase in the awareness of sexual assault on our campus, but also students knowing what their options are and knowing where they can seek services.

- Laura Luciano, assistant director of the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance on Safety Matters Report. See story on FRONT.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

October 8, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (10/08/15). Make big plans this year. Introspection, review and organization pay in spades. Focus on love and beauty. Creative projects triumph through persistence. Career or industry breakthroughs this spring incite personal revelations. Recharge your spirit over late summer, before autumn work surges. It’s all for home and family. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries ( March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — There’s interesting creative work coming in over the next month, with Venus (and the Moon) entering Virgo. Aim for mastery and artistry. Add a feminine touch. Today and tomorrow get especially busy. Keep your cool for a profitable discovery.

Taurus ( April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — You’re even luckier in love, with Venus in Virgo for the next month. Artistic efforts work in your favor. Share the beauty you see.

Create! Schedule this time for romance, especially today and tomorrow. Go play.

Gemini ( May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Make home your love nest, especially today and tomorrow.

For four weeks, with Venus in Virgo, focus on family. Household beautification and improvement projects provide vital foundational support.

Make sure the numbers balance.

Strike a good deal.

Cancer ( June 21-July 22) — Today is a 9 — Your creative expression grows golden over the next month, with Venus in Virgo. Projects that include writing and recording flow with ease and gain lucrative results.

Study a subject of your passion, especially today and tomorrow.

Leo ( July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 9 — Keep your agreements. Share your talents. Gather new income over the next month, with Venus in Virgo. Today and tomorrow get quite profitable. Find your financial comfort zone. Track the numbers, and keep them positive.

Virgo ( Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 9 — For four weeks, with Venus in your sign, you’re irresistible. Take advantage, and ask for what you want. You’re especially powerful and confident today and tomorrow. Try a new style. Gain options as you gain strength. Prioritize beauty and love.

Libra ( Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Finish old jobs and rest peacefully over the next four weeks, with Venus in Virgo. Retreat from the world especially today and tomorrow. Allow yourself quiet time for pondering dreams and fantasies.

Keep confidences. Plan in detail.

Scorpio ( Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Enjoy the public spotlight and use it for a good cause.

Group activities thrive over the next month, with Venus in Virgo. You’re especially popular. Networking benefits your career. Team projects go especially well today and tomorrow.

Sagittarius ( Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Watch for career advances, and assume authority.

Someone who cares about you can be quite helpful. Take on more responsibility over the next four weeks, with Venus in Virgo. Practice work that you love.

Capricorn ( Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — It’s easier to venture forth for the next month, with Venus in Virgo. Conditions look good for travel and romance, especially today and tomorrow. Chart your itinerary.

Studies, research and exploration thrive. Prioritize beauty and passion.

Aquarius ( Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Tend your family finances over the next four weeks, with Venus in Virgo. Opportunities arise to increase assets and savings.

Budget for expenditures. Changes necessitate revisions. Plan your strategy, and join forces with another for the funding.

Pisces ( Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 9 — Partnerships flow with greater ease over the next several weeks, with Venus in Virgo. Compromise and support each other. Listen graciously for what another wants. Just show up. Discover romance, especially today and tomorrow.

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RECEIVER Leonte Carroo returns to Knights, status for Saturday remains uncertain CONTINUED FROM BACK where he is at. Depending on that, we can see if he can practice. I have no further comment on Mr. Carroo.”

Carroo was charged with simple assault under domestic violence after he allegedly slammed a woman to the concrete on Sept. 12 after the 37-34 loss to Washington State.

The Piscataway Municipal Cour t dropped the charges of Carroo on Tuesday. Tom Lanza, Piscataway Township senior prosecutor, said the state was no longer interested in pursuing the case, matching the desires of the Plaintif f. “(The plaintiff) is doing this on her own free will and wishes that this matter be put behind her and Mr. Carroo,” Lanza said in the Piscataway courtroom Oct. 6.

Carroo’s status for the game Saturday against Michigan State remains uncertain. Carroo missed the games against Penn State and Kansas, while also sitting out the first half of the season-opener against Norfolk State for an unrelated violation of team rules when he broke curfew in August.

A 2015 season captain, Carroo became Rutgers’ all-time receiving touchdowns leader with 22 after scoring three touchdowns in the second half against Norfolk State.

Support for Carroo never wavered with teammates during the now finished legal process.

Senior defensive tackle Darius Hamilton voiced support for Carroo earlier this season.

Hamilton said he never doubted Carroo’s return to the team. It turns out, Hamilton was correct in his way of thinking.

“Yes — as we all are,” Hamilton said earlier this season when asked if Leonte Carroo was operating under the assumption that he would return to Rutgers football. “(Carroo) is my brother. I love him and whenever he returns, he’s going to be ready to play — I know that for a fact.”

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Senior defender Brianne Reed, named the No. 24 player in TopdrawerSoccer.com’s Top 100 national rankings, has started all 12 of the matches this year at center back to help to hold down the Knights back end. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

RECORD Knights take on Big Ten rival Indiana in final match up of 3-game home stand CONTINUED FROM BACK They are coming off a scoreless draw against fellow Big Ten foe Iowa, which means both Indiana and Rutgers enter Thursday night’s matchup after playing 110 minutes of soccer in their previ-

ous contests.

Both teams’ depth will be put to the test in the match, as they are both entering the game on a shor t week following over time matches.

“The biggest thing for us against Indiana will be to finish

the opportunities we get,” said senior midfielder Hayley Katkowski. “We’ve been creating a lot of chances lately, but we need to work on finishing those chances by making the final pass. If we do that, we should see more of our shots get into the net.”

When these two teams met last season at Yurcak Field, it was the first ever meeting between both sides. The Knights were able to defeat the Hoosiers, 1-0.

Casey Murphy recorded a career-high eight saves in

last year’s matchup against the Hoosiers. The sophomore goalkeeper knows she will have to be ready to face their aggressive attack.

Despite the small sample size of competition between both teams, the Knights feel good about the matchup and will try to keep the game at their own pace.

“All of our games really come down to us and trying to play with our good habits,” Murphy said. “If we can keep playing our style of game, we’ll be able to get three points.”

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October 8, 2015 MEN’S GOLF JOURNEY FROM NIGERIA REMAINS RELEVANT FOR SOPHOMORE

Knight sees preparations pay off, builds momentum EVAN BRUNO STAFF WRITER

Incredible people have incredible stories.

The Rutgers men’s golf team certainly has some talent on its roster, but the Scarlet Knights’ top player might not be one who you would expect.

He doesn’t have a big personality. He simply has a quiet, laidback demeanor. This Knight is a leader, but he lets his actions speak louder than his words.

His play on the course does the talking for him.

The story of Toks Pedro begins a long way from Piscataway.

It starts in Maryland, where Pedro was born. But soon after, he and his family moved to Nigeria.

The sophomore began playing golf when he was 9 years old and learned the game from his father.

“I started at age 9 and I was introduced by my dad,” Pedro said.

“He’s been playing golf regularly for the past 20-plus years, so since before I was born. I never really was interested in joining him until one day, I was like, ‘Let me just see how this is.’ From them on, I really enjoyed it and I never stopped playing.”

Pedro lived in Nigeria for 13 years, but he still had family in Maryland, so he would travel to the United States to visit them nearly every year.

“It’s a huge change in culture, it’s a very different culture,” Pedro said. “Luckily, I was actually born

in Maryland. My parents were there at that time. But my parents are fully Nigerian and we moved back to Nigeria and I stayed there for 13 years. I also had family in Maryland and I always went to visit almost every year.”

Because he came to the United States often, Pedro had an easier time adjusting to a new environment when he moved back to American soil.

“It wasn’t really a shock coming to permanently live here,” he said. “You know, I’ve already experienced the culture. I’ve seen what it’s like, but the biggest difference is just like the way of life. … Obviously, America is definitely more developed for the most part. I just had to adjust slightly to the difference in culture and just embrace where I was living.”

Moving to the United States made Pedro a better golfer because he now had more access to better courses and facilities than the ones in Nigeria.

“It gave me access to better golf,” Pedro said. “In Nigeria, there’s not ver y many golf courses and not ver y many good ones either and not ver y much competition, especially in the junior ranks. So coming to America allowed me to really improve my game because of the access to golf courses, as well as compete with high-level golfers that were my age.”

Pedro said the main thing he misses from home is his family.

“Mostly family,” he said. “But

Sophomore Toks Pedro has seen a drop in his score by three strokes already this season, but is still striving for further success and improvement. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015 that’s about it, just family. I don’t think it was too much of an adjustment for me other than not seeing people I used to see every day.

I’ve been away from home for the last six years since I moved to the U.S. at 13. … Obviously, as time goes, you realize it would be cool to have family around sometimes, but it’s something that you get used to and I guess that’s the biggest thing.”

Pedro graduated Hilton Head Preparatory School in 2014 and

Sophomore Toks Pedro began playing golf at age 9. A decade later, he now hopes to become one of the top golfers in the nation. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

decided to continue his golf career decision making. But from a ball at the collegiate level. He chose striking stand point it, you knew Rutgers in large part because of he was just so special.”

Pedro is one of the team’s most the coaching staff.

“Rutgers, in general, is a big consistent players and his score school,” Pedro said. “Definite- counts toward the team’s total in ly one of the top schools in the nearly every event. “(He) really helps a lot,” said country. The biggest things that helped me make my decision was senior teammate Jonathan Chang. the coach and the fact that we just “He’s probably one of the best ball moved into the Big Ten and all strikers I’ve ever seen in my en(head coach Rob Shutte) talked tire life. We rely on him a lot. He’s about was investing the program just a very solid player and he’s to become an elite golf program worked his butt off this summer and we’re slowly improving and and it’s showing right now. Phenomenal player.” slowly getting there.”

Chang noted that the future Pedro was up for the challenge looks bright for the underclassman. that Shutte presented him.

“Maturity level-wise, with “That was a challenge that I was excited to join, especially all these tournaments coming when I saw coach Shutte as a in, I think he gonna really get it great mentor for us and a great and he’s gonna win couple tourcoach for us. He had a vision for naments in his college career,” Chang said. “We just know he’s the program to get better.”

Shutte knew Pedro was a gonna get better.”

The sophomore has been special player the moment he working hard to better his game first met him.

“He stood out like a sore in the last few years and has already lowered thumb in so his score by many things “He looked three strokes. when you just “I’ve been look at him,” like a able to realthe fourthprofessional ly put in a lot year head of work over coach said. out there the last seven “When he was amongst boys.” years,” Pedro on the driving said.

“Conrange next ROB SHUTTE stantly practicto all of the Head Coach ing, constantly other juniors playing golf. his age, you could be someone from a dif- That helped me get to where I ferent planet and come down on am right now. Still, I’m trying to that driving range and be able improve, I’m trying to become a to pick (Pedro) out in two sec- much better player. Relative to last onds. There was a lot of coaches year, I’ve definitely made huge interested in him. I think a lot of improvements. My scoring averthem, I don’t know if they were age has gone down about three ner vous or kind of sticking with strokes already and in golf, that’s the status quo because of the a huge difference.”

Pedro’s goal now is to become dual citizenship in Nigeria.”

Pedro’s swing stood out to Shutte. one of the best golfers in the country.

“I still have a lot of strokes to “The kid was 6-foot-2 and was hitting like a two-yard draw go to be one of the top players ever y time with ever y club,” in the countr y,” he said. “That’s Shutte said. “It was smooth. the goal, slowly progressing, and He looked like a professional that’s what’s been happening. ... out there amongst boys. Now, My next goal is to start contendhe still isn’t a professional, but ing at ever y single tournament, amongst all the other juniors, it which is starting to happen, and was plain and simple. It doesn’t become actually a top golfer in mean he doesn’t have flaws in the countr y.” his game. When I was recruting For updates on the Rutgers him, he still has a hitch in his putting stroke, he has different men’s golf team, follow @Targumthings in his short game and Sports on Twitter.

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October 8, 2015 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK RETURN OF TOP TARGET LEONTE CARROO COULD REVITALIZE OFFENSIVE EXPLOSIVENESS

Rutgers aims to reenergize offense with explosive plays KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

In its sophomore season in the conference, the Rutgers football team has lacked the explosive plays that became a staple of its inaugural Big Ten season last year.

Yes, the Scarlet Knights (2-2, 0-1) rang up more than 500 yards of offense twice this season. But one time came against an FCS opponent in Norfolk State and the other against Big 12 basement-dweller Kansas.

The reason for the recession lies in plain sight.

Remove one All-American receiver and captain in Leonte Carroo and a four-year starter at quarterback in Gary Nova. Replace them with unproven backups and a sophomore in his first year as starter under center at the collegiate level.

Then take your X-factor, junior Janarion Grant, bottle him up neatly on special teams. Now you have the perfect recipe for regression.

Grant has been relegated to fair catches and touchbacks after returning three kicks for touchdowns in the first two games of 2015.

But the downward trend for Grant and the offense could all change Saturday, starting with the reinstatement of last season’s second-most explosive receiver, Carroo, who averaged 19.7 yards per catch one season ago.

Carroo earned All-Big Ten accolades last year in addition to his All-American nod in the preseason

after he racked up 1,086 receiving yards and 10 touchdowns in 2014.

And now he’s back, although it is unclear if the school’s alltime leader in touchdown receptions (22) will play Saturday as a spokesperson for the team told The Daily Targum he would have “nothing new to report until later,” a reference to Rutgers final preparatory practice Thursday.

But the Knights’ top target was not on the practice field Wednesday, which leaves him little time to prepare for the matchup with No. 4 Michigan State on Saturday night at 8 p.m.

Some have speculated Rutgers’ lack of downfield throws have posed little danger to opposing defenses, allowing them to stack the box against the Knights, walking safeties down to the line of scrimmage.

A glance at the numbers could bolster that hypothesis.

Last fall, the Knights had four offensive plays go for more than 50 yards through the first four games. This season they have two — a 55- and 56-yard touchdown catch and run by Carroo in week one.

But interim head coach Norries Wilson attempted to dispel the “vanilla offense” theory at practice on Wednesday. He said the absence of field-stretching plays is more a result of circumstance than the game plan.

“I won’t say that there has been a lack of a vertical passing game,” Wilson said. “We’ve called some throws down the field. If the quarterback sees someone

Junior wide reciever Janarion Grant burst on the scene with three returns for touchdowns in the first two weeks, but teams have bottled him up since. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015 underneath and takes it, we’re happy with the completion if it’s gonna help us move the chains.”

Wilson’s assertion is evidenced by quarterback Chris Laviano’s league-leading completion percentage (72 percent, fifth in the countr y) and his second-best pass efficiency rating (148.5), which falls just more than two points behind his opposite number this week, Michigan State senior quarterback Connor Cook.

The saving grace for Rutgers offense is the success of the run game. It has been proven time and again that when the Knights get the ground game going, the offense is efficient as a result.

“When you can run the football, a defense can’t just be one-dimensional and just line up and come after the quarterback,” Wilson said. “You also wanna have a great running game to support your passing

Sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano, left, leads the Big Ten in completion percentage at 72 percent and his 148.5 efficiency rating is second in the conference behind Spartans quarterback Connor Cook (150.9). LUO ZHENGCHENG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

game and we’re hoping to have that again this Saturday.”

Junior wide receiver Andre Patton, who has taken over the No. 1 receiver role during Carroo’s absence, said that if the Knights can get it blocked, they have the ability to throw deep.

“It af fects the timing,” Patton said of a pass rush. “We just have to handle that up front. If our O-Line can handle that up front then ... there should be no reason we should have shor ter routes.”

After a visit to Big Ten Media Days in late July, Carroo created a buzz with his rose-studded suit, a proclamation of his aspirations for a Rose Bowl appearance for Rutgers in 2015.

After the first day of training camp, Carroo held court.

“I know they’ll be following my lead,” he said of the younger receivers. “Ultimately, my goal is just to have a 10-win season and play in a Rose Bowl.”

In order to accomplish either or both, the Knights need to win out. But the focus for this week is squarely on the next team on the schedule.

The Spartans (5-0, 1-0) make passage to the Banks with all the ingredients for an upset special.

MSU narrowly escaped defeat to 21-point underdog Purdue last week (24-21) and the primetime tilt against the team from Piscataway will feature a raucous crowd of Rutgers fans, packed into High Point Solutions Stadium tighter than a suitcase for a semester abroad.

It’s the annual Blackout game, a newfangled tradition that should draw close to 50,000 fans.

But in order for Wilson’s warriors to rinse the stench of a 45-3 defeat to Sparty last season in East Lansing, Rutgers will need to make some plays down the field.

“Coach McDaniels and the rest of the offensive staff have put together a plan we think is best for us to take advantage of what Michigan State does on defense,” Wilson said. “And there are some vertical throws in that plan.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “That’s the goal, slowly progressing and that’s what’s been happening. ... My next goal is to start contending at every single tournament ... and to become actually a top golfer in the country.”

— Rutgers sophomore golfer Toks Pedro

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FOOTBALL CHARGES AGAINST LEONTE CARROO WERE DROPPED TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Rutgers reinstates star senior wide receiver TYLER KARALEWICH CORRESPONDENT

Head coach Kyle Flood has reinstated senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo, according to an emailed statement from Rutgers Athletics on Wednesday afternoon.

Flood, who has been unavailable to the media during his three-game suspension, lifted the indefinite suspension implemented after Carroo stood accused of simple assault under domestic violence.

“Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood has reinstated senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo to the football program, it was announced today,” the statement said. “Flood reinstated Carroo after the student-athlete agreed to the conditions of his reinstatement and after he accepted the responsibility that comes with his return to the team.”

Six reporters waited post-practice with video cameras. A few others held out their recorders. The media formed a half-circle awaiting an announcement on the status of suspended wide receiver Leonte Carroo so that they could relay it to the public.

But acting head coach Norries Wilson made no such announcement. He did foreshadow a statement would be made later in the day — one that came 45 minutes later.

“No,” Wilson said post-practice when asked if Carroo was around the team Wednesday morning. “There will be a statement on Leonte’s status that will be put out later today.

Depending on his status, we will have to see The indefinite suspension of senior wide receiver Leonte Carroo was lifted by head coach Kyle Flood on Tuesday. Carroo leads the team in receiving yards (181) despite playing in only two games. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR / SEPTEMBER 2015

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WOMEN’S SOCCER INDIANA-NO. 23 RUTGERS, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

RU looks to defend unbeaten home record MIKE O’SULLIVAN

to be a nice bounce back from a troublesome road trip when they fell to Illinois and Northwestern.

Even more important for the Knights: They are starting to get most of their roster healthy.

They had missed veteran leaders like senior midfielder Samantha Valliant and junior midfielder Tori Prager for the last few matches, but O’Neill expects a return to health and the ability to deploy most of the roster against Indiana.

“The team is healthy,” he said. “I think I made the right decision by letting Sam Valliant and Tori Prager stay home over our last road trip so that they could rest and recover. Sam contributed last Friday (against Michigan State) and Tori contributed on Friday and Sunday (against Michigan), so the health of the team is good and the depth is ver y important.”

The Hoosiers (3-5-5, 0-2-3) are still searching for their first Big Ten victory.

CORRESPONDENT

Another week brings another conference battle for the Rutgers women’s soccer team.

The No. 23 Scarlet Knights (9-2-1, 2-2-1) take on Indiana at home on Thursday night, which gives them another chance to pick up a Big Ten win at Yurcak Field.

With the Knights now in the midst of their Big Ten schedule, each game becomes more imperative as they look to move up the conference rankings.

“Each game is critical at this point of the season and we understand what we need to do to prepare for each one,” said head coach Mike O’Neill. “We’ve gone through our usual week of practice and feel like we are ready to play Indiana and to try to get some more points at home.”

The Knights are unbeaten at home, posting a 5-0-1 record overall at Yurcak Field.

This match marks the end of a threegame homestand, which has thus far proven

SEE RECORD ON PAGE 13

Sophomore goalkeeper Casey Murphy recorded a career-high eight saves in the game last year on the road at Indiana. EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR / OCTOBER 2015

EXTRA POINT

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Dallas Houston

82 109

Orlando Miami

100 97

Minnesota Oklahoma City

99 122

Atlanta Cleveland

98 96

Lakers Jazz

114 117

JOANNA WU,

senior swimmer, was named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week after taking two first place finishes at the Florida Gulf Coast University Classic last weekend in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke events.

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FIELD HOCKEY

VOLLEYBALL

CROSS COUNTRY

vs. Indiana

at Ohio State

vs. Wisconsin

Metropolitan Chamionships

Tonight, 7 p.m., Yurcak Field

Tomorrow, 3 p.m. ET, Columbus, Ohio

Tomorrow, 7 p.m., College Ave Gym

Tomorrow, All Day, Bronx, New York