Daily Targum 09-02-2009

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After trailing 3-1 at the half, the Rutgers men’s soccer team scored three consecutive goals to down Towson on the road in the season opener.

City to save millions with new solar panels

BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

New Brunswick is going green and saving money by installing solar panels on 18 public properties throughout the city by the end of the year.

A renewable energy consortium consisting of the City of New Brunswick and its Parking Authority, Board of Education and Housing and Redevelopment Authority conceived the solar panel plan this past summer, said Mitch Karon, executive director of the New Brunswick Parking Authority.

“Solar energy is cheaper than your average energy that is supplied by PSEG,” he said. “Over a span of, say, a 15-year agreement, the city consortium … is looking to save $7 million on the cost of electricity.”

Karon said this does not include the cost of installation as

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Eighteen additional city properties are set to recieve solar panels by the end of the year. The Johnson & Johnson parking deck on George Street is one location that already uses the renewable energy source.

the group decided on using a power purchase agreement, where outside firms would submit proposals, install the panels and then resell the solar energy for the city.

“We thought that it would be advantageous economically if we pull our resources, and we’re hoping to get a better proposal from potential suppliers,” he said.

City Spokesman Bill Bray said the plan saves taxpayer money.

Solar power is free, reducing energy costs, and instead of having four different agencies, with four different sets of bids, timelines and priorities, unification makes the project more efficient, he said.

“So it makes fiscal sense and environmental sense,” Bray said.

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U. sets H1N1 virus precautions as flu season approaches

BY SARA GRETINA UNIVERSITY EDITOR

Gesundheit! It’s never been more important to mind your manners and cover your nose and mouth as flu season approaches — especially with national concerns

of another H1N1 influenza outbreak, more commonly known as the swine flu.

The University has taken precautions to safe guard against infections at the school, said President Richard L. McCormick in an e-mail sent out to the student body and staff last week.

Endowment ranking may rise in 2009

“Earlier this year, Rutgers assembled a team of health care professionals and administrators to develop a plan for responding to the virus,” he said in the correspondence. “Over the summer, this group has continued to meet and has maintained regular contact with

the state’s health department and the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”

This team consists of individuals from several University units, including Student Health Services, Occupational Health Ser vices, Student Affairs, Emergency

Management and Emergency Ser vice, Human Resources, Environmental Health and Safety as well as Facilities and Dining Services, said E.J. Miranda, director of University Media Relations.

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INDEX UNIVERSITY Construction and new buildings weren’t the only upgrade to the University this summer, classrooms were revamped as well.

BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT

Although the 2009 endowments and similar funds numbers are still being calculated, the University may raise its ranking among other colleges and universities throughout the country.

Set at more than $500 million in 2008, the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees approved and established a new investment policy in June 2009 for the University’s endowment, said Vice President for Finance and Associate Treasurer Delanie Moler.

“Although the University’s investments were impacted negatively — down approximately 15.3 percent by the turmoil in the financial markets over the past year — our investment consultant believes Rutgers’s performance through June 30, 2009 will place us in the top quartile of college and university endowments, as measured by the annual National Association of College and University Business Officers study,” Moler said.

She said the study, which compares investment performance of close to 1,000 colleges and universities, is gathering information so the rankings will not be out for several months.

Students should care about the endowment because it has a direct impact on bolstering the University’s scholarships, encouraging research opportunities and hiring and retaining quality faculty, Moler said.

“Endowment expenditures are mainly applicable to student aid and instruction and departmental research,” she said. “These two areas account for

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OPINIONS The new school year offers the University student government a chance to make changes in the way they represent the student body.

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PreachingJesus777 Ministries bloggers Greg Jacobs, right, and Robert Parker, center, preach to students yesterday outside the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The duo claimed that all national disasters are the result of someone making God angry. Nearly 50 students gathered, asking questions and chanting “go home.”

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Cleaning house: Classrooms see much-needed renovation

BY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON CORRESPONDENT

Students can say goodbye to the vandalized desks, peeling paint and grimy carpets found in many University classrooms.

A total of 262 classrooms and 20 lecture halls around the College Avenue, Busch and Livingston campuses will be enhanced and renovated during the three-year renovation project, which began last year and was announced in University President Richard L. McCormick’s 2007 annual address.

The initiative’s goal is to upgrade and improve the learning environment of University students, said E. J. Miranda, director of Media Relations.

“Work was done this summer on locations around the New Br unswick/Piscataway campuses, but here’s a sam-

pling; on the College Avenue campus: Scott Hall, the River Dorms, Bishop, [Graduate School of Education], [School of Communication and Information], Voorhees 105; on Busch: Hill 009; on Livingston: Tillett 116,” Miranda said.

The new classroom renovations, which are anticipated to be completed for the fall 2010 semester, would include new carpeting or floor coverings, technology upgrades, new furnishings and the repairing and repainting of the existing classrooms, Miranda said.

The University Facilities and Capital Planning Department, in conjunction with the University Scheduling and Space Management Department, selected the rooms to be renovated, he said.

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Alison Sheldon had

classes in Scott Hall and thinks the renovations are needed.

“Well, I know that there was no lock for the windows [in Scott Hall], so we could never keep the windows open, and the temperature was really weird [in my class],” she said. “Also, the classrooms were really small and they had a lot of desks, so you can’t even move because you’d hit somebody else.”

Sheldon said she thinks some of the older buildings on the Douglass campus, such as the Henderson Apar tments, could also benefit from the renovation project.

School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior Lisa Kos is in favor of the renovations, especially the repainting of the classrooms.

“I’m all for that, especially looking at the paint chipping of f and you don’t know how

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old it is, so it could be lead,” Kos said.

Miranda said a classroom committee, comprised of faculty, staff and students from all three campuses, assisted with the prioritization of the schedule for work and selection of materials, thus minimizing the inconvenience to all those who actually use these facilities on a regular basis.

But the bulk of the responsibility fell on the shoulders of the University Facilities and Capital Planning staff, which was responsible for securing all vendors, developing plans and supervising all installations, he said.

“A wide range of work is being done, so the University is using a variety of vendors — construction, furnishing, window treatments, flooring, etc.

All work is overseen by University Facilities,” Miranda

said. “The vendors were selected by Facilities — with the assistance of University Procurement — through the competitive bidding process.”

A budget of $15 million developed by University Facilities and Capital Planning has been allocated to the Classroom Renovation Project, Miranda said. Of that $15 million, $10.5 million will be spent on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses, $3 million will be spent on the Newark campus and $1.5 million will be spent on the Camden campus.

When asked how much of the budget would go toward repairs and renovations, Miranda said approximately $8.9 million has been allocated to physical enhancements and renovations and approximately $1.6 million for classroom technology infrastructure.

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The blue plastic seats on tiled floors in Scott Hall on the College Avenue campus have been replaced with fresh cushioned seats on wood paneling, before (left) and after (right). The $15 million renovation project is expected to finish next fall, with nearly $9 million allocated toward physical repairs and enhancements.

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PANELS: City strives for installation by January 2010 continued from front This process has other advantages, Karon said.

“The other thing that gives the entities an advantage is unlike PSEG, where ultimately there are increases in the cost of electricity, no one knows for sure how much those increases are going to be,” he said.

But with the power purchase agreement, those increases are predetermined at only 3 percent annually, which helps the consor tium budget correctly, Karon said.

While the proposals are due Sept. 17, the consortium plans to have the panels installed in the last quarter of 2009 and by the opening of the new New Brunswick High School in January, he said.

The panels will be installed on the public buildings and properties of those involved in the consortium, Karon said.

“We’re looking to put solar panels up on the new high school [and] the Lord Stirling school, [and] we’re looking at the possibility of putting solar panels on various parking garages throughout the city,” he said.

Bray said Mayor Jim Cahill had issued a proclamation committing the city to the goals of the Kyoto Protocol to reduce the city’s carbon footprint.

“The concept of installing solar panels was always on the table, and this consor tium is going to be a great way to … make a ver y strong statement in using renewable energy,” he said.

But this is not the city’s first attempt at renewable energy: The Johnson & Johnson park-

ing garage on George Street and the Catherine Lombardi Restaurant on Livingston Street have solar panels as well.

“The whole mission of New Brunswick of being an urban center … building projects that are multi-use, high-density involvement that are located close to mass transit … is going to help foster or create the opportunity for people to live a lifestyle in and of itself that is more energy efficient,” Bray said.

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Michael Valcarcel said the panels are a good investment for the future.

“It’s a good idea because it saves energy … [and] saves some dollar bills,” he said. “I’m for it.”

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The Lord Stirling Community School on Redmond Street will receive the solar panels while the Catherine Lombardi restaurant, top right, on Livingston Street already uses solar power as its energy source.

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current operations or capital projects,” she said.

The University is still in the raised go to timely operations process of calculating the 2009 number for “endowment and simcontinued from front ilar funds,” Moler said.

“The 2008 number is from approximately 85 percent of consolidated financial stateendowment expenditures.” ments, which have not yet been But Rutgers College senior prepared for 2009. Therefore, we Raguragava Sreetharan said cannot provide the comparable while she understands the number at this time,” she said. importance of the University’s In 2005, the University adopt$500 million endowment from ed the “Statement of Investment 2008, she had difficulty trying to Objectives and Guidelines,” see it as anything more than an which lists policies and objecabstract number. tives regarding the endowment.

“It’s really not on the top of my Based on the mind. I see it as statement, the just like a number.

I don’t have any- “I see it as just like a University’s annupolicy thing to connect number. I don’t have alis spending to spend an with that number,” Sreetharan said. “I anything to connect amount not to exceed 4.5 perdon’t realize that with that number.” cent of a trailing that’s where my 13-quarter averstudent aid comes RAGURAGAVA SREETHARAN age of the endowfrom. It’s just $500 Rutgers College senior ment’s market million. I don’t value. The longknow what they do term investment objective for the with it.” endowment is to attain an averThe University’s Web site age annual real total return on states that the endowment is investments of at least 5 percent, modest for a university of its size as measured over rolling fiveand complexity. year periods.

“While Rutgers has been a The new investment policy university since 1766, dedicated statement defined the roles and fundraising efforts were not forresponsibilities for the various malized until the creation of the parties involved in the manageRutgers University Foundation in ment of the investments, outlined 1973,” Moler said. investment philosophy, expanded The Foundation raised more the list of permissible investthan $1 billion for Rutgers since ments and indices, clarified its inception and only a portion of return objects and defined imperthe money raised was conmissible investments. tributed to the endowment, A copy of the policy can be Moler said. located in the University’s Policy “Historically, much of the Library, policy number 40.2.14. money raised for Rutgers was for

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Wavering approval stalls greening project

BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI CORRESPONDENT

Major construction on the first phase of the College Avenue Greening Project may potentially begin this semester, pending the city’s final approvals.

Once the University has the balance of city approvals, they will put it out to bid, said Antonio Calcado, vice president of Facilities and Capital Planning.

But the project is taking a little longer than anticipated. “[The start of construction] is all dependent on when we wrap up our city approvals, the permitting process, and there are some streets that need to be vacated,” Calcado said. “We are working with the city officials to make that happen.”

Infrastructure work for the project was completed this summer, with all new wiring being laid underground, he said.

Despite this progress, Calcado said the project is running behind schedule.

“We had hoped to do a little more over the summer than we were able to,” he said.

Notwithstanding, the first part of the project should still be finished by the end of the school year, Calcado said.

Construction would be phased in to work around University scheduling, such as move-in and move-out days.

Phase I of the project will cost $17 million, with funding being provided by the University and through some grants, he said. This phase of the project will focus on the area near Brower Commons, the College Avenue Gym and the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus.

Highlights include a new steel and glass bus stop that

Calcado said will feature greening and water retention pavers.

“It will just bring a whole new look and dimension to that area of College Avenue,” he said.

No buildings will be relocated during Phase I of the project and traffic will be re-routed as construction on the project progresses, Calcado said.

Phase II, which is still in the planning process, will focus on taking the project down to the river, he said.

Peter Tjionas, a Cook College senior, has mixed feelings regarding the greening project.

He said he suppor ts the notion of beautifying the College Avenue campus, but thinks funding should be used towards building a parking deck somewhere on campus.

“It may be nice, but it won’t solve any of the problems of traffic in New Brunswick,” said John Dotoli, a School of Engineering junior.

Dotoli does nt know all of the details of the project, but said bus transportation could become an issue due to construction.

With constr uction taking place on the College Avenue campus, Dotoli worries that students living off-campus near the Rutgers Student Center like himself will be forced to walk all the way to the Student Activities Center to catch a bus.

“I’ll have to leave an extra 40 minutes to get a bus to get to class,” he said.

Danny Cassidy, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior, said he is concerned about the cost of the project during the challenging economic times.

“Given the economy, maybe it is not as good an idea to start renovations,” Cassidy said. “The money [used to fund the project] can be used elsewhere.”

SOLAR ENERGY REDUCES COST Northern Illinois University students and faculty alike may be surprised to know that there are more than 270 solar panels on its campus building roofs.

Anderson and Gabel became home to the panels specifically because of their swimming pools. Ken Pugh, director of materials management, said the panels heat the pool waters and the areas around the pool.

“It just seemed like a natural fit for the swimming pools,” Pugh said. “They’re proving themselves.”

According to state law, a performance contract allows funding for an energy-efficient project to be repaid over a period of 20 years. In the case of the solar panels, the University has been able to pay back the funding with the savings created by the panels, essentially reducing the cost of the project to zero.

“It’s a real efficient way for the University to get into green projects and reduce energy consumption without coming up with the cash to do it,” said Robert Albanese, associate vice president of finance and facilities operations. “They pay for themselves.”

The solar panels in Anderson and Gabel have cut the electricity bill by almost two-thirds, Albanese said.

“Anytime we do a roof project, we consider solar panels,” said Albanese. “Unfortunately, since the State of Illinois has not provided any monies for roof projects for over five years, it’s been a slow process in replacing old roofs with ‘green’ types of technology.”

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VIRUS: Health officials to distribute vaccines in October continued from front They coordinated an emergency tabletop exercise during the summer, which involved review and discussion of general information related to H1N1.

“As intended in these exercises, the focus was on training and familiarization with roles, procedures or responsibilities,” Miranda said.

Come October, county health officials will distribute a vaccine to the University, he said.

“The vaccine will be distributed free of charge [to students, faculty and staff],” McCormick said. “The vaccine will be administered by two injections 21 days apart.”

More information on the vaccine will be released when the University has received it, he said.

If experiencing flu-like symptoms, it is best to go to Health Services immediately, said an anonymous University student who has recently recovered from H1N1. “[Health Services] gave me the medicine right there on the spot and that helped me recover faster,”

said the source, a Livingston College senior. “The longer you wait, the medicine won’t work … If you start feeling like you have the flu, just go right away.”

Health Services also gave the source’s roommates Tamiflu to prevent spreading of the virus, she said.

Ill international and out-of-state students or those who are unable to go home are asked to remain in their rooms until they are symptom free without medication for 24 hours, said Daniel Pascale, director of Emergency Management.

In order to aid sick students, Residence Life is planning on setting up a flu buddy system, said Joan Carbone, director of Residence Life.

The idea behind the buddy system allows students to still use dining services without leaving the comfort of their room.

“The buddy would bring their [sick student’s] ID card and a note from health services to the dining hall,” she said.

Carbone also suggested the buddy system be used for errands, such as picking up overthe-counter medicine or getting orange juice from the store.

“It is the responsibility of everybody on campus to help prevent and decrease the spread of the disease by … frequent hand washing,

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University Health Services continues to educate students about the H1N1 influenza outbreak through e-mail and flyers explaining precautions and symptoms. Vaccines will not be available until October. staying home or in the residence hall and away from others when ill, and covering coughs or sneezes …

While these may be things your

mother told you to do, they actually work,” Miranda said.

Following these guidelines can prevent contraction of even

the common cold.

“Now I’m just a little more cautious,” the anonymous source said.

“I have no idea how I got it.”

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AWARDS UNIVERSITY $7M FOR ENERGY RESEARCH The University received $7.6 million from the National Science Foundation to fund graduate study and development in methods of sustainable energy in the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship project.

“Training a new generation of scientists is a widely recognized national need,” Vice President of Academic Affairs Philip J. Furmanski said. “This grant will support a new Graduate Innovation and Integration Center that will address student preparedness for interdisciplinary endeavors while increasing diversity among our graduate student population.”

The award is divided into two grants amounting to $6.4 mil-

lion for graduate research and $1.25 million to extend earlier NSF research. The departments funded include science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The program will emphasize the politically and economically feasible fuel solutions for the Earth’s 6.6 billion population and its future generations, according to the NSF Web site.

“The development of bio-fuels and synfuels will require strategies adaptable to locations worldwide with diverse climates and geopolitical structures,” said the grant’s principal investigator Eric Lam, director of the Rutgers Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment.

The University faculty will present their findings at institutions that serve minorities such as historically black colleges and women’s colleges in the Unites States to attract these students to the project, according to the NSF Web site.

The awards are the fifth and sixth IGERT grants NSF has awarded the University throughout the past six years, Vice President for Research, Graduate and Professional Education Michael Pazzani said.

“Rutgers is one of few universities to receive two IGERT grants in 2009,” he said.

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Goals for University student government

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he new school year means a new start for all students, and the University’s student government should take advantage of the chance to start fresh. The University cultural and campus councils, along with the larger Rutgers University Student Assembly, serve as the voice of the student body. These representatives have the potential to get students’ voices heard about many issues relating to the University.

The basic breakdown of the student government is into campus councils and RUSA. The campus councils are local organizations that serve the students on their campuses and deal with the issues affecting them. They also offer their voice in larger University-wide issues, and the presidents of theses groups set the agenda for RUSA. The assembly is made up of representatives from each campus council, professional school and cultural organization. These students come together to discuss issues that affect the entire University and offer their voice to the administration to make changes that better the entire student body.

Change should be expected of the student government, as they had their election last semester and new students are in representative, vice presidential and presidential positions. Expectations for change should be high from the students, considering some simple altercations to the way the student government goes about their business could make a whole lot of difference in the way they are perceived by students and the University as a whole. One thing that can be done includes members of the student government connecting with students in a more informal manner. It is hard to make college students, who would rather be lounging in their dormitory or going out, to get to a forum to discuss University issues. Approaching students in a dining hall or a student lounge where there is a more relaxed atmosphere may be a better way to get students to discuss their opinions on issues. Sure, there will be those who give you a look that says they would rather not be bothered, but many people like to be asked questions about what they think because it makes them feel like they matter. A more comfortable environment makes it less intimidating to talk about issues than an official meeting or forum where everyone is dressed up and there is an official procedure. The best opinion seeking could possibly be done in sweatpants over a bowl of Coco Puffs in Brower.

Making student government more visible will also help in getting students to be more interested in what the councils can do for them.

Making yourself visible to the incoming first-years is a great start to making a change in how the University perceives student government. A clear explanation and strong presence showing how to get involved and how to get opinions heard will start new students off knowing that their student government is here for them. It will also make it easier to understand, instead of having students go three years through the University and not realize that they have an outlet to voice opinions and complaints and have something be done about them. Also, reaching out to the city of New Brunswick will also increase student government presence. College students make up a big part of the city, and keeping a good relationship between city government and student government will allow communication for issues like parking and crime.

Creating a larger Internet presence would not only allow students to have easier access to information about the student government as a whole but also allow them to keep up with what they are doing.

Each council should have a Web site that they keep updated to allow students to have access to the current issues being discussed within the groups. There should also be links to all the council sites on the RUSA Web site. Minutes from the meetings should be kept current on these sites so students know what is being discussed at the meetings and what issues are top priorities. Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook should also continue to be updated so students have instant access to updates on the Web sites they go on most often. Live streaming meetings or posting videos to YouTube may be another way to keep students interested in what is going on with the student government.

Keeping up face with the students by utilizing all these options is a start in the right direction. But if student government representatives are expecting students to keep interest, the biggest change needed is interest from the representatives themselves. Attendance at meetings is key. If the actual members of the student government do not care about the issues, how is the rest of the student body expected to? It is difficult to expect change from the University if there are no student voices working to promote it. By working together good change can come. So let’s try to make this year different: Communicate with your student body and let them know that their voices can be heard through that of their student government.

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“It‘s just $500 million.

I don’t know what they do with it.”

Raguragava Sreetharan, a Rutgers College senior, on the University endowment STORY ON FRONT

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or some of us, the one time or another, the start of the new desire to get rid of one’s parsemester did not ents has been a prevalent mean cramming all of our feeling for most individuals. belongings into an oversized Residence hall living is seen grey laundry cart and by many as an opportunity to squeezing into a residence finally escape the overbearhall elevator. We few were ing, overprotective eyes of spared a miserable morning LARISSA KLEIN parents and gain some much of sanitizing every inch of a needed independence. new living space, hooking up what seems like miles I am watching my brother, a high school senior, of Internet cables and meticulously adhering a cache prepare his college applications with this exact of posters to cover 20 square feet of bare white walls. mentality playing into some very heavy decisions.

For escaping the aforementioned horrors of moving As for many others in his position, the State day, I feel grateful that I am a commuter.

University of New Jersey is not even on a list of Late night and early morning fire alarms, hall schools to consider, simply because it is seen as mate powwows over last minute assignments, as being too close to home. well as countless all-nighters — not just to study or Certainly, Rutgers is not for everyone, nor is crank out a ten page paper for a 10 a.m. class, but spending one’s college years living with their parsometimes because of an unexents. But for me, being at home I plained compulsion to watch a feel farther than I ever have from marathon of “The Hills” — are all “Life lessons learned needing independence, and while basic elements of campus living. the urge to sell my parents has from living in Commuters are often pegged as almost completely gone, my 12missing out on this “college experiyear-old brother is a different story. dormitories at the ence.” I cannot say, though, that I One year since moving back in University are feel disadvantaged by my off-camwith my parents, it is clear what has pus status. changed from my high school undeniable ...”

Life lessons learned from living years. Albert Einstein defined in dormitories at the University are insanity as “doing the same thing undeniable — how to manage your over and over again and expecting a time, the value of having and defending your own different result.” Earlier I would have said that simopinions, as well as understanding how to comproply removing myself from my parents’ control would mise in order to keep the peace with your roombe the necessar y action to ease the tensions mates. Yet I too have learned some important lesbetween us. If living with them hadn’t been a pleassons while living under my parents’ roof. ant experience before going off to college, how As a first-year student, I lived in a residence hall could things possibly be different now? Although I and participated in on-campus activities, despite my was doing the same thing — surrendering to life in family home being less than a 15-minute drive away. my parents’ home — what was different was me.

Returning home one year later gave me a new perYet if you truly find it impossible to tolerate your spective, not on my place or involvement at Rutgers, parents’ presence, you may want to go ahead and as I had anticipated it would, but rather on my relatake a cue from Amatrudo. He received a high numtionship with my family. Being at home did not make ber of phone and e-mail inquiries on his offer. me feel totally removed from what was going on onMaybe while you’re carefully crafting an advertisecampus or with my friends, but being in my parents’ ment that highlights your parents’ assets, like your house did make me feel more connected to them. mom’s superb brisket or your dad’s occasional whit, Last weekend, a Connecticut man, Michael you’ll realize the mistake you’re making. If you have Amatrudo, listed his parents on the classifieds site the guts to go ahead with it for two “gently used” Craigslist, advertising “Will consider trade for parents, you may just make a profit enough to newer model, hot blonde under age 40 or an Erector finance your room and board, or at least cover the Set in good condition. MUST SEE! Please e-mail or cost of a few textbooks. call Michael for additional details and pics. $155.00,” according to NBC New York.

Larissa Klein is a School of Arts and Sciences jun51-year-old Amatrudo was simply bored or looking ior majoring in art history. Her column, “The to play a practical joke on his loving parents; but, at Definition of Insanity,” runs on alternate Thursdays.

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Coverage for early intervention helps children, cuts costs Letter UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA

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utism is a brain development disorder often characterized by impaired social interaction, communication and repetitive behavior. It is a disorder, which affects boys more often than girls. In New Jersey, one in 94 children have been diagnosed with autism, compared to the national average of one in 150. Signs of autism often surface before a child is three years old, hence the importance of early diagnosis and intervention.

From 2003 to 2007, I spearheaded a piece of legislation requiring health insurers to provide coverage for early interven-

tion therapies for individuals diagnosed with autism and other developmental disabilities. Due to mandator y provisions for health care providers and insurance companies to cover the costs of screening and diagnosing developmental disabilities, such as autism, the legislation received a great deal of resistance. Since the current law only allowed families within 150 percent of the federal poverty level to be eligible for early intervention services, I worked with the Depar tment of Banking and Insurance to expand it to 350 percent.

Many steps were taken to pave the road for the passage and signing of this important legislation.

In 2007, Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a package of bills

designed to improve autism treatment, training, education and research in the state. These measures resulted in the creation of a statewide autism registry, mandated autism guidelines for

“In New Jersey, one in 94 children have been diagnosed with autism, compared to the national average of one in 150.” health care professionals, transfer of the Governor’s Council on Medical Research and Treatment of Autism to the Department of Health and Senior l. Services, funding of six “Centers of

Excellence,” development of autism/developmental disabled training for first responders and creation of the Adults with Autism Task Force.

Corzine signed landmark legislation on Aug. 13. I would like to commend Speaker Joseph Roberts for championing the cause for one of our most vulnerable citizens-children with autism and other developmental disabilities. Corzine has placed early inter vention practices such as diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders a top priority in New Jersey by signing the bill.

A2238/S1651, now P.L. 2009, c115 makes New Jersey the 14th state in the country to require insurance companies to cover treatments for autism and other

developmental disabilities. As a legislator in New Jersey, I am honored to have been part of this legislation.

The bill mandates medicallyrequired speech, occupational and behavioral therapy to be covered up to $36,000 per year for individuals under the age of 21.

The bill recognizes the need for appropriate resources to treat and care for individuals with autism, and provide their families the support they need.

Early diagnosis of autism and other developmental disabilities will enable children to receive the special care they require and will allow New Jersey to save on costs in the long run.

Upendra J. Chivukula is a New Jersey Assemblyman for District 17.

General Motors must invest in energy efficiency Letter DONALD A. MOSKOWITZ

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eneral Motors received $20 billion in U.S. government loans and might need another $50 billion to survive.

GM plans to close a number of U.S. plants and lay off thousands

of workers. The United Auto Workers has agreed to eliminate or reduce employee benefits to drop the average wage, including benefits, from around $75 per hour to near $45 per hour, which is the average wage of U.S. auto workers at foreign plants in the U.S. Hopefully, GM will cut management staff and reduce execu-

tive salaries. These actions should make GM cost competitive and save thousands of American jobs.

However, to my astonishment, GM plans to increase imports from Mexico, South Korea, Japan and China from 15 percent in 2009 to 23 percent by 2014.

Approximately 50,000 cars will be imported from China by 2014.

Evidently the U.S. taxpayers are loaning GM $20 to $50 billion to stay alive so it can close U.S. plants, lay off U.S. workers, transfer some production to foreign countries like China and import inferior cars to the U.S. so more U.S. workers can be laid off, and our insurance rates and health care costs will

increase from accidents as the wheels falls of f the Chinese made vehicles.

We don’t need imported cars.

We need fuel-efficient, reasonably-priced cars manufactured in the U.S. Donald A. Moskowitz is a Londonderry, N.H., resident.

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Pearls Before Swine

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Today’s Birthday (09/02/09) You’re very particular this year about everything being perfect. You won’t tolerate shabby work; you’ll make them do it over. You’re not worried about whether they like this or not. It’s just how it is. It’s good for them. 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 — The only way to find out if each plan will work is to give them a try. Do this virtually, if possible.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Friends and loved ones help you clear out stuff that’s been weighing you down. Get rid of a mess you don’t need.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — A conflict of interest could mess up your social life. You may have to pass up some invitations that clash.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7 — The more you study, the more you realize you don’t know. You’ll soon learn if you’ve been studying the wrong thing.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — Take it slow and easy while the kinks are worked out. Don’t feel guilty; it’s a natural part of the process.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Money’s coming in from work you did earlier. Relax and enjoy it. You’ve earned it.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — You’re doing a good job, but some of your methods seem unusual. Teach the others and you’ll all end up better off.

Scorpio (Oct. 23—Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Today looks good for cuddling, but you also have a meeting. Family comes first, remember?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — It’s up to you to do the research. If you agree to a risky deal, it’s nobody’s fault but your own.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — You like to learn by doing, but this time it’s good to have a coach, especially if you’re going to be moving fast.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Go through your files and clean up an error that’s been slowing you down. A correction will help you immensely.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — If they’re bugging you for a decision, ask for a postponement. There’s not enough info to finish the assignment.

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COMEBACK: Rutgers opens season with road win continued from back

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior offensive lineman Anthony Davis, a near-consensus first team All-Big East offensive lineman, enters his second year with the Scarlet Knights at left tackle after starting at right guard during his freshman season.

WATCH: Winston, Rosario can shine as sophomores continued from back The Hopatcong native did not see significant playing time until the back end of the season, but proved he can be an effective runner at this level. Expect Martinek, along with fellow junior Jourdan Brooks, to get the majority of the carries this year.

5. Scott Winston, sophomore, wrestling — Thirty-four wins and a trip to the NCAA championships is only the start for Winston. The No. 2 rated wrestler in the country when he committed to Rutgers, the Jackson native has helped revive the sport in a wrestling crazed state.

4. Khadijah Rushdan, sophomore, women’s basketball —

MUNOZ: Senior linebacker gets nod at strongside LB continued from back defense and they have to lead the way for the offense. I think we’re going to be all right.”

Arguably their toughest challenge comes in their Labor Day opener with the Cincinnati Bearcats, who return standout quarterback Tony Pike and wide receiver Mardy Gilyard.

Since the game was announced last March, the preparation has been to dethrone the defending Big East champions.

“We spent a little extra time than we normally would [preparing] for our opener,” head coach Greg Schiano said. “This thing, we probably amped it up about four more practices in our preparation. One, because obviously it’s a league game; it’s a very good football team, defending Big East champs.”

The extra preparation has left Munoz anxious to return to the playing field.

“I’m excited — we’ve got a hungry defense,” Munoz said.

“We’ve got a hungr y, hungr y

Does Rushdan have big shoes to around Rosario will be at the cenfill? You bet. She will be asked to ter of it. The Jersey City native pick up the scoring slack since was one of the top freshmen Epiphanny Prince decided to scorers last season, averaging depar t for Europe. Rushdan 16.2 points per game. Rosario averaged 9.9 should only get points per game better having while making 25 “Davis will protect logged plenty of starts as a sophomiles — and the quarterback’s more for a team games playing for that went to the the Puerto Rico blind side and Sweet 16. But U-19 National anchore one of the Team. On a side much of the success this year will note, he had a 54top-10 offensive hinge on her abilipoint outburst for ty to lead the team lines in the country.” Puerto Rico in a and score in game against the clutch.

France, so there is no doubt he knows where to 3. Mike Rosario, sophomore, put the rock. men’s basketball — How head coach Fred Hill Jr. and all of 2. Erin Guthrie, senior, Rutgers men’s basketball fans women’s soccer — The Allare counting on Rosario! This American goalkeeper is one of team was a disaster last year and the best in the countr y and it has been under Hill’s regime, without her play the nights but if things are going to turn would not have reached the defense and I’m going to speak for the defense: I think we’re hungry to be on top.”

The hunger and work ethic that will get them there stems from Munoz and D’Imperio.

“Me and Ryan try to lead the defense in general,” Munoz said.

“With some of the linebackers, show them how to study, how to watch film, show them how to prepare. I think if we teach people how to prepare that will help us in the long run.”

The leadership also comes from their example on the field.

Munoz recorded 45 tackles last season, including three for a loss, while earning the starting spot for the final five games as the Knights turned their season around.

“Damaso is a great player. He has it all,” D’Imperio said. “He’s very talented, very athletic. It’s great to have someone with you out there like that.”

But Munoz is more concerned about the success of the team than his own abilities.

When asked what he brought to the team, Munoz said, “Speed, leadership, toughness — anything I can give. I want us to come out on top. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

Sweet 16. She stood on her head in a win over Oklahoma State and was under siege in the Sweet 16 clash with Stanford.

Guthrie allowed just 14 goals last season while making 87 saves, posting a goals against average of 0.62.

1. Anthony Davis, junior, football — When Kenny Britt was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round of the NFL Draft, he was the first Scarlet Knight to garner that honor. Davis will be the second if he chooses to come out at the end of the year (I think he will). The Piscataway native is a beast. We’re talking 6-foot-6, 325 pounds. Davis will protect the quar terback’s blind side and anchor one of the top-10 of fensive lines in the countr y.

So yes, give some love to the big guy because Davis is the real deal.

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior Damaso Munoz had 45 tackles and 1.5 sacks last season while playing in all 13 games for the Knights.

“The momentum started to shift right at the start of the second half,” Reasso said as his team out shot Towson 16-4 in the second half. “We came right out in the second half and thought if we scored that second goal we would be right back in the game.

“We got [the goal] five minutes into the half and they got a little edgy and we outplayed them in the second half. At halftime we made the necessar y attitude adjustment and said if we stayed calm we would get back into the game and had a chance to win the ballgame.”

Two minutes after Salmon’s penalty, Kamara found the winner, netting of f a cross from junior defender Paulie Calafiore.

Even a man up, there were still some ner vy moments for the Scarlet Knights in the final 15 minutes as Towson scrambled for an equalizer. Tigers midfielder Marco Mangione str uck the bar in the 77th minute and forced freshman goalkeeper Jake Grinkevich into a save two minutes from full time.

“That’s what it’s all about,” Reasso said of Kamara stepping up to score. “As coaches we can make all the changes and tactical adjustments we want, but the players have to believe that they can comeback and they did in the second half.”

Towson, who was trying to beat RU for the second consecutive year, jumped out to a 3-1 lead after 25 minutes.

Much like a season ago, set pieces were the Scarlet Knights’ undoing in the first half hour. Mangione scored off a restar t 19 seconds after Bourdeau had given RU the lead in the seventh minute.

Midfielder Javier Roa Bermudez gave the Tigers (0-1, 0-0) the lead three minutes later and defender Josh Spivey headed home from a corner in the 25th minute to put the Scarlet Knights in trouble at the halftime inter val.

Despite notching a season opening win, Reasso knows that there is still plenty of work to be done, because you don’t win many games conceding three goals.

“There are going to be some growing pains with this team,” Reasso said. “It’s a young team, we star ted only one senior and because of that there is some inexperience and it showed early [yesterday] and it cost us [in the first half].”

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JuCo transfer Beatty joins RU

BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

If there was starting position on the floor where the Rutgers men’ s basketball team had a glaring hole, it was at point guard.

The Scarlet Knights filled that hole this summer with the signing of point guard James Beatty.

“What [head coach Fred Hill Jr.] told me was that they were in need of a point guard and I had the opportunity to come in and start right away,” Beatty said. “I feel like I can excel at the point guard position while being a leader for this team.”

The Wilmington, N.C. native spent two years at Miami-Dade College, where he was a two-time All-Southern Conference selection. Beatty averaged 13.4 points and 7.9 assists per game. The Sharks completed the 2008-09 season with a 23-6 overall record.

“We are very excited to welcome James into the Rutgers basketball family,” Hill said in a statement. “He brings a tremendous amount of skill and intangibles into the program. James is a talkative leader with great understanding and passion for the game. He’ s a winner with experience. I think our fans are really going to enjoy watching him play.”

RU has struggled under Hill, and the team is coming off a season in which they went 11-21 and won just two Big East games.

“I was concerned in the beginning when they first started recruiting me,” Beatty said about joining the Big East bottom feeder. “I’ve been in situations like this before and I look at it as an opportunity to come in and make an impact with my play and leadership ability. Hopefully, we can turn things around. There is a lot of young talent on this team and I feel like adding my experience will really help this team.”

Beatty also said that the recruiting process was more stressful because he had to make the right decision, since he will only have two years of eligibility to play.

“It was definitely more stressful,” the 20-year-old said. “But it was also more fun because I had a lot of schools to choose from. It was a big time decision because I only have two years left [of eligibility]. I looked long and hard, but I think I made the right decision.”

Beatty will be asked to replace Anthony Farmer, a four-year starter at point guard, who graduated last spring. Farmer averaged close to nine points per game, but Beatty is just happy for the opportunity to play at the highest level.

“I would say just having the chance to play at the top level,” he said when asked what he was most looking forward to with the Scarlet Knights. “It’s an opportunity to play with the best in Division I basketball.”

Beatty said he likes the young talent present on the team and thinks his game will translate well to the Big East.

“I definitely feel like I could really excel in the Big East,” he said. “The Big East is an up and down and physical league and I feel like I’m well equipped to play in both the half and full court.”

Beatty graduated from New Hanover High School in Wilmington, N.C. in 2007 and was the Rivals.com North Carolina 4A player of the year. He was also a McDonald’s All-American finalist.

He is the final member of the Scarlet Knights 2009-10 recruiting class. Forwards Dane Miller and Austin Johnson and center Brian Okam already committed earlier in the year. RU will also have the services of forward Jonathan Mitchell, who is eligible after sitting out a year after transferring from Florida.

— This story was originally on TargumBlog at dailytargum.com

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Greg Schiano gets to play his four toughest Big East games — Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, South Florida and West Virginia — at home.

Opening with Big East foe begins exciting year

Replacing Lewis crucial in ’09 I

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

A new field, a new squad and a new season all lie ahead of the Rutgers field hockey team this FIELD HOCKEY year, but amidst all the changes the team will be working to keep one component the same: success.

The team comes off of one its strongest seasons in recent memor y. The 14-6 record posted in the 2008 campaign marked the most wins for the team since 1997, as well as the fewest number of losses in 23 years.

But not all of the changes have been favorable. For the first time in four seasons, the squad will be without standout forward Amy Lewis.

Lewis led the team in goals and points last season with 24 and 56, respectively. A second team All-American in her senior year, she is also the program’s alltime leader in both categories.

The void she leaves behind will be a difficult one to fill but is far from impossible, and the Scarlet Knights already have several players stepping up to the task.

Midfielder and team co-captain Jenna Bull was named to the preseason All-Big East team.

The junior led the 2008 squad with 10 assists and was third overall with 18 points.

“There are 11 girls out there playing and she’s a big par t of it, her and of course [senior co-captain Kristen Johnson] and [senior co-captain Melissa Bowman] and the other seniors who are setting the tempo in the game and making sure that we’re playing smar t,” head coach Liz Tchou said. “I think she’s a ver y humble person; she’s going to approach it in a way where she wants ever yone to play well. I think that’s what her gift is, just being able to include ever ybody in the mix on the field.”

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Senior back and co-captain Melissa Bowman was second on the team in overall points last season with 19.

Despite the recognition, Bull said her only focus was helping the team continue its success.

“Personally, I don’t really look at that stuff that much, and I don’t really know what that stuff really means, but I just want to be a good leader for the team,” she said.

Bowman, a senior back, was second on the team in overall points with 19. Her six goals were good for second place on the team, tying her with senior forward Jessika Hoh. Hoh has already made an impact on the field this season, scoring a goal in each of her first two games.

But for the team to achieve the same level of success as last season, they will need to have strong contributions from its younger players as well as its seniors. Thirteen of the 21 players on the roster are underclassmen, including five freshmen.

Rutgers will be leaning heavily on its goalkeeping tandem of tr ue freshmen Shanice Beasley and Vickie Lavell.

Through the first two games of

the year, Beasley has been the only one to see action, posting 17 saves between her first two contests.

After narrowly dropping two games to start the season, the team will try and work out the kinks as they prepare for their first road trip of the year.

“Overall, I think our fitness base needs work, our main fitness base,” Tchou said. “As far as our practices are going, they’ve been very intense. We’ve had a few small injuries here and there but nothing big.”

Currently tabbed as sixth place finishers in the Big East preseason coaches’ poll, RU will look to improve on last year’s 1-5 in conference record to tr y and climb up the ladder.

Despite the team’s youth, Bull said the team can make a splash in the conference.

“I think this team has a lot of potential, and once we figure things out and start connecting ever ything we can show the Big East that we’re still in this,” she said. “We’re young but we’re definitely skilled and we just have to put it all together.”

absolutely columns.

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The ones that start off by saying “It’s an exciting year for so-and-so!” and “Here’s what to stay tuned for this fall.” It sounds like a less-excited (but just as nearly drugged up) Billy Mays endorsement for the upcoming seasons, except those seasons won’t help you clean those hard to reach places or make your scratched up Camaro look like new.

But take one look at the schedule for the Rutgers football team this year. Open with Cincinnati on national television, close with West Virginia on national television.

Both at home. Both against possibly the biggest conference rivals. Both sure to have Big East title implications.

Simply put, the schedule is awesome — particularly for a student.

Not only is the conference wide open, so every game carries extra meaning, but the Scarlet Knights once again have the talent level to surge to a BCS Bowl game. It’s just a matter of breaching the hump that has plagued head coach Greg Schiano’s club since 2006.

The matchups are certainly favorable, with seven of 12 contests at home. The four toughest foes in the conference — Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, South Florida and West Virginia — all come to Piscataway to play in a sea of scarlet. RU hosts a pair of Football Bowl Subdivision opponents to help bolster their record in the first half, including a Homecoming slobberknocker with Texas Southern.

Five weeknight games highlight the schedule — including three at home under the lights. A Friday night game vs. Pittsburgh and a Thursday night duel with South Florida are on tap midseason, while the Knights travel to Army and Louisville for night games on the road. Six contests this season are on either ESPN or ABC. And do I need to mention a newly renovated stadium with a brand-new, double-sized student section right next to the tunnel in the south end zone?

Mind of Stein MATTHEW STEIN There is plenty to be excited about in going to Rutgers football games this season, and it all gets underway with a prime time Labor Day showdown against Cincinnati in five days — the same Bearcats team that has taken three in a row from the Knights; the same club that decimated RU’s undefeated season in 2006, mocked fans with the chop motion at midfield after winning at Rutgers Stadium in 2007 and was the very last team to defeat RU back in October.

What a way to start.

It’s a very non-traditional start as well. The Knights have not opened against a conference opponent since a 40-point loss to Virginia Tech in 1997, well before the Schiano era began.

Many, like repeat student ticket holder senior Adam Lester, prefer starting the season with such a meaningful game.

“Conference all the way,” he said. “We are playing the Big East champs! There is no better way to start the season then against the Big East champions.”

And in what will feel like a new stadium, even Schiano seemed a little giddy about stepping onto the green turf and looking up at 52,454 Knights fans.

“I’ve walked down there and looked. It’s going to be really cool,” he said. “Again, just the fact that our student section is going to be there, I’m really excited about it. I guess student tickets went on sale and in one day they were all gone. That, to me, is a long way from where we were when we got here nine years ago.

I think that’s the biggest thing.

“Our fans are great. But it’s college football; those are classmates playing out there on the field. The way they support them is great.”

— Matthew Stein accepts all comments and criticisms at steinma@eden.rutgers.edu.

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New faces, seasoned vets earn Knights top-25 ranking

BY CHRIS MELCHIORRE CORRESPONDENT

In its first three games, six different players scored goals for the Rutgers women’s soccer team. Of those six WOMEN’S SOCCER p l a y e r s , three were not with the team at all last year and one missed a large portion of the 2008 season with an injury.

The four new faces came in the form of one freshman, Merissa Smith, two players returning from ACL injuries, senior Caycie Gusman and redshirt freshman Stefanee Pace, and one member of last year’s U-20 Canadian National team, senior Karla Schacher.

That trend is no coincidence.

After clawing their way to last year’s Sweet 16 with barely enough healthy players to field a team, the Scarlet Knights have a completely restocked roster for the 2009 season. Though the core group from last year’s team is returning, the contributions from all of the newcomers are vital to the Knights’ hopes of topping last year’s success.

“We have a lot of depth which we’re not used to,” said Erin Guthrie, senior goal tender and preseason All-American. “I think it’s a good team chemistry; I think we have a lot going for us and I think if we work hard and stick together we’re going to be very successful.”

Guthrie and senior midfielder Gina DeMaio were named to this year’s Hermann Trophy Watch List, awarded to the nation’s top male and female college soccer players.

Guthrie continues to lead a defense coming off one of her most dominating seasons in

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Senior midfielder Gina DeMaio (6), above, is one of two Rutgers women’s soccer players to be named to the Hermann trophy watch list, awarded annually to the nation’s top male and female college soccer players. The other is senior goalkeeper Erin Guthrie. school history. RU’s ability to keep opponents to an average below one goal per game last year is a big reason why they earned a top 25 national ranking this year.

But to keep that ranking, DeMaio and company will have to put the ball in the net, which the offense, at times, struggled to do last season.

“It’s very important,” said DeMaio on her team’s ability to

score more goals this year. “Last year, we won a lot of games by one goal, and a lot of games we had to come from behind. So as a team this year, we set a goal that we wanted to break the scoring record. I think if our offense can step up then we’ll be very successful this year.”

Through the first three games it already looks like the Knights’ new offense — with all of those new faces — is coming together.

But its 1-1 draw with Stony Brook Sunday represents a speed bump in what Rutgers knew would be a long process.

“It hasn’t been seamless, it really hasn’t,” Rutgers head coach Glenn Crooks said. “But we’re starting to figure out how to play with each other and it’s going to take some time.”

Ever y member of the team believes that time will come,

and when it does, they know that the Sweet 16 might be the least of what they accomplish this season.

“We have a lot of high expectations this year,” DeMaio said.

“But we don’t have big heads right now. We know that we have a lot of work to do. We’re confident that if we play to our abilities than we can do big things this year.”

Werneke sees improvement going into year two

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

The Rutgers volleyball team has had its fair share of troubles.

But coming of f of a year with only VOLLEYBALL two wins, t h e Scarlet Knights have a lot of work to do before they can

prove that they’re back in the running for anything, let alone Big East contention.

Now in his second year with the team, head coach CJ Werneke has no doubt in his mind that RU can get the job done.

“The difference between this year’s team and last year’s team is night and day,” he said.

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As outside hitter Caitlin Saxton enters her junior year with the Knights, she already has an All-Tournament under her belt for 2009.

The team opened up its season in the UniWyo Cowgirl Classic with host University of Wyoming, Idaho State and South Dakota State.

Despite a steadily improving per formance throughout the tournament, the Scarlet Knights came out 0-3, leaving Werneke’s team with some new questions to answer for the season.

But despite the weekend’s turnout, Werneke has already locked onto the team’s more prevalent problems and remains faithful in his team’s potential. “[The weekend] was a good indication of what they need to work on,” he said. “We’re still 03, and that doesn’t sit well with us. … We’re just tr ying to find our way early in the season.”

One of the primary things RU has to focus on is unforced errors, which were responsible for much of the team’s troubles last weekend.

“If unforced errors were cut in half, we’d be 3-0 right now,” Werneke said.

The three-loss opening weekend, however, did not come without some bright spots, as junior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton was named to the All-Tournament team after a team-leading 36 kills and 28 digs.

And with a team that starts three freshmen and two sophomores on an eight player team, Saxton has to carry a lot of pressure as not only one of the team’s captains, but also as one of it’s leading performers.

BRENDAN MCINERNEY/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Senior defensive specialist Jamie Godfrey was named one of two team captains for the 2009 season. The Rahway native will be entering her second season with head coach CJ Werneke.

“She does a great job for us, “ Werneke said. “And as soon as some other players develop and play a little more consistently, that pressure will come of f of her and she’ll play even better than she has this season already.”

The Scarlet Knights head to the Delaware Invitational this weekend to join host Delaware,

Princeton and Army, where Werneke believes his team has a chance of winning all three.

“Our goal is to win the tournament,” he said. “There was nothing drastically wrong with our performance last weekend.

We’re focused on Army right now, and coming out and getting our first win of the year against them.”

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Comeback kids Kamara scores second half brace as Rutgers comes from two goals behind to beat Towson in season opener

BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

RAMON DOMPOR/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Sophomore forward Ibrahim Kamara scored two second half goals, helping the Scarlet Knights erase a two-goal deficit against Towson. Rutgers went on to down the Tigers, 4-3, at the Towson Sports Complex to open the 2009 season with a win.

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10. Gaetano Panuccio, sophomore, men’s soccer — Somebody has to score goals for this team. Dilly Duka had eight of the team’s 18, but the midfielder has left the program after making the United States U-20 National Team. Panuccio scored twice last season while making 13 starts as a freshman.

9. Brooke Cantwell, senior, women’s lacrosse — Talk about a superstar and RU has one in Cantwell. She was an All-Big East selection as a junior and for good reason. The Moorestown native scored 32 goals and led the team in points with 38. The Scarlet Knights will count on her for similar numbers if they want to improve on last season’s 7-9 record.

8. Justin Pennington, senior, men’s lacrosse — If the Knights hope to

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erase the bad taste of last season’s four-win campaign, much of that rests on the broad shoulders of this influential midfielder. Pennington struggled out of the gate after being named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. The Flemington native still managed 16 goals, but he will need to improve that as RU moves to the new Big East Conference for lacrosse.

7. Michael Lang, junior, baseball — The former walk-on led the team in hitting with a .343 average while belting a team-high eight home runs.

Last season was a disappointing 2231 campaign, but Lang was a pleasant surprise. Lang should only get better after spending the summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

6. Joe Mar tinek, sophomore, football — The running back gained 432 yards last season while finding the end zone four times.

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Munoz, teammates hungry to be on top

Davis, Guthrie top RU athletes to watch elcome back and welcome to a new year of Rutgers athletics. With football primed to make a run at its first Big East title and women’s soccer trying to back up a year that took them to the Sweet Sixteen there is excitement on the Banks.

Beyond the fall, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s basketball and baseball will look to rebound from tough years. So here is a list of the 10 players to watch for the 2009-10 seasons.

Down two goals at halftime and in trouble of dropping its season opener, the Rutgers men’s soccer t e a m MEN’S SOCCER scored RUTGERS 4 t h r e e u n a n TOWSON 3 swered goals in the second half to defeat Towson 4-3 yesterday at the Towson Sports Complex.

Sophomore for ward Ibrahim Kamara grabbed a second-half brace sandwiched around a penalty kick by junior Yannick Salmon.

“It’s a big comeback,” said head coach Bob Reasso. “I’ve been here 29 years, so it’s hard to say it’s the best we’ve ever had, but on the road against a good team is a big win for us.”

The Scarlet Knights (1-0, 0-0) began their fight back through Kamara, who fired in of f a cross from sophomore Nate Bourdeau in the 50th minute. Nine minutes later RU had its equalizer after Towson’s Roslin Nzokou handled the ball in the box.

Salmon stepped up and slotted the penalty past goalkeeper John Steele.

Nzokou was sent of f for the handball, and with the match tied, the game was there for the taking.

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

After splitting time at weakside linebacker last season, Damaso Munoz (17) earned the outright starting job on the strong side for the 2009 season.

Senior linebacker Ryan D’Imperio is the captain, but classmate and linebacker Damaso FOOTBALL Munoz is the one he trusts.

“I trust him,” D’Imperio said of Munoz. “Right now he’s my guy, he’s on the strong side with me, and I always know that I’m comfortable with him right there.”

Trust is a vital asset for this experienced defense, which is expected to anchor the Rutgers football team this season.

A year ago, with the best quarterback and wide receiver in school history, the offense was the story for the Scarlet Knights.

Now, there is inexperience at almost every offensive skill position and the defense will be relied on to win games.

“Every team is different; this is the ’09 team,” Munoz said. “We’ve got some of the older guys on

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