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The Rutgers women’s soccer team rebounded this weekend from a tough loss to Monmouth by shutting out Princeton and Bucknell.

New LXc bus route frustrates students BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Some students who used the L bus to travel through Highland Park feel like the L is for “left behind.” Though the Department of Transportation eliminated the L because it was not used as much as other buses, some students, especially those who live off campus, are not happy the route no longer exists. “There are a lot of people who are af fected,” said Hadi Halim, president of the Graduate Student Association. “We understand that it’s a budgeting situation, but what we think is not

right is the short notice. A lot of people already made their housing [arrangements] in May.” About 600 students have signed an online petition — available at savethelbus.wordpress.com — to bring back the route, Halim said. He hopes University officials will reconsider. Three students who signed the petition — School of Engineering graduate students Bhavya Shah, Flavian Patrao and Aditya Namjoshi — live on Cedar Lane in Highland Park and agreed the route is necessary. Patrao is not happy with the LXc, which he said does not come

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Some Highland Park residents are upset about the elimination of the L bus, which used to stop at several residential areas in the town. About 600 students are hoping their petition could bring the route back.

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Grease truck offers healthy options BY MIKE DAVIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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A University and NYU graduate are moving forward with their own T-shirt brand, IDTees, which includes T-shirts that communicate positive messages with simple designs. To read the full story, see PAGE 7.

The Golden Rail in New Brunswick reopens after a fire ruined the interior in December.

Bill to grant U. right to approve charter schools

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Two businessmen are looking to bring their grease-less grease truck to the University in an effort to provide a fast and healthy food option for students. Nic Kubian and Dominick Rodriguez created the SouperVan to provide University students with a fully mobile truck offering sandwiches, soups, salads and snacks, while using fresh ingredients from as many local outlets as possible. But Kubian said that’s not the van’s main calling card: The SouperVan would donate 100 percent of the profits to charity. They looked at social enterprise — a business whose bottom line measures community impact in addition to profit — as a realistic way to enact change, Rodriguez said. “Wouldn’t it be cool if young, bright people like

Rutgers students had the oppor tunity to look at how social enterprise could integrate into whatever direction they see themselves fulfilling in this world?” said Kubian, a Rutgers College Class of 2005 graduate. Kubian and Rodriguez developed the SouperVan concept through years in the restaurant business and in the 108th Air Refueling Wing of the New Jersey National Guard. They explored problems that had plagued the countr y and questioned why something as simple as hunger was still a concern. “If we can’t solve this in the second-richest state in the most powerful nation the world has ever seen, when is humanity going to solve the issue?” Kubian said. As the economy faltered, food insecurity struck more and more people, he said.

People could now find themselves in a situation of food insecurity after illness, loss of health insurance or dire financial straits, Kubian said. “The face of hunger is changing in this country,” he said. The Trenton-based food bank Mercer Street Friends repor ted a 29 percent increase in demand for 2009, Kubian said. He wonders how the SouperVan will be able to help others if they cannot stay open. “We don’t believe the right solution is just to ask the government for more money,” he said. “What if we could find a solution within capitalism?” The SouperVan is one of many projects in the running for a $50,000 grant from the Pepsi Refresh project, where the top10 ideas will get the money, Kubian said.

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A bill has been introduced to the New Jersey state Legislature that would allow the University to authorize charter schools under the Center for Effective School Practices, a part of the University’s Graduate School of Education. Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, D-Essex, one of the bill’s sponsors, said while some states already use independent authorizers, New Jersey has thus far not used this model. She said this bill might extend this authorization authority to the University. “The reason for additional authorizers is to increase the capacity within the state to open quality charter schools,” Jasey said. “We recognize that the Department of Education currently has only three people who do this [so] quite honestly, resources are shrinking and we need to find ways to maintain quality while we increase capacity.” Jasey said she could not think of a case where there were more applicants than there were available spaces at a charter school. But the schools are limited to 500 students so that it maintains a personal atmosphere.

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Two entrepreneurs are working on bringing their healthy options grease truck, the SouperVan, to the University. Proceeds will go to a charity to help fight hunger.

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Car show draws in local automobile lovers for charity Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity raises funding for the Livestrong Foundation through their annual car show BY PAIGE TATULLI CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Rather than revving up their engines, local car owners parked their prided vehicles Saturday in Lot 8 by the Grease Trucks on the College Avenue campus for a good cause. Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity hosted a car show that marks the first of an event the fraternity hopes to host annually, said an event coordinator Daniel Moran, a Livingston College senior. Throughout the day, car owners sat next to their vehicles on lounge chairs, ready to reply to any questions or comments spectators walking around the parking lot had. Perth Amboy residents Michael and Judy Demers entered their car after they heard about the event through another car show in Metuchen.

So far, the Demers entered their P 151 Chevrolet 3100 1/2-ton pickup in more than 20 shows. “The first six times that we entered our car in various car shows, we won. I didn’t think we would ever lose,” Michael Demers said. The Chevrolet pickup has been the only car they ever entered in a show, Judy Demers said. But the Demers’ car was just one of many parked in Lot 8. The assortment ranged from a 1930 Ford Model A Tudor to a 2004 Chevrolet. “There were over 35 cars registered throughout the day, three of which Honda brought to our show to promote including the new CR-Z,” Moran said. Most of the cars involved in the show were local cars brought in from people living around the New Brunswick/Piscataway

area, Moran said. Any type of vehicle — no matter the make or model — were welcome to join the display.

“The first six times that we entered our car in various car shows, we won. I didn’t think we would ever lose.” MICHAEL DEMERS Perth Amboy resident

The proceeds for the event all went toward the Livestrong Foundation, he said. The foundation donated about 300 wristbands that were

distributed at the event, said Wei Lin, a School of Ar ts and Sciences senior. Anyone who made a donation received a Livestrong bracelet to further raise awareness. For participating vehicles, the fee was $15 to register, but spectators were also encouraged to give donations to support the cause. There was no set price on how much a spectator had to contribute, Lin said. The open donations they received ranged from $1 to $10. All the par ticipating cars were also in the running to win a variety of trophies, Moran said. The competition judges were all recruited from local car clubs. Categories for the competition included Top-3 Stock, Top-3 Modified, Best Import, Best Motorcycle and Best of Show. Best Paint, Best Sound System

and Best Muscle Car were other titles up for grabs. “The car which received most judging points was a 1930 Ford Model A which won first place Modified and Best Interior,” Moran said. Along with competition, any individual who registered their vehicle prior to the event, or purchased a ticket in advance, was instantly entered into a raffle, Moran said. The prize consisted of two RockAuto Parts gift cards. Ultimately, the fraternity managed to raise $1,000 for the Livestrong Foundation — not including the funding used to cover sponsors and security. “We are very happy with the money we raised,” Moran said. “However, we will be looking to lower overhead for security for future events to donate more money to Livestrong.”

NEWARK LAW PROFESSOR APPOINTED AS NEW ASSOCIATE DEAN Jon Dubin, a professor of law and an Alfred C. Clapp Public Service Scholar, was appointed Thursday as the first associate dean for Clinical Education at the Rutgers School of Law-Newark, according to a University press release. “As director of Clinical Programs since 2002, Dubin has expanded access to legal assistance for under-represented individuals and communities and enhanced the clinical curriculum,” said Dean John J. Farmer in a statement. Dubin teaches clinical in Social Security and disability matters and impact litigation, primarily in the

area of fair housing, according to the release. His traditional classroom courses include “Administrative Law,” “Civil Rights” and “Poverty Law.” Before coming to the University in 1999, he spent nine years at St. Mary’s University School of Law, where he created the first clinic and engaged in awardwinning scholarship, such as a Columbia Law Review article the U.S. Supreme Court cited. Institutions like Garden State Bar Association, the New Jersey Appleseed Public Interest Law Center and the National Equal Justice Library have recognized

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Mason Gross School of the Arts seniors Jasmine Carmichael and Pierre Gonzalez get into character during rehearsal for the performance of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The show runs from Sept. 3 to Sept. 12 at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater on Cook/Douglass campus.

Dubin for his commitment to public service and scholarship, according to the release. Dubin has also been a board member of the Clinical Legal Education Association, the Clinical Law Review, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, the Law School Consortium Project, the NYU Public Interest Law Foundation, the Revson Fellowship Board and the National Center on Law and Economic Justice. — Ramon Dompor

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ROUTE: Students to meet with U. transportaion this Friday continued from front around frequently enough. He must prepare to leave more than an hour before he needs to be at his destination, whereas similar preparation took minutes with the L bus. “You have to leave earlier for every class just to be sure [you will arrive on time],” he said. The effects are not limited to just students, Shah said. “Even the professors agree,” he said, noting that professors have signed the petition. Halim also said without the L bus, faculty members without vehicles are inconvenienced.

TRUCK: SouperVan works with Rutgers Against Hunger continued from front He said voting is open to the public and expects University students to come in droves to get the SouperVan off the ground. If the SouperVan received the grant, Kubian said they would use it to attack such issues as food insecurity. They would also look to increase the ability of food pantries and soup kitchens to keep up with a rise in hunger, he said. Kubian and Rodriguez also intend to use the SouperVan as an example for other communities and their charities of a selfsustaining source of income. “Once we prove the system has a positive cash flow and is a good investment, we are going to give that system to other anti-hunger charities around the region and across the countr y completely free of

Rutgers University Student Assembly President Yousef Saleh is not pleased with the change either. “We are going to try talking to the administration, trying to be civil about it,” said Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “If that doesn’t work, [we will talk with] President [Richard L.] McCormick.” RUSA wants the University to provide a full route for students who used the L bus, Saleh said. Without it, students are put in harm’s way when traveling, whether due to harsh weather conditions or the lack of proper lighting along the former bus route, he said. Saleh said he considers students’ safety a priority.

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“There are going to be people who [will] walk through snow and rain to get back to their place,” he said. “If someone got hit by a car or attacked, I [would not] want that on my conscious.” Students who pay for transportation ser vices should receive such services, he said. Funding for buses is allocated from the $1,127 campus fee included in tuition, according to the University’s Student Accounting website. Still, there are those who said the change does not affect them directly. Nicholas Zayac, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said the elimination of the L route is not a problem for him. Zayac, who lived

on College Avenue through his college career, said he did not use the bus. But he does sympathize with those who no longer have the bus available to them. “I have had friends who lived in Highland Park, and I just feel like Highland Park is getting a little disconnected from the University,” Zayac said. RUSA will discuss its hopes for the reinstitution of the L bus when it convenes Thursday evening in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus, Saleh said. Student representatives are also planning to meet Friday with Jack Molenaar, director of Transportation Services.

charge,” Kubian said. “It’s similarly hire its employees, there for them.” also providing a livable wage Kubian and Rodriguez said with access to benefits. they see the University and the “An extra dollar per hour is a community of New Brunswick as tangible measure of your labor,” a hotbed for the kind of social he said. “If you’re learning a action the SouperVan needs to skill set, how can you put a come to fruition. value on that? It’s cer tainly “A lot of people are hurting more than a dollar.” here — not just The University the regular popualready came out lation, but the stu“We want the first in support of the dent population, seeSouperVan to come SouperVan, too,” Kubian said. ing it as a way to “When I went help the college about from the here, I was so and surrounding collective will broke that I had to community. practically live off John Aspray, of ... Rutgers.” the dollar menu at R u t g e r s Wendy’s.” University NIC KUBIAN Kubian and Student Assembly SouperVan creator Rodriguez look to Internal Affairs local social enterchair, said healthy prises like Elijah’s Promise Soup fast food seems like a dream. Kitchen and Highland Park’s “It shows that actually supBetter World Café for inspiration. porting a nonprofit venture is Rodriguez said the café really easy for kids to do,” said offers food to its customers for Aspray, a School of Arts and the price of an hour’s honest Sciences senior. “Here’s an instiwork. The SouperVan would tution that’s set up that makes it

simple to give to others while also getting something for yourself.” The SouperVan has also partnered with Rutgers Against Hunger to get the word out across the University. “It goes right along with our theme of fighting hunger, but it also looks at the bigger picture,” said Julie Sylvester, Rutgers Against Hunger coordinator. “Students want to be a part of something that is going to be a lot bigger and present in a lot of universities and communities.” Kubian and Rodriguez look at businesses as the basic structure for any successful community. They already know they have a great business idea, Kubian said. Now they just need the community to have one, too. “New Brunswick is my city. We want to create a stor y of this community saying, ‘Hey we want to create a positive change,’” Kubian said. “We want the first SouperVan to come about from the collective will of the Rutgers community.”

BILL: Ability to authorize aids success of charter schools continued from front Charter schools are public schools that operate with freedom from many of the regulations that apply to traditional public schools, according to uscharterschools.org. The schools “charter” is a contract that details the school’s mission, program, goals, students served, methods of assessment and ways to measure success. Charters are usually granted for three to five years. At the end of the term, the entity — usually a state or local school board — granting the charter may renew the school’s contract. Charter schools are accountable to their sponsor to produce positive academic results and adhere to the charter contract, according to the website. The charter school application process is presently being handled entirely by the Department of Education under the direction of the commissioner of education, she said. The University was chosen to be this additional authorizer because it would be able to utilize its Charter School Resource Center and CESP, she said. “[The bill] is a natural evolution of the work that we’ve been doing with the Charter School Resource Center,” said Claudia Burzichelli, executive director of the CESP. “We’ll be able to help more high quality charter schools for New Jersey.” The CSRC helps guide those people who would like to establish a charter school through the application process, she said. Jasey said the ability to authorize would in some ways be an extension of the center’s existing work. But part of the additional responsibilities would be the provision of technical and other support services to ensure the success of the school. “We’d be taking applications, reviewing them and authorizing charter schools that qualify to run as charters,” Burzichelli said. “Then we’d be monitoring them and establishing performance criteria for them, and if the charter schools don’t meet the performance criteria, they’ll lose their charter.” The New Jersey Charter Schools Association was concerned about the selection of the University as the sole alternate authorizer, said Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, director of the Center for Strategic Urban Community Leadership, in an email correspondence. “The legislation allowing for multiple authorizers needs to provide a process and framework for selecting quality authorizers that bring the capacity and commitment to make this a process that strengthen our charter schools,” said Bonilla-Santiago, a member of the NJCSA. Jasey said regarding additional alternate authorizers, they intend to start with one and perhaps expand. “One of the concerns we had is that, just as we don’t want charter schools to open willy-nilly, we also don’t want authorizers to begin working all over the state because we have a concern about keeping track of what’s going on,” she said. “We want to maintain the quality.” There are negotiations proceeding regarding the expansion of the ability for authorization to other schools, she said. Jasey said the bill is by no means finished, but meetings are being held weekly.

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MAN SURVIVES LATE-NIGHT KNIFE ASSAULT ON CAMPUS A man was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries Saturday night after being attacked with a knife near the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The victim said he was walking in front of the student center when he entered a dispute around 12:40 a.m. with people he did not know, said Rutgers University Police Department Lt. Richard Dinan in an e-mail to the University community. During the fight, he sustained wounds to his bicep and rib cage. The suspect is described as a collegeaged black male who has a stocky build, short spiky hair and stands at 5-foot11. He wore a black Tshirt with a white square on the front and white lettering within the square. The RUPD is currently investigating this aggravated assault case. Witnesses or those with information are encouraged to call Detective Sean Skala of the RUPD at (732)-932-8025 or (932)-932-7211. — Kristine Rosette Enerio

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Library installs machines for self checkout BY LIV REN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

With the largest class of first-year students in University histor y arriving this semester, the new self-ser vice checkout machine at the Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus may be a welcome addition. “The increase in population will translate into longer lines everywhere, including at our circulation desks,” said Harold Glazer, spokesman for the University’s libraries. “The selfservice machine allows some students to take care of business and not have to wait in line.” The machine, introduced in June, allows students to check out their own materials, bypassing librar y staff at the checkout desk. “I’ve observed that, during busy times, the lines at the circulation desk can be a little long, and people might need to wait a bit to have their needs addressed,” Glazer said. “The libraries wanted to provide students with another option to get work done in the library and to do so quickly.” Positioned in front of the circulation desk at Alexander Librar y, the self-ser vice machine takes the student through the checkout process with step-by-step instructions on the display of the device’s touch screen. “The video screen directs a user on how to easily place a book on the machine, scan their

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First-year student Dan Teichmann gives the new self-checkout machine in Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus a spin. Only one machine exists at the University’s libraries. borrower’s card and check out the book,” Glazer said. “It’s remarkably self-explanatory.” In order to use the machine, students must have a University library account, which they may set up at the circulation desk. Some students, even those with close ties to the libraries, did not know about the new addition. “I work at the library, and I didn’t even know we had a self-service checkout machine,” said Alex Shweky, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “Nobody told me anything about it.” But after learning about the service, Zainab Sadiq, a School of

Arts and Sciences senior, found the machine potentially useful. “Sometimes you don’t want to bother talking to anyone,” Sadiq said. “You just want to check out and get out.” With students able to check out books and library materials themselves, there is a concern for job stability for University librarians. “I think that the machine will, in no way, present a problem for our staff,” Glazer said. “As I see it, the self-service machine is a winwin proposition for students and Libraries’ staff.” While lines for material checkouts may become shorter, stu-

dents will still need to ask the librar y staff for assistance, to answer questions, to check out materials if the machine cannot read the barcode and to help if the self-ser vice checkout machine does not scan the barcode on a RUconnection Card or library card, he said. There is currently only one machine in one University library, but University Libraries may consider expanding the project. “If funding was available, I surmise that we might consider expanding,” Glazer said. “Another factor will be how well users respond to the new offering.”

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Are you tired of your plain old white tees? Kick off the fall semester at Rutgers University Programming Association’s free T-shirt decorating extravaganza, where you can cut, tie and bedazzle your shirt however you like, 5 p.m. at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. A limited number of shirts will be available, so bring your own. University a cappella group the OrphanSporks are holding auditions to start off the new school year. All auditions will be held at 9 p.m. in Room 118 of the Busch Campus Center. Apply to be a staff member for Rutgers Model United Nations 2010. The conference will be held on Nov. 11 to Nov. 14 in the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. Help teach more than 1,000 high school students from around the country the value of civic action and political awareness. A general interest meeting will be held at 9 p.m. in Room A6 of Frelinghuysen Hall on the College Avenue campus.

University a cappella group the OrphanSporks are holding auditions to start off the new school year. All auditions will be held at 9 p.m. in Room 118 of the Busch Campus Center. Asian-American student-run newspaper Native Tongue will hold a general interest meeting from 8:30 to 11 p.m. at the Asian American Cultural Center on Livingston campus. Members of the paper encourage all to attend for a night of food, games, raffles and networking. Apply to be a staff member for Rutgers Model United Nations 2010. The conference will be held on Nov. 11 to Nov. 14 in the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick. Help teach more than 1,000 high school students from around the country the value of civic action and political awareness. A general interest meeting will be held at 9 p.m. in Room A6 of Frelinghuysen Hall on the College Avenue campus. The Daily Targum will be holding a writer’s meeting at 9 p.m. on the 4th Floor lounge of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Assignments will be given out and other business will be discussed during the meeting. All those interested are welcome. There is no experience necessary.

Join RUPA at the Livingston Quad Field at 8 p.m. for Movie Night, showing Iron Man 2. Watch this sequel to the blockbuster hit based on the Iron Man comics, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. University a cappella group the OrphanSporks are holding auditions to start off the new school year. All auditions will be held at 9 p.m. in Room 118 of the Busch Campus Center.

The Daily Targum photography and multimedia desk will be holding a meeting for all those interested in joining. The photography meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. while the multimedia meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Targum office on 26 Mine St. off the College Avenue campus. Food will be served. No experience or equipment is necessary.

C. S. Lewis Society at the University meets from 5 to 7 p.m. at Canterbury House located at 5 Mine St. off the College Avenue campus for dinner and discussion of “C.S. Lewis’ God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics.” For more information contact Chaplain Gregory Bezilla at bezilla@rci.rutgers.edu.

Independent dance artist and researcher based in Auckland, New Zealand Cat Ruka is performing at 8 p.m. in the Loree Dance Theater. As a young indigenous woman, Ruka uses her dance artistry to investigate her ongoing and everchanging relationship to the advent of colonization. She is interested in how the process of making and performing dance can become a decolonizing act for herself and for other indigenous women, thereby claiming the dance-making process as a tool for social and political change. Admission is free and no tickets are required.

Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity will be hosting a date auction to aid the victims from the massive flood in Pakistan. The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Livingston Student Center Multipurpose Room. In light of raising public awareness, a representative from the Islamic Relief Foundation will deliver a speech on the organization’s behalf. Come bid on eligible singles for a good cause.

The Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society will host “The Sexy Side of Entrepreneurship,” an exposition showcasing music, fashion, art and entertainment featuring a variety of industry experts at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Hor d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

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Design with a message in mind BY MARY DIDUCH

challenges with starting a new business — especially one in an area which neither had experiIncorporating intelligent ence or expertise. messages into simple designs “Just with planning alone, may be easy for two New Jersey you don’t realize how much natives — but starting a T-shirt work you do and how much time business, IDTees, from scratch, it takes,” said Maliavsky, who was not. added that there were many With a graphic design degree aspects the pair was unaware of and a marketing degree in hand, when they walked into the busiUniversity alumna Farrah ness, such as attending trade Maliavsky and New York shows, shooting catalogs or University alumna Charlotte even figuring out the logistics of DeStefano want to make people tagging their own T-shirts. more environmentally and socialFor example, the two ordered ly aware by using bold, clever 4,000 shirts when they first startgraphics on organic, fair-trade ed yet did not realize the magnicotton tees. tude of the order The brand hit they had to “We had everyone until stores last May fold, tag and across the tri-state pack each one from 3-year-olds area and is quickly by hand, to 90-year-old gaining attention. Maliavsky said. But the pair first They experiwomen walking up enced conceived IDTees a similar about a year ago, mishap at one and buying with zero experiof the first small our shirts.” ence in business street fairs they or retail. attended, where FARRAH MALIAVSKY “We knew noththe pair sold IDTees Founder ing about tees,” nowhere near said DeStefano, 24. the 1,000 shirts The first few months for the they had brought with them young duo were rough, she said, to sell. as they were selling only a few T“We had no idea what to shirts a month on their website, expect at all,” DeStefano said. idtees.org. But now, their line is selling But that wasn’t their only more and more each month. hardship. Both Maliavsky, 26, Their witty, colorful tees can be and DeStefano are the only ones found in women’s boutiques, surf currently responsible for and skate shops, gift stores and designing, ordering, tagging, beach shops in New Jersey, New packing and shipping their TYork and Connecticut, she said. shirts from their small office in “We would love to be in Princeton, N.J. stores all over the countr y,” The two DeStefano said. said there While the line is geared are many toward younger generations — especially with images of flowery peace signs coupled with the word “empower” — Maliavsky said they sell to all ages and both genders. “We had everyone from 3year-olds to 90year-old women walking up and buying our shirts,” Maliavsky said of one experience at a street fair. She said it is often uncommon for dif ferMANAGING EDITOR

ent ages to be interested in the same designs, but their mission makes their shirts universal. Maliavsky said many current T-shirt trends are not very positive. But with the marketing skills of DeStefano and the graphic design skills of Maliavsky, their goal of spreading intelligent designs was made a reality that people could wear. “It’s nice to know there are socially conscious people in all generations,” DeStefano said. The two said they find inspiration for their designs and messages everywhere — from world peace to the environment to current events — anything with a positive or important message. One current event the two took strong interest in was the BP oil spill, Maliavsky said. Another idea the two are working on is creating state-specific shirts for every state in the nation, such as incorporating a floral design for New Jersey, the Garden State. IDTees is also looking to expand into working with special causes. Although as of press time their profits do not go to charity, the duo is open to plans to help out certain organizations, Maliavsky said. For example, IDTees plans to become involved with the upcoming Yoga Festival by the Sea in Asbur y Park, DeStefano said, where the company intends to sell their organic tees and donate 20 percent to yoga programs. But social awareness has always been on the young team’s agenda. While at the University, Maliavsky was a part of Sigma Delta Tau, and said she was environmentally and socially aware, but it was not as common for others on campus. “I love Rutgers. It was my favorite four years. … [But] I think that people overall now are more conscious and aware than when I was in school,” Maliavsky said. At NYU, 24-year-old DeStefano majored in marketing and minored in social activism. IDTees combines both of these skill sets, she said. “Just being at NYU, it’s hard to avoid things. It’s made me a much more political per-

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The messages on IDTees aim to spread awareness about society and the environment. The two are also working on a new idea to create shirts for each state in the country.

son,” said DeStefano, who participated in rallies and volunteered for President Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign. DeStefano said both she and Maliavsky never saw themselves doing this. “The company itself was an entrepreneurial business. [Bill Jemas of 360ep] and Farrah brainstormed the idea,” DeStefano said. It was Jemas, founder of media management firm 360ep, where both Maliavsky and DeStefano worked, who came to the duo, wanting to spread positive messages to the public. They soon started a blog on the Internet, where they posted articles and commentar y on current events about the environment and world peace, Maliavsky said. Their blog also sent a newsletter t o

thousands, but it was often spammed, she said. “It’s just really hard on the Internet to keep people interested,” Maliavksy said. The team knew they needed to find another medium to spread positive messages, she said. They eventually decided T-shirts were the best idea. “The blog was not that successful but led to this here, [and Jemas] loved the concept of intelligent designs,” she said. That phrase — intelligent design — eventually became the inspiration for the company’s name. Maliavsky said in the future, their dream would be to open their own store, but that option is unrealistic right now. “It’s hard in the retail world to begin with,” Maliavsky said. She said the two intend to push the company as hard as they can, but they are also considering opening a graphic design and marketing consulting business in New Jersey. “We learned crazy amounts from the T-shir t line,” Maliavsky said. “It’s really exciting. It’s nice seeing something from star t to finish.”

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Pub welcomes back patrons with new interior After fire closes The Golden Rail Pub for eight months, doors reopen to students, residents, football fans BY DENNIS COMELLA STAFF WRITER

After eight months and $650,000 of renovations, The Golden Rail Pub is now open for business after a fire destroyed its interior. The bar, located at 66 Easton Ave., reopened Aug. 12, with a new look, owner Shaun Farrelly said. Everything inside the pub is new, including a top-of-the-line sound and video system. “We hope to leave off even better than before,” he said. Patrons agree the pub has improved with the renovation. “It’s a lot better than it used to be,” said Matt Zarzecki, a School of Arts and Sciences senior. “It’s a good place to hang out in the year.” Piscataway resident Danny Vargas thinks the same. “The place looks awesome,” said Vargas, a long-time Golden Rail customer. “It’s a much more vibrant place than the old one.” Patrons have not forgotten about The Golden Rail, bartender RJ Mani said. “Business had been excellent,” Mani said. “We’ve been waiting eight months to get back in action. We’re all glad to be right back in business.” Farrelly thinks the pub’s success is partially due to its nighttime activities, including karaoke on Wednesdays and Sundays, trivia games on Tuesdays and a disc jockey on weekends. “I think it will bring a different crowd,” said Patrick Bennett, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, after finishing a round of karaoke. The Golden Rail is also one of the only bars in the area to show

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The Golden Rail Pub on Easton Avenue reopened in August with a new look after a fire burned the pub and the upstairs apartments. Known as one of the oldest bars in New Brunswick, the Pub now has a redesigned space for karaoke, viewing sports games and drinking.

the University’s football games live on television, often attracting a large crowd of students. “We are like a sports bar with a nightlife,” Farrelly said of the pub, which has a variety of spor ts playing on flat screen televisions. Even though The Golden Rail is one of the oldest bar establishments in town — second only to Tumulty’s Pub — the

interior is brand new, which Mani said is an advantage. “We’re the newest bar in town, and in my opinion, the best setup in town,” he said. “We also have the friendliest staff on Easton Avenue, guaranteed.” Piscataway resident Kathy Ho said the changes make the pub more attractive. “I like the fact that it’s more modern than it used to be,” Ho said.

LIEUTENANT TURNS SELF IN FOR THEFT, ILLEGAL VOTING A New Brunswick police lieutenant was charged Friday with stealing more than $500 in health insurance and illegally voting in New Brunswick while living in other towns, according to an article on nj.com. Lt. Robert Tierney of East Brunswick surrendered at New Brunswick police headquarters and was issued summonses, charging him with theft by deception and violating the state’s criminal election statute, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said in the article. Tierney, who began working for the city police department in 1994, continued to use a New Brunswick address after he moved out of the city, according to the article. He voted in four general elections in New Brunswick between November 2005 and November 2009 while living in Milltown and later East Brunswick, authorities said in the article.

The investigation showed that Tierney continued to list his former spouse as a beneficiar y to his health insurance plan between December 2008 and June 2010, according to the article. He failed to notify the city and Aetna Insurance Co., although he got divorced in December 2008, according to the article. During that time, Tierney filed an undisclosed number of insurance claims on behalf of his former wife, costing the city and insurance company more than $500, Kaplan said. Tierney’s salary this year was $115, 972. He was suspended without pay for duty pending the outcome of the charges, New Brunswick Police Director Peter Mangarella said in the article. — Jovelle Abbey Tamayo

Both Bennett and Ho said the pub looked a lot cleaner than it used to, which made it a more enjoyable experience. “I hope they keep getting better,” Bennett said. “It’s a tough competition against other bars.” Authorities could not determine the cause of the fire, which in December destroyed the pub and the upstairs apartments. But they suspected that a small fan

shorted out, causing an electrical fire, Farrelly said. “All the apartments and the bar had to be gutted to the beam,” he said. “It came at a bad time for us, but we want to welcome everyone back.” During the eight months the pub was closed, other local bars were supportive of The Golden Rail, Mani said. “We don’t have any enemies,” he said. “All we have is friends.”

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Accused Iranian woman fights for life, justice ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran — The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In an unusual turn in the case, the lawyer also confirmed that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was lashed 99 times last week in a separate punishment meted out because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her. Under Iran’s clerical rule, women must cover their hair in public. The newspaper later apologized for the error. With the end of Ramadan this week, the mother of two could be executed “any moment,” said her lawyer, Javid Houtan Kian. The sentence was put on hold in July after an international outcry over the brutality of the punishment, and it is now being reviewed by Iran’s supreme court. Ashtiani was convicted in 2006 of having an “illicit relationship” with two men after the murder of her husband the year before and was sentenced at that time to 99 lashes. Later that year, she was also convicted of adultery and sentenced to be stoned, even though she retracted a confession that she says was made under duress. “The possibility of stoning still exists, any moment,” Kian told

MEXICAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR STORM Mexican authorities urged people to move to shelters while officials in Texas distributed sandbags and warned of flash floods as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened and on Monday headed toward the northwestern Gulf coast. Hermine will probably make landfall around midnight just south of the U.S.Mexico border, threatening to bring as much as one foot of rainfall to some areas battered in June by Hurricane Alex. Hermine “will briefly be over Mexico, and then we’re expecting it to produce ver y heavy rainfall over south Texas,” said Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the U.S. National Hurricane Center. “We’re expecting widespread rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches with isolated amounts of a foot possible. Especially in the hilly and mountainous terrain that could cause lifethreatening flash flooding.” The storm’s winds strengthened to about 60 mph (95 kph), and by Monday afternoon it was located about 100 miles (165 km) south-southeast of Brownsville, Texas. Tropical storm force winds extended out up to 105 miles (165 kms) from the storm’s center. — Associated Press

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Protesters rally for the release of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. Convicted of adultery, Ashtiani is in prison and faces potential death because of a misidentified newspaper photo of an unveiled woman.

The Associated Press. “Her stoning sentence was only delayed; it has not been lifted yet.” Italy is among several countries pressing for Iran to show flexibility in the case. The countr y’s foreign minister, Franco Frattini, said the Italian ambassador in Iran met with authorities in Tehran who “confirmed to us that no decision has been made” about the stoning sentence. “I interpret that in the sense that the stoning, for now, won’t

take place,” Frattini said in an interview on Italian state television. After putting the stoning sentence on hold, Iran suddenly announced that the woman had also been brought to trial and convicted of playing a role in her husband’s 2005 murder. Iranian authorities broadcast a purported confession from Ashtiani in early August on staterun television. In it, a woman identified as Ashtiani admits to being an unwitting accomplice in her husband’s killing.

Kian says he believes she was tortured into confessing. In the latest twist, authorities are said to have flogged her for the publication of a photo of a woman without her hair covered in The Times (of London) newspaper. The woman in the photo was misidentified as Ashtiani. She was lashed on Thursday, Kian said, citing information from a fellow prisoner who was released last week. Kian has been allowed no direct contact with his client since last month.

“We have no access to Ashtiani, but there is no reason for the released prisoner to lie about the flogging,” he said. There was no of ficial Iranian confirmation of the new punishment. The woman’s son, 22-year-old Sajjad Qaderzadeh, said he did not know whether the new lashing sentence had been carried out yet, but that he also heard about the sentence from a prisoner who recently left the Tabriz prison where his mother is being held. “Publishing the photo provided a judge an excuse to sentence my poor mother to 99 lashes on the charge of taking a picture unveiled,” Qaderzadeh told The AP. The Times apologized in its Monday edition but added that the lashing “is simply a pretext.” “The regime’s purpose is to make Ms. Ashtiani suffer for an international campaign to save her that has exposed so much iniquity,” the newspaper said. Another lawyer who once represented Ashtiani, Mohammad Mostafaei, said in a news conference in Paris that it was not certain if there really had been a new conviction and sentence over the photograph. “I have contacted my former colleagues at the court who told me nothing was clear on this situation,” he said at the news conference with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. “There isn’t any punishment for this act in our law.”

Aid abuse rumors rise after Pakistani flood ASSOCIATED PRESS SUKKUR, Pakistan — As the disastrous floods recede in Pakistan, something new is rising: Suspicions and rumors that powerful officials and landowners used their influence to divert water away from their property and inundate the villages and fields of millions of poor Pakistanis. The claims are difficult to verify and in some cases may be exaggerated. Yet they have spread like wildfire across the waterlogged countryside, further outraging many flood victims already upset at the government’s failure to provide enough food, clean water and shelter. One of the risks is that Islamist militants could seize on growing anger to increase support for their war against the state. Even before the floods,

many Pakistanis harbored a deep mistrust toward their government and the land-owning elite. “The politicians and the rich and powerful just sacrificed the people,” said 30-year-old farmer Mohammed Yousuf, who lost his home and 11 cattle last month when floodwaters surging down the Indus River swept across southern Sindh province. The floods, which were triggered by extremely heavy monsoon rains in the Northwest at the end of July, killed more than 1,600 people across Pakistan and affected some 17 million others. At its peak, the flood covered one-fifth of the country — an area larger than England. Many people suspect powerful Pakistanis were able to manipulate the flow of water by influencing which levees were breached. Levees are tall dirt and rock embankments meant to prevent a

river from overflowing and can be intentionally breached using explosives or heavy machinery. It was impossible to verify the validity of the different accusations, but it was clear that many of the allegations were being leveled at the powerful by the largely powerless. Outrage has been especially pronounced in northern Sindh where hundreds of thousands of people — including Yousuf — watched floods swamp their fields and destroy their homes as the lands of a federal minister on the opposite side of the Indus remained dry. Many of these flood victims are convinced Labor Minister Khursheed Shah pushed the government to deliberately breach a levee upriver to save his property. The water that surged through the Tori Bund levee inundated dozens of villages and towns west of the

river, an area that is more densely populated than the eastern side, where Shah’s lands are located. “Khursheed Shah is a tyrant!” shouted Masood Ahmed, a 25year-old vegetable vendor in Karampur, a town near the western bank of the Indus that was entirely surrounded by water. “He is the enemy of humanity!” The labor minister denied any wrongdoing and Sindh Irrigation Minister Jam Saifullah Dharejo has said Tori Bund was not breached by the government but ruptured when water flowing down the Indus surged unexpectedly. Residents said they were unprepared for the sudden influx of water because they assumed authorities would breach the Ali Wan levee on the eastern bank just as they had done when floods threatened the area in 1976 — a move they accused Shah of opposing.

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Gateway to progress

enerally speaking, any form of city progress tends to create a sharp divide between those for and those against. New Brunswick Development Corporation’s $150 million Gateway Project is no exception. Despite DEVCO’s claims that the project will inject new life into the neighborhood around the train station, there is a substantial amount of backlash. Citizens of New Brunswick worry the revitalization of the downtown is happening at the expense of outlying regions of the city. However, such a view may be ignoring the possible long-term positive effects of the Gateway Project. The building, in the process of being erected on the corner of Somerset Street and Easton Avenue, will contain affordable housing, a parking deck and a large retail area. In short, it is a rather welcoming building, where students and citizens alike can come to shop and spend time together. Such a shared space helps to foster a strong sense of community and shared identity among all of the city’s residents. More retail space means more jobs and more places for people to spend money, which could also mean significant economic growth. And who hasn’t had a terrible time trying to find parking in New Brunswick? A parking deck with a capacity of more than 600 spaces is a pretty effective way to remedy that situation. The Gateway Center is poised to become a cultural hub of New Brunswick, as long as everything goes according to DEVCO’s plans. Perhaps the most beneficial aspect of the Gateway Center is the fact that it will be directly connected to the train station. This will encourage commuters to spend some time in the city when their trains stop here. Think of how this easy access to New Brunswick would encourage more outsiders to come and explore. Not only does New Brunswick’s reputation stand to make some serious gains from an increase in tourism, but so does New Brunswick’s wallet. After all, more people coming in and spending time here means more people spending money here. It is easy to get swept up in the negative reactions to the Gateway Project. No one likes to watch the storefronts they have grown to love be razed and replaced by all manner of noisy machinery. Nor does anyone like to see a monstrous eyesore towering over every adjacent building in the heart of their changing hometown, and, from an aesthetic standpoint, the Gateway Project building is certainly a monstrous eyesore. But if you fight the human tendencies to abhor change and to judge books by their covers, then you may find the Gateway Project to be a great step forward for New Brunswick.

Pay to recover V

owing to stimulate the still ailing economy, President Barack Obama called for a $50-billion investment in the nation’s roads, railways and runways, according to the Associated Press. And while we have in the past taken an opposing stance to our nation’s careless spending, this is a needed reform that helps us all. The plans are still preliminary, but in the very near future, they will provide employment opportunities from iron workers to concrete finishers. With an overall loss of 54,000 jobs in the month of August, any government-sponsored project is welcome. Apart from the jobs that will inevitably be created, an upgrade to the nation’s infrastructure will, in a way, give back to the public. Usually roads are deprived of major repairs until something goes wrong. The goal of this infrastructure project is rebuilding 150,000 miles of roads, constructing and maintaining 4,000 miles of railways and rehabilitating 150 miles of airport runways. A new air navigation system will also be designed to reduce travel times and delays — an upgrade very few people will mind. Obama’s plan will surely be opposed in these months before the Congressional elections, but voters should consider the fact that money is benefiting the general population rather than the undeserving big banks. If more than $700 billion went to the likes of Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase, isn’t it about time some money went toward our nation’s welfare? Given it is our tax dollars, it would make sense for us to receive their worth. In addition to the old repair and rebuild strategies, this money could be invested in the greening of the road infrastructure as a whole. We live in a developing world where the United States should be at the forefront of new technologies — transportation improvements included — yet we are far behind countries like the Netherlands and Germany. These funds are just what we need in order to jump-start innovative technologies, benefiting the people who pay for them. Given the fact that Obama’s plan can be referred to as “the new New Deal,” we should be glad we are getting something in return. This public works plan will benefit us, but only if it remains transparent. We support it with caution as we want to see these funds be allocated appropriately. Obama and Democrats are under pressure to show voters they are tr ying to repair the sluggish economy, with unemployment still hovering around 10 percent. And while the reasons behind this project could be to simply reser ve Democrats’ seats in Congress, this project could only benefit us.

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Respect religious freedom

The Tuning Fork

emember the “Little nary school, a bookstore, Albert” experiment a Halal-based food court notorious in psycholoand a non-exclusive gy textbooks? It started in mosque for prayer. The 1920 when John B. Watson, a CODY GORMAN building is to be energyresearcher at Johns Hopkins efficient and attractive. began a conditioning experiment on an 11-monthThis is a far cry from the politicized voices that old baby — he would introduce the child to white, claim the property will be used as a mosque breeds fluffy objects and eventually play a loud, frightening radical Islamists and as an effective means to imply sound while each object (namely, a white rat) was Islamic dominance over the area. All the Muslims in introduced. The child began to associate the fear of question want is a community center — one that is the loud noise with the white rat and then, by extensecular except for the prayer area — and ignorant sion, projected that fear onto all things white or flag-wavers are preventing Muslims from expressfluffy: rabbits, cotton balls, even a man in a Santa ing religious freedom. Claus costume. After the conditioning was finished, The implicit racism and ignorance to brand a “Little Albert” was taken out of the hospital experiMuslim community center as Jihadist or extremist is ments, and no de-conditioning took place. Due to astounding. The assumption many Republican politithe anonymity of the study, it is unknown when or if cians have is the Park51 center preaches in the same the child overcame the fear. way as radicals in the Middle East show their lack of On Sept. 11, 2001, a then-unknown enemy knowledge of the religion and their willingness to brought down the iconic World Trade Center in align evil extremists with moderate Muslims. New York City, claiming the lives of about 3,000 Opposition to the center’s construction represents and forever shaking America’s impenetrable feelsomething far more sinister than traditional orientaling of security. In the aftermath of the 9/11 ism. The conscious and determined effort by politiattacks, the level of patriotism in cians and conservative pundits reprethe United States swelled to a fera frightening new landscape in “In the last decade, sent vent high. Within days, we had the public affairs. For re-elections’ or ratnames, faces and backgrounds of ings’ sakes, some are willing to polarwhat is now being the 19 hijackers — all Arab Muslim ize the religion of other Americans — called ‘Islamophobia’ those with rights protected by the extremists — who careened two passenger jets into skyscrapers. First Amendment — into a caricature has been a very But certainly Americans wouldn’t of terrorism and danger. Instead of paint all Arabs or Muslims with the furthering the advance of religious real part same extremist brush like Little they would rather shout of American culture.” tolerance, Albert did with all white fluffy fire in a crowded auditorium. things, right? Park51 represents what could In short, they would. be an enormous step into bridging In the last decade, what is now being called the gap between Muslim Americans and those of “Islamophobia” has been a ver y real part of other religions have less knowledge of the pracAmerican culture. Between the ends of 2000 and tice and tenets of Islam. Religious tolerance has 2001, the FBI reported a 1,600 percent increase never been entirely prevalent in the United in hate crimes perpetrated against Muslims. States. One need only look back to the antiMost Americans stood by and watched as ArabSemitism in the ’30s and ’40s, anti-Catholicism Americans or American Muslims were stereoaccompanying the Irish immigrations in the typed, demonized and even discriminated 1800s or even the reason the Puritans originally against in the name of patriotism and national left England from Anglican rule. Even when John security. In the most recent affront on Muslims F. Kennedy was running for the presidency in in America, there is great controversy surround1960, the religious right contended his Catholic ing the construction of an Islamic community affiliation would make the United States a nation center in the same area as 9/11’s ground zero. under papal r ule. Meanwhile, Muslims in Recent polls show anywhere from 52 to 73 perAmerica are undergoing similar religious persecent of New Yorkers oppose the community cencution excused in the name of patriotism. The ter, Park51, being built 200 yards from ground persecution has come to the point where many zero. This does not bode well for the future of are afraid to celebrate the end of Ramadan religious tolerance in these because it coincides with Sept. 11. In this counUnited States. tr y, no citizen should fear the celebration of a Park51 is essentially a Muslim version of a religious holiday. YMCA or JCC; it offers a 500-seat theater, a fitness SEE GORMAN ON PAGE 13 gym, a basketball court, a swimming pool, a culiDue to space limitations, submissions cannot exceed 750 words. If a commentary exceeds 750 words, it will not be considered for publication. All authors must include name, phone number, class year and college affiliation or department to be considered for publication. 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Rice era. Junior Joe Martinek isn’t the fast, explosive back who can hit the holes, but he’s reliable and MICHAEL ROSENTHAL is great at wearing down teams s a current sophomore, while staying fresh. Jordan who watched some of the Thomas should relieve Martinek University’s future football more and sneak out into the flats stars debut last year, I entered the for passes because of the speed stadium Thursday with my heart and agility he brings. If the line pounding and expectations high straightens out and Thomas can despite the low projections from prove a valuable one-two punch the media. Head coach Greg with Martinek, the traditional runSchiano said this team wouldn’t get ning game could be a huge asset. really good until November, which Heck, throw Thomas and Deering makes sense considering the loss back with Sanu in the “Wild of key seniors, a young and fresh Knight” every so often. However, squad of guys who aren’t used to they relied too heavily on the each other and their roles and a ground attack. Had they not brorecent history of starting off poorly. ken big runs or scored with speI entered the stadium expecting cial teams, the pass offense would them to roll over a very sub-par have needed to step it up, and they Norfolk State as a sort of dress didn’t look capable of the task. rehearsal for the big games to Rutgers most certainly won’t claim come down the road. Needless to any conference titles on solely the say I came close to hitting the panic running game. button as I helplessThis team ly watched with needs a lot of sup“They can pull it other frustrated port if they want to fans in the standgo anywhere this together, but ing-room section. season, and a can they do it There is no way crowd of more to tip-toe around quickly enough?” than 44,000, a the fact that our packed student team looked very section, and people flat and lost. The defense made an staying throughout the game early adjustment to the receivers despite the frustrations is a big getting behind the secondary, a step in the right direction. As good reflection on the coaching, much as the team needs to pull it and they shut the running game all together, they need our support down. Special teams was fine and for every single game and beyond. showed they might be able to I’m still confident in this team. carry on some of last year’s flare. They can pull it together, but can Veteran kicker San San Te can’t they do it quickly enough? Our miss those two field goals in a row, offense arms so many weapons. If which deflated the team and fans it clicks in time, watch out Big — those are the kind of kicks that East and nation. Even though win or lose the big games. next year’s the highly touted year, Offense, oh the big question we can make some noise and surmarks. Like most people, I watched prise everyone this year. If not, I for sophomores Mohamed Sanu know I’ll be very disappointed, and Tom Savage’s progress from and many fair-weather fans will last year, and it was worrisome to lose interest. The next two weeks see next to no production from are crucial because they need to them or the rest of the receiving make big improvements with core. The offensive line came in as another easy game coming up a huge question mark and left as a and a bye week before welcoming bigger one. Despite the lack of reliin University of North Carolina. able pass blocking and Savage’s The talent is there, so this is opening-day butterflies, receivers where coaching is absolutely cruwere not getting much separation. cial. If the fans don’t continue Our receiving core, with a stud in their support, and if the squad Sanu, a burner in Jeremy Deering remains uninspired and unorganand promising second wideout ized, we are going to be in for one Mark Harrison, should perform long season. much better and get some yards after the catch. Michael Rosenthal is a School of The running game was about Environmental and Biological what it has been in the post-Ray Sciences sophomore.

GORMAN continued from page 12 While the horrors of the 9/11 attacks are still a haunting reality of American vulnerability, we as a people cannot fall victim to the same conditional training as Little Albert did in that scientific study; by assigning guilt by religious association, we become the persecutors of crime against religious freedom, and thereby challenge the liberties and freedoms on which this country was founded. The construction of this community center represents a fresh start

in America, a conscious effort to extend religious tolerance to a community many feel they have reason to hate and promote understanding by emphasizing the wonderful freedoms the country embodies. As Antoine de SaintExupery said, “Life has taught us that love does not consist of gazing at each other, but looking outward in the same direction.” Let us hope, for America’s sake, that we learn to look outward. Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in political science. His column, “The Tuning Fork,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Today's birthday (9/7/10). Priorities involving a partner recede now as you take on a powerful new role in your career. This year you move forward toward your dreams of success and greater stature. Make your own luck by relying on intuition to find the best strategies. 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 6 -- Today you do a circus-style balancing act between accepting responsibility and claiming independence. You can have both. Keep an open mind, and be willing to dance. Taurus (April 20--May 20) -Today is a 7 -- Close the door and work in silence to accomplish more in less time. Warn others off with a note: Do not interrupt. Then thrive. Gemini (May 21--June 21) -Today is a 6 -- Transform a romantic relationship with greater insight into the desires of another. You get what you need in return. Love flows both ways. Cancer (June 22--July 22) -Today is a 5 -- You probably don't want to adhere to family traditions now. You're more interested in making big changes as quickly as possible. Enlist help from a partner. Leo (July 23--Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Take romance home with you if possible. Definitely don't leave it on the desk at work. Pick up flowers on the way home. Good news comes from far away. Virgo (Aug. 23--Sept. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- Your partner surprises you by throwing more money in the pot. Then you both need to spend time balancing the checkbook. Spend on basics.

Libra (Sept. 23--Oct. 22) -Today is a 9 -- Life flows smoothly where family and household are concerned. You also get lots of work done -- if you maintain emotional perspective. Scorpio (Oct. 23--Nov. 21) -Today is a 6 -- An older person recommends hiding your head in the sand. You appreciate the sentiment, but don't go there. Take the bull by the horns instead. Sagittarius (Nov. 22--Dec. 21) -Today is a 7 -- Express your optimism to inspire others early in the day. Others begin in a grumpy mood, and need motivation to be productive. Joy is contagious. Capricorn (Dec. 22--Jan. 19) -Today is a 6 -- Pretend you're in charge of the world, just for today. Use intuition and apply logic to get people to think, instead of just blindly accepting. Aquarius (Jan. 20--Feb. 18) -Today is a 7 -- A business problem requires active listening and logical skills. Keep conversations private for confidence and to respect people's feelings. Pisces (Feb. 19--March 20) -Today is a 7 -- You may wish you could shift attention away from yourself today. Although there are good targets out there, it keeps coming back to you anyway.

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Sophomore goalkeeper Emmy Simpkins posted two clean sheets in a weekend when Rutgers outscored its opponents 5-0.

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Matlack was held without a shot and had three fouls in a disappointing ef for t by the back-to-back shutouts in net home team. Crooks continued to put a continued from back concerted effort into monitoring shutout was her second of the minutes, as 21 players saw the season. Simpkins’ performance pitch and 18 played more than 10 was a far cr y from the minutes of action. On the day, 12 Monmouth loss, in which the Knights collected fouls, with sensophomore was caught in iors Ashley Medcalf and Gina between on the Hawks’ DeMaio tied with three apiece. lone goal. Senior for ward Ashley “Ever yone’s holding each Jones scored her first goal of other accountable, and I think the season in the 66th minute that was our biggest problem in — her first since Sept. 20, 2009. the Monmouth game,” The Knights’ leading scorer Simpkins said. “When the last season, Jones once again team’s playing like a team, I feel started Sunday’s game on the more confident. I feel great, and bench before seeing action in it makes me feel good to see the 25th minute. Sophomore such good soccer.” April Price assisted on the The victory goal, pushing her moved the Knights team-high point “When the team’s total to five. to 14-8-3 all-time against Princeton Rutgers added playing like a team — its most wins to its lead in the ... it makes me feel 82nd minute, over any one opponent in when sophomore good to see such program history. Stefanee Pace Head coach tallied her first good soccer.” Glenn Crooks’ goal since Aug. EMMY SIMPKINS team, however, 27 against Stony Sophomore Goalkeeper played Bucknell Brook. The only three times Kearny High prior to Sunday’s School product matchup in Lewisburg, Pa. In appeared out-of-sync offensivetheir first road test of the season, ly in the matches between her the Knights put together an two scores. offensive flurry, outshooting the Filigno cushioned the lead in Bison, 28-9, in a 3-0 blanking. the 89th minute, when she drew The shutout was Simpkins’ and converted a penalty kick. second in a row and third overThe score was her second in as all. The sophomore only needmany games and third on the ed to make three saves on the young season. day, as the Rutgers defense The win pushed the contained Bison for ward Knights’ goal differential to 5-0 Christa Matlack, the Patriot on the weekend and 12-2 for League’s Preseason Player of the season. the Year. “We have so many different “The communication with people that can make it happen [Simpkins’] backs, the organizaas far as putting the ball in the tion of things, the more we train back of the net,” Crooks said. together also, the better it gets,” “[Jones] is an important piece Crooks said. “[Simpkins] is lookof that … and I expect that ing more and more comfortable. we’re going to get production That’s still a work in progress.” out of a lot of other people.”

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LOSS: Lavell stands tall in

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Sophomore goalkeeper Vickie Lavell posted the first Rutgers shutout since Nov. 2, 2008, when she held Ohio scoreless.

enough for junior Christie Morad to put it into the box — net to deliver shutout victory something the team failed to accomplish during its first two games. continued from back “We talked about what we The team took the field Friday needed to work on, included against Ohio in its homewhat we did in practice and opening matchup. brought it into the game,” said Though the first half featured Morad. “I was just shooting for a an overwhelming Ohio attack, goal [and] shooting for the win.” the Knights were On the other able to bear down side of the field, and come out on sophomore “We knew what top, 1-0, despite goalie Vickie we’re supposed being outshot, 10Lavell did her 5, on the day. to stymie the to do, [and] we just best “We’re not Bobcats. Lavell going to be satisand the defense had trust in fied until we find a deterred eight each other.” way to win Ohio corners, games,” Tchou earning the VICKIE LAVELL said. “I was so team’s first Sophomore Goalkeeper happy they got to shutout of the feel that.” season and first Ohio (1-3) controlled possessince Nov. 2, 2008. sion for much of the game, even “We just stuck together as a when playing down a player for a team,” said Lavell. “We knew combined 15 minutes due to what we’re supposed to do [and] three yellow cards. Rutgers, we just had trust in each other.” however, made good on one of The Knights hit the practice its five corners during a frantic field for the rest of the week front-net shuffle with just 3:30 and return to play Saturday left on the clock. against ACC foe Mar yland in After an initial shot on goal, the first of two games away the ball stayed free just long from the Banks.

ll 32 NFL teams released their final 53-man rosters Saturday, revealing what players made the cut and will stay on for the 2010-2011 season. A slew of former Rutgers football players earned spots on a number of NFL teams, whether in a position where they’ll see playing time on Sundays or on the practice squad. Snagging practice team spots were Ryan D’Imperio with the Minnesota Vikings and George Johnson with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kevin Haslam, Tiquan Under wood and Cour tney Greene all made the playing roster for the Jacksonville Jaguars and first round draft picks Anthony Davis and Devin McCour ty earned spots with the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots, respectively. Linebacker Damaso Munoz chose to take on a football career in the UFL and joined the Har tford Colonials, hoping to help the team improve on its 0-6 finish last season.

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Alex Silvestro garnered Big East honors for his play in the team’s 31-0 victor y over Norfolk State. Silvestro recorded five tackles — four for a loss, including a sack — in the Scarlet Knights’ shutout effort. Norfolk State rushed for a meager 25 yards and went 0-12 on third down conversions.

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holdout, the Darrelle Revis saga is finally over. The New York Jets cornerback agreed to a four-year, $46million deal ridding all the speculation of who would fill his role if he didn’t return. In the team’s first three games this season, it faces three Pro Bowl wide receivers in Anquan Boldin, Randy Moss and Brandon Marshall. Revis recorded 56 tackles and six interceptions last season.

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release Saturday, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart signed with the Houston Texans yesterday. Leinart entered camp this year with a shot at the starting job, but after receiving less playing time than quarterback Derek Anderson, Leinart complained he outplayed Anderson and expressed anger toward head coach Ken Whisenhunt. He went on to state that the issues between him and Whisenhunt “probably went away from football,” and following a meeting between the two sides he was released. Lienart threw for 3,893 yards with 14 touchdowns and 20 interceptions during his time with the Cardinals.

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SCORING: Robinson takes over punt-return duties continued from back tenure and came in just the first game of his 10th season. Lefeged has two of those blocks to his name — both came in last season’s loss at Syracuse — as well as sharing kick-return duties with senior Mason Robinson. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound Robinson also serves as the Knights’ punt returner — a job at which he earned time as a freshman and sophomore, but had limited opportunities and limited success. Robinson took over as punt returner for sophomore wideout Mohamed Sanu, who averaged 3.9 yards per return last season. In seven career punt returns, Robinson gained 43 yards. The Somerville, N.J., native took back two punts for 29 yards in the opener, but let eight punts go. Both Schiano and Robinson wanted him to field more punts. “What I told myself is that in practice, I should try to go for balls that in a game might be a little bit iffy — go for the balls, see what my range is and open up,” Robinson said. “It’s like being a centerfielder back there, just trying to get to everything and not let it touch the ground. Every time I touch the ball I feel like I have a chance to break it.” With a young offense that is sure to encounter more growing pains than in its first-half showing against Norfolk State, big special teams plays and scores can only become more important for the Knights. “Making a big special teams play changes the momentum of a football game,” Lefeged said. “The correlation between getting a punt block and winning or losing a football game is that if you get a punt block, most of the time, the team wins. We pride ourselves on that.”

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Defensive backs and special teamers Wayne Warren and Khaseem Greene celebrate with senior captain Joe Lefeged, who recovered Brandon Bing’s second blocked punt against Norfolk State and returned it three yards for a touchdown.

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The Rutgers football team opened its season with a 31-0 victory against Norfolk State on Thursday night at Rutgers Stadium. Joe Martinek ran for 109 yards and Joe Lefeged returned a blocked punt for a score.

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Junior Hannah Curtis tied for a team-high seven kills in Rutgers’ loss against Delaware. She also recorded five blocks.

Strong tourney ends in defeat to Delaware BY BILL DOMKE

Rutgers to open the Invitational. The Pirates (0-6) were unable to do much It took a while, but the against the Knights, and Rutgers volleyball team finally despite taking advantage of a lear ned sloppy first set, lost three VOLLEYBALL how to consecutive matches with p u t scores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25RUTGERS 0 a w a y 18, respectively. DELAWARE 3 games. Werneke’s squad then carAfter ried that momentum into the last weekend’s sole win, the next morning, when after dropScarlet Knights (3-3) stringed ping another first set, the team together two more victories for a was able to win three more nice three-game winning streak consecutive sets, closing out before falling to host Delaware Sam Houston State 3-1. (6-1) in the Delaware Invitational. The win gave Rutgers a tem“As a coaching porar y winning staf f, we were record, somevery pleased with “We executed at a thing the coachour performance ing staf f knew high level, but they not over the to weekend,” said take lightly. just beat us ... head coach CJ “To show the Werneke. “From composure we did we didn’t execute match to match in some of those at the highest we really grew as games was great to a program.” see,” Werneke level possible.” And while said. “As a result, CJ WERNEKE growth may seem we came away with like the only thing a couple victories. Head Coach anyone ever hears [A winning these days about record] was a big the volleyball team, it is not step for us, but we just wanted to unwarranted by a long shot. focus competing against The final match of the Delaware.” tournament saw Rutgers take But despite not icing the on Delaware, with both entire weekend, Werneke teams shooting for an knows it is important to not stall undefeated weekend. for long as a match with NJIT But the Blue Hens proved to today looms. be too much for the Knights, “We just got back out there. who fell in three consecutive Monday’s always tough after a games with scores of 25-21, 25tournament weekend,” he said. 20 and 25-16, respectively. “We worked on some of the “A couple things went things we saw this weekend. Delaware’s way … it was really We worked on some of the hard,” Werneke said. “We exedefense out on the field.” cuted at a high level, but they Rutgers takes a trip north to just beat us. We served much Newark to face the Highlanders tougher. What it came down to (1-4) at the Fleisher Athletic was Game 1 had a little threeCenter at 7 p.m. four point run, and late in Game “[NJIT will be] a good test 2 we didn’t execute at the highfor us,” Werneke said. “It’s est level possible.” always a good opportunity to go A struggling East Carolina, out there and compete and go still attempting to capture its out and learn more about this first win of the season, greeted year’s program.” CORRESPONDENT

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Senior Brandon Bing devoted his offseason and his spring to becoming a more consistent cornerback. Bing showed flashes in the past but never truly caught on, getting lost in the shuffle by the end of last year. But apparently during all of his work to win a starting cornerback job this season, he found some time to add special teams to his repertoire, making the key play that sparked the Rutgers football team to its win last week.

Punting in their own territory, the Norfolk State Spartans still hung in there with the Scarlet Knights, but Bing tore through the punt protection, blocked a punt and set up a touchdown return for senior safety Joe Lefeged. “It’s just something where I was put into the situation to make a play,” Bing said. “Really, it goes to the coaches. I guess I can thank Joe [Lefeged] too.” His blocked punt earned him his first big award in his college career — Big East Special Teams Player of the Week.

“I just felt ‘thank you,’” Bing said. “But at the same time, it doesn’t help me for the next game.” Bing played his first full game at cornerback as well, not coming out until the Knights put in reserves in the final minutes. He made four tackles defensively. “Defensively, it’s the most consistent game he’s played,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “He still has a lot of room to improve, but relative to his own performance, that’s the best he’s played. On special teams he made some plays and he missed some plays. He certainly blocked that kick, but he had another one that he should have had.” Florida International offers one of the tougher receivers on the schedule in junior T.Y. Hilton. Hilton caught nine balls for 90 yards and two touchdowns against Rutgers last season and it will be up to Bing and junior David Rowe to limit him. “We need Brandon to play his best football and to do that he just needs to continue on that path,” Schiano said.

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Senior defensive back Brandon Bing gets his hand on his first of two blocked punts Thursday against Norfolk State.

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Savage was admittedly overamped for kickoff Thursday night, and it took him a while to catch his stride, finishing the game with 148 yards passing and a touchdown, completing just over half of his throws. For the sophomore Savage to improve in his second game, Schiano would like to see him take things slower. “I just want him to relax,” Schiano said. “I think, like a lot of the offensive guys, he was a little bit ahead of himself. He

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Senior Edmond Laryea plays on both offense and defense, starting at fullback and coming in as a second-team linebacker.

needs to slow everything down, let the routes unfold and deliver the ball.” Another tactic to tr y and spark the Rutgers attack is the implementation of the hurry-up offense. Schiano said they might run the no-huddle more often. “We have given that a lot of thought, and we may do that this year at times,” he said.

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coincidence or not, the Rutgers running game got a big boost when senior fullback Edmond Laryea entered the fray. Laryea played more in the second half where Rutgers ran for 184 yards as opposed to 84 in the first half.

“I don’t know if it’s a product of Lar yea in,” Schiano said. “What we did was put two tight ends in and pound [the ball]. It was effective.” Laryea also played snaps at linebacker and on special teams and could continue to do all three for the next few weeks. “He’s going to continue now going both ways until we make kind of a final decision,” Schiano said. “I don’t know if he can do it the whole year, we’ll see.”

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Kordell Young missed another practice dealing with personal issues, but there could be a decision in the next day or two, Schiano said.

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Special teams scoring carries over in opener BY STEVEN MILLER SPORTS EDITOR

A year after leading the Big East in turnover differential and scoring nine times on defense and special teams, Rutgers head football coach Greg FOOTBALL Schiano said those results could never be expected to carry over game to game, let alone year to year. But when Joe Lefeged dove into the end zone from three yards out Thursday night against Norfolk State, it carried over for at least one more game. The senior captain recovered a punt blocked by Brandon Bing to extend the Scarlet Knights’ advantage to 21-0. “That’s something that we pride ourselves on: Defense and special teams swarming to the football,” Lefeged said. “We know that special teams is a key part of a football game and we have a lot of defensive starters on special teams — that’s how important it is to us.” Lefeged and Bing are just two of those starters. Last year, senior captain Devin McCourty blocked three punts and returned a kick for a touchdown. Lefeged, a starting safety, returned another kick for a score. Starting senior linebacker Damaso Munoz returned an onside kick for a touchdown. Starters playing special teams is nothing new for the Knights, and it’s something to shoot for, according to Lefeged. “It’s an honor to play on this special teams [unit],” he said. “We want to have the best special teams in the country.” For a week, Bing is the best special teams player in the conference, after the Big East recognized the senior cornerback as Special Teams Player of the Week. Bing blocked two punts against Norfolk State. “Not only did we block a punt, but we put points on the board, so that was a big momentum changer,” Lefeged said of Bing’s second block. “Coach always says we create our own luck, just hustling to the football. The way our defense and our special teams swarm to the football, things like that happen.” It happened a lot under Schiano, as Bing’s second block was the 44th in Schiano’s

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Redshirt freshman Jonelle Filigno scored two goals in as many games this weekend, pushing her season total to a team-high three. The former Canadian U-20 Player of the Year missed all of last season with a knee injury suffered in the preseason.

RU responds with weekend sweep BY TYLER BARTO ACTING ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

After dropping its first decision to Monmouth and falling seven spots in the NSCAA poll, the No. 24 Rutgers women’s soccer team proWOMEN’S SOCCER vided itself with RUTGERS 3 the per fect antidote to its recent BUCKNELL 0 sluggishness. The Scarlet Knights (41) went a perfect 2-0 on the weekend that featured another intra-state foe and their first road trip of the year. The Knights blanked visiting Princeton, 2-0, to cap of f a four-game

homestand to begin the 2010 season. Redshirt freshman Jonelle Filigno, stifled in a two-match goalless drought entering the game, earned her first career gamewinner with a tally in the 14th minute. “Our goal this game was to just to come in and be more disciplined and focus on defending,” Filigno said. “And then from there, working on getting for ward, and that’s exactly what we did. We got goals from it, so I think discipline was the most important part.” The Mississauga, Canada, native beat two Tiger defenders and lobbed a shot past the outstretched hands of Princeton goalkeeper Alyssa Pont. Junior midfielder Karla Schacher notched her first goal of

the season in the 58th minute off of a cross by classmate Tricia DiPaolo, who earned her first career assist. Schacher’s goal marked the second time in as many years that the Knights put up two scores against Pont. Rutgers is the only team to score against her twice in a game over the past two seasons. The two-time All-Ivy League selection faced nine shots on the night to Rutgers’ sophomore Emmy Simpkins’ six. Simpkins came out of the gates much more assertive against Princeton, lining up her defenders and making two key saves within 15 seconds of each other. The

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Inconsistency plagues Knights in narrow loss against Spiders BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ CORRESPONDENT

A game of collegiate field hockey is 70 minutes long. But for the Rutgers field hockey team, the first 35 minutes of play presented more FIELD HOCKEY marked difficulties RICHMOND 3 during its seasonRUTGERS 2 opening homestand. The Scarlet Knights (1-3) took the field against Richmond on Sunday, falling 3-2 in the contest, while sporting two different personalities. The Spiders (3-1) dominated to open up the game. They went into halftime with a 2-0 lead and a huge advantage on the stat sheet, outshooting Rutgers, 8-1, and gaining four corners to just one for the Knights. “I thought the last 15 minutes of the second half were great and that’s how we need to play all the time,” said head coach Liz Tchou. “The game has changed. It’s so

fast-paced now, but you have to be able to possess the ball under pressure. [Richmond] did a really good job of moving us around.” The squad put its two goals on the board with less than 15 minutes to play, beginning with a shot from the top of the circle by senior co-captain Jenna Bull. Junior Christie Morad assisted on the goal at the 56:22 mark. After a scramble within the circle with less than two minutes to play, Morad also assisted on sophomore Carlie Rouh’s tally to pull the team within one. The Knights just needed more time. “I think we’re going to end up shocking ourselves when we end up playing in our own conference, because these teams we’re playing are good teams,” Bull said. “We’re figuring it out throughout the game. If we figure it out early enough and make the adjustments, we’ll be good.”

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Junior Christie Morad scored the game-winning goal with 3:30 left on the clock Friday against Ohio. She also had two assists in the team’s 3-2 loss against Richmond.