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Flood suspended for 3 games, fined $50,000 GARRETT STEPHEN SPORTS EDITOR

Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood has been suspended for three games, ef fective immediately, and fined $50,000 at the conclusion of a University investigation regarding his impermissible contact with a faculty member, University President Rober t Barchi announced Wednesday.

NJ Advance Media first repor ted the disciplinar y action for the four th-year head coach, stating in its repor t that Barchi spoke to the news outlet just 15 minutes after he had aler ted Flood of the rules violations.

“Coach Flood knew or should have known of well-established University policies prohibiting coach-initiated contact between coaches and members of the faculty regarding a student-athlete’s academic standing,” Barchi said in an emailed statement to the Rutgers Community.

In the statement, Barchi briefed the findings from an investigation that had been since 24 hours after the allegation was first repor ted to the University on Aug. 12.

A member of the athletics academic advising staff warned Flood after he sent the email to not have any contact with a faculty member regarding the academic standing of the student-athlete, Barchi said in the statement. But Barchi said Flood, who had already scheduled a face-to-face meeting with the faculty member, decided to follow through with it anyway.

“As the head coach, when I recruit players, my responsibility to them and their families is to do all I can to make sure they leave Rutgers with a degree and are prepared for a successful life off the football field,” Flood said in a statement Wednesday. “… I will always instill in my players that they have a responsibility to themselves, their families, our University and its alumni to perform well in the classroom, and I will never stop caring about their academic performance.”

Athletic Director Julie Hermann said in a statement Wednesday that Barchi had notified her of the findings of the Office of Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance on Tuesday.

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Kyle Flood, head football coach, is suspended for three games, effective immediately, and held responsible for paying a $50,000 fine. The sanctions came after Flood was found responsible of conducting impermissible contact with a faculty member, University President Robert L. Barchi announced Wednesday. YANGENG LIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

Countable app hopes to stoke greater interest in pending bills

California-based Countable, an app developed a little more than a year ago, was created with the intention of helping the general public engage more with the government by providing simple summaries of bills being reviewed or proposed by Congress, said Eric Schmeltzer, the app’s spokesperson. The bill summaries are categorized by issue and whether the bill is presented before the House of Representatives or the Senate. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR

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Politicians are often accused of being out of touch with the American people. One California-based app hopes to change that by

making information on pending bills more accessible.

Countable was founded a little over a year ago to help the general public engage with government more, said Eric Schmeltzer, a spokesperson for the app.

“Your basic premise was that people don’t have a good understanding of what bills are being proposed and vote on,” he said. “There is (also) no real two-way communication. There’s no easy way for people to say (how they feel) about a bill (to Congress).”

Christopher Galifi, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student, said a republic earns its power from the people, so everyone should be involved with the government. At present, that is not necessarily so.

Countable works by providing simple summaries of every bill either proposed or being reviewed by Congress, Schmeltzer said. The bill summaries are categorized by issue and whether the bill is presented before the House of Representatives or the Senate.

Only about a dozen bills are covered in the news over a given time period, but the House and Senate may have up to one thousand bills to consider and vote on in the same frame, he said.

Galifi said only the most controversial bills are featured on the news, but knowing about other bills proposals is important as well.

Puja Deshpande, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year, said it would help knowing what kinds of bills are before Congress too.

According to govtrack.us, a government transparency website, there are nearly seven thousand bills before Congress as of this moment.

After selling off a company called Sidereel, Countable Founder Bart Myers decided to shift gears with this new app. Myers wanted to change Americans’ awareness of these bills, Schmeltzer said.

They were interested in politics, and it seemed there was a huge disconnect in governing and the people who were governed,” Schmeltzer said.

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Campus Calendar THURSDAY 9/17 The Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research and the TA Project present, “Basic Web Design” from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. at the Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment Research building located 116 College Ave. on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research present, “Impact of the Green House Model on Nursing Home Quality and Medicare Expenditures” from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 112 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

The Institute for Research on Women presents, “IRW Distinguished Lecture Series” featuring speaker Annelise Orleck from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Rutgers Stadium Complex on Busch campus. The event is free and open the public.

The Rutgers Business School Board of Advisers presents, “CFO Lecture Series: A Conversation with Harvey Schwartz, CFO of Goldman Sachs” from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Business Rockefeller Road building on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 9/18 The Department of Animal Sciences presents, “The circadian clock, noncoding RNA, and facultative heterochromatin” at from 9:15 a.m to 10:45 a.m. at Foran Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open the public.

The Department of Entomology presents, “Biology and ecology of forensically important blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in New Jersey with a focus on the black blow fly Phormia regina” at 11 a.m. in Thompson Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Rutgers Film Co-op / New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present, “New Jersey Film Festival 2015 Screening” from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus. The event costs $10 for the general public and $9 for Rutgers students and senior citizens.

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Proposal strives to make college more affordable DAN COREY

necessitate assistance from federal or state-level government to subsidize tuition costs instead of Even though there are no the student, Prusa said.

“You could ‘probably’ implegenerally accepted personal-finance guidelines regarding the ment the policy, but is it going payment of college tuition, a to be that … there’s going to new paper from an education be a flow of money to offset the nonprofit is suggesting that a lost tuition that might other wise new benchmark is necessar y for come from students?” he said.

State governments had prehigher education.

In a paper released on Aug. viously subsidized higher edu19, the nonprofit Lumina Foun- cation more heavily, Prusa said. dation proposes that throughout Over the last 20 years, decisions the entire United States, families have been made that decreases should pay for tuition with 10 how much education costs polipercent of the unit’s discretion- cymakers are willing to finance.

“There (are) real issues here ar y income saved over 10 years, and that students work 10 hours with the af fordability of higher per week while attending school. education,” he said. “This Rule Dubbed the “Rule of 10,” of 10 is tr ying to address a the suggested benchmark aims problem, which is dramatically to define college affordability higher tuition fees (charged) to students.” in all-encomThe Rule passing terms of 10 is within of what fam“The point is not to do the realm of ilies can and that here, the point is to possibility, but should pay, create access for lower is also ambigaccording to uous because the Lumina income people.” it does not Foundation. specifically ad“The meLENNA NEPOMNYASCHY dress houseteoric rise of Associate Professor in the School of Social hold income higher eduWork contributions cation costs from families — and the with multiple growing student debt that has come with children, said Lenna Nepomit — threatens the vitality of nyaschy, an associate professor our postsecondar y system and in the School of Social Work.

Families living below 200 thwarts many Americans from earning the education beyond percent of the poverty line high school that is so critical to would not be expected to dip success,” said Jamie Merisotis, into savings to pay for college president and CEO of Lumina or assume high-interest debt, but the student attending school Foundation, in a press release.

The proposed tuition initia- could still work off some of the tive is unrealistic primarily be- expense, according to the Lumicause most public higher educa- na Foundation.

But Nepomnyaschy said the tion institutions have extensive budgetar y problems, said Thom- Rule of 10 would be unrealistic as Prusa, a professor in the De- for a typical family of three people living below 200 percent of partment of Economics.

The goal of the policy is to the poverty line — or $38,000 provide public higher education — because a household income to a large group of students, Pru- that low could not support three people anyway. sa said.

“Even 10 percent is still unA college affordability standard imposed by the Rule of 10 doable probably, for a family like would either not allow universi- that,” she said. “It’s impossible ties to raise tuition, or it would to live on $38,000 with three COPY EDITOR

The Lumina Foundation proposed on Aug. 19 that American families should pay for tuition with 10 percent of the unit’s discretionary income saved over 10 years, and that students work 10 hours per week while attending school. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR people, let alone tr ying to send someone to college.”

The Rule of 10 would not work for the extreme ends of the income distribution because the money paid by families at the higher end often fund students from low-income families, and a standard for all financial circumstances would limit subsidization for students that cannot afford tuition, Nepomnyaschy said.

Maintaining a progressive percentage rate of pay that rises with family income is the best solution for the mean time because it would allow for continued education opportunities for

students from low-income families, Nepomnyaschy said.

“With any flax tax or any flat kind of flat calculation that’s not progressive, you’re hurting lower income people and helping higher income people,” she said.

“The point is not to do that here, the point is to create access for lower income people.”

If a student earned the federal minimum wage of $7.25 for 10 hours of work per week, the student could contribute $3, 625 per year, or $14,500 over four years, according to the Lumina Foundation.

While the proposed benchmark could be customized to fit

a family’s financial circumstances, the Rule of 10 only addresses public sector expenses and not private sector concerns, such as the rising cost of textbooks.

In the end game, state support for higher education from Trenton is going to comprise somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of the Rutgers budget, Prusa said. The remainder is going to be financed by University students, federal grants and other forms of aid not provided by the state.

“Somebody is going to have to pay the bill to make the universities operate — to allow the universities to operate,” he said.

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Rutgers weighs in on ‘celebrification’ of federal elections AVALON ZOPPO

proverbial 5 o’clock whistle blew and everybody went home for the afternoon, Reagan and O’Neill would go to the bar and drink to“Deez Nuts” is only one of the gether,” Rossi said. “This is somecandidates running in the 2016 thing I really can’t see any of the presidential election without a poRepublican candidates doing with litical background. their potential opponents.”

The upcoming election has Trump, who is currently leadseen more celebrity names runing the race with 32 percent supning than in years past, such as port in a recent CNN/ORC InterNBC star Donald Trump and rapnational poll, made it fashionable per Waka Flocka Flame. for unconventional candidates to And it seems celebrities will run for office. continue to run in future races.

“There is a popularity for During his acceptance speech at non-established candidates that last week’s Video Music Awards, resonates quite well with at singer Kanye West announced least 30 percent of the American his intentions to run for presipublic,” Rosdent in 2020. si said. “This Michael Rosharkens back si, a professor in “You know a country is democratically to a simpler the Department consolidated when the nutballs, crazies and understanding of Political Scicomedians run for office, but you know… the of the Constience, believes tution, which the election has system is not going to be upset.” stipulates that become “celebany native-born rified.”

MICHAEL ROSSI American can “... The elecUniversity Instructor in the Department of Political Science run for office. toral process has You don’t have the air of a realto be part of a ity show,” Rossi Just last week, Bobby Jindal political oligarchy or an insider said. “The only people that get any kind of attention these days engaged in a social media quarrel Washington establishment.”

The allure among these are those that say something far- with Donald Trump. Newspapers speculated that Jindal, who is cur- non-political individuals sheds fetched and outrageous.”

This need for politicians to rently 10th in the GOP presiden- light on how the American pubbring a shock factor to the table tial field, was attempting to boost lic is increasingly turned off by more formally established politwas noted in the days leading his visibility.

Rossi contrasted this behavior ical candidates or “bureaucrats,” up to the Republican primar y debate on Fox News in August. with how politicians conducted Rossi said. Trump echoed this A “GOP drinking game” was cir- themselves in past elections. sentiment in a five-part interview culated on the Internet that en- During the 1980 election, Repub- with CNN in which he proudly couraged viewers to take a shot lican candidate Ronald Reagan stated that he is “not a politician” each time a candidate made an and Democratic Speaker of the and that politicians are “all talk House Tip O’Neill would often and no action.” extreme remark.

Some say candidates like For the following week, Trump bash each other’s platforms pubreceived media attention for re- licly. But at the end of the day, the Trump and West are to blame for turning an important democratic marks he made toward Fox News two were cordial.

“Reagan and O’Neill, from 9 process into a joke, while others debate moderator Megyn Kelly. A month earlier, he equated Mex- (a.m.) to 5 (p.m.), were at each argue these runners are able to ican immigrants to criminals, others throats. Yet, when the get people interested in politics.

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and said, “(Mexicans) are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime and their rapists.”

“A good number of people tuned into the GOP debate with the drinking game in mind,” Rossi said. “Half of them were half in the bag about five minutes into the debate.”

Rossi believes mainstream politicians, such as Jeb Bush, are finding it increasingly difficult to get attention in a social media environment where every tweet is scrutinized. Republican candidates, in particular, are taking to Twitter to get their attention-grabbing messages to the public.

Rapper Kanye West, who announced he would run for president in 2020, is one of many celebrities who have announced their desires to be Commander in Chief over the years, contributing to the “celebrification” of elections. DAVID SHANKBONE But Rossi believes “celebrified” elections prove that democracy is here to stay.

“We could get celebrities and whack jobs running for office, and we know they’re not going to upset

the Constitutional order,” Rossi said.

“You know a country is democratically consolidated when the nutballs, crazies and comedians run for office, but you know ... the system is not going to be upset.”

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CRIME SEPT. 16 JERSEY CITY — Henry Granderson, also known as Muhammad Bilal, is charged with sexually assaulting a girl over a two-year period, beginning when she was 8 years old. He gave the girl dollar bills after a least one instance of the abuse. Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor John Mulkeen told the jury that while giving her statement to the investigators, the girl used dolls to show sexual positions that she and Granderson allegedly used, which Mulkeen said was sexual knowledge that an 8-yearold would not know otherwise.

Granderson is charged with multiple sex crimes in connection to Jan. 5, 2013, the day the girl went to police, as well as the sex crimes against the girl between Jan. 1, 2011 and Jan. 4, 2013.

SEPT. 16 LONG BRANCH — Donald Haring, a 60-year-old Long Branch man, was charged Wednesday with possessing and distributing child pornography. He was indicted on charges of sharing about 133 images of child sex

abuse between June and October last year. Haring joined an online child pornography forum that was actually operated by undercover agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

SEPT. 16 PARAMUS — Eddie J. Johnson is accused of brandishing a knife and forcing men and women into cars, where he instructed them to withdraw money from an ATM and buy him Red Bull drinks in bulk. He was arrested Tuesday by authorities on three accounts of robber y and kidnapping and two weapons charges.

SEPT. 16 TRENTON — Gerald HillWhite was convicted on June 24 on 13 counts of arson, aggravated arson, burglary and making terroristic threats in the Nov. 4, 2011 fire at the South Village senior low-income housing complex.

The 29-year-old was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s apartment building in a failed plot to kill her.

COMMUNITY CHEER Top: An arch constructed out of balloons welcomes students to Cook/ Douglass Community Day 2015 at Red Oak Lane on Douglass campus. Bottom: Students sit on chairs and on grass under and outside a tent enjoying refreshments as part of Cook/Douglass Community Day on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. RUOXUAN YANG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER “If there’s profanity or racism, we’re on top of it. We’ll take that down,” Schmeltzer said. “(Other wise) if it’s just not Countable provides pros, cons based on what constructive, it’ll fall to the botarguments are being made about bill tom of the list (of comments) by not being up-voted.”

The ultimate goal of CountCONTINUED FROM FRONT the app’s users, he said. In its able is to encourage more peofirst year, more than two million ple to connect with their govunable to connect with the pop- emails were sent expressing opin- ernment, he said. At present, a ulation, he said. Simplifying the ions on more than one thousand smaller percentage of eligible voters actually vote in elections bills and streamlining the con- pieces of legislation. than eligible voters do in tact process could reother countries. store those connections.

This occurs despite Bill summaries are “We made it really easy for people the fact that there are written by people with to figure out not just how to contact a large number of voljournalism backgrounds, Schmeltzer said. The Congress but how to figure out what’s unteers for political campaigns, he said. Stuwriters are trained to be going on in Congress.” dents especially spend unbiased, and each bill is time educating potential checked by another writERIC SCHMELTZER voters on their candier to ensure objectivity.

Countable Spokesperson date’s positions.

The service also proOver the next year, vides pros and cons Countable will have all based on what arguments Users have the option to com- presidential candidates on its are being made about a bill.

When the bill is finally voted ment on the bills as well, he said. website as well, he said. These on, Schmeltzer said the Count- All comments appear on a user’s candidates’ pages will be updatable app notifies users on how profile, along with what bills they ed based on public policy statetheir representatives voted and voted on. The comments can be ments they make.

“We made it really easy for allows users to provide feedback up-voted, with the highest ranking comments being featured on people to figure out not just how to Congress.

Members of Congress have the bill’s main page. Comments to contact Congress but how to told Countable they receive a are not down-voted, and generally figure out what’s going on in Congress,” Schmeltzer said. large number of emails from are not monitored.

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DENIM DREAM Top: A truck for Garage, a young adult’s clothing brand, parks outside the College Avenue Student Center starting on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 as part of their 40th Anniversary Denim Tour. A line of predominantly female students formed a long line to the truck waiting for their free pair of Garage jeans. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

​Sweaty faces in small spaces: Hub City’s music scene

Screaming Females returned to their New Brunswick home to headline a free show on Sept. 12 after releasing their latest album, “Rose Mountain,” and embarking on a national tour. Marissa Paternoster, the trio’s guitarist and vocalist, shared her thoughts on the New Brunswick music scene. DAN COREY / COPY EDITOR

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SMALL SPACES TO BIG PLACES

Considering how most New Brunswick-based bands are accustomed to performing in cramped, sweaty residential basements, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to notice a greater sense of freedom felt by these musicians after stepping into the daylight.

Hub City punk acts Delucy, Glazer, Wild Rice, Izzy True, Electric Trip and headliner Screaming Females — along with Providence, Rhode Island, natives Downtown Boys — performed at a free show Saturday afternoon at Elmer B. Boyd Park off Route 18 North in New Brunswick.

The seventh installment of New Brunswick’s “Hub City Sounds” festival series, “I Love New Brunswick,” showcased a collection of new and veteran musicians familiar with calling other people’s homes their stage, said Joe Steinhardt, co-founder of Don Giovanni Records.

With this being the third year where the Don Giovanni label hosted the show in Boyd Park, Steinhardt said finding spaces big enough for New Brunswick punk shows hasn’t become any easier over time. “(You get) the ability to bring more people as well as the ability to publicize shows better (with big spaces),” he said. “It’s great when they’re able to open up a big space like this for us.”

It only figures that on Sept. 12, one of the few days where these

bands get the opportunity to freely perform in the daylight, menacing thunderstorm clouds loomed over the Raritan River.

Knowing that Don Giovanni specializes in independent music in the New York / New Jersey region, with a heavy focus on the New Brunswick basement scene, Steinhardt seemed to cover all the bases.

With collaboration among the New Guard, like the New Brunswick High School students in Electric Trip, to Old Guard bands like Screaming Females, who recently wrapped up a national tour, the basement crawlers took the proverbial bull by its horns.

NEW KIDS ON THE BANKS

Even though drummer Jose Rojas, bassist Omar Lopez and guitarist Christian Gonzalez made their initial appearance as a band called “Caravan” during last year’s show, the Hub City residents in Electric Trip still managed to make themselves known to newcomers.

“We’re just trying to have fun, make sure we’re tight and people like our music,” Gonzalez said.

“We’re just trying to play well and make sure people like our music at the same time.”

Being born and raised minutes away from the New Brunswick basement scene gave the aspiring musicians something edgy and unique to look up to.

Just minutes before Gonzalez taught a 5-year-old girl her first “F” word and smashed his guitar with as much passion as the Who’s Pete Townsend against the concrete

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PUNK FROM PROVIDENCE

A few moments after Gonzalez smashed his guitar, Rhode Island rockers Downtown Boys took the stage and welcomed the New Brunswick crowd with as much warmth as a home-cooked meal.

Vocalist Victoria Ruiz, saxophonist Adrienne Berry, guitarist Joey DeFrancesco, bassist Mary Jane Regalado and drummer Norlan Olivo, missing saxophonist Emmett FitzGerald, played tracks from their debut album “Full Communism,” which addresses issues related to the nation’s broken systems that are often overlooked.

“An officer uses cigarettes to justify choking a man of color to death,” Ruiz said on the police killing of Eric Garner in New York City.

The vigorous vocalist, in addition to starting every song with a call to action, praised the Black Lives Matter movement as being the most significant act of resistance in contemporary United States.

In order to provide an in-person display of power dynamics, as well as resistance to them, Ruiz asked the audience to stand closer to the band — so close that many attendees were actually standing on Boyd Park’s makeshift stage.

Ruiz’s outrage-fueled lyricism has roots in her experience working for the Rhode Island Public Defender, where she actively attempted to contest classist and racist policing strategies. She recently wrote an op-ed on Ferguson and now works for Demand Progress.

In the midst of wild stage (or concrete slab) antics and frustrated political commentary, Ruiz dedicated the band’s song, “Future Police” to anybody who felt like they were victimized by homophobia, sexism and racism.

Armed with aggression and a desire to incite change in the nation’s broken systems, the self-proclaimed “bi bilingual political sax dance party from Providence” proved to be a fitting opener for headlining trio Screaming Females, who brought Downtown Boys with them during their national tour.

SCREAMING FOR STAGES

“We’re Screaming Females, and we’re from New Brunswick, New Jersey,” said Marissa Paternoster, guitarist and lead vocalist for Screaming Females.

Along with drummer Jarrett Dougherty and bassist “King” Mike, Paternoster said becoming a part of the New Brunswick basement scene was a transformative experience because Hub City is such a unique place, even though there’s no obvious venue to perform at.

All three members of Screaming Females love New Brunswick, and wouldn’t have become the kind of band they are now if it weren’t for Hub City, Paternoster said.

“You really have to dig your heels in and maybe want it more than the average person,” she said. “I don’t want to single New Brunswick out as being the most difficult place to be a working musician, but it is really expensive to live here.”

Even though she moved out of Hub City more than a year ago, Paternoster said she feels that the city of New Brunswick does not care about providing its people

with outlets for artistic expression because doing so isn’t lucrative.

The biggest challenge for working musicians living in New Jersey, particularly young artists playing in New Brunswick, is that the city has no viable venue for an all-ages performance space, Paternoster said.

“The city seems so aggressively adverse to the idea of having a cultural space available (for artists),” she said. “I’m supposing that it’s because it’s not something that they could profit off of. That seems to be their No. 1 concern as far as I’m aware of.”

The New Brunswick basement scene became such a prominent feature in Hub City’s culture because punk bands like the Gaslight Anthem, Bouncing Souls, as well as Screaming Females, didn’t have any better option.

If the city of New Brunswick would advocate for the arts like they say they do, there would be a space where performances could occur legally instead of in homes, where occupants run the risk of being slammed with a $300 noise violation ticket, Paternoster said.

A former show house occupant herself, Paternoster said these residents put more at risk than typical promoters because they contribute a significant amount of their personal lives into hosting bands and allowing their homes to double as venues.

“A lot of these people don’t have a safety net,” she said. “They don’t have families they can go home to, if they’re landlord decides to evict them because of a noise violation. They don’t have money to pay (for) a noise violation ticket to the city of New Brunswick.”

Even though she said living in a show house was fun, the Screaming Females front-woman was able to live with less stress because she had a “safety net” — a family that would take care of her if something terrible, like getting evicted, happened.

Along with other changes within the city, Paternoster is disgusted by plans to knock down the Plum Street parking garage, which showcases a mural she painted less than one year ago, in order to build a new apartment complex.

“There’s nowhere to play, and the places that are kind enough to offer you their space are constantly at risk of getting shut down,” she said. “That being said, that risk can be really exciting and really fun — but it’s definitely a lot harder than in most major metropolitan areas.”

The New Brunswick-based trio plans on giving itself time to relax and work on new material following an extensive national tour until November, when they embark on a short tour of New England, Paternoster said.

Paternoster said the best thing that bands hoping to break out of the New Brunswick basement scene can do is leave: Bands shouldn’t leave and move, but leave and see what else is out there.

It seems that the primary concern of the city of New Brunswick is making money and not advocating education, arts and culture, Paternoster said.

“I wish the city of New Brunswick would be more eager to accept the music and arts,” she said. “The people of New Brunswick are certainly ready, and the students at Rutgers are certainly ready. It’s (just) a matter of creating that space.”

Listen to “Inside Beat Radio” every Thursday 2 to 4 p.m. on 88.7 WRSU-FM Rutgers Radio for more arts and entertainment news.

Electric Trip (top) and Downtown Boys (bottom), were two of seven bands that played this past Saturday at the seventh installment of New Brunswick’s “Hub City Sounds” festival series, “I Love New Brunswick,” at Elmer B. Boyd Park off Route 18 North. DAN COREY / COPY EDITOR

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Biased policing fosters injustice Officers need better training, heightened admission standards

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ernard Scott is a St. Louis man who was arrest- bi-annual or quarterly sympathy and social sensitivity ed and jailed for some $300 worth of traffic viola- trainings should be mandated in order to reduce the tions. Upon his jailing, Scott informed police of- number of unnecessary deaths at the hand of police.

Policing is without question a high stress job, thus ficers of abdominal pain he was having and paramedics were brought in to examine him. The medics told the opening the door for a litany of issues. Within police depolice that Scott needed medical attention that would partments, an intense group mentality exists, contributrequire his transfer. Yet instead of complying, police su- ing to the otherization of citizens, specifically those who pervisors ordered the paramedics to leave — without belong to racial minorities or have a low socioeconomic Scott. Fourteen minutes later, medical services were standing. Similarly, the arrogant culture surrounding called back to the jail, where Scott was found uncon- policing is quite frankly alarming. It seems as though scious. The officers at the scene told paramedics they the great majority of these officers possess an inflated found Scott hanging in his cell from a shoestring. Scott sense of pride, essentially amounting to a staggering survived the incident and was subsequently hospital- level of hubris that can only quelled by firing bullets into living beings. ized for three weeks.

Becoming a cop used to be seen as an honorable proWhile the incident happened a year ago, the injustices perpetrated against Scott are only just now coming fession. They were once the men and women that pato light. It is clear that there are inconsistencies in the trolled our streets, helped keep our kids in school and swept up the criminals. Community story, however, the situation in genmembers would praise and respect eral points out the issue with policing these individuals for putting their nationwide. When the cases of Mi“Within police on the line on a daily basis. chael Brown and Eric Garner came departments, an intense lives However, now it seems as though to light, both wrongs were explained group mentality exists.” police officers are useful in prevenaway by the actions of “a couple bad tative measures, such as driving apples” within the police system. But you home on a late night or helping along came the shootings of 50-yearold Walter Scott, 12-year old Tamir Rice, 19-year-old to install car seats. Yet when trouble strikes, and you Zachary Hammond and scores upon scores more — find yourself in dire need of assistance, police officers succumb to their shortcomings. Biased and racialized proving the guilt of the entire policing system.

While the majority of an officer’s career may be spent policing was thought to be a thing of the past, but clearly issuing traffic violations and directing traffic at con- the practices are back with a vengeance. An officers job struction sites, the events of the past year have shown is protect people and assist them when they are in need, that a situation can change or escalate at the drop of a not to antagonize and harass them for assumed crimes.

What is clear in each of these cases is that the truth dime or sale of a cigarette. In that sense, the process for becoming a police officer should be more difficult: To is always buried somewhere far beneath the surface. become a police officer, the highest level of education In situations such as these, where policing gone wrong needed is a diploma or GED certificate — qualifications becomes the topic of discussion, the Internet is an imthat would unlikely get you any other job. Of course, portant tool. After the death of Sandra Bland, every day academy training is rigorous and physically intense, but people were able to use simple reasoning and logic to it does nothing to inform potential officers of the hard- carve holes into the flawed truths police told, contributships they may face in the form of dealing with social ing to her death being investigated as a homicide. The issues. In short, you can’t teach empathy, at least not existence of social forums, like reddit, Twitter and tumin one sitting. Therefore not only should police be re- blr, allow people to come together, discuss what is going quired to live within the limits of where they work, but on and dig to the deepest layer of truth.

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Managing refugees in Europe causes economic strife ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD CONNOR SIVERKSY

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itizens of the United States recognize the importance of the process of immigration as it pertains to the condition of the country. Indeed, spikes in immigration have led to armed conflicts, witnessed in New York City during the Civil War years, as well as the seemingly endless stream of political and media rhetoric spawned from the issue of border control in the South.

In some way or another, we have all directly felt the effects of high levels of immigration, whether such effects have been positive or negative is debatable. But it is clear that the process has the potential in some circumstances to catalyze significant social paradigm shifts.

So what happens when the immigration process spirals out of control?

Currently, the European Union is facing an immigration crisis unprecedented in size and scale. Refugees from war-torn nations of the Middle East and Africa are quite literally flooding the boarders of Europe’s southernmost nations, causing considerable friction within the social fabric that in some places is already in a fragile state. The timing of this also happens to coincide with an economic situation that could hardly be described as a recover y from the global recession.

All factors considered, it is clear that Europe’s leaders must walk a fine line if they are to handle the unprecedented influx of people in a socially and economically conscious manner.

Within Europe, Germany, the current financial and social stalwart, is largely recognized for taking the most proactive steps toward addressing the refugee crisis.

While the nation has imposed strict border controls, it is clear that the Merkel Administration is keeping close tabs on the crisis.

In keeping with historically immaculate social and logistical planning, Germany practically opened and closed its borders several times to ensure manageable immigration numbers. All factors considered, the nation

refugees into the country per year. While this is not a measure of total immigration by any means, this figure certainly represents the propensity of a large and well-developed nation to absorb asylum-seekers given an international crisis at any time. In this regard, credit must be given to the EU, and particularly to Germany, for handling the crisis in an efficient manner, keeping both social constructs and humanitarian values in view during the decision-making process.

By the numbers, the refugee crisis is certainly substantial and represents a significant problem that could have potentially negative systemic effects. Consider that Greece, as a standalone country, absorbed more than 250,000 refugees in the

“From the macro perspective, the influx of vast amounts of immigrants and refugees in a short period of time causes havoc in any economic system and social climate.” is projecting about one million applications for asylum by the end of this year alone.

Germany is not only providing a model for other European nations hampered by the immigration crisis to follow — the nation is also showcasing a truly impressive level of social understanding and durability regarding the massive influx of asylum-seekers.

Consider that the United States only admits a maximum of about 70,000 to 80,000

last quarter alone. While both the national government and the EU have shown great humanitarian resolve in granting about 80 percent of these same people political asylum, several factors add an ominous undertone to these statistics. Greece has been hampered by its own national economic crisis that includes an unemployment rate of more than 30 percent of the total labor force.

From the macro perspective, the influx of vast amounts of immigrants and refugees in a short period of time causes havoc in any economic system and social climate. Given the current situation, the parties involved must ask themselves how far they are willing to go in acting as a safe haven for the refugees. The wartorn areas producing these people show little in the way of short term peace, and the EU and its constituent members may be forced to make tough decisions in the coming months.

While it is undoubtedly important to recognize the humanitarian necessity that exists within this particular crisis, there are forces at play that are beyond the control of any authority in the West, as well as the EU. Frankly speaking, the areas producing refugees are complete war zones.

Syria, for example, has been locked in an intense civil war since early 2011, and a vast portion of the nation has been destroyed beyond a livable condition. While we, relatively safe in the United States, will concede various opinions regarding the refugee crisis, the most important facets about the situation to remember are that people are being forced from their homes by forces out of their control, and many are dying in the process.

Connor Siversky is a Rutgers Business School senior majoring in finance with a minor in math. His column, “Elsewhere in the World,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.

Selfies promote narcissism, detract from experiences COMMENTARY KESHAV PANDYA

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19-year-old boy, Danny Bowman, from England, was recently diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. At the age of 17, he quit school because of bullying problems and lack of self-esteem, as he puts it. He tried committing suicide until his mom r ushed him to a hospital. Eventually, he went to a psychiatrist for counsel and to find a resolution to his problems. The cause of his turmoil? The selfie. According to a Huf fington Post ar ticle, “‘Selfie Addiction’ Is No Laughing Matter, Psychiatrists Say,” Bowman would take nearly 500 selfies per day, until he could get the per fect picture where he would look like a model.

Selfies are everywhere these days. We breathe, we take a selfie. We eat, we take a selfie. We sleep, we have to a take a selfie.

We walk along the hot sand, at a beach, with the scorching sun on our backs and the water rushing to our feet. Instead of enjoying and cherishing the moment in our hearts, the idea is, “first, let me a take a selfie.”

It’s not just the students that are hooked to the selfie imagery. The usage of this self-addicted photography is a hobby for

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nearly all age groups. It seems nearly harmless. I mean, what can seriously happen to someone by clicking a picture of themselves multiple times a day and sending it to their friends. Yet after hearing about the Bowman case, it makes me really wonder, how can something so harmless become the cause of such a harmful addiction?

According to the Huffington Post article, in January, an Ohio State recent study proved that those who post more picture of themselves online score higher on psychological narcissism and psychopathy tests.

society when we see selfies being taken.

Narcissism means an inflated imagery of oneself. When we take organized, zoomedin pictures of ourselves with editing and social media involved, we clearly see the “inflation” in this sort of imagery.

Elliot Erwitt, an advertiser and photographer said, “Photography is an art that has much to do with how you observe things.”

Photos bring both intimacy and epic-ness all in one package. There were times we used to take pictures to cherish moments ourselves.

We would look back on them, in our col-

“Instead of closing our eyes and enjoying the moment for ourselves, it is clear that we’ve become so self-conscious that we choose to pull our phones and take selfies and videos to show our friends later.”

Eight-hundred men, ages 18 to 40, were asked how often they post pictures of themselves online and how they edited their photos afterwards. They were later given a questionnaire to fill out determining and measuring social behaviorisms.

The selfie is not something we need to experiment and study with our lab coats and scientific methods. We can experience the usage and the depth behind the clicking of selfies. We can see the narcissism creep in behind the need for acceptance in

or-coded albums, from time to time so we can cherish memories forever. And for whom?

For ourselves and our loved ones. But now, we’ve started taking pictures of ourselves, for others. The selfies have forced us to become self-conscious of how we look and how we can present ourselves in front of others, so we can be accepted. “With the growing use of social networks, everyone is more concerned with their appearance,” Jesse Fox, the study’s leader author, said in the statement. “That means self-objectification may become a bigger prob-

lem for men, as well as for women.” How do I look? How can I present myself in front of others through just one picture? Such questions run through the mind of the selfie-doers.

Rather than enjoying the moment at a music concert — the spotlight on the band, the crowd on their feet, the instruments encompassing the stage and the music rushing to our hearts — one can look up and see the clicking of pictures and flashing lights of selfies by people. Instead of closing our eyes and enjoying the moment for ourselves, it is clear that we’ve become so self-conscious that we choose to pull our phones and take selfies and videos to show our friends later. Of course it’s fun. Of course it’s cool to take pictures with your friends and family in such a way. Of course it could be artistic. Of course, there are the countless positive effects the social media platform has given to society. But like every other problem in this world, it’s necessary for us to take a step back and look at our actions and mindsets through a bird’s eye view.

Like every other thing in this world, the small things, even the click of a photo, can prove so much about our character and motives behind everything. And the selfie, like every other thing in this world, is not a moral issue that lies in the phone or the camera, but in the mind and the self-esteem of the beholder.

Keshav Pandya is a School of Arts and Science sophomore majoring in journalism and media studies and business.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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Today’s Birthday (09/17/15). Personal power and confidence flower this year. Seemingly impossible dreams can come true. Dedicate yourself to a new phase at home. Organize family finances for growth after 9/27. Partnership and romance bloom after 3/8. Focus on income after 3/23. Magnify your love. 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 -- Review your game, with Mercury retrograde in Leo for the next three weeks. Repair equipment, vehicles and tools. Look for where you can make improvements. Plan your moves, especially with love, romance and passion projects. Watch for mirages.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Clean, sort and organize at home over the next three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Back up computers and files. Revise and refine household infrastructure. Misunderstandings require patience. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Traveling flows today and tomorrow. Review data to find the truth over the next three weeks, with Mercury’s retrograde. Guard against communication breakdowns. Revisit creative ideas from the past and revise future plans.

Patiently consider. Tread carefully.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Review statements and account activity for errors. Double-check financial data over the next few weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Pay off bills. Secure what you’ve gained. Revise plans and re-affirm important commitments. Invest in your business.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Check your figures again. Get into a three-week revision phase, with Mercury retrograde in your sign. Secure what you’ve achieved.

Reaffirm commitments. Figure out what worked and what didn’t. Review written work and grant extra patience around communications.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- You’re learning quickly.

Monitor changes and revise longterm plans. There’s more analysis required over the next three weeks, with Mercury retrograde. Allow extra time for transportation, and care with communications. Check data for errors, and ignore rumors.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Misunderstandings at work could slow the action. Be cautious with tools and time for the next several weeks, with Mercury retrograde, and make repairs immediately. Rethink your core values. Refine the message, and re-establish old bonds.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Make plans and itineraries over the next three weeks with Mercury retrograde, for travel after direct. Disagreements come easily.

Communicate carefully. Keep confidences and secrets. Organize, sort and file papers, especially regarding academics. Repair old bonds.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Sort, file and organize paperwork, with Mercury retrograde over the next three weeks. Allow extra time for travel, transport, invoices and collections, and double-check numbers. Listen and step carefully.

Completion heals. Pay off debts.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 7 -- Remain patient with miscommunications and disagreements. Reaffirm old bonds, and renegotiate partnership terms over the next three weeks with Mercury retrograde. Ask for what you want. Support each other through breakdowns. Develop team goals. Regroup.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -- Today is a 7 -- Develop team goals.

Remain patient with your partner over the next three weeks with Mercury retrograde. Support each other through breakdowns. Finish up old business. Check your accounting for errors. Regroup and go again.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Today is an 8 -- For the next three, weeks with Mercury retrograde, reminisce, review and put in corrections at work. Listen carefully and stay respectful. Revise strategies and plans. Edit your work carefully for errors before submitting. Keep equipment repaired.

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the academic eligibility of former cornerback Nadir Barnwell.

Barnwell, 20, a School of Arts “All of us must use this as an opportunity to grow as coaches, and Sciences junior, was arrested administrators and staff,” she Sept. 3 for his involvement in an said in the statement. “We have alleged assault case with four othbeen in the process of instituting er former Rutgers football players. additional compliance training The team announced the dismissas it relates to University policies al of all five players 10 minutes on athletic-faculty communication prior to the Sept. 5 season opener and continue to enhance our doc- against Norfolk State.

The Rutgers AAUP-AFT facumentation of all compliance-relatulty union on Sept. 9 stated in a ed meetings.”

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In his emails, Flood states that Kansas and Oct. 10 against Michhe sent the messages from his igan State.

While Barchi did not identify personal account to avoid public the student involved, NJ Advance correspondence and any possibilMedia first reported on Aug. 25 ity of an OPRA request.

During his suspension, Flood that the investigation was centered on Flood’s impermissible is able to coach the team midweek contact in an email with a Mason in practice from Monday through Gross faculty member regarding Friday but not on game days.

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September 17, 2015 FOOTBALL KNIGHTS DEFENSE AIMS TO CAUSE PENN STATE QUARTEBACK FITS

RU defense looks to rebound against PSU KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

A single win can solve many problems, for winning cures all ails.

The Rutgers football team picked a good time to get away.

Amid the distractions of a suspended head coach and top wide receiver, to go with the dismissal of six players, the Scarlet Knights (1-1) will depart from Piscataway this weekend to open the 2015 Big Ten schedule against Penn State in State College, Pennsylvania.

Rutgers looks to rebound from a gut-wrenching loss to Washington State last Saturday 37-34. And a week after battling one of the most potent offenses in the country, the Knights will try to contain the arguably the most ballyhooed quarterback to play for the Nittany Lions (1-1) since Kerry Collins.

At his weekly press conference Monday, Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood was complimentary of his first Big Ten opponent this fall.

“Now we turn the page as a program and we move to Penn State,” Flood said. “And going to Happy Valley to face a very talented football team, a very well-coached football team with one of the premier quarterbacks in the country. We are going to have to find ways to get pressure on the quarterback. If you give Christian (Hackenberg) enough time and you make him comfortable in the pocket, even if you cover the receivers, he can deliver the ball, so that can be an issue. So we have to get him off the spot.”

Penn State’s junior quarterback has the tools.

Hackenberg has the arm talent that has had pro scouts crowing since he arrived in Happy Valley as a freshman. He also has the size of a first round pick and he has the benefit of 100,000-plus Penn State fans, packed tightly into Beaver Stadium, half of whom will been clad in blue, the other half in white, as Nittany Lions stage their first ever “stripe-out.”

What Hackenberg doesn’t have — and has consistently lacked throughout his career in State College — is the protection necessary to find open receivers. Despite his talent and a slew of supporters, Hackenberg’s numbers in 2015 have been pedestrian at best.

The 6-foot-4, 228-pounder completed only 48 percent of his passes in 2015, likely a result of his discomfort in the pocket, having been sacked 10 times in PSU’s week one loss to Temple, after being dumped in the backfield 44 times in 2014, including three times by the Knights in their last meeting, a 13-10 Lions win.

But Rutgers’ defense underwhelmed against Wazzu, yielding 559 yards of offense with 478 of those coming through the air.

“It’s disappointing,” said Knights middle linebacker Kaiwan Lewis after the loss to WSU. “But I mean, it’s one (game) of the season. So we’re just going to move on to Penn State and try to make more

Senior middle linebacker Kaiwan Lewis, left, made five tackles in the 37-34 loss to WSU last Saturday, including one tackle for loss.

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plays and make plays enough to win.”

The loss was a blow, given Rutgers’ relatively soft out-of-conference schedule this season (Norfolk State, WSU, Kansas and Army), but the hope of a conference title and bowl eligibility remain in tact.

“I’m not going to downplay it because a loss is a loss,” Lewis said. “But at the same time we’re focused on Penn State now because that game is over.”

One of the bright spots from last week was the play of the Knights’ leading tackler, junior weak side linebacker Steve Longa. Longa made 14 tackles against the Cougars, including 12 solos, the most unassisted tackles Longa has accrued

in one game in his career on the Banks.

“Obviously we left a lot of plays out there,” Longa said in Saturday’s postgame. “I left a lot of plays out there and there’s a lot more that I could have done, but that game is over now and it’s time to move on. The tackles, the numbers are nice, but at the end of the day we didn’t win the game. So it doesn’t really mean a lot to me.”

Penn State’s head coach James Franklin has respect for Longa and his defense, especially the line, given how the Knights compiled five sacks through two games.

“I think we’re going to see a similar game plan as last year, similar game plan that we saw against Temple,” Franklin said

in his press conference Tuesday, according to gopsusports.com.

“I think you’re going to see (Rutgers) load the box, blitz, try to cause confusion with our offensive line.”

Rutgers will be reticent of protection as well — protecting the football and safeguarding the drives that sophomore quarterback Chris Laviano is able to mount.

The Knights struggled with both last week, committing 11 penalties — two of which cost them touchdowns — and turning the ball over three times.

But in order to leave the Lions’ den with a win, they must limit the mistakes.

“Turnovers and penalties, you just can’t have as an offense,” Laviano said. “It just kills a drive. We’re going to stay positive. But we’re looking for ward to (Saturday).”

Laviano has better numbers than Hackenberg, having completed 82 percent of his passes for 342 yards and four touchdowns through his first two games in 2015.

But the season truly begins Saturday, and mental mishaps won’t cut it if Laviano and company want to leave Happy Valley with a win.

The Knights must keep Laviano upright, allow him the time to dissect an average Nittany Lions defense. And if Rutgers can limit the risk of sacks, their sophomore quarterback’s second start could prove more fruitful than the first.

“It’s a big matchup,” Flood said. “And they have got good players on that line with one of the better defenses in the country and a defensive line that is certainly as talented as some of the best defensive lines in this conference, and there’s quite a few. But they are right up there with all of them.”

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Junior outside linebacker Steve Longa set a personal record with 12 solo tackles in the loss last week to Washington State with 14 total tackles. YANGENG LIN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / SEPTEMBER 2015

DRAW Defensive efforts unable to propel Rutgers to victory in 0-0 draw with Monmouth CONTINUED FROM BACK as head coach Dan Donigan referred to him, to make a couple of fantastic saves to keep the contest scoreless.

The Jamaican U-23 international team member believes the Knights need to be more clinical in front of goal.

“I think we’re lacking a bit of composure around the box,” Wright said. “I think that’s a major issue. If we can be more composed around the box, just seek better play, we’ll do better.

We need to be more composed around the 18-yard box.”

Wright knows his team is playing quality soccer but without scoring goals, he can’t see this season being a successful one.

“We played well but it’s just unfortunate about the goals we haven’t been scoring,” he said.

“I think we need to work on our finishing as a team. Not scoring is obviously going to be a problem because goals win games. If we’re not scoring, it’s going to be a tough season. It’s a bit frustrating but we just have to keep working at it.”

Frustration mounted as the Knights piled on the pressure throughout the match but were unable to break the deadlock. With two minutes in regulation, JP Correa missed what seemed like the millionth chance created by Rutgers and his captain Mitch Lurie did not appear content. The fifth-year senior fell onto the ground and slapped the tur f to demonstrate the desperation he and his team felt.

“That’s just me in the middle of the game. It’s just passion,” the Alpharetta, Georgia, native said. “We’re creating a ton of good chances. JP, Mitchell Taintor, Jason, you name it, ever yone was creating chances.

We’ve just been unlucky and unable to find the back of the net. Keeper made some good saves. That was just me in the middle of the game in the heat of the moment because we were right there.”

Although a draw isn’t an ideal result, Donigan was pleased with what his team did in West Long Branch against a wor thy opponent and believes once the goals star t coming, they won’t stop.

“I was happy with the way our guys played and fought,” he said. “Monmouth’s a ver y good team. They’re ver y well coached, they’re disciplined, they can create some problems for you going for ward. They have some weapons and they can be ver y dangerous. … I thought we played some really good soccer.”

“I think the goals will come.

We’re a bit unfortunate right now, we have a bit of a low on our scoring output, but if we continue to play the way we’ve been playing in the past couple of games, the goals will come and that’s when the W’s will come.”

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September 17, 2015 FIELD HOCKEY RU HAS WELCOMED AT LEAST ONE PLAYER FROM ABROAD IN EACH CLASS

International Knights make strong contributions on field KAYLEE POFAHL STAFF WRITER

With 86 percent of Rutgers-New Brunswick’s 40,720 undergraduates calling the garden state home, it would be easy to assume that non-New Jersey natives are a rarity around campus.

But one look at the Rutgers field hockey team’s roster proves otherwise.

Currently hosting at least one international player in each class, the Scarlet Knights maintain a unique diversity and competitive edge in welcoming their teammates from abroad.

With athletes from Canada, the Netherlands and Australia, these players have come a long way from home to pursue their athletic careers on the Banks.

Many assert that some of the greatest strides in personal growth occur when one ventures outside their comfort zone.

These Knights concur.

“Well, right now, third year going, I think it was one of the best decisions I’ve made so far,” said junior defender Sophia Walia of her decision to leave her home in Surrey, British Columbia, to come play at Rutgers.

While she is more than happy about the choice she made, becoming a Knight was not a part of Walia’s original plan.

“I just came to campus and I loved it and I loved the coaching staff. My initial decision was to stay home and train and play for the national team and make that but I said, ‘You know what, I’m 16 and I’m gonna go and go to a university and make something out of my four years because education is really what helps you at the end,’” Walia

said. “I’m doing what I love as well as getting my schooling done so I’m pretty lucky and pretty blessed to be in this opportunity.”

Day in and day out, these Rutgers athletes are taking advantage of the unique and daring opportunity they were presented with. The results they produce on the field speak for themselves.

Walia has made appearances in all five games this season, recording both a goal and an assist in the team’s 4-2 win over Villanova.

Named a Big Ten Player to Watch, she also scored on a penalty stroke against No. 9 Virginia.

The other international Knights have produced outcomes on the field as well.

Junior goalkeeper Shevaun Hayes, a Melbourne, Australia, native, has started all five games and earned her first shutout of the season in the team’s second game of 2015 against Ball State. The Aussie maintains a .667 save percentage with a 4-1 record and 21 saves on the season.

Looking further north on the map, Amsterdam, Netherlands, product Linde van Schaik has hit the ground running from the moment she landed in the United States. The freshman midfielder has earned early success in her debut as a Knight, starting all five games and recording two assists so far this season.

Despite the differences in style of play that they are accustomed to in their home countries, these Knights are flourishing on the field through their growing acclimation to NCAA field hockey.

Adjustments are, nevertheless, still a necessity to the foreign-born players success.

“Back home it’s a more build up play whereas here I feel its like, a

lot of teams go straight for goal,” Hayes said. “That’s a lot different because I’m goalkeeper so they’re coming straight at me full throttle, nothing holding them back, whereas in Australia it’s more building up of the play and getting around and trying to maneuver around the goalkeepers … Back home I feel it’s a bit more predictable.”

Not only have these players had to adjust to stylistic changes on the field, but also in the overall structure of their schooling and athletics.

Traditionally in the U.S., most high schools have athletic departments and sports teams that play an integral part in the college recruiting process.

Schools abroad do not operate this way.

“It’s really different. It’s like a whole community,” van Schaik said of playing at Rutgers. “In my country, my school and hockey are two completely different things so it’s really nice to have a team while you’re in school.

When I came here, it’s like you come in a team and you’re not alone so that was really cool and nice to have that. That was, I think, the major difference.”

Many international field hockey players play for club teams that are completely independent and separate from any educational institution. The combination of athletics and education in the U.S. adds to the unique and unfamiliar experience of living in another country.

Despite being thousands of miles from home, the welcoming, close-knit atmosphere on the RU field hockey team made the transition for its international athletes seamless. With Hayes buying her first winter coat and seeing snow for the first time and van Schaik still

Junior defender Sophia Walia ventures nearly 3,000 miles away from her home in Surrey, British Columbia in coming to Rutgers.

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without a phone or a laptop, the experiences these players are gaining from coming to Rutgers will carry through into the rest of their lives.

There is no doubt that the decision has already proven itself to be beyond worthwhile.

“It’s just amazing to be in this program for the four years you’re given … I think that if you just open up a little bit you’ll find a lot more than you’re hoping for,” Walia said.

“I mean (the transition) wasn’t hard at all and I think that it just gets easier to welcome in more people into our program. My freshman year a lot of people welcomed me in and now we’re taking that responsibility and welcoming in the new coming freshman.”

While there is an undeniable family dynamic to the team, having family in the same state and having family thousands of miles away produces unavoidable differentiations.

Nevertheless, the Knights bond over their similarities.

“We connect a lot, especially after games because none of our

parents are here every week so we all just have this, we call it the orphan table,” Hayes said of her fellow international players at the team’s post-game barbeques.

Despite the absence of family presence at most games, Walia, van Schaik and Hayes are all looking forward to their families visiting in October the weekend they play No. 18 Penn State and No. 10 Maryland.

The shortest flight to Jersey between the three families is seven hours.

Embracing the transnational variations and relying on one another for support in times of need, the central key that enables these Knights to make the most of their time at Rutgers is simple — each other.

“It’s really just the people,” Hayes said of what helped her the most in moving to the other side of the world. “My teammates are like the most supportive people.”

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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS 0, MONMOUTH 0

Senior defender Mitch Lurie and the Rutgers backline proved up to the task, holding Monmouth to eight shots. But the center back and the Knights (2-2-1) could not convert on any of their 18 shots, settling for a 0-0 draw last night in West Long Branch at Hesse Field against the Hawks (2-3-1). EDWIN GANO / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR / AUGUST 2015

Rutgers reaches draw in double-overtime BRIAN FONSECA

Two extra-time periods were not enough to separate two evenly matched sides in a scoreless yet exhilarating match.

In a game where both teams took turns controlling possession and creating chances, neither was able to put the ball in the back of the net.

Senior defender Mitchell Lurie was content with the performance from his team in a contest that had ever ything but goals.

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The kings of New Jersey collegiate soccer will have to wait another year to be crowned.

The Garden State derby between the Rutgers men’s soccer team and Monmouth left Hesse Field at the Great Lawn splitting the result in a 0-0 draw after 110 minutes of action.

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“It was a great battle by both teams,” the fifth-year senior said. “We played some ver y good soccer. To be honest with you, I think we deser ved to win that game. We had quality chances, we played well all over the park. I thought Jason Wright did a ver y good job holding the ball up, letting guys run off of him. If we continue to play good soccer like we’re doing, goals are going to come and we’re going to be extremely successful.”

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head men’s track and field coach, and the team announced its 2015-16 indoor and outdoor schedules. The Scarlet Knights host the Rutgers Invitational in the indoor season and the Metropolitan Championships in outdoor.

It should come as no surprise that the state derby between the Scarlet Knights (22-1) and the Hawks (2-3-1) featured a starting lineup with 15 players from the Garden State.

But it was an international player who caused the most concern to Monmouth goalkeeper Eric Klenofsky.

Sophomore for ward Jason Wright forced the “6’8” guy between the pipes,” SEE DRAW ON PAGE 14

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

VOLLEYBALL

FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN’S SOCCER

FOOTBALL

Rutgers Invitational

at Iowa

at Maryland

at Penn State

Friday, 12:30 p.m., College Ave Gym

Friday, 4 p.m., Iowa City, Iowa

Friday, 7 p.m., College Park, M.D.

Saturday, 8 p.m., University Park, P.A.