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Rutgers provides historical maps for state museum

By Erin Petenko Staff Writer

New Jersey residents nowadays see maps as a tool for getting to a location as quickly as possible, using GPS systems to get directions on their route.

But maps have served many purposes over the years, from informing navigators of the land’s properties to defining the borders of the state, said Nicholas Ciotola, curator of cultural history at the N.J. State Museum in Trenton.

The museum informs the public about the history of New Jersey maps with the exhibit titled “Where in the World is New Jersey: Historical Maps of the Garden State,” on view until Feb. 23, 2014.

“We wanted to do an exhibit on cartography in New Jersey, and we wanted to partner with three other organizations in the state that have map collections … we wanted to give … libraries and archives a place to show their maps,” he said.

The museum partnered with the New Jersey State Librar y and the New Jersey State Archives, as well as the Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives, located in the basement of Alexander Librar y on the College Avenue campus, he said.

“We picked out maps that were one, historically significant, two, that were visually interesting and three, that told a story about New Jersey history,” he said.

After looking through the hundreds of maps in the University’s collection, the museum ultimately chose 28 selections, said Ronald Becker, the director of Special Collections and University Archives.

“It’s really well done, they presented them beautifully,” he said.

“It’s attractive, informative and the captions are well written.”

Ciotola said the exhibit focuses on three major themes.

It begins with images of original exploration and colonization of New Jersey when Dutch sailors traveled up and down the East Coast, he said.

The maps from this era are considered a part of the Golden Age of cartography, when maps were made to be aesthetically pleasing and often contained elaborate borders and titles.

They often had images of seafaring vessels, of Native American dwellings and canoes, as well as native flora and fauna, beavers and geese and bears, he said.

The Goos Chart, a map issued in 1635 that is featured in the exhibit, served as promotional material for potential settlers of Delaware. It included elaborate depictions of New Jersey, said Albert King, curator of manuscripts for Special Collections and University Archives.

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Activists from the Food and Water Watch organization protested to ban fracking during the College Avenue Redevelopment Initiative’s groundbreaking Thursday on the College Avenue campus where Gov. Chris Christie was present. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR

Activists look to New Brunswick to ban fracking after Highland Park

By Sabrina Szteinbaum Correspondent

Farmers in Colorado face a precarious financial situation. The gas and oil industr y offered them money to frack for natural gas

beneath their farmland. Farmers allowed it.

Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a process that mixes millions of gallons of water with chemicals and pumps it into the earth as a way to extract gas, said

Jim Walsh, eastern region director for the Food and Water Watch.

Fracking has been linked to poisoned drinking water, environmental degradation, climate change and human health impacts, according to a statement

from Highland Park Councilwoman Susan Welkovitz.

Walsh said during the drought in Colorado last year, the gas and oil industr y See fracking on Page 6

Rutgers Career Services created a strategic plan, which helped put their reorganization process into three core pillars: Core services and programs, employer relations and outreach and experiential education. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

University Career Services undergoes reorganization

By Julian Chokkattu News Editor

Rutgers University Career Services under went a reorganization process with a new strategic plan to increase their ef for ts in aiding students in landing careers after graduation.

Rick Hearin, executive director for Career Services, was brought into the position last winter from the University of Maryland in College Park, where he was the director of the Career Center. This is the third large-scale university he is working with to help reorganize its career services.

“The reorganization kind of derived from the strategic plan,” Hearin said. “We took a look at the breadth of the mission that we have here at the University, and decided to take a strategic and deliberate approach to fulfill it, to break out the totality of our responsibilities.”

He said the strategic plan has three pillars: core services and programs, employer relations and outreach and experiential education.

Core ser vices and programs focuses on individual career counseling, helping students acquire internships, job search processes and career fairs, Hearin said. The second pillar, employer relations

and outreach, helps make sure Rutgers develops a relationships with employers.

“Rutgers has a tremendous geographical advantage, [there is] perhaps no region that is more vital than this one from an economic standpoint,” he said.

“What we want to do is capitalize on that as we develop relationships with employers.”

The third pillar, experiential education, focuses on helping students work more on other activities that are not necessarily internships or jobs, but more on research, study abroad and community ser vice.

“What we’re finding in this competitive job market is that to be successful, it’s important students demonstrate they have had some practical experience, not just a good academic record, [and we’re trying] to help students to gain that.”

Career Services also launched a revamped website which Hearin said was more interactive than before. Career Knight, the career service used by students to browse job listings still exists, but the website offers tools such as Focus 2 that students can use to assess their career interests and see job targets.

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CAMPUS CALENDAR Thursday, Sept. 26

The Rutgers University Programming Association presents “Beats on the Banks” at the New Jersey State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick, featuring hip-hop ar tists Joey Bada$$, A$AP Ferg and Ab-Soul. Tickets cost between $5 and $25. For more information, go to statetheatrenj.org

Friday, Sept. 27

The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Ar ts Center and the Rutgers University program in cinema studies presents a screening of New Jersey Film Festival selections “Poor Hear t,” “A Night at the Of fice,” The Tale of Paris Echo Gold,” “Killer” and “Locomotive” at 12 a.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.

Saturday, Sept. 28

The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Ar ts Center and the Rutgers University program in cinema studies presents a screening of New Jersey Film Festival selections “Melody,” “Richie” and “Casual Encounters” at 7 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus.

Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.

Sunday, Sept. 29

The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Ar ts Center and the Rutgers University program in cinema studies presents a screening of New Jersey Film Festival selections “Jersey Fresh: Films by New Jersey Filmmakers Kaleidoscope,” “I Have No Idea What The F**k I’m Doing” and “Sex & Violence” at 7 p.m. at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.

METRO CALENDAR Wednesday, Sept. 25

The Rutgers Cooperative Extension and Rutgers Against Hunger present the New Brunswick Community Farmers Market from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Kilmer Square Park at 108 Albany St. in New Brunswick N.J. The market, which runs ever y Wednesday, features local produce, ar tisan breads, baked goods, specialty cof fee and locally-raised meat.

Sunday, Oct. 6

The City of New Brunswick, New Brunswick Tomorrow, Johnson & Johnson and Rutgers University present “Ciclovia” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., between the Youth Spor ts Complex and Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick. The route, which includes Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Bayard Street, George Street, Hamilton Street and College Avenue, will be shut of f to motor vehicles. For more information, visit newbrunswickciclovia.com.

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Tech Tuesday

September 24, 2013

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Rutgers alumnus creates browser remote control app

By Nis Frome Contributing Writer

Most computer scientists have come to grips with the fact that a disturbing percentage of their existence will be spent at a desk staring at a screen. Any respite from this life sentence is met with deep gratitude, which is typically the response a new app called “Mote” receives within the development community.

On Sept. 11, Ian Jennings, a Rutgers alumnus, launched “Mote,” a browser remote control.

Jennings, who is also a co-founder of HackerLeague.com, demoed the app at the Rutgers Tech Meetup on Sept. 13, and received a standing ovation. A day earlier, “Mote” was featured on the tech blog, GigaOM. The Daily Targum sat down with Jennings to discuss “Mote”: The Daily Targum: What is “Mote” in your own words?

Ian Jennings: Mote lets you control your favorite sites remotely. It’s weird, because it can be different for a lot of people.

Most people want to use it as a shortcut for a music website.

But many people also find it useful as a PowerPoint slide remote or as a YouTube channel controller they can use from their couch. Essentially, it lets you connect your phone to the web so you can interact with your favorite websites.

DT: When and how did you come up with the concept for “Mote”?

IJ: I came up with “Mote” during my senior year in college.

I was coding all the time and listening to HypeMachine on a second monitor. I wanted to be able to control my music quickly without having to go back to the second screen.

The first version was a mobile web app, and there was no intention of making it into a polished product. At the time, it was just a proof of concept, but as I used it more, I soon realized others would also want to.

DT: Is “Mote” your first mobile app, or have you long been involved in mobile development?

IJ: I don’t care about mobile or web. I care about making new experiences. It’s more about the idea and the outcome.

DT: What’s next for the project?

IJ: The extension is going to be open-source on [the web-based hosting service] GitHub so that anyone can program remotes for any website and submit them to me for review. If I accept the request, the feature will go into the next update. I’m going to open up the project at HackNY, the [New York University] hackathon on Sept. 28 to 29.

DT: What are your aspirations for “Mote” down the line? Do you see yourself seeking capital?

IJ: I would like it to be a lifestyle business. It’s not at that

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point yet — it’s going to be a lot of work. I need to see how much I want to push it. I’ve been considering applying to a business accelerator, but it’s hard to tell if the model suppor ts a company. It could potentially suppor t a single person, but I don’t know about a multi-person company. It’s still kind of a hack — you’re not supposed to for ward clicks from a phone to elements on a website. Ever ything about it is hacky.

DT: What keeps you up at night about the project?

IJ: I’ve heard from a lot of people that “Mote” works really well with Chromecast, the new Google appliance that connects your TV to your laptop. I’m a little worried because Apple and Google are coming out with products in this space, and the space is growing.

I have a niche right now because no one is doing webbased apps. I’m conver ting apps into my own platform, whereas other competitors are tr ying to get people to build apps for their proprietar y platform. For the next little bit though, I think I’m going to sit back and relax.

Nis Frome is a Rutgers Business School senior and the co-founder of Hublished. He has written on the topics of growth hacking and content marketing for Forbes, The Social Media Monthly and Content Marketing institute. Follow him @NisFrome.

University alumnus Ian Jennings created ‘Mote,’ a browser remote control, and launched it Sept. 11. The app lets users control websites with their phones. SCREENSHOT FROM MOTE.IO

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SERVICES More than 120 companies will be present at Friday’s career fair continued from front

“All of this has come about because of a tremendous level of support provided by the Division of Undergraduate Affairs and senior administration,” he said.

While career counselors used to specialize by academic major to help students find careers, the reorganization has them specializing along industr y lines, Hearin said.

“What we’ve done is take a look at the entire landscape of career opportunities and deploy [career counselors] on career clusters rather than academic majors, which helps offers students greater breadth of services and opportunities than in the past,” he said.

A lot of students push meeting employers or applying for internships too late in the academic career, Hearin said.

“Not only do [students] go to class … but they’re also working,” he said. “The fact of the matter is … You have to get started early, and get comfortable with the idea of talking about prospective employers and learning about what it takes to secure those types of employees.”

According to a statement from Career Services, from the 2013 post graduation survey about employment, 77 percent of grad-

Page 5 uating seniors from the School of Engineering told Rutgers’ Career Services that a college degree in their related field was required for the job they accepted.

“Of the graduating students who took the sur vey, 85 percent of students who had an internship or co-op received at least two job of fers,” according to the statement.

The largest employment fair of the fall semester will occur

“I think that Rutgers is considered core, meaning there is a broad scope of majors. ... [They are] very highly desirable for many employers.”

JANET JONES Director of Employmer Relations at University Career Services

this Friday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Busch Campus Center. The fair has a focus for students in the engineering and computer science field. Students will need their Rutgers ID to enter.

More than 120 companies will be present, such as Google, Microsoft, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency.

Janet Jones, director of employer relations at Career Services, said she expects more than 1,000 students at the career fair this Friday.

“I think that Rutgers is considered core, which is industr y jargon meaning there is a broad scope of majors, number of students and many of our programs,” she said. “[They are] ver y highly desirable for many employers.”

Jones said the career fair is a great opportunity students have to get a face-to-face interaction with an employer. The point of the career fair is not necessarily to get a job, but to develop a relationship and see what companies have to offer.

“So much is done via the internet, so take it from [the fair], that may lead to an interview which may lead to another interview and then a job offer hopefully,” she said.

Jones said students also think September is an early time to attend career fairs and search for jobs, but she warned that it is a competitive time period as companies are hiring now.

She said a par t of the reorganization process that affects her job is sustaining and diversifying Rutgers’ employer base.

“Our main focus would be to diversify our employer base and sustain and maintain relationships with those that we have relationships with, while increasing level of engagement and broadening the scope of students they may consider hiring,” Jones said.

Hearin said the success of graduates is key to Rutgers’ overall success.

“Get started early and don’t quit,” he said.

Siddhesh Surve, a graduate student in engineering, looks at programs and services offered at Career Services yesterday in the Busch Campus Center. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

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fracking Walsh says there could be 1.6 trillion cubic feet of gas in central New Jersey continued from front

outbid farmers in a water auction.

“Farmers were actually not able to water their fields to grow food because the gas and oil industries essentially used that water to drill for oil and gas and that directly impacts our ability to grow food,” he said.

Closer to home, Highland Park became the first municipality in New Jersey to ban fracking on Tuesday night, he said.

Though Highland Park is small, Walsh said they showed tremendous leadership in passing the ban.

Highland Park also passed a resolution that is being sent to communities throughout Middlesex County, calling on other towns to follow its lead, he said.

The New Brunswick city council passed a resolution supporting a moratorium on drilling. Walsh said residents are not pleased because it is not an adequate form of protection.

“We’ve seen radioactive waste from fracking being discharged into waterways, brought to facilities that are not equipped to handle radioactive waste and radioactive elements,” Walsh said.

The oil and gas industry has no problem continuing their practices without penalty because they have been exempted from a number of federal public health and environment laws like the Clean Water Act, he said.

Gov. Chris Christie has refused to sign a ban on fracking. Walsh said Christie caved to pressure from the oil and gas industry and has refused to take action to protect the community’s drinking water.

Welkovitz said if the governor is unwilling to do anything to prevent the destruction of the environment, individual communities must step

up and ban destructive practices like fracking.

“This ban demonstrates Highland Park’s commitment to environmental protection and healthy living for ourselves and future generations,” Welkovitz said in the statement.

Christie dismissed fracking in New Jersey, asking if it was even feasible, according to the statement.

The U.S. Geological Survey has now proven otherwise.

“A recent study by the [USGS] identified a large natural gas basin that stretches widely through the northern half of the state,” according to the statement. “It has shown it may hold billions of cubic feet of gas.”

There could be 1.6 trillion cubic feet of gas in central N.J., Walsh said, in what is called the South Newark Basin.

“There could be as much as $12 billion potentially that the industry could garner from fracking,” he said.

As far as citizen support, Walsh said there is an overwhelming backing for a ban on fracking in New Brunswick.

“I went out and did petitioning for a day, and in my petitioning I didn’t find a single person who thought that drilling in New Brunswick was something that we should be doing,” he said.

People do not want to see New Brunswick turn into the next gas land, Walsh said.

Jillian Pape, online organizer at the Food and Water Watch, works with New Yorkers Against Fracking and helps provide citizens with opportunities to help get involved with the cause.

“Anything people can do to spread the word about fracking or put pressure on Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo to ban it, helps us win this fight,” she said in an email.

Pape said the fact that fracking has still not come to New York is a testament to the movement.

“There were times last year where we thought Gov. Cuomo was about to allow fracking any minute, but then our supporters would flood him with hundreds of thousands of public comments against it, and we’d manage to defer that decision,” she said.

The most challenging part of trying to ban fracking in New York, Pape said, is the oil and gas industry, which is one of the most powerful industries in the world.

“Where we have people power on our side, they have the money to buy pricey ads, and contribute to local politicians,” Pape said.

She said the only way to beat that is to show elected officials that there are citizens who are serious about protecting food, water, air and climate.

One of the biggest threats to New Brunswick is the fact that the city gets most of its drinking water from the Delaware Raritan Canal, Walsh said.

“There are plans right now to put what could be upwards of 20,000 fracking wells in the Delaware River Basin,” he said.

Christie is one of the people who will decide whether or not drilling happens in the Delaware River Basin, Walsh said.

“He has remained silent on this issue, he has refused to make any statements about whether or not he’ll support drilling in that watershed,” Walsh said.

The Food and Water Watch will continue to build support, banning fracking throughout the state of New Jersey as well as the Delaware River Basin, he said.

Walsh said the group has shown up at events Christie attends to make sure that fracking is an issue that remains in his mind.

More than 100 organizations that have spoken out against fracking so far, and Walsh said the Food and Water Watch has been working to mobilize these groups to put pressure on Christie to pass a ban.

MAPS

early 1800s there were roads called turnpikes.”

While developing the new exhibit, Ciotola said he researched In 1769, NJ and NY at multiple locations and studied settled the dispute with the characters and themes of their boundaries the maps. continued from front Over time, the maps themselves told him how the exLater, these maps diversi- hibit would be structured, fied into individual cities and he said.

He said the complexity and encouraged people to settle in such places as Hammonton, beauty of the early car tography par ticularly stood out to him N.J., he said.

After these original drafts, — features usually ignored in the exhibit moves on to depict maps created today.

“If we look at the histor y of the development of borders and shapes of New Jersey, he said. maps ... They also were ver y The maps show how the state ar tistically oriented,” he said. were hand-colored, was originally divided into two “They colonies, known as East Jersey they had a variety of ar tistic elements literally drawn on and West Jersey. to them.”

M a p s T h e also depictmaps also ed the establishment “In the early 1800s, there was an tell a stoof new extensive system of pay roads in r y about borders be- New Jersey called turnpikes. We New Jersey histotween oththink of N.J. Turnpike as a r y, such as er states, modern phenomenon, but ... why it was King said. the most New Jersey there were roads.” densely originally populatincluded a NICHOLAS CITOLA small north- Curator of cultural history at the N.J. state museum ed state, he said. ern section Becker that today said historbelongs to ical maps New York.

Only in 1769 did the two give valuable information about states settle the dispute the state by depicting a variety with the current boundar y, of different views.

“There’s cultural diversity, he said.

Lastly, the exhibit covers there’s geographical features, “New Jersey on the Move,” population, proper ty maps,” which includes maps of trans- he said.

Ciotola hopes the value of these por tation systems dated from the 1800s to the 1950s, maps will be reflected in museum attendance.

Ciotola said.

“Just in the first couple of This section covers railroads, weeks, it’s been ver y popucanals, trolley lines and roads.

“In the early 1800s, there lar,” he said. “A lot of students was an extensive system of come down to the museum pay roads in New Jersey called and do internships there, and turnpikes,” he said. “We think it’s a per fect oppor tunity to of the N.J. Turnpike as a mod- see a piece of Rutgers histor y ern phenomenon, but in the on display.”

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US looking to build relationship with Iran

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NEW YORK — The Obama administration edged close to direct, high-level talks with Iran’s new government yesterday, with Secretar y of State John Kerr y slated to meet his Iranian counterpart this week and the White House weighing the risks and rewards of an encounter between President Barack Obama and Iran’s president, Hasan Rouhani.

An Obama-Rouhani exchange on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly would mark the first meeting at that high level for the two nations in more than 30 years. Such talks could signal a turning point in U.S.-Iranian relations — but also could be seen as a premature endorsement for a new Iranian government that has yet to answer key questions about the future of its disputed nuclear program.

Obama advisers said no meeting was scheduled. But they added that the U.S. planned to take advantage of diplomatic opportunities while in New York and indicated they were not leaving

a possible encounter between Obama and Rouhani to chance.

“I don’t think that anything would happen by happenstance on a relationship and an issue that is this important,” Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, told reporters traveling with the president to New York.

The election of Rouhani, a moderate cleric, has led to speculation about possible progress on Iran’s nuclear impasse with the U.S. Particularly intriguing to American officials are Rouhani’s assertions that his government has “complete authority” in nuclear negotiations. That would be a marked change from previous governments and their relationship with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The U.S. and its allies have long suspected that Iran is tr ying to produce a nuclear weapon, though Tehran insists its nuclear activities are only for producing energy and for medical research.

American officials say Rouhani’s change in tone is driven by the Iranian public’s frustration with crippling economic sanctions levied by the U.S. But it is still unclear whether Iran is willing to take the steps the U.S. is seeking in order to ease the sanctions, including curbing uranium enrichment and shutting down the underground Fordo nuclear facility.

State Department officials said Kerr y would seek to answer that question on Thursday when new Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif joins nuclear talks between the U.S. and five other world powers. Zarif’s participation, which was announced yesterday, sets up the first meeting in six years between an American secretar y of state and an Iranian foreign minister, though it’s unclear whether the two men will break off from the group and hold separate one-on-one talks.

— The Associated Press

Obama leads country in memorial for victims of Navy Yard shooting He acknowledged “the politics WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama memorialized the are difficult,” a lesson he learned victims of the Washington Navy after failing to get expanded Yard shooting as patriots but background checks for gun also individuals — one with a tal- buyers through the Democratent for fixing cars, another who ic-controlled Senate this spring, coached softball and yet another a measure he proposed after the shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy who loved hockey and her cats.

It’s not enough to cry over Hook Elementary School killed 20 first-graders and six staff. their deaths, Obama said.

He said Sunday that by now “it “If we really want to honor these 12 men and women, if we should be clear that the change really want to be a country where we need will not come from we can go to work and go to Washington, even when tragedy school and walk our streets free strikes Washington.”

“Change will come the only from senseless violence without so many lives being stolen by a way it ever has come, and that’s bullet from a gun, then we’re go- from the American people,” ing to have to change,” the pres- he said.

The invitation-only crowd ident said.

Speaking Sunday at the city’s Obama spoke to at the Marine Barracks paMarine Barrade ground racks, just included more blocks away 4,000 from where the “If we really want to honor than shootings hap- these 12 men and women m o u r n e r s , pened, Obama ... then we’re going to have with the victims’ family called on Amerto change.” members diicans not to rectly in front give up on tryBarack Obama of the speaking to change President of the United States ers’ stage. The gun laws that president and he argued are first lady Mito blame for an chelle Obama met privately with epidemic of violence.

Gun control measures the families before the service, Obama had backed failed to White House officials said, and pass Congress earlier this year both hugged family members as and showed no new momentum they left.

Authorities say their loved in the days following the rampage at the Navy Yard, a mili- ones’ lives were taken last Montar y installation just blocks from day by shotgun-wielding former Navy reservist, Aaron Alexis, a the Capitol.

Obama said that when such 34-year-old information technolotragedies strike, “it ought to be a gy contractor who struggled with shock to all of us, it ought to ob- mental illness. Police killed Alexsess us. It ought to lead to some is in a gun battle.

Obama said it’s clear from sort of transformation.”

But, he said, “nothing hap- the Navy Yard shooting that the pens.” Obama said he sometimes country needs to do a better job fears “there is a creeping resig- to secure its military facilities nation that these tragedies are and improve mental health serjust somehow the way it is, that vices, but also address gun laws. this is somehow the new normal.

— The Associated Press We cannot accept this.”

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Alma mater touch-up necessary It’s about time our school anthem makes room for women

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What we really have a problem with isn’t so he University alma mater underwent a significant change that came to light this much the lyric change, but rather ever ybody’s weekend at the Arkansas football game. reaction to it. So what if the alma mater has When the lyrics came on the scoreboard screen, been around for a long time? Many things have been. That doesn’t mean they should stay that they no longer boasted of “becoming a man.” way. We’re all for progress, and we are staunchly And we say thank goodness for that.

One of the song’s problematic stanzas has, since against people hanging onto tradition for the sake 1873, read: “My father sent me to old Rutgers/ of tradition.

We’re fairly certain that prior to our article on And resolv’d that I should be a man.” We think that should stay in 1873. The newly revised line now this, no current student knew that the alma mater goes, “From far and near we came to Rutgers/ And underwent a similar change back in the 1980s. resolved to learn all that we can.” Sounds much The old version referred to “my boys,” which was changed to “my friends” to reflect the changing more 2013, if we do say so ourselves. tide of the times (someWe get it: Changing the where in there we could momentous line, which probably thank Gloria means so much to many “University spaces have Steinem for that). Making of our alumni, is messing the change for political with tradition. But hontraditionally been very correctness wasn’t a bad estly, who cares about male-centric. ” thing then, and it definitetradition when progress is ly isn’t a bad thing now. clearly needed? The alma And, just like our current mater was written back classes didn’t know of the when the University was still an all-male school. And, it was written years past change, we’re sure that future classes won’t before the major strides we’ve seen for women in remember today’s hullabaloo either.

While we wish that the Glee Club wasn’t the society. University spaces have traditionally been very male-centric. In fact, having women populate sole party in on the decision, the change probspaces of higher education is still a relatively new ably wouldn’t have been made other wise. The development, and it’s about time our alma mater line holds sentimental value, yes, but it’s more important to have an alma mater that properly made room for them.

While the original line excludes half of the stu- reflects its students. What’s the point of an alma dent body, it also alienates many of the remaining mater other wise?

We finally made a decision that has been a very, half. It’s understandable that the whole “becoming a man” thing really just means gaining maturity, very long time coming. We encourage the Rutgers but it also draws on outdated definitions of mascu- community to not only accept it, but also to move forward with it. linity and what it really means to “be a man.”

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Immigrants form foundation of US economic success #REALTALK SARA ZAYED

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am the daughter of immigrant parents. Their story is the default story of every immigrant: Life was easier here and promised more in the long run.

I myself was born here, but I’m not sure where my roots are planted. Is it here in America, where I was born? Is it in the country of my parents? Does some middle ground exist?

Perhaps it would be easier to come to terms with my identity if I was white — but I am not, so I have always had to check “other.” Since 9/11, there has lurked an atmosphere of us versus “them”— our ideals versus their “traditions.” Growing up, I’ve heard countless stories of friends and family being told to go back to their home country, regardless of whether they were born here or not. I’ve had the customary “No, but where do you really come from?” conversation. I was born here. I attended school here. Yet I am still made to feel like a foreigner.

It hasn’t surprised me in the least either.

Not when every day we hear of a new hate crime committed against somebody who is not white — anyone who doesn’t fit the narrow profile of how an American should look and behave. Not when we hear immigrants being accused of stealing jobs, even though they often do the very jobs many here probably wouldn’t turn to even in necessity.

except China and Japan.” It gets close and personal when you realize that the founders of Google and eBay are immigrants. In fact, eBay’s founder is the son of an Iranian. How many times do you hear that argument? So why are immigrants oppressed and made to feel inferior when the U.S.’s population growth is directly related to its economic growth? Why is it offensive that

“The contributions immigrants and immigrants’ children have made to America are huge yet little cited. Immigrants or their children have founded more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies.”

What does surprise me is that the contributions immigrants and immigrants’ children have made to America are huge yet little cited. Immigrants or their children have founded more than 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies. A report from the Partnership for a New American Economy says, “The revenue generated by Fortune 500 companies founded by immigrants and children of immigrants is greater than the GDP (gross domestic product) of every country in the world outside the U.S.,

someone may hold in his or her mind a vision of success and believe America is the perfect place to achieve it?

Even though it’s established by solid fact that immigrants do contribute to the success and betterment of this country, there still arises the issue of stereotypes.

Stereotypes are attached to not just those who are immigrants, but those who fit the ‘other’ profile. The targets are faced with an unparalleled, undeserved hostility. Take Miss America, for example. Nina

Davuluri is the first Indian-American to win the crown, and instead of being heartily congratulated for being a true symbol of what America’s diversity is all about, she received brutal backlash. It seems the xenophobia that exists in this country flares at the slightest provocation.

It doesn’t matter that she was born here.

It doesn’t even matter that she intends to use her winnings to pay for medical school. All that matters is to many, she appears not to belong, and this has incited the same old creative remark: “Go home.”

It forces us, as a nation, to confront harder truths than many seem unwilling to accept. Racism isn’t over, and it exists not in special circumstances but in the thread of daily life. Those who deny its existence are perpetuating it. If we are to be a united country, we have to own up to the ills that plague us, no matter where they may exist. And that means dissolving the idea of “other,” of demeaning those who were born elsewhere and came here defined by struggles. I am the daughter of an immigrant, and “others” are just as deserving of this space as anyone.

Sara Zayed is a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. Her column, “#RealTalk,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

U. students should not be overloaded with homework AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH SHANNON RAY

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ast night, as I sat on my bed neglecting an insurmountable pile of homework, I came across a link to an article on my Twitter feed. The article, written

by Karl Taro Greenfeld and appearing in The Atlantic magazine was entitled “My Daughter’s Homework Is Killing Me.” I spent about 20 minutes that would otherwise have been devoted to my own homework grossly enveloped in Greenfeld’s account of his pledge to do his daughter’s homework for a week and the conclusions that followed. Greenfeld thinks his daughter has too much, and so do I. Before college, I had never felt that I had too much homework, perhaps because most of my high school classes were not intellectually stimulating, or perhaps because I had a higher tolerance for homework than most of my peers.

Nonetheless, I was fully aware of the dramatic change my amount of homework would undergo beginning freshman year.

My expectations were correct, and I can’t say that I’ve really complained.

But after reading Greenfeld’s article, I’ve started to look at my homework

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in a different light. Initially, I was resigned to the fact that I would be spending countless hours reading textbooks and performing mindless, impractical and borderline ridiculous problem sets.

Homework is absolutely necessar y for a respectable education, simply because there is far too much material to cover during class hours. My issue is not one with the existence of the homework, but rather the nature of it.

The result of this overutilization of busywork is that students aren’t learning the critical thinking and practical skills that they need to create a superior and genuinely intelligent workforce.

It is difficult for me to imagine that the nature of homework in today’s American universities is something that existed on their inceptions. So what changed?

I pondered this question and came up with what I believe to be a plausible an-

“The result of this overutilization of busywork is that students aren’t learning the critical thinking and practical skills that they need to create a superior and genuinely intelligent workforce. ” As an aspiring liberal arts major, what I have found is that my homework consists almost entirely of reading, and most of this reading is textbook passages. Textbooks are excellent reference tools, but if I wanted to learn introductor y macroeconomics from a textbook, I wouldn’t have had my parents shell out a college tuition. The idea behind assigning textbook readings is to reinforce the concepts gone over during lecture. The only flaw to this idea is that often, the lecture reinforces the concepts gone over in the textbook.

swer: In America’s haste to catch up with other Western nations on academic and scientific levels, we have forgone true enlightenment. We wanted to ensure our intellectual superiority, so we made the sole change piling more homework on our students. This was a grave mistake.

Several nations leading the U.S. in the caliber of their school systems have actually been assigning less homework and narrowing curriculums in order to encourage deeper understanding. This attitude is one that the United States would be wise to adopt. Reading is absolutely

essential for the expansion of knowledge and for boosting intellectual stimulation, but many professors fail to realize that subject rather than length determines how valuable a particular reading is to a student. Instead of assigning multiple chapters of a dr y and repetitive textbook reading, perhaps it would be more reasonable to assign a single article that offers a unique perspective on the lesson discussed during lecture, or a hands-on exercise allowing the student to gain real-world practice with other wise conceptual knowledge.

It is far from impossible to complete the average amount of homework assigned in college and achieve good grades — frankly, I’m not worried about either of these things. I know that, after making some sacrifices, I will manage to complete my weekly reading and perform well on the exam. What I am worried about is wasting my time. I’m worried about being inadequately prepared for my career. I’m worried about the American workforce lagging behind because of corrupt and overlooked values.

I’m worried about forgetting ever ything I memorized last week immediately after the exam. Mostly, I’m worried that I won’t have learned anything at all.

Shannon Ray is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student. Her column, “An Inconvenient Truth,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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Horoscopes

DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

Pearls Before Swine

September 24, 2013 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (09/24/13). It’s easier to work as a team this year.

Home, romance and career remain the focus, and travel especially tempts. Study and explore a new passion. Take a class or two. Go there, maybe. Manage your wealth with persistence and discipline, to grow. Keep love as the overarching context. 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 — Don’t stick your neck out for the moment... it’s not necessary. It’ll be easier to learn for the next two days, and you’re extra brilliant. Associates become entranced. Don’t overextend. Keep a low profile.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — It’s getting easier to make household changes. Add candles, new textiles, or a pretty detail. Make more money than you spend today and tomorrow.

Extra income is possible. Practicality vies with idealism, and wins.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — You’re hot today and tomorrow. Don’t take anything for granted. Conditions are changing in your favor, though.

Don’t start anything new yet.

Handle your priorities and adjust as needed. A distant relative appears on the scene.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 6 — Finish your work in private today and tomorrow, and postpone a financial discussion, expense or trip. Finish up old projects instead. Make plans, a budget, and copy the itinerary.

Keep it quiet for now.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Fantasies may need to be delayed. Don’t fall for a sob story. Talk it out with friends today and tomorrow and handle a misunderstanding. Discuss your next move with your partner.

Resting at home may be best.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — Don’t encourage the peanut gallery, when you all should be quiet and respectful.

Keep them focused and occupied. There may be a test. Career matters demand your attention today and tomorrow. Give thanks, and double-check the data.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Create a plan for the long-range future with shortterm actions, and schedule them.

The next two days are good for travel. Don’t try to impress anyone. Aim for colorful freedom and fun, preferably with someone delightful.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 5 — Do financial planning today and tomorrow.

Discuss shared finances. Discover you’re worth more than you thought. Re-consider a change at home, and reward yourself after with romance and compassion.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — Negotiations resume. It’s all in the game.

Compromise is required for the next two days. A misconception gets uncovered. Recall a friend’s wise advice. Watch what you say.

Refine the plan. Keep the faith.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Power on for the next two days. There’s plenty of work coming. Something you want is prohibitively expensive.

Don’t waste your money or worry about it. Find a viable substitute.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 6 — Take more time for play today and tomorrow.

Maintain a modicum of decorum. You’re lucky in love. Devote yourself to your own passions and pursuits. Re-draw and revise your pictures. Indulge your creativity. Include a fun partner.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Associates provide answers today and tomorrow. Revise vague statements. Reconsider beliefs, dogma or an outdated view.

Don’t gossip about work. Household matters need attention, and travel conditions aren’t great. Find a pool and enjoy the water.

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Senior cornerback Lew Toler caused the fumble that Gause returned for a touchdown. The play was called back after replay.

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Gause records key tackles in victory, including thirddown stop in fourth quarter continued from back

Gause said. “I’ve been playing since I was eight years old. You just have to have fun and play the game.”

On a crucial third-and-2 play for Arkansas’ offense Saturday, quarterback AJ Derby dumped a pass to fullback Kiero Small on the right side of the field.

Met with Small one-on-one in the open field, Gause wrapped him up and forced him out of bounds.

Arkansas punted and the Knights drove down on the next series for a touchdown.

Head coach Kyle Flood was impressed with Gause, who replaced redshirt freshman outside linebacker Davon Jacobs in Rutgers’ starting lineup. Jacobs started against Eastern Michigan.

“I thought this would be a game Quentin would really enjoy,” Flood

said. “Quentin is a physical football player. Arkansas is a physical football team. We knew we were going to be tested in ways that we had not been tested in the first few games physically, and I knew Quentin was looking forward to that.”

While Gause displayed his athleticism against Arkansas, it remains to be seen if his talents will be used in a starting role as the season progresses.

Flood said last week senior linebacker Jamal Merrell, who Gause filled in for, should be available when the Knights play Oct. 5 against Southern Methodist. Merrell has been sidelined since Rutgers’ victory against Norfolk State with a kidney injury.

Gause said his performance Saturday can only help him find more of a role on the defense.

It also does not hurt his comfort level.

“Getting more experience on the field just helps slow down the game more,” Gause said. “So [Saturday] definitely helped that and I’m just getting more comfortable playing on the field.”

DEPTH Rookie becomes more involved offensively, shoots for first goal of season to aid Knights continued from back

the attack after undergoing hip surgery early last season.

Sa, a promising talent with sharp on-ball skills, also factors into the mix. He is now third on the team on shooting, with seven shots and four on goal.

But like Correa, Sa still has only one point off an assist this season. Without Eze, Rutgers lacked execution deep in SMU territor y and went scoreless for the first time this season.

The rookie said the Knights are well aware as they travel to Philadelphia.

“We created our opportunities and we couldn’t put it in the back of the net,” Sa said.

“There were a few times where I had some chances that I think I could’ve done a little better on. We learn from these things.

We’ve got a big game coming up, so we can’t dwell it on too much, but we’ve definitely got to keep it in the back of our mind.”

Donigan credits the Mustangs for relentlessly clearing the ball out of their half of the field, but insists it was still mostly an internal problem for Rutgers.

Advantages in shots (13-9), corner kicks (6-2) and clean misses from close range are proof of it.

“They’ve got 11 guys out there fighting, defending, running, chasing, cutting lanes

out, picking guys up, making tackles, so there’s cer tainly a degree of credit to their end,” Donigan said. “But at the same time, I feel as an attacking guy that you need to be more productive and more ef ficient in the final third of the field against teams like this. You can’t let chances go by.”

Beyond the potential loss of Eze, Rutgers will also be without one of its premier defenders against Drexel.

Sophomore Drew Morgan picked up his fifth yellow card against SMU, landing him a one-game suspension.

That means senior center back Joe Setchell, who has rested the last two games, will likely start in his place.

“It’s no different than any other year,” Donigan said. “Ever y team, there’s guys that get yellow cards. When you play a tough schedule and you’re in good, tough battles like we are in ever y game, you’re going to get yellow cards. You just tr y to eliminate the unnecessar y, the unwarranted yellow cards.”

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September 24, 2013

Page 14 TENNIS FRESHMAN PULLS OUT WITH INJURY DURING CHAMPIONSHIP

Injuries plague Knights’ fall debut in Providence

By Louis Petrella Staff Writer

The Rutgers tennis team completed its first tournament of the season last weekend in Providence for the three-day Brown Invitational.

Head coach Ben Bucca feels a lot of positivity can be drawn from the weekend’s grueling action.

“The weekend was exhausting,” Bucca said. “There were a lot of matches to be played and they were all pressure-filled, so we were rightfully ver y fatigued at the end of it all. This team really worked hard these past three weeks preparing for this tournament, and it really showed.”

Assistant coach Hilar y Ritchie agreed the Scarlet Knights played well under dif ficult circumstances against top competition.

“I think the team per formed really well, this is always a big test,” Ritchie said. “It tests our stamina more than a typical match because it is three consecutive days, with multiple matches in each day, so it takes physical and mental toughness as well.”

Freshman Farris Cunningham was forced to exit her first college competition with an ankle injur y. But she was able to reach the finals of the Blue Singles Flight before withdrawing, she dropped her first set, 6-2, to champion Annie DiMuro of Binghamton.

Junior Lindsay Balsamo reached the finals of the Black Singles Flight draw before dropping identical 6-1 sets to Binghamton’s Sara Kotz. Balsamo teamed up with sophomore Mariam Zein to make it to the finals of the Eagles Double Flight draw against Alana Prinos and Jennifer DeLuca of

Junior Lindsay Balsamo reached the finals of the Black Singles Flight at the three-day Brown Invitational. Balsamo lost in identical 6-1 sets in the championship round to Binghampton’s Sara Kotz. THE DAILY TARGUM / FILE PHOTO / SEPTEMBER 2012 Providence, but lost, 8-6.

Bucca notes the team can learn a lot from the tough competition.

“Year after year, it is reaffirmation that we belong with the elite teams in the region,” Bucca said. “This is a tournament where there are some teams that play at a higher level than we do, so we were excited that we got some really

good victories. The more you compete, the better you get at competing.”

Along with Binghamton, Rutgers faced Boston College, Boston University and Brown, which respectively ended last season third, seventh and 10th in the ITA Nor theast Region Rankings. Other competing teams included Providence, Buf falo, and Massachusetts.

Senior Vanessa Petrini, junior Noor Judeh and sophomores Gina Li and Lindsey Kayati also competed in the tournament, with Petrini and Kayati pairing up in the Eagles Double Flight, as well.

Looking for ward to the rest of the season, the Knights know how impor tant this tournament was for them.

“We went into the week-

end a little ner vous and came out with some valuable experience,” Bucca said. “This year, with so many players returning, we feel like we don’t want to be complacent competitors — we want to be determined competitors.”

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Win Rutgers loses to both Pittsburgh, Morehead State because of poor offensive output, fewer attacks continued from back

her performance this weekend.

“She executes at an extremely high level in the role we have her in,” Werneke said. “She is a constant presence defensively for our team. She accepts that role and plays to the best of her abilities.”

For the match, sophomore outside hitter Alex Lassa also played well. She grabbed her sixth double-double on the year, collecting 22 put downs and 21 digs. Junior setter Nicole Bayer added an impressive 39 assists for the matchup.

The match Friday afternoon saw the Knights lose in four sets to Pittsburgh (28-26, 17-25, 15-25 and 11-25). Rutgers’ former Big East rival out-performed the Knights offensively in the match.

Rutgers hit a dismal .035 against the Panthers (8-5) and saw only Lassa attack for double-digit kills with 12. Rutgers collected 48 digs, with the most coming from Schroeter, but it would prove to be too little.

To open the weekend, the Knights fell to Morehead State (94), perhaps the strongest team of

the tournament, in three sets, 19-25, 19-25 and 20-25.

Rutgers hit better in this match than against the Panthers, but it was still not enough for a victory as the Knights were outhit .170 to .120.

Schroeter pulled in another great game defensively, as she boasted a match-high 23 digs.

Rutgers’ victory against Cornell serves as a positive for it. The Knights also had competitive sets against Morehead State, as well as winning a set against the Panthers.

“We are still fighting some injuries among our team. We need to find some ways to battle and play better at a level I know we are capable of obtaining.” Werneke said.

“There were some bad moments we could play better in moving forward, but I saw some growth that the team can build upon.”

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Sophomore libero Ali Schroeter collect 69 digs in three matches at the Pittsburgh Invitational. She made the All-Tournament team. NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / SEPTEMBER 2013

September 24, 2013 WOMEN’S GOLF

Page 15 KNIGHT NOTEBOOK GRANT MAINTAINS SPECIAL TEAMS AWARD FOR KNIGHTS

Rutgers ties for sixth at Yale Invite

By Sean Stewart Contributing Writer

The Rutgers women’s golf team tied for sixth Sunday at the 17-team Yale Intercollegiate in New Haven, Conn.

Sophomore Samantha Moyal’s Day 3 performance was key to the Scarlet Knights’ finish.

Moyal’s even-par 71 Sunday was the second-best round of the day in the 91-player field, carding 226 to finish tied for 16th.

“The Yale tournament is probably one of the hardest courses I have played in my college career,” Moyal said. “My freshman experience I was intimidated by it. Going into this tournament I just wanted to conquer the course and set an example for the freshmen.”

Sophomore Jackie Mullens also finished among the top 25 competitors, carding 231 to finish tied for 24th in the three-round tournament.

Freshman Maddy Gedeon, sophomore Gabrielle Sacheli and freshman Taylor Clark comprised the rest of the Knights’ scorecard.

Gedeon carded 238 for a 47th-place finish, Sacheli tied for 53rd with 239 and Clark tied for 55th with 240.

“I think they all did very well.

I am very proud of each one of them,” said head coach Maura Ballard. “After each round we talked about what we did well, what we can improve on and everybody took action in all the areas they needed to.

It was a great weekend.”

The Knights could have had an opportunity to place higher, but Sacheli woke up feeling sick just hours before the third round teed off.

Sacheli paced the Knights the first two rounds, shooting a 76 and 74, but carded an 89 on the final day to see her drop from 17th place to 53rd.

“I woke up sick, and I knew that it was not going to be my best day,” Sacheli said. “Physically I wasn’t there, so mentally I could not get myself there. I tried my best, it just wasn’t as great as it could have been.”

Despite her disappointment, the Pittsford, N.Y., native took positives from the tournament and expects to recover the form that helped her tie for eighth Sept. 8 at the Bucknell Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa. “I think my first two days showed what my game has progressed into,” Sacheli said. “I know my game’s there — it’s just that last day I wasn’t feeling well.”

Tournament host Yale captured the team title with a score of 874, besting second-place Xavier by 19 strokes. Yale also won the individual championship thanks to freshman Elisabeth Bernabe carding one-over par (214).

The Knights finished three spots higher than in last year’s intercollegiate. And with this season’s team having less experience than years prior, Ballard believes the future is bright.

“We have a real solid foundation of talent and intellect,” Ballard said.

“They are learning, paying attention to what they are doing well and not doing so well. I think there is so much potential with this team.”

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Freshman returner Janarion Grant won AAC Special Teams Player of the Week for two lengthy punt returns, including one for a touchdown, against Arkansas. Senior Quron Pratt won it last week for a 99-yard scoring kickoff return. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Grant, Nova take weekly AAC awards

By Josh Bakan Sports Editor

It generally takes Rutgers football players months or years after entering the program before they are deemed ready for kickoff or punt returning.

It took freshman wide receiver Janarion Grant a bit less time.

“It was probably one minute after his letter of intent came through the fax machine last February,” said head coach Kyle Flood via teleconference of when he decided Grant would adjust well to punt and/or kickoff returning.

Grant was one of two Scarlet Knights to receive conference honors yesterday, as he earned AAC Special Teams Player of the Week. Junior quarterback Gary Nova received AAC Offensive Player of the Week.

Grant scored on a 58-yard punt return Saturday against Arkansas to initiate 21 unanswered Rutgers points. Then the true freshman returned another punt for 47 yards.

“I thought he could have an immediate impact for us on special teams, even before the season,” Flood said. “And he just

had to show us that he’d be willing to do it within our scheme and protect the football, and he’s done a good job of it so far this year.”

He is the second Knight to win the award after senior wide receiver Quron Pratt took it with a 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown Sept. 14 against Eastern Michigan.

Nova led Saturday’s comeback with two four th-quar ter touchdown passes in the 2824 victor y. Nova threw only 22-for-43 against the Razorbacks, but 6-for-9 in the final two scoring drives.

The

kicker

competition

is even as of now. Whoever kicks Oct. 5 against Southern Methodist depends on who outperforms the other in practice these next two weeks, Flood said.

Sophomore Nick Borgese entered Saturday for sophomore Kyle Federico after Federico missed a 32-yard field goal. Borgese, who made his season debut, made all four extra points but received no field goal opportunities.

“I don’t necessarily think anything is ever equal,” Flood said.

“We’ve had that kind of question posed in the past with different depth chart decisions. What if things are equal? I don’t think things are equal.”

Federico has missed one field goal each game this season, kicking 4-for-8.

Junior center Betim Bujari was a question mark to play Saturday on an offensive line that gave up five sacks against Arkansas.

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Flood

was not satisfied

with his offensive line’s overall performance against Arkansas

and said they must improve during the bye week.

“I am not pleased at all that we gave up the number of sacks that we did, and the majority of those were breakdowns up front — some physical, some mental,” Flood said. “I think those are some of the things that we have to get corrected this week.

But I am pleased that as the game went on, the protection was better.”

Flood also credited Arkansas’ pass pressure, as the Razorbacks sacked Nova five times. Arkansas has out-sacked its opponents, 14-3, this season.

Athletic Director Julie

Hermann and Temple interim Athletic Director Kevin Clark announced yesterday the team settled on a four-game football series.

Rutgers will host Temple on Sept. 19, 2020 and Sept. 17, 2022.

The Owls will host the Knights Sept. 11, 2021 and an undecided day in September 2023.

“I think when college football is regional, it can be at its best because both fan bases get an opportunity to travel, the crowd experience is excellent,” Flood said. “I certainly know a lot of the players run in the same circles, whether they’re high school opponents, high school teammates, recruiting days, there’s a lot of familiarity.”

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— Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood on his predictions for wide receiver Janarion Grant to fit into special teams

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MEN’S SOCCER RUTGERS-DREXEL, TONIGHT, 7 P.M.

Gause shows potential in starting role

By Bradly Derechailo Associate Sports Editor

Sophomore forward J.P. Correa is one of the Knights who will need to step up at Drexel if senior forward Kene Eze cannot play because of a leg injury sustained Friday night against SMU. Correa has only one point this season. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

RU pushes for depth at Drexel

By Greg Johnson Correspondent

If or when Kene Eze returns to the Rutgers men’s soccer team this season remains uncertain, but the Scarlet Knights intend to press forward as if he will not be in the lineup tonight at Drexel.

Head coach Dan Donigan still awaits a firm diagnosis of the senior forward’s leg injury suffered Friday night against Southern Methodist, but he offered his opinion of what happened.

“My guess is he popped his hamstring a little bit,” Donigan said. “It’s probably going to be something we’re going to have to nurse and take really close care of.”

So even if Eze suits up against the Dragons (3-2-1), he may only see limited action.

The Knights (3-3-1) are not oblivious to their second-leading scorer’s impact, but know as a team they possess the depth to grind out wins in his absence.

“He’s a great player. We definitely miss him,” said sophomore forward J.P. Correa.

“But we can’t down ourselves because he’s

not in there. We’ve just got to go to the next guy and move on. It can’t affect us.”

Correa is a key player Rutgers needs to step up in order to fill Eze’s void.

The Montville, N.J. native nearly recorded his second assist of the year against SMU on a cross to freshman midfielder Erik Sa, but has recorded only one shot on goal throughout seven games.

Correa was Rutgers’ leading scorer in 2011 and has slowly worked his way back into

Quentin Gause thought he provided the spark the Rutgers football team needed Saturday when he returned an Arkansas fumble for a touchdown.

The sophomore outside linebacker raced into the end zone, bringing the Scarlet Knights within 10 points. But after a Razorback challenge, the play was negated, leaving Gause in disbelief.

But he did not let the fact his first-career touchdown was taken away bother him.

“I thought it was a touchdown. I saw it on the big screen and I thought it was,” Gause said. “But, I just had to get ready for the next play. We had to go back on the field and get ready for the next play. That’s all you can do.”

Gause was one of the Knights defenders who was instrumental in their 17-point comeback, as the Rochester, N.Y., native regularly got involved.

One of those plays involved senior cornerback Lew Toler, who forced the called-back fumble Gause returned to the house.

Toler believed the team effort on defense throughout the game was reflected in that play.

“We put in all that work throughout the week,” Toler said. “So when you come out with that victory in that type of game in that kind of situation, it feels great.”

Gause’s effort showed up in the stat sheet, as he finished with seven tackles, including three for a loss.

Gause also registered a tackle for loss Sept. 14 against Eastern Michigan, and his play against the Eagles gave him confidence against the Razorbacks.

“I know last week I had a tackle for loss too, but it’s just going out there and playing football,” See POTENTIAL on Page 13

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VOLLEYBALL RUTGERS 3, CORNELL 2

Knights conclude weekend with win

By Tyler Karalewich Staff Writer

The Rutgers volleyball team traveled to Pittsburgh last weekend for the Pitt Panther Invitational. The Scarlet Knights (4-9) reversed their fortune somewhat, as they went 1-2 at the invite.

To close out the weekend, Rutgers faced

New York (NL) Cincinnati

2 3

Washington St. Louis

3 4

Philadelphia Miami

0 4

Houston Texas

0 12

4 5

Toronto Cincago (AL)

Sophomore libero Ali Schroeter led Rutgers’ defensive efforts, as she collected 27 digs against the Big Red. She finished with 69 digs during weekend play, placing her on the All-Tournament team.

Head coach CJ Werneke was pleased with See win on Page 14

2 3

STEFANIE SCHOLZ

was named yesterday to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll. The junior forward scored the game-winning goal Friday in Rutgers’ 2-1 win over Villanova. She leads Rutgers with six goals.

Quentin Gause registered three tackles for loss Saturday against Arkansas.

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Cornell (3-6) in a five-set contest that favored the Knights.

They took Sets 2, 4 and 5 for their lone invite victory.

Rutgers dominated defensively in the match with 11 blocks and 82 digs. The Knights also performed well offensively in the match, as they outhit the Bears, .139 to .080.

Knights schedule

MEN’S GOLF

MEN’S SOCCER

WOMEN’S GOLF

FIELD HOCKEY

at Hartford Invitational

at Drexel

at Penn State Invitational

at Temple

Today Hartford, Conn.

Tonight, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia

Friday State College, Pa.

Friday, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia