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U. professors celebrate Maya Angelou’s legacy KATIE PARK CORRESPONDENT
In late May, students were basking in the warm spring sun, relishing the relief of finishing final exams and slightly thunderstruck by the small mountain of move-out day unpacking awaiting them. While students stowed cavernous suitcases away for the summer, the death of renowned poet Maya Angelou came and went with less fanfare than it might have had if it occurred at any other time of the year.
Evie Shockley, Abena Busia and Cher yl Wall noticed the lack of attention given to Angelou’s passing, so they relived her memor y four months after her funeral at the Center for Race and Ethnicity yesterday on the College Avenue campus. The CRE hosted “Remembering Maya Angelou: A Life in Words,” featuring Shockley and Busia, both associate professors in the English Department ,and Wall, distinguished professor in the same department. SEE LEGACY ON PAGE 4
Different professors in different departments at Rutgers have varying policies about attendance and its influence on students’ grades. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Faculty discuss different approaches to attendance, grading, examinations SABRINA SZTEINBAUM ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
When Johanna Schoen’s son went to college, she became less judgmental about students who never open their syllabus because they lost it on day two. She considers her son, like many other college students, as sweet and talented, yet flaky.
Schoen, the vice chair for undergraduate education, said her own experience has made her more understanding toward the busy and distracted college student, but she did express frustration in students not putting as much time into assignments as she spends grading them. Across the board, professors approach teaching differently
— some professors count attendance as a percentage of students’ grades, while others subscribe to the notion that students can show up for class if they are motivated. Certain professors base grades solely on exams, while others prefer add-in group projects, papers and assignments. SEE APPROACHES ON PAGE 4
City salon donates to local charity SARBJOT KAUR DHILLON CONTRIBUTING WRITER
From left to right: Cheryl Wall, Evie Shockley and Abena Busia, all faculty in the English Department, pay tribute to Maya Angelou yesterday at the Center for Race and Ethnicity on the College Avenue campus. DAPHNE ALVA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
National counterterrorism specialist joins Rutgers LIN LAN CORRESPONDENT
Fear of terrorism has dominated Western culture since the 9/11 attacks in 2001, and most Rutgers students probably do not remember a world where the encountering word “terrorism” was not a common occurrence. Yet in 1983, when John Cohen was a graduate student at the University of Southern California, he presented his prediction of the rise of international crime to a conference of academic experts — and his audience was scandalized. Cohen now serves as the new senior advisor to the Rutgers Institute for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security at New Brunswick. “[In 1983,] I was met with stares, as if to say, ‘How dare you suggest that
international terrorism and crime would be considered a top-tier national security issue worthy of academic study,” Cohen said in an interview with Rutgers Today. Cohen, a newly appointed professor in the Rutgers-Newark School of Criminal Justice, started his career as a police officer in the Department of Defense’s Naval Investigative Service in Long Beach, California, and eventually became an advisor to the federal government on its post-9/11 terrorism prevention tactics. From the late 1980s to the 1990s, which marked the end of the Cold War era, American foreign relations experts focused on Russia, Germany and Japan, Cohen said. Economic security was the main concern in government policy, not terrorism. SEE SPECIALIST ON PAGE 4
Working without pay, the staff of Indigo Hair Salon donated their time yesterday to the Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick for their annual “Cut-A-Thon” event. The Ronald McDonald House charity strives to house families with children with serious medical conditions near neighboring medical facilities. Pria Desai, receptionist at Indigo Hair Salon, said all the proceeds, including tips, were going to the charity. Indigo is located at 354 George St. in New Brunswick. Star ting at 10 a.m., the salon of fered $22 haircuts, $28 Brazilian Bikini Waxes, $14 blow-outs and $8 eyebrow contours. Nychey Michel, assistant house manager of the Ronald McDonald House of New Brunswick, said they needed the volunteers to help keep the House running in tip-top shape. “It’s about compassion and caring,” she said. The salon contributes the annual “Cut-A-Thon” profits to different charities ever y year, including the Susan G. Komen foundation and the local community. This past year, the salon adopted four families from a local elementar y school. The proceeds
from the “Cut-A-Thon” went to Christmas presents and a par ty for the children. “Ever yone’s been raised or born [in] this area, or were students and went to school here.” Desai said. “We usually like to stay with something local since we do have a lot of ties with the community.” This event once generated approximately $4,000, and the salon hopes to reach that amount once more. The income will help the House ser ve daily meals with
their 56 regular volunteers — not including the 50 or so that help cook those meals. The House has residents from the community and from dif ferent nations to cater to the dif ferent needs of individual families. The salon’s profits will go to the maintenance of these resources. “What I hear from the families is that it really is like grandma’s house. It’s comfor ting [when] ever ything’s taken care of. So that’s rewarding,” Michel said.
Indigo Hair Salon, located at 354 George St., donated funds from “Cut-A-Thon” to the Ronald McDonald House charity. TIANFANG YU / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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SUKKAH SET-UP Rutgers Hillel is building a sukkah next to Brower Commons for the Jewish festival of Sukkot. The temporary construction will be up for the next week for students to celebrate the occasion. DENNIS ZURAW / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
U. poll shows lack of poison services use by NJ residents MEGAN DOUGHERTY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
One in 20 New Jersey residents would do nothing in a situation where a friend or family member was in need of poison control services, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Public Health Series poll. Created in collaboration between the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling and the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, the poll shows 31 percent of individuals would be “very likely” to turn to the Internet for information on a potential issue before calling a poison center. David Redlawsk, director of the ECPIP, said the poll was created in order to showcase issues that can affect anyone. “We wanted practical questions that could be asked in a survey and could provide important information about public health issues,” said Redlawsk, also a professor of political science at Rutgers. ECPIP has conducted a variety of polls in the past, mainly focusing on politics, but have chosen to use their partnership with NJMS to bring awareness to more specific health issues. Although the poll states that 42 percent of New Jersey residents will contact family or friends in a poison emergency, this may not be the fastest course of action. Steven Marcus, executive director of the New Jersey Poison Information & Education System, said the best and most effective
way to gain insight on a potentially dangerous situation is to call the poison center. “The idea is to help professionals as well as the public,” he said. “The professionals that cannot always keep up to date on the changes in therapies and the public so that they have a way to call to get reliable information on what to do.” He has been involved with NJPIES since it was founded in 1983 and has witnessed changes that have occurred, including the loss of funds.
“Those kinds of behaviors, like making sure that those poisons are safely stored, can make a big difference.” DAVID REDLAWSK Director of Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling
Although NJPIES receives 65,000 calls to their hotline annually, there has been a steady decline. “Over the past 15 to 20 years — globally, not just in New Jersey but across the country — the calls to poison centers have decreased in total number, but the severity of the poisonings have increased,” he said. Allison Ameduri, a graduate student in the School of Communication and Information, is part
of the younger generation that has become accustomed to using the web. “After I, or someone else, was affected by a poisoning, I am sure I would be all over the Internet looking for resources and trying to understand what is going on,” she said. No matter how good the Internet is, Marcus said it is not “terribly useful” for information to determine whether or not someone has dangerously overdosed. It is a time-consuming process that does not always provide the most credible information, Redlawsk said. The most effective way to receive information is to call NJPIES, a 24/7 service that is run by professional health care specialists. They aim to help make things work in a more orderly fashion and with less risk. One misconception about poison cases is the belief they can be controlled. “You cannot control poisons, you can prevent poisonings and respond to them but you can not control them,” Marcus said. Marcus and Redlawsk said prevention is key in keeping safe from potential poisoning. Medications that are potentially poisonous, if taken in large amounts or for the wrong purpose, should be locked and secure. “Those kinds of behaviors, like making sure that those poisons are safely stored, can make a big difference,” Redlawsk said.
In addition to locking away harmful substances, Marcus said it is equally important for people to know know the medicines in their cabinet. A great deal of drug companies create products that are visually similar, which can turn into a potentially harmful situation. The recommended procedure in the case that someone may
have been poisoned is to call NJPIES before 911 or rushing to the hospital. “Before you do anything, don’t give the person anything to drink or make them vomit, call the 800 number and somebody here [at the center] will sort out the details and decide what is needed,” Marcus said.
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In RBS, professors take attendance, but decide whether or not it affects final grade
Cohen, Farmer plan to work on a project to bring both the law, criminal justice schools together
orize the presidents of Mexico during the 19th centur y. Instead, Schoen, an associate profes- they should know what it was sor in the Department of Histo- like to live in a particular era as r y, never took attendance when an ordinar y person and know she began her career at Rutgers the major issues they faced. When he started to move away three years ago. She now counts attendance from exams, he gave students and participation as a combined the option to either write papers 25 percent of students’ grades, or continue to take exams in adand she also has students com- dition to papers. Wasserman views the syllabus plete short assignments to check whether or not they have as a contract. “You come to class, and you done the reading. She finds they listen to me, and you listen to perform better this way. “I moved from ‘students are your fellow students, but your adults, I’m not going to take at- part of the bargain is you have to tendance, we’re not in kinder- come,” he said. “I have to come garten,’ to taking regular atten- — you have to come.” Martin Markowitz, senior dance to make sure they keep associate dean of the Rutgers up,” Schoen said. Before she implemented atten- Business School, said profesdance and regular assignments, sors approach attendance in difstudents would not engage with ferent ways, from not taking atmaterial. They would come to tendance to penalizing students her at the end of the semester for it. In RBS, professors are told resentful of their bad grade. “In the end, I think they are to take attendance, but whether grateful at the fact that they they count it as a part of the stuhave to engage with the material dent’s grade is up to them. Specifically in management … and that they come to class, they watch the films, they listen classes, attendance is vital beto the discussions, and they ac- cause students interact in teams. Ninety percent of the time, tually got something out of it,” Markowitz bases the grades he she said. To find out whether a student gives students on exams. He said as far as homework, has attended class, Schoen has them fill out notecards answer- students are doing it for their ing a question relating to the benefit and not for his. If they choose not to do it, they are major theme of that day’s class. When Schoen was a younger losing out. “Students instructor, she are adults, would assign they have a rereadings with“You come to class, and sponsibility to out discussing you listen to me and ... do the coursethem in class. Students comyour fellow students, but work to do well plained that your part of the bargain is in class,” he said. “This isn’t there was no you have to come.” high school point in doing anymore.” the readings. MARK WASSERMAN M a r t h a Schoen now Chair of Department of History Haviland, direcintegrates all tor of the Office readings into of Undergradclass discussions, which also requires her to uate Instruction and a School of Arts and Sciences professor of choose readings more carefully. Another factor that affects the biology, said no specific policies way Schoen approaches teaching are in place to direct the ways is Rutgers’ environment. During professors approach teaching. “Because we don’t have a her 12-year career at the University of Iowa, she never took general policy, and it’s left up to attendance and students were a [the] instructor, they’re usually bit more responsive to what the choosing an assessment method that makes sense for the coninstructors asked of them. When she got to Rutgers, her tent,” she said. Science tends to be collaboracolleagues encouraged her to take attendance. Her colleagues tive, she said. A lot of the ways also taught her to test the waters professors measure student with less traditional assignments learning is looking at the way that make it impossible for stu- they perform in groups. In the course she will teach in dents to plagiarize. “It’s frustrating because I feel the spring “Biology, Society and like I have to trick my students Biomedical Issues,” she has stuinto doing the work,” Schoen said. dents take exams and write paMark Wasserman, chair of the pers. The students review both Department of Histor y, teaches primar y and secondar y sources courses like “Histor y of Mod- to satisfy a learning goal of the ern Latin America,” “Revolution course to assess different types in Latin America” and a senior of information in science. Haviland does not count atseminar on New Jersey during tendance as a part of students’ the Great Depression. When Wasserman began grades, but she does give inteaching at the University 37 class questions, so if students years ago, he based grades on a skip, they do not get the points. “If you pay tuition, part of that midterm, final and paper. “That sort of evolved over the is you’re paying for lectures. years, and about 15 years ago, You’re paying for my office I decided that I didn’t think ex- hours. You’re paying for me to ams were worthwhile anymore,” respond to you via email and to talk to you before and after he said. He did not think it was all that class, and they should utilize all important that students mem- of those resources,” she said. CONTINUED FROM FRONT
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While working in the narcotics police division, Cohen once witnessed a drug trafficker desperately contacting his customers for cocaine, causing law enforcement officers to doubt that he was actually a big-time dealer. It turned out that when the dealer was not moving cocaine, he had to scrounge around for recreational drugs just like any other drug user, Cohen said. He learned that regardless of what past experiences and patterns taught him, he had to look at every situation with an objective, fresh eye. “I really came to learn that sometimes in the name of security, we forget the impact of what we are doing can have on the very people it’s intended to help,” he said. Cohen realized law enforcement also needs the presence and partnership of mental health care providers, faith groups and local community groups to address the psychological needs of individuals affected by violence. “You’ll only be effective in that community when you are partners with that community,” he said. What really drew Cohen to Rutgers were the opportunities to put theory into practice. The University’s many institutes and centers attest to the emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. John Farmer Jr., a professor in the Rutgers School of Law-New-
ark, said Cohen played a prominent role in securing a donation from the Miller Family International Initiative Fund, which Rutgers alumnus Paul Miller established in support of interdisciplinary research on critical international issues. Cohen and Farmer will work together on a project to bring both the law and criminal justice schools together to aid victimized communities in the United States, Europe and across the world. The effort will involve both virtual communication and traveling abroad. Farmer is leaving for Par-
John Cohen recently joined Rutgers as a senior advisor to the Institute for Emergency Preparedness and Homeland Security. COURTESY OF JOHN COHEN
LEGACY Even after Angelou’s plan to experiment with men, sexual normalcy was still in question CONTINUED FROM FRONT
Mia Kissil, senior project coordinator at the CRE, said the four women discussed the idea of a lecture in memor y of Angelou while out for lunch at the end of the spring semester. “We wanted to sor t of mark the passing of Maya Angelou, who died back in May, and just sor t of bring together some scholars who could speak about the impact that her work had on them both personally and as professors,” she said. The event was a response to Angelou’s death, but it also had the broader intention of addressing issues of race and various ideas that relate to race. “What you looking at me for?” Wall said, as she star ted to read from Angelou’s “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” at the beginning of the event. “What you looking at me for?” is the line that jumps out ever y few lines in Angelou’s recount of her childhood. It is the sentence that encapsulates her alienation from being young, black and female in Arkansas. It is the thought that made Angelou say she wished she would wake up one day and have blonde hair, as opposed to the kinky “matted” hair she had, or bright blue eyes instead
is, France, soon to teach for the fall semester. Shadd Maruna, dean of the School of Criminal Justice, said via email the school has a large undergraduate program and a popular master’s degree course with evidence-based approaches to criminal justice. “I could see John Cohen, with his extraordinary career background, making a real contribution to either of [our] programs,” Maruna said. The school is internationally renowned for its research and scholarship on crime and justice with a particular reputation for studying practical, real-world impacts on the law enforcement world, he said. “[Cohen] brings to Rutgers tremendous expertise at every level of law enforcement and really striking proper balance between aggressive policing and respect for individual rights,” Farmer said. “I think we’re lucky to have him.”
of the “chinaman” eyes she inherited from her father — small and upturned. Angelou is “tongue-tied and embarrassed,” she said, and elicits the reader’s sympathies. Young Angelou is ner vous and insecure, black in a world where pale skin, blonde hair and blue eyes are hailed the paragon of beauty. But Angelou’s stor y is not an isolated situation.
“I was thankful to Maya Angelou for telling my story right.” CHERYL WALL Associate Professor in English Department
“I was thankful to Maya Angelou for telling my story right,” Wall said. Shockley continued, reading an excerpt from “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” although she flipped to the end of the book. The situation Angelou por trays at age 16 is no less relatable to the reader than the ones from her childhood. Angelou is questioning her gender and sexuality, Shockley said, and in the process of seeking a boyfriend — or at least a
sexual par tner — to help her navigate the murky waters. She sets her eye on two boys that lived “up the hill” in her neighborhood. Acting with resolve, she planned a “char t of seduction” that would ensnare one of them into her grasp. Amid gales of laughter, Shockley narrated Angelou’s first consensual sexual act. But even after Angelou’s elaborate plan to experiment with men, sexual normalcy was still in question. “The characteristics of female anatomy we conflate with gender — Angelou was questioning [them] before there was a real, or popular, theoretical discourse about gender and sex,” Shockley said. The questions she asked about gender and sex took the issues apar t, but she also simultaneously put them together to help foster cogent discussion about what they actually mean. Angelou’s candid mulling over her sexual identity enabled a generation of “powerful conversations” that helped educators like Shockley raise the question of what it means to be a woman in a classroom at Rutgers. Kiesha Pringley-Mack, a member of the audience, said Angelou had the wisdom and foresight that gave her the impression that she managed to fit multiple lifetimes into one. People are talented, she said, but not multi-talented. Angelou was part of that coveted minority. “She’s really the essence of what it means to be beautifully human,” she said.
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Ferguson resident Curtis Sadler holds a placard as he gathers with other protesters across the street from the police department on Sept. 26. REUTERS
Missouri police prepare for possible riots if jury fails to indict Brown cop FERGUSON, MISSOURI - Missouri authorities are drawing up contingency plans and seeking intelligence from U.S. police departments on out-ofstate agitators, fearing that fresh riots could erupt if a grand jury does not indict a white officer for killing a black teen. The plans are being thrashed out in meetings being held two to three times a week, according to people who have attended them. The FBI said it was also involved in the discussions. Details of the meetings and intelligence sharing by Missouri police agencies and their counterparts in other parts of the country have not been reported before. The grand jury is expected to decide next month whether to bring criminal charges against police officer Darren Wilson, who shot dead Michael Brown, 18, on Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Missouri. In differing accounts, police have said Brown struggled with Wilson before the fatal shots were fired. But some witnesses say Brown held up his hands and was surrendering when he was shot multiple times in the head and chest. If charges are not brought against Wilson, police fear an outbreak of violence not just in the St. Louis suburb ofFerguson, but across the greater metropolitan area and even in other U.S. cities, according to St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar and others involved in the planning meetings.
James Knowles, the Ferguson mayor who has been attending the meetings, told Reuters the fear is that if violence is triggered by the grand jury decision, “the unrest is going to be far beyond the city of Ferguson.” Brown’s killing sparked days of protests in Ferguson in August and looting that caused millions of dollars of property damage. Police were sharply criticized for what was seen as a heavy handed response to the protests, firing tear gas and arresting hundreds of people. Protestors and civil rights groups say Brown’s death is part of a national epidemic in which a disproportionately high number of unarmed black men are fatally shot by white police officers, an allegation police deny. Missouri law enforcement of ficials have been in contact with police chiefs in Los Angeles, New York, Florida and Cincinnati, Ohio as they prepare for the grand jur y decision, Belmar said. Of the 227 people arrested between Aug. 10 and Sept. 9 in connection with protests over Brown’s death, 36 were from outside Missouri, including seven from New York, 12 from Illinois and five from California, according to arrest records provided by the St. Louis county police. “We know outside groups visited us in August. We are expecting that different people will come in from outside the St. Lou-
is area,” if the grand jury decides not to indict Wilson, Belmar said. One focus of the meetings has been on how to respond in the event of riots, the police chief said. Police faced a public backlash when they initially deployed armored carriers and carried military-style assault rifles after Brown’s shooting. Representatives of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, St. Louis County Police, St. Louis city police and Ferguson police have been attending the meetings, Belmar said. The top FBI official in St Louis, Agent William Woods, attended a strategy meeting last week, said St. Louis FBI spokeswoman Rebecca Wu. Plans have not been finalized. It was announced last week that the St. Louis County Police will take the lead from the tiny Ferguson force in patrolling the city’s streets. The contingency planning comes as black and white residents of Ferguson, a city fraught with racial tensions and simmering anger after Brown’s death, brace for the grand jury decision. The nine white and three black jurors have heard evidence from dozens of witnesses, including Wilson, who has been under police protection at an undisclosed location since the shooting, said Bob McCulloch, the chief St. Louis county prosecutor overseeing the grand jur y proceedings. —Reuters
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the biggest private-sector employer in the United States, said yesterday it was ending healthcare coverage for tens of thousands of part-time workers to cut costs in a move that could prompt other companies to follow suit. The world’s largest retailer said it will stop offering health benefits for employees who work less than 30 hours a week, a change that will affect 2 percent of its U.S. workforce of about 1.3 million, or some 26,000 people. Coverage will be discontinued from Jan. 1, 2015. On that date the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, will require all companies employing 50 or more people to offer health insurance to those working at least 30 hours a week. Wal-Mart flagged rising health care costs as a problem in August, when it cut its annual profit forecast. It said more people than expected had enrolled in its plans and said its annual forecast for health care costs had increased by 50 percent. “Like ever y company, WalMart continues to face rising health care costs,” Sally Welborn, senior vice president of global benefits, wrote in a blog on the company’s website. “This year, the expenses were significant and led us to make some tough decisions as we begin our annual enrollment.” The move came a week before Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillion and other top executives are due to address fund
managers and analysts at an annual meeting for the investment community. Wal-Mart has been struggling to boost profits, with same-store sales flat or declining for the past six quarters. Brian Yarbrough, an analyst at Edward Jones, said the decision by Wal-Mart could force other retailers to rethink their offering such benefits, especially given tough competition in the industry. All retailers are “trying to cut expenses, to keep things lean,” Yarbrough said. “At some point you start looking across the board, and this is probably the next place to start looking at cuts.” Wal-Mart said the move will bring it in line with many competitors. Among others, Wal-Mar t cited Target Corp, which said in Januar y it will stop of fering coverage to par t-time workers, and Home Depot Inc, which said in September it will shift coverage for par t-time staf f to public exchanges. Brian J. Marcotte, president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health, which represents large employers on health issues, said many companies decided before the enactment of Obamacare not to provide health care coverage to part-time workers. “It comes down to these very competitive industries like retail and hospitality that operate with very tight margins and have to make difficult decisions on health care costs.” — Reuters
RAISE RALLY U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks with politicians and business owners in a round table discussion on raising the minimum wage at Casa Don Juan restaurant in Las Vegas. REUTERS
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ON THE MOVE Turkish soldiers patrol on an armoured army vehicle on the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc in the Sanliurfa province. REUTERS
Hong Kong protestors agree to hold talks with goverment HONG KONG - Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong agreed with the city’s government late yesterday to start formal talks later this week to address concerns that have brought tens of thousands of people onto the city’s streets. The student-led demonstrations have calmed since clashes with police over a week ago, and the number of protesters has fallen since violent scuffles broke out at the weekend between demonstrators and pro-Beijingopponents. Yesterday, a few hundred protesters remained camped out on the roads leading into the city’s main government and business districts, blocking traffic and causing some of the city’s schools to close. The protesters have demanded that the city’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying step down and that China allow Hong Kong people the right to vote for a leader of their choice in 2017 elections. China wants to select candidates for the election. Leung, appointed by China, has ignored calls to step down. “We have confirmed that we will hold the first round of meetings on Friday at 4 p.m.,” Lau Kong-wah, the government’s undersecretary of constitutional and mainland affairs, said after a discussion with student representatives yesterday. The talks would focus on “the basis for political development and the legal implementations of these political reforms,” he said, referring to plans for the 2017 election of the Chief Executive, Hong Kong’s leader. Student leader Lester Shum confirmed that the students would take part as a way to convey their message to senior government leaders, but said he was “angry and disappointed” that the talks were expected to be limited in scope. The protests would continue until “practical measures [have] been forged between the govern-
ment and the people,” he said. Any violence or attempts to clear the students would affect the talks, he said. The ‘Occupy Central’ protests, an idea conceived over a year ago referring to the Central business district, have presented Beijing with one of its biggest political challenges since it crushed pro-democracy demonstrations in and around Tiananmen Square in the Chinese capital in 1989. Beijing fears that calls for democracy in Hong Kong could spread to mainland China. The Communist Partyleadership has dismissed the Hong Kong protests as illegal and has left the city’s Beijing-appointed leader Leung to find a solution. Protesters relaxed blockades of some key roads in the downtown area this week, home to banks, upscale shopping malls and the stock exchange. “We know we have caused some inconvenience but we have our reasons,” said Ronald Chan, a recent university graduate who was one of several protesters manning a barricade in the Central business district, but allowing delivery vans and garbage trucks in and out. “We hope that other people understand.” With trunk roads occupied by protesters, alternative routes into the city have quickly become clogged. Traffic jams on Hong Kong Island and across Victoria Harbour in Kowloon stretched back miles in some places. Passengers trying to get onto underground trains were packed tight yesterday as they queued up two levels and spilled out onto the street near the main protest site in the Admiralty district. Retail authorities have warned that a quick solution is needed before the former British colony suffers a fall in October sales, an important shopping month that encompasses the Golden Week
A sign featuring umbrellas, which has become a symbol of the pro-democracy demonstrators, is displayed in a tent built on Nathan Road, the main north-south route of Kowloon peninsula, which has been blocked by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong’s Mongkok shopping district. REUTERS
holiday period, for the first time since 2003. The Hong Kong Retail Management Association said late on Monday that sales at chain stores had dropped between 30 and 45 percent from Oct. 1-5 in Admiralty and Central, as well as in the nearby shopping district of Causeway Bay.
Sales fell just as sharply across the harbor in Kowloon’s working class district of Mong Kok, scene of some of the most violent clashes between protesters and police and pro-Beijing groups. Many Hong Kong businesses were already struggling before the latest demonstrations, a month-
ly survey by HSBC and Markit Group showed on Tuesday. New business fell for the fifth straight month in September, while firms reduced staffing levels for the sixth consecutive month. The rate of job shedding was the quickest in four months. — Reuters
October 8, 2014
FOOD & DRINK
DJ’s Dessert Shop brings sweet boardwalk treats to Rutgers
Left: DJ’s Dessert Shop is located on 53 Easton Ave. and offers a variety of dessert options, such as deep-fried dishes, crepes, ice cream or coffee. Right: The interior of the dessert shop has a calm and relaxing atmosphere, making it a great study or hang-out spot to take a break from city life. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / PHOTO EDITOR
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Just as the weather slowly sheds its heat and students start to trade tank tops for oversized sweaters and flip-flops for fuzzy socks, cue DJ’s Dessert Shop on Easton Avenue to save us from these cold-weather blues. I was greeted by a mini replicated boardwalk before reaching the front door and was carried back to the careless summers I’d spent balancing oversized stuffed animals in one hand with a melting double-scooped ice cream dripping on the other. Squeezed in between Thomas Sweets and Stuff Yer Face, DJ’s Dessert Shop sits proudly with its bright orange overhang. On the inside, taupe walls and white molding line the spacious store, and the open kitchen shows that this place has nothing to hide. The menu is separated into categories: deep-fried treats, ice cream, crepes, coffee/espresso beverages/smoothies and soda. The friendly staff helped me decide what to try of the shop’s favorites when I reached the cash register. My final order: deep-fried Twinkies, deep-fried Oreos with bananas, a monkey bread crepe and a caramel macchiato. My reaction: Is this what heaven feels like? Unlike the steep prices charged down the shore, the prices at DJ’s were very reasonable for a college town, especially for its portions. While waiting for my food, I sat down at a table near two Rutgers students who were just about to dig into a funnel cake, one of DJ’s deep-fried menu choices. Both were returning customers who only had great things to say about the establishment. “The food is good and different from other places,” said Kat Schneider, a Mason Gross School of the Arts senior. As a proud kid of the 1990s, I found the deep-fried Twinkies to be a surreal experience. Topped with the perfect amount of powdered sugar and chocolate syrup, the Twinkie’s warm cream center was sweet enough to fulfill any sugary craving.
For round two, I tried the monkey bread crepe, which was a mix of cinnamon, sugar and whipped cream. Other crepe choices on the menu incorporated s’mores, peanut butter and jelly or strawberry banana. The minute the monkey bread crepe reached my tongue, I was reminded of the millions of bowls of cinnamon toast crunch cereal I consumed throughout my childhood years. The crepe itself was not too thin, allowing it to hold the perfect amount of toppings. I also enjoyed that the combination of cinnamon and sugar was not too overpowering. The one item on the menu the staff collectively said was one of their most popular was the deep-fried Oreos with bananas. In the past, I’ve found fried Oreos to be extremely sweet and at times nauseating. But DJ’s managed to prove me completely wrong. The ratio of banana to Oreo created a taste that was sweet but subdued as well. Combining these two balanced out the high sweetness level of the Oreos. I can now say my love for deep-fried Oreos has been revived. Emily Dalton, a Mason Gross senior, expressed her thoughts about the deep-fried Oreos. “I love fried Oreos in general, to be able to get them here is great,” she said. As an avid caffeine lover, I was delighted to see the menu offered different types of coffee choices from regular coffee to vanilla lattes and espressos. After trying caramel macchiatos at many different businesses, DJ’s now ranks as my favorite. Often times, caramel macchiatos are either overwhelmingly strong in coffee taste or give you the feeling that you’re drinking caramel syrup. DJ’s caramel macchiato has a great caramel to coffee ratio, which makes for a refreshing pick-me-up, whether you’re starting a long day of classes in the morning or staying up late at night studying.
Top: The deep-fried Oreos also include bananas inside that balance out the sweet chocolate and creamy flavor. Bottom: The deep-fried Twinkie, topped with powdered sugar and chocolate syrup, puts a great twist on the classic childhood snack. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / PHOTO EDITOR Owners Dennis Smith and his wife Joy Smith explained opening up DJ’s was a dream they’ve had for a long time. They tried to incorporate different fairground and boardwalk-type ideas and foods into a single business. Although they had other options for location, they felt that the influx of college students
in New Brunswick and the Rutgers community as a whole made it the perfect place to start a business. In a busy and crowded college town such as New Brunswick, popular cafés tend to leave no room for calm and quiet spots to unwind. DJ’s Dessert Shop brings students together at a conveniently close location.
“We just want it to be a cool, hip place for people to come grab a bite to eat, have a cup of coffee, if they want to relax and study a little bit,” Dennis Smith said. “Really just a nice, relaxed college atmosphere.” For more stories on arts and entertainment, food and lifestyle, go to targuminsidebeat.com.
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Haters gonna hate ... anonymously Internet users must maintain ownership of words, actions online
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ast Carolina State University’s student more often than not it’s just used as a platform newspaper has a feature called “Pirate to be unnecessarily abhorrent. The power of anRants” where students can have their onymity apparently gives some people a sense of opinion-based tirades published anonymously in entitlement to say whatever they want to without the paper. A recent rant caused controversy for any regard for the consequences. This feeling of its racist under tones: “Will someone explain to freedom leads many to post whatever they want me why there’s no ‘White Student Union?’ … I without having to take responsibility for it. We’re constantly told to be careful when we’re feel underrepresented.” Understandably, people were upset. Some be- on the Internet — anything and ever ything we lieved it was a direct attack on the Black Student do online is there forever, and there’s always the Union, while others just thought it was a stupid risk that a dumb post we made on MySpace in the comment that shouldn’t have been published. past might come back to haunt us at a job interBut on the not-so-understandable side, the edi- view. But why be so cautious when you can just tor-in-chief of the paper actually received death be anonymous instead? Social media is moving threats for publishing the rant — including one more and more toward the trend of anonymous posting — the popularity of Yik Yak is a testathat “called for her beheading by ISIS.” ment to that. And while Both the “Pirate Rant” the option of remaining itself and the reactions to anonymous can someit are the kinds of ridic“The power of anonymity times be a good thing ulous, over the top and apparently gives some people a by encouraging particiunacceptable comments pation and discussion, it that only someone comsense of entitlement to say also breeds a strange culfortably hiding behind whatever they want to without of aggression on the an anonymous username any regard for the consequences.” ture Internet that wasn’t as could make. prevalent before. AnonyEast Carolina, we feel mous commenters don’t you. As the editorial have to take responsibilboard of The Daily Targum, we get a lot of flack for pretty much any and ity for their words anymore — so they don’t. And ever y opinion we publish. Many of our writers are more often than not, the dissociation of these targeted by people who anonymously leave their commenters from their words online unfortuangr y comments on almost ever y article on our nately manifests itself in the form of hostile or website (and we’re sure many of you haters are inappropriate behavior that they might never enreading this). While we encourage phone calls, gage in if it was in “real life.” Maybe being anonymous helps Internet users meetings and letters to the editor to address concerns one might have with our content, it’s the participate in online discussions without feeling comments section of our website with its option self-conscious. Maybe you’re just a private perof remaining anonymous that seems to bring out son, and you don’t want your name on the Internet if you can help it. But if you’re anonymous the worst in some people. Internet anonymity can get pretty out of con- because you’re not willing to take responsibility trol. While we recognize some of the benefits, for what you do and say online, then don’t do it.
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Embrace morality of free market economy LEGALIZING LIFE MATTHEW BOYER
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he free market is the moral option when it comes to economic systems. This is something you don’t hear ever yday, especially in progressive academia. But what is it about the free market that makes it superior to other potential economic models? Are capitalists truly greedy pigs, or are they self-interested humans who increase our prosperity? What about entrepreneurs who employ themselves? The key to understanding the free market is that it is synonymous with free choice and a free society. A truly free market has characteristics of peace and prosperity: competing currencies, innovation, business competition, spontaneous order and the non-aggression principle. These realities of liber ty foster an environment of equal oppor tunity. Many agree free trade has been crucial in lifting millions out of pover ty, and they should equally recognize the role of competing currencies in this prosperity. Competing currencies enable a diverse economic environment stronger than a strictly singular fiat currency-based system. When an individual in the marketplace has the ability to purchase goods and ser vices with tangible wealth such as gold, a new age currency like Bitcoin or simply the U.S. Dollar, that individual has greater freedom of choice in his or her exchange. I believe there is a relationship between several currency options and prosperity for individuals. For example, the exclusion of third-par ty inter vention in one-on-one Bitcoin exchanges fosters a financial trade with new potential for prosperity. Fur thermore, the existence of Bitcoin is thanks to market prosperity spurred by
Internet freedom. When progressives jump to regulate Bitcoin, it raises questions about their motives. The desire to regulate Bitcoin is not the only free market characteristic many progressives wish to suppress. As of late, Democrats and Republicans have attempted to shut down two of the greatest marketplace achievements in recent histor y: the ride-sharing application Uber and the ultra-ef ficient Tesla Motors. Uber uses geographic pinpoints on your smar tphone to connect you with local drivers for cheaper than a cab. Uber drivers use quality vehicles and treat their customers well — sometimes
“The key to understanding the free market is that it is synonymous with free choice and a free society.” providing you with mints and water as they ask about your day. The driver and the passenger must rate each other, and you never exchange currency by hand because it is all done through your phone straight to the company. As local cab monopolies experienced plummeting sales, the government began to send Uber cease and desist orders. Such mandates are antithetical to a free market because they illustrate how governmental inter vention suppresses innovation and the potential prosperity of Uber drivers who are pursuing the American dream. Not to mention, they are undermining the consumer by taking away the cheaper option. This cronyism favors the government-endorsed cabbies who would other wise respond to the profit and loss signals of the free market and, therefore, innovate their own business models. As for Tesla Motors, the government and preexisting
automotive giants have been attempting to regulate the market exchanges between Tesla Motors and consumers. These progressive policies highlight the cronyism of both par ties, which undermines our economic and civil liber ties. In a truly free market, it is rare that one’s liber ty and prosperity are undermined. The basis of free trade is that both par ties involved experience a positive exchange. Renowned economist Milton Friedman once recognized this when he noted, “The most impor tant single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both par ties benefit.” Friedman graduated from Rutgers with a specialization in mathematics and economics, yet his is a name rarely touted on our politically active campus. Friedman’s appreciation for a free market connects the prosperity of capitalism with the peaceful nature of free trade. Any Liber tarian will tell you that a free society is founded on the non-aggression principle. This ethical stance is the principle that aggression is illegitimate and that coercion is antithetical to a free society. Therefore, one must act peacefully to prosper. It is the reality of liber ty that makes a free market not just an ideal economic system, but also one that is practical. The ability of individuals to peacefully exercise their natural spontaneous order in a free society enables the marketplace to grow without sacrificing individual’s civil liber ties. It is the potential of such circumstances that brings people from across the globe to the free world. Liber ty is a truly a whole, not separated or confined as many want to define it. Matthew Boyer is a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior majoring in political science. He is the president of the Rutgers Young Americans for Liber ty Chapter. His column, “Legalizing Life,” runs on alternate Wednesdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
ISIS hostage situation hits close to home On Oct. 1, 2013, the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria took my cousin Peter Kassig captive. He was on his way to Deir Ezzor in Eastern Syria with Special Emergency Response and Assistance, the humanitarian organization he founded. His parents, Paula and Edward Kassig, kept silent about this for a year until a video of the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning was released on Oct. 3, 2014 because they proclaimed Peter would be next. As far as I knew, he was in the Middle East working with people who gave him medical attention, training and food. He lives to do the most good he can because all he wants to do is help, not harm anyone. This made the news of his capture that much more of shock. That moment was absolutely surreal. A lot of times, everything on the news seems to have little to do with you, especially when it’s somewhere “over there.” Now “over there” is at my doorstep. Half a world away, Peter is in some dusty country in the Middle East going through something I can’t even imagine. Right now, there is nothing I want more than to see Peter, to make sure he’s okay. I pray that God watches over him and brings him home. For now, I don’t know much about what’s going on. I am mostly relying on the news to keep up with him. My family and I can only hope he comes home unscathed. My cousins Edward and Paula have left their home, for the moment at least, to escape media attention. At this time, I do not know where they are. If you happen to be reading this, I hope and pray you stay strong. You two and Peter have not left my thoughts and prayers since Friday. I think I can speak for the family when I say we can’t wait for his safe return. Dan is a School of Arts and Sciences junior. Dan requested the omission of his personal information for privacy’s sake.
Misinformed article spreads lies by normalizing Hamas COMMENTARY DANIELLE DOSSANTOS
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argarita Rosario’s column titled “Hamas is not ISIS, ISIS is not Hamas: UN speech misleading” does not offer insight to what the title suggests. Indeed, there are similarities and differences between Hamas and ISIS worth consideration, yet her writing consists of ill-founded, poorly researched arguments and false information regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Throughout the column, Rosario fails to distinguish between Hamas and the Palestinians. Governing the Gaza strip since 1997, Hamas is a terrorist organization, as designated by the U.S. Secretary of State, and the Palestinians are a people group who reside primarily in the Gaza strip, the West Bank and Israel, under the leadership of Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and Israeli Democracy, respectively. Israel is the only fully functioning democracy in the Middle East, and therefore all citizens living within its borders (including Palestinian Israelis) receive freedom of religion, speech and respect of human rights. These basic freedoms are not granted on the same level to Palestinians who live under the control of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas. In regards to Netanyahu’s statement in his United Nations speech, “ISIS is Hamas and
Hamas is ISIS,” Rosario misinterprets the statement as if it was directed to the Palestinian people as a whole. She argues, “Palestinians are not the war criminals, as Netanyahu so ineptly suggested.” Of course they are not. There is an obvious distinction between Hamas, the true war criminal, and the Palestinians who are suffering in Gaza. However, Rosario defines Hamas as a “Palestinian nationalist movement,” that is “aimed at re-
estinian civilians in Gaza under Hamas’ control are living in extreme poverty, and their human rights are being violated as homes and schools are used as military bases, and women and children are used as human shields. Funding and resources intended for civilians is reallocated by Hamas for missiles and weaponry. Ironically, Israel supplies Gaza with the electricity, cement and other materials that are in turn being used to make
“[Hamas and ISIS] are not identical, and I commend any writer who is interested in composing an intellectual and fact-based article on what sets the two groups apart. Yet, there is an unquestionable, critical similarity: Both ISIS and Hamas are terrorist groups …” sisting Israeli expansion into the West Bank,” completely disregarding the fact that Hamas is a terrorist organization with a charter that calls for the destruction of all Jews in Article Seven. Hamas refuses to recognize the right for Israel to exist, with a mission is to destroy Israel in its entirety. Rosario’s writing is offensive in its attempt to shine a positive light on Hamas, as she continues onward to mention that the terrorist organization is the “largest means of social welfare” for Palestinians, “contributing greatly to the running of schools, mosques and medical centers.” In reality, innocent Pal-
tunnels for the storage of rockets and kidnapping of Israelis. Clearly Hamas is not an organization that “provides” for the Palestinian people, as Rosario suggests. Rosario goes on to mention the death rate between Israeli and Palestinian civilians, which is, again, unrelated to an analysis on differences between ISIS and Hamas. Deaths on both sides of the conflict are devastating, and proportion comparisons are unnecessary and insensitive. If Israel had not invested in bomb shelters and the Iron Dome to keep citizens within Israel safe, then the casualties of Israelis would be
much higher. If Hamas was not using innocent Palestinians as human shields, then the casualties of Palestinians would be much lower. The contrast of moral values between the two sides is undeniable. The Israel Defense Force avoids using weapons and tactics that lead to Palestinian civilian harm, whereas Hamas intentionally targets Israeli citizens and fosters a society that glorifies suicide bombers. Above all, Rosario’s article attempts to emphasize that it is a danger to the Palestinians to associate ISIS with Hamas. Again, this is utterly false. Hamas alone is a danger to Palestinians. One cannot simultaneously defend Hamas and advocate for Palestinian rights without presenting a contradiction. Let us revisit the title “Hamas is not ISIS and ISIS is not Hamas,” and again confirm that this is true. The two are not identical, and I commend any writer who is interested in composing an intellectual and fact-based article on what sets the two groups apart. Yet, there is an unquestionable, critical similarity: Both ISIS and Hamas are terrorist groups nurtured by the same radical Islam, which call for the genocide of Yazidis and Jews, respectively. For the sake of innocent Yazidis, Jews and all democratic nations, both terrorist groups must be eliminated. Danielle Dossantos is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior majoring in food science.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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ROUT Sanner converts on three goals, including one with 12.8 seconds left in first half CONTINUED FROM BACK clearance from a corner kick deflecting off Sanner’s head for the 2-1 lead. His third goal though was anything but lucky. The play started when midfielder Nico Hurtado dribbled past three Rutgers defenders with under a minute remaining before finding Porter inside the box. Porter then took a touch past the rushing Greczek and found Sanner for the easy finish on the empty net with 12.8 seconds remaining in the first half. Wright gave the Knights a fighting chance seven minutes into the second half when he found himself on a breakaway and scored on an empty net after goalkeeper Ben Hummel’s original save deflected to Wright on the rebound. But like they did throughout the game, the Tigers responded with a fourth goal five minutes later off a cross that found the 6-foot-4 Sanner at his peak in the air for a wellplaced header into the near post. “It was a nice ball by [Brendon] McSherry to Sanner, and that’s a back breaker,” Donigan said. “That’s a killer. Because when you got them at 3-2, you have them by the throat and then that knocks the wind out of your sails again, so it was disheartening.” By this point, the Knights’ players had become visibly frustrated,
Freshman forward Jason Wright defends an advance by a Princeton player. Wright scored both goals for the Knights, which was not nearly enough for Rutgers to win. Wright leads the Knights with five goals this season. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER most notably shown by Morgan, who after a foul angrily shoved a Princeton player to the ground and received a straight red card. Porter then put the final dagger on the demolition when a long ball found him one-on-one with Greczek before neatly poking it into the back netting to make it 5-2 with 23 minutes remaining.
Despite Wright’s brace, the loss has Rutgers winless in its last five and marks the second time this season the Knights have been blown away by three goals. It is also the third time this season the Knights have conceded three or more goals in a game this year. After getting completely outplayed by rivals Penn State last Satur-
day, the loss to Princeton just pours salt on to the Knights’ open wounds. “It’s life. Like any set back, you can’t dwell on it, you can’t sulk about it — you have to move on, you have to pick your head up and you’re still a Rutgers soccer player and you need to figure out and work through these difficult times.” Donigan said. “Now is
when everybody’s judging you when you’re going through the difficult times. So again, they got to pick their heads up, stick their chest out and play for Rutgers and play for their team.” For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @SeanStewartRU and @TargumSports on Twitter.
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Flood announces Hicks to practice this week at free safety for time being CONTINUED FROM BACK as well as anyone on the team, as they both entered the program at the same time. “He’s my roommate, so I’m with him every day. It’s definitely a feeling where I want to go out with us playing together [one last time],” Nova said. “He’s in here working hard every day, he’s on the sideline being a leader for this team and he’s a leader for that running back room. I think guys respect him and he’s doing all he can to get healthy.” *** Flood also announced that freshman running back Josh Hicks will be making a move to defense in order to help out in the depleted secondary. Flood said Hicks will specifically earn reps at the free safety position. “I think what we will do is evaluate it at the end of the week and see how we feel about it,” Flood said. “Just based on the overall health of that position group, and the depth of the running back position group, we think it’s a good time to invest some reps in a very talented player who’s already playing with us on special teams and see if he can add something on defense.” It is not the first time an offensive player has switched to defense this year for Rutgers. Earlier in the season, sophomore running back Justin Goodwin made the switch to cornerback before making the move back to offense prior to the Navy game.
Sophomore wide receiver Vance Matthews also made the move last week to cornerback in an ef for t to help the secondar y, a move that was his own suggestion. But Goodwin has some advice for Hicks, since he made a similar switch before the season started. Goodwin also feels Hicks is more than capable of playing defense effectively. “I would tell him just to play fast and get yourself in to the playbook,” Goodwin said. “The more you know, the faster you will be able to play. He seems like a fast learner. He was able to pick up things very fast and all the plays and protection. I think he will be fine on defense.” Flood mentioned the move adds depth on defense while also not causing a problem offensively at a position Rutgers already boasts plenty of established ball carriers. For Flood, it gives a chance for Hicks to get playing time. “It was something that I brought him in to talk to him [Monday]. Much like Justin Goodwin, he just really wanted to get on the field and help the football team any way that he could in the game,” Flood said. “I love Josh as a tailback. Right now, we just have more of a need over there on defense.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @TylerKaralewich and @TargumSports on Twitter. Sophomore defender Sophia Walia brings a unique skill set to Rutgers, showing talent on both offense and defense. Walia also hails from British Columbia. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Sophomore running back Justin Goodwin said he thinks Hicks will pick up defense easily because he is a fast learner. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
“Wally! Wally,” screamed Rutgers head field hockey coach Meredith Long to get sophomore defender Sofia Walia’s attention Sunday against New Hampshire and give her instructions. The nickname “Wally” has been with her since her freshman year, created by her teammates because, as Walia put it, “There can’t be two ‘Soph’s’ when coach is calling out,” referring to senior teammate Sophie Wright. Walia has become an integral part of what the Scarlet Knights are looking to do and although she is an underclassman, her influence on the back three on the field is undeniable. Walia has the label of a defender, but she also has a big impact on the offensive side. She has five goals, which is second on the team, as well as five assists, most on the team. “I’m limited on offense, but it’s definitely something I enjoy,” Walia said. “Offense is something that kind of happens for me.” Walia holds a distinct honor as the first ever Sikh player in Division I history. Her religion is something she prides herself on. “My religion is really impor tant to me,” Walia said. “It’s a big par t of me, and I carr y it with me.” Walia was born in Surrey, British Columbia, in Canada on the opposite side of North America in relation to Rutgers, which is why she never thought she would end up a Knight.
“I actually was looking to stay home,” Walia said. “I never knew I wanted to come here.” The reason she came here is fellow Canadian and sophomore teammate Alyssa Bull and her sister, Jenna, a former Rutgers field hockey player. Bull and Walia met at the Canadian Junior National field hockey program roughly seven years ago, when they became friends. As Bull remembers it, Walia told her she wanted to stay
“Wally is an international caliber player. She wants to play at the next level and on the international stage.” MEREDITH LONG Head Coach
home, but Bull became the recruiter to lure Wally to Piscataway, New Jersey. “I told her, ‘No, no, you have to come to the states and see the school,’ and she came to Rutgers where she fell in love with the team and the whole atmosphere,” Bull said. Another big reason Walia chose to come to Rutgers was that she wanted to be a part of an up-and-coming program. “I wanted to be a part of a program that wasn’t already winning championships,” Walia said. “I wanted to be a part of a program that was developing.”
Field hockey has absorbed much of Walia’s life, as she played since the age of 6. She has been a standout in her home country training with the Canadian National Team, Junior U17 and Junior U21 teams. She hasn’t played with the national team, but it is a big honor to be called up to train with such prestigious talent. She thinks this experience has helped her become the player she is today. She adapts to what is asked of her, and as the years progressed, she has been able to get a grip on the game and understand it more. Walia accredits her improvement to multiple people, but she feels coming to Rutgers has really helped further her development. “The coaching staff is the best I’ve ever been coached by in the 14 years I’ve been playing,” Walia said of Long and assistant coaches Lauren Burke and Roland Peekel. Long chose to recruit Walia for a multitude of reasons, but it was her skill that really caught her eye. “Wally is an international caliber player,” Long said. “She wants to play at the next level and on the international stage, and she really brings a high level of competitiveness to our program. She elevates the players around her.” With two years of eligibility left for Walia, the future is looking bright. For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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October 8, 2014 VOLLEYBALL WILLIAMS IS ONLY NEW JERSEY NATIVE ON RUTGERS
Junior shares unique path of transferring from VCU to RU CONOR NORDLAND STAFF WRITER
On nearly ever y collegiate athletic team, players come from a wide range of backgrounds and paths to the Division 1 level. For the Rutgers volleyball team, one Scarlet Knight has gone to all lengths to play here. Her name is Lea Williams, a junior middle blocker from Plainsboro, New Jersey. She represents the only New Jersey native for the Knights (7-
10), but her path getting to Rutgers was far from ordinar y. Williams began playing Division 1 volleyball at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010 but immediately felt out of place and decided to transfer. She chose to come to Rutgers for a number of reasons. “I really didn’t enjoy being in the South,” Williams said. “I knew Rutgers had a more challenging academic program and could of fer me more in a number of areas, especially academics.”
Once she arrived at Rutgers, Williams began to play volleyball on the club level. She participated in club volleyball for two years but felt as though she was missing out from not playing on the Division 1 level anymore. According to head coach CJ Werneke, Williams sought out the coaching staff on her own to see if she could make the team. “Her athleticism, her story and the way our players felt she had an opportunity to help us were the deciding factors in letting her join the team,” Werneke said.
Junior defensive specialist Ronnie Komisarek said Williams tries her hardest in practice, helping the starters get better. Williams joined RU after playing club. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Since joining the team in the spring of 2014, Williams has spent her time readjusting to the demands of Division 1 play. She has played sparingly this season, with her last in-game action coming Oct. 3 against Purdue, where she did not accumulate any stats. For Williams, the adjustment has been difficult but one that she readily accepts. “I feel playing at the club level was fun, but that was it,” Williams said. “For me, I missed that highly competitive level of play with players that had a strong passion for volleyball, so I think this transition was the best choice for me. The biggest adjustment has been getting back to that high standard of play. Club was fun, but this is where you come to work.” Williams has worked and adjusted. According to her teammates, she has fit in nicely on the squad and come to work everyday at practice. Many of her teammates see the kind of effort she puts in on a daily basis, and it has rubbed off on them. “She tries her hardest in practice, which helps all the starters play better in practice and get ready for games,” said junior defensive specialist Ronnie Komisarek. “Besides that, she has a really outgoing personality that has helped her fit in with us easily this year.”
Her role has gone beyond a backup transfer for the team as someone who can offer a different perspective for all the other Knights. Werneke has used her story as an example for all the other players. “She adds a unique perspective for our team in being a transfer from another school who started out at the club level there,” Werneke said. “Now, she has an opportunity to train and play at the highest level possible. I think she brings a lot of energy and a different perspective for many of the players.” Williams will have to continue implementing her strong work ethic in order to earn more playing time. Her habits in practice have paid off already this season for all her teammates. Even though she has not seen a lot of game action, Williams could not be happier with her decision to join the Knights at the Division 1 level. “It’s been a really great experience, being a [redshirt] junior walk-on,” she said. “It’s great to get back in the groove of competitive play and meeting these girls who have been great, and the higher intensity of playing in the Big Ten has made it an interesting and great experience all at the same time.” For updates on the Rutgers volleyball team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
CROSS COUNTRY COACHING ALIGNMENT HELPS ACCOUNT FOR HECTIC INVITATIONALS
Alignment of coaches in races aids Rutgers runners MIKE O’SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
During a cross country race, it can be difficult to keep track of where all the runners on a particular team are at once. With sometimes over 40 teams consisting of at least eight runners competing in a single race, a strategy is required to make sure that a team is collectively where it needs to be and also to encourage its athletes to push through adversity. The coaches of both the Rutgers men’s and women’s cross country teams implement this strategy, and both teams have unique ways of aligning themselves on race day. The women’s coaching staff consists of head coach James Robinson and assistant Jan Merrill-Morin, both of who are active in different roles during races. “It’s hard to see everybody [during a race] because it is so packed,” Robinson said. “I coach the first mile. At [Paul Short this past weekend], I was able to go to the first mile and second mile to get the team’s mile splits.” With the many coaches of the competing teams spread throughout a course, as well as fans cheering on the runners on the side pathways, it can be tough for runners to identify where their coaches are located, especially during the first mile. “It’s very difficult for them in the first mile to see me,” Robinson said. “I yell the splits, but
Men’s head coach Mike Mulqueen (right) likes to position himself in different areas on the track depending on the course, notifying the Knights of where they stand. FILE PHOTO / APRIL 2012 they can see the clock when they come by the first mile.” But he aligns in a better position for the second mile where the team is able to see him more clearly. “On the second mile they can see me. I can talk to them, and they can hear me very clearly,” he said. “It’s much more visible for them.”
Merrill-Morin lines up in different positions depending on the race, sometimes around the 1000-meter or 2000-meter marks. From these spots, she believes she can gauge how the team is performing and provide encouragement during the home stretch. “Coach [Robinson] gets the quantitative results, while I am more of the qualitative,” she
said. “I like to go out and about the course where there aren’t a lot of coaches around, so I can make obser vations on how they are competing at a cer tain point in the race. Also, if I have something to tell them, they can hear me.” Men’s head coach Mike Mulqueen likes to align himself in different areas depending on the
course and notifies the runners of where they stand. “I try to get to different spots just to let [the team] know where they are in relation to their other teammates,” he said. “One guy might just be three seconds ahead of someone, but in cross country there are so many runners on the course that they might not know it.” By moving around in a versatile way, he hopes he can tell the team to stay relatively close together to improve their scoring. “The better we pack as a team, the lower score we’ll have, which is better for us,” he said. “You try to get to different spots … and let them know what’s going on during the course of a race.” Besides just letting the Knights know how they are doing in regards to times, another impor tant factor in coaching is encouraging runners to finish strong and push through the pain. Mulqueen feels it is critical to make himself heard when motivating the team to stay focused during a race, but it should be improvised. “I’ve yelled, ‘Just wake up and get in the race,’ because sometimes guys can space out a little bit because there are so many people in the race,” he said. “It’s not rehearsed … but it’s more encouragement and instruction than anything else.” For updates on the Rutgers cross country teams, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “You have to move on, you have to pick your head up and ... you need to figure out and work through these difficult times.” — Rutgers head men’s soccer coach Dan Donigan after the Knights’ 5-2 loss last night at Princeton
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MEN’S SOCCER PRINCETON 5, RUTGERS 2
KNIGHT NOTEBOOK
Huggins to redshirt for rest of year TYLER KARALEWICH ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
Rutgers head football coach Kyle Flood said earlier in the season that the coaching staff would evaluate senior running back Savon Huggins during the bye week following the Michigan game. Flood announced Tuesday that Huggins, who has not played this season, will be shut down for the rest of the year. “We’ve been monitoring Savon Huggins’ progress and he’s not going to return this year,” Flood said. “He’ll be a medical redshirt for this season.” Huggins had been listed out on each week’s injury report through the first half of the season and now will have no chance to play again until his fifth year of eligibility next season. Although Huggins is a senior and has likely completed much of his degree, Flood expects him to fully commit to playing with the Scarlet Knights next season. “Yes, my expectation is that he will be back here next year,” Flood said. “I think Savon has done a phenomenal job of mentoring these young running backs all year. It’s always good to have somebody to speak to who has been in your shoes.” While injured, Huggins has helped tutor and develop some of the younger players, especially those in the running back room, Flood said. Senior quarterback Gary Nova said the role is perfect for him. Nova knows Huggins SEE INJURY ON PAGE 14
Sophomore goalkeeper David Greczek reflects after allowing one of Princeton’s five goals last night on the road. The Fairfield, New Jersey, native allowed three or more goals in a game for the third time this season. EDWIN GANO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Princeton earns rout of Rutgers SEAN STEWART ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
PRINCETON, N.J. — Strong starts to games have been a constant emphasis throughout the season for the Rutgers men’s soccer team. Four minutes into the Scarlet Knights’ game Tuesday night at in-state rival Princeton, freshman forward Jason Wright gave them just that. But maintaining that consistency for 90 minutes has been a whole other issue for Rutgers this year, something that clearly showed in its frustrating 5-2 defeat.
“This is one of the more embarrassing games I have ever been a part of as a player, as a coach, anything,” said head coach Dan Donigan. “So it’s difficult, very difficult.” The match could not have started any better for the Knights (3-6-1), with Wright scoring a goal off an over-the-top ball provided by junior defender Ross Tetro, who started the game as an outside midfielder. But the Tigers (4-3-2) responded eight minutes later when a flick pass from for ward Thomas Sanner found fellow forward Cameron Por ter with space in the 18-yard box, which the for ward buried into the far corner.
BY THE NUMBERS
How has the Rutgers football team fared when passing for more yards than its opponent recently? In three years under head coach Kyle Flood, the Scarlet Knights are 11-1 when recording more passing yards than the opposition. In Rutgers’ lone loss this season against Penn State, the Nittany Lions threw for 309 yards to the Knights’ 192 yards.
The combination play from Sanner and Porter became a recurring theme for Princeton, with the duo combining for all five goals on the night. “They were a handful. I give those guys a lot of credit,” Donigan said. “They’re big boys, they work hard, they run hard, they’re very disruptive, they’re very effective at what they do and I give credit to Princeton for their effort tonight because they deserved a win and they beat us in pretty much every facet of the game.” Sanner’s first of the game was a bit fortunate, with junior defender Drew Morgan’s SEE ROUT ON PAGE 13
EXTRA POINT
LEONTE CARROO,
junior wide receiver, was named to the Biletnikoff Award Watch List for the nation’s most outstanding receiver. Carroo leads Rutgers with 29 catches, 548 yards and five touchdowns.
Senior running back Savon Huggins will sit out this year with a medical redshirt. MARIELLE SUMERGIDO / ONLINE EDITOR
KNIGHTS SCHEDULE
WOMEN’S GOLF
TENNIS
FIELD HOCKEY
VOLLEYBALL
Rutgers Invitational
Yale Invitational
vs Ohio State
at Wisconsin
Friday, Piscataway, N.J.
Friday, 9 A.M. New Haven, Ct.
Friday, 1 p.m., Piscataway, N.J.
Friday, 7 p.m., Madison, Wisc.