The Daily Targum 2009-10-01

THE DAILY TARGUM

Volume 141, Number 22

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The Beatles have been a music sensation since the minute they stepped foot on U.S. soil. After many generations, they are still as popular as ever. Inside Beat takes a look at the British phenomenon.

City concerns prolong College Avenue greening

PINE FRESH

BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER

Although the College Avenue Greening project is intended to ser ve as a benefit to the University and the city alike, New Brunswick officials are concerned the constr uction of the project will interr upt ever yday life and safety around campus and the city.

A memo addressed in mid-August to University Facilities and Capital Planning Vice President Antonio Calcado and Facilities Planning and Development Executive Director Frank Wong outlined concerns New Brunswick has with the plans for the project and offers suggestions on how the University can fix them.

According to the memo, New Brunswick asked the University to address potential problems such as the location of a new water line under a proposed bus stop, how buses will be removed from the area in the case of an emergency and how pedestrian crossings will be alleviated around Records Hall and the River Dorms, so huge traffic delays are avoided on George Street after College Avenue is shut down to private vehicle traffic.

“Certainly none of these issues are deal breakers or major issues in terms of the viability of the project,” said New Brunswick City Spokesman Bill Bray. “They are simply important issues that need to be addressed now in the planning process.”

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Students and community members decorate pinecones found on campus with feathers, colored string and glitter yesterday at the annual Douglass Campus Picnic in front of College Hall. The event provided information about organizations, free food and games. See UNIVERSITY on page 3.

INDEX UNIVERSITY University libraries in New Brunwsick, Piscataway, Newark and Camden all see improvements totaling more than $1 million.

METRO A program for local 7th and 8th grade girls aims to inspire and teach about self-esteem. Held at the city library, the “Bee Real” project was formed by University students.

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The new Visitor Center on Busch campus is open, offering a central location for prospective students, parents and donors to learn about University and its history on scheduled tours.

Candidates to face off in first of three debates Prospective students begin

BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

The state’s top three gubernatorial candidates will square off for the first time this election season.

The debate with Democratic candidate Gov. Jon S. Corzine, Republican candidate Chris Christie and Independent candidate Chris Daggett will be aired live today at 8 p.m. on the New Jersey Now television network and is the first of three to be held in October.

John Weingart, associate director of the University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics, said the debates are important for voters to hear the candidate’s specific policy goals.

“Most people don’t pay a lot of attention to politics and government except around election time, so the debates can help voters become more familiar with the views of the candidates and also, in some more intangible way, help voters get a feeling for what kind of people the candidates seem to be,” he said.

Rutgers College senior Max Mintz — who plans to vote for Corzine — said he would like to hear the incumbent specify his goals for the future.

“I need to hear more going for ward. He’s made some mistakes in the past,” he said. “I

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U. journey at new center

BY AMIT JANI STAFF WRITER

With the opening of the Rutgers Visitor Center located on Busch campus, prospective students and parents will now have a stable location to go when exploring the University.

The center will provide a place for prospective students to begin their visit to the University, Vice President for Enrollment Management Courtney McAnuff said.

Request for campus visits have grown almost 200 percent since 2006.

“We have been unable to keep up with the request to visit the campus, primarily due to lack of space to hold these events,” McAnuff said.

Previously, the campus centers and a small visitor center in Van Nest Hall were used to welcome prospective students and guests.

“Now that there is a permanent home for the tour program, we can invite more prospective students and their families, high school and community college counselors and others to tours and other special events,” said Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Deborah H. Epting.

The approximate cost of the project is $6 million, McAnuff said. The exhibit hallway and design was funded by the Rutgers College Class of 1951, which donated $750,000 to the project.

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FUMES MISTAKEN AS TOXIC CAUSE LOCAL SCHOOL EVACUATION McKinley Community School was evacuated yesterday when strong fumes from varnish applied to the gymnasium floor overcame a couple of students and teachers, said Sgt. Thomas Keith of the New Brunswick Police Department.

The evacuation of the kindergarten through eighth grade school, located on Van Dyke Avenue in New Brunswick, occurred around 12 p.m. when two

teachers noticed strong fumes in the building and realized it was coming from the gymnasium located on the upper level of the building, Keith said.

The teachers repor ted it, worried that the fumes were toxic. The entire building was then evacuated.

Custodians opened windows throughout the building to release the fumes. The

occupants were able to retur n within the same hour.

The school reported the fumes are gone, Keith said. No injuries were reported.

New Brunswick public schools could not be reached for comment at press time.

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

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DOUGLASS CAMPUS TURNS OUT GAMES, TRIVIA FOR STUDENTS Music, free food and trivia games were just a few of the festivities that kicked off the annual Douglass Campus Picnic yesterday on the grounds in front of College Hall.

A collaborative effort by the Office of the Dean of Douglass Residential College and the Office of Undergraduate Education, the major goal of the event was to raise awareness for DRC as well as to develop a sense of community for University students and the public alike, said Maria Depina, assistant dean for the college.

“The atmosphere is very welcoming,” said Natalie Lopez, a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student.

The event, which brought in more than 80 people between class times, featured free food catered by Rutgers Dining Services, music provided by an on-site DJ and free giveaways.

“I like the free food,” said Douglass College senior Tara Fisler. “[It’s] great when you don’t have a meal plan.”

Students were also able to test their knowledge with short trivia games for prizes. If they were feeling creative, they could decorate pinecones with an assortment of glitter, feathers and colored string.

Students also had the opportunity to speak with various student clubs and organizations such as Radigals, Study Abroad, the Student Leadership Association and the Black Student Congress.

Depina and the college’s Senior Student Programs Coordinator Abigail Lewis organized the picnic.

College Associate Dean Barbara Balliet said the event was successful and she hopes to have another picnic next fall.

“Turnout and enthusiasm,” Balliet said. “That is the desired level of success for Douglass to see another autumn picnic, for a taste of history, community and as always ... free food.”

—Kevin Christiano

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Ariel Navaro, Veronica Cohen and Jennifer Kim (left to right) enjoy burgers, hot dogs and potato salad yesterday at the Douglass Picnic.

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Libraries get $1.8 million makeover

BY MAGGIE BLAHA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The University libraries underwent a facelift throughout the past few months to update the existing structure and accommodate students’ needs by providing more quiet, comfortable places to study and conduct research.

The improvements made to the library are based on how and why the students use it — mostly because libraries offer fewer distractions than the typical residence hall, said Harry Glazer, communications coordinator for University libraries.

“The library has to be quiet and comfortable so students feel they can sit and study for a long period of time,” he said.

Renovations made in the Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus and at the Kilmer Library on the Livingston campus include the addition of comfortable seating and more group study rooms, Glazer said.

Improvements made to the libraries on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses cost an estimated $1.8 million provided by University facilities and University libraries, said Vice President for University Facilities and Capital Planning Antonio Calcado.

“These monies came from our capital replacement budget made available by the administration on a yearly basis,” Calcado said.

Gift money and donations also funded the construction of some of the study rooms, said Francoise Puniello, associate

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The Undergraduate Reading Room of Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus now offers more seating in lieu of a circulation desk that was closed last year due to budget cuts.

University librarian for facilities planning and management. In the coming year, the libraries hope to receive more furniture — an additional $200,000 to be funded by the facilities department.

The University’s libraries held focus groups two years ago open to all students to find out what sort of changes they would like to see in the libraries, she said.

Feedback from undergraduate and graduate students indicated they were looking for more quiet spaces and more outlets for plugging in and charging their electronic paraphernalia — laptops, cell phones, MP3 players and others, Puniello said.

University Facilities allotted about $200,000 to have the carpeting replaced and at least $220,000 to have more outlets

installed throughout all of the libraries, she said.

University libraries are competing with Barnes & Noble and other bookstores that offer their customers comfortable chairs to sit and read in and areas where groups can conduct meetings, Glazer said.

“We found that professors are giving students more collaborative projects, but when groups would come to the library, the study rooms were often filled,” he said.

The librar y had a lot of unused space that was transformed into more study rooms, Glazer said. Every study room has a table, several chairs, windows that look out onto the street and outlets and computer jacks for students to plug in their laptops and electronics.

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DEBATES: Christie

But this could also be something he has to defend, Weingart said.

He said Daggett’s presence, leads polls by seven points as the first Independent to make the debates, could be influential. continued from front “It’s very likely he will talk need to see what he wants more about substance … and to change.” that may push the other candiThe state’s budget and econodates more in that direction than my is the major issue that will be they would’ve gone otherwise,” addressed, Weingart said.

Weingart said.

“Whoever wins this election is He expects Daggett will try going to face a huge challenge of to project himself as above the dealing with what political fray. seems to be the largest Although Christie is budget gap ever seen in leading in the polls, New Jersey,” he said.

Weingart said his Weingart hopes the seven-point margin is candidates address not enough to give him how they will deal a significant advantage with the budget while in the debates. providing quality “Usually if a candigovernment ser vices. date is securely ahead “I don’t think it’s an or significantly ahead CHRIS extremely difficult of the polls, they try CHRISTIE question, but they’re not to do anything that the ones trying to get would rock the boat,” this job, so they should be the he said. ones telling us how they plan to But many people see the race go about it,” he said. going either way, so for Christie, Protecting the state’s open this would not make a big differspace, improving government ence, he said. services and consolidating municBoth Christie and Corzine ipalities are other issues need to bring the Weingart predicts might state’s issues to the be discussed. forefront of their camSchool of Arts and paigns, as they have Sciences senior Faiza focused more on perRizvi said she is undesonal attacks rather cided about whom she than policies, will vote for in Weingart said.

November, but she is “Both candidates looking forward to hearsay they want to talk ing what the candidates about the issues, and JON S. will say. they don’t want to …

CORZINE “[I’m concerned be diver ted by diswith how] our tuition tractions or more percosts keep going up ever y year sonal issues or personal because they keep cutting attacks,” he said. funds to the University and how Weingart said the debates to handle that to make higher are a chance for Corzine and education more af fordable,” Christie to change the tone of she said. the campaign.

Rizvi said the candidates’ “They will now have the efforts to increase job oppor tunity to focus availability should also be on the state’s needs important for students. and problems and “Students graduathow they’re going ing are struggling to to approach them,” get into the job marhe said. kets,” she said. “It’s Rizvi said she is not taking them longer a fan of the negative than it usually would.” campaigning between Rizvi said her ideal Corzine and Christie.

CHRIS candidate would focus “I’ve seen the ads DAGGETT on education, create for the name-calling, jobs and target and … you would just college students. wish that someone would rise Corzine’s incumbency could above that,” she said. both help and hurt him in the Mintz said he would like to debates, Weingart said. see the political discourse reach “He has a record. He can a higher level, but this is unlikely talk about what he has done to occur. over four years to address prob“It doesn’t really matter. It’s lems of the state [and] the decigoing to happen,” he said. sions he’s made that he’s proud “There’s not much we can do of,” he said. about it at this point.”

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Council resolves against retreat in closed session

BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT

The Douglass Governing Council wrestled with personal objections and diplomatic considerations Tuesday night regarding the $20,000 in student fees spent on a retreat for student government members.

The council discussed the need for increased transparency in student government in a closed session in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center before passing a resolution encouraging objection to the retreat.

Authored by Council President Jennifer Kanyamibwa and sponsored by the council’s executive board, the “Resolution Promoting more Transparency in Rutgers University Student Assembly for future Allocation of Student Fees” addressed the recent furor among the student body concerning student government members’ upcoming retreat to “Happiness is Camping” in the Poconos.

“Be it hereby resolved, that DGC deems the $20,000 retreat to not be in the best interests of the student body; and, be it hereby further resolved, the DGC authorizes its individual members to consciously object to attending this retreat,” the resolution said.

The resolution argued that $20,000 could be used more efficiently and that a much less expensive and local retreat could be implemented instead. Specific alternatives were not given.

The resolution asserts that Kanyamibwa, a Douglass College senior, was not able to attend the council of presidents meeting when the decisions to hold the retreat were made and was not told about the retreat until the funds for it had already been allocated.

The council passed the resolution while in closed session, an action that can be seen as violating New Jersey’s Open Public Meeting Act, the “Sunshine Law.” “Closed sessions are limited to discussion; all formal actions must be made in the open, regardless of subject matter,” according to the Sunshine Law. After the meeting, executive board members briefly discussed the heated debate that occurred during closed session.

Council Treasurer Edith Appiah-Kumi said the resolution addresses the confusion RUSA often creates.

“This has to deal with why people don’t know what’s going on in

Douglass Governing Council RUSA,” said Appiah-Kumi, a Douglass College senior. “If you view the trip to be essential, that’s fine but you can’t impose a $20,000 bill on the councils and then expect everyone to just go along with it.”

Student government could focus on making the use of student fees more apparent to students in the future, Appiah-Kumi said.

A break down of costs and an agenda available to all students would allow them to understand how their money is allocated, said Council Internal Vice President Emily Rogalsky.

The debate on the issue centers around the fiscal responsibility of apportioning $20,000 for the retreat, Council Secretary Margarita Molodan said. RUSA estimated the cost per student to be $133 “The question is ‘was it necessary to spend $133 per student and are there really going to be 150 people?’” said Molodan, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

Molodan said the council’s resolution supports choice.

“It is not unanimous to object,” Molodan said. “It is unanimous that members have the right to do so. If anyone wishes to go they can go.”

Members of the council expressed the need to build strong relations between RUSA and the other campus and cultural councils, stating that alienating them would be a mistake, said Rogalsky, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

“We want to form ties and build relationships,” she said.

“We are not against the idea of a retreat as a whole, we just feel that there could have been more communication about the spending of the funds.”

The council is working to eliminate the communication problem by promoting student understanding of student government at the RUSA level, Rogalsky said.

Molodan stressed the importance of keeping the councils connected. The DGC will be sending representatives to the retreat.

The executive board will definitely be attending, she said.

“It would also be great if RUSA members and University Senate members went. As for the general members, they are free to decide for themselves,” Molodan said.

COFFEEHOUSE ‘WORKS’ TO EMBRACE DIVERSITY Coffee, music and poetry will be on hand tonight as Diversity Where Our Roots Keep Strong holds their first event of the year, “Cultural Coffeehouse.”

The event will showcase local spoken word artist Pandora Scooter and University groups Orphan Sporks, Verbal Mayhem and Shockwave at 8:30 p.m. at the Douglass Campus Center in the NJC Lounge.

“I wanted it to be as vocal as possible, so I just contacted a whole bunch of groups,” said Quiana Dudley, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“Verbal Mayhem is really the only group of poets on campus so that was like our real main target … Pandora is just amazing. She will make you laugh, she will make you cry — she’s just a force. And then the singing groups Orphan Sporks and Shockwave, I just wanted something in a way that would just bring together words in such a vibrant way. ” The event will also have an open mic section for the public and be a forum where people can ask questions and learn about other cultures, said Dudley, president of Diversity WORKS. “The groups do seem rather interesting and compelling … so to go to such places might be beneficial to me and the University as a whole considering I’m a freshman,” School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Thomas Acs said.

Diversity WORKS was founded last year to fulfill the purpose of breaking barriers among different ethnic, religious and social groups and to find common ground, according to the Web site.

“Rutgers is hands down the most diverse school in the state, maybe possibly the country,” Dudley said. “But at the same time I feel like everybody still today is self-segregated and we would like to honor each culture. … We would also like people to learn from each other.”

— Kayla Duran

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GREENING: Removal of meters to cost city $80K continued from front The project, scheduled to be completed by the end of the year, has been delayed due to a need for city approval, according to University officials.

“We are working with the city so that we can address any lingering concerns that they have had so that we can get the approvals we need,” Calcado said “I think that we should be able to allay any of these concerns in the not so distant future.”

University President Richard L. McCormick said the project is awaiting approval from the city.

“The infrastructure work has been done and we are ready to do the visible landscape architecture,” McCormick said.

The city asked questions about parking and traffic, and how the University is going to cope with some of the changes it will bring, McCormick said. The University is in the process of answering those questions.

“It’s taking a little longer then we would have liked, but we are in a city, and they own the street, and they own the parking meters,” McCormick said. “They have responsibility for the flow of traffic and so you really need to cooperate with getting the answers they want.”

But the city disagrees with this assessment of the status of the project.

“I would not say that is an accurate characterization of what is going on,” Bray said.

As a state institution, the University does not need local planning board approval to complete the project, Bray said. But the University is required to come to the planning board to make a presentation, which they did in the spring.

After the presentation, the planning board offered comments and recommendations to address their concerns with the project, Bray said.

Calcado said the University took the planning board’s recommendations into consideration.

“We do not need approval from the planning board, but out of courtesy, we always present to the planning board and we take their

recommendations seriously and many times incorporate them,” Calcado said.

The University responded to the city’s first set of recommendations with revised plans in May, Bray said. The city then reviewed these revised plans and provided the University with additional comments in August, sent in the indicated memo.

But Bray said the city has not heard back from the University regarding those comments.

“This is Rutgers’ project,” he said. “Their timeline of when they need to get things done or when they want to get into the ground or when they want to get the project started or finished — that is their timeline. The city is not driving the project forward.”

Bray said although the city is supportive and cooperative of the project, they will not alter any of the rules for the University, because the rules apply to all other projects in the city as well.

In addition to utility, transportation and fire safety concerns, the memo also included a concern about the loss of 70 parking meters that will be removed due to the project.

The removal of these meters will cost the New Brunswick

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M Parking Authority $80,000 in annual revenue, NBPA Executive Director Mitch Karon said in an e-mail.

“We have been working with Rutgers to ensure that there is a suitable plan in place that will accommodate parking for these displaced parkers,” Karon said.

“The NBPA has been having discussions with Rutgers in an effort to find alternative means to help alleviate some, if not all, of the loss of revenue that will be incurred by the NBPA.” Calcado said he could not comment specifically on the memo released in August because there are lots of correspondences that go back and for th between the city and the University, and he is working in the Mayor’s Of fice on this project.

Calcado said as soon as the University receives approval from the city, the project can move forward.

“We are awaiting city approval and if the city requires more information for us to give them, then certainly, we [will] give them more information,” Calcado said. “But that is what we are awaiting.”

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CENTER: Lobby features history of U. on ‘scarlet wall’ continued from front The visitor center has three meeting rooms, as well as a finished outdoor patio designed to host events for up to 200 people and area to cater meals for up to 250 people, he said. It also has exhibit space to tell the University’s story.

The lobby will have a 42-by-8foot-high “scarlet wall” that tells the story of the University in an interactive fashion, McAnuff said.

The wall will also feature Google Earth and the ability to view the University from that program. “[The Center] is worth it, since I work in the student center — we talked about having a central place to meet,” said Hetal Mistry, a Rutgers College senior. “A lot of people come into the student center, but can’t get enough information from it, so it’s good that they can learn about Rutgers and start their tours from the new center.”

There are also touch screen panels showing student-produced content from RU-tv, Epting said. As additional funding is raised, more interactive exhibits are planned to present academics, alumni achievements, student life and athletics.

More than 175,000 people such as prospective students, parents, faculty, staff and members of the community are projected to come through the visitor center each year, McAnuff said. The actual construction of the visitor center started in November 2008 and opened on Sept. 8.

“Other locations have been looked at over the years, most recently the Gateway project, but parking on the College Avenue campus would not have been as convenient,” he said.

Students had mixed opinions about the spending to build the visitor center.

“In the long run, the visitor center will attract more people to Rutgers, it might bring in people that might not of otherwise came here,” said Lana Okhapkina, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “But right now, I think that Rutgers could have put the money elsewhere.”

The facility is primarily for prospective students, but will be available for use of the University community when not being used for prospective student events, McAnuff said. But the visitor center will be open to anyone who wants to find more information about the University.

“If it does what it’s meant for, then I think [the visitor center] would be worth it because it would probably bring in more money and more people that want to come [to the University],” said Drew Finley, a School of Engineering first-year student.

Busch campus was chosen primarily due to easy access from Route 18 and the ability to provide parking to about 250 visitors, McAnuff said.

In addition, using this parking lot was better for the environment and presented significant cost savings, Epting said.

“The visitor center was an important investment for the future of the University,” she said. “It’s vital that we have a place where prospective students, residents of the state, potential donors and others can come and learn about the University’s contributions to the state and the world through our teaching, research and service.”

Visit www.dailytargum.com to view a tour of the center with McAnuf f.

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Busch Campus Council

Members of the Busch Campus Council joined student government bodies across the In an effort to increase their University Tuesday by unaniexposure, the council is creatmously passing a resolution to ing a Web site, which is now conduct a survey seeking to find under development. out what is on students’ minds.

The Web site will include a The survey will be conducted survival guide to Busch campus throughout October, and on Nov. and how to make the most of their 5, representatives will present the time on the campus, Shah said. feedback they received at a town The council wants to begin hall style meeting with University streaming their meetings live on President Richard L. McCormick their Web site when it is created, and top administrators. he said.

“We’re trying to do ‘What’s on The council is looking for an Your Mind Month’ to really show Information Technology chair to students that we’re there and help manage the site. also to gather concerns,” said Nycz said there are a lot of litCouncil President Shaival Shah, a tle things that could be done to Rutgers College senior. “We realimprove students’ experiences. ly do want to fight for students.”

Last year’s debate about Council members expressed changes to the structure of stuconcerns to Director of dent government created an Transportation Ser vices Jack image and a trust problem Molenaar over the bus services between students and their repbetween Busch and Livingresentatives, said School of ston campuses.

Engineering junStudents are ior Jonathan Nycz. frequently unable “Doing out“We’re trying to ... travel between reach is the most show students that Busch and important thing,” Livingston campusNycz said. “If peowe’re there and also es in 20 minutes, ple know this is who we are, this is to gather concerns. said Council Vice President Hetal what we do, it will We really do want to Mistry, a Rutgers help a lot with the senior. image problem.” fight for students.” College Molenaar said Shah said he SHAIVAL SHAH the B bus is the has seen and heard Council President most important bus a lot of comments because of the limitalleging that stued time students dent government have to travel to their next class. does nothing, following news artiThe Department of cles regarding an upcoming Transportation Services is lookRutgers University Student ing into the issue, he said.

Assembly retreat.

The council will address sev“We’re trying really hard this eral different concerns including year to show them that’s wrong,” academic issues, housing and Shah said. “There’s been a lot of safety, Shah said. things that we’ve done in the past, “We definitely want to look [but] we don’t directly show it.” into certain academic policies Shah said there are a lot of [and improving academic life] misconceptions about the retreat, because again, this is a very stuwhich is mandatory for all memdious campus,” Shah said. bers of the council.

Students in science courses By combining the separate often have to spend a lot of money student government retreats into on clickers for their classes one, money is being saved and it because there is no uniform device will help unify student governfor all of their classes, he said. ment, Shah said.

“Our main concern [regard“Ever yone had opposing ing housing] is how to deal with ideas last year. We want to get preferential housing because everyone on the same page,” there are mixed views on that,” Shah said. “We want student govShah said. “Engineers [and pharernment to be more active and macy students] want preferential work together.” housing, but other kids still want Shah said that he was disapto live on Busch.” pointed to hear that other counShah said the council will discils passed resolutions condemncuss how the housing lottery sysing the retreat, and that it could tem should work. further damage the student govSafety on campus is another ernment’s image and outreach issue the council wants to address. efforts, which is what the meet“This is a large campus,” Shah ing focused on. said. “Who knows what could “We’re thinking of doing an happen at night? So we’re also outreach/social event,” he said. going to conduct a safety walk.”

Shah said he wants the Shah said that any unlit area is event to encourage students to of particular concern. bring their concerns to the “In 2008, there were a lot of council’s representatives, while things that happened around [the having fun.

Silvers Apartments],” Shah said.

“Of all of the student govern“They’ve added more cameras, ments, we’re the least known, and I think there are more RUPD and that’s why we’re really amp[patrolling], but we want to see ing up our efforts to bring our how their efforts are going.” name out,” Shah said.

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Girls encouraged to‘Bee Real’

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The first meeting of Bee Real, a reading and writing program involving college students and seventh and eighth grade girls from the New Brunswick area, took place Tuesday afternoon at the New Brunswick Free Public Librar y on Livingston Avenue.

Bee Real will use the book “The Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kid for inspiration and as a teaching tool throughout the program, which will meet once a month through April.

The meeting on Tuesday involved introspective arts and crafts. Each girl decorated the outside of her own honey jar with paint, stickers and glitter, then fill the jar with words cut out from magazines that the girls felt described themselves. This would be their “honey.”

“There was a study published that showed that eighth grade girls’ self esteem drops significantly between eighth grade and entering high school,” said Vanity Jenkins, the program’s coordinator. “It drops a lot more than boys’ self esteem, so a lot of the project is dealing with self esteem building.”

The program was created last year by three students from the University’s Institute for

Women’s Leadership and is now coordinated by Jenkins, a Douglass College senior.

“We also looked at the New Brunswick public school standardized test scores and they are significantly under par, so a lot of our project also is reading and writing based,” she said.

She said they want to teach students different methods of writing, including metaphors and similes, and improve their reading skills. She wants them to be able to relate to college students and believe they can make it to college.

“There was also a study that talked about how college students float in and out of college urban areas,” Jenkins said.

“There’s a huge disconnect between college students and their populations, so we also wanted to build a connection between Rutgers — Douglass especially — and the New Br unswick community,” Jenkins said.

She said she would like to start a program for ninth graders and get them to start thinking about coming to the University for college.

“We want to get them coming to Rutgers and build that hope that you can come to college too,” Jenkins said.

Camille Thompson, young adult librarian for the library, is

working with Jenkins on the Bee Real project.

“I hope that the girls who come will benefit from mentorship from the Rutgers students and that they’ll have a good interaction involving a book,” Thompson said.

“Especially at school, where they have a lot of peer pressure, it’s not so cool to like books or to read.”

A program like the Bee Real project allows girls to come to an environment where there’s less peer pressure and they can talk about a book and be themselves, she said.

“Obviously as a librarian one of my missions is to make it OK to like books,” Thompson said.

Theresa Malave, an 11-yearold seventh grader from Woodrow Wilson School, said she wanted to participate in the project because it could help her with scholarships in the future.

“I think it’s good to do extracurricular activities to get good grades,” Malave said.

Claire Hageman, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Plainfield Middle School, said her mom encouraged her to come.

“I’m just here to have fun,” Hageman said. “My mom just dropped me off. She gave me the idea to come here. She said ‘Claire I hope you don’t mind that I set you up with a book club.’

And I said ‘yeah sure’ because I like reading a lot.”

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U. COMMUNITY CHOOSES OLDE QUEENS AS FAVORITE BAR IN ONLINE POLL

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

University students Marivi Henriquez, left, and Maxi Drakopoulos, right, paint honey jars with 7th grader Claire Hageman as a part of the “Bee Real” project at the New Brunswick Public Library.

In a poll conducted at The Daily Targum’s Web site, Olde Queens Tavern was voted as the favorite bar in New Brunswick among visitors to the site. Stuff Yer Face came in second and Harvest Moon Brewery and Knight Club tied for third.

Owner Frank Sciotto said the tavern has been a bar since Prohibition was lifted in 1933.

“We’ve been here since 1933. It hasn’t been Olde Queens that whole period of time, but it’s been a bar on this corner for that long, so it’s a long time,” he said.

The downturn in the economy has not really had much of an effect on the tavern, Sciotto said.

“With all the students here it’s still a ver y good business,” he said.

The bar tries to promote business through advertisements and their Facebook and Twitter sites, he said.

Sciotto, who has been the owner for 21 years, said Olde Queens is one of the oldest bars in New Brunswick and they try to meet the needs of the student body.

“A lot of people that come through this way … this is kind of a meeting place when they do come back into town,” he said.

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Extended school time beneficial for students

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ids who enjoy their long summer vacations or their school days that last from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. better not get too comfortable in their normal schedules. President Barack Obama is looking to lengthen the school day or shorten summer vacation in order to allow more time for education. He says American kids do not spend enough time in school, which puts them at a disadvantage with the rest of the world. “Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,” the president said earlier this year. “Not with Malia and Sasha, not in my family, and probably not in yours. But the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom.” Certain schools have already implemented the practice of a longer school day, and students who were skeptical at first are now enjoying the benefits of the extra time they get either in the school day or throughout the year. Nakany Camara, a fifth-grader from Brookhaven Elementary School in Rockville, Md., likes her school’s summer program. She gets to see her friends more and her grades have also improved. She said she would not be a fan of the longer school day. Another student, Dominique Toombs, a sixth grader from Boston’s Clarence R. Edwards Middle School has an extra three hours of school a day. She was reluctant to be in school for the extra time at first, but now she is starting the ninth grade knowing that it really helped her.

Obama wants more schooling for children because of competition with students of developing nations, and also for the kids of America to have a safe place to go, grow and learn. While it is true that students from other countries have more school days, they do not necessarily spend more time in school. According to Comcast.net, kids in the United States spend more hours in school (1,146 instructional hours per year) than kids do in the Asian countries that persistently outscore the U.S. on math and science tests — Japan (1,005) and Hong Kong (1,013). Many people are arguing for a longer school day across the nation, and some schools are already working to make it a part of their normal schedule. Students in the Knowledge Is Power Program, which includes 82 charter schools, go to school from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The eighth-graders participating in this tend to score better on school district state tests. Massachusetts extended time for students to work on core subjects. They would be divided into the groups that need extra help with topics in math and English. There are schools that think shortening summer vacation is the way to go. Summer is a crucial time for students, especially those students who are at a disadvantage because they come from poor families. Some of these families do not put much emphasis on education, and their parents are illiterate, making it harder for them to encourage learning or help keep school subjects fresh on their children’s minds. Extending the school program into the summer would keep kids engaged in school for an entire year, making it harder for them to forget how to do the things they learned, while also having a place to ask for help at all points during the year.

Adding in the extra hours is also a good option — and might be the more favorable one among students because they would not get their summer vacation cut. This would not only be a helpful option for students, but for parents as well. Many families are working longer hours and multiple jobs during the hard economic times. Students who get out early go home to an empty house where they do not have parents enforcing any homework rules. They would be able to be in a safe place until their parents get home or could pick them up, where they are getting extra help on subjects or more time in longer classes to absorb the material.

Extra time in the school year is a good idea, but it is not a solution to the education problem in America. There is an unequal education system in this country because not every school has equal amounts of resources to teach students and the quality of teachers varies throughout school districts. Schools should invest in better books and technology to keep students engaged and wanting to learn. Computer programs and smart boards create an interactive learning experience that can help students better understand the subject they are learning.

Teachers are key to student learning. Some teachers just pass their students because they get frustrated with their lack of enthusiasm.

Teachers who actually want to get their students to understand and are innovative in their teaching will see more attentive students who are eager to learn. America as a society does not appreciate education the way other countries do. Here, we grow up knowing that school is something we have to do. It is not like we consider ourselves lucky because we get to wake up early everyday, to trek on a bus, to get to school and learn for hours, to just then come home and do more work.

This is just the way it is for us, and we take it for granted rather then take advantage of the opportunities we have at hand.

Extending school hours or days will not do anything until the attitude toward education changes, and school districts equalize resources. If students are just cruising through the day — doing the bare minimum just to get by — extra time will be more of a nuisance than something to help them. The pressure should be put on the school curriculums to really give America the competitive push that we need to keep up with other nations.

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“I’ve seen the ads for the name-calling, and you would just wish that someone would rise above that.”

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against speech that constiwish I could say with tutes a ‘true threat’ and not conviction that no one against mere ‘political hypertakes Facebook polls bole.’” Whether this poll falls seriously. Which friend is a within these parameters will better listener? Who is pretticertainly be determined by er, funnier and happier? But I the investigation within the can’t pretend that I haven’t coming weeks. had one of those slightly disLARISSA KLEIN Isn’t there, however, a line heartening moments when I between “political hyperbole” was notified that a ranking of and potentially dangerous provocation? Not to make mine, one that I hadn’t even known existed, had the assumption that the Facebook poll was anything dropped 19 spots. more than a poorly constructed joke, but it certainWhen missing a FarmVille harvest is seen as a ly had the capacity to become something much life and death situation, it does not entirely surprise more serious. me to hear poll results are stirring up some very Such a question may have been posed as a call to large issues — bigger than drama between hall attention, making a statement and taking a side in mates, suite mates or house mates. the health care debate; or it could, of course, have It was just last Sunday that a shocking poll been posed as a call to action. brought some negative attention to the social netWho is to say that any one of those “yes” working site. A poll making application had responses, taken as they were in the anonymous allowed a private user to pose the question to his fashion of a poll, were not “true friends: “Should [President threats?” The thoughts, feelings Barack] Obama be killed?”

“The right to free speech and intentions behind those Their options for response conanswers are indecipherable. The sisted of “yes,” “no,” “maybe” as may in fact officially poll can exist as a platform on well as “yes, if he cuts my support the existence of a which to air one’s grievances health care,” according to The the risk of exposure or Washington Post. presidential assassination without the possibility of punishment.

As soon as Facebook was An opinion through the alerted as to the nature of the opinion poll.” means of a poll with no intonapoll, the site removed it and sustion, no elaboration, no clarifipended the application that cation is highly dif ficult to interpret. In the allowed its production in the first place. Yet the same way that the poll cannot read one’s Secret Service may not be dismissing this matter so earnestness, the mechanism does not allow easily. Secret Service spokesman Darrin Blackford room for sarcasm or mocking responses. On a said, “We are aware of [the poll], and we will take private page on a site like Facebook, it is highly the appropriate investigative steps. We take these likely that mocker y will indeed be a driving things seriously.” force behind individuals’ responses, but it is This is not the first anti-Obama remark given nearly impossible to tell. national attention since the start of his administraThe dark side of the Internet is something we tion. Officials from the Secret Service have also have seen time and again, from chat room stalknoted that the number of threats against Obama ers to the more recent Craigslist killer. were greater than those against other candidates Facebook, which originated as a way to stay conduring the campaign. In February, a sign displaynected with ever yone from your kindergarten ing the words “Abort Obama, not the unborn” was classmates to your high school sweetheart to confiscated from the back of a car by an Oklahoma your aunts in Arizona, unfortunately seems to be City police officer and reported to the Secret walking the fine line between the good and evil of Service. According to Fox News, the Oklahoma the Internet.

City Police Department later admitted a mistake I doubt this stain on the face of Facebook will and said “the officer misinterpreted the sign” as a cause all the strawberries to wither, keep birthday threat to kill the president. wishes from being shared or stop users from makThe Facebook poll, like the sign, ultimately may ing daily status updates. This poll will not ruin not be deemed to have been an overt death threat, Facebook — but it could have. but that does not mean it was appropriate.

Nonetheless, the right to free speech may in fact Larissa Klein is a School of Arts and Sciences officially support the existence of a presidential sophomore. Her column, “Definition of Insanity,” assassination opinion poll. The Supreme Court has runs on alternate Thursdays. She welcomes feedback upheld that “a statute prohibiting threats against at larisk@eden.rutgers.edu. the life of the president could be applied only

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‘Girl talk’ or meaningful discourse? of The Daily Targum that stood above a picture of Council President Jennifer Kanyamibwa KYRIE GRAZIOSI speaking at the event. As aforementioned in my brief and basic hile in elementary attempt at conceptualization, the school, the board game phrase does not exactly hold polit“Girl Talk” became ical or social clout, but rather popular among my friends and me. serves to trivialize what was in fact The game, more or less a version of a serious discussion that included the ever-popular truth or dare, the topics of sexual health, revolved around the collection of teenage pregnancy, class divicards from categories marked sions, racism, sexism, access to “marriage,” “career,” “children and education and individual autono“special moments,” and included my. As an attendee of the event blazingly red “zit” stickers that and a council were to be member, it is placed on your “The phrase “Girl Talk” troubling to face if you decided that conjures up an image of see that our objectives in performing a the type of gossiping that showing the stunt or confessing an intitakes place in venues such film and holding a subsemate secret as the powder room or late quent discuswas not for sion have been you.

Sound night slumber parties.” somewhat silly? Well, it is. skewed by this The concept of publication. A discourse surroundthe phrase “Girl Talk” also conjures ing the intersection of race, class up an image of the type of gossipand sex is not merely “Girl Talk”; it ing that takes place in venues such is not gossip. It is instead a mechas the powder room or late night anism for shaping consciousness slumber parties. The phrase does that came in the form of a gender not, however, seem to be an accumutual dialogue, one that instilled rate portrayal of the meaningful hope and the potential for future discourse that took place between change; it is “women empowered.” both male and female students on Sept. 28 at the “Girls Like Us” event Kyrie Graziosi, on behalf of the sponsored by the Douglass Douglass Governing Council, is a Governing Council with the help of School of Arts and Sciences sophonumerous and diverse cosponsors. more. She is the University senator By “Girl Talk,” I am referring for the council. to the caption in the Sept. 29 issue

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Pearls Before Swine

OCTOBER 1, 2009

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Today's Birthday (10/01/09) Use your communication skills to help you learn something new. Adjust your thinking to the prevailing situation. Creative efforts in an imaginative direction reap big rewards. Females play the larger role. Pay attention to what they offer. 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 9 — You say what you mean today. But do pay attention to the response you get. It matters.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Romance extends beyond personal relationships to include your work and extracurricular creativity. Enjoy!

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 7 — When talking about your feelings, remember those of the other person. A female may challenge your social position.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is an 8 — You warm up to the subject right after your first cup of coffee. Others chime in, and suddenly you have a plan.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is an 8 — All systems are go for fun, profit and love! Take advantage of the moment.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is an 8 — Take care of details today (as if you don't always do that). Conversations lead in positive directions.

Take notes.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Open your mouth. Try not to insert your foot. Instead, serve yourself some sweet remarks.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Actually, the gods are on your side today.

Use this advantage to get what you need from a female.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — All systems are go. Record your message early, and replay it frequently. That way you believe it yourself.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — You have a hard time balancing all of your acts today. Respond to e-mails or letters that were on the back burner.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — Usually talk is cheap. Today, not so much.

Spend your words carefully.

You may have to eat them.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — This month you get to do just about whatever you want. Take advantage of that, starting today.

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HELP: Young receivers must step up to help starters continued from back trying to figure out who else can play. It’s not just young guys. It’s development of any guys that can step up and play. We need to get better at the position desperately.”

You can say that again Coach.

Brown and Sanu have certainly held their own as starters, filling some large voids left by NFL receivers Kenny Britt and Tiquan Underwood. The duo has a combined 31 catches for 525 yards so far, but among the rest, only senior Julian Hayes has a catch.

It went for nine yards and he followed it up with two drops and a false start.

“Timmy and Sanu are doing great,” said senior long snapper and wide receiver Andrew DePaola. “They’re really coming along. I feel as though the other guys are coming along in their own way. They might not be coming along as quickly as we need them to right now.”

Of the older guys, Hayes has not done much while working with the starters, DePaola is too valuable as a long snapper to risk at receiver and junior Mason Robinson is out for the season.

Of the younger guys — redshirt freshmen Marcus Cooper, Eddie Poole, Keith Stroud and Tim Wright and true freshmen Mark Harrison and Aaron Hayward — only Cooper and Wright have got onto the field in meaningful situations and neither has anything to show for it.

The best way to help a new quarterback, whatever happens

with freshman Tom Savage’s health or senior Dom Natale’s early struggles, is by adding as many weapons as possible and Rutgers needs to use this bye week to get more players involved.

It does not matter whom Schiano picks between the eight listed above.

He just needs to pick someone.

The faster that a new receiver can be worked into the mix, the faster the offense will truly click.

“It’s coming,” Brown said of production from younger receivers. “These games are going by fast, but the guys are going to come along sooner or later so we’re not really worried about it.

We just have to keep getting better and keep working as a team. If those guys just keep working, the game will come to them. It would be a big boost to get one of those guys producing. They need to stay focused as a group.”

Half of the reason for Britt and Under wood’s success the last two seasons was the fact that Brown and former receiver Dennis Campbell could be relied on as well (of course the other half of that success is a direct compliment of their sheer skill that the Titans and Jags are surely enjoying so far this season).

Teams had to game plan for five or six different guys at receiver, not just two.

That is why this bye week is so important. It is not just about getting healthy and prepping for another Football Championship Subdivision game. It is about getting guys ready to play right now.

— Sam Hellman accepts comments and criticism at sthellman@gmail.com

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UP: Goal of reaching top 10 very close for Scarlet Knights continued from back sees the team’s recent success as being equally important to anyone who’s ever played for RU. “This national ranking has meaning for anyone who has ever been a part of this program,” Crooks said. “It’s beneficial for

recruiting and it’s beneficial for all of the people who have put blood, sweat and tears previously into this team.”

Of course, the Knights still haven’t lost sight of their goal to crack the top-10, and of course there are still people out there who doubt that’s still possible.

But for almost two years, RU has been proving that injuries won’t stop, can’t stop them from reaching their goals.

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And with a match against Big East powerhouse and perennial top-10 Notre Dame looming next week, the Knights won’t have to wait long for the chance to prove that again.

“We’re all honored and gratified,” Crooks said. “But we still have a lot of hard work ahead of us. And the end of the year is the only time that national rankings really count.”

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The Rutgers volleyball team can increase its record to 9-8 with a pair of road games this weekend vs. Syracuse and Marquette.

ROAD: RU faces Syracuse and Marquette this weekend continued from back About 1500 people on their court in a very pressure-filled, packed situation and we came out ahead and we responded to that,” Werneke said.

Pressure aside, the coach thinks that location doesn’t really faze his team — they play well wherever they need to.

“When we step into Syracuse, it’s a gym just like our gym,” Werneke said. “The net’s the same height. We’re going to work together, we’re going to play hard, we’re going to compete and we’ll see what the outcome is.”

After Syracuse, the Knights take a trip northwest to Milwaukee, Wisc., for a date with Marquette. The Golden Eagles (10-6, 0-2) started their season with a dominant 9-1 record but since then have gone 1-5, including two Big East loss-

es on the road to Pittsburgh and West Virginia.

The Rutgers-Marquette game is also a charity event. The Golden Eagles are participating in Dig Pink, a nationwide event to support the battle against Breast Cancer where spectators are urged to make a pledge for each dig the team records.

Marquette sophomore Ashley Beyer will look to surpass her career-high 17 digs that she recorded against RU. The weekend is definitely a test for some of the younger Knights, many for which it is their first road conference game.

“We brought [the freshmen] in with high expectations and to mix with the rest of the team.

Our team dynamic is great right now,” Werneke said. “I think our kids have been used to [the road games]. Some of our kids have been out on the road for four weeks and have faced some tough crowds, so I don’t think it’s going to be anything that they’re not going to have seen already.”

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Knights enter Classic refreshed from respite

BY KEVIN O’ROURKE STAFF WRITER

Fresh from a two-week respite, the Rutgers men’s golf team returns to action this weekend in the MEN’S GOLF 36-hole Scotty Duncan Memorial Classic.

The Scarlet Knights head to the White Clay Creek Golf Course to take on a 16-team field highlighted by host Delaware, defending champion Cornell and fellow Big East foe Seton Hall.

Seniors James Hilaire, J.F. Sorbella and Jimmy Arbes have solidified their spots in the top five, head coach Jason Bataille said.

Meanwhile, senior Benjamin Bershad, sophomore Andrew Tursky and freshman Gene Yang are the frontrunners for the final two openings.

The Knights want to improve on a ninth-place showing at The McLaughlin. Despite entering the tournament with aspirations of coming out on top, Bataille was pleased with the way his team responded from a difficult opening day.

“We jumped up seven spots on the last day,” Bataille said. “I think they proved to themselves that they can compete with some teams in the country.”

Consistency is crucial for a Rutgers team that ultimately hopes not only to compete, but also to win.

Hilaire has been a model of consistency for the Knights thus far, individually leading the team in both The McLaughlin and the

Rutgers Invitational. Hilaire knows that consistency and success often go hand in hand.

“The whole team has to be consistent one through five, and in that, you got to make a lot of pars, eliminate the double bogeys and try to keep your score in a reasonable range,” Hilaire said.

Arbes agreed with the assessment of his teammate, and added the two-week layoff should be advantageous for RU. “All of us were able to experience tournament play, and now we’re able to step back and focus on the things that maybe we didn’t do so well,” Arbes said.

RU played a practice round last Friday at The Trump National Golf Club in Colts Neck, to become more acclimated to playing different golf courses in tournament conditions.

Bataille said the chance to play an elite course does a lot for the program.

“It makes recruiting easier,” he said. “When [potential recruits] hear that we play at top 100 courses, that certainly piques their interests.

“It also creates more shots and different circumstances for the guys that are on the team.

You play 11 tournaments a year, and they play 11 different golf courses, so for us to practice on the same course every time doesn’t really make that much sense.

It’s not like a football field where it’s always 120 yards long by 53.

It’s definitely different for golf and the variety is something that we definitely benefit from.”

Weddell staying out of sand traps as freshman

BY JOSH GLATT STAFF WRITER

In a stark contrast to last year’s recruiting class that featured seven athletes, the Rutgers women’s WOMEN’S GOLF golf team only welcomed one freshman to the Banks this season.

Brittany Weddell has already begun the season proving she can make up for the lack of quantity and be a valuable asset to the team.

Coming into Rutgers, Weddell was expected to make an immediate impact. She lived up the hype at the Bucknell Invitational, her first collegiate tournament. She paced the Scarlet Knights with an overall score of a 239 and a team-best 76 in the second round.

“I was a little ner vous at Bucknell, but it went really well,” Weddell said. “I’m glad I adjusted to the college tournament scene well.”

Weddell continued to impress when she turned in a 164 at the Paladin Invitational.

“I just went out there and gave it my best,” Weddell said.

“There are a lot of girls playing, but you just need to focus on your own game.”

Her quick adjustment to the college level is not a surprise to head coach Maura Ballard.

“She had played a pretty high level of competition throughout high school,” Ballard said. “The most important thing is her matu-

rity level. She really is mature beyond her years.”

The maturity and competitiveness Weddell displays began at an early age and continued throughout her high school career. Those attributes are now on full display at RU. “My dad introduced me to the game when I was five, and I started playing in tournaments when I was seven,” Weddell said. “In high school, I played for the boy’s golf team, which was a little more competitive, but it really improved my game.

Her mature attitude has carried over off the course too, easing her transition to college life.

“I’m getting used to it,” Weddell said. “The academics are a little bit tough, but it’s going really well. I am really enjoying my classes.”

Weddell’s work ethic remained constant even on road trips.

“I’ve seen her with her books studying all the time on the road,” Ballard said. “Our team [grade point average] has always been high, and she will do nothing to hurt that.”

Weddell credits her teammates, particularly captain Jeanne Waters, for helping her feel welcome and serving as a support system.

“All the girls are so nice.

They made me feel like par t of the team immediately,” Weddell said. “Jeanne has been great. I can talk to her about anything. She is always there if we need anything.”

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Targum’s tennis beat writer Melissa Falica chats with the sophomore from Easton, Conn., about playing golf with her father, old school Nickelodeon and her aspirations of living in Greece ...

Melissa Falica: What did you think about [Melanie] Oudin’s run at the Open?

Jennifer Holzberg: I thought it was really good to have a young American able to do so well. It was so unexpected and she beat the top players.

MF: If there was one song you could listen to before a match to get you pumped up, what would it be and why?

JH: “Whatever You Like” by T.I. I usually go for country though, but not before a match.

MF: In your opinion, who is the best tennis player in the history of the sport?

JH: I’d say [Roger] Federer because he’s the one that wins consistently and he’s just got an all-around game that’s just really good.

MF: What is a secret hobby of yours that not many people are aware of?

JH: At home I play a lot of golf with my dad.

But I haven’t had a chance to here as much, but I do that when I’m back home not doing anything.

MF: Being from Connecticut, what made you choose Rutgers as your college of choice?

JH: Well, I wanted to stay kind of close to home — in the tri-state area — and when I was offered a scholarship here it was the perfect setting to be close but not too close.

MF: Do you play any sports other than tennis?

JH: I do recreationally. I ski and I golf and swim.

MF: Out of all of the old school Nickelodeon shows, which would you say was your favorite?

JH: I would say “Hey Arnold!” I don’t know; I don’t really remember that many from way back then. I used to watch it with my sister when I would come home from school when it was on.

MF: If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?

JH: I’d pick Greece. I’ve never been there but I heard that it’s really, really pretty and it would just be cool to live in a different country.

MF: What is your fast food restaurant of choice?

JH: Wendy’s.

MF: What’s your favorite item from there?

JH: The Frosty.

MF: What movie can you watch over and over again and never get sick of it?

JH: “How to Lose a Guy In 10 Days.” It never gets old and I just like it.

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BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Head coach Greg Schiano isn’t known to swear in public, but he did whip out the “the C word” yesterday at practice when discussing the health of Tom Savage.

That’s right; Schiano said the tr ue freshman quar terback did, in fact, suffer a concussion against Florida

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International while tr ying to run for a first down.

“I guess yeah, you could say he did [get a concussion],” Schiano said. “He had a concussion.”

After missing the Maryland game Saturday and not participating in Tuesday’s practice, Savage returned to the practice field yesterday for limited work, but when asked about how much he did, Schiano said “not much.”

RAMON DOMPOR/ ACTING ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano confirmed yesterday that true freshman quarterback Tom Savage suffered a concussion against FIU. Savage returned to practice yesterday in a limited role.

Powerhouse field to be used as measuring stick

BY TYLER DONOHUE

“This will be a challenge,” Robinson said. “We’re looking for continued improvement. We want The Rutgers women’s cross our fitness to rise and our times countr y team heads to to fall each race.”

Bethlehem, Pa., Friday to particiSophomore Kelly Flannigan, pate in who finished first for the Knights WOMEN’S XC one of the at the Iona College Meet of season’s premier races.

Champions Sept. 19, views the The Scarlet Knights are among Invitational as a measuring stick 114 schools competing in the Paul for the squad.

Short Invitational, where the team “We’ll be able to see how we finished 22nd overstack up against all in 2008. some very good The meet is a teams, especially “We’re looking major test for the some of our Big for continued Knights said East competition,” head coach improvement. We Flannigan said.

James Robinson.

“This is the time to want our fitness to see the results of all “This race is absolutely loaded hard work we rise and our times the with talent,” he put in this summer.” said. “This is not With the Big to fall each race.” your run-of-the-mill E a s t JAMES ROBINSON invitational; bigChampionships Head Coach time programs will looming at the end be flying in from all of October, RU over the country.” wants to cut down Teams making the trip include their running times and solidify a perennial heavyweights Indiana, strong top-five finish.

Texas Tech, Wake Forest and The Invitational is an opportuTennessee. While the competi- nity to make positive strides. tion is impressive, Robinson “We want to keep getting maintains that RU is solely stronger heading into the chamfocused on gaining momentum as pionships,” Flannigan said. a team, regardless of how they “This meet will tell us a lot about match up against other schools. our team.”

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“We’re trying to ease him back into it,” Schiano said. “He looked pretty good. He threw the ball well.”

The doctors cleared Savage to do minimal work this week.

“I think it’s really important to see how he comes out of today,” Schiano said. “Does he go home tonight and get a headache?”

In other injury news, senior defensive end George Johnson is still on a “wait-and-see” basis after a lower-extremity injur y while recovering a fumble for a touchdown against Maryland.

Sophomores Pat Kivlehan and Caleb Ruch both remain banged up after suffering leg injuries early in the season.

“I was really excited [about Ruch] because he had done well at first, but he’s kind of leveled out,” Schiano said. “We have to give it time. [With Kivlehan], same thing.”

Neither redshirt freshman wide receiver Marcus Cooper nor senior safety Zaire Kitchen practiced yesterday after having treatment done earlier in the week.

Kitchen will not go all week, Schiano said, giving chances to players like true freshman Duron Harmon for increased reps.

“He’s doing a great job this week,” said junior safety Joe Lefeged on Harmon. “He’s always trying to get better. His work ethic is amazing and it’s going to show the more he gets on the field.”

JOHN PENA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Head coach Greg Schiano said Joe Martinek may earn the starting job outright if his success at running back continues. Martinek is the first Knight since Ray Rice with consecutive 100-yard games.

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may separate himself as the sole starter at the position.

“He’s back on the front as the No. 1 guy,” Schiano said. “If he can string a few of those together, he can probably lock it down.”

consistent starter at running back since Ray Rice left. In fact, Schiano even lists both sophomores Joe Martinek and Jourdan Brooks as starters on the big screen on game days.

That may not last much longer.

After two consecutive games with over 100 yards, Martinek

much speculation, the Big East Conference and the New York Yankees officially reached an agreement yesterday to host a bowl game at Yankee Stadium starting next year.

The game would be between the third or fourth selection in

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the Big East and the seventh selection from the Big 12.

“Partnering with the New York Yankees to create a premier postseason bowl game is a natural way for the Big East to further capitalize on its presence in New York City,” said commissioner John Marinatto in a statement.

“The Yankees represent the very best in sports in the greatest city in the world. We believe this bowl game will become a staple for the Big East Conference for many years to come.”

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Moving on up Despite injury blows to both captains, Scarlet Knights jump to No. 13 in latest national collegiate rankings

BY CHRIS MELCHIORRE CORRESPONDENT

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Almost two months ago — before the Rutgers women’s soccer team’s 4-0 opening game victor y over WOMEN’S SOCCER UMBC — the Scarlet Knights set a goal to be a top-10 team before the end of the season.

But when the injury bug bit RU for the second straight year, people outside the program doubted the team would ever crack the top-15.

Those people should check this week’s national rankings.

The Knights (8-1-2, 2-0-1) debuted as the No. 13 team in the country Tuesday — the team’s highest national ranking in three years.

“For a team to be recognized in that way is huge for any college soccer program,” said head coach Glenn Crooks. “People in the soccer community recognize that, and not just the soccer community that surrounds us here, but across the country.”

The Knights have five injured starters; three of them are out for the season.

But since senior midfielder Gina DeMaio left the Knights’ match against Arizona with a torn ACL Sept. 13, RU is 4-0-1, and has shot from No. 17 to No. 13 in the NSCAA national poll.

That’s something Crooks attributes even more to his team’s heart and desire than to its talent.

“I’m proud of the players and I’m equally proud of the coaching staff,” Crooks said.

“There’s been adversity again this year as far as figuring stuff out on the pitch and with people going down but we’ve gotten through it well so far.”

The last time RU was ranked as high as 13 was in 2006, when the team finished the year ranked No. 11.

That season ended in the second round of the NCAA tournament when the Knights lost in penalty kicks to Boston College at Yurcak Field.

There are only a handful of players from that team still playing for the Knights, but Crooks

With eight goals in 11 games, junior forward Ashley Jones is a main reason why the Scarlet Knights have moved up the NSCAA rankings despite losing both senior captains Gina DeMaio and Caycie Gusman for the season to ACL injuries.

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Brown, Sanu need help ASAP Winning record in reach as RU hits road

Hell’s Kitchen

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

SAM HELLMAN

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ometimes numbers speak louder than words. As a group, the Rutgers football team’s wide receivers are a great example.

It is one thing to say that they are not doing much. That is an understatement when you simply take a look at the numbers.

Behind starters Tim Brown and Mohamed Sanu, the entire wide receiving corps has just one catch through four games and zero catches in the Scarlet Knights’ last three contests.

That’s right, even against Howard where the game was over before it started, no receiver came out of the woodworks to make a play.

That needs to change.

The bye week is the perfect time to try to get others into the mix and head coach Greg Schiano needs to get someone else involved quickly because the undersized Brown and the inexperienced Sanu cannot continue to excel with their current workloads.

“We have to get better as a team. I’m not worried about development of certain guys,” Schiano said. “The reality is that we have two receivers and with everybody else, we’re

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JOHN PENA/ SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

True freshman wideout Mohamed Sanu leads the Knights with 16 catches, and is second to senior Tim Brown in yards.

The Rutgers volleyball team faces its VOLLEYBALL toughest road trip RUTGERS AT yet this SYRACUSE, weekend FRIDAY, 7 P.M. when traveling to Syracuse and Marquette.

Aside from the difficulty of the road game and two conference matches on the line, the weekend has a deeper importance.

With two wins from this weekend, the Scarlet Knights can put together their first winning record since closing their 2004 season at 16-10.

“Realistically, coming back after this road trip, 2-0 can happen.

Certainly we can be 1-1 as well,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “No surprise it’s a difficult road trip — something that we haven’t experienced in our two years here yet. It’ll be interesting to see how we handle it. I know that we will be prepared for Syracuse on Friday and we’re expecting a great match.”

The Knights face a similar situation to that of last weekend’s when they hosted South Florida and Georgetown, both of which swept the team 3-0 last season.

But while both Syracuse and Marquette swept the Knights 3-0 as well, it was done in the College Avenue Gym in last season’s home opener.

While avenging a home court embarrassment would be satisfying, Werneke simply wants his team to remain poised and ready to strike.

“The goal is to play well,” Werneke said. “Wins and losses all come from that. … We’ll focus on what we can control. … We’ve been working hard enough to be in a position to win; now we just have to execute. Preparations with execution usually equal wins.”

Syracuse comes into Friday sixth in the Big East at 1-1 and 11-5 overall. The Knights look to extend their winning streak to two games, while Syracuse tries to rebound from a tough 3-0 blanking at Pittsburgh. RU will be charged with the task of issuing the first home loss for the Orange, who are 4-0 at home.

But going into an opposing gym is nothing new for Werneke’s young squad, which has faced its own share of tough road situations.

“We played in a hostile environment in N.C. State earlier this year:

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