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Faculty reject NJ Senate candidates debate spending, marriage Pearson Inc. online platform By Cody Beltis Staff Writer
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Faculty members of the Organizing and Communications Committee along with other graduate faculty of the New Brunswick campus pressed and won a resolution against an online course contract yesterday morning at the Waksman Auditorium on Busch campus. Rutgers entered into a contract with Pearson Inc., then known as Pearson eCollege, on Sept. 17, 2012, offering more online masters degree programs on the Rutgers-New Brunswick, Newark and Camden campuses. Rutgers has been bolstering its online education platforms by also working with Coursera, a free online course platform, which intends to provide three courses this November for free, but without academic credit. Deepa Kumar, associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, said the faculty is not against online education, but wants it to have the best interests of students and faculty in mind. After studying the contract’s language, she said faculty members in the Rutgers Graduate School-New Brunswick determined the contract has problematic aspects to it. “This contract, financially, gives departments only 50 percent of the income, whereas Pearson takes the rest,” Kumar said. “So we do all the work, and instead of the money being used to improve education to funnel it back into our students and our faculty, it goes to make Pearson a profitable company,” she said. According to the resolution, which passed with a majority vote, the administration took this step without proper consultation of faculty members, who have taught online courses “in other formats and under other financial agreements.” Members of the administration, including Har vey Waterman, associate dean for Academic Affairs, Richard Novak, interim vice president of the Division of Continuing Studies and Jerome Kukor, dean of the Rutgers Graduate SchoolNew Brunswick, were present, Kumar said. “This, by the way, is huge,” she said. “Other online platforms don’t take such a huge chunk out of money. The money that comes out of education should be spent toward education, not for enriching online platforms, like Pearson.” Kumar said the second issue surrounds the question of academic freedom. The contract suggests that when a professor creates a course, the course and materials associated with it will be taken and “farmed” out to a part-time lecturer, who pays a fraction of the cost compared to what a full time faculty See faculty on Page 5
Republican candidate Steve Lonegan and Democratic candidate Cory Booker faced off last night at Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. — the second debate in the race to represent New Jersey in the United States Senate. Lonegan and Booker will run against each other in the special election on Oct. 16. The death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg in June warranted the election. The debate began with the federal government shutdown. With a federal debt ceiling quickly approaching, Booker would go to Washington, D.C. to compromise. The brinksmanship occurring right now is unacceptable, he said. Lonegan said spending needs to be cut immediately, or else America faces economic collapse. “When the President says we will not negotiate, I’m proud that Republicans are standing up to this tyranny,” Lonegan said. Lonegan said he would cut funding to the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, the Department of Education and the Department of Commerce, which are intrusive to business growth. Booker said getting rid of the regulation these departments over-
see would be a disaster. The government’s job is to help victims of natural disasters. The EPA protects the clamming industr y in New Jersey and New Jersey waters, he said. The rivers in New Jersey need to be cleaned up and protected from fur ther pollution. “You might not be able to swim in the water because of all of the bodies that have been killed in Newark,” Lonegan said. Booker said his remark was an insulting sentiment to the people of Newark and the people of New Jersey. Lonegan said he believes the shutdown is essential as a cry of opposition against ‘Obamacare.’ The Republican-controlled House has given plenty of options for a compromise on the Affordable Care Act. “People are losing their health care right now due to Obamacare,” Lonegan said. “Doctors aren’t ready, and all we’re asking is that it be postponed for another year so we can make amendments.” Booker said Lonegan is close to the Tea Party, a faction of Republicans responsible for the shutdown, and opposes other federal programs such as Medicare and social security. Booker believes we should have government-provided health care. Lonegan said he would give Congress a B for their job for pro-
Humaira Admani, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy senior, watches a livestream of the US special election Senate debate. RAZA ZIA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER tecting the American people against the problems of the Affordable Care Act. “I give Congress an F for their job,” Booker said. “I believe we send people to Washington to work with each other.” The two also disagreed on the methodology of funding the Hurricane Sandy relief bill. Lonegan said funding was done in a rush. Some of the money never went to victims. “I’d like to see some of the money
from countries that burn our flags come to New Jersey,” he said. The two also came to a head on the issue of same-sex marriage. Lonegan said he agreed with Gov. Chris Christie’s veto last year on a same-sex marriage bill. He said marriage between a man and a woman is the greatest institution for children to be raised under. Booker said he supports sameSee CANDIDATES on Page 4
NJ Fraternal Order of Police alleges U. policy violates law By Sabrina Szteinbaum Correspondent
LUMINOUS TREK Rutgers Recreation hosted ‘Illuminate the
Knight’ yesterday on Livingston campus. The race took place on a litup 1.5-mile run. YESHA CHOKSHI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Rutgers’ administration is terrorizing University police officers, said Ronald Bakley, a national trustee for the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police. Members of the Rutgers University Police Department are afraid to come to work due to a lack of disciplinary policy, which would protect them from unfair or swift termination for wrongdoing, Bakley said. “Your police officers come to work and live under one of the most stressful situations that I’ve ever seen,” he said. “If they do something wrong, they’re going to be disciplined for it on the spot, and be either suspended, terminated or whatever.” Bakley wrote a letter to the editor published in The Daily Targum on Sept. 30. Rutgers’ disciplinary policy violates several state and federal laws, not to mention Supreme Court decisions affording all employees certain rights under the Department of Labor and State Statute, Bakley stated in the letter. According to the letter, Rutgers is violating state law because the University does not allow police officers the right to defend themselves or
receive proper representation when accused of misconduct. “The University’s position is they do not have to abide by state law,” Bakley said. “They can violate an officer’s rights as far as their Weingarten rights, Garrity rights and Loudermill rights to representation during internal affairs investigations.” Bakley said of ficers accused of wrongdoing get a predisposition hearing. They are allowed a union representative with them, but no attorney. “They’re disciplined right on the spot, regardless of what testimony is taken or how the officer defends him or herself,” he said. “Discipline is handed out right then and there, and it’s not fair to the officer.” Bakley said the punishments are predetermined and immediate, despite how the officer defends him or herself. RUPD had neglected to respond to The Daily Targum at the time of publication. According to the letter, the officers are not allowed to bring in defense witnesses during the predetermination hearing. The only way officers can receive a hearing is if they file a grievance through their See police on Page 4
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Friday, Oct. 11
The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Arts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present New Jersey Film Festival selection “We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream” at 7 p.m. in Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.
Saturday, Oct. 12
The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Ar ts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present New Jersey Film Festival selections “Ar t House Par t One” and “The Rink” at 7 p.m. in Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.
Sunday, Oct. 13
The Rutgers Film Co-op, the New Jersey Media Ar ts Center and the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies present New Jersey Film Festival selections “Par t Two Cold Turkey,” “System Prefereces” and “Welcome and Our Condolences” at 7 p.m. in Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Ar t Museum on the College Avenue campus. Admission is $10 for the general public and $9 for students and senior citizens.
METRO CALENDAR Saturday, Oct. 19
The Beijing Symphony Orchestra performs at 8 p.m. at the New Jersey State Theatre at 15 Livingston Ave. Tickets range from $35 to $70. For more information, go to statetheatrenj.org.
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RU Appreciation asks students to give thanks By Courtney Butler Contributing Writer
Balancing classes, work and social lives, students often forget to take the time to stop and give thanks for what they have. This is why Kerri Johnsen created RU Appreciation, a new community service program on campus. RU Appreciation started with the committee that runs the “Scarlet Day of Service,” and the program allows students to give thanks and show appreciation for much of what goes unrecognized. Johnsen, the coordinator for RU Appreciation, said the program tries to give students the opportunity to give thanks for their family, friends, professors and organizations. “It is very easy for students to go through their normal day and forget to thank people for the little things,” she said. Johnsen, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said the first event was held last month at Stonier Hall on the College Avenue campus. Students watched a video presentation on how to say thank you. After, they wrote mini-letters and decorated bears to give out. “Our goal is to have RU Appreciation spread to every campus,” she said. “We did our first event on College Avenue so we want to get to all the campuses as well as different organizations such as the Off-Campus Student Association.” Johnsen said she wants to spread community service in different ways at Rutgers because of her dedication to it.
HEALTHY HOUSE The Rutgers School of Public Health held
an open house yesterday on Busch campus to allow prospective students the chance to meet with faculty and discuss various degree and certificate options offered by the school.
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“I’ve been involved in community service since middle school,” she said. “I started this program called ‘Just For Kicks’ that teaches kids with disabilities to play soccer. I’ve worked in senior citizen homes and with Hurricane Sandy disaster reliefs. I also went on an alternative break with Rutgers last spring break for Hurricane Sandy relief.” Sabrina Lauredent, a “Ser vice Day” chair for the Student Volunteer Council, helped develop the idea of RU Appreciation. She wanted to show how it is possible to ser ve the community on campus. She believes RU Appreciation is the cheapest and easiest way to get involved in community ser vice. “I just wanted to show people that they didn’t need to get up and out of their dorms to make a difference in the community.” she said. Lauredent, a School of Arts and Sciences senior, said RU Appreciation came about after watching a YouTube video called “Johnny the Bagger.” The video talks about how a bagger at a supermarket came up with the idea to put encouraging notes in the bags at check out. Using the video as an inspiration to the program, RU Appreciation aims to give back to the community in a simple, encouraging and optimistic way, she said. She believes the on-campus presence of RU Appreciation serves as a reminder that people can serve their community at home or simply by saying “thank you.”
Lauredent said she happily helped launch the new service program. The response from the first session was positive, so she hopes it will move to other campuses where they can meet once a month. “I just want it to start off by showing people the power of thank you. We reinforce the idea of how much a thank-you helps and by sharing stories,” she said. “I hope it becomes something.” Yamila Nicasio, one of the directors of SVC, said she helps with overseeing the council. She hopes the program will cause Rutgers to recognize an “RU Appreciation” day. “Everyone knows of football days, homecoming week or ‘Rutgers Day.’ Maybe we could have a day where everyone in every department knows that it is a day of appreciation,” she said. “In addition, I would just love for people to offer small changes everyday and truly have it be a conscious thing.” Nicasio, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior, said this is a great idea because students do not seem to appreciate everything they have at Rutgers. It pushes students to think about everything they may not realize and be thankful for it. “It allows students to think about why things happen, like why we walk into our residence halls and is it clean all the time. Or how the dishes get clean in the dining halls,” she said. “Things that we don’t really think about on a daily basis — this gives the opportunity to think about it.”
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CANDIDATES Lonegan says crime rate dropped in Bogota 30 percent when he was mayor continued from front sex marriage, like more than half of New Jerseyans. Lonegan said the morals of same-sex couples should not be forced down the throats of Protestants and Catholics in New Jersey. Booker took pride in his position as mayor of Newark. He said that one-third of the development in the state is happening in Newark, such as a new Whole Foods store that will bring several jobs to the city. Lonegan said the crime rate dropped 30 percent when he was mayor of Bogota because he brought in more police. Lonegan believed his role was to police Bogota, but he does not think the U.S. should be a police force for the world. Money for external aid should be spent in the countr y. Booker said he is willing to partner with Christie to make public education better in the state. He supports the federal and state departments of education. Lonegan said the state would be better off without an education department and the best education comes between teachers, parents and students, not the government. On the issue of gun control, Booker said he would support secondary markets doing background checks in order to prevent gun violence. Lonegan said he would stand up for the Second Amendment right to bear arms, and background checks were an invasion of privacy.
Booker said background checks are key to preventing the high rate of gun violence in Newark, as well as the state. He would encourage states with relaxed gun control to raise their standard of safety, since most of the guns in New Jersey come from outside the state. Since he assumed office as the mayor of Newark, Booker said shootings have decreased 27 percent and murders 15 percent. Lonegan said unemployment has gone from eight to 14 percent in Newark since Booker became mayor. Lonegan said he would invest in the private sector to ensure job growth. Lonegan said he is opposed to undocumented immigrants getting amnesty rights, and believes illegal aliens need to leave the country and the border needs to be secured. He said his Italian grandparents came into this country the old-fashioned way, by getting a visa at Ellis Island. But Booker said he would support amnesty for undocumented workers. Lonegan said he would look to cut spending and preser ve American liberties that are in the Constitution. He also wants to limit abortions and free American enterprise. Booker said the biggest change he wants to make is investing in infrastructure and creating business. Higher education is a top priority for him. “We need to invest in higher education,” Booker said. “The best thing we can do for tomorrow is invest in our students.”
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“There’s many things going on here that the University is not willing to sit down and reasonably collective bargaining agreement. Bakley said the administration discuss and come to some type of denies the grievances to the point resolution,” he said. Greg Trevor, senior director of where the officer’s issue goes to arbitration. Officers are not allowed an University Media Relations, reattorney in arbitration, but may have leased a statement on the issue, which said administration does not a union representative with them. “Once in arbitration, in most conduct labor negotiations with of these incidents, the arbitrator the media. The statement overturns the said Rutgers has college’s decinegotiated in sion and either lessens the pen- “All we are asking for is to accordance with the law in all alties for the sit down with the personnel officers or reinUniversity and negotiate a police matters. states them after fair and equitable “As unionized they’ve been terdisciplinary policy.” employees, pominated without lice officers have a proper hearing Ronald bakley the same legal and a proper deNational Trustee for the New Jersey rights of reprefense,” he said. Fraternal Order of Police sentation as any Bakley said other aligned the Rutgers polemployee,” the icy is against all statement said. of the current Bakley said his opinion piece was court decisions, but Rutgers does a desperate attempt because Rutnot abide by this particular law. Arbitration is costly for the union gers’ administration has ignored and the University. Bakley said arbi- him for about six years. “All we are asking for is to sit trator and attorney fees come from down with the University and netaxpayers and tuition. In addition to the lack of a fair gotiate a fair and equitable disdisciplinary policy to protect Rut- ciplinar y policy, like just about gers police officers, Bakley said ever y other police department they are not receiving their entitled in the state of New Jersey has,” he said. salary increases.
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faculty Rutgers’ contract with Pearson Inc. will end December 2019 continued from front member would pay for it. “This not only creates incentive for a whole strew of underpaid parttime lecturers, [as] it is a violation of intellectual property. Because without our consent, our courses and the material in it can be taken away, by Rutgers, not by Pearson,” she said. According to an article in the New York Times published in June, on many college campuses, faculty members oppose the spread of “massive open online courses,” or MOOCs. “[Faculty are] … angry that their universities joined in with little consultation, undercutting the tradition of shared governance,” according to the article. “Others argue that MOOCs will shortchange students, replacing the personal relationships that encourage learning.” Kumar said there is no protection for the faculty to not lose control of their intellectual property, and it creates incentive for lowwage, underpaid, part-time faculty to teach courses. “Rutgers has the ability to take it and give it away,” she said. “Part of what [we argued for] today was that faculty should have ultimate control over courses and programs, not the administration, because we don’t want people to be exploited. We want good jobs for everyone.” But for traditional classroom-environment courses, Kumar said administration or anyone that wants materials for the course, such as the syllabus, has to ask for consent from the professor. “We don’t mind sharing it with others in our department, but we are always consulted,” she said. Kumar said the contract also bans “obscene, threatening, indecent, libelous, slanderous, defamatory” content, which is problematic in terms of academic freedom. “We don’t want a third party to intervene to determine what is libelous or what is indecent and basically, we are at the mercy of Pearson’s judgment,” she said. The contract does not provide protections that will limit the migra-
tion of undergraduate students from existing courses in classrooms to online courses, as there is a widely held perception that online classes are easier, she said. “The vast richness of actual interaction with a professor in the classroom, answering questions, listening to you — the dynamic of classroom discussion — if there are no protections to maintain enrollment in classroom courses, all of that could be badly impacted,” she said. The resolution rejected the contract on behalf of the faculty of Rutgers Graduate School-New Brunswick and argued for greater faculty involvement in future online programs. “All future programs will not use Pearson … we will not renew Pearson after it expires, but for the existing programs that do use it, the union will be involved and try to make sure it is fair,” Kumar said. Kukor issued a statement surrounding the resolution, which said the expansion of online learning technology is critical, especially to adults and part-time learners who, because of familial and work obligations, cannot attend traditional classes. “Rutgers retains all academic decision-making, from admissions to what courses are offered and the content in all courses,” Kukor said in an email statement. “There are no threats to academic freedom, no corporatization of Rutgers education, no influence by Pearson as to who teaches courses — that remains solely a Rutgers decision, and there is no claim on any faculty intellectual property rights.” He said this resolution, which passed by a vote of 39 to 22, in a school with approximately 1,500 graduate faculty members, “denies graduate programs the choice” to participate in the Pearson online platform to produce fully online degree programs for faculty and Rutgers students. The faculty union, American Association of University Professors – American Federation of Teachers, will bargain with the University about the contract so as to make it fair until its end Dec. 31, 2019.
Sherry Wolf, contract campaign coordinator for Rutgers AAUP-AFT, said the resolution is essentially a boycott by the professors, showing their rejection of Pearson. “Such an attack on intellectual property rights on education could potentially advance erosion of fulltime labor, faculty members’ jobs and would have led to low-wage contingent labor at Rutgers,” Wolf said. “It’s a fight for academic freedom versus [the] Walmartization of education, and academic freedom won.” In an email statement, Wolf said at least 160 faculty members signed a petition last spring to stop the implementation of the contract, and yesterday morning, more than 75
turned out to push for passage of the resolution to nullify the contract’s terms. “That the faculty of the Graduate School, New Brunswick, rejects all current and future proposals for graduate degree programs managed under the Pearson agreement and ancillary contracts of 2012; and that the same faculty also rejects any transfer of existing online graduate programs to Pearson’s management under that agreement,” the resolution stated. According to the New York Times article, discussion has kicked off about whether universities should develop the technology, collaborate and share their courses, instead of working with outside providers. The Committee on Institutional
Cooperation, which Rutgers is a member of as of July 1, 2013 after receiving an invitation to the Big 10, released a released a report stating that higher education must take advantage of the online educational platform technology on its own. “To meet our objective of using online platforms to improve instructional quality, we need to harness campus creativity and expertise to rethink the underlying methods and aims of instruction; to experiment with new pedagogical approaches that change the ways students interact with instructors and each other; to create new kinds of student projects and tools for assessment; and to foster new modes of collaboration in order to enrich student learning,” according to the report.
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Three US-based scientists win Nobel Prize in chemistry NEW YORK — Three U.S.based scientists won a Nobel Prize on yesterday for developing a powerful new way to do chemistry on a computer. They pioneered highly sophisticated computer simulations of complex chemical processes, giving researchers tools they are now using for a wide variety of tasks, such as designing new drugs and solar cells. “Today the computer is just as important a tool for chemists as the test tube,” the Swedish Academy of Sciences said in announcing this year’s $1.2 million chemistr y prize. “Simulations are so realistic that they predict the outcome of traditional experiments.” As academy secretary Staffan Normark put it: “This year’s prize is about taking the chemical experiment to cyberspace.” The prize honored research done in the 1970s by Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel. All three scientists became U.S. citizens. Karplus came to the U.S. with his family as Jewish refugees from Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938. The 83-year-old U.S. and Austrian citizen splits his time between the University of Strasbourg in France and Harvard University. Levitt, 66, was born in South Africa and is a British, U.S., and Israeli citizen. He is a professor at Stanford University. Warshel, 72, was born in Israel and is a U.S. and Israeli citizen affiliated with the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Levitt is a biology professor, while the two other winners are chemistr y professors. Levitt told The Associated Press the award recognized him
for work he did when he was 20, before he even had his Ph.D. “It was just me being in the right place at the right time and maybe having a few good ideas,” he said by telephone from his home in California. He joked that the biggest immediate impact of the prize would be his need for dance lessons before appearing at the Nobel banquet. “When you go to Stockholm, you have to do ballroom dancing,” Levitt said. “This is the big problem I have right now.” Karplus told the AP the 5 a.m. call from the Nobel judges had him worried that the caller might be bearing bad news. “Usually you think when you get a call at 5 o’clock in the morning it’s going to be bad news, you know, something’s happened,” he said. Warshel, speaking by telephone to a news conference in Stockholm, said he was “extremely happy” to be awakened in the middle of the night in Los Angeles to get the good news. The three men were honored for blending two previous approaches for simulating molecules and chemical reactions on computers. One was quantum physics, which applies on the scale of an atom, and the other was classical Newtonian physics, which operates at larger scales. Classical physics could simulate large molecules but not chemical reactions. Quantum physics could give realistic results for reactions but couldn’t be used with large molecules because the equations were too complex to solve. The blended approach, which uses quantum mechanics only for key parts of molecules and classical physics for the rest, provides the accuracy of the quantum approach with manageable computations.
Glasses are raised in a champaign toast to USC professor Arieh Warshel (C), winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at a press conference on Oct. 9 in Los Angeles, California. Warshel shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Martin Karplus of Harvard University, and Michael Levitt of Stanford University, for their development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems. GETTY IMAGES
Working together at Harvard in the early 1970s, Karplus and Warshel developed a computer program that brought together classical and quantum physics. Warshel later joined forces with Levitt at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and at the University of Cambridge in Britain to develop a program that could be used to study enzymes. Jeremy Berg, a professor of computational and systems biology at the University of Pittsburgh, said the winning work gives scientists a way to understand complicated interactions that involve thousands to millions of atoms. “There are thousands of laboratories around the world using
these methods, both for basic biochemistry and for things like drug design,” said Berg, former director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Many drug companies use computer simulations to screen substances for their potential as medicines, an approach that lets them focus their chemistry lab work on those that look promising, he said. James Skinner, director of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the approach pioneered by the winners can be used to analyze such things as how drugs bind to the molecules they target
in the body, or how large molecules fold. Beyond that, such simulations can be used to design materials with specific characteristics, such as those used in airplanes, he said. “This has led to greater understanding (of) problems that couldn’t be solved experimentally,” said Marinda Li Wu, president of the American Chemical Society. Earlier this week, three Americans won the Nobel in medicine for discoveries about how key substances are moved around within cells, and the physics award went to British and Belgian scientists. — The Associated Press
IN BRIEF EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Authorities have recovered a man’s body from a lake in central New Jersey after an empty boat was found nearby earlier in the day. A spokesman for the State Police says the body was recovered at about 4 p.m. yesterday in the water under a bridge at Farrington Lake in North Brunswick. Police found the body submerged in waters under the bridge and say the man was not wearing a life preserver. Boaters had spotted an empty boat on the lake around 6:30 a.m. yesterday and reported it to police. The boat was recovered and state police divers and local authorities searched the lake for several hours. Authorities say the man was in his 80s but they have not released his identity pending family notification. — The Associated Press
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New Brunswick to use Parkmobile app for easier parking By Danielle Gonzalez
Karon said installing Parkmobile in New Brunswick will not only help customers avoid For visitors to New Bruns- getting parking citations, but wick, it is a hassle to run its convenience will be great back and for th refilling park- for New Brunswick businesses ing meters. The inconve- as well. “Parking is going to be a lot nience is greater for Rutgers students who have to leave more convenient for customtheir lectures mid-way to input ers,” Karon said. “Many times, people pull up to a meter and money in their meters. The New Brunswick Park- realize they need eight to 10 ing Authority has introduced a quar ters for a meter, and most new way to pay for metered people don’t carr y that kind of change on them anymore. The street parking. Using Parkmobile, visitors times have changed.” Povich’s only concern is the will now be able to pay and refill their parking meters straight possibility of people extendfrom their smar tphones, said ing their time and hogging the availTina Dyer, able parking marketing spots, meanmanager of “Part of Parkmobile’s ing that no Parkmobile. one else will “ W i t h service is that members Parkmobile, receive an alert by email, be able to members SMS text or push notifica- find“Iparking. hope can initiate tion when parking is they are not a parking going to altransaction about to expire.” low people and pay for to extend the parking usTINA DYER legal amount ing a mobile Marketing Manager for Parkmobile of time a perapp,” Dyer son can stay said. “It elimin a parking inates the need to swipe a card, feed coins spot,” Povich said. An extension of more to a meter or stuf f bills into than the already legal allotted a slot.” Parkmobile is a pay-by- time of meter parking in New phone system for on-street Brunswick will not be allowed, meters. Customers can dial a Karon said. “A four-hour parking spot toll-free phone number on the meter, said Mitchell Karon, is still a four-hour parking executive director of the New spot, you cannot exceed the Brunswick Parking Authority. legal time of a parking spot,” Customers then provide their Karon said. He said he believes Parkmobile online account number, and their card will au- that Parkmobile will be beneficial to Rutgers students with tomatically be charged. “The Parkmobile app is a cars on campus. “Let’s say you have class and free download from iTunes, Google Play, Windows or you don’t want to leave in the Blackberr y Markets,” Karon middle of a lecture to throw said. “Customers can then go money back in the meter, you online and create their Park- can just use your phone inmobile account, inputting their stead,” Karon said. The NBPA is expectcredit card information and license plate numbers for easy ing to implement full use of Parkmobile in New Brunswick future use.” Karon said although the on Oct. 21. Parkmobile was developed app is free, standard parking meter charges will still apply, in Europe in 1999 and began as well as a 35-cent user fee U.S. deployments in 2009. Dyer each time a customer uses a said since then it has become ver y popular in the U.S. as well Parkmobile meter. “Par t of Parkmobile’s ser- as in other countries. “Today, over 1.5 million vice is that members receive an aler t by email, SMS text or members rely on Parkmobile to push notification when parking simplify an essential daily activis about to expire,” Dyer said. ity: parking,” Dyer said. “Our “Members can then extend a ser vice is available in over 500 parking session remotely with- on-street, of f-street and gated out the need to return to the parking locations in 34 states in meter or risk getting a citation.” the U.S.” Dyer said Parkmobile would Virginia Povich, media director of New Brunswick Night also expand its solution to other Out, an organization that pro- parking-related ser vices that almotes events and special pro- low people to reser ve a parking motions in New Brunswick, space at venues for a concer t or said she believes the app will game, including VIP parking. “Parking in New Brunshelp bring back many people who refrain from coming to wick is going to be a lot more New Brunswick due to past ex- convenient for people now,” Karon said. periences with parking tickets. Contributing Writer
New Brunswick will implement new parking meters that will work with Parkmobile, an app that lets users pay for their meter from their phone. ENRICO CABREDO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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Rutgers loves interracial dating We’re a bunch of social rebels revolutionizing the status quo
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In a historical context, men of “dominant” races developed relations with the women of the populations they were encroaching on in order to assert their power over that population. Today, it still is so not. We’re definitely going to brag about the fact more stigmatizing for white women to date outthat interracial dating is not a big deal to us — in side of their race than it is for white men — and it fact, it’s pretty typical. Considering we have one goes the same for women and men of racial backof the most diverse campuses in the countr y, it’s grounds as well. It’s more acceptable — and even also somewhat unavoidable for us to find and sometimes applauded — when men of racial backfall in love with the beautiful attributes of people grounds date white women, while women of racial of different races, cultures and colors. We do a backgrounds face more adversity dating outside great job of accepting and celebrating students of their race. It also doesn’t help that women of from diverse backgrounds — even though, for racial backgrounds are often exotified and femany students, attending Rutgers becomes the tishized, while men of racial backgrounds are just as often emasculated in first time they meet our society. members of different Thus it’s not hard racial communities. “Rutgers … [showcases] an evolving to see why InterracialActually, the survey defiance against the stigma of Match’s sur vey found — conducted by Interthat 88 percent of men racialMatch.com among interracial relationships.” in interracial relation15,000 college students ships told their families — found that almost about their significant 98 percent of students chose to attend racially diverse schools for the pur- others, compared to only 19.7 percent of their female counterparts. pose of meeting people of different backgrounds. Even with these realities, New Jersey as a whole The interracial dating taking place at Rutgers seems to us like a microcosmic showcase of the is inching towards what National Geographic has developing trend towards a mixed America and an called “The Changing Face of America” — which is evolving defiance against the stigma of interracial intricately and exquisitely becoming racially mixed. relationships. Both historically and contemporarily, Mingling — and co-mingling — with people of difinterracial relationships displayed existing frame- ferent races has become typical for us. That’s why works of power. In many well-known examples, we’re also not surprised that the New Jersey Instithe “minority” half of the couple is more often the tute of Technology made the list as well, ranking woman. Take Disney, for example: Esmeralda is the at No. 6. With all that taken into account, we are extremegypsy and her babe Phoebus is a white guy serving the government that oppresses her; Pocahontas is a ly proud to hold the title of most interracially date-y Native American and her love interest is the English university in the country. Rutgers is all about that righteous good loving, baby. Groovy. colonialist John Smith. uess what, folks? Rutgers was rated as the top school in the United States for interracial dating. Is anyone surprised? We’re
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Entry level job prospects are alive and well PROSPERITY AND DECLINE FATIMA ZOUHOUR
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here’s a misconception that jobs are infrequent and difficult to obtain, but that is not necessarily the case. The labor market actually has a decent amount of entr y-level positions available. But for a recent graduate to even have a chance at an inter view with a Fortune 500 company, they must have the required skill sets that encompass a variety of talents. This includes analytical, communication, decision making, good judgment and the willingness to learn on the job. Along with the job description itself, the way the company constructs the posting should be examined as well. The steps taken prior to applying are essential. Brainstorming industries and sectors that appeal to your experience and academic discipline is a start. This step will force you to evaluate how your skills and abilities will be relevant to a particular industr y. For instance, expertise in a concentrated field such as biochemistr y appeals to companies that demand a high level of competency in biological and chemical skills. A candidate with strong foundation in biochemistr y and in research publications will attract multiple companies. Predominately, expertise in science, technology, engineering and math entices a wide array of companies that will aggressively recruit a talented candidate. There is a competition for talent in STEM industries that
places emphasis on recruiting the best and brightest scientists and engineers. Other majors have value in the labor market as well, but understanding how to market your skill sets is imperative in landing your dream job. LinkedIn is the premier social networking site that has ignited a trend in job marketing. It provides a good platform to connect with professionals and recruiters. What is more compelling is that LinkedIn is emerging as the leading source for jobs. Thousands of entr y-level positions are posted daily on group forums and company pages. Recent graduates have indicated that LinkedIn has substantially improved their job prospects and has even lead to inter views. Social networking in business adds flexibility in job searching that did not exist before. While LinkedIn does a good job at condensing your background and experience in one webpage, having a resume is just as important. A resume is an ongoing process that is constantly changing. A strong resume highlights relevant work experience, skills and technical aptitudes. It is beneficial to use strategic words in the job description and incorporating them in your resume. Since companies receive thousands of resumes daily, a software program is used to identify qualified candidates. The program also filters out resumes that are inadequate and incomplete. To increase resume visibility, a useful tip is to use words that highlight your tasks and responsibilities. Recruiters and human resource employees have a heightened sense for resumes so it is best to make it easily legible. Have a couple of people glance at your resume
and take their feedback seriously. Many of us are immune to our own errors so the best way to combat that is to extensively revise and edit. If you are having difficulties assembling a resume, Google search sample resumes. Seeing what a good resume looks like will help you formulate your own. Trial-and-error is part of the journey of resume writing. A resume is not a definitive document and is meant to go through revisions. As you gain more experience and job exposure, adjustments will have to be made. A good resume might grant you an inter view, but it is up to you to sell your work experience during the inter view. Depending on the market status of the company, entr y-level applicants with work experience and a college degree should be realistic about their market value. Don’t expect to make a salar y that is above market levels, unless your company incorporates above market wages. The strength of the job program and the security it offers should be the primar y concern. A high salar y is merely an added bonus. Taking the time to solidify a plan to maximize your job search is extremely helpful. Smart career management is a progressive journey that will reveal setbacks as well as rewards. Entr y-level positions are available across all industries, which makes preparation a necessity to job searching. Fatima E. Zouhour is School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in human resource management and labor studies and employment relations. Her column, “Prosperity and Decline,” runs alternate Thursdays.
Rutgers football can recover from SMU STUMPER’S SPORTS JAMES STUMPER, JR.
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win’s a win, but Rutgers’ 55-52 triple-overtime victory over Southern Methodist University in rainy Dallas this past weekend certainly didn’t instill confidence into the fans, just days before the biggest matchup on the schedule. Rutgers got out big early in their American Athletic Conference debut, but mistakes allowed the Mustangs to hang around. Eventually, SMU caught a few breaks and tied the game. Rutgers eventually won because it was the better and more talented team than SMU, and made more plays in overtime. That certainly will not be the case tonight when the Scarlet Knights hit the road to face the eighth-ranked Louisville Cardinals. Louisville presents many challenges for this Rutgers team, including one of the best quarterbacks in college football: Teddy Bridgewater. Rutgers fans have a vivid memory of what Bridgewater is capable of from last year’s regular season-ending contest, when he came off the bench to wipe away a 14-3 Cardinal deficit and send Louisville to the Sugar Bowl. So what does Rutgers need to improve on from last week to avenge last year’s heartbreaker against Louisville? Well, first of all, Rutgers blew a 21-point lead on two separate occasions against SMU last week, allowing them to tie the game at 35 apiece before heading to overtime. If — and that’s a big if — Rutgers finds itself up on Louisville like they were
on SMU last week, they need to keep their foot on the throttle. Head coach Kyle Flood’s ultra-conservative play calling became an issue last week. Once the Knights were up, they seemed to be content with just running the ball up the middle hoping to kill as much clock as possible. This was on display at the end of the first half. Rutgers got the ball back from the Mustangs with 3:53 remaining in the half and with timeouts to burn. The Knights, who were only up 21-7, had a golden opportunity to take a few shots downfield and at least tack on a field goal to make it a three-possession game. They elected not to do so, however, and it almost cost them the game. As a fan, I’d like to see a team with a little bit more of a killer instinct. The team has a quarterback with a big arm in Gary Nova, and one of the best big-play threats in the country in Brandon Coleman. If the Knights grab a lead tonight in Kentucky, they should try and utilize that combination a little bit more in an attempt to really knock Louisville (and its crowd) out of the game. Aside from just the play calling, there were plenty of other miscues that need to be eliminated before tonight’s game against Louisville as well. For one, Rutgers took nine penalties last week for a total of 60 yards. If Rutgers wants to pull off the big-time upset at No. 8 Louisville, they cannot afford to take as many flags. Bridgewater and co. will put up big-time numbers anyway, but giving them extra opportunities would be a disaster waiting to happen. Rutgers will be a huge underdog for the first time this season — the Cardinals are favored by 19 points — and the Scarlet Knights need to be well disciplined if they plan on escaping Louisville with a W.
One other thing Rutgers needs to improve on from last week’s win against SMU is simply taking advantage of opportunities when they are presented. For example, in the fourth quarter last week, with Rutgers up 35-20, SMU wideout JaBryce Taylor fumbled a ball along the sideline that was on a silver platter for free safety Jeremy Deering to either pick up or fall on. Deering couldn’t make up his mind, though, and ended up kicking the ball out of bounds, allowing SMU to keep possession. Eventually the Mustangs scored on that drive, and went on to get the ball back and score again to tie the game. If Louisville provides Rutgers with any golden opportunities like Taylor did last week, the Scarlet Knights need to capitalize. My final critique of last week’s win is about missed tackling, which was exemplified by the unbelievable two-point conversion that tied the game last week. The Knights’ pass rush had QB Garret Gilbert dead to rights in the backfield, but couldn’t convert on their tackles, allowing Gilbert to scramble around and find Jeremy Johnson in the back of the end zone for a miraculous two-point conversion. Sure, the likelihood of that exact play ever happening again is slim, but Teddy Bridgewater will absolutely make Rutgers pay if they can’t bring him down when given the chance, much like Gilbert did. If Rutgers can improve on these things from last week, the Knights can give Louisville a run for their money tonight. James Stumper Jr. is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in journalism and media studies and history. His column, “Stumper’s Sports,” runs on alternate Thursdays.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mock eviction notices for students reflect reality for Palestinians Many Rutgers students woke up Monday morning with a better understanding of the threat Palestinians face living in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Contrar y to what Elisheva Rosen wrote in a letter to the editor earlier this week, this well-documented reality of Palestinians is not propaganda. Propaganda is a bias meant to mislead with false or exaggerated information — however, the eviction of Palestinians from their land is a physical reality that has occurred, is occurring and will continue to occur unless people begin to speak up. As students have read in the eviction notice, the occupation has internally displaced more than 160,000 Palestinians and continues to displace them, as many families still fight for the rightful ownership of their homes and land. The simple reality, stripped of all propaganda and exaggeration, is that Palestinians’ historical existence on their land is threatened ever yday as they face eviction, demolition and ultimately homelessness. Elisheva writes that this eviction notice violates the students’ sense of home, the ver y place they feel safe. If what she says is true, that means the message of the mock notice has successfully been delivered. If the students felt a few seconds of uncertainty in a place they have called home for the past five weeks, then that means these students will ultimately have empathy for Palestinians who continue to feel uncertain and unsafe in a land they have called home for hundreds of years. Empathy is not hate. Hate is destructive and vengeful. Empathy is what arises when humans understand each other’s emotions, and recognize that security and a sense of home is a universal right. This simple understanding extends beyond religion, sexual orientation, race, class or physical distance. A few seconds into reading the notice, these Rutgers students noticed that it is indeed a mock-eviction notice. Palestinians do not have the luxur y of exhaling a sigh of relief a few seconds into the reading. They have a deadline to meet, and they have to figure out how to fit their possessions into boxes with the knowledge that they have little to no power over an occupation that has consistently threatened their existence. We have the responsibility and luxur y of empathy and extending awareness. If a campus as diverse and accepting as Rutgers cannot accept fact-based opinions, then where will they be accepted? I will end with a quote from Nelson Mandela, a revolutionar y who understood the importance of humanity that transcended borders: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.” We share a single reality and future, and this simple truth cannot be misconstrued as hate or dismissed as propaganda. If you are interested in finding out more about the cause, and why it’s important to recognize the Palestinian struggle, I encourage you to come out tonight to the Students for Justice in Palestine’s event “Culture of Existence” at the Livingston Student Center at 7:30 pm. Hadiya Abdelrahman is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in Middle Eastern studies and women’s and gender studies.
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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black
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Today’s Birthday (10/10/13). Exploration in partnership thrives this year, benefiting career and finances. Hone skills, while acquiring new ones. Study with masters, and travel new roads. Next spring and summer prove especially fruitful. Preserve your bountiful harvest for later. Keep a balanced pace, full of friends, family, fun and delicious romance. Spend lightly, and follow your joy. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 7 — Apply beautiful creativity for concrete goals this month, with Venus square Neptune. Proceed with caution. Travel or study with a solid plan. Don’t fund a fantasy. Crazy dreams seem possible, but fall outside your budget. Imagine harmony. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 6 — New opportunities present themselves to follow a dream. Take the lead. Believe you can prosper. Find the weakness in the plan. Charm your way through a difficult situation. Love enters the equation. Plan a getaway to relax. Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Success today favors strategists. Share your dreams. Friends help you reach your goal. Count funds and pay bills. A shortage threatens your plans. Work interferes with travel. Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is an 8 — Push yourself forward. Put in extra effort with collaboration. Dress it up. Keep practical and realistic. Worries about money could stress. Stick to your budget. Don’t be afraid if you don’t know how. A hidden benefit gets unveiled. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — Let your partner handle household matters, with grace and gratitude. This week, churn out steady work results. It’s busy time! No more procrastination. Someone may try to fool you. Imagine perfection. Water sports get your attention. Go play later. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 5 — A job doesn’t go as planned. Try recycling, literally or metaphorically. Creative work is required. Others look to you for practical advice. Don’t try a new trick yet. Postpone travel. This phase could be luxuriously lovely.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Stay close to home as much as you can. Beautify the kitchen or bathroom. Something you try doesn’t work. Family comes first. Communication comes easier. Take advantage. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is an 8 — Read and research from home. It’ll be easier to learn. Proceed with caution around a disagreement over priorities. Something goes bump in the night. Listen carefully, and shine a light. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is an 8 — Make a stand for beauty. Tap another revenue source. Share dreams. Try some of them out. Say what you mean. Make sure everybody’s on the same page. Don’t fall for a trick. Your imagination soars. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Turn down an expensive proposition. Life seems easier for the next few days. Increase your family’s comfort. Balance your checkbook before spending. Inspire participation from your team, rather than demanding. Guard a valuable secret. Enjoy time together. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Discipline is required. Don’t worry ineffectively, or let yourself get too far off on a tangent. It’s emotion versus reason. Keep in action. You’re gaining confidence. Grow your compassion. You’re inspiring. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — Mull over your plans. You’ll be more analytical, with help from a technical friend. Imagination works when all else fails. If you’re not prepared, do what needs to be done first.
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October 10, 2013
redemption Knights secondary remains exploitable with Bridgewater leading AAC’s top passing offense continued from BACK So when pundits say Rutgers has no chance tonight — Vegas has the Cardinals as a 19-point home favorite — it is a criticism the Knights do not really think about. “That’s left up to the fans,” said senior outside linebacker Jamal Merrell. “That’s not something we focus on here. That’s always going to come up winning or losing, but at the same time, we don’t focus on that. We focus on our game plan.” That begins with containing quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who already has 16 touchdowns through the air this season. In five games with Bridgewater under center, Louisville has outscored its opponents, 222-34. And while the Knights’ front seven has proven itself capable of pressuring Bridgewater, it remains unknown how the secondar y will perform once Bridgewater is able to set and throw down field. Though Rutgers ranks toward the bottom of the conference in passing yards allowed this season with 306.2 yards per contest, the unit’s biggest concern thus far has been bringing defenders down once they have the ball. There is a chance Bridgewater can exploit the secondary in both regards, even if the Cardinals are without their best wide receiver,
Devante Parker. Parker left last weekend’s game against Temple with a shoulder injury. “I’m not sure if all those receivers are available to him judging by what happened in the last game,” Flood said. “They have some talented guys out there running around and they are going to push the ball down the field and he does it with great accuracy.” A victory against Southern Methodist last Saturday has allowed the Knights to feel confident for when they take the field at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. But Rutgers has been in line for a big victory before against Louisville, against the same quarterback on the same stage. All it can do now is attempt to deliver its first victory against the school in three meetings. With both programs’ impending move to different conference next summer, it will likely be the Knights’ last. “It’s national T.V. and ever yone in the countr y is going to be watching,” Nova said. “But at the end of the day, you can’t focus on that and you have to focus on tr ying to do your job the best you can.” For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow Bradly Derechailo on Twitter @Bradly_D. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @TargumSports.
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October 10, 2013
Sophomore midfielder Mael Corboz took three shots in Rutgers’ 1-0 loss last night at UConn. He has not scored since Sept. 15. TIAN LI / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / FILE PHOTO / OCTOBER 2013
KICK Knights earn a season-low one corner kick, fail to find equalizing goal in loss continued from back In the first eight minutes of the half, three different Knights created solid opportunities. Sophomore for ward J.P. Correa’s shot at the 47:31 mark went wide, sophomore midfielder Mael Corboz’s kick four minutes in was blocked and freshman midfielder Erik Sa’s attempt on goal was snatched in the 53rd minute. Head coach Dan Donigan made six substitutions that period in an effort to shift the momentum, but the equalizer never came. Connecticut dominated Rutgers in the first half as much as any Knights opponent has all season.
The Huskies forced 10 shots in the period that led to six corner kicks. Rutgers, meanwhile, compiled only three shots and no corners in a first half for the first time since Sept. 8 against Akron. The Knights were on the verge of earning no corner kicks for the game, but finally seized one in the 85th minute. Rutgers’ scoring chances early on were limited. Sa missed high at the 36:25 mark. Junior midfielder Todd Webb missed wide in the 18th minute and Corboz missed the first of only three Rutgers shots on goal in the 10th minute, which goalkeeper Jacob Wagmeister saved. Rutgers’ sloppy play set the tone, committing a foul within the first 30 seconds and three over the first 13 minutes. The Knights have yet to win consecutive games since Sept. 15. For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow Greg Johnson on Twitter @GregJohnsonRU. For general Rutgers sports updates, follow @ TargumSports.
goal Knights secure four-game winning streak with Georgetown set to visit Piscatway continued from back The Knights (7-5, 1-2) had several chances in the 7-on-7 over time. The Hawks (3-8) started the period with a player down as midfielder Lauren Weller earned less than a minute in regulation after she pushed Champion down when Champion swiftly ran with the ball down the sideline. The Knights failed to convert on a penalty corner during that time. A minute later, they could not finish a three-on-one rush into Monmouth’s defensive zone. Champion also sped up the sideline with six minutes left in regulation but could not connect with senior for ward Danielle Freshnock, who cut toward Monmouth goalkeeper Amanda Westenweller. The Hawks regrouped with a timeout with 14:43 left. They tied the game, 3-3, when forward Alyssa Ercolino sent a penalty corner to back Alex Carroll, who sent a rocket into the back left corner of the cage past freshman goalkeeper Shevaun Hayes. Less than a minute later, Monmouth returned with a strong attack, but Hayes saved it. This week’s Big East Defensive Player of the Week earned the win and is now 4-2 this season. The Knights pressured Monmouth’s midfield into a
turnover, and Yaney took the ball toward the cage to score an unassisted goal two minutes into the second half to break a 2-2 tie. With nine seconds left, Champion found the back of the cage to tie it, 2-2. Monmouth forwards Hannah Loux and Amanda Schoenfield scored in the first half. Junior midfielder Sophie Wright opened the scoring with a goal 23 minutes into the game. It was the captain’s team-leading sixth goal of the season. That set Rutgers up to extend its longest win streak of the season. “I’m really happy to have four straight wins in a row now so the momentum is definitely carrying through,” Wright said. Even though Monmouth entered with a 3-7 record, Long knew not to underestimate the team. “Monmouth is a tough team to play, they always are. They play a really dif ferent style from us,” she said. “We had moments of really great play and we had moments they took advantage of. Their style is really quick. It’s unpredictable. They get behind you and counter attack quick.” For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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Page 15 WOMEN’S SOCCER
RU faces Houston after brief layoff from play By Jim Mooney Staff Writer
In the midst of a three-game home stand, the Rutgers women’s soccer team has adopted a definitive mindset: do not lose at home. The approach has allowed the Scarlet Knights to focus on extending its Yurcak Field unbeaten streak when it faces Houston and Southern Methodist this weekend. Rutgers (9-2-1, 2-1) faces Houston tonight instead of the normal Friday night start, meaning the team had a shorter time to practice. “I think we have the short week down,” said freshman midfielder Madison Tiernan. “Every practice we just came in and got our work done.” Dealing with the short week, the Knights are going to have to rely on their ability to adjust. “A lot of girls have classes on Thursday, so it won’t feel like its game day,” said senior defender Tricia DiPaolo. “Mentally, we will just have to adjust and treat it like a normal game day.” As for Rutgers’ opponent, Houston (1-6-3, 0-4) sports a four-match losing streak as the Cougars continue to search for their first conference victory. Despite the record, Houston possesses one of the best goalkeepers in the conference in senior Cami Koski, who leads the AAC in with a .871 save percentage and 74 saves.
But the Cougars have struggled to generate offense this season with just five goals all year. The Knights will look to build off of a difficult win from Friday against Memphis, when Rutgers held off a late rally to secure a 1-0 victory against the Tigers. “We have to come out and really follow the game plan,” said senior forward Jonelle Filigno. “At 2-1 in the conference, we really need to start separating ourselves from the other teams.” Filigno played well against Memphis, when she recorded her seventh-career multi-goal game, scoring twice. Filigno, Tiernan and junior attacker Stephanie Scholz should all put pressure on Houston. Rutgers will then turn its attention Sunday to SMU. The Mustangs (7-5, 2-2) boast two of the top offensive players in the conference in midfielder Shelby Redman and defender Courtney Smith. Redman is tied for fourth in the conference in goals scored, while Smith leads the conference with nine assists. The Knights intend to maintain an aggressive mentality. “We just have to come out with the mentality that we don’t lose on our home field,” Tiernan said. “That is the mindset that has been keeping us going as we try to go 8-0 at home.”
TENNIS
USTA gives Rutgers professional feeling By Louis Petrella Staff Writer
The Rutgers tennis team is ready to compete after nearly a month off at the U.S. Open’s recent location. The team will travel to Flushing, N.Y. tomorrow for the United States Tennis Association Invitational at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. It lasts until Sunday as the second full-weekend tournament of the Scarlet Knights’ fall season. Assistant coach Hilary Ritchie knows the team is excited to play on the same courts as the likes of Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams did a few short weeks. “It’s a great tournament,” Ritchie said. “Several teams come in and the ladies always like to play [at Flushing Meadows] where the U.S. Open is.” Head coach Ben Bucca has attended the USTA tournament several times and is also excited for the players to compete in professional and historic atmosphere. “[The tournament] is really fantastic,” Bucca said. “Our players will be playing on the same courts, including the stadium courts, that some of the top tennis players from around the world play on so it is a great atmosphere and a very unique opportunity for the girls.” The team has taken advantage of three weeks off between tourna-
ments to nurse some injuries and improve their physical condition. “[We’re all] anxious to compete,” Bucca said. “We’ve had three weeks of practice. Practice has gone well. We’re nursing some injury issues with the players, but nevertheless everyone else who is healthy is really looking forward to getting out there and doing what they enjoy most and that is competing.” Freshman Farris Cunningham, who is nursing an ankle injury, is hoping to build on her successful first tournament at the Brown Invitational. Cunningham reached the finals of her singles draw before having to withdraw from competition because of the injury. “I think we need focus on what we learned [at the Brown Invitational],” Cunningham said. “We had a really good team dynamic amongst the other teams so we need to keep that up.” Approximately 20 other teams will compete at the USTA this weekend from all around the country, including familiar foe Brown. Other teams include regional foes St. Johns, Fordham and southern region opponent Charleston Southern. For updates on the Rutgers tennis team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.
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Quote of the Day “It’s national T.V. and everyone in the country is going to be watching. But at the end of the day, you can’t focus on that.” — Junior quarterback Gary Nova on the Rutgers football team’s match against Louisville
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Junior quarterback Gary Nova will get the chance to capture the Knights’ first victory against Louisville in four games tonight at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. Louisville, 19-point favorites, defeated Rutgers last season at High Point Solutions Stadium, 20-17, to clinch a Sugar Bowl appearance. NOAH WHITTENBURG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
RU tastes redemption against No. 8 Cards By Bradly Derechailo Associate Sports Editor
After Louisville’s Terrell Floyd picked off junior quarterback Gary Nova on Nov. 29, 2012, a sea of black made its way out of High Point Solutions Stadium. With the interception, the Cardinals secured their 20-17 come-from-behind victor y against the Rutgers football team,
along with the Big East conference’s automatic BCS berth. Louisville (5-0, 1-0) has not lost since, taking momentum from its 3323 Sugar Bowl win against Florida last year into an undefeated star t to this season. The streak prompted Louisville head coach Charlie Strong to call his team the best in the country.
Rutgers head coach Kyle Flood believes Strong has ever y right to make such a proclamation. “I’m not surprised,” Flood said. “I think they’ve got an excellent football team. I think Charlie believes in his football players and I certainly believe in mine. It will be a good test on Thursday night for both of us.” With a victory against No. 8 Louisville, the Scarlet Knights (4-1, 1-0) will solidify them-
MEN’S SOCCER CONNECTICUT 1, RUTGERS 0
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Connecticut pushed across a goal so quickly last night in Storrs, Conn., the Rutgers men’s soccer team only had time to shoot once before conceding it. The Huskies overwhelmed the Scarlet Knights right from the start, pressuring Rutgers into committing four fouls in the first 16 minutes. The fourth penalty came at a significant cost. Midfielder Colin Bradley converted a penalty kick at the 15:53 mark to propel Connecticut to a 1-0 lead it would secure for the remainder of the game.
Rutgers (5-6-1, 2-2) committed a season-high 13 fouls, failing to build off a 1-0 victory Saturday against Cincinnati. The Huskies (4-2-4, 1-0-3) doubled the Knights in shot attempts, 22-11, but Rutgers continued to push for the equalizer in the second half. Rutgers upped its urgency in the period, taking eight shots, but no attempts succeeded. With less than two minutes remaining, sophomore midfielder Mitchell Taintor, who scored the game-winner against Cincinnati, missed high. Taintor’s other attempt for the game was blocked in the 84th minute.
by the numbers
How has the Rutgers football team historically performed in Thursday night ESPN games? The Scarlet Knights are 6-5 in these games and 2-1 against top-10 teams. Rutgers beat No. 3 Louisville, 28-25, Nov. 9 2006 and No. 2 South Florida on Oct. 18, 2007, 30-27. No. 10 Miami defeated Rutgers, 33-0, Sept. 12, 1996. Rutgers’ first Thursday night ESPN game was a 21-16 win against Pittsburgh on Sept. 17, 1992.
See redemption on Page 13
FIELD HOCKEY RUTGERS 4, MONMOUTH 3 (OT)
Early fouls, penalty kick doom Knights at UConn By Greg Johnson
selves atop the AAC while carving a clearer path to the conference’s automatic BCS bowl. An appearance in the AP Top 25 would be all but guaranteed. But a loss will fuel the public perception of a program that has not delivered a signature victory against the Cardinals since its famed 2006 upset in Piscataway.
See KICK on Page 14
Rookie’s game-winning goal seals overtime win for Rutgers By Justin Lesko Staff Writer
For the second time in the past three games, the Rutgers field hockey team needed more than 70 minutes for a win. The Scarlet Knights extended their win streak to four and sent Monmouth back down Route 18 with a 4-3 overtime loss yesterday at the Bauer Track and Field Complex. Freshman forward Rachel Yaney found the back of the cage with 9:40 left in sudden-death overtime for her second goal of the game.
EXTRA POINT
ALEX LASSA, sophomore outside hitter, led the Rutgers volleyball team with eight kills in the Scarlet Knights’ 3-0 loss Sunday to UCF. Lassa added seven digs and leads Rutgers with 246 kills this season, averaging 3.46 per set.
“It was a counter attack and the ball actually got on [the defender’s stick],” she said. “She bobbled it and I jabbed at it so it kind of went up a little and I hit it in.” Head coach Meredith Long believed Yaney was extra determined to score in the extra period. She compared it to sophomore forward Katie Champion’s game-winning goal Sept. 29 at Lafayette. “She wanted to make it happen today,” Long said. “She said that going into overtime, so she went out there and finished.” See GOAL on Page 14
Knights schedule
WOMEN’S SOCCER
FOOTBALL
TENNIS
VOLLEYBALL
vs Houston
at Louisville
at USTA Invite
at Connecticut
Tonight, 7 p.m. Yurcak Field
Tonight, 7:30 p.m. Louisville, Ky.
Tomorrow Queens, N.Y.
Tomorrow Storrs, Conn.