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THE DAILY TARGUM

Volume 141, Number 29

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Just two days after a 1-0 loss to No. 8 Notre Dame in the 84th minute, the Rutgers women’s soccer team’s leading scorer Ashley Jones suffered a severe injury in an overtime win against DePaul.

HOMECOMING 2009 Thousands turn out for fireworks, performances at Friday festival BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Buccleuch Park in New Brunswick was draped in scarlet Friday for the annual Homecoming Kickoff Festival — a pep rally and carnival centered around the football team’s Saturday game against Texas Southern University. The visit from the football team and performances by the cheerleaders, dance team and marching band made the festival a success for the thousands of returning alumni, students and community members present, University President Richard L. McCormick said. “I think Homecoming weekend is such an exciting thing for the University and especially its alumni,” he said. “The most wonderful

thing here are the Rutgers alumni and their families.” Alumni Relations planned much of the festival since last May, said Homecoming Director and Assistant Manager of Event Ser vices Jodi Stolow. They added a singing contest this year, “Homecoming Idol,” putting a University spin on the popular television show “American Idol.” University alumna Candice Leigh Helfand was named the first winner of the new competition with her per formance of Journey’s “Separate Ways.” Helfand was one of six finalists who performed at the festival, she said. Viewers chose the finalists from 19 other online video submissions.

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Games, music and an appearance from the football team were just a few highlights at the annual festival and pep rally Friday in Buccleuch Park off the College Avenue campus. See PAGE 4 for more photos.

Candidates address higher education, state budget issues at tailgate parties BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

No more than 25 feet away from one another, two gubernatorial rivals traveled between tailgate tents and

INDEX UNIVERSITY If you’ve been to a football game since the Louisville game two years ago, you’ve seen the Bon Jovi kid. Find out more about the 12-year old, who dances the night away on the jumbo screen.

parked cars to listen to the concerns and compliments of both students and fans of the Rutgers football team outside of Rutgers Stadium. As students and alumni celebrated Homecoming outside the

West Gate of the stadium, Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie were meeting members of the community, addressing University tuition concerns and

plans, and suppor ting the Scarlet Knights. “We’ve got a lot of work to do to make sure that we can provide the opportunities, all of the opportunities, that [the University] has, it’s

difficult in a time when there are scarce resources,” said Corzine, Democratic gubernatorial candidate. “We had a recession

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ALEXANDER LIBRARY TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS WITH NEW SEATING, LATER HOURS About 300 new chairs and 200 carrel desks will render Alexander Library on the College Avenue campus a more comfortable place to study, said Associate University Librarian for Facilitating, Planning and Management Francoise Puniello. The library will extend hours in the Reference Room Sunday through Wednesday to 2 a.m., and Thursdays to 1 a.m., according to an e-mail sent out by University Libraries Communications Coordinator Harry Glazer. The Undergraduate Reading Room will maintain its current hours. Though the planning for these alterations is already in full swing, students will only begin seeing these

changes at the beginning of next semester, in order to avoid disrupting studying students with the noise of moving furniture, Puniello said. “We’ve been asking for furniture for a very long time,” she said. “We’ve had some of the furniture since 1956.” About 30 new armchairs will have laptop tablets, so that studying in the library will be more convenient, Puniello said. The new and modern furniture comes with several benefits. “It creates a nicer atmosphere and [will] replace graffiti,” Puniello said. “It will [also] be easier for students to use their laptops.”

Students expressed appreciation for the library’s modifications. “The point of libraries is their use. Anything to help that [the use] can only be a good thing,” said Smitha Thomas, a Rutgers Business School firstyear student. The seating additions will cost a little more than $200,000 and will only be added to the Alexander Library because it is the oldest library on campus, Puniello said. “We appreciate the University putting money into this,” she said. — Justine D’Souza

Boats float down river to kick off renewal initiative

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New Brunswick Environmental Commission Chairman Scott Yaede, right, pulls out Robert Bob Wenke and Monica Orso’s kayak at yesterday’s Raritan River “Fall Float” event at Rutgers Boathouse in Boyd Park.

Canoes and kayaks of every color speckled the Raritan River Sunday during the Raritan River Collaborative’s inaugural “Fall Float.” As the official Sustainable Raritan River Initiative kick-off event to protect and restore the river, more than 60 floaters boarded their boats in Riverside/Bakelite Park and set out for a six-mile course before landing at the Rutgers Boathouse in Boyd Park, said Judy Shaw, the initiative project manager. “I think people will really get the idea that this is a place that you can have recreation,” Shaw said. “There are some underutilized entr y points, there

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Boy dances way into football fame BY JOE BEGONIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

When Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” begins to play at the stadium during University’s football games, Nicholas Sasso is usually the first person displayed on the jumbo screen performing an air guitar solo and singing ever y word to the song. Many of the games’ attendees recognize “The Bon Jovi Kid,” but to him and his family, he is just a 12-year-old from South River, N.J. Nicholas became a phenomenon at the Louisville game last year. “It kind of started midway through the season last year,” he said. “I just saw myself on the big screen.” Since then, Nicholas can be found at every home game wearing his red sweatshirt with the number 27 on it sitting next to his mother, Amy Sasso. “He’s won the hearts of Rutgers fans,” said School of Arts and Sciences senior Clark Sharp, who noted the crowd goes wild when Nicholas is on screen but boos when the camera pans away. The fame has rapidly started to grow for Nicholas, and he and his family are well aware of it.

“There are videos on YouTube titled ‘Little Jovi at Rutgers football,’” Sasso said. “Last year he was also featured in ESPN the Magazine’s ‘Video of the Day.’” His family was even invited to appear on “The Today Show” but decided not to go, she said. The football team is also aware of Nicholas’ presence,

“The kid makes every game a little brighter for everyone, win or lose.” KRYSTLE RICH School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore

and they take a bit of energy from the crowd when he appears. “He gives the crowd some more enter tainment, which keeps the crowd noise going,” said Rutgers College senior and tight end Shamar Graves. “The kid is cool.” Nicholas said he has been a fan of Bon Jovi’s music for a

while and enjoys growing up near his hometown of Sayreville, N.J. “A few years ago a friend of mine introduced me to his music, and since then I’ve been a fan,” Nicholas said. Some students are convinced that this is just the beginning of his fame. “I think he is going to grow up and be a rock star,” said Ian Santayana, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “He’s already going to be so popular if he goes to Rutgers.” Others just know he is great for the environment of the game. “The kid makes ever y game a little brighter for ever yone, win or lose,” School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Kr ystle Rich said. Nicholas does not play real guitar and never played the “Guitar Hero” or “Rock Band” video games before his fame. “We did buy him ‘Guitar Hero’ after he started appearing on screen at the games,” Sasso said. Both of Nicholas’ parents are University alumni, and he plans to follow in their footsteps. “Yeah, I want to go to Rutgers when I’m older,” Nicholas said.

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A fireworks display lit up the sky following performances from the marching band, dance team and local band BitterX. The annual festival and pep rally included rides, games and food for students, faculty, alumni and local community members. The Scarlet Knights beat Texas Southern University Saturday, marking the football teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 600th victory. JOVELLE TAMAYO

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Fraternity seeks neighbors’ voices for austism walk BY DEIRDRE S. HOPTON CORRESPONDENT

Marching toward advancement in autism research, Theta Delta Chi fraternity members raised $8,000, placing third overall yesterday in the “Walk Now for Autism Speaks.” All 60 members and 15 new pledges participated in the walk at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, said Matthew M. Tietjen, fraternity ser vice/philanthropy chair. Theta Delta Chi placed first at last year’s competition after raising more than $13,000. The fraternity brothers sent out letters to friends and family to sponsor them for the 1.5 mile walk and approached businesses in New Brunswick and in their hometowns, said Tietjen, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “If a business donated $250, we put their business information on the back of our walk shirts,” Tietjen said. “A couple brothers wrote letters to their former high schools asking to host a ‘dress down’ day, where teachers would be allowed to wear jeans in support of Autism Speaks for a small donation.” He said much of the inspiration for the fraternity’s involvement with Autism Speaks came from Chapter President Matthew Cortland, who has been involved with raising money for autism research since his freshman year of high school.

“Theta Delta Chi needed a philanthropic cause, and this one seemed fitting because autism affects men four times more than women, and we are a men’s organization,” said Cortland, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. This is only the fraternity’s second year at the University, although the fraternity was founded on a national basis in 1847, he said. “It’s one of the oldest fraternities in the country, and we decided to bring a chapter to Rutgers,” Cortland said. “Forty of my brothers and I are the founding fathers. We founded this chapter at Rutgers in 2008.” Cortland said he is proud of all the chapter’s accomplishments and are currently the fourth largest fraternity on campus. “My brothers and I founded this fraternity on the basis of making a difference in not just each other’s lives but in the community’s,” Tietjen said. “Our efforts [with Autism Speaks] led us to encourage our national [fraternity] to adopt autism as our national philanthropy, which in turn led to over 20 other Theta Delta Chi charges from around the country participating in walks this month.” Tietjen said the Autism Speaks organization distributes the money raised by the walk to various groups performing global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism.

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Runners start yesterday’s 5K run for charity in support of Rutgers Against Hunger on Busch campus. Participants donated $15 with registration and were asked to bring canned or boxed food to the event.

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FESTIVAL: Chance of rain moves screening indoors continued from front “It’s crazy. I was not expecting this, to be honest,” Helfand said. She said she entered the contest because she wanted to go to the Homecoming football game, which was part of her prize, along with four tickets for “Mamma Mia!” on Broadway and a University gift bag. The University’s Alumni Association was also responsible for the inflatable rides and carnivalstyle booth games run by fraternity

BOATS: More than 200 brownfields sites neighbor river continued from front are 10 in this region and it looks like Rutgers is thinking about starting the Raritan River Boat Club, and the folks at the Edison Wetlands are starting to do a canoe and kayak club, so we’re going to get some more people out. It’s the beginning of some good stuff.” Faculty and students of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences are leading the initiative, in cooperation with the Raritan River Collaborative, according to University Media Relations press release. The Raritan River begins in Budd Lake in northern New Jersey and flows down to Raritan Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean, said Shaw, an Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Shaw senior research assistant. More than 200 state Department of Environmental

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and sorority members, Stolow said. School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Chris Saharic was running a speed pitch game with his fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa. “We’re all looking to have a good time this weekend, so we figured it would be a good way to give back,” he said. Stolow said the alumni turnout made the event more exciting. “We have alumni working and volunteering today, we have them judging on our panels for ‘Homecoming Idol,’ [and] they’re coming to all of the events that we have this weekend,” she said. Alumnus Chris Taylor said ever y year, his family makes

Homecoming weekend a getaway weekend. The festival was a great way to kick off all the events planned, he said. “I was here last year; I think it’s even better this year,” Taylor said. “All the events are very well planned, and I hope they keep doing it every year.” Stolow was also excited about the large student and community turnout. “It’s exciting because we work with Alumni Relations, and it’s great we have an impact past our alumni, including our students and our community,” she said. “It’s exactly what we wanted.”

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Radha Dhar said she had been looking forward to all the events at the carnival. The pep rally made her more excited for the football game the next day, she said. “I like the environment,” Dhar said. “The vibe is good; it’s cheerful … it’s a great way to bring the community together.” The Rutgers University Programming Association and University Student Life also helped plan the carnival and other homecoming events. RUPA Vice President of Marketing Amit Sinha said RUPA’s involvement included the

screening of the movie “Up” after the fireworks show in the park. “Last year at this carnival we noticed a lot of alumni bringing their children so we just wanted a nice, wholesome family movie,” said Sinha, a School of Engineering junior. The screening was intended to be outdoors but was moved indoors to Van Dyck Hall on the College Avenue campus due to the chance of rain. Sinha said this year’s carnival was better than he imagined. “I think the alumni and everyone who came are really enjoying themselves,” he said. “It’s just nice seeing everyone play the carnival games.”

Protection brownfields sites and more than 20 federal Superfund sites are close to the river, according to a Raritan Initiative press release. The region has seen improvement but is still considered “degraded” by the DEP. “[A Superfund site is] a toxic waste site along the river where there is some sort of major chemical or biological pollutant. Usually, the chemical pollutants are well beyond natural means of cleaning up,” New Jersey Water Watch Event Organizer Eric Struble, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior. Piscataway resident Richard Sroczynsky relished the ride from Riverside Park to Boyd Park. “It was beautiful. It was fun. The early par t had a few rapids [but] it was great,” Sroczynsku said. The region could bring attention to the river by making canoe and kayak services more readily available and making the entry points more widely known, Sroczynsky said. Chairman of the New Brunswick Environmental

Commission Scott Yaede said the river is underutilized. “Folks don’t realize how nice it is out here,” Yaede said. David Schreier, a New Jersey resident, said he enjoyed the hour and a half long ride and hoped the event would bring attention to the river.

Patterson said the river is an often-ignored resource. “Most people are like, ‘Oh yeah, the Raritan? I cross that when I get on the Garden State Parkway,’” Patterson said. Commuters on Route 18 might have seen the 60 kayaks and canoes out on the river and reconsidered their perception, Patterson said. Edison resident Dan Sheehan said he was impressed by the turnout for the event. “I think as more people get on the water, use the water, appreciate the water and learn how to respect it, they’ll clean things up, and the Raritan needs that,” Sheehan said. Efforts to clean up and bring attention to the river would positively affect the University and New Brunswick, said School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior Neha Gautam. “It will build a reputation,” Gautam said. “We’re on an environmental mission.” Shaw said the weather was perfect but she wished for a broader range of fall foliage. “The only thing was the leaves hadn’t changed, but as we got closer to the campus, they

got better,” Shaw said. “We got through everything and we didn’t lose anybody, so it’s all good.” At the end of the event, Raritan Riverkeeper Bill Schultz paddled his kayak onto shore with a double-crested cormorant, a diving duck, nestled between his legs with a fishing hook jutted out of the bird’s mouth. Carl Alderson, a marine restoration specialist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, gave hypothetical situations to explain how the bird wound up with a hook in its mouth. “It eats by diving to great depths, spearing fish … maybe he got a fish that was on a hook because he was working near a fisherman, or he went down and saw something flashing in the water and grabbed it,” Alderson said. An EMT clipped the protruding hook from the bird’s mouth and Schultz helped it out of the kayak. Information for initiative events scheduled through the year can be found at www.blueraritan.org/events/.

“I think as more people get on the water, use the water, appreciate the water ... they’ll clean things up and the Raritan needs that.” DAN SHEEHAN Edison resident

“It’s certainly much cleaner than a lot of other rivers in North Jersey or in the industrial or metropolitan areas,” Schreier said. “It’s got a lot going for it. I think that if there were more people out along the Banks, obviously that would bring it more attention.” Toxics Coordinator for Edison Wetlands Association Dana

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ISSUES: Christie plans to increase state education aid continued from front since 2007 and it has put enormous pressure on not just the state of New Jersey but ever y state system across the country.” Most universities around the countr y have seen serious budget cuts, he said. Almost all state schools are in doubledigit increases in tuition. According to research by USA Today, most universities maintain only single-digit tuition rate increases while a significant number are in the double-digits.

“That’s why we put the cap on tuition and expanded the number of dollars we put on tuition aid, because it’s important to ease the financial burden on families that are struggling,” Corzine said. He cut the overall state budget 13 percent last year and the state aid to the University by 5 percent. It was relatively small compared to cuts in other areas, Corzine said. “We had to strike our state budget from 34 billion to 29 billion [for the] first time in 60 years, we had to cut spending because we’re in the deepest recession since the Great Depression,” Corzine said. The tuition rate is always getting higher, and they can’t keep burdening students and their

U NIVERSITY families, Christie said. Raising state aid to higher education would also help the economy. “We have to spend more money on higher education,”

“I’ve seen at least half of the home games, maybe a little more. But this year, I’ve been a little busy.” JON S. CORZINE Governor of New Jersey

Christie said. “It’s the one area where I said we have to spend more money because we don’t

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M have enough seats at [the University] for all the kids that want to come here.” Christie’s plan includes reinstituting the Higher Education Incentive Endowment Program, where the state matches funds for endowment contributions of at least $1 million at a rate of 10 percent per year, according to his Web site. Despite Corzine and Christie’s differences, they both showed support for the Scarlet Knights. “[The best football team in New Jersey] has got to be Rutgers, its not even close,” Christie said. Although Christie couldn’t stay for the game because of the tight schedule, Corzine sat surrounded by security toward the

front of the stands around the 50yard line, in Section 105. “I’ve been coming pretty regularly for a long time actually, even before I was governor, and I have season tickets,” Corzine said. “I’ve seen at least half of the home games, maybe a little more. But this year, I’ve been a little busy.” Both Corzine and Christie met their on-campus campaign workers in the parking lot. “The students are here working to register voters and help them apply to vote by mail,” said Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy graduate student Erin Caragher, who is the youth coordinator for the Corzine campaign. “Everyone is excited to meet Corzine and help support the campaign.”

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t is difficult to go into any store during the month of October and not feel bombarded by the color pink. Behind the October mayhem is, of course, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Everything from Tic Tacs to waffle irons are branded with the pink ribbon — with mixed reaction. The Boston Globe recently wrote an article to find out if people were sick of pink because — while the money is going to raise awareness for a indisputable cause — some customers cannot help but wonder if companies are profiting from people’s pain. Cancer survivors interviewed were actually annoyed by all the pink. They said how it reminded them of their disease at a time they did not want to think about it. Others were irritated with how they were bombarded with pink items after people found out they had breast cancer, because they thought in donating money to a company supporting they cause, they were in fact helping out the individual. While cancer walks and other fundraisers aim to raise money to fight for a cure and help the families of those affected by the disease, is it too much? There’s no arguing the importance of awareness, but breast cancer is one of the most promotionally marketed diseases that affect families universally. Some companies glorify the disease with commercials, advertisements and kitchen appliances that bear the familiar ribbon, as a constant reminder of the disease. This is all well and good, but what happens when companies distribute shirts with slogans such as “Save the ta-tas” or advertise “Feel your boobies week?” Is this exploitation? Advertisements for “Save the ta-tas” show girls wearing tight shirts and bikini bottoms, and a link on the sight is “show us your ta-tas,” where pictures of shirts and other memorabilia can be bought with the slogan on it. Sure it is a fun play on words, but it is making a sexual joke about a serious disease. It’s a double-edged sword, with awareness on one end and profits on another. One cannot help but wonder if customers are wearing the shirts because they altruistically are trying to promote awareness, or because they think it is funny that they have a shirt that has the word “boobies” on it. This is where the line between awareness and exploitation has to be drawn. On the surface, it appears that corporations are trying to help, but deep-down, the only color they really may see is green. In the end, money is being donated to a cause that will hopefully help people and maybe even offer a cure one day. Hopefully, people will not get blinded by all the pink products that they can purchase, and will really think about maybe instead of going for the cute pink mixer, they can donate money directly to a charity, or even offer volunteer time to a fundraiser or benefit that will really do something to raise awareness. People should join together to provide support for friends and relatives who have been diagnosed. Promoting this support and awareness is what October should be about.

Get rid of bake sale ban

ake sales are a favorite fundraising activity for schools. Freshlybaked goods — which mom bakes at 10 p.m. the night before because you forgot to tell her about the sale — are usually profitable for whatever organization or cause the kids are trying to get money for. Whether the soccer team needs new uniforms or the eighth grade wants to go on a field trip, bake sales allow students to raise money in a very easy way, and students seem to enjoy the special treat at lunchtime. Students who attend New York schools will no longer be able to know the joy of the lunchtime bake sale because they have been banned. According to The New York Times, in an effort to limit how much sugar and fat students put in their bellies at school, the State Education Department has effectively banned most bake sales. This change also comes with the school limiting the kinds of snacks offered in vending machines. A three-page memo was handed out explaining all the guidelines, but only recently have parents, teachers and principals really started to understand them. Parent groups and parent-teacher associations have made agreements that once a month they are allowed to sell as many dark fudge brownies and lemon bars as they want, so long as lunch has ended. And after 6 p.m. on weekdays, anything goes. But at that hour, most students are long gone and — as far as the Education Department is concerned — stuffing oneself with sugary snacks is at the discretion of the students themselves. There are good intentions behind banning the bake sales, but to think that eliminating a profitable and easy fundraiser for students will keep them from eating junk food is a joke. Kids learn their eating habits at their homes. They come to school with packed lunches full of chips and Lunchables that are less than healthy. Others who do buy lunch are left with the options of whatever the school is providing. Still many schools are offering fattening lunches, with chips, cookies and ice cream as snacks and sides. Bake sales are not held every day and will not change how the child eats outside of school — or even during the lunch period. It is absurd to take away something that students enjoy — and that actually raises money. A lot of times students will not buy anything that groups are selling unless it is food. Promoting healthy eating habits is a good move by the schools, but they should do it in a way that actually makes a difference. The ban will just leave groups and organizations scurrying to find new ways to raise a few dollars for what they need. Schools should work on making healthy eating and exercise a part of what they are teaching students in school by having good physical education programs and also healthy lunch options. Let the students have their bake sales, because they are just going to eat the same sugary treats anyway.

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his month marks the more general and open-ended Rutgers University “What’s on Your Mind Student Assembly’s Survey” that will be distribimplementation of an exciting uted by RUSA as a whole, new initiative called “What’s these surveys will be very on Your Mind Month.” specific in nature, zeroing-in During October, the memon four major concerns that bers of RUSA will focus on have been consistently BEN WEST expressed by many students learning about the concerns of students on campus in the committee’s online through a “What’s on Your Mind” survey, which will forums. The four major concerns for which there be distributed by members of the campus and prowill be surveys are listed below: fessional school councils to all University students. Late-Night Study Spaces at Libraries: Students will have the opportunity to share their We all have something to say about the libraries, thoughts about whatever issues concern them in especially about their closing hours. A survey on this open-ended survey. These surveys will give this issue will ask questions about possible ways to administrators a more general understanding about extend library hours. Currently, only the College the concerns of students. Avenue and Busch campuses have libraries that are RUSA’s University Affairs Committee will also be open until 2 a.m. Livingston and Douglass campusworking to contribute to this broader effort to learn es have libraries that are open until midnight, and about what’s on your mind. As some of you may on Cook campus, the latest time that a library is already know, the University Affairs Committee is open is 11 p.m. Students will be asked whether they one of RUSA’s four core committees, and it is would prefer to keep the current hours of the responsible for learning about student concerns libraries; whether they would prefer to have at least regarding student services, such as dining hall servone library on each campus remain open until 1 ices, transportation ser vices, graduation cerea.m. instead of maintaining the current schedule or monies, discrimination and safety. It uses the whether they would prefer the all libraries to close research that it collects on stuearlier during most days of the dent opinions to recommend speweek so that one librar y can “During October, cific policies, written in the form remain open as a 24-hour study of resolutions, to the members of space for one day of every week. the members of RUSA the RUSA. When these resoluStudents will also be asked will focus on learning tions are passed, they serve as whether there is one day of the recommendations to the adminisweek that they study on the most, about the concerns of tration, expressing the concerns and whether they would be willand needs of students. students on campus ...” ing to pay a $150 student fee as Over the past few months, part of their term bill in order to students have been participating accommodate increased library in several discussions about student services in hours and services, such as databases. the University Affairs Committee’s online forums, The Amount of Guest Swipes Available to which are located in the University Af fairs Students: Facebook group. These discussions ser ve to Don’t you hate it when you decide to treat a determine the agenda of the committee, telling it friend or a date to a night of superb food at one of exactly what you would like us to do for you. our exquisite dining halls only to find out that you Already, one of these discussions has led to have run out of guest swipes? The survey about this changes in the University’s Depar tment of issue will ask you whether or not you think Transportation Ser vices. After a meeting with University students should see an increased RUDOTS, and a subsequent resolution outlining amount of guest swipes, and if so, the amount of changes that were both practical to RUDOTS and guest swipes that you believe that students should desirable in the eyes of students, a clearer process be allotted during each semester. was instituted for obtaining parking permits for The Rutgers Book Advance Fund: one-time only events held by students on campus. Did you know that if your financial aid refund is These parking permits will help students who greater than $500, your financial aid refund will be need their cars to set up for events that they are automatically transferred to a RU Book Advance hosting on campus. account? This account can only be used at the The discussions that have been occurring online University’s bookstores. Unfortunately, it cannot be will now serve as the basis for four targeted surveys used at Amazon or Chegg, where many students can that the committee will distribute during “What’s on SEE WEST ON PAGE 11 Your Mind Month.” In order to complement the

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Stop bashing home-schooling Letter AARON I. MARCUS

hy does The Daily Targum’s editorial board feel it necessary to call out home-schooled children when discussing social interaction? If the premise behind the article “Interaction vital for home-schooled students” on Oct. 8 was to state that students in general need to interact with other students, why publish the misleading headline? It seems as if there is constant cynicism when discussing those children and parents who choose to practice home education and that contempt is unwarranted. While I was not personally home-schooled, many of my close friends and former colleagues have been, some of which are the most intelligent and socially capable people I know. In reality, a primar y focus of home-school educators is to make sure that students who

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choose to study at home have as much if not more social interaction than those students who attend the conventional public or private school. They are able to perform in local high school plays, play on local sports teams and take part in a plethora of after school activities. While I do not think it is fair to call a home-schooled education more adequate than the traditional form of American education, it is in some cases more productive. In the United States, if parents are not overtly wealthy they are left with few options in how their children should be educated. The lack of choice in our education system has left hundreds of thousands of students stranded. Luckily home learning has left a viable option on the table for parents who do not wish to put their children through the state run public school system. Many home-schooled children produce better standardize test scores, broader knowledge of material that in many

cases is not taught until college and a moral consciousness that is not always exposed to students in public school. Homeschooled children do not have to deal with petty bullies, insufficient school funding and the redundant beauty and style contests that take place in your conventional school. Home schooling has also produced many prominent politicians, athletes, writers and academics. From Winston Churchill to Thomas Edison and Woodrow Wilson to Tim Tebow, home-schooled children have perpetually broken common misconceptions about the effects of home-schooling. In more recent news, Hannah Giles, a native of Miami, the young lady who with University graduate James O’Keefe went undercover and videotaped Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now employees offering advice on how to open up underage brothels, smuggle foreign girls across the border

to work as prostitutes and of course evade taxes, was in fact home-schooled. The group, which has received more than $50 million in federal funding, is now under multiple federal investigations, has been cut off from conducting the IRS tax aid program, and the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to cut-off all current and future federal funding to the disgraced organization. Did Gile’s lack of proper “social interaction” lessen her investigative techniques? Is she any less capable because she was home-schooled? As a friend hers, I can argue that her home-schooled education has had a resounding af fect on how she interacts with people, such as her fearlessness to approach anyone at any point and time. If Hannah were a victim of a failed Miami public school, would she have developed her valiant and bold investigative journalism skills? Remember, this is a girl who is not yet a college graduate, is

only 20 years old and was able to acquire information from ACORN that the most seasoned “properly” educated repor ter could not uncover. Gile’s alter native education equipped her with the proper tools necessar y to conduct one of the greatest investigative journalism operations since the Watergate scandal. The faulty title of your editorial, singling out the need for home-schooled children and not just children in general to participate in proper social interaction is misleading and unjustified. Classifications are wrong, and generalizing about an entire group of students is even worse. Remember, “Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing,” said Abraham Lincoln, another famous home-schooled graduate.

more affordable prices elsewhere. A survey about this issue will ask you where you usually purchase your books and whether or not you think that the Rutgers Book Advance Fund is helpful. The Cleanliness of University Water Fountains: Some students have expressed their anxieties about the cleanliness of water fountains on campus. One student said, “Water fountains at Rutgers are disgusting. Poor

sanitation of the water fountains around Rutgers can lead to many health complications and forcing more students to buy waters from vendors and they think it’s unfair that they have to spend money on something that should be free.” The committee would like to know how many students use water fountains and whether or not they would use them if they were cleaner. It is the hope of the University Af fairs Committee

that these four targeted sur veys will help us to efficiently gauge the level of concern that students have about these four specific issues. We also hope to provide students with the opportunity to indicate which solutions they believe could most effectively address these concerns. Please look out for and take advantage of the ef for ts of RUSA and the committee to learn about what’s on your mind this month. “What’s on Your

Mind Month” is a valuable opportunity for you to express your concerns about and shape the University that you spend $20,000 —or in the case of outof-state kids like myself, $30,000 — to attend.

Aaron I. Marcus is a School of Arts and Sciences first-year student majoring in political science and history.

Ben West is a Rutgers College senior majoring in political science. He is also chairman of RUSA’s University Af fairs Committee. He can be reached at universityaffairs.rusa@gmail.com.

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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — It seems like everything changes today. What you thought was firmly in place gives way to something even more magical. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Everything seems to be pretty well balanced today. This is good, as tomorrow you'll start in a whole new direction. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 6 — The sands shift under your feet. Be ready to move in a new direction, knowing that good fortune awaits you. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7 — Take advantage of every opportunity to tell others you love them. Wisdom grows as you show your feelings. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — You've been dragging your feet on a project. Now is the time to move ahead. Anything you do will have good results. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — By the end of the day you'll be on a roll. In the morning you need to get the engines started. Find the right key.

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Scoring drought reaches four games Scarlet Knights fall 11 strokes shy of victory BY KYLE FRANKO

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It has been 360 minutes since the Rutgers men’s soccer team last scored a goal. The result — four straight defeats MEN’S SOCCER — most 0 recently RUTGERS came in 1 a DEPAUL 1-0 l o s s Saturday afternoon at DePaul. “I thought we played well and it was the best we’ve been since [a 2-1 win over Connecticut],” said Rutgers head coach Bob Reasso. “The problem is we’re not scoring goals. We seem to get crosses in and get opportunities but we just can’t hit the target and finish our chances. Whether it’s confidence or whatever, it has to be better in the game, and we are going to go out in training and work on [finishing].” DePaul (7-5-0, 4-3-0) did finish the one chance they had to score. Steffen Vroom, the Blue Demons’ leading scorer, found the net for the fifth time this season when he finished off an Alex Mangan cross in the 27th minute. It was Vroom’s second consecutive game-winning goal. He scored the overtime winner for the Blue Demons in their previous game against Cincinnati. “Vroom is a very good player, and we made a mistake in the back which he capitalized on,” said Reasso on DePaul’s winning goal. “I thought we played really well for the 90 minutes, particularly in the last 45 minutes, we were the far better team.”

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Sophomore Alex Morgans earned his second consecutive start in goal, making two saves in Rutgers’ 1-0 loss at DePaul. RU (5-6-0, 3-4-0) pushed forward in the second half in search of the equalizer, but was unable to beat DePaul goalkeeper Joe Ferrari. Ferrari made eight saves, denying both sophomore forward Ibrahim Kamara and junior midfielder Yannick Salmon twice. The Scarlet Knights outshot DePaul 8-4. “I thought we were good in both [the first and second half],” Reasso said. “After they got that goal they put players behind the ball and became difficult to play against. DePaul is the type of team that will pass the ball around and there is a rhythm to the game. We are good against teams that let you play.”

Reasso went with Alex Morgans in goal for the second consecutive game and the sophomore contributed two saves. “I think we’ve solidified the goalkeeper position,” Reasso said. “Alex did a good job even though he wasn’t asked to do very much, and I thought he looked the part.” The Knights are in the midst of a stretch that includes three games in seven days — all of which are on the road. “It’s tough to win on the road in the Big East,” Reasso said. “If you look at our schedule, three of our last four have been on the road in the Big East, and that is lways going to be difficult.”

James Hilaire and the Rutgers men’s golf team came tantalizingly close to their second win MEN’S GOLF of the RUTGERS 617 s e a s o n in last THIRD PLACE weekend’s Scotty Duncan Memorial Classic. But a lack of consistency prevented each from taking team and individual titles, as Hilaire and the Scarlet Knights both finished third. If RU hopes to emerge victorious in the inaugural Connecticut Cup, it has to better manage both its games and the golf course, said men’s coach Jason Bataille. “If everybody hits it to the center of the green, your average score is going to be better than if everybody shoots at the pin [and] maybe one guy makes birdie, two guys make pars and two guys make bogeys,” Bataille said. The Knights were plagued by their inability to string two good rounds together. Outside of Hilaire, none of the other four players posted two rounds in the 70s. Nonetheless, RU still found themselves only 11 strokes behind first-place Delaware, and Hilaire believes it will ser ve as a learning experience for the squad.

“The more times that we’re there, the more comfortable that we’ll be in those types of situations,” Hilaire said. The senior is acclimating himself to being near the top of the leader board. Hilaire led RU individually once again, tallying a 36-hole score of 149 to finish four strokes behind Delaware’s Kevin McLister. The result might have been better for Hilaire if it were not for the par five 15th hole. After a double-bogey on day one, Hilaire’s tee shot found water on day two en route to a triple-bogey eight. He played the tourney’s other 34 holes at level par. “I’ve been working this week to just get my consistency with my driver a little bit better so next time it comes down to that, I’ll put it in the fair way instead of being in the water,” Hilaire said. The Connecticut Cup offers RU a final tune-up before the fall season concludes with the inaugural Big East Match Play event. UConn plays host to the 36-hole tourney, which begins Monday at the par-72, 6936-yards Ellington Ridge Golf Club. Hilaire is optimistic that the Knights can take the next step this week. “I think that we’re all swinging pretty well going into the tournament,” he said. “We have confidence and I think that we can win this tournament.”

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D scores in third straight game BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Sophomore running back Joe Martinek played the first four drives for the Scarlet Knights and ran for a pair of touchdowns.

TUNE-UP: Defense gets four turnovers, seven sacks continued from back cause in separating himself from sophomore Jourdan Brooks as the starting tailback. Martinek played the first four drives until Brooks took over duties and scored on a five-yard run. Brooks carried the ball nine times for 38 yards. True freshman tailback De’Antwan Williams made his first appearance since Howard and was the third running back to find the end zone with a 44yard run. “Our two guys, right now, are Joe and Jourdan,” Schiano said. “They earned the right to be the two running backs, but we wouldn’t be playing De’Antwan if we didn’t think he had a chance to be in that mix.”

Sophomore cornerback David Rowe opened the scoring with the fourth defensive touchdown of the season for the Knights (41, 1-0). The Cocoa, Fla., native cut in front of the wideout’s route, intercepted the pass and followed every Rutgers defender 56 yards for the touchdown. Although the defense recorded four turnovers and seven sacks in the shutout, they allowed TSU (1-4) to find open receivers in the middle of the field on a number of occasions. They were not dominating, but stepped up in key situations. “We just have to go to drawing board and find some type of resolution of getting it into the end zone,” said TSU head coach Johnnie Cole. “We move the ball from 20 to 20, but we have to protect the ball better and find a way to get into the end zone.”

And they said the defense was good last week. In the 42-0 win over Texas Southern, t h e Rutgers KNIGHT football NOTEBOOK team’s defense scored on another interception, forced four more turnovers, had seven more sacks and shut out an opponent for the fourth consecutive season. Sophomore cornerback David Rowe’s 56-yard interception return for a touchdown opened up the scoring for the Scarlet Knights, marking the third straight game with a defensive touchdown. “I thought the defense played really well. They had negative25 yards rushing,” said Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. “I know some of that is attributed to sacks and things like that but they are flying around out there. When you take the ball away and score on defense, that is good stuff.” Of the Knights’ four forced turnovers, two came on interceptions and two came on fumble recoveries. Brandon Bing made the second pick late in the game — the first interception of his career — on a diving snare and linemen Eric LeGrand and Alex Silvestro each recovered fumbles.

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In his second career appearance, running back De’Antwan Williams became the first true freshman since Ray Rice to run for a touchdown.

True freshman linebacker Steve Beauharnais forced his first career fumble and made a careerhigh five tackles in the win.

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out of reach, true freshman running back De’Antwan Williams got another chance to show why they call him “the Rocket.” The

Woodbridge, Va., native entered the game with RU leading 35-0 and sparked the offense to a score with a 44-yard sprint. “It’s just a relief again,” Williams said. “When I get in there I just try to think back to high school, because it’s just my second game in there and I just try to be comfortable, because I play the best when I’m comfortable. I did what I had to do.” Williams finished the game with 132 rushing yards on a 6.9 yard-per-carry clip. His 221 rushing yards in just two games this season put him just 15 yards behind sophomore Jourdan Brooks for second on the team. “Actually, the way I felt when I got in there, I can’t even describe it,” Williams said. “It was a relief just to get in there. It was such a great feeling.”

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Sophomore cornerback David Rowe (4) returned an interception to the house for RU’s fourth defensive score in three games.

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Pratt and linebacker Morgan Carter both made their firstcareer appearances in the win. Pratt, a true freshman from Palmyra, N.J., made his firstcareer catch for 14 yards. “I’m always nervous being in, but somebody told me that maybe it’s good being nervous,” Pratt said. “I was prepared for the game and I felt prepared when I got on the field.” Carter, a redshirt freshman from Woodbridge, Va., played on kickoff coverage.

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Consecutive shutouts spell weekend sweep BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

After picking up its first victory of the season four games ago against Sacred Heart, the road was supFIELD HOCKEY posed to 4 get a litST. JOSEPH’S tle bit 0 easier RUTGERS for the Rutgers field hockey team. While the level of competition would only increase, the Scarlet Knights hoped they could use the victory to build momentum as the season progressed. Flash forward to yesterday’s 4-0 loss to St. Joseph’s and it seems that things have only got more difficult for the team. The loss to the Hawks follows an 8-0 defeat at the hands of Big East opponent Providence. “I really thought we were going to finish today, and I thought we were going to get at least two or three goals in the first half and carry them into the second half,” Rutgers head coach Liz Tchou said. The team is mired in an offensive slump since its first win four games ago. Since their 4-3 victory over the Pioneers, the Knights have been outscored 23-1 and have been shut out three consecutive times. The Hawks came out strong at the beginning of the second half, stepping up the pressure and trapping RU behind the 50. The Knights did not register a shot until nearly 17 minutes into the period. When St. Joe’s senior midfielder Anne Schreuders slipped the ball in from the baseline by the near side of the cage, it was all the team would need to preserve the victory. The Hawks would score again near the 12-minute mark to push their lead to 4-0. Though RU finished with 11 shots to the Hawks’ 15, they were only able to put four on goal. “We still had a lot of shots. We’re a talented group and were not showing it,” Tchou said. “We’re not playing to our potential because the things that we’re

he Rutgers Athletic Department honored former Scarlet Knights Jason McCourty, Amy Lewis and Kenny Britt at halftime of Saturday’s Homecoming game. McCourty and Lewis were recognized as the top scholarathletes of the most recent graduating class, and Britt’s award is annually given to an athlete who received national recognition. Family members accepted awards from Athletic Director Tim Pernetti on behalf of McCourty and Britt — members of the Tennessee Titans — but Lewis attended the game.

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After picking up its first win, the Rutgers field hockey team has dropped four straight games. Opponents outscored head coach Liz Tchou’s squad 23-1 over the span and the team has been shut out three times.

doing in practice are not being translated into the game.” The team was on the cusp of a solid opportunity when senior forward Jessika Hoh sent a pass into the circle, but it was too hard for sophomore Nicole Gentile. The Knights (1-13) played a close first half, pacing the Hawks nearly shot for shot. The dam broke with less than nine minutes to play in the half, when a St. Joe’s forward received a pass on the far side of the net and buried it past a diving Vickie Lavell.

The Hawks (4-7) would score minutes later off a penalty corner to take a 2-0 lead into the half. RU swarmed the cage in the closing minute after junior midfielder Jenna Bull broke free off a steal in the midfield. The junior’s shot was blocked, and the team was unable to draw a corner opportunity as time expired. Though the team has only four games to play, it is still committed to finishing strong and making improvements wherever they can.

“We have to look at every game as a learning experience and we have to look at the things we’re doing wrong and really break them down and build upon them,” senior back and co-captain Kristen Johnson said. “Ever y game we’re going to make mistakes and that’s okay, we just have to not make the same mistakes over and over. “If we can use our practices in the middle of the week and build off of that, we should be able to improve by the end of the season.”

Scarlet Knights’ offense remains stuck in neutral BY MICHAEL JETTER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers field hockey team has been outscored 23-1 in its last f o u r games, KNIGHT with the NOTEBOOK Scarlet Knights’ last goal coming against Louisville over a week ago. Despite the recent falling off in offense, Rutgers head coach Liz Tchou said she still believes the team has the potential to score. “I thought we would get two or three goals in the first half,” Tchou said after yesterday’s 4 -0 loss against St. Joseph’s. Still, the Knights’ offense has been stuck in neutral in the last two games against Providence and St. Joe’s. Despite having ample opportunities to score, the Knights could not find the back of the cage once out of their 11 shot attempts and six penalty corners. It was eerily similar to Friday’s Providence game where the Knights had 10 shot attempts and six penalty corners, but were still shut out 8-0 to the Friars.

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loss to Providence Friday, defense was the main focus for the Knights yesterday against St. Joseph’s. Within the first 15 minutes of Friday’s game, the Knights let Providence score three times. It was a different stor y yesterday, where RU did not give up a goal for the first 26 minutes of play. “We had better possession time against St. Joe’s,” Tchou said when asked what the main factor was in keeping St. Joe’s off the board early. “We were able to move the ball around well.” But when St. Joe’s ended up scoring two goals before the end of the first half, the pressure star ted to rattle the Knights, and it showed in the second period. The Hawks were able to get off three shot attempts and four penalty corners just 15 minutes into the second half. RU didn’t get a shot off until nearly 17 minutes went by. SJU was able to finish off the Knights for good, scoring twice more in the second half to put the game away.

Pondexter won her second WNBA Championship with the Phoenix Mercury Friday night, defeating the Indiana Fever in game five of the series. Pondexter scored 24 points along with four rebounds and two assists in the deciding game. Pondexter and the Mercur y also won the Championship in 2007. Tammy Sutton-Brown, another former Rutgers player, led the Fever in scoring with 22 points, and C. Vivian Stringercoached Tangela Smith played for the Mercury. “I am so very proud of all three of these young women,” Striger said in a statement. “They represent not just Rutgers or Iowa but our entire basketball family, from Cheyney on [down].”

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Miehe won the Metropolitan Championships, pacing the men’s cross country team to a second-place finish. Miehe finished first in the 13team, 125-runner field with a time of 25:45 at the Van Cortlandt Park course in the Bronx. Sophomore Kevin Cronin also cracked the top 10, finishing fifth in the 8k race. For complete coverage, see tomorrow’s issue.

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tailback and former Knight Ray Rice scored his second career touchdown in the team’s 17-14 loss. On his 48-yard touchdown reception, Rice caught the pass from Audubon, N.J., native Joe Flacco at the line of scrimmage, broke a tackle and ran into the end zone. Rice added 69 yards rushing on 14 carries.

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dropped all three sets to Big East opponent Villanova — its third straight 3-0 defeat in conference play. The Knights are now 8-11, with a 1-4 record in the Big East. For complete coverage, see tomorrow’s issue.

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Senior back Melissa Bowman, above, and the Rutgers defense have surrendered 23 goals over the previous four games.

dropped out of the Nick Colleluori Classic, an offseason tournament they were scheduled to take part in. The Knights still participated in the fundraising activities for the Folsom, Pa., event.

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Lancos sinks overtime game-winner ‘for Ashley’ side of the field, as RU took shot after shot at Blue Demon goalkeeper Claire Hanold. The pressure finally paid off in the 58th minute, when a handball in the box gave the Scarlet Knights a chance to turn the game around. Senior midfielder Jenifer Anzivino stepped up and knocked her kick into the top left corner of the net for the first penalty kick goal of her career. “Even though Ashley is a key loss, other players stepped up today,” Anzivino said. “Once we got the goal I feel it really did help our team.”

BY KIRSTEN NUBER CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Julia Lancos’ extra time free kick gave the Rutgers women’s soccer WOMEN’S SOCCER team a DEPAUL 1 2-1 vict o r y RUTGERS 2 o v e r DePaul just two days after a difficult loss to Notre Dame. But it didn’t come without a struggle. “They did it for Ashley, period — end of story,” said head coach Glenn Crooks about the team’s win even after junior forward Ashley Jones was seriously injured in the first half. With the score tied, the game went into overtime, and in the 95th minute Lancos delivered the game winner. The sophomore defender bent the ball from 20 yards out into the top right of the goal. “We all want to win and we all feel we can win,” Lancos said. DePaul (8-6-2, 3-4-0) took the lead in the sixth minute off a corner kick when Michelle Scandora headed the ball in off a cross from Tara Strickland. The game was a physical contest throughout, never more evident than when Jones was taken off the field midway

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Sophomore defender Julia Lancos (23) celebrates her game-winning extra-time goal that gave the Rutgers women’s soccer team a 2-1 victory over DePaul yesterday afternoon at Yurcak Field. through the first half in an ambulance. Though shaken by the loss of their leading scorer and a few ques-

tionable calls, the Scarlet Knights seemed determined to play on. RU (10-2-3, 4-1-2) outshot DePaul 5-2 after Jones’ injury,

and when the second half began the Knights came out with much more poise and control. The ball was increasingly on DePaul’s

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game against Notre Dame, RU dominated the field and no one seemed as on top of their game as junior forward Karla Schacher. The Canadian’s family flew all the way from their Alberta home to see the game. “Having all my family here has been great,” said Schacher, who attributed some of her excellent performance to her family’s attendance. But the game was a physical one and in the 29th minute Schacher’s legs were swept out from under her and she went down hard. “I’m fine,” Schacher said. “I just needed a minute.”

Despite dominating effort, Irish still have Rutgers’ number

otre Dame strikes again. It came on what seemed like the perfect opportunity on the perfect night for the 10thranked Rutgers women’s soccer team to snap the hex the eighthranked Fighting Irish has not only over it, but the entire Big East. But the Irish did what they have been doing for the last 18 years in conference play — they found a way to win. Check out the numbers: 58 straight Big East games without a loss (55-0-3). 147-7-5 all-time against the Big East in the 18 years the Fighting Irish have been part of the conference. 37-2-1 all-time in Big East tournament games. 17-1-2 all-time against Rutgers. That is beyond dominant. That is impeccable. “It’s disappointing, because I don’t want to hear anybody say we can’t play with Notre Dame, because we’ve been able to play with Notre Dame since I got here,” said head coach Glenn Crooks, who is in his 10th season with the Knights. For Notre Dame, it comes as no surprise that Lauren Fowlkes’ 83rd minute strike, seemingly out of nowhere, ruined the night for RU and sent a lively crowd of 1,369 at Yurcak Field home empty-handed.

NIGHTMARE: Irish steal victory with late strike continued from back was everything it was advertised to be. And it was one the Knights controlled for most of the game’s 90 minutes. But with 6:05 left in the second half, Notre Dame caught RU on its heels. And in that one moment the Fighting Irish stole a victory, extending their Big East unbeaten streak to 58 games.

Kyle Franko FULLY FRANKO “It’s a big win for us to come on the road and play a team that is almost as highly ranked as us,” Fowlkes said. “It’s a good win for us in a hard-fought game.” Don’t think for a second that the importance of victory is lost on Notre Dame. The Irish understand that the Scarlet Knights are going to be a force in the Big East for years to come. “For sure, there’s definitely a rivalry,” Fowlkes said. “[Head coach Randy Waldrum] was just telling us that the past 11 or 10 years that he’s been here that this has always been a tough rivalry. Their fans are always rowdy and their players always fight really, really hard.” But no matter how hard the team fights, RU can’t seem to crack Notre Dame. The Knights proved themselves the better team for most of the game, but that doesn’t matter much when the score line is 1-0 in favor of the other team. “We did some great things in the attack and I really thought we

“I like the way we played. We defended very well, we did some great things on the attack, and I really thought we were going to get one on a set piece tonight,” Crooks said. “But that’s soccer. Give them credit; they finished when they had an opportunity.” Notre Dame’s goal came less than a minute after RU nearly scored on two consecutive set pieces, both initiated by brilliant set-ups by sophomore back Julia Lancos. The first was a free-kick in the 82nd minute that Lancos nearly netted herself, but Notre Dame

were going to get one on a set piece tonight because we were really dangerous in those situations,” Crooks said. “You have to give them credit because they got bodies back in the box and defended really well.” But you have to wonder if the psychological advantage the Irish has is too much to overcome. Sure, RU dominated long stretches of the game, but at the end of the day, one win in 20 tries against Notre Dame just doesn’t exude confidence. “I don’t want to go out and say that this was a statement, because it was a hard-fought game,” Fowlkes said. “I think it was a statement to us personally that we can come out in the second half, step it up and get the win.” The Scarlet Knights were close, but Notre Dame keeps on chugging — something they’ve done 58 straight times in Big East play. “Our biggest key is making sure we’re consistent everyday,” Fowlkes said. “It’s something that we are still working at every day, because we’re not there yet. Our biggest key is to come out and play hard the entire 90 minutes, and we haven’t done that yet.” When they do — look out.

— Kyle Franko accepts comments and criticisms at kjfranko@eden.rutgers.edu goalkeeper Nikki Weiss pushed the ball just wide of the net. Weiss’ save led to a corner kick that initiated a scramble inside the box, with RU flurrying shots at Weiss until she finally gobbled up the ball and cleared it. On Notre Dame’ next possession in the 83rd minute, forward Jazmin Hall crossed the ball to teammate Lauren Fowlkes, who sent a perfectly placed shot from inside the 18-yard marker that flew past senior goalkeeper Erin Guthrie’s outstretched arms and into the top-right corner of the net.

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The Knights fell by a one-goal margin to No. 8 Notre Dame. RU has just one victory in 20 tries vs. the Fighting Irish. “It all happened so fast,” Guthrie said. “I thought we marked them pretty well, everything was organized. [Fowlkes] got her foot on the ball somehow and it went in.” The Knights once again had Notre Dame on its heels after the goal and nearly converted on several solid scoring chances in the match’s final minutes.

In total, RU outshot the Fighting Irish 12-9 and took four corner kicks to Notre Dame’s two. “I think we played awesome,” Guthrie said. “Besides the score, everything on the scoreboard at the end of the game showed that we outplayed them. And I think that’s amazing. This is the best we’ve ever played against them.”

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NIGHTMARE AT YURCAK Jones goes down with horrific leg injury vs. DePaul two days after Knights drop heartbreaker to Notre Dame BY CHRIS MELCHIORRE CORRESPONDENT

After nearly 30 minutes of lying on the field surrounded by paramedics, family members, coaches WOMEN’S SOCCER and teammates, Ashley Jones, in obvious excruciating pain, was taken away in an ambulance. “The biggest part of this game is that you can imagine how emotional the team was for this injury — there were a lot of tears for all the girls,” said Rutgers head coach Glenn Crooks after yesterday’s 2-1 double overtime victory against DePaul. “For them to recover from this shows that they are a special group.” On a 50/50 ball just inside DePaul’s 18-yard box, the Rutgers women’s soccer forward did what she’s done countless times in her three years as a Scarlet Knight. She went for the ball as hard as she possibly could. An instant before Jones got to it, an opposing player slid full speed at the ball — following through into a violent, full-on collision with Jones’ right shin. The result — occurring in the 28th minute of the match — was one the Knights have become frighteningly familiar with over the last two years. “There’s no final word yet on the injury,” Crooks said. “The fear is a broken leg, but pretty severely.” Coming into RU’s match with DePaul, Jones was the team’s leader in assists, with three, and goals, with eight. The junior has notched four game-winners this year, leaving her two game-winning goals shy of the RU single season record. The junior was a key piece in the Knights’ ability to vault themselves into the nation’s top-10 while

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Paramedics and family members gather around junior forward Ashley Jones after she suffered a severe leg injury against DePaul. Jones remained down for close to 30 minutes, screaming in pain, before being taken off the field in an ambulance. fighting through the team’s numerous other injuries this season. The Knights now have six injured starters. Four of those injuries, not including Jones, are season ending injuries.

“These are my girls,” Crooks said. “I’m distraught. But I think the team made a statement today and the win today is a credit to the players. We’ve lost a lot of talented kids, and it looks like we’ve

lost another one who’s been obviously integral to what we’ve done this year. We wouldn’t be here without Ashley.” Jones’ injury comes two days after one of RU’s most promising

performances of the season — a 10 loss to No. 8 Notre Dame. It was a hard fought, physical and emotionally driven match. It

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Knights mess with Texas in final Big East tune-up BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT

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Sophomore running back Jourdan Brooks pounds home one of the Scarlet Knights’ four rushing touchdowns in a shutout win over TSU.

The ball clanged off the right upright and fell into the end zone. The Rutgers football team’s offense FOOTBALL failed to TEXAS SOUTHERN 0 capitalize its field RUTGERS 42 on position — the Scarlet Knights started the drive inside the red zone — and sophomore kicker San San Te missed the first quarter field goal. Even though the Knights beat Texas Southern 42-0 Saturday, the win was hardly impressive. “It was sloppy [offensively] at times, and other times we did things right,” said head coach Greg Schiano. “It only takes one guy offensively to block the wrong person or slide off his block, and what could have been a very successful play turns into a one or two-yard gain.” The defense allowed TSU to throw the ball for 151 yards, but shut down the run game and took advantage of turnover opportunities. The offense started poorly, but found the end zone and was able to break the game open.

The team did just enough to make the score look the way it should — lopsided. Freshman quar terback Tom Savage returned to action after suf fering a concussion against Florida International and played three quarters, leaving with a 350 lead. Savage showed no ill ef fects from his injur y, completing 14-of21 passes for 150 yards and a touchdown. “I thought he came out and did what we asked him to do,” Schiano said. “It may not always be as flashy as you would like, but when you’re building something offensively and having struggles here and there, as long as you don’t turn the ball over, it will happen. You will get the ball in the end zone.” Savage is still turnover-free and scored on a 34-yard, third quarter pass to senior wideout Tim Brown, who caught the ball five yards past his defender and walked into the end zone. Savage remained unafraid to use his legs — even though his concussion came when he was hit after a scramble — and led with his head instead of sliding. Some

would call it complete disregard for the body. “When I get out there I always think I can make a bigger play, but I just have to learn to get down,” Savage said. “It was a freak accident what happened and you can’t play scared, but there were definitely a couple of times I ran that I should have gotten down.” But the offensive line still struggled to protect the quarterback, as Savage was sacked twice. After Savage scrambled for 28 yards on RU’s fourth drive, sophomore running back Joe Martinek added 33 rushing yards of his own, including a 15-yard touchdown run. Martinek ran into the middle of the defense, kicked off a helpless defender and went the rest of the way untouched. “I think I’m improving every day and my confidence is getting a lot better every day, but I think there’s a lot more that I can improve on to get better,” Martinek said. His second consecutive twotouchdown game and 51 yards on eight carries helped Martinek’s

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