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Brower meeting rooms reopen five years after blaze BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

On Oct. 27, 2004, flames broke out in Brower Commons on the College Avenue campus during the dinner rush, ruining much of the second floor. Five years later, renovations of the destroyed areas were finally

completed and opened for use. The fire occurred in a conference room on the second floor, the President’s Dining Room, said Florence Borsody, general manager of University Dining Services. That day there was an event in the room, she said. A buffet table with decorations had been set beneath the windows.

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University President Richard L. McCormick made his first visit last night to the renovated Brower Commons dining room since the fire on Oct. 27, 2004.

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“The best guess we have is that some of the decorations on the table caught fire from the Sterno and the fire went up the curtain, and when the server noticed it, the curtain was starting to go on fire and that’s the last thing we saw,” Borsody said. The room has been completely redone and updated, she said. There are convertible tables, the balconies facing Stonier Hall can now be opened and the room has been rearranged. The other conferences rooms on the floor, which can connect to hold up to 80 people, were also damaged, and now all have capabilities for presentations, wireless Internet, and new furniture and carpeting, Borsody said. The dining hall also was brought up to new safety codes not in place when it was built in the 1960s, she said. It now has standpipes and an improved alarm system. The old alarm system was too quiet with the background music and talking, Borsody said. Now loud horns and automated voices talk diners through an emergency. Renovations of the second floor started last spring, and construction began once the students left for the summer, she said. The delay stemmed mainly from clarifying the safety code and waiting for insurance and funding, Borsody said. While the fire was largely contained to the one room, an adjacent stairwell was burned, she said. The sight of the staircase is something she will never forget.

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Curtains caught fire in the Brower Commons President’s Dining Room five years ago today, which took fire officials more than 30 minutes to extinguish.

“I remember coming up here later that night. It was just total blackness. … You couldn’t see where you were walking because the soot on the wall just absorbed everything,” she said.

The student dining area, faculty and staff dining room, and Knight Room in the basement only saw

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City groups benefit from mail-in ballot option BY ARIEL NAGI AND MARY DIDUCH STAFF WRITERS

With the ability to encourage more people to vote, two local grassroots organizations are hoping the new voteby-mail legislation will help advance their goals in November. Empower Our Neighborhoods thinks the New Brunswick City Council members should be represented by wards and Unite New Brunswick thinks the five-member, at-large council should be increased to seven at-

large, but both have been using the new system to reach more voters. “It actually opens up the process to so many more people,” said EON Spokesman Charlie Kratovil. “[Some people] don’t have the transportation to get to the polling place, so they don’t vote.” With the mail-in voting system — which replaced absentee ballots last summer — any voter can vote via mail, in person before the election at the county clerk’s office, or by official messenger by filling out an application with their county clerk. No excuse is needed.

Many find voting from home more convenient, Kratovil said. The law helps voters avoid waiting in long lines at the polls and allows disabled and/or sick people or those with no time to rush to their assigned polling places, such as students, to vote, he said. EON President Martha Guarnieri said allowing people to vote before Election Day is one of the best ways to vote. “I think one of the most important things about vote-by-mail is that students have the opportunity to go to the county clerk’s office during office

hours to vote before Election Day,” said Guarnieri, a Rutgers College senior. “So if you wanted to vote right now you can apply for a vote-by-mail application, complete it right in the county clerk’s office and then your vote is done. I think that’s the easiest way.” UNB member Kyle Kirkpatrick said vote-by-mail will help the organization to not only get people to vote on their side, but it will encourage more people to vote in general.

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U. lacks ‘handicap friendly’ campus despite disability services BY ARIEL NAGI ACTING ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Laura Watson recalls a time when she was invited to her friend’s coffeehouse event in the basement of Demarest Hall on the College Avenue campus, but the elevator was broken. She turned around to head back to her residence hall when she realized it would be impossible to get into the coffeehouse in her 350-pound motorpowered wheelchair — until a few University students gathered around her chair and carried her down, so she could enjoy music and java with her friends. “I felt sort of like a princess with all those guys carrying me,” said Watson, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

Watson, along with a handful of others students on campus, is mobility impaired. She was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disease that causes progressive muscle degeneration and weakness, when she was younger than 1 year old. As a disabled student on campus, Watson said she has no complaints about the Of fice of Disability Ser vices for Students, because the staff helps to accommodate her with ever ything she needs. “I haven’t really been disappointed at all,” she said. “I’ve met some really nice people who really help me.” But Watson is limited socially at the University, barely attending football games because the student section of

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the Rutgers Stadium is not wheelchair accessible. “That’s not really fair for students,” she said. While Watson said she is also tr ying to get involved in a sorority but cannot because most are not handicap accessible. She still continues to work hard to get involved and many students on campus are willing to help her. Office of Disability Services for Students Director Gregor y Moorehead said Watson is one among thousands of students his office provides services for. “In addition to serving students with physical disabilities, we also serve students with learning disabilities, attention disorders, traumatic brain

injuries, psychological disorders … and students who have a temporary disability,” Moorehead said. Coordinators at disability services work hand-in-hand with disabled students around campus to help register them for their classes and make sure they are provided with anything they need to help them excel at the University, such as transportation to their classes and tables in classrooms for mobility-impaired students, he said. But even with all the ser vices of fered by the University, there is a lack of accessibility for disabled students. Moorehead said this has a lot to do with the fact that the University

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Clean, green products start college trend across nation BY JESSICA PARROTTA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

A pioneer for the University’s initiatives toward green sustainability, Director of Recreation David DeHart has worked to make the University’s cleaning and waste solutions more endurable since 2005. DeHart led the change in how the University cleans when University Facilities and Capital Planning centralized its individual campus operations into one large operation. The committee received the 2005 President’s Bridge Award for their efforts, given by University President Richard L. McCormick. “This was really progressive,” said DeHart, then-assistant director of environmental services of the 2005 initiative. “What’s happening now is institutions are just now coming on board with biobased products.” Since the initiative, DeHart and former boss Dianne Gravatt, then the supervisor of University warehouse operations, took the team’s efforts to other universities, health care facilities and companies, including Princeton University, Drew University, Columbia University and even Whole Foods Market. Today’s Whole Food Markets in the East operate using green chemical products, DeHart said. “We’re known way more in other schools than we are in our own school,” he said. “This is something University Media Relations should be all over.” In recent times, DeHart said he tests a couple of smaller products he hopes will be permanent-

ly implemented soon and make the University lead the way for green sustainability. The Ecoblue Cube, a small dissolvable urine block, according to its Web site, is a highly-advanced water phasing product that may soon be instituted at the Livingston Recreation Center, DeHart said. “It looks very much like a urinal cake, but it’s made up of enzymes that eat uric acid,” he said. The block eliminates the need for flushing, and only custodians will be able to flush during the day. “It eats the uric scale, so there’s no urine odor,” DeHart said. It can also save the University a quarter-million gallons of water a year, he said. The product is most commonly used in areas of severe drought, but he wants to implement it as an example for other universities and colleges to follow. “The real difference would be made when we could convince other institutions to follow our lead,” DeHart said. So far, the cubes have been implemented six months ago in a test program at the Cook Campus Center. The Ionator, a r e c e n t l y Environmental Protection Agencyapproved water-refillable spray bottle that produces an electrical

charge is also in its trial stages. It makes the water either alkaline or acid-based to disinfect areas, said Gravatt, director of environmental services and grounds. This would further cut University expenses by eliminating the need to purchase certain University cleaning products. “Most disinfectants you use today don’t kill germs instantly, but the Ionator electrocutes the germs and viruses so it’s an instant kill without any of the health side effects,” Dehart said. “I think it’s going to revolutionize how all universities clean and sanitize.” Vice President of Facilities and Capital Planning Antonio Calcado chose DeHart as part of a team of six University Facilities employees to be in charge of proposals to approve a set of efficient cleaning products. The search was for products that would be most efficient for the environment, the most economic and cause the least harm to employees and students, DeHart said. He worked for Gravatt and was responsible for warehousing the supplies. “This wasn’t a room full of scientists, it was a roomful of facilities workers,” DeHart said of the team.

Each campus used products of their choosing, reducing the University’s buying power, including many that were made with strong chemicals, Gravatt said. After trials, Rochester Midland’s products were chosen from seven major manufacturers. Midland had the most bio-sustainable products, with four products that were made from 100 percent bio-based material, DeHart said. University Athletics, Housing and Residence Life, Dining Services, and Facilities and Capital Planning departments on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campus all use the company’s products. Their ef for ts reduced the University’s chances of accidents, employee-to-chemical contact, increased purchasing power and reduced employee absences by 17 percent, Gravatt said. The warehouse, which stored an estimated 30 chemicals, now houses about seven products, DeHart said. Rochester Midland trained 300 individuals, in seven languages, how to use the new chemicals and dispensing system in three days, making this an almost overnight installation new, safe green products, according to a press release from University Facilities and Capital Planning. These products help create a positive impact on the environment at large, DeHart said. They tend to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and may help to support America’s farmers. “I think that anything that the University does that takes steps to be more environmentallyfriendly is great because COURTESY OF DAVID DEHART we’re such a large University

with many buildings, facilities and residence halls,” said Vanessa Matthews, a student in the public policy master’s program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, graduating in 2011. “In trying to create a more sustainable environment, Rutgers is preparing the state of New Jersey and country as a whole to combat global climate change.” The selection criteria included that the chemicals meet the Green Seal of approval, an independent nonprofit organization that uses science-based standards to be environmentally friendly, according to their Web site. Green Seal standards review how products may be inhaled, ingested or absorbed. “We had to do a much more detailed analysis of chemicals, chemical dispension systems, the training programs and product performance,” DeHart said. The products also had to be disposed of in a safe, non-pollutive manner that would eliminate employee contact with concentrated product, and could not be based in ammonia or bleach, according to the University Facilities and Capital Planning press release. The committee looked for the amount of bio-based content in each product, and information from the National Fire Protection and Association Hazardous Materials Identification rating systems. “We were confident that we were using the most environmentally-responsible products,” DeHart said. “These are very big, very important decisions — not only on the environment, but on the people that are using them everyday.”

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M WIPRO OFFICER OFFERS INSIGHT TO STUDENTS, PROMOTES NEW BOOK Named one of the most influential businesswomen in the information technology industry, Wipro’s IT Business Chief Marketing Officer Jessie Paul will be visiting the University. The event is scheduled for 9 p.m. tomorrow in Room 212 of the School of Communication and Information on the College Avenue campus. Paul will discuss frugal money marketing and her recently published book “No Money Marketing,” which offers insight from business leaders, said Frank Bridges, Master of Communication and Information Studies Student Organization co-president, via e-mail correspondence. The lecture will be followed by a question and answer session. “Jessie Paul has been recognized for her contribution toward putting the Indian IT industry on the global map,” Bridges said. Her book contains information on subjects such as how to build an upstart brand and globalizing the marketing department, Bridges said. It is in two parts, separated between the theoretical underpinnings required for positioning a brand and how to build a brand at a low cost. Paul has more than 15 years experience in marketing and advertising, according to www.nomoneymarketing.org. As the global brand manager at Infosys Technologies Limited, she is considered an exper t in brand globalization. Paul is important when it comes to the field of money marketing, he said. “She is quite an influential person in India’s IT industry, and it’s a great opportunity for the Rutgers students to meet someone of her caliber and be able to hear her advice,” Bridges said. Paul is recognized for communicating brand values through innovations such as award programs with academic institutions, mind sports and nontraditional media, according to the event’s Web site. More information about Paul can be found on her blog at www.jessiepaul.com. — Nicholas Orlando

OPTION: Messenger can submit ballots for 10 voters continued from front “Obviously, we want more people to vote,” said Kirkpatrick, a University alumnus. “I think [voteby-mail] would increase the number of voters because you won’t have to extend a whole lot of energy or plan out your day for voting.” The bill also allows anyone to authorize an official messenger to deliver his or her vote to the county clerk by filling out the bottom portion of the ballot, Middlesex County Clerk Elaine Flynn said. A person can be a messenger for up to 10 registered voters. “If you wish to have [a messenger], [whether] a strapping young woman or man, they can vote by mail if they wish to,” County Clerk Elaine Flynn said. No one needs a reason, she said. Kratovil said when he went around the residence halls, about seven of eight students said they would prefer the messenger service offered by EON. “A lot of freshman college students have never voted before … so they’re not necessarily attached to the process,” Kratovil said. But some city residents were opposed to the idea because they are attached to the idea of voting in person or want to celebrate the long struggle to obtain suffrage, he said. “I believe there is a lot of people who love to exercise their right to vote in a really demonstrative way,” Flynn said. But a lot of people do not have the time to make it out to the polls and this option makes it possible, she said. Since both groups have been offering this service, questions arise on how secure the new process is. “The more voters you talk to and try to convince, it will probably be influential,” Flynn said. But she said fraud is unlikely as the ballots are sealed and collected daily by the elections commission, who hold the ballots until Election Day to be counted. “This is a safe system; I have no question,” Flynn said. Both groups agreed that fraud may be possible, but they are hopeful that voters will follow the law. “Obviously this opens up the process quite a bit, and that opens up the potential for fraud,” said Kratovil, but the messengersystem also opens up the process to allow grassroots groups to reach more people. When a voter polls at a booth, Kratovil said there is a potential

for the operators to tinker with the machine and create fraud. Kirkpatrick said UNB is not involved in the vote cast, only whether residents vote or not. “We’re speaking to people if they want to vote [by mail] and we offer the messenger service,” he said. “But at the same time, we also give out the [mail-in] application straight to their house so it doesn’t go through our hands.” People may still be contemplating their vote, Flynn said. “I know that both sides have pushed the mail-in ballot, but I do not personally see a big increase in the number of people that vote this way,” Flynn said, as the county received about 6,000 of the 13,000 applications mailed out. UNB member Glenn Fleming said the organization is making sure there are extra security personnel who would ensure there are no voting frauds and that everything is handled fairly. “[Fraud] has always been a concern … but there’s always room for fraud,” Fleming said. “We’ll have people around for Election Day … but I trust that people will use the system appropriately.” EON has a more positive attitude about the new voting method overall, Kratovil said. Voting before Election Day is especially important because it ensures the vote would count. “We’re encouraging all people, not just students, to vote before Election Day, because if you vote before Election Day, you’re guaranteeing your vote will count,” Kratovil said. “I think that people who care about democracy should take that step.” Kirkpatrick said although fraud is possible in any case, he is confident there will not be any cases of fraud this election. Members of both groups agreed they do not think the new method would result in any disputes due to voting fraud between the two groups. “We’re not really doing anything extraordinary,” Guarnieri said. “The process we are using is being used by everyone, so I don’t think there will be any disputes.” Fleming said if there any issues post-Election Day between the two groups, it would be on a more personal level. “If there is a [dispute] it would be more based on the victory [of the question that wins],” Fleming said. Today’s postmark is the last day a mail-in ballot application can be accepted, Flynn said. Voters have until 3 p.m. the day before Nov. 3 to apply for this in person at the County Clerk’s office at 75 Bayard St. in New Brunswick.

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HARVARD PROFESSOR DISCUSSES COMPLEXITIES OF JUSTICE Not many professors can make a lecture hall feel like an intimate classroom to captivate students. But Har vard Professor Michael Sandel can, said Director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics Ruth Mandel. “When he teaches, he has thousands of people in the room, and yet, he does not lecture,” Mandel said. “He engages in one-on-one interaction with students.” Sandel will speak at an interactive discussion, “Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do?” tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus, hosted by the Arthur J. Holland Program on Ethics.

When Sandel speaks, students are not simply listening to someone talk about issues, but are actively answering questions about a moral choice or a dilemma of ethics or justice, Mandel said. “He’s a great and inspiring teacher. I consider this a ver y rare opportunity to watch a profoundly exciting and interesting teacher in action,” she said. Sandel poses questions in a way that makes the audience confront choices and dilemmas so they can see and understand something more clearly, she said. “Normally, you might read a long complex argument about a set of issues, moral dilemmas or

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evacuated during dinner rush continued from front smoke and water damage, she said. “The process to clean out a building of this size after the fire was just amazing to me,” Borsody said. Specialized emergency cleaning services were brought in to wipe down the building of soot, she said. “They had to actually go in to get to all the ducts that feed to the ventilation system to remove the smoke because if they didn’t, there would always be that smoke and soot smell,” Borsody said. The air vents were also wrapped with a foam filter for about a week to know the vents were completely clear, Borsody said. The estimates for repair of the student area would take months, she said. The work of Executive Director of Dining Ser vices Charles Sams prevented this. Dining Services served students in the College Avenue Gym and encouraged students to travel to other dining halls, Borsody said. Brower was reopened for Sunday brunch four days later. “Aside from walking in and smelling smoke on Sunday, you could not visibly see that there had been a fire in this building,” she said. Dining Hall Supervisor Mark Gulick said he was downstairs when the fire happened. After he and the managers went to see the fire, they quickly evacuated the building. He said the 500 to 600 students eating during the dinner rush were not very panicked. “The smoke hadn’t filled in here yet, just the alarm started going off,” Gulick said. Thelma Williams, also known as “Mama Brower,” said she was alerted when students started telling her to evacuate. “But I thought it was a joke,” Williams said. She said she tried to see the fire from the inside but could not. “Then I heard the fire trucks and I ran out the door,” Williams said. According to the University Emergency Services report, the fire occurred at 6:34 p.m., said William Scott, chief of University Emergency Services in an e-mail correspondence. “In reading the narrative supplied, it appears that the bulk of the fire was extinguished within 30 to 45 minutes,” he said. Scott said there were no reported injuries, and the dining hall and the adjacent Stonier Hall residence hall was evacuated quickly. Brower Commons at its maximum capacity can hold 780 to 800 students, Gulick said. After the cleanup, there were no major renovations made besides updating the building to modern safety standards, Borsody said. The dining hall always had the ramps and line set-up, she said. It was never a food court like the Nielson Dining Hall on Douglass campus or Busch Dining Hall. She said the biggest critique is its industrial appearance. While Borsody said she cannot change its appearance, the Brower Commons staff tries to implement some of the amenities of the other dining halls, such as the cook to order line, to improve their service. There are no major renovations planned for the future, she said. “Right now, nothing is on the table that I’m aware of — nothing major,” Borsody said. “But we always try to change little things.”

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[push up and down hills and steep slopes], but there are some people who can’t,” DeLuca said. Radhiya Abdul-Raheem, also mobility impaired, said one of the main concerns she has per tains to the University’s bus system. She remembered the time when she sat at the Labor Education bus stop on Douglass campus, waiting for a bus during a football game day. She said two buses were arrived, but neither one of the buses’ wheelchair ramps were functioning. “So ever yone on the bus is looking at you like ‘What’s going on?’ and they get frustrated and get off the bus,” said Abdul-Raheem, a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “It’s kind of embarrassing.” She said it happened to her twice, but for the most part, the bus drivers and the Department of Transportation Services are very courteous. One day, when all of the buses were too crowded, AbdulRaheem said an individual bus was sent just for her, so she could get a ride back to her residence hall. “I really appreciated it that because it showed how much they really cared about my safety,” Abdul-Raheem said. “They sent this huge bus, and it was all for me. It was one of those moments where I said ‘I’m glad I chose Rutgers.’” Casilda Benifield said, as a mobility impaired student battling cancer and living in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, she has to rely on the shuttle buses to take her to College Avenue so she can catch a disability services van, which does not provide service to the hotel. “Of course I was not too happy with this, but I tried it. But as the days passed and it became colder, my mobility became impaired making each step harder to make,” said Benifield, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior. “I even had to miss a couple classes, just because I could not make it from my hotel room to College Avenue.” Moorehead said the Office of Disability Ser vices for Students is still working hard to provide disabled students with all they need. Watson said even though her condition impedes her in several ways, she is glad to be a student at the University. “I love Rutgers, and I think my disability adds to the diversity here,” she said.

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here is clearly a problem with education in America — sex education, that is. It is no secret that most teenagers are out having sex or thinking about doing it, and as much as people want to think that their children are being taught safe sex properly, there is still something going wrong. Teenage pregnancy is no longer the taboo topic people want to still believe it is. It is actually becoming a common thing, and that may be thanks in part to the media glorifying it. As much as Lifetime movies are supposed to send off some scar y message to the girls that may watch, each ends with the teen mom prevailing and making it through in the end. With the addition of supposed real life role models like Bristol Palin and Jamie L ynn Spears, who were both in the public eye at the same time, getting pregnant and sending each other baby baskets, there is obviously some kind of disconnect with the message sex education is tr ying to get across. Teenagers are being told ‘Don’t do it,’ but if you do, be safe. All these different types of — dare we say the words? — birth control terms are being thrown at them without any information about where or how they can go to obtain them. Schools do have sexual education programs, but they might only teach abstinence, which does nothing but make teens want what is “forbidden” more, while the ones that do teach about ways to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases might just leave kids with a little thought in the back of their head, “OK, sure … but it won’t happen to me.” Teachers and parents are afraid to just give their kids birth control while telling them to be safe, but when mishaps do happen, they are shocked at how or why this could happen to their child. They might go over and over in their heads about why their son “didn’t just wrap it up” or why their daughter didn’t think to go on the pill or provide condoms for her partner. Maybe if they just said something like that to these hormonally-influenced teens, something would change. A lesson should be learned from Paul Robeson High School in Chicago. According to CNN, out of 800 girls, an astounding 115 of them are either pregnant or already mothers. At a high school where there is prevention talk, one in every eight girls has a baby bump or is walking around with a stroller. The number should cause some kind of concern from the school, but they are just trying to help the girls rather than doing something to control that number from going higher. Principal Gerald Morrow told CBS channel 2 in Chicago that there are mixed reasons for why this is happening, such as the type of homes the girls are growing up in and absentee fathers. Students told reporters that the issue is parents not talking to their kids and also the pursuit of public assistance that contributes to the high number of teen moms. Morrow also said that they are not trying to shun the girls that are pregnant or who have kids but provide a support system for them. Part of that support system is turning an old crack house into a day care center. A lot of what the principal is doing comes from the fact that his own mother had him at age 15, so he wants to do everything he can for the girls in need. Giving these girls somewhere to turn if they aren’t getting support from somewhere else is a good thing. You also have to look at it as a negative, because it can also encourage what is going on at this school. They will just know they are being taken care of, but at the same time the day care will allow them to be able to finish high school. Besides that kind of childcare, the school should also invest in helping the children that attend their school by coming up with a new plan for sex education. Obviously, something isn’t working with the current method of sex ed. They can talk about ways teens can protect themselves all they want, but it isn’t sinking in. Students at the high school said parents not talking to them is a problem. Since sex is so predominant in culture and there is sex ed at schools, parents may feel they can discard talking to their kids about the birds and the bees because they figure they will learn it from somewhere else. They are wrong! Kids need their parents to talk to them about these things and make them feel like they can ask them questions. If parents don’t make it a comfortable thing for their children to ask about getting birth control then the school should take that role. At least condoms should be offered for students to get cheaply or for free at their schools. If parents have a problem with it because they feel that the school is taking initiative somewhere that is not their place, the parents should be told to suck it up and talk to their own children. Act like a parent! It is not enough just to say ‘Be safe’ anymore or expect that teens will know just what to do. It is better to assume they are already doing it than to think they aren’t doing anything promiscuous at all. Educate them and give them the options you speak of. Then maybe some actual prevention will be made, and we won’t have to worr y about things like what is happening at Robeson High School, because birth control will actually be in effect.

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Arbitration clause necessary in business contracts Letter MICHAEL STUZYNSKI I am writing this in response to last Wednesday’s column “Protect workers, not businesses” in order to correct some misunderstandings present in the article. I’m required to star t this comment out by stating plainly that I am not a lawyer and what follows should not be taken as legal advice of any kind. I am only a first-year law student. Rather, it is for educational purposes — mine and yours — only. Please don’t take it seriously or I won’t get admitted to the bar. That having been said, I agree with the basic premise of the article, namely that what happened to Jamie Leigh Jones was patently unjust and despicable. But I do not share the

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author’s point of view, articulated by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., that government contractors should be forbidden from inserting arbitration clauses into their contracts. Arbitration is a useful tool that is often employed by large companies — especially companies that do business overseas — to mitigate the cost of litigation in employee-employer disputes. It helps reduce the amount of money corporations have to spend on lawyers, and, more importantly, provides for speedy resolution of complex jurisdictional problems that more often than not involve numerous parties to a single action. Rather than spend months or even years arguing in cour t over the proper venue where a claim may be heard, arbitration provides easy answers to these questions in most disputes. It reduces the cost of litigation for the plaintiff

in most cases because they often do not need representation by counsel. Finally, parties do not have to waste time and money hiring witnesses and experts to testify about the standard operating procedures of complex industries with which the common law courts are not expected to be familiar. Arbitration panels are usually industr y specific and can be presumed to have an intimate understanding of how that particular industr y functions. That having been said, the wrongful imprisonment of Jones by her employer following a br utal rape by her fellow employees does not qualify, in my opinion, as a case that should be heard in arbitration. The author may be confused about the details, but arbitration clauses — though I can’t speak for this one, not having read it — for the most par t usually

apply to negligence claims and other garden-variety employee disputes. I would bet Jones made a plea for false imprisonment — which seems to be what happened — an intentional tort that is usually not covered under arbitration clauses. Even if it were, a U.S. court would likely r ule that provision as unconscionable as a matter of public policy. It appears as if this is exactly what happened. There are numerous other ways an employee may defeat an arbitration clause, including establishing undue influence in contract formation or by arguing that the contract was one-sided or adhesive. Jones will get her day in court. However long it takes, justice will likely prevail. Sen. Franken is taking an unduly radical approach to the situation, which I believe only applies in special cases such as

this one, and I applaud the Republicans for taking a stand. To do other wise would be tantamount to condoning an undue misapplication of Congressional power. We have a capitalist system for a reason, and I think the overly emotional Democrats in the Senate should take a step back and maybe count backward from 100 before making such a rash decision with potentially sweeping consequences. Do some research before you open your mouths, and maybe America can sur vive another 240 years.

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informed opinion in a slew of student columnists who are still being educated (or not, such as when pharmacy students talk about economics issues) on the topics they’re so readily giving their opinions on is like finding pure gold in a mountain made up entirely of fool’s gold. It’s amusing to read, but ultimately, a waste of time.

The search for that bit of gold is worthwhile especially when found. I beseech my fellow students who are published alongside me in this newspaper to begin researching topics for longer than 15 minutes before deadline to stick to topics they understand and hopefully to stop bickering among one another. No one reading actually cares

about what you think — they wish to be informed from people who dedicate their time and have proven themselves to think critically about issues.

Michael Stuzynski is a Rutgers College Class of 2009 alumnus. He is the former Targum opinions editor and former editor-in-chief of the johnsonvillepress.com. He is a firstyear law student at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Cagri Ozuturk is a School of A rts and Sciences senior who is majoring in both political science and journalism and media studies. He is associate news editor at The Daily Targum.

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Today's Birthday (10/27/09) You could find yourself going into a new business or a whole different line of work. Imagination is the key. Listen to others, but reserve the right to set your own pace. Success comes from listening to your inner voice. 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 — Insights cause you to rethink your position. Luckily for you, others are changing their minds as well. Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is an 8 — Everything appears to be on target, but things are not always as they seem. Allow time for the facts to emerge. Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is a 6 — Don't get carried away with your imagination. Do, however, record your ideas for future reference. Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — The incoming data sparks your imagination and allows you to fantasize about completion of an essential project. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6 — As much as you enjoy your co-workers, you suspect that they aren't sticking to the truth today. Check facts. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Use your imagination wisely. Some of your ideas push the envelope too far for other people.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 6 — Write down your ideas today. Share them later. Recording them gives you a chance to test them on yourself. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — You have some truly imaginative ideas today. Take notes. You can't communicate all of them at once. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — If you're a writer, you make remarkable progress today. If you're not a writer, you still make progress. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 6 — Others tell you about their difficulties. Respond with compassion, but don't think you have to solve every problem. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Everything will work out today if you get off to an early start. You tend to run out of energy late in the day. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7 — No idea is too wild. Others may snicker, but later they'll see the advantages.

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The Rutgers defense recovered three fumbles and scored its fifth defensive touchdown of the season in Friday night’s 27-10 win over Army. The Scarlet Knights increased their season total to 13 fumble recoveries and eight interceptions, putting them well ahead of last year’s pace.

TRENCHES: Vallone leads defensive effort in win continued from back Though Martinek only put forth 60 yards on the ground through the first three quarters, he tacked on 79 more and his second touchdown in the final stanza behind a unit that eventually wore down the Army defense.

“I’m not going to beat around the bush, they have some really talented players,” senior center Ryan Blaszczyk said. “Our size just kind of wore on them as the game went on.” The Knights’ offensive line outweighed Army’s defensive front by an average of 48 pounds and possessed a five-inch height advantage. Couple that with the weather conditions that Blaszczyk said his group “lives

for” and Martinek had a field day at the end of the game. Granted, Martinek fumbled in the red zone in the fourth quarter and still looked like he was running through two feet of mud for much of the game, but it was not for a lack of effort. “We came in here and we thought we could run the ball against their defense,” Blaszczyk said. “We thought we had a good matchup, and Joe is just a tough

runner. He can really lower his head and make people miss.” After a widely-questioned strategy against Pittsburgh where freshman quarterback Tom Savage’s pass attempts nearly doubled that of the running backs, Friday’s pass-to-run ratio more closely resembled that of a team built to win in the trenches late in games. RU returned to the formula for success outlined from the

ver y start. The offensive and defensive lines, thought to be the strengths of their respective units, got stronger as the game went on and buried Army when it mattered most. “I knew eventually they were going to wear,” Savage said. “Our offensive line and running backs are in such great shape; they just did awesome out there.” Victor y — straight from the trenches.

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M Sophomore Scott Winston, who entered RU last year as the nation’s top recruit and was a provide senior leadership first-team freshman All-American with a 34-6 record, will redshirt continued from back this season. dence. He has done a lot of the Despite the redshirt, Winston training by himself but we have is a great leader for the Knights, brought in [freshman] Carl Goodale said. Buchholz, who will redshirt, to Solidifying the roster are two give him some competition.” transfers, both with NCAA Joining Russo in the rankings Tournament experience. is redshirt senior Lamar Brown First is redshirt junior Daryl — No. 19 in the 197-pound Cocozzo, who wrestled at weight class. The Red Bank, N.J., Edinboro and joins RU in the 157native is one year removed from pound weight class. his 2007-08 NCAA Tournament Joining him in his first year appearance when he was a junior. with the Knights is junior Bill Two years ago, Russo redAshnault. The former Lock shirted so that he could use the Haven standout also brings tourextra time to prepare and make nament experience. his senior year “It’s all about motivation no as memorable matter what as possible, weight class,” “Our goal remains Greenwald said. Goodale said. “He has gotten “It’s a team effort unchanged, and better everyday,” and we want to that is to win Goodale said. “He bring everyone as will give us senior far as the NCAA a national leadership. He is Tournament.” not the most The team holds championship.” vocal, but he leads its annual interSCOTT GOODALE on the mat.” squad WrestleHead Coach Redshir t junOffs at the College ior David Avenue Gym Nov. Greenwald, RU’s 2, and that is the returning leader in dual meet only time the Knights wrestle at points, also returns for this seahome in 2009. son. Greenwald finished last After the Wrestle-Offs the year with a mark of 23-8 team hits the road for five matchwrestling in the 141-pound es and two tournaments, includweight class. He will compete ing a two-day tournament at the in the 149-pound weight class end of December in Chicago this season. called Midlands. Greenwald said he would con“We like being on the road,” tinue to do what he does best, Goodale said. “The guys have fun and that’s pinning. hanging out with one another “My style will be the same,” and we won’t use [traveling] as he said. “I’m going to just keep an excuse. You need to travel to training harder to get stronger face the best. Our goal remains and better with the arsenal of unchanged, and that is to win a great coaches that we have.” national championship.”

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Junior Kelsey Dumont netted the game-winning goal shortly after the overtime period began Friday night as the Rutgers women’s soccer team knocked off Cincinnati 1-0 on the road.

PISCATAWAY: Split nets second place in Big East continued from back the seventh place team in the Big East National Division. But that is something you would never be able to tell from watching its match with the Knights. Louisville outshot RU 15-7 in the match, and they forced senior goalkeeper Erin Guthrie to save eight shots. The one shot on goal that Guthrie could not save came in the 14th minute when Louisville’s Emily Cardell sent a shot from 12-yards out sailing into the back of the net.

The Knights responded three minutes later when redshirt freshman forward April Price took control of a pass from fellow redshirt freshman Stefanee Pace and beat Louisville keeper Katie Zoeller for her third goal of the season. That’s where the offense stopped for both teams — especially RU. The Knights took four of their seven shots in the first half and did not take one shot in the final overtime period, where they were outshot 3-0. “I look at it one way — we were down 1-0, we came back to tie it, we got a point and we didn’t lose a game on a weekend Big East road trip,” Crooks said. “Again, that’s huge, regardless of the opponent.”

The Knights’ performance Sunday was in stark contrast to the one they turned in Friday night when they outshot Cincinnati 18-11. Through 90 minutes of firing shots at Bearcat keeper Andrea Kaminski, RU could not find the back of the net. But it only took 49 seconds of extra time for Dumont to net her second goal of the year and first game-winner of the season. “For us to accomplish the things that we did this weekend was significant,” Crooks said. “We secured home field advantage, we got four points, we secured second place overall in the Big East and now we have a nice week to rest. I think it all worked out very well.”

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Sophomore Scott Winston, bottom, will redshirt this season after posting a 34-6 record last season as a freshman All-American.

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Senior backfield hanging tough despite losses BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

oftball head coach Jay Nelson announced the team’s 2010 schedule yesterday, including games against nine NCAA Tournament teams and last year’s champion Arizona State. “This year’s schedule is challenging and diverse,” Nelson said in a statement. “This team will face 11 teams ranked nationally in the top25, play in a number of diverse locations and compete against 16 dif ferent conferences in 2009. “Our priority in making the schedule was to find games that would present a competitive challenge to prepare our student-athletes for conference play. Our team is looking forward to the challenges of this year’s competition in their quest for softball excellence.” RU opens the season with a series of tournaments in Arizona, Tennessee, Florida and Oklahoma and then travels to other sites before finally debuting at the RU Softball Complex April 7 against Hofstra.

While three seniors anchor the backfield for the Rutgers field hockey team, the road to the posiFIELD HOCKEY tion has b e e n entirely different for the trio. One redshirted her freshman year. One started out as a forward and midfielder. One started for four years at back. Now an integral part of the Scarlet Knights’ defense, Chelsey Schwab, Kristen Johnson and Melissa Bowman make up half of the team’s seniors, meaning a lot of leadership is coming from the backfield. “All of them have really improved off the field as well as on it, all three are incredibly intelligent and I’m so impressed with the skills and their leadership,” said RU head coach Liz Tchou. “They’ve gone all out in training in the offseason as well as during practice, and you can’t ask anything more from a student athlete — they’re great leaders both on and off the field.” For Schwab, the starting position was something she had to fight for. After redshirting her freshman year, she played in seven games in her sophomore year and started six times in 16 games as a junior. “Chelsey’s a kid that didn’t just come on and start the first

couple of years where [Bowman] and [Johnson] picked up more starting time,” Tchou said. “But she worked so hard, and now here she is starting almost every game.” Starting or otherwise, Schawb is simply happy to play her favorite sport. “I’ve always loved the sport of field hockey, and just being out there and being able to practice with the team when I could was so just rewarding to me,” she said. “When I got more playing time, it made the starting position much more meaningful because I worked so hard for it and it helped me appreciate it more.” As a freshman for ward, Johnson was second on the team with 24 points and registered 12 assists, fourth most all-time in a single season. But when RU called on her to switch into the backfield, the senior took the change in stride and settled into a position she had never played before. “I loved all the positions that I played but I just go where the team needs me,” Johnson said. “Coach talked to me and said the team needs me at back, so I was fine with it. I felt like I could adjust to any position but it’s really wherever the team needs me I can play.” Of the three, Bowman is the only senior to be a constant starter from day one.

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After redshirting her freshman year, senior back Chelsey Schwab, right, has worked her way into the Knights’ starting lineup. While she has not changed positions, the journey for Bowman has been one from everyday player to vocal team leader. “I think it was just a gradual process about learning about the game and being on the team during the past four years and now I

THE RUTGERS MEN’S basketball team added Caldwell College to its 2009-10 schedule yesterday, making it the official “Fan Appreciation Day” at the Louis Brown Athletic Center. The Feb. 9 matchup is free to the public. RUTGERS

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announced a plan yesterday to start a “Chop Squad” for the Rutgers football team’s Thursday night matchup with USF. The plan entails to provide 1,500 students with free Tshirts to form the shape of a block R and block U in the student section for the game. Athletics holds an information session tomorrow at the Graduate Student Lounge at 7 p.m. for those interested in assisting at the event.

THE CONNECTICUT football team attended fallen teammate Jasper Howard’s funeral yesterday in his hometown of Miami. Howard died last week when an unidentified assailant stabbed the cornerback outside of a school dance. The Huskies return home for the first time since Howard’s death Saturday to take on the Scarlet Knights. OKLAHOMA

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and Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford had season-ending shoulder surgery Sunday and plans to test the NFL waters in the offseason rather than returning to the Sooners for next season. Bradford was likely a top-5 pick in 2009 if he’d left then, but because of his injury and the other eligible quarterbacks in this year’s draft like Texas’ Colt McCoy and Florida’s Tim Tebow, he may fall out of the top 10.

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Senior back Kristen Johnson is one of three captains on the Knights’ squad this year. Johnson and fellow captain and classmate Melissa Bowman have shared starting duties over the past two seasons.

feel comfortable in a leadership role,” Bowman said. “I think the greatest experience has just been meeting my teammates and just having them become a part of my family. It’s been great just being on the team.” Tchou said that leadership is a quality she expects out of all of her upperclassmen. “Over the past year [Bowman] has really come out and been more of a vocal leader,” she said. “All of them go hard every single conditioning drill and every single run, they’ve gone 110 percent.” Both Johnson and Bowman were selected as captains prior to the season, an honor Tchou feels was well deserved. “I was so happy when they were both selected as captains; it’s just been so fun to work with them,” Tchou said. “They’re incredibly coachable and so willing to learn. It’s going to be weird without them next year.” In addition to having developed a strong bond on the field, the trio has formed a close friendship off it. “Me, Chelsey and Melissa are really close and it’s great that we are able to play together in the backfield,” Johnson said. “Because we’re so close, we’re able to hold each other accountable for ever ything and we have a lot of fun back there. A lot of jokes.”

Knights make strides in weekend races BY TYLER DONOHUE CONTRIBUTING WRITER

As rain poured down on the Schuylkill River Saturday, the Rutgers crew team embarked on its most CREW demanding weekend of the fall season. The Head of Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia was only a prelude to Sunday’s Princeton Chase, which featured two races. The Schuylkill Regatta presented the Scarlet Knights with challenging opponents and weather. Rain was in and out throughout the day and created added debris in the river. Yet the Knights overcame the elements and came within sec-

onds of first place finishing third the daunting task of competing among collegiate teams. in two three-mile races against “It was pretty intense but we stiff competition, the team kept weren’t fazed,” senior captain its cool. Tori Rowlands “Knowing we said. “We’ve pracwere up against a “When you get ticed in tough lot of very good weather conditeams we wanted tired it’s easy to tions so we were to have fun and get sloppy, but prepared and compete as hard knew how to hanas possible,” we focused on dle the situation.” Rowlands said. But there was Yale repeated our technique.” no rest for the as winners in the TORI ROWLANDS wear y, as the women’s eightSenior Captain Knights headed to boat regatta. Lake Carnegie With a raw time Sunday in of 16:32, the Princeton. The Princeton Chase Knights finished 28th, a six spot featured some of the country’s improvement from 2008. In the top crew teams and included two four-boat regatta, RU crossed women’s crew regattas. Despite the finish line in 17:59 to earn

11th place. Host Princeton won the event. After three races in 48 hours, Rowlands said the team’s spirits are high. “Physically, we got tired, but it did not show in our results,” she said. “It was a great experience that will improve our discipline as a team. When you get tired it’s easy to get sloppy, but we focused on our technique.” With a three-week lull before their final race of the fall season, The Foot of the Charles on Nov. 14, the Knights look to continue making strides. “There will be a lot of in-team competition in practice in order to constantly improve,” Rowlands said. “We want our first boat of rowers to be fast and disciplined.”

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eave it to Rutgers to disappoint in what should be a big event on campus that builds excitement for the upcoming men’s basketball season. The “Scarlet Tip-off” itself was fine and enjoyable. It was done the right way, from the barbeque to the practice drills, from the scrimmage to throwing Tshirts to the crowd. The players seemed to be having fun — particularly senior center Hamady N’Diaye as the referee for the Cheer-Dance basketball debacle — and it was interactive. It just would have been so much better if whoever happened to straggle in from College Avenue and the Rutgers women’s basketball team had not been the only ones to show up. Big-time basketball schools do this brilliantly, and they always sell out their arenas for Midnight Madness. Yes, RU’s ideal date happened to fall the same Friday night as the Pittsburgh game, but that doesn’t mean it had to be pushed to a 7 p.m. start time on a Sunday, in the midst of football, playoff baseball and anything else. And in looking around the gym Sunday night, I felt depressed for the players. On a similar note, the athletic department is asking a lot of the

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student body to competently create a block R and U in the Rutgers Stadium student section Nov. 12 against South Florida. The “Chop Squad,” which will consist of 1,500 students given red and white T-shirts in the two corners of the end zone, is brilliant in theory but will be horrible in execution. The same student section that can’t get there on time and leaves at halftime might pull this off with the same ability that Tim McCarver can objectively call a baseball game: none. The RAC PAC was enough of a failure, and that was just a small section of a basketball arena. Imagine how bad it’s going to look when the ESPN cameras pick up two horribly constructed letters or the left corner reconfiguring the “R” into an “F.” It’s unfortunate, considering the idea behind this was pulled off so well in other stadiums. With this student body, even an assigned group, it is going to be a disaster.

THE GOOD Securing home field — Pushing through injuries and finishing the regular season 7-1-3 in the Big East has its rewards, most notably a first-round bye followed

by a home contest against West Virginia in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament, to be held Sunday afternoon. It’s hard not to be impressed by the way everyone on the women’s soccer team has persevered thus far, losing six starters and the rest of the troubles, but Sunday only serves as a reminder of how much further there is to go to send out the seniors in proper fashion. RU did not face West Virginia this season and was shocked in the same round of the Big East Tournament last season at Marquette. Almost there — Mercifully, the Rutgers field hockey season is about to conclude. Two stellar opponents were probably not the best way to depart the six seniors that were honored before Saturday’s game vs. Connecticut. The Scarlet Knights will most likely fall to 216 on the season after the finale this weekend at Syracuse, and the end of the slate is for the better so everyone can put this fall behind them and move on.

THE BAD Monsoon conditions — Ever y time the Scarlet Knights travel to Army, the weather at West

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Senior center Hamady N’Diaye played referee for the Cheer-Dance basketball game at Friday night’s Scarlet Tip-Off.

Point tells them to go right back home. Two years ago, a sleeting rain and snowfall delayed Rutgers’ arrival to the point where the Black Knights were already warming up on the field, and Mike Teel sat out much of the contest after re-injuring his thumb. It wasn’t nearly as cold Friday, but there was a steady rain that made conditions absolutely miserable for all involved — except for the linemen, who apparently loved it. “That’s a lineman’s game, when it’s raining out,” said redshirt freshman defensive tackle Scott Vallone. “That’s when we make our mark.” Punched in the face — Repeatedly. Six straight clean sweeps in Big East play has the volleyball team stumbling to the finish, and recent performances that head coach CJ Werneke called “underachieving” almost nullified memories of Rutgers’ best start to the season in five years.

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Heavy rains crashed down on the Rutgers football team for much of Friday’s 27-10 victory over Army, a condition the Scarlet Knights’ offensive line reveled in while pounding away with the running game.

Joke of a schedule — Let’s put it this way: With the exception of a very good tournament in Atlantic City, the Rutgers men’s basketball team does not leave the Louis

Brown Athletic Center for a game until after Christmas. Marist. Drexel. Vermont. Princeton. Colgate. Monmouth. Rider. NJIT. St. Peter’s. That’s a hell of an out-of-conference schedule, full of juggernauts that make schools like Duke and North Carolina cower in the locker rooms. Great divide — Get ready to be annoyed to no end. Whether you are a Yankees fan like me, Phillies fan or don’t even like baseball, Rutgers is going to be at war between the fans of these two teams as they start the World Series Wednesday. That’s fine; it could develop into an old-fashioned heated rivalry for the next two weeks. What’s not fine is the ridiculous surge of bandwagon fans and people who only follow the teams when they reach the apex of the season that are about to emerge and claim to be the best fans ever. It’s unbearable to walk past someone on campus who clearly has no clue what they are talking about, spouting off and insisting what they think is correct or that they even know what’s going on. If I hear one person say how clutch Yankees catcher Jorge Posada has been or that Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth is of Hall of Fame caliber, then the World Series will have lost half its fun.

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Before sophomore Desmond Stapleton went down with an ankle injury, he impressed head coach Greg Schiano with his ability to handle right tackle against Army. Stapleton stepped in for senior Kevin Haslam as the senior

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moved to left tackle for the penalized Anthony Davis. “I thought he did very well,” Schiano said. “I was very impressed. [Assistand head coach] Kyle [Flood] and I talked after the game and we felt he really looked like he belonged, which is good because we need depth.” Stapleton’s older brother and former Knight Darnell Stapleton start-

ed on the line for last season’s Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Huskies tend to bring a ground attack against the Scarlet Knights, hence Donald Brown’s 107-yard day on 27 attempts last season, but RU may see a more aerial assault from UConn this weekend. Quarterback Cody Endres, recent outright winner of the starting spot, threw for a careerhigh 378 yards last week against West Virginia. “I think he has thrown it pretty well since he has started playing,” Schiano said. “In relation to the other games, I thought he threw it well [last week].”

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Schiano said the only concern is Stapleton’s ankle injury. “Stapleton is a guy that I don’t think will make it,” Schiano said. “I don’t think he will be able to play but stranger things have happened. Let’s wait and see.” Schiano held junior outside linebacker Antonio Lowery out from Army because the team used primarily nickel defense and wanted to keep Lowery fresh for Connecticut. “He was available, but he wasn’t 100 percent,” Schiano said. “If you look at the window that we would have if he didn’t play — we don’t hit on Thursday and he doesn’t hit Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. You are looking at a sixday window of improvement, which I think will help him now going into Connecticut. We were able to play without him, which was a good thing.”

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Senior linebacker Damaso Munoz led the Scarlet Knights with nine tackles against Army, including seven in the first half.

47 points against Cincinnati, the RU defense has drastically improved, working its way into the national and conference ranks in various categories. The Knights are 31st nationally and second in the Big East in

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Sophomore tackle Desmond Stapleton (73) started at right tackle against Army before exiting the game with an ankle injury.

pass defense, giving up 193.71 passing yards per game, and are 21st in the nation and first in the conference in total defense with 300.29 yards per game. RU also leads the Big East with five defensive scores. “When the offense gets going, it is still very important because that is what allows you to win football games and open games up a little bit,” Schiano said. “Good defenses score. That is one thing that we talk to them

about. Get your hands on the ball and put it in the end zone.”

WITH A 5-2 RECORD AND A 0-2 mark in the Big East, early bowl predictions on ESPN.com have the Knights returning to Toronto for the International Bowl or heading to the land of Smurf Turf in Boise, Idaho, for the Humanitarian Bowl. “I try to really not look at it,” Haslam said. “I haven’t really thought much at all about it.”

Rutgers dominates scrimmage, tunes up for Big East season BY KEVIN O’ROURKE STAFF WRITER

The Rutgers swimming and diving team enjoyed a successful opening weekend at the SWRC SWIMMING & DIVING I n v i t e , securing first place finishes in all four relay events. The Scarlet Knights also had individual swimmers and divers claim the top spot in 12 of the 14 individual events. “I think the meet went really well for the first meet of the season because we had a lot of girls swim impressive times — some of the fastest they’ve ever swam before,” senior co-captain Denise Letendre said. “We really see this meet as a training meet. We kind of try to swim through it and it’s pretty painful, but a lot of girls were able to get up and still go fast even though this week of training’s been pretty tough.” The Knights took advantage of a field that featured six club teams along with Central Connecticut State, Sacred Heart and Southern Connecticut State. Head coach Chuck Warner was pleased with his team’s performance as they warm-up for next weekend’s dual meet with conference rivals Connecticut and Villanova. “We were pretty decent overall,” Warner said. “If peo-

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Freshman Brittney Kuras led the Scarlet Knights at the SWRC Invite with individual victories in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle as well as the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley. ple are doing what they should be doing, they’re going to be pretty tired, and they were pretty tired. But overall, we still per formed at a reasonably good level.”

Freshman Brittney Kuras led the way for RU with individual victories in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle as well as the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley. Fellow freshman

Melanie Gaffey also impressed with a victor y in the 50-yard freestyle, a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle and a thirdplace mark in the 200-yard freestyle. Kuras and Gaffey also

contributed to the Knights’ success in the relays. For a RU team that features 11 freshmen, the meet served as a chance for the newcomers to get their feet wet. “I think having a meet as laid back as this really helps because it gets the pressure out of the way,” senior diver Erin Saunders said. “They haven’t done this before. It’s a whole new experience. It’s a lot different than high school and club diving so it was definitely good to have this weekend.” Saunders and fellow seniors Cat Whetstone and Jackie Klein also thrived. Saunders won the one and three meter dives handily with scores of 298.30 and 272.95. Klein notched two victories in the 100- and 200-yard butter fly while Whetstone’s time of 2:03.21 was good enough to give her first place in the 200-yard backstroke. Sophomores Brianne Lindblad and Jackie Ward chipped in with victories in the 100-yard backstroke and 400-yard individual medley, respectively. RU continues to train this week before heading to Storrs, Conn., Friday to open the Big East season against Connecticut and Villanova, both of whom feature impressive freshmen classes, Warner said.

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D controls trenches against triple option Second seed brings home contest to Piscataway

BY MATTHEW STEIN SPORTS EDITOR

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Maybe it was the weather, or maybe it was the play of FOOTBALL the offensive and defensive lines. Maybe it was just a return to common sense. Whatever it was that sparked the change, the Rutgers football team returned to doing what it does best: running the football and applying the pressure from the other side. More or less, trench warfare. “I think we won the battle,” defensive tackle Scott Vallone said. “They only got a little less than 200 yards. To hold off a rushing offense like that, that’s a pretty good job, especially when it’s a dominant thing that they do.” The redshirt freshman, who head coach Greg Schiano called “dominant” against the Black Knights, spearheaded a defensive push that held Army nearly 30 yards below its season average on the ground. Vallone frequently found himself busting up plays from the Army backfield. Though the scorecard reads two tackles for loss, Vallone played an integral role in plugging holes and making Army alter its reads from the triple option. Though a couple of big plays hurt the Scarlet Knights and led to opposing points on the board, the defense was typically in control of the game. Both of the Black Knights’ scores came on the opening drives of each half, where they gained 114 of their 213-yard total output. “They had a couple of big plays to start off and we figured that would happen, but we settled in a little bit and had them kick the field goal [on the game’s opening drive],” junior defensive end Alex Silvestro said. “Besides that they had one more drive, and we were in control of everything else.” That they were.

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team shored up its errs Friday, the Army defense had those lapses that let sophomore tailback Joe Martinek have his way behind a RU offensive front that was as solid as it has been all season.

All of the lingering questions hanging over the Rutgers women’s soccer team heading into last weekend WOMEN’S SOCCER w e r e RUTGERS 1 resolved w h e n LOUISVILLE 1 Kelsey Dumont netted an overtime game-winner Friday night against Cincinnati. Earlier that night, Georgetown lost to DePaul, meaning the No. 9 Scarlet Knights’ 1-0 win over the Bearcats secured a second place overall finish in the Big East, giving them home field advantage in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament. As tough as their 1-1 tie to Louisville was Sunday, the Knights relished in that fact as they made the long trip yesterday back to RU. “The win Friday night was a great feeling,” said RU head coach Glenn Crooks. “It gave us home field and that’s just huge. It’s symbolic because [the Cincinnati game] was another one goal game that we came out on top of and that’s symbolic of what this team is all about this year. The tie against Louisville was tough, but home field advantage is what should be prominent in ever yone’s mind right now.” Louisville lost seven of its previous nine matches before hosting RU (13-2-4, 7-1-3), and the Cardinals came into the game as

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Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Scott Vallone (94) disrupted many plays in the Army backfield Friday, finishing with five tackles and two tackles for loss. Rutgers held the Black Knights below 200 rushing yards.

The same could not be said about Army. “When guys are out of position, it’s no secret,” Army defensive tackle Mike Gann said. “If we have two guys in a gap and there is no one in the other gap, good running backs and good teams are going to find the

holes and they’re going to expose you. You can’t be trying to make plays that aren’t there or trying to be the hero. Everyone has to do their job.” Gann’s statement perfectly sums up the RU defensive front for the better part of the first half of the 2009 season. While the visiting

Amped-up schedule on slate in ’09 campaign ALEX JANKOWSKI STAFF WRITER

When the Rutgers wrestling team hits the mat for the 2009-10 year, it faces much tougher opponents than WRESTLING those it faced last season, a campaign that resulted in 20 wins. A harder schedule might translate to fewer wins, but according to third-year head coach Scott Goodale, the experience of wrestling some of the best squads in the nation is far more valuable than any record. “[Our schedule] is what this program needed,” Goodale said. “Kids are wanting to come to Rutgers to wrestle because of our great schedule. The wins and losses will come, but you have to put yourself in a position to wrestle the best.” And RU indeed wrestles against the best this season. Six of the opponents the Scarlet Knights square off against this year are ranked in the top-25 NCAA

Division I preseason rankings set by InterMat, a prestigious NCAA wrestling Web site. None of them will be as much of a test than Nov. 27, when RU faces both Bucknell and two-time defending NCAA Champion Iowa in Lewisburg, Pa. The Hawkeyes are the top team in the nation to start the season. Two Knights found themselves ranked in the top-20 of their respective weight classes by InterMat. The first is redshirt junior Dominick Russo, who ranks at No. 14 at heavyweight. The Lenape Valley High School product was last year’s recipient of the Ted Petty Award, which honors RU’s most valuable wrestler. He also competed in last year’s NCAA Championships where he finished with a 2-2 record. “There is nothing better than a good heavyweight,” Goodale said. “He has put himself in a position to win a national title and he is coming into the season with confi-

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Senior Lamar Brown, top, returns to the mat for the Rutgers wrestling team after redshirting last season. Brown, the No. 19 wrestler at 197 pounds in the country, qualified for the NCAA Tournament as a junior.