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Democratic candidate support ignites at U. SAMANTHA KARAS CORRESPONDENT

One was First Lady, a New York senator and Secretar y of State, and the other is the longest-ser ving Independent in United States Congressional histor y.

Both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are running for the Democratic ticket in the 2016 general election and have a strong following on the Rutgers campus.

Student-run organizations like Rutgers for Hillary and Rutgers for Bernie are spearheading support for their campaigns by educating and engaging students.

Rutgers for Hillary stands for three goals: educating peers, engaging supporters and mobilizing people to make a difference on Election Day, said Jeremy Atie, president of Rutgers for Hillary and a School of Arts and Sciences junior. “(We do not just educate) about Hillary and her policies, we also educate about the election in general, because it’s really no secret that youth political involvement on campus and around the country is extremely low,” Atie said.

Rutgers for Hillary started in October 2014 — a couple of months

before Clinton announced her campaign — and the organization now has 400 supporters online and 60 volunteers, Atie said.

“As long as we educate and we engage people, I don’t think it will be a tough time actually mobilizing them to vote,” he said.

Rutgers for Bernie’s main objective is to support the candidacy of Sanders, but also to promote political awareness in general for the student body, said Nicholas Quinn, president of Rutgers for Bernie and a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“The really important thing Sen. Sanders speaks about all the time is inspiring the youth to become politically engaged, because we are the future and it’s critically important that we start getting involved in politics early, regardless of the party,” Quinn said.

The organization has received a large response from students who are excited to help out that have participated in phone banks and canvassing with the organization New Brunswick for Bernie Sanders, Quinn said.

“We have a lot of students that are very excited to help out. We SEE SUPPORT ON PAGE 4

Hidden Grounds plans to open second location BRITTANY GIBSON STAFF WRITER

The Hidden Grounds coffee shop on Easton Avenue has been part of the New Brunswick community for more than two years. They have been serving various blends of coffee and hosting events open to the community of students, faculty, residents and employees in the area and are now looking to introduce a second Hub City location.

Co-owner Anand Patel wants to reflect the wants and needs of the community and has always aimed to make Hidden Grounds a place where people can hangout and socialize.

The same idea is used when planning the many events that Hidden Grounds hosts, Patel said.

“Students want to express their talents so events are created around that,” he said.

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As the last three Halloweens have fallen on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, the three most popular days for students to hit the town, Rutgers and New Brunswick resources became strained under the massive numbers of calls that flood operator lines. This year, Rutgers and the City of New Brunswick are more prepared than last year to handle the bustle of “Halloweekend” 2015. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EDWIN GANO / PHOTO EDITOR

Rutgers, Hub City prepares for influx of calls as ‘Halloweekend’ approaches SOPHIE NIETO-MUNOZ STAFF WRITER

As “Halloweekend” approaches, students finish the last details of their costumes and parties are getting ready to be thrown, the Rutgers University Police Department and Rutgers Emergency Ser vices prepare for the effects of the thrilling night.

RUPD and RUES are preparing for Halloween weekend, a weekend full of crazy costumes and intoxication.

Meetings are held with campus stakeholders, student affairs and emergency ser vices about the wide variety of events taking place at Rutgers, said RUPD Chief Michael Rein.

“As you see ever y weekend, we have increased public safety in New Brunswick,” Rein said.

“We’re coordinating with New

drink at Rutgers, especially on Halloween — might as well put your knowledge to good use.”

But she also said the students could also do a better job of not drinking past their limits.

“I mean, this is America, ever yone loves to get plastered for absolutely no reason and Rutgers has a huge party scene,” she said.

“I think people need to have a better idea of their limits before deciding to drink at a complete stranger’s house.”

Hanna urged students to stop drinking when they have had enough, drink water in between drinks, go out with a friend and be aware of the time.

“Buses stop running around 3 (or) 3:30 a.m., so make sure you are keeping track of time,” Hanna SEE HALLOWEEKEND ON PAGE 5

School of Engineering develops full aerospace degree program FRANCESCA FALZON STAFF WRITER

Hidden Grounds, located at 106 Easton Ave. in New Brunswick and co-owned by Anand Patel and Spoorthi Kumar, is a hub for bringing residents of New Brunswick together with events such as speed dating events, pictured above, or with latte-decorating classes. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015

Brunswick Police Department as well as Piscataway Police Department. Increased buses will be running, and the Department of Emergency Ser vices has been in touch with local hospitals for increased beds.”

Although public safety is prepared ever y weekend, certain events have a different effect, Rein said.

“Events such as Halloween impact the University differently, and those type of events are an increase of responses,” he said.

Jillian Hanna, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said she thinks police could do a better job.

“They’re so focused on shutting down parties when they could be using their energy to make sure people are being safe with their alcohol consumption,” Hanna said.

“Everyone knows people party and

With such a growing demand for engineers, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has decided to soon expand an already popular certification program to now include a full aerospace engineering degree program.

“The Department of MAE has more than 30 internationally renowned faculty members in residence,” according to the department’s website. “We take pride in a program that fosters collegial student-faculty relationships and prepares students for successful careers in industry, government and academia.”

The School of Engineering has cultivated a deep history in the

field. According to its website, the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering was founded in 1908. The aerospace engineering option was later added in 1965.

The department saw that it had the opportunity to provide both domestic and international students the chance to study aerospace at Rutgers, which already has a strong tradition in the field, said Alberto Cuitino, professor and chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

“Up until now, we (have offered) an accredited degree in mechanical engineering with a concentration in aerospace,” Cuitino said.

“Now the department will offer two independent degrees.”

The aerospace option has expanded to include a steady stream of students every year, said Assimina Pelegri, executive officer and undergraduate director of MAE. Because of the strong interest in the field, they thought it would be a great program to offer.

Rutgers will be the only school to offer such a degree within about a 200-mile radius, with the exception of Princeton University, Pelegri said. Rutgers will be the only public institution in New Jersey offering an aerospace degree, so it will be an attractive option for local students interested in the field.

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Campus Calendar THURSDAY 10/29 The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research presents, “Tackling Temptation” from 12 to 1:30 p.m. at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research located at 112 Paterson St. in Downtown New Brunswick. The event is free and open to the public.

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The Depar tment of Biochemistr y and Microbiology presents, “Improved Protein Structure Predictions Using PconsC” at 12 p.m. at the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine on Busch campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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The Ecology and Evolution Graduate Program presents, “Great Steps in the Histor y of Life: The Origin of Limbed Ver tebrates” from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Marine Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Mason Gross School for the Ar ts presents, “Dance and Parkinson’s, Moving For ward” at 4:30 p.m. at Nicholas Music Center on Douglass campus. The event is free and open to the public.

FRIDAY 10/30 The Depar tment of Ar t Histor y and the Zimmerli Ar t Museum at Rutgers present, “True to Her Spirit: A Symposium in Honor of Joan Mar ter” from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Zimmerli Ar t Museum and Voorhees Hall on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Depar tment of Entomology presents, “Shor t Histor y of Aedes Albopictus in Mercer County, New Jersey: Biology and Ecology” at 11 a.m. at Thompson Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Digital Classroom Ser vices presents, “All About Web Apps: Productivity” from 1 to 2 p.m. at Tillett Hall on Livingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Depar tment of Environmental Sciences presents, “Studying Airflow Patterns and Energy Systems in Agricultural Facilities” from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

The Depar tment of Animal Sciences presents, “Maternal Programming of the Neonatal Porcine Uterus” from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. at Foran Hall on Cook campus. The event is free and open to the public.

SATURDAY 10/31 Rutgers Graduate and Professional Programs presents, “Graduate and Professional School Open House” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the College Avenue Student Center on the College Avenue campus. The event is free and open to the public.

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Former U. student becomes senior researcher at Rutgers A class of 2000 alumni, An- in bridge research talking about environmental changes around dres Roda exercises his passion what possible improvements we the clock, ‘compressing time’ to for civil engineering at Center could make to improve bridge induce and speed up the deteriofor Advanced Infrastructure and construction and bridge main- ration process,” Amanda Wilson, Transportation, a company that tenance, working on topics director of the National Transaims to nationally improve infra- that are related to the field of portation Library said. infrastructure and in particular structure and transportation.

“It’s an exciting prospect. We CAIT is the largest engineer- bridge engineering.” could take the innovations (from He said he is particularly ex- the BEAST) and apply them to ing research center at Rutgers.

They have received over 17 mil- cited about the The Bridge Evalu- bridges worldwide,” Roda said. lion external grants and they ation and Accelerated Structural The BEAST cost a total of train over 7,500 professionals Testing Lab. The building took $6 million. Half of the funding each year. According to CAIT’s over three years to design and came from Rutgers and the othofficial website, the center is one build, and stands at more than er half was funded through fedof five National University Trans- 120 feet long and 30 feet tall. eral government. portation CenThe facility ters because it will decrease is a research costs in the “I got in contact with the associate director (of CAIT) long term, arinstitution sanctioned and he basically reminded me that he’d be happy for gue lawmakers. and supported “Having me to come and join. ” by the United this kind of States Departtool will help ANDRES RODA ment of Transus understand Senior Researcher at the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation portation. how to best As a senior allocate our, research manadmittedly “(BEAST) is the first of its scarce, dollars is one of the most ager at CAIT, Roda super vises research plans and develops kind,” Roda said. “We can build important things we can do. Not technical training plans to help full scale bridges and we could only for the long term safety of push research for ward. His job put them in this facility and test our transportation infrastrucrequires him to be innovative them, basically aging them so ture, but when we are convincing when dealing with the construc- we could understand how these our constituents and our coltion of bridges and also requires bridges, similar to those in use leagues on the need for the inhim to deal with many different across the country, fall apart.” vestment,” Deputy Speaker John Roda said he is intrigued by Wisniewski said. kinds of people.

“There’s a lot of collaboration the amount of possibilities the Projects like the BEAST are and communication so I con- BEAST unveils. what drew Roda to civil engineer“The BEAST subjects full- ing. He said his family also played tinuously reach out to the state department of transportation scale bridge decks and super- a role in his building his interest. staff,” Roda said. “(The conver- structures to extreme traf“My grandfather was a sursations involve) various topics fic loading and rapid-cycling veyor and I chatted with him a lot

Andres Roda, a School of Engineering alumnus, is a senior researcher at the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, a federally-sanctioned institution overseen by the U.S. Department of Tranportation. COURTESY OF RUTGERS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

about that, and my father talked about civil engineering and the need for engineers in general,” Roda said. “I moved up to the New Jersey in 1988. I looked at Rutgers and said ‘Well, I’d like to go visit, and it just felt right to come here.’”

He said he appreciates the “edge” Rutgers gave him, as well as the opportunity to work closely with the faculty. He credits his current position at CAIT to the benefits of networking at Rutgers.

“I got in contact with the associate director (of CAIT) and

he basically reminded me that he’d be happy for me to come and join. Just a good conversation with him and his colleagues,” he said.

All in all, Roda feels he has built a home by studying and then working at Rutgers.

“It felt great to be back at Rutgers University and work at the center. I’m basically at a spot where I’m right behind the student center,” Roda said. “I’m (walking) as I come to work on the same sidewalk where I walked as an undergrad.”

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other branches of engineering and pursue graduate degrees.

“You can see a lot of aerospace Aerospace graduates go on to work at companies engineers going to work in traditional aerospace fields such as like Boeing, Lockheed Martin aviation, transportation and space exploration to engineering jobs in communications, theme parks CONTINUED FROM FRONT yet another example of Rutgers and biotechnology. (They are not) Engineering ser ving the citizens confined ... to a specific type of inthe aerospace degree will start of New Jersey and the region,” dustry,” Pelegri said.

Justin Lareau, a School of Engitheir courses in the third year,” Farris said.

With the advent of new tech- neering senior, has been actively Pelegri said. “They will also be required to take a second-year nologies, aerospace has rapidly involved in the Rutgers Mechanical course called ‘Introduction to transformed in complexity and Engineering Student Association. sophistication, said Ken John- MESA has given him the opportuniAerospace Engineering’.”

MAE seized the strategic op- son, advisor y board chair for ty to be actively involved in the MAE program and student community. portunity to build upon its core the MAE. Having had the chance to pre“(The) Rutgers Department and sustained strength in aerospace to develop a new degree, of Mechanical and Aerospace view the new aerospace curricuEngineering has respond- lum, Lareau said there are a numCuitino said.

This program creates a lot of ed to that growth with this ber of courses that he wishes he had the opportuoppor tunities nity to take. for the Universi“From spacety, he said. Since “The department seized the strategic opportunity craft design to the aerospace aircraft stability degree program to build upon (its) core and sustained strength in and controls, is new, it allows aerospace to develop a new degree.”

I think aeroMAE to tailor space-loving a program that ALBERTO CUITINO students will be is current and Professor and Chairman of the MAE Department presented with cutting-edge. significantly “It wasn’t a more material major overhaul of the program,” Pelegri said. newly developed and recently that not only excites them, but “It was more about strategically announced program,” he said in also boosts their resumes for the deciding when the courses (will an email. “Rutgers is offering its aerospace industry,” Lareau said.

With so many options already be) offered and how we are go- students an even stronger exing to allocate current resourc- perience preparing (them) for available to students, the future es in order to function well in advanced degrees or a career in will only get brighter with the introduction of the aerospace aerospace engineering.” both programs.”

Students have created a num- degree, Lareau said. Last sumThomas Farris, dean of the School of Engineering, had seen ber of exciting designs for their mer, he had the oppor tunity numerous students, some of senior design project, ranging to intern for TRU Simulation whom were from New Jersey, “pas- from autonomous vehicles to + Testing, which provided him sionately pursuing” aeronautics machines that harness alterna- with many experiences and reand astronautics at Purdue Uni- tive energy, according to a bro- al-world applications.

“Several aerospace companies versity during his time as a faculty chure for MAE. Job prospects for aerospace en- already have a recruitment relamember there. He is pleased that the University will now be able to gineers are varied and wide-rang- tionship established with the Rutprovide more opportunities in the ing. Although many aerospace gers Mechanical and Aerospace graduates go on to work at com- Engineering department, and I aerospace engineering field.

“The establishment of the panies like Boeing and Lockheed think this major will draw in even aerospace engineering degree is Martin, many go on to work in more,” he said.

SUPPORT Rutgers for Hillary, Rutgers for Bernie organizations do not yet hold weekly meetings CONTINUED FROM FRONT

have an e-board, but they mean nothing if nobody wanted to join.

Our goal is to keep everybody informed, inspired and willing to continue Sen. Sanders’s campaign,” he said.

Rutgers for Hillary and Rutgers for Bernie have yet to start hosting weekly meetings, but both Atie and Quinn said they have plans in the future to establish a consistent setting for their organizations to congregate.

Atie and Quinn both strongly believe their candidate is the right choice for the Democratic ticket, and are focusing their energy with their organizations to educate people on Clinton’s and Sanders’s policies and beliefs.

“Hillary is a progressive fighter with experience necessary to actually be a successful president,” Atie said. “You can believe in progressive ideas, but ultimately what really matters is when you actually make a change, and throughout her life, her record speaks more than her own voice, and the voice of anybody else criticizing her.”

Clinton championed health care reform as First Lady, traveled to 112 countries as Secretary of State and worked “day and night” to expand democracy around the world, he said.

“The attacks against her right now, like Benghazi and emails, those are just like the new attacks,” Atie said. “There have always been people attacking her, because when you’re in politics for as long as she has been, you make a ton of friends, but you also make a ton of enemies.”

Sanders is a candidate that has always been a “man for the people,” one who has never given in to any corporate interests, big banks or private corporations, Quinn said.

“Yes, he receives money from labor unions, which have an interest, but labor unions are regular people — regular middle class people who are fighting for

better working conditions, better wages,” he said. “They want some kind of say in their work environment and the compensation for their work.”

Quinn believes Sanders is the best candidate because he wants citizens to get out, get involved and get informed so that they are able to make educated decisions on the candidate they choose.

“A lot of people say that the things that Sanders talks about aren’t possible, but if you have a candidate like him and you can rally people together to support someone who truly wants to change America, you have the support of the people (and) anything is possible,” Quinn said.

Atie said he thinks Clinton’s perspective on and support toward contemporar y issues is the backbone to how she survived in the political world and created change.

“She’s running for president to expand health care, raise wages, to make our countr y a clean energy superpower, to make sure that Wall Street plays by the rules (and) make college more affordable,” Atie said. “But I know that she’s going to bring it, not because she’s saying it, but because her record is what speaks the loudest.”

Quinn said Sanders has a chance to win because he is not influenced by corporate interest.

“He really wants to change the political system, mostly the finance system where people really lose faith because all of the politicians are bought out by millionaires and billionaires,” Quinn said.

If students are interested in joining either organization, Atie and Quinn suggest liking the Rutgers for Hillary or Rutgers for Bernie Facebook pages and reaching out via Facebook message to start getting involved.

“If people just have an idea, we’re always open to student input,” Quinn said. “That’s what we’re all about — cooperation with everybody.”

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LOCATION After more than two years of successful business, Patel and Kumar will open 2nd location in city CONTINUED FROM FRONT

These events include open mic nights, latte decorating classes and arts and crafts. The events are “very cool” for the customers and staff, said Danny Boutoussov, a barista and a School of Arts and Sciences part-time student.

Patel said he and co-owner Spoorthi Kumar are often surprised at how little they have to do with the success of the space.

He said he sees Hidden Grounds as just a facilitator of the expression and art that goes on during any of their community events.

Many events are also planned with Rutgers student organizations. Patel tends to suppor t student organizations that have a vision, but may lack the direction or suppor t to help it become a reality, he said.

“I try to support them as much as it’s feasible,” Patel said. “This includes giving them donations, lending them the space in Hidden Grounds or running promotions during their events to encourage a strong turn out.”

Brandy Daniels, a professor in the Department of Women and Gender Studies and a regular at the coffee shop, enjoys studying and going to the events at Hidden Grounds.

“From what I’ve seen they’re a cool part of the community and reflect its members,” Daniels said.

The events are not just for the New Brunswick community, but also for the Hidden Grounds staff, Daniels said.

“It can often be so packed you can’t have a conversation with the person you’re working with, all shift. Therefore, the events are a great way the employees relieve stress and get to know each other,” Patel said.

After reflecting on the success they have had during their two years of business at 106 Easton Ave., Patel and Kumar will be opening a second location in New Brunswick, Patel said.

It was always a goal of theirs to expand, but it has only become a possibility now because they have separated themselves from the day to day activities at their current location, he said.

To improve his new location, Patel said he would like to create a new costumer experience, a new product and new décor. The new shop will continue to be a space meant to serve the community.

Hidden Grounds is a coffee shop that he associates with a lot of good memories and he appreciates its service to the community, said Dante Silver-Evans, School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

“Hidden Grounds has a nice comforting atmosphere and is a very cool spot,” he said.

HALLOWEEKEND

Wood Johnson University Hospital and Saint Peter’s University Hospital will have a triage set for EMT says this year Rutgers will staff all 6 ambulances, intoxicated people in their emergency room. All ser vices reach out to surrounding cities for backup have been talking to each other to expect a large influx of patients.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT She said there was a probThis year, the EMT said they lem last year due to an influx plan to staff all six ambulances that Rutgers has, as well as colsaid. “Just call an Uber if you of calls.

“It was a perfect storm,” she laborate with surrounding muneed to get home after the buses said. “It was Homecoming week- nicipalities like Piscataway Townstop running.”

An Emergency Medical Tech- end, Halloween and there was ship’s EMS. “We are taking steps to make nician from the Rutgers EMS, a party at the (College Avenue) sure we are who wished to remain anony- Student Censtaffed that mous, said they are taking many ter, which all night,” the precautions this weekend to pro- swamped our “If your friend is really resources besource said. tect the safety of the students. drunk or does drugs and also have She said on normal weekends, cause the influx has an overdose and you “We other resourcthey staff two ambulances for ad- of calls came in call, you’re being es we can equate coverage for the amount between midnight and 3 use from the of calls they get. a good Samaritan.”

NJ EMS task “What we’ve noticed over the a.m., so the city force and a past couple of Halloweens, is be- was busy too.”

ANONYMOUS Last year, medical ambucause it’s falling on a Thursday, Emergency Medical Technician at the lance bus.”

Friday and now Saturday, there’s because Rutgers EMS The bus will already an influx of intoxicated pa- city was busy be on College tients, and due to the nature of the as well as Rutholidays there’s a lot of parties,” gers services, all calls had to be Avenue as a triage system for students who can be treated prior to the source said. “We usually staff prioritized, she said.

To improve from last year’s being transported to the hospital, three instead of two ambulances, and generally it has been enough.” busy night, she said Robert she said.

“If there is a huge influx of calls like last year, we hope this way we can get to them in a more timely manner,” she said.

The EMT has a simple tip for students: stop drinking to excess.

“There really is no reason that you need to get so intoxicated that you’re vomiting all over yourself and you can’t even control your own actions,”she said.

She also urged students to be cooperative with EMS if they need to be transported.

“On our end, if we’re called and we need to take you to the hospital, the University doesn’t need the liability of something bad happening to them. If we tell you, you need to go to the hospital to sleep it of f, we’re tr ying to help,” she said.

As a reminder, she mentioned the New Jersey Good Samaritan law could come into play this Halloween.

“If your friend is really drunk or does drugs and has an overdose and you call, you’re being a good Samaritan,” she said. “Police cannot press charges against you, you’re just doing something to help someone else.”

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U. psychological services works to streamline process AVALON ZOPPO ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Nearly 4,000 students use Rutgers Counseling, Alcohol Assistance and Psychiatric Service (CAPS) every year.

Of those students, some have voiced concerns about the process of setting up an appointment and long waiting lists. University President Robert L. Barchi told students at a Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) meeting last April that CAPS does not have a large enough staff to handle 66,000 students and that “it seems like a never ending race on a treadmill to keep up.”

Jill Richards, director of CAPS, responded to some of these comments.

Rutgers University, she said, is one of the few counseling services in the Big Ten with no waitlist to set up an appointment and no session limits.

And this year, in response to voiced concerns, CAPS has streamlined the process of meeting with a counselor.

“We have worked incessantly peak times, Richards said a coun- provider calling was between one this semester to really streamline selor may spend up to 70 percent to two business days. Further, our process and to do all that we of his or her working hours in di- 83 percent strongly or somewhat strongly agreed that accessing can to make that process as swift rect contact with students.

“If the student is having an ur- services at CAPS was easy. as possible by adding a number of That is not to say that stuappointments and restructuring gent need to be seen and can’t our schedules to accommodate wait for an appointment, we dent comments towards CAPS (students during) peak times,” have an on-call provider avail- are unfounded or unimportant, able Monday through Friday,” Richards said.

Richards said.

“We take every bit of feedback With the current process, a Wilkinson said. we get from student constudents extacts CAPS traordinarily and speaks s e r i o u s l y, ” with a clinician “One could argue there’s an endless need for mental Richards said. on the phone, health services, and more support is always useful.”

While a then makes an majority of appointment JILL RICHARDS students to meet with Director Of Rutgers Counseling, Alcohol Assistance and Psychiatric Service were satisfied a clinician in with CAPS, person, which a small pertakes less than centage of a week. This is Last spring, CAPS sent a sur- seven percent said the time beless time than it would take at almost any private practice, said vey out to students using its tween seeking an appointment Charity Wilkinson, lead psy- ser vices and the results showed and a provider calling was not students were satisfied with the prompt. Additionally, 15.8 percent chologist at CAPS. said the call was a barrier to being The months of October and process overall.

Eighty-one percent of stu- seen by a CAPS clinician.

November are CAPS’ busiest “I can’t say ever y student that months, with peak times mid- dents said the time between spring semester as well. During calling for an appointment and a comes to our doors is going to

be perfectly satisfied with ever ything we provide because that is not realistic,” Richards said.

“But what I can say is that we are doing ever ything we can to address the most pressing needs in the most carefully thought out, sensitive way.”

CAPS maps out a personal plan with student they have contact with, Richards said.

“We do ever ything we can to do structured, evidence-based work with our students, which is quite unique across the nation,” Richards said.

One myth, Richards said, is that CAPS only provides “short-term care,” or care that has an expiration date. But this is not the case.

For instance, a student having a pressing problem with PTSD might be treated over a longer period of time with 12 sessions because they are engaged in evidence-based therapies. Evidence-based therapies include prolonged-exposure therapy, cognitive processing therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy.

“We are not as concerned with how long or short a time period it takes because we’re working with the challenge the student is facing,” Wilkinson said. “... If a student has PTSD, we are going to talk about PTSD and offer the treatment that really works for PTSD, instead of having a more open-ended conversation that may go on for years.”

Last spring, Barchi told students at a RUSA meeting that the University would be hiring more people to work at CAPS. Richards said this would be helpful.

“One could argue there’s an endless need for mental health services, and more support is always useful,” Richards said.

CRIME OCT. 28 NORTH PLAINFIELD - Richard Culver, 26, of North Plainfield is charged with murder, attempted murder and two related weapons offenses in connection with the shooting that killed 25-yearold Sahaad Monroe-McCoy. It was approximately 2:15 a.m. on Dec. 11, 2010 when gunshots rang out at the Kennedy Fried Chicken on East Fifth Street and Park Avenue in downtown Plainfield, according to the investigation. Monroe-McCoy, a Plainfield resident, was shot and killed while a second man, his cousin, was injured by gunfire.

OCT. 28 GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP — Martha Ruiz, 23, of Cramer Avenue, sent an email via one of Camden County College’s public computers to an administrator who works at the college that “THERE IS A THREAT COMING TO THIS CAMPUS TOMORROW AT 130 PM!” Ruiz, who sent the email because she was disgruntled with college administration, was tracked down to her home after the administrator received the email at 9 a.m. Police found the threat to be non-credible and charged her with creating alarm in the third degree. She was released on her own recognizance following a court appearance.

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Teenage Halloween: Making music, eating pizza MICHELLE KLEJMONT MANAGING EDITOR

What do you get when you combine guitar, banjo, bass, drums, saxophone and trombone? None other than the Asbury Park, New Jersey, resident power-pop/folkpunk group, Teenage Halloween.

No stranger to Hub City, you’ve probably seen Teenage Halloween on the bill at many New Brunswick basement houses.

Consisting of Luke Henderiks on vocals and guitar, Ryan “Joey Pepperoni” Syracuse on the trombone, Luke Krajczewski strumming banjo, Joseph Kane with the trumpet, Brandon Hakim on sax, Alex Ball on bass and Aidan Gramarosso on drums, the group seems to have it all.

For this mix of guys — ranging from ages 16 to 23 — making music together is second nature.

When asked if the process was difficult, Ball said, “You know what’s crazy? No.” “It’s so easy,” Henderiks said.

“We’re all just, like, best friends and enjoy everything.”

The group credits Jeff Rosenstock, Elvis Costello, Green Day

and blink-182 as just a few of their influencers, a clear marker of their diverse and lively sound.

When it comes down to making music, Ball said it’s an extremely collaborative process.

“It starts off with (Henderiks) writing lyrics, then he brings it to me and (Gramarosso),” Ball said.

“Then we start actually building it together and ... start adding everyone into it.”

It doesn’t take long for the group to get a track down — two or so practices are all they need, Syracuse said. Still, they acknowledge that the process is a work in progress, and they only plan to improve.

“We started very slowly, and it just kind of built to what it is now and it’s pretty great,” he said. “I love playing music with these guys. It all works out.”

All of the personality Teenage Halloween has during performances isn’t reserved solely for the stage. Behind the scenes, the band can be found cracking jokes and engaging in the typical light-hearted conversation you would expect to hear from young guys. Their sense of humor and

easygoing nature translates well on stage, making it easy for their audience to relate to them.

Henderiks said he dreams of going on tour with Jeff Rosenstock. After all, Rosenstock is credited for writing the band’s name in his song, “Twinkle.”

Rattling off names of different bands and artists, all of the guys from the group can agree that touring with The Front Bottoms would be cool. Henderiks also added that he would love to tour with Drake.

“After ‘Hotline Bling’ came out,” Henderiks said. “I’d like to tour with the Blue Man Group.”

Their long wish-list of artists from all genres seems far-fetched, but considering how the group opened for Tiny Moving Parts at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken on Oct. 24, their big break might not be too far away.

The Oct. 24 show marked the start of Tiny Moving Parts’ tour with Jeff Rosenstock, PUP and headliner Modern Baseball. Add that to the list of bands headlining New Brunswick basements that they’ve opened for, and it’s easy to see their network is large and still growing.

“Joey Pepperoni” only recently joined the band, but says making music together is easy. MICHELLE KLEJMONT / MANAGING EDITOR Teenage Halloween has already played at Asbury Lanes — announcing in a unanimous chorus that the Lanes was their favorite venue to play at thus far — and with their spooky, effortlessly collaborative style, it’s only a matter of time before we see them on a bigger stage.

While they dream of bright lights and big crowds, Teenage Halloween remains loyal to their Central Jersey roots. Joey Pepperoni stressed his love for local fans, so much so that he encourages them to show their appreciation in a “cheesy” way.

“Just a shoutout, if anyone comes to one of our shows, you wanna slap me in the face with a nice slice of pepperoni pizza,” Pepperoni said. “By all means, you have my permission, that is consent, slap me with pizza.”

The group will be returning to New Brunswick for performances in Hub City basements throughout November (ask a punk for details). They will also be debuting newly recorded music in December on their EP, “It Was Weird, But It Worked.”

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Drug testing for welfare unnecessary Gov. Chris Christie’s new stance appeals to right-wing voters

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In the case of these individuals who tested positive ov. Chris Christie has always been a bombastic man, but in his attempt to salvage his for drug use, they require more assistance than those floundering campaign, he has taken more po- who have not and should be given treatment plans litically extreme stances in order to gain a wink of the in addition to welfare benefits to prepare them for a eye, a nod of the head and a pat on the back from the sustainable future in which they have the capacity to far right-wing. One, namely, is mandatory drug test- participate in the workforce. Just because you are poor ing for welfare recipients. Last October, when he was and have used drugs does not mean your life cannot be fundraising to elect republican governors, Gov. Chris- invested in, leaving you by the wayside. The moral stantie evaded answering where he stood on the issue. dard for the impoverished is different from the rest, But just earlier this month at a New Hampshire town and is in fact held higher. Drug use exists at every point hall meeting, he was asked if he’d require welfare re- in the spectrum of social class, but when you are poor, cipients to first pass a drug test. He called the answer you are not afforded much assistance, if any. The upper class have safety nets to allow for unbridled hedonism “easy” and unequivocally answered, “Yes.” At least 13 states — Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, — so when they need help for drug addiction, they are Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, sent to luxury rehabilitation facilities where they can reMissouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee and ceive deep tissue massages, take yoga classes and take Utah — have passed legislation regarding drug test- the time to compose themselves amidst other bourgeois amenities. At the very ing and screening. When least, it appears humane to initially contemplating the offer support services as bill, the idea behind it may “Just because you are poor and simple as drug counseling sound reasonable: Taxpayhave used drugs does not mean to welfare recipients testing er dollars should not be your life cannot be invested in, positive for drug use. used to subsidize illegal leaving you by the wayside.”

Just because Gov. Chrissubstance abuse. Images of tie supports this plan does lazy, conniving and derelict not mean that New Jersey individuals triumphantly tricking the system into receiving easy money, jux- will pass it, but it begs the question of whether his taposed with the hardworking citizen clutching his values are compatible with the state’s values. New Jeror her heart while looking at a paycheck after taxes, sey is a blue state, known for espousing progressive might have been conjured in your mind. But when agendas, and this may be in tension with the goverlooking at statistics from states that have passed nor’s platform. According to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll this legislation, the effectiveness of mandatory drug released on Oct. 13, only 35 percent of the state still testing looks doubtful — and it even looks wasteful. supports Gov. Christie. This low approval rating is far Welfare drug-testing plans in the states that have from his 70 percent rating at the beginning of his term. passed them have found few instances of drug abuse. But perhaps it may not be the disparate values held by According to nj.com, Arizona drug tested more than New Jersey and the Governor that have caused enmi108,000 people seeking public assistance from 2011 ty, the Garden State might just be tired of the Goverto 2014, and just two applicants were disqualified nor’s antics. Regardless of what it is, mandatory drug for testing positive. Similarly, low results have been tests for welfare recipients was formerly an obscure found in other states, and it does not seem worth the issue in New Jersey, but he has introduced it here for trouble for what it does. Thousands of taxpayer dol- discussion. It is up to New Jersey to decide where they lars have been siphoned into the government, only to stand on this issue when constituents vote for their representatives in the coming state election. weed out a handful of people.

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Living organ donation should be federally incentivized UNDER THE MICROSCOPE VANDANA APTE

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f you take a look at your license, you may see the words “organ donor” printed across the front. These words indicate that you are registered as a deceased organ donor — so when you die, your organs will be donated to someone in need.

While deceased organ donation certainly saves lives, it alone will not solve the organ shortage crisis. First of all, deceased organs can rarely be used in a transplant procedures. The organ must be extracted and transplanted immediately after death for the procedure to be effective, and few donors die in a setting that allows for this immediate extraction. In general, patients receiving organs from deceased donors do not live as long as those who receive organs from living donors. Second of all, the gap between the number of patients waiting for an organ and the number of those receiving an organ continues to increase. In order to close this gap, living organ donation must supplement deceased organ donation.

However, the living organ donation rate, unsurprisingly, remains quite low in the United States. The costs of donation are large and numerous. The cost of meals, travel and accommodation during the donation procedure, the cost of future health care needs and the loss of income during

recovery time are just some of the many expenses involved in living organ donation.

Currently, there is a federal law in the United States that allows living donors to apply for compensation for sustenance relating to the donation process, but this reimbursement is not guaranteed. Because very few people are willing to pay these large prices for the sole purpose of saving someone else’s life, there are very few living donors in the United States. And the few individuals who do donate tend to be very wealthy or are relatives of those in need of organs.

So the big question is, “How can we encourage more people to donate so that

Many other countries, such as Australia and the United Kingdom, have removed disincentives to donation without controversy or negative consequences, and most would agree that removing disincentives to donation is an effective and ethical way to increase the number of living donors.

The United States should develop a federal policy that lays out procedures for reimbursing living donors for lost income, childcare costs, travel costs, meal costs, accommodation costs and medical expenses relating to the donation process. In order to increase the number of living donors significantly, providing incentives to donate

“Organ donation should not be something that only the rich can afford, so how can we make organ donation accessible to everyone?” all patients on the waiting list can receive transplants?” Organ donation should not be something that only the rich can afford, so how can we make organ donation accessible to everyone?

There are two sets of approaches that have been suggested. One involves removing the disincentives to donation, or the costs I mentioned above. The other method involves providing incentives to living donors, such as insurance or money, which is controversial. The United States should take a combined approach: It should remove most disincentives to donation, and it should provide some benefits to donors.

would most likely be the most effective approach. Think about it this way: Which method would convince you more to buy a small product — a discount on that product or receiving a free TV if you buy the product? Most people would choose the latter option. It’s the same way for organ donation. More people are willing to donate if they receive something in return. What should the government provide to donors as incentives? A financial reward would perhaps be most effective in increasing the number of living donors. However, this incentive is ethically questionable, for it may be coercive to the poor. The impoverished

may risk their own lives and donate their organs for the sole purpose of receiving the cash reward. Some argue that providing financial incentives is less unethical than the current system of organ donation. This system in which only the rich — who can afford to privately compensate donors — can receive organs, while the poor people on the transplant list are left organ-less. Nevertheless, I do not believe that financial incentives is the most ethical solution to the organ shortage problem. Instead, perhaps the government can provide, in addition to the reimbursement of costs, two different incentives: long-term health insurance and priority in organ allocation. Providing long-term medical insurance would ensure that donors can afford to get medical care, if they suffer from a future illness that is attributable to their organ deficiency. In addition, giving donors priority on the transplant waiting list if they need an organ in the future is a great way to reward altruistic living donors.

If the United States implemented a federal law that compensated living donors for costs relating to the donation process that also provided living donors with long-term health insurance and priority in organ allocation, the organ shortage problem would diminish and thousands of lives could be saved.

Vandana Apte is a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior majoring in biotechnology with a minor in women’s and gender studies. Her column, “Under the Microscope,” runs monthly on Thursdays.

Perspective, not bias needed in Middle East discussions COMMENTARY EVAN GOTTESMAN

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ose Sanchez’s Oct. 13 column, “On Israel’s shamed classification of refugees as infiltrators,” offers a slanted narrative on Israel, replete with stories lacking endings and context. Rather than presenting a clear-eyed assessment of the situation in Israel, Sanchez’s column reads like a smear campaign.

I will only address a few of Sanchez’s claims here. My commentary will never placate those with selective consciences, but I am not writing for these individuals. If you come without bias, then I invite you to read on with an open mind and a critical eye.

Sanchez mentions that Israeli police attacked Damas Pakada, an Ethiopian-Israeli soldier. This is true. However, Sanchez neglects to inform readers that Pakada’s assailant was fired within a week of the incident. Darren Wilson was never fired for the shooting death of a black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. He resigned three months after Brown died. Simply firing the offending policeman does not fully resolve societal issues, but doing so is a positive step and demonstrates accountability that is often missing in democratic states and in much of the Middle East.

At the protests that followed the Pakada incident, many Ethiopian Jews carried

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Israeli flags. The protests were an appeal for full equality and inclusion in the Zionist enterprise, not a rejection of Israel and Jewish nationalism as Sanchez seems to envision.

Sanchez affords the arrival of Ethiopian Jews in Israel only passing mention. This episode merits more than a single sentence explanation. At great risk, Israel’s military and foreign intelligence service evacuated tens of thousands of Jews from Ethiopia amid famine and severe political unrest in the 1980s and 1990s. The Israeli

In discussing Syrian refugees, Sanchez groups Israel with the Gulf states and Iran.

The comparison is misleading. Several Gulf monarchies are significantly larger than Israel and share religious and linguistic affinities with Syria’s largely Sunni Arab population. The Gulf states and Iran also fuel the refugee crisis by waging a proxy war in Syria — bloodshed Israel is not responsible for. The Arab Gulf states fund and arm insurgent groups while Tehran is shoring up Syria’s government with weapons, money

“Simply firing the offending policeman does not fully resolve societal issues, but doing so is a positive step and demonstrates accountability that is often missing in democratic states and in much of the Middle East.” state covered 98 percent of housing costs for these refugees. This is relief victims of anti-Semitism could have only dreamed of in centuries past.

Many Ethiopian Jews remain disadvantaged compared to their neighbors in Israel, a fact Sanchez highlights. But this is largely due to the transition from impoverished, underdeveloped Ethiopia, to Israel, which boasts a very high standard of living. Progress is also underway — second-generation immigrants that are educated better and paid better than their parents are certainly better off than they would be in Ethiopia.

and thousands of Iranian troops. Sanchez mentions that tiny Lebanon is hosting many Syrian refugees. But Lebanon is hardly a model for successful refugee policy: The country experiences chronic political and ethno-religious dysfunction.

The column’s strangest point suggests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conspired with an American “cabal of bigots and extremists ... to shoot down the first black president’s signature foreign policy win: the Iran nuclear deal.” I personally disagree with Netanyahu’s approach to the nuclear accord. However, Sanchez’s paranoid characterization of Israel’s

lobbying as an attempt to put down “the first black president” discounts legitimate, substantive grievances raised in reference to the agreement by liberal and conservative officials alike. President Obama’s race is irrelevant in the matter. After all, the (white) leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Russia also initialed the deal. China signed the deal too. Perhaps Mr. Sanchez believes Israeli opposition to the Iran deal is evidence of Sinophobia, but I leave this for readers to speculate.

Israel is flawed — all states are. However, it is curious that the column’s criticisms of Israel are existential in nature. Sanchez concludes his piece with support for the Jewish state’s dissolution. Human rights activists frequently rebuke Russia, China, Iran, Belarus and a host of other far-worse offenders. These admonitions are never accompanied by calls to terminate a nation’s statehood. The column’s use of one issue, Israeli refugee policy, to completely de-legitimize Jewish self-determination is telling. With this absolutist rhetoric, and the incorporation of bizarre and irrelevant points such as President Obama’s racial identity, Sanchez’s own prejudices are laid bare. The subtext is disturbing.

Evan Gottesman is School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in history and political science with a minor in international and global studies. He is president of the Rutgers University Association of International Relations.

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DIVERSIONS Nancy Black

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October 29, 2015 Stephan Pastis

Today’s Birthday (10/29/15). There’s strength in numbers this year.

Friends amplify your efforts in profitable ways. Make powerful requests, and support collaborative efforts. Passion, creativity and love flower in springtime, before a fork in the road appears. Your crew is there for you next autumn, as your game changes. Practice together. 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 6 — Get into the books for the next few days. Handle practical matters first. Shyness, money problems, or trouble at work keep your mood quiet. Stay respectful. Proceed like nothing has happened. Don’t get controversial now.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 9 — Things can get profitable.

Schedule for efficiency. Entertain and host. Leave your inhibitions behind without losing your good sense. And don’t forget your toothbrush. You have obligations to your public. Back up important files. Stand for your principles.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) — Today is a 7 — Energy surges are predicted.

You’re more assertive now. Get innovative at work. Postpone travel and fantasizing. Get into a budget review habit. Self-discipline pays in cash.

Defer payment when possible. Wait to share results.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) — Today is a 5 — Finish your work in private now. Ignore distractions. Slow down and consider your options. Stick to practical plans. Avoid risky business or great expense. See yourself winning. If you have bad dreams, ask the monster for a gift.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 5 — Don’t encourage mischief when you all should be quiet and respectful. Your team could get distracted by fantasies, or could pull together for a shared goal. Pay attention and adapt to circumstances quickly. Strengthen your infrastructure. Provide leadership.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6 — Stick to practical professional objectives. Postpone brainstorming and dreaming. Don’t react blindly. Think over your moves. Play by the rules.

Choose private over public engagements. Travel would interfere with your work. Advance methodically.

Avoid tricks or illusion.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Don’t let a windfall slip through your fingers. Traveling appeals. Resist the temptation to wander far. News may affect your plans.

Keep organized, and don’t get mad when reminded to stay on task.

Postpone buying unnecessary stuff.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — Things may not be as they seem. Back up files and hard drives. Take notes on important conversations. Oversee financial plans and keep an ace up your sleeve. Prepare to switch tactics to take advantage of a shifting market.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Spend more time with your partner. Be receptive to their view. Compromise on previously stuck issues. Determine what repairs are needed. Hire a professional, maybe. Mystery and mirages could obscure your practical focus.

Keep on track. Patience serves you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Focus on work, as there’s plenty to manage. Distractions flirt and tempt you. Stick to keeping your promises. Clean up messes. Money slips away if allowed. Don’t shop on an empty stomach. Make a list and stick to it.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 7 — Go ahead and play. Romance is a priority. Imagination and creativity swirl. Cutting corners costs you. The person yelling loudest isn’t always right. Maintain decorum and avoid provoking trouble. A change to the status quo requires adaptation.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — You’re in for a busy spell at home. A loved one would get upset if you’re late, so watch the time. Distractions abound.

Handle family responsibilities.

Carve some private time for yourself. Discuss spiritual ideas. Share sweet words.

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LEGEND Morrone coached Huskies for 28 years, reached three consecutive Final Fours CONTINUED FROM BACK his former coach, Donigan believes he’ll never be able to repeat Morrone’s success.

“Coach Morrone was very detail-oriented, very old-school, communicated very well,” Donigan said. “I couldn’t possibly be able to run my program the way he ran his. He was a special person, trying to emulate exactly what he did would be impossible.”

The respect among the two was not a one-way street.

Donigan and Morrone built a strong friendship, and Morrone was never hesitant to praise his former pupil.

“Growing up, my poppa would talk about Dan (Donigan) even before he knew I was going to Rutgers,” Taintor said. “He would always talk about how Dan was so fast and such a great player. They always had a close relationship.”

Taintor also developed a relationship with Donigan as a result of him working with his grandfather. Hearing so much of Donigan throughout his childhood, Taintor always planned on playing for him when he graduated high school.

Around the time where the Storrs, Connecticut, native was committing to a school, Donigan had made the move from St. Louis to Rutgers.

And Taintor followed him to Piscataway.

Having known the family before Taintor arrived on campus, Donigan was aware of the work ethic and loyalty he could expect from the recruit. Training the grandson of a former coach isn’t something many coaches have done, but Donigan has enjoyed the experience.

“It’s really cool,” Donigan said. “It’s a very unique situation and I’m very thankful to have had Mitchell in my program for these last four years. We’ve had our ups and downs in the

program and Mitchell’s stood by me and kept his loyalties to me from day one, and that’s something I’ll never forget, but its also what I expected from Mitchell knowing his family and his grandfather. I wouldn’t expect anything less (from) him.”

Taintor has had a successful career at Rutgers, scoring 10 goals and providing five assists.

But had it not been for his poppa, Taintor isn’t sure he’d be playing the game he loves.

“I don’t even know if I would’ve been playing soccer if it wasn’t for him,” Taintor said. “He always told this story of when I was 2-years-old, he’d be in the yard with me, he’d roll me a ball and I’d kick it back to him — one touch and stuff like that. He’d tell my mom, ‘You know, he’s going to be a good soccer player, he’s one-touching the ball right back to me.’ Even throughout the year, he was driving me to my practices if my parents couldn’t, every game he’d give me advice, talk on the phone about soccer with me, watch soccer with me. So yeah, he was a huge reason why I’m playing soccer.”

Taintor’s teammates are grateful to Morrone for molding him into the player he is today. A captain in his final season on the Banks, Taintor’s influence on the team is evident.

“Mitch is a vital part of our team,” said junior midfielder Erik Sa. “He’s a guy you’d like to have playing with you and on your team. He’s been big for us not only this year, but in the past few years.”

Achieving the level of quality it takes to play for a Division I school is a long hard road. Having a Hall of Fame grandfather made Taintor’s path a tad easier.

But before he became the player he is today, like most other players growing up, Taintor was anxious about his future.

Whenever he had doubts about the path he was taking, Taintor would remember what his grandfather would preach to him.

“He had a lot of sayings,” Taintor said. “‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going,’ that’s the one I remember the most because the road in athletics is never easy and there’s going to be a lot of adversity all the time, especially at a higher level, so that’s what he’d always remind me of.

It’s not what happens, it’s how you handle it.”

When Taintor learned of his grandfather’s passing, Donigan was the first person to go to his side and comfort him. Donigan let Taintor know he was there for him just like Morrone was there for him.

“For a young kid who’s still maturing and developing as a person, (losing someone close) can be pretty devastating,” the sixth-year head coach said. “So I just wanted to let him know I was there for him and we’d be talking about some of the funny stories that we have about Coach (Morrone) and the great things about him and keep his memory living on.”

UConn fans have Morrone to thank for creating a culture of success in Storrs. And Rutgers fans have Morrone to thank for two of the biggest pieces of the first team in program history to lead the Big Ten standings.

Most importantly, Taintor and Donigan have Morrone to thank for his endless love, support and influence on their careers and lives.

“He was incredibly influential.

Outside of my father, probably the most influential and impactful person I’ve had in my life,” Donigan said. “I’ve always been indebted to him for my career and he basically helped get me going with the real world after soccer, after playing. (Coach Morrone was) first class in everything he did.”

For updates on the Rutgers men’s soccer team, follow @briannnnf and @TargumSports on Twitter.

VOLLEYBALL

Knight learns from father’s experience JOE BRAUNER

I wanted to kind of get out a little bit and explore and they were actually really okay with that.”

In fact, Jerold Fletcher It’s easy to assume that any Division I athlete would expect the went as far as to encourage his same athletic excellence, effort daughter to venture far away and mentality that they possess to from her hometown of Overland Park, Kansas. be passed on to their kids.

“My dad had said that … he For ex-Missouri outside linebacker Jerold Fletcher, that was did have the opportunity to go never the case — although it (to college) farther away, but he made the decision to stay closer turned out that way, regardless.

Jerold’s daughter, Madison, to home and he said he wishes better known as Meme, is the he … had chosen to go farther Rutgers volleyball team’s starting away,” Meme Fletcher said.

Fletcher continued to have outside hitter and leads the team in kills (247) despite missing sig- nothing but good things to say nificant playing time due to injury. about her father, Jerold, and her Although she is only a soph- mother, Kelly (also a University of omore on a team heavy with Missouri alumnus) when it came junior and senior contributors, to her college decision.

“They were very supportive Fletcher is a leader for the squad and her presence is always felt and let me take the reins on that one,” she said. on the court.

Two years into her choice to She is energetic after each point, regardless of whether it is come to Rutgers, the sophomore scored for the Scarlet Knights (4- still remains close with her father 18, 1-9) or against them, always Jerold. Despite the distance that ready to either cheer the team on is now between them, Fletcher still finds comfort in seeking out or pick it up.

Head coach CJ Werneke could her dad for all kinds of advice on not be happier with this aspect of how to be a better student-athlete.

“He helps a lot with injuries,” his second-year outside hitter.

“She’s a high-character kid,” Fletcher said of her father. “Every Werneke said of Fletcher. “(She) time I have something funny he’s like, ‘Oh, well, follows the that happened guidelines and to me. This is principles we “I did it for myself. (My what you do, establish as a family) made me love it’s not that big program, fits of a deal, you in that well, sports ... then I ... made know, you’re really wants (excellence in sports) a alright.’” to be a great Fletcher teammate.

I goal for myself. laughed and think that’s MEME FLETCHER m e n t i o n ed probably one Sophomore Outside Hitter that the old exof her best pression, “Rub attributes off some dirt on the court.”

In addition to her stellar atti- it,” was a saying she heard often tude as a teammate, Fletcher has growing up.

Jerold’s assistance goes bean aggressive style of play on the court and is never shy about want- yond the volleyball court, taking ing another ball from senior setter aid to the academic portion of his daughter’s commitment as a Anna Sudbury.

A true measure of her aggres- student-athlete.

One of his pieces advice to the sion, Fletcher ranks 32nd in the nation in total attacks per set with young volleyball star was to avoid taking easier “athlete classes” and 11.7, according to ncaa.com.

The 6-foot-1 hitter mentioned for his daughter to stay focused that although she never felt a on her journalism major even pressure to compete at a high lev- when volleyball seemed to be takel from her mother or father, it is ing up large chunks of her time.

The difficulty of being a colan attribute that she picked up all legiate athlete is one that is not the same.

“I did it more for myself,” well understood by the rest of the Fletcher said. “(My parents) student body at a university, who didn’t really put pressure on me. often only see the glamor of local They made me love the game, fame and the perk of discounted made me love sports. They made or free tuition.

Lost are the hours in practice, me competitive. Then, I took it upon myself and made (excel- on a bus or in the film room, all lence in sports) a goal for myself.” while keeping up with the responFletcher said following in her sibility of at least 12 credits. Luckfather’s footsteps and becoming ily for Meme Fletcher, she has a Division I athlete was always a more than only teammates who understand this challenge — she goal of hers.

“I just knew that I wanted to go has her dad.

Jerold, who was a Division somewhere and play somewhere I-caliber outside linebacker long big,” she said.

When it was time to choose a before he was a father, is somecollege to attend — and play vol- thing that Fletcher never takes leyball for — the Blue Valley West for granted.

“He’s a lot easier to talk to High School (Kansas) product mentioned that there was no bias about the athletics, and time manor push from her father for her to agement and college than my mom ... because of his athletic caattend his alma mater, Mizzou.

“They kind of left that up to reer,” she said. me,” Fletcher said. “They knew For updates on the Rutgers volthat I wanted to go somewhere — not necessarily in the Midwest be- leyball team, follow @TargumSports cause I am from there — and I just on Twitter.

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October 29, 2015 FOOTBALL

RU aims to account for former QB KEVIN XAVIER ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Tanner McEvoy was the 2010 Player of the Year in New Jersey as a quarterback in his senior season at Bergen Catholic High School.

He amassed 3,460 yards of offense and accounted for 46 touchdowns as a dual-threat quarterback. The season and award are impressive accomplishments on their own.

But when considering McEvoy put up 1,000 yards on 65 receptions, and scored 13 touchdowns as a receiver in his sophomore and junior seasons, the praise for his athletic achievements rises even further.

“In the recruiting process, he wanted to be a quarterback,” said Kyle Flood, head coach of the Rutgers football team. “So that’s really the most of what I remember about that situation.”

Now a fifth-year senior at Wisconsin, McEvoy has bounced around to three college programs.

After beginning his collegiate career at South Carolina as a quarterback, he was buried behind a host of Steve Spurrier’s hand-picked signal-callers, prompting a transfer to junior college program Arizona Western for a year before ultimately winding up at Wisconsin.

“When you put it in that perspective, my whole journey’s been kind of crazy,” McEvoy told espn.com’s Jesse Temple.

Believe it or not, it got even crazier in Madison.

McEvoy was brought to the Badgers (6-2, 3-1) as a quarterback by then-head coach Gary Andersen, starting the first five games in 2014 before giving way to current starter, senior Joel Stave. This season, head coach Paul Chryst is using the 6-foot-6, 225-pounder anywhere he can.

The Hillsdale, New Jersey, native has taken snaps from center,

rushing for 81 yards on 10 carries out of the Wildcat formation, lined up at wide receiver (four catches, 40 yards) and played predominantly at safety, where he has tallied 26 tackles and collected an interception, returned for 41 yards.

McEvoy is an athlete, one that the Scarlet Knights (3-4, 1-3) are going to have to account for when they take on Wisconsin this Saturday in Madison. The Knights will have to adjust to the packages the former quarterback is on the field for as he continues to adjust to whatever role he’s asked to play.

“Whenever we prepared at (Don) Bosco, we always prepared for him ... because we saw him as a threat.”

KEVIN WLKINS Redshirt-freshman Defensive Tackle

“Every day, I feel more comfortable,” McEvoy told espn. com. “It’s been quite a ride, but I wouldn’t want it any other way.”

Rutgers redshirt-freshman Kevin Wilkins is familiar with McEvoy’s athletic acumen. The defensive tackle and Don Bosco Prep (New Jersey) product played against the Badgers’ two-way player in the United Division of New Jersey’s Big North Conference.

“He was a great player in high school,” Wilkins said. “Whenever we prepared at (Don) Bosco, we always prepared for him because we saw him as a threat.”

The threat is still very real for Flood and the Knights’ defense, which has struggled against spread offenses in 2015, surrendering 559 yards of offense to Washington State on Sept. 12, 627 yards to Indiana (Oct. 17)

Head coach Kyle Flood recruited Tanner McEvoy as a quarterback coming out of high school. He plays three positions now at UW. LUO ZHENGCHEN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / OCTOBER 2015

and 528 yards to No. 1 Ohio State last Saturday.

“I know this — they think very highly of him,” Flood said of the Wisconsin coaching staff.

“They’re the ones working with him on a day-to-day basis.”

Wilkins will be one of the defenders tasked with stopping McEvoy when he’s lined up on the offensive side of the ball. The defender has made an impression for Rutgers, standing tied for third on the team with 3.5 tackles for loss in his first collegiate season. Wilkins will call on his high school experience to diagnose the former-Crusaders’ tendencies.

And he is aware that when McEvoy comes in under center, the defense needs to perk up.

“He’s a great player,” Wilkins said of McEvoy. “We were watching film, studying him and he’s still a good player in college now.”

For Flood, all anyone needs to know about McEvoy’s ability is where the coaching staff is willing to play him. Chryst’s confidence in the fifth-year senior speaks to his raw athletic ability.

“They’re playing him on defense, they’re playing him on offense at receiver, they’re playing him on offense with the wildcat,” Flood said after practice Wednesday. “When you do that with a player, you’re devoting a lot of time during the week to that player and you only do that if you feel like he’s an absolute difference-maker. So there’s no question that’s what that staff thinks.”

For updates on the Rutgers football team, follow @KevinPXavier and @TargumSports on Twitter.

SEASON Knights face a challenging schedule in arguably best conference in country CONTINUED FROM BACK

and three other programs rounding out the top-25. In addition, about the rankings’,” Goodale Rutgers will face six more ranked said. “I care about the rankings. opponents during the out-of-conI want to know where we’re at ference portion of their schedule.

With a stronger non-conferand I get mad if we’re not where we’re supposed to be. I think ence schedule and a deep roster, where we’re at, we should be at ... Rutgers feels they can improve now we gotta climb it … It means their conference record.

“100 percent,” sophomore Tywe’re doing something right and now we have something to shoot son Dippery said. “I think defifor. Our job is to make this a top- nitely we’re stronger this year, everyone’s improved. We worked 10 program.”

Rutgers is coming off a season in real hard in the offseason, got stronger, betwhich they finter at wresished as the No. “I think where we’re at, tling. I think 21 team in the country with we should be at ... now we we’re mentally ready to a 14-7 record. have something to shoot take on those During their inaugural season for. Our job is to make this teams as well.”

Despite all in the Big Ten, a top-10 program.” the accolades it tallied a 2-7 rethat are being cord, but eight SCOTT GOODALE thrown the of its nine conHead Coach Knights’ way, ference matchGoodale says es came against that this coming season will be deopponents that were ranked.

The Knights will have nine fined as a success if Rutgers can returning dual starters from last get more than one wrestler on the season, with three of them being national podium.

“You gotta put more than one seniors. Rutgers also welcomes a redshirt freshman with All-Ameri- guy on that podium,” Goodale can potential to their lineup in An- said. “So that’s kind of our mindset and we truly believe we have guys thony Giraldo.

The lineup contains All-Amer- in this program and that are in this icans from the previous two sea- lineup that can do it … But for us sons in Anthony Perrotti and An- to be successful, it cant just be one thony Ashnaut. Ashnault’s finish guy anymore. This program is too at the NCAA Championship’s last good and we need to put two and year marked the second consec- three on that podium and then our utive year that the Knights had a breakout year will be four or five.” wrestler on the national podium.

For more updates on the The Big Ten is going to offer up the same kind of challenge this Rutgers wrestling team, follow time around, with five top-10 teams @TargumSports on Twitter.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’m kind of different than any other coach that you talk to where they say, ‘I don’t care about the rankings.’ I care about the rankings. I want to know where we’re at and I get mad if we’re not where we’re supposed to be.”

— Rutgers head wrestling coach Scott Goodale

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Rutgers enters second season with ambition ERIC MULLIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Head coach Scott Goodale started his press conference at the Rutgers wrestling team’s media day by offering up an example of how the change in media day location is an accurate reflection of how much the program has grown in just over the past year.

“Last year, we were upstairs at College Ave in a classroom (for media day), and here we are today at the RAC (Rutgers Athletic Center) with a pretty neat set up,” Goodale said.

The Scarlet Knights are just one year removed from leaving the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) and entering arguably the best wrestling conference in the country. Yet, after just one season in the Big Ten, the Knights have established themselves as one of the top teams in the country.

Rutgers will hit the mats for the first time this season as the No. 18 team in the USA Today/NWCA Preseason Coach’s Poll, marking the first time the Knights have been ranked to open the season since 2011.

“I looked at the rankings and I was just excited cause I could see us climbing,” junior college transfer Richie Lewis said. “We have a lot of factors on our team added this year that’s going to show how good we truly are. I feel like we still haven’t shown all our cards.”

Goodale was very open about how much he enjoys the rankings and how much merit he puts into them. He said that he uses the ranking as a benchmark to gauge where the program currently is and where he eventually wants it to go.

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Head coach Scott Goodale believes his team is on the rise and has high hopes for his program. Pleased with the No. 18 preseason ranking given to his team, the ninth-year head coach is working to build a top-10 program. THE DAILY TARGUM / MARCH 2015

MEN’S SOCCER JOSEPH J. MORRONE WAS MITCHELL TAINTOR’S GRANDFATHER, DAN DONIGAN’S COLLEGE COACH

UConn legend makes impact on RU BRIAN FONSECA ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

With 35 minutes remaining in the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s match against Loyola (Maryland) earlier this season, senior midfielder Mitchell Taintor placed the ball about 30 meters from goal and lined up for a free kick.

He took a deep breath, stepped up and unleashed a vicious strike that bounced off the inside of the near post and ricocheted into the goal past goalkeeper Tyler Beaudoin.

While the goal was insignificant for the Scarlet Knights — they had been up 4-0 prior to the score — it was the most important goal of Taintor’s career.

On Sept. 16 two weeks earlier, Taintor’s grandfather, former legendary men’s soccer head coach Joseph J. Morrone, had died at age 79 from pancreatic cancer.

He missed two games following the passing, and Loyola was his first game back.

Scoring a goal he commemorated by lifting his shirt and patting the tattoo he has on his ribcage dedicated to his grandparents — or Poppa and Nonna as he called them — was a special moment for the senior.

“Free kick goals are always special to me for my grandfather because when I was probably 12 or 13, he surprised me with a huge bag of balls to help me work on free kicks and then he bought me those men you stick in the ground that pose as the wall,” Taintor said.

“So free kicks always make me think of him and it was kind of ironic that the first game back, I scored on a free kick.”

Many consider Morrone to be one of the most important figures in the history of collegiate men’s soccer.

Considered by some to be the John Wooden of his sport, Morrone was at the helm at

UConn for 28 years. He reached three consecutive NCAA tournament semifinals between 1981 to 1983, winning the national championship in 1981.

His impact on the sport he loved was recognized by both the program he built — the venue where the Huskies play was named Joseph J. Morrone Stadium in 1997 — and by his peers, who elected him into the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame.

While he dedicated his career to building the program that has dominated the Big East long past his retirement, Morrone’s influence has traveled down the East Coast to a former conference rival.

Along with his grandson being a key player throughout his career on the Banks, one of his former players has led the Knights to one of their best seasons in recent memory.

Head coach Dan Donigan played under Morrone at UConn — where he was a

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three-time All-American — between 1985 and 1988, and coached alongside him for three years.

It was Morrone who gave Donigan his first chance in coaching after he completed his nomadic career in the early days of professional soccer in the United States, an opportunity that changed his life.

“He got me kickstarted in my profession as a coach,” Donigan said. “I love the game and I thought I had a natural instinct to teach the game and be a coach, so I went back to UConn as his assistant coach. That was my first job and I just fell in love with the job, the responsibilities, the day-to-day, the lifestyle, everything about it.”

Donigan credits a large part of the success he’s had in the world of soccer to Morrone. While he picked up some things from SEE LEGEND ON PAGE 14

KNIGHTS SCHEDULE

FIELD HOCKEY

VOLLEYBALL

FOOTBALL

MEN’S SOCCER

at Indiana

at Nebraska

at Wisconsin

vs. Nebraska-Omaha

Tomorrow, 3:30 p.m., Bloomington, Ind.

Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.

Saturday, 12 p.m., Madison, Wisc.

Saturday, 1, p.m., Yurcak Field.