The Daily Targum 2009-09-25

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The Rutgers football team faces its first road test of the season Saturday when it travels to College Park, Md., for a date with a scuffling but dangerous Maryland Terrapins team.

RUSA to ‘retreat’ with $20K in student fees

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Guitarist Michael Gagliardi, vocalist Daniel Lane and keyboardist Billy Manoudakis, Staten Island band members of Paragraph, perform last night at the Alfa Art Gallery at 108 Church St. to bring different art forms together. Performances and video screenings included Like Trains & Taxis and Bern and the Brights.

ONLINE Targum Sports breaks down the Rutgers football team’s game Saturday at Maryland in an exclusive video rundown.

UNIVERSITY Women’s rights poet Adrienne Rich presents her poetry Wednesday night to Douglass campus.

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It was an active night for the student fees budget of the Rutgers University Student Assembly yesterday, as student leaders approved three special events that cost more than $11,000 each and discussed the value of a $20,000 allocated for a special retreat.

“There was intense debate, but … no one took anything personally,” Assembly Chair Werner Born said at the meeting, held in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. “There were ver y important issues raised, but at the end of the day, we will move for ward with ever ything as planned.”

The retreat is a par t of the assembly’s attempts to build better relationships between members, said Internal Af fairs Chair Josh Slavin, a Livingston College senior.

“Functioning relationships between members is essential to student government,” Slavin said.

“We’ve tried on-campus activities, and it did not foster the type of relationships we want to see between people that will work together in three-hour meetings for the entire year. It’s the best way to get students excited about student government.”

The retreat was already contracted with the camp “Happiness is Camping” when University Affairs Chair Ben West and Representative Chris Salloum proposed the resolution to forbid the assembly to spend more than $5,000, but it was not voted upon.

Some of the money for the retreat will be donated to a children’s cancer foundation by the camp.

“The reason I opposed the $20,000 retreat for RUSA is because we had a huge discussion about all these other events that are attended by 800 to 900 students,” West said.

“I don’t think we’re using this money as best as we can. We should be using this money for something more community action-based.

We’re funding our own vacation, and it’s not fair to students because $20,000 equals one full-ride scholarship for one student for one year.”

The assembly attempted to close the retreat discussion to the public, which — after a miscount — did not pass with a 97 vote. Recording Secretary Meet Shah could not confirm who posed the idea because he said he did not write it down.

“When you listen to what they are talking [about] … they’re using words

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Volunteers dress as Santa, push global warming solutions

BY NICOLE CHASAN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Santa Claus came to town — but not for Christmas.

New Jersey Public Interest Research Group student volunteers dressed up as

Santa Claus to ask students to call New Jersey Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg’s office and urge a stronger clean energy bill to raise awareness of global warming solutions.

“We have solutions to global warming and we want to see them

Pipeline sparks debate, concerns for environment

put into action,” said Melissa Krechmer, the NJPIRG campus organizer of the event.

The call-in event was nationwide, involving all PIRGs around the United States at various college campuses, she said.

“We get to hear what’s been done all around the countr y on global warming legislation,” Krechmer said. “Depending on the state’s senator’s position the tactic changes.”

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The construction of a 16-mile underground gas pipeline through an environmentally sensitive area in northern New Jersey’s Highlands region is stirring up heated debate among environmentalists throughout the state.

The New Jersey Highlands Council is close to approving a $750 million project conducted by the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., after the company agreed to preserve about 80 acres of land in the region, according to the council’s Web site.

“More and more is needed in natural gas for heating, industrial and everything else, and our company, along with other companies, are trying to keep up with the demands to be able to supply the need,” said Jack Lichtenberger, an operations technician for Tennessee Gas Pipeline.

Environmentalists argue the project is harmful to the environment because it will disturb about 177 acres of forestland as well as an important water preservation area.

“It’s really one of the most beautiful areas in the state, and it’s important for New Jersey’s water and … wildlife,”

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Panico’s Italian Restaurant, located at 103 Church St., is a part of the New Brunswick Rocks campaign’s “Friday Night Date Night.” Each participating member of the group offers special promotions on Thursdays and Fridays. See METRO on page 7.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Coffeehouse grooves to blues tunes

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BY ABIRA SENGUPTA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

BRANDON DRUKER

Lilian Martinez, right, gets a makeover yesterday at the Clinique Fresh Faces tour outside the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. At the University again today, the goal of the two-month tour is to find two finalists who will get a behind-the-scenes day at Teen Vogue, among other perks.

Poet reads works rich in ‘what is true’

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Adrienne Rich, an American poet, writer and pioneer for women’s rights, was presented at the reading as part of the Writers at Rutgers Reading Series, which was co-sponsored by Douglass Residential College and the English department.

“She’s a remarkable experimental poet,” said Vice President for Undergraduate Education Barry Qualls. “She’s probably one of the greatest living American poets. She stays so involved with social justice and has a long history with Douglass since the 1970s.”

Rich taught at the University from 1976 to 1979 and is still an active member of the Douglass community, said the college’s Interim Dean Harriet Davidson.

“We co-sponsored this event because she has such a history here at Douglass,” Davidson said. “[She] taught here in the 70’s and she was here when a lot of the feminist professors were developing ideas that Rutgers is known for.”

Rich delivered her emotionally charged stanzas with a steady tone.

“For every bandaged wound/ I’ll scrape another open” is one line she read from “Emergency Clinic.” This was written in response to reading too many feel-good poems, “comfort food poems,” she said.

Rich, who received a standing ovation upon the event’s conclusion, said she hopes to continue her writing.

Jim Haba, former director of the Dodge Poetry Festival, said Rich is committed to speaking honestly.

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“[It] reminds us of the levels of dishonesty that are part of the fabric of our lives,” he said. “[She is] always probing to find out what is real and what is true.”

Rich not only read her poetry but also gave a synopsis on each piece, explaining what the poems mean to her or the inspiration behind them.

She said she does not impose limits upon the scope of her own creativity.

“I have never seen a kangaroo in the wild, or been to Australia; this came to me more as a dream vision,” she said of her poem, “Burning Kangaroo.”

Professor of English Mark Doty, who introduced Rich, said she is a pioneering force in American poetry.

“Her first book published in 1951 when she was 21,” he said.

“The idea of producing poetry across the decades [shows] she thought deeply about gender and politics.”

School of Arts and Sciences junior Sean Battle said he thoroughly enjoyed Rich’s performance, which was his first poetry reading.

“Reading her work and knowing what she’s done for the poetr y world, this was an event I didn’t want to miss,” he said.

The University’s Director of the Writers at Rutgers Reading Series Carolyn Williams said Rich’s style influences contemporary poetry.

“I love the way that she always speaks to the current political moment with such ravishingly beautiful lines,” Williams said. “‘The ‘Princes of Finance’ is clearly talking about the current financial crisis, but in a way that depends on the history of poetry.”

University students tapped their feet and swayed their hips to the smooth, soothing sounds of blues music floating outside the Busch Campus Center at the Rutgers University Programming Association’s first coffeehouse of the semester.

The coffeehouse event on Wednesday night featured The Michael Packer Blues Band from New York City, who played music from B.B. King and other famous blues artists.

RUPA decided to hold the blues coffeehouse so that students could expand their musical interests, RUPA music committee member Andrew Nye said.

“So many different types of music are derived from blues music,” said Nye, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy junior.

“I want people to open up their ears and embrace different types of music and listen to stuff they’ve never listened to before.”

Mason Gross School of the Arts junior Elisa Huang said blues music has a ver y deep meaning to her and was one of her reasons for attending the coffeehouse.

“My grandfather absolutely loved blues music,” Huang said. “He always said that it got him through tough times.

Blues music is one of the ver y

few memories I have of my grandfather. This music is so impor tant to me.”

The 3-year-old band — featuring Felix Cabrera on harmonica, Ed Jackson on bongos, King Bear on bass guitar, Michael Packer on guitar and University alumnus Ed Suozzo on drums — plays both original music and cover songs of ever ything from Bob Dylan and

“I want people to ... embrace different types of music and listen to stuff they’ve never listened to before.”

ANDREW NYE RUPA Music Committee Member

Muddy Waters to Jimmy Reed and B.B. King, Packer said.

Students nodded their heads and danced to the bongo drums and harmonica while sipping coffee and eating cookies and chips, all provided by RUPA. The patio was set to give students the feel of a coffeehouse, with glimmering lights and hanging music note and starshaped cutouts.

Students had the opportunity to make their own guitar pick

necklace and paint their own coffee mug.

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Kelly Sweeney decorated her own coffee mug at the event.

“I saw the ad in the Targum about the blues coffeehouse so I decided to come check it out,” Sweeney said. “I love blues music and the whole coffeehouse setting, and I got a new coffee mug.”

Rutgers College senior Emily Kaufman said she looks for ward to attending more coffeehouse events.

“I really enjoyed this event,” Kaufman said. “It was relaxing to get away from schoolwork and sit down and enjoy a cup of coffee and great music.”

There are more coffeehouse events coming up, RUPA music committee member Sonam Shah said.

“We like to hold coffeehouse events at least once a month,” said Shah, a Livingston College senior.

RUPA will hold swing music and dancing cof feehouse on Oct. 23 and a Japanese-themed cof feehouse featuring Taiko drummers on Nov. 24. The last cof feehouse of the semester on Dec. 9 will be an open-mic night.

“We like holding these coffeehouse events because they are smaller,” Shah said. “They are more intimate.”

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FEES: Assembly approves funding for three special events continued from front like entice and excited,” Latino Student Council Assembly Representative Braulio Salas said.

“These are student leaders and they shouldn’t have to feel enticed, excited and worrying about attendance.”

Last year, six councils had individual $5,000 retreats, each with its own budget. This year, $20,000 was allocated to the retreat, but it is expected to cost less based on how many members show up. Between about 150 members, this retreat will cost $121 per person.

“An on-campus retreat would save tons of money and still have the same effects,” Salas said. “We’re doing a disservice to the student

body because we are supposed to be representing them; by signing a check for a retreat without telling anybody or discussing it publicly, we’re doing them a disservice.”

Three events allocating the student fees for events was another resolution that passed during the meeting.

The events approved were the Premedical Development Conference for $11,170; the Latin Gala, approved for $11,540; and Association of Indians at Rutgers’ Zamana, approved for $17,290; all of which totaled $40,000. All passed unanimously except for the Zamana event.

The events all require tickets from students to enter, and all proceeds will go to the organizer’s individual respective charities.

“Nothing against AIR,” said Vice Chair of the Assembly Payal

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Patel, an Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy sophomore, who was the lone vote against the Zamana special event. “To give one cultural organization about $10,000 and then give another one of a similar

“An on-campus retreat would save tons of money and still have the same effects.”

BRAULIO SALAS Latino Student Council Assembly Representative

magnitude in terms of attendance $7,000 more seems unfair just because they want to have it at the State Theatre.”

She has performed with AIR for two years, so she knows the

PIPELINE: Project will impact reservoir in same region continued from front

The Sayreville Pet Adoption Center will hold its first ever “Rutgers Red and Black” Open House Saturday to help cats and dogs find a new home.

With a theme honoring the Scarlet Knights, any University student, alumnus or faculty member can adopt a pet for free at their facility from 1 to 4 p.m., said SPAC Director Barbara Keegan.

The first 50 visitors who bring a can of cat or dog food or other necessary pet items will get a University T-shirt, and the shelter will raffle off a University gift bag, she said.

Complimentary refreshments will also be available.

The shelter, located at 1400 Main St. in Sayreville, will be decorated in red and black to honor the University, Keegan said. Some of the pets will also be dressed in University attire.

Keegan said several University students work at the shelter and helped with the idea of the event’s theme.

“We hold a different open house every month, and we’re always looking for different ideas,” she said.

The SPAC is a non-profit, no-kill animal shelter that seeks homes for about 700 unwanted or stray cats and dogs annually, according to the SPAC Web site.

For more information on the SPAC, the adoption process or to view the list of adoptable pets, visit www.sayreville.petfinder.com. Interested adopters can also e-mail Cathy at pawsup@verizon.net for an SPAC adoption application.

— Mary Diduch

SANTA: Advocates make 220 calls to Sen. Lautenberg continued from front In New Jersey, Lautenberg, DN.J., has already proven to be an advocate for enforcing stronger environmental bills, but the current Clean Air Act has a loophole preventing the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating sources of greenhouse gases, she said.

Students were asked to call the senator’s office in Newark and read a script provided by

NJPIRG, which stated concern about the loophole in the act.

School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Gillian Eigo said she knows calling the office is effective because of her own experience as an intern there.

“It’s my little chance to do good,” she said.

NJPIRG volunteer Justin Hunkele dressed as a concerned Santa who feared for the loss of his migrating reindeer due to increasing temperatures from global warming.

“Environmental legislation is hard to get through because senators sacrifice their ability to get re-

said Director of Operations at the Edison Wetlands Association David Wheeler. “There are a lot of endangered species that utilize the habitat they are talking about putting the pipeline through.”

The Highlands is an area known for environmental protection, Wheeler said. The pipeline will not only disturb 177 acres of forested land, but it will impact a reser voir in the region and the Wallkill River Refuge, a division of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vices.

“The fact that there are all these protections reflects the impor tance of the Highlands and preser ving the Highlands for New Jersey,” Wheeler said.

The 30-inch wide pipeline would r un parallel to Tennessee Gas’ current 24inch pipeline, according to the Web site. It would star t in Wantage, located just outside of the Highlands, continue for 8.7 miles east through Vernon, cut 6.7 miles across West Milford and extend for about

elected since the legislation takes a lot of commitment and money, so it’s easier to just pass short term

“Depending on the state’s senator’s position the tactic changes.”

MELISSA KRECHMER NJPIRG Campus Organizer

legislation,” said Hunkele, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences junior.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 logistics of the event and thinks the State Theatre creates excessive spending when the Nicholas Music Center and other venues are also available, she said.

In order to qualify for special event status, the event must meet two of four prerequisites: It must have a budget of more than $15,000 and expect more than 250 participants, be co-sponsored by five organizations, be an annual event and have 50 percent or more of its budget paid for from an outside source.

“We granted three different organizations special events status, which is great, which means there’s great events coming up,” Born said. “They are all traditional events that had great turnaround in the past, and we will move for ward with our retreat as well.”

The Assembly Allocations Board had $40,000 to give out to special events, which is allocated ever y semester. If the organizations do not use all of the money for their events, they are required to give all the money back to be used for the next semester.

Members of the Allocations Board audit all special events for transparency, Born said.

There are multiple members on the Allocations Board specifically to audit the 300 organizations funded from student fees.

Other resolutions that were passed at the event are the election guidelines for campus councils’ first-year student elections.

The next assembly meeting will feature Director of the Department of Transportation Ser vices Jack Molenaar as a guest speaker.

half a mile in Ringwood, according to an ar ticle published on NorthJersey.com.

The pipeline will only disrupt a few areas, and it is one of the safest ways to transport natural gas, which is a vital necessity

today for the industrial world, Lichtenberger said.

“Transportation of natural gas is the safest type of transportation in the United States; we’ve had very little accidents,” he said.

“Other than the disturbance in the soil, there’s really no issue.”

The Highlands Council could not be reached for comment at press time.

The current pipeline the new one will be running next to

is not harming anything and is working just fine, Lichtenberger said. The environment is interrupted in many other ways that environmentalists never argue as much about.

“You’re disrupting the environment to a certain extent, but ever ybody does when they expand and build new houses and developments,” Lichtenberger said.

Cook College senior Rita Hemmings said she understands the need for natural gas and building for industrial purposes, but thinks preser vation should also be a priority.

“They don’t think about the importance of preser ving the environment,” she said. “I think it is important to build, but it is also important to preserve as well.”

This project was an alternative to another Highlands Council proposed project, Wheeler said. The environmental issues are not being looked at closely.

“They really need to be studied, and the environmental impacts really need to be determined ahead of time,” Wheeler said. “It’s very important that all alternatives are considered.”

The group of volunteers kept tally of how many calls students made during the four hours of the event, Krechmer said. The goal of getting at least 100 calls was far exceeded, with more than 220 students calling the senator.

NJPIRG volunteer Heajung Kim, a Rutgers Business School sophomore, said she became involved in the event because of her interest in environmental issues and her desire to help the cause.

NJPIRG’s current campaign, “Global Warming Solutions,” is important because it will bring about change for the younger generation, Krechmer said. NJPIRG

invests in getting students to participate and become active in issues concerning them by providing an outlet to initiate these actions.

The group hopes to hold more events promoting clean energy and highlighting solutions to global warming. For the fall, the campaign’s main goal is to support legislation that encompasses these solutions, she said.

“The Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works will introduce comprehensive legislation to combat global warming in late September,” according to a press release sent

by NJPIRG.

“You’re disrupting the environment ... but everybody does when they expand and build new houses and developments.”

JACK LICHTENBERGER Tennessee Gas Pipeline Operations Technician

STUDENTS, COMMUNITY TO RACE FOR CANCER CURE, GOAL TO RAISE $50K University affiliates and community members will chase a cure for cancer this Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Livingston campus.

Originally started by University police officers in memory of a colleague with cancer, the seventh-annual High Speed Chase for the Cure 5K Run/3K Walk will benefit The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, according to a media relation’s press release. With a goal of raising $50,000, funds will be used to research cancer treatment and support community outreach.

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“We are extremely fortunate to have the support of past participants and the community who continue to be an amazing part of this event,” said Leanne Kocky, director of special events for the Cancer Institute for New Jersey Foundation.

Since the event’s inception, nearly $70,000 has been raised in support of cancer patients with financial needs, according to the release. Funds go to patient transportation, medical supplies and equipment, and medication expenses.

Organizers unveiled a new, improved online registration Web site this year to allow for easier registration, according to the site. While online registration is closed, any interested participants can sign-up beginning at 8 a.m., with a fee of $25 for the public and $10 for students.

For more information, visit http://www.cinjfoundation.org/ or call (732) 235-8614.

— Caitlin Mahon

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

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Public comes together for recovery

BY MATTHEW REED CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Just for two: Restaurants offer discounts for couples

BY HEATHER BROOKHART METRO EDITOR

The New Brunswick Rocks campaign is encouraging patrons of the city’s restaurants, bars and the Heldrich Hotel and Spa to grab a date each week for “Friday Night Date Night,” taking place at all of the campaign’s participating establishments.

“Date Night” works a little differently at each participating location, with restaurants and other establishments offering various promotions, Vice President of New Brunswick Rocks Joe Remmett said.

“The greatest thing about this group [is that] there’s so much diversity in it. If you want soul food, we have it, if you want Creole food, we have it,” Remmett said. “Anything you want, you can get in our group and that’s what makes it so nice.”

The restaurants offer everything from free appetizers to prix fixe menus, free desserts, discounts on entrees and more, he said. Some establishments have been seeing as many as 30 couples or more at each event.

“You can go to every restaurant each night and get a totally different taste of food,” Remmett said.

Manager of Panico’s Italian Restaurant Jose Solano said the event began about a month and a half ago, and they are hoping it will help move business.

“We haven’t done major business with this event but we are happy to do it,” Solano said.

He said Panico’s, located at 94 Church St., is also offering “late night” on the weekends, with a DJ playing after dinner hours.

Jim Mullen, general manager of the Frog and the Peach restaurant at 29 Dennis St., said “Date Night” has helped their Friday night business.

Couples can order their Peach Tasting menu, which is matched with wines, he said. This high-end meal, which usually runs $105 per

person, can be purchased for two on Friday nights for $150, Mullen said. Right now, they are featuring their Summer Peach menu and will be switching to their fall tasting menu in about a week.

Matthew Terranova, owner of Steakhouse 85 at 85 Church St., said they offer a prix fixe menu for $99 for two. Couples can pick their choice of a bottle of red or white wine, appetizer, entrée, side dish and dessert.

Entrees include items like filet mignon, veal porterhouse, herbcrusted wild salmon and roasted French chicken breast, he said.

Terranova said they started the promotion in June and it has been very successful.

“We’re packed every night, but Friday night, people wait to get near here,” he said.

Terranova said they also have a live jazz band every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights.

New Brunswick Rocks Founder Vinnie Brand said the campaign started with Happy Hour Thursdays at all their locations throughout the city and then expanded into “Date Night.”

“We have people come every week from Newark, Princeton, Somerset, from a ver y wide radius to come to Happy Hour and Date Night,” he said.

Brand said in April he got the word out to business owners in the city, making phone calls and encouraging them to meet to bring the group together. He originally asked them to sign up for a three-month long commitment to the program beginning in April.

He said the group is growing stronger, with more restaurants and sponsors joining.

“In an economy where Atlantic City is down 11 percent, restaurant business across the board can be down to at least 20 percent, this raises awareness about New Brunswick,” Brand said.

The Tree of Hope was in full bloom Wednesday night during an annual ceremony for National Addiction Recovery Month, sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.

For the ceremony, NCADD presented a live evergreen tree that celebrated growth, life and recovery, said Jennifer Smith, a level two preventionist for NCADD of Middlesex County.

Members of the public and those in the recovery community purchased ornaments for the tree in the name of someone who has gone through recovery, in the process of recovery or in honor of someone who didn’t make it through recovery, Smith said. All of the donations from the ornaments went toward NCADD’s Information/Referral Helpline.

“Many people think they know about addiction. When they think of somebody who is addicted, they think of somebody at the end of the line. People don’t think about recovery. Recovery happens each and ever y day all around us. For those folks in recover y, they’ll tell you, it’s absolutely worth celebrating,” said NCADD of Middlesex County’s Executive Director and CEO Steven Liga, who also served as master of ceremonies for the evening. “An addict is a sick person who can get better and an addict is a sick person who deserves to get better.”

Every year, NCADD awards a treatment agency for the work they do for county residents, and this year they honored Oxford Houses of New Jersey, he said.

The tree was planted in front of the Oxford House i33n Edison.

“Oxford Houses are [about] one addict helping another addict through recovery. Oxford Houses

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Attendees light candles at the Tree of Hope ceremony Wednesday night in Edison to honor those going through addiction recovery. are homes for people,” Liga said.

“In many cases, this is the first safe and sober home that people have had in years. Fifteen years ago, there were just three Oxford Houses in Trenton. Now there are 17 in Middlesex County.”

Oxford Houses encourage individual development and recover y within a community instead of treating them as forgotten patients, he said.

“Here, a landlord says, ‘I’ve got a house for rent in this neighborhood. You’re welcome to live here in this home and it’ll be your home too,’” Liga said. “It’s a very different and respectful model where we can send our family and friends and say, ‘Hey, this is a good place.’”

Randy, a former resident of an Oxford House in Kingston,

N.J., who declined to give his last name, said his experience at the House revolved around structure and respect.

“It’s formed around structure.

When people come into an Oxford House their lives have no structure. They’re used to craziness, insanity and they need somewhere to go to take away the insanity,” he said. “Oxford House turned my life around. It showed me how to respect other human beings and it showed me how to start to respect myself …

When you’re sitting in a place full of addicts who have all different behaviors, attitudes and thoughts about life, you have to learn how to live together … For me it was a transition of learning how to live life again.”

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

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ne of the things to remember when using Facebook on computers other than your personal one is to log off when you are done using the site. This is especially true if you are planning on robbing a house and use the resident’s computer. A less than intelligent burglar from Fort Loudoun, Pa., was arraigned Tuesday on count of felony daytime burglary. Jonathan G. Parker, 19, must have gotten bored while breaking into the victim’s home and used the computer to check his Facebook. When the victim came home she noticed that someone had broken in through her bedroom window, there were open cabinets in the garage and the burglar had left their account on her computer. Parker stole two diamond rings from the victim worth $3,500. If convicted of the crime he can face up to 10 years in prison. You would think that he would have wanted to make the robbery as quick and easy as possible, but he must have gotten too confident that he was committing the perfect crime. It is sad that someone could be that stupid. If you are going to rob a house, don’t take time to check your Facebook! He might as well have set his status as “Jonathan Parker is robbing a house…txt it!” Darts to Parker; he deserves the 10 years in prison to think about the bad decisions he’s made. *

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New Jersey might need to start thinking about changing its laws after this one. Animal cruelty charges have been dropped against a former New Jersey police officer because beastiality is not a crime in the state. Former Moorestown police officer Robert Melia Jr. was charged in April 2008 with sexually assaulting three girls. If that wasn’t sick enough, during the investigation police found strange tapes in the officer’s home. The videos were of Melia sexually molesting cows. At the time, investigators would not provide the exact location of the crimes but they did confirm that all of the alleged incidents occurred between June and December 2006 in Southampton Township. While the charges of sexual assaulting the three girls still stand, Melia is now off the hook for something that a lot of people may find offensive and cruel. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is already sending out e-mails to raise awareness that our beloved “Weird NJ” has no laws prohibiting beastiality.

PETA usually annoys everyone with its ridiculous issues, but for once this may be something to think about. Judge James Morley ruled Wednesday that prosecutors did not present enough evidence to jurors that Melia’s alleged actions tormented the animals on the Southampton farm. The judge made clear that he doesn’t think the alleged action is OK. Melia may not be getting extra jail time or animal cruelty charges but he is getting one large dart. *

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This must be the week for ridiculous crimes. A former postal ser vice worker from Springfield, Mass., has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 30,000 DVDs from Netflix customers through his job at the post office. Myles Weathers took DVDs that were mailed by Netflix to customers for a year beginning in Januar y 2007. It was reported that over 100 movies a week were missing from customers. Weathers must not have known how easy and cheap it is to sign up for Netflix and was in desperate need of movies to watch.

He faces 10 to 16 months in prison and restitution costs of about $38,000. Weathers get a dart for robbing Netflix customers of their movie nights and for being too lazy and cheap to actually sign up for Netflix himself.

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There were not only students waiting to use the ever-annoying University buses Tuesday: Director of Transportation Ser vices Jack Molenaar was also among them to get a taste of what a day in the life of a student was like taking the overcrowded monstrosities that are the University buses. He even checked out the spots where students have the most trouble on their commutes from campus to campus. He rode the B bus from Livingston to Busch and also watched as the herd of students waited for the EE, F and REXL buses at the College Hall stop on Douglass campus. He listened to the complaints and suggestions of students dealing with issues with the bus system. Molenaar stated that even though there are flaws in the system he is still proud of its efficiency. The University has the largest bus system for a university in the nation and the second largest transit system in the state. Molenaar gets laurels for his efforts to better understand students’ issues with the transportation system at the Univeristy — but he should probably tr y to use the bus system again on a day where he is rushing from place to place and only has 20 minutes to push through a herd of students, find a place to stand on the bus and is late just once. Then and only then will he know what the student body goes through. *

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ome University stu3. Sometimes asking a dents are returning for new friend to dinner can yet another year and seem too risky. Setting yourknow just what to expect. self up for a date rejection Others are here for the first takes a certain amount of time, fresh-faced and doeconfidence. For those who eyed. Among our mash-up, do not wish to be put on the some are married, some partdating chopping block, we nered or single and loving it.

JOANNA CIRILLO have the godsend of a meal: Others, meanwhile, are comlunch. University students pletely overwhelmed by this vast new dating pool. have an endless array of eateries to choose from in the As our potential date radar is going off the charts, surrounding areas, most of which allow you to see the our wallets are getting thinner by the day. A recent menu online, order online and have it delivered to your study reported that those under 35 are saving a door. The University also has Buccleuch Park, which greater percentage of income than the older genera- no one may be able to pronounce for three years but tion but money is still tight all around. Even when you can certainly dine in. There are especially perfect park think a night on the town is not in the budget or movie benches for a lunch picnic if bringing a blanket is too prices have gotten astronomical — which is right — it much, one being behind the Buccleuch Mansion and is still possible to have a great time and not overdraw the other being hidden among trees right off the runyour account. ning trail. Brown bag it and find your own hidden spots!

Valentine’s Day is far, far away, but every day is a 4. Adventure is always a component in the relationpossible first, second or third date day. The University ship game, whether just starting out or for a couple is alight with natural little wonders, so I have been that has been together so long they know every quirk. accruing ideas for day or evening trips that are roman- Adventuring and exploring together could not be a tic, fun and nice to Mother Earth all at more fitting activity for two, and there the same time. I have included my top are ample trails waiting to be trodden.

“As our potential five ideas that are perfect for this A special gem is across the Raritan weather before the cold discourages date radar is going off River and through a bit of woods to you from leaving your recliner. Now Johnson Park. A bike trail leads safely the charts, our all you have to do is make sure your from College Avenue to this park that date does not catch on that you got all has multiple picnic and sports fields, a wallets are getting your ideas from The Daily Targum. pond and best of all a zoo. Yes, for 1. Right down Route 1 is somethinner by the day. ” those who have never stumbled upon thing much more appealing than this, it is a zoo with real animals. bumper-to-bumper traffic. In East Though nothing is too exotic and Brunswick and many surrounding towns there are some cages are less than stellar, there are clucking plenty of local farmers just waiting for you to come hens and bumbling emus. There is also a small food and pick your own apples, peaches and pumpkins! At stand that gives out animal feed and once gave out free Giamarese Farm peaches are still available for pick- water ice. Beware: The bike ride back is uphill. ing and apples soon will be. They even offer free 5. The final idea is a bit of a stretch — though hayrides every weekend in October to the corn may not be for everyone — but in my experience maze. As long as your date is not allergic to hay or was one of the best dates I have been on. The boy farm animal dander, he or she will not be able to may not have even known it was a date, but that is resist a late afternoon apple picking session. Want to for another day. Last spring I signed up for a “Scarlet make the date even better? Bring the apples and date Day of Service” on campus. On a Saturday morning back to your kitchen. Peel the apples and place them the volunteers are bussed to a location to perform in a pot of boiling water along with sugar and cinna- different community service activities depending on mon, let summer for 20 minutes, mash together and that day’s topic. We were sent to a retirement home you have applesauce! in Metuchen where we played rounds of bingo with 2. If you are more of a night owl then you might want ladies, chatted with them about school, saw old wedto head over to Busch campus on the second or fourth ding photos and just had a good time. We were not Thursday of every month. Starting at 8 p.m. for two directly interacting for the entirety of the hours, but hours, the public is invited into the Robert A. on the bus ride home we exchanged funny stories Schommer Astronomical Observatory on and still talk about the bingo ladies. October 24 is Frelinghuysen Road. The observatory Web site even the next Scarlet Day of Service, so mark your calenprovides what can be seen on each upcoming Thursday, dars and find a date like it was the day before prom. which this past was Vega, M13, Albireo, M57, M31, Jupiter and the moon during first quarter. Take the A Joanna Cirillo is a School of Arts and Sciences junbus there and back and you do not even have to pay for ior majoring in journalism and media studies. Her colgas, and you both might even learn something. umn, “So Fresh So Green,” runs on alternate Fridays.

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Make preliminary plans.

Conditions are changing in your favor.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8 — Everything's fun and games, and then the piper must be paid. Make sure you have enough saved up for that.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 6 — You're spurred to take action because of an item on your list that you forgot. Better go over your list again.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 7 — It's a good day to follow through on a project you've discussed with a supervisor.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — A business relationship is growing warmer.

Don't let it cross the line between friendship and adulation.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 5 — You struggle to get ideas across to others. Use concrete examples. Remember show-and-tell from kindergarten? It works.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6 — You have to pay attention if you want to understand. Half of the information is subconscious. Use a little magic.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 5 — There's a lot going on today, but you may not understand all of it 'til later. Take action after chores are done.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 5 — Change is all around you. At first you wonder what's happening.

Later you'll understand.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is a 5 — If you can't get the words on the paper, formulate an idea mentally. List the key points, then finish tomorrow.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 5 — Work hard to get your ideas across to an obstinate person. Stick to practical details. Get an agreement.

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Knights must be wary of hungry, driven Terps B Mind illed before the season started as the Rutgers football team’s toughest out-of-conference test, tomorrow’s road contest against Maryland has not shaped up to be much of a blockbuster.

Maryland should not be confused with a good team.

After all, the Terrapins did just lose to Middle Tennessee State two years in a row. One week earlier in overtime, Maryland barely escaped Football Championship Subdivision juggernaut James Madison in College Park, Md. It’s easy to push Maryland aside as a joke of a football team despite playing in a BCS conference.

That’s a mistake.

As badly as this team has played — and it’s been really poor — it still has the three biggest tools needed to win games against better opponents.

It will not be more apparent for the Terrapins than this weekend against Rutgers.

They have good coaching.

They have talent on both sides of the ball.

Most importantly, they have hunger (insert Maryland head coach Ralph Friedgen joke here).

This is precisely the type of game the Scarlet Knights love to lose.

A team always in the thick of the Atlantic Coast Conference

of Stein MATTHEW STEIN race should never start off 1-2, especially if that one win was a squeaker over JMU and the two losses were a 39-point massacre at California and a home loss to Middle Tennessee State.

One really can’t say that enough. It’s fun. They lost to Middle Tennessee State.

Yes, it’s worse than RU losing on the road to Navy — at least they made a Bowl game and also beat a ranked Wake Forest team.

Middle Tennessee State is, well, Middle Tennessee State — a poor Sun Belt team.

Don’t think Maryland is going to turn up the heat and try to even its record against RU? There is motivation left and right, ranging everywhere from avenging Rutgers safety Joe Lefeged’s hit on quarterback Jordan Steffy two years ago to taking some of the heat off Friedgen and defensive coordinator Dom Brown.

It’s a situation that happens all the time in college football: A team comes out with a vengeance

to erase the painful memories of a devastating or embarrassing loss the week before.

For the Knights, tomorrow’s game becomes a simple case of playing their own game and not worrying about Maryland’s drive.

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano’s motto of a one-game season will play an important factor in keeping RU’s minds focused solely on the task at hand and not taking the Terps lightly.

“We all know that Maryland is a great team,” Lefeged said. “First and foremost, they are well coached and have great athletes on the team. No matter what the record is, you have to come out and play hard every single week.”

Perhaps memories of last season’s 1-5 start skew the mind, and an eerie feeling arises over a game like this. The Knights come out flat, the gameplan is ineffective, questions arise over the use of running backs, the defensive playcalling and in-game adjustments are hardly noticeable.

This is a new season, and things change. But Rutgers is in danger of falling victim to a very, very hungry Maryland team in what should be a hostile environment in College Park.

— Matthew Stein accepts comments and criticisms at steinma@eden.rutgers.edu

SAFETIES: Knights thrive off defensive back depth continued from back

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Redshirt freshman defensive back Khaseem Greene (20) recorded his first career interception Saturday against Florida International.

Greene is serving as the primary backup to senior Zaire Kitchen.

year and is comfortable playing in those sets.

But the linebacker mentality is still present, evident by his hard hits and 4.5 career sacks.

Lefeged is second on the team with 18 tackles this season.

“Since I have a few big hits and don’t have any interceptions, I guess I need an interception,” he said.

Despite that, head coach Greg Schiano has confidence in his safety.

“Joe’s an excellent underneath cover guy and an excellent blitzer,” Schiano said. “We want to be able to continue to do that, but we can’t do that at the risk of not defending the deep field.

That’s one of those things that as you go down in depth, you may have to tweak some things or move some guys around.”

While sophomore Pat Kivlehan misses time with an unspecified leg injury, redshirt freshman Khaseem Greene is the beneficiary of that tweaking.

Against Florida International, Greene recorded his first career interception.

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“He came up with a big interception and I think there is a trust level there with Khaseem [Greene],” Schiano said. “For a guy who is a redshirt freshman that is good work.”

“Since I have a few big hits and don’t have any interceptions, I guess I need an interception.”

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“Coach speaks about not losing anything, about being confident in the backups that once we put in another safety he doesn’t turn the film on and see anything different,” Greene said.

Harmon roomed with Kitchen during training camp, who said he tries to emulate the leadership he saw as a young safety in former Knights Girault and Courtney Greene.

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Kitchen received playing time at safety since his true freshman season but suffered season ending injuries as a freshman and sophomore.

His ability to battle back from two knee injuries and play in all 13 games last year, forcing three fumbles, drew Schiano’s praise.

“When you’re as tough as he is — I don’t mean hit someone in the head tough, I mean battle through adversity tough — there’s not a guy on this team who doesn’t respect what he’s done,” Schiano said.

The team honored Kitchen prior to the FIU matchup, giving him the axe and following him out of the tunnel — symbolic of “the Chop” and a reward for a hard week of practice.

That peer respect lends itself to Kitchen’s leadership.

Together, Kitchen and Lefeged take the responsibility of educating the other safeties.

“I want to leave with a winning record,” Kitchen said. “But I also want to leave something with the younger guys so they can continue that success.”

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weekend games, the Rutgers men’s soccer team is tied atop the Big East Red Division.

The Scarlet Knights (4-2-0, 2-0-0) travel to South Orange tonight at 7 p.m. for the New Jersey derby against Seton Hall. They finish the weekend Sunday with an afternoon match against Georgetown.

Junior midfielder Yannick Salmon was named College

Soccer News Player of the Week and Big East Offensive Player of the Week after scoring three of the team’s four goals including both game-winners. “[Physical play] is ever y game, ever y night in the Big East,” Salmon said. “There aren’t many teams in the Big East that just like to play.

Ever y team is a fighting team and ever y game is a physical [fight].”

The Pirates (4-2-1, 1-0-1) are atop the Big East Blue Division after a 3-1 win over Syracuse and a 0-0 draw at No. 15 St. John’s.

Seton Hall’s Dritan Sela and Andrew Welker pose the biggest threat for the Knights.

Both are tied for the league lead in goals scored at five apiece.

— Kyle Franko

DESPITE

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Junior midfielder Yannick Salmon picked up two awards this week after scoring three of Rutgers’ four goals last weekend.

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its senior captains to injury, the Rutgers women’s soccer team (71-1, 1-0-0) is still ranked No. 17 in the country and travel to Georgetown for a 1 p.m. kickoff today and return home to face Villanova at 6 p.m on Sunday.

“We’ve seen the GeorgetownVillanova game,” said head coach Glenn Crooks. “Georgetown is very good. We feel, in many ways, they’re the best team we’ve faced all year.”

Junior forward Ashley Jones scored both the team’s goals in its previous a game, a 2-1 win over Princeton. She leads the team with seven goals this season and was named Big East Offensive Player of the Week.

Junior defender Rheanne Sleiman picked up an ankle injury last Friday and missed the Princeton game Sunday, but Crooks has not completely ruled her out.

“We certainly miss having Rheanne out on the field,” Crooks said. “She had a fantastic game against Seton Hall, so it was unfortunate that she went down.

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three-game winning streak aside, the Rutgers volleyball team has its work cut out this weekend.

The Scarlet Knights (6-7, 0-0) face Big East foes South Florida and Georgetown. The meetings will mark the first two games of Big East play for the team.

“They’re going to see a different team than they’ve seen in the past,” said head coach CJ Werneke. “And if they don’t respect us, they’re going to get punched in the face for it.”

USF comes in not only with a .700 winning percentage, but with Senior Big East Preseason Player of the Year Marcela Gurgel. The outside hitter broke the 1,500-kill mark in the USF Bulls’ previous tournament to become the fourth USF player to ever do so.

The Georgetown Hoyas boast a four-game winning streak coming into this weekend’s series.

While RU may maintain a winning streak of its own, the Hoyas come into the competition with a 24-14 advantage all-time against the Knights.

“Every match in the Big East is going to be a battle,” he said. “[We’ve been] going over some of the things [USF wants] to do, their tendencies, getting our kids prepared for what South Florida’s going to look like, what they want to do, their personnel and general preparation.”

T HE R UTGERS TENNIS team puts its of f-season work to the test today in the team’s first competitive match of the year.

The Scarlet Knights face Brown, Boston and Auburn at the Brown Invitational in Rhode Island.

“We’ve practiced hard and I think they’re ready to play as well as they’re capable of playing, and we’ll see what happens,” said head coach Ben Bucca.

The Knights put up a strong performance at last year’s invitational with sophomore Maryana Milchutskey and junior Amy Zhang leading the pack.

Milchutskey won four singles matches on her way to the Flight C singles title, while Zhang made her way to the semifinals in the Flight A singles.

“This is a great weekend for us to give us the exposure our program deserves, which is with the nationally-ranked teams,” Bucca said. “It will give us a gauge as to really how much improved our program really is.”

After this weekend, the team gets almost a two-week break from competition until Oct. 10 when they travel to Queens, N.Y., for the United States Tennis Association Invitational.

— Melissa Falica

G A M E DAY

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

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KnightsGameday RUTGERS VS MARYLAND

GAME 4: Rutgers vs. Maryland, Capital One Field, 3:30 p.m. TV: RUTV RADIO: 88.7 FM FAVORITE: Rutgers by 2.5

Seven Knights return to home state

BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Though the landmass lies on the fringe of New Jersey, home state of the University, the state of Maryland — from which seven members of the Rutgers football team hail — will align itself vehemently against the Scarlet Knights Saturday when they take on the Maryland Terrapins.

The Terps and ninth-year head coach Ralph Friedgen upset RU in Piscataway two years ago, but have been dead on arrival since the start of the season.

They were thumped 52-13 by California to start their year and a pair of teams embarrassed them at home, as JMU took them to overtime and Middle Tennessee State beat them for the second season in a row.

“We aren’t going to let [their early struggles] lull us to sleep,” said fifth-year senior quarterback Dom Natale, who would likely start if Tom Savage can’t go. “Maryland is a very good team and I know they’re going to be ready to play.”

For the Knights, their 23-15 victory over Florida International last week was marred by a head injury for Savage and his removal from the game. On a third-and-short play, Savage dove forward, reaching for a first down, when an FIU linebacker landed on his head and knocked him out of the game.

Savage told reporters Monday that he feels fine, but head coach Greg Schiano has yet to decide if the true freshman can play, leading to an increased workout for Natale this week at practice.

The official word from Schiano is that Savage is 50/50 to play.

“Tom’s OK,” Schiano said. “He’s not out of the woods.”

Two of the RU’s starters — junior safety Joe Lefeged and sophomore running back Jourdan Brooks — hail from Germantown, Md., just 25 miles from Capitol One Field at Byrd Stadium.

“I watched a lot of college football growing up and watched a lot of Mar yland games on TV,” Lefeged said. “First of all, it’s going to be different for our team — our first away game. But football in Maryland is big. They’ve got a great crowd, a great tradition there, so it’s going to be a great game.”

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SCARLET KNIGHTS (2-1)

MARYLAND (1-2)

PASSING CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. 0 178.0 T. Savage 53.1% 534 3 3 52.3 D. Natale 60.0% 157 0

CMP YDS TD INT. AVG. PASSING C. Turner 62.2% 691 3 2 230.3

RUSHING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. J. Martinek 48 213 1 25 4.4 25 142 3 57 J. Brooks 5.7 RECEIVING NO. YDS TD LNG AVG. 15 158 0 19 10.5 M. Sanu 14 349 1 68 24.9 T. Brown 81 0 46 40.5 2 D. Jefferson TKL SCK 1 20 R. D’Imperio 0 18 D. McCourty 4 11 J. Freeny INJURIES Probable — QB Tom Savage (head) Doubtful — G Caleb Ruch (leg) Out — S Pat Kivlehan (leg), Mason Robinson (leg) DEFENSE

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Sophomore Jourdan Brooks, raised just a stone’s throw away from College Park, Md., is averaging 5.7 yards per carry this season.

Neither Lefeged nor Brooks played at Byrd Stadium in high school.

“I’m definitely excited,” Brooks said. “Basically what I’ve been doing since camp is trying to get tickets for this game. … [My family] will have shir ts, maybe a poster or two, they won’t be hard to find.”

At last count, both had nearly 20 tickets from teammates for friends and family.

Of the other five natives of the Old Line State — long snapper/wide receiver Andrew DePaola, fullback Nick DePaola, cornerback Darrell Givens, running back Tyrone Putman and cornerback Wayne Warren — only DePaola and Givens have a chance to play.

Givens, who joined the team late this summer after reneging on a commitment to Penn State, started practicing with the two-deep last week over the other two highly touted freshman corners.

“He’s preparing so whenever you’re in the mix preparing, you’ve got a chance,” Schiano said. “Will he go in? I don’t know.”

The Knights and Terps have had bad blood in recent history.

Between Friedgen’s accusation that Lefeged made a dirty hit on former quarterback Jordan Steffy in 2007 and a subsequent 34-24 upset over the then-ranked RU, tempers may flare Saturday at Byrd Stadium.

Two years ago, Maryland overcame a halftime deficit — behind now-starting quarterback Chris Turner — with a 20-7 run to drop the Knights despite 310 yards and two touchdowns from Mike Teel.

“They’re a tough team,” Natale said. “They had our number last time and it was with the same QB. We have to be ready for anything.”

RU hits the road for the first time this season, marking the first time that true freshmen like Savage and wide receiver Mohamed Sanu have to deal with crowd noise and a 54,000-seat stadium entirely against them.

“I think it gives you a little bit of adversity out here,” Schiano said. “Now to a true freshman like [Savage], he has no idea. He hasn’t faced a deafening noise when you’re on of fense yet. It’s par t of having a young quar terback — he’s going to find out [tomorrow].”

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SCHEDULE Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 31 Nov. 12 Nov. 21 Nov. 27 Dec. 5

INT 1 0 0

L, 47-15 Cincinnati W, 45-7 Howard W, 23-15 FIU 3:30 p.m.

Maryland Texas Southern 3:30 p.m.

8 p.m.

Pittsburgh 8 p.m.

Army TBA Connecticut South Florida 7:30 p.m.

TBA Syracuse TBA Louisville West Virginia TBA

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RECEIVING T. Smith A. Cannon D. Meggett R. Tyler

NO. YDS TD 14 274 2 10 85 1 9 70 0 7 89 0

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LNG AVG. 64 19.6 8.5 27 7.8 15 20 12.7

TKL SCK 28 0.5 26 1.5 15 0

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SCHEDULE Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28

L, 52-13

California

James Madison W, 38-35 (OT)

L, 32-31 MTSU 3:30 p.m.

Rutgers TBA Clemson Wake Forest TBA TBA Virginia TBA Duke TBA N.C. State TBA Va. Tech Florida State TBA Boston College TBA

Key Matchup Rutgers secondary vs. QB Chris Turner Forced into the game because of an injury to starter Jordan Steffy, Turner led the Terps on a 20-7 second-half rally to upset the Scarlet Knights 34-24 at home in 2007.

Now a starter, Turner enters the game with 691 passing yards and three touchdowns.

STARTING LINEUP: OFFENSE

TIM BROWN Wide Receiver

ANTHONY DAVIS Tackle

ART FORST Guard

RYAN BLASZCZYK Center

DESMOND WYNN Guard

KEVIN HASLAM Tackle

D.C. JEFFERSON Tight End

MOHAMED SANU Wide Receiver

TOM SAVAGE Quarterback

JACK CORCORAN Fullback

JOE MARTINEK Running Back

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Junior 6’-6”, 325 lbs

Sophomore 6’-8”, 310 lbs

Senior 6’-4”, 295 lbs

R-Sophomore 6’-6”, 275 lbs

Senior 6’-7”, 295 lbs

R-Freshman 6’-6”, 245 lbs

Freshman 6’-2”, 215 lbs

Freshman 6’-5”, 230 lbs

Senior 6’-1”, 230 lbs

Sophomore 6’-0”, 215 lbs

STARTING LINEUP: DEFENSE

GEORGE JOHNSON Right end

CHARLIE NOONAN Tackle

SCOTT VALLONE Tackle

ALEX SILVESTRO Left end

DAMASO MUNOZ Linebacker

RYAN D’IMPERIO Linebacker

ANTONIO LOWERY Linebacker

DAVID ROWE Cornerback

JOE LEFEGED Strong Safety

ZAIRE KITCHEN Free Safety

DEVIN McCOURTY Cornerback

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STRONG SAFETIES

The Scarlet Knights hit the road for the first time this season to face off against Maryland with freshman quarterback Tom Savage’s health in doubt. pg. 15

BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT

Outside of the 20-plus family members in attendance, tomorrow’s homecoming for junior safety Joe Lefeged will not be a warm welcome for the FOOTBALL Maryland native.

Two years ago, he delivered a punishing hit on Maryland quarterback Jordan Steffy, giving Steffy a concussion and drawing criticism from coach Ralph Friedgen for what he called a dirty play.

“I remember the hit,” Lefeged said. “I don’t think it was anything dirty. It was just me playing hard and going for the ball. It was just an unfortunate accident.”

Lefeged was just a freshman at the time but saw significant playing time with an injury to starter Ron Girault and knocked out Syracuse quarterback Andrew Robinson just two weeks after hitting Steffy.

Last season, Lefeged competed with senior Zaire Kitchen to start at strong safety, but this year they partner each other as the Rutgers football team’s last line of defense.

“It’s been an ongoing competition for a whole year now,” Lefeged said. “There’s still a competition to be the best we can be. …

We try to outdo each other on every play.”

Despite the competition, the duo has developed chemistry on the field, where they lead a young — but deep — group of safeties.

KNIGHTS GAMEDAY

HUNGRY, HUNGRY TURTLES ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Junior safety Joe Lefeged (26) and the Knights face off against the Terrapins Saturday for the first time since his infamous, crushing hit on former Maryland quarterback Jordan Steffy.

“Joe [Lefeged] and I each have roles we have to take, but we work off each other,” Kitchen said. “We feel relaxed and we’re comfortable. When coverages come in he knows what I’m doing and I know if he goes down, we don’t have to communicate that. It makes you feel comfortable with everyone who is playing.”

In nickel and dime coverages, Lefeged often slides down to cover a slot receiver while a third safety enters to play deep.

Lefeged, a linebacker in high school, said he practiced coverage since his freshman

SEE SAFETIES ON PAGE 13

Maryland has all the components of a team ready to avenge a terrible start to its season, meaning RU must be wary of a focused group. pg. 13