The Daily Targum 2009-11-04

THE DAILY TARGUM

Volume 141, Number 46

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The Rutgers men’s soccer team travels to Morgantown, W.Va., for a crucial clash with the Mountaineers in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

U. affiliates to address athlete homophobia

BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

When Sean Smith, a former University swimmer and coach, came out as gay in 2005 during his senior year, he struggled for guidance at the school despite the support of his teammates.

“I always felt like there was a magnifying glass on me, so I was ver y destructive to myself because I didn’t know where I could go to get help,” Smith said.

While he said his experience with homophobia in college athletics was better than most, he also saw its ugly side, making him an advocate for the rarely-discussed issue.

The University hosts an event Thursday raising awareness for the typically taboo subject.

“We R All One Team: Homophobia in Intercollegiate Sports” features a screening of the movie “Training Rules” from 7 to 8 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Cook Campus Center, followed by a panel discussion.

Smith, scheduled to be a panelist, said everyone’s experience is different.

Andrew Germek, of the club crew team, said he came out his sophomore year of college.

He worried the relationships with his teammates would change, but they did not.

Instead, he said his team was very accepting.

“Nothing changed; the experience was fine,” said Germek, a Rutgers College senior.

Senior Dean of Students Mark Schuster, an openly gay administrator who teaches a course on sexuality and gender in athletics, said there was resistance in the past dealing openly with the issue.

“We’ve come a very long way, certainly in terms of the University and the athletic department,” said Schuster, who added that the University is one of the top in the nation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender acceptance.

Support is important for closeted athletes to feel comfortable coming out, because homophobia can be prevalent in an athletic environment, Smith said.

“I think it’s a nationwide phenomena that homophobia is still so accepted in the sports world,” Smith said.

Schuster said this is important to address, as this is a group six to eight times more likely to commit suicide.

Germek said during his first year, he heard slurs such as “that’s so gay” in the locker room but it stopped when he came out.

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The Livingston Theatre Company’s student cast of “Rent” rehearses last week for the musical performance, set to premiere Thursday through Sunday at the Crossroads Theatre in downtown New Brunswick.

Famous show sees ‘another day’ in city

BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Daylights, sunsets, midnights and cups of coffee — that is how the Livingston Theatre Company measures its production of the famed musical “Rent” this season.

With only days left for final runthroughs and set adjustments before the show premiers Nov. 5 at the Crossroads Theatre at 7 Livingston Ave. in New Brunswick,

the students in the LTC are prepping the stage — and the University — for their own interpretation of the popular Broadway show and movie.

“This needed to be the Livingston Theatre Company’s production of “Rent,” not the “Rent” that ever yone knows,” said Production Manager Chelsea Holman.

When the show — about eight poor, young New Yorkers strug-

gling to pay rent — closed in 2009 after 13 years on Broadway, the rights became available for other theaters to perform the musical, making LTC’s production one of the first in the state.

“It’s very difficult for us as a company, because there can’t be more than one production going on at the same time in a specific radius of area and … for a Central New

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Campus Identity

Busch attracts football fanatics, science students

BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

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Although science and math students call Busch campus home, the expanded Rutgers Stadium is a staple of the quiet, suburban campus.

Home of the Rutgers Stadium, tailgate parties, math and science life and more, Busch campus houses many different groups and diverse aspects of the University.

Campus Dean Thomas Papathomas said the campus is ver y unique and ver y diverse.

“Every campus has its strength, and Busch campus is different because it has most of the sciences … and most of the sports are located on Busch campus,” said Papathomas, a University professor.

“It has a feeling of openness.” the campus is attractive to students because it is the main athletic campus, with the football and soccer stadiums, he said.

“The presence of the sports facilities provides a ver y rich set of activities for Rutgers Student Life,” Papathomas said.

The campus is home to at least three professional schools, which include the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, the School of Engineering and the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, he said.

From this diverse setting stems three main student governing councils: the Pharmacy Governing Council, Engineering Governing Council and the Busch Campus Council, Papathomas said.

“Other campuses have similar governing bodies, but these add diversity because volunteers are diverse,”

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CAR CRASHES INTO FOUR VEHICLES ON COLLEGE AVENUE CAMPUS A five-car collision occurred near the intersection of College Avenue and Hamilton Street yesterday at 11:22 a.m., police of ficials said. An ambulance ar rived on scene but no one was injured.

The impact clipped off the front bumper of a parked convertible and rear-ended a parked blue Saturn Ion, which in turn hit both a mid-size car and a Jeep parked in front of it.

Owners of the parked vehicles did not witness the accident.

Lauren DeCerbo, the owner of the Saturn, said this was her third accident in three years of living off-campus.

“This is my third car that I totaled in three years, all of which were on the Rutgers campus, and none of [the accidents] were my fault,” said DeCerbo, a Rutgers College senior.

DeCerbo, who lives on Louis Street, was walking to her car coming out of class when she saw the damage.

Police closed off the intersections of Hamilton Street and College Avenue and Hamilton Street

and George Street until most of the vehicles were towed around noon.

Heather Demeo, a business manager at the School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office across the street from the accident site, said many students rushed to the scene from the Scott Hall bus stop after hearing the crash.

“I just heard three pops, that’s it,” Demeo said.

Police officials could not be reached for further comment at press time.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

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Campus developments lead to hopes for movie theater, Wawa

BY JOHN S. CLYDE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Maintaining a sense of community and sustainability as Livingston campus is further developed were top priorities of the Livingston Campus Council at its Monday night meeting.

“On Livingston, it’s not crazy and hectic,” said Yousef Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, of what attracts him to the campus. “It’s kind of secluded so it’s intimate.”

Representatives from Live Work Learn Play and University Facilities and Capital Planning came to the meeting to discuss a vision for the future of the campus in terms of academics, recreation and retail, and to receive feedback from the community.

The University administration has committed to further developing the campus, said Frank Wong, executive director of University Facilities.

More changes are in the works.

“There’s stuff on the boards for a new dining hall [and adding] 1,500 beds,” Wong said. “Those have definite timelines for construction, and then there’s stuff that’s ongoing.”

Livingston has already seen improvements to the Livingston Campus Center, walkways and has added a fountain.

“Beyond that, there’s a commitment to build a [new] school

of business, a hotel conference center [and] new academic buildings,” Wong said. “So as you can see we have quite a few things lined up for Livingston campus.”

Live Work Learn and Play, a real estate planning and development consultancy, is also looking to plan for developing recreational facilities and attract new retail facilities.

The company has worked with the University of Connecticut and Florida State, among others.

Council members brainstormed about things they would like to see, which included an accessible campus with a sense of community, a movie theater, an ice rink, a barbershop, a GNC and a Wawa.

“I love the idea of the movie theater,” said Crissy Dixon, a School of Ar ts and Sciences first-year student. “A lot of people have been talking about it for years.”

But Arielle Alphonse, a School of Arts and Sciences junior, said a movie theater might attract a lot of students from other campuses, which could change the nature of the campus.

A basketball court that can convert into an ice rink would also get a lot of use, Dixon said.

During nice weather outdoor facilities on Livingston already get a lot of use.

Lisa Israelovitch, a vice president for Live Work Learn Play, has seen a lot of common themes

Livingston Campus Council relating to accessibility, affordability and community from meeting with members of the Livingston community.

“One common theme that’s come up in pretty much all our discussions across faculty and student lines is the concept of environment and recreation and sustainability, and having that really permeate the campus in a lot of different ways on Livingston,” said Richard Martz, project manager for Live Work Learn Play.

The company and the University will look into different ways to develop recreational spaces and amenities in outdoor spaces that interact with the natural environment, he said.

The company will also apply sustainability and respect for the environment to developing a plan for what businesses to tr y to attract.

“It’s definitely the wave of the future, and there’s a huge opportunity on Livingston to really make a very focused attempt to have as many parts of the campus reflect that as you can,” Martz said.

The company expects to present an initial mixed-use planning

study in three months, Israelovitch said.

“But really, the report is a framework for planning and then would be translated toward fiscal master plans [and] into implementation plans as well,” she said.

University Facilities and the company met with a wide range of stakeholders on campus from the president and senior leadership on down, Wong said.

“But the president made clear that this is a plan for students, so we really wanted to reach out to students in different organizations,” he said.

The timeframe for improvements for the campus is ongoing, Wong said.

“Money plays the key factor [in developing Livingston],” Israelovitch said. “Our job is not just to provide people with the uses people want, but to actually make sure there’s business viability behind these uses.”

The campus is home to many first-year students, but the University is seeking to increase its diversity and academic focus.

“My biggest concern with the future of Livingston is the fact that it will be a professional academic feel, so I’m worried about undergraduates,” Council President Winiris De Moya said.

“That should be looked into.”

Plans include making the campus home to the Rutgers

Business School, School of Education and School of Social Work, Israelovitch said.

“I like the fact that [Livingston] is … a mostly freshman-oriented campus,” Dixon said.

The new apartment building could bring more upperclassmen to the campus, but she said she hopes the tight knit feel of Livingston can be preserved.

“It’s a nice environment to have friendly faces around instead of seniors hanging around who aren’t all interested in making friends as much as they are in graduating,” Dixon said.

De Moya, a Rutgers College senior, said it is important for the company to not only speak with student leader focus groups but to also reach out directly to Livingston residents.

“This par ticular meeting [was] productive in the sense that we really did tell them, ‘This is what we want, this is what we don’t want,’” De Moya said. “For example, [we want] a Wawa, not 7-Eleven, if that were to be [a choice].”

She said she is grateful for all of the amenities coming to Livingston as well as the influx of students coming to campus.

“I think that it’s fantastic, and I don’t think that we’ll lose that sense of community that [Livingston has],” De Moya said.

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ATHLETE: NCAA rule requires LGBT ‘safe space’ continued from front Schuster said the hyperfeminized and hyper-masculinized nature of athletics creates misperceptions and stereotypes about athletes, making it difficult for those questioning their sexuality.

“Even straight-identified or non-LGBT-identified women … if they’re very athletic, the default is they’re lesbians,” he said.

One misperception toward LGBT athletes is that they check out others in the locker room, Germek said. Common team actions such as hugging could also be misconstrued.

“We hope that in a college setting, everyone will embrace the diversity of all of those around them,” said University Athletic Director Tim Pernetti in an email correspondence. “Just like with anything else, everyone will react differently based on their own beliefs and values.”

Schuster said the school and state have several methods to support LGBT athletes institutionally, such as the implementation of an NCAA rule.

“The NCAA requires that if an institution does not show ways in which they’ve created safe spaces for LGBT athletes, they could lose their membership with the NCAA,” Schuster said.

The NCAA is also actively seeking acceptance and instruction on the issue, and the state and University have non-discrimination policies to help LGBT athletes feel safe, Schuster said.

“Rutgers athletics and the University follow the same policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment,” Pernetti said.

“I can’t speak to what other universities do and how our policy compares, other than to say

that Rutgers’ policy has always been progressive.”

Smith said safe places for gay and lesbian athletes still raises some difficulties.

“It’s a very insulated community in an athletic department, so everyone ends up knowing everyone else’s business through the training room,” he said.

A closeted gay athlete might not feel comfortable going for help at these places, as the word could spread faster than the athlete is comfortable, Smith said.

Ten years ago, he helped create Our Group, an online forum to help LGBT college athletes struggling with their sexuality.

“Athletes can go [online], share stories [and] have peers who really understand what they’re going through,” Smith said. “Some of my straight peers were my greatest allies, but I didn’t really feel like they could understand what I was going through … and so Our Group came about to fill that void.”

Germek and Smith said there are bigger changes that need to be made to make LGBT athletes more accepted in society.

“What we need to have is professional athletes who are OK coming out [and] who are still going to receive sponsorship,” he said.

Smith said LGBT athletes also should not have to make a choice between being gay and being an athlete.

“You don’t have to either be a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender person or an athlete, and right now, I think that’s what most people make the choice of,” he said.

Important steps lie in diversity training for coaches and athletes, cutting down on homophobic slurs in the locker room and getting the administration on board, Smith said.

“I think if you start diversity training, then people might feel more comfortable coming out

U NIVERSITY while they’re still competing,” Germek said.

Smith said the biggest change people could make toward accepting homosexuality is to be conscious of what they and others say.

“But if you can’t do it, how is the gay kid in the corner supposed to be able to do it all the time?” he said.

The movie “Training Rules” examines the dismissal of Penn State University LGBT college athletes under women’s basketball coach Rene Portland’s three rules of no drinking, drugs or lesbians.

“I think it’s terrific that Rutgers is hosting a screening of ‘Training Rules’ on Nov. 5 on our campus,” Pernetti said. “I have seen the film and it does an excellent job in addressing some ver y impor tant issues, and I hope it further helps those that see it to understand that discrimination of any kind is not something that should be tolerated on a college campus, or anywhere for that matter.”

Sue Rankin will moderate the panel discussion. She was the recipient of the 2008 ACPA Voice of Inclusion Medallion and a former PSU softball coach fired for being a lesbian. She sued the school and won.

In addition to Smith and Rankin, other panelists include: Ted Rypka, director of sports and media for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; John Koblin, a reporter for the NY Observer who studies this issue; Matthew Pletcher, University assistant wrestling coach; and other University student-athletes, Schuster said.

Smith said he hopes the event will bring more awareness to a little-discussed issue.

“No one really knows the answer of ‘how do you protect a minority group when it’s still a taboo subject to talk about,’” he said.

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RENT: LTC experiments

productions, Holman said. But the renovations throughout the with set, stays true to script years moved the LTC into the Crossroads Theatre temporarily.

“There are major limitations continued from front to what you can do set-wise in the Jersey school [like the student center and here, this is a University], that encompasses real theater,” she said. both Philadelphia and New The set of “Rent” is the largest York,” Holman said. for the LTC, Holman said.

The process started with castConstruction began the first ing in mid-September after a weekend of the semester. summer of production and staff The company adhered to the meetings, she said. script and music, both written by “When we cast, we wanted to Jonathan Larson, Holman said. make sure we weren’t looking for “We wanted to be faithful to the stereotypes of the characters,” script, [but] not necessarily the said Holman, a School of Broadway production,” she said.

Environmental and Biological The story, based on the opera Sciences junior.

“La Boheme,” is set in 1990s and While the role of Joanne is brings taboo issues such as typically cast as a black female, AIDS, drugs, and interracial and Holman said the company called gay relationships to light, back an equal number of white Holman said. and black actresses.

“It really is their human expeFirst-time Director Brandon rience and their struggle to find Wright said choosing the 23-memtheir place in society and to find ber cast was especially difficult. happiness — what we all long “There was so much talent for,” Wright said. “We all just want and so few places to fill,” said to fit in and feel like we belong Wright, whose job is to oversee and have people who love us.” the artistic development and Music Director David Regner work with the actors to bring the said this show is very musically story to life. intense, with about two hours of Wright, a School of Arts and music throughout the two-and-aSciences senior, said this cast is half hour play. creative and ener“It’s pretty chalgetic, bringing lenging,” said “I don’t think any Regner, a Mason more audience interaction into Gross School of other production the production. the Arts senior, as has used library “[The cast is] only five musicians so unified, and it perform.

“The ladders, but that’s really is all of them ranges of all the telling the story,” leads go pretty far. what you do in a Wright said. … But the hardest new production.”

School of Arts thing I think and Sciences junmusic-wise is the BRANDON WRIGHT iors David cohesiveness of Livingston Theatre Seamon and the entire [play] Company Director Sarah Esmi play and getting the the lead roles of entire ensemble to lovers Roger Davis, an HIV-posisound as supportive as they’re tive musician, and Mimi supposed to be, while at the same Marquez, a dancer with AIDS. time having a presence that’s “I’ve been ver y impressed equal if not greater than that of with the professionalism here,” the leads.” said Esmi, as this is her first LTC As far as Regner is concerned, production since she transferred the cast is up to the task. to the University.

“This is definitely the She said many people have strongest cast that has ever high expectations of the productouched an LTC stage,” he said. tion since it just closed.

Wright said the actors are all “But I did my research, and supportive of each other and that’s all you really can do,” their successes together.

Esmi said.

“I can’t even tell you where Seamon said he was not a my directing and their creativi“Rent” fanatic before taking the ty comes in; they blend so role, and there is pressure to beautifully together,” Wright maintain its familiarity. said of the collaborative efforts “This show is really special to of the production. a lot of people,” he said. “There Behind the scenes, the LTC are people who know every line has about 24 members on its proto every song.” duction and business staffs who But Seamon said his initial dishandle everything from lighting tance allowed him to infuse his to costuming to advertising, own life experiences with Holman said.

Roger’s, interpreting the charac“It’s not just behind the ter in his own way. scenes in terms of behind stage; Wright said it was difficult to capit’s behind the scenes in being in ture the fullness of the characters. a different building, sitting in an “These are such specific peooffice [and] figuring out all these ple with such specific stories,” things,” she said. he said.

Wright said many people think The set, designed and built the actors only have passion in entirely by students, also strays putting on a play, but he has newfrom other “Rent” productions, as it found respect for those who work features sliding ladders, a revolving countless early mornings and late door and other unique differences. nights behind the scenes.

“We’ve taken our own inter“It really is a lot of hard work pretation of the set … I don’t and dedication … making sure think any other production has that every element of the show is used library ladders, but that’s as stable and as strong as it can what you do in a new producbe,” he said. tion,” Wright said.

Tickets for the show can be In the past, the LTC used the purchased at www.r ultc.org Livingston Student Center for its until Nov. 8.

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New delivery service open late

BY KRISTINE ROSETTE ENERIO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Many college students can relate to feeling the agony of a late-night junk food craving — with no means of satisfaction in sight.

As recent University graduates, Viral Trivedi, Rohini Dhand and Anthony and Norell Hadzimichalis kept that hunger in mind as they created a business of fering students a solution.

Snack-Man, the brainchild of these four friends, is a newly-launched snack deliver y ser vice that caters to University students during late hours of the night.

“We star ted Snack-Man because it is a ser vice we all would have wanted as college students,” said Norell Hadzimichalis.

Although the four had different college experiences, Norell Hadzimichalis said they each would have loved a ser vice like Snack-Man to get through marathon study sessions and late night socializing.

“Our deliver y ser vice differs from others because we of fer convenience store variety,” Norell Hadzimichalis said.

“Our prices are comparable to local convenience stores and we do not charge a deliver y fee.”

The menu on www.snackman.com features nearly 200 products ranging from chips to microwavable meals and even condoms.

“Our personal backgrounds have influenced nearly all our

product options and ser vices,” Norell Hadzimichalis said.

As a nurse, Dhand was the driving force behind placing condoms and healthier food choices on the menu.

To order, students need to make a list of what they want and call or text the number on the Web site, Norell Hadzimichalis said. There is a $10 order minimum.

The ser vice now delivers to the Livingston, Busch and

“Our delivery service differs from others because we offer convenience store variety.”

NORELL HADZIMICHALIS Snack-Man Co-Creator

College Avenue campuses, and may soon expand to Cook/Douglass campus, Norell Hadzimichalis said.

The four began brainstorming the idea for a snack deliver y ser vice last summer but did not start testing the concept until September, Norell Hadzimichalis said. Within one month, inventor y doubled based on feedback.

“We went from campus to campus, with Maui, a.k.a, the ‘snack-dog,’ our mascot, talking to students, getting feedback and handing out free promotional products,” Norell Hadzimichalis said. “Students have been ver y excited about this concept.”

Snack-Man receives most of its orders from students living on Busch and Livingston campuses, Trivedi said.

Unlike the College Avenue campus, a convenience store that is open late at night may be miles away from those campuses, Trivedi said.

Such was the case for Livingston North Tower roommates Alexandra Djokvich and Jessica Ogden, who ordered from Snack-Man when they craved candy long after the student convenience store was closed.

“It was really easy to order and our order got here really quickly, too,” Djokvich said. It only probably took 15 to 20 minutes for the [deliver y] guy to get here, and when he brought it, he kept ever ything that needed to be kept cold in a cooler.”

Djokvich and Ogden, School of Arts and Sciences first-year students, said they have ordered twice from Snack-Man and see themselves becoming regular customers in the future.

Aside from convenience, Lisa Steinberg said Snack-Man gave her a very personalized experience when she ordered.

A Rutgers Business School first-year student, Steinberg said she was greeted by name when the deliveryman called to drop off snacks she ordered for her and her floor mates.

Overall, she said she felt her business was deeply appreciated.

“They threw in free Rice Krispie Treats and stuf f,” Steinberg said. “The bigger the order, I think they’re really happy about it. I would recommend [Snack-Man], and we’re planning on our next order.”

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BUSCH: Labs aid student learning, research breakthroughs continued from front Papathomas said. “Since our student body is diverse, our student groups are diverse.”

He said there are a lot more volunteers this year because of the diverse student groups.

A unique student group on the campus is the Engineers Without Borders program, where students travel abroad and work to help develop needy communities worldwide, Papathomas said. The Pharmacy Governing Council also works with communities worldwide to provide medicine for those who might need it.

These are just a few of the unique groups on campus, he said.

“They work together for common purposes,” Papathomas said.

Home of natural sciences and mathematics departments, Busch also has several joint graduate programs with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Papathomas said.

“The proximity of Busch to the medical campus makes more collaboration,” Papathomas said. “[It’s] a short walk away.”

He said a lot of the University’s breakthrough research occurs in several laboratories throughout the campus, making it an extremely important one.

“Busch has numerous research centers, institutes and laboratories, mainly in the sciences,” Papathomas said.

Some of the research centers include the Rutgers Center for

Cognitive Science, the Center for Alcohol Studies — a one of a kind program at the University — the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience and the Rutgers Stem Cell Research Center, he said.

These research facilities are meant to encourage students to get involved in research, he said.

“We’re trying to get undergraduates and graduates involved in research as soon as we can,” Papathomas said.

But the Busch identity does not only end with state-of-the-art academic buildings. There are plans to build more residence halls on Busch, he said.

“It has great residence facilities, with plans to have three [more] dormitories ready to go to construction,” he said.

Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy fifth-year student Talissa Dorsaint said she likes living on Busch because most of her classes are there and it has a suburban atmosphere.

“A lot of my friends are [on the campus], and it just seems like a much quieter place to live than College Avenue,” Dorsaint said. “I mean, if you like a lot of action then College Avenue is better, but I just prefer Busch.”

She said although College Avenue is known as the most diverse campus, there are more students she can relate to on Busch since they are primarily science majors.

“If you like science students, that’s where you’re going to find them,” Dorsaint said. “Basically, all the science students live [on Busch campus]. It’s still pretty diverse though.”

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“The Phillies. I’ve been a Philadelphia fan my entire life. I know this is Yankee territory but [the Phillies] have only won two World Series and I feel like they’re due.”

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HANNAH CURTIS SAS SOPHOMORE “I don’t even care, honestly. I don’t even follow baseball. I’m not from around here anyway.

[I’m from] Alaska.”

CARLIE ROUH SAS FIRST-YEAR STUDENT “The Phillies because I’m from right outside of there. My parents loved the Phillies growing up.”

WHITNEY WEST SAS SOPHOMORE “Yankees all the way. I’ve been a Yankee fan my whole life. I used to be such a tomboy. I wore Yankees [apparel] every single day. I never went a day without it – even during my eighth-grade dinner dance.”

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Voting momentum dying among students

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lection Day has come and passed. We have a new governor and there is a chance that New Brunswick politics have been changed to give more people an opportunity to get their opinion heard. Did you take the time to vote? Did you even care to learn anything about each candidate’s platform? It seems as if a wall of apathy hit students throughout this year’s election. Even though the campaigning intensified in recent days, citizens of voting age — students, in particular — were turned off. While it is not fair to say that all students, or even all young people, did not care about what is going on in the state or in the city, voting was not looked at with the same importance as it was last year. The attitude surrounding voting has definitely changed.

It is one year after President Barack Obama was elected into office. Last year at this time, pandemonium filled the streets of New Brunswick in celebration of much-anticipated change. That mayhem stemmed from the fact that it was our youth vote and our ability to use our voices in order to accomplish something big. A wave of pride infected students throughout October and into November of last year. The presidential election was impacted greatly by the large turnout of young voters, who finally understood the importance of going out to “Rock the Vote,” “Vote or Die,” or any of the other clever slogans celebrities were throwing at us. Part of it was perhaps how much campaigning was integrated into pop culture. It finally seemed cool to vote, which could have influenced young people, or maybe it was the sheer fact that young people were becoming interested in politics and what was going on with our countr y.

While the turnout at former President Bill Clinton’s rally at the University was large, its focus was widely missed. The point of his arrival was the endorsement of Gov. Jon S. Corzine. However, the numbers of students who attended this political spectacle failed to see that. With this miss on the students’ part, Clinton’s celebrity status overshadowed the true purpose of the visit, which was one of greater political importance. Many students left the event talking about how grand it was to see him speak, but did not mention a word about his main message, even if it was just one long advertisement.

Of course, there are always a few outliers who stand to impress us with their knowledge.

The disinterest in this year’s election may come from the fact that young people are Internet savvy enough to skip over any news articles about local politics. While the Internet is the main news source for many young people, who log on to Web sites where the main headlines of the day focus on national politics and world news, many students tend to pass over them. But this phenomenon is nothing new. Still, the apathy is shocking, considering the available avenues of information accessible to students. Finding articles explaining wards and other New Brunswick issues, along with information about the gubernatorial race, can all be found on Web sites like NJ.com, but some students may be more apt to going on sites like CNN and Yahoo! News to get their media fix for the day. They are able to soak up information about health care policies and the way government is run nationally, but they do not necessarily know the inner workings of the way things are done in their own home state. It also may be easier for an average person to find basic guidelines and summaries explaining national politics. The inner workings of how things are done locally are not the prime interest of student voters.

The gubernatorial campaigns of frontrunners Corzine and Republican candidate Chris Christie have generally been slanderous to date. Instead of advertising their own strengths and abilities, they have exploited and bashed their opponent’s past. Not only does this leave the public on its own to figure out each candidate’s platform, but it also discourages voter participation altogether. In years past, campaigns have routinely attacked their opponent, but this year’s bickering, especially during the last two debates, was nearly absurd.

Usually Americans can’t wait to see the candidates crash and burn during the debates, but the slander diminished whatever was left of voter turnout.

In 2005, there were 4,832,581 people registered to vote in New Jersey, according to the New Jersey Division of Elections Web site. Not even half of those registered actually found their way to a polling booth. The feeling that individual efforts do not matter was temporarily abolished during the presidential election, but the feeling of uselessness may be back into play with the gubernatorial race. The presidential election brought out over 5,000,000 registered voters in New Jersey, 72 percent of whom visited the polling booths, according to the Web site. This year, turnout will be far lower. Obama’s multiple visits to the state have not inspired the same type of calling that it did a year ago, and that’s not change we can believe in.

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“We hope that in a college setting, everyone will embrace the diversity of all of those around them.

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ith an ever-developTV persona. A movie ing array of promight have to use a logo duction agents, from the artist’s clothing music in recent times has line, and surely, simply not become simply a tool for fiscal to get sued, they pay the craftsmanship. The ideas of celebrity a royalty. That is talent and the capacity for what the music industry making great music have been has become. The face of a ALEKSI TZATZEV modern substituted by dollar bills and musician technology. This technology becomes larger than the brings about a level of “musicians” who believe that performance. What does that say about our society sub-average quality of artistry along with a welland our tendencies toward music? padded contract with Jay-Z would produce a lasting West, the smartest man in music, is a curious case print on human culture. While these laurels of capiin this treatise on music culture. While his albums talism easily climb contemporary charts, I doubt sell millions of copies and are actually quite praised that they are here to stay. for being different, it must be said that he, as much The lack of brilliance in the music culture today as anyone else, focuses on the profit. He is, however, not only serves to ruin the idea of “here-to-stay” another case of the persona overshadowing the work. artists, but also furthers the degradation of future His tendencies to speak his mind seem to be methmasters of musical performance. The likes of ods of appearing in the spotlight more often and for Beyonce Knowles, Lil’ Wayne and Lady Gaga, while more absurd reasons. After all, the spectacular sells, being talented on stage, lack the creative genius and West has quite the tendency to be just that. required to create lasting masterpieces. Their The “greats” of music from the past, while persongs, addressing nothing of substance, are mirror haps also concerned with money, produced a much images of each other, and as one more long-lasting tradition of good goes down the line one would notice music. Concerts such as those per“It is as if music has formed by Pink Floyd, The Beatles this brand of plagiarism. Perhaps artists/producers such as The Kinks were unaided by become nothing more and Timbaland have a trace of talent contemporary feats of technology, from the past, but the general array yet they involved a greater deal of than a disposable of performers simply stray from artistic genius. After all, the chilcommodity.” that category. dren of our generation would know While this music might be ideal and remember these “greats,” for University frat parties due to its while it is highly doubtful that conconsistent — and, honestly, unoriginal — beat, it temporary businessmen and artists would be mendoes not warrant any staying power. I might polarize tioned twice. myself from the majority of my classmates, as I would As long as they depend on technological aides, go as far as to say that such music may simply be creFall Out Boy and the rest would never be considated for the plethora of college students who cannot ered greats or be at all memorable for generations dance. In the light of that claim, which would probato come. In my opinion, that is what warrants merit bly keep me out of most of said parties, these artists and praise, rather than the fantastic sums of money make some pretty good business. With the prospects being spent and made by the artists of today. This of new airplanes or longer yachts, P. Diddy might mixed agenda on the part of the “artists” will have to produce, co-produce or feature in twice as unquestionably result in a loss of most of today’s many hits. Why stop there? Sean John, Diddy’s clothmusic. Why not? If one were to follow the radio ing line, might serve to bring in more money if the nowadays, he or she would note that very few songs records did not sell as well as he predicted. The artist stay on for longer than several weeks as they are should not have to wait to buy the airplane, rather the replaced by newer, more, even though just as shortairplane must be available as soon as Diddy, Knowles ly, popular pieces. or Kanye West have gained enough fame or infamy to Perhaps this signifies the decline of cultural purchase this status of exclusivity. It is as if music has development, or it is just a low point in artistic become nothing more than a disposable commodity. genius. I always thought they were one and the “I’ve never met anyone that works harder than same. The consumeristic and capitalistic qualities of me in my industry,” Knowles said in Elle. Why, modern generations might be the cause for this might we ask, does she not produce music of greater downfall in music, or perhaps it is simply natural for quality? The idea of money must be more powerful humanity to decline and fall. Many a civilization than the prospect of cultural merit. How far does that have done it. go? Why does a name mean more than the work of the artist her/himself? These performers get paid Aleksi Tzatzev is a School of Arts and Sciences sophevery time their songs come on the radio; they make omore majoring in English and political science. His money every time their name gets mentioned by a column Dadaistic Anecdotes runs on alternate Mondays.

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Silent witness tragedy Letter JOSH SLAVIN

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uick — what would you do if you saw one person getting beaten up by a group of people? What would you do if you saw somebody steal a game system at a house party?

What about a group of suspicious individuals carrying something that could be used as a weapon?

Hopefully, you said you would do something, either inter vene, inform somebody who might know what to do or call the police. More than likely, though, you would rationalize the situation or expect somebody else to take care of it.

I saw this first hand Friday night as two individuals punched and kicked one other right outside of Au Bon Pain on the College Avenue campus. I was on the bus going back to the hotel and was amazed at everybody’s reaction.

The driver stopped, drove a little farther to keep up with the action, and then stopped again as he and my fellow riders watched voyeuristically along with a small crowd on the street. But when I tried to get off of the bus to make sure nobody got hurt, the driver closed the door and refused to open it. Everyone else on the bus told me I was wrong to try to do anything, that I was crazy and we drove away.

This, of course, is a smaller example of the silent witness tragedy that took place in San Francisco last week, where a 15year-old girl was gang raped outside of her high school dance while as many as two dozen others just watched. There are, unfortunately, many more examples of such barbaric apathy documented in research on human psychology and behavioral economics.

It is a failure of our society that so many people can witness the misfortune of others and think, “At least it’s not me.” Sure, we are good at holding fundraisers for victims of natural disasters or diseases, but when we are given the opportunity to help someone at the moment they need it most, when they are being assaulted or terrorized by strangers, our reaction is to avoid any danger to ourselves no matter what the cost to the victim.

As University students that almost weekly hear about violent crimes happening on or just off campus, we need to seriously consider, as individuals and as a community, what it means to do the right thing and what it means to be complicit. The University needs to encourage a dialogue in our residence halls and at orientations about personal safety, moral obligations to innocent victims and about what the right course of action in such a situation is. Until we do, we can only expect to see more and more violent crimes reported in our e-mails and The Daily Targum as criminals continue to take advantage of our cowardice as a community.

Josh Slavin is a Livingston College senior majoring in political science.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is an 8 — Group activities move forward in unexpected ways. Your insight guides each person's effort through careful choice of words.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7 — Footloose and fancy free? Your mind takes you to imaginative locales.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 7 — Because your own feelings are in a state of flux, you wonder if others feel the same. Direct questions get vague answers.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today is a 7 — Creative projects move forward much faster than anticipated. Earlier limitations give way to clear communications.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 7 — An associate delivers some difficult news.

It's not over 'til it's over. By tomorrow, you may see how to repair the damage.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7 — Are you questioning what you've been told? Now is a good time to research the facts and draw your own conclusions.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is an 8 — Reasoning keeps pace with imagination, bringing ideas into practical form. Work now, talk later.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8 — More dreams point you in the right direction.

Imagine yourself traveling the path you want, then go there.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 6 — The cobwebs clear out of your mind and you see the future clearly.

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SPOTLIGHT: Rutgers looks to Ray for leadership continued from back Ray has plenty of experience with the Scarlet Knights, but all of it came with other stars around her.

While Ray provided a consistent 10.2 points per game in 33 star ts, she did so with Prince scoring 19.5 and former center Kia Vaughn scoring 9.9 alongside her. “[Ray] was one that we could go to before but we clearly could go inside and call inside pattern and get it to Kia Vaughn,” Stringer said. “We knew if Kia was doubled then Heather [Zurich] could knock down that shot from the outside.”

But Zurich, a sharp-shooting for ward, and Vaughn both graduated and now play professionally. The primar y loss for Ray, however, is that of Prince. “[Ray] was just as experienced,” Stringer said.

“Obviously, Epiphanny was considered the best clutch player in the countr y. She had proven that a thousand times.

She was there if there was a last-second mess up and someone needed to step up. Brittany was a part of the team. This time, we still can’t put that strain on her.”

Losing Prince was hard on Ray, she said, but the 5-foot-9 Bronx native is not letting it slow her down.

“I was as much hurt [when I heard] as I was shocked,” Ray said. “Of course I’m going to miss her, but I see it as a challenge to

both myself and the team to overcome it.”

Through her first three seasons, Ray — whose brother Allan starred with Villanova from 200206 — made her greatest impact as a shooter.

Her goal now, she said, is to evolve into a complete player because the Knights need her to do more than just score.

“I’m working hard on the other facets of my game,” Ray said. “I don’t want to just be a shooter. I want to be able to be a defensive stopper as well or somebody who can get to the rim and stuf f like that. I think I worked on a lot more of the other aspects of my game this summer.”

Changing her game began when she led the entire team through Stringer’s famed conditioning test — a gr ueling series of drills that her teams rarely pass on time — even before Rutgers’ annual Media Day and continues as she teaches the younger players the intricacies of the 55 defense.

The 55 is Stringer’s signature full-cour t pressure defense that often takes well into the season to master. The team just started working on it, according to Ray’s blog — something she plans to do to chronicle her senior season on the Banks.

The leadership part of Ray’s game, however, isn’t a concern to anyone.

“Last year no one noticed it, but it was up to Brittany last year, but it was so shadowed with Epiphanny and Kia Vaughn and Heather,” said sophomore for ward April

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After Epiphanny Prince opted for Europe instead of her senior season, guard Brittany Ray, above, is the team’s leading returning scorer.

Sykes. “Last year Brittany was always the silent leader. She would do ever ything — no questions asked. She motivates you when she knows you’re down and she worked just as hard as Epiphanny back then.

“She’s capable of doing whatever when it comes to bas-

ketball. We have that respect for her, and understand what she’s going through is hard.

She’s a senior. She probably didn’t think she was going to have to be that person. She fed of f Epiphanny getting that shot, but now it’s just Brittany.”

Cuevas will make his first start at center back since Oct. 10 tonight replacing injured starter Aly Mazhar.

The junior slipped and rolled his left ankle against South Florida and is not making the trip to Morgantown, Reasso said.

“We sat down with Aly and [head trainer Chris D’Andrea] and decided the best decision was to leave him home,” Reasso said. “We are going to miss Aly and his leadership, but at the same time Cuevas scored the game-winner against South Florida and we have complete confidence in him.”

Despite the loss of Mazhar and the Knights’ road difficulties, the head coach said being away could play to his team’s advantage.

“West Virginia has the added pressure that they are hosting the semifinal and championship,” Reasso said. “We’ve done that [in the past] and there’s no doubt that, especially in the first game, there is more internal pressure on the guys because they want to make sure that they’re home, in that semifinal or final.”

The Knights also want to return to Morgantown and most likely need to if they want a trip to the NCAA Tournament after missing out the last two seasons.

“Our guys have come through a very difficult season with a very competitive schedule, but they’re feeling good about themselves and I think they’re very excited to play,” Reasso said. “I’m expecting them to have a very good performance.”

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ight games into the season, the Rutgers football team’s offense still lacks an identity.

Against Big East opponents, the gameplan went through quarterback Tom Savage, and he responded with exceptional ease.

Fans will always remember his 81yard strike to senior wideout Tim Brown that won Saturday’s game against Connecticut, but what flew under the radar was the true freshman’s decision making.

Savage still has only one interception on his collegiate resume and continually made the right reads against UConn’s secondary.

Efficiency in the second quarter resulted in a seven-for-eight clip, 114 yards and two touchdowns.

“I thought he did well,” said head coach Greg Schiano Sunday in a teleconference. “He threw three touchdown passes, and the No. 1 thing he continues to do is take care of the football.”

Brown is on a torrid pace and stands just one receiving touchdown behind Kenny Britt for the school record. Mohamed Sanu already set the RU freshmen mark with 10 catches in the season opener against Cincinnati, and Mark Harrison continued to develop as the third wideout.

Everybody on the team is saying how close they to putting it all together — all that’s left is the running game.

RU is 5-0 when rushing for over 100 yards. The Knights are 1-2 when they fail to do that, and all three of said failures came in Big East play against the toughest competition of the season. An 0-3 mark to back up that statistic would have been in order had Savage and Brown not taken Saturday’s game into their own hands.

Pounding the run all game and wearing down the defense to set up the pass is what a prostyle offense — a RU offense — is built for. Against Maryland and Army, which had the 17th ranked defense in the country, sophomore Joe Martinek exploded in the fourth quarter to put away the games. Against the toughest competition that has yet to be seen.

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“We’re not running the ball great right now — for a lot of different reasons,” Schiano said. “As I said after the game, we’re one block away from being a home run. We’ve run the ball effectively at times, but not consistently.”

Looking like he was running through two feet of mud at the shallowest, Martinek put forth 28 yards on 12 carries. Reserves Jourdan Brooks and De’Antwan Williams were not much better, and Savage’s scrambles and Sanu’s Wildcat sprints had more effect than the running back trio.

It wasn’t for a lack of design either — the coaching staff called for 28 run plays and 27 pass plays. The problem remains putting it all together.

The Scarlet Knights scored three offensive touchdowns against the Huskies — Brooks, Williams and Kordell Young were the primary backs on each of those drives.

South Florida comes to town after the bye week in yet another Big East game that will go a long way in determining Bowl position.

The Bulls lead the conference in pass defense yet are near the cellar in yielding 130.6 yards per game on the ground.

Paging Joe Martinek: Now is the time.

THE GOOD Upswing — The men’s soccer team’s 2-1 double-overtime upset of No. 9 South Florida Saturday was big in a number of ways.

Before even delving into tonight’s Big East Tournament opening matchup with West Virginia — a unit the Scarlet Knights have not seen this season — think about the momentum such an upset gives a team, coming off two straight shutouts heading into the conference tournament. RU went through as many ups and downs this season as possible, from a four-game scoreless drought to upsetting the Bulls on Senior Night. Head coach Bob Reasso could not ask for a better way to head into Morgantown.

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unior outside hitter Caitlin Saxton was named to the Big East Honor Roll this week after impressive performances Saturday and Sunday against DePaul and Notre Dame.

Saxton scored match-highs in both games for the Rutgers volleyball team, landing 13 kills, six digs and a solo block against DePaul, and then 15 kills and nine digs at Notre Dame.

The Encinitas, Calif., native leads the team this season with 319 kills and ranks eighth in the Big East with 3.19 kills per game.

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Sophomore tailback Joe Martinek, center, was not on the field for any of Rutgers’ four touchdowns against Connecticut. moniously dumped from the Big East Tournament Sunday at home

by West Virginia. Devastated by injuries all season, the Scarlet Knights were eliminated in the quarterfinal round for the second straight season.

This may be a blessing in disguise. The same result did not hinder the Knights last season, as they bounced right back to knock off Penn State and Oklahoma State in the NCAA Tournament. Who’s to say the same can’t happen again to such a resilient team? If a weekend at Yurcak is in the cards again, look out.

THE UGLY Struggles continue for San San — After missing his lone try Saturday, sophomore kicker San San Te dropped to 11-for-17 this year on field goal attempts and has missed or been blocked at least once from every attempted range.

TRANSFERS: RU sets lineup for Sunday’s opener continued from back said. “It was tough to adjust but everyone here works hard and the coaches are behind us 100 percent in whatever we do.”

Ashnault defeated redshirt freshman Joseph Langel with a pin 2:58 into their match.

Langel, who wrestles at the 125-pound weight class, filled in for freshman Cullen Isenberg, who sat out as a precautionary measure because he was nursing a knee injury, Goodale said.

Cocozzo returned home to New Jersey after wrestling two years and redshirting one at Edinboro in Pennsylvania.

Cocozzo, like Ashnault, comes to Rutgers with NCAA Tournament experience; the River Edge, N.J., product wasted little time in displaying his abilities in a 14-4 major decision over freshman Braden Turner.

“I was a little nervous wrestling for the first time at Rutgers,” he said. “I got over that as soon as the whistle blew. I like wrestling here.

Schiano said he’s kicking the ball well, which is always a good sign, but there is something to be said for accuracy as well. Those two long yellow sticks? The ball goes in between them.

Insufficient punishment — Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes intentionally tried to gouge out the eyes of a defenseless Georgia running back and will only miss the first half of the Gators’ next game as a consequence. Apparently, that is good enough for the SEC. That’s it?

One of the most inexcusable actions in college football nets a penalty softer than there would have been had Spikes showed up late to a film session. Florida head coach Urban Meyer should be ridiculed to no end for this laugher of a punishment, but hey, Florida can do what it wants.

A majority of us are from New Jersey so we are familiar with each other, and the coaches are young so I can relate to them.”

Both the pin by Ashnault and the major decision by Cocozzo would have scored the highest out of all the wrestlers, had this of been a regular dual meet.

“It was a great crowd, and our guys got the opportunity to prepare for a real match and deal with the nerves.”

SCOTT GOODALE Head Coach

Senior Lamar Brown returned to the mat after redshirting last year and reaching the NCAA Tournament two seasons ago. He defeated freshman Sam Kuntz by a 10-3 decision to claim the starting job for the 197-pound weight class.

Also reclaiming starting roles were last year’s dual meet point

NEW YORK YANKEES pitcher Joba Chamberlain’s mother faces up to 20 years in prison when she’s sentenced on a felony drug charge next month.

An undercover officer arrested the 44-year-old Jackie Standley when she sold him a gram of methamphetamine, or “cr ystal meth,” from her Lincoln, Neb., residence.

Prosecutors charged Standley with a Class III felony.

Standley pleaded no contest Monday to the charge.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS forward Manu Ginobili had to get a rabies shot after swatting a bat out of the air during a game last week.

Ginobili is not sure if the bat had rabies but got the shot to be careful.

After the incident, Ginobili encouraged people to “avoid contact with bats, skunks, raccoons, rats and animals like that,” NBA.com said. leader, redshirt junior David Greenwald, as well as sophomore Trevor Melde, who finished last season with a 22-7 record.

After missing last year with a leg injur y, redshirt freshman Jesse Boyden starts at the 184pound weight class.

Sophomore Greg Zannetti from the 165-pound weight class fills the void left by All-American Scott Winston, who is scheduled to redshirt. True freshman Vincent Dellefave earned a 5-3 decision over junior Michael DeMarco in the 125-pound weight class. Heavyweight redshirt junior Dominick Russo, No. 14 in the nation, anchors the starting roster.

Goodale was happy that the Wrestle-Offs gave the athletes the meet atmosphere that they needed to prepare for the upcoming schedule.

“We got out of it exactly what we wanted to,” he said. “It was a great crowd, and our guys got the opportunity to prepare for a real match and deal with the nerves.

The weigh-in, the preparation and the crowd are situations that we got to put our guys in so they are comfortable and able to perform.”

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Take away a series of blunders in the Pittsburgh game and junior safety Joe Lefeged is having an impressive season as a kick returner for the Rutgers football team.

Lefeged had about the worst possible game returning kicks against the Panthers. He bobbled two kickof fs, forcing him to take a knee on one and get a slow star t on another.

STEADY IN KICK -RETURN ROLE And on top of that, he bent down to catch a third kick and his knee touched the ground, trapping the Scarlet Knights at their own 1-yard line to star t a drive.

Lefeged has not broken one for a touchdown, but neither has anyone else since 2005 with the exception of senior cornerback Devin McCour ty.

The Germantown, Md., native does, however, lead Rutgers with a 28.6 yard-per return clip this season.

“I take the special teams part of my game ver y seriously because field position is such a huge part of the game,” Lefeged said. “Scoring on a return is just the best result.”

In his first year as a returner, he has a long of 36 yards against Maryland, but also broke two for more than 30 yards each against Army.

He averaged 2.6 yards more per return than McCourty even though the latter has a 98-yard touchdown to his name.

Lefeged said that score just adds to the friendly competition.

“He didn’t have to let me know [he beat me to it],” Lefeged said. “It was the first kickof f return since Willie Foster. He beat me to it.

Hopefully more [scores] come.

That’s the plan.”

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Junior Joe Lefeged leads Rutgers kick returners with a 28.6 yard-per-return average, including a 36-yarder vs. Maryland.

quarterback Matt Grothe is 0-3 against Rutgers in his career with just three touchdowns and six interceptions so perhaps a change of scenery at the position is best for the Bulls.

After Grothe, now a senior and NFL prospect, tore his ACL, and freshman B.J. Daniels stepped in for USF and led the Bulls to a 3-2 record with wins over ranked Florida State and West Virginia.

“It’s not going to be that much of a difference,” Lefeged said on not having Grothe. “B.J. Daniels is a great quarterback and, in the weeks before, he’s been making plays throwing the ball and running the ball just like Matt Grothe did last year. The weapons that he has around him make him even more of a threat.”

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Senior Ryan D’Imperio leads all Rutgers linebackers with 44 tackles and is one of five defenders to score a touchdown this season.

Daniels leads the team in rushing with 519 yards and four touchdowns to go along with 1,096 passing yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions.

“He’s a phenomenal quarterback,” said senior linebacker and team captain Ryan D’Imperio. “He reminds me of [Miami Dolphins quarterback] Pat White because he’s so elusive and can throw it too. It’s something we definitely have to focus on.”

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against South Florida on ESPN. With the way the schedule works out, the Knights had a full bye in the four th week of the season and now, in week eight, get a partial bye because of a Thursday night contest.

“There’s always ups and downs of a bye week,” D’Imperio said. “When you’re in a rhythm or you’re flowing, you want to keep going and keep on playing. But it’s also good to take a chance and step back and make adjustments when you have to.”

Draining ’09 season closes with just two victories

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

Coming off of a 14-6 campaign in 2008, the Rutgers women’s field hockey team knew it would FIELD HOCKEY be a challenge to replicate its success in 2009.

With the departure of both their leading goal scorer in Amy Lewis and their starting goalkeeper Lauren DeCerbo in the offseason, the Scarlet Knights faced a formidable challenge in a conference where three out of seven teams were in the top-15.

After an emotional season, the Knights won only two games, finishing the year 2-16 with a winless record in conference.

“It was a disappointing year,” said Rutgers head coach Liz Tchou. “I don’t think the record showed what kind of a team we are. I think we could have turned a lot of those losses into wins.”

The Knights struggled at the beginning of the season, losing their first nine contests. The losses themselves could not have been any closer — seven of the nine games saw RU fall by a single goal, with two tilts going into overtime.

Despite putting up impressive offensive numbers, including a 22 shot barrage against Appalachian State, the Knights continually fell a hair short of victory.

The freshman goalkeeping tandem of Vickie Lavell and Shanice Beasley was thrown into the fire from day one, splitting the starting duties to begin the year.

Lavell finished the year with a 4.6 saves per game average, good

for fourth in the conference, and was sixth in the conference with 69 saves in 15 games played.

“We had a freshman goalkeeper in there who had never played on the college level before,” Tchou said. “On offense, we still weren’t used to having that one scorer that could just get the ball and go; we had to really work for everything.”

With the absence of a single goto scorer, the Knights found production in three of their senior forwards.

Senior forward Brittany Bybel finished the season as the team’s point leader with 21 and split the

“I surprise some of my coaches and my colleagues by telling them this is one of the best groups I’ve ever worked with.”

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team lead in goals with classmate Jessika Hoh. Hoh set the pace for the Knights early in the season, scoring seven times in her first seven games as the team found its footing.

Senior Sarah Dunn also helped fill the void, finishing the year with a career-high four goals and 10 points.

The team finally broke through in its 10th game of the year against Sacred Heart, winning 4-3.

A strong presence in the midfield, bolstered by junior Jenna Bull and sophomores Christie Morad and Kat Rodziewicz, was key to a team that worked to improve as the season progressed.

“Once [a strong midfield presence] was established we started to play a lot better, and I really started seeing it against Sacred Heart,” Tchou said. “I’m happy we’re going to start with a solid midfield foundation next year.

Those are positions that are highly specialized, and if you don’t have strong, confident midfielders then it’s hard to connect all the dots.”

One of the heights of the year came at home against intrastate rival Rider, who arrived at RU with an undefeated record. The Knights got after the Broncs early and often, scoring twice in the first half and three times in the second to hand Rider its first loss of the year.

The five goals scored in the game marked the highest total for the Knights on the season.

Despite the team’s struggles, Tchou said she was impressed with the dedication of the squad.

“It’s ver y hard to explain to people outside of our team; people can just look at the record and say ‘Oh, they were 2-16,’” she said. “I surprise some of my coaches and my colleagues by telling them this is one of the best groups I’ve ever worked with. We got so much better in such a shor t amount of time, if we played the way we did now at the beginning of the year it would

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Junior Jenna Bull was a key figure in the RU midfield this season and will be counted on to orchestrate the offense next year. have been dif ferent, but it just wasn’t meant to be.”

Despite losing their three senior forwards and three starting backs in Chelsey Schwab and cocaptains Kristen Johnson and Melissa Bowman, the Knights return the majority of their squad next year, including their two goalkeepers and midfield foundation.

The midfielders include Bull, a preseason All-Big East selection who was converted from left-mid to center-mid this year.

Looking ahead, the Knights hope to build on the legacy that their seniors left behind this year and give something back to the six who are departing.

“We started [looking at next year] today,” Tchou said.

“Looking at all the things the seniors gave to us the one thing we want to give back to them is their wins. The games we lost this year we’re going to win next year.

That’s going to be the theme for now at least.”

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NCAA chances rest on Big East run

BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

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Sophomore forward Ibrahim Kamara (9) leads the Rutgers men’s soccer team with six goals on the season. The Scarlet Knights travel to West Virginia for the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

In a season where there are as many quality wins as disappointing losses, the Rutgers men’s soccer team has MEN’S SOCCER one final chance to RUTGERS AT make a WEST VIRGINIA, statement TONIGHT, 7 P.M. to the N C A A Tournament selection committee.

It begins tonight with a trip to Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium for a matchup with West Virginia in the opening round of the Big East Tournament.

The Scarlet Knights finished the regular season 8-9-0 overall (5-6-0 Big East) and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know they need this game if there is going to be any hope of postseason play.

“Without question this game is vital to our chances [for an NCAA Tournament berth],” said Rutgers head coach Bob Reasso before his team boarded a bus for the six hour drive south to Morgantown. “We didn’t do a good job in some of our past games, but we feel like we can get on a roll, and I told the guys with a winning record and the schedule we’ve played we are going to be one of those teams on the board and in consideration.”

Let’s delve into the Knights’ résumé.

RU played four teams that were ranked in the top-10 at some time this season, with three of those teams — California Santa Barbara, Louisville and Connecticut — still inside the top-10 in the latest NSCCA/Adidas rankings released yesterday. The Scarlet Knights beat two of them: UConn 2-1 on Sept. 20 and South Florida, who was No. 9 at the time, but slipped to 13 in yesterday’s poll, by the same score in the Oct. 31 season finale.

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Ray forced to spotlight in Prince’s absence

BY ALEX JANKOWSKI The Rutgers wrestling team kicked off its 2009-10 season Monday night with its annual inter-squad Wrestle-Offs to determine the starters for the regular season opener Sunday at WRESTLING Sacred Heart.

Half the team wore black and the other half wore red as the wrestlers squared off in front of a substantial crowd at the College Avenue Gym. For junior transfers Bill Ashnault and Daryl Cocozzo, this marked their debut with the Scarlet Knights — and both came away with convincing victories.

“They showed us that everything that has been written about them is true,” said head coach Scott Goodale. “They wrestle hard. Cocozzo scores big points and Ashnault’s a pinner, and that’s exactly what they did. They have been here before, they know what to expect and it showed.”

Ashnault, a junior from South Plainfield, N.J., transferred to Rutgers after a successful stint at Lock Haven, Goodale’s alma mater, where he earned a bid into the NCAA Tournament last year.

“I had to adjust to a bigger work load here at Rutgers but I love being so close to home,” Ashnault

“It helped our confidence greatly because we have the Big East Tournament coming up,” said sophomore forward and leading scorer Ibrahim Kamara after knocking off USF. “We’re going into the tournament with a win and hopefully we can take it from there.”

Yet the Knights also endured a five game losing stretch in which they scored just one goal and suffered a pair of dreadful 3-0 home losses to Villanova and last place Syracuse.

Reasso described the Villanova performance as one of the worst he’s seen in his 29 years at the helm of RU. “We were flat against Villanova and they played like they needed that game more than us, and it was a big win for them,” Reasso said.

“We need to bring intensity and passion to the game Wednesday because the ball is not always going to bounce your way, particularly when you’re on the road.”

The end product — a team sitting on the cusp of a .500 record -— could create a headache for anyone on the selection committee. Thus the magnitude of tonight’s game at West Virginia.

The Mountaineers (7-4-6, 6-3-2) finished third in the Big East Blue Division behind a stout backline that allowed just 10 goals this season, something that could pose a problem for a RU team that has struggled on the road this season going 2-6.

“We have some positive momentum going right now and we’re looking to make a deep run in the tournament and win it,” said junior defender Andrew Cuevas, who headed home the double overtime game-winner against USF. “We need to maintain a clean sheet and really concentrate on defending before we go forward. If they don’t score, they don’t win the game.”

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Junior Bill Ashnault, right, defeated redshirt freshman Joseph Langel via pin 2:58 into the first period of their 125-pound bout Monday night at the College Avenue Gym.

Brittany Ray is without her partner.

Like Mulder without Scully or Luke without Obi-Wan, the senior guard’s life WOMEN’S BASKETBALL completely changed when Epiphanny Prince opted to go pro instead of return for her senior season.

Ray is now the sole senior with significant experience on the Rutgers women’s basketball team, a demanding role for a group with perennial NCAA Tournament expectations.

“It is obvious that Brittany will need to be a go-to person,” said head coach C. Vivian Stringer.

“That is a little different set of clothes that she wears now.”

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