THE DAILY TARGUM
Volume 141, Number 48
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The Rutgers men’s soccer team travels to New York Saturday night for a Big East Quarterfinal matchup against St. John’s. This is the second time the teams have met this year with the Red Storm winning the previous game.
New graduates face job slump until 2016 BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Juniors and seniors at the University may be the main students worrying about the low number of jobs available after graduation. But job growth in New Jersey is not expected to reach its pre-recession peak until 2016, well after most underclassmen are expected to graduate, according to an economic conference held last month. Though comparatively shallower than the national recession, New Jersey’s economic slump is predicted to last longer than the national average, said Center for Urban Policy Research Economist Nancy Mantell at the Oct. 29 R/ECON Semiannual Subscriber Conference. Although the economy will begin to revive in 2011, it will take until 2019, the end of the national recession’s forecast period, to fully restore, she said. “The rate of inflation will be very slow. It won’t be until 2011 that there’s consistent job growth,” Mantell said. “Jobs won’t reach the pre-recession peak, [which was in 2007,] until 2016. That’s a pretty long time.” In 2019, the state’s employment base is expected to exceed the 2007 pre-recession job peak by 118,000 jobs, or 2.9 percent, Mantell said.
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But the country’s economy is expected to begin recovering three years earlier than New Jersey, beginning in 2013; by 2019, the national employment base is expected to exceed the 2007 peak by 7.7 percent more jobs, she said. “New Jersey is recovering more slowly than the U.S.,” Mantell said. Students who are graduating within the next few years should expect to have a difficult time looking for jobs in the state, she said. “They better be prepared to wait for a while,” Mantell said. But there are a few industries that are seeing some type of job growth, such as the health care industry and social work, she said. “The things that are still growing are health services,” Mantell said. “You should be in relatively good shape if you’re interested in nursing or social work.” Other professions that focus on technology as well as temp jobs are also expected to grow, she said. “Technical computer services [and] investment in technical fields [will grow],” Mantell said. “I think that is what will probably lead the state out the recession. That’s always something good to be in.” She said technology is what the country is relying on to help them
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Christie may make or break budget at U. BY CAGRI OZUTURK ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
The economy and the new state governor will play a crucial role in addressing students’ concerns in transpor tation, study spaces and dining ser vices, University President Richard L. McCormick said last night at the Rutgers University Student Assembly meeting. “The tough economy has constrained resources available for ever ything,” McCormick said. “[The new governor] confronts a very difficult budget situation. … Sadly, higher education will once again be liable to cuts in the year ahead.” He said he needs students’ help advocating for the budget in the upcoming year. “We want your help in Trenton to be the best we can do for higher education,” McCormick said. “Sometimes a more proactive approach was successful, sometimes a more quiet stance is suitable, [and] we would welcome the chance to work with students in regards to state support.” Senior members of the University administration responded to students’ concerns and viewed the “What’s on Your Mind Month” results at the meeting in the Student Activities Center on the College Avenue campus. “We’re looking forward to working with [Governor-elect Chris] Christie on issues of higher education and support for our students,” McCormick said. “I know he is deeply committed
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From left to right, panelists Sean Smith, Ted Rypka, John Koblin and moderator Sue Rankin offer ways LGBT athletes can feel more comfortable during “We R All One Team: Homophobia in Intercollegiate Sports” last night in the Cook Campus Center.
Panel pushes progress for LGBT athletes BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
Homophobia in college athletics has been gaining more attention and prevention, but more still needs to be done, according to several University affiliates who addressed the issue. In the Cook Campus Center, a panel of media specialists, coaches and athletes answered important questions last night on how to make gay athletes feel comfortable and the struggles they face after a screening of the movie “Training Rules.” In the documentar y, several female Penn State University basketball players shared their stories playing under head coach Rene Portland’s 30-year tenure and her three training rules: no alcohol, no drugs and no lesbians. Portland make it clear to her recruits that being a lesbian and associating with lesbians was not allowed, according to the film. If a player was discovered to be gay, they would be discriminated against and — as in the 2005 case of star player Jennifer Harris — dismissed. Panelist Sean Smith, a University alumnus, swimmer and coach at the University, said his experience in
2005 was similar, but not as a result of having a coach like Portland. “I think the fear that is built into intercollegiate athletics is already there without a coach,” he said. “It’s already in the locker rooms.” Smith said the movie brought back a lot of bad memories for him, even though it was the second time he had seen it. At the University, he felt he had to choose between figuring out his sexuality and being an athlete, which had been a part of him for 18 years. Matthew Pletcher, an assistant wrestling coach at the University and former wrestler, is heterosexual, but he said homosexuality is common in his sport. “The fact is that it does exist — in my sport and in all sports,” he said. But he said he is committed to keeping homophobia and homophobic slurs out of his locker room. But his wrestlers do slip occasionally, Pletcher said. “Obviously I can’t be there all the time. … I try to do the best job I can,” he said. Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, who called event coordinator Senior Dean of Students Mark Schuster yesterday about his support for the event, shows his inter-
est in not hiding this issue, Pletcher said. “Tim left a higher paying job to be [athletic director] at a diverse university,” Pletcher said. “This is a perfect place to understand that there are different types of student athletes.” John Koblin, a reporter for the NY Observer, said when he was at the University, it was a controversial issue. He said it is great that Pernetti seems to be more aware of homophobia in University athletics, but in order for change to be made, there must be extremely proactive steps. “What it was like at Rutgers was nothing like at Penn State … but it was not great either,” said Koblin, an alumnus who had investigated the issue in a threepart series that ran in The Daily Targum in 2004. One change starts with the media, said Ted Rypka, director of sports media for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. He said there have been numerous instances where reporters and newspapers have ignored homophobic actions or remarks.
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SWINE FLU NASAL VACCINE AVAILABLE ON PRIORITY BASIS University health officials are offering the swine flu nasal vaccine at a clinic today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Graduate School Lounge at the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. “Supplies are very limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis to people between the ages of 2 and 49 who are not pregnant and do not have a serious medical condition such as asthma, diabetes or a weakened immune system,” said Executive Director for Health Services Dr. Melodee Lasky in an e-mail to the New Brunswick campus community. The University has not yet received the injectable vaccine. “Anyone with a history of severe, life-threatening allergic reactions to eggs should not receive either H1N1 vaccine, injection or spray,” Lasky said.
“Instead, they should contact their physician to discuss other options for preventing the flu.” The vaccine is offered on a voluntary basis and is free of charge. University officials ask individuals bring their University ID card with them to the clinic. More information about the H1N1 vaccine is available at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination. “Influenza activity is widespread in New Jersey,” Lasky said. “According to the Center for Disease Control [and Prevention], vaccination is the single best way to protect against influenza illness.” More about H1N1 and University-specific information is available at http://h1n1.rutgers.edu. — John S. Clyde
Students with 105 or greater credits can register for Spring 2010 classes on Sunday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.