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The Rutgers football team faces uncertainty in its preparation for Saturday’s game against North Carolina, which suspended 12 players in its last game.

J&J executive retires amid recall hearing

BY ARIEL NAGI NEWS EDITOR

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Johnson & Johnson will have a second hearing Sept. 30 on “phantom recalls” of defective Motrin, among other products.

The head of the division of Johnson & Johnson responsible for most of its 11 product recalls announced her retirement Thursday, shortly after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform invited her to a second hearing regarding the recalls.

J&J, which in 2009 recalled more than 135 million bottles of infants’ and Children’s Tylenol and products like Children’s Motrin and Children’s Benadr yl, announced that Colleen Goggins will retire on March 1 after almost 30 years at the company, according to The Associated Press.

The company released the news shortly after the committee announced the second

hearing, inviting J&J Chief Executive Of ficer William Weldon, who sent Goggins in his place to the panel’s first hearing in May, according to the AP. Goggins was also invited to the Sept. 30 hearing.

The committee released internal J&J e-mails it uncovered demonstrating that before the official recalls, the company conducted a “phantom recall” over the last year of Motrin packages, according to the AP. One e-mail written on May 27, 2009, by an executive at J&J’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit to five colleagues indicates that J&J paid a third party to quietly remove the Motrin packets off store shelves, apparently with the permission of the Food and Drug Administration.

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Student travels to Shanghai to represent US, University PERSON OF THE WEEK

BY COLLEEN ROACHE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

Although she grew up speaking the nation’s language and studying its culture, Malaysian native Siew Yen Chai never had the chance to obser ve China with her own two eyes.

As of July, that has all changed.

Chai is working as one of about 100 student ambassadors at the United States Pavilion in Shanghai during the World Expo, a trade show where the world’s nations and corporations have the chance

to display their new technolo“It was a little terrifying,” she gies, until Oct. 31. said. “I thought I was going to “Coming to China for the fail school.” first time is like a culture shock While Chai, a Chinese and supfor me,” said Chai, a Rutgers ply chain management major, Business School junior. found it difficult to leave her “Ever ything is just so new friends and family to start a new and glamorous.” life in America, elements of her life For Chai, who came to the that seemed like barriers to some United States at age 12, being fludrove her to succeed. After about SIEW ent in Mandarin was an advansix months, she felt comfortable YEN CHAI tage as it was a prerequisite for speaking English. the program. But as a youngster, not speak“I wanted to pick up on the language as fast ing English presented some challenges, as I could,” she said. “It was not easy, but I’m especially when it came to academics. glad that I made it.”

Chai can speak English, but she never lost her ability to communicate using Mandarin, which she has used to connect with thousands of visitors in Shanghai.

“Many of [the Chinese visitors] will not have the chance to go out of the country, and seeing an American in front of you and talking to you in your own language [is] a rewarding experience for them, as well as for us,” she said.

This kind of relationship between visitors and ambassadors is what makes the

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Final candidate moves IWL forward in director search

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BY HENNA KATHIYA

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The search for the next Institute for Women’s Leadership director continued yesterday as the third and final candidate gave her speech.

Janet Rodriguez, founder of Straight Out of Harlem: Creative Outlet, which provides professional services to community-based arts organizations, spoke this afternoon at the Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building on the Cook/Douglass campus.

She said the chance to become director of the IWL is a great opportunity for her to make a difference in how the institute prepares women to lead going forward.

“This is an institute that has really been ahead of the curve in higher education for women for many decades,” Rodriguez said.

“This is an oppor tunity to make that more public and more acceptable in a mainstream university.”

Rodriguez has big ideas when it comes to getting the students involved with their community by using the IWL to provide leadership opportunities for the women.

“Along with poverty, the environment in New Jersey is bursting with industrial sites

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Students share their experience assisting patients in Honduras this past summer.

METRO A new dance center opens with a mission of promoting wellness through dance.

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Janet Rodriguez, the last candidate to speak for the Institute for Women’s Leadership director search, hopes her experience in the arts will bring something new to the program.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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Students provide medical help for Honduran citizens

BY GLEN GABRIEL STAFF WRITER

While some people spend their summers lazing at the beach, 31 University students traveled to Honduras during their break to offer citizens medical help.

The trip was made possible with the help of Global Brigades, a national organization run by students that provides medical help and other aid to third-world countries, according to the organization’s website.

Their emphasis is on making sure the country can continue to progress even after the brigade has left.

Led by School of Arts and Sciences senior Shital Shah, the group of students was able to spend a total of four days at clinics throughout the county and served more than 1,500 patients.

“They’re [Hondurans] so grateful for us even going down there,” said Neil Agar wal, a School of Engineering senior.

“Even though we were just students, everyone was so grateful for our help. You don’t really see that level of gratitude around here.”

Plans for the trip dated back to almost a year ago, Shah said. They had to narrow down the number of students going and move the trip from Panama to Honduras.

Before leaving for the trip, ever y member of the team packed their bags full of the medicine that they would administer to patients, Shah said.

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School of Arts and Sciences senior Dhara Patel gives medicine to a Honduran citizen on a University trip to the nation with Global Brigades, a student-run organization that provides aid to third-world countries.

“After a long day, we would still have to pack our bags full of medicine for the next day,” Agarwal said. “After putting everything together, then all of the different medicines would have to be labeled in both English and Spanish.”

Shah said each clinic was established in a school that was cleared for the day and broken down into four areas: Entrance, triage, doctor and pharmacy.

At the entrance to the clinic, locals ensured that those coming

through the gates would find their way to a doctor, Agarwal said. From there, students found out essential medical information from patients in the triage section of the clinic.

“I remember a man that had broken his finger and was just sitting there waiting,” he said.

“As I go up to him, his finger just starts bleeding.”

Members of the team who were proficient in Spanish would try to work as closely as they

could with those who knew the language, Shah said.

“So many times I would be communicating with people when we didn’t even speak the same language,” she said. “All you need to do is smile and they know exactly what you mean even when you can’t actually say it.”

From triage, patients then waited until they could see a doctor, who prescribed them the medicine they needed, such as antibiotics or daily vitamins, Shah said.

“A lot of people just needed vitamins,” said Apoorva Halikere, who worked primarily in the pharmacy section of the clinic.

“We really underestimated how many vitamins we needed to bring. We would run out of them the fastest.”

To ensure all of the work done was not in vain, each patient’s medical records were filed to benefit their medical care in the future, Shah said.

The students stayed in a ranch house where some rooms had more than 10 people living together, said Halikere, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

“There were spiders, cockroaches and probably all kinds of undiscovered species of bugs,” Halikere said.

But even after they were done with work, some of the students did not just stay in their residence, Agar wal said. During their down time, they would play soccer with the locals.

The students also did as much as they could to keep children occupied, such as setting up origami stations, Shah said.

“The only sad part was that some days we would have to turn people away,” Halikere said. “In only three hours, we had reached our limit of 500 people for the day already.”

Despite not directly receiving help from the University, a lot of what the trip stood for matches with its beliefs, Shah said.

“One of [the University’s] mottos is ‘Jersey Roots, Global Reach,’ and this [trip] really hits home with that,” she said.

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HEARING: Committee hopes to give FDA right to recall continued from front “As you know, we have negotiated an agreement with FDA not to formally conduct a recall for Motrin ... but rather conduct a ‘soft market withdrawal.’ This was a major win for us as it limits the press that will be seen,” reads part of one e-mail chain released by the House committee’s chair, Rep. Edolphus “Ed” Towns, D-NY. Also, according to a document from a May 2009 hearing on the committee’s website, McNeil asked a third party to purchase the Motrin products from all vendors without mentioning the recalls.

“You should simply ‘act’ like a regular customer while making these purchases. There must be no mention of this being a recall of the product! If asked, simply state that your employer is checking the distribution chain of this product and needs to have some of it purchased for the project,” according to the document.

But Jenny Rosenberg, a staff aide on the House committee, told the AP there was no evidence that the FDA approved the phantom recall, and FDA spokeswoman Elaine Gansz Bobo told the AP she had no information about the issue.

“It’s still an ongoing investigation,” Bobo said.

J&J declined to comment.

“We’re not giving any comments about [the case], but we do plan on attending the hearing,” said J&J spokesman Bill Price.

According to the FDA, 88,104 packages of the Motrin IB 200 were released in August 2008, and the problem was identified that November.

The FDA has cited several issues with J&J in the past, which is reflected in the May 2010 hearing.

FDA investigators identified several problems before 2009 with the Good Manufacturing Practices’ particle counting requirements compliance at facilities run by McNeil, including laboratory controls, equipment cleaning processes and a failure to investigate identified problems, Principal Deputy Commissioner of FDA Dr. Joshua M. Sharfstein, said in a statement at the hearing. The company fixed the problems, and it was inspected regularly.

But the FDA identified several other cGMP violations in May and June 2009, including McNeil’s failure to meet its own standard for quality in one of the ingredients in over-the-counter medications, Sharfstein said.

McNeil’s standard for this ingredient, known as

U NIVERSITY microcr ystalline cellulose, required that there be no gram of negative bacteria, and McNeil purchased the cellulose in partial lots that had not tested positive for this bacteria, he said.

“The vendor tested other par tial lots from the same large master lot and found a cer tain gram of negative bacteria called B. cepacia,” Shar fstein said. “According to cGMP standards, McNeil should not have used any par tial lots for this master lot.”

He said while the risk to the public was not as serious, the company still violated a standard.

In her testimony in May, Goggins apologized for the recalls.

“The quality and process issues that we found at McNeil,

T H E DA I LY TA R G U M those which led to the recall and others, are unacceptable,” she said. “On behalf of McNeil and Johnson & Johnson, I apologize to the mothers, father and caregivers for the concern and inconvenience caused by the recall.”

During the hearing, the committee also questioned the FDA’s ability to enforce mandator y recalls.

“One thing that we know now is that the FDA needs mandator y recall authority.

They shouldn’t have to persuade a company to recall and suspect products,” Towns said.

“I intend to introduce legislation to give FDA that authority.

FDA should also have the power to order a halt in drug production.”

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Johnson & Johnson is being reviewed for attempting to recall Motrin by paying a third party to quietly remove the products themselves. This is one of several issues associated with the company in the past.

STUDENT: Chai inspires

GROUP OF MALES ASSAULT, ROB VICTIM A robbery and simple assault occurred Sunday around 9:10 p.m. in Denier Park behind Campbell Hall on the College Avenue campus.

A group of six to eight males, reported to be 21 to 23 years old, approached the victim near the basketball court, said Lt. Richard Dinan of the Rutgers University Police Department via email correspondence.

One attacker approached the victim, striking him in the face with his hand as the group held the victim down and took his wallet.

The victim was treated and released at a local hospital.

One suspect was described as a black male wearing basketball shorts, a white T-shirt and a black doo-rag.

Another suspect was also a black male and was approximately 6-feet-5inches tall.

Individuals with any information or who were in the area at the time are asked to call RUPD Detective Sean Skala at (732)-932-8025 or (732)-932-7211.

— Kristine Rosette Enerio

described his sister as a perfectionist, to do his best.

“She inspires me to work hard brother to follow her footsteps and do what I do — just go to school and get good grades,” the continued from front School of Arts and Sciences sophomore said.

U.S. Pavilion unique, In her time away from the pavilChai said. ion, Chai takes an interest in “I think the student ambassador exploring Shanghai and local program is what makes the U.S. towns, like the pavilion so differancient town ent from the other Suzhou, which pavilions,” she “Her willingness she said are rich said. “While we to work at the in the culture and might not focus history she on displaying the Shanghai Expo learned in classes. most cutting-edge is an example “I study a lot technology with of poetr y, our exhibitions, of all of her Chinese literawe’re probably the best in giving outstanding qualities.” ture, but I’ve never been here that human interGORDY SMOUTH to witness what action.”

Rutgers Business School I’ve been studyAmong visiProfessor ing,” she said. tors to the pavilChai’s studies ion were Gov. of Chinese history have led her Arnold Schwarzenegger, former to be able to recognize how cerPresident Jimmy Carter and the tain periods in time, like the culPresident and Chief Executive tural revolution, impacted the Officer of Wal-Mart Asia country’s people.

Scott Price, Chai said.

“China has been through a lot “I’ve been meeting a lot of in the past decades,” she said. interesting people every day,” “They’ve undergone changes that, she said. for a normal civilization, would Rutgers Business School take thousands of years. I think professor Gordy Smouth said the people are just trying to deal Chai’s par ticipation in the with the changes.” expo is just a single reflection At what is the world’s of her leadership abilities, largest human gathering thus which she also brings to her far, Chai is happy to have the work at the University. oppor tunity to meet people “Her willingness to work at from all over, which she would the Shanghai Expo is an example not have the chance to of all of her outstanding qualities do other wise. and global view of the business “I’m so fortunate to be able to world,” he said. be a part of this World Expo,” she These qualities inspire her said. “It just amazes me every day.” brother, Jing Chai, who

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University logs on to Web-based college magazine Internet publication geared toward college-aged females offers news, advice on sex, health, love, careers

BY ANKITA PANDA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Her Campus, an online magazine, offers college girls everywhere advice on how to eat healthy, dress well and feel their best at school — and the University is getting in on the act.

Har vard alumni Stephanie Kaplan and Windsor Hanger and senior Annie Wang founded the magazine last year, and the student-written publication has since established branches at more than 60 American college campuses.

More than 500 students nationwide write for their schools’ divisions of the magazine, Kaplan said.

“There’s no other place like Her Campus that has content that speaks directly to college-aged females … about all the different aspects of a college girl’s life — sex, health, love [and] career aspirations,” Kaplan said.

The University launched its own branch of Her Campus on September 2 — www.hercampus.com/r utgers — which features information on campus news, events, profiles, polls and “campus cuties,” boys who college-aged girls are likely to find attractive. “[A campus cutie is] someone spotted on campus [who] is interviewed and has their picture taken to be put up on the site. There is even a form to nominate a campus cutie on our site,” said Olivia Prentzel, the University’s magazine correspondent and a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore.

Writers for Her Campus expressed their reasons for liking the magazine.

“My favorite part is the campus news section because I feel like there are interesting stories that are relevant to the girls [at school],” said Jazmine Gray, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

Gray, who wrote a guide for first-year students, added that she feels the magazine is a great way for young women to relate to each other.

“I found the website online and really liked the ar ticles

“There’s no other place like Her Campus that has content that speaks directly to college-aged females.

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written on the site,” she said.

“When I found out that [the University] was launching a chapter, I wanted to get involved because I wanted to have a chance to write interesting articles for the girls [here].”

Bethany Shenise, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore, said writing for the magazine makes her feel more driven and committed to her field.

“It’s really given me the push to investigate trends and to flesh out my knowledge of fashion,” Shenise said. “To me, it’s art, and I love being able to translate this art to others. It also helps me to gain valuable journalistic experience.”

Shenise, like Gray, said college women should read the magazine because it helps them connect with each other and their schools.

“It has a great range of topics specifically for Rutgers women,” she said. “Other online blogs for college girls don’t have guides for eating healthy at Brower.”

If students ever wish to seek advice, they may look to Her Campus’ expert section, where experts offer students advice on topics like careers, finances and sex.

When it comes to addressing a college student’s needs, Her Campus magazine has fashion tips, nutritional ideas, photo blogs, inter views with campus celebrities and cuties and sur vival guides for firstyear students.

Her Campus is not exclusively aimed at a female demographic, Kaplan said.

“More than 10 percent of people who read our site are actually male,” she said. “There is a lot of content out there that’s interesting for guys, whether it’s campus events, campus profile or just reading what the girls are reading.”

Kaplan admitted that while she does not see Her Campus magazine as part of her long-term career, she is completely committed to the magazine now. She wishes to expand the magazine to 250 schools by next year, so students can be more familiarized with how the magazine works.

STATE INITIATIVE TO COLLECT UNWANTED MEDICINE The University will host a local collection site to dispose of medicine as part of “Operation Take Back New Jersey” for the second year in a row.

The day is an initiative of the Rutgers University Police Department and other law enforcement agencies in the state to have people dispose of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medicine properly, according to a University Media Relations press release.

The collection date is this Saturday, Sept. 25 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Graduate Student Lounge on the College Avenue Campus.

John G. McCabe, Jr., acting special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, said in the release the initiative collected more than 9,000 pounds of unwanted medicine.

“This year, we are very excited about the continued support brought on by ‘Operation Take Back New Jersey,’ and we hope all citizens will take time to eliminate any and all medicines that are not suitable for proper medical use,” McCabe said. “The more public attention we bring to this issue, the more we trust that people will become educated on the dangers of prescription drug abuse.”

RUPD Chief Rhonda Harris said in the release that disposing of unwanted and expired medicines can potentially decrease substance abuse.

“Preventing ready access to your unused prescription medication is one of the easiest ways you can have a positive impact on a young person’s life,” Harris said in the release.

For more information, visit www.operationtakebacknj.com.

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professor of Afro-American Studies at Smith College, and Rachael Pine, executive vice hopes to extend local reach president and director of programs of Legal Momentum. continued from front Interim Director of the IWL and brown fields which conLisa Hetfield said each canditribute to making a place unlivdate provided rich ideas for the able and represent billions of future of the IWL, with all three dollars of work waste at ecoholding different and interestnomic capacity,” she said. ing perspectives. “[This] is another area in “Janet’s emphasis on the arts which the institute can bring will ser ve some change [and] partnerships toward students her interest in diversity and that can bring benefit to intergenerational connections local communities.” gave us a lot to think about,” Rodriguez said she is using she said. “I think she is someher firsthand experience with one who is thinking in a big way arts and culture to try and impleabout the future of leadership ment a strong arts program into as well as the institute.” the IWL. Rodriguez is the “[This] prelast of the candi“We should not only dates to speak to pared me to evolve as an a replacement focus on the global, find advocate for the for founding direcarts and to contor Mar y but we should tinue to navigate Hartman’s position especially focus the challenges since her retirethrough this ment last year. The on the local. ” field,” she said. institute is searchJANET D. RODRIGUEZ Rodriguez is ing for someone to also looking to IWL Director Candidate be able to fulfill the change the globposition by hosting al outreach of different talks. the program, helping to conBarbara Lee, professor in the nect the global with the local School of Management and and bring diversity and global Labor Relations and chair of the opportunities to the University search committee, commented and IWL. on the great selection of candi“The global reach offers dates running for this position. women unprecedented opportu“I think [Rodriguez] will be a nities to become global leaders,” very creative energetic person to she said. “We should not only be director of the IWL. All three focus on the global, but we candidates are very diverse and should especially focus on the come from different backlocal and really pay attention to grounds,” she said. “We’re just what exactly is going on in our pleased that Rutgers is seen in own backyard.” such a positive light and that we Rodriguez is also running were able to attract such great against Paula Giddings, a people for this position.”

NEW COCA-COLA SITE COMES TO SOUTH BRUNSWICK Gov. Chris Christie and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno helped break ground at the site of a new Coca-Cola bottling facility yesterday in South Brunswick, according to an article on nj.com.

The 270,000-square-foot facility, to be located on Route 130, is expected to be finished by next year and make 650 jobs available to people in the area, according to the article. It will replace older facilities in North Brunswick, Neptune and Parsippany, and their employees will be transferred to South Brunswick.

“It is exciting to have a brand like this one continue to be associated with New Jersey,” Christie told the company’s officials.

Mike Sullivan, a market unit vice president for Coca-Cola Enterprises, said Christie’s commitment to making the state more business-friendly influenced the corporation’s decision to stay in New Jersey, according to the article.

“This gives us an opportunity to expand and grow,” Sullivan said in the article.

Local officials were pleased to hear news of the stateof-the-art bottling and distribution center, especially after Pfizer closed a research facility last fall and Dow Jones shut down a Wall Street Journal printing plant in town, according to the article.

The facility could bring the town about $250,000 in tax revenue, South Brunswick mayor Frank Gambatese said in the article.

— Colleen Roache

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CALENDAR Education cuts continue in third-world nations SEPTEMBER The Clothesline Project is a visual display bearing witness to all forms of interpersonal violence. Join the Office for Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance at Voorhees Mall on the College Avenue campus from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to view more than 200 shirts made by University students. Sur vivors and loved ones are welcome to make a shirt to include on the line. For more information, contact lluciano@echo.rutgers.edu.

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The Rutgers Entrepreneurial Society will host “The Sexy Side of Entrepreneurship,” an exposition showcasing music, fashion, art and entertainment featuring a variety of industry experts at 7 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. Hor d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

Tickets are on sale for this year’s Homecoming Comedy Show online at RUPA.rutgers.edu. The show on Oct. 2 will feature Craig Robinson, of “The Office” and “Hot Tub Time Machine,” and Donald Glover of “Community.”

Visit RUPA.rutgers.edu for all ticketing and event information.

Looking for accurate nutrition advice from someone in the know? Kappa Omicron Nu, Nutrition Honor Society, is offering individualized nutrition advice sessions free of charge.

Appointments can be made during the hours of 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and 9 to 11 a.m. on Thursdays.

Please email RutgersKON@gmail.com to schedule an appointment or for additional information. Please include your preference of day and time when inquiring about an appointment.

Rutgers Study Abroad will be hosting its second annual study abroad fair from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus. It will be an excellent opportunity to find out more about our 65 programs in 30 different countries. Program representatives, University faculty, alumni and international students will be on hand to answer all of your questions and tell you everything you need to know about living and studying overseas.

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Students United for Middle Eastern Justice will host “Gender in the Middle East and its Diasporas” from 7 to 11 p.m. in Trayes Hall in the Douglass Campus Center. The event will feature a panel of five speakers, including Director of Women and Gender Studies at Montclair State University Fawzia Afzal-Khan and ArabAmerican mental health clinician at the Mental Health Assocation in Passaic County. There will be a question and answer session following the panel. This event is free and open to all. Food and refreshments will be ser ved.

Direct all questions to baka.rutgers@gmail.com.

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NAIROBI, Kenya— Nearly 70 million children around the world are not getting an education despite much progress in the last 10 years, and Haiti and Somalia are the two worst countries in which to be a school-age child, a new report released yesterday said.

The global financial crisis has forced poor countries to cut their education budgets by $4.6 billion a year at a time when intensified efforts are needed to achieve the U.N. Millennium Development Goal of ensuring a primar y school education for every child in the world by 2015, it said.

The report listed 10 countries at the bottom of the education list, and all but Haiti are in Africa.

In addition to Somalia, the others are Eritrea, Comoros, Ethiopia, Chad, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Liberia.

It based the rankings on access to basic education, teacher-student ratio and educational provisions for girls.

Even Kenya, considered successful compared to its East African neighbors, had to delay free education to 9.7 million children over the last year due to budgetar y constraints, the report said.

Education International, Plan International, Oxfam, Save the Children and VSO produced the report.

“Education is now on the brink,” Kailash Satyarthi, president of the Global Campaign for Education, which also issued the report, told a high-level event in New York on the sidelines of a U.N. summit to promote achievement of the goal.

“Sixty-nine million children — more than all the primary school-going children in the United States and Europe — will not be going to school this morning,” he said. “Just $16 billion per year could pay for every child to go to school.”

The report’s “Donor Report Card” gives two countries “A,” the Netherlands and Nor way, and four “B,” Denmark, Ireland, Sweden, and Britain. The

United States, in 16th place, received a “D’’ along with France, Germany, New Zealand and others while Greece was at the bottom of the list in 22nd place with an “F.” Queen Rania of Jordan, a cofounder of the Global Campaign, said summit after summit has failed to persuade leaders to put resources into education.

“Education doesn’t just beat poverty,” Rania said. “It beats disease. It beats inequality, and for girls education is nothing less than a lifesaver from stigmatism, insecurity and violence.”

World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala announced that its arm that gives grants and soft credits to the world’s 79 poorest countries is pledging an additional $750 million over the next five years, a 40 percent increase in the bank’s basic education spending over the last five years directed at the poorest countries.

The funds will be targeted toward countries that are “offtrack” to meet the education goal by 2015, especially in

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, she said.

“We know what works so we have absolutely no excuses to scale things up, and that’s what the World Bank is trying to do,” Okonjo-Iweala said.

The U.N. says the number of children not in school has dropped from 106 million in 1999 to 69 million in 2008, which the Global Campaign’s Satyarthi called “huge progress.”

Sub-Saharan Africa has seen its classrooms fill over the last decade, though the continent still accounts for almost half of the total of unenrolled children.

In 1999, 58 percent of African children were enrolled in primary school. By 2008 the figure was 76 percent.

The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF, said its research shows that spending $1 million helping children age 5 and younger in the most remote and disadvantaged areas would prevent 60 percent more deaths than the current approach, what it called “a stunningly higher return on investment.”

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

METRO

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Downtown dance center emphasizes healthy living

BY JACK MURTHA CONTRIBUTING WRITER

While some of its neighbors focus on food and drink, a new dance studio in downtown New Brunswick is emphasizing wellness through movement.

Open six days a week, Lustig Dance Theatre, located at 80 Albany Street, offers a variety of classes, from Zumba to hip-hop, which are available to dancers of any skill level, including University students.

“We are a community-based organization that promotes wellrounded wellness,” said Bat Abbit, artistic associate for Lustig Dance Theatre. “Wellness does not just involve diet and exercise, it also includes nurturing creativity and engaging the soul.”

Lustig Dance Theatre, led by Graham Lustig, started classes yesterday. The business concentrates on three elements — a school, a professional company and an education outreach program, said Abbit, a former Mason Gross School of the Arts faculty member.

The purpose of the organization is to be an institution that will give back to the community, Abbit said. They expect those involved to unite with their neighbors through movement.

“We want members of the community to know each other,” he said. “We hope we make this

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Ballet dancers practice at the newly opened Lustig Dance Theatre, open six days a week at 80 Albany Street in New Brunswick. The studio hosts classes from September to June. downtown area a place to come and not just eat.”

University students are usually temporarily involved with New Brunswick, but Lustig Dance Theatre gives students a chance to connect with other residents, Abbit said.

The organization also offers significant discounts for students in the Mason Gross School of the Arts, said Lees Hummel, education director for Lustig Dance Theatre.

Advanced ballet classes are only part of the University’s curriculum during summer sessions, and pointe classes are not available through the University at all,

according to the Mason Gross School of the Arts’ website.

Lustig Dance Theatre provides both classes for University dance students looking to expand their knowledge of dance, Hummel said.

Classes run in series from September to June, but should they choose to register, the University’s dance students would be allowed to pick and choose when they attend class, she said.

Lustig Dance Theatre hopes to build a strong relationship with the University, Hummel said.

“In the future, these classes might be used as some sort of credit,” she said.

The professional company is involved with the University through dance appreciation classes, Abbit said. Ten dancers, comprised of five men and five women, will perform for students this semester.

The company’s dancers teach classes in ballet, tap, creative dance, folk, hip-hop, Latin fusion, jazz and pointe at the organization’s studio.

Tori Bremmer, one of Lustig’s students at the Princeton Ballet School, said the faculty members are talented and in touch with new styles of dance.

“The teachers here incorporate a more contemporary style in ballet,” she said.

Classes geared towards general wellness, such as Zumba, Pilates and body and mind conditioning are also available.

“We don’t want to compete with health clubs,” Hummel said. “We want to offer people an alternative.”

Stefanie Marrs, a College of Nursing junior, said Lustig Dance Theatre’s classes could be a better option than crowded University gyms.

“I think it would help a lot because there’s not really enough space for classes like Zumba in the gyms,” Marrs said. “But college students don’t have that much money, so the price would have to be reasonable.”

Plans for workshops based on nutrition and child psychology are also in the works, Hummel said. The organization hopes to par tner with a mar tial ar ts studio to teach women’s self-defense classes as well.

Lustig Dance Theatre based its curriculum on movement, art and wellness. Although not every class is related to dance, connection of the mind and body and the ability to move freely are everpresent, Hummel said.

“It feels good to move,” she said. “We encourage people to come find the way they want to move.”

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Q:

What do you look forward to when you go to a University football game?

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JEFF KRIEGER SAS JUNIOR “Well I’ve never been to a football game. But what I am looking forward to is meeting new people and making new friends.”

“Winning.

I look forward to winning.”

JENELLE BESS SAS SENIOR “I guess just the people.

Even if you’re not really into football, you can find something around the stadium to do. The energy is just crazy and you don’t even need to like football. I don’t like football that much but it is still fun to go.”

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The Scarlet Knight’s record since the stadium’s expansion

52,454 The number of seats at Rutgers Stadium

The number of years since the University’s first football game

BY DEVIN SIKORSKI AND JENNIFER KONG

ROBERT CONSALVO — SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES JUNIOR

JASON WOOSTER SAS FIRST-YEAR STUDENT “The crowd. It’s huge and epic. It’s just really fun to go and have [the stadium] that gigantic.”

ADRIENNE DZEMA SAS JUNIOR “I think it’s the atmosphere and the people around cheering. It’s not so much about the football game but more about the people you’re around.”

RONALD JOO SAS SENIOR “It’s the atmosphere.

Everybody is cheering for one big thing and everyone is supporting Rutgers.”

ONLINE RESPONSE

Being in the student section.

— 17%

I don’t go to the games.

— 31%

Tailgating with friends.

Watching — 14% the actual game.

— 38%

Watching the actual game.

38%

I don't go to football games.

31%

Being a part of the student section.

17%

Tailgating with friends

14%

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

EDITORIALS

Wait for new PCs to configure T

he University upgraded all of its Windows computers, changing the old XP operating system to Windows 7 for its functionality and overall speed. Speed is one thing that students are not getting. With lengthy log-on-times, many have complained about the inconvenience. And while there are many students that need secondlong log-on times due to time constraints, we must learn to cope with the system.

The longer-than-expected log-on times are primarily during a user’s first time using the new Windows 7. Times should go down with time and as the system configures every student’s information into the new operating system.

There isn’t any reason to get angry with the University. The reality of the situation is just that Windows takes a while longer to reconfigure than its Mac counterpart. Computer labs are not holding anything back from us. They aren’t limiting the system on purpose.

In reality, we don’t have much time to spend in the computer lab, logging onto Facebook or whatever other crucial thing we must do.

Perhaps students can plan ahead if we are that concerned with getting our papers printed out on time.

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Learn true meanings of words Pass legislation W The Tuning Fork to benefit all T

he Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act is the best way to repair a faulty immigration policy that has for years circled political debates and campaigns. Congress has the opportunity to pass the amendment that will effectively legalize roughly 800,000 people living in the country without authorization.

According to The New York Times, this legislation will open the door to military service and higher education for young people whose parents brought them into the country illegally years ago. If they finish high school, serve in the military or earn a college degree, and show moral character, they would have the chance to earn citizenship.

It is an ethical move among a number of unethical laws that target children of immigrants — children who themselves did not make the choice to come to the United States. These are the people with whom we went to high school and perhaps attend the University. They are as American as the rest of us, and yet they lack proper documentation — or pay taxes.

Apart from the ethical point of view, the DREAM Act will allow for these 800,000 of the 11 million illegal immigrants to be accounted for.

They will not avoid taxes as many have in the years they spent illegally in our nation. They will no longer skip over the driver’s license. And it is these factors that affect the rest of the nation. Many argue against the constant flow of immigrants from our South and their complaints mostly amount to complaints against immigrants evading taxes or lacking proper documentation.

The proper steps would have to be taken by those who either serve in the military or graduate from an institution of higher learning.

There will be no overstepping the law, and there will be no special treatment for those immigrants. The DREAM Act will simply allow for already Americanized immigrants to gain the few rights we hold above them. The only difference — and one that benefits all of us — is the fact that these people will have to truly dedicate themselves to the country. Fighting in the military certainly makes a case for their love for the U.S. Fighting for the country that doesn’t “want” you may be hard, yet these people — many of whom are the same age as us — fight alongside the thousands of Americans on the frontlines.

Patriotism is not the question.

It appears as if we do not have a choice. There is an influx of illegal immigrants and former President George W. Bush’s giant — yet easily penetrable — wall seems to be failing at its job. If we can’t keep illegals out of the country — which is certainly the case — we can at least allow those who have grown up in the United States to be accounted for.

The system as it is now isn’t working. There are thousands of illegal immigrants that are awaiting approval to even begin the legalization process. The DREAM Act has the prospects of legalizing those who deserve it the most — those who have spent their lives in the U.S., studying alongside us or fighting in the military under the control of top Defense Department officials. Why shouldn’t we allow them to become citizens? This act will benefit us by allowing those who have been blamed for “mooching” off society to pay taxes. And this will benefit the immigrants who have assimilated into society and want to fight for our country or better themselves through education. After all, isn’t that all the rest of us are after?

QUOTE OF THE DAY “They’ve undergone changes that, for a normal civilization, would take thousands of years. I think the people are just trying to deal with the changes.”

Siew Yen Chai, Rutgers Business School student ambassador at the US Pavilion in Shanghai, on China’s development STORY ON FRONT

ords have power. burn them and other heretics Anyone who has to oppressive Christian rule been the victim of in Europe. That’s right. The grade school or high school association between sticks bullying can attest to that. and gays was that the bundles Cruel words of others can of sticks were literally used to have a harsh, lasting psychoburn gays alive. Other logical effect. By the time CODY GORMAN sources say that the term these children become comes from the Yiddish word young adults and enter the world of higher educa“faygele,” literally translated as little bird, which was tion — college, that is — most have grown beyond used to describe — quite crassly I might add — the the point in their lives where petty bullying and physsupposed dainty and effeminate behavior of gay men. ical harassment are unnecessary for social wellSure, the histories of the words are interesting, being. Despite the equality that should pervade but do they have any relevance in today’s society? every college campus, if not every American town, Absolutely. Each of the colloquial terms in questions tacit discrimination is becoming more and more were coined and used to describe otherness in a prominent. Most of the offenders have no idea that group of people. These words, even when used casuwhat they’re saying is offensive, and the ones who ally, evoke a long and painful past for gay men and do have some ill-formed logic to try to make them women. Similar derogatory words, like the N-word, seem innocuous. But, derogatory terms describing were nearly wholesale abandoned by the general gay people are finding themselves increasingly compublic after the civil rights movement for this exact monplace in our vernacular, which is shocking not reason. That word, now only in use by bigots or raponly due to this generation’s lack of creative vocabupers for different reasons entirely, is out of vogue in lary, but at the underlying implicathe public sphere. I can guarantee tions about gays that the words that a student using the N-word to carry while flung about with ease. casually describe something unde“We can take Just to be clear, the words I am sirable would receive a less than one more step talking about are “gay,” “fag,” “queer,” desirable treatment. Many times a and “homo.” Let us delve into a short day I hear students call bad classes toward equality etymology lesson. gay or people that aren’t to their likand acceptance.”

The term gay has only been used ing fags and people hardly give it a to describe homosexuality in recent second thought. times. It was originally used to Gays in the United States are still, describe something happy or joyous up until about in many senses, second-class citizens. They are unable the 16th century. In that time period, gay became to marry in most states, are rarely awarded the same used to describe any type of frivolous, promiscuous amnesty given to public displays of affection made by behavior. As such, a prostitute would be called a gay straight couples and still face biases and prejudices like woman and a womanizing bachelor a gay man. those previously mentioned — and some even harsher Conversely, married folk who were chaste and still. It was only 12 years ago that Matthew Shepard monogamous were referred to as straight, since was brutally beaten to death in Wyoming because he their behavior was parallel with the religious and was gay. Twelve years later, gays still lack many privimoral standards of the time. In the late 19th century, leges awarded to straights and discrimination, explicit it become more common to label homosexuals as or implicit, still goes by largely unchecked. gay because social restraints on open homosexuality The use of the words gay, fag, queer and homo left gay men and women more likely to become are a testament to homophobia’s remnant grasp on bachelors, and homosexuality was misunderstood popular society. It takes a genuinely strong individ— all homoerotic behavior seemed unnatural to the ual to take these reminders of 100 years of hatred in (mostly) straight public. The term queer, much like stride, especially when they are used so freely in gay, was used to describe sexual nuances and differtoday’s world. By refraining, we can take one more entiate between homo and heterosexual behaviors. step toward equality and acceptance — two princiFaggot — perhaps the worst word of this bunch ples upon which this nation was founded. Perhaps to grace conversation daily — has horrifying roots.

Rev. William Sloane Coffin summed it up best: “In As some people know, and tried as an excuse for reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective using the word at one point in middle school, the literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining term faggot was originally used to mean a bundle of women, millions of Protestants have gone far sticks, or a similarly unwieldy object. As such, the beyond biblical literalism. It’s time we did the same term should carry the same mistaken innocence in for homophobia.” It’s time for us to grow up. describing gays, right?

Wrong. Many historians believe that the bundles of Cody Gorman is a School of Arts and Sciences junsticks described by the word became associated with ior majoring in political science. His column, “The homosexuals because they were used as kindling to Tuning Fork,” runs on alternate Tuesdays.

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T H E DA I LY TA R G U M

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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Vote for yourself, not for celebrities P

op culture is destroying America. More and more, the message to do something is being oriented around what a celebrity would want. One of the most memorable instances is the “Vote or Die!” campaign headed by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and backed by a number of other celebrities, like 50 Cent. Vote or die echoes Patrick Henry and his famous “Give me liberty, or give me death” quote delivered to the Virginia House of Burgesses.

Clearly the message has not changed, although Henry was supporting a war effort for our independence while P. Diddy is promoting civic involvement. So why is pop culture destroying America?

It is because what once may have inspired people to vote is now being manipulated to serve a purpose. While vote or die is an extreme statement, it does not influence your reason for voting unless you truly believe you will die unless you do. Rather, it inspires curiosity and interest. Now the message has become vote for someone. An arbitrary celebrity, who in no way cares

if you vote, is no reason for a person to enter the polling location and vote. Unfortunately, this is what the group Vote Again 2010 is inspiring.

A video contest in which the grand prize is $5,000 has spawned two specific videos that I am taking problem with.

The first, “Vote Again 2010: Do it for Bieber,” uses Justin Bieber as inspiration for someone to vote. Pardon me, he is not even a citizen of America. He is Canadian.

The message the group of young hopefuls is spreading is to vote because Bieber can’t. While I hope people can see through this ridiculous ploy to inspire voter participation, it does raise a question: who are they reaching out to? Bieber fans are not old enough to vote, or at least I hope they aren’t. The answer — those young fans will tell other people, who can vote, how important it is to vote. Except they think it is important for someone to vote because an underage Canadian citizen cannot. While the video stresses the power we have for change through our election of

Strive for larger student contribution Letter

staff member, I would not have even thought of contributing this letter.

JORDAN GOCHMAN I ask the Targum: Why is he so special? When did the opinhere are plenty of things ions of students become unusto be angry about when able? And, most importantly, why you look at yesterday’s was this letter selected? I know letter titled “Speak English in that in the publication I edit, The US.” The opening sentence proMedium, we require a University claimed, “The United States is an e-mail address for many submisEnglish-speaking country, not a sions. Based upon the short bilingual or multilingual speaklength, lack of evidence and a ing country.” general tone of narrow-mindedOver and over again we give ness, I would be shocked to learn the same answer to people who this was the highest quality letter jump to drastic conclusions that was submitted from an outbased on xenophobia and intolerside source. ance — the United States does Perhaps this is a wake-up call not have a law defining an official to the University. More input is language. Our country is a multineeded by students outside of the cultural melting pot. classroom. Without the opinions While the author is correct in of students in this newspaper, saying that most of the populathere is not a lot of room for tion speaks English — more thought and free discussion. Let than 96 percent according to yesterday’s letter make you more U.S. Census data — he neglects compelled to feel to comment on strongly about the 12 percent of “When did the something. It took the population all of 15 minthat speaks opinions of students me utes to write this Spanish. We are home to the fifth become unusable?” letter and it has the potential to be largest Spanishread by thousands speaking populaof fellow students. Heck, you can tion in the world. even write an opinion that goes Also, it is kind of hard to look against what I’m writing. past the logical fallacies he puts The Targum gives you the right forward to help his argument. to do that but if Moskowitz is the Yes, it would be hard for military one getting published, perhaps commanders to communicate in we aren’t using that right to its multiple languages. Clearly, no full potential. militar y has ever made an I must complement the attempt to do so.

Targum, however, for placing What I am more upset about this letter next to an advertiseis the use of this letter by The ment for the Rutgers Study Daily Targum. The author of the Abroad program that proclaimed: article was Donald A. “Take the Leap. Expand Your Moskowitz, a resident of Horizons. Change Your Life.” If Londonderr y, N.H. This man the opinions editor did this intenhas no university affiliation, nor tionally, they have my undying is he a member of the media. respect. Otherwise, they have Through research, I was able to left me jaded and upset about the find out he was simply a man state of the University’s biggest who wrote letters to various media source. news organizations with such titles as: “Adhere to Immigration Jordan Gochman is a School of Laws” and “Language Diversity Arts and Sciences sophomore Equals Divisiveness.” Does this majoring in labor studies and theman intend to directly serve the ater arts. He is the news editor of student population? Had this letThe Medium. ter been written by a student or

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“Lady Gaga could die if you don’t vote.” Their inspiration for making the video comes from their desire to have the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy repealed which — if you know anything about Lady Gaga — she would likely supNEIL P. KYPERS port. But shouldn’t she be the one putting that message out our representatives, again it falls there? Should two college students on deaf ears. from Colorado be manipulating The next video the Vote Again their audience no matter how silly 2010 contest inspired happens to the message is?

Even the Vote Again 2010 home page video uses that Twilight vam“Believe it or not, pire and Lady Gaga as examples for how you could make your video. people involved Yes, “Twilight vampire” — because in politics used to that is how little I care about that whole series. It just seems that now get a lot of respect you have to care because a celebrity may or may not care. The videos and attention.” that are getting attention are the ones using celebrities as a tool to use Lady Gaga in the same way. enter the spotlight because that is Except, arguably, this one slanders what society wants. Who cares one her. It uses looped shots and sound cent about celebrities. They are for bites from the diva to express why entertainment purposes only. While she thinks it is important to vote. they have value as entertainers, do The video makes statements like, they have value as political activists?

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Do they love the attention or the cause? I am more inclined to believe that celebrities love attention.

Patrick Henry used to be a celebrity. Believe it or not, people involved in politics used to get a lot of respect and attention. People read political writings and cared about problems and took a stance. Now the reason for doing something needs to be cool. Maybe people are afraid to take a stance. The amount of drama inspired by seemingly insignificant issues seems like a powerful deterrent and maybe it is easier to just believe what those in the spotlight want you to. Should our inspiration to vote be coming from Bieber, Gaga or P. Diddy? I think it should come from our own desire to see the world as a better place.

Mahatma Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world” and I couldn’t think of a better reason to vote. Maybe someone should make a video with this idea in mind.

Neil P. Kypers is a School of Arts and Sciences senior majoring in political science. He is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Targum.

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DIVERSIONS

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Horoscopes / LINDA C. BLACK

Pearls Before Swine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

STEPHAN PASTIS

Today's birthday (9/21/10). Find new ways to enjoy your own neighborhood this year. If expensive travel is not part of your budget, take day or overnight trips to reacquaint yourself with the wonder of local and state parks, museums and scenic destinations. You deserve time for yourself. To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) -Today is a 7 -- Your attention is divided between emotional moments and practical demands. Partner with someone who understands major change.

It works out.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -Today is a 7 -- You find yourself wanting to get together with a group for emotional or spiritual healing. Doing this impacts an underlying health problem.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 5 -- Male and female team members unite their efforts remarkably well today. Everyone wants a finished product that reflects their best work.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Long-distance communication produces both sympathy and optimism. Changes often seem difficult, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Today is a 5 -- An associate wants all the control and not much responsibility. Communicate your concerns by pointing out other opportunities. Then suggest a compromise.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Today is a 7 -- One of your favorite people calls early to suggest a charitable activity. Doing it together can be great fun, and you'll bond even more.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) -- Today is a 6 -- As you dig deeper into a project, you love what you're doing and anticipate fabulous results. A personal call confirms your direction.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Wash sorrows down the drain with the bath water. There's no need to remain stuck. Take a chance on a romantic encounter, and you'll be glad.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) -Today is a 6 -- Defining the group goal begins with expression of your own desires. Then others share their vision, which aligns remarkably to your own.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -Today is a 6 -- You aspire to understand your own intuition more fully. Writing about your impressions helps you to honor your inner wisdom and understand the logic.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 6 -- You need to think about your budget before spending today. Then go ahead, but don't make a purchase if you're not sure you want it.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -Today is a 6 -- Your contemplative practice makes passionate action almost a necessity. Others contribute without question to produce fabulous results.

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Senior defensive back Kendric Burney had six tackles and a pick in 2008, when North Carolina last traveled to Piscataway.

RUTGERS: Knights face Little after switch from tailback continued from back The offensive line may want to ignore the Georgia Tech tape, as the Yellow Jackets run a tripleoption offense. Against LSU, however, Schiano still saw a strong defense.

“I think they played good defense, but the thing I don’t think you can ever discount is that they’re missing the whole secondary and two top d-linemen,” Schiano said.

“There’s a lot of good players that aren’t playing and there’s a lot of good players that are playing. I guess the consistent thing is they have a lot of good players.”

Little is one of them, although he lined up in the backfield the last time Rutgers and North Carolina met.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pounder transitioned to wideout last season, when he made 62 catches for 724 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Tar Heels after the departure of now-New York Giants receiver Hakeem Nicks.

“Little’s ver y athletic. He played running back last time

we played, so that just shows how athletic he is, how strong he is,” said junior corner back David Rowe. “If he plays, we’ll be prepared for him. If he doesn’t play, we’ll be prepared for the whole offense.”

The North Carolina offense has not had many problems in its first two games, when it fell, 3024, each time. Quarterback T.J. Yates, who averaged 310.5 passing yards per game, led the unit in two close defeats.

In Little’s absence, senior tight end Zach Pianalto stepped up as Yates’ go-to target, leading UNC with 15 catches for 136 yards.

For a deep threat, Yates turns to sophomore wideout Jheranie Boyd, who only has six catches but for 221 yards and a touchdown.

In preparation for these targets, Rowe adopts the same mindset as Schiano and the rest of the Knights: The new Tar Heels are nothing to scoff at.

“They’re long, lengthy. They can run — pretty much what you’d expect out of an ACC team.

They’re very athletic,” Rowe said.

“They run the same things, and they have depth so people can fill in as needed.”

RAMON DOMPOR / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Junior defensive back David Rowe faced suspended UNC wideout Greg Little in a 2008 Rutgers loss, but Little played tailback then.

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LATE: Knights let one go as Monmouth rallies for win continued from back

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fter he sustained a hamstring injury in the team’s 28-14 win against the New England Patriots, New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis said yesterday he will likely be out two weeks recovering.

Revis did not practice much in the week prior to the game and came out of the game shortly after Patriots receiver Randy Moss beat him downfield for a 34-yard touchdown.

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PANTHERS

rookie quarterback Jimmy Clausen plans to start next Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals after struggles continued for former starter Matt Moore.

Moore compiled a meager 41.8 passer rating in his first two starts this season, completing only 41 percent of his passes.

Through two games this season, Clausen is 7-15 for 59 yards with one interception.

Also making a quarterback change are the Buffalo Bills, who plan to bench starter Trent Edwards to make room for Harvard product Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Fitzpatrick owns a career passer rating of 69.7.

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center Chris Drury broke his finger during a training camp scrimmage yesterday and will likely miss the next four weeks, leading into the first four games of the regular season.

The captain posted a careerlow 14 goals and 32 points last season as the Rangers failed to make the playoffs.

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catcher Joe Mauer left early in the team’s Sunday game against Oakland with a sore knee.

The 2009 American League MVP is second in the AL with a .331 batting average, propelling his team to a 10-game lead in the Central Division.

The organization announced after the game that Mauer is day-to-day with his injury.

IN THE MIDST OF TRAGEDY, West Orange-Stark High School (Texas) cancelled its next football game to mourn the death of 17-year-old quarterback Reggie Garret Jr. The quar terback collapsed on the sidelines during the team’s game last Friday after jogging of f the field and giving his coach a low five in celebration.

The cause of death is still unknown, and the team will not resume its season until October 2nd, when it takes on Kirbyville, Texas.

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quarterback Dennis Dixon tore his lateral meniscus cartilidge Sunday against the Tennessee Titans and will undergo athroscopic knee surgery.

The injur y will sideline Dixon for three weeks, and leave the position vacant for either Byron Lefwich or Charlie Batch to fill.

Monmouth got on the board five minutes after the second Rutgers goal, scoring the first of three unanswered goals en route to a 4-3 victory.

Ask anyone on the Rutgers (17, 0-1) sidelines and they would tell you the team let one get away.

“We just got comfortable,” said senior co-captain Jenna Bull.

“We got some attacks going [Sunday] that have been lacking in the past, [but] I think we need to figure out how to keep that going once we’re up.”

The Hawks (6-1) scored their first two goals off the team’s first two shots of the game, both tallied by freshman Alex Carroll.

One MU goal later and suddenly the 2-0 lead the Knights had in the first half was a distant memor y.

But the battle on the Banks would not be decided easily.

Junior Kat Rodziewicz snuck one past Monmouth goalkeeper Melissa Katz with 16 minutes to

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go in regulation, but the Hawks In their first game of the weekanswered right back, scoring end homestand, the Knights weltheir fourth goal of the game with comed No. 6 Syracuse to town for less than six minutes to play and the Big East season opener for ultimately sealing the win. both sides.

Although Sunday’s contest But the game did not go as was a disappointing loss for a planned for Tchou’s team, as the young Rutgers squad, some posi- Orange bested Rutgers to earn a tives still shined through the 5-1 win. cracks in the effort.

With Rutgers playing the Nappi’s goal and assist underdog role, Syracuse took a earned the freshman two-goal lead with less the first points of her than 10 minutes to play career, but the loss did in the first half, outnot leave her much reashooting Rutgers, 7-2, son to celebrate. in the period.

Statistically, the But as time expired, Knights played their sophomore Carlie best game of the season, Rouh found the back of outshooting the Hawks, the net after a long 14-12, and earning five scramble, cutting the penalty corners.

Syracuse lead to one GIA NAPPI The game marked heading into half. just the second time this sea“The last time I looked, there son in which Rutgers outshot was 20 seconds on [the clock] and its opponent.

I knew we needed to get some“Our momentum was good thing,” Rouh said. “The ball was in and then I don’t know what hap- a good spot for me to shoot it.” pened,” Nappi said. “It felt aweFrom there, the Orange some to score my first goal and showed why they are the sixthget my first assist. I just wish we ranked team in the nation. won. I think next game we’ll Syracuse scored three unancome out with more intensity and swered goals in the second half play better.” and by game’s end posted seven

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penalty corners — a stat the Knights hoped to suppress.

“I was disappointed. I thought we unraveled a little bit in the second half,” Tchou said. “We stopped our footwork on defense.

We weren’t stepping up in the midfield, [and] the forwards were not possessing the ball of off their receptions. When that happened, we started to get a little frustrated and we turned individual. We can’t afford to be playing as individuals on this team.”

The Knights continue their Big East schedule Friday when they welcome Villanova to Piscataway for their second conference game.

For Tchou’s squad, it’s back to the drawing board.

“Did we fight? Yes. Did we want it? Yes, but it starts in practice,” Tchou said.

KNIGHT NOTE: Freshman Sarah Stuby started both games in net for the Knights this weekend, making 10 saves and allowing nine goals. The two losses marked the first two starts of the walk-on’s career, as sophomore Vickie Lavell started the previous five games for Rutgers.

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Knights disappoint at Princeton Invite RU claims

BY NICHOLAS ORLANDO CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The Rutgers women’s golf team had a substandard showing this past weekend at the Princeton Invitational.

The Scarlet Knights finished 1 0 t h WOMEN’S GOLF overall RUTGERS 965 in the 12-team TENTH PLACE f i e l d after a third-place finish at the Bucknell Invitational.

The Knights shot a combined 965 (327-316-322), adding up to 101 over par.

“The finish at Princeton was a little disappointing because I know we are capable of scoring

better as a team,” said head coach Carl led the Knights after Maura Waters-Ballard. shooting 232 (79-77-76) for the The Knights finished six tournament, earning her a tie for strokes behind Sacred Heart, 26th place overall. who finished ninth, Sophomore Brittany and 69 strokes behind Weddell finished the Yale, who finished first weekend shooting 241 and narrowly beat out (80-79-82) and tied for host Princeton by 40th place. She also three shots. posted one of the tour“The finish was nament’s four eagles. largely due to the “I was thrilled with the amount of top teams way Lizzy Carl played at at the tournament,” Princeton. She is really JEANNE said captain Jeanne dedicated and works very WATERS Waters. “[Junior Lizzy hard,” Waters-Ballard Carl’s] strong play said. “I expect to continue really uplifted our team to see great success from her throughout the weekend. We because of her terrific work ethic.” finished with two solid rounds Other members of the squad as a team and will build on that who saw action over the weekend for our next event.” included senior Jeanne Waters,

sophomore Karen Cash and junior Lauren Heiba, who finished 43rd with a 242, 52nd with a 250 and 62nd with a 276, respectively.

“We have a couple of new players joining the top five this year and once they get some experience under their belts we will be shooting the team scores we should be,” Waters-Ballard said.

“I am very proud of all of them and I know as the season progresses so will our success.”

The Knights look to rebound from the Princeton Invitational when they head to State College, Pa., on Oct. 2 for the Penn State Invitational.

The team plans to use this week off to reflect and prepare for what they hope will be a bounceback performance at Penn State, according to Waters-Ballard.

top spot at Monmouth

BY MICHAEL KUPERSHTEYN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

All the hard work the Rutgers women’s cross country team put in during the offseason paid off l a s t WOMEN’S XC weekRUTGERS 20 e n d , when it FIRST PLACE accumulated 20 points to win the team title at the Monmouth Invitational in Holmdel, N.J. The team improved upon its second-place finish at the Fordham Fiasco and Follies meet with a very strong showing.

“It’s a great win for us,” said head coach James Robinson. “[This is] the first team title since I took over the program with [coach Jan Merrill-Moran], so we’re ver y excited and pleased with the performance.

It’s a stepping stone and the next opportunity is next Friday at the Paul Short Run. There will be a lot more teams and a lot more competition. The ladies are showing great early season form.”

The Scarlet Knights almost completed a 3-4-5 finish, with freshman Brianna Deming taking third place and posting a time of 18:45.3. Three seconds later junior Kelly Flannigan, the team’s eldest member and motivator, finished with a time of 18:48.7.

Sophomore Jennifer Spitzer ended the race in sixth place with a time of 18:58.3.

Rounding out the top-five runners for the Knights were sophomores Victoria Pontecor vo and Lindsay Bertulis, who finished seventh and ninth with times of 19:09.6 and 19:25.3, respectively.

Robinson displayed excitement about the win but does not lose focus on the rest of the season.

“It’s early in the season, only the second race this year, so we have a good opportunity these next two weeks to train hard and beat the larger competition,” he said. “There will be 40 teams that we will be against, so we want to see what we can do. If we can place in the top five there, that would be great. Early on, we’re running well so far. You want to see how they respond to harder competition next week. We’ll continue our growth as the year goes on.”

The training and conditioning work done by the athletes certainly paid dividends this season, and the influx of freshman talent is immediately showing, as evidenced by Deming finishing first among the Knights.

For Robinson, the expectations he held for the young group before the season started are now approaching.

“They had very good compliments and achievements out of high school, so we’re looking for them to come out right from the star t and run well,” Robinson said.

The Knights attempt to continue their successful season at the Paul Shor t Invitational on Oct. 1 and move closer toward placing highly in the Big East rankings.

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Rutgers junior steps up in absence of senior

BY BILL DOMKE CORRESPONDENT

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Junior middle blocker Hannah Curtis earned all-tournament honors despite the Knights’ disappointing 1-2 weekend, when she recorded a team-high in kills every game for a total of 36.

The Rutgers volleyball team received a godsend in junior Hannah Curtis this weekend.

The middle blocker garnered all-tournament honors for her impresVOLLEYBALL sive offensive play in the teams three matches in New Hampshire.

With senior outside hitter Emma Chrystal temporarily out of commission with an unspecified injury, it became clear the Scarlet Knights’ burst capability would suffer, and the scores showed just how much.

Rutgers dropped matches to Dartmouth and Sacred Heart over the weekend, teams it either already beat this season or beat last year — the principle rebuilding year in the Knights’ recent history books.

“I think it was a good weekend,” Curtis said. “It was a little hiccup for the season. I think we expected to do a little better, but with Emma [Chrystal] injured it kind of took us a little by surprise that we had to have a new lineup in.”

One factor remained a constant positive for Curtis throughout the weekend tournament.

The middle blocker lead her team in kills in each of her three games, netting 14 against Sacred Heart, 10 against Dartmouth and 12 against New Hampshire.

“Things were definitely clicking [this weekend],” she said.

“Emma [Chr ystal] was a big aspect of our offensive game so I had to step it up and fill in her shoes a little bit.”

And as if kills were not enough, the sophomore spearheaded the Knights’ offensive campaign in serving too, totaling nine service aces for the

weekend, leading all Rutgers players in the category in every game as well.

Offense though is not even what Curtis works most on to improve.

It just comes as a bonus resulting from the crucial experience head coach CJ Werneke emphasizes as most important in every game.

“Actually I’ve been focusing a lot more [on] blocking than I have with my hitting because we’ve been watching a lot of film and the coaches have been trying to make us come in and change so much this year,” Curtis said.

Those offensive and defensive contributions paid off in the final game of the tournament against host school New Hampshire.

Rutgers pulled off three consecutive set wins for the first time since its home invitational against Princeton to scores of 26-24, 25-20 and 25-23.

“We played really well against New Hampshire so that was the highlight of the weekend,” Curtis said.

But if you knew Curtis before her big weekend in New Hampshire, you would also know she is no stranger to making noise with the media.

As a sophomore last season, Curtis made the Big East weekly honor roll for the week of Sept. 21 for her outstanding performance at the Bucknell Invitational, garnering MVP honors for the tournament.

Moving forward, the Wasilla, Alaska native looks to keep moving forward in her own play, with the team’s goals of making the Big East tournament on the forefront of her mind.

“We definitely have high hopes for this whole season,” Curtis said. “I think we’ll do better than ever especially in the Big East.”

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ANDREW HOWARD / SENIOR STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

North Carolina’s senior quarterback T.J. Yates went 14-for-22 through the air against Rutgers in 2008, passing for 221 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-12 UNC victory.

Rutgers junior starting tailback Joe Martinek’s status for Saturday’s game with the Tar Heels remains in question after he injured his ankle against Florida International.

PRACTICE NOTEBOOK

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BY SAM HELLMAN CORRESPONDENT

It took two years longer than Rutgers football coach Greg Schiano wanted, but the secondbest player in New Jersey’s 2009 recruiting class arrived in Piscataway Friday to join the Scarlet Knights.

Anthony La Lota is a fourstar defensive end from the Hun School and the No. 2 player in the Garden State on Rivals.com. He decided on Michigan at the end of his senior year of high school but transfer red to Rutgers last week after not seeing the field in his first 14 months with the program.

“Rutgers is a great program,” said La Lota after Monday’s practice — his sec-

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ond with the team. “Coach Schiano, obviously, is a great coach. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and his coaching staff as well.

[Defensive line coach Randy] Melvin is a great guy. I think they all have the same values that coach Schiano instills in everyone and they get the most out of their players on and off the field.”

Because La Lota redshirted his first year in Ann Arbor and did not play in the Wolverines’ first two games of the season, he will be eligible to play next season after sitting out the rest of this season due to NCAA transfer regulations.

La Lota worked as a member of the practice squad Monday. His official number on the roster is 97.

“That’s just how it worked out,” La Lota said. “I think it worked out for the best for me.

It’s a great opportunity and

“Coach Schiano, obviously, is a great coach. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him and his ... staff.”

ANTHONY LA LOTA Defensive End

everything’s working out well so far. I’m going to do everything I can next year and I’m really excited to get going.”

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C AROLINA

changed a lot since its 44-12 embarrassment of the Scarlet Knights two years ago. But T.J. Yates is still the Tar Heels’ quarterback.

Yates threw for 221 yards and three touchdowns against Rutgers last time around and has four touchdowns and 621 yards through two games this season.

“He was pretty darn good the night we played them,” Schiano said. “But he has improved against other people. I don’t know if you could [play] that much better than he was against us the other night. He’s a proven veteran quarterback who has made a lot of big plays.”

Junior cornerback David Rowe handled duties as the nickel back and got a taste of what Yates can do. But Yates’

top target Greg Little may not be available as he was suspended through the first two games, meaning the corners must put in more preparation.

“He provides a challenge, but I think we’re OK with it,” Rowe said of Yates. “But I don’t think it doubles our load. Basically, when we watch film, we do it for our own benefit. We’re definitely prepared. We go against good receivers every day in practice.”

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running back Joe Martinek, who suffered a leg injur y toward the end of the Florida International game, remains unchanged as of last week.

If he can’t play, expect an increased workload for true freshman Jordan Thomas and sophomore De’Antwan Williams.

EDWARDS’ STATUS REMAINS UNCERTAIN After sitting out Sunday’s game against Hartford, senior defender Chris Edwards’ status for the Rutgers men’s soccer team’s Big East opener against Marquette remains unknown.

If the West Orange, N.J., native cannot go on Friday, chances are sophomore Dragan Naumoski would replace him in the lineup.

Naumoski started Sunday’s matchup in Edwards’ stead and recorded an assist on junior Bryant Knibbs’ game-winning goal in overtime.

Edwards went down Friday in the Knights’ 2-0 victory over Long Island when he chased down a ball on the left sideline and got caught up with a Blackbird forward. After the two went down, Edwards

stayed on the pitch, favoring his hamstring.

A four-year starter on the Banks, Edwards has 49 starts to his name and 55 appearances. Naumoski is in his first year with the Knights after spending his freshman season at Fairleigh Dickinson. With FDU, the Fair Lawn, N.J., native recorded one goal in seven starts and 15 appearances as a midfielder.

The Big East contest against Marquette marks the last of five straight home games for Rutgers. After Friday’s contest, the Knights hit the road for three games against Temple, Cincinnati and NJIT. — A.J. Jankowski

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The full schedules were announced for the Rutgers women’s and men’s basketball teams this week, with the women’s squad offering a more exciting slate. C. Vivian Stringer will take her squad on the road to face top programs in California and Stanford, while new head men’s basketball coach Mike Rice’s best matchup comes against North Carolina.

Playlist tells story of RU’s inconsistent weekend A.J. JANKOWSKI’S

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he weekend was a busy one in the world of Rutgers athletics. Some teams were victorious. Others were not. Winter squads released their upcoming schedules, and even without a game, the football team found headlines with the announcement of the start time for a Saturday afternoon tussle with North Carolina, or the few Tar Heels who were able to stay out of trouble.

Through all the trials and tribulations, degradation and anticipation, one could not help but think of lyrics that parallel how these student-athletes feel.

The band Green Day — pre“American Idiot” of course —

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offers a mélange of song titles that best describe the weekend that was for Rutgers sports.

Up next is Big East foe Marquette. Now Knibbs just has to work on his goal celebration.

THE GOOD

Welcome To Paradise — Both the men’s and women’s basketball programs released their 2010-11 schedules and one is far more intriguing than the other. The ladies open the season in California before a tournament in Las Vegas.

Their schedule includes stops in Tennessee, Boston and Kentucky. With N.J. winters making everyone all kinds of miserable, it’s not a bad idea to use school spirit as an excuse to take a mini-vacation.

Watch the Knights, led by Hall of Fame head coach C. Vivian

King For A Day — It’s one thing to score the first collegiate goal of your career, but a gamewinner? In double over time?

Junior Bryant Knibbs’ rocket of a goal in the extra period left Hartford in the dust and propelled the men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory. Looking at the bigger picture, it is the third win in a row for the Scarlet Knights and caps off a 2-0 weekend after taking down the Hawks and Long Island.

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Junior Bryant Knibbs moved from central defense to midfield in the second half against Hartford on Sunday, then stepped up and scored his first career goal which earned Rutgers a 2-1 overtime win.

Stringer, take on premiere opponents and marvel in the change of scenery.

It’s much better than trudging to Brower through inches of slush to eat piles of mush.

season against Norfolk State and Florida International.

The bottom line is this my friends: It seems much longer than just four years since Rutgers was on primetime television chopping against No. 3 Louisville.

THE BAD THE UGLY Panic Song — To say it was a rough weekend for the No. 24 women’s soccer team is an understatement.

The Knights traveled to South Orange, N.J., to battle Seton Hall and lost, 1-0. The Knights came home to face off with No. 5 Boston College and lost, 3-1.

A road matchup and a game against a top-five school were not automatic wins, but this is a team that last year made the NCAA Tournament despite a plethora of injuries.

These losses put returning to said tournament in jeopardy and spring up question marks on a usually solid team. Worried about missing the postseason, head coach Glenn Crooks exclaimed that losing to teams from New Jersey or Mars could hurt their chances.

Fortunately for Crooks and Rutgers, the Monstars are not on the Knights’ upcoming schedule.

Walking Contradiction — Hey guys, Rutgers football is going to be on national television! Really? What channel: ESPN or ABC? Neither.

Folks, this game is going to be on ESPNU with Pam Ward and Danny Kanell on the call, an AllStar lineup if there ever was one.

Perhaps this has something to do with North Carolina starting the season 0-2 while handfuls of players sit out due to NCAA sanctions. Or maybe it is because Rutgers, the fifth best team in one of the nation’s weakest Division I conferences, is undefeated due in part to opening the

Nice Guys Finish Last — Beating a dead horse is wrong on so many physical, mental and emotional levels, but it was another rough week for the field hockey team.

Despite flying out of the gates to their largest lead of the season, the Knights saw a twogoal lead go by the wayside against Monmouth and turn into a 4-3 defeat.

This came just one day after a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Syracuse, a game that Rutgers only trailed 2-1 at halftime.

The horse appears strong at the game’s start, but by the second half there is nothing left in the tank.

Let’s hope the Knights play as Seabiscuit in Friday’s Big East contest in Piscataway against Villanova.

Long View — Remember the basketball schedule that makes you happy? Well, the men’s lineup of games this year might make you cringe.

If that’s the case, don’t look at the roster or you might toss your Milano cookies.

This is a rebuilding year in every sense of the word, but that won’t make a brutal Big East schedule any easier to stomach.

It’s hard to tell if non-conference games against the likes of Fairfield, Norfolk State, NJIT and St. Peter’s are anything to be excited about. Nothing hurts more than a guaranteed win turned embarrassing loss.

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Tar Heel suspensions alter Rutgers preparation

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Junior right tackle Art Forst (77) and the Rutgers football team’s offensive line has an even bigger workload this week as it prepares for North Carolina, which suspended two of its best defensive linemen in its first two games of the season.

Knights falter late against intrastate foe CORRESPONDENT

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HOMECOMING GAME SET FOR 2 PM

BY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ Through the first 10 minutes of the Rutgers field hockey team’s intrastate matchup Sunday against Monmouth, a win seemed to be FIELD HOCKEY a lock.

The Scarlet MONMOUTH 4 Knights earned RUTGERS 3 their first goal just 1:02 into the game, courtesy of junior forward Nicole Gentile, and just six minutes later tallied their second goal from the stick of freshman forward Gia Nappi, who also assisted Gentile for the first goal.

The lead marked the first two-goal advantage for the Knights this season, but soon after Nappi found the back of the cage, the tide shifted.

“We had a two-goal lead and then we sat on it,” said head coach Liz Tchou. “You don’t do that. In any situation, teams come back.

There’s not one team that we’re playing that’s going to give up. We were dominating during that time, but once we scored that second goal, we just sat back.”

Suspended North Carolina stars Marvin Austin, Robert Quinn, Kendric Burney and Greg Little played against the Rutgers football team before.

The Tar Heels’ four marquee suspended players had limited impacts in UNC’s 44-12 romp in 2008, but limFOOTBALL ited though it may be, chances are their roles as freshmen and sophomores in Piscataway will be greater than this season’s weekend matchup.

The three defensive standouts combined for 12 tackles and an interception two seasons ago, while Little rushed for 71 yards on 18 carries in UNC’s aerial-dominated attack two seasons ago.

Now, they are part of the group of 12 suspended UNC players and their status for Saturday is uncertain. But that does not mean the Scarlet Knights do not have to be prepared.

“You definitely have to prepare and break down everyone because they could be reinstated right now,” said junior right tackle Art Forst. “The way [the offensive line evaluates film], everyone is assigned a guy on the line, and a lot of guys will have two guys to break down this week.”

Austin, a defensive tackle, and Quinn, a defensive end, are known commodities — they are players with NFL futures. The same goes for Burney, who intercepted former Rutgers quarterback Mike Teel in his sophomore season.

The defenders who took their place in UNC’s first two games against Louisiana State and Georgia Tech are less established players, but with current game film on them, the Knights are not worried.

“If you’re playing against a defensive line where three guys just graduated and it’s their first game — like our first two games were [Norfolk State and Florida International’s] first games — there’s more guessing than when you have two games and you can sit there and watch every guy play,” Forst said. “It’s a talented group, depleted, guys missing or not.”

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Sophomore Carlie Rouh scored the lone Rutgers goal as time expired in the first half of Saturday’s 5-1 loss against Syracuse.

The Big East conference announced the kickoff time yesterday for the Rutgers football FOOTBALL team’s Oct. 2, game against Tulane.

The game will start at 2 p.m. at Rutgers Stadium and ser ves as the Scarlet Knights’ Homecoming game for the 2010 season.

The matchup also marks the second of four home games for the Knights to open up the season, with the fourth being played against Army on Oct.16, at New Meadowlands Stadium.

Rutgers hopes for a repeat homecoming success this year.

The squad trounced Texas Southern last season, allowing only 126 yards of total offense en route to a 42-0 victory.

Rutgers rode a threegame winning streak into its matchup with Texas Southern, and depending on the result against ACC foe North Carolina this weekend, the team may be able repeat the feat.

Head coach Greg Schiano’s team faces a nonBCS opponent in Tulane, whose of fense averaged just 284 total yards through their first two games of the season.

Tulane currently stands at 1-1.

Compared to the Tigers of last season, the Green Wave average nearly 80 less yards of total of fense per game, which should bode well for a Knights defense that allowed a combined 14 points against Nor folk State and Florida International.

Though the Rutgers secondar y recorded two interceptions in as many games, the group should be wear y of sophomore quar terback Ryan Griffin, who boasts a 67.9 completion percentage this season.

Griffin, though, has yet to throw a touchdown pass in his two starts.

— Anthony Hernandez